BLOGKAUERS
FIGHT OFFICERS
From The News of Henderson county George Candler, in Murphy after
Officers and blockaders engaged an illness of several days duration
i! a small battle last Wednesday The body was brought to Dillsboro
night near the headwaters of Shoal and the funeral services were con
Creek and as a resltv there were ducted at the Methodist church
t iree arrests and the destruction of there; of which she had been a
a big plant and the seizure of sev- faithful member for many years '
eral galloa Of whiskey. -, v : Wednesday morning by Rev. Dr.'
Will Floyd; Wiley Lockaby and ,,lenn. Interment was in the Parris
Brock Freeman were arrested and Cemetery.
brought to town and tried before Mrs. Candler was the widow of
Mig'strate B. F. Hood. Shipman the late Dr. J. M. Candler of Dills
and Lockaby were bound over to boro and was prominently connect
to court under $500 bonds and ed in Western North Carolina. Sur-
Floyd under a $2.b0U bond.
The successful raid was made by 0f Murphy, Dr. Charles Z. Candler
Deputy Sheriffs Vernon Ly da and 0f Sylva, Herschei Candler an at
Jess Sexton and Posse3men Joe torney of Athens, Tenn., Walter H.
Hamilton, Bug McCall, Meridy King Candler of Chicago, and James
and A;' 0. Jones, They located the M. Candler of Hickory,
plant and hid until daylight and Having lived in Jacksqj county
when the call for surrender came the greater .part of her life, Mrs.
the men put ' up a big fight and Candler ha3 a host of friends here
Floyd is said to have fired on the who join with her family in their
officers several times. The men in grief at losing an excellent mother
the fight tumbled down "a slippery aRd a true friend. The large hum-
rock ana it appearcu un --wuuc
that some had- been wounded as
they tumbled ana sua over ine
rock for several feet Three men
escaped. '
Another raid was made Monday
morning and twojstills were destroy
ed near the fcame place. ;
J. M. WtAVER DEAD
Franklin Press.
Mr. James M. Weaver died at
nis nome sevcu imics nu.ii x a-
v i trno mm5ud .oiwnt
lm last Wednesday mormag-about U
2 o'clock. Mr. Weaver had been con
fined to his room several ' months
prior to his' death; His daughter
Mrs. Long from Wayiresvitte? and
two sons, R. R. Weaver of New York
City, and Charles, Weaver of
Charleston. S. C were with him at
the time of his death.
CLERKS WANTED FOR WORK
IN THE CENSUS BUREAU
Washington, D. C A special
Civil Service examination will be
conducted early in the fall to secure
eligibles for appointment to clerk
ships n the Census Bureau at Wash
ington tor the task of taking the
decennial census in 1920. About
3500 temporary clerks will be
named to serve from one to two
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and a half years. Basic pay will be
TTrt of the fourteenth
census, the bureau's force at Wash-
ington will be expanded from about
i i unn Anna aii
700 clerks to more than 4000. AH
, , . - .,, . , i
nf tha annninroao will ho frrm rlVll
:::r.L;'Z:.;;
Of these
visors and enumerators.
who will do the field
will be about 85,000.
work, there
AIRPLANE FOREST PA1R0L
Washington, D. C. Two addition
al airplane p atrols for national for
estshave been established during
Jane. They are operated from Math
er Field, near Sacramento, Calif, op
erating over the Sierras. A trial
patrol recently undertaken . was
successful in detecting fires in
heavy timbers at elevations of
from six to ten thousand feet,
CHEAPER FERTILER.
Washington Following a series
of conferences of officials of the De-
Dartmenrnf AdriPiilnir with fer-
tilizer manufacturers, the depart-
ment nrpdirts that th fflrmera of
the cou ntry Will be able to buy their
mixed fertilizers f6r the 1919 fall the military units reacned by tnese day. iney tore the three states
season about 30 per cent lower than speakers farmers' clubs were organ- men from their escorts and almost
the prices prevailing' for the spring
season just passed
Sam Cannon was here the
of the week from Spruce Pine.
last
IKttE CANDLER DIES
Mrs. M. E. Candler died Tuesday
morning-at the s home of her son .
viving are five sons, George Candler j
;.er Q mends who congregated to
pay tneir iast tribute and the many
beautiful floral offerings attested I
esteem and love in which she
was held.
IMPRISONED IN MINE
News was received here Wednes
day that Z. A. Jamison and his son
Enoch Jamison had been imprison-
ed in the Grassy Ridge Mine by the
tunuel caving in behind them, and
r nnnaA ni.
JVU& lJf wi6auiun a i
.Q hafMek tua nnrt Xa4 u
ojrivo panjr icn ucic
a telegram was received from Mr.
Jamison that he and his son haa
they were confined as the mine .is
rather inaccesable, few people pass-
ing that way, and neither of
men have returned to Sylva.
the
ROAD PROJECTS APPROVED
BY SECRETARY HUSTON
wasmngton, uu- uunng May,
Secretary of Agriculture Houston ap-
proved project statement for 124.
Federal aid projects involving the
improvement of 750,87 miles of
road at an estimated cost of $15,
120,771, of which $6,382,081.26 will
be paid from the Federal treasury.
During the month, 81 road , project
, -I
odrppmpntQ wprp pvpniitprl fnr thP
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ro nosi a.aa.oo.o oi wmcn zdi
wil1 b the
Fefal governmen-1 . -
Up to and includrng May 3 state-
mentsfor 1188 road projects had
. . . r , , . .
been approved. They involved 11,
rf-" J
350.10 miles of road costing $108
295,320.15. Federal aid for this work
amounted to $43,076,176.63.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire by this means to ex
press to the people of byl va and
the surrounding community our ap
preciation of their kindness and
thoughtfullness uuring our recent
breavement.
Mr. and Mrs. James Harris
MORE THAN FJUTtHOUSAND.
SOLDIERS IN FARM SCHOOL
Washington The farm school of hostilities than of complete and un
the American Army university es- alloyed satisfaction,
tablished at Beaune, France, for The ceremony came to a dramat
members of the A. E. F., has an en-
roiimeni oi more man mur mous-
ii . l r . 1
and soldiers- In one week of April,
twenty specialists from agricultural
colleges at home lectured or gave
snort-course laiKs to more r n a
lzetL AU oue eiiron:
ment was more man iouu.
Mrs. Helen Allen is here from
Franklin visiting relatives,
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
PEACE SIGNED
Versailles, June 28. World peace
was signed and sealed in the his-
toric Hall of Mirrors at Versail'es
this afternoon, but under circum-
stances which somewhat dimmed
the expectations of those who had
worked and fourf,it during long '
- , ,
years oi war ana monins 01 negoua -
r. r . ,.. & ,
tions ior its acnievemeni.
The absence of the Chinese dele-
gates, who at the lasxnwmenjejfjto
thie Shantung settlement, and left
the eastern empire outside "the for .
mal purviews of peace, struck the
first discordant note in the assem
bly. A written protest which Gen
eral Jan Christian Smuts lodged
with his signature was another dis-
anmintmpnf tn thp mnlcprs nf th
treaty
But; bu,king ,arger, was the at.
tituae,0f Germany and tl.e German
plenipotentiaries which left themj
as evident from the official program
of the day and from the expression
of M. Clemenceau, still outside and
formal reconciliation and made ac
tual restoration to regular relations
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. . . .
aa1 intercourse with the
allied
nations dependent, not
upon the
signature of the "preliminaries of
peace" today but upon ratification
by the national assembly.
M Clemenceau's stern warning in
his opening remarks that they
would be expected, and held, to ob
serve the treaty provisions legally
and corapletely, the German dele-
gates, through Dr. Haniel Von Haim
hausen, replied after returning to
the hotel that had they known they
would be treated on a" different
status after signing than the allied
representatives as shown by their
separate exit before the general
Qf the conferencet they uever
would have signed.
. Under the circumstances, the gen
eral tone of sentiment in the his
toric sitting was one rather of re
lief at the uncontrovertible end of
ic close, in fact, reached its highest
oramauc piicu-wmi me wna en
I j .. xi 'it
thusiastic reception of President
Wilson, M. Clemenceau and Mr.
Lloyd George by the crowds Outside
n me paiace. wno ignored ana disre
wntucu uwu uuuny m meir pro-
gress mrougnine cnateau grounas,
to watch the playing of the
ftftin-
Uains-a part of the nrndrarn which
( had been planned as a dignfi&d
tate processional of alt the pi ni-ftdtentiaries.
I King George has sent the follow
figamessage to President Wilson:
this glorious hour when the
Ion struggle of nations for right,
justice and freedom is at last crown-
e(? Dy a triumphant peace, I greet
yu Mr- President and the great
American people in the name of
rho RnHl,
.
h. ..a.s
At the time when fortune seem-
ed to frown; and the issues of the
h ind of fellowship to those, who on
this side of the ocean were battling
for a righte3usx cause. Light
ana
our
he arts, and a new day dawned
"Together we have fought to a
happy end; together we lay down
our arms in proud conscienceness
of valiant deeds nobly done.
"Mr. President, it is on this day
one of the happiest thoughts that
the American and British people,
brothers in arms, will continue for
ever to be brothers in peace. Unit
ed before by language, traditions,
kinship and ideals, there has now
been set upon our fellowship the
sacred seal of common sacrifice."
Dr. Theobold von Bethmann-Holl-weg,
former German chancellor, has
formerly asked the allied associated
powers to place him on trial instead
of the former emperor. The former
chancellor says that he assumes re
sponsibility for the acts of Germany
during his period of office and
places himself at the disposal of the
allies. .
Brest, June 29. President Wil
son, the treaty with Germany sign
ed, sailed from Brest today on his
return to the United States. The
U. S. S. George Washington, carry
ing the presidential party, steamed
from the harbor at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon.
NATION DRY
War time prohibition went into
effect July 1, except for the sale of
light beer.
BUYKRUPPS ;
The Krupp works at Munich
have been sold to Americans,
according to dispatches from Mu
nich quoting iroui newspapers there.
It is added several industrial con
cerns in the Bavarian capital also
has passed into American hands.
EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY
Earthquake shocks in Tuscany,
Sunday, caused the death of 127
people and injured thousands of
others.
LAND QUtSTIONAlRES
10 BE MAILED
Under the provisions of the re
valuation act reassesment of real
estate in this county will commence
within a short time. County Super
visor Coward will mail a question
aire to each land owner in the
county and he and his assistants
will make a complete canvas to de
termine the actual cash value of
every tract. -
Iu order to avoid any confusion
the questionaires will be mailed to
real estate holders in only one town
ship at a time, beginning with Sylva.
It is important that every question-
aire be filled in and questions an
sweied truthfully and candidly so
that the assessors will not lose val
uaple Ume, and in order that the
purpose of the law be not defeated
The law is not intended to increase
taxes; but to equaMzethem.by get
ting all property; "assessed at it's
actual value, and thereby reducing
the tax rate. .
GIVE SHEEP MORE IMPORTANT PLACE
By the use , of .best methods of
breeding, management, and plant
ing the sheep industry where it will
flourish the best, it should become
a more vital part of American ua
tional life than it is to-day. .
The sheep is inherently an effi
cient creaturev which has won for
itself a place in the history of civil
ization. When the Armenian refip
gees returned to their homes in the
Near East these oppressed people
were furnished with sheep to help
reestablish the country and to en
able them to become self-support-ini
If sheen are so valuable in the
j nspi ration to every American be
cause of r the extensive industrial
levelopment in this country."
Sheep, which serve mankind, env
body democracy. And possibly in
these gentle creatures there may be
a iuiiniimeni oi me pruuiisc mm
t ie meek shall inherit the earth. In
any case they should be given
ever opportunity to ao so
FaRESL PROTECTION URGED
TO CONSERVE TIMBER SUPPLY
Washington, D. G Exportation
of American lumber on , the scale
likely to result lrom the European
demand will seriously deplete the
supplies needed by home industries,
unless provision js made for re-
growth, warns Henry S. Graves,
chief of the Unites States Forest
Service.
Prior to the war. the United
States exported about three and a
half billion -board feet Nrf lumber
and saw logs, or about ten percent
of the total cut. Europe's emergen
cy need for lumber, above its con
sumption in normal times, is put at
about seven billion feet a year for
the near future,
Chief Forester Graves urges more
adequate forest protection and the
use of such methods of cutting as
will make possible forest replace
ment by natural reproduction
Such a policy, the Forest Service
urges, coupled with a broad policy
of public acquisition of forests, na
tional, state and municipal, will
make safe the encouragement in a
large way of the export of forest
products. - '
WAR DEPARTMENT TO SELL
Washington The War Depart
ment is offering for sale 17,000,000
yards of cartridge eloth, which can
be processed and used as silk fab
rics, suitable for dress goods, suit:
ings, tapestries and other uses re
quiring a silk texture of heavy warp
The ordnance . program, based on
the needs of the array oversear,
called for six million yards of silk
oer month. There was a three
months' supply on hand at the sign
i ing of the armistice.
MUST DISTANCE PHONE
Franklin Press. . .
One of the first long distance tel
ephone systems in America was
built between Franklin and Webster
Jackson County; 188a Mr. RL
Porter, Mr. Joseph Bifmfc cetera
had charge of laying tb'ir1re3 be
tween Webster and Fraoidi :
The ackievement of these men ia
thus laying thik first long distance
phone wire was one that cannot '
be too highly praised and one that I
should always be held in glorious
remberance. This feat came long
before the invention of the radio,
the submarine, the X-Ray, the nu
merous improvements by which
man has subdued the air and the
scientific methods by which medi
cine has got a comprehensive inv
sight how to guard against and pre
vent disease. C .
The residents of Franklin and
the citizensaf Maco i County should
need.no monument of bronze to
keep in indelible memory the feat
that these men of big caliber have
accomplished. ' v
CHEAPER POSTAGE
July first the order reducing pos
tage to the antebellum rates went
into effect Post cards can be mail
ed for one cent and letters for two
jents.
SAEES OF WAR UATER1AL NET
EltHSHOURPEBCE.TOFCOST
Washington Sales of surplus war
material by the War Department
luring one week of June amounted
;o $11.53S4902ay The sales ranged
;ativas to $881 1 realized "mm
itocks of woo! sold ar public auc
tion in Boston. '
From January I to June 13 sales
f surplus-war stocks netted $30O
157,583.63. which was 84 per cent ,
of the original cost of ths material
ro the governmep . - :
0RLD WAR'S TOLL PRE
THAN $7,500,00 LIVES
The world war cost the lives of
7,582,000 soldiers of all countries;
the money cost was between $185,
000,000,000 and $195,000,000,000;
in shipping, the toll was 23,005,333
tons of merchant vessels and 1,882,-
125 tons of war vessels.
These figures were compiled by
the War Department at the request
of Senator McCumber, Republican,
of North Dakota, and were made
public. by him as the most telling
reason why there should be a
League of Nations.
CATTLE ulJST BE INSPECTED
Beginning July 1, 1919 the ship
ment of cattle interstate without
haying them properly, tuberculin
tested will be prohibited with a
few exceptions by a regulation
issued byUhe Secretary of Agricult
ures The mforcement of this new
regulation will, if is believed, be of':
great assistance in preventing the .
f urther spread of tuberculosis among
live stock, and having the work
practically under State and Federal
supervision at all times will serve to
bring about uniformity.
MILLION UORE fAiiilS
Washington, D. G Based on data
assembled by the Census Bureau, it
h estimated thai there are 7,300,000
to 7,400,000 farms in the United
States, an increase of about one
railUOQ over the number shown by
the census of 1910.
YQU NEED NOT TRAVEL
It is safe to say that as many
persons have secured relief from hay
fever and asthma at home by tax
ing Foley's Honey and lar-as have
been benefited by gomg jojhealth,;
resorts,: It issass ana sootnes , me .
chokmg,Mst'ulied-upttsensaiioiLGood :
for all colds, coughs and croyn. on
tains uo opiates. i
Sold everywhere. , V