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501 In1 Year *n Advance in th^Sounty Sylva, N. C., Wednesday, July 28, i.926 $2.00 the Tear in Advance Outside County
f! OF SURVEY
president of tlie North Carolina
federation ot' Women's Clubs and
.;k a North Carolina woman
?j() Ii'S 4I* t
ntercsti'tl in the less fortunate worn
of my staU>' 1 deplore the fact
*hjt the Survey ot' Women and Chil
dren ill Industry will not be made
immediately. To put it off until the
i (rt'm'inl Assembly convenes defeats
?De of its purposes. j
This Purvey was not requested
merely to satisfy idle curiosity nor,
to cause (confusion in the State. One
ot its purjtoses was to secure accen
rjtc information on which to base1
the lei^slative program which wom
en's organisations vwish to present to
[lie Legislature. To V>stpone the sur
vey means to say the least, retarding
the progress of these organizations
and of the State for two solid years.
Instead of being- a delay of five
mouths it is, in fact, a delay of two
years five months. ;
I wish every North Carolinian with
iny doubts about the necessity of
this survey, could have been with nie
last month at the Biennial Conven
tion of tli cGeneral Federation of
Women's Clubs. In a plea for the
endorsement of the Federal Child
Labor Amendment, to which the
.North Carolina Federation of Wom
an's Clubs is opposed, William
Green, President of the American
federation of Labor, addressing 15,
l)0(i women from every section of the
United States, from Alaska and Cuba
singles cut North Carolina as being
notorious for her dreadful labor con
ditions and for the complete lack of
enforcement of the few poor labor
laws she did have. A printed leaflet
was circulated setting forth deplor
able labor conditions in North Caro
lina. I believed then as I do now
(that my state was maligned. My
blood boiled but I had no accurate
reliable information with which to
relute those statements. God willing
\ want to go to the next convention
of the General Federation and in
the inelegant words of my small son
make thfin "eat that lie,"
?\ortli Carolina women are not a
crowd ot fanatics. We have no de
sire to cause disruption and confus
ion in our state; we simply want t
establish the indisputable fact thai
labor euinlitions w.'.hi'n our borders
are not so hideous as pictured, and
iu those cases whvre-improvement is
needed, we want t', work, all t'.geth-!
er, sair.'ly and W'.xe'v for that im-l
movement. J
Xorti) Carolina's sons have led
her in a material progress that has
attracted the attention of th<- entire
nation but Xortir Carolina can lit-v
w reach the full ^lory of h.v de
velopment by mateiial progress alone
I n less alon-f hiMtiiinitarian lines she
keeps pace with her material ^towth
site will he like tin- house built upon
the sainIs.
Hnvin;; no first, band information
wgurdhsj the recent occurrences
which led up to the recall of the
survey, I can make 110 statement oth
er than that my faith in Mrs John
son's judgment leads me to th.nk
that it the survey was not to be the
sorth thut she could heartily endorse,
it was best for it to be recalled. for
it would be of n:> earthly use to us
and would prevent for years our se
curing H e survey wc want and need.
How ever, in justice to the Govern
' 0r I must say that it was my under
standing that he ordered the survey
made by agencies within the Statu
with the provision that it should be
In this opinion that the survey
should be made by our own agencies
I believe he was sustained by a large
luajority of the citizens of the state.
-)lt does seem that even yet some
airanijMiiont might be made! whereby
the survey could go forward. In my
opinion Mr. Carter has the opportun
ity to render the State a really mag
nanimous service by saying?"I will
not be the cause of thwarting tl^
purposes of 55,000 North -Carolina
women. Let Mrs. Highsmith be the
director of-this survey. She may use
toy office arid I will give her all the
assistance 1 can so long as she abides
V the Governor's provision that the
*ork he done by North Carolinians."
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Richard Jones to Kate Peyton,
both of Jackson county.
Justus C. Bradley of Palmetto,
lo Florine Wright, of Orlando,
BALSAM
Mrs. -Lizzie Norman passed away
Wednesday of last week. She was 79
years of age but until recently was
quite active. Her grandson, Mr. Fred
Norman lived with her. She leaves
one son and several grand children
and great grand children. The funer
al service was conducted by Rev. M.
A. Norman and the body laid to rest
in the Crawford cemetery Thursday.'
The bereaved ones have our sympa
thy.
Master George R. Bryson, Jr.,- five
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
R. Bryson, fell from the front porch
of, his home here Thursday and cut
his lip so bad that he was taken to
Dr. Abel in Waynesville for medical)
attention. Several stitches had to be
taken, and he seems to be recovering
nieely.
While walking a small log across
a stream with rubbejr boots on Mr.
James R. Porter's foot slipped and
he fell injuring his arm and Avas
taken to Waynesville for medical at
tention.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Cow
ard the 2rd, a girl?Alice.
Miss Sallie Christy left Wednes
day to spend some time in Lakeland,
Fla.
Mr. A. H. Mehaffey was here last
week from Hendersonville,
Messrs. Geo. T. Knight, Henry
Christy, Floyd Mehaffey and Grady
Queen spent last week camping on
Old Bald and Double Top, and say
they had a wonderful time.
Mrs. W. T. Lec, Jr. had as her din
ner guests Friday, Mrs. Leslie Mow
dy of Oklahoma City and Mrs. John
Swift, Jr., of Waynesville.
Mrs. Julia Surratfrahd little daugh
ter and Mr. John Penland of Salis
bury, Mrs. Maud Brookshire of Ap
palachian Hall and/young Mr Glantz
of Haywood are guests of Mrs. R. T.
Bryson this week. ?
There are about eighty guests at
Balsam Hotel and more coming every
day.
Mis. Lily Richett and children who
have been visiting, her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. ,F. L. Potts and sister Mrs.
John Blanton returned Saturday to
their home in Andrews.
Mr. Cary Mills was here from
Sylva Saturday to see his brother,
Mr. John C. Mills.
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SEVEN ARE CHARGED WITH
KIDNAPPING GEORGIA JUDGE
Folks ton, Ga., July 25?Seven men
are held in the Ware County jail to
night in connection with the kidnap
ping last night of Judge J. Henry
Johnson, of the Charlton County
court.
Judge Johnson, a wealthy lumber
man, was reseued by police,- who ov
erpowered one of the twq men carry
ing him toward Waycross.
Although his life was threatened,
Judge Johnson told police he was
not harmed.
Three of the meij were arrested
when thpir automobiles was overtak
en but four others escaped and made
their way to swamp lands bordering
the Okefenokee swamp. Several score
citizens surrounded the place and
watched during the night and the
capture was made early today.
The men held were W. G. Bx-joks
21, John Stevens 20, W. E. Hughes,
25, J. D. Hunter 45, J L. Aldridge,
24, J. B. Errington 23, and S. A.
Lucas 26. All lived in this section.
Police believe that Judge Jo1 nson's
activity in the prosecution of prohi
bition cases enraged a group n? u.cn
whom the abductors represented.
Judge Johnson told officers hi was
called from a store last night about
9 o'clock by a man who snid he
wished to discuss a lumber dc.'i! and
forced him to enter an automobile.
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MOORE LEASES TUCKASEE
GEE MOTOR COMPANY
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Announcement has been made of
the lease 6f the Tuckase?gee Motor
Company to W. Enloc Moore, Mr.
Moore to assume active chaige of the
business on August 15tli. It is under
i stood that Mr. Moore has sub-leased
the motor repair shop department to
Mr. C. E. Haesler, Mr. Moore re
taining the service station and sales
departments and Mr. Haesler con
ducting the repair business.
Mr. Moore has been in active man
agement of the Early Service Sta
tion for some time, until it was leas
ed a few weeks ago, and has the
agency for the popular Chrysler car.
Mr. Haesler (Dutch) has been con
ducting the Star Garage for several
months,
US A JACKSON COUNTY FAR
MER SAW EAST TENNESSEE
Wc have it on the progressive sec
tion of East Tennessee when it comes
good roads and more especially |
when it comes to pure cold springs;
and fresh water flowing through,
most every farm in our county. Mx.
Joe Holcombe and Wibb Fisher are
staunch supporters of the water state j
fment above. Wc arc convinced that
our soils need lime beyond anything
else and that we can ? grow most
anything tjie East Tennessee farmer
grows by liming our soils.
We are convinced that the farmers
of our great county need to know
more about their soil; how and when
to prepare for a crop, and do the
right thing at the right time and not
just when it is most convenient.
From years and years of their ex
perience we found they, like us, have
had to overcome false ideas < that!
some allwis<f fellows thought they
had learned with only one year's ex
perience! as a beginner in the use of
lime or soy beans or in dairying or
poultry keeping. An example of this
which wc have right at home is that I
of growing soy beans and cutting!
them off for feed hurting the land.;
For thirteen years the State Test]
Farm has grown soy beans 011 the I
same piece of land, cut them off for|
hay and followed this with a green;
cover crop turned under the next!
spring. The corn yield 011 this land!
has increased every year. Farmers iiij
different sections ot' Tennessee are
getting the same results. Our own
State Test Farm in the mountains
has gotten the same results, so we
know the idea of soy beans hurting
the land is a poor excuse for plowing
the land too wet' or some other j?oor
farm practice. Sow soy beans for hay
and follow with a winter cover crop
and improve your land every year.
I learned that sweet clover makes
twice the pastnio of any grass wc
have and at the same time builds up
the land greatly. They lime the land
011 a ton to the acre and put in sweet
clover with orchard grass in the
spring oat crop. The oat crop comes
off early for hay and, in three weeks
the clover is ready l'or pasture the
rest of that season. It gives good!
pasture the second year too until ?
August when it is allowed to grow
up and go to seed for turning under
for reseeding and soil building. We
can make a real pasture plant and
soil builder of sweet clover.
Wo learned many worthwhile facts
about sowing small grain like wheat
and rye or oats in the fall and clover
in the spring. The East Tennessee
farmer limes all his crops then if lie!
has money left to buy fertilizer al
right and if not the money spent
gives him best returns. How much
more then do we need to lime when
ours is not even a limestone soil. In
the drill they put 5 to 8 hundred
pounds of lime peir acre with the
wheat or oats or rye. Then in the
spring one gallon of clover seed is
OCHRE HILL
A host* of friends and relatives at
tended the funeral of Mr. George
Bryson on Wednesday of last week.
Mr. Allen Sutton of this place
has gone for an operation. C
Mrs. Dave Norman who lias been
ill for some time is expecting to
have to go for an operation.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Blanton re
turned to their home Monday after
a visit to relatives at Wilmot.
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Mozell Sutton returned to (her
home at Ela after spending two
weeks here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Blanton had
the pleasure of having all their chil
dren with them Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeter Snider, Mr.
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and Mrs. Allen Sutton and children,
Miss Mattie Cope,, Miss Mozelle Sut
ton and Miss Lesoie Sutton motored
to Georgia Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Blanton who
have been visiting relatives here
have returned to thier home in An
derson, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Mills were the
guests of Mr. and Mr.s Robert Clay
ton of Addie Sunday.
ifrs. Bonnie Cope was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cope Monday.
Mrs. Maggie Lindsey and her
daughter Miss Virginia Lindsey of
Balsam are visiting at Mr. L. T.
Cope's,
mixed/Uith 100 pounds of acid ph?s
phate and put right into the growing
wheat with a wheat drill. And you
should sec the good stands of grass
and clover they have while ours is
mostly lost now.
Our clover is failing fast due to
the blight and wilt as much as to lack
of limed land. Tennessee State Farm
has developed a wilt or mildew and
blight lesistant strain of clover that
is making good heavy yields for the
past five years where the other va
retie.s are all iailures compared to
it. These wilt resistant seed are
very scai;ce and high and I believe
that our farmers will profit by the
example of several Tennessee coun-'
ties. They are getting a few seed for
a start and growing their own seed,
buying a huller and threshing for
themselves and their neighbors. We
saw several plots of good green wilt
resistant clover with other varieties
right joining drying up with white
mildew and dark blighted leaves.
I learned how to feed hogs so as
to make money when feeding a bal
anced ration* Numbers of accurate
tests made by the University of Ten
nessee showed that hogs gain more
than 3 times as fast fed on corn and
tankage than on corn alone. And by
using the tankage with corn the cost
per hundred .pounds gain was less
than one third the cost when feeding'
cox;n alone. One experiment of feed-'
inf several shoats 120 days'on corn!
alone showed they gained 29 lbs. at I
a cost of 33 cents per pound, while!
ltter mates to these pigs gained 200
lbs. at a cost of 8 cents per pound
when tankage was fed to them with
their corn. Does it pay to use tank
age? Skim milk will do even better
than tankage. The hogs should have
a mixture before them dry of char
coal 10 parts, acid phosphate 10 and
salt 1.
We realized that we are just be
ginners in poultry keeping and dairy
nig and we learned that with better
jKHiltry houses and j)roperly built
dairy cow stanchion sheds our labor
will be much less and our profits
bigger. AVe visited dozens of good
dairy and poultry farms that had
good stock paying well and to our!
surprise we have a better market fori
poultry products and equally as good'
tor dairy products right here. Those!
farmers are simply going after the'
job and making it pay well. We'
didn't hear any farmer say milking)
cows or feeding chickens was hard'
work, and we didn't find them rid-1
ing up and down the roads, but right'
on the farm at it, making money j
with no fuss about taxes or hard!
times.
Let's pull for a creamery and!
hatchery and cannery and keep more I
hogs and sheep and go to work at I
farming that produces something foi
which our markets wants to pay usl
cash and a profit.
THIEVES STILL UNOAUGHT
Although officers of all Western
North Carolina have been looking
for them,r, the robbers who entered
the store of Roane and Vainer, at
'Whitticr, last Friday night and car
ried away watches, jewelry and oth
er property valued at $1500, have not
been caught.
Mr. Varner, who lias a fairly ac
curate description of the men, and
has the hat of one of them in his po
session, has notified officers through
out this scctiou and arrests are ex
pected.
After entering the store and get
ting away with the loot, the men bor
rowed a mule from Thad Patton and
proceeded 011 mule back to Barker's
Creek where they exchanged their
mount for a Ford roadster, in which
| they are supposed to have made
their escape from this section.
The Ford was without a license
plate, and it is thought that it can be
easily identified as can the watches.
Mr. Varner h^s an accurate list of
the watches, with numbers.
The Terra Ceia section of Beaufort
county is potentially one of the finest
dairy sections in North Carolina,
find dairy extension specialists. Pas
ture grasses grow splendidly Jiere,
they state* ^
QUALLA
Revival service sare being conduct
ed at the Baptist church by the pas
tor Rev. W. C. Reed, assisted by Rev.
R. L. Randolph of Cullowhee.
The students who are attending the
Cullowhee summer school spent the
week end with home folks. They were
accompanied by Misses Zelda Mitch
ell and Carrie Ncsbitt of Asheville
and Mr. Coleman Gregory of Mar
shall.
Mr. B. C. Fisher of Asheville is
spending a while with his daughter,
Mrs. G. A. Kinsland.
Misses Gertrude and Ruth Fergu
son gave an ice cream reception at
their home Saturday night to a large
number of their friends
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hyatt of
Asheville spent the week end at Mr.
J. G. Wiggin's.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes and
Mr. D. K. Battle spent Saturday,
night with Mr. and Mi's. John Ny
ton at East Laporte.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Shuler were
dinner guests at J. E. Battle's Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Blanton and
two grandchildren' of Scots ? Creek
visited at Mr. J. G. Hooper's Satur
day night.
Misses Essie Anthony and Winnie
Coof>er colled 011 Miss Grace Hoyle
Sunday.
Mifits Etta fcinsland and Gertrude
Ferguson called 011 Miss A. L. Terrell
Sunday aftprnofcn.
Mrs. Berlin Thomasson and Miss
Jennie Franklin of Bryson Cily call
ed at Mr, E. S. Keener's Tuesday
evening. "
Mi's. J. E. Hall and children of
Whittier sj>ent the week end with
Mi's. J. E. Battle.
Miss Martha Heritage took dinner
with Miss Irene Raby Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kinsland and
Mr. and Mrs. I). C. Hughes motored
to Bryson City Saturday night.
Mis Ida Battle is^isiting friends
on Sandy Mush.
Messrs. G. J. Raby, Jess Nelson
aAd J. E. Battle took a fishing trip
lq|st week.
Mr. E. J5. Keener returned Tues
day after visiting his daughter Mrs.
A. J. Franklin of Bryson City.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kinsland call
ed at Mr. J. K. Terrell Sunday ev
ening. . *'
Misses Irene Raby, Harriett Hall,
and Oma Gass called 011 Miss Mary
Battle Sunday evening. ^
A fierce storm of rain, hail and
wind buret upon our section Friday
afternoon and almost laid our corn
cro]?s 011 the ground but anyway we
are thankful for the much needed
rain.
WHITE BOY STRUCK
WITH BAT?NEGRO HELD
David Dills, young son of Mr. awlj
Mrs. R. E. Dills, was struck in the
head by a base ball bat, in the hands
of Bo Cox, negro lad, at the ball
park, Friday afternoon. It is said
that that young Dills was in an al
tercation with a negro boy, when Bo
Cox struck him from behind with a
bat. v
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At first it was feared that the
condition of Dills was serious, as he
was unconscious for more than 24
hours; but he has sufficiently recov
eerd to again be out.
Bo Cox, the negro, boy, is being
held for trial.
FLORIDA COUPLE
MARRIED HERE
Justus C. Bradley of Palmetto, Fla.
and Miss Florine Wright of Orlando,
Fla., were united in marriage at the
court house here last Thursday after
noon, Justice of the Peace, Raymond
U. Sutton, officiating.
LITTLE SON DIES
Robert Murray Queen, 14 months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Queen of Lakeland, Fla., died at
their summer home in Webster, Sun
day afternoon after only a short ill
ness.
The funeral was held, at the home
of Rev. A. C. Queen Tuesday.
NORTON FAMILY TO
HOLD REUNION
The annual reunion of the Norton
family will be held on Saturday,
July 31 in the Whiteside Cove All
the member^ Of the family and
friends are invited to attend the re
union of this pioneer Jackson county
MCKEE HEADS BIG
With E. L. McKee of Sylva as
i president, the Sylva Tanning Com
pany of Sylva, and the Parsons Tan
nery of Parsons, West Virginia, were
merged last week at a meeting in
Chicago, according to a statement
made today by Mr. McKee, who has
just returned from Chicago where he
attended the meeting of the heads of
the Armour subsudiary leather cor
porations. J
Mr. McKee, who has been presi
dent of the Sylva Tanning Company
for the past ten years, was chosen as
the head of the new corporation, now
named Parsons Tanning Company,
with plants at Sylva and Parsons.
According to Mr. McKee there was
a general merger of the subsidiary
corporations of the Armour Leather
Company, with the exception of the
two big plants at Sylva and Parsons,
which form a separate merger, and
will be conducted under one head./
These two establishments, which
operate both tannerys and extract
plants, have been controlled by the
Armour interests for several years,,
and it is said that they will be en
larged and the capacities increased.
The Sylva Tanning Company, es
tablished about twenty five years
ago as the Harris Recce Tanning
Company, was later purchased by
Charles J. Harris, who sold it some
ten years ago to the Armours, who
reorganized it as the Sylva Tanning
Company, with E. L. MeKee as
president. Mr. McKee. has been in
active charge of the company for
many years, and is now named as
head of the merger.
Mr. McKee states that the Sylva
Tanning Company will -Hot lose its
identity in the leather world, as its
superior products will continue to be
sold under the name of "Sylva
Leather."
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CONVENTION OF SACRED MUS
IC IN SYLVA LAST SUNDAY
It is stated that the movement of
the state organizations had its be
ginning in Jackson county twenty
eight years ago, which at first was
a Baptist movement, soon became in
terdenominational and spread over
the entire state of North Carolina
Among the great workers are men
tioned in Jackson county, "Preach
er Queen" Messrs. J. Matt Crawford,
Ben Hooper and others.
The combined efforts of this as
sociation and the veteran evangelist
Rev. A. B. Thomas, the result of
which was a revival in Jackson coun
ty, resulting in about eighty conver
sions, forty four of which joined the
Baptist church?this incident indi
cates the influence of the sacred mus
ic association in Jackson county.
The recent statement made at the
great Chatauqua, New York, that
music is losing its former interest
and influence, is a warning that
should be heeded, but it is a great
encouragement tiiat in the mountains
of Western North Carolina there has
been for many years and still exists,
well organized musical associations
among the various churches and Sun
day Schools that hold their conven
tions, which are well attended and
are of great interest and profit.
These many organizations in sac
red music frequently compete with
each other, to the delight and bene
fit of large audiences.
It may be of interest to outsiders
that these programs are arranged
and conducted in a manner somewhat
peculiar, according to the taste and
facilities of each location. The
one of last week was conducted with
out the aid of instrument accompan
iment, except the old time tuning
fork, which was the correct starter.
No solos were attempted and no
woman's voice was utilized as so
prano, but the alto was remarkably
we., presented by talented young
ladies. It seeing the lack of well
rendered solos had robbed the exer
cises of what might have been ;i
strong influence of spiritual expres
sion. It is hoped that these few re
marks will not be taken as unappre
ciativc and unfriendly criticism, as
the writer Was in full sympathy with
the laudable efforte of the occasion
and would heartily urge that this
great work may bi successfully con
tinued.
Visiting stranger,
>- - D. H. HAERTR ^