VOL. I NO.
SYLVA tOLEEIilATE
INSTITUTE.
One of the most enjoyable , enter
of the season was "An
Evening with James; Whitcomb
jey," at the Sylva Collegiate In
stitute Tuesday. r y'- r
The folio ving program was well
rendered:
Instrumental Duet, Ila May-Reed
and Hattie Florence Ensley.v
Song Old Oaken Bucket.
Recitation Knee-deep in June
Ila May Reed.
RecitationThe Tree-toed, Nan
nie Corbin.
Recitation When the Frost is
qq the Pumpkin, Lula Jones.
Song My Sweetheart Down in
Dixie.
Recitation I Ain't Going to Cry
More, Betsey Barker. ;
Recitation Watermelon Time,
May eHar wood.
Instrumental Duet, Betsey Bark
er and Hattie Ensley.
Recitation Mylo Jone's Wife
Emma Henry.
Recitation An Old Sweetheart
of Mine, Hattie Florence Ensley.
Song S. C. I., by the Willard
literary Society.
Just a Word.
NATION-WIDE PROHIBITION.
"Prohibition will embrace the
whole United States within a com
paratively short time" says Senator
Morris Sheppard, 6f rf exas, "the
movement is so strong that nothing
in the world can preventits ulti
mate complete success." Senator
Borah, of Idaho, taking a 1 similar
position says: "Nation-wide prohi
bition is bound to come, but just
when I cannot tell."
Such expressions as these accom
panied the anti-liquor demonstra
tion in Washington on Wednesday
when thousands of men and women
from all parts of the Union moved
in a phalanx on the National Capital
and presented petitions praying
that there be passed for adoption
by the States a Constitutional
Amendment which would end the
sale and manufacture of intoxicat
ing liquors in this country. It was a
mighty protest against conditions
as they exist, and in both branches
of Congress bills for nation-wide pro
hibition by Constitutional Amend
ment have been introduced.
And why not? Already there are
nine States in this country in which
there is prohibition. And in each of
these States the law is in part nul
lified because of , the importation of
liquors from other States. "Prohibi
Uon does not prohibit' say the op
ponents of prohibition,' and ; this is
made so in part becouse the liquor
torces press forward .the sale
Of liquor. When all this country is
Placed on a prohibition basis, then
indeed it wili be possible to make
prohibition prohibit, and when this
becomes true we will have a better
people and a better country. -r.
the nght tor tnis moves . forward
in behalf of the elimination of the
liquor traffic. That it .will one day
win we firmly believe. But it will
ake fight alter fight to encompass
an end so desirable. To that fight
every man and every woman wnd
StuiQs tor the best lor this Amer
ican Union should devote their best
ability and their continued efforts.
Ine cause grows stronger with'" the
years, 'lhe
allowed to hag till it ; finally sue-
-w3. me end to be attained means
jo .much lor this great Muritry
SSL "v wwant9 the greatest
jacrmces to obtam itNews -and
vbserver. ,a 5 5,
To Sylva
The Little Metrop
BY O. S.
Fair Sylva, lodged within the bosom of the hills.
O'ershadowed by aspiring mountain crest and crag
Refreshed by living streams perennial and pure,
To thee a Christmas gift of hope and faith and praise
We bring.
True sons and daughters press thy standards to
The front! .Thy loyal 'citizens, awake and strong,
Proclaim thy virtues, show thy gains, and tell to all
The -rich resources deep within the hills that round
Thee gather in their bold embrace! On hill-tops and
. . - .
In vales thy trophies stand, rewards ot battl js fierce!
All honor to the men who loved
When thou wert small and weak! All lienor to the great
And humble ones who now promote thee gladly to
Thy shining place of dawning and renown!
Radiant be thy future years, resplendent in
The triumphs of thy. name! May industries make in
Thy borders music in the hum ot flying wheels.
May commerce thrive, and happy homes adorn thee, where
The peaceful angels of enduring love abide,
May bright-faced boys and sweet-browed girls be found within
Thy gates. Deep peace and calm repose crown those ;
Upon whose heads the frosts of years have drifted down.
And deep within their hearts may undisturbed joy
And consolation sweet forever dwell!
v To thee,
Sylva, hail! Thy richest days are yet to be.
The luture holds the promise fair, and thou, the key.
Thy brilliant guiding star ascends the waiting sky
Success will crown thee at the zenith of thy fame!
Cullowhee, N. C. Dec. 15, 1913.
THE CORN BREAD .
AND THE PIE.
On last Thursday
eveninjg the
boys'of the Sylva Collegiate Insti
tute gave a public debate. Subject:
Resolved that Emigration Should Be
Prohibited, ine speakers on the
affirmative were Kosco Parris, Dur
ham Powers and Bob bnyder. Those
on ine negative were Poley Crisp,
Lacy Butitr and Hugh Monteith.
While the judges rendered the de
cision in tavor of the negative, it
whs no easv task to discriminated
between tne speeches made by tne
speakers on me atnrniative and
inose made by the negauve. lne
speeches did not only win credit
tor the bos wno delivered them,
but won credit ior tbe scnool and
laculty as well.
f roi. Ingram called it the "Corn
Bread'' because he said Mrs. Ingram
always caiiea lor tne corn Dread
first, wnen sue sat down to a meal,
it did not inae any oinerence now
miicn pie was on tne taoie and
tfie boys came firsts
Un Tuesday evening the pie was
served by tne gins 01 me d C. 1.
and me recipe ior preparing me pie
.lamps wiiii come ruiev." it
seemed mat me lugreaients used in
making me pie were so careiuny
aispensed by memrectors mat
nnLniuti could nave aaueu to me
appearance, to me flavor, or mat
wouia nave inaae 11 more reiresii
ing. A
- rrof, Ingram says he longs to see
the ume wnen mere win De no con
trast 111 me eyea! 01 me people ox
! Western iNorm uarouna ueiweeu
me ooy wfio graduates in nis geans
paiits, or me gin wno graduates in
ner unsey, ana me ooy who comes
out in reienea serge or the girl wno
comes out in ner siiK or saun ail
trimmed in me. most expensive
laces 01 me day. V
. !toi. , -Ingram can't bring this
arx)ut iy" inniseit Leis stand Dy
j''iDgramini.mov& v ,
The board of trade of Sylva meets
t6it-Every:mmber reVJUte
SYLVA, N. Ci DECEMBER, 19; 1913
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lis of tlje West.
DEAN.
thee in the days
RALLIES AFTER
OPERATION.
Miss Charlotte Andereon. . daughi J
tef of Lawrence 1 Xhdersoh of Web-r
ster, is recovering rapidly after an
operation for appendicitis which
was performed Tuesday of last
week by Drs. Candler and Hoocer.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Walter Morgan a young man
nineteen years old and a son of
Robt Morgon of Savannah, died
Tuesda evening from a gun shot
wound which he suffered while out
hunting with his younger brother,
Tuesday. The two boys were rabbit
hunting and one of them had with
him a 22 calabre rifle which by
i some means was accidentally dis-
charged, the bullet taking affect in
' me abdomen of the older boy. He
' was taken home but died before
medical aid could reach him. It is
1 not known which of the boys had
the rille at the time of the accident.
The funeral services of the young
man were held Wednesday.
TEACHERS RECEPTION.
The teachers of me Sylva High
School gave a reception Friday eve
ning to the teacfiers of this dis-
j tnct at me public School building
iue icaiure ui uie
occasion was
a reading Irom 'The Fiddle and
me Bow oy Miss Inez Catney of
me Sylya nigh School. '
Misses vVilson and Henson presid
ed over the Punch Bowl. Numerous
games and plesan tries were indulged
m and tne evening was an enjoy
able one.
Those present were; Misses Leath-
erwoOd 01 Addie, Remenardt Powers
Pitman,- Mrs. Runion of Balsam,
Benett, Fonveil of Canton, Cathey,
Wilsotf, and Henson and Messers.
Painter, PniUips, Dfilard, Brothers,
Hampton, Parker, Tompkins, Jones,
and br. A. S. Nichols.
v W, Ei;Bryson cxL? Addie TOisdn
Sylva Wednesday,
ADVOCATES A SYSTEM
riF NATIONAL HlfiHWAVS!
m m a a .r i lit 111 m
Washington. Dec 3, 1913. The
idea of National Highways, built
and. maintained entirely by the
government, has no staunch r ad-
vocate than Judge J. M Lowe of
Kansas City, Mo. Judge Lowe, who
is vice-rresident 01 tne JNationai
Highways Association, and Presi
dent of the National Old Trails Road
Department of the National High
ways Association, does not believe
that good results can be effected by
what is known as "federal aid" ui
"national, aid." least of all, by that
form of aid which proposes that
the goyernment . appropriations
should be spent not on main roaus
but on roads radiating from railroad
stations.
In an open letter to Governor
Major 01 Missouri, Judge Lowe says:
If litty million dollars were appro
pnated annually it would average
about one million to each state it
distribu.ed equally.
Tt Missourihould get one mil
lion dollars and should distribute
equally to every county througho
me state, she could build about
four-filth of a mile of hard surfaced
road in each county.
"But there are those in Congress
(I don't think they are to be lound
elsewhere) who seem to have a
vague notion that the thing to do is
o "make the railroad depot the hub
and radiate from that point to
reach, the farmer's produce;? but
eu s sre nowmai wouiQworKT -"In
a great many counties" tHeie
are several lines of railroad. Who
will decide which line to prefer? . If
all lines are to be treated equally
what would the result be?
"Take Missouri, for examplerShe
has an average of. say, ten depots
in eacfi county. If each county can
build, only four-fifths of a mile out
of each filty million dollar appropri-
tion then each depot would get two
twenty -filths of a mile annually,
appropriations were kept up.
At mat rate it would take twelve
and one-fialf years to get one mile
of road out from each depot.
"Tfie average haul in Missouri is
nine miles, so it would take 112
years to build one road out from
each depot to meet the reauire-
ments ot an average haul, and to
"radiate" in only four directions
would take 448 years if an appropri
ation of fifty million dollars were
made annually.
W fiat is the reasonable thing to
do?
"And how are we to get roads."
"If 50 million dollars is appropri
ated annually for only six years
and applied to a system of Nation
al Highways it will build thirty
thousand miles at an average cost
of $10,000 per mile.. I believe that
this is a reasonable estimate fbry a
first-class road:
"This system could be .made to
furnish an . average of two trunk
lines across each state and across
the continent, and all connected
with national capital."
HAS LEGBROIiEN..
Will Gribble a young man of Gay
was loading telephone poles on a
wagon at that place Tuesday when
the wagon turned VQve.'.on:'him:
breaking one of nis lower limbs;
otherwise he-escaped without injury;
He is reported as recoveriiig'mcely.
J W, Bribble of GaaibuU
ness Visitor in Sylva yester: -. j than.-; i ' T- 'v
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE;
TO THE PATRONS OF
SYLVA HIGH -SCHOOL
Tp those who have complained
of the heat in the Sylva High School
building being insufficient,! wish to
say mai ai no ume ims wmier nas
ruom Ul oeen less
man temperate heat except two
mornings. Both those days the
thermometers registered sixty be
fore nine-thirty: I am of the opin
ion that from sixty to seventy is
sufficiently hot for any school room
at any time.
I trust this will not be an excuse
on the part of parents for keeping
their children from school. Before
you censure the other teachers or
me, come and examine the rooms
for yourself.
Respectfully your servant,
G. Taylor Hampton.
LOSES CR0P0F CORN
. The corn crib of Felix Ashe, of
Green's Creek, together with the
contents, his entire crop of some
300 bushels of corn, was destroyed
by fire 'Saturday afternoon.
His little child was playing near
the crib with matches, when the
crib caught fire and was burned
down before the flames could be
extinguished.
SUCCESSFUL BEAR BUNT
ON IIORIiBLXKit CREEK.
John B." Cller; Adain Crawford
James Cogdh Rev. Robert Cook
ahol others left fast Friday "morning
for a bear hunt on Hornbuckle cresk.
They soon succeeded in locating the
quarry and turned their dogs after
a she bear and two cubs. All three
were whipped up the same tree, and
Mr. Miller' famous Smoky Moun
tap bear hunter, had the pleasure
of killing two of them. One of the
cub's jumped from the tree and
made his escape. Which does pretty
well for bear hunting. Waynesville
Courier. '
READ. YOUR INSURANCE POLICIES
Before attempting any hasty or
ill-advised- decoration which may
cause fire, examine your insurance
contracts .and see if the policies
contain anything like this:
"This entire policy, unless other
wise provided by agreement en
dorsed hereon ,or added hereto, shall
be ypjd," etc., "if the hazard be in
creased by any means within the
control or knowledge of the insured."
; If you burn, you want your in
demnity: do nothing, therefore, to
pair your contract.
Insurance Department
Raleigh, N.C.
Thurman Leatherwood, attorney
of Bryson City, was in the city
Tuesday.
x L, C. Hall returned Sunday from
the University of North Carolina.
A meeting of the members of the
Baptist Church is called for Sunday
afternoon, December - 21 1913,. at
3 o'clock, for the. transaction of im
portant business. Every member
is urged to be present
T. C. Bryson
. ' . Logan Buchanan
- - y -1 - V'''-
? ' Committee;,
Have you ; seenHtheSix Hepto
maniacs? They;wiU be at the aii-
ditorinm Friday night'-Decemrr
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