North Carolina Newspapers

i?sr^ -*. r-f - 'V -^v. ' k-F ? ^ 50 Year in Advance in The County Sylva,"N. C: % rsday, % 1929 $2.00 Year in Advance outside the County; NICHOLSON'S REPORT SAYS HOSPITAL COST 72,659.19 ?fii,' famller-Nichols Hospital, a plan lot' the purchase of which by ,jl0 (Oiiiiiv ami the Duke Foundation i, now uiuler way by the people ol' Jackson county, coeit $72,659.19, ac , ?online to an audit of the accounts 0, : he hospital by Raymond K. \i,M>oii. The audit was read at a meeting of citizens of the coun IV. Tuesday niirht. ?flic owner- of the hospital have altered to M'll the property at actual cost: hut under the law, in ease an election should be called, and th; people of i In- county should vote to buy tin- hospital, u committee of, ilirce foni|h?scd of one selected by ihe roiinty commissioners, one by the owner- of the hospital, and one by ihi'M' two, would appraise the value or the property, and set it he price that would he paid. Tlie audit made by Mr. Nicholson lollow- : Hospital Lois $5,000.00 Nurses' Home and Lots 10,000.00 Actual Co-! of Building .... .'W, 000.00 Actual Cost ef Equipment 10,394.58 Actual Cos; of Heating; Plant. Plumbing and Fixture* 0,500.00 T^tal $72,659.19 1 The itemi/ed accounts that make tip the above figures, as found by Mr. Nicholson, follow: Hospital Building; Uhor $9,858.35 Estav.it ni<* I Dicus Bros.) 1,539.65 Exmnimr (li. L Brysou) 256.00 Engineer fee 22.00 Stone ami Sand (W. M. Brown) 629.00 1 Window Sills (H. Stein) 250.00 Freight, express, supplies 147.94 Sylva Supply Co. (Supplies 81.49 Sylva Supply Co. (Supplies) 147.94 Freight ami express .... .... 26.83 Freight, express, supplies 31.54 V.levatov 717.76 ?Sylva Supply Cii. | Supplies) 69.55 W. 1L Arthur (guttering and supplies) 564.30 Cotteral Tile Co. (Tile and Work for Ojicratiug Room Concrete (\V. M? Brown) T. C. Sniiih and Co. I'aiut, i i| i.le Freight and Kx press M. Moore and Co. (Supplies) .... Builders' Supply and Lumber (V (Building Material 14,432.65 Architect (Work and plans 1,100,00 L T. Burrows Co. (screens) 338.44 Sylva Supply Co (Supplies) 425.37 Jackson Ifdw. Co. (Supplies) 57.90 ^alls, walks, shrubbery work cn grounds 1,750.00 298.00 456.00 315.03 29.32 14.00 $34,704.61 Kquipmcnt ami refrigerating plant $1,253.06 Victor X-Ray Corpn. (%ocl record tiling Wfice ile^k K*raington iv|>ewritcr hiiiim; lui-l reception room furniture Wheel chair Dwssiii case &5.00 45.00 103.50 500.00 45.00 loiuii cabinet, |**rk atid supplies )?air M ales fPCsfojK' and laboratory >plios steel safe uros purchased from l^rriwethur hospital ?Wotic Fixt 100.00 21.00 200.00 20.00 150.00 'raeture splims ami appliances 150.00 tonsil suction machine 85.00 |*e<lfovd Furniture Co ttrnittire u<t window shades 1,012.64 Swtrola and kitchen range 275.00 7lin? < asc 10.00 ^aBno" Brothers (Furniture) 378.42 utensils and electric Vies ' ^ Aloe and Co. ??pmcnt .. lWo upholstered chairs TOeal 200.00 "?smunents ne diarther 250.00 100.00 200.00 J-Tay (. '"ua ( Vfotor orpn.) 500.00 Pinehester Surgical Supply ^ puTgicai equipment) raro ? C. Smith Co. (equipment) &*? - wWoclicr and son (instru ct 'for hospital) f reiRht ami express on ^iptiwnt tylva Supply ('0 (equipment ,? H. Arthur (equipmcrtt) ? C. Smith Co. (equipment) Wtast,.,. Surgical Supply 15.24 103.42 69.55 31.50 70.83 i METHODIST CHURCH RECEIVES THIRTY-FIVE NEW MEMBERS f The pre-Eastcr Revival services which ha.cE been in progress at the Methodist church closed Sunday morning with a near capacity congre gation. The services were well at tended front the start and the inter est was good throughout the meeting. - caching was done by the singing of the old time gospel hymns pastor and the local choir led in the which were greatly enjoyed. The service Sunday morning was unique in that there was no sermon. The hour set apart for worship was completely taken in the rendering of sjKH'ial Eajter music by the choir, and in the various ceremonies of the Rit ual, which were performed. Three small children were ehristencd. Twcn ty two children and young people were baptised, a group of tycnty . nine were received into the church by vows, and six by certificate. What the serivce lacked in preach ing was abundantly made up in other and quite practical ways. After hear ing young Mr. Daniel, an Assyrian student of Wake Forest College, in an appeal for the much persecuted Christians of the Near Eatft, an of I fering was taken, which amounted to ! mom than $26.00. At the conclusion of the church service, the pastor sug gested that, in addition to the reg ular offering, an offering be taken for the Children's Home in Winston Salem. This was done, and the offer l ing amounted to nearly $200.00. A special offering in the evening at Dills boro, for the same benevolence, am-' |ounted to $05.00 Mr. Clemmer announced ithat he wouldf deliver the sermon, which he had prepared for Easter on the sub ject, " Is the Soul a Myth?", on Sunday morning April 14. Sunday the Communion will be ob served. The pastor wiU aftke talk for the especial benefit of those who have recently made a profession of faith in Christ and have taken the vows of the church. In the evening at 7:45 the pastor will preach at Dills- j boro, his subject being, 14 Times have ('hanged ' The public is cordially in vited to all services of the charge. CULLOWHEE IN TRIANGULAB DEBATES, NEXT WEEK The Cullowhee debating tteams un der direction of Prof. E. H. Stilhrell are scheduled to hold two triangular debates with Weaver College on Ap ril 5 and with Appalachian State Normal on April 6, according to the Cullowhee Yodel. The subject for both debates is: "Resolved, Thalt North Carolina should levy a slate ad valonun tax to aid in the support of an eight months school term". The triangle of the boya will meet Friday evening^ the 5th, a,t 8 o'clock. Cullowhee 's neg ative team represented by Reece Hol iday and Atley Hunter will oppoee Weaver's affirmative team at Weav er, while Joe Hays and Beaman Kel-| ley will remain at home and defend the affirmative against Boone's neg ative team. The triangle for the girls will tako place at 8 o'elock, Saturday evening, April 6th. The negative team repre sented by Misses Vernell Coley and Alice Jones will meet Boone's affirm ative team at Boone, while Misses Kathleen Estridge and Elisabeth Griffin will uphold the affirmativ of the question at home against Weaver's negative team. Co. (surgical equipment) 315.01 A. S. Aloo Co. (Surgical equipment 27.63 Estes Surgical Supply Co. Surgical equipment) 154.70 Winchester Surgical Supply 'o (Surgical supplies 104.02 Frank S. Betz Co. (equip 1,054.13 A. K. Rambo and Co. (Silver ware, China and linen 1,002.36 One l'loor waxer 40.00 ?iii-Marshall Co (linen and other equipment 39.50 K. Rambo Co. (Linen) 444.00 Brysoit City Hospital $8,508.13 ioss 20 percent discount 6,806.51 One mirror asid cabinet in pressing room t 7M Total $163&*T STATE TO LtE MANY Ml LES OF COUNTY ROADS The Journal has it on the best of authority that Jthe state will take over for maintenance, and add to the sf.ate highway system many miles of Jackson county's impartant roads, on April 11, when .the commission will meet in Raleigh and remap the highway syst'era, under the authority granted by the recent general assem bly. The roads that the state highway commissioner has definitely decided to assume in Jackson are known to be the Webster road, beginning in Sylva township at Highway 106 and! going through Webster, connecting with Highway 285 on the South side of the Cabe Hill. Another iihat the state will take is the road Nip the Canada prong of the Tuckaseigee river, starting at Highway 106 at Tuckaseigee and traversing part of River township, and across Canada to the Transylvania county line. The third road is all in Qualla township, beginning at Highway No. 10, and crossing the township to the Indian town and school at Yellow Hill. TUCKASEEGBE BANK MOVES TO HANDSOME NEW BUILDING The Tuckasecgoe Bank opened for business in its splendid new home, on Monday morning April First. The new building, just completed is of concrete and brick construction, with North Carolina marble front, and marble trimmings, and is mod ern to the last detail, for banking purposes,. It is situated on Main Street, next door to Jthe old building, which has been the home of the in stitution for several yeara; andl it has been in course of construction for more than six months. Not only does the front of the building have an ia^r?S&iv??J^we; "tmttlie interior is also pleasing, with the new. fixtures tiiuuued in marble^ and /the whole place having the air of a modern financial institution. The officers and directors of the bank are planning to hold a formal opening and house-warming on April j 16, andl are inviting the public to foe J present. It is expected that at Ithatj ?time representatives from all the banks in the Tenth District will be present, and the officials hope to make of the occasion an enjoyable one and a memorable one in Syh* and Jackson county. FORTY MX COUNTIES REP - RESENTED AT CULLOWHEE Forty-six of the one hundred coun ties of the dtate are represented at Western Carolina Teachers' College for the Spring term, just opened. Jackson county leads wnh 52 sta dlents while Haywood comes second with half as many, 26. Buncombe and Macon tied with 17 each. Cherokee follows closely wtth 16 and Swain with 16. Wake cotmty has 11 repra seetetives, and Henderson has 10. The other counlties represented are; Ahitsanee, Cabarrus, Catawba, Clay, Columbns, Duplin, Durham, Ec^Jecombe, Franklin^ Gjr^ham, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Ire dell, Johnston, Madison, Martin, Mc Dowell, Montgomery, Mecklenburg, Nash, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamli co, Perquimans, Polk, Robeson, Rock ingham, Rowan, Sampson, Stanley, Surry, Transylvania, Union, Warren, Wayne andl Wilkes.. Three other states are represented with South Carolina leading with 27, Tenn essee 1, and Georgia 2. ^ COUNTY ADOPTS PISH LICENSE Jackson county has joined fifteen others in the trout country of NoiJth Carolina in adopting the fishing li- : cense law. The commissioners took' the necessary action on Monday. The license fee is $1.10 for ents of the county; $2.10 for resid ents of the State ; andl $3.10 for non residents. The money derived from the license fees will be used for the work of protecting and propagating the fish ing, and for the maintenance of the hateheries. Comity Warden S. C. Cogdill states tliat the licenses will he on sale alt comreniont places throughout the tpwlfc OF COMMERDE ID ELECT OFFICERS Officers of the Sylva Chaber of Comerce for the next year will be elected on Auril 9. The election will be held in the store of the Jackson Hardware Company, from 1 to 5 in the afternoon of that date, and) J. R. Jones, Ben N. Queen, A. M. Si mons, E. E. Brown and G. K. Bess will be the judges. Following the election, the annual meeting of the body will be held in the evening, when the result of the election will be announced. At the meeting held last Monday evening, a nominating committee of Roy C. Allison, S. C. Cogdill, Hugh E. Montcith, D. Q. Bryeon, and C. R. Moody was elected, and after a con ference submitted the following can didates to be voted upon at the elect ion: For president Thomas A. Cox and S. W. Enloe. For vice president I. H. Powell and G. K. Bess. For sec retary A. J. Dills and H. Stein. For Treasurer P. E. Moody and V. V. Hooper. For directors C. W. Denn ing, C. B. Thompson, J. C." Cannon, M. D, Cowan, J. S. Higdon, T. E. Reed, J. T. Gribble, Harry Buchanan, Billy Davis, Dan Tompkins. Thomas A. Cox, S. C. Cogdill, and H. E. MonJteith were appointed as the committee to make the annual audit of the books of the chamber, as is required by the by laws. JOURNAL WILL PUBLISH S. C. L EDITION' APR. 18 S, In cooperation with the athletic association and with the assistance of the school generalyy, The Journal will publish a Sylva Collcgiaite Insti tute edition, on April 18. CAPTURE STILL IN TOW?* Mi.', - ???'-! .?*? - ?* *-? ? ? Y I' ' A small distillery and three men, .Jerry Jenkins, Delos Birch and Bai ley Macc were taken into custody by' police and sheriff's officers, Wed nesday afternoon, inside the corpo rate limits of Sylva, on the mountain above the home of G. W. Grindstaff. Officers state that they surround ed 1 he plant andl saw it in operation, but that the three men ran, being captured later. The still was in the same vicinity where another and larg er one wag "(taken a few weeks ago, and officers believe that the same men were the owners and operators of both plants. It was concealed in a rough part of the mountain side, where there is no travel and where no one, even the owner of (the prop erty has but rare occasion to go. WILSON HAS GOOD CHANGE TO LIVE AFTER BAD WOUNDS. It is stated by attendants at the Cancer-Nichols hospital fcat Will Wilson, who was severely cut, follow in an altercation, at a saw mill, on Dixon '8 creek, Monday, has a good chance to recover unless complica tions, caused by the exposure of; his wounds, before he could reach madical aid, should set up. It is stated that Wilson's abdo men was cut open, and his intestines exposed, when he reached the hos pital, andl that he had otthcr wounds. Jim Moore, who received an ugly! knife wound across the face, is said to be in no danger. Abe Stewart, charged with cuttiag the two men,is being held pending the outcome of Wilson's injuries; having been taken into custody by members of the sheriff's department a ejhort tiinc after the affray. It could not be learned) whajt was the cause of the trouble between Wil son and Stewart; but it is stated that Jim Morgan and Jim Moore were on ?the poarch of the house where the fight occurred, and rushed in to part the two men, and that it was while attempting the role of peacemaker that Moore received his woundL All ithe men implicated in the af fair are well known in the county, Moore and Moigan living in Webster township, Wilson on Big Ridge, and Stewart on Dixon's creek. The trout fishing season opens on April 15, and^it is unlawful for any one to go afishing prior to that date. A ?nmb<w of Jiqai Him HARRY E. BUCHANAN 10 1 HEAD HOSPITAL DRIVE COLBY BARD DIES OF INJURIES Coleman Bard, well known char acter of this section, died in a local hospital today from injuries receiv ed in a most on usual manner, about nine o'clock, Tesday niguht. A car driven by Hyman Sutton, in which were Dick Wilson, Dexter Hooper, and two young ladies, all high school students, was coming to ward Sylva, near the American For est Products Company's Pole TreaJt ing Plant, when the young people saw Bard walking along the road, The driver is said to have slowed down and) the car was passing the unfortunate vietim, when he, accord ing to the witnesses, plunged head long into the side of the car, break ing the glass and sustaining cuts and bruises about the headL He was rush ed to the hospital, by Tthe young men, and given every attention, but death came, today. Bard is said to have been drinking. The young people are all members of prominent Sylva families, and are known to be of the highest integrity of character. No arrests have been made; but parents of the boys in the car have expressed themselves as wishing an official investigation, which will probably be held this week. BABY IS BANK'S FIRST DEPOS ITOR IN FINE NEW QUARTERS. The firsit deposit made in the Tuckl ascegce Bank after its removal to the I new bank building, Monday moring, was made by Harry E. Buchanan, Jr. age four days. The deposit was on time certificate and was for the sum of $5.00. The young man stated at the time that ha expects to allow his deposit to remain on interest until he reaches his majority, on March, 27, MM. BOY SCOUTS TO MAKE TOUR Interest is increasing daily in the plans which are rapidly taking shape for the educational trip which the Boy fyvout troop is going to take ithe latter part of May and the first few days of June. Some thirty "qucstion aire8 have beeen returned to Itroop officials by parents, signifying their intention of permitting their boys to go on this wonderful trip. Troop headquarters reminds the pa rentis that a deposit of $5.00 is re quired for each boy who intends to go, and that this should be made im mediately, as transportation is going to be provided on ithe basis of the number of boys who make this depos it. Final arrangements must be made soon. There is no longer any doubt in the minds of offieials of the troop about the trip. It has been definite ly determined to go, barring, of course, any providential hinderance. The full amount of money needted to provide safe and comfortable trans portation is not raised yet, but an amount sufficient to guarantee ;tbc success of the project is on hand, and plans for securing the remainder will be announced at an early date. It is planed to leave Sylva, Mon d'ay morning May 27, on the follow ing itinerrary: Going, Sylva to Wash ington, D. C. via Asheville, Bristol, Roanoke, Natural Bridge, through the Shenandoah Valley, seeing the won derful caverns, Staunton, Winches ter, Hagerst?wnt Md., Gettysburg, Pa and Baltimore Returning, Washington to Sylva, via Richmond, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Winston Salem, North Wilkesboro, Lenoir, Moiganton and Asheville. Scout of ficials believe that this is a worth while trip and are asking parents to help their bojpa get jobs andl earn a part of 'their incidental expense money. The troop expects to be in Wash ington on Memorial Day and hear President Hoover make his Memorial Day address in Arlington National, Cemetery; and to see the New Tort Yankees play the Washington Sena tors a double header in the after noon. been criticizing Ithe man who -prints the calendars because April 15 comes on Sunday, and thus has given the i x / Harry E. Buchanan was elected chairman of the drive to secure the nccessary signatures to the petition requesting the commissioners to call an election on the question of the purchase of a county hospital. Under the law, 200 freeholders of the eouu ty, of which at least 150 must reside outside the town of Sylva, must sign a petition asking the Commissioners of the county to call it before the referendum can be helcL Mr. Buchanan was chosen at ,the close of a mass meeting held in the court house, Tuesday night, at which Dr. . S. Kankin, Dr. J. i\ Ajbel and Mr. ltufus Siler had made addresses. Dr. Kankin, director of the hospital division of the Duke Foundation, stat ed i hat he is not asking the people of this county for anything; but that the Duke Foundation is offering to give the people something in helping them to buy' and maintain a hospital. Dr. Kankin said ithat the Duke Found ation is not primarily interested in hospitals j but in the public health, una .thai the hospitals are only inci dental, as the schools of medicine, and tne meuical journals are now toachiug a practice of medicine that makes it impossible for the doctors to do ine linings they are taught to do, without the aid of hospital facil ities. As a consequence, said Dr. Kan kin, the best doctors are locating at ?the places where there are good hos pitals,, which is usually in the dUra, and hence, they are congregating in the more populous centers, Of are Duiluiiig private hospitals, it ia to give ail the people access to <the best nuedica! jtkitoj that th* Duke Fonnfl^ auon is supporting egtahliritftwtit and iiuumenanfB of hospitals throughout North and South Carolina. According to statistics, said Dr. Kankin, there are 500 people in Jack son county sick in bed each day, and of that 500 about 1)0 are eases thai should be in the hospital. In addition to that, he said, there are a great many people walking about who should be in a hospital for treatment. Whether a hospital is a private one or is publicly owned, the people pay for it, said Dr. Kankin, and it makes no difference whether the sheriff collects it along with the taxes or the doctor puts it on his biil^ ex cept that in a private hospital , the imkom who is sick does all the pay ing, The speaker thus put the hospi tals among the needed and mo^t necessary public institution such as roads and schools. He stated that all im people are interested in hospitals, Deeause we are ail subject to sick ness and injury, and all have to a vail themselves of the facilities of hospitals. The reason that sickness andi cut fering arc in the world, said Dr. Han kin, is to develop the spirit of sym pathy and service and love, and that thus the works of God may be made manifest. As these things grow in the hearts of people, sickness snd suffering will disappear. Mr. Duke w^ a great business man who thounoughly studied the sub jetit before he disposed of his enor mous fortune, and he was so impress ed with the public duty of caring for the sick that he left the major por tion of eighty million dollars for this work in (the two Carolinas, to assist the people in their work of neighborlines and sympathy. Dr. Abel told of the great work that the Haywood county hospital is doing; and Mr. Siler, chairman of the directors of that hospital, gave a financial report. This report, or a summary of it, together with a fin ancial report of the Candler- Nich ols hospital will be published in this paper, next week. Dr. Rankin, in the course of his ad dress, estimated that the tax rite for the establishment and maintenance of the county hospital under the plan would be approximately 25e a thous and dollars worth of property, or thai a tax payer with four thousand dol lars listed would have to psjT $1-00 hospital tax, or about CM rifUItt* ?