.- , .-
r ' .
VOL. I NO. 7
sylva;:r af
:'-?l'.00 THE YEAR IN' ADVANCE
THE LADIES QF-THE SYLVA BAPTIST CHUkCH, . "
request the honor' of your presence
at the
r . ' .- . ; ;
marriage of their daughter ;
HARRIETTA WILSON TOM THUMB
to
MR. CARLO CUFTON HILLTOP
on
SATURDAY EVENING JULY
the ninteenth at half after eight o'clock
. BAPTIST CHURCH
Sylva, . North Carolina
For the benefit of the Baptist Church.
Admission 25cts. Children 15cts.
-
m
.i-
"V.
A GREAT MEETING;
I have been repeatedly requested
by my friends Doctor Ridley of
Atlanta, and Rev. Thad F. Deitz of
gryson City, to inform the readers
of the Journal, particularly those
residing in Jackson and contiguous '
counties, about the Western North ;
Carolina Bible Conference to be'
held at Sylva for ten' dayf and
nights, beginning August 2nd
Approximo. . . , j
I, myself know precious little of j
the Bible and practice mfinitel y
less of it, but always on sober,
second thought I am an . orthodox
jeliever in the divinity of it and
would not have my children be
jjeve otherwise for any earthly
consideration. I am not only con
cerned that my own blood should
be believers but that the rising
generation should learn that the
Bible is not only the central sun in
the universal system of literature,
but that it is the revelation of 7 the
Divine Will toward man. it is at
this very point that men partways
,-beconie believing or skeptical, fQm this night on they will realize an or child in reach should
faithful or agnostic, orthodox or i n-; that Dart of rhe destiny of America single day.
fidelic. It is whether the Bible is lies in their daily perusal of tnis The nights will beget apart for
me mere pi uuui ui uuuitui lutej,
lect alone unaided, or whet
her the Bible is stamped with
divine authority, is animated by
tve life eternal and holds for man
the issues of life and death.
Our learned ai:d Christain-Presi-dent
Mr. Wilson in an address
delivered recently in the city, of
lui!iTt4'ii.:iiap
SjUIGlDE BY SHOO illiO. The rgna
f : : - I nett as pastor of the Sylva': Baptist
W. W. Allison of South Solja, .church which was tendered Jhe;
6nia, who Jias been in the city - church Sunday, morning comes as
abbuttwo months seeking to regain 1 a surprise jo the church and the-
hishealth, attemDted smcii2 i-3t ,
. . - t 1 10 taae euect uuui ine nrsi 01 ucio-
night about 7 pclock in his rpom Mr Bennett: making it that
in the Monarch hotel. He biot ; Wav in order to ive the. church
.1 I vj- -
himself over the right' eye with a , plenty of time for consideration. .
32 calibre revolver, the bullet peue-j Mr. Bennett has - been pastor of
trating the brain. The injured6 church -for nearly
, . . A . three years, coming here in Decern-
man was taken immediately to the bef 19n; he
Mission hospital and was attended ved the churcn and tpwn
by Dr. Arthur F. Reeves. It was'sdentiously'and to the best of hi
1
- : . .
miss a
Denver, said: , I ask of every mail days stiidy-of the toipWes
and woman:'WtBfliha
mm
sreat book of revelations that if
they would see America , free and
pure they will make their own spi
1 its free and pure by this baptism
of the Holy Scriptures."
It is precisely a faith such our J
great President here evinces-tnat
this Bible Conferenceproposes to
develop; and incuhiate, r a ten
JOHN d. PflRRIS
Dealer ia
HHatcbee anb 3evveleri?
All kinds of repair work done on
short notice.
ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY
Sylva, N. C.
G. G. LOGAN
Undertaker and Embalmer
J 1I6 years experience
Full Line of Caskets and Robes.
License No, 6 1
Phone No. 17 Waynesville, N. C.
stated today that he is still uncoa- ability. He is universally esteem
scious and that little' hope is eiuci- ed and loved by the people he has
tained for his recovery. .
in the injured man s roc. were JCS BDRTflMS IMEN
found two sealed letters, uac aa-j yrino rfD IIIlDnCIl
dressed to Mrs. Allison at South UU itAKu l Utl FtlUttuLll
Solon, and the other to Miss Janet j KEGRO PLEADED GUILTY CfV CHARGE
Jackson at Tryon. Telegrams tell-! OF SHOOTING.
ing of the attempted suicitLe
COLEMAN C. COWAN,
Attorney and Counsellor atiLaw,
WEBSTER, N. C.
DR.S MeCUIRE.
DENTISTS.
Ofa.ce : Pharmacy Building,
BYLYA, N. O.
W. R.iSHERRJLL.
Attorney at Law
Office In Court Houm,,
WEBSTER. N.VC.
r,E,AUey C.CBuchan
a nan '
Httornei2satluw :
Webster, N. O.
While Mr. All
.j uuo 1UUVCU . UI
waynesville, he will continue to
T ac.tive part in the practice of
Webster, r -
keen and
Wm .1 Rrvan. who are
penitrative observers of the signs
of the times, that "fie faith once
delivered to the saints" if not now
on the decline ' s in great danger oi
it. Great assemblies and chantau
quas of national and international
scope are being held for the prime
purpose of preventing this decline
and for the re ;toration of the faith
of the fathers.
Eery local community c nnot
have access to t-ese great religious
convocations, and it is for this
very reason that the Western North
Cirolina' Bible Conference is bein,
established. It is to afford all the
people of Jackson, Macon Swain,
and other neighboring . counties to
hear the Holy Scriptures expound
ed fftm the true Pauline, orthodox,
Wangelical standpoint, by the
most competent of authority; it is
to point the people to he ancient
illumined paths, and- to txhort
them to heed the divine injunction
to "Search the Scriptures" which is
of no less importance. I repeat no
less importance: the Bible itself is
authority for the statemeat that
"The Scriptures are so plain that a
fool though a wayfaring man need
not err therein." A plain, unletter
ed' man can learn the truth and
save himself by the help of the
Holy Scriptures which he is fitted
to understand. Now I am going to
use the good old social pronoun W
and ask question: If we, that includes
I all the ministers excepted. If we
would read the Bible just plainly,
simply.faithfullyin the manner of the
wayfaring mail and our forefathers
and mothers, and one half as dili
gently and zestfujly as we read the
current newspaper and fiction,
would we know any more about.it?
Now it is the province of this Con
ference not to answer any question
of mine but to discuss similar vital
phases of this great subject
x Now the days will be devoted to
this kind of employment the study
6f the Scripture and noman, wom-
were
sent to each of these parties by
Chief of Police Lyerly. but nothing
has been heard from either. An
other letter to Manager Yellia of.
the Monarch was found in Allison's
pocket, which seems to explain in
a disconnected way his, rash act
The letter was as follows:
Mr. Yellin: Tell my family at
Solon, Ohio. They will pay you
and Mr Mdre. I can only .write
we askthat youmt
nf'u'iM sassatmd with v one t larceny
Queen of Sheba test. -But you knows a 1. The 'sfnflft Hni v.w - -
- OO . I VXitl J.
t 1 .
revival services and hey ten nights
promises to constitute greatest
religous awakening since the sacred
and historic campineeSngs of our
grandmothers.
There will be' present amoble ar
ray of the finest preaching .talent
these - mountains have produced.
That's saying a largeng but all
you
might take our word for it, so you
might !
To start with we are going to
have our own boys our mountain
triumvirate-Deitz, Cowan and Rid
leyof whom every man, woman
and child in Jackson, Macon and
Swain are albut whimsically par
tial and zealously proud. Proud of
them because they stepped, off in
life on the right foot, "chose the
better part," if you please, and have
proven pure gold through every
trial of Christian manhood and, de
spite the caprices of circumstances
or lortune. have hnilHpH eaoh o
stainless and influential name.
How incomparably grander these
young careers than those laid under
tribute to appetite, passion or avar
ice. And it all depends, my young
friend, on the first step, and wheth
er that step leads into the hateful
valley of the dragon" or to the
sunlit delectable mountains." This
great meeting will help you to de
cide on this step.
And we are goingvto have some
of the biggest old-time gospel ora
tors that we can rake and scrape
from off." We are going to have
Dr. Rich of Georgia, and Dr. Bird
our own genial, consecrated,eloquent
Dr. Bird of Greensboro, and others
and others. And the thing's going
to be Baptist and Methodist and
any "ist" that believes in God and
thinks ,it could repent and live
In Superior court this morning,
Jack Burton, the negro who killed .,
two negro women in a dance hall,
on South French Broad avenue sev
eral months ago, pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree and
was sentenced to serve 30vyears
each case, at hard labor in the
State prison, the sentence to be con
curent ....
The remainder of the morning
session was taken with, the cases, .
against John Dill, he being charged v
with retailing in several cases, with
better.
And Thad Deitz is going to be
boss and there's going to be no kick
coming for everybody loves Thad in
these mountains from "Shut In to
"Bone Valley and from Clingman's
Dome to "Chunky Gal."
And Sylva folks taken like Joe
Messer took took the Lord "up orje
side and down the other" are as
"clever" as any and they are going
to open their doors and let them
stay open, and they are going-to
do their very best to" make' their
neighbors and the stranger feel at
home.
but I have done right Have pray
ed since January 1 that God would
help me quit drinking and have
prayed since I came from home
to be delivereo! from bad women.
God has answered my prayers, but
still I have failed. Life has been to
hard, struggling and 'misfortunes,
ever since a long time ago at Nia
gara Falls. My spirit won't last
I have been praying. I know God
wont hate me. I have as Matthew,
said, forgive your enemies, and God
will forgive me. If men con
demns me for the wrong I . have
done God won't. My heart is al
most breaking now with sorrow for
the suffering of my family but God
Tmows I have tried to help myself.
0, my dear family."
It is also learned from people
who had been in touch with Alli
son's affairs that he was in bad
financial condition and had been
worrying considerally over this.
Gazette.
Sylva has a fine hall, well lighted
and ventilated and the people will
have their comfort and happiness
carefully looked after.
Now this initial Conference is
already an assured success. It is
going to be the greatest religious
meeting in thirty years, but the
management headed by Revs.
Deitz, Cowan and Ridley are 'es
pecially desirous that the farmers
and their wives and children begin,
now, to prepare to attend every
session and service of the Confer
ence. This Conference is for you
and for all. It is your Conference.
I have written in the interest-of
my family, neighbors and the public.
For programs of the Conference
write Rev. J. M. Bennett, Sylva,
or other information, M. D. Cowan,
Sylva, or Rev. T. F. Deitz, Gener
al Manager, Bryson City.
. : - Sincerely yours, -; , v"'':
x James H. Cathey.
Yesterday afternoon Albert Hast
ings, a resident of Ohio, but who
has been living in Black Mountain
for several weeks, was before the
court on a charge of criminal as- "
sault, and after hearing the evidence
the judge gave the young man until
next Friday to leave the state.
Pink Patton pleaded guilty in
two cases charging him with retail- -ing
and was taxed with the costs
and required tolshow good behavior
for the next three years.
The case of H. L Nettles was
taken from the record Qf criminal
term, the court holding it was a
civil case.
GREATER W.'N. t A SSI. TO MEET
' WEDNESDAY JULY 15TH 1931.
A meeting of the directors of the
Greater Western North Carolina As
sociation has been called for July
24 tn. ine meeting win De neia m
Asheville, but the hour or place of
meeting have not yet been decid
ed on, and further notice will b j
mailed to the directors on these
points, meantime we understand
that Mr. W. W. Finley, the Presi
dent of the Southern Railway Com
pany, who will be in Asheville at
this date, will be the principal
speaker at the Association meeting,
and that matters of much interest
to the whole of Western North Car
olina will be taken under consider
ation. ; There will no doubt be a full at
tendance of the directors of the
Associaiton, and many who are not
directors, but who are interested in
the progress and development of
our country, will make it a point to -be
present, as the meeting will not -be
limited to directors alone, and
members of the Association will be
heartily welcome
Those of US' who know the deep
interest taken by Mr. Finley in
eveiything that tends to the wel
fare of Western North Carolina look
forward with pleasurable anticipa
tion to his visit and it is to be hop
ed that the deep interest he takes
in our welfare, and the development
of ' our natural resources, will be
more than reflected by the .corres
ponding interest evidenced by a
large and representative gathering -of
Western North ; Carolinians to ;
welcome him on the occasion of his
! Visit. 'V. v- .-' , .v ;
. - . 1
. r 1
9 --;-
if.-
'M
; -'
'. t
.?:- if
" ' " : . :
1
Hi:
ft:
1 9
i:
f. ;
t
9
A
0".
1
.t
VA i'
lit
' -4 '. I -
' 4 ''- '
s - !
. t
- K.
... -
- -A