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lUALLA MOON
LIGHT SCHOOLS?
For the benefit of those interested
in broad-day-light and black:r4id
night schools we honorably submit
the following light "epistle" on good
roads:
Do you know that we Jackson in
general and Qualla in .particular
have not been ashamed and dis
gusted to the point of vomiting any
too long to boasi. But we are not
boasting when we give facts and a
few figures to show you that Quail i
Township is going to come with Syl
' va and Cullowhee Townships and
"shake" these dreaded hills and de
testable fence corners. Gentlemen,
the Bible says, there's a time for
everything, doesn't it? The time
came and passed for Qualla to have
a prelininary road meeting to feel
her pulse; and 96 per ceni of the 30
p ople present", at the first , moon
light school expressed themselves
as heartily in favor of a change in
our present poor roads.
The unanimous conclusion of this
body was to do something in the
way of building roads.
New ambitions have aroused in
a newer and better civilization in
Jackson and in Qualla Township.
The ox-wagon is passing and in
place of it the Ford is here and the
nine passenger will go thru from
Asheville to Atlanta :and like wise
return and sometimes they will
stop over at Sylva and Whittier
and wh liot Wilmot, too? The
Southern laijroadjw
ef trips to Murphy-aTid the and
N, will make better connections
there.
On this highway liehese points
and near to them, an outspur from
these, towns, Cherokee. Thousands
will then visit this school where-as-hundreds
already do annually.
But enough in general a nd back
to that "pint".
Three divisions and even another
division or Main Line are being de
liberated upon. The first and most
logical one is to lead from Whittier
and Wilmot at a meeting point near
Andy Martin's just below the Qualla
Graded School, thence to continue
to the end of Swain County's New
Road or within a little ways from
the present Highway now practical
ly finished to Cherokee a Road,
a dnod wide Road. Perhaps its too
good to join to, but Qualla should
risk it and will Nothing is too
good for Qualla! But the additional
plan is to make a more perfect tri
angle in place of a "pully-bone" is
to aod to this pully-bone a road
from Wilmot to . Whittier. This
road Will come No question about
that. Its there and will be rightly
graded and slightly changed.
Bonds? bonds? Bonds? , . Hands- up!
' Taxes, taxes, 0, ye? Sheriff! How
we hate thee and yet we will still
have a sheriff. If we vote a special
Tax all the better! .But make'
it enough to "start something."
Let's raise a row on a light bond or
a heavy Special Tax, No, theres
no rowtoaise. I'd rather, be on a
good road afoot, with my ''earthly
belongings in my grip" a Good
Road I say and a foot. Then some
body "will pick you up" if you faint
and there's no cussing to it. Then
we will drive the same kind of team
with the same kind tit acid wood.
telephone poles or 4 what not an
wonder wht .they are pulUngrwe
question. How we were "socked in
mud? to mill or to market but ye
will go to church Go! O then! and
to school a foot and not a float
or perchance in some lonely after
noonwhy then our runabout or
rubber tired buggies will"' 'give a
spirit to our same old horse -she
uuiusuer aeaa niga- as away
we
go-to church with the san dear j
tnev. too. feel like wp nil dot r1idinn ,
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will hflvP snmp "cWnnf TlK-
L. J. Smith.
BALSAM grove,
Thanksgi zing is over and Christ
mas times will come soon. I wish
to see as nice times Christmas as
we all had Thanksgiving, we did not
have any drinking in our section
Thanksgiving.
-The Brasstown public school
gave a Thanksgiving entertainment
Thursday afternoon. The writer
was pleased to see the students so
punctual with their exercises. The
Brasstown school is making great
progress this year, 'With VMr. Roy
Bird for their teacher, iVIr. Bird:5has
a great interest in educational af
fairs in Brasstown. We also had a
nice debate at the close of the en
tertain nent by some of the Cullo
whee school boys. The subject se-
I lected for discussing was: Resolved
that the United States should im
mediately increase Her land and
naval Forces and fortification. Af
firmative A. F. Arrington and C. R.
Bird Negative; D. M. .HPPper and
MmrdrlntonT liAmrma
tive won.
Mr. Cicero Aiken's little girl is
seriously ill with milk sick. We all
hope to see her up again soon.
Rev. Warlick went over to Tuck
aseigee last Sunday.
Our Sunday school at Brasstown
is moving along nicely for winter
time.
Miss Ethel Parker returned home
Saturday from an extended visit to
Wolf Mountain. Cherriefield and
Lalie Toxaway.
Misses Ruth and Bessie Wike
came home with Miss Winnie Hoop
er from Cullowhee Wednesday and
stayed until Monday.
Tommie Hooper of Moses Creek
visited in Brasstown Saturday.
Dock Mason killed twenty-six
squirrels in two hours and fifteen
minutes, last week.
Ransom Hooper was in town last
week.
Dr. C. Z. Candler has the honor
of' bringing the first automobile to
Balsam Grove.
Best wishes for the Journal,
Mountain Times.
A SUCCESSFUL BUNT.
As others have been writing to
the Journal of their hunts I will
give you a little sketch of one we
tnnk recentlv. The names of the
hunters are as follows: Dr. Smath
ers, Clem Smathers, Dr. Abel, Boone
Sentelle, Charlie Francis, Jim Kil
lan, Lawyer Bohannan, C. R.Jones
and D. E. Bryson, who returned the
26th inst. after being gone one week.
It snowed and was so cold we did
not get to hunt much the first few
days. However, we killed one bear
fine, deer arid one wild cat. besides
ChaHie Francis killed the bear
Jim KifiiaWtheper.
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At noon today J. A. Galloway,
who was- shot Ihttrsday niglit by
blockaders near:;Lake Toxaway
while returning .from a raid ih which
an illicit sun was destroyed, wa
V ; but the injury
: to his left eye is such that Dr. H. H.
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am 'm'm during the day ,'and
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will hivo tr Ho rciWiT'ltnarl MnYlal-
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j hospifal late yesteflay afternoon in .
an anibularice frorri "Hendersonyille ,
Dy deputy collector -j, m. XNewton
of this city and-Dtv Q. E. Lyday of
Rosman. Dr. Fletcher and Dr.
Bnggs conducted Jan xanimation
of the wounded taider's injuries.
Thirteen No. 4, or 'squirrel" shot
took effect in Gallowa'y head, arms
and hand. tr
Infoniiation received at the office
of United States Marshal Charles
A. Webb makes it probable that
the attack was made upon Gallo
way and Luther Oyh, a posseman,
intended more for Owen than for
the collector. It iaid that some
of the men implicated in the dis
tillery operations suspected Owen,
of informing the United States offi
cials of their blockading activities.
It is further stated that the men
who nre supposed to have fiied
the shots are relatives of Owen.
Owen was injured in the back and
had, but not seriously.
The rains following the shooting
maoe tne use oi oiood nounds lm-
Practicable;, tuuthiffic
Whmm twJS ocf u Z
Asheville and Brevard are still in
pursuit of the fugitives and it is
expected tliat some arrests will be
made today.
LATER NEWS.
Three of the men who were in
the still have been captured and it
is thought that they had something
to do with the shooting, and they
are now in j Ril at Brevard.
GOVERNOR CANNOT
GO ON PEACE TRSP
Raleigh, Nov. 30. Governor Craig
cannot go to Europe with Henry
Ford to aid in the bringing peace to
the Old World. Governor Craig was
not afraid that the job of cranking
the Ford machine, in the event ot a
German U-hold-up, would fall ujxm
him. He just could not go, though
he does not think the mission may
be fruitless. He believes the
nations will at least credit the pro
moters with sincerity and that as
Henry Ford has declined to turn
his manufacturing genius into pro
duction of instruments of war hor
ror, the Europeans will think well
of the visit whatever it accomplish
es. The governor found it impos
sible to leave North Carolina for a
stay so long.
M. De La Marry sewetar general,
of the Alliance Francais for the
United States, has organized a so
ciety in Raleigh with Miss Elizabeth
Avery Cplton, of Meredith College
temporarv president, and Miss May
Jones of Governor Craig's office
secretary.
Itsbbjects are removed from war
charilMy u teur but
is chleW tertaific
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ASSEMBLY.
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The thirty-second annual session
of the North Carolina Teachers' As
sembly, which closed last Friday,
was the largest in the history, more
than a thousand teachers being in
attendance.
Six departments tield separate
at
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- .si - 11 : .t.' ...:u . i
ail leaciiers wouw uieei m
general sessions.
The latest addition is the Farm
Tjfe School Department.
Since the enactment of the Farm
Life Schodl Bill in 1911, nineteen
of these sehopls have .been estab
lished. This is a remarkable record.
Those from this county attending
were: Supt. David H. Brown, Prof.
A. C. Reynolds, Miss Evelyn Royal,
Miss Charlotte Young, Mr. Charles
B. Hawkins.
C. Young.
The writer had the pleasure of
traveling over some of Swain coun
ty's good roads. They are fine, but
ing them 24 feet wide. An 18 Toolt'
road' would answer all pdrro$es, and'
be so much cheapefto build. Then
after the road is built, it would be
i so much easier and cheaper to keep
the road iip. So wagons, buggieb
and automobi'es can eaiily pask
each other is all that ie needed.
questwrr oRicrte
plan is for the ttate highway
through Swain to come thoughiJuaV
la and Barkers Creek and connect
with the good roads of Dillsborb
and Sylva townships, and go through
to Waynesville. On the other end
I understand that this road is going
to Franklin in Macon county.
D. U. Owen of Qualla visited
Speedwell a few days ago. x
James Wike of East La Porte
visited his daughter, Mrs. Charlie
Knight, last Sunday.
James Wike and wife made a
flying trip to Speedwell Sunday.
Harvey Tilley, who has been at
Mascott Tenn. for some time, has
returned to Speedwell.
Rev. J. B. Stallcup baptized two
girls in Cullowhee creek Sunday.
Dr. A. A. Nichols and wife came
to Speedwell Sunday afternoon.
Miss Dollie Rogers has been quite
sick but is improving slowly now.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Clay
ton a boy. X. Y. Z.
JURY INDICTS THREE FOR SALISBURY
TRAIN WRECK
Salisbury, Nov. 30. Indictments
have been drawn charging man
slaughter against A. Tankersley, en
gineer, and Arthur Kelly, negro fire
man on the Southern railway's New
York-New Orleans limited train, and
Clyde H. Wilson, flagman on the ex
cursion train, which collided with the
limited train here last Wednesday
nidht resulting in the death' of two
people and the injury of 22 others.
1 ne inoieunenvs were iounooy. me
grand jury $f W0tpT it
had considered evidence tKeliat the
coroner's inquest into rtne ?teamot Hi
C. Sevefsntf CK Hall; itwof&ims
ner
ofcShelbV aud
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SPEEDWELL
THREE ARRESTED
BY II. S. OFFICERS
Dave Matthews, his son, Hayes
Matthews, and Aldoph West arerin
jail at Brevard charged with con
ducting the distillery raided by J.
A. Galloway a few hours before he
was shot from ambush. This is the
only accusation against these men
and ho statement has Wen made as
to whether they were connected
With the attack on Galloway and
Owen. Tweuty-four hours after
Deputy Collector Galloway's tele
gram was received in Asheville
stating that he had been shot while
returning from a nid on blockaders
three of the men seen by the offi
cer at the distillery were underiar
rest and on their way to the Bre
vard county jail. Prompt action
oh the part of the United States
marshals and internal revenue offi
cers from Asheville aided by the
sheriffs posse from Brevard result
ed in the capture of the alleged
moonshiners Saturday. -The rains
throughout the night had probably
given the men a feeling of security.
Friends counselled rest and sjep on
Saturday night, but the possemen
divided into two pdrtres hder
leadership of ChieMtii ty 'ifarsaal
J. Y. Jordan and Special Employe.
J. F. Cabe and struck off iht6' tHe
mountains. ...
At a strategic point on the trail
leading to the horn 93 of the men
wanted, Deputy Marshal J. F. Oar-
r was pp3tel to intercept
the officers in the chase.
Marshal Jor lan and his men
took Dolph West's father in cusody
to prevent his carrying news of the
pursuit to his son and this' gave the
party wich Mr. Cabe their oppor
tunity to effect the arrest of the
younger West, Mr. Jordan and his
party found the Matthews me a and
served warrents on them add the
parties, after partaking of a bounti
ful breakfast with tie hospitable
Woods family, set out forBrevard.
There is a warrant out for the arrest
of another man whose name the of- -ficers
will not make public,-
B. E. Paxton and Sheriff " Pickle-
simer of Brevard rendered valuable
assistance in the capture of the
three alleged blockaders
Mr. Galldway is resting well at
the Biltmore hospital today. It is
stated that an operation to refnove
his left eye will be performed in the
near future.
Revenue Agent W. H. Chapman
of Greensboro, has notified M irshal
Wjob that he will arrive in. Ashe
ville!today to cojifer withi . the offi
cers in regard to further proceedf
ings against the men who attacked
Officers Galloway and Owen. Ga-'
zette. .
YOUNG MAN DIES.
Jeff Henson who has been in bad
health for some time ; died at his
homein Beta last Friday morning.
The f dneral service was held at
the home by Revs. Harris and Gray
of this city, and interment was
made at the Old ield cemetery.
ilr. Heiisbh wal1Keson'''6f the
late
is county.
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