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^50 the Year in Advance in the County . v Slyva, N. C., W?dit?sday^ October 20, 1926
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j[H MIKt'S DAUGHTER
[fOKLD'S RICHEST GIRL
* '.ft Oct. 20?Guarded as
,|U< \vorc a queen, protected
Ie stares of the curious, shroud
>Bl excl?!!'v0 mystery/Doris Duke,
m K old ?u,d internationally
t]u. rielicst grirl in the world,
Cl home I'Oin Euroj)c ou, the
... .in Accompanying her was
/ 'hi Mr*. d?s- B- Duke, wife
Ke tobacco king. They went
.. ir.vn the ship to their home'
| fit'th' ?vcnue and Seventy-Eighth.'
I;.n.lt'(l ship reporters were1
Levcn jK'Hiiitted a royalty. Every,
bLt vas made to keep her presence;
wrft '? onU'1' ,ll!lt hcr head miSbti
j ^ turned.
"fin- ru.|l(* uirl in tell world is al-'
Lei no Uplines whatever, and can,
, to-.-o to movies or indulge in what
, awW' -irl cn-i?>'s- )
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IISS LUCY gage is
CULLOWHEE VISITOR;
October 19. 1926?Miss Lucy Gage,'
ttor of I'-aVl y Elementary Educa
?at ."fibody College and President
tto National Council of Elemen-'
T Touchers, was a visitor at Cul
Normal School on Monday.
isGaje addressed the student bodv
the CliaiM-1 service on the subject
?What is Teaching?" At noon -x
he,in v.as given in, honor of Miss
>bv i!.y Alumni of Peabodv Col-|
who aTe at Cullowhee, and at 2|
1. ili<> Cage again addressed- the
Realty and Seniors.
lisS Ga^e wiil spend six weeks in
state i:.is fall. Pcabody College is
>asin; I er for the Fall quarter in
Bier tliat she may be available for
C District Meetings and Con fere lies
ith elementary teachers in the sev
Noyjh Carolina districts during
ie four days of the week preceding;
le time of the meetings.
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ULLOWHEE TEACHER
IS AUTHOR OF BOOK
on
An interestinir handbook and sylli
)us wrili assignments and questions
for pJa-is use iia> been prepared and
published recently bv Professor E.
H. StillA'll, la-ail ot the History De
art meat of Cullowhee State Normal
School. The booklet, which is dividei
Eto 27 different assignments, is an
wtlined cotiise ot studv in American
ttstory (t> oni the first discovery in
ke year 1492 up to the American
5vil War. Eaeh assignment has a
special topic for1 special study and
aider encli principal topic are sever
tl related or sub-topics. For instance,
ie topic of Chapter 111 is "Early
iiglish Colonization," and under
hpter III there arc 16 related top
's, sueii as "Virginia Under the
fflnmonwealth of England," "B.\
s Rebellion," and "The Patrooa
System." 1
The eliiei merit of the handbook is
its value as an interpretation of,
wr history, each assignment carrying J
it h concise treatment of the
object '.villi which it deals. The work I
18 the result of a long tenure of ex-j
periencc in teaching American His
tory and was prepared with the ut
6ost and thought, on an unbias
comparison of the very best stand
autiioiitics on/American History.
e topics listed under each assign
?e"t a't'ord a. rich and broad field fori
Jcd.v aid reflection, while the bib-'
?Krapliy at the end of each lesson]
fves a definite guide to the student
"* ^ttiiijj the besV reading on the
Object matter. Numerous questions,
?woinpanvin the assignments are in-!
di'd priinarily to promote thinking,!
^'"Jpaiison, and judgment, rather
,ila" memory.
Prof. Stillw? !1 originally and pri
*aril> !'itend<'(l the lessons for cor
Pondeiice study purposes, but
J-und Miei,, admirably adapted to
7?^ in residence that he was con
J**ncd to put them in, permanent
^ or pamphlet fonn. The author
^ jOW I'len-u ing another outline
titk 1 M""'ar nature dealing
die jicrioil from.the Civil War
th ?present day.
SCHOOL TO HAVE
/ HALLOWE'EN PROGRAM
TL > ?
*ill *1 ^("'? Consolidated School
. ,p a Hallowe'en program at
itfc f'at '*'Kiit o'clock, Friday even
r0f' CLol),'r the proceeds to go
i&rvel6 .SP'lfM)'- 'Refreshments will be
1 ^?hi*101" se'l0?l kitchen and
j: 1 e people have a special invita
0 attend this celebration.
BRINGS RATTLER TO MARKET
WITH OTHER PRODUCTS
Morgan ton News-Herald.
When W. R. Smith, a farmer from
the North Turkey Creek settlement
of Buncombe county, drove into mar
ket in Ashevillc he brought .along
with other produce^ in his car a six
foot rattlesnake with a .half dozen
rattlers on the end of its tail.
The vicious reptile was imprisoned
it a small wooden box with strip of
fly screen, oveer the top.
"He's for sale," said the farmer.
"I want $10 for him." Smith said
he caught the snake near his home
assisted by his son, Bob. "I just slip
ped up on him with a forked stick,"
said the farmer. "Jabbed the fork
over his head and then Bob held him
down. Then I made a noose out of
strong cord and got him around the
neck.
MAY CHANGE VIEWS.
Charlotte Observer.
Encouraged by Mr. Mencken's in
terest in "one of the state's best re
formers, Judge Stack," Miss Maude
Waddell has wired Mencken and Mr.
Paul Patterson to come up to Ashe
ville from Chapel Hill and be her
guests at the Biltmore Country Club,
her intention being to give them a
better insight into North Carolina |
citizenship and traditions. The more!
these publicity men know of the state i
of North Carolina, the belter for all
hands, and if the Asheviflc invitation;
is accepted we may be the better as-1
sured of a new alignment of thought'
in the columns which they control.
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. QUALLA --
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During the past week? ?
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Owen, with
several other relatives and friends:
have been visiting Mrs. D. U. Owen
who is seriously ill in Bryson City
hospital.
The two children of Mr. and Mrs.
H. G. Bird have diptheria, but are
improving.^ /i
Mr^ and Mrs. J. "M.- Hughes, Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Kinsland, Misses Ber-j
tha Buchanan, Louise Ilaiglcr and t
Alpha Dickinson attended Teachers
Association at Asheville.
Messrs. Jack Battle, James Brad
ley and Frank Battle of Asheville |
school visited homefolks.
Mrs. J. E. Rogers of Whittier was
guest of her daughter, Mrs. P. C.
Shelton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hughes and Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. Hughes motored to
Smokemont.:
Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Needham and
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Ferguson visited
at Mr. J. K. Terrell's.
Miss Essie Anthony, who is teach
ing at Lands Creek visited home-1
folks. -v. J
Mesdames J. E. Battle, D. C.
Hughes and P. C. Shelton were guests
of Mrs. J. L. Hyatt.
Miss Etta Kinslaud who is teach
ing near Marshall visited homefolks.
Miss Delia Owen who is teaching
on Cataloochc visited Mis. Jas. Sit
ton.
Misses Grace and Edna Hoyle call
ed 011 Vlrs. W. H. Hoyle.
Mr. 'ind Mrs. C. A. Bird, Mr. W.
T. McLaughlin, Mr. J. T. Bird and'
Mr. B. Nelson made a trip to Sylva.
Mr. ind Mrs. H. G. Ferguson and
Mr: and Mrs. P. H. Ferguson attend
ed Conference at Sylva.
?Messrs. John and Wayne Battle of
Sylva visited homefolks.
Mrs. J. E. Battle was a guest of
her sister, Mrs. J. E. Hall of Whit
tier.
Mr. and Msr. J. M. Hughes were
guests at Mr. D. K. Battle's.
; Miss Borden of Sylva visited school.
Mrs. J. E. Hoyle and Mrs. Laura
Snyder called on Mrs. W. F. House.
Mr. Richard Crisp visited relatives
at Smokcmont.
Mrs. S. J. Beck and Mrs. N. F.
Snyder were guests of Mrs. D. I*
Oxner. ?
Mrs. N. M. Crisp and daughter,
Dora, called on Mrs. W. W. An
thony.
Misses Ruby and Ellen Cooper vis
ited Miss Audrey Matthews.
Mrs. Fannie Jones of Wilmot .spent
awhile at Mr. D. L. Oxner's.
"See You Later" is a new and
entirely different musical comedy that
proves to be full of interest and mirth
from the time the curtain rises in tli3
first act .until it falls at the end. In
fact, it really doesn't end then be
cause you will feel your funny bone
' annoying yotr for a long time after
you think of the scenes and lines in
'this play. ?*>
?
The Chamber of Commerce otSylva
will be hosts- to farmers of ? Jaekson
County- at a dinner meeting to be held
next Monday evening lit 7 o'clock.
The Agricultural Committee of the
Chamber has issued invitations to six
farmers from each of the townships
of the county to be present at the
meeting. Every member of the cham
ber is expected to be present and. to
pay for his own dinner and for that
of one farmer. ; ^
A similar meeting was held a year
ago, at which time the campaign, tor
the improvement of dairy cattle and
the expansion of the dairying- indus
try of the county \f3s launched. As
a result of the meeting Jackson
county, through the efforts of the
farmers, the chamber of commerce,
banks, business men and the county
agent, Mr. C. W. Tilson, lead the
South in the progress made during
the year, along dairy lines.
The following letter of invitation
has been mailed out to six farmers in J
each township:
Dear Sir:?
We the Agricultural Committee of
th eSylva Chamber of Commerce, to
our own knowledge and through infor
mation from many of the farmers,
know that some valuable results in
the-development of Jackson, county I
STATE LEADERSHIP OF
FORESTRY MOVEMENT URGED |
Washington, D. C., Oct. 20?State
rather than, Federal activity in for
est\conservation must be looked to
for the main progress in timber grow1
ing from now on, W. B. Greeley,:
Chief of the Forest Service, United
States Department of Agriculture,
told the meeting of State Foresters
assembled here to confer on Federal
cooperation in forestry. The Federal
forest policy for a good many yeara
to come, according to the Chief For
ester, was completed with the enact-J
ment of the Clarke-McNary Law in
1924, providing for financial coop
eration in forest fire control between
the Federal Government, the States, j
and private landowners, and the chief;
development henceforth should be in I
the forestry undertakings of States,!
local institution^, and individuals.
Fifty million acres of forest land
should be acquired by the States, |
counties, and municipalities, in addi- i
tion to their present holdings of 11
million acres, said Mr. Greeley, and
the Federal Government should add
8 or 10 million acres to its present
forest area of 89 million acres. "Per
haps the greatest single obstacle toj
the rapid spread of timber growing
in the United States," he contin
ued, "is the unstable ownership of
forest land; and it is incumbent up
on public agencies to put V greater
stability into our forest land situa-|
tion by a vigorous extension of pub
lic forest ownership, not only as
meeting an urgent problem in land
utilization but as offering substan
tial public returns in the long run.
Moreover the more demonstration we
can get in all parts of the country of
good forest practice and profitable
forest management the more will the
whole process of reforestation by all
agencies be stimulated."
"T Poultry Specialists in Town
Miss Ella Willis an^ Miss Mae
McGaldrick, poultry graduates from
Purina Mills, St. Louis, Mo., are
?here.
! These ladies teach culling, feeding,
breeding and proper care of baby
chicks.
Culling positively free to our cus
tomers.
Anyone needing services of these
ladies will find them at the Jackson
Hardware Company, the enterprising
merchants who sell Purina Chows.
J. U. GIBBS HEADS
ELEMENTARY ASSOCIATION
Mr. J. Ulrich Gibbs, principal of
the Sylva Graded School, was elected
as president of the Elementary Teach
ers' Association of Western North
Carolina, at the meeting of the teach
crs of the Western part of the state,
in Asheville, last week.
President H. T. Hunter, of Callow
hee, is president of the Association,
of Teachers of Western North Car
olina.. i I
i farming have come from the Boost
| ers Meeting held at Sylva a year agtf
last month. . ^ . . ?, r
The Chamber of Commerce and
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Farmers feel that it is a big help to
wards solving om county wide agri
j cultural problems for the fanners
and business men, to meet together
?r least once eaeh year for a good
time and to rub shoulders and dis
cuss the farming situation in oilr
county. . . 1
We ask the privilege of having
six farmers from each township in the
county as our guests to a free sup
per and get-to-gether meeting to be
held in the basement of the Metho
dist church of this town on Monday
night, October 25th, at 7 o'clock.
We are inviting you as one of the
six men from your township to be
with us at this meeting. Allow us to
jexpect you.
' Ptease use card enclosed for reply
at once to John R. Jones, Sylva, N. C,
Very truly yours,
D. M. Hall,
J. E. Jones,
V * ? . t
( 1 Wayne McGuire,
C. L. Allison,
C. R. Moody,
C. W. Tilson, '
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Agricultural Com.
Clay Democrats Name Ticket.
Cfay County News, Oct. 15.
A Democratic County Convention
met at the court house in Hayesville,
Friday. The Convention was called to
order by the Chairman, Mark Weaver,
who called upon J. B. Gray to make
the Keynote speech, after" which Mr.
Reaver called A. D. Evans to the
chair to act as temporary Chairman
of the Convention.
The invention proceeded to-nom
inate the following County Officers:
For Representative, Van Ledford;
Sheriff, R. P. Palmer; Deputy Sher
iff Robert L. Long; Clerk Superior
Court, Jim Evans; Register of Deeds,1
Claud Moore; Coronor, Dr. P. B.j
^Killian; County Commissioners, B. H.'
Martin, Chairman, A. M. Coleman |
and Frank Rogers; Board of Educa-|
tion, Will T. Hunt, Mark Weaver and|
Harve Patton; Surveyor, W. F.
Moore.
BUYS PRESSING CLUB INTEREST
Announcement is made, that Mrs.
Ella Bolick has bought an interest in
the Edwards' Pressing Club, and that
the business will hereafter be known
as Edwards and Bolick Dry Cleaning
and Pressing Plant. New and more
modern machinery has been ordered
and will be installed within the next
few days. Mr. Cole Ridley who has
bad large experience in the cleaning
and pressing business in Atlanta, has
accepted a position with the new
firm.
Mrs. Bolick, who has invested in
the business, has been with the es
tablishment for some time.
RECOVERING FROM OPERATION
I Friends of Mrs. A. J. Dills will be
delighted to learn, that she is recov
ering nicely from a serious operation,
i performed at an Asheville hospital
! early Monday morning.
'Tis Not Comfort-Loving, Easy Going
Age But a Day of Higher
> Social Standards >
^Public Service.
In, Gaston County a few days ago,
the Hon. 0. Max Gardner made this
statement:" . ~
"Nothing has approached the so
cial contentment that has followed in
the wake of rural electricity in
Cleveland County." v
A feature article in the Greensboro
News recently concluded in this man
ner:- . \;\
"Anyway, living on, the farm in
the eight rural communities that
have been lighted in Guilford and
Alamance Counties, is a lighter, brigh
j ter matter than it was until recent
ly-"
( Once in a while some old moss
back rises to remark that the com
fort-loving tendencies of the present
| age are indicative of deterioration,
j that the present generation has be
|come "soft" and bereft of the chard
? ir.ess of our forebears.
Not 30! Every comfort and oon,ven
FORMER PASTOR PREACHES
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. T. F. Deitz, who has been sop
plying as pastor of the Baptist chureh
here, for the past' several 'months,
preached last Sunday morning. Mr.
Deits has announced that he cannot
serve the church ljfPger than the end {
of this month. He will preach at sev
cn-fEirty next Sunday evening.
At seven-thirty last Sunday even
ing Rev. A, H. Sims, who organized
the church, and some years later was
its pastor, preached on the - subject
"Recollections of a-Life?Memories
of the Soul". During the Sunday
School hour, a program was render
ed by younger members of the Sun
day School, relative to State Mis
sions and the entire Sunday School
offering was given to State Missions.
ASH CONVENTION
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MEETS IN ATLANTA
The Appalachian Scenic Highway
Convention, made up of delegates
from every state through which the
highway passes, from the St. Law
rence to I he Gulf, is meeting "in At
lanta this week.
The Motorcade of delegates to the
convention passed through Sylva ear
ly Monday morning enroute to At
lanta, stopping for lunch at Mur
phy and spending the night at Gains
ville, Ga.
This magnificen thighway, coming
through the Appalachian mountains
from Canada South, and denominated
fls the Appalachian Scenic Highway,
"The Main Street of Eastern Amer
ica," is attracting national and in-'
ttrnational attention, as is attested
by the fact that such international.
figures as Henry Morganthau andi
Adolph Ochs were members of the,
motorcade party, coming from New
York to make the journey and to at
tend the convention. Speaking of the
presence of Mr. Ochs, and the great
publicity his presence will give this
eniire section, the AsheviBe Tt<ies?of
yestentay said, editorially:
"Unusual significance attaches to
the fact that Mr. Adolph Ochs, pub
lisher of The New York Times, is
t?king*such a prominent and helpful
part in the second convention of the
Appalachian Scenic Highway Asso
ciation.
Mr. Ochs has long demonstrated his
true friendship for the South. A
Southerner by birth, he has always |
had the warmest interest in this sec^,
tion. His more than a quarter of cen
tury of residence in New York and
his absorption in the herculean task
of building and directing a great
newspaper have not decreased his
loyalty to the South. His paper has
spread the gospel of the New Soutii
and has nlways been found encour
aging this region in every entreprise
that promised true and durable prog
ress.
In fact, it is to be doubted whether
the South has a more helpful friend
than The New York Times among the
l'owspapcrs publislieid in the North.
Of course, his paper is too honest to
be idolatrous in its praise of this
section. It has never hesitated ?o crit
icise this region when it felt that w?T
were following strange gods or em
barking upon mischievious courses of
economic or political policy. But its
criticisms have always been tempered
with kindliness. They have been the
helpful remonstrances of the friend
rather than the spiteful upbraidings
of the enemy.
. And so Mr. Ochs attends the ses
sions of the highway convention not
as an idle visitor but as an able and
influential publisher who has service
able friendship and encouragement
for this section. He is the more wel
come on that account."
BOX SUPPER AT OLIVET SCHOOL
There will be a box supper at the
Olivet Graded School Building Sat
urday night, October 23. Everybody
|is invited.
You will be most delightfully sur
prised when; you .cast your eyes on
the well trained choruses of little
tots taking part in this play.
?
ience which human ingenuity de
vises contributes in sdtae measure to
ward the 'elevation of living stand
ards, induces culture and refinement
and inspires higher mental and mor
al attainments.
Electric lights are a moral and so
cial agency, unaorpwed
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MlSTUlf SURSWNBS
Mystery still shrouds the perhaps
fatal injury of Abe Keener, young
man of Willtts, who wag crushed be*
neath the wheels of at least one pe?
ing automobile, shortly after dark,
last Sunday, on Highway No. 10, on
Balsam mountain, a-short distance
from the filling station, operated by
L. h. Cope.. 1 \
Keener, with his body crashed was
found on th^ roadway by a motorist
and brought to Sylva, where he was
given medical attention, and from
where he was taken to the Franklia .
hospital, Monday morning. ' Reports
from the hospital are to the effect
that he is. doing as well as could be
expected, considering the serious nar
ture of his injuries, and that be has
a chance to recover, although it is
said that his back is broken.
The young man is aaid-io have been'
drinking, and was in .the road yhea
a passing automobile struck him,
knocking him down and passing over
his' body. The driver of the car is
said to have continued toward Sylva,
and his identity is yet unknown to the
authorities.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION *
. LETS BUNCH OF BIDS
Western North Carolina got a
large mileage of the contracts let by s
the State Highway Commission, in
Raleigh, yesterday. The projects con
tracted are: *
| Projects 9,000; Buncombe, under
pass at Biltmorcr at intersection of
Routes 20 and 29.
Project 828, Henderson county, 5,
52 miles of hard surfaced road on
route 28, from Bat Cave toward Hen- j
tiersonville.
In Henderson County
Project 82, Henderson county, 6.54
miles of hard surfaced road on, route
28, from the end of project 828 to
Hendersonville. _ .....
Project 872, Rutherford county, 13.
45 miles of hard surfaced road . on
route 20, from Rutherfordton toward
Chimney Rock. \
Project 772, Watauga county, bridgo
on rou-;e 69. , ,
A bridge over the Yadkin river be
tween Montgomery and Stanley is in
cluded in the list of structures. The
! Carolina Power and Light company's
! dam will flood the present bridge and
hthe power company will pay the cost
; of "the new bridge. A bridge over the
I Haw river in Chatham county alsa
.will be let to contract. Other struc
tures are as follows:
j Project 10, Bertie county route 342
| between Windsor and the Chowan
(county line.
Chowan County Road
Project 16, Chowan county, route
116, route 342, between, the Bertio
county line and Edenton.
Project 177, Perquimans county,
route 321, between Winfall and the
intersection of route 325.
Project 105, Beaufort county route
91, between Belhaven and Leechvill*.
Project 194, Tyrrell county, route
90, bridge over Scuppernong river.
Project 345, Cumberland county,
route 53, near Manchester.
Project 584, Randolph county, route
75, between Asheboro and Davidson
county line.
Project 676 Scotland county, route
24, between Laurinburg and Hoke
county line.
Hard Surface Roads
Project 680, Scotland county, route
203, from intersection of route 20 tj
the South Carolina line.
Project 233, Johnston county, route
22, 15.54 miles from Smithfield to
the Harnett county line.
Project 234, Johnston, county, route
22, 12.20 miles between Selma and
Wilson county line.
Project 3,480, Cumberland county
j 7.81 miles on route 22 between, Wake
i and the Harnett county line.
Project 6,501, Mecklenburg county,
2.22 miles on route 20, from Char
lotte toward Gastonia
Project 270, Sampson county, in
volves 1.60 miles graded roads o>i
j route 94 from the Cumberland county *
I line toward Clinton.
Project 349, Cumberland county
j involves 14.10 miles on, route -22 fror.i
j Fayetteville to the Bladen county
^line. ?' i
Folks, jrou will think yonr back
bone is your funny bone when yoa
see Jeff and Speedy, the negro jan
itor and smart aleck ofiee boy ill
"SEE YOU LATER." . ,J