North Carolina Newspapers

FARMERS' DAY , ^YtVA N - { RST a ^ ?r Yf A-< IN \DVAN(T ? SY^VA. N. CU NOV., $ , 1923 $2.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE t VA TO STAGE BIG CELEBRATION ; FOR FARMERS OF JACKSON COUNTY r\KUECUE HERE NOVEMBER 21 o ( - I )sll. fllv nurturing for fanner's I whicli i- t" l"' l,ut 0,1 tor tllV '' ers jiimI 1:1 r'" wwmon ?t .Taekaoii JIV hv t ! ?? people of Sylvn, on .^Ininy. \??vt i.iber twenty-first, grieriv the |\:?' 's <" get tin? people [OIV,i iiu.l uiM- them a good time; , ?| :i> aitich of their surplus lucts a- |-i> -ihio, and show the jraitNir1"1 (>l 'M1.V'"K what they in S>1v;il In other words the u i> to ert-u!*' a better spirit of co nation lu-l wt'tii the people of ?Ivjisnil !?" n'st ?f Juekson county ,]u. uplmihlinir of the county as firing \ lijsibfi iu.1 dinner will be served ajintun people as come, and the itcriaiuiiu'iit commit fee is preparing: iVftl not (ess. than three thousand jjfe Amusements mid entertain it? oi unions kinds will be ar KVtl. Iliic merchant:., jra rage men, and ? Imsint -s people of, Abe town | put oil special demonstrations ol a iimeliinciy and automobiles, and ((1 uieivUnut will have some lead i that lie will sell at a reduced > on lias date. |irraii;'eiii?i:ts are being made to Wit' ;is much of the produce of j farms a-> possible. Local people Ire ulri'iiilv _ mi; reed to take all the pa (HitaliKs and cabboge that are elit to town on farmers day. A In market will r>e arranged where Isj'lays (ii dairy products, canned Wits, mid vegetables, dried fruits Id other small a nicies -win be of lor safe to any buyers. omplete. or as nearly complete as foible, schedules of what produce' ftnV handled that day; with prices at will he paid, w.ill be published the Journal next week. Make (our avi'hnirviaeiits to come to Sylva i tanner's day ond spend a day of feasure and prolit. Farm Au'ent \l \V. Gray is presi pot of the organization for farmer's ay; Mr. Conlell Russell, secretary, id the following committees have iniVf pf the arrangements: Merchants committee: John K. ones, A. K. Clonic, (?. M. Colo and . M. Simons. Finance committee: T.'.C. Ila.lli. illy Davis. II. i\ Smton and 11. \Y. oft'iiian. ' Entertainment committee: Dan omplthis. II. !?:. Br.rhanan, Fred L. looper, A. Dills, and Miss Mamie ue Jones. Publicity committee; E. E. Brown, ? A. Blown ami .1. T. Gribblo. o RWIN S. COBB PRAISES THE OLD NORTH STATE S?ys He Used tc Think cf It As ^?a Ji-u.:on Now She's a Rambler Int'm S. Cobb, in liis "(luycd 'wt." in which lie is writing tip ac wl observnt ions made by bis own yes in several States, tells about '?rth Carolina in Hearst's Inter Wional Magazine for November, ^rtain States, Mr. Cobb says, re #u?<l hitn uf t lh>wcrs and 20 years lie tl.oii'jiit North Carolina was ' 7 ? % Jiiiison ivwil. Hut now lie knpws Softie kind of Burbanking process hus changed the jimson weed 'l!'? a rambler. ? ? . He discards li^ures of all kinds Boe* l,y ?,iiy what his two eyes seen t0r theniselves, and says, I proclaim these things namely that - ?rth Carolina in the foriuost State of l,l? South in material progress, in Wie spirit, in educational and in ?P'inii.siu of outlook. Indeed I doubt tfhpr aiming all these United . 'Cs is a single one of anywhere 1 e population area and per capita ***lth, whiclt in this last deeadc has W MP more school houses, laid more ?lles ot '|?a vo<l road, and by city, r?,y and State has voted more ' issues tor sanitary sewerage Weins, imin'u-! pal waterworks' and i***' l'liuits than North Carolina ^e lias cut down illiteracy to a '"1 where her people point now ' pride to the percntages of the wliei-e formerly thinking ?? i.ailwm? thfiii felt shame for thf 01 totally ignorant. 'nii- m ' ils Wluu^lt out so generally !l ',:,S|S understanding be , ?.^te and hlaks that there ,a('ial friction as jn nn\ Hen* 'a^'"u s" large a populaticn ot jj. * m the- population. She hn f swamps, reclaimed wastc \ lauds to profitable agriculture, im proved the breeds of livestock, fur thered plans of crop rotation and her citizens have planted fruit trees and tidied up suburbs and plantations and farms. She has turned hog Wollows into beauty spots and brier patches into flower beds. "She has wrestled with her own* I problems i in her own way,' asking no | help from without and most of them she has licked and nearly all of them she has bettered. "Nor, so tar as I have been able to judge, has the tendency toward a re gimcntntion of, type toward an jron ing out of individuality which some observers profess to have discerned among her of- late, prevailed to any considerable extent in North Caro lina.; . * ''Here are folks who have quick ened their ambitious without losing either their personalities or their traditional ideals'. On their private sides they still are so old-fashioned as to practice the "ancient virtues. Blessed arc ^hc pure in heart fof they shall see Gwf but very few of the jokes which are being told in mixed company nowadays! There lire whole heaps of Wuch folks down there yet." ] -o ''Back about ..1900 a neighbor of ours down in Kentucky had a fox hound that had been imported from North Carolina. * That .fox hound ;'?mc of a noble strain, but was so shiftless and so gaunt and so lacadai sical a hound that in bitterness the owner said he fitly presented the locality whence he came; He had such woebegone eyes, such dismally droopiugd cars, such 4 a llea-gnawe fly-bitten pelt! He moved, when lie moved at all in a shimmering haze of his own insect life. His name originally had been Nig, whieK. was the wrong name, because Nig apper tains properly : to an all-black d<jg ami this dog was not black excepting in spots here and there. So we went ? into conclusion, we re-christened that hound. Wc thought seriously for awhile of call ing him Tar-Heel in honor of tha place of his birth, but that didn't seem to kiiit, either. So finally we named him (grandfather Clock, which was appropriate ? he never missed a tick." o "I cnn visfualize the typical North Carolina landscape ? as 1 have sebn it lYoni the ear windows parsing through twenty - odd years ago. Or at least to me it seemed typical then Here it was: "The mouth of a cove where the foothills w.here cleft asunder. At' the hack the Itiufh bl :?? wall of the moun tains; jus/ y >n<! -r an unharnessed river wasting its ]>otential strength on the rocky riflhs in its bed; a rut ted dirt roa<l winding aimlessly oft the piney woods ; iu the foreground a clearing and in the midst of the? clearing a slaty shanty, unpaintcd t'oroin dismal, lopsided: a dooryard as, shaggy as a barber's Saturday itight; an unattended field runneled with gullevs and grown up "in sasa I'ras sprouts; a scrub cow, a razor hack hog and a swarm of lank dogs; a tumble-down rail fence; every where 'the -multiplying (signs, of slackness and untidiness and indilTer cncc. , ' / "Such ugly pictures are still to be encountered here as elsewhere. What corner of the country is there with out some such sights Rut today another conception is indefihitoly more characteristic of the new spirit of North Carolina and this it it: "A smart new looking cottage of the bungalow sort; a concrete high way bread and smooth ; a little mod ern 'model brick district school build ing jnst over yonder; looking away across the valley the great cables which tall steel towers arc carrying the captured water power of the stream to furnish energy for Electric car lines, mills and factories) good stock in the grass meadows; pedi greed fowl in the chicken runs; an nvhard and a garden; a housewife ?vho has learned the spiritual and uatcrial values of trim hedges and posy beds and green lawns and shade trees, brushing their limbs against the roof shingles, a husband "who has a car of his own in the garage and a -a vim#? account in the bank; a fam *?:!?'} that isuh. crihes fcr n'a?a:'.i,ucs '.ud farm journals and for a -daily lewspnper and Chautauqua course; i ramify that also buyB booKs and ARMISTICE DAT CELE BRATION, TOMORROW ?? ? ? ' /, Tomorrow, Saturday, there will be held in Sylvn an Armistice Day cel ebration, ,and Educational Day, by the Willialn E. Dillard Post, Ameri can Legion, and the schools of the county,' The town will be decorated for the occasion. A brass band will lead the parade of scho&l- children and vet erans, which will form in Sylva and march through the streets of Sylva and Dillshoro." An address will be delivered by former attorney General R". D. Gil mer. Let everybody come Jto Sylva to morrow and enjoy the day. The tentative program for the school exercises follows: 1(^:15 ? Community Singing led by Miss Clements, Cullowhec Nor / ' null School. 10:30 ? Elementary School Contests. 1. 1 H-oImiiiisI ion . 1 ??,' ii ? ( ' ( ? (-Both High School ry. v. Decision of Judges. ? Lunch. 1:30 ? High 'School Contests. 3. Recitation ' 2. ""Declamation. ( . ? 3 :00? :Athlotic Contest ? An> ?upil. 100 yard dash. 2. Broad Jump. . . 3. Pole Vault 4. High Jump. ?1:00 ? Basket Ball Game. 5. C. I. vs. Cullowhec Normal. EVENING PROGRAM 7 :30? Music by Music Departments of Various Schools. Impromptu Talks? By High School pupils. \ ) Let every former soldier in the county be present. Everybody in the county is invited and urged to come. U. S. TO FORCE STAMP ACT Information has reached the De partment of U. S. Internal Revenue ServiiV of good many itrcgulaj it_ies iu regard to pfacing documen tary stamp? on deeds ot' conveyance which is Tofpired hy Section 1100, Schedule A-7. U. H. Internal Rev enue Law, Aru. 1918 apd W21 : " Convey aneo: Deed, instrument, or writing, whotvby any1 lands, tene ments, of* , oilier realty sold shall he granted, assigned , transferred, or otherwise com oyed*toi, or vested in, the purchaser or purchased, or any other person or persons, by his, her, or their direction, when the consi deration or value of the interest or property conveyed, exclusive of the value of any lien or encumbrance remaining thereon at the time of sale exceeds $100 and does not exceed $500, 50 cents; and for each ad ditionnl$500 or fractional part there of, 50 cents. This subdivision shall, not apply to any instrument or writ ing given to secure a debt. The law requires that a person who makes, signs, or issues any ' in strument taxable thereundeiy shall affix and cancel the Revenue stamps. It also prohibits any person from accepting' such instruments unless they are properly stamped. The grantee in a deed liable for the tax as well as the grantor. The Editor, in conversation with Doputv Collector of Internal Reve nue, lcafncd that in a short time a drive from the Department would bo put on to make inspection of the deeds of conveyance which were issufcd anfd given since January lsti 1915). ' 1 1 .m- ? injection the Deputy ^ ? : -Vs. ' hat Seetion 1100, Rov*a!.V : ...*iDl8 and 1921, that those who make, sign, issue, or ao ecpt, or causc to "be made, . sigped issued, or accoptcdj any instrument, document, or paper of any kind or description whatsoever without the full amount of tax thereon being duly paid shall be guilty of. a mis dcmeJVnor and upon conviction there of shall pay a fine of not more than $100 'for each offense. ... <?"' '""w 3* ' " * ? " "TT" reads them ^ and on Saturdays the old man loading the Missis .and {he chil dren into the automobile and streak ing away to til# county-seat with a cracking good road all the way to sec Doug or Mary or Chifrlie at the movie theatre. The only thing that North ^Caro lina needs now and does, not ha\%r says Mr." Cobb, v is a good press agent, o RED CROSS SEALS TO SELL ) ' ' ? N > in . ? 1 ' ? t Red Cross senls will be put on sale in this county on Thanksgiving day and the sale will continue until Chi.rttma:;, according to Mrs. M. D. Cownu, local el nirman of the Red Lro&b i.ub?Muioais Seal work. ?. ?' ? ? GROUP CENTER TEACHERS TO MEET AT CULLOWHEE \ J mmmmmmrnmrn The teachers in the Group Center Schools will meet at Cullowhee Fri day emd Saturday,, November 16 and and 17. Some of the topics which will be discussed: . f I. Adapting the Course of Stud/ to the Daily Needs aud Native In terests of the Pupils. . a. Girls Clubs*- Miss Jones, Home Demonstratoj. b. Boys Clubs ? Mr. Gray, Farm Demonstrator. c. Vitalizing the Course of Study ? Miss I&ogdon, Supervisor. d. Vitalizing the Course of Study in the Wilniot School ? Mr. Gibbs. II. Making the School Responsive to the ' Recreational anch Physical Needs of the Pupils. Mr. Johnson, Physical Director ? Cullowhee Miss Benton, ; Physical Director ? Cullowhee. III. Making the School ^a Vital Community Center. Mr. Byrd, Webster School. IV. Work with the Men and Women of the Community for More Ef ficient Schools ? Superintendent Dillard. V. Work With Parent-Teacher As sociation. VI. Activities in the Primary Grades ? Mrs. , Farmwalt, Director of Kindergartens ? AsheviUc. VII. Activities in the First Grade in The Sylva School ? Miss Dtm-Sylva School. Directed observations will be con ducted in reading and in primary activities by the teachers in the Training Department and by Miss Brogdouf ? ? o BALSAM Jlev.'O. J. Jones filled his regular appoint mont in the Methodist church here Sunday afternoon, and preach ed n nios't Interesting sermon on1 that beaut i I'uL 'jtabgoct, .Heaven Rev. Mr. .Tones has'* many "friends in Balsam, who are very glad (hat he has been returned to this charge. Much interest -has been manifest?, eil in the revival in the Baptist church. Many have been converted . atd reclaimed. The meeting will probably continue throughout this week. Mrs. Edmund W. Kent left Wed nesday for her home in Newport, II. I. ' . . < Mrs. Harriett Conner went to Hazelwood, Tuesday. Mr. Yaughan Bryson and family Mrs. Brvson's sister, Miss Ber nice Bodine, of Detroit, Mich., ar rived by motor Sunday afternoon and are jisiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Bryson. Mr. Tal mage Ensley, who has been visiting' friends and relatives in Washington State, returned home last week. George Chamber? (Col.) of Ashe ville, an employee of the Southern Railroad company died suddenly in the camp near Dark Ridge trestle, Friday morning. His body was taken to Asheville for interment Mrs. Odelie Jones and Master Robert of Bryson City, who have been visiting relatives . in Balsam left Monday to visit her brother, Mr. Jud Plott in Brevard. Miss Fave. Bryson, of Asheville, is visiting her parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Bryson. Mi\xJoe Woods, who is working on Moses Creek spent the week end in. Balsam. Miss K/ite Rickards has returned from Asheville, Canton and Waynes ville. "Children's Week" was observed last woek and "Parents Meeting' held in the Methodist church Friday afternoon. The following program was rendered: Opened by Mrs. D. T. Knight. Song? America The Beautiful. Responsive reading-^th chapter, Eph, Prayer ? Prof. Terrell. Song ? A Charge to Keep I Have. Discussion ? "Home Training and Problems of Authority ? Mrs. Geo. Bryson, Mr% M. C. Green, Mrs. Carrie Belle Sprinkle. Discussion ? "The Child a Citizen" ? Mrs. R. -J. Bryson, Mrs. W. S. Christy, Prof. Terrell. Song? ' Take My Lif$ and Let it Be." -Reading ? "Some Duties J of Teachers"? Nannie Knight. Discussion?' " Pwcr of Example" ? ? | Mrs. W. B. Farwell. Miss Sallie : Christy, Miss Grace Mehaffey. Bene diction?Mrs. D. T. Knight. -. 7 V BANKS TO CLOSE i Both banks in Sylva will be closed Saturday for the Armistice Day eel- ( ebration. POST OFFICE TO OCCUPY McGUIRE , BUILDING The Sylva pest' office will he mov' ed to splendid new quarters in the MaGuire Building, as soon as the building is completed, it has been announced. The goverment accepted Jhe proposal of Drs. McGuire to rent the entire^ lower floor of the hand some new building for post officc quarters. N - New fixtures are being bought, made especially for the new building, and before the first of the yefcr the Sylva post office will be adequately lious ed. / > The Drs. McGuire will occupy rooms on the second floor of their new building as dental parlors. o PRESIDING ELDER WILL PREACH Rev.^R. Howie, of Waynesvills, will pleach at the Methodist church next Sunday at 13 :00 A. M. At 2 :00 P. M. he will hold the first Quarterly Conference for the present- Con ference year. The -public is invited to attend. o ? SHOAL CREEK ^ 1 \ No Sunday School or Church ser viccs Sunday on account of rain. We have often heard of "Blue Mon day", but what can be "bluer" than a rainy Sunday? A new son in the home Hf Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Ferguson. Mr. G. T. Cooper made a business trip to Sylva Monday. Miss Florence Brown, of Wilmot, spent Sunday' night with Miss Grace Hoyle. We are sorry to learn that Miss Mary Ennrta, Ferguson is 'seriously ill of pneumonia. Mrs, W. A. Anthony visited her mother Mrs. S. K. IIo.vlc Sunday. Mr. J. L. Hyatt attended revival services at Qualla Chapel. Messrs Golmmi and Theodore Ivinsland and Mr. 1). C. Hughes coll ed on Messrs Luther and Carl Hoyle, Snuday. Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Bird, of Cullowhee, spent the week end with relatives. Our Basket Ball team accompani ed by Mr. J. D. Worried Miss Maud Green and Mrs. G. C. Wiggins went to Webster Friday afternoon and played Webster ball team. Quallu was winner. A Hallowe'en sociable was enjoyed in the auditorium, Friday night, by the school and ji number of visitors. o RETAIN HOME AGENT WORK The board of county commissioners and the county board of education, at their regular meetings, Monday passed resolutions retaining the home ageitv, 'work in the county and re-employed Miss Mamie Sue Jones as home ngent for the next vear. % Miss Jones has been home agent for the past two years and has been most successful in her" work in tho county. At the last state fair, the iirst premium was awarded to the canned beans ami canned black berries, and second premium to the general display cf ? Mined products, for the display put < a by the club women of Jackstn county, under direction of Miss Joiio ;. -o ? DESTROYED BY FIRE Tri-Cbunty News, Nov. ?. ? There are many sad faces in this c : imuni tv on account of the destine n bv fire Saturday night of the M~unt Olive church. Moui^t Olive Was t!" new Baptist church built near M. C. DeHart's. On Saturday night a box supper was held at the chufch to raise money- fo paint ? it. ' Between 12 and 1 o'clock the building caught fit* 1 and burned to the grouud. The 1 origin of tfte fire is unknown. ? o ART EXHIBIT * Miss Malrpe Sue Jones, Jackson County '^Home Demonstration Agent, |_js giving the women ayd giWs of the | county the^opportunity to enjoy an exhibit of fifty pictures fpoiu. the Elsrti Art Exhibit, Belmont -Mass. The.se pictures are paintings?^ mas ter artiste and have boeitS&wibUed at Sylva, DiUsh .-ro, Qual!^ Webster and Beta and will be,?^hibited in every community where Jthere is a ?womena' or girla' cfob/-' _ ? ANDREWS LETS CONTRACT FOR POWER PLANT And rows j Nov. 2. ? According to announcement recently given out by city officials,, the Town of Andrews has let contracts for the construction of a hydro-flleetric power plant on the HiaWassee River at wkat is known as the Mission Gorge. The total cost of work already contracted for will amount to $300,900, said Mayor Fercbee a ife^' days ago, and it is thought that other contracts to be let a litle later will run the cost to as much as .$350,000. The bonds have been authorized and were ad vertised for sale to be sold one day last week but all bids were rejected. The proposed dam will generate 1,500 horsepower, according to the an nouncement. Contract for the dam, power house transmission lines and substations ( was let to Tucker & Lcxton, Inc., of Charlotte, for approximately $230, 000. The general Electric Co. will furnish the electrical equipment for approximately $50,000, and S. Mor gan Smith Co. got the contract to furnish the wheels for approximately 20,000. . o NEW HISTORY TEACHER 1 IN SYLVA HIGH Mr. C. C. Hanson, the now history teacher in Sylva High School, has arrived with Mi's. Hanson, and lias taken up his new duties. Mr. Hanson has an A- B. degree at Dakota Weslyan and 3 years post graduate work in history at the Uni versity of Michigan. o MR. CRISP LOSES LEG I The friends ot W. T. Crisp, of Gay, will regret to learn that he un derwent an ojm' ration, last Friday, in which one of his legn was amputat ed? Mr. Crisp has been suffering for soi.io weeks with an infection in his le*_r. an<l it was found necessary to perform the o|>eration. lie rallied following the operation, ami is reported as <loing nicely. 4 o REALTY TRANSFERS C. L. Allison and wife to Lee Leopard, two lots in Sylva, $10.00. Mollie W. Love to WAlker W. White, lot in Sylva* $10.00. A. J. Freeman to W. R. Freeman 8 acres in Qualla, $10.00. J. C. Reagan to Albert Reagan 30 acres in Qualla, $500.00. J. A. Enslcy and wife to Tuck aseigee Bank, lot in Sylva, $2000.00. j Henry Crawford to Curtis S. Smith 10 acres $75.00. Henry Crawford to Curtis A. Smith 50 acres $300.00. E. L. McKee to .T. C. Frizzcl), H acres in Webster $220.00. J. H. Morris, W. J. Morris and Grace Morris to M, J.' Morris, lot in ' Sylva, $3500.00, TO HOLD POULTRY SHOW The Tuckaseigee Poultry Associa tion will hold its first poultry show in Sylva on Farmers' Day, Novem ber 21st. The show will be held in the lower floor of the new MeGuirc! Building, and ribbons will bo offered for the best co? ;>s of the different, breeds of iitrougiibred poultry. ( T!ie association was formed last spring and has already been quite useful in increasing largely the num bers of thoroughbred chickcm in the county and in stimulating interest, in the poultry-raising industry. The show has be-:i set fos "Fan.r ?ers' Day in order that all people of the county may havo ? better op portunity to attend. This feature of the day is expect tu be a popular :.!) ! attractive e#e. ? o i'-rTTE POE TO SPEAK Dr. Clnr. ;<fo Poe, editor o? thc^ Progress 'va Frnv.er. and one of tin best known agr>o.ftr.ralist.s in tho South, has hocn invited to addrc ? the fanners of Jac.cso" f canty, on - Farmers' Day in Sylva, the Tw aty first of this month. It is not known whether Lr. IV . can accept the invitation, but the committee ou entertainment ffclicves that h<? will. If Dr. ^*oc is unable j to be here, another fr:od speaker cm farm subjects will !*? secured. , ~MA?RIAG2 LICENSES 1 ( Robert Baird to Ethel Stanley.. Biyson Wood to Nellie Cook.