Newspapers / Jackson County journal. / May 3, 1928, edition 1 / Page 1
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^ ? ^ 50 the Year in Advance in the County NORTH CAROLINA WOOD * SURVEY TO BENEHT ENTIRE STATE Washington, I>. C., May 3. ? Econ< omii- development ot' the past in \ 01 lit Carolina has hoen inseparably linked with the forests, which also hold the key, to large extent, to industrial prosperity of the future. t ordiuu to Wade H. Phillips direc tor ot tin' North Carolina Depart ment ot Conservation and Develop ment. He urges the cooperation of ,.V(.,v wood user in the State with the National Committee on Wood Utili zation, <>t the Department of Com merce, in the survey of non-utilized nootl no"' being carried on, in North Carolina in cooperation with the eon .servHtion department. ??The National Committee," said Major Phillips, "has honored North Carolina the seeoud State in wihcli to make such a survey. This work i* beimr undertaken at the earnest r.oncst ot' Governor A. W. McLean ;tti(l the State Department of Conser vation and Development. ??We look upon the sur\ev as hav-l inir unlimited possibilities in the in dustrial life and development within the State, which will reflect theii benefit* u|H)ti the entire commoifr wealth. Even resident of North Car olina rejoices in the achievements of ; our great State and desires to seei t hem continued ; and here is a med ium through which every user ot wood can contribute a part. ??The two most practical results which we expect from the survey are the establishment of new industries : to use the present waste in processes,' that will furnish new products, ad- i ditional payrolls, and more income;} and of furnishing markets for parts! ??f the tree v. hieh have no value mi- ' less some use can be made of them.^ "Complete and efficient wood uti lization is one of the keys ?o reforr estntion since it emphasizes lh? econ omic value ot timber, upon wliich a 1 fully successful jjoliey of foi-est con servation must be based. We are now! cutting our forests faster than they ran fjrow and closer utilization will aid in reducing the drain on this resource Prompt and complete .re plies to the schedules that have lieen mailed out will help this work ma terially. ' ' The Committee is surveying the qnantity, character and kind of non utilized wood available in North Car olina as raw material for by-products industries, in order to promote use of Mich material instead of standing tim ber usetul for lumber or other proces s*s. This is a step in aseriesof sur veys intended to cover the entire timbered area of the United States .is a part of the Committee program to eflfet more complete utilization of the tree. SHIPMAN HERE M. L Sbipman of Raleigh, former '?uimulssioiier of labor aiul printing, in Sylva the first of the week visiting his friends here. Mr. Ship wan is again a . candidate -for /the offiee whU'fi he tffid for many years ami tor which he was defeated in "'f Democratic primary four years a;;o by Frank Grist, the present com missioner. Mr. Shipmnn, a native of Trausylvania county and well known throughout this station as a neWa |?per publisher ha? many friends ' '? Jackson and this part of the Mate. WEAVER IS UNOPPOSED ('ongrtMiiiiau Zehulon Weaver will have no opposition in the Dciuocra 'if primaries it was. assured by the withdrawal from the race of Will ^e*l of Mariou, aunouucemcHt of *hith was niade this week. l ^'al entered the primary a week but ? has formally withdrawi owue, leaving the field clcar for W caver. ^yd bennett^ once SPOKE AT CXJLLOWBEB Floyd Bennett, famous flyer, who died in (Quebec last week of pneu monia brought on by exposure while tr>ing to bring relief to the Bremen 1 fans-Atlantic crew, was a visitor in ylvii and delivered a lecture ,at tollowhee State Normal a year ago. hen here Bennett was convalcsc '''K from injuries <?istained while ji'MC and spoke on the flight which' with Commander Byrd made to tb? North Pole. - NOMINATIONS NOT CLOSED - < * ? Qi airman Raymond R, Nicholson, of the county board of elections, has issued a statement, calling attention to the fact' that any legally quali j l|ed voter of the county, be he of ei j ther political party, has right to file I his name for any office to which he j aspires, up to and including May 18. Mr. Nicholson states that the state i ment is made to correct an irapres ; i-ion that .the tickets arc already slated for the parties ; and calls at ' lent ion to' the legalized primary law i which is in force in Jackson county. ? Mr. Nicholson's statement follows: "Notice i Any Regally qualified voter has the right to fife his nan*> with the board , of elections for the nomination of \ either party for af>v office, up to j and including May 18. This notice is given to correct an impression in some sections of the county that the tickets are already slated. Any can didate desiring to be a candidate, for county office must file his notice with the Chairman of the County Board of Elections. Raymond R. Nieholson, Chairman County Board of Elections. CULLOWHEE FINALS START MONDAY - The Cullowhec State Normal com ' mencemCnt exercises will begiu next 1 Monday, when the Junior-Senior Re | ception will be held' from 8 until 10 o'clock in the evening. The Commencement sermon will be delivered at 11 o'clock Sunday morn ing, May 20, in the auditorium, Tuesday, May 22, the Senior-Fac | ulty banquet will be held at 7 P. M. The program for Wednesday, May j 23, includes a baseball game at 2:30, and the Columbian and Eroso ftfan Literarv Societies program at 8:30. ^Thc Class Dfty exercises Will be held in the ^Amphitheatre at 10 o' clock in tto moving; and the Alumni meeting v rul.be m the Auditorijom jitj 11:30, tiUtmljm by a buffet luncheon at 1, on *ttrai4*fy May 24. .At 2:30 in the ev$niftg /athe Shakespearian | Play 44 A Mi?|?cr Night's Dream' will be < pftj ffipd on the Woodland , V St stag?. ? ' On Fri<j|/, May 24, the commence ment esewls eg will be given at 10 o'clock in the morning; and the an nual meeting of the board of trus tees will be held at 2:30. CHURCH NOTICE Interesting services have been plan ned for the first Sunday in May at the Methodist churches of Sylva and Dillsboro, The pastor, Rev. Geo. Cleramer, will conduct the services of worship in the morning at 3, viva and in the evening at Dillsboro, The theme of the morning service! will be "Manhood." The subject is ! 44 Wanted: ? A Man." In the even-j .ing Mr. Cleramre will discuss the ev olution of man's idea of God. Thei subject being, "Pictures which men have painted of God." Mrs. Alec -Kteer of Brevard will sing at the morning service. Sunday sehool will convene at 10 a. m. promptly. There is a class for every age and grade with interest ing lesson material. Why not come to Sunday school a'ndi stay for worr ship at 11 o 'clock f The flpwortll League meets at 7 p. m. The general public is cordially invited to attend any of the services of the charge. The following order will be observed hi the morning and evening services or worship: Morning Worship 11 A. M. .. Voluntary.; Hymn No. 19, "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing;" Jhe Apostles' Creed; Prayer; Selection by the choir; Responsive reading psalm 144; The Gloria Patrj j Jfcw Testament lesson ,11 Timothy 3rd chapter; Announcement; Offering; Offertory solo by Mrs. Alex Kiser; Hymn No. 325. "Break Thou The Bread of Life;" Sermon: "Wanted, A Man;" Hymn No. 360, "0 Jesus I have Promised." Benediction. Evening Service 7:45 Dillsboro Voluntary; Hynm No. ^227, I Need Thee Every Hoar;" Responsive read ing 317; Prayer; New Testament les son John 14:1-11; Announcements; Offerings; Hymn No. 172, "My Sa vior's Lave;" Sermon : "Pictures < Which Men Have Painted of God;" 'Hymn No. 232^ "More \Like "'The ? Matter." Benedict km. SylvaN. C.. ..Thursday, May 3, 1928 . .. , $2.00 the Year in Advance Outside CopntJ Herbert Hoover, was bom in Iowa iu 1874, the sou of a blacksmith. His mother was a reader in a Quaker meeting house. He was orphaned at 9 and brought up by relatives in Or egon ; he worked his way through In land Stanford University; he worked with a pick in the mines,, and' li^pr was assistant in the office jdf a Saa Francisco engineer. < 1> At 23 io was manager' of a large British mine in Australia; at 25 Di rector Genenil of the Imperial Mines of China. He was a chion figure in the defense of Tientsin in nhe Boxer Revolution, and during the next fif teen years headed vast mining enter prises in various quarters of the world. He purchaesd an abandoned mine in Burma ?nd ga\'e this up at the outbreak of the war because to keep it he would have bad to become a British citizen. Bo at the age of 40 his public career began. SPEEDWELL The Union Meeting convened at/ Speedwell Friday, Saturday and Sun da}* All who did not attend missed hearing some of the best addresses ever made at this place; also, two> of the finest sermons that hayc boei? preached at this place in a long tinm. j Rev. Thnd Deit/. delivered one of j 'the sci^ioiifc jandj R<*v. Ben Cook | delivered the other. I wish all of the j people of this placc had been out j Friday, but- owing to the condition i of the weather, but few attended, so those who were there received I the benefit of what Brother Deitz ' had to say. Brother Cook preached to a large ; aadicuce Sunday. 'Taking as his ( subject Paul being a firm man, he, delivered a fine sermon ? onq thai 1 W$1 ie long remembered, and of j much good to all those who had the | (privilege of hearing hjim, if '.they I will ccoive tho message brought to j them. Mr. Tliad Brysctfi delivered one of the finest Sunday School address! es I think I ever heard. Every Sun-J day School student ought to have j been there and heard him. I think; It would have done all of them good. | Alfred Davis spoke in be-J hi# of thp young people and PQ?n^ ed out many evils that are drawing the minds of our young people away from the church and Sunday School. Rev. I. K. Stafford made some excellent addresses and pointed out j many things that ought , to bo done, j for tho betterment t>f our country | and the building np of things that have been left undone. Rev. W. C. Reed, principal pf Svl-. va ? Collegiate Institute, pointed out : the need of his school and made ii plain to the people of Jackson coun ty that it takes money and people working hand in hand to run a 1 school successfully. Let everybody f JBe won recognition as Chairman of the Commission for Relief in Bel gium. Upon America's entry into the 1*rar Hoover beeame the United States Food Administrator. After the war lie was appointed Chairman of th<\ Supreme Economic Council of tktf Allies. He organized the American jlclief AdrotafSfiBfttton to save lives in Rii*?ia'~during~ 1920-21. Since 1921 Hoover has been Secretary of Com merce. ? In addition to 1 is work as a cabi net member, Hoover has a multitude of other tasks. He is director of the Mississippi Flood Relief and various other national movements. Hoover is six feet tall and of pow erful physique. He makes a deep im pression as a speaker. It' is said that he is rather shy, very quiet and very modest. Though he is an exceedingly busy man, it is not difficult for any ono to secure an audience with him. ) PRICE ANNOUNCES FOR SHERIFF Charles, Price, of Iiivcr township^ has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination lor sheriff, Mr. Price's announcement follows: To the democratic voters of Jack son County; I hereby announce my candidacy of sheriff of Jackson county, sub ject to the democratic 'primary, to bo held in June. Your support will be appreciated. Charles X. Price get behind this school and help to press on with the jjood work. It is a school made of people at the head of it who believe in teaching and training boys fliul girls to be cj>ris tians, and when sent, will go forward and mako great men and women for God's kingdom. If all our schools would teach (iod't* word in them audi leave off some, of the things so taught the teachers of different schools I think we would have bet ter boys and girls than some are. Rev. J. D. Sitton left some fine thoughts for our people to treasure up in their hearts. Mr. Z. V. Watson made a fine and interesting address and a fine subject to talk from. If you were not present, yotr do not know what the subject was, so you missed all. Rev. R. N. Deitz pointed many goo^l thoughts and left them with tho people of Speedwell. Ret. Corsey Hooper, a man I have been raised with, with an interesting talk on a fine subject, "Song and Praise," pointing out "the need of what it takes to hold a successful service. Rpv. A. C. Queen made a. short iand tht^ughtrful talk, poniting /out some of the truths in our Sunday School lesson. _ BEN H. HOOPER CHICAGO TO HAVE NEGRO CONGRESSMAN Oscar de Priest, negro and form er Chicago alderman, has been se lected to rejjace Madden as Repub lican nominee lor congressman from the First Illinois district. De Priest will be the first negro congressman since 1901 if he is elected, which jwliticians say is certain. The selection of De PHest to sue cced the late congressman Madden \ou the ticket was matte ^by the Re publican ward coinmittcetnuc, whose w*rd lie within the boundaries of the First Illinois district, and the choice of the negro was unanimous. Mr. Madden who died last week in his office,, in Washington was serving his twelvth term in congress and recently defeated a negro for his thirteenth nomination, only after his friends had made a strenuous fight for him. MRS. CHARLES M. WELLS PASSES Funeral services of Mrs. Charles M. Wolls, who passed on early Fri day morning, were held at her home Saturday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. J. G., Murray and Rev. Geo. B. Clemuier and interment was in the Keener cemetery. Mrs. Wells had been in ill health for several years and confined to her bed for the several months, prior to her death. She is survived by her husband, C. M. Wells, two daugh ters, Mrs. Frank H. Weller of Knox ville, Miss Lucy Wells of Charlotte, one granddaughter, and three broth ere, A. I). Cowan of Sylva, and John Cowan and Polk .Cowan of Washington. Mrs, Ellen Cowan Wells, daughter of Mary and William Cowan, was born at Webtser .July 12, 1874, and. passed away April 27, 1928. On January 2, 1884, dbe . was marricd to Charles M. Wells. Four daughters blc^ed this union, two of whom have already passed bc yound. At the early age of fourteen, she surrendered her life to the Lord, uniting with the River Hill Baptist chnreh. Later she moved her mem bership to Sylva. Mrs. Wells walked ; closely to her Master and was an | active, and consecrated member of her church as long as her health permitted, ? In Mrs. Wells' passing, Sylva has lost a true gentlewoman. Her gentle kindness and thoughtfulncss won her a host of friends in her youth who have grown to love her more and more as the years have gone by. Her long months and years of illness have served to reveal more clearly her calm, sweet spirit. To her family remain* the memory of a life of self sacrificing devotion as a mother, wife and sister, and to her friends, a tender sympathy and deejJ understanding of their jtft's I and sorrows J The profusion of floral offerings and tho large crowd of her neigh bora and friends who gathered to pay their last tribute to her attest ed the esteem in which she was held. The honorary pall bearers were. S. W. Enloe, M. Buchanan, M. D. Cowan, Billy Davis, E. L. McKce, | and E, Ford King. The aetive pall bearers were Ramsey Buehanan, . J Cowan, tHarrv Buchanan, M. Buchanan, Jr., David Hall and Roy Cowan, HENDERSON RESIGNS POST AT CHEROKEE Cherokee, May 2. ? Jamea E. Hen derson, for 23 years a worker among Indians and for the past 15 years superintendent of the Cherokee In dian reservation here, has announced his resignation. He will retire to his farm near Canton, he announced. 'The resignation will become effec tive as poon as property at the Cher okee boarding school can be listed and taken over by Ross L. S pals bury, designated by the commissioner of Indian affairs. During his 13 years here Mr. Hen derson baa seen tho Indian school grow from a small, poorly equipped one into m institution that has at tracted wife attention. During the l same period he Cherokee Indian fafy lhas become kaovn throughout the country. >? ' " Thirty-five head- of pure bred dairy cattle were added to the cow popula tion of Guilford mmty bjr farm agent J. L WaQontr M week. ! ONE-THIRD OP ALL CHURCH MEMBERS ARE OATHOUOS More than one-third of all church members in the Unitedr States belong 1 to the Koir?n Catholic chnreh, while the other two-third? are divided ' among -24 general bodies, such as Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, etc. Churches in the United States gain ed 573,000 near members daring 1927. The total enrollment these church es wap 48, 504,163. The increase over 1926 was alrftost 100,000. The geratest gain was made in the Catholic group, cpmposed of Roman, Polish and American Old Catholics, which added 183,889 members for\a total of 16,854,091 communicants. Of this number 16,735,891 were Roman Catholics. *" The Methodist^ divided into 16 bodies were seeondi with a gain of 160,910 while 20 bodies 0 1 Lutherans gained 67,879. Otkm in order of gain, were Disciples Of Christ, Bap tists, Latter-Day Saints, Oriental Cathotics, Mennonites, Reformed Brethren (Dunkards), United Breth ren and Adventists. The only groups registering decreases were the Pres byterians and the Friends. The census result follows: Roman Catholic, 16,736,691. Methodist Episcopal 4*582^)04. Southern Baptist, 3,706,091. National Baptist, (negro), 3,253,369. Methodist Episeopal (south, 2*507,982 Presbyterian, N. S. k? 1,885,727. Disciples of Christ, 1,481,370. Northern Baptist, 1,481,376. ' Baptist, 1,392,820 Protestant Episcopal, 781,092. Lutheran (Missoari synod), 846,345. Latter-Day Saints, 567,319. African Methodist Episcopal Zien, 500,000. a.- - United B retta^ in Okmt, Congregation, ' 4^Tonned in U. S., 361,920. EVailgelistic Synod of North America 336,118. Negro Methodist Episcopal, 330,002. Church of Christ, 317,937. Norwegian Lutheran, 294^227. Greek (Hellenic) Orthodox, 286,000 Lutheran Aqgustana Synod 224,029 Evangelical Church, 217^980.. Russian Orthodox, 200,000. The census disclosed that oansoHdu tion of ehurches has decreased the number of ministers There ware 217 204 at the start of 1928, almost 1,500 less than a year previous. The num ber .of churches in the country was set at 235,991, or 1,470 less than in 1926. QUALLA Rev. H. C. Freeman and family of Fines Creek spent put of last week visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Freeman was taken to tba hos pital at Sylva Saturday and under went a serious operation. Mr. Terry Johnson has, returned to Claremont after visiting his lit tle son, Terry Joe, who has been very sick, bnt is improving. Mrs. Bill Allen, of Almond and Mrs. Steve Bradburn are spaading awhile with their mother, Ha. A J. Freeman, who ia^ improving after a serious illnesat* Miss Louisfe/Hyatt motored to Webster Monday. Messrs. J. K. Terrell and H- (?. Ferguson attended the Quarterly Conference at Olivet Saturday. Rev. It. L. Bass of Whittier and Mrs. D. A. and Miss Jessie Martin of Cherokee called at Mr. J. C. Johnpon's, Thursday. Mr. Golman KuOfeni autde a trip to Asheville, MoitAj r. Mrs. Tinie Lytk et V>M>m pud Mrs. Faye Varner if Wtiftief were guests of Mrs. P. C. SMtM. Mrs. Charlotte Ferguson called ou . her sister, Mrs. Annie Owen, Sat urday. Miss Etta Kinsland called on Mrs. J. K. Terrell Mr. Fred McLean and family of* v Whittier visited at lb. J. C. John son's. Mrs. J. P. Crisp has returned from a visit with relatives at Clyde. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cooper's little daughter Las pMOpMHa Mr. P. <a Mtafckto ee^eUsl " ? v . ' ? 'Cpiliii ? ->'1 1 . Self feeders ndttlw Jfr have beenb nilt hy faimaw a^*i? son county recently. T^a bog fniibf idea |a mWlr mMmf 1
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