! - r:r
; ;?
$1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE IN T
Gubernatoru
Lacking in
/ ,
With the primary not so many
weeks away, the gubernatorial
campaign in the state does not
appear to be getting up a great
deal of steam. The politicians,
those who have been chosen to
lead the campaigns for various
candidates, as State, Regional,
county managers, are bestirring
themselves in the interest of
those candidates whose cause
they have Deen cnusen ou espouse
as leaders; and other politicians,
who hope to secure something in
the way of appointment or other
preference, after the inauguration
changes the administration,
next January, are beginning al
so to bestir themselves. But,
aside from that, and some en<
thusiasm that certain newspaper
' reporters are trying to arouse,
there appears to be little attention
givefi to the matter. The
politicians without an axe to
grind, the rank and file of the ,
voters, seem slow to register any
i great amount of interest.
There are six avowed candidates
for gubernatorial honor, j
on the Democratic side of the po- i
litical fence. Each of them has
made his announcement, and
I each is trying to arouse the people
in his behalf. ,
f Tom Cooper, former member ,
of the House of Represenatives,
present mayor of Wilmington,
and head of the mule dealers in
the State, is prepared to make
his assault through the medium
of a sound truck. He proposes to
drive into every county and
hamlet, and on the city streets of
North Carolina, and blare forth j
his claims through the amplifier. |
Mr. Maxwell, uie v^uiiixiiiooiun
er of Revenue, who has been a I
prominent figure in the life of I
I the State for a long time, and ?
I who has served the State well as
I its commissioner of revenue, I
[ through-several admjn.istratipns, j
and who was once before a can-T
didate for the occupancy of the
state's handsome residence on |
Blount Street, has obtained a
leave of absence from his department,
in order to throw his
full time and strength into the
effort to elevate himself from
Commissioner of Revenue to
Governor. He is a man of ability.
Senator Lee Gravely, from up
Rocky Mount way, has served
the State well in the upper
branch of the General Assembly.ji
He is an able man; and it was!
largely through his efforts that I
the Western Carolina Sanitarium,
over at Black Mountain,
was established for the care of
tubercular patients. He had distinct
McDonald leanings in the
. campaign of four years ago. He
ic o mor> nf nipasing Dersonality.
AKJ (4, 4UU1A VA w ^
Paul Grady has been in the I
State Senate. He has quite an
appeal to the voters in many
parts of the state; but has been
twice defeated in the primaries
for a State office. He announces
himself as a dry, who favors a
referendum on the liquor question
throughout the State. He
favors the repeal of the sales
tax, and an increase of the pay
for the teachers. Just how all
three of these objectives can be
reached Mr. Grady has so far
failed to disclose to the folks.
And. what he expects the voters
to do, who are in favor of one
of his planks and opposed to the
others or in favor of two and
bitterly against the other one, he
has not said.
Everybody in North Carolina
has known for nearly four years
that j. m. Broughton, Raleigh
former State Sen
??vuiucj, auu
ator from Wake, has been I
grooming himself and running!
for gubernatorial honors, all this
time. He was considered by many I
as the heir apparent; but no
word has officially come forth
50 designating him, or anyone
else. He can make, perhaps, the
^st impression, on the speakers
Platform, of any one of the six;
and he is expected to really take
the stump, in a short time, in
an effort to put steam behind
the Broughton wagon. j
Last, but by no means least, to ,
be taken into the calculation, is'
North Carolina's Lieutenant ?
Governor, Wilkins P. Horton. As
the presiding officer of the Sen- j
ate, during the last two terms of
HE COUNTY
il Campaign^
Enthusiasm
i ?
UNUSUAL DISPLAY
NOW VISIBLE IN SKY
Cullowhee, Feb. 26 (Special)?
According to an announcement
made by C. S. Dodson, head of
the science department at Western
Carolina Teachers College,
an unusual spectacle will be visible
in the eastern sky this week.
Five planets swing up into the
sky immediately after the last
glow of sunset. The five planets
which will be visible at that time
are Venus, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter
and Mercury.
Such a display of planets is a
phenomenon which occurs only
once every century.
State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Question: Is it important to
have grazing crops for poultry?,
Answer: Yes. But one of the
most important points in growing
grazing crops is to maintain
a constant supply of tender succulent
growth. To secure this,
the crop must make a rapid
growth, and continue to grow
over a long period. Aids in se
curing this are a fertile moist
soil, commercial fertilizer, a well
prepared seed bed, plenty of,
rainfall and the choice of the J
right crop. Grazing crops planted
on the poor land should be wellfertilized
the first year or two,
after that fertilization may be j
lighter or less frequent, as very I
little fertility is removed by grazing.
Question: How can I produce J
a high quality of cream?
Answer: The production of
good cream starts with the cow.
Clean milk cannot be secured!
from dirty cows; therefore, keep
"re?kmtlJUnr. 1
wash ana dry the uader. The
milking should be done in clean,
well-lighted stalls. The lounging
shed or place where the cows
stay, except at milking time,
should be well bedded and dry.
Ample bedding serves the
doubly purpose of providing
onmfort for the cows and in
creasing the volume of manure,
a valuable product.
Question: Is the AAA making
payments to North Carolina
farmers this year for growing a
home garden?
Answer: Yes. A payment of
$1.50 will be made to any farmer
for planting a home garden.
However, he must plant at least
one-tenth acre of vegetables for
each member of the family and
must protect the garden from
livestock and poultry. Of course,
he must use good cultural prac"
tices. Not more than one acre
of vegetables will be required of
any farmer for payment.
LATE
Because of the recent unusual
weather, truck growers in the
Wilmington area have been set
back two or three weeks in their
work, says J. P. Herring, county
agent.
the""General Assembly, he has
shown himself to possess ability,
to be conversant with the af-1
fairs of the State, to be fair in
his judgement and in his rulings,
and as such, he has attracted a
great many staunch friends in
every part of North Carolina.
But, there is the tradition of no
Lieutenant Governor ever having
been elected to the higher
post, by the electorate, while
serving his term as Lieutenant
Governor.
As was said in the beginning
no great amount of enthusiasm
has yet been generated in behalf
of any one of these candidates.
The probability is tha<
there will be a second primary:
but, it is entirely within the
range of the possible, that a
small stone might start a landslide
that would put one man
across. It is all a question now
of generating sufficient steam to
start somebody's band wagon
rolling along, and then to watch
the recalcitrant voters and politicians
climb aboard.
p | I r
J . f
^ } '
icl^OI
deaths are
rper cent above
murders, homicides
Raleigh ? Violent deaths and
serious injuries are always horrible
to a certain degree, bui
tney reach their peak in highway
accidents, judging from records
of the highway safety division.
During 1939, for example, of
the 8,133 persons killed and injured
on the streets and highways
of North Carolina, 685 suffered
fractured skulls, 189 sus-tained
fractured spines, 3,258
suffered severe general shock
with contusions and lacerations ,
301 had internal injuries, and
264 suffered from concussion of
the brain. Those are violent
deaths in the strictest sense of
the word; thitee are injuries
more painful in some instances
than those of the medieval tortue
chambers.
Of course, lots of the North
Carolinians involved in highway
accidents last year suffered no
pain at all, because they were
killed instantly or died without
regaining consciousness and
never knew what had hit them.
A majority of them, however,
suffered untold agony and dire
torture before their ultimate
death or recovery. And some will
be marked or maimed for life as
a result of the accidents in
nrV>inVi f V-i air \irara irnrnliroH locf
WiXll/lI WVAV II1VI/XTVU 1LVUU
year.
The automobile, in other
words, is a deadly weapon, especially
in the hands of an incompetent,
reckless or drunken driver.
It is, in fact, the deadliest weapon
now in common use. Confirmation
of this statement is to be
found in the fact that motor vehicle
deaths in North Carolina
last year were 50 per cent above
all the homicides and suicides
combined.
< For every person shot down
by gun fire in the state last
year, two or more pedestrians
were mowed down by automo,
biles. Bullets are faster than au^
Jttrt thai>. dan^Jait a*
many people. For every suicide
in the state last ' year, there
were three motor vehicle fatalites.
Stepping on the gas is more
[ deadly than inhaling it.
! It should not be necessary, and
yet it seems to be, to remind
anyone who takes the wheel of
an automobile that self-preservation
is the first law of nature
and neglect of the commandment,
"Thou Shalt Not Kill," is
murder.
"The automobile," says Ronald
Hocutt, Director of the Highway
Safety Division, "is a highly po"
HoaHiv wpnnnn. and the
tCllliai uvw\**j ?? ' *'
sooner drivers recognize this fact
and drive accordingly, the sooner
will it be safe to ride and walk
upon the streets and highways
of North Carolina."
Childhood Education Club
Members to go to Raleigh
Cullowhee, Feb. 23 (Special)?
The Association of Childhood
Education of Western Carolina
Teachers College held its regular
meeting in the parlors of
Moore Dormitory on the evening
of Feb. 22. The most interesting
item of business was the appointment
of a committee to perfect
plans for a proposed trip to
Raleigh where members of the
group expect to attend the annual
meeting of the North Carolina
Education Association. Lou
Belle Boyd, president, presiding
described the tentative plans for
chartering the college bus for
this occasion. Marjorie Burkett
is in charge of arrangements.
Following the business meeting
Dean Frazier of the program
committee presented Miss Ed
ythe Walker, supervising teacher
from the training* school who
talked on the subject of Teaching
Science in the Elementary
School. Her account of experiences
with the fourth grade children
in taking field trips, visit;ng
the college laboratories and
engaging in various school room
activities served to emphasize
the vital importance of this subject.
Interest and appreciation of.
her talk was indicated by an in- 1
formal discussion which followed
it.
In concluding the evening's
program Margaret Wilson played
a piano solo, Hungarian, by Macj
Dowell. '
' v ..v.,.. .
I
i * r\ v.,; 4
.. ; ; \ ;
j"
. i ' ' It i
; i . .
.
SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, f
. 4 a ' A 5 ' **
WM. E. DILLARD POST
PRESENTED CHARTER
| . !
The charter of the late William
E. Dillard Post;, American
Legion was delivered to the newly-reorganized
post, a,t a meeting
held in the court room, Saturday
afternoon. At that time it
was planned ?0 hold1 a meeting
on Friday nijght, March 29, at
the Community House, at which
L* i.1 mill U/>
Gime UlC umuwo wm uc xiiotancu
by officers fxtam other posts in
this district. !
The officers originally elected
for the purpcse of securing the
^charter, were unanimously
elected by thq post, to serve during
the rest of this year. They
are: Commander, Dan Tompkins;
Vice-commander, John H.
Morris; Adjjusfcant, Geo. Womack;
Service Officer, T. Walter
Ashe; Sergeant at Arms, Ed
Bryson; Chairman of Membership,
Joe Davis; Graves Registration
officer, G. L. Green; Chairman
Americanism, W. Richmond
Deitz.
W. C. T. C. To Have
Science Day in April
For High School Clubs
Cullowhee, Feb. 22 (Special)?
Western Carolina Teachers College
will again sponsor a Science
Day in April for all the high
school clubs of the western district,
which include sthe high
schools from Morganton west to
Murphy. So far twelve science
clubs in this district have indicated
that tfiey expect to attend
the program to be given at
the teachers college. At this
meeting eaca club will be responsible
for "an exhibit of some
phase of sci^ice.
Dnnt r^iinnfnorViam nm.
fessor of zofflogy at Duke University,
the fnain speaker for
Science Day last year, will again
be a guest of the teachers' college
and wjp^assist in judging
the varioui dispto^^^fev,,
to its constitution the North Carolina
Aeademy of Science has
made it possible for organized
high school science clubs to become
members of the academy.
It has been arranged for the
clubs winning first place at various
district meetings to take
their exhibits to Davidson College
later in the spring to the
meeting of the North Carolina
Academy of Science.
Books worth twenty-five dollars
will be awarded by the academy
to the club having the best
exhibit in the state.( I
The idea of having the high
school clubs to meet in districts
?i members of the
anu ucvuuiv
state academy grew out of an
open forum held at Western Carolina
Teachers College last year
on Science Day. This special day
is planned by the Science Club
and their sponsor, Mr. C. F. Dodson,
head of the science department.
Mr. Dodson is also a member
of a committee of five teachers
appointed by the academy to
organize science clubs and to
promote interest in science in
various high schools of the state.
In order to stimulate high
school clubs to membership to
the state academy, " Professor
Dodson has already made a number
of talks before high school
science groups and district meetings
of these groups in various
parts of the state. > i
SERVICE FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE SUNDAY
On next Sunday morning, Rev'
- *-UA
A. P. Ratledge, pastor uir mc
Methodist Church will preach a
sermon especially for the young
oeople.
The services at the Methodist
church for the next few weeks
will be evangelistic in nature.
3n Thursday night before Good
Friday, the Lord's Supper will
be celebrated; and a Good Friday
service is planned, beginning
at noon.
SECOND
Clayborn Harwood, Chapel
Hill, Route 3, is the second Durham
county 4-H club boy to secure
a loan through the FSA
with which to buy a brood sow
and begin the production of
purebred pigs.
i
* |
j \
M' a.: N " v
! 'i ' ,
<
f
/
nij) li
FEBRUARY 29, 1940
E. L. McKEE IS
NAMED ON WAGE
AND HOUR BODY
E. L. McKee, Sylva industrialist
and a member of the *stat'
highway and public works commission,
has been named bj
Burton E. Oppenheim, directoi
of the industry . committee
branch of the wages and hour
division, to represent the employers
of the leather industry in
the United States on the leather
industry commission of the
wages and hours division.
Mr. McKee is one of eight of
those appointed to the commis-^
sipn who will represent the employers
of the leather industry.
There are 24 members on the
commission, eight representing
the employers, eight representing
the employes, and eight
representing the public. Mr. Mc- ?
Kee is the only one of those appointed
who is from the South.!
It will be the duty of the
commission, which will hold its
first session on April 1, to recommend
hours and wages for the
entire leather industry, including
extract manufacturers and
shoe manufacturers.
Mr. McKee has been an officer
in the Armour Leather company
tannery here since its establishment
almost 40 years ago, and
has had wide experience in all
phases of the leather industry.
ni r^Aim^v Pmr
V;iaj vvunij uuj
Is Club Champion
1 i
Roe J. Deal, a member of the j
Brasstown 4-H club in Clay I
county, has been selected as the
state champion in 4-H club
work for the year 1939.
An i examination of the records
and accomplishments of
leading club members by L. R.
Harrill, 4-H club leader and his
associates of the State College
Extension Service, reveals that
iod of years ancT therefore will
be awarded a four-year scholar- I
ship t6 State College.
1 Funds for the scholarship
were provided by the Chilean
Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau
through A. G. Floyd, in
charge of this work in North
Carolina and himself a gradu- |
ate of the college.
"Roe Deal has complete rec- I
ords on eight years of excellent
club work," said L. Ri Harrill
in announcing the scholarship
winner. "He began as a club
member when he was only ten
years old and has carried one
or more projects each year since
that time. How he has progressed
in his efforts is shown by the
fact that he produced only 37
bushels of corn an acre when he
started but pushed up his yields
to 104 bushels an acre. He has
carried projects running all the
way from personal health to
growing turnip greens and was
successful in nearly all of them."
Deal has carried a corn project
every year since beginning
his club work but in addition he
has secured a calf of his own, a
poultry flock, kept records on
broilers; has some pigs, and has
grown sweet and Irish potatoes,
spinach, tobacco and almost
every other crop that can be produced
in Clay county. He
summed up his activities in a complete
record book bound with
inlaid walnut cover and showI
ing that in addition to project1
work he had taken part in all
I community activities; had been
an officer in his local club and
had attended State College short
courses for club members.
"Hp won a trip to the National!
Poultry Congress this past year.
Harrill says the boy is every inch
a champion.
ZONE MISSIONARY
MEETING MARCH 6
The Zone Meeting of the Methj
odist Missionary Societies will
be held at Maple Grove Church,
in Haywood county, on Saturday,
March 9, beginning at 10 o'clock
in the morning.
The societies in Jackson and
Haywood counties comprise the
zone. Mrs. F. E. Branson, district
missionary secretary will be
present.
n! i
" I
\,j :: |&
' % '
<
V j .*' I / ? ' * i
Hf ifrfc IfcXfcftl itl
nunu
$2.00 A YEAR IN AD1
Commerce C
Elects Offi
SCHOOLMASTERS
TO MEET HERE
ine schoolmasters Club of
Jackson County will meet at the
Sylva High School, Friday evening,
for its regular, monthly
meeting. The county superintendent,
the local1 committeemen,
the county board of education
and the wives of the principals
and officials will be present. The
dinner will be served by the Sylva
Parent-Teachers Association.
J. K. KENNEY PASSES
' |
(By Mrs. D. T. Knight)
Mr. J. K. Kenney of Balsam
and Asheville, died Saturday
morning about 10 o'clock at the
home of his daughter, Mrs.
Julia K. White, 193 Woodrow
avenue, Asheville.
The funeral was conducted by
Rev. W. A. Stanbury, pastor of J
Central Methodist Church at 1
2:30 p. m. Monday, Feb. 26th.
Burial was in Lakeside cemetery
by the side of his wife who preceded
him several years ago. He
was 83 years of age, and a mem
ber of several fraternal orders?
Masonic, Odd Fellows and Woodmen
of the World.
Quite a number of friends and
relatives here attended the funeral
and burial in Asheville.
He leaves the following children:
Mrs. Gilmer T. Bowchen,
Sr., Mrs. Julia, K. White, and
Mrs. Burl Callan of Asheville;
O. T. Kenney, .Seattle, Wash.,
and Julius Kenney of U. S. Navy,
and two sisters: Mrs. Oscar J.
Norris of Kansas City, Mo., and
Mrs. Minnie B. Christy of Balsam
and Milwaukee, Wis.
^mJay afternoon in :honor of
Mr. Kenney whose membership
was here.
OTHER BALSAM NEWS
Mrs. C. O. Newell, wife of the
pastor of the Methodist Church
here, preached an unusually interesting
sermon here Sunday
afternoon. Her subject was
:'TTnttioc "
Several engineers were here
last week surveying the route for
;he Sky-Line Scenic Highway.
Mr. Bob .Duncan's home at
Dark Ridge and all the contents
were burned Friday the 23rd.
Mr. Duncan came to Balsam tha'
morning and when he returned
in the afternoon he found onl:
a pile of ashes.
His corn in the crib, two head
of cattle and his dogs were not
hurt. Origin of the fire is not
known.
Mrs. Lettie Jones and little son
of Wilmot were recent guests of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
McCall.
NEW CLUB
I
A new 4-H club has been organized
at Clement High school
in Sampson county, with more i
than 100 farm boys and girls
attending the first meeting, reports
Assistant Farm Agent J. P.
Stovall. '
PAYMENTS
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
will begin distributing
$225,000,000 in parity payments
within a few weeks to producers
of wheat, cotton, corn, and rieel
who cooperate in the AAA program.
i \
PECANS
A large number of Anson
County farm families are setting
pecan trees this year both
for shade and for nuts, reports
Clarence Earley, assistant farm
agent of the State College Extension
Service.
? . /
; ;'
* ' > .
in -mm
ANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY J
)rganization
cers Tonight
In the election held by the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, last week, Velt Wil- son,
W. J. Fisher, T. Walter
Ashe, J. Robert Long, Mont Cannon,
Dr. V7. P. McGuire, Harry
Ferguson, Dan K. Moore and i
Louis Hair received the largest
number of votes cast.
From this board ot directors
will be selected the president,
secretary and treasurer of the
fUn
uigaiuzabiuii, i/U acivc uuiuig lxic
year 1940. The meeting, at which
the selections will be made, will,
be held tonight (Thursday), at
7:30 o'clock, at the town hall.
J. C. Allison, present president i.
will preside.
Maupin Gives Hints
To Turkey Growers
Successful turkey production
depends upon saving and growing
to maturity a large pumber
of poults from each brood started,
according to C. J. Maupin,
extension poultryman at State
College.
Since good management and
strict sanitation are highly important
in turkey production,
most successful turkey growers
use artificial incubation and
brooding methods, because sanitation
can be more easily controlled.
' ' .
Most of the turkey crop is produced
between February and
June, the normal breeding season.
In general farm flocks, an
average of 10 to 15 mature birds
may be secured from each turkey
hen used in the. breeding pen.
TirU nrtAAinl r* o rn amH offnnfinn
| W iici c opcuidi v^aiu anu aui/^iivAvii
are employed, it may be possible
to grow 20 to 25 turkeys from
requirement for successful
hatching is fresh eggs. If
hens are confined to a small
j yard or range, and this is a
good turkey practice, the eggs
should be gathered twice daily.
They should be stored in a well-'
ventilated room or cellar with a'
preferred temperature of 50 to.
60 degres. If they are to be kept
longer than a week, they should
be turned gently once daily. For
best hatching results, the eggs
should not be kept more than
10 days.
Where hovers are used in the
brooding house, the temperature
should be kept around 90 to 95
degrees at the hover edge for
several days, or the general
house temperature should be at
least 70 to 75 degrees near the
floor. The exact temperature is
imnnrtanrp if the
U1 liiuiv/i ? ? 0
poults are kept comfortable and
good ventilation maintained.
Feeding the poults may be much
the same as for baby chicks.
.
Junior Study Club
Celebrates Anniversary
i ' c
Cullowhee, Feb. 23 (Special)?
The Junior study club of Cullowhee,
with their sponsor, Miss
Maude Ketchem, gave a
birthday party celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of Womens
Clubs in America Wednesday
evening in the Student's Union
Building of Western Carolina
Teachers College. . ,?
The reception hall used for the
occasion was colorful with red,
white, and blue balloons, candles
and flags.
The young ladies of the club
were dressed in period costumes
, representing famous # women
among whom were Jane Addams,
Martha Washington, Evangeline
Booth, Frances Willard, Anna
Howard Shaw, Clara Barton and
Dorothy Dix. Dancing, bridge
and Chinese checkers were enjoyed
by the members, and refreshments
of punch and small
cakes were served. Committees
in charge of decorations, re- t
freshment, and entertainment
were composed of Virginia Mikels,
Mary Cathryn Bryson, Carolyn
Stilwell, Katherine Brown,
Helen Painter, tojuan Galloway,
and Anne Bird.
'
~ SiH