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In 1905 the Jackson County Bank ,:
was organized with a capital of $10,- ^
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M. Buchanan, Cashier.
The bank has served the town and ?
the community from then until now. (
It has enjoyed a steady growth, until
a $10,000 country bank has become <
a million dollar* financial institution, j
S. W. Enloe is president and R. L. \
t Ariail, cashier. *.'* vVA'/t g
The capital and surplus of the bank ,
is now approximately $100,tM}0> or
ten times greater than when it start- ]
eti. and the total asset reach almost
to one million dollars.
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Especial mention is made of t
>ylva Supply Company, because it
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n the county. ;
In 1898, the late Jas. W. McK
5. L. McKee, and Charles J. Har
established the business. E. L. W
Kee is still a member of the fli
following the death of Jas. W. N
See, in 1913, David M. Hall becai
associated with' the business, a
nanaged it until his death, in 19
Chester Scott is the present manag
The late JAS. W. MeKE
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Cleburne, Texas, 313 Shaw Ave.
Postmaster, Sylva, N. C.,
I am sending you some history. Mi
nay surprise^ you, unless you are
>r 60 years of age.
Jan. 6, 1879, if I am not mistake
tbout dusk I walked up to the dq
>f a white house just in the edge
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bounty. The house was just wht
the road turned going from Charl<
ton (how BrysOn City?-Ed.) and ji
a little ways west of the cemete
When I knocked on the door a sm
like man . with\ red mustache \ a
brown eyes opened and said, "Oc
evening". I told : him I wanted to j
lodging. He: said the house did j
belong to him, but await the ti
with patience till my request coi
be made known to Judge Cannon s
his answer returned.He came bi
and badq mC come in; supper, I
end brdakfast. Next day E. R. Han
ton' went to Asheville. Judge Ci
non and I went but on Scott's Crc
to his mills and he told me stop a
live with him awhile; said his w
was dead and Lou and Laura were
his son, George, in Asheville. I st
with thezh two or three weeks, s
Capt. Bill Enloe owned a store s
a mill down on the river. \ Ca
Enloe wanted me to work; but Juc
told him he could not let me g<
well When the school closed at Sal
the girls came to Asheville and 1
Judge end me went and brouj
them home. Loula married ;
Parker, Bist, Court Clerk. I hz
forgotten who Laura married. Han
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Local Valedictorian Wins
Readers Direst Award
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is F. L Watson, Principal of Sylvi
high nnnnnnnaH
Ithe coveted Reader's Digest Await
for Scholastic Achievement has beei
won by the valedictorian of the das
of 1939, Miss Lucile Reed, this city
The Reader's Digest confers thi
annual award as encouragement t
young men and women throughou
na nation who, by their scholasti
38. achievement, give promise of growinj
er. into leadership in their communitiei
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^ graduating classes each year am
were established in response both t
the increasing interest among stu
I dents in the most significant article
which appear in current magazine
and to the belief of educators tha
vital contact with the living, quick
ening thought of our day is essentia
both before and after graduation.
- The fact that one of our pupils ha
been chosen to receive The Reader'
rVinoaf nuinwrl la a WaHn/tt WKfifa f
I the high standard of our schools art
to the modern methods of this com
munity's educators*
ton had one little girl. Her nam
was Mae. When they decided t
move to the mill they hired Jas. H
Hampton and Lucien Baldwin. H
came from Henderosnville. Als
Charley Parker. He lived out abou
Muller's Distillery 15 miles iron
Asheville. We went to sawing lumber
we run day and night The firs
we put up was the little store house
then we sawed the lumiber to built
Hampton's house. We built it wes
of the mills, between the hill anc
creek. There wasn't anything on the
north side of the creek except a little
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out there. ?. R. Hampton
iy, petitioned the P. O. Dept. lor a posthe
office. He asked Mae what we would
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name the office. She said Sylva. I said,
"No, call it Baldwin or Parker," but
(Mrs. Hampton and Mae said, "No,
the office is named." I got the second
letter that came to the new
office. It was mailed at Fort Gibson,
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* letters all the time I was thege and
B did not tell anyone where I came
from. Henry Brendle was sheriff.
He came down one Sunday and at11
tempted to interview me, but I had
" learned to say my little piece long
before I met him.
J If there is any of Judge Cannon or
?. R. Hampton's family there please
* give me their names and tell me
* something of the town, school,
' churches, lodges, and some descrip'
tion of the town. I was at Wilming*
ton, DCl., when the Armistice was
i made and intended to go home by
way of Asheville?Sylva, but I was
just well of flu and was afraid I
might expose myself and relapse.
I guess I had best close as I have
to send this by freight I would love
to tell you many things, but I don't
know who I am writing and this the
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ROOSEVELT IN SYLVA. SEP!
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nas caused me much trouble and
considerable money, but for the last
, fifteen days I have been doing fine.
I have a specialist treating me at
. Clayton, Mo. It cost me $76.50 to (
make the trip. I don't think I will
have to go more than once more.
I If you know anything of James
Hampton give me his address. I ;
wrote him June 8,1890, from Havana. ,
I was running a construction engine (
for the good old U. S. A. at that time, j
The letter was returned.
I guess most of-the town is on the j
any one in 10 months. I don't like
this place but have made arrangements
to stay until spring. Several
years ago I got abound on the side
of my face that made a cancer, but
north side of the creek. Some time
before I went there Swepson and
Littlefleld' had graded part of the
railroad bed between there and Way- I
nesville. On which side of the creek ]
is the depot?111 have to call off for 1
this time, hoping you are in better I
shape financially, socially and morally 1
than this county. If you are not, Godjfl
must be forgotten. In conclusion 11|
send best wishes to the people of II
Sylva, hoping you may live long andH
happy. I don't have to make any fl
plea for my character, as it has netftrj|
been challenged yet. I have lived II
life. Some say I look 45 years old, I]
nothwithstanding my hair is getting
some gray since I have been afflicted, j
I have never been addicted to drink- ]
ing or narcotics of any nature, never I
had a case in court, criminal or civil;
never sat on a jury; been a witness ;
3 times, twice in court martial and j
on in chancery; nothwithstanding my
adventures with joys and sorrows. II
I have an enemy I don't know it 1
never mix up much, have not been to
a circus in 25 years. Never was in but
one movie and then I went to make
an arrest?that was in Oakland, Cal.
Had another killing here last night
and had to call out Battery B to
avert lynching. Just 1 or 2 each*
week, that's alt The Battery and
all county and municipal can't control
the gamblers and bootleggers.
This place is as corrupt as Hollywood,
Cal., Chicago, Herrin or Hades?well
T guess I had better call off as I have
scribbled enough. With good wishes
I am yours Respectfully,
W. D. SYLVA
. 10, 1936.
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Chronology Of Syhn
le high spots in the history of hf
wn, beginning with the cotningof
4 railroad in 1884
The incorporation of Sylva, 1180
Granting of the present charter,
880 "
" Sylva Collegiate Institute mtabliabd
in 1899
Spanish War, 1898
Sylva Supply Company organised,
898
Tannery established by C. J. Has
is,.1901
Jackson County Bank organised,
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907
Sylva made county scat of Jade*
?n, 1913
Good road* started here, 1914
Armour Built Extract Plant In eon*
lection with Tannery, 191f
World War, volunteer company
organized in 3 days, 1917 *
Highway to Asheville completed to
Sylva, 1926
P4 per board Mill constructed, 1939.
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Marker To Curtis
A marker, honoring the late W. A*
Jurtis, founder of the school at Rabun
Gap, was unveiled on Saturday,
June 24. His son, Henry Curtis, and
grandchildren. William Curtt?
laleigh, and Mrs. James S. Buckler,
of Sylva, were present asgusali
>f honor.* Mr. Curtis, founder jot the
lirst high school, at Rabun Gag, Ga*
vas for many years editor of The
'ranklin Press, and was a?wall
nown writer and educator of West*
rn North Carolina.
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