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0) tl?' Y ear in Advance inthe County. ^ Sylva, N. C., Wednesday, August 4,1926 $2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County
[fOLli, STATE POULTRY r Hce SHOT BY CATTLE TESTING FRANKLIN CREAMERY IS OPENED
enrriAl IQT UCDC IirVT wiw n?*i..n..?
SPECIALIST HEBE NEXT WEEK
v?M?a*iiuill IV Ul LULU
RAYMOND GLENN' CAMPAIGN STARTS GREAT DAIRY POSSIBILITIES SHOWN
irrtiisei"cnts 'iavt' ^een made
LarJi i'??""> c'? w- Tilson
Lsttare ?'i?- -ivices of Air. A. 0.
Lor, 1 >,,ult r.v S|H'ciaIist for
Lfcvn ^""Iv ';""K'rs week.
L ((liver, is known to many of
? tanners and business men from
last .March in the in
?" visit, hctv
ul a standard flock of poul
a cash fiti
farm. S?i
work iii
tartt'il Hiis
?lion i>l ?li<\ ci
jitaml pin'Moed baby chicks were
1 -1 Kftcf
(n*t ul :i si:""
' 8s
lilt*
lion ?"?" ?
startfil lliis year in most every
' ;!u\ connt v. Some 5 to 6
^jt i" ?'
f4j# cash nop on every Jackson
r,H farm. S"iae real good foun
' --.irt ii: tana poultry has
, tailed from the best
our own lltN-ks in the county this
* ?-? -1
itfhcd
Wf 2 iito 7 thousand chicks
Ufbrwuin on tlu- farms from out
*|p thi* coiiU;) ? '*
Kb bromU.:. rising of these
' bv tin-.various farmers has
{* . WI iwess on, the whole
1% ??* growing off fast
L a, wt.n-ls were marketed.
J, it is cvi'i' Ht already that we
' ))ri,|?n u? house and feed these
llet' ami tl?' best of our yearling
t for tall funl winter egg produc-j
tfor there's where! our real pro-j
Htt nufilt'- Then too we are noti
mL ,0 furnish a siood warm house
I'jocljfwt 10 ??>' ,ien or Pullet
i will uot pay lis well for it, so
tok eoll our entire flock very
in the next davS if we have
it already. ): /
Oirthe' wlwk'l the pullets from our
fc produced and hatched here in
eounty from the best breeders in
choice t'loc'fcs are looking better
Kady than those importeu from
tilde, so we are ready for pro
itiu^ more cljicks; troin our own
?b?a flocks in a county hatchery
i our Wit,
[ Theke and other important prob
ps uqiuH-ctetl with farm poultry
Hying will be thoroughly discussed
WWwex and County Agent
TWaou at tk fallowing meetings!
next- ueek: Monday Mrs. Fay Yar
j*r'x a. m. aml .Wis. J. H. Reair
K> a. in., hot It in Qualla, and
Mr. Norman Hall's, Savannah at 4.
m. TuosdaV/(arl Allman's, Web-'
ler, IV a. to. and S. jl Phillijw' |
'illets, j?. in. ami McKinley Hen
's, Addie 4 p. m. Wednesday,
'rank Norton's. Cullowhee 8 a. m ,
Wwnv.HoojH-1 s, S]M*edwell 10 a. in. I
^'1 Marion Moody's, Krastus .'1 p.'
."jaiul' Taylor^' Hampton's, Glen?'
Jill* 5 p-o in. Thursday, Miles
b's, "fui'ka>ci;iiee 10 a. m and K.j
t'aiiey Fork *2 p. in. audi
hit Nicholson's, Johns Creek, 4
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Thursday night at H p. m. the
iltrj- jjrowcis thruout the county
un,'ed to meet in the town hall
" Sylva Supply to hear Mr. Oli
talk on*,* A County Hatchery for
klisoti" Sitd to hear the plans!
lor starting? tlie hatchery this
J"- A hatchery will furnish a good
Bj'rktt tor engs in'the spring when
P?y sell cheap otherwise, we can
pduce better chicks than we can
s and lor less money and certainly
W|" keep our money at home ro
Jackson count v.
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S. ALFRED JOHNSON DIES |
On .July 2 '.r.l Mrs. Alford Johnson|
N-Mary Clark \va> called to rest.
Johnson lived a be*mtifnl
^fstiaii life, ha\infj'professed faith
1 Clirist when hut a yoiuu; woi ' in
^ united with the Baptist church.
M?. Johnson married Mr. Alford
Pohnsoji,in 1*10, u, this union were'
T?n.nine children, six of whom are
pill living.
Mr. ami Mrs. Johnso:i w'-,e
*ivfs ot Macon c ounty. Mis. Joltn
jj"1 s f?ith(*r' was a confederate sol
r and trave his life for the
I'^se ,r the South."
i ^ Johnson had been in ill
^ 'or several months; still nor
caine as a surprise to many of
* ,rit'n?ls and relatives. Everything
1 wuhl In- done to relieve ?cr
"Terin^ iu the medical profession
^ {W. The end was quiet and
N-tui.
I' ,rs" Johnson is survived by her
Mr. Alford Johnson, and
CL ? Ire"' M,s- Sarah Pressley,
Tcip'6 ,'?'n,S011. John Johnson, Mrs.
JVV|? Wilson, Mrs. Beulah Wilson,
[ Th Vranks.
|st ft )mu'l'al :in^ interment were
lltv 0 "ll^ cemetery, Rev. Wes
| ? Ken conducting the services.
Y T. R.
BALSAM
Mr. John T. Jones and family went
to Waynesville Saturday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert For
est Bvyson July 26th, a daughter,
Ivaty May.
Miss Dixie Jo Warren returned
Sunday from a visit with her sister,
Miss Hannah barren in Ashevillc.
Mr. Hubert Ensley spent last week
end here on1'his way to Charlotte
where lie will take a course in the
Chevrolet school.
Mrs. Maybelle Perry and Mr.
Howard Warren motored to Canton
Saturday. i >
Mi-s. Margaret Jones and Mrs.
Lona Green went to Waynesville
Saturday.
Miss Stella Jones of Waynesville
was here Sunday.
Mrs. Sells and little Master Jack
have returned from" a week end visit
1
to Covington, Ky.
Mr. W. M. Quiett and famliy who
have been visiting in and near Whit
tier stopped a short while in Balsam
Monday en route to their home in
Orlando, Fla.
Mr. Kobert Brvsou returned Mon
day from Salisbury.
Mrs. J. C. H. Wilson, Misses
Louise and Melita Wilson of Ashe
ville and Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Burdcll
of Tampa, Fla., were here Sunday
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THE FRANKLIN CREAMERY
Ashevillc Citizen. \
The opening of the Carolina Cream
ery Company's new plant at Frank
lin Saturday was an important event
to that section, and the most en
couraging assurance of its success
was Ihc recognition of this imj>ort
ancc bv the people there. They came
by the hundreds from a wide terri
tory and made the occasion a nota
ble one.'
And is so doing they showed an
appreciation of the economic j>os ;i
bilities of their country1 and an in
terest in progress aloug the lines of
certain success which does credit to
their intelligence. It is thereby indi
cated that they realize the great nat
ural advantages of their region as %
dairy center and are keen to take
advantage of these.
As pointed out by one of the
shakers, Dr. A. J. Glover, of Wisr
cousin, a state where the dairy in
dustry has been brought to a high
|K>int in volume and perfection, Wes
tern North Carolina has many ad
vantages over Northern states in the
matter of milk and butter production.
The climate here is alone a notable
ajssct in our favor.
As Mayor Dan Tompkins, of Syl
va, stated, poor roads have been a
bar to dairying on a large scale in
the far Western counties? but now
that good highways run North and
South markets are easily accessible,
and with a modern creamery at hand
there is strong incentive to capital
ize natural assets. The banks of
Jackson county have shown n com
mendable spirit in encouraging blood
ed stock there, and Macon county
now has an immediate home market.
Dairying in that region will eventual
ly be on a big scale?why not now ?
OPERATOR "BREAKS"
New York, Aug. 1?C. T. Wright,
telegraph operator on the long West
ern trunk wire of The Associated
Press "broke" for the first tiiac in
many a long trick tonight when the
emotionless Morse code ticked off the
story of a truck wreck at Gastonia,
N C. c, r
"Five girls killed," the item read
?just another of the so-conna n
holiday fatalities?a pienic party o^j
a family outing, a grade crossing, a'
speeding express.
"The dead are Bertha Wrigl.-, 16,
her sister, Laura,JJO" the copy mid,
and then a break and the sign
"(more)" as another point inter
rupted with what seemed tq the con
trol editor a more weighty item.
Telegrapher Wright took the in
tervening item and then cor.ipletud
that from Gastonia.
"They are my sister^", h?"; ex
plained, "one of them lived 'with me
most of the time since mother died.
I'm afraid I'll have to ask for relief
so that J. can go there."
Si.
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John S. Nance, highway construc
tor, is in Bryson City Hospital re
covering from four gunshot wounds,
and Raymond Glenn, Sylva jeweler,
is in custody, pending the outcom?
of Nance's condition, following a
shooting affray on the streets of
Sylva, last Friday morning.
.Mr. Nance, whose homefis said to
be in Bedford, Va. has been in Sjlva
only a short while, working with the
Overstreet and Nance Construct* >n
Company, contractors on the high
way from Sylva to Balsam, and is
said to be about 35 or 40 years of
age. Mr. Glenn is a young citizen o?
Sylva, having moved here with his
family, about three years a<jo. from
Hendersonville, whert he was born
and reared. The shooting occurred
about 8 o'clock last Friday morning.
Nance parked his car, in front of the
Woman's Shop, and was still vcted
at the steering wheel, when Glenn
opeed fire with a 32 caiabre Har
rington and Richardson revolver.
One shot took effect in Nanwo lace,
one in his shoulder and two in his
right lung, according to attending
physicians and while his condition
was considered very grave, it is now
thought that he has a good chaice
for recovery After the first two i*
three shots were fired, Nance jump
ed from the car and ran down the
street, with Glenu still firing upon
him.
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Glenn surrendered his revolver to
bystanders, and his person to offic
ers and was immediately taken to the
Jackson county jail, where he was n
a high state of nervous tension for
several days.
The affair is said to have grown
out of alleged attentions by Nance to
Mrs. Glenn. The Glenns were sepa
rated several weeks ago, Mrs Glenn
and her two cihldren going to Bre
varf} hrid Mr. Glenn remaining - here
with his business. Friends of Mr.
Glenn assert that he has been brood
ing over his family troubles and that
he is believed to have been tempo
rarily insane when he fired upon
Nance, i:
Nance, in the Brvson City hospital
is said, by the daily papers to have
asserted that the relations between
himself and Mrs. Glenn were the
most casual. That he had picked her
up on the road and brought her to
Sylva, once or twice since he has
been here, and that fuither than
that lie had ?o acqnuintanc: with
her. I
Raymond Glenn' has made no
statement since the shooting; but his
biother, J. Allen Glenn, of Hendex
tonvi le, boldly made the sij'lenient
Jut Nance was the cause )f the
separation of his brother and Mrs.
'Jif-.in, aa \ :hat he has in his losses
sion letters thae passed between the
wounded '-'tan and Vtins. Glenn,
wir.ch will be produced at the prop
er -.iine, and which h*} asserts, show
tiiat the relations between them were
of the most intimate nature.
There were a number of vitnesses
to the shooting, as the streets were
full of people, going to their morn
ing work.
It is believed that there will be a
preliminary hearing before Judge W.
F. Harding, within the next few days
with a view to making bond for
Glenn. ' v
Immediately following the shoot
ing, Nance was taken to the offices
of Dr. C. Z. Candler, where he wps
given a thorough examination, and
first aid treatment before being tak
en to the Bryson City hospital.
Mrs. Glenn, who before her mar
riage, at the age of 16, was Miss Re
becca Blythe of Brevard, is said to
be prostrated over the affair at the
home of her mothcrin in Brevard.'
Allen and Chester Glenn of Hender
sonville, brothers of Raymond Glenn,
and their mother came to Sylva and
nave been with their son and broth
er a great deal of the time, sinc^ he
surrendered himself to the officers.
His mother is still with him, as is
his young son, R. L. Glenn, Jr.
Coming to Sylva nearly three
years ago, Raymond Glenn has made
a large number of friends here, who
assert that he has been a model
young man, attending to his lown
j business, being a regular attendant at
I Sunday school and church services;
that he has built a nice home here,
for himself and ms wife land two
hurt over the separation from his
wife, that he has not been thought
The campaign, being put on by the
county, state and federal depart
ments of agriculture, for the eradi
cation of tuberculosis in the cattle
of Jackson county, started this morn
ing when Dr. I. P. Cooper, o f the
state department began the testing.
The work will be pushed as rap
idly as thoroughness will allow, and
every cow, bull, calf, heifer and steer
in Jackson county will be given the
tuberculin test before the campaign
closes, according to Dr. Cooper. All
cattle found to be infected will be
killed and the owners paid for them
by the federal government.
Acting under authority of the laws
of North Carolina, a quarantine has
been established and it is unlawful
to bring any cattle into the county
until they have been tested and pass
ed by the authorities.
When the campaign closes there
will be no tubercular cattle in the
county, and it is believed( that this
will be another boost to the fast
growing dairying industry, and at
the same time will be a mighty safe
guard to the health .of the people of
the county.
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LENOIR ORCHARDS YIELDING
CROPS OF BAKED APPLES
Lenoir, N. C., July 31?Around the
foot of Warrior Mountain the sun
has been baking apples on the trees.
T. S. Setser, who lives in that sec
tion about five miles oat on the 1j?
noir-Blowing Rock highway, brought
to the News-Topic Oft ice several
days ago a sample of the sun's bak
ing.
It was a red June applae and was
cooked nicety and had aifvthe flav
or of an - apple baked in a stove. He
had quite a number of these cooked
apples and says theic are niar.y of
the trees now about half tooked.
The process saves Mr. Setzor fire
wood in baking apples
TO DECORATE EAST
LAPORTE CEMETERY
The friends and kinsman of the
people buried at the East Laportc'
cemetery will meet here i.ext Sat .r-.
day, August 7, and put the gravss
and plats in proper order for the
annual decoration, which will be held
on Sunday, August 15.
The East Laporte cemetery is one
of the oldest in the county, and in it
are buried a numbed of the pioneers
of Jackson county, among them one
soldier of the American Revolution.
to be in his right mind for several
weeks.
Little is known here of Nance, as
he has been in thjs locality for only
a short time, and has been engaged
in the road construction work. His
home is said to be in Bedford, Va.
He has several brothers and other
kinsmen here with him, working on
the same road contract.
Allen Glenn, asserts that following
the separation of his brother and his
wife, that Raymond Glenn, has be
gun action for divorce against her,
and that if was in connection with
the divorce action that the letters,
which he says are in his possession,
were turned over to him for safe
keeping until the divorce trial would
be heard.
Witnesses to fche shooting state
that Raymond Glenn walked over to
where Nance had his car parked, and
that there appeared to be some very
short conversation between the two
men; when Glenn drew his revolver,
leveled it, in both hands, a cigar in
his mouth, took oool and deliberate
aim and began firing, continuing to
shoot as Nance jumped from the -jar
and ran down the street. Then Glenn
is said to have surrendered his re
volver, walked to his jewelry shop,
locked up his show cases and sur
rendered himself.
The condition of Glenn who was
highly nervous for two or three days
is said to be much improved, and he
is said to be resting more comforta
bly.
Nance is said to be steadily im
proving and physicians attending
have much hope that he will recover
from his wounds.
i Nance is said to a rather large
man, and very strong, while Glenn is
a small man weighing around 1C5
pounds, it is said.
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EAST SYLVA
Mr. and Mrs. Albert liickman of
Proctor are guests of Mrs. Rickman's
parents, Rev. and Mrs. R. 0. Vance.
Mr. Jay Matlock of Franklic is
the guest of Troy and John R. Shep
ard.
Rev. Joseph Bishop was called to
Gastonia Saturday on account of the
serious illnes of his mother.
Friends of Mrs. Joseph Davis will ]
be sorry to know that she is se
riously ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Galloway of
Gastonia are visiting Mrs. Gallo
way 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Eastes.
Mr. D. B. Alexander was the week
end guest of his brother, Mr. Bas
cus Alexander.
MUSICAL HOG CALLING
NOT A LOST ART
Raleigh, N. C., August 3?Musical
and effective hog calling is not a
lost art among the farm folks of
North Carolina if the performance of
the 52 contestants in this feature ev
ent at the State Farmers' Convention
last week is a real indication,
ed Great volumes of sound, punc
tuated by appealing lower tones and
convincing facial expression were
used by each of the contestants. So
realistic did the callers make their
efforts that the 1,500 observers gath
ered in front of Pullen Hall began to
look around apprehensively fearing
that perhaps a great herd of swine
would come rushing over die campus
and sweep them from their feet.
It was impossible for the judges to
select the three prize winners at the
first trial held at midday on Wed
nesday, July 28, so a second contest
was held for the ten selected in thej
first occasion.
At the second contest, a greater
crowd had gathered. The news had
gme abroad over Raleigh that there
were some real hog callers at the
College and the visiting fanners were
joined by a great number of town
people. The final selection was an
nounced at the evening meeting and
J. C. Nichols of Durham was award
ed first prize of $25 as the champion
caller of the convention. Second
prize of $15 was won by J. H.
Sprinkle of Route 7, Winston-Salem
and third prize of $10 was awarded
to H. G. Bundy of Elizabeth City.
The ? officials of the convention
stated that this contest brought a
new note of informality and fun in
to the convention procedmgs and the
farmers themselves voted that it
must become a annual event. The
ladies, not to be neglected in such
fun, made a request that, next year,
prizes be offered for successful chick
en callers. The fund of $50 used as
prizes for the contest was donated
by the American Limestone Company
of Knoxville Tenn.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Julius C. Robinson to Manilla M.
Hall, both of Jackson county.
C. J. Powell to Mary Coleman,
negroes, of Swain county.
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METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. P. W. Tucker, presiding El
der of thte Waynesville District, wil
preach at the Methodist church, here
Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock.
NEGROES TO SING
PLANTATION MELODIES
The Asheville Jubilee Male Quar
tette, Net;ro, will entertain with a
number of selections of old planta
tion melodies, next Monday evening
at 8:30 at the colored consolidated
school auditorium.
Seats h*ve been especially reserv
ed for the white, people.
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One traveling through the moun
tains of Western North Carolina,
does not wonder that Editor Wade
H. Harris, of the C harlotte
Observer, has been spending much
time in "the land of the sky' dur
ing the past months, and writing such
a series of brilliant editorials on the
possibilities of that section. There is
no doubt but that Western tforth
Carolina is eventually to become the
summer play ground of the United
States.?Albemarle Neva-Herald,
Oil Friday of last week some
twenty Jackson county farmers and
business men attended the formal
opening o fthe new Carolina Cream
ery at Franklin. An unusually inter
esting and educational program was
carried out and the representatives
from Jackson, Buncombe, Madison
Cherokee, Clay and Rabun counties
along with the Macon county folks
enjoyed the program and inspected
the new creamery plant with $, great
deal of pride.
The address of welcome was
made by Mayor Dean Sjsk of Frank
lin in which he emphasized the good
feeling Franklin had over the coming
together of adjoining counties with
Macon and establishing an industry
that was sure and certain to be a
big factor in developing the agricul
tural and commercial interests of
this entire section. <
Following the address of welcome
Mr. F. H. Jeter, Agricultural Editor
for N. C. State College spoke very
forcefully on the three things
which lie considered to be the great
est need of our farmers today, name- ,
ly: 1. Need of more education, 2.
need of more cash income from farm
ing, and 3 more pride ,in our calling.
In his pleasing yet forceful man
ner Mr. Jeter pointed out these
great needs so prevalent with most
of our farinex-s and at the same tine
he cited example after example if
N. C. farmers who were mee'jmg
these needs and were outstanding
men in the state today.
Dr. A. G. Glover, the Editor of
Hoards Dairymen published in Wis
consin who is known as the wor'd'a
leading authority on practical dairy
ing spoke for one hour.
His speech by many farmers wm
considered the best they had ever
heard or. any -agricultural subject.
Dr. Glover related the fact that ho
was not just a beginner but a grand
father. He was well in his tjeus k?
Southern Minnesota and Wisconsin
before the dairy cow was eve: rec
ognized in that section which is now
the greatest dairy section in the
world. During the past fifty yeaia
Dr. Glover says he has watched the
dairy cow grow from a mero family
cow not at one time considered wor
thy for men to waste time with to
where today one third of this itKt'.sna
fann income is furnished by the
dairy cow. And yet some of our so
called farmers are in the same, class
as those men were over half "cen
tury ago when one third of our na
tions entire farm income is furnish
ed by the dairy cow. Dr. Glover
spoke of the theories the midwevstera
farmers gave as to why dairying
wouldn't pay some of them when
they started back there like wo are
starting now. He says some of lr.e
farmers of this section are raying the
same things now. One thing was so
stated by Dr. Glover that the section
was not adapted to dairying because
it was too cold in winter and pas
tures poor, yet the cow has yaid her
owner well for providing warm
barns in winter and she has not only
built up the soil for good pasturo but
made the farm produce four times
more grain today in Wisconsin than
before the day of dairy cows. An
other example cited was that the
dairy business would sure be over
done and when they went out of
growing beef cattle they Would go
out of sight in price. Yet Dr. Glover
states that no state in the dairy belt
has had any influence on beef cat
tle prices and he has seen Wisconsin
counties the size of ours grow from
no dairy cows to 50,000 dairy ?ows
and now they want more. And
there is no evidence of the dairy
business ever being over done in any
seetion in the world. The history
of how the dairy cow had made the
poor sandy country of Denmark to
be one of the richest little nations
in all the world was cited by Dr.
Glover. The story was related of how
Switzerland which is twice as rough
with mountains and cold winters as
we have had been made one of the
most prosperous of all nations bv
the dairy cow. And the richest sec
tions of our own United States owe
their wealth to the dairy cow says
Dr. Glover.
Our natural grazing and crops and
roads and markets in Western N. C.
are now superior to any ever found
(Coatimwd oa 61