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VOL. I NO. 7
RECEPTION TO
AND MRS. BENNETT
Bryson City Jon. X 1914,--We(i-nesday
evening a 'reception was
tendered the Bridal Party and
friends, at the home of . the. grooms
jjcucuus auu: luia, ivi. uennett,
of Bryson City. The house was tast
ily decorated in holly, mistletoe,
ferns and cut floweri The color
scheme, pink and green, being intro
duced throughout the several rooms.
Mrs. Amos Monroe Frye . ; received
the guests at the door:
The Bride was charmingly cost
umed in white Charmhuse and real
point lace. In the receiving line vvere
the Bride and Groom; Mr. Jefferson
Davis Whitehead of Enfield, best
man; Miss Zora Medford of Clyde,
Maid of Honor; Mr. Walter Hughes; !
Miss Jessie Zachbry of Sylva; Mr.
Bragg Keener, of Sylva, Miss -Settle 1
L ..
Hyatt of Waynssville; they aU car-
ried beautiful bouquets. of cut flow-!
ers. ouuwcu spmi 01 optimism m regard
Appropriate music was rendered 0 the work to be done .by this dis
by the Bryson Qty Band through- 1C! year under the efficient
Y Ji Z. Elder Cor-
onx uie evcumK. jxciicbuuicuu, wc
served consisting of cake, cocoa, and
pink and green ices moulded in the
shape of slippers, harmonizing with
the general color scheme.
The many handsome presents
Aiir 4:a: I
were on
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was
attracted by tnemany pieces
of lovely hand embroidery, silver,
cut glass, hand painted china and
paintings. It being one of the largest
displays of Bridal presents ever
seen in the city.
The Guests departed with the ar
rival of the New Year expressing
many hearty wishes for the happy
couple.
The Wedd ng attendants departed i
Thursday morning for their respec
tive homes.
A CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to thank, the people of
the Beta community for their kind
ness and sympaihy during " our
daughter's illness, ; We thank the
choir for the excellent service they
rendered, and the -Sylva Collegiate
Institute for the beautiful floral
tribute they gave, and also the phy
sians for their untiring service.
. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kitchen.
ACCEPTS PASTORATE.
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Rev. R, P. Ellington, to whom the
Sylva Baptist church extended a
call to the pastorate a few days
ago, has accepted the call and will
serve in that- capacity, his first
sermon being Sunday morning, Jan
uary 11. " ,
MARRIAGE LISCENSE ISSUED.
John Wesley Alexander 19 to
Amy Matthis 18, Fred Buchanan 19
to Florence Hyatt 19- John' Collins,
to Florence Hyatt 19, John Collins
26 to Timmie Potts 17, Ottis .Cabe
22 to Victoria Hall 19, J W- Ensley
31 to Ida Pills 31, G. W. Grintjstaff
27 to Inez li Cathey 25, Claud Kee
21 to Ella Allison 23, Raymond Mills
20 to Essie Miller 17 Isaac Shuler
28 to May Matthis :i6, Jim .Taylor
20 to Verna Robinson 22,1 Herbet
Webster 21 to kma Gibson 17r Kelly
E Bennett 23 to OlaTela . Zachary;
7 e en W
cu uui; Amorose; J30DO coif io
Acol) to
HOLDS SESSION.
The meeting of the pastors arid
church leaders of the MftthnHiat
church of the Waynesville District
ing until .Wednesday noon. The ob
ject of this meeting was to confer
together and make plans for the
work in the district this year.
Among" the speakers were Rev.
frank Siler, D. D.. Prof. A. C
Reynolds layeader. of theWaynes-
yiue District, .Rev. M. F. Moores
Rev. J. P. Rogers; Rev. L, B. Aber-
nethy, D. D., Rev. D. H. Rhinehardt
and Presiding fader L T. CordelL
Dr. Siler, missionary secretarv of
me western North Carolina Con
ference spoke Tuesday evening on
missions, showing the needs in Con
ference, and ome missions and
telling of the wonderful opportunity
the church has, in the foreign field
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tha7Ifl"h "J" 7 P
tllat each member of the church
has of assisting in the world-wide
avangelization. The p akers all
jdell and Prof. A. C. Reynolds.
SECRECY A CRIME
The worst thing you can do for a
fonsumptive Js to keep him from
owniR thati-hejis a
Wfr tisPrt tn thmlr '"ti
: Xr vv cff1 l"a'- Acuiug ioiks
the truth about themselyes when
they hai consumption would scare
them to death. Somehow riome of
them found it out in spite of us and
instead of being scared to death they
set about taking the cure and got
well. Most of those we didn't tell
found it out too late or aggravated
their cases through ignorance and
in consumptives' graves in a
The State Board of Health is in
recript of a letter from a gentleman
regarding one of his associates who
is known to be a consumptive. The
consumptive's family and friends
are aware of his condition and are
afraid of him. They are also afrai 1
to tell the consumptive lest it might
scare him to death. Yet they are
letting him go about his daily work
unwarned. The consumptive is an
ambitious, hardworking fellow, and
as such is almost certain that he
will end in a consumptive's grave
in a comparatively short time, or
what is still worse, learn of his sad
plight when it is too late arid have
none but his friends to blame for
l etting him drift into such a con
dition unwarned.
Furthermore, a consumptive who
does not know that he is a con
sumptive is a menace to others and
a really dangerous person to be
around. On the other hand, a care
ful consumptive is a safe person
with whom to lhe
, nfS nno:,mnt:n s io tn finr1
out?whether or not his consumption
. it s i i,
If it is. there is no time to lose. If
you want to get well your chances
are good if you bein early, but
your chances are slim if you wait.
N. C. Board of Health. , v
LYNCH1NGS LAST 1EAR.
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. In the United States during the
year 1913 there,were only forty-four
lynching, .which is the lowest rium
horded last year and as many : as
ber on record, wore mail uuy;.wcw.
ocn in SOme urevious yearsjJiDi
25Pin some :.previous
SYLyA,.m:4ARY.; 1914
1
mm no, 1.
uur hfl,w. 0ut Friday, the
2hd,Jt was oifejof tne best schools
ever taught athis ; piac, we as
committee consider ourselves very
fortunate inseuing Mr. Geo. ; W,
Jones as teacherMr, Jones having
taught our schoof st year, which
was also very successful.
The co-operali6u of the Teacher,
students and parents all together,
was the principal reason for the suc
cessful term. Tfiere were enrolled 57,
witn an average attendance for five
months of 50.
On Nov. 5th'a, Box Supper was
given by the Patrons of the school
for the purposef completing ihe
hve months there being a deficincy
in the Funds proportioned to 'this
aistnct. . f
On Christmas iEve a Christmas
Tree was given to the school, off of
which each of the 57 students re
ceived a present or presents valued
at twenty-five cents. . In addition to
these, sevesal of the old people and
visitors received nice and valuable
preserr s. Thetr j6 was an unusnally
beautiful one, it being a holy load
ed with red berries, which stood
about ten foeVhM and was lightid
with candles, with its loads of beau
tiful presents it presented a'beauti
ful scene.
Before the awarding of the pres
ents, there weie seVeral interesting
plays and Dialogues given by the
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Mr.TLaban Winchester of Waynes
ville and Mr Ruben Frady of Har
ris. There was no trouble at all be
tween the Patrons and the teacher.
He giving entire satisfaction to all.
G. M. Green.
L. C. Buchanan,
J. E. Buchanan,
Committeemen,
SYLVA 10UE0TE
INSTITUTE OPEHS.
The students of the Sylva Col-
i legiate, Institute were returning to
Sylva Saturday and Sunday and
the school opened Monday morning
for the spring term.
At e ch session of the school,
since it has been under tie direc
tion of Prof, J. C. Ingram, there has
been an increase of students and
the beginning of the present term
the addition to the student body is
quite flattering to the management
of the school.
MRS. HOI! I. ASHE DIES
Mrs. Robt. Ashe died at her home
near Webster early Saturday morn-
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leaves a husband and seven child-
weeks. The funeral was heldi Sun- the fairs represented by them re
day afternoon, Rev. D. R. Proffitt spectively that in future all gam
conducting the service. The re- bling and gambling devices, such as
mains were interred at the Stillwell wneels Wlth money or Pnzes on tne
rfMQri I chance of the turn and money ta-
grdveyaru. i , . - ... .
Mrs. Ashe was 51 years old and,Dles Wlth Pnzes
ren, 5 sons and '2 daughters, among1" c ,1A11' w -w wc"
whom are Mrs. J. C. Collins and
Mr. Ottis Ashe of Sylva, and Mrs.
f!niinwhff Thp. nthfir ,
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four sons, Donaldson, Roy, Fred and
Perry Ashe, all live at Webster,
VHiniER WEDDING
. ; John A.Parri& and Miss Martha
Lackeywere unitedari marriage at
Whittier last Sunday,-the khot be
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ing tiejJ . by ReyMr.: h nehar
Gjbsi Times.1
GM1BLING TO OE
CUT OUT AT FAIRS
Charlotte, Jan. a-That the fairs
of this State and South Carolina
are going to completely eliminate
gambling and questionable shows
on the ground's of the fairs are indi
cated here this afternoon at a
meeting of the secretaries of these
fairs.
A committee consisting A. W.
McAlister. of Greensboro; W, C,
Lbwd, of Charlotte, and J, Qark!
of Charlotte, representing J. I&.
Broughton, Jr., of Raleigh, went be
fore the secretaries and presented
the matter in behalf of the North
Carolina Conference of Social Ser
vice, the committee was cordially
received by the secretaries.
A number of secretaries have al
ready eliminated all objectional
games and shows, doing it not only
in response to public sentiment and
on moral grounds but they assured
the committee that the financial
returns were better.
The committee presented the fol
lowing resolution: "The State and
county fairs of North Carolina are
playing an important part in the
industrial develoyment of the State
and possess educational possibilities
of great value. In addition to their
industrial and educational value
they have a great recreational value
with these worthy things as an ob
jective they are entitled to the ei
couragexnentafcd support of all, the
neon e. snnool r.hi flrn anhmil tPnnh.
ers, in fact everybody. Tis being
true, it is not right, neither is it
wise to admit to the midways of
our lairs leatures which are a
ground of conscientious objection
o very considirable proportion of
our people, and whose influence
irpon the children and youth attend
ing them is unwholesome and in
jurious. ' '
"These objectionable features are
not needed to make the fairs attrac
tive. The fairs can furnish abund
ant recreation and diversion and
such as will fully satisfy the public
demand for such things without ad
mi ttiny those that are immoral in
their suggestion and tendencies and
those things whose influence is un
wholesome and hurtful. The time
was when these things may have
been popular, but that time has
passed. The public has changed.
Sentiment has changed. The pop
ular fair now is the clean farr; there
fore, be it
"Resolved, That this committee'
and delegation present this pream
ble and resolution, to the fair secre
taries at their meeting in Charlotte,
this the sixth day of January 1914,
and request of them that they, first
recommend to the managenlentof
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the letter and all immoral and vul
gar shows of immoral suggestion be
m "ie luture excluaeo.
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of fairs for this State the ' adoption
of the policy outlined above with
reference to amusements and "the
midway; be it ' ; . .
"ResolvecL-further, Thatjwith the
adoption of this policy by the fairs
we plee'thetri Uie support V of . piir
influence and biM3ratioii.w ' 'J
SinM We-fai, iW-t ..wefe'creensboltx :k
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
WESTERN CAROLINA
FEATURED IN EDITION
RESORT TOMS AND CiriES OF THE!
l llin flC TDC eirv nnn mr .,
winu ui lux oni Dull leu lfl HtU
YORK PAPER.
Western North Carolina in general
and Asheville in particular doubtless
will be greatly benefited as the result
of valuable advertisimi n&ti&r ir.
ried in last Sunday's "winter resort
edition" of the New York Sun Two
full pages are given to the resorts of
this state and in this generous allot
ment of spacelthe towns and cities
of the Land of the Sky get the lion's
share of the reading matter and illus
trations. Cuts tof many of the prin
cipal points of interest of the western
counties of this state are carried in
the paper and the reading matter is
written in such a manner as to at
tract the attention of the person in
search of a place to spend his. winter,
vacation.
Of the space given to Western Car.
olina two columns of reading matter
and numerousillustrations are de
scriptive of Asheville. This city's
contribution to the number
furnished by Secretary N. Buckner.
of the local board of trade.
In addition to the reading mattar
and illustrations boosting the Land
tne bky, the'tdvertisiml colnmria
of the edition4nvite tourist to visit
this city and surrounding points. At
tractive advertisemerits are furnish-
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Asheville Citizen.
MOVING DAY.
Yes! The Journal is late this week-
but we feel sure that our friends
will indulge us this one time, for
we have been having too much f uh
these last few days to think abdut
a paper aud when we say fun, we
mean that we have been having a
regular old fashioned gdod time
moviug the office of the Journal
through the snow and mud and tee
and the j trying to put the machine
ry together again, which by the way
was some job. for the very simple
reason that it really looked as if
we would have enough pieces left
over from the big press to make a
very respectable job press and a
linotype or two, as well as a type
writer and a few alarm clocks. How
ever we have about gotten things
straightened out again and are ready
for business. You will find the
Journal located in the new FlatiW
building, no not flatiron but sheet
iron building on depot street op
posite the Tuckaseigee Bank.
We invite you everyone to make
us a call when you are in town. We'
will be glad to see you.
Miss Iillie Everett of Bryson City
spent Thursday in the city, the'
guest of Miss EffieMcDade, at the
Commercial.
meeting today for organization
they did not think it proper, to take
any formal action on the resolution,
but they assured the? committed!
that they would bring it up at tbe
first regular meeting of the secrcX'
taries' organizati6n,lto "be: held : in
the spring and they asked the comi
mittee to be present atttimel ;
All present spoke in favifrof the'
resolution;- Speaking for the coin- ;
McAlisterl nnr! nl-cn Rmr: tJ n r.;J.i'
wuuama land '-wvFroLPdnsifcf
Carcia Casey. (coU