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' * A. ? f ?w ' - I ' ?*????' v.. ( ' V ?> f ( , . V /: . #1.50 "the year in advance in the county SYLVA, N. C., SEPTEMBER 2,1925 $2.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE-4HIT 8IDE THIf COUNTY WHICH COW PRODUCES MOST BUTTERFAT?! ]|iirinu the present summer Mrs. I Oscar (!a^tef of Caney Fork section v C. f / ( jlits ;s(iM from rows of bunch |he:!i'is amounting to not more than) .,.iu|,tli ol an acre, ifytt worth ol lii'.-ni linn _ |V>iili's the beans sold all the irilcil lor family u e wen ii\>ih this patch. At this raU (iiiiirli f)i:i!is are worth $2(i4 an aer< a c:sh crop for Jackson Count;. [ By crowing the cash crop* |ih;!i jviy we can educate the child mi. |,ll.x 'l|(' taxes and save for e rainy day. |ANOTHER PUREBRED JERSY BULL COMES TO JACKSOlv On Tiicjsilay of last week Mr. Let and .Mr. Hilly ? Hooper went |,vil|i the County Farm Agent t< Si.uiorii "s Hairy Farm atr (Jranitt :!iiil bought an excellent young] piiivliK'- lerey hull for Sjieedwel ro:.iiaiU:ity> The sire and dam ot' thi. wiiii : hail a:t- only registered 01 jjir.r il but also on their merit, whirii makes him far more valuabk t!ian';iai>t beitn; a purebred. His dan iruiliu-ed "hS pounds ot butVe.rfa >| year :i - a' four year old. Thi: iiriiui|iii ol hutlerfat is equal to t>8( ,.^iiitl> ?'i butler. This bull's lnothei ii;i.? SjWi? -islets that have producer over Tin' jMrtinds of butterfat in on< war. .Y&iny of his ancestors ha\ jjltcsc u ic.it records of production. ;C.lt tb?- present price of cream tlx |dmii i>; ami Iter ?d this bull produced! vii m r -Jtui worth of, civ.un last iar. >iic-oUit|i breeding like thi ijic will }?ut more; \d6lla is 01 |ihr 1'iViiui chick per cow in Jacksoi ('mint v. \\(j have had three of-tbest vnlcalilc hitlls come into the count; in ihc i>a.- t few week.:. We need more BALSAM Many friends ar.d relatives here at uiiiiil lb" funeral of Mrs. \V. () |{i!i!i:h?i ;it I he Old Field Cemeter SatH/iIiiy. t .liici a delightful season the Lo C.aii;;i Ca iip lias disbanded. < Mr. M., I', (irecn and family wi haw ijccii boarding with Mrs. R. J. Br; >011 fi:r route time, moved to Wav p.-ville .Monday where they wi (tiiiikc t!cir future home. Jlrs. Coy Hedrick and baby c iekury mv visiting her parents, AT |p<i Mis'. A. 11. .MehalVey. Mr-. Fanny Moore has returne IJrjin Hide ;ry where she has been foi !#mi' time Miss Kuth Williams has returne I to Wuynoville after visiting be* Wbtfr. Mrs. \V, T. Lee, Jrr; fr tin p.tSf week. ^ I Mr. i ;co. T. Knight spent Sunday ?'itli Mr. Leon Hooper on Moscr Cm k.) . ' j , ? Nt 1 I?Vv; and M^'.. A. C.,Bryson re feivr-il an announcement of the birt1 ('f a irraiid daughter in the home o tlnir miii. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughai Brv--(;ii in Detroit, Mich. Mountain trips afe still in evidence TV !n!!ov. in.i enjoyed a picnic din-. ,ltr* 'i"i '.'oiics' l>i!^)|) Thursday: Mrs. 'to Fiii/.cr Hood and Miss Kalista Hooij nf |)a\ idsoi[ College, Mrs. D. T Kniur!it. Miss Nannie Knight, Mr. ('f iu.i^Kiiiiiltt, and Mr. Ozey Hortoi "i Atlanta, ilr;. Nliaojis ami Mrs. I.ydia Aller |?rero lu re froiti Sylva Sunday. nrited with pleasure the goot faults ( litaincd by Mr. and Mrs. Lc< Hoojifr near ('ullowhee from the sale 01 '"icaiti, etc. which reminded us that Mr- ami Mrs. John T. Jones of Hal >r"? <iru averaging $19.20 per weekj 'rum tluir three Jersey cows under N!?il:tr circumstances. ,!:(?( were several automobile it,j |Jk" |ijjr]i.yy"oy pear here ^I'ulay \,j on,, seriously hurt, but 'lf ,"irs avc re damaged. | ^Hicn cow pro duces MOST BUTTERFAT' Dairy Extension Departure!)' 1:1 Carolina hps str^t charge '! !||l "final testing of cows ot every 'f11''1 i?i milk and butterfat pro **!"'tioii i? f|u. various dairy lierd>, "l "x- Stale. This department gives ,u' lolUnvinir suiumnry of butterfat Nyitii'i'd |,v t|t(> })ost imtcbred cow? U?. iiilfi:ri:nt biveds in the state ?'"?t|1(. looijth ot' July. "i No. on test average lbs kVi f(')t per cow 1 7 ft -^.4 j) I V ts 44.7 ,,olst-n 12 45.5 ^'rshire ' 21 44.2 CtJLLOWHEE STATE NORMAL TO OPEN MONDAY ??? \ Cullowhcc, Sept. 2.-The outlook for he regular session, which opens Sep tember 8th, is encouraging. Notwith standing the fact that the catalogs vere delayed by the , printers anrl vero received only seventeen daysjbe ore the opening of school, we have il ready, a t considerably l^rgc nura >er of room reservations than in any irevious year, and applications aiv fining ih daily. Students arc coming' rom a wider territory than ever bi-! ore. Plans are now being made to ake care of the increased patronage.' A careful check up as to the at-' endancc for the last few years no? ?nly reveals an encouraging ,incicas>,' ?ut shows two striking coincidences ? the number ot student u-For in tance, the total attendant*; during ic session 1922-2.5 was 150 students, nd the total attcndai.ee of the sum .er school the following summer,' .?at) is in 1923, was exactly 150 Indents. The .enrollment the paist ession, 192:25, was 312 and the' >tal attend neb during the summer chool thnt has just closed was 312 Indents. The srliool has, both in the' ogular esssion ami in summer sphopl,' or Uie past two years doubled the' tie:.dance and added a round dozen ? i" good measure. There are two groups of workers' i ( ; | ?ow.on t.ie campus, representing two' mtraej.rs, S. R. Bennington and F. ? 4 Watson, both of Lynchburg, Ya.' he e men are working on something! ke 550 /ft., of concrete tunnel and H.'^lincs for the underground steam . tern connecting the power house id the various buildings. The con tactors are rapidly moving forward yth the work, making an effort to bmplete the contracts before winter ' rts ::i. 0 ' , , _ ?' < The Constntction Committee, Mr. r1 j l r. * \ t eul/en BM Robertson, Chairman, of' j ) i ' | 'anton, Mr. .Tames G. K. McClure, of' Asheville, and Pres. H. T./"Hunter, j ? J ' - ? 1 i ^-officio member, met at Cullowhcc a Augiist 27th. Mi. , Shipman, of irevard, was unable to attend. The' 'onuuittee not only chcekpd up op the .<>rk tjiat had already, been done by Vj. a lie contractors under the two pro .-ets. but mad^ a study of the pos-j Utilities ot repairing the existing aildings on the campus. Plans were, lade to repair the Davios Biiilfjing, nd to install a modern sewer sysfprn. . 0 ' r. GAY I The fields and gardens, here are uttering very badly from the ' rough t. Miss Margaret Cagle of Webster /as here Sunday visiting iriends. Mrs. Lindon Hall and children of Ysheville spent last week wjth Mrs. - \ i fall's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John fatham. Mr. R. G. Buchanan went to Sylva ast Friday on business. Mrs. Lola Tath?ni of Young Hams Ja., is here visiting her father, Mr. Villiam Gribble, also other relatives. . Misses Birtie and Elba Ashe of ?Vebster spent from Saturday until donday visiting relatives herfy Mrs. Roy Buchanan and two child 'bn of Greens Creek were visitingMr. i " m ind Mrs. Harrison Cowan las{ week, duo other relatives. Mr. W. H. Jones of. Robbinavilk' /as here Sunday and Monday on msiness. S . Mrs. Oie Barron spent lastjWednes lay with her grand-parents, Mr. and vlrs. N. P. Jones on Betty's Creek. Miss Qra Reed of Greens Creek /isited her sistPV> Mw. t B- Gab? aSt week. The singing class visited East Fork inging class last_Sunday. Nice sing 'ng was reported. Mrs. Sue Bryson pfld Ve<fa Cabe atteudc *dthe quarterly meeting held with the Eas{ La Rorte church, last Sunday. Mr. N. P. Jones visite^ hi? s^n, Mr. W. Hi'. Join.., ty^syijle recently. . . \. Messes. R. 0. Higdon, T. B. and L. B. Cabe attended the land sale at Sylva last Saturday. ... V' ? IATES AJAR TO WONDER-LAND SYLVA AND ENVIRONS (Editorial Charlotte Observer) I p to the present season the great wave of tourists unto western North Carolina^ has beat itself against the 1 illsides. around Asheville and re c.vL'd in -the homeward direction, i here s a vast area of mountain <? iiintry that is not only untouched by the foot of the tourist, but that a stranger to other than local ' '"lenity. For the first time in the history of the State, sections arc ujV lieiyg invaded by autortiobile parties that have known no strangers i he sjlences of whose wooded areas have been broken ordinarily by tue <-rc<r\ of the rifle of the native or the sound of the native's axe. It was what is known"ar; t'*e 'To? v :ison Legislature" that opened this wonderland to the outsi^ a matter of course, tae t i.r..,ii ?. . < f which we have spokeu sifted be-t yond Ashevillf to Wavnesville, bt? rause. th<? location of "Jiinalnska jrought n good deal of it in that direction, but beyond Wayne.ville was the towering bulk of the Bal sams?and beyond that lies what we ?light properly call the Land of De iiirhts; (iiror^ia has known more about it than the people of Nort|j Carolina,] the:im;,!,.e.i. . Kranklin, Hayesville,, Murphy, Andrews and Robbinsville have 1k?1:;: red to;(icnrgia on the west in proportion as Elizabeth City in the east has belonged to Virginia. But behold! The good roads have conquered the Balsams and all that ection of North Carolina is now "at homo" to the remainder of the State. We have not included Brysou City and Sylva, because they have cpcupi-| ed position of No Man's Ijand be tween Georgia and North Caroilna. Both these cities, however, are now talking Charlotte as if they had been our neighbors all the while. They are beautiful and prosperous cities, with an agn'rc^tve citizenship, and The (>b ;;rver went up among the people to se:> what the row over the propos-.| ed National Park was about, ft found evi 1 body Wearing a suit of fighting cloii.es and determined dn seciwug the p:irk. That, however, is a/ parti cular storv ealling for social treat jneqt, which is to be given in pother article. There is a hard-surfaped l?ad al!t the way from1 Asjicviile toWaypes ville, with exception of fttMV "dips of excellent gravel road east of Canton,' all .the route?it is the western end of the famous No. lfo?is under con tract jto Murphy, west of which the hard surface has been carried to the Georgia line. This is incidental to informing the public that one call' gft from Asheville over the Balsams to Brysou City in comfort and safety. The construction work between Bry spn City and Murphy necessitates dc tours, but with the coining of another season the way will be in completed condition and plans may foe laitf for trips into a sexton h^her^o outside tii?i ifgion of tourist tfavfj. The man who thinks he has Been "the host" county town in the State, is liable to bewailed into account, if he must confess that he has not seen all of them; If he backs his conceit with a bet, he is likely to lose. The Observer will let them submit their respective entries and then it will place a town new to tluni ag#iflst it?population nutoulw^iuii. U i'" fcylva, jlic. Capital of Jaekflon County. The':?c is suggestion of beauty about the i!nine and the claim is well-main tained. One can almost coast down into the town from the Balsam Gap. It is located at the point where Gun ter and Scotts creeks come together to wind ardund xthft hill and join the Tute!<?seogee, two miles to the west, at Dill.sboro, the great kaolin center, ami in the forks of which creeks is located the Targe tannic aeid plant of Mr. McKee, fhfc ewetcUman who cniuf. into ownership of the old Hampton estate, now converted into a pleasure resort, known as H^h Hampton, and about wl^? <y.y. are going to 'M^li^li^eu the Tito visitors introduced into Sylva [over one of' the prettiest streets in the State. It is of concrete conscrip tion, with sidewalks of the same ma terial,'and is lined by business houses of modern construction. Pressed ; ;' - ;) '' " ?? ? brick and plate glass is a feature, of Sylva architecture. There are bank buildings of the class seen in the laiger c.t tli; i\? are wholesale and retail: t* . ; thai make .nood "companv. To tli.- ;...rth east a ^eries ol> cones and knobs rise.; like a painted canvas and hack of these is-the ui> wanl sweep of the Plott Balsams, tipped off by Black Rock, at an ele vation of 5,84? feet. There is a o,000-foot eminence to the south; the vista down the street toward the east inclines upward, with the twin peaks of Laurel Patch Bald and Cane Bald, the former (>,078 and the latter j 5,927 feet high, piercing the ; kv line. The street is level as a floor and at its western end it spiiis, tli;1 right hand branch going to .Murphy and the left winding up and around! a mountain leading 1o the courthouse door. It a judge not used to climb ing eomes td Sylva to hold court, th?v have to motor him up that way, for the Jackson County courthouse is situated like an architectural" gem on $ mountain top. From .its eminence it directly fronts the main street. Down on the street level there is a wide'basin from the center ot which spout,s a fountain. Back of the fountain, broad concrete steps lead up to the court,house ,pla/.n. The stairway is divided into , six sections, broad landings between each of which afford breathing spells In the center of theN fourth landing is located the Confederate m<;nUnuu:.| with pyramided granite base and marble shaft on whiMi is jp< bronze) figure of a Confederate soldier at "parade rest" The surrounding hill-1 sido is terraced Am] planted in gras? and flowers, giving; the courthouse ji setting of unique beauty. Then, Sylva has a propulsive force in a newly organized Chamber o.l, Commerce. The business men them I are backing it with the iv(money and they are going tof let the world know more about their town than The Ob server is able to do in this article, for the best we Could say at this time is that the Capital of Jiicbon County is one of,the most beautiful mountain towns in the world. Its) citizenship is both aggressive and j progress^ ?nd the town holds . position of peculiar1 advantage, in that It Is a key city. The routes from Ashevillq, Murphy, Franklin, (Jreei ville, Henderson ville and Brevar center there. It is on the main ^ligl. way through the la:'ins (VhiVr Valley, and avoi'.H? ,'i,m vrillt v is v t'i ef v, h i h tVe'pcaple of Kcr Carolina know but little. On the way the average North Carolinian is easily lost. Senator Coward and John Wilson.] the latter chajv>unii of the? Jackson Cotuity roa^ board, showed TlieyOb server it\to and through this resource ful section ?f the State. They took us out ot Hylva on Route 30(>, by jCullowhee Normal, by"the -High Falls of the Tuckaseigee and around a mountain side along which the high way was caned out of solid granite,! attaining an elevation of more than 4,000 feet. It was all-tumbling??waters," altitudinous precipices,toweinisi pwiks and virgin wooi^s, ^ith yvnr lecurriiH opeq giving views down into vajlfeyilt of -wonderful fertility. And somewhere during the course of our passage through the forests, wt nftted that the signboards had chang ed. We were traveling State |{ig-hwn\ | No. 28, of familiarity down on tin Chimney ^o^k end, but of bewilder ment up there in the mountain fast ' nesses. And after a wjiile the StTitc' road gave out and we were or? tmo ol Mr. Wilson VJacksnji t'wtinty high ways. He Ufci nuin 'did a marvel ous bit of .engineering carrying t In road up by the Devil's Courthouse and to a plateau under the s^optderj of Whiteside Monr^i,'*. fhere oik must le^\'?.4jK? machine and The Ob ya3 interested to find "park ed here and there automobiles from South Carolina, GeOriria. 'IVxas. Louisiana, Florida, ^wmessee, Maim an<^ A^omaua. They were '' parked'' wherever there was a hole in the woods. Not a soul was in sight. "Where are the people?" we aske<i Wilson. "Oh!" was the reply, "theyj ; \ \ are up on old Whiteside. We will meet some coining down, we will overtake others going up and we will find the balance enjoying the scenc from the summit.'' And that was the first The Observer had known of "Whiteside." The trail loading up is Something like that whjeh leads ui> Mqjmt Mitchell, but mu<?h shorter. We might get back a moment. At Bryson City Judge Bryson will take one to the backbone of the Smokies and tell him that from,that elevation he sees all that is to be seen. At Sylva they wilj "tell tho visitor that he has not seen the highest thing in North Caro lina Until lie. h&s seen Whiteside. "There's Judge Fiiiley" said Wilson, "lie was holding court at Sylva last week .and .had been talking all the time1 abojit Blowing llock. Saturday night I asked him to go with me the next day and sec Whiteside. 1 got him u]> here and he threw up his hands and said he had no more to say. And right over there," said Wilson, pointing to an uplifted head, "is Chimney Top. Stay here over night and go up there with me, and 1 will show you the headlights of trains (V * ' \ from Washington and from Atlanta." Whiteside is in the nature of a 'v..' ? ' (; \J Jumbo Blowing Rock. It his a south ern cxjHJsurc three miles around. From its top tiicre is a sheer preci pice of rock, wall,- two thousand feet down to the tree tops in the covo. Over the ranges Walhalla, Auderson, iTi'iiica ana opartajiburg are clearly discernible and one looks down into the Toxa way basin and the Sapphire Country, L'owu below is a virgin ter ritory for' the sportsman. One can see in the three townships of Cash iers, Canada and Hamburg, 5G0 mile: j, streams abounding with speckled 1 K ;? ? x trout, , Ay The downward slopes of the moun tain expose, the largest area of gi'an ite wall in the country. At f>la<fes the reeky face is flecked where the sur face has sealed off, and the cxi>oseu rock .shines with marbled ^whiteness, a is from this cirHunstance that the aiuiinfai'.i; got its Jianle. The tret growth is Stunted, but the whole toj of,, tht mountain is covered with i. carpeting of mossy green. This ef fort- is produced by the thick gr .w^l of heather, the most prolilic growth ol the vegetation known in the State And far dov.u in Whitesjde Cove valley is a cluster of housed) the cen terpiece tit* which is pointed out as the"smallest.postollice in the Nation' It is GxnmshiVW Postoliiee, and the ? ? building*' housing it is about one third the size of Trelypn Browne's famous pv'l\Uv!y~ at Black Mountain. They will tell Vyou this postoffict figured . some i.ionths ago iu The Youth's Companion, and then thev will point across mountain ranges .^tc the proud bulk of> the Balsams to the "highest depot" in the United States State and ctfiuity highways alreadj reach the shoulder of Whittrside and the bridle path-is easily convertible into a motor risad, so that with tjie coining of another season very much more of the world .will come into ap prcciation of the- massive propor tions ol Whiteside and the splendoi of the view that is to be secured. And from Whiteside one looVrf down upon the "last plateau"- of the Blu* Uidge, the plaivau from which tin drop is iiijidf iiito the cove. .It is uj on this plateau that the most marvel ons revelaion of the trip into Jack son County awaits the visitor, tor i> ?s there ti.e.the old '? iter estate is loe?U*?, with its sur roundings native/ and imported } rees, >nc cbl lodge house of General Wade Hampton and the ^?mptoi. family, with, tho ancient furniture in (act; deer horns ruing the door ways and \\4iMfyws and the m,agnif cent Wtering of Norway, spruce, ritododendr^i and Ja-.rol ranglpg the estate of 2,2f>0 ao- A'f^xs the place jcught by the ?'U MeKoe,, on the shaded : vu or which we found a it\o,^.rt i ? ort hotel, with guest from half" a dozen aijd more States enjoying thenu elves in surroundings of:general sylvan beautyv The Observer \viii hive to tell its readers of vhfc* estate in a subsocjucnt artrwh-, and along with it must eome iome information of Bryson City md its beautiful environments. It has a store of information to reveal ibout a St*?!ton of the State that v.is nore fa;. ions anions the' grandfces of the past, than it is among the people of the present tin\e. ,, '. \ ? ' . A CITY REFLECTS THE i IDEALS OF ITS CITIZENS A city reflects the ideals of its I citizens. This is true in commerce, as well as in civics; although it will be more apparent in civics. The stand ards ofcopimunity life are bodly imprinted on every departmnet of ?u ? ? ^ community activity. Good civic condition's and good f) citizenship advertise a community. The greatest source of desirable publicity is a citizen who is iif love with his city, and has tangible reason for that affection. Not only does it advertise his community, but it ad vertises the community spirit of tho place. It advertises its industry, its general business affairs, its communi- t ty life. V ''s' There is one other consideration on which too much emphasis cannot bo 1 . . ' ' \ laid. A community, in whose develop ment special emphasis has been laid upon civics, is loyal and patriotic to itself,- to the state and to the nation. * - .f ... The very nature of the civic work done proclaims the fact. There is the ideal to defend; there is the organiz >d whole to uphold. All these have their commercial vajue, although they do not appear in figures in the final balance of the average commercial institution, who can say that there is in them any less commercial vatye f because of that fact ? TILLEY REUNION Oil Thursday, August 20th a good dinner was spread in the big shady orchard at the home of Mr. G. A. Tilley, in honor of Joe and Monroe ' Tillcy of New Holland, Ga. There were 108 present and every body seemed to have a good time and en joy themselves and especially "around the table''.The? "away from Speedwell", visitors were: / Mrs. Margaret Ashe, of Wilmot, Mr. and Mrs. John Ashe and Mr. and Mrs. Hurshel Ashe, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Watson and children of Sylva, Mr. ind Mrs. Joe Tilley and their two daughters, Sallie and Willie Belle, Mr. Isaiah Sinathers and Mr.Monroo Tilley all of New Holland, Ga. Joe uid Monroe Tilley are the sons of Mr. John Tilley and the grand-sons of "Uncle" Lewis Tilley, one of the pioneer settlers of Speedwell. They went from Speedwell to Georgia when voung men and Joe has made several risits back here since he left, but Monroe had been gone about thirty years. His old friends were so proud to get hold of his hand. He nade a short but interesting talk which was enjoyed by every one present. *' ' Mr. Z. V. Watson told some good jokes and also made an interesting talk. . I We organized a Tilly Reunion to >e held at the same place en the 4th of July next year, unless we see fit to change the date. 1 After listening to some good sink ing and making kodak pictures eveiy jpc began to say good bye and go home. / Mrs. A. H. TILLEY. AUCTION SALE A felQ SUCCESS The Auction Sal? of the V. Y. Hooper Division of the Love Fanu held last Saturday was a very success ful sale and everything went off very nicely. The C. J. Jeffress Realty Co. and the Sylva Realty Co. handled this sale jointly and state the bid ding was spirited from the beginning and very satisfactory. OPENS REAL ESTATE OFFICES \ The Sylva Realty Company ban opened offices iu rooms 3 and 4 BTy son Building over The Paris and will handje real estate- is all its branches, also, fire insurance. A. J. Dilfe is manager* having- had wide experience i& the rettt estate and insurance field yfe predict a gKnriit?Abasia-ess toy this. coiiAegzL.
Jackson County Journal (Sylva, N.C.)
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