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LuL? 6c COPY—$1.50 PER YEAB G. E. BUMGARNER PASSES IN IDAHO Brother of W. T. Bumgarner of This County-Moved to Idaho Over Thirty Years Ago Mr. W. T. Bumgarner is in receipt of a letter from his niece, Miss Ed na Gillespie, at Blackfoot, Idaho, giving the details of the death of his brother, George E. Bumgarner at his home in Nampa, Idaho. The letter stated that Mr. Bumgarner died Sunday morning, April 22nd, following a serious operation in a hospital at Nampia. His daughter Dorothy, who is a trained nurse was with her father at the time of his death. Mr. Bumgarner was in his sixty fifth year. He was born in Jackson County, moved to Clay County when quite a young boy and left here 30 years ago for Idaho, where he has since lived, making only one visit back to his old home about 20 years ago. His wife died some three years ago. He is survived by five chil dren, three boys and two girls. THE COKESBURY SCHOOL TO BE AT HAYESVILLE Rev. Chas. S. Plyler has just re ceived the good news of the possi bility of having a Sunday School Teachers Training Sschool here at Hayesville, beginning on Friday night, May 11th at 8 o’clock at the Methodist Church. The Western North Carolina Con ference has appointed a competent man, Mr. Paul F. Evans, as instruc tor. Mr. Evans will be in Hayes ville in time to arrange and give in structions on the night of May 11th. Inis is not tor the benetit only of the Sunday School teachers who are now teaching, but for all young people and older ones as well. This will be a great opportunity for all who are interested in the Bible and Sunday school in general. Everybody in the County is in vited to attend these classes and make credits. There will be no charge for this work but those taking the course and receiving the standard credits will pay the small sum of sixty cents for the text-book. There will be six double class periods, to-wit: Friday night, Sat urday night, Sunday afternoon, Sun day night, Monday night and close Tuesday night, May 15th. Everyone is urged to be present on the open ing- night. COLEMAN-RHODARMER The friends of Miss Bonnie Rho dermar and Mr.. George Coleman were pleasantly surprised on Fri day, April 27, 1928, to learn of the marriage of this couple which took | place February 26, 1928. They were .married at the Presbyterian Church in Waynesville, N. C., by the minister of that church, in the presence of members of the minis ter’s family. Mrs. Coleman is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Rhodermer of Canton, N. C., and has been employ ed in the Finishing Department of The Champion Fibre Co. for about two years and is a very popular and attractive young lady. Mr. Coleman is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Coleman of Hayesville, N. C., and is employed in the Store Room of the Champion Fibre Co., and is held in high esteem by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Colemah kept their marriage a secret even from mem bers of the families until they were ready to announce it on last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Coldfcnan have the best wishes of a host of friends both in Canton and Hayesville. dairy cattle wei;e added to the cow population of Guilford Cpunty by farm agent J. L Wagoner last week. ive head of pure bred Quarterly Meeting At Ledford’s Chapel 12th The second quarterly meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church will be held at Ledford’s Chapel, May the twelfth and thirteenth.' We hope that all the official board will be present and look after the busi ness interest of the church. The Rev. W. C. Matney, our District Supt. will also preach at Havesville Presbyterian Church Sunday night, May the thirteenth. Everybody is cordially invited to attend these ser vices. Respectfully, T. L. Taylor, Pastor. GIFT TO THE EDITOR The editor of the Clay County News is very grateful to Mr. J. V. A. Moore for the hen and little chickens which he brought and left at this office Tuesday. Mr. Moore is indeed generous in this useful gift, knowing full well, too, the help and benefit derived fro mthe raising of poultry. Mr. Moore is one of a number 6f progressive farmers in the Tusquit tee Valley, a member of the Board of County Commissioners and a man that is interested in the progress of Clay County. A LETTER Hickory, N. C. April 24th, 1928. Editor Clay County News, Dear Sir:— I am glad to know that the people of Clay County have at last decided to have a reunion of the Hon. John O. Hicks students. I am 73 years lod. Will be present on the occa sion if possible. Yours very truly, F. L. PRATER. P. S. July will be too early, September or October will be the better time for this reunion. POULTRY SALE Tuesday’s poultry sale was as fol lows: 2021 pounds of heavy hens, 740 pounds of light hens, 1218 pounds of roosters, 44 pounds of ducks, total of 4147 pounds which brought $1054.44. Eggs brought 20c per dozen, there being 1500 doz en which brought $225.00. Mrs. Viney Wood of Young Har ris, Ga., sent over 441 head of Rhode Island Red broilers, weigh ing 755 pounds. They brought her the net sum of $294.45. These broilers were just nine weeks old and cost 11 cents each as baby chicks. Out of one thousand she raised six hundted and fifty. We were not able to find out her profit but evidently a good profit was made. ORCHARD SPRAY NOTES Apple and peach orchards should be sprayed in accordance with the following directions order to pro duce fruit free from disease and insect injury this year: In spraying APPLES, make ap plication of spray'when seven eighths of the petals have fallen from the blossoms. For this spray use standard liquid lime-sulphur at the rate of five quarts to 50 gal lons of water. Arsenate of lead must be added at the rate of one and one half pounds to each 50 gallons of spray. This spray is im portant for the control of the cod ling moth and must not be over looked. (If dry lime-sulphur is the liquid apply in accordance with the manufacturer’s directions for preparing summer strength spray.) For PEACHES use one pound of dry arsenate of lead plus three pounds of good stone lime slaked in a little water to each 50 gallons of water. Apply this spray when the . calyces or “shucks” which sur round the small peaches are shed ding. Five pounds of hydrated lime lime may jbe used in place of the three pounds of stone lime. Mix tthe materialls well by thoroughly stirring before applying thesprayl CLAY SUPERfOR COURT IN SESSION Convened, Monday\30th. For a Two Weeks Session—Judge Roy L. Deal Presiding The regular spring term of Clay County Superior Court convened Monday morning, April 30th, at 9:30, with Judge Rby L. Deal of the 13th Judicial Distinct presiding and Hon. Grover C. Dj»vis, Solicitor of the 20th Judicial District, prosecut ing for the State. This -will be a two weeks session, fvith about seven ty criminal cases (docketed and a large number of Civil cases on the calendar. When court opetied as usual a large audience wai present with Clay Courts, the llrors were all seated in a body, ahd the task of se lecting the Grand Jhry was soon fin ished. Those serving are as fol lows : M. W. Payne, Robert- ft. Pressley, Oliver Garrison, Mark Weaver, H. B. Patterson, H. H. Hus kies, J. F. Ford, G. V. Davenport, W. M. Clayton, E. A. Mu Murray, W. E. Brendle, J. 0. Smiih, Frank Moore, J. B. Brendle, Allen J. BeRr tee Penland, C. S. Sams, Fred R. Jones. Mr. Allen J. Bell was appointed and sworn as foreman of the Grand Jury. C. M. Ledford was appointed and sworn as officer of the Grand Jury. After selection and swearing in of the Grand Jury, Judge Deal made a brief charge as to their duties, which in substance is as follows: He instructed the Grand Jury very, carefully as to the returning of bills, their procedure, etc., the in vestigation of the county institu tions and especially in regard to the jail, stating that when a person was placed ip'jail he was'entitled to plenty- of-’food,' cover" foi- Mg' bed and everything that would make the jail a comfortable place for human beings. He also told the Grand Jury that if they had any knowledge of children in the county with property, who had no guardian or was otherwise uncared for that it was their duty to investigate and report such cases to the court. His Honor briefly charged the jury as to the duty of the ciunty officers, and justices of the peace. He told the jury that he was not going into any extended discussion as to what is against law, that the jury recognized crime the same as any one else. Prohibition laws and Motor Vehicle laws, rather the vio lation of these laws, are causing a tremendous amount of trouble, he stated. He stated that these laws are violated more by the younger people, although he was nit inclin ed to believe that the boys and girls of today are worse, that living con ditions are better and that people should be be'tte rcitizens. He said that it has gotten so white people will steal, that they did not use to steal as it was a disgrace to a man to steal and to his children to know that their father had ever been guilty of stealing, and that it is the duty of the court to cause peo ple to get back if possible to the former conception of the fact that a fan’s word is his bond, whether it be stealing, embezzlement, or testi fying falsely. That there are many cases where witnesses lie on the wit ness stand, and is very seldom pos sible to convict anyone of perjury as it is very difficult to prove, if any man testify falsely it is of the greatest importance that he be pun ished and punished severely The jury can not pass on questions or issues correctly unless witnesses tell the truth. He also stated, that it is impera tive where people operate cars while intoxicated that they be prop erly dealt with, that a curb muts be placed upon the operating of cars while in an intoxicated condition, also upon reckless driving. He fuirther stated to the Grand Jury, “As to prohibition law, do not care how big or important a man is treat him the same as the smallest men, county officers have difficult times to get big bootleg (Continued on pager 4) i MR. P. C. SCROGGS HAS HORNED TOAD Everyone recalls reading some time ago of a Texas Horned Toad which lived inside of a cornerstone of a building for thirty years with out air, food or water. The half brother of this famous toad is now in Hayesville. Mr. P. C. Scroggs, Assistant Cashier of the Clay Coun ty Bank received this toad through the mail last week, it was sent to him by Mr. Neal Hal!, of Burke burnett, Ta\a% “Mr. Halt claims' this toad to be a half brother of the cornerstone toad.” Mr. Scroggs kept the toad in the bank for several days and .it created right much interest among curious seekers. There is no doubt agout it being horned for it is covered with them. It has been here for a week and as yet has not eaten anything, however its principal diet is ants and other insects. /. O. HICKS STUDENTS The following names, who were students of John 0. Hicks, have been handed to this paper. J. C. Penland, G. H. Penland, J. H. Penland, Mrs. J. H. Penland, H. H. Nelson, W. J. Cabe, J. T. Led ford, &Irs. S. J. Waldroup, Mrs. W. L. Allison, M. F. Crawford. G. W. Penland, W. A. T. Carter. Mr. Car ter attended in’ the year 65 at the old log School house which was lo cated at Fort Hembree, Zeb Curtis, Jim Passmore, Dave Setzer. George Fleming and wife, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Pass, D. B. Ketron, Eli Suddeth, and wife, Cherokee County, Abe Brown and wife, Murphy, Joe Cur tis, now living in Georgia, W. T. Carter and Robert Coffey. SINGING CONVENTION The Clay County Singing,Conten tion met at the Baptist Chunch in HayeSville, Sunday, April 29th, and rendered a program of singing that is seldom seen in Clay County. The order of service in the fore noon was opened by prayer by Rev. I. L. Taylor, M. E. pastor, followed by a general discussion of the Sun day School Lesson by Col. J. B. Gray. By this time classes, visiting singers, those who enjoy vocal mu sic and otehrs from various parts of the county and adjoining coun ties had assembled. The Conven tion was then called to order bv W. L. Matheson, President, after which general singing by classes, mixed classes and quartets continued until noon. Afternoon was consumed by more general and quartet singing until the opening of the contest be tween the Hayesville class compos ed of select singers from Myers Chapel, Oak Forest and Hayesville and the Shooting Creek Church of God class. The contest was very in teresting and very close. Hayesville making a score of 97 2-3 and Shoot ing Creek 96 1-2. Therefore, Haves ville is now in possession of the banner. The Gresham Quartet from Mar ble, Cherokee County, did some real singing that was an outstanding fea ture of the convention. At this con vention there was no long faces, sad countenances or other indica tions of ill feelings or disappoint ments to mar the occasion were to be seen, but the conduct of every body, and especially the attentive ness of the audience during the sing ing yvas very commendable. After the singing closed, Col. 0. L. Anderson, paid high tribute to the contesting classes and all the singing. He made many interesting remarks about singing and present ed the banner to the winning class. The newly elected officers are as follows: Z. H. McClure, President, Arthur Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer, E. W. Price, Organist, and 0. A. Price Chaplain. The next Convention will meet at Elf school building the 5th Sunday in September Let a number of classes prepare and attend this con vention and make it just as enjoy able as the one convening with Hay esville. LADIES AID ELECT NEWOFFICERS The Ladies Aid held an interest ing meeting at the home, of Mrs. Er nest Justus last Thursday with an attendance of about twenty-five members. A business session was called by the president before enter ing into the study of the lesson. The temporary chairman, Mrs. Arren dale, presided over the meeting dur ing the election of officers. Elec tion of officers was as fellows: Mrs. Weaver Anderson, Presi dent; Mrs. R. E. Crawford, Vice president; Miss Cora Harden, Treas urer; Mrs. Mark Wea\ter, teacher for first quarter. Mrs. T. M. McClure, the retiring presidest in a short talk told teh members of her appreciation and delight of the splendid cooperation which she has had during her two years of office, and expressed her heart-felt gratitude. A unanimoife vote of thanks was then extended to Mrs. McClure and the superior work done by her was spoken of. Great praise shall always follow Mrs. McClure for her untiring ef forts and success toward the raising of the cemetery fund. The newly elected president, Mrs. Andersen, urged the members of the sacieiy to attend the business meetings and assist her in making the coming year a successful one. After the business session Mrs. Arrendale briefly lectured instead of following the usual method of lesson study. Hostess of the afternoon was Mrs. Ernest Justus, by whom delicious refreshments, consisting of sand wiches, cake, jello and coffee were served. KILL POTATO RUGS WITH ARSENATE* RALEIGH. X. C. May 4.—Calr eium arsenate, familiarly known ire North Carolina as an efficient poi son for the control of the cotton boll weevil, is also one of the best poisons for the common potato bug or Colorado Potato beetle. .. . Calcium arsenate is the cheap est poison that potato growers can use at the present time for the con trol of the Colorado Potato beetle,” says C. H. Brannon, extension en tomologist at State College. “Those who grow potatoes know that this insect can completely de stroy the plants in a short while if no control measure is used. Cal cium arsenate may be used either as a dust or as a spray and is absolute ly effective if properly applied.” In using the material as a dust, Mr. Brannon advises that the potato plants be covered well. The amount to use will depend on the size of the plants and the material may be applied satisfactorily if the regular cotton dusters are used. There is little danger of burning the foliage but too much poison should not be used for the sake of economy. Re cent tests show' that good control is secured by this method of poison ing. However, it should be kept in mind that the arsenate is not a control for plant cMseases but for insects alone. If desired, a spray may be made by using two pounds of the calcium arsenate to 50 gallons of water. For the grower with only a small acre age, a spray may be prepared by using 10 tablespoonsful to three gallons of water. In any event, the application of either dust or spray should be started as soon as the beetles ap pear in numbers and should be con tinued just as often as the beetles become numerous. CLUB MEETING The Womens Club of Clay Coun ty will meet in the Hayesville Meth odist Church on Thursday night, May 10th, all members are urged to be present. The sweet potato grown on a sandy soil and properly fertilized should become an excellent money crop for Tarheel farmers.
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