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Advance ufiilie County Sylva, N. C., WednesHa^
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De-nber 1,1926 th.
POULTRY SHOW
HERE FRIDAY
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f],o >ocon(l annual Jackson Coun
tv poultry and Egg Show will be
Lid in Mi's. Carrie McKec's building,
, Sylva, <on Friday of this week,.
!'/ ?{ fjiP show is being held under j
^'Uico* Of the Jackson County ?
Poultry Association of which Mr. R.I
C \llison is president and Mr. B. H. (
rithoy secretary. The officials of the,
Ration arc very much ples&edj
ffit|) die prosjHH'ts of the show, and.
statl that there will be a surprising-1
if W number of entries in the dif
ferent classes of poultry, and that
the sliowipg will be one of which the
(.0unt<can well be proud.
1? connect i?U with the show, the
?.i itiou ill connection with and by
of the Lyric Theatre, will
?how the Photo-Drama, "The Way
ot The Hen," on the screen at the
Lvric Ki'May afteiTioon at 2:30.
The play deals with the adventures
o( iiPtt M. Russell, a careless poui
tIjnian and Phil R Baskett, a suc
cessful poult ryman. It is an educa
tional play p?t on by the Poultry Ed
ucational Department of the Purina
Mills, and we are bringing it to
Sylva for our friend?.
iThere is plenty of fun in .it, as the
play goes along, and it is full of
jood practical poultry information
for the help of anyone who keeps
chickens. There is no advertising in
thr play and we are sure you will en
joy seeing it. .
Th plav will be given at-fhe Lyric
Theatrei It will start exactly at 2:30
j.,,1 ??(?; hope you will be at the Poul
try Shaw all day, as in that case you
cannot miss the play. ,
lei Tiio comers
DM ATLANTA ROAD
Two contracts on projects iu Ra
bun and Habersham counties Geor
gia. have been awarded, bringing
nearer to completion, the paved high
way from Asheville to Atlanta via
Sylva and Franklin. The Rabun con
tract calls for six miles of rolled base
and throne in Habersham for eight!
uilos of grading, between Clarksville!
and Clayton*
The rolled .base construction in Ra
iun. a county adjoining North Caro
ina will extend form Mountain City
o figer, .Hid Highway Commissioner
J. X. Holder of Georgia is quoted as
taring agreed to put the rolled base
m the remainder of the highway
irough Rabun county as soon as the
lis have settled sufficiently.
Latctf, a top dressing will be plac
d on this base. Meanwhile, the stoue
lase road may be used satisfactorily.
The road is easily passable now, al
Jiou^h under construction and cars
ravel it daily. Ordinarily, the entire
onU: from Atlanta to Asheville may
m> made without the use of chains. ?'
IAIL CHRISTMAS GIFTS AS
EARLY AS DECEMBER 14TH
Kerainding that Christmas mail and
HKtevds should be in the mail fori
he most distant pointy by not later
han December 14, and that all local ?
"ail should be deposited not later
!ian Dwc.uhor 22, in order to get a
fKvtrv on of before Christmas day
ic postmaster general has given
K'<Jial instructions this year as tO;
Christmas, cards, spccial delivery ser-1
>iee and the insuring of mails. The
m n*i i cat ion to the public dealing
*ith these matters reads:
t'hri.iimas trit'cs and cards address-!
^ to points within one day's travel,:
'hottld bp mailed not later that De-j
tanber 20; within two days' travel,
?t later than December 18; within
iree days' travel, not latei; than De
'cmbcr 1G; for more distant points,
a,?t later than December 14. Paresis
1 cards for local delivery should
wailed not later than December
22nd.
Parcels and envelopes may be fri
tted "Please do not open until
hristmas.''
^hc early mailing of Christmas
is just as important as parcels.
Ions of these cards, separate and
? ^velopes are mailed each Christ
Consequently, great congestion
delay occurs in large post offices
eQ {hey are mailed within^ a day or
ADVISE EARLY
That Sylva has become a shopping
point for a large section of Western
North Carolina, becomes more and:
more manifest every day, acconding!
to observers of trade conditions inj
this section and observers also point
out that Sylva is a good point in1
which to shop, as the merchants of{
the town carry large stocks from'
which to select and a .shopper can!
find practically anything he or she'
wants i:? the shops of Sylva.
This year, more than ever before,'
the merchants have given special care!
to selections of stocks for the holiday
trade, aiid their displays will be well
worth the attention of the holiday
shoppers of this entire trade territory.
however, the merchants point out
that there arc many advantages to be
had by shopping early, as there is
more leisure both to the shopper and
to the salespeople; and the stocks
have not been picked over.
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The merchants advise the trade to
do their Christmas shopping early,
and not be caught in the jam and.
rush of the late shoppers, and they
state that they are able to qare for
all the wants of the holiday trade.
BALSAM
Hunting rabbits and 'possums
seems to be quite the thing to do here
now. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Knight
caught two 'possums one night and
W. T. Lee, Jr, and Nelson Beck
caught four. Robert Bryson, killed
three rabbits Thanksgiving Day and
Odell Queeu and John C. Mills killed
eleven Monday.
Mrs. Charles Penland and children
spent several days including Thanks
giving with her mother, Mrs. J. II. |
Glantz and sister, Mrs. R. J. Bryson. I
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Nicholson and!
Master Billy returned to their home'
in Brevard Sunday after spending;
several days here with her sister,
Mrs. E. O. Queen.
Mr. Billy Baggctt and others from
Daytona, Fla., were here on busi
ness last week. I
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Knight and
Mrs. W. B. Farwell made a business
trip to Sylva Saturday. } ,
- Mr. and Mrs W. T. Lee, Jr., have I
returned from a most enjoyable visit
in Atlanta the past week, including
Thanksgiving.
Mr. Carter Bryson went to Dills
boro on business Monday.
Work has been suspended for some
time on the Balsam road on account
of the continued cold and rainy
weather.
Miss Addie Crawford was taken
to the Angel H9spital in Franklin
Monday. She has had a lame foot
since she was about six years old
and recently it has been giving her
much pain and it may have to be
amputated. (? : * i
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two of Christmas. Therefore, if yoa
want your Christmas greetings to
reach yonr relatives and friends on
or before Christmas day, follow the
instructions in the preceding para
graph relative to mailing early and
be certain of delivery before Christ
mas. 'v ^
Written matter in the nature of
personal correspondence can not be
inclosed in parcels.
Communications attached to par
cels: A letter placed in an envelope
addressed to correspond with the ad
dress on the parcel, and fully pre
paid at the first class rate, may be
tied or otherwise securely attached
to the outside of the parcel in such
manner as to prevent separation there
from and not obscure the address on
the par eel. ) -\)
Special delivery service is obtained
by affixing a special delivery stamp
of the proper denomination, or Its
equivalent in ordinary stamps, in ad
dition to the regular postage. When
ordinary stamps are used, the words
"special delivery" must be written
or printed directly below, but not
on the stamps. Speeial delivery is
for speed and not for safety.'?Val
uable mail should be registered or in
sured. Jf mailed in time the use of a
special delivery stamp will insure
delivery.
FIFTH CAR OF JERSEY COWS
CAME INTO COUNTY LAST WEEK
The program of the Jackson Covin?21
ty Board of Agriculture to brii^g In'
4 cars of good dairy cows this yenf
was fulfilled when the fifth car was
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unloaded in Sylva last Saturday?
These cows and heifers have been!
bought by the fanners of Jacksonf
county through the ban,ks with the-f
cooperation of the County ,\Agents-;
and Extension Dairy Specialist. Over
on,e hundred head of these big, rugV
good type high producing Jerseys have,
come into this county this year says
County Agent C. W. Tilson. These
cows have replaced over one hun
dred and forty native scrub cows
that would cat as much feed and give
Jess than half the milk and butter of
the Tennessee Jerseys.
Jackson county farmers are begin
ning to realise the ! value of good
dairy cows to successful farming on
valley farms in this section. Oar
fanners ars fast learning that one
good cow is worth three or four or
dinary cows and even five or six of
these little single barreled red cows
T\eithor good for milk nor beef.
There are two things that the
skeptical halfway or wouldbe farm-)
ers have always thought in every scc-j
tion in the world when, goo^ dairy
cows started coming in and ^ringing
prosperity. One thing was that some
farmers.would keep the red cows car
rying some Devon or mixture of beef
and scrub blood and have good beef
and daily cows two in one. But lo
our sad experience those communities
all over the world have over a hun
dred years soo:i.er or later waked up
and found it takes good dairy type'
cows to produce milk and butter
profitably. For example lets say we I
have one crcck in the county noted
for its good fox hounds and mixture
of Red Devon cattle. The people on
that creek would be just as wise try-i
ing to take eur dogs an,d make good -
fox dogs and cattle drivers of them,
as to try to make profitable milk
cows and beef cattle both out of
Devons or the mixture of red cattle.j
Let's take cur cows containing cnough.'|
dairy blood and type to be profit a-]
ble for milk and butter and breed
them so as to produce good and bet-,
ter dairy cattle. Then too let's takej
our cows containing enough beef
blood and type to be profitable for
beef and breed them to produce beef
cattle if that is what we individual-!
ly want. Now if you or your com
munity raises a mixture or scrub;
don't blame the cattle, it's you and
your fault.
Another thing some of the men
have thought for over a hundred
years in more than a thousand coun-J
ties that when good dairy cows start,
coming into a county (due to tse in-!
IS HOLDING REVIVAL
AT 11. E.
Rev. A. C. Gibbs, pastor of the
Canton Methodist ehurch is assisting
Pastor Robbins in conducting a series
of evangelistic services at the Meth
odist church in Sylva this week.
The first sermon of the series of
meetings was preached, Sunday even
ing, by Mr. Gibbs and services .arc
being held twice a day since that
time. The day service is held at 2:00
in the afternoons and the evening ser
vice at 7 ?30.
The series of meetings will contin
ue for several days and the Pastor
and members of the Methodist church
extend a most cordial and urgent in
vitation to all )the people to attend
the meetings. ^
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MRS. CHARLES
RIDLEY DIED SUNDAY
Mrs. Charles Ridley died, Sunday
morning it her home near Sylva, fol
lowing a lone: illness. The funeral was
held "Tuesday morning at 10:00
o'clock, at the home being conducted
by Rev. Thad. F. Deitz, and inter
ment was in the Keener cemetery.
Mrs. Ridley is survived by her hus
band and several young children as
well as a large number of friends.
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2,400 pounds of turkeys were
sold by farmers of Madison county to
help supply the Thanksgiving trade.
crease in land values and the necessi
ty of farmers keeping more valuable
animals) in order to make more prof
its that this would make beef cattle
higher in price. Let's hope beef cat
tle do get higher so we can some day
make back some money we have lost ?
keeping them, but let's don't think'
the scarcity of beef c&ttle in one j
county or ten counties will ever raise
the price. As land values and taxes |
have increased in mid western states
thed airy cows had to push out the!
beef cow because she is more profit
able and a necessity on valuable land.
She has pushed the beef cattle out of '
six or seven of the best states in the
middle west and it hasn't made beef
prices any higher yet. The dairy cow!
should take her place on the valley!
farms of this county where land is J
higher in value and will do so, and
beef cattle like the Angus and Here-j
ford should take their place in the
rougher mountain fafms an^d lands
less valuable. Land values in Bun
combe county increased first and
fastest in Western North Carolina,
and the dairy cow followed. Bun
combe farmers rcceive around 90
thousand dollars per month from the
dairy products sold. Land values in
crease as mow people, good roads,
schools, etc. come along. More people, j
good roads,.' <jood schools, Higher land I
values and dairy cows are coming|
fast to Jackson county and Macon!
and Clay particularly in this section.
Somebody says can, we get too
many cows soon? Well, when these
conveniences conic along an,d the
dairy cow i*ith them in every county
on record by the time there were
twelve to fifteen hundrd dairy cows
in the county somebody has always
said we will soon have too many cows
and they will be cheap. Several coun
ties in the ccqniijtry have over fifty
thousand dairy cows and are wanting
more. I wish we had a lot for we
couid do like East Tennessee if we
could do without any of them. Three
Counties over there have shipped 5/
cars of good Jersey cows und heif
ers, mostly heifers since early.last
spring. Those farmers get on an av
erage of $1800 to $2000 for a car of
heifers and more for cows.
ry
Jackson county farmers have a won
derful start in the 20 purebred bulls
and 103 cows and 47 heifers brought
in this year and the good cows and
heifers we already had. Let's, take,
care of these cattle as we should and
raise all we can and buy more good
ones. Our progressive fanners, busi
ness men and leaders of Jackson
county are putting her on, the map
and let's keep step with the pace we
have set.
WILL REMODEL THE
SYLVA PHARMACY
Mr. H. L. Evans, manager of the
Sylva Phartnacy annonnces that the
owners of the business will remodel
the building and install new furniture
and fixtures the work beginning the
First of the New Year.
It is planned to rearrange the
building so that the Pharmacy will
occupy the entire first floor. The
offices of Dr. A. A. Nichols and Dr.
A. S. Nichols will be moved to the
second floor. A new front will be put
in the building, and entire new furn-j
iture including a fountian of most
modern type will be installed, accord
ing to Mr. Evans.
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Dairymen over the United States
are interested in the cottonseed meal
of the South because it is cheap.
This might b"1 a good time for North
Carolina farmers to feed this high
protein feed.
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Farmers of Henderson county won
over $300 in premiums at the rceent
Western North Carolina Fair.
Western North Carolina has many
things of which to be proud, but
the greatest of these is the almost
unanimous sentiment for a longer
school term.
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CAMPAIGN IS ON
Tho campaign for the sale of the
Tuberculosis Christmas Seals, with
Mrs. A. S. Nichols as chainnan, is
under way in Sylva and Jackson
county. flie following statement is
made by Mrs. J. R. Buchanan^ pub
licity chairman: -
Let this be the slogan in Sylva from
now until Christmas: "Buy Christmas
Seals. Fight Tuberculosis."
It is the patriotic duty of every
citizen to buy the tuberculosis seal
and help protect the health of our
community.
"It is Everybody's Fi^fe."
Step by step we are conquering tu
berculosis and the sale of the Christ
mas Seal renders possible the carry-'
ing on of a continuous campaign to
prevent tuberculosis and other di
seases and to conduct local health and
child welfare work. As a result of
last years seal sale in Sylva forty un
denourished children whose parents
cannot provide for them are each be
ing furnished one pint of milk daily.
Also, one little girl who is already a
victim of the dreaded disease is be
ing furnished one quart of milk daily.
Our most precious possession is th^
child. If we can give all the girls and j
bays in our community good health j
habits we are helping to give them a j
better chance of being vital, vibrant,
efficient men and women. Buying
Christmas Seals is buying health. The
Tuberculosis Christmas Seals finance
the school health program for; under
nourished and well nourished children
Jlescue the former, keep the latter
healthy. (
Mrs. A. S. Nichols, the county
chairman will have the seals on sale
at the post office, at the drug stores,
and on the streets of Sylva from
now unjtil Christmas.
Remember that three fourths of the
proceeds from the sale of the seals
will be kept in the community for
local health work.
N. C. MARRIAGES DURING
YEAR OF 1925 SHOW GAIN
There were 23^337 marriages in
North Carolina in 1925, as compared
with 23,190 in 1924, representing an
increase of 147 or 6 percent, accord
ing to figures .fust released by the
United States Department of Com
merce.
This increase is slightly less than
the estimated increase in population.
During the year 1925 1,576 divorces I
were granted in the state, as com-|
pared with 1,468 in 1924, representing
an increase of 108, or 7.4 per cent.
The estimated population of the
state of North Carolina as of July 1,
1925, was 2,811.969 and on July V
1924 2,767,903. On tho basis of these
estimates the number of marriages
per thousand of population was 8.3
in 1925 as against 8.4 in, 1924. The
number of divorces per thousand of
the population was .56 in 1925 as
against .53 in 1924.
The number of marriages was re
ported by the register of deeds and
the number of divorces by the clerk
of superior court for ench county.
The figures for 1925 are preliminary
and subjcct to correction.
Guilford count}', with a total of 1,
046 marriages for the year 1925 led
the state in number of divorces for
the year, 100 having been granted.
Alleghany, Currituck, Dare, Gra
ham, Perquimans and Yadkin coun
ties had no divorces during 1925.
HONOR ROLL FOR ADDIE
GRADED SCHOOL FOR NOV.
First Grade?Joseph Brown, Gir
leen Cogdill, Hal Jones, Harrison
Lee Jones, Rossic Lee Parris, Harriet
Bryson, Allen Clayton, Audry Shuler,
Winnie Parris.
Sccond Grade?Berna Doan Ensley,
Lillie Lee Cogdill, Ruth Pannell, j
.Tames Seay, Carl Hovles.
Third Grade?Burlee Shuler, Ethel!
McClnre, Ruby McClure, Glen Na-j
tions.
Fourth Grade ? Margaret Seay,
Grace Henson, Allen Henson, Floyd
Beck.
Fifth Grade?Richard Cogdill, Al
vin Cogdill, Ruby Clayton, Kathleen
Jones, Frances Miller.
Sixth Grader-Joe Allman Clara i
Allman, Harry Allman, Paul Barker,'
Sadie Crawford, Iren* Bryson, Diane
RADIO STATION
FOR ASHEVILLE
Ashevilie Citizen
Contract for purchase of a 2,000
watt radio broadcasting station by
the radio committee of the Chamber
of Commerce, practically assumes to
Ashevilie a radio staiton, was the an
nouncement made yesterday afternoon
by Frank A. Barber, chairman of the
radio committee.
The contract was signed yesterday
morning with an insurance company
of Nashville, Ten., after the plant
was thoroughly inspected by A. E.
Jackson, Jr., a member of the com
mittee who is an expert on radio
matters.
Mr. Jackson is now on his way to
Washingt6n, D. C., to complete ar
rangements for the permit for the
municipal station. This will only iu
volve a transfer of permit inasmuch
as, the Ashevilie Battery Company al
ready has a permit.
Response to the recent appeal for
funds has been very gratifying. Mr.
Barber announced, and the interest
shown by local citizens justifies the
conclusion, he states, that there is a
very pronounced demand here for the
station. *
Assurance has been received the
committee states that just as soon as
the matter of the permit is stijaigh
tened out with the government the
National Broadcasting company, of
which M. M. Aylesworth is president,
will give Ashevilie's station, national
service just like that nqw being re
ceived over the American Telephone
and Telegraph company wires by some
of the lagrest stations in the nation.
"(The station will be named WWNC
representing station Wonderful Wes
tern, North Carolina. The studio will
be located on top of the Flat Iron
building. The Battery Park Invest
ment Company has promised the city
use of the studio renjt free for a per
iod of two years.
GETS 110 GALLON
ON COWEE MOUNTAIN
R. M. Coffee, Franklin chief of
police, and deputies seized 110 gal- (
Ions of liquor and a Hudson car, in
a raid on Cowee Mountain on High
way 285, early Sunday morning.
The capture was made after the
exchange ol" several shots and after
the men in the liquor car had made,
an unsuccessful effort to run the
blockade by the chief of police and
his men.
R. M. Coffee, chief, who directed
the seizure, warned the liquor run
ners that an attempt to go around
the blockade would probably menn
death for them. The three men then
left the car and made good their es
cape into the woods.
The liquor was under the rear sear,
in a specially constructed apartment.
In making a hasty retreat, the trio
left their guns, hats and other per
sonal belongings.
S. C. I. HOPES VANISH
The S. C. 1. basket ball team is
now suffering the loss of its most
valuable and dependable player, Har
old Grindsteff, pivot man, who trip
ped himself over someone's foot in
a scrimmage on the sigh school coui-t
last week. The result being that
Grindstaff is now nursing a broken
arm. It will possibly be two months
before he will be able to take his
place back on the squad.
"It is absolutely impossible to take
the material now available, and de
velop as strong a team as I had as
the success of both offensive and de
fensive play centered around, this
man," says Coach Roberts.^
The next game on schedule is with
Andrews High School, Friday night
on the S. C. I. court. This gives but
little time to develop a new lineyp,
but Coach Roberts hopes that he will
have a system worked out by that
time.
Enslev, Vergie Parris, Clyde Beck,
Lee Henson, Burl Pannell, Terrell
Clayton, Lona Green,.
Seventh Grade?Leroy Cogdill,
Walter Cogdill, Rath Seay, Evelym
Clayton. * j_