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VOL. I NO. 7
'SYLVAN i;AU(
$1.00 THE ; YEAR; INI ADVANCE
GIRLS COLLEGE
FOR
VAiNtSVlLLE.
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-NEW RESIDENCE.
jne following is a list of the fa
ylty elected to take charge of the
new gins school ; t Waynesville, St
Li&nTMuO HILLS
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; Dr. A. A. Nichols has i just com
pleted his new.'' residence on main
street, Dr. C: Z. -Candler tome is
LneariDg completion. And Thomas
lot for his: new
residence and business -buildings
will be built in a short while. I
" Watch Sylyarow."
TO ASSIST PRODUCERS
Katliennes-uinuc-iuuu. ,0, Wilson has purchased, a lot
taKen iiwAu uii ww v""i.xrom,jonn wnson ana tne excava-:
Enterprise. ' : ting was started Saturday ,bn that
The Rev. William B. AllenKM. A.
Rector, Science, Ethics, and English
Pible; Miss Mary LaFayette Robbins
fi. B., Englisn Language, and Litera
ture; Miss Vera Belcher, A. B.; Math
ematics and Latin; Miss Vivian
Waddey, L. L, A. B., B. 6., English
and Expression; Miss Louise Cocke-J :
rille, history anQ rrench; Miss lUe,
anor tenners, L. 1., A. b. Primary
and Kindergarten; F. Flaxington I
Harker, A. R. C. O., London, ling.,
Music and Musical Art; Mrs. : F.
Flarington rtarKer, Voice; Andre
Raphael WaliacK, Adeipni" College;
of Art, Jcirooiayn, N. i., An Arts
and Cratts; Mrs. Anare : Raph ieA
Wallack, Physical Culture; Miss
Ada Calhoune", Domestic Science
Dr. J. F. Abel, Physician, Household
jFconomics; Miss Aoa Calhoune,
Matron. ' .-
The school opens for it's first ses
sion Sept 16. -
ON ipiNG
TWO SYLYA COLLEGIATt : LYNCHING AT CBARLOTE:
BOB.' INSHTuTE.
A jolly party of about twenty
arrived from Dillsbonr today and
have gone to the Burnett home on
Deep Creekwhere they will enjoy
camp-Hfo-tet
Gty Times; - v '"
JOHN fl. PflEEIS
DealerMn '
. TMlatcbee anb 3ewcjerc
All kinds of repair work done on
short notice.
ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY
Sylva, N. C.
C. a LOGAN
Undertaker and Embalmer
116 years experience. .
Full Line of Caskets and Robes.
License No, 6 V
Phone No. 17 Waynesville, N. C
COLEMAN C. COWAN,
Attorney and CoonsdloratlLaw,
WEBSTER, N. C.;
DR.S McGLMRE.
DENTISTS. 4
Ofloe : Pharmacy. Building, v
SYLYA, N. O.
W. R, .SH ERRILL,
Attorney at Law,
Oftlc In pourt Hous. .
WEBSTER. N. a , '
F E. Alley . C. C, Buchani
HttomeaUOLuw . ; -
WebUr, N. O.
While Mr. AUey. had moved to
Waynesville, he will continue to
take active part m the practice o
Jiw at Webster, v v y fr
Atlanta. x Ga.f August 23,Toj
Help Southern Producers Find
Markets for the products of the Soil"
is the Slogan of the market depart
ment of the Southern Railway and
affiliated lines, (including the Mo
bile and Onio, tne Cincinnati New
Orleans and Texas Pacific, the Ala
bama Great Southern and the Geor
gia, Southern and Florida) , and
with- this end in view, two booklets
have recently been issued which
which should prove of great value
to fruit, vegetaole, and truck (grow
ers ol tne Southeastern territory.
One of these booklets contains as
complete a list as could be compil
ed of the brokers .commission mer
chants, jobbers and receivers of
vegetables and berries located at
the principal cities ol the United
States and Canada east of the Rocky
Mouiitains. . .The booklets give , itlie
name vTftd6alers, cnacter ofusi-
riess, and commodities handled, in
each town together with the popu
lation of the town. A copy will be
furnished tree of charge to any
grower of vegetables or berries
along the line of the Southern
Railway ana affiliated lines. The
second booklet contains a list of the
fruit, yegetable, and melon growers
in the territory served by the Mo
bile and Onio Railroad and the
Southern Railway in Mississippi
and will be placed in the hands of
dealers throughout the North and
East. It is planned to issue simi
lar booklets covering other territory
throughout the Southeast
The work of the market depart
ment is in the hanas of market ag
ents located at Atlanta, St. Louis,
Cincinnati, and Washington whose
services are at all times at .the dis
posal ol Manners living along the
Southern Railway and affiliated
lines. '
FRANK MIV1CTED.
The associated press ' dispatches
in the daily press have the follow
ing dated-rat Atlanta, August 25:
After about three hours' consider
ation ol the eviaence against Leo
D. Frank, charged with the murder
of 14-year-oiu Mary Phagan, the
jury returneu a verdict at 456
o-ciock this anernoon, finding Frank
guilty ol muraer in. the hrst degree.
no recominenaauon lor mercy- was
made by the twelve men who have
listened to evidence J against the
National Pencil company superin
tendent-tot the past three weeks.
The verdict ,was received - witn - a
greaT demonstration bythe crowd
of 2.6u0 people assembled outside
the court room, and Solicitor ADor
sey, who successlully conducted the
case against FranK, received a grea .
'ovation,' beingN carried oh the shoul
ders' oi" some men through- the
shouting throngs. -The conviction
of FranK, in the lace .of 'his- great
array of counsel, is regarded as a
great tnumph lor tne 80ucitor.; ;
Fannie,the eight-year-old dau-
ter of.T.C KlcDdhald,was killed,while 1
two sons andV another iaughter
were badly hurtr as1 were also
Bessie, and Bertha Ashe and Vera '
BarretNone of the children escaped
being shocked: bn'e1 report being that
residence. Othe? ! every one in the room was knock
ed . senseless rand the clothing of
manyof the children Were torn off
or left hanging in"-shreds during, a
thunder storm Tuesday shortly after
dinner lightning struck the hand-
some new -school house on Hanging-
dog near Pattoii Whites. The bolt, no
doubt, struck the belfry entering the
building "and running down the flue
to the, secnd floor. Downstairs where
some 65children were housed, the
flooring, ceiling sleepers, joists, and
posts were split iriio, kindling wood
and the wonder is that any of the
children, were "left to tell the story.
Nearly all of the children's hearing
was more or less affe ct ed.
Cherokee Scout.
Last year was the best v in the
history of the Sylva Collegiate In
stitute. That institution- opened
for the fall session 1913, Wednes-
I ; It is with a blush of shame that'
ItllA T(W M rf tfioT of ota 10 . fAmaA of !
last to chronicle another Lynching.
It had been hoped that never again -
would the fair nameof North Caro-:
day; and the prospects are most jiina be humiUated by having her "'
iihi 1 1- r 1 1 1 w . ifir huhti . riprrpr Tnnn r
this year than last Enrollment on
laws disregarded and her purity
draged in the dust in this manner.
the first day shows an increase of j However the good record- has; been
lover last year. . broken and a mob of lawless cow
Prof. J. C. Ingram again hS r.rrTa num at nharU untf
one imn DISPLAY.
Sept. 23. The Jackson County
Fair will begin at Sylva. From all
indications this promises to be the
best in every respect that has yet
been held. The ! management will
be fcareful in selection of the side
shows and amusem nts that will be
allowed on the gtouiids.
The exhibits vdjl bef an unus-
ual character m pomts of excellence
for the farmers of Jackson County
are doing things and have been pec
uliarly blessed this season. While
the fruit crop, and particuliarly
apples, has not oeen as large as it
was last season still the quality of
the fruits raised in the county this
year is high and in the orchardists
will receive a beiter price for their
fruit this year than last. The horti
cultural exhibit at the fair this fall
will be excellent
The corn and grain crops have
been fine his year both in quality
and quantity.
An especially fine feature will be
The oe man's Display" as offered
under the state rules, department
A. No. 41 of the premium list of the
Jackson County Association. The
premiums offered for this display
are $40-$30-$20-$10. It is known
that the farmers have " the goods"
and the premium offered will cause
them to display it. making this
feature extremely interesting.
10,000 BUSHELS OF WIIEA T IN QDALLA
Miss Georgia Still well of Webster
spent-a few days with her sister, in
Qualla, lastweek.
Mrs. Lizzie sherrill spent Sunday
with friends and relatives at Wil-
mot
Lloyd Keener spent Sunday with
friends at Beta.
- Will Lackie of Whittier was in
Qualla on business this week.
Miss Bonnie Rogers who has been
visiting her parents returned to
Asheville Saturday.
John Johnson has returned home
from Sunburst, where he has been
located for some time.
J.C Roads was the guest of Mr.
S. B. Farmer last week.
; Burke Sherrill and Wm. Fanner,
of Qualla spent Satuiday and Sun
aay a Speedwell. ;..
- K. Howell and C A. Bird, were
the guest of J. A. Moore Saturday.
1 Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Rabey
a girL ' . 1
' . The amount of wheat being
threshed in Qualla in the year 1913
is more than ten thousand bushels
I WiUie Willie.
charge of the school and under his
leadership it has accomplished
much.
crazy negro from the Goad Samari
tan Hospital Tuesday . night and i
shot him to death in the ?t w.tfi hp.
His assistants this year are Mrs. j cause he had shot a pohceman.
Geo. P. Miller, director pf muix,; The negro, Joe McNesly, was un
Miss Lizzie Pittman, Carlisle, S. C; rder uard of two nnlinftman whn -
Miss Geneveive Powers, Millard
N.C.
NO LIQUOR AT HOTELS.
were surprised and overpDwered byv
the mob - and the negro taken from
them and shot seven times. The
men were masked and made their
escape before their identity could
be found out The Nero killed
Hotels which serve liquors with poIiceman Wilson of Charlotte iast
uicais arti yioiauijg uie proniDiiion t v-:
laws of North Carolina and on con
viction the proprietors will be pun
ished. That is brought out as part
of the law as the hearing before
George W. Connor in the Superior
court of Nash county, at Nasheville
in . the case in which Mr. T. L. Bland
proprietor of the Ricks Hotel at
Rocky Mount was charged with
erving liquors with meals.
In that case Mr. Bland had been
fined $200 in the Recorder's court
of Rocky Mount He admitted .the
furnishing of liquors as a part of
mewiGf di3
not know he was violating the law.
Judge Connor ru ed that he had
violated the law, but no objection
being made he remitted the fin, at
e same time upholding the lower
court by directing that judgement j
be suspended on payment of cost
and on the promise of the defend
ant to hereafter observe the law.
Rev. R. L. Davis superindent of
the North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League returned to Raleigh yester
day from Nasheville, where he had
been as a witness in the case against
Mr. Bland, and made the following
statement as to the action of the
court:
, MMr. T. L. Bland submitted to
the charge of'retailing: that is that
he served beer and wine with his
Sunday dinner Aug. 10 1913, which
beer and' wine were on the menu
card and served as ordered and that
the dinner was paid for on the Am
erican plan.
Mr F. S. Spruill, vhis attorney,
and Mr. Bland in person claimed
that Mr. Bland did not know that
this was a violation of the law
that he was , ready to assure the
court and ;go on record that he
he would not do it any more.
Mr. Spruill asked the judge , to
consider these circumstances, and
to remit the $200 fine placed; on
his client by the Recorder's7 court
that his client was not a vicious
blind tiger, but a" law-abiding citi
zen; that no, court had passed upon
this point of law and no official
had notified Bland that he was vio
lating the . law. To ahV this -the
State's solicitor agreed.
"Judge Connor ruled that this
act was clearly a violation of the
law and he wanted to hear from
Judge Fountain, of the Rocky Mount
Recorder's court to know if he had
any : recommendations to " mak e.
He madenone. Therefore "Judge
Connor remitted the fine, but up
held the lower- court by requiring
record to be made that judgement
was suspended on payment of-cost
and on the defendant's promise, to
hereafter obey the law. News and
Observer. . V'" "- 'I '
Friday.
Judge Shaw is holding court at
! Charlotte and charged the grand
jury to do their duty and find who
were in the mob and indicte them
and he would do his duty after
ward. The authorities have offered a
reward of $1000 for proof sufiicient
to convict the men who were in
the mob and it is beleived that
they will be brought to justice.
The two policeman who were
guard over-the negro were severely
criricii tru
Ieives that if they had offered resis
tance like the sherrif f at ' Spartin
burg did the other night the mob
could have oeen stopped from car
rying out st's purpose. -
SEARCH EOIi
IN ARKANSAS.
Washington, August 28. Dia
monds were first discovered in Ar
kansas August 1, 1906 near the
mouth of Prairie Creek, in the vicin
ity of Murfreesburo Pike Countyr
and since that time approximately
1,375 stones aggregating 550 carats
are reported tqhave been found in
this locality The diamonds m Ar
kansas occur in a rock known as
peridotite.and for this reason search
for further areas of the rock has
been made. This search has result-
ed in the finding of three new areas,
the known extent of which is much
smaller than that near Murfreeboro.
Ihey lie within an area of 1 square -mile,
about 3 miles from Murfrees
buro. These localities were visited
by Hugh D. Miser; f the United
States Geological Survey, and are
described by him in Bulletin 540-U,
ah abvanca chapter from "Coritri
butions to Economic Geology, 1912."
. At the time of Mr. Miser's visit
the Kimberlite Diamond Mining and
Washing Co. was erecting at Kim
berly a plant to wash thej diamond- -
bearing earth to be Jiauled on a
tramway from its peridotite area;
and from another tract' near, the
mouth of Prairie Creek. . Four dia .
monds of good quality are" said to -have
been picked up on the surf ace, -the
, largest weighing r 4 carots ;
Fmtherydevelopment work to as--certain
the extentf the peridotite ;
is now under way. ;
On. another tract, where a : little
washing for diamonds has been
done in a crude way -without ma- V
chinery, 20 diamonds have been -
recovered , - ; . ::; ,
; A copy of the report may bew ob-
tained free on application .to the ;
Director of the Geological Surveys -Washington,
D. C : : v j , ; "
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