JACKSON CO. JOURNAL
DAN TOMPKINS, - - Editor |
Published Weekly By the
JACKSON COUNTY JOURNAL CO
Entered as second class matter
at Sylva, N. C.
THE SCHOOLS AND THE LADIES
The women of the Sylva Parent
Tenchers Association requested a
meeting of the Sylva Chamber of
Commerce on Monday evening, and
the officers of thtf chamber called the
meeting. The ladies stated that the,
call wais made itl order that they j
might place before the commerce body
what they considered a matter of vi
tal importance.
,The chanre was made at the meet
ing in all kindness, that there are a
large number of pupils attending the
Sylva Central High School who are
totally unprepared to do the work
that is assigned to them, and that
they arc hopelessly bewildered in the
pursuit of their studies, and that thn
Sylva elementary school is in great
danger of being taken from the ac
credited list because there is no teach
er of public school music. ?, >
The women stated that they had
devised a plan of raising the funds
to pay an extra teacher to train the
unprepared in the high school, and
to prepare them to go forward with
their studies next year. It was stated
that the plan had been laid before
the county superintendent, and that
he had stated that it could not be
done, as there was no warrant of law
for it, even if the people of Sylva
should raise the money by public sub
scription. ,
As to the public school music
teacher, it was suggested that per
haps that can be arranged; and a
committee was appointed to co-oper
ate with the local school committee
and the county board of education in
working out plans for taking care ot
both situations. A general discussion
of school conditions in the county
brought out the statements that in
Caney Fork and Canada Townships
there are no high schools,' and that
the children there are unable to reach
a high scool, unless their parents pay
their board in some community where
there is a high school; and that! parts
of other townships are not being
reached by high schools and can not
be under present school and road co l-.j
ditions. <-?
As this paper sees it, the large
number of unprepared pupils in the
Sylva Central High. School, and the
lack of high school facilities in great
sections of Jackson county, are mat
ters of the gravest concern to the peo
ple of this county. They are things]
that challenge the best thought of all
the people of the county.
It is pathetic to see young people
going from grade to grade, from ele
mentary school to high school, and
from high school to college or into
- their life's work unprepared in every
position in which they find themsel
ves; It is also a sad commentary upon
? the great county of Jackson to find
whole townships and large parts of
other townships where there are no
high school facilities; where North
Carolina boys and girls are denied the
right of high school education.
It is true that we have made much
progress; but we have still further to
i S?
Of course the only solution in this
and the other counties is a state
wide system of public education, sup
ported by the state, anfl giving equal
educational advantages to every boy
or girl in North Carolina from the |
< oves of the mountains to the coves
of the sea.
There is no just reason why a boy
or girl in North Carolina should have
better educational advantages, be
cause he lives in Greensboro or Win
ston-Salem, instead of Sylva or on
Tennessee Creek.
INTEREST IN POULTRY DAIRY
SHOW GROWING RAPIDLY |
The time is drawing nigh for the
Jackson County Poultry and Dairy
show to be held in Sylva on Satur
day, October 29th. There will be com
petition in both the poultry and dairy
classes. Already some of the men,
women, boys and girts are priming
their chickens, shearing and currying
their dairy cow calves for this show.
Many entries of real quality and
merit are expected.
, A list of premiums worth working j
for will be,published at an early date
and appear in the county papers. The
business firms of Sylva are respond
ing generously as usual to make this
show of Jackson county's two lead
ing cash crops producers a real suc
cess. ..
County Agent C. W. Tilson says
he hears farmers say no less than
|wo dozen times eveiy week "I have
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the best cow in the county barring
none." Now we are all anxious to see
these good cows lined up and see
Earl Brintnall place the ribbons
where they belong. Mr. Brintnall will
be sent here by the State Extension
Division to decide this and place the
dairy bulls and heifers also. The Syl
va Chamber of Commerce is giving a
nice Silver loving cup to the proud
owner of this outstanding cow. We
are all anxious to see what one man
has told the county agent the wholj
I truth when the cows come home Oc
tober 29th. ,*
Thc winning poultry in the Asl^;
ville Show owned by Jackson coun
ty farmera will all be on special cx-l
hibit where everybody can see it and j
study. Nono of these birds will be en
tered for prizes in the Jackson coun
ty show. We expect lots of birds en
tered just as good as these however.
All the poultry growers and dairy
cow keepers of the county are urged
(and every farmer in the county has
some chickens and a milk cow of
some kind) to take an active part in
this show. County Agent Tilson says
if we make, this show the success ?' it
should be we have laid the founda
tion for a real livestock show in,
Jackson county growing into all kinds
of livestock as fast as possible.
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TREE VACCINATION A
AND INOCULATION
A campaign for immunising: child
ren and adults from diptheria and
typhoid is now being launched. Since
this is made free, we urgently re
quest that all children from 6 months
to 8 years (for diptheria) and' all
ages (for typhoid) be present at the
"prescribed dates for these inocula
tions. ? _ c
Any vaccinations or inoculations
given outside these dates will not be
free, but regular fees for same wi'1
be charged.
Each community will be notified
through the school.
Hoping that everybody will tak'; I
advantage of this opportunity, fori
free vaccination and inoculation, f?;*!
the benefit of the piblic health at
larije.
* A. S. NICHOLS, M. D.
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICE?.
ATTENDING STATE
J MEETING U. D. C
Among those attending the State
Meeting of United Daughters of the
(Confederacy .in Asheville 'this week
(are Mrs. C. A. Bales, Mrs. J. R. Buc
hanan; Mrs I) M Hall; Mrs Coleman
Hall; Mrs. E. L. McKee; Mrs. J. J.
Hooker and Mrs. S. W. Enloe.
NOTICE
Be it ordered by the Board of Com
missioners of the County of Jackson,
North Carolina as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to the County
Finance Act ot North Carolina, bonds,
of the County of Jackson, North Car
olina are hereby authorized to be is
sued in an aggregate principal amount
not exceeding $254,000 for the pur
poses rereinafter described.
Section 2. The proceeds of said
bonds shall be applied solely to the
'funding of valid indebtedness of the
County of Jackson incurred prior to
March 7, 1927, for the necessary ex
penses of said county; and it is here
by determined after due investigation
that such indebtedness in an amount
not less than $254,000 is now out
standing and is payable within one
year after the passage of this order.
Section 3 A tax sufficient to pay
the principal and interest of said
bonds when due shall be annually
levied and collected.!...
Section 4. A statement of the
County debt 'of Jackson County has
been filed with the Clerk of the
Board of Commissioners of said coun
ty and is open to public inspection.
j Section 5. All expenses to be de
frayed by means of the bonds hereb>
authorized are necessary expenses of,
the County of Jackson, within the
meaning of Section 7 of Article VII
of the Constitution Nortf 0"*">,ir'
Section 6. This order shall take ef
fect upon its passage and shall not |
be submitted to the voters. ( -
"The foregoing order has been in
troduced and a sworn statement has
been filed under the County Finance
Act. showing the assessed valuation
of the county to be $11,017,446 and
the net debt for other than school
purposes including the proposed
bonds to be $1,092,531.00. A tax will
be levied for the payment of the pro:
posed bonds and interest, if the s?mo
shall be issued. Any citizen or tax-|
payer may protest against the issu
ance of such bonds at a meeting of
the Board of County Commission cm
to be held at 11 o'clock A. M. Octo
ber 27th, 1927 at the regular meeting
room of said Board in the County
Court House, at Sylva North Caro
lina or an adjournment theerof.
W. W. BRYSON,
Clerk, Board of Commitrfoners.
00 TO ZEBULON FOR WEDDING
Dr. Douglas Bainjeft this morning
for Zebnlon, where he will be married
to Miss Eloise Whittley, on Saturday.
The wedding will be a church affair
and will be solemnized at the Metho
dist church of Zebulon, at six o'clock
Saturday evening.
Others going from here, for the
wedding are Dr. Bain's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Bain, his sister Miss
Henrietta Bain,;-Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Bullock and family; Mr. G. K. Bes*;
Mr. Chester Scott; Mr. Paul Booth
and Mr. Will Cathey.
Miss Whittley is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Whittley, of Zeb
ulon. Dr. Bain has been connect?*!
with the Sylva Pharmacy for several j
years and has made many friends'
here.
MANY PREMIUMS AT WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA POULTRY
SHOW TAKEN BY JACKSON
COUNTY POULTRY.
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"The poultry show was one of the
most outstanding features of the
Western North Carolina Fair held at
Asheville during the past week. The
entire livestock department of the
fair was a tribute to the people ot'
Western North Carolina, and Jack
son county has a right to be proud
of her part in making the poultry
show a success by having many of
the best birds In .uc show on .exhib
it. These facts arc evident by tl^e
many premiums won in the leading*
poultry breeds of the show by our
poultry.
In the utility white leghorn classes
B. H. and H. P. Cathey won the fol
lowing prizes: First hen, first cock,
first pullet, second pen; 3rd and 4th
cockerel and best display of leghorns
in the show.
In the utility barred rock classed
Miss Lola Watson won on 'the sec
ond pen; Mr. Elsie B. Wilkes had 3rd
pen and first1 hen.
In the utility Rhode Island red
classes Mrs. C. W. Tilson won first
hen and second pullet. This Rhode Is
For Sale
Thirty acres of land, one 8 room,
house, one four room house; good
barn and out buildings,. plenty of
fruit, good water; 1-4 mile of No.
10 highway. Will sell as a whale
in part.
If interested see or write;
Ed Fisher
Bete, N. O.
land red hen won sweepstakes as best
female bird in the show over all
breeds. ... ?
In the utility Ancona classes Mr.
R. C. Allison won first pen and the
bast display of Anconas.
In the utility dark brown leghorn
classes Mr. R. W. Fisher won fir.it;
pen; second pen; first pullet; first |
cockerel; first hen and display of
outstanding merit.
There were 550 entries in the wes
tern N. C. Poultry Show. The judge
Mr. Newton Cash of Vineland, New
Jersev, said the Asheville show was 1
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one of the best collections ?f birds he
had ever seen. Mr. Cash has judged j
some of the best Poultry Shows in'
the United States for years. There
were professional- poultrymen and
show men with large displays of the j
leading breeds of poultry in this |
show. And when we realize what the
Jackson county poultry was compet
ing with our poultry growers should
be proud of the outstanding places
won by Jackson county chickens.
County Agent C. W. Tilson says ev
ery bodv grows chickens has pullets,
cockerels, hens and roosters in order
to produce the very best utility or
laying hens possible. Then when
Jackson county produced the best
White Leghorn hen, the best Barred
Rock hen, the best Rhode Island Red)
hen and sweepstakes hen over nil |
breeds in the Asheville show we have i
a right to crow.
"WANT COLUMN !
The rate for classified ads in
this column is 10c. per line for
P each insertion, averaging six
I (6) words to a line.
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FARM WANTED?I Want ? Small1
farm on half shares. Address "X"j
care Journal.
BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT, Finest
quality draperies, household linens j
and dress goods, hosiery and lir: i i
gcrie?displayed by appointment.
Write Iva Lee Nations, * Whittier j
North Carolina.
FARMING?Western Carolina's best
( methods and opportunities de
scribed.in new f:ir.n Journal. Sa'n
? pie free. Half year subscription tea
cents. Hollowell's Mountain Farm
er, Hendersonville, N. C.
FOR SALE?I Pair of Mutes age 5
and 6 years, wagon and harness.
Will trade for cows or hogs. Terms
if wanted. N. C. Brown, Sylva, N.C
FOR SALE?Stove and Fire Wood.
Will deliver or let you haul any
amount. Good oak wood. Get your
winter's supply now. D. L. Brysoi,
Sylva, R. 1 'Phone No. 0711. 4to
FOR SALE?Six Nice Pigs, Ten
weeks old. Baxter Hooj>er, Tuck
aseegee, N. C. , .
IMPERIAL MATTRESS COMPANY
Old mattresses made as good as new at half the cost of the price
.of a new bed. All work guaranteed to last. If you have any mat
tresses you would like to have renovated drop us a card and our
srlesman will call and get your bed and give you prices on the
different kinds of work we do. Address all letters to
LYLE McLEAN, Manager
: WHITTIRR, N. C. )
The Latchstring
VOL 1 SEPTEMBER 22 1927 NO. 9
Published in the in
terest of b e 11 e r
homes in Sylva and
vicinity by V.
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BUILDERS SUP
PLY & LBR. CO.
" J. Claude Allison
Editor
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Since jails are being
equippad with sho v
er baths, they'll
soon be calling thein
fountain pens.
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We are selling '?o4s
of coal these days.
Folks, you are using
good judgment to
buy your coal now.
Now that the mcla
.iholy days hav J
come we can't have
anything to, be me!
melancholy about.
Mr. Coleman Hall
find Mr. F. F. Bai
ley bought orders of
lumber from - Us
which was delivered
to Cherokee where
the Indian Fair is
progress.
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"Yri czr. knew > 5
much but '-on can
say too much," re
marks "f'.ilon. Cal."
Mr. Hall will have a
display of Delco
Light plants while
Mr. Bailey will
look after your ap
petite.
A sure v. av to lose
control of your car
?forget to make a
payment.
We are well stocked
in building material.
Come in and let as
figure with you on
.Vour building need;3.
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Big Bug: "TTlior
are you going littfr
flea?"
Little Flea: "I'm
going to the dogs."
BUILDERS
SUPPI.Y $
LUMBER CO.
"What It Takes to
Build a House. We
Have It."
Sylva, - N. 0.
Business is Good
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The., ladies are buying
their fall outfits from us;
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' but we are daily replen
ishing our stock for I
ladies' and children's j
ready to wear, with new J
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goods from the stvle cen- I
ters. nf
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New Hats Go On Display
Every Saturday
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Gannon Bros.
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Ladies' and Children's Ready-To-Wear
Sylva, N. C.
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? Get outside one of our hot chocolates, dips, sundaes or tempt
ing fresh fruit sodas?and you'll feel equal to tackling anything
that walks, crawls or runs. There is nothing so appetizing, so
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refreshing, so satisfying as a good fountain drink here because
all of our ingredients arc health foods which build energy quickly.
Before the game?or after the game, bring your lady-fair
>. here for a refreshing soda or Chocolate. If you'll but follow the
crowd, you'll quickly learn the way. ? Our fountain luncheon is
most satisfying. \
'Bring Her in This Week.
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Buchanan Pharmacy
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