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in advance m the
Kptist Semi-(
J Celebration
, baptist church wi!i celebrate 11
^mhn^eenti'unial of its o^aniza I
with an. al; day.^K* ,
banning: with Sunday Scfcdol, J
^Kcl'ui the church seiriea There
jte ^ial music by the choir;
H^uiir members wi:j be reoog- ,
fo; short talks. The .sermoh j
ty* either a former pastor or 4
^ snecial mus'e by Mrs !
bna^n, of ftdidergormJI*, ;
Rj'iMr. RUMui'ma v. ?i Aahoville.
K 0f whom are former raomhcm i
clUU't'h.
^Ei.W picnic style J
Roouii. Ti.v Hi.ernoon will be featur/*
R ty b h/story ?f tbe church, tfy.
Rjoin b. Knsley, short f&Uu ; ud ^
^E;ui 'iP'ftit*. There will be- ft.*J
R^ 4I the liome of Air. and j?lrs.
v,iison, with thr four liv. . r
R^r ambers present 3hi4 sn- ,
R^iUi; be conducted by fiev. T. * v
K, 1 Mwer pastor, and wij u|!
R |,| it her home bej \ua? of th* ma ^
Riny 01 Wats m k gtf to kiC J
R MfU service will begin * fh
r^>- Training I'mora a* i\*C: *
R'.^ ioUowed. by the (v^oin^ f
and worship, and a bap- f
j-lTTlt'S |
it is erpceted thatf, a large number
'? <t members and frien^U j
church will bo present for the j j
oration j j
Baptist ohurcu was Organized at j c
3, thfji little more thAn a wide i
?m tue road, in the summer of ?
by thirteen pee(ple. The thironpnizers
of the Sylva Baptist ;
i> of 54) years ago were: D. J. t
Jj. P. - AVlerr, Charlea Allen, i
Allen, Alice* Reed, RhocH ?
d, Alfred Parker, Mrs. w. M.
*p$&iry Patferson, Paralee 1
ion, Sarah Allen, J. K. Allen, \
\\x*. Tabitlia T)i! la ? J. *Jt f
umber tour are sti'i living in I
, and three of them are and ?
bwn mantbers of this chureh f
5 the entire fifty yoars of its t
nee. They tue Mrs. Rhoda Wat
(V, J. K. Allen and Mr. L. P. f
ho Other, Mrs. Tabitha Oil- (
loved her membership to Kaftt t
a short time ago. 1
A. 11. Thomas wns the 'ir i t
and Rev. hL M. Hocutt, the 1
.The other ministers who
th<> church during the pas^ 1
tilury were: S. H. Harrington, 1
lVaD' a. H. Sims, A. B, I
T. Bright, .7. W. Kestorson, I
teitz, J. W. Watson, W. W. 5
M. Burboson, W. B. Creas- *
\r mi T T,, -O ,?4 4- ? ji
o, i noni, -I*1Hllia^tou,
K. R. Harris, ?T. 0. Full- e
bight, W. Rs Yokley, and J. Gray
Murray.
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QUAL jA i
Cook was reelected UJ& (
,0r <tf the Shoal Creek B:;pGsl
^h. His congregnt'Ou b**s put I ^
j"*-*ats in the church and piu?* ^
3n all' day do lionr/oa aetv'tx on
fourth Sunday in Au.pl>'.
Qualla ;o\u r4<;rded the (
Y^rtwiy Meetine- id Olivet. Sunday ,
^'crnoon
, ^ 01 lie Hal', wro is In'.r.i;.* i
lor ? nnr&e in ChncU ioo? i nosnii *1. \
"v ^'siting Mr. and Mrs. C. Jobn- t
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^r- I?ill Howell and sons. o? j
r?'r, spent the week oil with 5: hi ^
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ilr-C. B. Terrel-iv! ;{.% w?-?-k \
^mAsh,vi:io. |
diss Gertrude Pc'ciso '. '*' j
?fsl of \fj8g Annie Iiiliie Terrell.
*nday. < \
^Wt and Hubert BVp^Usou ;V$~
'' r?'la,tives-in Carutdn. ^ j { J .
r- 'lohn Johnson, of RohbinsVif1. . ]
j^t week end at Mr. J. C. John ;
^4.
* H. G. Fergusqjh and faoply *
ftr? called to Bethel, ifcst week, on
the death of Mr. Trull<
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PAPERM1LL NOW ;
RUNNING STEADY.;
> ' ?;> *-;_ * *:-' --v"' ' ' TJi-e
^$a^Ap?i*boar<l Tympany >
plaint at Splva iTinmrig ft J1 *
limtf'foUT t&eVp&tr^iir ^efc'v an<V '}*
irfats for its Drctfuot" ate, bein<> re*
ttittr>T%aii Utvr ei>ii?e ?
n if or the T>i$t two years,' according tl
v official? ,*fx the cdtapauy. * , |f
pe ptW$t Tun of ftto? so^Vfta
refit# for' f&lrtfyne is the loosest in Si
? .V^y'fr
dM jnill wdl operate foil timo fof w
<*& ~'*'r
v Ol'rJlQ Alj&ya: ' -^ ' .fo
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WaafcipJuly Zkr?W&h tbo ,E
Resident i|ig jte wajMM>s tend >"
ooater flah^j the'eoast of Ijowei P
foxvexs are ^ying ta mako a fan fj
tppraisa' o?<tbe affects of bi3 erossj f
on tin en t ^pfeiking tour, while thej L
conomista in, & Government servi qe j\
ire studying ^h? business situation f1
md putting forth forecasts :ofv 'r& f
.every with %?re optimism fhan'ha* /
)een prevalent* here for a yeafr ^
more. ^ v ' /* *-^'').' ?
The two things, tie togetl^k. ?
xrtitieal futm^ of Koosevelt ana hi* f*
rnrty is dependent to a considerable ]
legree apon the eitent of busilH^j j
eoovery between now " and the Cou- J
^resaionaf elections.. ? *> J'5 .jk i3
Tiie present sj^n8 indicate that tsf~- 'J;
linajy citizens will not be feeliag. T
heniselves quite so '' hard up" ^ r
November as they" have felfce^r HH
^ince last fall.)'* )*4 ') ^Jr3L J
troiii; the President tour iwJrpSI ^
jtical conclusions are being <Jrawn in P
vhieh the most experienced: obierv- J{
its here concur.One ia that there fcas r
aaiviaK ?i n lr in I $1
hi! uduiizilii^ luuit nycu iv _
dr. Roosevelt's personal , popularity!!.^
it 'least in the 'sections of the couji-1
ry which he visited. . ! ,.1-e1
The other conclusion is that ll.gj. v
f* 4, i ' *
^resident took the advice of. the I *f
^haimian, Mr. Farley, and didVP>t|^
try to read out . of the Democratic'*!^
3arty every Senator and Bepreeea-1 P
alive who had voted against hi? pel I !?
ueasures. ^ * . In<
The President did give..personal I V
ndorseftienftb some of "hhrloyaMmp I rf
jorters, which .was to have been ex-1
yected, but did hot ,go on tho ram,
>age against ..many who had been I
trongly against him. Nothing Jiko a 1
'purge" of the party can be read J ?
nto the record of the President V J ^
peeches. ' ) * , : . 1**
. Garner's Views fV
That is not to say that thin sptit ;n pa
he Democratic ^Party, which Mr, I ^
Parley so greatly deplores has been |b*
ieaied, bnt at least it has not been I
videned by anything Mr,. Hoo*?velt I ]"
laid or did on his Western tour. , I
Down in Texas ^ Vioo^rusidoht j
Earner did alittle taking, which I
ins set political^ torf^uos wagging.
Te remarked casualf^^rt^ be did
lot seek a third Vieer-PreSi
lent. This might^meari Anything or
lotliing.
If, as believed !?y wc.LJ here, M>.
larnar has bis 'rc *?i* the White
tloiise in 1940, it might mean that he ;
vas putting hi (isc;f icrri'id as che
.cad of the Pemocnt;* ficket. *'U
!^ms definitely to mean that the
l"ice President doesn't think the
President shou?d s?rk a third temi,
it her. vrt v. t
But not the )].-*}?? tosiveiuci^
lent of Mr. Ro^noU's trip was tic
presentation ii hi a ?u Pui bio, Oslo; f.'
ado, of a petit:w:i ?igned by more;. 'wi
ban 4,000 wage-worker?, demanding r~
,bat he run for Preside/ir <igain two ;
ears hence. >
Whether this is the b ginning of
in organised "popuHr" oaaovemeftt
Cor Mr. Rooseveir,s rcnominatian, or
i arv\ntnn?oiig flpeslnre by ajataif*! "
"f"? -J, ^
?nrap ofc vdfcers, .? t. emotion which I
a disturbing poli^'al Washington; I
[f many more such ^*etit.ona turn up, ?
it will be looked upon us proof that. _
someone is acting >on X r. Boose vpftHs > '
behalf in stirring ip the animals in
t* e political too. and trying to start .
ei backfire again/.: tue Gurasr jnoreonent,
which is ?air,jn/ c,)r?sidefiraMp
Keaidway. ... ^
-i.'i Pr&id*grt'/Pcptl1trit? . .
Mr.1 Gamer's Hvbitic$ : for {the
Presidency in 1932 ** led by the
recent publieatS^ of; :M?\ Farley's
own iacconnt of 1 he Chi? "go convun- <
HoYi^ where the Texan. 7as induced
to withdraw in far or of Got. Roose
1 y.\ nab
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lorence Newspaper
tfoman Ifltes Sylva
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idebted - far .the.-following article
i i Miss Nellie Brisro w, newspaper
x*nan. of Florence, S. C., who is
pending her vacation here?EJitor.
Back ht Sylva! My third guinim r J
a Cation here, drawn t>> the beauty
nd charm of this lovely spar.. Sylva
f a gem let in a ring of emerald
nountains, with seenory is changing
a a kaleidoscope, for every turn in
he roadway (jives an .enchant jng
ew prospect of the. mistcapp?- <
opntaina. Indeed,c 1*3 *eo o> twenty
from ;?ny givVrilpmut and a
Sw picture -emerges. Whafi a .joy
; is to be back i
My first visit he <j in ;hc suminc:'
? 11936 cast a Spell of Sylva over
fe; $nd last summer t was a pliasre
to return. This year the very
longht of a vacation anywhere else
icked interest and savor. Not for
e. It was Sylva alone that held, the
b&rm of beauty, quirt re$tfulness,
long list of interesting places to
isit tn the neighboring hills, and
easant people..
For the peop e vi Sylva are as
larniing as their beauiifu-, wooded
lis and valleys. My 'friend and I . '
ere fortunate in coming to the I
>tae of the C. Moodys, right J
itside the Sy*va city limits, ami
e received a welcome and friend.i*ss
thttf have brought us back from '
imraer to summer, to feel that we 1
kte *come bene" eaeh tiime.
this delightful h^me set on top 1
tree-crowned hill, is ideal for a
rest and recreation" vacation, and
,ajny visitors come back year after
Bar, frcftn distant homes, to rest
[id recuperate from strain and
jSjess of the worka/day world. The
kmc people, having found a beauty^
delightful climate, friendly' ,
eijple, ?not to forget the delicious
x>d in pleasing variety and tempt- 1
igly served?the same people come
gram .'and . again, from east and
(vst^'iopjn north and south, and h ue
>nn friendships that hang like fra
rant;flowers on (memory's wnlh>.
For two summers 1 was acconqwmd
by a dear little wq/man who had
sited here before, and loved if;.She
oked forward Uk coming again,
lis year, but in the spring the ce
stial gates opened bofor > her, audi *
f?w she walks thp Heavenly ways ;
isfcead of the winning mountain
>ad beside the singing brook she'Jjj
slighted in. But otbjer-friends came
ith ine this suimiinev, and they to% i
ive fallen under th? spell of Sylva f
Down at our home in F'orence ..
. Q, we feel'that v?e are greatly. )
eofsdd bp our nearness to the moun
ashore. A few'Tidurs' drive will
ashore. A few hours' dlive wil'
ike us to the strand to enjoy the
'isk wind from the ocean, surf <
ithing, and the mystery and charm i
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RITES HELD FOR
E. C. HEDDEN
if-> neial services for E. C. Hedden, ,
v.l-v died Sunday afternoon at 6:15,'
were conducted at I0:d0 Tuesday,
morning, from his hohie si Webster^
and i Jierment was in the Webster
Mr. Hedden, who was 7? years of
age. was a native of Hamburg township.
and made this cotanty his home
practically all his life. He was prom
iuent as a lumberman and as a citire*i
in Western North Carolina.
Mi. Hidden had been i!l for sevex^
a! mouths. He is survived by two
sons, tames Hedde?i. Fisgah JYwrest, 1
and George Hedden, Jlad n, two
,1 n nmliiAttn H-HA Ttf Am**C/ill fill'l ^
iiau^uiiciat on,-i a. iuvn>ovu ?* <?
Miss Lucy Hedden of Webster, by
Eei veral grandchildren, and other fel
i lives i nd friends.
: i OWEN GOES HOME
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Libert Owen, of Wo f Mountain,
has dvered sufficiently to return
*c Li- home, following an operation
for a ruptured appendix, at the C.
1 Harris Community Hospital.
His tiother-in law, Fred Galloway, j
is recovering from an operation. 1
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MRS. PARKER HAS OPERATION 1
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Mi -.JT. Hi. iParker is lecovering, at
the Coiumuniiy Hospital, fo.lowing
i> serious operation.
bTLVA MAGISTRATE
STJPFTJjvfl AMOnt
Esquire S. H. Monteith ia in tks
C. J. Harris Community Hospital,
recovering from a broken ankle, 1
which lie sustained, when a wafo*
wheel ran 1u$ leg, while be wna- >
' iffiHifjJ1 wood, on h's farm la DiHt- i
boro township, late Motadiv iftjf 1
noon. ii.?LSr 1
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WILMOT MAN KILLED AT
WOBK ON SNOWBIBD 1
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Kelly Raby, 25 year old Wilmo1 i
nan, was .ki'led instantly, when a (
tree fell on him while lie was cutting i
Q?/\u<Wiivl ffti- 11m Rf 'mis I i
UilllK'l ) UII UllUlt I/'IIVIJ KM V.., ,
siwmill at Robbinsville. i
The body cf'* *tho young man wa* 1
|*rought to. his home, yesterday, and 1
fnneral services will be conducted at 1
Wilmot, today. . 1
The ydung man, who was unmarried,
is survived, by his parents, Mr. <
and Mrs. Wa'Jher Raby, and tkm '
sisters, Mrs. Mamie Bridges, Mia I
Montez . Raby aud Miss VirginU ?
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FORMER CORONOR IS ILL i
James R. Dillat-d, former coroner i
of Jackson county, is seriously !'. H
at the Community Hospital. Mr. Dil- n
'ard is 73 years~of age.- }<
tooting The Rapid
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Sylva Rotarians 1
Go To Chestei
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Nineteen' ntmbifB of the Sylv;
Rotarjr dub and sis wives of Rotari
ans attended the annual district as
sembly ?f tba lMth district of Boj
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tary inWffllltifl, wnien wm neu
111 Chester, S. C., last Monday. Th?
u ip wa's made in .t special bui
loaned Uk He eeBMHn by Weston
Carolina Teaehers' College, Cullo
vvhee. Ralfh C. Sutton was ehuinmn
of the sstosMSl en arrangement!
for the trip, and he ww asiated bj
r. N. Mauris, of Syfva, and W. E
Knsor, of Chcnfcee.
At the regular meeting in Sylva
Tuesday sight, the piogram wa<
?iven ovt to discussions of the dis
triet assembly. One visiting Rotariai
and hit wife were present: Dr. anc
Mrs. H. V. Weems, of Sebring, Flor
da. Other visitors included: Sidney
EilfSM, sf Leeshnrg, Fofrida, thr
goes! Sf & W. Enloe; W. E. Ensor
Sr., the guest of his.son; and Charlef
Ffalleown, President of the Studenl
Body cf Westers' Caroling Teachers
HoJIege, gusrt of John Seymour.
TODAY and
TOMORROW
(By Frank Parker Stockbridge)
FBOPL1 v . populatior
There are about 130 million peoph
living in the Uniled States today
Rat loan fknro will h#? infi millions
L^V it/UV V4W*V ^ .
From then dn the" niimT?er of Aaner
icans will not increase materially
unless there i? a new tide of immif
nation. Our population will reniair
fixed at abont 168 millions.
Those are conclusions reaeho;! b)
the Committee on Population of tin
National Resource Conunitt ? ? in ;j
recent repoit to the Preside!!*;. The)
3 a mo to that conclusion by studying
the statistics of deaths .inn l?ntk<
ies over many years pa<i. TJio r; n(
s rapidly approaching when | mm
r?er of persons who di.> each yea:
tvill about equal the nunner <?f ha
lies born, and the popnai: yt
.vill thua remain fltattonnry.
Already there ar^ about 01 ami
i half times aa many persons ov? 1
20 yean old than there arc mi del
;hat ago. The average American i<
Towiuf din,
LIFE . . ... inures*
One reason tm 'he inereaw in 'the
iverage age bthat more of the ba
lies born HfO to grow 'ip. Anotfcei
eason is that groim-nps live lor^ci
;han they Mod ta A fern hundred
ream ago tho avenge
if Ufa" to Bit-Wft babies no
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H ADVANCE OUTSmi TH* COUlfTY
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w Training
W.GT.C. Soon
I Bids for the construction of n big
training school building atop the In
[ dian m^und in the Town House Fie d
r at Coltawhee will be adM for bJ tfei
I trustees of Weestern Carolina ic;it..
ers Cpllege within a Sjhort ti*ie. Ai
t vice has been received by director W
. ?. Breese, that the college has been
. awarded a W. P. A. grant cjf $90,000 i
. 1'or this purpose, and work is to b?1
?*? as soon a's possible.
? The $90,(JOG from the federal gd.*
eminent is to supplement a Stale up
i propriation of $110,000.
The building, which will be of the
i modified V shape, will be two stories
3 high a id three at the rear. It will'
ibrick structure, with inside partir
m wallet of solid brick; and will
atain 42 rooms, which will ine'ud *
classrooms, assembly room, conence
room, pri^t.ice room, uttw
r iooim, conference room, prarfoo
uns, work shop for manual train%
kitchen, dining rolom, study hall,
by, library, and science hvboraY
[t is also the plan of the college
remodol the present hm?n|
iool building so as to make it suit
e for class rooms fdr the college,
1 to build 1011115,18 for members
the faculty.
[ft is estimated that the work will
ploy an nvmage of 58 men fu
shre months.
IS. MASON GETS F [EST
CHECK FROM NEW TUND
leorge Ross Pou, chairman of the *
imittee administering ihe new law
freemen t officers' benefit fund, _
led the first check against the
id to Mi's. C. C. Mason, widow of
Into sheriff of Jackson county.
'he.funjd was created by the 1937
leral' Assembly, and is raised by
fing a cost of $1 on all court conJons
other than those in justice
the peace courts. Half of the $1
s to the law enforcement officers
teetive fund and half to the new
Jbureau of identification and investf
Mrs. Mason was awarded $500 be
Jr&uee her husband was killed in line
of duty, and $200 for funeral' e*
HAS LOT TO GIVE FOE HOTEL
I. J. W. Rhinehart, who recently pur
Mjhased the old Jackson county court
house jprdjperty at Webster, and lias
'4t e$iipleted removing the remains
Jlof the building, states that he will
jlgfea tUe beautiful location to any
gpMl? whe wOl build a hotel on the
,1 MmSONUN TO EXCAVATE
IMUII) OS CHEROKEE LAKD3
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The Smithsonian Institution and
the Bman ft Indian AfBairs ' will
ajsokm begin the excavation of a huge
Miod aa thg lands oj?. the Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians, under the
supervision of anthropologists; :?r.J . ,
ethnologists.
It is believed that the mound is
more than "1006 Jyears oM,is m the
site of five successive Thd'mn towns,
and that it may contain valuable Indian
information and reHcs.
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xne mounu is iuii lug" a?u
vers about an acre of ground.
BETA CLUB SEEDS LARGEST
NUMEBR TO 4-H OAM?
The Beta 4-H Club sent the largest
number of bofvK and gir's to the annual
encampment at Rwannanoa-teat
farm, and Webster sent the second
largest number. Altogether Jackson
county had 39 bdjys and girls at the
encampment, which began on July
18 and continued through July 2Z
Features that attracted much attention
at the camp weTe demonstrations
oif making ehuck bats and doDs,
by Carmen and Leah Nicholson, of
John's Creek; and of copper wora,
made from old 'stills, by Helen Higdon,
Webster, and Thclma Ash?, SyL
va. . .
twenty years. Now it ib nearer forty.
And the man or worn** who liveg to
forty can reasonably expect, barrrg
accidents, to live to sixtf or older.
Less than 100 years ago men of
30 were regarded as middle-aged; at
50 thev were almost senile. Grand
niothe^f of 46 were considered In .
have passed their eartn!/ use fatness.
The average age of \o\ yieai s. bal
ies and gTaybeardj, is now iao?c
than thirty years; h vas years \
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