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DEATH OF DAVID OREEN.
David Green, one of Jackson
Counties oldest and best- known
itizens died at his home at Green's
r reek Saturday. While Mr. Green
Jiad been unwen iur scvciai iuuulus
his death came as a . shock to his
friends. The funeral was. held.
ana nis remains iaia to
Green's Creek cemetery ,
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JkIondv aiLCiJuuuii. xi-j leaves
several children amon whom is .
d r dreen of Sylva, as well A as " a
numb.;: oi Inends. ;
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Will be a the W. N. C. Bi t.
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WOBLEY RELEASED.
The negro -Lee Worley who was
-rrested and held awaiting the
fall term of court on the charge of
housebreaking in Connection With
the robbery of Rhinehardt Powell
Company's store Julyhst asked for
a nev hearing and it being granted
established his innocense and was
released by Mayor McGuire. An
other arrest was made in the sume
case Fred Burgiss. another negro,
being taken belore the mayor for
preliminary hearing. The Mapr.
found probable cause and Burgiss
is being held awaiting trial at the
next term ot the Superior Court.
The purpose of this tour by the
children from Oxford Orphanage is
to carry sunshine and gladness into
the hearts of others; and also to en
able the Institution to care for
about 100 children that it could
not care for unles some other means
were provided."
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JOHN fl. PflRRIS
Dealer iti
TSUatcbee anb 3eve!er
All kinds of repair work done on
ihort notice.
ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY'
Sylva, N. C.
C. a LOGAN
Undertaker and Embalmer
16 years experience.
Full Line of Caskets and Robes.
License No. 6
Phone No. 17 Waynesville, N. C.
COLEMAN O: COWAN,
Attorney and Counsellor atlLaw,
WEBSTER, N. C.
DR.S McGUlRE.
DENTISTS. .
Office : Pharmacy Building,
SYLVA, N. O.
W. R.iSHERRlLL
Attorney at Law.
Rev. T. F. Deitz,
Bryson City, N. C.
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E HOMICIDES IN
MAY LOCATE BU RE i SIXTEEN
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Greater Western North Carolina 1 Waynesville, July, 7.-.With the
association is now making iQ cf- largest number of serious Teases on
fort to secure the settlement in t! is docket any judge ever faced at
section of the Summer Home . Cu. , . . u , ' T ,w
e . one time m Hay wood county, Judge
ny company of St. Petersbui, FloJ l
If this colony is landed ic v:! 1 parluni S. Furguson convened the
mean the expenQiture in this sec- iJuly tejnn of the superior court
j ion witlun the next year or two kj( hcie today. There are five murder
. nvpr a half millinn if Hnllnr nri on nn& oa A
vtvjv.o auu uut tact kjl a . LCliJ j lCVI
criminal assault on docket.
Rev. G. N. Cowan, Greenwood, S. C.
JUDGE CARTES STOPS
' SALE OF BONDS
MM HAN DROWNED
IN LIIMBEB1ILLP0N0
Waynesville, July 8. About 6
awassee Valley Jail way Co received j o'clock yesterday eveniug Brown
a backset Saturday when Judge 'Dean, aged 22 aii employe of
The people who are backing the Hi-
over a nait million ot dollars.
between 100 nd 200 families v..li
be brought hee annually fur tc j
sVimmer season. Col. Sanford K. j
Cohen, the manager of the csjociu-
tion. left last nidht for Jacknvilic -Innfi Lee Wells at a school
The case of Waldo McCracken
Robertson Rogers, charged with
com-
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to meet a committee from the organ i fmencement at Clyde in March 1912.
zition, and this committee v ii, wll atiract much attention, Rog-
ome here on Wednesday o '
week for a general inspection
the propositions that are
throughout the section.
This colony company is
composed of 60 families
Petersburg, made up of the ;
no a
of
e:s and McCracken have be 3.1 tried
cvii;e. The first trial, in Ji lv, 1912.
i rFSiiltpd in a mistrisl aftpr :hp inrv
had been out four days, te.: stand
ing for conviction and two for ac-
uiuittaL -The second triti was in
ueuuie ui 111c riuiiua city, vuu lni. j , .
A . u 1 Foushee, eleven
Frank Carter issued . an injunction j the Waynesville Lumber Company
restraining the sale of the $75000
was drowned in arpand near -the
in bonds voted by Valley township piant where he wprKerl He came
in Cherokee county for the purpose j here about four montris ago from
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WEBSTKR, N. C.
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Webster, N. C.
While Mr. Alley has moved to
Waynesville, he will continue to
take acdve part in the practice of
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of constructing this railroad.
It is set forth in the complaint
that an alleged election" was held
in Valley township on June 2nd for
fthefrilfprtt
sum of $75,000, by virtue of the
special local laws incorporating the
Hiawassee railroad. ThecDmplaint
states that on advice and belief the
proper notices of the election were
not posted for the election; that the
alleged registrars and judges of the
election were not appointed and
qualified accordingto the law: that
the election was held, or an attempt
was made to hold it, by divers per
sons not qualified to do so; and that
it was otherwise irregular, illegal
and contrary to the rules and regu-
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lations as provided for the election
of county officers by the general
laws of the state.
It it then further statod that as
a result of this alleged election the
defendants are attempting to sell
bonds in the sum of $75,000 ol"
Valley township to be donated or
subscribed to the above named rail
road; that Clay county is alleged to
have subscribed or donated $75,000
to the railroad, to be raised by the
selling of bones; and that the "rail
road is only authorized to issue
capital stock to the of $125,000. or
$25,000 less .than is purported 'to
have been subscribed of donated "by
this township and county, not to
mention the individual, stockhold
ers, who are supposed to hoia stock
in the company.
It is then alleged in the complaint
that the plamun and other lfee
holders and taxpayers oi-Valley
to wnsnip would Deneaviiy-taxed
and irrepairably injured by the sale
of these bonds, wherefore the re
straining order was asked..
Tne issurance ol . this restraining
order will probably hold up the op
erations in biiilding the road lor
some time, if not permanently. The
The bonds of Valley township were
to have been sold today, the com
missioners of the county having ad
vertised for bids to be opened to
day in Murphy..! tit had been an;
nounced Jty the . promoters that
jyprk on the road would begin; im
mediately. . :
C. C, Buchanan
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Tennessee whera'Jbfe wal to return
in about two weeks to be married.
according to a statement x ot one of
When the ddy's work washished
yesterday, Dean with several com
panions went to this pond for a
swim, although on their arrival the
others refused to go in and warned
Lean not to go. He went in saying
to the men on the bank that he
was going to cry for help and pre
tend 10 be drowning. In a very
lew minutes after going into the
water, he uid cry lor help and was
seen to rise and sink two or three
times, but his companions only
laughed at him, thinking of course,
that he was . carrying out his jest
When it was realized that he was
in trouble and several men made
erlorts to get to him. he was found
to be dead.
While driving a very , spirited
h6rse this morning Hugh Love, a
young man living near here, was
thrown iiom his seat, when the
horse became Inghtened at an ob
ject in the road, seriously hurting
his back, 'i he injured was removed
to his home nearby. Gazette News.
HATTLESNAKL'S VENOM
LAIUS TWO DEATHS
Hendersonville, July J Venom
from the langs oi rattlesnakes has
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caused two aeains in swiit succes
sion in? Last Hendersonville. Miss
Lilly Liverett, daughter of Rev.
Udhn Livereti of Last Henderson
villt, the nrst victim, died Sunday
and yesterday, the day of her fun
eral, young btepp, aged 12 died.
Miss Liverett who was about 20
years of age, was bitten Saturday
last, while wailung in a road near
her home. Medical attention was
promptly summoned but efforts ao
combat the poison failed. -
The Stepp lad met his end under
almost similar circumstancse. He
was playing in the same' locality
Sunday, when a rattler struck himi
Immediately he gave the alarm and
jurors, by consent
s,. counsel. . After a few nours de
liberation, this jury rendered a ver
dict of guilty and the defendants
were sentenced to three years in
the State's prison. An apfeal was
taken to the Supreme Court on the
ground that trial by only eleven ju
rors was unconstitutional, even with
the consent of the defendants. The
court ordered a new trial.
The entire State will be more or
less interested in theoutcome of
mentor tte colony, ip thebuiW- r . T "" ne,ou.. .
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Avery, a prominent banker,
president, and is capitalized a: $50,-
000. The organization is young.
and it is stated by the promoters
that the membership will reach
200 or more families within a very
short time in fact, as soon as a
location is secured for the colony.
It is one of the most attractive de
velopments that this section has
yet undertaken to secure.
The capital stock of the company
will be used in general improve-
physicians were called, but yester
day he died in agony. The funeral
is set for this afternoon. Gazette.
laying out of grounds, and each
member of the organization will
build a handsome home in the colo
ny. It is guaranteed that $25,000
will be expended the first year in
community improvements, and at
least 60 residences will be built
Avery conservative estimate of
the cost of these residences is.
placed dt $5000 each, and many of
them will cost a great deal mor
This would therefore insure the ex
penditure of over $300,000 the first
year the colony is established. In
succeeding years other general im
provements will be made from thet
central fund, , and additional resi
dences will be constructed by new
members.
The company, it is understood,
had practically decided on a propo
sition that had been made at EUija,
Ga., when the association here got
in touch with the officers. Some
very attractive propositibils have
been made for this section, and' it
is believed that the colony will be
secured for Western North Carolina;
; 100 ACRES OFFERED.
One of. the offers that have been
made is that by James E. Rector,
who has offered free of all charge,
100 acres of land near Hot Springs.
This plot of land is ideally situated
for such a colony and it is under
stood that if more land becomes
necessary for the colony in future,
that the offer made by Mr. Rector
will be supplemented by others.
The itinerary of the committee
which is to come to this section for
a general inspectiod, has been arr
ranged tentatively as ' follows:
Wednesday Saluda and Henderson
ville; Thursday, Marshall and Hot
Springs; Friday Dillsboro and Sylva
Saturday Waynesville and Canton;
TheTollowing Monday and Tuesday
Buncombe, and Transylvania coun
ties. : -
Each of these places, it is under
stood, has attractive propositions
to make to the company and there
seems little doubt that the St
Petersburg people ; will be , located.
at one of these pornts.--Gazette
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tie 5 year old grandchild. The
body of the child was found five
weeks after its disappearance, in a
cave on Ad Tate mountain, where
apparently it had been shut in by
a rock wall to staave and freeze to
death. This is considered the most
brutal crime in the history of Hay--wood
county.
; Hardy Sorrells, who is charged
with the killing of his cousin, John
Sorrells, with a 32-calibre pistol, on
Easter Sunday, near Fairview
church three miles west of Waynes
ville, will face a jury on the charge
of murder. -He has employed for
mer Attorney General R. D. Gilmer
and his son Branner Gilmer, to de
fend him.
Jim Christopher.of DutchCove is
charged with killing his cousin, Will
Christopher, who died in a hospit
al m Asheviue on July 29, three
days afterjhe was shot it is alleged,
by Jim with aj 12 guage shotgun!
The defendant escaped and has not
been captured.
Six homicides have 'committed
in Haywood county within sixteen
months.
v Ira "Jones will probably be ar
raigned at this term of court on a
charge of having killed Fill McClure,
who was found dead on the road
side in this county a week or two
ago. News and'Observer.-
DAVID B- BR0WNIBE-ELEC7ED.
The County board.iof education,
met in the regular July session at
Webster Monday and among .other
important business re-elected the
present efficient Superintendent oi
Public Instruction, David H.
Brown to succeed himself in that
capacity. The County Board of
Education is now composed of the -following
gentlemen M. Buchanan, .
Robt L. Madison and T. L. Jamison
tar. Jamison having been elected
by the General Xssembly; of 1 913 i
to succeed Yf;R: SherrilL ; V
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