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S-t ilfSl j<NORTHS; CA! 3<Uoy soBiq'pi smtii AY HARDWARES / •j* A nice display of furnitere #*i4t-b* f^und now in the ably- occupied by the firm of Clay h&BSBBSWBf, GSampany. Mr. George B, Thompson v^Jll be in charge of the furniture tftifflPnr'W her®! tye;wsh^fop them ;6f. successful.tbnsiness. j’H incur.:'.• T. -to ’-i <v:II od: ~ ■ '■ -y "*?. " .ei:’; «- rtriL.£'j:**£.; 115+ .i'•- -';eJ Association of Clay Co. isomer? bias :o _sn« r'?p! 9lli-fSS. ShfOl 3 lij ftill'1' r -* jfjf the -fawners; by the farmers for tRe-^iAjiffr.'. 'Are you a firmer? If s$-W6 invite gou to, jo'o us, any mem- : beix will be glad to explain the pur* pose; of this organization. Commit-; tees; were .appointed /last Saturday at a meetjng in, Hayesville to hold meet ings at the following places ; to meet the farmers and explain how ta.be>. ccme a member, the benefits etc... Mark Weaver and W. ; C.. Smart will ho; at: the, Shooting Creek School bouse, April 14th;. at 7:30 P. M. to , talk., over with the farmers, just whit it; means to be a member' of fh's as sociation. Fred Waldroup and Frank Chamb er;, will Be at Chigger Hill oil, April lath, at 7:30 P. M. Fred Evans and Carmen Anderson will be at the Sweetwater school house April 16th, at 7:30 P..M. ' ' VyU ' ; y. Mrs,-Williams Wins $3000 in Word Content •;JIrs: L. C. Williams .of; this.'fdace Jigs? ^reieftived _word -;tfcah: sbsdSrtrtt 1hft $$fl6o.O0e>fi*st -prize in the*; Atlanta *»Vm4-£lof -9 hei!; gooi piece lofwork which Was rdtpifired.: to wm_-"fihS6i ikuch' coveted’ prize, • some might; call; if ’ luck,' but. siia^e-everjr one that.-entered -the' con test: had the .eBme:eh»nce, we suspect hstd^sc^k^-viias theslhck %h*k-wdi* ;Jh£ $3000.00, :,£ V Y ~ . -rr* rz S> <JT 891 • ; > - - ;3«r »'/ •: [3 Oi&jiU'psn' .iies-: hir CT 891*' Elementary baa 29.' jcr 01 - • ES4 •."* TO rirr-r Vi .soloc^ —■*—•r J&s3 >•: 7 to* f^ioq * 8 ri ririo7 s^Ioq S* ■j-2 «20io ?iB&neriiaary^ from iwfet; tof ftaaffitK gi^des'»i.eJa:!'!Svei^fi?iiial mi%td^ 'mmmmm. 44:3jd’sni til js*3 • ' The program ^ offered; PX- 2th^: grades-Wa§ exceedingly. interest ng to the peopleAvhft.attended,,.^- /.■,■. The -progjjem was about two hours loi«i: The rSTSti/scene wias an Opretto earned" through' very well.' f£be next scene was “The End of thi Rainbow,” this was carridif jtBtwu ghj-well also, both scenes were through especially hocfll, evety charr actfer was dressed to suit theSiRjJart.' X __gfaAMS^.' fe. w Hayesville vs JHG _ I -:| ; SiaWassee High schsW tewn was trimmed by j ori.March 30th, to the* yhe Georgians put wR unfril the fourth inning* vi8e took their offering! arm hit into the horizmj lasted 7 . innings. She If game f he fdlows;_ , Hwesvine* ** */1 Yl Ijlidwassee H^a^Rffe^sli,B" • WH*r V muidmi «> ku|n C1& ft?SIr#n!',,'ov*^ *** U btsutl at :e Jarrett Barber bttm tamfrf 09 tDi/1 9»*4g^»* “» not **■<« w IKJod. K-Kmumiaim i ot ul H. Kimsey VihW loaoraaf 2nd Nib d Kitchens Fd Her Justus MMON eOfcJNTY f sd tpr hps,, nnver been told iri; rtif[p»U.Irn4. f&rts of it were re4 vealed by the county agent, while. iw&’zhmjmit :i It was in 1922 that the agitation, for a county farm agent here be-! uawe’: m&istewbr:-:-Bot':the*:B<j<Crd-><ff' County Commissioners coudnotsee, their. way clear to. adding .^SPO-nthe comity’s share of an agent’s salary— to the '.county’s .budget. And when, finally,, -they did: agree-to employ an; agent, the- county was gqaranteed against loss, : f - - For, before .the agent was put on> local citifiens, A-l financial risltsr sign ed a note for $900 made payable to the eountyl The agreement was this: if, at the end Of a year, the com missioners; were convinced that the farm, agent had earned at least $900 for the farmers, the - note. would be cancelled; If not, the signers should pay the county .the $900, and the cOuilty be out nothing as a result of employing a farm agent. "It was. under such conditions that John V. Arrendaie came to this coun ty; as farm agent; conditions surely to put a man on his nettle! ■ What concrete thing could he do that would definitely and conclusively prove that he was putting $900 or more annually into the pockets of Macon’s farmers? The question was answered for him shortly after he rached Franklin, “See that building?”; he-was asked when a-new. office building was'point ed out. “Well, that was built and paid_fbr"by.T3acbu__bouhty’?armersr chickens and eggs.” _ And it was ex plained that the., building was the property of a ■local buyer and shipper 'of ' tiouttrv and- eggs. —~ /- • ■ -The. suggestion, -Was e^iougjij for Arrendale; Pp'iiliry;.pfosco'-nperatipn, would , turn tb«7trj«i..3 Andl Jfe set ’too-'Worte^-And rtdidtarn jt.1 For I Arren'dale talked ib;;,th.e!r'ural schools •he wrote for;i_tJie.rP^8BfeJin. Press, the ■ coftmuSsioriers! -never . again- i mention Je4ith<:at^fPO.Ct ^ote'td-fts'-'Signers,' and fi-nfyW'Sf SPUiJty;;.gftOr in "his Fofd, B%&> - And yfhfttevet T he. -w.ent dien carried ■: ittwrn gospel • i prareJired -OResatiyeajnarfceitiagl:.ssity?? :!tjo 1 •d’art Of h’fej preachifigl Was done for ’hittf^'tfdeinoTisti^dp .df< .'square here.‘i-Jftii^•cogs'jpjieteld ’.wvj -placed am the 'square: a mOdil -penItry LUo&sjf. A^8;5nH>,! 'he put a 'brood'of pfurdhi'eidilia.by cfiiclfj^ Wet pi-o “ceede.d td/ieed pceording -to scientific fnethods.jroncretely illustrating what prOper dare Would; dp, givdh the; right stock - and the, right Ttirid of 'housing -facilities — 'PeOplfe fr6Ai’**fa'r" arid 'nfear visited that demonstration. The location was ide3riqr ^urposes o'f' education, and such • a location for sUch a purpose jjras sb^ftpyld that the 'demonstration attracts*!'attention for-that very rea son. • Tiimpg thjj'y - finiTIlfcl ■ AMra.tfU r. his four-years eration of the ssible for him purebred baby over the coqn rs, communty Sr’s eggs were much- per. hundred, method of increasing V/U W1C - tCIUO Ui pul CCU OUVWXV, right housing, and the early broiler, M^lOe^veSv&l^MttjMen cour'agem&nt and co-operation; but IfMn ai iiin tei tfcarifimrtbmtdfti in Ms progr^ispbrafewitive auHketwSpl (•BMSatfi’trfcev^pnBrfaW .eiA t«ni«s* goWSAimttro JAfti ’toritcfaftara—»moH “There aren’t enought chickens in it »tteifchp«*e now.” Those were some of the objections ffT^naAffoin fhe Poul try dealers, he heard nothing. But they jtere quietly laying their plans. yJiH ss as/iril Ul|4 of enough mifpWt to irat 4>« fiw nrst sale, and he arranged the date for April 25. He lt'iBTitrt^*5lrmers in the county, liiif c; -.oq q.s ,Auy.-persQri dtgjjriug, to njitlj, casting roil and reel :n any stream?,-' lakes Qj.ypn,0$s in, G^iyCounty, may apply tQ. tKj cjeflc^of the Superior Cp^rFlfr, p.di.een^;.-. No license js re, quired for -the $U}. method of hook, -Q. •’ ftesiaept "cpiu^ty.^icense maybe ob tained for i,10, resident, state, licensgjjpjf-ie T-ee of $2.10, and nop resident state, -Kcense for a fee of.'M4j--.' . f The fishing, semsqp opens the 15th day oi' Aprilj and clbses the 31st day of .December. ' ' 3':. ::: ; ■■ ■** - ,.,LJ ; .-rrz* urging them to attend the sale and bring their poultry,.. Out of the 1509 Witten, 193 came, And with them, they brought 2,373 head of poultry weighing 9,967 pounds. The buyers took the poul try at the car door, weighed it, and paid the farmers. ,, The sale netted them $2,085.67, or an average of nearly $11 apiece for-i the 193 co-operating. And the price | paid was about five cents above the i local market price, thus bringing the1 farmers a total oi nearly $500 more j than they would have received from ; the local buyers. 4 , i That sale became'The talk of the county. , ,4 For it.was new—nothing quite like! it, had ever been done here before.] It was profitable—the buyers paid I more, and they paid sin cash. And it inspired the farmer*. It convinced them that they were not powerless;' it created among them a spirit of hope, self-confidence, and enterprise.. The next sale wetfid be a tremeh^k' ous- affair, it--was—confidently pre dictbcL. Tbeifirit-hti^ibeen so- success ful, farmers,frofiTaJjTbver the county would attend':>th‘e Isjecond, it was as sertedv And doubtless they would have,'but—-- '"v .?;.v V: -‘ ice local poultry dealer was not ready to give up without, a fights .He had been doing some" thinking. He was ready to spend soifie ‘nioney. 1 And $6 when he learned tbeWate fixed for tie. second co-operative sale -rit .occnred:a month' aftfeir 6the first he advertised a . sale Xpt ^ tMe' same jd*^S* ~r,An<l he hostedyhip prices,■ to a higher .leyel- than that rreceived’ by the: eojepetdting farmeps^w’h6|tt in price; incidentally, which ‘lasted that •single., day. - . d'b ^oiiiws&yaH 1 - To: Arremlale land hife backets, it .looked discouraging thjjdi, ■mtrrning. '.They "had no funds, TwifJbj;wji:rch to curpyc.eh-p competitive warp the Earn ers were unaccust6hied0.tos8rgatti2& tion, and' their sore Uepd"of -money made, the dealer’s offer rupstritenipt ing. ;:s ■ ro -ymrsffl ,.y.r. There were defeetionf^pfWoiirseV there'Was criticism of Arjep^aJe for trying to persuade the ipoot. .farmers 1 to sell their , poultry to ^outsiders at ;a lower price than the local man was ipaying-—that day; and there was eon tsiderapte bittehnessJ all-around. B~Ut fchfe feecond sale was a success." wqpsr, ;-siightly SlmOipoultry •There •■brought in by the-co-operatives than 'iht'fee first' eveifty but "of -thehe ibe.in^, .^arpners" CQ.^patangV/thp |nii(n^e»‘: bad; gpown to s26fk n stout' $>f.3><J*ltejr» fi* .whichntffeyo mjwved ;!}>v<*f$2{0#ft.,£i2 .oVl. JojkT io nine L P1 ifune, fioaoftSmPithe cs-qeegMbtffsfajrrs “ ibanhnddkoidgbtiagaiiMsie^tira^H p&SftK p&ftfts5 ilferet^b^^ip0 gj^ij ptitor. Bufrt^if thp-clr^yra^^gg-' ;han either of: ijtaryjlfcedeeessars, and hetfdiffiieSs 'Shtf- their agent took j art. I Their opponent, how'eveiijjdlBj^-ofy,^ iigA <&6Sy 6Mfeah9ifeos^*«)*i|».si)ejl(3-: £ indale’s defyt^ And jUj^8#gfi¥({§Ks^ Q, ° ei w e°e n co-operative j s'tH«1*e.4r«*4*»t£fcrifl v i$iri90 '<d9dsri ob .-{I.hjoD ijalO So Haffab 1 th<OllOT«y ;: tiwfs® vdtt3 *'?;U> jv.;.T:':'^unC'flf , thl' ^8C%:TCr eeived, word last Wednesday . of. -the acciaehtSf. dc|at“r of H/s sistevTin-j^\y. Ips. K-q; 'tiobBs .and tlie 'injury'of her son at'Macon, Ga. Mrs. ’Dobbs and her son had start e'd/ffom their 'home' at B'arhesville, Gal,,'td visit a.sick brother in Florida and' oh . reaching Macon they, were leaving’ a bus to take a train when they1 We'rd both/struck by a passing automobile', Mrs.' Dob’os was carried to a hospital where she lived only tw-'hourSi' her son was not Seriously injured. - Miss "Mouldine Hunt and W. T. Hunt, Jr., attended the funeral of their aunt at Barnesville last Thurs day. ■ ; . Hayesville Wins r Over Robbinsville The Hayesville team won out here in tfoe\ triangliar debate last Friday j Night, the decision of the judges he-1 ing two for the affrmative and one j for the negative. The question de-j bated was, “Resolved, that Congress should enact the Curtis-Reed Bill, providing for a Federal department of education” The affirmative was debated by Misses Martha Herbert ! and Laura Jariett, of Hayesville and I the negative by Mr. James and Miss i Snyder, of Robbinsville. i Both sides put up a good argument i and the debaters presented their j speeches splendidly. Hayesville’s negative team debat-1 edr ■Robbinsville -Affirmative at Rob binsvine tire sam’emight, the judges ( decided in faVor of Robbinsville. .! j ERNEST McTAGART ^ ROUND OVER - ^ «c>-—— • Ernest McTagart, young white man was taken into custody by Sheriff Kitches Fridiay and placed in the County, jail, he was given a hearing beft>ih“ Justice Winchester Saturday and bound over to Superior court on a charge of adultery, bond being fix ed at SoOO.’OO. "• Chickens Killed When 0 Brooder House Burns ; >0 ' A lamp used to warm the brooder ,'haiisa„af jVir. Torn Passmore, exploded "Hast- Wednesday morn'mg. setting fire Jo'and burned, brooder . house,. brood ers and 220, three weeks Old, white - Legh’ortis chickens, Mr. Passomi'e .had, not left the house more than ten minutes when he heard the explosion, bu.t be fore, he could get to his chick ejrs they wee. all killed. The house and chickens were a complete loss. and 10 last year. And the shipments in'f920 netted Macon farmers bet ter-‘tfrarT $25,:000. Of this amount J?5,000, careful estimates show’ repre sented the saving to- the farmers through the co-onerative method of (marketing. 'Th'e'‘tttaXimUfti:lcoSf ':of hhyhf'thb SafOfe'Pwas c<jHePan(h otte-hhlf per !<jeht :of£tl£^d6h'rtfc'fciptsj' li'WS \ I It was not untiWtKWftibhihpfcfiwl-. ihe co-og^n®fcnj?m5eth9d33frf.^wially jknd concretely demonstrated to the skeptical. That last finTsKin^'feucfi; »lf Actpnri Sale went to anothari^ounty on Feb ruary dropped one-Surff ^ejore"' ‘‘the new agent arrivedetooM jlornaD •BW ttfiPCptlS1 hcnihwi^’/isai^t'^oiiheJdwpsEd-J^iifc Ae'SHHnfflt *K-'te ‘1fe<3 ' TJnuop, BTc>,ni aTeJsa las- -• VMt 5ny“irt*TOL-r_ _ (jittoirti slftynodaAnjt^uKgatriiatSoEu, httfer bpSjp^Vfc&d&BMwS A«S>ithe?= .” ■■ *W' «t}S «pw$rt»ftr gp%i{Oftrf»>$S#sat ■;i6hat£Sit«ibastftetiC .J .W a-iolad -is* i S&BS# r^f&rite^olf TSgiW #, wMm A Sto yftftft98>e*«it**W*Bsh6lfe arwaiipifti iHaMq ttdflftirtiBiiOiWflifta tSO?®***™*1 S 9rf* eiifr JtaoD -ioh*qo8 erfi jo atefD (4MM GESfOTSftii LOCAL HATCHERY s MAKES GOOD r fiuf locaLfialcfrei-y''for^fialjy.chicJiis, sieein| to 'Be quKe a'success. MrsjJtg A: Patton'has had almost undreamt^ <jtsuccess'm'her'hatching tjiis season. She Kas'Amd' an average of $8 per ce^i. hatch on alMiatches. That,is ASry'good average and “the‘.chicks al'd Wfa, bifbiig, sturdy type that', wfth'bi’dpfeir- taf'e, are easily raised/ ' ' Mbs. Patton 'is* arranging to install' a netC Bhikeye Mammoth in add1 tion to her present equipment, which wHll enable her to hatch several thous and1 chicks at one time. She will not get:this additional equipment in time for^ne remainder of this season, but. will be ready for public service by the first of December, 1027. This local hatchery is an asset to Clay "County arid' surrounding coun ties. This paper along with the citizens are wishing Mrs. Patton great success in this extension of the hatching in dustry. Still, 120 Gallons Beer Destroyed by Officers One complete block-ade still, with 120 gallons of beer and enough mash for the making of . 500 gallons, of beer was destroyed by sheriff Kitch ens last Saturday evening in Tus quittee Township. No one was about the still when Sheriff Kitchens ar rived, but he states that the still had been in operation that day as there were live coals of fire about the premises. Sheriff Kitchens and Ernest Ashe destroyed 1000 gallons of beer near the Georgia line last Friday. The still had been removed a short time before. Also three other still sites was found on the; Georgia side at the same time. C: a: Honor Roll For Second Grade Miss Gene Johnston, teacher. Girls: Hatt'e Beal, Alene Berrong, Madge’ Cunningham, Miram Gray, Helen Smith, Gaye Williams, Nettie Cates. Boys: 0.1 ay Golem Jin, Jack’ Fleming, Frank Herbert, Jr., Bever ly Ledford, Worth Matheson, Marvin Plyler. Ogden, NT C. -V April-4,- . 1.927, i Saturday night was the closing of the commencement -exercises at the Ogden High School. There were two nights of the ‘program. Pcple from every direction almost were there' to look on and enjoy the fine plays and ■ arts given by ’the boys and girls." Very much comment from the bestJ: of 'the leating citizens ant patrons of the school was given for the splendid .' Spirit" and fidefty of the pupils toward their school and teachers. Many of the best thinking peop’e 11 have' come to' realize that the 'new d school has been successful and: -Up-- b lifting to the bright-eyed boys and1" girls -who attended it. The patrons supporting"this .sebooF have" visualized'; the needs their mOkt valuable pos- • sessions, their sbhfldreh j arid i~lrhve:;“ gratefully1 ‘and -p&rpeseTy a responded " at -every impdf‘tdmb:dh'§t'abce ‘dby: :thert‘-li constant ahd pedsistent-' endeavor ti>: ji mafed tbe^scfiodf1 SueeeSsfoJ;;r:'By the'^f time thtJnevt fidbOblofegHfe -ivi hOpe'"10’ every of Midiy owtthKC-'feaeh MSP-“’stIi£*3 sohdWHvSi-’ gefevirf 1 i n £ -wilk' the scHdd 1 -I aparfdcfyttar ip sd^efessPo ^rsibrs-g sis odw eto:sisTlnoo t! "fSi£nbffj .svasl has asaiO gniJocdB £. j t snob ad -'irYou'riC’Sifii'Pi'e'ly,-'1^ a* oh > Tehdbew-’of: The aot&rfi4KgB'IS6h J ; sriJ hna ha-isVio? higrf be ox r.;rt! 9oe ill°fin§a^3&^H5ikie Ti93i vino fU M q jWe are sorry to say th1?t Mass'll ofi i'll*" need ovarl tnst *Elenn Reyn^^a^n. ^ ^ daughter is Maci jj Mr. __ . „__ "t|tef&&r<MisiWloV a*l | I utooj ' 4; | Jiaup A .slaoe srusasm iriRhna.lt vt ;) I .slduoit lo iesq a aama won ni*;<i;i SfeS e&fiMBniSi
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