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Hears Mi
Game F
State Man Discusses Worl
Done Elsewhere In
Conservation
The Jackson County Wildlif<
Club, meeting at the Court Hous<
Tuesday night, heard a discussion
by Mr. Meadows of the Department
of Conservation anc
Development, and saw slides presented
by him, showing the effective
work that has been elsewhere
replenishing the game anc
fish in forests and streams.
Hon. Thomas A. Cox, T. N
Massie, and Chic Young also addressed
the club, during the general
discussion following Mr
Meadows' talk.
The purpose of the club, which
was organized a few weeks ago,
along the same lines as similai
clubs have been organized in
practically every county in Nprth
Carolina, is to secure the cooperation
of sportsmen and
I land-owners in the county, tf
I the end that fish and game may
I oe protected and replenished,
through the cooperation-of the
I Department of Conservation and
I Development, the landowners in
I the county, and the public generally.
| A,plan is on foot and was. dis*
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cussed by tne ciud, to piace wjuc
deer and wild turkeys at several
places in this county. To this
end a committee, composed ol
R. C. Hunter, Thomas A. Cox,
W. R. Enloe, A. Dills, and J. C
Allison, was appointed. The next
meeting of the club will be held
Tuesday night, August 13, and
every interested person in the
county is invttcritol* pomt.
J. Phil Stovall is president ol
the club, R. E. Erwin is vicepresident,
and Everett Harris Is
Secretary-Treasurer.
Baptist Young People
Camping In Hamburg
A party, chaperoned by Rev
and Mrs. H. M. Hocutt, left here
this afternoon, to spend tonight
at the Allison camp, in Haipburg
The party was composed ol
Misses Nell Ginn, Mary Hetp&n.
Hattie Hilda Sutton, Edna Allen,
Lucile Reed, Irene Bryspn,
Frances Calhoun, Hilda Taljent
Mrs. Emerson Phillips, Mrs
Grady Styles and Messrs. Charle*
Ginn. J. B. Owen. Venoy Reed
Edwin Keener, Briton Moore
Roy Hail, Paul Messer, and Ernest
Penland, Jr.
LEGION TO MEET AT
COURT HOUSE FRIDAli
The William E. Dillard Post
American Legion will meet at 1
o'clock Friday night, August 2
in the court house, accordinf
to an announcement .made by
Dan Tompkins, post commander
Every member of the post, anc
every person in the county whc
Is eligible to become a membei
is invited to be present at tht
meeting.
INCREASE
Increases in wage rates
Per month and per day to hired
farm labor, both with and Without
board, were reported in
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^uons of the country except
East South Central States
SMALLER
Slaughter supplies of
substantially smaller than in.tiw
current marketing year a*e in*
Seated for the 1940-41 market^2
year beginning 'Op toller 1
reP?rts the U. S. Biireau of Agricultural
Economics.
NORTHWARD
The harvest of commercial and
cuaricet garden vegetable crop*
continues to more nortkwajpd
aaa heavier supplies of frefh
J'cgetables are coming into .the
arSe consuming centers froir
nearby areas.
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THE COUNTY
life Club
;adows On
'ropagation
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( PRFSRYTERT ANS TO
HAVE SERVICES IN
COMMUNITY HOUS1
| Rev. Paul P. Thrower of Bry
' son City, will conduct service
. for the Presbyterians of the towi
I and community, each first an<
third Sunday night in the montl
at the Community House. Thi
^ public is invited to these ser
vices.
- Mountaineers To Gather
In Asheville FQr Festiva
Asheville? Coming from thi
pleasant coves and valleys o
| Western North Carolina, sever
' al hundred ballad singers, fid
| dlers, guitarists, banjo playerc
clog dancers, yodelers, an<
square dancers will assemble a
( August 8th, 9th, and 10th, t
r present the 13th annual Moun
tain Dance and Music Festiva]
[ Staged under the glare of fiel<
^ lights, the three evening per
t formances will feature compe
. tition among 16 mountain squari
dance teams, each composed o
. eight couples and accompanie<
^ by their individual band o
I mountain string musicians. Va
. rious dance aggregations include
> the Soco Gap Dance Tean
which appeared before the Kin(
' and Queen of Eng|and at thi
wnite nouse ana aance aggrega
I tions who have won severa
[ championships at the Mountaii
, Festivals here and who hav<
appeawd Jo
> vals in Washington and othei
, cities of the United States.
. In from the valleys and cove,
will come also many of the old
time fiddlers and ballad sing
ers to render ?ongs of the fcigh
lands: which haae been feature
of highland life since before tfe<
Revolutionary War. T^e did
timers will be one of the color
ful phases of the annual festi
val here.
New Potato Variety
Gets Wide Acclaip
The Sequoia Irish potato, otni
of N. C. State College's lates
contributions to the field of hor
ticulture, is receiving abundan
praise in many sections of th
United States where it has beei
tried on an experimental basis
M. E. Gardner, head of tto
i college's horticulture depart
ment and co-developer of th<
.r potato with Robert Schmidt
said research men in a larg
, number of states as well as h
\ Canada, Mexico, and Cuba hav
, reported excellent results witl
; the Sequoia.
r A late potato, the pew yariet;
. has outyielded established va
1 rieties consistently during i
> five year tost period in tbi
r state. During the past half-de
? cade, the Sequoia averaged 247.!
bushels to the. acre.-In the sami
test, Cobbler yielded 224 bushels
Katahdin 218 and Chippewa 263
Gardner explained fts higl
I yielding ability is attribute*
1 largely to its marked resistanc<
. to leaf hoppers, flea beetles, an<
( blight, all deadly , enemies of thi
j crop. It has been estimated tha
ia<v# Vinnnarfi alnn#? reduce vield
. ,W??* ,,,
in Western North Carolina eacl
year from one-third to one-hall
Approximately four. aoijes, o
5 Sequoia were grown in 1939 in ai
i isolated seed plot. From (his
. between.$Q. and. IQO sjsed sample
. were distributed to cooperator
, and growers in the Unite<
. States, Canada, Mexico, an<
Cuba.
Practically all reports whicl
have come in on the perform
ance of the Sequoia have paint
1 ed glowing pictures of its possi;
buttles.
i Motor vehicle accidents in thi
i country last y?ar resulted li
i non-fatal injuries to 1,150,(XX
persons.
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Services For Veteran
Journal Correspondent
Held At Balsam Church
[ Mrs. D. T. Knight Passes
At Her Home
Thursday
Mrs. D. T. Knight, the Journal
al's veteran correspondent at
Balsam, and one of the best
known and best loved women in
the county, passed away at her
s home at Balsam, last Thursday.
i Funeral services were conducted
1 at the Balsam Methodist church,
1 of which she was a long-time
member and active worker. The
service was conducted by Pre"
siding Elder W. L. Hutchins, Rev.
Mr. Newel, and Rev. Mr. Roten.
Interment was in Green Hill
Cemetery, at Waynesville, SaturI
day afternoon.
A native or . Virginia, Mrs.
Knight mov?d with her husband,
? the late D. Thompson Knight, to
Willets, about 45 years ago, and
has resided at Willets and Bal~
sam since that time,
j Pall bearers were neighbors,
I John Jones, Fred Conner,
0 George Bryson, Elbert Reece,
_ Glen Robinson and George Cow1
ard. i
* Mrs. Knight is survived by one
sister, Mrs. W. B. Farwell, of Balsam,
two sons, John Knight, of
[ Orlando, Fla., and George T.
* Knight, of Balsam, by one
daughter, Miss Nannie Knight,
J and by four grandsons and four
granddaughters.
B Mrs. Knight has been a cori'
respondent for the Journal since
f it was established in 1906, and
B her letter each week has been
enjoyed by the readers of The
i j Journal over that long period.
1 Her Jast letter, published last
5 week, was written from her sick
bed, and in it she told of her
? 'cfriMeat1 iDnwwr
f Mr. Knight operated a popu5
lar general store at Willets,
_ back in the old days, when that
. place was known as Hall's Sta.
tion, and was the meeting place
p of the two mixed daily trains.
f ,Later he and Mrs. Knight moved
. ;to Balsam, where he also was en!,,
gaged in the mercantile busi_
ness. Mrs. Knight was postmaster
at Willets for five years, and
at Balsam for five years. During
recent years she has operated
her own store at Balsam.
* Mrs. Knight made all her funeral
arrangements and left exes;
j)licit directions concern i n g
t them, even to writing, with her
-Town hand the card of thanks
11 for her children, which appears
e in this issue of The Journal.
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e Strip-Cropping Aids
~ In Fighting Erosion
e Strip-cropping, virtually uni
known in North Carolina until
e within the past decade, has now
.1 become a common sight in areas
subject to soil erosion, according
jr to W. D. Lee, soil conservationist
- of the State College Extension
a, Service.
8 He explained that the Soil
" Conservation Service has devel5
oped two types of strip cropping,
e one known as annual and the
!? other as perennial. Each of these
types plays a definite role in a
1 sound conservation program.
In this section, kudzu and les?
pedeza sericea generally are
grown in perennial strips. Hay
? .produced in these strips enables,
farmers to turn under for soil
" .Improvement a larger propar}
tion of the vegetation grown in
' annual strips instead of harvest*
ing these annual crops for hay.
>t Lee pointed out that the turns'
ing under of these crops makes
3 ,it possible to produce clean-tilled
1 crops more economically and on
1 less land. This in turn permits
the growing of perennial strips
! on steeper portions of the lapd.
Another reason for growing
- both annual and perennial strips
- lis that sometimes heavy rains
occur when the vegetation in
the apnual strips is not large
s enough to provide ample proteci
tion for the land. This makes
J perennial strips necessary as a
second line of defense.
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RTH CAROUN*, AUGUST 1,1940
Havana Coibnce 2
Ends In Ageement
Among Republics
Journal's ,Own Weekly I
Review & The
Ending i in complete
harmony agreement, t
the conference Crf the American I
republics in." H^tyna, may go r
down in history^ ?s the most d
significant anditojortant step in e
human liberty Effecting the t
Americas, sixiceVt^? Continental C
Congress in? Philadelphia de- g
clared that united colonies
are and of light ought to \
be free and ihae&jlident states." c
At any rate- m destined to (
rank in im^rtiiwe with the c
Monroe Docti$ne, which has i
kept the handa^t^Buropean na- t
tions from aggressive action in >
either Nortlr*a|- South America t
for more than 10Q years, except- ?
ing, of courOT l#h? time during (
the War Be^wipelgr the States, ?
when a foreign monarch was set c
upon the thrill of Mexico. Com- <:
ing as a complete triumph fpr
Secretary of ,Stftt$> Cordell Hull (
and his ideas aO*an-American (
freedom, and ^p^merican sol- (
idarity, the conference 3igned j
agreements designed and in- j
tended to sej^^e Americas j
against Totalitarian aggression, ]
in any form; and to provide for (
the economic^ >fei4fependence of ,
the Americas The 21 re- ]
publics of Nof^ Central, and ]
South Americd'-arl agreed that <
not one inch ^^fotftory belong- J
ing to France, JJel?ium, Holland, j
Denmark, Brifeiatepr any other (
country that iMp'been or may ,
(Continu*^^eFour) ,
m Defense Program
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The town of Sylva officially ]
made a direct contribution to *
the national defense program, 2
last week, when the Board of *
Aldermen agreed to forego its 1
contract with the American-Lafrance
Foamite Corporation for <
a new fire truck and equipment, *
in order that orders for the 1
United States government might i
be filled first. 1
The members of Sylva's vol- 1
unteer fire department have 1
been working diligently to raise <
the money to acquire the new 3
equipment, and citizens have *
made donations and contribu- i
tions in various ways. The truck 1
fully equipped was to have been 1
delivered by August 1. Then 1
came a telegram from the manufacturer
saying: "Our govern- ]
ment urgently in need of fire j
apparatus for emergency camps (
in defense program and in order ]
to assist government would it be 1
satisfactory to let them have <
your apparatus and we will de- l
liver you another within 45 j
>inTrc Wnnlrf nnnrpci- t
WU1&U15 unju. .. ?x-x
ate your advising us promptly." j
The Board of Aldermen and ;
the Fire Department, through (
Town Clerk Charles M. Reed, im- ]
mediately wired the manufacturer
that the town and the fire (
department, as well as the people
of Sylva, are interested in
the efforts of the government to
prepare this country to meet any
emergency, and that the Town is <
glad to cooperate by allowing the *
government to have the equip- *
ment built especially for the <
town; and will make out with the t
present equipment for another <
45 days. 1
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FORT BRAGG UNIT
PASSES THROUGH (
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The first troop movement 1
through Sylva since World War (
days was observed yesterday
when 25 army trucks, loaded
with soldiers from Fort Bragg
passed through the town enroute
to maneuvers in Mississippi and i
Louisiana. c
The fcojdiers were 53 enlisted s
men and one officer, composing i
the Fifteenth Ordnance Company
from America's largest artillery
post. i. ^
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1,000 Attend Annual
Farmers Federation
Picnic Here Saturday
lecord Crowd Enjoys Daj
At Sylva High School
Saturday
More than 2,000 persons atended
the annual Farmer*
^deration Jackson County piclie
at Sylva High School Saturlay.
It was the largest crowd
ver to assemble for a Federaion
picnic in Jackson County
>ne truck brought 120 to the
fathering.
First prize in the singing contention
went to the Speedwell
:hoir, led by Sam Fox. The
}owee choir, under Robert Jones
lirection, took second. The
3ressley group was chosen ai
he best quartet, while the
Voods-Shelton quartet capturec
he runner-up position. Dork
ind Irma Lee Woods were honored
for the best duet performmce,
and Will Bramlett and hii
laughters won the award for the
mtstanding trio.
A large group of Jacksor
;ounty musicians and singer!
irowded the platform during the
lay. Uncle Jim Corbin playec
lis fiddle, and Aunt Samanthj
Sumgarner gave several selec
iions on the banjo. John Hens
ey told a story about the youtl
)f Daniel Webster. Among other;
vho performed were: Wilma an<
Delia Mae Settlemire. Wiley Col
ins, Edna May McCall, Home
3tepp, Wallace Woods, the Mc
Dlure Brothers String Banc
sfina, Rick and Jarvie Bradlj
he Pisgah Mountaineers, Ray
nond Hoyle and James Rogers
3. D. and Clarence Corbin, Her
n 4 yw - * w
Hudson, and Roy Hensley.
Seven Choirs?Rock Hill, Ad
lie, Macedonia, Cowee, Speed
veil, Soco Valley and Roc!
3pring ? participated in th
singing convention. Five quar
;ets also took part in the com
petition.
James G. K. McClure, presi
lent of Farmers Federation, S. C
Slapp, head of the cooperative'
seed department, the Rev. Du
nont Clarke, director of th
lord's Acre movement, Vearl
Snsley, manager of the Federa
; ion's Sylva warehouse, am
Charles R. Browning, forme
federation manager at Sylva
nade brief speeches at the* pic
lie. The Rev. W. N. Cook offers
irayer in the morning, and th
Rev. C. G. George gave the in
/ocation in the afternoon.
Sixty-three years of marriei
ife won Mr. and Mrs. Raby th
irize for the longest marriei
;ouple. Mr. and Mrs. Rober
3radburn were the most recent
y married pair. With eight chil
Iren on the grounds, Mr. an*
Mrs. John Dietz had the larges
'amily present. By unanimou
choice Sam Fox won the contes
'or the baldest man, and Rober
Tones' load of 120 swept th<
competition for the largest true!
load.
County Officials Receive
Practical Guidebook
County 9fficials and official
)f the cities and towns in Jack
son county have just receive*
several guidebooks and bro
chures of immediate and prac
Jcal import to them in thei
capacities as local governing of
ficials, announced Albert Coat*
Director of the Institute of Gov
?rnment, today.
Any official in Jackson coun
;y who has not received his cop:
)f either of these guidebooks i
invited to write to the Institut<
)f Government at Chapel Hill.
Card of Thanks
We wish to* thank friends
leighbors, tourists, children, ant
iverybody, for their kin clnes.'
ihown our mother during he]
llness. Flowers also.
Nannie E. Knight
John P. Knight
George T. Knight
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OtttlUll
$2.04 A YEAK IN AO'
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Jetter Snyd
, Rn siness
I From If
YOUNG PEOPLE OF
ASSOCIATION TO
3 HOLD RALLY HERE
The young people of the Tuck1
aseigee Baptist Association will
' hold a rally, here, next Monday,
at the Baptist church. The meet*
ing will begin at 10:30 o'clock
in the morning and will continue
into the afternoon. Lunch will
I be served at 12:30.
i The program follows:
' Theme: "The More Excellent
J Way."
5 10:30, Hymn, "Higher Ground."
* 10:35, Devotional, Mrs. W. N.
1 Cooke
s . 10:45, Prayer, Rev. H. M. Ho
cutt.
10:50, Companions along the
3 way.
i 11:00 "Learning the Way."
I. Through Our Missionary
i Magazines,
s A. World Comrades, Sylva
; G. A.
1 B. The Window of Y W. A.,
t Cullowhee.
C. Biblical Recorder, The
Commission and Southern
Rnnt.ist. Home ' Mission.
s Royal Service, Miss Perry.
1 n. At House Parties and
Camps. ' .
r A. "My G. A. House Party
Experience," Peggy Ram-"
I, sey.
r, B. "I Liked R. A. Camp/^Cullowhee.
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}, C. "Y. W. A. Camp," BylVa.
11:20, Playlet, "The Hindering
Miss Mary Currin.
12:30, Lunch.
1:30, Hymn, "All the Way My
k Savior Leads Me."
e 1:35, Devotional, Rev. ,J E.
_ Brown.
1:45, Ways Open to All.
Prayer, "Three Seasons of
Prayer and their gifts,
Mrs. H. M. Hocutt.
Personal Service, Mrs. Kate
Bryson.
2:10, Solo, Miss Mildred
e
Cowan.
el 2:15, Playlet, "Youth at the
Crossroads," Sylva Y. W. A.
J' 2:45, Closing Prayer.
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_ 1M r Drivers Attempt
* To "Straighten Curves"
With no intention of being
. facetious, Ronald Hoqutt, direc-,
tor of the Highway Safety 131.
vision, commented this week
. that North Carolina drivers
might just as well quit trying to
straighten out curves ; In the
^ State's primary road system,
k Hocutt's admonition was
prompted by a study of acci^
dent reports showing that 75
^ North Carolinians were killed
the first six months of this
^ year in accidents wherein drivers
failed to make curves and
left the roadway, overturning or
smashing into some fixed pbject.
"There are literally thousands
S of curves on the highways of this*
eta**" said Hocutt. "and it is
s going to take the State Highway
- Commission considerable time
i and involve vast expenditures of
- money to straighten all the
- dangerous curves On our roads,
r Mean while, Tar Heel drivers
- might as well decide to ma?e the
s, best of matters and hold their
- speed down to a point where
they can safely and successfully
_ negotiate any curve in the high/
way. '
s "The State plainly marks all
e curves, and drivers who persist
in holding to high rates of speed
when entering curves are surely
flirting with danger. There are
many curves that you just cant
make at 50 and 60 miles an hour,
j and the sooner every North Cars
olina driver learns this fact, the
r safer our highways will be."
"When you see a curve mark.
er, decrease your speed and increase
your caution," the safety
director added. r
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fANCr OUTSIDE THE COUNTY
er, Sylva ;-';|
Man, Dies
e^t Attack
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Becomes _ JII On Business
* "Tmp To Murphy
Tuesday Night _v
The community was shocked
yesterday morning to learn of
the death, in a Murphy hospital,
of Jeter Snyder, one of Sylva's
prominent business men. Mr.
8nyder left Sylva Tuesday for
a business trip to Murphy. He
became ill at a Murphy hotel
during the night, and was taken
to the hospital, about 10 o'clock.
His death, attributed to a heart
attack, came about 11 o'clock
yesterday morning.
Mr. Snyder, who was 40 years
of age, had been associated with
J. Robert Long, L. E. Reed, and*
others, in the furniture business
in Sylva, Bryson City, Murphy,
Franklin, and other places for
several years. He and Mr. Long
had been business associates for
a number of years, first associating
themselves together to cut
the spruce on the Plott Balsam
range, for pulp wood for the
Champion fibre Company. This
venture was very successful, and
they later launched into the furniture
business.
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Mr. Snyder was prominent politically/being
an active leader
in the Republican party in this
State, and was,-at the time of
his death the Republican candidate
for State Senator from this
district. *
A son of Robert J. Snyder, of
Willets, Mr. Snyder was a native
lie u^urvivra
Qualla; by his father, and by
three sisters, Mrs. Allen Sutton,
fillets; Mrs. Roscoe Parris,
Raleigh; and Mrs. Von Smathers,
Hendersonvllle. *
Funeral services will be conducted
from Mr. Snyder's home,
at 3 o'clock this afternoon, by
Rev. P. L. EHiot't, and interment
will be in Old Field cemetery, at
Beta.
Ample Care Urged
For Poultry Flock
Poultrymen caring for their
pullet flock during the late summer
and fall should keep in
mind that a little neglect now
may be costly later, says C. F.
Parish, pooltryman of the State
College,Extension Service.
rae good poultryman will see
that his' birds are well fed on
growing mfcsti, whole corn,
whole oats, and green feed.
Here's why these items are so
important in the pullet's diet:
Tfle growing masn ueiys uj
build a goad'egg factory. Corn
put* we^KWon the bird and lays
on a'reserve of fat for the heavy
laying period. Oat* furnish fiber,
and halp .build resistance against
disease, feather-picking,' and
prolapses. 6reen feed furnishes
succulence, Minerals and vitamins,
ftftd is rich in other essential
food factors.
A liberaf supply of green feed
cutsfeed "bills and aids in growing
a more healthy pullet. While
green feed is more important
during fl|e growing stage, it
does have a definite place in the
bird's diet after laying starts.
' F6r late summer grazing and
green feed, sowed young green
corn may be used to good advantage/along
with 'Sudan grass,
wheat, oats, barley, soybeans,
and alfalfa. If ample grazing has
| not already been provided, a
green crpp should be planted ; '
now. '
f"' Because egg prices generally
rise sharply in August/ may
poultry producers ruin their pullets
by rushing them with laying
mash/: Parriah said. The
ljfst plan is to -let the pullets
mature normally on growing
mra. corhVna^ and green feed
Before the birds are changed to
'laying ntash, they should have
reached at least 20 per cent of
production,
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