MISS GOWER DROWNED IN TUCKASEIGEE RIVER A tragedy that lias cast a pall over this cntirt* community occurred Tues jjv u ftc moon above Dillsboro when Miss Dorothy Gowcr, of Clayton, Johnstone county, was drowned in the Tuckaseigee river. Aliss Gowcr, with a party of youii-T jwople from Sylva was in bathing; ami she and Mrs.Hugh Mon were holding to a plank, in the water about knee deep, when they suddenly floated to deep water,, and became excited. Robert Garrett, Jr. t? their assistance, and he -J states that when he took hold of the iJ;:nk to I'lill the two ladies to the that they both turned the li: i;k. -e artd sank to the bottom lie made every effort" to savc( the iv. i had Miss Gower near the bank.' when she got loose from him, and li?' saw her no more, but he " * ? ? tr succeeded in bringing Mrs. tina... Montcith to safety. Both young Gar rett and Mrs. Montoith were iverl nearly drowned. Assistance was summoned, by jieople living near the river, and every clVoit was made to locate'her both, huge numbers of boys and men working in relays for hours it :i time. di\ ing and dragging the river I);idy of MissGower was found near the luidge, just above the dam, at about 4 o'clock Wednesday, after every effort had been made, for more than 24 hours to locate the un fortunate girl. Miss (lower was a senior at Mere dith College, and had been attend ing the V. W. C. A. meeting at Blue Kidge, and came to Sylva to sj?end several days with her friend and school-mate, Miss Nita Garrett, hav ing arrived here Saturday. Her home was in Clayton, and im mediately after the tragedy, her par ents were notified, and rushed, by motor to Sylva, arriving here Wed nesday, about noon The body was taken to her home in Clayton, where funeral services will be held at the Baptist church at 3 o'clock this afternoon. DOC MESSER CHARGED WITH TRANSPORTING Doe Messer was arrested on the Cullowhcc bridge, Friday afternoon, by deputy sheriff Deck Sutton, and charges of transporting and operat ing an automobile while intoxicated were lodged against him. It is stated that at the time of his arrest he had ten gallons of liquor in the car, together with a negro man and a billy goat. Messer was released, Saturday under bond of 1 000 tor his appearance at the next session of the Jackson county recorder's court, which will be held next Monday. SAVE THE LAMBS Unleigh, June 21.? "This is the season when stomach worms begin to - do noticeable damage to lambs. If lambs begin to lose pep. get thin, to Jag behind when driving, or eat d'rt, ?bark or rotten wood-look ont!" says (!. I'. Williams, newly appointed ex tension specialist with sheep for the tyitle College and Departnient of Agriculture. "If the membranes of the eye and lips lose their ordinary healthy pink colo1* it is time to get busy," sta'cs Mr. Wilhan s. He lit ils also that if the skin is pale un der the woo: it is likely that st miach tvoiins have been Li>y a good while. Mr. 'Vi'. iams st?^s that fai.vrs are li,l> .. Mi.ni sl?.- lack of X: it "ii >.ot wcatl;< r, *|t y ?rtsture ard Hits ""'I the .- ViK. He sa.s, "A Mitch in time saves ninenty-ninclThc bl ic t >nc drench for sbesp and hi 1*3 costs next to nothing. A little time is the thing most needed. Farmers who have never drenched their sheep sind lambs should get necessary in formation from the County Agent." | o SYLVA WATER GOOD , The latest analysis of the Sylva ?w.tcr supply* made by the state board of health, from sample of water at the intake, while it shows si heavy sediment, shows neither col on bacilli nor acid producing bacteria which is a healthy supply. o The old hog wallow is an expensive hath tub for all hogs and more especially the young pigs under four months of age. Young pigs are sus ceptible to parasites and filth bom ? o ?iV extension workers of the btate College and Department of lAgricultuxe. . . TO BEGIN FORESTRY v EXPERIMENTS Raleigh, June 21. ? "Cooperation of all forces working for the care of NorthCarolina forests was secured at a recent conference in Raleigh. The offer of Dr. B. W. Kilgore to permit the use of the woodlands on the Branch Experiment Station, farms as areas for forest demon strations was accepted by Director E.H. Frothingham of theAppalachian Forest Experiment Station. Work of this branch of^he U. S. Forest Ser vice will now be extended to the dif ferent sections of North Carolina in which these farms are located as vsoon as funds are available. 'State Forester J. S. Holme^ promises fire protection to areas where experi ments are to be made and to those area? where we plan to start in tensive management of farm forests and the cooperative marketing of products," I says H. M. Curran Ex tension Farm Forester of the State College and Department of Agricul ture. Mr. Curran states that Mr.Holmes' office is spending $25,000 of State and Federal fields for fire protdttion. Michigan spends $400,000. North Carolina cut 1*4 billiOn feet of lum ber in 1920, while Michigan cut only % of a billion. The forest areas of the two states are about equal, but the value of the timber crops, the time to produce them and the ease of protection are all in favor of North Carolina "with proper care and protection, our forests will an nually bring 1000 million dollars worth of new wealth to the State says Mr. Curran. "The work of State Forester Holmes, of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station and of the Agriculture Extension Service, ail merit the approval of every timber land owner in North Carolina. Their advice and assistance is to be had for the asking and they should be liberally supported with State and Federal funds. "We spend* on our forests less than $2.00 for each square mile of timber land. A fanner can expect but a poor crop. if lie spends less than his taxes to obtain a harvest and in addition allows his own and i his neighbors stock in his field many times between seeding and maturity. This is what happens to our wood lands. Fire in a woodland is like stock in a field of growing grain. The trt>es are damaged and the yield .reduced. A definite expenditure _au nually for fire protection and the in telligent thinning and cutting of ma ture timber will increase many fold the returns from forest and wood land," says Mr. Curran. REALTY TRANSFERS Jackson County dirt has been mov ing about from hand to hand, as it were, and the following deeds have been filed for registration during the past week:, Lucinda Styles and Charlie Styles, to Fred Hcr.ry, lot in Whittier, con sideration fjniOO. \ J. T Bird to E. Fo^d King, 3 lots on Sylvan Heights, . consideration $2000. s." ? V, G. W. Pangle to V. M. Loftis 20 acres in Dillsboro township, con sideration $600. Cullowhcc Mining Company to County Board of Education, school site in River township, consideration $10.00 and other considerations. 0. M. Hall and J W. Keener to John R. Jones 60 y2 acres. $1000. C. C. Jones to D M. Hall, mineral interest in Savannah $100. J. W. Keener to D. G. Biyson and V. V. hooper, lot in Sylva $10,130. T. _C. Smith to County Board of Education, lot in Qu^lla $175.00. NEW GIRLS CAMP I NEAR BALSAM Carolina Mountaineer, June 11. ? Alderman C.4 S. Smathers has pur chased from J. R. Morgan the Haiffht orchard and farm near Balsam He has leased the large residence for a Girls Camp* which will open soon. The orchaid <:ivc.s promise of a 1 large crop of ,bot!i'.?pples and peuches. Acid wood is now be'ng taken from the place, y ? ' ! MEDFORIxVuiLDING ? Medford Furniture Company has finished excavating for the buiduig which it is erectng on maffi street, and the work of fxmring of concrete for the foundations of the building has started. This will be a handsome business, s building, and it is expected , to be completed feis summer, / ' " NEW FUEL AND LUM / BER CO. ORGANIZED ( ????? _ x The S>lva Coal and Lumber Co., has been ino i operated with G. ft J* , "son as p 'en dent, I. K. Poweli, \ ice-president, V. "V. Hooper. troas4 urer and Chailie Price, secretary and sales manager. The new concern will do a general coal and !umV? r business, and writ open for business within a few i weeks, having purchased the Dills property, on Spring street, which will be improved and remodeled. " o EAST SYLVA Mrs. Donie Franklin 'and children, spent Wednesday with her parents, Mr. and Mi's. H. I. Ashe, at Loves' Chapel. The East Sylva Class is practic ing for the next convention which will be held in Sylva 011 the fourth Sunday in July. Mrs. Mariah Swayngim, of Hazel wood, spent the past week with her mother, -Mrs. Dora Dillard. Mr and Mrs. Z. O. Morgan and little daughter, Nina May, went- to Savannah, Saturdayto visit relatives and friends. Mr. Ellis Beasley motored the pas tor of East Sylva church, to his home at Addie, Sunday evening: Mr. and Mrs I. E. Franklin and family went to Love's Chapel, Sun day, to attend Children 's jhxy exer cises. Miss Nobie Wikle and Mr. Fred Barnes were mariicd at the home of the bride, last Saturday evening. 0 Miss Eva Beasley. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Beasley, and Mr. Ralph Dillard, son of Mrs. Dora Dil lard, were married' Saturday after noon, at two-thirty o'clock, at the home of the bride. Only a few friends Were present. The house was beauti fully dccerated with rose$. After the ceremony was performed by Mr. Painter, the young couple and their friends enjoyed an in faro. Mr." and Mi's. Dillard expect to make their home here. ? We are having an excellent Sun day School and prayer meeting at present. Last Sunday night wo had one profession at prayer tnectii'g. Rev. M. A. Norman, pastor of the East Sylva Baptist church, preached an interesting sermon at the Dillard cemetery Sunday afU'inioon, to a large crowd, after which the graves were bcautiluly decorated with flowers. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Whit Fore died on last Saturday night and was buried at the Keener cemetery Sunday afternoon. ' Mr. Louis Henry, of Macon county has been visiting relatives and friends here, for the past few days. Miss Belle Elmore has returned to her home in Macon county, after a short stay with her sister, Mrs. Carden. V Mr. Charles Ensley has recently accepted a jwsition in the Sylva post office. Little Miss. Priscilla Davis is im proving, after a severe illness. Messrs. Charles Ensley and George Barns, of Beta, attended services at East Sylva, Sunday night. Mr. Harve Beasley has recently purchased a Ford car. o MARRIAGE LICENSE Five couples, 10 people, ii^Jackson county have fallen victim to the ar rows of Cupid (luring the past week, and license to marry has been issued to them, o ? Marion Houston to Juanita Potts. M. A. Metcalf to Daisy H. Friz zell. , ' Fred Barnes to Nobie May Wikle. Ralph "Dillard to Eva Beasley. Harry E. Buchanan to Pearl Long. ? o MRS. RHODES' BUILDING ? The excavation for the new bus iness buildihg, that is to be erected, by Mrs. \Yr. H. Rhodes, on her lot, next to the post office, has been fin ished, and the construction of the building will begin within a few days. o BREAKS ARM. ?Miss Caroline Rhodes, JJPijng daughter of Prof, and Ml-s. H. Rhodes, fell from her pop' ^ue day last Veck, sustaining j? ?uble frac ture of the left art 'The saddle girth slipped, throwing her to the ground and the pony stepped on her arm. The young lady is recovering rapidly. _ ^ TO, BUILD HOTEL Local business men have interested themselves in the construction of a new, modem, fire-proof hotel in Sylva, and it proper encouragement is given them by the people of this community, it is probable that a few weeks will see the proposition well under way, and a hotel worthy of this progressive town under con struction. ? > We, each one cf us, will admit, that the. crying need cf the hour in Sylva is a new h=tel. The way to get that hotel built, and that quickly, is lend the men, who are trying to do something for the improvement of the town, all the en couragement possible. The best way to kill the proposi tion is to kn-ck and criticise. Let's pull together and build that hotel. * I BALSAM Mr. and Mrs. Patrick V. Wacaster celebrated their Golden Weddiii' ? I Friday of last week. A sumptuous repast was served. Four generations of the family were present, including a grand-daughter and several great grand children from Nebraska. Mr. J. C. Rickards and family oi fan ton spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.T.M. Rickards. Mr. J. C. H. Wilson and family of Rock Hill, S C., have arrived to spend the summer in Balsanf, and are occupying one of Mr. T. M. .Rickards' cottages. % Mrs. C. H. Coward has returned from the hospital in Waynesville. Mrs. J. R. Rock and grandson, Raymond Rock, of Paducah, Ky., have also arrived to spend the sum mer in one of Mr. Rickards' cot tages. Mrs. Sara Bryson left last week to visit relatives in Washington and other points in the West. Mr. James Cathev, of Sylva filled Rev. Mr. Jones' appointment in the Methodist church hercSunday after' noon. Mr. Jones is visiting in 'Wash ington City. Mr. Cathey lias many friends in and near Balsam who are always glad to listen to his interest ing discourses. Mr. G. C. Crawford and his choir from Mt. Pleasant church did some good singing, which was also much enjoyed. We all these ^ood people will come ji gain. Mrs. Ida Bryson of Canton is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mabel Pern. Mr. Charles Jones, Jr., has bought" a new Ford truck. Mr. A. H. Mehaffey has purchased a new Star car. Messrs. T. R. C. Duncan and E. Z. Recce went to Canton Saturday. Mrs. W. J. Cogdill and Mrs. R. L. Cope and baby went to Ashevillc last week. Messrs. A. H. Mehaffey, Hubert Ensley and Albk, were in town Tuesday shopping Mr. Claude Hensl^v, of Dili V rird and Mr. and Mi's. J. M. Bird dined at Mr. W. T. McLaughlins, Sunday. * Mr. and Mrs. Terry Johnson call ed at Mr. W. C. Martin's, Sunday. * Mjr. and Mrs. H. G. Ferguson dined at Mr. 0. T. Cooper's, Sun day' Miss Virnnie Martin spent the week en^l with Mrs. Josic Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Perce McLaughlin visited at Mr. Dan Gass' Sunday Mrs. Oscar Worley has rclunied from a visit with relatives at Web ster. Miss Essie Anthony returned to Cullowjiec Sunday afternoon., after sj>ending the week end with home folks. I Messrs. dolman Kinsland, J. L. and Frank Hall and Miss Kula Rea gan called at Mrs. A. C. Hovles 'Suiij day. Mr. Wayne Wells, Mr. \V. C. nn I i.i! * ~ic Martin- called at Shoai Creek, Sunday. Miss Heritage, of Hazel wood, has returned home after spending a f<\^ days with her sister, Miss Martha Heritage. Misses Myrtle and Nellie Thomas of Barkers Creek, have been visiting Uteris sister, Mrs. .lame; Sit ton. Mr. A. J. Bock, of Dillsboro, sjieiit the week end with relatives. Mrs. Thos. Barrett and Mrs. J. L. Cooper, of Whittier, and Mrs. I). X. Battle visited at Mr. S. W. hooper's. . I to v. B. S. West fdled his ivarular ^))|H)intmeut at the Baptist church Sunday morning, June 17th. Ml*. W T. Mcl aughlin and' family) Mrs. C. A. Bird, Mr. G. T. Cooper and family and Mrs. J. K. Terre'l dined at Mr. J. II. Hovles', Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. (i. Feiguson call ed at Mr. James llipjw', Sunday afternoon. Shoal Creek and Ravensford pat a nice lot of furniture in the home of Rev. J. R. Church, Monday. Messrs. I). C. Hughes and C. B. Terrell were guests of Mr. Wayne Battle Sunday. Mrs. S. R. Hoyle has been in de clining health for the past few weeks. Rev. B. S. West was -a guest in the home of Mr. S. M. Grisp Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. York Howell, Mrs. Win. Hyatt, Miss Kula Reagan and Mr. J. K. Terrell called at Mr. J. % ? II. Hovles' Sunday afternoon. "? Mr. Wm.McLauglilin is visiting r<'- ? latives in Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moore visited relatives in Whittier, Sunday. Miss /Sue Jones met - with th