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$1.50 *n A vance iQ County. f Sylva, N. C: Thursday, A^usrust 8, 1929 $2.00 Year in Advance outside the County , "
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mm last
or m MONTH
1>V c. \\ . Titstiu. County, Agent)
[? I lie hi t c season we have this
;i *i i i in order to give tho rainy
l,!ls-s the Jackson
foiitity l':i riiurs tour will start the'
0t t > far. The tour will be
,ua,|f !?;. ? "I ?'> '?ig bus. The Inde-I
IM r ( I.ine lias contracted
1(1 I'uriii-li ['if largest, best bus it
I-,., willi lOtjhle tires in the rear, and1
tuinir iilunl cushioned chairs'
f|ih hji- will rest us 40 cents j>er
(J ,ir 1 i ! r?-nts jx'r mile per man.
WVuill !?????? a ten day trip instead;
sru 'i ?i: . - :is last year.
flic (???.! r will t>e through Ashevillc
jnJ ow i ii'" South West Virginia
tin in >! I'iie second day will be
spilt \ i-ii ins: -oiiie of the wonderffll
.ta-;i!!.l ? i>:'ork I a ruis in that part
ot \ ii.it. i. The third day will be
ijriit in \ alley ot Virginia, see
ing tlif historic and the mostl
i rit ilc lar-iiin-- section of Eastern
Ciaifl St; ii>. The fourth day we will
i:.to : !..? Tourist Camp in ?tVash
inatiMi fiiy.
Twinhu- ? ill he spent seeing Wash
iffiitni. \i-itiit- the White House, the
tsj'iii'l, N;.'ii?iial Museum, Arlington
fciirtan. National Zoo, Department
<?t \-H " Iftire. Treasury, Mount Vem
,i;t.! !.? .i places of wonderful in
ti it >t. '' .i will he spent visit
: i ? :< ? n 1 livestock test farm
a' ii.'.' .Vary land, and the Union
i - a! I!,: it i more, 3G miles
M.lU'iliMi I .it y.
Till -h ?lav will he spent in trav
:* i ; . I iii ii ; : . ? 1 Kifhmondl visit ng such
in ;[? r ..!??< Neck, who lias bred
i.ii-vliiliit<<l m :iic of the Internation
I tirainl ( 1i:i in | lion cattle, hogs, and
ii"|i linriii^ tin- past tow years. The
iiith;'ilay> will lie spent in travel and
i IVMmuiit \ Hrl h Carolina, visiting
it >';itc ti-<t la rm a iul| one or two
1' thf i \n Ili nl dairy farms. The
?uli i!:a ur will travel home.
nt r.ui:p> that can easily be
r.iln-il i;n h iiijht will hi- arranged
. atnl \\r will carry a reasonable
iwwut ot iiutil i' rum home with us, I
ii<! i-;tiii|> ;i> ui did last year. This
i'-i !?? a iinirli mure valuable trip ^
r ailiat ut tin- wonderful trip mad?!
i>t ><ar. I n*i - a 1 1 s i ? we will have more
liH- ;ii|i? -i i inure. We traveled 11001
l:t-T m:ii-, aiid exjieet to make
J*' this \car. 'flic bus fare for each1
ia:i 1'orilic ten .lays- will be between
ami > ! ti.ou, ur $1.50 to $1.60
?r day. Tliiv i> mighty cheap travel
:ii:ii <>: In r expenses j>er man will
'"in s:,.imi to ?7.00 for the trip,
" I in liiaiim extra food and a tew
win In iii Washington.
*'"? Ii")" in have two or three de
ami ;n i i \ ?? farmers from each
I
^timi in ji?. i niiiiiy and four or five
lni?iiievs men i ron: Sylva and
hhsburii ii,., K,. U|, the .'10 to go on
tuiir. |;,i, wj|| juaice a real See
I1"' '-'"u i Tnur to develop interest in
tanning in Jackson county.
,"';V '?'?"in, pu-uressive men, who are
I''1-'' aii:l interested in progressive
1 " 'b'l'iiicii r ui Jackson county farn>
"C. micIi n< our entire crowd was last
lt"dri iti'c solicileil fon this tour.
COUNTY o SCHOOLS OPEN
Uic |i,||i, i, ni. schools of Jackson
'I'"1'), \uili i he exception of Sylva
, "!'!l Hi"li School and Cullowhee
, MllO(
. Sclionl. i.i.i nei|
Morula V
I m iied for the fall term
. iiiuming.
? 'ha ,'i:nli il school opened in the
'*! w ^'il'liiiu. with appropriate pxer
N(s. ninl wiili ;i large number of the
? i ? '- la ,ol children attending.
^'r- ^ ? ( an llnoper is again prin
rn.al
1,1 'I'*- - The teachers are:
J,K- 1 r. I 'l l I /C. Miss Lacy Young,
'ls Haiti, ? i ?ss, Misls Nell Cowan
lls" Mynle lletisun, Miss Sue B.
?b'hiison. Mi-. May me Long, Mrs. Rj
? button, atnl Miss Beulah Padgetu
Pt?VlVAL AT OLD SAVANNAS
,l'vival meeting is in progress
? "1|l Savaniiali Baptist church, and
being conducted by two former
n^0rs the eliurch, Rev. T. F.
eitz? of Beta, and Rev. Wiley Con
?t KnoxviUe. ? ,
?Jhe """'tiii- began Monday morn
d}\ ,,(,|1tvnue for about ten
Iff
HEAD i C. I.
V I
Mr. B. L. Mullinax has been se
lected as principal of Sylva Collegi
ate Institute, to till the vacancy creat
ed because Miss Winona Hooper <Je
cliiAid to accept the post. Miss Hoop
er was elected a couple of weeks ago,
but had already accepted a position
as teacher in the Cullowhee High
school. *
V> *
Mr. Mullinax has been in Sylva be
fore, having taught in Sylva Collegi
ate Institute a few yeans ago, and has
many friends here, who will welcome
his return to Sylva and to the school
On September 3 the school will be
gin its thirty second session. Mr. M.ul
linax, the new principal, is a gradu
ate of Wake Forest College, has had
post graduate work at the University
of North Carolina, and eight years of
teaching experience, including three
years in the public schools of Cleve
land county, one session at the Bap
tist Orphanage at Thomasville, two
at Sylva Collegiate Institute, and! two
at Mars Hill College. Mr. Mullinax
was elected principal by the unani
mous vote of the trustees, to succeed
Mr. X. R. Priekett. The other High
school teachers, Miss Gladys McNeill
and Miss Delta Armstrong, who were
elected as members of the faculty,
are likewise said to be \vell prepared
and to 1 have had considerable exper
ienee in the profession.
The session of last year is reported
by the trustees to have been one of
the best that the -school has recently
enjoyed, and applications for this
year are exceeding, optimistic lio|>es
However, a far larger number of boys
and girls want work than the school
is able to furnish. There are 25 ap
plications from worthy young people
who are willing to do anything that
ia honest in order to go to school.
The officals of S. C. I. are trying to
placc as many of these as possible in
various jwsitions in town.
Last Spring the grades below the
seventh were officially discontinued
because the tuition from them was
not sufficient to finance the depart
ment. A recent canvass, at the reque. t
of former j>atrons, disclosed a popular
demand for the grades, and the de
partment is to ojK'u as usual on Sep
tember 3 under Miss Agnes Brown ,
who has taught for several years, and
Mr. Glenn Travis, who taught the 7th
grade during the spring tern' of 1929.
STILhWELL A DDK ESSES CLUB
ProT. E. II. Stillwell of the chair
of history of Western Carolina Teach
ers' College, Cullowhee, was Speaker
at the weekly luncheon of the Syhra
Notary Club, Tuesday noon. 1
I Mr. Stillwell delivered a nio?t inter
' sting and instructive short discourse
on the history of Western North Car
olina, and especially of Jackson
county. " *
I PARENT-TEACHERS TO MEET
Announcement is made of thg first
I meeting of the) Sylva Parent-Teachers
Association, for the present school
term, which will be held at tfie grad
ed school building afr< 3 :45 Monday
afternoon, August 12.
All parents of children attending
the Sylva schools are urged by the
officials of the association to be
present.
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| SPILLMAN AT- CULLOWHEE
Rev. Dr. B. W. Spillman was the
guest of President and Mrs. II. T.
Hunter, Monday and Tuesday of this
week. While at' Cullowhee Dr. Spill
man entertained the students of
Western Carolina Teachers' College
with two programs. On Monday night
he told the story of Joel Chandler
! Harris' life, occasionally dropping in
an Uncle Remus story to illustrate
his point. Dr. Spillman 's knowledge
of Harris is first hand, he having
visited and studied every place in
1 Georgia in which Mr. Harris lived.
On Tuesday morning Dr. Spillman
' gave a chapel program of Uncle Re
? mus jftories.
Dr. Spillrrnn is field secretary of
the Baptist Sunday School Board of
? the Southern Baptist Convention ; and
1 is the author of a number of books
on religious education.
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yYeminine Pilots to Take Bart in Air Races \ I
: ::.,:v.-;^ ??*$- , ?'/- ' m tm""
Mrsr Blanche Noycs shown in-plane s|tfe will fly from Santa Monica,.
Cal., to Cleveland, the course of the race^v.Tl^e contest will be a fe?iure
? of the 1929 air raccs at end of August, in ^'hich Amelia Earhart;.l<uth
[Elder, Marvel Crosson and many othe/ jeminine pilots are expccted
.. lo a ip* rto. - ' ? .-v. ? ? :
ROTARIANS EXPECT POTEAT
AND MAX GARDNER HERE
The Sylva Rotary Club will meet
at High Hapmton Inn, in Cashiers'
'Valley, for its "Ladies' Night," on
Tuesday, August 26.
Dr. William Louis Poteat, president
emeritus of Wake Forest College has
? been invited to speak, and has* indi
cated that he will probably accept the
invitation. The committee is now toy!
ing-to arrange for Governor 0. Max
Gardner to also be there, and it Fl
considered likely that he will molo
his plans to do so.
COMMISSIONERS ABOLISH
COUNTY HEALTH NURSfc
| The county commissioners have re
! fused to make the appropriation to
l?y the county's part of the salary
of the county health nurse, have re
fused to sign the contract I'or the con
I tinued cooj>o ration of the county in
| this work, thus discontinuing the serv
ices of a county health nurse in this
county, it was learned on good auth
ority, yesterday.
Miss Elanor Onnond has tk*?n
serving the county in this capacity
| for several years.
QUALLA
Qualla folks learned with apd
ness ( the death of Mr. J. H. Cat hey
His t ! .l lionic was here. His boyhood
and youth,- his school - days were
among our people. Ho never forgot
his old home and frfrndfc. He some
, times would visit his former home,
[call 011 us, make splendid speeches
in oi;r church, attend funeral ser
vices and write obituaries of our
loved ones. Wc appreciate his thought
fulness and kind remembrances of
our people. He has many friends and
relatives at Qualla.
I Mr. F. I. Watson of Dillsboro,
spoke in interest of Sunday School
work at the Baptist chureh, Sunday
morning. "jj
Rev. J. L. Roylc of Summerfield,
? N. C., is assisting the pastor, Rev.
R. L. Bass in a meeting at the Meth
odist church. He is delivering splen
did sermons. Some interest is bqing
manifested. Large congregations are
in attendance, especially at the even
ing scrvieaa. # 1 \
Qualla school opened Monday
morning with a good attendance.
, Many of the parents accompanied
their children to school for the op
ening exercises. Our teachers arc Mr
arjd Mrs. L. L. Shaver, Miss Louisa
McDaniel ami Miss Faye Bryson.
( JJach teacher made an interesting
_ talk_We hope for a beneficial school
year. '
Mr. S. P. Hyatt is teaching at
Proctor, Mr. Wade Gass at Greeni
'Creek, Miss Clem Hall at Balsam,
Miss Etta Kinsland at Tuckaseigee,
' and Miss Annie Lizzie Terrell at
Willets. 1
Miss Harriet Hall is taking vacation
at home after attending summer
school at Asheville Normal.
Mr. J. L. Hyatt is employed.' al
Hazelwood.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hughes, Mr
and Mrs. 03car* Gibson and Mr. J,
K. .Terrell were guests at Mr. H. G.
Ferguson 's, Sunday. -
Miss Mary Battle visited Mrs. D
C. Hughes.
! Mrs. B. B. Henson of Whittier vis
ited Mrs. W. H. Cooper.
| Mr. J. E. Hoyle made a business
! trip to Sylva.
:: Mesdiames J; L. Hyatt, C. P. Shel
[( ton and Misses- Lenora and Myrtlf
i Whitmire and Louise Hyatt callec
Jat Mr. J. K. Terrell's. x
OOtt HARRIS VISITS COUNTY
Col. Wadq.H. Harris, veteran ed
itor the Charlotte Observer, ac
j companies! by Mr. Bailey Grooms,
manager of the Statesvillc Chamber
of Otmmerce spent the week-end at
the iJew Jackson Hotel. They and Mr.
John "H. Wilson went to the great
Cashier's Valley section of the coun
ty on. Sunday, having dinner at High
Hampton Inn, and sending the day
touring that part of Jackson.
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Col. Harris* is a great friend of
Jackson County, and has devoted
many columns on the editorial page
of the Observer, telling people in the
eastern and central parts of the state
about Jackson county.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES
i
On. Sunday morning, August 11 at
eleven oV-lock, the Rev. Albert New
will conduct the service of the Holy
Commtinioti in St. John's Episcopal
church, Sylva. Miv^New will preach
on M How /o get right with God". A
cardial invitation is extended cvery
body to. attend this service. .The
reftfor desires to nave, tho little
Episcopal church full.
3ALSAM
Our graced school opened Mon
day the 5th, with eighty-one pupils
and many others to come; Mr. V.
L. Cope, principal, and Miss Clem
Hall, assistant. This is the first year
that we. have had only two teaehers,
and we believe we need three now. j
Miss Faye Bryson left Saturday
J for Qofklla where she will teach the
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh'
grades in the school there.
Thursday of last week, Mrs. R.
J. liork, Mrs. A. C. Bryson, Misses
Faye and Pauline Bryson and Mr.
Raymond Rork motored to Xanta
i hala and Robbinsville.
j Mrs. D. T. Knight had the follow
house guests last week : Mr.j
and Mrs. Gus Hinson and (jus, Jr., i
' of Orlando, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. John I
P. Knight and two children of
Greenville, S. C., Mr. Farley In
gram, Miss Janice Brincks and Mr. |
Jasper Brincks of Dothan, Ala.
Mr. (). E. Horton, Jr., of Atlanta i
has joined his parents in their sum-|
mer home here. He has just gradu-j
'ated from the University of Georgia.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Perry and'
baby of Franklin, spent Sunday
night here with her mother, Mrs.
Mabelle Perry, enroute to Charlotte.
'Mrs. Lower, v Gunter went to Ha
zclwood, Monday^
Miss Dorothy Bryson returned!
Sunday fr^ji Whittier where she was;
the guest of Miss Clem Hall. !
> Mrs. Sara . Bryson of Ela was here
last week, and Misses Katy Kenncy
and Marie Coward accompanied her
home for a, short visit!
Mrs. A. F. Arrington, and son,
Jack went to Waynesville, Monday.
Miss Pauline Bryson and her cou
sin Hugh Smathers of Canton, vis
ited Miss Eulah Barnes at East La
Porte, Sunday.
The young people enjoyed a dance
at the Hotel dance hall Monday
night. Guests are conling in daily,
and Balsam is getting quite lively.
Horseback riding, mountain climbing
and tennis seem. to be the leading
outdoor sports.
Rev. IhvB. R. Thornbury and Mrs.
Thornbury arrived last evening from
i Greensboro, Ga., and will occupy a
cottage in Ballough Hills.
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>(* Mr. H. G. Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs.
I J. K. Terrell attendedf the Quarterly
| Conference at Whittier, Sunday.
MAN INJURED
IN GUN FIGHT
Claude Cape and Jep Rogers, both
of East Laporte, are being held in
jail without bail, following a shoot
ing scrape on the lumber yard of
the Blackwood Lumber Company, at
East Laporte, Monday morning.
It is said that Cape approached
Rogors, who was at work on the, lum
ber yard, struck him with a pistol,
and ordered 'him to leave East La
Porte. Rogers, it is said, then went
to his house, secured his shot glin,
and returned to his work. Cape is
said to have fired once with a pistol
at Rogers, and missed his mark. Rog
ers, it is said, then returned the fire
with his hot gun, shot striking Cape
in the face, neck and/ chest.
Rogers came to Sylva and surrend
ered himself to Sheriff Cannon. He
was placed in jail charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon. Cape
was later arrested, and charges of
assault with a deadly weapon, and
violation of the prohibition laws are
booked against him.
Cape is not believed to have been j
seriously injured by the charge of j
shot.
TO SELL SCHOOL PROPERTY
Acting under authority of an or
der of the board of education, Super
intendent J. N. Wilson will *scll at
auction, on August 27, the old grad
ed school building in Sylva* the lot
in Webster in between the old Enloe
Store Building- and the main street,
and the Rivcrview eolorea school i
property. ? ? -0,1" |
The sale of the Sylva proj>erty is'
for the building only and does not
include the school lot or any part '
of it. _ .
_ The Riverview School property
located on the T uekaseigQ^'^Ri ver,
along the old road from. Dillsboro to!
Webster, and was abandoned by the!
county at the time of the consolida
tion of the colored schools of the
county in Sylva.
The lot in Webster, is a part of1
the old court house property, deeded
to the board of education by the
county commissioners* several years ?
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9:30 Devotional
9:45 Cooperative program, Z. V. Wat
son.
10:00 State Missions, I. K. Stafford
10:30 Home Missions, R. N.- Deitz.
10:50 Foreign Missions, J. G. Murray
11:15 Christian Education , W. C.
Reed.
11 :35 Hospitals, I). G. Bryscfci.
Minsterial Relief, Maek C. Brown
12:20 Adjornrrifcnt ; Dinner.
Friday Afternoon
1:45 Stewardship and Tithing, Mc
Kinley Hooper.
2:15 Sunday Schools, F. I. Watson
2:45 Woman's Missionary Union,
Mrs. C. L. Allison.
3:15 Baptist Yoflng People's Union
Lonella Brown.
3:45 Sylva Collegiate Institute, B.
L Mullinax.
4:16 Adjournment.
Saturday Morning
9:45 Devotional, John Iloglan.
10:00 Corner-stone Laying.
Song "How Firm A Foundation"
10:05 Scripture Reading, Rev. J. (>
Murray.
10:10 Co-operation, Dr. H.T.Hunt er
10:30 Placing of Stone, By. T. C.t
I Ledbetter and R. L. Bryson, members
of Building Commitee, assisted by W
R.. Painter, mason.
Prayer, Rev. T. F. Deitz
10:50 Inspirational address, Rev. P.
( L. Elliott.
' 11:20 Benediction, Dr. C. E. Mad.'ry
Re-assemble in church auditorium.
. 1130 Song, "Onward Christian Sol
j diers".
j 11:35 Address. "The Unfinished
Task, Dr. Chas. E. Maddrv.
12:30 Dinner
Saturday Afternoon
2:00 Devotional, T. F. Arlington.
2:15 Centenial Exercises.
Song, "Amazing Grace" ^
Historian's Report, E. H. Stillwell
Address," Looking Backward, A. V
Joyner.
Address," Looking Forward, W. *
F. West
3:30 Business; Adjournment.
The music will be in charge of W.
, C. Reed. ^
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Jack A. Welch, of Clyde to Ma-Eft
rete Smathers, of Clyde.
OFFICERS GET 25,000 GALLONS
OF BEER, TWO M^N, AND STILL
One of (he largest hauls ever made
in this section by prohibition officers
was captured! by Sheriff Cannon,
Deputy Coward, Transylvania county
officers and Prohibition 'Officer
Charles Branton, near the Transyl
vania-Jaekson county line, in Transyl
vania county, across from Canada,
early Tuesdy morning.
Harry Bryson and a man named
Burrell, who were taken at the 'still,
are said to have shown fight, and had
to be subdued by the officers. They
were tliken to Bryson City and,' placed
in jail to answer in federal court to
charges- of violating the prohibition
laws.
Taken with the men, and destroy
ed 011 the spot, were about 25,000 gal
lons of beer, an 80 gallon capacity
'still, and 42 gallons of corn liquor.
TRANSYLVANIA. CUTS TAX
RATE 22 PER CENT FOR 1929
| The Transylvania county tax rate
'was cut from $2.75 to $2.13, a dc
! crease of 02 cents on the $100 valua
tion of property by the county board;
of commissioners at a meeting held
I on Monday afternoon.
I The decrease cuts the rate by 22.5
per cent.
The cut was largely made possible
by the acts'of the last general assem
bly, increasing the equalizing fund
for schools, state aid for long term
schools, and state aid for county
roads, though refinancing of the
, bonded debt of the county and other
economies , are also said to have enter
I ed into the remarkable reduction of
J the tax rate of Transylvania.
TO DECORATE EASTLAPORTE
GRAVES NEXT SUNDAY, 11TH
j The annual . decoration of the
| graves in the cemetery at East La
porte, will be held next Sunday,. Au
gust 11, with appropriate exercises,
preaching; and dineer will be served
' on the ground. Everybody is invited.
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BAPTISTS WILL
OBSERVE IOOIH
ANNIVERSARY
\ ?
The Tuckaseigee Baptist Associa
tion will meet at Cullowhce on Aug
ust 15, and will celebrate the 100th
anniversary of its founding.
The organization raerting of the
Tuckaseigee Baptist Association was
held in the little, log church at Cul
lowhee 011 November 0, 1829. The in
I troductory sermon was preached by
| Humphrey Posey, one of the great
.pioneer Baptist preachers of West
I em North Carolina, who was one of
j the moving spirits in calling the as
sociation into existance, and was
largely instrumental in -its organiza
tion. The association was perfected
and started on its carcer, with the
election of Rev. Humphrey Posey as
the first moderator, and David El
der as the first clerk.
The impressive ceremony of laying
the corner stone of the new Cullo
whce Baptist church, on Saturday,
August 17, will be one of the feat
ures of the association. ?
The association will meet at 10:30,
Thursday morning, August 15, with
devotional exercises. The introduct
ory sermon will be preached by the
moderator, Rev. T. F. Deitz, after
which the associatoin will adjourn
for dinner. Reconvening at 1 :li0, the
first order of business will be the
enrollment of delegates aand recog
nition of visitors. Rev. Corsey Hoop- ,
er will rejiort on the names and ad
desse^of ministers of the association,
and the deaths that have occurred in
their number during the last associa
tional year. The re})ort on periodicals
will be made by J. T. Gribble, that
oli the orphange, by E. ^ StilljFell ;
on temperance and law enforcement,
by Geo. W. Sutton ; .on the state? of
! the churches, by Rgv. A. C. Queen.
The association will adjourn at 4 o*
clock and reconvene at 8 in the even
ing for a sermon.
The program for the last two days
of thd association follows:
Friday Morning