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^1 50 the Year in Advance in the County
N. C.. ..Thursday, April 26, 1928
$2.00 the Tear in Advance Outside County
cuss OF FORTY YOUNG PEOPLE 1
COMPLETES SYLVA HIGH SCHOOL
j.'?riv voung int-n and young wo ? j
ttti- u ia n t ?*? I their certificates j
,? oiaWii.it ion I'roni Sylva Contra) j
j | j.. |, Si ii.' I. following the completion j
?|- ill. .lay exorcises, Tuesday
?V\ ?-M i MIT- i
T|m- kcr lor t lie evening, Rev. i
I s. ilitii. delivered an iiis|?irin?r I
addre- the salutatory by I
M,? S if il 1' iilcy and the valedie-i
I(. f,v \ I i - i fauna Ashe. At 10
?Y!<' '? ia lie.' morning Hie address:
? u ? wa> delivered by Mr. j
(?Vlt. ''ir'Jcii.ier, president of tlicj
rla-N if!'' ?ii-.iory by Miss Mary AI- J
i,m Wil-oa. the I'oein by Miss Ruth!
^ i in prophecy by Miss Caro- J
| i ({liitii'^, the gifts by Miss Helen |
M.oiis, and the Inst will by Mr
l.ioii Siitloii.
.
flic commencement exercises began
Suulay morning, at which time the!
}i;Mv;il:rt.iale sermon was <lelivQi*ed '
hv Kcv. i\ Rnuschenburg.
On .Monday evening the senior plav)
"The Arrixal <>l Kitty" was present- ??
, | io a huge audience.
The li>t 01 the unusually lanje and
?lli.uti\e class of uraduates follows:
Carina A-lic, Nellie Bryson Edna
Cooke. Winnie I, on Crisp, Hazel Fish-;
er, Kvclva (Jtei'ue, Alma Leather wood
IjO! isc .Mh^oii, Sac MeCul'ey, Evc-|
lyn Moody, Edith Oliver, Caroline j
Rhodes, Helen Simons, Ruth Wilson, j
Man- Alma Wilson, Glenn Clayton, I
Komoc Mill-s Arthur Fincannon,!
CViiii I'.iiii-, Felix Pieklesimer, Ia1-'
on Sutton, tiny Sutton, Hyman Sutton
Charles Thomson, Ralph Ward,
Clara Honeyeutt^ Florence Brown, i
Harriet Hall, Hazel Battle, Haynes
Keagaa, Florence Bumgarner, Ida!
Battle, Kate P. Cogens, Grady Mar
tin, Mary Battle, Lillian Blankenship.!
(Jert rmlo Ferguson, Ruth Ferguson,
Onia (iass, Richard Crisp.
Miss Carina Ashe, the valedictor
ian, was presented a medal, given
by the Buchanan Pharmacy, to the
student making the Highest marks
in the flass, she having made an av
erage ot over 94 on all her work for
the four years of high school.
I
CHURCH NOTICE
Interest iii!* themes are announced J
for the Methodist churches of Sylva i
and Dillsboro 011 Sunday by the pas
tor, Rev. George Cleicmer.- At thej
morning service in Sylva the subject
will be, "Pictures Men Have Paint- 1
ed of (tod." In speaking from this
subject the pastor will tracg briefly
the development of man's ideas of
(lod and the influence these various
conception:- of God have had upon
people.
In the evening at Dillsboro, Mr.
Clemmer will preach from this topic,
"A Debt that God will not Forgive."
In discussing it the speaker will em
phasize man's supreme obligation to
his fellownian.
Sunday schools of the charge con
t'xe promptly at 10 a. in. Sunday
beiii? the fifth Sunday, the school
offering wid ?o t*> the Children's
Home at Winston-Salem. The Sylva
Senior Epworth League meets at 7
P- m. The public is cordially invited
to worship with the local congrega
tions at any of the services of the;
church. A friendly welcome awaits
any stranger or visitor in the com- j
?iiunity over the week-end'. 1
Following is given the order for
the morning and evening programs
ot worship:
Morning worship 11 a. in., Sylva'
Voluntary; Hymn No. 2, "Come
Thou Almighty King;" The Apos-|
ties' Creed; Prayer; Responsive read
'?K Psalm HO;* The Gloria Patri ; j
New Testament lesson John 14:1-11;
Announcements ; Offering; Hymn No
5- ''From All That Dwell Beiow The
Skies;" The Sermon: ' ' Pictures Men
have Painted of God;" Hynin No.
53], "o Thou Whose Bounty Fills
% Cup;" Benediction.
Evening service 7:45 p. m., Dillsboro
Voluntary; Hymn No. 211, "0,
Worship The King;" Responsive '
rpa|li"K No. :U5; Prayer; New Test
awent lesson Romans 13:1-10; An
'louneements; Offering; Hymn No.
> "I Love hy Kingdom lord,"
Sermon: "A Debt Godl Will Not For
^vei" Hymn No. 165, "Help Some- 1
^ Today;" Benediction.
QUALLA
On April 17th, Min. Dob. son of
Canton, died at Mr. J. A. Moore's
where she hud been making her hon*
with her daughter, Mrs. ,). A. Moore,
for the past two years. Mr. and Mrs.
Moore, Mrs. W. F. Buttle and other
triends troni Whittier accompanied
the remains to Canton f;>r interment.
On April 24th several of the Qual'u
folks went to Wlntiier to attend the
funeral of Mr. R. J. Roane.
Airrf. A. .1. Freemtn is seriomiv
ill at this writing.
Rev. ,T. C. l!oggins j- >i'ch;d at
the Baptist church Sui ay. f!is .ser
mon was very able and instructive in
defense of Bible doctrine against
evolution. 1 ' ? ] X
Supl. J. X. \Vil>.:n and Mis* Tu'lyc
Borden met with the teachers and
students of Olivet, Wilnot and Bar
kers Creek, at Qualla on Tuesday,
17tli, in a Croup Center Commence
ment. The program was unusually
interesting and, showed that the stu
dents hail' been well and carefully
trained, On Friday the winners
were taken to Sylva for the final
contests. Many of the patrons ac
companied their children and enjoy
ed the exercises.
A large attentive audience was
highly entertained on both Thursday
and Friday nights, by the students
of Qualla school in their commence
ment exercises. Miss Geneva Turpin
won the gold medal in the Recitation
Contest on Saturday night. Following
the contest a very amusing play,
"A Southern Cinderella," was given
bv the ladv teachers ami Misses
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Christine and Prances Cogging. He
appreciate their help and interest.
They will be missed at Qualla.
Mr. J. K. Terrell and Messrs. H.
(i. and P. II. Ferguson attended ser
vices at Olivet Saturday. Prof C. C. 1
Hansen preached in the morning and
Rev.> Win. llornbuckle, in the after
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Mrs. B. B. Henron of Whittier
spent the week end with her mother,
Mrs. W. II. Cooper, -
Misses Louella Brown, Vivian
Jones, Iva Hipps, Llewellyn Rhodes
and Ix)is Edwards were dinner guests
at Mr. P." H. Ferguson's, Sunday, i
Miss Annie Lizzie Terrell of Cul
lowhee school spent 'the , week-end
with home-folks.
Miss Rixey Parris of Clyde spent
a few days among relatives.
Mr. I). C. Hughes and Mr. D. M.
Shuler called at Mr. J. K. Terrell's.
Mr. H. OfFerguson and family
and Mr. C. B. Terrell attended ser
vices at Sylva, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clcve Lcdbetter of
Aslieville spoilt awhile with relatives.
Rev. Loval Hipps of Judson was
a Qualla visitor last week.
YOUNG S MATHERS KILL
IN AUTO SMASH
George Smathers, Jr. of Balsam,
was fatally injured and three other
boys were hurt when a truck in which
they are said to have been returning
from a picture show in Waynesville
left the , highway on a curve between
Balsam and Saunook and crashed in
to a garage.
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All thq injured young men were
taken to jVVaynesville to the hospital
and young Smathers died about two
hours after the accident. Robert Bry
son, who is f-aid to have been driv
ing the truck was slightly injured,
?nn<l Bengie Bryson and Hugh Mc
Call were seriously, but not fatally
hurt.
Funeral services for young Smath
ers were conducted1 at the home of
his father, George Smathers, between
Willit? and Balsam Monday after
noon. It is be'icvcd that all the oth
ers injured will recover.
LOCAL MAN GETS CONTRACT
FOR HAYWOOD SCHOOL
W. M. Brown was awarded the con
tract for the West Canton Grammar
School last Saturday by the Haywood
County Board of Education. Mr.
Brown's bid' was $21,000. G. W,
Young of Canton was the successful
bidder for the heating and plumbing
of the building.
The building which will be of brick
construction is to be completed in 150
days.
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ALFRED E. SMITH
Allied JSn:?t uel Smith was born From 191;") to 1917 ho was Sheriff
Dec<jinber .10, i<s7.'!f in an old tenement of New York County. In 1917 he
in Now York City. As a small hoy, wasr elected President of the Board
he sold newspnjM'is. His father died' oi AlderMen and in November, 1918,
when Alfred was only thirteen years: lie was elected Governor of the ?m
of age, leaving the boy's mother and |>ire State. lie was renominated in'
yciwger sister to his care. J 1920 and defeated by only 74,000
}*e started work in his father's votes, ii|tIioii^h it was a presidential,
trucking biuiness. Later he took a yea it { i
job helping one of the men who had He wis again nominated in 1922,
1 a stall at the Fulton Fish Market, won 1 ^election by receiving 1,397,- (
Still later lie was a laborer in /flic 670 vofcS^a figure ne\er l>cfore at- 1
employ of ;? steam pump company, tained by fmy c?ndidat6 for state or
- In 1900 fie married Catherine A- local ^ffficc^ftnyw' tore in
Dunn and their union has been ble.->s- States,' and i.Vs torved as Governor!
ed with five children. , since that time. All in all, he was
In 1903 he was first elected to the elected to (lie governorship four times
New York S'ate Assembly. From then by the pcGple ol t he State ot New
until 1915 he served in the Legisla- York.
ture for t we've successive terms. I)iir-; H(. ;s for ),fs tl,(>rough un
ing this tii ic he became majority
leader in the Assembly, then floor
leader of the minority, then SjH'aker.
He served on many important com
mittees.) s
dcrstanding of the problems of gov
ernment ar l hist consistent liberal
policy in to field ot' administrative
reforms.
CAN SELL POTATOES
WHEN QUALITY IS GOOD
Raleigh, X. C., April 24. ? Swccij
potatoes of good quality usually!
find a ready sale and it is just sis
costly to producc the j?oor quality j
roots as it is to grow something that j
the market desires.
"If more of our growers of sweet!
potatoes would avoid planting the ?
crop in the loamy heavy soils and j
use the sandier soils, ifre would pro- '
duco a hotter quality of product,"
says Dr. R. F. Poole, of the depart- :
niont of plant pathology at State.
College. "By quality, we mean mi i- '
form shape, size and freedom from
disease. Few of our growers, give
any thought to the fertilizer used
under ]>otatoes. In most instances,
too much nitrogen and too little
potash is used. The same mixtures!
bought for fertilizing cotton, corn
and tobacco arc used for potatoes j
and they :>re associated with a num-j
bcr of important diseases of the crop, I
in addition to causing large, long,
cracked potatoes of irregular sizes j
and shapes."
But those conditions; can be cor
rected, states Dr. Poole, and should j
be if the sweet potato crop of the
South is to be of marketable value.
At the present time,^the low price
on .southern grown jwtatoes is due
largely to irregular market quality.
This will be improved only when less,
nitrogen and more potath is usedj
and when the diseases affecting thoj
roots are fought intelligently.
Dr. Poole recentlv addressed at
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gathering of sweet potato growers j
near Apex in Wake County where:
he complimented them on the work1
done in removing the surplus of the i
[ crop this firing. He stated that the
roil of that section is well adapted
to sweet potato growing, yet, the i
growers wr-uld not secure the best
prices until they began using morel
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ONION FLAVOR RUINS
MILK AND BUTTER
Raleigh, N. C., April 24. ? There
is little sale lor milk bearing tne
aroma of the wild onion and when
butter lias this flavor, it i?i next to
impossible to eat it.
"Yet we have the wild onion with
ns in many of our best pastures,"
says John A. A icy, :!airy extension
spcciali.-t (it Sta|e 'College. "This
pest is one or the first plants to ap
jK-ar in the .spring and is also a vis
itor in late fall. Fortunately during
the summer months, the plants die
down and thus give 110 trouble. On
ion flavor makes milk practically un
salable and the biitt6r made from
cream with this flavor is usually sold
to a renovating plant at a very low
price. " '
This loss is always handed down
from the creamery to the milk pro
ducer since the price that a cream
ery p iv#> for buttcrfat is determined
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by the price it receives for butter.
It is important, therefore, to keep
this flavor out of the milk, states
Mr. Ai'ey. One of the best methods of
doing this is to take the cows off
of the infested pasture at least six
hours, before it is time to milk. Place
them in the lot or barn and give
them *a -heavy feeding of some dry
roughage.
Mr. Arey states that tests made
with the herd of dairy cows owned
by the North Carolina Experiment
Station have shown this to be an
effective way of ridding milk of on
ion flavor. The tests further show
that this plan should not cauae any
potash in their fertilizer mixtures
and had taken steps to control the
scurf disease.
For southern-grown potatoes to
bring fancy prices, they must be uni
form in size and shape, (free from
disease and well packed, he said,
I /HOLD ROANE KITES
f " AT WHITTEBR
? Funeral services ot' Robert J.
IiO-ine, were held at the VVhittier
Method i/t church, at 2 o'clock, Tues
i day afternoon, Rev. R. L. Bass, this
j iwstor, and Rev. P. \V, Tucker, pro
siding; elder, conducting the service
I:dei er.t was in the Brvson City
cci.' ?*: cry, with the Masonic ?- burir I
service.
Af r. Roane, senator from the 37lh
senatorial district, ami proiDinent
nic:chnnt, citizen and churchman, ot
( W'e-tern North .Carolina, pai .-ed on
nt his home in Whitticr, Sunday ev
1 ening at. 8 o'clock, after having been
ill for several months, and having
boon confined to his bed for little
more than a week.
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j Mr. Roane,- who was 68 years of
a was born in Macon county iu
J 860, and was educated in the public
schools of Franklin. He engaged in
the mercantile business in Franklin,
and was active in public affairs in
that county, having served as sher
iff of Macon. Moving to Whittier in
J 007, Mr. Roane again engaged in
the mercantile business, and ho to
gether with Mr. S. E. Varner, owned
and operated a large department
store there at the time of his death.
Mr. Roane was elected sheriff of
Swain county in 1912, and served for
two terms. He was ever active in
public affairs, and was greatly inter
ested in the welfare of his commun
ity, county, state and nation. During
the World War he served as a mem
ber of the exemption board of Swain
and for five years was an active
member of the board of education.
In 1926 he was- the democratic can
didate for state senator from his
district, and was elected to that of
fice, despite the fact that every
county in the district elected a mem
ber of the legislature of different
political faith from Senator Roane.
Senator Roane "fa sBiftVafl 1 fej MM
widow and an adopted son, Sam
Roane, of Whittier. He was married
in Franklin in 1884'to Miss Llewel-|
lyn Siler, and was a great lover ofj
his home and family, and each day
he conducted worship around the
family altar.
He was a consistent and' active
member of the Methodist church for
45 years, and served as a steward
or as superintendent of the Sunday
School, or in both capacities, for
"some forty years.
He was a member of Oconee Lodge
A. F. & A. M., and of other Masonic
bodies.
CANEY FORK CITIZEN DIES
Funeral services- of Thomas Hoop
er, well known Canoy Fork citizen
and farmer, wl>o passed 011 sudden
ly at his home about noon on Sun
day were conducted at the home
Tuesday morning by Rev. Ben Cook
and Rev. W. C. Reed and interment
followed at the family cemetery..
Mr. Hooper is survived by his wi
dow, two sons, Dillard Hooper, for
mer member of the Jackson county
board of commissioners and Howard
Hooper of Cleveland, Ohio, one
daughter, Mrs. Fanny Rhea of Wasn
ington, D. C. and a large number of
other relatives and friends.
Mr. Howard Hooper, a son, was at
home on a visit having arrived a few
days prior to his father's death; and
his granddaugthcr, Mrs. Geraldine
Holoorabe x>f Washington, was also
with her grandfather.
THE PARIS STAGING BIG SALE
The Paris, popular department store
of Sylva will conduct a sale begin
ning tomorrow and lasting 14 days.
Mr. H. R. Jordan who is in charge
of the sale is making sweeping reduo
tions in prices in every department of
the store.
great inconvenience to the average
dairyman. The period of time during
which the wild onion is most preva
lent is usually short and so the plan
need be in operation only a few
weeks. If properly carried out, the
method will save the dairymen o?|
North Carolina thousands of dollars J
each season*
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CULLOWHEE TAKES FIRST PLACE
IN COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
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Cullowhce' winning bo$ the pen
nant awarded for high school win
ning the greatest number of points
in the county commencement contest
and the silver cup in tire elementary
school contests, took first place, at
? the comity commencement held here
lapt Friday at Sylva Central Hig.i
School.
The order of winners in each con
test follows:
j Dramatics, first place Balsam, nvr
ond Tuckasoitfec, third Webster. \
Story Telling: Sylva, Wilmot, Cul
lowhee.
Singing Game: Cullowliee, Balsn:r,
Wilmot.
Fourth Grade Recitation: Sylva,
Glenville, Webster.
Grammar Grade Singing: Balmin,
Glenville, Tuckaseigee.
Recitation : Sylva, Cashiers, Qua!u<.
Seventh Grade Oral Composition:
Dillsboro, East Laportc, Webster.
Picture Posture: Cullowhce, Cash
iers, Olivet.
Health Stunt: Wilmot, Cullowhce,
Dillsboro.
Booklet Showing Best Work of
Grade : First grade, Cullowhee, Dills
boro, Glenville; Second grade, Cul
lowhee, Sylva, Webtscr; Third grade,
Qualla, Cullowhce, Webster; Fourth
Grade, Cullowhee, Qualla, Webster.
Best Result of Any Project or
Piece of Laige Unit Wrok Carried
Out in Grade, Third and Fourth
Grades, Cullowhee, Olivet, Sylva;
First and Second Grades, Adldie, Cul
lowhce, Webster.
Best Health poster, Third grade,
Olivet, Cullowhee, . Sylva; Fourth
grade, Sylva, Webster, Cullowhee.
Best single article or piece of work
done by an individual pupil, First
and second! grades, Cullowhee, Web
ster, Glenville.
Best Health Poster made by indi- ^
vidual, Fifth Grade, Sylva Cullowliee,
Webster; Sixth grade, Qualla, Sylva,
Cullowhee ; Seventh grade, Cullowhee,
Cashier?, SyTWL ? ~sr:
Best Health booklet made by group
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Grades, Cul
lowhee, Dillsboro, Webster.
Best single article or piece of work
done by an individual pupil, Fifth
Grade, Cullowhee, Dillsboro, Qualla.
Best piece of work, note book, map
or chart, by group of pupils, Fifth
Grade, Cullowhee, Qualla, Glenville,
Sixth Grade, Cullowhee, Cashier*
Seventh grade, Cullowhee, Dillsbor*
Webster,
Best booklet made of pages of hand
writing, free hand drawing, crayon
or water colors, and descriptive com
position, Fifth Gradle, Cullowhee,
Glenville, Sylva, Sixth grade, Cullo
whce, Sylva, Webster, Seventh grade,
Cullowhee, Dilsboro, Webiter.
There were large crowda of school
pupils and citizens in attendance at
the county commencement, from all
parts of the county, and much inter
est was evidenced in the work of the
schools and the various contests.
' In the afternoon there were a num
ber of athletic contesta both among
elementary and high school pupil*
WOMAN'S CLUB
The Woman '8 Club of Svlva met
in the Chamber of Commerce Build
ing, Monday afternoon, April 23 ,
with the Literary Department of the
club. This department gave a pro
gram on Poland. The history, nat
ural resources, and people were dis
cussed. The great liberty-loving pea
characteristics and whotre natural
ability as given by those on the pro
gram gave an idea of just what the
Polish people of our country can be
to America. Two of Poland's greatest
people were introduced ? Nicolas Cop
emicus the great astronomer and
Madame Curie, the woman who gave
the great secret of Radium, to the
world.
The next meeting of the Literary
Department Will be the second Mon
day in May, at the home of Mn. M.
Buchanan, Jr.
"Boys and girla, chickens, cows
and hogs," is the new slogan adopt
ed by farmers of Pender County.
How to raise lambs profitably and
safely is explained in Etyeriineat
Station bulletin 263 recently issued
by the State College of Agrieoftnv
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