"SIR G AER" IN AMERICA
A Llanllawddog Man's
Progress.
(From the Carmathen Journal.)
Mr. Henry Howell, J. P., sends us
the following interesting particulars
of the career of a Llanllawddog man
who is doing well ijn America. Mr.
Howell writes:
In the belief that it will prove
interesting to all especially ; the
Welsh readers of the Journal, I yeri
ture tq send you the following in
teresing and appreciative article on
Judge D. D. Davies (a native of
Llanllawddog) contained in the
December number of "The Cullo
whee," a monthly magazine pub
lished at Cullowhee; North Carolina.
The writer of the article is Professor
0. S. Dean, of the" Cullowhee Nor
mal and Inddstrial School. Trust
ing you may find space for it in the
Journal:
'The power of personality is - the
charm of history. Records of events
are fascinating only because of the
element of personality in them.
Austerlitz, Jena, Marengo, and even
Waterloo, would possess little inter
est for the world if the personality
of Napoleon were eliminated. The
play of "Hamlet" with Hamlet left
out would be a dead thing. So it as
with every nation, country and
locality. Western North Carolina,
with all its high and holy hills, and
v matchless valleys, its pure water
and invigorating climate, wouldTbe
comparatively unattractive apart
from human hearts and human
live. Every community is blessed
with a few.great spirits that stand
out like tdlimountaih lops -above
the common level. It is our pur
pose to give to our readers a brief
history of some of these estimable
citizens that have added a charm
to the little community of Cullo
whee. We shall devote our atten
tion to him wh'se name appears as
the subject of this sketch.
"Judge" Davies, us he is, best
known to us, is not a native Amer
ican, but was born in Wales, Janu
ary 31. 1826. 'There is about the
names of the scenes of his boyhood
a distinctive Welsh and English
flavor that has followed him to his
adopted land, and even today lends
a unique attractiveness to his manr
ner and conduct and domestic life.
Lettynest, near Giangwilh, South
Wales, was the home of his child
hood The Welch language was the
basis- of his education, all his early
training being received in that
tongue. The schools of that day
lasted only four or five weeks each
year, but, notwithstanding ' limited
opportunities, he acquired sufficient
knowledge to enable him to enter
vigorously, upon; life's work at an
"When auite young he left his
nntivp. Wales for Monmouthshire,
England, to study mining, mere
he accumulated considerable know
ledge of this important industry
and some money. ' v
"After spending some- years m
England the desire, to travel took
possession -of of him. Together with
a freinda voung minister, he de
cided to journey to other lands and
see something; of the world. They
set sail for America from Liverpool,
aboard the steamship "Georgia," in
a ;i 1 rar Mr Davies was ; then
was their intention to continue to
travel westward; returning to Eng
land ' after : having encircled the
globe. Arriving at New York, how
ever,: Mr. Davies proceeded to Pitts
burg and became engaged in busi
"While in Pittsburg he was in
duced by an English construction
company to come south and super
intend the excavations for the first
tunnel ever v put through the Blue
Ridge mountains,' at Tunnel Hill,
Murray county, Georgia. His 'sala
ry for this work was $70.00 per
month arid board, and travaling ex
penses from Pittsburg to Tunnel
Hill. : The trip was made s by boat
dgwh the Ohio river to Cincinnati,
thehce to Nashville, Tennessee, and
trom Nashville by stage to Tunnel
Hill, by way of Ross Lanning, now
Chattanooga. He put three hundred
and fifty men to work in August,
and by the following spring had
completed the tunnel, which was
777 feet long.
A thing wormbering be
curred at the completion of this
tunnel. A Mr. Mitchell, chief en
gineer of the State of Georgia, was
the first man to pass through the
great excavation. Standing in the
center of the tunnel, he delivered
an oration, and, producing a bottle
of water that he had brought with
him from the River Jordan, poured
TO: BUILD I SUMMER
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SYLVA.
Through annnyitation extended
some weeks jgo, by' the Board of
trade of Sylva:to Dr. Caleb A. Rid
ley, pastor of the!; Central Baptist
church of AtlantaLGa., to make his
summer home here-' and who is so
pleasantly rernmbed as one of
the prmcipalsriKers-at the West
ern North Carqlihafiible Conference
held here lastf summer, intimate
friends are in; receipt of a recent
communication rBrrihim in which
he gives everyssurance that at
an early date he will visit Sylva
for the purpose I of locating a site
for a summer home;" '
i
From the descriptions already
received of the home which he in
tends to build, it will be a credit
not only to Sylya but to Jackson
county as welll being fashioned
after a country lub house built of
logs and the -fee tails worked out
along unique anp .-original lines. A
extinctive literary name will be
given the homeland here Dr. Rid
ley will do mucji of his literary
work during the summer. In fact.
Dr. Ridley has "given out the inform
ation that if he Should ever give up
I pastoral work; td go upon the plat
form, enter into evangelistic work.
ETERNAL HOPE :
Hp is risen!"
This is the message that coming
from the grave of the son or a
Nazareth carpenter, now nearly
two thousand y ears ago, restored
the hearts of his followers who had .
seen him die on the cross and who
had laid away his body, and with
it their dearest hopes. . It is the
same message that ever since has
restored the hearts of ihat half of
the race that lives m the light call
ed civilization. .
That one event .should so hold
thtvrane through the ages is itself
MEETING AT BETA.
Jackson County Journal:
" "Sylva, Ni C.1
The Sunday School and Mission
Institute will be held at the Scotts
Creek Baptist church on the 18th
and : 19th of this month. Every
body is cordially invited to attend.
Rev. W. R. Bradshaw of Hickory,
N. C and Mr. E. L. Middleton of
Raleigh, will be with us. "We are
x. . tn- -ii k tne race mrougn uie ages ia hoc,
expecting a treat Dinner will be a sufficient attestation to its authen-,
i ii . j i j . . . . .i
f r r
served on the ground each day. , ttirntv and tn its value. It is the
We regret this is on the date of fountain spring of the worlds hope,
the Singing Convention at Dillsboio, j it keeps the world young: it per
but hope it won't interfere with our j Ptave.
DUalX. iUlUUl 11 luuuiw
meeting at Beta.
Yours truly,
Geo. C. Snyder.
MRS. A J LONG DIES
nnt hear the burden of existence.
me iciuc uaa icwguiu
interpreters of Jesus of Nazareth 4
namely St. John and St Paul and
St. Peter. The first interpreted the ,
resurrection of his Master in the
vicinn nf'thA manv mansions, 'the
a v t ma-a-u'.- i pearly gates, the oldentreets and
Mrs. A. J. Long died at the home he heavenly choir; the second in
of her son, Leon Long, at Gainsville ufe here and immortality here-
Ga., Monday. Her remains were after revealed; made known,
brought to Sylva arid'interred in i "brought to lighr; the third gave
the Long grave yard Thursday. Rev, j
D.R. Proffitt conducting the ser-! enicated His claims, His philos
vices. , i ophy, His message, His gospel, His
Mrs. Long was well known in theory of the import of human ex-
Jackson county and leaves a num-
out the Water in such a manner i or devote his time entirely to litera-
that part of it ran towards the Mis
sissippi River and part towards the
Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Mitchell at
the same time presented to young
Davies and his contractor a gold
medal each as -a reward for their
skill and energy.
"The above interesting event was
followed by a three, .days' celebta
tkm, in "which whiskey by the bar-1
rel and wine by the crate were con
sumed. Prominent people from the
various cities of the Southvwere pre
sent. The building of the railroad
that was to pass through the tun
nel the Western and Atlantic
attracted' widespread interest.
'Colonel Whiteside, of Chatta
nooga, owned several thousand
acres of la id in Dade county Geor
gia, an in the counties of the State
of Alabama adjoining. The Colonel
now proposed to Mr. Davies that he
take a force of men and look for
coal on this property, assuring him
that in the event he should make a
valuable discovery, he should have
a handsome interest therein. The
conl was found, twelve miles south
of Chattanooga, on a creek called
"Running Water," which emptied
into the Tennessee river at the west
end of Lookout Mountain. This
was the first coal mine in the South
and its discovery marked the be
ginning of "good times" in this sec
tion. It is of further interest that
Mr. Davies, little dreaming of the
value of the find and ex
pecting to return immediately to
Pittsburg, sold his share in the en
terprise for fifty dollars!
"Xhe discoyery of this mine came
about in the following manner'- Near
to. the banks of the creek referred
to above, was an old blacksmitn
shop. Seeing some black dirt in
front of this shop, Mr. Davies asked
the blacksmith where he found it.
He was told that it came from "up
the creek a peice " and further, that
it would burn "pretty well, too "
This determined Mr. Davies to push
his search, which resulted in the
discovery of a vein four feet thick.
; V (Continued on page 4.)
of relatives and friends here.
She leaves four daughters, Mrs. J.
N, Medford, of Clyde, Mrs. Hestet
Heneon, Mrs. W. B. Frizzle and Mrs.
istenee.
These three interpretations abide ;
the ages. ; The centuries have aug
mented their told upon the
race; Today millions bind jip the
that Death has made as
J. W. Bumgarner of this county, they meditate upon the Risen Naz
and five sons: Thomas Long of arene; and likewise as they comtem-
Pheonix Ariz Rufus Long of Hayes- plate the 'Valley ot tne anaaow m
rneonix, Ariz., juius luug ui ixayco . t tvpv rft
ture, he will'mafte this his perma-
neni uuma rneomx Ar Z, au.uS . to whfch each mtBtW . thfiy- re
here not only 'means that bylva ViHe, N. C. Leon Long of Gainsville, atnra thair .,, in n trinmnh
avethe pleasure of. this aa-iQa.. and Will and Jonathan Long nvftr the last 'enemv which is Death.
of Ft Worth Tex.
will have the pleasure
dition to our to vnj fbut will also
have the pleasu e. of entertaining
many, pronlinenfl raen during the
summer who will be:;guests , of the
Doctor.-.:.- r-:r.
Dr, Ridley has made a reputation
for himself along many lines in
which not only Jackson county but
Western North Carolina as well feels
deep bride. In behalf of the
Sylva Board of Trade as well as the
citizens of Jackson county, the
Journal extends to him a hearty
welcome to his native hills where
he may pass tie summer months
in rest and quietude.
SAM JONES KILLED
Sam Jones oi caisam was ki
near i: Rcsman, last Friday while
riding on an engine of the Gloucester
Lumber Companys line. The engine
turned over inflicting injuries from
which Mr. Jones died some five
hours later.
The body was brought to Balsam
for interment, Mr, Jones was about
65 years of age.
over the last enemy which is Death.
where once the race groped in semi
desDair. todav it proceeds in Eter
nal Hope bearing its burdens with .
joy. . ,: , . .
Jesus aye;the xam much m ms
iji i f ,:
Cowan-Leatherwood.
A wedding of much interest be
cause of the prominence and popu
larity of the couple and one that
came as a complete surprise to
tVioir nnmprous 'friends, was that
VllvAl u v
celebrated Saturday afternoon at
the home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
M. Buchanai, when Miss Ethel
Leatherwood became the bride of
Hon. Coleman C. Cowan.
The marriage was a very quiet
affair, there being present only the
bride's mother, Mrs. F. H. Leather-
wood, and sister and brother-in-law,
Mr and Mrs. M. Buchanan. The
ceremony was pronounced by Rev.
J. J. Gray.
Mrs. Cowan is the youngest daugh-
ter of Mrs F. H. Leatherwooa ana
is a most popular and attractive
! young lady.
Mr. Cowan is a most successful
attorney, has represented Jackson
county in the General Assembly
and is quite prominent in legal and
political circles in Western North
Carolina.
Immediately following the cere
mony, Mr. and Mrs. Cowan left for
Waynesville, returning Sunday to
their home at Webster.2
BALSAM
We are glad to see some warm
weather at Balsam again.
Think every body at Balsam en-
ioved Easter. Had an Easter service
at the Methodist Churcn 5unaay ana
an egg hunt at the Episcopal Church
Tuesday.
We were all sorry to hear of the
Hftath of Mr. Sam Jones at Rosman.
Wio Krvrlv was brought to Balsam
for burial.
Mrs. Parris and' Miss Jannette
cioTrdio onpnt Easter with Mrs.
uiajrgiv
Cling Ensley.
Saw Coleman Cowan and his
bride pass through Balsam Sunday.
Miss Kate Richard has gone to
Florida to spend the remainder o
the winter.- '
Mrs. J. K. Kinney is improving
some. We hope to see her out pgain
soon.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Howell
a daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Waits Cul
berson a daughter.
Miss Bertha Robinson is visiting
her sister Mrs. Howell.
Will close wishing the Journal
much success. ,
We Two.
comolete when, by' descending into
the grave and rising from it in visi- ; .;
ble form. He gave us the one sure
token of the triumph of Man over
Death. He thus not only proved
His Gospel and established His Per
son: but he also revealed to all men
that Death is but an incident; that
we are immortal creatures; that our
ifft. measured through it by fleeting -
hours, days, months or years, is in
deed everlasting: He opened up to
the human race the vista of fcter-
nity He enlarged the mind of ;
mankind with the infinite perspec-
tive of immortality; and m. tne.
arme degree He fixed in true per- ,
spective the cares and trials, desires -and
ambitions of the terrestrial ex- "
perience that at worst or best they .
are but for a moment: that they are
of value only in the degree in which
they effect the condition of eterni
ty. And so He was first to give
human existence intellegent mean
ing. -
On the morning of the Resurrec
tion, therefore, it becomes us to not
only comfort our hearts in the tri
umph over Death; but also to set
our lives in the light of that triunph
to look beyond the Valley of the
Shadow and, receiving the glory of
Eternal Hope, to illuminate our days -here
with that light; to live not in 1
expectation of Death, but in the
light, the holiness, and the gladness
of Eternal Hope.
Let us understand that we live
not in vain: that we suffer, if we
must, to Eternal Purpose; that if
we love, nothing shall separate us, ,
not even Death; that we shall see -our
loved ones again and ourselves
with them; that the hopes that sanK
shall be lifted up; that the hearts
that were wounded shall be healed
in beauty; that the graves that cov
ered the dear forms of loved ones.
and that soon shall receive us, shall
yet be lighted up with angel visi
tants. In aworl. Iet the glory of
Eternal Hope gild your pilgrimage
today and evermore For He is .
Risen. News and Observer. ;
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only twenty-two years
of age. It