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- . - v ' . . ' , ' . ' ' : : " ' . . ;- Lib. I M yak ft vjJLl SV . T AND WAY N E S V ILL E COURIER . sa- Volume V. Number 11 ; Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, Thursday, Jannary 1919 C) $10 a Year in Advance I. ! 5 THEIR MUSIC APPRECIATED On the invitation of Mrs. J, W Reed, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dale Stentz, of Lake Junaluska, came here' Friday as her guests and in the afternoon ren dered beautiful solos and duets at the Nurses' Home and in all the patients' wards of the army hospital, - They 'brought with them a portable organ which was played by Mrs. Stentz, Their coming was highly appreciated and-these who were so well favored by this visit hope to have this talented , couple come again. NOTICE OF ROAD MEETING Owing to the ban placed by the City ; Health Officers on all public meetings lor the prevention of the spread of Spanish Influenza, the' meeting that ; has been called by County and Road Commissioners in Western North Carolina, to be held at the Langren Hotel on Sautrday, February 1; 1919, has been transferred to the Red Cross - Room in Biftm6re. The delegates and 'visitors coming to Asheville will be requested to take the Biltmore ear and express their interest by exerting this . extra effort with, an additional ex pense, of five cents car fare each way. The purpose of the meeting, as stated, is to discuss the existing laws and regulations for State and Federal Aid in Highway Improvement. The allotments as made to the various mountain counties and their purpose - to accept' or reject same, and where rejected, the most advisable transfers. That, Western North Carolina- may avail herself of .every dollar of Fed- eral money that may be offered. Fur ther, to consider the proposed bills be- : fore Congress and our State Leglsla : ture relative to Highway Improve - - ment; that we may encourage our . law makers in a real progressive con crete program- for' financing,.-icon1 structing ' and " maintaining a " first class system of highways ih our state and nation. ' '"K iteslred tfta ewry-mnty,fn the Western Division be represented by its county commission, road com--mission and active, energetic citizens who are willing to give time and real , effort to the endeavor for better roads. - If you will unite with us in our ef- forts -to promote this great work,' we . urge you to give us a helping hand in this our first meeting. Let your voice be heard with real TTelpful sug ; gestions. ; ;." YEAR-ROUND PASTURES The' permanent pasture can be man . aged so that it will save labor in win ter as well as summer,. Blue grass, , orchard grass, tall meadow oat grass . and white clover are cold weather ! plants very much as are crimson clover . and rye. These permanent pasture ' plants begin their growth of the year ' as 'soon as the weather becomes (em ; perate in the late winter or spring and ' keep' it up vigorously until the hot ." weather of summer sets in. Then they :';do little more than stand still if the v , summer is hot and at least moderately dry. The farmer who has plenty of : grass for the hot summer Weather Is i the on who allows it to get a start in '.; the -spring: and early summer.' The ' stock work on the reserves through the hot weather. ' Then inthe .fall, with ' '. cooler weather and September and " October rains, permanent pastures again grow vigorously and,; if, not overstocked, 'they, get another reserve that makes some pasture all winter , while the weather is too cold for much growth. ' '. v ; .': i Some farmers have carried this' idea ; a little further and keep their stock "' . on pasture all year except when snow . i on the ground. , They have a sum . mer and a winter pasture. Their cat " tie are alt winter on .pasture. This is practiced more or lees through the'' rf.tu i .m-ri Rwt W I been most thoroughly tried in North' He says that on the same day W Xarolina-Southern Agriculturist. wounded he and three other -boys J'were sent to capture a machine gun PROMPT SETTLEMENT - f ' . . . The New York Life Insurance Co. bunch of Huns on their right. He and ' The rambouillette is the great west has settled the policies carried with! one other boy were sent to capture em sheep. In , experimenting with that company by the late- David B.i'them and had only gone a short way them in this ttate they are found to r:mt. t The settlement was made'when his companion was shot through be' great mo:' is, growing the lambs f - h Mr. 2me E. Caraway, the the head and fell dead; he brought out tepidly, their teeth remain good lock! r-TreMr.ttive, - The New York "s fire arms into play and fired !u a greater sge than is true of Life 'ys pays prorrj-My.' . t f,-r f-'' "re . i ) cr ficity ef 'an t' tth i "':' a pie 1 . ' ' y erer.'.-j to tie a n tt tl.e army i.,;'UL Tie C 0 1 e- D. A. R. MEETING ' On Tuesday afternoon Miss Hilda Way was hostess to the members of the p. A. R. at their monthly meet ing. "England and her' part in the Great War," was the subject under discussion. Mrs. W. J. Haynes was on the program for current events rid Mrs. E. B. Camp for the review of the D. A. R. Magazine. Alter the program a business session was held at which time it was definitely, decided and plans perfected to have a benefit on 'the 22nd of February, the nature of the affair, being an oyster roast to be given in the office formerly oc cupied by Dr. Sam Stringfield. Mrs, C. E. Quinlan was appointed to pre sent the D. A. k. medal to the for tunate winner of the medal offered annually by the chapter, the date of the; contest' having been changed to February in preference to May, as formerly. The delegate to the Na tional Congress which convenes in Washington in April was also elected, The next meeting will be . with Mrs, James Carraway as hostess. Kitchen Shower On Monday evening Mrs. George Sherrill and Miss Hettie Mock, at the home of the former, gave a kitchen shower in compliment to Mr. and Mrs, W. Rufus Siler. About 30 guests en joyed Mrs. Sherrill's and Miss Mock's hospitality.. - Y. W. C. A. The Y. W. C. A. of the young wom en in town has been organized. - meet ings are held each Thursday evening, Those wishing to join should notify Miss Helen Rue, Hotel Waynesville, qr Miss Hettie Mock. Commander John Ferguson,, U. S. N., Mrs. Ferguson and son, Mas- ter John, Jr., arrived last Thursday to bethe guests of the former's sis ter, Mrs. E. J. Robeson. Commander L-Eezgaaou remained injown only a few days. Mrs. Ferguson and son will spend the remainder of the winter and spring here. Commander Ferguson, who has been stationed at Iona Island for' some months, where he was in command 'of the ammunition depot, has been ordered to sea duty on board the flagship Wyoming, where he 'will be aid to Admiral Coontz. MACON HERO, CITED FOR BRA V- .-. .. - ERY. (Asheville Times.) ' Dewey Sheperd, Macon county hero, who was cited for bravery last fall, when volunteering to carry messages from the front line back, to head quarters, passed through Asheville yesterday en route to his home near Franklin, where he will spend a 80- day furlough with his relatives. Shep erd enlisted with the Marines at Atlanta nearly two years ago and saw hard fighting with. this famous corps. Out of his company of 260 men, only three came through the war, without wounds. On June 6, last year his' company went ove.-the:; .tentr near -Chateau Thierry m4 bad advanced two or tbwHeVb it.kiokSctas though they wonfd 1 eaptftred if they were not re-inf arced; " The ' captain called for a volunteer to carry a message back to headquarters; young Sheperd stepped forward, carried the message back to headquarters, delivered it and started back to his company. He had gone about 60 yards when he 'fell, wounded. - He was shot through the left lung," Just above the heart and, while lying on the field, received a wound in the ankle. This field he had to cross to get to headquarters was' an open field and in plain view 'of the Germans. H states that was pick- ed up and carried to a dressing sta- tion within two hours after he SsD. 'nest; they, were advancing on the machine guns when fhey discovered a several shoU into the Uan r j thre bf them fell dead. The o'Nt arren threw'up their hands and t- n o abort "kamd.'' Ee inarched dm back -to the two 'ferowi he kd krt and iC.ej captured three machine gursa and LTJed femr more mesv rsmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmsm I SCATTEI SCATTER SMILES AND SHOWER PRAISES N ; (By Jesse Daniel Boone.) . Are you happy, , happy; happy ? : Are you happy on your way, As you travel on life's journey, , With it's scenes so bright arid gay? Do you ever pause and' wonder, As on wings you speed along 7 Do you try to smooth the pathway For some fellow in the throng? Chorus: O, be happy, always happy, , Then you'll never get in wrong; Smile a bit and try to whistle, Or just sing a cheerful song. Is your soul all full of gladness, -Do you- love your fellowman? Are you willing to be; helpful To all mortals; wlen 'you can? Would you lift a grievous burden, Would you point some one the way, To a better life, and higher, To the realms of perfect day? Scatter all your smiles and sunshine, . - Shower words of praise and love, Thus you'll bring to earth much glory From the angel home above. Many hearts are filled with sorrow, Filled with doubts and fears and gloom, Fill them up with hope and gladness 'Till there isn't any room. Soon your travels will be over, Soon you'll reach your journey's end, Where your chances all will vanish, Where you cannot give nor lend; So it's up to you, my brother, To be helpful unto all, ' Ere the gates of human service Shall be shut, beyond recall. mm MORE SHEEP AND BETTER SHEEP FOR HAYWOOD WILLIAM H. FERGUSON One . hundred and sixty-five sheep are at Clyde for distribution to Hay wood farmers. ' These sheep were im ported from New York state, are grade Rambouillette yearling ewes of high, quality, big frames and fine fleeces. Being raised on Montana plains they are particularly free from disease. They go to farmers in Hay wood who for the most part are start ing new, flocks and are a distinct ad dition to the sheep industry- of Hay wood. ' S. C. Satterthwaite,' ' James Stringfield, Cleveland ' Kirkpatrick, Miss Katharine Mussel, G. A. Brown,' T. F. Osborne and Rufus Penland be ing among the numb. - who get the sheep These farmers are to be con gratulated in securing this stock to start the. business with. The state has been doing experiment work with western ewes of this type in Wester North Carolina and finds them the best ,of foundation stock to cross onto mutten type of sires: It is thought that the future will find many of the rangy sheep of the west Mng a w home among, western N. C. far- mers, since farmers of this section are again developing tne inaustry so wen tuited'to their conditions. - i straight mutton type of sheep and their dense fleeces of fine wool oTer greater protection from cold 'winter rains. However the greatest sacceu with thee sheep North Caro-" a has earns from eroM'ng ewee ef t' s type i-h sires of rt; -lar iai!B lr - I I j i 1 I 1 1 I I I I 1 ' I llllsWsWMLl such as are common in Haywood. This rinsuree-a fiae 'mutton form with-.better Aeeces and more disease resistant con stitution, r ' V Since WviniT Haywood mY'w'ork haa taken me tc all1 sections 61 he states ana to some of tne best sneep producing sections in the U. S. , From ,my own., observation and from the hestjni formation. I am able to' get from others qualified to know, I believe that Western 'North Carolina is second to no place in adaptibillty for growing sheep. Practically' every other sec tion has sheep diseases and troubles to which Haywood sheep were never given a thought. Farmers of Ken tucky and Ohio go to great expense in the matter of rotating pastures and providing expensive feeds to grow lambs, which -are in no way better than produced in Haywood county, The processes of half a century ago are being reversed. The range coun try is being greatly broken up with people and grain fields and animal husbandry is moving eastward. In the future the farmers must produce the' meat and wool for this country. The ' day . is- past when the Western stockman could graze his tens of thou ahds on land that cost him nothing and . could . flood the world markets with meat and wool that cost nim practically' nothing. Evidence is not lacking to prove that the Western Carolina farmers realize their opporr tunily..' A dog law is on the roster and the sheep population of Haywood should grew Jby leaps and bounds, ' No farmer should lose - time in ; prepar ing hie pasture and providing f varia tion stock! -t Properly managed,' the r. IZ'Z 7 : those, who do. WM HFERGUSON, ' Asst. Sheep Field' Agent. HOSPITAL NOTES . The Red Cross has 'donated to 'the hospital, 00- yards game, 25 pounds absorbent "cotton for surgical dress ings, and three pillows. . - V "'' There acre times when "thank yen" reams adequate and yet after a I it il the most expressive form we have for kindness received. "' When Mrs. Charles Quinlan phoned me of thia donation I did a mental cake-walk and said, "thank you" most emphatically. ' 1 1 This department is, I understand. under the care ef Mrs. Buahnell, but it. seems sll . of the .members Lie Barkis "wa wiUin.'" . .. Now wont you?be!p me get the ele vator in?'e have 'recently led quot J a' price of tifS to ieitall the c'.evator aI ve r d it so bacTy. . ' ', CXAU! i SL HUX31X3. 1 W DINNER PARTY "Ntfajor McGuire and Capt. Jewell, formerly on the staff of the Army Hos pital,' but recently having received their discharge, were hosts at a beau tifully appointed dinner given on Sat urday evening at the Officers' Quar ters. . Covers were laid for thirty-two. The place cards were attractively done in water colors. After dinner, the living room having been cleared' for the occasion, dancing was enjoyed there, while in the library tables were arranged for cards. Those present were the Misses Raney, Johns ton, Clay, Donovan, Knight, Palmer, Sexton, Even, Griffin, Evans, Loney, Germaine, Wheeler: and ' Morris, and Capt. Joyce, Capt. Stecker, Capt Eg lee, Inspector General, Major Owen, Capt. Newcome; Chaplain Mullen, Lt Needham, Lt. Stringfellow, Lt Deul, Lt. Bales, Lt. Clarke, Lt. Seath and Lt Knifeflet ' WILL RAISE CHICKENS Edgar Selsam and his step-son Al bert Abel, have purchased most of the chickens from the white poultry farm of J. P. Swift & Son. They have built a long poultry house and fenced yards at their home on Asheville road and will no doubt be successful. Their flock of white .birds are well worth seeing. . Coin-McCracken Mr. and Mrs. R. Q. McCracken an nounce the marriage of their daughter Miss Jacques, to Sergeant Robert Lee Coin, of Lexington, Ky. Sergeant Coin is a patient at the Army. Hos pital. . ' - . Epworth League Meeting The literary department of the Ep worth League of the Methodist church held their monthly literary'nieeting on Friday evening with Miss Hettie Mock as hostess. The members are st1idyirig"Soultern" authors. Quite an interesting program, composed of bi bliography sketches and selections from the, most noted writers was given. TO RAISE $35,000,000 "Southland West Materially Benefited by Great Methodist Drive Which . ; ,, Begins April 27. Plans are. now - completed for the eight-day drive for $35,000,000 which the Methodist Episcopal . Church, South, will put on April 27 to May 4. The campaign is in charge of Lyman Pearce, who was one of the govern ment campaign imanagers, and all the departments affiliated with the cam paign are busily at work at head quarters in Nashville. The immensi ty of the sum to be raised means that the task itself is an immense one and offices are humming with all the "tetir and burs that goes with big business. While toe movement is denomina tional it is lor the benefit of the world, a large portion of the vf und winch will be raised being turned right over again to build up the communities- from which it came in tbevSouthern and Western States. Among the .va- riose forms of ' reconstruction "work here at home that will be Undertaken as result of the raising of fie $35, 000,000 will be the following: Five schools of the Colored Methodist Epis copal Church 'will be materially - as sisted with $50,000 each, while Paine College will be helped with $250,000 for eeulowmeut, buildings and equip-1 rr-imdueating the colored people in their midst the denomination will erect a school . to train religious' teachers. leaders and preachers for the Indians of all tribes now located in the United States.. This school will cost. $150,000 and its establishment will' mark the beginning of a great forward move ment among the Indian population. A particular effort will be made by the' Department of Home Missions of the church to help the mountain pop ulation. Tea schools now uVder 'Con ference whenhip will be financially assisted -srftfc $50,000 each, while the same sum '.will be spent annually , in carrying' a the religious and school work needed to meet the immediate needs of these people. The foreign ers now la the South and' West will be the beneficiaries, of the campaign to the extent ef forty night schools, thirty churches and additional mia st')s1";ThreT Schools for Mexicans wU ed t:C3,0C9 aca, the 'Textile In ',, '..J I '.'late at Spartanburg, S. C f or " ud erwre'Jvee, w."2 re ceive I' J Aad C circuit riJert if tlte t -r.wck wiH, together with kan- TENTH WEDDING .ANNIVERS ARY Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Selsam cele brated their tenth wedding anniver sary Sunday, Jan. 26th, with a splen did dinner. Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Schul hofer and Mr. and Mrs.. J. D. Boone were their guests and besides being well fed they were highly entertained with beautiful musical selections after dinner. THE RED CROSS ASKS NURSES .. FOR. Influenza is still prevalent in and- around Waynesville and appeals are constantly being made tothe Red, Cross for help in caring for numbers of cases. The Red Cross is utterly unable to respond to many of these appeals, not through any fault of the chapter, but because it has. no .corps of nurses. . In October and November when we were in the midst of the first epidemic, there were a dozen or more volunteer nurses wno rendered splen did service to more than 200 sick peo ple. " Doctors tell ua. cases of reinfection are rare. ' The Red Cross is moved, therefore, to make an appeal once more to the public, and especially to , those who have had the disease. Will you not in the name of humanity and religion help those who are sick and whose lives often depend on proper care? ' At a recent meeting, of the execu tive committee of the chapter, Miss Hilda Waywas -elected secretary of the civilian relief committee, and Mrs. C. E. Quinlan chairman. These ladies will be glad to get in touch with any one who will volunteer to aid in any way the great number of sick people in our community. - -' Signed: " ; A, V. JOYNER, - ' ' Chairman Local Chapter of A. R: C. SPREAD MANURE WHEN LAND IS ' FROZEN . . ' Wherever, stable- manure is to be broadcasted for the coming (ruck crop this can- be done' to-advantage by put ting it on during: spare time, through the winter. It is preferable to put it on land where a cover crop is grow ing so that this crop can make use of that portiorit of plant food which' may become immediately available. ... Ia broadcasting the manure, be careful, not to drive over the ground when it is wet unless it is frozen. One of the best possible times 'for broadcasting the -manure is when the ground is frozen, hard. The Progressive' Far mer. IMPROPERLY FED CHILDREN Dv. E. V. McCollum, of Johns Hop-, kins University says: "T "Bow legs and knock knees are an infallible indication of malnutrition, fhey never come from too early walk-r ing. Mi'kt eggs and the leafy vege tables should -be called the pro-' ductive foods. It is not logical to'. compare them to any others because their nutritive value cannot be dupli cated anywhere else in our dietary system." - In other words, the child that gets all the milk and eggs her needs is. not going, to develop weak limbs or deformed joints. Southern Agriculturist : i - '.;.-" MAJOR OWEN HERE Major E. M. Owen, ef the Inspec tor General's Department, is here this week inspecting U. S: A. "General Hos pital No. 18.-Bombproof, ; - dreds of Methodist pastors, have their small salaries, raised to 'meeet ' the : higher' scale of .living of the present . TheWoman's Work, Home Depart ment, has outlined its efficiency pro gram for the next five years (in ad dition to its present income) as fol- , lows: Mountain work$158,600; city work, $442,000; Latin Americana, $161,000; Gulf Coast work, $82,000; Negroes, $243,000; dependent girbj, $100,000. - The expenditure of such vast sums of money in the Southern and West- ' era States during ; the immediate months and years ahead and in such definite phases of reconstruction means a great step forward for the populations therein affected. A I portion ef the $35,000,000 will . . be spent in reconstruction work ij" France and Belg'- n mid in u-r medical and . educator it.' ' ' i to Africa, Bratil, O.ina, Ci' i, and ?'xico a :i i Ir.j v . the J.,':''.-..ry t I'.-' f-t t C' ' ' ' ' - 1 : i I A i i v 1 ' -S3 ' ! ' I
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