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I J1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE D I Farmers Fe< I Flans Ann I Here Th Hundreds of Families l*o I Attend Event At Sylva I High School I Hundreds of farm families . I from Jackson county are expect- ? led to attend the annual FarmI els Federation Jackson County < I picnic at Sylva High School Sat- ; I nrrillV. July 27th. I; U* T The program will start at 10 in the morning with solo and duet singing and string music. Entertainers from all over Jack- j son county have been invited to . ] play and sing for the crowd. A. < L. Smiley of Bryson City will lead in the singing of hymns, , and the Farmers Federation , string band will present special 3 acts. ' Short speeches will be made by j James G. K. McClure, president ; of the Farmers Federation, G. R. i I Lackey, Jackson County Agent, ] 1 s. C. Clapp, head of the Federa- ] \ tion seed department, V. V. Ens- ] I ley, acting manager of the co- j I operative's Sylva warehouse, [ and Charles Browning, former j manager at Sylva. } Free Watermelon Unlimited free watermelons 1 and lemonade will be furnished ] by the federation at noon. All ^ those attending, however, are ^ asked to bring box lunches with ' tliem. ' j Relay races for boys and girls of all ages head off the afternoon program. These will be , followed by a tug-of-war in which two teams of seven men will pull for the title. ' j. Singing Convention , Major event of the afternoon ] is a large singing convention, j with choirs and quartets from \ various parts of tlje county competing. The winning choir will \ be awarded a complete set Of j new song books, and will gain the right to enter the singing i competition for the whole Western district at the Federation's Swannanoa picnic in - August. Twenty-four new song books will go to the second-place choir, and there are cash prizes for the winning quartets. Contests for the largest fam- ! ily, baldest headed man, longest married couple, shortest married couple, and largest truckload will complete the all-day program. rv:?*m t LMMriui riciuc litttci The picnic at Sylva is the eighth in a series of 15 Federa- , tion picnics which are being j held all over Western North ( Carolina during the months of ( July and August. The gather- { ings will culminate in a big dis trict picnic at the Mountain Ex- , periment Station in Swannanoa where the winners of -the va-: -j rious county singing contests will compete for the champion- l, ship of the entire area. ' . Over 14,000 persons attended ( the 13 Federation picnics held ] last year. Attendance at every . Picnic this year has surpassed that at previous gatherings, ac- . cording to Max Roberts, Federation educational director. The ( Jackson county picnic has Alw*ys been one of the largest - 4Ua 1oiiu most enjoyaoie on wic schedule. Journal's Veteran Correspondent 111 mrs. d. t. Knigh, of Balsam, has been a correspondent tor The Journal ever since it *as established, in 1906, is critic% ill, at her home. Even toom her sick bed, Mrs. Knight ^nds us, this week, her letter toom Balsam. Karl Wallace Returns From Duke Hospital Karl Wallace has returned jr?m a ten days' stay in Duke ospitai, in Durham, where he ^derwent a sinus operation. He 18 improved. V' rv. , \ * ' V ;i)c 3< I THE COUNTY deration I ual Picnic is Saturday Miss Addie Robinson Passes At Wiliets 1 1 Miss Addie Robinson, 55, died at her home at Wiliets, last Thursday, after a short illness. Funeral rites for Miss Robinson, who was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Robinson, were held at the Scott's Creek Baptist church, on Saturday, afternoon, at two o'clock. The service was conducted by Rev. T F. Deitz, assisted by Rev. H. M. Hocutt. Interment was in Did Field cemetery. Dock Bryson, Lee Bryson, Gary Henson, Jeter Snyter, Guy Sutton and J. R. Long served as palllbearers, and the flowers were in charge of Misses Katherine and Mary Prances Sutton, Betty D. and Dorothy Phillips, Katherine Bryson, Grace Robinson, and Mary Henson, and Mesdames Sthel Ensley, Lona . Bryson, Robert Long, Margaret Howell md Betty Partis. Surviving Miss Robinson are five brothers: L. cary, &awin t. md D. Lloyd Robinson, of Asheirille; Glenn Robinson, of Canton; and W. O. Robinson, of Willets; and four sisters: Mrs. G. M. Blanton, of Concrete, Wash.; Vfrs. E. B. Howell, of Newton; Mrs. W. E. Christy, of Asheville; and Miss Annie Robinson, of Willets. 4-H CLUB MEMBERS GO TO SWANNANOA The 4-H club boys and girls are .in encampment at dBwan-. lanoa this week. Mrs. Mamie Sue Evans and Mr. G. R. Lackey vent with them to the camp. Jackson and Buncombe counties are holding a joint encampment at the State Test Farm. Take Chance on Weather, Horticulturist Advises Weather conditions are somelimes unfavorable for the growing of vegetables in late summer and early fall in many sections of the state, but H. R. Niswonger, Extension horticulturist of N. C. State College, says the odds in favor of good weather for vegetable-growing are high enough for rural people to take a chance. "It is said," he declared, "that nature will contribute 90 per cent to the growing of vegetables if you will devote your energy to the balance, or 10 per cent. If this is true, then plant during the next six weeks a few vegetables for an early fall harvest." For Western North Carolina, sow lettuce seed in rows, during August and thin out 12 inches apart, and anytime ^dikfing July and August plant snap beans, carrots, collards, sweet corn, kale, Swiss chard, tomatoes and turnips. The Extension specialist also recommends that in making plans for a garden, it is wise to consider the growing of one or more of the following small f r u i t s: strawberries, youngberries, and raspberries. "Two or three hundred strawberry plants and twenty-five each of Young or Boysenberry variety of dewberries and the red raspberry will supply your family with these home fruits," he says. Niswonger reports that many farm families have grown small fruits in the home gardens for the first time this year, and they are delighted with the results. Western Union Office Here Puts on'Extra / . ' ' Miss Louise Jones, of Oastonia, has arrived to assist Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Moore, during the summer rush, at the local Western Union Telegraph Office. ' . V ' " ; ' * -.Kw'V r'f '^H- * IH^^B SYLV Pan-American Meeting New Laying Plans For llnitsil Imeriun Frnnt VHI rmivi iwwn v?? Ths Journal's Own Weekly Review Of The News The great pan-American Conference meeting in Havana is under way. The purpose of the meeting of representatives from the Latin American republics and the United States, is to lay plans and pave the way for a united American front for safeguarding and perpetuating the American way of liberty, equality, Justice, and personal freedom. This would include both plans to meet physical aggression, in the way of planes, tanks, troops, or ships, and also that more subtle aggression of economic and political penetration of the practices and ideals of Totalitarianism. Another and more immediately pressing phase of the conference is an attempt to set up an American protectorate over the French, Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch, possessions in the Western Hemisphere. Of course the purpose of this is to safeguard the Monroe Doctrine, by joint action of the American nations. The United 8tates has already told the world at large, and the German gov| ernment in particular that we will stand for no attempt on the part of any non-American country to try to administer the governments of any of the occupied countries in the New World. Now we seek to make assurance doubly sure, by setting up a protectorate in those posessions, until such time as aggression is banished and Nazism is driven back into the confines of Germany. With the great battle for Britain impending, and the fate of thO -BHtnteTMftf the balances, the united action of American countries to prevent the Monroe Doctrine being scrapped, is thought advisable. The big figure in the Havana conference is Coadell Hull, our popular Secretary of State, who with President Roosevelt, has put in seven years cultivating the friendship and the confidence of Central and South America. Should Totalitarian attempts to control the economies and the thinking of the Latin Republics be successful, the United States would indeed be an isolated nation. Should that happen, and should Britain be defeated, our country would be the last stronghold of Democracy upon the face of the earth. We would be left alone to continue to strive to maintain Democratic government, the rights of private ownership and private control of property, and the (Continued on Page Two) 294 Historical Markers On N. C. Highways i _______ Raleigh?A total of 294 historical markers, covering every section of the state and every period of its history, are listed in a new "Guide to North Carolina Historical Highway Markers," published jointly by the Historical Commission and the Department of Conservation and Development. This friiirie not onlv lists the markers and their locations but also gives their full inscriptions. The historical marker program was begun in North Carolina in 1935, and is conducted jointly by the Historical Commission, Department of Conservation and Development, and the Highway and Public Works Commission. An appropriation of $5,000 annually is available from the Highway Fund to meet the expense of casting and erecting the markers. * Each marker has the State seal at the top center, is doublefaced, has black lettering on an aluminum - colored background, and is mounted on an iron pipe imbedded in a concrete base; Each is placed on a numbered, hard-surfaced highway. The inscriptions have been made briel in order to facilitate reading from passing automobiles. j i V j ft i Com '?>V .v 1 >?' - J .-.i? * A NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 25, 1 THEY ALL LIKE IT r j / U.v i The Journal has a letter from Franklin R. Flemming, 2 Wallack St., Asheville, in which he said: "I was walking Along one of the streets in Asheville and found a piece of your newspaper. I read what I could of it and like it. Please send subscription rates for The Journal. A sample copy of vAur latest edition would JVUi -- ? be received with pleasure." Thus the fame ; of The Journal, Jacfceon County's best known institution, spreads. Patriotic Rally Planed At John's Creek School An educational and patriotic rally will be held at John's Creek school, August 3, under the auspices of the school. There will be dinner served on the grounds, and good singing by Misses Mozelle and Lillian Hooper. The list of speakers will include State Superintendent Erwin, Rev. Wi L. Lanier, Mrs. E. L. McKee, Dan Tompkins, and others. The exercises will begin at 10.30 with the ihyocatlon by Rev. W. L. Lanier, Mter which; Dan Tompkins, editor of The Journal and Commander of. the' Amppipftn T.ecrion Post. Will speak on "Patriotism and Education." Mrs. McKee's subject wilt be, "Three Agencfe*, Parents, Teachers, and Child. Tir the m ternoon, Superintendent Erwin will speak. GOVERNOR COMING TO HIGH HAMPTON Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, and Miss Isabel Hoey, wife and daughter of the Governor of North Carolina, are spending some time at High Hampton Inn, in Cashier's Valley, guests of Mr and Mrs. E. L. McKee. Governor Hoey is expected to arrive the last of the week, for a few day's stay. REV. G. N. COWAN WILL PREACH HERE. ! Rev. G. N. Cowan, of Rocky Mount, will preach at the Sylva Baptist church, Sunday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Cowan, a native of Jackson county, has many friends and relatives here. He is known as a splendid preacher. White House Patrolman Visiting Relatives Here Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Davis, of Washingon, D. C., have been visiting their cousins, Mrs. Frank B. Jones and Mrs. G. C. Cooper, for a week. Mr. Davis is a White House parolman. They left Tuesday, accompaned by Miss Evangeline Cooper, who will pay them an extended visit in Washington. ~ 1 Navy Offers Summer Cruise To Young Men Five thousand unmarried Kafnroon 10 orili 9ft yuuiig IliCll MC???VV11 ?? hum years with two years of college will have a chance this summer to cruise 30 days on a Navy warship, expense free, and qualify for commissions as reserve Ensigns. Applications are being taken at Naval District and Naval Reserve Headquarters and at Navy Recruiting Stations. As part of the Navy expansion program, the Government will pay travel expenses and stand the cost of food, lodging, uniforms and other equipment. Candidates who successfully complete the 30-day cruise are eligible for appointment as Na-| val Reserve Midshipmen and en- < ' rollment in a 90-day course on shore to qualify them for apr pointment as Ensigns in the Volunteer Reserve. fk j i s - i .: * ' 1 940 H. T. Hunter May Be Rotary Club's Next District Governor Speakers Discuss Their Impressions of Rotary As New Members _ ? ) The Rotary Club, at its regular meeting Tuesday night in the Carolina hotel, heard four of its members in a talk on, "My impressions of Rotary From the Standpoint of a New Member.' They were: Allen Siler, Dr. Harold McGuire, Jarrett Blythe and the Rev. A. P Ratledge. All briefly told what being a member of the Rotary club had meant to them thus far. They were introduced by Jack Walters, Who was in charge of the program. H. T. Hunter and Bill Ansor gave an account of the District meeting held at Caesars Head. Mr Ensor reported that after conferring with officers from several clubs at this meeting, he believes the prospects for H. T. Hunter becoming the next District Governor were excellent. Attending the Caesars Head meeting besides Dr. Hunter and Mr. Ensor were: R. U. Sutton, W. E Bird and John Seymour. Following the program, R U. Sutton, president of the club, read a list of committees which have been appointed to serve during the coming Rotary year, They are: Club service, Jack Walters, chairman, Sam Gilliam, program chairman, Scroop Enlo& and Dan K. Moore, classification, and Kermit Chapman and Thomas Cox, fellowship; vocational service, Ralph Sutton chairman, Louis - Hairf Eniesl Hint; and Mont Cartnon :V Com Internatoinal Service, Rober Ariaii, chairman, P. L. Elliott Clyde Blair, and Paul Ellis. Mr. Sutton announced thai District Governor Joe Kimberlj would be present at the next meeting. ATTEND 4-H SHORT COURSE AT RALEIGH A group of Jackson count; girls and boys, accompanied b; Jesse Giles, assistant count; agent, left Monday for Stati College, where they are taking the short course for 4-H members. The young ladies and gentlemen who ar6 in Raleigh are: Dwane Lewis, David Parker, Jr. Eva Higdon, Elizabeth Allman and Pansy Dillard. Dwane Lewis and Pansy Dillard are the health champions ol Jackson County, and will take part in the State Health Pageant in the College Stadium tonight, The group will return on Saturday. . . QUALLA Several Qualla folks have been attending the revival services at Barker's Creek. Mr. J. E. Battle was taken to Asheville for treatment Sunday. Miss Hazel Freeman of Qualla and Mr. Howard Reagan ol Olivet were married in Georgia on July 21st. Misses Ruth Freeman, Helen and Oleta Howell spent the week in Asheville visiting relatives. Mrs. D. L. Oxner, Mrs. J. R ii/?oe.nr onH Mrs Mnrt.ha Rhine iViCOOLl UltU ATM WI ? hart and children went to Wilmot Sunday to attend a birthday reception given in honor of their aunt, Mrs. Jane Ward. Mr. and Mrs. McClure of Hayesville spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hoyle. Mr. H. G. Ferguson, Mr. Roy . Blanton and Mrs. W. R. Freeman calledat Mr. D. M. Shuler's. Mr. Dock Snyder of Hayesville spent Wednesday in Qualla. Mrs Lawrence Myres, of Murphy, Mrs. T. W. McLaughlin and Mrs. H. G. Bird of Whittier and Mrs. J H. Hughes visited at Mrs J. K. Terrell's last week. Mrs. Dona Davis went tc Hayesville Wednesday to visil relatives. W' rj Ktntd $2.00 A YEAR IN AJ^j Good Food 1 And Keep ' Suggested Journal Offers Special Summer Magazine Clubs In our opinion the best offer for subscription to The Journal, and also to some of the leading magazines in America are found in the clubbing advertisement contained in this issue. We challenge anybody to find any Detier qiier on goou re&uuig than McCall's, Woman's Home Companion, American Poultry Journal, Farm Journal, and Farmers Wife, Breeders Gazette, Progressive Farmer, and The Jackson County Journal, all for 1 full year for $2.50; or American Magazine, McCall's Magazine, Woman's Home Companion, Southern Agriculturist, and The Jackson County Journal, all for 1 year for $3.65. This offer applies to both new and renewal subscriptions. Cut the coupon out of the advertisement and send it in with your remittance today. FOUR INJURED AS CAR TURNS OVER Mrs. T. H. Parham and her son, , Billy, are recovering in the Community Hospital from minor in. juries, and Mrs. Gladys Corley, l Mrs. Parham's sister, and Mr. ; Parham have already been dis, charged from the hospital, folb lowing treatment for injuries received 'When an automobile,] < driven by?$frs. Corley, left the t The machine was entirely de, molished. Mrs. Corley is dieitian at the b Veterans' Hospital in Augusta, 9 - ? ? n?vi #nmilv 1 Lteorgra, auu uxc raumui acuaauj t lives in Asheville. Billy's fox terrier, answering to the name of "Pudgy" was lost when the accident occurred, and the little hoy is very anxious to I recover his pet. \ SCOUTS CAMPING AT SANTEETLAH i I ' . ^ Troop 1, Boy Scouts, of Sylva left yesterday for Lake Santeetlah, where they will remain in camp until Saturday. Scoutmas: ter Louis Hair and Assistant ? Scoutmaster, Herbert Gibson, Jr., ' accompanied the boys on the trip. | The boys who are in camp are: Bud Reed, Orville Coward, Bud } Monteith, Enloe Akins, Paul. ' Cope, John Gibson, Ray Jones, Lloyd Styles, Charlie Parks, Jimmy McLain,/Fred McLain, Wade Wilson, Lewis Wilson, Coleman Jones, Billy Bird, and Charles Poteet. 1 BALSAM 'I - i Mr. and Mrs. Chattin Craw , ford, Mrs. W. S. Christy, Mrs. , Geo. Bryson, and many other ' friends carried flowers and paid , their respects to the late Miss Adhie Robinson at Willets. l Many more tourist families : have come to Balsam to enjoy the nice weather. The hotel and , lodge are doing nicely,, serving such delicious meals, haying good service, and horses always handy to ride and they are hav! ing two dances a week. Mr. John P. Knight of Orlando, ' Fla., will arrive in Balsam Wed nesday. He came up m June Because of his mother's illness and left his family here and is re. turning now on account of her critical condition. Mrs. D. T. Knight wishes to , thank The Jackson County Journal friends for the nice card [ they sent her. ! [ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holland, . niece of Mrs. D. T. Knight, spent Sunday afternoon with her; they > are on their way io Mullins, 8. C. i to attend her younger sister'# wedding. i > *>.. LlNCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY To Attract fl Tourists Is By Sharpe Popular Newspaper Man Writes Article On 1 Good'Food ' ' Along the line that The 'J? Journal had discussions, concerning the matter of attracting and holding tourists, Bill Sharpe, in "Thursday," his popular weekly, down in WinstonSalem, has a great deal to say Bill, however confines his long Jg| article to the matter of eating, <*$? flnHtnor ffnnH fnrtrf tn pat. According to Bill, who has just . f? made a tour of North Carolina, the places in the state where the traveller can find good food are mighty few and far between. He quotes the Department of V Conservation and Development as having released letters from ,, jlPjy tourists, complaining that the state has little good food to offer.1 "The criticism," says Bill,~;>|^|| "from the point of view of the tourist, is entirely Justified, but that does not mean we do not y% s have a few good eating places. It simply means that you have to hunt them out, and few tourists have the time to do that. In traveling over the state these three years, - we used to shudder as we saw flocks of tourist cars parked in front of joints, and there was born the great idea that some all powerful agency should rate our cafes ac- ; cording to the quality of the food instead of Just Cleanliness." y . i Be complains of menus and advertisments referring to cotm? J try ham, and then sferving the same old "?txes and sevens ? ^ eh^mlcallS^uredT^ atrociously pink and tastless." But of all the food rackets, Bill rates the barbecue racket at the bottom; for what is alleged to be barbecue is crabbed meat and stale sauce. West Rates First He rates the Western part of the state as. a better place to eat than the Piedmont, and says that the food gets worse the further east one goes. All of this is quoted in order to give an idea. One thing that we could and should do, is to see to it that the quality of the food served in the hotels, restaurants, cafes, tea rooms, and other eating places in Jackson county is the best that can be produced. Good food properly cooked, in old, Southern style, and attractively served, is the best advertisement that any region can have. Its reputation will spread from coast to coast like wildfire. People will drive further to be sure of getting something really good to eat, than they will for almost any other purpose. The run-of-thermine, food, the kind that you can get anywhere, in any town, city, or barbecue joint, win rint. attract folks. They will eat it once. They may not even complain about it. They may actually enjoy it, to some extent; but they will not burst into song over it. Neither will the memory of it linger in their minds, and beget a desire to return for more. Neither will they tell their friends, their neighbors and their chance acquaintances along the road, that Sylva, or I Jackson county, is the best place to eat. Serve a better meal, and the tourists will drive 50 miles to eat it?that is, the kind of tourists that we wish to attract, will. flOCUTT HOLDING MEETING AT YOBK ). Rev. H. M. Hocutt, pastor of the Sylva Baptist church, is conducting a series of meetings at tx>rk, this week. He will return to Syhra in time for the morning service at his church. ?* .There, is a $1000 fine for the unlawful sale of. serums used to control hog cholera and diseases of other domestic animals. .. * 5 -