North Carolina Newspapers

t ) KM THE YEAR m ADVAKCI QUI 8TPE iw CHAMBER or COMB&OE PAY ORS ROAD TO TUOKASEIOES ?ftl4> Sylva Chamber of Commerce unanimously adopted a resolution hnrd-surfa?:ed road l'rom <?\ jen to ihc forks o' the Tuekaseigci: |;.V1,, \,.i Callowfrw and Knrl U I'lH1 a hard t> ir'tVe.-.; road from v;|va to B?lsa;?i, it a meeting hfl? |;|s- Tl-.ur- 'lay ev !. Th ? n-sHu lion v.n> road by Mr. John R. Jones, ;is uiih.ws.t Wli.ivas, the future grovf't aiu ty of Sylva and the count; ,l;ickM>n is dependent uf?oi? the im mctiiiiic construction of au adequate I,an! '.li faced road system through ,.?t i in- county, including the link ot timber 10 from Balsam to Sylva, and the loali* from Sylva through* .tlx e?uHt\ lo the south via CullowhQ< Stall' Normal School, East La Port* iim| Tnckasoigce, connecting wit I Number 2S. in Cashiers Valicy. Thcrcfom he it resolved that the ?:vjv:' Chamber of Commerce go on record as favoring a highway of con note construction from Balsam t suw; aii^from Sylva o the forks of r!,c T' ckascisree Kiver,^ and that ? ouiTiiitti'c of tjve members of th' Chamber oi Commerce be appointed D confer with the State Highway Commission, the County Highwa. Commission and the County Commis ? -.0. "i Jackson County, to ascer tain what arrangements can be mad ;ivi these nt'cded progf/essm movements. li w;i- enthusiastically receivo ami it- adoption moved by Harry K liuehanan and seconded by J. liamsc J'.uclutnan. The president appointed M. P ('.man. M. C. Bryson.W. P. McGuire K. 1. MVKee and T. C. Bryson as : coiiiniittty to eonfer with the count.* ami iaie road officials regarding it Th.1 i.jimnitiii'C is now working on the lict.iils and it is believed that th l.inNMi.i en be irottcn through witl. out ;i hitch, and that the roads, o " * wtjcii we have dreamed, will b wliiies within a few months. .1 rtMilution, as follows, was adopt U fr.cring the Smoky Mountain .Vatiuftti! Park, read by Mr. C. C Bueliauau for his committee: Whereas, o concerted effort is now bc:;:^ put forth by various otganiza liens throughout the country for th< establishment of a great National Park here in our Southern Ap palachians, which said movement ii fur the jitirjiose of preserving the forest. primeval in all its grandeur. and Whereas. Jaekson county is in close proximity to the proposed area and will be tfiently benefited by its estab lisfiment; and Whereas, Sylva is vitally interest ?! in every movement which is foi ifie upbuilding of Western North Carolina in general and Jackson fouuty in particular; Now, therefore in order to promote aid movement ami iwe every effort f'tf the establishment of said park; lie It lie-solved by thu Sylva Cham ber of Commerce: Sjf*tiou !. That the said Sylva Chamber of Commeree place itself ?n record a slicing whole-heartedly unreservedly, and enthusiastically be hind any worthy movement for the promotion, establishment and main tenance of said Park. ?Section That the said Sylva Camber ot Commerce will encouragt 'be ac<|ui: ition of suitable lands for 'bis piii|K)se by donation, purchase, rwleiiWution or otherwise. Setiirm 3. That a copy of these resoluti(?ns he mailed to the press ol ^'ale. and that a copy of same likewise be Sent to the Chambers of ? < ".imierce. Boards of Trade or other Piv'ie organizations having an interest wii| movement, and that a copy of :"'H'- likewise be sent to $en *tofs Jiiiil Representatives in Wash k'ton.i ? o Adopted in session assembled, this ,!l? ami day of Algust, \m>, Ibe meeting was held ifl thp din Ul- r,""n of th?? Methodist pbpmrb,and ,1"' dinner served by the missionary pieties ot' the Baptist and Jieth r ,st '[lurches, '' was opened with an invocation :v H?v. Mr. Lands. Following the f"iricr? interesting addresses, looking ?lrk*a:xl on Sylva's history and f?r" ,V|r'l to its splendid future were ?>> Messrs. John B. Ensley, J. ?J M. D. Cowap, WW' Watt, ^ Allison and E- U M#Kee. lnsic was led by BJrs. J, B- Jones Mr. B. 0. Painter. *'? M, L Smith, manager of the of i-oniqierce, was introduced spokc on what it means to be a ?roster. follow^ #oounitte#6 were ap c i \ pointed, or made reports'." ' ' 1 / Report of Committed fr<d ' tain meat of Atlanta Motor ^ Report of three Mem' Com mittees, E. E. Brown, g nnfri ? > O) s '? ?> berships. J. R Buclunv .? report.. A. J. Dills, no repor? j Appointment of Sty ' Ie:. Wor ship Committee, D. d cc k, \l. D. Cowan, J. B. Ensley. Committee for selection of ui.np Site for Boy's Camp, W. D. \Y;:r ren, I. H. Powell, J. R. Long. Committee appointed to clear path to Tuckaseegee Falls, J. H. Wilson, J. S. Higdon, G. T. Cooper. Committee for next meetiiiT of Chamber pf Commerce, J. C. A'lison, Chairman, W. M. Brown, J.W.Keen er. Go Getters for Meeting Tuesday September 1st, Dan Allison, F. E. Alley, Jr., R. U. Sutton, Fv.ink Mor rison, H.E. Monteith, E. P. Stillwell, J. L. Dillard, L. C.M ore. > FORTUNE IN PRIZES OFFER ED BY 3TATE FAIR Raleigh. * Aii'.ust S-'i.?Olferiuir :i total of $ j!..;l(i in prizes to succos:. ? ?'ors, the wi oitii pr.-niu; !?si ,?f ji\ v ?\Torth Cs .Viii.i Sl:ii.> l-'n: 1 to be ltd in Hale: J) 011 October l _ has been received from the printer and is now being distributed by tliv 1 .anager, E. V. Wilhorn. With the ex 3cpiion of $7,200 offered in the race nd $600 offored in the fine arts de partment nearly air of this siun goes t'or agr cultural products. There aro twenty departments of the fair each 'leaded by .a member of the Beard ot Directors appointed under the lav. passed by the last Goneral Assembh .vliich made the fair a public inse rtion largely controlled by the State ollege of Agriculture. Nearly all of the departments have 1 member of the faculty of the C^l oge in actual charge as superinten dent. ' .. (o The premium list shows that there will be a number of high class fro. icts put 011 at the race track eae!; afternoon and night. An excellent racing program lias been secured wit! some of the finest trotting and pV ing thoroughbreds in, North Carolina entered. Ah enlarged horse show i also expected to bring many lover.' >f good horse flesh to Hftleigh thi> fall. As was the case last year, prizes of $500, $400, $.300 anil $200 are offered for the best county display These prizes go on down to $50 for tenth place. The best live-at-home t'ty-ni display will win $250, with 3cond place bringing ,$175 and so on down to $25 for sl^tli place. Com munity displays will win at the same rate as the individual farm and ac cording to Mr. Wilbom should at tract considerable interest. Mr. Walborn states that there is already much interest shown in the fair this year and that many exhibi tors are writing in to reserve space. SHOAL CREEK Several Cottage Player Meetings' were held in our homes last week preparatory to revival services to be gin in the auditorium Monday night 24th, conducted by Rev. ,1. R. Church of Winston-Salem. Rev. A. H. Bry ans preached the introductory sermon Sunday night, in the Methodist church. It was delivered in an earnest and impressive manner. Prof. W. ;C. Reed preached a very interesting sermon in the ' Baptist church Sunday , morning to a large ittentive audience. i 1 ^ i Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bird, Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Bird and Mrs. D. S. Flin- j torn motored to Asheville to visit] Miss Aijdry Birtf, who h^s under ?one an operation for appendicitis. They report her doing nicely. Messrs. H. G. and P. H. Ferguson went to Franklin Saturday to at tend revival services, returning Sun day afternoon. ? /j Mrs. W. F, Battle and Miss Hazol Battle returned Saturda^from n *v! ? to Sylva. I, Mr. James Freeman and famil> f, Ducktown ar? .isiting among i ,_ tives, ; Mr, an4 Afrs.- D. A- Martin .*? * Miss Jessie Martin of Chcrdk o spegt Sunday p{; Shoal (2rpek. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. JJughes were guests at Mr, J. K. Terrell's Sun day. Mrs. A. J. Freemau and Mr. and Mr?. Will Freeman have returned froi4 a visit among relatives at Al mond Mr> and Mrs. Ras Chambers have OOVftd t? p. K, Pfrtt)e farm. i \ ' ATLANTA JOURNAL BROAD CASTS SYLVA ATTRACTIONS ( The Atlanta Journal's broadcast ing station,one of the largest} and mo.:t papular in the Southeast, ""sent out in formation of Sylvn, its people j and *14 attractive surroundings, to ' .thousands of radio fans, on Monday | night. The Journal was advertising ithe giant motorcade, which it is sponsoring, and which leaves Atlanta on September 14, coming through Murphy, Andrews, Bryson City and Sylva to Asheville. f'or weeks the Journal has been carrying news stories, daily, dealing with the motorcade, and the at tract - ; cues.; of the 10^011 through which it will come. All this is Incidentally giving Sylva advertising that money could not buv. A CRUAM CHECK EVERY WEEK ) " Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hooi>er whose farm is in the valley above Cullowhee arc getting a croamcheek of over five dollars each week for cream sold t'r.mi three cows. These cows arc noi oven getting any grain feed now but are on pasture under dry weath er conditions. Mrs. Hooper says that ,b\ feeding the cows well they could get a big increase in crenm and in profit. They keep a flock of White Leghorn hens to which thy feed the skim ntilir at a good profit, as 3 pounds of skim milk is worth one pound of corn for poultry and hog feed. On the scream alone the income from three cows is over$20 p- r month Mr.*; lioi.per says. These cows with even ordinaw care ,w11ik-.?r;?<'? ?? amount of crcam for ten months in the year and bring in for cream ati.n $200 each year. County Agent C. \V. Tilson says by feeding the skim uiilk to good grade female dairy calves,poultry and pigs \t will bring in at least half as much as the cream. This will make the in come fryni the three cows $.'100 |'ier year, the improvement made Tiv tlie increase in soil fertility on thu farm from keeping the cows will practical ly pay for the labor in earing for th<; cows. Any jfarinec, can rendilv se* what Mr. and Mrs. Hooper's iucouu would be from six or nine cows and decide for himself if this is not r very profitable vyny to spend his time aiifi iharket the feed he produces on his t'iirm. SYLVA SCHOOLS C OPEN MO/DAY Kylvii Schools will open Monday. Chapel exercises will ho held at the Graded School at 8:45, while the op.-:ing exorcises at the Central High S;\i!K>l will be held at 10 o'clock. This will enable patrons and friends tr> attend both, should they desire. \ Everybody is cordially invited t*1 be /present. ' ?' . 1 A. C. LOVELACE. EABUEN JOINS AT LANTA SHORT ROUTE , Information from Clayton, county seat of Kahum county,Georgia, is to the effect that Raburn county has let the contract ^or'the construction of the highway fjom Habersham county line to North Carolina,/ joining the concrete road from Dillsboro via Franklin, near Dillard, Ga. RESULTS OF BIG REVIVAL GOOD Franklin Press Aug. 25.?The ten day revival meeting conducted by Dr. George W. Truett ol" Dallas. Texas, and Dr. F. C. McConjiell of AH =vir.>> :!??., came to a close Sunday night. During the past week there have Iv'v'ii two services daily, Dr. Mc / . ? ' V 7 / m Connelf preaching in the morning ;;:iil I'r. Truett at night. For the past several (lays thousands of people frofn all of the Southland and from states as far West as Missouri and Texas have been present at each service to hear these eminont divides expound the\olc| time gospel in such a manner that even ti child can un derstand. " .?? Tlio simple and profound faith of these great preachers has touched re sponsive cords in the hearts of the thousands who have listened. SELLS TOMATOES FROM ONE EIGHTH A6RE FOR $5Q.OO Mrs. W. A, Ifoopev of Cttilowhoe Townshljisay? shy ha?i sold over $50 worth of tomatoes from a small patch of less than one eighth of an acre. Mi's. Hooper says that she sold the tomatoes from a patch no large for $75 last year, and has canncd all she lieodod at'home each year. At this rate tomatoes would pay $400 an acre is a cash crop. It is gopd cash crops that make farming a paying business. * ' V k \ ) , t v. ' ,V 4 t" w (\ ^ *' A ' "?"* V JOURNAL MOTOR CARAVAN WILL BE FIVE MILES LONG AH indications are that the Atlanta ? Asheville tour via Murphy will have I more than 150 entries with between 460 and 500 tourists. Up to Thursday the entry,list had reached 110 with around 50 assurances of additional entries, according to dispatch of the Atlanta Journal,which paper is spon soring the tour. The entry lists do not cloue until noon Saturday, Septem ber 12th. It is estimated that less than per cei:t of those entered will drop out Til : it appear.; that his tour will be < n ,-'t* the largest and most im por,?.^ ever conducted. A statisti cian has /igurcd that allowing an in Vrval of about 100 yards between the cars the motorcade will stretch out for a distance of more than 5 miles. THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN PARK # \ Editorial in the Charlotte Observer \ Sunday, August 10. State Highway No. 10, its eastern end 500 miles distant where the surf pounds the sand at Beaufort, will lead to the gateway of the Smoky Mountain National Park, when that develops into an asset for the east ern world, and the gateway will lead into and through the beautiful 'little town of Brysou City, around which rise the knobs and dill's of the Smo ky outposts. It is a drive of en chanting views over the finely-paved highway from Syjva to Brysou City, for, winding, around courthouse hill, the highway turns in alongside the tuiiiblingTuekaseegec and the Murphy division of the Southern, following these in their twistings, through val iovs that alternately contract and.ex ? . ?> 7 ? ,..iid, sKirting go rues aud passing through level plains of Waving corn liclds, through thrifty villages and giving revelation of a land full of 'abounding plenty and of groat natur al beauty. One d l'the interesting institutions of the town is the ance. tral home of the Brysons, now, occupied by ?tddge T. 1). Brysou, of recent favor able introduction to Charlotte. It is one of the grand old homes that have been preserved in the original beauty of its setting. Aud it is front the vine-clad ]K?rch of this sequestered looking across the shaded lawn and the open tennis court to where the surface of the river shines like splotches of silver tJi rouglfr t ho breaks in the trees, that Judge Brysou can tell one all there is to know about the pro|>osed National Park, now swiftly coming into the notice of the people of ail the State. In the narrative he is ably assisted by his brother, Dr. 1>, It. Brysou, and if reinforcement is required the most competently-equip ped authority on National Parks i.i the country may be called in, for M v. Horace Kephart is at' all tintis handy. And it is Mr. Kephart we a ' to quote in the main, for he lived .i life of! seclusion in the wild* of t ? Smokies for sixteen years, as that lomr ago had gone into these moun tains to regain his health. The Smok ' ies gave him life and he is manifest I iug his gratitude in a persistent and uover-flagging endeaver to save the Smokies m all their primeval glory for the benefit of posterity. And Kephart is a mighty advocate, lie is a man qualified by observation and gifted with the talent to - put these observations into print. He has probably produced more literature on the Smokies than any other authority living. That he does this well may be indicated by the fact that ?he is author of "The Southern Highland ers", a book which has been accept ed a:; tin' most complete work of the kind that has ever come from the press. i .. Pipes are knocked out and re-light-, ed many times while Kephart iso lating the glories of the Smokies and. vision ing the future blessings that^ will come from establishmet of the park. All along, The Obsever was looking for the "high light" in his argument, and this high light was quickly discovered. We are going to handle it now, a* an offset against the objections that have been brought forward, or that may be advanced in opposition to the project. It js the govomnk#it-com^"ucted road along the ridge of the Smoky range. The crest of the Smokies consti tutes the dividing line between Noyth Carojina and Tennis The line i sns sharply duflned as the top of a vail fence. It is nowhere lower than 4000 feet; in places it is over 0,000 feet. Its distance form the upper border of the proposed park in Haywood County, to its lower border in the upper edge of Graham County, is about forty miles. Along this ridge the Government would build a high way 60 feet wide. This great boule vard, averaging one mile above sea level, would be crossed by three or four Government^built roads to con nections with the various State High ways, so that the entire territory of the park would be opened to automo bile tourists. It would all be new ter ritory, with attractions that would take precedence over the more fa miliar features of the western parka It would open a wonderland for the American tourists, and where the State now has a thousand tourists it would have a million. How little the great body of North Carolina people living east of Ashe ville know of the vast domain lifting its head to the west of that center. We are accustomed to think of the Black Mountain range, with its Mount Mitchell lifting its crown 6,711 feet into the clouds and its score of 6000 foot peaks as constituting the ridge pole of the State. But the ridge really runs between North Carolina and Tennessee, the home of the Smokies. There we are in the region of over (iOOO-foot ranges and peaks, for there as a mighty sentinel over lower Swain,., towers. Clingman's ..Dome reaching up to the ears of Mount Mitchell. Old General Clingman con tended to his death that his dome was higher than Mount Mitchell, and Doctor Mitchell lost his life in estab lishing the fact that his mountain is, in fact, just 30 feet higher than the Swain County bulk. In the same Smoky rahge is Mount Guyot, which rises to an altitude of 6,636 feet and it.; neighbor, Mount LeCohte, is but, 30 feet lower. Waterrock v Knob, Mount Collins and Jones' Knob are among, the more-than-6000-foot moun tains. The Smokies cover an area of 700 square miles. The Craggies and the Black, magnilieent as they are, are comparatively restricted in area, covering only 85 square miles. Mr. Kephart relates that for "wild beau ty and grandeur "he has seen nothing in Eastern America that equals the Smoky divide and its outlook. Over a goodly part of the range, he says the primitive forest still stands in, all the' majesty of many hundreds of years of growth. It is the most Varied forest in the world today. There are 136 spfceies of native trees and 174 jwecies of wild shrubs. Under their shales grows an immense variety of wild plants that can thrive nowhere but in a forest primeval; they perish forever as soon as the big trees are felled, and lovers of plants and wild flowers will know them thereafter only as pictures in books or as dried specimens in a herbarium. And it is for the prepatual pres ervation of all this natural treasure that the movement for creation of the Smoky Mountain National Park was organized. Success seems near er as investigations of the area have progressed. It now appears certain that Virginia, backing the Shenan doah National Park movement, will unite with Tennessee and North Caro lina in a common cause that the I combination of parks?the Shenan doah and the Smokies?may go through as a whole. -o TO CELEBRATE OPENING 2LOAD 'Franklin Press Aug., 21-To cele brate the opening of the road from Franklin to the Geoigia line the Macon County Progressive club wil sponsor a meeting to be held at the tabernacle in Franklin on August 28 Arrangements have already been made whereby hundreds will he entertain ed. Invitations to various Chambers of Commerce in cities and towns in four states have been sent out. The replies so far received indicate that 'people are coining by the hundreds. Many prominent men have express ed their willingness to speak on this ocasion. Among these speakers will be Commissioner of Revenue R, A. Doughton of Raleigh and Judge Thad Brvsen of Brysor. City. The latter will talk on the importance of a National Park in the Great Smoky Mountains. ? A very targe delegation from At lantsTwill be present. Also each town on the Atlaiita-Fraiiklin-Asbeville highway will send iepresentative?. After the exercises.at the taber nacle the assembled multitude will be driven to the sight of the power dam to see Franklin's great municipal ^undertaking. Othoir points of interest in and near Franklin wiU aim .be. visited-:- , i .?/ pi- ? MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED V. B. Cooper, of Jackson eounty to, Amanda Debord, of Swmiu aoumty. | .* ' . ' V* i > * j , *. i C. MEETING CLOSED AT CONLEY'S CREEK Rev. J. D. Sitton assisted bq Rev. Thfcd Watson and Rev. Wes Grim have just closed a very succesful meeting at Conley's Creek, in Swain county. The meeting resulted in eighteen converts. Eight being^bnp tized into the Whittier Baptist church. The meeting was held in an old ' church that had not been used for a number of years. a FINANCIAL STATISTICS OP THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF NORTH CAROINA, FOR 1921 ?' Washington, D. C., August 29, The Department of Commerce an nounces a summary of the financial statistics of the State of North Caro Una for the fiscal year ending June 30, *1924. ' \ The payments for maintenance and operation of the general departments of North Carolina for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, amounted to $15,746,898, or $5.79 per capita. Thia includes $1,729,783 apportionments for education to the minoi" civil di- - visions of the State. The expenses of public service enterprises were $23, 370; interest on debt was $3,494, 219; and outlays for permanent im provements were $32,670,011. Tho total payments, therefore, for ex penses of general departments and of public service enterprises, interest, and outlays were $51,933,498. In 1923 the comparative per capita for main I tenance and operation of general de partments was $5.10, and in 1917, $1.96. The totals include all payments for the year, whether made from cur rent revenues or from the proceeds of bond issues. Of the governmental costs report ed above, $30,346,673 was for high ways, $4,122,126 being for mainten ance and $26,224?52 for construc tion. The total revenue receipts ?f North Carolina for 1924 wcrr> $21,202/35, or $7.80 per capita. This was ?1,938, 848 more than the total payments of the year, exclusive of the payments for permanent improvements, but $30,73l,lt>3 less than the total pay ments including those lor permanent improvements. These payments in ex cess of revenue receipts were met from the proceeds of debt obligations Property and special taxes represent ed 27.0 per cent of the total revenue for 1924, 23.2 per cent for 1923, and 50.2 per cent for 1917. The increase in the amount of property and special taxes collected was 73.6 per eeni from 1917 to 1923, and 10.9 ]>ei* cent from 1923 to 1924. The per capita proper ty and special taxes were $2.10 in 1924, $1.92 in 1923, and $1.20 in 1917 There were no general property taxes in 1923 or 1924. Earnings of general departments,or compensation for services rendered by state officials, represented 14..> per cent of the total revenue for 1924, 11.5 per cent for 1923, and 20.1 per cent for 1917. Business and nonbusiness licenses constituted 39.1 per cent of the total revenue for 1924, 34.5 per eent for 1923, and 19.4 per cent for 1917. Receipts from business licenses consist chiefly of taxes exacted from insurance and other incorporated companies, privilege taxes, and from sales tax on gasoline, while those from nonbusiness licenses comprise chiefly taxes on motor vehicles. The net indebtedness (funded and floating debt less sinking fund as sets) of North Carolina on June 30, 1924, was $68,739,976, or $25.28 per capita. In 1923 the per capita debt was $20.16, and in 1917, $3.85. 'There is no levy of the general property tax for state purposes in North Carolina, < SYLVA METHODIST CHURCH Vl Preaehing next Sunday rooming at 11 o'elock. The message of the hour will be far the young people of the community, especially those goin^ off to sehooL Let every one, both young and old, who possibly ean, be present. The haek b. ne of the hot weather seems to he broken, now let ?veiy feHow rally to the cause and make these last week;, of the Con ference year tell fbr the mqi.t hle. Sunday School 9:45 A. 1L Epr worth League 7:30 P. IL / j < I