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BURNED TRESTLES
DELAY TRAINS.
Two trestles on the Murphy Di
vision were burned Monday might,
the .one "across the - Tuckaseigee
river at thia end of the (owee tun
nel and the other below Wiilets at
the "Still house cut No trains
h a v ere a c h e d 'Sylva' since
Tuesday and it is thought that it
will be the first of ne:weei before
the Southern: can resume its usual
schedule on this division; -
It is thought that the -trestles
cau.ulU from lire dropping; from the
the engines and. as the weather has
been unusually dry ; for several
weeks 'they burned ! quickly and
were destroyed before the fire was
discovered. '
The people between , Willets and
Whittier have been greatly incon
veniencec because of the uncertain
ty of the mails and the suspension
of transportson on the railroad. The
Tuesday morning mail came to
Sylva via Lake Toxaway and did
not reach here until Thursday. Al
ter that a lever car was impressed
into service and has been doing
very good work as a railway mail
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The first sessio 1 of Jackson C6uni
ty Superior Court to. be held, at
Sylva convened Monday the ;18th
with Judge Frank Carter presiding
Practi
week was consumed in the trial of
Geo. Williamson Smith against
Holm es .Brothers. This is the third
time that the case has 'been tried
and it has been in court since 1905.
The jury rendered a verdict in favor
of the plaintiff of lc, thus causing
the defendants to pay the costs of
the action. ";
The following cases have- been
disposed of: M. Buchanan vs. E. C.
Hedden et al; continued. Thomas
Tatham vs. Alden Howell et al; con
tinued. E. A. Hedden vs. Alden
Howell et al; continued: J. A. Wig
gins vs. A. M. HoOper; continued.
J. D. Zachary Vs. Southern Railway;
compromised. R. G. Snyder vs
Southern Railway; judgment of non
suit, plaintiff appealed to the Su
preme court. W. M. 1 Turnen vs.
Cathey and Alley; judgment of non
suit, plaintiff appealed. John H.
Parker vs. X. H. Queen et al: contin
ued. D. L. Love, executor vs. W.
J. Hannah, trustee; continued. Ida
J, Easton vs. H. M. Graib et al; re
f erred, D. D. Da vies vs. David Press
ley et al; referred! Buchanan , &
Dunn Lumber Co. vs J. M. Rogers;
referred. Telia Wood vs. J. M.
Wood et al; continiiied. T. M.Messer
et al vs Jane Messer et al; continu
ed. D. B. Sprinkle, administratrix vs
Whiting Mfg. (.; judgment of non
suit; plaintiff appealed:. Fred Buch
hanan vs. Wl M. Ritter Lumber Co.:
continued. L. D. Bradley vs; South
ern Railway r compromised, Josh
vvuney vs. ouuiucJi-i : ivauway.. va
continued. H. H; Cogdill vs.
era Railway; compromised, lAVlH.
Parker vs. Ira Parker Jet al;
Rogers; referred; D. G.-- Bfyson et al
vs. Southern Railway; ? continued.
D. L. Bryson ySom
continued P. P. McLean ys. W.v t.
Lewis; contihuedl' VJ: W. ' Rhinehart
vs
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MRS
ARCH WARD
Mrs Arch Ward died at her horiie
at Barker's Creek Monday, at the
age of 68 after an illness of several
weeks duration. She leaves a ( hus
band, six children, three, brouhers
and'one ysister. Mrs. Ward is : the
mother of Mrs. Slagie and Honier
Ward of Sylva. ; ; , :
The funeral was Wednesday ; and
terment wast ; j ;hWor!ey
rey af d: ?
f tLee Hooper ;was herednesday
from' Speedwell.
:3Mr. aridfMrs.L
were
SYLVA, , N-- CL- MAY. 2 ' 1914
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CHURCH DIRECTORY
Methodist Episcopai. Churc South
Rev. L. B. Abernethy, Ph. D, Pas
tor. Preaching 1st and 3rd Sun
days at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. .
Sunday school every Sunday
morning at 10 o'ebek. Chas. L.
Allison, Supt r
Baptist Church .
Rev. R, P. Ellington; Pastor.
Preaching 2nd and 4th Sundays "at
11 a m. and 7:30 p. m. ; ;
Sunday-school every Sunday - morn
ing; at 10 o'clock.T. C. 'Bryson,
Supt.1 ; v-
Union -; Prayer Meeting every
Friday evening at-7:30. . -'
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r John's 'Episopal, :
Sunday morning
O'clock. .
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STREETS AND ROADS
BEING GRADED.
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of Sylva was commenced Wednes-
day mornmg at the upper - end. of !
Main street and wiU be carried. on
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tiu&iccs ui xuusuuru auu oyiva ueiu
a joint meeting the first of the week
arid located the iew road or street
between the two 1 towns. The
work on this road , will be startei
within the next few days and when
completed will to all practical pur
poses make one town out of the
two. In fact the two towns are so
close together and have so many
interests in common that they are
in reali v one. ; ..' ,'
The electric plantjfor both places
is located at Dillsboro, it is only a
mile and 5-8 from the depot at Syl
va to that at Dillsboro. and when
the new road is finished the dis
tance from Dillsboro to the court
house will be approximately a mile
Year by-year the distance from
Sylva to Dillsboro is being eliminat
ed and with a main street running
through the two towns it is only a
question of time when, with rapid
growth of both towns, they will in
become one large town.
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J. Davis Zachary; the welf know"
farmer and cattle raiser of Caney
Fork died at the hpme of Dr. -A. A
Nichols Saturday morning, following
5; Mr. Zachar had been in poof
health for a number of months but
it was thought that he was improv
ing. He had come to Sylva on busi
ness and had been here for several
days, completing.his business, he
was expecting to return to his nome
the next day.
The funeral was at East Laporte
and was conducted by Rey. L. T.
Cordell.
Mr. Zachary was one of the best
known and mpst popular citize is Of
Jackson County. In his ieath the
county loses one of it's best citizens.
Mr. Zachary was widely and promi-
nantly connected throughout , Jack
son County and western North Caro
lina. He is survived by a widow and
six childen.
DISTRICT CONFER
ENCE ADJOURNS
The Waynes ville District Confer
ence, of the Methodist .Episcopal
Church, South met at Cullowhee,
beginning with a sermon by Rev.
Gibbs of Cashiers. t
.Tuesday morning the conference
was opened by . Rev. L. T. Cordell,
Presiding Elder.' About seventy-five
Lay Delegates and preachers answer
ed the call of the rolL Owing to the
burning of the trestles, several visit
ing Ministers failed to reach the
conference.
Fi ve preachers were recommend
ed for admission into the traveling
connection of the annualGonference.
One man J. M, Green .was; ; granted
licenseito preachuf T;t - - s
, ine next visinct uomerence wm
meet in ItnkhniProfessor A.- C.
Reynolds, ;J. A. "Porter, RbbL; . L.
Noland were elected delegates to the
Annual .Conference. v , ; .
The preaching was done by Revs.
J. A. Fry-of Jonathan circuit, D. H.
Rhinehart h of Bryson - City,: J. P.
Rodders of Canton station and Dr.
FranfcSiletfSlissio Secretary of
the Western-North Carolina Confer
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DALSAM GROVE
Again if I am permitted space in
our dar old Jacksoh County -paper
I shall try to give a 1 little sketch of
'on ; .
We have been having some fine
weather for fanning ' in the past
three and four weeks. Most ; every
one in this section is s done planting
corn, some getting along fine hoe- ;
ing cotn; While we have been hav
ing these fine days for working, our . .
crops of wheat, grass arid clovj
also other plants are needing r
Wheat crops arenot more than
as good as they would have been
if they had, had sone rain :during
the past three weeks. Grass crops
are off one half, most all the" fields
of grass and clover that , was sown
in early spring are now dead.
Apple crops are,good, peach crops
are exceedingly fine and with all
these prospects for good fruit crops
we should all be well pleased.
We all approve of the construction
of a telephone line from Cullowhee
upCaney Fork. The writer was well
pleased to see what Mr. H. H. Wood
said regarding, this proposition, I
sincerely hope that this plan will be
carried through to a success. I doii t .
believe there is a progressive citizea
in;Caney Fork Township; that will
be opposedto such a grand thing
as a telephone line up Caney Fork.
Mrs. Jerry Wood is seriously ill
with typbdid fever, Dr's. Candler, of
Sylva, and Bryson of Adlowheewere
callerLerePeaTly Sunday morning.
Mrs. Henry Hooper, who has been
on the sick list a few weeks past is
about again. She and her husband
went to East Laporte , Saturday to
attend the burial of- Mrs. Hooper's
uncle Mr. Davis Zachary, who died
in Sylva Friday night
Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas, i of
Knox ville Tenn. has been spending
several weeks in upper Caney Fork.
. Mr. Billie Parker, of Soco, is spend
iog a few days with friends and
relatives at Balsam Grove,"
The writer received some reports
yesterday regarding a harmonizing -Bear
fight that quite a number of
our hunters had Thursday, the fight
began opposite the top of the Balsam
Mountain on the Pigeon side, the
dogs fought the Black fighter down
very nei r the Incline on the i Pigeon
river. But by good luck Mr. Will7
Cook shot and killed him. It is re-'
ported that he would have weighed
500 pounds. t v '
This writer ' would be delighted
to see letters from all parts -of our
county printed in the Journal tell
ing about their ; farming, as l am
enthusiastically interested in that
business.,
Mountain Times,
SYLVA WINS AGAIN
Once more the Andrews nine bit
the dust when they failed to make
proper connection with Bryson's
big steam. Saturday afternoon at the
fair grounds was played one. of the
prettiest games ,seen ' on the home ;
grounds this saason. Bryson pitched,
a good game arid his team Jbacked
him in Uie field. Some good "batting ,
on the part of Sylva and the game
was won by the score of 8 .to 4. In
the ninth the - Andrews boys Hvent
ip the bat CWith blood in their eyes
and pulled 3 men across the plae.
Allen '-For Sylva. dbtingHeU-ii.him-:.
self by making two : two-baggers off
:iSylvi hasTpIayed, sevenVames
and": won five this seari.; Cf: ;
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