AN D WAY NESVILLE COURIER ' Volume IV. INo 1p Way nesville, N. C, Thursday, January 24, 1 91 8 $1.5QaYcar "ENCLOSED FIND CHECK." The following letter not only starts out with the Kne go dear to an editor, "Enclosed find check," but it contains 'the kind of encouragement we want in addition. It is from R. C. Howell and reads: "You will find enclosed a check for 3 to pay not only for last year but to advance my date to the 23rd of March, 1919. Am sorry to have kept you waiting so long tout it has just been neglect on my part," Will our subscribers please look up the date on your paper (or wrapper) to see how they stand with us ac cording to our record, Then if your subscription has expired, or if you are in arrears, please send in your seewal tbia month, as soon as we believe we have given subscribers plenty of time to square the sub scrip, tion account, we shall begin to cut from our list those in arrears. We shall be compel kid to do so not be cause we enjoy doing so but because the high price of all material for a newspaper makes it necessary for us to restrict our list only to those who want the paper to sufficient extent to want to pay for it. MUST SELL FLOUR AT $12.50. "State Food Administrator Henry A. Page announces that from this date the maximum price that may be charged for flour at retail sale is 112.50 per barrel. "Merchants are forbidden to sell lour to town or city customers in Quantities in excess of one-half barrel and to rural or farmer cut tamers in quantities in excess of one barrel. "Any violation of those rulings upon the part of the retailers will in vitee, prompt action by the food ad ministration." Waynesville, January 21, The Carolina Mountaineer, Waynesvfle, N. C. GentlememThe above, aaneunee- ssent was received last evening froraj jar. rage wrtn wv rwn ww. rarinttA in the tMPers of Haywood eounty as soon as possible. Hoping that you can without fail find room for it in your this week's issue, J temaia, - , . ...'Very" sincerely, (Mfss) ANNA M. GLOSSER, Co. Food Adm'r. DR. SHAW AT CHARLOTTE. Mrs. M. Silver, Haywood county ahairman. Woman's Committee Coun cil of National Defense, has received a letter from Mrs. Eugene ReUley, state chairman, announcing that Dr. Anna Howard Shaw will spend Feb ruary 1 in Charlotte; N. C, where she will address a conference in the dav time and a mass meeting at triil. Invitations are extended to all eounty chairmen of the Woman's' Committee and to all officers and members of all branches of county and local units, and to all presidents of organizations affiliated with the Woman's Committee, and to all pa triotic women. Great results are ex- nected from these meetings ox ui Shaw's' 'and the womdn of the state are '-going to make the most of. them. Following is the schedule: -: Charlotte, Feb. I U a . la. Meet ing of the executive committee (of ficers and chairmen of departments) nd state council (representatives of alT state-wide '. organizations and Members at large). 8 p. m. Confer ence of state division (all women do ing or desiring to do patriotic work). 8:30 p. nt, Mass meeting. JUDGE FERGUSON NOT TO RUN. ' Axheville, N. G, Jan. 22. Editor Mountaineer-Courier: v Inasmuch as toy name has been discussed as to whether I would ask a re-nomination in the coming pri-j mary, I desire through your paper to say to the dejnocratie voters and peo ple of the twentieth judicial district that I cannot be a candidate. I de sire to resume the practice of law at tha end f mT term, I be spent 88 years ef my life in the publie-service,' four years of that Urns to the Confederate army -and 32 years o clerk of the Super ior court, state senator, solicitor, and Judge.- -My best interests demand that I should look after tny person- al affaire now. r I am. rrateful for' the honor I hare received and wiU not lose in terest in tti wC-'-a-e of the deme .eratie par, and i'e-good of . our ' aountrj. .terc:. " r ' " ' 1 TAX2 CAE3 of" the jennies end tbe -dvZara wI3 Ul cere; ef CmbA seer,' it--: I""Xi TTe 21 ein at t C. " 't Cx FARMERS TO GET NITRATE Notice has been given to W. H Ferguson, agricultural agent for Haywood county, that the United States department of agriculture will sell at cost a supply of nitrate of soda to farmers in Haywood county. The nitrate was purchased through the War Industries board under the authority of the food control act as a part of the program for stimulat ing agricultural production. It will be unloaded at Atlantic ports and the price will be $75.50 a ton. free on board cars at port of arrival. Farm ers are to pay, in addition, freight from port of arrival and the state fertilizer tag fee. , How to Obtain Nitrate. Applications for a part of the 100,- 000 tone of nitrate bought by the gov. eminent will be received only from actual farmers or owners or holders of farms for use! on! their land, and may be made through County Agent Ferguson or through any member of a local committee consisting of J. R. Boyd, Edwin Fincher and H. A. Os borne. No money will be required with the application but upon notice from tbej county agent farmers who have signed applications must deposit with a local bank, association, or in dividual, designated by the secretary of agriculture to act as the farmers' agent for that purpose, money to cover the cost of the fertilizer ex cept the freight charge. After the money is transmitted to Washing ton the nitrate will be shipped to the farmers. If applications for the ni trate exceed the supply of about 100,- 000 tons the government will allot the supply on a pro rata basis among those who applied. Applications must be received by February 4. The above notice: is self explana tory. Farmers should act according. ly. Not a great deal of nitrogenous fertilizers is used in this county but still there is enough used to amount to a considerable sum. Nitrate of retailed last yesur at near $100 per ton and that bought in mixed fertilizers was still higher. Any farmer intending to use fertilizers containing nitrogen should avail him self of this opportunity to buy at cost. Nitrogen should be used rath er sparingly on our soils. Still there are a great many acres of wheat in the county on which an application of 60 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda would return big profit Also mea dows, orchards and truck patches would pay well for an application of the nitrates. A lot of poor acres were sown to wheat last fall and a lot put in m poor shape. This, too, at a timet when the government and the farmers can ill afford poor yields Positively the best way to increase these yields is to apply nitrate of soda. The price seems high. But farmers should remember, that they pay from $30 to $60 per ton for fer tilizer containing just a few pounds of plant food. Nitrate of soda is about 50 per cent available nitrogen and as. stated above is by far the cheapest form in which to buy nitro gen. Any fanrj.- wishing to buy nitrate should send in his order before Feb ruary 4 as the order will be sent off at that time. The total cost of the nitrate delivered here should be about $3.90 per hundred pounds. WM. H. FERGUSON, . County Agent. HOME GUARD BY-LAWS. The 40th Co N. C. reserves, met at the Armory hall on January 21 and was called to order by Captain L. M. Killian for business. Motion was mad and carried by unanimous vote .to nave drill on Monday night of each week at 7:30 o'clock. .. . Motion was made a carried - by unanimous vote to place a fine on each absentee without reasonable ex cuse, as follows: First offense, $1; second offense in succession, $2; for the third offense in succession, $5; and for the fourth offense, rtjport and pay vp fines and ask for dis charge. A committee was appointed by the captain to pass on all excuses. ' (..OH. 6HELT0N, Committee! ( E. J. HYATT, : ( JAS. ATXINS. ; TOBACCO. SALESMEN TO v ' SELL THRIFT STAMPS Mr J. F. Brawler, who is with the American Tobacco Co, with heed rrtr here, started out over his t'-.uory MontfsyBsornlnT wit or ders to put in the who! of the weak hi patriotic service for Uael Sam seTJsg thrift stomp eath-y. . - - These orders went to all tfcw sales. and 1,780 ef then wi3 'C - !s week la tiia fed OH J WHERE CAN WARMTH BE FOUND?. By Jesse Daniel Boone. When the ice is on the sidewalk - And there's ice out in the street And! a thousand tons of coldness Is the main thing which you meet, Can a fellow keep his temper? Can be smile a bit, you think T Cam he act just like a dbcon Who would scorn to swear, or drink? When ' lor weeiu the snow keeps falling, Interspersed with sleet and rain, Aua the cold winds Keep on oiowing From tag northern state oi Maine, Don't you think us time to grum . . welf ' Don't you think it's time to kick? Do you think men ought to hang him Wnen he's pauuly coia and sick? Can't you, somenow, jus. excus him For his temper and his groucn Wuen the weauier ua uuauseu iuin bo that he must seejc his couch I Is uieie none to oner conuort? Yvui no sympathizing saint Otter sometning more than scorning For his word or sore complaint : In this "Sunny isoutn" we hear of, Where tney leil u it la wax-, WiKtfe tat iuou mown m vviutei Ana uie souui winus uo not Harm, We have learned a little lesson rrom this winter, passing by, We have learned there is no huen 'Neath the evr-changing sky. Even in tue ".Land oi r-'iowers," With its citrus groves of iruit, Ice and Irost are piaying- havoc As grim roboers alter loot; Don't you think the h&rth'a old axis Haa 'been moved a notch or two? Or the weather man is 'ooozy, By th way he sends it through? I've been freezing all this winter, - freezing, freezing, ev'ry day, And sometimes there was no fuel To be had for love or pay: But I'll soon be like a lizard, - Comatose and stiff as wood, 1 Then X guess I'll quit complaining, Then I a'pose that M be good. And on top of all these troubles Comes a Garfield on the scene, Saying we must burn less fuel, Just to help the war machine; If I wasn't cold as Blixen, And I had some coal to spare, I should think it not a hardship And I wouldn't even care. If I knew just where to travel To a climate nice and warm, And 1 had the necessary . , Stuff it takes to buy a farm, I would quickly buy a ticket For that land I long to see, Whether northward or to southward, Or across the raging sea. LAKE JUNALUSKA NOTES Mr. C. E. Weatherby, one of the large stockholders of the Southern Assembly, was htfre for a few days recently. Mr. Weatherby has a very attractive little summer hotel here which has made quite a name for it self in the past few years. He also has a beautiful summer home where his family spends the summer.. Mr. Weatherby is having some improve ments made on his hotel so that it will be in first class condition for the big tourist season which is expect ed during the coming summer. Mr. and Mrs. J. Dale Stents an nounce the birth of George Stuart Stents. Mr. and Mrs. Stents are spending the winter with Mrs. Stentx's father. Dr. Geo. R. Stuart, m Birmingham. Mr. John R. Pepper is expected to arrive within the next few days and the work on th big Sunday school building which is to be erected near the baseball ground will begin soon. It is expected that this building will be practically completed by the be ginning of the summer conferences. Also the deacon's home is to be built as soon as the weather will open up so that outdoor work can be carried The ice on' the lake has been solid for more than seven weeks. And instead of the big boat making the trip from the station to th land . . 1 ..- V 1. 1 1 ja!rr7 . lJZtZ JEL STJnta JZ?V toTd these two points- over the ie ana traveler, make the U foot- ST !L v llT.nA. Th skating has been good all duirng seven weeks, exdspt whn th le was covered with snow. Th school a the Junaluska semi- -ry eontlno. to grow and it kJJTZT on both larrer than it has ever bn begra.) ".rf0! body. At a meeting f th litorary soeirfy recently th foUowmg Oeers were elected: President, JuBa Ed wards; vicereeioWt, Pearl Rogers; secretary, Mary Xlrkpatrkk; censer. Cora KcErey; ehaplai Lucy Krk Ftrf. . .. . -i CIVIL COURT OVER ; The January term of Civil court ended Saturday. Since last week's report there were only two jury oases tried. . T. J. Wall won a verdict of $2,800 damages against the .Carolina Spruce Oo. of Black Mountain. An appeal was taken to the Supreme court. In the case of Mrs. Argyle Penland against B. M.. Rhine hart and .Claude Rhinehart for $10,000 damages for the- death of her husband in a mica mine last year, the jury made a mis trial. Unreturned Qu stionnaires List of names of registrants whose questionnaires have been mailed and returned to the Haywood county lo cal board not filled out The board requests any on who knows the ad dress of any of the following regis trants to report to local board the address of such registrant, so that the questionnaires can be mailed to them to be filled out. If you registered and have not received your question naire call at the local board at once. E. Rufus Abemathy, Eugene Beck, S. J, Bumgardner, M. H. Barr, Garden Brown, Floyd M. Buckner, Henry A. Brymer, Baley Ball, Elbert C. Burnett, John B. Bell (Col.), Chas. W. BaUew, Playto Carver, Arthur Carr, Oscar Conley, Roberson Cagle, D. Crestopher, Robert Crawford, William Christopher, John Corroll, Roy C. Cook, E. B. Gogdill, Irenus Dockery, Hizzie Davis (Col.), Zebu lob. F Davis, Luther Dorsey, Robert Elder, Jesse; Ford, D. A. Franklin, Robert V. Fox. Charlie Franklin, William F. Foster, Clarence T. Far ney (Col.), Thomas Gilling (CoL), Lloyd Green, Benjamin Davis, Walter Gillian (Col.), William K. Gibson, Theo. D. Gray, Joe Gentry (Col.), William C. Gilleland, Monroe Gitter (CoL), Perry A. Harris, Benjamin Hopson (Col.), Ulyses Hail, Benjamin R, Henderson, M. J. Horn, B. Walter Howard, Horace L. Hamilton, Arthur Hortsell. Gus C Henderson, D. B Howard, Leonard McCarter, George Jackson (Col.), Robert Johnson, Ben jamin H. Jackson, Nathaniel Jenkins, Benjamin H. Jones, James A. Kuy- kendall, John R. Lytle, Chief Lows, John Lewis, Robert Lee (CoL), Wil son E. LepardL Lee Moody, Otis Moore, Lemuel! Mackey, Willis Mas sey, Claud MaQonee (CoL), William C Page, Carl Queen, John Payne (CoL), Hector Raines, J. R. Nash, Carl Norris, John L. Owens, James L. Stone, G. R. Sma there, Will Spe giL Riley Sparks, Vestiono Sergi, James B. Sercy, Jake B. Wells, Wm. E. Wood, Thomas Carle Williams, Will C. Wines, Milas Whaley, James Wells (CoL), Lloyd Woods, Grover Woody, Robert E. Reno, Darlington Reedy. Failure by any registrant to per form any duty prescribed by the se lective service law or by these rules and Regulations, at or within the time required, is a misdemeanor pun ishable by imprisonment of one year, and may result in loss of valuable rights and immediate induction of such registrant into military service and trial by courtmartial. Local Board of Exemption, Haywood county, Waynesville, N. C. C D. Sutphen Bound to Court, C D. Subphen was before Police Judge J. R. Morgan Tuesday on a charge of obtaining money under false sretense. The charge is that Mr. Sutphen made a commission of $400 in the sale, of the Bonnie cas- i. . twwmit-l nnraoaea -rtla artin as the trusted eent of tha Institution to buy at the lowest possible price. This suit follows ue recent decis ion of the North' Carolina Supreme court and largely based on the opin ion of Chief Justice Clark in remand ing the case for trial. Mr. Sutphen was arrested on a re cent 'Sunday at the railroad station while he and Mrs. Sutphen were about to leave town, presumably for Asheville. He was required to give a cash bond of $600 for his appearance t this hearing. The bond was fur- '" by IJeuto E. T. HooW f CoL W. J. Hannah and George Ward, Eeq, AmtmnAtlM. i-trt was "".r, r., n ro ?LTovll u iw T J ZTTJ2.. k. . .. . . a 5 eU to U pveSSTe". for a trial and tnt to ease t n Saparior court, Mr. Sutpbea bete rs quired to give a $200 bond which was furnUhed by John Tfpton, Ue far- altars Try a want ad far rasalta. BOUND OVER FOR FORGERY Maness Medford, who lives above Hazelwood and who works for the Waynesville Furniture Co., attempt ed to cash a forged check at the First National bank Saturday. The check was for ' $45, with J. M Long's name 'to it in favor of one Jones, whose name endorsed it with Medford's name also on it. . Troy Wjyche discovered something wrong with it and called the attention of J. R. Boyd, the president, to the check. He also knew something ir regular had happened and calling Mr. Long's store near Hazelwood was in- formed that Mr. Long had issued no such check and ordered the party ar restee. Mr. Wyche kept track of Medford, who is a young man, until Chief of Police John S. Mitchell ar rived on Boyd avenue at the foot of the hill where he was taken into cus tody. ; . .. Medford was lodged in jail until Tuesday when he had a preliminary hearing before Judge J. R. Morgan who bound him to Superior court un der a bond of $200, which was made by J. W. Reed. It Is said that there is a woman mixed up in the case and that the two people planned to go to Gas- tonia on the proceeds of the check, Marriage of Miss Helen Reed. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reed, of Waynesville, attended the wedding of his sister Saturday at Spartanburg The following is an epctract from an account in Sunday's SpartanbuTC Herald: i "A marriage of much interest to Spartanburg, Asheville, Columbia and . other points was that which united Miss Helen Jean Reed, a sis ter of, Mr. and Mrs. James Wood Keed, of Waynesville, and of Mr, and Mrs. Walter Allen, of this city, and Walker Reynolds Crook, of this city, a brother of Dr. Martin Crook and J. F. Crook. Dr. J. S.; Wat kins performed the ceremony, which took place yesterday, at .'Edgewater,' the bejautifut suburban home of Mr. and Mrs. Alien. .The attendants were Masters James Wood Reed, Jr, and Minthome Reed, the little nephews of the bride; Mrs. Allen with Dr. Reed, . Miss Susan Crook, and Dr. Martin Crook, the best man. Miss Hannah Crook sang and Miss Mary Gwynn played the wedding music. "The bride wore a lovely three piece suit of blue kitten's ear cloth, with charming accessories and a cor sage of violets and orchids., . Mrs. Alleri wore Copenhagen blue Geor gette with hand embroidery and cut steel trimming and carried pink roses. Miss Crook wore a dainty white lin gerie frock and earned a basket of Roman hyacinths. "Mr. and Mrs. Crook left for At lanta after a wedding breakfast. They will motor through Florida, visiting relatives in Alabama on their return trip, and win later 'be with Ur. and Mrs. Martin Crook on Oakland avenue. "That Mrs. Crook will make her home here is a great satisfaction. By her talent as a story teller and reader as well as by unusual gifts of social charm and grace she has made a place for herself in Spartanburg which it would be difficult to fill. She was with the city Y. W. C. A. the past several months and has al ways made the city her home except when she was studying in New York City. She was for some years pro fessor of elocution at Converse coi- Wge, her alma mater, until that cnair was ouronunuw. "Mr. Crook is popular witn num- .bers of business and social friends in and about the city. CRUSO LOCAL EVENTS. Some of the oldest citizens of the country say that this is the very worst weather they can remember. Little James Osborn was badly hurt while sliding down the bill back of J. N. Osborne's house Sunday evening. His sled ran under a horse's feet and the horse kicked him in the head. Our principal returned sunaay eve-1 1 . u 1.1. m. V tuwtl wnrlr. I W7ar7 to hive "two oT larger boys back in school again.; This bad weather has bit our school a hard bet I think tb teachers u getting Just a little bit discouraged, a many of th scholars have dronocd out Miss May Seece, ef BetheL is vis- ttimr Mr. and Mrs. W. w. soay. Mr. Nelson Mease, of Black Moan-tain,-hat bsM apeodtog a few days en the river. Bora, to Mr. and Mrs. Jobs Sharp, Jan aery , a daughter, Vb rinia. Mr. IW Burastto, f Case Se vier, is epen&ag few day his REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The following transfers of real es tate havtf been made since our last report: S. C. Satterthwait and wife to Lil lie S. Withers, lot in Waynesville; $1. and other considerations. James Atkins, Jr., and wife to H. B. Atkins, lot in Waynesville; $10 and other considerations. , Mrs. H. A, Osborne and husband to L. V. Wilder, lot in Canton; $10 and other considerations. S. A. Shelton and wife to H. R, Parton, one-half interest in building and lot in Waynesville; $1,500. W. A. Campbell and wife to M, A. Curtis, one acre in Ivy Hill; $20. E. A. Leather-wood and wile to Ri ley McGaha, land in Cataloochee; $200. P. P. Cdgburn to Posey Cbgburn, 80 acres in East ork; $1,000. James B. Garrett to J. F. Davis, lot in Dellwood; $422. D. C. Campbell and wife to J. B. Campbell, 768 acres in Ivy Hill; $1,000. F. K. May and wife to W. R. Hipps, lot in Canton; $225. A. S. Moss to E. D. Green, lot m Canton, $400. H. C. Heatherly and wife to T. C. Henson, land in East Fork; $300. W. Wi. Pless and wife to T. C. Henson, 48 acres in East Fork; $150. R. B. Shook and wife to Mrs. Mag- gie Snyder, lot in Clyde; $650. A. P. Lance and wife to M. C Stamey, lot in Canton; $120. . Claude A. Willis and wife to J. Ralph Willis, 32 acres in Beaverdam; $1,100. J. M. Glance and others to R. L. Reeves, land in Btjaverdam; $450. Joseph Patton and wife to R. P. Huffman, land in Beaverdam; $204. John Henson and wife to John T. Harrell, 45 acres in Jonathan; $800. R. T. Boyd, commissioner, to W. R. Boyd, 17 acres in Jonathan; $116. W. B. Willis and wife to Minnie (Rear, 45 acres in Beaverdam; $800. ,11. Fain and others to E. L. Anderson, lot in Canton; $25. W. R. Presley and wife to G. N. Henson, 60 acres in .Beaverdam; $400. R. I Chambers and wife to H. W. Chambers, 16 acres in Pigeon, $160. Jas. Atkins, jr., and others to Bil liard Atkins, 117 acres in Waynes ville township; $10 and other consid erations. Myra Fain and others to Gordon Clark, land in Beaverdam; $125. Hugh J, Sloan and wife to James Caldwell, 12 acres in Jonathan; $112. Kingsland Van Winkle, trustee, to Carolina National Bank, Columbia, S. C, 1,272 acres in Pigeon; $10,600. J. H. Hayneto and others to J. S. Patton and J. B. M. Hyatt, quit claim deed to land in Clyde; $1. M. L. Cogburn and wife to J. H. Gossett, lot in Canton; $175. G. G. Parker and wife to Mrs. W. R. Hipps, lot in Canton; $100. R. M.. Ferguson and wife to C. U. Francis, 48 acres in Crabtree; $5,000. D. J. Noland and wife to County Board of Education, lot for school house in Fines Creek; $100. R. D. Gilmdr, trustee, to W. H. Warren, 20 acres in East Fork; $25. Josephine Williams to Frank Will iams, two tracts of land in White Oak; $1,600. T. C. Henson and wife to W. U. Reeves, 49 acres in East Fork; $800. W. B. Willis and wife to J. Ralph Willis, land in Beaverdam; $10 and other considerations. W.'B Willis and wife to Jesse Willis, 43 acres in Beaverdam; $18 and other considerations. J. Bowden Smathers and wife to M. Glance and others, land in Bea verdam; $375. father. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Pressley, of Pisgah Forest, same over January 10 on business. Mr. Mingus Kuykendall is moving from Pisgah Forest to his farm here at Croso, Rev. Mr. Pruitt wil preach at the Baptist church Sunday. "C. H. C- Meeting of Woman's Club January $1 Hostess, Mrs. W. J. Hannah. . Roll call Names of office in th United State, -my, Parliamentary question box. The Workers in China," Mrs. J. E. Carraway. Th Organisations of Women and Their Influence.' Mrs. E. S. Harrold. "Primaries the Advantages and DisadNtuaV Mrs. Tbeodor Me Cracken. Law," Mrs. J. W. Ferguson. "AasSMtst f Wcsssas- Mrs. Elbert Sarfto. Mask. - -r"tiuan aanaaniasaMaBaasaaaaai Renew year tubscrlpt lea ns.r.