WALTER I'ISHER AO QUITTED BY JURY Walter Fisher was declared not' sruiltv of the murder of GeorgcRevis, \ . by the jury, in a verdict rendered at ten o'clock Wednesday morning. The verdict was rendered after the j.i<\ !u-(] del- berated from 5 o'clock Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning. .'.'due Henry P. Lone, presiding :it the court, told the jury that it had returned a verdict, which, in Jiis opinion, was shocking to the people ot the county and of North Carolina, f by disregarding the greater weight of unimpeachable testimony, and ex pressed the hope that when they were discharged from the cas?; it w-tuld be for ever, from the court. Ceorge Kevis was shot and ki'led by Walter Fisher at the polling place at BarkersCreek,on last election day, am] at the same time Walter Fisher was shot through thejeg, it is si Iii^ed by Jim Sutton. Last week tin grand jury ? turned a bill cf in dictment, charging Fisher with murder in the first degree. An ;i1 tempt was made to get the cajSe con tinued Miit ll the next ?; .1 * ot| eouit, because it was contended tlmt Fish er had not sufficiently recovered fivm his wounds to allow his present-; in the eourt. The motion was overrul ed, and a special venire of 150 men was summoned from which to pick a jury to try the case. The trial began last Thursday afternoon, and was watched with the greatest interest throughout the days of the trial, by the people of this county, and was one of the hardest fought cases ever tried in the courts of Jackson county. Appearing with SolieiHr i)avis f?r the state were Thomas S. Rollins, Judge Frank Carter, E. P. Still well, George W. Sutton and Hugh Mon tcith. The defendant was represent ed by Walter E. Moore, Felix E. Al ley, W. R. Sherrill ,C. C. Buchana 1 and Eugene Alley. The evidence was completed Satur day afternoon and the argument by counsel, which was the greatest d" bate .ever heard in >hi? - tinued through Monday aiid the greater pa rt of Tuesday. Judge Laii" gave the jury his charge Tuesday afternoon, and the case closed with the rendering of the verdict Wednes day morning, at the opening court. There were a large number of ey< witnesses to the shooting, and the state insisted upon a verdict of guil ty of murder in the first degree, con tending that Fisher, who was thi* democratic marker at Barkers Creek, deliberately shot and killed George Kevis, who was a leading republican in that section of the county, while Revis was standing with his hand on the shoulder of Miss Fanny Elders, the first witness introduced by the state, and that he shot without pro vocation, and should therefore be found guilty of murder in the first degree. The defendant's contention was that Revis was at the Barkers Creek polling place in a drunken condition, cursing and abasing the people oi' different political faith from him self, and that, when he approached Fisher that he cursed Fisher and reached for his gun, when, so Fisher contended, he drew and shot in self defense. Miss Fanny Elders was the first witness introduced by the state, ami she testified that Mr. Revis had no; been drinking, that he was attending to his own business, and that s!i saw no weapon upon him, but/tyiai, on the contrary, he was standing with bis right hand on her left shoulder, when Fisher approached from th<* school house and drew his gun, fir ing the shot that killed Revis, while Mr. Revis was looking in the oppo site direction from Mr. Fisher. A large numbei" of eye-witnesses to the shooting were introduced by the state, and they while their testi mony differed in a number of im portant points, sueh as the language that was used by Fisher and by Revis, as to wheter Revis was drink ing, and as to who, after Fisher shot Revis, fired- the next shot, wheter is was fired bv Jim Sutton or Walter Fisher, and as to whether Jim Sut ton had his pistol in his hand when he and Mr.Revis came down the road but they agreed on many important points, and about fourteen of them corrohrated Miss Elders by saying that Revis had his hand on her left shoulder when Fisher fired. In the main their testimomony agreed that Revis and Jim Sutton had been in a ?omtrovewy with Nel#? Sotton and .?ul . 13 Ration, that 'Julius had call ed Revis a liar, and that Jim Sut^ ton and Revis left Nelse and Julius and came on toward the polling place, and that Jim Sutton offered Revis his pistol and that Revis re fused it, stating that he didn't have any gun and didn't need one, that he wanted no trouble with anybody, and that he was standing talking to Mies Elders, with right side to Fisher, when Fisher tired. Walter Fisher was the tfret witness introduced by the defense, and h# said he knew Revis to be a dangerous, violent man,* that Julius Sutton had told him that he heard Revis say that he was going to kill Walter Fisher that day if he could get any thing started, that he came out in the yard to see if anybody was com ing, so as to see if they had time to eat their dinner, and that he heard Revis and Jim Sutton cursing Nelse and Julius Sutton, and that Julius and Nelse wore leaving, that Revis and Jim Sutton locked arms andj were <* tilling down the road, both drunk. Jim Sutton waving his pistol V-- hand, George licvis cursing and swearing, Jim Sutton telling hull t,. "tell it to them, Unclc George, I'm with you:" that they caime :lt>\yn to where Price Ashe was, caul t '? : :it Revis slapped Ashe in the face, and cursed him, and came on toward the defendant, still cursing, and that the defendant asked him, if he was talking about him, and Revis turned on the defendant, eura ed liii^i and started drawing hiB gun, when he swore he diW and fired to save his own life, and that as soon as he fired, Jim Sutton jumped be hind a tree and opened fire on the defendant, and shot him through the leg, and that he returned Sutton's fire. ( Price Ashe, Dillard Jones, Lyle Jones and Johnny Dills were put on the stand as eye-witnesses to cor roborate Fisher, and while none of them said they saw Mr. Revis draw his gun, they Corroborated, largely, the story told by Fisher, in other details, and Price Ashe swore that when Fishpr ^red ai^Jtcvis fell, h? "henvd^Fisher say "Did you see him drawing his gun1?" and one state witness" swore that when Mr. Revis asked Fisher what lie shot him for, that Fisher replied '"Because you were trying to kill me." j !;?? v. ix.i i 'i:id on or about ! ie-ris ai'ier hi* vns shot, according to the (evidence, but Julius Sutton and one other witness testified that they had seen Mr. Revis with a pistol earlier in the day. The following is a list of the jury that tried the case, in the order drawn and accepted: L. S. Cabe, W. H. McCall, V. C. Buchanan, E.C.Sut ton, P. II. Green, W. A. Raby,'"T. J. Deitz, Sam Buchanan, C. L. Green, M. G. Daves, W. T. Rogers and J. D. Brown. .. When the jv.ry was passed the state had one precmptory challenge left, and the defense had three a- ? SEASONABLE RECIPES r eed cotton ?>n one ; acre will receive $20, with a second prize of $15. The club member making the best record with his call and exhibiting at the fair will receivc $20, with a seeond prize of $15. The olub member nuking the best record with bis poultry and exhibit ing at the fair will receive $20, with a second prize of $15. In addition to these prizes the First National Bank will also offer $100 in gold to the best exhibit made by a community at the county fair. According to, Mr. Hendricks, such cooueration as this by business or ganizations is doing much to promote better rural conditions in his count\. HOGS HAVE CASH VAEUE FOR TENANT FARLIER ? - ? .V; Hertford, If. C. Feb. 2S.? i|ip: Dail, a tenant farmer in Perqiii ?: j county, is feeding 09 head ol 'i' ? in a demonstration put on by ('? Agent Ij. W. Auderson, Acc;>rdnivr U< the records being kept by Mr. IV il. these hogs ate durim: the llr t days of January 4,253 pounds^ ol feed worth $H6.88 at market pr.ces. "Looks reckless, doesn't it?" asks W. W. Shay, swine specialist lor the State College and State Depart ment of Agriculture in reporting tins demonstration. But he answers his question by adding that the hogs gained 1,970 pounds during the 23 days. At 10 cents per pound this; gain is worth $197.00 giving a clear proiit on the venture and above feed ing costs, of $110.12. Thief is with the provision that the hogs sell fol 19 cents per pound during the latter part of March, and they usually do that) according to the records kept by Mr. Shay. Mr. Shay states that by the latter part of March those hogs will be worth well over $1,00 and this gives an excellent weapon with which to aigne with the fertilizer or supply man. Cash in March is usually searec on the average tenant farm in North Carolina but Mr. Dail seems to have found how to have it. , Mr. Shay says, " Somehow* wo can't get away from the belief that, cash for fertilizer is even better than credit, no matter how cusily obtained. A great many farmers have not yet recovered from the ef fects of the ease with which they got credit during 1919. "What wo especially like about*; hogs is the fact that with proper j management ope has two croj* per year. March sales help out on fer tilizer, and sales during the latter, part of Auguat not only bring the highest price of the year, but money eoaes as beady at that time as at any other. 44 Ob, yea! Some of the land that Was formerly in cotton will have to be devoted to raising corn. There should be at least 100 bushels for eaeh brood soW kept, and 125 bushels ia safer, as she may raise more than 12 pigs, two litters of six each." A Catawba County club boy made , over $500 with a small flock of sheep, in three years. The money and the j sheep are his own. Q 1 ! Meat, potatoes, and white bread wjll never make a boy or girl. There iit'l rtuff in then to io it. ' "PARSONAGE DAY" AT I BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday March 11 has been set a part by the First Baptist Church of Sylva as "Parsonage Day". A special service is being arranged to which the public is invited And all members of the church are urged to be present. ? NEWS FROM C N. L 8. The spring quarter of th? Cullo whee Normal and Industrial School opened up on February 184k with a l;eling of interest on the part of both students and teachers, follow ing the duties of the winter quarter. We have quite a number of new students, who seem to come with a leal purpose. They appear to be such as the school should be proud of. In the latter part Of the preced ing quarter the school adopted an honor roll system, by which al! students who average above ninety por cent on every subject would he placed on the honor roll and would | bo exempt from the final examin ations. This caused the students to wOrk with a new and enthusiastic in (crest. Consequently a large number: were exempt from their examinations al the closing of the winter quarter. And l'rom the interest man! tested at present it looks as if a still larger number will be placed on the honor roll this quarter. The literary societies arc progress ing nicely. On Feb. 16th, the mem bers of the faculty and the Eroso phian Society were entertained by the Columbian Literary Society. The program was as follows: the wel come address, by Mr. J. B. Madison; a short play, "The Interrupted En gagement"; and, instrumental music, by Misses Annie and Mattie Woods, after which refreshments were serv ed. The evening was enjoyed very much" by all. The Erosaphians show bill their appreciations by a short tax Y::ade l.y l!:"ir president. ral ill-cresting talks have bevn uiWU. ,i;i c i.pcl ay'., the members of ?: f- * jit;- and lie pastors of case of rain ; t lie i highest ? very lar^e one, only 100 yards from upper end of G. Trail; , and this point ,t iighe/.t) is by trALIs I ^ some six miles ,'y. ; .i.nnh "to I Irji- i lands, and eastward* four m:!es(two 1 of this road\va.? t .? Caslriers. The lowest ol 1 i.? shelter rocks. .[ about two miles by . ;i -.1 to Cashier.-, { known as the B.:n the Ch:it.:ogi?j ? within 3 /;? ,!>an<\. i ya vils of t'.< V. G. Trait. < ;.wil . pm !?(?? ?! as ? JlbonL, >'(, : '? !l: .i J**j-. .ill*-. Zeb's 'C-i, ' of the ! Cat La hoi rnili* below ! upper ??;. . trt r ?; ? ;? -mr-re years j I ? . . . fa *' .. has visile i ' ? h&aiiirw see . \ tions, fr<> :: 1 . ?*'*? ' ? ? ' ; .auuntams am! Adirondack.;, i<< im Cumberlands ol Tennessee, say.-; !?;? far the f.iK-st scenery in i i niie.l ?Sta.les, not .Ml. Mitchell, and the Blacks, nor the Great Smokcy mountains (unless it i? Mt, LeConte or Acondlufcta, whicli thus far, ?nn'y seen a! a distance) but the Civ.ndfM!:'.'!* Mountain, near Banner's ii*?v Go^e (a riotously. r." :? \a far 15 miles) and WhK".:!-' , ' V-hut net leas1. These ii * ? ? ' - v y un^le. dif ficult t >' c ? ?? t , but f l heiu'it ; ; ? ???.'.nnleur, none ? ; "AYali . !?;? !:::?? met ' old re*::' , ? ;????: lien- { C!MI ? deiv '! : last i i ? - * .1 * tV. ..... a precipe* ' > iiiii* . c: , S. v .. at leri.-.t tl ? a-' * i ?.'??) t -)i our smiiiiu t* vi-ii .rs, ;i ! '*".? Ji.r.e seen these. p,'ivu::t!?' l .e:.i elves they have eii.jo; t ?' *he v< ?.? lineal scc!>"ry, the Over 'iiis of < '{{:?? ray (lie High lands of We-tiery North Car.-ilna) csn ofier: !?:u sh;> have mis;e:l the real jua.v!t r|i;.f. s oj tlie Land.-:{':'.|ies of the lor! T?nnhwn, Ke ceohh. JsnndayjL's, tiies are our Glympius. II. 'K. 15. of Ottaray. //SU^rP7"^ "POUNDIFC* On Wcditi'st. " rv ? F<:*>?*t;:try 21st, about ei '!:? we ?v to y i traded by the, hrautii'ul ^ t r.-lirt. "Ha:*! the Vr.-< c .tens Call in-,;" Thinking that a company of y?..i:', : people had conn- to surprise rs wit i a sinking, I op tin* dcor, ii mtr! titnde, almost l-Ming the front yai'd. stood .before inc. Tliev Ijolwi psurinu: in until t lie house was tilled. Alter depr:sit!J!? their br.i'dle.. <1 y v,mt out, making room for ? " re ? inder of the company. -ogii 'r.iized th.vt i1 was ?bo?r . ! indn.l (.four IVreiid" who had f >?< ri e us with a*} poundin-r. ((?>; fliin-i:; ,U> ct { After the i;. . * ?' I'." jwiy hao j disposed ? a;? I sembled ! Js?.r.. :? ri 1 1 ? ' listened i~ by I.Vv. . ; i i . .< i t e.?:pre-?: n . .,??!?< ? I r ll.< kindne.s,- 'v.f ' v ?? have been !i\;u. i.i ! ! i i v . .''v. Fail ing to . . in' V-'V-i < ; ' l"o 1* this, i tli:;; l.,'{ ' : !.: ; it:- frigid.;' of this c".\ . :*tA| (make us wcri'.y < jiy. ? ' \v. ( . \l'!; ? R-,! ??' p : ???t ' W '? ' W ; J- 'V .'v ! ' ??: ,i;i teil'eit.? Lull, a. VISITS HER OLD HOME AFTER HALF CENTURY The following clipping, taken from the Newport, Tenn., Plain Talk, will interest numerous friends of Mr.,. Penland, who with her husband, has j spent the past two winters here, with ' their daughter, Mrs. Roy C. Allison: Not many ladies returning to Cocke county would be willing to ad mit that 54 years had passed since they last set loot within the county. Not many ladies would admit that they are that old. But Mrs. G. W. Penland, of llayes ville, N". C., who lias been visiting friends in the county for the past week informs the Plain Talk that it has been 54 years since she was last in the county. Mrs. Penland was formerly Miss Nancy Williams. More than half a century ago she resided jit Kdwina. Then she moved to North Carolina and 54 years dragged by t their weary lengths before she again saw Cocke county. . -i?w Mrs. Pciitan.l is back to look it 1 1 " the change, uraught by half a luiiidmi yetfrs. Suiee she went away !."cv '??Tf! lists vr \\|i ^roni a small \ii'i' ;<' into ii town ol sizeable pro juii!, ns. Tii. ( iie loom log school hoi! ; , itiiw ; n replaced by np-to d it - tiNohd.tle.? schools with several teachers. Pike roads have replaced the old muddy roads. Everywhere lias v.viH'.'n its record. Ami other charges, less pleasant have come aliixit. Most of Mrs. Pen hind's girl-hijod friends are gone, many have been dead many years. Their children have grown up and are growing old. Little remains that was familiar. 54 years ago. / Neverless, Mrs. Penland says she has enjoyed looking over the old scenes and noting the changes wf:ii?ht by the Heeling years. During the past week she has been i yt'e ? ni the Stanberrys and Woods at Edwina and T. E. I.oyd at New port. o ? x~"y CHRISTIAN LOVE ? r'ced fcr our folk" to leve one -hiV -i* more-than wy nOld anything "1 T* is '*?s im"~rtant to have more laws than to have a mind to !>/ ti. we iiawr have. If we ? ; ? -ji.'e we would not need I:- . ?: ake us behave, fo'i ( Romans 13:10) Love worketh no ill to his nc ighbor. When yon love people you <1 . need a Jaw -to make you treat them right. Laws are made because i:'">nle do not love. I Timothy 1 '9 / "The law is not made for a righteous I man, but for the lawless and dis obedient.'' That is for those who do not lovi!. The grange thing then is that Christians should be more interest! d in ha\ ?> laws made, or electing ? i ie to nu.ke Is.ws. or gall. : * ig l< - gether to have laws enforced than they are in trying to get folks to lov e; The best mail in the community is the ono who loves people the most. The 'greatest patriot is the man w)k> , radiates a spirit of goodwill ill wliifli others fin the way hi:; nature is de fine''. \V : ii yon and 1 arc rege: - era' I w esimo to have n nature siii."' I ? I.' i! it;:re and so we am ' ? . !i!" to love as he commando- . I ! t nl.s ideal of life appear.* to lii :!i, let us n?-t give up aiming at it. The world will, uiayhe.never live that; way, but believers in Jesus may. AihI they, so live with all their hearts, < ;!:e:s will l>e influenced to. try. It is d that we love Jesus because ho fir. * 1 ved us, and it is also true ? that otl'r.rs will love if they see os lov'ii r ::i y'neerity. This is .fe rommandmcr'. and it will be "wr : ' to the /el i ever when he comes t p bo for the cn tlir jned Christ, if he has :ot made a y "s cfTcrt to live by t.'.is com mandment. ? o Well balanced -rations for the hom" help produce bo'-s and girls witri 'I lvori", goed teeth, muscles cap 3; ">' . of beui