VOL. I NO. 7
WESTERN CAROLINA
BIBLE CONFERENCE
OPENS JULY 31
SYLVA, N. C., JULY. 17
1914
Caleb A. Ridley, Walter N. John
son, W. K Abernethy, J. E. Aber-
nethy, William Louis Poteat, Jeter
C. Pritchard.
Where or when could one expect
to find a more noble array of speak
ers? And these are just a few , of
those who will be on the program.
"Cale Ridley," the mountain boy
known in Jackson and Macon 'coun
ties. Now the pastor of one of the
largest churches in the South and
a master of the pulpit and plat
form.
Walter N. Johnson, pastor, of the
Wake Forest Baptist Church. The
author and deliverer of that marvel-
ous sermon at the last session of
the Baptist Convention, taken from
Revelations: "He that hath on ear,
let him hear what the Spirit sayeth
unto the Churches."
W. E. Abernethy, perhaps the
most magnetic speaker and fluent
orator in North Carolina.
J. E. Abernethy, an orator and
preacher who has preached all over
the Western North Carolina Confer
ence from Murphy to the EasUjthe
Pastor of cue M. E. ChurchSoutIt,
at Gastonia. ' ?;
WillianAouis Pottrti
lectual giant. A most logical and
forceful speaker; one of the leaders
of thought in North Carolina and
the South; the president of Wake
Forest College.
Jeter C. Pritchard, Judge of the
United States Circuit Coart of Ap
peals; a jurist of renown; a power
ful layman; a man who is always
in demand at the Y. M. C. A. meet
ings and conferences where Christ
ian people are gathered together for
work and inspiration.
These and others are the men
who will do the talking at the West
ern North Carolina Bible Conference
at Sylva, beginning July 31, and
lasting for ten days. . -
It is expected that the largest
crowd of people ever in Sylva will
will attend the meetings."
There will not be a dull moment
the program is full.
The arrangements for the music
are being made. Mr. Rogers, Mr.
Ridley's assistant pastor, will direct
the singing.
The evening services will be
an evangelical nature.
CHARGED WITH
BURN
INC CHURCH.
MURPHY DIVISION
STOPS EUMlNATEl
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
of
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;eives electric
SHOCK.
During the most severe electric
storm that has visited this locality
in a long time, six of the boys at
Camp Jackson received a shock
about noon Tuesday, "Boots" David
son and Jerome Morris were the
only two who were rendered uncon
scious. Morris recovered m a few
minutes but . Davidson was fin a
critical condition for several hours.
The curretn entered 'he. tent,
the tent, where the boys w'ere stan
ding, by means of the electric wire,
Asheville Gazette News July 14
One of the greatest upheavals in
the colored population of Asheville
occurred this morning whn thv
Buncombe county grand jury re
turned true bills charging arson
against Bishop C. R, Harris of the
Western North Carolina confer
and one of the leading churchmen
of A. ME. church in this state; W.
J. Trent, one of the nrime mnvprs
in the organization of the local Y
M. I., who is now in Atlanta; Noah
Murrough.W. P Pegram W. P.
Brooks, Elijah McDowell. Dr. J. W.
Walker, Parker Johnson and Caleb
Martin. They are charged with bur
ning the A. M. E. Zion church, Hop
kins chapel, on Mountain street
about four years ago. -
Warrants were at once issued for
the men and all of the Jocal men
arrested this morning, while war
rants, were sent to Salisbury and
Atlanta for Bishop Harris and. W.
J. Trent.
The arrests came as the result of
the work of Frank Jordan, deputy
state insurance commissioner. Mr
Jordan has been devoting his time
to the case for the last six months
and with the assistance of local par
ties was able to work out enough
evidence to warrant the grand jury
in returning true bills this morning.
Iderstooiat: the; church
sometime prior to the fire; that tthe
city had condemned it and that
later on -the trustees of the church.
of which all the defendants, with
the exception of Bishop Harris, are
members took out additional insur
avce to the amount of $8,000, mak
ing a total of $10,000 on the build
ing.
About 60 days after this, it is al
leged, the building burned, which
was about four years ago. A large
fish fry was held at the church one
night and. later on. during the night
it caught fire and burned. The re
port current at the time was that
tne Duiidmg caught from the stove
used at the fry.
On the sight of the burned build
ing the trustees of the church have
erected a beautiful building that it
is estimated cost between $12,000
and $15,000.
The firms of Glenn and Sales and
Fortune and Roberts have been em
ployed by State Insurance Commis
sioner James R. Young to prosecute
the cases. Ltforts will be made to
have the cases tried at this term
of court, if the defendants wh o
Announcement was made at the
office of Division Passenger Agent
James H. Wood, of theS Southern
Railway company, yesterday to the
enect that with the establishment
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.
The Republican Executive Com
mittee, of Jackson County has is
sued a call for the holding of the
Convention in the court house at
Sylva August first.
PRAISES SYLVA AND
CAMP JACKSON.
Sylva, N. C, July 8,114.
Editor Chronicle I arrived July
1st at the little town of Sylva N.
near which is located Camn
of passenger trains No. Mand No Jackscn.
32 on the Murphy divlonv local Camp Jackson.I feel, is an Au-
between Asheville and fcesville ci:::JTlUU0.aiinSmuteI by the
will, be eliminate 'with minium Doys, tot, the purpose of re-
tion that the trains will rrfaW rod creatlon, education and all kinds of
- JfWVV IVigU I .
" ai iiuimuy, Aanton ana vxvy opu"o iur me dovs oi thp
uyae with a flag stop at JLake Juna- country,
luska. However stons will hp mndp Thf
to receive passengers for points the mountains nf iwh, n v
west of Brysonand toltake off JT.0 North Carolina.
eirnrPSQ nQrL-Qrfo s- ' special attention has been
rwu j'uvnuuo. g- I j
Under the
pdiu to tne sanitary arrangement.
x . "aut, T, . cumpieie me Duild
tram No. 19 will get to Miirohv . at lne dinnmg-ioom and kitchen rJ j.
10-40 n m fif nL's-JnrT u, . . mouern, sate and conveuient
j-. x. imtcu mmuics earner r'vv'v'" uiuutdmv. a snn foru
than it thenmnt tim v fn,, "w every respect.
; uuiqiu suu nn Trnm q
mi , ... : uiuuuid 111
ine cnanges will go Into effect snrind a Violf r.:i .
SnnHov onnif AL. - & - "me away is one of
uuj.uuuu ia oicilcu uiat mey tho m.
were made in the interest nf m " lwulWl ine sPnn8 which
the runs of the trains being made Serves as the sourceof this fountain
under the new schedule With fewer is cemented and protected in every
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stops man during the past.
FIBE ESCAPES
- - AT SCHOOL
The school committee has been
having fire escapes installed at the
school building.
This is the one thing necessary to
complete the building and make it
in
A. AND M.
FRANK ENLOE.
ire
out of the city can be brought here
in time. . .
SYLVA WINS AT
WAVNESVILLE.
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The Sylva boys went over Satur-
I day and took a fall from the Way
nes ville lads to the , tune of 16 to
8.
July 8. The people here were
shocked Sunday morning by the.
sad news of the death of our forr
mer townsman Frank Enloe. He
had beeh m veryibad health r
several yeaiSc and heenAil?
ville about a ' year a'Soith the
hope that the doctors" there might
cure him. He was brought back
here Monday and was buried in
the Whittier cemetery. Mr. Enloe
was a native of Swain County, and
was born in Ocona Lufty Township,
where he grew up to be a young
man. He was then employed as
clerk in the D. K. Collins store at
Cherokee, where he worked for
several years. Finally he went in
to the mercantile business for him
self and in a short while he moved
to Whittier; and he remained in the
goods business until a few years
ago, when his health broke down
and he went out of business. The
funeral service was conducted in
tne Methodist church by Rev. Mr.
Hoyle of Asheville. The remains
were then turned over to the
Masons (most of whom were from
Bryson City) who took charge and
conducted their burial services at
the cemetery. Besides a wife.and
several children, he leaves two bro
thers and two sisters and many
friends to mourn his death. We
extend our heartfelt sympathy to
the b ereaved family Whittier
Correspondence to , Bryson City
Times.
The Agrigcultural and Mechani-
way from contamination. This cal College, in its growth, develop-
spring also supplies three shower ment, and social usefulness, has
baths, Sanitary toilets are located been almost a revelation to our
conveniently near. The tents State. It is just twentv-five vears
which house the boys are spacious Id this year It: is tnerefore by a
electric lighted and have wooden gdany years the voimst of
floors. vAmcgcs iui men. it represents
a new type of education. Yet, in
..- ine camp has the use of one of the face of manv difficulties it hs
the finest baseball-diamonds, in the jnade. for itself a most striking re
state, and Camp Jackson' has al- cord- Its; faculty now . numbers
ready scored one victory in this S.ixty sPecialists in industrial educa-
sport, defeating the crack amateur "T wTf .w ea m Dest
c..i o . . .. universities of America. Its enroll-
-u.oyivdOlOU. milpotwas ment Of Students .nnntind oil
; f e .... . . ' c.
m niie iorm, yielding only three courses, is 738. Its building nnm-
hits; On Saturday Camp Ja ckson ber 26- Jts equipment is modern
and Camp Cherokee, the lattpr nf ana Practical. Its graduates are
Bryson City. N. C. will nlav most successful. Its catalogue fur-
Camp Cherokee has a fine team nisnes an interesting story of activi-
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after entirely ruining the trans
former on the outside. IfSs
Davidson has recovered v and
seems to be suffering no ill leifect
from his shock. ;
OXFORD SINGING CLASS
The Singing Class of the Oxford
Orphan Asylum, with their usual
good concert, .delighted a large audi
ence at the auditorium Saturday
nignt. r -
COOKE PLAYERS HERE
The Cooke players have been in
Sylva for the week and will com
pleted the engagement Saturday
evening.
They have showed all evening to
good audiences. The program is
changed each night and consists of
seme good vaudeville features and
the presenting of a comedy each
night. The first reel- of pictures
starts at 8:15.
A party of tourists from Umatel
la7 Fla., arrived at Sylva Wednes
day, in their special car. There
are seventeen in the party, all of
whom will spend the remainder of
the summer here.
having several college players, one
of whom will next year be captain
of the University of Virginia base
ball team. A close and interest ing
game is expected.
There are four 45-minute peroids
each day, except Saturday and Sun
day. lasting from 9 untji 12 o'clock
And the mountaia air seems to be
inspiring the boys, for thev
very much interested in their' wor
and pay close attention to their in"
structors.
The weight of all the boys were
accurately recorded, upon their ad
mittance to the camp, and judging
by the quality and quantity of the
fried chicken consumed, these
weights will be materially increas
ed by the time they leave camp.
Knowing tjiat so many Augusta
boys are up here, I feel that Augus
ta parents will be insterested to
hear of these things. Iam sure
that any parents desiring to send
their boy to such a camp could
not do better then to send them to
camp Jackson.
Very truly,
NOEL M. MOORE, M. D.In the
Augusta Chronicle.
ty in the industrial life of our State
ONE WAY TO BEAT WHISKEY.
RETURNS FROM EUROPE.
Judge Frank Carter, of Asheville,
who has been spending a portion of
the summer in Europe, will return
this week and be ready for resump
tion of his work in the circuit of the
State. Judge Carter spends a
month or two generally in the sum
mer tramping-in the old country
and comes back much improved-
News and Observer.
One of the readers of the Eistis
Lake -Region wrote the editor of
that paper as follows:
"Editor Wood: -To the married
man who cannot do without his
drink we suggest the following as a
solution to the habit:
"Start a saloon in your own
house. Be the only enstomer. You
have no license to pay. Go to your
wife and give her $2.00 to buy a
gallon of whiskey and remember
member there's 69 drinks in one
gallon.
Buy your drinks from no one but
your wife, and by the time the first
gallon is she will have $8.35 to put
m the bank and $2.00 to start busi
ness again.
"Should you live ten yea nd
continue to buy booze frea fcer and
then die with snakes in your boots
she will have money enough to
bury you decently, educate your
children, buy a house andvlot, mar
ry a decent man and stop thinking
about you." Franklin Press.
Mrs. Lusk, of Cleveland Tenn.
has been in Sylva for several days
visiting her sister, Mrs. F. H. Leather-
wood, Mrs. Lusk and Mrs. Leather-
wood are now in Asheville visiting
relatives.
Chief Justice Walter Clark of the -
supreme court bench of North Caro
lina would make a worthy successor
to the late Justice Lurton, in the
world's highest trtbunal,
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