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UNNAMEABLE CM
AT WAYNESVILLE.
The Carolina Mountaineer carries
this story of an attempt to commit
the most flendist of crimes:
An 18 year old negro named Lon
Boss, who has been " shining shoes
in the barber shop for a while, saw
little Isacore Sussman inN front of
the stairway of his home on Main
street and gave the . little fellow
some candy and asked, him where
his little sister was, saving he wished
in give her some candy, also. The
boy went for her and thex all went
down the alley near their . home.
The negro then gave the little fel
low a nickel with which to buy
some more candy and unsuspect-
imily he hurried away on his errand,
AS- piuviucjiuc iuicu iu in a icw
tn'nv.tes th-? mother raised the win
.iL'S' ii..i-and pfied z ;able
doth of some scraps out of the j
window which fell on the child and
the black an this called forth an
outcry or noise from her.
The mother, missing her clmM
called her and looking out saw the
black form get up from the ground
and this doubtless prevented a most
fearful outcome.
The mother quickly had the little;
girl unstairs and wrung some of the
ugly story from her, but pride to
the name of the little girl and fear
of wnat her husband might do in a
moment of rage caused her to put
off telling him. But she did tell
him "on Sunday and he was almost
broken with grief and crazed with
anger.
Monday morning after question,
ing the boy also he sought Chie1
Mitchell and they made plans and
as s on as convinced: of th idenity
of the negro he was arrested and
taken to jail.
A preliminary hearing was set
for Tuesday but the attorneys asked
hat it be postponed until today at j
it be postponed until today at
10 o'clock so this was done by Po- j
t t i n jj n r" Pnr-
ice Justice John M. Queen. Lapv.
I II Lowell will represent thepros-
- . ution whil
ethe accused has re-
..:ined Branner Gilmer, Esq., for his
.iefense.
I he matter has been kept un-:-.
aiiy quiet, and well it has, for
i uch agitation would be dangerous,
kir people are law abiding but sucii
ir. i attempt in the center of tov. n
i : a few feet of the sidewalk is a
n; meadous' trial to their patience.
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A report reaches us, of an affray,
on uaney r or, i uebudy , wncu . ment that wm introduce and at - put their home3 and premises and
Weaver Swangim suffered a dan&" ! tempt t0 secure the passage, at the ! places of business in good order
erous wound from an axe in the coming sessi0n ef the General as-j during the week by removing all
liands of Dillard Hooper. Isembly, a- bill providing for the! unnecessary and unsightly ar cles,
The trouble seems to have arisen'.,'. on,,!,,,.,, nil tho traah hnrv nr
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over the location of a road
luci-H
Honner had been constructing and I
a fence that Swangim was building.
Some articulatbi euedr.nd in
the row Hooper seizj-I u:i ,r::e and
si ruck Swang;m in the head.
Swangim is said to be in a des -
P'jrate condition and mere is nttle ;
hope for his recovery. j
Both men are married and are pro i
minent in the Carie7 Fdrk se2tion.!
Later Sheriff Buchaian, Who was j ameer
c -lied to the scene of the tragedy,! Our friend J. T. Leatherwood,
stated that Swangim is resting very member of the firm of Buchanan
well and there is hoDe that he wil ! and Leatherwood, Dillsboro, was
r coyer. . .
Swangim's head was not crushed
bt the skull was fractured.
E JACKSON
U. COURT
Carolina Mountaineer Dec, 3.
Mr. R. E. Osborne, recently ap
pointed U. S. Commissioner, tried
his first case Monday morning in
the mayor's office here, which re
sulted in the binding over to the
U S. court three Jackson county
men for retailing, Thev were SL H I
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Harns, M. M. Harris and D. B. Phil- i
lippie and were defended by Capt
J. H. Howell.
The case was prosecuted by Chief j
IMS THi
MEN' T(
duputy marshal Jno. Y. Jordan and ! he had 12 acres in this corn which
evidence was given by deputy mar-1 would yield this year 70 bushels to
shalsJ.F.CabeofCanton andJ. AJtheacre. v He will harvest ,3,000
2! rTi trevH ' -ir rde busheis
the raid las -aturday night above;
uir n i j i season.
uuuuuiai, ciuuul nan a nine ueyouu ;
the Haywood gap on the Jackson
county side, at an isolated camp,
wnen tiiese men were found nhmit 1
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daylight around a camp fire.
y-y thn capip v,-t another and
several jugs, a keg and some pint
bottles containing blockade whiskey
were found and destroyed. The
deputies said there were from 7 to
10 gallons of moonshine and it was
the roughest weather that night
they ever experienced in the moun
tains, without shelter. The ..booze
was guarded by dogs and officer
Galloway considers himself lucky
tnat he was not bitten
IT'S A BEAR.
A real bear and a big bear w; s
very cl se to town Sunday night in j
his rambles from one part of the
county to another. It is only about
two miles from town, where his big
tracks were found on the sfcore
where he entered Lake Junahiska
for his swim across. The tracks
were also found on the opposite
side Monday morning and were
fresh.
.Tprrv T,iner made the discovery
.u a
nnA rinxm nut thp npws A narr v
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on horseback, -consisting of James
y ... T
Atkins Jr Lucms Bramle James
nngiieui aim i
ed, vere soonron ms irau wuu a
number of dogs. They followed
him across Utah mountain and as
far as the mountains near and .be
yond Cove Creek. They were in
less than a hundred yards of him
once and saw him once
or twice.
They say bruin was larg
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sized steer. Carolina Mountaineer.
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Hon. Galletin Roberts, of Bun-
rrvo has madft a nublic estate-
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I political parties, for all offices in
North Carolina, on a day certain.
James Tov of Svlva va3
here
Saturday visiting old friends. Caro-
; Una Mountaineer.
Mrs. Alice Norton of Norton,
Jackson county is visiting her sister
Mrs. T. L. Green. Carolina Mount-
visiting friends aud relatives her
Saturday and Suhday.-Carolina
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SYLVA, N. C, DECEMBER 4, 1914,
GREAT CORN YIELD
IN THEJOUNI'AINS
News & Observer Dec. 2.
Mr. A. Cannon of Henderson
county, who is here to attend the
the meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture, of which he is a mem
ber, today, left samples of some of
the finest corn ever seen in these
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The corn is of the Farmers Favorite
vanety and Mr- Cannon stated that
Mr. Cannon stated that the corn
crop in the western section of -the
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iii i c . vu g-wn i i 1 1 i 1 1 1 i i .- I I I I S!
v ear an
that in Henderson county ylone the
yield was Li er cent gruaer than
it was last year. He thinks that
Henderson county will produce at
least 100,000 bushels this year.
When asked about the apple crop
which is also the largest ever known.
Mr. Cannon said that the market
was exceedingly dull and that apples
were only bringing 30 cents per
bushel in Hendersonville. '
"Henderson county is making ra
pid strides in road building," said
Mr. Cannon ''jHendersonville town
ship voted bonds tnis year for good
road building to the amount of $50,
000 and fine sand clay roads are
bein built all over the township,
"Henderson county has voted all
told this year $107,000 in bonds for
for good roads and it will only be
a short time until a fine road will
be finished to Saluda and on to
Spartanburg, S. C. A road will al
so be built to connect with the Bat
Cave turnpike now being construct
ed by the State. This turnpike
will hardly be finished before next
'spring however."
Mr. Cannon was enthusiastic over
the good roads building in his
county and said that ere long the
the mountain counties woul have
the finest ysstem of highways in
the State.
COMMUNITY
' SERVICE WEEK
In planning the local news for
the observance of "Community Ser
vice Week." It was decided after
building steps on the street leading
to the Baptist church to ask every
house-holder public and private to
j UUill Cl 1 1 1. 1 UJH ksi-iij J. vj-o
stroy what does not burn, also
each person, as far as practicable,
clean the street or road leading by
them. We futher recommend that
the ladies of the town direct their
attention to our public square about
the depot, hoping the appearance
of our town may soon be the ex
pression of our ideas of a healthy
beautiful locality,
Mrs. Keener, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Mc
Kee, Mrs. Ingram and Mrs. Rhodes r
Committee,
Columbus Coggins, of Erastus
wa3 in the city yesterday, on business.
LECTED-MN'T
- QUAL1FV.
Although Jaun I. Jiminez has
been elected president of the Domi
nician, Republic, by a majory of
both the popular and electoral vote
he is unable to take the oath of of
fice before Congress. The opposi
tion, controling Congress, refuses,
hold a session. This information
reaching the State Department to
day caused officials to feel some
what doubtful over the situation
in the island republic. A regiment
of American marines aboard the
transport Hancock, was held at
Port Au Prince during the Haitien
revolution and until the election
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was ueiu. iue nancocK is now m
I Dominican waters.
BRITISH W-JMSH1
AHE PATROLLING
THEATLANTIC
At least twelve Brittish warships ;
are now patrolling the Atlantic be
tween New York and the Panama
Canal, sweeping the seas with their
Wireless, crowding ordinary com
mercial radios from the aiy and
keeping close check on ali forms of
shipping, according to wireless 6p r
ators on the steamship, Ancon, that
arrived here today from Cristobal.
The wireless activity of - these
I war vessels, the operators said, is
causing great inconvenience to the
commercial work of A.merican ves
sels as the high powered waves of
the men-of-war, are heard contin
ually in utter disregard of commer
cial business.
E8 FROM EATING LIVER
A man named Washburn, belong
ing to a traveling car ,ival compa
ny ate a pound of raw beef liver, in
Savannah, Ga., and died in a few
minutes.
DNCONSTITOTIONA
A majority of the Supreme
court joined in an opinion that
Oklahoma "Jim Crow" law proviso
permitting railroads td furnish sleep
ing, dining and chair car accommo
dations only to the white race was
unconstitutional, but because of
imperfections in the petition on
which the case reached the courts
they did not so decree.
A TEST OF LIVER COMPLAINT
Mentally Unhappy--Physically
Dull.
The Liver, sluggish and inactive,
first shows itself in a mental state
unhappy and critical. Never is
there joy in living, as when the
stomach and liver are doing their
work. Keep your Liver active and
happy by using Dr. King's New
Life Pills; they empty the Bowels
freely, tone, up your Stomach, cure
your Constipation and purify the
Blood. 25c. at Druggists. Enck
len's Arnica Salve excellent for
Piles.
G. C. Crisp was here from Nantha?
hala the last of the week visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. TJ
Crisp,
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$1.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
THE WOMAN'S
AOXIUABY MEETS
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Baptist church was very pleasantly
nntertained at the home of Mrs
C. L. Allison on Wednesday after
noon. After .the business session
Mrs. Allison served delicious re
fresements. At this meeting it was decided
that the Bazaar to be- held under
the auspicies of this Society should
be opened Wednesday, December
9, at Tompkins & Luck's millinSry
store. All Who have agreed to con
tribute articles for the Bazaar are
urged to send them to the above
named place Tuesday, December
8th.
The people of the different tjwa
ships and School Districts mt yes
terdiy an J did work on the roads,
public buiidin s, grounds, and ceme
teries. The reports, received by
members of the County Committee,
indicate that a great deal of excel
lent work was done.
To-day North Carolina Day is
being celebrated in every school
house in the county. Aside from
the usual excellent exercises of this
day, the people are having discus
sions of the needs of the r several
communities and are making plans
to strengthen the weak places in
the community life and to bring
the community to the front along
the lines of progress.
To-morrow is County Progress
Day. Everybody is inited and ur
ged to come to the court house and
enter into the discussions of the
matters pertaining to the General
Progress of the County.
While the County Committee has
been handicapped to a considerable
extent by the lack of sufficient
vtime to prepare for the occasion and
by the necessary absence, during
last week, from ihe County of Sup
erintend ant David H. Brown, an
excellent program has been ar
ranged. Among those who will deliver ad
dresses are, Rev. R. P. Ellington,
Superintendant David H. Brown,
Prof. O. Dean, Col. Geo. P. Miller
Prof. Frank H. Brown and others.
The meeting promises to be an
interesting one. The subjects to be
brought before the people of the
county are live ones and are worthy
of the best thought of everybody
insterest d in Jackson County.
The ladies of Sylva will serve
dinner at the court house.
DR. SENSA6AUGQ DEAD
Carolina Mountaineer Dec. 3.
The many friends among the old-e
er citizens of this county will regret
to learn of the deUh in Knoxville
Sunday Nov. 15th of Rev. Dr. J. H.
Sensabaugh at the age of sixty-nine
years. He was born on the Graves
farm near town and was for . years
a Methodistminister but a throat
trouble caused him to quit the
ministry and take up the practice
of medicine. He was a scholarly
man and wore his honors well. Dr
Sensabaugh was a brother of Mrs.
D. D. Davies of Cullowhee, Jackson
County.
C. H. Kitchen and daughter, Miss
Janie, went to Ashsville yesterday
Hayes Hooper was here from Bi
Ridge, yesterday, on business.
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