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VOL. I NO. 7
SYLVA, N.: C, NOVEMBER 20, 1914,
$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
Y
HER FIRE
A blaze that threatened to as
sume alarming proportions was
that that almost , completely de
stroyed the building occupied by
the Tuckaseigee Bank and A. J
Dills' insurance offices, Saturday
morning about 1:30.
The fire was discovered before it
had made much headway, and, the
alarm was given. :
The volunteer fire department
did quick and effective work stop
ping the flames before 4 they had
spread to adjoining buildings.
But for the prompness of action
on the part of the fighters a great
de u of property would- have been
destroyed.
The building was owned by Mr.
nilk His loss and that of the
bank will be approximatly, $3500,
partially covered by insurance.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
WA I TAXES-
Additional Special Taxes imposed
by the Act of October 22nd, 1914,
effective November 1st, 1914, to
continue to January 1st, 1916, are
as follows:
Bankers For each $1000.00 cap
ital employed, including surplus and
undivided profits, $1.00.
Brokers $30.00 each
Pawnbrokers $50.00.
Commercial Brokers $20.00 each
K Commission Merchants $20.00;g
Theatres, Mesuems and Concert
Halls, according to seating capacity
from OtrfS'O to
Sioo.oor' ;
Circuses $100.00 each.
Other Exhibitions or Show's For
money, $10.00. Bowling Alleys and
Billiard Tables, $5.00 for each alley
or table.
Dealers in Leaf Tobacco -Exceed-
ing sales of 1000 pounds per year,
from $6.00 to $24.00, for sales of
50,000. pounds up to more than
100,000 pounds.
Mdiiuiauuiaou luua, ,
Manuiacturers pt ugars ana Man- j
$6.00 to
Uiactureia m v,.5alCt w
$2,198J. according to amount of
,ales; and dealers manufactured
tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes
selling more that $200.00 per an-
num, $4.80.
These special taxes
able (or assessable
are pay
i n c a s e
of Banks) during the month of Nov-
cmoer-ior eigm
of fiscal year endir June 30th
1915, and if not paid, or in case of
banks, returns made, on or before
November 30th. an addiOonatSO
)er cent penalty win Deconeciaoie. j
Blanks will be furnished by Col
letors as soon as received. Form
Nol 457 in case of Banks, and Form
No. 1 1 A in all other cases.
Stamp taxes on and after Decem
ber 1st.' 1914 to continue to, January
1st. 1916. . - x - .. .
. Documentary. On bonds of cor-
porations, certificates of stock, sale
of agreements,' promisory notes and
renewals thereof, bills of lading; con
tracts, conveyances, bonds, except
those used in legal proceedings,
powers of attorney, etc., etc.
. Proprietary, On : perfumery, cos
inttics and similar articles.
It is confidently expected that
full instructions as to documentary
and proprietary stamps will be re
ceived on or before December. . 1st,
1914land in thtlnca Uiine inquiries
from parties interested will - be
promptly answered by me.
Respectfully, .
K. D, WATTS, Collector.
Statesvilie, N. C. . ' - -'
ANOT
TWO MEN SHOT
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Franklin Press. Nov, 18
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were very much wrought up oVer i
two men being shot in Mr. Tom
Johnson's barber shop Tuesday
night of last week, -From
what information Wfe re
able to gather, Harve Shepherd was ;
in town and was drinking, and step-;
ped into the barber shop, and it is
said that Oliver had a warrant for
him and asked U. S. Deputy Mar
shal Bruce Slaughter, of . Robins
ville, who happened to be in town
to assist him. When th3 officers en-
tered the shop it seems that Mar-
shal Oliver djew his pistol on, Shep-1
herd and told him he had a war-
rant for him: Shepherd immediate-
ly drew his pi ;tol and commenced
firing. He fired two or three shots
and ran out the door and made
escape. In the meantime Oliver
it is said firei one ;shot. Slaugh-
ter ws shot in the hip and is i i a
vight cnfical cond?';on, but chances assiant; Jads-ia, C A. Johas.vi,
are favorable for nis recovery. Lee supply; Jonathan, L. H. (Griifith,
Ivester, the barber, Was also shot . Macon, J. L. Teague; Murphy stat
in the leg, but his wound is not j ion. Ira Erwin; Murpliy circuit, T. L
thought to be serious, although he Noble, supply; Ranger, J. H. Hop
has been laid up with it for sever- kins, supply; Robbinsville, H C.
al days. Otte, supply; B. L. C. Trull, - assist-
Slaughter says that Shepherd j
shot him. Ivester also claims tha
Shepherd fired the shot that struck
him.
As --was all .over in
a short
how it
i to tell just
V
Cashiers is still on the map, and
we need not worry.
Winter is here and the grain is
garnered and ho and hominy
: (made in North arolina) should
be 0Uf slodarh
Rey w;de R Nicholsoilf an
Eyangelist of Saiem s c passed
through town on his way to Glen-
ville where he is to conduct
ser-
vices Saturday night and Sunday
H1 A M Mr Nir-hnlsnn is hnv
g great success in his chosen pro.
and he fe tQ cQnduct
; & series of serviceg at the Cashiers
j Baptigt beginning the 25th
linet nnH n lnrdp rnndrppafinn will
; be present in order to hear this
j noted man. He will very likely lo
cate . somewhere in this County
where he can have a wider field in
tQ wQrk and tne neW3 of Ms
i .- wil, bg received most wel.
; (.onleIy as we wil, be glad t0 have
. Qm midst .
Rev. W. T. Hawkins has gone to
Asheville to attend the funeral of
his sister Mrs. E. Else, who sue
combed after a stroke of paralisis,
after which pneumonia set in.
She will be laid to rest in the vici-
tutir nf AQhPvillP it i nnnminopH.
111 tj V -L X XUU W V. W vw
The bereayed relatives have our
heart felt sympathy.
, Mrs. Geo. R. McCall and her
daughter . and Mrs. M. L. Watson
went to Glenville shopping Satur
day forenoon. Pleasant trip indeed
Walter McCall went to Tox way
on business, Saturday.
Sme Geo. R. McCall and- W. L.
iDIllard have gone into the lumber
industry it seems that business is
improving in Cashiers, for we can
get plenty of work to do, and lum
ber too, right at home. The war
has not effected us ony much.
The daily, mail to Lake foxaway
and return is being carried by M.
L. Watson he is a jood carrier.
Every citizen of c Pleasant Grove
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section came out on the 3rd inst.
I and cast their, ballot, and the high
sheriff paid , ins respeetsyto said
I V i " V .
:pe pie on the 11th inst by going
there to receive their taxes. They
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i'jf- vviuivu uig f lull- i 1 j iiiuiyii.
The sheriff states that he will- pay
them the usual visit once a year.
Blue Eyes.
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WAYNESVILLE DISTRICT.
L. T. Cordell. presiding elder; An-
drews, S. T. Barber; Bethel, A. L
Latham; Bryson and Whitfier, D. H.
Rhinehardt; Canton, J. ft Rogers;
Clyde, G. A.B. Holderby; ran'di n-
Statiou, R. H. Daugherty Franklin
circuit, W.G. Warren supply f Fines
Creek, E. M. Avett; Glenville, W.
C. Bowden; Haywood, R. C. iftrk;
Hayesville to be supplieWfBighr
lands, Z. V. Johnson, W. J. Hawkins
ant; Sylva to be supplied, Webster,
D. R, Proffitt; Waynesviile. 0. P
Ader; student in Emory and-Henry
college, A. C. Gibbs, professor Cullo
whee Normal, L. B, Abernethy.
The date of the Auction Sale for
the Atlantic Coast Rtaltv Co, should
e November 2l instead of Novem
ber 12.
Remember the date Nov. 21.
LOCAL LEGISLATION.
Wonder if the suffs are going to
give the legislature time to pass
that well-known Davidson county
measure makyig4t legal to open on
a pair of tens? Greensboro News.
"I LL SHOW'EM, DOBUm:'
I've stopped the paper, yes I have,
I didn't like to do it,
But the editor he got too smart,
. And I allow he'll rue it.
I am a man who pays his, debts,
And will not be insulted.
So when the editor gets smart
I want to be consulted.
I took the paper 'ley en years
And help him all I could sir,
But when it come to dunnin, me
I didn't think he would, sir.
But that he did, and you can bet
It made me hot as thunder;
I says,Tll stop that sheet, I will.
If the doggone thing goes; under."
1 1 hunted up the editor
And fer his cunnin' caper
I-paid him 'LEVEN years and quit!
Yes, sir, I stopped tne paper.
FREE DELIVERY.
The undersigned will deliver fruit !
trees at the following places, viz:
Rosman
Lake Toxaway
Highlands
Sylva '
Glenville
November 20th
November 21st
November 23rd
November 25 th
November 28th
T. R. ZACHARY.
S. M. Rhea was here ; this Wek
from Whittier R. F. D. 1. :
Dave Harris, soa of C. J: Harris,
of Dillsboro was i in Franklin the
past week. Franklin Press.
NT
AHCTtON SALE
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IPON'AHERIGANVI
A lannrfi fmm th TTnitpH Spc !
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cruiser, lennessee, which was en -
tering the Gulf cf Smyrna to ar-
range for the cruiser to come into
the harbor, was fired upon by the
forts and compeled to return to the
Tennessee.
"The commander of the Tennes
see informed the Vail that he had
orders fromvhis government to en
the the harbor of Smyrna, and had
decided io do so."
The United States gov rnment
has directed Ambassador , , Henry
Morganthau at Constantinople to
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Turkish land forces, at a launch I
trom tne American cruiser lennes-
see, proceeding from Voulah to the
Americyn consulate at Smyrna i
Asi v S: -.ry anieh sim
ultaneously cabled the cornmauuer
of the cruiser North Carolina, also
in the Mediterranean to take no
action which might embarrass the
Amenican government and to await
specific instructions from Washing- j
ton.
Although without: definite details
as to just what occurrued, high of
ficials of the Washington govern
ment had no doubt that the inci
dent, no matter where the responsi
bility lay, would be adjusted prompt
ly through diplomatic cnannels.
President Wilson is determined that
under no circumstances- shall the
I United States be involved in war
with Turkey.
Efforts on the part of some; Mo
hammedan leaders in Turkey to
start a 'Holy war" have made
Americans as well as British and
French subjects apprehensive. The
American consul at Smyrny report
ed his fears to Ambassador Morgan
thau. under whose instructions the
two warships have' been moving
about in Turkish waters.
Twice the Ottoman government
has warned the United States that
the port of Smyrna was mined and
the Tennessee, it is understood, has
gtood off at Voulah ten miles away
while her launch started for the
shore to investigate conditions at
the consulate.
Regardless of whether or not
Smyrna is a closed port, under the
regulations of the United States
nay, Captain Decker would be
justified in seeking to enter the
harbor to ascertain the facts with
reference to the American consul
ate and its citizens.
MRS. J N COWAN
The news of the death of Mrs. J.
N. Cowan comes as a shock to the
many friends of herself and family.
She was one of the oldest and best
known ladies of Jackson county,
having spent the 85 years of her
life here. Her death came after a
brief illness. The funeral was held
Sunday, Rev. R. P. Ellington and
Rev. ... J. J. Qiay conducting the
obsequies. The interment vas in the
Still well cerrietery
Beside her husband, Mrs." Cowan
leaves one sister, Mrs. Zachary, and
three sons, Hon. Coleman C. Cowan
of the, Sylva bar, M. D. Cowan, Clerk
of .the Court of Jackson county, and
kev. Geo. N. Cowan, of Apex, N. C.
1EET
TOMORROW
The meeting of parents and citi-
ZenS t0 Plan fr CommunitVS Ser-
i vice for Sylva will be held Satur-
!day tomorrow aftern0on instead
j 0f Friday, to-day.
j As is announced elesewhere
j We presume that the meetings for
other scho1 districts will be today
as scneouled by trie State Com-
mittee
SALE
jrOMOHROW
The Atlantic Realty Co. of Green
vm hag surveved d snhHiviHpf,
the bottom Qn q .
creek from belonging tQ R a
Grindstaff and Wlli gell the lotg at
PllKiio ailnt;ftn
ar 51 -i 1 M.-j I ..si'i iifr p -opr-y.
The Auction Company will give a
free barbecue. Music will e fur
nished by a brass band. Every
body is invited to be there, wheth
er you buy a lot or no.
ING
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Jackson County
Fair Association, held here, Satur
day, Geo. P. Miller was elected pres
ident. S. W. Enloe vice president
a ?v" e5' secretary and
treasurer! .
The matter of replacing the burn
ed buildings was taken under ad
visement and plans are on foot for
rebuilding next spring.
AT CULLOWflEE.
The Ladies Betterment Society
of the Cullowhee Baptist Church
will serve chicken salad and hot
coffee, Monday night, Nov. 23, 19
14, at the church, for the benefit
of the new church.
All are invited.
Cora Painter, Sec.
Rev. T. F. Deitz, of Bryson City
is this week concluding evangelis
tic meetings with the Euclid Ave
nue Church of Knoxville, Tenn.t
The meeting has been characteriz
ed by Holy Ghost power and graat
results are anticipated. BiblicaL
Recorder.
Mrs. R, M. Keller, of CiiUowh.es
.was in Sylva Yesterday.
It is ce.rtainiy the duty of the
members of the General Assembly
to learn the wishes of the people in
regard to the State-wide primary
and the Australian ballot. But if
they don't ask you, you write your
Representative and Senator about
it anyway.
CARD OF TW
Bryson and Hooper,
Gentlemen I am greatly pleased
with it, and . thank you very much
I do not pay any more for goods
at Bryson and Hoopers, thAn I did
4a year ago. The method of giving
this beautiful dinner set to their
customers, does not cost us a penny"
and builds for those gentlemen a
lasting trade.
Mrs. C. H. Kitchen
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