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VOL. I NO. 7 SYLVA, N. C., MAY 7 ; 1915, m have not CATtU cn UMl 1 1 All cuffiLimitia 1 $1.00 THE YEAR illADVANCE Robinsville, N. C., May 5 Despite tie most earnest efforts on the part of local officials, no trace has ye been found of Ed Williams, the white man who, last Saturday, practically wiped out his wife's family; killing his mother-in-law, Mrs. fhii Philips his brother-in-law, Charley Phillips', and his sister-in-law. Miss Mary Phillips, 'the murders were com zuitea wiui a revolver, reward ib Gliereu lor tlie arrest oi Vvilliams. All the parties involved lived m Graham county. The exact cause of the trouble is not known, but it is reported that YvUliaiiio hau maue tiireais agairiai the Pnillips family for alleged inter ference witn hnn in a reputed block ade business, it being said that they had reported some or ms iransact- ,ns to the government. Williams is known to have stated ihat lie was getting ''tired oi the Phillips lamily nieuulinu m lite Dusmess. ' and to have made threats against them. When Williams went to the Phil lips nome iasi oaiurduj, uii) Mrs Viiiiii, alio ilei bOix aiili (iaudiu.r were at name. viihoiita word warning Williams drew a revolver aiid began lirimi. rihe iirst shot : J w strueivfma fciUea Chauey Pniliipa, and uie, seconu ciiot hit Miss Mai y .Phillipsrboth idymgiSoBt Instant? ly . W iihams then opened tire un iviro. jPhilhps, two shots striking her, from the effects of wmch she died about two iiars later. Wiliifms then ned. Coroner D. A. Stewart was called and empaneled a jury for the in quest The jury reported that the three came to their deaths by means of gunshot wounds from a weapon in the hands of Ed Williams. OMcers SCHOOL CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR Piano Solo -II Trovatore.... Verdi Miss Dorothy McKee. Last Will and TestimeiitiMiss Ma "mie Long " . ' t.. THE EDUCATORS MET J. A. MADifON GETS LAST MONDAY. S2001 BEWAllO. Class Prophecy. Miss Mary W.Wells! , ' oivd njgn valedictory Miss Alice Grav t mere were aoaut thirt v-five or! J. A. Madi rW wno-i The term at the jui just closed nas been an un-. Class Song Sylvan Days usually successful and profitable : Awatilmg oi Diplopias il Dr. L; B one. Miss Irene Abernethv, the berriethy principal, Mr. Chas. B. Hawkins, the assistant principal and their assist- Benediction. ' Throughout the commencement Sfiasnn mmio was "fnrniahrt hv ants, Misses Bertha Henson, Olive Misses Drothv MX& Christie Norton, Ada Mae Pruett, Essie Nichols, Ila Mae Reed, Otelia Cath- Norton and Mrs. Geo. K Miller, have ev Aiicc Grav and others of the uoiie a great deal of excellent Wor muqi- J,ass- and are to be commended ior tneir careful and painstaking training of the children. The commencement exercises De- Below we give a few of the most gun inursday alternoou wiu tne important orders made by the Board exercises oy uie cui.dreu oi tne at A May meeting- board met at 9 o'clock Monday May 3rd, 19i5 in regular session. Members present: S. T. Cooper, Chair man, J. N. Bumgarnfcr and H. R. MISSIONED MEET forty in attendance at the educar- Harry D. Brysoniffo little son of ioaal conference on the first Mon- Sterling Bryson fffpi. being drown day , the 3rd. day of May. ! ed in the Tuckasef ee River near Prof. L. 0. Brogden, State Super- j Webster on April;, 1913 has been visor of Rural Elementary Schools awarded a bronzpmedal and $2000 was present and gave a very en- by the Carnegei fero Commission, couraging, helpful and interesting The money is Mbe applied on talit- his medical education, Mr. Madison it J; :. L Jackson County has during the is now attending fie Bennett Medi past four years, according to the Cal College, of Clgo, but mil e l statistics reported by Supt. David ter the Vanderbiip University this n. crown, maae very good progress fall where he M complete his. along many lines. NEW BUILDINGS. education. lower gtaUei nieiuamg sung, fecita uoiis and drills by many oi tne smaller Doys and girls and Uie The Carnegie Iero Commission Eleven new school buildings have sent tneir represtativehere some excellent presentation oJ the nule Queea. Cashiers, Pine Creek, Bouble Springs Weyhutta, Greens Creek No. 2 ad- and l vVine be appointed to fill ! ditional room, Sylva High School the vuc viic. ! finishing, Sylva Colored bcnool. Orueit- i by the Board that an I Before all the districts of the been erected during the past four years at an approximate cost of $8, 500. Among these buddings are. the following: Caney Fork No. 4 operetta, bnow White." The ciuid- Ordered by the Board that the Hog Kock Fall caff SpeedweU- icii xidu uceu trdinea oy Mrs. dea resignaaou oi j. jd. luguou as JList Miller and snowed tne result oi Taker iur .Kiver Township for the oaremi rh.w year 1915 be accepted by the Board w.vv v t.& uiiiiu, pcoicmy to uv indiitioiieu are: onus une oatney as onow vmie, waiter -aoc ruM, rvooena oal- eieaiou or exclusive Stock Law be coauty can be properly noused the uoau iue yueea uu ie mae held in ouilowhee Township under SC11(JJ1 uaasc3 m flave tne speCi a su ate o: 1U15 june . to oe ouat: vViiaiai. uiey are aoout exercises tttni to uetefinme the will of the people in regard to the same, lcau v" "UUdC ut it H,.,nQKo .,r.,A,t;rioH and it will he hadt im.iun snhonl I . uiiu uiai . ii. .x tyt. njjviuivu : . largergtrisioilcaby a patriotic gegis(er ,f said e. action and K. H. ! begins). KoeK Uridge (Uey hdve unh oy several t tne ooys ai.d Dr,WJ md z. y. vVatson as Judges ' commenced wor-i). Yellarfr Mouati ttua .iwo exceilenL .readim 4iv.'. rf ,th Qiima Aji Misses Mayme Painter and KebeiiaU Ordered bji the hoard that a pub 1 ,nX hv ( ha ovan.iaue umra mail ha cnrvAVfH onH lofH ntlt ht . vaviwslo WC WU- no ivuu UW u ,vjv u t U 1 L- fIl T . 1- it. i t: . icauy un auuuui una laui iaiA. or near tne Vinson place m mver boo" Dy a couipany irom the school TownslliP a,'d !eadin b . wf,y of , Upper Trout Creek and intersecting assisted by two young men from (he road from mg Ridge t0 iUUS!) U9 Lilt; Wit Oil. liiuisaay evenings were egun by a chorus irom time ago and he Iviewed the scene where Mr. Madis&Ti rescued the child and talked withfjgreat many of the eye wjtnesseS'and being very much impressedith Mr Madisond record since he pi3 been in college recommended &the Comoiission that he be giveimj bronze medal, and $2,000 towaSfe his education which was due. tt will be remembered that vir. Madison was juJJ recovering from his w. uads wflch he siis Gained from being .struc by a traia w i e at the A. and Miifoilege which ads much more to hmheroic act. Olivette (they will have the house the town. Glenville at or near the John A. Miss Kebekah Luke Miss Ensley Wiggins old homestead so as to fol- Kitty, Miss Luke's niece.Miss low the most feasible route. Annie Long j Ordered by the Board that the ' Bryant "Mr. Bob" Miss Rebakah ' resignation of J. E Tritt as Road Catney Trustee in River Township be ac- iound.Citizen : . s a n t: u ',t-,A at nuo Qt-irtpd a 9Parrh for Williams n 1 ceptea anu i. kj. rnw uc aypyintcu ai once started a search tor wni ams paUy a maidMiss Grace McKee linftxnired term. but so far no trace of him has been JeilKins, a Dutler. Mr. Donald Cowan Ordered by the Board that the Mr. Philip Koyson Mr. Rhodes re ignation of W. H. Hooper as Road Mr. Brown Mr. Tomokms Tmstee Caney Fork Township be Friday afternoon the annual ad- j acepted. . . Ordered hv the Board that W. A. dress was delivered by Mr. E. C. Rooper be appointed as Road Trus Brooks, head of the school of Edu-! tee m Caney Fork Township for cation, Trimty College, and editor . a term of three years. of North Carolina Education. Mr. Brooks delighted his audience with his magnificent address upon "The Training of a Child." Friday evening was devoted to the exercises from the first class COURT HOUSE GROUNDS TO BE IMPROVED. The County Commissioners em ployed a landscape gardner to sur vey and lay off the grounds, around the court house and also to plan the steps leading from Main street to the court house door. T1 . ...111 f)nna Kot'tATOOTI imswuiRmuuc " that has ever graduated from the now and the next first Monday, at Syiva Hign School .This class wes $10.20 out of the Special fund of which time the contract will be let ComDOsed of six young ladies, Misses , 1914 for services to Board. . - - for the building of the steps . Lena Ashe, Otelia Cathey, Annie ThplandscaDe gardner is also to Long, Mamie Long, Alice Gray and furnish plans and specifications for Mary WUlie Wells, and one young Ordered by the Board that J. W Buchanan, Sheriff, pay the County Treasurer $136.00 for license tax for the year 1914. and the Treasurer apply this amount to the general fund. Ordered by the Board that the County Treasurer pay S. T. Cooper Ridge, Cane Creek, East Laport, Charley's Creek, (the only log house now iQ the county,) Pilot Grove (they have commenced work), Syl va No. 3, additional room. Balsam, additional room, Greens Creek Mo. 1 additional room Moses Creek, addit ional room John's Creek, additional room, Savannah No. 2, additional room. During this peroid of time, maps of North Carolina, the Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere and globes twelve inches in diamet er have been placed in all the schools of the county, very few of the schools had any of these before this time. There has been, within the past four years, about two car loads of desks and a large number of black ! boards placed in the schools of the county. SCHOOL TEACHERS Three years ago there were 77 teachers who taught in the county. . 'or mm jr m m n m v mwm am art f r TVnolH Pnwan all the beautifying of the grounds in OWQrH Hir,inrnoe general, which w,ll be done m the exercises were of an unusually near future. hidh nrHoi- ond mof with thp nnnni' ..iTr,ri 'mill niltir bation of the immense audieriee TO CONSIDER BUILDING a rKUuKAlVl. Ordered by the Board that the County Treasurer pay W. L. Henson $1.45 out of the special fund of 1914 for postage. Ordered by the Board that the County Treasurer pay the Sylva Cash Store $15.00 out of the General fund of 1914 for casket for Mrs. Mollie Conner. Orlered by the Board that the County Treasurer pay C. J. Harris - a tdommc ic Knfiv this week Invocation removing tiie old building which Duo-Through Valley, Though For- Tannery $8.35 out of the special fund removing me,, uiu uuu& . .... ioii roi fnr Podiatr rnm- 4.u TiroQoidA Rank lot. esi. -- oiam w wit i w SLCtUUb UU H1C X ULawuviftv the rear of the lot This building will be repaired The directors of the bank will Spartanburg, :'fMay provide a memtal to the Hon. Robert Y. Havn4Sf South Carolina, in honor of hisfailpoad sendees. President FairfJjHarrison, of the Southern Railwli Company, has given instruction that the name of the junctjon aiP terminal where tne linrrom nevme niiersecis the Washingtor.tlanta line be changed from Ifpartanburg Junc tion" to "Hay ne;f Mr. Hayne wa', if not the first. thempst effect promoter of the construction 6$fa railroad across the mountains ra South Carolina to the middle ;ept. It was the Asheville and ttanburg railroad, beginning at wSf is; now known as uSpartanbur?y Junction" which first realized MgHayne's plan, and this important Southern Railway point will hereftir bear his name and be a lastitlesiimonial to the work he did. pt:1 L.'W. Ciavff of Willets was in the city this wfH and paid the Journal a verylBfeasant visit. Mi: . Mrs. C. A. Epperson visited her only thirty-six or less that 47 perParents at Chphee last week, re cent of them had ever taughtjbefore. ! turnin home idav- accompanied leaving 53 per cent new and in-ex- j W ner nttie si jsr, una Mae cum- perienced teachers of the county that year taught in the school in which they had taught the year before. arner. dim '-is' year-taught thyea in the same cohnni as lacf vlar Ynu sftft from The next year 53 per cent of the thisthattile bber of teacher8 being retained m the same 3cnool meet in the near future to consider the instruction of a bank building on this tot, which would add very much to the appearance of Main street. est. - Misses Lucy Wells, Pearl Long, Dor othy McKee andChristins Nichols Class History -Miss Annie Long Essay-The Value of An Ideal , Miss Otelia Cathey Class Poem . ...-.-Miss Lena Ashe Oratioh Conservation - of Manhood I Mr. Donald Cowan missioners office. Ordered by the Board that the County Treasurer pay H. R. Queen $20.80 out of the general fund of 1914 for services to Board. Board adjourned May 5th, 1915 at 4 (clock P. M. Co. Board of Commissioners teachers had taught before, 47 per cent were new in the work and more than 18 per cent of . all the teachers of the county taught in school in which they had worked the previous year. This year nearly 73 per cent of. our teachers had taught before with only 27 per cent untried teachers and nearly 24 per cent of all the teachers taught in the same school as last year. And nearly 40 per cent of our teachers who taught both years-this and last where they ap acquainted with the needs andjconditians, daring this peroidr.as leeii doubled and that the numbed of teachers stay ing in the wodtad making teach-, ing a profesibnoas almost doubled This is very enurag2ng The topics otesd wex discuss ed and a greatl&alof interest was manifested tl ; those present. Every one "seacd tP. enjoy the meeting; numo expressed the.de- r sire thae simifeffiqiiea be held. C: i - : 1 ; . f5
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