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jl.5H the Year in Advanoe in M County Sylva, N. C. Thursday, November 24, 1927 $2.00 the Year in Advance Outside Counts
[8EH0VE AND 6RYS0N ON
TRIAL IN MACON COUNTY
jim Bryson and Walker Breed love
ljri> on iruil, in Macon county court,
I this wecie, charged with assaulting
L,.-l, ojh'-r with pistols at the elee
IjIoh in Humbling township, last Nov
|fi?bei. .?ruli^o John Ilaiwood is pre
|<iiliiur At and solicitor Gro
Iver l,a
s is prosecuting both defend
Ijnis, while G. Lyle Jones, Gilmer
Ijones, Sutton and Stillwell and Dean
Sisk arc defending Bryson, and Col^
IfniiiM"' Watson, Alley, Alley and1
4llfy, jhhI Home and Patton are
|a|(|H'iuins: lor Breedlove.
Th,.1^ were eight eye-witnesses to
11(if affair, all .election officials, and '
|Bry>o" was /the Republican Judge
I oi tfir .election and Breedlove thej
Democratic registrar. The shooting1
Ioccurred about three o'clock in the I
I afternoon, 14 the time of voting the
I absentee ballots, and Breedlove is
said to have received five gunshot
Iwounds in his body, while Bryson is
I alleged to have been wounded in the
I forehead.
Aside from Bryson and Breedlova,
I in the room the time were Frank
Brtsoiv Kred \Bryson, Sam Fisher,
Levis Monteith, Bud Monteith, David
I Hoss, John M. Moss and Frank Hoop
All the witnesses, who were present
stated that Bryson shot Breedlove,
and there was some difference of op
inion among them as to whether or
not Breedlove tired his gun, though
he admitted ou the stand that h<J
drew his gun "after," he said "Bry
an had shot him three or four times"
but he stated that he attempted to
fOf|t his gun, but did no know wheth
er or not it fired.
Mr. Bryson, in his testimony^ stated
that he was a judge of the election,
and Mr. Breedlove the registrar, and
that he had been informed "by four
Democrats" that there might b?
trouble, and that he had borrowed a
pistol from Carl Jamison, the night
before, put it in his pocket, as he
said, lor his protection. On the day
of the election, according to Bryson's
version of the affair, he insisted upon
fairness at the election, and that
some question arose over the casting
ot absentee ballot for J. A. Mon
teith. Bryson admitted that lie fired
first, but swore that Breedlove was
attempt ing to draw his gun, and
that he shot in self-defense, knowing
Beredlove to be a dangerous and
violent man. ' ix
Mr. Breedlove testified that the
question arose over the Monteith
ballot, and that he had a ballot for
Monteith, and Mr. Bryson stated thc.t
he also had one, that he passed the
ballot to Mr. Bud Monteith, the other
juds^and asked the two to rule on
the question. He stated that Mr. Da
vid Moss read the section of the elec
tion law applicable to the casting of
absentee'ballots, and that Mr. Bryson
stated that it didn't read like his
law, and produced a section of law,
typfwiaiten upon a piece of paper,
and that they compared it with the
wpv of he elecion law furnished the
officials for their guidance. Mr.
Breedlove stated that Ma Bryson
*as standing with his hands folded
in front of him and that he drew a
pi?tol from a 'holster under his left
arfii find began firing. He stated that
Ihe first shot struck him in his right
shoulder, paralyzing his right arm awl
Middling it useless, that other styot?
lanie in quick succession, and that
he ran at Bryson, stuck his head in
bis abdomen, and drew his gun from
his fight hip pocket with his left
hand and attempted to cock it and
tore, {hough he had been shot four
or live times and did not remember
Aether or not he actually did fire,
^r. Breedlove stated that he had the
pistol with him because he had heaid
'hat an attempt might be made to
"shoot up" the election, and that he
"anted to defend himself; though,
stated he'-had anticipated no trou
ble from any of the officials of the
Section.
There was some evidence about a
named Sanford, having fired
*''ile Uie affray was going on, though
the Bryson defense introduced - testi
mony tending to prove that Sanfor l
*as" outside the building at the time,
All i he evidence showed that Mr,
j^O'son and Mr. Breedlove had always
excellent friends and that nc
trouble had arisen between them pre
vious to the time of the shooting.
Mr. Bryson was brought to Sylva
and given medical attention, and Mr.
Breedlove spent some three weeks
in the Brevard hospital.
Attorneys for Mr, Bryson tendered
evidence from their client that M'\
Bryson had been present at'Another
occasion several years ago when Mr.
Breedlove shot and killed a young
man named Ford Burgess, and that
hi? appearance on that occasion was
the same as 011 the previous one.
The judge ruled that out, and would
not let it go to the jury. However,
it was brought out in cross-examina
tion of Mr. Breedlove hat he had
killed Ford Buress, and was shown
that at the time Mr. Breedlove was
a deputy sheriff and was attempting
to arrest Burgess on a warrant sworn]
out by Mr. Jim Bryson, and that Mr.
a deputy sheriff and was attempting
Bryson had been a witness for the
defense on that occasion and that the,
trial had resulted in an acquittal 01 ?
Mr.^ Breedlove.
The attorneys are arguing the case
before the jury today, and it will
probably not close until Friday or
Saturday. \ V
The contention, that is being made1
by the state is that both defendants
are guilty. The attorneys for Mr. j
Bryson are contending that their cli-!
ent is not guilty, and that he shot
only in self-defense, believing that]
Mr. Breedlove was about to shooMiim, |
that he had reasonable grounds for |
that belief, and the jury should find j
him not guilty, that he was the vistimj
of an unexpected ai-d unprovoked;
attack, that he did not' fire ins gun<
at all, that Bryson was wounded by i
Sanford, if shot at all, and that Mr.
Breedlove, if he did shoot, shot i i
self-defense, and after he had been
wounded a number of times by Mr.
Bryson.
The case has created wide interest
in Jackson county, where both of the
?men involved :are ,'well known, of
prominent families and have a great
many friends. V
DRY FALLS SURVEY ,
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Franklin Press
According to Mr. T. M. Keener^
of Highlands, who was a visitor to
Franklin Monday, surveyors are en
gaged this week in making a survey \
of the route by which it is hoped to
run No. 28 under the Dry Falls of
the Cullasaja. Mr. Keener, who is
thoroughly familiar with that sec
tion of the county states that there
are no engineering difficulties con-1
nected with this preposition that can
not be easily solved. Monday morn
ing the surveyors were at work at
Kelly Falls some distance below the
Dry Falls.
? Mr. Keener also informed a Press
representative that the steam shovel
on highway No. 28 is now at Brush
creek, but that there is yet quite e
bit of sub-grading to be done before
cars can go to that point. This should
be good news to Mr. Sinit^i, of At
lanta, and others who have fishing
clubs and stream privileges on the
Cullasaja and Brush Creek.
Terraces check erosion, improve
drainage and help store np moisture
f in the'land for next season's crops.
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THRIFT FOUNDED* THE NATION
0HRLE hundred ?seven years ago a band of Pilgrim*
cast anchor on a wild New England shore.
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Scarcely had these brave pioneers settled ia thai naw 1
colony when the itmble winter was upon them. Only
hull of the party survived the hardship* and suffering of
that winter. ?). ?
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Nothing daunted, those who wera spared stayed on,
and planted .their crops By ^.-rciiing the strictest econ
omy they were able to Uve and prosper. Theae Pilgrims
learned the value of thrift. Their method left os a 1
that we would do well to foDow.
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CULLOWHEE TO START
NEW QUARTER
Cullowhee, X. C., November 22}-r-'
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Cullowhee Htate Normal will t<nt"r
upon a new ^quarter's work on Decern
ber 5. President Hunter is expecting
quite an increase 'n the student body
at the' beginning of the winter quar-J
ter. He states that the .increase in
' the winter quarter enrollment over
that of the/fall quarter this year will
be double the increase of the /'same
period last year.
At the close of! the fall quarter on !
December 3 some Jialf a dozen stud
j ents will complete their course for
the diploma. ? ? v --
A number of reservations have al
ready been made for the spring quar
ter also, which opens on War eh 5.1
Alany teachers employed in the short
term schools, which close at about*
this time, take advantage, of the op-j
portunity to register for the opening
of the spring quarter and President
Hunter anticipates more than a ca
pacity enrollment at that time. 1
ALLEGED RUM RUNNERS
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Franklin Press
Officers Tuesday about noon gave
' chase?unsuccessfully?to an alleged,
yum running ear.
The car, containing two men, and
believed by the officers to bo heavily
loaded with liquor, was a Dodge. The
officers drove a Chrysler.
I The alleged runners passed through
Franklin, going toward Asheville, and
Deputy Frank Norton and Constable
Charlie Oliver immediately gave chase
They overtook the quarry going up
thia side of Cowee Mountain, the of
ficers said, but the drivel" of the
other car "held the road," and the
officers were unable to stop the men
being pursued, who, having gained
the top of tho mountain, passed in-o
Jackson county.
#The race up the mountain was at
a rate of ' speed approximating 45
miles an hour, it was stated.
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Drain tile arc cheaper now than at
any time since 1918' and many fields
may be improved in yields and appear
ance by being better drained;
HIGHWAY BODY TO
> RECEIVE 16 BIDS
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Raleigh, N. C. Nov. 22?Sixteen J
bids for about $1,700,000 road work
will be received on December 13 by
the State Highway Commission, Com
missioner Frank Page said tonight.
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The lot involves construction of
48.51 miles liard surface; 65.29 miles
of dirt road and structures scattered
in 15 counties. ^
The projects:
Pitt County: grading and approaches
\to Tar River on Route 11.
Duplin: 18.3 miles grading and
structures on Route 24 from Kenan i
ville to Onslow county line.
Robeson: 1.7 miles grading o:i
Route 70 six miles south of Fair
mont. ' ) ?
Robeson: 7.9 miles concrete on Route
211 Luinb'erton to Bladen county line.
Durham: 10.06 miles top soil and
structures Orange county line to Nel
son.
Lee: 6.3 miles hard surface on
Route 50 Chatham bounty line toward
Sanford.
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Orange: 2.61 miles top soil, and
structures Chapel Ilill toward Nelson.
J- Vance: 4.7 liiiles concrete on Route
' 57 from end of hard surface ftd Gran
ville county line; *.j' ? ;
Hoke: 9 miles1 concrete on Route
24 Raeford to Scotland county line,
i Rockingham: 4.5 miles grading and
structures on Route 77 Leakesville
north to Virginia line.f.
Iredell: 10:37 miles concrete on
Route 10 Catawba county line iu
Statcsville.
Lincoln: 4:98 miles dirt roadway
1 on Route 206 Lincolnton to Gaston
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county line. - - "'
Union 15 miles dirt road on Route'
151 Monroe to Cabarrus county line.
Cleveland: 9.7 miles concrete on
Route 18 Shelby to Fallston.,
( Cherokee: 4 miles top soil or grav
j el eight miles west of Murphy to fep
j pproximately 10 miles from the Ten
nessee line.
j Haywood: 4.15 miles grading and
structures on Route 10 Buncombe
j County line to Canton.
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America's History Making Trans-Oceanic Flyers at White House
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jGoebel, CharleFLindbergh, RUth Elder, Paul Schulter, Emory Bronte, A._F^Hagenberger, Richard.Byrd
George Haldtman, Charles LevSne, Bernt Balchen and Wm. Block., ' J ' . *
Prior to the awarding of the Hubbard Medal to Colonel Lindbergh, President Coolidjre' was host
luncheon to alL.pf the trans-oceanic flyers. Left to right: Lester Maitland, Clarence Chamberlin, Ar
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CANTON HIGHWAY
Asheville Citizen. 'i
Announcement was made yesterday
l?y John C. Walker, Ninth District
engineer, that the highway from the
Buncombe County line to the Main
l > ueet of Canton will be paved in the
j Spring.
Contracts for re?rading and tem
porary work have already been let
he stated and this work is in prog
ress. Bids will be advertised for the
major part of the work in the Spring.
The cost of the job will be about
$200,000. The distance is about four
miles?
? ^ BALSAM
The Sunday School Convention that
was held here last Sunday was a suc
cess in every way. A general account
of the proceedings will be sent in
by one of the high school students.
Rev. E. W. Needham of Dell wood,
the new pastor of - the Methodist
church was here Sunday. ?
Mrs. D. W. Ensley who was operat
ed on for acute appendicitis in the
Angel hospital in Franklin, has re
turned home. ' ,
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Ensley have j
returned from a visit to relatives in
Hendersonville, Hickory and Black
Mountain.
Mrs. Lillie Ricketts of Andrews is
visiting relatives here.
Miss Stella Jones of Waynesville
visited her father, Mr. C. R. Jones,
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Mondav.
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| While Mr. John Lyles was work
ing his teem on the farm the horses
became frightened and rart away?
ran all the way home which frighten
ed Mrs. Lyles. She went out in the
field and found Mr. Lyles uncon
scious. Upon medical examination
they found him badly bruised and sev
eral ribs broken. His daughter, Mivs
Annie Mae, who nurses in the Grady
hospital in Atlanta was immediately
senf for. Mr. Lylea is getting on as
well as can be expected at this time.
Mrs. Hattie Beck made a visit to
Asheville, Waynesville and Hazel
wood Sunday. Her daughter, Mrs.
Dora Allen and little son accompan
ied her home from Hazelwod.
QUALLA
Last week?
Mr. John Johnson and family of
Hickory and Mr. Fred McLean and
family of Whittier were visitors at
Mr. J. C. Johnson's.
Mrs. Dewey Ensley of Beta spent
Sunday at Mr. W. W. Anthony's.
Mr. Carl Hoyle has returned to his
school at Charles' Creek after a vis
it with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ensley of
Sylva called at Mrs. A. C. Hoyle's.
Mr. John McMan of Tennessee
spent awhile-at Mr. H. G. Ferguson's.
Mrs. Julia Roberts of Tennessee is
visiting her sister Mrs Clifford Free
man.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Shelton visited
Mrs. Faye Varner of Whittier.
Misses Iva Hipps, Llewellyn
Rhodes and Mrs. C. M. Martin call
ed on/Mrs. J. C- Johnson
- Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Thomas of
Barkers Creek spent the week end
with their daughter, Mrs. James Sit
ton. '
Messrs. J. P. Crisp and Paul Coop
er made a trip to Sylva.
Mr. Guss Sherrell of Ela, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Hyatt and Mr. and Mrs.'
D. C, Hughes1 were callers at Mr. J.
E. Battle's.
Mrs. York Howell, Mrs. J. H.
Hughes and Mrs. D. C. Hughes were
visitors at Mrs. Oscar Gibson's.
Mesdamcs J. C. Johnson, H. I).
Turpin and Fetzer Howell called on
Mrs. J.. 0. Howell.
Mr. Horace Howell and family
called at Mr. J. M. Hughes.
Misses Fhillys and Mozelle Moody,
Clara and Fanny Hon?ycutt were
callers at Mr. Oscar Layman's.
Mr. D. C. Hughes was a guest of Mr.
C. B. Terrell
Miss Ruth Turpin visited Miss Al
lie Hall.
Mrs. Frank Owen visited her sis
ter, Mrs. H. G. Ferguson.
Mrs. Bill H?well, who recently
moved to Morgariton, writes us that
she "enjoys reading Qualla locals in
the Journal". <;
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Crisp who have
been on the sick list for several days
are improving.
There are several cases of measles
Qualla taction.
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$15,000 WORTH OF MOUN
TAIN TURKEYS SHIPPED
Raleigh, Nov. 19.?More than
$15000 worth of mountain turkeys
and other Thanksgiving fowl have
been shipped out of North Carolina
up to Saturday, with more going out
Monday, the state department of a.?
griculture reports.
Two solid carloads of Thanksgiving
turkeys moved out of Toe Cane, in
Mitchell county, this week, netting
the producing farmers $7,500. Tlte
sales were made in cooperation with
the marketing experts of the depart
ment of agriculture.
The 2,500 head of turkeys weighed
25,000 pounds and brought an aver
age of 30 cents a pound at the car
door.
They were sent east, some of them
going to Massachusetts for consump
tion by descendants of the Pilgrim
"Fathers.
S. C. L DEFEATS INDIANS
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Sylva Collegiate Institute defeated
the Cherokee Indians on the Sylva
High School gridiron Saturday after
noon in one of the most interesting
and most hotly contested games of
season in Western North Carolina.
The local Baptist aggregation took
the game by a score of 13 to 6. Thia
is the second game with the Indians
this year, the first game having been
lost by more than 20 to 0 during the
Indian fair, and fans pointed out
this as great evidence of the strength
S. C. I. has been gathering during
its first year of football.
LEAVES HOSPITAL
Mrs. Sam B. Cannon, who has been
seriously ill at the Candler-Tidmarsh
hospital since last Friday, has re
covered sufficiently to be removed to
the home of her brother-in-law, Mr.
J. C. Cannon, in Ditlsbore.
Mrs. Cannon, whose home is in
Spruce Pine, was taken sick while
here to attend the funeral of Mr*.
Lewis Cannon, last" week.
YOUNG DILLS RECOVERING
David Dills, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Dills, who has bpen confined to
his home: for several days, following
injuries received while practicing with
the local fire company, as rapidly
recovering. It is said that the young
man attempted to catch the han>l
holds on the fire truck, and missed,
falling to the pavement.
BUMPER CROP OP
POTATOES GROWN
Brevard News
E. A. Kitchen has gathered 215
bushels of salable Irish potatoes from
a planting of 15 bushels of seed.
Several bushels in addition to this
were grown and used at home, being
smaller than the fine potatoes Mr.
Kitchen placed on the market.
Friends of Mr. Kitchen believe this
is 'a record for Transylvania county
in yield per bushel of seed. There
are, however, other sections of the
county to hear from and it may be
some others in the county, it is point
ed out, will have a record to offer
in another planting.
MARKER UNVEILED
TO BATRIOr
Canton Enterprise
On Wednesday November 30, 1927,
at 2:00 p.m., an, event of interest will
take place in the Clyde Cemetery.
The Dorcas Bell Love Chapter, D. A.
R. will unveil a marker to ' the
memory of J a c o b Shook, who
fought in the Revolutionary War.
This marker is furnished free by the
U. S. Government and was obtained
by the Dorcas Bell Love Chapter, D.
A. R., which is entrusted with its
erection.: ,
FIRE COMPANY DOES
GOOD WORK
The local fire department prowl
its efficiency, last evening, when a
fire in a wood shed, at the home of
Mr. C. M. Bullock threatened two
residences. The alarm was given, an.I
the fire department was quickly on
the spot and had the fir? extinguished
POWELL IMPROVING
Mr. E. 0. Powell, who has been very
ill for the past two weeks is thought
to be steadily impnmug now.