VUL. 1 IMU. 7 SYLVA, R C.f FEBRUARY 12, 1915, $1.00 THE YECfc IN ADVANCE JU mm- m mm - - SHOOT AT BD11N8VILLE Blue R idfce Sub Fb. 4 On' Monday evening abous v 5 o clock a sad tragedy was eriactedin Burasville.i As a result,1 Jame 1KG V0YLES RECEIVES APPOINTMENT Walter R. yoyles of Murphy has been appointed secretary to Con gressman elect James J. Britt Mr. Voyles is a well known voung m" lawyer of Cherokee and is one of dangerously wounded with sey is two pistol shots in his chest and shoulder. " Reports from those ' nearby, say that late in the afternoon, McCal lister in passing Ramsey's barn and seeing Ramsey there, called him out into the street and immediately opened fire on him. It is not known What wors were passed, if any before, the- shootingl When McCallister fired these shots, he immediately turned his re olver uDon ihimself and sent a bullet ... SA ROGERS MAY BE DIRECTOR OF CEii BEREAU JUDGE CARTER FINES SOLICITOR XCELLOT Washington, P, -. C. Feb. 6 Re ports emanating from the white hnnsfi tndflv o.learlv inriioAfp that .ha kadlM member, of the tar of p,ltolt w t abo declded RECORD OF SYLVAIfllGD SCHOOL The SyWHigh School has been doing splencl ii work and has made a most envitple record of Percent ile - that COlintv. His nnnnintrnpnt- fnl- lows the receipt of many applica 1 to a?int Sam Rogers, of Franklin, tions for the position and these Macou county as director of the have been considered carefully by Census, at $6,000 per annum, to the congressman elect who began succeed William 1 Harris, of Geor to receive requests for the position gi3f who is to be named shortly as on the day following his success at a member of the trade commission, the polls m the November election. . with an annual salary of $10,000. Senator Simmdhshas conferred RFrfiMMFiynS with President Wilson several times 11 LUU III III LI Villi rf.15K.rf onnnmCmont of Rogers, w 10 was his campaign man ager, to some paying office. Owing to the fact, however, that Secretary New Bern, Feb. Holding that Solicitor Charles L. Aberaethy did . i m not sit down wnen tola to do so iaoo rrvr to rr rv h rf oriiiT Tiirlrto TTrarjlr I Carter, who is presiding over Crav- --wmjc u en county Superior court in session-"re sf f here this week for the trial of crim i Jry beiilg 86.6 and in the high scnooi aepaijment ot ito.or 02 more inal cases, this morning placed a j fine of $50 on the solicitor an 1 or dered him into vhe cus ody of the sheriff to be held until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at which time, it the fine was not paid, the solicitor was to be placed in jail. ' The affair grew out of the caseoi than thato&the same mon'h last year. The rerage for the month of DecembeVwas even higher, being 93 plus for e whole school. .The schooand town - regret the fact that thy will not have an op portunity hearing Prof. N. vV. Walker insictor of State High MISS HAYES. Staff Q TampQ Rfliidham nf tVnfih inguft. N. C, who is charged with hools. t,hevenmg; he beiag un haviug been the indirect cause o the death of lames Ringold, an aged white man, near tnis city sev eral months ago, when an au. winch he was driving is claimea to GARRETT SIEDFORD. $epeiated. He was billed; Wednes- da . . ' . - "v DERATE AT S. C. I. Quite a large ciowd of people from Sylva and Dillsboro1 .congreg ated in the chapel of the Sylva Col legiate Institute, Friday evening to to hear the debate between four of the young men of that Institution. The question, "Resolved; That the form of Government of the United States is the most perfect ever poss essed by any nation." was discuss ed. Harlow R. Kitchen and Roscoe E. Parris spoke for the -American Republican system while Hugh E, Monteith and Ora T. Pangle point ed out the government as compared with.that of some other peopl s The boys succeeded in gaining and keeping the undivided attent ion of their audience during the hour and a half. The judges' rend ered a decision in favor of 'the. af firmative speakers. death he was seized with a ' raging fever, and ere ten days had passed MURPHY MAN SUICIDE. 1 Mil L ! ;i 'aV.- ,- . as his own. He was laid to rest ih the Waynesville cemetery . Feb. 1 C- A. CoUett committed suicide in where his weepings parents and his Place of busiriess in Murphy friends left him to rest until the Wednesday morning, Feb, 3rd, at son of God shall call him to rise I about 11 o'clock, by taking carbolic acid and glycerine. Mr. Collett was out on the street until a few minutes before he tooki survive tnem lay tnem "lo their narrow beds With COGDILL--MCCRAGip. Miss Giennie Cogdill, the accomp lished and charming daughter of Mr. S. C. Cogdill, was married Sun day to Mr. Es G.?,McCracken. Mr. McCracken has been "a resident of Jackson County, having moved Wa fmm Tl a u wood a short While ago. He is a 'niember of a well known Hay wood County family and is a successful young farmer living with his father near Sylva. Miss Cogdill though ; quite , young is a very popular ouhg lady and b?s nirnlft nf friends. We wish ''IVIw "W'W- -w this young couple much happiness EIGHTYSIX TO EIGHTEEN r from his deep and quiet sleep. It is so in life's great warfare our friends fall in the rank one by one we who away in every honor and tribute we can bestow, then turn again to life's battles with a sad and aching heart He was only eighteen years of age, a youth in the bloom of man hood. It seems hard to us that the ... i i rosv tint snouia iaae irom ms cheeks, and . the luster from his mild gray eyes, while the dew of yoijth lingered upon his y brow. During his last illness he received the most careful attention but he was beyond the help of human hand. He professed faith in Christ about two years agoiand joined the- Methodist church at Tuscola. Dur ing his sickness he gave satisfactory evidence that he was ready to enter the life beyond. We are told that awhile before he departed this life he sang songs of praise and prayed to him who doeth all things well The many friends who read this tfill utter a smn ana teei mat a friend is gone, rjet us imitate his s'mny disposition and revere his memory. He leaves a , tatner mother, five brothers two sisters, and a host of friends to mourn his loss for to know him was to love him. -We iniisl bid nini farewell here but we hope someday to meet around the great white throne where farewells' are never spoken an6Vparting3 never come and w her Jesus"reigns eternally as our Sover eign and friend. A F nend. Cciiiiiag it to run avc-y, thrown. the driver out of the buggy and in flicti g injuries from which he died a short time later. through his own brain, death result' Congressman James M. Gudger i Daniels and Commissioner o Inter ting instantly. After being sho-! "as apiiuwu mi wa nay e da nal Kevenue usoorne Dotn canse ; nave t ngntened Mr. Kingoia s mule, from Nor tn i aroima, Senator bun monst has found it difficult tb gei . a good paying office for Rogers, who I declined several offers of smaller ; positions with a corresponding small - - salary. ' Rogers could have had an Garrett RatcliffMedford was born office long agqad he consented to rent that jealousy was the cause of : Dec. 15, 1896 near Hazelwood and ia sma11 one, nut as ne is rainy wen the trouble between the two men aied at the home of his birth Jan. off financially nnd making money, in which the; wife of McCallister 30, 1915 he lived in Hazelwood un- he balked at anything below $6,000 had is said to haiye been concern- til about two years ago his parent s Yy- ecL7 He and his7wif$ ; had recently mo e to 'acksonj . t the time of his fill AkAA ri Ramsey was able to ran a distance lu -blwcu of about two hundred yards wher e J- u- ibbs. he Ml near his residence, tie is still living and indications are that . he will recover. ' But it was McCal- j lister's intention and belief that he j had killed Ramsey. Belief is cur j able to confer here at, this time oe cause of. klSortant school "legisla tion which )ii and Df. Joyner are takisK up ijjtii Uie Genisral an h bly. Last Fridr was library day at School ?jd about $1l'.0u was jiiUiuutcatlyy iue frieiiv.o he school for tlii purpose of buyiiig some needt P reference books. The r Inui i r tt in 1 i a rF nAnf m .111 .4 j. The case had been wntinued -from a previous court and by the! Dmoiins, Dr. A. & Nichol3, consent of counsel it whs agreed to ask for another continuance. Jud4e gagement at li o'clock at his place of business, with Mr. King, a trav- i eling man from Knoxville, and when Mr. King arrived he found Mr. Collett lying on 'the floor, his coat under his head and his feat ures already fjxed in death. Drs. N. B. Adams and J. F. Abernathy rushed to render medical attention, but nothing could be done, and Mr. Collett died in a very few minutes. Mr. Collett was 66 years of age, and leaves his wife and daughter in this cityand a son and daughter n the west. The body was shipped to Andrews yesterday for burial. Mr. Collett's rash act is attribut ed to financial difficulties, bad health and worry, by three notes he wrote just before taking his life, and found on his desk. Carter had previously -exjresied himself in regard to the leciess driving of automobiles and when the case v. as c.lei there ensued a discussion. ? . 7 Solicitor A ernthy had some- gard to tie case wuiie Judge Carter also had' a few remarks to make and after endeavoring to explain his points to the solicitor he order ed him to take nis seat. This he did not do at once and the judge at once placed the fine on him. Solicitor Abernethy was at once placed in charge of tht sheriff and for an hour or more renlianed in custody after which he paid the fine, stating to the sheriff that he did so under protest. The affair created quite a stir in court circles.-Greensboro DailyNews Dr. A. A. Nidiols, Theodore Buchan an, Marvellis,Buchanan Sr. Mrs. J. W.1 tfcKee, i:W. Buchanan, Robert U. Garrett, D. Cowan, C. C: Cow an, Mrs. S. J?Long, Mrs; Ellen Pick leseimer, F,. McLean, E. P. Still well, J. R. fetchanan, J. R. Jones t B. H. CatheVi Jr.t A B, Ensley, W. B. Davis, WjfiU Henson, Drv W. P. McGiiire,- Tiijss AKerhetliy, w Chas. Hawkins, Ctuiey C. Buchanan. GODBT INEXT LEI. CHILD LABOR BILL1INAMEDED. The Tebryary .term of Jackson Coum y Superior Court begins Mon day Jadge tB. Cline, of Hickory will be the presiding officer and Solicitor G. ' tyle Jones, of Franklin .will make his first appearance in Jackson Coiiity as the prosecutor for the state.;.; . While thdHtirst week is set apart for the trial-of criminal causes, it is extremely unlikely that it will be necessary to devote more than Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 3.An unfav- three days to the criminal docket arable report by a vote of ten to as there are-jno cases iOt a very two was the fate of the Weaver bill serious nature to be tried, unless, - I w I ' tm J t ' "9 . m to amend the child-labor law of the tne case ot ward cnarged witn pa- statft so as to raise the ade limit to tricide is iiivoh a hearing at this fourteen years and provide for in- time. This C:ase hps been contin- spection of factories under the di- ued one or fore times and may be rection of the commissioner of la- for trial at he coming term. But bor and printing. This decision was aside from Sat it is probable (that nh iQ chown ! reached after a lengthy joint com- the crim mat docket will be light. mittee in the senate chamber dur ing which both sides were duly QyR QflAVR MILLION TONS heard. This is taken to mean that there 0! tUOD ARE TRANSPORTED That isthewayEastFork towa- ship handled throposed $10,000 00 bondBsue foi g;,roadsr. the township sure u-iiTClf' -Jryiraird strongly for improyeme un certain tefms.-- Carolina v; Moun taineer. ...'' BfitnsH ARSII Army estimates; to which Jp ment 'will devote the first part;pf nexfweek's session; give the iium- hpr of effective men. exclusive of thos6 serving in India, at 3,000,000, Mrs. R. P. Ellington has Teturned from Eastern Carolina, where she has been visiting her people for se eral weeks. Miss Annie Reed was in Sylva, Wednesday, the guest of her aunt Mrs ' Theo. Buchanan. Geo. C. Snyder was here Satur day from Beta. Pastor A. V. Joyner is delighting .m mmm his congregation at Waynesville Already he has a firm hold on the work there and at Cullowhee. Bib lical Recorder. Rev.R. PEllington has .resigned khe care of ihe phurch at Webster. and is giving his whole time to . the church and school at Sylva. Bib lical Recorder.. Rev. A: W. Davis was here Wed nesday from Webster on business. will be no changes in the child la- According' to a weekly report by nor laws at mis session. ha Mmmcdiin-fr in Rpidinn the commission has transported to ton mill men here and before the date 0T hAov transportation committee hearing they adopted a tnti nF oM4qi tnns nf ;n 4R resolution urging that no changes hips fhe jepprt shows there has oe mane ana pieogmg mat me m- been unload today at Rotterdam dividual members of "the Cotton gsigo tons i of food from United Manufacturers association will, it Stateg that there are six the legislature will leave the law in steamers, in ::transit in Rotterdam force as passed two years ago, give crymg 40l50 tons of food; that special aiLcuuun iu huwi the commission has three steam- ance and report and proceed against shps representing a tonnage of any manufacturer who fails to ob-, 21 tpnMiow loading in various parts of the ignited States; 11 ships in transit tdAmerican ports to load 64,300 tons carjo and 11 ships representing a tonnage of 68,600 on ia charterbr future loading. serve the law. SUFERAGE 119 PENNSYLVANIA. The Pennsylvania house of Repre sentatives passed a resolution to submit a woman suffrage: amend- A. B. Ensley has moved to ment to voters next November. It house, op ltfjin street, vacated now. goes to tne senate. . :: nanic ( n wf the t I- t. N if t - 1 - -

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