North Carolina Newspapers

' U r'j ^ 50 the Year in Advance in the County ( ? Sylva, N. C., Wednesday, September 29,1926 $2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County \ '? i FIST PUCE IN CONTEST Jackson eyimty, according to <lis 1101,1 Huleiirh, lod all the ? ski to hi i In' livestock improvement faiiiiKiiu'i. which closed September 1, ^mlnou-d by the State College 6x j,.nsi.ii/>cv\ Ice, H'or the year. The tviuste-Avas described as "the I'lciiii"*' .'Miipaitrn for tin- improve J;>ciii livestock," ever conducted in North Carolina. A total of 313 ptnoMvil registered dairy bulls were .in;! scrub bulls were re jilMil. ?' W!IS slated. I'. \V. 'id-en, Cvuniiy agent of Jack ctiua.y, led all others in the work wit !i C. Al. Brick house, of Le i oir coiuiiy. second. Third place went t? \V. !!. Anderson, of Clay county. W. (iv)udiuan, of Aslieville, dis trict >u;?fi'V!>or of the mountain dis trict. was awarded first prize for t!ic ili-ti'K'". representing the best work in tiie campaign. A total of S(? liui-Hiv.! bulla were placed in that disirift. and ;">(! scrub bulls were re plant. K. -M. Millsaps, of the Pied i;..,mt icnuory, won the second prize ami K. U*. (blither, of the southeast ern teritory, came third. Messrs. TiUi.it and Goodman will get trips to the national diary show at Detroit next month while Briekhouse frets, thii'O-t mrtlts expense. "Tiiiny-.-ix county agents took an' active ptr' in the campaign/' it wasj stated toni'.'.'it when the winners were1 annouiuTi], "A large number of other! ageiits plaoed hulls but did not havej svte\\success in the work as to entitle! W\m to he to!>i(lered in the final i av.anl of ' * ? * "Thi.< It ftcr sires campaign hasi hivii eh,nacterized by State and gov-j enmie.'it ofiicials as one of the best ami most valuable contests of its kind over sponsored by an educational! asretif-y. ,\ larirc amount of educw' tional work has been.done in' addi tion to :!.c direct benefit which wdl accrue ?<> the State by. reason of 1'lacitijr iii;? pure bred >toek. Tj.i i'c :< a re sewed ij:?in bet Jtcr live-t'ck m So-:h ( uroliita be-. y.niM? ??: i.jc work that has been danj? tiinl tln?, eitvi-t< will be in evidence! I'M- inany years." j A >u!i-;.viiio campaign to lay tho foumla-m>ii H?i> the porinanent im ')>rovfin*.-. ? m the dairy eattle in ev ?ry st--??.i:j and county of the state r,i. 1 by the State Extensionj lluiry and County Agents ol Ni'itli !i:s mi January 1st ot tlus( J'tar. lv i>*? ing iliat the foundation lor M'l'iii runt improvement depends \ "ii tlic t\ j.j- of dairy bulls used as ????> fur our future milk cows the: taiupat^ti mi this year had for its f>ial tin placing ot an outstanding, puri-bnii registered dairy hull .n **li coins Miiity of the county where 1,['*t of i ?;(? farmers have from one; to tin:-., rows of dairy type and to niii'ivcy j,.. scruh bulls formerly kept th.<1 i?irniiiiiiiity. Tiif f>j> J?_jn was put in the form of a with the contest to enl ^('|>tt!iil)c irst and the work to go inili-,?;i? t?-|v. The 'purpose of the, ""'"?M v.,., to find out which section j ('?? ' and which counties would j lll!?kc ii.i tii-t sti-.rt by September if! 'Ms vi'iH-. The mountain section of I 'Ms st:i look the lead in this work i a ili-Mi.-i. and Jackson county '????k ll,-- .(<| over the entire state j count'.. Through the untiring ef-| '"ls " \U> hankers, newspapers,! ""'"'?sm iii.-ii. and progressive farm (r> -on county coupled with Count v Agent and Extenscion J"lr.v sj?- ?-iaiist 20 unusually good l'unb^-,1 bulls have replaced 'in the various communities "*'s c.iiiaty where the cows are Jt0*' "II dairy type cows. John W. J^xliiian, l>!At net Agricultural Agt.. *l('s thai i),is js one 0f tlie most ^ "tamli,,' pieces of educational Jat'V" r '1L ^orth Carolina and !,So" ,:"iii'ty should be proud of it. Uunty c w Ti,son statcs * ^is pi'V-e of work is an out luK leinoastration of what the e 0i a county can do for their own, development when men pull to gether as they have so well on this proposition. In the spring this year the actual condition of the cattle was that in the best intensive valley far ming communities of the county ? there were on the farms from one to three cow* and heifers with dairy blood and mainly dairy type and the bulls were practically all scrubs of neither dairy or beef type. This con dition or problem was presented to the bankers and leading business men of Sylva ami Dillsboro and they with the leading farmers of these commun ities saw the,, problem should be solved now and as quickly as |>ossi ble by replacing the scrub bulls with purebreds i hut would sire the heifers for future cows that would produce far more milk and butter than the cows we now have. These cows will not only increase our farm cash in come many times but they will sell for far more than we arc able to get for the average cow or for -their mothers today. The farmers in some of our most progressive communities were were seemingly surprised to know that their total el scrub bulls was from 7, and 9 to 11 without a single good purebred bull of any kind or breed' in the community. However, they | were and u>c very progressive think ers when once the situation was real ized and the scrubs went out lo.j slaughter , or become steers as the I purebred came in. Other counties placed more pure breds than, Jackson but no county in the state destroyed so many scrubs! and replaced them by pucrbreds as wej did. The work of placing purebred' dairy sires in Jackson for the pres-| cut is on a good basis, but more! scrubs must... go. Ten have gone outj during September and the scrubby unprofitable cows are going fast. This same type of work is being! carried out and will continue to be with the mountain farmers of the county who wish to improve and keep beef cattle. Each of those com munities should have an outstanding! purebred beef bull and the scrubs | must go snys the county agent. MEETING OF N.C.C.W. ALUMNAE On Oct. 5th, at 5 o'clock at the home of Miss Ruth Allison, at Webster there will be a meeting of the Jackson County Alumnae Asso ciation of the North Carolina Collegej for Women. The meeting will be in charge of the chairman, Miss Ruth Allisonl Avery Alumna Within Reach Is Urg ed to Attend this Meeting. In the history of the North Caro lina College Founder's Day, October 5th has become almost sacred as the date when the college first opened its | doors under the leadership of Dr. Charles D. Mclvcr. Regular work is! suspended on the campus and appro priate exercises are held. The alum nae take an important part, many\>f them sending messages or returning^ to the college for the occasion. This year the event will have art added significance, since the 35th anniver sary of the collcge will be celebrated. o ENTERING SCHOOL The following regulations from the! County Superintendent's office in re-j gard to entering school liave bee;i, adopted and will be put in force this year. The regulations read: No child bo ginning school for the first time wid be allowed to enter school after the i first month. The child who will bo | six years of age by January first, j 3927 may enter at the beginning of I the school year if his parents in tend sending him to school during the j year. There will be no classes of be Iginners after Christmas. It is expected that parents who ex jpect to send children to school for | the first time this year will enter . them during the first month of ! school as no pupil will be aliowed to j enter after the first month if he is .entering f>r the first time. o Recorder to Hold Special Session There will be a special session of the recorder's court on next Monday, j October 4, for the trial of criminal |causes. ! WHS EXONERATES TUIHNJjj^MIW "Jack Turpin didn't burn my barn," stated J. L. Wiggins, Qualla farmer, w'i:ie on the witness stand in I recorder's court Monday. "I knpw he! didn't," said Mr. Wiggins, "because he wasn't there, and couldn't possi bly have been there." Mr. Wiggins was speaking of the burning of his barn and other build ings a few weeks ago, and which has baffled officers of this county. The case on trial was one in which1 Jack Turpm and Marshall Gass were charged with having destroyed per sonal property of Mrl Wiggins on September 11 and 1'2. The only evi dence introduced was to the effect that blood hounds brought from Ashcville, had taken up the track at Mr. Wiggins' place and had gone first to the home of ' Turpin, and from the road in front ol' his house to the home of Gass. Judge Alley evidently thinks very little of blood hound evidence for, when it had been introduced the state rested and the defense demurred to the evidence and made a motion of non. suit, which wp:f sustained by the court, the defense arguing and the court holding that blood hpttnd evi dence is at best only edrborative ev* dence, j>erhaps of some value when j there are other t'irc;u::.:taiVccs to eon-j ncct the accused with a crime that t has been committed; but that it can neither bi considered as circumstan tial evidence nor as direct evidence. Taking this \iew and the state having introduced nothings except the action i of the dogs, the court sustained the ( motion of non suit and ordered a verdict of not guilty entered in the j case. Thora were some twenty or j more witnesses from Qualla 011 hand i to testify in behalf of the two young1 men,; but none of them were placed on the st.U'd. Other eases before the recorder? were: Lee Woodard, blocking high-1 way, continued to Oct. 4th. Commodore Stan field and Monroe , Bryson, fishing without license, con tinued to Oct. 4. Homer Rogers and Will Styles, af fray, judgment suspended upon pay ment of the costs. Davis Nicholson and Delia Nichol son, transporting and possession, not guilty as to Davis Nicholson, guilty as to Delia, and a fine of $50 and the costs imposed from which the defend ant appealed to the su]>crior court. Kelley Bradley, releasing impound ed cattle, plea of guilty, judgment suspended upon payment of the costs. Glen Butler, killing hog, plea of guilty, judgment suspended upon pay ment of the costs. Bragg Parris, drunk, $25.00 and the costs. J. C. L. Passmore, fraud, remand ed to justice's court. Odell Bryson, Walt McDowell, Burt Howell,, gambling, judgment sus pended upon payment of the costs. Grover Moss, A. W. D. W., con- J tinucd to special term, Oct. 4. Spurgeon Stephens, assault, contin-' ucd. Mack Farmer, who was convieted some time ago, of reckless driving! was in court., and as he and the pros-1 ecuting witness had failed to agree | upon payment of damages to the prosecuting witness' car, he was sen-! tcnced to (.'0 days on the road, and appealed, to the superior court. Bruqe Maney, forgery, probable cause found and bound over to the. superior court under $300.00 bail. Rudolph Mtliaffcy, drunk, called and failed, judgment ni si sci fa and capias. Roy Conner, drunk, called an,d fail ed, judgment ni si sei fa and capias. Newt Browning, drunk, called and failed, judgment ni si sci fa and ca-j pias. Don Wilftams, drunk, called and .failed, judgment ni si sci fa and ca pias. Claybom Taylor, operating car without license, called and failed, judgment ni si sci fa and capias. Wood row McCall, trespass, re manded to juvenile court. / Harve McDowell, assault, continued to Oct. 4th. ? (? Albert Messer, drunk, continued to iOet. 4. I Dee Lan 3, theft, ?IM nd failed, CANDLER HEADS DISTRICT MEDICOS Dr; C. Z. Candler, of Sylva was elected president of the Tenth Dis trict Medical Society, at its meeting here last Wednesday. Other officers elected by the socie ty were: Dr. J. E. Anderson^ Ashe ville, first vice president; Dr. T. F. Reynolds, Candler, second vice presi dent; Dr. W. C. Morrow, Andrews, third vice president; Dr. Dan Bryson, Bryson! City, fourth vice president; Dr. W. F. Robinson, Mars Hill, fifth vie? president; Dr: W. E. Brackett, Hendersonville; sixth vicep president; Dr. D. M. Mcintosh, Old Fort, sec retary and treasurer. The chief address of the meeting was delivered by Dr. John Q. Meyers. Dr. Meyers spoke on, the new program of the state board of resolution en do rsing the work and new program was passed. A resolution was passed on the death of Dr. W. J. Hunnicut in Ashevillc. Mrs. E. B. Glenn of Ashevill^ was elected an honorary member of the society for life. Old Fort was selected as the next meeting place of the society, the date to be arranged later. Opening at 2:30 at the high school building, with the invocation by Rev. W. M. Robbins, and address of wel I ' come by Mayor Dan Tompkins, and response by Dr. Guy Dixon of Hen dersonville, the society was in con tinuous session1 until about 8 o'clock, a large number of papers being read and discussions had of problems con fronting the physicians in their prac tice. ' Immediately after the close of the scssibn at the high school, the annual banquet was served at the New Jack son hotel. Doctors attending stated that the Sylva meeting was oqe of the most largely attended and most interesting meetings of the society yet held. A woman's auxiliary to work in co-operation with the society, was or ganized with Mrs. C. Z. Candler as president and Mrs. Dan Bryson of Bryson City, secretary and treasurer. AMERICAN GROWN CLOVER BEST SAYS COUNTY AGENTI Tf you have any second growth clover of any size go out into your own field and look for the stalks of American grown clover and for the stalks of European or foreign grown clover. You ean tell the difference easily i t' the seed you sowed were mixed as most of the seeds we ibuv these days are mixed. The stalks from Atnerican grown seed are much larg er and higher on an average and they are hairy with fuzzy like hairs sticking straight out. The stalks from foreign grown seed arc shorter and smaller and arc smooth instead of hairy. Go over the fields and pick out several stalks of both the Amer ican grown clover and /lie foreign grown and compare the two bunches i and estimate for yourself how much! more profitable it is to buy American I grown clover seed for all you will1 sow next spring. The federal law* en acted by last congress will force all foreign grown seed brought into this country "rom this years threshing and forever alter to have ten percent or more of the seeds dved a distinct co'or from that of our own Ameri can grown seed. Attends Bankers Convention. Mr. Billy Davis, cashier of the Tuckaseegc? Bank, left yesterday morning for Los Angeles, where he will attend the meeting of the Amer can Bankers' Association. Mr. Davis expects to return to Svlva about Oct. 15th. judgment ni si sci fa and capias. , Don Stephens, theft, called and failed, judgment ni si sci fa and ca pias. Dock Messer and Thaddie Russell, possession and retailing, continued. Capiases were issued in five cases where defendants have failed to pay the cos(? in cases tried some time ?6? GilLLOK LIBRARY TO BE REPRESENTED Miss Eleanor J. Gladstone, head librarian the Cullowhee State Nor mal School, has been officially ap pointed by Governor A. W. McLean as a delegates on the North Carolina State Commission to the Sesqui-Cen tennial Exposition at Philadelphia. The forty eighth annual conference of the American Library Association, ! in connection with which will also | meet the American Library Iiistitu j te, the American Association of La?v j Libraries, the Bibliographical Socic i ty of America, the League of Lib | rary Commission^, the National As | sociation of State Libraries, and the Special Libraries Association, will be held in Atlantic City and Philadel phia October 4-9. This week con tains the fiftieth anniversary of tlis founding of the American Library Association, October 6, and meetings commemorative of that event will bo held in Philadelphia. These meetings offer a very attractive opportunity to all librarians, and many Nortii Carolina librarians will be in attend ance. CLUB WOULD STOP SCHOOL PROPERTY ABUSE The Woman's Study Club, meeting i last Thursday afternoon, adopted a resolution, to be presented to the School Committee, which the Club be lieves will put an end to the abuse of public property at the graded school building. The resolution, fel lows : \ Whereas it has been noted by the members of the Woman's Study Club that the graded school building is of ten misused and its furnishings abused when it is used by others than the school itself, And Whereas, the school has had to bear the expense of lighting and fuel for all entertainments given in its auditorium, (also the cleaning of the building afterward. Therefore, be it resolved that the members of the said club recom mend to the school committee and urgently request them to adrjit the plan of making a systematic charge for the use of the building ?or all entertainments, lectures, etc. for which an admission charge is made with the exception of Sylva Colle giate Institute which institution shall be requested to pay only light and fuel bills and leave the building in good condition, the principal be ing held responsible for this, and j that this fee be paid in advance to the chairman of the school commit tee. j The club further suggests that the' fee named shall be $15.00 for one ev ening with an additional charge of $5.00 for every three rehearsals. In explanation of their interest in the care of the school building the ladies of the club would like to call the attention of the committee to the fact that a few years ago they spent $450.00 for stage fittings, curtains, etc. and the abuse and destruction of these articles has brought forth this appeal. REPRESENT SYLVA ON GOOD WILL TOUR Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Buchanan and Mr. John N. Wilson and two young sons, left yesterday for Ashe ville, and will represent the Sylva Chamber of Commerce and Jackson County, On the annual Western North Carolina Good Will Tour. These progressive people are making | the trip in the interest of this town and county, at their own expense. The Tour will include a number of eastern arid Canadian cities. BRYSON REUNION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY The Annual reunion of the promi nent Bryson family of Western North Carolina, will be held at the Scott's Creek Baptist church, at Beta, on Saturday of this week. A program of musio and addresses has been arranged, including an ad dress by Judge Thad D. Bryson of Bryson City. Dinner will be served in the cknxefc jnd, MASONIC LODGES WILL CONSOLIDATE There will be a consolidation of Unaka Lodge, Webster, and Sylva Lodge, Sylva, within a short time, it is announced by Masonic officials. The movement has been on foot for some time and both lodges have adopted resolutions favoring, and have notified the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina of the action taken. It is expected that the consolida tion will be effected within a short time, when a meeting of the two lodges will be called, for that purpose, b y the Grand Master, who will name the new lodge. At the meeting offic ers will be elected for the new lodge, when a new charter will be issued, bearing the "number of Unaka, which is the. oldest lodge of Masons in Jackson county, and the name of the new lodge as specifieafcy the Grand Master, it is stated. V Masons state the action has been taken "for the good of Masonry in Jackson county." o ? N. DON DAVIS / APPOINTED TREASURER N. Don Davis has been appointed treasurer of Jackson county Oay the county commissioners, to fill the un expired term of J. W. Davis, who died in office two weeks ago. Mr. Davis is a son of J. W. Davis, whose term lie has been, appointed,' to complete. His term of office will ex pire on the First Monday in Decem ber, next, when the county officers to be elected in November will be inaugurated. After that date there will be no county treasurer, as that of'fiee has been abolished and its duties will fall upon the newly creat ed office of commissioner of finance. ALLEY TO SPEAK Hon. Felix E. Alley will open the democratic campaign in Jackson county, speaking at Sylva at 8 o'clock on the evening of October 11, and at Cullowhee at the same hour on Octo ber 12. Other speakers will carry for ward the campaign in the county, it is announced, and will include Cam-' eron Morrison,, Zobulon Weaver, 0. Max Gardner and others. MRS. HENRY SMITH DIES Mrs. Henry Smith, died at an Ashe villc hospital Saturday afternoon, following an operation. Mrs. Smith, whose home is at Speedwell was tak en to Ashrville Saturday morning, and failed lo rally following an op eration ocrformed shortly after her arrival at the hospital. Mrs. Smith, who was Miss Shelton, before her marriage, is survived by her husband, four children and a number of brothers, sisters and other relatives. TRANKIJN THANKS SYLVA The following letter from Weimer Jones, secretary of Franklin Chamber of Commerce, has been received by the editor of this paper: Editor, Jackson| County Journal, Sylva, N. C., Dear Sir:? The Asheville - Franklin - Atlanta highway celebration arrangements committee at Franklin has requested the writer, through Sylva newspapers, to express to the people of Sylva its appreciatoin for their \ery spiendid co-operation in making the highway celebration a success. The committee feels that Sylva V co-operation could not have been more complete. It is particularly grateful for the efforts of the ladies of the community in helpinjg to pre pare the dinner served her-}. May I add, on behalf of the Cham ber of Commerce and Franklin and Macon county, that we are very hap py to be ?'lose neighbors at last to Dillsboro, Sylva and Jackson county, and that we feel that our nearness <s going to result in benefits to both Jaekson and Macon county. Sincerely, Weimer Jones, 8ee*y. V