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' i ?1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE IN Lieutenant ( Be Speaker 1 The Qualla school building, vhicti has just been completed, will be dedicated Friday night. Lieutenant-Governor Wilkins B. Horton of Pittsboro, making the principal address. The exercises will begin at 7:00. QUALLA (By Mrs. J. K. Terrell) On Wednesday the 13th, the body of Mrs. Lum Gibson of Wil? was buried at the Ward W. C. T. c. are spending a iew days at home. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Shuler Spent Sunday with relatives at Deep Creek. 1 Mrs. C. P. Shelton spent FriI day in Canton. ' Miss Tootsie Martin of Bryson City, visited at Mr. D. A. Martin's, Sunday. (Last Week's Items) A large crowd assembled at Qualla school building on Friday evening for a "get-together" meeting of the P.-T. A- A community supper was the leading feature of the program. Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Hyatt vislied Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wike at Cullowhee last week. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Trull of Bethel spent the week-end at Mr. H. G. Ferguson's. Mrs. W. H. Hoyle and Mrs. Ruth Gibson called on Mrs. J. H. Hughes Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Shuler visited at Mr. Jess Blanton's Sunday. Reeves Kitchin of Whittier was a Qualla visitor Sunday. Miss Ruth Smith of Franklin is spending a while- with her sister, Mrs. Wade Cordell. Miss Edna Freeman returned to Highland Hospital, Asheville, after a visit with homefolks. what is OUR population? The population enumeration will begin on April 1, and a complete count will be made of Jackson county, and the town of Sylva, and of the State of North Carolina. We are all interested in knowing what the results will be. The Journal will give free, 1 year's subscription to this paper to the persons who guess the closest to what the exact population figure will be for the town of Sylva, and for the county of Jackson. The contest is open to everybody but no one can send in wore than one guess. All guesses must be mailed to this office Prior to the beginning of the Population count on April 1; and the awards will be announced as soon as the Census Bureau announces the population of the town and county. How much have we increased in population in ten years? If your estimate is the nearest to the exact figure that will be anyear's free subscription to The Census, you will . be given 1 year's free subscription to the Journal, your county paper. The service was con "v * J ducted at the Wilmot church by Rev. J. L. Hyatt. Mrs. Gibson was 57 years of age, and professed faith in Christ in childhood and was a member of the Baptist church. Besides her husband, she leaves one daughter, Mrs. Essie Ogle of Wilmot and two sisters, Mrs. D. L. Oxner, of Qualla, and Mrs. Fanny Jones of Barkers Creek. She was formerly Miss Maggie Ward of Qualla. The children of Mr. York Howell gave a birthday dinner in his honor at Mr. Oscar Gibsons Sunday, k Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes I visited at Mr. Frank Hall's Sunday. Mrs. C. P. Shelton received word Saturday of the death of her uncle, Mr. J. D. Owen of turay, Va. Mr. Sam Perry Hyatt and family. of Rutherford College, are visiting home folks. Messrs. Joe Johnson, Rogers Shelton and Harry Martin of I ?gT J? THE COUNTY jovernorTo V.t Dedication Eight Centenarians Died In State Last Month Raleigh ? Death certificates for eight persons 100 years old and over were received among the February reports made to the State Board of Health's Division of Vital Statistics, of which Dr. R. T. Stimpson is the : Director j This was the largest number of such certificates received dur- ( ing any single month within the memory of veteran employees in the Division, they declared. Of the eight centenarians ( whose deaths were reported, six were colored and two white. The oldest was Mary Parks, colored, ] of Wilkes county, listed as hav ing been 112, whose death was recently reported in the press. She froze to death, her certifi- , cate said. The others, together with race, j age, location and cause of death, were: ' Margaret Williams, colored, ^ 108, Salisbury; lobar pneumonia, ( fractured hip.. , Chaney Spell, colored, 106, ^ Black Creek; old age, heart j trouble. ' * , Flora Blanchard, colored, 103, Hertford; definite cause un- j Jmown?probably chronic glom- ^ erula nephritis ending in j, uremia. Squire James Odell, white, 102, Mount Airy; influenza. j ( Edmund Short, colored, 102, Wilmington; old age, heart trouble. William McCrary, white, 101, i Rrpvard: old aee. Henry Wilson Cabarrus, col- ! ored, 100, Washington county; | old age. ' j The informant in each case was the attending physician, except in the case of the last named, Cabarrus, who had no doctor. It will be many years, however, until there will be indisputable proof of the age of a centenari- , an, as North Carolina began registering births in October, j 1913 However, death certificates of persons born prior to that i time are based on the best available Information, this in- j formaion in numerous cases coming from the record in the family Bible, which is taken as i authentic. "Prompt registration of births is becoming increasingly important," it was pointed out by Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State; Health Officer. "While the law j requires registration, the individual is the real beneficiary," he went on, "as proof of the date of one's birth is necessary for ?' 4-#* f/>Vifr?r a philrt's eilbl ctllCC l/U OV/liWl, 1U* ur ? | first permit to work, for a I driver's license, the right to vote, I j in insurance, the right to marry, j th right to enter the civil service, the right to enter military J service, for settlement of pen- . ' sions, for social security bene- j,J fits to the blind, retirement for j the aged and benefits for de- i pendent children. There are ' numerous other reasons. "The birth certificate is the one indisputable proof. Hence, every child is entitled to one. Don't put your child on the spot ' by neglect." The Vital Statistics Division has adopted a method whereby 1 persons born prior to 1913 may have their births legally record* n1 ^ n nninfa^ nni 6Q, Ur. IlCJf X1U1UO puilibCU uuu. Details of this method may be received by addressing the Division of Vital Statistics, care of the State Board of Health, at | Raleigh. Already, many have 1 taken advantage of this, it was pointed out. 1 Duncan and Hampton Lease Sinclair Station Messrs. Frank Duncan and Woody Hampton have leased the 1 Sinclair Service Station here, , and have put Clyde Bryson in charge of its operation. The stai tion has been operated for some time by Lloyd Brown, from i whom Messrs. Duncan and Hampton leased it. 9 ftcUsoj SYLVA, J BUCHANAN RITES ARE HELD AT WESLEYANNA Funeral rites for Mr. John Buchanan, who died at his home at Gay Tuesday morning, were held at Wesleyanna Methodist church yesterday, at 11 o'clock, the preacher in charge of the church, Rev. G. A. Hovis, officiating. Mr Buchanan, who was about 76 years of age is survived by his widow and the following children: Garland Buchanan, Mrs. Dora Sutton, and Harley oucnanan, 01 Gay; Mrs. naney Cabe, of Kingsport, Tenn.; Julia, High Point; Mrs. Elsie Sutton, of Green's Creek, Jeff, of EastLaPorte; and Grady, whose residence is unknown here. Mr. Buchanan also leaves one brother, Cole Buchanan, of Gay. LAST SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. BUMGARNER Mrs. Eb Bumgardner died Saturday morning at her home in Cashiers valley, following an illness lasting several months. Surviving are her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Florence Butler and Mrs. Frank Allen, Cashiers valley, and Mrs. Neil Bryson, of Glenville; three sons, Felix and Cleveland, of Cashiers, and Floyd, of Sylva, and several grandchildren. The funeral services were held Sunday at the Cashiers Methodist church. - Interment vas in Cashiers cemetery. Quarterly Meeting of W. M. U. At East Sylva Baptist Church The Quarterly Meeting of the IV. M. U. will meet Thursday, March 28, 1940, with East Sylva Baptist Church. The program follows: Subject: -The ~34taeta?-*BoBfc^ * 'Give Ye Them to Eat." 10:00, Women's Hymn, "How Firm a foundation." Devotional, Mrs.W. i tf. Cook. Watchword for the fear. Repeat in unison, 1 Cor. i 18:58. Welcome address, Mrs. frank Henson. Response, Mrs. Crawford Smith. Talk, Chapter L, Mrs. J. V. Hall. Reports and roll call of each W. M. S. Recog- i lition of the pastors. Talk, Chapter 2, Mrs. H. T. Hunter. Dismission by prayer. Lunch. 1:00. The afternoon session )pens with a hymn. Devotional, Mrs. Kate Bryson. Talk, Chapter [II, Mrs. H. M. Hocutt. Talk Chapter IV, Mrs. D. G. Bryson, Prayer for the Missionaries and < their work. Talk, Chapter V, Mrs. : Fred Forester. Secretary's report. Dismiss with prayer. Beta Girls, Sylva Boys IXJin llnolrn^knll t? iii uasnctuaii luuiiicjr A tournament, participated in by the elementary schools of the county, was held here Saturday and Saturday night. The girls' 1 trophy, presented by the Sylva ' Fire Department, was won by the ' Beta school, while the boys of the Sylva school were the successful contestants for the one ?iven by the Sylva Parentreacher association The prizes are offered in order to foster interest in basketball among *ie boys and girls of elementary school age and will become the permanent property of the teams winning them three times. GLENN CARROLL ASHE WINS DOLLAR THIS WEEK 11 A -1 Uienn uarron nsne sun ui mi . and Mrs. T. Walter Ashe and student in the Sylva school, was the winner of the dollar offered by The Journal for the first correct answer to question: Name all the North Carolinians who are in the Hall of Fame in Washington. There are two: Zebulon Baird Vance and Charles Brantley Aycock. . Speeding caused at least 188 highway fatalities in North Carolina during 1938. . 1 1 Twenty-eight children under four years of age were run over and killed in this state last year. i 1- V ' i ! j I n Con .t:-T y. ' t *9 i\ I fORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 21, ] BLYTHE IS NAMED ON | FARMERS FEDERATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE; Chief Jarrett Blythe of east ern band of Cherokee Indians i was elected a member of the ad- | visory committee for the Sylva ; warehouse of the Farmers Fed-' eration at the annual meeting Saturday morning of the cooperative's Jackson county stockholders. A hundred or more farmers attended and heard short addresses by James G. K. McClure, federation president; S. C. Clapp, head of the organi a -a j a_ j zation s seea department, anu County Agent G. R. Lackey. Milas Parker, (of Sylva, was nominated to Succeed himself for a two-year term as a director. The term of Thomas A. Cox, of Cullowhee, the other member of the federation board from this county, extends for another year. Chief Blythe is the only new member of thej advisory committee. Ten other members were reelectedj as follows: Mr. Cox, Mr. barker; William A. Quiett, Whittier; A. O. Weidelich, Sylva; James C. Jones, Gay; Hute Snyder, Addie; Will Bryson, Sylva; Marion Moody, Erastus; Crawford Shelton,Whittier; Vance Hooper, East Laporte. Eggs Are Cheap Now, " Nutritious Always Next to milk, eggs are the most perfect single food "Eat eggs for health always, and eat eggs for an economical dish at this season of the year," advises Miss Sallie Brooks, assistant Extension nutritionist of N. C. State College. ! The home economist endorsed i.1 ?n : i-*_ ?. XT' ri/vni'itml" uie opfUiB week by producers and consum- ' ers, with the support of thousands of merchants, including the Southeastern Chain Store Council. Another period of the Festival will be the week of April 11-18. Miss Brooks pointed out that more than half of the total egg crop of the year is produced in March, April, May and June. "When production is at the peak, prices quite naturally are at their lowest, so that the family can now revel in eggs?have them in some form at every meal," she said. Citing the nutritive value of eggs for persons of all ages, Miss Brooks said: "Of all the natural . foods, eggs are the best source of vitamin D, with the exception of fish oils. For this reason, children who are given eggs from infancy are better fortified against rickets than those who do not have them. "Eggs also provide A, B, and ? 1 *-!- ?" ??/* ovnol 1 on f Li, ana Uiey axe aix ^AL/V/AXVX1U I source of iron, and a fairly good source of calcium and phosphorous. The protein and fat in eggs are easily assimilated by thfe body." As a suggestion! on egg cookery, the nutritionist pointed out that high temperatures make the white of the egg tough. When the egg is boiled, the part where the white and yolk come together often develops a dark green color. This may be decreased, if not eliminated, by cooking the egg as short a time as possible, and by cooling at once under water Names Left Off List The name of Dr. W. P. McGuire and that of Joe Smith, colored, were inadvertently left off the list of persons buying city automobile tags, last week. INJURIES At least one person was injured in 78.4 per cent of the 8,170 reported traffic accidents in North Carolina last year. 35 FATAL ACCIDENTS Thirty-five fatal accidents in North Carolina last year involved cars being driven on the wrong side of the road. i \ / .? . * ? . ' V . into $ '' ^ L940 , i Prizes For Winners ' I In Marbles Finals The finals of the second annual Marbles Tournament . sponsored by the Jackson County Recreation Project will be played on the official . mound at the recreation cen- ' ter, here, on Saturday, March 30. Tournaments are being played in the schools of the nnimfH njinMQrc in fVioca i V/UUlluj) nic VY iiiiiV/io xxx vxxvgv^ school tournaments coming to Sylva for the finals. Prizes 1 will be awarded the winners J in the games here, and not to 1 each winner in the schools, as 1 was stated in The Journal 1 last week. The winner of the * finals here will be awarded a ( trip to Greensboro, to com- 3 pete in a state-wide contest. ( REV. R. D. COWAN \ PASSES AT 84 ' 1 I Rev. R. D. Cowan, aged 84, died at his home on East Forg, yesterday, and will be buried this afternoon. Mr. Cowan who was a Baptist 1 preacher, had been in ill health for many years. He is survived j by his widow, five sons, Jasper, of Cullowhee; Thad and Cole- | man, of Green's "Creek, and Harrison, of Gay; by four daughters, Mrs. Alice Smith, of Sylva, j Mrs. Florence Frady and Mrs. J Looney Buchanan, of Green's j Creek, and Mrs. Laura Sutton, of Dillsboro; one sister, Mrs. T. F. ^ UKZI\j/j ui jocuci, anu unc uivuuui) j Mr. Archie Cowan, of East Fork. , Thel funeral service will be held J at East Fork Baptist church this < afternoon. ! I' ? Use of Trench Silo Recommended by Arey ] | ] Milk to be sold to manufactur- J ins plants . must be produced 1 able, says John A. Arey, Exten- 1 sion dairy specialist of State 1 College, in advice to the hun- 1 dreds of North Carolina farmers ( who have found a new source of ' income through the establish- * ment of milk routes to con- ] denseries and ice cream plants. 1 He irecommends silage as one of the most succulent and eco- 1 nomical dairy feeds, and suggests the use of trench Silos to preserve tne corn or sorguum. j "Trench silos are the answer to the small dairyman's i most pressing problem," the specialist stated, adding "one can be . built that will hold enough silage to feed four to six cows for six months for $2.50 and the labor of a man and a boy for three days." . However, Mr. Arey says the , farmer must not make the mis- f take of relying entirely on silage for his winter feed. "It takes c other forms of roughage to pro- " duce 'shade tree milk,' or milk i : for the manufacturing plants, on an economical basis. Farmers should make plans to produce a good hay crop, if they have not * already done so. It is almost too late to plant lespedeza, but cow- ? peas anjfl soy beans may be seeded for hay." t Pamunsky and Eureka are favorite varieties of silage corn used in North Carolina, but Mr. Arey says numerous farmers prefer ensiling their crib varieties because of the higher ( ?A1I,A in fVio aor than k nui/iiwve vaiuc ui vu^ vm ? ?>. ^ in th!e stalk. An acre of silage corn will usually produce about . 10 tons, or enough to feed from three to four cows for 180 days. 1 Information on silage and the trench silo is contained in Ex- . tension Circular No. 201, which is available free upon request to the Agricultural Editor at State College, Raleigh. ' TGuilford 4-H Club . i Named Best in State 3 ( Best of the 1,156 organized 4-H Clubs in North Carolina in 1939 1 was the Gibsonville Club in 1 Guilford County, according to an 4 announcement by L. R. Harrill, i state 4-H Club leader of N. C. i State College. To this group 1 will go the annual $100 cash I award to be used for club and I community improvement. < * I r ' , . i i'V ' ; :\ ounm $2.00 A YEAfiBRvDV/ Chamber of ( Meeting Is By Enthusi CO PREACH WHERE | MINISTRY STARTED . I ??? i Rev. Jesse C. Owen, a native of j Jackson county, who has served: various Baptist churches in United States and was a missionary to China, during the Boxer Rebellion, will preach at Glen/ille, where his ministry began, A Jl 1 a mu _ < Liiuy years agu, un /iprn it. xxie ( sermon will be the same that Dr. Dwen delivered as his first, fifty \ fears ago. All friends in the county of Dr. ] Dwen, and the public in general ire invited to be present for the service. < Tuckaseigee Baptists Meet March 29 - 30 ] i The Tuckaseigee Baptist Union J Meeting will be held with Bark- ( ?r's Creek Baptist Church, on tfarch 29-30. ] The suggested program is as ] ollows: < General theme, "Loyalty." i Friday, 10:30 a. m., devotion, < r. O. Beck. 10:45, Enrollment of ] nessengers. 11:00, Sermon, Fred forester. 12:00, Lunch. ( Afternoon session. 1:15, Devor f ;ional, Paul Shepherd. 1:30, Loyalty defined, H. M. Hocutt. 2:00, The need of Loyalty, T. F. Deitz. 2:30, Manifesting the ( Spirit of Loyalty, R. W. Green. ( 1:00, Loyalty to the Call to Serve, ( Joe Bishop. , XNigm service iu ue anaiigeu. ^ Saturday morning. 10:00 a. m., ( Devotion, D. C. Hooper. 10:30, , Loyalty to our Church Obligations, E. W. Jamison. 11:00, Ser- ] non, Ben Cook. 12:00 Lunch. ( rations, J. L. Hyatt. 1.30, Loyalty X) the New Testament Doctrine, iV. M. Breedlove. 2:00 Loyalty to \ )ur Organizations, J. V. Hall. ] 1:30, Loyalty to our Demonina;ional Objects, R. F. Jarrett. 3:00 j, Loyalty Manifested to Christ by j. iVhat We Do, Clarence Vance. j Service for Sunday to be ar- , anged. , Adjournment. , _____. i I ' Distinctive Uniforms j Worn by 4-H Members { ^ ! < Wider use of the distinctive l-H Club uniforms is being lrged by L. R. Harrill, 4-H Club eader of State College. All j J nemoers auencnng tne annual i t-H Short Course at State Colege July 22-27 will be required j ,o wear uniforms. Miss Willie N. Hunter, Exten- ( sion clothing specialist, and her issistant, Miss Julia Mclver, lave designed the North Caroina 4-H uniforms, which are of he same style as used in all . )ther states. The Girls' uniform consists of ;reen broadcloth, with white " :ollar and facing, green thread, i c yhite simulated patent leather i >elt, slide fasteners, and white >earl buttons for cufflinks. A ^ vhite hat and a pair of comfortible, white walking shoes compete the outfit. The boy's uniform is a white ( shirt, white duck trousers, black c shoes, black tie, and black belt. Many girls make their uni- i !nrms as a Dart of a clothing i project, although this is not a j -equirement. j Harrill insisted that 4-H mem- ( jers wear their uniforms at out- ] standing events. The calendar of jlub events for 1940 starts with i eaders' training schools at the ( Sillstone 4-H Camp May 7-11, at ] i-place in Eastern North Caro- ] ina yet to be designated May J L4-18,and at the Swannanoa 4-H j Damp May 21-24. } The State Older Youth Conference will be held at State Col- 1 ege June 4-8, and the National t t-H Camp is scheduled in Wash- 1 ngton, D. C., June 12-19. Followng the short course, the Wildife Conservation Conference will je held August 27-31, and the 3tate Dress Review at State '< College on October 4. j ......... i . INCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY Commerce | Attended . 1 iastic Crowd Attended by more than two hundred citizens of Jackson County, the annual dinner meeting of the Jackson County J* Chamber of Commerce, held at the Community House, last " night, heard J. E. Coad, secretary of the Hickory Chamber of Commerce, and organizer of the recent "Mayors' Tour," in a address on "Civic Pride" and "Vision." Mr. Coad was introduced by Mayor H. Gibson. Mr. Louis Hair, recently elected president of the Chamber/ of Commerce, presided at the meeting and the Glee Club of Sylva Central High School, directed by Mr. Dan Cook, of the faculty, sang a group of songs. More than $1,300 was pledged ast night by individuals, busiless houses, tourist homes, hotels, organizations and schools for the work of the Chamber of Commerce during the year. The organization is headed by / Louis Hair, president; Harry ( Ferguson, secretary; W. J. Fish- , 3r, Jr., treasurer; and R. V. Wil son, T. W Ashe, J. R. Long, M. B., Cannon, Dr. W. P. McGuire, and Dan K. Mpore, directors. Sixty Shell Dealers Met Tuesday Night Sixty independent Shell dealers from this part of North Carolina were entertained on Tuesday night by a mock radio skit at their eleventh annual advertising conference at the Sylva Community House, after dinner at Jarrett Springs Hotel. The skit, a take-off on the prevalent "news reporter" . of radio program, was used t#'demonstrate thefeatuie^ 6r llifc 1940 Shell advertising program. J. C. Cannon of Cannon Brothers, Shell agents in western North Carolina, was in charge. According to Lynfred R. Lyon, southern division sales manager, who acted as master of ceremonies, the 1940 Shell campaign will be built around two major developments, a nation-wide safety program and a new yardstick for measuring gasoline performance .rating." Two sound movies were also shown to the dealers. "Screwdrivers of 1940," a Hollywood film starring . Lew Lehr, described what is called "the bigjest club in the world," the 3hare-the-Road Club, in which five million American motorists ire members. Each member has signed a pledge to drive courteously. A new character in Shell's advertising was presented to the lealers ? the "Screwjay," jaywalking cousin of the ?crewiriver (bad-mannered motorst). Representatives of the Shell ;outhern division offices and the idvertising department also adIressed the gathering. East LaPorte School Closes Friday Evening The East LaPorte school doses Friday evening at 7:30 j'clock. The first four grades will present the Tom Thumb Wedding with Jimmie Waters, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. D L. Waters, as jroom and Claidene Montieth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Montieth, as bride. Another feature is a welcome song. At the seventh grade graduation Tommy Moses, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Moses of Bast LaPorte, is salutatorian and Elazel Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson the raledictorian. There will be also a speaker. Mr. D. M. Hooper will present ,he awards, etc. Special music las been arranged. ACCIDENTS . ' -f I There were 8,170 traffic accilents in North Carolina last - / ; rear, against 7,495 during 1938. ' ' *1