v> ' Oi M- y
4j1 50 Year in Advance in The County.
ance outside the County $2.00 Year in Adv
JURY LETS WIKE
WILL STAND
'i ?:?' will o! iiix \\ ike, deceased
wjw allow ed to stand as made by Air.
N'ike. aceording to a verdict of a
jury, last Saturday evening, after the
? at iif ?'i'i'li ?" superior court had
born takfii ui> in the trial of the ca.e.
Mr. W'ike, who died about a viar
left a will, ill which Richard
Nike. was i lie ehief beneficiary. A
caveat Ik the >vill was tiled by a nuni- '
her of till' natural heirs of Mr. Wiky.
diamine unm?' influence in making'
the will, and asking that it be set
n^idr ami i lie estate, which consisted
.thitc^i entirely of money and pocur- 1
iiie.N '??? dividod among the heirs ac- 1
(?(irdinu' t" the statute of descent. '
Mr. Wike had never married, audi
hence left no heirs of the body. The"!
suit was brought by some of his near- '
?>t relatives. Among .those involeJ
in tli(> suit were .some of the best
known and most prominent people in
the county, and tho witnesses were
also noli known, making ,thc suit one
01' unusual interest to the people gen
erallv.
i
C. S. N. Tourney
Now Under Way
The following is the schedule of j
the annual Cullowhee Basketball
Tournament, which started on the]
Cullowhee State Normal court, yes
terday inoniin?r, ami is now in pro- j
| irres> ; I
Wednesday, March 0.
jllwir Teams Croup1
110:110 S. C. I. vs Bryson, Boys 3 ?
111 :00 Cullowhee vs Wobster Girls 11
U10 S. C. I. vs Andrews Girls 2 I
_':o0 Almond vs Pill' Girls 3j
'..10 Cullowhee vs Almond Boys 2{
1 :>0 Sylva rs Bryson Girls 4
8-.:U> llayci-iv ill^jtVebs{qr, 'Boys 3
9 \M) Wnyiu'sville-Sylva, Boys 4
Thursday, March 7. I
1 W inners tjroupsl-2 Girls 6
2 :->(> Kit' - Whit tier, Boys 5
3:30 Winners grou(is 4-"? Girls 7
4:30 Winners groupsl-2, Boyrs 6
Winners groups 6-3, Girls S,
Winners groups 5-3, Boys 71
Winners groups 4-6, Boys 3
Friday March 8, ? Finals.
I*5:!"! Winners groups 8-7 Girls j
11,1 Winners groups 8-7 Boys
POULTRY SALS BROUGHT
FARMERS $2,581.84 j
?Iw-kson County farmers held ?>ne|
if the ho-t |?oultry sales ,they have
*? had here at the car last Fri
lay. The 10,ii{i4 lbs. of poultry load
1 here brought the farmers $2,581.81
Nsh. This nil happened a.fter we
and had three very successful saliw
I" the pa>t live weeks. The four sales
icl'l durinrr January and 'February
H'l brought $(5,207.38 cash. This
m?imt is more than the entire sales
0r the year 1026 which was the
irst year of carlot jxndtry sales in
u-kson County. This past year i>ou?
10' carlot sales brought Jackson
ounty larmeru well over $20,000.00.
f'le outlook now with excellent prie
Is and regular carlot sale through
ut the year already assured, ?*> 'thai
'aekson County farmers will sell fa V
'ore imultry than ever before.
Through this method of market iu.'.j
oultry is fast becoming one of tho
fading %asli crops in the county,
lft,l one nioans much to the
?armpi'S a'Tonling to Count v A get' I
filson.
?? MURRAY HEADS
eastern stau
lMrs- I). K. Murray was elected
[or% Matron oi' the Eastern Star
Ner ot Sylva, at an election of j
peers held Teusday afternoon at tV
Jasonic hall. Other officers elected
TP;
l^orthv Patron, M. D. Cowan; As
flat'' Matron, Mrs. .T. C. Allison ;
'rp,ary, Mrs. .lames Wood; Treas
r' Mr*. Freeze; Conductor,
1. Allison ; Associate Conductor \
rs -Tohn I'arris; Adah, Miss Eliv
'f''' Davis; Ruth, Mrs. C. E. Stcin
IKsthor. Mrs. E. h. McKee; Mar
Ed Hooper; Marshall, Mrs
? Keener; Organist, Mrs. C. Z.
?r; Sentinel, ,T. C. Allison; Wa:
n>Mrs. M. Buchanan, Jr., Chanlatn,
r* M. 1). Cow;
an.
NEW PRESIDENT AND
7
E PRESIDENT
PASTURE SPECIALIST
TO SPEND WEEK HERE
Dining the coming week J. II.
Sams, extension specialist ami the
best authority now living oil making
pastures in Western North Carol in, i '
will be in Jackson county ma t all .
of next week to work \vith (\ W.j
Tilson, county agents
Community meetings will be held ]
tto<marh?yt> Ntt- -t?ra nty ?****+ w*b -*tim?n
the farmers of the county may learn
how is the most practical way to
make good pastures. ''Since our pas
tures hav0 been allowed, to grow ii|
in briars, hushes and sedge and most
of them run down .to where they will
not pasture hall' the stock they should
graze, every farmer is urged to at
tend oii(. of these meeting!; and tr<*'
lined up with the work ol making,
good pastures in .Jackson county,"
k ays Mr. Tilson.
Meetings will be held at the fol-j
lowing placos:
Monday, March 11, 2 P. M., .1. H. ,
Reagan'*, Qualla; 4 1'. M., (i. A.I
Kinsland 's, Qualla.
Tuesday,, March 12, HI A. M., Na
than Bumgarner's, Wilmot; 2 I*. M.
W. A. Sutton's, (Sav; 4 I'. M., W.
T. Deitz's, Kiist Fork.
Wednesday, March 1-5, 10 A. M.,
Roy Cowan's Webster; 2 I'. M., It.
W. Fisher's, Beta; 4 P. M., Dillard
1 loo per 's, Caney Fork.
Friday, March 15, 9 A. M? John,
A. Hooper's, Tuckaseigee ; 1 P. M., J. j
M. Cunningham's (llenville. ; 1 P.. M.1
11. Fi. Stewart's, E rapt us.
The county agent says: '.'Tell your
neighbors about tho^e meetings, aud
don't fail to hoar Mr. Sams,"
County Taxes To
(Jet Reduction
|
It c<V! now he said advisedly fhit
the taxes ol property owners in this
county will be, substantially reduced
next year.
The passage of the It' tax on ?a^o
liue act, will give this count \ ap
proximately $2.J,000 tor our couu-.y
road fund.
There is now before the general
assembly legislation ]>ending, which
will increase the equalizing fund for
schools to from $7,000,000 to $10,000,
00, and is calculated to rcducc tfic
property tax for public schools. A
tong, lanky Scotchman, from down
east, by the name of Angus phu Mc
lean, has been making a groat light
I for such legislation, and it is sine
,to pass in one form or another. This
legislation should give even more re
lief to the taxpayers of this county
( than the road iund*
With both of those measures is
j suing from t|ie general assembly for
I the purpose of reducing taxes on thc
I /ver-burdencd homes and farms of the
poorer countios of the state, Jackson
tax-pavers should find a material de
crease in their taxes nest ,veW?
HOOVER MILEPOSTS
\lierbert lioover, t iiirty-l'irst Presi- '
dent ol the United Stales, was bom !
Augu.. I 10, 1ST I, ai West lirauvh,
Iowa
lu 1895, ho wsis graduated from
Stanford University in California.
I.ou Henry, ol Monterey, Cal., he
Odine hi.s wile in 181)9.
In 1914 lie was in London ^at the
height '*6f fiisTsrtm*!*; ast an jr.
He sprang into prominence then as
chairman of t A in l ican Ueli.d
Contusion in 1..- i?l>. in which post
no served until i:M">.
From 191") to J919 h,. was chair
man of Helgian relief.
From 191/ to 1919 he was United
States loosl administrator.
ii ? serve I \ icc-ohairn:an o.
President \Wlrv.n\; ee;,;id industrial
conference in I&20.
i 'resident iLudiuy apj>oiutcd hi'n
Secretary of Commerce in 1921.
June 14, 1928, ho was nominated;
at Kansas City as the Republican
candidate for President.
November 4, 1928, he was. elected j
President by 444 electoral votes.
November 20, 1928 he began his
South American good will tour.
March 4, 1929, ho became .the
thirty-lirst President of the United
States. ( "
NEW REPRESENTATIVE |
TENTH DISTRICT HAS
For the first .tiino since 1917, this
congressional district has a Repub
lican representative. George Pritch-j
ard, of Asheville, succeeded Congress- 1
man Weaver, on Monday.
' Mr. Weaver was first elected in
1 91 (i, and succeeded Congressman
James J, Hritt, who was a republi
can, and who was elected over James
M. (iudger, Jr., democrat.
Mr. Pritehard, our new represents- i
tive is an attorney of Asheville, and
is a son of the late Judge Jeter C.
Pritehard, who represented the state
in the United States Senate, being
succeeded by Senator lx>e S. Over
man.
Mr. Weaver has returned to Ashe
ville and will engage in ihe practice
of law.
BAPTIST PASTOR
HAS OPERATION
; ? t~?
R< ?. J. (J ray Murray, pastor of the
Sylva liaptist church, was ojierateJ
upon for apiK'Udintis, in a Fran|tli.i
hospital, yesterday morning.
The latest ye ports from the hos
pital are to the effect that the pas
tjor rallied following the operation,
is resting well, and is on thc road to
recovery.
"Approved Pra<tticesi (For Sweet
Potato Growers *' is the title of bul
letin 20.1 recently issued by the North
Carolina Experiment Station.
/
CURTIS MILEPOSTS
18li0 - Born Jan. 25 at N. Topekc,
Slmwnec county, Kansas.
1881 ?? Admitted to liar ami started
practice of law in Topeka, Kansas.
1884 - Nov. 27 married Annie E.
Baird of Topeka.
1884-1888 - County attorney W
Shawnee county.
1803-1909 .- Member 53rd to 60th j
Cofiffrv***-' ??*;? - - ? ' J
1907-1027 - Member United Staic-sj
senate, with a two year break.
1928 - June 14 received 64 votes
i :?r republican nomination for presi-j
e!:l on lirst ballot on which Hoover
?;.'s nominated.
1928 - Juii(. 15 nominated republi- 1
can candidate lor vice president at 1
Kansas City by 1,052 ballots.
!'*28 - Nov. 4 elected vice presi
dent ol' tln> United States.
I. _'9 '-*) .March 4, inaugurated ice
.-id'.-iit of ,th(. United State?.
NO GRADED SCHOOL * j
HERE YESTERDAY;
Tn0 Sylva graded school had to sur?
pend yesterday because of high wa
ters from Scott's Creek, that floodei
the basement of the school and in
terfered with the heating plant.
HOOVER'S NEW CABINET
The new cabinet, as announced by
President Hoover, is given below. Tt
is composed of an entire new person
nel, with the exception that Andrew
W. Mellon is retained to succeed him- j
self as Secretary of the Treasury.
Secretary of state - Ilenry L. Stiin
son of New York.
Secretary of the treasury - Andrew
W. Mellon of Pennsylvania.
Attorney gener&l - William I),
j Mitchell of Minnesota.
Secretary of war - James W. Good
of Iowa.
Secretary of the navy - Charles
Francis Adams of Massachusetts.
Postmaster general Walter F.
Brown of Ohio.
Secretary of agriculture - Dr. Ray
I Lvman VVilbur of California.
Secretary of labor - James J. Davis
i of Pennsylvania.
! Secretary of commerce - Robert P.
Luinont of Illinois.
SHERIFF URGES
TAX PAYMENT
' .
Sheriff M. B. Cannon is urging that
| *11 the citizens of ,thc county who
have not uaid their taxes do so at
once. The sheriff states that a great
many of the delinquent payers have
settled with him since the advertise
ments giving notice of his last round
for their collection began appearir.-'
in the Journal three weeks agO; but
that there are still others who have
not paid. He calls attention to th"
fact that the time for levying upon
pereonal property of those who are
t
QUALLA
Despite the inclcmont weather, sev
eral assembled at the Baptist church,
Neb. 24th to hear Rev. L. Rogers,
ot' Sunburst, who delivered a very
inspiring message from 'the subject:
''Ho Was Born of Four." It was
an unusually .good Service. Would
that more ot' our people would avail
.themselves ot the privilege of hear
ing the messages that the Men of
God bring to us 1'roni time to time.
On Sunday morning, March 3rd.,
at the Methodist church, Rev. R. L.
Bass preached a very interesting ser
mon from the text: "And He Went
A Little Further." The audience was
very attentive. We notice an increase
in attendance with the coming of
Spring.
Misses Etta Kinsland, Annie Liz
zie Terrell and Ida Battle of Cullo
whee school Visited, home folks.
Messrs Clyde Marcus and Ted Kins
land arc employed at Marble.
Mrs. J. E. Battle and Mrs. Geo.
Styles visited Mrs. J. H. Hughes.
Mr. "G. T. Cooper of Sylva made
a trip .to his Qualla home.
Mrs. W.*H. Hoyle and Miss Grace
Hoyle called on Mrs. J. E. Hoyle.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Shuler and
Mrs. Golman Kinsland called at Mr.
1). C. Hughes.'
Miss Phyllis Moody was a guest of
Miss Edna Hoyle.
Mesdames S. M. Crisp and A. C.
Hoyle visited .Airs. W. II. Cooper.
Mr. andMrs. J. M. Hughes spent
the weclc end at Mr. Horace Howell's.
Miss Mary Emma Ferguson callcd
on Miss Polly Hoyle.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j
Ransom Davis is seriously ill.
Balsam
j Mud, mud, mud. .More rain, more :
I snow, morfe mud. Our main street '
?
| is in such a bad condition we can
.
; hardly get around in the Ou&mcss
i section.
j Mr. and Mrs. John P. Knight niu
j to red from Greenville, S. C., Satur
day to visit Mr. Knight's mother,
Airs. D. T. Knight. He returned to
Greenville Monday, but Mrs. Knigat
and children will rein^n soine iinie
! in Balsam.
' Mr. R. R. Fisher of Addie ina<'c
an interesting talk to tiie Baptist
Sunday school last Sunday.
Mrs. Herbert Ensley and little
Louis? have returned from Florid i,
and are visiting hex parents, Mr. and I
Mrs. A. H. Mehaffey, in Henderson-'
ville,
Messrs 0. J. Beck and Geotge T.
- Knight made a business trip to Sylva
Monday.
behind with the county in their taxes
is already here, and that the date
f6r advertising reiUy will soon ar
rive, and to the fpet that the only
way to avoid payment of penalties,
advertising costs is to pay the taxes
noir.
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BUST VICTIM
BURIED SUNDAY
Funeral services were conducted : t
East Fork Baptist church, Sunday at
ternoon, by Rev. Thad Deitz, of O.
Z. Cowan, who was one of the seven
victims of .the explosion of an air
compressor, at Stone Mountain, Ga.,
j last Thursday.
The young man was 25 years ol
age, and is .survived by his widow
and two small children, whose home
! is in Stone Mountain, and by a large
i number of relatives in this county,
being a son o? Arch Cowan, of East
Fork.
The explosion was on ,the property
of the Stone Mountain Granite Quar
ries Company, and was that of an
air-compressor, which exploded while
a number of the employees of the
company were gathered about the
time clock, checking out after the
day's work.
Local Boy Is
Made Shell-back
Charles Deitz, son of Rev. and
Mrs. Thad F. Deitz, of Beta, who is
aboard the U. S. S. Sarasota, wrote
home to his parents describing the
incident recently, when he crossed the
equator lor the first time and was
made a shell-back.
We'll let him finish the story:
"We got to Panama all rigid. The
Sarasota and Omaha met 120 nftlss
beyond the equator, so I am a shall*
back now. King Neptune, Davy Jones,
and his royal order came aboard.
They initiated all us pollywogs or
land lubbers, and made shell hacks
of us. That is one time the officers
don't have any authority^ Kiag Nep
tune is in fall command. They init
iated most all the officers and made
it plenty hat for them. Oar Captain
was a land lubber. He had never been
across. They nearly killed th$ old
man. They pulled off his elothes and
made him preach a sermon, standing
out in the hot sun. They pat me and
about fifty others in thebrig .and
took our clothes away, cut off our
hair, put paint all over us, and
spanked me until I can't sit down
yet. If I ever go across again, 1
will make it hot for the pollywoga."
APPLY DORMANT SPRAY FOR
APPLE AND PEACH TREES
Raleigh, March 6 - Scale insects and
plant lice are controlled through the
use of the dormant spray too fruit
trees. This is the first spray of tk
season. When applied to peach trees,
it must be timed so as to get on be
fore the buds swell so as to eentrof
peach leaf curl well as the sca*-L
insects. For apples the application
is made most effectively when the
leave have protruded about one-fourth
of an inch from the huds.
The dormant spray is primarily a
control for scale insects, advises C.H
Krannon and G. W. Fant of the Stato
College extension staff. Yet when oil
or nicotine sulphate is added to t!<e
liinc-si.lphur at (he rate of thyei:
fourths of ;? pint to 100 gaitons,.
plant Jiee ; ro ,\I.so controlled, especial
ly wh -.i the : ppiication is made at,
the grwn-tip .' tr?c of growth4
Oil sprays "Vive conic ^nto wide use
for dormant : prays because the oif
v. , 11 control t:Mi scale and is more
pleasant to ap> ly. Such sprays may bv
jr^de at hoiur- though it is advised
that thev he p rchascd unless tbi?
ivower has a large number of trees
I to treat. Rrannon and Fant say that
I there air many excellent products on
tin market and growers should get
ruthorative information before iit
vstir.g. Do not bay worthless mater
ials, they advise, and do not apply
oil sprays when there is danger of
freezing weather. v
Oils do not have any valne in eon
trolling plant diseases. Brannon and.
Fant advise against mixing lime- sul
phur with oil nnless the label on the
oil container says that it might be
done.
Concentrated lime-sulphur will give
good results as a dormant spray and
v ill control both insects and diseases.
However, if there is nmeh scale the
two experts advise ths oat ti oiL