VOL. I NO. 7
SYLVA, N. C.f r MAY 28 1915,
AN AMEBlaN
SHIP
IS TORPEDOED.
$1.00 THE YEAffc JN ADVANCE
London, May 25. The American
steamer Nebraskan, Captain Greene,
from Liverpool May 24, for; Dela
ware breakwaters, was torpedoed
yesterday by a submarine at a
point forty miles west southwest of
Fastnet, off the coast of Ireland No
lives were lost.
The crew at once took to the
boats, but after finding that the Ne
braskan was not seriously damaged,
they returned aboard and got under
way. She had beed struck' forward
and her foreholds were full of wa
ter. The Nebraskan did not carry
any passengers.
The foregoing information was re
ceived today by the British ad
miralty in London, and it was at
once communicated to the Ameri
can embassy.
Immediately she was struck the
frebraskan began calling for aid by
wireless. Browhead received the
wireless communication at 9 a. m.
yesterday from Crookhaven.
The torpedoing of the Nebraskan
apparently occurred before 9 o'clock
last night.
All foreign vessels leaving Liver
pool recently have had their names
and I tiionalties panned in large
tetters on their sides aud have flown
large tidgs. Yesterday evening was
clear and the period between 8 and
fiiiiit
DONE
DLIGliT DAS
MUCH DAMAGE.
Many apple and pear trees in
Buncombe and many sections of
Haywood county have been attack
ed by fruit blight and fruit growers
and farmers predict that apple and
pear crop for next year, has been
badly damaged. The blight has
the blooms and caused them to fall
off or has damaged the small fruit
and caused it to shrivel. The end
of the twigs in all apple and peach
orchards from which reports have
been made received state that this
peculiar disease blackens the twig
for several inchesback of the bloom
or bud itself.
Tax Collector B. A. Patton and
Representative Gallatin Roberts
both of whom see a great many far
mers from all sections of the county
daily, declare that the blight is
wider spread this year than ever
before in the history of the county.
Mr. Patton has about 300 apple
trees in Leicester township on a
farm and they are ruined, he says,
by the disease. Reports from
Black Mountain state that there
will be practically no apple crop
there next year.
Mr. Roberts declared that not
pun
It is with great regret that the
people of this County learn of the
MAN DIES, KILLS COUSIN AND
ITS SUICIDE.
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death of B. McDade, who , died According toinlormation brought
Thursday morning in Asheville t0 Asaeville a serious shooting af
from a stroke of paralysis, at the fair took D,ace yesterday morning
Merriwether Hospital.
Mr. McDade has been in bad
health some time and resigned his
position in the Jackson County
on Spring creek. Madison county,
in which Jesse Phlemmonsis said
to have shot and killed his cousin
Arthur Plemmons and then turn
ed thft dun nn hfmaolf infl;-irt
Bank about one month ago and ' "A 7 . a
. . , tlt ! & " wound that caused almost instant
went to Asheville last Friday to be -death,-
treated and had a stroke of para- Nrft,w0ni nru u
i i 4. o t a . TX No details of the shooting, or the
lysis last Saturday morning. He nQ11QAa frtrif , , 5 , "
. .. u., w causes for it couldnt be learned, but
is survived by two children, Miss it ia GtQttu , .,. .
vrr m t j j if a xi lt 18 stated that people residing in
Effie McDade and Mr. Arthur Mc-stw 0; , . "J.
rrt vi n k t-A. that section are very much excited
Dade. He will be laid to rest Friday reJ .
. , , , t . n . over the affair. Officers from Mar
at eleven o clock m the Pams cem- -in WAra HioK k
T, . ... . . snail were dispatched to the scene
ru- j . of tne shooting, it is stated and
ROCKWELL
HOUND
JS
ED IN BATTLE.
charge of his ody and bary him
The funer-J will e coriducted by
Rev. J. J Gray and others.
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AFTER-EFFECTS
OF TYPHOID
The death rate of those who re
cover from typhoid doubles.
Figures are showing up typhoid
in a new light. We have always
regarded seriously the chances of
fatality that go with each case, also
! the length of time required for the
thorough investigation is being
made, although this mornind it was
stated that no arrests had been which he was, "fif5td
That Kiffiri f ?ockweil. of this
city, who is a soldier in the foreign
legion, now fighting under the flag
of France, has-been wounded, is in
formation which has been received
at this city, f ie was shot in the
thigh at a desperate battle at Arras,
it is learned, and his brother, Pau
Rockwell ,as )ten granted a leave
of absence ia Xrder that he may
visit the ' wd&nded man. Paul
Rockwell has noVseen active service
in the trenchea( for past several
months, having' been forced to go
to the hospitals late last yearfc
when he suffered) a physical break
down as the resUf of the straii to
in the
made, nor had any reason been
found for the my) i 1 4 - Viizaa.
HIGHWAY COMtUCTIOS
Eight miles of the Highway have
been contracted and work is to
commence in ten days and be com-1
trenches. The Rockwell brokers
enlisted in the feeign legion ' im
mediately following the declara
tion of war and !; have participated
in many desperate engagements.
Their action i enlisting in ; the
armyhas beeii widely featured in
pleted in 180 days. That portion Di American,:Ejglish and French
of the road contracted is from Bry- dailies. In a recent article ia li ae
son City to Alarka, and from Bryr New York Sun, pealing with the a
son City to Ela. The route from tivities of th members of thft
: 4.1 x. j i 1 . t
RHinthmtv thPhiidhtho.w,dM ff'ersc?ursev V1 e saerng BrysonCity to Ela goes east on legion, .they Were given creitable
muisn lsiarics ai mis season, a , he lives, he says the apple trees are
message to tne Lloyd s - says an ; bIfh-ken.d and withirprt
the anxiety, the careful nursing, south side of TnnkaseicJpp Pivpr tn manfinn fnr th u,
I .e'ww v xvfi. tut;- pciiW' uiu; Lxa V C
tn mpniinn thp p-vTpnp hut ' nnint it tKn !r, r u a o j 1 -H . .v . ..
figures are showing that the
W 1 W m m til .
Q nVl.sok thft twilieht hour in tie 1.: tt a I
RriHchicnnH t this A T T. I - V ' wue not to mention the expense, but : point at the lower end of the A. S. nlaved'in the w$k of thft Ipdion
now figures are showing that the Patterson farm, where it rmssM the
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ance of the Nebraskan" anostood
by her all night.
A message to the Star from Liv
erpool says that the name and na
tionalty of the Nebraskan were
painted in large letters on her sides.
f- The German submarine campaign
continues actively. Dispatches from
Norway say the people uf that coun
try have been aioused 1by the sink
ing last week of the Norwegian
steamer Minerva and - the ai tempt
to torpedo the Iris, which, went to
her assistance.
The steamer Cromer, loaded with
passengers had a narrow escape
while bound for Rotterdam. A
submarine fired a torpedo without
warning but missed bytffteen yards,
This attack occurred four miles
norh'of North Hinder 'lightship.
Citizen.
HCLAIN-PAT
A marriage of much interest to
the people of ' this place-was sol em- j.
nized in Way nesville Wednesday
when F. M. McLain andjMiss'Juani
ta Patton were married by Rev. A.
V. Joyner, at the Baptist parsonsge.
They will spend a few days in Ashe
ville, then tKey will return to Mr.
McLain's home in this city. -The
Journal joins the many
friends of this pppuiar couple in !
wishing for them a lonjg 3nd happy j pirations.
life.
have escaped are the peach and
cherry trees. The loss by the
blight means thousands of dollars
to the orhardists of Buncombe and
adjoining counties. Citizen.
ITALY DECLARES WAR.
"Vienna, May 23.--Conformably
with the orders of his majesty, the
king, his august sovereign the un
dersigned ambassador of Italy has
J the honor to deliver to his excel
lency, the foreign minister of Austria-Hungary,
the following com
munication" "Declaration has been made as
from the fourth of this month to
the imperial and royal government
of the grave motives for which It
aly, confident in her good right,
proclaimed annulled and henceforth
without effect, her treaty of alliance j
with Austria Hungary, which was
violated by the imperial and royal
government, and resumed , her lib
erty cf action in this respect
he iighayconiite
A study of 1,574 cases of typhoid
fever shows that 146 died while
under treatment, which is not quite
cne out of every ten. Of the 1,428
who recovered from the immediate
effects of the disease, the death rate
for the first tlrree years was nearly
twice the normal death rate of a
similar group of persons who had
not had typhoid.
As the cause of death among the
patients who died following recov
ery from typhoid, tuberculosis heads
the list with a rate of 39 per cent,
with diseases of the heart following
with a rate of 14.8 per cent. In
other words, the chances for having
tuberculosis are increased about
three times in those who have re
covered from typhoid, while the
chances for heart diseases are about
doubled. In the United States each
year, 8,000 deaths occur emong
persons who have recovered from
afh attack of typhoid fever, but
mated- that the Patterson r hricige 1 well in a number of positions,' one
will cost between $6,000 and $7,000. j of the most:; interesting of these
State Engineer Fallis of Raleigh, j showing him in 5 the act of digging
was here and went over the route ! trenches with ie other soldiers
and approved of the work of the
Commissioners and Engineer How
erton. He was enthusiastic in
praise of the route selec'ed as be
ing the best possible.
At Monday's session Of the High
way Commissioners there were
eighteen bids submitted the high
est being 50c per yard for unclassi
fied wtvk and the lowest 29 3-4 'cts.
The last named figure was the
bid of Phillips,-Munday and Rogers.
Mr. Phillips is from Georgia and
Messrs. Munday and Rogers are
Macon County men. We are in
formed they have teams and imple
ments and will commence the
work within the prescribed ten
days.
Under the contract- the eight
miles of road will cost for grading
about $25,000. The contract, is
who, as a result of impaired vitality j said to be very advantageous for
from the disease, succumb during ! our people, and several of 'the bid-
"The government of the king, ! tfie first or second year after recov- ders on the work remarked that it
firmly resolved to provide by all
means at its disposal for safeguard
ing Italian rights and interests, can
not. fail in its' duty to take against
every existing and future menace
measure which events impose "pon
it for the fulfillment of national as-
WORK IS STOPPED -
We are informed by Mr. Wright,
of the Wright Johnstone Contract
ing Co., that all work on the Hia
wassee Valley Railroad has been
suspended on account "of the failure
of the Railroad Co. to pay the con
tractors for the April estimates. ,r
We hope that this matter can bej
adjusted within the next few da vs.
and that the construction be push
ed to an early completion.
"His majesty, the king, declares
that he considers himself from to
morrow in a state of war with Austria-Hungary.
"The undersigned has the honor
to make known at the same time to
his excellency, the foreign minister
thatjpassports will be placed this
penal .and royal ambassador at
Rome, and lie will be oblige to his
excellency if he will kindly have
his pastpqrts handed to hint"
' ) (Signed) fc . "Avarna"
prior to a fiercengagement. Dur
ing the time thaf hehas been in the
hospital, .Paul Rlckwell has written
several articles paling with battle
field experience for tne, big Eag
lish dailies and; leading French
papers. He has iad an opportunity
to tell of the work during the time
that he has beett unfit for service, -and
the articles nave been widely
read and prominently featured, a
number of thdmj being printed on
the front pages rwhich have used
them. . v'
The folio wirg clipping from The
Atlanta Gedr&n dealing with the
news of the .woutiding of Kiffin
Rockwell, wilBieead with interest
at
ery.
Besides lowering the vitality so
that other diseases are not to be
resisted, typhoid often leaves the
patient maimed for life, and memo
ry is frequently impaired. These
considerations should bear an es
pecial1 appeal to those who still tol
erate flies and fly infected food and
who have not yet made up their j
minds to be vaccinated against
typhoid.
CARD OF THANKS
was entirely too cheap. However,
that's the contractor's business and
he will bs required to give a bond.
Just before -printing the Times
we learn that Messrs. Reed and
W ells of Asheville have taken oyer
the contract from Phillips, Rogers
and Munday and will commence
work next week. Bryson City.
Times.
We ask our friends and neighbors
to accent our many thanks for the
yerf day at the disposal of the im-lh kindness and sympathy ex
tended during the recent illness of
out children and the death of our
, . -' ;, ...
little girl . Marjie.
Sincerely,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dills.
WOMEN BEATEN IN OTARY' CASE
Raleigh, May 25. The Supreme
court decides ithe act of the
the last legislature giving women
authority of notary, public is un
constitutional, and Mrs. Noland
Knight of Asheville loses her com
mission. Judge Allen writes the
opinion and Judge Walker and
Hoke concur. Chief Justice Clark
dissents and Judge Brown concurs
by the injured- fman's friends
this city: 2
"Word com$":Jfrom Parh that
Paul- Rockwell;. former Atlantan
among the Arteijcans serving with
the allies in th foreign legioi, his
gone to RenneT to see his brother
Kiffin, of NortVr Carolina who is,
there with a winded thigh reseiv
ed in a desper&te battle at Arras.
"Paul Rockl, the dispatch says
has just beenivn a three months
leave or absence-on account of fail-'
ing health. AJ 'the end of that
time he wilLuUljrgo a medical ex-
aminatinrt to rUffminp if Tip ic fit-
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ior iunner seritje.
"The Amjritfarjs of the foreign
legion, most oftjfem in the Firsts
regiment, have'rformecl some dis
tinguished serMge in the recent
fighting, and t$ , two southe' 1
have been mertf ned a number of
times in the remits of battle.'
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