K 'V 7 ~' - IT .*?[ ?' "**v>: - . ' Y . - ?? .? v? V $150 the Year in Advance in the CounM-. ... ? , ? - ? Sylva-N- c> Wednesday, February 23,1927 *<> nn ?. -it- ?' 4 $ ,0Q the Yeaj ln Advance Outside County > VTUIOIUC \xiuniy BECOMES THE"Taw / ' ?) BILL PASSES HOUSE 911010 - The bill providing for the issuing of two million dollars in North Car olina state bonds for tlje purchase of lands in the Great Smoky Mountain Park Area, passed the lower house of the general assembly, yesterday afternoon on its third nd final read ing by a vote of 99 to 10, and is now the law in North Carolina. J^s soon as the balance of the ne-l pessary funds can be secured and the! survey made to determine just what lands will be included in the Park, the N'orts Carolina Park commission will demand that the bonds bo issued and the purchase of the lands, either by negotiation with the owners or by! com men nation will begin. ' The advocates of the Park expect! immediate action as to the survey and that the rest of the money, which has been assured from philanthropists in the East, will be forthcoming itn-i mediately. It is believed that the, Prak! will become an actuality within a I year nd tahe building of roads and, other developments started. SEEKS LOST BOY Mrs. C. C. Capps, of Sylva, is ask ing the aid of the public in locating h'T adopted son, Verlin Capps, who disappeared from his home here last Sunday. Mrs. Capps says that she supposed the boy was playing out of doors as usual, and felt no un easiness about him, until it began to grow dark Sunday evening, when she instituted a search for him. She heard nothing about him, however, until she was told, by a boy, today, that lie had seen Verlin oil the road, just I above Beta, Sunday afternoon, and that Verlin had said he was going to Asheville. When he left home the boy, who is 11 years old, was wearing overalls and a gray sweater. He is heavy set,: has blue eyes and light hair and has; a small black birthmark on one of his legs. SYLVA TEAMS WIN Both Sylva Teams won over their opponents in the first round of the basketball tournament at Mars Hill tonight. The S. C. I.-Marion High School games was Sylva Collegiate Institute 26; Marion High 14. Sylva High School defeated Fair view by 40 to 20. The pairings for tomorrow are: Biltmoro High vs. Brvson City at 5:00 A. M. Boiling Springs vs. Farm School at 10:00 A. M. fruit land vs. Leicester at 11:00 A. M. Forest City vs. Sylva High at 12 ^*oon. Weaver High vs. Sylva Collegiate Institute at 2:00 P. M. Clermont High vs. Brevard Insti tute at 3:00 P. M. Mars Hills High vs. Spruce Pine at 4:00 P. M. Lattimore vs. Green's Creek at 5:00 P. M. ) v . INTRODUCE stock law bill According; to reports in the daily | papers, Senator Stringfield has intro-i duced a bill in the senate regarding the stock law territory in Jackson ?county. It is said that the bill pro yides for dividing the county into dis tricts for the purpose of holding stock law elections, said districts to be aj part of township or townships, irres jKctivc of the township lines. ROANE WINS CONTEST Thp senate committee on elections awarded the seat in the senate to Senator Roane, of Whitticr, following a hearing of the contest presented bv Henry G. Robertson of Macon coun ty The contest grew out of alleged ir regularities in the Bryson City box, and it is said that the same votes that ^ere questioned are those brought int? question in the contest for ffunty offices in Swain county. CREAM EXTRA GOOD PRICE The Carolina Creamery is paving fifty cents per pound butterfat test for ereani this week. Folks, that is a half dollar per pound for your but terfat delivered to the creameiy manager at Svlva or Dillsboro sta tion. The creamery will establish their central collecting station next month and meet the farmers there to get our cream. Tennessee Jerseys brought into the county have all easily averaged a pound of butterfat per day for ten months in the year. It doesn't take long to pay for one or two of these honest to gopdness cows selling but-; terfat this way. , Car of Tennessee Jersey Cows and ,i Heiters to Be Bought Soon. Mr. F.' R. Farnham, Extension i Dairy Specialist who has helped County Agent C. W. Tilson with buy-; ing our Tennessee Jersey cows re cently returned from a big Jersey section in Tennessee. He bought a ear of cows for Wautauga county farmers and reports that we will be able to get extra good cows and heifers there at this time. County Agent Tilson savs the de mand for these cows and heifers is growing very rapidly and we should buy now as this is the best season to buy what we want at the most; reasonable price. One of these cows or heifers is worth more than three; of our ordinary eows any time and it costs only one third the feed and time to keep one. t? , I Three of the farmers buying $65 heifers in the December load now have heavy milkers that they have refused $100 cash for. I have or ders now for a few cows and heifers in this load and must finish it soon so we can buy at the opportune time. Sec or write me if you aie in terested in a real milk cow says your county agent, v. BALSAM Mrs. W. S. Christy left last Fri day for Lakeland, Florida, where she will spend the rest ot the winter. Mrs. Robert Cope and children of Asheville spent iast week here with her mother, Mrs. W. J. Logdill. Miss Evelyrt Green, Waynesville, spent the week end with her motlrcr, Mrs. Claude Green. Mrs. Hattie Befk has been or, a visit to her husband, Mr. Henry Beck who has been confined in the hospital at Franklin some time. Re gret that Mr. Beck is not improving j very fast. After three weeks of lovely "Feb ruary Spring!' weather, the mureury took a fantastic leap downward Sun day ttn<] treated us with a flurry of' snow and freeze up generally. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Knight chaperoned a party of their young friends to Waynesville, Saturday night. ( Court Adjourns?Grand Jury Makes | Recommendations The superior court adjourned thin afternoon until Monday following the' completion of the trial of the crimi nal docket before Judge James L. Webb. The grand jury made reconi-f mendations that the county commis-' sioncrs make necessary repairs upon the buildings at the county home, | commended the repairs that are being made at the jail and recommended 'other repairs, recommended that thy roof of the court house be repaired land that the driveways and grounds i around the court house be hard sur faced. A postscript was made to thr report insisting that the county and city officers make it their business! to stop the sale of cigarettes to min-i ors and the driving of automobiles by children under the age of 16. Thy grand jury styled the driving of cars by children as "a growing menace| upon our highways;'' Judge Webb commended the grand; jury upon its report and declared that all ita recommendations should! be heeded i)y the proper authorities.! The court wil^ resume its sitting next Monday for the trial of civil' cases, with Judge A. M. Stack pre-! siding. PLEADS GUILTY I 4 Will Little, negro, plead guilty of I manslaughter in superior court, this afternoon and was sentenced to serve (4 months on tiie roads of Buncombe icountv for the death of Adell Joim * son, another negro, at the bridge con struction camp of the Southern Kail-; way Company, near Addie a ttr.v i i weeks ago. j Johnson died in the Bryson City! hospital following the shooting and the grand jury returned a true bill charging Little witli murder. 'How-1 ever, it developed from the evidence ! that Little had no intention of shoot - |ing the dead negro; but that it was, through his careless use of the pistoij I that the fatal shot was fired, and hn John Nance, was continued upon motion of Judge Thad D. Bryson, appearing{ for the private prosecution. It was stated in court that a tele gram had been received from Nance, seting that owing to sickness it would be impossible for him to appear at this term of the court. The shooting of Nance occurred on the streets of Svlva early last sum mer, and it was thought for several days that lie would succumb to the wounds received. At the October term the private prosecution secured a continuance to the present term. At both terms Glenn was present and insisting upon a trial. ACQUITTED OF J. K. Wamsley was fonnd not guil ty of manslaughter by a jury in Jack son county superior court this after noon. The case grew out of the death of- Willard Norman, 14 year old bcv near Addie on January 9th. The evidence, while conflicting, was that Mr. Wamsley, whose home is in Asheville was driving toward Sylva,; on the fatal Sunday afternoon and the car struck and instantly killed, the young Norman boy. For two days the ease was fought through the superior court, the state and the private prosecution taking the view that the killing of the, lad was due to the recklessness and care- ? lessness of Wamsley, while the de fense insisted that the whole matter was an unavoidable accident andj that Mr.?Wamsley was not violating the traffic laws of the state at the time the boy was killed. The state was represented by tin solicitor and Alley, Alley and Alley; while Judge T. I). Bryson, G. Lylc Jones and E. P. Stillwell represented the defense,. JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF! AGRICULTURE PLANS WORK AROUND SLOGAN OF: "FIVE COWS, A HUNDRED HENS, THIRTY EWES AND A BROOD SOW, WE SAY, WITH LIME AND LEGUMES MAKE FARM ING CASH PAY." At a recent meeting of the Jackson! County. Board of Agriculture with: ten active farmers from the various; sections of the county and a repre-? sentativo from Sylva Chamber j>? Commerce, a careful survey was made of the past year's agricultural work in the county and a definite plan >vns mailt! for the coming year's work. The Board was proud to realise that in ihost every line of work the plans they had made for the past year were fulfilled and in many! cases surpassed. The Board was grat-j ificd with the statement from Arr.! I. (). Scliaub, Director Of Agricultu ral Extension Work in North Car olina, that it would never have been possible to accomplish so much in the cash farming program for Jack son County unless the-plans had been made by the Board of Agriculture for the past year and the splendid co-operation given by farmers and business men in carrying out the work. With the foundation already laid The Boar,] decided and planned this year's work and, that of years to come mound their adopted slogan of "Five Cows, a Hundred Hens, Thirty Ewes and a Brocd Sow we say, with Lime and Legumes make Farming Cash Pay." (The plan stated briefly is as follows: 1. Dairying s(. Bring in 50 high producing dairy cows. b. Cull out 100 head of low produc ing scrub bulls. c. Bring in six dairy bulls. d. Cull out by butcher or castra tion fifty scrub bulls. e. Get every farm possible to grow stock beets and soy beans or cow peas for cow feed. f. Establish at least five cows arid a cream separator on farms that should sell crCam. g. Develop the standard sj'stem of! cream stations, and cooperate witUj Carolina Creamery jn marketing high! qrtalitv cream. h. Have ten standard community dairy demonstrations in the county. 2. Poultry 1 ! a. Completely establish 25 farm flocks of one standard breed of poul try with equipment for brooding and raising chicks and standard laying house for 100 hens. b. Start 50 new farm flocks and develop standard equipment so far as possible this year. c. Place 20.000 standard bred baby chicks on the farms in county with no more than 300 chicks to one good brooder, d. Have 15 standard community Raleigh, Feb, 23?The State High way commission is approaching the end of construction- activities and is ready to devote the major part of its activities to maintenance, accord ing to the import of a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative Folger, of Surry. Proposed bond issue of $30,000,000 now in assembly hoppers is designed to complete the program of about 5, 0000 miles of surfaced highways and to repay county loans amounting to about $17,0000,000. The issue is ex pected to be the last substantial, high way alottiucnt in North Carolina for several years. The Folger bill takes this into con sideration by moving to throw 25 per cent more county roads on the state commissioner for maintenance. The new maintenance burden would be apportioned by districts as now outlined on the basis of the roadc in greatest need of maintenance being i taken over first. f , In taking over roads the amount of mileage would dtcided on the present basis of apportionment of ?funds for new construction, but with provision for equity, in that smaller counties with loss ability to maintain their roads could obtain more aid than larger counties NOT in need of their full amount of state service. The biils provides that the roads shall be taken within 12 months upon recommendation of the district high way commissioner whose decision would have been made after calling a public hearing. poultry demonstrations starting with brooder, brooder house and 300 stan-> dard bred eliieks, and carrying through until this farmer demonstrat' es the producing of a standard farm flock and equipment. c. Market poultry by cooperative car lot shipment provided sufficient and mar! et oggfe through express shipment provided sufficient volume is available this fall to furnish a continuous supply. 3. Hog?, a. Establish at least one good brood sow on 30 farms with proper housing and pastures. b. Place 15 purebred boars in coun ty and castrate scrubs. c. Have ten standard community demonstrations in housing and past uring and the care of the brood sow and pi?s d. Get every farmer possible to grow pigs on balanced rations of corn, shorts, and fish meal with past ure, and market in April and Sept ember when market is best. 4. Sheep a. Establish sanall farm flocks headed by purebred ram on at least ten farms. b. Encourage use only of purebred rams and call out scrub rams. c. Encourage the saving of the best half of ewe lambs produced in county this year for future ewes for Jack son County farmers. xl. Have cooperative car lot wool salo, and when practical have coop erative lot lamb sale. 5. Beef Cattle. a. Encourage and promote the pro duction of beef cattle only where farmers have large pastures of cheap lands and are sufficiently equipped to maintain their own breeding herd. b. Discourage average valley farm er with high '' priced lands against producing beef calves for somebody else to pasture and trade for their profit ami loss. c. Place purebred beef bulls and mjove out scrubs [with beef cattle breeders. d. Encourage and aid beef cattle breeders to cooperate in securing the best markets. 6 Vegetable and Fruit Growing. a. Establish practical orchard man agement of pruning, spraying, fert-j ilizing and cultivating and proper storage of fruit with at least ten j home and commercial orchard keep ers. b. Have five demonstrations in orchard management. e. Encourage the proper storage of fruit in standard houses to hold I ? ' . . < . ' COFFEY WARRANT IS 1 Franklin Press, Feb. 17 The warrant sworn out by Zeb Shope, charging Chief of Police R. M. Coffee with having shot into the car in which two of Mr. Shope's sons and another youth were riding laat Thursday night, has been withdrawn and the question of who fired into the car remains a mystery. ; The warrant was sworn out by Shope last Saturday, but before it was served, Mr. Shope instructed tke sheriff to hold it until Shope had had time to1 "cool off," and Tuesday he withdrew it. 's" The youths all of this county jind each about 21 years of age, were re turning from a party across the Geor Gia line, they stated, and their ear was fired upon as they neared their homes in this county. They charged that a party of officers who, they said, had followed them, fired tH? shots. The officers emphatically deny having fired any shots. ' The bullet pierced the rear of th< car, went through the back seat, and entered the front seat, in which the three young men were seated. The bullet hole was seen by Mr. Coffey* The youths were Prince and Preileaa Shope and Clyde Hopper, son of M. M. Hopper. According to the story told by the youths the party of officers, compos ed of Mr. Coffey and Deputy Sheriff* Frank Norton and Harley McDowell, had followed them for some distanoe. The car in which the youths were riding turned into a side road, the shot was fired, and about that time the car got stuck in the mud. Mr. Coffey came up and asked, "Is any body hurt?" acoording to the youths' story. He denies asking the question, but says he asked '' What is the matter?" The officers had been out on a liquor hunt, they stated. They deny the statement of the boys that they had twice previously searched the youths' car for liquor, and found none. TO INCORPORATE CASHIEM A bill has been introduced in the senate by Senator Stringfield to in corporate the town of Cashiers. It is understood that D. A. Bumgarner is named as mayor in the bill, for best market. d. Work to standardize the grow in g of the varieties of potatoes and cabbage 'and .beans best suited, to our county along with the use of the fertilizer and sprays that will give us highest yields and best quality. 7. Soil Building. a. Promote the cooperative buy ing of 250 tons of lime to be used in producing legumes. b. Encourage the use of clovers, soy beans and cow peas for taming under as soil builders. c. Have ten standard community soil building demonstrations with lime and legumes. >8. Have seven Boys and Girls Com munity Agricultural Clubs, with boys and girls as Junior demonstrators in dairy calf, poultry, pig, s^ieep and potato club work. 9. Have organized farmers tour in late summer through a section, of South West Viiginia and Eastern Tennessee where (our farmers can visit and study the cash crop system of fanning we are now starting in Jackson County. In the business session the Board of Agriculture voted that the Exec utive' Committee of five, make any ' changes necessary as to appointment or change of members on the Board whenever necessary for further pro motion of the agricultural work in any township or for the interest of the work as a whole. As representatives for the (agri cultural interests and more cash fanning, to >nake Jackson County a better place in which to live, We the members of the County Board of Agriculture solicit the fullest cooper ation of our farmers and business men in carrying out this program. , Signed: ? ./ F. H. Brown, Chairman. ' Jno. R. Jones, Secretary, >"