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$2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County
l!j^; m -sinus of the Sylva Cen
I:\-li School will begin Monday,
N i> at oiirht-forty five. All
-imli i: - ai*o requested to be at the
4 ; t \civise in the auditorium ou!
jjiur. A;ur the owning exercises are
,mi i:in!ents will be assigned (o thei
v;i, hmhis ror consultation with I
i!,v !!;M? lU'iors relative to their
,,,ti.sr ami then report to the office]
),.!? ;uc' ptiiu-ipal for a registration
f;.l U- i.i^sion card to the elass.-s
;iin- uu^iity for the ensuing; season
will ii.Musip.ised of the folowiug in
li. 1). Browning, Jr., A. B.
W.ii.f IVic.-t College, principal; Kay|
A. B. N. C. C. W., Mathemi-j
Aitcc' llanold, A B.. N. C. C.j
? ... licViiny ami Civics; Katherine
Km < ii,v. A. 1?. Newberry College,
>.ic:.cc ;ukI Athletics; Ilelei. Mny
wi(nl It. S. Aleridith College, Homo
Each. instructor has had
iluvc or more years experience in an
inritiiiietl high school of the state.
A liiucli room will be conducted in
uMicctio'i with the Home Economics
ailment of the school. Hot lun
t' .. will be provide 1 lor the stu 1
I'.ts. on cost basis. Parents re ro
i|tic.-!cil to provide proper lunches for!
their childrjn as no student . ' i be j
?jyi'ii leave of absence to go home!
luitch. Under the present sehed-:
lii* the lunch hour will be only forty'
i..initio in length. School will ojh*:i
mori:i? nt S;45 a. ni. and close
;i:tio [i m. Parents are urged o
Mini lli".i iliiMren "on
tiiiii'" i'.< tar'S#, exee])r*?m special
use*', w;J! !i 1 allowed to contin
v.!.\ uAiyWve will * installed in
tW Ww\i m'Jio ! ?>n rents, whose
<. jthildmi an- :i'?.. i.? lardy, will be
?tuminmi-i.il "-*? early each morn
m.
A fonliai invitation and an urgent
Ifquisi. i> extended all parents to ?e
)' iMiit on the ?>|K-iiiii?r day of school
? ii'i at i.uv time dining the year.
GRADED SCHOOL TO OPEN
Ilu' >)na .'railed school W;tli .Mr.
J. I'lii.-i. < itbbs as principal, wilt
('jK'ii IV mil session next Monday
itioiuiiiu. September ti and the pros
]ncts lur i in- school arc said, by cd
^>tator>(,atni school officials, to be
tin- Iji-i in tin- history of the school.
Titciv i> |?it one change in the fac
ulty which iqiidiieted the school last
\<ai. Aiixs Sue .lohnson will succeed
Ali^> iJi-lic ,Scuwlight us teucher of
^???i.ind graded ?
NVit/i'that exception, Mr. Ulrieh
bibbs, principal, and the entire corpsl
of tcnruci*, who were in cliarge of
tl?- si ..out last year, will be at their |
)l'lai<> uf the beginning of'the term. J
flic faculty is composed of the!
following ladies and gentlemen:
^ Principal, .1. U. Gibbs, First Grade,'
Miss Minnie Kate \4tes, Second'
bttulc, Mi?>s Verna l^eBord, High
^?iTuiiil, Miss Sue ,lohnson, Third,
ills. .1. 1'. Freeze, Fourth, Miss Eva
?luliii'viii, |*itth,> Miss Queen Duvall,
Sixth, M>iss Mary Sue Hemphill, Sev
^'titji, m?ss Barbara llaire.
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rUNLk/.L FOR DILIiSBORO MAN
fhc 5 uncial of John B. Ensley,
1'ioiiiiin, 1 citizen of Dillsboro, was]
'"'?l atAlii?> hofne, Friday afternoon,
fcy K?-v. I liad Watson, and interment
Allowed in the Franklin cemetery.
ili'. Kiislev, who was fifty-one
J<'ars 01 jim-, has been in charge of
lJInc liidge Locust Pin Com
- HMIkV IJ?7V, UO V * ??? V ?
lKu,> '?> |-lant at Dillsboro for a num
'Mr of dial's, lie was a well known
citizen of the county and a mem1! r
01 'he Dillsboro Baptist church. His
(''">tn followed an operation for ap
Kudicitis. n . ^
Surviving him are *-iS widow,
tl,rH- utH.Jdcs, Mi-s. W. O. Allen,
01 Svl\M, ins. E. 0. Powell of Cul
owhec and Mi's. T. V. Sluder of Mon
turt and two sons, Geo. Ensley, of
Akl<m, [Ohio and J110. B. Ensley, Jr.,
W Uill^oro.
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ROAD JUBILEE
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Franklin, N. C., Aug. 31?Interest
i in the road celebration here Se'ptem
j bcr 15 is gripping Georgia and North
j Carolina. What started out as a two
| county affuir is becoming a two state
I jubilee.
! it all grows out of the completion
jot" highway No. 285 in North Carolina
I a distance of 21 miles between Dills
lk.ro and Franklin. At first this road
appealed simply to connect Jackson
taid Macon counties in North Caro
lina. But a growiiig realization of the
i\'?]K)it of the opening yf this Jiigh
I way iipjiCars to Ik* responsible for the
i fact that leaders all the way from
Ei siddle himI eastern North Carolina to
Atlanta and the Florida line are be
| coming interested and are going o
take p-.irt in the program here Sep
tember 15th and the motorcade that
afternoon to Ashevilffe.
All the members of -the Georgia
state highway commission expect to l
participate. Chairman John N. Hol
der has accepted an inyitation to ap
pear with former Governor Cameron
Morrison and North Carolina state
highway officials on the program at
Franklin. The members of the Geor
gia legislature and county highway
officials from these counties on No.
15, whic i extends from North Caro
lina to the Florida state- line, have
been invited to be here and make the
trip to Asheville, via Dillsboro, Syl
\a, Waynesville and Canton.
Prominent newspaper men expect
ed include James A. Holloiuan of the
Atlanta Constitution, Col. Wsde H.
Harris of ?lie Ouriotte Ob*erv:r,
A. Webb, of the Asheville Citizen,
and probably others. And other nnn
of prominence in the two states un
doubtedly will take ]>art, as will
county officials and hundreds of cit
izens. '
Hero are some of the reasons bei-ig
ass'g^icd by those interested in the
celebration:
1. It is t|ie connecting link in the
Asheville.,- Franklin -t Atlanta high
way, the shortest route, by 32 miles,
between these cities, between the
.South iiiul the mountains.
2. It is the logical route from an
engineering standpoint, since it pass
es through the lowest gap in the Blue
Ridge, south of Virginia. Kabun Gap,
with an altitude of slightly less than
2100 feet?lower than the courthouse
at Franklin?is one of the few low
passes in the Blue Ridge not "wat>r
gaps'*?probably the lowest of this
kind in the entire Blue Ridge. No
water jMisses through this gap, but
the mountains virtually disappear io
allow, the highway to pass through the
mighty Blue Ridge.
Asheville - Franklin - At
lanta highway is scenically one of the
most beautiful drives in Southern
Appalachia. It carries on by the gi
gantic Tullulah Gorge, through Rabun
Gap and into the North Carolina
Mountains, across the Cowecs, thru
Balsam Gap, the highest point on the
Southern Railway, and into Asheville
?through the very heart of the Sou
thern Highlands.
4. At Cornelia, Ga., it becomes a
purt of No. 15, which traverses Geor
gia, stretching frdni the Florida state
line to the North Carolina line, just
south of Franklin.
5. In North Carolina it strikes
highways which connect with those to
be completed into Tennessee and tins
to connect this section with the Miss
issippi Valley.
Thus, the Asheville - Franklin-At
lanta highway, traversing one of the
most picturesque regions in Eastern
America, eventually will not only
connect Asheville and Atlanta, but
Florida and the "Land of the Sky",
and the southeast with the middle
west and the Great Lakes country.
SYLVA METHODIST CHURCH
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Preaching Sunday morning at 11
o'clock and all the other services at
their usual time. Let us, if possible,
have the biggest Sunday school and
the laigcst crowd at church we have
had this summer. The way to do this
u for every fellow to resolve right
now that he is going to be on band.
THE FOUNDATION LAID FOR -I
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The* bull Baron's (iamhage Oxford, Registration No. 249.'546 is one of
the 20 well bred dairy bulls placed in twenty different communities of
Jackson county through the efforts of these men shown in picture and
others of Jackson county's foreseeing and most progressive citizens. From
left to right are: C. W. Tilson, County Agent; John R. Jones of Jackson
Hardware Co.; Billy Davis, Cashier of Tuckaseegee Bank; D. M. Hall,
Manager Sylva S; pply Co.; and M. D. Cowan, Cashier, Jackson County
Brnk.
In early May of this year these
men as well as lur^iy others had al
ready realized the fact that dairying
was destined to take the lead in the
agricultural development of Jackson
county. Like all other successful bus
iness they realized the foundation
for it must be laid oty bed rock and
here is where it was placed. A sur
vey made by these men and the state
and Inderal fexteusion Dairy Spec
ialist showed that we have practical
ly one hundred high grade Jersey
cows brought into the county dur
ing the past 8 months and these
with some four hundred other dairy
type cows of average crossbred qual
ity were scattered throughout the
county. The survey showed only 3
registered dairy bulls and the only
bulls in the county that would ; sire
daughters from these cpws that
would produce more milk and butter
than their mothers. Around fifty-five
scrub bulls that were neither beef
nor dairy bulls were found in the
county ami these of course will al
ways sire calves of lower milk and
butter production than their moth
ers.
With these facts before them and
the idea that we must start breeding
our cattle right this year and no
later if we are to have dairy pro
duets for the market and a market
for our dairy products the men in
this picture in a meeting with others
representees from the chamber of
commerce started the move which re
ceived the cooperation and backing
of the business men of Sylva and
Dillsboro and the most progressive
farmers of the various communities
of our county. This move was to
place an outstanding purebred Dairy I
bull in every community where j
dairying is practical and slaughter
or castrate the scrub bulls in these
communities. The banks, and busi
ness firms of Sylva and Dillsboro ac
tually donated or took interest to
the amount of $410 in the purebred
dairy bulls and through this progres
sive and generaons spirit 20 out
standing registered dairy bulls have
gone into 20 of our best communi
ties and 35 scrub bulls have gone
dur'ng the last eight months. /f
These bulls are now on the farins
of the following men and in the com
QUALLA
Qualla Methodist church is almost
completed. Every dollar that has
been contributed to this church is
very much appreciated by its mem
bers. We invite our friends to see
our new jbuilding and to worship
with us.
The door was opened Sunday morn
ing and the room was soon filled to
its utmost capacity. The Baptist and
Methodist- S. S.'s united in giving an
interesting programme of readings,
recitations, songs, and concerts. Much
pleasure and interest was added to
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munities stated: C. R Moody, Sylva,
B. 0. Painter, Sylva, Will Harris,
Scott's Creek, G. W. Fisher, Fisher
Creek, Raymond Mull, Addie, Loyd
Robinson Willits, John T. Jones, Bal
sam, C. A. Bird, Qualla, Felix Ashe,
Green's Creek, Warfield Turpin, Sa
vannah, John Stillwell, Little Savan
nah, D. M. Hall, ' Webster, J. W.
Blantffl, Mgr. County Farm, James
R. Ashrp Ashr- Community, Louis
Smith, Lower Cullowhee, Frank H.
Brown Upper Cullowhee, L&e Hooper,
Speedwell, R. C. Hunter and J. M.
Nicholson, Caney Fork, John Tritt,
Fast LaPorte, Jun.e Hooper, Tucka
seegee, Frank Holden, Glenvillc and.
C. G. Wilson, Glenvillc and Cash-1
icrs.
Already the fanners in these com
munities have accepted the fact that
others have proven in hundreds of e.<
jH'riment which show tl.at hciters
from cows like we have and bulls
like these purebreds will produce 30
to 40 percent more milk and butter
than their mothers. And they also
realize on the other hand that heif
ers from oui cows and scrub bulls
like *.ve had will reduce BO to 40 per
cent less milk and butter than did
their mothers. Consequently the
scrub bulls arc going to the butehcr
or becoming steers and these \alua
blc dairy bulls are being used for
breeding.
Seeing that our foundation is right
the Carolina Creamery of Asheville
is now sending its own truck to I)ills
bero to get our cream and pay us
Chicago standard price for all but
tcrfat delivered to Dillsboro. Butter
fat is bringing 40 cents per pound
this week. Several of the Jersey cows
in the county are jmying their own
el's ten and twelve dollars per month
cash just off of pasture. Lots of our
native red cows are bringing their
owners n good ercam check every
week. Jackson farmers are getting
the same price for b'lltcrfat as Macon
farmers and the Chicago Standard
Market juice we get is all any mar
ket pays. A
We need more good cows and
purebred heifers than we have. A.
creamery will be built here when our
volume of cream grows a year, but
Ave have the market now just the
same as if we had the plant already
built.
the occasion by the splendid singing,
both in the morning and afternoon,
of the Fast Sylva choir. We hope
they will come again.
Several of our people motored to
Sylva Sunday evening to attend re
vival services. J
Large audiences are _ attending the
Tent meeting near Camp Ground.
Miss Martha Heritage has gone to
Waync9ville to spend a week with
relatives.
Mr. J. M. Bird and family of Bry-]
son spent the week end with rela
tives.
Miss Sadie Hoyle who is in Bryson
PRINCIPAL ASKS
CO-OPERATION
To the Patrons of the Sylva Graded
School:?
The Sylva Graded School opens
Monday morning, September 6th, at
8:15. This ought to be a red letter day
tor all contvmed, and for a number
who are not concerned.
Sylva takes just pride in schools,
-but this is the most important school
in the community, because it is the
portal to school life and education
for the child. In the public school he
gets the stait which menus, for him
sucpess or failure. It is a mtfmcntous
experience for the child, because he
is entering a new world. lie is en
tering in the plastic state or stage
when the moulding is to be dune. 01:,
that iKU'cnts and citizens cjuld feel
deeply the need and duty of helpful
co-operation!
The late Dr. J. L. M. Curry was
right when he said, "To let a child
grow up in ignorance is treason to
the State, to humanity, to God."
Martin Luther was right when he
said "Let it be one of the highest
virtues on earth faithfully to educatu
the children of others who neglect it
themselves."
This a matter of so vital impor
tance that the parents of the chil
dren and the citizens of the town and
community should.be willing to eome
out on the morning of the opening
for a short while, for an informal
round table discussion of some things
of tremendous importance to the suc
cess of the schools and the civic pride
of the town. Come and shake hands
with us, wish us well, promise to be
with us in your prayers and efforts,
and make us feel that you are glad
we are here. This will help us all,
children and teachers, to get a start j
with such momentum that nothing
can stand before our success. Come
learn just where you can place vour
shoulder to the wheel and "do your
bit," remembering that, to succeed,
it. requires the "everlasting team
work of eyerv blooming soul."
J. ULRICH GIBBS,
Principal Graded School.
hospital after an operation for ap
pendicitis is reported convalescing.
A group of young folks enjoyed a
'party at Mr. J. E. Battles' Wednes
day evening.
Mr. G. T. Cooper and family of
Sylva, Mrs. Tyler Buchanan and
children of Webster, Mr. Jarvis
Campbell! and family of Waynesville,
Mr. and Mi's. D. A. Martin and
daughter Jessie, of Cherokee and Mr.
G. H. Martin of Brvson were among
Qualla's visitors Sunday.
Miss Ruby Norman left Sunday
for Mcsenheimer, N. C. where she
will attend school.
1 Mr. Carl Hoyle has gone to Pen
&icola, Tenn., to teach school.
Mr. Sam Perry Hyatt has return
ed from a visit with relatives in
South Carolina.
. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hughes and Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. Hughes spent Satur
day at Ravensford.
Mr. Herschel Green of S. C. spent
Friday night with Mr. J. L. Hyatt's.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Worley were
callers at Mr. Thomas Gibson's Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Dixon Hyatt and children
spent Friday with her mother, Mrs.
Jno. Bradburn.
Misses Susan Keener and Thelma
Sweed were guests at Mr. J. H.
Hughes' Wednesday.
Miss Josephine Reagan called on
Miss Mary Emma Ferguson Sunday
afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hoyle spent the
week end in Brvson City.
Mr. James Sitton and family and
Mr and Mrs. Phil Crisp visited rel
atives at Bryson Sunday afternoon.
Mr. D. M. Shuler is visiting rela
tives near Bryson.
Three more fanners of Alexander
county have put running water in
their homes recently. They used the
gravity system bringing the water
from a spring ou the mountain side
S. C. I.
ITS 25TH YEAR
The twenty-fifth session of Sylva
Collegiate Institute began yesterday,
with a most auspices opening, an un
| usually large number of students bc
1 iag present.
The opening exercises began with
a devotional service, conducted bv
j Rev. T. F. l)eitz, at tfn-thirty. T<ie
| best effort of each teacher was
'pledged to the school and its student
(body, in short talks, made by tl.e
| teachers, who were introduced by tin?
1 p.incio.il, Rev. Western C. Reed.
Geo. W. Sutton, I. H. Powell, T.
0. Bryson, J. T. Gribble, R. L. Hy
att and H. E. Monteith, members ?.f
I the board of trustees, also made short
I addresses. Rev. Varnel Breedlove and
T. H. Gribble, alumni of the school
and Mrs. J. R. Jones, a former teach
er, were called upon by Mr. Reed
j and responded with short talks.
Registration began yesterday after
noon and class work was taken up
this morning.
Mr. Manor Roberts, of Newport,
Tenn., will be teacher of mathematics
and science and will also direct ath
letics. Miss Maxie Denton, also of
Newport, will be teacher of French
and English and Miss Ozelle Bible,
of Jefferson City, Tenn., will have
charge of the History and Latin de
partment. Mrs. W. C. Reed will tea?-h
the sixth and seventh grades.
Mrs. C. L. Allison and Miss Agnes
Brown, both of whom have been as
sociated with the school for the past
several terms will teach the fourth
and fifth and the first, second and
third grades, respectively. Miss Mat
tie Belle Jones, who also has taught
here, is teacher of music. Mrs. Bur
ford, who has, until coming here,
been secretary of the W. Y. C. A. in
Asheville, will arrive today and will
be matron of the girl's dormitory
and toucher of Home Economics. The
teacher of the commercial depart
ment will arrive later.
EAST SYLVA
Rev. Puul Shepard and mother and
sisters of uastonia are visiting rela
tives and friends at this place and
Franklin.
Mr. and Mi's. Oscar Rickman and
daughters of Franklin were the
guests of Mrs. Rickman's sister, Mrs.
I). B. Alexander.
Mr. and Mrs. Pratt Dalton of
Franklin visited friends and relatives
Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. M. A. Norman filled an ap
pointment at thti East Sylva Baptist
church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Leatherman ot"
Cowee were the guests of Mr 1). B.
Alexander Sunday.
Mr. Chas. West of Brevard spent
the week end with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barnes visited
Mr. Barnes' mother, Mrs. Elsie Bar
nes Sunday.
Mx*. Harry Potts of Franklin spent
Wednesday with his aunt, Mrs. F. C.
Cardcn.
BALSAM
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Knight and
little Johnnie of Orlando, Fla., arid
Miss Jdnis Brinks of Dothan, Ala., ?
who have been visiting Mr. Knight's
mother, Mrs. D. T. Knight, left last
week for their respective homes.
Mrs. P V. Wacaster of Dark Ridge
visited her daughter, Mrs. Alice Col
lege in Waynesville last week.
Mr. Hubert Ensley is now with a
garage in Ashcville and his brother,
Elsie took his place with the Chevro
let Company in Franklin.
i Miss Grace Mehaffey was hero
from Hendersonville Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Ensley who
recently moved to Asheville are here
enjoying the cool breezes in Balsam
for awhile.
Mrs. Mary Robinson of Willets was ,
here Sunday.
Miss Lsabel Porter and Mr. George
Knight motored to Lake Junaluska
Sunday.
The revival at the Baptist church
is one of the best ever held here.
There have been about sixty conver