Advance in Th? County.
Sylya, N. C: Thursday,
$2.00 Year in Advance outside the County
hnes H. Catheg 1
Vied Hers Today' I
funeral Tomorrow
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(ill rk;,- ? Western North,
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^ :h ;i ifi/:'. u! alive in the
jl wiM> . ami as such dis
0{\ hiii -' !.> a brilliant
the il>*' elee
B'Jpicr f. I'ni- i : ftl to the Unit
tey Sena! <?. ::s 'I favoring that
, i ? . , lliii ~ i ? ( i , ? ? 1 1 the silver
v; Mr. C:il' ' ' was a distin
f,j i.n'iiilxr . i ? Jin' slate senate
'! ;?> ilistl .' ' .
.Catiicy hn.itiir kii i vvn nation
|v tl.f jiii'i1 n: la a oi his book,
i is hi .\h: ahalil Lincoln "t
si.h lit- (Milili -lu 1 the data that
?1 painstiiku-uW gathered front:
ws i'i 'he i : . < > 1 1 i ;i 1 1 1 s, showing:
Lbk-oIii was :Iu illegitimate sou
'inkaiii Kt.!?' . ami a young do
t in his hoi: ?< <>:i Ocona Tjiifta, j
(i Saury ll:ti The data onj
Western Noil !; Carolina tradi
ra$ so pU a>it:- i> and so eonvinc
prwnted l> , .Mr. Cat hey, that
?!i\J<*ml ;i valuable contribu
te the Liii i. I ,i ut the nation ;
I drew fire l : on Mi SS Ida Tar- ;
2-". l other w ! i ? 1 1'-, who at least
thr niiuiun, ut of consider
i "urthy of their Ijcst efforts
Kv- The hook ian! wide circula
ui'l Mr. Cat hi \ was the rccip
#' ?ori! j ,1 i no nt ary letters
"we of thr ? !o-.?--t .students ^and
Bt a ImiriT- ??; M r. Lincoln.
Catliey, who wmild have l>ecn
srs o! ajii', h; ! ho lived until
?tol next Itirciuber. was born
a,,:: ti'tt'ii-Lij >, Jackson county,
: late Hi ? i i a 1 1 1 i u H. Cathey
! ': Lii a |?!iii.? i- family of this
and uallMit soldier of the
ra.-y, lor whom the Sylva ,
' ? ' I'- i- named.
'lls \omii: manhood Mr.
; 1*Vi"'l in h"?t h lityson City and
???Hi moved hack to Sylva, in
loihty more than a quar
l! e' ntury a?o, and has made
htrc since that time,
.^sunivfd h\ his widow, who
( 1 a h' r, a member of
* 'lj(JII,,('r Western North Car
and a m anddaughterof
'' l>()s*')'. one of the great
1 I'leacheiv ,, ||?. (.ar]y days
region, liy two sons, Ben H.
? "? I'- ''a they, of Sylva,
Mi-, .i. Diiiard, of
a'" 1 .or i.(. (\ .Miller, of
? Ohio, m . maiul children,
jj? "'"tors, M; .. j Smathers
-aal " ^'""1- both of Ashe
tfienil ' 01 '>ll,('r relatives
Wi,s ineiiiber of the
. ^'oijist church, and of Ooon
Qtv' ' ' Bry
SC0UTS will entertain
ijdjv . ~~
'? ttftf XUl'"~ l""11 ? to 8:30 the
P ot Hoy Scouts will 'be
' 10111 ^lc Methodist
I of t||(i lu "'Iks who are mem
B.y p ' '"'''-He, the intermedi
0| .. ' 'he intermediate
^ old i, f. Hun,la.V schools at a
^ Sfmif. l0ll( ' ' W( 0ni?" roast.
He a.S guests will
1 0 Chamber of Com
8 ?eather,U,,tly at 6 ?'clock* 11
K'tunti, a convenient
40 YEARS AGO
TUCKASEIGE DEMOCRAT
July 24, 1889
While the family of J. P. Brendle
was at breakfast last^ Friday morn
ing, the youngest child, an infant
about ten months old, by some means
got hold of the coffee pot and turned
it over on itself, scalding its hands
severely. A timely application of Dr.
Tompkins' Wizard Ointment relieved
the little sufferer of pain, and it
seems to be doing very well now.
Gpv. Fowle has made the appoint
ments of Justices of the Peace for
Jackson county, to fill the vacaucies
occasioned by the failure of justices
elected bv the last general assembly
to qualify, viz: For Cashier's Valley
township, C. P. Bryson; for Dillsbo
ro township, A. W. Justice, H. E.
Allen and James Buchanan; for Syl
va towship, 0. B. Coward; for Sa
vannah township, J. T. Woodard, W.
T. Crisp; for Qualla township, S. W.
Cooper, T. N. Keener; for Webster
township, J. W. Keener.
What about the fine crops! Did you
ever see anything to beat 'em?
They are going to have a school at
Webster? and a good one. We hope
to tell all about it next week.
Felix Luck, Jr., local editor of the
Democrat, has accepted a position I
with the Pigeon River Sentinel and
left for his new field .yesterday.
Todaj^-at Webster, there is a pub
lic inftallptiop of (Jnafejf
Lodge A. F. and A. M. A good crowd
is anticipated. . v
The Jackson County Teachers Counj
cil met, July 20, at Webster. The
program follows: Select Reading,
MissLula Rogers; Shtuld North Car
olina have a compulsory system of ed
ucation, opened by R. L. Madison;
Should corporal punishment be abol
ished in the school room, opened by.
Prof. T. C. Buchanan. Afternoon:
Recitation, Miss Lena Smith; What
is the best method of' teaching hos
tory, opened by Prof. Pinckard ; what
is the object of recitation, o]>ened hy
Supt. C. C. Cowan; declamation; Joha
C. Buchanan. The Council adopted the
Democrat , as its official organ.
James Ave rill and the notorious
cattle queen, Kate Maxwell, have
been lynched by cowboys in Carbon
county, Wyoming.
President Harrison smokes a dozen!
cigars a day.
Lucas Silva, who was a doctor in
the independence army of Bolivia,
has reached his 129th year.
General Sherman and a party re
cently reached the top of Pike's
Peak, in Colorado.
The latest railroad talk is an elec
tric line from Webster to Franklin.
The eighty foot smoke stack at the
kaolin factory is, completed ~and the
factory nearly so.
Gov. Fowle, accompanied Dy his
daughters, Mrs. P. H. Andrews and
Miss Mary Fowle, Daniel D. Jr., and
Hon. Kope Elias passed down the
road Thursday, returning Friday.
Miss Nellie Luck, of the Democrat
office, and Miss Mamie Jarrett pre
sented the Governor with a handsome
boquet of flowers. ? A splendid and1
bountiful dinner was enjoyed in the
grove at Webster, last Wednesday,
by a large crowd callcd together for
the public installation of officers of
Unaka Lodge. The following is the
list of officers for the ensuing year:
Walter E. Moore, W. M.; L. C. Hall,
S. W.; E. D. Davis, J. W.; T. B.
Allison, treasurer; A. J. Long, Jr.,
Sect'y; M. Buchanan, S. D.j D. G.
Bingham, J. D. ; J. E. McLain, Tiler;
J. W. Terrell, J. F. York, Stewards.
place will be announced and the party
will proceed to it. If the weather is
inclement the party will be held in
Chamber of Commerce hal? It is im
portant that each one be on time. A
good time is in the offing. Its great
to be a Soout or the friend of a Scout
tfuf aed. _
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Jackson County
Represented At
Farm Meeting
Frank H. Brown, of Cullowhee, act
ing chairman of Jackson County
Board of Agriculture attended the
State Fanners' Convention at the
North Carolina State College of Agri
culture and Engineering last week.
Mr. Brown attended the convention
by special invitation of Governor
Gardner. The chairman and two act
ive members of each county" Board of
Agriculture were invited and urged
by the Governor to attend) this con
vention and join in helping to plan
and carry on a program of agricul
ture that should mean a great deal
to North Carolina people.
The county representatives and
hundreds of leading men and women
from all over North Carolina joined
with the Goveror and his advisory ?
Board of Agriculture in making plans
and forming resolutions for the future
development of North Carolina's
argiculture, Mr. Brown reports. /
This, the 27th annual Farmers'
Convention, was by far the most im
portant and successful meeting in the
history of the convention.
Farmers' Resolutions
The Farmers ' Convention submitted
to tho people of North Carolina tho
following statement regarding mat
ters deemed of importance to the ag
ricultural interest of the State:
"We wish to reiterate the stand of
the State Farmers' Convention as ex
pressed in its resolutions of last year
concerning (a) the continued need of
a campaign for better sires and the
elimination of scrub cattle; (b) a'
more effective organization of farm
ers; (c) continued study of our tax
system with a view to equalizing the
tax burden; (d) equal educational ap
?1roth quantity and quality as those
provided for city boys and girls; (e)
equal opportunity to our rural people
in the matters of public health and
public hospitals; (f) a forestry pol
icy tfcrt will preserve our forests and
make thorn of greater value to the
]?ople of the State.
The farmers commended Governor
third net- for the agricultural leader
ship ho has exhibited, and emphasized
the need ot a definite farm program.)
They expressed hope that the Federal
Farm Hoard will be of service in help
ing Wi/ik out cooperative groups of'
farmers, with permanent relief.
Resolution No. 3 reads: "Since it
has been demonstrated in other states
that a fair classification of property
for taxtion tends to equalize tax bur
dens, we commend such" classification
to the farmers of the State, and es
pecially urge its application, to for-'
ests and cut over lands. In order that
our farmers may study this question,
w%" ?i>eqryOsi the Tax Commission to
publish the address of the Hon. A. J.
Maxwell, delivered at this convention
for distribution among the farmers.
The convention commended the
general assembly for creating the
county government advisory commis
sion, and condemned the practice of
counties of paying their running ex
penses with bond issues.
Other Resolutions Adopted
Wo also commend the general aa
j semblv for making a morcf equitable
distribution of the burden of taxation
by increasing the Equalization Fund
and by giving counties aid in the
maintenance of their roads. We belive:
that a still further equitable distribu
tion of the burden of. taxation may
be provided; but as it is done, wo
earnestly request that such funds as
the State may provide be carefully
safeguarded and spent only for the
purposes anticipated in the act.
We also commend the general as
sembly for recognizing through fin
ancial aid the eight months school
term and we believe this policy should
be continued until the rural sections
| of our State shall have educational
I advantages equal to those enjoyed by
our city boys and girls.
I It is clearly demonstrated that ag
ricultural progress depends upon sci
jentifie research. We regret that
North Carolina is behind most of the
jSouthern states in its means and fa
' cilities for conducting agricultural re
J search. Therefore, we urge the Gov
ernor, State College, and the State
' Department to see that th? means and
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BALSAM LAD DIES
LOSING
EH TRAIN
Lloyd B^son, nine year old son
of Mr. aqdMrs. Carter Bryson, died,
Tuesday {tight in the Waynesville
hospital, inhere he was taken after
he had suffered the loss of one of
his legs, {llider a freight train, at
Balsam, Monday afternoon. The lad
attempted 5I0 jump from a moving
freight tnon, and his leg was com
pletely severed. William Key Ken
iifiy, who %|S With him at the time,
summoned ftid and he was rushed to
the Haywood county hospital, where
he was Ipated, and every, effort
made to sa$|e &is life, by skilled surg
eons; but .death came on- "Tuesday
night. The l>ody was brought back to
his Home in Balsam, for funeral and
[ y . . .T3r 7
|intermettfc.
| Cling HftyleS was hurt by a pas-|
senger traifrw last Saturday, whjje
! walking the track. He was taken to
the WaynegVille hospital for treat
ment. His hand was wounded, but he
is now recovering. 1
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Hoyle, I
last wfeek, a son.
Born to fir. and Mrs. Jim Duncan
in the Candler-Nichols hospital, Syl
va, the 2$tb, a fine girl, Ethel Ellen.
Mr. arKjt Mrs. Spencer Kork and
little Miss Catherine left, last week,
for their home in Paducah, Ky.
Mrs. T* M. Rickards, Miss Kate
Richards, and Mr. Jim Rickards of
Canton were here Saturday.
Many Of our people attended the
Sunday School Convention at Wil
mot, Sunday and the representatives
of the Baptist Sunday school camej
back yelling "Hurrah for Balsam!"
they had captured the pennant.
0*E'MA*RIA?ffi FOR MONTH
It began to look as if the law re
quiring the publication of the mar
riage banns for people under 21
years of age had bluffed all the sin
gle people in Jackson county, both
young and old, or had driven them
to South Carolina or Georgia to have
the ceremony performed. The law be
came effective July 1. Not a license
was issued during the day. Then
?eame Independence Day, which is con
sidered by some, jK?rhaps ironically,
as a splendid time for getting mar
ried, and still 110 applicants. Day af
ter day went by, and the Register of
Deeds went about hif? un romantic
business of recording deeds, mortgag
es, and Other papers; but there were
no marriage licenses to issue. The
situation became serious, and is look
ed as if the banns act had scored a
complete blank on the marriage regis
treof Jackson county; but along at
the end of the month, Leonard Val
entin* and Dora Campbell secured
license to wed, giving the register a
grand total of one license for the first
month in which the act has been in
operation.
faeilities for increasing agricultural
research be greatly strengthened, and
that a farm and home agent be sup
plied each county in order that the
result of this research may be carried
promptly to all farmers and farm
women, that the agricultural class of
North Carolina may have the support
from the Sta?e that it deserves, which
should be equal to that supplied the
1 agricultural class of other states.
Our banks are at the heart of the
farmers' business and we earnestly
( urge that their service* be wisely ex
tended and that their safety be very
carefully and efficiently supervised,
fa order that funds may be more liq- j
uid at a time when agriculture needs j
them most, and we recommend that I
j a committee of three be appointed j
hy the chairman to present to the |
I Governor "this resolution with such
? suggestions as may be helpful in ex
tending the service of the banks to
our agricultural class.
We endorse the teaching of agri
culture and home making in the
high schools of North Carolina as a
valuable means of tying up the pub-'
lie school program with the practi
cal problems of the farm and farm
home, and urge the extension of the
program till every farm boy and girl
is provided an opportunity to study
these subjects as a part of their high
school course. ; ' _
v - ' .
Ernest Keener
Appointed To.
Succeed Father
I ? ?
J. Ernest Keener was appointed as
county commissioner of finance and
chairman of the board of county
commissioners, to fill out the unex
pired term of his father,- the late J.
W. Keener, who died at his home here
a week ago, by J. T. Gribbble, clerk
of the superior court, on Tuesday
morning.
Thev appointment was made after
consultation with members of the
Jackson County Republican Execut
ive Committee, it is understood.
The term of office to which Mr.
Keener succeeds will expire on the
first Monday in December, 1930.
LIBRARY HAS BOOKS FOR
OLD PEOPLE AND CHILDREN
Announcement is made by Mrs.
Buchanan, librarian, that a loan of
30(T books has been received from
the North Carolina Library Commis
sion, by the SyJva library. 200 of the
volumes are books of fiction, for old
people and the remaining 100 are
children's books.
SHRINE BAND IN WAYN^SVILLE
All the people 'of Western North
Carolina and visitors, Masons and
non-Masons are invited to Wajnes
ville for the Shrine celebration 011
Saturday, August 3.
The pilgrimage of Nobles of Oasis.
Shrine at Charlotte under the leader
ship of Potentate Lee Folger, to West
?rn North Carolina will afford a day 1
of pleasure long to be remembered
by the people of this section.
Oasis Temple Band, composed of
more than 65 pieces is famous over
the entire Southland. The drills ex
ecuted by the-patrols and uniformed
bodies are something to be talked
abont long afterwards.
Noble J. II. McCracken with his
conimitecs is busy with plans for the
comfort and entertainment of thous
ands of visitors expected to be m
Wavnesvillo 011 August 3.
The mayor and city fathers have
given over the town to the Nobles.
Special officers have been furnished
to help handle the traffic.
The coming of the Shxiners is not
a pilgrimage to the Nobles of Wa\
ucsville and Haywood county, but
to the whole of Western Norht Car
olina
The itenerary is:
8:00; Leave Charlotte for Asheville
via Gastonia, King's Mountain, Shel
by and Rutherfordton.
12:00 Arrive Asheville where stop
will be made on Coxe Street, leader
stopping just below Webb Motor Co.,
headed left on Milliard St. Follow
No. 10. All cars will remain in line'
at this point to join caravan and
will be ready to leave promptly on
arrival of Charlotte cars.
2:30 Leave Asheville.
1:00 Arrive Canton, where cara
van will be joined by Canton cars. |
1:30 Arrive Waynesville. Cars (
will be met at Waynesville City lim-|
its by escort, will remain in line and;
go direct to grove at White Sulphur 1
Springs via No. 10 turning right at
Hazel wood. Picnic lunch will be scrv-j
ed on grounds and one halt hour al- 1
lowed for rest and meeting local men. 1
2:00 Lunch at White Sulphur
Springs Hotel grounds. |
Following lunch a band concert by .
Asheville and Charlotte bands at the,
I picnic grounds. Drill by the uniform- ,
ed bodies will be given at the same;
place. There will bo a short address ^
of welcome, and response, by Poten-(
tate.
Cars in a motorcade will leave
Murphy at 9:30 a. m., stopping at.
Andrews, Bryson City, Dillsboro,|
' where they will be joined by Nobles i
! from Franklin and Highlands, and
Sylva, arrinving in Waynesville at
1:00 p. m.
GET GOOD MARKET FOR HAM
BURG'S BIG CABBAGE CROP
CJarl Jamison and Lyman Stewart,
the Secretary and Managers of the
Hamburg Vegetable Growers Mutual
Exchange, with County Agent C.W.
j Tilson, spent two days in South Car
olina and Georgia towns, last week,
'and made contracts for- September,
TEACHERS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
AUGUST 2 AND 3
The annual conference of the prin
cipals and teachers of the Jackson
county schools will be held in the
auditorium of.' the high school -build
ing in Sylva tomorrow and Saturday,
August 2 and 3.
What is expected to be a most in
teresting and instructive program,
covering various phases of the school
work and school problems of the
county has been arranged by the of
fice of the county superintendent in
connection with officers of the teach
ers ' association.
The program is:
Friday August 2
Morning
10:00 Singing.
Devotional, Rev. Geo. Clemmer
10:30 Address, Mr. W. C. Reed
Special Music
11 :00 School Exj)cnditurcs in Time
and Money, Supt. J. N. Wilson
Afternoon
1 :30 Retardation : A State Problem,
t Miss Nancy O. Devers
2:00 Reducing Retardation Through
Attendance, Mr. A. D. Parker
2:15 Our First Grade Situation and
What Can Be Done To Reduce
Retardation^ There, Mr. M. B.
Madison.
2:30 Su]?ervisory Program for the
Year, Miss Jewel Swain.
3 :00 piscussion.
3:30* Dismissal.
Saturday Aug. 2
Morning
10:00 Singing.
Devotional, Rev.' .1. G. Murray
Special Music
10:30 An Activity Program for Pri
mary Grades, Miss Gertrude
Rhodes, Mrs. R. U: Sutton.
10:50 Big Unit Teaching, Miss Cor
delia Camp.
11:50 Teaching Reading - Our Prob
lem Still, Mrs. J. F. Freeze.
11:15 Handwork as Related to Pri
mary Reading, Mrs. R. J. Sny
der.
11 :25 Pleasure Reading with Help
from the State Library Com
mission, Mrs. C. C. Buchanan.
11:30 Health Teaching and Health
Living, Mr. F. I. Watson.
11:45 The Teachers in Relation to
the School as a Unit, Mr. W.
Carr Hooper.
12:00 Noon
Afternoon
1:30 All Working Together, Mr. J.
IT. Gibbs, Mr. J. E. Brown.
2:00 Value, of Parent-Teachers As
. V
sociations, Mrs. J. D. Cow: n,
Mr. S. J. Phillips. '
2:30 Distribution of Supplies, Supt.
J. N. Wilson.
PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS
ROTARY CHAIRMEN
President Scroop Enloo was host io
the chaimicn o|' the committees of
the Sylva Rotary Club, at his delight
ful home in Dillsboro, Saturday even
ing for dinner. 1 ?
After completing the bountiful din
ner served by Mrs Enloo, the work
of the Club for the ne*t year wan
discussed, committees, planned, :md
plans made for effective; community
service for the next year.
October, and November delivery <;f
this year's crop of Hamburg cabi :t. ,e
to twelve large wholesale dealers. ! Iy
their organization and orderly mar
keting, these growers are already as
sured a market for their cabbage ;it
wholesale market price, plus a prem
ium of a quarter of a cent a pound
on quality.
The Hamburg section of Jackrort
county, always famous for its cab
j bage, has by far the largest crop ever
grown, thus year, and it was recogniz
ed that the practice of peddling
through thq towns and cities to the
South might easily prove disastr
ous with so large a crop to move.,
ftfa fall.
MR. LUCK WELL SING SUNDAY
Mr. Felix A- 'Luck, who is the br.':
tone singer in the male quartet whi h
composes the choir of the First Pi. -
byterian church, of Augusta, (I1.,
will sing at the evening service a' I.'.o
j Baptist church here, Sunday.