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VOL I NO. 7
SYLVA, N. C, MARCH. 14, 1913
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BAZERS ON TRIAL
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The four sophomores, who were
mplicated in the hazing affair at
l uDiversity of North Carolina,
last fall, which resulted in the
death of Freshman William Rand,
L now on trial for manslaughter
at Hillsboro, the County seat of
OraDge County. This is the first
Instance in North Carolina where
the courts.have taken hand in the
crusade to surppress hazing at col
leges. ALL IN THE STATE OF MIND.
t f vnu think you're beaten you are.
Tfvou think you dare not, you
don't.
If ycu'd like to win, but think you
can tt 1 I
ts almost a cinch you wonV
If you think youll lose, you've lost
rnr nut in the world you find
Success begins with a fellow's will,
Ti. n in tbP state of mind. I
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fullmauy3 race is lost'' ,
E're ever a step is run;
And many a coward fails
E're ever his work's begun.
Hunk big and your deeds will grow,
Ihink small, and you'll fall be
hind, Ihink that you can and you will.
It's all in thestate of mind.
If you think you're outclassed, you
axe,
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself be
fore .' ,
- Yviu ever can win a jxriza-
life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man
Jtotsoon or late the" man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can. .
Author unknown
You judge a man not by what he
promises to do, but by what he has
done, lhat is the only true test
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy jud
ged by this standard has no superior
People everywhere speak of it in
the highest term of praise. " For
sale by ALL LEALLKS.
C. G LOGAN
Undertaker and Embalmer
16 years experience.
Full Line of Caskets and Robes.
License No, 6
Phone No. 7 Waynesville, N. C.
F. E. Alley
C. C, Buchanan
Jilleij & SBuchanan
attornesatOLuw
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 atLaw,
WEBSTER, N. C
DR.s McGUIRE.
DENTISTS.
Office f Pharmacy Building,
8YI1YA. N. O.
JOHN rt. PftERlS
JETWELR
Sylva, N.
C.
W. R. ;SHERRILL.
Attorney at Law.
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Office In Court Housa,
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NOTES FROM STATE
FORESTRY DEPT.
AUTOMOBILES AND FORESTRY
There will be held in Paris from
June 16th to 20th an Internationa
Congress of Forestry under the aus
pices of the Touring Club of France.
The purposes of this Congress are.
among other things, "to un'te all
those interested in forestry; to study
the economic and technical ques
tions connected therewith, includ
ing touring, which is closely asso
ciated in many countries with - the
wealth of forest regions; tor study
legislative and administrative re-
form which will assure the conser-
vation and improvement of forests,
the restoration of denuded moun
tarns, and the improvement of
forests lands." These are questions
that we as North Carolinians are
interested in as much as are the
people of Europe. Do we realize
the value of pine forests the as to
our winter resorts? Do we appre
ciate the fact that our mountains
forests and streams bring thousands
of visitors co western North Caroli-
na? If we did, these questions
would be live questions with us and
we would be glad to avail ourselves
of this invitation, transmitted
through the Secretary of the North
Carolina Forestry' Assciation, "to
study the economic and technical
questions connected with forestry,
including touring, whieh is closely
associated with the wealth of forest
regions :' 7?.
In connections with this Congress
two excursions will be made to the
'most important forests of Fr nee.'
Motorists as well as foresters should '
certainly include this meeting in '
their proposed trip to Europe next
summer. Let us hope that North
Carolina will be represented.
IMPORTANT FORESTRY MEET
ING IN ASHEVILLE.
"Nlot? rkn-tuirlo A ccrri atinn rnm pa tr !
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our mountains! Doara 01 uirectors :
Ameri"jan Forestry Association t0
hold spring meeting in Asheville
Convenes the last week in March.
Examples of applied forestry at
Biltmore the principal attraction.
The North Carolina Forestry Asso
ciation has been invited to be well
represented at this meeting. One
day will be spent in listening to ad
dresses on forestry matters and on
tne second day a trip will be made
through the Biltmore forest to stu
dy the results of twelve years of
forestry practice. The North Caro
lina Forestry Assotiation is in close
affiliation with the American For-
,
estry Association, which is the only
national organization devoted ex
clusively to the promotion of for
estry, and it is hoped that many
members of our State Association
will take this opportunity of getting
into closer touch with the nation
wide movement.
The Federal Government offers
us strong financial assistance in the
protection of our forests from fire;
provided that we mean business by
making some appropriation for fire
nrotection ourselves. Would not
$5,000 be well spent in preventing t
an annual fire waste of $500.00?
"We live as though we thought
'after us, the deluge,' and that it is
our province to cut every tree, to
dig out every mine, to turn every
furrow, to consume everything in
sight, forgetting that man's greatest
I duty to man is to preserve undim-
med and unimpaired this earth in
all its strehgtiivandvfrultfumess."-
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COUNTY
COMMENCMENT
An event of unusual interest to
school children andTteachers and to
all who are interested in things edu-
cational, will be the Jackson 'County 1
commencement to be held at the
Court House in Webster Saturday
March the 29th.
Every school in the county will
hold a perliminary contest between
those pupils who have? or will this
year complete the 7th grade work,
and the winners of the preliminary
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contests will constitute the contest-
ants from the several schools of the
county. These will meet at Web
ster where there will be three con
tests, recitation contest, a decla
mation contest and a spelling
match. The winner, of each of
these will receive a prize or medal
worth five dollars.
By a typographical error the date
appeared wrong in last week's issue
of the Journal. So please don't get
it wrong. The Commencement will
be held March 29th.
Every body is invited and from
present prospects the event prom
ises to be a most enjoyable one.
BALSAM GROVE.
It is gratifying to me to have the
opportunity of giving tie report of
one of the best revival ; meetings
ever held on Caney Fork. This
meeting was held - at' the John's
Creek school house, -sit began Sat-
rtirdayrFebrnary'l5tJlt was con
ducted at first by Rev. Frank Ar-
rington. After preaching a few days,
Mr Arrindtnn wQ ocoictnH hi !
Crawford Cook and Stamey. They
had services at eleven in the morn-
ing and at seven in the evening;
each service was largely attended! ;
day and night, rain or shine. We
have been blessed with three weeks
of beautiful weather; the people
were not hindered from attending
the meeting by the weather a sin-
gle time. The meeting closed Fn-
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day night with great success. There
were fifty-eight professions. Rev.
Arrington stated Friday night that
they would have the baptizing the
following Sunday, March 9.
Sunday morning was a beautiful,
clear morning; the sun rose from
behind the western hills in beauti
ful colors and passed across the
country, shining almost as warm as
I if it were summer time. People
i came from almost every direction
' until the hills were covered and the
and the roads filled with people.
At 11:30 Revs. Arrington and Cook
began baptizing; they baptized 23,
ithen the people returned. to the
p , . , t , D
ford preached an interesting ser
mon; then on account of being
crowded they decided to retire from
the building and got out on the
play grounds where all the converts
stood in a row, while they sung and
shouted, the church members ex
tended to them the right hand of
Christian fellowship. Then dinner
was spread out oa the ground. They
will have another baptizing the 3rd
Sunday in April, as that is Mr. Ar
lington's regular time to preach at
Jonn s weeK.
Now with all the good that has
been accomplished here during this
meeting and the people are almost
as one, I makje a motion that the
people of Cahey Fork get together
and plan on this proposition get
togeher and build a fine church
house in some convenient place at
or. near the mouth of John's creek,
as that is near the center of the
VILMOT.
March is here and we are haying
some windy weather, although the
wind will dry up the, mud.
Old Wilmot is stiil improving. We
have got a good barber and. a good
blacksmith shop, acid wood is com
ing in regularly now; telegraph poles
are coming in, too. The packing
ground is about all full up with
wood poles and logs.
We are talking about organizing
a Sunday school at this place, very
soon.
I notice Dr. Teague at our place church. In January of this year
this week. ne and "bis wjfe were dismiss-
J. M. Worley has been to Ashe- ed from the Scott's Creek church to
ville to spend the night with his j0in at Addie, where their children,
mother and ha3 returned. belong. They joined there on
J. W. Hoicqmb is going to have 1 Sunday, Feb. 9, exactly a week be
some work uone on his house very , fore he was taken sick the same
soon. J
G. W. Revis is still working on
his timber he recently bought from
Worley and Bumgarner. He is run
ning three teams regularly.
The are loading logs and poles as
fast as the railroad company will
give them cars. They are also gar
dening here.
G. W. Monteith has a new clerk,
Oscar Varner. We are glad to have
him with us.
Mrs. W. A. Raby has been on the
sick list but is getting better.
Wilmot will have six months
school this year. Big G.
MR. TROY RESIGNS.
Editor, Will you kindly give me
space m your paper, to say to those
01 my farmer friends, who are read-
ers of your paper, and who so kind-
Department of Farm Improvement
Work of the Southern Railway Co
that I have resigned from this po-
sition, and this fact will explain my
non-appearance ior unnmsneu worK
under comtemplation.
Mr. W. E. Birch, with headquar
ters at Asheville, N. C, has been
appointed to succeed me, and I
speak for him a cordial reception
from the readers of your paper.
Personally , I regard this Depart
ment of the Southern Railway . Co.
as most modern, and if it is carried
to its legitimate conclusions, really
means more to the farmer than his
State or National Agricultural de
partments, as the personal contact
of the Field Agent of the railroad
company and the farmer is more
diiect and frequent
In order to succeed the modern
farmer must not be slow in investi
gating new methods, and be just as
eager for their adoption as he who
introduces them, for the fruit of
this, in co operation.
I speak as a private citizen, abso
lutely disinterested in the Southern
Railway Company, but as a public
spirited citizen, I feel it should be a
duty to approve the unit policy in
any corporation that is healthful
and uplifting in its manifestations.
William B. Troy.
Skyland, N. C. March 6, 1913.
township. We have four new school
houses on Caney Fork, but I am
sorry to say we haven't got one
church building on Caney Fork.
I think there is no one on Caney
Fork who would not be interested
in building a church house at John's
Creek.
The Moses Creek school closed
last Friday evening. It was success
fully taught by Prof. J. C. Moore as
principal and J. D. Martin assistant
Mr. Moore was elected principal of
the John's Creek school for another
term.
John Shelton, of Asheville, was
on Caney Fork Sunday.
Taylor Hawkins, of Cullowhee,
was visiting W. D. Coward Sunday
evening.
Willard Wike of East Lapbrte,
was seen going down Caney 'Fork
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- Joe.Phillips wenttbjWayhesyille,
on business. Mountain Tniis.-v
DEATH OF Wil B- HENRY. OF ADDIE. ,
fLCULlAB CIRCUMSTANCES-
- Wm. B. Henry was bora May 4
1867, was married to Miss M. E-
Parris Feb. 26,1891. He professed
faith in Christ, August 1893 under
preaching of Revs. Simms and Bart
letUboth were of unusual evange
listic gifts. Six years later he join
ed the Scott's Creek Baptist church
and was baptized by Rev. W. r
Connor, an influential minister of
xhia county.
For many years Bro. Henry has:
:been a faithful member cf the
place and not far from the
same
time. The' church was greatly
pleased to have him and his wife
join at Addie; flattered themselves
that they had years of service in
this excellent couple.
Mr. Henry was an excellent sing
er, and took special delight in build
ing up the choir at Addie. The:
writer once heard them do some
fine singing. As a leader of singing
he was ready with an appropriate
song for all occasions; was of es
pecial value in a revival. He toot
great interest in new music Every
community needs such -a leader as
Bro. Henry; in fact needs more than
one.
Jlehadnapppintment to sing,
with the Beta choir" Sunclay after
noon. He had met with the Addie
choir to sing in the forenoon. They
sang several songs that morning,,
his voice was strong and clear. He
was in his usual pleasant mood.
The last song they sang was No.
108, in "Harp of Gold;" title, "Do
they think of me in heaven?" Thiss
is the chorus:
"Do they think of me beyond the
blue sky?
Do they beckon me home to man
sions on high?
Do those in that land remember
and love?
Are they thinking of me in heav
en above?"
Was it merely an accident that
this was the .last song he sang?
Those of us who believe in provi-
J dence think not prefer rather to
believe that this was part of a di
vinely arranged program. Are?
those in heaven in intellectual sym
pathy with us? If so, would not their
thoughts be turned to one so near the
end? May be the song had a spec
ial meaning to him. Maybe his?
loved ones through some subtle
medium were advised that the end
was near. Maybe a stray note front
a harp of gold dropped down ta
sweeten his last song.
The choir, after the announce
ment of the singing at Beta in the
afternoon, began to disperse. Bro
Henry asked some of them to come
back and sing a new song on a sam
ple sheet; its title is "Toll the Bells."
He was then stiicken with paralysis,,
dropped the music and began to
stagger. His son and Mr. Keener
approached him and asked himi
what was the matter. He replied,.
"Not anything.". They got him to
sit down. Then he looked at the
song as if he wanted to sing it; took -his
watch from his pocket, and re
marked that it was ten minutes till
twelve He arose, saying, "Lets go
to Beta" and started with Mr. Keener
by his side He made a few steps
and one side gave way they caught
Ijim and set him"on.akt;iiac,
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