si;
so Year in Advance in The County.
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$2.00 Year in Advance outside the County
SCOUTS 10H&
BENEFIT SHOW
,.Tbe Cohens and Kellys in Atlan
/vtv " a riotous comedy wiU be
Slim Thursday and Friday of next
k at the Lyric Theatre as a Bene
^pieture for the Boy Scoot troop
of Sylva. t ? ^
,.]he Cohens and Kelleys in At
hntif City" i* the story of a pair of
Kothinc suit men whose angle on
** wear is as oUl fashioned as long
j The business "is going to the
does when a snappy *>n and an eq
Bglly modem daughter get rid of
their i?a rents long enough to bring
the styles right up to the present
L even a little bit higher, thus
saving the business
There are many big sequences such
as that of the beauty parade and the
...... cf Cohen and Kelly to their
^miml bathing ?*****-'
juent The picture actually fini
in Atlantic City, with a real beau
ty parade and everything which in
frfases the interest immensely.
Ihc Scouts have gi?cn a good ac
,mmt of themselves since their or
ganization was set up in Sylva little
more than a year ago. They have
don* many civic "good turns" and
in many ways have shown themselves
to be ffood Junior citizens. ?
(b the other hand" the citizens of
the community and the eounty have
shown their appreciation of the
Scouts and have always been ready
to cooperate with them in the carry
ing out of their programs. The sum
realized from this picture will go to
augment the fund which h ae been
itw-d thru various Scout activities
durin? the past year for the put
pose of defraying transportation ex
penses of the troop on a great trip
to Washington and other points of
scenic and historic importance.
Wllowing is given a hat of those
.Scouts who have indicated tbeir de
termination to make this wonderful
trip: John Parris, Jr., Lyndon McKee
Jr., William Curtis, John Wilson,
Edmund Brown, Frank Askey, Too&
Wilson, E. Ford King, Jr., Marshall
Cooper, J. T. Gribble, Jr., Ernest
Wilson, Host oe Askcy, Tom Kelly,
Lyndon Carden, Mack Hooper, James
Moody, Herbert Bryson, Edgar Moody
William McKee, Bill Edwards, Alvin
Sutton, Paul Buchanan, Chas. Raines,
Earl Moody, Mack Higdon, Clyde
Brown, Frank Watson Jr., Alden
Coward, Earl Collins, T. K. Guthrie,
Malcolm Brown and Mascot' "Buddie
Hall. ' r
This list includes all the Scouts
except two. There may be two or
three who will not get to go because
they cannot provide the amount nec
essary for their meals and other in
cidentals. What a pity to leave any
behind. Suppose it was your boy?
Or you, yourself? What would you
not have given to have had sach a
wonderful trip when you were a boy?
Think of the sights, Natural Bridge*
Luray Caverns, Famous Battle
Grounds, Wonderful Washington,
They will see President Hoover and
hear his Memorial Day address in
Arlington National Cemetery, Con
fess ns it sits in special session,
^lt. Vernon, Richmond what memo
ries cluster about that city, Norfolk,
a hustling1 seaport city, Ocean View
and a grandi dip in the wrf, to say
nothing of ov.r own Raleigh and Dor
ham and Chapel Hill, Greensboro and
Winston-Salem.
Life ran never he the same fcy a
boy who is lucky enough . to make
this trip. Remember the dpAe for tba ;
picture. Next Thursday audi Friday, | (
May 23 and 24 at the ItflW
and see the show. Take the.'W*^6 ft11?
"kiddie*". (live the boys a big ho?8*
f?et your tocketa in advan??* Ask .
*ny Soout, he ean tell yon' all about
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MRS. LEM HOOPER DIBS
The funeral of Mrs. Lem Hooper
held, yesterday, aT the ZachaTy
?*metery, in Cashier's Valley. Mrs.
Hooper, who was 8ft years of ?g&
^'0(1 in Morganton Monday night.
She is survived by two sisters
Lou Coward, of Cullowhee, Mrf.
?'ulia Coleman, of Murphy, two~bri>th
er?. W. C. Norton, of Ctdlowhed, J.
? of East Laporte, and
number of other relatives -fa thi* I
adjoining counties. , J
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TVOKABKtSB Ilifr'HW I 1
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The celebration of tho Battle of
Guilford, near Greensboro, v- was a
credit to the State of North Cii^bu
The crowd in attendance did not XkU
short of 10,900 and the pragramaw
was fully carried out. Senator Vance's
oration **as full of patriotism was
greatly enjoyed
In a letter which Jefferson Davis
has written to people in FayetviHein
answer to their invitation to' be
present at the centennial celebration
of North Carolina's ratification of
the constitution, occurs the following
tribute to the OM North State:
"North Carolina, first in assertion
of the unalienable rights of maft,
prompt in open resistance to en?
eroachment by the crown upon the
charters of the colonies, steady in
the maintenance of the Declaration
of Independence, slow to grant ppper
whiebmight be perverted to the im
pairment of her liberties, and faith
ful throughout her cxisteftce as a
soverign state to every oblation of
compact is to be honored and revered
as well for her promptitude to resist
aggression as for her careful guard
ianship of the community rights of
her people." ;
The Charlotte Observer is author
ity for the statement that: "There
is every good reason to believe that
Secretary Wanauiakoris a party to the
most flagrant political fraud perpe
trated since the stealing of the Preafc
dency by Rutherford! B. Hayes".
C. H. Roy, Democrat was elected
Mayor of Waynesville. He received
52 votes and his opponent, Geo. H.
Smathers received 18,
suit, Monday.
Ivy is in bloom.
t- 1 1*
Rev. G. W. Spake, of Webster, was
n town, Monday.
Why can't Syhra have a building
tnd loan association f
Mr. Henry J. Rees made us-p, pleas
ant call Tuesday morning.
The singing at the school) house,
Sunday night, was well attended.
Mayor Coward bears his magisterial
lonors with becoming dignity.
Jackson Academy will dose on May
!4 with appropriate exercises.
Miss Frances Banm returned Wed
leeday from a pleasant visit to Web
? iM'Jf
The summer travel on the Murphy
>ranch is assuming large proportions.
The railroad authorities are potting
n 600 feet of side track at ike kaolin
The foundation for the kaolin fac
tory is nearly eomptetOd and tto
work on the bmlding will go right
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The saw tall is running tfull en p*
icitys awing fannbar for Ike Equitable
Manufacturing (lip? y.
As our election was illegal, accord
ing to the new election law, the old
Mayor and Board of Aldermen will
bold over, with the exception of Mr
W. K Burns, who rwigiHidi Mr. J. S.
Jarrett was chosen by the "board to
511 the vacancy.
Tka nloii and specifications for . a
works.
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CHOSEN AS DUE
OFTEN BEST
"*! IVank Askey, son of Floyd Askey,
16 jttara old, Star Seont of Syhra
Ho. 1 been selected as one
of the ten best quailed Scoots in
Western "North Carolina to,represent
the Boy Scoots in the Asheville
Times' expedition into the Great
Smokies.
: Hany Eugene Whisenant, of Whit
tier, age 13, aon of J. E. Whisenant,
is another of the ten best qualified.
?. The Scoot to accompany the expe
At ion will be selected' tomorrow and
Saturday, from . the ten, and he will
Have the honor of accompanying the
expedition, which leaves on June 8
for the Great Smokies.
The boy winning first honor will be
presented with all necessaiy equip
ment for the expedition. Second hon
or boy will be awarded a gold medal,
third a silver medal, and each of the
ten district winners will receive a
1 bronze medal.
COMMITTEE ADOPTS COUNTY'S
HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS.
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The committee appointed by Comi
ty Supreintendent J.N. Wilson : haf I
made its report adopting the text
books that are to be used in the high
schools of Jackson county for the
next five years.
Mr. Wilson explained that the
committee was appointed months ago
in order to give the principals ant
teachers ample time iq which to care
fully consider the subject before
final deeisiea. was reached.
The following high school princi
pais served on . the eommitee: V. T.
SiS* <feiv? High Sel?g
Madison, W Aster fHgb, J. D. Parker]
Jr., Glenville High. , f
The textbooks recommended are : j
English, First apd Second year, Tan
ner Correct Engiish-Ginn. Second
and third year, Tanner, CompositioBr
and RJ?etorie-Ginn.
Literature, Literatnrp and Life -
Scott
Spelling, Simmons and Bixler-Smith
French, Chardenal, The Phonetic
Chardenal -Allyn.
Latin, First Year Course, Latin for
Today, -- Ginn. Second Year, Latin
for Today -Ginn.
Algebra, Edgerton and Carpenter -
AHyn.
Geometry, Duroll and Arnold, Merrill
Arethmetic, Wentworth-Smith, High
er Arithmetic --Ginn.
Biology, Smallwood, Reveley and
Bailey, New Biology, Allyn.
General Science ,Piper and Beau
champ, Everyday Problems in Sci
ence, SCott
Geography, Commercial, Whit beck.
Industrial ? Orography - America,
Physical jfolitbeekl - High Schoc
Gcograptjte ' Macmillan.
?c:ttsk.n Gale and Pyle ?
, West - The Am-1
tpjiwB ? - AHyn; Modern, West I
Vbftm P*?na? - Allyn; Ancient:1
** mSrnm - Allyn.
CM*, Qtir taA 9th Grades: Edmon-I
fin and Bondineau - Citizenship
Tfaroogfr PftoWent ? Maemillian.
Ijbme Economics, first Year -Foods:
Ones - Foods and Home Making
4%n. Clothing: Trilling and Wil
Ijams ? ' A Girl's Problems in dome
Eeonomies-Iippineett Second Year
^oeds: Greer - Foods and Home
Making *- Allyn; Clothing Trilling
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principal oftho Academy. The school
bjegan with an enrollment of only 52,
a* of 45, and its high
alt enro^MMBt Una 110. Theife were
37 boantiag Jde*nta daring the year.
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tfaek Mat**, 93 years of age, is
iriafl : earxjmr Wtwoo*. Webster and
Coshiera Valley, and makes the trip
between the points, a distance of 31
miles, every day on horseback.
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Mr. DiUardi :L< Love reports that
Judge Diek eompliraenWd the Jorder
liness of Jackson county, it, being
represented in Federal court; ebly by
ttte j0PBrs,-threo"Of our best citizens,
namely Mr. L. J. Smith, of Cullowhee,
Maj. W. M. Rhea, of Sylva, and
Thomas &*b of Hambtng. j
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ACCIDENT
Ridley, 18, of Cashier's
is jdead, Robert McCall, Jr., Also of
Carrier's is in the Candler-Niehols
hospital, recovering from severe inju
ries, and several other young people
were slightly hurt, when a Chevrolet
trucks-said to have been driven by
yoang McCall, turned over on a
curve on Highway 28, neir Fairfield,
Saturday night.
Both. Ridley and McCall were |
rushed to the hospital here; and Rid
ley died within a few minutes after
reaching, the hospital, from fractured
skull. McCall is- suffering from a
fractured hip and other injuries.
There is said to have been several
young men in the track, returning to
Cafkiftr's Valley from the direction
of Lake Toxaway, at the time of the
tragedy, which occurred near the end
of the pavement, in this county, a
short distance from Lake Fairfield.
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"CAUSE AHDTJTXRE OF CRIME
TO BB PASTOR'S SUBJECT I
"Crime ? Its Cause and Cure" it
the subject which the pastor, Rev
George Clemmcr, has announced foi
discission in the pulpit of the Metb
odjjft ehurch Sunday morning at 11.
pendent Herbert Hoover in a re
cent address at the Associated Press
luncheon in New York City made
thif statement:" More than 9,00C
human beings are lawlessly killed in
States each year. Lijtt
more than half as many arrests fol
low. 1Mb than one-sixth of these |
Jajers - are convicted, and but a
small percentage are ad
Twenty times as
f^^-r>r" - " *** > A m - ? J
m ^ proportion to
fatio? fee lawlessly killed in the
United States as la Grean Britain.
In many of our cities murder can ap
parently be committed with impunity
At least 50 times as many robbericft
are eemmtfted in the United States
?a in the United Kingdom and three
tilbes as many burglaries."
' ' We Ma not siffering from an eph
Mineral crime wave, but from a sub
sidence of our foundations."
To all who are interested in better
citizenship a cordial invitation is ex
tended to this service. Church
schools meet at 10 a. m. Leagues in
the evening at 6.30 and 7 o'clock.
and Williams ? Art in Home and
Clothing ? Lippincott.
Dictionary, Webster- Secondary
School Dictionary ? American
Indian Gets Fine
Timpson Bird, aged Indian, who
was convicted of retailing and of an
affray, in recorder's court, two weeks
ago and sentenced to serve on the
roads of Buncombe county, was given
a change of sentence, Monday, when
a certificate .was presented from the
county physician stating that Bird is
a very sick Indian, unable to work
the roads, and that it would be un
wise to confine him to jail. He was
fined $100 and the costs of the action,
and given a two years sentence, sus
pended upon his returning to Swain
connty and behaving himself.
Tom Ammons was found guilty of
manufacturing and given a 10 months
sentence in jail with the privilege of
being hired out by the commissioners.
Plumer Painter, assault with a
deadly weapon, prayer for judgement
continued.
Riley Mathis, manufacturing, 3
months in the county home.
Weaver Swayngim, manufacturing.
It was shown that this is his second
offense, and that the recorder's
court has no jurisdiction. He was
bound to the superior court in the
sum of $1500. He was sentenced to
three months on a charge of resisting
an officer and fined $56.00 on a
charge of carrying a concealed wea
pons. In both cases he appealed to
the superior court.
Riley Broom, manufacturing, fined
$100 and the coBts.
Brady Broom, manufacturing, 8
months oil the roads and appealed
to the superior court.
'? The same defendant was tried
for killing dx>e out of season.
Ezekicl Wiggins and Sterlin Nich
olson, two little boys, were given a
hearing on a charge of raj>e and
probable cause being found, were
placed under bonds of $700 each ior
their appearance at the superior
court
Ray, a statuatory offense,
guilty and sentenced to serve two
rare at the s State Industrial Farm
? ? Major Stanley and Harry Womack
were found guilty of [Kjsscssion of
liquor, when the oifficers found them
approaching some liquor hidden on
the sandbar, between Sylva and Cul
lowhee. They protested their inn^>
oence and stated that they were look
ing for sand to do some concrete
work. Stanley was sentenced to four
months in that case, and 3 months
in one which the judgment had been |
suspended, a few months ago. He ap
pealed. Prayer for judgment as to
Womack was continued.
Howard Childers, possession and
transporting, prayer for judgment
continued.
John Hoyles, Frank Hoylcs, and
Abe Keener, burglary, continued.
David Ward and S. T. McGinniss,
affray, continued.
It I CLOSES
TERM TOMORROW
With the address of Dr. H. T.
Hunger, president of Western Caro
lina Teachers' College and the Class
Day E&ercises, at the Lyric theatre,
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, the
commencement exercises of Sylva
Collegiate Institute will come to a
close.
The finals of the institution began
with the commencement play: "My
Irish Rose", at the Lyric Theatre,
last Friday evening.
On Monday evening, at the Fiust
Baptist church, Miss Ruth Gribble
appeared in her graduating recital in
piano.
An operetta "Madcaps", vu giv
en Tuesday evening by ohilthvn of
the grades in the school auditorium.
Last evening Rev. Dr. R. |L. Creal
delivered the commencement ser
mon in the First Baptist church.
The program for this evening at
the Lyric theatre, beginning at 8, is:
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
A. B. Fullbright to Tallie Painter.
Ed Hyatt to Lizzie Ray.
MRS. FRANK SCOTT DIES
Friend* in Sylva have received the
inteligenee of the death in Grand
Rapids, Mich., of Mrs. Frank Scott.
Mrs. Scott's death came a few days
after that of her husband. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Scott have many
f'rineds in Sylva, having lived here
for several years.
Mrs. Ben N\ Queen is their niece,
and she and Mr.Queen were in Grand
Rapids at the time of Mrs. Scott's
death.
Milk is going from .the farmg of An
son county to the new cheese factory
at the rate of 12,500 pounds a day
and the farers are buying more cows.
Eular Ensley, Theo Mathis and
Homer Mathis, fishing without li
cense, and seining in the stream,
continuodt
Frank Reed, possession and trans
porting, continued.
R. W. Parker, transporting and
possession, oontj^nued.
Ott Hooper, possession and trans
porting, called and failed judgment
ni si sci fa and capias.
William Styles possession and
transporting, called and failed, judg
mcnt ni sci fa and capias.
Julius Sutton, carrying concealed
weapons, continued.
Otssie Sutton, carrying concealed
weapons, continued.
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By Albert f. Rod