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SYLVA, N. C., PTEBRUARY. 7ri913
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVSE
FIRE AT SAVANNAH.
-SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 2. Datn
age estimated $1,500,000 .resulted
early today from a fire of unknown
origin which swept the -Savannah
river over two blocks destroying
the wharves of the Merchants! and
Miners Transportation company,
several warehouses and. -business
structures and the planters rice mill
The fire was discovered shortly
after one o'clock this morning " in a
shed on the west end of the whar
ves. All the available fire appara
tus in the city responded to the gen
eral alarm and every effort .was
made to check the conflagration
with the assistance of fire tugs in
the river. The flames spread irom
the Ogeechee canal east to within
150 feet of Broad street, threatening
many business structures and ship-
Alter fighting the flames for four
hours, the lire iinally, was . gotten
nuder control without loss of life.
Several liremen were slightly in
jur ,d but none seriously.
i he greatest joss was : sustained
by the Central oi Georgia railway
company, owners of the Merchants
elq Miners Terminals and the Mer
chants and Miners freight which
w as stored in the warehouses. The
loss to this company is estimated
at 600,000, covered by insurance.
WAREHOUSE BURNED.
The American Steel and Wire
company warehouses on either side
of the entrance to the Merchantsand
Miners docks were partially destroy
ed with a damage estimated at be
tween $50,000 and $75,000, also
covered by insurance.
Warehoiiseshand business struct--Bt
es of several other iirms also
were damaged or destroyed, but Jie
ioss has not yet been definately. de
termined. Much of the freight burned had
only been discharged a few hours
previous to the breaking out of the
conflagration. Efforts of Agent Ers
kine, oi the Merchants ana Miners
company to ascertain the .- origin of
fire have been fruitless.
President J. C. Whitney, of the
Merchants and Miners company, af
ter a consultation here today with
W. A. Winburn, vice president of
the Central of Georgia railroad an
nounced that immediate steps
would be taken for rebuilding the
the wharves. Citizen.
Do you know that more real dan
ger lurk-, in a common cold than in
any other of. the minor ailments?
The safe way is to .take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, a thoroughly
reliable preparation; and rid . your
self of the cold as quickly possible.
This remedy is for Sale by ALL
DEALERS.
F, E. Allev
C. C, Buchanan
jlleij Sr Buchanan
Bttorne0aUOLuvv
Webster. N. C.
While Mr. Alley has moved to
Waynesville, he will continue to
take active part in the practice of
law at Webster.
COLEMAN C. COWAN,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
WEBSTER, N. C
DR.S McGLMRE.
DENTISTS.
Office : Pharmacy Building,
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W. R.:SHERRILL.
Attorney at Law,
WEBSTEK.N.a
G.W. N. C- A. SHOWS
! GOOD WORK DDI
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The first - panniversary meeting of
the directors of the Greater .Western
North Carolina association was held
uer&toaay at iju ociock, wmcn
from each of the seven countie$ in-
eluded in the association and by i
& K Hardwick and M. V.' Richards
of the Southern Railway. The two
railway officials, representing' the
passenger and land development also, f . j - ,
departments of Ihe Southern, also j : jAfteir days of great suffering he
represented in a way the spirit of passed awayi Butfbest of all, he
the" association, which is to attract ; claimed atv the last that he was
to this section the tourists of the ready to' dier andlnt his last
country and . at the same time inter- conscions moments in real joy.
est the people brought here to such, His parents were), with him most
an extent as to make them perma- of the time at the 'hospital to add
nent settlers and develop the great to his comfort. The fact that God
natural resources of Western North was merciful to tneir son, giving
Carolina. j him opportunity to repent, and
The meeting was one of the most ? hearing his prayers greatly lighten
enthusiastic ever held here and re-' ed the burden of their hearts,
ports were heard from President W The funeral tookplace .from the
E. Breese. jr., of Brevard, and Man- Methodist church in Dillsboro. A
ager S. JL Cohen. These reports good congregation was present, sev-
showed an amazing amount of work
accomplished during the past year
and an interesting feature was that
the financial reports showed th& as
sociation has more than lived with
in its means and that the amount
collected for the first year will not
all be spent until March 1, covering
a period of 13 months.
In this connection, however, it
was- pbinted out that a greater work
could be accomplished with more
money, and'it was decided to ap
point a budget committee to com-
j pile a budget for the coming year,
: this budget to be presented at the
i next meeting, when the matter of
securing enough money to put it
into effect will be taken up.
It was pointed out in the reports
and discussions that the association and surgery. We will be perma
during its existence of a single year neatly located at Sylva, where we
has been up against two extremely will be glad to see our friends at
bad seasons for the tourist business. !
yet the results attained have been
more than satisfactory. The pres
ent season has been the worst in
years for the winter migrations to
the south, but as an. example that
Ashevihe and Western North Caro
lina are getting their share reference
was made to the fact that the Pine i a
Forest Inn, which burned at Aiken
last night, had only 44 guests, less
than any hotel in Asheville has at
the present time. This is true in
spite of the fact that Aiken is con
sidered one of the most popular re
sorts in the south.
The new booklet was given con
siderable attention and highly com
plimented. It was stated that since
its publication there have been
requests for copies from all over
America and a few from England.
Only this morning there were about
50 letters received in the offices, of
the association in which the book
lets were, requested, as well as full
er information about this section.
Gazette-New.
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shop to Otto , Vomack - who will
take charge of the shop Wednesday.
He is moving his house whole goods
in the old Allen building up stairs.
The shop will remain in its pre
sent quarters. ;
Thad Messer of Dillsboro was in
Sylva Thursday. N
Mrs. Gola P. Ferguson of - Bryson
City passed through town - enrbute
to her home, at Speedwell where
ship - Will " Rnend u awhile 4 witn her
THE DEATPR
i Al Tirn Hceocn
liiLOOLll
Ufc Messer, atnatiVe of Dillsboro,
an employe of the uriern "Rail
way ' was struck by al traih'at Wav
nesville several weeks ago.5 An arm
uuu a teg were oroKen, :ne -was
taken ; immediately. tor the, Mission
Hospital-atAflheviU&-His i-was
taKen pnat .once .they hoped to
save his arm, but in aTfew -days it
became necessary to
remove it
eral railroad men were in attend
ance from .Asheville; this was great
ly appreciated.
He was buriedf in the Parris
graveyard. The fraternity to which
he belonged conducted the service
there. They have an impressive
ritual.
Let me warn young and old not
to go on through life in;: sm- Your
taking mjglsuSden. Seek
Christ while you have health and
strength.
AiwraiNT.
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We announce to the public that
on February 1st we became asso
ciated in i he practice of medicine
any time.
Dr. Delos D. Hooper
Dr. Chas; Z. Candler
RAILROAD IS SUED BY TRAVELING MAN
Claiming that he suffered $3,000
in mental and physical anguish as
result of injuries he received
when two cars on the Southern
were derailed between Rhodo and
Andrews September 18, Eugene M
Bearden has brought suit for that
amonnt against the road, and yester
day his complaint was filed in the
office of the clerk of court, Marcus
Erwin. In it Mr. Bearden. who is a
traveling salesman, alleges that he
was severely injured in the wreck
that during the time he was com
pelled to undergo treatment for in
juries his business suffered greatly.
Citizen.
TWO MEN DEAD.
In the last twenty four hours
there has been two men died with
pneumonia fevor. The first was
Mr. Wess Hoyle who died on Cope
,Creek Wednesday just afte,. J2
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Will Conner the next victim who
lived just above town, and he to
died just after 12 o'clock A M
We extend our . deepest sympathy
to the bereaved ones.
Mrs.sW. T. Fisher of Andrews is
visiting her sister, Mrs H. C. Mc.
Kee. : J ..
-Avoid tfie public drinking cup it,"
is a germ vender, :
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Get the fresh air habit;
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MR HARDWICK WELL
PLEASED WITH WORK
- Passenger Traffic Manager S; H.
Hardwick, of the Southern railway,
believes - that with good summer
weather ' throughout ' the south,
Asheville and other places in ".this
section of the 'state will experience
the best season in 'their history dur
ing the -coming -summer ...months.'
Mrr Hardwick stated that manyehr
quiries have been received by the
Southern for literature descriptive
of Western North Carolina and he
is confident that ' the Land of the
Sky will be thronged next grimmer.
Mr. Hardwick stated ,that of course,
the weather conditions will 'have a
the season. He referred to the fact
aU . , . , . ,
that last summer, the late season
a .v. ;rt
summer resort cities. While the
unusually warm weather during
the present winter is resulting in a
Hpprpsp in thp rmmhpr nf winter
,
tourists who visit resorts which cat -
er to this class of trade.
Mr. Hardwick was asked as to
Asheville's prospects for the sum
mer capital. He stated that he
had heard, through good sources
that President-elect Woodrow Wil
son is very seriously ccn de g t e
invitation extended to him and the
members of his family to spend
their summers in this city and he
believes that ;Asheville stands an
PYPpllpnt rhnno nf dfttin0 thft nrp.-
sideht-elect to come here "for- hi
vacation perbids.
Mr. Hardwick is greatly pleased
with the work which has been ac
complished by the Greater Western.
North Carolina association during
the first year of its history. He
spoke favorably of the manner in
which it has been managed and feels
that the extensive advertising cam- j ouc liUWdlu 1 ""
paign which has been waged by the first time he has Prided io
organization will mean much to ; Haywood. He has made a fine lm
this section of the stata He be-: pression on the bar and the people
lieves that not only will the tourist ! and his charge to the grand jury
trade be boosted through the work Q hlp ! pnH n viliahlp" W -
of the organization, but that home
seekers and investors, as well, will
be brought hera Citizen.
W. N. C. BOYS
HAS GOOD TIME
Col. San ford H. Cohen, manager
of the Western North Carolina" asso
ciation, returned Friday from Colu
mbia, where he went last Saturday
morning to accompany the 14 boys
from this section who had won trips
to the National Corn show in the
J com growing contests of the various
counties oi me section emoracea in
the association The boys returned
yesterday on the Carolina special,
following a big parade and banquet
given at the show, the last event
given in honor of the boys attend
ing the show.
Col. Cohen stated this morning
that the boys apparently enjoyed
themselves to the fullest and have
attracted quite a lot of attention.
mere arc u uuya uuemiiug uicnn rArkrantim5 th turn Hpfpn
show from this State and 14 - West -
ern North Carolina boys have seem
ed the favorites thruohout of: all
the boys present Frank Arthur of
Biltmore, Corbett Alexander of the
Farm School, Fred Bryson of Beta
and Don Davis of Webster were
among the most conspicious fig: rs
on account of the records they have
made. Young Bryson had the
second best jecord of the state.
All the boys attending, the show
have been entertained in such' a
manner that they Thave been kept
together, having their meals served
in the large ' dinning ; room and
housed . in navaj fashion. There
were ;600 in all and they have paid
; trict attention to the show, accord
ng to CoL-Cohen. Gazette'News. -
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LMMEN'SIISSlONDRSf
CONVENTION; OPENS
V Chattanooga, Tenn.; Feb.' 4-Withi
between 750 and 1000. delegates al
ready in the city and the '.majority
yet to arrive, the opening session of
the first IymenV missionary con-
Pventiori of tne Southern Baptist
convened in this- city thisafteraobri
at 2 o'clock. - The- .program was
some what disarranged by the abr
sehce of Governor Ben W. ' Hooper
of Nasheville and Mayor Thompson
who were to have delivered the ad
dresses of welcome.
The opening devotions were, con
ducted by General Secretary L T
Henderson of Bristol, who introduc-
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j convention,' the Hon. Joshua Lever-
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! uig of Baltimorr, vid.
' nH ihonofmonont nrooinonr nt th
The principal address of welcome
was delivered by the Rev. J. C. Ms
see, D. D., pastor of the " first Bap-
i.tist church of Chattanoiga, and the
! response by A. i. roraoi Louisviue
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tor li1 years tne managmg eaitor oi
the Courier-Journal.
Following this Dr. Henderson de
livered an address on "Why Are We
Here?" .
W. J. Williamson of St Louis"
spoke on the "Dynamic of ivlissions
This being followed by an address
on "The Moral Mission of America'
by president E. M. Poteat of Fuc.
man University, of S. C Gazette
ELEVEH JUROHS
TRIAL GOES
. Waynesville, Feb. 1. For the
first time in Haywood county a
homicide case is being tried with
eleven jurors' this bein by agree
ment.
The Qpurt is presided over byr
Following the hearing of a num
ber of blind tiger cases, with a ma
jority of the "tigers" convicted, the
court on Wednesday began the trial
of Waldo McCracken and Robertson
Rogers, charged with homicide, in-.
1 the killing of Lee Wells, and it is im
this case that there are elevem
jurors.
Lee Wells was killed on the;
twenty ninth of last March at a
school commencement at Clyde,
and as the defendants and Wells
are all of a large family connection
the case is attracting much atten
tion. Rogers was policeman at
Clyde, and McCracken was a cons
table, at the time of the "difficulty
The State and defendants both have
able attorneys, Hon. Felix Alley,
the solicitor, is assisted by J. W.
Ferguson, and J. B. Smathers, Hon
W. T. Crawford, John Stamey, Joint
M. Queen and ex-solicitor Thad Bry-
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aants.
.The attorneys on each side are;
contesting every inch of ground.
This case was tried at last Juiyr
j term before Judge B. F. Long, and!
jthe . after being t fday8t
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j failed. to agree. They stood ten for,
conviction, two for acquittal. Ther
present trial is being tried with ele- ;
ven jurors, as on Thursday morning
Judge FoUshee, having learned of
the condition of Juror BoneV Morris -who,
Had been in the hospital for -treatment,
excused him. Bpth sides,
were wUUnglto go totrialwitheleveDi ;
jurors in the bbxbseier.
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