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Kelley Holcombe
is In Asheville Jail
Kelhy Holcombe, charged with
having *hot and dangerously wound
ed Ralph Worley, was arrested early
Tuesday morning at the home of Bob
Nation, on the head of Nation's,
(Yivk, by Sheriff John J. Maney,
and bro'ight to the jail here, and
Inter taken to the Ashevillc jail, by
tin* dii-iil'f, iis a precautionary meas
ure. Sheriff Maney state<^ that he
w.iul 1 have been able to effect the
arrest earlier in the night, or in the
afternoon, had not officers from
Swum county come over into Jack
son, and that the rumor was abroad
that tiiey were searching for the
man wanted by the Jackson offi
cials.
ll.ilp'u Worley, 24), student io the
uentwl hitch school here, and a sou
ot J ami s M. Worley, U. S. deputy
marshal, is in a serious condition in
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the (ou'iflunity hosi>ital here.
Keller Holcombe, 20, son of Jodei
llolcombv, is charged with shooting
yoiiu? Worley, following pn alleged
nitwit on on Highway No. 10 noar
Wilicol Monday morning.
Young Ilolcombe, according to of
ficers who investigated, flagged the
county school bus, on which young
Woriey was coming to Sylva to
school. After Woriey alighted, it is
reported, tffftftro walked a short dis
tance away, talked a few moments
and then a pistol shot was fired.
The bullet struck Woriey in the
back, and came out in the front part
of the abdomen, officers state.
The driver of the bus and the
other students in it did not knoW
th-rc had been an altercation or that
Woriey had been shot, and the bus
proceeded to Sylva..
Young Woriey was found a fow
miuutcs later by residents of the
W limo , section, who rushed him to
fl-c hospital here and then notified
relatives and officers. i
Tno cause of the alleged trouble
between the two young men has not
been fully determined by officers.
They say, however, they have had,
report* the two boys had been
calling upon the same girl, also a
student in the Sylva high school,
and that this may have been the
reason for the trouble. |
Hospital attaches said that young
Woriey is in a serious condition. An
operation was performed shortly af
ter me joung man was brought to
the hospital. Physicians say, how
ever, that if no complications set in
he has a chance to recover.
Botn young men live in the Wil
inot section of Jackson county, and
have been neighbors and friends all
their lives. The Tuckaseegee river
divides the farms of their parents.
MUSIC STUDENTS
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The music students at Sylva ele
mental y school will present "The
Maid 6nd the Golden Slipped," an
?peretta adapted from Cinderella by
Claude Davis Riqhardson, at the
auditorium on the evening of April
17, tomorrow evening.
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The class is being coached by
Miss Emily Smith, teacher of pub
lic school music. The costumes are
elaborate, and the operetta is said
to be an especially good one. The
Svlva Parent-Teacher Association is
sponsoring the entertainment.
There are 150 children included
in the cast, the principal charac
ters of which will be Virginia Led
ford, Jesse Dillard, Marjorie Grind
staft', Elizabeth Sherrill, Hazel Al
lison, A b bury Card en, Olin Reed,
Bonnie Monteith, Francis Morgan.
An admission charge of 25c and
15c will be made.
FORTY YEARS A60
Tuekaseige Demacrot, April' 15, 1891
Messrs. John Crawford and J. C.
P?tt* n:ade us a pleasant visit on
Thursday last.
Misn Sadie Brown aud itor broth
er, Mv. John Brown, of Cullowheo,
were in town Friday.
Misses Lola and Emma Sberrill
and Lela JCnloo of Dillsboro were i
visiting here Monday.
Mr. Thomas Brackfrn of New York
President of the Equitable M'Fg. Co.
arrived here Monday.
?Work on the Alliance Store is pror
grossing well and it will bo an ex
cellent building when completed.
Mr. D 1. Love and Capt. A.W. Bry
son have been busy the last few days
surveying and laying off the bal
ance of the MeC'onib addition into
lots.
Mr. J. H. Rhac of tho Banner Ware
house, .Asheville, came home Friday
on a short visit. He reports his hou.se
making sales at very satisfactory
pric??. - i - :- vv ?
The show of Messrs. Hatch &
Co., will be hero Thursday night, and
will no doubt be enjoyed by as large
a crowd as attended it on its former
visit, last year.
From information and observation
we are inclined to believe that the
Peach crop has not vet been severely
injured, though we have had frost
as latj as Monday morning last.
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We learn that a little child of Mr.
Deitz, who lives on the farm of Mr.
L C. Ha'l, near Webster, was severe
ly scalded a few days ago, by turn
ing over on itself a pot of boiling
water. > >'?
Mr. L. C. Hall went to Waynes
ville Monday.
Miss Maggie Candler of Dillsboro,
spent a: few hours here yesterday.
Messrs. W. E.Moore and T. B. Al
lison Webster visited our town
on Monday.
The road between here and Web
ster* is still in a fearful condition.
There arc places in it that even a
Rocky Mountain goat would find dif
ficulty in crossing.
From Wilmot: Mrs. Bettie Crisp,'
who though she cannot walk, is very
lively. Her age is 105 and she will
bo today baptized at the Tennessee
River Baptist church, in Swain coun
ty.
From Glenville: Rev. W. D. Gal
loway, who has 'recently had pneu
monia, is now able to walk about?
Mr. Elbert Watson, one of Glenvilles
industrious citizens, is having a good
deal of work done on his house,
which he hopes to complete in a
short time. Mr. E. F. Watson, one'
of Hamburg's promising young men,;
and who has sj>ent some time in thej
eastern part of the state, recently re
turned to his father's and ex
pects to spend the summer Jiere^
Mr. E. C. Hedden, one ef Glen-i
wille's Energetic citizens, is still
working on his hotel, and has just
finished a nice room for the post of
fice.?On last Thursday Miss Dora
Hooper, one of Hamburgh's charm
ing vonng ladies, was married. V>
Mr. Will Dillard of Fairfield.-i-lf^i
Alfred Watson, another one of Ham7
burgh's thrifty young men, pasated
through our village this morning on
hig way to Mr. Glazener's in Tranayl
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TO ADDRESS STUDENTS
Tlie commencement exercises of
Sylva high school will. be initiated
on Suhuay afternoon at 2:30, when
the bnecalaiirtfatc Sermon -will ge
' preat'hc<l by Rev. P. L. Elliott of
Western Carolina Teachers College.
Class Day exercises will be held
lit 10:10 Thursday morning. The
graduating exercises will occur on
Thursday evening at 8:00 o'clock,
followed by the Jiterary address.
On Friday evening at 8:30 the,
senior tUtss will present the class
play ,;Adam..ahd Eva." j
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There are twenty-six graduates
from th' school: Bonnie May An
th?ny, James Edmund Brown, Mar
garet Mat Ida Brown, Robert Fred
Buir.garner, Claude Emerson Camp
bell, Charles Candler, Evelyn Eliza-1
beth Clayton, Elizabeth Cogdill (
Earl Collins,-Marshall Cooper, Maryj
Emm i Ferguson, Wayne Blair Fer
guson, Mary Katherine Grindstaff,
Sheriff ? A bury . Henry, Charlotte;
Irene Hooper, ' Charles McDowell
Hooper, Mary George Howell, Claudy
Edith Hovle, Edna Carolyn Hoyle,
Talmaee Lloyd Jones, Nancy Lar
ceina' Eiiffier, Bonnie Lou Morris,
Phyllis Ora McCuIley, Mary Kate
Queon, Franklin Smith Rasmuson, A1
lie Wilson.
CULLOWKEE METHODISTS
PLA f REVIVAL SERVICES
vTherc will be a special series of
evangelistic services held at the Cul
lowhee Mrthodist church beginning
Sunday, April 19th. Rev. G. C. Er
! vin, pasloi of the Methodist church
at Franklin . will be the visiting
preacher. It is purposed to have
services c? :h evening at 7:30 and
each morning at 10 o'clock. The
music will pe in charge of Miss Mary
Rrts.? Feftprns.
Everybody , in and around. Cullow
hee is CoWlially invited to. attend
these services.
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tania, where he expects to "become
the "worse half", and Miss Mattie
Glazencr his "better half."?The
rfew commencement exercises we had
were n decided success. There were
?two ^rktihns, orie by Mr. ?.'L. Har
ris, the other by Mr. H. R. Qneen,
Who completed the course of instruc
tion here and each of them received
a Certificate Proficiency. i
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MAN 8 HIP FOB SYLVAl
Unusual times brings unusual bus
iness operations and bargain op
portunities. The buying public is
always ready to spend when offer
ed quality merchandise at bargain
prices even when money is plentiful,
but whin it isn't so plentiful it.
is more interested in economizing, j
Elaborate preparations are under-j
way at the Leader Dept. Store forj
a mammoth sale, which promises to
be one of the most unique selling
events ever staged in this city.
The Leader needs no introduc-j
tion to the people of Sylva and sur-i
rounding territory. It is a very
progressive store managed by two
young men who are very popular in;
merchandising circles. Joe Winner)
and Ben Lessing, better known
as Ben and Joe, they realize that a
sale of such? magnitude requires the
help of experienced sales managers
to advertise, arrange the stock and
make extremely attractive bargains,
so they have employed two nation
ally known sales experts to come
and stage this big unusual event.
P. C. Price Cutter" Cooper and H,
L. Hamden, promise the public a
sale that will be decidedly different
and -rill offer many unique features
and hour sales where merchandise,
will in many cases be sold at only
a fraction of the wholesale cost.
These specials will be advertised
each week during the sale in the
Jonrnal, and it will pay you to reiad
their advertisements in the Journal
and take advantage of these attrac
tive bargains which are offered
right at the beginning1 of the season
when the public needs new spring
and summer merchandise.
CHAPMAN NEW P.OTABY HEAD
Dr. W. Kenr.it Chapman was
elected as president of the Svlva
Rotary Club at the meeting held at
Jarrett Springs hotel Tuesday noon, j
T. W. Fernald was eleeted as vice-j
president: and Ralph Sutton as sec
retary-treasurer.
The board of directors as elected
is T. W. Fernald, W. Ernest Bird,
Dan K. Moore, Ellis Vestal,
W. K. Chapman, David H. Brown,
and Ralph Sutton. They will assume |
office in Ji
SAYS CUT WILL
HURT COLLEGE
Cuiiowiiec, N. C., April 13?"I am
j unable to say what the budget cute
have meant to other institutions,
but the tuls at Cullowhoe have been
so serious as to make the outlook
very discouraging from the stand
point of seeming and holding first
class teachers," remarked H. T.
Hunter, president of Western Caro
lina Teachers College when he was
asked what he thought would -be the
results in cuts in teachers salaries
and whether such cuts would affect
college faculties. "The appropriation
allotirent for the fourth quarter as
mado by the budget director repre
sents a three thousand dollar cut
from the requests for the quarter.
This reqnest was pared down to the
very Ii:mt before it was sent to the
state budget committee in line with
the governor's request."
"If this three thousand dollar
cut is actually made," Mr. Hunter
continued, "every dollar will have
to como from the payroll since there
is no possibility of saving elsewhere.
This would represent a total cut in
teachers salaries this year at Cul
lowhee cf about seven thousand five,
hundred dollars."
When asked if th:s would be the
first cut his teachers had suffered,
Mr. Hunter replied, "All employees
were cut twenty percent of last July
and August salaries and ten percent
of the salaries of the month of
March. A total of about one thous-j
and five hundred dollars in salary,
cuts lias already been sustained by i
the employees of the college. Andj
just here T should like to point out'
how a reduction in salaries in state'
institutions differs from a delay in
receiving salaries on the part of pub
lie school teachers. The public school,
teaching expect to receive their pay
roll sooner or later. Tn this case it
is simply a matter of delay, but in
the case of college employees a f
ure tc leceive full pay in any quar
ter means that that much of their
salaries is gone. In other words, the;
State Bndget Act operates in such,
a way as to break contracts and re-j
duce Falaries without the consent of
employees"
ATTEND STATE FEDERATION
Mrs. Cvrus Nicholson and Miss
Docia ? Garrett are in Greensboro ia,
attendance upon the meeting: of the
State Fedcaion of Women's Clubs,
as representatives of the Junior
Study Club of Svlva. The meeting
is being held si the O Henry hotel.
BOUND OVER ON
SERIOUS CHARGE
Dewey (J ill ley was bound over to
the superior court on a charge oi
lious.: breaking by the recorder's
court, -Muoday, when Judge llookcr,
iouud probable cause, ile was cou
victed ol drunkenness and sentenced
to a term ol' six months ou the roads;
but took an appeal in that case. Evi
deuce was offered to show that Girl
ley, m an intoxicated condition, vis
ite<l nearlj all the rooms in the Syl
va Hotel, on Saturday night.
A large number ol cases were dL
posed ?'l by Judge Hooker on Mon
d&y .'ind Tuesday.
iioy l>ryson was convicted ul lm\>
ing liquor on hand lor the purpose
ol' iiale, and was sentenced to serve
G mouths on the roads, lie appealed
to the superior court.
Fred -McCoy, intoxication, prayer
tor Midtrment continued to April 27.
Waiter Messcr, possesion and
transporting. (X) days on the road*,
and lie appealed.
I.ounie Jones, possession, a six
moutiia sentence wan imposed and
was suj;jwiided upon payment of the
costs and upon his good behavior.
l>on Stephens ahd Reuben Steph
ens, iorcible trespass, fined $10.04)
?ach.
Laban Green, drunk, 4 months, and
he appealed.
Phillip Owl, possession and trans
porting, 4 months. He also appealed.
J. 13. Stanberry, assault with a
deadly weapon, 4 months. Hie ap
pealed.
Z. G. Capps, worthless check, 30
days.
i om need, possession ana trans
porting. 6 months. On a charge of
carrying concealed weapons, a 2
| months sentence1 was imposed, to
i run concurrently with the six months
term.
j Joe Hooper, assault. 4 months, sus
! pended upon payment of $50 and
i the coots.
Arthur Dills, intoxication, $10.00
and the costs.
Roy Pickens, larceny, judgment
! suspended.
I Card Robinson,, assault with a
j deadly weapon, 2 months suspended
upon payment of $25 and the oosts.
TATHAM - WETMOEE
Miss Vera Tatham, daughter of
Mr. and Mis. i' rank Tatham, of Gay
and Mr. J. B. Wetmore of Itoanoke,
Va., were quietly married Saturday
aiter-ioon at 2 o'clock at the Metho
dist parsonage at Webster, Jackson
county .4 most historic town.
Uiily a few relatives and clothe
friend* were present for the cere
mony. Kev. t'. W. Kiker? one of
iNorth Carolina's most popular min
isters and a close inend to ihe
bride, officiated.
The living room of the parsonage
was beautifully decorated with ev
ergreens and early spring flowers.
The l?ide-to-be entered from an
adjoining room and was attractively
costumed in an outfit of dark blue.
.She wore a beautiful corsage of pink
roses. The ring ceremony of the Meth
odist church was used.
Mrs. Tatham. is a graduate of the
YVebstei High school and attended
Western Carolina Teachers College.
She later became an official of the
Thomas vi lie Orphanage and more re
cently has been a ]>opular nurse at
the C. J. Harris Community Hospital.
She haa also taught in the public
schooi.i of Jackson county. . ,Mr
W etmore is a popular young business
man oi the Virginia city.
Following a brief wedding trip an
Eastern Tennessee the couple will be
at home to their friends in Clifton
Forge, Va.
ALL DAT snranro
AH day singing is^to be held at
Locust I leld Baptist church, nine
teenth of April. All singing classes
are invited on this day to come aiM
make it a good singing; and classes
from this district and other places
invited to attend. Dinner wfll be
spread. Everybody come and make It
a good convention.
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