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SYLVA, R C.f FEBRUARY 12, 1915,
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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
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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
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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
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