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uOCAL SOOOTSTO^^
CELEBRATE AKKT^SKAflLRY
The anniversary of the foundling of
of the Boy Scout movement in Amer
ica will bo celebrated by Sylva Troop
\s0_ 1, Friday evening, at the Cham
ber of Commerce Hall, when a court
of hcaior will be held, merit badg*
awarded, and scouts advanced to
higher rank. The troop will celebrate
on Saturday by doing a troop gQ*l
turn. On Tuesday Lincoln'* birthday
will be celebrated by the scouts at
the high school. ^ ?
The greatest feauttt? of the cele
bration, Friday evening, will 'be the
recommitment oi each scout to his
Scout oath. Anniversary week of
s( outing begins on February 8, the
date of the incorporation of the Boy
Scouts of America, and continues
through February 12, Lincoln's birth
day.
Scouting, the magazine for scout
leaders, has this to say of anniver
sary week :
"A basic principle if the National
character of its observance. From
the Lone Scout in the Dakota prarics
to the crack Scout Troop m a thriv
ing city, all th? membership of
Scouts is at this time united in cele
brating the birthday of Scouting in
America. Anniversary week is tho
time that the Scout Brotherhood idea
is enij)hacized--not this individual
Troop, or that one, but a great na
tion-wide .brotherhood from coast to
coast.
''Anniversary Week if the time
when community attention is focused
on tho objectives of the Scout Pro
gram, and the spclndid leadership
that is given to\thc boyhood on the
nfltion by over 200,000 unselfish men.
"On the evening -of February 8
each Scout is given An opportunity
to renew his obligations^ the Oath
hiw. ft is a solemn and touching
thought that on this one nifcht of the
year thousands of theseyoifljg boys
medicate themselves together tq
t taayTWMif uu MUtehW ? hvlLOwafc
Program is based.
.'"This is the basis of the signifi
cance of Anniversary Wcek-a Scout
Brotherhood united in the ideals of
Scouting and Service," j
Sylva Troop 1, although on^ of the
youngest in Daniel Boone Council,
which comprises all of Western
North Carolina, has made great prog
ress under the leadership ofs Scout
Master George Clommer and Assist
ant Scout Masters Hugh E. Monteith
and C. W. Allen, and is recognized as
one of the best troops in the Council,
The scouts are inviting all citizens
to attend their Anniversary Celebra
tion on Friday evening.
MRS. KEENER DISS IN QUALLA
Mrs. Martha Keener (lied at her
home J#n. 28th. Her remain* were
laid to rest in +h0 cemetery at Qnal
la Tuorcday. Services were eoiutuctel
by Hcv. R. L. Bass. She was a mem
ber of the Methodist church. She
? as a good woman and highly respert
<d by hu who know her. Her hus
band, Mr. T. W. Keoner passed away
nboue twenty one years ago. . Her
surviving children arc Mrs. A. T.
P?t.on? Mrs. Geo. Styles, Mrs. Doyle
Hoojht, who live in this fcetidn, Ml'.
Loyd Kc.ner of Dillsboro, Mrs. Ar
nold Cooper of Cherokee and Mr.
Carl Keener of Detroit.
Quarterly Conference convened nX
the Methodist 'church Sunday after
preaching by Rev. C. M. Pickens.
The visitors present were Mrs. R. J.
Roane, Miss Cora Davis, Prof. C. C.
Hanson, and James RedmaU of Whit
t-iw, Mr. John Freeman of Smoke
>?ont and Mr. L. C. Cagle of Olivet.
Mr. Carl Hoylc is at home since
finishing his school at Charley's
Creek.
Mrs. M. L. Blanton is visiting Mr*.
D. M. fihulcr.
Messrs. P. H. Freeman, J. R. Mcs
Rf>r, D. M. Shuler, Golman Kinsland
and Carl were callers at Mr. J. K.
Terrell 's.
Quallatown is now enveloped in
ihe deepest snow of the season.
codoill Appointed warden
Announcement has been made of
^ho appointment of S. C. Codgill m
ijame and forest warden for Jackson
county, succeeding F. B. Parker.
Mr. Codgill, until the first Monday
m December, was chairman of
trd of cffriimissionei* of Jaetewn
eoimk<r
PARKER HEADS JAOHtOtT
| COUNTY TJ4ACKBES
? J. I). Parker, principal of the Glen
ville High. Scoool, was elected presi
dent of the Jackson County Teach
ers' Association, at the meeting
?t the Sylva Central Hig^ Scnool,
Saturday. Other officers elected were
Carr Hooper^ principal Sylva elemen
tary school, vice president ; Mrs
John H. Morris, Webster High School
secretary, and M. B. Madison, Web
ster High School, treasurer.
, The meeting was planned by the
old officers and by the program cow
mittee, and was one of the most in
teresting and enjoyable that the apso
ciation has yet held. It was opened
at 10:30 by singing America. The
Beautiful, followed by devotional ex
ercises conducted by W. C. Reed, a
quartette rendered by Mr Reed, Mr.
|M. B. Mfidison, Mrs, Frank Burlov
and Mian Louise Parker, a pianologuo
*hy Mrs. L. L. Shaver accompanied
| by Mrs. C. C. Marr, and a violin soloj
? by Miss Corrino Wolls, accompanied
by Miss Feagan.
At 11 :15 the association jta* ad
dressed by Rev. A. V. Joyncr, pas
tor of the First Baptist church of
Canton, his subject being "Casting
' Shadows. ' '
Luncheon was served in the cafe
teria of the school, and the following
luncheon program was giveu.
A visit to Grandama's, Miss Mayc
Boone.
! Rhcunatiz, Miss Louise Parker^
Guitar Selections, M. B. Madison.
Mr. J. U Memory, state high school
insi>ector was introduced by Superin
tendent J. N. Wilson, and addressed
the meeting at the close of the lunch
eon.
The afternoon session was given
over to discussion of group and coun
ty .commencements and the county
testing program, and to the election
of officers.
The retiring officers are F. I. Wat
urer.
GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY BOARD
MAPS SOUND FARM PROGRAM
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 0.? Tax relic! I
on farms, better crop . seeds, more
cotton research and the extension oi
the county agent system to counties
having no agents were four major
pi-ojwsals decided upon by the Agri
cultural Advisory Board at its first
meeting wi;h Oovepior Gardner on
January 28.
The Board passed! a resolution call
ing ujxm the General Assembly to
take appropriate measures to relieve
the heavy taxatiou upou the agricul
ture of North Carolina, since this in
dustry was taxed heavier than any
other major industry in the State.
Considerable discussion as to value of
pure crop seeds were heard. It was
finally decided to set in motion plans
to organize a state-widq seed im
provement association with a field
agent to help in this work.
As to using the cotton warehouse
fund, /the Board found that this fund
must bc kept inviolate but that th*>
interest might bo used for further re
search with cotton if sanction were
granted' by the General Assembly.
The need for more research with cot - 1
ton was brought to the attention of i
the Board by Dr. R. Y. Winters, di-j
rector of the North Carolina Experi
ment Station.
Decision to ask for further expan
sion of the county agent work camc ;
in the discussion of a long time agri
cultural program presented by Dean
I. 0. Schaub, director of the agri
cultural extension service. Dean
Schaub presented a plan which had
been approved by the Excctttivc
Committee of the Board. This plan
called for attention to problems of
soil conversation, erop and livestock
production, farm organisation and
management, marketing, home Man
agement and' conveniences, rural or
ganization and farm .taxation and ad
justment. Machinery for developing
and executing the program was also
suggested.
The Board spent the entire day in
a- study of the farm question and
only one member was absent.
'
By the use of pure c e?to? seed, re
turns may be increased from $10 to
$30 an acre, finds Dr. R. Y. Winters
[of 'State Cothye.
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i,t\ -??? DBPBNLS ON PASTURE
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Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 5--To make
progress in developing a balanced
system of fanning where livestoefc'-is
io iiave a rightful plate, it is neces
sary to have a suf i <cient area planted
to first class pasture.
any in^ Mil produce
sqme fitsture, ' ' sav..* S. J. Kirby, pas
ttp-e specialist at Ltate College. "But
the' more fertile V ie soil, the better
pasture it will produce. Cut over laud
?|lc cleared land >r land too rough
j o# too steep for clearly cultivated
crops may. be profitably used: Where
t}e soil has been well cultivated, it
nlay be easily pre- ared by disking oi
b -caking and dir&.ng. All crop resi
d tea should be j>lt ved under aud the
sied bed left level It is important to
hfcve a good seed led for g:ass and
clover plantings."
{Mr. Kirby says also that pasture
responds to good treatment. Lime and
.phosphate are beneficial to grassas
ahd fjovers and ar> necessary for au
iiUafc These may )e supplied to the
Ijjwatock through grazing. Through
o*t the Piedmont section, Mr. Kirby j
advises the use oi one iton of lime
stone and from 30 > to 500 pounds of
a complete fertilis er such as a 12-3
1 or a 12-4-4. The application of sta
ble or barn yard manure as a top
dresser the second or third year af
ter the sod has be?n established is a
good practice.
It is also praeti tal ito improve old
pastures at low co t. Sometiniqs these
arefo may be re.- ledefl; again top
dressings with linu , fertilizer and ma
nuro may bo neetssary, but in any
case, these treatm nts should be giv
en in winter so .that, the plant food
materials might b ? incorporated into
the soil by the alt. mate thawing and
freezihg of the ground.
In a recent -extension circular,
"Making Permanr it Pastures in Pied
mont North Carolina, " Mr. Kirby
discusses seed mixtures to plant, the
tian^lino-ftf-rfji^wH yiiiinm wop nnA
other Ifnporlnnt ft ititeftr. 4Copf?fi~oC
this circular will be mailed free of
"haige to farmci ; deturing further
information.
TWO HURT in S: JDDING WRECK
J. W. Bryson a i Rev. Algie West,
both of Marble, w re injured Monday
morning when their car skidded iu
the snow and .sleet on Balsam moun
tain and wen^ov.r a 25 foot bank
into Scout's Creel. They wer? brought
to tho Cand3cr-> fhols hos]>ital in
Sylva where it v. s learned that Mr.
Bryson's injuries were of a serious
nature.
j. Iu Beaufort eorhty, whocre tobacco
?growers rccleamV and treated their
.seed last fall, icy secured bettor
tands on the sec I bed and grew more I
igorous plants.
CCfMMUNTTf FARM MEETINGS
H TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK
| " (By C. W. Tilsty)
Meetings have been pfenned for
t farmers of the following com
munities for days selected next week.
On jTnesday, February 12, the farm
ers 'of Caney Fork will meet at Johns
Creek School House at 10 o'clock,'
A. Ikf., and the fanners of River or
JFi|ekaseig?e will meet at RigdonV*
store at 2 P.: M. 'on that day. The
farmers of itamburg will meet at
Glenville school house on Wednesda
Feb. 13, at 10 A. M., and the Moun
1 taiif farmers at R. E. Stewarts at
2 in the afternoon of that day.
These vjueetings like those being
held with the farmers in other com
munities .this week will be for the
purpose of making definite plans for j
producing cash crops and more cf Li- 1
cient marketing of ouiv cash crops j
this year. All of this of course isj
for the purpose of increasing oi ,
eash income on tlie form. Any and
cvery farmer who is at all interested
in making money on the farm this
year should attend the meeting in
his community.
OULLOWHEE VETERAN PASSES j
H. R. Brown, one of the few vev-j
?rans of the Confederacy left in !
Jackson county, crossed the Hiver
Tuesday morning, to answer to I he
roll call on the other side and to res*
with Jackson in the shade of the
trees. Deaih came to Mr. Brown,
aged Cullowhee citizen early Tuesday
morning, at, his home, following an
attack of influenza. Mr. Brown, who
was a native of this county, :i mem
ber of one of its pioneer families,
and a faithful r.nd loyal citizen ol" the
county and "State, was 87 yeai>- of
age, and numbered his friends by
the .number cf his acquaintances. 4
- Ihtose who knev*Mr. Brown kiu$r
be- a miA of sterling 1
ties, and one of the best eiti?t":s of
the county. A short time ago, whet,
ne was in this office, talking io the
writer, he stated that he was the
oldest and first subscriber to the
Jackson County Journal, having tnken
it, and the county papers preceel ng
it, from the first issue. He likird ;o
keep informed as to the affairs of
(he county and state, and took a
keen interest in all movements 'ook
ing to thc welfare of the jwoplc.
Funeral services were conducted by
the pastor of the Cullowhee Baptist
"harch, of which Mr. Brown was a
devoted member.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. L. A. Buehanan of Sylva an']
Miss Edna Brown, of Cullowhee, four
sons, Mack Brown of Cullowhee, Rob
ert Brown of Cullowhee, B. M.
Brown, of Spruce Pine, and Jesse
Brown, of Sylva, and a number of
grandchildren and other relatives.
SPENT THREE DOLLARS
FOR NEW BEDROOM
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 5? It is not al
ways necessary to spend considerable
money at itlie furniture stores to re
furnish an old bed room especially
if one studies th^ methods outlined
at iho regular meetings of the home
demonstration, clubs.
Mrs. S. J. Thomasson learned this
when she decided to refurnish her
bed room. For two years, Mrs. Thom
asson had been attending itlie regular
meetings of her local club and; when
she began to plan her new bedroom,
she simply put into practice some of
the things she had learned.
''After Mrs. Thomasson had decid
ed on the color scheme for her room
she painted the old iron l>ed, light
oak dresser, dark oak washstand,
black table and two chairs in a eop
per brown paint trimmed with appro
priate flower designs/' says Miss
Helen Estabrook, household furnish
ing specialist at State College. "She
then sawed down a high -backed jiorch
chftir and upholstered it in grey cre
tonne to make a boudoir chair. A
wash basin, pitcher and glass bowl
were enameled an old blue color; pic- 1
iure frames were painted black; old
candle holders were painted black
with blue candles added and flowers
were added to the containers. The
result was a beautifully furnished
room at a total cost of $3.03 and *2
hours spent in delightful work."
Miss Estabrook says that a thought
ful study of these results should be
interesting and helpful to any farm
woman who wishes to improve ccr
tain room; in their homes. Usuall*.*,
only about $58 a year is available
for the average rural woman to spend
on such furnishings. This seems small
when carried to it he furniture store
but will work wonders when used
with spare time and information.
xLSAM
JtfivJEllis Blanton, one oi Balsam's
oldest ^citizens, died at his home hero
ThuwAiflhntl thirbody
rest in the ccmeteiy near Ed \ltfi3 '
dleton's Saturday. The services was
conducted by Rev. Frank Arringtoj.
He leaves a wife and five children,
all of whom are married. Mr. Blan
ton had been in bad health for sev
eral months.' ) | \
Mr. A. H. Mehaffey and family of
Hendersonville and' a largo number
of friends from Ashevillc, Canton
and other towns were hcrc Mondiy
to attend the funeral of Mr. E. B.
Howell.
Mr. W. S. Christy left last week to
spend the remainder of the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. Fin ley Car
son in Lakeland, PI a.
Mr. and. Mrs. H. J. Beck spent last
w-eek end with Mrs. Beck's daughter,
Mrs. Allen in Hazelwood.
Balsam looks lovely in her six in^h
coat of snow and 'tis still snowing
(Tuesday.) ,
HOLD HOWELL
FUNERAL AT BSIg. ;
Funeral . services were held at
Scotts Creek Baptist church, IfmwUy -
at 11 o'clock for E. B. Howell,
Southern Railway agent at Ealsam. .
Burial was at (Md Field Cemetery,
Beta. ReV. Thad Deitz, pastor ot'
Scotts Creek Baptist church offieiat- v
ed. -
Mr. Ilowell had been in ill health
for several months and was taken to
,the Candler-Nichols Hospital, whe.e
he died last Saturday at 6:30 P. M.
He lias been agent at Balsam an 1
Willets for 27 years for the Southern
Railway Coni|>any. He was well loved
by all his associates. lie itf survived
by his widow, Airs. Etta Robinso i
Howell, live children, Joe, 16, Maiy . .
George, 14, Marion, 12, Dillard, 10,
and Mattie Evelyn, 5, all of Balsam.
Also by his mother, Mi's. J- L. How
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ell, three sisters, Idelle and Mattie
Joyce ot' Spartanburg, S. C., Gillie
Howell ol" Havana, Cuba, and one
brother, K. H. Howell, of Bat Cave.
He was a member of First Baptist
Church, Spartanburg, S. C.
Pallbearers were: A. F. Arlington,
A. H. Mehaffey, N. R. Christy, V.
L. Cope and ,7. 1). Mills.
MRS. DA VIES PASSES
- Mrs. Katheriue Elizabeth Davies
died at ,the home of her youngest
daughter, Mrs. John H. Griffith,
Andrews Rectory, Canton, where she
was spending the winter, Thursday
evening, January 31, two days aft**
she had passed her 87th birthday, she
having been in declining health for
some time.
The funeral was held at the Meth
odist Episcopal church at WayHew
ville, N. C., February 2nd at 2:30
p. m. of Which church she had been
a member from the time she wa? sev
en years old, until she wag Married
and moved to "Forest Hill," Cul
lowhee, N. C., whore she bafeL her
membership for 65 years. \
Tbi? regular ritual iof the eburrtT v
;**fc*artdnc,tcd. byJSev. S%pmal*<
Hilliard,' of Ashcville, on ofhet far
mer pastors, and an intimate
assisted by. Rev. Frank Siler O i Ink ,
.lnaluska, Rev. Mark Thttle
and Rev. Mr. Wmk, tfcf
s or of the Waynesville ohsfth. Al
interment followed in the family pldt
in "Green Hill" cemetery. r
Active ] Mill bearers were: Messrs.
David H. Biown, Morris Kimpey and
Thomas A. Cox, Jr. her eldest grand
son, the other eight grafidsens
being able to bo pressent.
- Honorary pall bearers were: Messrs
David L. Boyd, Thomas Stringfield,
E. L. MeKee, M. I). Cow&a, ? 'Dan
Tompkins, C. C. Buchanan, Dr. C. Z.
Candler and Dr. A. A. Nichols. *
Mrs. Davi?i was the widow of the
late Judge Daniel D. Davies of Cul
lowhee, both having been pioneer
citizens of Western North Canting
her husband having died March 3J,
1920.
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?Weil -etutM.-iooki ain't ?ler'tiung. That, li'l codgfer way bt president of tit
UnKed States joatday, for all knew . ?, ^ TT. iu<^
She was the daughter of Eev. Jos
eph Rogers Sensabaugh and kif<*,
Caroline Elizabeth Wells, and was
born at the Sensabaugh homc near
Waynesville January 29, 1842. Surviv
ing arc four daughters, Mrs. ^FranJf ii >
J. . Coward of Ashevilje, Mif*. 'John
W. Barker of Kansas City/'lfo./ Mrs.
Thomas A. Cox of Cnllowhee and
Mi's. John H. Griffith of Canton and
fourteen grandchildren and seventeen
great grand children.
Mr. Hilliard spoke most beautiful
ly of her as a mother in Israel ito all
her pastors and friendk, She was a
child of nature and spent mastfof her
life at "Forest Hill" where s&e wss ,
always happy to welcome her friend^,
and introduce them to her lov#r
flowers and trees, which she looc*#;'
ujhhi almost as children. She kWHl
and studied the birds feeing -them -
on a table at her windicfo. ???'
She beautified and kept in perfect,
order her "garden
surrounded the home she made beater
tiful. Her sunset was a glorous ou,\ ?
"Sunset and; evening stA*,"
?And one clear call
BARN BURNS ONFIpEBR GREEK
A big barn, property of -Marion ^
Sharpe, on Fisher creek, together
with 200 bushels of corn, and four
head of cattle, was burned, Saturday
about midnight, by a fire, thought
by the owner to havi^been at incen
diary origin.
Stanly county farmers have been
visiting the six pasture
tions in that county to karn of the
[best practices.