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SYLVA, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1983. 12.00 YEAR IN ADVANCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY Cullowhee Road Closed Next Week For Final Asphalt Surface Work \ ,i| (ho (In am of Jackson (()i,in lolks of n hard-surfaced 10(i, ;s ,||it)ul t<> become a reality. The town ?i Sviv.-i :mil Western Carolu:, T?a?*h rl, i o'l.-jje jiiid the Cullowhcc Valley ?,v .I'Miii to Income connected with j,., i The contract for the couple ! jo. i ,)i th ? surfacing of 106 fioni Sv.'ui Id Dick's (lap has l? m i yiv? i. ^ ? out. Highway ]()(? from Sylva to Cnilo rtli ?; will be closed sometime next week, and will remain close! uiilii thr surfacing has been con plettd. Al. iral tic will be detoured via Webster. Little Savannah , Oribble (iaj> :uk! |,ong Branch. Mr. John it. Wilson, ('cunty Maintenance Supervisor, lias received authority to have the roa.;. put in condition as a detour before next week. The date on which the flow of traffic over the highway will be turned ever the detour has not buii definitely fixed, but it will be "sometime next week \ The contract for the completion o] the surfacing, which include^ two more inches of crushed st?>i<e and the nypluilt surface, was awarded mi ia-it Saturday by the State Highway Cominis>siou, the low bid. being a little over +2(1,000. The contractor" juried -u to wo'k immediately, unil, the eloping of the highway to tru tis in vt week, attests the fact VWt the work will begin in less than Vkw wks alter the contract was let. THE NOTARY WHEEL With fit - icp iUnl efforts of Tom C'o.v, the program committee function cd siicce?t'n/K .t/ r. r what seemed to an iiientab.'e black mark on the?r record. As chairman ut' the committee oil Iiiteinatioinii Kelat ons, Mr. Cox gave a splendit' idea i?l tin- results of Ro tary aloiiff this line. In alate- news paper item on tlie Cuban situation lie louiitl that Rotarians had been select ed as mediators between the govern ment and the army officers. They art? allowed to sit in conference with lx:th sides and as a result many ir ritating details were smoothed out. Onecnn readily see how the good will juid better business unerstanding which develops in a local Rotaiy 'Cluh ran spread and become of internatio.i - al benefit. John Seymour gave us his opinion as to the coming national crisis. Am erira, he said, is at th ecross-romls ot !i new era in govrenmont. Th:* ont < oine of the N. R. A. depends uj>on 'lie iiiteilegence and, coop;' rat on of tlie I'nited States citizens. If- we i?11 follow the "Golden Rule", as our motto, whatever trend the government ut this country takes, it will develop into a better one than that which now exists. Mr. Cox also made a rej)ort on his ??summation of the school situation in the Cullowhro district. The object 'f this examinat:on was to deter. nine 'hi' iinmber of school children with out hcoks and other necessities. Mr. fox ''mud that in most easrs the children were without books because of the neglect of the parents or their iiinviHi'igness to buy the chilren the W|?i|>mcnt needed. Tire Rotarians de eded :<mt it would be far more profit able for both the children and their Parents if pressure could be brought on tlnse shiftless parents sufficient to |w r-nade or force them to buy the needed books. If parents were found 1" he unable to purchase these books th <?! ih decided to make what person al deiiitirvis they could to purchase l'<? ks which would be lent to the children for use durijig the year Pivsidiat Claude Allison requested that reports of the schools in the and Dillshoro districts be- sub mit t"d bv the committee men of these districts at the next meeting of the '?hih. Mrs. dillard to head RED CROSS ROLL CALL Mi"*. J. L. Dillnrd was elected by Sylva I'arent-Tcachcrs Associ as j^ciioral chairman for Jack fount y tor the annual Red Cross Itoll Call, ut the meeting, Monday. CHEROKEE FAIR DRAWS CROWDS Record (-)v.wds from many States ?i tlx* union are making the jonrnev, this week, to tin* a:inual fall festivi ties ot the luts'i'i u Hand of C iieiokees Indians at their tribal capital at Yel oiw liill, A'lti-ro thi' Indian Fair is in progress. The braves of the r? muant of the mighty Ciurokees, vho, with the mountains of Appalnehia as their stronghold, were on.-e the over-lords ol nil K-n.iieru America, from Florida to the domain ol tlieir cousins and allies, the ii'iounis, in New York ,are c.nga.5itig in the ancient rites and s|>:?iis ,ot their tribe; while the farm ers (I' the nation are displaying the 1'i.iits of their labor, showing their skill in thv agricultuial arts tlieir race as well as in what they have learned from the white man. The squaws, in their exhibits prove that the. ancient arts of then mothers haw not been lest, wliiie the present veneration of Cherokee women can \ic with their white neighbors in the skill with needie, loom and cook-stove A nation within a nation, a govern ments within a government, the East ern Cheiokees, whose fathers and grandfathers refused to be transplant ed ti? Indian teiiitory, in tli;1 of the last century, but remained, in their beautiful and beloved mountains are an unique people, with a .ncver faiiing fascination for the tourist. Their annual fair draws the crowds from Dan and Beersheba, and all points between, while ir.a.iv of their white friends and. neighbors from the mountain counties join them in the Cherokee Indian Fair, which is one of Western North Carolina's most im portant annual events, and one that can not be duplicated or copied any where else in the Fast. QUALLA The revival services at Shoal Creek Baptist church, roi.r?uete<l by Rev. L. Rogers and Kev. Rebut R.yonlds, is still in pio^rtss at this writing. These brethren arc doing splendid preaching Each service is vetfy interesting unci impressive. Seveial have heen eojacvort I'd or reclaimed. A spirt of soli. utility and desire for higher Christian living prevails in our community. The serv ices are av< 11 attended. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mason, of Dills horo, and Mrs. W. M. Harris, of Syl | va, weer Qualla visitors Saturday ev ening. I Mr. and Mrs. H. (I. Ferguson, Mr. I P. II. Ferguson, Miss Jennie Catlw-y, I and Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Terrell attend I ed Quarterly meeting at Olivet, Sun I ?la.V. Miss Ruth Fergiison went to her I school at Fairfax, Sunday afternoon. Miss Annie Lizzie Terrell returned I to Beta Sunday afternoon after a I visit with home folks. Rev. L. Riggers, Rev. Robert Reyn olds aftd Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mason I of Dillsboro were dinner guests at I Mr. K. Howells, Monday. I ^ Miss Harriett Long, of Sylva, was I a week-end guest of Miss Etta Kins I land. Mrs. D. M. Sliuler spent Saturday I in Bryson City. Mr. Rufus Johnson and family of I Deep Creek were Qualla visitors last week. Mr. a:id Mrs. James Winchester ot I Saunook were guests at Mr. and Mrs. I Win. Oxner's, Sunday. Miss Louise Hyatt of Cullowher I school spent the week-end with honie I folks. \ | Mrs. L. L. Shaver visited at Mr. J. I L. Hyatt's. On her return trip ic I Glenville, fhe was accompanied by Mrs. S. P. Hyatt. Misses Jennie Cat hey, Geneva Tur I pin and Annie L'/./ie Terrell attend ed the teachers' meeting at Svi I Saturday. I Mr?. M. B. it en son, of Whit tier, I is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. K. Ter Here are the four moundsmen to whom National League fans art looking forward to score victories and bring the world title back to the old circuit in the World Series play against the Washington ? Senators of the American League. The first game is scheduled to be ? played at the Polo Grounds in New York- on October 3. / ? ) ' Body Of Haywood Man Is Found In Mountain Suicide Theory Is Held With a gaping shotgun wound in hi? left side, and a twevle guage gun beside hilt:, the bodv of Houston Gibson, 60, of Haywood county, was discovered, shortly before 6 o'clock Saturday morning, by members of the family of Sain Bryson iii the back yard of the Bryson home in Moun tain township. Tho theory that Gibson may have bee.n a suicide victim is being con sidered by the officers. A coronor's jury viewed ' the body, but a verdict was postponed, until Saturday, during which time Sheriff Maney and Coro nor Nrcal Dills are conducting the in vestigation of the matter. Gibson lis said to have been a friend ol' the Biyson fanrly, and had arrives), on Friday for a visit. Mem bers of the famiiy are reported as saying that they heard a shot and, rushing to the yard, found the body of their guest lying in the back yard with the gun beside him. balsam Mrs. Carrie Queen wejit to Sylva Saturday. Mrs. George Bryson went to Gas tonia Friday and brought her son, George, dr., from the Orthopedic hos pital, where he had been taking treat me.nt for some time. He is very much improved. Mrs. George Knight and little Georgic spent last week end with Mrs. J .E. Long in/ Sylva. Mr. "Charles Perry went to Eliza beth City Saturday. Mr. Porte Jones made a business trip to Dayton, Ohio, last week. Messrs Claud and Butch Queen will leave to take their horses to Macon, Ga., lijil the winter. The tourists hare have been enjoying Mr. Queen's horses this summer, it being one of tho chief sports here Mr. and Mrs.Frank Phillips and two childreu, and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Quiett, who have been summering at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, and in Western X. C., ?spoilt Thursday with Mis. Cam.' Queen, en route to their home in Or lando, Fia. Mr. Walter Hyatt, with his two e'ght months old pups, caught a fine, gray fox in his corn field, Monday. ,i Miss Nellie Frady, daughter of Mr. and Mr. John Frady, was operated on for appendicitis in the Angel Bros, hospital iri Franklin, Monday. V 46 YEARS AGO 40 years ago. (Tuckaseige Democrat, Oct. 4, 1393) I . Mr. W. M. Hoffman returned Mon day from a trip to New York and De troit. Mr. Johu C. Moss, of Hamburg, made our office a pleasant call Sat urday evening. \ I ? . ; Mr. M. H Morris left Saturday and Mr. John N. Hunter Tuesday, each with a car load of cattle for Charles ton, S. C. Mr. J. E. Divelbiss ran over and spent Sunday of last week with rela tives ami friends here, returning to Biltmore Monday morning. The Richmond and Danville Bail road will sell tickets from here to Wayruesvilk' and return for the oc casion of the Confederate Veterans' Reunion at the rate of 75 cents. Mr. E. F. Watson, of Burnsville, re turned home Thursday after a visit of several days With Jiis father's family at Glenville. He timed his vis it so as to be present at our court, but, like many others was ?iijajp pointed by the failure of the Judge to come. The Count y Commissioners have or dered the Justices of the Peace to meet with them to consider the ques tion of building a jail. It is hoped that the subject will be freely dis cussed among the people in order that the joint board may be fully ap prised of the people's wishes in the matter and fully prepared to carry them ont. The meeting is to be held at Webster pn the first Monday in November. The traeklayers have been busy this week replacing the old, worm out iron with heavy steel rails, and will this week complete the gap between the Cowee tunnel and Addie, making a continuous stretch of good rail from Asheville to Bryson, City. With as good track as is to be found any where, we hope to see the adoption of faster schedules, bringing Asheville and the rest of the world at least an hour nearer to us, removing the ar guments which have been repeatedly used to deter visitors and investors from becoming acquainted with oar ftdvaniopg. Alley To Hold October Term Superior Court Here Beginning Monday BOARD WANTS BID ON PRISON WELL The Highway Commission in Ral eigh is advertising tor bids for ilu digging of an artesian well at the Jackson county prison cam]), located on the Parton Farm, near Whittier. It is understood that negotiation; between Mr. Patton and the Com mission for the sale of the land have hem completed, and that the work of establishing the camp will l?egi.n in the near future. Mr. Jack Rccd has been appointed as superintendent of the camp. QUILT 3H.0W IS BIG SUCCESS The quilt show, sponsored by the Twentieth "Century Club, held in the Rhodes building, last Saturday, was pronounced a marked success, by those in charge of the exhibits. Some sixty-five quilts and spreads were en tered in tho show, the prize for the best old quilt going to Mis. John H. Wilson. T1k? quilt, of all white, was made by .Mrs. Wilson's' mother, dur ing her young womanhood. The prize for the best new quilt was captured by Miss Lo-s Wike ,of Cullowhee, the pattern being of the double wedding ring". Mrs. Charles Lail's spread, a hand-woven one, one hundred, years old, atoh the prize for the best old spread; and Mrs. J. R. Ryan receiv ed the prize for the best new spread, which was a tufted one, a copy of one over n hundred years old, which was also exhibited in th eshow Among the quilts having interest ing historeis, displayed at the show, was one belonging to Mrs. C. E. Lail, which was one hundred and fiftv years otd and which was buried dur ing the War Between the States, and one belonging to Mrs. Cordelia Bu chanan, the lining of which was inade from flax grown on the old Allen plantation near Beta, the thread spun and woven into cloth by Mrs. Buchanan. A coverlid, belonging | to Mrs. C S. Ha mm, which was ?sade in Pennsylvania, and which *vas 1:10 years old, was also exhibited. A display intersting because of the lwauty of the articles and the fact that they were made in Jackson county, was that of several hooked rugs and samples of homespun cloth, woven by Mrs. K. B. Ashe. Attracting much attention was the dis^ialv of woodcarvj(hg of H. P. Cathey. Among the articles displayed was a miniature covered wagon and team, perfect in every detail ; a galley boat ; a ' 'tog rifle" with powder horn and bullet pouch; a Chinese sailing vessel, and other intersting articles made in miniature by Mr. Cathey. N. C. GETS HALT MILLION PORK i - Raleigh, Oct. 1 ? On or about Oc tober 7 North Carolina will receive ?107,500 pounds of pork front the Federal Emergency Relief AdminLstra tion for distribution among relief families, according to informationre ccdved by Mrs. Thomas 0 'Bern,', re lief administrator. This pork represents the hogs which have been purchased recently throughout the country by the Agri cultural Adjustment Administration. It is said that Mrs. Franklin D. Roose velt conceived the plan of making this surplus meat available for the needy rather than destroy it. Mrs. O'Berry announced that the 607,500 pounds would be allocated to North Carolina counties on the basis of the average case load in the coun ties on the basis of the average case load in the counties for the months of April, May and June. Individual families entitled to the meat will re ceive it by applying to the relief of fices in the respective counties. It is expected that a second ship ment from Washington of a similar amount will be received some time in November. Mrs. O'Berry has just mailed let ter to all county relief directors in forming them that this product is not to be given as a substitute for the meat, lard, or any grocery already being given to relief families and purchased by relief funds. The new supply must be given in addition to Judge Felix E. Alley will preside at his first term of court in his nat ive county ol Jackson, beginning on next Monday morning. Judge Alley was born in White side Cove, in this county, a son of the iate Col. Alley. He was educated ill the schools of Jackson ,at Cul lowhee High school now Western Carolina Teachers College, and at the University of North Carolina. He be gan Ihs practice of law in Webster, and has served this county as the cierk of its superior court, and, aa its representative in the General Assem bly. On* the death 1' Judge Moore, last winter. Governor Ehringhaus ap opinted Felix E. Alley as judge of the twentieth district, to fill the va cancy. He has held courts in Bun combe. Havwood and other counties; but the court starting Monday morn ing will be his first in his native county. ? A rather full docket will greek fte judge and solicitor; but not one that will take a great while to dispose of Jurors who have been draw to do duty at the tern: are: First week; J. C. Hayes, Joe Deitz, Lawson Allen, E. G Lombard. Wesley Melton, Ace Deitz, Joha E. Enslcy, J. R. Snyder. Paul Cook, J E Keener. John Battle, Bass Hooper, L. W Crawford, J. F Fowler, J L Middleton, T. J. Moody. W. H. McCall, J. H. Long, Luther Lanning, M. X. Norris, G. C. Tuipin. Newell Hooper, W. J. Nicholson. W. V. Hooper, Posey Blanton, W- E. Bryson, Zeb Cook, D. A. Stevens, D. C. Picklesimer, Cole Bumgarner Frank Hall L. II. Watson, John Cook, Carl Cagle, S. C. Buchanan, M. E. Buchanan, Walter Bryson, Sr. Second Week: Dock Harris, L. C. Buchanan, T. S. Nation, B. F .Ray, J. J. Wild, H. G. Crisp, W. L Enloe, John Shpp?"-fir<l. B. C. Halt J ? 8 Hi g don, S. N. Mills, O. R Daves, W. A. Hooper, E. G. McCracken, K. Howell, T. S. Ashe, James R. Ashe, Georgo Owen, W. D. Bradley, Ed Hooper, J. , W. Cope, W. P. Turpin, Dave Moss, James H. Bryson. WAXHAW SCENE OF NURSES' LAST RITES Funeral services for Miw? Aim Simpson, popular nurse at C. J. Har ris Community hospital, who died at the hospital, last Tuesday, were con ducted at Waxhaw from Unity A. P. R. church, with a large congregation attending. The service was condacted bv Rev. A. K. Whiteside assisted by R<v. M. i'litterson, Rev. Mr. Grier, and Rev. Dr. Echols. The pall bearers were her brothers, and the flower ^irls, nurses from Tlighsmith hospital. Miss Simpson, a daughter of the late J. E. Simpson, of "Wjaxhaw, is survived by her mother, four brothers and five fisters. She received her training- at Higbsmith hospital, Fay etteville, where she finished fa 1930. She held a position in the Higbsmith Hospital for two years after complet ing her training there. She came to C. J. Harris Community hospital in September 1930, and was employed there until her death. DISTRICT P. T. A. TO MEET The Western District P. T. A. conference will meet in Asheville on Tuesday of next week, October 10. Mrs. F. W. Vetoe, district publicity chairman, announces that the theme of the meeting will be "Citizenship'', and the speakers will be Mr3. J. L. Henderson, State president, Mrs. W. W. Martin, State field secretary, and Dir. Albert Coates, of Chapel Hill, the fouder of the Institute of Govern ment. Mrs. C. S. Freel, district president, will preside. A number of Sylva P. T. A. members are planning to be pres ent at the meeting. amounts of meat already being con sumed by relief families. The pork 1-as the government's cer tification of quality and cleantiiMWS. It will be dry salt-cured, and will be packed in packages containing three and six pounds each.
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