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in all which contributes to the up
lift of the town and community,
and somewhat conversant with pre
vailing sentiment of the people I
feel it a duty to speaK a wora wnu
reference to this School.
It was my pleasure to witness the
Commencement execcises of the
session just closed, and I can say
with confidence that I never saw
nf snlifi nroreSS.
better cviucuw- x---
u ; At nlarP it has hehmd it
rdpnt energetic
oromoters of Education in the South
Dr A. Ij- Diy"u v "
it is to be doubted whether there
is any one man in America doing
more to guarantee the struggling,
nf thft mountains
of our section, an opportunity for
Education. He is tte ""
visor of a system of similar institu
tions whose results are already in
, 1. offiioipnt and Derma-
cdiuiua H . denume
ucu xrL onH name IS
servant 01 iu "luo 7 f
secure to immortality with of
Dr. Wiley ana Arcmuam . A.x-,
oftormer umCo.
Inthesecona piaw
has a fine ChristiaagenUem,n and
wise admimstraiur at no
P1taborBf0rthe.;'wdfa5e of
his school heis as qmel : anc uo-
nrivate aM personal
s,uC. --- -.,, ia a man
relations, nui. . ,
cl1, . i :naoD qtmI a mind
with an eye to uusiu - ---TStinthe
serious ad judicous
moli There is absolutely no play
Cat Me with him. He has brought
this scnooi iroiu a wiw
vi, oictpnoft to a state of
imong uic uwi
rfft5f& was unanimously'
chosen to succeed himself as Prmci-
.," form dreatlv to the
nfll IOF ouuuii . . ...
delight of ais patrons and the citizens
of Jackson county with
has established an -nviab e repute -
tlln the third pla&, this school has
, "j wth it in the capacity
naa assuicitv .v- .
of music and elocutionary instructor.
Mrs George P. Miller of Sylva whose
Ime is a household word v . every
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nine ill tuc lji""41""-
Aac. o nnnnmanitv more i
truly depend for culture than upon
music ol a renueutuam-
Tocial training of the young. It will
do no violence to the truth or the
nroorieties to.here assert that Mrs.
PIS? -t ' o mnre for the young
S'this community along these lines ;
.. ..u inHivinnql. 1 QIS lb ,
than any ouici xx m
the universal and cheertul opimon
her patrons auu yi"6w.
She is a lady with the gracious
ness and charm of theold Southern
school with tne dusi-cS3 ,
aggressiveness of the new.
With an unconsciusness as rare
as it is pleasing she insinuates her
fine magnetic and matronly person
aUty tow the kindly graces with
. .T i- V, nnrriM in contact
all witn wuuin oxx w-..r
Her rare acquainiauw x
young added to her grace of speech
Ind French vivacity make her
adored by childrea. f h
communuy vu ,.ht nn the
Operetta enauea """" .
Lake," the training for; which was
i exclusively the work of her hand.
It was pronouns "J.-'lmH1
as one of the finest entertmnmen ,
.i . i A Uit omatftlirs m
put on tne uuaiua
the history of our town. .
It is our misfortune, but we have
not space in
entire programme of this exception
ally spicy and joy-thnUing perfor-
mance. 1: is one 01 iuc lovw -race
that we do not properly appraise
ni.1AO menoh nersonalities
as Mrs. Miller until it is too late tor
the echoes to thrill the heart with
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the music of gratituae.
Long live Sylva Collegiate Insti
tute and munificently may it pros
per. James H. Ca they.
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Photo, by American Press AasocUtlon. PDII7 ANfl ITS FAMOUS OLD FORT.
BIRDSEYE VIEW OF VERA CmgANMJS oldest fort in m..
IVera Crux water front n from Am.r.oan battle. h.p. 2-Sa"
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jW$?lhas said Uiat hto Mt
on of the modern tieedl potato bOH
fetak which wry t.000 yard tartJher
than, the round nosed affair of olden
tiin$ and which have a fiat tMjectoty
. . : xi ka Bniiii to set his bat-
tlelghfe and ahoot on the level at
li60 yurd. , ,
Bnerta'a artillery, however, is large
ly modern. He has In all 301 pieces.
At least ne uau ixiai -
months ago. It is a curious fact, but
there are more field jnins In Mexico
than in the United States. The sii
periority of American fii-e, however, is
a big factor.
The Mexican regular army has uo
army service corps, no medical depart-
,oir ,f It carries no camp
equipment, no supplies. Watch a field
H . . . loron First
force DreaK eamp
there go pattering off a horde of worn-
en laden wun P"t
sometimes babies. These are the sol-
daderas. the camp roiiow;r,
missariat of tbe Torce. xun.
move as quickly as they do is a mira
cle Whatever the day's march may
be they are always on the camping
ground before the men. arrive. Ttiey
rir up shelters, they cook tortillas and
frijoles (maize cakes and beans), they
Vn coo them mending
their husbands' coats, washing, their
shirts, roughly tending flesh wounds.
Without these soldaderas the army
could not move. '
WhilP President Huerta was seizing
40000, while the combined forces of
all the rebel chieftains now operating
in the revolution cursed republic total
perhaps 43,000. This means that in
Mexico today are about 88.000 men.
almost equally divided between the so
called Huerta government and the reb
. -m a i, inttur Koine- nrettv
els, mosi oi me j
well concentrated in the north of Mex
ico under the leadership of Villa and
the lessec of the rebel leaders in Chi
a. DrDr, c AO THEY APPEAR IN ACTION.
MEXICAN 1-tUtHAI-O hnu ntwmnv
muAivni. , ....i. 9 Tvoi of rebels.
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to add another 30.000 tc . the number
Villa, the victorious uauun - re- Ad oining Sonora to the east is tb
of the rebels of northern Mexic re .r Se of Chihuahua. t';
peatedly boasted army varic ul in ti
in size according to bis nu Madero's triumphs and the state
25.000 to 100.000. in the to tne rebel cause the not
BUt Z 5? tte " DnftTstates gov- Ua and a host of other and
nossession of trie unneu iors. ChihuahiW froi;.
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MEXICO FORCES
NEARLY EQUAL.
ITH all factions in iev
iA tn Hirht against tht-
United States it was recent-
f?r,irort that tne uuw
nublic would put about 88,000 troop,
puD 1 Lu, p.hnn this was overes
in tue uvux. 1 ....
1 of lieavy losses b.
timateu- . - fi,rhtiU.
the federals and rebels m the fihtia
rlnatPd in the capture of Toi-
IlittL . Uii"'""
n.i I V'ilbi.
,.,nt Huerta in cliaracier- aer ou -: - nnt th reb-
II is uu. " b spreaa i Fijmivs snow uiat iu 4srr, m, ;.
tic fashion had cabea.;hld tgooOO -Is have all told a force of about 12.400 i.
broadcast that Tb r,l forces thre are weV
men in the field and that he was, :
Between Hermosillo and Maytorena
and right at the gates of Guaymas is a
rebel forceof about 6.000 veterans un
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rebels under Carranza ;n 1 .
Figures iii'licate-a to
12.000 and 13.000 soldi;
all tigtuiiig tinder th
revolution At Maz:iti;m. the prv
the wes; o.1 t. is a r
wh!ie in v:
tii-e small r
Photo by American Press Association.
PRESIDENT HUERTA AND ADVISEES.
huahua. Sonora, Coahuila, Nueyo Leoiu
m .,nnoc Qnrl nnraneo. it is in tno
. mnra nnnPPll-
fact that tneir rorces r- .
trated and accordingly more easily to
be mobilize into a single army that
the principal advantage of the rebels
lies in the present struggle for the
mastery of Mexico.
What do these contending forces
number? How many Pieces fJ""
lery have they? Where are the troops
located?
Sonora Rebel Stronghold.
At Hermosillo. the capital f Sonora.
. . fna of 3.000 men
tnere is a
available for service ui ixj
:;fon a direct rail line with Gwrm
the single port in the state held by
Huerta with 3,350 men.
that, if concentrated, would probably
,dd another 1,000 to the above toUil.
Durango is another reb el control
,tate In Durango City is a rebel force
"rr ' . r. .-pneral Contreras,
if 3.UW meu uu
:t Velardena are 1,000 rebels, while -
.aredo is an advance s-
rfx men-
Mrs. Kate McClean moved this
ek to the new residence just com
ited by Fred McClean.
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