1 $1.50 i 11e Vear in Advance in the Cou 11 i a i - -1 ^ J-????". ;- >; ?5 ? ? ? $2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County .?) WORK ON HIGHWAY TO START TOWARD FORKS OF TUCKASEK -? ? '] Announcement is made by Highway Commis sionerJaines G. Stikeleither,, that the work of surfacing Highway No. 106 from Cullowhee to Tuckaseigee will begin this week. This statement was made by Mr. Stikeleather to the commission ers of Jkiekson County. .Mr. Stikeleather, after conference with the comity authorities, made a trip to Raleigh and ar ranged for the transfer of a complete outfit of ma chinery to the Jackson county project, and work men will be here this week, erecting the camp and preparing for taking cure of the large force of con victs that will be put on the job. It is hoped to have chough of the road completed before bad weal her comes to insure that the road will be pass able this winter, avoiding tying up the important upper Jackson County country during the winter months.^ The plans now are to surface 106 with waterbound macadam from Cullowhee to Tuck aseigee at once, and as soon as the general assem bly meets and makes additional funds available, to pave with concrete from Cullowhee to Sylva, to surface from Tuckaseigee to Glenville, complete The grading from Glenville to Cashier's Valley, and on to the South Carolina line, and then to fin ish surfacing the entire length of the highwlay from Sylva to the South Carolina line. 100 is considered Jackson county's inost important road, by a large ma jority 01 tin- citizens of the county. YV; starts ;vt Sylva, where it connects U'ltU No. W and traverses the length j the ttrtioN' from Sylva to the ' South Cuivlinit line, fioing throu^'i! CuIMm,! ltiver, Hamburg, and! Cashier s Valley townships, connect-1 ing the Cullowltee State Normal i School with tin* county seat of Jack son with No. 10 and with the rest of tlu- st; ti . hito it come feeders from Webstfr. (,'aney Fork, Canada and Mountain township. Thus it is Jack sou comfy's ^reap highway, over which ':list come the traffic from the jrreatcr |>;? rt of the fields, mines and1 forests m: the county. As a scenic highway, No. 106 is said to he the per of any in America. It Koes up tike Tuckaseigee Gorge, by the Falls of the Tuckaseigee, across | the Blue Ridge, down through Cash ier's \ alley and on down the White water River into South Carolina. liijrfiway 106 forms a part of the | Wade Hampton National Highway,] beginning at Charleston and coming throuua Walhdlla, Cashier's Valley, and Sylva to the Great Smoky Mount,'ins National Park, to Knox-| viljo and the Middle West. This route shortens the distance from many of the cities of South Carolina, Georgia] and Florida, to the Carolina ' " Moun-1 tains and the West, and it is pre- i 'lieud that when it is completed, it *'ill he on? of the most traveled tourist roads in the state, because it shortens the ditsance and at the same time affords such matchless scenic beauty, and comes through the great N'-jhin ol' upper Jackson county. I Tin* present surfacing being done ?nt m tIk* funds loaned by Jackson *ount\f io the state highway commis s'?". ii iittie more than a year ago, ami it i-, hdieved that, with the be ^inniiisj ?il:tlu* work, this week, that " will not stop, until the road is completed its entire length, as tflic WW'i-iil assembly meets in January, a"aring before Magistrate S. E. Shuford Tuesday morning. ? Thi? case is probably the most in teresting and puzzling of any that has coino before the Transylvania courts in several years. u ?? MRS. BELLE EXTINE DIES * Mrs. Belle Extine died at her lioiur on Cope Creek, near Sylva last night j following a long illness. The funeral j and interment will be held tomorrow af Wesley's Chapel. Mi's. Extine, wife of "Bill" Ex tine, was one of the first residents of Sylva and has lived here almost everj since Sylva has been a town. Her, husband, station hand at the South- j ern Railway Station in Sylva, is onej of the oldest employees of the^ Soilt'liern, in point of service, having! heen in the service of the railway since shortly alter the line was corn-! pleted to Sylva. She is survived by her husband j and several children. KILLS HUGE EAGLE > '' Mr. Vester Farmer of Qualla brought to this office Monday a huge eagle, which he was taking to an Asheville taxiderist to be mount ed. The bird, an American eagle, was killed Saturday by Mr. Joseph Hipps, in the Qualla section, when it was attempting to catch a fish hawk. The large eagle, said to be one of the big gest in this region for many years, measured 7 feet and four inches from tip to tip. o DURHAM SCHOOLS MAKE REC ORD IN HEALTH ACTIVITY Durham, N. C., Sept. 6?Durham county ted all other counties of the state in school health work last year, according to information received from the State Board of Health to day. One hundred class rooms in the city and county schools of Durham won health pennants last year for health work, half of which were won by rooms in the city system. The p?nnants have been received and wiil be presented to the winners this week. ? o CULLOWHEE STATE NORMAL OPENS ; Cullowhce State Normal School opened for the fall session, yester day morning with a laige enrollment and big prospects for the school year, according to information received from the office of President H. T. Hunter. ' It is impossible to give accurate in formation as to the number of stud ents enrolled, as the enrollment and tabulation have not yet been com pleted. " 1 -"i) >v 10 MEET HERE ?9 ' i -j. '-f. I > > The Tenth District Medical Socie ty will hold a meeting here on Wed nesday afternoon, Sept. 22. The pro gram for the meeting, which will con sist of addresses and 'Clinics on sub jects of interest to tike medical pro fession, will begin at two o'clock. This society is composed of phy sicians within the tenth congression al district and from fifty to o\w hun dred doctors for whom entertainment is being arranged, are expected to at tend the meeting here. Dr. F. M. Davis, of Canton, is president of the Society. f ? (p ?! JACKSON COUNTY 8 MONTHS SCHOOLS OPENED MONDAY The 8 -months schools of Jackson county opened Monday morning, with the exception of Glenville Consolidat ed High School, the opening of which is delayed for some time because the new building is not completed. The enrollment in the county schools is the largest in our ednca tional history, and the prospects arc very bright, according to information received from the office of the coun ty superintendent. Si months ar short term isehools opened the First Monday in Augttai. Schools opening Monday were: Sylva, Dillsboro, Webster, Cashiers, Wilmot, Qualla Olivet, Barkers Creek Beta, Addie, Double Springs, Willcts, Balsam, Cane Creek, John's) Creek, and Balsam Grove. Tlic Cullowlwic Higlfc School anil Graded School op ened Tuesday morning. 0 \ GROWS GATEPOST FROM CORN Luther. Burbank was a wonder | worker in transforming one fonn of vegitation into another, but he was not the only mirical," producer. lie never planted a gatepost and lu'd it develop into a stalk of corn 12 feet tall with two fine ears?and that is what has been done by H. T. Creas man, expert farmer of Avery's Crook township. And the yt-j- post was planted only July 7 while the corn stalk was in the Citizen office yester day?AsheviHe Citi/jen. HAMBURG WILL VOTE ON STOCKLAWi The voters of Hamburg township! will ca^t their ballots Saturday, in a sjiecial election, called upon petition, by the county commissioners, '.ijkmi the proposition of exclusive stock lnw. Then is a great dea' ki interest be ing manifested in the election by cit izens of the tjWirhip and the whole of upper Jackson connty, and it is exp.ct?d rhut the vole nil be Jin.-. o? LAYING WATER LINES AT OAKLYN HILLS DIVISION. The Svlva Realty Company will be gin laying water lines on the Oaklyn llills Subdivision, the first of next week, it is stated by officials of the company. While Oaklyn Hills, a restricted residential subdivision, is loeted out side the city limits,, it will be suppli ed with water from Sylva's splendid water supply, and taps will be made to each let, it is stated. The formal opening of the subdivi sion, and the opening sale, which were to have been held a few weeks ago, ^.nd which were postponed on account of excessive rains, will be staged on September 24, officials of the realty company state. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL MEET TOMORROW EVENING There will be a meeting of the i Sylva Chamber of Commerce tomor row evening, it is annouced by the officers. At the meeting plans will be discussed and arrangements made for the entertainment of the motorcade celebrating the completion of the concrete road from Asheville to Franklm, which will be held on the 15th of this month. WVATI GIVEN FULL PARDON Jesse Wyatt former captain of the Raleigh police force, serving a term in the state prison, has been given a full pardon by Gov. A. W. McLean. Wyatt was sentenced to not less than eight or more than 18 months in the State prison for manslaughter, fol lowing the death of Stephen S. Holt, Sfflithfteld attorney, who was shot by Wyatt when the latter mistook the automobile in which Holt was riding for a liquor car. Wyatt's time, with allowances for good behavior, would have jexpired on September 22, and he is saved on ly 20 days by the governor's action. A full pardon ratlifcr than a parole had been sought by Wyatt \s friends in the belief that such a (.'Lion would ircstore Wyatt's citizenship. Howfcver, it was pointed out by the governor that this is not the case. Assistant Attorney General Frank; Nash, stated that he wrote an offi cial opinion on the subject during the Morrison administration, holding that action by the courts, for which three | years store citizenship. A pardon by tiie president of the United States' for a l\leral offense restores citizen-' ship and the same rule holds in a< number of the states but in this state a convicted felon must apply to thoj courts. Wyatt shot Holt on July J, 1925,! and the trial was bitterly fought,! three continuances being secured by the defense on technical grounds. I The case was finally brought to trial in November and Wyatt was convict-] ed by a Durham county jury. Wyatt was sentenced in Oecember but al lowed io vait until March 15 to bo gin his sentence hpcausc of an ex pected birth in his family. Governor McLean expressed tlv opinion that Wyatt should'have been punished but that his previous good necord c-iititlcd him to a pardon now. o i S. P. WILKES STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE Mr. S. P. Wilkes, one of the oldest I citizens of Sylva, was struck and painfully injured, by an automobile driven by M. M. McKnight, Monday | afternoon. Mr. Wilkes was walking on the highway in front of the- residence of Mr. Dan Tompkins, when he was struck and knocked down bv the car. Witnesses to tlwe accident' state that Mr. Wilkes attempted?to cross the road, not scing the approaching car, when he was struck, and that tlve ac-| cident was unavoidable. It was at first feared that Mr. Wilkes had been dangerously injnj .ed; but medical examination showed! that, while, he was painfully, bruised | and cut, his injuries arc not thought j io be of a serious nature. o HIGHWAY ENGINEERS ON IN SPECTION TRIP OF DISTRICT Asheville, Sept. 3,?John C. Walk er, district engineer for the way commission, accompanied by .1. D. Waldrop, state maintenance en gineer, of Raleigh, left yesterday af ternoon for "a general inspection of tho highways of the district. The highway officials will be away from the city for several days on this work o i NATION'S OLDEST TWINS MARK 92ND BIRTHDAY Celina, 0., &pt. 4?The birthday of the oldest diving twins in the United States has become something of a frte day in Mercer county, peo pled by fcastival-loving German and Alsatian immigrant# and their de scendants. The twins are Mrs. Margaret Kon rath, who livps near Coldwater, a few miles from CJelina, and, Mrs. Catherine Petot, of Louden ville.They wiere 92 on July 20. They staunchly maintain their "right by seniority to the oldest living twins in the United States. The twins came to America from their home in Nederbeim, Alsace, in 1854. They do not boast they expect to reach a hundred together, but ad mit "they wouldn't be surprised". WILL ATTEND Asheville Citizen, Sept. 8? Several hundred residents of Geor gia will attend Franklin's good i\.:;d eel bration on Septembe- J5, accord ing to word received here from At lanta yesterday. A largo motorcade under thrt aus pices of the Atlanta Constitution and tltc Georgia Good Roads Association will leava Atlanta early on the morn ing of September 15 and will drive through to Franklin for the celebra tion. Georgia's delegation will be met at the State liive by a Franklin and Western North Carolina delegation and escorted to Franklin where bar becue and old fashioned picnic dinner will be served. Following the celebration of the formal opening of the AshevilLe - Franklin - Atlanta highway the mo torcade, enlarged by the Franklin and Western North Carolina dele gate's, will drive to Dillsboro, Sjlva, Waynesvillc and into Asheville for the night. The drive from Franklm to Asheville will be in the nature of' a progressive celebration, stops hav ing been arranged at all towns along tiie route for refreshments, and a short look about the\owns. The motorcade will/be entertained here in the night of September 15 with a banquet at the Kenilworth Inn. I Tine Georgia delegation is expected I to be headed by several state officials l^bv the editor of the Atlanta Consti I . # j fution and by several other prominent newspaper men of Georgia. According to announcement made yesterday afternoon Jjy Holmes Bry I son, president of the Chamber of [ Commerce, an invitation has been ex | tended by the Franklin Chamber of Commerce to Ashevillc Chamber of Commerce members to be present at the picnic dinnfer and celebration scheduled for September 15. Local members have also been requested j to join the Franklin body in the c I ception to be given the Georgia mo torcade at t he state line. TRAVELING PASSENGER AGENT HERE YESTERDAY Mr. William J. Caughlin, traveling passenger jigcut of the Southern Rail way System, of Nashville, Tenn., working under supervision of All'. .1. JI. Wood, division passenger agent, Ashevillc, N. C., was in Sylva for a short time yesterday-. Mr. C'iiiighlin has been assigned '.o temporary duty in Western North Carolina for 30 days to assist the tourists who have been in this sec tion during the summer in making the reiurn trip arrangements. Mr.. Caughlin has also been handling pas ! senger matters relating to movement of boys end girls camps in Western North Carolina. Mr. Caughlin stated that he has been in the service of the Southern Railway System for 17 years; but that this is his first opportunity of being assigned to duty in Western | North Carolina, and that he is veiy j favorably impressed with this scc I tion. lie was especially pleased with the region west 'of Ashevillc. Mr. Ccughlin, while in Sylva, spent several hours in promoting the popular excursion to Cincinnati, Ohio, and Louisville, Ky. Being a native of Kentucky, he feels that ho is in position to dispense such in j formation as may be desired by any I of the Jackson county people who j may wish to take advantage of the excursion. Any communications sent to him at 42 Hcjwood St., Asheville, will bo treated with the utmost courtesy and promptness. ? o EXPECTS TO COMPLETE ^ STREETS NOVEMBER 1ST. Mr. W. Mike Brown, contractor on the paving of the streets of Sylva, states that he expects to have his en tire job completed and his machinery moved by November Fust* ? S*/ A.*