$2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County
kl^l,. April Hi?1The work of the
i;'(.m.ni! in regard to wei
[i;in.work in !'?<? stiito, is sununed up
li,i tl?' 'sMK' ?' "Publie Wel
L. t Ik- publication of the
Lite , 'i:u't'os and public
[noliare t??!l?>\vs:
I'dssiuv '10,ir 'aw for
,H fhiMi'11 the ages cf 14
a,Ml Id. wl:" Ititvf not completed the
fiourtli ;i hill to establish si
farm colmn women offenders
[mMinst rlii-sj.iw; a hill which clari
.fjpstlip i?m laws and makes tho
(leal jini'V.liirc involved more simple;!
lr(vo<n)ili,':i s(''l00.l for Negro
lirls Jim ?>> !,u> s,;lto Federation of
Colored Women's Clubs; and increas
ed iip:i!0,"ria!iotis for Mothers' Aid,
.|;t. State Hoard of Charities and
Public UV'farc and the various State
Iflurhablc ami correctional institu
tions a;;' the major results of the last
|Gt>;iom! Assembly of North Carolina,
so far as the social growth of the
.c.ate is concerned.
Tho i?ill ii? provide an eight hour
labor law for children between the
ws oi 14 ami Hi was j>assed dunng
the last <la\> of the Legislature, and
carries an amendment which prevents
ir from applying to those who have
completed ilir fourth grade. Accord
ing' to an opinion recently rendered
hv the Assistant Attorney-General, it
I seems prolmhlc that the amendment
will be ilcchu-ed unconstitutional and
the net result may he that there will
be an eijit hour day for all children
h tnei u I lie aires of 14 and 16, and
-Lose umlci Hi who have not com
pleted tlie iourih irrade may not wor
*1 all.
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Hip bill to establish the farm col
ony for women offenders was secur
ed lanrely through' the influence of
Mrs. T. W. Bickett, who convinced
the Governor of tlic necessity of the'
institution ami obtained his endorse
mrnt of tlic measure. The small sumi
?f $2.iioh a year for the School for[
Helinquent Ne^ro (iirls at Etland was
iriven tov1liat school, '4as a favor to
Mi's. Biekett." according to the
phrase used on t lie floor of the House.
. The foundinu: of the fann colony
i- considered a most significant step
in solving North Carolina's social
l>roblems. The bill earned a bond is
sue of $60,000, which wlil enable the
board to buy the land, make plans
for the development of the project
and build a single unit. The State
Association of County Suj>erin.tcnd
fMts of Public Welfare backed the
bill, as well as the Legislative Coun
cil of Women, ami the State Confer
ence lor Social Service.
The recognition of the Efland
School, is the first step, or the "en
tering wed^e," in making this State
reformat!.ry for delinquent Negro
fills. It is now doing the work of a
State institution since all the girls
have been admitted have been
committed by the Courts of the State,
"}' the time the next Legislature
meets, it is hoped that there will be
5(0 i?ucl| proof of the institution,
thflt the State will accept the gift
?' the Federation of Colored Wom
f|i C'luhs h?k1 take over the school
as a Slate reformatory for Negro
girls.
The Mothers' Aid work done bv
'he State Hoard of Charities and Pub
'<? Welfare will be amplified during
'he next twy> years because of the
substantial increase made in the
amount ?iven by the State, which
he tnatclied by the counties.
deitz TO PREACH
FINAL SERMON
Sunday evening Rev. Thad F. Deitz
will deliver the last sermon of his
*ork as supply pastor of the First
baptist tiiurch. About a year ago
Mr. licit / accepted the work until
J he chuivn elected a pastor and dur
I"? that ?ime about 20 members have
?'^n added to the church. " I
The members of the church urge
'':al a huge attendance be present
or Mr. Deitz' last sermon as the
r,?ular occupant of the pulpit.
. The new pastor, Rev. J. G. Murray,
's expected to arrive with his family,
rom Harmony, about the 27th. of
lls lttomli, and occupy the parsonage
,l1^ assume his duties of the pastor..
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FORMER SYLVA PASTOR
DIES AT SPRXJOE PINE
Spruce Pine, April 16.?The Rev.
G. H. Christenberry, 57 years old,
pastor of the Spruce Pine Method
ist Church, died Saturday here fol
lowing a stroke of apoplexy sufferej
Friday.
He was well known; and beloved by
his congregation and by the entire
community, according to members of
the church, who paid high tribute
Saturday to his work. He had been
a resident here for three years.
He was, besides, a prominent Mas
on and a Knight Templar, member
of Knight Templars, Fairmount Com
mandery No. 31 and Vesper Lodge
No. 554. He was also a prominent
member of the Spruce Pine Chamber
of Commerce, secretary and director
of the Mitchell Building and Loan
Association.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day morning at 9:30 o'clock at the
Methodist Church, with Presiding
Elder E. 0. Cole, of the Marion dis
trict in eharge. Immediately after the
services the body will be taken to
Huntersville, where burial will take
place with Masonic rites, held by the
local ccmmandery and Charlotte Mas
ons.
The Rev. Mr. Christenberry is sur
vived by his widow and three chil
dren, Gilbert, Geoige and Margare:,
an^ *wo sons by a former wife, one
living now in Los Angeles and an
other in Ranidleman.
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COUNTY AGENT'S
FATHER DIES
Connty Agent C. W. Tilson was
called to Mars Hill early in the week
by the serious illness of his father,
P. Y. Tilson, who passed away at his
home there, Tuesday morning- at the
age of 57, following a long illness.
Mr. Tilson was a native of Madison
c^mty and lived in or. near Mars
Hill all his life. He was a well known
resident of the Mars Hill community,
and was engaged in the contracting
business. . ?, 3
He is survived by his widow an 1
four sons, C. W. i Tilson of Sylv.i,
Fred and Bryson Tilson of Ashevillc,
ai^d P. Y. Tilson, Jr., of Mars Hill,
and one daughter, Mrs. Carlton Cox
of Winterville.
Funeral services were conducted at
10 o'clock Wednesday morning at
the Mars Hill Baptist church of
which Mr. Tilson was a consistent
member. Interment was in the' church
cemetery.
QUALLA
Last week:? (>
Mr. J. T. Bird of Marshall, Prof. I
W. E. Bird and family of Cullowhce|
and Mr. Joel M. Bird of Brysor
City spent the week end with theirj
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bird.
Messrs. Frank Battle and Wayne
Keener of Asheville Farm School are
spending Easter holidays with home
folks.
Mr. P. C. Shelton and family were
guests of Mr. J. E. Rogers of Whit
tier. , ?
Miss Etta Kinsland who has been
teaching near Marshall for several
months has returned home.
Mr. H. G. Bird and family visited
relatives at Ravensford.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Johnson of
Peep Creek were week end guests at
Mr. D. M. Shuler's. v
Mr. and Mrs. Golman Kinslanjd vis
ited relatives near Waynesville.
Mi*. T. W. McLaughlin made a trip|
to Biyson.
Mr. J. K. Terrell called at Mi\|
C. A. Birds.
Misses Etta Kinsland, Phyllis
Moody and Josephine Reagan were
guests of Misses Gertrude and Ruth
Ferguson.
Misses Ruby and Hettie Cooper
and Evelyn Kinsland visited Miss
Mary Emma Ferguson.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kinsland called
at Mr. J. K. Terrell's.
REYNOLDS HEADS
BUNCOMBE SCHOOLS j
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Prof. A. C. Reynolds has been elece
ed to succeed'himself as superintend-)
ent of the Buncombe county public)
schools, by the board of education of
that connty.
Mr. Reynolds is well known in
Jackson county. He is the father of
Mrs. J. D. Cowan of Sylva and serv
ed for several yeare as president of
the Cnllowhee State Normal School.
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TOWN TICKET
Dan Tompkins for mayor, anfl R.
C. Allison, W. E. Iiecd, J. R. Buch
anan, J. D. Cowan and J. C. Alli
son, for aldermen was the ticket un
animously nominated at a mass meet
ing of the democratic voters of the
town of Sylva held in the court room
Tuesday evening'.
The meeting-was called to order by
Mr. Tompkins; and Mr. M. D. Cow
an was selected chairman of the
meeting. A representative crowd of
the democrats of Sylva was in at
tendance upon the meeting.
The chair called upon the Mayor
for a short talk; and he expressed the
pleasure it lias been to serve with
the present board of aldermen, point
ed out the great progress that has
been made during their incumbency,
lauded their faithfulness, diligence
and efficiency in carrying forward
the work of the municipality, i He
stated that while every member of
the present board is a democrat, that J
he is fully convinced that not the
least hint of partisanship has in
fluenced a single official act of an.v
member of the board; but that they
have tried faithfully to represent the
best interests of all the people of the
town, have been open to any helpful
suggestions from any citizen of any
party, and have endeavored to coof?
erate with the Women's Clubs, the
Chamber of Commerce and the other
civic organizations in promoting the
growth and prosperity of the town, j
CLASS TO PRESENT
BIBLICAL PLA"X
The senior class of tlic Sylva High
School will present the class play on
Thursday Might, of next week, and
has selected "A Dream of Qucerf
Esther,'.' a biblical "play of difficult
dramatization. The play is oiie ttet
has been often attempted but rarely
presented; but the class, under the
coaching of Mrs. Lillian Kenney of
Boston, has mastered it, and is ready
to present it on next Thursday even
ing at the high school building.
, The play is said to be a powerful
and colorful pageant with beautiful
oriental costumes and stage setting.
The class day exercises, which will
be given on Friday morning, will be
somewhat a departure from the us
ual programs on such occasions, and
will be a radio broadcast of one hour
from station SENIOR.
The graduating exercises will be
held on Friday evening ami I)r. Jno
E. Calfee, president of Asheville Nor
mal school will deliver the address
The preesntation <iif diplomas'to the
laige class will be by Mr. M. D
Cowan, of the school committee, fol
lowing the valedictory address by
Miss Louetta Shepherd. Another fea
ture of the exercises will be a pro
gram of music arranged by the senior
class glee club.
The commencement exercises at
the Sylva Central High School will
begin at 11 o'clock, Thursday morn
ing, when the annual sermon will bo
delivered by Rev. G. A. Martin, pastor j
of the First Baptist church, of Way
nesville.
The members of the graduating
class are:
Sam Allison, Ralph Buchanan^ Wes
ley Barnes, Mary Barnes, Robert Bry
son, Npll Buingarner, Lucy Crawford
Tallent, Ida Mae Coward, 1 Harriet
Derrick, Lucy Ensley, Hal Ensley,
Lincoln Ensley, Fran,k Freeze, Betty
Gilliam, Vera Lee Harris, Carl Hen
ry, Ernest Jones, Katie Kenney,
Blanch Long, Guy Leathcrwood, Marv
Middleston, Leona- Mills, Mayine
Mon,teith, Felix Pottsj Claude Queen,
Louetta Shejmrd Helen Sutton Melita
Stein, Marguerite Stein, Bertha Sprin
klc, Lucy Kitchen, Olive Coward, Car
olyn Turpin, Margaret Sherrill.
Egg prices arc the lowest in year?.
Some poultrvmen are cooperating <o
make express shipments of graded
eggs to the large markets. Others are
storing their eggs for the winter
shortage.
Tom Tarheel says one neighbor
sold his corn for 75 cents per bushel
and the other sold his for$2.00 per
bushel through his pigs,
RDER14 FOOT
SURFACE ON 106
?/'Agreement to increase the width
4f highway No. 106, now under con
struction frOm Dick's Gap to the
U\)rks of Tuckaseigee, was reached
htpre last Friday at a conference be
tween Highway Commissioner James
(J. Stikeleather, District Engineer
Walker, County Commissioner of
Highways S. M. Parker and officials
of the Sylva Chamber of Commerce.
The section of the road is to be of
water bound macadam with bitumiu
ous surfaee, and was just starting,
when it was learned that the plans
were for 12 foot surface. Protests
were immediately lodged by officials
of the county and of the Sylva
Chamber of Commerce. Commission
er Stikeleather, with his district en
gineer, came to Sylva and heard the
compliants of the Jackson county
people. After going over the road that
is to be surfaced, Mr. Stikeleather
readily agreed that 12 feet surface
was insufficient, and the order was
made changing the plans according
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Tire work is progressing nicely,
and it is hoped that the entire stretch
will be completed in approximately
nine? weeks, weather condition^ being
favorable. > ,
SYLVA BEN ENTERS CONTEST
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Starting down East, arounjd Raleigh
and thereabouts, a large egg contest
lias been waged throughout the state
by the Leghorns, Plymouth Rocks,
Minorcas, and other thoroughbreds
of the genu.} chicken (feathered va
riety), and .just plain hens. Of course
it has all been informal, the papers
of each locality reporting the entries
80 the hens of their several bailiwicks
Ifiss Evelyn Allison of Sylva is the
owner of a hen, who* reads either one
of the-cxeeikwt dailies of the- state,
or the Jackson County Journal, and
she was dctorminjed not to allow hens
from the less favored portion of
North Carolina, that lies east of the
Balsams, to carry away the laurels,
over Jackson county. She laid her
egg, and cackled loud and long, until
she attracted the attention of the Al
lison family Mrs. S. C- Allison
brought her product to the Journal,
with her request that it be entered
in the contest against all comers
from any part of the state. Her
egg is 8 inches in circumference, tlie
long way, and 6 1-2 inches, around
tho middle. It is hereby and herewith
submitted to the state, and if any
hen in North Carolina can beat it,
she will have to get up early every
monving and do some tall scratching
for worms.
WILL MAKE APPLE SUR
VEY IN MOUNTAINS!
Raleigh, N. C., April 19?The De
partment of Agriculture is at pres
ent engaged in a survey of the com
mercial apple orchards in North Car
olina which will be similar to that
made in 1925 of commercial peaches.
Apple growers will be interested in
this survey as it will give them a
very definite basis to judge the size
and location of the crop each year.
It should be the most accurate in
formation yet * available along this j
line. ?
The survey will show the number
of trees of different ages and varie
ties in commercial orchards, the
dates when trees were set^ the amount
an^l method of sale of the crop, and
a great amount of other useful in
formation that the grower cannot now
obtain from any available source.
It is anticipated that all growers
with 'over 100 trees will cooperate to
the fullest extent in supplying this
information, now being requested by
the Department of Agriculture. As
this is being collected primarily for
the benefit of orchardists and mar
keting agencies, the survey will be
successful according to the aid and
interest of the growers.
The Department is welcoming all
suggestions helping to make this en
deavor most successful, useful and
valuable.
As a result of the similar survey
of peaches, records of more than 2,
000,000 trees of commercial orchajjls
were gained. These results were more
complete than any other state showed.
J. W. MCCALL 07
CASHIERS PASSES
On April 13, while returning from
his brother's at Pleasant Grove to
his hcn:e in Cashiers, inj company
with his nephew, M. R. McCall and
Rev. J. R. Green, Mr. J. W. McCall
suffered a very sudden heart attack
which caused hi?s death in a very
few mirutes.
The three had gone to Pleasant
Grove on* the morning of the thir
teenth and had left their ear at White
-side Cove, walking on to Pleasant
Grove find return. When they were
within sight of Mr. H. B. Picklesi
mer's and had stopped to rest on the
side of the road, the attack came.
Mrs. Picklesimer and little son and
daughter were summoned and were
with him when the end came after
about a thirty minute struggle.
Mr. McCall was 76 years old, was
one of the best known and most "high
ly respected citizens of upper Jack
son. He is, survived by his widow,
one daughter, Mrs. Deal Passmore,
of Cashiers, and three sons, Will
McCall, Charlie McCall and Kirk
McCall, all of Plesan^t Grove.
He was laid to rest in the family
plot of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
A shoit service was conducted by
Rev. J. R. Green. The funeral sermon
will be delivered at a later date,
having been postponed on account
of the illnjess of the widow.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
MAJOR HUGH A. LOVE
Waynesville Mountaineer, April 14
Funeral services were conducted at
Grnec Episcopal Church on Thursday
morning at 11 o'clock i'or Major
Hugh A. Love, prominent Waynes
ville man.
Mr. Love died at his home in Ral
leigh early Tuesday morning with
heart trouble which followed a severe
attack of influenza which he suffered
several weeks ago. Mr. Love was
bom in Waynesville in October, 1873
and made this city his home on Loves
Lane until about six years ago when
M became chief deck to Mr. George
R. Pou, Superintendent'of'the StStej
penitentiary in Raleigh. He was
a veteran of the Spanish American
war with the rank of Major. Mr.
Love was prominent in politics and
always enthusiastic and optimistic in
the interests of his state, Count}',
home town and fel'^w citizens.
Major Love is survived by his wid
ow, one daughter, Miss Henrietta; a
son, Frederick, four sisters, Mrs. Ro
bert H. Mitchell, Mrs. J. F. Abel, of
Waynesville, Mrs. Hunter McQuire of
Winchester, Va., Mrs. Gerald West
of Marietta, Ga., and one brother,
Mr. J. R. Love of Waynesville.
The remains were brought to tha
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L String
field by the family and friends Wed
nesday and after the funjeral ser
vices at Grace Church interment was
made at Greenhill Cemetery. .
GRADED SCHOOL
CLOSES NEXT WEEK
The Sylva Graded School will give
its closing program on Wednesday
evening, April 27th, at 8 o'clock. This
will consist of a variety of exercises
which includes every child in school,
but the major feature of the program,
will be a fairy pageant or an operetta
in three acts adopted from Hans
Christian Anderson's famous fairy
story, "The Snow Queen," by Hazel
Watts Cooke.
The two principal characters are
Kay and Gerda who are devoted play
mates. Other schoolmates are Gerda's
grandmother, Kay's mother, Snow
Queen, with ragman., robber captain,,
robber girl, rose, narcissus snjowdrop,
tiger lily and violet, with choruses of
snowflakes, angels, children, urchins,
men, women and robbers.
This was given at the Plaza in
Asheville recently and at the Ashe
ville Clubhouse for Women and it
created a furore of interest, so much
so that requests for a second and
third showing were received.
Your school has been a success this
year and your children have done
well. Comm and hear them in their
finale.
Admission 15 and 25 ceqts.
. J. U. Gibbs, Prin.
A farmer in Richmond County is
waste land preparatory to seeding
carpet grass for permanent posture
next season.
MEET IN CANTON
The Regional B. Y. P. U. Conven
tion meets with the First Baptist
Church, *Canton, Friday night, April
2Uth, and continues through Saturday
and Sunday. Five of these conven
tions are being held in the state dur
ing the month of April and the Can
ton convention comprises all the Bap
tist association^ West of Marion.
The delegates will be entertained
on the Harvard plan bed and break
fast. So the only expense will be two
meals each day.
A very fine program has been ar
ranged by state secretary, Perry
Morgan, and state president, Rev. E.
N". Gardner and it is expected that
each church will send representatives
whether it has a B. Y. P. U. organ
isation or not.
The good people of Canton are
expecting the greatest gathering of
young Baptists that ever assembled
in their town and will be disappoint
ed unless you come. So young people,
let's adopt this as our slogan for
every church, "A Car Full for Can
ton:"
A. V. WASHBURN.
McCLELLAN TO TOUR WORLD
The Rev. Clarence Stuart McClel
lan, now reootor of the famous, old
Cal vary Episcopal Church at Fletch
er, close to Asheville, and well knowu
here is soon to tour the world. The
Calvaiy Rector expects to sail from
New York City, travel through Ire
land, Scotland and England with a
stay in London and then over to
Paris 'hrough Holland and Belgium
into Germany to Berlin, the Rhine
River, Schwarzwald, Oberramagau
into Switzerland and into Italy where
he will visit Rome, Florence, Venice,
Milan, Naples and Capri. From Na?
plea he -witt Bail to Egypt mt the*
flown the'Nile and back to tfcf 0MK
Canal and into the Holy Land by roil
from Rafa to Jerusalem. He will
spend a month in and around Jeru
salem visiting the Dead Sea, Jordan
River, Sea of Galilee, Nazareth,
Bethlehem, Cana, Nain, Jericho, Da
mascus, Baalbek and then across
Arabia to India to China, Japan and
Hawaii, the Fiji Islands to San
Francisco through the West, Yose
mite Valley, Grand Canyons and Yel
lowstone National Park to New York
Citv< and back into the South to Ashe
ville. While in the Holy Lend he
will stay in the American Colony and
with the Bishop of Jerusalem and
will collect there views, veiy fine
lantern slides, native costumes, books,
maps for his lccture work on the
"Holy Land" when he returns to
the United States. While in and
about Jerusalem the Rev. Mr. Mc
Clellan will study the Zionist Move
ment and the work of the various
churches in the Holy Land. He will
follow closely the foodstepe of Jesus
Christ in Palestine. He will cany let
ters of introduction to many of the
leading men and women <tt Europe
and Asia any will have interviews
with them.
DATE FOR HOLDING
CRIMINAL TERM OF UNITED
STATES COURT CHANGED
Word has just been received from
J. Y. Jordan, Clerk of the United
States District Court at Asheville, to
the effect that the regular term hav
ing heretofore been h$ld on the Irst
Monday in May and November has
been changed to the Second Monday
in May and November and the May
Term will be held on Monday, May
the 9th and only jail cases will be
tried. All defendnats under bond will
not be tried until the November
Term, therefore only witnesses before
the Grand Jury and for defendants
now in jail will be expected to attend
this term. United States Commission
ers are not required to be in attend
ance.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
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License to wed have been granted
to the following couples, by tbe office
of the register of deeds:
Olin Williams to Annie Jo Hooper.
Jesse Shular to Laura Belle PottS|