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SYLVA, N. C, NOVEMBER 27, 1914,
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SERVICE WEEK
In planning the local news for
the observance of "Community Ser
vice Week." It was decided after
building steps on the street leading
to the Baptist church to ask every
house-holder public and private to
put their homes and premises and
places of business in good order
during the week by removing all
unnecessary and unsightly articles,
burn all the trash and bury or de
stroy what does not -burn, also
each person, as far as practicable,
clean the street or road leading by
them. We futher recommend that
the ladies of the town direct their
attention to our public square about
the depot, hoping the appearance
of our town may soon be the ex
pression of our ideas of a healthy
beautiful locality,
Mrs. Keener, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Mc-
Irs. Ingram i d Mrs. Rh v'e
committee,
COTTON GOODS SHOW.
Burlington, N. C, November 18, -The
advancement made in the
South in the manufacture of cot
ton goods, particularly dress goods
and hosiery, was well illustrated in
the cotton goods show recently held ;
in Burlington in which exhibits ;
were made by twenty four cotton
and hosiery mills all of which are
located in Alamance county.
The products of each mill . were
exhibited in booths each of which
were tended by two ladies who
wore dresses made of cotton goods
manufactured in Alamance county.
The entire cost of material in these
dresses ranged from 6 ) cents to
Xj.oO, while in appearance they
compared very favorably with cos
tumes of other fabrics costing many
times this price and the effect
made a profound impression on all
v U'5 tors as shawiavthe handsom e
garments that can be ; made from
! lie products--of Southern cotton
Among the products which at-
p.? :eu particular interest were ;
i'ley dress ginghams, cotton dress
iods, shepherd checks, plaids, and ;
ri; ikied seersuckers, flannels, em-
r ; lery crochet yarns,-- crepes, i
ratines, novelty fabrics
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stockings of cotton, lisle, ana;
id :;iik in various stylesand .with
.vide range of color.
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v Birthday Party given by Miss
ma Hatcher Nov. 13, 1914r
i oh was much enjoyed by
all
r were present the color
- carried out in the pink
SCheme;
wnich
s very pretty. Nine thirty
re-
hments were served, and from
till eleven interesting games'
played. Among -those that!
present were: Mr. and Mrs.
iien, Mrs. Joe tfanier, Mrs.
Rogers, Misses Grace McK ee
' Cope, Arbutus Tallent, Bet
I irker, Grace Evans, Rhoda,
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rmam, uertruae mnson,
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Calhoun, Lula Shepherd and
'--ora Buchanan.
Messers Roy Cowan. T. C, Bryson
1 )yce Shook. Fred Bryson, Paul
Kitchen, Furman Dillard, Charlie
(-athey and Bunyan Ashe. All
spent an enjoyable evening.
Written by one present.
MILL BURNS .
AT: CHEROKEE
Cherokee, N. C.
. Nov. .26, 1914.
It is and old saying that "We
never miss the water till the mill
runs dry," and this has certainly
come true to the people of Quails
township, in the loss of J. L. Floyd's
up-to-date full roller process flour
mill, which was burned to the
ground last night.
The loss to Mr. Floyd is gre at as
any one can easily see, and we ex
tend to him our sympathy; but the
people for many mihs around here
feel a loss greater than can be esti
mated in mere dollars arid cents,
think of such a mill located right
in the heart of a section of country
espec ly adopted to the raising of
wheat - aad the only mill within
rmny roiles, and then, if you can,-
imagine a peopk suddenly left with
out such a will or any other kind of
will, and you will begin to see what
I mean by saying that it is a loss
that can, not be measured in dollars
and cents.
Now, I do hope that in this great
calamity to one of our friends and
neighbors, we may all learn a les-
son, I hope we will learn to appre
ciate more fully the efforts of such
men as Mr. Floyd to make things
more convenient for us.
We ought to encourage Capitol
but, alas, it is too often discouraged.
"esfflMmfcert.
COMMUNITY SERVICE.
At this time it is impossible to
learn what any of the other co m
munities in the county are planning
to do on "Community Service Days;'
but no doubt every community in
the county will do it's full part.
At Sylva. Thursday will be used
in cleaning up all the streets and
allies particularly the street, from
the depot, running parrallel with
main street, to the junction with
main street in front of A. J. Dills'
residence; the walk from main street
to the Baptist Church and in drain
ing the school grounds.
Every body is expected to clean
up his yard and premises
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At the meeting of the Board of
; Trade; Thursday evening the plans
will be more thoroughly discussed.!
Friday, North Carolina Day, is j
under the auspices of the Sylva
j High School, The Sylva Collegiate
Institute aad the Community Bet
terment Club;
Addresses will be delivered:
Social Feature. Mrs. J. C. Ingram.
T.ihra:?PQ -An A Pn'nlio T?oorlinrS C
C. Buchanan,
Needs of the Community, dis-
closed by the Survey,
Cowan.
lion. C. C.
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Sanitarv Imorovement. Dr. A. A.
' Nichols,
Woman's Civic Betterment Club,
Mrs. W. H. Rhodes:
Educational Address,
Dr. L. B.
Abernethy.
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The needs ot the schools, Miss
j Irene Abernethy,
There will be songs, music, recita
tions etc. by students of ,the High
School and the Collegiate Institute
Dinner at Building.
The Woman's Committee to make
arrangements about dinner is com-
P. Allen, Mrs. J. 0. Ingram, Mrs. W
H. Rhodes, and Mrs. Carrie McKee.
At Webster, Thursday will be
cleaning up the "yards and streets.
Friday the people of Webster
and the Webster High School will
celebrate North Carolina Day the
exercises begining at 1:30.
All are requested to take part.
USS1A REMAI
BY FItOMBITI
NOT A DROP OF THE STRONG DRINK
0BTAINAB1E AND THE RACE IS
TRANSFORMED
Petragrad, Nov. 18. Actual and
complete prohibition is in force to
day throughout the entire Russian
Empire and n t a drop of vodka
whiskey, andy, gin or any other
strong drink is obtainable .from one
i-mr to he other of an area populat
ed 150,u-jC,00 p-.-jpie iiuc! com
prising one bixth of the habitable
globe.
In every foot of Russian territory
the word prohibition is taken liter
ally. It does not mean a partial
ly successful attempt to curtail li
quor consumption, resulting in
drinking in secret places, abuse of
medical licenses and general eva
sion and subterfuge. It does mean
that a vast population who consum
ed $1000,000,000 worth of vodka a
year; whose ordinary condition has
been described bv Russians them
selves as ranging from a sligltf jefe
gfee"'of stimulation upward;' has
been lifted almost in one day to
sobriety.
On that day when the mobilizat
ion began policemen visited every
public place where vodka is sold,
locked up the supply of liquor
which is almost pure alcohol, and
placed on the shop the imperial
seal. Since the manufacture and
sale of vodka is government mono
poly it is not difficult to enforce
prohibition and from the olay the
shops were closed drunkennes
vanished. The results already are
seen in toe peasantry. They are
beginning to look like a different
race. Marks of suffering, the pinch-
! e(j 0oks of illness
and improper
nourishment have gone from their
faces. Their clothes are cleaner
and both men and women. appear
more neatly and better dressed.
j Homes of the poor, formerly desti-
, tlitej now appear better kept.
.Minor crimes and misdemeanors
have aimost vanished.
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! From the Andrews San we learn
Dr. and Mrs. H. N. Wells left here
last Friday for Murphy where they
.j expect, to reside in the future.
; Th-ir mnnv friends are sorry .to see
i l,v Um Vnt wish thm
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success in their new home.
Mrs.
Ed. Divel bliss was
Thanksgiving dav. from
Ashe v ille
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i visiting ner sisters.
Mr. J. N. Cowan has been
here
j for some days with his son, M. D.
Cowan.
Miss Annie Mae Divelbliss is
visiting her grandmother Mrs An
nie Leatherwood.
Arthur McDade is here from
Pisgah Forest, spending a few das
with his father and sister.
Holmes Bryson "is putting out
some specials in the way of shoes,
clothing, ladies' coats etc., that will
hook good to you and will save you
RUSSIANS CLAIM OVER-
VUELHINIi VICTORY
A London Dispatch says:
'The Morning Post's Petrogra( '
correspondent says that when full
details of the Russian victory hi
Poland are available they will fur
nish a story that will astonish the
world a story telling of a blow to
Germany's finest troops such as had
not been dealt since the days oi
Napoleon.
The correspondent also makes an
interesting disclosure concerning a
success he says the Russian Baltic
fleet under command of Admiral
vo i Essen ieved early in Sep
tember. His dispatch in substance
is as follows:
Desperate Chance,
"It appears that German warships
had acquired the habit of cruising
in the Baltic up to the limit which
the Russian fleet had decided to
hold. Admiral von Essen painted
r er.d of his cruisers and destroy
ers with the German colors and
under cover of foggy weather joined
the German ships. The presence
of the Russian warships was not
suspected.
The admiral opened fire, sinking
one German cruiser and damaging
another, while the Russian vessels
sailed home, untouched.
"The Germans naturally remained
silent r garding this fight and for
various reasons the Russians also
kept silent but a number of the
coveted St. George crosses were dis
tributed mong those who were - re-
f sponsible for the" success of this
venture "
In co mention With the foregoing
story it is interesting to note a
brief official statement giv en out
in London September 4 read:
"According to information deriv
ed from a trustworthy source seven
German destroyers anj torpedo
boats have arrived at Kiel in a
damaged condition and it is under
stood that others have been sunk
in the vicinity of the Kiel canals."
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Dr. Chas. Z, Candler went to Ashe
ville Friday returning- with a new
Ford.
Rev. T. F. Deitz reached home
Monday from Knoxville, Tenn.,
where he just closed a very success
ful revival meeting at the Euclid
Avenue Baptist Church. Tae
meeting continued two week dur
ing which time there were thirty
professions and sixty reclaimed.
Mr. Deitz's ability as a preacher is
! fast being recognized beyond the
confines of North Carolina, and he
receives many urgent .jequests to
hold revival meetings in distant
states. Bryson City Times,
Misses Jessie and Georgia Still
veh were m the city this wees
from Webster. '
T. C. Jon is and little daughter
! were here this week, from Barkers
Creek and called at trie Journal Ui
f'ce. Mr. Ernest N. Raines, who is visit
ing his father's family, near Lake
Toxaway, spent Wednesday here
with his brother, Mr. E. T.Raines.
He came from Stillwater, Wash.,
about two weeks ago, and at that
time, he said there had been no
frost, the weather was mild, flowers
were in bloom, and the meadows
were green. The wintry air of
Transylvania was quite a contrast
to the balmy climate of western
Washington. SylvanValley J News
ZACHARY--BRVSON
A dispatch in the Citizen last
Friday from Canton tells of the sec
ret wedding last May of Miss Elsie
Mabel Bryson to Mr. Edward Zach
ary, which occurred in Henderson
ville. Mr. Zachary is with the
Southern Express Co. and Mrs. Zac
hary is the attractive daughter of
Mrs. Ida Bryson, who formerly liv
ed here. Carolina Mountaineer.
LIFE INSURANCE.
'I feel that the public should be
shown that life insurance, besides
protecting against misfortune, is al-
so a powerful force in the product
ion of wealth, and that premium
payments should not be regarded
merely as a.i expense to be grudg
ingly borne. Constant worry is one
of the greatest curses that can fall
to the lot of man, and life insurance
if universally a edr would lift that
curse from innumerable shoulders.
The knowledge of an assured estate
from the mo e v. die premium is
paid will enable the injured to feel
reer in assuming initiative.' By re
moving a load of care from the
mind it promotes efficiency and
makes life happier. In my ows
case my life insurance is my motn,
sacred possession, and I have often
felt that I would not be without it
even though the premiums were
twice what they are. Because of
it, I e it better, sleep better, feel
better, and, as a result of these,
ork bat ter."-London Review.
nam. on blease.
South Carol fna Governor May Not
Get Seat irc State Convention.
In all probability Governor Cole L
Elease will' not be a member of tha
Democratic state convention when
than body assembles in Columbia on
May 20 at noon. The Smith peoplo
captured the club meetings in the
home county of the governor, and it is
said that they plan to leave the gov
ernor's name off the list of eight dele-:
gates which will be sent up from
Newberry county to the state con
vention. The- Newberry- county con
vention is two to one against the gov
ernor, it is said.
Optimism reigns throughout the
ranks of the anti-Biease or pro-Smith,
faction as the result cf the over
whelming defeat of the Blease force3
throughout the state in the club meet
ings. Reports received in Columbia,
state that the overwhelming major---ity
of the county conventio'ns are ia
the hands of the Smith faction and
that the state convention and 'the
State Democratic Ixecutive commit-1
tee will be dominated by the Smith
forces. Some are even predicting
that the Blease people will have less
representation than they did in the
convention of 1012 when their dele-i
gates numbered only 59 out of a to
tal of o30.
Cartridges for Rebels Stopped.
One million rounds of small arm
ammunition consigned to the Consti
tutionalist i'orces .along the northern
border of .Mexico has teen stopped at
Galveston and will be returned to the
in a nufl&cturcrs. Because of the ro-
cent eisibv-vro of arms into Mexico the
aii-.i.-')riaos Lave been keenly w:'.cchful
for shiprntrnxs of arms and anamina
tion en AjUVj to Carranza forces.
WGmen Live With Skulls Crushed.
With th'ir ' skulls crushed. Mrs.,
Arvhur E.
'Mrs. John
lYnn., are
Brakebiil and daughrer,
B. Ray, of Madfcsoii ville,
siill alive. 1'Iiev wer-j
thrown from a buggy and land.: on
a rocky roadway. The mother's in
jury is -at the base of the brain and
she will probably die.
Clayton Named Federal Judge.
The president nominated Represent
tative Henry D. Clayton, of Eufaula,
to be United States district judge for
the Middle and Northern district of
Alabama, to succeed Juclffa Tboznaaj
jr. jones, afc&ease.
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