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ALIENATION SUIT
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'Franklin Press, Deo. 1-1? The;
?. il case in which Perry llyatr was
>>ilnir \\. L. McCoy for $2;>,000 for
,{ alienating Hyatt's wife's a flections,!
i lutilded in Superior Com) here oa!
Saturday night, will go the the Hi;-j
j. vine court. Tlie jury awarded Hv-I
lit >12,<100, which sum was cut to ?
'n.(H>o by Judge S. \V. Black oi Bry-j
.-?hi/City, presiding, and tlie plaintiff
.??(?pealed or a judgment lor the
whole amount of the virdict, .or *12-1
titwi. The defendant also took a:i ap
p:al, based on a number of exoop-.
lions, to the higher court.
llivatt, in; his <*omplaint, aileirod
that in August, 1025, while he \* ?
in the employ of .McCoy, he fell from
a ioad of poles, sustaining perma
nent injuries, resulting in his being
penalized from the waist down: that.
AicCoy, while apparently earing for!
Hyatt and his wife, alietwtcd the af
fections of Mrs. McCoy, and that a
child was born a few mouths ago 'o
plaintiff's wife was McCov's child.
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The principal witnesses for th-.? i
plaintiff were Hvatt himself, who;
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v. as brought to the courtroom on lusj
M to testify, and Mrs. Hyatt. Th->!
lmtcr told of McCov's alleged at-I
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tuitions, wlule Hyatt testified as t?>j
?W mental tortue wrought by lo-.s |
the affections of his wife. Ho,'
' her to leave his home wjionj
he learned of her condition, lie. .said.'j
li'j-. Hyatt brought her tlM?o or
lour months old infant to the cou.t
room with her.
.McCoy was his own principal wit
i;c-s, denying any improper relatio. s
with the plaintiff's wife. He admit
ted, however, having been in the com
pany of the woman at various place*
in the county. And the plaintiff, oil
his part, admitted payment by '.Mc
Cov 'of Hvatt's hospital and otli.-r
hilis. ?
All three-r-McCoy, Hyatt, and Mrs/!
Hyatt?proved good character^.
The four issues submitted to the
jury and the answers made bv
that body, follow:
Did the defendant alienate the af
cctions of the plaintiff's wife as
alleged in vthe coinplaiue fHcd ?
Answer: Yes. ^ i
Did the defendant have immoral
relations with the plaintiff's wile?
Adswcr: Yes. ;
To what actual damage is tlie
plaintiff entitled? Answer: ?10,000.
To what punitive damage' is t rue
plaintiff entitled to recover? Answer
*2,000. . ' ' ' i
Judge Black reduced the amount of
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Franklin Press, Die. J4.
The FianKl'ii Troop of Scouts ya:v i
pi an nun: a community,, Chrisr'nias tivc [
and Carol siiijfinj;. < Jsuowing tlint |
there are ahv.'vs some children) lo
who'll Santa Claiis has never been j?i- j
troducod these syouts plan to see that
the chiitirea in this eommuii(iiy ail
s:et i?:i intrcduefioii.^lr you know of
any children who will',miss Santa this
vqsu* piease got in touch with Mr.
or Cdimcr Crawford.
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i lie plan is! io put up a ,trec in the
s(jiijire; an.I as many as possible will
gather around and sing Christmas
enrols with some good leader. Their
sjoine prominent citizen niiyht make
a very short talk to the children and
thejseouts -will give onf the presents.
/'The presents re to he furbished'
hy thG''families living in thcv4?oia-.
munity. In most families there aire
toys, etc., which have been put aside
These can be brought out and made
to g.adde:k the heart s^of those in less
fortunate families. '
T.VEO BLAMES THEM? f
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That certain "flowers do nftt l|ko|
.jazz was noticed recently iu .England. ?
I'Uvtfie' experiments various: blooms
were placed as decorations close to a|
syiiei/jKititkr hand. Soon after tlie
music was started they deliberately
turned their backs on the music. They
?.?ivcix'd but soon repeated thi
spriinhii:. carnations, cyclair.es and
lilies were amonir the most affected.
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.?plO.OfX) io $8,00, making' a total of j
$1(1,000 to $8,000, making a total oL'j
the pUiintiit took his appeal. He;
will task the supreme court to award!
Iiiiu a judgment for the full $12,-.
000 .verdict of .the jury. The coun-j
sol lor the defendant offered lie- j
quent objections durineg tli trial to
questions asked by plamtiff counsel,'
?iml took efi?(ptiuns Svnen their ob
je< tiiiiis were over-ruled and it. is ouj
a basis of some of these/Exceptions <
that the defendant will ask for a
new trial. t " '?
Tin; ;plaintiff was represented i bv
.Indue T.> i). Brvson of Hrvson City
and A. Wi liorne, C. C. Poinde>:te<y
and (leor.fe il Patjott ol Frankli i.
,T!:e (h'fe:!d::(t was represented Ly
J Jen:y ii. Kobertson of Frankli'.
Newt Mo.dy of Murphy and .McKin-;
ley Edwards of l.ryson C ty.
The principals in the suit are bo> h ?
well km w in, Jackson county.
SOUTHERN'S CORN CUP WOW
BY NORTH CAROLINA GROWER
Atlanta, G. December 14? l.owan
mnty North Carolina has iho liounr
"l winning the handsome eilvcr cup
offered hy the Southern Railway
S'.jstepVto the grower of the ton best
< ars fit' corn produced in \ irgi nuij
A??rth Carolina, South Carolina,
<!tforjna, Alabama, Mississippi. Ken j
tacky, or Tennessee, the trophy hav :
iug been awarded to -I. A. Patterson j
)?(' China Grove.
- The award was made by a com
mittee oi" experts consisting of C. A. I
Moore, director Agricultural Exprin
nirnt station, Knowille, Tenn., Prof.
K. Duggar Alabama Experiment
Station, Auburn .Via.; and W. C.
I'HSsetter; editor The Progressive
Farmer, Birmingham Ala.; which met
i'? the office of Roland Turn,or gen
eral agricultural agent for the Sou
thern in Atlanta on December 8th.
The numes of the exhibitors wore '-dn
y know to the judges.
(.Mr. Patterson 's .exhibit which had
lVon first prize at the Central Caro
lina fair at Greensboro was one of
eighteen "which hml qualified to com-!
pete tor ihe Southern\s cap bv win
ning first prize rtt leading lairs. His!
name will be engraved on the cup,:
alow* witii I lint of Willie Pat ton llo-J
land of Newberry county, S. C. who!
won it last year and will remain in'
his possession until the winner for
nicxt year is announced.
Though the competition was keen
the judges were unanimous in their
decision arid, in announcing the award
expressed -gratification at the high
character of the exhibits submitted io
them, and added "We want especially
to commend the Southern Railwayr,
on this elective means of aweken
ing a con.4ciousness of the importance
of corn in southern agriculture and
the importance of improving the qual
ity and productiveness of the varie
ties adapted to this region. The
annual award of this cup will serve
as an inspiration to growers and
breeders to secure the bestf for south
ern conditions and maintain high j
stuudards in quality and yield." |
At :i meeting oil tore.'try. sponsor
ed ? hy tlie Sylva Chamber of Oom-!
mere? and held at the Lyric Theatro.j
Tuesday night; by Mr. K. G. Wheaton,!
district, jforester a resolution, wns
pu.*sed by a representative group of
citizens and members oftlie Ciu?..:btr,
of Commerce of Sylova and Jackson i
county favoring tli cooperation, ot' the;
county with the Slate and Federal
government in forest fire prevention, j
It was also resolved by the group!
that their member of the State Leg
islature be informed of this favorable
(latitude toward bills which might
i'oiiip up in favor of forestry work.
Mr. John B., Enslev president of
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Bryson's Store En
tered?Two Held
The store of 11. C. Eryson and Co. |
at Oiillowhce (was, envied on Sat.i-r-i
day night and robbed oTiacnhani'i^'.
The extent o! the losses sustained bv
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the' company has not yet been, ascrv
tained.
Two youths .To,' Buchanan and Ar-,
thiir Franks a-e beim; held by the
authorities in Besscmar City .for the
>n county authorities. They are
charged with the eriin.e; and sheriff
Cannon will leave Thursday worn-'
insr for Bc^semar fro brimr them li
Svlva for trial. S'' .
GROUP CENTER COMtlENCE
MENT HELD AT WEEoTER.
On last Thursday the Group Center
Commencvnien' of t lie irroup schbol^
coiiijKisod oiv Gay (Zion 11 ill Vie* i
Point and Green's Creek was laid
at thje Webster Iliuli School?the?
group eentj'i.
The programme for the greater j
j>art of the day consisted of contests'
aisionj* the different school's. The^ei
contests were very intreesiing and 1 ho
studets who participated showed the
effects of untiring zeal and faithful
work of their respective ie.ichers. The j
The .JudgesVoi' the eoulert were .Miss
Annie Ray of Cullowhee Miss Queen j
Duval <if S\ l,\a and Mrs.... ^Morg-iu
Cooper of Beta.
'I he ??'?v '! 'I colorful exhibit ol
student work and ha!!(l:c;-ai't was ?.?!>
display in the sciux 1 budduig.
'J e.*;ar!p'e.s* of student skill
and workmanship were exceedingly
interesting to all who saw them.
At noon a delicious lunch, provid
eed by the ladies if the commmuu
ity, was .served to the visitors and
teachers. \ r
The day was it very) successful ono
in spite of the inch-mewey of the
weather. The Webster School was in-;
deed glad to welcome and entertain
the teachers, students and visitors j
from all the schools., and expressions
that it would have the same privilege
next year, were freely made.
Below is a tabulated list of the |
results 'df the contests held at the
group commencement :
Winners of Contests at Meet
First and Second Grade Dramiti
zatiou:
2nd. Zion Hill <"?
' 2nd. Zion Hill.
Primary and Singim? Game
v 1st. Webster
J 2nd.Z ion Hill
Third Grr>de Oral Language Contest
1st. Webster v
2nd. View Point
Fourth Grade Arithmetic Contest1
1st. Webster * -
2nd. View Point
Second Grade Story Telling Con-!
test.'
( 1st. Webster
2nd. Green's Creek
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the Cfiaiiibt-i* of Commerce, presided,
and Mr. Wheaton showed five reels
of forest fire and prevention pic
tures and accompanied the showing
of the pictures with a talk on va
rious methods oJ' lire prevention and
forest preservation. The meeting was
held in I he Sylva picture show, the
regular showing of the pictures hav
ing been discontinued.
Mr. Wheaton said that Transylva
nia county'has also goi^e on record
as cooperating again this next year
with the forestry service in the pre
vention of forest fires. The board ap
propriated $-100 for this work to be
gin .lanuary first. ?.
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Tennessee Visitor
?" Likes Mountains
Mr. ,L A. Moore, of Cookeville,
Tennessee, surprised his sister, Mrs.
T. II. Hastings, l?y a visit arriving
last Saturday. This is Mr. Moore's,,
first \i;.-it to this region and he ex
pressed himself as being delighted
wtih t lie scenery, the climate, the
roads and other advantages of West- j
?'iii .North Carolina.
NORTE CAROLINA DRY AGENTS
WILL LOSE THEIR PISITIONS
Charlotte, Bee! 15?Thirteen pro
hibition audits in North Carolina will
I):- dismissed or transferred to other
divisions by Ja;array I, U. Q. Merrick
prohibition administrator of Virginia
and North Carolina stated today. |
^Ti-e admiiii: tr.ilor said an order
for the transfer of two North Car
olina agents to Chicago was expected
to be issued from Washington this (
week.
There are 41 agent.; in. the state,
and the force will be reduced to 2S
it was stated. , t
WANT STATU PATROLMEN
Uhleigh, Bee. ]?.,??Exponents of :tj
Slate constabulary gathered late to
day to dismiss recommendations gov
entiiig the establishment of .such a;
b.'iiiy io be pi seed before the coming
(!c:icr:if\Assembly. The state automo-j
tive trade association, Carolina Mo-i
tor Club, Highway commission, Frank j
Page and 11. A. Daugllton. expressed
themselves in favor of the proposal.
Governor McLean did not commit
himself. "> ?
It is proposed to establish a patrol
of 100 men, nad it is claimed that
$000,000 aniijiialy will be sufficient
to maintain the constnbularv.
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First Grade Reading Contest
1st. Webster. \
2nd. Gay ? %
Seven,th Grade Oral Composition
Contest
1st Webster
2nd. Green's Creek
Sinefin^ Contest (Grammar Grades) I
1st. Webster
2nd. View Point
[ Spelling Contest (5th & 6th Grades i
1st? Webster
2nd. View Point.
History Brandt izat ion
1st. Webster
2nd. Green,'s Creek
EXHIBITS:
1st-. Webster
2nd. Gay. * '
Score
Webster 100?exhibits 25 total 125
Gay 5?exhibits 10?total 15
Zion Hill Total 10
ViewPoint?total 20 ' ,,
Green's Creek ?total 15
FLEETTOB SOLS
Hi EXtCU
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Starting with high hojH's for Hen
dorsonviile and Western North Caro-i
lina, the Fleetwood Hotel started'
building on Jumpoff Mountain hv|
Commadore Stoltz a few months ago.;
It stands, a massive structure, un
finished and was sold by the slier-j
iff ot' Henderson county under anj
execution this week. .* ?
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Dispatches from Henderson villc i
state that attempts will be made by|
trustees of the Fleetwood of Hender-|
sonville Hotel Corporation to set
aside the sale of the hotel property
to John R.. Crye, Hendersonville con
tractor, it was revealed today. Crvci
bought Mie hotel and the real estate,
surrounding it at an execution sai(s]
Saturday, it just beanie known, a I ter j
tie had t iled a lien based 011 a claim j
of about $7,000. The sale was con
ducted by Sheriff J. C. Ilill after no
tice had been duly given accordinjg to
law, it is said. Crye' bid of $1,
000.
A claim of O. A. "Reynolds, vice
president of Laurel Park Estates, was'
advertised at the same time that
Crye's notice of sale was published.:
The action was against J. Perry'
Stoltz and the Fleetwood of Hender
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j^onville Cor j ?oration.
That there was no competitive bid
ding is understood to be the prinei-:
pal basis o:i which the trustees will!
congest the sale. Other factors, it
was said, will help to establish that
the sale should be set aside. '
In buying the property, Crye as
sumed other obligations against the
corporation and in the words of an
other creditor, "perhaps a lot of lav.
suits."
Air. Crye was in South Carolina to
day but it was said at his residence,
that he had not decided definitely on
what disposition he would make of
the properly.
Just what effect this action will
have on the deal several months auo
with the Florida Gulf Coast Land
C ? ipany for the purchase of the
Fleetwood could not be learned here
tonisrht.
MARRPJAGE LICENSES.
Jackson county's new register vl
deeds started off the fir: t of his term
with the -issuance of i'uur marriage
licenses for the month up to the 14t!i t
Kragg Allison of Jackson to Ku-j
nice R;'v of Macon.
James Lee Welch to l'evtah Lakvv!
ho' h of Swain.
.lack Fri//,cll to Lilly Mat his.
Hobert li room to Ora J. Jones. j
RECORDER HOLDS
HIS FIRST COURT
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(>o. W. Slit Ion held his first term
oi' court as judge of the Jacbson couu
ty recorder's court 011 Modnay.
Sevier McDowell Jess ilowell Card
Bryson Alf Wilson Gene Love and
Doily ilowell were convicted of dis
turbing ;i Neyro entertainment. They
are all Negroes.
Sevier Jess (iaib and Gene dit-r
a six month's sentence each on the
roads; hut the Sentence was suspend
ed upon good behavior and upon the
payment oi tines oi' $25.00 and tho
costs. Prayer tor judgment was cot,
timied in Dolly's case; and judgment
suspended upon payment ot' the costs
as to All".
Elsie Leigh was found guilty of an
assault with a deadly weapon and the
judgment was suspended upon, pay
sence of J Ion. Walter E. Moore and
and the charge came from his having
shot a white youth in the leg with a
shotgun^
Frank Jacobs was given a saspend
<-d sentencfc uj>ou payment of JU'O
costs. Ho was convicted ol' an assault
All other cases were continued un
til December 27 because of the ab
students who ywrticipated showed
Don. Felix E. Alley. These attorneys
were attending the supreme court ,;n
Raleigh.
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COLD WEATHER HELPS
CHRISTMAS TRADE
Cooler weather coining out of the
West like the ''Bold young Loe-Ui
nvnr" swept through the mountains,
lasi night sending the mercury tumb
1 i31?>; to ahout 20 degrees above zero,
the coldest weather of the win
ter. ' '
With the cold weather came a no
ticeable stimulation of Christmas buy
ing in the splendid shops of Sylva.
Unreasonable weather, warm as ear
ly fall, had kept the folks from get
ting ''Christmas in their bones," and
despite the attractive displays and
windows decorated in Yuletide at
tire, the people were not buying and
everybody was afraid that a last
minute rush would be the result.
However, the timelv arrival of the
imported cool spell from out of the
west while it sent the mercury tumb
ling, the barometer of trade steadily
mounted and the shops are all busy.
Farmers who adopt the system of
better balanced farming advocated by
the School of >grit,iultur<! at Sta;e
Colletre will reduce their cotton ne
roajre by thirty |ieiwijt.
MAKING CHRISTMAS DINNER
EASY FOR THE HOMEMAKER
A' Christinas dinner which can bo
prepared alicad of time is a.holiday
suggestion of the Bureau of Homo
Economics of the United States De
partment of Agriculture. This does
not mean a cold handout for the fam
ily, eithci\ It means planning ahead
and selecting dishes for which work
can be done one or two days before
Christmas. The homemaker can then
spend the da}' in the front of the
house instead of over the kitchen.
Start right off with the main
course. Who needs an appetizer be
fore fnrkey and fixins? This means
fewer dishes to serve and fewer to
wash up, all ef which require time.
Besides, starting with the main course
leaves more room for the festive des
sert which usually accompanies a
Christmas dinner.
If turkey heads the menu, prepare
the bird for roasting and make the
stuffing the day before. Then in a
short time the turkey can be stuffed
i?nd served ready for the oven. Or
if a fat fowl hold* the plaoe of boa
or, simmer it until lender tins day be
! fore. About an hour before dinner
i time, lieat up the dressing' whidi was
prepared the day before, stuff the
chicken and brown it quickty inj the
oven. Hani for baking may be boiled
a day or two beforehand left stand
ing in a cold place in the liquor in
which it was cooked, reheated in this,
then skinned, covered ewith bread
crumbs and sugar, stuck with cloves
and pat in teh oven for final brown
ing just before dinner.
I
; White potatoes to be scalloped or
sweet potatoes to be candied may b?
cooked the' day before and arranged
in a baking dish ready for the final
cooking. The green vegetable?spin
ach, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, or
whatever it is?may be washed an/I
prepared for the pot a day ahead of
time.
Make the cranberry sauce or jelly
two or three days before Christmas
, and set it away in. a cold place. Waalj
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