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^HK| y-?' ? ">IK |l ? > I $1.00 A YEAR m ADVANCE IN TI IP. V , Tj American Le To Be PrCsen - ...?&: - .-.aiti-- ^ ?? ( i The charter for the reeled William ?. Dillard poet, American Legion, has-, been received and will be presented to tte poet Saturday afternoon, accenting to information from Commander Dan Tompkins. : >* . Every veteran df the World War in Jackson county is<in-: vited to be present at the meeting Saturday afternoon; and those who are not charter members of the post are invited to present their credentials and join their comrades in the veterans' organization. rUFUS stewart dies after long illness f " Rufus Stewart, aged citizen of Sylva, died at his>home here,! Saturday night, after a long illness. Mr. Stewart was' a life-long resident of Jackson county, moving to Sylva a number of years ago from the upper end Of the; I county. He was 80 years old. The funeral, conducted at the Moody funeral Home, by Rev. T. F Deitz, was held at 11 o'clock I Monday morning, and interment was in Pine Creek cemetery. Besides his widow, Mr. 8tewart is survived by two sons, Harley and Charley Stewart; two step- | sons, Lewis and Richard Moore; two step daughters, Mrs. R. E. Moody and Mrs. W- E. Reed, all of Sylva; two, brothers, --Jake Stewart, of Erastus, and John, of Norton; and three sisters, Mrs. Mary Moore, Mrs. Sally Bumgarner and Mrs.' Ruthie Jane, Moss, of Erastus, and a number of grandchildren. 'j j 4-H Calendar For Year IsAnnounoed * t : V '. : Dates of events Important the North Carolina 4^H Ctttb calendar for 1940 hav*bten announced by L. R. HarrtH, State | 4-H leader of -the^'Sktanttbti. Service. The list begins with the period from April 27 to-iMay 4, , which has been designated as Boys' and Girls' Week. *Harrill has called' upon'flifc, 4-H leaders in the counties - to J , cooperate with civic dubs find J , other organizations In present- j ing programs on 4-H work during that week. K V *'*' Leaders' schools will b# held . [ during the month of May. The * first will be at the Millstone 4-ff camp from May 7 to lVtbe next at a place yet to- be selected forEastern Carolina from May >14" to 18, and the third- at the Swannanoa 4-H camp from May 21 to 24. The state Older YOUtK Con- i ference, for Service berst will be held at N. C. State, College June 41 to/8/-The *NsA?? tional 4-H Club camp in-Wash- i ington, d;c? will be from June 12 to 19. North Carolina will' send a delegation; of two boys I.. and two girls. - * & The No. 1 event of the year on I the 4-H calendar isnext on the i iist. It is the annual 4-H Club! Short Course to be held at i State College July 22-27. Following this will be the*State Wildlife Conservation Conference, to be held at a camp not yet chosen, from August'2T tb'51. ':Vk] The state 4-H Dress Review at State College, is set* fofOctober 4- and the N. C:'Htattf'Tairfa^ Raleigh wiH- beheld 'October .8 to 12 Tha National Dairy Show is scheduled October 11 to 48, and the state Contest at the short course wilt determine the North Carolina | representatives. c?aclA|ing the calendar are the National 4-H AchfeVeffiettt'Day radio program on November 2, and the International livestock , Show and National Clhb Congress at Chicago December 1 to 8. * . z ' ? .' HELPED *' J . .. . i.- 1 ? H Although the recent> father did extensive damage tfr e small grain crop of Hoke ' c?unty, it helped to teductPth* number of over-wintering inJ*** says Farm " Agent A* B. Snowies. J * ' y, '' * \* 4? jV.) . . ' . - , .* ? ' ' ?. y, \ .J V. ' ' i' ' \ v /> *' ? >'. :: 0'3? 1 scoum ^ vgion Charter ted Saturday i-V*. *' ' ' I 1 ASKEY RITES ttELD AT BETA .. . Funeral serves for Floyd Askey; master mechanic of the Log Cabin Association, well known Sylva man* and former member of the Canadian Mounted Police* were held at the Beta Baptist church* Saturday morning, Rev. Thad F. Deitz* officiating; and interment was in the Keener cemetery in Sylva. Mr. Askey died at the Community hospital, on Friday* following an - illness of * several weeks. A native of Freeport, 111., Mr. Askey went to Canada* became a naturalized British subject, and was an officer in the famous Canadian Mounties. He had lived in many parts of the world.- Coming here from Florida* several 'years ago he made his home here since that time, and> had .many friends. He is survived by his widow, one son, Roscoe, a radio operator in the United States Merchant Marine. one daughter. Mrs. Fred J. Henry, of Lincoln Park, HI.; one brother, Roscoe, of Preeport, HI.; and three sisters, Mrs. William Wise, of Preeport, Mrs. Fred Jordan and Mrs. George Peterson, of Molier, HI. Another son, Prank, died several years ago. ELLIS ADDED TO HOSPITAL BOARD At the annual meeting held at 8 o'clock Tuesday night, the entire board of directors of the C. J. Harris Community Hospital was re-elected and Mr. Paul O. Sills was added to the body. Mr, nils has accepted the post. The members now are: S. W. Enloe, chairman; L B. Ensley, E. L. McKee. W. K. Bird, Dan K. Moore, H, T. Hunter, T, A. Cox, Sol gdffllmsn, D. G. Bryson, J. C. Allison, M. D. Cowan and Paul C. Sills. The Officers for the year will -be elected at the next meeting, which will be held on the second Tuesday In March, at eight o'clock In the evening, instead of four in the afternoon. State College Answers Timely Farm Questions Question: Should sweet potato plants be treated before planting in tne iieior Answer: Where the soils are Infected with stem rot or wilt organisms, the stems and roots should be dipped in a 20-20-50 Bordeaux mixture or dusted with a mixture composed of 25 per cent monohydrated copper sulfate and 75 per cent lime just before planting. The scurf invested roots and stems should be treated with ground sulphur immediately before transplanting. Treated plants must be transplanted in moist but not water fogged soil. Question: What is the proper temperature for a brooder house? t:l Answer: For the first week, after chicks are placed in the brooder, the temperature should be regulated to 98 degrees at the outer edge of the canopy and on a level with the chicks' heads. this temperature is lowered five < degrees each week until the I Sixth week, but care should be exercised to avoid running the brqodar at a sub-normal temjpenrture. Where brick or rock brooders are used a room tern- I perature of 70 to 75 degrees is [ sufficient. ' f, . Question: How can the small worms that up-root tobacco plants be controlled In the plant bed? r t; . .. V Answer: These insects are easily* Controlled by an application of napthalene flakes applied at the rate of one and one-half pounds to the 100 square yards df'bed. From one to three applications Should be made with ^treatments about a week apart. When applied just before a strong wind the treatment should ' be repeated as sobn as possible as the wind will blow the nap-1 thalene gas out of the bed as soon as it is formed. y yy ^ II a. a i ^^ tpdt ' ' V SYLVA, J WORLD WAR, VETERA^ DIES Ralph Tatham, die<ji in an Asheville hospial Tuesday night, about 11 o'clock after a long illness. * , . , Mr. Tatham, a world war veteran and a well known business man of Dillsboro was born, in this county and went with ^iis parents to the State of Wash-: ington when a small child. He served in the American Exne ditionary Forces in Belgium and France and some years after the conclusion of the war he came back to Jackson county and established a mercantile business at Dillsboro. He married ^diss Lucy Bell Fisher who, dvitfy a small son, survives. He is also survived by a daughter, by a previous marriage,- who lives in Washington; and a granddaughter; his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Tatham; of Sedro-WooUey, Wash., who have been here with him for the past three weeks; two brothers, Harry of Washington and Lewis, ofi Dillsboro; and a sister, Mrs. Dillsboro; and three sisters Mrs. C. C. Carter, Junea, Alaska; Mrs. H. C. Byrd, Mollilla, Ore.; and Mrs. Ernest Hamilton of Hamilton, Washington and a number of other relatives and friends in Jackson county and in the West. The funeral will be conducted at the Methodist church in Dillsboro, of which he was a member, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. A. P. Ratledge, pastor of the church, will conduct the rites. Active pall bearers will bej Henry Tathftm and Leaman Tat- . u__ rinnfnn tatyidc Tat.ham I Xlttlll, VyailM/Xl, vauiv/u , and Charles Robinson, Biltmore; Jim Cannon, Wayne Terrell, Dillsboro; Sam B. Cannon, Jr., and E. B. Gilbert, Spruce Pine. Honorary pall bearers: Dr. S. L. Crow, Asheville; Dr. C. Z. Candler, Dr. D. D. Hoper, Dan Allison, EL L. McKe, eonard Holden, John Sutton, Charles Price, R. XT. Sutton, E. L. Wilson, John Parris, Dillard Leonard, Griffin , Middleton, M. D. Cowan, Charted Reed, Velt Wilson, Dick Wilson, A. D. Parker, Jeter Snyder, Dim K. Moore, Fred L. Hooper, 8. W. Enloe, W. C. Queen, Tommy Keever, P. W. Kincaid, Charles I Snyder, M. E. Sharp, J. Q. Sutton, W. A. Sutton, M. Y. Jarrett, Ras Barrett, R. F. Jahrett, Cole Cutton and J. L. LovedAhl. If MRS. C. S. FULLBRIGHT DAGGfQ x nuuuu v ' h Mrs. Cassius S. Fullbright died, about noon, Wednesday at her home in Hendersonville. Mrs. Fullbright, who had not been well for some time, was seriously ill for several days. Mrs. Fullbright has frequently visited rel- j atives of Mr. Fullbright here. Mr. Fullbright was once a resident of Sylva. The funeral and interment will be this afternoon in Hendersonville. PLAN YOUTH RALLY FOR MARCH 11 Bishop Clare Purcell will be the principal speaker at the District Youth Rally to be held for the Methodist young people of the Waynesville District, at Waynesville, on March 11, at 81 o'clock in the evening. On Sunday afternoon the Young People's . Council for the District met in the Methodist Church in -Sylva, with the * * * - j- Mr fiporse district uucvbui| ?M> _ _ Swarengen, presiding, and laid plans for the rally and arranged a tentative program. The general theme of the meeting will be "Methodist Youth Advancing." Tbe ' president of each union in the district will take part on the program. Miss . Sarah Rafchbone, president of the Haywood Union, will read the scripture, and Miss Mary Boone, president of the Cherokee Union will lead the prayer. The five minute talk from a young person will be by Mr. Eric Lloyd, a student at Western Carolina. The District Superintendent, Rev. W. L. Hutclius, will introduce Bishop [Purcell. , t J ; - . | fORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY i - ": - , ; ' - '. I*7 ' FREE ROAD TO MOUNT MITCHELL OPENS TO TRAVEL IN SUMMER ' . r t ^;rTr . ; . ( I Asheville, N. C., Feb. 20? Visitors touring the highlands of Western North Carolina, this summer will be given an opportunity to motor to the summit of Mount Mitchell (6,684 feet elevation), highest peak in eastern America, over a free public road which will be opened to travel ? A ? ?- ' eariy in tne summer, it was announced here by H. B. Bosworth, Supervisor of the Pisgah National Forest. The new free road to the summit of mighty Mitchell will be made possible through! the improvement of the section of the old Mt. Mitchell toll road from the Blue fridge Parkway through the Pisgah National Forest to the North Carolina Stlate Park at the top of the mountain. The improvement of the old toll road section will be undertaken by the State Highway Commission as soon as weather permits, the construction being don? through an agreement between the Commission, the National and State Park Services and the, National Forest Service. When cbmpleted, the toll road section will be opened to travel free of charge to the public. Mount Mitchell visitors may then drive east from Ashevile on U. S. Highway 70 either to the Curtis Creek (Forest Service) graveled road two miles east of Old Fort, N. C., or continue to paved State Highway 104 which turns north toward the Parkway* five miles west from! Marion, *T O Tk/taA Klin rnoHc JN. V/ X IlCtSC tt UXAV> X VfCBVlU connect with the Blue Ridge Parkway at Laurel Gap and Buck Creek Gap, respectively. Prom these Parkway intersections the motorist may travel westward along the Parkway to Swannanoa Gap, where the new free road wtf&ie completed early III ITir Fojvthe convenience of those wishing shorter " routes to the mountain, the Mt. Mitchell toll road one mile east bf Black Mountain, N. C., and the Big Tom Wilson toll road from Burnsville, N. C., will also be open for travel. With the opening of the free road over the Parkway section, it is anticipated that travel to Mount Mitchell this season will be increased by many thousands. The tour over the new free road will constitute a superb one-day round-trip from Asheville. i j I Dairy 4-H Members Offered Medals, Trips, I And College Scholarshps The campaign for better dairy methods and conditions, promoted the past three years through the National 4-H Dairy Production Demonstration contest, will continue during the current year with increased awards. As heretofore* it will be supervised by county and state extension agents, and is open to all boys and girls enrolled in dairy projects. Additional information and assistance may be obtained from county agents in planning demonstrations which must concern breeding, growing, fitting, feeding and judging of dairy cattle or production of milk and cream on the farm. County elimination contests will determine the teams to compete at state finals. The awards are offered to stimulate members to become better informed on dairy methods, to encourage them to pass along their knowledge, and to give them experience in public speaking, team work, and sports mansnip. Gold and silver medals are provided for members of first and second ranking teams in the counties. State wiimers will make the trip to Harrisburg, Pa., with all expeness paid, for thej finals at the National Dairy Show to be held there October 12-19. The Kraft Cheese Company provides the medals and trips, in addition to $3200 in college scholarships to be apportioned to national winners? $250 to each member of ! the first ranking team and $150 to members of the second team in each of the four extension sections. -vi Sfc'3; - * - 1 . > > f j v \ . . \ ;V. " ' r' ' }' ' 22, 1940 PROSPECTS BRIGHTER FOR GOOD CROP YEAF Looking at the 1940 agricul tural picture in North Carolina from a production standpoint prospects for crops are good says E. C. Blair, agronomist o the State College Extentioi Service.x For one thing, farmers hav sown 130.000 acres in winte legumes, a far greater acreag ithan ever before. If these le gumes are allowed to grow an gather nitrogen until 'April an are turned under and followe by corn, an increase of 10 bush els of corn to the acre, or a to ,tal of 1,300,000 bushels, shouli result. | Also, Tar Heel growers ha 911,000 acres in lespedeza las year. As lespedeza usually occu pies the land for two yeans, th chances are that only half thi acreage will be used for anothe crop this year. If planted t corn, the land should produce 1 bushels' more to the acre thai formerly.! Roughly, this woul< mean an increase of 4,500,00 bushels of corn. ! Blair said there is anothe reason why crops in the Pied mont should be good this yeai The weather was unusually fav orable for plowing during th fall of 1939, and, consequently nearly all land intended fo corn, cotton, and cowpeas wa plowed before the end of De cember. This means that the soi has been subjected to freezini and thawing, which wil thoroughly pulverize it befor spring. .j The freezes and thaws als will help to kill destructive in sects, which gradually have beei growing more abundant durin the last two or three mild win ters. Also, organic matter plowe into the soil last fall has had a. winter to decay, and more of I will be usuable by 1940 crop thfln would have been the cas Tisi-phrtCWg weai aesyerfatt: j spruig. j I Training School Personnel Meet Cullowhee, Feb. 19 (Special) The personnel of the trainin school of Western Carolin Teachers College met with Pres ident H. T. Hunter for a dinne meeting in the home economic rooms of the college Morida evening with A. C. Moses, sup erintendent of Jackson count schools and C. H. Smith, chair man of the county board el ucation, as special guests for th occasion. The purpose ofj th meeting was to discuss the, jectives of teacher training to define the place and import ance of the training school ixf th college for teacher training. The dining table, using th *** 1- 1 TJl^+Vi/lnTT mrvfif VV9 WUfilimglUli ou uiuaj iuuuu, decorated with red, white, an< blue candles, red, white an< blue hatchets! and whit* hy cinths.1 The dinner was planne< by Miss Maude Ketchum, hom economics teacher, and served b; girls from the eleventh grade Presiding over the meeting an< making the principal talk o the evening was President Hunt er who called on Mr. Moses, Mr C. H. Smith, and Dean W. E Bird for greetings. An informa discussion of problems Vital U the teachers and the adminis tration then followed. Those present for the occasioi besides those already mentine< were: Mr. C. A. Hoyle, principa of the training school; Dr. H. F Smith, director; Dr. C. H. Kil lian, head of the education de partment; Marion McDonald teacher of industrial arts; Dr - ? ;, il ? tti rtnn,, A. L. BrEIH16l() Mis. Civcijru wn ard, Miss Fannie Goodman, Mis, Anne Rabe, Miss Trixie Jenkins Miss Ada White, Miss Mae Masterson, Miss Edythe Walker, an< Miss Winnie Alice Murphy, al supervising teachers in th< training sochol. INCREASE Participation _in the Agricultural Conservation program b] Mitchell county farmers increased 15 per cent in 1939 ovei 1938, with a marked increase being shown in the use of lime anc phosphate, i 1 f -? v''. ; / ' ' 1 iit j.^ , _ $2.00 A YEAR IN AD1 \ True Bill Is I Against Ci 3 m i. G. F. BALL IS MOVED * HERE. FROM SANFORD i G. F. BALL \ r G. F. Ball, recently was as" signed as Sales Representative ' for Standard Oil Co. of N. J. e to Western North Carolina inr> eluding counties of Haywood, 1 Swain, Jackson, Clay, Cherokee, s Graham and Macon, with head" quarters at Sylva. Ball was transferred from j Sanford, N. C., and has been' with Standard Oil for more than ten years. v The new v territory is well liked by Ball and he indicated that he was particularly glad to wife and one child.,to? ffl_ ffl. _ headquarter at Sylva. He has a I ^ wife and one child and is reu siding in the Grady Clayton lf cottage at Addie. 11 i >s : * Mm Families Jgm. ^ To Balanced Fanning Caught in the uncertainty of the present tobacco crisis, North S Carolina farm families are turning to a live-at-home program - to provide for themselves and g feed for their livestock. a At the present time, Great i- Biitain holds the answer to tot bacco prices this coming fall. If s the existing embargo is retained, y farmers will lose one of their - best customers, since British y buyers usually purchase a large - percentage of the better grades - of American tobacco. e On the other hand, it has been . Rrif.nin will enter C 1 U111VIA VVI VAAMV 1?IT ,, - the market again this fall to d make normal purchases. In such - an event prices may be expected e to be reasonably good. While waiting for England to e make her decision, wary North s Carolina farmers have "hedged" i by making their plans so as not d to depend entirely on their in come from this year's tobacco i crop. In most instances, they e have turned to other crops or to Y a good livestock or poultry proi. gram to supplement their ini come. f Added to that, they have - laid out a balanced farming or '. live-at-home program so as to I. have plenty of food and feed. I In one county a 15-point pro3 gram has been drawn up to meet - the emergency. This program includes: growi ing a home garden and orchard II for family use and selling the 1 onnnorh fPPd >1 j surplus, giuwuig ?. | for farm workstock; having at j - i least 25 purebred (laying hens: I - keeping a purebred or good [, grade cow and heifer; raising *.' enough pork for family use and - j selling the surplus. s1 Keeping a purebred bull, boar, i,1 and roosters in each community ' - where needed; developing farm1 ing pride by observing a clean1) up campaign every first Satur- * ; day; giving farm boys and girls! an opportunity to develop proj- | ects; and having every family fill a canning budget. ? CAMP r . . _? * | The annual 4-H Club camp, to c | which four delegates from each - state are invited, will be held 1 this year in Washington during the week of June 12-19. I ' ' ' . * ' ' VANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY Returned *? A ('J|f4 lljH ' * arl Crawford The Grand Jury, today found * a true bill of murder in the first degree in the case of Carl Crawford, who is charged with the killing of Ashbury Ammons. A W, oo - r ? 1? nuuiiuiic, oo, oi Agura, wno was brought to the C. J. Harris Community hospital here February 7, suffering from a bullet wound in the abdomen, died about 2:30 o'clock Monday morning. Ammons was shot with a .38 calibre revolver during an altercation which is said to have taken place in front of the home of Carl Crawford in the Canada section of Jackson county Wednesday morning of last week, here. Ammons' younger brother, Al- bert, was slightly wounded in the head at the same time. Crawford is said to have told officers ? that the shooting of Albert Ammons was accidental, the younger Ammons having been shot in a struggle for the revolver after Ashbury Ammons had been wounded. Crawford surrendered to Sheriff Leonard Holden after he brought the two wounded men to the hospital. j_ ; THE JOURNAL'S QUESTION CONTEST Interest in the contest, inaugurated by the Journal three .. .. three weeks ago, continues to increase. We are omitting the question this week, but a new feature and set of rules will be announced next week. The dollar gpes to Roy Hall, of the Sylva High School, who according to the Department of ^ gow, your mother of Moscow, and you were born in Prague in 1937; your parents brought you to North Carolina when you were ! six weeks old. Both your parents are now naturalized citizens. Of j{ what country would you be a *" citizen or subject?" The paragraph relating to this question says: "A child born without the United States, of alien parents, shall bedeemed a citizen by virtue of the naturalization of or ^ resumption of American citizenship by the father or mother: Provided, That such naturalization or resumption shall take place during the minority of such child." Although several correct answers were received, Roy's was the first. MERITT HOOIJER HEADS GRAND JURY Myitt Hooper was chosen foreman ( of the grand jury, serving at the present term of court; and the jury, is .composed of: Meritt Hooper, foreman; J. R. Dawson, J. B. Blackburn, Eugene Lanning, Joe C. Middleton, Hobart Messer, W. J. Queen, ' \ Ous Brysen, E. B. Cagle, Steve Queen, Claud Stanford, Raymond Mull, W. L. Jones, Thos. Seagle, E. M. Hawkins, Carl Wood, L. T. Watson, L. P. Allen. MR. OWEN COMES TO TOWN . Mr. J. B. Owen has accepted the position as head of the printing department of The Journal. He comes to us highly recommended as a commercial' printer, linotype operator, advertisement designer, and as a man. Mr. Owen hails from Tennessee and is here to improve the service of The Journal in its advertisement, make-up and commercial printing departments. PROGRESS Vi ????? For every 30 seconds that * ticked off from the beginning to the end of 1939, one person in a rural community received service for the first time from 5n REA-financed electric power system. lr