\
president will
ART VACATION
o'TsilP NEXT WEEK
\\? v i >>n, .lime 27. (Special )
\\ |? !, i ?? b'oosevell starts on
j,,, \-,x urn trip tli?' iattor part ol
do . lii, lo In* gone I've or six
Vl, ? . ' " ill i< ii vi' in cluit gi.* ?.|
; Washington quite a ilillvi
men I mill those who seem 'i
t.. .illil 1 1 1 1 M I u' III tlli'V Were- ? t ill
i;, ii iil i?l t lie I niieil Stales
; : I lll'V will be lilt*.:. \\ iltilll (in
I' . .1 lias < 1 1 - i-i >\ < ? i"t I jiM- |o Ik
!i ? lo ii >4* iheir ? > \v ; i .u> !?nu'i?
ii gelling liim ?fi* tile Ail nil
;? "ii. into a hole. In other word
ii'.? > of them are cit her cxpri i"iu*4M
('?? nmenlal ailitiini traloi- or iiH'i
have demon*! rat : <1 their : i ' i I i t \
the hardest kind of inleli gen
k. without bringing , themsclvc
? in. h into th - limelight or > ; ? v i i : ?
i ? i^- loolish thin:;; which rrf!e?
!? ? ?'!! the President.
(' lioose\eit is liivd, hut he i
I.. {j. ? ill nor "worn out," am.
v: , i needs the vacation rest, thcr.
f- !?;: i" bis physical c<?ulitioi
I? A"!', ahout.. So, too, a re sonic o.
tin ?'?? r men in the Cajiinet ami
i. ;i.:iioiiii>l I'.ative posts pret I \ wt-l i
1 1'i.N is (Jm ha nil est woik
ii i ,c. ? ? n.iiciit that has ever been
Washington in peace times
'I In- A?iiiii!ii>! ration cjimc in with
L va! i! ii: inleil as a clear nuuiilau ,
? ii'... .i people to change everything
I vbil in ii quickly.
lei it i - . jhhh these older men tlia1
tin- /'/i-ii|i-iit is now coming more
in-! iimn- t? iilv. KxjM'i ieiice has
/uvvtil tin wisdom of the old maxim:
"??Id im-ii tur counsel, young men
l'ir war. ' A good 'j-.-iiiy of the voting
imn who were j >ii r in because they
Utlc r\ jMfted to lie good PX?'litiv?>,
tl ml In It.' counselors.
, I hat t licit- will be many more
flia li^cs iii .addition to the change*
lli.-it h.ivr inclined in the last yejir
ivijit in he doubted. The President
t.i i^"\u it Is -nine id' his intimates
: '??>? i', in- di -'Pe to find new blood to
-.tin- greatly increased aetiv
' <ov irniiieut. lie wants more
men whose physical stamina
' - 'i'l Ihe stia n, and more older
wisdom to act as counselors !
hihc wheels to keep the!
? < r> from iiiniiing wild.
. .. Ail" - ii - 1 he older men who ' a it
I" the President are Secretary
1 "iniiii'i'ce Daniel ('. Ifopcr, exper
>? >??'. 'I, able and wise, and the Pres
>? ???i closest friend, Louis
II' iy Howe. f'ul. Ilowe has been ill
?' ? >i -albiost inactive for months. See
e m Kop-r is feeling Ihe strain.
" ! ii.it (lis* trip to the Northwest to
:<>'k into the salmon fi-heres tangle
( Cont iniH^I on Page Three)'
Will Hold Tournament
At College Next Month
'?lilowher, .Tunc 27. (Special)? An '
"???ii tenuis tournament for men that ;
?I 'n r to be one of Ihe outstanding
" ' event s of I his sect ion of
N'oith Carolina i?; sehediileii |
-!'ilyv y 7- al W'estern Carolina j
!- Colie.'e, here. The tonrua
J '
hi i;g -jinn sored bv the col
i'i 1 'hjci't of athletics.
I 'ovingte.'i, of Asheville, out
> 'iNnijiio'isliip tennis player. I
: =! 'o i titer the contests on j
? here.
? hi. nl I ha? will include ;i j
? i'l b" I'urnished free t i j
':l they are. eliminated j
I 'i*d"ing will also be fnrn- j
A snia'l entry fee of $1.25 j
1 d lo help defray the1
'?:'!!? and other :.iici.iN'ntaIs J
' "jisiafe prize will be given i
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-Mi'is iilaver interosted in I
'I. ? ' ?
' i: in' -if is urged to send his
' oiii " to C. C. Po'ndexter, i
J'"" "I athletics at the college j
I '"iMiaineiil officials are very
. IX"' ' have many co rmunities of
'"'in ser'tie.n represented ut
H" '',l "I. Interest in tennis is rapi'l
x ' i ' throughout Western iN'orth
'" 'I tin. Those interest.cirl in tennis
' "" <1 to tell tbe>:r friev.-ds about
''"irnaiiient at Western Carolina
? .K'Im'is ( (dh'ge.
All i iitnes must be in by July 1.
R. G. BROWNING IS
IMPRESSED WITH
HIGHWAY NO. 106
I*. (i. Hi owning chief location en.
Ivincer, and ? ?eyes" for the State
i 1 ighway and Public Works Conrnis
?iion, 'iii company with .1. ('. Walker,
? istrict engineer, and E. L. McKce,
T Sylva, last \\"C-?*k went over the
-it i !???* It-iijii li of I l;igh wa v from Sylva
. 1 Walhalla spying ;out I lit- land in
der to make a report lo th" ? ?: ;:m is
?hi rogn'iditn" 1 he practicability oi
?>:; i.ujr the load.
Mr. Browning, who had never b?vn
| vcr 1 lu? route before, expressed liini
?li as J?? i hit greatly impressed with
;?? si'i'iicry , along the proposed roa,:I,
I lie country that lies along it, and I li?*
?cessity for its early construction.
There will soon he available another
?rge federal appropriation for high
j ay const met ion in North Carolina.
id it is generally believed 'bat 10??.
j : it % ii!:reinp!eted eutiretv. or at leasr
I . *
i ; far as Ca-luet * Yajley,- will h?*
I '.einded in an early letting. Byron
Marsh of Svlva, local ion onirtiijeer.
ad a force of men have hee.n local
:g the highway from (ilenville tt
he Cashier's Valley, and have non
ecu given orders to go on to the
South Carolina lino.
CIV- workers at Camp Wade Uump
'on, a force of so:i:e 200 itiCJi, con tin
:e to work on the grading and sur
facing, toward North Carolina.
Mr. Browning stated that the com
mission is taking % matter up with
South Carolina authorities and with
interested people in Augusta.
Physicians Say Burrell
Was Not Drowned
The l>ody of Loinuic Burrell, citizen
of {.'uuatUt, an(t~"T>litrohWifh - on the
iarge E. I f. Jennings holdings in
Canada and . Cashiers Valley town
ships in this county, was found in a
pool in Tuekaseigee River, in Canada,
! Sunday. \ ' ' ,
From' Brevard comes the in-forma
tion that Dr. E. S. English and Dr.
<1. li. Lynch, Brevard physicians, who
examiiied the Uody of Buricll found
that there were bruises ( ahout his
| head and forehead, and that there
! was no water in his lungs, indicating
I that he was dead before his- body
i reached the river. Tin- examination
i <?t" the physicians was' intu'le, it Is
stated, at the request of W .\E. Breese
i Brevard lawyer and prominent citi
! /.en of /West * ?in North Carolina, who
! is attorney for E. II. .Jennings, owner
! of the property upon which BurrcllV
| body was found, and employer of
! Burrell. Mr. Jennings has l,arge
holdings in this and . Transylvania
count u s.
Deputy Sheriff C. Mason, who j
with the comUor, helped con, 'hut the
invcsti$a(Jou, stated th's morning
that t lie' officers could find no evi
dence of foul play, that the
j jury foiind that the death Of Burreil
was accidental, and that, this was the
opinion of the citizenship of that
part of the county, including th"
father and brothers of the dead man.
Burrell and h's brother^ Jim Bur
rell, also a patrolman, were on their
beats along the trails beside tin*
river, one going in one direction' and
the other taking the opposite endl of
the tiail and had a"|?*eed to meet
aga'n at a certain "y:?iut? When Lonmi"
Burrell failed' to iii?*et his brother
lie "became ihieasy and started search
for him. ITe knew. of the tiracheroup
and slippery stone in the trail, ahov?
a deep pool in the river, and I h.'*r'
he found the body of his brother, tliej
evidence at the coionor's impie.-t d"s
e!o.-."d.
It is believed that Burrell did slip
on the stone and fell into the |>ool
Coronor C. W. Dills and Deputy Sher
iff C. C. Mason conducted tin- inquest
and invest Ration. The .jury returned
a verdict that Burr/dl met his death
from accidental drowning.
I dr. bell eonorfd by society
i Dr. If- Bell of Davidson, nativ"
I of Dillshoro, was selected bv the
| lecvvt livet ng of the North Carolina
j Dental Society, held in Wilmington
| to conduct a clinic at the meeting of
ttlie American Dental Association to
he held mi Minneapolis i,n August.
Dr. Bell is a son of Mrs. P. W. Kin
1 oaid of. Dillsljoro.
PROCLAMATION
I, (\ (\ Buchanan, Mayor of the Town of
Sylva, <l.o hereby invite all and sundry citizens
of the county of Jackson, the adjoining counties,
and the visitors to the State to join with our peo
ple of Sylva in celebrating the Independence of
the I'nited States, in Sylva, 011 July 4, 1934; and
do hereby caN upon all citizens of the Town of
?Sylva to display the colors of the I'nited States
of America, at their various places of business
and residence in the Town of Sylva, on this date
from sunrise to sunset.
Done in the r4fewn of' 8 viva, This the 'T wen
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ty-Kighth Day of J une, in the Year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Four; and in the
One Hundred and Fifty-Eighth Year of Our
American Independence.
( (\ BUCHANAN, Mavor.
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Crawford Is Released
At Hearing Tuesday
Frank O'mwlr.. <1 ( lav eonntv stn- I
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dent at Wcsli'i.: CaroiLnei Teacher s
ami manager of t lu* book
room then*, wa ; released following a
preliminary )n-.-i i i ami iu<|ii ry into
tkc death of Lewis Fr:i<fcy, who was
killed l? v :ui a.i ? oinoliilc at I Ik* Jiiik* - j
tiriu ol Highway 1 0(1 a;itl tin* Webster
road, Sunday night.
Frady was an inmate of t li<* County
Home, ami lie ami olli<*rs luwli Inch
attending sei vhvs at Love's' *t'*li:i|u?l,
and were on. (In- side cd' tin* highway,
awaiting another car to |?as.s, the
evidence disclo ed, when immediately
"after th?* fir^i car passed /along
Krady stepped in front of the Craw
ford car.
The court fo :nd that the death o!
Fradv was an unavoidable accident.
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East LaPorte Lodges
Will Have Program
.Members of! tin- Masonic ami East
ern Star lodges at East LaPorte haV?
arranged a piogram for the Fourth
beginning at ton o'clock. The program
is planned for the members, families
and friends of the fraternities.
Among1 those invited and expected
to be present are the children from
the Ma.-onie Orphanage who are to
gi ve a progiam at the John's Creek
school aiiditorinin one the evening of
July -I th, at eight o'clock.
The program arranged for th<:
FcAirth ai the lodge is as follows:
Music, Masonic Group; Invocation;
Music, Eastern Star Group; "Tho
Fut me of America," James Hooper,
Mus:c, College Trio; Address, Prof.
Madison; Picnic dinner on the
grounds. (Each group furnishing
music will render two numbers.)
Union Revival Meeting
Starts Monday Morning
The Union Ivevival, sponsored b\
ihe churches of Sylva, \jill begin
next Monday morning at 10:00 o'
dock, with Dr. Lot her I.iltlc, ot
Charlotte in the pulpit.
Church peop'e of Sylva have bcei.
making plans and prcpn rations for
several weeks, looking to the revival,
and have been hold ng prayer nacet
mgs in various p-'rts of the town
each evenifl^ of the week.
The business houses of Svlva will
he closed from 10 :.'{(> to 11:30 each
morning, at which time the services
will lie held in the Baptist church.
I'lac-h evening- the services will be in
the Methodist, church.
The series of .evangelist ic services
in Sylva will initiate the county-wide
'?vangelistic campaign . which will
begin in every section of the county,
immediately upon the close of the
Sylva meeting. *
A large choir composed of voices
from the churches of Svlva, Cullo
whee, Dillsboro and other communi
ties nearby, has been practicing t?
lead the sinking during the campaign
Dr. I/ttle, who will Ho the preach
jug, is one of the most eminent di
vines in thr State, and has a reputa
tion throughout the South as a pastoi
and evangelist.
Ministers of all faiths from all thi
churches of the county have been
invited and urged to come to Svlvn
and participate in the services, and
the people generally have been invited
| SERVICE AT BAPTIST CHURCH
At the 11 o'clock service at tho
Baptist church, Sunday morning, Rev.
W. C. Reed will preach and Mr.
Felix Luck, of Augusta, Ga., } will
sing.
Large Crowd Is Expected
.To Be Here Wednesday;
. Many Prizes To Be Given
Girl Is In Hospital;
Another One In Jail
Miss Tommy Queen, daughter of
R. G Queen, of Dillsboro, is in the
C.J. Harris Community hospital, in
a serious conation, suffering from
knife wounds, and Mrs. Mandy Shu
)er Parris, also of Dillsboro, is being
held in jail without bond, awaiting
the outcome of the three % knife
wounds which she is said to " have
inflieted upon Miss Queen.
The two met on the main street
of Dillsboro, about three o'clock yes
terday afternoon, and engaged in an
altercation.
Hospital attaches stated this morn
ing that Miss Queen rested comfort
ably last night and her condition
this morning was described as "sat
isfactory. "
JESS WILLARD VISITS SYLVA
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I ' Jess Willard, former heavy weight
i champion of the world, \ and whose
I name wa? a household word in sport -
| ing circles, a few years back, spent
! several hours in Sylva Saturday,
| where he was a guest at the Poinsett
' Hotel.
Mr. Willard, who was en route t<
Charleston, S. C., was accompanied
by his wife and 18 year old son.
New Trustees Named
For Teachers' College
Governor Ehringhaus has announc
ed the appointment of a new Board
of Trustees '.for Western Carolinn
Teachers College, retaining but thre?
members of the former board. Th(
three old mehibers reappointed tore
S. W'. Enloe, Dillsboro, Mrs. Giles
Cover, Andrews, and .1. E. Coburn
Brvson City. * I
The new members are Harry K
Bochanan, Hiendersonville, James At
kins, Waynesville, Thomas L. John
son, Asheville, Clyde Erwin, Ruther
fordton, W. E. Breest?, Brevard' and
Miss Olive Patton, Franklin.
The first task of the new board, ii
is understood, is to elect faeulh
members for the eaJlege, arrange the
budget, and iron out the friction ii.
the f:iflclty, that is said to have ex
isted for some time.
As soon as the appointments of
the board members are certified to
Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of th?
college and secretary of the board,
it is said that a meeting will be
called probably to be held in Ashe- i
ville, when the new board will enter
upon its Allies, and make plans foi
the continued development of the
Cullowhee institution.
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Teachers Announced
For Year In County
The local school committee of Sy! j
va Distriet, met recently a.nd |
eleeted teachers for the next term
for the several schools in the distriei
The teachers eleeted, according t<>
information from the office of M
B. Madison, county superintendent,
include :
Sylva Hi#h; W. C. Reed, Mr:
Mary J. Scott, Llewellyn Rhodes.
Lora Dills, Sue Allison, Guy Sutton
Ed'th Buchanan, Louise Henson.
Sylva Elementary ; F. M. Crawford
Mrs. J. F. Freeze, Ruth Gillev, Leali
Nichols, Bertha Cunningham, Mrs
Dixie H. Long, Mayme Long, Ollie
Jones, Mrs. Emily W. Tompkins
Rose Garrett.
Beta; W. V. Cope, Mary Enloe.
Hix Wilson, Mrs. W. G. Dillard ,An
nie L. Terrell
Addie: Emily Tatham.
Willits; S. J. Phillips, Kathleen
Fullbright, Rhoda Cope, Jannita Sut
ton.
Balsam; Alleney Brvson, Mrs. Sa
rah Bryson, Mrs. Sarah B. Wood.
Cane Creek : Geneva Hensomi
DiUsboro, F. I. Watson, Martha
Lou Stillwell, Evelyn Jarrett, Mary
Louise Mason Mrs. Elizabeth Allen.
Barker's Creek: Gudger Crawford.
Evelyn Sherrill.
Dix Creek: Buren Terrell.
(By JOHN" PA KRIS, JR.)
i
Th<> largest and most glamorous
Fourth of July celebration/ in the
history of Jackson county will be
staged on Sylva's main street next
Wednesday, beginning with a dog pa
rade at 10 o'clock.
.C. C. Poindexter, who is promoting
the celebration for the Sylva Rotary
club and the Svlva merchants, has
announced that all events will take
|?Iacc in Jackson County Rank block
of Main street. During the hours of ?
the celebration) the street will be
roped off from traffic.
At leaak 3,000 people from all sec
tions of the county are expected to
attend and take part in the celebra- f
It has been almost a decadc since
.1 Fourth of July celebration
staged in Sylva. There hasn't been
:i real onie since the days at the old
Fair grounds
Mayor C ('. Buchanan has issued a
proclamation for all business houses
'o display their flags and decorate
the streets and get in line with the
day. Mr. Buchanan issues a hearty
welcome to the entire counity and
surrounding territory to come to
Sylva and be merrv, in Sylva's gig
"vntic celebration.
The Cherokee Indian school band
lias been invited to furnish music
?hiring! the day and Mr. Poindexter
?laid that he ho|>cd <o complete ar
rangements for an old fashioned
street dance for Wednesday might.
The day will lie dedicated to the
upbuilding of Jackson county for
bigger and better community cele
brations'. Tt is the fir.st step in ?/
series to bring back the old spirit
'.hat prevailed in the days of the
Tacksori/ county fair.
There will be 42 stunts during the
lay in which prizes will be donated
by local merchants. Beginning with
i dog parade, the, celebration will
then swing into a series of contests
including horseshoe, pitching for men,
50 yard dashes for boys, men, and
girls; a 50 yard dash for fat men,
one for Kotarians. Tlwre will be a
50 yard roller skating) race for boys
and girls.
Other races include Sweetheart
relay, human burden race, crab race,
wheelbarrow race, peanut race, a
blind fight and a free for all for
colored men.
There will be prizes offered for
the best banjo solo, violin solo, guitar
solo and dance solo.
And for the first trine in the coun
ty a turtle race will be staged. All
boys, girls, and men who have tur
tles are invited to enter their racing
turtle^ in this event.
Prizes will be awarded for the best
laugh, the oldest man, the oldest
woman, the best looking man the
best looking woman, the ugliest man.
the ugliest woman, the couple mar
ried the longest, the couple married
most recently, the largest family, one
bringing most at one load to thn
celebration, one coming the greatest
distance, the fattest man, the fattest
woman, prize for bathing beauty, tho
most appropriately dressed man, the
(Continued on Page^ Three)
2000 HEAD OF CATT ARE
COMING TO THIS COUNTY
Two thousand head of cattle, from
the pai'ched plains of the west, will
arrive in Jackson county to feed upon
the green pastures, drink the fresh
waters, ami be fanned by the cooling
breezes of the mountain air.
K. C. Hunter and I). D. Davis will
be in charge of the placing of the
cattle in this county.
The cattle will arrive next week
and will be unloaded at Foster's sid
ing, named for the famous Foster's
Trading Station, of historic memory,
at the Meigs an/1 Freeman line. They
will remain there two days, and will
rest and feed, before being take.n to
the pastures. Twenty-five Jackson
county fanners have already signed
agreements with the government to
pasture and care for the cattle, com
ing here from the new American
desert that has , been forming by
drought and dust storm, in the bo*
oolie west.
tion