*>. *>* ? -y JsOtKc Year in Advance in the County Sylva, N. C., Wednes day, July 14,1926 <3 . $2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County 4Vas)'i%rl0,t> -'u'y 11?The splen did biH?t givcu North Carolina in ^rtieular. artil the South in general ^'fhuisday, at one of his regular JjntVivnees ?itli newspapermen by President Coolidge is but an indiea " jwii oi what is being said about the ifjU' and its neighbors nowadays, -^liduia a liny passes here that North Carolina is not advertised as a place 10 live, prosper and be happy. The Interior iUpurtment acts as a guide ly jxvjtie seeking now homes and new (.jiij>ioyiutiit. It is bombarded with qui a bout North Carolina by all w,is' ot jH-ople. A great many farm-. t.,3 in other sections are seeking iu ?ufimuion about the climate-and the ydj. -Many ul these are jiot able to nuke thocirip to find out for them selves but wish to go to stay. \Wy recently many inquiries have ?fu> about the Snioky Mountain re gion. Several Washington newspaper 1111-11 will spciul their vaeations in that , region to see what it looks like. Stu-j deuts ami teachers are going there to make observations. Large numbers of' ner.y)iis want to see the Smoky Moun tain area before work on the park iub ftiaiiiiehced.t They will study it in i;s wild state,' Several touring parties plan to go' througii the mountains of North Car-| oiina, touching at the Smoky Moun tain park site. Visitors art already swariuinu into the Shenandoah re-' gion. Washington and Viiginia peo-j pie are quarreling over the route of! the Lee Highway. The quarrel is friendly but it shows the interest maiiiiested. Kvory Virginia land own-, irauwvi.ere near the proppsed routes' is i'iamoi'iag for it. It is but a three horns ride trom here to the new park territory, and the road is fairly good now. Tlie purpose of those behind tiie Lee. and other highways out of y>asVW;ion.is to connect up the' / Siimaiulo-A and the Smoky Mountain1 I projects. * . j Trail to High Fails Completed John H. Wilson, J. S. Higdon, and1 W. P. AMiuiiw committee appointed some time a-o, hv the Sylva Chamber' .1 ot I'umiucnv to make the High; Falls ui Tlu' Tuckaseigee, one of the great Mtiiic marvels of Western North Carolina, more easily accessi ble, have reported the new trail, eon-' strutted by the Jackson County High way Commission, has been completed, j The new trail leads from Highway. 10G, iiud the grade is said to be soj good that it is easily travelable by old people and young children. The Chamber of Commerce author ized the same committee to erect aj bulletin board at the point where' the trail .leaves the highway calling attention to the Falls and the new. trail leading to them. ) Recalls Meeting of Press Asso. 50 Years Ago Morgan ton Xews-Herald. Fifty years ago this summer, the I North Carolina Prc?s Association its annual meetiug in Hickory *vs a Hickory dsipatcp. It is to nieet here again this sum Mr, the daic having been fixed as 'uly 21 to-' 23. < _, | At the meeting half century ago ani IS year old student delivered the. principal address. I At the press banquet on July 22 the same man will address the organ ization?the same one to which he sjioke .">0 years ago, but with a mem bersliij, almost entirely new since then. ' ? The man's name is Francis Don nell Winston. Although he has not announced the subject of his address, it is expected that some attention, at least, will be ''??voted to the half century that has passed umler i,[s observation since 'lt spoke to the members of "The fourth Kstate" that1 summer day in ;k?ry, five decades ago. Simje that time he has become a Praf,tfcinjr attorney, has held seats in b?th branches of the North Carolina ^frislatme, has sat lipon the Superior f-?urt bench, has been elected Lieu? t'l'aiit-(l!ovenior of North Carolina, ?'l(l othssessing. ! Will Aiken was fined a like amount [ on a similar charge. Elmer Green paid a fine of $25.00 upon being convicted of intoxication. P Booth Board was found not guilty of violating the prohibition law. 1 The following cases were fcoutin ued: Fred McCoy disposing of mortgag ed property, John McKoy, public drunkenness, John McCoy disposing of mortgaged property, Fred McCoy interferring with an officer. Mary Queen, public drunkenness, ltufus Jones, public drunkenness, Carter Brvson, public drunkenness, George | Sinathers, public drunkenness and Horace Mehaffey and Mary Queen, a statutory charge. A Teacher's Resolution "1 am, resolved to like the com munity in which my lot may be vast; to be a f>art ol the civic and social life of the people; to be free from lucal, political and other antagon-j isms; to meet the. parents and the pa-j trons openly and frankly; to giver and take in my dealings with my fel low teachers; to live free from pro professional jealously; to be too large to be self-important or an au tocrat or a luartinent; to base school management on > round principles; not on policy, and to be firm and constant therein; to prepare myself I adequately on the whole, and from! day to day, to the end of solid ser-j vice; to cherish good books and. to, seek companionship of thoughtful and serious men and women; to live as ioug, jis X live; to have faith in children, ,i? God, and in myself; to teacli from the great book of life as well as from school books; to be a helper and a leader; if possible, without as well as within the school room; to touch the lives of my pupils and to have no favorites, to talk about tilings, not people; to think arid talk ideas, not gossip; to have worthy ideals in eulture and conduct, and to live up to them; to have a larger purpose in teaching than mere ly to teach for money or as a make shift to something better; for to dis cover, to develop and to set free the soul-s latent powers is the greatest work of all; so help me God, to take this resolution to heart and thus be worthy of my calling."?John Meiss ner, Supt. of Schools, Willow City, North Dakota.? , a East Sylva Our B. Y. P. U. enjoyed a social on. last Thursday night at the home of Mr. E. G. Beaslcy. ^ Interesting talks were given by different mem bers of the B. Y. P. U. After which chicken and lemonade was served". Those enjoving the social were the1 members of the B; Y. P. TJ. of t.iie East- Sylvi B-ptist church. Mrs. J. B. Card en of Franklin is the guest of her sons, Messrs. Floyd and Arthur Cagden Mr. and Mrs. Boman Matlock were the week end guests of Mr. John Shepard. j Miss Blanche Long was the gue.it of Miss Alva Carden Saturday night ^Messrs. Coy Franklin and Rilej' Shuler motored to Balsam Saturday night. [ Miss Lucile Long spent the week end at Cullowhee with her grand mother, Mrs. Norton. C Mr. Arthur Carden and children spent Saturday night with his moth er, Mrs. J. B. Carden of Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams arid Mrs. L. G. Leathemian of Locust Creek were East Sylva visitors Sun day. , ) . ( Mr. Whit Leopard has returned from an extended visit to friends and relatives in Hamburg. GREAT SMOKY PARK LANDS f PURCHASE BEGINS AT ONut Asheville Citizen. Aetual purchase of land to com pose the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional park ip Western North Caro lina and Eastern Tennessee was plan ned at a meeting: yesterday of the directors of Great Smoky Mountains, incorporated at the Chamber of Com merce. The land is to be purchased' and presented to the Federal govern- i nient for the purpose of establishing: the park. It was decided at the meeting yes-j terday to proceed at once with the collection of pledges for the pur chase fund made in the campaign so that the purchase of land might be started at once. The state legislature is expected to make an appropriation to enlarge the quota suscribed dur ing th Mr. Guy Moody was a guest of Mr. Frank Cooper Sunday. Miss Etta Kinsland called on Miss Winnie Cooper Sunday. Mr. J. 0. Howell and family were guests at Mrs. A. C. Hoyle's Sun day. Mrs. Turpin of Waynesville is spending awhile among realtives. Mrs. J. K. Terrell spent Sunday afternoon at Mr. B. B. Henson's of Whittier. o ? MARRIAGE LICENSES Will Ogle to Essie Raby. Jo Burton Stanley to Mildred Har ron. Jack Cogdill to Eva Belle Johnson I \ to make available the money neces sary for the immediate purchase of 150,0000 acres in the Great Smoky Mountains. A special purchasing agent will be secured to handle the legal transac tions and actual buying of the land will be started immediately. It has not been announced who will be secured to act in the capacity of buyer for the Great Smoky Mountains, incor porated. The initial gift of 150,000 acres to the government is expected to be raised to 400,000 acres at some future date. Directors attending the meeting yesterday were as follows: Senator Mark Squires of Lenoir; Dr. E. C. Brooks of Raleigh; Senator Plato Ebbs, Charles A. Webb and F. Rog er Miller all of Asheville; and Dr. D. R. Bryson and Horace Kephart of Bryson City. Ochre Hill On last Saturday Mr. Jack Cog dill of Washington was married to Miss Eva Belle Jonson of Addie. The ceremony was performed just above the Ochre Hill church by Rev. Law rence Crawford. Those present were Misses Winnie and Annie Cogdill, Mrs. Hattie Myers and Mr. John Parris. Master Woodrow Lindsey who hasi bceh visiting relatives here, returned to his home Suuday accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cope, Misses Bonnie, Margie and Frances Cope. Mr. Lloyd Robinson, Mr. Jeromej and Mr. Glenn Robinson motored to Beta Sunday. Last Saturday night an ice cream supper was" given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Norman. A host of young j)eoplc were present and had a grand time. Miss Essie Cope and Miss Bernice' Dillard were the guests of Misses Florence and Cumi Blanton Sunday. Mrs. Nellie Cope who has spent the past two weeks in the French Broad hospital has returned to her home at this place. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Blanton were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Blanton Sunday^ Miss Lessie Sutton who has been visiting relatives at Wayehutta re turned home Monday. u Miss Berdell Queen of Webster was the guests of her mother Mrs. Sarah Queen Sunday. Miss Swannie Mills and Mrs. Roy Jones took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Norman Sunday. Miss Mattie Cope, Miss Edith Bryson, Miss Gertrude Blanton and Miss Ijazol Norman spent Saturday with raises Florence and Cumi Blan ton. Mrs. Sarali Queen went to Sylva last Thursday on business. Mr. Ed Moore returned to Mur phy after a short visit to his home Sunday afternoon accompanied as far as Willits by Miss Bernice Dillard, Misses Florence and Cumi Blanton and Mr. Jerome Moore. WOODMEN UNVEIL MONUMENT The Woodmen of the World un veiled a monument to the late Henry Woodard, at the Keener cemetery Sunday afternoon, with appropriate exercises. The Woodmen marched to and from the cemetery in a body and the services were directed by Alf B. Smith. Hugh E. Monteith delivered the oration. i i ? ? i o SINGING CONVENTION TO BE HELD AT EAST SYLVA The Jackson County Singing Con vention will meet, with the East Sylva Baptist church the fourth Sunday in July. All choirs are requested to conie and sing. Singers from other counties are cordially invited. J. M. Crawford, Chairman. o PHILLIPS FAMILY TO HOLD REUNION The Phillips family will hold its annual reunion at the home place of "Aunt ^Sallie Watson," on Waye hntta Creek, on the Saturday before the Fourth Sunday in August. All members and friends of the family are urged to attend the reunion. Farmers Figure Cost Of Growing Peanuts Raleigh, N. C., July 12?It costa a I little over six cents per pound to grow an acre of peanuts in North , Carolina according to the records of some good farmers in Halifax coun ty. "Growers in North Carolina need some protection from the flood of cheap peanuts grown in China and shipped to this country," states C. E. Littlejohn, County Agent of Hal ifax county. "The business men of Scotland Neck and some of our lead ing farmers in Halifax county feel that the Tariff Commission should make a two-cent increase in the pres ent tariff to protect our growers. This is necessary because of the high cost of production and the average yields per acre in the peanut sec tions of Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia." The average acre yield of peanuts for North Carolina is twelve bags weighing 88 pounds per bag, states j Mr. Littlejohn. The cost of raising an acre, as worked out by good farmers who keep records, is placed at $70.39 per acre: This includes rent of land, use of lime, landplaster, fertilizers and seed, the preparation of the land seeding, cultivation of the crop, personal supervision of the grower and the depreciation in farm implements and teams. The value of the hay will be about $2.50 per acrc, leaving the net cost at $67.89. When this nel cost is dhided by the average yield of 1056 pounds of peanuts per acre, the average cost of production per pound will be nearly 6 1-2 cents. Mr. Littlejohn states that some growers may think fliis cost is a lit tle too high but if they will figure in all items, including the personal supervision of the owner, and make the peanuts bear a rightful share of every item of depreciation and re pairs, the cost will not be found ex cessive. Recently Mr. Littlejohn mailed a cost sheet to all of the pea nut glowers in Halifax county so that they might' aid in the movement to secure more adequate protection. Balsam Miss Evelyn Green is visiting friends in Bryson City. Master William Coward and little sister, Virginia, spent last week end with relatives in Cullowhee. Messrs: Clarence Flye and Silas Jones of Asheville were in Balsam Sunday. Mr. Grady Tannery of Westmin ster, S. C., has returned to Balsam. Mr. 0, R Jones, Jr. assisted by Mr. Ed Smith took tliree Chevrolet trucks to Franklin Tuesday and sold them. Misses Marie Coward, Evelyn Bry son, Hettie Bryson, Messrs. L. L. Cooper and Grady Queen and Mr. and Mrs. Wess Queen motored to Cul lowhee Sunday. Mrs. Hattie Beck went to Sylva Monday. Mrs. W. B. Farwell, Mrs. D. T. Knight, Miss Nannie Knight and Mr. Geo. T. Knight were in Waynesville Thursday. Mr. Hubert Ensley of Franklin spent last week end in Balsam. Miss Bonnie Raines of Hazelwood was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Hattie Beck last week end. Mr. Geo. T. Knight spent Sunday in Hendersonville and Chimney Rock. Mrs. Lizzie Barnes has returned from a visit to relatives in Old Fort and Morgan ton. Miss Ruth Williams of Waynes ville is visiting her sister Mrs. W? ?T. Lee, Jr. To Surface Part of 106 This Fall Highway Commissioner J. G. Stike leather was in Sylva Monday in an swer to the request of the^ road com mittee of the Sylva Chamber of Com merce, and stated that the state highway commission will have a large force at work on the link of High way 106 from Cullowhee to Tucka seigee early in the Fall, and will com plete the surface on it this Fall. 11 o SYLVA METHODIST CHURCH Preaching Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. All the other services at their us ual time. Subject Sunday morning, "Progress in The Face of Difficul ties.^' Don't fail to be on hand. TO COMPLETE Overstreet and Nance and The Ap palachian Construction Company, the contractors who are paving Highway No. 10 from Balsam to Sylva, hope to complete pouring the conarete on Saturday of this week, if weather j conditions continue favorable, accord ing to Mr. W. A. McNeill, resident engineer in charge of the work. The lower end of the road, being paved by Overstreet and Nance, has but a short link from Scott's Creek bridge, this side of Addie, to the camp at Foster siding, to be poured; Mr. Waldrup, while hia distance is a little long, on the other end, expects, with his larger paver, to pour to Woodfin creek bridge, and complete the job as soon as the lower end is finished. Engineer McNeill Btates that he hopes to open the road for travel by August first. Commerce Body Meets The Sylva Chamber of Commerce met in the dining hall of the New Jackson Hotel, last Thursday even ing with President John B. Ensley, presiding. Following dinner, the busi ness session was opened and there was considerable discussion of the highways of the county, getting a surface on 106 this fall and complet ing the concrete on No. 10 from the city limits on to the center of town immediately. On motion, M. D. Cowan, J. B. Ens ley, E. L. McKee, Dr. W. P. Quire, D. G. Bryson and T. C. Bryson were appointed a committee to take the matter up with the highway commis sion of the state "and ascertain what can be done. \ . ? l ?' o \ ' Jarrett is Presiding At Postal Meeting Greensboro, N. C., July 12?About 100 postmasters, members of the Na tional league of District Postmasters in the first day of a two day annual convention here today were welcom ed to the city, heard addresses on methods in accounting, finance and other phases of postoffice work; were giv