"1.5(1; Year in Advance in Tb* guilty. 1 \ , ^gN, o; thursdAy, dbcember 11, iwo $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The Countyi
FOB TIM BBTEBSI
The Shops of^fSylva, Saturday, will
,|..?w the Christmas spirit, and are
nMcring ? wide variety of selections,
in both practical and sentimental gifts
i?r Christmas.
The attractiveness of the displays
?nili the wide range of selections to
.ither with remarkably low prices
pievaillng, are attracting much t'av
i,ruble comment.
The Christmas spirit is iu the at
ni.isphere, and the shops are present- j
? YnJetide appearance.
I lie popularity of Sylva as ?
shopping center for Western N?rtl ,!
tuoliua, is growing t'rom year to,
yen r, as the jwople arc learniug the i
ninny advantages that the Sylva;
>;..ies present.
P.eing centrally located, with good j
luir! ways leading into the town, many
di.liars in gasoline can he saved by ,
vlmpping in SyWi.
The stores carrv a much greatei
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\ai ety than is usually found in t)
towns of this size, and present theii
wares in most attractive style.
The overhead in Sylva shops is low
er than in larger towns, making if
possible for the shop-keepers to pass
the saving on to the trade, in lower
prices. f *
Those who have heretofore be?n i
aware of the unusual opportunities j
that Sylva shops offer the buying:
public, have found that they ?an
s';op here, more conveniently, more
economically, and with less of the ,
wear and tear on the body and |
nerves^ attendant to attemping to \
shop in the midst of the holiday rusl'!
in the larger towns.
They have learned that they <*ai
usually find what they want, wit'
the minimum of effort, and that v;h'
they find it, the price is most reas
onable. ? /
A hearty welcome, and easy shop
P:ng will greet yon in the Sy'v:
tihop?.
An easy and practical way to sbo*
is to read the advertisements in Th
Journal, this week and next, dee d
what you want to buy, make up voi*
shopping list, and go to the shor
a ud bnv.
THREE OF ESCAPEES RETAKEi
IJal'ew, Mamie Kaby and France
( iiMionts, three oL' the prisoners v?i.
ceiled their liberty in the jair d<
I very, lieiv, Tuesday night, were re
taken by officers, Wednesday; am
officers believe that they will sooi
have the other trio back in thei;
celld in the Jackson coutny jail.
It is believed that Paulino Rhei
and JamesSpivey,Asheville fo'.ks, wh<
were captured near the Sylva city
limits, Friday night, with 24 gallon
of liquor and a Chevrolet automobile,
were responsible for the escape.
The Rheu woman was convicted,
in Recorder's Court, Monday, on a
charge of transporting, and drew t
sentence of 6 months in .jail. Spivey
was convicted along with the woman,
although she entered a plea of guilty,
and went on the stand and. swore
that Spiiey had nothing to do with
it, and that she had never seen him
before that night, when her car
broke down, and he came walking
along the road and, at her request,
stopped to help her repair the auto
mobile. Judge Hooker stated that hp
didn't believe a word she said, eon-1
viotod Spivey, and sentenced him to
serve a term of four months.
The Raby girl and the Clement?
eirl were arested in a police raid in
a room in Clark's rooming bouse,
and were convicted of disorderly eon
duct. The court continued the praayer
f?r judgment for two weeks, and was
holding the girls until that time.
Harvey Frady, the sixth of the
escapees, was being held for trial on
a biU of indictment charging him
w'th the murder of Ed. Blakley, Ne
"ro, on Little Savannah, on August
59.
Tbe deb'rery was made by sawing
" holt, holding bars in a door that
h;<d been previously cut and repaired
^VTien the bolt was sawed in two.
two bars were bent downward, and a
s,?all hole for exit made. The pris
?neis crawled through; climbed the
barbed wire fence enclosing the jail,
were free.
OULLOWHEE GRADED SCiiOOL
WEEKLY NEWS,NOTES
Ust week the reading context pre- j
liminary was held to determine who i
would represent Cnllowhec at Mars
Hill, December 13.
Edna Patton won the <lecision lor!
the girls, and Richard Miller t'w the j
boy?.
Others taking part were .lunkn '
Smith, Elsie McUinf, Doris Brown, j
Kathleen Fifllbright, .lea net te Brown,
&Cary Anne Bryson, Ruth Hjipe
and Kate Stillwell.
The cha|>el exercises last week wen
conducted by the glee club, and the i
following program presented:
On the Road to Maudnlav - Club..
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One Fleeting llour - Elise McGuire,
Kentucky Babe. Mighty
Rose Club.
Neo|>olitan Nights-Doris Brown, j
Kate Stillwell.
Bells ot' the Sea. lassie ?' Mine ? 1
Club.
Piano Solo-Miss Williamson.
Sextet: Swing l/>w Sweet Chariot:
My Meaft's in the Highlands- Ne?l
Tucker, Terry Galloway, Alvin Hen
son, Darrell Mitchell, Fred Brown.
\ ort on Snrrett.
Musical reading: Speak Up Ike and |
Spress yoself-Edna Patton.
Specialty: Virginia Burnett, Kate
Stillwell, Doris Brown, Elise McGuire
There's a Song in the Air; Silent
Night-Club.
Next Thursday Rev. M. Q. Tuttle
will conduct the chapel exercises, ant1 ?
on Friday, Deeehiber 19 at 10.30, r j
Christmas program will be presented 1
by the Training School and Hig' '
School. The public is invited to thi- !
program
RECORDER'S COUET j
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Pauline Rheu i>nd James Spivcy
were convicted ot' transporting licjuoj
A Chevrolet ear was ordered eon
iscated and sold, the woman given
vi months in jail, and the young mSn j
I months. w
Hyman Sutton, transporting, pray- j
?r tor judgment continued lor two ,
iveeks. 1
J. L. Lytic, drunk, $10. ami costs.
Main e Rabv and Frances Clements,
disorderly conduct, prayer for judg7
nont continued.
Bert Alexander, drunk, $10.00 and
?osts.
Ted Fincannon, ordered to show
?ood behavior every two weeks until
further orders ot' the court.
Walter Brvson, disposing of mort
gaged property, nol pros with leave.
Lawrence Henson, transporting, nol
nros with leave.
UNIVERSAL BIBLE SUNDAY
OBSERVED AT M. E. CHURCHES
Sunday, the Methodist churches, of
Sylva and Dillsboro will have worship
services observing " Universal Bible
Sunday'' as suggested by the Ameri
can Bible Society. This organization
has published, since its organization
!n 1810, more than two hundred and
sixteen million copies, testaments and
portions of the Holy Scripture?.
The pastor. Rev. George Clemraer,
will deliver a sermon, appropriate for
the occasion. His subject will be,
4'The Bible?One Book for all People
In the discussion of this theme, Mr.
Clemmer will answer those who have
;poken of the South as "The Bible
Belt*'.
Morning worship at 11 o'clock in
Sylva, and pt 7.30 o'clock in the even
ng at Dillsboro.
The church schools meet at 10 a.
u., promptly. The Hi?League meets
t 645 p. in. A cordial welcome a
waits visitors and strangers at each
service. . ? f
WINTER QUARTER STARTS
TODAY AT W.^J. T. COLLEGE
The winter quarter began at West
ern Carotin;. Teachers College today.
Prospects are bright for a substan
tial increase in the enrollment for
the next quarter. The fall term en
rollment has been the largest in the
history of the-- instituion since the
school assumed college standing.
Plenty of Horses If They'll AU Pull By Albert T. Reid
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JUDGE MOORE TO HOLD
20TH DISTRICT OOURTS
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Judge Walter E. Moore, Svlva,;
ami Ju'lgc .lobu M. Oglesby, Concord,
havo arranged an exchange of dis
tricts, approved by Governor Gard- i
ner, which provides that Judge Ogles-1
bv will hold courts in the 15th dis- j
trict from Jan. 5 to the week ol
March 23, inclusive, and Judge Moore
will preside in the 20th district dar- I
ing the same preiod.
> The exchange was made in order
that J urge Moore mjight be near
Asheville for special medical treat
ment.
Judge .Moore, therefore, will hold
courts as follows: Haywood county,
two weeks, Feb. 2; Jackson, two weks
okee, two weeks Jan. 19; Haywood,
tow weeks, Fb. 2. Jackson, two weeks
Feb. 1G; Swain, two weeks, March 2;
Graham, two weeks, March 16.
W. C. T. C. ENTERTAINS MEM
BERS OF ASSEMBLY?TRUSTEES
Cullowhee, December 8- Tho board |
of directors of Western Carolina j
Teachers College together with sena- j
tors and representative from various |
counties and districts in Western j
North Carolina were visitors at the
college on the afternoon of Detvutbi-r
3: Members of the board present were
C. C. Buchanan, Sylva, J. E Coburn, i
Bryson City, and N". R. McDevitt, j
Marshall. The representatives were j
Hon. Thomas A. Cox, Cullowhee, N. [
B. McDevitt, Marshall, R E. Hipps, j
Waynesville, A. G Pless, Canton, and |
Fred I. Sutton, Lenoir county. The:
senators were Mrs. E. L. McKee, j
Sv'va, and K.'E. Bennett, Bryson.
Gitj.
The Erosophian Literary Society
recently gave the library a set of j
books that contained seven volumes. |
They are entitled "Lands an<T Peo
ples", and the pictures and illustra
tions are very beautiful, many of the
pictures being full page and colored.
The books will prove of value to
students doing reference work.
On Saturday evening, December 0,
the Erosophian Literary Society ej
ected officers for the winter quarter.
The president, Norval Rogers, was re
elected. The vice president is George
Gibbs. secretary Elizabeth Henry;
tresnrer, Louie Med ford; censor, Hor
ace Garrison; critic, William Bryson;
chaplain, Lucy Yelton; pianist Hilda
BALSAM V
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Mib? ilannuh Warren and Air.
; llortc Jonee were married at Claytea,
! Georgia, December 2.
Mrs. Loiia Green and soil, Loui?;
: and Mr. and Mrs. <). J Beck were
i quests of Mr and Mrs. Fred McKee.
: in Webster, Sunday..
Mr. BUI Hoyle of the U. S. Navy
j came up from Norfolk, last week t<
; s|)end a short furlough with his
j father, Mr. George Hoyle. When he
! return*, the ship will leave at once
for Seattle.
Mr. James Lindsey has returned
from Cincinnati, where he went some
time ago, to sj)end the winter. Said
it was too cold, and decided that Bal
sam was the bset place all the year
around.
Miss Dolly Hoyle has returned
from a visit to relatives in Cincin
nati.
Messrs N. R. Christy, Bryson Beck,
and ??. B. Queen went to Asheville,
last week Mr. Queen has been suffer
ing with his eyes for several years,
and has been having them treated b}
Dr. Briggs, in Asheville, for several
months. He can see now quite well,
and goes almost anvwhere alone.
Smathers. '
In one respect examinations at this 1
College are like the new moon?they,
appear every quarter. And tliis week
i* the scheduled time for them to ap- j
pear, much to the consternation ofj
many. But there were the wise vir-1
gins, ready with their lamps.
Examinations began Tuesday, Do* !
cember 9 and ended Wednesday.
Miss Annie Ray, primary supervis- j
or at the Training school is to go;
to East Tennessee Teachers College, j
Johnson City, at the beginning of
the next quarter. Miss Voile is to
take her place. Miss Voile comes to
the college with a good recommend
ation, having her Master's Degree
from the University of North Caro-j
Pna, and her work for her Ph. D.'
fi*om tylumbia is nearly finished.
She was principal of the Fayetteville
schools for a number of vears, and
? ? 7
last year she was director in the i
State Teachers College, Red Rock, Va
AVEKAGE BT7BLEY PRICE 21C
The average price for the first
davfe sales of Western North Caro
lina Bnrley, on the Asheville market,
yesterday, was 21c a pound. The high
price paid was 40 cents,
LYRIC WILL GIVE FOOD SHOW
NEXT WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17
i Harry E. Buchanan, owner of the
J Lyric Theatre, has just returned from
' Charlotte, where he made arrange
I ments with Metro Goldwin Film Co.,
j to donate h feature picture and a
! comedy wliieh will be shown at the
Lyric next Wednesday,. Instead of
cash, the admission will be various
articles of non-perishable foods, to
be turned over to the Welfare Com
mittee for distribution anjong the
needy people at Christmas time.
The Metro Goldwyn presentation,
"The Floradora Girl', and a laurel
and Hardy Comedy will be shown.
Everyone is asked to go to the
show either Wednesday afternoon or
night and take some article of food,
tactically equivalent to the value ol
a ticket. In other words, two people
Fill be admitted for a $1.00 sack of
flour, or 1 |>erson for a 50 cent buck
et of lard or coffee.
The show will be one of the best
presented during the season, accordi
ing to the management, and the food
will go to someone who needs it.
A ^liu-kcf^ a dozen eggs, lard,
coffee, sugar potatoes, canned goods,
or any otherartieles of food will be
accepted
TEASERS
Is this your name? By arrange
ment with the Lyric Theatre, two
names of persons in Sylva or Jack
son county will be published in the
Journal each week. If the persons
whosfr names are so published can
decipher their names, they will be
admitted free to the theatre at any
show prior to Friday of the follow
ing week.
The letters in the lines below, if
properly arranged, spell the names
of two people in Sylva or Jackson
oounty. If either of them is your
name, jnst fill in the letters in the
blank line beiow, clip this out and
present it to the box office at th?
Lyric theatre, and you will be ad
mitted free to any show, before next
Friday.
Name
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Mrs. LACUENDOJSE
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Mrs. COMBSOTTTNP
Lwt weeks teasers
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Hannah Cox
Ralph Sutton
AUTO LICENSE TAGS SALES
START MONDAY THE 1*
The salt' and distribution of 193d
automobile license tags will begin oh.,
next Monday, December 15, with Mr..
A. ?). Dills, manager of the local'
branch of the Carolina Motor Club,
in charge of the Svlra lifflHt tap of
fice. ?
The letter of ir^hictions to Hr.
Dills state? that lie must open hifc ?*f
fice at 9 oVWx-k each uiooaQf
December 15 to Juan' 15.
Sundays and Christmas Day, and that
he must close promptly at 4.30 each
day. He is forbidden to take checks
n payment for licenses or titk*s.
Mr. Dills states that if the public
! will not try to all rush in on the
last days of 1930 and the first two or
three days of 1931, that everybody
can be served, without standing in
line.
OAY
Our school is very near the close;
and we can say it has so far been
very successful, under the supervis
ion of Mr. C'. W. Tilley and Miss
Still well of Cullowhee.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Sutton jifk
announce the birth of a fine boy, last
week. Mother and haby arc doing fine.
Mr. and Mrs. G C Turpin went to
Waynesville, last week end, for a vis
it to relatives
The ladies of the Wesleyana church
held a box sup|>er, Saturday night,
and got a very nice, 'little collection,
for the benefit of the church.
Miss Rose Barron of Enka spent
the week end with home folks.
THE SIMONS RECOVERED
AFTER AUTO. CRASH
Mrs. A. M. Simons, her friends will
be glad to learn, has recovered 1'rom
serious injuries, received a couple of
weeks ago( in an automobile wreck
and has returned to her home here.
Mr. Simons, who was lea* serious
ly injured than was his wife, has also
entirely recovered.
The accident occurred when the
Simons car, in which Mr. and Mrs.
Simons were returning bo Sylva from
Knoxville, skidded off the road on
the mountain near Hot Springs.
Mrs. Simons was taken to a Hot
Springs hotel, where she was giv
en medical attention) and was confin
ed to her room for several days.
Corn in the Bank
Littk Holda Finkc, acclaimed Cham
rion Corn Grower of Cook ^ounty,
llinois, displaying her ban*, book
showing $500 profit and prize money.