VOL. I NOi 7
FASH BUILDINGS BURNED
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The two large exhibition buildings
and grahdstand together with the
secretaries office and some of the
smaller buildings of the Jackson
County Fair ( Association were
completely destroyed by fire Mon
day night. ' ' '
The fire caught in the east-end
exhibition building and was well
underway when it was discovered
There was hard wind blowing and
the flames spread rapidly,' endang
ering the fences and woodland sur
rounding. r i v
The buildings that were burned
were the best for the purpose for
which they were constructed, in
Western North Carolina.
The loss is about $4000 partially
covered by insurance to the extent
of $2000. The Secretary's books
add papers were saved.
There was only va small amount
of the property belonging to Camp
Jackson in the burned buildings
the more valuable property of the
school being stored' up town. The
loss suffered by the Camp will pro
bably be less than $100.
Plans are already on Toot to re
place the buildings.
G31NS AffER IT.
Murphy citizens and business
men are geing after the Asheville
Atlanta Highway, and showed their
good intentions in this project by
. the lare and repres mtative dele
gation that went to the meeting at
Bryson City Tuesday. Cherokee
Scout.
TM-STATE'
Clffcrokefi Scout, '
A Tri-State Fair is a project that
should be developed by the business
men of Murphy. With Cherokee,
Clay and Graham counties, in North
Carolina, Towns and Uuion counties
in Georgia, and Polk in Tennessee,
we could have a fair that would
beat anything in this entire moun
tain section and bring thousands of
visitors here from these states and
other sections. It would be a pro
ject that would appeal at once to
the public, because it would be out
of the usual. We would like to see
this matter taken up this fall and
winter and developed.
A monument ended to the
memory of John and Jane Bryson,
first settlers of Jackson County and
ancestors of the Brysons in this
county and many others who have
gone from here to other places, will
be unveiled at Cullowhee grave
yard on Sunday Nov. 8th. 1914.
All Brysons or their decendentst are
urged to be present.
This beautiful monument, pre
sented to the family by "Mrs? Mell
Keller of Cullowhee and her broth
ers in Texas was on display at the
fair grounds during our last fair
and was admired by all who saw
it. 1 -
FOR SALE 5 pure bred Duroc
Jersey pigs 6 weeks old. $7,50
each if taken in next 10 days.
W. C, Hill.
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fif Dr, Joseph Hyde Pratt. '
For some tme the; Highway Divi
sion of the rjorth Carolina Geologi
cal and Economic Survey, has been
interested inftrying to work out a
a plan by which the extreme West
ern part of ftorth Carolina could
come in touch with the re st of the
State by good roads ;but it is only
within the past few, months that
conditions arose that have made it
possible to undertake this propose
tion. In several townships of Chero
kee County, bonds were issued and;
good roads : were constructed, so
that Andrews and Murphy are con
nected by good roads. Haywood
and Buncombe Counties were build
ing roads, but there was very little
being done in Jackson, Swain or
Macon, During the past few
months, however, the townships in
these counties have taken up in a
very energetic manner the con
struction of good roa Is "and now
there is no reason why a through
road should not be constructed at
an early date, connecting Asheville
and Murphy and extending to tie
Georgia line. There is no road in
Western North Carolina that woulc
be used more and have any more
attractive scenery than this route.
Although it will cross several ran
ges of mountains, it does not offer
any serious engineering problems
that cannot be met by the counties.
From Asheville to Waynesville
the road is completed, and from as
8maBce&giveaby the county com
missioners of Haywood the road
will be continued to the Jackson
County line near Balsam. A cross
ing of the Balsam Mountains can
be made on an easy grade and will
open up to the thousands of tourists
that will come into this section a
m )st attractive and beautiful por
tion of Western North Carolina
Descending the Balsams, a highway
can easily be located that will have
no heavier grade than the Southern
Railway. Sylva Township has al
ready constructed a road almost
the whole distance between Sylva
and Addie, and is constructing its
road towards Dillsboro township
line. This leaves to the east, be
tween Sylva Township line and
the Haywood line, not over six
miles of toad to construct.
From Sylva to Franklin, Macon
County, two roads are under con
sideration, one to cross the Cowee
Mountains, following in a general
way the old stage coach route; the
other via Bryson, Swain County.
If the latter route is selected, the
highway would follow from Dills
boro down the Tuckaseigee Valley
through the Cowee Mountains to
Bryson; This Valley is a most at
tractive one and the road would be
come very popular. It would give
the farmers of that valley an oppor
tunity to" market their products at
the lowest cost for transportation.
At Bryson the road would cross a
spur of the Cowee Mountains and
then follow up the Valley of the
Little Tennessee River to Franklin.
Here, again, is a section that iOvery
much in need of a good road, beau
tiful farm lands that cannot be de
veloped to their full extent on ac
count of 4he bad conditions of the
roads. There is no question but
that after the construction of this
road that soon there would be al
most a continuous line of summer
homes between Bryson and Frank
lin. - . - .
Thfr other route from- Sylva a-
cross the Cowee Mountaine would
SYLV Xl., OCTOBER. 30 1914
mean that the highway would pene
trate through a more rugged country
but it is doufitful if it could be
more niduresmifi than th' via
Bryson, and, on the other hand it
would not open up as large an area
of farming land as the other raute.
There is no difficulty, however, in
crossing the Cowee Mountains on
an easy grade and at a minimum
cost of construction. From Frank
lin the route would je approximate
ly via Aquone across the Nanthala
Mountains and Valley, the Valley
River Mountains and on to Andrews
Between Aquone and Andrews
would, perhaps, be the hardest
piece of construction work, but
there is but little doubt that the
Federal Government will assist in
building the highway through this
section, as it represents one of the
forest areas that has been acquired
by the Federal Governmrnt,
Across the Nantahala and. Valley
River Mountains there would be
some of the wildest and most
picturesque scenery along the whole
route from Asheville to Murphy,
Cherokee County is already reap
ing the benefit of the good roads
from Andrews to Murphy, but they
feel the need of a road connecting
them with Macon and Swain Count
ies, and (here is no doubt that w t'i
its construction there will be con
stant travel between these counties
and Cherokee, the people of each
being united by ties of kinship.
From Murphy to the Georgia line
the road would probably follow the
Valley of the Nqttely River.
Georgia is ready to co2rate.in
carrying this road on to Rome and
Atlanta. It is the intention in the
near future to hold a joint meeting,
perhaps at Murphy, of delegates
from Georgia and North Carolina
who are insterested in the construc
tion of this road.
Already a great deal of enthus
iasm has been aroused in North
Carolina over the construction on
this road and plans are now being
made to get a corps, of engineers at
work locating the, highway. It is
hoped that this can be started at af
early date. If the people of the six
counties interested will get together,
there is no question whatever but
that the road can be built and that
Murphy and Asheville will be cOn
n ected by a gcod road within eight
een months. The counties through
which the road pauses have plenty
of resources to enable them to raise
the revenue necessary with which
to build the road. The general
plan is for the road to be built with
with maximum grades of '4 1-2 per
cent and of such-a width that it is
no trouble to pass any kind of ve
hicle to any place along the road.
CLAY WELL -GANTT.
Announcement is made of the
engagement of Miss Catheryn Clay
well of Morgantori, and Mr. Robert
Gantt, of Bryson City, the marriage
to take place in the Morgantori
Methodist church on December 16th.
Miss Clay well is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Clay well, of Mor
ganton, received her musical educa
tion at the Durham Conservatory
of Music-and is considered one of
the most beautiful young women of
the mountain section of the state.
Bob Gantt, as he is affectionately
known is a Trinity Collegevman and
an old baseball star, being one of
the leading pitchers on the Trinity
team while in college. Since his
graduation he read law and is now
located at 'Bryson City where he
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enjoys a fine practice,
The wedding will be one of the
leading social everitsin Morgan ton
this winter. News anil Observer.
THAT EXTRA U
The Countv Board of "Fi
answers the charge being circulate
mat iney recommended and are re-
sponsible for the S cts. school levy,
of 1913. and now considered an
illegal tax.
North Carolina,
Jackson County. -
I, T. L. Jamison, being first duly
sworn, deposes and says: That he
is one of the members of- the Board
at Education of Jackson County and
was such member during the year
1913, and at the time the taxes for
that year were levied; that they did
not have any meeting of the Board
of Education, and that neither he
nor M. Buchanan were present at
the August meeting of the Board of
Commissioners of .Taok
7
when the taxes. for that year were
.cvku, uui diuiB du.y meeting 01
uie ruaru oi nuucauon oi tne same
year, they discussed the question of
whethet they would ask the levy of
5c. on the $100.00 wonh of property
(now known as an illegal tax), and
that they decided that they would
not ask the levy of this tax, and did
not ask it, and that he did not know
the same had been levied by the
Commissioners until some time
after the levy was made.
T. L. JAMISON.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me, this the 27ih day of October,
1914, J.J.Gray
Notary Public.
North Carolina,
Jackson County.
M. Buchanan being duly sworn,
deposes and. says: That he is a
member of. the Board of r Education
ofJacks0n 'County and "was such
member during the year 1913, and
at the time the taxes for that year
were levied; that they did not have
any meeting of the Board of Educa
tion, and none of the members of
said Board were present at the Au
gust meeting of the Board of Com
missioners when the taxes were
levied; that at the July meeting of
the Board of Education of the same
year, they discussed the question of
whether they would ask the levy of
5c. on the $100.00 worth of proper
ty (now known as an illegal tax),
and that they decided that they
would not ask the levy of this tax,
and did not ask it, and did not know
the same had been levied by the
Commissioners until most of the
taxes had been collected, when it
wis brought to the attention of the
Board of Education that the South
ern Railway Company had declined
to pay this tax because the same
was illegal, and as he is informed
the Commissioners released the
Railroad from the payment of said
tax. M. BUCHANAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me, this the 28th day of October,
1914. J.J.Gray,
advt. Notary Public.
The Missionary Society of the M.
E. Church most delightfully enter
tained the Missr6nary Society of
the Baptist Church Wednesday af
ternoon Oct. 21 from 3 to 5 o'clock
at the home of Mrs., M. D. Cowan,
which was beautifully decorated
with dahlias and chrysanthemums.
There was a full representation of
the members of both societies. Af
ter an hour of social pleasure, v The
guest engaged in a " Flower Contest"
Mrs. Jasper Allen giving the great
est number of porrect answers won
the prize of a beautiful boquet of
many varieties of dahlias. Fruit
Punch was served in the parlor af
ter which the guests were shown
into the dinning room which was ;
adorned with autumn flowers a .d I Liniment for 25 cents of any drug
colors where a salad course wis: gist and nave it in huse
served. i against colds, sore and swollen joints
On leaving all were unanimous rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica and
in voicing the pleasures of the oc- j. like ailments. Your money back,
casion and. voting Mrs. Gowan a f not satisfied, but it d di . Qi
most agreeable hostess.
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
A BAY AT "TIP TOP"
On Tuesday October thirteenth at
up iop , me aeiignttui country
home of Mrs. C. W. Allen, the lad
ies of the Woman's Missionary So
ciety spentone of the most enjoy
ble days of their existence as a so
ciety. f
Just fifteen ladies were in the
party, and the whole day's program
crowned by a dinner that Delraoni
co's would have their hands full in
surpassing, was a success in every
way.
It is impossible to convey on pa
per, any idea of what just such a
country dinner as Mrs. Allen's
means. Suffice it to say that an
over abundance of everything it is
possible to conceive in the way of
me most eataoie, was
rg A1en
served by
. Tip Top is 4000 feet aboye
sea
level, and after the ride up, the la
dies were all able to do full justice
to the most excellent eats.
Among the elder ladies who at
tended were Mrs. Bryson, Mrs. Mal
lonee and Mrs. Leatherwood, and
these appeared to be as young as
any in the party upaa their return
A day at Mrs. Allen's takes ten
years from your age, and adds
something to your recollections of
good things not soon to be forgotten.
Chestnuts were to be had by the
"apron-full", and repeated visits
were made;to the orchard by Mrs.
Allen's delighted guests.
If anyone had troubles, they were
forgotten without an effort.
The Society looks forward to the
next visit to Tip Top, and they can
not be faulted for so doing.
Those present were:
Mrs. N. D. Cowan, Mrs. A. S. Nich
o!s, Mrs. J. W. Keener, Mrs. D. D.
Hooper, Mrs. J. H. Wilson, Mrs. Su
lia Bryson, Mrs. Carrie MrTIee, Mrs.
J.J.Gray, Mrs. Mallonee, Mrs.
Leatherwood, Mrs, E. L. McKee,
Mrs. W. H. Rhodes and Miss Helen
Cathey.
Helen Cathey Sec.
Tat AUTO IN THE 1 FIELD.
It is quite a common sight in
North Carolina to see farmers drive
to the harvest fields in automobiles.
It takes a solemn sum of money to
buy an automobile and it takes
good roads, as well as gasoline, to
run ihem.
A. joy riden the harvest fields
of this State is one of the most ex
hilarating experiences that is avail
able on this continent and one that
would charm a tourist and convince
a home-seeker. A speedway lined
with growing crops and blooded
stock is a landscape that one sel
dom tours in a lifetime. In map
ping out automobile routes the
North Carolina harvest fields shouh
be given prominent position. Was
not a' "See American First" Cam
rpaign?
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