Sylvan Valley News
VOLUME-XIX BRmR^NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY lu. 1914. NUMBE
NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY lu. 1914.
NUMBER-^0
SHOOTING AFFRAY
Last Sunday afternoon a serious
shooting affray took plac;’ in Glou
cester township, near Balsam
Grove, in which one man was
killed and two other wounded.
John Shelton, Walter Slatton, Cole
man Owens and Isaac Henson were
arrested and appeared before the
recorder Tuesday. The following
facts were brought out in the trial;
Isaac Benson, Harlan Wilson and
a mail whose name is unknown, all
of Cock county, Tennessee, hut
working at a logging canij) a few
miles from Balsam Grove, came
down the road to Frank McCall’s
Sunday afternoon trying to make
trouble with everyone they met.
After leaving tht^ post otlice at Mc
Call’s thev returned by a logging
IN THE SIXTIES
At the Auditorium last Tuesday
night the last number of the
Lyceum course, “In the Sixties,”
was presented by the Daughters of
the Confederacy to a crowded
house.
The j)erformance might be called
a play in one act, representing the
old time school room on the occa-
si(m of a Friday afternoon enter
tainment. Before the rising of
the curtain the audience was en
tertained by a violin solo, Oavalle-
ria Rusticana, rendered by Mr. A.
IL (’aldwell, accompanied bj" Miss
Maud Allison.
The curtain rose, disclosing the
school room, with one occupant,
the teacher. Miss Jerusha Apple-
camp run by .John Shelton. Only dressed in the wide, wide
a few boys were in camp. The | skirts of a time far removed from
Tennessee men went in bent on dis
turbance, beat the mules and
frightened the boys so th it they
lett the etnnmnnity. After this
they w«Mit to a house where Shelton
lived and trifd to rais(‘ more trou
ble. On lindini; tbat the men in
this house wt*re not dis])osed to be
bullied, W ilson declared his inten-
the present. This character was
presented by Mrs. Goode Theat-
ham. At a summons from the
teacher a boy ap])oared, blew th(^
horn, and immediately camc trot)])-
ing in the rest of the school. Their
advent was greeted with exclama
tions of surprise and amusement
from the audience—and not with
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS
tion of going attt'r his gun, and j reason. About twenty boys
struck out in a rnn for his cam]) | «^^d girls, dressed in a variety ot
about three miles away. Benson ! describe in
remaine<l and sihmus to have estab- i short spact*. marched in and tt>ok
lished friendly terms with the p?o- i tlu'ir idaec.s. The boys were (i>at-
ple at Shelton's. Some time later : tiu* girls lookecl like pictures |
Wilson retnrneil with his gun, ac- books printed in a former 1
eoni])aTiied by a man named ('land generntiun. j
Vah'ntine. Hendon went to m<‘et Tlu n followed tin* roll eall, and
them and tried to ]HTsuadt‘them to after that the ex<*reist's of tlie'
let the crowd at Shelton's ahme. school in songs, recitations anti
But Wilson seemi <1 bent on con-1 s])e{H‘hes. A detailed account can-
ti!iniM_: the 1u<*v aj) not be ^iven of ll'.esc* ])frloMii-
hi d th'.‘ h.n;>e .Mrs. Shelton ^ luiees. 'I'hert* was iu>t a dull nuin-
ca!jn‘ ont aTi l askt'd them to stay j ber, and the variuus ]>arts v.i'n*
away. 'L'ht ii' reply to this was a acted with a freediun and ahar.ilcjn
shot at Mrs. Shelton, who tied for ; worthy of a tronp of eonu-dians. !
protection into the house. Shelton : .leri'jniah I’otts, in the juTSon of |
and the otiur nun tl.ei'. cairM' forth Ffank Da v’nls.>n. ::niust'(l the ,
arnu'd and a h;ittl<‘ tonk place: the I'nce with liis ha])i)y ii!iit;aio!i of
result of which was that Wilson ^ the looiish boy, heing lina'dy 1
was killed. V.'iicTitinc was v.'or.nded (•i'()wncd by 1h<* 1t‘acht‘r v ith th * i
but i-st-a])<‘(1. arid iieiisuJi was slight- diincc's ea]t. O. L. ,Ji»ni‘Siis I)icy
ly injured. Doolittle ga\e a very droll accouiit |
The defendants. Shelton, Slat ton ; of “How We Hunted a Mouse," 1
and 0\\ ens, wen-held ov(‘r to court ' which was well received. 'j’he
on a hiiUti » ach. and Bi‘ns-'n “Honeysnekli* Twins." Misses Aii-
nie (4as!i and Margaret Breesi>. ;;t-)
traeted a irri'at (b>al of amusetl ;ii-
tenlion with their eo^^u::u• :;j;d
acting, and Mi-^s Dai.^y Oi'r. as i
jj;.s ];leas! d *)iir , yu’hitahel Mehinchidy. i'l!\ red in.
vlress and manner a stiiking C( i
Irast to her stage name.
was ac<jui*ted and tiinu'd loose
F.ESGluTIOKS OF RESPECT
Wlu'V as. it
lleaver.ly Fallu r to cull home oiu'
of our eo-\virl;cis, Mrs. Iv. S.
Fiilh r. talking her Irt.ni onr midst,
'ri.eret'uie i ‘ it i\t Ived ;
TToratiii .^pooj^indike. whviii! ical
lifv- is Cash, ira'^i' a m u:.)
i-irst il::ii li-r -u {la vtu! e lea\es which contained rnuh v.it
a vaiancv a;n. ^h:.do\v which will
l)c dt'cply rcaii/A il )>y tiie nu'inlx'rs
of the Bii'v:ir«l Methodist ehttrcb.
Secor.t'i—That tli<‘ missionary so
ciety will deeply iiii>s l.er presenct'
and help-
Third—That w-- <‘Xt('nd to the
grief striek(*n hushar.d our ]>ro-
founil syinj)uthy, a>suring him that
ve .'iirrov witli hii;i, hut not as
Tho'C v.ho have no ho])e.
p.inrth—Tliiit a cojjy of thi'se
ri-sule.tier.s ].e snrc'ad u]>on the
]i;;nuti s o;' o:ir Ti.js-i jnaiy !-ocii‘ty,
one sent to tivi‘ hercave l com]mn-
ion, anvi one s(>nt to the Sylvan
Valley News for ])ublication.
Mks. T. D. KN(;laxi),
Ml'S. kVK'' ll (tAI.LOWAY,
]\IKS. B. T. F(iKKTOX,
('ommittee.
SOME SUCCESTIDNS
l*'ditor Sylvan Valiev ^’ews:
The ministers of the town vis
ited the county home a few days i
ago, and while v.’e found every
thing being done for the inmates
that the county provides, yet we
think the following suggestions
w’ill do much for making the lives
of our aged ])oor more comfortable.
We note that the grand jury
have already rec*ommended porches
and would also suggest pictures on
the walls, roller shades, rocking
chairs, a wire safe to put food in,
and a cook stove. At present all
the cooking is done over an open
fire and in windy weather the
whole house is full of smoke.
Thanking you for your valuable
space we are
C. D. Chapman,
W. M. Robbins,
E. II. XOKWOOI),
Committee.
I
.i;ul wisdom.
All till' sinking Avas very g lod,
es])ocially the (|Uartettes, one of t]ie
hoys and ar.otlu'r of the *;irls. Tiie
former consisted of Lestro iMIen, :
Charles .lollav, A. H. lvi/.,>r and
R-.iSM'll Wells; till' latter of Mrs.
O. L. Erwin, Miss Mollie Brcesi*, i
i\irs. Charlt's Jollay and Miss Daisy
Orr.
The recitation “When I'm ai
l\Ian," by the bovs, and the hur-
It-Mie.e oi • i’voineo and .Inliet " hy
two hoys nuiile good hits. In fact, ,
all tlu‘ numbers made hits, if the i
geiK'ial amustnnent of tht> audi-
t'nct'and its elo.si* attention could
be regarded as signs.
The Lyceum association was for
tunate in having this numht‘r with
v.'hich to clo.se the .season, and the
managers of the entertainment are
to he congratulated on the prepa-
tion and ]ierformance of an i‘xccl-
lent juogram. A. B. R.
Most Prompt and Effectual Cure
for Bad Colds.
NVhen you have a bad cold you
want a remedy that \vill not only
only give relief, but eiiect a promi)t
and permanent cure, a rerjedy that
is pleasant to take, a remedy that
(jontains nothing injurious. Cham
berlain's (.'ough Remedy meets all
these requirements. It acts on
nature's plan, relieves the lungs,
aids expectoration, opens the secre
tions and restores the system to a
healthy condition. This remedy
has a world wide sale and use, and
can always be depended upon. Sold
bv S. M. M;icfi>. adv
The county board of education
met in called session last Monday
to appoint attendance officers, fix
time for the meeting of the school
committees of the various town
ships of the county to employ
teachers for next year and attend
to any other business in the inter
est of the schools that might need
attention.
Several committeemen were ap
pointed to fill vacancies witich had
occurred by death, removal from
district or resignation of certain
committeemen.
Instead of an attendance officer
for each township in the county,
one was apjjointed for each school
district. The following are the
names of the attendance oflicers
appointed for their respective dis
tricts ;
IJrevard—District No. 1, W. H.
Duckworth ; No. C. K. Osborne ;
No. :5, L. E. Okellcy.
Boyd—District No. 1, S. V.
Brown ; No. '2, John S. Talley; No.
.’i, A. C. Lyday ; No. J, W. A. Bay-
nard.
Catheys Creek—District No. I,
(i. M. Justus; No. 2, J. M. Zach
ary ; No. .‘5, A. M. Paxton.
Dunns Rock—District No. 1, V.
Moore : No. 2, F. Henderson ; No.
i{, Flem Raines ; No. 4, F. V. Bat
son.
Eastatoe—District No. 1, Ernest
(iilles[)ie ; No. A. B. Brittain ; ^
No. W. M. Meec*; No. 1, Ameri-,
cus Powell. • I
(iloucester—District No. 1, E. H.
Kitelu'n ; No. J. M. Anders ; No. i
R. E. McCall ; No. 1, Vance (lal- ^
loway.
Hogback—District No. 1, L. E. i
Re(‘c<‘, No. *J, T. W. lleid ; No. i
W. J. Nicholson: No. I, W. ,l.i
Raines : Xo. N. A. Miller.
Little River—Diiitiiet No. 1. .1. j
S. Iu‘ath ; No. W. M. Ball : Xo. I
T. E. Pickelsinier ; Xo. I, K. R. j
llisliop. i
I
('oloreil Schools—District Xo. 1, i
(ieorge Orr; Xo. A. B. B«'n-i
jamin. i
The times and ]>laces for the
school committees to mei't in ct>n-
ference with the county superin-
ti'ndent to .select teach(‘rs for their
resja'ctive schools were li.ved by j
the hoard of education as follow? :
Ho^Tjack, !nos. and ■>, Tnion
•hool honse, a. m., Monday.
May -.'i.
Jioghaclc, Xos. 1 and !. ])ass.'n- '
ger depot, Luke Toxaway, 1 ]). j
111., Monday. May |
(iloucester, Xos. ? and t, Vancc
(lalloway's residence, s :.‘io a.m.,
Tviesday, May ‘it*.
(iloucester, Xos. 1 and o, J. H.
House's store. •':;](» p. m., Tuesday,
May V).
Catheys Crei‘k, Xos. 1 and "i, C.
H. Shar])'s store, It ::!0 a. m.,
Wedni'.sday, .May '27.
Brevanl, Xos. 'I and ;i, Davidson
i;iv*‘r school house, 1 ;:i(i ]i. m.,
Wedni‘sday, May '27.
Bovd, Xos. 1 and Penrose High
school, iCIJou. m., Thursday, May
Boyd, X"os. '2 and 1, Blantyre
.school liouse, .■):OUp. m., Thursday,
May I’N.
Little Iliver, Xos. and ;!, Little
River .^cliool house, .s liiU a. m.,
Tuesday, June '2.
Little River, Nos. ! and 4, Rocky
Hill cliurch, 1 :'M) j). m., Tuesday,
June 'i.
Dunns Rock, Nos. ^land 4, Carson
Creek school hou.se, U ::>!) a. m.,
Wednesday, June o.
Eastatoe, Nos. 1 and 2, East Fork
school house, 4 ;:J0 p. m., Wednes
day, June »i.
Catheys Creek, No. Rosman
school house, a. m., Thurs
day, June 4,
Eastatoe, Nos. and 4, Toxaway
church, 4 ;:50 p. m., Thursday,
June 4.
Dunns Rock, Nos. 1 and Eng
land’s store, 4 ;:iO ]). m., Friday,
June 5.
Brevard, No. 1, court house,
9 :oO a. m., Saturday, June t*>.
Teachers who wish to teach in
the schools of this county next
year are requested to file their ap
plications at once with the county
superintendent.
CULLOWHEE COMMENCEMENT
The Cullowhee Normal and In
dustrial school is so nearly one of
onr own local institutions that a
brief account of the commence
ment exercises may be of interest
to readers of the News.
A party of four pedestrians, T. C.
Henderson, Arthur and William
Reece and A. B. Riley left Quebec
on Saturday morning, May 2, and
traveling down the Tuckaseigee
through Canada, reached Cullo
whee about nightfall. This jour
ney of about thirty miles was
through a region abounding in
scenery of the most beautiful and
wonderful kind. From ihe foot of
Owen’s Pisgah on the upper edge
of Gloucester the road rises to the
Jackson line, and thence descends
for miles, crossing successive ridges
of mountains till it reaches the
valley of the Tuckaseigee. Our
party left the main road a few
miles beyond the county line and
followed a trail along the river
where it flowed through gorges
down to the valley. At one place
this trail crossed the river on a
natural bridge of rock, wedged into
a gorge of solid rock, through
which the stream had cut its way
in the unnuTiibered past ages.' All
along this rough trail the moun
tains towered on both sides of the
river, sometimes rising in precipi
tous walls of rock. One of these,
a ])recipiee about live hundred feet
higli, goes by the name of Bonus'
Defeat, and has a history. A dog
named Bonus, who never liad
known defeat in a chase, pursued a
deer to the edge of the precii)ic(!.
The deer fell over, and the dog
came tumbling after. Hence the
name of the rock.
Cullowhee is at the junction of
the Tuckaseigee river and Cullo-
wh:*<> creek, and sonu* of the sur-
n.uinding lands are low-lyinir ; l»ut
the .school villagi* stands on a ridgi;
of great height, and the girls’
dormitory c;ips a jieak that a low-
lanili'r would mistake for a moun
tain. There are at present three
large buildings belonging to the
school, and a fourth will soon be
erected on another of tlu^ many
hill tops. The last to b(^ finishi'd
t
was the new administration buikl-
ing—the Joyner building—a line
pieci^ of school architecture.
The commencement exercises he
gan on Monday morning, May .’!rd,
and closed Tuesday night. They
were a sermon by Hi‘v. R. R.
Swo])e, rector of All Souls' churcb
at Biltmore: a recitation and
declamation exercise on Monday
afternoon ; a debate by four young
men on Monday night; gradntition
exexTist's, ])re.sentation of certifi
cates and di])lomas, the annual ad
dress by W. E. Abernethy of Shel
by on Tuesday morning; and the
final concert on Tue.sday night.
The young men of the Cullowhee
school seem to have enjoyed sjie-
cial advantages in training for j.mb-
lic speaking. In declamation and
debate their elYorts wei’e remark-
abh" good. A good deal of atten
tion seems also to be given to mu
sic, both vocal and instrumental.
The students at Cullowhee know
how to sing, and the chorus class
of young ladies and young men
would win recognitions anywhere.
Over this body of about two hun
dred boarding students })resides a
man wlio.se ability to manage, con
trol and direct is seen at every
turn. Mr. A. C. Rej'nolds is tn*erj
inch an administrator, and he
meers the dillieulties of his posi
tion with a skill and tact and
thoroughness to ho envied by many
an executive over a wider field.
He is supi)orted also by an able
corps of teachers, and the spirit of
the student body is loyal to a high
degree. Under its present manage
ment Cullowhee ])romises to bo one
of the greatest of the state insti
tutions. X-Pki).
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.
“My sister’s husband had an at
tack of rheumatism in his arm,”
w’rit«s a well known resident of
New’ton, Iowa. “I gave him a bot
tle of Chamberlain’s Liniment
which he applied to his arm and on
the next morning the rheumatism
was gone.” For chronic muscular
rheumatism yon will find nothing
I better than Chamberlain’s Lini-
ni( tit. Sold hy S. M. Macfle. adv
INSTITUTE COMMENCEMENT
The commencement exercises of
Brsvard Institute will begin the
latter pert of next week. Follow
ing is a program of the exercises:
FRIDAY, MAY 22.
H ;00 p. m.—Primary exercises.
SATL’RDAY, HlAY 2U.
I) :00a. m.—Last chapel exercises.
10:00 a. m.—Public reading of
seni’or essays.
2 :00 p. m.—Field day.
H :00 p.m.—Recital by pupils of
music department.
SNUDAY, MAY 24.
11:00 a. m.—(xraduation sermon
in Methodist church.
.'):;{0p. m.—Farewell jneeting of
Y. W. and Y. M. C. A.
H :00 p. m.—“Landing of the Emi
grant,” by the senior class, in the
Auditorium.
MONDAY, MAY '2~>.
10 ;00 a. m.—(’lass day.
2j.‘]0p. m.—Commencement con
cert.
H :00 p. ni.—Intersociety recita
tion contest and debate.
TUESDAY, MAY 2«).
■J p. m.—Alumni meeting.
:(>0 p. m.—(i^raduation exer
cises.
I’nless otherwise* specified all tl'.e
exercises will be held in the Insti
trite cba])el.
MEETING OF FARMERS
I’ditoi- Sylvan Valiev N»nvs:
The Transylvania County Farm
ers Union will meet at Little River
schoid honse on Saturday, the iUrd
day of May. There wiy he an ex-
ecutiv(‘ session at II a. m. At
noi.n dinner will be served on the
grounds. At 1 ]). m ]Mr. E. T^. Per
kins, county demonstrator for lien
d(>rson C(junty, will ;;ihlress tl:e
farmers in open session on the aj>-
lilication of fertilizers. At p. in.
Prof. J. (,'. Edney of Henderson
will give an address on education,
followed by Prof. T. C. Henderson
of Transylvania.
All locals in the county are re-
quested to .send delegates to the
eount_v union. All farmers can
hear Mr. Perkins on the iei ;ilizer
pro])osition whether you hcleiig to
the union or not. There an* sev
eral thousand dollars sjxMit each
year for fertilizer in this county,
and we ought to know what we are
doing along this line. The ladies
are especially invited.
H. P. Xu’iii)i.s(»\.
Sec.-Treas.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
The Ros!r»an municipal elcctieii
held last week resulted in an over
whelming victory for J. B Xenl.
Considerabli* interest had been
manifested in the election and vot
ing was sjnritcd. The olfieial vott*
for the various candidates was as
follows;
For ]\[ayor :
J. B. Xeal
J. W. (3ogdel) 1'
A. J. Manley -
W. P. Hogsed .> ■-
For Alderman :
A. M. White Gl
Ernest Paxton ••0
M. A. Mull o.s
W. L. Cahoon IT
E. A. Glazener i:’«
W. P. Hogsed
L. O. Powell 1
Mr. E. R. Galloway artedi hs
registrar for the election, and
Messrs. L. E. Powell and M. J.
Glazener w’ere the judges.
Health a Factor in Success.
The largest factor contributing to
a man’s success is undoubtedly
health. It has been observed that
a man is seldom sick when his bow
els are regular—he is never well
when they are constipated. For
constipation you will find nothing^
quite so good as Chamberlain’s
Tablets. They not only move the
bowels but improve the ai)petito
and strengthen digestion. They
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