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SOUTHERN WOMEN
?> ENDORSE PARK
The Southeastern Council of Wo-'
men's Clubs, meeting in*Chattanooga
>! ti
week, unanimously adopted a
.iviion favoring the establishment
;.t' the National Park in the Great
" Smoky Mountains of North 'Carolinr
( ;iH>l Tennessee.
Mw. El L. MeKec, of Sylva, Pres
of the "North Carolina Federa
.troii of Womens Clubs, presented tin
V. it or to the council, in a sptfec'
s!ie delivered on the subject
a introduced the resolution, 'plac
im; the. dub women of the-' Soutl
,|h\ i-tly and actively behind tht
I'llU'Ilt.
The Hesolution follows:
"Whereas that portion of the Uhit
vd States cast of the Mississipi' i.
\;ir:iily devoid of national parks:
? Tlierefom be it resolved that the
.S.'itliiMstern Council of Federate*
( hil) Woineu endorse the establish
ment by' congress of the proposes
jfif'tioiial parks in the Shenandoa)
\ ivlley of Virginia, and the Grca
Smoky .Mountains of North Carolint
ami Tennessee.
vAnd that the presidents ant
representatives of the several staft
leilerations included in the South
eastern Council urge their respective
congressmen and senators to do (al
ijriiu-irpnver to expedite the estab
lishjii'ent of these parks."
PROGRAM MINISTERS'
CONFERENC.
Pr lor Western North Car
Una Mil. Asters' Conference to be hQ.
,'iii vVa vnesville Baptist churc'
?i-iy and Wednesday, October l"
,;ii !4. (ieilcral Subjcct: The Pasto;
li..! iv 11 to the Present Work
Tuesday afternoon
, ! ;)ov6'vnal, W. M. Pruett
:>. Wayne.-vilie.
? .? v:i S jutliem Baptist Situ:i j
<m: y
- The v. i rid challenge to Baptist
L P. Smith. Andrews.
. The effect j of indebtedness
W. F. West, Cullowhee.
v i iiyns elftcts of disloyn'
u tl.v.sioii, II. L. Crea
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? rvsoii City.
'? The need of a ^prophetic mii:
trv. A. J. Smith, Franklin.
TUESDAY' EVENING
Song and praise service.
\ . ? Sermon, W. F. West,Cullowhe
v.ESDAY MORNING
t-unal, Pete Hicks, Clyde
Hi-tor Making His Ministry effect
ive:
His private life, T. F. Deitz,
) iiis study, A. V. Joyner, Can
' ' t#on. h
no TIi:; rccreation, J. C: Hough
'Svlva.
. t't.'iis people, R. P,'*1 Mc
' (?'v. nr qiyde.
f) niior,:
>' In the pulpit, P. T-. Elliot!
M?rs Hill.
a citizen, A- S. Solesby
Vaiiklin.
2:.'!() Funerals and marriages, C. T
-s\v. Waynesville. . v
?:00 The pastor with other pastor
'A. \V. Williams, Black Mountaiii
? pastor and his denomina
?. B. Grice, Ashevillc.
V.'F.: At this meeting the of
;'or the ensuing year will be
i-wtwl. Come and bring other pastor:
v tli vou.
If f or any reason any who are or
Hie prota^m can not attend, please
notify \v. Ross Yokley, Sylva, N. C.
^lOHWAY SYSTEM IN
CLUDES 6,444 MILES
Figures recently compiled show
fl.ait mi July 1st, the State Highway
-^v.u. iudiujed <?,444 mile# pi good
1? ?-* . Of this mileage in excess o.
2.000 miles has heen paved or is bc
iwv; hy the Highway Commis
si1 ii, exclusive of paving done by
Counties nnd turned over to the $tate
Pvito 10, one of the most important
routes in the State has
500 miles of paving completed or
under construction in its total length
?( $79 miles.
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MAftRUOB LICENSES
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Knmnupl ifoody to Eliz^oth PflF"
roll. '
Wm. 0. Nicholson to Paul Stand
ard. '">
"?> dv to Kitter Dills.
* ' T?: d " WS to Hester Henson
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''wood.
^""'t Allen to Eva Buchanan.
Oscar Daves to Eva Price.
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'OREST FIRS RAGES
IN WHITESIDE COVE
The -whole of the Whiteside Cove
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iountfy has been ablaze during th<
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ast of lats week and the first of thi:
jntailing thousands of dollars less i
imberlands, according to report
?oming in from the ufrper, Jackso
aunty country.
The fire is said to have been of i..
endiary origin, and undoubtedly wa
j it broke out at three distinct plac::
everal miles apart, and raged o
K>th sides the Chatooga river. On
re started near the Zeb Alley plac
nother on Little Terrapin, and ai
ther near Greenland Creek.
'A large portion of the lands af.ect
d are the property of M. Bucha.ian
v. A. Rexford, and others. Largi
orces, augmented by the government
-restcrs of the Nantehala National
orest, liave been com batting the
iames since Friday, a.-d now havi
hem under control. ( - , , >
The burned area is heavily timber
(1 and sparsely settled,,being one of
le great forests of the-countv.The pro
>nged drought has dried ojlxihe land
nd the st roams contained little
.ater giving the fire every advantage
j gain headway.
)0 FALL CHICKS
PAY AS LAYERS?
The increased interest in poultry
'is caused some of our fanners to
insider and plan to buy or hatch
all chicks for layers. Some one may
lve eni/kludcd they will pay because
icy cr aviieighbor had two or three
ill pullets that were good layers in
ie altc spring and summer. The
?ouble comes because those late
>r*ng and summer eggs sell so cheap
icy sold at a fair price this year
ecause vegetables were so scarce
to t/> a very abnormal year. We
lould buy our chicks or hatch them
i the spring having Rhode Island
eds, Barred Rocks, Wyandotts, etc.
;ine off February 15 to March 15
id Leghorns and Anconas, etc. come
T March 15 to April 15 for layers.
'ien if our pullets arc properly
oused, fed and eared for they will
tart laying in late September and
lve us the greates production
hru ' the fall and inte? month
hen eggs sell high and there is a
;al profit.
If some one wishes to have early
nd late broilers and friers to eat
,nd sell, the fall hatched chicks or
jnuary hatched chicks are all right,
?ut don't plan to make layers of
?cm. Most of the money anyone
akes with poultry will be thru sale
f eggs. The broilers and frier? just
>me along in the process of raising
o help pay expenses and feed the
reacher.
TEACHERS HOLD MEETING
,n Saturday, September the nnie
uith, a county-widi all-day's teach
' meeting was held at Pyha for
;C purpose of getting before the
chers the general plan of work
v tlic yem\ win* the iuct:tu.?
Iirough which ,tl}C objectives tor the
v.r will be accomplished and the
O'tV d (ef procedure. Thuc wcu> one
ndred and one testers present
'-.e program was very interesting and
lost effectively carricd out through
?^operation and support of the teach
rs. \ \
A fine school spirit was outstand
:ig through the day and the teachers
willingly participated in the activities
f the program. The discussions by
5rofesso^ Reed, Watson and Bird
/hich were so effectively giver were
lighly apprecatefj by
present. Below is a copy of the pro
gram .of the ffoy: , . ' '.
Devotional BJxerpises,' Mr. A. i>.
T ovelcoo.
Stunt Singing, All. ?
Welcome To The Teachers, Mr.
Wilsdj?. ?; .S .,. ^
Calendar fo? the Near--- >
Supervisory Program for the Year
Miss Tullye Borden.
The Standard fo? a WeH "
ed Room, Mr. Bijd. ( . ,,
The Requirements of a Workable
Daily Sqhedule, Mr. Watson.
1 Noon Recess.
Teaching^Vupijs Hpw tP
Mr. Reed.
Departmental Meetings-T -
| Intermediate Department, Mf-t A1'
' exander in charge. ,
Primary Department, Miss Bord ?
General Session
Announcements. /
Dismissal. r;
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mrs.-varner sells
EGGS FOR $300
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Mrs. Fay Varner of Whittior
community bought 260 White Leg
torn, baby chicks in March of last
ear, 1924. From these 250 chicks
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00 pullets were raised and started
laying some the last of September ai
j 'months old. These chicks wero
.aised in a brooder house with
1 brooder and less than 50 of the 250
lied. Of course the 200 left were half
;ockerels, leaving 300 pullets. These
?ullets were placed in a good stand
:d layin ghouse at 5 months old and
jd on laying mash and scratch feed
?^ularly with some butter milk and
een feed. It has been about twelve
onths now since these pullets start
1 laying. Besides an abundance ol
Cgs for home use Mrs. Varner has
ready sold o^er $300 worth of eggs.
County Agent Tilson says the pure
red hens and the proper housing and
ved are the main factors in >Mrs.
arnors' success.
Right now she is planning on start
?ig half dozen dairy cows in ejdi.
) sell cream and market the ski
ilk thru her hens. An abundance ot
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am milk will' cut down the/ feed
: ?st tremendously and increase the
( rg production of any flock.
ROUGHT HURT STATE CROPS j
Raleigh, Sept. 10.--A summary of
.?onditions on farms in North ^Caro
lina (taring August and the fnv't days,
in September show the prolonged
drought very intensive and the lon<r
cut on -record in he Mountain area,
except in favorably situated bottom
iand, crops are reported as .near a
failure in the mountains and in -mail}
ections of the Piedmont. The Coastal
counties faired splendidly in this re
,pect until about the middle o&'Aug
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ist but since that time dry weather
us extended throughout the Coastal
i'luin and late crops are feeling it?
effects except where local showers
occurred.
Ti > dit ion of corn on Septem
ber !-t v.:.s 09 percent of normal as
compared with a past ten year ave
rage condition at this date of 82 j>cr
jent. This represents a decline of 3
points since August 1st. This con
dition indicates a crop of about 41,
314,000 bushels compared with 44,
.514,000 bushels harvested last year.
The condition of the National crop
declined 1.9 points from the 77.4
percent condition on August 1st, but
indicates a crop 18 percent larger
than tlic 1924 j)roduction. Generally
throughout the South and in a largo
part of Jlie .corn belt, the crop is not
o 'promising as it was on August 1st,
dry weather being the principal
cause of deterioration.
While potatoes look promising as
to , growth of plants, the potatoes
show very poor development and in
the western countics farmers rei>ort
Jiiat very little is to be found where
digging has been iij, progress.
The condition of sweet potatoes in
North Carolina was reported as 69
percent of normal on September 1st,
showing a decline of 9 points during
August indicating a crop of 8,884,
000 bushels, a decline of ab ut 10
percent from the crop expected on
August 1st. The condition of Irish
potatoes was 60 percent of normal,
reducing the yield to 64 bushels per
acre and indicating a crop of 3,402,
300 bushels, just a little over half of
last year's crop.
The dry weather has damaged pas
tures and hay crops in the western
:;ouiitios almost to the point of ex
terntination. Many farmers state that
they have been feeding their live
:tock as they do through the winter
nonths. Last year the yield of tame
' ay was over a ton per acre. Reports
at present sdiow an average eondi
tiou of nb'out 58 percent of nt rmal,
indicating a yield per acre of 1400
oounds. Willi grasses anflj meadow
hays will yield about 1200 pounds
->3r acre. Clover hays, with a con
dition 55 percent.^ yield .0 tons per
acro- :A> ??? '.' 'v ?
Sov beans showed about the same
condition as on August 1st, due to
the more favorable pjospegts in the
eastern comities. Cowpeas declined
from 66 on Auerust 1st to 58 percent
on September 1st, and velvet beans
also declined 10 points from the 79
percent condition on August 1st
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WEEKLY PUBLISHERS EN
THUSIASTIC OVER PARK
The publishers of the weekly news
papers of Western North Carolina,
arc enthusiastic boosters of the
Smoky Mountain National Park.
Each member left the meeting, at
Lake James, Friday, pledged to sup
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port the park and cooperate m every
way with the movement, following a
general * discussion of the project,
led by the president of t\ie Weekly
Press Association, Mr. Dan Tompkins
who is al a a member of the com
nittce aj minted to organize the
state park movement.
President Atkins, of the North
Carolina Press Association was pres
ent at the meeting and expressed
himself as heartily i nfavor of the
park.
The weekly publishers met at Lake
lames, between Marion and Mor
gan ton, Friday afternoon, as the
quests of the Marion Lake Club, at
their club house. The business session
.vas held in the afternoon, and the
publishers were addressed on various
subjects affecting the papers, by B.
Yrp Lawrance, Lee B. Weathers, F.
A. Carr, Miss Beatrice Cobb, S. E,
vVhitten, and others.
In the evening they were guests of
Uie Marion Ki^anis Club, at a ban
quet given at the Lake Club House.
Mr. J. Q. Gilkey, who presided as
toastinaster, welcomed the publishers
In1 behalf of the Lake Club, Senator
Giles, for the Kiwanis Cub, and Mr.
fames for the people of Marion. Re
plies were made by Mr. Tompkins,
Mr. Weathers, Miss Cobb and Col.
Weathers, Mayor of Shelby.
Running through all the talks was
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Ihe enthusiastic note of the coming
?*Teat prosperity for all Western
North Carolina. -i
fHE PARK OURS
FOR THE TAKING
Ashe.ville Citizen.v-There are so
uany different ways of financing tho
ostablshnient of the Great Smoky
Mountain National Park that delay
in accomplishing it is inconceivable,
tiack of the 'project is, first, the nat
on-widc campaign to enlist moral and
.inancial supjwrt for the two parks,
Jne in the Smokies and the other in
the Shenandoah region of Virginia.
This will be started Octobe^ ~l hy the
Bankers' Service Corpora won, em
ployed for the purpose by J the joint
efforts and contributions of North
Carolina, Tennessee aud Virginia.
Secondly, theve is the North Caro
lina campaign to raise funds and
arouse public sentiment for the park
in which' this State is primarily in
terested. This also, it is announced,
will begin October 1,
The State money ean be raised en
tirely *by voluntary contributions from
the citizens or by purchase of any
given number jot acres in the park
area and presentation of them to the
government. Or a part of it may be
appropriated by the North Carolina
Legislature, the remainder being
given by private citizens. Or, a third
possibility,, the sums secured from
individuals and the legislature may be
augmented by an appropriation by
Congress from the Federal Treasury.
It has been argured that the Federal
appropriation is improbable because
the United States has flevey before
bought land foy a pattfHial pftrk. It
iias, however, donated for park pur
poses land whi^h the government al
ready owned; And in the long run,
there is no real difference between
the donation of land that is worth
money and the donating of money to
buy land.
All this relates to detail, The main
thing now " is that the .people of all
North Carolina shall show by their
words and their works that they ap
preciate the stupendous opportunity
offered them in the park proposal.
It is particularly essential that the
people of Western North Carolina
prove their enthusiasm for the pro
ject With our people making a eon
vincing demand for the park, with
sentiment in support it aroused
throughout the eeuntiy, with the
Legislature and the Congress
impressed with the people's desire
for it, there is no donbt of the out
come. The Great Smoky Mountain
National Park, certain to bring to
our people an added annual income
of $40,000,000, is ours for the taking.
TRAIN WRECKS CAR
LEFT BY PEOPLE
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A serious accident on the detour
from Governor's Island to Bryson
was fortunately averted Monday
night as 19 cable into town. Mr. P.
0. Bujflingame and his family were
coming home form a ride up the road
and his engine stopped just as he
made one of the crossings. The fam
ily was fortunate enough to get the
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car off the track before the train
came.Thecar was demolished,and the
tendeij torn from the engine. The
tijain was delayed only a short time.
The detour, which everyone is forc
ed to use as they come into town, is
a very dangerous ohe, as people are
forced to cross the railroad track
four times from Governor's Island
here. The crossings arc blind and one
is very steep. The road is narrow and
nothing has been done to the detour
to make it more passable. It will be
in use for . ome time as work fi<om
the bridge to Bryson is not really
under way yet on the main highway.
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BALSAM
Balsam tried to do her bit in wel
coming the motorckde last Tuesday.
Mr. VV. T. Lee, Jr., the genial Pro
prietor of Balsam Store, and a large
number of other Balsamites hailed
the procession with greetings at the
West end of the Balsam loop of the
highway, while the teachers, school
children and other citizens greeted
them at the North entrance. Mr. Leo,
not seeing the two governors in the
.procession, nskod occupants of anoth
er car to present two pretty balsam
walking stic'is and, two miniature
stills to them, as souvenirs of our
little town.
Miss Ailcen Jones was hostess to
a large number of the young people
Wednesday night in honor of her
16th birthday.She was the recipent
of many useful gifts. Delicious re
freshments were served.
Mrs. Carrie Queen and children
visited her sister, Mis. E. B. Nic.iot
son in Brevard last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lee,' Jr., have
returned from a visit to his sister,
Mrs. D; W. Dickey in Sweetwater,
Tenn.
Mr. E. B. Howell and family visit-;
ed Mrs. Mary Robinson in Willets,
Sunday. 1 ?>
Mr. and Mrs| B. E. Nicholson and
little Billie, of Brevard, spent last
week end with Mr. and Mrs. E. 0.
Queen. > ?,
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bryson,
September 9, a son, Clyde.
Born, to Mr. an4 Mrs. G. B. Cow
ard, September 21, a daughter, Katie
Lee.
Mr. T. M. Rickards, Jr., of West
Palm Beach, Fla., is spending some
tinie with his family in their summer
home here. Their daughter, Miss
Catherine, who has recently returned
frpm Europe, left Monday for New
fork to enter Vassar College.
The following enjoyed a picnic
lunch on Jones' Knob Sunday: Misses
Hettie, Faye, Evelyn and Pauline
Bryson, Messrs. Rtoe Henry of Sylva,
Claud Porter of Lake City, Fla., Glenn
Bryson, Shirley Watson, Delas Park
er, Miss .Marie Coward and Mr. and
Mrs. Eldon Lee Hoxit.
Mr. Odell Queen made a business
trip to Sylva last week.
Mrs. A. H. Haight of Capital
Heights, Md., is visiting friends in
Balsam.
Mrs. Maybelle Perry is having her
stores, boarding houses and cottages
painted* / j
This 1ms been a good season f&r
tomatoes in Balsam. Mr. John Cow
ard planted about six hundred plants
and has gathered about twenty five
bushels of ripe tomatoes and the
vines are yet quite full of green ones.
Mr. T. M. Rickards and Miss Kate
Rickards went to Canton Monday.
CULL THE HENS NOW
If you have* not already culled
vour- hens avd rold them ^jwith the
small cull pullets ar.J cockerels don't
put ot off any longer. To keep the
oull hens longer is a loss. They an
stealing the,. ?, profit you
could makg with your good layers.
You need the money out of the
culla to buy baby chicks next Spring
or to help feed your layers this win
ter.. > _ A
Your County Agent will be glad io
help you cull your hens. Flocks are
being culled in Whittier and Beta
communities this week, and will be
culled in your community with the
culling demonstration at your farm
if you will ask your County^Agent or
let him know yours are to dc culled.
KEPHART THINKS
PARE ASSURED
That North Carolina now has an
exeelcnt chance to secure one of the
great National Parks proposed for
the Southern Appalachians, is the
opinion expressed by Horace Kephart,
who is at the Kenilworth Inn.
Sixty thousand acres of virgin for
est lying along the crest of the Great
Smoky Mountains, which form the
hotmdary line between North Carolina
and Tennessee, containing 14 peaks
of more than 6,000 feet, several of
which are within a few feet of the
height of Mt. Mitchell,has been final
ly agreed upon, to the exclusion of
other proposed sites, Mr. Kephart de
clared.
A fund of 5,000,000 will be raised
for the 'purchase of the lands required
in a campaign that will, according to
present plans, be placed in the hands
of a financing corporirfto^ in New
York.
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North Carolina's share in the mon
ey required to finance the earlier
stages of Such a campaign has al
ready been made available, and a ten
tative program adopted, at a pieeting
of the Commission in Ashevile.
Mr, Kephart gave a very vivid de
scription of the site of the proposed
)ark. In it are the remaining acres
jf the virgin forests that once.clothed
the, entire highland. There are hun
dreds of trees in it that measure ten
and eleven feet in diameter, and seven
peaks of more than 6,000 feet that
have never been named. The country
is exceedingly wild and sparsely in
habited. The lands have a wider va
riety of flora than any other place in
the woifld, he says.-Asheville Citizen.
SHOAL CREEK
On Tuesday 15th, Prof W. C. Reed
with the other teachers, manifested
their interest in the National Park by
taking their entire school to the
highway, where they were joined by
quite a number of the community
folk, to witness the passing of the
motorcade. What more could we doT
Shoal Creek joins hands with other
sections of the country for any kind
of building up or improvements. In
the procession we recognized the Ed
itor of the Journal and we presume
several other Editors, and perhaps
Governors, Senators, Congressmen,
with many ' other gentlemen and
ladies of renown, all of whom, of
course we could not _jecognize so
readily. But by far the most striking
feature of the occasion to us was the
friendship, fellowship and good cheer i
that prevailed throughout. Tho' the
majority were strangers to each
other, it seemed like one band of
Brotherhood.
On Saturday night the school gave
an entertainment and ice cream sup- *
per for the purpose of raising money
to buy Library books. Prof. Reed
stated in an earnest appeal the need
of raising three hundred dollars for <
that purpose. Over two hundred of
the amount was subscribed within a
short while. We have hopes that we
will, soon have a fully equipped,
Standardized High School. Our teach
ers and patrons are making a strong,
united effort to this end.
Rev. P. W. Tucker preached Satur
day morning and Sunday afternoon,
dinner on the ground Saturday and
the Quarterly Conference held in the
I affternodn.
A B. Y. P. U. was organized at the
| Baptist church Sunday night, with
Mr. Carl HovIq as president.
Our teachers attended a Teachers'
Meeting at Sylva Saturday.
Rev. J. W. Bennett and family of
Webster stopped at Shoal Creek
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hyatt were
quests at Mr. York Howell's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Golman Kinsland,
Mrs. A. C. Hoylc and Miss Edna
Hoyle called at Mr. J. Hj Hughes'
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hoyle and
Miss Grace Hoyle were guests at Mr.
.T. 0. Howell's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Candler Childers of
Whitticr called at Mr. G. A. Kins
land's, Friday evening.
. Miss Maggie Kincaid of Mui*phy is
spending awhile wth Mrs. L. W?
Cooper.
Mr. Will Frpeinan and family were
guests at Mr., Weaver Freeman's
Sunday.
Mrs. J. G. Hooper and Mrs. A. C.
Hoyle visited Mrs. J. 0. Howell last
week. ?? i '
Please correct! The stalk of com
bearing six ears as described in last
week's Shoal Creek news, belongs to
Mr. D. M. Shuler.
Mr. Golman Kinsland has purchas
ed a car. * 1 1 , ?'( ..