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VOL. I NO. 7
SYLVA, N. C, AUGUST 27, 1915,
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
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S. C. I. OPENED WITH
LARGE ATTENDANCE
The Sylva Collegiate Institute
opened Tuesday, August 24th, by a
number of enthusiastic talks from
the trustees an I citizens of the
town. The future looks bright for
the school.
Prof. Ingram is working hard to
Wke the school a great school, and
success for the school means suc
cess for Sylva and all the western
counties. The school is growing
every year. It opened with a num
ber of new students from many
sections of the state.
Mrs. Sadie J. Long returned yes
terday from Cullowhee where she
has been visiting for several days.
J. S. Leopard of Central S. C.
passed through the city Thursday
enroute for his home. Mr. Leopard
has been up visiting his home folks.
Remember the Fair begins Sept.
28 and that is not very long.
Have you made any preperations
fork?
Mrs. J. L. Broyles of Webster
was in the city Wednesday. .
Drs. W. P. and Daisy McGuire
visited home folks the first of the
e
week.
Kelley Bennett of Bryson City
was in the city Wednesday,
ii has been reported to us that
G. Tavlor HamDton is very ill at
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his home near Murphy.
Miss Bsajseia Keener entertained
a crowd of the" young people Wed
nesday evening at her home.
Miss Ruth Allison of Webster
was in the city Wednesday.
Remember the unveiling of the
monument takes place Sept 18th.
Make your plans to be present as
this will be one of the biggest
things in the Western part of the
County.
Misses Ethel, Irene and Mattie
Burge Abernethy were here, Tues
day from Cullowhee.
Miss Chri stine Nichols is visiting
in Etowah.
Miss Margie Abernethy is the
guest of Miss Alice Gray,
Mrs. C. 0. Abernethy and little
daughter, Martha Annis are here
from Raleigh.
Miss Christine Nichols entertain
ed at cards at her home on main
street, Wednesday evening, compli
mentary to her attractive, house
guest, Miss Ora Nichols of Etowah.
Various games were enjoyed at
the five tables. The pleasing color
scheme of pink and white was car
ried out in both . decorations and
refreshments. Mrs. Nichols grace
fully presided at the punch bowl.
Among those present were; Miss
es Gray, Greer, Mamye and Pearl
Lon, Lucy Wells, Keener, Sanford,
Ensley and Nichols and Messrs. T.
C Bryson, Cox, Perkins, Luck, B.
H.and H. P. Cathey; Stillwell
Rhodes and Tompkins.
Mrs. Albert McCrackin is visiting
her sister Mrs. A. J. WUs of this
city, ' :y -
SYLVA
ORATO
By far the most interesting event
that has transpired since the organ
izatian of Jackson county will take
place at Sylva on the 18th of next
month when a beautiful monument
in commoration of the deeds of the
Confederate soldiers and their wives,
both living and dead, will be un
unveiled. Nearly every individual in the,;
county wm bav adeej
interest, in this ocosioii as ttet
every one had fathers, mothers, j
brothers or sisters whose fortunes,
whose sacred honor and evee whose
lives were laid upon the alter of the
Civil War.
There are many citizens of Jack
son whose fathers brothers or hus
bands sleep in unmarked graves on
the fields of Virginia, Georgia or
Tennessee, or died slow deaths in
Northern prisons, helpless in the
presence of relentless and often
cruel captors, with the heroic asse
veration, with their last gasp, of
their allegience to Dixie to their
homes and their starving wives and
children.
It is in highest honor and perpet
ual memory of heroes and heroines
like these that this lasting memorial
is being erected. It is our small,
belated tribute to their great sacri
fice. How fortunate it is that a
handful of the veterans of that war
are still with us to behold and to
enjoy our feeble tribute.
In the face of solemn claims, such
as these, upon our patriotism, our
love and reverence for all which is
dear to a loyal people we are deter
mined to make this the largest at
tended and the happiest occasion in
the sixty-three years of county
history.
And now we extend to every sur
viving veteran and his wife and
family; to every widow of a Confed
erate soldier, God bless her in her
lonely old age, in the beauty, purity
and nobility of her character; to
every son and grandson, daughter
and grand-daughter of a Confeder
ate soldier at home or abroad; to
every Union soldier, his wife and
his offspring; to Northern citizens
sojourning in our happy Southland;
to every Southern visitor breathing
our mountainlqzone jand drinking
our liquid pearl; to every fair vjeit-
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JULIAN
ing maiden of the North or of the
South ogling the while, with our
mountain youth; to iall persons of
any and all sections of any and all
faiths religious or 'political who
love, revere or respect the man who
wore the gray, we extend the deep
est, dearest, fullest welcome bf our
hearts. Welcome will,beTHE word
and the latch strings wiHfdangle on
Folio wimj is ciie inchoate prograrh
Line of march will begin at some
place later to be designated, at 10
o'clock.
Capt. Frederick Rutledge of Troop
B. Cavalry N. C. N. G. of Asheville,
will have command and conduct
the line of march. Capt. Rutledge
will be assisted by a corps of mar
shals composed of sons of veterans
from various parts of the county,
and one of the distinguished features
of the procession will be the pres
ence of the Haywood Company of!
the National guard under the Com
mand of Capt. J. H. Howell. The
procession will be led by the First
Regiment Band of Asheville whose
services we have procured. Un
veiling ceremonies will be conclud
ed before dinner. Evelybody bring
DINNER.
The speaking will begin at 11:30.
Chairman of the occasion, Wm.
L. Henson.
Invocation, Rev. Harris of Sylva
Baptist church.
Address of Welcome, Hon. Cole
man C. Cowan.
Response to Address of Welcome,
Prof. A. C. Reynolds; President Cul
lowhee N. & I. College.
Presentation Monument, J. H
Cathey, Chairman Monument Asso
ciation. Acceptance of Monument on Be
half of Connty, Hon. Baxter C. Jones
Member of General Assembly from
Jackson.
Unvieling of Monument by four
little boys and four little girls dress
ed in gray and representing the
eight companies of Confederate
soldiers who volunteered from Jack
son county.
Introduction of Orator of the Oc-
casion, non. uorsey u. rracnanan.
Orator of the day, Gen. Julian J5.
Carr ,of Durham, KG.
Dinner on the grounds at the con
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clusion of General Carr's address.
Everybody bring dinner.
A list of the marshals and the
names of the children to draw mon
ument veil will appear in a subse
quent completed program.
The program will he interspersed
with vocal music atidtim
of Soutett6ies and poems by
Shaif
Following is the list of names and
amounts for monument fund:
James H; Cathey $50.00
D. L. Love
50.00
B. H. Cathey Jr . 25.00
C. C. Buchanan 25.00
T. C. Bryson 25 00
Baxter C. Jones -Jl 25.00
M. D. Cowan 25.00
Theodore Buchanan 25.00
B. C. Grindstaff 25.00
W. R. Sherrill 25.00
C.C.Love 25.00
J. W. Buchanan 25.00
W. L. Hensen 25.00
Billy Davis 25.00
Bryson & Hooper 25.00
Wilson Bros 25.00
C.L. Allison 25.00
Dr.'s A. A. and A. S. Nichols 25.00
M. Buchanan 25.00
Hooper Drug Co 25.00
A. C. Reynolds 25.'00
Sylva Supply Co 25.00
Coleman C. Cowan 25.00
Holmes Bryson 25.00
S. W. Enloe 25.00
John D. Norton 15.00
W. L. Cowan 10.00
David H. Brown 10.00
D. Robert Davis 10.00
WadeC. Hill 10.00
Fred N. McLain 10.00
T. H. Hastings 10.00
J. W. Keener. ;
10.00
J. J. Gray 10.00
Dr. C. Z. Candler 10.00
R. M. Dillard, Atlanta 10.00
James R. Love, Sweetwater
Tenn 10.00
E. L. McKee 10.00
W. O. Allen. 10.00
J.J, McDonald 10.00
Capt. W. A. Enloe . 10.00
L.B. Abernethy 10.00
John R. Jones. 10.00
Senator Lee S. Overman 5.00
Congressman J. J. Britt. 5.00
Mrs. Ellen Picklesimcr 5.00
trn.pplerne names and
J. LLequire . 5.QD
AreliusDUlsT . .5.0D
S. C. Allison 5.0D
M. Y.Jarrett aOD
W. T. Crisp l.2.0D
J. W.Rhinehart 2.0D
Mike Brown 1.0D
Joe Davis 55JJ51.0D
J. O. Wood 1.00
Hon. Branner Gilmer 5.QD
Hon. J. M. Gudger lO.dfl
Hon. Robert R. Reynolds 60.0D,
Proceeds of Picnic dinner,
Sylva, 25.38'
All paid in cash desposited on
interest in Sylva Banks.
Finance comittee: D. L. Love,
B. H. Cathey, W. O. Buchanan. It
is sincerely to be desired that every
farmer and business man, especially
sons and grandsons of Confederate
soldiers shall see that he purchase
an interest in this most worthy me
morial. Send your subscription to
B. H. Cathey, Senior, of the Finance
Committee and he will see to it that
you get prompt credit and that the .
amonut is promptly deposited in
the Bank.
Gentleman of the County come
to the relief of this noble enterprise.
We thank you in advance.
James H. Cathey,
Chm. monument association
Corsey C. Buchanan,
Secretary
MUSICAL
3iST AT " DltLSBOHttl'
Jjie ladies of DiilsboM unJer the
on oi j&e- w Av tQioe . .Uiap
Diughter-s of the Confederacy, have
very graciously tendered this
Musical Recital which promises to
be one of the most refined and en
joyable local eveats of the season.
for the benefit of the Confederate
Monument to be unveiled at Sylva
on the 18th of Sept am ber.
Miss Annie Camp Stedman of
Arkansas, will appear in Song Re
cital assisted by Mrs. Wallace
Snow of Florida.
These ladies are finished singers
and musicians with all the refine
ments afforded by the foremost
modern teachers.
A most pleasing evening of musi
cal entertainment is in store for all
who are wise enough to avail them
selves of it.
Miss Stedman is a graduate of
one of the best schools of Music in
the South, was a pupil of Harold
Becket Gibbs of the Cincinnati Con
servatory of Music and studied
later with Mrs. Fox of the Chicago
College of Music. Her voice is a
lyric soprano.
Harold Becket Gibbs said of ss
Stedman, "In the twenty five years
of my teaching voice, I've never
before, had as painstaking a pupil
Her voice is beautiful, of rare
quality and volume. It is of un
usual flexibility and at all times
in her singing she has her voice
under perfect control."
The late Bob Taylor said of Miss
Stedman "I've lectured for many
years and I've never had a better
assistant than Miss Stedman whose
magnificent VDice adds greatly to
the success of the evening."
Mrs. Snow belongs to a leading
musical club of Florida and is of
ten heard in concert, both as a so
loist and accompanist Her Artist
ic execution is very pleasing.
It is greatly to be desired that
everybody in Sylva, Webster and
suirounding community, especially
ioyeraoffine music, will attend
this recital. It is not only,, enter
taming but educative and then the
object is the most worthy.- 4 Let
evry one attend.
Jaines H. Cath
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