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VOL. II. NO. 52.
HAYESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1928.
5c COPY—$1.50 PER YEAR
CLAY COUNTY
FARM NEWS
Ten Aims For Clay
County Farmers
Brooder house on every poul- '
try farm. 1
Incubator for each community.
Cannery at Hayesville.
Potato Storage House in each
township. ‘
Cooperative Wool and Lamb
sales.
Cream, poultry and egg truck
through each township.
100 members in Boys an# Girls
Clubs. v
Ship one or more car loads of
broilers each April.
Ship one or more car loads of
turkeys each Thanksgiving sea
son.
A poultry fatenting plant in
Hayesville.
Limestone, Legumes and Live
stock on every farm. '•
HOG SPECIALIST COMING
Mr. W. V. Hayes, Swine Special
ist, is expected to spend September
18th in Clay County for the purpose
of helping the farmers in planning
their hog feeding work for the next
year.
Hog prices are high and are ex
pected to continue high for several
months. Those who have a surplus
of corn should see Mr. Hayes at
County Agenf Arrendale’ office
from 10 to 12 o’clock on the 18th.
DATE OF VISIT OF PASTURE
SPECIALIST CHANGED
Since the last issue of the News
County Agent Arrendale finds that
Mr. J. R. Sams, Pasture Specialist,
can not reach Hayesville until the
afternoon of September 19th. If
needed he can work in Clay County
until Saturday afternoon, Sept 22.
The farmers who have pasture
problems should meet Mr. Sams and
get his opinions.
CREAMERY NEWS
Another man was in Hayesville
on Monday of this week investigat
ing the possibilities for building and
operating a creamery. He went
away well pleased and promised to
return in the near future.
He and his associate who was here
week before last will probably buy
a churn and other necessary equip
ment at an early date.
It is expected that the creamery
will be ready to open when the wa
ter system for Hayesville is com
pleted.
hog Sale
Those who expect to have one or
more hogs for sale during the last
half of September and the first half
of October should notify County
Agent Arrendale at once so that he
cap be looking out for the best mar
ket. Also please remember that Mr.
V. Hayes, the Swine Specialist is
to be at the courthouse from 10:00
A. M. until noon on September I8th
for the purpose of talking with in
terested fanners regarding their hog
feeding and other hog problems.
POULTRY MEETINGS
Before our next issue Mr. Parrish
the Poultry Specialist will be hold
ing meetings in Clay County.
In order that Mr. Parrish may
reach the boy? and girls as well as
the men and women, meetings are
to be held at six school housse as
follows:
Shooting Creek school house at
10 A. M. on -Thursday, September
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WORK STARTED
LAST TUES. ON
WATER SYSTEM
A force of men with trucks and
iquipment of the Kelly-Wilson Con
struction Co., Asheville, arrived
ruesday in Hayesville and began
laying down piping for the sewer
lines. Several car loads of piping
ire now on the railroad yard. This
;ompany will bring a large ditch
ing machine Here as soon as the
piping is' all placed and begin the
installing of pipe. This machine
will dig 300 feet of ditch per day.
\11 the mains will be of six inch
pipe which will give Hayesville
standard water mains. There will
be a hydrant on each corner of the
square. The reservoir will be of
concrete and have a capacity of
55,000 gallons. It will be located
on the mountain above town and
will be something like 150 feet high
er than the square, which will give
ample pressure.
Mr. Penland Improving
After Bad Accident
Mr. Mack Penland, of Shooting
Creek, is reported to * be improving
"lowly after having received serious
injuries while operating a Fordson
tractor Thursday, August 23rd. One
of the large cleats on the rear
wheel of the tractor struck him
in the back just below the shoulder
and broke several ribs. He was
walking by the tractor at the time
of the accident. He was not consid
ered seriously injured until several
days after he was hurt when he was
taken seriously ill. His condition
was critical for several days. A
tiained nurse is now in charge and
his recovery is expected.
Mrsj Sidnev Cook, of Kershawj,
5. C., is with her father.
Farmers in Burke county have be
come interested in the Guernsey
breed of dairy cattle and have com
missioned their county agent to buy
some cows for them.
NEW CHEESE
INDUSTRY FOR
THE FARMERS
RALEIGH.—A new industry, car
rying a promise of a steady, renum
erative market for the dairy farmers
of northwestern North Carolina, has
been started in West Jefferson, Ashe
County, with every promise of suc
cess.
On Wednesday, August 23, about
1,000 farmers gathered at a picnic
and field day to celebrate formally
the opening of the local plant of
the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Company.
The new plant was started on July
23, just one month before and from
a total of 1123 pounds of milk on
the opening day, receipts of milk
steadily increased to over 3,000
pounds per day at the time of the
celebration. There are seven milk
routes in operation and 235 farm
ers are now supplying the plant. The
Kraft company is paying these men
on a basis of 55 cents a pound of
butterfat for whole sweet milk, mak
ing the milk worth about 20.4 cents
a gallon delivered at the plant. The
hauling will average about two cents
a gallon.
The milk so far is coming from
shorthorn cattle but farmers are in
terested in securing pure bred or
grade dairy cattle and already small
herds are being developed. O. L.
Darter, manager of the cheese com
pany for that section, states there
is no reason why the farmers should
inot be reciving at least one million
dollar a year within a short while
land he expressed himself as being
well pleased with the fin showing
'made thus far.
I Establishment of the plant is larg
jely due to E. C. Turner, Jr., county
i agent of Ashe county, and R. F.
Farnham, dairy extension specialist.
These two men assisted by a local
committee have been hard at work
on the proposition for a number of
months. The new plant was equip
ped and begun under the auspices
of the committee with the under'
standing that if an average of 6,000
pounds of milk was received for
thirty days, it would be taken over
by the cheese company. Both par
ities' fulfilled their contracts.
CIVIL CALENDAR SEPT. TERM, 1928
- CLAY COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
HON. WALTER E. MOORE, Judge
Tuesday, September 25th
3. R. L. Rowland, Admr. ... ... Gray
vs
J. W. Potter ............. ... Bell
Wednesday, September 26th
2. F. P. Cover & Sons, Inc.. .. . .. Bell and Gray
vs.
Timber Company ....... R. L. Phillips
7. W. T. Bumgarner et. als ...... Dillard & Hill
vs.
Will Plot et als . ....... Gray
8. Nora Franklin et als ..... Bell
vs.
Thursday, September 27th
9. J. R. Gibson ...... ______ ..— ——■ Bell
vs.
M. D. Gibson .
10. Frick Co. et al
vs.
.. Gray
Dillard and Hill
D. G. Shelton et als
11. Mary Ray -
vs.
..Gray
Witherspoon
C. E. Sellers et als
12. Cover, & Sons, Inc.-.
vs.
J. C. Herbert _—
13. Coleman, Adeline, ....
vs.
M. L. Col&nan —
14 Loyd Deweese —.....
vs.
Friday, September 28th
. Gray
Bell and Gray
. Witherspooon
Moody & Moody and Gray
Railway Company
15. Bank of Hiaiwassee
vs.
E. L. Parker et als
Monday, October 1st
Witherspoon and Bell
Moody & Moody
Dillard & Hill
... Gray
16. J. ,P. 'Coleman et al
... Norvell
vs.
State Highway Commission ......_
•1 - C* Motion8
Potter vs. Salts
Ross and Gray
STRAW VOTES TAKEN ALL OVER
COUNTRY INDICATE CLOSE BATTLE
FOR PRESIDENT IN NOVEMBER
O. E. S. Celebrates
Their Founder’s Birth
On Friday evening, August 31st,
the Order of the Eastern Star, Clay
County Chapter No. 11, held appro
priate exercises in the Masonic Hall
in memory of the birth of Robert
Morris, founder of their great or
ganization.
Miss Ellen Scrogge, one of the
members, gave a brief but very in
teresting history of this great man
who first conceived the idea of
bringing into existence an order in
which the good women could or
ganize and thereby tighten the cords
of sisterhood. Any woman who is
a member of this body can be just'
ly proud of her affiliation, for she
belongs to an organization that is
vitally interested in serving human
ity; ever responding to the plead
ings of the needy and unfortunate
people. What body would be more
sensitive to the call of service than
the thousands of hearts of mothers,
wives, sisters, daughters and sweet
hearts who make up this great and
noble body. Long may it live.
Miss Edna Padgett rendered a
fine recitation. Miss Padgett is
gifted as a speaker, her expression
being exceptionally fine.
A delicious salad course was serv
ed by the members at the close of
the exercise.
I know that it is a good order, for
a poor hungry fellow got all he
could eat of the best eating his eyes
ever beheld.
—A Visitor and Friend to the
O. E. S
PROGRAM FOR
HICKS REUNION
To Be Held at Hayesville Septem'
ber 22nd-—Speakers To Be
Announced Later
The program for the John 0.
Hicks students reunion as drawn up
by the committee is as follows:
Saturday, September 22nd, 1928,
meet at Hayesville high school au
ditorium.
10:30—Invocation and Roll Call
of John 0. Hicks students.
Singing by John 0. Hicks stu
dents.
Speaking. (Speakers to be nam
ed at a later date.)
Noon. Lunch on school ground.
Photo of John 0. Hicks students.
1:30—Reassemble in auditorium.
Singing by school children.
Speaking.
Old time spelling bee.
Experience meeting.
Everybody is requested to bring
a basket of lunch which will be
spr/ead together so that everybody
will enjoy this part of the program.
A large crowd of former students
of Professor John 0. Hicks are ex
pected to be present for this occa
sion and many of the older people
jre looking forward to meeting lots
of their former school mates whom
;hey have not seen for years. It is
aoped that the weather will be nice
and that every former student of
his grand old educator will be on
land.
SWEETWATER
Mr. R. L. Anderson, of Ogden,
vas in this section last week buying
roung cattle.
Mrs. E. L. Auberry is visiting her
on in Tennessee.
Mrs. Roy McClure spent last week
risking friends and relatives., at
jnaka.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Curtis spent
ast week visiting relatives at Hel
n, Ga.
Messrs. O. A. Davis and R. H.
ioffey are locating a. saw mill on
lie property of B. H. Martin and
rill be ready for cutting in a few
ays.
Nationwide Poll To Date Gives
Hoover Slight Lead Over
Smith
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fill in the ballot found in this
issue and send or bring it to this
office. The straw balloting clos
es October 11, and we urge you
to vote today!
The results in this county will
be given as received from week
*o week until October 11, unbias
ed and uninfluenced by any po
litical opinion whatsoever.
I he general consensus of opinion
is that the many switches in senti
ment being revealed in the Straw
Vote this year are partly due to the
i dry issue—many, it is believed, vot
ing for the man who pleases them
most in reference to this one matter
rather than voting for a candidate
because of party affiliations. In the
Nationwide Presidential Poll being
taken by this newspaper in co-oper
ation with 2.000 others the country
over, it has been revealed that 95,
374 former Democrats are to vote
for Hoover and 60,922 former Re
publicans are to vote for Smith.
The slackening of party lines, politi
cal observers believe, is due to the
wide difference of opinion on the
prohibition question.
Nationwide Presidential Poll in
dicates that the presidential race this
year will be a very close one, and
prophecy as to the outcome is well
nigh impossible. Hoover still re
tains his lead in the poll, but it is
constantly narrowing, and every
thing points to a severe tussle in No
vember.
As the Nationwide Presidential
Poll now stands, Hoover has 499,
284 and Smith 489,708. There is a
difference of less than 10,000 bal
lots.
Hoover however has been consis
tently in the lead since the balloting
began. He also leads in the Nation
al Poll of the Hearst Newspapers,
having 170,949 votes to Smith’s
161,967. Adding the result of the
Nationwide Presidential Poll in
which this newspaper is cooperating
to the results of several other news
paper polls, the grand total is:
Hoover, 735,951; Smith, 726,911.
It does look as if a close election
is on the way.
The results of our local poll are
as follows:
smith . 4
Hoover . 2
Former Democrats Voting for
Hoover ... q
Former Republicans Voting
for Smith . q
. If y°u, *Ifve not yet voted, send
m your ballot today—you will find
the ballot printed in this newspaper
—every single vote counts. Let us:
k"°w what you think.
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We are printing # actual
results uninfluenced in ciur
tation of them by whafev&- j
opinions we may hold. v"'
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