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FAIR NEVS AND IMPORTANT MEETINGS Qualla has gone far over the top. The County Agent started at Mr. Hughes and ended at Whittier, see ing some thirty five men without any one refusing to give to Fair. Is this not the spirit of Jackson County? The premium list of Qualla com munity Fair will be some $160.00 Saturday night some ISO people, at Olivet made up their part of Fair besides the songs "Aunt Dinah's quilting party" America, Auld Lang Synenv "Twilight is Stealing Misses Waline Campbell, Bennie Sherrill, anil Dorcas' Sherill recited, "A Critic in Church' A Little Ones Temperance Power" and "Tommy's Prayer""' .. ::-v:;; ' The debateResolved ;that the U. S. is a Democracy The affirm ative, Messrs; Lowell Hipps and J. P. Phrvfoa Helved into tlie historv of ,' Rnvmnieiit ''Tifessra G E. Camobell aud i E Reagan dwelt on the ' President's election, and nowers and on the recent draft. The decision was given to the amrm ative although all the speakers did well. -:'.' At Webster Friday night the whole subject of the Fair will be discussed. It will be an important the meeting, besides the trained nurses will lay their work before the people. The same work will be at John's Creek Saturday 3 P; M. and 8 P. M. at Tuckaseigee. Every one come for the nurses will, be there. The County Agent will tell prices at these meetings. All you Who! want best seed wheat come out All come! pp nf OnAlTa Rraded School and Olivet School-seven in all-gave $35.00 toward the Fair. Let aU the people in Qualla Township hold their generous teachers up by talk- ing of their goodness to their child ren and friends. BETA We are Having nne weatner nowa days for the farmers to take care of iheir crops. The Beta graded school gave an ice cream supper on August which was attended by a large crowd Proceeds were one nunarea ana seventeen dollars.5 I Misses Kachel Moore, uertna ana badie iimg, or ivings Mountain N. C. were visiting friends and rel- atiyes at Beta for the past weex. Mr. Fred Bryson. of Marion, visit- ed his father and mother last Sun- day. Mr. Zeb (Jooke ana - cnuaren oi Addie were the guests of Mrs. W. X 1 T - - J t 1 A aitAAU' i v . iavis ana iaaiuy aot wcc. . iy.aDamr8, n.u,ruci, Sunday af teraoon w Mr,d Mrs. Chas. Allison pf SylVa. vrni a Beta P ..... . : L.I DasKet bail team ana wui, soon nei ready tor playing. : 7 , iss Jama Betneas sister otanoai Creek was visiting her Saturday and bunday. Messrs. Alex and Qiflbrd - Still- well, of Webster, were - here for the ice cream supper Saturday night A InrdA cmwfi nf nftonm fathered at the Old Field cemetery last V W v w mr ' inursday and cieanea n " uc visited her mother, Mrs. John Ens- ley at Dillsboro. the past week. Mr. W, V. Davis took a flying trip to Barkers Creek and back Sunday. Mr. BUlie Ensley spent Saturday night with his sister, Mrs. - Cole Mr. T L. Greene of Greens Creek was a visitor at Beta Saturday and Sunday. ' i ; ' Misses Annie Dills and Myrtle T EZuwTifflM was a visitoron Fisher Creek lhurs- nor wiu mey; iwwukc uic Vui sizes, Z3p ouc, $i.uu. aoiaanaguar day. : : hahlt" Justnior jpersons too L,teed by Jackson Cbunty Hard- wisning me reaaers Buuccsa. n T " WORLD'S PRETTIEST WOMAN" POSING FOR HER CELEBRATED ARTIST HUSBAND photograph shows the bride of r?r - "y.rmiuw, auu iwscuiw uuy Vi iuc u ui o wsiuywure uraurcs, iuciuaing several war posters AUC auu uw wuua uuuaicu NOTICE Sylva N. C. Sept. 3, 1919. The Board of Commissioners met jn session with the following officers present: Dr. C. Z. Candler, Chm.;T. J. Powers, F. N. McLain, Geo. Painter, T. 0. Wilson Sec. The Board unanimously adopted the following resolution: ; OfficA nf Rnnrri nf Cnmmis- sioners for the Town of Sylva Whereas: a Waterworks svatem I?"? 8 8VSte are pressing necessities forthe Town of Sylva; ana and- Whereas, a gravity system is pre - feraDle and desirable, and """ ""- tershed within reasonable distance of said Town is that of Dills Creek, a tributary of fisner Ureek. Now, Be It Resolved by the Board of Commissioners in session duly and regularly called that we by adopt the Dills Creek' watershed as a public necessity for said town to be used as a water supply ana a gravity line therefrom to the town 0I byl va; ana Whereas, every reasonable means ! - ' 0f negotiation tor the purchase or said watershed has been resorted to and has failed, the owners asking an; unreasonable and exorbitant price therefor. Now, Be It Further resolved that it is the sense of this board of Um- missioners that the said water- sned forthwith condemned in I ..of. : Ahta;nthfl nAPriPH an np. essary: water supply for the said f owD; and the . Attorney of the Board is hereby . 'directed and in- struct to take such steps as may noAaoCorv'tn AnAPhl!) thlfl Afln. ?;' giiniousiy. ; auupicu, tun tuc 1 3rd day of September, t.V'DANMFKINaybr. T. O. WILSON. Secretary. ww, J MnJJtuu ? I fsidered $nd rejected.: The Secretary was authorized : to look alter em I " - . " . I toying some one to do the grading by day .work. There being no further business the Board adjourned until the day of September. , : T. 0. WILSON, Sec. YOUR ATTENTION. PLEASE. - A rFo,e3r. Cathartic Tablet is a promptandwfe' remedy for sick headache, hiliousness, bloating sour stomaclt gas, bad breath, indiges- tion, constipation, or other condition caused by closed or irregular bow- - Therufiriping or nausea stout sola eYerywnere. aav. Howard Chandler Christy, the famous aw tuc tVaua, ouciuauc, DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS BY MISS MARY FEIMSTER Below are two articles one from the Bureau Infant ; Hygiene; N. C. State Board of Health and the other sent out from the Department of Agriculture. , While these articles . have . no bearing upon each other, they should be brought before the public eye and not only glanced at, hiij read, and when read put into practice. . It will be best for you " to give consideration, these articles careful POTINDUSlMiAJE The potato Industry of the coun- try is endangered by a serious dis- valvar wv eas, new 10 us, cauea vyarv disease of Potato - unsn), discovered m Pennsylvania in 1918 and believed nossiblv to be in other Darts of the mnited States, inis disease was. w itnout doQbt. brought from Europe wnere it caused severe shortage of thecron. As a result, ih 1912 a strint embargo was nut on all shin- mftnta from abroad. However it is here-Lown tnat a cargo or perhaps sev kral shinments came into Wilmim fa0ii, N. C, before the embargo went into The disease necessitates a rigid quarantine of infected areas for a long neriod of time as a pre vo m0o.,ro odaint fnrthpr in. 1 VVUUVV UArfWW V W am festations. I th A siieoa ; raAU v rpnndnirpH hv rouh. sDonv outkrowths: varv- snd.from the size ofareato the size of the tuber itself, being produced on w0 tl1KOP npiniiv at th nr nt ininred Dlaces. The outgrowths are light brown at first, but vyith nge become black? and quickly, de cay, causing soil infestations by; the spores thus liberated. Soil infesta tions last for years. The tops are not affected; so watch while' you lant ot m and repo promptly I . iJf 1 . '- ili..v ' i ana sena specimens oi aususpiciuu cases to: - v 1 Your County Home or Farm Dem- L Am : v. c vim Cfot?An Kaieign, n. u., or . pant Disease Survey, Bureau of Plant Industry, Wanr.ton, P- C (The other, article wil appear next week, hiving been unavoida bly crowded out of this issue. , I SPEND, $ I ON RAT-SNAP AND SAVED Th4 PRICE OF A HOG." : James McGuire, famous JIo g Raiser of New Jersey says, ?I advise Lverv farmer to use RATSNAP. Tried everything to get rid-of Vats, Soent Sl on RAT-SNAP Figured t killed saved the 1 price of a hog.w RAT-SNAP comes in cake form. No mfadni-Wifh other food. 3 or dog3WOnt touch. it.Three I ware Company, adv. artist She was formerly Mrs OF f BBYSON FAMILY The Third Annual Reunion of the Bryson family will be held at the school building at Beta on Satur day October 4th. All persons in any way connected with this large ahd well-known family are ugently requested to attend and Iielp make tMs occasion r the rnost AninvnhlA yet experienced. Some interesting a bountiful spread' will' be prepared by those participating. u UNCLE" SMART CARTER DEAD Uncle Carter", an aged negro, was found dead in bed at his home on. King's . Mountain, near Sylva, Wednesday afternoon. Some of his neighbors, missing him as they passed the place several days in succession, started an investigation, and upon breaking open the door, found that he had been dead some time. - Uncle Carter came here years ago and for a number of years had been in the employ of Mr. CJ.Har- ris, at Dillsboro, but at the time of his deathr there being none of Mr. Harris family at home, was living by himself at the home which he owned, ion King's Mountain. Leiutenant J. A. Madison, of the Sixth Regiment, U. S. Marines, Sec- ond Division, is visiting his parents at Webster alter an aosence oi . . . t o twenty months, eighteen H)f which he spent in Europe. His regiment took part in some of the bfotxiiest and most important engagements of tie ; World Wa;r. fth 7 jr ""i.tv." X,, and Sixth Marines helped to turn '' f tXAn. Pknffiiii TM-iiorfir onI . vi uuc at j Deueau WOOU, savmg raiw auu nuraiKiuoicuwi ui uis " June, 1318. ueutenau Maoison was wounded June duc later 1CUUVC1CU auu icjutucu uio wiuiho- ny. -His last service, was with tnewonderSi what.ffth9 ,But Army of OconpaUon on the Klune. Robert E. Madison and bride ar- rived in Sylva,- Thursday evening, August 28, and will spend a few days at the home of bis parents in Webster. Mr. Madison holds an important position with the New - port News Snip-building Co. Mrs. Madison was Miss Virginia Garratt, of Hampton, Va. Following the marriage ceremony Monday, Aug ust 25, they visited Washington I;LTn , una. - . Misses Virginia and Gertrude Bryson have returnedto their home at Bryson City after a visit to their aunt. Mrs, Carrie McKee. OPENING OF GRADED SCHOOL v ----- . - - -..--.'- - . . - ' ' ... ' The Sylva Graded School opened Wednesday with a large enrollment and a corps of efficient teachers combining to make the prospect for a successful year's - work very en- couragibg. Prof. W E. Bird, a native of Jackson county, is the Principal. Prof. Bird was l,ast year Principal of the Graded School at.Wilkesboro. The other teachers are: Mrs." J. F Freeze, Misses Jones, Addie Leath erwood, Kate Hayes, Bertha May Henson, Otelia and Rebecca Cathey and Miss Goode, who teaches music as well as one of the grades. tN:;ANIMJS; OPENS The Cullowhee Normal and In dustrial School began the Fall Ses sion Tuesday with perhaps the largest initial enrollment in its his tory. The trains brought large numbers of students to Sylva en route Jo Cullowhee the first two or threedays of this week. This excellent Institution will, no doubt, do excellent work the com ing session, as in the past. ) - f WAiT MASON CONVERTED BY , s- THE mWTlON ARMY, Walt Mason, one of our best be loved poets, has been converted by the Salvation Army workers in Los Angeles, California. Mason, who is a genius, has tramped every section of the country,, He has been friendly with the Salvation Army V1 5 m street services as- Maso' passed by and the'call of the Army drum was too much for him, and he be came converted. Brigadier Boyd, of Los Angeles, is loud in his praises for Walt Mason. In his characteristic style, Mason wrote the following noem about his conversion by the Salvation Army: "One night while walking down the street, my mind on pleasure bent I sought the pleasures of the world, but my soul was not content I saw the bright lights of the theatre thev beckoned me to come, as HiH the music and the song in the place where they sold rum. I steDDed in- to a pool hall and found a vacant chair, and thought that I would rest a bit and drive away dull care. but my mind it still persisted in turning memory sod; reminding me of the time when I was winning souls for God. I couldn't find that rest and neacesatisfaction would not come when suddenly I heard tne sound of the ?ood old Arm v I , .. iAmm it vnW t nuA and I found an open-air, and once more I could see myself kneeling there in prayer. For I had been a I -u. . . i . soiaier, ana Known tne saviour s r" TT " : " I - ' of all my meanness, I went to the hflii thRt nidht. lilv intPntinns th-v M nrimerI mtant ta rfn tho mt But a deserteris a ord- i no-hana arlooo noroAn on1 lnrBVBn, , Rnj.a faithriil nMnio wnn my hard and stony, heart, and at the front that night I made another start. And to-day, praise God! I'm fighting; Jesus took me back, and now once more I'm traveling in the 1 good old Calvary track. FOR MEN WHO WORK HARD. Men who work at hard' physical labor are subject to kidney trouble. J. G. Wolf. 734 S. Jackson St., Green Bay. Wis, writes: "Foley Kidney 'lilies ivuviw tuc Ul a-OCTUC uau& I ..i." i - . acne inai ooinerea -me. ior several months. A few bottles fixed nie up in good shape." They also relieve urinary ailments. Sold everywhere, Ifidv, $l.arTHR YEAR IN ADVANCE iu lncrturLCUr - lAiirwohiiirniiti'TMSi The State Board of Health has placed two school nurses in this M county for the purpose of inspecting school children and getting as many " ucicv,io wrrccieu as possioie. ' ; in a ww wee&s mey wiu lnrprcf a vise an emergency hospital at Sylva, uiiu a luiuai speciaist nere in or der that any school child suffering with diseased tonsils and adenoids ' can have the same treatment and care in their home town as they would have in Asheville or any i other city. After much thought and study Dr. A. ML Cooner. Director 'of i mis worn, arrancea tnis mernofi nf - ireaimeni ior any school child at a s ? cost of $12.52 each. This work has been done successfully in other rvnintioa Tknu ...III 1 tv TX' " " tist sent here by the above author- J ities about Sept 15, who will visit- 4lA nAL-l- 1 . , . . . work needed the children between1 mc ages ui u auu luirieen aosoiuce- . IV free Of chardo. Th Hpntist nrtrl nurse will spend about six weeks in' this county. " : ' The exact date for the throat specialist to come here has not been ddcided on, hut will be published laier as many schooisas possible will be visited by the nurses, and any one wishing to communicate . with them may do so by writing or calling on Miss Nancy Pruett or -Miss Ramie Williams at Sylva. The county superintendent com mends the foregoing notice to - the -careful consideration of the people -lofJaclKOtt: county and congratu-. lateanhem -nnona t htfinnnl opportunity orTered'tb Wcertian the children's state of health and put chem inv condition for satisfactory development and fullest efficiency. Let all concerned avail themselves of these advantages while they are within our reach. NOTICE TO TEACHERS A Teachers' meeting will be held ; at the County Court House, Satur day, Sept. 6. beginning at 12:30 P. M. A large attendance of the public school teachers of the county ia ex pected. On the same occasion, the . Jackson County Teachers' Club will meet. Individual notices have been ' sent to the ' various schools.' ROBT. L. MADISON, Co. Supt. of Schools. GETTING CHILDREN READY FOR SCHOOL. Common colds are infectious and it is wrong to send , a snuffing, sneezing, coughing child to school to spread disease germs among other little ones. Foley's Honey and Tar relieves coughs and. colds, loosens phlegm and mucus.- and - coats raw, irritated membranes with a healing, soothing medicine. Con tains no opiates. Sold everywhere, adv. READ WHAT U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE SAYS ABOUT WHAT TWO RATS CAN DO. According to government figures, two rats breeding continually for three years produce 350,709,482 in dividual rats. ' Act when you see the first rat; don't waif RAT-SNAP is the surest, cleanest, most . con- voniont- ATrtwrninntniv Nn miTintt with other foods. -Dry up after killing leaves no smelL. Cats and dogs won t touch it Sold and guar-. anteed by Jackson . County. Hard- ware vompany. aav. NOTICE I am advertfeing for sale one tract of land . isc Sylva Township of seventy; acres more or less. This land is known as the J. T. Nation's land, purchased by me from DM. Hall and recently assess ed at $20 per acre -for taxesT , $15 CASH-' takes the land any "time within the next 30 days.VJ. 'D tienry, Aaaie, jm. v;. , . , ; Sept l; 1919, - WAS ft WVM I
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