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uvlat-home CONFERENCE
opens tomorrow AT W C T C
' i.'1" '. li.-i-, t t.-j jo?Westei'n North I
'?A-j11 (M. discussed i
' 1 tla- leading citizens in
'anr,|;> v.r?i|'ti, enmities, when the
At lliiiiii' CoiilVrenee meets at j
??!iiin^ (In- prominent leaders of;
"'i" win, have accepted the j
: - iie i a i ioii to attend the con
' "'"ii.c in,. M,v i; I, McKee, state sen
a,0|\ I. : Mi-Kit, Svlva inanufactiir
? ' '' iiMutir'ii!?;(?, president of
?' " 1 ; t"!n a Teaeliers' College,
"'"Iwi- Ji i.nij Representative men
'"'ii" irun: nine of the lil'teen
,!ls,,?. ????I'Mje- in the conference
Jii'i ?(iietl. t}?' ii i \ i tat ion to come
^ rn>(, alMi Saturday
'? l''i- ( .,||,c \ jimlprhooveii, Am
i'1'"1 '"?nka Corpor .tion, .1 K. S.
|Mv>iilii,t Nantaliala Power
?'!,i , ! r-u-pMiy, .1. Dale Thrash,
'"??' ii.i., i ? Miry Kann Ag< nt, Mrs.
;Y' Mai> Hill College,
' < !i;unpion Fibre Company,
? M.iv.i, ,,j , aut Kalph Noll ner,
( x p'-niiteinlent Lake .Tuna
M.'tlii?|is| A.semhly, .1 F. Wiil
" !"<??!.!i-iit I'.rcvard Institute, and
! ' '' < nrrant, district Home
l"1'" t S':iT;?>11 Agent.
( " ''' I: "t A^lu.ville and Cruso,
i' will give a rectal
,l;'" :'i N.I to in the college
'1' ; "'lor prominent West
'? 41 '"i'i will lie at Cullowhee
1 ??'?ilereitce. All entertain
v iii be the W. C. T. C,
:"i' tout hall game, beflB
'ifternoon
I i li ?iftCCSn
I l eia's are h.'sily;
,, ! i"': Iei*ting plans an
i' .
,i,( ^I'iavs ;md niateruuKS
i. . ''"f"0 :nil ti.nf-rencc. ThttM
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"t"? U-c two d.,j5.
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FORTY YEARS AGO
Tuckaseige Democrat, Oct. 21, 1891
( 1
Kelly Allen left lor the Smokies,
Monduv.
Mr. Charlie Han-its went to Ashe
ville, Monday
Mr. \\.;U .Hooper, ?1* Cnshierfs
\ allvy, is Ik re today
Sheriff Mel.a.'n was here, collecting
taxes, Monday.
?. . 1
First killng frost, Wednesday
morning, October 21.
TIk' ladies t?l" Dillsboro, will have a
"poke supper" Friday night next, j
Mr. .1. i?. Long, of the enterprising
firm of Long and Snrirh, whose plaee
of business is at Painter, called on
us, Moniluy.
The Method.st ?*<'iint?'iiir>;tl Confer
(?nee is in session in Washington.
? Tli.. Louisiana Ptatc Lottery Comp
any has established a branch office in
Montreal, Canada, and will use the
( anadian mails tor the pur|to.v dc
nied hv the United States postal reg
illations.
President Harrison has appointed
Geo. (. Scarloek, colored, as |>ostiiias-j
ter at rayetteville, vice David I
\V.enivss, removed.
I he comities ot Kahun, in Georgia,'
and Macon and Swain in North Car-!
(dina, will, it is said, subscribe $100,-j
000 each ami donate right of way to!
secure the b idding of the Cumber
land \ allev and I'naka Railwav.
M ?\ Samuel Parris, familiarly
known as "Uncle Sammy", died at
the residence of his sister, Mrs. Ta
litha Brendle, where he spent the last
few years of his life, last Saturday
evening, Oct. 17. Had he lived about
one month longer, he would have been
SS \ears old.
Nearly all the lumber for the frameI
of !he new Baptist church is at the
mill ami a greater portion of it is
sawed and ready to put up It is in
ti'ndeil i o push the building to cmii
p'etion as early as possible, and all
subscriptions are urgently needed.
'! '??? o' t i iootvd question of the sub
treasury plan is^ expected to be deli-'
nitelv set! led bv its discussion before
(lie Sylva Literary Club at the Acad
emy, Thursday night, Oct. 22. The
champ ons of the measure arc Messrs.,
T C Bryson and A M. Parker, while J
the negative side will be upheld by,
(ten F R Hampton and Mr. Z \ Wat-j
son 1
Cashier's Valley Notes: First frost
Cftober !MV.?ather clear and beauti
ful. Miss Mattie Bennett is teaching
us an excellent school, with 44 schol
ars. Miss Mattie Bryson is teaching
in the adjoining valley?Fairfield. She
lias 25 enrolled Thcr." has been a very
interesting revival of religion in Fair
field, conducted by Revs. Renno and
Breudle Th- 7th ami 8th were memor
vahle \ivs h'#." anu ng some of us the
7th being the50th anniversary ot th-'
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Rochestei
They celebrated i with a good sermon
by Bro. Jones, on "The Shortness of
Life". Sister Rochester has been con
fined to her bed forty of fho.-e years.
Maj Wm TI. Bryson was 0.5 years old
the Hth He was among the earliest
settlers of the county, and therefore,
generally known as "I nele Hi?lv ? He
seems cheerful ami ce?ebrate?l his
birthday by pr.eejiching by Brethren
Jones ami Rcnno.
GRAND LODGE TO LAY CORNER
STONE FOR NEW COURT HOUSE
The (irmul I/odge of Masons of
North Carolina will lav the corner J
stone of i lie new Haywood County j
court house in Wavnesville, next Mon
day, October 26 at 1 n. 111. All Masons
are cordii^lv invited to he present
at the special communication of the
Grand Lodge
oration will he delivered by
Cjpand Master Hubert M. Poteat
two military companies of Hay
: county, with various civic or
ations will participate in the
fcflsion, and will be supported hv
e Drum and Bugle corps of the
? Post, and the D. 0. K K
Livestock And
Show
November 5-6
o
The Annual .Jackson County Live
stock and Poultry Show will he held
in Sylva on Thursday and Friday,
Xovember 5 aud 6.
Pit para it ions are being made for
the biggest and best show yet held.
: Farmers aud other producers of
Livestock and poultry are urged to
make exhib'ts and thus help to put
on mi event in whirh the entire conn
lv can take just pride.
The Premium List aud other neces
,-aiy inforniaiiou to prospective ex
hibitors follows:
JACKSON COUNTY LIVESTOCK
AND POULTRY SHOW. INCLUD
ING CERTAIN FARM PRODUCE
SYLVA N C.,
KOVflMBER f>TH AND 6TH, 1931
.. A >1. i.-ills, . St*-.-ref ary
.'?(??I 'flicker, Asst. Secretary
In ChaYgc of I'o.iitry
J. If. .lours, .Ir, Asst Secr.-'.orv
I'i Cliapge of I jvL'.si o<-k
Ji hn Sharp, Asst. SerrcUry
In Ch rge of Farm Produce
Rules J
1. The Show will be set up and allj
entries on exhibit l>v 10 A. M Tliuvs* |
* ?
day November 5, (19.11.
2. Ail exhibits will be judged Fridavj
morning, November <?, beginning at
y. A. M.
3 First anil Second ribbons will bo
awarded on ail Livestock and Poul
try. Purple ribbons will be awarded
Grand Champions.
4. All Livestock and Poultry compet
ing for prizes must he Jaeksdir ftun
ty owned.
5. All Livestock in classes of wide
age variat'on will be judged accord
ing to age.
0 All coops, pens, beddiu? and feed
will he furnished bv the show.
7. In Livestock, purebred males (only) j
and purebred and grade females are
eligible for prises.
8. All Livestock shall he showing in]
breeding condition.
H Second pflx.es will be awarded oil i
classes- of only one entry.
Entry Fees
1. Cattle o\cr 1 year of age 50c.|
2. Cattle under 1 year, and Sheep and!
<.'T *T\- j
Hogs, any age i~ >
3. Colts', under 20 months .... .riOc
4. Poultry: pens. .. 50c. Singles 15cI
5. 4-1T Clubhand Farm Produce, Frr.e
DEPARTMENT A. SHEEP
Superintendent R. ^ > lislier :
(Any Breed)
1. Rams, 1 year old or older,
First: $2.00; Second $1.00:
2. Rams under I year old
First, #2.00; Second, $1 00
3. Kwes, 1 year old or older
First: $2.00, Second, $1.00
4. Kwes, under 1 year,
First $2.00; Second, $1.00
5 Grand Champion Kam, any age,
Purple Kibbon
fi. Grand Champion Ewe, any age,
Purple Ribbon
DEPARTMENT B HOGS
Superintendent Dewev hnsley
(Any Breed)
1. Boar, over 1 year old
First, $2.00; Second, $100
2. Boar under" 1 year old,
First, $2 00; Second, $1.00
3. Sow, over 1 year old
First, $2.00; Second, $1.00
4. Gilt, under 1 year old
First, $2.00, Second, $1.00
f, Sow, pigs at side.
First, $3.00: Second, $1.50
if, Grand Champion Boar, any age
Purple Hibbon
1 Grand Champion Sow or Gilt,
Purple Ribbon
DEPARTMENT c. dairy cattle
Superintendent - V X. Brown
Jersey, Gurnsey and Holstein Breeds
1. Bull, 1 J ear old or older:
First, $2.00 ; Second, $1.00
w R?l[ under one year old;
First, $2 00; Second, $1.00
??, Cow, over 2 years old
First, $2.00; Second, $1.00
4 Heifer, 'i to 2 years old
First, $2.00; Second, $1.00
r |fciter, under one year old;
"First, $2.00: Second, $1.00
* -/"
i (Continued on last paguf
THE SPONSORS OF THE SHOW
The firms, individuals, and corpo
rations listt'd below, is apart ial list of
those who subuseribed the money to
nuance the Livestock and Poultry
Show to he held in Svlva on Nov
> and 6. Others have not been ap
proached by the Finance Committee,
and have, therefore had no opportun
ity to contribute The complete list
will be published later.
?J. Allison, Builders' Supply and
Lumber Company, Med ford Furnit ure
Company, C. C. Cajrle and Son, S.
Enloe and Sons, Sylva Supply Co.,
Jackson Hardware Company,, Sylva
Coal and Lumber Company, Cannon
Brothers, ( has. Kvans, Jackson Chev
rolet Comoanv, The Leader, .1 B Ens
*? ' ?
ley, Sylva Feed Company, The (Ireat
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., W. I).
Warren, (J. M Cole, \Y. K. Queen, L.
C Moore
i
COL. HARRIS PRESENTS SMALL
AT MODIFICATIONIST MEETING
Col. Charles J.'Harris, of l>illsl>om,
prominent citizen and capitalist ofl
.lackson eounty, former Republican
j candidate for governor of N< rl!? Car
jolina, ami Republican National Com
mitteeman, introduced former <
jressman Fohn Ik Small, in Aslievil'e,
where lie s|?oke in favor of the
'repeal of the lHtli Amendment, at a
Meeting held under the auspice* of
the wemenV society for the reform
of the prohibition laws, and theirI
attendant evils.
In introducing Mr. Small, Col. Har
ris declared that although he is al
most 80 years of age, he broke a rule
of hug standing to go to A she vi lie
and aid "this noble, patriotic thing
you women have undertaken" lie de
clared it is necessary that "this pro
hibition be repealed for the welfare
of our country, and said that 4'the
world has never seen anything like
this debacle", he said he believed no
movement can do more to turn back
the nation to pi-osperitv and con
tentment than will the repeal of this
kmost harmful piece ot legislation that
1 have known in a life time .
TWO HOMICIDE CASES
CONTINUED TO NEXT TERM
Due to the lack of time in which to'
complete the heavy criminal docket,
in the superior court here, two more
homicide cases have been continued
until the next term of the court in
February.
The ease in which .lim f'ndenvood
stand* indicted on a charge of tin
: murder of Charlie Stewart, in Moun
tain township, last June, was ordered
continued, by Judge Harding. The
case from the ( hcrokee Ind win res
ervation, William Hornhitckle being
.indicted for the slaying of Wilson
Hornhuckle, was continued for the
defense, upon statement that the
father of the defendant is a materia!
witness for the defense, and he is un
able to be present at this term of the
court, still suffering from a
wound in the leg, sustained at the
affray in which Wilson Hornhuckle
lost his life. All the principals in thp
affair arc Cherokees.
I
Liza Norman, Jim Norman and
Carl Shepherd, Negroes, were indict
ed, charged with burglary. The case
against Jim Norman was nol prossed.
; Li/a, his wife, plead giulty of burg
lary in the second degree; and she!
I was used as a witness against Carl
Shepherd. The State did not ask for
;a first degree burglary verdict: but
lonly second degree. The home of Mr.
i Ed. McXeely, in Kast Sylva, Tvas
entered, and $175.00 in money, some
j checks and a note of considerable size
i were stolen. The jury could not agree
as to the guilt or innocence of Carl
Shepherd, and mTsfria! was ordered.
Today Uv* colored lad entered a
? plea of guilty of larceny and receiv
ing, and he and the woman were sent
enced to serve terms of two years in
; the State prison at Raleigh.
WEEK BY WEEK
(Bv Dan Tompkins)
Thomas A. Edisou, the genius is
gone. Laving aside his tools, he has
fallen on sleep. 1 am persuaded that
there is ail immortality, ;i life be
yond. I believe that Edison would not
be content to strum a harp; but that
upon the great mysteries of the uni
verse lie will plav chords of service
to fellow noings, in eternal praise to
the great I Am. The Creator, who in
all things material abhors waste, has
| a job somewhere for each of us, and
i would not allow {lie mind of an Edi
j son to be lost from His creation. The
j iroek-eoated oi:cs, who sit in high
: places in the churches and direct!
corporations to lake more inoiieV I
troin the humble and charge usurious
interest on money loaned to the 1111
lortunate, do but talk idle foolish-1
ness when they speculate upon wheth
er Edison was an atheist?he who
got his fame and a modest fortune
from a full life of faithful service to
God's humanity, to make their lives
happier and their burdens lighter. It
?:i not the l an It of Edison that men,
some of wbtim profess a more ortho
dox emi'd than Ills, have turned some
<f the #real?st material blessings
tliiit his genius brought to mankind,
into instruments of political and eco
nomic oppression.
Bishop Cannon has been indicted!
by a federal, trraiid jury in the Dis-i
rict of Columbia, on a charge of hav-!
ing wiola ted the federal corrupt prac
tices act during the campaign of 1928
When the same matter was being in
vestigated by a senate committee, thv
Bishop refused to talk, and stated
that he would welcome a grand jury
investigation. When the grand jury
acted, he remarked that he was not
surprised at anything a Koman
Catholic district attorney might do.
Powerful poor defense thai, and f|uite
unbecoming of a bishop ot one de
nomination to speak lightly of the
religion of anyone, especially a sworn
officer of i he United States, who was
doing the thing that the Bishop had
said, himself, that he would welcome
Hard upon his indictment and slur
ring remark concerning the religion
of the District Attorney, Bishop Can
non entered the Ecumenical Confer
ence of Methodism, where, the papers
say, he was given an ovation, which
will be of little value to the political
Bishop, and less to the furtherance
of the cause of Methodism among
the common laymen, and the man on
the street
$
Sports, baseball, football, and the
like, serve a great purpose, in that
they keep the minds of the American
people off their troubles and griev
ances.
lay coenee stone of
FIEST CHUECH IN CANADA
The cornel stone of tin* Wolf Moun
tain Methodist church, the first house
I of worship ever erected in Canada the
largest township, in area, in Jackson
county, \va slaid with impressive cere
monies, last' Sunday afternoon Rev
C M Pickens, Presiding fHder of the
Waynesville District, Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, was in charge
of the service, while Rev Mark Q
Tuttle, ot Cuflowhee, Rev. F. W. Ki
ker, of Webster, Rev. J. W. Hall, of
Glenville, and Prof. Robert L, Madi
son, had parts on the program
The new church is to be a beautiful
structure, small, but adequate, built
of native stone.
Not only beautiful Canada, but all
of Jackson county can take pride in
this new church. People from Sylva,
Cullowhec. and other sections of the
county gathered at Wolf Mountain
on Sunday to be present at the serv
ice, and to rejoice with the Canadians
Of course there are and have been,
for many vears, organized churches in
Canada; but they worship in school
buildings, having no house erected
exelsively for the purpose of worship.
ORGANIZE S. C. I CLUB
Cullowhec, Oct. 20?Mr. Grayson
Cope has been elected president of
the S C. I. Club at Western Carolina
Teachers College Miss Willa Mae
Dills is vice-president, and Miss Jes-;
sfe Higdon of Franklin, is secretary
The club is composed of only those|
students at the college who are for-!
mer Sylva Collegiate Instifc'.' stud
enta. I
Deaf Mute Is
Sentenced To
Fifteen Years
Bill A. Buchanan, deaf mute, was
sentenced to serve u term of 15 year*
in the .State Prison, Kaleigb, by
Judge W. P'. Harding, of Charlotte,
in Jackson county superior court.
Friday afternoon after he had enter
ed a plea of guilty of murder iu the
second "decree in connection with the
slaying of hi* second living wile,
here, last June.
A strong plea for mercy was enter
ed for tin- 28-year old mute by Telix
E. Alley and Dan K. Moore, attor
neys, after they had placed on the
stand numerous witnesses from An
derson and (irueiiwood, South Caro
lina, to testify to the defendant
good character and t?? the high stand
ing of his family in South Carolina.
According to evidence introduced,
Buchanan became deaf and dumb at
the age of 18 months, as a result of
an attack of measles. He was describ
ed as the constant companion of his
father, E. M. Buchanan, beloved citi
zen of Andreson, until the hitter's
death in 1925; the idol of his step
mother, described by witnesses as one
of the best women in South Carolina,
j principal of one of Andreson's city
I schools; and a favorite in the com
Imunity while he was a lad growing
I up unden the handicap of deafness,an0
!tho consequent inability to speak.
A letter, written bv Buchanan, in
broken EngHsh, read to the court by
Mr. Moore, admitted the slaying, and
told Buchanan's pathetic version of
his affair with Pearl Brown. He told
how he had met her in a bus station
iii Ashcville, shortly after he bail
come into jtossession of $l,.r>00 from
the estate of his father. He stated
that she had induced him to become
her companion .and lover, and to mar
ry her, although lie had a wife lin
ing in C.reensboro, and of their trip
to Xew York" and Washington. He
told of finding himself out of employ
ment, with the woman insisting that
ho get more money for her, and end
ed by sayin-: "So I kill her because
T have two wives, no more money.
She going with"other men all the time
and had run mc off when no more
money, so I get mad and kill her .
The State introruced Neal Dills
coronor, who described the wound,
inflicted by a shotgun, whieh cover
ed a space about the size of a man s
hand on the woman's abdomen.
Tom Cunningham, testified that he
was calling upon a young lady in a
house next dooFto that of Mr. Bro?n,
father of Pearl, on the night of the
slaying, that he heard an automobile
drive up, and that immediately there
was a woman's scream and the sound
of a gun being firad. He said he went
to the door, and later to the hospital,
and was in the ward when the wo
man died. He said she told him that
Bill Buchanan shot her because she
had learned that Tie bad another w.^
He stated that she was shot about 1
o'clock in the evening and died near
3.30 o'clock the next morning.
T E Heed, of the Jackson Hard
ware Company, testified that he sold
the defendant a small shotgun, such
as is carried by fishermen to use in
killing snakes, about 0 o'clock in ?
evening, and that Buchanan, whom he
had never seen before, bought a box
of shells at the same time.
Otto Brown, brother of the dead
woman told of hearing h>s ^
scream ami <b, f H.
that only he and his mother itere
present at home, and that the.v rnsh
ontside, to tind his s.ster
from the yard onto M P?*? "?
said that she told bin. Bill had killed
her and that his sister had run Bill
off some two weeks before because
she had found a letter revealing that
he already had a living wife. He sa d
that earlier in the evening he had
seen Bill loitering on the railroad,
near the Brown home, with a pack
age under bis firm, that might have
I contained the shot-gun..
i Miss Kflith Lewis and J. T. Bird
| both testified that Pearl had flaggy!
them down earlier in the evening and
had requested a ride to town, tellin?
them, on the way to town, that she
wanted to see if Bill went off on the
bus. They saia that after the bus left
they brought her home, and as th^y
drove away they heard a shot and a
scream.
J. A. Turpin, chief of poll" ? '?
i (Continued on last '