VOL. I NO.
SYLVA, N. C, FEBRUARY; 28, 1913
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$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE v
LATIRE GA
ON
REMOVAL OE COUNTY
FBGa WEBSTER TO SYLVA
THEMSELVES MAY
The Senate passed the Jackson
County Court House Election bill
on its second reading' by a , vote of
9i to 5 alter a heated and prolong
ed discussion. Senator Hannah, of
Haywood, championed the bill on
floor of the Sanate and made a
jnasterial speech in favor of .the
- When it came to the third read
ing the bill passed by practically an
unanimous vote, only 3 Senators
voting against the bill while 31
voted aye when their names were
called. : ,
jfle bill had come dp to the Sen
ate from the committee on counties,
xities and towns, of that body, on a
minority report, this being the rea
son for such a hot contention on
the floor.
The house had already passed the
bill and the action of the Senate
gives the people of Jackson county
tht it to settle the question for
themselves, The Senate made only
one amendment, it providing for
the purgL g of the registration books
of all names of voters who on ac
count of death, removal or other
causes, are disqualified.
The bill provides for an election
to be held May. 15, 1913 upon the
question of removal of the county
gite from Webster to Sylva, provid
ed that, in the event that the peo
ple shall express themselves in fav
or of removal, Sylva shall donate to
the county a site for the public
buildings. The cost of the erection
of said buildings shall not exceed
$30,000, $10,0UU of which is guaran
teed by the people ot Sylva.
Miss Margaret Hastings leaves
tomorrow to visit friends in Mur
phy. .
FOR SALE Large, beautiful
building lots on the east side of my
farm, over-looking Sylva, and about
twenty acres of very rich land on
the west side. Geo. P. Miller.
f,Z. Alley
III
C. C, Buchanan
& Buch
y vr coucnanan
Httorne0at-Xuw
Webster. N. C.
While ili. Alley has moved to
WaynesvMe, he' will continue to
ft auve part in tne practice qi
law at Webster.
COLEMAN C. COWAN,
Attorney and Counsellor atLaw,
Webster, n. c
DR.S McGUIRE.
DENTISTS.
Office : Pharmacy Building,
JOHN fl. PffRRlS
JEWXLR
Sylva, N. C.
W- R.;SHERRILLI
Attorney at Law.
Office In Court Houtt,
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PEOPLE WILL DE IDE FDR
15TB, 1913 .
WORK BEGUN GN
DEPOT,
The Southern Railway carpenters
NEW
arrived in Sylva Wednesday endure its passage. Thf Stilled, say J
uegun me wotk 01 erecting Sylva s,
9 . i -m
new depot.
The work will be pushed forward!
as rapidly as possible and will be ! Metzger ,of Metzger Bros., yester
completed by the last of March. j day, "the law carries -np penalty.
For some time the Southern has
beerf promising to build a new .
freight and passenger depot'here, as
it has been badly needed, but for
divcrj reasons they did not get :
arouna to it a3 soon as nad been!
hoped. i
The old part of the depot will be ' shipments for personal consump
remodeled and fitted with a roof of! tion which are the sort of packages
fire proof material and will, with
some extension at the east end.
serve as a freight depot, while new
offices and waiting rooms will be
built at the west end of the present
structure.
This will give Sylva one of the
best and most convenient depots on
the Murphy Division.
FREIGHT BATES.
News and Observer
Charlotte, Feb.24. Chairman E.
L. Davis and Judge George P. Pell,
of the state corporation commission
and Chief Clerk A. J. Maxwell held
an important meeting here today
with representatives of the shippers
of freight for the purpose of pro
curing important data to be used in
the trial of the cases brought before
the interstate commerce commis
sion by the North Carolina corpora
tion commission to secure fairer
interstate rates. It is the purpose
of the commissioner to prosecute
these suits with vigor should the
conference at Raleigh Wednesday
between the railroad men and the
legislative committee prove futile.
Among those present today were
J. L. Graham, representing the
Winston-Salem board of trade, and
T. J. Ryan, representing the South
ern Furniture Association and W. S.
Creighton, of the Charlotte Shippers
and Manufacturers Association.
VILSON'S CABINET.
We gather from the daily ex
changes that the following will be
a partial list of the cabinet of Presi
dent Wilson. The president-elect,
himself, has made -no statement
in regard to any cabinet portfolio.
However this is generally accepted
as being authentic.
Secretary, of State, William 'Jen
nings Bryan. Nebraska; Secretary
of treasury, William G. McAdoo,
Mew York; Secretary of Navy,
Josephus Daniels, North Carolina;
Postmaster General, Albert Sidney
Burleson, Texas.
A LITTLE CHILD.
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Jerdie. the 7 year old daughter of
Mr: J no. Ashe, died at his home-
Monday morning after a brief ill
ness. She was at school Friday but
was taken sick Friday evening
and died r Monday mornings The
funeral iWasjheld here Tuesday and I
her, remains? were laid 'Wrest ; avj
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WILLI
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tioy on business?
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The Pit t, Norfolk, y.- v
Norfolk distributors; whiskey
and beer look with unconcern on
the law
just passed by Congress
affecting shipments frbnwet into
dry-territory, Of severaf question
ed not one expressed anyv fear that
it will hurt business " f -
The bill, which was introduces
by Representative Webbof North
Carolina, underwent radical revision !
rnn y-t irf - 4 . . 5- i 1
c uiouipuiois, any apprenention
tney might have felt -Afg ,
"In flrst place" said B. F.
Kven if 'its provisions are violated,
wnich we shall not hayeto do to
UOUUDUe snipmentsvno .action can
be taken- The law, again; is aimed
onlv at shipments wWch;hre to be
lu vunauuu ui state, uouuiy or
municipal laws. It has no effect on
mai 8 out of Norfolk in the main."
ouiypere m nunui uu uusmess
in North and South Carolina and
Georgia. In 'North and: Sbuth Car
olina there are laws limiting the j
amount o. whisiey a man may have
in his possession. .The purpose of
laws 13 not t0 Prohibit a man's
having all the whiskey in his own
home he wishes," but to give the
right t seizure to officers of the
law if it is suspected 'th& a man
has whiskey to be used in violation
of the State prohibition laws. These ;
laws are similar -to a Virginia statute-giving
the right of search and
seizure of officers when it is be
lieved a man is selling whiskey
without license.
As amended the law just passed
by Congress does not give the right
to interfere witn shipments when
in the hands of a common carrier.
Although this was one of the things
demanded by those favoring a fed -
eral statute, no such' provision was
made in the law. Had it been done,
it is claimed the law would have
been unconstitutional.
Even as it is the claim is made
that the law will not stand a test,
but as there is no penalty for vio
lation it is said by distributors there
will not be an occasion to test its
legality.
WEBB GIVEN AN OVATION
Gazette-News.
Washington, Feb. 21. Represen
tative Webb, father of the Webb li
quor bill, was given an ovation
when he appeared at the Vanghan
Bible class at the Calvary Baptist
church. The Vaughan class is one
of the oldest and by far the largest
Sunday school class in the United
States. The thousand or more mem
bers of the class pledged the ninth
district congressman their support
in upholding the Webb liquor bill
When Mr. VVebb had finished his
speech he was cheered for 15 min
utes. CULLOWHEE TO GET $60,000
Representatives Croriatrie, Fer
guson and Wike and Senator' Dav
is, the comimttee of the Legislature
sent to inspect the Cullowhee school
expressed themselves as being well
pleased withthe work being done
there and i with the conditions.
They will recommend that the
the General Assembly appropriate
$60,000 for Cullowhee this year to
be used in building a dormitory for
the boys, and admistratibn building
together with other improvements.
This will be a long step in the right
direction looking towards the vdu-
cntioti of thebdys and -girls :4ass
Western' -Carolirq.; ,.- . :: :
GOOD ROAD
SYLVA, TOOMD IttOWHEE
TO BUILD ROADS. COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED
The General Assembly has made
I provision for road improvement, in
Jackson County, by the passage of
two bills, one is entitled an act to
amend the charter of Sylva "and
nro vide for building roads. The
otKer t0 Drovide ,ood roads m Syl-
-
va, Dillsboro and Cullowhee town
ships, by a bond issue.
The bill appoints road trustees,
whose duty is to look after the
road work in their township.
The bonds when issued will ue
township and not Couuty bonds.
As it is impossible for us to get
copies of these bills this week, we
can not publish them in this issue
but will do so next week. :
One of the roads to be built is
from Sylva to the Cullowhee School
another from Sylva to Beta and
still another from Sylva to Dills
boro. STIRRING TIMES
IN MEXICO.
Francisco I. Madero and Jose
Rivo Suarez, Ex-president and far
mer vice-president of Mexico, were
killed in Mexico City Feb. 22, as
the culmination of the unsettled
conditions existing in that unfort u
nate country.
It is charged that the revolution
ists, who now have the upperhand,
are responsible for the double mur
der, while they claim that they
knew nothing of the act until it
had been perpetrated and that it
! was due entirely to unforeseen cir-
cumstances. I hat m an attempt
' to escape they were cut down by
bullets of the two opposing parties
It is not known and probably
never will be, just how the awful
act, that has shocked the sensibili
ties of the civilized world, occurred.
The United States is holding
troops, at Galveston and other J
points, awaiting any eventuality
that may make it necessary for
this country to intervene and take
charge of affairs in Mexico.
There is a strong feeling which
seems to be growing in every part
of the United States that it is time
for this government to send troops
to Mexico and put an end to the
numerous atrocities that have been
perpetrated in that poor bleeding
country.
President Taft does not think
that the time has came for Amer
ica to interfere with the affairs o
her neighbor, but admits that the
occasion is likely to arise at any
time, to cause him as commander-in-chief
of our armies and navies,
to order American soldiers to march
on Me ico City.
Both Great Britain and the United
States refuse to recognize the pro
vincial government with the leader
of the latest revolution, General
J Huerta, uutil they can the facts of
conditions existing.
General Huerta has given his
promise that a speedy and thorough
i investigation, as to the death of
j Madero and Suarez will be held
and the blame, if there be blame.
will be nlaced in its right place and
J pay ine penalty:! ; uois
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COL COHEN PLEASED
WITH THE OilTlOflit
Colonel Sanfofd H. Cohen, the
manager of the Greater Western
North Carolina association, arrived
in the city yesterday afternoon from
the west coast of Florida, where he
has been working in the interest of
the Land of the Sky. Colonel Cohen
has been away almost a month and
he has visited practically all of the
rlorida, tourists resorts. He had
several papers containing inter
views and advertisements in promi
nent papers of Jacksonville, Tampa
St. Petersburg, Palm Beach Au
gusta and other resorts.
In speaking of Florida, Colonel
Cohen said; "I took with me two
trunks, three boxes and five or six
packages of literature which was
distributed from Miami, on east
coast, to St Petersburg, on the west
Not only was advertising distribut
ed but newspapers were used freely
and posters were placed in conspi
cuous places throughout the -state.
I found that the business coas had
beenbad but the country is filling
up rapidly with people returning
rom Pairiaii aai Caba. The only '
place I found in Florida where i
vvas ard to gat dzzy a n iioi s
was St. Petersburg. I found a grea
many people through Florida who
are thinking of coming to Western
North Carolina on their way home.
At St. Petersburg, arrangements
have been made for a car direct
to Western Carolina in- March and
another in April. Indications are
that a late winter and early spring
will bring large crowds to the Land
of the Sky. While' will be good
crowds during the spring, the ma
jority of the people in Florida and
other sections which I have visitedt
are talking of visiting this section
during the coming summer." Citi
zen. SIX MONTHS SCHOOL.
The Senate by a vote of 44 to 1
passed the Thorne-Majette school
bill and every child in North Caro
lina will have access to at least six:
months of public schools in every
year.
The only dissenting voice in the
Senate was that of Senator Little
of Anson.
Senator Bryant proposed an
amendment, which was accepted
by the Senate, providing that irt
any county where there were in-
! sufficient funds, the commissioners.
Imov low q cnoniol tov f tr ov.
ceed 5 cts on the one hundred, dol
lars to be used for school purposes,'
. According to the law as passed,
by the General Assembly, there
shall be a school of not less than:
six months duration in every school
district in North Carolina
By a vote of 81 toU the house passed
the Kellum bill providing for the
semi-annual issuance pf $300,00
four per cent state bonds to be used
in financing the road bonds issued
by counties at 5 per cent for road
building, the bonds to run for forty
one years by which time the. the
1 per cent sinking fund will have
provided for liquidation. The hill
passed its! second reading with very
little discussion and took its place
on the: calendar for the finals read-t.-:
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