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This institute, wQl.bf atteiMleyA eminent experts who will give the insfltnti tBibeneih it expt Worma- . and Gounty Demonstrator W H. rer guson will both attend this iastitoe and wilt make report to the Execu tive Committee immediately upon their return. ' It was decided at the Tuesday meetl ing to hold a patriotic rally at Waynesville, Canton .and Clyde on Washington's Birthday, wljen he big drive to sell Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps will be formally launched. Haywood County's pro rata of the state's apportionment of the War stamps is $600,000.; Let all our peo ple get together for a long pull, a strong pull and a pull altogether, and the stamps wil be sold. Each stamp represents a loan to the Government, awt a gift If our allotment is taken It means that $600,000, will come back to Haywood County in 1928.' A CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC . Mr.H. . Chtssen, a German' resident af our town has received a threaten ing anonymous letter and the; matter has been called to my attention. I hope 'that no one who calls himself an American eitisen would try to" in jure a German resident and his famfly because we war with 'Germany That would be as bad as what we are accusing the Germans of doing. B oy one feels such hatred toward Gar. any that he must needs fight there fa room in the trenches., Mr. Classen says be wishes to abide in peace in ear quiet town where there are no plants that he would be suspected of bothering. If .be does something" that he should, not do we sould report the tatter jjo proper authorities and have, aim investigated . and not ' resort to sesae ether method. t Mr, Classen says that prior, to the war he lived in London and ir con aected with a' company doing a large export trade and that he is now trying to do some business here, in exporting to South America. He has letters vf commendation from many banks m London and elsewhere- The business of his company is under the supervision of our government and all Ue' foreign mall is censored; some shipments are under license from the get eminent, as I am Informed. ; tjMrs. Classen is a daughter of Capt J.M. Dftvis, a Confederate veteran of Charlotte, N. C and she has a brother now a Lieut ht the United States army,' i " ' Let as not Dermit any feeling to get the better of our judgment, . J.R. MORGAN, , ! . . Police Justice. . He Didn't Need a Sheriff Trankttj Press.' .Sberiir Moere took Geo. Kirkland to the state penitentiary last week to serve a six year sentence for shooting Bob Barnett en . Nantabala sevei months agov Jamea Wilson was also given a six year sentence to connection with the shooting and was eat on a $200 bond waiting a decision from the Supreme Court,. which coafrmed ' the decision of the Macon Superior Court he wrote the Sheriff here that the weather was such as to prevent hlra from eroeasng the . Nantabala mountain, bvt be had bought his ticket aid would take toe train at Hewitts K C, and Mt lira in Raleigh oa a certain date. The Sheriff foand W0 en avsi'.'nr him eo his arrival in Raleigh aad be was turned ever to the prison acthoritiee to begia eerving his secteneew , . ' The' Freneh soldSea. is paid :3 s .year; the German? $38 a yearf.tL British, $39 s year, and the American soldier gets $30 mootS or SSM a year , rTrhatige. AND W . RAISED $106,000lb6o ' The' Red Cross .drive last summer for a i una ox one Hundred million dollar; .resulted in raising 106 mil lion' and of this ' amount about 75 million dollars , has already been ap propriated and 80 million dollars ac tually' expended.' Art of the fund subscribed has . been returned to chapters for purchase of material, leaving about 88 ' million dollars which the headquarters may . use. The Red Cross' membership has in creased from less than 600,000 last May to an estimated total of 22,000, 000,000 today, wWle'fn" tie same per iod the. number of ahaptere . has in creased from some 666 to about 15,- W0 t In addition to these chapters, ;heRed Cross is wo,rkfiig through, op erating commissions in Free, 'Eng- mania.'""" "' "; DON'T FORGET. THE SOLDIERS IN THE CAMPS rrom every nook and corner in the state our young men have, gone to the campa. to. .learn, the. soldier's Jife, Shortly they will represent us on the firing line, and others will be called to service in their places. While they are training, what eah the home folks do to help them? These men are offering their lives for us. All that we can do for them will not equal the sacrifices they are mak ing, After talking with hundreds of them in the camps, I want to, offer three practical suggestions . to the people at home as to what they may do. Every person who reads this statement can easily' and should, gladly, do all of them. First, send your home paper to at least one soldier at the camp. Pick out one of the, men you know and subscribe, for , your' home , paper and send K to mm. Any member oi; n is family will give you his correct ad dress. Write him a. letter and tell him yea are sending it , The cost will be trifling; ,The' thought win be ap preciated. It is not an act of char ity, but aa act of patriotic service. Second, at least once a week, make it a point to write a letter or a card to some soldier at the camp. Send him a magazine or a good book' oc casionally.' Third, keep your troubles at home. The soldier has enough of his own. Be strong enough and unselfish enough to cut out the trouble parts of yoar letters. There are plenty, of good things to write aboat The sol dier has a man's size Job," and be sides, he cant help you. Why wor ry him when you have a' better op portunity to look 'after , your trou bles than be has to help yout : Follow these practical suggestions and you will render a service worth while "y . , ' ' i W. S. WILSON, Secretary North Carolina Council of Defense. . , Raleigh, Jan. 81, 118, THE ENORMOUS COST OF THE WAR TO THE U. & Appropriations by congress during! the last and present sessions will ap proximate $36,000,000,000, or $9,00,, 000,000 more than the $26,000,000,000 appropriated by - congress from George Washington's administration up to March, 1917, covering all ex penses of Che government, including the costs of toe Cavil, Mexican, Span, igh-NAmerican wars and the, war of In other words, these two congress es will have appropriated $9,000,000, 000 more than was appropriated in the whole 128 years of the nation's history up to the time ef America's entrance into the world war. Ex change. -. V. D. C MEETING FRIDAT The United Daughters of the Con federacy wOi meet at the home of Mrs. J. W. Ferguson Friday after noon at 8 o'clock. The meeting was to have been at I'r. CambelTs but oa account af the iiiaee af two ef the toacbers there ft' was" transfered to (he Ferguson Lowe on Wabut stieet. , ' Manufacturing Ob. t ' 1 to the Champioo Fkbre Co. bar is being eut Into weed lengths o the lumber yards herew Aadrew. Sum - A YNESVILLE COURIER Waynesvllle, N. C. Tlwrsday, rbruary 7, 1 THE MAN' WHO SMILES AND WHISTLES. , (By Jessie Daniel Boone) The man who smiles and whistles When he goes to pay a bill, . Is like a wheel of progress; Like good wheat at the mffl. Hie man who smiles and whistles When things are going wrong. Is like the rock Gibraltar Among the human throng. The man who 'smiles an whisties" , When a fellow wants to fight, Is one to be much dreaded, He would put most men to flight The man who smiles and whistles When he's almost down and eut Will rise from all his troubles, Without a single doubt ' lie man who smiles and whistles Is a fellow you may trust; He wOi not take advantage . If it causes him to "bust" The man who smiles and whistles When the weather isnt right,' Knows clouds have silver linings, That things will work out right The man who smiles and whistles Is just the sort of friend To help you m your troubles; On him you may depend. The man who smiles and whistles When the critics all turn loose On the war administration, Has a ready, good excuse. The man who smiles and whistles When bis party meets defeat, Is the one who will be active, When again the voters meet The man who smiles and whistles . When the tax collector comes, Is worth a thousand loaf ere, Is worth a thousand bums. The man who smiles and whistles When he hears the war drums beat, Will volunteer, instanter, And never knows defeat The man who smiles and whistles When asked to Hooverize, Will eat his bran and sawdust, For he is good and wis. The man who smiles and whistles When the Red Cross needs his aid, Will give the last round dollar That he has ever mac.e The man who smiles and whistles ' Will buy a bond, or stamp To help dispel the darkness And light the world's big lamp. PRESENTED SEVICE FLAG. The Presbyterian Sunday school rendered an impressive program Sun day morning during .the church hour when they presented to the church a Service Flag on which was a star for each soldier from that Sunday school. The presentation speech was made by Bryson Walpole in an excellent speech eloquently delivered. A speech of acceptance was made by Supt Lind- sley. , A tablet costal ning names of the soldiers from this Sunday school was also presented. The names are: Wil liam F. Swift, Walter D. Brown, Julius A. Brown, Carroll L. GrahL Geo. M. Albright Wm. F. Albright, Henry F. McFadyen, Harry O. Schenck. The Christian Flag was presented to the school in a presentation speech by Grace Albright These two flags with the United States flag were left oa the platform. There were other exercice as well, all making a very fine service which should have had a crowded house. BRANNER GILMER LANDS JOB .Yesterday's press dispatches from Washington announced, the following appointment of a popular young at- , 1 t Til V - 1 m n ' hi. many friends: j " J - i a son of the former Attorney General "l Robert D. Gilmer, or N arm Carolina was today appointed to a position in the United States department of Jus- ;tice. His dutiee wffl be a field and be, will probably be assigned to Nf York dty as headquarters. Mr. GO-I Ler who is a lawyer of Waynee hvfll work under A. Braes Vielaikl, Bchief ef the division of iaveetigatiet-v .OF INTEREST TO PRINTERS Tbe Mounts mo Courier baa for sale a It U C 4 P Omiou Job pre good as aew. WEB sell fee- $200 Cost ef aew an $398. DOtSIHXED A"$100 EWE' ( Mr.' Editor. .Will you give me htie more space in your' paper as am anxious that the dog question is Kept before our people. I see Buncombe county is very much interested as the f armers from different parts of the county are writing and expressing themselves in regard to the sheep in. dustry. I was' impressed very much with the Pennsylvania dog law printed in, the Citizen a few weeks ago and I think we should have just that kind of a" law for this state. I dont believe our farmers have stop! ped to figure how much the dogs cost us.' I will give yon' some statis tics here in Crabtree township elore, Our list taker says that he listed 200 dogs in our, township last year and he did-hot get all of them. Now brother farmers, 'it win take one quart of meal to feed a dog one day. That meals 865 quarts or 12 bushels of corn a year to feed a dog. Count corn at $1.60 per bushel and that means $18 in cash. That will cost $360 for just the dogs in our township alone. How does that look to you? Take the corn that you feed to dogs and feed to a pig and at the end of a year you will have a porker that will bring you from $30 to $40. Does that I ok good to you Mr. Farmer? I am strictly against the dog and hav no patience with the fellow' who seenks to think more of his doers than anything else. Since I wrote my last letter to your paper xour wortniess dogs broke into my flock of sheep and killed one of my fine ewes and crip pled! two more The ewe was worth $100. Do you blame me for being a gainst the worthless dogs ? We would like to hear from the farmers from different parts of the coutty. Tell us what' you' think whether it is to be sheep or dogs. Let us make up to our nation's great need' Our soldiers must be fed as well as clothed. Yours for the golden hoof and a law that will eliminate the vorthless dogs. A. C. WALKER. ROCK SPRINGS ITEMS. The farmers in this section are bad. ly behind with their work as the weather has been so severe. We have done very little farm work so far, but our weather prophet' Will Ducket says we can safely go to work how for winter is over, because he was an old Bald mountain Saturday the 2nd and saw all the groundhogs come out -.'.'.:.. The Community Fair Association met recently and elected officers for this year as follows: F. A. Justice, president; J. F. Rogers, vice-president; Miss Juanita Medford, secretary. Man agers were chosen as follows; Horses, C. L. Hill; Hogs and Sheep, A. C. Walker; Poultry, F. W. Messer; Hori- culture, Relins Liner; Cattle, P. Y. McCracken; Farm Produce, Boone Rogers; Garden Products, Mrs. O. O. Sanford; Pantry Supplies and Fancy Work, Lizzie Rogers, Blanche Sanford and. Ruth Walker; Sports, Robert Rogers and H. W. Carver. We mean to make our fair .worth while this fall. Charles McCracken of Big Branch was a visitor at A. C. Walker's Sun day. ... James Bryson attended court this week at Waynesville. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Thomasson and little daughter of Memphis, Tenn. are visiting Mrs. Thomasson's parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Carver. Robert Wright who has been quite ill is improving. We are very sad as we record the death, of Uncle Jack Justice, one of our oldest and most highly respected citizens. He was a christian man and a patriot and greatly loved his church and country. He was always at ser vice and Sunday school when his " " " WVU1U ltUU. Mr. Arthur Spring, and family of .m0TBd to Rock Springs. wiun i tm.K inn oouirafc m uum j,,, ,-d Claud Medford have hvajkt k tum Bull Creek from D R DUCkett, valued at $11,000. cnoar MwMM. to Spring Lwe - mdiT. Koran and John Griffin u but week to dispose Af some hogs. '' I 3 ujwrffevMMinil a letter, hut night from her son Joe Howell Mehoffey, saytog he had arrived at eome seaport la rranee, bad enjoyeo , the trip across and was well and happy. . ., . . , - 9i 8 THE M'CRACKEN FAMILY Introductory Some years ago I made an effort to get up the genealogy of my grand. father Hiram Mccracken's family, and since I have thought of going further back end' gathering other facts respecting the McCracken fam ily at large. ,. Of course it is not my purpose to write a history of this family, but merely to set forth a kind of outline. I have made many inquiries re specting the origin of this family and am convinced beyond all doubt that we are of Scottish origin, '.coming from that sturdy race whose influence is seen and lelt in all the four quar ters of the globe.. Also I am cont- vinced 'that,, all of the .McCreckens'.in Ainerica came from the same family, of wnlcn many of our name; are found even to this day in Scotland and northern Ireland.' Doctor Henry McCracken, dean .of the University of New York, who has himself traveled m Scotland, states in a letter to me: I am interested in learning any facts ' respecting the McCrackens ' of long ago. The name occupies few pages of history wnd not many seem to know just where that 'crag .was which kid people to call the man who lived near by Mac-Crag, the son of the 'crag or rock' which has been turned into MacCracken. But in Scotland many well-informed people say the name belongs to the region of Dumfries and southwest Scotland. I have myself found many old stones in Dumfries cemetery bearing' the name of McCracken. Our own records do not certainly prove whether the first of our linei in America came from that region or north Ireland!' My forefather settled near. Carlisle, Pa., as early as 1746. His name, John McCracken, v on toe list or taxpay ers and even as ah office holder in Cumberland county. Pa, . Also .after the miserabla failure of the, British army under General Braddock,. he en listed as .a volunteer to defend the frontier and, it seems, was killed in battle near Cumberland,. Pa. His sori Henry McCracken, whose name t bear, was killed fiffhtimi th British -i.J'r jsiC. ii. i:--,, nuu hmwiib iu buo nor Ul UJU ktvik. tiotf about the date of the Wyoming massacre. I have a copy of tbej pen sion given his widow. Her report as his administratrix is recorded in the court house at Sunbery, Pa., where be held property. My grandfather (his son) became a pionejer in Ohio about 1800. My father was born there in 1804 and was a United Pres byterian preacher in Ohio until his death, and also a land owner. You see that I have bue few facts As to my first two American ances tors. There is a probability that your an cestors may have crossed the Atlantic in that great migration of Scotch and Scotch-Irish from about 1700 until the Revolutionary war, who were largely drawn to Amerca by the blundering selfishness of the; British government in London which never knew how to assimilate Welsh or Scotch or Irish with the stronger English element and which still needs greatly to be reformed." . . So says Dr. Henry McCracken of his forefathers. It seems that the Mc Cracken family is not much in keep ing genealogies. . But in comparing the facto given me by Dr. Henry McCracken with the facts I have from the others of our name, I find touches that give me reason to believe that the first- Mc Cracken who came to these shores drew others of his clan with .him, and that we are, all a chip from the same Mac-Crag who lived long ago in old Scotland, a land that has pro duced a people of courage and pa triotism, and whose faith in God has been seen and felt wherever the Scotchman has gone. A petople, too, who are ardent and impetuous, eas ily moved to tears or to laughter, to love or to fury. Yes, a people who have borne both the banner of the Christ and the banned of democracy and through tears, patience and per- ..... , ESfE? Be"W5r I have sot been able to find the given name of our first American parent but I believe David, the f ath er of great grandfather Joseph, was a son of our first American parent As to the date of our first parent's Kigratioa I do not know, but there Is a tradition told by many of our t omf"1' ta J af the seventeenth century three brothers of our name who were mill- wrighta fcy trade eamej to this eoun- try. landing at Charleston, S. C The landing they went to aa fan where ;they served wits aa ash uuhJthe ydic eon, bvj. Thinking it td be a cake one of them took of it but finding it vary disagreeable to Volnm XXX Number ZL $1.50 a Year hils taste hid H under his plate, and after leaving the table remarked to the others that the cake was made out of sawdust It is said that these brothers in order to find mill work separated in Charlestown, one going into North Carolina, settling in what is now Ran dolph county, one going into Georgia settling in the southern part of the state, and the other coming up into sown laroiina settling in the Pied mont section. Since there are' Amities of our name to all three of these states and since; the McCracken families of these states trace their first .parents back to the same period is in itself prima facia evidence that the McCrackens in Georgia and the two Carolinas are the descendants of these brothers who leaded in Chariestown, & C, and who mistook' the ash cake for a real cake. Our grandfather, Joseph, came to North .Caroline from .Georgia.' His father's naine was David, who, we are told, was soldier in the Revolu tionary war. This David no doubt was a son of ene of these brothers who landed in Charlestown. Some say that this David migrated from Georgia into 'middle Tennessee, which was at that time on the fron tier. He was a brave and patriotic soldier. It is said that on one dark night his house was raided by a band of British and Tory soldiers, escaping out of the house and stationing him self where he could see what was go ing on inside the . house he saw a niejgro Tory' slap his wife and he shot the, negro, ' and ' calling out words of command as though he had a host of men he succeeded in driving- the rald- i en away. David was industrious and through thrift he accumulated quite a fortune for his day. He left two sons, Joseph and James, and two daughters. As to where he lived, whether in Georgia or Tennessee, ' I am not sure. Any way, we know that his son, Joseph, came to Haywood county from Hab ersham, Ga fe 1800. Ibis being true the probabilities are that be lived and died in Georgia. There are many McCrackens ia Habersham and other points in Georgia and from what I can. gather frcan ; them they' are the descendants of David McCracken.' In my next letter I shall endeavor to give you a sketch of my great grandfather, Joseph,' the first of our line whose genealogy we know for certain. I also hope to give you some interesting history of this grand old man and his family. , Yours truly, A. H. M'CRACKEN. Spartanburg, S. C, Jan. 12, 1918. LIST-YOUR INCOME TAX Statesville, N. C, Jan. 29. Some body is going to tell en you if you don't pay your income tax. Congress has fixed it so that somebody must tell, whether he wants to or not. One section of the War Income Tax Law, exhaustively comprehensive in scope, requires every person, without exception, and every corporation, partnership, association, and insur ance company, ai whatever capacity acting, who paid $800 or Hiere to an other person, corporation, partnership, association, or insurance company, as interest, rent salaries, wages, pre miums, annuities, compensation, re muneration, emoluments, ' or ' other fixed or determinable gains, profits, and income, to report the name and address of the person, corporation, etc, to whom the payment was made, together with the amount of the pay ment to the Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue at Washington, using a form prescribed for the purpose Form 1,099, now to be had from all collectors offices. The forms must be filled out and returned on or before March 1, 1918, accompanied by Form 1,096, which is a letter of transmittal and affidavit certifying the accuracy of Form 1,099. If any firm, corporation, insurance company, partnership, or individual, who are due to make returns have failed to receive the forms, applica tion should be made at once to the collector's office to the nearest col lector. COMMISSIONERS' MEETING The board of county commission er, which includes Chairman W. H. Henderson, Jobs Allen and W. F. Me Crary met Moaday and Tuesday to regular monthly session. It was ordered that the board meet March 8th and 9th to make aettle menf with Sheriff Joha R, Hipps oa 191? taxa. This waa about all the Hem of inter to the public beside, some release, oa tax valoa- ,t!oaa and aQowtoc the anal bCa. i'