*1.50 Year in Advance in The County.
0 MULL WILL BE PLACED
ON TRIAL TUESDAY, FEB. 24
U. charged with first degree
i,it the death of Riley Par
ti, placed on trial Tuesday
an order setting Tuesday
,i:;\ lor the beginning, of the
- . ium heen made, yesterday by
?\ alter K. Moore, presiding
? .. K-oii county superior court.
V v. a> brought into court and
Wednesday morning, and
made ior a special venire
| and Iuwt'ui men," to be
'i,. . iv,.if. the box and summoned
, next Tuesday morning.
I ,,.?4 miii it is exacted to select a
I . *'.v * ? * ?
jury, earlier in tho week,
JV,vVu-,l a true bill against Mull,
? iui with the murder of
/ I
j- ivai slot in the leg, about
? , , ( (.>?;>!mas day at Kast La
? ! ii.,1 in the hospital in
Vv?. , ? ,,at S o'clock the same
, M:i!I was arrested by mem
?I;, sheriff's department,
?i.. , . u,! in a bed of leaves on a
'i,- I'.ast Laporte viein
i*.
M ,|i, ;? livi pale, young man, ie
'!,? will he defended by
y p Siillwdl atld McKinley Ed
QUALLA t
,i. ? i':,-...??0*1 with two in
i>:,> Sunday. R?v.
!' preached at tlte
!? i -ii Sunday morning and
li'r L li;i>s preached at the
.Vethoi'iri i-hur, h in ti e afternoon.
Mr. Mimroe Ma<lison of Sylva
- watlc <\ Ijil>iue? trip lo Qualla re
li" i
J u':
ivi'l/.
M:\ and Mrs. L. L Shaver and Mr.
.?ml Mr. . K,l Bumjjnvner were guests
jit Mi*. !. 0. Johnson's.
Mr. and Mrs. York Howell are
v i - i i i! lelatives in Haywood.
I;, -, . ncl Mrs. Jonathan Brown of
K, la Mere week end guests of Miss
K'!:'. !\n.*latid.
Mrs. l'. Shelton made a trip to
Syh
M ? I. M. Hughes a*id family of
( ? ??.!> ?, and Mr. J. K. Battle visit
iil i 0. C. ITutrbes'.
M Is. ' Worley and family visit -
? '! M-v ' \. Bumirarner at Wilmot.
M-s, i r Freeman visited rela
tives ;r i )i'onn Lnfty.
M.-. ''-km- Gibson visited Mix. 0.
A K nd.
Mi?> Tii.tiv Cathev attended TVis
* ?????'i'hiy school meeting at Bry
V>li < My,
M 1 '' lohuson and family visit
I-.; i>!:;1 ivcs tit Bryson City.
M mi Mrs. J. J. Snyder were
V ; i' ;? ? :? i?or< Sunday.
M-. : m! Mr--. D. A. Martin of
\ T>land were guests at
' Mr. W ( Martin's Sundav.
li. li. Henson of Whit tier
!|.e week end with Mrs. W. H.
lit".*. : i"! Mrs. R. Tj. Bass called at
I W . Cooper's. )
Mi. .-ml Mrs*. Luther TToyle called
P '' <Vcar Gibson's.
Mi.s,... Hester and Holla Owen vis
: v - G. M Martin.
??? Howell was 'gnest at Mr.
s \1 < ? isji's Sunday.
.v >..,i M,-s. .T T,. Sitton called at
M v'- l'. 1 louse"s.
.u Hnulburn, Mrs. D. U
i , \ . 7
' ! Mrs. Garland Oxnor visit
" 'li TTyatt, whose vahy
: :i ' ill last week.
M . \ ;il!?, ^famrs was pupst of
Ml" M'v Hoyle.
I Hyatt and Miss Mar
^ it, r of Whittier siwnt the
v ' 1 ?! with ATrs. Lucy Shelton.
'? f. Ffii<rhes callod on Mrs.
^ i errell Monday.
JUD(r? WARNS ABOUT
GAMBLING DEVICES
" <? Walter E. Moore called the
i'rv into court, yesterday mom
tru! javo special instructions, in
'''? mC declared the punch boards
' lot machines, that do not give
'! <? i ????(.ivod nt each time are un
1111 uaniblinp devices, within the
'">?? < r t|<? statute, and instruct
'l'' jury to make investigation
""1 in hills of indictment
?tsiin>t any persons who have been
"I"'ruling them in this county.
40 YEARS AGO
TuckasHge Democrat Feb. 18, 1891
C'apt. and Mrs. J. W. Fisl?er, of
Webster were here Tucsdayi
? \
Caut. ,1. W. Terrell and J. J. Hook
er, esq. paid uh a brief visit yester
day.
M rs. M. H. Morris ot' Addie eame
down Friday to visit her parents,
.Mr. and Mrs. A. .1. Ixmg, .lr.
Miss Sola Dills has returned home
from W;!mot where she has been vis
iting Miss Ella Frizzell for several
weeks.
Mrs. O. B. Coward sister of the
bride, pud Misses May and Bellt
Leatherwood represented Webster at
the wedding last Thursday night.
Miss Mary Cooper of Whittier
eame up Thursday with her brother,
Mr L. W. Cooper to witness his ini
tiation into the order of Benedicts.
Evidently our merchants don't be
lieve in the cry of ''hard times" for
immense quantities of merchandise
?ire unloaded from every freight
train.
I
Mr. .). B. Coward, the efficient
representative of Brown, Wedding
ton and Company, of Charlotte,
reached home Monday. He was com
pletely conquered by the mud and
had to leave his horse and buggy in
Bcncombe and come by rail.
The following from the Reading
(Pa.) Eagle can not fail to impress
etfery one with its truthfulness:
'?'Advertising gives character and
standing to a firm. Go into any com
inunity as an entire stranger, and
pick up papers published there. Look
for their largest advertisers and you
can invariably rely upon the fact
that voi; have found the most reliable
firms in that community."
The Dillsboro Dramatic Clnb will
rive it-- opening entertainment, on
Feb. 20th The popular drama "Down
by the Sea," and the rattling and
exceedingly funny farce, "Uncle
Dick's Mistake," will be presented.
? We Jtsk the attention of our read
ers to the new advertisement of
Messrs. Blair and Brown, furniture
men of Asheville. In sending ns the
copy for their new "ad" they bear
testimony to the value of our <*>1
umns as an advertising medium, say
ing, "we believe it pays to advertise
in your paper."
Mr. *:nd Mrs. Lee Hooper returned
Saturday from quite a lengthy so
journ iti the Soutlf,, bringing with
them- a bouncing boy Lee Hooper,
Jr., horn in the "land of flowers."
They also brought a large quantity
of various kinds of Florida fruits,
for a liberal share of which the Dem
ocrat i crurns its thanks.
There will be a large number of
tourists in our mountains during the
approaching summer, and as Jackson
has as many natural attractions t?
any other county, we would be glad
to have our share of the visitors.
Despitt the inclemency of th?
weather, last Thursday evening,
quite a number of friends gathered
at the lesidenoe of Mr. A. J. Long,
Jr., to witness the consummation of
the marriage of his daughter, Miss
Lftura B. Long to Mr. Lee W. Cooper
'of Whitticr. The ceremony was per
formed promptly at 7 o'clock by Rev.
P. P." McLean also of Whittier. Af
ter the recemony the guests were in
vited to the dining room, where ?
sumptuously prepared supper await
ed theiir nnd to which all did full
justice. i
"Competition is the life of trade,"
and our county people will not be
slt-w to take advantage of the com
petetion between the five stores now
in full blast here. As a business cen
ter, Sylva is coming squarely to the
front. Thero is only one thing the
matte;- with tour merchant?. We
T' - ?*?
sylva, n. c., 19,1931 $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
?1 'i ? i *i '? : ? . i
' t r~-W|- on it
His Policies Are StiU Sound? By Albert r. Had
UndC/Saut ,?% Jfi tfefollovhis,
J i advJc&, my [boyf f our country
fV/V/ never go Wrong "
fiBflL. - ?
?
WA'
ixtr
'will change
1 GOVERNMENT FORM
j A luli Jias been iniroduerd in llie
j General Assembly for tlie purpose ??!'
j changing the form of government of
j daeksou County. The bill, which
would Income effective December,
J932, ohmTmrffrfrTh* ^
welfare and the commissioner of
roads, and substitutes tlmrefor two
county commissioners who serve part
time or.lv, meeting withi the chairican
as a board on the first Mondays.
The chairman retains his present
duties and salary of $2,400 a year,
and in addition is given the duties of
the w el lii ]\' commissioner. He is al
lowed one clerk, at present, and
a year that is now being paid the
register of deeds is sut off. Sponsors
of the bill state tlat it will effect a
saving in the county finances of ap
piKjxiiuately $5,200 n year of about
2 per cent of the present tax of the
county.
An additional member of the
board of education, to succeed the
eommissional of welfare, who is ex
officio a member of that board,
would he appointed.
"CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION
AND TH9 UNDERWORLD"
PASTOR'S TOPIC
"Christian Civilization and the
Underworld" will be the subject
which the pastor of the Methodist
church, Ivev. George Clemmer, will
discuss Si'iiday morning at 11 o'clock
Sunday is the first Sunday in Lent.
Every member of tlie church is urg- i
ed to begin the observance of Lent
by attending Church school and wor
ship services. The public is cordially
in vi ted.
In (he evening at 7:30 Mr. Clem
mer wil' preach in the MetJodist j
church in Diilsboro. Sunday schools,
of the charge assemble at 10 a. m.
promptly. The EpWorth Ili-League
meets in the evening at 6:45. Study
group in "Kingdom Extension" meets
Wednesday evening at 7:30.
NEW ATTORNEY TAKES OATH
Ervin C. Cooper, of Swain county,
who was recently licensed by the su
preme court to practice law, was
given the oath of an attorney, before
Judge Walter E. Moore, in the su -
perior court, here, yesterday. The
oath wii'i administered by Solicitor
John M. Queea.
' I
haven*; quite got them uj> to t'o
proper point in advertising yet but
they are comng. V?i c?n nlwavs rely
on o'ie ihiiii', and that is, when a
merchant rdvertises he is anxious to
fret ? 'df. and do?s not show
that indifference in regard to it
which the merchant who fails to ad
vertise does.
Wr T r
? u? It ti?
i. NEWS UTTER
M ?
^g. _AJ|uia Pli Sigma, a. national hon
"orary sellolarship fraternity, was ?r
' :;<tnizc?l at Western Carolina Teach
; ;-rs (oIIcjh: on Kt ?ruary 12, l?v Dr.
II McClurc, oi State' Teacher*
Colle?e, Kirksville, M". This oi^iii
ation < i his to sponsor scholastic at,
j tainmcut among tin* members.
The Yodelers at Western Carolina
Teachers College will participate in
: three games this week. The girls play
Kast Tennessee Teachers there 1'eb
I ruary 13. The hoys play Kirtherlord
College there the 18th and \enmg
Hams there the 20th.
Miss Elizabeth Cowan, Baptist
Student Secretary lor Western North
Carolina, is spending a tew days at
Wjester.i Carolina Teachers College.
Miss Cowan, has an an aim the or
ganization of Student Council which
will supervise aud regulate all re
ligious activities at tfoe college.
Cullcwliee X. C., February lf> ?
Four girls at Western Carolina
College lave hecn selected to enter
the inter-collegiate debates at the j
college. They are: Dorothy Bwrnette,!
Swannanoa; Ethel Calloway, High-j
lands; Ora E. .Tones, Burlington and
Flora Gilbert, Columbus.
Tho debaters will make their first
appearace between the local college
and East Tennessee State Teachers j
College, .Tohnson City Tenn., on
March 14, at Cullowhee. i
Cupid was present with his array
r?f arrows and hearts?many of them
broken and torn-in Moore Dormitory
at Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege Fiidav evening February 13th.
The girls at the college entertained ?
t!:o boys in the parlors with a Valen
tine party. A program of music and
readings was given, alter which
hearts were matched, and fortunes
were told by shooting an arrow at a
large heart. Ice cream ami cake,
were served,
The placement bureau of Western
Carolina Teachers College reeen'Iy
sent out a letter to the members of
l'r? trailnating class of 1930 in order
that information might he secured as.
to how many jwisitions ns teachers
are being held by members of th -
class. TJif. letter was directed to one
hundred and sixteen alumni and re-;
Have hem received tron- one
l^imlre?l and one. Of that mimlsev
seventv one ay in the teaching pro
f"s:-ion, five are in college, seven are,
doing ofher types of work, and fif-j
IFEROVSON "LIVE AT
i MOME" FARMER
I
i _____
! ? ?
i (By i'. 11. ? I eter, Agricultural Editor
Stale College)
( 'I In* sale ol' ereair. and other dairy
? pnoducis has put II. (5. Feiguson ol*
die C^nt?U?j section ol Juickj/tm ljyuuty
oil tlu?~ iiuip~ai? n SlsllkellSWfcllsC:
fanner, according to E. V, Vestal,
) county agent, of Sylva. In tact, Mr.
i Ferguson lias done wonders with his
j dairy herd, which he started in the
-pring ?>l 1!>28. at a time when it was
i ditficilt for any tanner to make a
fvlivin* iii' his farm, according to in
formation received by the Stale Col
i _cge I].\t"iision Service.
I Mr. Ferguson bought ten trade
i-Jersey heifers in the spring of 1928
'and started selling cream to the Xan
lahala Creamery of Franklin within
? a few weeks. As the amount of cream
? .mounted he saw a chance to furnish
| r H?-vsoi! City hotel with sweet cream
,.during the summer months, ile em
j braced that opportunity and has
, continued to hold ii good hotel bus
j ness ever since, during the sitmmei
j especially. Sale of cream to the cream
j ery and iiohtels runs from $80 to 1100
[ each month in good production
| months and not lower than $40 a
| niontii, when cream is selb'ng at a
j-Jow pnci during the poor production
I months of November and December,
j.'.is it did thi.s past year. Mr. Fergti
I son produces his cream at a low
: eost through the use of blue grass
i :tiid white clover pasturage, soy bean
Jjay, clover hay, home grown corn
and some cotton meal and bran.
Manure from his dairy herd lias re
duced his fertilizer bills and at the
same tine increased his crop produc
i lion and the fertility of his land. lie
iuses some lime with the manure in
!e production of large quantities of
excellent red clover hay.
| Skimmed milk from the separator
has been worth many dollars to Mr.
Ferguson and his son, Wayne, >
las fed p:gs since the daily was
begun Mid han made much money In
utilization of such skimmed milk.
One 'itter of his fine Poland China
pigs weighed 2,4g.'l pounds at all age
?>f 100 days. The younger Ferguson
fed ihem oil corn, fish meal, some
shorts and plenty of ski mured milk, j
I5y ni'iking a few cows by feed- |
ing and caring for lis herd accord j
ing to the general n-comniendations j
of his county agent and on the ad- j
\ice of Extension dairy sperialists. |
he ha> increased the farm income '
ti*eii hi:ve not replied, aceordimr to
Miss Cordelia Camp, director <if the
training school.
M?:iiv of thynuluate> of thr- 1930
class . i if- tea'-hi ni' in of'er1 -tate::;.
however Vorli Ca".?'j ;< comes fi\>i
and S<ull? Carolina second. Thirty
two comities in this state ar> using
iaembe."s of the class as teachers.
HARVEY FRADV
PLACED ON TRIAL
? Harvey Frady, young white man,
| u as ou trial yesterday, chaiy
led wih second degree murder, iu tbc
j death os' Ed. Blakley, negro, on Little
; Savannah, last August. K. I'. Still
\v?? 11 :;t.d Dan Moon; were appointed
j :>y the lourt to defend Frady, as he
i i as in' money with which to employ
; :'ftor'ie)S.
Frady, who went on the stand in
!i?s own lx half, admitted the killing:
j i nit -\\ '?r< that lie shot in self-defense
]' 111 a t iiiakley attacked him, and was
j itteniji'inp to cut him, when he firc?l
j he ,:it e shots that took effect in
illakley. He stated that ho had starl
?d to Fa^t Fork to prayer meeting
when the altercation occurred.
H" stated that he and Jule Bluk- '
ley. : (tiler of Ed., lwul had some dif
ficult / some time previous to the
-hootim' and that Ed. had threatwi
?d liiirt, i.nd proved in numerous com
imuiicated threats that E<\ is sup
jHised to have made,, threatening to
,-ut !' ndy's head off.
Th;> nature of the wolnds was
proved by Dr. A. A. Nichols, who
testified that the en entering the
negro's lead from the back was the
one th.it took his life. Mr. l'. -I
StillweU years old. was the only
eye wit inks. He t?-stified that Frady
: came to his house, ate dinner with
j him, Miid went on up the road. That
! in a f<*w minutes he started to water
l is cow and was overtaken by Ed
Pdakley, and that the two wpnt on
up tho fond, until they came upon
Frady standing near the branch:
that Frady asked Rlekley if his
; knife we.': st.ill sharp, and began fir
ing: Ihiit the two grappled, some
more shots were fired, and that the
j negro sank down, dead. He said that
? he saw no knife.
j Neal TWlls stated that when he
' -Oh*?**frly for- laJtoTf*7 fee
found a pair of dice, a pocket book,
j somp i'ish hooks, and a knifo, partly
? opened in the pockets of. the dead
i negro.
The evidence ?was completed yestcsr
. day /ftcrnoou, and the ease is in the
j hands of the jury, as we go to press,
j argument of counsel having been ?*oni
? pleted today.
| Tli.1 defense proved that Blakley
was dangerous and violent. Frady
proved a good character, has never
heen indicted before, and has had no
trouble vitb anybody, that witnesses
had h\ini of.
THE GRAND JURY
The grand .jury serving at tho-'piv*
ont term of superior court is com
posed of the following; gentlemen: O.
H. Coward, foreman, John A. Buch
anan, \V. F. Bryson Thos. C. Bucli;
nan, 'i. K. !><->, Richard if. Hall,
W. 11. J,-,rkson. U. K. Dili-. On V
?? f a it! s, W . .\. Hooper, Jt. 15. Shnlar, ??
A'. T. Cook, .1. M. l-i at I crwood, ( t>-.
??ar K.Mtlev, <>. C. Crawford, .f. U
Dillard, Dave (Iveen and John W.
Biichanar..
considerably for h:s whole family.
This i.njrer income has enabled T.isii
Hid hi- wife to buy the few thiro
not raised on the farm and to ? i
t!;e tiine children a pood education.
Both i.is boys mv f H club members
and hit daughter is-4|iiite ail ai^fvo.
" * " { *9 ???^
calf cl-s.h member. ; 7"
Si'ie ? In* bought Li> leu <jrcid?'
!r?*ifers in 1928 Mr. Ferguson bus ob
9 ' ' ? ' 4. ?
tained $?f>9 through th?' sale ol .sur
p!us l ows, heiffers, steer'* atui calves "uj/$
?? d uo> ha- ."it'ht tin<* Hjarh crr?<V
?ws :'ce^l:ei)ing this sprintr ifr-h -'?
rotten back all but $31 of the ffrtt W... ?
the original herd. He freshens . lth>'.v
cow-, in the spring; so as to have ? ;<
full Htpply of milk during the * . ;
mer ,noiiths for the hotel trade.
Ciui'ie. tio'iably. Mr. FergnJinn i> >
'eadcr jji his section in dairyiiijr<4bi<1 !.-/
'ilso o the real "f.ive^t-Hon^'' ;
faniier- of Jackson county. 'fHl- '
farm l:>s been plar-ed on <i ^Live-at^ 1
Home" and a profitable hai sbsy ditt'-i v*j
?rent nit! hard work in a vefv
length o? time. Mr. Ferjnison
Mr. \<-tal much cresit for
proirrc. ,
< onv? rselv, Mr. \"st?l says w>- * i.i
Mr. t-Vj-o-imoH has the bruins to-jn*.'. *
vest i >.a'e and the sense to listen* Mo'
those vho wanted to help him:"jfjffi"
solid ;.dvice of real worth.