HAYESVILLE, NORTH CABO LINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1926.
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of Clay Conn,
studying the
■ Mmmfpmw mga/fm. ®e tour was
i made through Neels Gap, down to
eland and Cornelia, there the real
idy began.
The first orchard visited was Mr.
Vender’s, he is a peach grower per
haps one of the best authorities on
, peach production and marketing. We
found there a gentleman, highly edu
cated and very courteous and gave
. us some of.tfye very best information
•v-it could be had. First he discussed j
;h us the present condition of the
grower, for the last four years
! dry season had made it possible
•any one to g»w peaches, whether
ley gave them the modern culture
ethod or not. This condition has
^produced a large quanity of inferior
»-peaches, being very detrimental to the
- peach industry. Next Mr. Veeder
conducted a tour into his orchard and
-'explained its fertilizer demonstrations
* which showed the following; unferti
f lized trees weak and dying, nitrogen
" fertilized trees very green and excel
lent growth, nitrogen and acid as
same as nitrogen alone, nit rogen and
potash good growth and fine produc
tion with leaves shedding properly,
nitrogen, phosphate and potashe are
same as nitrogen and potashe, in oth
er words nitrogen and potashe is the
desired fertilizer. -
We visited Aext the Baldwin pack
• ing..house and then to Mr. Black’s
orchid. At Mr. Black’s orchard we
found seven'thousand trees the fruit
, was not so fine, it-.was small, off col
Spred. Next we visited Mr. State’s
Tptchard a smaller orchard. This is
^the best kept orchard we visited in
f^Tdorth Georgia, the fruit was larger
1 and better color.
The night was spent in Clarkesville.
Thursday morning we toured through
Tajlulah Falls section observing or
chards and from there across to Hia
i4«Wssee where we got in a Teal apple
: country, we 'ate dinner in Hiawassee
, and after dinner visited Mr. Cicero
> Brown’s. Every member of the par
s' ty confirmed 'these statements, first
that Mr. Brown had the best control
of his orchard, he could spray his
fruit, he could house his fruit and
market his fruit better than any one
we had visited. Mr. Brown had a
smaller orchard and he is best equip
ped than any person we visited and he
ha sa better locality to work in. To
prove that he has a better locality his
fruit is larger, better colored and has
a better flavor than, those south of the
Blue Ridge. When you say an apple
is larger, better colored and better
< flavored you have said about all there
fr well kept orchard pay? more. That
UgRetter fruit can be grown in the Hia
/wassee Valley than can possibly be
f grown south of the Blue Ridge. That
the new system of pruning called
t “modifyed leader” is the only way to
prune orchards to stand the stress
ef: and Strain of high production.
HAYESVILLE TO
r havewater
The citizens of the Town pf Hay
dsville by a vote of"57 to 1 voted
$15,000.00 in bonds for water works
on Sept. 20th. The registration for
the special election was 75 with
about 10 voters failing to register.
Only one vote was actually cast
against the bonds but the 17 failing
to vote were' counted against the
issue. -
’> It is proposed to drill a well and
pput in a 60,000 gallon tank. Thelo
■ cation of the well has not yet been
decided upon and will not be until a
; thorough investigation has been made
and all available ‘information as to
such- a' systeun obtained.
It may be that an even larger tank
will ■ be installed but this is a matter
for the Mayor and Board of Town
of FrankUn baa
s water supply
/ Is to say about an apple.
The points the orchard men learned
e were these, you must not get your
orchard out of bounds in size ,a small
Fast on Rocks, but Refuses Help
With water pouring Into her forward hold, the Garland freighter'X'orllna
which, recently went on the rocks at Horseshoe Point, 100 miles north of
San Francisco, was still fast on the reef when this picture wap made.
Despite his position, the skipper refused to accept aid of ships standing by.
The crew of -16 men was still aboard the vessel, which was about 100 yards
off shore.
ROAD MEET
AT FRANKLIN
On Wednesday the 15 th, the peo
ple of Franklin and Macon County
together with a large delegation from
Asheville, Atlanta and other towns
along the route, celebrated the open
ing of Macon County’s “Main
Street”, Highway No. 285. This
road gives the people of Macon
County a concrete highway com
pletely across the county, intersect
ing with Highway No.- 10 at Dills
boro, crosses the Cowee Mountain in
to Franklin and on to the Georgia
State line. Work is being pushed
rapidly forward on the road from
North Carolina -and Georgia''line ’ to
Clayton Georgia. When this stretch
of road is completed it will be the
shortest route from Asheville to At
lanta. Highway Commissioner J. G.
Stikeleather had charge of the cele
bration and the principal speakers
were former Govemo r Cameron
Morrison and Frank Page, Chairman
of the North Carolina Highway Com
mission.
“SO, SO,” CLUB TO !
GIVE PROGRAM
The “So, So,” Club which is made
tip of the lady faculty, will give a
program on Wednesday night Septem
ber 29th, which consists of two short1
plays. “The Dear Departed” and
“Not a Man in' The House”.
The cast of characters of the Dear
Departed are:
Mrs. Slater—Miss McGoogan. •
Mrs. Jordan—Miss Sue Haigler.
Henry Slater—Benny McGlamery.
Ben Jordan—Herbert McGlamery.
Victoria Slater—Virginia Howard.
Able Merryweather—Mrs. Earl
Standridge.
The cast of characters ‘Not A Man
In The House”:
Mrs. Marie Bings who has had a
rough experience with a cruel hus
band, Mrs. W. R. Anderson; Miss Lucy
Ryder, her timid maiden sister, Miss
Ora Killian; Jessie Ray a niece who
has come on a visit, Miss Miller;
Aunt Balinda an old fashion elderly
lady sympathizes with the young, Miss
Edna Padgett; Kate a servant who
has a gentleman cousin whom she
greatly admires, Gene Johnston.
Between these pltjys there will be
vocal and instrumental music and
Folk Stories.
A small admission will be charged.
v. Goes To Asheville .
Mr. Victor Scrpggs of this county
left Sunday for Asheville where he
will take a position with the Delco
Light Company. Mr. Scroggs own
ed and operated the Hayesville Mo
tor Company for the past two years
and will be greatly missed in Hayes
ville. He was one of the best gar
SERVICES AT
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Dr. S. F. Hershey, of Fort Helen,
Fla., preached a strong sermon at
the Presbyterian Church in Hayes
ville on Sunday afternoon, his theme
“I Believe in God” being taken from
the text, “Ye believe in God, believe
also in me”.
Dr. Hershey proceeded to show
that this country is not deteriorat
ing religiously as some of us (a^
times are inclified to think. His life
has covered a wide range of exper
ience and. he called attention to the
fact that fortx_years ago nof’i* ls^cge
college in the *East but had its infidel
club, now an attempt to organize
such a clutT at Yale only recently
only brought to tbe fore fifteen stu
dents who would join; that forty
yeifts ago not a large city but had
its infidel club, now scarce one can
be found in the United States.
He stated that he had only recent
ly investigated in New England where
skepticism is supposed to be strong
est ana tnat wmie ne iouna me
young people inclined to be less in
clined 'to restraint in following the
old and established order, and to be
laying aside formality, yet they were
on the whole religious, perhaps more
so than in any past generation. He
found that the student bodies to a
large extent were able to say truth
fully, “I believe in God.”
We were much struck with the
statement, which was the result of
investigation extending over a long
period, to the effect that in the field
of art, science, invention, philoso
phy, literature, learning there was
not one outstanding figure who did
not subscribe to the name “CHRIS
TIAN.”
Mr. John O. Scroggs
Greatly Missed In
* Clay County
This community greatly misses
.John O. Scroggs, who for a number
of years was the Joval host of the
Commercial Hotel.
Having filled various positions ot
trust in the County, and the office of
sheriff for several years. No citizen
of the county was better known or,
more admired.
Mr. Scroggs became afflicted some
thing fore than a year ago and grad
ually grew worse until death, took
him away on August 14th. Just a
few weeks prior to his death, his
youngest eon, Neal Scroggs, died of
brigbts disease, thus removing two of
ou rbest citizens within a very short
time.
L SwiSs1
69 Counties in North
Carolina Complete
Tuberculosis Test
On September the 1, the State De
partment of Agriculture had complet
ed a test for tuberculosis on all cattle
in sixty-nine counties of the State.
Sixteen additional counties have made
an appropration for this work and
active testing of the cattle in most ot
these counties is in progress. It will
be seen that 85 of the 100 counties
have taken up this work. This in
cludes all except three counties in
Eastern Carolina. On August the 1,
there were 210 counties in the United
States that had completed this work
and of this number Nofth Carolina
had 64.
A ratner small percentage oi me :
cattle tested have been found tuber-!
culous, but these deseased animals;
have been slaughtered and the owners
paid indemnity under an Act of the
General Assembly. Practically all
cities and towns of the State are re
ceiving’a milk supply from cows that
have been tested and are known to
be free from tuberculosis. This is im
portant, say food experts, since it is
a well known fact that animal tuber
culosis is transmissible to people,
especially children, and children are
large consumers of milk. Animal tu
berculosis is also of great economic
importance since an animal affected
with this desease cannot be profitable.
Insepctors of the State Depart
ment and the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, cooperating, are now en
gaged in bringing this work to the at
tention of the citizens of the remain
ing 15 counties in the State that have
not taken up the work. It is believed
that it is only a matter of short time
before they will take up the work
and Noijth Carolina will have 100
counties that have eradicated tuber
culosis from its cattle.
UNION MEETING
CLOSES, MANY
PROFESSIONS
The Union Meeting at the Hayes
ville Baptist Church conducted by Rev
Charles S. Pyler, Pastor of the Meth
odist Church and Rev. H. H. Hyde
Pastor of the Hayesville Baptist
Church closed Saturday night after
continuing three weeks. There were
seventy nine professions of faith with
25 additions to the Methodist church
and 14 to the Baptist.
Th Baptismal services were held at
the Herbert Ford at 9:30 A. M. Sun
day, the 19th, at which time eleven
converts were immersed four of
whom were additions to the Metho
dist church, but who desired baptism
by immersion.
There was strong and wholesome
preaching throughout the services of
a character to appeal to the mind
rather than to the emotions.
All denominations joined whole
heartedly to make the services a suc
cess and it is evident that it is not
sensationalism that most strongly
appeals to thinking people.
One of the strongest and most in
teresting messages was a sermon by
Rev. Charles S. Plyler on last Friday
night on the subject of Predestina
tion.' This is a deep subject, one on
which few agree, and one to which
the writer always understood the
Methodist Church did not subscribe.
We found that Rev. Mr. Plyler did
subscribe to it and that his explana
tion of the subject was simple, log
ical and easily understood. We there
fore learn that we have been more
ignorant than we realized of the be
lief of our sister church. However
this may he it is evident that the
churches of Hayesville can certainly
work together for the common good/
The total contribution made to the
two pastors, amounted to over $110.
which is to the credit of the Hayes
ville people. The greatest collection
perhaps, ever made before to Hayes
ville pastors.
Saturday the 18th in Justice
Moore’s Court, Curtis Ledford was
bound over to Superior Court for
public diTunkennesft
HOG FEEDING
DEMONSTRATION
Three years ago Clay County.start
ed with a program “A pure bred Cow,
a Sow and a Hen is the best for Clay
County Men” pure bred cows are well
scattered over Clay County and dairy
ing is* fast becoming a real item in
Clay County agriculture. The next
move to be made is with the hog and
it is going to take the following form;
feeding hogs for export. The County
Agent is looking for ten or twelve
men who will feed out a car load of
hogs for the April market as the April
and August markets are the high mar
ket an intensive feed period of foui
take September and October farrow
ed pigs, feed them for the April mar
ket and intensive feed period of four
months, pigs being six or eight weeks
old at the beginning of the feed per
iod, pigs rightly feed this way will
weigh from 175 to 200 pounds.
Seven or eight men have already
been consulted on this matter and
will feed from eight to ten pigs each.
Any one interested in feeding out
some pigs for this shipment should
get in touch with the County Agent.
The County Agent is to have the
assistance of Mr. W.. W. Shay in
charge of the extension swine office
who is going to assist in putting on
this work.
These pigs will be weighed at the
beginning of the demonstration, will
be fed absolutely according to in
structions, at different intervals along
during the feed period they will be
reweighed, accurate figures being kept
as to cost of feed and to amount -of
grain so the feeder will know exactly
what he is doing.
Such demonstrations have been car
ried on for five years in eastern Caro,
lina with the result that it has increas
ed the feeding of hogs to the point
that some counties have shipped out
solid tray* loads of. hogs. The basis
of the "'teed is com with a small
amount of shorts arid tankage. Clay
County has the corn and shorts and
several people have skimmed milk to
take the place of the tankage.
Corn should not sell for more than
one dollar per bushel this year ac
cording to the crop we have. Hogs
selling from 12 to 14 cents per pound
on foot men are able to get $2.00 for
their corn. The trend of hogs show
that hogs should sell above 12 cents
on the April market so corn fed to
hogs will mean that it will be possible
to sell some $2.00 corn in Clay Coun
ty.
The County Agent to encourage
this feeding of hogs is offering the
following prizes: $5.00, $3.00 and
$2.00 for the feeders who make the
greatest gain per pound of feed used
or in other words, the feeder who
makes the greatest profit out of feed
ing his hogs.
Notify the County Agent as soon as
possible if you are interested in this
proposition of selling corn through
hogs. Every man with hogs and corn
should take advantage of this. It
dont pay to sell pigs for $5.00 and
com for $1.00 when you can get
twice that. The County Agent is for
you, are you for him? Sets feed some
hogs and make money.
WILLARD R. ANDERSON,
" County Agent.
Are You Getting Ready
For Community Fairs?
October will soon be here and the
c’ifferen community fairs of the
County, will be on. The exact dates
of the Community Fairs will be giv
en next week. Watch for the an
nouncement in The Clay County
News. Tf you have something' to
show bring it in.
MR, SMART BUYS
FA R M
county
Mr; W. Cl Smart
has bought the Mrs.
Jarrett farm on the HiS
containing, 174 acres. Considera
tion, Five Thousand Dollars. Mr.
Smart says that he sees a bright fu
ture for Clay County Real Estate.