North Carolina Newspapers

COURT GETS $1000 FOR SCHOOL rUNl! ?"V ' jn ;i,( , s nso of Carlisle Coggins (,h;11vt(l wit ii making liquor, and re lentil <);1 bond ?f $1000.00, the se j;1 v..:-; discharged on Cole Bryson (bcn.lMi:;ii:. and Judge Hooker order (.,1 tin ?'osls of the sci fa deducte< finni if"' n mount of the bond, and th< paid into the school fund o. Jnek><'U county, in the recorder'' court. .Monday morning. \ , Tin- against Coggins was con tinned ?mtil such' time as he can bv aj>pj)cl>cmled and brought to trial. .loss " (iibson and Levi GibsoV ?*tilliifc. ease continued by consen until Apvil 14, _ / ,? Mii(k llolden was tried and con /ftl>|| the offense of his goat msturtf am) roaming at brj0 vitlii" the stock law boun dray. '?> \ Joseph Hi wood and Estes Webster tw0 yo.m- men, 19 and 20 years re. 01,0 a native of .lackson aid tin other I rt>ni up Pensylvania way, en , t,ml ph'as of guilty of store-break i?,., lai*eiiy and stealing horses fci temporary use. The court held the^ jojiie iupcrior, court on the two fel ony thar :?$? and sentenced them I months on the roads of Cheroke*. touiityj tor (borrowing horses withor. the knowU'thic or consent of tlu owners.) flic f solicitor thought it miidit) he a good idea to change thJ felony charges to forcible trespass;] brining them within 'the juisdictiqi of the recorder, in order to avoi<. the comity having to pay board unt: October, when they will be tiied i* the superior court. The court thought it hotter to let the felony charge, stand anil allow the young men U build toads in Chcrokde for thcii board and keep until the higher com '| (waffle's in Sylva, and sent them u] lor 12 months in the, misdemeano.) ] case, of which he had jurisdiction. I Dude Gutty was found guilty possession* of liquor, as was FrarfTj Hoyle, and each of them drew line of VlO.OO, with suspend. (1 ^nUu.co of four months each so long as t'c behave themselves. There v. ere IV jicoplc in the party, at whicii time soila walcr bottle ot wiusi:e> ap poured. Dude Gu y and 1'car, swore that Fraii'c Hc-ylo brought i liquid ivi'reoh::ieiitJ, and I ian? Hoyic and I e Luri.>a Stan,e\ thai v'U y fetched the ale Oi party. Pearl Moore and Jce Burtcn Sta ley were found not guilty of pro; t.' tution. , . ^ Joe Kurt.:n Stanley was fofci\ 7 guilty of b:'ing drunl: ard :.*?*. y"; to 30 days in jail, the sentence to be elective the lirsl tii;:u ?.jv again in court, cr take:; a dr.:i:t ? liquor, or is seen in an aut^iupbn^ after sundown. lb ' er ti med ti e "V '? ' is 14 year- old, and w'.io the coui stated was at the b tii n [ ti e de nent, over to her mother., tx. tak back to 1 Kiywood county, but stall that he would send her to S unaiv.u: wire it not a fact that the instituli > is crowded at the present time. -HI ,i . ' e "~Z IV7* T"A" I ''i Washington, March 13. ? Major B Hawes, Democratic Representative trom Missouri and an overseas oHicei recently called a gathering of Demo- 1 ci'atie cx-scrviec men who favor t! "'"us and thnj; gathering agreed on the tor h of :i -eisure w' ieh * 'n0:i 1- . u (l to ;!a i 'emoi r. t Caufu; aad j>ppr . ed. The Caiie app*>i:!ie | ?< cQsar^ittee to carry o * p P' rr . ' a ? iv till f w Mai r lit,..' La:; Ultr ' ;l"Cd ll> t!:e, i 'is h pv ^ a <! !:iiite and immediate c settle: c;;j with a limit f ; n, "?ie-lm'r V.iii u ; an! will ; c ud Arsons catering t' c scr .'ce betwe April i!)i a: a Xovenib r VI ,r i-ioi e ? i; t bo r.THcd b a ? 1 ' lie ? r v i ^ -r.- j'-. ? r-.t,, - . titv, I h&iC Siii.io iii ,;v-. t V : ? tl?at this can pa. s * tri'suloni 's veto aud that is the on; ^?rt of hill which could win out. POS^: [FIPE AND STORE pl^OBBED AT GJiENVHJjE The Qlonville Postoffice ana\ the -ore of W. M. Fowler was entered ast Friday night, and several suit. >f clothes, belonging to Mr. Fowler, and about $50.^0 in money, the prop erty of U uncle' Sam, waS^-stolen. , Sheriff Sutton was in the neighbc r aor.d, and was notified, and he with a deputy sheriff county agent Gray, and T. A. Dillard, chairman of the b .ard of c aunty commissioner, start Id in pursuit. They- found that a v.* uplc of horses in the neighborhood v*ere also missing, and as a heavy rain had just fallen, it was easy to -rack them. They followed int<j> South parolina,, and found the horses ant! the clothing, where they had been v' \ v. " abandoned, n and again took up the rail, tracing the robbers through .falhalla and into Seneca, where they ere arrested by a South Carolina ? icer, as they were , boarding a j jruthbound train. The two young men, who gavV licir names as Joseph Elwood and listen Webster, did not care to both r the authorities with the trouble of] jxtnulitoin,^ and were brought to Sylva' Saturday.. ? , ) o They entered pleas o? guilty to al! e charges,' and Were sentence^ to | 2 months on the roads for the j,rse borrowing offe'.ise and Jield tc aswer in the superior court to the ] charge of breaking in the store and arceny. ?; . f No intimaton hag come from fed jral ofiieers as to whether the United States government will also want hem to answer to meddling with jieir Uncle's money. ( x-\ d BALSAM NEWS ( ( ... Mr. G. C. Logan, of Waynesville, j ? v . I ''.as installed an electric lighting system in the home v of Mr. Clem Smatiiers (the Haight place) which s occupied by Mr. Henderson Jones ind family, of Waynesville. Mr.' J. (MTerrell and Miss Grace Iehaft'cy, teachers in Balsam school ttended tho Teacher's Meeting in jylva Friday and Saturday. blisses Grace and Elsie MehafTcy, ?I.itie Kent ley and Mr. Coy Hcdrick .<?:ored t> Clyde Sunday afternoon. :'i :,ocs Mary Mehai'fey and Louise . . rrington spent the week-end witji grand nother, Mrs. Frank Ar . t'jfi, imSaunook.1 i-:\ Ii. iu lisher, Mr. and Mir. ? ? Malonee and little Fisher Sprin j. of Addie spent Sunday with Mrs. . Arie 1-cile Fisher, who is ill with . uiaonia. Miss S.illie Fisher who.] DceU) with her sister foi* several Jays returned home Monday, and ?Lis- Mae McClurc, of Addie*, is n>w "? :i:g Mrs. I'ishcr. .viiss Sclma McKay and Mrs. T. | C1. Holder left Saturday for Win " i n-Saleni. Ir . Odd'C J. ii "7, of -Bryson City. ) '.';t Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. E. En&Iey. ?0 Mr.' \(". E. Ensley has bought a jdvSniobile touring car. .) ..Tr. 1 >. E. Bryscn is on the sick ist. ?' , | ! , V ^ Mr: B.tb F. Bryson had the mis itune to fraclurc a bone in liis| ankle while getting out some tele graph poles. He was taken to Way . o villc where Dr. Allen dressed the d ard lie ii getting on as well eoald be expccted. Balsam was visited by another i w several inches deep Sunday and londay. Mercury standing 1G do Trees above. t 'UTHERN TO USE PHONE FOR DISPATCHING TEA" Asheville, C., Mar. 13. ? Tiie - n ? will di: place the telegrap' \ 1.! 'ir* truns/on the line o, ^S iiit iem:^ llailwdy, exifnd:r. * b.ir/ C., to Knr.<v::: i r"- Vr ugh the ' 4 * If. S is S"o;i as two copptr ?V^crcuits can b^ c nstructcd and o c equipment installed in pas. Work will be ? t'tii .? n a tb? necesfearv jno ? . r. !<*? -^.tibied. ' V'* ' v'-?- al o b r n? ^.'Siem bctwe^ ~ VTA, Tc!iI). \/ 1 t A.: ? double tr^c." ~ "J' (y "*ii nd Kn -v'Jlc -? i' c i-hn "? ^ . ) ' / ' 9 ? ' /' :?/{ ,-'V .?x'.eon Salisbury. A . he ille, Ku ville, and intermediate points. its sympathy. ' . . iP*^ ? ii i m>h in I V ?.> i ' MRS. .TA^E^IIILDEKS, W1 ID CE hEfR ATEQ ? IIER 100TH BIRTH' ANN'l VEKSAR-i. li ?stflj\*A, LA1T SATURDAY. MRS. CKl-uDERS C2SBEE j /.TBS 1 [., 10CTII. BIRTH AIJIV V'BRSARY A lljrthdav c,ak<.< wilY 1 (?o candles! was tlio c(;ntcij)icci? So;' binhda\ I t . iv* iy ' ' dinner, given f la.^b Saturday, at fliej home ot-Shorif!' ftntton. ny (he chijd ren of .Mrs. Jaiie ("dlders"* their mother, in celebration oi' tao een-. ? , - / * tenary of her birth. , ! All or'" hoi- ron were "pit^enf;"* except on daughter, w!;,-. wy i iniald. to come to Syiva. as wo;v a number ?other f-rand^hihiliYn aad proai grandtbildreri, a'miVt ber Ufa lives. ? Mrs. Caiider.i Vk^.s) ii1* (ihvii- ' ville county, South V ijv>!i, .1, ) n Mar. .8, 18l2 !,' but iia.s insjdn^!: .? i:omu hi. Xorth C.rlina tor inn;.' \;:r>. Her mind is :derl' and vi . ; u! 1.0 / .acini): r >. i' .1 ( V" her birtl.dav dini.or, v. ; l\: be,!. . ... *. , 1 ; spirits . r utjcyi a : ?. <?<..: i..:i rr b .luiti dinner, ? ;v /r!i did !;:!'? remarkable, eentv^yo'.i \ a. Mw. v' is'iders ..r.-". i/ Ve: is obi when Van F.uioii siinve.ied Old iiicfcoiy n l.> sue prosidenoy, { IS wlr.'i i Ire'S. :ili ,e \' v (1. and ,i:.:v.'Wv ?' .. < . ? - ; t ? s i *.r c-M; pai^i brlweyi! 1 1: vrison- and Yarn I Bunco . was ' 2i. ?v!ic:; u.o .Mexican ' I war rlo.'-ed. and ?!! when, L;?e xifp rendered at App-i.iaitio.;. She has won tlie vr. v. iir and e .pansiou ol" '.be X'lil t :??l Slate i'roVi a aceoiid rale pnver U the gran test nation en earth. ?ficrr. nt ' ( 'reyn v ii!e cai'iity, South Carolina, I'laveh 8, 18'J4. Mrs. Chii ders was nuirrial twice, brst to' Major Mason,, and alitor Iks death to .Mick Cliilder;. She has three sons living ? Luther Mason, oi; Iiominy, .T. T. ; .Mason, ;nd T. 1, Mason, of I)iil;-| b>ro, daughter;, .Mrs. Lena! A v 3*itlicr, < i Andraws, Mrs. Susan Jrinible, oi" (:rcenvi,Mo, v. ,S. C., and Mrs. X. SuU'ai. oi' Sylva. v ] Mrs. Childcrs lais !?/;?: i oi' a happy disposuio.i all her life, had apical faith in (Jod, and h'.ts ne/er worried, tbinkiir,- that the Ali):i<cbtx has charge cf 1 ':)(?'?. ; and Iba! will be' well, li is to Ibis admiral:." trait ot> ::ha.rac';.'r that ber t'riei d attribute! iter lorr'vvitv. ' > , ? l-o L_ ' J W K B nhST TO ANI70UHCE in jaczsgx Politics ? I <? :d political ball is staitfed rolling, t'xlay^ with the announce ment, ?al Claud:: Wilce, ol' East La Poi-to, as a eandidate lor r tbi democratic nomination for the office '"??p. slff ?*! :V* of \ Jackson eounty. Mr. \VTike,' in announcing Ids candidacy, iro a: a bane dry .iacKson county, us the principal plank in iiis plat form: ? It is understood tb i Sheriff Sut a r c.\ did * > to siicce -d himse't", though be I.C. aiadc no ?ai ? . V ?ay ' ' 'u; 4to a, ' % c oiAt- e (~< f b t'l -pnrtioi for the various offices wil! bo, brt Mr. Wike is tl)e first to break the ic(yfty making a public auaouiiceuient. . ' > /?'" ? \ V V / \ i t 'Is J. k FERGUSON IS VERY ILL. ? SjHOAL creek items jfr. I.'L. Ferguson lias been seri ously ill lor several' days. His friends have desuuied of his re eovery. ^ . Mrs. MrdiVrd of \Vayn??svil!i!, is \ci^ !ici" sister, Mrs. Yor'c Howeil. -a t} k j , ' --'..ics .TeSsi? -VIar;'i:, of ?Ckrnkfe, " ' ' ..-r" -> ? , ; t': ! iue week > nil wd'i Mk-> \ in nic Martin. Mr"?. X. K. Battle* lias been light m. !;>;-? .-w-vi'iul da vs. o * i->s Mr.::d Green sp?nts Saturday, v.vu lio.iii' iolks in Wliittier. Valluy Hyatt spent part of "... i iv 'i'k at, .Mr. .T. L. Wiggins'. rs. >J. and 1). 0 T'"?rho.' {?-?:?{ the week end in Asheville. i.iiii.'.i; (JitMii, ot ?.i??lUer, *;> .. i .(? utd v.i.li Miss Winnie C iopir. . '? , ' V .a ; . u:lia' Winchester, of Hay v. s].:-iu pa rt of last wwk at the ;> 1 brother.;, Messrs. W. F. ? i'! ;. L. < /siicr. c. Wj^fns, Miss Ruth Hv.wll and Will Howell were guests ;;! J\:r. i r::nk< Owen's, Sunday. ? Mr*. L.mellotf Reeves, ot -Hunconibe i. visiting her brother, Mr. J, L. Fev ,;.>:i-;on. V, Mr. S. P. Hyatt eallfd at Wliittier Sunday afternoon. ' Miss V'cliua Mathews was n gUfst of Mi So ( I race Hoyle Sunday. Mrs. Tliad Patton spent Sunday at Mr. II. (I. Ferguson's. ' Rev. W. A. Anthony has returned home after being engage din revival si nices for the past three weeks, in Swain. . Shoal Crock Basket Bail team wi.nl to Olivet, -Friday afternoon for a tramc with tiic Olivfet team. ^ School average of last week was ):>w because of so many ehildren .having eolds. - ? A sociable' was enjoyed by a num ber 01' young folks at the home of Mr. Clark Webb, Friday night. ; Tho.-e present were, MisScs Jessie, Vinnie and Nina Martin, Florence Brown, Kate Hayeq, Emma Burrus, j Stella and Velma Mathews, Cleni I bill and Mary Childers, Messrs. J. i). Warrick, Luther and -Carl , Hoyle (.L-haan and Theodore Kinsland Fr.uik Hall and Charles Worley. | v- ? ARMY AVIATORS WILL CIRCUMNAVIGATE GLOBE ,1 V.rv!'.iiic;ton, Mar. 14.? The four .->*.! ?t-' wic have been selected by the 'united' St?.tes Army Air Serviec will ct m:t from Ix>s Angeles tomorrow up"n a tliiiry-'honsand-nlile circum n "vis^i'.tion of the world by air. The r >:;t( ' wVch they will follow traverses twr ltv-thred! different countries and every kind of climate from torrid licit to arctic frigidity. T' e cMes which will be visited on the final lei;- after Alight succeeds in Teaching Washington, have not vet J be en sclcctcd. FUNERAL HELD OF MRS. EARL McLUOKEY The funeral of Mrs. Earl McLuck ey was conducted at Webstfcr, Thurs day by Rev. C. S. Plyler, Rev. John Hoglcn, and Rev. A. C. Queen, and interment followed in the Webster cemetery. Mrs. McLuckey was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Buchanan, of Webster, and had made Jher home in Washington, D. C., for several years, where she was employed in the United States civil 'service, prior to her marriage to Mr. McLuckey. Her death occurred in Washington, Mcn day. * ? \ She leaves her husbaiid and a three weeks old infant, and a large number of relatives and friends., Beta > , 'Church was well attended Sunday 110 in Sunday School, despite the black gloomy morning. - The subject of the sermon was. "Do Not Sin Against the Child". It was: said, by some, to be a much needed message,., emphasizing the tragic sih of spoil ing the child in letting it do as t pleases, in the home, in the school and: in the community. The preacher stressed parental government aiv.l also better and more rigid discipline in the school room. ? There is much sickness in the com munity at this tine. ' . .Charles- "I)eitz has been confined to his bed with pneumonia, for the last week. At present slight im provement is noted. . John' Rob, the infant son of Ralph Dills, is very sick. Hope hp recovers, soon. - , Mi's. T. F. Deitz was in bed with cold and grippe, last week, but is up again. , ' ~ * v. / Mrs. J. W. Banks- was out from Asheville,last week, to see her-broth er, Charles Deitz, who is^sick. Dr. C. Z, Candler ahs been a daily visitor here, looking. after the sick. Rev. R. N. Deitz and wife and" Mi*s. W. T. Deitz, of , Savannah, visited at the parsonage Sunday afternoon. Revr R.L. Randolph, of Bfjri&w5 City, and Rnr. Ros^Yokley, of Sylva, were Beta visitor/ Friday. The play, by the B. Y. P. U. Sun day night was fine and inspiring. ;\ splendid crowd witnessed the pcr foriijstic?. "The K.\y That Unlocks", was tlie subject. It was a plea for better Sunday Sc'iooK preparation and progress. k - ' Ge?>. ( '. SnVdc^ preached for the colored folks, at their church, at the Double Trestle,1 Sunday afternoon. Prayer meeting was gootK at Tom Clayton's Friday night: Rev. W. C. Reed, of Wake Forest, will visit home folks the last of the month. While here lie will prenc'i for some days, in a series of meet ings at Seotts Creek church, after which lie will return to Wake Forcfct, with his fV inilvV' to live for a while. Pastor Deitz1/ was scheduled tf preach at Wayncsvillc, last Sunday, but on account of sickness, had to cancel tlia engagenieiit. Mrs. D. G. Bryson attended the funeral, . t Webster, of Lawrenc. Buchanan 's daughter. o ? MRS. CGEEELIA MOODY PASSES OK The funer il ot'y Airs. Cordelir. Moody, who dhd at the homcjof hei; daughter, Mrs. I!. V. Brown. ?Tt Cul-. lowhee, last Ttu':.i!ay night, was held in Qualla, Thursday. Mrs; Mood; was the widow of Harvey Moody, oue of the best citi; ens of this coun ty, and was a woman of yterlin? worth, and lea yes a large number ol friends and relatives i:i this county and Stfftjn, - ? She is .'survived by two <hiightfo'3. Mrs. R. C. Howell, of Qunih, aity Mi-s. R. V. Brown, of Cullcu! cc, and two sons, ) Clifton Moody, of Way nesville and G. H. Moody, of and a number of brothers and s: ters, including Mrs. A. M^ Bennett, of Bryson City, R. L. Hyatt, ot Qualla, R. H. Hyatt of Ela, and J. R Hyatt, of Wayncsville. , ? . ' \ The Journal joins the othei friends of the family in extending sympathy. U ? " FIRST SNOW OF SEASON, MONDAY The first real snow of the winter in this part oi' Jackson county, fell Monday, Moridav night, and Tuesday, covering the ground to a depth of about one inch. A heavy snow fell in various sections of Western North Carolina, 18 inches having be"n rc i ported from, the higher mountains. 1 / CO. REPUBLICANS ENDORSE COOLCDCKE AND MEEKXNS ? , Jtt t . The Jackson County Republican Convention met at the Court House last Saturday afternoon and perfect ed a County Organization and elect " cd delegates to the various conven tions. ! I Geo. W. Sutton and K. F. Jarrrtt who have been chairman and Secre tary of the Executive Committee for ** f Jt r * the past four years offered their res ignatons and the convention elected J. B. Ensley, Chainnan and Hugh Monteith Secretary for the next two years. The other members of the ex ecutive committe elected were: K. G.\ Snyder, A. A.- Nichols, Z. V. Watson, DillardHoopcr, W. M. Quiett and A. II. Weaver. The convention elected as delegates to thp State Convention, which mcet^ in Raleigh, March I9th, the follow ing: R. G. Snyd/r, C. J. Harris, H. L. Woods, Z. V. Watsou, J. B. Ensley, G. W. Sutton, J. M. Worlev, W. O. Parker, Frank Cole, Hugh Monteith, E. P. Stillwell, J. W. Keener, A. A. Nichols, C. Z. Candler, S. B. Mills, Frank Morrison, Dock Ensley, W. C. Queen P. E. Moody, W. F. Moody, Cole Caiman, W. M. Quiett, B. , 4 ' ' I 1 ' X Coward, James Bryson.R. F. Jarrett, Dillard Hooper, I. H. Powell and J. T. Gribhlc. As delegates to the Congressional f Convention, which meets in Bryson City, April 12th; all those elected as delegates to the State Convention with the following added: R. E. Hooper, J. E. Monteith, W.H. Smith, J. B. Cogdill, J. E. Nicholson, C. M. Jones, M. R. Mathews, E. B. Mon teith, A. M. Henson, D. A. Monteith, J. A. Dills, S. H. Monteith, J. P. Wood, J. P. Bumgamer, Calvin Wil son, J. S. Buchanan, yl. M. Rigdon and A. D/ Parker. ^ A ; delegates to the Senatorial Con vention the same as to the Congress ional Convention. ' . ? ; i . The convention went 011 record as f \ elulorsipig the Administration of for mer .President Ilardingi and thfit oi.' liis successor, Calvin Coolidge. The con veu lion also endorsed Hon- Isaac Meekins, of Elizabeth City, as Gov ernor of North Carolina, and Hon. i Geo. M. Pritchai-d, of Ashcville, as a delegate-at-large to the Republican , Convention, j which1 meets ill Cleve land, June 10th. The convention al so endorsed Hon. C. J. Harris, of Dillisboro, as delegate from the TenthCongressional District, of North Carolina to the Republican Con vention at Cleveland. ' 1 1 / IN MEMORY OF MRS. PRESSLEY 1 ' 1 \ y (, Mrs. Lavina Pressley, wife of David Pretuley, departed this life November 27th, 1923, at the age of 79 yean, 2 months and 22 days old. but- was the mother of 12 children, one stop daughter, of whom two> with their father preceded her to Heaven. She lived to see her third generation. I). II. Pressley, of Glen ville, Rev. D. M. Pressley, of Beit tlyville, Penaa., H. D. and R. I>. ri-easiey, Mr*. Ora Til ley, Mrs. George Hooper, Mi's. Billie. Hooper, 'Mr?.i Jamci Pressley, Mr.?. Wortli Bryson, of SjHH'dwell, Mrs. Hugh firyscn, of Cullowhee, and Mrs. \Y*i H. Sanr.dcrs, of Marcola, Oregon, with a host of grand and great grand children to mourn their'ldss. i We have not words to express 4irr noble life. She was a devoted w?i** jnd mother and neighbor and ;i riend to the poor and orphan. She was converted in childhood and lived 1 beautiful christian life. She was 1 ?-?nsistant member of the Speedwell jCnplt 't church. S!i,t was a descendant of the Davis and n.'.ni'.ntt families, of Bunco nilm coynty. She leaves on? brother, Montrivile Bennett, the last of a large family. She was left an. orphan at the a-? of nine years'; but jfstc;*! the toils .nd troubles of this life with undented faith. She loved her chureli : <1 was a regular attendant as lon^ as her ??a!tli permitted. She suffered much, with great patience and seemed ti# be resigned to God's will when h* -ailed her to join that Eternal Church, where there is no more toils and tears. , ' A Daughter. \