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SCHOIIL OPENED
The Summer-School of the Cul-
lo whee Normal opened for its nrst?
s ssion Monday morning with an
enrollment of more than one v hun-7
(ired students. The work of the
Summer school is devoted primari
ly to the training of teachers, r At
Cullowhee the advantages for the
summer schooLwork are Region, the
corps of teachers, are of ; th. best,
the climatic conditions are excellent,
the scenic beauty of the section is
superb and here away from the
heat and disadvantages of summer
surrounded by the best that nature
affords, with a magnificent highway
from the railroadat Sylva, housed
in excelleet, modern dormitories
with an abundance Of pure, moun
tain water and fanned with th5
cooling zephyrs from the mountain
peaks, the teachers congregate from
various parts of the State and learn
more of their profession from those
gifted in its arts, ana at tne same
time rest from the tedious work of
the past year and gather health and
strength for the work of the ensu
ing term.
Many of them realize these
things as is evidenced by the large
enrollment for the hrst attempt at
the summer school wort .
MNEXVlll.!:
M FBOr.l SYLVA
$1.0(r THt-YEAR IN ADVANCE
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The Wo y nes vilfef teamSfttone
over the Sylva nine" aifthe Fair
Grounds Saturday afteroon to the:
tune of 9 to 6. The game was
good one with the exception of the
seventh inning when mime ous
errors were madewhich combined
with one or two well placed hits
won the game for the Waynes
villians. One (of t h e-s nota
ble features of the game was the
batting of Allen, for Sylva,, who se
cured four hits out of five rtfirns at
the bat, from Green, the Waynes
ville twirier.
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Rev. T. F. Deitz,
BrysOn City, N. C.
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COMING TO SYLVA.
Waller,
Asheville, N. C. .
According to a message feceiycd
by the local Board of Trade, a car
load of some fifty students wilt
leave Augusta, Ga. thediirtieth of
this month for Sylva where they
will make their home- at Camp Jack
son for the summer.
Prof. Gordon A. Sanford, the chief
DIETZ MAY- 00
' TO ETOI'AH.
i Rev.T. F. Dietz returned Wednes
day from Etowah, Tenn, where he
had, gone to look over the field with
a view of accepting a calf front the
Baptist congregation. " For two or
three weeks ihe Baptists Of Etowah
have been endeavoring to persuade
Mr. Dietz to become their pastor.
It is he who has labored most to
bring together at Sylva during the
summer his co-laborers in the Vine,
yard of the Lord in the mountain
counties, to secure the services of
some of the best pulpit orators of
the South, tastablish here at Syl-
BETTER
Rev. W. E. Abernethy, Shelbyfe
Among the speakers at the West
ern Carolina Bible Conference, be
ginning here August first are, Rev.
W. E. Abernathy of Shelby, Rev-
Calyin BWaller of Asheville and
Rev. Thad. F. Dietz.
It was in the mind of Thad Dietz
that vthe idea of the Western Caro-
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promotor and the principal of the- and they finally made him such.an
School, accompanied by his family attractive pr. position from a finan
has already, arrived andls looking cjai standpointvthat he ' decided to -
after the work preparatory to plac- look the field over. He was much
ing the Fair Grounds", in readiness Hmpressed with the outlook and to
for the receDtion of the tudents4Th'
who, will begin to arrive the last of though his field of usefulness would
this month.
It is expected that the enroll- Mr. Dietz has not vet made a de-
CULLOWHEE
- Beginning July 15th Cullowhee
will have twO.mails each day from
Svlva instead of one as formerlv
lina BiblenferenceVas conceivedi- wiU leave Sylva
immediatly following the arrival of
the 11:13 tEaih from Asheville and
the afternoonl; train will u ave after
the arrival of ihe west 00 nd train
at 6:1 1.
This will bel a great convenience
! for the Cdliowhee. folks and the
va a great ammal religious meeting. ; postofficertment is of the opin
to strengthen thr Master's Kingdom ion thatthe increase of the.amount
in- Appalachian The first .meeting 0fmi : handled between, Svlva
of,the,lUble Conference twas neiai xmQyfh0im justified the ad-
14st August phenomai success wasiti
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MRS
JEMIMA LONG.
Mrs. Jemima Long, wife of An
drew J. Long, near ebster, was
born in the year 183a She' was
converted when a girl, . and some
years later joined the Methodist
church at Love's Chapel. :
Thad Deity than to aiyone man.
He nesds no introduction toj' our
people for he is probably known
personally by more people than
any minister in this section. For
years he has preached Christ and
His gospel throughout the Western
counties of North Carolina, where
he is known and loved.
Dr. W. E. Abernathy is another
native of Western North Carolina
and is known to many of our people.
He was one of the principal speak:
ers at the Bible Conference last
summer.
Dr. Abernathy is a man of wide
experience a master mind that is
exceptionally conversant in the re
ligious and profane history Of ithe
world and blessed "with the gift of
oratory. From his almost inex
haustible supply of richjresearch he
presents the claims of Chri3t upon
She was a consistent member of humanity in language or matcmess
the church, a faithfuJ home keeper beauty yet with the utmost simpli-
a true wife, "and a mother who
taught her chUdren the way of the
Lord. A few years ago ;the home
of "Andy" Long was known far and
wide as a home of prosperity and
religion. A home of the old type,
where religion was Hvedland taught,
where the Bible and '. the : church
paper were read, where education
was encouraged, where - abounding
hospality was dispensett It was
the preacher's home. J '
No woman has ine more than
Mrs. Long to make the-home what
it was. She fiveoeMnchild
ren and grand J ' cjnldreri ; become
first-class cirizens, and the w of
our best citizens.; "She .was truly a
saint of God. . glllffe -J'- ;j
To the children andBand child
children she leaves therinesfimabie
heritage of a menOblv5 lived, a id
ment for this summer will number
about 150. The young men will
come from Augusta, Savannah;
Macon, and other "cities in Georgia
and the other States of the South.
HAPPENINGS
AT
WEBSTER
FRANCE AND ENGLANB TO
i SIGN mUtii PEACE PACT.
- Washington, June 15. Secretary
Bryan, for the United States, and
Ambassadors Jusserand and Spring-
The farmers of Jackson are some
what discouraged about their crops
on account of the extreme dry
weather.
Misses Kate and Edith Cunning
ham accompanied by their brother.
were Qver from Franklin visiting
friends and relatives last week, re
turning home Tuesday. ; '-
; v Messrs. Jprank and Yejrnon Bum-
and relatives :tMilaclEJasiees
W; G. Djillard was down from
Cullowhee Sunday visiting friends
and relatives.
Ransom Coward is at home from
the navy for a few daysT
The people of this community en-
cision, but the Times ventures the
prediction that he will continue to
serve the Bryson City church. He
has been here some sixteen years, "
and has accomplished a great deal
of good and is dearly loved by
everybody, so much so, in fact, that
the Bryson City people will never
consent to his moving away. Bry
son City Times.
JOSEPH WESLEY SHEWN, IflDfiET.
City. , , .
Dr. Calvin B. Waller, the pastor
of the first Baptist church of Ashe
ville is always in demand where
good preaching is needed. In Ashe
ville where of Western North Caro
lino he is known most he is loved
best. For years he has served his
people there and his name as a
preacher and a roan of God has
reached throughout the hills of
Carolina. ; 'i .- - . .
Indeed we are fortimatevin faay- j
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, Next Friday evening, June 26 a
tww?iT3laiml"f years; and has entered
Rimd in ; Honor at
torium. The company has been
training some- time under Mrsr
Dnnhonan and DTonnses to
lays on them the :TidUonto live ldiv"e the" folks something really
such lives and build such homes.
Why not carveioh iieribnibsione
an angel in rinwarrl rfl?diVV V -
This is the first show to be given
in the Anr itoriifrii since it has bfcen
Rice, for France and Great Britain,
will sign on the same day peace Pyed Iast Sunday, another of Rev
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treaties modeled after those already
signed Secretary Bryan with
sixteen nations. Signing of these
treaties awaits only the approval of
the British pact by the British self
governing colonies, to whic ? it has
been submitted.
The Anglo-American and the
Franco,-American treaties will' in i
general way follow a . similiar pact
already signed by Secretary Bryan
with the Netherlands. They pro
vide that all questions arising be
tween the United States and the re
spective European powers which
can. not be settled by diplomacy,
shall be submitted for investigation
fora peroid of at least a year, to an
international commission of five
members. During the investigation
hostilities would not be entered into
into but the findings of the commi
sion would not be binding.
Secretary Bryan and Minister
Bryn have agreed on the terms os
a similar treaty between the Uni
ted States and Norway which will
be signed in a few days. -Atlanta
Journal. 1
G-M0ITOTH IS DEAD
News reaches us of the death
Monday morning of G. W. Monteith
at his home at Wilmot Mr. Mon
teith has Jived at Wilmot for a
in the mercantile business at that
place He " was . one of the best
known and most respected citizens
of that section; of the county.
While M. MonteithT has been in
pooF'healt&for some time his death j
comes as; a- shock to his many
G. N. Cowans very impressive ser
mons. Rev. Cowan is visiting at
the home,of his parents. .
The Baptist Sunday School here
is prospering uider the leadership
of it's Superintendent, A. W. Davis.
The Methodists, also have good Sun
"da'y school. The writer amended
an Sentertainment there!4Suriday.
night, "givenbj fthe littlejchildren.
It was very muchjenjoyedjlby fall
present. v
In a very short time Webster
township can boast of as ... good
highways as there are in the county
Jimmy.
We desire to call attention to the
advertisement o the-State Normal
and Industrial College which appears
in this issue. very year shows a
steady growth -4n this Institution
devoted to the nigher education of
the women of North Carolina. :
Including the Training School
and the Summer Session, the Col
lege jast year had a total enroll
ment of 1233 students. Ninety of
the one hundred counties of the
State had representees in the stu
dent body. Nine-tenths of all ' the
graduates of this Institution rhave
taught or are now teaching ulj the
schools of North Carolina. v
- The dormitories are furnished dy
the State and board is provided at
actual cost Two hundred appoint
ments with free tuition, apportion
ed among the several counties ac
cording to the school populations
will be awarded to applicants
about the middle of July. Stud
ents who wish to attend this Instir
tution next year should make.ap-
plicationts as eariyas possible, zaa
the capacity of the dormitories js
Yanoyville Sentinel. :
Here Saturday on a visit to his
son, Deputy Sneriff W. M, B. Bur
ton, was Mn T. J. Burton, of High
tower, accompanied by his son,
Joseph Wesley urton, who quickly
becamthe center of iriteresMas:
Jack Baraett. ; thevPerson coiintv
dwarf of nation-wide fame. He- is
fifteen years old, thirty-seven inches
in height-and weighs thirty-sis
pounds. - He has not grown percep
itably since he was four years old,
althoughiie has never been sick in
his life. He id quiet, modest, well
behaved young gentleman. He has
a wonderful memory, js neat and
matter-of-fact, but possesses an im
pediment of speech Joe is pas
sionately fond of his father, and it
is but tfatural that this affection
should be returned, tit course Mr.
Burton realizes that he could "put
his boy on exhibition and reap a
princely living, but he says that he
will never consent to this - It was
a pleasure to have Master Joseph'
in our midst.
CURES STUBBORN, ITCHY SKIN
TROUBLES.
"I could scratch myself to pieces
is often heard from sufferers of Ec
zema, Tetter, Itch and similar Skin
eruptions. Don't scratch Stop the
Itching at once with Dr. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment Its first appli
cation starts healing; the Red,
Rough, Scaly Itching Skin is sooth
ed by the Healing and Cooling Med
icines. Mrs. C. A. Einfeldt, Rock
Island, IH, after using Dr Hobson's
Eczema Ointment, writes: "This is
the first time in nine years I have -been
free from the dreadful ail
ment" Guaranteed. 50c., at your
Druggist.
The North - Carolina Corporation
Commission has recently been ad
justing the express rates, and they
abjusted -emi with a vengenCe, for
instance the same size package v of "
paper on which the : Journal paid
90cts. express from Charlotte to
Sylyialastwrtf;'.ihetlst
ment, by Che-Corporation - Coinmls-
sion cost $1; 43 this week. It is
not the f atilt-of the express, com
pany, we can -only Jdc& . to the
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