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^ 50 the Year in Advance in the County
Sylva, N. C., Thursday,
CLUB SHORT COURSE
NOW m SESSION
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N. C., July 31.? With an
attendance of between 800
-.ml 1 .00 for boys. and girls, the an
nual 4-H Hub short course held
ui Si a !?? College during the week ot'j
(l?h to to August 4 will likely be:
out ?>i tin- principal farm events in!
North Carolina this year.
??our four-H clubs are , better -or
,r;iiii,nl ill ?H |>arts of North Caro
lina iliii-i ever before," rays L. R.
Hun ill. ?'lub agent. * ' program
i?i ?i. ir annual state encampment |
|,;is In I'll in the eours# of )>-.-eparation I
for some weeks and wc have a bal-'
ii.nl meeting iin which play and
recreation will take an important j
place along with the courses of in- :
> traction. for tht boys we shall
start the day with a swim at 0:30
oVIiK-k each morning. Then after
biv;ikti.st, the young men will go
to their classes in poultry, livestock,
liiriii >ho|>s and field crops. Games
sightseeing rest, and recreation will
be tin' program for the afternoons."
Mis- Maude K. Wallace, in ehargcj
ui ilif jrirls club work, has arranged
courses in food and health, olothing.j
room improvement, recreation, poul-|
try and culture. House mothers who
will ha\e charge of the girls during
tin- wee). are Misses Mattie Lee Cool
c\, Kthel Nice and Daisy Caldwell
ami Mrs. Sabrie VVillias Keid. Sev
eral ui the home agents have been
selected to aid in the teaching woitk
also. Miss h'lla Gardner of Washing
ton, W. C., will have the coupes in
recreation for the girls and Miss
Faitiiie Huchanaii of a leading t?lk
i' ? machine couifuiiiy will teach music
appref iation.
Tlit> voung folks will need little
s|Hiitlinjr money during the week. The
actual cost of the camp is $7.50 per
person, this to include all charges for
room ami hoard, laboratory fees and
other incidentals. The young people
will he divided into groups with com
petent leaders in charge and some
responsible person will be on duty,
witli (bem each minute of their stay.
ANNUAL FARM MEETING
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
Ituleigh, N. C., July 31. ? Despite
a lower iii tendance than in previous
years, the 26th annual State Farm
er's* and Farm Women's convention
held at State College during the
week of July 23 was a great success.
Total registration for rooms was
about .'{(Ml below that for last sum
mer due largely to delayed crops,
I lie tobacco harvest and low prices
tor early truck crops in eastern Car
olina. However, on Thursday, a. few
over persons had registered and
hundreds of others had driven in
tor some part of the program and
did not desire rooms. The mlb were
prentlv outnumbered by the rural wo
men, many of whom left their hus
bands at home with the crops And
children, so that the advantage might
he taken of the annual short course
tor farm women which was a part|
of the convention exercises this year, j
In tact, some of the main features i
of the program were arranged for the
ladie>. I'ive were honored- with thej
title of Master Farm Homemaker. j
These were Mrs. J. E. Corriher of
China IS rove; Mrs. W B Lamb, Gar-]
land; Mrs. A. R. Poyner, Moyock;
Mrs. W T Whitsett, Whitsett and
iIrs W. 1). -Graham, Mt Ulla. Four
others were awarded ceretificates for
havinfj attended four short courses,
The>e were Mrs. Henry Middleton
of Warsaw; Mrs. 8. B. Nash, Frank
liliton; Mrs Martha Jackson, Cooper
and Mrs. C. M. Rhodes, Zebulon
Excellent programs were provided
"i each of the sectional meetings.
The "vneral meetings held each day
eleven o'clock carried the princi
pal addresses of the convention.
Questions pertaining to all phases of
jarni lite wore discussed from feed
,nK ehildreii to forming state organi
zations of farmers. The program was
almost entirely a made-in-Carolina af
?ir. Only one person from outside
'lie State was invited to speak.
Thi; ;,n^ranj was also featured by
* '?<? ufr number of practical farm
frs and farm women- having part in
?hi' proceedings than in past years.
^ hale meat cannot compare with
fish meal as a supplementary feed
for ||lvlrS according to recent tests
at the North Carolina Experi
Station.
SURVEY, or* SPRING
PIEE SEASON
The State Forest Service divides
the calendar yfear into two parts for
the purposes of convenience in mak
ing up the records. The first six
months constitute /the Spring Fire
Season and the lasi six months the
Fall Fire Season. At the end of each
season figures upon the fires therein
are worked up and compared with
figures for previous seasons, thus act
ing as a sort of barometer of the Ser
vice's ph>gress. . .
A resume of the past si* months,
constituting the Spring Fire Season
of 1928, shows the occurrence of 179
fires in the nine cooperating counties
of District One. Three of the western
counties, Clay, Cherokee and Graham
are not now working with the state
and no accurate data on fire occur
rence in them are kept.
Of these 170 fires, Buncombe had
the most, with 32, and Macon had
the fewest with 10. The other coun
ties ranged between these two. How
ever, the actual number of fires burn
ing does not constitute the best cri
terion of a county oiganization 's
work, since the more thickly settled
counties are much more liable to fire
occurrence than those where popula
tion is sparse. And this is true be
cause about 98 percent of our fires
in this part of the United States are
man-caused. A better indication, then
of a county's standing is found in
the figures showing total acreage
burned and the average number of
acres burned per- fire. Madison coun
ty had the best record in total acre
age burned, the figure being399 ac
res. Swain county, with an average
of 34 acres per fire, held the best
record in that respect. Incidentally,!
Swain's record js noteworthy because
the county re-entered the organiza
tion in February, after an absence
of a year.
The average record for the nine
counties of the District is as follows:
Total acres under protection 1,895,000 j
Total acres burned 8,910
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Total number of fires .... 17*3
Average acres per fire . . 49.7
Peraeuf of protected area ' burneS,
less than 1-2 of 1 percent.
Total actual fire-fighting costs
throughout the District amounted to
about $1900, or an average of some
thing over $10 per fire. The 130 coun
ty and District Wardens spent about .
$1300 in first prevention, educational,
and administrative work looking to
ward attanment of the Sorvice's goal
of PREVENTING fires
An interesting point in connection
with finances is the fact that 350
men donated their time and effort on
various fires during the season. These
men are classed as volunteers, and,
the increase in their number during
recent seasons indicates growing ap
preciation of the work of the Forest
Service. *
All moneys sj>ent in this work come
equally from the various county treas
uries and* the State treasury. The
State's work with a eounty is always
on the basis of a 50-50 maximum ap
propriation. This system has the ad
vantage of stimulating local interest
in the stamping out of fires because
local money is invested in the work.
It's weak point is, of' course, the
fact that cooperation on the part of
the county is purely voluntary. Pres
ent county annual appropriations in
District One are as follows:
Buncombe $1000
Haywood 400
Henderson .... 300
Jackson 500
Macon : 400
Madison 500
Polk 300
Swain 500
Transylvania 400
On the whole, these appropriations
are low. Their average is much low
er than in the eastern part of the
State, where appropriations of $2000.
and $2500 are not at all uncommon.
However, the mountain counties have
established very good fire records,
despite this handicap.
A very important phase of the
work of the Forest Service is law
enforcement. North Carolina boasts
of a good set of laws looking toward
the curbing of the fore.1' firemen -
the curbing of the forest fire men
ace, and this enforcement is left
largely to the Forest Wardens. Dis
trict One, during this Spring- Season,
had 7 prosecutions under these laws,
5 of which were won and 2 ow which
are still pending. A total of $58.75
was collected in fines and court costs.
This money of course went to the
in which collected. Further
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Which Road will Lead To The White House?
The Republican and Democratic candidates for the presidency ant]
the houses wherein they were hprn are pictured above. As can be easily
of a small town and Alfred E. seen, Herbert Hoover is the product
Smith the product of a big city.
Men from the country and city both have attained the highest office
in the land.
This year, which wilTbe the victor? a city or a country product?
This supreme test ? the contest be tween a Small City and a Big City
product ? is engaging the attenfion of the entire country. Everyone is
wondering and asking: "Smith or Hoover? Which?"
CANTON OFFICER FREED
OF MURDER CHARGE
Canton Enterprise, Juy 20
According to word received here
Thursday noon, Jake B. Parham was
found not guilty of the murder of
E. W. Bell, whom he shot and killed 1
here on the night of June 2.
The ease was begun at the Hay
wood County Superior Court in Way- J
nesville, Monday morning, and went
to the jury Wednesday afternoon. A '
verdict of not guilty was given short
ly before noon Thursday.
Bell was shot by officer Parham,
then night policeman in Canton
about ten o'clock on Saturday night,'
June 2j following a mix-up between
the two when Parham attempted to
arrest Bell, alleging the latter to bc|
under the influence of whiskey ami ,
causing a disturbance. On . Monday
following the tragedy bond was fixed
for Parham at $4,000 pending the
hearing of the case at the July term
of Court.
The State sought to Khow tjhat
Bell had stop|ied to rest, and asked
a verdict of second degree murder.
The defense entered a plea of self
defense, showing that Bell stopped
in a side street, and the officer testi
fied that he thought Bell was about
to lunge at him of to draw a gun.
Attorneys for the defense were
J. Bat Smothers of A she vi lie, S. M.
Robinson of Canton and J. W. Fergu
son of Waynesville ; while the solic
itor was assisted by T. A. C. Clark
of Canton, Morgan, Ward and Stanley
of Waynesville.
This is the second murder case to.
be disposed of during the present I
term of court. The case of Hopkins
vs. Hopkins of the Big Creek sec
tion, was completed when a verdict
of not guilty was given. The self
defnense plea was also offered in this
case,
more, 11 parties responsible for set-j
ting out fire carelessly were billed'
for the suppression costs, and paid j
a total of $92.76 to the State and
county treasuries. The landowners,
on whose property fires occurred
also paid $13.88 into these treasuries
as suppression costs.
I In summation, 13 parties ,paid|
$106.64 as reimbursement to State!
and county for fire-fighting costs. I
I The Forest Service, of course, keeps |
rather accurate data on each fire |
that occurs within a cooperating
county, and these figures constitute!
one of the best answers to the occa-l
sionallv-voiced claim that fines in. the)
woods do little or no damage. During
the Spring Season, for example, For
est Wardens estimated the following
damage done by the 179 fires in the
District.
To merchantable timber $5,246
To young growth ? 13,577
To improvements, crops etc., 5,741
Total $24,564
In other words, the average fire
this spring burned 49.7 acres, cost
$10.50 to suppress, and did damage
to the extent of $137. Is. it to be
wondered at that the Forest Service
regards Fire Prevention as its pri
mary mission, rather than merely
fire suppression? The best and eas
iest way to fight a fire is to .keep
it from starting 0
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District Forester W. K. Beichier,
SYLVA BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT
BEGINS AUGUST 17
A large number of Baptist worker?,
pastors, Sunday School and B. Y.
P. U. people are expected to be in
attendance at the Baptist Encamp
ment, beginning at Sylva Collegiate
Institute August 17, and continuing
through August 24.
Dr. A. B Wood, Pastor of the First
Church of Maxton, Dr. Fred F. Brown
Pastor of the First Church of Knox
ville, Miss Gladys H Beck, State Ele
mentary Sunday School Secretary, |
Perry Morgan, State Sunday School
Secretary, A. V. Washburn, State Sun
day School and B. Y. P. U worker,
Dr. W. R. Cijllnm, of the chair of
Bible of Wake Forest College, Miss
Winnie Rickett, State Junior and
Intermediate B. Y. P. U. worker, and
other Baptist leaders of North Caro
lina an<f*the Southland are on the
program for the encampment.
There will be a registration fee of
$1.00; and room and board will be
furnished at Sylva Collegiate Insti
tute at $1.00 per day.
OUR SOURCES or NEW WEALTH
Hollo well 's Mountain Farmer.
New sources of income for Western I
North Carolina and the development
in agriculture in its various branches
as the quickest source of great po
tential wealth were discussed in our
last number with the promise that
we would turn next to the opportuni
ties and duties of business and pro
fessional men of the cities in the pro
motion of more profitable farming.
Farmers have heen too content to
"hoe their own row" and to foster
distrust of city interests while bus
w ? .
incssincn have too long satisfied
themselves with "letting well enough
alone" to secure that wholesome in
dependent farm life with an assured
modern plane of living somewhat on
a par with that of the city or in
keeping with what the farmer's hardj
labor deserves.
If agriculture is to come into its
own and reward the efforts of those
who labor in the fields there must
be an awakening to the necessity for
the use of more labor-saving machin
ery, more economical production "and
' more business-like methods of mar
^ keting.
I This calls for outliving distrust,
prejudice and antagonism on the part
k of the farmer, and more sympathetic
interest on the part of the business
men of the city.
The balance of trade has been too
much against Western Carolina. We
have not only imported heavily of
those tilings we could not profitably
produce but have nearly "eaten our
heads off' importing those things that
1 should have been profitably prod need
.at home. 1
I The agricultural departments of
1 the state and nation have laid great
V stress on high production until mar
keting now becomes a big problem.
We have developed our farmers fast
er than we have created markets.
Farmers have become master pro
ducers but unskilled at marketing on
a large scale.
Gigantic production and restricted
markets don't contribute as they
should to the farmer's prosperity.
TENNESSEE BASIN
BEING SURVEYED
Franklin Press, July 26
Here in connection with the aero
topographical survey of the Tennes
see river and its tributaries, Robert
Alcorn, Lum Rnnyan, H. Erwin and
W. T. Gann of the Chattanooga Dis
trict of the War Department will be
in the vincinity of Franklin for a
month or six weeks.
After the survey of the tributaries
has been completed, the region drain
ed by the various streams is to be
mapped. The information is being se
cured for the Federal Power Com
mission by the War Department.
Much of the data gathered is not for
release, with the result that the full
plans of the survey and the results
of what has so far been accomplished
are not for publication.
The work in which the four repre
sentatives of the War Department
here are engaged has Jbeen in progress
for six years. The Tennessee river
with its tributaries drains a vast area
of the southern states, including
broad districts of fanning country,
as well as more sparsely populated
mountain sections such as are found I
in Western North Carolina.
QUALLA
Mr.. P. H. Ferguson with a large
party of young folks left Thursday
to visit different- points of interest
in the Smoky Mountains. They re
turned Saturday.
On Friday evening Mr. Frank Kins
land gave a Birthday reception to
a large party of young folks. They
report a pleasant time. Ice cream
was served.
Miss Ida Battle is making a trip
to Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hyatt attended
? the Sunday School Convention at
Dillsboro, Sunday.
Mrs. A. H. Bryan of Gleilville has
returned home after a visit with
friends at Qualla.
Mrs. K. Howell has returned from
a visit with relatives in Asheville.
Mr. James Reeves of Madison
county was a week end guest at
Mr. G. A. Kinsland 's.
Mr. Felix Picklesimer of Sylva
was a Qualla visitor Sunday
Miss Etta Kinsland is visiting in
Madison county.
. Mrs. Dan Gass, Mrs. Horace Gass
of Ravensford, Mrs. Eva Conner and
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Conner of I
Smokemont visited at Mr J. H. Hughs
Mr. and Mrs Jeter Snyder of Wil
letts were guests at Mr. R. F. Hall's
Mr and Mrs J E Battle Mr and
Mrs. C. P. Shelton, Mr. and Mrs.
Roscoe Swan and Miss Hazel Battle
visited at Mr J. E. Rogers Whittier.
Mr. H G Ferguson and family went
to Sylva to hear Rev. J. M. Row
land, Tuesday night.
Mr Will Kimsey of Asheville and
Mr. Jim Kimsey of Smokemont vis
ited at Mr. D. L. Oxner's
Mr. and Mrs. Nute Snyder and
Miss Winnie Cooper called at Mr.
P. M. Cooper's.
Mrs Steve Bradbum visited her
mother, Mrs. A. J. Freeman.
Mr Ottis Freeman of Fines Creek
is visiting relatives.
Mrs. York Howell left Sunday for
her home in Tennessee, stopping en
route to visit her daughter Mrs. G.
T. Cooper, at Sylva.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Howell have re
turned to Morganton after a visit
among relatives.
Mr. Frank Edwards and family of
T^ynesville spent the week end with
relatives.
Messrs. C. P. Shelton Will Free
man and David Worley made a bus
iness trip to Georgia.
Mr. Claud Hughes and family vis
ited at Mr. James Battles.'
Mrs. A. C Hoyle and Miss Dora
Crisp were guests at Mr W. W. An
thony's.
Miss Nell Edwards of Waynesvillo
spent last week with Miss Mary Em
ma Ferguson.
Mr. and Mis. Golman Kinsland and
Mr. Paul Ferguson and family called
at Mr. J. K. Terrell's.
Robert Varner^of Whittier spent
a few days with -bis aunt, Mrs. C.
P. Shelton.
Mr D. M. Shnler has gone to Swain
county on a fishing trip
Mr. J. 0. Howell and family vis
ited at Mrs. A C Hoyle's
Mr Wayne Battle of Sylva stopped
at Qnalla Sunday.
Miss Mary Battle called on Miss
Oni Gum,
BE. J. W. OBAWFOBD
BURIED AT OORHELIA
Franklin Press
Cornelia, Qa., July 21 ? Dr. J. Wil
ey Crawford, one of the most promi
nent physicians in this section died
at his home here yesterday. He was
well known in north Georgia medical
circles and also in western North
Carolina, where he formerly lived. He
took an active part in all community
projects
He is survived by six sons, Farrell,
Dewey, Vernon, Todd, gtranleigh and
Kenneth Crawford.
Funeral services were held Satur
day with interment in Cornelia eem
etery.
Dr. Crawford is a cousin of Mr.
Lee Crawford and was widely known
as he often visited here.
BETA VALLEY
While I am wondering what has
become of our Beta writer I will
jot off a very few items myself. I
wish more people would write to our
paper. We ought to have a few items
from most every town in our county.
Come on ! Let 's make' our paper
more home like.
Our farmers are very busy now
with their crop since the weather
has been favorable for work.
Mr. and Mrs. Guerson Dillard
from Akron, Ohio, are visiting Mr.
Dillard's mother, Mrs. Tabitha Dil
lard.
Last week the death, angel visited
our valley and bore away on its
wings the spirit of Uncle Tom Dills,
also the infant son of Mr. Bill Mon
teith. We sympathize with the sor
rowing families.
We are glad to hear that Mrs. Nel
lie Norton is improving.
A party of our young people enjoy
ed a mountain hike to the pinnaele
Sunday.
Mrs. S. H. Phillips of Asheville has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Cole
Ensley. ,
Miss Lucy Kitchen who has been
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. T. K. Guthrie, has returned to
her home.
Mr and Mrs. A. J. Justice, Mrs.
Selma Ensley and children, Mr. Dill
Mason, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Kitchin
and children, Mr. Roy Sellers, and
Frank Justice, Miss Maud Martin en
joyed the beauties of Lake Lure Sun
day on their return home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Kitchin visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. S. T Cooper
Miss Bertha Dean visited her aunt
Mrs. Richard Moore last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Dillard spent
the week end with her mother, Mrs.
Dillard near Sylva
Mr. John H. Green of Dillsboro
visited Mr. P. W. Kitchin this week
end on business, v-*
ROTARY CLUB RECEIVES
NEW MEMBERS
The Sylva Rotary Club, at its
weekly luncheon, Tuesday, at the
Potfuck Tea Hejuse, received four
new members, Messrs C. W. Denning,
Reginald Enloe, Seroop Enloe, Jr.,
and Daniel G. Bryson.
'Five visitors met with the Sylvn
Club, and an interesting dissertation
on the meaning of Rotary was given
by Mr. Claude Sisk of the Belmont,
N. C., Club.
COUNTY GETS $3,000 INCREASE
4
An increase of $3,000 from the
state equalizing fqpd was awarded
to Jackson county at the meeting
of the state equalizing board, in Syl
va, last week. The total of the equal
izing fund that the county will reeeive
will be $31,000 an compered with
$28,000.00 last year. In addition to
that the state pays the comity school
fund $200.00 for home economies
work, $12,000 for the supervisor's
salary, and $800.00 on the high school
fund, making a total of $33,000 that
the eounty will reeeive from the state.
The total school budget is $134,000
of which $26^00 is payments on
debts and interest, leaving an actual
operating expense of $112,000, of
which the state will pay $33,000.00
and taxes from the loeal tax districts
| will be $29,000.00
Members of the North Carolina
Bankers' Association will attend a
speeial short course at State College
on Thursday and Friday, Angus* 2
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