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^ 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
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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.
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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.', - ???'-! .?*?
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' 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*
?