- jfMi itiit VOL. IV NO. 7 niSwRiiuor Mr. Editor: If you will allow me a bit of space in your paper I will write a few sentences, while the opr portunity is yet mine to use this as a means of proving that 1 am yet remembering you people and am glad I am one of you. I am certainly pleased with the work you did in the Red Cross cam paignsome time ago, for the Red Cross Association o f America is playing a greater, nobler and far more important part in the present war than anyone can possibly im rgine, unless it is the bleeding and dying soldiers in their care. I am glad that the War Savings Stamp drive is making the great suc cess it seems to be making. It shows that you Jackson County people are awake as we have always been, and I am sure, always will be. ' Some people are inclined to sit down and fold their arms and hope for the war to close so their boys can come home. That is wrong, sinfully and ignorantly wrong, for the man who has any money which he can loan to the government. We are going to win and everybody, unless it is a few thick-skulled Germans who have not considered the matter carefully, knows it. To win the war "means an immense cost of millions in men and billions in money; and if the money supply runs short, then auto matically the sacrifice of men and blood will increase. For shortage in money means shortage in sup plies of ammunition and other equip ment that means advantage to the Germans and the reverse to us. We, the soldiers from your own homes, have the necessary" blood, bravery aim maiiiiuou ami are reauy, wm- iu and anxious to go fprairi , j i i i i.. ...:n play our part in the game. I guess there are a few more than two and a half million U. S. soldiers, while there are more than one hundred million people in civil life.Everybody knows what WE must do; now what is the civilian's duty? Do not waste time nor money that is all. Keep busy producing something to eat or earning money. Buy war stamps a .d bonds with all the money you can spare, if you have any to spare and if not. get some for the sake of humanity. niuui a. iii. juiie CtC my squau- ron was awakened to go out to the old artillery target rrnge, to tear At - t rrt i uuwa me remaining buildings so that the lumber might be hauled to camp. The range is about 27 mile west of camp and only about a mfle and a half from the fine little city ofGastonia. About seventy five of to . u winposea trie party, wnicn re turned July 4. We had a most high class and lovely time, with a most high class and lovely people. I sup- Pseit is just natural for me to .have some kind of bad luck for on 1 suppose it was: anvwav. I had a j 0 - - j bit of fever and a slight temperature a;id they "shipped" me to the hos P'tal, much against mv wishes. Be fore I reached the base hospital I t quite sure that I was well: never-we-less I stayed there until the furth and was examined about t-VlCe as manv HmM no KA as tne num oer of ""J Uv IUO days I was in. There is Jt a better place in the world r a sick man. Food is pienti- 1 daa of the best class and orenar- aUon and treatment are nnallv . &od. : At this place in mv letter I was felled to stop and return to the I!f Cr!il . ittu ui lurcc uhys miu WWVflllli ft! KJflK It ft W I. "1UK. 1 had our dnrtnr reamine lwyband found it to be an ab fs and tiiiiiiniiHii'iv uirn i I u aW'VS1111 t0 the hospital for Pleased and equally surprised 1 i fcuadm e aays' turning to mv &?tw?u and feeling gc . i Vv... 1 WaS in the l.nonVfol I Uoo to fiYd our friend Dr. Candler, of ni ' W va,' who is a first lieutenant and has charge' of two hnsnitoi urowu As soon as we get through teach ing those Germans their never-to-be- forgotten lesson, I am planning to come back to my friends of Jackson County, for a while, at least. They seem to be slow to learn, but I am sure they will never forget. I don't expert to come back until after we have had "the big ban irr Berlin Sincerely yours in the service, Corp. W. 0. Parker. Camp Greene. -w. 3. 8.- HELP FORFARMERS Boiling Hall, of Vaynesville rep- resentating the State Division of Markets wants to help all growers of potatoes apples, cabbage and other crops sell their crops for good prices. In order to do this theDivis- on of Markets will arrange for all growers who send in their names to receive Government daily market reports giving prices farmers are receiving at loading points and prices delivered in the principal markets. AH growers who want to recieve hese price reports should send their names at once with the estimated quantity, variety and grade of each crop they will have to. sell, to Boil ing Hall, State Marketing Agent for W. N. C, Waynesville, N. C. The price reports will be sent put daily, beginiikig about shipping time in the fall. If enough growers of potatoes, ap ples etc. are sufficiently interested to stand together und load their crops in car lots with proper grades ! and packs, the Division of markets will help them form a co-operative gelUng aS8odationt etlUatJJ , -w 0, " I County, with headquarters at Way nesville which sells for its members on 5 per cent commission and re quires each member to subscribe to one share of stock of par value of five dollar?. Whether Jackson County growers organize an association of their own now or not, they should at least send in their names for the price reports and get together enough to furnish the Division of Markets the data as to how many cars of each potatoes and apples they will have to sell, now is the time for farmers to get together to get fair prices for what they grow. This proposition is for the benefit of the farmer. It is operated by the State Department of Agriculture, through its Division of Markets with office at West Raleigh, N. C. If Jackson County farmers want to organize abseiling association of their own under state aid or wish to work withthe Mountain Growers' Exchange already organized in Hay wood, they should call a meeting and have the marketing agent locat ed at Waynesville, Boiling Hall, come over to Sylva and explain how they can organize and help them form their organization. vebsterjoyTassed 1 TAit l mm 1mmw a tA l-v l n 1 news uaa uccu icucivcu uy uis relatives at Webster that James A. Madison of the Seventy-ninth Com- . . . 1 - 1 - pany Di Marines, was gassea moue of the battles so bitterly fought by the marines on the Chateau Thierry front early in June. However, m a letter to his relatives he states that he expects soon to be back with his company. "Jamie" says his company has been in some very hot fighting, but everywhere they have met "Heinies they have been turned back or left inactive. w. s. 8v - Miss Dorothy Moore, of Webster visited friends and relatives here this week. SYLVA, N. C.; REGARDING SUGAR FOR CANNING. Inquiries to County Food Admin istrator A. J. Dills indicate that a number of good housewives do riot thoroughly understand the regula tions governing the -use of sugar for canning and preserving purposes, and some have thought they would be compelled to abandon further canning and preserving. They have been under the impression that only 25 pomids for each household was av ailable for this purpose. "It is the very earnest desire of the Food Administration that the largest possible quantity of fruit be saved through canning, preserving,; drying or evaporation," today de clared cAr. Dills to a Journal reporter. ''Naturally in the face of a sugar shortage there is a remarkable in-j crease in the drying and evaporat ing of fruits. ' Also the Food Ad ministration is urging as its motto, 'maximum canning with minimum sugar', and Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, head of home demonstration work in North Carolina, recommends the use of only one pound for 16 quarts of fruit. If additional sugar is nec essary it can be added when the fruit is eaten. At that time the sugar situation will no doubt be much easier. "No household is allowed to have more than 25 pounds of sugar dur ing the season for canning and pre serving except with the approval of their County Food Administrator. However, all county food adminis trators have been instructed by Food Administrator Henry A. Page to be very liberal in the exercise.of the discretion that is given tJigm in uus mau?r arm mere is no reason with fruit or berries ,oiIrKI oK, available should not save them all by canning, preserving and diyiug.. The purchase of 25 pounds or a smaller quantity for this purpose can be repeated as often as there is real and legitimate need for their purpose. "Individuals canning for the mar ket should immediately make state ments to the Sugar Division of the Food Administration at Raleigh for certificates upon which to buy sugar for canning and preserving. They will be allowed the full quantity necessary. Statements upon which these certificates may be secured can be secured at my office. They must be filed with the Sugar Divis ion at Raleigh by July 15 or they will not be effective. W. jS- s. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OP THE JACKSON COUNTY RANK ' SYLVA, N. C, AT THE CLOSE OP BUSINESS June 29, I9I8. RESOURCES Loans and discounts Overdrafts secured unsecured U, S. Bonds and Liberty Bonds All other Stock?, Bonds and Mortgages Furniture and Fixtures $123763.! 1442.16 3482.50 600,00 2003 CO 2302.25 11333.00 58223.81 18814.33 64.00 75O.80 982.50 424.54 5255.00 229447.70 Allother real estate Demand loans Due from National Banks Due from State Banks and Bankers Cash items held over 24 hours Checks forclearinfir Gold coin Silver coin, including all minor ce'm currency National bank notes and other U. S. notes Total LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in $12000.00 Surplus fands 10000.00 Undivided profits, less current ex penses and taxes paid 6268.73 Totes and bills rediscounted Bills payable Deposits subject to check 117779.03 Demand Certificates of Deposit 76810.23 Due to Banks and Bankers Cashier's Checks outstanding1 5239.37 Accrued interest due depositors 1350.34 Total 229447.70 State of North Carolina, County of Jackson ss: I, M. D. Cowan Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that thebove statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. v M. D. Cowan Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 9th day. of July 1918. W. Borch Davis Notary PubKc CorrectAttest; Coleman C.- Cowan E. I. McKee Directors. iu LY 16 1918, u THE MERCHANT OF VENICE." The Mercjhant of Venice," which & to be presented at Cullowhee "Friday night. July 19, beginning at nine o dock, is amdng the first to read and the last to be forgotten f Shakespeare's works. With the exception pf a brief period during which all theatres of Eugland were closed by an act of Parliament, this work of the great est dramatist the world has ever known has continually kept its place oft the stage ever since it was writ ten, more than three hundred years ago. Whether one sees the drama acted by those who wear in the per formance the costumes of the Duke of Venice, the Jews, the princes, the aristocrats and the common people pf several centuries ago, as will be tfie case at.Cullowhe, or reads the work in his own study, he cannot fail to be thrilled by this supreme combination of tragedy and ro mance, humor and pathos, unrelent ing hate and love of the noblest, truest type. The universal popularity of this work is clearly indicated by the large number of familiar quotations, which are known to many who have never studied Shakespeare. For ex ample, in the second scene Portia says to her maid: "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cot tages princes' palaces." ;Jessica, the Jewess, looking down f rofn a balcony, says to Lorenzo, who stands below in the street: "Buldjupdtovfen cannot! see The pretty follies that themselves commit. In the trial scene, which is one of the highest achievements of literary genius, Portia, beginning her appeal to the Jew, who never for an instant wavers in his cruel purpose of re venge, says: "The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath It is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." As she returns to Venice after the trial, she sees a candle at a dis tance in her own borne, and ex- claims: "How far that little candle throws his. beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world." Among a hundred other familiar Quotations are the following: The devil can cite scripture for his pur - pose ; laoa made mm, and tnereiore let him pass for a man"; "He is well paid that is well satisfied"; "There is no vice so simple but as- sumes some mark of virtue on its outward parts"; "Truth will come-to light; murder cannot be hid long"; "Hanging and wiving go by destiny;" "All that glisters is not -gold"; "A goodly apple rotten at the heart; O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!" "The merchaht of Venice" is es pecially rich in characterization, and one who is interested in the study of human nature will find hi.i.self well repaid for an intensive study of the characters of this work. These characters are divided into three groups, of which Antonio, the merchant of Venice; Shylock, a rich Jew, a beautiful young heiress, are respectively the centers. The presentation of work of this kind deserves every encouragement as an educational movement. W. S. 8. ' 1 ''"Mrs. Iola Paxton, of Dillsboro, was in the city Thursday and subscribed for the Journal. Miss Dixie Coward, of Webster, is visiting here this week. AMERICANS HOLD HUNS The Americans have been face to face with the Huns since Monday, in one of the hardest fought battles of the war, and in which the Amer icans have given but little ground and in most cases have retaken all they lost and at some points have even advanced their lines in - the face of the massed waves of Huns as they advanced against them, and trom all reports they will continue to hold their line of trenches. -w. s. s.- SUGAR SITUATION Notwithstanding the repeated pub lication of the attitude of the Food Administration toward canning and preserving, there is still some con fusion on the part of a number of the housewives of the State and there is some danger that some women may abandan further can ning and preserving and allow val uable foodstuffs to go -to waste. We shall appreciate your assistance in getting over" to the people iust what the attitude of the Food Ad ministration is in the matter. The Food Administration is very anxious that every pound possible of fruits and vegetables be saved to human comsumption through dehydration, canning or preserving. Dehydration requires no sugar and with those products that lend themselves to this form of conser vation, we think this method should be encouraged. For those products which are not readily dried or are more whole- some canned, we desire to encour- age rauiuiug iu 1 11c uiiuusi, luiiuw- ing the motto, "Maximum canning with minim un sugar." Preserving of course 'requires a definite quanti ty of sugar. Every family is entitled to pur chase 25 pounds of sugar for can rung and preserving purposes upon a certificate w h ic h will be supplied by the regular merchant of the purchaser. Additional quan tities of sugar may be secured upon similar certificates that are approv ed by the County Focd Administra tor. We have requested all County Food Administrators to exercise this discretion very liberally and to aDnrove certificates for sugar with- ST x in any reasonable quantities for canning and preserving purposes. We have also requested County Food Administrators to provide Home Demonstration Agents with approved certificates so that they may assist the County Food Admin- ! istration in the distribution of these ' certificates in their discretion. j Let us repeat that all the sugar tnat is necessary for canning and Dreseiving can be secured upon certificates or pledges that are ap- nr0ved and signed by County Food Administrators. Very truly yours, . HENRY A. PAGE. Federal Food Admistrator, By John Paul Lucas, Executive Secretary. w. S. FROM A LITTLE DEAF GIRL May I have space in The Journa for a few lines? I am a little dea dirL 11 vears old: I nave been in o school at Morganton four years. I went fishing; there were seven went with me, my mother ana hrnthef. Mrs. John Ashe. Mr. and Mrs. Ashe, Mrs. Nancy Ashe. They hmndht me a fine string of fish We took dinner with Mrs. Ashe. My birthday was July 9th; my friends took dinner with me: Rev. and Mrs. L. H. Crawford, Miss Ethel Massingale, Miss Letha Hoyt, Miss Janie Hoyt. I was happy July 9th. Minnie Crawford. Tuckaseigee, N. C. $1.50 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE FIRST SERVICE Th IN NEW CHUROH The first service held in the audi torium of the new Methodist church was the Flag Day service, when the cnurcn was presented with a service flag by the Sunday School, last Sunday morning. The flag was presented by C. L. Allison, Superin tendent of the school and .was ac cepted by Rev. J. A. Cooke, ' pastor, in behalf of the church. . The. Methodists here have one of the best churches west of Asheville and Mr. Cooke deserves much praise for the h'ajd work he has done in order that they might have such a church. KUUDES-ASHE The news of the wedding of Mr Leland Rhodes and Miss Lena Ashe, both of Sylva, came as a pleasant surprise to their friends here. They were married Wednesday n Asheville and left immediately 9i Kaieign, wnere they will make heir future home. Mr. Rhodes is a son of Mr. and Mrs. WH. Rhodes of this city and holds a position in Raleigh as as sistant State Chemist. Miss Ashe the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ashe of this Dlace and has been engaged in teaching school near Raloigh during the past year. MEETING AT METHODIST CHURCH Rev. J. A. Cooke, pastor of the Methodist church, has secured the services ot Kev. Mr. Hodges, of Rome, Ga., to assist him in conduct- ng a revival at the Methodist church. The meeting begun last Sunday evening and will last ten days or two weeks. Services every morning at 11 o clock and every evening at 8:30. Georgian Says Its Worth Thousands, Declares Tanlac Restored Health After 20 Years' Suffering. "It's worth thousands of dollars to feel like 1 do now, since Tanlac has taken away the trouble that kept me in misery tor tne last twenty years, said J. B. Daniel, a well-known tarmer living on Routes out of Abbeville, Georgia, a few days ago. "Whenever a man suffers as long as I did, he gets to the place where hefeeis like he's no more good, in this world," he continued, "and that s just the way had begun to feel. Longaeo I got so weak I couldn't carry on my work, for spells of stomach trouble and nervous ness just made it torture for me to eat and the trouble I had wouldn't let me sleep at all. My heart acted queer nii- til I was afraid it was coins? to stoo. 'I'd been well enough satisfied to have had my sufferings relieved, frrn that's not all Tanlac did. I've gained eleven pounds besides. I can eat as heartily as if I had stomach trouble and I can do as much work in a day as I ever could. I iust feel like a new man." Tanlac is sold in Sylva by Sylva Pharmacy. adv. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE TUSEIGEE BANK. Sylva, N. C. AT THE! CLOSE OF BUSINESS May 10th, 1918 RESOURCES Loans and discounts Overdrafts secured unsecured Banking houseFnrniture andtf'ixti.res AU other real estate owued Demand loans Due from National Banks Due from State Banks and Bankers Checks for clearing Cash Hems Gold coin Silver coin, including all minor coin curreucy Natioial Bank notes and other U. S notes Total LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in 64638.S5 439.55 5013 40 2064.94 5:4V3 9811.02 386.36 220.00 195.57 257.00 90574.22 10000.00 Surplus fund Undivided profits, less current expense and taxes paid 3035.31 . Unearned Discount 399.26 Notes and bills rediscounted 1000.00 Bills Payable Deposits subject to check 36197.21 Demand certificates of deposits ' 39479.5? Cashier's checks outstanding' 160.59 Certified Checks Unearned discount. Accrued interest due depositors 302.32 , Total 90574.22 State of North Carolina, County of Jackonss: I, Ifilly Davis, Cashier of the above named j bank, do solemnly swear that the above state- ment is true to the best cf my knowledge and belief. Billy Davis, Cashier, Subscribed and sworn to. before me, this, 3rd day of June .1918. M. D. Cowan, Notary Public. Correct Attest. Joseph J.Hooker Walter E. Moore Ullljr Davis Director. ' 1 IS i I

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