North Carolina Newspapers

year in AIjttiiCE IN THE COUNTY I^TrrjiiTE HAWK KILIi ^ ) ED- BALSAM NEWS Alley Mills, son of Mrs. Jane ^ while squirrel hunting near fessner Haiti and not far from his. Wctbu'stlay of last week, kill jtltf white hawk that has been ^ j,fn. l?v many persons for about or twenty years. At one time was offered to any killed it. Later, a man on Jen's Creek, whose chickens were! ^ devout W by his bird, offer jaifffanl <>f $5.00 for his capture. lHhougli 1'^ ll0me was 0,1 Wessnejr Ijld he lias often been seen passing fer Balsam to the opposite range, ?jis hawk IS snow white with yel i f back ami le.irs, the beak being 0g similar to our eagles', beak, lis mate ami young are said to be y any otlu^f hawks. With ont uttflied win us it measures foir The boy took it to Mr. T. 1L jekards to stuff as he is an ama jr taxidermist. jlrs. Lizie Barzhes has returned nun a visit to lior brother, Mr. & ; Arlington and sister, Mrs. Re Kta Carter in Old Fort and her other. Mrs. Artie Arlington in Mor jii ton Ik. Rich;: it I Holder returned (onday to Charlotte aften a visit iher parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. [(Kay. I SL: Roy Dock is having his ton ftfc removed in Meriwether hospital fc JsheviHe. I Tie box sup|K*r given here Satur fcysi^ht tor the benefit of oar fcjJed stliool was well attended de fctefo inclement weather. Miss ?uliJfeiialley won the cake voted to ?e pettiest girl and Homer Green Kb the box of candy. The proceeds laoonted to $42.30. I Kis Marie Fisher who is attend K S. C. I. in Svlva was in Balsam Ifonday. I Miss Hazel Norman i$> visiting in ??bust. ? I Miss Amber McKay went to Har* Brood Monday. I Mr. and Mrs. \Y. T. Lee, Jr., motor ltd to Asheville Friday ? Kessre. Andy West and Andy ??ford have returned from a visit V relatives in $ wain county. 10m of the most enjoyable affairs W tie season was a Textile party fr? Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. J. ot Paducah, K}\ Delicious ??shments were served. Mrs. ?J' guests were: Mrs. T. M. Mrs. \V. T. Lee, Jr., Mrs. ?r' ^anvf'H, Miss Nannie Knight J'fc. D. T. Knight. killed at ANDREWS CROSSING [Albert Walkefield and Gordou *ood, were instantly killed and Wakefield fatally injured, Sun p afternoon abou t 2 o'clock, an automobile in which they ? riding was struck and demolish by a Southern Railway train, ""it cue-half mile from the An station. Imports from the scene of the ac *er? to the effect that a high "d fence, surrounding a ball park, those in the machine from see the approaching train and kept the engineer from having view of the crossing. I?e train was traveling at a low : of speed, is is stated, as it was the corporate limits of the l^rs. Wakefield died about 3 iflinH &t'ter the accident. She was be ?arriaj;e Miss Edna Lackey of fnlle. >' P*- and Mrs. Wakefield had only "torried about one month. Mr. t(K)d was also married about 3 J) ; ' a?? to Miss Azalee Ammons, of ouisville. ? Wakefield was 22 years of age, 19 and Mr. ? Earwood was *t 20. men were members of the a' Ruard and were in charge ; horses used by Troop D, *** at Andrews. *as stated that the men had t? corral and were enroute to when the accident occurred. 1 akefiold was driving the mft E. SMITH GIVEN ^MIKATION IN NEW YORK _ i X. Y., Sept. 26.? Amid applause and enthusiasm Jf# drill shed, Governor Alfred ^tu was renominated .by tho ^tic* state convention here this wwr Iff ?' WILL SHIPS OUT SPATE'S HEIGHT BILL, QUESTION Raleigh, Oct. 2.? Will increased water transportation facilities in North Carolina REDUCE FREIGHT RATES to North Carolina points 1 That is a question in the minds of a great number of voters, who soon will be called upon to decide whether or not North Carolina shall issue bonds to provide adquate port term inals and water transportation. Maurice R. Reaman, one of the fore most freight rates authorities of North Caroilna, now secretary of the chamber of commerce at Wilson contends that rates will be reduced, should the voters accept the measure at the polls in November. Mr.~ Beaman cites, for instance, *foe rail rate on cement shipped from Hardwick, Virginia. The rate to Norfolk, ? distance of 266 miles, is 11 cents; to Greehsboro, a distance of 233 miles, the state is 20.5 cents and to Savannah, Georgia, the rate is only 13 cents. He cites this as an instance of the effect bad upon rail rates by water competition from a point even so distant as is Hardwick, Do points where rail meets water Ipenses. more than $10.00. En^mtc-r Frederic Fay, designer and builder of the terminal, in Raleigh a few days ago, stated that more than $300,000 had been saved to the ship pers of Maine in freight rates through the operation of the termi nal. . * . . * * "Through the terminal and the boat lines it lias brought to Portland, the Pacific Coast has been added to the markets of Maine. Thousands of tons of Maine canned vegetables, ,rveat qnnililvs of Maine sh^es and other manufactured goods are find ing their way to Pacific States. A Maine shoe manufsw'rer, for in stance, can ship his goods by .water to Pacific ports for Tesa than half the rate that is charged tfte St.Louis .nanufnct ?r?r by railroads. -o - HONOR ROLL? BARKER'S Frst Grade ? Maggie Dills, Edith Buchanan, Marshall Sutton, Henry Riggins, Claude Brooks, Frank Bry son, Lloyd Green. x Second Grade ? . Isaac Brooks, Allen Bradley, Thomas Gunter, Ral ph Bradley, Howard Nation, Ruby Gunter, Annie Belle Davis Third Grade? Birdell King. -Fourth Grade? Geneva Brooks, De Forest Nation."" * (( Fifth Grade ? Elsie King, Bertha Ward. Sixth Grade ? Denis Bradley, Odell Brooljs, Walter Brooks, Floyd Gibson, Talmadge Jones. Seventh Grade ? Janet Nation, Felix Jones. SHOAL CREEK. * Hon. Felix E. Alley spoke in the auditorium Saturday night. Some of our folks are attending revival services at Whittier, conduct ed by Rev. H. A. Bryans. Mr. and l^rs. Bill Howell spent Friday night at Mr. G. T. Cooper's. . Misses Hester and Delia Owen spent Thursday night at Mr. J. H. Hughes'. js, ? Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Patton and ing Mrs. L&wrtence Park, who is tery ill, in Geogpa. Mv. Dallas Howell was a guest of Mr. D. C. Hughes, Saturday night. . Mrs. York Howell spent part of last week with her daughter, Mrs. Lela Cooper. Mrs. A. M Gibson spent Thursday with Mrs. J. H. Hughes. Mr. pnd Mrs. B. B. Henson, of Whittier, visited Mrs. W. H. Cooper, Wednesday. ' r '? Mr. and Mrs. J. KL Terrell were guests at Mr. H. G. Ferguson's, Sun day. ' ' ,'?/ ? . ..A "? ,X--" Mr. G. A. Kinsland has returned from Asheville, where he purchased a motorcycle. ,.v ,v V.- {) "c->, J Miss Essie Anthony, Messrs. Wayne Battle,. Frank Hall and Carl Hoyle, of Cullowhee Normal school, spent, the week-end with home folks. Mr. Hubert Wilcox has moved to Shoal Greek. CHURCH StTPPBB? COBNTOLE The Ladies of the Methodist chureh of Glenville will rserve a sup: per on the cafeteria flan, October IX at the Glenville Methodist church, be ginning at six o'clock, P. M.. The proceeds will be used for making re pin on kfcHwWV ' ; ? ?-Mi SYLVA , N-. C,, OCTOBER 3, 1924"* u- ? J $2.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE? UT THE COUNTY ? / THE SUNDAY TOLL ? s. ? ^ ; r. vV ' v" y / ' ? '* ./* J'' V ' * ?' :? c ' . r ' ' ? 1 ? Each Sunday death stalks the highways and lingers at the curves and grade crossings throughout the land. The relative number of persons killed in automobiles tragedies is steadily mounting until the motor car is racing almost neck and neck with influenza as dealer of death. The Monday papers of America are always horror sheets, prac tically casualty lists of the maimed and killed of the Sunday slaughter. * i : C ' Most of this terrible loss of life is due carelessness or to ? downright foolhardiness. f The great pity of it is that the killed and crippled are not con fined to those who take the chance on their own lives; but an ap pallingly large number of the victims are innocent of any negli gence. They are moderate motorists, pathetic pedestrians, or passing passengers, going carefully abotit their pursuit of happi ness, when suddenly death reaches forth its streaming sickley-and they know us no more. These are the victims of the other fellow's foolishness. When will people learn the value of human lifef '! When will Sunday become again a day of worship instead of a day of slaughter? "? ' ? - ?' V ?. - , A THE BROOKHART DEBACLE ; '/ > <; It is indeed disquieting news that has transpired, "Out where the West begins''. Iowa is a Republican stronghold. Iowa can always be safely counted in the Republican column, almost^ as safely so as Penn sylvania. Iowa has been figured by both Republicans and Demo crats/as being one of the states that was Keeping Kool with Koolidge, during these hectic fall days. . v One Brookhart is a Republican senator from the state of Iowa. He is also a candidate for reelection to the United States senate, / *> during the present campaign, on the regular Republican ticket. The other day Mr. Brookhart wrote a letter to the Republican Executive Committee, which was first a virtual demand for the resignation of Charles G. 6awes as Republican candidate for" vice-president of these more or less united states, and was second darily a powerful phillipic against that same General Dawes. I^e charged, among other things, that the S. 0. S. general is a tool of the international bankers, and about as far from being in sympathy with the masses of the electorate as it is possible for an American to be. 0. course Senator Brookhart knows that the executive commit tee will not request the resignation of General Dawes from the ticket. He knows also that he and General Dawes are running on the same ticket and that, if both are elected, the General will pre side over the house of congress of which the Senator is now and will be a member. % \ The obvious truth is that Senator Brookhart, who is a power in Iowa, and who knows his constituency, is aware of the political j?> n sentiment, out where 'the West begins^He findsJua-OJWSH&oeition, " as a candidate on the regular Republican ticket, a perilous one; in view of the tidal *wave of LaFollette sentiment that is sweep ing the Republican strongholds in the West, and he is paving the 1 wny for hini to save his own political hide by deserting the regu lar rr.iiks and fleeing to the tents of LaFollette. The Brookhart incident is another strong indication of how the brc-oze is blowing over the bucolic plains of the West. It is dis qmetin ;; news to the friends of Coolidge and Dawes. It still fur ther v-: "<;r ; the breach in the Republican ranks; but it does not / prove the fight is between LaFollette and Coolidge ? between the regular Republicans and the Insurgents. It docs indicate to the impartial observer that neither Coolidge nor LaFollette can be elected. It does indicate that Mr. Davis will be elected, or nobody will have a majority. Jt does strongly indicate that the sure vote that Davis has added to the La Folctte states and those that LaFollette 's votes, coming ad mittedly largely from Mr. Coolidge, will swing to Davis, will be sufficient to prevent the election of Coolidge. ? It is a sad thing for those who have had a life-long allegience to cither of the two old parties to contemplate; but it may also mean the breaking up of the ancient political alignment and the coming of either two parties, one conservative an dthe other pro gressive, or of three, a Democaatic party of the South, a Repub - lican party of the East, and a Hybrid party of the West. , TO PLAN CELEBRATION FOB JACKSON COUNT YFARMERS , . # ' " A meeting has been called to be held this evening at 7:30, at the office of County Agent R. W. Gray, to plan for a celebration for the people of the county, similar to the "Farmers' Day", held last Novem ber. ' V, A considerable amount of the funds raised last year was left over and is now on deposit in the banks. It is believed that fans will *be prac tically sufficient for the purpose, and that additional funds will not' have to be secured, this fall. All citizens interested are urged to attend the meeting, tonight. OPEN NEW JEWELRY STORE. The Hawkins Jewelry Company, of Hendersonville and Canton has opened a new jewelry establish ment in the new Bryson block, with a nice line of jewelry. The place is attractive, nad will be undo: the management of Mr. C. C. Hawkins. ' % '. /? ? o SUPERIOR COURT - ' OPENS MONDAY < 'V - Jacksoh county superior court, October term, will begin, Monday, with Judge J. Bis Ray presiding. . The court will be for the trial of both criminal and civil causes, the criminal docket first being cleared be ?0x9 &e civil MNft ni taken up. ? ("? ' :'M " ? { V v;/,v ? i( ? V ? is*-; Va ifsA PARENTS' MEETING AT /METHODIST CHURCH - f. ' Childrens' week is being observed ? - I x this week in the loealt Methodis church, and on Sunday evening at 7:45 there will be a public meeting for both parents and I children, in which the interests of the home and chnrch will be considered. Address es will be made by Prof. A. 0. Iove lace, superintendent of the Sylva schools and Rev. 0. J. Jones, pastor of the church* ? */ The public is invited to attend Every member of the church is exJ pected to be present. o ROOSEVELT QUITS NAVY TO MAKE HIS RACE * Washington, Sept. 26. ? Theodore Roosevelt today resigned as assistant Secretary of the Navy and left to night for his home at Oyster Bay, New York, to take up the fight as Republican nominee for Governor, fl ? ? - SERVICES AT M. E. CHURCH 0. J. Jones, Pastor. 11:00 A. M. Reception of mem bers into the church, with an address C. L. Allison, superintendent Sunday School 9:45 A. M. on the meaning of ehnitsh member ship. ; , -? Epworth League at 7:15 P. H. C. C .Hanson, president. MARRIAGE LICENSES Claud Bowman to Nora Rose. Hobart Littrell to Effie Parris. J.-H. Green to Zetta Lou Farmer. C. B. Kinsland to Bertha Jones. i Mont Bradley to Bonnie Bumgar NORTH CAROLINA NEEDS BETTER FOREST PROTECTION Raleigh, Oct.' 2. ? "North Caro lina's present prosperity is partly due to her forest wealth and lumber industry as well as to her fields and > cotton factories,'- says H.M. Curran, Forestgr for the State College ex tension division. "During a period of 50 years following the Civil War, i y North Carolina has produced 42 billion feet of lumber worth $15 per thousand, totaling 660 million dollars, practically all of this value going as a labor payment for men and teams, to the farmers and laborers of rural Carolina. We are still producing 42 million dollars worth of lumber an nually and it is possible to continue this production indefinitely if proper protection is given' to our forest areas." ? ' ' . ' N Mr. Curran states that an organ ization built up in North Carolina similar to the efficient department of V o forestry in Pennsylvania, will assure the future of our forests and will enable us to <cut an increased amount and better qualities of lumber in the years to come. Half a million dollars spent annually by the state for fire prevention and for the replanting of waste areas will give us a permanent industry which he estimates will add 100 million dollars worth of welth to the state's income. This will pro vide a harvest tjjbe gathered by faipers and laborers of every county of the state. \ "We have the habit of doing things well," says Mr. Curran. "Good roads are ours, good schools, public health is protected and our fields are re ceiving intelligent care. The great task of turning our forests into in come producing areas rivalling our ploughed fields, is now Tt-ttve issue. Plans are on foot to secure the funds necessary to restore our forests, to assure for all time the continuing of the industries dependent on the forest and essential to our continued prosperity. ' ' ? * ' ? c O VIRGINIA EDITOR SAYS PORTS WILL PAY STATE BIG RETURNS "Contrary to the general view", writes William B. Smith, editor of th^ Danville (Virginia) News, dis cussing North Carolina's port term inals and water transportation pro ject, "the question is not one that affects the large, well-organized in dustry as much as it affects the man of small means. Great factories get a milling-in-transit rate, bringing in raw material and shipping out finish ed product. But what about the farm er, who finds the freight on his' corn, or apples or hogs more than he can get for them in some instances; or the city mna who pays in his house ren? in his grocery bill, in the price of shoes and every article of use or wear, ttfe war-time taxes of excessive freight rates." Mr. Smith is the first of Virginia's editor's to champion the cause of those who are advocating the issu ance of state bonds' in sufficient amourit to provide adequate port terminals for North Carolina mer chants, farmers and manufacturers. Like most folk who have no know ledge of Carolina's coast save that furnished in childhood by Commo dore Maury's geography, he had an idea until recently that the Carolina coast was a bleak and desolate place littered with Hatteras wrecks and peopled only by ghosts of drowned sailors. His atitutfe was induced by the thought that if North Carolina had port and water transportation possibilities the state would have de veloped them for the good of its people long ago. "But 'an able commission of far seeing men have been studying North Carolina's transportation needs," he writes, "and its report has the ap proval of Governor Morrison and the legislature -as well as such leaders of thought as Senator Simmons."" Commenting on Governor Morri son's address at Rockingham, tne editor declares that "with that un answerable argument In mfafl one is nof surprised to find that the great railroad systems of North Caro lina are fighting the plan with all their vigor." Governor Morrison had pointed out that the state's numipl freight bill of 55 millions was 33 1-3 per cent too high, and that whatever the cost of port trcminals, the , state I would find them a profitable invest* N. 0. SEED- POTATOES SHOW HIGH PRODUCTIVITY ? N* ' i V Raleigh, Oct. 2. ? Several yean afo the idea was conceived that it might be possible to produce Irish potatoes seed in the mountain section of Western North Carolina that equal Main seed. "There is evidence now to show that this idea was well founded", states Glenn 0. Randall Horticulturist for the Extension Division of the State College, "for / Western North Carolina Irish Cob- / bier seed is not only equal to, but in many regions of Eastern North Carolina demonstrations have shown that it is superior to Maine seed from the {standpoint of yield. This statement is based on demonstration tests in nine different counties in Eastern North Carolina. Last year these demonstrations showed an in crease in yield of North Carolina \ Mountain seed over Maine seel of 13.8 per cent No. 1 grade. This year the tests showed a similar increase of t? per cent.*' "Growers in eastern North Caro lina need not worry about the ear liness of their crop says Mr. Randall "as tests conducted in different regions in the easii-m part of the state show that N. C. mountain seed produces just as <arly a crop as Maine seed produces.' These statements should be of in terest to every Eastern North Caro lina potato grower not only because of'the advantages already mentioned, bet because of the fact that there is less danger of fr>st injury to seed in transit shipped from Western North Carolina than shipped from Maine. WEAVER BEGINS CAMPAIGN Congressman Weaver began his speaking campaign, Wednesday, at DvaarUviUc. Thursday -he spoiu. in Marion and will speek in Franklin tomorrow. The other dates of his campaign, which will keep him bogy until the dose of the campaign, as outlined in The Asheville Times, are: October 6 is the date for the eon gressman's appearance to Biyson City and various precinct headquar ters throughout Swain county. A visit will be made to the Indian fair on the seventh although no political speeeh wil be made on thta occasion. Mr. Weaver has been booked for a speech at Brevard on the eighth of October while the following day will be spent consulting with workers of Transylvania. He will come back here for thp big democratic barbe cue,, fiddlers' contest and singing competition to be held at the Can dler High school throughout October 10. A visit will be made to Tiyon on the eleventh with two address on the program for the thirteenth: Rnther fordton in the afternoon andCaroleen at night Another brace of speeches will be delivered the following day with Forest City hearing the con gressman on the afternoon of the forteenth and Henrietta listening to him at night. Six speeches in three days will complete the record on the fifteenth with Ellenboro the objective for the afternoon presentation and Cliffside on the schedule ofr the even ing appearance. The sixteenth will be spent at Asheville in the performance of de tailed work and Robbinsville will be visited on the eighteenth. Andrews beam the congressman on the twen tieth and Murphy the following day, returning to Asheville the twenty third. Hendersonville will be the scene of a rally on the twenty-fourth and Old Fort hears Mr. Weaver the following day. Waynesville is nam ed for an address on the twenty seventh; Savannah mi the twenty* eighth. Two speeches will be de livered on the twenty-ninth, Cashiers '/ Valley hearing the representative in the afternoon and Cullowhee listening to him in the ev tiing. An additsa will be delivered at Canton on the thirtieth. .. The last day of the month will be spent here in, conferences and the Asheville man will address fee homo folks and visitors ^at a district iallv to be held at the Bon comb.* county court house Jn the ni<*ht >1 Nn* ember L That >a ihe NUunJny night be fore th* Tuesday election and w*f! mark the climax of theN campaign in Buncombe, on the part of the demo crats as well as that pf the congress man's eanvaaa of the district A few vacant dates will perhaps permit of ?another address o rtwo not now sched , ualed but the program is regarded aa * , ?* i&Vft Vi. JLri: , . ?? L