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LLKC Courier Ads. Bring Results Good Goods Are Worth Advertising "THE COURIER LEADS IN NEWS AND CIRCULATION" VOL. XXVIL WAYNESVILLE, X. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1914. No. 49 WA VARIED OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED IN THIS SECTION. Haywood County and Murphy Branch of Southern Railroad is Section Rich in Variety of Opportuni ties. Southern Field, the publication of the land and industrial deparment of the South orn Railway Company, in its 'V 1..st iuKtia devotes considerable SDace to the varied opportunities offered in Haywood County, and along the Mur phy branch. Of this county it says: The fame of the mountain region of Western North Carolina is practi cally world-wide already and it is becoming greater all the time. With out a doubt that section is the most attractive portion of all east of the Kocky Mountains and has advantages which are not duplicated elsewhere. There are mountain peaks running six or seven thousand feet above the sea level and on the slopes of the Blue Ridges, the Smokies, and the Alleghanies are great forests of the finest hardwoods and other timbers. Within these mountains and their val leys are deposits of nearly all kinds of clays and metals. Beautiful moun tain streams, with their water falls, often filled with trout, add to he beauy and attractiveness of the region. The scenery is picturesque, and rari fied atmosphere, supplemented by the balsam odor, is invigorating and strengthening. Much has been written about this Western North Carolina mountain country. Not so much perhaps has been told of that particular section lying west and southwest from Ashe ville. Starting from Asheville and run ning almost directly west and bisect ing this beautiful territory is the Murphy branch of the Southern Rail way. It winds its way through parts of Buncombe, Haywood, Jackson, Swain and Cherokee counties, travers ing a section rich in timber lands, mineral ' depjosits, ' bottom and cove lauds where all crops will thrive and man. The section was originally peopled with pure Anglo baxons, mostly of Scotch-Irish extraction, who came South, or pushed their way West from .the Coastal and Piedmont plains. They succeeded the Cherokee Indians, who formerly occupied the entire region. I Ht.... T.,Kniio cHH in rhic fnllTltrV. ! I ; i Ti.,.n Ave rn niwspntrpr trains Oil HOClHJ Mil the Murphy branch see them at sta tions, while at the town of Cherokee, in Cherokee county, is a reservation and an Indian school which is kept up l 1 A.,M.nmnvlt MnlUT rf tVlOTTl have bought land and are following i u-i u , ;n Q: farming while others still gain their, ,:...,:u i...s on fi.wno. and raising of an acre or two of corn. Land of Opportunities. The Murphy branch of the South ern Railway runs from Asheville to Murphy, in Cherokee county. The road traverses the valleys of the Pig eon, Tuckassegee, Valley and Little Vennessee rivers, and winds its way over the watersheds and rolling coun try and coves. There is probably no more picturesque section in the Unit ed States. The country traversed by the road is neither North nor South, and the climate here is delightful all the year round. As a land of opportunities, this sec tion has become famous. Timber covers most of the land, mica, kaolin, limestone, marble and talc are to be found all over the region in commer cial quantities. The running streams can furnish power enough to operate ail the industries now in existence, and almost all contemplated. A vol unteer grass springs up when the -timber is cut, and it affords excellent grazing for live-stock of all kinds, while the country is watered well enough to supply all the grazing herds. In the valleys and coves all kinds oi crops will grow profitably, and every hill and slope could be planted in or-j chards. The orchards already in ex-j istence are Droving of great value as' a commercial proposition. Land can be bought as cheaply as in moat sections of the country, and much cheaper than in the Middle West and the Northwest. The rail road well serves this land of the sky, and the big cities and their advan tages are but a day's journey from this region. Eveyrthing to be found here would seem to appeal to the per sons who are starting out in life or desire a change in their living conditions. (Contincd on Paje 5.) ONLY TWO ENTRANTS IN CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY Repreentative Gudger and Solicitor Reynolds Have Field all to Themselves 1 for Primary Called for August 15. Representative J. M. Gudger, Jr., and Solicitor Robert R. Reynolds are the only two candidates for the de- j niocratic nomination for congress from j the Tenth district who have pualified under the conditions of the rule adopt ed at the convention here when the nominaion was referred back to a pop ular primary. Those two were in reality the only candidates before, the other three genlemen being merely in the "also ran" class. None of the others developed enough strength to cause them to think that there was great and pressing demand on the part of he people that they should go to congress, and so the next contest is i left between the two real contestants.! A meeting of the district executive committee has been called to meet in Asheville on Saurday of this week to arrange all of the minor details and rules under which the popular primary will be held in August. In oddition to the members of the com mittee all democrats of the district who may have any suggestions to make with regard to the details of holding the primary are invited to at tend. Mr. Frank W. Miller is the member of the committee from Hay wood county and will be present. A number of other Haywood democrats will also likely attend the meeting. MR. CARRAWAY EXPLAINS STATE CONVENTION VOTE. To the Editor: In last week's issueof the Courier you published an article concerning the Democratic State Convention un der the heading "Haywood's Vote cast against State Primary' This heading is inaccurate, and as I was the only delegate present to cast he vote, it is calculated to do me an in juSC;r"Whicr!' 1 ft-jSrerfa'1ir,as mot intended. As a matter of fact, the vote of Haywood county was cast in favor of a.jState-wide Primary on., two separate and distinct propositions which come before the State Conven tion. One was the report of the Platform Committee which included a plank declaring for a State-wide ,l 1 Primary for all National, State and ' Judicial officers, and to apply to all political parties. This was adopted, snd Havwood County voted for it. : On the other ha.nd, a subsititute was ! offered by Hon. Jacob A. Long of . nate the subject of a Primary from the J Platform. On this propositfcn Hay- wood County voted in the negative. Two members of the Platform Com mittee submitted a minority report which extended the Prinfry declara- ion to County officers. On this propo sition Haywood County voted in the negative also. Had I desired to vote against a State-wide Primary I would have certainly supported Mr. Long's subsitute. So far as a Primary for County officers is concerned, I believe that this is a matter which each county should be allowed to settle for itself. Haywood County has already settled it, by getting a Primary Law passed by the General Assembly, which I heartily approve. No other county objected to us having it, 'nor did any other county undertake to force it on us. Turn about is fair play, and I am in favor of allowing other coun ties to handle this matter for hem selves. If they want a County Prim ary, let them get it from the eTal Assembly. If they don't wnt 'it, then I for one.am not in favor of j forcing it on them. i Respectfully, i JAMES E. CARRAWAY. AFTER A.JUQGE. Mr. James W. Ferguson and Capt. i W. J. Hannah of the local bar spent Wednesday in Asheville in conference with Governor Loeke Ciaig with re ference to a judge to preside ever the July term of Haywood court. Judge Justice, who is due to be here for that t in, is a member of the special state freight rate commission and this will be in session in July, thus making it impossible to be in Waynesville. Governor Craig assured the Waynes ilie attorneys that another judge would be assigned for Haywood court, and he will be named within the next few tays. HAYWOOD MAKING PROGRESS. Correspondent Objects to some state ments of Bill Knocker and Shows Where County Has Gone Forward. Dear Editor: I do not wish to mke a reply to any of the interesting letters which have been published in your paper, but I cannot resist from saying a few words on the subject of which Bill Knocker and Gypsy have been dis cussing. I agree with them that here are many amendments which our county could make that would add greatly to its educational advantages. There are many things of which Hay wood is lacking, but let us stop and tiiink and give her credit for what she has done and is doing. I have no doubt that Knocker was in haste when reading my last article. I can iit v..nk he did it intentionally, but he was so enthused with the praise of Gypsy that he did not get all the statements correctly. He said the article stated that Haywood was at the front in giving her boys and girls an education. I am most sure if he would read it again he would find most of us will make mistakes some times. The correct statement was Haywood is coming to the front and making great efforts to give our boys and girls opportunities which many have not yet attained, and I wish to repeat it again. I admit there are several counties far ahead of Hay wood in erecting school buildings and aiding education; that is they have a larger number of schools, but they are more able to surport their larger institutions. They are no more will ing and eager to aid education than Haywood. We have some very poor school houses, but there are none as bad as those we doubtless have all heard our fathers and mothers speak of. I have heard my father tell of his school flays when he attended school in a log building all the cracks between the logs were open and. a dirt floor, a hugftfire . place ,Lt H ewl of thej nouse. ine oenenes were maae oi a small tree split open and legs put in the end, no backs, no desks. What if we had to put up with the school sys tems of those days? Haywood has been climbing the lad der of prosperity and development ever since the civil war.. She loudly sounds her bugle which triumphly resounds the echo of Excelsor from the mountain sides of her dominion. Yes some of the school buildings are in Aiad condition, I admit, but .vhose fault is it? Gypsy says we cannot blame the county, teacher; or the community, no one alone. ' It seems to me that the fathers and mothers should be interested enough in the welfare of their children to see that these things were altered. They should report the conditions of which their school buildings are in to the county superintedent. Why not as Gypsy suggested let the men give a day or two of a year to the school grounds and to the little necessary repairs of the house, such as mend ing the leak holes, stopping the cracks and replacing the broken window panes? I think the communities depend too much on the county when it is to their interest that these things were done. Just about a half century ago our ccunty was in a very desperate con dition. In the fall of 1865 the pomp and glory of war had ceased and the veteians who had borne the burdens and heat of the campaigns during the four years of strife had returned to their homes. They found their faims had gone down, some of their i Asheville from the New York-Atlantic slaves had lied. Their families were! Highway ac Charlotte. The road on almost on starvation. War was over the Asheville side of Hickory Nut and the battles of peace, no less stern , Gap is macadamized for a distance of and relenting, had to be tought. Our j ten miles. The road bed was cut out Haywood county boys from the battle and macadamized a width of four fields now exchanged the gun, bay- j teen feet with an eight inch crown, onet and the blast of the cannon for) A six inch liyer of large stone was tlt4 Vina Tliov :trn n f w idt'irwr tlioiri fi-f A. .! . 11 . i A,.v- ,.. ""j ...v v . native hills once more and began arain the pursuits of peace. Dear then a second six inch layer of smaller reader, just think how Haywood hasjwa-i put down, sprinkklcd and rolled; been developing in this short time. I with an inch and a half of ton dressinir Then, there was no development in agriculture, no manufacturing, noth - ; mg of the hundred entrepnses now going on so successfully in the county, 1 he red hand of war had blasted every enterprise. With the same heroism that they had displayed on the blood stained battle fields our Haywood i i .u a uu s ueau ue icuuuuuig auu ream (Cjfi'ineJ on Page 5.) MAKING IT EASIER FOR. MOTORING TO MOUNTAINS Good Roads Across Mountain Ranges Will Mean an Increase in Num ber of Summer Tourists to the Mountains. Two . stretches of good roads now being constructed will mean an easier journey for motorists into the moun tains, and consequently a larger num ber that may naturally be expected to come to Waynesville. These two are the Asheville-Spartanburg road by way of Tryon over the Saluda mountain through Hendersonville into Asheville. The other is by way of Bat Cave and Hickory Nut Gap and is known as the Asheville-Charlotte highway. Still a third road in process is the Cental Highway by Old Fort across Swannanoa Gap by Round Knob. All three of these roads, the first two of which are now rapidly Hear ing completion, will make it much easier for motorists to reach the) mountains, and the wonderful scen ery along the right of way will with out doubt naturally increase this par ticular kind of tourist travel in the summer. And thin means more peo ple for Waynesvillc. From Asheville to Waynesville the road is for the most part in excellent condition for the greater part of the year, so that the completion of good roads into Asheville makes that city a gate-way for Waynesville. The Courier recently told something of what is being done on the Saluda Mountain Awk, one of the "best pieces of road construction in the state. The folloiwng, prepared by Secretary N. Buckner of the Ashe ville Board of Trade, tells of the work on the Asheville-Charlotte highway .by Hickory Nut Gap: The Ashevillo-Charlotte Highway enjoys the unique distinction of be ing the first public road in North Carolina on which state convkt3 were put to work. A force of fifty Convicts from the penitentiary at Raleigh 'was established in camp at build the connecting link of this im portant scenic highway across Hick ory Nut Gap mountain, much credit being given Hon. Locke Craig, known over the state as the Good Roads Gov ernor, and to Mr. H. B. Varner of Lexington, N. C, one of the state's foremost advocates of the good roads cause not only in North Carlina, but in the entire South, for securing kg- j lation to make possible the working) of state convicts on the public roads, j the work of surveying the road from the Ruthe ford ccunty line across the corner of Henderson coun- ty to the Buncombe county in Hick ory Nut Gap, 2800 feet altitude, i: under th? direct supervision of Dr. Joseph Hyde Prsfc, State Geo;ogis, of Raleigh, and rapid progress is being made in road construction al though all the work of grading, haul ing material, building culverts and constructing bridges is being done by hrr.d entirely. A i m hvay of 22 feet from shoukk-- to shoulder is being constructed Kvhi; :t 10 inch crown, un.i tier drains, wi, ,;: extreme gradient 5 1-2 per cent. !n n.:uiy places where sand can be obtained .:e road is sand- i i ed on top, whilr it is blasted many other places , y from the solid, granite sides. cliffs the mountain, On the A si, .-! ! or Buncombe county side of ! ..ory Nut Gap moun- Jain is a larj-e force of county con - j victs working toward the gap, where j the state and county forces expect "o j meet in July, opening the highway for the passatre of automobiles into i ui.-i pi i uuwn ami rolled; men a , second six inch layer of smaller stone of stone chippings sprinkled and rolled ' The macadam extends across Mine Hole Gap. eight miles from Asheville j where macadam was discontinued and j the force put to grading road to the i county line in Hickory Nut Gap in or. lder to open the road for. automobile . . . T . traffic into Asheville by July 1st. The I grade across Mine Ho!e Gap does not 'exceed t 1-2 pjr csr.1:, exrep: f?r c MASONS HELD ENJOYABLE CELEBRATION WEDNESDAY. Three Lodges of County Joined With;Cae of Waido McCracken and Robin Waynesville Lodge in Appropri ately Celebrating St. John's Day at Sulphur Springs 1 The Masons of Haywood county cel ebrated St. John's Day with a picnic at the Haywood White Sulphur Springs grounds on Wednesday, about two hundred members of the order with their families being present. Aside from Waynesville the largest delegations came from Sonoma lodge at Bethel and the lodge at Clyde. The principal event of the day, aside j from the bountiful dinner, was the ! address of Mr. Thos. J. Harkins of Asheville. .MY. Harkins was intro uced by Gen. R. D! Gilmer of the Waynesville lodge, and his talk was both entertaining and instructive, holdig the close atention of his au dience hroughout. Judge Garland S. Ferguson, who is home on a short vacation, also spoke. Judge Fergu- son is one among the oldest Masons ! of the Waynesville lodge, and his re- marks were to the point. About one o'clock the dinner was , spread upon the lawn, and there was everything good to eac imaginable, and the crowd did full justice to the tempting viands. In the afternoon at the fair grounds a ball game was played between the boys of Waynesville and Crabtree, the game being arranged for the benefit particularly of the Masons. The re sult was 16 to 6 in favor of Waynes ville. The feature of the game was the three base hit of Plott for Way nesville in the ninth inning, and the pitching of Green. The latter struck out sixteen men and yielded "only nine hits, while the Waynesville boys secured fourteen hits off Huskey who twirled for the Crabtree boys. Up to the beginning of the eighth inning the game was an exciting one, the score being six and six at that time, but in the succeeding three innings the home boys secured ten additional runs. Crabtree H. Smathers 3rd H. Long 1st Williams' R. Huskey P Creen C. McCracken s s . Davis II. Seay r f Jarrett H. Ferguson 2nd Plott G. McCJure C Bush Kinsland c f Turbyfill Caldwell 1 f Mehaffey HAZELWOOD LOCALS. Married Sunday at Balsam, Miss Ethel Allen of Camp Branch and Mr. Lloyd Pruett of this place. The bride ! is the attractive daughter of Mr. and T-l.- TT All T'. , .wis. jonn n. Alien oi i.amp crancn. The groom is the youngest son of Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Pruett of this place. They left on the evening train for Greenville, S. C, where they will spend their honey moon. Married Thursday, June 18, at the home of Mr. G. C. Ball on Church street, Miss Jessie Shelton and Mr. Bryan Ball, Rev. Win. Pruett offi- dated. j Mr. J. R. McMakin is the guest of j relatives in Jonnson City, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. J C. Justice of Kala- ma, Wash., were visiting relatives here last week. Miss Elizabeth Cole returned Sat- ' urday lrorn an extended' visit to friends in .Dayton,' Ohio. Misses Olsie and Bessie Bishop of 1 Cullowhee were visiting their aunt, Mrs. W, II. Snyder last week, JIr. R. R. Fitcher of Asheville has ', accepted the position as stenographer for the Unagusta Mfg. Co Mrs. Van Toy was the guest of Mrs. I". E. Kuykendall Sunday. Mr. Yaney Mebar.e of Asheville was in town the first of the week. Mr. W. A. Powe spent the week end with his son in Valdese, N. C. distance of 3,400 feet which reaches i six Per cent. This highway passes through- the Bioad River Gorge and Chimney Rctk section, famous for its rugged giandeur and scenic splendor, which has heretofore i-cin inaccessible, but With the opening of this new high way there will no doubt pour a steady stream. of autorists through this rug ged canyon into As-hevilie, famous as he good roads center of southeast and' the city of cordial and charming hospitality. GOVERNOR CRAIG WILL HOLD PARDON HEARING THIS WEEK son Rogers Will Be laid before Governor at Asheville In Effort to Secure Pardon Governor Craig at Asheville this week will hear the matter of the peti tion for a pardon for Waldo McCrack en and Robinson Rogers and his de cission will likely be renered within. the course of the following few days Upon him rests the answer to the question as to whether those two men shall serve eighteen months each un- on the roads of Haywood county, or shall go free. The case is familiar to all the peo ple of the county. In attempting to arrest Lee Wells at the closing exer cises of he school at Clyde Wells was killed. McCracken was badly wound ed and was confined to the hospital for several months. Juries in ' Hay wood Superior court twice returned verdicts of guilty, and the last time the Supreme court affirmed the de- cission of the local court carrying with it the sentence of eighteen months each. An extensively signed petition has been prepared for presentation to Governor Craig asking that he grant the pardons, and puite a number of letters have been written him urging this action. On the other hand a couner petition asking that the law be allowed to take its course will also be presented. When the matter comes before the governor for the hearing attorney both for and against the granting of he pardon will argue the question. THE JUNALUSKA CUP, Have you seen that beautiful sil ver cup in Jere Davis' window? This is the cup that Jno. R. Pepper of -Memphis, Tenn. has given to be con tested for each year by the singing classes of this section. This is in deed a very valuable prize and it is hoped that many choirs will enter this Waynesville! The condiibus are as fgJVows: There Campbell fmut be at least tS . choirs contest- ling tach fission. -.: ., , ... . -v cup mu.-i wen tnree uiner erit yea - i-v. successive)' before finally becoming the property of the winning choir. The decision to rest with j'idge chosen by the Southern Assembly's representative, in conference with the ! officers oi tne singing societies. ; It is hoped by those in charge that all the musicians of this whole coun ty and surrounding counties will in terest themselves in this and other features at he Lake Junaluska grounds, that are prepared with the idea of giving them splendid enter tainment and also education. There will be some fine numbers on the Chautauqua Course there this summer and it is up to the people of this community to give our support. You can buy a season ticket covering from July 16 to Aug. 26 for only $5.00. If you wait to pay single ad missions they will cost you 35 and 50 cents each. See Mr. Stentz at the Assembly office and get your ticket early for the entire season and thus save from ?5.00 to ?7.00. You should do all you can to tn courage the talent that this town and county has and you can do so by attending these contests and getting your boys and girls to come and join j these choirs. Mr. btentz will have a chorus choir at the Lake during the Conferences and he has had years of experience in training and directing choirs at some of the greatest Assemblies in this country, such as Winona. SECQND BIBLE CLASS AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH. ) In order to accomodate those who cannot come to the Wednesday night Bible study class, Pastor Stiliions of the Baptist church has startad 'a second class, meeting Friday evenings in the Baptist church. Arrangements will be made in the near future for other classes to meet the requests that have .some from various parts of town. Th4 lelture, "Standing and State" given last Wednesday even ing to tiie usual large audience will be repeated Friday evening ac eight thirty. j Mr. L?e Pays of Aberdeen was Waynes.:: vlriior several 4jr this week. 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