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An act toIIoyf ' the; citizens of
Toson Countoexpresstheit
WU1 (nceriP?mov
al of the coumy, seat ,01 jacuu
county from tte' town- ot Wehster
to the town of Sylya m said county,
a tn remove' the connty seat if a
majority of the u rdf
the county shall .favor it; and .to
levy a special taotf r
-1. -kii'r rinilSft
nf a new v;uvxv rr:. v , ,
The General AssemDiyr 01 nuriu
CaioVir a do enact: 3 ;.!7;
Section 1. Thatvtnee snau ; ue
, tr thf nualified voters of
the County of Jackson at an elec
tion hereby called anq: nxea, w oe
held on tne seguuu
May in the year one tnousano, nine
hunared and thirteen onthe; ques
tion of the removal oi , me couiiiy
seat of said county of Jackson from
the town of Webster to the town of
Sylva in said county; at wmcn saia
Plection all qualified, voters favor
:nd SUch removal of the county seat
from Webster to tne town oi oyiva
shall vote a written or printed bal
lot with the words Tor Removal!:
thereon, and all qualified voters op
posed to such removal shall vote a
written or primcu vcuijl
words "Against Removal" thereon;
and if a majority of .the qualified
voters at said electidn shall' be , for
removal then the county-seat .: of
said county of Jacn shaU be at
f ylva, and- the puhUcarrre
cords and books :and,public business
required to be done at the county
eat shall be transferred from the
JOHN fl. PflKRIS . ;
Dealer in 'yr.-i ' .
Matcbcs anb Jeweler
All kinds of repair work done on
short notice. y
ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY
Sylva, N. C. ; . -'
C. G. LGGAN
Undertaker andEmbalmer
16 years experience, ; ; :
Full Line of Caskets and Robes,
license No, 6 "
Phone Nor 7 Waynesville, N. C,
E. AUey
C. C, Buchanan
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Jllletj & SRuckanan,
HttorneueatOLuw ; ;
Webster, NvO.. v '
While Mr. Alley has moved to
Waynesville, he will: cpntmue toj
take active part in the practice of
law at Webster.
COLEMAN C.XOWAN,
Attorney and Counsellor atitaw,
webster,n;c
DR McGUIRE.
DENTISTS.
Offloe : Pharmacy Building,
W. R. SHERRlLiL.
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19155- --- iAPRIL 9ia:, i
SUN. HON. TOE . WED. THU. FHI v' SAlV l,
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EH
;J mt :the Jatfer place are-iomplet
ea ana received ov tnec proper om
cers, as heremaftercmore particular-
y provided. ' r .
That the 'electiori shall . be i held
and in all respects conducted under
the general law as now' existing pro
viding for and regulating the :elec-
tion of members of the General As-1
sembly of North Carolina, except as
herein otherwise may be specially
provided that at least forty days
before' the said second Thursday in
May, one t'aousand, nine hundred
and thirteen, the county board of
eiectibns of said county of Jackson
shall meet and appoint a registrar
and two judges for each voting pre
cinct in said county, and the, duties
of the board of elections for ; said
county in respect to this, election,
and the penalties. imposed for any
failure'or default of duty,- shalL in
all respects be v tne same as those
imposed under the gemeral law for
the election, of members of the
GeneraTAssembly of North TCaroli
ha; unless othemise herem: provid
ed: that the. duties of - theTegisirars
and judges and the-rpenalties ; im--posed
for failure or def aiilt to vper
form any duty in connection with
this election shall be" and vthey aire
hereby made , the . same ; as thdse
provided in the general law for 'the
election btmembers to the General
Assemblyof this State; ; and -they
hold' the said election :in v the same
manner, except " that the.: day ' for
hearing challenges Xshall be v pn
Wednesday instead of Monday pre
ceding the election; that ; the .regis
ter of deeds of said county "of Jack
son shall deliver over tox the regis-
trar of the respective, precincts ; the
registration rksjahdone poll' book
used by such precinct; at the : Nov
ember election, one . thousand nine
hundred and twelv,e, and t shall
not be necessary for1 ahy ejector
who .was : duly registered .. at " saio!
November electiorf to re-register for
this ; election and the fudges and
restrars ;shall not, be -j required ) to
:V I keep more than cue poll bccli - for
, t.T
appoinbrief IMitno
tnri mpptind ?nf ;thA hnrH : f
! county canvassers as a member
thereof and shall deliver to such
member. the returns from suchre
ci net who shall -hay e been so -ap:
pointed and the members so ap
pointed from' the respective pre-
cincts, together with the " county
board of elections, shall consdtute
the board- of county canvassers for
the purposes of.canvassing and de-:
daring the resuliN of the election;
and such canvassing board -. shall
meet in the court house in Webster
at noon oh the first Monday follow
ing the said election and shall can
vass said vote and declare the . re;;
suit and under . the hand- of their
chairman and-secretary shall file: a
. . .
certified copy, of the result of their
canvass with the register of deeds
and the clerk of : the court of said
county who shall record the said
returns as in case . of general elec
tions for members of the General
Assembly, and if a majority of the
votes cast at such election shall be
or removal, then it shall be the
duty of o the "Register of; Deeds to
notify, the oonimittee; hereinafter
named in section c--1- ' ' of
the said result;lthat aU the qualifi
cations, duties and penalties for the
failure to perform any1 duty -hereunder
andim'conhection with said
election by; any- person or officer
are hereby made the same as if an
election for members of the - Generr
al 'Assembly f NoM Carolina were
being tiela Provided, that the Regis-
irars appoint ei hereunder fbrthe sev
eral voting precinctsT.of said county
shall purge the registration books
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names :of all , persons . deceased, re-
moved or who may not-! have irpaid
then-, poll tax bn- or by. May first.
one thousand nine hundred : and
thirteen, for the year one "thousand
nine hundred "and twelve; and it
shall be the duty . of the sheriff " of
said county before the day of said
election to furnish to each Registrar
a sworaistatemeht of the names of
all p5rson3 eho'wn by his one thou-
(Continued on pae 8)
lor Jackson was celebrated in tVeb-
r;l&Satoday;cvVIhe largea
tendahce and-'the V interesf'55tiowh
giVe thcse ai its heliri reason to be-
iieve nat ine enierpnse , wiu uc u
:'. At 19-4rtHK niApHnfJ was called "
V- i - jl iLJj.:;-i; : Ti.:tj frV!-. t.'.vw-
Pmf R'T, MHi nmnminced the f
invocation after twhlcfrMr:, Brown
made: a.;few ; remarks .explaining
Dixrnrtnio1 A c5tWf.-wKnKo i
been: principal; df. -the. Dillsbory
scliool delivered an.raddfes?, which ;
'-wntinn ;i
At-42:45every one partook of the
abundance' of ; dinner - prepared; by
Webster's" hospitable r-g6;;;pmeri
and servedVin ihe; open ;air ( just in
front'of the school -house. -
rln the afternoon, ; the gathering
was delightfully entertamed b: the
fbliowipg program? v'lA:
; ; ' Song-The Old Norths State.
CDecloinato
v Master James AsherMBetsye and
I Are Out Once More" Sylva. ' .
'y Master;George HeddenWebster
HowRuby Playeo
Masted
niveral aiti5y4'
Y.f J1USC 1133 JUiUUiy ili.Uii.CCi
Miss Jessie Leatherwobd, Dillsbord
Naughty Zell." o
y lfiss wRuth ' Allison, Webster--"Miss
Dorothy Entertains The Min
ister , 'vv-.;.
Miss Laura HoweUQualla---MThe
JLegend of Vermont a ; - i
. Miss Rebecca Cathey,: Sylva
"The Disaster" " : 'v.;-v;
Miss Blanche Fisher, Beta r
"(iippled Joe" . v 1
"V : Music-r-Miss Ruth " Allison,
Webster ' .- K:-y..--yn1h S:
'. Spelling Contestr ;v-. v
. Miss Mamie BrysonrBeta. ' ; v ,
Miss Myrtle Reedetal ;
Master Wjll Pane, Dilbbbrq: ; t
Master Lawrence Kee.vef, : Dills-
DOTO. ? - . ; -; C ri: y:z.
Master Frederic Moore; Webster,
; Miss Icie Buchanan, Webster. '
Master Alex Ashe. Sylva.
Miss-Pearle Long, Sylya. ,? : ;
Music Misses Inez v Cathey and
Inez Weaver. 'yr-': V' v
The medal v for v declamation
tieth;;Dillsboro, that for recitation
to Miss Jessie Leatherwood Dillsbo
rd ' Miss Pearle ; Long:; won Tthe
medal for spelling. :"- r " ;:; :
All the .contestants ; . were from
the' seventh grade. X - . '":
The j udges selected before hand
were all from but of the; County but
were 'imahle to reach here because
of bad; railway: service. -The judges
for the contests were then selected
from : the teaching forces 7: of .the
several schools as follows: - '
': ' Prof. C: Smith, Dillsboro; ;
! Miss Willie Cherry, Webster. ;
Mr V: V. Hooper, Beta;: : .
; G Taylor Hampton; Sylva. y
V Mrl John- Reed, Greens, Creek
smterested) vt; : v i'x; ' x
f nR. shope is beadSSi i
l -: We regret to learn of . the death
of Mr. Vance Shope,of Bryson City
N. d; which occurred at the. home
of Mr. J. ' H;x Mashburn in-North
Franklin at 3 o'clock last Thursday;
morning.; . Mr. Shope had a .: stroke1.
of naralysis . come weeks ao ana
Was under Dr. Lyle's treatment and
was improving, but he had another
ctroke Wcdnccday,- caticin hb
dcath?rcii!illn Precso -
the: purpose of the Commencement
whichis to create interest m1, wisn-ro-
scholarship andromote itvin . e entertain the glimmer : visitors,,;,! f ; :
iiublics
ylvax: qntheQ-pa;lft;'-- :3
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oliiiBEtPUOUSnE&i;:; ;
-The Greater Western ,North' Car-, t . r
olina -Association Us 'preparing rav vt - j
booklet td be distributel ttoughoutf - ' "J- r r
thesbti'east and west, concerning '1; 7 , x ,V - .
westernNorth. Carolina and giving; VrT w v -names
and location of '. persons c! , r.
Willi AvhAnf Ia n"iUnVnmiiAv4Arflt!i - -i 1 - 7
jt tvariAimuuaic luu,, , fc
ItniS'Season. 5 ? We are mreceint of a. -
irom tne manager.oi,lne vA-",: ,
tioS;.Cpanfordl -CoKen;.- . . ' s.'
askms tat .nformat,qn beent; .to.... -; ,;,y.,
to.uie ouice oj xne Associauon mt,' - v ;
suminer, -wme at once 10 tne omce
of the Greater Western North.Caror,
V"lal T6''
?bout V0 Pe, location, advant- :
,and the number of people -you.- ..
can Keep. mis is exceiieiii aaver , .
tisihg and will cost you nothing, as; v ,.
Jackson county is a member of the .
sociatipn.;Write the letter : to
day as the publication of the boolt
let cannot' be delayed, - f v.
V4 ,
FIRE DRILL
The: boys of the Sylva;; Flre . de-
partment demonstrated their ability -x
to cope;with? the V raging cflames
WednesdayTnit;l'when Chief A: Jir:
Dills'sentah rthe alarm: that ;tha ' ' , "
JoumrOffic:was afiriBrvThe boyb v.
given; Some rof the citizens of the
town . were scared nearly Jout of :
their boots and whenthey discover -r
edxhat there was really tno fire ' ,
uimjung mat it was , an 'April jool . :
2 days late, tried to Jdclrup a riirfl f ;
piM'HoWevW.'.when'.- tliey: found
that it was only a neccessary prac
tice, they relented and every s body y
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went home with a smile on his face
singing the braise3 of the lire' Iad-V j
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WEEK END HOUSE PARTY. ;
f; Coll S. A Jones will be the . host
at a house party which he will give : !
bVeek end-at his camp, ; "Ruby, -City,!
near Willets. -- The party will
be attended by. fritndsof Col Jones' :
jfrom Atlanta and Chicago and he J
has invited several of his Asheville :
friends out for the ; occasion. Coi; ,
Jones house parties arewell; known,
events in the social "circles of the. J '
ritv l" Thft "p.vftnt "nfnfnifS- much.
ALIENS PAY PEKALTY
After a dramatic fight . for life;
Flbyd Allen arid ; Claude Swansoa ;
Allen were electrocuted at -Rich
mond, March 28th for - the shooting
lip of the court ' at ' Hillsville, Va
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ast,Marcli;:':.v:' C '
Goyerribr; Mann had, refused to
commute the sentences of the; two
condemned men, but while he was i
but of the state they appealed to . -the
acting governor. 1 "When Gov V
Mann learned ' 61 . the- ruse he4 hur- f
ried back to Virginia soil and wired
the authorities; that he was in Vir-v :
giniav :;The;;mandate of the couttv
was carried out and the two Aliens
paiotthe penalty. .
i .Ralph ; Ugdon . of . ' Tuckaseigep - -spent
Tuesday hi Sylva. , 1 - - :
;V;;yfe'chare the eddrcrcf ' 7 2zz '
Bcccie 1 Hooper from Apclia Vc x '
Dinwiddle Va 1
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