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KORRIS says religion was
big ELEMENT IN LANDSLIDE
Washington, Nov. 10. ? Senator Nor
ris of Nebraska, who supported the
|), iiioi-raiic Presidential picket, de
rl.nrrd today that "the greatest ele
involved iu the landslide was
rrli'jion," and that the next eon
trolling issue of the campaign was
prohibition, ^
??The real issues in the campaign
tt.fre relief for agriculture and the
preservation of our national resources
nom the grasping fingws "of the
power trust," he said. "in the exeite
meat over the artificial issues of re
ligion and prohibition, farm relief
,v;(s beaten and the power trust given
the greatest victory it has ever
achieved since it began the stealthy
mid secret attempt to control all the
activities ot our economic and politi
t-al lil'e.
* ? From the outlook of a progressive
f he immediate future is not encour
acini:- As a concrete illustration, it
look- now that unless the Supreme
Court holds that the Muscle Shoals
hill passed at the last session of Con
.?re-s is now a law, that great prop
er! v, developed at the expense of the
American taxpayers, cannot be saved
ior the j?eople.
??Notwithstanding the setback, it
i- tin* duty of progressives to fight
?ii a ml do the best we can, even
m the lace of defeat, and to con
tinue the contest in spite of the addi
tional odds that, the election has
thrown in the pathway of human
progress. y
TERNS THRIVE WELL
AS POTTED PLANTS
ltaleigli, N. C., Nov. 14 ? Sword
:ini>, such as the common Boston,
the Ostrich Plume, compact Boston
ami others thrive well under a wid^
range oi conditions and are grown
wan the urea test ease of any variety
oi the tern family.
"Those varieties commonly known
:? Sword ferns adapt themselves to
a. wide ra?<rc of conditions and for
ikst reason make excellent bouso ;
pbntV *ay* ttteito
iieulturi-t at the North Carolina.
?State College. "These ferns do equal- \
is as well in the san-parior or living I
rooui if allowed the benefit of the i
iwirning Min. One common mistake in !
their growth is to subject them to)
sudden change of temperature. This1
they will not stand. All varieties of j
the Sword) fern are capable of adapt
in? themselves to a wide range of
leniperatnro if the change is made
gradually rather than abruptly."
In growing these house ferns, says
Randall, they will thrive in any
srood, garden soil with one-tiurd well
rutted manure or compost mixed in
equal parts and with enough sand
aided to provide drainage. I? it is nee
'vary to use, in the placo of fib
rous garden loam, a rather heavy
soil, it may be necessary to add
one-fourth sand to the total bulk.
When available, leaf mould may also
lie ihed to advantage. This ifrill help
ti> a loose, friable soil as a sub
"titutp for the garden loam.
In any case, it is necessary to keep
the fern plant growing vigorously by
adding plant food in the form of
well decayed barnyard manure or fcr- ?
tili/er. Never allow tho plant to bc
<ime pot hound, advises Mr. Randall.
As suon as the soil has become com
pletely filled with roots, it is an i?
?liention that the plant will soon be
come potbound and growth will bo
Munted. ' ftfiriHk
Daniels mot fazed by
REPUBLICAN VICTORY
Chicago, Nov. 12. ? Josephus Dan-j
"K tnrmcr Secretary of the Navy, in .
1 hiiago today after delivering an
?^iniisticp Day address, said he was
'"?perturbed by the Republican vie
lor> ??t last Tuesday.
"Any party that polls 15,000,000
is "not dead," he saidu In dis
hissing the. future of the Democratic
parly, the former secretary said
?Southern Democrats had no dispo
sition to demand control. "It is no:
^tioual leadership we front, but
?nitc<l effort with tho /Democratic
'minority in Congress offering a uni
ixirtrram around which the party
Mil rally.
*rc no reason why wo should
New York should lose control
of lmrty or Mr Raakob be de
P?*ed as chairman. We will get no
whore criticizing each other."
Daniels attributed th? Democratic
?f the solid South to the prt
"Mtiofl jssgg, j
NEW POULTRY SPECIALIST
TO ASSIST FARMERS
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 14-? That tho j
rapidly developing poultry industry!
of North Carolina will not be permit
ted to lag by reaosn of inadequate
support lrom State College is seen!
in the appointment this month of a'
new poultry specialist.
^" W? aw phtwj to aritkmnce tlxf*
election of Pan! A. Scesc, a graduate^
in poultry husbandry at the Pennsyl- 1
vania State College," says Doan I.|
O. Schaub of the School of Agricul
ture. "Mr. .Seese comes to North j
Carolina highly recommended. Ho is'
an experienced poultryman in addi-|
tion to making this his principal'
study while in college. Later he had1
experience on some of the large poul
try farms of California. Ho won a
number of medals while in school for
his knowledge of the subject".
Mr. Sees? reports at the college on t
November 15 and becomes assistant
poultry extension psecialist. C. F.
Parrish, formerly occupying this po
sition has been promoted to have
full charge of extension work with
poultry under the direction of Dr. B.
F. Ivaupp, head of the department.
As extension poultry specialist, Mr.
Parrish takes the position made va
cant by the death of the late Alien
G. Oliver. For years Mr. Parrish was !
associated with Mr. Oliver and will
carry forward the fine plans devel
oped during the past ten years.
Dean Schaub says that the poultry
industry is rapidly becoming one of
the leading agricultural enterprises
in the State. The outlook for the com
ing year is extremely good and the
college wishes to aid in this program
of development in every way that it
can. Both Mr. Parrish and Mr. Beest
will be available to work with farm
ers, county agents and others in solv
ing their poultry problems.
OVLLOWHEB W, M. 8
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS ;
Cullowhee, Nov. 13. ? Observance ;
of a day of prayer, election of,
officers for the ensuing year, and
extending a welcome to the new pas
tor and his wife, the Rev. and Mrs.
Mark Q Tuttle, who come here from
the Asheville district, were feature*
Of the recent meeting of the Wom
an's Missionary Society of Cullowhee
Methodist church.
The following officers were elect
ed for the new year: Mrs. F. H.
Brown, president, Mrs. H. C. Bryson,
secretary; Mrs. Victor Brown, treas
urer; Mr&. D. H. Brown, superinten
dent of children's work; Mrs. T. A.
I Cox, social service ehaimran ; Mrs.
P. C. Henson, snperintendent of sup
IpKes; Mrs. Lewis Amnions, publicity
! chairman ; Mrs. C. H, Allen, mission !
study leader, and Mrs. W. D. Wike, i
IM trmnnr. ? I
FARMERS STUDY VETCH
- IN HERTFORD COUNTY'
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. J 4. ? Progress
ive farmers from all parts of Hert
ford county have been visiting a soil
building demonstration on the farm
of J. F. Cowan near Ahoskie. The |
results of plowing under a heavy ?
Sgjaarke?l that;
the ifetors are taking home some of ;
the soil to inoculate vetch seed, for!
planting on th?ir own farms.
"This soil building demonstration
has been attracting attention for two
years," says E.. C. Blair, extension
agronomist at State College. "It was
placed with Mr. Cowan by county
agent C. A Rose three years ago and
shows that the effect of hairy vetch,
which was the only legume used, is
by no means exhausted (after one
year. The vetch was turned under
on a part of the field in the spring
of 1926 and again on the same part,
in 1927. That year, 1927, the effect
of the crop was to produce a yield
of corn amounting to 87 bushels per
acre against 49 bushels per acre wher
no vetch had been grown and turned
under."
Mr. Blair states that there was
no vetch on the land during the win
ter of 19^7 and 1928, In the spring
of 1928 a crop of cotton was planted
and fertilized with 800 pounds per
acre of a 12-4-4 feertilizor. No top
dressing was given the cotton. The
cotton grown on the land where vetch
had been turned under grew to a
height of four and one-half feet and
in spite of heavy injury by the boll
weevil returned a yield of 1,113 lbs.
of seed cotton per acre.
tyliere no vetch had been grown,
the cotton, frith the same fertilizer
treatment, rtcw scarcely three feet
high a"d produced only 676 ponnds
of seed cotton per aere. The differ
ence between these two yields,
amounting to 437 pounds, may be
considered clear profit paid the or
iginal cost qf seeding the vetch ten
times over, said Mr. Blair,
WEBSTER
Rev. and Mrs. F W Kiker have!
returned to Webeter after attending |
the annual conference.
Mrs. Etta Davis spent the week-j
end with Mr. and Mrs. Billy Fisher
of Beta.
Mr. Penn Morrison who has been '
spending several days with his fam- '
ily here has returned to his work at '
Pisgnh Forest. I
Mr. and John Morris were
gueste of Mr. tond Mra. Ben Queen,
Sunday.
Mr. R. L. Madison of Cidlowhce
spent the week end with his family,
| here.
Mr. A. B Allison who has been ;
j quite ill is much improved.
! Mr. L. T. Queen is spending sev
jeral days in Asheville, on ? business.
RATS DAMAGE CORN
WHILE IN STORAGE
Raleigh, X. C., Nov. 14.? Two hun
dred representative farmers of Nortii
Carolina state that damage by rata
to their stored corn amounts to five
and one-hall' percent of that stored.
If this average holds good for the
entire state, many a man i* "working
hard to grow corn for rats - to eat.
"Jiore than' half the total eorn
crop is stored for a period of at
least three months and is therefore
susceeptiblc to injury 'by rats dur
ing that time," says C. D. Schwartz,
junior biologist at State College. "If
the average damage done in the states
of North and South Carolina is only
one-fifth of the damage sustained by
these L'OO representative farmers, it
will be seen that the combined com
crop worth sixty million dollars in
1927 suffered a damage of $600,000
last winter. If the average damage
was only one-tenth the average of
tho 200 men, a damage of $300,000
was sustained in the two states. This
shows us that 200 farmers must raise
flt least 400,000 bushels of com valued
at 75 cents a bushel to satisfy the
appetites of these ]>ests In other
words 200 farmers must raise 2,000
bushels each to feed rats,"
However, states Mr. Schwartz, loss
of eorn in storage may be controlled
by rat-proofing the cribs. Careless
construction of corn cribs is the cause
of most loss from rats. If the com
crib is built at a height of three
feet above the gorund; set on con
crete posts with tin pans of galvan
ized iron protruding out for six
inches over the top of the posts; steps
made so that they may be hoisted
out of the way and trash and litter
not allowed to accumulate under the
crib, one may be sure that Mb corn
will be free from attack. Mr Schwartz
a(t>a advises building the corn erib
far enough away from other buildings
so that the cannot jump to its
roof,
CtflAQWHEE'S YQDEIAERS
TO MEET FRANKLIN HIGH
FOOTBALL SQUAD FRIDAY
The Cullowhee football squad will
close the season at home tomorrow,'
when they meet the Franklin aggre
gation, at 3:30.
Coach Plemmons has put his team
through hard practice for the last
few days in preparation for tomor
row's contest. The team will tie ?o?
siderably handicapped, he announeett,
dne to injuries received in the last
game with Sylva.
Cullowhee has won two of the
three games played. They defeated
Bryson City 24-0; lost 'to Sylva in
the first game 6-0, and defeated Sylva
in vthe last game 12-6.
He Yodellers will journey to
Franklin Friday, Nov. 23.
EXPECT INCREASE AT
NORMAL NEXT QUARTEB
Registration for the winter quar
ter will be held at Cullowhee State
Normal on December J 3th. Several
students have sent in their reserva
tion lor this quarter and it in be
lieved thai at least thirty new stu
dents wiH enter. A few will leave
at ihe close of the fall quarter, inost
of these completing their work for
graduation at that time. Last winter
quarter there weee 171 students en
rolled in the Normal while this winter
an increase of at least twenty-five
per cent is the outlook. At the pres
ent time 195 students are registered
in the Cullowhee State Normal, be
ing an increase of a little more than
tweenty-one per cent over the en
rollment of the fall quarter last year.
JACKSON COUNTY FARMERS
RECEIVING OVER $1000 PER
MONTH FOR THEIR CREAM
!
(By C. W. TILSON, County Agt) I
The Nantahala Creamery reports
for the past six months show that
the farmers of Jackson county sell
ing cream or butterfal received a
total of $6,975.87. This means that
the farmers up and down the valley
of Jackson county were receiving
$1,162.64 per month for bittterfat
sold. Even this amount of cash means
I lots to the small farmers while mon
ey is so scarce. And this income will
double and treble when these farm
ers have had time to grow more good
cows and make good pastures; and
make more preparation for feeding
a winter ration that will produce lots
of milk and buttorfat.
Buttcrt'at is now bringing 45c pc*
pound Cash, and indications are for
an increased price to the farmer.
Farmers of this section are absolutely
assured of a good market for years
to come. Asheville is demanding far
more butter that we can possibly
produce and Asheville is growing as
fast as we can possibly grow cows,
pasture, and feed. Farmers of this
section and Nantahala Creamery
producing the only butter in this
state with quality enough tjo sell .
readily on the Asheville market.;
Choice markets every wiiere in the
south are watching the quality of
butter we are now making.
j COL. HARRIS CONGRAT
ULATES SMITH
Col. Charles J. Harris, Dillsboro
financier and veteran Republican
leader of Jackson county, had the
following letter in rha Ashcvillo Cit
izen, praising Governor Smith for
the character of campaign he waged.
Editor of the Citizen:
I notice some of our people seem
to belittle Gov. Smith's campaign.
This is hardly fair.
To my mind he has raadd the most
wonderful campaign of any Demo
crat in the fifty-four years I have
been a Republican voter. He increas
ed his party's vote from 8,000,000
to 15,000,000 in rough figures, a gain
of 7,000,000 since 1924.
j Now that the battle is over I
wish to congratulate him although an
adversary on the gallant fight the
Happy Warrior made.
CHARLES J. HARRIS.
Dillsboro, Jackson Co., N. C.
ROCKEFELLER HERE TUESDAY
John Dj Rockefql|ter $nd Airs
Rockefeller were in Sylva Tuesday.
They were on a motor trip to Chero
kee to visit the Indian Reservation,
and to get a view of the Great Smo
ky Mountains National Park, for the
purchase fund of which Mr. Rocke*
toller, a.4 the head of the Rockefeller
foundation, recently donated fpur
million dollars.
Mr. and Mrs . ^Rockefeller tarq
spending a vacation in Asheville, at
the Grove Park Inn.
' LIBRARY MOVES
? '
The Sylva Library has moved from
the McKee building to quarters of
fered the association by Harry E.
Buchanan, in the Lyric Theatre build
ing. The library has had free use
of Mrs. McKee 's building for about
a year, the understanding being that
she would allow the libra ty associa
tion the use of the building until
such time as she should lease it. Mrs.
McKee rented the building to the
Medford Furniture Company.
The Library has made great pro*
gress during the year of its ?xfct
enea. \
I SMITH SPEAKS TO PEOPLE
i
| Tuesday night, standing before a
microphone in a National broad
casting studio, Uovernor Alfred K.
Siwth, ueieoted Democratic candi
date lor the presidency delivered an
audress to the American people.
Mis speech, broadcast, over a Na
tional hook-up of stations, urge l
united support, of Herbert Hoover ?
although he did noi mention him by
name ? asserting that the man select
ed by the people last Tuesday to lead
the country was "not the president
01 the Republican party, but the
president of the United States."
It would not do, said Governor
Smith, to let bitterness, rancor or in
dignation over the result "blind as
to the outstanding tact that we are
Americana." fc
Referring to the thousands of let
ters he said he had received since the
election and since he had announce.:
that he would not again be a candi
date for public office, the governor
said he had been asked "not to lose
interest," in the Democratic party.
lie -aid he did not regard the d*
feat of his party as interfering wit ii
the soundness of the principles for
which it stood and that with all the
vigor he could command he would
continue not only to stand for thu>fc
principles but to "battle for them."
lie added a pledge of increasing in
terest in and devotion to them.
The governor called the Democratic
party ' ' The great liberal party of the
nation," leading progressive thought
and holding out "the only hope oi
return to the fundamental principle*
ou which this country was built and
as a result of which it has grown
and thrived."
"To the young men and women oi
the country," he said, "the Demo
cratic party with its fine tradition,
and its breadth of vision offers the
only inspiration. The Democratic
party would not be in position four
years from now to solicit thie confi
dence nad the support of tte Ameri
can people, if during thai' period it
neglected to build up a ecnsfcwetivc
program and relied- enffit^ qpon the
failure of the opposition party.
"That cannot be done by the BU?
%
ority party permitting itaetf to be
come a party of destruction and op
position lor political purposes only.
We have seen too mueh of that in
this country and in many of its civil
divisions."
"It would be regarded a construc
tive achievement," he added," it the
Democratic party at Washington were
to formulate program adopted etui
offered to the Congress of the nation
and there defend it. A refusal on the
part of the party in power to accept
it on their inability to bring abeut
party unity for the solution of these1
problems would thai fix the rea/poUsi
bility and make a record upon whleh
a successful campaign could Se waged
four years from now."
The Democrats would not be aetia<;
in good faith, Governor Smith said,
if it were to adopt a policy oi inac
tion "with a hope of profiting solely
by the mistakes or the failures of the
opposition."
"What this country demands, h*
asserted, "is constructive and not
destructive criticism; a constructive
program embodying the declarations
of the Democratic party.
WEDDING AT COUNTY SOME
Election day witnessed a unique
wedding at the county home, when
Ella Green and Tom Jenkins, two
inmates of the home, were united in
marriage hy Rev. J. D. Siiton, ret
eran Baptist preacher, who ia now
also an inmate in the hone. ,
OPEN SECOND SAND DEPT.
The Medford Furniture Company
has opened a second haad furniture
department in the McXee building,
just vacated by the Syfcra library.
TO HONOR U. D. 0. HEADS
Mrs. E. L. McKee and Mar. J. B.
Buchanan, newly elected Staler Presi
dent and Secretary of the IJ, D. C.,v
will be the honorees at a tea firen
by the W. A. Enloe and B. B Calb
ey chapters of the U. D. C., at the
home of Mrs, J, W. KeedM*, ?n Fri
day afteotoon from three te five
o'clock. A cordial invitation if ex
tended to att the members of both
chapters to he pneent.
Fumem at Alexander ernmty bav.<
ordered 1,00# ponds of s#ert elo
r?r seed te be planted next sftiqf