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|l.,Vi THE YEAR IN ADVANCE IN THE COUNTY
SYLVA, N.C. NOVEMBER 19 1925
$2.00 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE O UT SIDE THE COUNTY
BORDER'S COURT
HOLDS SPECIAL TERM
\ :il term of the recorder's
k (>'- Jackson county was held,
v
\, 10 (Ii?i>use of a few minor
.:??!>.r;.i. 'i' eases. The principal
v Vvf?r the trial of the case
*ii? \ u;_rif Freeman, of Bryso:.
.;;Syi<l with reckless drivim,
vj, ii. eontinucd trom tini ?
I, iii which there was
* ' I
*?" ?' ks; ago a Ford owned
v. ol Brvson City, haul!
, ;. a new Esjsox, driven
id, on the UillsboiM
,:lli. C(ti)i>? r w;is indicted and, when
itir e\ itieiifv develo|>ed that lie
,, m,t . | riving i'"' Ford. Miss Free
. wit.) *v:?r- V ?:? him at the tiiuc
s then ;m(' the ease tried
V.'"; ? > ? '^nee showed that a
.1; ? 'I F.irls from Sylya
Vi. ? ?,1,? were walking
mn i a ' ' ? l'ie roa(l> when the
. i;- <d to pass them, and
:ii'!?!>ard\s Essex, knock
wiilvl. The recorder held
, ..-..'ii ulnlty, and intimated
; ;i,c ,v.-t> were paid, and Mr.
|: jilti for tiie damage to
. . 't he would release the
1, . Her attorney stated tiial
I :ii wi iited 'to appeal, and the
ror.-"ive1 her a sentence of 30
?s * 1: ;;?iK it! order that she might
>. .judgement 110111 which to ap
? l. \ civil Mimaions was served, in
.. . 1 m i'\>i?pi,r,t,he mvner of the
f.:? i. ii: suit in which Mr. Shcp
:i . xvk la nco.er the amount o?
[i> hill, as damage.;.
{.it 1 :-isp ;;i;d Jim Wells, who had
r:i!ii-i'>i!. :i few day. ago, were
isiir ??'.mviet-ed o." driving without
|iui >. 1 judgement was suspend
I >ri pnyaiont W the costs.
['. ?' in::e; wa.. e; iiyicted of pub
? i!1,i:i:kt iinc-ss and lined the usual
t.) .iii?! the costs, "as was Mat tie!
3an,-:sj t) <-' > S . . J';
Ccnner plead guilty, to a
Irirt".! nne s charge and was lined j
, -
Joe Burton Stanley dr<Hv a line of'
011 a charge of being publicly]
linink.
f HCft-RAM OF JACKSON
COUNTf UN*ON MEETING
,uv> T;>f?kson (Vicity IT?,ion
Mcetiiiir will be held with the East
) l
.A ; u.-t t :v'c !,' be^UJUitU'.' V IV i
Ids" before fifth Sunday in Xovem
be.-. ,
FRIDAY <??>
ii.dO A. M. Devotional period, by
Moderator.
0:?>() Enrollment of Delegates, et?\
1 ;t)t) Sermon, by J. T. Carson.
-?i ) Diijn.'r.
h"- f> 'j' Christian Loyalty, open
ed. Vv W. R. Yokley. .
w"|!' 1'ntyer tli^it Prevails, opened
hv A. C. Oueen.
2:'}() Temptations and How to Over
... u|>cncd by R. N.
Doit?..
?? :,!i> t! sliding1 and sonifc of the
Cit'iMfs c;xned bv Ben Cook.
> SATURDAY
l?j:00 A. devotional period, M. A.
Noniijiii. , /
f'videwes of True Conversion,
1 .opened by T. C. Bryson.
11 ( l.ristiijn Development, open
?' 'aV < !. C. Snyder.
32:00 Dinner.
'iMic Kingdom of God; What,
I Wli.-rc, When, by VV. F. West
\\ iij-t is the Scriptural Author%
iy i"V Funeral Services? opened
hV' Jt\;L. Cook.
t Power of Christian Cq
-a \ operation.
Hfdo t is the Greatest Obstacle
'U Way of the Progress of
the iiurches? opened by .J^ D.
bitten. ? / \
,, Wmday worship to be arranged by
a ion Meeting. *>'?
T. F DEITZ, Chairman
Committee.
CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TO
HIT FLORIDA STRIDE
\
h;1 editor of tiie Charlotte Ob
r o))'ii( :V t!;at the Western Nortli
Carolina couutry will be stepping
1 '!?> strides by next summer. Says
*1-' Observed": i
!iy coming of spring thing8 will
, li-' tiiMrui, to "break" in "this state
'it n jate that will duplicate the
1" lorida boom-r-and Florida will sup
1'1> t:: important part of the boostei
J'i U'tial. The flight from that state
liiOHiitiiins of North Carolina
* uoiii';. to ho ot' a character to aston
"\t1sj Greater activity than
V "?> ken yet :mrgincd is dus to be
tliti evidence in the mountain 'regions
botumcr.
SYI.VA CELEBRATES i
ARMISTICE DAY
An Armistice Day celebration,
staged by the William <E. Dillard
Post, - American Legion Auxiliary,
was an interesting event, of last
(Wednesday. 1
The exercises wove opened, at
eleven o'clock, by a parade, thresh
the streets W Sylva and Diilsbjro,
headed by ,veterans of the World
i War,, the (Cornelia, Ga., band > nd
i ehih'.rcn1 from the \Sylva Grimed
School, followed by beautiful floats
prepared by schools, clubs, organi
zations and' business houses, and a
large'number of decorated private
cars. k1
The prize of $20.00, offered by the
Sylva Chamber of Coiymerce, for, the
best float in the procession, was
awarded to the Woinan's Shop; ti^"
one lor the best school (ioat, 'given
by Jrtie Jackson Conv.tv Hank, went
to the Sylva Graded School, and the
one to the best bus!-iass float was
awarded to the Bidders' Supply and
Lumber Co., and sjiven by the Tucka
see^ee Bank. s
In the evening the Legion Auxiliary
presented a;: 1st., lien 1 pagant, at thr
Sylvto High .-ehool building, in which
there was depicted tlie various phases
of Amei.^an. History, ending in ai.
appeal for the citizens to not for
get those wild are still in the vet
C* .
0!Tus' hospitals.
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JsJ?J.
WADE HARRIS HONORED
Co!. W^de Harris, veteran editor J
>f the v'iiarlptte Observer, was Iton-il
ored with a banquet, given by the J
Ohafrk'ttc Chamber of Commerce;!!
M( :nlay evening. GOl Harris, who
bac.' one of the loaders of progressive ;
rhou'-d't in North Carolina'for halfK
^ ?1 V
a century, is loved throughout^. the
state, and numbers' his friends in
'fttckfcon comity. by the hundreds. Tito
account of the banquet given him, a
toUl by Mrs.' J. P. Caldwell, in the
Asbftvillo Citizen, follows:
Charlotte, Nov. Hi.?The banquet
.endc: d Colonel Watle II. Harris
?mighi by vlie Chamber of Commi e?
was one of the most brilliant and
.fotnbleS?Y<'nts Charlotte lias kn'>v??
'?s):. h v.*a ? e. beruiifu!
am the town to n mryi who hi:
rved for years in journalism in
Charlotte, and 'who is") honored aiui
>e!uved by the cili/.enshjp cf hi
adopted home, of . North Carol i?:'
?ew.-p.ipc'rs and mwe thair-300 guests
.yore present. The banquet room w-r
U-coratv'il v/ith roscjs.
Claranee Knestcr, vice-president
and genial manager of the chamber
was master of ceremonies. Speaker.
>i' the evening were \ ex-governor
Camelon Morrison, Judge H^riot
Clarkson, of Raleigh, Theodore Prici
editor of/eotumcrec and finance, Staw
York, Mayor HaTvoy Wilson Moore.
Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick,. W. C. Dowd
of tl:e C'larlotje News and J. W.
it kins, of ? Gastonia, ^ president cf
the North Carolina press association
?ind other*;. -h\
The invocation was made by Rev..
Dr. A. A. McGeachy, of the,second
Presbyterian Church. The addresses
following the tributes paid Colonel
Harris were beautiful in the super
lative degree. \ ? v (/ <
He was presented with a hand
some gold watch by citizens -?f
Charlotte, Charles A. Williams mak
ing the presditation speech.
A. H. Boydcn, of Salisbury, and
other prominent citizens of Salis
bury, Statesvillc and Gastonia were
present. The' occasion was notable
and will be historic in the journal
ism. oY North Carolina.
Miss Maude Waddell, of/Asheville
wfco ,W.as invited to atteud the ban
quet, sent her regrets and a
which was read by Rev., Dr. i|<?r
Geachy. The toast to Colonel Harris
reads: . .,
/> "Wade Hampton' Harris?Char
lotte's First Citizen * \
"0 Life, 0 Love, 0 Time,
0 years with golden harvest blest,
A gift to earth a little while,
A heavenly bequest.
Immortal life pf noble worth,
Told in Time's golden sands.
A better, sweeter, kindlier earth,
A fairer, purer land.
For fifty timeless years,
Of roil and joy and pain,.
Lovo's service rendered will
In deathless, selfless gain".
JACKSON WINS
Jackson county won another tn
- <-st week, at0the Western
North Carolina Live Stock and Poul
try Show, in Ashevilte, when the An
-cona chickens, belonging to B. U
Allison, were awarded the firsts
nt the show. \
VO
thanksgiving ^procla
mation ISSUED BY
GOVERNOR McLEA^
T . ? ?- ;y
Raleigh, Nov. 14.?Governor An
gus W. McLean today issued his an
nual j j roc laimation setting aside
Thanksgivng day.
lhe procliinati6n, which sets aside
Thursjday, November 2(y as a day
for the "rendering of thanks to Al
, mighty God for His blessings to
mankind," declares that the people
oi tile state and the naticn have pros
p ml much materially, and that"no
adwr.iity has come to us that did not
have a spiritual equivalent".
The proclamation, which is ad
dressed "to the people of North
Carolina," follows:
"Custom'and the grateful heart of
America have sanctioned the setting
,apai;t of one -day in each year for the
ipecific purpose of rendering thanko
to Al.:iighty God for llis blessings
to mankind.
"'J his beautiful and time-honored
practice had its beginning when
A-neri a-.was a weak and struggling
nation. It ; has been followed with
.?jCMhtiUy and consistency, as we
Have piobj>ered and grown great.
"In response to the action of the
president of the United States, and
n*thorough 'conformity with the in
clination of our own people, 1^ An
gus \Y. McLean, governor of North
Carolina, dt> hereby proclaim and set
apart, 'ihursday1, November 26, 192f>,
as Thanksgiving day, ai?d call Uj)on
the people of North Carohnii to dis
pense with their labors and. to pub
licly resemble to return /thanks to
God for the niaijiy benefits we have
enjoyed at his hands during tiio past
12,mouih4 f -'\ '' .
. '"As a nation we have prospered;
?A a stale v.e liavtj gone forward
?Vhilc difforenftj^ of < pinion have
.ruvii among- us, they were such that
eould bo settled in a spirit of broth
.. rly love. We arc a step nearer the
_onl in spiritual attainment: the
iooilii:tg hand of at) unseen but over-,
si"'iiT?>uW'i^'lom has guided us; brotli
'?hood is a thing talked of ujid striv
. i for as never before. Materially we
\e ;i; itl lauch. Our effort- to uti
?r.'r tl.e things that God luts given us
tor the betterment of humanity have
!.''^n ser ially blessed. IllNo ad/
? i r ify has come to us that did no^
have a spiritual equivalent.
? "!'or all thoftc things, and other
blessiii,' - too numerous to mcntioH,
let hnmbly and heartily give
thanks to Almighty Gcd.
"I suggest to the ministers#of re
!ig^t;i in North Carolina to assemble
their rv-nple for public worship; and,
where it is practicable, 1 suggest
ooiu.i.uni y gatherings,where all the
peop'e, forgetting qreed -and schism,
may meet, and, in a civic as well as
in a purely religious way, pay devout
homage tu the, one without wacm'.j
none of us can enjoy happiness and'
prosperity". r? ' |
TUCKASEIGEE
The people of Tuckascigdo ore be
ginning to .come t6) the front. The
State Highway is now in oj to rat ion,
.-the contract lias been let out ami
gone to 'building. It begins at Tuck
iseigoe and goes towards East La
Poivvjit is gQrng to be a terrible
winter for road working. If they had
>cgun : ix months ago they would
have had fine weather for it. If they
don't s,ct in more speed they will be
Ju)re He. ural months, for winter i1
too bad for road building. I think
the negroes ought to be punished for
ii-r old mules socruelly.
The fine road will be a great help tc
cho community. The farmers will
have better roads to haul their pro
duce to the market, if they can gel
any price for their produce. But they
won't, have any produce if the hens
sjet'in vii'c garden and scratch nil t..e
poivluco up. ''
AiW a glorious meeting at Tuck-]
aaeigoe the people are now going to
A iu.de! the house. They ought tc
have done that long ago. We have
had one of the best meetings that ha
'noil utui in many years. There were
.'!7 professions. Last Sunday, the
eight li, there were 20 baptising. Glad
to see a large crowd there. Every
body is living better taow. ??
Opr school at Tuckaseigee is doing
very well. The teachers are Mr. Me
Kinley Hqoper, of Tuckaseigee, anr
'Alias i.oio Edwards, of Highlands;,
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
- Haul's E. Matthis to Fannie J;r<
" Fvnd" ?'
r ? Lewis to Minnie Foster
1 both of Swain county. 4
DETOURS ON STATE
HIGHWAY NO. 10 BETWEEN
MURPHY AND ASHEVILLE
In this Detour Bulletin for Nov'om
ber, published monthly by the State
Highway Commission, the following
detours are listed on State Highway
? * i V
No. 10, between Murphy and Ashe
ville. ? , " > ?
Hazelwood to Balsam?Westbound
traffic turn to right at large detour
sign about one fourth mile past
grade crossing, follow well market
: detour coming back into No. 10 a
I * O
church : >out 2 1-2 miles East o
Balsam Cap.
Eastbound traffic reverse.
Whittier to Bryson City?West
bound traffic turn to right at largr
detour sign about one fourth mile
west of concrete, block church op
j posite Ela, N. C., follow well marke
detour iijrto Bryson City Courthouse
? square.
Eastbound traffic reverse.
Bryson City to Almond?West
bound traffic turn to right at larg
d'tour sign about 1 mile west oi
Bryson just past old mill and follov.
well marked detour coming back iut<
No. 10, just around curve, fron.
Alarka Creek bridge at DeHart'
mill.
Easlboiind traffic reverse.
Bryson City to Topton?Wfcst
bound traffic leave No. 10 at large
detour sign about four miles west ol
Bryson and follow Route No. 28(
through Franklin to Georgia line
thence through Clayton and Hia
wassee, Ga., into Route No. 28(5
State line, thence on to Haycsvilk
and Route No. 28 into 10 at Murphy.
Eastbound traffic reverse.
SEOAL CREEK
/Ray. E. W. Needham preached an
interesting -sermon in the school
building Sunday a fternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Buchanan ani1
Mr. Roy Buchanan of Webster wer<
guests of Mr. and Mi's. D. M. Shulei
Sunday. ?
Prof. W. E. Bird and family oi
Cuflowhe? and Prof. C. R. Bird apr.
family of Webster were week em1
ts! of Mr. C. A. Bird.
/ Mr. and Mrs. Horace llowell spent
Saturday night at Mr. P.s V. Mc
Laughlin's of Sylva.
Mr. and Mrs. Golman Kinsland
called at Mr. J. K. Terrell's Friday
evening.
Misses Anna Deakins and Bertha
Buchanan went to Webster Saturday
afternoon. \
Mrs. Dewey Ensley called 011 Mrs.
A. C. Hoyle Thursday.
Mrs. J. H. Hughes, Mrs. J. M.
Hughes and Mrs. 1). M. Shuler call
ed on Mrs. J. K. Terrell Saturday
afternoon. V V .
Mrs. Clyde Marcus {bid childrei
l,eft last week to join Mr. MarcuS i)
Florida, where they intend to speiu
the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hen Son oi
Whittier spent the week end with
Mrs. W. H. Cooper, *
Mr. Paul Bradlej/ spent Saturday
night with Mr. D. C. Hughes.
Mrs. S. M. "Crisp called on Mrs.
W. H. Hoyle Saturday afternoon.
M iss Gertrude Ferguson visited
Miss Annie Lizzie Terrell Sunday.
Mr. Grady Martin of Cherokee
spent the week end with homefolks.
Mre. S. E. Varner of ~ Whittior
spent Saturday afternoon with Mrs.
P. H. Ferguson.
Mr. and Mrs. Cagle and Mr. W. 0
Sherrill of Olivet attended services
at Shoal Creek Sunday.
"Detour" Shoal Creek for the
next few weeks if you have any "fear
of mumps. * .
BALSAM
Mrs. George Coward and children,
Isabel, Fred and Katy Lee, spent
last week end with relatives in Cui
lowhde. ' *> '
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Williams and
daughter, Miss Ruth, of. Waynes
. ille visited their daughter, Mrs. W.
I1. Lee, Jr., several days last week.
Mf. Eugene Ensley and family of
ila/elwood were guests of Mrs. H. P.
Ensley Sunday afternoon.
Misses Myrtle Lindsey andHannah
Warren, students of Cecil Business
College in Asheville were week end
quests of their parents.
Mr. M. C. Green and family of
Waynesville were guests of Mr. and
Airs. R. J. Bryson Armistice Day.
Balsam is experiencing a variety
if weather, Saturday we enjoyed a
balmy day of Spring, Sunday the
a in, it did pour, Monday we had
mr fourth snow, and my, how the
wind did blowi
COUNTY BOARD OF
AGRICULTURE FORMED
G. W. Tilson, County Farm Agent
has just completed a series of fifteen
meetings called with the farmers ol
the lift (ten diiferent townhsips of the
county. The purpgse of these *neet
wgs which were well advertised
thru letters t? farmers and announce
ments in schools was to discuss with
the fanners of each township their
farm problems and get, each towii
jhip to elect a representative tor
the Comity Boaixl of Agriculture and
for their township leader. Mr. Tiison
reports good meetings in some tewn
ihps and splendid representatives ap
pointed at the meetings, while the
farmers in other townships did not
come out at all to their meeting. In
case of the latter where the men did
not come out to selcct their own'rep
resentative an outstanding farmer
and leadcr-J'as been apijoiutcd by th<
County Commissioners for each ct
these townships. ;
Those men elected or appointed
for board members in each township
iro; Quaila, R. C. Howell; Barker.
Crcek, Toi l S. Nations; Dillsboro,
M. V. JaiTcti;* Greens Creek, 0. M;
Ahison; Savannah, W. T. Deit/;
Webster, Will Lewitf"; Cullowhee, F.
H. Brown; Tuckaseigee, Junie J.
Hooper; Gionvilio, W. A. Hpnson;
Cashiers, T. A. Diliard; Mountain,
Marion Moody; Canada, M. D. Hard
in; Caney i\>rk, l'J. L. Lovedahl;
Scotts Crerk, K. G. Snyder; Sylva,
C. R. Moo<; ,\ Those have been elected
representative from the Chamber of
Commerce a d the County Board of
Commissioners to serve on the Board
jf Agriculi: e.
The first mooting of the ,C^\mt'"J
Board of A ? e ;!tqve has ulrjativ
been called ^ rd/lcis t.> the me:: bcr.
for Friday. vc^biv 20lli, At this
ueeting wii: he < n;.y i'air.i agent
aad district ,i ,a jj^ent ihey-wili v/ork
>ut an agri* ? lu'ral proiyram of work
for the coi., ?.$ vein :n Jackson coun
ty. '
IETHOIT;. :3 Ai'-'AOK AL SMITI.
Washingtcn, NTov. Hi.?An attack
m Gov. A' Smith's presidential am
bitions lias ;ict?n started by the Board
<f Temperance, Prohibition and Mor
j!s of the Methodist Episcopal, church
This board is one of the leading or
ganizations5 within tho church.
Its opposition is based ov the G?v
:>rnor's wet leaning rather than on
Lhe ground of religions affiliations.
'' The advancement of Gdvernor A)
Smitli as a proposed presidential can
didate is in view of the circumstances
jf the last campaign, astonishing ef
frontery", the boarcl declared in a
statement issued Silnday night.
The blast against Governor Smitl
was contained in a warning to the
outh, where Mayor-Elect Jimmy
\Valker, of New York, lias gone had
i message of peacc from New' York
Jeinccrary.'' t t . .
A1 Smith and his friends were the
ill'st political group in America to
Introduce a religious issue into a con
vention of a political party, the
Methodist board charged; The New
}
York Governor is the county's fore
most political champion of the liquor
interests, the board declared.
"Let the south bo on its guard,"
the statement ^warned. "Let all Ani
3rica be on its guard".
Referring to New 'York City's
inayor-elect, the board said:
"The (South will be interested t<)
know Mr. Walker's connection with
New; York'^ odorous prifce-fightling
game and with thpse clemcuts in New
York which are doing their best to
murder American standards of
morality.''
"Let the south remember," the
statement continued," The defiance
v 1 9 ,
by Tammany of the Democratic de
cision rendered by the south, -west
and a large portion of the cast that
the liquor traffic shall not be legaliz
ed and proi ? "ted in its exploitation
of the American people. Let it re
member the piopa^anda which is sys
tematically organized to incite to
crime in tin? south and west in order
that the pi .?bition lav/ -may be
overthrown Iv theso criminal ac
tivities".
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NEW COW :? FOUND
BY ASTRONOMER
Williams Vs.; Nov. 17.?A
new com t 1 he eighth and
ninth m: v . t .lir? in tbe
constellation the iianting i)og, was
discovered at 5 A. M., today, Dr. Ed
win B. Frost, director of the Yerkes
Observatory of the University of Chi
cago, ann< urced. It was discovered
by Professor George Van Biesbroeck
of the obse- .atory staff.
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WORK STABTS ON
HIGHWAY 106
Dicus Brothers, contractors on
Highway No. 106, from Cullowhee
to Tuckaseigee, have begun opera
tions on the grading part of the job,
beginning at Tuckaseigee and coming
"Wward East La Porte. When the
grading is completed the surfacing
will be immediately done.
W. Mike Brown is the contractor
on the bridges and other structures
on the project.
An engineering party from the
state highway commission is now at
ivorfc! malting a survey of the changes
-ja the road from Cullowhee to Sylva
that will have to be made before the
road is surfaced.
'It is stated that the contract for
iho concrete paving from Balsam to
Sylva, oy Highway No. 10, will be let
on the eighth of next month, and that
it will be contracted in three projects
jt' four miles each, with clauses in
the contract assuring that the paving
will be completed and opened for
travel not later than July 15, 1926.
JACKSON COUNTY POULTRY
WINS AT ASHEVTLLF. SHOW
Among the standard bred poultry
entered from Jackson county in the
Western N. C. Poultry Show last
week at AsheVille, a pen of Anconas
sent by Air. Roy Allison won first
prize and a blue ribbon for the best
jkui of Anconas in the show. Those
who attended the Livestock and
Poultry Show pronounce it a real
crcdit to Western North Carolina.
There were hundreds of good exhibits
of poultry, dairy cattle, beef cattle
and hogs. It is certainly a high
!i bute to any man o rcounty having
w.nners in this fine show.
?Jackson Comity is making a splen
did start with good type standard
bred poultry. Let's prepare to in
crease it 100 per cent and more start
ing with the coming spring.
ASHEVILLE MOB CONVICTED
4 Aslirv i!m\?Trial of 2!) men a!I??g- '
ed ro have been participants ani lead- <
ers in the mob that stormed the cOun
r> ia>! here on the ni?at of Septem
ber] 9, which has been in progerss
in superior court here since last
Afoudy morning, has culminated in
conviction of 20 of the defend
ints, 11 of whom were declared guil
ty by the jury and nine of whom
jnterpd pleas of guilty;
Four penitentiary sentences, 11
terms on the county roatis and five
suspended sentences were imposed by
Judge A. M. Stack, who presided at
tfye trial here, in disposing of the
cases against the mob leaders.
Herman Banks and Luther Town
send were the heaviest sufferers,draw
ing sentences of from four to eight
,&ivs in thu state penitentiary. Sam
Stroupe and Jeter Bell, both of
whom pleaded guilty, were sentenced
to the state penitentiary for not less
than three and not more than five
years. *
Six defendants, Fred Fore, John
Evans, Oss Hudgins, Nat Whittemore
Alf Sams and Diamond Ward were
3ent to the county roads a period of '
12' montlfs cach. Other road terms:
/,
Elmer Luther, 10 months; Carl Swink - *
nine months; Frank Gasperson six
months; Bud Wilson, six months, with
a suspended sentence of two fears
in addition; Eugene ' Wilson 12
nontlis with privilege of being hired
out after two months by the county
commissioners and payment of a }
fine of $50 and the costs. . .
Those receiving suspended sen
tences were as follows:
Stradley Ball, six months, Chap
lie Penlarid, six months; Harry Smith
12 months; Delbert Shipman, six
months; Paul Pegram four months;
all of tlie last named except Pegram,
were required to, pay the costs in the
case,which amounted to a considerable
figure.
140 RATTLESNAKES ARE
KILLED BY ONE WOMAN
Fort Lumpton, Colo., Nov 4.?Mrs.
H. II. Slauterback, wife of a rancher
near here, killed 140 rattlesnakes
with a club yesterday in a two-hour
battle for her life and that of her
three-year-old child. _1 U
Alrs. Slauti rback said she was rid
ing on horseback through pasture
on her husband's ranch and was car
rying her <:hild. Dismounting to open
the gate, -*be heard the wamiuc rp<
tle and saw a snake nearby.Sh> pic'i *
?d up a siiek and killed it.
Immediately a second snake ap
peared, then a third. They cam? hy
twos, threes, fours and finally by tfrt
dozen she said. In a few^mln -1
was hemmed in by scores of in
serpents, while her baby ?hui? va
? the horse nearby.
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