aurnal
$150 the Year in Advance in the County ? Sylva, V. C., Wednes day, July 20,1927
$2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County
JACKSON COUNTY FARMERS TOUR
WILB BE TAKEN IN AUGUST
BY C. W. Tilson ('
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The annual farmers tour for Jack
son cpunfy farmers will be taken this
voar the firtft week in August, 1st to
6th. Both farmers and business men
aro expected to club together and
make up as many car loads from the
various^ communities as possible.
Kvorybody will wear overalls and
tako enough good home grown rations
to camp live or six days and nights.
Kadi oar will need a cooking outfit
lor camping such as frying pans, cof
fee buckets etc. Those folks making
up thenar crew will bear the car
exponas for the man taking his car.
The out ire expense for each man mak
ing the six day tour should not be
over *7,lo $8 cash.
Tito 'Swain county fanners and
business men will join us this year
in our"tour and make it better. We
wijl have some real old time musi
cians in camp at night and the rest
of a good time also.
This will be one of the best fann
ers tours held in the South this year.
We will go by way of Asheville thru
to Bristol into Southwest Virginia
well before sundown on Monday the
first day of the tour. One or two out
standing farms of interest including
the State Test Farm will be visited]
near Asheville. Then as we go into
Bristol and up to Abbingdon, Virgin
ia. we will find ourselves in unje ol
the world's best blucgrass and live
stock sections. Sheep raising and pas
hires will be studied for all of Tues
day and Wednesday along with hog
raising beef aiijd dairy cattle farm
ing in this section. On Thursday we
will move around thru Eastcni Ten-!
nessceV ruto,*' suw,' sheep and hea'
and sweet Clover section to visit'
some of the wealthiest farming coun- ?
ties of the south and find out howj
they got that way. On Friday we
will get a real treat in our visit and
study of the livestock and crop work I
at the Tennessee central State Test
Farm at Knoxville. Friday afternoon
we will come over into the famous j
Sweetwater Valley section to camp
and then home on Saturday.
This tour is being carefully plan-i
ncd by Jackson and Swain County
Agents and State Extension^ Agricul
turist who know the territory and
people we will visit. And the tour
will certainly be a well balanced
study of all types of livestock and
cro|w farming suited to our ownj sec-;
tion. It will certainly be worth more
than any farmer or business man's I
time and expense to make this trip
and get lots of first hand information j
ti'Om hardworking farmers who are
a tew years ahead of us in the kinds j
ot livestock farming we are now try-,
ing in Jackson coun,ty.
Now don't you think the sun and
moon will stop if you leave your1
tanu and family for a week. You;
will earn more on this tur than you
*ill at home in five years, and the|
v *ar'n and family too will be better
ott tor a week without you. Very
few of our fanners who want to
J?akc a success with livestock farm
ing can afford to miss this tour. And
don't expect the County Agnet to
come to your place and talk to you
two or three hours about going on
tour. With what information yon
have in this article decide you will
an'I go out in your community and
"pt up your ear crew for the trips.
will.all meet in front of Sylva
Post Of tioe by eight o'clock Monday,
"""'ling, August 1, ready to go. The
tour will move at a steady paco all
together.
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SURFACING HIGHWAY 10
The work of surfacing with tut
flints of Highway No. 10, in
?.vlva. irom Scott's Creek Bridge to
*'IC fity limits, is in progress, an<l
*>11 be completed this week, by main
tenance forces of the state highway
Commission.
Other work on No. 10 in| this coun
J will bo done, in the immediate
future, tfs all materials are on the
{Pound for the additional coat on
"'c loiid from Dillsboro to Whittier.
p11 No. 286 the tar and chats have
c'e" applied from Dillsboro to ths
j-jul ot the concrete, just across the
U(,k;isoi"Pc river bridge.
SYLVA MEN TO TRY
i NEW HIGHWAY 10 DRIVE!
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The Dawn to Dusk drive froitf
Morehead City to the Georgia line,
successfully completed last week, has
inspired I. H. Powell and Harry E.
Buchanan, of Sylva, to try a new
Dawn to Dusk drive for the entire
length of Highway No. 10. These gen-,
tlemen, arc making arrangements for'
the test, and expect to try it within a1
few days. Their intention is to start'
at the Georgia line and drive toward
Beaufort, reversing Doughton's drive'
of last week. By starting in the west
and driving cast, they will have about i
two hours less daylight in which to)
make the trip, than Roughton hfid,J
starting at Morehead Gity ai^cl coming
west.
WOOL SALE BRINGS $1583 CASH
By C. W. Tilson
In the recent wool sale held coop
eratively by Jackson County farmers j
43 farmers sold the wool from their |
sheep for $158.5.00. The twiners sold
over 4000 pounds of wool at 37c perj
]>ound. According to all reports, this
is one of the best wool sales he'd i
in North Caroling this year. The i
price received for this wool by co-i
ojK'ration making a ijood volume was j
five cents more than the average j
price received by Western North Car-j
olina farmers selling individually. |
Our farmers arc fast learning the
cash value oft cooperating in pooi'
sales of their farm products.
The interest is growing fast for
keeping uyQl# nh'^p on Jackson coun
ty farms. Now is the accepted and
seasonable time and almost the only
time of year to buy good ewes and
ewe lambs and mate them with a
good pure!)red buck to start a small
farm flock of 20 or 30 well bred
ewes.
Thirty good ewes and a good buck
can be bought for $325.00 now. One
year from today the wool from these
sheep will easily sell for over $00.00
and pay for the keep of these 31
sheep. The 30 ewes well cared for j
will raise at least 40 good lambs born j
in February will bring $400 iiij one
year from today and you still havoI
the 31 eld sheep left. It costs sonic-?
thing to build fence and prepare'
pasture for sheep of course, but
good sheep wcl cared for will pay |
you more for time and money in
vested in, preparing and fencing steep
mountain pasture than anything with
four legs you enn grow inside that
pasture. Few maintain farmers can
afford to be without sheep.
And there is always the dog prob
lem so many say. Of course if any
one is going to turn the sheep out
in the woods winter and summer, the
dog and many other tilings are prob
lems. But any mm who really wants
j to keep sheep rght and takes care
of them will soor. solve the dog prob
lem. Men arc keeping sheep all the |
time and niakiite money and most
any farmer who is in earnest can do
the same. Jacksm county has less
than'3000 sheep while some of our
western coui.iicl have, IGjfOOO and
18,000 sheep. Wt have just as many
advantages for sheep raising as
these counties fitli so many more
sheep than we jave. Let's wake up
and give the ete a chance in} tho
cash crop farmiij* of Jackson county.
BRUMMITT HJADS
S^TE DEMOCRATS
Dennis G. Brujnmitt, attorney gon-j
era! of North forolina, was unan-!
iniously chosen s chairman for the
state, at a meeting of the executive!
committee, in Rjileigh, Tuesday. He1
was placed in nomination by Sumpter
Brawley, of Durjam, and was enthu
siastically seconjed by James A.
Hartn ess, W. Cj Feinmter and Mrs.
Palmer Jerman. Mrs. Jerman, speak
ing on behalf of he Democratic wom
en of the state paid high tribute to
the capacityuai* character of Mr.
tBrummitt.
Mr. Brummitt was elected to suc
ceed John G. lawson, of Kinston,
who resigned a
ew weeks age.
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ARMOUR LEATHER COMPANY
; GiVES MVA WIDE ADVERTISING
The Armour Leather Company, of
which the Parson's Tanning Com
I pany, with its principal plant at Syl
va, is (a; subsidiary, is giving Sylva ex
tensive; advertising, i?. its campaign
through the trade pajjers and Stick
ers. ? \ 11 ^ . '
Sylva, the name of the town^where
the plant is located, and also the
name of Armour's prize belting leatii
er, is being sent to all parts of the
world, through the advertisements ap
pearing iii the leather trade papers,
such as The Shoe and Leather Re
porter, and other publications of in
ternational circulation.
Sylva is the only town of that name
in the world. The Armour advertise
ments insist that Sylva is the last
word in belting leather.
Starting off with the word SYLVA
in a line by itself and ip large type,
RUM AND GEORGIA BANNED
BY JUDGE STACK'S EDICT
Franklin, X. C. July 19.?This is
the story of a judge and a jug.
The jug, however, was not the prop
erty of the judge, as can easily be
guessed ^hicn it is said that the jui
ist was none other than, that bitter
foe of jugs mul their contents?
Judge A. M. Stack, of Monroe.
The story?of how a Georgian
returned the("back hand" compli
ment Judge Stack had paid the Statv?
of Georgia in' general, and Rabun
county, Georgia, in particular?was
told here today by a court official.
Judge Stack, presiding at a term
of Macon county Superior Court re
ccntly, created no little amusement
in this county and resentment in
Georgia when live law violators were
sentenced to stay out of Rabun coun
ty for a year. ^
Convicted of bringing liquor across
the State line, the five were given
comparatively light sentences. Heav
ier sentences were suspended, to take
effect should the defendants fail to
stay clear of liquor lor live years,
and of Rabun county for one year.
In one instance, judgment was sus
pended on condition that the defend
ant not "visit the Empire State oi
Georgia for a year"
Judge Stack went further and an
nounced his intention of visiting tho
Georgia county just south of Macon,
to learn, if he could, why it was so
easy tor North Carolinian^ to get
liquor there.
The visit was paid the following
Sunday, and it was then that, tho
"compliment" was returned. <;?
While iii; Rabun, Judge Stack told
a court official 01 his return to
Franklin, "do you know, some man
stood right up and shook a jug right
under my nose!"
Outside his bailiwick, Judge Stack
evidently felt powerless, and returned
to North Carolina to tell the story
as something of a Joke on himself.
Whether or not court attaches laugh
ed is not recorded.
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W. D. CHILDERS PASSES
William D. Childcrs passed away
at his home in Mountain township,
on July 3, at the age of 72, aftei
having beeii an invalid for seven
years. He was a.patient sufferer dur
ihg the years of his affliction and
bore it with great submission.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Sarah Childcrs, and eleven children,
M*;s. Edna Hcnson, Wal hal la, S- ?.
Port Childers, Sylva, John C. Childcrs
Laurens, S. C., Miss Delia Childers,
Washington, D. C- Van, Carl, and
Hayes jChildcrs, Ewstus. Mrs. Gor
don Moody, Erastus, Mrs. Herbert
Fowler, Big Kidge rfiml Mrs. Hyatt
Moody, Eiastus.
The funeral service was conducted
by Rev. Frank Bumgarner and inter
mcnt was in Pine Creek cemetery.
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CARD OF THANKS
We' wish to express our sincere
thanks to our good neighbors for
their good care and attention thrugh
our long affliction. I know God will
reward according to our good worka
Mrs. Sarah Childers.
[the advertisements say "Sylva belt
ing leather. The test of quality is in
the Service. Sylva is a name that do
nates highest quality through proven
service. Sylva assures utmost service
satisfaction in eurried Butts. Cen
ters, Shoulders, and Rough Butts and
Bands. Insist upon Sylva when buying
belting leather.
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Sylva stickers are being mailed out
by the thousands fr?m the offices of
j Armour Companies in New York,
Boston and Philadelphia.
While the primary object of ths
Armour advertising is to acquaint the]
world with the merits of Sylva belt-1
ing leather, the campaign, at the same
i time, spreads abroad the fame of
Sylva the town in which this famous
leather is made, and from which it
derives its name.
SEE I CANCELLATION
OF BUS CHARTER
A petition with some 491 signa
tures. requesting the rescinding of
the charter of the Tuckaseigee Bus
Line, has been presented to the North
Caroina Corporation commission, and
a hearing was given the petitioners
and the Bus owners, Saturday after
noon. in the Sylva court house, be
fore R. 0. Self, for the commission.
It is stated that the two major
allegations in the petition are that
the bus line is not accommodating
the traveling public, being unable to
transport all passengers seeking trans
portitlion over the line; and that
Early Wood, said to be ower of the
b-j.-. line, and two of his driver?, have
been guilty of misdemeanors.
The evidence of the petitioners be
fore Mr. Self tended to show that
passengers had been transported on
the fenders of the cars and others
had been left standiijg o long the
route,unable to find places on the
cars in which to ride. Court records
were introduced showing violations
of the laws by Wood and two of his
drivers.
The defendants -introduced evidence
tending to prove that only on special
| occasions, when unusually large
I-crowds were going to and from Sylva,
I Jiad the busses been unable to accom
j modatc all the passengers seekijig
j transportation, showing that the cars
j run on schedule time, and that the
I bus line is faithfully trying to acconi
I modatc the public as best it can. No
j denial was made, of the alleged io
! lations of the laws by men connected
with the bus line; but, in argument,
the defendants insisted that in those
eases, the infractions of the laws
occurred at times when the men in
volved were not actually engaged in
the operation of the busses.
The petitioners were .given unjil
July- 25 to file their briefs in the
case, and the defendant bus line vas
allowed until August 1, to reply
thereto. Mi-. Self stated that a deci
sion will be reached as soon there
after as possible.
The Tuukaseigee Bus Line is a
chartered corj>oration having exclu
sive right to transport passengers
over the route from Sylva to Rich
Mountain, inclusive, passing Cullo
whee, East Ln porte, and other inter
mediate points and there has been.a'
great deal of litigation, suits and
counter suits between the oj>erat::r.s
of the bus line and certain of the!
taxi drivci-s of this county, ever
since the line was chartered, scycral
years ago.
CHAMBER WILL HAVE
DINNER MEETING
The Sylva Chamber of Cemmerce
will hold its regular dinner ny;cting
at the dining hall of the chamber,
next Thursday evening, July 28, ft
the usual hour. A large attendance
is expected.
TO PRESENT MUSICAL COMEDY
The musical comedy "Listen La
dy" will be presented by the Parent
Teachers' Association! of Sylva, in
the auditorium of the graded school
building, nfcxt Tuesday evening, July
26. The play is being directed by
Miss Edna Warren.
CLUB B6YS AND GIRLS TO
CAMP AT CHEROKEE NEXT WEEK
)R. W. C. WICKER TO
ADDRESS MASONS
Dr. W. C. Wicker, educational field
secretary of the grand lodge of Ma
son,s of North Carolina will address
the Masons of this section, at the
Sylva lodge room on August 8, from
two o 'clock until six, and from 7:30
until 10. Dr. Wicker will be at the
East Laports lodge on July 30 at the
same hours, in the afternoon and
evening.
The district meeting of the 42nd
district will be held at Bryson City
on August 2nd at which Dr. Wicker
will be the principal speaker.
MOUNTAINS INCREASE
STATE'S COPPER PRODUCTION
The production of copper last year
in North Carolina was the greatest in
the history of the state, according to
statistics just released from Washing
ton, announcing to 1,468,746 pounds.
This is the largest amount of coppcr
produced in the state since 1902, when
1,417,020 pounds were mined. In 1923
the total production was only 61,083
pounds and uo production was report
ed for 1924 and 1925, according to
government figures.
The total value of the coppcr mined
last year is $183,992, based on pres
ent prices for copper. This is also
slightly less than the value of the
production in 1902, since the price per
pound at present is considerably less
than at that time .
This increase in copper production
during the past year is due almost
entirely to the developments of the
Fon tana Copper company* at Fonjta*
na, in Swain county, according to
word received from State Geolist Bry
son. The ore chiefly chalcopy-copper,
a considerably higher perrite, which
yields about 8 percent more than most
of the ores mined in the United
States. In faet, several reports have
said that the highest grade ore being
mined in this country at present is in
North Carolina. '
The production so far this year,
has already passed the total produc
tion for 1926, according to Bryson
and indications arc for a record year
in 1927. Present estimates are that
5,000,000 pounds of copper will b?:
produced in the state this year.
"This is just another instance of
where the 'samples' of ores found in
this state arc beginning to be of
great economic importance," Mr.
Bryson. said.
SHORT TERM SCHOOLS OPEN
The short term, or six months
schools of the county, are now open
for the fall term, and will complete
the school year before Christmas and
the bad weather come.
The teachers for the short term
schools are:
Green's Creek, C. B. Terrell and
Miss Eva Estcs.
Viewpoint, Mrs. C. J. Worley, Miss
Margaret Freeze.
East Fork, Miss Margaret Cagle.
Zion Ilill, R. O. Higdon \, .
Wayehutta, Mrs. Moss. ? .
Oscar, Miss Lcla Norton
Rocky Hollow, Adam Moses, Miss
Azalea Harris.
Moses Creek, Miss Ila Bumgarner,
Brasstown, Miss Effie Matthews.
Sol Creek, Miss Mabel Thompson
Charlie's Creek Carl Hovle.
Rock Bridge, Miss Lucy McCracken
Oak Ridge, T. F. Middleton.
Pine Creek, Miss Lenna Barker.
Double Springs, Normanj E. Hall.
Yellow Mountain Miss Dora Dillard
Big Ridge, Miss Maggie Parris
Whiteside Cove, Mrs. Mabel Ed
wards Bumgarner.
Pleasant Grove, C. E. Ellenburg
Tuckaseigee, James Osborne, Mrs.
Janie Brown.'
CANNON'S REMODELING
Cannon Brothers, owners and op
erators of Cannon Brothers Depart
ment Store, in Dillsboro, began work
yesterday morning, remodeling the
store Jiuilding. The owners state that
the/ expect to make their store one
of the most modern in Western North
Carolina.-.
By C. W. Tilsoo
The active club members of the
six Jackson County Boys and Girls
Community Agricultural Clubs will
hold their annual dub encampment
at Cherokee Injdian School camp next
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
This cncampment will be held joint
ly with the Cherokee Indian Club
boys and girls. The annpd encamp
ment is an award to the club mem
bers who have done good work this
year and only the club workers and
local parent leaders and helpers are
attending the camp.
Cherokee School camp is well suit
ed for the carrying on of a good club
encampment. The play ground, swim
ming pool, sleeping and eating facili
ties for both boys and girls are
splendid. And the ;i equipment for
class work, field work and pieture
shows all given at the encampment
are good.
The State College of Agriculture
is furnishing Mr. John W. Goodman
District Farm Agent, and Mrs. Sarah
PoriiT FlliSj Disti let Home Agent to
help with the work and play at this
encampment. Local parent leaders
from i>.e various clubs wili bo jrt-s
ent, vul trained mw and women ia
charge of Indian wj.v: will cooperate
in making the camp a real success.
Three hours each day the boys and
girls will study various projects in
poultry, calf raising, pig raising,
garden*iig sewing and cooking etc.,
and the remainder of the day will
be given to games and swimming and
fishing under supervision of those in
charge. The camp fire at early night
fall with the Older Indian leaders
giving sketches of Cherokee Indian
history will be interesting, and a good
lively educational picture show will
be attended each night.
Parents and friends of the club
boys and girls are invited to bring
their dinner or supper and spend a
day in camp with the club folks.
DEATH FROM MOTOR OARS
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Automobiles have killed since 1895
more than half as many persons 86
have been killed in the six major
wars in which the United States haa
engaged in its history.
This was the startling statement of
Otto Y. Schnering, safety expert of
national reputation, in an adress here
Total deaths from automobiles in
32 years have been 170,612, according
to Mr. Schnering, whose figures are
based on National Council records.
Total number of men killed in the
six great wars of the United States
were 323,702.
Mr. Schnering gave a tabulation
of deaths in wars in this way: ' ?
American Revolution i 2000..
War of 1812 .... ...1,877
Mexican War _... .... .....19,315
Civil War 243,891
Spanish War .'. - 6,619
World War . ...: 50,000
Total _ ^ 323,702
"No record exists of .those killed
in the Revolution and 2,000 is per
haps a fair estimate, as 288,200 sol
diers were engaged in the struggle
for independence. The figure for the
Mexican War includes the killed and
those who died from disease an^d acci
dent. Statistics for The Civil War
comprise deaths in both Northom
and Southern armies.
Deaths from automobiles are a mat
ter of estimate from 1895 to 1910.
After 1910 the record is exact. Four
automobiles were in publie use in
1895 and 22,001,393 in 1926. No
deaths were caused by automobiles
in 1895 or 1896, anjd only five in 1897
The record of tragedies in 1926 was
20,000."
Mr. Schnering recently launched
a national safety movement for the
special purpose of preserving the
lives of childrenj. Five thousand chil
dren, he declared are killed by motor,
cars annually in the United States.?
News and Observer.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
J. Robert Snyder to Mrs. Adelfq*
Henson .
Hoy B. Duncan to Mae Christy