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*1.50 Year in Advance in The Connfv o i ? ? ?? - ?? * Sylva, N. C., Thursday, February 27,1930 $2.00 Year in Advance outside the Countv JURY FINDS CARTER BRYSON (tUILTY 01' MANSLAUGHTER \ jury found Carter Bryson giiil fV ,?[' manslaughter, laic yesterday, | .tlU.r a littU' more than two hours; .lilih.-iHtiou on the evidence' in con nutioii with the shooting to death (ll Adam Coi>c, at the home oi; Bry ,lMl. at Balsam, near mi night, on the ,.t last Deeembre. .Judu'e Fin ley, this morning, sen-J I, urn! Bryson to serve f? yearrf in i In State prison. Bryson gave notice <it :<]>ik'h1 to the supreme court, and -i|.]h-mramo was iixed at iJCi,000. I'hc tir.-t witness on the stand was Ntiil Dills, undertaker, who) dressed | and prepared the body of Cope for' burial. He tcstilied to the nature of jhr wound, and identified the cloth-; iuu that Cope was wearing. He stated) licit the charge from the shot gun i'Uii'ji'l through the left lapel at" the ,-oat. ranging downward through the,' k I,.j, hum and cutting off the lower; ji|, ?i the right lung. Klh?rt Recce, neighbor of the do-j ui.'I.ni. told of his eorning to his house. tliiriiisi the night, and after; ht had heard loud, talking in the di-j n i-ricn of Bryson 's house, and try- j IMl; tn borrow a gun, which he did n,>r obtain, because Kcece had n<? ( Hibrou Bryson, half uncle of Car-: i, r tulili I hat he, Adam Coj>e, and j |J:im oiutl Queen went to Balsam, oh ' th.- fatal night, stopped at the rail J K.iti! -tation tor u while, anu then walked down the traek. Adam Copv,[ r.(-.-?niintc to the witness, left the .?tlicr two on the railroad track lor! .?mt U' minutes, while he was gone! to ? ai' t-1 Bryson 's house, n short ili.?t:>n?'?- :?? ay. He ramo back, aeeord- j iiii.- t i llcbi-, and brought a "short j pint" oi liquor. The witness stated; ihnt hi- w.'iit to his nephew's home, k:\< invited* iu and had been th-Te! .,i;. :? -.'lyrt iinie, when Adam Cope i:itn( tn thi- ;.ard and called him. He ?tati'l that Caiter Bry>on th.n grab-j hd a shot gun, said 4 4 the re V that' ikmurd Adam U?pp agiun", went j unt the door, closed it behind hin:, Mili-rcil Cope to leav;-, and almost, j ,uiu?ii!iatcly. he heard the gun tir*?, i ili ituttd that he went out, and snw Allam Cojif lying near the door on tin jM?ivh; and that he left and went if? tin* home of Mrs. Perry, to tole- ( l??ac ilu ui'ticers. Klbcrt ( iovard deputy sheriff at 'lip time testified that XIr.i. Carter.1 i(ry*?n had told hin , on the night | ni tin- dating that ("alter knocked; ('ii|x' (iowu witlj the shot gun, and thrji >h??t liiro. ! i'mii i Bryson went ?'? the stand | in his ?vii hehalf, and admitted hav ing hrt.l \U- fatal shot; but insisted tlmt h.- did it in thd necessary do ihim- of himself and bis home, lie ,-lated tlmt ho and his tamil had re tired when Adam Cope 'came to the. Iioum'. II.' said that Cope had been drinking, and asked Bryson about u ?K', w hiell Bryson told him he had laon nimble to find. Ik *worc that t .?|H then began cursing him, and struck him in tho face. Cope then l?-a, according t<? the witness, only to | return in a short time, ottered Br}-; .ion (i drink, which the witnefw said ho refused, and that Co[?e again curs "1 him. and left, going to two men, who wlyf standing 011 the railroad, hut whose identity the witness* did not know at that time. A third time came to the house, and Bryson had hidden in another room. He said * ope culled for him and Mrs. Bryson j loM hint that Carter was gone. II?. >->aiil that Co}#* then used ver>| abu-. ?live and insulting language to Mr?. Hryson, ?mj threatened to kill both /Brysoti and his wife. Ho said that V"|t left and went to where the. other two men were standing, on the Jailmnd, only t<? return again, and hejrin cursing Mrs. Bryson, and ro Jiewiiiy (lis threats to "kill th? two. 1 nrt.i stated that he then ordered t o|>" t<> leave. He said that Cope said h.- would kilT both of them hc 'ore daylight, and that he had the Wp nud the goods to| do it with, th&t Copu then left, and he and the other two men went away up the rail Carter stated! that he then w'tit tu the neighbor's to borrow a which he did not get, and that while he wa9 gone his wife found a > am! loaded his gun. After a ^hiie t he ihreo wen came back down tiHclci nad oiuj of them coming ,ft tho house whs recognized as Heb ron Bryson, hi^j uncle, and allowed i to enter. In a short time, Carter SHi?l, Adam Cope cam?i back, called tlr*1 to Hehe and then to hin>, began ? and threatening hint, <Pid QUALLA On Sunday morning 23 during in ccssent rain and disagreeable trav elling, n time any rej)oitcr thinks a time most any reporter would think 110 very interesting, worth while events likely to transpire, nothingj daunted, the stork called at the, home, of Mr. and Mrs. Hastings Messerj and added four sons, quadruplets, to] their family, each weighing from .'I to ,r> pounds. They were christened j Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Rev. C. M. Pickens of Wayiwsvillc Miss Mary Cowan entered Qnalla Shool Mon. as teacher for the rc niander of the shool turra. Mr. Lee Crisp and family of Murphy Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Crisp j Mr. J. P. Crisp, and Miss I.umra j Swaney were guest at Mrs. A. (.'J lloyles. Mr. I). C. Mughcs made a business i trip to Sylva. Mr. and Mrs J. M. Hughes and j Mrs. (i. A. Kinslnnd of Cherokee! were Qnalla vistors Sunday. i{ Miss Cuius -Howell has recently j undergone an operation at Candler j Nichols hospital, Sylva. Her many j friends hop? for her a speedy re-' covery.. i Mr. aud Mrs. 1). M. Shulcr called at Mr. S. M. Crisp's. Mrs. Maggie Gilwon and Miss Car lie Parris of *\Y ilmot, visited at Mr. I). L. Oxner's. Mrs. I). C. Hughes spent part of j last week at Mr. J. K. Battle's. M iss Evelyn Ivinsland called on j Miss Polly Hoyle. Mr. J. Iv. Terrell! and Mr. II. <J.' Ferguson sopped at Mr. J. L. S!:-; ton 's. Mrs. J. H. Hughes visited Mrs. ,1.; K. Terrell. ? LYRIC ENTERTAINS CHILDREN I Mr. llarry I). Buchanan, pro-1 prietor of the Lyrid theatre, enter tained the pupils of the John's Creek! school 011 last Friday and Saturday afternoon at his theatre with a free 1 ^.how. The picture, "The Lonv Star' Ranger," was one otitic best west? ern pictures to be sponsored by the Lyric. The two comedies were of an 1 excellent nature and wero enjoyed by all the pupils. As The Journal ?oes to press the teachers and pupils want to thank Mr. iluchanan for his kindness and generosity. / kicked open the uoor, und was ad vancing through it, with a threat to kill on his lips, and a pistol leveled upon hini, when he seized the shot gun. and fired, from within the house. He stated that Hebe Bryson was drunk, and really couldn't have known what was taking plaee. He stated that he went to his neigh bor's home, told what) ho had done,; had the officers notified, went to Waynesville and surrendered hime#lf Mrs. Bryson took! the stand und absolutely corroborated her husband, in every particular. Catherine Bry son, little daughter of Carter, waa a brilliant witness, and she eorrobo-; ated her father and mother irV all essential points in their evidence. The testimony was completed 011 Tuesday, and 011 Wednesday the day was taken up by addresses of the attorneys and the charge of the court. > Bryson was represented by Alley and Alley, aud Sutton and Stillwell, 1 while Solicitor Davis was assisted in the prosecution by C. C. Buchanan,! Doyle Alley, and Dan Moore. The jury that tried the case was eonijiosed of K. L. Cabe, L. R. Par ker, Jasper Cowan, Ethel Green, G. D. Allison, Garland) Jones, R. L. Ifolden, Isaac Hensley, Frank Wike, | Cleve Tilley, Hany Hoyle andj Her-] bert Fowler. ' j Europe's Prettiest ? Miss Aliki Diplapakou of Athens. Greece, winner in the international beauty contest which awarded her the title of "Miss Europe" in com petition with girls 0/ 20 nations. , AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK TELLS HOW TO AVOID OVERPRODUCTION IN 1930 (By Caleb Johnson) Hand in hand with ilu* Govern iiK'nt's efforts to regulate tlic ma: keting oi' farni products in such a way as to give the farmer his right ful share of the price which (he ul timate consumer pays, and to equal ize distribution so that foodstuffs will not lie dumped on glutted mar kets, goe.s the attempt to regulate agricultural production. The plain fact is. that fanning in America suffers more from over production in most of the staple crops than froiv any other cause. And this condition has been getting worse ever since, the war, according to the Secretary of Agriculture. '?No marketing machinery can in sure good prices and satisfactory in come if the farmer plants and broed* unwisely," says a recent bulletin of the Federal Farm Hoard. It does not follow that because a farmer got a good price for the corn he grew on f>0 acres last year he can get twice as much for the crop from 100 acros this year. The reverse is likely to be I true, if all of the com growers, or' any considerable part of them, plant i moro corn than they did last year."] The Agricultural Outlook for 1930,^ just issued by the Bureau of Agricul-' tura I Kconomics, i* full of danger signals for the farmer. If all farm ers are guided by them, the average of farm prices will be highei* than last. year. If they are generally dis-' regarded, agriculture will not be ceryj profitable to most of those engaged' in it. NO one l'anrcr and no one community can control the situation.' Until all farmers are organized into] marketing associations handling prac-' tically all of each staple crop, the only production control jiossible is J through appealing to the intelligence' ot1 individual former*. The Federal! Department of Agriculture's pro-, gran: for this Spring includes the spreading of th?| information -Pott? tained in the Agricultural Outlook as widely ns possible, s<? that each farmer can govern himself accord ingly. 1 Here are the danger spots to which the Outlook calls attention: In general, demand for all farm products is likely to be U-ss in 1930 than in 1929. Corn acreage should be decreased, definitely. Wheat cannot be expected to bring higher prices, and no increase in plantin?: should' bo undertaken. Cotton acreage is high enough now and should not be increased. Hog juices probably will average as high as 1929, with a reduction in supply already indicated. That should no} be taken as un invitation! to breed more hogs, however, as de mand ^ falling off. 1 Heel' cattle herds are too large now; and prices are tending down ward. Dairy herds .should be closely culled and more, heifers slaughtered if butter juices are not to drop still further next, year and the years after. Sheej> audi lambs are at the top of their swing now. No improvement, iti the wool market is looked for be fore next year. Any increase in poultry and egg production will result in lower prices. The hay demand is for alfalfa and similar legume hays, but letis sweet, clover for seed should bt sown this year, j i Flax looks good. A third increase in acreage would not materially af fect i>rieos. New aj>plc orchards should be set out only where coouditions favor growth of the highest grades. Grape fruit and oranges will be in greater, production. Grape prices arc expected to go lower. The peach outlook is unfavorable, with heavy production and low prices exj>ected. Cantelojle and watermelon growers shoidd reduce their acreage. The outlook for strawberries is good, and production can safely be increased. Present projected increase of 6 percent in potato acreage is unfavor able to price maintenance. Lettuce demand continues to in crease but marketing difficulties help keep prices down. .Sweet j>otato acre- j age should be reduced. Tomato acre-' age should not be increafeedi. Dry beans j>roduction should be kept at last year's level. The early cabbage market looks very favorable; lato cabbage not so yood. JPeaaut crops should be reduc-j JACKSON COUNTY FAMUNG OUTLOOK GOOD (By C. W. Tilson) j The outlook for farming in Jack-j j son county, is the best this spring j jit has been for years, and the out-j i"ok for years to come should be! ii- d according to the most reliable j ? indications. Already more folks are | p/epa ring and sowing permanent pastures in such a way as tcf pro duce good sod than any spring) for the past five years. Pasture isj the most profitable crop on Jackson county farms and good pastures will always be. j Ploughing lor cultivated crops forj this year already done indicates that more crops required for home use as well as for market will be grown this year than any year during the past five years. I t looks as i t' a corn crop that1 will supj)ort the county folks and the livestock needs will l>e produced this yeaij if we havo a fair season. Already more interest is being shown in. good' home gardens than before, | which is a very healthy sign that i Jackson county folks ar^ growing tired of eating so inueh out of tin ; cans, and art going to live more at, home. j More effort and progress is being made than ever to produce early | chickens and consequently more eggs! on every farm in the county.1 Al ready chickens and eggs bring more (:d. The tobacco outlook is good. Grow ers of Virginia lire-cured and Mary lami can safely plant larger acreage.; llicv prices are tending upward. Bug- j ar at present production levels should j hold up to present prices. In other words, American farmers; must watch their steps. And the one* I who watch most intelligent}* are the: ones who will survive. For it is clear- j ly on the cards that there will be i fewer farms and fewer farmers tea j years from now than there are todoy. j Afore and more, American farming I "must be done for the American nwf- j ket. Secretary Hyde of the Depart-1 n;ent of Agriculture points out that! in the world markets Canada, Ar-J gent in a and Australia are crowding j the United States out. In those three; countries agricultural acreage has trebled since 1900. They now, grow1 more wheat than we do. Argentina j has become the world's largest ex-i porter of corn. We are buying much; ot' our flaxseed from South America. Tho Southern Hemisphere has nmlti-j plied exports of butter by seven in J .'{0 years. Kurope, too has increased, production until they are now above tiy? pre-war level. r American heel' has practically lost the European market to South Amer ica. Australia is the world's great! source of wool, growing three time*; as much as thirty years ago. Asiatic i lviissia is competing strongly in cot-, ton, producing nearly twice as much last year as before the war. All oi' tlie European countries are giving sharp attention to agriculture Many are subsidizing agricultural set; tlenieni in their colonies where land' is abundant and cheap. All are em-; ulatin^ American scientific methods and machino production. . Tlie apparent certainties are that within a I'ew years' agriculture in the Unit.'d States will be devoted to feeding the ]>eoplc of the United, States; that all farm products will; be handled from farm to) consumer, by farmer-owner cooperative market-' ing associations; that tbese associa tions will dictate to their members, the amount of each particular pro duet to be produced in a ay given sea son and so an equality will be main tained between production and eon sumption which^will put agriculture) in general for the fjest time on thej basis of a business enterprise. The "out" about this program isj the independent farmer who will rc-j fuse to join the cooperative and: whoso "bootleg" crops will disturb: the market and work to the detri ment of his neighbors. And this may. result on a national scale in the rep- ] etition of such activities as those of! the "nightriders" in the Kentucky' tobacco war between the Equity and the independents, twenty years and; more ago. ? . If the Federal Farm Board carries out its gigantic program intelligently ' and succeeds in impressing upon every fanner ther necessity of coop-' erating farming, in the United States will be stabilized in tin:e. Unless that is done, it will continue to be a hit or-miss gambling enterprise with the odds against the general run of farmers.. HOWELL ASKS TO 60 TO PEN Will Howell, convicted oi an as sault with a deadly weapon, upon George Shuford and William Pearce, and sentenced to serve four years on the roads,! has made a request, through his attorneys, that ihe sentence he changed to the same term in the State prison. Judge Kin Icy indicated that he would ohangc it, of Howell will enter a plea of gnilty of assault with attempt to kill, the felony charge, upon which he was first indicted, and upon conviction of which,; his three brothers are" now serving terms of 7 to 10 years in the ( prison. MARRIAGE LICENSES /"Theodore Klliott. ot Swain, to Lil lian Lambert. Jake Frizzoll to Burdeli Queen, ('has. 0. Fisher to Allie (Jaddis, both of Havwood. money into the cwunty than , any other livestock including even beef cattle. Around one thousand of the! best quality brood sowa the county j has ever had will farrow the pigs) this spring, to make home meat in i abundauce next fall and some fori market. Our sheep, lambs and wool; arc on the increase and much better! quality is being produced. More, good beef cattle ure bein^ grown on our mountain farms than any j year for 3 or 4 years. We now have: ono township (Caney Fork) with all, Hereford beef sires and nine in that one township, something no town-! ship in Jackson county ha? ever had before. Valley farmers have' over. 700 more good dairy cow^ in milk j raised from purebred dairy sires | than we had* a year ago. Over 150; farmers are making plans to grow; tobacco this year where wei had on-, ly 30 beginners last year. This is j destined to become one of the lead- j ing cash crops, particularly for' small farmers in the county. More i>otatoef? in the valley and1 more potatoes and cabbage in Ham burg, will be grown for market this1 year, than in the past five years. The market outlook for Jackson county farmers is bright, if a vari-? ety of these live at home and cash crops for market are grown on each farm. The outlook for beef cattle for this year i si practically as good as, last year; and even with cattle dc-; clining some in) prices for the next. 3 or 4 years, our farmers can grow good quality cattle, strictly raised from purebred beef sires, on good pastures, at a faiil profit. The out-, look for good quality yainbs, and; wool marketed cooperatively, and ec-i onomically, is all right. Hog price*' are unusually good for this season of the year, and the outlook fox pigs selling and market for hogs for J I his and next year is eond. The out-; look for good quality lambs, and crop is all right, and such that our farmers can safely; make poultry a money crop on every tarir.. hven though butterfat prices are now un satisfactory to the dairymen, defi nite steps are now; being taken by Kraft Cheese Corporation, to estab lish a whole milk plant to take cart' of 5 to 0 counties in this section thin year. This will furnish u very satisfactory and de]>eiulable market for whole milk to Jackson c.ountv farmers, for years to come. The mar ket outlook for potatoes and lab-, bage is fair, and such that any farm suited to growing these crops should plant a halt, acre; to an acre of each. The outlook for tobacco is fair, and farms suited to growing this crop should make L-2 to I acre, of tobacco, and no more a permanent cash crop, since this county produe-, es tobacco of the very highest qua!-, ity, when properly managed. Marketing poultry and. eggs has , increased, for the past lour years,; as follows: 1926, sold in ca^ lot, sales, $6,500; in 1927 sold $13,500; ? in 1928, sold $22,00; ajfd in 1929,; sold $35,000.. Marketing of otherj farm products in* Jackson county has increased in about the same pro portion, during these foui years. Jackson county farmers are assured now of a good and a permanent cash market for what they produce; so. with a definite plan on each farm, of ? producing what it takes for home! use, and a reasonable amount, of 4j or 5 products of highest quality forj market, we are certain of more ag ricultural prosperity in Jackson coun ty for year? to eoao. [ J TWO WILMOT YOUTHS GUILTY OF STORE-BREAKIN< Thad Bradley and Arthur SutUe ir.yre, two young men of the Wilmo section, were found guilty of break ing into the store of Mrs., BtungaY ner, at Wilmot, last November, bi a jury, in suj>erior court, Friday, an?. were sentenced to the penitentiary i Bradley lor a term of three years 'and Suttlemyre for two years, bj Judge T. B. Finley, in the supcrioi court. They gave notice of ap|>ea. to tho supreme court but the ap eril was withdrawn, on Wednesday. ' The ease had almost all the el ements that would make it interest ing and unusual, a store broken and entered in the night time and good* taken away, blood hounds brought ! to the scene, thu contention of the State that the defendants had used turjMintine, in their shoes, to befud dle the scent for the dogs, and a contention, that the attempt to con nect the two defendants with the crime was a scheme of the wife of Bradley to get hint out of the coun try. Weaver, Swayngim was found not guilty of- resisting an officer, a case against him, charging carrying cou ! coaled weapons was nol prossed, and I he entered a plea of guilty of iiianu* i facturing liquor, and prayer for judg ment was continued until not term of the court. Isaac Littlejohn, an Indian, wan found guily of violating the age of consent, and sentenced to (j months in jail. The prosecuting witness was his first cousin, Bossie Littlejohn. HOSEA QUEEN COMES BACK Hosea (jueen, 20 year old Canev Fork boy, who left court, and fled during the process of his trial on a charge of being accessory to breaIc ing and entering the store of A. M. Henfton, surrendered himself to his uncle, who is a/ deputy sheriff, and was returned to jail. Though he is 20 years of age, the boy has never passed the fourth grade in school, and Judge Fin ley, in sentencing him to two y<>ars in the State prison, requested that he be plaved among the younger prison ers. given suitable work to do, and that he be Riven an education. JOHN'S CREEK LOCALS Mrs. lohn 11. Smith visited at the Lome of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Uni son on last Saturday. < Mr. Kdmond Nicholson, viio is now attending school in Sylva, spent last week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nicholson. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Smith have been visiting friends in Canada. Mr. Fulton Thomasson sj?ent Sat urday afternoon in Sylva on busi ness. Misses Janie Uoo|mt jmd Divie Hen son and Mrs. Janie Brown spent last week end at their homes. Tlx; program presented by the Caney Fork Progsessive Club on last Wednesday evening was one that af forded much fun. The program was one of a miscellaneous nature, and each number was well rendered. The Methodist and Baptist Sunday schools met in the auditorium of the former church and had their pro gram together. The people were verv fortunate in having President Hun ter of Cullowhec to give them an ex cellent lecture on the lesson. Kvery one seemed to enjoy hi* falk and hope to be privileged to have him with them again. Mr. Hunter wat. accompanied by his daughter, Miss Martha Ix>u. After Sunday school, Mr. Hunter and daughter were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Henson. Only 104 Years CM l-eprclet Loget, who lives ai Masonic Home at Charlton, Ma. 'e*n rcm?mlter twcntyt Presidents , i i the United Statt? *ntf ?xy?cu Ij t# 11^
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