.:--.-",- t-.-'.--...... . ... . ..- - - , ,,v.k.'i' ... --V. V;: vur,i:-s iL-'i'O yri--.,-J;-"-t.:.. . .. . ; ., TV- -' - "... itat t vrrv t ' . ---1.S- - r- - . - . x - t - --- - . --e - - . , - ... s , . . , , - - --i N- : 1 .: - : - .r GULLOVHEE-SUHMER 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 t 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. r 1 I 1 v-. L Rev. T. F. Deitz, BrysOn City, N. C. - 1 CAR L0.400F $TUDEHS 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- B nil SERVCE 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 &iere;&e y-T 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 ing with us. these menvV - ioil IN HBNOl , 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 r : 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 rporatiphCtomissio - V - - '--Hi if Wit -"V Jr. I ' 'IS ill 1 r ft fOl .1 ft H I i- .i' I 1 w Mil if. completed and seated friends; limited are responsible. r 1 It. it; -