Jaeknon County Journal
DAN TOMPKINS, Bditor
Published weekly by the
JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL COMPANY
Metered u second olui matter at the Poetoftee at
B:,:va, N. C. C ' >
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1926
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That Cullowhee road must be concrete
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i?i Johnson didn't erupt up to his usual ability.
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!; ;enate lias kiWxcd the shun out of nation.
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Sylva paved will be a Sylvn that will be a delight.
)kal cstaie is getting members of even the fourth
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More and still more hotel facilities in Sylva wont b;
t;.") much. ,
North Carolina ,at any rate, has never produced c
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Next Tuesday being ground hog day, we f ill! se.
Wa.it we shall see. /C ? t
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A road connecting this part of the state with T nness
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1 really pays to talk about the weather when jvu hav
r (.iinate swli as SVlva enjoys. , w
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v'nvs and chickcns, cabbages and spuds, are < <: hop:
c.'i i'arm wealth in this county. ,
\ .'hat's in a name? When mergers were trivia tl.
p "pic howled bloody murder. j
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? :ie diversion North Carolina always has is B u [ley
i! !.U running for some oil ice.
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^ > far nobody has advanced the, superstition ? iat il
i l.icky to rat .sausage on ground hog da}'.
' ./o are willing t oenter the World Court wi'v:- rescr
vr.t ons that nobody be allowed to sue us
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Another thing the public has succeeded in "nT>
c -ol with Coolidjc on is the coal strike.
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- ? Hall" a I.oaguo, Half n T wrr \ Hnlf a League Oi
w.v.d", is the new i motto of the U. S. A.
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' Winter Forces Sw? rjT Nati n." Huh, we thong'
t* .it happened a year ago lar.t November.
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yillsboro will be all paved before this suiuirr; l>t wt!
I j worth much to both towns and the whole county.
Wo sec by the Atlanta Constitution where a < rp3 <
c' j.incers is trying n iocaV Hie public highway over .i
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when it comes to the park, the Champion Fibre Co v
] ny 'appears to have succeeded in putting the can't .
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This week puts us one month nearer to the big 192:
summer .reason, that will be a rovelation to even Wester
I" rth Carolina.
' "hose furinture factories, located in Sylva, where' th.
p- ? handy to a world of raw material, would pay t'
to ners handsomely. , 1 (
They are coming to the mountains next sum! .er T
t: Ing for us to be worrying about' is what are ry roir
t do with all of them.
T c is of course understood that the Ashevi!
lv t impelled to arrest somebody in connection 'vitii tl f
l . ::*dcr of Mrs. Burgess. , \
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" Little Daughter Born To Mr. and Mrs. Powell, '
f "i a headline. Quitp an unusual Case wo would say, f<
\ f little daughter to be bom.
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. ist tliink! Next winter we can travel the Si.anna
? >vl without the mud. Something that has been ,i dreai
i. Tackscn for many years.
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The welkin will proceed to ring and the torn ioms '
1 .i until next June. There are three candidal .or t'
c- v^rc-isional honors from this district.
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i ioridafwe fear, is outstripping^ this .-tale. Oiit agai
t ; weekly toll of deaths in automobile accidon v show
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1 ..rida first and North Carolina second.
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Another evidence the progrcssiveness v t Nortl
( ..vlina, if more were needed ,is the number *-i ???ensa
t :al murder cases we are able to exploit.
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vro know a number of gentlemen who would like t<
h. vo Senator Overman's place; but Bob Reynolds is th;
o; !y one who has the hardihood to try to get it.
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The North Carolina boys at the state university urc
better* believed than wore heir dads, sajyj President
Chase. Still no cue claims tjiat they are sjiiniug r -.<i mples
?f rectitud?.
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The Greonsboro man who wmnuttod smeide when his
wife ttartod divottj ptfoMftdifilJfl against him probably
figured that the und .rtak.r'B toll Would be less than the
lawyer's fee. ^
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The state wide jyatem of public sahoola ia the only |
plan that wjll cntin ly wipe out the inequalities of edu
cational advantages 3xiating between the rural and th^
city children of Noi h Caorlina.
We have been hoi *or thc P*?1 'steen wintere that
that would be the 1 st that tho county would be botled
up by unfinshed roa Is. Well wi are hoping again.
Every once in a wiile we sret Mun. Then we remember
that the trout will be biting in a few weeks; that congress j
won't always remain in session, and that the roads in
Jnekson county will <ouus day be completed.
The Champion an 1 the Sum rest people should know
Haywood well enough to konw that you can't tell that
great people what they must do Haywood has never had
a boss nor worn a collar, and is too old now to learn the
habit,
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The High Point Enterprise tells it this way "Federal
figures show that North Carolina's real value is nearly
three billion dollars, and that figure probably repre
sans 40 per cent of the truth.
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Statistics would tend to show that the more progressive
i and more prosperous counties of the state are the ones
that owe the moF.t in bonded indebtedness per capita.The
list showing the bonded indebtedness per inhabitant is
headed by Bunoombe, Guilford, Durham, P'owyth, Hen
derson, and Mecklenburg, in the order named.
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Themovement for tho establishing of a national park
i the Great Smokies goes on its triumphant mareh to
victorious culmination. North Carolina and Tennossco
.re raising their million dollars. The nation has become
atorsJted in the project, and it is sure as anything hn
? n can be sure ,that the perk will shortly be a reality.
The conrt martial convicted Mitcl'.ell and suspended
him. The war department confirmed the sentence. Mr.
Ooolidge approved it, with reservations, ordering that the
tempestuous Colonel bo paid his monthly checks. It is to
iaugh! That isn't a suspension. Its a vacation; but the
president wants to keep friends with the people and not
I 'Antagonize the military aristocrats.
A park meeting was planned in Waynesville and wide
v advertised throughout Haywood county. Reports are
hat the Champion Fibre Company and Runcrest Lumber
y 'ompany employees, attorneys and hangers-on, packet1
'ie meeting ,and a row resulted. Since when did these
lf-intercstcd corporations become the master
Haywood! The Billy demonstration but strengthened t'
determination of the people who are working jfor ti
ood of the county and of Western North Carolina.
W .0. BUCHANAN.
Ilipe. in years, an Isrealite in whom there was no
ruile, W. 0. Buehanan passed to his reward, this week
As a citizen he was honorable and steadfast to the
prineiples/in whieh ho believed. As a soldier of the Con
icderacy, he was as brave and true as any man who wore
h?> honored gray. As a neighbor he was a true friend to
ill with whom he eame in contact. As a Christian he was
ner faithful to Whom he had believed. His was a gentle,
nbblc soul, and tbc entire community will miss this
nobleman. ' " '
FLORIDA WILL COME TO CAROLINA.
,(From The Charlotte Observer)
From personal investigation of sitnation and pros
)ccts ,The Observer is willing to risk its reputation on
-fulfillment of the things it is predicting for North
Carolina, "after Florida," and the "after' means the
mmcdiatc future. A large surplusage of Florida money
.nd people i6 headed for the mountains of this state
and aloug with it will come new people and capital
rom other sections of the country.
The Florida movement has set into action a current
hat is going to sweep over North Carolina the coming
'.?ftson with irresistible force. What we have been spcak
ng of is the prospective movement for the coming sum
ner. " <
The initial movement is already under way for Flor
da capital acts quickly. Money that has been made in
"lorida has already been planted in the mountains of thi
^tate in large volume. Hendereonvillc is the focuj _f< r
heso initial investments, but capital has found its way
.ito the remote sections. Oplions have been taken ok
lrge tracts and in some eases these options have already
'wen. Closed. In other cases smaller tracts have b'"n
mght and resold ,for the re-sale operation is actually
.arted. A North Carolina man in Palm Beach tells of
uying a bit of property near Henderscnvillc last yea
for $20,000 and of having disposed of it in December
or $85,000. And that is the way the thing was started ir
'lorida. This transaction was not of the boom sort. The
>riginal purchaser did not expeet to realize very much on
he investment and parted with the property on the basis
?f $45,000 profit "as an accommodation to a friend".
In Clay and Cherokee counties exclusive development
i under way involving 20,000 acres of land. This de
/elopment is for a colony of rich people, who will have
he privilege of fishing, golfing , estate and hotel 1 .*
there arc several million dollars behind this development
?lone. Million dollar transactions are going to bcco: j
?onunon in the mountains of the State this year.
There is sufficient definiteness about the movement
South to justify the prediction that Flarida and North ,
Carolina will become two of the most populous and
prosperous States in the Nation, and that within less
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Tho prospoct Is rather hard to "take in", but the
ovelopment of Florid# juj submitted as evidence that
A-hat can be done there can be dope In North Carolina.
Much of the Florida development callls for resources to
back it. The difference in tho ease of North Carolina and
Honda is that the resources, first os transportation and
?fi-ricidture, and second in industry and commerce, are
already developed. Much of the land in Florida has to
be made. It is already made in North Carolina, and the
developer in this state finds the foundation readv *r
hand. To that extent the North Carolina prospect is even
{Sit more fttvWup |
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THE MOST CONVENIENT FLASHLIGHT
A Winchester Flashlight is handy :.nd easy to operate. It never fails to
give a quick flash or a steady beam of light, as you .command.
I Such as the patented safety switch, extra thick seamless zinc batter}' cni\
and spun-in makes them the. most popular flashlights W2 have ever so f
This is flashlight week at our store. Come in and see our complete assort
ment of styles and sizes.
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WINCHESTER SEARCHLIGHT T"k PU ?Designed fr r cutdo ra me.
Throws a. wide beam of light. Fiber or nicklc eases.
FOR BEST RESULTS USE WINCHESTER BATTERIES
Jackson
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the fVfHCfiF'S TER store
TftE SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH
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A day's work on
the Southern
When a railroad system extends for
8,000 miles across eleven states and em
ploys 60,000 workers, it doe* ?big day's
work.
Here are the figures of an average day
on the Southern Railway System:
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Trains operated ... 1,270
Passengers carried . . 50,000
Carloads of freight loaded oil
our lines and received from
other railroads .... 8,000
Ton-miles produced . 32,000,000
Tons of coal burned in loco
motives 14,000
Wages paid . . . $220,000
Materials purchqfced . $135,000
It takes management, and discipline, and
a fine spirit of cooperation throughout
the organization, to do this work day
after day, and maintain the standards
of service that the South expects from
the Southern.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
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Floweisy
Free/
e Sot Hastings' Catalog
You can get 5 packets of seeds of
5 different and very beautiful flowerr
free. Hastings' 1926 Seed Catalo'
tells you all about it.
Hastings' Seeds are "The Standard
of the South." They give the best re
sults in our Southern gardens and on
our farms. Hastings' new 19-26 Cata
log has 112 pages In all, full of pic
tures from photographs, handsome
covers in full colors, truthful, accurate
descjiptipBB and valuable culture di
reetlepi.
We want you to have this catalog !t
your home. It tells all about Jjasflngs'
garden, flower and field seeds, plants
and bulbs. Write for it today. A post
card request brings it to you by return
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H.*G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN,
ATLANTA, GA.
SURVEY AND MAP TOWN
Thomas A Cox and H. R. Queen,
have been engaged by the t'wn
?./ and map of the prin
cipal streets, and will begin th, -
within the nxxt few days. These gen- ;
tlemen state that it will fireatly e. -|
?nd"'? t!' w and ?ave tine .v'.di
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ENTRY NO. 6158
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,L G. " . C-M^rins of tl e'afnr
C unty and State do hereby enter
and ala'm, 10 of la yd more or
'es-i. in Hnmburg Towj^bip, wore par
ticularly described as follows:
Beginning on a chestnut in my line
and runs thence N 44 E with *"v l'nn.
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' mme 1 h<me ? E t" I y
man Moss's line, thence 8 with Moss ^
LESS COTTOM
MORE MR
HASTINGS DECLARES PRE6EH1
FARM PRACTICE WILL BANK?
RUPT FARMERS
Atlanta, Ga.? (Special.)? "We w
again seen the result of too much &
ton acreage. Strange as It may J?"
the more cotton we make the u!
money we get for what we make,"^?
clared H. G. Hastings, leading agr|<v
tural authority and chairman of a
Farm and Market Bureau of the
lanta Chamber of Commerce.
"The only thing that saved ;he ^
ton growing farmer from outright ju
aster last year was the extreme het
and drought that held down ti e ruti
per acre on the more than forty W
i lion acres ip cotton. There wa? ?o!
1 flcient cotton acreage planted to hav?
made with favorable season soa#.
where near twenty million bales uj
a price of 10 cents per pound or ]?i
"One of the Cotton Growers' As80.
clatlons recently announced that tt?
1925 cotton crop will sell for f0Dt
hundred million dollars l.e6s than |?
cost to make it, making reasonable ti
lowance for labor cost. What sort 0;
folks are we anyhow to keep on grot.'
Ing at a loss? There is no protlt
the farmer in planting all or nearly
all cotton and buying all or nearly
all the food and gTain consumed by,
family and live stock.
"Our farm operations and our fin
pocketbooks are neveS* going to ga
j right until we quit spreading cottoc
over the whole Sputh only to dra-w OTr
meat and meal and other food stufli
as well as grain, etc., from Chicago,
Kansas City and Omaha at prices t*J
to three times what co^t would he jfl
made on home acres.
"We have been trying to carry on t
farm system based on a one cash crop,
which has Impoverished every peop^
everywhere in the world that hate
! tried it. It Is steadily Impoverish^?
our farmers here In the South Then
I Is only one safe farm system Ttat
Is to produce on home acres so far ti
! possible every pound of food, grain at{
forage needed for family and live stock.
"A good all-year-round home tef
ctable garden, plenty of corn and oa'j.
forage and hay crops, to see yet
through without buying more. cot?,
hogs and chickens. All these w
cotton costs, afford the best of health
ful living and leave the farmer ownlnj
his cotton instead of owing it at tit
end of the year."
THE SOUTH MUST
GROW ITS OWN FOOD
' ^0 FARM SECTION CAN BUY IT|
| I FOOD AND GRAIN AND BE
PROSPEROUS
I Atlanta, Ga. ? (Special.)? Fe* peo
! pie in the South realize \he tnot
mous drain there hag been on th*
South 'a wealth through the stead:
food and grain buying during the put
fifty years. What's the greater pit!
lot It is the fact that most of till
money comes directly out of the fern
pocket," -said H. G. Hastings, of At
lanta, Chairman of the Farm asl
Marketing Bureau of the Atlanu
Chamber of Commerce.
"For fifty years or more the citta
and towns of the Cotton Belt ban
been furnishing food and grain to ttf
farmer instead of our farmers feedM
| the cities and towns. While the cilia
and towns havfl had the best of tifr
unnatural business, it has really in
poverislied both country and city."
"As nearly as can be ascertained
my own state of Georgia has spent
in the last 25 years not less than tw
and one-half billion dollars for foot
and grain from the. North and Weil
real hard cash money that ought to b?
sticking in our farmers' pockets. That
money is gone nev?r to return.
"It is no over- statement or exagger
ation to say that twenty-five mlll!o?
dollars of the South's money has gon?
that way In the last fifty years. II
was good, hard worked for farm
money. What we have been doing i'
spending our lives growing cotton,
trading it off for bread and meat at
no profit to ourselves.
"No use to 'cuss' the powers that
be in Washington or the trr ts, tari*
banks or speculators. The;' mS;'
have had a part but a might)' s?41*
part in comparison with the part *?
ourselves have played. The way
stop Chat drain on our pockets is w
stop buying food, grain and for**3
and produce those necessary items oJ
home acres.
"The time to start is now. W*1'1
for 1926 are being vmade. Before *
plow is stuck in the ground, f00^
grain and forage acres should he set
aside. These acres should and
he first instead of last consideration
When these are fixed, then the fa1'?6'
can go'as far as he likes with cottoa
tobacco or other cash crop safely
"Give the home garden a chance
this food production. It's a wonder^
helper in cutting store bills in ^
for the folks that will give It a
deal instead of the usual 'lick
a promise,' mostly promise. Start ^
food production procession in Wr
and a money procession will start to*
ward your pocket." }
line to J. H. Miller corner in '
Wi th* lhp:?ce >vi|h J- 1*
or l:'??e to the beginning, so l-1*
cltwl? a!! vacant land in that vici.'i'-.'l
E'ltom] January 25th, IOL'6
G. Ti. CoTTn^. CIp'""!'"'
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Officio Etry Taker.