-1.50 Year in x^dvance in The Oountv. SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26? 1932. $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County. Judge Stack i Gives Many Road Terms A Ijirjre number of road. sentence* was imposed by Judjje A. M.f Stark. ?ii-iiiff the first two ?I:i ys of the court , in session here. if.iv Wiseman, Armour Wiseman ; Hob I li?4f?l? >u wen charged with ? :-.kiii{T and entering the .store of j;. (J. Snvder at Willits, entered; j ;is of truilly of larceny, and .)nd<v -lack sentenced Hiijdon to a term , i ?) tin ntlis 011 the roxwls, Armour W'i-cinan <> months and Kay Wiseman f months. A n )l pros was taken inf l!?. i*a><' of Mrs. Lettic Jinnies, ehanr i.t \. T77i receiving stolen property. .'.|i.-.t of the irf i '-i found in her uiit hy officers. ? oindexter liurjrcss, Xejrro hoy, wn-i sent to the roads for a term of months for sTealin?r a ham l'rom \i , Kate Justice, proprietor of the ('?.ward House, and Wittyrd Davis, j. i whom the hoy sold the ham was (u'o. red to pay M rs. .lustier full value i'?i ! er lost pro]>eriv. Ft' Shoppa nl;. another Ne^ro lad : t months term for laiveny. t'li'.vhourno Taylor, while mail, v.;i> }??>;, l tij' ',,r ^** ??>?tlis on <i hireeny thief of i'oljcc Tui pin hail t< I'l tli" ('nut that Taylor never; vovKnl, liit made his living without | v.. ikin:. ?Ii;,l'.;e Stark stated that h(.) v>u\l jiiv*- him a job ami let liii j ' ' Iran, tlu*l v.niK wi't so bad,- h I'ter all j (Irmly V>-\ ?'<>lore:V was ? lit up| ,;u ,bvj !??!? hreakinsr jail. * , ? h I l.iit'i". Wall. m other Xcfjro drewj !'</ /">.? h.i ?, ortiusj liquor froinj < ? . : .ward Haywood. I. ..H liii - 1 w;is timd ?">0 on a 1 elciria i'T heinii intoxicated. i Keli Harper, colore!, was sentenced to mtvv 12 mouths l'?r cilHitig Fred! Mull, white man. The .liiik-c staled i thai It*.' couldn't sec throuuh the ai j fray, as neither of the men had over! s.'iti j'.ch other belo.v but that Jlulij had already been sufficiently pun' ished, even it he had been 1 1* -? ;i,ir"?T''s- j s ir, as lie susfaine a bad ?.ut across j his tacc and eye. \ iri^il Watson and Marshall McCall j wen sentenced to serve ftO days each ; on it clianre of transporting; but the senU'hrr was suspended upon pay- ! mnit i?t v_'">.00 each and the eo.-.ts ami ?|Hi!i (iiiiditioii that they do not ' vin!atc Hie prohibition law. Mitilicll Sutton drew a flO day siis-i [Mulul seidenc? upon ceirlilin tha [ he re train from violations of the pro-; hiliition law. Iiiclianl Wike, chared with maim-, fai-tuririu, i> in Florida taking treat-! '?'lent a; a unit :>ri;!in, and was called ?'i(| I'aih d. Judgment ni si sci fa and ? issued. j Waller Messer, possession ami trau^) ? ?rtisipf. prayer tor judgment for two years, upon com 'iititin that In; docs not violate the IMviiiiiitioti Inns for "> years. I.*'lirtn (Jwt'ii. dni?fc. .Ii:tl?nier.t sv.s ' |*oj i?!? <i upon payment of the posts. i * i i ? v> 1. INit i> uji- Vittnur im mitomo 'filt v lul, intoxicated. $.">0.00 and t lie 1 'Y ? -i n i; (! ir'-red not to drive a ear; 1": I'n >r months I <' Hrvson and T. C. Rr^iii, af ! ?lu each ami thu costs. 'hrli' if Wilcox, tian.-?iV3r iiijr,; .inil^mcnt -nspcnd; d upon payment of If'* Ci.its, #?n. rssaull, prayer for i' 'l-iiuvit continued upon payment -of f!;, ,?MS; , lioyle, carrying concealed |I0,I)A and the costs, and ' |" ordered destroyed. V droxv ,M< ('all and Uoh'rt tyo ( jr., drunk. Prayer for .judgment i 1 1 1 m < i tip-: n the condition that tin . |... paJ(f" and the defendant? lends of $-'{00 for their good ':, i viur. i Ai-tlmr hwltViT, abandonment.' l^j 1 . si: ncvucd up 11 condition tl-v li,. pay $50.00 immediately l'?r "" 11 <?! o( his \TTiV, and Sjhs.OO fori l'" uppnrt of her an:t lier child. "'?Ins Oxnor, Nathan Ward inud ; J' tin Ward, ?operating' a distillery, <> , ,",f ,'lis each on llie roads. ry ?Juki- Co^dill was ordered to pay the Itill of Oscar Ilurst, who was '"'U hv ('n^dill in nii afl'rav at tho !l" :th f?t" North Fork. Hurst was re 111 'ii i i' any penalty, as Jmlgc Stack S| itn| he had' been. sufficiently pnn with tin- knife. Howard Jones, liiixed up in the affair, who ?"?' ?'"??llK.sl Cogdill of stealing parts still, was sentenced to servo 90 "ay- o.i th(> roads tor operating an *ut ^mobile while intoxicated, the | FORTY YEARS ABO j I Tuckaseige Democrat, Feb. 24, 1892 Sheriff MoLain was in town Mou-I jilay. j Mr. Aleck Haunt ret u ljied from ; Asheville, Monday. Mr S. ('. Allison, <>f Big Spring,! ?called to see us Montluv. * ' I \V. K. Mwffr, Ess., of Webster,! us a visit yesterday. ? ' One of the infant twin children of j Mr and Mrs. J. It. Krizzell died Sat- j urday night. . * . | Ml iind Mrs. ljiiivton and Miss Ilattie Hampton went to Iiryson t'ity ydst-^rday, returning today. Mr. and Mrs. \\\ A. II. Sehreiher left yesterday mornings for .Phila delphia, being called there by wtelc t'ratii announcing the death of Mrs. S< lireiher's mother. i Mrs. Franklin, widow of. Titos. I Franklin, recently deceased, wusi J burned to death near Dillsboro, a ; h'\y days ago, her clothing fire I v.h.le she was engaged in burning brrsh. 1 j - - - i <>i: top ol the McComb Mill is a| hob' in flic j? ron m tl fifty -or .sixty feet ; ilf? j- which wjis intended to In* a well J If was abandoned before water was! rc.;<-li: d .ind left' (iwitli absolutely j not (yng to prevent any one not know- j ing of it from falling into it, t'spe (Ji?!l> it oik! should In passing in tlic i inlit. \\ ?? doiit know* wh-.,?se btisii it ii to tovcr it up to prevent a i>os-| sible accident, but we know it would! be much better tj prevent than to! assume responsibility for what is liable to occur at any time. > It is known that playing cards for money is rarried on in this immediate vii inity almost daily. Is it- against the law? If so. tl*o,4?- charuvib with th(? execution of the law .should s. e to its rigid enforcement. We have heard >.? many speak i.f it that it may b: said that the fact that the' pr?'?ctice pr.vails is generally known. IVople are impressed with the fact j tlii-t it is a practice demoralizing inj its i i ndencics, and deserving of thej activi co-operation of all good cili/.tJisi in the effort to com p. I it* abandon- 1 inert. Departed this life, Feb. Oth, 1802,1 Mrs. Philip Dills, cf Jackson county, ( and mother of Hon. W. A. Dills, of Dillsboro. Mrs. Dills was born in Burke eountv, Sept. 20, 180(>, and| was. consequently, over <igthy-fiv? i yen is of age at her death. She was l married Nov. 1;"5T1i, 1828. For over, sixty three years a wife, and forj nearly half a century a member of, the Baptist church, as faithful wife,; an affectionate mother and a devot <i j christian, she exemplified, in {.her' daily walk and conversation, the re ligion she professed. I igurcs just made show that W in ; .-ton-Saleni's plug tobacco output for; 18?)' v.-Ji.-; 11,51'>127 rounds, against; 8, 1 >7,920 pounds for 1890. At C'arbonton, Moore eountv the^ revenue people made another capture! of j; moonshine distillery and the operator. It is developed that the' nic.oiishiir'rs put conc-cnt rated lye in j'-the lifpior they made. IbRYSON AND LEOPARD WILL BE TRIED MONDAY! Jim Brvson mid Ansel Leopard I wil! be tried for" their lives in Jack- I son eounty superior court, the trial ! beginning nevt Monday morning.! Solicitor John M. Queen announced I this afternoon. A Special venire of I :"'l men was ordered .summoned froti: whiehto draw a jury to try the case. Ihvison is charged with first -j iTi(e murder in connection with the! d?;<th of Wiley Calloway, at (!Ieu \il.V, I:;:-! March, and Leoparfd is chargrd with Vieinff an accessory t" the crime. Calloway was killed with | a Mow from a "stone, alleged to have | heel. thrown by Iiryson. sentence suspended upon the payment of $50 valid the costs., (^ogdi 11 drew a suspended; sentence conditioned up 011 paying the hospital hill of Hurst and upon good behavior. lie proved lo he a youth of good character, who had never been indicted before. t - ! Underwood Gets Prison Sentence I One of tho most touching scenes j | over enacted in the Jackson County i Court House, was that yesterday af jternoou, when Jim Inderwoojl^ dim jinuiive and aged man, loaning 011 a ! s-t i?-i- i'or support , sto<*<i h? tore pudge Stack, in superior c?-urt and w.-i|< sen tenced to serve from three to five years in the state prison, after a jury - had " found him guilty of man slaughter i'w the kIji\ in# of Charlie Stewart, at the Underwood home, in Mountain frvn'.hip on (lie, last Sun day alfernoou, -oi last .lune. When the jury rendered its de ei- icn, .lud^e Sta?*k slated that he be lieved it to he a righteous verdict, *< nd that he w?k of the opinion that l.'inierwood, and "nut Jlayes Childers, {>s had hem con tended by The de i'er.se, had done the fatal cutting. Judge Sta k stated that it avps only the extrcnwi age of I lui'erwood thai promoted him to make the sentencb so light. Sto\v;ii1 <li<< in tin: hospital in] Kvlva two <Iav? sifter tin* rutting. ^\ ' laive company i.l young ineii wasi j n; m'iiI at the home of Underwood, jiiitl I In* defendant had. been playing ? he fiddle. Judge Stack stated that il u.is litjuor that wan behind the.! whole party ami I I'flgedy. I ndei wood, who i s <J0 years of age, > and appears to be nearer 80 :han 70, went on trial- hero Tuesday. Tlu* testimony wan V entirely con tradictory, Slate's witnesses test i f y - iu? that Stewart was knifed to death at tli- home of I nderwood hy tli? | aged man, while the defense witness [ < .< swore that Underwood had been) ?iisarimd at the time Stewart was ? u't and that th" wound in Stewart's breast was inflicted. by Hayes Chil lier.-, in an attempt to cut Mr. Un derwood, and that the other wound ?VllW m.'ltit' |iy a kuit'o in il" frontH ->P Clyde Carrol.. j Hr. 0. Z. fandlM1 and Dr. .0. R J Vo? JJpp were the I jrst witnesses, and testified that Stewart died, two. days after the affray, in the Sylva hospital from knife wounds, one iu> the right breast, and the other in the left kidney, either of which the medical experts asserted would have caused the death of the deceased. Dr. Candler swore that Undei*wood was : 1st* in the ho:;pi|al for some nine days, suffering: with concussion of the brain, caused hy a blow on the head > I I Fred Hcuson .wa* the. first eye witness produced by the State, and no testified that the whole crowd had been drinking, and had been invited by Underwood to his home where the d"lcndant and hu? son had played the fidklle, and that during; tlu tiuwj the witness, Hayes! Childers, Carl, Childers, Clyde Carroll, Albert Stewart, Charlie Stewart, Wayne Undirweod, Uige Underwood, Klhcrt lirvKiii and lioy Stewart were at the Underwood home, that he heard Underwood cursing Albert Stewart, which precipitated a difficulty, and thai Charlie Stewart Was attacked and cut by Underwiod, after the wit ness had lieinoved Allied Stewart from the house, and was returning, lie -saitf lie saw Underwood strike Charlie Stewart twice 1 with the knife. Hayes Childers corroborated) II?-ii son, iu everj' important particular, and stated that after the cut tin'.; j Old Man Underwood said that he cut j Charlie and would lay it into the! whole crowd if they fooled with him. I 1 1? testified that some time after the! affray, (Jlenn Stewart came qu the! h one, ? after Underwood had been jakui to an or&bifilling, and that Glenn had hit the old man in the head with a heavy stick, when Un deiwod advanced on him with a hand axe Underwood took the stand nnd| j testified that he had not been drink ! i?g, that ho wns only trying to keepj the peace, and that Albert Stewart had come into tile house waying that i he was going to raise hell, and had j struck the defendants with his fist, and later with a bottle of whiskey. Tie said that he had been disarmed when he drew hi* knife in the lie ginning of the affray, and that he jhad been unconscious a gn?ifc deal ! cf 1 lie tii?vy ami did not ki-cw who cut Stewart, but was positive he d!id not, as no ^hii'e in his pos session at the timf of the cutting Wayne Underworld, son of the de fendant, swore that he saw Hayes i FISHER TO BE TRIED FOR HIS LIFE TOMORROW *]{nv Fisher will be placed on trial for his lii'e, charged with the intal shooting of Will H. Knsley, : ?.ii tl";- yanl of th? Svlva Paper bjard Company, last November, 1 ni;d the trial will begin Friday morning, according to nnnouncr leent inadft in superior court Wodnesrlay afternoon by Solicitor John M. Queen. .Tikis'.' Stack ordered a venire of 25 men to be summoned by the .sheriff from which, with the twen ty four regular jurors serving this wtek, a jury is to lw? drawn to try Fisher. ?j TRrAL or JIM BOWERS STARTED THIS MORNINO .Jtm IJowers was placed on trial this morning, charged with tlio minder ol' Lucius Jones, on Caney Fork, last November. Solicitor 3olm M. Queen announced that tlie State would not a.-k a verdict of murder in the first dingree; but for second d4*gree or man-; .slaughter. Yi>ts'.rday :i f tornoon, Judge Stack ?.vcrru!ed ii motion for :? kiftllitiiauce, made I ? v the? defense, on the ground thol the defendant had riot time to plcparc a defense,' that one of the principal witnesses is out of the state and can't be found, and that another eye witness is a woman, who i.i in such physical condition thai it is impossible to have her in court. Judge Stuck erdcred attorneys to visit tho woman" and secure her de position. Jones was brought to the Harris Community hospital hen*, after the olmrJinf?. >uul livfif] kamio turn nr three weeks. While in the hospital he made n statement of his version ol' the facts in the ease, and the State is Ui ing his death lied statement in evidence- in the ease. The- statement, made before Mrs B"i. Queen, notary public, said that Jones and a cousin, Bowdin Mathis, had gone to the home of Bowers' mother, and that while there Bowers' sister told him that he had better leave as she saw Bowers coming-. He stated that lie left immediately and that Bowers came to him, where he was standing on the eld railroad bed, near Rich Mountain, and shot him twice. He sa\l that he was doing nothing to Bowers at the time of the shifting, and that the two had not Keen on shaking terms for some time, since Bowers had threatened to kill him. J. C. McCRACKEN PASSES Mr. .T. C. McCracken died, suddenly, I last Thursday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Miller Hull, at Qualla. Sir. McCracken, who was sixty-five years old, was a former citizen of Haywood county^ but moved to Jackson some fifteen years ago, liv ing first" i in the Beta community and Inter moving to the Qualla section. His body was taken, Saturday, to Iron Duff, Haywoodl county, funeral services being qonditftod n.t Antij ocli Baptist church in that community Surviving are three .sons, E. G. McCmeken, of Dillsboro, L. 0. Mc Cracken, of Enfield, Mass., and Frank McCrackeij, of Barberton, Ohio and four daughters, Mrs. Char lie Fisher, of Beta , Mrs. Walker Brown and Mrs. Clarence Morrow of Canton, and Mrs. Miller Ilall, of i Qualla. Cbilders strike at his father with a knife, and hit Charlie Stewart, in flicting the wound in his br-ast. He. said he saw Clyrlic Carroll go behind | Charlie and come out uitji his hand and arm bloody. Lige Underwood, 1- year old son [of Underwood swore to the same state of facts as his' brother, and positively identified Hayes Childers as the man who cut Stewart in the breast. r _ Solicitor John M. Queen stated at ? the beginning of the trial that he' would not a-k for the first degree ' ' verdict, but only for murder in the , ! second degree or manslaughter. As jsistirtg in the prosecution were C. C. | Buchanan and Dan K. Moore. Under- 1 I wood was defended bv W. R. Sher- , j rill and Baxter C. Jonps. The ca.;;1 | went to the jury W?dne?day afternoon TODAY and TOMORROW (By Frank Parker iStoekbridgfl) Wallace The death of Edgar Wallace, ino?t prolific writer of detective fiction, is u peisonal los-n to hundred# of thou sands of Americans who have been in the habit of reading every new Wi llace book as soon as it came ont. No writer ever lived who produced suek an immense volume of entertain ing stories of such uniformly high: quality. Wallace frequently worked | on thn'c or lour books at once, die- 1 tatiug ea?*h to u different stenog rapher, and tnoro than once wi"ote an ent'ie full-fixed novel in less than a weik. Uc v.sis never at a loss for a plot, and bin characters carried the ttai.tp of reality. Kdgar Wallace was a giant of a man, of apparently limitless physical energy, but even the strongest is not proof against pneumonia. There are many other pood writers of first rate detective fltori.es, but none who has Wallace's energy and capacity for japid work. Butter ! | Dr. Nicholas 3{urray lSutler ha* just celebrated his thirtieth anniver sary as President ?of Columbia Uni versity in New York City. Under Dr. Sutler's guidance Columbia has be <onu? the largest university in the world, ;in<l with something like thirty thousand .students and n staff of three thousand profewiri and in- j struetor?. I There are a good many people who think that Dr. Butler talks too much, but they are mainly folks who don't like what Ik* says. There is no staunch er defender of the fundamental prin ciples of democracy thnn he. And I do not know of anyone who had a rounder or more complete foundation >f education to begin with, or whoi ha.-> made as good use of it, as Nich olas Murray Dutlcr. llis influent ovei thirty successive graduating classes of<'uluiubia will live for gen erations. It i?* a threat responsibility to try to Riiidn t In* thinking of such a host of young people, but on the whole I think Dr. Hutler has imulo a good job of it . Silver Now '.hat the major financial problems of the nation are rapidly beii'g cleared up, attention in Wash ington is focusing again on the monetary position of silver, of which I have spoken before in this column. .Senator Pittman of Nevada has introduced a bill for the purchase by tho government of five million Minces of silver a month, to be paid for in" silver certificates. That prob ably will not be done in just that way, but I know so many people in influ ential financial and political circlcs who believe that something must be done to restore silver to its money position, asd who are working so hard and intelligently toward that end. that I believe w? shall see some thing effective done about it before very long. Names _Um!lcr the common law which pre vail* throughout most of the United Stales, a person's name is anything he or she choos ?? to make it after ar riving at the age of independence. If 1 wanted to call myself Solomon Grundy and to announced, that would be my name. It would not be neees sary for m.: to ask the permission of any court or legislature, though I might get into trouble if I changed my name to evade the laws, civil or criminal. .James Branch Cabell, famous Amer ican author, has just made the public announeem lit tlTat his an me i? now simply Branch Cabell. CoL Fijank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Daily NV.vs, just appointed head of the President's anti-hoarding commission was< christened William Franklin Knox, but h'j prefers to be known as Frank Knox, and that is therefore his legal name. presidents of the United States ha\c changed their names. Orover Cb\ eland was Stephen G. Cleveland hh e young man, and Wood row Wil son was Thomas W. Wilson. Herbert Clarke Hojver, has changed his name to plain HVrb.-rt Hoover, with which be .signs all official d<ocuments. Dur ing the war King George of England ebangeJ the surname of the royal family from Wettin to Windsor, and his cousins, the Buttenbergs, are now the Mountbattens, Your name is what ever yon call yourself. J. P. Stewart, Confederate ! Veteran, Dies J. P. Stewart, 89, Confederate vet eran, and one of tbo best known citi zens of Hamburg township, died, Tuesday afternoon, at his home. Funeral werviccs were conducted yes terday afternoon, and interment w?/. in the family cemetery. Mr. Stewart was a native of Ham burg. and lived there during the en tire period of his life, lie served for four years in the Confederate army. Ha was a member of the Stewart family, one of "th? .pioneer famili<* of this county. He had been in poor health for pome time, and his death wan nut unexpected. MrV Stewart is survived by three sons, Mack, Jerry and Jake Stewart, one daughter, Mrs. L. I). Norri* of Ellijay, a number cf grandchildren, and other relatives. LITTLE BOBBY WATSON PASSES IN DILLSBORO Hobby Watson, years old, died at the homo of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Watson, Monday nielli, following an illness of several week-* with diptboria and scarfirt fever-. Hobby, who was the youngest of the family, is survived, in addition to his parents, by three brothers, Frank, Jr., liny ok and Edward and by one sister, Mildred. The funeral was conducted yester day afternoon, at 1 he Haptist church :n DilrtlToro, by Rev. J. h. Stoelf, Rer. W. C. Hoed and Rev. D. H. Rhinohart. Pallbearers were Mr. !C. Cannon, Mr. (Irayson Cope and Messrs. Roy and Cecil Watson, cou sins of the little boy. Interment wn* in the Harris cemetery. SUPERIOR COURT ftlSFATOHES MUCH BUSINESS IN THIS TERM | With Judge A. M. Slack presiding, John M. Qcccn prosecuting for thn State, Dun AlH?on, filling the clerk's (liair, Geo. W. McConnell as officer o? the grand jury, nnd C. C. Mason, (us eourt^offioer, the Superior Court of J&ckson County got under way Monday morning, and has been dis |>a thing business fatter than any court in the remembrance of the people ?f the county. Judge Stack wovks hard, and has everybody else connected with the court working just as hard. One of the objects of Judge Stack ia to save the taxpayers of the county an much money in court cosih as "is possible, and bis system is [to save time, and thus save money. The grand jury is composed of John C. Brown, foreman, Weaver I'. Freeman^ F. M. Ashe, C. V Bryson ; Jones Fowler, J. F. Fowler, M. V. Breedlovo, Luther Lanning, W. IV. Shuhr, K. I). Tatham, J. P. Black burn, Tom Fisher, It. R. Hyatt, M. M. Picssley, J. L. Middleton, Cole Binntramer, K. Howell, W. A. I?vr? dahl GRAND JURY MAKES RETORT The grand jury completed its work Wednesday at noon, nnd was tlis tlinged with the thanks of the court, ulVr making its report. The report is: \\Y examined the count}- home im?1 find some leaks in the roof thst need repair. We recommend that n new cook Move, be bought for the couiity home, and wrnie repairs be made at wash house. We find farm in^fiood'ondition with plenty of corn, who-at, potatoes , and canned jg*)od? to feed the inmales for the year. We find four good fiogs in the pen fv>r meat next year, and nix pigs an<!' n. sow. Tho farm tools lire in good con dition and areTeing kept in the dry. The inmates say tHt they arc well cared for and are wel' satisfied. W recommend that the welfare office find a home for two illegitimate chil dren that are now in the county home. We reommend that the county c?,ni ? missioners send the county physician to (he home find make an examination of the inmates, and if any, are found to be physically able to support them selves that they be discharged Wr also fouml four cows, sufficient to give mi|k, for the(home. Upon examination we find the jail in cxcelleot condition juul >th? ooiirt. house In good oonditioo, The report is signed by J. C. Brow? m iinn'Ji

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