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-50 thp Year in Advance in the County , t Sylva, N. C., Wednesday, Oct. 6,1926 ; . $2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County
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WVjiv.m \ it ion was instanely killed
vfsierd o ii fornoon, on the Caneyl
jork "far the residence of J.1
x jliiait -''. wltoii a towed car, which
j,',v;is si.. -;nir plunged over the bank
I nil.1 < Fork creek, the side
. cj-rO'inning his head against
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Yj,_ \ ;i with Wade Galloway,
pI ilif i''i!l*?whee Motor Company,
jrl(l h> i in' head of Caney Fork
a ear that had broken
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down. werc returning to
?v!ll,n l'ie accident occur
nil It thought tha the steered the
Hr io lar toward the inside of the
wad. ami. when he attempted to cut!
,t back, rut too far, and the car head-'
J out the hank, the rope breaking,
-i?| the >1'' plunging over the em-|
Junkini'ii; into Caney Fork.
\|r. (iiilluway went for assistance
j? aei tiiis: the ear from the body of
Nation and summoned medical aid,
[mi Iili' was extinct when the body
was extracted from underneath the
car.
The body was brought to Med ford
I'mk'rtakii^r Parlors, at Sylva, an.l
),tv|Ktntl tor burial.
Nation, who was a young man, is
survived by his widow and one child,
,v!,o live at Cullowhee. He is a son
f! Taylor Nation, of the Barker's
(Vck <eedoii, and the funeral and
iuii'iiiunt will be held there.
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WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Spartanlntrir Herald.
Tii,. ?' boom *' Western North Caro-1
liua expected last summer was not
ieali/ed. It was not realized, because j
the thing was overstated. The greed ?
ot individuals had to be curbed an.l
was curbed. After the price of every-j
thins in Western North Carolina had(
been raised by the option method a,
thousand per cent or such a matter,'
it was realized that development
could not take place on any such price
basis) Ami >o nothing happened. (
TV.c experience has not detracted
itomtW tca\ appeal of the mountains
ot Western .Yorth Carolina. The won
dcrtul region is there and its devel
opuu'iit is certain,. It will be contin
uous am! whil}' the first general ap-;
preciation ot the possibilities of the
region resulted in a frenzied per
formance, that experience is but
proof ut thj- power of the appeal tho
country luAes to human beings.
Wie^lm-lopmeut of the mountains
ot'AVe-terii Carolina is on the way
"iid will never be halted until that
region is one of the most highly de
veloped >pots in America.
MAN LEFT FOR DEAD BY
MEN HE TRIED TO HELP
Brevard News.
(?John Chapman of East Fork wasi
. ajtaek-d ami beaten severely, andj
It it id'. end with grass and brush
about liftv yards of the highway by
t?o jiH'ii from Pickens, S. C., Mon
day jiivlit after he had consented to
help them with a wrecked car on the
Urcetivilli' road.
The injured man is supposed to
have !;< i ji unconscious*from about two
in the morning until six when gained
WnsciouMjcss to find himself buried
beneath the debris piled upon him,
presumably by the two men after he
lad h " n beaten. He telephoned to
Kural Policeman Sims who at oncc
proec 'ii (! to the scene and arrested
tbe two men. They will be given a
hearing at an early date.
MISS LEWIS GETS $2,000
Mor?anw>n News-Herald.
Miss Blanche Lewis, 19 years old
school teacher of Raleigh, who last
March was severely injured when an
irate f'aihcr and mother, Mr. t and
Mrs. (iirace Perry, "beat her up,"
N?""--e slie had whipped their child,
is ?yjjictii richer than she was, as the
(,| t)10 settlemcnt ordered by
W"'. court when the Perry were oo
'o pay this sum to Miss Lewis
n< e |,t prison terms. At the trial
uvek they at first pleaded not
Jfuiliy, hut after the first day of the
t rial j ;,t winch things looked so bad
^or 'h<,a, they changed their pleas to
*?Hty mi 1 were given until this week
m, the $2,000 to pay to Miss
>wi- |i,,u 0? prjson terms. Miss
*e\\i> uas so battered up in the at
"lCk made on her that physicians
^?r<; nut -jble to remove her clothing
*0r six days.
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CBEtOKEE INDIAN
Fill IS NOW ON
The Cherokee Indian Fair, one of
the great annual attractions of West
ern North Carolina, put on by thi
Eastern' Band of Cherokee Indians,
on their reservation in Jaekson and
Swain counties, opened Tuesday and
has been drawing large crowds from
all parts of this and adjoining states.
This morning there has been a stream
of cars, bound for Yellow Hill, pass
ing through Sylva, since dawn, and
all other roads into the mountains
have had a large amount of traffic,
according to reports.
The Indian Fair, this year, is said
to be one of the best ever held, in
the history of this unique institution.
The quality of live stock, and agri
cultural products is exceptionally
good, and shows marked improve
ment in fanning among the Indians.
One unusual feature of the fair
is that the entire grounds, including
all stalls and booths, is lighted from
a small Delco light plant, operated in
th ebooth of Hall-Battle Company of
Sylva, agents for this territory for
Delco and Frigidaire. The lighting
beginning, a few years ago, until it
farm, lighting and power.
The fair, under direction of James
E. Henderson, superintendent of the
Indian School, Sampson Owl, chief of
the Eastern Band of Cherokees, and
Sibbald Smith, son of the famous
Nimrod Jarrett Smith, once a belov
ed chief of the Cherokees, as adver
tising agfnt, has grown from a small
beginnin, a few years ago, until 'it
has become an annual event attract
ing visitors from practically evevy
section of the country.
Features that intrigue the visitor
from the lowlands, who has not liv
ed as a neighbor to the Cherokees
are the Indian Ball games, between
the teams of the reservation, the poi
tcry and beadwork of the Indian
women, and the other displays of art
and athletics that are distinctively
Indian in their origin and execution.
The fair, beginning yesterday will
continue thru today and Thusrday
and will close on Friday, when the
premiums will be awarded to the
wiui^ers, and the Indians return to
their homes and farms, to begin pre
]?aring for the Fair of 1927, with de
termination to make/it better even
than the splendid one this year.
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COUNTY TO SURFACE
ROAD AT BALSAM
Citizens of Balsam have arranged
with the county highway commission
and the board of county commission
ers for the immediate surfacing with
concrete of the road leading from
Highway No. 10 to Balsam. The pro
posal was made to the highway com
mission, Monday, and it was author
ized done, and put in the budget for
the next year, whereupon the county
commissioners authorized the execu
tion of a note, to be paid out of the
next tax collection, in the sum of $'6,
000.00 for the purpose, and it is ex
pected that the work will be done
this fall.
The road is to be concrete from
the intersection with Highway No.
10, near the residence of J. K. Ken
ncy, a distance of about 431 feet to
the railroad crossing. Then the work
is to start at Jones' creek, near the
residence of W.E. Ballough, and be
continued back toward the railroad as I
far as the funds yill permit. It is1
believed that practically the whole j
distance will be of concrete, except
that part^that lies along the railroad
track, and which can be kept ifi ex
cellent condition throughout the year,
by the application of cinders.
It is stated that large developments
are in progress in the neighborhood
of the road to be surfaced, and that
approximately 35 residences will bo
constructed near it, during the fall
and winter.
OULLOWHEE FARM IS
A FINANCIAL ASSET
The fifty acre farm of the Cullo
whee Normal School is one of the
I state farms that is self-supporting.
? During the past year it furnished the
[Normal School and surrounding com
I muni ties with a large variety of veg
etables, meat, and milk, and clear
$1500 more than the actual cost of
operation. Five new Jersey cows and
several hogs have been added recent
: ly to the farm, which lies in a fer
tile valley below the school campuB.
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RAY ERECTING NEW
BUSINESS BUILDING
W. H. Ray is clearing off the lot
and breaking ground for the erection
of a new' business building on the
Leander Davis lot, on the corner of
Main and Walnut streets. The lot,,
which is one of the best business lots
in the the city faces Main Street, and
runs through, along Walnut, to Mill
Street, making it a corner lot on
two streets. Mr. Ray recently pur
chased the property from the Jackson
County Bank.
The building, which will be of brick
and concrete construction will be
three stories in height, the third story
being used for office rooms, and the |
ground floor constructed for an au
tomobile sales and show room, which
will be occupied by En,loe Moore, lo
cal agent for Chrysler cars.
Mr. Ray, who has been a citizen
r.nd business man in Winter Haven,1
Fla., for some years, is a native of
Jackson county, being a son of the
late Roy Ray, prominent merchant of
Dillsboro.
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QUALLA
Rev. E. W. Needham preached his
lust sermon for the conference year at
the Methodist church Sunday. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Needham.
Several of our young folks attend-1
ed the Indian Association at Mace
donia Sunday.
Messrs. Marshall Gass, Jack Battle
and James Bradley have returned to
AshcvilL' Farm School al'tcr a short
stay wieh homefolks. We wish for
them a successful yiar as ehcy are
among our best boys. (
Mr. J. H. Cathcy of Sylva and his
sister, Mrs. J. L. Smathers of Ashe
ville visited the home of their child
hood and called on old friends and
relatives, Thursday. We were glad to
see them after a long absence.
Mr. J. G. Varner, Mrs. Bessie Dav
is and Mrs. Myrtle Howell of Whit
tier were guests of Mrs. J. H. Huglie?
Wednesday.
Mrs. J. T. Biid of Marshall spent
the week end at Mr. 0. A. Bird's. -_\
Mrs. J. H. Hughes spent part of
last week visiting friends in Whit- (
tier. '
Mr. Lonnie Crisp and Miss Essie
Anthony motored to Smokemont
Sunday.
Mrs. K. Howell and Mrs. S. M.
Crisp called on Mrs. Mrs. S. J. Beck
Friday aftenroon.
Mr. L. J. Blackwell and family of
Sylva were guests at Mr. C. A.
Bird's Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. House called
at Mr. J. E. Hoylcs' Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Varner of
Whittier and Mr. Troy Beck of Rav
ens Ford were guests at Mr. J. H.
Hughes' Sunday.
Misses Bertha Buchanan, Alpha
Dickinson anjd Louise Haiglcr motor
ed to Sylva Friday afternoon.
[ Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes spent
the week end at Mr. D. K. Battle's.
Mrs. J. G. Varner of Whittier,
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Shuler and Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Hoyle were callers
at Mr. J. G. Hooper's Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Crisp called
at Mr. Nute Snyder's Sunday.
Mrs. Faye Varner an^d children of
Whittier and Mrs. J. L. Ferguson
were guests at Mr. P. C. Shelton's
Sunday.
Mr. J. 0. Terrell left Friday for
his school near Raleigh.
Misses Mary and \ Martha Oxner
called on Miss Birdie Ward Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Hughes spent Monday
with Mrs. L. V. Terrell.
Misses Evelyn Kinsland and Audry
Matthews visited Miss Hettie Coop
er Sunday.
~A B. Y. P. U. Social Meeting was
given in school building Saturday
evening.
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TWENTY COURT TERMS THIS
WEEK IN NORTH CAROLINA
Morganton News-IIerald.
Nineteen regular terms and one
special term of Superior Court and
one term 6f United States district
court arc in session this week in
North Carolina. Of this number only
two have been set for the trial ' of
criminal cases exclusively, the remain
der being divided into nine for the
trial of civil cases and ten are of
the mixed variety. The federal term
will be at Shelby, of one week's du
ration, and will be presided over by
Judge Boyd. It is designated as a
mixed term.
sum COURT 1
HERE NEXT WEEK
October term of the Jackson coun
ty superior court will open Monday,
with Judge J. {I. Harwood, of Bryson
City, presiding.
The term will be for the trial of
both criminal .and civil cases; the
first days of the court being for the
criminal docket, and the last for civil
cases.
The two most important criminal
cases which expected to be tried are
both from Sylva. C. S. Wolfe, local
restaurant keeper is chargcd with
making an assault upon Allen Sutton,
chief of police of Sylva, with a pis
tol, with intent to kill; and Raymond
Glenn, local jeweler faces a charge
of attempting to kill John Nance,
with a revolver. ?
WESTERN UNION OPENS
UPTOWN OFFICE
The Was tern Union Telegraph Co.
opened its up-town Sylva office,
Monday morning, in the A. J. Dills
Building, with Mr. W. H. Maddox,
manager, in' charge. The office is
splendidly equipped with new furnish
ings and Vould do credit to any
town much larger than Sylva. The
office, the first to be opened in, Jack
son county, independent of the South
ern Railway, was authorized by the
.Western Unjon, some weeks ago, in
view of the largo volume of telegraph
business being handled through Sylva
and in anticipation of a steady in
crease of business in the office.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY HOLDS
AN ALL DAY MEETING
The local Baptist Woman's Mis
sionary society held an all day meet
ing, at the church Monday, in ob
servance of State Mission Day. Mem
bers of the missionary societies of
Beta and Dillsboro were also present,
the program being participated in by
representatives of the visiting socie
ties iAfw&her with members of the lo
cal societies. The Young Women's
Auxiliary, of the Sylva church, had
[charge one hour during the day and
presented an" interesting program.
Mrs. John, R. Jones, president of
the local society, presided at the
meeting.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
,
Francii W. Sims to Lura Wiggins.
Joe Wood to Bertie Dills.
Robert A. Richardson of Dallas,
Tex. to Annie M. Lance of Fletcher,
N. C.
Jewel Thompson of Swain county
to Otelia Norman.
L. Hubert Ensley to Grace McHaf
%.
Ed. Green to Bessie West, of
Transylvania.
Erie Jones to Delia Parker, of Dan
ville, Va.
William Hammond Ashe, to Anna
V. Tatham.
C. W. ALLEN SERIOUSLY ILL.
Mr. C. W. Allen is seriously ill,at
his home here. Mr. Allen has been an
invalid for a number of months, but
his condition has become much worse
during the past few days. His chil
' dren, Mrs. E. C. Moody, of Waynes-1
' ville, Mrs. C. F. Rhinehart, of Can
J ton, Mrs. Dennis Barnett, of Mur
sphy and Messrs. Claud, Lewis and
i Wolg Allen of Oregon, have arrived
: to be with their father. Mrs. R.Mont
j Dillard, another daughter, rec%tly
returned tc her home in Atlanta, af
ter having spent a week here.
OFFICERS CAPTURE CAR
. AND 107 GAL. OF BOOZE
Bryson City Times.
Prohibition Agents Branton and
Queen of this place, captured a big
Buick touring car and 107 gallons
of moonshine liquor between Whittier
and Wilmot, in Jackson, county, last
Monday. The driver of the car took
to the "tall timber" and has ? not
be cm caught.
An,ot'ier man driving a Chevrolet,
who was thought to have been pilot
ing the man with the liquor car, was
arrested, but he claimed to know
nothing about it. He said he was
from Gainesville, Ga.
This 107 gallons of "booze" at
prevailing prices, is worth $1,248,
00. Quite a loss in addition to the
ear.
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CHIME llilAtf
RECtlVES NtW MS
The Cullowliee State Normal School
is a very busy institntion and the
Students there are an unusually dili
gent group of people if the large ^um
ber of collegians bending over their
books in the Cullowhee Library is any
evidence of work. The Cullowhee Li
brary, which' lias received many
words of commendation for its ac
tual service to its students and teach
ers, both from summer school visit
ing teachers and from state visitors
who come there from .time to time,
stands for quality rather than quan-l
tity. Although the library contains
slightly less than 5,000 volumes, its
existence has been fully justified in
past summer schools when frequently
students who came to study and read
in the large reading room were com
pelled to seek seats in other halls
bcause of over-crowded conditions.
Instead of collecting books in a hap
hazard manner, Miss Eleanor J.
Gladstone, the librarian, attempts to
secure books which will actually be of
service to the students. In addition to
many purchases, a gift of several hun
dred volumes recently has added
much excellent material to the col
lection of books, among which may
be mentioned the following:
Beacon Lights of History, 7 vols.
Library of Southern Literature.
The Book of Rural Life, 10 vols.
The New International Year Book.
The Life of John Marshall, 4 vols.
Foster's Life of Charles Dickens.
Oduni?Southern Pioneers.
The Source Book, 10 vols.
Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
Memories of Wm. Jennings Bryan.
Life and Letters of Lafcadic Hearu
Pepys Diary.
Work of "O. Henry."
Works of Washington Irving.
Best Plays of 1924-25.
Best Short Stories of 1925.
Grove's Dictionary of Music.
World's Almanac.
Roosevelt, C. R. By Brother Theo
dore Roosevelt.
Dowd?-Life of Zeb Vance.
Lucas?*A - Wanderer Among - Pic
tures.
McSpadden?Famous Sculptors of
America. % >
Huddleston?Those Europeans.
Henderson, A.?Table Talk of Geo.
Bernard Shaw.
Atkeson?The Woman on the Farm
Branson?Farm Life Abroad.
Boyd?Drums.
Wharton?Her Mother's Recjm
pense.,
Sabatini?The Carolinian.
Heyward?Porgy.
Melville?Moby Dick.
Hutchinson;?If Winter Comes.
Lewis?Arrowsmith.
Conrad?Suspense.
Conrad?Lord Jim.
f Moore?Hearts of Hickory.
Morgan?Selected Readings.
Johnson?Modern Literature for
Oral Interpretation.
Gaigc?Recitations for Boys and
Girls.
Geister?Ice-Breakers and the Ice
Breaker Hejself.
Phunology.
MISSION DAY AT BETA SUNDAY;
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The Scotts Creek Baptist church,
Beta, will observe State Mission, Day,
next Sunday, with au appropriate
program, sevreal speakers from out
side the community having been^ se
cured. A porgram rendered by the
young people of the church will also
be a feature of the day. The church
extends an invitation to the pubKc to
attend.
WOULD CHANGE HIS MIND
Bryson City Times.
If that man, who exclaimed, as he
rolled into Bryson on the train, that
"This is Bryson,; I see their electric
light," that "they only have one,"
should come again he would doubtless
change his mind since .we have the
"Great White I Way." The new lamps
along the principal streets sure do
make it look city-like and our citi
zens are justly; proud of them.
COUNTY AGENT
GOES TO DETROIT
C. W. Tilson, county agent, left
the first of the week for Detroit,
Michigan, to attend the national
dairy show. Mr. Tilson, was awarded
the trip as first prize, in the recent
Btate-wide liveetock contort.
RECORDER'S COURT
m SPECIAL SESSION
A special session of the recorder's
court was held Monday, for the pur
pose of clearing the docket as far as
possible, before the superior court,
which begin,s next Monday.
Rudolph Mehaffey was found guil
ty of being drunk and fined $25.00
And the costs.
Hut Nicholson, drunk, continued.
John Coward and Claud Warren,
manufacturing and possession, found
guilty and drew the Jackson county
statuaiory fine of $50.00 and tha
costs.
Harve McDowell, assault, judg
ment suspended upon payment of th.?
costs.
Grover Moss, assault, continued to
October 25.
Clayborne Taylor, operating a car
without license, judgment suspended.
Roy MeCall was found guilty of
being drunk and fined $25.00 and the
costs, from which judgment he ap
pealed to the Superior Court.
SYLVA METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock
hour there will be a short church Con
ference followed by the sacrament of
the Lord's Supper.
Let evtry member of the church,
who possibly can, be present. Let
us all pray for and expect a real
good service.
The public is cordially invited to
worship with us. Come and brin^
seme one with you.
The pastor preaches at Dillsboro at
the evening hour.
NOTICE
Cullowhee, N. C., Sept. 30?1 take
this method, as Chairman of the Wes
tern District of the North Carolina
Educational Association, of advising
the teachers of Jackson county of the
recent action of the Executive Com
mittee in changing the meeting place
for our October gathering. The teach
ers had been informed that the 1927
meeting would be held at Henderson
ville, but owning to the fact that
some of the hotels at Hendersonville
have already closed for the season,
it was decined to hold the meeting in
Ashevillc. The dates are Friday and
Saturday, October 15th and 16th. We
are loking for an attendance of more
than a thousand teachers from the 19
counties composing the Western Dis
trict.
Cordially yours,
H. T. HUNTER, President.
DIAGNOSTIC CLINICS FREE
TO EVERYONE IN STATE
Sanitoriuin, September 30?The
North Carolina Sanatorium wants ev
ery man, woman and child in North
Carolina who has tuberculosis to find
it out in time to be cured. By a con
servative estimate there arc now fif
teen thousand to twenty thousand
cases of active tuberculosis in North
Carolina. It is only when the disease
is discovered in the early stages that
it can be cured. It is a disease that
in its early stages rarely makes ono
feel very sick. Only one case out of
five is discovered in the early stage.
To l'ind, and help the physicians to
find tuberculosis early the North
Carolina Sanatorium employs two
physicians, especially trained in the
diagnosis of tuberculosis an,d conducts
diagnostic clinics/both at Sanatorium
and traveling clinics. The Sanatorium
clinic is open every day except Sun
day and is free provided the patient
or his doctor will write for an ap
pointment. No red tape is necessary.
A1 postal cadr saying "please give
A postal card saying "please give
ficient. For the traveling clinies the
Sanatorium will be glad to arrange
for a clinic in any county or city in
which it is requested to do so by the
local physicians or the County Health
Officer. If you would like to have a
clinic get your Health Officer or
your doctor to write to us about it.
Another good reason for storiag
sweet potatoes in well constructed
houses is that the price declines rap
idly in the fall when there is a flood
ed market, , u