mrEBOKEE INDIAN FAIR
W TO START TUESDAY
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TheClicrokoe IndianFair will open
t Yellow Hill, or Cherokee, next
Tuesday morning, and will continue
through Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday
The annual fairs of the Cherokee
Indians were started ten years ago,
gt the government school for the
Cberokees, at Cherokee, and have
steadily gf0wn m popularity among
the tribe in Jackson and Swain
countioi, and among the white people
of this entire region. Last year
there were record breaking crowds
present on each day, people coming
from all ovcr Western North Caro
lina, Kiut Tennessee, Northern
South Carolina and North Georgia,
Tennessee and South Carolina cities.
This year the fair has been large
ly advertised throughout the sur
rounding states, and it is expected
that even larger crowds will attend
than were present last year.
Bead-work, and basketry, exclus
ively Indian arts, are on display, as
?ell as the usual features of fairs.
Indian ball games will be features
on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. u ' *
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SPEEDWELL
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To Jackson County Journal,
Sylva.
A brief letter from this place (on
a very important subject) will not be
oat of order I hope. That is roads.
It don 't seem tha we are-being-treat,
ed fair at all in reference to our road
It has not been worked out in so Ion,
(except what road hands have
just voluntarily done) until it is al
most impassible. Now the Town
ship supervisor is working, and has
every other branch road, I think,
and of course its the opinion of every
progressive citizen that we are just
as much entitled to a good highway
as those in other sections.
I hope this will call the attention
of the officials and that there will
b? something done toward the re
construction of Pressley Creek Road.
A CITIZEN.
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CANADA
Canada has just stepped np to the
front line, with a good graded road
which herc-to-foro wo have never
hai
Old Sol *8 Creek church had a
shower of ministers the Fourth Sun
day, all looking for the Union Meet
ing which is to be held here the
Fifth Sunday of September.
Mr. Thomas Ashe has been quite
ill for several days. We hopo him
? speedy recovery.
We have had a Tent Meeting
Dear Sol's Creek church for the ten
days. The meeting closed last Sun
day, with a fairly successful meeting.
Bom, to Mr .and Mrs. RalphAshe,
* son, Cay.
TheEquinoctial storm the Twenti
eth did considerable damage to our
roads, but our supervisor was soon
busy repairing them next. day.
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REALTY TRANSFERS
W. II. Moody and wife to Med
fordFurniturc Company lot in Sylva,
$10.00.
C. C. Buchanan, trusteo for Con
lev Dorse y, to E. L. Wilson, lot in
S.vlva, $09.50.
E. W. Fortuer to D. W. Fortner
al. 134 acres in Canada, $100.00.
John H. Smith and wife to J. O.
pl?tt Co., Inc., 92 acres $331.00.
J* 0. Stanley and wife to H. E.
Buchanan, lot in Sylva, $700.00.
M. Buahanan and wife to H. E.
fiuehanan, lot in Sylva, $10.00.
T- J. Deitz and wife to W. R.
26 acres in Greens Creek,
$700.00.
A. A. Johnson and wife to R. L.
Franks, land in Savannah, $75.00.
E. L. Dillard and wife to Rhodo
e Company, land in Scott 'a Creek,
1715.00.
*ethodist choir
ELECTS OFFICERS
The choir of the Methodist church
?re held a business meeting, on last
Monday evening, in connection with
c regular rehearsal, and elected
? following officers; Director, Miss
annctte Walker; President, Mr. C.
? Denning; Vice-president, Mrs. A.
^ McGuiro; Secretary-Treasurer,
E. L. McKee.
"e regular rehearsals will hore
* er be held on Friday evenings and
' ls the purpose of the members of
* cWir to buy new anthem books
^ ,tQ provide special mosie for the
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I ADJUTANT GEN. DENIES
NEGROES DEPORTED
AT SPRUCE PINE
Adjutant General J. Van Mctts, who
has been in command of the military
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forces at Spruce Pine, under orders
from Governor Morrison, has issued
a signed statement in which he em
phatically denies that the negro con
victs at work in or near Spruce Pine,
were ever ordered to move out or '
that they were ever molested in any
"way.
"The convicts are daily at their
labors, and have been ever since the
troble started", said General Metts.
Hugh A. Love, of Waynesville, as
sistant superindendent of the state
prison, who has been investigating
the condition at Spruce Pine, has
also issued a statement, in which he
says practically the same things that
General Metts declared in his state
ment, that the convicts have not
been molested by the people, of
Michell county. \ ? < , ;
The trouble started, last week,
when a young negro convict, a trusty,
attacked an aged white woman of
Mitchell county. A large posse was
quickly formed and the negro was
persued, until he was caught, by
Burke County officers, near Hickory,
late Saturday, and was taken to
Raleigh for safe keeping. The Mitch
ell county woman, the victim of his
attack has gone to Raleigh to iden
tify bin)/, andy Governor Morrison
has ordered a special term of court
to try him.
Three companies of military have
been on duty at Spruccj Pine for
several days, and the ( report has
gone out throughout the country
that the mountain people of Mitchell
had driven all negroes from the
county, including convicts working
on the state highway.
The Tri-County j Fair opens at
SprucePine this weekend no trouble
of any kind is anticipated.
WILMOT
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Quite a number of the Bumgarners
and their relatives from this place
attended the Bnmgamcr Reunion at
Love's Chapel, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harris an-1
children, of Hopewell, Va., have been
visiting relatives here. , ; . {> '
Mrs. Thomas Gibson spent Wed-,
ncsday with Mrs. Stella Ward. -
Miss Lillie Nation, of Whittier
visited home folks, Sunday.
Mrs. Jim Messer and Mrs. Wil
bern Messer were the guests of Mrs.
Margarett Ashe and Zelpher Messer
Sunday. ( j
Ora Ward went to Sylva, Saturday
on business.
Miss Elsie Buchanan has gone to
Spartanburg, S. C., where she will
stay for some time.
Mr. Rado Raby and family of
Whittier attended church services
here Sunday.
Miss Duckett, of Cullowhee spent
the week end v.ith her sister Miss
Louise Duckett, who is .teaching
school here.
We are glad to report that Mrs.
Nora Snyder is improving after a
serious illness. '
Cassius Buchanan motored to
Cancy Fork, in his new Ford car
Sunday.
TO CONSIDER FARMERS' DAY
County Agent R. W. Gray has
called a meeting of all the business
men of Sylva to be held in his office
Monday night at 7 :30 for the pur
pose of considering a farmers' day,
for Sylva, to bo held in the near
future.
It is thought that a big sale day
can be put on, giving the farmers
a special opportunity to dispose of
their produce on the Sylva market,
at good prices. It is also thought
that buyers can be brought here, to
take up much of the products of the
farms of Jackson county, that can
not be consumed on the local market.
The matter will be taken up at
the meeting, and plans discussed for
putting it over. Every business man
in Sylva is urged to be present.
COURT CONVENES MONDAY y
Jackson county superior court will
oonvene next Monday, with Judge
Thad. D. Brysor^ of this judicial
district, presiding... The term of
court will be for the trial of both
criminal and civil actions.
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MAJRRJAGE LICENSES
gptih
FINDS 6,000 MILES HIGH
WAYS IN NORTH CAROLINA
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J. Fred Essary, one of the Wash
ington correspondents of. the Rich
mond Timc3-Dispatch, who has been
investigating North Carolina's high
way system, has the following to say
concerning the results being achieved
by road builders in that State: <
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"The net results is that something
more than 6,000 miles of hard sur
face and low grade highways will bo
built by the end of 1925, a system
unsurpassed by any in the South.
Mr. Essary particularly praises the
trunk line system which connects ev
ery county seat with every other by
the shortest possible route. He says
that purely Ircal interests are being
disregarded and* 'up to this time pol-|
itics lias been literally outlawed in
the earryiin, cut of the program."
The coMV-p'mdent reports that
when completed two years hence, the
North Carolina road system Will be
the most modern, mile for mile, of
any on the continent. It will be the
most modern because it will be the
newest, and it will have been built
practically all at once, instead of
piecemeal. (
So successful was North Carolina's
first road bond issue of $50,000,000
that the legislature of 1923, with
hardly a handful of dissenting votes,
authorized an additional bond issue
og $15,000,000. Speakers at the re
cent convention of the Virginia Good |
Roads' association deplored the fact!
that politics are holding back a pro- 1
gressive road building program in ;
Virginia, hut expressed the belief j
that ultimately Virginia would fall in
line with her sister States, which
through bond issues, are constructing
modem highway systems.
Although it has floated and is re
tiring large bond issues, North Caro
lina, unlikeVirginia, has no property
tax for*, the building ' of its State
highway system.
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THE ENGLISH VIEW OF
ETJROEE IS GLOOMY j
Europe as viewed from the ontAuIt* ,
of NfeL ',10 DoXving street, is u sad I
spectacle, indeed, and is going fiiun
had to* worse, ip the eyes of David
Lloyd G'corgi!,who in a 3(IO-pagc hook ,
entitled, "Is It Peace?" to he pub- 1
lished September 28, reviews the
whole list of the present Euroj>ean
problems, the Ruhr predominating,
and comments tlierfeon in the vigor
ous style replete with sonorouis meta
phor which is characteristic of his
style.
The book is an amplification of the ,
former premier's recent articles,
with a preface in which the author
says it has not been necessary for
hifti to revise any of the estimates
of the various situations he has made
from time to time. He is ciJfivinccd
that peace has gone back preceptibly
and unmistakably. Up to 1923, says
the ex-premier, each year after the
end of the great war showed a dis
tinct improvement over its predeces
sor, but "the present year has been
one of growing gloom and menace;
the international temper is distinct
ly worse all around. "
LloydGeorge says Europe 's patch
ed up peace will leave the continent
in a more precarious plight than ev
er, but he is still hopeful that the
settlements will be left to the dip
lomatists and not the "gunman."
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ROAD TO DILLSBORO
OPEN TODAY
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The new concrete road connecting
the tow (of is it one?) hustling towns
of Sylva and Dillsboro was opened
today, by the Federal construction
company, who have been construct
ing it since July, 1922.
The length of the new road is a
little more than two miles, reach
ing from the itpper end of Sylva to
the lower end of Dillsboro, giving
the towns two miles of new paving,
And opening up building territory
along the route.
Hard-surfaced roadway will be
continued from Dillsboro to the
Swain county line at Whitier. In
fact the contract calling for water
bound macadam front Dillsboro to
Whittier was let more than a year
ago, and the grading work .prepara
tory to the hard-surfacing has been
in progress for many months.
LAND SALE TUESDAY
The Southern Land Auction Cem
panv will soil, the auction way, 17
residential lots, arid 3 new bungalows,
i tlu of Dr. G rover U'ilkcs,
I in iiu ? - lv.ru end of Sylva, next
iltegjdaft Qotober 9, aj 1Q :QQ o'clock.
MBS. VANDERBILT MAKES
?APPEAL FOE EXHIBITS
The object of the State Fair is to
"show North Carolina," says Mrs.
' Edith Vanderbuilt, president of the
j North Carolina Agricultural society,
j in a statmenet calling attention to
the importance of having all entries
in by October 1st and 6th.
"Send your entries to Raleigh to
day,";, she urges after calling atten
tion tq the fact that during the week
of October 15th, the products of the
State of North Carolina will be on
display at the S^tate fair.
"Some excellent exhibits have al
ready; been arranged," Mrs. Vander.
bilt states" and are now being in
stalled. Others are coming daily."
"The list of exhibits will range
from huge power looms weaving
cloth down to ladies' handkerchiefs
made by the busy housewife," she
explains," and adds that there is no
limit to what may be exhibited.
"I wish as president of the State
fair," she continues, "to urge every
person in the State to send whatever
they may make or produce to the
fair at Ralcigli, so that it may be ex
hibited and compete for the many
prizes offered.
"By sending in your exhibit you
can do more to make the North Car
o'ina State Fair the greatest in the
country than by any other means. It
is a public institution for the public
j;nod and it is your duty as a citizen
of the State to promote the interest
of such an institution whose one ob
ject and aim is to serve the public
for progress and prosperity.
"The State fair belongs to every
man, woman and child of NorthCaro
lina, and I should like to see the day
when every one of you takes an ac
tive part in its development."
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STA^Jt MISSION PROGRAM
S'uito Mission, I )ay will be observ
i"l nt, tho B?: j?t i s t Sunday School
next Sunday morning, with an at
tractive program, at the Sunday
School ln>ur. The committee in
charge arc devoting much time and
care to the preparation of the pro
gram and it is expected that it will
prove a most enjoyable and benficial
one. The offering will be for State
Missions.
The public is invited to be pre
sent.
Next Sunday morning is also the
beginning of the year for this Sun
day School, officers and teachers
hnving be elected on last Sunday,
and the school will undergo consi
derable readjustment, looking to the
requirements of a standard graded
Sunday School.
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PROGRAM TOR TOWNSHIP
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Township Sunlay School Conven
tion to be held at Ochre Hill church
Third Sunday in October 1923.
MORNING SESSION
10 :30 ? Patribd of Worship ? Song,
Scripture Reading and Prayer.
Led by G. C. 'Crawford.
10:45 ? Ways of Increasing the Sun
day School Attendance. By T.
C. Bryson.
11 :10 ? Song
11 :15 ? Methods of Teaching the
Lesson. By Mrs. W. C. Reed.
11:40 ? Period of business.
(a) Record of Schools Present.
(b) Appointment of Commit
tees.
11:50 ? Practical Suggestions for
Variety in the Sunday School
Program. By Geo. W. Sutton.
12.15 ? Adjourn.
Dinner on the Ground. ? Come ind
Bring a Basket.
AFTERNONN SESSION
1:45 ? Period of Worship ? Song,
Scripture Reading and Prayer.
Led by G. C. ' Snyder.
2 :00 ? Graded Lessons ? Their Ad
vantage* and How to UseThem.
By Mrs. Chas. Allison.
2 :25 ? Song.
2:30 ? How to Hold the Young
People in the Sunday School.
By Prof. R. F. Hough.
2:55 ? Period of business:
(a) Reports of Committees.
3 :10? The Value of the Organized
Bible Class. By. Rev. -T. F.
Deitz.
3:35 ? The One Best Thing Our
SundaySchool Is Doing. (Three
minute Messages from some
representatives of each Sun
day School.)
? 1:00 ? Adjourn.
' R. It. FISHER, Pres., Scott's
1 Creek Townsbip.
CONTEMPLATE CHANGING
LOCATION OF GLEN
VTIJ.F, ROAD
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Citizens of this county have learn
ed that the contractors and the state
highway engineers contemplate
! changing the location of the link of
highway 106, from Tuckaseigee to
Gfenville, by following the Shoal
Creek route instead of going on up
the river by the High Falls of the
Tuckaseigee to Glenville.
It is stated by the engineers that
the Shoal Creek route is near and
that it can be constructed at less
^expense, although the contract was
let to Brooks-Calloway Company,
more than a year ago, and was let
with the understanding that it was
to be build up the river route, near
the High Falls. In fact about a
mile and a half of the road was
graded by the county, about three
years ago, at the Glenville end of the
road.
A number of citizens of the coun
ty, including members of the county
highway commission, the entire board
of county commissioners, members
of the county board of education,
and others went to Asheville, Tues
day, and took the matter up with
commissioner Stickeleather, and pre
sented their side of the case, stat
ing that if the location is changed
it will cut off one entire township
from a road, as well as a large part
of another township, and that it will
wark incalculable dariiage to the en
tire tourist industry of Western
North Carolina, by leaving off the
beaten path of travel some of the
most magnificent scenery in the en
tire Southern Appalachian region.
Mr. Stikelether, while he is of
the opinion that from an engineering
standpoint the Shoal Creek roiftc
can be constructed at some less ex
pense, stated that he is convinced
that the considerations of serving
the Aost people and providing and
invaluable scenic highway far out
weigh the additional expense, and
has recommended to the commission
that the present route, by the High
Falls of the Tuckaseigee,' be con
structed.
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BALSAM
Rev. Otlio J. Jones, pastor of the
Methodist church here, preached tho
best sermon, Sunday afternoon that
we have ever heard on the subject
"Sin,' 'or rather' 'Why Do We Have
Preaching ?" Several new members
were baptized and received into tho
church.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. McKay and
Mr. and Mrs." Lee Fisher, of Hazel
wood attended services in theMetho
dist' church here Sunday afternoon.
Mr. J; K. Kenrtcy, of Asheville is
in Balsam this week.
Miss Doar, of Georgetown, S. C.,
who is teaching inWayncsville, spent
the week end with Mrs. M. C. Green.
Mr. John T.Jones made a business
trip to Whittier and Canton last
Week.
Mrs. W. S Christy and Miss Sallic
Christy are visiting their cousin,
Mrs. Mollie Boone in Waynesville
this week.
Mr. G. C. Crawford went to Sylva
Monday to attend the meeting of
the Road Commissioners.
Sirs. Modena Brown, who was
operated on for appendicitis in the
Waynesville hospital is convalescing
rapidly.
The "educated" sipider has 'found
its way to Balsam. Messrs. John
Coward and Joe Woods found a
beautiful web near their home, in
the center of which were the letters
W. W. Y. K. V. They destroyed
the web, but upon making a second
visit to the web they found the first
three letters again.
The ice cream supper given for
the benefit of the Methodist and
Baptist churches, Saturday night
was quite a success. The basket of
fruit that was voted to the prettiest
young lady was won by Miss Bcr
dell Snider, of Willets. The total
proceeds amounted to $68.00.
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LYCEUM NUMBER AT
DILLSBORO TONIGHT
The first number of the season's
lyceum attractions will be given at
Dillsboro auditorium. Tonight's
concert will be given by the Sham
rock Trio, and a delightful program
of Irish Folk Songs, and music is
expected.
As the new concrete road connect
ing Sylva and Dillsboro is now open,
it is expected that manySylva people
will attend, as well as numbers from
other communities in this part of the
county.
BIO BUILDING CAM
PAIGN UNDER WAY
The biggest bnilding boom Sylva
has ever experienced has been under
way and gaining headway since the
first of the year. More than forty
new residences have been construct
ed, or are being constructed, within
the corporate limits of the town.
The Medford Furniture Company
has just completed a four story
building, for its 4 new home, on
Main Street.
Prof. W. H. Rhodes is completing
at the present time, a four story
building, on Main Street.
Drs. McGuire are erecting a three
story buifding on Main Street.
M. Buchanan, Jr., is adding to his
garagef byj ponstructing additional
floor space with a new building at
the east end of his present garage
building.
J. S. Higdon is adding to his
garage, building the office room back
to Mill Street.
The handsome, new brick school
building, for the Central High
School, is being rapidily erected on
the old Jackson County Fair Ground
property.
All the above buildings arc of the
best of material, brick and concrete,
and are permanent structures.
R. P. Potts has been making some
improvements on his property, the
Sylva Hotel, raising it another story.
The Sylva Coal and Lumber Com
pany is making improvements and
repairs on its property on Spring
Street.
A new hotel is contemplated, and
will probably be erected early in the
Spring, if not before.
And on and on, the story of tho
growth of Sylva goes. In fact it is
growing so fast, that if the Journal
keep tab of every building erected
it would be forced to pay a man a
salary to devote his time solely to
that purpose.
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WEEKLY MARKET
For week ending October 1, 1923
Issued by the State Division of
Markets co-operating with theUnited
States Department of Agriculture,
from the Raleigh Office of the Leas
ed Wire Service.
Live Stock and Meats
Chicago hog priccs dropped 40 to
50c. for the week. Beef steers 15c.
lower to 15c., butcher cows and heif
ers 10 to 75c. lower; feeder steers
25c. net off and veal calves 75c. to
50c. to $1.00 and feeding lambs 10
to 20c. Fat ewes were steady to 10c.
lower while yearlings were 25c. new
higher. On October 1st hogs steady
to 10c. higher; beef steers 15c. high
er. Fat lambs steady to 25c. low
er; feeding lambs around 25c. lower.
October 1st Chicago priccs : hogs, top
$8.40; bulk of sales $7.40 to $8.10;
medium and good beef steers $8.00
to $11.75; butcher cows and heifers
$3.40 to $10.00; Feeder steers $4.10
to $8.50; light and medium weight
veals $7.75 to $12.00; fat lambs
$11.50 and $13.10; feeding lambs
$11.75 to $13.25 yearlings $8.50 to
$11.00; fat ewes $3.75 to $6.75.
Estimated receipts at seven markets
were :cattle 111,500; calves 15,700;
hogs 102,000; sheep 102,100. Stock
er and feeder shipments' from 12 im
portant markets during} the week
ending September 21st were: cattle
and calves 144,921; hogs 22,514;
sheep 170,034.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes 10 to 35 cents per 100
lbs. lower leading markets riiid at
shipping points. Onions about steady.
Cabbage generally lower. Apples,
Jonathans and Grimes decline 25 to
50c. per lb. most markets. Pea'-ho*
generally declining. Prices rep rt
cd Oct 1 ; Long Island Green M< un
tain potatoes $2.35 to $2.05 bulk per
100 lbs. in New York and Philadel
phia. Maine sacked and bulk Irish
Cobb'ors$1.65 to $2.15 eastern mark"
ets, $1.05 to $1.25 f. o. b. Northern
round vlntes, $1.05 to $1.10 in
Chicago. Minnesota Red River Ohio:;
90c to $1.00 in St Louis and Kansas
City: 65 to 75c. f. o. b. New York
Cabbage, Domc^t'c round type, $25.
to $35.00 bulk per t'n enr,ter;i cities^
Midwestern Stock 28.00 to .$33.Pr in
Cincinnati andJ St Louis. T' ster;i
onions, yellow varieties, $3.25 to $3.
75 sacked per 100 lbs. top of $4."9
in Boston , $3.00 to $3.25 f. o. b.
I Middlewestern stock 3.00 to $3.40
leasing markets. Eastern apples,
Grimes $4.00~to $5.00 per barrel con
suming centers. Michigan Jonathans
' to $0.00 in Chicago. _ ,