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VOL. XXVIII.
WAYNESVILLE, X. C. KK.DAY. FEHRl'ARY 5, mi.',.
No. 18
PYTHI AN GRAND CHANCELLOR. : COL. JONES WRITES AN j ME'I HOiMST WOMEN IN
TO HE AT CANTON THIS WEEK. OPEN LETTER TO OVKKM N 'iKrlTlNG AT CHARLOTTE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS , PROMINENT CANTON CITIZEN , " R G. . rJ VERDICT FOR
IN MONTHLY SESSION. DIED 4N BALTIMORE, MD. DR. GLENN ON SATURDAY.
COURIER
Ruutinc Matters Transacted by Gov-
i"ning Boord of County Can
tract Ix-t for Approaches to
Bridge at Hazelwood.
The hoard of comity comniisshm-
ers was in session on Monday and i
Tuesday. Chairman J. R. Boyd and 1 t" . one oi tne mow p'orn.neni
Commissioners Henderson and Gar-1 citizens of Canton, died last night at
ner being present. Mostly routine',8-0 o'clock al a hospital in Balti
mmifrs . nn.P hpfow the board, the i more, where he had gone for a minor
allowing if claims and
the reirular sort.
Pursuant to an order made at the
December meetinir C. D. Medford re
ported the survey made from the A.!-Je
P. oilier load to the Mauney brancn ;
on south side of the hill to the top of
the hill, and the icport was accepted.
It was ordered that C. D. Medford
be made overseer and work the road
handi on ihu-kety west of Beaverdam
road from Joe Moore's mill to John
Chapman's.
J. D. .Pless was appointed road
supervisor tor Clyde townwship to
lid the place made vacant by the
death of W. K. Cathey.
Messrs. I. C. Mehacey and D. C.
Campbell were elected road trustees
in Ivy Hill township to succeed J. M,
Palmer and R. G. A. Campbell re
moved. Upon opening bids for the building
of abuttments and approaches to each
end of the iron bridge, across Rich
land creek at Hazelwood it was found
that F. C. Welch and W. II. Cole were
the lowest bidders and they were
awarued the contract at a price of
$45. 'the work is to be done under
the supervision oi the county super
intendent of roads and according to
the specifications laid down by the
commissioners in asking for bids.
Tht following communication was
received by the board from residents
of Maggie: "To show you our appre
ciation we, the undersigned, do here
by agree to pay me amoung. opposite
Mi A .fK tM iv..--"- 1
you open up 'and lay out and build
a new road from K. H. Plott's to
Maggief." Subscribing to this aie
n.Liy citizens who pledge 25 in
casn and a total f one hundred and
itwenty-dx in labor of men and
teams. This was left open by the
commissioners.
BAPTIST CHURCH DEBT
CONTINUES TO DECREASE.
'ihe- congregation of the Baptist
church has within the past few weeks
reduced the church from over eigh
teen hundred dollars to $304.73, a
remarkable record to be made at this
season. The report last Sunday was
particularly gratifying. A special
effort was made through the Sunday
school and a total of $217.90 was con
tiouted through it, there being 153
present. The Sunbeams turned in $5
and $15 wb reported from other
sources.
A WORD OF APPPRECIATION
A
Lit-ar Mr. Wilson:
I beg to make acknowledgment of'
the many kind words appearing in
Xhe Courier to day. I hive received j
much encouragement and support
from your people here, but none great-
. .
er than your own. I feel sometimes
that I could not continue to carry
forward any good task unless I knew
I had the assistance and confidence
of men like you whose assistance is
so necessary to any real public ser
vice So I appreciate your words
more than I can say and will always
pieserve a copy of your paper.
Very sincerely yours,
E. B. GLINE.
MISS MILLER ENTERTAINED.
Miss Robena Miller entertained in
a most charming manner last Friday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at her home
on Haywood street with auction bridge
Miss Miller's guests were Mrs. H.
M. Hall, Mrs. E. L. Withers, Mrs. W.
T. Blaylock, Mrs. Harry Rotha, Mrs.
E. jU. Camp, Mrs. R. L. Lee, Mrs.
. Chas. E. Quintan, Mis. Mrs. ii. H
Reeves. Mrs. Hugh A. Love, Mrs. R.' services. We offer to you our church
O. Covingior,, Mrs. J. W. Killijan,' fellowship if you are not connected
..rs. 0. W. miller, Jr., Miss Emma wi.h another congregation. The
Altstaetter, Miss Betty Hyatt, Miss pastor will be glad to serve you in
Jessie Rogers, Miss Hafcel Killian, any way he can. Please make your
Miss Lena Altstaetter, Miss Carrie self known to him.
..e Ai-ms. A. V. JOYNER, Pastor.
s- M- MclVely Dud as Result ol
Stroke of Apoluivxy Following a
Minor Operation (n Balti
more Hospital Funeral
Services.
Canton, N. C, Jan. 30. Dr. S. II.
matters of operation. Apoplexy was tne cr.rect ,eied a a judgment against the plair,
causc of de;Vh. The iiody was lln tor moi) for services rendered-
hrouirht to Canton tonight, and fu-
nerad services will be held from his
hesidence tomorrow afternoon at
'' "t.ut.
Dr. McFeely, who was sixty-seven
yea is of age, was before his retire
ment, one af the leading physicians
and druggists of Canton for many
years. He was a leading physician at
Dillsborb, Uackson coMnty, before j
coming to Canton, twelve years ago,
and immediately on his arrival here,
assumed a prominent position in Can
ton business affairs.
About ten days ago, desiring a
minor operation, Dr. McFeely went to
Baltimore to a hospital there. He
underwent the operation successfully,
but was stricken with apoplexy a few
days later. He never recovered from
this attack. Mrs. McFeely was with
him at the time of death and accom
panied the body to Canton, arriiving
tonight.
D;j McFeely was deacon in the
Presbyterian church heife, was a
prominent Mason and a charter mem
ber of Canton Lodge No. 149, Knights
of Pythias. The Pythians and Ma
sons will have charge of the funeral
services tomorrow, at which Rev. R.
J. Hunter, pastor of the Presbyterian
church will officiate.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, who was Miss Mattie A. Lyon,
of Jackson county, before her mar
riage to Dr. McFeely in March, 1900,
and Mrs. M. E. Henderson, both of
Maryville, Tenn.
At the fineral services tomorrow.
the following will officiate: Active
pallbearers, Herman Carr, Hugh Kil-
day, Thomas Furniss, James Calvin.
William Calvin and R. J. Sprang;
honorary pallbearers: J. T. Bailey and
A. C. Haliburton, associate deasons
in the Presbyterian church with Dr.
McFeely; Dr. W. C. Jordan, Dr. S. M.
Davis, Dr. T. F. Reynolds, and Dr. J.
M. Mease.
MASTER NED DENTON AND
MISS MARGARET MODY WIN
Pony Contest Operated by Number
Stores Closed on Wednesday With
Final Count Showing Win
ners of Prizes as Above.
The pony contest which has been
operated for the past three months
by the Waynesville and Annex Phar
imacie Miller Brothers, Covingtoh
and Co., and The Courier closed on
Wednesday. The final count was
inaoeon ueu.ieuay .iiK,ita..Us.ioe(1
l i i .
master iea uenton wen in tne ieau
with a number of votes and Miss
i at l xf i. j rru.
-"""y -
therefore, goes to Ned Denton and the
blc'c,e to M,ss Moody-
Both of ,he wn'ier3 have had val-
uable assistance from their friends in
: - il:. i i i
asKs ine courier io express ineir
gratefulness to all who have aided
them. The contest aroused consider
able interest in town and proved a
booster for business among the firms
engaged in it.
SERVICES.
AT. THE.
CHURCH.
BAPTIST
Sunday School 9:30 A. M., J. R.
Morgan, Superintendent.
Sermon 11 A. M. Subject The
Threefold Duty of Man.
B. X. P. U. 6:45 P. M.S abject
With Jesus on the Mountain.
Leader Miss Lucile Herren.
Sei-mon 7:30 :P. M. Subject
Finding One's Real Self.
Piayer Meet, Wednesday 7:30 P.
M.
We earnestly invite, you to all our
getting votes in u... contest nu ec..taken jn q Carence Taylor
One f the Moxt Interesting Cases in
History of the Coum Decided in
law; of the Defendant
Other Cases in Superior
Court.
Latt Saturday afternoon the jury
in tbo Hoke-Glenn damage suit re
it,!!:i,i a ven..; saying that the plair
i it s were not entitled to recover
aj... . .-.n the iietendant and rtn-
1 he Courier last week gave a sum
mary of the evidence ottered before
tne jury. The charge of Judge Clin
v.a ylivered on Friday m nine-,
taking anout an hour, and the jury
...eu io consider the matter. It
was freely predicted about the streets
there would be either a mistrial
r eiese the jury would return tht
veraict as above, hence the decision
of the jury did not come as a great
surprise to those who had followed
the case in court. ( !
The jury was composed of the fol
lowing twelve men, Charlie Setzer,
Albert Mease, L. F. Howell, M. V.
Albright, J. S. Jones, J. H. Lether
wood, L. B. Moore, J. K. Bean, R. T.
Messer, Asbury Howell, J. L. Wells,
J. B. Holder.
The plaintiffs, ivir. and Mrs. R. L.
Hoke, were represented by Mr, J. Bat
Smat.hers of Canton Gilmer and Gil-
mer and Mr. James W. Farguso".
Representing the defense were Mr.
A. Hall Johnston and Mr. J. FVazier
Glenn of Asheville, Felix E. Alley,
Grover C. Davis, while the interests
of the defendant hospital were in
the hands of Messrs. Thomas J. Hai,
kins and Kingsland Van Winkle of
Asheville and Mr. Willliaqa J. Han
nah of the local bar.
The addresses to the jury in the
case rank among the best that have
been delievered in the local courts.
ine case nad Deen spienaiuiy prM
pare ny xhe attorneys on each sia
and they argued their respecicve sides
of the controversary with force and
eloquence.
In the case of R. C. Franklm againsj;
the Champion Lumber Company the
jury was unable to reach an airree -
ment and a mistrial was ordered. Thii!
suit grew out of the premature ex.
plosion of dynamite near Sunburs
the summer of 1913 in which Messn
F'ranklin and. Gaddy lost their live.-
xuc suit ui uuuu, aauisv u.c tumt
he,- eomnanv resulted in a iudirmer
tfo
o!f fifteen hundred dollars for the
plaintiff. Franklin was the foreman
of the gang doing the blasting and
this fact may have entered into the
causes for the jury disagreeing.
The Southern Assembly was given
judgment by consent oS $3,000
against Dr. J. Howell Way and Julius
C. Welch, executors of the estate of
S. C. Welch, recovery being on prom
issory notes given the Assembly.
Voluntary non-suits were taken by
the plaintiffs in the cas,es of Annie
Dypl. againBt Claud Francis and G
S. Parker against Champion Fibre
'!Co. Judfe Cline entered iudirment
0f non-suit in the case of J. J. Stamey
againtjt the Charnpion Fibre Co, suit
growing out of injuries sustained by-
the pIaintiff whie loading cars at
Canton Voluntary non-suit was
against W. A. Medford.
D. L. Schulhoffer against W. C.
Thomson, an appeal from magistrate's
rt, the suit growing out of alleged
damages to a cow belonging to the
plaintiff that was taken up and kept
by the defendant, the jury returned
a verdict of no damages, plaintiff to
pay costs.
Divorces were granted the follow
ing parties, Georgia Holland from
W. T. Holland, Addie Brendle from
John M. Brendle, M. V. Russell from
Callie Russell, Emma MccElroy from
J. L. McElroy.
Judgment was given the Kentuck
Tennessee Coal Company against R.
II. Sorrells and P. W. Bumgarner of
Caanton fjr, ,$282.33 and $282.34,
with interest.
R. L. Culbertson was given judg
ment against R. G. White for $362.16.
The Blackwell-Bushnell Co. secui
ed a consent judgment for $500
against J. S. Cowan.
In the matter of Mrs. R. C. Long
against D. A. Howell and others the
I 'yihirns of Neighboring Town Plan-
nine Big Time Upon Occasion of
Entertaining the Hed of the
; cr in North Carolina.
' ' : i: Feb. 4. Canton Lodge No.
i !. K. ijjhts of Pythian, is prepar-'.n-
to extend a royal welcome to
James G. Baird, grand chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias in North Car
olina, when that difidtary comes to
Canton for a two days stay, February
6 and An attractive program has ,
been arranged for the reception of
the grand chancellor; lyid various
fotiiis of entertainment have bceu pro
vided. Grand Chancellor Baird will speak
Sunday morning at the M. E. church,
south, here, and to this meeting, the
publfc is cordially invited. The fol
lowing is the complete program for
the visit of the grand chancellor:
'4:20 p. m., Febrhary 6 Reception
committee will meet grand chancellor
a" train, ami by courtesy ofmanage
nseiit will show him over mill of the
Champion Fibre company.
7:00 p. m. Dinner at Imperial
hotel.
8:00 p. m. Offici.-.l "reception hy,
Canton lodge at Castle hall.
8:"0 p. m. Conferring of rank of
knight by Canton lodge in amplified
form. (
10:00 p. m. Address by grand
chancceflor,
Sunday.
10:30 a. m February 7. Members
will assemble at Castle hall and march
! to M. E. church, south, for services
11:00 a. m. Address by grand
chancellor, to which the general pub
lic is cordially invited.
CHAUTAUQUA DRUG STORK
AGAIN OPEN FOR BUSINESS
The affajrs of the Chautauqua Drug
Company, which has been in court for
the past few weeks, were straightened
out this week and the store again
opened for business on Wednesday.
Mr. James Atkis, Jr., the owner of the
majority stock in the company, is in
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ill l jrn. n avqnnii n, I hn el a
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mfint.ht- t. tn wluin hp was enirnfrpri
in trtie same store. He is an experien
eed pharmacist and he and Mrs. Al
1 :ii :.. j:i ..,!, i
e.tautict will ictcivc a tuiuiai wc.tuinc
back to Waynesville.
Thd amount in controvery be
tween Messrs. Atkins and Purcell is
about $0,000 and bond has been exe
cuted to cover this. Mr. James E.
Carraway is appoited referee to as-
. , j
tcitaiii toe tjau aniuuiii uuc tu mi .
Purcell and report back to the court.
Mr. and Mrs. Purcell and the chil
dren leave this week for a trip to
Florida and will later return to Way
nesville. Mr. Purcell has large or
chard interests in the county and
owns the buiding occupied by the
drug st.re.
Attorney J. T. Horney of Canton is
. . . .1
in town this week attending court
Mr. Thomas Underwood of Ashe
ville was in town the first of the week
on business.
Mr, and Mrs. C. B. Russell who have
I sPent the last month and a half at
Charleston, S. C, returned home Wed
nesday afternoon
jury returned a verdict for $237.50.
This was an action brought against
the n iii commissioners of Waynes
ville tuwnship for damages as a re
sult of the building of a public road
through the property of the plaintiffs.
The amount awarded was ordered to
be divided as follows: Mrs. J. R.
Long, $42.50, Mrs. A. E. Ward $48.75,
R. C. Long $97.50, G. A. P. Long
$48.75, the latter to be placed on
deposit in a local bank to the credit
pf the said G. A. P. Long.
W. D. McCracken against E. J.
Howell, an appealed case from court
of magistrate, the jury found for the
defendant.
F. E. Robinson against J. S. Cowan
... .... Osborne, judgment given
...... Kami, iiiu.iui,! Ul ua.ivuci,mp, ,i lw , oyrMS nt rrio Amount
.(! - - " - Requisite dm (ring inw optsrati'iii
. I nf the arescrintion work Mr. Al- .-t- .-;.,.. r
, , r-j . - . i uil'skl iiiau , tuiitiai ia tut a .vcii pc
T sm!r Will bo nieaiantlv remembered . i. I
, . r . iiou ot euuivtwiiL to o per
f i fierfk 'whprfi hrv marlp a nnmher fi ..i..
Wanesville Energetic in En.rt U-
Have Great Harlwr at Si.u liport
tiprned by Govern inent.
i ' n. 1.1 S. Overman,
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Vashiij;lon. D. C.
Dear Senator:
Replying to your favor of the 2'-th; Noith Carolina Conference of the
of January, I note you say the Ship' MetWodUt Episcopal church, South,
Purchase bill by bemocrr.tic caucus me', iu Charlotte last week and the
or conference has been made a party j first of this w.ith good representa
measure. 'ions from the various churches of
Of course, I agree with you that the conference,
when the brains that constitute the , Features of the meeting were the
Striate of the United States which two sermons delivered on Sunday by
ought to be, and I believe is, the ablest ; Biahop Jome Atkins; The Char
lady of men gathered for the promo-j Jotte papers gave much space to these
tion of the nation's interest, dieide deliverances from one of the leaders
that a measure is good for the peo-; of the church, especially to the ad-
ple that the people ought to sistain ;
their position.
Individually we have a free country,
but collectively it must have a head
to promulgate that that is beneficial
to all.
I believe that the wisdom of God
is chiefly exnuessed in one word,
"Concession." So the individual as
well as the great mass of people must
be willing to conceed where a multi-
tuA(! of eaunci decides what is best i?
wisdom to perform it.
Neveijiheless, are entitled to j ercises at the opening session on Sat
fjur Jviews, jUnd from forty -eaTs j urday and took a prominent part in
study of the best methods to promote , the program throughout the meeting.
foreign commerce, especially w&h
the southern portion of the U. S., I
believe, whether it is called a sub-
sidy, or whatnot, that a mail line es-! ty and she also took a prominent part
tablished from oar ports to those in the sessions.
ports with which we wish to establish The reports from the different dis
tiacle will aecomplish the result de- tricts of the confefrence all showed
sired by Mr. Wilson, with less risk
in complicating the government in
it diplomatic relations with foreign ;
countries; and certainly at far less!
expense to the American people.
The bill proposes that $30.000,000 1 '
may be invested jointly with private 1
ciipiul, o. by the pcvtinniefit alor.ej
in vessels to accomplish the end de-!
sired. Now, $30,000,000 wouldn't pro- J
duce over 90 modern ships, capable of
i cutting any figure in our foreign
i .ojean ..fime.rce. jBut $30,000,00
I woul(1 Pa-V 5 Per cent on SMO.0000
worth of ships per annum, which
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carrying tne man, ana oecause oi tne
mail j:ontract the government can
proscribe the schedule time that shall
oe maae ana men ma.ie cc.-.a :
, tnat the rate Qn con-nlL,rt.
all be
.g,, on Lne auiuai value oi ine snip
acceptable to the anie k.nd oi a ship- j Through these folders Waynesville
pir.g board that is prodded in this and other tQwns -n Western Xonh
bill, s to the specific charges for the : Cal.olillil get valuable publicity at no
freigat service ,td the passenger ! tost Thfe infol.n,ation printed gives
service rendered. AH yet tkia gov-, a a,cripuun of! tt-h community
einment not be liable to be ic v !'.,.:,u u,., ,u i ,i,.
mto war necau.se some toreign
! "llu "al uc-au-,c 8U""! "a
tion may capture or destroy the ship
that is carrying the mail.
i tnanii you, nenator, ior our'anfj
statement, that you believe 1 am a
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all oubjecij, "-11 I puated, but I Le-, ,
' !ive t am reasonably well posttd on;
the subject of foreign commerce.
Now the mail idea is in exact con
Iormit with work tnat , have done
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and accomplished. I believe there,
stands to my credit the securing of
the requisite influence to get Con
gress to establish the first and the
only foreign mail line on the United
States coast save from New York
City and San Francisco, since the be-
ginning of the war of 1800, and the
only one that prevails today under a
direct mail contract with the govern-
ment under government seheame reg-
uiations, but not under government
freight leguiat:
So the nv-iit.ment
as evidence of the v.nlu-- 'f that mail
line was the taking hold of a little
village not larger than Southport, N. j
C, and geographically speaking, of
favoiable locations siirllu- -y Seated,'
a town without a custom oi.'xcr, but
with an immense port some fifteen
miles away, yet that mail line has
built that village to a community
city of over 60,000 population and
yielding through its internal revenue
tiffice and custom house the sixth
largest income to the United States
government today.
So tne mail question is not unsup-
iContinued on Page i)
Much Interest Shown in Organization
of the Church in Annual Meet
ing Held Lasi Week at Char
lotte BUhop and Mrs.
Atkins Present.
l:'.j ai.uuai .gabion of the Woman's
I MU.-ionary Society of the Western
dress delivered on Sunday night at
Tryon street church. This was on
missions in the Orient, a subject up
on which Bishop Atkins is particularly
well fitted to speak, he having spent
several months last year in. the mis
sion fields of the Far East. On Sun
day afternoon Bishop Atkins presid
ed at the ceremonies incident to the
laying of the corner stone of the new
Methodist church in Dillworth, one of
Charlotte's residence suburbs.
Mrs. Atkins lead the devotional ex-
Mrs. Frank Siler, formerly of Way
riesville, is (corresponding secretary
of the Home Department of the socie-
that much good work u being ae-
complished by the women in this oi-
ganj.zii!o. The reporUj showed
that the Waynesville district led the
jonference in, the number of new
societies organized during the past
year,
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INFORMATION WANTED BY
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.
J Material for Summer Home Folder is
Ruested From Proprieors of
Hotels and Boarding Houses
n Tnis Section.
The 1915, edition of the' summer
home folder of the Southern Railway
Company will be issued within the
next few weeks and Division Pas
senger Agent Janus H. Wood of
Asheville is urging that all propietsrs
of hotels and boarding houses in this
section shall furnish him with the re
quired; Information regarding their
places at the Earliest nossibie dav.
I a not ut tiic piutca mat t-au
i receive e-uests p-iv no- number of
, roomg location rateai' Xhese book.
j letj. are printed by the hundred thous.
and distributed all over the
,
i country.
r;
The blanks for individual houses
! have been left by Agent T. G. Miller
( with Mr. E. L. Withers, Secretary cf
i Board of Trade, at his office on Main
i sUeet- Those who have not already
iJii;..I - if
forwarded this information to Mr.
Wood should secure one of these
blanks and do so at once.
j
' DEATH OF CLARANCE MORROW.
I
j The death angel vig5tod hU home and
took liu,e clarance Morrow to his
rewrtrd He died on the 26th day of
J November. He was 7 years and 4
months ol(J when he died. Hi body
j was laken to IIayv.ood county, N. C,
and laid to rest in- Antioch cemetery,
th funeral was conducted bv Rev.
D M Ilaynes He was a good and
bHght ,iu")e )oy nd ,oved by every.
body that knew him He leaveg fath.
matu. two brothers, and two
sisters to mourn the sad loss of little
Clearance. Let u? live so as when
we have to leave this world we can
go to see little Clarance again.
A precious one from us is gone,
His voice is now still
A vacant place is in his home,
Which never can be tilled.
In memory of of Clarance Morrow.
' R. D., Buffalo, S. C.
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