HAYESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA,FRIDAY, AUGST 19, 1927
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jpV Mr. John * L. Sellers, of the Elf
Community'was claimed by death last
.‘Thursday night, August 11th, after
an illness of several months. Fun
eral services were conducted at Led
fords Chapel Friday afternoon by the
deceased’s pastor, Rev. C. S. Plyler.
P"* Mr. Ledford was a native of Towns
County, Georgia, but moved to Clay
County about 40 years ago, .where
be made his home until death. He
!':• ■was 68 years old last October and
twice married. His first wife was
inn. Viola Crawford, of this County,
ten children were born to this union,
after her death he married Miss Sal
He Cabe also of this county, one child
was bom to this union but died at
birth.
Mr. Ledford was a quiet, unasum
ing man and a good citizen. He was
elected as a member of the Board of
County Commissioners on the Repub
lican ticket in 1924 and re-elected
in /§26, serving regularly until about
t^fc months ago when he was forced
to give up active work on account of
bis health, which had been gradually
"“going down for the past two years. He
iss’survived by his last wife, four
brothers and five sisters.
A LETTER FROM
MR. SHULER
Much complaint and a great -deal
of misunderstanding seems to prevail
among many students whose records
are incomplete. Here are the facta
plain and simpe: Students make their
own records, the teacher under whom
you took your work records the re
sults. Nq body else has the authority
to do sp. If yon have done work in
other school except the one in Which
you wish to graduate all work must
be officially transfered and properly
recorded. If work is of standard
grade or equilavent to work offered
in this school it will be accepted and
the student given dull credit. A stan
dard unit of credit is one hundred
and twenty clock hours. Translated
in simple language it means this, if
you have attended class five times a
week, periods of 45 minutes for a
minimum length of time of eight mon
ths, not missing a recitation, pass up
your work satisfactory to the teacher
in charge you have male one hour
standard high school credit. Four
such hours each year for a period of
four years entitles you to a diploma
of graduation. Standard high school
credit means those subjects designat
ed by the tSate Department as stand
ard work. Spelling, arithmetic, writ
ing are not standard high school work.
Though quite often these subjects
are carried on into the first and some
times the second year of high school
because of the fact that the student
has not equipped himself with suf
ficent knowledge of these subjects in
the grammar school. But.no credit
is allowed for the work in the high
schoo.
If you have done satisfactory work
or passable work and mu Mtihlisli
record of it some b
qnent as to their H
not done satisfactory v.»u
doing yourself an injustice
something you have not done,
would succeed in this you would u
invalid the diplomas and records of
those who have-gone before you. If
X were to permit you to our school
would not stand accredited six
months. It is to your interest more
than any one else that a high stan
dard be m&intained. A diploma would
not be worth the snap of your finger
unless there was a scholastic record
to back it up. It would be just like
h check book in your pocket with no
money in the bank. Therefore let
. me urge every student who enters
*"l-ool this year to resolve first that
be honest with yourself.and
your parents and teach
do I mean by being
that I will not
jure and
OFFICERS GET
TWO STILLS 600
GALLONSBEER
_
Six hundred gallons of beer, 13 gal-|
Ions of whiskey and two stills was the
result of a series of raids made Sun
day by Sheriff Kitchens and deputies
Deputies Byers, Ed Ledford and
Maney, made a raid on Bluff Cove,
taking 600 gallons of beer and 13
gallons of whiskey. Later in the day
Sheriff Kitchens and Deputies captur
ed a small complete moonshine outfit
in the Gibson Cove. The same day
Deputy, W. T. Hunt found a still on
the Allbone branch, but it had been
badly damaged, according to Mr. Hunt
On Friday before, Sheriff Kitchens
and deputy John Byers captured and
placed in Jail, James Young. A quan
tity of whiskey was found in his pos
sesion and a complete still was de
stroyed on Shooting Creek.
there when my preparations for to
morrow’s recitations are incomplete,
that duty comes before pleasure, that
every day that school is in session I
have a task to perform_ and if I fail
to put forth honest effort on that task
I deserve my just desserts and will
accept them honestly and honorably.
Mr. Bell reports to me that students
appeal to him which is very plain that
some students do not understand as
yet on what bases a diploma of gradu
ation is now issued. Mr. Bell can
help you no more than I can however
much he might wish to. Let me say
right here that there is no one more
interested in establishing a creditable
record for you than myself. The
point is that no one can make the
record for you. The fact is that
teachers are glad 'to reward your
achievements. The truth is that all
teachers are supposed to be honest
and most of them are. Should any
be. guilty of grading high or low be
cause of .sentimental reasons there
is a way of checking on them before
m«i*h harm is done. School days are
serious days, working days and if you
are a student of Hayesville High this
coming term you will discover soon
fh&t you are being graded not only
on your intellectual achievements but
on your loyalty, cooperation, and ef
forts as well.
now let me say to all you good
father sand mothers that have told
me this summer that you are “back
ing me up” in a progressive school
program to prove your words by your
actions. Let our school be a kind of
a religion to us instead of a kind of
politics. Severe and strict discipline
may be meted out all along during
tiie year. If four child is effected
remember that I think just as much
of him or her as any other student
in school but I keenly disapprove of
his or her conduct. If you are dis
satisfied better see me. No harm will
come to fou if you bring none to me.
Besides mutual understanding will
motive on the earth, above the earth,
clarify anything. I have no other
or under the earth as a professional
teacher except the service I may ren
der you as an intergal part of this
great mass of humanity. Now it is a
secret opinion of mine that I have
services which I have not been able
to render you or part of you at least
because you will not prepare your
heart for it. Now be honest with
your own soul. Who is to blame? I
am not? your enemy. I am your
friend. I am not your lord. I am
your servant. But does not the ser
vant sometimes feel the unjust ac
cusation of his lord. You do your
self an injustice and your children
harm, not me, when you exploit be
fore them such expressions as, “I
njonder mhy so and so1—if I were so
and so—I wish so and so was done to
certain and certain” constituted
school pcicials. You cut off your
own nose to spite your self. Your
school or your church is no better
than you wish it to be. Here’s hoping
your wish will come true.
Now laying all jokes aside and get
ting back to reasoning. Let us nob
bring the school to account for things
oyer which it has no jurisdiction, such
as the dfarfpation and the wayward
ness of boys and girls at home and
during vacation. True I admit that
0* school should ami does have a
INSTALLS NEW
IN PHONE OFFICE
Mr. James Penland, manager vf
the Clay County Telephone- Company
has been busy the past few days in
stalling a new switchboard also mov
ing the phone office from the rear
office room, to the front office room
of his builctng on'Main street. -
It is expected that phone service
will be much improved with the new
equipment.
PARTY CAMP AT
LAKE CARROLL
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pass chaperon
ed a party of young people of Hayes
ville on a camping arid fishing party
at Lake Carroll last Saturday night,
besides the town boys and girls Miss
es Atkins and Sellers who have been
visiting their homes were guests of
the party.
SWEETWATER
Mrj Arthur Cook visited Mr. An
drew Patton and family Sunday.
Mr. J. H. McCray traded his oxens
to W. A. Stewart for a mule.
We are sorry to report that Char
lie Smith has been right sick with
measles for the past two weeks.
Lots of Sweetwater folks have been
going to Lake Carrol fishing and boat
riding.
Mr. B. H. Martin visited Uncle
Elijah Smith last Sunday.
Frank Hill and James Duckworth
fine fox chase Saturday night.
Several of the folks of this place
have been attending Rev. Standber
ry’s meeting at Hayesville.
Mr. Harlie Dye/, of Lake Toxa
way has been svwflong-vfjtlk Mi. W,
M. McClure for the past month in
this community.
Mrs. Nellie Campbell, of Ttopton,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Maggie
Dyer.
Mr. Guy Martin is thinking of g
oing to Canton, Ohio in a short time.
Mr. Oscar Davis and family have
returned from Colorado where they
have been for several months.
Messrs Willard Lovin, B. H. Hill,
Prank Hill, Jessie Palmer and Loran
Stamey had a fine fox chase Monday
night.
Mr. Prank Hill purchased a fine
fox dog from Mr. Tom Herbert.
Mr. Ernest Penland and Mrs. Fred
Jones are having a fine school.
The measles have been visiting sev
eral homes of this community.
Mr. Wade Curtis left Tuesday for
Robbinsville to apply for work.
Mr. French Lovin and wife spent
Saturday night on Fires Creek with
their son-in-law Mr. Crawford Au
berry.
deep and everlasting moral influence
on most boys and girls and my heart
has been made bleed to the core many
times because that influence could not
reach out far enough and make that
boy or girl an honorable and respect
able citizen but upon proper investi
gation I have found my position en
dangered, my good name slandered,
and the dignity and 'ftagredness of the
school desecrated by the constant
criticism of that same parentSuch
social menances as the school too of
held acoUntable for today are
not school problems neither are they
church problems but problems of civi
lisation. What iB civilisation? Who
makes it? Certainly you have your
part to perform. Ton surely can not
blame the school if it fails to perform
the miracle which the home and every
to accomplish,
proscribe and
still continue
WALTON BID
HIGHEST FOR
C. & G, LINE
Kester Walton, representing a
group’ of buyers, was high bidder at
the sale Friday noon of the Carolina
and Georgia railway, which went into
the hands of a receiver some time
ago. A. Hall Johnson, representing S. |
G. Bernard, the receiver, recommend
ed to Judge R> A. Nunn in superior
court Friday afternoon that the bid
be accepted, and it is understood that
the court will so order. The group of
men represented by Mr. Walton could
not be learned. Percy B'. Ferebee, of
Andrews, was high bidder at the open
auction Friday at noon, with a bid of
$54,000, but Mr. Walton raised the
bid to $58,000 before 2:30 o’clock,
the time limit set for bids.—Asheville
Times.
IN JUSTICE COURT
Homer Wilson (Garrett) was tried
before Mr. W. J. Winchester Satur
day on a warrant taken out by his
wife, Mrs. Emma Wilson, charging
non-support. He drew a fine of $50.
and cost an da sentence of 30 days in
jail. Fine and sentence suspended
for twelve months on condition that
he support his wife.
STATE LINE
Mr. and Mrs. Carman Anderson
and Mrs. Minnie Cherry were the
guests of Mrs. Ed McConnell Sunday
evening. Mrs. McConnell is not im
proving very fast.
Misses Myrt and Charm Waldroup
were the guests of Miss Pearl Cole
man Sunday afternoon.
A few Sundays ago Mr. Ed" Mc
Connell when crossing the Blue Ridge
mountains came across a large rat
tle snake. He stopped his err and
found the snake to be dead with an
empty whiskey bottle lyeing b.y its
side. Mr. McConnell • decided that
the snak had taken, a little too' min-h
whiskey.
Miss Emma .Sams was the guest of
Misses Ethel and Jessie Long last
Sunday.
Miss Gladys Neal has been right
sick with tonsilitis the past week.
Mr. Fletcher is in from Ohio visit
ing homefolks for a few days.
The girl friends of Miss Hazel Mc
Clure White wish her much joy and
happiness in the new life she has be
gun.
to die, we had the minister long before
there was a public school but there
are some people who still refuse to
join in fellowship and brotherhood
with the church, we have health of
ficers and health campaigns but germs
and diseases still rampart, we have
the juvinle courts and officials but
girls and boys continue to go astray,
we have the courts and officers but
the jails and chaingangs are over
crowded, and yet you do not hear any
wholesale condemnation of either of
them. I have heard the complaint
more than once that “Mr. Shuler is a
good man but-”. I deny the
charges, I am no better than the worst
of you and I am no worse than the
best of you. There is much of which
I know nothing about. There is a lit
tle of which I know something. There
is much that you know that I do not
know but there is not a man of woman
in Clay County that knows any more
than I do about that school over yon
der. It is a sure barometer and points
toward weakness in constitutional
authority when children realize, when
they have a selfish motive in view,
that they can change the sentiment of
their parent at will towards the
teachers of the school. They are al
ready disorganised in mind and soul.
You will never teach them the story
of the good Samaritan. They will
never know the meaning of loyalty
an dcooperation, they will grow into
manhood and womanhood with the
same grouch, the same complaint, the
FISH AND GAME
PRSERVATION
IN CLAY COUNTY
There has been a decided change
in public sentiment in regard to pre
servation of fish and game in this,
Clay County, in the past few months.
We have at least realized the need of
this preservation. Our fish were al
most gone and some game and fur
bearing animals have been depleted
to the point of extinction. The
State is willing and anxious to re
stock these depleted regions, and
game and fish are ours for the ask
ing and the small transportation
charges. Our mountains and wooded
tracts are ideal places for nearly all
kinds of game, and our clear, cold,
swift moving mountain streams will
make a fishermans paradise when re
stocked and properly protected, fing
erlings, (small fish) that have been
placed in these streams are doing
well. Mr. W. T. Hunt, County War
den, states that he has applied for
more, and will go to the Morrison
Hatchery at Balsom for them as soon
as notified.
The Board of Conservation and
Development has closed Tusquittee
and tributaries from the bridge near
D. H. McClure’s upward, and Shoot
ing Creek and tributaries from Old
Shooting Creek Church upward, until
July 1st, 1928.
Let us all pull together and uphold
a law that is made for the good of
all pure, red-blooded sportsmen.
The law as applied to fishing is
as follows:
No one, not even land owners, can
fish a closed trout stream.
No one except persons who own
the land, can fish trout streams with
out license during the open season.
No license is required for non trout
streams if old method of fishing is
used, that is without jointed rod or
reel or casting.
Ledford’s Chapel
Mr. Oren Ledford and son have re
turned to their home in Fort Worth,
Texas, after having spent several days
in Clay.
Mrs. Frank Eppley, Mrs. Maek
Rickman and children of Spartan
burg, S. C., are visiting friends and
relatives in this community. This be
ing Mrs. Eppley’s first visit since
leaving here 30 years ago.
Mr. W. T. Henson spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chambers.
Mrs. Minnie Scarborough and chil
dren, of Buffalo, S. C., are Mrs. Bes
sie Johnson and children, of Frank
line, N. C., spent several days with
their sister, Mrs. R. E. Long.
Mrs. James Crawford, of Union, S.
C., is visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs.
S. T .Crawford.
, Mr. Carlton Ledford has carried his
little son, Ensley to Waynesville for
the pirpose of having his tonsils re
moved.
Quite a crowd attended the funeral
services of Mr. J. L. Sellers Thursday
at Ledford’s Chapel.
We were pleased to have Mr. W.
J. Cabe with us in Sunday School
Sunday, it having been some time
since he was able to attend.
same constitutional ailment that this
generation is blessed with, the world
will be no better off by their having
been here, no further order out of
chaos than now and God’s kingdom
will be no further established. If
you are willing to cooperate then you
are willing to trust your boy or girl
to my care and abide by my instruc
tion with respect to its training and
manner of education while under my
charge. Let us all learn anew the ■
greatest civilization builder there is
“Suppose my little lady your dell
should break her head,
Would it make it whole by crying
till your nose and eyes were red.”:.*- '5
Cordially, • _ 'M
A. H. SHULER, PrincipaL