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VOLUME IL NUMBER 12.
HAYESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1927.
DR. TRUETL TERMED LEADING
CITIZEN OF AMERICA, TO BE
HONORED AT DINNER TUESDAY
Chamber of Commerce Sponsor*
Function for Noted
Pastor
Of North Carolina
Hoad of One of Largest Baptist
Churches in the
South
(From The Dallas (Texas) Morning
News, Sunday, November 6.)
Dallas will honor one of its lead
ing citizens, one who has been team
ed the leading citizen of America,
and who is not only recognized as
a powerful factor in the progress of
Dallas, but as international,, figure
in tjie religious world at a banquet
~ given by the Chamber of Commerce
at 6:30 p. m., Tuesday at the Adol
phus Hotel. He is Dr. George W.
Truett, pastor of the First Baptist
Church for the last thirty years.
His life has been identified with
Dallas since he arrived here in 1897.
At that time the membership of the
first Baptist Church was 716. The
total value of church property was
$100,000. In 1926 the membership
of his congregation was 6,636 and
the church property was valued at
more than $1,000,000. The contri
butions of the church the year he
came totaled $4,926. In 1926 they
totaled $266,000.
Many Baptist institutions follow
ed Dr. Truett to Dallas. Among
them were the Baptist Standard,
the Baptist State executive board,
the Baylor College of Medicine, Bay
lor Hospital, the Nurses Training
School, the College of Pharmacy a^id
the College of Dentistry. Dallas is
now the Baptist center of the South
west and, it is declared that this
fact is largely due to the efforts of
Dr. Truett.
Speaker at Stockholm
“Perhaps the climax of Dr. Tru
ett’s career was reached when, at
the Baptist World Alliance held at
Stockholm in 1924, he was selected
to preach the annual sermon.” Dr.
J. B. Cranfill writes, “When he arose
to make that address he faced the
assembled Baptists of the world.
While it was not quite true, as on
the day of Pentecost, that every man
heard the preacher in his own ton
gue, yet it was true that he then ad
dressed more nationalities than were
present on the day that Peter preach
ed his immortal sermon in Jerusa
lem. Europe, Asia, Africa, North
and South America, the islands of
the sea—all the world was repre
1 sented in that Stockholm convoca
tion. It was a challenge such as j
rarely comes to any man, because
this was the greatest Baptist gath-1
ering known to world history.
“His work in Dallas,” Dr. Cran
fill continues, “has wrought most
gloriously for the uplift and better
ment of our citizenship. Many have
been the calls that have come to him
asking that he link his life with what
s friends abroad thought Was a larger
and more important life. He has
been implored to go to the country’s
great metropolis and he would have
been called to the Calvary Baptist
Church in Washington and had our
recent President in his congregation
but he turned from it all and con
tinued here in Dallas with us.”
When the United States entered
n, the World War, Dr. Truett transfer
red the seat of his activities from
Dallas.to the Western Front. He
was not a “behind-the-line chaplain.”
It is said that he showed a striking
disregard for danger. In addition
to preaching he took npon himself
' the monumental task of writing to
•the mother of every Texas boy he
met at the front. And there were
many Texas boys at the front.
Dr. Truett was born May 6, 1867,
in. the hills of Clay County, North
Carolina. He. plowed ^com, picked
cotton and did chores in this moun
tain wilderness. He grew up in
those tree covered hills whose still
ness was never broken by the shriek
' of the locomotive whistle. Rather,
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''The Woman Pays”.
'Grace W. Elliott, Los Angeles,
failed to pay $150 per month an-f
mony to her former husband, as
ordered by the court He had her ;
brought to court Now She must
pay. From the $200,000 which
grew from $50,00(L—'when hubby ^ (
managed things^
MISS INEZ MEASE AND OMOR
LEE ANDERSON WINNERS
IN DECLAMATION CONTEST
The annual declamation contest
was given at the Hayesville school
auditorium, Wednesday evening,
November the twenty-third.
A large number of the student
body and patrons of the community
heard the contest. Twenty one boys
and girls took part in the constest,
of which a majority were girls. First,
second and third best speakers were
selected from both the boys and
girls.
Miss Inez Mease, “Soul of the
Violin” won first prize of the girls
speaking. Mr. Omor Lee Anderson,
“One Nich The Highest” was the
winner of first prize of the boys
speaking. Miss Ruth Arrendale,
“Naughty Zelle” won second prize,
and Miss Bennie Lee Wimpy, “The
Last Hymn” won third prize among
the girls speaking. Mr. Talmage
Scroggs, “Regius of the Roman Sen
ate” won second place, and Mr. Fred
Setzer, “Sergeant Printiss’ First
Plea” won third place among the
boys speaking. All th^t took part
spoke well. Judges were selected
from the faculty.
Miss Mease and Mr. Omor Lee
Anderson will go to Mars Hill and
represent the Hayesville School.
FAMILY REUNION
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Sullivan, of
Hayesville received an unusual sur
prise for Thanksgiving Day. They
were expecting their daughter, Mrs.
Floyd Johnston, her husband and
children, of Madisonvill, Tenn., to
spend Thanksgiving with them. Mr.
and Mrs. Johnston and children ar
rived about seven o’clock Tuesday
evening. A few hours later another
daughter, Mrs. Vem Swan, her hus
band and little son, of Asheville ar
rived, and a few minutes later an
other car drove and Mr. and Mrs.
H. S. Carrol, of Atlanta, alighted.
Mrs. Carrol is also a daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Sullivan. Wednesday af
ternoon Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bales
and children, of Sylva, arrived and
Thursday morning Mr. and Mrs. Poe
Crawford and children of Elf came.
This completed the family circle.
Father and mother, five daughters
and sons-in-law and ten grandchil
dren.
The Door—The Door
Graduate—“Have you an opening
for a college trained man?”
Manager—“Yes, it’s right behind
you, and would you mind closing it
as you go out?”
Fair Enough
Teacher—And now, children, give
me the definition of a husband.
Tommy—It’s something my re
spectable % family should be without.
All-American Oakland
Will Broadcast Rice’s
All-Ameican Eleven
Grantland Sice, Football Expert To
Announce Hi* Team On
December 2nd.
The first jahnouncement of the
All-American Football Team, the
nation’s mythical eleven of leading
1927 gridiron stars, will come ap
propriately eriongh through courtesy
of the buildefs of the All-American
"."tomobile, the Oakland Motor Car
Company.
Grantland Rise, who succeeded the
late Walter Camp as dean of Ameri
can sport writfije, will announce his
All-American ^Sotball selections on
Friday, BecemJ$er 2, at 7:15 p. m.
Eastern Standsjfcd time, during a
special 15 minute “All-American”
radio program over the 29 statons
of the General Motors Corporation
“hook up”, the: largest group of
sending stations ever assembled for
broadcasting regular programs. The
Oakland Motor Car Company, one
of the General Motors “family”, will
be “host” during the brief but im
portant All-American announcement
program, whkj^will include also a
medley of American college songs.
A majority of the 4,000 Oakland
Pontiac dealers throughout the
country will tune in on the program
and hold open house with a general
invitation to the public in general
and football, fans in particular.
Printed announcements of Grant
land Rice's AH-American Team will
appear in Collier’s Weekly of the fo-1
lowing and in the newspapers of
December 4.
The Oakland Motor Car Com
pany’s first regular turn as “host”
during the. General Motors weekly
“Family Party” will come on Decem
ber 5 between 9:30 p. m. and 10:30
p. m., Eastern Standard time. This
program will be in the nature of a
celebration over Oakland’s first for
mal appearance on the air and of its
“radio scoop” of December 2 in be
ing the first to announce Mr. Rice’s
All-American selections.
“Discovers Explosive, j
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Tenn. high school boy—in “Labr
experiments discovered a new VU
plosive—substitute for gasollno-4
which Federal chemists are ndrw
working on. w C t
IN JUSTICE COURT
Messrs John Hensley, E. W. Price,
Kelly Ledford and German Patter
son appeared before Justice Win
chester, Monday as witnesses vs Dew
ey and Charlie Fish, charged with
public drunkedness, possession, trans
porting, carrying weapon and dis-.
orderly conduct while on Andrjggs
Hardwood Co., job on Tooney.
Dewey Fish was placed under bond
for his appearance at Superior Court
next spring.
Oscar Mauney, of Cherokee Coun
ty was tried before Justice, W. J.
Winchester last Saturday on a
charge of driving a car while intoxi
cated. He was' placed under a bond
of $300.00 for his appearance at
the spring term of Superior court.
Right in His Line .
Medico’s Wife—“And do you real
ly think I swallowed that silly alibi
you gave me last night?”
“I don’t know, my dear. But I can
have you x-rayed.”
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attained a speed of a mile a min
ute, at New York last week—the
fastest ever recorded. A new “fan.
tail" propeller, invented by Jo
' hnannes Plum—exceeding even the
wildest dreams of the builders,
makes the new speed possible.
DINNER GIVEN AT
HOME OF MRS. BELL
A large number of relatives gath- :
ered at the home of Mrs. Viola Bell,
at Brasstown, N. C., on Thanksgiv- ■
ing Day and enjoyed a bounteous
spread of basket dinner. ,
The following were present: Mrs. -
E. B. Norvel, Mr. and Mrs. S. D.
Akins and family, Mr. and Mrs. E.
A. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Neal
Davidson and son John, Miss Cook,
Mrs. J. S. McCombs, Dillard Me- .
Combs, Clara McCombs, Julia Mc
Combs-Wells, and Mrs. Stransberry,
all of Murphy, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Pass, Mr. and Mrs. Allen J.
Bell and children and Rev. C. S. 1
Plyler, of Hayesville.
Everybody enjoyed the day and '
themselves to the fullest.
Poultry Association
Meets Tuesday
The Clay County Poultry Associa
tion held a call meeting at the court ;
house on November 29th. The im
portant business transacted was as
follows: Mark Weaver, W. J. Win- ]
Chester and Neal Haigler wefe ap
pointed on a committee to buy ma- <
terials to mix poultry feed and keep ;
other poultry supplies. They are to ]
use the funds that are now in the ,
treasury as a revolving fund. i
A committee composed of W. J.
Winchester, Glover P. Ledford, Neal <
Haigler were appointed to find a ,
market for eggs and to assist in get- ,
ting the eggs packed and shipped for ,
the poultry association.
Upon motion it was decided to let
the poultry sales go on just as they ,
have been since last March.
It was suggested in this meeting ■
that a man be sent to Asheville by ,
the association to rent a stall at the |
market or a store building there, ,
and have the poultry and eggs ship
ped to him there for sale at retail, j
And then later if this should prove (
satisfactory, when spring opens up, ,
all kinds of farm and truck products ,
could be shipped there for this man ,
sent by the Association to sell at re- :
tail. i
Egg Producers Notice <
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The committee appointed at the ;
meeting of the Clay County Poultry i
Association on November 29th, to
find a market for eggs and assist in i
grading and shipping eggs asks that <
all who are interested bring their 1
eggs to Hayesville on Tuesday, Dec^ ,
6th, at 10:00 A. Ml, to see them j
graded and packed.
SUMMARY OF CO.
AGENTS REPORT
We give here just a brief sum
mary of County Agent Arrendale’s
report of his work to County Com
missioners since coming to Clay
County in February of this year.
When I came her on February 1st
of this year I knew very few farm
ers.
Owing to bad muddy roads 1 did
not get out among the farmers to
organize a Board of Agriculture. I
launched out in my work with the
idea that dairy, poultry and hog
work should be pushed—especially
marketing of these products.
I found that W. R. Anderson who
preceeded me as county agent had
assisted in organizing under the Co
operative Marketing Law a Co-oper
ative Association to handle farm sup
plies.
I assisted in organizing the Clay
County Poultry Association, to han
dle poultry and egg products.
Finding that a good number of
farmers were feeding hogs under
the demonstration method. I realiz
ed that an organization was neces
sary for the marketing of hogs as
meeting was called and I assisted in
well as help push the enterprise, and
organizing a Swine Growers Asso
ciation.
1. Soils:—Except to encourage
the planting of clover and other
legumes, I did not do much work
with soils.
On the farm of Mr. A. F. Padgett
five acre demonstration of nitrate
of soda on corn. As a check, three
rows had no nitrate of soda, three
rows had an application of 100
pounds per acre, three rows had an
application of 100 pouunds followed
with another 100 pounds. The rest
of the field had three applications
of 100 pounds each. At harvest
time one-fiftieth acre was staked
off in each set of three rows, check
seperately. When husked and weigh
ed the plot that had no nitrate of
soda had produced 720 pounds of
ear corn and 880 pounds of stover,
the plot with one application had
produced 1920 pounds of ear corn,
1120 pounds of stover,-the plot with
two applications produced 2160
pounds of ear corn and 1200 pounds
cf stover, and the plot with three
applications produced 2400 pounds
of ear corn and 2160 pounds of stov
er. Or expressed in bushels we find
that the plot with one application
made 19 1-7 bushels more than the
plot that had none, that the plot that
had two applications made 20 bush
els per acre more than the plot that
had none and that the plot that had
three applications made 23 3-7 more
bushels per acre than the plot that
had none.
Project*
near Hayesville, I assisted
2. Farm Crops: Two weeks were
spent with Mr. J. R. Sams and Mr.
S. J. Kirby, pasture specialists, in
holding meetings and visiting farm
ers to stress the importance of pas
tures and other forage crops.
3. Horticulture: I spent three
days with Mr. W. R. Niswenger, Ex
tension Horticulturist, visiting or
chards, holding meetings and giving
demonstrations, and two days with
Mr. C. L. Sams, Bee Specialist, visit
ing bee keepers, holding1 meetings
and giving demonstrations.
4. Animal Industry: Forty-seven
and one-half days were spent with
this project and Mr. W. V. Hays,
Swine Specialist, was with me seven
days.
Twenty-jfour farmers carried on
feeding demonstrations with a total
of 261 hogs. When shipped coop
eratively with other hogs from th»
county the total tonnage amounted
to 65488 pounds that brought the
farmers $6,800.04 delivered at Mur
phy, N. C., our shipping point.
The first car of hogs were loaded
on April 12th, the second on Sep
tember 6th, the third on September
20th, the fourth on October 4th, and
the fifth on October 13th.
The records on the summer feed
ing have not been summarized. The
sixty-seven head demonstration fed
hogs that were sold in the car on
April 12th, made an average net
profit of $9.60 per head. After de
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