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SYLVA, N. C., JULY, 3 1914
$1.00 THE YEAR IN' ADVANCE
MATT SNYDERiiHILLS
MAN IN WASHINGTON.
Matt Snyder, well known in
Hamilton and vicinity as an old
time amateur baseball player and
a logging locomotive engineer, shot
and killed Ed. Adams, ano ther engi
neer, some time between 1 and 3
o'clock last Sunday morning, after
a fist fight in which Adams is said
to have knocked Snyder, down with
a pair of brass knuckles. It is
claimed that Snyder finding himself
beaten up, called to his wife to
bring the gun with, which Adams
was shot. The fight took place at
the gate to Snyder's , yard. Both
men had been drinking at Sedro
Woolley during the evening, and
are said to have quarreled several
times previous to coming blows.
After Adams had been shot Mr?.
Snyder ran to the house of Lyle
McNeil, foreman of the camp in
which the men worked, and notified
him of what had happened. Mc
Neil found Snyder unconscious up
on the floor of his house, where
dragged there by his wife, according J
to the latter's statement. Dr. Kell-
ner, the company s pnysician was
found to be engaged, and Dr. F. M.
Blair, of Lyman, was secured with
out delay. Dr. Blair attended to
Snyder's bruises, and examined Ad
ams, whose death must to have oc-'
curred shortly after being shot
. The -bullet had .ntereci.tLie.. left side,
of the body 7 and passed entirely
through. The weapon used, a Colt
revolver, was secured and later
turned over to Deputy Sheriff Steve
son, whr arrived by automobile la
ter in' tbe morning accompanied by
Coroner Arthur F. Baker.
After the inquest, which develop
ed little in the way of testimony,
the body of Adams was taken in
charge by Coroner Baker, and Sny
der taken to the county jail at
Mount Vernon, where Mrs. Snyder
is also held.
Attorney C. J. Henderson has
been engaged by Snider to defend
him in the trial of the case. He
will undoubtedly plead self defense
in extenuation of the shooting.
So far as is known witnesses to
the killing consist of Mrs. Snyder
Burton Medford, and the latter' is
not regarded as having seen the
fight during which the shooting too
place. Several camp employes had
attended the circus at Sedro Wool
ley Saturday night and had come
home at a late hour. Medford, who
was with Adams and Snyder, said
the two men stopped at the latter's
gate, while he went on a short- dis
tance to wait for Adams. AH had
been drinking, and are said to have
been somewhat under the influence
of liquor at the time of the-' fight.
Medford says he heard the men
quarrelling, then a shot was fired.
He claims he heard Adams say
"You've got me, Matt; what did you
do that for?" Then he ran away.
Mrs. Snyder states that she heard
her husband and Adams fighting,
and that her husband called to hern
to bring the gun. She' says she did
so, and that after Matt shot;: Adams
started to run away. Thereafter,
she alleges, she got her husband to
the house, where he fainted on the
floor. When Dr. Blair arrived he
found Snyder's face covered with
blood and seemingly badly beaten
UP- Brass knucklesjwere found .on
Adams' hand.
Matt Snyder is about 33 years old
and lias lived in Washington for
about fourteen or fifteen yea is, a
great part of the time in tne vicini
ty of Hamilton. He is well known
in Skagit county as a baseball play
er and When sober is a very like
able man and respected citizen.
He has four children, the youngest
a baby. Adams .was past 40 years
of age, and has been married, but
was divorced some time ago.
On August 9, 1902, at a public
celebration at Hamilton, Matt Sny
der shot Robert Brown in Whitney's
saloon, by mistake, it was claimed
at the time. He served a year in
the county jail for the offense, and
his brother Julius, who was with
him at the time, was sentenced to
two years. So far as is kiiown in
the twelve years which have elaps
ed smcc then Matt has been con
sidered an excellent citizen. Hamil
ton (Wash.) Herald.
VOLCANO LASSEN.
Red Bluff, Cal., July 1. After on
ly a few hours of quitetude Lassen
bust forth this morning in a stupen-
dous eruption-the fourteenth of
the series that began May 20. No
names were seen but the vast
plume of blackened steam from the
crater waved a mile high in the sky
and vocalnic ash fell at McComber
Flats thirteen miles distant.
, Red Bluff, CAL, July 1. --Grave
fears were expressed today for the
safety of a partyof sjghtjserho.
left here yesterday to visit the cra
ter on Mount Lassen. No word has
been received from them since the
new outburst of the peak.
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WINS CREAM
Miss Ruby- Dillard is the winner
of the three gallons of cream given
bv the Sylva Pharmacy .as a bonus
for the largest number of votes re
eived in the piano contest, from
June first to July first.
The Pharmacy's piano contest is
attracting considerable interest
among the people and the girls are
working for the prizes.
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED.
Walter Allison, 25 to Ethel Friz
zell, 19; H. C. Honaker, 37, to Ger
trude Wilson, 25; Isaac Johnson
(Indian); 21, to Syrantha Shelton
(Indian), 19; J- R. Johnson, 22, t
Bertha McLure, 18; Stayd Pruitt
(Swain county) 23, to Ethel Allen
(Haywood county) 19; Columbus
Queen. 21, to Lucye Nicholson, 20;
A. B. Queen, 23. to Sadie Coward,
21; John W. Shelton 48, to Mary
Galloway, 49; Claude Wike 24, to
Florence Brown, 21; Younden Ja
cob (Indian) 39, to Liadsay John
son (Indian) 50.
NEW MOTION
PICTURE SHOW
t
The committeemen of the Sylva
High School have purchased an ex
cellent Modern Motion Picture ma
chine and will have it installed in
the auditorium. .
The first show will be tomorrow,
Saturday, evening at 8;45, for which
excellent reels have been secured.
A show will be given every even-
ling duqng the summer months.
LAND OF THE M TO
HAVE BANS YEAR.
Colonel Sanford H Cohen, mana
ger of the Greater Western North
Carolina association,, stated yester
day that from the advance bookings
for tourists here this - summer this
will be most successful year for the
hotels in the matter of .tourist tra
vel ever experienced in tfie histqros.
of the city. According to figur
given more people in Western
North Carolina June 28 than were j
here July 12 of last year and this is
taken as an indication 7 that the
tourists are coming to the; Land of
the Sky earlier this year than ever
before and will stay longer. All of
the hotels throughout the mountains
are preparing to take are of a
greater number of guests than ever
before and it is expected that with
in the next few weeks they will be
crowded. Asheville Citizen.
A GOOD ENGINEER ;
AND A GOOD PREACHER
Engineer D. J. Fant, Charlotte Di
vision of the Southern7 Railway,
running between Atlanta and Green
ville on trains 38 and 29, besides
being a capable and trusted engine
man, has established quite a repu
tation as a religious worker and
speaker and is much mf deman j,
especially for revivals athurches
largely attended lb v ?aiiiHment.
fined to this country aloiK, "bs out
of his own earnings he supports a
missionary in China.
Mr. Fant has been in the service
of the Southern Railway since 1887,
when he began firing on the Fort
Valley line of the Columbus Divi
sion, then known as the Atlanta
and Florida Railroad. In 1891 he
was promoted to engineer and to
passenger engineer in 1902, his first
run being on train 97, the fast mail.
As an engineer he has a splendid
record; and as a religious speaker
he has great power. He speaks in a
simple, direct, and earnest manner.
One of his favoiite addresses has
for its subject: 4On the Limited to
the Grand Terminal."
Mr. Flant is convinced that his
religious experience has had much
to do with his success.
""In 1897 a new era began in my
life," he says, "for it was at this
time that I believed in the Gospel
of Jesus Christ, and that what lit
tle success I have made as a rail
road engineer and as a man is due
to the fact of having God in my
life.
"One of the greatest assets that
any individual can have in his life
s. contentment. A contented man
makes a bettei railroad man and
citizen, as contentment gives him
quietness and steadiness, I often
hear men say they are tired of
their job, but I can say that my
work-is a real. pleasure and I am
happy in studying my business
and becoming more familiar with
it as the days go by.
"It has been my privilege to
make public addresses in many of
the Southern cities, having made
my first address .about six years
ago before the Spartanburg Y. M. C.
A. No man is at his best who
lives for his own selfish interest.
Realizing this I-htfve tried to live
to the best interest of my fellow
men and also I have been able to
support a missionary in Central
China for thirteen years, because I
believe the Gospel that did so much
for me can do as much for those
who have never heard." Southern
News Bulletin.
MR. SANFORD TO
DELira ADDRESS
The management for the "Fourth
of July" celebration takes great
pleasure in announcing that Prof.
Jordan H. Sanford, Superintendent
and General Manager of "Camp
Jackson," has been secured to de
liver the address on that day. Prof.
Sanford is Principal of the David
son School of Augusta, Ga., and
comes of a noted family, long dis-
tinguished along educational lines
in the South. It was a member of
this family who gave to the schools
of the South the famous "Sanford's
Arithmetic." His address will be a
pleasure and an inspiration to all
Let everybody hear him.
For the first time in three-years,
every ma , woman and child in
aylva is asked to lay aside the
cares of home, office and store and
join in a celebration of the ,4Glori
ous Fourth" on the Jackson County
Fair Grounds, which is worth while.
By ail uniting, it can be made a
day long to be remembered. On
that day sSylva welcomes to her
borders a school which is destined
to make this glorious section of
ours known throughout th i South,
In turn, let's join in giving vthe boys
from "the lowlands of the South"
such a welcome as will make, them
glad to be with us. . ;
rniisiiurce Unimex
ill p'niiri'pn1
DC HUdtU.
All stores, offices, shops, banks
and other business houses in Sylva
will be closed to-morrow, July, 4th.
One of the b 3st polices ever ad
opted by the Southern Railway and
one that mears much for the good
of the people, the Southern and the
section which it serves is the dis
continuance of the sale of colonist
tickets to the west.
mi i inn man
Mr. Herman Dietz, son of Mr.
W. H. Dietz of Sylva, a well known
young man in Jackson County was
was m irried Sunday at Langley
S. C .to Miss Stella Holman of that
town.
Mrs. Dietz is a popular and
accomplished young lady of Langly.
Mr. Dietz is a Jackson County
boy and has been in Alabama for
some time engaged in his profession
of Electrical Engineering.
Mr. and Mrs. Dietz arrived in
C.l TA7 1 I ' j
oyivu, vYcuiiesuay muriimg aim p
will spend a short while with Mr.
Dietz' people in Sylva.
CAR OF STUDENTS
ARRIVE.
The special car of students, for
"Camp Jackson", arrived from Aug
usta Wednesday morning.
There were 26 people in .the party.
They with others which will come
from other cities within the next
few days, will-spend the months of
July and August in Sylva at Camp
Jackson.
Upon the arrival of the party
from Augusta, they were tendered
a barbecue by Mr. Jordan H. San
ford managing director of Camp
Jackson.
COMMENDS CAMP
JACKSON.
Cullowhee, N. C,
June 26, 1914.
The name of Sanford has long
been well known in educational
circles in the state of Georgia, and
the gentlemen of that name who
have charge of Camp Jackson the
summer schoolfor boys, are worthy
sons of a distinguished father.
Camp Jackson is an opportunity.
This opuortunity presents itself to
Western Carolina boy as well. as the
boy from any other state. Our
boys who enter the Camp and come
into contact with the boys wh
come from other sections, enjoy the
instruction of able educators and
catch the inspiration that awaits
thjm there, will receive an impetus
for all their future life and endeavor.
No more commendable thing
could be done by well-to-do men
of our section, an of other sections,
than the paying of the exp3nses of
some worthy, and ambitious boy at
Camp Jackson this summer.
I heartily commend this enter
prise to the favor of our people.
Very Truly.
O S. Dean,
Teacher of English, Cullowhee
Normal and Industrial School.
miiSOR. (iOlIM
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Trains Numbers 31 and 32, "The
Jackson County Special" from Bry
son City to Asheville and return,
went into effect Sunday and will
be operated by the Southern until
October 1.
The new schedules will be very
popular as they are conveniently
arranged for points on the Murphy
Division between Asheville and
Bryson'City.
The new schedules are:
EA.ST BOUND
Train No. 32 Lv. Bryson 7:15 a. m.
Ar. Sylva 8:08 a. m.; Ar. Asheville
11 a. m. Train No. 20, Lv. Murphy
6:30 a. m.; Ar. Sylva 10:29 a. m.;
Ar. Asheville 1:35, p. m. Train No.
18 Lv. Murphy 11:30 a. m.; Ar. Syl
va 3:42 p
m. Ar.; Asheville 658
4
p. m.
WEST BOUND.
Train No. 17, Leave Asheville
8:30 a. m.; Ar. Sylva 11:16 a. m.;
Ar. Murphy 4:00 p. m. Train No.
19, Lv. Asheville 3120 p. m.; Ar.
Sylva 8:44 p. m.; Ar. Bryson 9:45
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ROADS MM AGON.
The Franklin Highway Commis
sion of Franklin township are now
ready to receive bids to contract
for grading and macadamizing roads
in Franklin township beginning at
the court house. Franklin Press .
A FOUR-LEGGED CHICK.
Miss Martha Stamps celled us in
Saturday afternoon to show us a
fourdegged chick which was hatch
ed by one of her hens the day be
fore. The legs and feet were nor
mal with the exception that two
toes on one of the feet were webb"
ed together like those of a duck.
The chick was dead when found.
Madison Herald.
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