North Carolina Newspapers

,] 50 the Year in Advance in the Cojinty 1 ^ ?Kr' J \ M.VAVa. 1. 1 a W PflTlOO HGTT I fl I w ? 1 nflTT __ # ipz.UO the Year in Advance Outside Countv 00 HOLD Deputy Sheriff W. 0. Robinson, ,f ffilletts, had an exciting exper ^ Sunday aftcrajoon, when he 1ti held up, at the point of a pistol, tjlg two of the escaped Buncombe Aunty eonviets made Fheir esoapo , ^ond time. jfr. Kobinsoii had information that ?? of the Buncombe convicts were la the neighborhood of Balsam, and 0 he was investigating, he met the pompa'n the road, east of Balsam si,lion and ordered them under ar jjjt. The two being in their shirt ^ves, Mr. Kobiusond id npt search tbfni, but was proceeding toward the jiition at Balsam, with his prisoners, ,hen one of them suddenly drew a pa from Lis clothing, presetted it toward the deputy sheriff and order d him to stand still, threatening to "shoot his heart out" if he moved. two men then escaped into tho nountains. Sheriff Cannon and two of hi3 deputies trom Sylva rushed to the Ktoeof the trouble, and soon Sher-! iff Brown, of Buncombe, with five deputies and bloodhounds arrived. The dogs took the trail, and a lively rinse followed, until a heavy rain itomi threw the dogs off the trade, lit! the men made good their escape. The two are thought to be Lyda jfcrris, of Haywood county \ and Jilph Garrett, of Swain, whol were among the thirteen convicts that es aped from the. Buncombe county efcin (ram; at Craggy, several days up. Only eight of the escaped con victs have been recaptured. IESLEYANA SUNDAY SCHOOL MAKING GREAT PROGRESS (By Mrs. R. 0. Higdon) Bar Editor;. \ V Will you allow me a few lines in tw good old home paper T I would like to te|l the readers about our Sunday School at Wesleyannja. ffe have made wonderful progress iod therefore I think we deserve a "writ^ op." Oar Sunday School was organized ike first Sunday of the second quar ter for this year. You see we had not been having Sunday School, on Church Services of any kind in the tbiwh, on account of the church t?ne in a bad condition, but we Mfged to pet it prepared so as to keein oar Sunday School on the date mentioned above. Oor first meeting gave us a re *ard of 54 members, thereafter we lave run, as hiph as 70, not counting' to visiting members. ft appointed R. 0 Higdon as sup nintendent, Mary Belle Buchanan as wretary. The following toaohera treasurer. The following teachers ^reelected, Messrs Will Sutton and fred Barron, Mrs. R. 0, Higdou, ^ Ethel Sutton and Miss Julia Tithun. We have a wonderful interest in Pwral. There nre members attending 1 ^ve not attended for years, ft have a little scheme working tot has proven successful, each Sun ? & member makes a very inter ring little talk. He appoints anoth for next Sunday, "therefore the *?&e is kept rolling. Through these ' ta'^s we have gathered much. * member spoke of the injfluence 1 older ones can have on their \ ^re,u He made a beautiful picture * 0ff his christian parents had "?ight him there to the same little ' and of how he rmeembered it. J4rs ^"pd the eyes of most every e present. For they knew that to . truth. His aged mother yet "is to give him advice. But his * Mher, a strong pillar of tk? e urch has passed away. . 11 following him the next Sun ? a,jd the next, two of the young fort,? ' hurch. They both poured (I, Wor<^s of praise to the little and Sunday school, but with bad ^rets they each confessed they tar Ve^ a "^er w^d life for a L ?' s#". ?at made our hearts tU. ,Wl!h i?y when they confessed 'W th ta^en a new ^ere8^ *n aj i . e-v awakened to their duty UveI *^e church was going to tW, i?, 0n soon. They realized hie' ma(k mistakes, but look ^ OV0r iL 1 ?o u.. congregation and seeing ""v otHer brightt f??d boy, UBJti liUUAL STONE POR FARM BUILDINGS Raleigh, N. C., July ^2.?Waste stone on the average farm in North Carolina is gathered in unsightly heaps with no attempt to make it beautiful or useful, While in some sections of the United States, this stone is made to serve in a wide ranga of usefulness. "I have been much impressed by the wide range of uses made of local stone in New England," says Dr. Jasper L. Stuckey, geologist at State College. "Stone fences, stone pillars, stonce chimneys, foundations for hous es and cellars lined with stone are everywhere abundant. On the other hand in our State the waste stone about the farm is gathered in un sightly heaps in the center or around the edges of fields with little or no atetmpt to make it either useful or beautiful." ?- . /, Dr. Stuekcy states that there was a time when local stone was more widely used. In a drive over parts of Wake, Johnston and Franklin count ies he observed a number of farms of pre-Civil War (days where stone was used extensively. The abundance of slave labor was one reason for this, he believes. But stone is cheap building mater ial, thinks Dr. Stuckey, Ernest Flagg, an architect of New York, has shown that stone may be used by farmers for practical construction. Mr. Flagg finds that this material is about t>s cheap as others and is made possible by erecting wooden^ forms, as is used for pouring concrete. Ordinary labor may be used to set the stones in the i form. They are then held together I by a mortar made of cement and sand When; the wall has set, the form is removed and a solid wall remains. By adopting this method, states Dr. Stuckey, the waste stone -?n practically all farms west of the fall line may be used to advantage. Such local stone may be used for found ations, columns, chimney bases for foundations of barns and in walls for tobacco barns. ENJOY WATERMELON PARTY I A party of young people motored | out on Highway Number Ten, Morv day evening and enjoyed a feast of watermelons. In the party were Miss Onyx Picklesimer, Miss Stella Fisher, Miss Maggie Jones, Miss Maggie Par ris, Miss Bertiella Bryson^ Miss Ethel Crispe, Mr. Blaine Nicholson, Mr. Oren Tallent, Mr. Chester Scott, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Bascombe and Mr. Claud Cowan. said, they should not follow their tracks to destruction. They would Jset better examples. i The intermediate class is organiz ed, having the following officers: Carl Higdon, president; Hurshell Cabe, vice president; Birtie Higdon, secretary;, Irene Gribble, treasurer; Mrs. R. O. Higdon, teacher. They have a little public meeting in which they give a program each 4th Sunday afternoon. In these they are endeavor ing to make better leaders and christ ians. The class has a name, "The 1 7 Tried and True Class," a motto, an, ann, and every member has a class pin. Last Sunday morning we had the pleasure of listening to our beloved former preacher, Rev. Van B. Har rison of Crabtree, N. C. Dinner was served ori the ground in picnic fashion. After the dinner was over we had the pleasure of listening to the famous Dalton Class of Cowee and they sure did some beautifui singing. The children of the Sunday School gave a very short but inter esting program. Artificial flowers were used in the exercises. One basket of beautiful flowers was presented to Rev. Vanj B. Harrison and one bunch with long streamers to the Dalton Class. Rev. Harrison's heart overflow ed when the girls carried him the flowers, after each telling the sen timent of their bunch. Mr. Dalton acknowledged he was njo speaker but heartily thanked them for their flow ers and admired their beauty and said he would let Bro. Harrison make the speech. Every one seemed to enjoy the day. The singing was certainly granjjd. We want the Dalton Class to come again. And then the sermon delivered by a friend whom our church hold's as an ideal manj and1 preacher, was surely enjoyed and we pray God he may de liver to us many more. WHEELER AND CULBERSON ' GIVEN ROAD SENTENCES /?' ; ... ' . , Annual Wheeler, wanted for some time on a charge of breaking and en tering the store of Monteithj and Son, was cenvicted on that charge Monday in Recorder's Court and sentenced to serve two years on the roads of Bun combe county. Wheeler, who escaped from jail, several weeks agoy while awaiting trial, was caught Saturday night by Sheriff Cannjon and Deputy Sheriff Green. :) Horaee Culberson, was given a two year sentence on the Buncombe roads, after being conjvicted of breaking and entering the pressing club of W. A. Clark, a few nights ago. Members of the.sheriff 's department captured the young man, on the Cullowhee road and recovered' three suits of clothing and other articles of apparel taken from the cleaning and pressing es tablishment. . Ott Hooper was convicted of an as sault upon W. M. West and judgment was suspended upon the payment of the. costs. He was fined $50.00 ?>n another charge of carrying conjeealed weapons. An appeal to the superior court and a jury trial was taken on both cases. Ralph McCall was fined $15.00 on B. Y. P. U. ENCAMPMENT HERE The Baptists of Western North Carolina have been unusually favor ed this year by Sylva Collegiate. In stitute having beei^ chosen for the Assembly Grounds of Sunday school, B. Y. P. U. and W. M. U. worker*, August 7-13. J ? v. Plans are rapidly materializing for .one of the finest and most helpful assemblies in the history of the Bap tists of this great Westerm section. The morning periods will be devoted to class work and lectures, while the afternoons will be spent in recreation. There will be sermons and addresses each evening by outstanding men in the South. The musie will be in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jol lay, of Asheville. Pastors, Sunday school superinten dents, teachers, prospective teachers, secretaries, B. Y. P. U. and W. M. U. leaders and workers arc invited to at tend this meeting. The expense will be only $1.00 per day for meals in the dining room. Rooms will be fur nished in the dormitories free to all attending who will bring sheets, pil lows, towels etc. in, faet anything that you would carry to boarding school or college. Pastors are requested to send del egations from their churches and help make this one of the grcates meetings ever held in Western North Carolina. Remember the date. Sunday to Satui' day, Aug. 7-13. FORMER JACKSON MAN DROWNED IN OKLAHOMA The following clipping from a New tonia, Mo., paper tells of the death of Jess Farley, in Oklahoma, last Spring Mr. Farley, was a son of "Pony" Farley, who once owned what is now known as the "Worley Farm," in. Qualla, and reared his family there. Later he moved to Mis souri: Jess Farley a well known former citizen of Newtonia lost his life in a tragic manner Saturday afternoon about one o'clock njcar his home in Wyandotte. He had gone out on horseback to view the swollen waters of the Neosho river when he was asked by some passing tourists to go across the bridge and test it be fore they crossed in their car. He crossed safely and had turnjpd to go back when his horse was swept from the bridwge in, some way un known and carried its rider into the swollen stream. Mr. Farley stayed with the horse for some few minutes but the animal was unable to keep above water and he struck out for himself in an effort to reaeh the bank. But he was heavily clad and the weight of his water soaked cloth ing bore him down. Spectators from the bank were unable to help him and his body was swept below the waters at^d was not recovered for five hours from the time the accident happened. His father, brother and his wife's relatives live in Newtonia and left ?t once for Wyandotte. a drunkenness charge. Jim Cunningham was convicted of being drunk and judgment was sus pended upon payment of the costs. A. V. Hurst and John Higdon were | charged with reckless driving, follow ing an automobile wreck in which cars the two were driving were in volved. Higdon, was found not guilty and Hurst judgment was suspended upon payment of the costs in Hurst 's f -J?> case. . . ? > f Frank Barnes, charged with trana jtorting aiijd, possession, after about a pint of liquor was taken from him, was sentenced to serve three months-, but the judgment was continued upon the payment of a fine of $25.00. Tom Buchanan was convicted of transporting and possession and was given a four month's sentence sus pended for 1 year upon the payment of the costs, and lie appearing on the Fourt.'i Monday in each monjth to show that he has been of good be havior and had not violated the pro hibition laws. Claude Gibson, colored, was con i victed of an assault with a knife up oni ai other negro and judgment was suspt :ided upon payment of the costs COU-TTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION MEETS AT WEBSTER According to information from of ficers of the Jackson County Sun day School Association, all indica % I tions point to a record-breaking at tcpdance at the annual County Sun day School Convention which is to be liqld on Thursday and Friday, July 21 and 22. The convention will be held with the Methodist Church, Webster, N. C. The opening session will be held at 8:00 o'clock, Thurs day night, July' 21, The officers1 in charge of the plans andp rogram for the convention have announced that the program that has been prepared with the idea of hav ing "a convention for the discussion of practical Sunday School plans and problems," the plan being to have something in the convention that will help workers in all departments of the Sunday School. Among the prominent speakers on the program will be Mr. I). \y. Sims, Raleigh, General Superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday School Association; and Miss. lone Alver son, Raleigh, Young People's Divi sion Superintendent of the North Car olina Sunday School Association. Dur ing the convention these workers will discuss various phases of Sunday School work. As has been previously announced, a pennant will be presented to the Sunday School having in the conven tion the largest number of represen tatives, sixteen years of age and over baesd on the number of miles from that particular church to the church with which the convention is held. The contest is open to all Sunday Schools in the county, except the Sun day School with which the convention is held and others within one mHe. The pennant will be presented at the clo:;e of the session on Friday after noon. The full program for the conven tion is as follows: Thursday Night, July 21 8:00?Devotional, Rev. Mr. Cook. 8:15?Advanced Steps for the small Sunday school, Miss lone Alverson Raleigh, Young People's Division Superintendent of the North Caro lina Sunday School Association. 8:45?Song. Record of Attendance. 8:55?Suggestions to Sunday School workers, Mr. D. W. Sims, Raleigh, ? General Superintendent of the N. C. Sunday School Association. 9:2&?Announcements. I 9:30?Adjourn. Friday Morning, July 22 10:30?Devotional, Rev. A. W. Davis. 1:45?Evangelism of Youth-Church 's Best Insurance, Miss lone Alverson 11:15?Business Session: Reports of County and Township Officers. Appointment of Committees. Record of Attendance. -> 11:35?Our Expending Program, Mr. D. W. Sims. FORESTER CLARIDGE ADDRESSES C. S. N. STUDENTS Cullowhee, Jaly 12.?F. H. Clar idge, Assistant State Forester, gave an. illustrated lecture on forest pres ervation at the Cullowhee State Nor mal summer school Monday evening. Mr. Claridge, who is visiting the sum mer schools of the state under the auspices of the North Carolina For est Service, will speak next at the Asheville Normal. The tour of this summer is anj inno vation in the campaign to save the trees. It has been instituted with the I purpose of extending to the pnblic,! through the agency of teachers and students in schoo^-*1f**more general idea as to what /forest conservation means. Mr. Claridge illustrated, by means of colored slides, the products of the forests of North Carolina; lumber, tan bark, turpentine, tar, pitch, tele phone posts and cross ties for which iip substitute has yet been devised that will give the same resilience as wiid. He pointed out the value of forest as protection fo water sheds, and as safeguards against / ^osion and floods. Spectacular picts^es of fires, and' photographs of the des olate wastes that follow these orgies of nature served to point out the destruction; of trees, the harmful ef fects on the soil, and the merciless slaughter of game. Pictures of summer camps, of va cationists fishing in forest streams, etc., were used to indicate the value of forests as places of recreation. Mr. Claridge pointed out the pos sibilities of improving the sand dunes of North Carolina. He said, "In France, similar land sold for 95c an acre. Today, after improvement, the land1 sells for $100 an acre. These regions have been forested: in fact, they have taken the tar, pitch, and turpentine industry away from North Carolina. We should no longer call ourselves Tar Heels, for the tar in dustry is practically dead in our state." ENLOE TO MANAGE GULF STATION , . Mr. S. W. Enloe, Jr., has returned from Chicago and has assumed the management of the Gulf Refining Company's recently purchased fill ing station at the junction of Mill and Main streets. The Gulf Refining Company pur chased (he station at a price said to be above $10,000.00, a short time ago, from B. C. Grindstaff and associates i and that company has placed it in charge of Mr. Enloe as manager. 12:10?Offering for Support of Coun ty and State Sunday School Asso ciations. 12:25?Announcements. 12:30?Adjourn. , Dinner at the Church. Everybody Come and Bring a Basket. Friday Afternoon, July 22 , 2:00?Devotional, Prof. R. L. Madi son. 2:10?The Home and the Sunday School Working Together, Mr. D. ' G. Bryson. 2:30?Making the Opening Exercise a Worship Service, Miss lone Alver son. 3:00?Song. 3:05?The Workers^ Council at Work Mr. D. W. Sims. 3:25?Discussion and Questions. Op portunity for the presentation and discussion of special Sunday School problems. 3:50?Business Session? Reports of Committees and Elec tion of Officers. i Place of next meeting. Presentation of Attendance pennant. nant. 4:00?Adjourn. Friday Night, July 22 8:00?Devotional, Mr. R. F. Jarrett. 8:15?Balanced Growth, Miss lone Alverson. 8:45?Song. 8:55?Plans for Increasing Attend ance, Mrs. D. W. Sims. 9:30?Adjourn. Pennanjt Presented At the close of the session on Fri day afternoon a felt pennant, 18 by 36 inches, will be presented to the Sunday school that has had in the convention the largest number of rep resentatives, sixteen years of age and over, according to the number of miles traveled. Frank I. Watson, Co. President R. IT. Sutton, County Secretary. FARMERS SHIP CAR OF HOGS Last week the farmers of Culkvw hee Valley marketed a carload of 240 market the day they were sold. These pound hogs that topped the Chicago hogs were weighed at Sylva stock yard and driven into a comfortable car with the bedding watered' and a r?w of ice blocks thru the center of the car making their journey to the packer on "flowery beds of ease." '' Mr. John A. Baker of Baker Pack ing Company of Asheville was here at the weighing and paid the farm* era $100.00 in cash for the hogs. These hogs were finished during the past 60 days under the supervision of the County Agent and State Exten sion Swine Specialist. Some of these hogs made a gain of 2 pounds a day during the last 35 days they were fed and finishing. Records on weights and feed costs per pound gain show a fair profit was made on these hogs even though they sold at one of the low seasons of the year. Two more cars of hogs started as pigs and reo. ords carefully kept from weaning to market are being fed and will be shipped in August and September. At this time Jackson county farmers will have at their command the faets on feed costs and gains for three cars of hogs. This many hogs will give us an idea what our farmers can do in feeding hogs and by taking the av erage for the three cars. Results so far show that the hogs will average paying $1.75 per bushel for the corn they consume along with shorts and fishmeal. SAVANNAH ' i i ?< The Intermediate Class of theh Old Savaiuiah Baptist Church enjoyed a pienie the "Fourth of July. Tfeft. party was composed of Miss Iva Green, Miss Hicks Ashe, Miss Alice Greene, Miss Edna Ball, Miss Essie Greene, Miss Violet Dillard, Miss Levonia Greene, Miis Annjtt Hall, Miss Levelian, Green, Miss Irene Cagle, and Miss Violet Hall, teacher of class chaperoned the party. Mr. Rabin Queen of Smokemont visited Miss Bradley's cousin, Miss Violot Hall, Monday. Miss Eva Estis returned from Franklin Thursday after spending a few days with relatives at that place. Miss Vera Brooks of Knoxville, Term, is spending a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mis. S. M. Brooks. ^ Mrs. A. B. Ashe and daughter, Mrs. Estes Greene spent last week end with daughter and sister, Mrs. L. L. Moody at Waynesville. Miss Blanche Ashe of Asheville spent the week end with home folks. Mr. Berlin Buchanan anjd Miss Jul ia Buchanan ? motored to Franklin Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Sebe Cope made a business trip to Sylva Monday. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Estis motored to Bryson City Monday. Miss Bessie Thompson visited her cousin, Miss Nell Cabe of East La Portet the past week end. Mrs. Jessie Dills and children of Cullowhee spent Sunjday with her parents Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Greene. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Dillard mo tored to Bryson City Monday. Mr. Andy Robbing of East La Porte visited at this place Sunday. Miss Eva Estis spent Sunday af ternoon with Miss Gertrude Cagle. Misses Gertrude and Bertie Mae Wilson of Sylva visited their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Brooks the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cagle and chil dren spent Saturday with Mrs. Cag le's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bry son. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H Ashe and daughter, Gladys, spent Sunday with Mrs. Ashe's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Gribble at Gay. LOCAL B. Y. P. V. GOES TO OHEBOKEE Six cars full of members of the local Baptist Young People's Union motored to Cherokee, last Sunday afternoon, and put on a demonstra tion program for the Cherokee Ind ian B. Y- P- U.