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C0MMUNITYJTERE8T
(By John C. Brammer)
Never have I seen the like. Wo
men, men, girls and boys seem to
Tiave been stined- to concerted ac
tion. Everywhere the very air is
filled with the voices of people talk
ing Ground Limestone, Seed Wheat
Seed Corn, Seed Potatoes, etc, 16
per cent acid, Rotation, Legumes,
etc. -
Shoal Creek and Olivet are talk
ing of putting up for each commun
ity a corn sheller and potato digger
to the one or ones producing the
most corn per acre and the most'
potatoes per plot. You have a
chance for both prizes. Get busy.
Let everyone get the very best seed
corn and seed potatoes.
Besides, on these acres, for dem
onstration purposes, we shall work
out arotation something
like this: corn, cowpeas, or soy
beans in corn; the legume turn
ed under, wheat and clover. Do not
fail to be at the different club meet
ings next time, that something like
this may be worked out for each
section.
That agriculture may become en
ticing, County Agent has, with the
help of enthusiasts, formed the idea
of giving instruction to those over
twelve years of age at all the clubs
now formed and that may be form
ed. If the whole county could have
seen how attentively the young
agricultural class of Sylva Graded
School were while we studied Seed
Corn, Monday -at 2:10 P. M., you
surely could have said there is a
new and progressive age being very
rapidly ushered in.
Come out. all interested, until
farther notice to S y 1 v a Graded
School, Monday, 2:10 P. M. every
week; subject, soy beans and cow
peas. Qualla Graded School Fri
day 1:00 P. M.f Oct. 24; Olivet 4:00
P.M. Oct. 24, These meetings in
Qualla will be on selecting seed
corn. Watch Jackson County Jour
nal for lurther plans.
Ground limestone is $3.50 per ton,
laid at your station. 30 tons a car.
Do not procrastinate. See County
Agent "' -
At Qualla Graded School thg
school had organized a club which
rendered an excellent program. The
choir sang "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!"
and another appropiate song. The
audience sang two or three religious-patriotic
songs.
At Olivet and Qualla the young
generation had gotten classic poems
and recited them well. The County
Agent appreciates the opportunity
he has of visiting homes and seeing,
among other things, the nice libra
ries. One has said: "Show me a
person's library, and I will, tell you
what the person is."
WHERE THERE'S A BABY ON
FARM KEEP RAT-SNAR
Rats are on most farms. Once they
get inside the house look out. Rats
kill infants biting them is not un
usual Nursing bottles attract rats.
Brake a cake of RAT-SNAP and
throw it around. It will surely rid
you of rats and mice. Three sizes
25c, 50c, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed
by JACKSON COUNTY HARD
WARE CO., SYLVA. N. C.
WHEN A CHILD HAS CROUP
Thousands of mothers say Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound is the
best remedy they know for croup,
coughs and colds. It cuts the thick,
choking mucus, clears away the
phlegm, opens air passages and
eases hoarsenessJ The gasping,
strangling fight for breath gives
way to quiet breathing and peace-
ul sleep. Sold Every wherei adv
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Mash-
burn, Thursday, Oct 16th, a son.
THE JUVENILE COURT
By Roland F. Beasley
State Commissioner of Public
Wel-
fare.
The juvenile court is the means
whereby it is found that dependent,
neglected and delinquent children
can best be saved from lives of fail
ure and disaster and made to grow
into useful and law-abiding citizens.
This is very good for the child; all
will admit it. It is equally good for
society. Paupers and criminals are
liabilities to the taxpayers. Law
abiding citizens are an asset.
The juvenile court principle is
novjr being applied all over the Uni
ted; States and in foreign countries
It is one of the great forward steps
of the age, and the most important
advance in court methods in many
years. It can no more be checked
than the public school. It is here to
stay and to be improved.
The juvenile court can't save
every child. But it has been proven
that when the system is properly
carried out it will save seventy-five
per cent of them. That is more than
worth the money. '
It costs the taxpayers ten times
more to capture, try, punish, and
maintain an adult criminal than it
does to save a! juvenile delinquent.
All the children in North Carolina
under sixteen years of age who are
delinquent', neglected, or dependent,
are under the jurisdiction of the ju
venile court.
Every juvenile court has a proba
tion officer whose business is to in
vestigate every case of such children,
lay the facts before the judge, and
then carry out the decision of the
court This is called probation work.
The court stands in relationship
of parent to such children, and will
discipline, guide and control them
through probation, just as a wise
father would.
The court may punish a child if
it is necessary, but wayward child
ren are more in need of wise guid
ance and just discipline and friendly
help than of punishment.
The judge is the kind and wise
father, the probation officer is the
big brother of the boy who is about
to be lost. Both are studying ways
and means to make a man out of
him.
Do you believe in saving boys and
girls whose parents let them go
astray or who hay e no parents?
If you are a Christian, you cer
tainly ought to. pray for and encour
age this work, for it is Christ's work-
If you are a good citizen you
ought to help it, for you believe in
having good citizens and not bad
ones.
If you are a taxpayer you ought
to stand by this work, because it is
cheaper to save a boy than to main
tain a lifelong law-breaker.
If you are a mother you ought to
help, because every wayward child I
is a burden to some mother-heart.
If you are a man you ought to
help, because this is a practical ap
plication of the brotherhood of man.
The juvenile court is really a part
of the educational system. It carries
opportunity to children who other
wise would not have it,
The juvenile court does not ask
what can be done to a child, but
what can be done for him . , .
to makeasman or woman instead
of a human wreck. .
The people who do not believe in
human wrecks have risen in their
power and wiped out the whiskey
traffic. They are now preparing to
wipe out the other influences that
make wrecks of young and helpless
children.
This is a job for God's noble men
and women. Such men and women
are putting their hands to the plough
in every community in North Car
olina. They are already tasting the
joy that comes from it and have no
desire to look back. If these words
SYLVA, N. C,
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LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF PRES
IDENT WILSON SHOWING HOW
HE HAS AGED SINCE PEACE
WAS DECLARED.
Photo shows President Wilson stand
ing at attention while the Army
band is playing "The Star Spangled
Banner" upon the Executive's arriv
al at the Civic Center, San Fran
cisco. The President was warmly
greeted while driving througt the
thoroughfares of the city.
meet y9uryp, eypu are invited to
come in with usj.
Write for information and litera
ture on child-saving to The State
Board of Charities and Public Wel
fare, Raleigh, N C,, or to yqu? of$
county superintendent of public
welfare. r" ?
SPEELWElL
The writer had the pleasure cf
attending the Indian Fair at Chero
kee last week, and to my surprise
it was one of the best Fairs the
writer ever saw. The agricultural
display of farm products was sim
ply fine. All farm products were
lavish in abundance; of ths finest
quality. The display of fancy work,
beads and trinkets, baskets and In
dian relics attracted the attention
of the public no little. I saw a t)9au
two feet long and a cucumber three
feet Jong. The Indians are to be
congratulated for their magnificent
display, and I we$ told by the In
dians that next year they propose
to surpass anything they have done
in the past, and the writer is frank
to say, that if they do, it will be
worth seeing. No one but Indians
are allowed to participate in exhibits.
They have a fine schoQl at Chero?
kee run by the Government, which
no doubt has had much to do in
improving condition of the Cherokee
Indians, , -The Government, and
Swain county, are building a con
crete bridge across the Luftv river
'J ' -worn JC w
at Cherokee, which will add much
to the convenience of that section
of the country.
The drought
in Speedwell has
QQq broken by sme gentle rans
in the last few days.
-sMrs, J. f, Watson and deleter,
of Knoxviile, Tenn,, and Mr. Latta
Hurst of Franklin, visited in Frank
lin for a few days latt week,
Rev, J,H, Couch, associate Sunday
School Secretary, conducted a Sun
day School insfitn e at the Speed'
well Baptbt (chuich last Saturday
and Sunday,
Miss Delia Wilson of Speedwell
and Mr. V iiliams of Canton were
joined together in the holy bonds
of matrimony last week.
X, Y. Z.
The first number of the Lyeuem
Course will be given at the school
auditorium, Friday evening, Octo
ber 17. The entertainer will be
Mrs, Willian Calvin Chilton.
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OCT. 17. 1919
SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION
This seems to be an opportune
time to have to say about smallpox
and vaccination, as we see from
the daily press and reports from the
Bureau of Epidemiology that there
is no little smallpox in North Caro
lina, when there actually should
4 not be a qase.
Few of the acute infectious dis
eases show such complete indepen
dence such as race, age, occupation
and sanitary surroundings as small
pox. It thrives only on unvaccinat
ed people:The mortality bears from 1
to 30 percent. The cause of smalloox
! bears no relation to improved sanita
tion, which has lessened the preva
lence of tuberculosis, bowel trouble,
hookworm and malaria.General sani
tation could not affect smallpox or
measles. Small pox spares neither
high nor low, rich or poor, black or
white. It spares only the vaccinated.
,When an epidemic of smallbox
breaks out, those who are vaccinat
ed are as safe as the children of
Israel were from death, when the
lentils and posts of their doors were
spinkled with the blood of the
lamb.
Before the days of vaccination,
smallpox counted among its victims
princes, kings and queens, We are
still ignorant a.s to the precise way
in which small pox is conveyed. A
View generally held, is that it is air
borne and enters the system with a
respiratory txmt- We da know this,
that it is a preventable disease and
most easily preventable of all in
fectious diseases. The roan that
through prejudice or ignorance
wpuid allow his children to go un
protected against this most" loath
some disease wfcfse. hm tm infi
del The Qw$ Book says, that "a. man
who does not provide for his own
household ia worse than an infidel"
Vaccination virus is the specific
principle in a matter obtained from,
the skin eruption of mas,; being
known 91 QqW pox. There are there
fore, two ways of obtaining the viru.
Qne from the scab of vaccinated
human beings and the other from
yQWg calves and is called bovine
virus. The old way of using virus
from human beings, i about done
away with and we have thereby
eliminated infection, and transmit
ting disease to a great extent. The
bovine virus is put up in glycerine
and ail the harmful bacteria are
killed in this manner.
Vaccination is a most simple
operation hut should be done in a
most careful manner. Everything
used in the operation should be
thoroughly stylized, The reason
and the only reason of bad sores
after vaccination is that the place
of vaccination has been infected
either by scratching the vaccinated
arm with dirty finger nails or ty
ing the arm up with dirty bandages
Then you have to treat it just as
you would any other infected place
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Immunity of smallpox appears
on the eighth or tenth dav after
vapeination. The question is often
asked "how long does vaccination
protect against smallpox?" The
protection is variable! From what
information is obtainable, it should
probably be about twelve years.
Who should he vaccinated? Every
unvaccinated person from babies
four weeks old to people 1Q4 years
oidj People should be re-vaccinated
when there is an epidemic of small
pox. Children cannot attend school
when smallpox is in the family, nor
can teachers teach school who board
in families where there is smallpox.
Miss Lynn Johnston left last
Tuesday for Sylva, N. C, to assist in
tht office of Supervisor of Census
of the tenth district. We regret to
lose our Society Editor even for a
short time, and she will be missed
very much by her friends in Frank
lin, Franklin Press.
ENSLEY-BUCHANAN
A beautiful wedding occurred at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. En-
sley, on the evening of October 2,
at seven o'clock, when Miss Octa
Buchanan became the bride of Mr.
Bedford Ejislev. The
was performed by Rev. J. T. Carson
of Willets.
The bride was attired in a gown
of blue silk and carried a bouquet
of lovely white dahlias. She had as
her attendants Mrs. Harlowe Kitch-
en and
ktiss
Fan Dills, who also
wore dreic?s of blue. The groom
was attended by Messrs. Harlowe
Kitchen and Glenn Ward.
The bride is'.the attractive daughter
of Mr.BenBuchanan and was making
her home with her sister, Mrs. Ar
thur Allen, af Beta. Mr. Ensley is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cole Ensley
and has served in the A. E. F. over
seas ten months, having returned to '
his home in the early spring.
After the ceremony Mrs. Ensley
invited the guests to the dining
room, where a delicious supper was
served. Only a few near relatives
and friends witnessed the ceremony,
those present being Mr. and Mrs.
S. W. Ensley, Mr. and Mrs. Adam
Crawford, Mr. and Mrs, Hayes En
sley, Misses Gertrude and Loise
Ensley, sisters of the groom, Carrie
and Annie Lou Buchanan, sisters of
the bride, Ida aid Inez Davis, Ver-
nilee, Kloadia and Nonie V. Harris,
Lucy Crawford, Helen Eisley, and
Messrs. Ora Monteith and Olin Ens
ley,
Immediately after supper Mr.
and Mrs, Ensley left for the home
of the groom's parents;
DILLSBORfl
The Dillsboro Literary Society
met last Friday and the following
officers were elected: President,
Nina Ensley; vice president, Her
schel Baker; secretary, Maude Leath
wood; chapliu, Sue Zachary; censor,
John C. Sutton; critic, Thomas Kee
ver; program committee; Alva Fish
er, Maggie Parris and Daniel Phil
lips, The ice cream supper for the
benefit of the school was a great
success.
Miss Birdie Shelton of Wilmot,
was visiting her niece, Mrs. F. I.
Watson, the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Mary Monteith of Glenville,
spent the week end with her sister,
Mrs. C. D. Mitchell,
Herbert Ward of Wilmot, passed
through Dillsboro Sunday.
Miss Maude Leathe'rwood visited
friends in Webster -Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. W. O. Allen, of Beta visited
her parents here Saturday and Sun
day.
Wib Fisher who is working at
Proctor visited home folks here
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Enloe are
spending a few days in Asheville.
Miss Annie Louise Madison of
Webster was in Dillsboro last week.
Mr. ad Mrs. R. G. Hunt, of Regal
are the guests of Mr. C. J. Harris.
Mrs. J. J. Hooper spent the week
end in Asheville.
Mrs. Wallace of Los Aageles, Cal,
has been visiting her niece, Mrs.
D. A. Monteith.
Mrs. E. L. McKee and children of
Sylva were here Saturday.
Miss Sue Zachary has been visit
ing home folks in Wilmot.
"Cherry Blossom."
FOR MEN WHO WORK HARD. 2
Mem who work at hard physical
labor are subject to kidney trouble.
J. G. Wolf.'734 S. Jackson St.. Green
Bay, Wis., writes: "Foley Kidney
Pills relieved me of a severe back
ache that bothered me for several
months. A few bottles fixed me up
in good shape. They also relieve
urinary ailments. Sold everywhere,
adv.
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$1.50 THE YEAR IN ADYAJ
ROLL
SYLVA HIGH SCHOOL
The names of the pupils occur
ring below are those who hav met
j the requirements for a place on
the Honor Roll. The system beeam
effective the second week of seheol
and applies to only about tkree
weeks of the first month of school.
Following are the regulations gov
erning the standard that entitles
enrollment at the end of each month:
(1) The pupil must be present
every day for the month.
(2) He must be on time every
day for chapel exercises and for
line of march at every recess.
(3) An average grade of ainety
per cent on subjects must be made,
provided less than seventy percent,
is not made on any one subject
(4) A grade of ninety-five per
cent on deportment must be made. ;
The enthusiasn with which the -children
have worked for a place
on the Honor Roll for the first
month is shown by the following
enrollment:
First Grade Alva Carden. Ada
Welch, Dessie Parker. Kate Allison,
Isaac Jamison, Eugene Raeburn
Lyndon Carden, John Wilson, Jr.,
Frank Piercy, Carl Jamison, Essie
Jamison, Leonard Massey, Manuel
Frady, John Frady.
Second Grade Allie Bryson. Min
nie Creasman, Amy Cabe, Robert
Dalton.
Third Grade Carma Ashe. Edith
Oliver, Carolina Rhodes, Mary Alma
Wilson, Annie Belle Hatcher, Geor
gis.'Creasman, Minni1 Kate Reed,
Roscoe Dills, Jerome Cabe, Jimmie.
Elders.
Fourth Grade George Lawson,
Bonnie Fullbright, Luetta Shepherd.
Fifth Grade John Cunningham.
Hazel Reed, Roy Monteith.
Sixth Gradg Margie Cabe.
8eventh Grade Nettie Fullbright,
Irene Oliver, Carrie Ashe, Hayes
Beasiey, Cicero Sutton, Fred McKee,
Lee Henson, Sydney Cabe.
Eighth Grade Ethel Sutton.
Ninth Grade Leon Picklesimer,
Theodore Dills, Ruth Oliver, Edith
Geisler, Margaret Freeze, Mary
Cooke-, Mary Allison. '
Eleventh Grade Zadah Ashe.
W. E. Bird, Principal.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT FROM
BALSAM BAPTIST CHURCH
Sister Fannie C. Bryson was born
April 12th, 1846. She was married
to F. M. Bryson October 15th, 1868.
To this union were born three child
ren, two living and one dead.
Sister Bryson professed faith in N
Christ and joined the Mt. Pleasant
cnurch nearly fifty years ago, and
was in the constitution of the Baptist
church at Balsam, where she re
mained a faithful member until her
death. When she was able to be
there she was always in her place
at church She was a great power
in revival meetings, many times
overflowing with love of God, was
made to shout and praise the Mas
ter.
She was very industrious in her
home and her home was always a
home for the minister of the gospel.
She was a good neighbor, always
visiting the sick in her community.
She was loved by all who knew her
and we believe she left this world
prepared to meet her husband and
son who had gone on before her.
In Sister Bryson's death the
.'church has lost a Ioval memher and
the community a good neighbor.
She departed this life May 29th,
1919.
S. T. Crisp
T. H. Queen
W. E. Barnes
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