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SINK HOLDS STOCK
LAW ELECTIONS
ARE VOID
(*> 1 ^ ?
Holding that the stock law elec
tions held i? parts pf Hamburg and
Mountain townships this Spring are
void, Utlt^c Sink, at Bryson City,
fuosiia*, made permanent the injunc
tion ioriiidding the commissioners of
.lai*kson >i'oini,ty declaring the result
of the t actions, and continued the in
juiu'ti??u iit permanent form until the
uliole matter can be heard at the next
term v f t(ie Superior Court of Jack
? . )
soil OOlllltV. ?
At tl;'* last session of the legisla
ture there was enacted a statute 'al
lowing the marking off of boundar
ies le-.-1 han a township and the hold
ing of elections on the exclusive
stock law within those boundaries,
upon [H titioii of a majority of the
voters within the boundary to the
commissioners of the county.
Following that, the petitions, one
for part of Hamburg township and
one lor part of Mountain, w?re pre
sented to the commissioners an)d the
elections were called, by the commis
sioners in compliance .with the pro
visions of the statute.
After the electionjs were held, and
before the result had been declared,
certain citizens of the two townships
applied to Judge A. M. Stack, holding
eourt in Waynesville, for restraining
order, forbidding the commissioners
to declare the result of< the election.
Judge Stack signed the temporary or
der und the hearing was held, Tues
day in Bryson City before Judge
Sink, with W. R. Sherrill and Judge
T. I). Bryson representing the plain
tiffs in the Hamburg case, C. C.
Buchanan representing the plaintiffs
iu the Mountain case, and Alley and
Alley and George W. Sutton appear
ing for the defendants.
In making the injunction permanent
.Judge Sink held that the elections
were void for two reasons. The first
wast hat the election^ had not been
properly called and held, the calling
of the election, appointment of the
election officials and preparation
and distribution of the ballots having
been done by the county commission
ers, when the court held, all those
acts, under the election laws of this
wuuty, are solely within the province
of the county board of elections.
The second reason assigned by the
eourt why the elections were void,
was because the boundaries were not
"well defined and described boundar
ies" was as required by the statute.
There has been a great deal of in
terest in the outcome of the two elec
tions, in all sections of the county,
especially ia the South end of thej
county.
( The case* were brought by Andy
Bryson and Andy Monteith and such
other citizens who wish to make them
selves parties to the action against
the commissioners of Jackson County,
and Elbert Bryson and Bascom
Bryson and such other citizen^ who
may wish to make themselves par
ties to the action against the commis
sioners of Jackson county.
kephart writing
NEW TALES OF THE
MOUNTAINS OF N. 0.
Bryson City, June 25.?Horace
Kephart is writing a series of tales
of adventure in the Great Smoky
Mountains. Each story is complete
in itself, but all are linked together
by the reappearance of .characters in
n,ew situations.
Mr. Kephart says that he cannot
do his best work in town, owing to
the interruptions and distractions of
town, life; so he is going far back
into the forest wilderness where he
W'H set up a secluded camp and live
alone for five days a week through
the summer and autumn. From this
fampdie will make side trips into the
wildest and least knowt^ parts of the
Smokies seeking new scenes for his
stories. He will come to town for
the week-ends, to get mail and sup
Plies, thus reversing the usual ordor
?f outing.
The region that Mr. Kephart- will
dwell in and explore in th6 choicest
of the Smoky Mountain Na
tional Park area. Here are the high
est mountain's and most profound
Kulfs, the most charming glens and
the wildest watercourses. Two hufi
^r('d square miles, or more, are pri
meval forest," with rich variety of
trees and shrubs, wild flowers and
,rbs. There is hardly a human re
sident in all this territory.
Qos<11?Rural r
Problems Course
Cullowhee, June 28?Miss Lillian
Minor who has been conducting1 a two
weeks' unit of a course in Rurd
Problems at the Cullowhee State Nor
mal Summer School left (Cullowhee
today for her home in Oxford where
she will spend some weeks.
, Miss Minor, who lias formerly been
supervisor of rural schools in David
son and Bertie counties, and who dur
ing the past year did graduate study
at the State Teachers' College at
Harrtsburg, Va., today announced
that she has accepted the position of
Supervisor of Schools in Norfolk
County, Virginia. She expects to
leave North Carolina in September.
Miss Minor was recently elected to I
membership in the national social
science society, Pi Gamma Mu, 'for
outstanding work done in the County
Council or public welfare organiza
tion Prince Edward County, Vir
ginia. She is also a member of Kappi
Dslta Pi, an honorray education fra
ternity.
Miss' Virginia James, of Wayncs
ville, Supervisor of Schools in Hay
wood county, has recently arrived to
take up the second unit of the Sum
mer School course in Rural Problems.
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HILL PREACHES HARD WORK
Cullowhee, June 28?"The time hns
come when the gospel of old time
hard work should be preached to us
more than it is," said W. R. Hi'l,
Principal of the Rnthcrfordton City
Oraded Sehools and former Superin
tendent of Schools ih- Rutherford
county, who is now Instructor in Ed
ucation at the Cullowhee State Nor
mal School, when addressing the fa
eutlv and students at chapel exercis
es Monday morning.
Mr. Hill took as the theme of his
talk Jesus' statement, "I must work"
"Jesus meant by this," said the
speaker, "that he recognized the re
sponsibility of the individual in| the
divine scheme of things. He meant
further that the individual who shirks
his share of work is a traitor to him
self and to the being who put him
here."
The educator pointed out the fact
ithat predominance of individuality
has always been a characteristic o i'
the scheme of nature. "Maii| explores
the heavens, names the stars, endows
each with an individuality," declar
ed Mr. Hill. "He digs into the earth
and distinguishes between the differ
ent minerals he finds there, giving
each a name which will set it apart
from the others. He has found that
there are no two things alike, not
even two blaek eyed peas."
Mr. Hills thus emphasized the im
portance of the individual in the es
timation of Nature, which has delib
erately set out to make all things dif
ferent. "Likewise," he said, "Nature
has provided something different for
each preson to do. My right arm ex
ists because of the service it can pei
form; if it were not of use to man,
the arm would eventually wither n
way, just as the whale's teeth anjd the
eyes ef the fish in Mammoth Cave
have ceased to exist. If there were
nothing for us to do, "we would not
be here.
' "There are obstacles for us each
to overcome in our endeavor to serve
our communities, but it is onjly with
the exertion of overcoming apparent
ly insurmountable obstacles that w
really grow."
Mr. Hill said that each individual
had a place in the world. He said,
"If your place happens to be in a|
one teacher school, I shall not feel
sorry for you, but I shall congratu
late you that you have the opportun
ity to use your mind, soul'aiyl body
to as great an extent as you are cap
able. ^"
)
The first six weeks' summer school
at Cullowhee is well xon its way and
has proved to be the most successful
in the history of the school from the
point of the work being done, the
enrollment, which is 356, the largest
the school has known, and personel
of the student body. The second sum
mer school will begin July 25. Ap
plications are coming in daily.
DR. MoOUIBE HAS OPERATION
Dr W. P. McGuire, who under
went an operation, at the Angel Hos
pital, in Franklin, the first of the
week, is rapidly recovering.
GREAT YEAR
PREDICTED
FORS. 0,4
Dr. J. W. O'Hara, Supt. of Moun
tain Schools and the Trustees at a
recent meeting in Asheville decided
to put on a campaign to enlarge the
attendance at the Sylva Collegiate In'
stitute. This is the only Baptist
School west of Asheville n^ow, and
every Baptist realizes very keenly
the need of not only making it go,
but also of making it grow.
A leading citizen! of the town of
Henderson asked me why the groat
majority of the preachers came froin
the mountain region. My reply w*6
that it was because* of the i fact that
a great many youn^ people from the
mountains have received their train
ing in Christian Schools.
The denomination during the post
has been compelled to depend largely
upon the Christian Schools for its
trained leaders. The same will be true
in the future. The state does not ami
cannot train boys and girls for lead
ership in aiy Christian Denomion
tion. Therefore, each den ruination
must train its own leaders; and it'
the BaptistR would have an adequate
supply of trained Christian leaders,
it must maintain Christianj Schools.
In the territory served by the Sylva
Collegiate Institute; there are more
than twelve thousand white Baptists.
There are many more who are in
clined to the Baptist faith. This great
host of Baptists, realizing the great
need of Christian education and the
fact that this is the on^y Christian
School of its kind west of Mars Hill
arc going to demand that it develop
into a Junior College in order that ii
may serve in a greater way its fine
constituency in the Mountains of
Western North Carolina.
Come on Baptists and lets make
the school what God would have it
be.
W. C. REED, Prin.
DRIVER'S PERMITS HERE
Drivers permit applications, which
must be secured by drivers of every
passenger or property carrying vehi
cle, truck or tractor that is used tor
transportation of persons or proper
ty fo^ compensation, have been re
ceived here and may be secured at
the Carolina Motor club office at Syl
va, Manager A. J. Dills announces.
No taxicab, bus or common carrier
truck corporation will be issued "X"
license plates this year until each
driver in their employ has made ap
plication for a driver's permit. The
drivers' permit fee is $5.
Applicants for drivers permits must
fill out a card testifying as their abil
ity and character. This application
will be mailed to Raleigh by Mana
ger A. J. Dills and the driving license,
and badge will be mailed direct. A
card bearing the photograph, name
and number of the permit, must be
displayed on, the inside front of the
vehicle. \
Permits may be revoked by the
North Carolina Corporation commis
sion and any commercial driver who
operates a vehicle without the permit
or uses a permit after it has been
cancelled will be guilty of a misde
meanor.
Receipts issued by the Carolina
Motor at the time application) for a
drivers permit is made will be honor
ed until the permit and badge arrives
from Raleigh. Where permits are re
fused the application fee of $5 will
be returned.
MR AND MRS. MIDDLETON HERE
. Mr. and Mrs. Wood R. Middleton,
of Winston-Salem, are spending a
few days with relatives in Jackson
county. Mr. Middleton, who is a na
tive of this county, is president of
Draughon's Business College in Win
ston-Salem. He states that his school
is one of the largest businjess col
leges in the South, and that there arc
150 students, at the present time.
The college recently moved injto its
new building in Winston- Salem, and
Mr. Middleton and the people of
Winston-Salem are proud of the new
quarters, which are said to be as fine
as any business college in the South.
! MARRIAGE LICENSES
V .
Sam W. Bryson to Ellen Pickle
simer. ? l'
STICKERS MUST BE
TAKEN FROM
WINDSHIELD
Raleigh, June 27?Motorists with
a penchant for decorating wind
shields and windows of cars with pic
tores of bathing girls,4' don't hog the
road" stiekers and other advertising
slogans must forego such expression
of their desires after July 1, under
Section 46 of the Uniform Motor Ve
hicle eode adopted by the recent Gen
eral Assembly it was pointed oat to
day by R A. Doughton, Commission
er of Revenue and C. W. Roberts,
vice president of the Carolina Motor
Club.
"It shall be unlawful for any per
son to drive any vehicle upon a high
way with any sign, poster or other
non-transparent material upon the
front windshield, side wings, side or
rear windows of such vehicle, other
than a certificate or other paper re
quired to be so displayed by law,"
reads the statute.
"Of course, stickers furnished of
ficial light testing stations by the
State Highway commission, showing
that lights have been tested and ad
justed must be displayed on the wind
shield^," Mr. Roberts said.
BALSAM
Mrs. Oscar Giessler died Friday
morning the 24th at the home of her
daughter, Mrs." Anna Dock. Mrs.
Oiessler was partially paralyzed a
bout twenty months ago and with
other complications, was a great suf
ferer the past few months. The fun
eral service was conducted in the
home by Rev. Martin, Pastor of the
First Baptist chrch of Waynesville
and interment was in Green Hill
cemetery inj Waynesville Saturday af
ternoon. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful. Several pieces
were sent by children, and societies
of which she was a member in her
former home, Newark, N. J. She was
greatly beloved by^alT who were for
tunate to know her. She leaves a hus
band, one son, William Giessler of
Newark, N. J. and one daughter, Mrs.
Anna Dock of Balsam Lodge.
Mrs. W. S. Christy returned last
week from Lakelantf, Fla. She was
accompanied by her daughter, Mr?.
Finly Carson.
> Mrs. S. A. Bynum of Savannah,
Ga. is visiting Mrs. Elsie Enjslev.
Mrs. Bynum spent some time here
several year? ago and her many
friends are glad to see her again.
Mrs. Coar Beck has returned from
the Angel Hospital in Franklin.^
Miss Cecil Potts who has been vis
iting her sister, Mrs. Rickett in An
drews returned home last week ac
companied by hei sister.
Mrs. W. M. Quiett, Mrs. Hyatt
and Mr. Hubert .Quiett of Whittier
spent Sunday with Mrs. Odell Queen.
Mrs. Maybell Perry has a new
Chevrolet car.
Queen Brothels have sold their
stock of general merchandise to Mr.
Lloyd Quiett who will continue bus
iness in the same building.
Right many from here attended
the S. S. Institute at Addie Sunlday.
SYLVAN THEATRE
NEARING COMPLETION
The Sylvan Theatre, being erected
by J. S. Higdon for Theo. 0. Stev
enson, of Waynesville, is nearing
completion, anid Mr. Stevenson hopes
to have his formal opening of-the
new theatre some time next week.
/The management states that noth
ing but the best pictures will be
shown, and that music will be by
Mr. Stevenson 's five piece orches
tra. Announcement of the opening
date will be made in this paper, njext
week.
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Mr. E. B. Drake will be manager
of the Sylvan, and with his wife,
will shortly move to Sylva, where
they will make their home.
EAST LAPORTE
INSTALLS OFFICERS
The installation of the officers of
the East La porte Masonic Lodge was
held a few evenings ago, when R. C.
Hunter was installed, as master, J. R.
Cotter as Senior Warden, Western
Wood as secretary, F. G. Brown as
treasurer, R. A. Shelton as Junior
deaeon and Ed Brown as senior dea
con. v
Recorder Arjourns
Court Today
After holding oourt all day Mon
day, county recorder Judge Goo. W.
Sattonj adjourned court until Wed
nesday, in order that he and other
attorneys might have the* opportuni
ty of attending the hearing of the
Stock Law cases before Judge Sink,
in Bryson City, Tuesday.
Fred Hoxit entered a plea of guil
ty of manufacturing and was sentenc
ed to serve 5 months on the roads.
He also plead guilty to possession
an)d transporting liquor and was sen
tenced to three months. He appealed
to the Superior Court in both oases
and appeal bond was fixed at a total
of $1000. / ' *
Alvin Middleton plead guilty of
carrying concealed weaponp and drsw
the minimum statuatoiy fine of $50
and the costs and the surrender of
the pistol to be destroyed.
Walter Raby was found guilty of
transporting and possession and pray
er for judgment was continued until
the Second Monday in September.
John Carver was conjvicted of op
erating an automobile while intoxi
cated and was fined $25.00 and or
dered not to drive an automobile ou
the public highways for a period of
6 months.
Alfred Wood convicted of manufac
turing and possession of liquor. Pray
er for judgment was continued for
18 months upon good behavior and
his giving bond for his appearance
on each Second Monjday in the montn
to show that he hasn't violated th->
prohibiten laws and ujwn the pay
ment of a $50 fine.
Dewey Sutton p!ead guilty to pos
session and transporting. Judgment
was suspended for 12 months on good
behavior, and the payment of a fine
of $50.00.
Clii'ton Moody was convicted of
possession anjd transporting and judg
ment was suspended for 12 months
upon the payment of $75.00 fine.
Tom Buchanan was fouiyl guilty of
transporting and prayer for judgment
was continued for two weeks.
Rufus Oxner, carrying concealed
weapons, $50.00 and the costs. He was
fined $50.00 and the costs for operat
ing an automobile while intoxicated
and forbidden to drive a car for 12
months. In another case of assault
with ft deadly weapon, judgment wat
suspended.
Raymond Stewart was convicted
for drunkenness and fined $25.00 and
the costs. He was sentenced to three
mouths on a charge of the larceny ol
a horse for temporary use. In both
oases he appealed to the superior
court.
Elsie Ensley drew three months on
a charge of retailing and 3 months
on a charge of manufacturing.
Harley Barnett and Robert Marr
plead guilty of having in their pos
session apparatus for making a dis
tillery, and prayer for judgment was
continued until the fourth Monday ii
August.
W.W. CLARK DIES IN ABINGDON
Information has been! received in
Sylva of the death, Saturday, in
Abingdon, Va., of W. W. Clark. Mr.
Clark was formerly a resident of
Sylva, having left here many years
ago.
Seymour Lowman of New York :
J- who has i ust taken over Gen. A*- J
: drew's job of national prohibkkM ?
FIRST RAILROAD
BUS LINE IN
STAT EIS ASKED
News and Observer.
oyie first move of a railroad In
North Carolina to fight the steady
increasing bus menace to pasaengir
business with the bus companies ow n
weapon was made yesterday befo.-e
the Corporation Commission by tho
Seaboard Air Line Railway.
The railway, through Vice-Presi
dent Stanley, filed application to put
ou a bus line from the road's west
ern terminus at Rutherford ton "t<n
Asheville effective June 29. No hear
ing date was set by the commission
yesterday.
In the event permission for the pro
ject is granted, it will be the first
purely intra-State bus line to be es
tablished by a railroad in North Car
olina, ,R 0. Self, State Bus Commis
sioned, said.
The railroad's representative stat
ed in the application that it wished to
I put five new busses of a special type
on the run to handle passengers and
baggage. ? ,'
! The move is regarded as experi
mental, and if it works eut in prac
tice there is the possibility that con
struction of the Seaboard's vmuch)
talked extension from Rutherfordtoii
to Hendersonville may be delayej for
many years, or until traffic develops
to a poiu,t where handling it by bus
becomes impractical.
Although the railway's first busses
will be devoted to passengers, it is
understood that plans are on foot f <r
the establishment of freight service
by truck lines apcrating over the
State highways.
BREAK GROUND FOR
GREATER LYRIC
Excavating has started for the new
Lyric Theatre, to be erected by Hai
ry ?. Bushanan, on Main, Strec ,
next to the Tuckaseegee Bank, and it
is expcctcd that the theatre will be
ready for occupancy by September
first.
MOORE TO HOLD
YANCEY COURT
Judge Walter E. Moore will leave
the last of the week for Burnsville
where he will hold the Yancey coun
ty court. From Burnpville the Sylva
jurist will go to Marion for the Mc
Dowell court, and will be busy from
then on, in the western district until
the first of the year. He will hold
courts in Henderson^ Transylvania,
Polk, Buncombe and other counties
in the West.
REED MOTOR COMPANY
OPENS ON BULL STREET
The Reed Motor Company, with
Mr. W. E. Reed as manager, held
its formal opening in its quarters i iv
the Dills Building, on Mill Street,
Saturday. A large number of people
enjoyed the hospitality of the man
agement. Offioials of the Overland
Whippet Company were in Sylva
for the opening.
The Reed Motor Company is agent
fotr nie Overland, Whippet, and
Willys-Knight Cars, and will a4so
conduct a service station and filling
station. % i j, ?
W. N. C. FARMERS MAKING
PROFIT OFF RAILWAY TIES
Andrews, N. C., June 18. ? The
shipping of cross-ties and switch tie?
from Andrews and other points along
the Murphy branch of the Southern
railroad is one of the most profitable
industries to the farmers in Western
North Carolina, according to P. J.
O'Neal, tie inspector of the Penn
sylvania railroad. Mr. O'Neal states
that his company alone is shipping
25 carloads each week from points
between Murphy and Sylva. ? The
Asheville Citizen.
NOTICE TO ALL{
EPWORTH LEAGUERS!
This is to call an important meet
ing of the Epworth League on Thurs
day evening at eight o'clock in the
league room of the M E. Church.
Bring your hand book with you. Dont
fail to be present. We're going to at
tend all business matters then have <t
"pep" meeting.
Mrs. D. D. Alley, Pxm. A M