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FORMED SYLVA
OFFICER FALLS
150 FT TO DEATH
T. B. Summey, p?liceman ot thie
town of Brevard in oar sister county
of Transylvania, fell, to his death,
Christmas Eve, while searching 'for
(a distillery in the mountains of that
county. Mr. Summey was formerly
the ch&f' of police of Sylva.
The f?flowing account of the trag
edy is taken from the Asheville Cit
izen of Sunday. '
Tragedy lurked on the mountain
side this Christmas'and brought stark
grief into the family of onel of Tran
sylvania county's most popular citi
zens, when J. B. Summey, police of
ficer of Brevard, and former sheriff
of Transylvania, fell 150 feet down
the face of Maiden Hair Falls, on
See Off Mountain, breaking his neck.
The officer was dead when search
ers arrived on the scene. .
> Mr. Summey had gone with Sheriff
B. J. Slfton of Transylvania, in search
of a huge still, which had been re
ported to be located somewhere in
te Maiden Hair Falls section, aboat
four miles east of Brevard.
As the two men roamed the moun
tainside in search of the still, former
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Sheriff Summey, confident of hjs
knowledge of the mountains, walked
ahead of Sheriff Sitton, and fell
over the falls.
The former sheriff, who was one
of the most widely known men of
this section, had) finished his Christ
mas shopping this afternoon, pur
chasing presents for his wife, his
Ison, Dr. T. B. Summey, surgeon in
the Transylvania hospital here, and
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requested him to accompany him on
the search for the ^111. Sheriff Sitton
made this request because of Mr.
Summey's' intimate acquaintanceship
with the Maiden Hair Falls section.
The deceased was born and reared
in the- shadow of Dunn's Rock in
the Maiden Hair Falls section, not
.far from where he fell (over the
cliff and lost his life.
After Mr. Summey fell over the
cliff, Sheriff Sitton summoned as
sistance and i party of men went
to the base of the falls where they
found his body about an honr after;
the accident occurred. His body wnSj
found lying on the jagged rocks at'
the foot of the falls about 8:30 o'-,
clock this evening. . v j
Members of the Summey family"
were prostrated' here tonidhf wor
the tragedy. They had been planning
to have a happy Christmas celebr i
tion at the home of Dr. Summey,
with whom the older Summey and his'
wife lived. Mts. Summey had alreadv
prepared many good things for the
Christmas dinner, and a number of
friends had been invited to take
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dinner with them.
Mr. Summey was a man of pow
erful physique, being six feet and
four inches tall and weighing 240
pounds. Though 88 years old, he was;
hardy and capable of mueh exertion.
He was fearless in the performance
of his duties.
Besides his wife and son, Dr. T.
B. Summey, he is survived by sev
eral other children. Funeral arrange
ments were not announced tonight.
kinsland sites
held OK MONDAY
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Woodrow, N. C., December 26-?
Funeral service was heW Monday
morning at 11 o'clock for M. I>.
Kinsland, 73, prominent farmer and
former member of the North Caro
lina General Assembly, who died at
his home here Saturday after a ling
ering illness. Final rites were Jtald
at the Woodrow Methodist church.
Burial service was in charge of
Somooa Masonie lodge, Rev. A. C.
Gj^bs, of Canton, officiated, assist
ed -hy Rev. ,R. A. Seofetlfc
From 1903 to 1910,Mr. Kinsland
>*as engrossing clerk for the state
Legislature cni in 1521 elected
the state Senate front this dis
trict.
Surviving are: His wife and six
children: Cash Kinsland of Atlanta,
*'a , James of Woodrow, Mrs. James
^lott of Woodvoir, Daisy of Boston
^'ay, of Canton, ^Mrs. G< V.
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MAN HURT WHEN
PLANE CRASHES
) NEAR FRANKLIN
Franklin, Dec. 28.?R-indy Enslow,
of Rochester, N. Y., airplane pilot,
was hart slightly and Walter Blaine
and Paul Cheek, both ^of Macon
counly, narrowly escaped injury, when
the commercial airplane in which they
were riding crashed as it attempted
ft take off at an improvised field
in the eastern part of Franklin Tues
day afternoon. ..
Walter Blaine is the, son of Charl's
L. Blaine, and Paul Check; is the son
of Alex? Cheek. The boys flew down
to Franklin from Petersburg, Va.,
for a short visit "with their pareits.
and were starting on the return trip
when the mishap occurred. The plana
dipped as it started! to rise, and
crashed sharply. The lower right wing
the landing gear and propeller were
damaged. V y ; ??|
Enslow's injury consist* of ft eat
upon the forehead.i y ;
, WESLETANNA : 'M
The Wesleyanna Sunday School
has made an average attendance ot
52 since last April 1st. (S
The Tiled and True Class has an
enrollment of 20 members. The follow
ing members have not missed over
one Sunda^ through the last quarter
Masses Julia Tatham, Rillie Ta
tham, Rosa Barron, Effie Barron,
Mary' Belle Buchanan, Messrs Hur
shell Cabe, Taylor Cahfe, Lester Cabe,
Carl Sutton.
There are. quite, ft few ie the other
classes of the Sunday School, who
deserve ft place ot honor, but I am
unable to give their names, slnse jj
have only kept a record of my class.
Mrs- R. O.Higdon.
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CARD OF THANE6
We wid to thank our ftkndp^ot
the man}' kindnesses shown us doting
the sickness and death of oar dear
wife a?d JWtta ?nd for the bean
tifdl floral offering. .
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MISS MOORE SINGS OVER RADIO
Miss Doothy Moore, daughter of
.Inhere Waiter E. Moore, who with
her father and sister, Miss Hannah
Moore, is spending tho Christmas
holidays in Asheville, sang over sta
tion WWNC, last night. Miss Moora
was hearri in a program of soprano
solos from 9:00 to 9:15.
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Christmas passed very quietly here,
Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Jones, accom
panied by Mr and Mrs. John:C. Jones
motored thlough the country to South
Carolina, last week. i Mr. and Mrs.
John C. Jones returned Saturday
night, but Mr. and Mrs? $. P. Jones
{dan to spend the winter with their
son, there, Mr. George Jones.
Mr. S. C Buchanan and daughter,
Mary Belle, motored to Biyson City
iMt Saturday XT" s ?
Mr Roosevelt MpMahan "is having
a new cottage built near Mr. G. C.
Tropin's stove.
1 > Mr. Coleman button, Jr., of Mass
achusetts, spent the holidays with his
aunt, Mrs. Sue Brysoo. ,
Mr. Ransom Buchanan of Robbjns
ville, is spending ,a while with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buch
anan. _ > ,r:
Carl Hig<ton spent Christmas with
a friend at Glenville.
Mrs. Fred Barron, last Wednesday,
visited her mother, Mrs. Pink Collins ,
Mr. N. Higdon and Jack Mash burn
are in the saw mill business.
Glad to see Miss EtheJ Turpin gut
again after, being conl ned te h r
room witV flu- v
Mr. W.-P* Turp*n haa been bavinji
mom improvement ntade to hi? home.
MrSt liora Barron ?telted her daugh
ter, Mrs. .Will Morgan, Sunday Miss
to motored tip for her grwv7
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Mr and lbs. Lyndon Hall ^md
l and Mr. Lewao
with their
John Tatham, of
DEITZ HOUSE AT
BRYSON CITY DESTROYED
Bryson City Times.
Fire burned to the ground the
house owned by Willard Martin, town
marshal, of Sylva, here. The house
was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Tom
my Ledford. The fire broke out at
2 o'clock Tuesday morning and was in
full blaze when discovered.
Mr. and Mrs. Ledford were spend
ing the night at the -home of Mr. and
Mrs. Cabe Martin, father of the own
er. They lost all their possessions as
well as several things belongong to
Mr. Martin.. . >
The place was known as theDeitz
House and was about - mile from
town,-In-this bouse lived Rev. Thad
Deitz,' formerly of Bryson City, and
now of B'jta, during thy 19 years he
was pastor of the Baptist Church
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No alarm was turned in. ?.
. MISS I ALTON 18 HONORED
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v Miss Ruth Oliver entertained with
three tables of bridge, Monday after
noon at her home here, honoring her
guest, Miss Anna Delton, of Durham,
The house was very attractive witn
its Christmas decorations, the same
,idea being, carried out in all the de
tails of the party. ^
After the game delightful refresh
ments were served. Those {playing
were Misses Eva Bain, Docia Gar
rett, Llewellyn Rhodes, Isabel Alli
son, Irene Oliver, Leah Nichols, Mary
Allison, Myrtle Henson, Nell Cowan,
Anna Dalton, ftgth Oliver and Mrs.
Walter Jcmea, '
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CARD OF THANKS
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We take this method 'of thanking
our friends for the Wndn*rf aal sym
pathy shown us during tho sickness
and at the death of our son and
brother, Clarence OogQil^ and? for
tm lovely flowej*, .
Mr. and Mrs. &. C? Cogdill
?nd family 'i
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ALL-STARS TO
PLAT GAME HERE
FRIDAY NIGHT
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Garland "Buck" Jones, who in re
cent years wag considered a terror,
by his basket bail opponents, will
lead a team of all-stare against the
Whittier All-Stars on the Sylva High
School court, Friday night, December
30, at 8P. M. This team, composed
of several "old-timersplayed and
defeated Andrews here, Wednesday
night, by the score of 46-30. The
game tomorrow night promises to be
full of action and will be of much
interest tc local faris.
JUNIOR OIjUB SINGS CAROLS
The Junior Study Club, tinder the
leadership of Mrs. J. L. Dillard, and*
assisted by a number, of young men,
sang Christmas carols, Christmas Eve,
visiting various sections of the com
munity. At midnight the partyre
turned to the hosnc of Mrs. Dijllaid,
where- they( were served sandwich a
and ?coffee-..i . v
On Christmas Day the club gav->
a Christmas tree to the inmates qi
the County Home, and Christmas
carols were sung for the old people.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Aiken and daugb
ter, ?f Murphy, spent Friday night
here, guests of Mr. Sod Mrs. A. Q.
Allison. Mr. and Mrs. Aiken wen
enroute to Asheville to meet 'th *ir
s??, Mr Harvey Aiken, who is. a stu
dent at Annapolis Navel Aeademy
and who was qoming home for the
Christmas vacation.
Mr. andMrs. Walter Jones will
go to Ashevflie this >81161110011, to a*
uLasses White."
SYLVA HIGH TEAM TO GO
TO CANDLER TONIGHT
The Sylva,High High boys basket
ball team will go to CSaiadUer tonight
to meet a team of all-sta* of M
organized to play
and paaaed^ttfM* the Soothf? >?"
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whodiedUk*A
d?y monua|L;'?i
were W? o':
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the BerriK,
iu the jfcal _
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fint wife ldftwUacp
beth Zaehaxy, PPHI . IJ
0. R Zeeksiy and Ms. Til
Eaat La-porte. H?/ wm noria* th?
leaond time to ITHm WillMy '
Virginia, by whom, with four atf*
renj he a tf&rive# ffi? pac?0v Ml
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SJosamte4? .? :^t vj?'
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Miss Awu;; Battel.fPirlpMit U
at & aaaO' diosif |i
by Misa Doeia Garrett,
evening, at the PdMatt
party later going to ae? "t
in Sonora." Mies GafMt's gaesta
were Mia3 Daltoo, IQn Both Oliw
and Mrs. Waiter Joma. i
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Rev. T. F. Deite Wt in
teresting sermons Saturday ?*4,8ttx>
day, using as his subject, Saturday,
"The Birth of Christ." Sands/ sub
ject, " The Ascension." . .
Mr. Jfrtmk Clayton died! at Us
home Sunday morning. Fonem ser
vices being held at Scott's Greek
Church Monday at one o'olede, con
ducted by Rev. T. F> Deits. ,
Mr. and Mrs Albert Anderson have
gone to Alabama to visit Mr. And
erson's mother.
Mrs. V. V. Hooper and Mrs. IT. C.
Bryson* Jr., spent Friday in Abbeville
Mr. and lbs. Bill Aberesthy apt
Miss Ines Davis ?nmi Winstou-Sav
lem an spending the
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. BStDi
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l|rs: Thad Allen frapfc; font)#*,
Ga., is visiting Mr- and lbs. wW. J.
Fisher. viiir.v.
Mrs Charicji Fowler and Bttle sppf
Deits, of AaltygUtt are visiting Bsv.
arid Mrs. T.'F.Deit*.?/, a''
Mr. Willie Fisher fcop Cbaxiotto
is spending the holidays with his
parents , }fe xand Ifap. SlrTMwr.
Mr. Charlie Bumgarner from Ak
rot}, Ohio, ,is. spending the holidays
with b|s parents Mir. and Mxa. CW?
Mr. Glenn Ward! who has been. Ok
Atlanta at the government hwpitil
for treatment, ?s spending; a 'Jffew
days wih his family;
Mr. and link. V. V. Hooper **t
children spent (Smstmsf with Mr.
John A. Hooper at Tnekaseegee.'
Miss Bessie Sirdar is {qpsfltag
the bolidsys here, with her patents,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C Snyder. She is
a student in Meredith Ootteje.
lbs Sallie Buehanan ftm Qrtfult
(keek-is visiting it the homeef Vjr
and Mrs. G. C. Snyder.
Mr. and lbs.. Norman- Ay?n sad *
little daughter from AsfcfrfQvlopl f
Mr. and lire. Dim
Marion spent CVisj? with their
parents, Mr. and lib* D. L. Bryson
Mr. and Mis. GeriouReed.Mr* Gtt
lie. Banks and Ifisses UOsb ju*