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VOL. IV NO. 7
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OF PR1ASE
FOR iMERlCANS
I . Cullowhee, Nr.,
1 " T Januarys, 1919.
! Editor Jaclftoa County Journal
! Sylva,N.e.
! My Dear Sirs-I am enclosing
: copy ot a letter I liave received J
irom one of my old friends in Wales
t and as it shows tbe feeling and
I preciat,on f what - America has
done and how ahe English ni
; feel about it, I thought you would
Y"ioiy UKe to publish it, so that
our people could know the feelin
they have for the Americans "
Mr. Howell is about 80 years old
and if I live tiU Friday the 31st I
j will reach my 93 milestone. '
; With very kind regards
; I remain
Yours truly,
,A D. Da vies.
. Eear MrDavies -Well, another
Christmas is at the door and as it
draws near one's thoughts naturally
from custom and habit turn to
imnsing of old friends both far and
near, so I could not refrain from
sending a word of greeting to "For
est Hill."
How very different will be the
Xmas now approaching from those
of the past four years. Who would
ever think rtur;n, i
'ius tuuse iour years
PEJMFFEJT CANNON
Sf f g9f the world, fho-j
IS Will Kpi tUt , -
, uen ,y ftope, that the Preside : ' W flTJIFD TlM
' visit this Country. asA Z ," " U1- I U.W1
M engagements permit and w ..
I - us me oPRpuaUy of gfeetin5 W"-WJ'n.. 28,-Bills to
a welotm-and it. hn; ,c ueaQ ca'mon donated tof
and ar hrsni
worthy 0f aie successor or
s!ngton. and rini
uicuuan jf resident
ruler and
liEi
tality
Wa
every county seat -in.
iuuc weaver . fi
. -.yj Xllia ill! 1 t II I I llfi
towns
therroup meeting for th
nesvillf ;ctr. ' . .
his dsifriToo."' ucm ac
shsrs; and lav m on
03tween' twenty-five and thirty, - i'
va
were introduced todav hv Po,r.c I dUU there- were
tativp t: t or preachers and
istor ? us the
representafiup
whole United States. WpwU
to welcome him ul" ? Aliirphy, Franklin SvN. R Z Missionary, Secre-
hail America thro h
find "liJ!!"? W11J Rutherfi.rrffnn -.m.: W raary of the
J . - "uaiiCC:l 'If.. T- i - ... - " f-1"
ucuiuuraciesrin the
already Wlf tor Ashevi,Ie andioh Wr T
and the - f.Wno , , 3 . ey. K. M. Courtn
'"""o UclUitJU
Mirphy, Franklin, Syl
named todav am Jlferthih ue western
wond as wpII
as one of the most virile and n,,
notic. Yesterday th'em tnnv
here tatlie greest Election in th.
mstory of our oountrv. finm 7
million women have had votes for
ne "Uirne ior members of Pm.
ment. I sincerely hono tht tLa-
George will be returned to power
1U1 d imping majority. He has
done more thai any other man in
this country to brin.a about the glo
rious victory. While vou flr nnA
of the noble stand made and th
mvaluablp L.. .t
uuuc uy tne rrei
uenc
1 AAUJI
City, Robinsonville.
ConferenA
vJonn CHawke, a returned
Ihese will hp ;
providedfor in an ormnh,, hi,, kJ Z1" nina- were pres-
the mihtary affiifs comrnitT . .!'a3 tf,e Dist-
sands of town, want cannon- Srfr0
tured by American soldiers. fe!10' es-
y auaiess Dy the Kev. Mr.
ilawke on "Chiaa's Part Jn Rnn.
ruling-trie World "
xie was m the fighting from the 8th I
w ine iin ofOctober hn
-vxMon was driving the Germans
"uai iviontbenam to beyond Mazing
"i, d uucance ot more than thr.
teen miles, and during which time'
the towns of Brancourt, ?remontf
Busmgy, Vaus-Audinv Fos.,
'"T ' l- 0UPJet, Ribeauville,
""r-""wen,: as well as many
viuages nnd farms, tog.-ther with
wt;re caKen
, . ine Ias time, time the writerSaw
."v uxtj ruuied. town vof
court, in
iiSE:W.V
prisoners and reat:. stores
taken. .' . - '.- -.r..
JANUARY .24 Jim Ro r.
ef five times murderer and draft V .
"us waiiyshot. andJuliu ..
tIcClure- ? deputy sheriff Wc0$
nnn, in a desperate battle betweea
the;'Jim RoseGanrof outlawiand ' '
a posse headed by S. Glenn. Your, . 'I
experiences.
At the time the Divis
out
Theound-
mm
ntiu, n.,., the last , rrs St nir,
stricken wirh Ai.y .. c and lastreoorts rtArifo.
n iuc,4roup -meetings are .being wmcn has taken so man v nf - mous ouflcoold
at
. December 31st, 1918.
Dear Editor:-Will you spare a
corner of your paper for a few lines'
trom a Jackson county boy?
I have just received the .Wr,!
intofthe hndof your adoptron', fcaurse,V:isaJ to see 'the raise $35 009 TOO
satneumelamsureyoufeel ,Ve beeu. w here M the d2tes
f5.aa in, every Presiding Elder's dis- fiends back
m southern-Methodism
Dot T(rfrcT 1 .i .
m Amerir.ainfl, . ' aie oetore
za -and Sn,.mu, ... ""C11" mraing, J he first newsof thW h,t
-m iu..iia r PfrsiAnAi.j i rr -w
morn-
-t ine Methodist Enisennal before thp final h.. . .!
;a whole has na.S- .T"' of UI tne war. Mg at ll:40.in a 9nfeiM "
eino n-.oA iu raise -uuc udu seen so much Was Th-Pin - r" w
Jp0,0a0,000 in the next five years wri"en. - r ' WaS - :
missiqn purposes. The Method-' Captain Ray. received kL .UDg' .whose Mutation for
s-K-iwscuuai cnurn i Snm-K wounds
nrnnl tKot ! .
luai me greatest man on the
Other side of the Atlantic today is
David 1 bd Geo ge thorough Welsh
man liite yourself.
I fcincerely hope you are eniovir.d
good .health', I am pleased 'o sav thPt
n. . rt 1 1
'joying life fie mo,t of f hp t :
it has been much better smee the
war has closed. .This is a ni.P
uui i wmtaie the old U of doin
a. ior.mine. It is hard to n'nArL
stand the language over here but
we get by, just the same.
Ouess nearly everybody has heard
WILLIE ELSIE DILL.4R0.
of wishing our friend's a "Merry 1 am feeIil wnrrfuily welll may
Chriftmas"? No it was no time for fay 1 have 1 better in my
merriment, the circumstances were ,lfe' 1 walk 1 -X day, I have
of top serious a nature, our anxieties trcoP?.)f friends with whom I hold
were too, great, the out: look too seet. converse, so that I feel it is
gloomy for any thing but sober PIeasant to live. ;V r
senhBut; nowi thank My killdest regards to all at For-
!5.v. -Tt.--w jioucijput Itj.i'.-MJK 'jywwa rinitK -r - t,,..., . .J twii, - - - -,umacu SWUfU.
ctoHd wfiKhfinnW'S:. t;r:i:.- now-wishing vnn a i -iu ouic is a treat to us. T h-3a,. otaiued h Ms an.
. ? UVeri " w " " iucuy WUiaS -oa ,.j - , "avtrti II. 'aucys ltJU
-vno stay to keep eternal guard -
South is to wounds at Belliconrf nnH T""1 aratt deserters and
Efcie has been transfe red Used e government to
fmm nnrc; the noble nti, c . ,cumm t0 run down Honrd
J .lowi, o. e::isl.ei th mander. His sacriacehas not be-n and T "" (J0Ia
.enienainen. .rufflisM by the bered by his con.rades WL ' 1 of Umted States troops had faUed.
mies. i hp ,) h;Q m j rv -- d5:w command hf tho.. j
Pax biscuT " m W ' ,0?S- by Unitedta
wmy warsnal Charlie Masoa, the .
O. , , - - : -.- Uldli wnn OlOlnnH Ti
ot. Mars .sims Pon wo x oacKsoncmin.
. as ci i II ii I rr n o i 1 . . .
FrnW .To inTnJ- UiB iyaaa DrO8lt
i'.iCC i;
ing them well.
vu has a way
C o r '-7 7 rt t i p l
t,. atiu uuiiim no-
7
our sky have been scattered and the aild a HaPy New Year.
Yours Faithfully,
HenrjLHowell.
IN HH0fiMH.
glorious Day has dawned and the
ounsome ot Feace floods the whole
world from pole ot pole, and now I
leel l ean with out hesitation - .give
yuu iny; nana a cross fhA . .
fmm ...Ju . uuuuuuy was made sd
7": ""ai.t W1M1 you ana yuurs on Jan. 14th at the alarmi
Sicily onnstmas.'' j of the d eat
ne Lord hath done great things He "died fro
wnereot we are glad." Yes ,ve influenza
nave passed through terrible times
miuw oi anxiety, times of doubt. 1 ever knew.
sometimes bordering
"u. u vision. I am glad J" lno?e who may not take MVWQ rOflll THr r I mrr
wJl-?,r5tto3e . Ih:kt ship. homeward bound-' tW5 FEOM THL CAPITAL
.Vt,u.cu m a small V!llate in nonor s wake
rom me JNew anfl nh.
wuolTCl, Will
be of much interest to the readers
of the Journal:
Senator Coward wants to have
emergency judges to 'hold court
and m a bill in the Senate yester
day providing when a judge is un
able to hold a scheduled court tha'
i.L . 1 r t
me oar ot tne county in which it is
to oe Held may fcy ballot select one
:bwu tne sun but about nn.o rima in
' . .. iu 111
ix weeks. We have one small Gsntl8men-Dr Dead!
room and nave seven in family, so William Elsie DiUard. thP fir
" I ' i-X IUL lt
UU5ee W nave plenty 0f com
pany. All we think of is ikes nn
some of the boys. .
maiKi toward sa d th
arm v
ne news was a I rirs:,- k, , 1
h of Frank- rho 7. 1 "f u.ul ua auty wasn't
----- u.gau.a. may iun wiien it is raining
m menmgiti3. following ,., .
Frank was 25 veers nlH with vl, nil - 03 home
M uccu uue oi tne Dest boys With best whh-s to iH r,
lever knew. fTpWO i.?:.. J - "ioa to all, from
hT;"":. "IUIU mm A Soldier Boy.
cutci. luaicuiauie sacn-1 &reatiy liked bv all whn u- .
and treasure we hav His charar " U ortll Over
" Wl IUC
flee of life
won through,
the
IlnsnpnlrnKlo" 1 StflHtirrl" on r. i. 1
Germnn o. Z K. . . ,.' . . uuu at anytime
3nrt7I l.ner Knees uee.n souea- was .a consistent
luc rtiuea. armies are ana aevoted member ,of the Snei
across the Rhine and let me say well Baptist church, iWa K
what every Englishman-hnd Welsh- and willing to do hU part, and wht
says .today -we owe it to the on his death bed, subscribed $3 0
wave American soldiers who came to the Million Dollar Fund for the
to our help at the darkest hour", religions schools of the state which
Language fails me to express the amount has been paid
of MathA f ?T d3rk d3yS He WaS 'aD mtiTin 'worker all
IViarCU anO Ann! Fini.r tr. . . .
w 't- ----- -afcc"y-w? ..uvmes, always- standini!
, , iC ucwepapers ior squareiy Denmd the soldier bovs
Iight a?d Ur Hehadti the Public Schools'
armies driven back: - haou. where t!,P nHo., . J . ?
I uiuui-liio CUWrlVS imifflrt
I -j uuuui(,U
$1000 to Her
Mrs.
Reese Declars f?hn
Been Well in Fifteen Tears Un-
bhe Took Tanlac-TroubleGone.
til
wuimuaiiy, Faris-in danger, the
thannel ports almost; within the
Krasq of the Hun. OhI we were cast
aown indeed. ,
vuroae
Draver was "WnuM
oa.the Americans would come"
au tney
came in riieir thousand
and fought like heroes th ea
. ' UU T
situation, and the Huns when
ey saw them could have said with
"d. that which
has
and loved him
' Frank Bumgarner was a leader
iri his community for good; a leader
in Sunday bchool and church work;
was as a ngnt set upon a hill. Frank
will be missed in many ways. He
leaves a wife and a host of relatives
and friends to mourn their loss.
"God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonder to perform: s
I greatlv feared He Dlants'Hi's fnrtctoro u
- - . i - "wivto jn me oca.
dol-
has
Reese,
ks btreet.
Lome upon me." Yes. vour dlnri- And rides nnnn th A
us Anmes saved the situation arid - ... Z. V, Watson.
Dy so mg they have I earned the A rv r,
lasting thanks of the wholeCiv! AINKE HEM AWAKS NIGHTS
I ,1Jzed world,. We rejoice to think J W' Peck, Coraopolis, Pa., writes:
-at your great President has come -; 1 5unerea terrible pain;l unable to
to Europe. lie down at night. Tried -three dif-
tiis voyage to this side compares ferent doctors. Three weeks ago
a importance with the voyage of began taking Foley Kidney Pills;
-uuier.- where ever he goes Jie wonderful."- Use Foley Kid-
g I 3 memorable reception ney Fills for kidneys, bladder trouble
ne ofi the foremost 7 figures in backache, rheumatism. For sale by
oaern history, the head and leader Sylva Pharmacy. adv
tJr! Ameran Republic Tin that "FOR ,SArA.
luetic mm
I wouldn't take a ihonsanH
ics casn ior the good Tanlac
uuuc me, said Mrs. Lula
vmu resides at 1559 Hie
Augusta Georgia.
"It may sound strange but I suf
fered with s 0:naeh trouble, rheuma
tism and neuralgia until I got to the
piace where I didn't care whether I
" , V1 UICU. r.verytnmg l ate soured
uij fctumacn ana made trnnhia
v M
ior me and in addition to the rhe'u-
m: tism,Ife!l and broke my arm
and it seemed like my other tronhifi
, zvcpi ii ir)m neanngiup like it ought-
to. ljust lived in misery all the ti
and couldn't, get any relief.
I have just finished my second
bottle of Tanlac and it is surnrisina
how I have imnroved nnnoiHr,
that 1 have not been well before
htteen years. The rheumati
vauy oi volunteers from
Sylva to make the journey to the
Further Home, has followed an in
numerable host of civilization's
fairest and best, a sacrifice upon the
blood staine i altar of Liberty and
Kignteousness, and today is holding
a silent, crojs marked mound, where
he will- keep eternal guard on the
mil top at oid Boulogne, where the
waters ot the wesiern ocean, rush
in? in frnm rlio n- t. i? a
1V"U -i&i ui America, so
wr away, b5at a never-ending fn
-.1 , A, . o ,uf
cue sanas ot France.
mid 11IS cOUntrv enterprl
tne world war to save the Chrisrin
civilization of our fathers in ti
1917, Elsie Dillard volunteered his
services to his country.enlisting in
the Radio Company tint was raispH
at Sylva. He was soon promoted
to the grade of serge.mt. but a few
months later, being a student nf
c, ui ms ov.n renne.?-
A y .--
ma numher nf 'ffvoff -
cvduers ana deserters w io had been -terrorizing
that section, Mr. Youna ' ' ' "
and Mr ivrpsn
uwiypiuiea oy a
Posse, started irom Murphy to look ; T '
nected themselves with the, Jim
Rose gang, a band of outlaws which
has terrorized that section of the ' ,
country for sometime. Crawley ia '
charged, with the murder of Deputy
Marshal Ben F. Dixoo, at BlairsvilJe
Ga. . .'
i me
Seeking the headaiiai.re f
iVU an. as the most likely place
to find the Crawl iw
ot their number to act as emergen- headed by Mr. Young trailed across
cyj idae and he shall receive $50. a e mountain country beS
week, which shall be deducted from Murphy and the Tennessee line fi
the salary of the juge who' failed nailyreecMng the desolate mountain
to hold court. fastnesses of .Teftw-
. , . andnnsettied section of mountain
The bill introduced jointly by ,andln the Smokies, which is ideally '
Senator Scales and Stevens yester- Iocated for the retreat of a band- of
day is the same one agreed upon outIaws-Just beyond Jeffrey's Hell
several days ago. It has been freelv the Posse located their men. Tn
discussed for the last several weeks his usuaI habit. Mr. Young waited
and leading good roads advocates nf untiI aay break to iumn hi. m.n
the State ha vep!edged their su mnrf Just as the first golden raw nf tho
Ic proposed. a tax of one dollar per sun crept oVer the mountain tops,
horse power on automobiles and living the grey shadows nf
other motor driven vehicies. which, dawn before them, Mr. Young and
it is estimated, would raise suffici- Mr Masoa ave the word, andlh
ent revenue to meet the Federal 1)0336 advanced. The outlaws, hnw-
transferred to the Medical Deta-h- revenu8 aad would. Provide around ever' were evidentIy on guard and
ment of the 105th Field Signal Bat- &ve miIIl0n doliars each year to be the farst intimation that the officers ' -
expenaea in building and maintain- naa 01 DeiD mscoyered was when
ing highways. It is dnwn alonx the" a,bih-powered rifled bullet whined
same lines as laws already exist'nj3 U?rougtl the close to their heads.
in Maryland and other States.
organization he
i taJion m which
came to France.
He served with the Battalion dur
ing the summer campaign in Flan
ders, around Ypres and Voorme
zeele, and was a prime favorite
with all the men of the Battalion
Raleigh, Jan. 27. The joint fi
OriQ nr rv r-v- 1 1
ouiiuiuet; oi tne house and
neaping the attachment of his miri'i senate this affernnrtr,
frienH - . " ""auiuiuusiy
uuu vmimij" new- nnao
in
ism and
ti. iiiui auu-1 coic. ar n ; nnrdain f'owi rj
soreness is gone from my arms mv
stomach is alright and I can eat any
thing T want and digest it. I have
gained some in weight, am able to
do all my work and feelgood all the
time.;! want everybody to - know
that Tanlac has restored my health.
Teniae is now sold in Sylva exclusive
ly by the Sylva PMrmacy; in Erastus j
oy M. L.-Comns and in r;ior,',,;n !
M. Fowier. i
W,
his ever-present' and always pleas
ant smile, his. unfailing good humor
and hi ; ready wit.
When Capt. John E. Rav. his
commanding officer, was transferred
to tae Medical Detachment of the
119th Infantrv Fioio '.",. i j
, i,lkJ1 - vriiu luvtJU
and admired his captain, as did
every member of ; the entire com
mand, begged to go with him . nri
his request belngranted, followed
fnat gadant and courteous gentle
man to his new command. Whil
with the 119th Infantry. Elsie was
a most excellent soldier, heind at
the from for many davs durind th.
harden fighting of the War. when '
J the 30th Division broke through the
I . ."iwuiu uic : - it
FOR SALE -14 ;sheen iq- Hmdenburg Line at Bellk-onrf - QnH ville Citizen.
ana l bucfc : Milas Parker. Oo'wai. : uvl? f,e enemy, .many miles be
IN.C. , . .fdth,at.t''e'ost;strongiy..Tofti
M6 yyauiuu off rne - Wooi.n r
6iCCU me revaluation of
orth Carolina property for taxation
at its real value. The revaluation
will not be undertaken for this year,
but will be begun at once for listin J
m May of 1920. In the summer of
next year, after the property is list
e I, a special session of the general
assembly will be held to lower rhe I
tax rate. The machinery for getting
tuc piopcrty on the . tax books has
. i i
not yet heeiLworked puuThe joint
committee states that it is actuated
a ucs" not to .increase the
state s income so much as to secure
anjionest basis for taxation. Tne tax
idica in cities and counties, will be
mwereain the same ratio as the
state tax rate is lnuAr a
I, -
TOR SALE 2 milch cows i hArc
i position cm the Western front. jW' Withers, Greens Creek, N.'CL 3t
The oers immediately answered
ana tne oat te was on. - . " -
Jim Rose, usin a rerfnfatinn o
rifle, led his gan, and the nffio.
kept replying to the fire of the out
laws, and always advancing taking
advantage of every bit of cover, but
keeping their men in sight, A bullet
from Rose's rifie smashed the arm
of Julius McCIure, deDutv sheriff
and a minute later, Rose fell, shot
through the abdomen The six' offi
cers m the posse kept :un their fi
and finally scattered - the butlkws
whQ dispersed following the! fl! nf
their leader. ' . -.- m:.
Bytem. Hall'V nt.S r
puriflera. -tk a f Pt Wood
F. J.- CHENEY. - .4,
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