.... . ? . ? - r~-~, ? i ??? 41.50 Year in Advance in The County.: Sylva,N.C: MRS. MCKEE SPEAKS AT GETTYSBURG Mrs. K. J- McKee, State President 0f thf I "nitftl Daughters of the Con federacy, was among the speaker^ the unveiling ot' the North Caro jina ?iouun:ent on the Gettysburg battlefield. Other speakers were Mrs. Faison, former Governor Angus W. McLean, aml others. Following is John A. jjvinirston s aeeount of Mrs. MeKee's wh. as recorded in the daily press: What i- l'l(> meaning of the North Carolina monument at Gettysburg? Maiiv speakers sought the answer at Jl,,, 'unveiling exercises Wednesday, hut none succeeded so well as did Mrs. K. !'? MeKee, of Sylva, presi dent el the state division of the ('nihil Daughters of the Confederacy. ??The Mihlime willingness to sac rifice all in a cause," was the ans V(.r -iveit by Mrs. McKee in a brief oration that reached its fitting cli max wit h the declaration. "Never have I loved my country so tenderly ;1S 1 have today. '* There, upon hallowed ground, Mrs. McKee put into words what all were thinking. Here was genuine oratory, and yet there r.re cynics who say| that oratory is dead. Not as long as| tlu-re is a (iettysburg and men and women who put a cause above them selvos even to life itself. That was what Mrs. McKee said, aiul said it just when it ought to have been said and in a way that it ouiiht to have been said. Hers was onlv a >|?ecch of introduction for Mrs. Marshall Wiliams, of Faison, who worked for 17 long years to hrini into realization the dream of !!!,? Ihmght-rs of the Confederacy. Kvery work of art, whether it be stone, painting or writing has a dif ferent meaning for different people. It has different meaning at different tin.es to tl?e same person. If Borg lum's memorial of the North Caro lina Confederate soldier at Gettys burg meets the best of art ? and com petent critics think it does ? it will have different .meanings "fox. Hhffer r it people, but the sculptor has set down in his own words what he con ceives it to mean. This conception will be of interest to North Carolin-j ians. "The : .'orth Carolina Gettysburg; raciiun ent represents a group of men I who have just been ordered forward, to char.ro across that very bloody battlefield. They had sought shelter in a srroup of woods and were in a crouching position. With them was a color bearer. "The irroup itself represents in its leader an experienced soldier who lias been itr many battles, who knows the grim character of his work. He is bent forward, as if ? not charging an active enemy, but doing what he would do if he came upon the enemy. 'The young soldier, imm'ediately back of him, represents a young man, who earancc, by her parents. According to the information the officer have, Rickman and the girl were last seen Sunday morning about 10:30 near Saunook. Parents of the girl became alarmed when she did not come home Sunday night and no tified officers of her disappearance, A warrant, sworn out by the girl's parents was issued by Magistrate George Leatherwood, of Wayiiesville, and officers in various cities notified The girl is described as about 5 feet tall weight 120 pound, with dark brown hair, boyish bob, blue eyes, round shoulders, two double front upper teeth, and when she left home was wearing a light dress with red flowers. Rickman, well known in Sylva, is a resident of Saupook, is about 5 feet 8 inches tall, of heavy build, has black hair, fair complexion, and gold in the lower. front teeth. The man and girl, according to in formation in posession of the officers were traveling in a Nash touring car, 1926 model, with tan body and black toj>, when last seen, Sunday. The auto mobile carried North Carolina State license number 573757. HAS BANNS LAW STOPPED WEDDINGS AT HOME? Has the effect of the marriage banns law, requiring their publication for five days before the license can issue to minors, been to entirely put a stop to weddings in Jaqjtson? Have tho local people just quit marrying altogether; ov do theyirgo elscwhepe for tjieyr weddings, as well as for wedding clothes? Our information is that it is some little distance from here to South ! Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, and that in Georgia, our nearest neigh bor, the marriage banns law has been effect, or at least has been the law, for several years. j However, regardless of what is the I cause, one effect of something has been that the Register of Deeds of Jackson County hasn't issued a single marriage license since midnight on June 30, the hour when the law went j into effect in this and the other 99 counties of North Carolina. And, strange as it may appear to the cynical, the period around Inde pendence Day is usually productive of many waddings. BALSAM Mrs. Harriett Plott Lowery and I two children, of York, S. C., are vist ing relative^ here. Mr. George Porter, who has been visiting his father, Mr. J. W. Porter,! returned, Sunday to Norfolk, Va., to resume work in the United States,1 Navy. < ' Miss Mary Mehaffey of Hender-j sonville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. ! Hubert Ensley. j Mr. Charles Perry, of Franklin, was here Monday. Miss Hannah Warren arrived Mon day from Cincinnati, where she has been for several months. Miss Pauline Powers returned, Sun day afternoon to her home in An drews, after spending the week-end with Miss Cecil Potts. Mrs. J. R. Rork, Mrs. Spencer Rork Mrs. W. B. Farwell, Miss Catherine Rork visited Mrs. T. M. Rickardsj in Canton, Monday. Mr. Henry ' Christy, of Franklin, was here, Sunday. i 1 I Everyone seemed to have a good time the Fourth. Picnics and hiking were much in vogue. Mrs. W. E. Ensley has returned from the Angel hospital in Franklin, where she was operated on for appen dicitis, and- is recovering nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Elsie Green of Ashe ville, were guests of friends here Mon day. MRS. BROWN IMPROVES i Mrs. Erskine, Brown who underwent | a serious operation for goiter, in the j Franklin hospital, is improving rapid ly, according |o friends. DESTRUCTIVE STQBM jjs WEEPS sections or fcOUlfTY, . \ ? / ]r A destructive storm, of nun, srind, and Hail, of severity ahdv intensity struck' the Beta sectiony'the &?uth end of Sylva, and various ' parts of this county shortly after noon yes terday, doing great damage to grow ing crops, highways, and industries. Caldwell creek, which 'comes into Scott 's creek inside of the town, was ?'*V' & soon swollen and overflowed its panks flooding the plant and grounds of the American Forest Products Company 's pole treating establshnient, driving several families from {heir homes," and covering the tracks of the Tuck aseigcc and Southeastern Railway Company's tracks into rSylva. The severest part of the styrm is said to have been in the.Beta section, where great damage was ddrfe to j crops in Beta and up the old high] way to Waynesville, where one1 con crete bridge is reported as being wash ed out. Traffic on Highway j^o. 10 was held up for some time between Sylva and Beta, and at Beta, By mud | and debris being washed across the roadway by the waters rushing down from the hillsides. The damage to the highways was negligible; while -that to crops and maufaoturing plants will ran into several thousand dollars, in tho county. Reports of the storm damage, aside from that in Sylva township, are re ported from parts of Caney Fork, Cullowhee, River, Canada, and Ham burg. Coming from the South, the storm I apj>ears to have swept through a rather narrow path acoss the county to the Balsams, with the greatest in tensity in the vicinity of Beta. It did not reach as far cast as Addie, though some rain fell there and abGve that point. No unusual amount- of rain fell inside of the town o^Sylva. CLEMMBR ^ Dis&ss' teo IN AND MEANING OF SACRIFICE The origin and meaning of sacrifice will be the topic which the pastor, Rev. George Clemmer, will have for discussion at the Methodist chureh in Sylva, Sunday morning. At the dawn of civilization man was found standing beside his altars watching and waiting as the smoke of his sacrifices rose heavenward. Sometimes his offering consisted of fruit from his fields, again it was taken from his flocks or his herds, occasionally the victim was a member of his own household. Hew did this universal custom begin? What is the meaning pf man's multitudinous sac rificing? The morning sermon will be an attempt to answer these ques tions. In the evening at Dillsboro, Mr. : Clemmer will speak on the subject, "A Memorial to a Lost Soul". The money which was raised at the end of the Missionary Cultiva tion Period in March has been di rected as a Special toward the sup port of a missionary pastor. The name of this pastor and the field of his labor will be announced Sunday. Sunday schools of the charge con neve at 10 A. M. Young People's; organizations meet in the evening at 6:30 and 7 o'clock. A cordial invita tion is extended to all. Visitors in j the community for the summer will be heartily welcomed. . ' * HILLIARD TO PREACH AT CULLOWHEE METHODIST Rev. S. H. Hilliard will fill the pul pit at the Methodist church in Cullo whee next Sunday, July, 34, jp the] absence of the pastor; occtpyj^g the pjilpit at both the morning and the evening services. TO HAVE HOME-COMING AT SPEEDWELL NEXT SUNDAY Home-coming Day will be observed at the Speedwell Methodist church, next Sunday, July 14. There will be all-day services, with dinner on the ground. At the 11 o'clock hour Rev. F. W. Kiker will preach. Rev. C. S. Plyler will preach at 3 o'clock; and the sermon will be "follow ed by a talk to the women by Mrs. F. H. Brown. At the evening hour there wjli be preaching by Rev. Mr. Tucker. FOfiTY YEABS AGO Tuckaseige Democrat * JULY 10,1889 . Work is at last begun on the Nica ragua canal. The Georgia Legislature convened for the first time in the new capitol building in Atlanta on July 4, and adjourned after the ceremonies. Messrs Williamson, Liner and Co., of Waynesville, have been awarded a contract for building & $5,000 dwell ing. for Mr. Dan Davics, of Jackson county. Rev. B. G. Wild preached an excel lent sermon at the Academy, Sunday Register of Deeds Hughes and Mr. J. M. Long were in town yesterday fom Webster. The carpenters employed at the Ka olin Factory struck for higher wages Tuesday, demanding an increase of 20 |K;r cent. u i A large party of Sylvaites attend ed the meeting of the Dillsboro Im provement Club, Saturday night and were well paid therefor, the exercises being very entertaining and instruct ive. Through the courtesy of Supt. Mc Bce the delegates to the Farmers' Alliance meeting in Asheville were sent home by special train, Sunday, the train runnig as far west as Dills boro. From a Franklin gentleman we learn that while Dr. S. H. Lylc, wife and little son were taking a buggy ride, Sunday evening, the horse be came frightened and ran away, throw ing all three out of the vehicle. Mrs. Lyle was, it is thought, fatally injur ed, while Dr. Lyle and the little boy were seriously hurt. The County Alliance held an all day meeting here, Friday. All sub-Al liances were represented except Blue Ridge, which reported by mail. The report shows 438 males and 156 fe males, a total of 594 members. A new executive committee consisting of Messrs. A. J. Long, Sr., Wm. Bum garner, and W. M. Rhea, and a new committee c4i the good of the order consisting of Messrs A. Bumgarner, W. B. Love and A. W. Farmer, were chosen. A committee on Trade and Business consisting of Messrs C. A. Bird, S. H. Queen, D. Snider and J. D. Coward, was appoined. E. D. Dav is, Esq., president of the County Al liance, was appointed a delegate to the State Alliance, with Gen. E. R. Hampton as alternate. A pleasant feature of the day was a basket din ner prepared by members of the Syl va Alliance and their friends spread in the orchard above Gen. Hampton's home. A large crowd assembled at Web ster last Thursday for the purpose of celebrating the "glorious fourth" forming a County Confederate Vet erans' Association, and having a good time generally. Addresses were deliv ered at the Grove by Messrs. J. J Hooker, D. L. Love and Capt. J. W. Terrell. At the close of the speaking a bountiful dinner was spread. Din er being over theprocession of vet erans was again formed and under command of Capt. A. W. Bryson, marched to the Court House where the county association was formed Nothing occorred to mar the pleasure of the occasion, the good conduct of each individual composing the veiy large crowd, being poticeable and es pecially commendable. Honor Man r Horace F. Sykes, Jr., who has the distinction of being picked as the honor man at West Point. J He is the son of Lt Col. Sykes of Omaha, I HIGHWAY PATROL VISITS US North Carolina's new, highway pat rol, or part of it, paid Sylva and Jackson county its first visit last Sunday, coming from the east. Four members of the force were on duty in Sylva and along the highways of the county, last Sunday. The appearance of the men and thier uniforms and equipment are most creditable to the State. Three members of the force were again on duty on the highways of the county, yesterday and last night. Beginning their service on July 1 their credit, in the state, a record of 1,500 arrests for violations of the traf fic laws of North Carolina, in their first week. COL. HARRIS SCORES CANNON REPUBLICAN FUSION Charles J. Harris of Dillsboro, manufacturer and long prominent in Republican party affairs in North Carolina, can not understand why the Republicans of Virginia would be willing to effect fusion with the anti-Smith Democrats led by Bishop James Cannon, Jr. Mr. Harris today addressed the following letter to The Times : - ' "Editor of the Times: "Speaking of Bishop Cannon's new political party in Virginia, I can not see how any self-respecting Republican can support it. "Of course, it will attract some rough-necks, bucket-shop j>coplc and distorted minds who gloat over ir.ur der committed by half-drunk prohi bition officers. "(Signed) C. J. Harris.'' Mr. Harris several years ago was Republican candidate for Governor of North Carolina. QUALLA Mrs. G. A. Kinsland attended the funeral of her aunt, Mrs. Belle Hipps in Canton, July 2. Mrs. Hipps was formerly Miss Belle Miller of Qualla. We remember her as a lively, agree able schoolmate. She was married to Mr. John Hipps who passed away several years ago. They lived in this section several years after their mar riage, and have many friends and relatives here. . Saturday July 20 is the day ap pointed to clean off Camp Ground cemetery. This work has been neglect ed for several years. All who are in terested are requested to come prepar ed to spend the day. Misses Lenora Whitmire, Myrtle Whitmire, and Mrs. M. Wheeler, of Midland, Texas are visiting at Mr. J. L. Hyatt's, C. P. Shelton's and other relatives. Mrs. W. D. Wike and daughters, Misses Lois, Lucille, Wilma, and Ed die, visited relatives in Qualla, last week. A Martin reunion was held at Mf. W. C. Martin's on Sunday 7th. Mr. Norman Turpin and family of i Newport Tenn., are visiting home , folks. visited her dapghter, Mrs. Bessie Worley. Misses Polly and Edna Hoyle are visiting at Mr. J. M. Hughes' at Cherokee. Messrs Jack Battle and Bobert Ward were guests at Mr. D. C. Hughes. Mesdair.es J. L. Hyatt, C. P. Shel ton and M. Wheeler, and Misses Le nora nd Myrtle Whitmire motored to Cherokee and Robbinsville. . Mrs. A. C. Hoyle and Mrs. J. R. Messer called on Mr. J. H. Hughes. Miss Grace Hoyle called on Mrs. J. 0. Howell. Mr. Oscar Gibson and family called at Mr. W. H. Oxners. Mr. and Mrs. Goldman Kinsland called at Mr. J%yG. Hooper's. Misses Gertrude Ferguson and An nie Lizzie Terrell visited Miss Win nie Cooper. Rev. R. L. Bass and son Everett otopped at Mr. J. K. Terrell's, en route to Olivet. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kinsland, Mrs. G. A. Kinsland and Miss Evelyn Kinsland visited retatives on Lufty, the 4th. Mr. Lonnie Crisp and family have moved to Epps Springs. METHODIST SOCIETY TO MEET The Methodist Missionary Society will meet on next Wednesday after noon with Mrs. Carey Allison. Mrs. C. Z. Candler will lead the program. s j * . .i U - RECORDER'S COURT HAS 19 CASE SESSION ON MONDAY The Recorder's Court disposed of 19 cases, Monday, most of which were for violations, in one way and ' another, of North Carolina's prohi bition laws. Johnny Conner, was charged with the manufacture of spirits frumenti, and drew a four month's sentence, sus pended upon the payment of $75.00 and the costs and upon future good behavior. Joe Connor, charged with having drunk too much and appearing in public, drew a suspended judgment, Bedford Mehaffey, charged with operating an automobile while in toxicated was sentenced to serve 4 months on the roads; but the sen tnce was suspended upon payment of $75.00 and the costs, and he not to drive a car for 4 months. M. Deitz was charged with being intoxicated, and prayer for judgment was continued. Shirlie Beck, found guilty of op erating a motor vehicle while intoxi cated, was sentenced to serve four months; but the sentence was suspend ed upon the payment of the costs a $50.00 fine and he not to drive a car for 6 pionths. Henry Cowan, for a like offense, was sentenced to serve 4 months ; but I this also was suspended upon the payment of $50.00 and the cost, and he not to drive a car for 6 months. The smt; defendant was convicted of reckless driving and was sentenced for 2 months, suspended upon the pay ment of $26.25 and the costs R. I). Jones, larceny, changed to forcible trespass, and given a three the payment of the costs. Bert Rogers and Hudy Rogers, lar ceny, 5 months sentence, suspended upon good behavior for 18 months. Claude Cope, drunk, sentenced to two months upon payment of the costs and $30.00 a month for the sup port of his wife and children. Sanr? defendant, assault with a deadly wea pon, 4 month, suspended on condition that he does not molest or abuse his wife in any way. John Rogers, a workman for the highway commission, waa^.fined $25. on an asault charge, for KJfrjng toss ed a rock through the windsh'i?ld of an automobile belonging to Mr. Math is, of Canada. Rogers, who was riding the drag behind the truck on High way 106, insisted that striking Mr. Mathis' car was accidental, that he could not and did not see the car passing the truck at the time, a small stone became caught in the blades of the drag, and that he reached and picked up the stone and cast it to the side of the road, accidentally striking the car that was passing the / work truck without giving any signal Judge Sutton held that he was guilty on his own statement, bocause of not exercising proper care; and Roarers appealed to the superior court. Milaa Galloway found guilty of manufacturing, and prayer for judg ment was continued for two weeks. R. W. Parker, poscssion, was fined $10.00 and the costs. Jess Womack, was sentenced to 3 months on a drunkenness charge, and prayer for judgment was continued in a case of jail-breaking. Grady Beck, drunk, 3 months. Bill Stiles, posession and transport ing. The former sentence against him was ordered effective, and he order ed into custody. Chick Bryson, transporting and posession, called and failed. MRS. J. N. COWAN DIES Mrs. James N. Cowan passed <>:? at a Franklin hospital, where she vas taken, a short time before, on Mon day, after having been in poor health for several months. The funearl services were oond: ct cd at the Baptist church in Webster, on Tuesday by, the pastor, Rev. W. N. Cook, and Rev. J. J. Gray. / Mrs. Cowan was the second child of the late Polk Allman, and Mrs. Allman, and was born in 1886. She professed faith in Christ at an early age, and united with the Webster Baptist ehurch, remaining in its fel lowship throughout her life. She was married to James N. Ccw an, in 1916, and is survived by h no and two little sons, Frank and R:\y. Surviving also are her mother, Jiu. Bettie Allman, five brother, Arth r, Walter, Frank, John and Carl, and one sister, Annie, and a large lum ber of other relatives and frienda. 4* i