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VOL. I NO. 7
GROVER VABD IN
SERIOUS CONDITION
aheville Citizen.
Chances for the recovery of Grov
er Ward, who was brought to the
Meriwether hospital from Almond
Saturday morning, are thought to
be slight according to the state
ments of-his attendants at the hos
pital. An operation was performed
shortly after the patient arrived,
about 3 o'clock, and it was found
that the bullet had penetrated his
abdomen, pierced his intestines in
several places and lodged in his
back near the spinal cord.
Ward was shot in an altercation
with John Woodard Friday night,
the latter being instantly' killed by
Ward, who, it is'said, emptied the
contents of a shot gun .into Wood
ard'sbody. Ward was brought to
Asheville on a special train, made
up at Bryson City.
It was stated at first that Ward
had sent relatives away from home
and that Woodard had gone to the
house to quiet him and place him
under arrest. Later reports made
by Charles C. Williams, of Almond,
who came to the city yesterday, are
to the effect that this is not true.
Mr. Williams in an interwiew to
a representative of The Citizen gave
an account as follows:
"Ward was in his front yard with
his cousin, Frank Anderson, of
Knoxville. While fingering with
the mechanism of hie shot-gun the
weapon was accidently discharged.
Policeman X3eveland
to th? house to ifWt i g a t cf
the matter, and when assured that
the shooting of the gun was acci
dental, went away.
"Woodard, who was employed at
the railway station and who had
always been on the best of terms
with Ward, then made three trips
to the house to 'arrest Ward. No
body seems to know what his ob
ject was and on his third trip, after
he had procured a pistol at the
station, he was met by Ward's
mother, who told him not to go to
the house. When he arrived Ward
politely invited him into the house,
but Woodard refused and insisted
on arresting Ward When the latter
refused to comply with these de
mands, Woodard drew his gun and
fired. As Ward fell he returned
the fire with his shot-gun, killing
Woodard.
"Anderson and Edward Crisp, a
neighbor, were present at the time
of the shooting and witnessed the
whole affair. Woodard was a mar
ried man, having a wife and two
small children. Ward is unmarriedt
living with his mother, his sister,
Miss Sallie Ward, and his brothes,
Norvin Ward."
A deputy sheriff accompanied
Ward to Asheville, and before leav
ing for Bryson City yesterday morn
ing, a warrant was placed in the
hands of the local sheriff's offices
r the arrest of Ward, in. case fie
recovers. yV-V:. ' 'v
FUNERAL FOR THE
GOOD OF THE CITY.
Mark Twain once struck a city
and after making a survey of it
came to the conclusion that it had
some fine possibilities in IT, but
that with every thmg that could be
done to help it, nothing would help
it so much as a lot of "first class
V
Rev. D. M. Pressley.
Rev. D. M. Pressley, a former
Jackson County boy, stopped over
in Sylva Sunday and preached at
the Baptist church at the evening
service. Mr.-Pressley is on his
annual vsit to his old home on
GuUowhd& It is a characteristic
M xe$t mothtain lwy tbafcv they
.wrger mr:ijiouirtain
si
the hot summer
season. Mr. Pressley is nastor in
Bethsada, 0. He is one of the
funerals." That, of course, meant
that the death of some of the town's
best known citizens would have to
take place so it would be impossible
for them to block the way of its
progress.
Mark Twain's joke was on the
class of men who hold back their
town or put mouth on everything
that is proposed for its development.
Of course, nobody favors a funeral
of any man for the good of the
town, but a better plan for dealing
with the obstructionist would be to
snow them under. Sometimes a
mimic funeral answers for the same
purpose, and it was that kind which
Patterson, N. J., solemnly held a
few days ago. Patterson got her
knockers, grouches, kickers and
tightwads, and held a burlespue
funeral which was meant to typify
their burial. Three dummies were
prepared to represent the dead body
of Dr. Tightwad, Old Man Pessimist,
and Chronic Kicker. They were
solemnly loaded into hearses, and
away the procession went to the
burial ground.
v Thousands of people, including
the hilarious small boy, followed in
the wake, of the cortege but no
tears were shed. On the contrary,
there wajee and laughter, and a
bandM iidaiyed h mock dirge
wbilSeJnrqn with jests
and engaged in hilarious conduct
all along the route. "The whole of
the affair was intended to be a
mockery, and it was a hollow one
that was rather inspired to hurt the
feelings of those whose burial the
the funeral was supposed to repre
sent Each class of Patersonians
who have knocked, or kicked, : or
have been glued to their money
SYLVA, N. C., JULY. 31 1914
young men discovered by Dr. A. E.
Brown'a school in Glenville back in
eighties. Old Jaclcscn haa given
up to other parts of the country
some of her best and strongest men
and women.
Mr. Pressley will preach at Elli-
jay nxt Sunday on Christian Edu
cation, and we Jmye no doubt he
will preaatrnnrf
iumseiffj a greater sefmbn
since he is ansxamnle of what
1.
Christian education will do for a
mountain boy.
could not help regarding the affair
as personal. It was aimed at all
and it did not go wide of the mark.
Upon arrival at the burial ground
Dt Tightwad was consigned to the
grave and a nickel was buried with
him. Old Pessimist was tumbled
into his grave and with him went
the words of the old tune "The
Old Cow is Dead" Chronic Kicker
laid low with a big hammer draped
in mourning. The funeral oration
was an eloquent proclamation of
joy and gladness, and the redemp
tion preached was that of a city
that had long been cursed by the
activities of calamity howlers,
and others whose dummy cadavers
were laid with mock ceremonies in
the silent grave.
That was a itfay Paterson boosters
and optimists 'adopted to emphasize
the fact that it was tired of knockers
grouches, pessimists, cheap screws,
and the whole list of persons whose
chief end is Vto predict calamity,
foretell disaster and generally dis
courage boosters, make life miser
able for everybody, and actually
damage the city.
Unfortunately, every city has its
individuals who lament, lambast
and howl, and their chief stock in
trade is to insist that the country,
the town and jevery thing in them
is going to demolition bow wows.
Meanwhile everything is going
ahead and every body knows it
but a class of people who can't see
ahead. Wilmington Star.
Rev. Thad F. Deitz has been in
the city this Week from Bryscn
City, in the interest of the Western
North Carplma Bible Conference, of
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CELEBRATION AT
. HENDERSONVILLE.
Hendersonville, July 27, This
city is crowded to the point of over
flowing today with tourists and
special groups of visitors who are
here for the grahMUlitary and
AutomobHei Day'V j3elmties ar
ranged in celebration:' of the build
ing of the Asheville-Henderson-ville-Spartanburg
highway. It is
the biggest crowd ever assembled
here'foraiiy event and the event
itself is the most magnificent ever
arranged for one of Hendersonville's
summer seasons. It is all consid
ered a very fitting "celebration for
the construction of a- highway that
-will mean so much in opening up
the western section of North Caro
lina to the tourists from the south
anoeas ; .
The festivities of the day began
with a mamoth parade that formed
at Hyman Heights on the Asheville
road, near the foot of Main street,
and marched along ths entire
length- of Main street and back
again. It was headed by troop K
of the Fifth United States cavalry,
mounted, which arrived on the
outskirts of the town early 'this
morning from Mountain Home,
where camj . was pitched Saturday
night, on niaiclt frain Camp
Grove nar A&eville. v Immeate
ly following l& trobpeia wafc the
Blrst Coast ArMlery band of 'Fort
JNgpuenatt, torrvemorn.
music created a hohday spirit that
pervaded the participants hx the
parade and. the thousands of on
lookers. ELECTRICAL STORM
VISITSWAYNESVILLE
Waynesville, July 27. Yesterday
afternoon this storm was visited by
one of the worst electrical storms
in the history of the town or coun
ty. With heavy winds blowing and
the wmd coming down in torrents
for nearly an hour traffic was stop
ped completely. The lightning cut
many capers during the rainfall.
At Eagle's Nest, on Junaluska,
mountain, six miles from here,
lightning struck a tree near a barn
in the parture near the hotel and
killed a valuable horse belonging to
S. C. Satterthwaite, Jr., proprietor
of the hotel. On the mountains
surrounding this city trees were
struck and shattered.
In this city the home of Mayor
Clyde H. Ray was struck and a pil
lar of the porch was knocked out
completely, but doing very little
damage other than shattering sev
eral pieces of weatherboarding. A
large oak tree on the lawn of the
Sulphur Springs hotel was struck
and completely shattered
The storm seemed to be evenly
distributed over the county and a
general rain prevailed throughout.
Although several hundred dollars
damage was done, the value of the
rain to the crops will more than
onset the financial loss.
Waynesville was in darkness for
nearly an hour; Twenty-five tele
phones of the Waynesville Tele
phone company were burned out.
However, the damage has been re-
paired md everything is again in
'order
ingWn
stedohM. The strains .of' martial
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
BIBLE CONFERENCE
BEGINS TO-NIGHT.
Dr. Caleb Atedley, of Atlanta,
will conduct the opening service, of
the second annual Western North
Carolina Bible Conference, at the
auditorium at &30 this 'evening
the subject of his talk being
'Christ Greatest Desire." Every
body in this section knows Dr. Rid
ley and it is expected that a large
crowd will hear him.
Dr. Ridley is the president of the
Conference and Rev. Thad. F. Deitz
the general manager.
The Conference will continue for
ten days during which time there
will be three services each day at
11 A. M. 3 P. M. These exercises
will be conducted by some of the
leading pulpit orators and lay-lead
ers of different denominations in
the South. Among the speakers
are numbered Judge Peter C
Pritchard, Frank Siler, J. E. Aber-,
nethy, Calvin B. Waller, W. EL At
ernethy and Walter N. Johnsoru:
Everybody is cordially invited to ,
be present The tentative pro
gramme follows:
TENTATIVE PROGRAM.
July IsMo August 0th.
Friday
aM..:.rra A.Ridley.
j-,.. Saturday,
.v Sunday
lAM:i2 L A; Ridley
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Monday
11:00 A. M.. -C. B. Waller
3:00 P. M
8:00 P. M .J. E Abernethy
Tuesday
11:00 A. M... C.B. Waller
3:00 P. M
8:00 P. M J. E Abernethy
Wednsda y
11: A. M c. B. Waller
3: P. M .
8: P. M Frank Siler
Thursday
11:00 A. M .
3: 00 P. M
8: 00 P. M. .J. E. Abernethy
Friday
11: 00 A. M.
3J30 p.;m
8:,00 P. M J.'4E. Abernethy
Saturday
11:00 A. M
8:00 P. M. W. N. Johnson
Sunday
11:00 A. M. W. E. Abernethy
3:00 P. M. .... W. N. Johnson
8:00 P.M. C. A. Ridley
BIES AT SYLVA.
Mrs. D. G. Rogers, of Daytona.
Ha., who with her two sons, Messrs.
Clarence and Walter Rogers, and
her daughters. Dr. Josie and Miss
Mabel Rogers, have been stopping
in Sylva for several weeks, died at
the home of Mrs. Carrie McKee,
Saturday afternoon. Her remains
were taken to Daytona Sunday
morning.
Holy Communion at St John's
Chapel Friday morning July 31 a
8 o'clock" by Rev. C. J. Curtis o
Piscataway, Md
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