ffn ;not .wm ne support or pinm&
opinion through the exercise of politi
cal Influence ; or in, any other way ex
cept ;byHhe intelligent; andleff ectije
performance: of its functions as a car
; iter and by its responsiveness to- fair
criticism; Mr. Finlejr pointed out that
ts position, can only be secure when'
ha economic' conditions surrounding
its oporation; and the importance of its ,
. , (unctions to development and. to the
enlargement of opportunity are appre-
";I Tfiiated by the :; peoples of : the com-
munty, and that this appreciation was
; ependeEt upon enlightened "?. citizen-?
, .' fhip. Her spoke ot the moral Tespons
ibility of the press iihfscpnnection
. and of, is pcwer,uby presenting, fully
" find fairly tlite ' economif; situation of
C i 'the railways; and the interest of all of
'... "."the people in their prosperity and effl
ciency, ) to bring'y about v that ; mutual
"good understanding which is v h&is
.pensable.'to effective co-operation -y
; .-' As, in an economic sense,1: produc
C ; ji0n is not complete , until goods are
.put in apposition for consumption, Mr.
yinley spoke of the railways as crea-
y tors of value ; and as an indispensable.
;lart of the producing , equipment of
' yery community and of every farmer
H and manufacturer in it and said-that
. unjust " criticism directed '; against
:H - .'farmers andx manufacturers would be
: Just as logical as agains t . the railways j
: vy-. Speaking - of the right of J the - rail-
"Ways, just as oV any other business.
. enterprise to present tljeir cause", fully
'. , jind freely, before court, administra
"." '., iive tribunals, legislatures, r and -': the
r fear of public opinion,1 Mr. Finley said:
'. ' . . -' -"Enlightened public opinion v in
the United States" will not justify the
yelegation of the railways to : the
status of the Jew in-ntagland in the
' V Middle Ages, when, lasVwe read in
V? Madoxe's History of the Exchequer;
' v 'Josce Quartebuch gave forty: marks
' i that his 'son Hekelin might -be dealt
I with according to justice' ; and ' Jur-
- . ; net . of Norwich" gave ; 1,800 marks.
; that he might reside In England with
p the lying s gooa : win.' ,
"The railways are asking- for no
.r; :. V v special favors. They ask only that
. their importance in the development
K of the country and' that the inter-
est which each individual has in
-. - ; their efficiency . shall ' be "frankly
-; Y ; ' recognized.. They ask thai differ
; " "i - ences 'which may arise between them
:" ' . : and individuals or communities
.' shall De subject's - of full and free
, ' confejencesto be adjusted in accord
; ' -nce with sound1)usiness principles,
or that, failing, such - adjustment,
they shall lba adjudicated " by' the
, t viUUixtkia tuuauiuicu, uj tan.
' . Having outlined the condition which
;-7. be believed to be necessary to the
1 jjnostl-elfecUve co-operation-: between
. -' i jtU - presi andCthe .railways . .for com
i w jnunity development;" Mrr- Finley . ex
pressed the opinion., that T4such ccop
. ration was esesntial to the fullest de-
lopmeht and prosperity of'any'com
3 Jpunity because intelligence and trans--.v'
ortation w.ere fundamental factors in
!jdevelopment,itbeing the; function of
he press to '. disseminate the first and
-" '. ICf. tiie railways to provide the second
lle outlined the work -which the
Vi ICkwthern iRailway Company" is doing
;-, to aid in the development of the ter-
lory, iraversea ny us lines, express-
- A. '
g the opinion that it could be said,
ithout boastfulness, 16, be more cotn-
prehensive than - similar - wrk being
' done by any -other railway organize
- jion in theUnited States. -"He said; :
. "in our work for. community - de
velopment it Js oux policy to co-operate
closely with Individuals and or
ganizations. . That it may. have been
inore effective P in . some . localities
than in otherrhaf. eeen due largely
to local conditions,1, iiicluding ithe de-
' cree of co-operation .that . we have
. received. .We believe that f it: has
pren particularly eaewve iuuobv
; em North Carolina where we have;
' participated -in tle prganization and
activities of the Greate'f - Western
North Carolina . Association, : .': the
fingle purpose of which is the de-
Telopmehl of;ihis; prt of the State.
J We should: be very glad to partici
pate in other territorial movements
: cr ins a State-wide movement, of the
iame kind, if carried on! directly un-
der:' the auspices of , ;Uic; i3iate.or
. . .... - - ' ' ' - i
through.il" responsible; organization
elmilar to that in. this region.
-- in: all of the development work
Oat -we are doing, we look ;upon the
:newsnaiers of the Southeast as, bur
- htlpful' allies. -VWiUr; verylfew ex
.-r ccntions wekave ounartnem xeauy,
At all times: to' rjxiblis information
T1fttivp;.to our : -workVandto; ive
I pace ' In their, columns . vu uxa.
that we have sent them-from time to
'time which e, believed mighj be
-vftnfl tf'thMr. readers. .They have
very ; generously given space Vto' the
MJHnn yf ur Tiews on subjects
Relative to-thr upbuilding ofthe
Coutheast- Many of the; newspapers
farther- than, this -and
v fcave commended :our -policies .edi-
i Cgesting methods f t
could be of .aid. m wm
liTViL,tioi: bf matter, that -would to,
1 nt tter that would Vbe
--Plication of. matter,.. w
EiSl OF PB
DECLARES v PRESIDENT
FINIiEY TO N.
EDITORS, r
RAILVAYS-AND PRESS ALLIED
, Mr. Finley, at Aslieville, Di8
cusses Mutual Interests of
: Press " and Railway s and
Their Aid in Community
' V-'.
sheville; C::rJulv 24 At the
meeting loftte .North Carolina Press-.
Association - in Asheville to-day Pres
ident Finley, 'of the Southern Railway
Company, delivered an address A on
"The Relations of the Press andthe
Railways and the Value ' of their . Co-V
Mr. Finley pointed out the natural.
basis for co-operation between' the r
press ana tne railways growing out ,
substantial isenti of their to -
in community development and
of the
terests in
511115
SffiSS-'Sao buy prdperty at your own price as
SSSS it ingoing to be sold to the ' highest
fields, should : work -in close "co-opera-
tor- communuy; neyeiopmenu ,ie
t .recognized that, while the newspapers
. nd the railways .were ,thus natural
allies in . communitjr development, it
Cu'ithe saifietoae ofvoice aBd,who have
said; . , , .
:. - -"Fair and just criticismis aproper
function 'of "a free press, but criti
. - sm. of jthe agencies which provide
. ' the .tran?ninrtfl.tinn faHHtliaa nf - tha
community should lake account of
the economic conditions undfer
which those.- agencies must- work
O Tl ll ' - eJl Mil ft oJm1. 4t vnawAn : '
factor so 'essential to community
' development, to he heloful" and edu-
cational rather than )eing along
lines tenamg to create .unreason!
- ing f. prejudice.. ; ' -
v ""Bersonally, I am . a great reader
of the; newspapers. . I, apprecata. at ;
- itsfuil-value'the'work they are do
ing and recognize in their e ditors;
in anany -cases, the spokesmen of
what is said' in the newspapers -rel-1
ative to" our policies. I always take
t note of newspaper criticism on; mat-;
ters that. It may be within our power
to remedy ;and all' such matters are
given attention so far as it may be
practicabletoldo so'' ; t '
Referring .to; uie fact that a railway
V ' . -r. . ; - V; ' ."f. v . ' ... N ... )
I v. ... , ., r ' .- v .- ,-.. v v- ' " "' - t
II- .; l Also Ratteries for same.
v i nave you
Jf- - VI II IM H TH"-. I lrl
- -?v.. . -.;-: '.:v
Ik I Shumat e Razor
Jr. -v : - , .. - "-. -'iv -. V-'vv. - . - .' v ' - V- ' ' -" '
. F : uvemmng in lirugs- WRg
A SALE-AT
1 "..
iillRliiliiiiliis
BeaiitiMlly Jbca (,; in
illiiiliteiiil
: irtf Ortixk atid-Silve and a Lot
GIVEN AWAY FREE.
- This iroDerty is
" ;ii hp nnp nf thft rffeat'et; events
! a n(j it be a chance of a. life time
f-" r, ." - ' :
QXQQGIT V
rion't fail to hear Penny, Bros.
who speak at the same time saying the same tning- m lueuuuaiiy
eers
the rate of one a minute, come .emu
Rememhei the date-place and hour
CZnmtAnT A llfi Mt h SX, ' 2i 9) D. Ill
featUrCiay AUgr l tU, at tJJ p.
We turn Ileal -Estate into cash. Write, wire or
COIXie' tpSeC .US.
t
y' , r
i -
nrmTimj n 1 1 1 1 1
1 .LiLVLi V. MUUU)
Greehsborb, ' '
We have Just Received aline of
oougiit our onuiuate
IS gl
II.HI .l.f-f , 1111 l vnaii LUC llll V rl
-y. v Arv - 'V'vV'iT - y.
AUGTiON
ill North Carolina.
The worlds Original Twin Auction-
maSe the record of selling lots .at
ucai wcui.
The Worlds Original
Twin
N. C,
1
1
- - : :cV :,V'W-.:,-:-V:.,v.:..vv,ii-,..J
H T
at
mwiiuaw v jluuucuU) inr
Catarrh That Contain Mercmy
as mercury win feurely destroy -the seni
of smell and completely derange rhZ
whole system when entering it throutrK
the mucous surfaces. Such aj-tiolp
pever. be- tised except v on t prescripUont
they will do is ten fold to the fcOod you
can possibly, derive from them Hall's
Catarrh Cure; manufactured by F J
Cheney - & ' Co.. Toledo, - O., N contalng no
mercury, and is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mueous sur
faces of the system. -In buying Hall's
Catarrh Cure" be sure-you . get the genu
Ine. It:1s taken internally and made in
Toledo. Ohio, by Pi. J. Cheney & Co. Tea
tlmoijials-freei . . r S
'Sold;by sDruggists.: Price !Zo per bottle
l- TaJte'Halls ramily EUlff for constitution.
Norths Carolina, J ackson County.
vEIKee, Geb.;WSutton, Lee
HooprJrio.' 'B. Eiisiey,S.;W. Enloe,
HIt iSniderC; A; Bird, H. R.
Queen, and T. L.. Jatnison, special
committe,appointed by the court
house Act of 1913,
',- - :. C Buchanan
' To CL Buchanan, owner,
Whereas,' ari act' ratified by the
General Assembly of North Carolina
on the 24th day of February, 1913,
authorizing a vote of the citizens of
the county on the-question of re
movaTof the County-seat of Jack
son County-from Webster to Sylva
was duly carried at the election held
on the 8th day of May, 1913, as
under said Act provided; and
' Whereasyfiie committee named
in section: three of said .ct met on
the 17th dybf kal913, in the
town of Sylva andx selected a site
for the Court-house and Jail and
made their report astfy ' statute pro
vided to tfie Kegistef of Deeds on
the 18th of Jin)e, 113; which site
comprehends your JoC.in the town
of 'Sylya-at the:West end of Main
street, and which lot: is described
as j the second tract ; in 'the report
of said committee ;'to the Regis
ter of Deeds and recorded on the
Minute booksj)f-the Commissioners'
of Jackson County; and
Whereas, the - said - committee
has,been unable to purchase the
said iot-fronx ybii at fa' reasonably
fair price in their judgment, and
being of ppinibn that the price ask
ed by you is too high, you will take
notice that the; said Court House
Committee named in .' section ) three
of said AcJ will, on the 2nd; day of
August, 19i3meet-t)nr said lot ta
appraise the value of the same, and
your! notified to be present in per
sqn or by representative and to
present A s ti c h - e v i dence as
you ' may "choose to oiler as to
the value of said lot,-1 and that on
said date the ' said committee will
fix arici appraise thelvalue of saick
lot 'and .'maKe ;.thd;;Teport,'.to the ,
vB6ar4 of Commissioners of Jackson .
CbimtymT as m said Act specially
provided: 1 '--r"-". "
By order of the Committee, ttu
e lirst; day ot July,: 1913.
, L - E.L.IcKEE,
' "iv -:.""" tJhairman
- . GEO. W.' SUTTON,':
becretary.
V
SOD. 1IY. SCHEDULE
East Boatidfrrftin' -,v -
mr
Arrive
mi
V WestJBoundTrain ' :
No ,17 .I.&yme'8;'mAr:iSyl
vll'13 iv.mV:Ar MHrphy 10:65 p: mr
'Ko. l&XvvlAshvflle 3:20 p. m . Ar. ; Syl-
va 6; 11 p: mvAr.Murpljy -10:55 p: mf
vi " "V 'y'lpfi'jDostsBY.
i 'vV: 'vrf "l "IjSasifiiiger Agent,
vForFewest Changes ot Ca'rs,
; Best' Schedules and the Yery -t
lowest Rate$"t.All;Ppints in
: HheNorthVSoulhKast and
WestJ Travel viaVvp '; ;
S O U . jt5:E R N
Prernier . Carrier of; tte
; For Further Tofdrmation And-
Particulars Call On or Write
J. H. WOO0 jfc&rh xi
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