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ENTERPRISE
ATANBBEVS
Andrews Sun, Feb. 13.
The Graham County Lumber Co.;
JUDGE?
PRAISES
$1.00 THE YEAR 1 3 ADVANCE
unexcusedafeenceslfix fotxrjconse-
t t r r. , charge of siich sch6ol!;, may excuse
Judge E.B.Chne,in his charge ii::': u .
i i-i ' i - - . .. i ' - 10 tne brand .iiirv ;rpfVrrpH tc ha . v .r .,r.
uoi. f ranK JDueutpresiaent;nas pur- . . . -vrr,w7,. w because oi au; suaustornio bau
chased
joining
about 30 acres of land ad- having been here and baying hell weather sicknf deSb in the
the property of the North hl 8ecof 1 " at .Webster four child's family'; unteriseen-' or un-
avoidable cWiStiMnilKch ex-
cuse or reason uiereior Bhau be ie-
r.Pmlinn tpnnind Fvtrppt - , nH ! years ago and that while there he
will erect thereon a lWe- wnnH I made- acquaintances and ' friend-
working plant, which wilKuse: over!slllp? hat ave linered in his 1 carded by said-supetiHtendint', prin
:ni ff ti k lu. : memory and ut.ve bound him to tJZMi$S3&S&2t .m
I . t I 1 III W fl 4 -1 Vl I - " J-W . I I . ' - - VTT" -1
mostly lo v grade.chestnut oak and R people of th . cointy. Judgj I school andrer6WdVto; the attend
other hardwoods. ' oc " dlu UC1C 1 ance officer as hereinafter provided;
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.M.W the InmKpr i 1 1,p kilnrlriwl ""c ul luusc "cauuiui suiiseis ui whosft nttendaricetis irefluired uH
and then cut up into table tops and j t ciuiet, restful place where I der this act, or id'Sse of. nuaran-
other furniture demension stock. : spent thfe ha wl,sh l? Une of the homelwhich the child
i0. mintn trim and a i congratulate you upon the hand- riris ,..... satiSKcforV ievidence
specialty will be made bf "cores." sonle curt bu.ld.ng that wdl stand t0 lhis elfccti the attendance officer
that is the small pieces will be glued !f 8 tnbu the greatness of this shaU such
together and made ready to be j Gounty- l 13 eanias every cpa- f a chi,d untieMHyfrestored
veneered onto later by furniture ' v.emcnce 1 c.ou,d wish and sp8a!sof health or until the. time required by
WNESVILLE MEN
BEATEN ON STREET.
Wade Orwood and CD. Kelley,
of Waynesville, vere set upon aud
badly beaten about the face and
head, near Beec . a.-i street and
Southside avenue, at an i hour
yesterday morning, i hry were in
such condition as a- result of the
fracas that they were en t
lice headquarters, where they de
clared they had been assaulted.
Orwood claimed that he was" first
struck on the head with a stick and
SHEPPAiM REPIafta
TO BAVEiDE ESEAPE
A message hta" been re se.i at
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the office of Unll States Marshal
Charles A. Webkto the effect that
H. Sheppard. ch Trged with shooting
R. R Slaughter; p deputy shal
several weeks aHofc has succeeded,
in making his er cape from the jail
at Franklin an s whereabouts at
the present timlare unknown.
According to X he inform ation re
ceived at the marshal's of fi e, Shep-
par i recently v as .tried on another
manufacturers. : ,
. All the chestnut shavings strips
; the spirit of progress that is alive, law that he shiiliio1itof school
awake and working in the State to
day.'
after quarantina has been raised.
Sec. 2. Thst shall be
onrl'fiQinr rlnot- will ha SflVPfl flTlH tKft
aim iaa uuov ' v T j. t. r .u ;
tannic acid extracted later, so .that ! luert U'B" ; duty of eyetaardian or
nothing will be wasted ; ; a lmpofn of ' a graf other person 1p;said district having
The entire machinery will be J"ror m ?fJ ?Z Vv nder l is -05$ child oe
driven by electric motors, driven w e looking to the Judge. Soli- the' agftfMgjrt and sixteen
viA -x.. AJ years, to reportfto me teacner 1
tection of their rights. He told- of chargG) in' wriUng, :wit im three
the opportunities of the officers of days the cau"se :0f such absence
the court to work for better living , v f V u ,
1 i t ni. and for every neglect of such luty
and v eater people. Judge Cline - "pejL u u u
. , . . ,1 . v the person ..so .offending shall be
stated that if the pernicious habit j-..: r " A
f . ; , ! guilty of-.,vCmidme$tior:-,.(and
of carrying concealed weapons were b ., '5r f . , , -
, 1 j j , .5 , punished aheremafter provided. ' ,
abolished and the pro lbition . laws j ; 3 If hfbe :he duty of
rigidly enforced that there would rteae
be practically no need or criminal t0 report weklytb tKe: attendance !
..courts-in mjs mouniain section.; omcer meusot aiiriwiMxti uer
In that connection his honoilP; tweefj lhtsMiapsefr
from, large generators operated by
steam, made i u the waste from
the wood working machines,
A large number of men will te
employed and this big pay roll will
be 1 welcome addition td Andrews
diversified industries. t
SINGlNfi CONVENTION.
then kicked in the face. He named charge and w4 sentenced to the
Will Robinson and "Lum . Feather- cou-.ty loads. (e gave notice of
oluuc rapuuaiuie lur ms injuries. an appeal'to thj Supreme oart of
Botrrmen wer earrested on Orwood's Nnrth nnmiinnH it
complaint by the police.
Just before the trouble occurred
between the parses to the v affair,
there had been an argument, it, is
alleged, in which a woman is con
cerned. On die idewalks where
the men we, picked up y t o
lice, the strest was red with blood,
but despite the amount lost, neith
er man, it ip thought, was seriously
injured. Both went to their hom( s.
unassisted.
Late yesterday afternoon Wade
Orwood was arrested on the charge
of having assaulted Miss Lillie
Featherstone. The charge was pre
ferred by her brother, "Lum" Feath
stone. Asheville Citizen. '
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Ttf the Choirs of the lower District.
Axrdinfi- ta -mtm
ngreedto give on&aoen
to tiie 'best-cirlaT H3
-hiid - at Olivet Methodist f1ehUrcby son Countyjand instructed it, if the; in charge of said children.
URT DOINGS
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week was onsum ed:,; in i the
?t1rarrBtnuiiP
minor crimioal , s and
; the only case of any momeot, that
was awaiting tl outcome of his ap
peal, it is said, jhat he made his es
cape fr jm the y'll.
It is stated t'lat the 'escape was
effected by mans of the ' use of
blankets, whicb formed a rope on
which the prisoner ade His way
from the secojil floor of the prison
to the ground.; T c blankets were
tied together, liH after breaking
away the barsri a v manner which
is un explain 5dv5heppard is report-
ecTto ha e ma his gateway with
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ease.
A message f:6m TVIr. ' laughter's
bedside is to effect that he con
tinues to j inwove, although it
doubtless will &e' sometime before
1- ! il 1 rt
ne can resumetH5 aut es. tie re
cently came tcAsReyille to receive
medical treat nbt, and, it was found
that his, wouiSl . Vas a dangerous
rone. AsheyilldCitizen,
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ToMorv 1Q14 nnH as thft conven-; Solicitor should Dresent the cOm-
.. 1 j. a,t the noorriw vmi.tian f tht made to the truant officer by any
tion naci nu juu, to v nrinHnal sunerintendent or other
, , :k oK,i a,.i,i.- o Kin if th Ka Principal, hupenuieiiueui, ur uinei
awaro 10 me ucsl v111 u'jli "j146 wn, icium d n uv, mvi
says that Worley's Chapel got it L" sufficient evidence and jthat the
take this means of letting the peo- question as to the validity of the
pie know how the matter stands, law will be decided in the court.
The committee of Moore, Bob j The Grand Jury for the. present
Shular, Lee Pangle and Hix Stiles,1 term' of Court is composed of the
made a minute for the convention following citizens: L. P. Allen fore-
Sec. 4, When any complaint is ! of the St te vs. Geo. Ward charged
with the killing of his father wa
person in control of any school as
above described, of the failure ' 01
not reached until yesterday
n d is n v being heard.
to be held on the second Sunday
and Saturday before, and later aid
they hsid changed it to the third, so
I never got notice of it and I did
not go. I have the minutes in my
possession now. So they met on
the third. . I will leave this- matter
to the convention. As for one I am
in favor of all subjects being Sis-
cussed by Chsistian people, as it is
an arm of the Christian Church and
a part of the church work. I think
the people ought to take more in
terest in the matter.
J. M. Crawford.
FORD PLANT M CHA401TE . .. '
Washington, Feb. 13. A. branch
maufacturing plant of the Ford
Automobile company is to be es
tablished at Charlotte in the hear
future, according to James A. Cou
zens, vice president of the corima
ny, who has just returned from a
trip through North Carolina.
LEARNING ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
The editors of the University
News Letter are reading a hundred
and ten newspaper exchanges every
week.; '' . .
it mav be important for the peo
ple of Nortn Carolina to know about
their University. But it is also im
portant for the University to know
about thevpeople of .North Carolina,
as they hope and dream, and strug
gle forward and achieve day by
day - - v ' : "
And so we read our exchanges;
How else arewe to know the JNfojrttf
Carolina mat is auu ia iy uci
man, W. H. Sutton, J. H. Bryson, b.
M. Mills, Walker Fotts, H. E. Shuler,
J. T. Dean, W. H. Snyder, W. A.
Blanton, Lawrence Henson, Allen
rr j.1 . T VAT
KOgers, jsurcon irdnamaii, o. who shall summon such person be
Cagle, Merrett Green, b. rl. Montietn . fore him to answer such complaint
and W. L. Gidaey.
any person to comply with the fore- j The cases disposed of are: State
going provisions of this, act, the vs. Charlie Bryson A. W. D. W. Nol.
truant oAlcer shall immediately in- j pros , a Stat" vs Thomas
vestite the cause of such absence ! Cook abandonment, guilty, defend
andif,inhis opinion, there xloes ant y$igl)!t0 cIerk of the
not exist a reasonable excuse there c V e r
for. he shall forwith make complaint ! court for the term of tw years for
against the person having such tne montniy support ot wite. Jonn
child or children under his con rol,
before some justice of oeace resid
ue, livujuii, J. 1.111 u . . . . , 1 . 31 - o J vv
Tranathan. J. W. Will Sutton A. W.D.W. continu
Watson assault continued. Will Rit
chie C.C. W.not guilty. Jim Sutton
til
A BILL TO AMEND CHAPTER 421
PRIVATE LAWS Or- 1913,
RELATIVE TO COMPUL
SORY SCHOOL LAW
FOR DISTRICT NO.
i; OF SYLVA
TOWNSHIP IN .
JACKSON CO.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The chapter two
hundred and forty-one, Privatejcon(jition is such as to render
Laws of one thousand nine hund-j attendance impractical' or inexp
rpH nnH thirteen .he and the same i lent, or ir sucn ennu resiues
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Sec. 5. That any teacher or at
tendance officer who shall faiJ to
perform the dudies prescribed by
this act shall be guilty of a misde
meanor and be punished as Herein
after provided.
Sec. 6. That upon conviction a
person violating the provisions
his act shall be hned rive aoila ; tailing contmued defendants bond
tha? ifmy AadtSrad fori i fixed Vint NichJ-'re-like
time a private day school or : tailing, two cases, gudty judgement
had already acquired the brandies not pronounced. Dillard Hooper
required by law to be taught in the and Weaver Swayngim A. W. D. W
seventh grade of the schools in this j Swaingum guilty of simple assault,
ed for state. Hillard Gidney and Al
vin Ensley assault Gidney found
not guilty Ensley fined $25.00 John
Alexander C. C. V. alias continued
Elija Matthis and Baxter Matthis
A. y..D. W; Alias inued. : Joe
Wat ;on an i Mack Calhoun killing
! h )g not guiity. Dave Arwood re-
State, or if his physical or mental
-iiiu fined $100.00 Dl
r u1 Larcenv. defendant
is hereby repealed, and the follow
ing substituted there for,' to wit;
"Sec. 1.- That every person re
siding in district number one, Syl
va Township, and having under his
or her control a child or children
between the ages of eight and six
teen years, shall cause such child or
children to. attend some public
school in said district, ana such at
tendance will continue during the
school term; and for every neglect
of siich duty, the person offending
shall be guilty" of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punished as hereinaft
er provided: Provided, mat an oc
casional absence from suchattend
ance by! suqh child or children
atnoimtm&yo not more than two:
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and one half miles or more from
the schoolhouse by nearest travel
route, or in any case in which be
cause of extreme poverty the ser
vices of such child or children are
necessary for his own support, or
the support of his parents, then in
any of such cases such penalty
shall not be incurred.
Sec. 7. That the school commit
tee of said district is hereby author
ized to appoint an attendance offi
cer for said district, to fix his com
sation and to prescribe his luties;
they may appirit as such officer any
constable, town marshal; or other
discreet person."
Sec. 2: That all laws and clauses
of; laws in conflict with this act
shall not be operative is said dis
district. V -: j -
Sec. 3: Tliatthis act shalf be in
foxtemandaftelr its ratification.'
Hooper
Crane
canea anuiaiiea ni ci ia ana i
stanta capias issued. Fred ucli
anan larceny, not guilty. Ai hur
Dills forcable trespass, guilty; ji dger
ment suspended on good beha ibr,
bond for arjpearance at next tc im
of court. Jim Ritchiejand Bessie
Love adultry not guilty. The case
of Tom Jones and Fred Sutton un
der bond for good behavior wa
called and it appearing that Sutton
nad been arrested for drunkenness
since last term of court, he was
fined $50.00.
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General R. D. Gilmer was here
Wednesday on business. j
Attorney Branner Gilmer was e
visitor in Sylva this week fifom
I Waynesvilla- ,
Col. W.
PW'iSE
IN TRAIN. ACCIDENT
Tom Patton,' twenty-five years
old, a flamHi on the Southern
railway, a brought to Asheville
on train No. 18 ab ut ,6:30 o'clock
lat ight from .Bryson City, where
he fell bene -h a, train yesterday
afternoon witM the result that one
of th e wheel sV? of the car passed
over fyis left lg,. cutting the foot off
above to nkle. e was taken to
Meriwether hospital for treatment. .
. The bones fi the leg' were so bad
ly crushed tfrt the leg was ampu
tated at o ? ' This was done in
dry son City before Mr. Patton was
brought to this city. His home is
at Murphy. -rAsiievihe Citizen.
J. Hannah wa s in Sylva
Wednesday attending court.
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J. N. Bufnarnef v;as here yester
day from !Er4stu: 1
S. T. , Copper of "Seven Oaks
Farm" was iit the city this week.
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J. B. Bumgarner . of Wilmot was
in town this week
J. L. Robinson was here Wednes
day from Willeis.,
Coroner J.. Wesley. Shelton was
n town this week from Cullowhee.
St. John Cox, was a visitor in the
city yesterday torn Cullowhee.
Mis3 Mattie Axley of Murphy is
stopping, in Sylva. .
Geo. Sprinkle was here the first
vif the week -from Wilmot.
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Ben Fisher of Wilmot was in
town Saturday.
0. E. Varner Was here Wednes
day from; Wilmot. '
J. W. Holcdmbe was in , town
bayd'j subscript
tion to the iJ6urnaLr
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