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Sylva, N. C. Thursday, February 14, 1929.
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$2.00 Year in Advance Outside County
HERE
Joe Loudermilk, being held for tri
al at the next term of the Superior
court, on a charge of criminal as
>ault. escaped from the Jackson coun
ty .jail with one other white man and
two Negroes, Tuesday night.
The other four prisoners in tho
iail remained in their cells. The four
escaping were Joe Londormilk, charg
ed with criminal assault, Steve Bry
son, being held for trial on a charge ,
of immorality with two of his daugh
ters, Emory Wyatt and Clyde Shep
pard.
Learning of the escape about 1
o'clock in th0 night, officers went
in pursuit, and. rearrested Steve Bry
son, Negro, at his home near Web
sier. Tho other three have not been!
raptured, at this time.
Tho prisoners jammed a hole
through the brick wall of the jail
with a crow-bar and made their es
cape. It is believed that friends of
one oi the four, from the outside,
slipped the crowbar through the bars
to them.
LOUDERMILK HELD ON
SERIOUS CHARGE
Probable cause Haflouml l>;f Judge I
Button, in Recorder's court, Monday,
Ind Joe Loudermilk was committed
o jail in default of $2000 bond, and
irdered held for trial at the next
crm of the superior court on n
hargc of criminal assault.
Stev0 Bryson, noted Negro ehnrac- !
or, who has served at least one term,
Aits ordered held for trial on a charge
>f immorality with his two daugh
Ms, probable cause being found, j
Jeff Buchanan was fined $50.00;
r>n being convicted of carrying con- 1
?calcd. weaj>ons, and drew a three
months suspended sentence on a
I'lmnre of assault with a deadly wea
pon.
l.tx Arnold was convicted of pub
lie druiikcness and of operating an
automobile while intoxicated. He was
fined $50.00 and the costs in thc aur
Dinohilc case, and ordered nof to
ilrivc n rnr for 1 months. In thc first j
ease prayer for judgment was con- j
tinned for 4 months.
Hoy Styles, Bill Ashe, Eula Ashe
and Marion Ashe, were tried for i?n
nffrtiy. I'robablc cause was found and
tliey were all bound over to tfie su
perior court, Styles in thc sum of
sxiHMm). and the Ashes $300.00 eaeh.
Rill Ashe, Eula Frank Ashe
and Herman Ashe were charged with
mnnufneturang and possession of
liquor. Bill and Marion entered pleas
f,t crniltv, and prayer for judgment
was mitinned.
Bovd Buchanan and Reuben Gar
'"etl, manufacturing. Buchamm enter
ed a plea of guilty, and prayer for
judgment was continued.
Frank Wilson, possession and trans'
l?orting. Pica of guilty, prayer fov
jixftMient continued. , j
f'o.win Shonpard, larceny, 3 month?
on the roads. j
Tliad Bradley, eharfred with as
sault. drew a suspended sentence,
nn?n fUipo- a bond of $300 00.
R-othio Massengage and Whitman
Masscnpage, (manufacturing. Prayer
for iiidmncnt continued.
Bfhard Mull and Rnfus Mull, af
frnv, nrav-r for ind<rment continued.
Frank Rhinehart, charged with an
nsswiilt mxm "Warfield Turpin, waiv
'd preliminary examination and his
b'nid was continued for trial in thc
superior court.
ltarley Sims, housebreaking, prob
rblc cans,, found, and bond of $300
Quired for his appearance at th?>
s?ip?rior court for trial.
Hcnrv Oass, carryiner concealed
^eapons, $50 00 fine or three months.
Same defendant, public drunkeness,
not guilty.
DAIRYING NOW CLASSED
WORLD'S LARGEST INDUSTRY
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Ilaleigh, N. C., Feb. 13. ? Growing,
handling and feeding cows and deal
ing in their products is now the
World's largest industry.
Quoting Dr. C. W. Larsen, former
chief of the dairy industry bureau
at Washington, Fred M. Haig of State
College says that fifty years ago, the
dairy industry was undeveloped, un
scientific and relatively unimportant.
Today the dairy industry of the Unit
ed States is the largest and most
vital industry in the world. It has
far-reaehing effect upon health and
prosperity. In 1926, says Mr. Haig,
the, United States produced onc hun
dred and twenty-one billion pounds
of milk. The population of this coun
try is increasing at the rate of about
one million and a half each year and
since 1916, the production and eon
sump' ion of dairy produc's has in
creased 51 percent.
The number of dairy cows per
thousand consumers has increased
only 1(5 percent, showing thai dairy
men are not trying to see how many
cows they can feed but arc getting
more milk from Icst cows. There is
no ecanomy, says Mr. Haig; in keep
ing "20 cows when t.en.gpqj^Mumab
will produce more milk tbafi the 20
'ow grade ones. In 1916, he finds, the
average amount of milk produced per
cow in the United S'ates was 3,700
pounds. In 1920, this amount was
4,700 pounds per cow.
"Pure milk," says Mr. Haig, con- 1
tains all food elements in proper'
proportion, including minerals and
vitamins, for the growth and health
of young and old. This food is in the
most digestible and economical form.
Every child should have at least one
quart of milk each day. There is no
substitute for butter; cheese is a ren>
food and ice-cream is delicious and
nutritious. A survey made recently
showed that 20 percent of the con-,
sumcrs food dollar was used for dairy 1
products. ' '
GAY
Mr. Gay Sutton i.j having sonic
improvements done on his farm. Wat
er linc run to his house and ditches
cut.
Mrs. Frank Latham spent Sunday
with her parents on Betty's Creek,'
Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Jones. ?
Friends of Mrs. A lora Barron will
he glad to know she is improving af
ter a severe attack of flu. Hope
she will soon be able to com? out
again.
Mr. Raymond Price spent the week
end, with his home folks here. He is
working at East La Porte.
Rev. Mr. Kiker filled his regular
appointment with the Wesleyan
Church Sunday afternoon.
Messers Fred Barron Lui Barro'i
and Tom Jones are working at East j
Laporte.
Mr. W. P. Turpin is fast improv
ing from his illness. Quite a few of
his friends and relatives were calling
011 him Sunday from Waynosville and
other localities as well as his home
community.
Mr. Charlie Jones of Cullowhce
spent the week end here as guest of
his sister, Mrs. Lin Barron.
Messrs Will Buchanan and George
Collins have just completed a car
penters' job on Cowcc for J. B. Mat
loek.
Mias Rose Barron speent Sunday
with Miss Mary Belle Buchanan.
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The best .varieties of corn for dif
ferent sections of North Carolina are
given in an agronomy information
' circular number 25 whieh may be
had free from the State College of
r Agriculture.
Library
Benefit
The Sylva Library Association is giving
benefit card party at the New Jackson Ho
tel this evening, beginning at 8:15.
A number of handsome prizes for both
men and women have beqn donated to the
association by merchants of Sylva and oth
ers.
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i OOD FOR OHIOKS
GIVEN BY KAUPP
Italeigh, N. C., Feb. 13.? The 100
chicks with v.hich one will start a
pouLry flock oi' 50 hens to be rais
ed, will first need 450 pounds of
ikuii up ai.i. until the ninth week,
and thereafter, for the whole year,
the 50 he?K selected will s^ed
\ oinide of feed.
"The 45u pounds of feed needed
for the 100 clucks up until the ninth
week should bo 250 pounds of mash
feed and 200 pounds of grain," says
I)r. B. F. Kaupp, head of the poul
try department at State College.
"Then when the 50 hens arc selected
from the lot, these hens will need
50 pounds of grain and 35 pounds
of mash po* hen for a yea r. This
makes a total of 4,250 pounds of
?-cd that should be provided on the
home farm. Of this amount 2,500
pounds is grain feed and may bo
, , . ? . .v - > bushels of corn, 24
busheL; oi' o::ts and 13 bushels of
wheat. To supply flic 1,750 pounds
cf mash feed also in the ration, the
grower should raise 10 bushels of
oil) and 31 bushels of oats."
? une additional feed will also be
needed on the poultiy farm for
young au.I a ow-i'g birds, therefore
'?r. K:iupp says if the average farm
!.e; ping a flock of 50 adult hens will
produce for the poultry, 25 bushels
oi' corn, 26 bushels of oats and 15
. iirls of wheat, the owner will need
? biy cnlv about 400 fish meal or
meat meal, 400 pounds of middlings
and 75 pounds of bone meal to have
'?i.; birds well fed.
Dr. Kaupp has worked out a Nofth
Carolina laying mash and a North
Carolina grain feed which has given
excellent results on the experimental
poultry farms The formula for mix
ing these feeds at home will be sup
plied to any poultry grower in the
State who will write for it. The suc
cessful farmer who keeps a flock of
pure bred poultry as a side-line
j should not have to buy his feedstuffs.
| They can be raised and mixed at home
with excellent results, declares Mr.
Kaupp.
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EOTARIANS TO MEET
WITH SCOUTS
At the weckiy meeting of the Ro
tary Club ol' Sylva, Tuesday, it was
derided to hold a meeting with the
Boy Scout Troop, at their banquet
I at the Chamber of Commerce Hall,
evening, February 22^ thi^
take theplscg of the rf^
?ular meeting for the following teefe
The matter was placed before the
Rotary Club by Scout Master George
, Clemmer, who stated that the moth
ers of the Seoul 8 arc preparing the
dinner, and that it is expected that
about 150 people \ *11 attend. Plates
will be sold at $1.00 each, and the
j Rotarians voted to buy two tickets
i each, one for the Rotarian and one
for a Scout or other guest.
The Scouts are celebrating Wash
ington's Birthday with the dinner,
and also the First anniversary of the
organization of Troop 1 of Sylva. The
proceeds will go to the Scout troop,
ai^d will be used to help defray their
e>?penses on the educational trip they
are planning to make, next Spring,
through the Valley of Virginia to
Washington, and back through Rich
mond, our own state capital and. other
North Carolina cities.
It is stated that thc troop now has
?ibouf $150.00 to be used on this trip
*f?d it is believed that the dinner to
o given next week will assure enough
money to defray thc transportation of
t?e entire troop on their proposed
trip.
An ont . of town speaker of note
he seenred for the meeting, and
it is believed by those who are plan
ning it that this will prove to be one
of^> the best meeting ever held here,
being somewhat in the nature of the
Father and Son Banquet held last
year.
AIMS BILL DIRECTLY
u AT SYLVA INDUSTRIES
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A bill aimed direetly at ccrtain
largQ manufacturing plants in Sylva
has tjeen introduced in the house by
. Repfiarentalive 0. P. Williams of
Swain* The measure would prohibit
the pollution of the waters of the
j Tucka?eigee river. The bill would bc
?come affective September First, and
would prohibit placing any substance
in. the Viver or its tributaries that
wonld discolor the water, destroy the
i fish op give off an offensive odor.
The bill makes such action a misde
i in can or and each day after the First
of September, that such action is
taken wirald. constitute a seperate of
fense. i
The bill is said to have been draft
ed by Judge Thad Bryson, formerly
of Bryson City, formerly Judge of
this Judieial District, and now of
this Duke University Law School.
Representative W. H. Smith of
this county it is understood, will op
pose the bill.
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ROTARIANS TO MEET
IN FRANKLIN
The entire Rotary Club of Sylva
is planning to attend the inter-city
meeting in Franklin, next Wednes
day evening. The four clnbs west of
Abbeville, composed of Sylva, Waynes
villc. Franklin, and Andrews will
bold this joint meeting. This will be
the first of quarterly inter-city meet
] in.es that it ;s planned to bold. The
noyt one will be in Sylva, it is be
lieved.
Based on conditions at ithis time,
the outlook for tobacco growers thi?
I year is not favorable.
BAPTIST S. S. WORKERS
HOLD CONFERENCE
One of the most successful and de
Jlightful Workers' Councils held by
the Sylva Baptist Sunday school, was
! in session Tuesday evening Feb. 12,
in the Chamber of Commerce hall.
? The program was as follows:
. Devotional, J. T. Gribble.
j Song, "Blest Bo the Tie That
; Binds. ' '
| Short talks by Superintendent A.
, J. Dills, A. V. Washburn, and pastor,
J. G. Murray.
Reports by department superinten
dents in which the work of the past
was reviewed and the plans and needs
for the future presented. A commit^*)
was api>ointed by the general super
intendent to -"pFBvule at an early
date as much of the necessaiy equip
ment as possible.
After the business meeting a con
test was staged, a Bible spelling bee,
which caused much merriment and
provoked much thought. A stunt pat
on by Mrs. Murray whs also greatly
enjoyed.
Enthusiasm ran high during the
entire program and each department
had a splendid attendance. The Be-)
pinners had the highest percentage
with all three of their workers pres- J
Following is listed the number of
workers in each department and the
number attending.
General Officers 6, 5 present; Cradle
Roll, 4; Beginners 3. Primary 8, 6
present; Junior 8, 6 present; Inter
mediate 6, 4 present; Young Peoples'
4, 2 present; Adult, 4, 2 present.
Superintendent and Mrs. A. J. Dills
were host and hostess to the confer
ence, serving delicious ice-cream and
cake at the close of the program.
The members of the conference
unanimously voted to make this type
of meeting a monthly affair, replac
ing !the former Workers' Council, the/
different departments to take turns'
in planning for the entertainment and
providing the refreshments. The Ad
ult department of which J. T. Gribble
is superintendent will have charge of
these features for the next meeting.1
The Sunday school under the able J
leadership of Mr. Dills and pastor
J. G. Murray is making great pro
gress and at an early date will have !
"met all the requirements of an A-l
Standard Sunday School as offered !
by the Baptist Suudav School Board !
COMMITTEE GOES TO RALEIGH
Chairman J. W. Keener, of the '
county board of commissioner.'!, Com-,
missioncr of Highways, H. R. Queen,!
Mr. Thomas A. Cox, and Mr. E. L.
McKee, are in Raleigh, in tHe interest
of Highway 100 and the relief of this
county from burdensome taxes on i
roads.
A meeting of this and 35 other!
counties to be held in Raleigh on
Tuesday of this week, was called
I by Mr. Eubank of the Henderson
county commissioners, at which it
was hoped to devise a plan to Induce ,
the general assembly to enact legisla
tion taking over the .bonded and note
indebtedness of the 85 counties that
have loaned money to the state high
way commission to be used upon the
state highways in the several coun
ties.
A meeting of the Svlva Chamber of
Commerce was held Friday night, and
it was decided to send representation
to this meeting.
It is believed that if the county
can get relief from some of the heavy
tax burden, lhat a plan ca n be
worked out for the building of high
way 106.
Gaston County farmers plan to
hare home gardens on nearly all
farms in the county this jmx.
| The Annual Spring Fashion Show
. will be presented by the Junior Study
I Club, at the Lyric Theatre, Monday
' evening, February 25.
The Paris, Hale's, The Man Store,
Cole's, and the Leader are co-operat
ing with the Study Club in putting
on the Fashion Show, and the latest,
fashions from the style centers will
be given.
The Lyric Theatre is presenting
a Billic Dove picture, as a special
feature, and special music is being
arranged by the Study Club.
Last Spring the Fashion Show, pre
sented by this club proved to be the
most ]>opular event of the year in
Sylva, and drew the largest crowds
that ever attended a theatre here,
even surpassing in numbers the
crowds drawn by "The Big Parade,"
and other spectacular motion picturo
showings.
There was a great deal of favorable
comment upon the fashion show of
last year, and iho young ladies in
charge of the event this year, state
that it will surpass in brilliancy the
show of last year.
SPECIAL SERVICE FOB SCOUTS
"The Methodist church was filled !->
capacity last Sunday morning for th?
spccinl services held in honor of the
Boy Scouts of Sylva. Sj>eeial music
was arranged by the choir, and the
Boy Scouts recited their oath and
the Scout law.
Rev. J. Gray Murray, pastor of the
Baptist church, preached the sermo.i,
taking his text from the Lord's Pray
er "Hallowed Be Thy Name." His
subject was "A Prayer for Rcvev
ence," and he stressed the necessity
for reverence, calling attention to tb?
last Scout Law, which is "A Scout
it Reverent," and stated that all the
other Scout laws are based upon this
one, and that without obeying the
law to be reverent it is almost im
possible to keep the others.
JUNIOR STUDY CLUB TO PRESENT
? FASHION SHOW FEBRUARY 25TH
HENRY LOOP DIBS
The funeral of Henry Loop, who
(lied suddenly last week, in Florida,
was held Saturday afternoon in Hen
dersonville.
Mr. Loop will be remembered by
a great many people here having
twice put on circulation campaigns
for this paper.
Mr. Raymond Glenn was in Hender
son ville for the week-end to attend
the funeral of Mr. Loop, who wa*
his uncle.
Best Mermaid
Eleanor Holm of New York tu?
been rated a< the best aft-rottnrl girt
iwjmmtr: in 1928. She is 15 and
weighs 101 pounds Despite her
youth she h?5 broken raanv record*
LOUDERMILK, HELD FOR CRIMINAL
ASSAULT-THREE OTHERS ESCAPE
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