North Carolina Newspapers

- SSTSETiN ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY , ? y ^ ^ f??4 - A Ik ?' -o- 1 :?-' ? U .?f "\ k> ' ?' - ?>, ' ? . . - aS. i-LiiV v^aK - ???* - $2.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE OUT SIDE THE COUNTY nv McBK^ yER RESITS,, dr. W "VcAIN. His SON-IN-LAW, f IS NOW superintendent: 'Baleis'1 ?" 1 ll(" resiSnation of Dr. 3 JIcBwVi-r as superintendent of , sanatorium for tuberculosis the *tau< tients at Sanatorium was accepted uTthe ^institution 's board of direc A |n scssio? at Sanatorium, and pr p P. McCain, son-in-law of Dr. McBrayfl; Vind assistant superintett dent of the sanatorium, was elected, to sueceed his iather-in-law,*accord ing to 8 tolipra 111 to ^e Associated Press from Ihv T. M. Long, chairman' 0f the board. , The action of the board followed ? request made some weeks ago by governor Cameron Morrison that -? pr )fcBravcr be removed as head ol the sanatorium because of his plea 0f ,rUilty in I ioke Superior court re cently on a charge of trading with jims-elf in an ohieial capacity. flrJJeBrayer's resignation was ac eeptcd following unanimous adoption bv the board oi resolution statingDi. AicBraycr had rendered distinguished and nnscltish service to the institution and tin' state, .leeording tp the tele gram received from Dr. hong. "I am highly gartitied at the elec tion of Dr. McCain as superintendent of the sanatorium," declared Govern or Morrison tonight when informed of the action of the I ward of thcin stitution. "1 have the highest regard for hi: ability as a speeiuLst in the treat mcrA of tubemihoi-., ami 1 atu surt jtin election me;ms a splendid ipiri. ot cooperation in the affairs of ihi sanatorium which will make for it> development to the highest' point oi rf'eievcy.' The executive had nothing to say Wtth regard to the resolution of Dr MeBnyer. CIAY COUNTY MAN IS STABBEI Cherokee Scout, Jan. 11. it came known here the other day thai Jqlm Isom, a farmer of western Cla\ County, was slabbed to death with :~ ihifc in the Yisnds of Charlie (>ibb\ on New Year's Day, and Gibby s b.' ing held awaiting tin! ' f v '*t ! understood, will be claimed as justi fiable homicide. The killing, it is reported, result ed from a dispute between ''>o tw< men over ? contract lor the saleY.l \acid woods. According t> r :>}>(; v! ? emanating t'ro'ii Clay county, iscr. and Gibby had a depute 011 Isom ; land and Oihby got nil his pro^r; and started .to get in his w:"on t leave, when Isom is reported to have reached in his poe!:ct as if to procure a ?;un. At this point, Gibby is sa'.d to have rushed upon him v. it !i a kniti and stabbed him >in - 1 lie' abdomen t twice before Isom could bring a weapon into use. Lorn is said tc / have been anned with a gun. Fol lowing the cutting, Gibby fled bV later returned and gave himself up to officers, it is reported. Following the cutting, Isom was carried to his home west of Hayes ville and given medical ^reatnier-t but died the following day. The cut ting is said to have taken place Tues day about noon. Funeral service: were held for Isom 011 Friday moni itofv The deceased is a native of Wisconsin, but moved from Ala bama to Clay County about two years aS?- lie is surivived by bis widow and two small boys^ ' v , SWEETHEART HE SHOT ' _ WEDS 'DURHAM YOUTH /?' ' i s -v . / Durhatn-wWedding bells rang out quite merrily for Hubert Cole, 20 and Christine Rowland, 15, both of ^ t^'irham, even though the for ?oer din shoot the tiers eVeral weeks a?o during a moment of "temporary jealousy." Colo is facing sentences aggregat 16 months on the road for shoot - ?"'S; his swsetheat several weeks ago . as she was on her way to work. He aPl>eaJcd from the sentence handed 'Wn by the recorder, however, and Superior court will pass upon 4he ease. j \ 1 > . MARRIAGE licenses Boone Barnes to Lula' Webster. | . There will be an egg laying con test in Cleveland County this year. Sixty-six poultrymcn have entered -j tlieir birds and about twenty more ( RTe expected to take part, reports I /County Agent R. L. Lawrence. 1 TO PUBLISH SOUTH ERN MAGAZINE Nashville, Tenn., Jam 17. ? Th.< Southern Literary Magazine of Af anta has been purchased by Jos. H. ackey, for many years connected i 'with the Nashville Banner and Mem-. > lis News-Scimitar, and it will be ? . 1 f. moved tq Nashville where it will be published hereaftfer as the Southern Magazine. ) The Southern Literary Magazine was founded by Henry E. Marnuin. publisher and "writer of Atlanta. It is announced that- the magazine, un der its new management, will be en larged and given a wider editorial cope. i \ 1 ? li is stated that there is no other general magazine of Jhisx typepntf lislied in the Soufh. The magazine will be representative and, while il will not be narrow qr prejudiced, will be distinctly Southern in tone and treatment. Among the departments and u'j'tures ]>lanned are a section o! " I'r.M.unvnt Southerners"; lie t ion ?IhistVated featured stories, books re V.' view;;,, review of the Southern press, vcr;:\ wit and humor, current opiti ! n and a department , de'.oted to uf' ern develop? ent. V . ' , \ It is stated that "Xi editcri^l ad j i jry 1k.;m, coiiip: 'ied of nojuc u* the prominent literary nion and women of the South, will be i created to give the magazine general liter ary direction. '? The first issue in its new home will fee oil the press about February :23th. ' \ . . , -u 1_ s ? - ? r ? v SINGING CO>r. LOTION ) TO MEET HERE i / ? _ > The Jackson County Singing Con .ention will meet at the court house ,n Syiva on Sunday January 27, the Vonrth Sunday. Ev^ry body ir.terested in the pro ?uss of singing in the county please. Kjnc, and rlt, .singers of the county re invited and wel ^ im BEN HOOPER, Modrrator.. - ? BALSAM o ? / (' V "'v V" A mad dog appeared at the home of Mr. W. J. Cogdill one day Jast week. It bit his dog and tried to jbite his daughter. It was finally killed several mrles farther away on Ihe highway. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Rickard left Sunday for Port Orange, Fla., where they will spend the remainder of the ?v*n+er. Hon. W. T. Lee, of Waynesville ?!id Raleigh, was in Balsam several days this -week. ' . v' Rev. Thad Watson and Willey Barnes went bear hunting" last week and killed.a coon. J ? FARMERS' AND WORKERS' M DOLLAR NOW WORTH 60 Wage-workers are being paidrfore I * jJHHWB !l:c'r lab r and farmers are rcec|vin^J for their produce a dollar worth but 60 1-2 cents, \vith 1914, according to the NatiottaJ' Industrial Conference Boafd, an or ganization representing mfe* ployers. This depreciation of } the dollar is revealed in a survey jiaade by the experts of the Boili / , The American people bought thoir winter clothing, fuel, light, ^shelter ^and necessities , and the giffs they gave fdr Christmas at fntstp which were the highest that hrfire jirevailcil '.nee May, 1921, the Cwferen;( Board reports. Wholesale priced of agricultural products were about 4 3-10 per cent tigher in October this year than in the same nfonth of 1922, according to "he Department of Labor. But the wholesale prices of foods was 5 6-10 per cent, the price of cloths and clothing, 5 8-10 per cent, and ol house furnishings 4 per cent higher khan in October >, 1922. In other words, if the farmer was getting a Lrifle more for what he produced he kvas at the same ;time paying more lor what lie had to Buy from others. Farmers of Buncombe County arc .signing up in a fiv^-year coutract to sell strawberries, * potatoes and to matoes through the Fanners' Fed eration. One variety of tomatoes, one of strawberries and two of Irish potatoes will be gr<4wn. > / - V... J7 \ / ? ' Tom Tarheel says that this cold weather recently gave him a power ful good appetite and he bonders if he gave his chicken*/ and c.tpx s enough to eat so they too would ?cep warm. $yg HEWELL CHOSEN MANAGER FOE JOHNSON mmf v ? ? KuBao't r.? ^lie Hiram W. John ' committee was form as ?*$' an ai'-day conference held in sfche Selwyri between friends of Sen ator Johnson in North Carolina and hi* eastern manager, George Henry jpaync, of New York. " ' I '/- At the end of the conference John W. Kurfees, of Winston-Salem, an-! frounced lhat Jake F. Newell, of Charlotte, had been chosen chairman' of the Johnson committee for the state, and as a result of the confer ences and long distance telephone talks, L. E. Webb, Morganton: & R. Whcatley, Beauford; James S.Trog don, Leaksville; W. H. Barkley, Hickory; Zcb Vance Walser, Lex ington; Thomas E. Owen,Roseboro ; N. W. Brown, Hillsboro^ John E. Fowler, Clinton; Martin F. Duglas, Winston-Salem, and Jake F. Newell, Charlotte, have been chosen as mem bers of the executive committee. THE HOME PAPER IN VERSE . ' \ No uews is said to be good news. And no kicks about the paper arc liko'y to be ?interpreted by the coun *v !i!t<kr meaning that he hasn't v eA iv* riany people. But i: j 't- ?: ?! of a kick to which "!?V i ? ;-.,y objects ? the kick ?i i:-.; p ':i s failed to arrive nt 'lie usu.r1 !iine. 'An unknow)^ ?rriitM- c,i th.-* Wutcrbury American--j \vc "S: .;: >: . in Onnecticut,! though the ^xcuaii^c rro' i which we picked up Lhc p em dcr.on't indicate ? has hu licrously described a kicker of this kind: ' Ty father savr, the paper he roads ain't put up right; . ile finds a lot of fault, too, be does, perasin ' it all night: He says there ain't a single thing in it worth to read, Atod that it doesn't print the kind of stuff the people need; He tosses it aside and says its strict-, ly nil the bum, ? But you ought- to here .frim holler . _ wlieirtlic paper djoesn 't come f He reads about the weddin's and he snorts like all get out; , - ile reads the social doin's with a y nio. l derisive shout. / ile s\; s they nr?;e the paper for the yrot::e!i folk alone; He'll read about the Jarties and he'll /' fume and fret and groan ; f lie1 says of in formation it doesn't have a crumb? ! " P,ut you or.uflit to here him holler when the' n-M'-r doesn't come. :> isialv.",.; . i-,i to grab it and In read ; it ?? :i) clean through. ;!;? doe n't an item, or a Win! ad? that Is true: ile says tli.ey- don't know what we want, the- dam newspaper guys; "I'm going to take a day some time and go and put 'em wise; "Sometimes rt^eems as though they must be deaf and blind and dumb. " Rut you ought" to hear him holler wheji the paper doesn't come! EXPORT OF CEREAL AND MEATS SHOW WORTHLESS NESS TO TARIFF TO FARMERS > s i ? <.! .'( i Exports of Cereal grains, includ ing rice, were many millions of bushels less in the eleven months of l92j ending with November than in lire same period of 1922. Exports of wheat alohe wcte 62,431,966 bushel# less in 1^)23 /thiKi in 1922. In the case of wheat the\ value of exports ^as also much-Lcss this year ..than last. .The average value of a bushel of wheat sent abroad in 1922 was '-1.25, against $1.18 for that ex ported in 192-'?. ' Ijo\v" price j "of hogs at the farm ? ?ve k-^o'.-o-u in tlfle value of j r; . ported in 1923. \ - ? '-y quantity shipped . i \ ; but the return? I > \ nor j.eciui -Vf i.'ii i)?ly smaller than .in- the' previous year. In 1922 , the fresh p oM exported' had a vainc averaging a trifle more than 16 cents a pound. In 1923 this value was 14 1-2 cents a pound. Hams and should ers ex-porte^ in 1922 had a value of about 19.9 cents a pound, compared with 15.9 cents a pound for 1923. There is a tariff of 30 cents a bushel on wheat and a tariff of 75 cents a hundredweighf Qn fresh pork 'and of $2 a hundredweight on hams and shoulders, but the Fordney-Mc Cumber law can't operate to increase prices or furnish markets for Ameri can agricultural products in the world beyond the boaders of the United States, though it has raised the cost of living for farmers along with all th<i_ other millions of con simmer^ ) . CTJLLOWHEE PASTOR TO PBEAOH HERE Rev. A. W. Lynch, of Culjcwl^ee, is; expected to preach at the Method ist" church in Sylva next Sunday morning. The pastor will preach at night. , ?*' ' y . 2 I | SHOAL GREEK lir^kans Mathews' littli daughter, Kathleen, died Monday night and buried at Shoal Creek WedAs \ Funeral services were conduct ^by' Rev. W. A. Anthony. |t- Mr. Horace Howell and Miss An nie Battle were Jinited in marriage Sunday afternoon. Rev. B. S. West officiating. A ijew boy, Charles Wilson, ar rived at the home of Mr. G. T. Coop er, Friday. 0 " ? Mrs. W. K Battle and Mrs. R. F. H^ll called on Mrs. D. K. Battle, Stiinday afternoon. Mrs. Weaver Freeman spent Sat " lay night at Mr. Olus Howell's. ?; J. A. Moore has returned from ip to Canton. . A. J. Freeman . and Mrs. S&e iSradburn went to Sylva Fri d?, lir- Norman Turpin and family were guests at Mr. W. J. Turpin's, Sunday. Mr. Olus Howell and family and Mr. E. S. Keener) spent Sunday ar Mr. J. II. Hughra'. ? i Mr. Luther Hoyle visited at Mr.lK. Howell's, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hyatt spent the ' Week end at Mr. J. L. Wiggins. Miss Emma Burruss went to Sylva Saturday. and Mrs. Troy Turpin spent f, among relatives. A. C. Hoyle called^on Mrs. rjloyle Friday afternoon. : Marshal Gass was the guest 1 ? . ? ?_ Mr. Carl. Hoyle caHed at Mr. J. E. Battle's, Stmday afternoon. Mrs. D. L. Oxncr and Mrs. Elias Ward visited Mrs. Hoyle Friday. - Miss Mary Emma Ferguson and Mi s Sadie Hoyle were guests of Miss Annie Lizzie Terrell, Sunday. Mrs. Nettie Hyatt is spending p. few days with her sister Mrs. Lei a Cooper. Mrs. G. C. Wiggins and Miss Mar.d n l'c'f'ii gave a party of young folks a sociable at Mr. J. C. Johnson p, /ritlay night and also a sociable con V-ting ct' twenty young folks assem bled at Mr. J. E. Battle's the same night. Both parties report an en joyable time. Mr. and Mrs. H6race Howell, Mr. D. C. Hughes and Miss Francis Bat tle, Miss Florence Brown and Mr. ^Dallas Howell, Mr. Frank Hall and Miss Mary Childres made a kodak ing trip to the Peak Sunday, after noon. < ? * Mr. W*. - T. McLaughlin got his hand badly hurt at the sa\? mill a few days ago. Mr. Gilbert Moody and family have the sympathy of .the entire com munity in the sad misfortnue of having their nice new home, with nearly all its contents swept away by fire a short while ago. r S. W. COOPER IS DEAD S. W. Cooper, Sr., one of the old est and best-known citizens of the county, died at his home in Qualla, Wednesday night. Mr. Cooper had been iii poor health doling the lat ter days of "his life. He was ?2 years of age,' was a confederate vet eran, a member of the Methodist churchy- and of the Masonic fratern ity. - ( a \ Mr. Cooper leaves seven children, C. C. Cooper, of Hamilton, Wash., Mrs. D. G. Bingham, of Oklahoma, Mrs. Thomas Barrett, of Whittier, Mrs. D. Iv Battle, of Whittier, S. T. Cooper of Canton, Grover C.Cooper, of Sylva, and G. T. Cooper, of Whit tier, chairman of the Jackson Coun ty Board of Education. > The funeral will be held in Qualla, this afternoon, and interment will be in the Thomas cemetery. . ?" 4 I % _ \ ~ .From two seedling pecan trees one. farmer of Jones County Sold $73 worth of nuts in addition to ilibse he g,te at home and gave away to friends. Another farmer of the same county received $100 for nuts sold from a dozen young trees about his yard. Others are now planning to put out pecan trees, reports Cijhnty Agent E. F. Fletcher. OVER 1,000 MILES - BUILT LAST YEAR A total of 1,044 miles of road, in eluding bridge?, costing $22,028,787, 44, were completed during the past year,1 according to filial figures made public by State Highway Chair man Frank Page. Plain concrete led in all of the 13 types of road constructed under su pervision of the commission. / Not included in the completed list for the year are sections of road on which the final work has not been done by the contractor, which will as the total mileage for the year to beyond the 1,200 mile mark. The year is regarded by Chairman Page as the most successful in the hitsory of the road building program in the state, but the record will npt likely last out the present year. Following is the list of roads com pleted, together with the cost: Topsoil, 221.53 miles costing $1, 909,691,12. ..Graded, 123.06 miles, costing $1, 084,357.84. . _ Gravel, 92.52 miles, costing $852, 297.67. Bithulithic macadam, 38.86 miles costing $942,511.79. Waterbound macadam, 40.75 miles costing $695,289.30. Sand asphalt, 21.37 , miles, cost ing <$284,752^0.' Asphalt concrete, 186.94 miles cost ing 6,538,531.63. Plain concrete, 223.04 miles, cost ing $7,453,383.40. ; Reinforced concrete, 32r71 miles costing $1,218,886.32. Brick, 0.57 miles, costing $14,384. 77. > Corduroy, 1.32 miles, costing $33, 769.89. Bridges, $525,627.69. Sand clay, 55.60 miles costing $404,497.13. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH W. Ross Yckiey, Pastor. Sunday School iL M., J. T. -;r:^ ?* Preaching at IT A. M. by Dr. IT. T. Hunter, President of Cullowhee Nonnal and Industrial School. ' B. Y. P. U. (J:30 P. M. > Preaching 7:30 P. M. by the Pas tor. \ _ Welcome to one .-.nd ail. r V . Committees tor arranging enter tainment i' or the V;.,X. C. Ministers' Conference: Dinners at e'i.uc'!: Mrs. C. L. Al lison, Mrs. W. E. ( I lindstaff, Mrs. A. J. Dilis, Mrs. Jchiij It. Jcr.es, Miss Sadie Luck. >* ?, . Homes for visiting preachers : Miss Lucie Luck, Mi's. E. L v Wilson, Mis. I. H. Powell, Miss Addie Luck. ? CHAMPION FiESR PLANT CLOoE.-I DOWN Wayncsville Mountaineer, Jan. 14. -??lit of lim .createst ealat.-iT'Cs which ever^befell this section iiiclud ing several counties aud eveu a few states was the closing down today that at lea t 1,000 men are off the Co's. mill at Canton, which means thousands of others, \yives and chila big pay roll and they represent thousands of others wives and chil dren and others who arc dependent directly on them for support. Last year the extract business went to the bad en accolnt of for eign extract being so cheap. Then the pulp trade has been off lately while some real big collections arc yet to be made for p:vduct j already sold. Not long ago ti\m 400 to 500 men Were cut off as a natter of re trenchment and those remaining were told that they must^v ' rk longer shifts if the mill was to !>e kept running, while those on salaries had ten per cent reductions. Ever since this most of the men have been rest less and dissatisfied so they organ ized for a strike and protest. j When the authorities saw what was blow ing they decided to close the mill which was^done today at noon. BURNED BY ALCOHOL ' IN RADIATOR Geojge Townson is suffering with severe burns on the face as a result of the ignition j. )f alcoholic vapors in the radiator of his car. Alcohol had been placed in the radiator to pre vent freezing and Monday evening about seven o'clock George removed the^cap to put some water iu the acr and the vapors were ignited by the coal of a cigar which he was smoking. His face was badly burn ed but it is not believed that his <tyes were injured. . ' - ? * BAPTIST MINISTERS' OOH * t rERgyCB NEXT WEEK Tlie Western North Carolina Bap tist Ministers' Conference will be ' held wi^h the local Baptist church, beginning on Tuesday evening, at 7:30, with a sermon by Rev. A. J. Smith, pastor of the Franklin church. * Wednesday will be devoted to the discussion of various subjects of in terest to the denomination, by re presentatives from the fields west ' of Canton. | Dr. Charles E. Maddrey, State (Secretary of Mission^, is expected to be here and will preach on Wednes- ' ^ay evening at 7:30 o'clock. an Appreciation . The Jackson Couhty Board ' of Charities and Public Welfare is be- ?' gining this New Year with hap pier hearts than at any tiipe since its organization.* Through the kindness of some who donated outgrown garments, shoes and stockings, the ehilled bodies of little children have been made warm and comfortable. We wish to thank each and everv one who made even the least donation There hasn't been a worn out piece of clothing or pair of shoes given and we have found a place for every , thing. Most especially do we wish to thank David M. Hall anjl A. M. Simons for their unfailing interest and generosity. Mr. Sinionk has asked us to call at his place of business and get a lot of clothing he has for us, Mr. Hall completely out fitted a family ? father, mother and six ehfl- ' mgs, s&oes and coat?, aJl new. ? . * * t " This family is a worthy one, not beggars by any means. The father is not able to work because he has been crippled, both legs having been broken. Again we thank them and every one who has contributed in any way. Nut one who gave knew that any thing would be published concerning their gifts. This is now given a small publicity, but on the last Great Day will we not hear the Master say 4 4 In as much as ye have done it unto the least of these, my breth ren, ye have done it unto me." Respectfully, MRS. C. Z. CANDLER, See. Board of Charities and Pub lic Welfare. ' % ' jtRORS FOR FEBRUARY TERM v The following is the list of jurors ' drawn for the February term of the superior court : x First Week, W. H. Hooper, W. C. Martin, F. L. Barron, S. C. Buchan an, J. W. SwAyngim, John 1$. Stew art, J. J. Deitz, Joe Collins,, L. G. Stewart, Arthur Cardon, J. E. Rog era, J. W. Buchanan, C. A. Evitt, 1 5. A. Cowan, J. R. Dills, D. D. Bu chanan, Luther Stevens, W. M. Jami son, H. T. Bumgarner, J. W. Cope, C. C. Mason, J. R. Stewart, J. F. Melton, J. W. Iiaker, A. A. Deitz, T. 0. Fisher, Tom E. Buchanan, J. II. Alley, P. T. Ftwler, W. A, Sut ton, W. R. Deitz, W. F. Moody, K.C. Owen, R. B. Doit/. Second Week: D. A. Martain, T. C. Allison, J. W. Monteith, S. P. Wilkes, M. E. Hooper, J. C. Aliman, Victor Coggins, R. J. Morgan, O. T. Nicholson, J. N. Rogers, S. A. Ashe, Thad X. Deitz, Mask Stewart, L. P. Allen, D. L. Shook, J. S. Norman, L_P. Powell. ^ _ ? ?_L ? : ' , Oiur ; 42 cents per pound icr their wjrl. fanners in Watauga County po.kd their product, waited nnlil Decei.?b:r and sold it for 50 cents pqr t>onn<l, ftr.'es CountyAgent John B. 'Steele. Sixteen caw of roduto) have h"'!? bought by cooperating farmers it; thirteen counties, reports Asaistan Director J. M. ftray who h: odle?l this project for the State College and Department cf Agriculture. The early chicks make the laying pullets next fall. Uso eggs for sit j ting from birds of good performance recommend poultry experts of the State College and Department. ^