ft 1.50 Year in Advance in The Countv
MOORE AND JURY 10 HEAR
FOUR HOMICIDE USES
i Walter E. Moore and (hi:
.1;., k ? i: County jury will bo laced
v , i,., task of hearing four hcmi
when the superior court
? ? - l,m> next Monday.
[m-. yi the honacide eases arose
: -mi tights, while the third
11.>111 au automobile wreck.
l>ryson will again he placed
0!. i; r charged with the unlawful
Adam Cope, at the home
t,i lv. v on at lialsaiu in December
j. \m?ii was tried here at (he
February term, 1930, and the jnr_
n.jiMiitii in in of manslaughter.
.Iu,i;i I'mlev senteiieed him to servo
< i 1 iv*? years in the State
.??is,,;.. l,iv-ou appealed to the su
j.ivm- ? ail and was given a new
tIj;,| 'iMiUi.M- of error iu ruUugs of
I III- -'M'
p;-.- Mull laces the court on a
I'luir:"' having >hot and killed
Parker, at East Laporte on
i tin-!i Hay, la>l. Parker was shot
in ill.- it'.' and bled to death. Mull
w;i> -raj'tiired ami has been awaiting
trial, iu tin- iiiVMUi City jail.
Harvey 1'raily, from Long Branch
will have t?? face the jury and an-l
>urr to the cliurge of having unlaw-'
fully killfil .1. F.d Hlakley, negro, who
was -hot in death on Little Savan
nah. on the afternoon of Ahgust
twenty lrnth, last. The grand jury
n-turniMi it hill of indictment against
l'nulv ;>t the October term of the
r.-ar:; hut he couldn't he tried for
(if -.?n i'.ai In- hadn't been taken
IPfM r|
!'. I! I .ja i i ley ??t" Atlanta is charg
ed u;t'i unlawful killing of Cope
Iiiilfirnjtun, with au automobile, last
.-n miner.
A large number ot other iinjiort
anl eriinitial eases are on the docket
for (rial, and it generally believed
that the entire two weeks will be !
ri'.'iMimei! in the trial of the criminal
'I'xkei, though the last week is sup
j?v>.m| to be for civil ease9.
QUALLA
Mr. Hill Crawford o 1' Akron, ('hio,
vi4i"il i't Mr. ?l. E. BnttleV.
Mr. WowIrow Cooper, who was se
ri?uis|v >1! last week is improving.
A party was enjoyed by a number |
"t vmiHg folks, with .Miss Louise l
Hyatt as hostess.
Mrs. L'. Battle, Miss Mary Bar-1
tli- timl Mr. .1. M. Hughes of Client-'*
ki'i* ?!???! at Mr. 1). C. Hughes'. i
Mis.i Mo/.clle Moody has returned
to Knka.
Mr. ;'11<I Mrs. Clyde Marcus enter-1
tiiincd the young folks with a social.'
I'.il and Crawford Avers
vi>ifci| Mr. John Avers.
Mr. t'. P. Slielton and family were
v;?.ilm-. :.t Mr. .1. K. Holers, W hit*
. tu r.
Mr. Mrs. .1. (?. }|<|?per and Mr.
i(,"l Mrs. W. |i. if<,vlc, called at Mr.
t'-i-ar t iibbon's.
Mr. Win. Kimsey visited at Mr.
I' I- "xiut's.
Mr*. \\. H. Movie palled on Mrs.
I' M. H.uh-r.
Laura Snyder is spending a
? 'lays at Whittier.
^iii'.lla farmers are iraking fine
l?ti-rr.ss with their work for the past
i. ui>ck)?.
/
?STR'.NGE accident costs eye
? \
If'1'.', citizen (d' Highlands lost an
.i most unusual and peculiar
"?""Bi-,-. i* told in the following story
"'"'i 'l.i- Highlands Maconian:
l'"1" 11 L Reese, 25, lost his left
"i; the Hall i^>lI course >t lligh
'aiuls Sunday, when, as he swung at
*' his cluh became detatchcd
?i-'. Mie handle, hit a stump, and
"''""I'l'lcd against a pair (d' glasses
Hearing. Shattered glass in the
was res]>onsible for loss of sight.
The eye was removed at Angels'
l"?l?itad, Franklin. Mr. Reese was
'??it asi-.i from the Hospital Wednes
u'u! is at his home here.
EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL
SICK
Mr. Dan Tompkins has been con
fined to his room several days
this w ;ek, wi h an attack of acute
tonsilitis,
J
. BALSAM
Mrs. il?ibert Ensley and children
have returned i'roui llendersonvillc
where I hey visited Mrs. Knsley's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. It. Mehai'fey,
N>r the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Cicorge T. Kn:ght,
Miss Nannie Knight, Mrs. 1). 'i'.
Knighr. and Mrs. \V. 11. Farwell went
Sylvu Friday night to see the
Passion play.
Mr. dolinnie ' Conner's little three
year old girl fell in tin* lire and
was badly burned recently.
Me--in Howard Warren, John Al
len Ker-ucy, t'lyde (ireen and Car i
Swauger, atteuded t he ball games nt. (
Sylva I iigh School Friday irght.
Miss F.uith and Ida Mae Howard !
of C-'iiton spent last week end in
Balsam.
Mr. (i rady Queen of Canton-spen; i
Sunday with relatives here.
Mrs. i'. O. Queen entertained her i
Junior class of girls in the Baj '
Sunday school Saturday afternoon.
They phyed games, sang many songs,
told lor!unes and luul a jolly good
time. The home was beautifully dec
orated and delicious refreshments
were served. Mrs. Queen is an it!
?Ittnior teacher, never tires of doing
something to benefit \ her elass. The
following members were present:
Ruby Bryson, ({race Brooks, Virginia
Coward, Katherine Coward, Bird ell
Middlemen, Dixie Warren, Hubv Me
hat'fey, Willa Mae Hyatt, Helen and
Agnes Queen.'
We are having cold weather again
after enjoying a week of real spring.
It snowed Monday and Tuesday.
ADDiE SCHOOL FIRST
IN CAMPUS IMPROVEMENT
\T'u? Addie school, Mr. Neil Tuck
er at hi Miss Cert rude Allison, teach
ers, awarded first prize, twenty
five no jars, in the contest sponsor
ed bv the Twentieth Century Club,
? *" *
for th.? most improvement in the Jack
son I'oniity school grounds. The eon
test closed on December 1st and the
prizes Were awarded last- week. Fifty
(Jolliiis was given by Col. Charles J.
Harris and divided into three prizes,
the first twenty five dollars, r,th'.
second fifteen and the third 10 dol
lars. The second prize was won by
the Diilsboro school, Mr. F. I. Watson
principal, while tie Sylva arid John'
Creek'i?i'lHioIs ran a close race for the
third, John's Creek coming out vic
tor. Mr. Fulton Thomasson is princi
pal ?>f the school at John's Creek.
Much improvement lias been made in
the grounds of the schools, by reason j
of th>' work done by teachers and pu- j
pils i:i -<*ttinir nut shrubbery, clean-;
in"' up and in various other ways. Ms. i
Weaver of Ifazelwood was judge in
the contest.
Two third graders in the Add'* j
school tell the story in the children#,
own way, of how the first prize Mas
won:
"Mr. Harris offered a prize to the
school who planted the most shrubs
to improve their grounds. We have
been putting out shrubs for over a
year. The fathers and mothers were
?rood to let us have their tools. Mr.
Pan-is and Mr. CJrocne let us have
their itVides. We planted hollies, bal
sams, laurel and many other things.
Jack'-; father, Mr. Snider, let us
have laurels and ivy. Mr. Clayton let
ns hnv'* cedars off his land. All the
boys and girls helped set them out.
Louise Brysou."
"Mr. Harris offered a prize for
Hie ?c!iool who planted the most
shrubs lo improve their grounds. Mr.
Snide let us get shrubs off of his
ground. Mr. Oreene and Mr. Parris
let us have their mules and sleds to
haul ihem to our school. All the boys
and girls helped set them out. We
planicd balsams, laurels, cedars and
other things. The fathers and moth
ers loaned their tools. The whole
school worked hard to win the prize.
Burl Henson."
i LOCAL BOY MOST ORIGINAL
! , )
j Bud Thompson of Sylva was elect
ed as being the most original boy at
Western Carolina Teachers Co'leg:-.
Superlatives were elected for t!:e col
lege annual, the "Di I)a Yo Ho Ski."
sylva, N. c., thuiUdayfi^uary i2,1931. $2.00 Year in Advance Outside The County.
As Good Advice Now as Ifhen? By Albert T. Retd
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AW?OC> S "l t
40 YEARS AGO
Tuckascige Democrat Feb. 11, IH!)1
1 Mr. 'l'. A. ('ox was in town Satur
day.
The Hamburg mail rlid not reach
here at ;ifl yesfcrifaH^^^^
Mr. Ii. C. Hall returned t'ron: Ashe
ville Thursday and Drs. Wolff and
Tompkins Sat unlay.
We had the pleasure of a visit of
Brother X. \. Rogers of the Waynes
viile Cour-er last Saturday.
Mr. Heir.y the livery man of High
lands, brought u hack load of passen
gers for Monday's east bound train.
Rev A. II. Sims coneluded, last
Thursday cveirng, at Barker's Creek
a meeting of ten days duration whi?
resulted in twenty-five converts and,
so far. 'welve or fifteen additions to
the Baptist church.
If anybody wauls to exeite our
liveliest gratitude they have only to
follow 11if- example of Maj. and Mrs.
W. M. Rhea :n supplying our table
with a nic:* mess of lye hominy and
turnip salad?the latter f.h:?.. first d;'
the .-"???.son. by the way?for both of
which Hides of food we acknow
ledge a special weakness.
"Fuimer's exhaust, nozzle" is the
i nnnui ??!' creation of the nrnd of
1 Jacob Fultner, of Asheville, and whieli
has b.-et: patented by that gentleman.
The in?.j ntlo-i is intended for use ou
steam engines. Mr. Jacob Fulmer,
the i:- venter is an engineer on the
Murphy branch of the W. N. C. rail
road and is one of the most popu
lar me t in the road's employ.?Ashe
ville Citizen.
Heavy rains have fallen and the
streams have been fuller than for a
long time, damaging trestles and
causin g great irregularity in the run
ning of the trains. A force of hands
repaired the trestle at Allen's M'll
yesterd;i\ sr< the Asheville train came
down about five o'clock in the after
noon going only as far as Dillsboro
and Mien returning. We sup|>ose this
will be the arrangement until the
trestle; below Dillsboro are repaired.
Mi<s f", L. Van Lew, of Richmond,
paid her taxes and as, usual present
ed her wr'Uen protest against being
required to help support the govern
ment unless she is allowed to vote.
"I, Kli . dx th L. ^ an Lew, desire to
reiterate my annual protest against
l>ayio.f ta"?'S without representa
tion."
List of Jurors Spring Term. 1801
| First week, W. R. Enloc, John Mas
oil, David Tat hum, W. T. (.'oward, 11.
If. Broarn, K. L. Jones, L. W. Allen.
; John C'. Reed, H. II. -Snider, Knnis
Wilson, I), J. {'Jay I on, S. ('. liry Min
; T. IptJueen. 1). J. Alien, .1. If.* A1
Jen, ,T. R. McKay, Joseph Knslcy, O.
. M. Allison, T. Moody, .1. Robert
? Ashty T. W; Jamison, J. B. Stew
art, A. B. t)ills, J. A. Gribble, J. K.
s'a^sim Allen, J.'-F. Wjlson,
Wn:. Rumgariier 'J. AmrigtWi, VV.
Ft. Bryson, A. ,Vf. Hooper, Joseph
Hoyle, J. M. Crawford, J. T. (.'arson,
M. \V. llcnsley S. If. Took, A. ('.
Long. Second Week: M. IT. Morris,
P. M. Cat hey, John \V. Davis, A. M.
Brown, A. W. Davis, V. A. Higdon,
Clark MeDade, F. T. Norton, J. B.
tiihsou, J. W. Alchat'fey. l'. J. Still
well, Harrison Bradley, W. B. Davis.
J. P. Alley, J. W. Wiko, I. P. Har
ris, J. T. Hughes. Juhn A. Hoo|>er.
i
r
j Le' er from Blaine, Washington:
i have seen so manv places, since
I ? ' '
j I earn'.' wesl, so much worse than
j Jackson, booming and btiild:ng up,
I that I have come to the conclusion
' that is just laziness of the people
j that ? !iey don't l:oom a town in Jack
son. In looking over your paper, 1
I - ?? ii!. j:dvvi t;-"!fleli!s of ,111V of the
i t't . 1 '
: business men in Jackson county. I
suppose if a man in Now York were
) ?> -mm: i vi : j>? per lie would nat
urally conclude thai there was no
business in Jackson and would de
cide at once not to go there. With
, aU the ad van*;>-r''s that Jackson
'counl.v* affords, I think they should
j advertise her a little and get up a.
? boom. Organize a board of trade and
i ,
i lay off Webster and Sylva into a
city. Offer inducements to capital
ists, in the way of town lots, to put
up a .factory to manufacture the
kaolin -it home, also'a canning fac
tory, a wagon factory, a rolling
mill, colleges, churches, etc. By so,
df'ng, .1 hofiestlv believe tIk* results
will be wonderful.?I). 11. If.
I.i.it Sunday was ;i remarkably
beautiful day, warm and clear. By
night clouds obscured the sky, and
soon alrei dark rain began to tall.
It rained all Sunday night, Monday
; and Alf nd:iy night, at tunes very
hard. The streams began to rise and
the flood, which lad been so long
looked s:nd hoped for to bring down
the logs which have been ly'ng in the
j-river for several months awaiting if
begat! to get i-i its work. The logs
j were lifted from their resting places
and borne clown to the boom at
Dills'ioro, till, it is supposed, that
5000 had accumulated. The pressure
! on tln? w;ng-of the dam proved too
! great for its strength, however, and
yest.epiay morning it gave way and
a resistless torreiit poured through
tho breach, sweeping the logs into
the river below rhe mill. Quite a
number of locust pins were washed
awav and the combined loss and dam
age is great, estimated by some at
NEWS LETTER
- Ctdiowhee, N. (February J). ?
Dr. C. IL AlcClure, liend of the Di
vision of Social Science of the State
Teacher.; College of Kirksville, Mis
souri, j.vrived at Western Carolina
Teachers College Monday afternoon
for ii visit of two days. The purpose
of Dr. 'vi??<'lure's visit was primarily
to he present at the initiation and
installation of a chapter of Alpha
I Mi i Sigma nation.'il scholarship fra
ternity for teachers colleges which
i,hold .-in A rating with the American
j Association of Teachers Colleges.
I Approximately twenty five stud
j cuts rind faculty members became
: members of the chapter Tuesday af
| lernocn. On Monday evening Dr. Mc
| Clinv inn! all honor students of the
j college were guests of the Facnltv
J Club at a reception in Moore Dorm
itory parlors. On Tuesday evening
Dr. McClure made an address :n th<
college auditorium to which the pen
era I public was invited.
The purpose of the organization of
a chapter of Alpha Phi Siania to set
up ni.irhinery for developing and car
rying on the ideal of scholarship in
second.*; rv schools as well as colleges.1
Tea- hers, especially in Western
North Carolina, will be inter*sted to
note lluit a revision of the cones
pondei.ct' studv department of West j
ern ('.ivolina Teachers College is br
ing made. The correspondence work
is being reorganized in keeping with
the residence Work offered that ii- 1
the third and fourth years coM 'g
credit will now be available by cor
res pon de nee.
Courses will be offered in fields
which meet th? popular deirands of
teachers in sen*ice. The courses nrr
conducted from the school not on r
commercial basis, but because of
needs of their in-service program foi !
.. teachers. Credit for courses taken by
corre-pindence will apply toward
gi-mliitaion from the two year Normal
Course, towards the Ii. S. Degree.
from to ,f10000. Croat dam
j age h,'s been oceasviiicd to trestles
i below Ii" re. Part of the trestle at the
t tunnel below Dillsboro is gone and
seventv five feet of track is swing
ing. The bridge at Pry son City is
gone. The trestle across Scott's
Creek at Allen's Mill is damaged
and Miere is no telling when regular
trains can be resumed. The back wat
er at II'Msboro submerged the lower
end iif the town where Watkim>'
<tore i> -ituatcd and Mr. Watkins is
forced to suspend business till the
"waters t>ubaidev The water vm Mar- i
CASHIERS WOM
AN PASSES
Mrs. 1 -iz/.ie Pell, aped 83, died m
her home iu Cashiers Valley, Tues
day, after an illness beginning
several weeks ago, when she suffered
a stiok-* of paralysis. Since a second
stroke last Saturday sin* has been
critfcudy ill and the end cauie at an
oarlv hour Tuesday morning.
Tho funeral was held at tJie t'asli
! iers Methodist church. at two o'clock
j yesterday with the Kcv. T. A. Ciroce
j >t .\sii?*ville and the Hex. I.. K. Cro?
j -.on i>?-tor of the Methodist chuivit
I at H i*>iilands, conducting the scrvi*-.-.
? Mrs. Pell, who wus Miss Li/./ie
Coals, originally of South Carolina,
was niMiied three limes; first to Mr.
N'ewlo'i Hrvson. After his death she
heca iii- the wife of Mr. Sam Allison,
who died some years later. Her third
huvband, Mr. F. If. Pell, died about
thirty years ago.
Mrs. Pell is .survived by one dautHi
ter, Mrs Frank Cole of Cashiers, mn>
son, Mr. \V. J. Brvsoit of Abbeville..
S. C. and lhr?r step-children, Mr.
Hanipl iii A. Pell of Cashiers, Mr.
Claud JM1, of West Asheville ati-l
Mrs. liana Pell Billin^r of Orange
burg, S. ('. One sister, Mrs. Albert
Biwvn of Cowarts, as well as a tut iii
her Ol I'ieees and nephews, also Hit
\'i ve.
ly two i?et deep on the floor ol hi1
store.
and towards raising or renewal ol
teachers certificates.. Courses will
be oftVed in the following subjects:
history, psychology, English, litera
ture, physiology and physical educn
tion.
Corn spondeuce work ;it the col
lege has grown in the last five year-,
fvom a few courses with a few Html
ents registered to a number of cour
ses lor which three bupdrpd.. fif/Ll
threo different students registered
last year.
Thi? new work will begin March 1">.
according tn Miss Mary Hope We*t
i brook, .registrar of the eolljre.
| Tu.; W? stern Carolinu Teaclu-:??
! College Yodelers will play u uumbe
J of gam*.: this week. Friday the boy*
will pi a j Young Harris on the local
court; Wednesday the girls y>lu\
Enka i:> the local gymnasium. M?m
day night the girls played Svlva All
Stars on the local court.
The Yodel contest which i.> being
sponsored by the Columbian " n-t
Erosopluan Literary Societies m
Western Carolina Teaehere Collide
still i)n. The contest began >niui
time ego with February the lir>t a.s
the imal closing date, for for va
rious reasons the time limit was <>.\
tended two weeks.
Th.? i)ur)H)se of tin- contest i- t?<
secuiv Mibslriptions tor the co'k-?r
publication. The contn.it is an ;<?? -
nual event which create- mnch ri>. .iJ
rv between the societies.
l>a-t Thursday evening the ?><
Club at Western Carolina Teacher
Colleg? under tin- direction of Mi
! Marv !f"sc Feagans, serenaded n c-.u
hers oi' the faculty and their fa>
;]ies who lived near the camp a.
, Among those serenaded were l'r? i
: dent If. T. Hunter. J>e:??i \V. K hi d.
Prof^s-u.- P. L. Elliott, <md
-or F. H. Still will. Alter r-crenad n?/
the members of tho faculty, round
Wern made to practically e\ i v
building on the catapu-.
i Su|vij.;lives were ch?*s?*t? from I.
-tiidem body at Western <7ttvii >?
Teach '.s College last week the
ing being done by ballot. The Sup- -
lative-. viii Ik* placed in ihe "Mi-It.
Yo-Ho-Ski," the college annual.
Arnor.;r tho-?e elects! were: in<>.'
hands.nvu boy, (lco Long of Hay.
ville; pri.tliest girl, Ruth Dnwkin
of Candor; most athletic boy, F'eurlc
Kitchen^ of Havesville; l>cst RthleT?
?rirl. Marietta Welch of Waym
ville: moM popular girl Marie-1:
Welch; most )?opular boy, Pear'/
Kitchers. Louie Med ford of Wa'
nesviile was voted as being lb" ni"
enter'aiiong girl: Hud Thompson ?
Srlva, the most original hoy: Ca.nl
Oilley of Fast Laportc, the clovn:
Norval Kogers of Crabtree, the ir.ost
dignified and Jeffrie Freeman of
Wayottviikt the 1001$ tMwUife boy