a? Y<" " C0"?"' "* "T-T $2.00 Yea?in Oute^^y!
Hit And Run
Auto Driver
Sought Here
f. C. Heed, well known Jackson
nti/Hi, is in the Harris Commun
jiv hospital in a serious condition,
a,,<| ( Hirers are seeking an alleged
hi: ? '?<! '?? driver, who is said to have
rftnu-k t!i<* elderly gentleman, knock
h.ia <l"n? tho road, and left his
.ipiian nily lifeless body lying on the
bij.'hwar^ as the car speeded away.
'l'lie .widen t occurred about five
oVIixk yesterday afternoon on high
?.u 10, near Maple Springs flll
m; sl.itinn, wmie two miles east of
, ?viva.
.Ui. liwil was seen a few minutes |
hcli.u, u.ikinc last along the high
wav and >H believed to have been
tI<osinK tlit* road to enter the filling
Milioir at the time he was struck.
Mci inside th:? filling station heard
.1 heavy blow, which they believed to
Itiivc been made by two automomilea
running together. They rushed out
t? see the l>oJy of Mr. Reed, appar
ent y litVl<ws, lying on the concrete,
nml the ear Hint struck hitu speeding
unmml * curve in the direction of
fr'.ylva.
Mr. Reed was rushed to the hospit
al here, and officers were notifed. A
search tor the occupants of the car,
1 ?-lieveil to have been two men, was
.?immediately started; but the oflieers
v. iv looking for a Model A Ford
touvin? tar when it was afterwards
% ' #
decided by people in the vicinity of
the tragedy that it was a closed ear
fh.-if .struck Mr. Reed, and pot a
huring cur, ai tbey had at first be
J if rod.
Guards were placed on all roads
leading' out of Sylva, and a check Was
made of all automobiles on the fair
grounds at Yellow Hill, and of those
ni.'ering or leaving through the gates.
Air. Ileed is a former school teach
er, a farmer, and a clothing salesman,
lis home is at Green's Creek, and
lie in a well-known citizen.
COBNEB-STONE FOK WOLP
MOUNTAIN CHURCH TO
BE LAID OOTOBBBi 88
A service, unique in the history
of Canada township will be held at
Wolf Mountain, Sunday, October 18,
at il p. m. when the comer-stone of
the r.ew Methodist church, now in
proms of erection, will be laid. The
services will be conducted by Rev.
t'. M. Pickens, Presidiug Elder of the
Wavnesville district of the Metho
odist fhurrh, South, assisted by the
pastor, Rev. J. W. Hall and other
ministers in the county. The impres
sive f-eremony provided in the Ritual
of the Church will be used.
Work began on the ehrueh, which
is to be the first building ever erect
ed in the township exclusively for re
'iffious work and worship, back in |
the summer, and it is planned to hav?
i' complete and ready for use by
Oiristmai. It is being erected on a
beautiful site overlooking Wolf creek
itor the home of Mr. Luther Owens.
'l ^ to he a stone building, native
Material being used as far as pos
ile. Mr. J. [). Keener, of Macon
founty is itl charge of the construc
tion whirh is being financed jointly
by the Duke Foundation, and the
^iti'ens of Canada township. Some
aid is be:ng given by friends of the
""dement and other communities in
"w county. The corner stone is being
pi*ca by Mr. Hugo Stein of Sylva.
Citizens in the Wolf Mountain Bee
lion irrespective of religious affilia-^
tlnn are rejoicing in the prospect of
8 "ice stone church in the commun
ltv an(l are assisting very materially
labor and money in its erec
l0n' ^neral public is very re
"Pwtfully urged to bear in mind the
a*e land the significance of this
m'nt in Canada township and if
Ppible to be present when it takes
j*""1- A cordial welcome is extended
a"- Tho roads into that section
i? l.no shape and the drive from
' J v<* to the church site can be made
"n ?n,l an'l one balf hours.
P T. A. HAS MEETING
The Parent Teachers Association!
its second meeting for I
school year in the Sylva Hig&
S?'Wl hui\ding October 5, with "?
Indent, Mrs. D. M. Hall, presiding.,
"here w?s a very good attendance
*''th a mimtter of new members join
'n>- EueH member seemed very en
ftusiastie over the work for the eom
^6 year.
Tbe Association adojlted th#
Dwight W. Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow, i United
States Senator from New1 Jersey,
former Morgan banker, 'former
ambassador to Mexico, father-in
law of Oharlea A. Lindbergh,
and frequently mentioned as a
possibility as Republican nominee
for president, died in his sleep, at
his home, Monday, at the age of
59
YOUNG MAN KILLED BY TREE
Ira Middleton is dqad following in
juries received about 9 o'colck this
morning, when a tree fell ana wedged
him against another tree, on Nigger
bkull. Young Middleton and his lath
er, Luther Middleton, were cutting
wood when the accident occurred He
was about 20 years of age. Medical
aid was summoned, and nn ambulance
.sent for to bring the young man to
the hospital here; but he died before
the errival of the ambulance. Funer
al arrangenmets have not heen made.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Recent admissions;
Mrs. Vester Clarke, Andrews; Mr.
Will Frady Sylva; Mr. C. S. Mo3s,
Glenville; Dr. C. A. Ridley, Sylva;
Mr. Andrew J. Earley, Bushnell; Mrs.
0. E. Hobinson, Sylva; Miss Liliie
Parris, Sylva; Miss Lucy Kitchen,
Sylva; Mr. D. H. Gribby, Bushnell
Recent dioiuiosttis;
Mr. L E. Franklin, Sylva; Mr. S.
J. Bristol, Hayesville; Mr. George
Bristol, Hayesville; Mr. Raud B.
Chambers, Bushnell; Mrs. Lydia Al
len, Ashefille; Mrs. A. J. Ramsey,
Murphy; Mrs. John Mallonee, Al
mond; Miss Winnie Herbert,Andrews.
The hospital most gratefully ac
knowledges reccnt donations from the
following organisations and individ
uals* f
Shades for front doors by W, A.
Enloe Chapter U. D. C.
Hot water bottles and other useful
articles by Junior Study Club.
A month's supply of milk by
Brown's Dairy.
Bibles and children's story books
by Mrs. T. A. Cox, Cullowhee.
Bibles, by Mrs. Frank Jarrett,
Dillsboro.
Children's Story Books by Anne
Enloe Dillsbero.
Tonsil scalpel by Dr. W, H? Madi
son.
Several books by Dr. Lyle of
Franklin.
Flower urn by Mrs. R. P. Abbott,
Bryson City.
Several vases of prize flowers from
the recent flower show were given to
the hospital by Mrs. A. H. Weaver
and Rev. and Mrs. George B. Clemmer
and brought much cheer to the staff
and nurses.
An offer was made last week by
the W. A. Enloe Chapter U. D. C.
to mend torn linen, or do other sewing
for the hospital A large bundle of
materials was delivered to the pres
ident of the chapter for distribution
to the members. This charitable act
will be most helpful to the busy per
sonnel of the hospital.
tion of Mr. W. C. Reed to sponsor
the play "Romeo and Juliet" to be
presented by the Avon Players in
the Elementary school building Oct
ober 19. The president appointed Mrs.
W. C. Reed as chairman of a com
mittee to advertise the play.
It was announced at the meeting
that a very interesting feature of
the November' meeting is to be a
fashion show presented by members
of the Home Economics department
of the high school under the direction
of Miss Louise Henson. The dresses
to be shown in the fashion show will
be dresses that the girls of the de
partment have made this fall.
Tt is hoped that a number of the
parents and teachers will be present
at the November meeting, and not
only arc parents and teachers urged
to be present but anybody interested
in the local sc|ioo| worjt.
Five Homicide
Cases OnlDocket
In Superior Court
COURT TO HAVE INTERPRETER
TO SPEAK FOR DEAF MUTE
An unusual ease to be tried at the
term of Superior Cout beg: lining next
week, will he that of Bill A. Buchan
an, deaf mute, charged with the mur
der of his wife, Pearl Buchanan, last
June. The State will send an expert
to take the evidence of the defend
ant, il he goes on the stand, and to
interpret it to the court and jury.
The questions will be usked by at
torneys, the interpreter will trans
late to the finger speech, and inter
pret the answers back into voeal
speech. This will be the first case of
the kind ever tried in Jackson county.
Court attendants are familiar with
the use of a linguister in trials in
which Cherokee Indians are partici
pants, but the trial of a mute has
never been held in this county.
LIVE AT-HOME SURVEY
PLANNED AT CULLOWHEE
(Special to The Journal)
As a preliminary to the 1931 Live
At-Home Conference at Western Car
olina Teachers College, a complete
live-at-home survey is to be made
of the Cullowhee consolidated school
district. The idea is, to find out to
what extent the Cullowhee commun
ity lives (at home, represented by
such facts as the amount of dairy
products, garden vegetables fresh
meat, etc., produced at home, con
sumed by the family, or sold on the
market; the amount of these com
modities purchased for consumption
by the family; the places where sup
plies are purchased; the acreage
plauira tins jtu ouuipuacu ?iui UUnf
of last year; to what extent fall
gardens are planted; supply of canned
goods on hand; sources of income
for the family; members of the fam
ily gainfully employed, and so on.
The scrvey will be directed by
Profet-sor Seymour, of the Rural Ed
ucation and Sociology departments of
the College.
The Live-At-Home conference will
be held this year on the 33rd and
24th of October. Quite a number of
representative citizens throughout
Western North Carolina are expected
GAY
Rev. P. W. Kiker filled his regu
lar appointment here Sunday morn
ing. His subject was "Faith of the
Mustard Seed." The Kiker Hi League
met in the evening and gave a very
interesting program.
The Epworth League met Sunday
night and also gave an interesting
program to a large congregation.
Mr. Ferry Middleton, principal of
the Gay school spent the week end
with his family at Tuckaseigee.
The Carolina Ramblers gave a mus
ical at the Gay school Monday night.
Miss Doris Jones, who had the mis
fortune to sprain a foot last week, is
very much improved.
The farmers of this section are
busy making syrup.
Mr. G. C. Turpin, who i? working
at Rich Mountain, spent the week
end with bis family here.
Miss Bee Buchanan, who is work-1
ing at Enka, spent Sunday here with j
her parents, Mf and itrs. S. C.!
Buchanan.
Mr. L. B. Cabe returned to hisj
home here after spending four weeks
in Asheville, serving as a juror. I
Mr. Carl Higdon of Glenviile was
here last week visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N Higdon.
Mrs. Fred Bryson and three chil
dren spent the week end in Sylva
visiting her father, Mr. Riley Tallent.
? Messrs Mack and Arkel Higdon,
lawyers, of Atlanta, were here last
week end visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Columbus Higdon.
Miss Lena Tatham, a student in
Western Carolina Teachers College,
was here last weeTt end, visiting her
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
John Tatham.
. Mr. Ra>tmond Price, who is work
ing at Beta, was here Sunday, to visit
Mrs. Prioe and their daughter, Miss
Allie Sue.'
Mrs. John Murray reeently spent
several days here with her daughter
Mrs, R. O. Higdon.
Ill
?!ii;
cri
With five homicide cases on the
do&et for trial, along with some 150
otAr criminal cases, the term of the
suMrior court, which opens in Sylva
nel Monday morning, with Judge
\V,p\ Harding of Charlotte presui
iromises to be one of the most
tant and most largely attended
tal courts ever held in Jackson
('owy. Litigants, witnesses, attor
iitw and court attendants, together
\vit?yfriends and sympathizers on
djflBirent sides of the docket, will
prnfeblv bring an unusually large
miner of people for court week.
Eg A. Buchanan, deaf mute, is
chaJpcd with the murder of his wife,
neamhe limits p? the town of Sylva,
carKjlast summer.
Jfln Underwood is charged with
thefitnurder of Charlie Stewart, in
Mo ill tain township on Sunday after
noOM^June .'W.
Jnl Bryson is charged with the
muiXer of Wiley (Jallowav at G Sen vile
earlvin the summer, and Ansel Leop
ard M charged with assisting Bryson
to Aqtt. Later, Bryson, who is al
lege- to have killed Galloway with
a r. k, Burre idered himself to the
offii r#.
W l\am Hornbuckle Cherokee In
dian is charged with the murder ol
anot fit Cherokee, on Soco.
Tl > ease of Carter Bryson, once
con^ of anslaughter, for the
slajn g of Adam Cope, at Halsai.i,
near r three years ago, is up for tr-al
agaij 'The case was reviewed by the
supr pe court and Bryson given a
new
^Jones, Caney Fork man, is
with an assault with intent
a criminal assault, and
rthe docket for trial
p* J.'.*/ a
Kelly Holer ibe is charged with an
assault with intent to kill Ralph
Worley on the road in Qualla town
ship, near Wilmot, last spring. Wor
ley remained in the hospital here
in a critical condition for some
time; but finally recovered from his
wounds, which were at first thought
to be probably fatal.
Louisa Norman ami her husband,
Jim Norman, are to be tried on a
burglary charge in conncction with
the robbery of the home of Hr- c
Neely, in East Sylva, last week
Other cases on the docket, number
ing near 150, run almost the whole
catalogue of crime, including assault,
forgery, larceny, ' abandonment se- (
duction, reckless driving, assault with |
a deadly weapon, retailing trans
porting, possession, selling mortgaged
proj)crty, drunkenness, house-break
ing, fishing without license, intimid
ating election officials, carrying con
cealed weapons, and so on.
There are a large number of cases
in which defendants are indicted for
house-breaking in connection with
the robbery of vacant cottages at
Balsam, last spring.
Altogether, it promises to be an
interesting and unusual term of court.
John M. Queen, of Waynesville,
soliditor for this judicial district^
will prosecute^ the docket for the
State.
ANNOUNCE FOOTBALL DATES
AT TEACHERS COLLEGE
The Western Carolina Teachers
College football schedule for this
fall is as follows:
Oct. 8?Cherokee Indians at Indian
Fair.
Oct. 16?Biltmore Junior College at
Asheville Stadium.
Oct. 24?Cherokee Indians at Cullo
whee. (Pending).
Oct. 31?Young Harris College at
"* Cullowhee.
Nov. 7?Hiawassee College at Madi
sonville, Tennessee.
' Nov. 14... Mars Hill College at,Mars
Hill. '
Nov. 20?Weaver College at Cullo
whee. ? ?
Nov. 28?Piedmont College (Ga.) at
Cullowhee. (pending.)
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
This week is the period set apart
by the authorities as Fire Prevention
Week. In which every effort is being
made to educate the people along
the lines of fire prevention, and to
show the great loss of property each
year by preventable firea.
(Tuckaseige Democrat Oct. 7, 2891,
General news: Governor Holt has
accepted the resignation of Col. F. A.
Olds as Quartermaster (Jeneral and
Chief of Ordnance, and. Lt. Col. K.
G. Harrell was appointed to fill the
vacancy. Col. Olds has been on the
General staff .since January, 1877. A
gentleman who has recently returned
from Asheville says that words can
not portray the magnificence of the
chateau Geo. Vanderbilt is building
there. The tennis court alone is to
??est $50,000. The Freeman hits acc
omplished a great thing for the wo
men of Sumpter, S. C. It has been
insisting that the merchants should
employ female clerks and in that way
open the door of self support to the
young women of the county. At last
its efforts have been crowned with
success ami one of the largest busi
ness houses of Sumpter has employed
female clerks. The Aiken, S. C. coun
ty teachers are keeping up with the
march of progress. Modern methods
ami enthusiastic work are now carry
ing the day. No old fogyism will be
tolerated by Aiken teachers.
Raleigh?The state university today
selected its first fellow. He is Howard
A. Banks, of Asheville, a graduate
of Davidson College. There are live
fellowships, each yielding $300 an
nually and free tuition. Banks has
the honor of being "the first man to
be given such a position in North
Carolina. Chattanooga ?Kev. Geo. K.
Stuart resigned Sunday night and
preached his farewell sermon as pas
tor of Centenary church in this city,
ltev. Mr. Stuart resigns ot join Kev.
Saili l'. Jones in evangelistic work.
They have been associated together
before.
While the hand of time has grizzl
ed the locks and wrinkled the brows
of the Confede- . Veterans, that
their hearts are as v.-irm as ever to
wards each other and that their mem
ories of their gallant struggle in the
~ *y ??inHf>nendenee- are
as tender as ever, was proven by tne
largo crowd of them that assembled
at Webster on last Wednesday to
grasp each other's hands and talk
over again the stirring scenes and in
cidents of thirty years ago. Mr. D.
h. Love, vice president of the Confed
erate Veterans Association of Jack
son county, in a peculiarly happy man
ncr introduced (he speakers. Judge
Merrimon who had suspended court
for the occasion, being the first one
called for. Mr. G. S. Ferguson, of
Haywood followed. Then Hon. Kope
El ins entertained the crowd for a
short time and was followed by that
brilliant young orator, Mr. N. Newby,
formerly of Perquimans, but now of
Swain. Capt. J. W. Cooper, of Chero
kee was the next speaker and spoke
as only a veteran can to veterans.
The gallant young Congressman, Hon.
W. T. Crawford, of Haywood, was
next called for. After Mr. Crawford's
speech the reorganization of the Con
federate Veterans' Association of
Jackson county was effected by the
unanimous reelection of Cap. J. W.I
Fisher as president, Mr. I). L. Love
as vice president and Mr. W. H. H.l
Hughes as secretary. One of the
most interesting objects of the oc-|
casion was the battle flag of the l(?th
North Carolina Kegiinent, *borne by
its old standard bearer, the intrepid
and gallant soldier, Wesley Shelton,
in whose hands it received most of
the, marks of hard service which.it
bears now and which prove it to
have been always in the thick of the
fight.
A goodly number of people as
sembled at the Academy, on Monday
night, to hear Mr. Stikeleather, State
Lecturer of the Prohibition Reform
Movement in North Carolina. His
lecture was very interesting and to
the point.
Mrs. W. D. Terrell came up from
Whittier Thursday and returned Fri
day. While here she made the Demo
crat office a pleasant visit.
Mrs. Maggie E. Sherrill arrived at
Dillsboro, Saturday, and will per
haps spend the winter with relatives
at that place and at Webster.
We were pleased to meet Mr. J.
B. Craigmiles, of the Bryson City
Times who called to see us for a few
minutes, as he was returning home
from Asheville, Monday.
l
We are pained to learn from the
Franklin Press of the past week that
Wants Ashes
Of Self On
Golf Course
The lure* ol' the mountains is to
those who have visited tliem a grip
ping, compelling reality. Those who
have learned to love the majestic
mountains, the crystal streams, the
mystic shadows, and the laurel-shad
ed glens, can never escajM1 their al
lurement. If you love the mountains
you yearn for them even "as the liait
pantcth for the water-brooks''. When
you are away from tlumi there is a
homesickness that lingers in the lieait
Austin 1'arker lias lieen in the liahit
??t" visiting Cashier's Valley, lie ton
had learned to love the mountains.
This year he was unable to return to
the scenes that had become dear to
his heart. The clouds of financial
worries and business troubles were
gathering about him. His health was
bad: his mind disturbed. He could
not see the light. Although he lived in
a great city, way down near the Gulf,
his heart turned to the moutaius we
love and there he saw peace to his
troubled soul, lie could not return in
the flesh; but he wished bis ashes to
mingle With the peaceful soil of the
mountains, that he might become a
part of them.
A United Press dispatch from New
Orleans tells the rest of the strv:
"Leaving a note requesting that
Ill's ashes be scattered on the golf
coursc at High Hampton, North Car
olina, on a moonlight night while a
phonograph played, Austin Parker,
3G, investment hanker and prominent
socially here, lired 'a bullet into his
brain today.
"The note designated four friends
who were to stage a party and take
drinks as they pass each bridge on
the way to the fourth hole of the golf
course with his ashes. note was
addressed to Mrs. Richard Norvell,
of Nashville, T^nn., and asked that
you,^Lew, Dick and Shirley he pres
1
"'No formality. Just a fine, grand
party with a drink at
to the fourth hole where the pine
needles are nearly a foot thick. And
there scatter my ashes under the
pines, with the Victrola playing, so
that I can rest in comfort."
"The body stretched on a bed, was
found by a negro maid at Parker's
apartments today. Other notes indi
cated that financial worries were the
cause of his act".
our Bro. Curtis is deeply afflicted in
the loss of a bright little boy.
Mr. O. B. Coward was in town
Saturday.
Mr. E. I). Davis called in to see
us Tuesday.
Miss Ijela Potts is teaching school
on Cope's GYeek.
Judge J. C. L. (iiidger honored lis
with a call Saturday.
Mr. .1. A. Wild and Miss Bessie
Buchanan of Webster, were here Sat
urday.
Misses Belle Leatherwood and
FrankMcLain are visiting Mrs. W.
T. Fisher.
We unintentional!} omitted last
week to acknowledge the receipt of
the first copy of the Times, the new
paper started by Mr. J. B. Craigmiles
at Bivson City.
Mr. J. B. Killongh, of the Kilfough
Music House, of Florence, S. left
Thursday for South Carolina. He
has sold several pianos and organs
in the county, Capt. W. A. Knloe
and Mr. W. A. Dills, of Dillsboro,
being among the number who have
purchased pianos.
Mr. Tom Davies, of Pittsburg, Pi.
is visiting his uncle, Judge D. D.
Davies, at Forest Hill.
Mr. Clarence Miller and family,
of Waynesville, were visiting Capt.
A. W. Brvson's family Friday.
Mr. J. C. Buchanan, who is now
teaching at River Hill, waa visiting
friends here Saturday and Sunday.
Capt. J. W. Cooper and Mr. R. L.
Cooper, of Murphy, were here F .t
urday, on their way home fv^ni
' court.