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VOL. IV NO. 7
COUNTY COMMISSIONER!
FtiAltc APPlIUAi IUN
FOR STATE AND
FEDERAL ROAD AID
Special meeting of the board of
commissioners of Jackson County,
to consider and shape their policy
id Highway Construction in and
it - . - . -
through the county of Jackson,
there being present M. Buchanan,
Chairman, W. N. Coward and Dil
lard Hooper.
J After full consideration discns
sion of this question, the following
resolution was adopted:
(RESOLVED that it is the policy
of the Board of Commissioners of
Jackson County, N. C,to co-operate
fully with the State Highway Com
mission and Federal Authorities in
the construction of-- iii gh w ays
through the County of Jackson and
to do such things as may be neces
sary to Jet the State aid and Feder
al aid for such purpose.
. RESOLVED, further, that we
make immediate application to the
State Highway Commission for
State and Federal aid on the follow?,
ing roads, and that we take such
step3 as may be necessary to meet
our one-fourth of construction ther
of, to-wit:
. A highway from Sylva via Web
ster to the Macon County line at
the Cowee Gap.;
A highway from Sylva to the
Balsam Gap. . '
A highway from Sylva via Dills-,
-boro to the Swam cbuhty' jine; ?.
A highway: from Sylva via CuW
iowhee, Glenville rind to the: South
end of the County, and that the
road already graded from Sylva to
cullowhee be 'hard ' surfaced with
concrete.
That copy of the request for State
and Federal aid .herein ordered be
furnished to the Governor and to
the State Highway commission.
RESOLVED, further, that we press
these projects in every available
way with the State Highway com
mission and Federal Authorities
to secure, as prompt action as pos
sible, we co-operating with the State
and Federal government to the end
that the above roads may be laid
out, and constructed as speedily as
the finances can be had.
RESOLVED, further that we in
vite the Highway commission to
view these roads, lay out and locate
the same and determine which the
State wHl undertake to construct
first, Urging them to nudertake as
much as possible of these roads dur
ing the first ' year.
M. Buchanan,
Chairman.
J.T. Gribble,
Ex officio sec.
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TAX PAYERS
To The Tax Payers of North Carolina:
The General Assembly, just ad
journed, has imposed a responsibili
ty upon the Corporation Commis
sion as a State Tax Commission
which it feels unable to properly
meet without the support of the tax
payersof the State, As Chairman of
the Commission, I desire to take the
people into the confidence of the
Commission and acquaint them with
the purpose of the General Assem
bly acd request of them their full co
op 3 ration in aiding us in the proper
discharge of our duties.
For many years, it has been the
law that every person s property
should be assessed for taxation at its
full value in money. Notwithstand
ing this law, nearly everybody in the
State has e capedja full valuation
of his property for taxes. The Gen
eral Assembly, just adjourned, has
said by passing the Revaluation
Act, that an end must be made of
this condition and that hereafter
property must be valued for taxes
at its true value. It places the re
sponsibility upon our Commission
to see that this is done and it must
and shall be done. It is the purpose
of the General Assembly upon a
proper valuation, being male, to
lower the tax rate, and it will meet
after the property has been assessed
for that purpose, so that the burden
upon the tax payers will not neces
sarily be' increased. This is assured
to lis las a. Commission and we in
turn desire to assure the tax payers
Of the State Ithat a full valuation of
their, property Will not mean greatly
increased amount of taxes; The Act
under which this a sses? m ent is
made provides that the State, no
County or municipality shall collect
in excess of ten per cent more taxes
after this revaluation is made than
is being collected in 1919 under the
present valuation.
I call upon the people of the State
to assist the Commission in the se
lection of a splendid business man in
each County as County Tax Assessor.
He should be a man of fine judg
ment, good business ability, having
a good knowledge of values bath in
Town and Country, and one in whom
the public has confidence as to his
honesty and integrity. It is note
political office but one of strictly
business, and we tr'ust our political
friends will understand this and only
suggest the most competent men.
After the County Supervisor is sel
ected by us, we trust every tax payer
in each and every County : of the
State will fully cooperate with him
to the end that he will be able to
assess each person's property at its
true value in money.
W. T.Lee.
Chairman
IMPORTANT
County
WAREHOUSE
SYLVA,
TO FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES 0
IN
Below is a copy of a letter receivi
ed from Mr. C. C. Buchanan, who is I
with theY. M. C. A. which explains
its self. ?
Charleston, S. G, March 21, 1919.
Jackson County Journal,
Sylva, N.C. . H
Gentlemen: --
Will you please kindly state, io
the people there at home who. have
boys in the Thirtieth Division that
if there is any message which they
wish delivered to the boys or" any
thing else which they wish done for
them, I will be glad to look after
same personally upon their arrival
here it the docks. Please state how
ever, that !io one need to come to
Charleston expecting to get to see
any of the boys, because the pott
will be under strict quarantine and
no one except news paper reporters
the welfare committee and the mil
itary authorities in charge of the
port will be permitted on the docks.
Any communications addressed
to me will reach me either at 68
Society Street, Charleston, or Nauy
Y. M; C. A., Transportation Bureau,
Charleston. Please ask that no "eats"
be sent , ho wever. The Information
Bureau here is endeavoring to pre
pare to take care of all the wants
of the friends and relatives of the
boys.
Yours very truly,
C. C. Buchanan
flHTHODISr A IUU SLACKERS?
You did your part weHqrl;fifJ
Warn You gave to the Red Cross and
Y. M. C. A. You bought bonds and
stamps. You paid the war taxes with
out complaint. You obeyed the food
rules cheerfully. You gave your sons
to go and fight. You did all this for
your country and jour homes. Do
you hold your country and domx
cracy above the cause of Chri3t the
salvation of immortal souls? Which
is the more imp rta it to kill mea
or to save them?-
All the evangelical churches are
planning big drives to preach and
spread the Gospel in this time of
peac, when the crippled world is
looking co America for help and
eadership. We know that only the
Gospel of Jesus can save men's souls
We have the money, If the work of
he Christian churches is not doub-
ed at home and abroad within the
next five year?, the blame will lie
with'the people who call themselver
Christians, and thus believersln the
great commission to preach the
Gospel to every creature and make
Christians of all nations.
The Methodist Church has been
doing missionary work a hundred
years 1819 1919. For years her
people have been "giving" a quarter
or fifty cents, and tne work has
been creeping along at home an i
abroad. For the past few years the
Methodist Church has barely "held
her own." Unless she wakes up arid
begins to do big things in this day
of big things, she will be forced into
second rank and become a joke am
ong men of gceat organizations and
movements. Will your pride, in your
great branch of the Church and you
love for your Lord allow you to
"stand by" while Methodism re
mains at a standstill?
Methodism is m the midst of a
great drive. She expects every mem
ber and every friend, great and
small, to join the League of Prayer
and the League of Stewardship. She
expects them to work in the Cente
nary.movement with prayer, labor
mdjnoney. In the great -financial
drive, May 18 zo, she expects
every member and fnund, large and
small, to make a five-year subscrip
tion for spreading the Gospel. She
must have the $35,UUU.uuu.U0 to
grow and spread her work as ought
to be done. Much of the money is to
be spent right here in these moiin
tains, win you be a slacker or a
backer which?
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MAR.28. 1919.
TORN OP HANDS Of
CLOCK ON SUNDAY,
MARCH 30TH
At 2 o'clock Sunday morning.
March 30, the people of the country
are for the second time to go through
the spring performance pi turning
me nanas oi tne ciock aneaa one
hoim This will mark the return to
duty of the daylight saving law, a
oWar measure that a filibustering con
fess failed to repeal on its day of
adjournment, March 4, The moving
ahead of the hands of the clock for
mally marks the exit of winter.
The daylight saving law met with
practically unanimous and univer
sal approval during its first trial a
year ago. The law is expected to be
come further popularized during
this second season, since the people
will be more familiar with it While
the qfficial hour for the movement
forward on the part of the hands of
the clocks is set at 2 a. m the pur
pose will be served if the forward
movement is made to come to pass
at retiring Saturday night,
j There was a movement on foot
in. congress, it will be recalled, to
repeal the daylight saving bill but
when sundry senators went a fili
bustering, important legislation got
the gate. Hence it is again opera
live this year.
FREE VOICE RECITAL
Miss Annie Coward, instructor of
the. primary department of the Cul
lowhee Normal, will give a vocal
jecital, unassisted, next Friday
March -28, at the Cullowhee , audi
toriuro -qt;5&80 t)Jetdefc AJ
following is ner programme: !
(a) 0 Heart of Mine," . Galloway
b); "Land of the Sky-BIue Water"
Cadman. ,
(c) I Hear You Calling Me, pharles
Marshall.
(Duet) II Trovatore, Op. 119, Melf
notte Misses Johnson and Reyr
nolds.
(a) "Spring's Awakening," Sander
son.
(b) Irish Love Song, Op. 22, Marga
ret Lang.
(c) The Last Rose of Summer, Moore
(Duet) "Fanfare Militaire'Anschutz
Misses Johnson and Reynolds.
(a) "Hark! The Robin's Early Song,
F.Lynes.
(b) "Annie Laurie," Scott
(c) Twilight, Good-night.
Farmer Goes Miles
To Tell Of Relief
Vinson Lived On Milk And Eggs
For Months Takes Tanlac
And Gains 15 Pounds.
"I have come twenty-six miles to
ell you what Tanlac has done for
me, said Joe M. Vinson, a, wen
known farmer of Love, Miss., while
in Memphis recently.
"Three years ago," he continued,
my stomach got ail out of order, I
co-'ldn't digest a , thing and for eight
months I lived on buttermilk and
the white of eggs. I was too nervous
to sleep well, gas on my stomach
made me miserable, ! had spells of
dizziness, would almost faint and
could hardly get my breath. I had
splitting headaches and was so biliou
that I would often vomit. -.'
"Since taking Tanlac my health
is as good as anybody's and I feel
like a new man. I eat anything I
want, sleep like a rock, all the mis
ery and swelling has gone from my
stomach.I have gained fifteen pound
and can do a hard day's work. I
wouldn't be in the same fiix was
before taking Tanlac for my farm
and the stock thrown in."
Tanlac is sold in Sylva by the
Sylva Pharmacy, in Erastus by M
L.Coggins,in Glenville by W. M.
Fowler, and by all good druggists.
Messrs. Holt and Sisk of the
branch house of the Ford Motor
Oo , of Charlotte, N. C, were in the
citv this week on business with
J, S, Hitori
$1.50
BUREAU TO HEtP
STMRSIRE
Recognizing the need for an in
formation bureau in connection with
the arrival of overseas transports in
Charleston the National War Work
Council has established a bureau
with headquarters at the City Y. M.
G. A. building, 26 George street. In
nn -ih k Km ' o t
ciuiucui aiuug iucoc liucs, mi, J.. o.
Vo'gt, a resident of Charleston and
director of the bureau, hopes N to aid
materially in establishing commun
ication between relatives and men
on the transports. .
Mr. Voigt, working in collabora
tion with the Red Triangle secre
taries who will be at the port ter
minal, will attempt to answer all
queries propounded to him and as
sure all personal services that are
possible. He will be in his office on
the second floor of the Y. M. C. A.
from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m.. daily,
and wjll have special telephone
connection, 431 1. And money orders
consigned to men on the transports,
or any personal messages will be
taken care of by Mr. Voigt.
Work at the port terminal is be
ing rnpidly pushed and everything
gotten in readiness for the reception
of the troops. The Red Cross Can
teen and the Y . M, C. A. rest rooms
id warehouse No. 6 ha e been ar
ranged in comfortable, home-like
manner and no effort will be spared
to assure the men a hearty welcome
in the short space of time that will
elapse before they entrain for Co?
lumbia.
The transportation secretaries of
the Y. M. C. A; have arrived in town,
E. A; Steele and C. C Buchanan, and
they:lTie
the naval training station secretary.
.to- make the men s brief s'ay iq
Charleston enjoyable. A ' number
Of secretaries from Camp Jackson
are expected today to still further
augment the Red Triangle reception
forces. '
ROBT. L PlfcRCY DIES OF
PNEUMONIA IN FRANCE
A telegram from the war depart
ment this morning announced the
death in Brest, France, of Robt. L,
Piercy, formerly a member of the
fire department and later of the
police department of Asheviile. The
young man was well known through
out the city and has a wide circle
of frie-ds. Death occurred on March
8, and resulted from - pneumonia
He was awaiting transportation
back to America with the 30th
division when he was-: stricken with
the fatal malady.
. Mr. Piercy was a member of com
pany C, of the 105th signal bat
talion. He went to Camp Sevier
when the national' guard troops
were mobilized there, becoming a
part of the 30th division. He was
engaged with his organi z a t i o n
throughout their long and hazard
ous campaign, being in the famous
drive that broke the Hindenburg
line. V
While a resident of this city Mr.
Piercy served on the city fire depart
ment for several" y eats and later
became a detective on the police
force. He was about 2B. years old
and held in high esteem' by; those
who knew him. He is survived by
his father, R. F. Piercy of Andrews
and by two brothers and four sis
ters.
When the news of his death was
received here today, D. Hiden Ram
sey commissioner of public sa fety ,
notified the fire department to toll
the bell twenty-five times and the
flag over the city hall was lowered
at half mast during the day .Ashe
viile Times.
One brother, Fox Piercy is night
foreman at the extract department
of the Sylva Tanning Company of
Svlva. and one brother is hv school
at A. and E. West Raleigh.
J. S. Higdon is moving his garage
to the building occupied by the
Svlva : Sunnlv Company v for .. their
hardware department They" will
move out by the first, of April and
Mr. Higdon will be ready for busi
ness by that time, .
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THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
Fire which started in the motor
; room of the leach, house of the ex
frnnt HnnrfmAnt if tha Ton.
ning Co. Thursday night destroyed
two motors and did other damage
to the amount of several hundred
dollars, and caused this part of the
plant to suspend work for about
one week. The total damage is
something like twenty-five hundred
to three thousand dollars.
The fire started from a motor be
coming overloaded and burning out.
The fire made very little progress
on account of this building being
the leach house and steam rising
from the leaches the entire building
is kept dj.mp all the time. .
DEATH OF U. WARREN
Mr. W. L. Warren, of Sylva, died
about two oc'clock Wednesday morn
ing at an Asheviile hospital, where
he was taken for treatment about
two weeks ago. Mrr Warren was,
apparently, in good health until late .
afternoon of Sunday the sixteenth
of this month, when he was taken
very ill. Dr. A. A. -Nichols was
called and it was decided best that
Mr. Warren be taken to a hospital
and Dr. Nichols took him to Ashe
villei Tuesday afternoon. An exam
ination proyed him to be in a seri
ous condition7 with kidney trouble ;
HossrMbaga
in h few days alid ' it Was ' thdhjght
that he would recover, "utftif early
Tuesday morning of this week, when
his condition became much worse
and the end came early tlie follow
ing morning.
Mr. Warren is survived by his
wife, two daughters, Mrs. Frank
Clouse, of H-trlau, Ky., and little
Helen, and six sons, two of whom,
Walter and Paul, are with the
American army in France; Claude,
of Canton, Charley, Raleigh and Jrck,
all of whom are at home. He is also
survived by two sisters and one
brother. 1
Mr. Warren had been continuously
engaged as a foreman at the tan
nery for a good many years, during
which time the plant has changed'
hands twice. He was a, man who
was well liked by all the men under
him. .
In the death of this man, the wife
has lost a faithful husband, the
children a kind and loving father
and the town a citizen who could
always be depended upon to sup;
port everything that was for the
good of his fellow citizens.
The funeral was held at the Bap
tist church, of which church Mk
Warren was a member, Thursday
afternoon, the services being con
ducted by Rev. W. N. Cook, of Beta,
assisted by Rev. J. A. Cook, pastor
of the Methodist church, and niter
ment was made in the Keene. cem
etery, where the services were s i
charge of the local Order of O 4
Fellows.
SERVICES AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. J. O. Fullbright, of Carthage
N. C, will - preach at the Baptist '
church Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, Special music will be , fur-"
nished by a male quartet composed
of A. B. Ensley, Hubert Sapp. D Uv
Ion Shepherd and Homer Stewart
Everybody invited to attend.
FIFTH SUNDAY SERVICES
There will be a special Centenary
Service at Webster Sunday, 30th,
at If o'clock.
There will be services at the
County Home in the afternoon at
3 o'clock. All singers are urged to
be there to giog for the. old folks,
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