VOL. I NO. 7
SYLVA, N. C., JULY25,1&13
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
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Jvilling Two, Injur
ing Others. Build
ing Demolished
Shortoff, N. C. July 22.
Miss Ella Wright and Mrs. Turn1
j,er cr clils place we e instantly kil
led and Mrs. Taylor Norton Mrs.
jule Philips and Mrs. Galloway
were saiuu&iy injured and a num
ber oi oi hers were shocked when
o siroKe oi iightn ng compl tely de-noiib-tfd
uie Shortoff school house
SariQc-y- .
X c j ireg Hion ha gathered in
th
nous
for the Sunday
pleaching service woen
oi lig tiling came killing
the 5uuij
two P'-ti
every i-:
and injuring neany
injuring
in the building.
1 lie sciiuo
1 house was so badly
damages tnat it cannot be repaired.
It is L ei.ctQ Uiai ailthose who
were hi i allied out right will - re
cover although the three who were
seriously injured are still in a cjLi
cal condition.
Du. L. Hannah
PHYSICIAN AISO SURGEON
OFFICE OVER DRUG STORE
RESIDENCE PHONE .t4it
BILLSBORO.S. C.
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fellas tt&m
JOHN R. PflERlS
Dealer in
TOatcbes anb 3eveler"
All kinds of repair work done on
short notice.
ENGRAVING A SFECIAUIY
Sylva, N. C. ,
C.XL LOGAN
Undertaker and Embalmer
P 16 years experience
Full Line of Caskets and Robes.
License No, 6
Phone No. 17 Waynesville, N. C.
COLEMAN C. COWAN,
Attorney and Counsellor atLaw,
WEBSTER, N. C.
DR.S McGUlRE.
DENTISTS.
Office : Pharmacy Building,
SYLVA, N. O. V
W. R. ;SHERR1LL.
Attorney at Law:
Office In Court House.
"WEBSTER, N. C.
. E, Alley
C. C, Buchanan
CZflClfl
Webtter, N. O.
While Mr. Allev hns mwpH to
Waynesville. he will rnntiniiA tn
active part in the practice of
HOUSE
w at Webster. ;.
GREAT CONGREGA
TIONALMIJSIC AT
BIBLE CONFERENCE OU MUST NOT
' . MISS IT
"The man that hath no music - in
himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of
sweet .sounds, -
Is fit for treason, stratagem and
spoils, .
! The motions of his spirit are dull
as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus;
Let no such man be trusted."
The divinest gift of God to the
world is music. Art, poetry, oratory,
supernal though they. be,. are not-to
be compared to music. It not only
"hath its charms to sooth the sav
age breast," but to thrill the being
of beasts and birds.
Horses have been known' to
evince profound appreciation of
martiafmusic; the dog will howl
and bark at the charming notes of
the piano, and even pigs have been
seen to roll on the ground at the
thrilling rattle of the drum.
Music must h ave heen the- Crea
tor's graciuus after-thought, to please
j i j i -I i
me ear aim cncer me soul oi ani
mate nature.
Music belongs to another world
and a happier.
Not demons but angels sing.
The devil, in music, is a plaguarist
and a' paraphaser. He never wrote
a line of poetry or set one to music,
buLhe has trailed many "la beautiful
mmeTTnie mire ,ano nas ruinea
he fair name of many a fine in
strument.
Hating the "concord of sweet
sounds," as he-h.ites everything that
s beautiful and true, the Old . Boy
has tried his level best to appropri
ate this beautiful thing, called mus-
cy as a sort of emmigrant solicitor
or his own dominions. And the
Christian religion is the only eartli-
y agent by which this wily prosti
tution can be defeated or even
flustrated.
Sacred music cannot be redeemed
by "rag-time"
The sable gentleman sporting the
grusome horns and the grusomer
tail has presided over "rag time")
and "two-step" performances so
long that he is relieved of patent
rights obligation.
And the only method by which
sacred music may be recovered to
he world is by the reinstatement
of the gospel hymns and tunes of
the fathers. The recalling from the
spirit world, as it were, the evan
gelical hymns of men like the Wes
leys, Watts, Richard Baxter, Top
lady, John Newton, and many oth
ers, and set to the original tunes all
of which were divinely inspired and
not one.of which was .ever meant
to be revised hy some worldly mus
ical novitiate.
NOMINATION BLANK
I hereby place the name of
M
P.O.
IN NOMINATION IN THE
journal Contest
Name
NEW JEWELRY SfOfiE.
J. W. Keener is erecting; a .build
ing on his lot between ;:his - store
room and the Hooper Drug Compa
ny's building, which when complet
ed will be occupied by - John A.
Parris, who will continue -in his
business as watch tinker - and will
keep a line of jewerry.: ML; . Parris
rias been in this business in Sylva
Ybr some time and when he moves
into his new quarters will, operate
much more extensively v ..
Those desiring free, college scho
larships should read advertisement
of V stern N. C. Fair Ass'n
next week's paper.
in
ror myself for the ufe of the;
house of God by the great congre-'
gations I wou.ld't svapTcplady's!
"Kock of Ages" or Cowper's -"Fount-!
tian Fiheu wiih Blood" as sung toj
nit: oia, oiu luries, to my uien im
polluted childish spirit, by men and
women most of w-nom have now
passed to the other shore,; for. all the
stuff, called up-to-date music, that
you could cram in a hundjed recon
struction carpet-bags.
The wilderness with its fountains
and streams would be intolerable
without the carol of the birds. The
home would be a veritably charnal
house without some .kind music.
Armies would be stripped ; of half
the , glamour of their glorywithqut
miisic tor 'war 1$ agla'mt&rahd a
fraud at best. "Our friends are sus
tained and soothed" by song in the
valley of the shadow, but sacred
music is to the church what the
soul is to the body.
Men do not worship with the zeal,
the enthusiasm, .the one-ness of
spirit and the unction they seemed
to when I was a child, in these
mountains; and I honestly believe
that one of the ground-sill reasons
is that "all the people" have almost
quite ceased to sing. The people
have from somj reason (think the
reason out) turned this exalted
part of the divine worship over to
the "organ" and a few kindly and
obliging young folks in the corner
of the church,
llie ten days and nights of the
Bible Conference whT witness some
of the grandest congregational sing
ing of the old time gospel hymns
that ever disturbed the stillness of
these mountain solitudes. This
music, like the gospel which it glad
dens and glorifies, is without money
and witnout price. Dr. Ridley of
Atlanta, writes me that "Prof. Geo.
K. Sims of Alabama, a fine singer,
will lead the old-time gospel songs."
COME ! Bring your gospel song
books with you.
Truly,
Jas. H. Cathey.
C9UF.T HOUSE :
lift Mm.:
The work of constructing a wtll
graded street to the site upo which
the new Jackson County Court
House and Jail are. to be erec-cd
Commenced Monday morning, and
will be completed in the next few.
days.
The Court House building com :rJ.
ttee at a meeting leld in Sylva h:st j
weeK let tne contracx ior tnc o iiu-
ing of the new court house mid j?vl
to, Mr. Chas. J. Harris for ti e nsrr.
of $30,000, he being the lowv it I'M
der who fur ashing the prerer.iisito
required of bidders. There jre u
number of bids ranging fro.n Zl'i
000 to 39000.
As soon as the street can " 3 .fin
ished sufficiently to be u:
materiel will be placed
grounds 'aid th ork on th
1 l A'.
inr will bein. It is jeliev d th?t
mey win oe reaay ior occ man-.y
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not Kiter man m time ior u. ;
in of the February (1914) errn of
the superior court.
A number of the visitors to Syl
va have remarked upoa the natur
al beautyof -he site selac ed for
the county buildings and upon it's
adai tahilit to developing.
BW TO MAKE BIBLE
CONFERENCE SUCCESS
; , 1,. Au$ndt-you
and make the Conference "a"" -blessing
to others by attending. '
2. Get others to attend. Let
preachers anl Christian vorkers
talk to their friends and neighbors
about it.
3. Come to stay until the last
hymn is sung. Many will never
have an opportunity to put in ten
days to better advantage.
4. Pray for the Conference. This
is to be a Bible Conference and
should be keyed to earnest prayer.
5Bring your Bible along. Come
prepared to do a little studying.
As we dip into the word we will
rise high no doubt to the shout
ing point. But we are no" going
to take it all ouf in feeling. When
the Conference is over we should
wo
know more Bible than we did be
fore. If you are satisfied with Cut out and properly fill j)ut and
your knowledge of the Bible stay 1 and send in before Sept 1st, 1913.
at home. ! m
6. Bring a pencil and note dook
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along. I have learned to make
notes of good things I hear in
this way I have learned many
things.
7. Brother, sister, friend make
up your mind to see this Confer
ence through. Get a good start by
joining in the first hymn that is
sung.
I want to shake hands with my
brethern from all over thosemouri
tains. Many of them calT1 teach
me. God knows I would gladly sit
at their feet By spending Some
days to-gether, we all perhaps will
get some more light rom the word
of God.
George N. Cowan. "
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The old soldiers and sons and
daughters of the Confedercy wil
meet at Cullowhee ' N; C. on the 22
nd. and 23rd of Augjst for the pur-n
pose oi electing oiiicers ana paying
dues. -
Will secure some speakers for
the occasion and . have dinner on
the ground Saturday. '
TEACHERS FOR ' .
syi vi high sniinnr
At a meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Sylva High School
aeld recently the following faculty
was elected: principal, W. T. Broth
ers; assistant principal, G. Taylor
Hampton; first grade, Miss Inez
Jathey; second grade, Miss Inez
Weaver; third grade, Miss Gertrude
Wilson; fourth and fifth grades, Ms
Bertha May' Henson.
Brothers is a graduate of
1 Trinity College and has had .four
very successful years in school
worl: in Central Carolina md comes
;-j us highly recommenced S au
. ""tr and discipline! ian. Mr.
riuinpton is well known in Jackson
rarity and especially in Sylva as
v instructor of marked v. i'ity, he
I bnV?nd tiPlit for a n unit'. of years
in iht
iouir.y
rnd in oyla last
gave er.t:." 'Mtis.'c-
t:o:i ana won for himself
host of
freinds both among the p upils and
patrons of the school. Miss Hen
son has been competed with the
Sylva school for four years and has
been very successful in hep" work as
is attested by her re-elecfion from
year to year. Miss Inez Cathey has
been prominent in school work in
1 the county and was 're-elected to
the position she held last year as
teacher okthe first grade, she hav
ttg'Vthewotk 'orirtstfuctirni
the little tots her specially. Miss
Weaver's first year in teaching was
at Sylva last year where she showed
k , , f teashini hv
; the manner in which she handled.
the work of the advanced first and
first half of the second grades. Miss
Wilson has taught for several years
in tne scnoois oi tnis ana otner
counties of the state and comes to
us with high recommendations.
Taking them as a whole this is
an excellent corps of teachers and
we bespeak them a most successful
year.
Good For 25 Votes
In the J-aurnal Contest
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Address
This coupon is not good after Sept
ember 1st,
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I take this opportunity to announ
ce to my friends that I will here
after be perminantly located at
Cullowhee, N. C. where I will de
vpj.eimy entire time to the practice
of medicine and surgery. "'.
Edmund. J. Bryson.
If you are a housewife you can
not reasonably hope to be healthy
or beautiful by ' washing dishes,;
sweeping and doing houseworks all
day, and crawling into bed dead
tired, at night You must get out
into the open air i and sunlight If.
you do this every day and keep
your stomach and bowels in .good
order by taking Chamberlain's Tab
lets when needed, you should be-;
come both healthy and beautiful.
IFor sale, by all dealers.
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