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^ 50 Year in Advance in The Counl
Sylva, N. C: Thursday, May 30, 1929
$2.00 Year in Advance outside the County
If DOG LAW
NOW IN EFFECT
'fln iv is much discussion nncnt the
?.H ,|.v: law. Its main points are:
VII dogs 'u wear collars with
showing the tax has Keen paid.
\miI/ no 'I"- 's ')0 a'lowt><l to run
about after night by themselves. This
iictt' >tiiti' wide law annuls all former
laws >|M-?-ial or general, and is
placed on every dog in the state, and
this ill'- tax is to go to the school
iiiiuTi
Tax o.i female dogs, six months
old and over -- per year.
\|| oilier dogs, male and female,
one iloilar each. This tax must he
.,.,1,1 to I lu- tax collector who in
turn gives the owner ot the ? a
t,ii{ which must he worn at all times
on its collar ? that is the dog's collar.
Viiil all owners of dogs must list
iliciii same, as any other property,
,ui. I failure to ?lo so j>. | uni.shablc
|,v a line not exceeding $">0 nor ;l()
day* in jail. I| is further required
that the dogs he listed on or before
tlir 1st oi'-.hdv, and the tax bo pjiid i
on or he! ere the 1st day rf October,!
ami it it still remains unpaid Dec.
1st, then another fine of $50 or .'{<) 1
days in joil is imposed upon the own-.'
cr of the dog.
The law proxiiles that no <i}>g is
allowed to run at large; the < wner
must he with it and have it Tied. The
law set > I fit li tliaf any one without
tear of punishment, may kill any
firur->u?*kiii?r. sheepkilling dog, or a
do- that kills poultry.
JAM^S FREEMAN DIES IN
TENNESSEE? QUALLA
Mi. .1 :i MH- Freeman died at Duek
town M.w l!M? an. I his body was i;i
tcrifd in the cemetery at <^ualla on
Wednesday 22m1 He was 44 years
ot' Hire. !fo professe(| faith in -Christ
ahoui 1 years ago, .joined the church
ami lived strictly rciPigious life duif
iug bis remaining 4ays. llis wife was
, prior to their marriage, Miss Sallie
Knsley of Beta. He was a devoted
husband and father. He expressed re
grot to leave his three small children,
Pauline, Willard andf Glenn. He was
a member of a large and prominent
family. He was a soil of the late
A. Freeman His mother still
resides at (^ttalla. He made his houie
at Qualla lor some time before going
to DiH'ktown. llis brother, Mr. Will
1'roenian j?ml sister Mrs Addie Brad
bum reside* here. Other members of
tiie family are Mrs. Nancy Bailey and
Mrs. Amanda Allen of Almond, Mr
<1. K. Freeman of Sniakcmont, Key.
H. ('. Freeman of Franklin an<i) Mr.
W- 1'. Freeman of Sylva,
All of his brothers and sisters
with their families were present, at
the funeral, also many other relatives
from Beta, Cullowhce and other
points
Funeral services were conducted by
liis pastor, Rev. Mr. Foster of Duck
tewn and Rev. T. F. Deit/ of Beta
Tim high esteem in which he was
held was manifested by the large
wowd that attended( his funeral
a,)d the many beautiful wreaths that
covered his casket.
Some of our people attended the ^
funeral of Mr. J ,T Gibbs who died
at Cherok< c and was brought to Whit
tipr for burial Friday afternoon
Qualln folks were sorry to 'earn of
his death as this was his home from
childhood to the years of maturity.
Mrs. .1. I j, Hyatt attended the olos*
i"K exercises of Cullowhee? High
^kool. Her niece Miss Bessie Cecil
Hooper w as a member of the gracfciat
ing class. '
Mis. ('. p Sheltou was present at
the graduation exercises at Mission
Hospital, Asheville, Miss Martha
lerita^e graduated as a nurse. She,
made her home with Mrs. Shelton j
for several years before going to
Ashcvilllc Congratulations to Martha.
0 wish her much success in her pro
\Y
ll'Ssion
Misses Onia Gass, Irene Raby, Har
''(ti Hall, Gertrude and Ruth Fergu
sni!- ('ami Howell, Mary Battle and
ficssie Martin have returned} from
Asheville Normal School.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. A Bird are spend
luk' il while at their Qualla home
Mr. Wayne Ferguson visited rel
?itiu-s in \\ aynesville last week.
0 ' s Hazel Battle spent Friday in
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40 YEARS AGO
TUCKASEIQE DEMOCRAT
May 29, 1889
Oil May 20, Charlotte celebrated
the 114th anniversary ot' the signing
of the Mecklenburg Declaration oL
hulependvncb.
Asheville is to have a large and
elegant opera house.
| Greensboro is to have a new Pres
jbyterian church, to cost $15,000.
The receipts c f the* Asheville post
office are in excess of $10,000, the
amount requisite for free delivery.
The new postmaster promises to es
tablish free delivery there at an ear
ly date.
A monument 10 General Robert
E, Lee was unveiled Friday, at Al
exandria, Ya.
Mr. Charles A. Dana was one of
the distinguished visitors to the
Southern Press Association in Chat
j tanooga.
A memorial to congress was intro
duced in the Florida legislature bv
Mr. Moreno, looking to the freedom
of Cuba.
Governor Fowle of North Carolina
called oil Governor Lee of Virginia,
in KichmondL
The Bryson City Herald speaks ol
that town, in a lengthy article, cop
ied in the Democrat as "The Coming
Mountain Metropolis."
Jackson Academy closed last Thurs
day.
Mr. Lyndon McKee called in to
see us, last week.
f. ? it- .?./ ' ?
Tlie sid,o track at the Kaolin works
is nearly finished.
({en. E. K. llamptcn's mill will
soon be working again
The picnic at Bryson's school
house was the most enjoyablq social
event of the season.
We are glad, to learn from Mr.
Djllard Love, that his mother, who
has been quite unwell for some time,
is much better.
Rev. Prol'. A E Pinckard, former
ly of Sylva, but now of Hamburg*,
will preach at the academy, Saturday
evening next, at 8 o'clock
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An ice-cream sup]>er will bo given
at Webster on Thursday for- bene
fit of the Webster literary society.
Mr. Tuesday, of the Equitable
Manufacturing Company has arrived
in Sylva and, will superintend the
building of the factory, laying down
machinery, etc. , >
Lawyer Hooker returned Saturday
from murphy court and reports
Murphy a prosperous town ? good
people, cool water, and pretty girls
in abundanee.
Mr. W.n I j. Fortune of McDowell
county arrive^ in Sylva, and will
proceed to the organization of Farm
crs' Alliances in Jaeksom county.
That Sylva is on a "boom" any
stranger would infer from a half
hour's walk around town. On all
sides the bustle and stir of improve
Inient, while no one is seen to be ic'JJe.
1
A party consisting of O. B. Coward,
T. H. Hastings, A. M. Parker and
Capt J. Irvine left Sy^va, Tuesday,
for upper Tuckaseige to try their
luck for the speckled, beauties.
I Mr. W. L. Fortune will address
I the people of Sylva and vicinity a(
J the academy in Sylva, May 31, at
2 o'elock in the interest of the
Farmers ' Alliance.
Seal Buchanan, depot agent a<
Whittier, got too near the business
portion of a mule, whereupon the
worthy equine fetched him a 1
square in the mouth, dislocating scv
eral teeth andi otherwise injuring I:
The 17 year locusts have not yet
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April closed the first year's work
ior the Karris Public Library and
following is an itemized statement
Of the year's ex|K>;ditures.
Jackson County Hardware .50; Mrs
Marsh for magazines $58.75; A & P
for punch served at opening 2.17 ; Mrs
C. C. Buchanan foi' Stationery 1,00 p
Southern R. R Co Express on books,'
from Boston 9.05; II. \V, Wilson Co,
Readers Guide 7,50;Arthur Wain-;
rath Co. for Imoks $20.27 ; Lincoln!
Library 10.50; Mrs. Brown, chickens!
for banquet 0.75; A. .1. Dills, Insur
ance, $50.00 ; Mrs. C. C. Buchanan
freight on books :L>0; C. Scott, ex- 1
press on books 1 .Hi) ; Baker ? and
Taylor for books 8.00; ('. Scott, ex
press on books 7.07; News and Ob
server 8.00; Junior 1 Seine Magazine
2.50; Child Life Magazine 2.50; Gay
lord Bios, for supplies 1 (?.-!<) ; Mrs.
i ('. C Buchanan for supplies 4.15;
Jackson Ihlwe. Co for supplies 2.80;
L-ash, work in library .50; Gaylord
Bros, for books 2, .15; Curtains and
pillows 15.27;Baker and Taylor for
books 20.27 ; Sylva Supply Co. for
paint li.10; painting of bookcases
.'{,75; C. Scott express on books .0+;
Baker an. I Taylor for books 50.00;
Total $332.09 ;Total Receipts for
year $410. IS; Balance in bank to
iite, $87.39. *
Respectfully submitted, May 28,
1929.
Mrs. Billy Davis
Treasurer Harris Public Library
A public library in Sylva is a real
ity in spite, of a very scant income.
Starting a year ago, with no books
at all, there are now fifteen hundred,
volumes on the sliGlv^v.>-T.h#^:ir<iife j
lation lias grown steadily averaging
now abo-it 125 books each monlh.
The Association and Junior Study
Club have added about I illy new
books <iuring t"*' y<'ar, and an cllort
is being mad*- to ad:' new ones every
month or so.
A great many memberships ex
pired April 1st, and a committee will
canvass the tewn next week ior re
newals as well as new ones.
put in their appearance this side of
the Balsams. A remarkable fact is.
? hat a certain line on the Balsam
range, which many of our citizens
can point out, is the dividing line,
the locusts never having cio sed'this
seemingly impenetrable barrier, at
least not within the recollection of
any of our oldest citizens.
SYLVA SCOUTS
HEAR HOOVER
SPEAK TODAY
Troop No. 1, of Sylve, Boy Seouts
of America heunl President Hoover
deliver his Memorial Day address at
Arlington National Cemetery, today.
It was a most memorable occasion
in the lives of the Jackson county
lads to stand upon 'the historic soil
jof Arlington, where lies the sacred
jdust of many of the Nation's bravest
j and best, and hear the President of
fthe United. States deliver his address
of tribute to known and unknown
heroes whose bloo<^ ami sacrifice have
established Old Glory as the symbol
I of freedom and Democracy in the
eart h.
Tomorrow the}- will be the guests
of Clark Griffith at the base ball
game between tbe Washington Senat
ors ami the New- York Yankees.
Tho troop left Sylva early Monday
morning, and have visited the scenic
| ami' historic scenes that cluster about
the Valley of Virginia, Staunton,
Winchester, Natural Bridge, and
Luray Caverns.
Before returning to Sylva, the last
of next week, the boys will visit
Richmond, Norfolk, Newport News
Ocean View, Raleigh and a number
of other ]>oints in Virginia and North
Carolina.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER GO
TO THEIR CLASS REUNIONS
Mrs. W. H. Rhodes andj her daugh"
tor, .Miss Llewellyn Rhodes, loll :.ion
day for Greensboro where they are
'amending the roMunirns of t heiv
classes, which are being held this
week at Greensboro College icr Wo-.
c?neH. '. .w , V~' -l ?- - ?
Mrs. Rhodes graduated at the col
lege in tbe class of 1 888 and Miss
Llewellyn in 1927 The reunions of
both classes are being held during
tho commencement exorcises this year
, They will also visit relatives in
Ral"ig!i, Warren ton, and oilier points
in Eastern North Carolina before re
turning to Sylva.
TOWN CLERK IS IMPROVING
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Friends of Mr. -T. , I). Cowan, clerk
of the Town of Sylva, will be glad
to learn that he is rapidfy improv
at the Angel hospital in Franklin,
wlioie he has been for several days.
Tom Tarheel says lie has finished
storing a good supply of eggs in
water-glass for use next winter.
BALSAM
Mrs. Maybelle Perry received1 the
following announcement of a fine
grandson in Franklin: "Mr. ami Mrs
Charles Perry announce the birth of
a9 1-2 ]>oun<l son ? Joe Darton, May
7th.
Mrs. Carrie Queen and little son
Ilairy accompanied,' by her brother,
Howard Quiett and, sister-in-law, Mrs
Vcrnife* Quiett of Waynesville went
to East Laporte Saturday.
Messrs Shirley Watson and Johnny j
Jones have gone to Toledo, Ohio, to!
| accept business j>ositions.
Miss Evelyn Green and Miss Fayc
; Bryson joined' a party from "Waynes
ville and motored to Clayton Ga. Sun
day.
? i is - T elia Faye Parris is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Kelley Hyatt in
yitalla.
Paul and Frank Bryson have re
turned from ii visit to their grand
i paretns, Mr. and Mrs. John A 1 1 man
in Adddie.
Sunday School Day was observed
j in the Methodist church Sunday The
program "With One Intent" was
| well rendered and much enjoyed by
1 the large audience. *
Asheville Normal^School and return
Miss Katy Kennev graduated from
ed home last week accompanied; by
her roommate, Miss Antonie Lee of
Spartanburg, S. C. who also gradu
ated Miss Lee returned home Sunday
Miss Tda Mac Coward is attending
summer school at Asheville Normal.
Mrs, Nellie Queen went to Franklin
Monday to the Angel Hospital. She
has not been well for some time.
Mr. Buddo Howell is the guest of
his uncle Glenn Howell is guest of
his uncle Glenn Howell, in Willets.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Cowan of
Webster. Miss Clem Hall, Miss Har
riet Ilall and Mr. Reed Queen of
Qualla motored to Balsam Sunday
afternoon andi brought little Miss
Dorothy Bryson home, she having
been the guest of Miss Clem Hall
for the) past two weeks
Miss Edith Christy who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Geo
i Bryson, returned to Greenville, Tenn.
? where she has a ]>osition in the
i Methodist Orphanage
\ PASTOR COOK COMES BACK
Rev. W. X. Cook has accepted the
pastorate of the Baptist church at
' Webster, and will move to his home
there from King's Mountain immedi
ately.
The following from the King's
Mountain Herald will bo of interest
to Mr. Cook's friends in this county:
Rev. W. N". Cook will move next
week to Webster, where he has accept
ed the part time pastorate of the
Baptist church. He received notifi
: cation Monday morning that' he had
May 30 ih
SEARCH NOW ON
FOR FRUIT FLY
Raleigh, N. C., May 29. ? Since the
discovery of the Mediterranean Fruit
Fly in Florida, any fruit in which
there are loinul small worms or mag
gots should; he an object of suspicion
and those who find infecte<J fruits
are asked to send them to Dr. R. W.
Leibv, State Entomologist, Raleigh
or to the Bureau of Entomology, at
Washington* I). C.
"We are asking our county farm
and home agents to cooperate in ev
ery possible way to prevent the
spread of this dangerous fruit an<l
vegetable ]H*st," says Dean I. O.
Schauh of State College. "The State
Department of Agriculture at Ral
eigh is in charge of regulatory mat
ters of this kind and we bespeak for
them the close cooperation ot] all
citizens interested in keeping this
pest out of our State. It is more
than likely that some infected fruit
was shipped to this state before the
fly was discovered and if this be true,
we should make every effort to pre
vent its spread."
This new bug is greatly feared. It
was found in Florida when there
were still 9,000 cars of citrus fruit
to be harvested and. shipped. Entom
ologists say that it has been a ser
ious hindrance to fruit and veget
able growing in all semi-tropical re
gions. About the easiest way to name
the horticultural crops injured by the
fly is to set aside pineapples and
bananas and let the pest have the
remainder. The fly injures jwaches,
plums, pears; apples, citrus fruits;
peppers; tomatoes; melons, figs, per
simmons, graj>cs, and so 011 and on.
, The fly is not so large as the com
mon house fly. The rear end of the
female is equipped with a drill which
is used to puncture the skin of fruits
ant*, vegetables ami make a small cav
ity beneath. Here anywhere from one
to six eggs are laid and more than
one female may use this same hole.
When the eggs hjitch, the maggots
burrow through the fruit eating as
they go and the fruit is ruined. The
maggots change to adult flies in the
ground and it takes from three to
four months to make the life cycle.
GREEN'S CREEK
I
Everybody enjoyed a singing at
the Old Siivannah church Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Tom Brooks spent the week
end in Bryson City.
Little Opal and,' "Buddie" Hyatt
of Asheville are spending some time
with their grandparents Mr{ and
F. M. Ashe
Miss Margaret Buchanan of Can
ton spent the week end with her
uncle, Mr. J. W. Cagle
Miss Ina Green who is attending
school at Cullowhee was at home
Sunday.
We are sorry to learn of the seri
ous illness of Mrs. G. H. Green, and
wish for her a speedy recovery.
Miss Hixie Ashe spent Sunday
nighe with Miss Gerf; Cagle.
Mrs. Henry Cowan, of Gastonia is
visiting relatives here
Mrs. Clinton "Sutton and> children
spent the week end with her sister
Mrs. Jack Sutton in Franklin.
Mrs. Nelson Buchanan was struck
by a car last Wednesday. The in
juries she sustained} were not serious ;
Mr. Andy Bstes of Whittier is -i
spending a few days at this place,
beingj called here by the serious ill
ness of his sister.
Mr. A. J. McClure of Barker's
Creek recently visited his daughter,
Mrs Harvey Potts.
Rev. Ben Cook will preach at 014
Savannah church Sunday night.
JUNIOR CLUB TO SPONSOR
RHODODENDRON PAGEANT
At the request of civic leaders in
Sylva and Asheville, the Junijw Stud^ i
Club of Sylva has assumed the re
sponsibility for Sylva 's part in the
Rhododendron Festival, that Western
North Carolina is to stage in Asho
ville in .lune
The Club plans an old English epi
sode in the pageant, and' it will re
quire about 50 local people
The young ladies of the club are
requesting t lie cooperation of the en
tire community iu the matter