:?r
TO TDK CASE
fj SaniiluT- will Ih- pi h i on trial
(,js lite here next Till- .ilny niorn
ii
w r ! i
nuint*?'
W1' 111 ,
murder in the first
! :iiii with the shoot -
Malsani school house
. ,| jt> |, i i>i August thirty first
"cIjihIH!"'1'"- ? * iloiHity ulioriff
l; coinii>.
Jwfej*' W'"1"'1 ' ? Moon> holding
!jlf rriiniiii'l it ni? <?? .hickson rounty
jnirrior I'''"" ,l"> on,or f<M"
ilr.i?'i"?-r ??' sl),,<,i,rl v<>nire of
hiiixitvil nun from Haywood
|?*ut'y '"rv'av "ftcrnoon an-1
I fk date I"1' 'heir a|?|ieaniiico
luf at 1" o'clock m'st Tuesday
iKiuin".
; iV ??r.li lollowiil petitions from
.letcii.bni ..f ?-onl inuniM?o of the
jiU I " removal to another
(dint) for
Niiafhrrs was brought into court
)a,l ;irniisrii?'tl Tuesday morning on ;i
yiui indictment returned hv thi
-'jiiiil jury Monday. Solicitor Grove:
I i iv.iih immediately announced that
I -late ready for trial.
I'tfwiril lor tin' defense moved that
iln'rasi- In- rout i lined ?*it inir tlie fact
ik.it Allen Mcliuffey who is now be
w he!, | in I'uiiconihe county jail as
i M<|?>< t in t lie case has not yet
km indicted .wnl that no' hill against
lia hiH been <ent before the grand
jiirv, ami Smat hers council argued
ibr if one ot the defendants is guil
ii >o i< t he nthor, ami that they
?bottltl botli hp tried at the same time
kfrtit-c ot rrvstalixatioii of . public
jwiliwenr Jirniiwt S mat hers, and in
tdn that tin separate advantage
talil lie taken ot' Smathers. The
Hit* countered i lie move by statins;
tbt no bill lias been sent against
Matter because there is not snffi
flrfit evideni c against him to war
rant a bill of iiidictincnt that the cot
J ?oor's jni*y lias not yet rejwrted and
I i> ?lill invest iirnt in?; the matter, ami
tie solicitor frankly stated that the
?Mis tollowitiir several trails which
?y kid to Mchaffey, to some other
prson, or which may never divulge
?ho the other man was who is alleg
*1 to have taken part in the slaying,
tolifitor Davis stated that unless
?wifthini: ?levelo|K's in the Smathers
to throw more litfht u|>oii who
At other defendant should be, th ? t
''^probable that it will never !??
known.
?Iu<h' Mimic took the matter under
tlvL-ciiicnt until this afternoon when
W announced that ho would overrule
'hi' motion for a (continuance. The
toftR Mich read a verified ]>etition
!r?ni Smatlicrs in which he stated
% lie is iiity two years of ago, th.it
has hofn informed of the fact of
?he uidawtnl slaving of Claud Greeii,
tot that !ie Ii.i> no knowledge or con
ation with it in any way and that
'"?wiis not present at Balsam on the
"ilht of tin' ?dnying, and did not
?"m of the death of Green nnti!
time later. The petition goes on
'# twite that ho has been in Bnti
""iitK" county jail since his arrest on
^mber tenth until Monday and
,ls "o liisi hand knowledge of pub
"ntinient in Jaekson county, but
Wn in formed by numerous cit
of the county that it is over
*fcelmiiif?| y against him and that it
*onld h<' inijiossible for him to obtain
* ' 'r niul impartial trial in this
"?"nty oven by a jury drawn from
other county.
^"|i|H)rtinn the |>otition read, was
a'ti<lnvit from ten citizen? of the
?JHtnty statins; that shortly after the
* *.vintr ((f CJreeii a roj>ort was circu
in the county that Ed Smath
was the guilt v man, that almost
Pl,'r> person in the county has ex
Pnsso,) th,. opinion that he is guilty
J1"' "nil sentiment is so overwhelm
amiiiist him in the county that
' itnftossible for him to obtain n
?1,r trial here. The affidavit further
8l's tort h that the sheriff of .Tack
^ *ounty has deputies in practi
j, ? :i" I'iirts of the county, that
v 'nv(' been incensed because of
ki'liiijr 0f ft brother officer, and
' the sheriff and his deputies
strong feeling against Ed
1 others und have discussed the mftt
$164.46 RAISED FOR
HURRICANE SUFFERERS
In addition to large quantities of
clothing, the Junior Study Club has
raised $164.46 for the Hurricane suf
fered in Florida, and Jias .forwarded
both the money and clothing to the!
American Red Cross for'distribution.
The yoang ladies of the elub expres.--,
through this paper, their appreciation
of the support and liberality of the
people of the community, and stati
that they have been unable to see all
the people, and any subscriptions t<i
the fund will he gladly received it'
sent to Mrs. Doyle Alley, Mrs. Walter
Jones, or direct to this paper.
The list of donors to the cause fol
1 lows :
The Paris $5; A friend. $5; Jewel
I Swain $2; Candler-Nichols Hospital
; $10; R P. Poits $1; J. \V. Keener
land Son $1; C W Denning and Co
|$5; I. H. Powell $1; Svlva Supplv
j Co. $10; Jackson County Hank $10;
' Acme Cleaners $1 ; Mr and Mr-,
j Harry Hastings $2; The Leader $1;
Buck's Place .$5; Mcdford Furniture
| Co. $5; Blaine Nicholson $1; Cannon
: Bros. Furniture Co. $f>; Mrs Maggie
i (iribble $1 ; V K. Wessinger $1 ; Syl
va Service Station $2.50; (lenjH'ai
'Collection Methodist church, $8.2.'l
General colleeetion Baptist church
. $12.48; Wolfe Cafe $2; Jackson Hard
ware $5; Murray Radio Co. $5; Bil
I lie Davis $1 ; C. B. Robinson $2; Mrs.
' K L McKce $5; Sylva Paperboard
[Co. $10; Frank L. Farrell .$5; The
' E'eetric Shop $1; Mrs. A S "Nichols
$1 ; Evelyn Campbell $2; R C. Allison
$5; Mary Allison $1; Lawsort Allen
j J50; Dr. 1. R Cooper .50; Philip Sto
I vail 25; McCoy Service Station $1;
j Sylva Coal and Lbr Co. $5; Prof
j W. H. Rhodes $1; A M. Henson $1 :
Harry Buchanan .$5; Builders' Sup
i ply Co. $5; . Junior Study Club $5.
iTo^l $164.40^
JENKINS TO SPEAK HiRE
Hon. L. L. Jenkins, District Elector
for the Tenth Congressional Distrt.-t
will s|K'flk at the Court House in
Sylva on October 23rd at 7:30 o'
clock, P. M.
A cordial invitation is extended
to one and all.
ter in every nook and corner of the
county which has resulted in strong
public sentiment against Sniathers
making a fair trial in this county im
j>ossible.
The affidavit which is signed by A.
S. Moss, N. I). Davis, \V. P. Turpin,
C. I). Sutton, J. W. Swayngim, J. I),
Biown, D. A. Bumgarner, E. W. Sut
ton, A. E, (Jalloway, J. H. Long, A.
T. Patton and D. H. Moffitt, states
that none of the affiants is related
to Sniathers and that none of them
have any interest in the case except
to see a fair and impartial trial in
order to vindicate the good name of
Jackson county by seeing that .justice
is done*
Judge Moore in drawing the order,
stated that he would direct the sher
iff of Haywood county to draw the
venire from parts of the county east
of Waynesville and furthest from
Balsam, and that he would see to it
that a fair trial was had, and can
. I "t ' ?
tioned the large crowd that packed
the court room for the hearing that
he would ask each juryman as he was
drawn if anybody had spoken to him
about the case, and that if he learned
of anybody discussing it with any
venireman or attempting to influence
any of them that he would send the
Offender to jail for contempt of court
He further stated that he would di
rect the sheriff of Haywood to cau
tion each man who is summoned not
I to nPow anybody to discuss the mat
ter in his presence.
The state is beinsr" represented in
' the prosecution of the case by So
licitor Davis, the private prosecution
by E. P. Sill well, and tie defense bv
C. C. Buchanan and Dnn Moore.
The grand jury that indicted
Sniathers is composed of J. L. Love
dahl, foreman, E. M. Coward, J. E.
Clayton, L. C Sutton, R C Bumgarner,
M. A. Norman, Carland Buchanan,
Baxter Nations, John Aiken, L. W.
Crawford, Harlev Prcssicy, Lee
Queen, J. C. Johnson, Eras! us Shular,
J. T. Snyder, Geo. F. Keever, W. P
Morrison and. V C Qnss
| MRS. WILKES' FUNERAL
WAS HELD YESTERDAY
Funeral services of Mrs. 0 rover
C. Wilkes, were held at the Baptist
ehurch, yesterday, at 1 o'c'oefc, con
ducted by Rev. Thaxl F. Deitz, and in
terment was in the Harris cemetery*
Mrs. Wilkes, the wife of Dr. Gro
vcr 0. Wilkes, Sylva physician, pass
ed on at the Franklin hospital, Mon
day evening, after having been ill
for about two weeks, the death of
this popular young woman coming as
a shock to the entire community.
? M is. Wilkes was |>opular with a
large circle of friends and was active
in church and el ub work. She was
a daughter of former sheriff ami
Mrs. J. W. Buchanan, of Dil'sboro,
and is survived by her husband, one
daughter, five years old, a two week's
old baby, girl, her parents, one sister,
Mrs. .T. M. I.eatherwood of Dill 3
boro, two brothers, J. Ramsay Buc
hanan, of Sylva, and Clyde Buchanan
of Cleye'and, Ohio, and a large mini-;
her of relatives ami friends ihroutrh
ont Western North Carolina.
BUILD BETTER SOILS
WITH SWEET CLOVER
Kalcigh, X. C., Oct. .1? As a pas
ture and soil imprvoiug crop, sw^or '
clover is winning a |topular place fo?
itself anions good. farmers in ail I
parts of piedmont and western
North Carolina. |
As a cover crop for plowing under1
in the general field, in the orchard,
or pasture, it is said to he unexcel-j
led. Recent tests in Illinois show an
accumulation ot nitrogen in I lie tops
and roots of around. 250 ]>oimds )>eri
acre from clover planted one spring j
anjd . tsutejl ill . Mn^.of tjyp following
year, this is as much nitrogen as is
contained in 25 tons of average farm
manure or in over 1,000 |>ounds of!
nitrate of soda.
Success with the crop, .say those
who have grown it, depends on u
good seed bed, well limed. At leasi
one to two tons of finely ground lime
stone must be used to each acre. Ino
culation of the seed is also ini|K>rtani
In many instances farmers have not
obtained a good stand with the first)
trial even under the best of condi
tions and treatment; but, once a
good stand is secured in a field,
sweet clover will be found one of tlio
most valuable crops on the "farm.
A recent bulletin from Kentucky |
says, "Sweet clover is perhaps tin
mtost valuable of all legumes for pas
tore and soil improvement on Ken
tucky farms. Properly managed, sweet
clover pastures will support at leasi
one steer or dairy cow )tcr acre from
early spring until late (all, which is
two or three times the capacity ol
Kentucky pastures at the present
time. The growth of grassfs is great
Iv stimulated bv sweet clover whc?i
it is included in the pasture mix
ture. ' '
This has also been the cxpericnc?
of tlid&e who have tried the crop mi
North Carolina. D. J. Lybrook ot
Davie County, Charlie Brown of
^towan and Sloan Brothers of Scotts
'are three successful growers win
sing its praises.
BAILEY ADDRESSES ROTARIANS
/ jl
J. W. Bailey was the s|>eaker at
the weekly Rotarv luncheon, at tin*
Potluck Tea House, Tuesday. Mr.
Bailey, in his inimitable style sj>okc
on the ethics of Rotary, and pointed
out the great tnith in the words of
Christ when He said "He that would
be greatest among you, let him be
the servant of all." Mr. Bailey stat
ed that the way to make a business
eoncem, a town or an individual great
is by service to humanity; and that
if men will forget that they want
to be great, forget the rewards, and
work to serve the most j>eoplc in the
most efficient manner, that they will
thus become great.
REVIVAL AT EAST SYLVA
Rev. John Hoglen of East Laporte
Baptist church is conducting a revival
meeting. Everybody is cordially in
vited to attend these services.
BOjr SCOUTS TO CELEBRATE
COLUMBUS DAT
^ Friday- evening at 7 :.'!(? the Boy
Scout troop of Sylva will celebrato
j Columbus Day with a special pro
' gram which will be given in the aud
i tori um of the Hifjh school.
The program will consist of an
addr&s by Dr. fi. T. Hunter, presi
dent 'bf the Cullowhee State Normal
School, several snappy talks, which
wiH be made, by Dan Tompkins, Mrs.
E. L. McKoe, Mrs. C Z Candler, Scout
master Clc-mnier and others. Also,
there will be troop and patrol drills
troop ain] putrol stunts, singing bv j
the troop and other activities The cv
t-ning of fun and fellowship will reach
its climax with the serving of deli- 1
cious refreshments by the Scouts to.l
? ?
all present.
Thqsc to whom invitations are be
ing sent arc the parents of the
Scouts, the fhenlies of the threil
schools in Sylva, the pastors of thej
churches of the town, the officials
of the Chamber of Commerce, th?
au]>criuteiidents of Sunday schools,
school and county officials, ami other
.representative citizens.
Nothing would please the Scouts j
more than to entertain the ?centiroj
community on this occasion but that
being a physical and financial impos
sibility, a select inimber has been
chosen. Kaeli person invited is urged
to honor the troop with his or her
presence. A good time is in stori
for every ?ruest. Come out and se<
what the Scouts are doing in Sylva
.md what they propose to do throug!i
the coming year.
Guests are urged to come prompt
ly at 7:30, as the principal sjieaker.
Dr. Hunter, wi|l speak early on th<
* To^rani, as he must leave for another
engagement, y
?? M'
WEBSTER
Miss Itl:? Bell MeConnell has re
turned home after sjieiiding several
?lays with her sister, Mrs. J. II
Crisp of Asheville.
Mrs. Penn Morrison and children
of Pisgak Forest are sending a few
?lays at tlieir home here.
Miss Lucy Hodden has returned to
Pistil Forest after visiting Mrs. L.
T. Queen.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ow
en on Sunday October 7, a daughter
Mi's. Manor Roberts who has under
gone an ojK'iation in the Angel Hos
pital is now eonvalcsciug at the home
of her mother Mrs. L. T. Queen.
Mr and. Mrs. J. HI Crisp and littl?
son Porter and Miss Oal lie McCon
nell of Asheville spent Sunday with
their pa rents Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Council
Mrs. Edd Zaehary has returned to
Denver, Col., after visiting; her sister
Mrs. Oscar Coward.
Miss Lewis Barker was guest of
Mi's. John Morris on Saturday.
Mrs. .1. \V. Kesterson of (lastonm
is visiting relatives liere.
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Queen and Mr
and Mi's. A. C. Queen sjient Sunday
at Franklin.
Mi's. Mattie McKeo and Mrs-. Flor
ence Cagle were guests of Mrs. Han
nah Hall at her home here on Mon
day.
Miss Dillard of Cullowjice spent
the week end with her sister, Mrs.
Katherine Dillard.
Miss Annie I.ouisc Madison spent
the week end with friends at Mor
gan Hill.
Mr. and Mi's. N. Don Davis have
been visiting Mrs. Davis' mother,
Mi's. Ada Hyatt.
Miss Isabel Allison of Candler
spent the week end with her mother,
Mrs. Eugene Allison.
Miss Eva Johnson of Sylva was a
week end guest of her sister Mrs.
| Dan Allison.
FAREWELL DINNER FOR
MR. AND. MRS. ANDERSON
On last Wednesday evening .it their
home in Beta, Mr and Mrs. T. 0.
Bryson, Jr entertained with a dinner
party irt honor of Mr and Mrs. A. M.
Anderson, who left last week for
Lynehhursr, Ya., where Mr. Ander
son has accepted a position with the
Mead Pajjer Compny.
Those prcsecnt were Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Ma
lone and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis.
I
WELFARE MEETING AT BRYSON
j. '
The sectional meeting of tlie West
ern District Welfare Conference will
j be held, at Bryson City on Friday,
j October 12 The section to be repre
sented will iitclude Graham, Cherokee,
Clay, Haywood, Jackson, Swain, andi
; Macon counties. Problems in public I
welfare which are of special local
j interest will be discussed at the meet- j
ing to which not only welfare officers i
but county boards of education, coun
ty commissioners, county boards of
public welfare, ministers, doctors, and ?
all interested citizens are iijvited. j
The meeting wil be held at the Frye- !
mont Inn, starting at 10 o'clock in i
the morning. i - " ^1t 1
D. Hiden Ramsay, of The Ashevillc j
Times, will be the luncheon shaker. ,
Mrs. John C. Campbell, who is princi- j
pal of the Folk School at Brasstown j
in Cherokee county, will address the!
gathering on the "Economic Value j
of Social Work." Mrs. Cath^ien ?
Warren, superintendecnt of public ;
welfare in Cherokee will outline a
constructive county program. Mrs. ;
Chaije^l Quintan, chairman of the ,
county board of charities and pub- i
lie welfare in Haywood county, will
discuss the functions of the county j
board in relation to the county pro
gram. The state hoard of charities
and public welfare will be represented
by Mrs. Kathleen Holding, assistant
director of Mothers' Aid, who will
discuss Mothers' Aid in the stare.
On account of the tojmgraphy of
the first district, which includes nine
teen western counties, it was decided
to hold two sectional meetings, with
the general district meeting to take
pin co in AshevilJe in November. Su
perintendent N. E. Wright, of Swain
county schools, is president of the
district conference and W. G. Bvers,
superintendent "of ^public, welfare iijl
Haywood county, is" "secretary. * )
I*
CRIPPLE CLINIC OCTOBER 20
Through the Rotary Orthopaedic
Clinic at Sylva, which meets for the
I second time on Saturday, Octohei
[20th, in the Methodist church, man}
cripples of this section of the state
who have despaired of having their
deformitories corrected are being pro
vided with an opportunity to secure
treatment bv orthopatvlic specialist
that will remove a jwrt if not all of
their physical handicaps.
The Sylva Clinic is a link in the
i chain of clinics established ovf r the
j entire state of North Carolina by
the State Department of Vocational
Rehabilitation for the purpose of
providing such treatment to all of the
indigent cripples of the state. No
one can estimate the value of this
program, not only to these handicap
ped people themselves, but to the com
m unities in which they reside and
to the commonwealth as a whole.
| Orthopaedic treatment Ls but the
| first step in the program of the Rr
I habitation Department. After the
| physical handicap has been removed
as far as posible, lie Department pro
vides a course of vocational training
to fit the disabled party for a voca
tion suited to any remaining handi
cap, and than aids him in securing
suitable employment. Thus lie is fit
ted for an active life of usefulness,
supporting himself and dejiendents,
and contributing to the production
of his community. From a non-pro
ducer and a potential mendicant is
evolved a happy, independent and use
ful citizen.
S. C. I. TO PLAY BREVARD
HIGH SCHOOL HERE FRIDAY
S. C. I. will open the football sea
son at homo Friday at 3:30 o'clock
when they meet the fast Brevard
high squad, on the Jocal gridiron.
Coaeli Roberts elan has, as yet,
failed to cross the goal line, losing
to Mai's Hill 18-0, and playing Frank
lin to a scoreless tie. However they
have showed good form on foreign
soil, s\nd arc expected to give local
fans plenty of action and thrills ir.
tomorrow 's contest.
Farmers' of Gaston county are mak
ing plans to grow cow feed and soil
"improving crops? this winter. The first
cooperative carlot order of such seeds
has just been received.
BAILEY SPEAKS
10 huge cm
Josiah William Bailey of Raleigh
addressed tlfe largest audience that
has gathered to hear a political dis
cussion in this county in recent years
at the graded school auditorium,
Monday at one o'clock, when the
building was packed and jammed and
many were unable to find even stand
iilg room in the building. Mr. Bailey
made a jtowerful appeal to the vot
ers in behalf of Governor Smith and
the whole Democratic ticket, aad
apparently it had a powerful effect
upon his hearers.
The outline of the speech follows:
The vital principle of the Democra
tic party is to fight out our battles
within the party, that is in the pri
mary or convention; and when the
will of the majority is expressed, to
unite in the campaign and the elec
tion. To scratch your ticket or with
hold your supi>ort of any portion of
the ticket is a violation of this prin
ciple and invites party demoraliza
tion. My advice to first voters and
all voters is to support the Democra
tic ticket from constable to president.
"We must preserve the Democratic
[tarty as the great historical institu
tion of the popular will and the peo
ple's rights. It is not a thing of I
day. We received it from the fathers, ?
we ought to preserve it for ourselves
and our children.
"We of the South ought to be es
pecially jealous to preserve the Demo
cratic party. It is the faithful guar
dian of the Southern civilization. The
Republican party is a sectional party.
It wa^brought forth in sectionalism.
Tfrrever has understood the Southern
people. It is as incapable today of
understanding them as it was 5()
years ago. Witness Hoover's order
recinding the policy of segregation of
white and negro workers in his de
partment of commerce. Witness Mary
Boose, Republican national commit
teewoman from Mississippi, she is a
negro.
"The American people ought to
drive the Republican party from paw- -
er this year because of its notorious
corrupt ion-the oil scandal, the vet
eran's bureau scandal, the Alien prop
erty custodian scandal, and the de
partment of justice scandal (Daugh
erty.) Four years ago it defended on
the ground that guilt was personal,
but now we know that the Republican
party itself got from Sinclair more
?than $100,000 and he was a co-eon
spirator with Fall. It is as guMty as
Albert B. fall himself. Senator Bo
rah, Republican, said as much and
demanded that the party pay baek
the dirty money. But it did not.
"The Republican party ought to be
driven from power also, because it
admits that it broke its solemn prom
ise to relieve the farmers. The condi
tion of agriculture presents a great
national economic problem. It is the
big issue of this campaign. The Re
publican party has had eight years to
work on this problem. It has done
nothing. Farm values have lost to the
extent of twenty billions of dollars.
Twenty per cent of the national in
come went to the farmers six year*
ago. Today they get one tenth of the
national income. In the Democratic
plan of relief the farmers have,- their
only hope. The Republicans prorfiiac
nothing definite; but if they did we,
could not trust them in view of their
failure to perform their promise of re
lief made in 1924.
"In such times as these the people
have always appealed to the Demo
cratic party, and it has never failed
them. In such times it gave them Jef
ferson, Jackson, Cleveland, Wilson
The people are turning again to th ?
Democratic party this year and it u
ready. It presents a leader as Jef
ferson in his democracy as Thomas
Jefferson as strong against privilege
and a ardent for equal rights as
Jackson, as honest and aH< as Cleve
land. and as great an administrator
and as deeply in sympathy with the
rights and the welfare of the humble
millions as Wood row Wilson? onr
standard bearer, chosen by oVer
*
(Continued on P?ge 2) '*?