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?50 the Year in Advance in the County M H^i? ?
p ' W Syfrfr T c., Wednes-day, July 27,1927
$2.00 the Yeax in Advance Outside Countv
01 Al SYLVA
?;,,p preparations are being
?bv Svh'u Collegiate Institute
K,/ euiertauunent of the great
If Baptists of Western North
K? wh0 will be assembled there
^Baptist Encampment Aug. 7
l prof W C Rl>ed' P""^1 of the
I ud is confident that all the dorm
|*^i ot' the s^1001 will be
K(lo*i?S ""l <"&* tlM>sc wh0
w 'pectins to attend to make res
igns at ouce. Rooms will be pro
K ? (ho Ot the good p?H
I j of Sylva t'or ul1 t,10se who ^ to
IJ?|fW,nvnioJatioirs in the school
dormitories. _ # >
SvlTa Collegiate Institute is des
^ t0 become the Mecca for the
of all Western North Caro
Z. jwordinc to an expression of
L UOTKH. State B. Y. P. D.
S^tarv in a recent visit to Sylvn,
..[ sw do reason why this encamp
should not be made an annual
???ir and I will do all in my power
t0mike it possible."
In addition to the numerous speak
psHiid instructors mentioned in for
Kr issues, Dr. G. A. Martin, pastor
tithe First Baptist Church, Waynes
rile has been secured to lecture on
,k> Bible each day at ll':30 A. M.
His is quite an addition to the fa?
jltv as Dr. Martin is a talented at-d
u'attractive speaker and his lec
tor will be informing and inspir
ing.
Special features are being added to
tie program from time to time.
Among those is a demonstration B. Y.
P. l', program to be given by the
Cherokee Indians under the direction
it Rev. and Mrs. J. N. Lee mission
ed to the Indians under the Home
Mission Board and a playlet entitled,
"Farmer Brown's Conversion to the
Dietrine of Stewardship" given by
<k IvUrtnrtfote B: T. P? Vi Syffi
n. It is expected that the Y. W. A.
if Cillowhee will give the missionary
playlet,"Ann of Ava" sometime dur
ing the week. Perhaps other eontri
ktions will be made by other young
peoples' organizations of other
thirhes. Everything possible is be
ing done to make this a great week,
combining recreation, information and
inspiration.
CULLOWHEE NEWS
An essay, written by Miss Florence
Lewis, of Dudley and setting forth
tie advantages of Wayne county woh
out in the recent contest at the Cul
lowhee State Normal School, accord
ing to an announcement made at
'kapel this morning. It was judged
to be the best among a laige num
kr of papers handed in presenting
interesting material about various
rounties of North Carolina. Miss Lew
was presented with two valuable
*?rks on social science.
J- H. Wilson, of Bryson City,
"riting about Swain eounty, won sec
"id prize, a set of the recent publi
Wions of the English and History
departments of the Normal.
Miss Katie Beaman of Clinton, was
Warded third prize, a book of poems,
,Dd a volume on social science, for
r ess?y on Sampson county. Mrs
^ W. Kittrell of Tryon, Polk county
*as given honorable mention.
The contest was launched by the
History department, under the lead
erhip of Professor E. H. Stillwell, in
0rder to familiarize the students with
'Jjeir own home counties. Much en
1 isiasm was evidenced. The idea was
1 resu't of a chapel program at which
from a Jarge number of
^unties spoke briefly on outstanding
j^Mteristics of their home coun
The judges, elected by the con
?stants, were: Miss Donnye Worley
JroWs R. L Madion and J. S
?eymour.
STATe SINGING CON
VENTION TO MEET HERE
V.
JjJe. 8'ate singing convention will
'n the court house in Sylva on
?ord ^unday in August, bo
u ln* to announcement made by
* II ul ^ Crawford. The exercises
/ b?g?n at 10 o'clock in the morn
and will continue through the
Or. ^
FARM TOUR TEACHES
more than farming
Raleigh, N. C, July 26-When the
rush of labor on the farm is lessen
ed and the sun, gets hot, farm tours
begin in North Carolina.
These tours do more than instruct
in new and better ways of fanning,
say extension workers at State Col
lege. The getting of new ideas and of
seeing how other fanners attack
their problems is, of course, the most
valuable feature of the tour but the
friendship and comradeship of the
tour is something never to be forgot
ten by those taking part.
A party of forty four farmers and
a few business men of Wake County
has just returned from a trip dow.i
through the sandhills of North Caro
lina, into South Carolina an^d back uj
through the western part of the home
State into Tennessee and return
Wherever the party went, it was re
ceived cordially and entertained to
the limit of their resources by the
host formers. "We want you to see
what we have and to enjoy yoursel
ves while you are with us," was in
effect, what the host farmers said.
Every courtesy was shown the visi
tors. Luncheons were provided, sleep
ing quarters made available and guid
es took pleasure in pointing out and
explaining the things of interest to be
seen in a community.
"But in addition, our party had a
good time among themselves", says
County Agent John C. Anderson,
who headed the tour. "We organized
a quartet in each of the two busses
and these groups vied with each oth
er in singing honors. Going through
the mountains of Western Carolina,
one could hear the old Gospel hymns
sung with fervor and the sound re
verberating among the giant hills of
the section. There were good natured
jokes played on different members
and even when the trip became irk
some, the men made the best of tha
situation and had some fun out of the
.occasion. I am sure that the men on
that party will never forget the
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HOG PRICES APPEAR
TO BE ON MEND
Raleigh, N. C., July 26?The price
of hogs on the larger markets patron
ized by swine feeders in North Caro
lina looks to be advancing. The price
on the Richmond market has advanc
ed above the average for this season
for the past seventeen years.
"The trend of hog prices now ap
pears to be definitely upward," says
W. W. Shay, swine extension special
ist at State College. "This means
that we shall have good prices again
in September. For seventeen yeara,
September has been the month of
highest average prices. The timid far
mer has been worrying without cause
and the speculator who has bought
both hogs and corn is worrying with
good reason,"
Mr. Shay states that there has not
been a single year since 1909 when
hogs were intelligently fed to a
Mr. Shay states that there has not
been a single year since 1909 when
hogs were intelligently fed to a weight
of 200 pounds and were sold during
April or September, that they failed
to bring more than the current mar
ket price for the corn which they
consumed. In fact, he states, the hogs
under these conditions, have increas
ed the profit on corn over 40 cents
per bushel.
Despite the fact that cold storage
holdings of pork were 38 percent
greater on July 1 of this year as com
pared to last year and that receipts
of hogs at tha 68 leading markets
were 19 percent greater in June > of
this year over last year, the outlook
is still good for the Tarheel hog
feeder. The cold storage holdings are
only 8 percent greater than the aver
age for the last five years and the re
ceipts of hogs are 9 percent less than
for the last five years.
If the hogs are properly handled
and fail to return a profit on corn
greater than the profit of selling it
as grain, it will be the first time in
1^ years, states Mr. Shay.
TWO NEW RESIDENCES
Two new residences are being erect
ed on Savannah Road, in the Court
Heights subdivision, one by Mr.
Gilbert Bess, and the other by Miss
Ada Barringtoq. Both residences will
be occupied when completed by the
owners.
METZ PREDICTS
GREATER SYLVAi
Mr. Charles J. Metz, Atlanta busi
ness man, who is the owner of large
acreage and a lovely c# lp on Hurri
c.ne Creek, was in Sylva the
first of the week. Mr. Metz is en
thusiastic over Sy> a and Jackson
county, and predicts a remarkable
and unparralled expansion here m
the next few years. The Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, the com
pletion of the roads through Georgia
connecting with highway 185 at Frank
lin and the completion of 106 from
Sylva to the South Carolina line, are!
given by Mr. Metz sis the chief fac
tors in the expected growth of this
county. It is his opinion that the main
thoroughfare from Atlanta will be
over 185, and that where we now have
hundreds of cars, there will soon be
thousands coming into Sylva. He ex
pects 106 or the Wade Hampton Me
morial Highway to be one of the
most important of the interstate
highways leading into Western North
Carolina.
"I haven't a foot of land to sell,
either," added Mr. Metz. "I. bought
mine for my own home, for the
enjoyment of my friends and my*
self."
, The growth of Sylva from a small
town to a city of 25,000 population
within the next fifteen years is one
of the things that Mr. Metz sees
written in the cards.
WORK CONTINUES ON 28
Franklin Press.
Stories have been in local circu-[
lation ,to the effect that work on No
28 in Macon county between Frank
lin and Hayesviile had ceased.
For a feiy days these stories held
true, but the steam shovel is now
busy about a. mile from the Wallace
Gap on the wedt~ side of the Nanta
hala mountains. The shovel will work
to the gap and then, proceed westward
toward Black Gap. Mr., Champion
in charge of the convicts, states that
he is now making preparations to
move the convict cam'p from its pres
ent location to the west side of the
Nantahalas, somewhere in the vicinity
of the Littleton place.
There now appears '? to be little
doubt but that the road will be grad
ed at least to the Macon-Clay line. It
is understood that a force of hands
are at work in Clay county on this
highway in the direction, of Macon
county liue.
Work between Franklin and High
lands op Highway No. 28, is pro
ceeding sl?wly through the Cullasaja
Gorge and has now reached a point
almost opposite the lower Cullasaja
Falls and about three quarters of a
mile from Brush Creek.
( The trip to the shovel at work in
the Cullasaja Gorge can be easily
made in an automobile. Visitors to
Franklin will find this orie of the
most stupendous engineering feats in
highway construction ever undertaken
anywhere in the country.
HIT AND RUN DRIVER
LEAVES SUFFERING VICTIM j
Shirley Shook, cook at the Black
wood Lumber Company's Rich Moun
tain camp, is in the Candler-Tidmarsh
Hospital in a peccarioua condition, as
a result of his Ford roadster having
been crowded off the road and dowi
a 25 foot embankment on the Cullow
hee road, Sunday night.
. The wreck occurred about half way
between Sylva and Cullowhee, when
Shook was returning to Rich Moun
tain from Sylva. It is stated that a
big car, coming toward Sylva, crowd
ed Shook's roadster off the road and
prcoeeded in the direction of Sylva
without stopping. The names of the
occupants of the other car have not
been learned. '?
Shook, who did not regain con
sciousness until late Monday is, said
to have sustained a borken jaw bone
(.cuts, bruises and lacerations and
probable internal injuries, and his
condition while more favorable today
is said te still be precarions.
? f'v ' i
Prices for hogs in September ap
pear to be on the mend. Where far
mers have plenty of corn there is no
better way to sell it than as pork.
FRANKLIN PAPER
RAPS OFFICERS
The Franklin Press, the only paper
in Macon county, took occasion in an
editorial last week to criticise the
search by Jackson county officers on
the streets of Sylva, the search of
the car of W. T. Moore, cashier of
the Citizen's Bank of Franklin.
The Press editorial comment fol-|
lows: i
"The search by Jackson county of
ficers of the car of a Macon county
eitizen who is entirely above re
proach serves again to call attention
to the methods pursued not only by
Jackson county officers but by en
forcement officers all over the coun
try. Most enforcement officers go at
their job in a bull headed manner, re
gardless; of the rights of innjocent cit
izens, and thereby in the end make it
more difficult to enforce the prohi
bition law. The Franklin citizen
whose car was recently searched in
Sylva is personally known to scores
of Sylva citizens. It would appear
that the officers might at least have
tried to establish his identity before
subjecting him to the embarrassment
of a search before a large number of
by-stauders."
Jackson county officers state that
the search of Mr. Moore's car was
one of mistaken identity."
BALSAM
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T
Knight, July 23, an eight pound son
Mrs. A. H. Mehaffey of Hender
sonville is visiting relatives in Bal
sam and Haywood County.
Mrs. W. B. Farwell, Miss Nannie
Knight, MisB Sallie Christy, Mrs. S.
W. Christy, Mrs. D. T. Knight and
Mr. G. T. Knight attended the S. S.
Convention et Webster Friday.
Mrs. Eugene Ensley and little Dor
is were visiting in Balsam, Sunjday.
Mrs'. Irene Holmes and daughter,
Miss Christy Holmes of New York
City, who have been guests at Balsam
Springs Hotel for some time,, will
leave Saturday. Having visited Bal
sam quite often many years ago, they
have many friends here who regret to
sec them leave.
Mrs. L. W. Crawford of Willcts
was. here Friday.
Tourists are coming in large num
bers and Balsam will soon be "full
op." But there is al waves room for
one more.
e Mr. W. N. Roundy of Davenport,
Iowa who is summering at the Bryson
House is fond of walking. He likes
to walk so he can enjoy the beauty
of our scenery all the more. He walk
ed to Sylva, Waynesville and Willets
last week. His next walk will be to
Asheville.
CULLOWHEE SECOND
SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS [
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Cullowhee, July 27?Monday morn
ing found cars following swiftly on
the heels of other cars on the pictur
esque road by the winding Tuckasee
gee on the way to Cullowhee Stale
Normal. When the first summer
school closed Friday practically all
the students and faculty took advan-1
tage of the opportunity offered by
the brief interim for a week end va
cation, and visited nearby points of
interest. A number went to Asheville
while others visited Highlands, High
Hampton, Lake Fairfield, Chimney
Rock and other places of scenic beau- j
ty in Western North Carolina.
Some of the students an|d teachers
will not return for the second sum
mer school but at least half of the
members of the first summer school
will be here. A large number of new
comers have indicated that they will
attend the second session.
Several attractions have been ar
ranged in addition to the regular pro
gram of week end trips provided by
the school. Floyd Bennejtt, famed Ar
tie explorer, wjll give an illustrated
lecture at the Normal on August 5th.
Mrs. Francoska Kaspar Lawson, So
prano, of Washington, D. Q. will ap
pear in a song recital on August 8.
Other numbers will be announced
later.
Swimming, tennis, hiking horse
back riding and other sports will fur
nish recreation for the summer school
students. ;
NEW INSECT PEST
DESTROYS STRAWBERRIES
Raleigh, N. C. July 2&?The straw
berry growing industry of eastern
North Carolina is threatened with de
struction by a root louse.
This is the startling information
brought to State College by C. H.
Brannon, extension entomologist, who
recently made a trip through the
strawberry section adjacent to Chad
bourn.
"This pest, the strawberry root
louse, is seriously threatening the
growing of strawberries in North
Carolina,'I says Mr. Brannon. "The
pest is one of the plant lice which
feeds on the roots of certain plants
and this particular species feeds only
on the strawberry plant. It passes
the winter on the leaves and stems in
the egg stage and after hatching out,
the aphids or lice are planted down
on the roots by ants which feed on
the honey dew secreted by the lice."
Mr. Brannon states that this pe3t
has been getting more numerous for
several years and has now reached the
point where it is epidemic. Last
year damage by the pests caused one
grower to lose over $5,000 in dama^
ges and similar damage is recorded
all over the Chadbourn section. Dead
and dying plants may be seen in the
fields and if the pest is not checked,
it is likely that untold damage will
result.
There are difficulties in controll
ing the louse, states Mr. Brannon. It
is a root feeder and since the straw
berry plants remain in the fields for
several years, it is impossible to con
trol the louse by deep plowing or by
disking the land in the spring. In
like manner, it is impossible to spray
the plants to control the louse because
it does its work underground.
It is understood at the College that
the insect laboratory maintained at
Chadbourn by the United States De
partment of Agriculture has been giv
en authority to do all in its power
to work out a method of eradicating
the louse and Mr. Brannon, states that
the experts at this laboratory have
begun tests looking for a control
method.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVEN
TION ELECTS OFFICERS
With the election of F. I. Watson,
Dillsboro as president, Mrs. D. T.
Knight, Balsam, as Vice-President,
and R. U. Sutton, Sylva as secretary,
the Jackson county Sunday School
convention adjourned last Friday af
ter a two days session at the Webster
Methodist church.
Other officers elected were:
Division Superintendents:
Children,'s, Mrs. J. R. Jones, Sylva,
Young People's, W. C. Reed, Sylva,
Adult, W. H. Rhodes, Sylva, Admin
istrative, D. G. Bryson, Beta.
Township President8:
Qualla, C. A. Bird, Barker's Creek,
Russell Sutton, Dillsboro, J. M. Craw
ford, Scott's Creek, R. R. Fisher,
Sylva, J. T. Gribblc, Webster, Mon
roe Madison, Green's Creek, Swan
son Brooks, Savanpah, Mrs. R. 0.
Hidgon, Cullowhee, W. A. Hooper
Mountain, Mrs. Julia Stewart, Ham
burg, Mrs. J. M. Cunningham, Cash
iers Valley, T. A. Dillard, Canada,
Hamilton Crawford, River, John A.
Hooper, Caney Fork, Nelson Henson.
The pennant for the largest attend
ance at the convention was awarded
to the Speedwell Sunday School.
Beginning at 8 o'clock Thursday
evening the convention continued
through Friday with interesting and
instructive discussions of Sunday
School problems, and with devotional
exercises.
The convention will meet next year
with the Dillsboro Baptist Sunday
School.
EPWORTH LEAGUE
Those who have not handed in their
Epworth "League Labor Day remit
tance, will please do ao this week. We
have done well and have displayed a
very loyal spirit.
MRS. D. D. ALLEY, PRESIDENT
Harry Keaton, a club member of
Pasquotank county, produced 3,180
pounds of seed cotton on onje acre
last year.
The American Soybean Association
meets at Washington, North Carolina,
on, August 9th. _
FIRST SUMMER
The last recitations Thursday and
examination^ Friday ended the first
six weeks of the summer term at Cul
lowhee State Normal School, the most
successful in the history of the insti
tution. 356 studentsi attended. A
number of students left and a num
ber of new ones came in. Registra
tion for the second summer school
was held Monday and Tuesday of this
week. The second part of the sum
mer term, closing August 31st has an
enrollment of 200 to 250 students. A
class of thirty will graduate anjd/re
ceive normal school diplomas in Aug
ust.
The faculty of the second summer
school includes a number of the teach
ers who have been at Cullowhee for
the first term, and also a few new
teachers. Those coming in for the sec
ond term are P. L. Elliott, head of
the English department, Mars Hill
College, English; C. B. Collier, Dean
of Alabama State Teachers College,
East Tennessee State Teachers Col
lege, Education; Nell Parkinson, Cri
tic Teacher, Peabody College, Educa
tion. The teachers remaining are E.
H. Stillwell, history; J. S. Seymour,
Education; Mary Graves, Education;
Frank H. Brown, Biology; Lydia A.
Bancroft, Fine and Industrial Arts;
Cleo Rainwater, Education; Lisbeth
Parrott, English.
A number of applications for the
fall term have already been received.
Fall term begins September 12.
HEDGON SELLS INTEREST
TO CHARLOTTE MAN
It is reliably reported in business
circles that J. S. Hidgon^ local Fonl
agent, and garage owner, has sold
half interest in his business to H. D.
Thrasher of Charlotte. Mr. Thrasher
who has been, connected with the Ford
sales forces for several years, will
be manager of the new concern, and
will move his family from Charlotte
to Sylva within a sho^t time. The
business, it is understood, will soon
be incorporated under the name cf
The Hidgon Motor Company.
BUCHANAN ERECTS BUILDINCr
M. Buchanan, Jr. is erecting a two
story business building of concrete
and brick on his lot on Main street,
at the north side of his garage build
ing.
MEDFORD FIRM MAKES
IMPROVEMENTS
The Medford Furniture Company is
installing a freight and passenger
elevator in its building and is making
other improvements. The new eleva
tor will serve the four floors of the
Medford building.
GULF COMPANY IN
STALLS GREASE RACK
Mr. S. W. Enloe, Jr., announces
that the Sylva Service Station is in
stalling a grease rack, and making
other improvements on the property
at the station recently purchased by
the Gulf Refining Company.
HAWK WILL PREACH SUNDAY
Rev. J. C. Hawk? a returned mis
sionary from Japan, will occupy the
pulpit at the Sylva Methodist church
Sunday morning according to an
nouncement made by the pastor, Rr.v.
W. M. Bobbins. The pastor is extend
ing an invitation to the public to
oome to the service.
The Mexican bean beetle has gone
eastward as far as Cumberland coun
ty. Wherever the pest has spread the
garden beane are seriously damaged.
John Shaw, a club member r" \hc
Redwood section in Durham county,
is said to have the best pig in 'hi
county.
Twenty-seven ladies and 5' r*. tt
and boys from Franklin county made
a tour through parts of Virginia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and into
Washington during the week of Julj
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