North Carolina Newspapers

CJ / . O '( 41 -?ni lie Year in Advance in the County < 7 J. " ~ T ? * *UU 7 Sylva, N. C., Wednesday, June 23,1926 $2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County WARNS AGAINST | MAIL INSURANCE R-ilckf'. 22?'"I wish again t0 cull m attention of our insur ing !!i;" several unlicensed in-/ suRinf >.'^panics have already in-1 gujriinii ?: ide-spread mail order soliciting residents of I'iina to place insurance! ?-?'ill Stacej^ W. Wade to a| statement regarding fan't,;U >'ortli i: with the:: ^,v in ?' -?~ ^iieeu-" insurance company ..Tin .i.ii'i'iu'" ()t SU('" a ni?thod of* i- it .iiti!! i?v an unlicensed com-] SOlH'H'1 1 . 011 ?v is ;i-u-?IIv lor a threefold pur-! Ilii; to ;i\oid tilt' payment of taxes Jin- tin- -iau-. to avoid the restric u|K)U licensed companies for <!??? i;''?n of i?olicyholders V jM :,i;i u roits cases, to defraud,] (l,o insure.. ill the manner explained below. Not Authorized. *? M;?ii- ecompanies, as a gen-j pjl ru|,.. not authorized to write' inhuman- i' North Carolina, do not wi'.i the insurance laws of this stale. ami consequently are not in am ?; > under the suj>ervision of tlu* department. "IV : ? - offered by these mail onler run |'"uies are of the "cut rate" \:>i'i' '.v. ami, upon the surface, a|i|?;ii t>> !?' attractive, but whether or ti?t tiniH is any real protection miller tin- policies,, in a question which eats he answered only by the Vthii|Kinu:>. ami then very easily in the n?-ir:iii.v?* hy the simple expedient o( m'm-ii-- !o pay even just claims, not hciii'.' domesticated in Xorth Car oliiin. th?- unlicensed company can-| not be >n??l fin the courts of this state.! "A^iiin-i such a company, in the' ca.se'otU-<,onte>ted claim, or a claim ? / i which iIn- iiiinpany simply refused ( lo pay eillu-r for just or unjust reas-j on. the HiilWiunate insured had no lesf.il j?fmir-c except to bring suit in | the court i?f the state in which the! littitie office oi the company is locat 1 nl, a |nweilure which is at least nl-j imot prohibitively expensive. Only where the amount involved is at least j -SUHKUM can suit be brou^fyt in the VFeileral twit- of this states > '? t ??.e{\is6 to Pay Claims. "In the ex\miciice of the Insnr ?; i"cc l'e|?Vrtmeiit in the past, the'el favtj Ixvif a /nimher of cases' wlu re i iriiMiuiee Jjas |Ml.n solicited by mail by iiJiliceiiMul companies, who, after; eollii-fi/i^ iiiiiueriMis premiums from ' the iiiMin 4,i iiw takc^i advantage of the tin ts f?iinit above, and have reluseil j? j.ny claims Which, in t|ie opinion hi Iiiis (Icpni'tiiiiiit were r otinlilc ;uiil just ami fir which the! companic-s were liable. * ' In pj'aetjcjilly every one of these rases, thy injured was left holding tlie hie.', int. us ihe company well know, |ic i^nulil not iro to'The ex*vise "t briii-i!i': >uil in a state hundreds ot inilis iiwjiy with the added chance ol ns|Nn,>iliility, or ever probability 0(',l?iinir Iiis suit. ). ?)"' Second Primary Called In Judicial Race Wnltci; I'.. Moore, of Sylva, leader in the i<nit-iWhered race tor the! juib",|ii|i, io siy-ceed Jud^e Thad D.| Hrysou. nju! >1. |>. Mullonce, of Mur-j pliy, niimi r up, in the primary of ?'imc 5. will In* the two names in the ^>niH?iT |iriiniiry to be lw?ld in tlie umiiiics ..r Hie Twentieth Judicial Jtotrirt. on July 3rd, according to ihstriiftioiis received by tho county Wn| of I'lirtioiis . from tho atate Hiftio,, U;,n|. ^ Hie iirk? is iii JnckHon county have1 V<n |?iinii i|, mill the county election li'ianl t> innkin?r prcpiirationH for tho primary. TheIV me no other candidate# to *oii i| ?;>iiii in any of the counties tlie us a|| |0(,?| candidate* >u tlie ?( I*i:11 ? roiuitIcr, who had the I'fvilii ;c i,| ii,jrlnir a second primary ft'fiisijii ,|tj s0( j)llt \fr Mallonep, ?I'V wii, i, \otea behind Mr. Moore "i tlie ir s cij|| count, exercised hia l'W'ini'iiiii;iini ilenmmleil the run off. -o Clinic in Waynes ville June 26th. Tli? i..it,lie Clinic for the iVcfl t!"iimiiiiii,iii iiml treatment of indipf* M,| ''lipi'l' iieiiej held under tho au M??'s hi ii?. Hoinry Club, in the WetliiMliM ,|iurch, nt WayneHville, l?!il ii^hiu on Saturday, Juno ; fliii ilinie is for the benefit ot '? 11nvwood and adjoining s ,I splendid opportunity !* ^,Us ??l t'ered l'or examination and H**tlUl'Ul. N. C. REVENUE DOUBLE 1925 Raleigh, N. C., June 22?With the end of the present fiscal year only 10 days away, North Carolina,1 reve nue collections are almost double what they were for the fiscal "year ended June 30, 1925. Last year's total collections were $6246,816.20 while collection^ for the present fiscal year, through today, total $11,059,174.29. These figures are exclusive of automobile license and'gasoline taxes. This months collections to date to tal $484,882.96 with inheritance and schedule B (licen.se) taxes making up a big portion of the total, figures complied by A. Carson, cashier of the State Department of revenue. Collections for the whole of June, 1925 totalled $318,03.07. The inherit ance tax collections this month so far amount to $11,825.80 as compar ed wjth $39,295.17 for the,, entire month of June, 1925. This difference is largely accounted for however, Mr. Carson said by , the reccnt settlement ot' a big estate. The license taxes collected this month amoiint to $292,654.87, as com pared with $203,942.76 for the whole of the month of June last year. ; o Raleigh Girls Here Yesterday 40t young ladies, members of the Oiil Reserves, Y. W. C. A., Raleigh, spent a short while here, at the Svl va Hotel, yesterday, on their return from ' Camp Nikwassi, Franklin, where they ppent two weeks, having been invited''there by Miss Laura Jones. The young ladies were travel ing in Wuke county school trucks and were chaperoned bv Miss Mary E. White, of Raleigh. 1 , POULTRY SALE A SUOjCESS ( 1 ! , : | The cooperative poultry snlo held last Thursday under the auspices of tl:?* Jn<^ son County Poultry [ tion with the cooperation of G. W. Tilson, County A Kent and V-i W. I Lewis, State Poultry Marketing Sjm'c ialist was a real suVeess for this sea son in Jackson <eount.v. Over five hundred dollars in cash was paid to the poultry growers at the car on Thursday in Sylvn. This should be Only the beginning of some real poultry sales to ho held ?in the next two months for the coun ty poultry growers. Kverv farmer in Jackson county who has not culled his hens in June already should cull them down to leave about one fourth of his besf hens for breeders next spring. This culling should be done in June and July. Tho broilers should be sold when they weigh 1 1-2 to 2 jHiuuds. Keep your pullets. The marketing committee of the County Poultry Association are giv ing their time and efforts willingly and fret- of any oost to make these poultry sales a real success because they are interested like all the pro gressive |>coplc nre interested in sett ing poultry become one of the lending cash crojw on the farms or this county. Your County Agent by the help of Mr/ Lewis hns established the sale of your poultry ut the car now so that every farmer will receive the most cash for his chickens that our ? it nnrkets offer tho week of tho sales. The poultry is loaded by tho fanners on the car and you receive cash from the buyer who take* our |H>ultry direct to the'consuming cen ters. In order to keep this market liere at home the fanners must cooperate and sell a large amounfc-of tho po*ik try when tho car is here, sd watch the pajKirs and circulars announcing the sale and bring in your chickens.. 4 Injured Near Clyde AHhcville Citizen Canton, N. C\, Juno 22?Pour por tion* wero injured, two of thorn se riously when the our in which tlioy wore riding1 wiih overturned on tho Canton-Clyde road lato tiiiH after noon, :s Miss Nellie Ford and Miss Winnie Williamson were removed to tho hos pital after the crash and Miss Lois Swandor and Mm. HusW Kinsland, who were not seriously injured, wore taken to" their homes. The accident occurred when the car driven and oocupied by tho young womon was turned ovor while passing , a bug on the road from Canton to Clyde. The accident occurred at 2 fr'olook. QUALLA Rev. W. C. Reed preached inter esting sermon Sunday and Sunday evening. He, Mrs. Reed and son, Olin, were dinner guests at Mrs. A. G. Hoyles and evening guests at Mr. K. How-ells.'" Mr. P. C. Shelton and family were guests at Mr. Jess Rogers of Whit tier Sunday. ' Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Martin and daughter, Miss Jessie of Cherokee, were Qualla visitors Sunday. Quite a number of relatives and friends of Mr. J. B. Battle are visit ing him in Bryson City hospital where he recciitly underwent an op eration for appendicitis. We hope for him a speedy recovery. Messrs. Jack Battle and James Bradley left Saturday for Asheville Farm School. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Norton were Sunday guests at Mr. R. F. Halls. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Worley and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes! went on a fishing trip Saturday evening. Prof. W. R. Henry was a Monday night guest of Mr. J. 0. Terrell. Mr. Frank Battle has returned--to Asheville Farm School after a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hughes spent the week end at Mr. J. E. Battles. Mrs. A. C. Hughes and family and Mr. Lonnie Crisp motored to Bryson { City Monday. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Crisp were! guests at Mr. W. H. Hoyles Sonday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hoyles spent Sunday afternoon at Mr. Allen Wards. Mr. and Mis) Phil Crisp visited at Mr. K. Howeljs Sunday. o Tourists Flock to Western Carolina Hundreds! of tourists passed through North Wilkenboro Friduy,, Saturday and Sunday oil route to] Boone, Blowhig Rock und other re-' sorts in the HI in* Ridge Mountains nnd many also turned MOtith and wertt to tl:-" pm!. ? Hi -sfi?(*?; to spend tlic day at .-conic points. Tlic Boone Trail, Known as State! Highway No. (?0, is in excellent shape | and the traffic over .it during the (Mist week has bwn of tremendous )?ro)H>rtions. Mountain flowers of all kinds, peculiar to the higher altitudesj only, beautify the rugged peaks and valleys of the Bine -"Ridge and the| plateau beyond adding to the pleas ure and cntfilisinKiu of the visitors from the lowlands. j It is estimated that three hundred automobiles passed through Nor'h Wilkesboro on Friday, Saturday and Sunday carrying their loads of peo pie beyond tlw Blue Ridge and into the Brushies. It was the first real quota of Bumpier tourists aiid vaca tioners, the harbinger of more hun dreds tyho will flock to the inoun-J tainp this year to enjoy the scenery and to revel in the cool delightful climate there. It is the fine highways of' North Carolina nnd the ever-improving net work of roads leading in from oth?'r states, |H>ople of the mountains real ize, that are rcsjKmsible f?* the thousands who are now able to come to the Northwest section of the state, fulfilling a desire they have had for many years but were unable to sat isfy on account of travel conditions. The fine roads and the automobile have swept away the last difficulty and now they stand on the threshold of a new experience?the climb to lofty peaks there to view magnifi cent ncnncry?nnd they're goingv to take advantage of it.?Rev. L. J. Hampton in Winston-Salem Journal. o . ? ? Pretty Girl Vanishes - At Morganton i \) \^t Morganton, June 19?Mystery sur rounds tlifl disappearance here two wveks ago of 15-year old Cordelia Brittain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eller Brittain. The girl left her home near the State Hospital Saturday af ternoon, June 5, to come to -Morgan ton, and bus not lx>en seen since. On report was that she was in AbIicvUIo but the policc there report that tliey have btci^unable to find her. / One report was tlia tsho wns in ed girl, of dnrtc coloring nnd dark eyes, bnwn hair and has a small scar below her right eye. She is of med ium hoight und weighs about 11/) pounds. When she left homo she was wearing a brown crepe dress and a dark blue coat with fur collar and ! cuffs and an orange hat. _ , BALSAM Everybody is interested in the pour ing of concrete on Highway No. 10 in Balsam. Not only because we will be glad to 4mye a paved road, but it is* interesting to watch the prog ress of the work. The systematic manner in which the work is done and the wonder and completeness of the concrete mixer. But, with all the labor saving devices, it takes much manual strength to build roads. I of ten wonder if the majority of the motorists think of this and are we as appreciative and thankful for good roads as we should be. Are they lead ing us to God's house or from it. However this may be, long before you read this the concrete road will have been completed from W. It. Crawford's to, the Haywood County line, i Balsam Springs Hotel opened Sun day with Mr. Porter of Plant City,' Fla., Proprietor. It will be remember ed that Mr. Porter very successfully ran the hotel last season and he is anticipating a greater season this year. Mr. R. J. Bryson and family at tended the laving of the cornerstone of the Lake Lure Townsite Building Celebration at Chimney Rock last week. Mrs. A. H. Mchnffey and children will leayvo Thursday to join, Mr. Me liaft'ey | in Ilendersonville where his future headquarters will be. Mr. and Mrs. CJola Buchanan and thr<*e children of Green's Creek vis ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Derrick this feek. * Mr. Hubert Ensley was here Sun day from Franklin, Mr. Halph England and sister, Miss Snow England of Toxaway were visiting friends here Sunday. \ \ o * <v / Re&ublicans Make District Organization J ,Th<'. organization of the Republi can part^ for the election of a Con i pressman from this District has been ' n* hv the announcement of | Captain Kenneth Sniathers, the Ilc ; publican nominee, in which lie named Hon. (ieo. M. J'richanl an Campaign Manager and Chairman of the Con gressional Executive Committee. Mr. Prjchard is widely known throughout j the District as lie has been a loader in the parly for a number of years, lie is an Asheville Attorney and at olio timo was Solicitor. He is the son of the late Senator and Judpe Jeter C. Prichard, who for many years was a dominating factor- in politics in this state. y\ A-, Along with the announcement that Mr. Prichard would be general cam paign manager, Captain Smatliers an nounced Hon. McKinley Edwards of Bryson City, .1. Kd. JCanipe of Ashe villo, former state senator, and Judge Walter Chamber# of Marion as as sistant campaign managers. It it un dented that central headquarters will be established in Asheville with Mr. Kauipe in charge Headquarters for territory west of Halsam Moun tain will be managed by Mr. McKin ley Edwards with headquarters at Bryson City. Mr. Cliambers with headquarters at Marlon, will have eliflige of counties east of the Blue Kidge. o Evangelistic Services in Progress at First Bautist Church A series of evangelistic services, in which Itov. J. B. Grice is assisting the; pastor, Kev. Thad F. DeitK, is in progress,. at the First Baptist church and is being well attended. The meetings began Sunday morn ing with a sermon by the pastor and the pulpit was occupied Sunday night, by Ucv, John Brondle. - On Monday evening Rev. Mr. Grice, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church, of West Ashoville,*was pres ent and has been conducting both morning and evening services since that time. Ma'. Grico is a splendid, earnest preacher, and is delivering a uprics of common-sense, Gospel sermons. The pnhtor and the members of the Baptist church have invited all the Christian people of the community to assist in the meetings, and to the general public to attend them. o With timely showers, spring plant ed pastures will still furnish as much grazing as if there had been no drought, states S. J. Kirby, "pasture specialist. He urges farmers not to plow up theij pastures, CAROLINA LEADS * IN AUTO DEATHS Traffic iu 11 Southern States took a toll of 33 lives and 325 persons in jured during the past week a total compared with 41 persons killed and 263 injured the week previous. North Carolina lead all Southern States iij, the number of persons kill ed with eight while Georgia headed the list in persons injured with 97 North Carolina doubled her fatality total of the week previous while Georgia cxeceded the number of per sons injured the week previous by 38. Vir|$inia reported no fatalities but 39 persons injured. South Carolina] reported' but one poison killed. A tabulation by spates for the week follows: Killed Inj. Virginia .... 0 29 NortlfCarolina ........ ...i.... 8 11 South Carolina * 1 0 Georgia 4 92 Florida 2 65 Alabama 1 18 Mississippi- 2 20 Louisiana 3 28 Arkansas 2 14 Tennessee .... .... 5 15 Kentucky .... 5 23 Totals .... ..... 33 315 Col. C. J. Harris Donates Signal Tower Col. Charles J. Harris, of Dills boro, has made a signal donation to the state forestry deparment, by erecting a signal tower on top of Mount Mitchell. Col. Harris offered to erect the tower, and the state for cstry department accepted his offer, with expressions of appreciation, and Governor McLean, on behalf of the state, wrote Col. Harris, accepting his offer, and expressing the thanks of the governor and of the i?eople of the state. The building of the tower will be rather a difficult task, as it is hard and expensive to get materials to the top of Mount Mitchell, and the un dertaking is in cJwrire of Mnck C. Brown of Cullowhoo, who is at pres ent at Mount Mitchell. THE WHY OF STATE PROGRESS But nftcr nil neither natural ad vantages nor wise leadership uccounts for North Carolina's growth. The credit iiiunt go largely to the "get together" spirit of a people 99 per cent native born. The average Tar Heel owns his little farm, "lives at homo and boards at the same plnce." North Carolina's development is the triumph of a vigorous middle class. The State never had the aristocratic tradition of cither Virginia or South Carolina. To bfc sure, it had its 'plan ter class, the members of which clterished their escutcheons and fam ly trees as the Virginia and South Carolina grandee cherished theirs; but this favored company never es tablished itself so firmly in a holy ?.f holies as its blood brethren to the north and south. It was closer to the ground, und when the big smash cpme the aura which had surroundetLii was dissipate^ more quickly. ^ The mow complete dominance of an upi>er clas/ in Virginia had its advantages. It was favorable to leis ure for a privileged few, and that leisure in turn was favorable to tho growth of culture. No unbiased ob server of the lift? these two neigh bors, nf student of their history, can fail to find that North Carolina has been behind Virginia in i>olish, in the amenities of intercourse, in devotion to things literary and aristic. The/ lesser gap between high and low in North Carolina in ante-bel lum days has been reflected in a greater readiness to welcome new ideas, a lack of reverence for old allegiances and preconceptions. True, the dead hand of the past seemed to have as firm a grip here as elsewhere in tho first quarter of a century af ter Appomattox, but more recent events have proved that this was not SOlIM While South Carolina and Georgia have been worshipping at tha altars of such gods as Blease and Tom Wat sou, North Carolina has boon heeding the advice of Aycock, Mclver, Alder man, and others wih a passion for real democracy and democratic edu cation.?Robert W. Winston in These United State. o Weeds and grass use valuable moisture during dry summers. Fre quent cultivation will keep them in PLAN TRAIL TO HIGH FALLS John H. Wilson and J. S. Higdon, appointed some time ago as a com- ' mittee from the Sylva Chamber of Commcrec for the purpose, laid out a trail from Highway 106 to the . High Falls of the Tuckaseigee, mak ing that one of the greatest of the scenic wonders of Western North Carolina, easily accessible to the tourists and local people. The distance from, the highway to the High Falls is only about half a " mile, andf the trail -wiil be on a good grade. Road signs, calling attention of the travelers to the High Falls will be placed at the trail 'sj end, on the Highway by the Sylva Chamber of Commerce. Hitherto the majestic wonders of the High Falls of the Tuckaseigee, little is known outside the confines of upper Jackson county, have been accessible only; to the younger people and the hardiest mountain climbers, as the trails to it have been most difficult. 0- ' : 1 ' Sylva Boy Meets Tragic Death Luther Extine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Extine, of Sylva, met death in a most peculiar manner at a Green ville, S. C., hotel last week. The associated press reports state that young Extine, dreaming that he had heard someone shouting 'fire" so frightened him that he leaped to his death from the second story of the Alexandria Hotel, in Greenville. He awoke suddenly and dived through a screened window, tearing out the screen as he passed through. Landing on the roof of the front poarch, he ran to the edge and jump ed to the pavement below. The jump was at one o'clock, and death fol lowed at 8:46. He told ambulance at tendants that he had hoard someone yelling "fire" and uj>on awakening, he jumped out of the window. The body of the young man was brought to Sylva Monday, by his father, and the funeral and inter- > ment were held Monday afternoon at the Parris graveyard. HATCH DEADLY SNAKES Washington, .Tunc 19?Ten Fcr de Lnncc snakes?the moHt -venomous South American species?were hatch ed recently by the Smithsonian Inst-i tution. A quantity of small chamel | eons (lizards) were brought from Central America to feed the young sters. Max Patch Celebra tion Draws Crowds The celebration, hold Saturday, at Max Patch, under the direction of the Haywood Land and Timber Com pany, and the Boice Hardwood Com i pany, drew a crowd estimated at 1, 000 people from North Carolina, ; Tennessee and other states, to mem I orialize the opening of the new high I way connecting North Carolina and i Tennessee. The gigantic barbecue was ! served by the lumber people at noon; ! but the afternoon speaking program was interrupted by a down pour of rain. A number of Sylva and Jackson county people attended the celebra tion upon the invitation of Mr. C. W. Denning and Mr. L H. Powell, asso ciates of Mr. Boicc. The {joint where the meeting was held is approximately 62 miles west of Asheville at a point which will" see heavy travel by motorists from the west when the Great Smoky Mourt tain National Park is rf)>ened by the government. A laiye party of Ashe ville residents motored out for the affair and found the road to be in most oxccllent condition. Representa tives also attended from all other principal points in this section of North Carolina and points in adja cent spates. The new highway penetrates a mountain section hitherto inaccessi ble to not only automobiles, but ve hicles of a more crude and sturdy type. The road penetrates a section of virgin timHerland that is said to be one of the most beautiful in the United States. The Max Patch high way tuqis northward from State Highway'No. 10, a short distance cast of Lake Junalaska and continues in that direction some 30 miles to Max Patch. Near that point the road crosses the State boundary into Ten nessee, where other roads radiate to ?U inrtjnns of thot