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HIGHWAY 186 MAY BE
TO SOUTH CAROLINA IRE
Kf torts nrc being made to induoe
thc State Highway Commission -to ex
tpjiJ Hv^Iiwhv 100 to the South Caro
lyn line, at the time other roads of
tbo county are taken over by the
state.
?V committee from the Sylva Cham
ber of Commerce carrying a resolut- j
ion ti oni that body strongly uiging.
sl?.|, action, was in conference with
tllC District Highway Commissioner!
at hi/- office in Asheville, this week. J
Highway 100 has been one matter
of public concern upon which the peo
ple of the county have been practical
ly ? unit for a good many years. It
is rccos;ni/od that this road, which
traverses the county almost from one
end to the other, is our most vital
artery of commerce, locally. It has al
so been loner recognized tha?t so long
the missing link from Cashiers to
the South Carolina lino is left off as
a |>art of the state highway system,
that 106 will be nothing but an im
portant community road; but that
the day it heroines a j>art of the state
system, 100 will be changed from its
present status to nn important inter
Mate highway.
10t; from the South Carolina line,
with No. 10 from Sylva to Wilmot,
added to the newly-acquired Qualln
road, puts one to Cherokee, and on '
an 1 hoj>e to he nble to give you
the west.
That is the big reason, of many
thai has caused the Sylva Chamber
of Comment-, and citizens of thc
county generally to be so pejfcistent
in their efforts to have TOG continu
ed to the South Carolina line.
In reply o the resolution of the
Chamber of Commerce, it has receiv
ed the following letter from the High
way Commissioner.
"I am in receipt of vour resolution
-M\wm La'-fTiv office* by Mr/Barry
Buchanan, in regard to the extension
nt lnt> from Cashier's Valley to thc
North Carolina - South Carolina line
toward W'allialla.
"I bej,' to thank you for your ex
pression of appreciation. I am today
writing the South Carolina Highway
Commission in regard to what South
Carolina will do about this matter
and I hope ot be able to give you
something definite on this before a
tfreat whil.\
"In the meantime I would suggest
that you take this matter up with
your Commissioners.
gards, I beg to remain,
Sincerely youra, '
T. O. Stikeleather."
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BAPTISTS ERECT
NEW CHURCH
AT CULLOWHEE
The Baptists of Cullorwhee are plan
ins: he croction of what they believe
will be one of the moat convenient
and most handsome ehurches in thin
part of the state.
In tact, excavation work is already
inder way, and materials arc being
placed on the ground for the con
"fraction of the near ehurch..
The State of North Carolina, it is
Understood, has donated to the chuTch
a lot upon which to erect the edifice,
lot adjoining the present proper
ty ot the church.
It is understodd that the new build
m? will provide ample quarters for
large and growing Sunday School
a"'l l> V. P. U. work, for the rapid
ly increasiug student body at Western
Carolina Tcachem' College, as well
as the young people of the community
The plans are said to be admirably
adapted to the requirements of a eol
'efF community, and the needs of the
?xpec,ted growth of the college have
taken into consideration.
enloe HEADS rotarians
W, Knloe, Sr., waa elected as
president of the '.Sylva Rotary Club,
at the annual election of officers, held
!lt the weekly luncheon, on Tuesday.
P* f?. Bryson was chosen as vioe-pres
"lew ; and John H. Morris was unani
m??ly reelected a* secretary-treasur
*??
The financial statement of tho
Candler-Nichols hospital, as prepar
ed Mr. Raymond R. Nicholson, is
herewith presented. )'
It is believed that this statement
will be of interest to the people ir.
I view of the fact that the question
of taking over the hospital and .main
taining it by the county, in connec
tion with the Duke Foundation is
under consideration at this tiine. -
Gross earnings from May
20, 1927 to March 1, 1929, $50,297.75
Cost of operation for
above period 27,467.31
Gross profit $22,830.44
Chnritv work donated .... 9,000.00
Net profit $13,830.44
Total Ca ll Receipts .... $34,370.54
Total disbursements 27,467.31
Actual Cash profit ' $6,909.23
Good accounts receivable f (5,921.21
$13,830.44
I hereby certify, that I have care
fully gone over and made an invoice
of all the property pertaining to the
Candler-Nichols Hospital qnd have
audited the accounts of the sr.me,
and that the above statement as to
the valuation and financial standing
of this institution is true and cor
rect to the best of my knowledge
and bolief.
This March 34, 1929.
BALSAM
Mr. Milford Breece and Miss
Flora Hendricks of Hazelwood . wfcne
married Saturday.
Miss Mary Robinson of Willets
was a guest of her daughter Mrs. ?.
B. Howell, ? Sunday. Hep grandson,
Marion Howell is very sick with pneu
raonia.
Claude Allison, ? B.- T. . Hufcter and
C. W. Denning were selected as the
befcrd of directors.
' OH AMBER OF OOMN&IOE
| ELECTS HEW OFFICERS
Thomas A. Cox was elected as pres
ident of the Sylva Chamber of Com
merce, at the animal election of offi
ceite, held Tuesday.
The other new officers aw:
Viae president, I. H. Powell.
Secretary, A. J. Dills.
Treasurer: P. E. Moody.
Directors, H. E. Bpchanan, M. IK
Cowan, C. W. Denning, C. B. Thomp
son, T. E. Reed.
The annaal meeting of the unamber
was held,Tuesdav evening, ?t which
time the results of the election were
announced, the accomplishment of the
chamber (since its organization were
Reviewed, and matters of general in
terest were discussed by the retiring
president, Mr. Harry E. Buchanan.
The chamber voted to approve and
support the planned 105th Field Sig
nal Battalion Reunion.
A eammittee from the chamber was
appointed to cooperate with similar |
committees from the Baptist church j
in providing for the enterainment of
tie Regional B. Y. P. IT. Con j
which will be held here next month, i
TO BUILD FIRST CHURCH IN
BIG CANADA COUNTRY, SOON
The first church building in Canada
township will be erected within a
short time, according >o information
received by the Journal. It is under
stood that Mr. .1. .1. Wild has been
given the contract for the erection
of the building.
The new church will be built upon
a church lot donated to the Southern
era Methodists by Mr. A. L. Owen.
n?ar his home.
It is said that all the people o/ ?u?n
da have* Interested theanfelvfti in the
*
project, ^nd that contributions to the
building fund have been made by
local people in Canada, of all denoni- 1
inationnl beliefs.
Nicholson Gives
Cash Statement
Of C.-N . Hospital
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1>AY E*
if stillers Receive Sentences
At Recorder^ Court Monday
Jerry Jenkins, caught in a 'still, I
near Rylva, last week, turned state's
evidence in Uocorder's court, Mon
day, and implicated Tom Arrowood
and .Take AiTutton! in the 'tranpac
tion.
Bailey Mace and Deios Birch each
tered pleas ol guilty, as did .Tonkins.
Jenkins then took flhc Ailand, and
testified that Tom Arrowood furn
?
ished a can, froni which the boiler
of the 'still was made, put up a
quantity of sugar, and wap to have
gotten half the output of the plant.
He als* swore that Jake Arrowood,
brother of Tom, brought his breakfast
to him the morning the officers ar
rived, and tQld him that he (Jake)
was watching. .on the mountain "for
the law." Jeakins further testified
that he had;,J>ecn boarding with Tom
Arrowood lot- about six weeks, and
that he had frequently seen liquor
about the place, and had seen visi
tors arrive^ ami go with Tom to tho
hack of ? t|e house, in the kitchen.
The sheriff testified that the officers
had made a search of Tom's prem
ises, near the Tannery, and had found
a number of empty "short pint "I
bottles; but had found no liquor.
He swore that Tom had the reputa
tion of dealing ih liquor.
AH tho crow<ll was found* guilty.
Jenkins was given a 12 month's sen;
teiwe> which was suspended, bectfiifte
he had turned state's evidence, and
the' capiat was to issue twenty-four
hours after the adjournment of the
court, giving him an opportunity
to seek other fields of labor.
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drew eight month's sentences. Tom
Arrowood was sentenced) to serve 6
months, which sentence wag sus
pended upon the payment of the
costs, a fine of $100.00 and upon his
ijood behavior. 1
Jake Arrowood 's part of the mat
ter was left open for judgment.
Roy Brooks drew a 3 month's
sentence, suspended for 12 months
upon payment of the costs and good
behavior, for violation of the pro
hibition laws.
Luther Alexander was given a 6
months sentence on a statutory
chaise. ? )' '
Lyman Gregory waa coqvicted of
violating the prohibition , law, and
prayer for judgment was continued
Vardfie Sneed was convicted of vio
lating the prohibition law, and prayer
for judgment was continued for two
weeks. 1 ?
Bailey Dy*e drew a six ttonths sen
tence for isolating the prohibition
law and appealed to the superior
court.
Prayer for judgment in a .case
against Ira D*vos was Continued un
til July 12. He was charged with
violating the prohibition law and
with assault.
Wyley Scott, assault, judgment
suspended upon payment of the oqpts.
the costs. ! '
, Flem Woodb and Allen Luker
were charged with larceny. Prayer
for judgment in the case of Woods
was oontinued for two weeks, and
j Luker was remanded to the Juve
Jnile court for trial. ? ? ?
Frank Coward, ; manufacturing,
called audi failed.
"IS THE SOUL A MYTH?" TO
BE METHODIST PASTOR'S
SUBJECT SUNDAY MORNING
"Is ths Sou^a will be the
subject of the; sernfen Which the Pas
tor, Rev. Georgr wiH de
liver Sunday juorninjf }h" w^ -Metho
dist "cliurch in Svlva. This subjeqt
"Was annovced for Easter Sunday
morning bnt owing to the length of
other parts of the service was not dis
cussed. This sermon will be a modest
effort -to answer the arguments of
Mrs. Hattie Beck went to iVaynese
ville and Hgzehrood Monday.
Misses Lillian Kenney and Vir
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those who claim that the soul is a
myth. : .J
In the evening Mr. Clemmer will
speak at Dillsboro. The topi? for dis
cission in the evening it "An Other
'Question Mark'".
Sunday schools of the charge con
vene in the morning at 10 a. m. The
Leagues meet in the evenings. Junior
and Hi-Leagues at 6:30, Senior Lea
gue at 7. A very cordial invitation is
extended to viators and strangers to
attend any of the services.
Miss Mary Graves, of the faculty
of Western Carolina Teachers' Col
lege, will ling at the sorting Mtrviee. ,
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SMALL COTTAGE BURNS
A small cottage, occupied by Eu
gene McClure and family, lo
cated outside the town, near the
American Forest Company's Pole
treating plant, was entirely destroy
ed; hfc/fire, at 900a, Saturday.
ftre department ' answered the call,
the tfack leaving the city building in
1 minute and twenty seconds after
the alarm began to sound. However,
there are no water mains in that
part of town, outside the city -limits,
and the building was too far gone
for the chemical tanks to be of use.
The building was owned by C. W.
Denning and I. H. Powell and was
partially covered with $500.00 of in
surance.
QUALLA
Prof. J. U. Gibbs of Whittier
preafehed at the Methodist ' church
Sunday morning. His sermon on
"The Palm Tree' was especially in
teresting and encouraging to those
striving to lead the Christian life.
He alsoi spoke in a touching manner
of sacred memories of Qualla and a
lingering kind, feeling for our peo
ple. This was his former home. He
spent several years here in school
work, both as an ambitious student
and successful teacher. He is a wel
come visitor and has many friends
at Qualla.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes, Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. Hughes and Mrs. J.
H. Hughes spent the week end with
relatives in Asherville.
. Mr. and Mrs. York Howell and Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Ferguson motored to
Clyde to visit relatives.
Mr.- and Mrs. C. P. Shelton made
a trip to Cullowhee. I
Mr. J. 0. Terrell returned to his
school at Oakley after a visit to his
homefolks;
Messrs C. A. and H. G. Bird called
at Mr. T. W. McLaughlin's,
Mr. W.eaver Freeman and family
of Webster shopped! at Mr. K How
ell's.
Mcsdamcs G. A. Kinsland and G.
A. Kinsland Jr., visited relatives at
Birdtown.
Mr. Wayne Battle of Sylva is visit
ing hotne folks.
\wMfes/Charlotte Hooper of Sylva,
(S. C. I. )was a week-end guest of
Miss Ida Battle.
Miss Martha Varnef and Miss Wil
ma Sanders, of Whittier, spent a
while with Mrs. Lucy Shelton.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Battle of Sylva
called at Mr. W. F. Battle, jp
Mr. J. O. Howell and family, Mrs.
J. K. Terrell, Misses Mozell and Phyl
lis Moody, Miss Maty Emma and
Wayne Ferguson called at Mr. Luther
Hnytofc
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JURY DECLARES
BARD'S DEATH
UNAVOIDABLE
"The death of Coleman Bard was
caused by his striking the aide of an
automobile driven by Hymam Sutton,
and was brought about by an acci
dent that was unavoidable on the
part of the driver, of the automobile
or that of any other living -person".
That was the iindtng of a jury sum
moned Tuesday afternoon by Corottor
R. L. Elders, to investigate the death
of Bard, who died on Thursday of
last week, following injuries receiv
ed, on the night of the previous Tues
day, on Highway 106, near the pole
treating plant of the American For
est Products Company, just outside
of the town of Sylva.
The evidence showed that Bard had
been in an intoxicated condition dur
ing the afternon, and had been seen
to fall through a trestle on the Tuck
aseigee and South Eastern Railway
Company's line.
According to testimony, Bard was
walking near the center of the koad,
when the car approached, andi was
going toward the lower side of the
road, and young Sutton cut over to
the left of the road, and had passed
the walkng man, with the front of
the car, when he pitched against the
side window, breaking it out : 'and
receiving cuts and other injures "that
caused his death.
The evidence was 'to the affect' tiiat
the young people in the oar stopped,
picked Bard up, placed him in an
other car, driven by Truman Moody,
which just arrived on the Witt* of
the tragedy, and rushed him tb'ttoe
hospital.
The young men who pAcked lite
^tad-attttchRTOf ?
fied that they could flu
the injured] man.
The jury investigating the matte*
with Coronor Elders was composed of
T. J. Powell, Geo. M. Cole, G. K. BeSs
Glenn Hughes, S. C. Cogdill and Dan .
Tompkins.
In addition to the verbal testimony,
I the jury made a thorough inspection
of the automobile, and could find no
! marks or scors upon it except about
the door where the glass was broken,
and where the occupants of tbe-ear
had testified that Bard had pilehed
into it.
LAND TAX GETS
REDUCTION DF
25c PER $160
How property taxes were reduced
by the general assembly was explain
ed by Governor Gardner in a recent
radio address from station WPTF,
Raleigh.
By means of the highway bill, in
creasing the gasoline tax one cent a
gallon and setting up $3,500,000 a
year for use on connty roads, and by
appropriating $6,500,000 to aid the
schools, the governor said, tho 1929
session madle possible an average re
duction throughout the state of 25
cents on the $100 of property.
In the richer counties, the reduc
tion may not exceed 10 eents, be
said, but in the poorer counties tha
reduction will run as high as 35 cent*
on the $100.
The state is entering a critical; en,
the ehief executive said, because it w
in the process of transition frOna an
eight-year period of increasing pub
lic service and increawig taxes -to a
period of descending public expendi
tures and descending tox levies.
From the remarks of tbe governor,
it wonld appear that the' tax -reduc
tion in Jackson county ffboold be
more than the average of 25 cents.
Rev. R. L. Bass and e*r. J. V.
Gibbs were dinner guests stiff. C
P. Shelton 's, Sunday, eiuroate to Oliv
et. .
Mr. Frank Battle, who attend*
school at Cullowhee spent the week
end at bona.
Mr. and Mrs. Golnjan On
at Mr. J. K. TerreM
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