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Rowland Shaw Pruette and J C
grown, of W ake Forest won the sig -
cond debate, of the serieswithJ.Bay-
jor University, at' Raleigh : 'Monday
night; thus gaining the righrtq cont
test for the cup in Atlanta j Easter
Monday 1914. k'::'::J
The query was: ResoTed that
United States Senator s should-be
elected by direct ;vote"ofJ:he peoDie.
vjpi-e Forest took the negativcand
won. " V: ' '.. -V::"
The News and' Observer says
t ...- nipnr voi ns rn PHft nan
gone iiaee miuutca iutu . uis lirst
arijUn.cnt, the cebate had been set;
tied. 4 ;; ' ';;:r-
'ihe john Price Jack has been
purchased by Duff Mohtieth and
will be in Dillsboro and other sect
ions curing the season. 'Season be
gining April the first ' Watch spae
jn next issue for permanent arranged
Children aremuch ..-mbre likely to
ntruot thp. r.nntabions disea5es
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when they have ctlds. Whooping
cough, diptheria, scarlet fever r and
consumption are diseases that aie
often contracted hen the child
has a cold. That is why all medi
cal authorities say beware of colds.
For the quick cure of colds you will
find noihing better; than: Chamber
lains Cough RemedKyItcari' jal?
vays be cepenaed upon -and is
pleasant and safe to take." For sale
,by ALL DEALERS, , - . - :
--'MW .-
jokn a- pflRRis
Dealer ill
raatcbcs anb 3evvclcr? .
All kinds of repair work done on
short notice. - " ';-' "'
ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY
Sylva, N. a . ;" '
C. Go LOGAN
Undertaker and Embalmerf
16 years experience.,
Full Line of Caskets and -Robes.
License No, 6 :'' :.
Phone No. 7 Waynesville, N. C.
F. E. A
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C. C, Buchanan
attorneatXuw : v
Webster, N. '6. ;
While Mr. Alley has : moved , to
Waynesville, he : will i continue to
take active part in the practice of
law at Webster. :' V:, ..
COLEMAN C.XO WAN;
Attorney and Counsellor atiLaw,
WEBSTER, N.;C : ';
DR.S McG UIRE..
DENTISTS.
OfSce : Pharmacy Building,
8YLYA,
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W. R. SHERRJL-L
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Attorney at Law?
Office In Court House,
:v The trustees" ford' Dillsboro and-
v.ownshir
and . went' over the road rom" DUls-
boro toSylva" -s i - f v -
As soon as the" services: of an en-
iueer, can De secured so as to find
the cost; of the two proposed routes,
it- will .be decide as v to route
v In; joint Session Vof trustees 5 for
Dillsboro, Sylva and Cullowhee
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townships, it was mutually agreed
to co-operate in road building as
much as possible . and a committee
of three one from each township,
S. Enloi Dillsboro! F. . Brown
Cullowhee, A. J. Dills, Sylva; was
appointed to secure the services of
an engineer and to . get bids on
bonds. .;" .
From-He number ;of inquiries
from bond dealers it seems it will
be a very easy matter to dispose of
all bonds needed. .
We certainly are 'glad to see this
work pushedwith so much earnest
ness and are assured that we -will
not have to take the mud; for our
travels much longer.
The inquiry has been .made,
"When may we expect roads?" We
feel safe to answer this, that the
present road commission will - push
this road building with, such dis
patch asN will allow sound basis for
Sh aii
tainly require some deep study'"t6
build roads that will stand the wear
and tear of future generations.
HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST
AT CULLOWHEE.
The First Annual contestfor the
public high schools of the western
division will be held at Cullowhee
on Friday, April 4th. There will be
contests in recitation, declamation,
spelling composition and track ath
letics. The track meets and the
contest in composition will be held I
in the atternoon and tne otners in
thp evening. ' (v
.President Reynolds, his faculty
and the citizens of Cullowhee : are
going to do all in their power to
make the occasion a most success
ful one. And there are expected, to
be contestants . from nearly all the
state high0 schools of the district.
T he Western Division consist of
the following counties; , ; Avery
Buncombe, Burke, Cherokeer Gay ,
Graham, HaywoodHenderson, Jack
son, Macon, . McDowell, Madison,
Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain
Transylvania, VV ataiiga" and Yancvt
comprising 33 public high schools.
The recitation contest will be ; open
for girls only. The contest in de
clamation is only open, to boys and
thos in spelling and composition
for, both boys ;and; girls. .;;
X The track meet i will consist of
the following events:; Running high
jump, running h broad jump, shot
put U2 ppundsj 1 , nammer tnrow
pounds) ,101) y ard dash; 220 , yard
aash 40 y ard cfash, and pole vault;
Only bona tide students of the pub-
liehigh schools of. .the district are
eligible tojeriter any, of thecoritestsl
You can say goodbye : to d)nsti:
patibri with' ; ; a f clear conscierice' if
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vbu v use Chamberlam s-Tablets
Many have been permanently cured
by theiroise. For $ sale: by ALL
DEALERS.- - v v - ,v , .
nn from F ? Rnriirf&?ti
we; learn of aserious shooting scrape
jthat occurr eel bhe-hairftileffilow
xuioao, in uneroKee county; bunday
of this. weekr which resulted ; in the
death of Deyerb:, 'HolloKayi'Sruce--
came, orpmeoi Lax
fnvmi
the; shooting, v Rerrtsaffirm;f tn
Hollowaywas flourishing' pistol as
he came upxto a crowdr6f men with
.v- D . :.u. ?, . -, . v ;
Whom Battle was talkingi.and that
Battle drew his gun qtiU6
txxrina nnA iKr. r.f.,i Jr' U t ' '-
n u tucu auu;;.Hv7w ?.J.r: ; :-rf
"cau wim a - licuvy uuluc. noiiu- aeceaseu .va3 unarmeu auu totany i
v' i:..xt..;-L...--.-L .t't;.'.. ' . ' I
wdy iivcu.uui an nour auu a nai
He was about 33 yenrsa and
Bryson City Times.
CONVENTION
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The Jackson Cojnty Sinking Con-
vciiiiuu win meeicu.iuie oiioai
school building the third f Saturday !
and Sunday in April.' Besides -the I
interesting program that'i-will be
rendered according to thatpublisii-
ed in the issue of the .your rial of
March 14, there will be ;:n address
by Hon. Gola P. Ferguson, of Swain
CULLOWHEE MINSTRELS
A number of the young men of ,
JACKSON COUNTY
SINGING
the Cullowhee Normal and Indu8.-R.;a.Samg amihls men. On Mon
rial School hav-formed themselves , day Mf . gams,received reportsof the
into a minstrel show, giving their ';,,. f ,n t ionfa tt
first rpreforrr a nee at Cullowhee
last week. The p' aye i to a large
audiem e at Sylva Saturday evening
There rre some first class voices in !
the troupe and tne singing was very
good indeed, 'lhey go to Canton
this week.
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.Willis L. Moore, chief of the
weather bureau, has resigned. Sec
retary Houston has accepted the
resignation, after a talk with Presi
dent Wilson, to become effective
July 31st:' Professor Moore a dem
ocrat was a candidate for the ap
pointment to the agricultural port
folio in Wilson's cabinet
J. Bragg Keener , has returned
from Atlanta where he recently
graduated at the Atlanta College of
Pharmacy.
Javan Coward, of Caney Fork
spent several days in the city this
week.! , . V
BLOCK SIGNALS.
. Washington, : March 21. Presi-,
dent Finley, of the Southern Rail
way jCmpany announced to-day
thatrwork will be commenced at an.
"early date : on the 1 installation of
automatic electric block signals on t
the line between the CompanyV
Alexandria: termiali " and Orange
Va.a distance; of V seyerityHBight'
miles. r This .system" will - connect
with the automatic block system1 of
the Washington Terminal Company
so that the entire line from .Wash
ington; D.!-C., to' Orange Va, will be
operated under automatic electric
block signals."-; "v-j- vf-v '.vl1
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RESIGNS
woodC $undayaccbrding toj; reports
received from ; that placp, when
Henry Sorrels was shot: a andV killed
atiihe door, of : the churchy by i; his
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cousm,iiaray oorrens. .;
he ' reached
! -;red uponve
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i;timesr three shots taking effect, and
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Those.; who
A7ltnACQfH thf . flffnlT 5flU tllPt tllP
unprepared .or.the affray, that there
notywori passed between the
two men when Hardy. Sorrells open
ed fire Without any warning.
, It is said that there had been a
grudge existing between . the . two
cousins a long time, the nature of
which is not known:
Hardy Sdrrells, the slayer, was
arrested two hours later and is be-
ing held .in the Haywood county
jail bail. having -been refused wit is
said that the assassin was . under
the influence of intoxicants.
Both men are well known in
Waynesville and Haywood county.
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Gazette News. '
Last week was almost a banner
a
r f the Internal Revenue Adeht
OwA&'Vll.W V L i J illlVlt iUliVU UVUVLVi VU.
over his district and this start for
Monday has been kept up, although
on . rf - the
enUre week: Yesterday there were
reports of four seizures,- and now
the week has closed, so far as re
ports are concerned, and the recori
of the first of the week is maintain
ed. - '
A report Saturday from Deputy
Collector Shelton and Special Em
ploye Pritchard told of the seizure
and destruction of six illicit plants
in Franklin and Henry counties,
Virginia; Deputy Collector Hurt-and
Special Employe Weaver report one
seizure in Burke county comes, from
Special Employe D..A. Kariipe; - '
. In addition to these a report wa3
received , Friday afternoon from
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Special Employe Joly of the seizure
of one plant in Cherokee countyt
and Deputy Collector Jenkins re
ported one other near Bennettsville
S.c. ,;.
The officers who got the six
plants in Virginia also report that
they seized two barrels of unstamp
ed whiskey.
v HOW IT'S MADE. X i
The L. & :M. Semi-Mixed5 '; Real
Paint is a pure, paint ; One thou
sand pounds of'; pureA AVhite Leadj
Zinc and Linseed Oil are put togeth
er in an immense mixer; then large
mills grind itaqd machines 'fill it
into cam ead But
the' useradds three quarts mof e
iinsL jto each i gallon to make
1 3-4 galibnsv6f Real Pure Paint for
$1.40 ;per; gaUbnjlt:ls. iheVvery
hiest quity.pdn Syi
va Oast ' Stores 1 -. r.i ii
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Mil OVA Km IEvM
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visited Wednesday night with; thv r -
heaviest rainstorm m "many ; years v:; ;rf : -It'
practically ahiountefrtb af looacl1-, t:"-r J
Many 'bridges in mffer
the : County Were . washed away ; -" - - ;; -
:je lower, rrtion of ; Sylvaanol:
Dillsborowere cbveredb thef rag
ing waters' of 'Scott's Creefc
. Tlier trestle at Sylva was rendexr- s
ea useless ana me; iracK nei wcefiz . ,
Sylva and Beta. was washed -away;-: i:
in many places.- ftom
received alon the line of the . Mur - -7 i
phy divisioh . the Hood seems;:tc
iiiaye been geheral throughoiit thir-'
'
Hay
section, and not less than ten trest -
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les haye been washed-out ; - -
. Communication with . the; upper v
Tuckaseigee aad Savannah sections-v
iSjimpossible, although it js knowa
that at least three of the bridges
across Savannah Creek are gone. '
. The damages in Sylva consisted '
rriostly in the destruction of tht.r
foot bridges across the Creek andx
the washing out of a portion of ' the:- .
side walk between T. C. Bryson's?.- v
storeini the Sylva . Cash store's .
place. ' - . - '
; The basement . of ; the, Gradedii -
School buildirig was 7 flooded ; pt '
ing the heating apparatus - out of : ' . X.V:;l -commission;
so that school was sus-: 4" ' : IV;
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time as if business houses, would te-f' " '
under the water which came up
to the very doors.
,.Jt rained all day Wednesday and V
ail night until about 12:30 wherja.
the flood gates were opened and -ibizs
rain poured in torrents, accompac---led
by heavy wind and a severe elec,
trical storm. . '
It is not' known when the South '
ern will be able to . get a train -through
probably not until nexLi
week. v , I . ;
Reports from Beta are to the - ef
fect that the storm did considerable-
dam age in :I: t c:My. The little- ;
town was flooded and the people
were driven from their homes, wee
men and children being carried out X.
during the night These who suf
fered the greatest loss are i Messrs - j
Daniel and Dillard Bryson7:W. 0- O
Allen and the farmers of Fisher r
Creek. The'fme creek bottoms okcV
Chas. L Allison between Sylva andtc
Beta were damaged to considerably
extent. ' -
MARCH 29.
y- Jackson County Commencemenrr
at the High School Auditorium
WebstehN. C: March 29. Prof. C. Ai .
Smith will deliver an address at 11
A. M. There will be abundance of '
dinner on the founds.' . J . .
. The various, contests -.will take
place in the afternoon. , J-
Thel-public is cordially mvitetf-" .
and a large attendance is expected!;"
7 Mrs. Sara Sherrill has returned to
her home after spending some time
with -her" nghterjMrs. P. W Kin-'
caid' atlDillsboro. :7-'m .
FOR-SEr beautiful
building lots on the east side of .myr
farm, over-looking Sylva, and about: I
twenty acres of very rich 1 land oxr.
the west side: . Geo. P, Milled..:
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