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Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-04-16
JAMES wilcox TO
Serve SENTENCE.

Raleigh, April 12.t-The cry Of a
mothers heart, the heart that is al
ways constant, is the only voice
raised against & pardon for James
Wilcox, convicted murderer Of Nell
Cropsey at Elizaoeth City, but that
mothers cry is allied with justice
and Wilcox will not be pardoned,
according to a decision reached by
Governor Craig today.
In explanation Of his refusal to
issue pardon for this man, con-
victed Of one Of the moss tragic
crimes t:lat ever shocked the state,
the governor has issued an eight
page staten c1t, reviewing in detail
the circumstances Of the association
of Wilcox and Nell Cropsey as low
ers, the lively and attractive per-
sonality Of the iIi-fated girl and the
events OF the fatal evening at the
Gropsey home. The governor also
reviews the circumstances SIR
rounding the disappearance of the
girl and the conduct Of Wilcox, To-
gether with features Of the trial and
the final disposition OF the case ~
) the Supreme court, after it had
! been brought before that b3Iy o.
appeal. and which decided that
! Wilcox must serve the thirty years
j sentence imposed by the lower
t court.
7, GOVERNOR CRAIG'S VIEWS.
The governor says .amons other
). things: TO release the defendant
, would, in my opinion, tend to les
r4sen the confidence in our courts tc
L do justice aud would not be in ac
cordance with the we'll considered
judgement of this state as express
- ed by statute and judicial precedect
- Wilcox has been dealt sterniy
:, with, but not inco1Siderately. Il:
. has been defended by the aDles
- and most skillful lawyers. He ha
e been tried before just and impartia
IS. judges, with every advantage il
selection of a jury. Two jurie
90 have pronounced him guilty beyon
~ reasonable doubt. The 5uprem
~ court set aside the first verdict O
II. the ground that it was influence
by the feeling of a community out
of ragged by a horrible murder. Afte
ed careful and most deliberate COZ
~ sideration. of the last trial, the Su
-, preme court affirmed the judg'
iie ment.--Asheville Citizen.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-04-16
STOCK RAISERS met

Monday of last week the stock
raisers of Haywood county met at
the court house and organized a
Stock Raisers Association. There
was large crowd in attendance.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-04-16
THE OLD MAN."

The Old Man, but whom I 0
shall prefer to call the Old Gentle i
man" in this article, has created
no little curiosity and has set the
tongue Of conjecture awag in Jack ,
son. There is only one thing more
curious and enquiring than turkey
and that is a man. Not a woman
but MAN. If you wish your young
Johnnie Bright to break into your
cupboard at all hazard you just
casually hint him you have some
thing in there for Sunday dinner
you don't wish molested After
that with Johnnie its pie or die.
Tattling is curiosity run mad. IN
Quisitiveness within bounds is a
virtue. Its the key to knowledge.
No one will fault the people OF
jackson for being itchy to Know
who the Old Gentleman of the Jour-
mai is, but they need not be inn
posed on by a native.
Numbers of my friends have
, charged me with the authorship Of
this series Of letters. 10 which
, charge | beg to plead not guilty.
+ wis I could give evidence Of my
characteristic lnodesty in the face
of the honorable Impeachment
= PutI can't do it. | am innocence
:, at home If ever there were such.
q But my venerable friend, you
4 are being excruciatingly analysed
here in your nativity among the
# laural ald the ivy AID the honey
d suckle glens.
g say friend at the least, for il
you are a nonogenarian Jacksonl: r
"A you are doubtless akin to enc o]
the other Of nv grandpaps or gran
MES. You certainly ought to know
d a whole lot about Old Jim Conle!
n who settled CoAIey's Creek, an(
q Polly S errill his wife; and Old B I
IS Allison VINO settled near the Forl
IL Of the Rive whose wife was a Mis-
IA Wood; and old Billy Cathey VII
at settled on Caney Fork and VII
ce married Elizabeth Bryson; and OF
Billy Cochran who settled near Wi
= mot and whose wife was a JeI
le nlngs.
IL Narrate TO US something Of Squi1
VI. John Love and his tribe; the ol
ar Fishers, DiIlses, Ensleys, Mingus'
ed and Cowans; the Halls and Stal
as cups. Some anecdotes about Will
ce- Tritt and Levy Love, old Bobt
ost Bryson. Daniel Bryson; the Cogdil
ng and Mars on SCOTS Creek; Il
'de Aliens and Corn Jim Queen. II
ed us about old Abraham Enloe al
or his clan. And the Hyatts, Sheriff.
Conleys, Farleys, Gibsons, Rab.
ern Gibbses, Keevers. By the W
be- you know, of course, that the Glib
of family are the only people of pu
zee ly English decent who ever lived
ork Jackson. Everybody else {
ice Scotch and Irish with a little G
leld man and Dutch, here and the
yer. for example, the Minguses, Wiz
and Bumgarners.
Oh, by the way, we boast {
Welsh-American Citizen in Ja
al son. Tell us your recollections
ANS him. He antedates DR.. Tompk
~no by nearly a half century as a c
tier, .on &c 1ookeon
Well, my dear old Gentleman,
'lind you are ninety eight you were b
Ill d in 1917. You were born in wha
lt'eii now Jackson, then Haywood.
ltufe were eleven years old when Ma
re- county was erected. You b;
'ants lived through a period which
o. witnessed the organization of
a,lis mountain counties west of the
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-04-16

)lGc CdiilC 1iOu5 81 ti!iS oSIaIOii 1ODA-
Ing out an interstate tuA-pike. You
the h >rse race between
old Col. Love and Old Hickory III
which jackson rode his own horse :
You remember also hearing your
daddy talk Of the duel between Sam
Car on and DR.. Vance, and the duel
between Thomas L. Cingman and
VIM. L. Yancy, as we'll as that be-
tween Mark Erwin and John Baxter.
You were familiar, doubtless, with
the western Carolina, or mountain
Bar before the Civil Wharf.-The Hen
rvs, the Woodfns, forbears of He.ry
Woodfin Grady from whom the
brilliant Southron inherited his ora
tory, the Baxters, the Gathers, the
Franceses and Davidsons.
You remember the famous visit
of the matchless Whlglead and the
bestowed man the United States
has yet produced, Henry Clay, tc
North Carolina and his great speech
from the East portico O. the Capitol
at Raleigh. Recount these events.
Tell us about the old Zacharys
who settled Cashiers: the old Wilson's.
Hendersons, Watson's and Moses
who settled Hamburg; the ol j
Browns and Brysons and Rogers
who settled Cullowhee, old Billy
Shelton and Boone Hooper who
: pioneered Canada township.
This old Boone" Hooper made a
Trip west IN the days Of Daniel
Boon ;. or soon after, ana reported
; he followed the Missouri river tC
more nearly its source than Boone
: himself had done, Your daddy Q.
course TOLD you much about thi:
adventurous old cuss
Tell Us about the old CoWards an(
:, Queens of Caney Fork. Tell US abQu
= old JOHN z. Queen and Jimmie Nal'
= Bryson who in the latter part OF m
= last century fought with many Q
their comDeer5 the honest fisticuI
- after the true Irish fashion.
- Tell US about the old muster
=, ~ with fife and-urun. Tell Us abou
= Cd Bobby Brown, the daddy Of a
= the Browns and big Irishmal
who, when he was ready to ride
- the races, would call out to his MAJ
~ help me on um Geor-r-rge:"
II Tell us aboul old John Davis
- natural wit and the father of Dou
-, lass and Bill Davis, and genial Woo
10 ford Zachary; tell US whole hes
10 about Jack Allison once sheriff
~ Haywood, and the inimitable pra<
- ical Joker Joseph Keener, Tell
~ about the old MacMahones, Messe
10 and Turpins and whether the latt
are descendants OF old Dick Turp
~, ~ the English Rob Roy. Old Sam Jof
son-BosWells Bear-said our I
:. onial sires were a race OF conyl
a and ought to be thankful for az
49, thing we allow them short of hal
ere ing"
koo That, was old Sans priv
opinion of our grandsires publ
ono expressed. 1t was a fine thing
,ck old Sans hide that there rolled
of deep and dark blue" Atlantic
rims tween him and old John R. Qu
at; when he blurted that out of his
Popocatepetl.
r. But old johnson was never
,orn of that provincial wide place in
# ;e road known as London He '
Won once as far as the Hebrides and
,oon adventured across the channel
.vo place called Paris, the only time
has was ever out of smelling distanc
s;x old Miss Williams teapot.
Ro, am satisfied if one were
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
Unofficial Text From Note Sent by.
WennaAgreeSinFuI to Principles
EnunCiated By u. S.
STILL FRIENDLY
Commander of Submarine That Sank
Ancona VIII be Punished and Dis
ayowal of Torpedoing Granted
Compliance of Austria May Have
Effect on Germany.

WASHINGTON, Des. 31-The
United States and Austria will not
quarrel over the torpeuoing of the
Ancona The official view Of the sit
uation is that Austria has substanti-
ally complied with the American de-
mands in the note which arrived at
Washington today. Secretary Lans-
ing refused to make its contents
known to the public until Monday
Further negotiations probably viii be
over minor points,
It was unofficially reported that
Austria has ordered the punishment
OF the submarine commander; grant
ed a disavowal of the torpedoing;
agreed to reparation and has con-
CURED in the principle that enemy
vessels shall not be destroyed until
those aboard are rescued, unless the
vessels flee or resist.
Ausuia's reparation for American
lives lost viii be arranged in a per-
sonal conference between Lansing
and Zwiedinek. The probable effect
LOT Austria's answer on Germany in
the Lusitania case is regarded as i'm
portant and it is believed clears the
way for similar German concessions
Austria, in her reply has shown q
desire to make a severance Of diplo-
matc relations impossible. The fol
lowing IS quoted from the unofficial
text. THE AustrO- Hungarian govern
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
RECORD MADE BY
SALOONS IN THE
SALE OF LIQUOR
PendIetOnS Thirst ParIors Doing Big
Business on Last Day as Rush
Comes in for Supplies.
EVERY DOOR CLOSES At II
Chief of Police Manning VIII Enforce
Ordinance TO the Letter-Many Ex-
ira Men VIII Be On Hand "a
Handle Boisterous Celebrators OF
the New Year.

Pendleton's saloons are dying TO.
day, but they are making stronc
finish to their career. The thirst en-
poriums are doing business to crowd
ed houses on this the final day Of
the reign Of King Barleycorn. Bar.
gain sales are the orCer Of the day
and many are taking advantage Of
them. Some are purchasing stores
for the dry days to come and others
are consuming all they can for want
of other places to store It.
The saloons will breathe their last
at II o'clock tonight. chief Of Police
Manning declares the city ordinance
requires saloons TO close at II o'clock
on all nights except Saturdays ana
that he has received no instructions
to make any exception Of tonight
The chief will have a number Of ex-
ira men upon his force tonight to
handle such celehrators of the close
Of the year and the end of the saloons
stated today that he did not antici-
pate any great amount Of roughness.
He expects that there will be a good
many drunks who win have to be ia.
ken in custody and more or less of
unseemly hilarity that VIII demand
police attention
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
Evergreen Trees
to be Set Ablaze
in a Big Bonfire
PROGRAM ARRANGED AT HIGH
SCHOOL TO OBSERVE NEW
YEARS ADVENT.

The last hour Of the old year viii
literally be burned up in Peudleton a
part OF the celebration planned be.
ing the burning Of the loads Of ever
green trees and boughs with which
the streets were decorated during the
month. The huge bonfire viii be
lighted at II o'clock at the high
school grounds and the public is in
yited to watch it burn.
However, the bonfire will not be
the only feature of the celebration.
A lively program has been arranged
and the ladies Of the city will serve
lunch in the high school building.
While the novel entertainment is
planned primarily to Keep the young
people off the streets, older ones are
not barred.
The fore part of the evening will
be occupied by various watch parties
at different houses and churches. One
of the largest will be the party at the
Presbyterian church planned by the
Endeayor Society, All parties viii,
however adjourn in time for the clos
Ing celebration at the high school.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
MADE BY
GREECE REGARDING
DIPLOMATS ARREST
SEIZURE OF OFFICIALS OF CEN.
TRIAL POWERS At SALONIKI
NOT LIKED.

ROME, Dec. 31.-Greece has pro-
tested to the allies over the seizure Of
Austrian-German diplomats at saloni-
h. The consuls Of Austria. Germany.
Bulgaria and Turkey are reported to
have been taken aboard a French
warship The news has created much
excitement at Athens.
1t is understood General Sarrail
justified the action By the statement
the consulates harbored spies.
Bulgarian deserters have confirm
ed reports OF Ausuo-German forces
having withdrawn from the Greek
frontier, Saloniki reports. The Teu-
tons have moved northward. presum-
ably to meet the new Russian offens-
i've in Bukowina and Galicia. Allied
ayiators discovered Bulgarian troops
digging rows of trenches behind the
Greek frontier
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
Beating Valued at $4,000.

BAKER, Ore, Dec. 3l.-As the re-
suit of a dispute at Dayyille. G. W.
Weatherly has filed suit in the circuit
court Of Grant county at Canyon city
against P. H. Sheffield, also Of Day
VILE for $1,000 damages,
Weatherly says Sheffield committed
assault and battery against him. and
adds the claims OF S25 for loss OF
wages while disabled. $50 doctors fee
and costs of the suit. The men are
said TO have had a business argument
recently and Sheffield is reported To
have trimmed" the man who seeks
damages.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
American Republics viii
Join together for the Enforced
ment OF Monroe Doctrine.
ARMIES TO AID EACH OTHER
Navies VIII Be Built on Cooperative
Plan-Each Nation VIII Agree Not
to Enter Offensive or Defensive
Treaty With Governments outside
Hemisphere.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3l.-The real
purpose Of the convention Of 21 Am
erican republics is to create a defen-
sive alliance to put all their power
and resources behind the Monroe doc.
trine, it became known today. Osteu-
sibly the convention proposed 10
make settlement Of boundary dis
putes and prevent munitions reach
ing revolutionary states. Delegates
to the Pan-American scientific con-
gress said it will prove the most
powerful alliance I'm the history OF
the world
Included in the suggestions are.
The creation Of standing armies. tha
size Of each to be determined In
convention, subject to call for the de
fense of any republic: the creation OF
navies along similar lines; the pro-
mitigation Of code laws to regulate
boundary disputes. commercial in.
dustrial and financial matters: an
agreement that none viii make an
offensive or defensive treaty with
any government outside the western
hemisphere.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
MRS, KATHERINE KLOSE is
DEAD At THE AGE OF "a
MOTHER OF ROBERT i. KIRK
PATRICK PASSES AWAY At
HOME or HER son.

Just five days after she had reached
the saith milestone in her life jour
ney, Mrs Katherine Klose. mother of
Robert f. Kirkpatrick, prominent far
mer and councilman, died at the home
of her son last night Ailments Incl
dent to old age was the cause of her
death Mrs. Close had been living
with her son here for the past fifteen
years of her life, Besides MIR. Kirk.
patrick she leaves two other sons in
the east who are the issue of her sec
ond marriage. The funeral will be
held tomorrow afternoon at the Kirk.
patric khome at O'Clock. Rev. c. A
Hodshire Of the Methodist church
will have charge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
DR.. TEMPLE ISSUES
STATEMENT TO THE
PUBLIC ON RABIES
INFORMATION GIVEN ON HOW
TO RECOGNIZE DISEASE
IN ANIMALS.

(By Or l. L. Temple. City Physician,
In view of the fact that rabies has
made its appearance in PendletOn and
definite reports from the state board
OF health have been received that toe
disease does exist here. it is deemed
important that the public should know
something of the symptoms that first
appear in rabid animal.
The period of incubation varies
from about seven days to period Of
two weeks; however, infection may
appear later.
The symptoms indicating rabies in
dog are as follows:
+. The change in the dogs dispo-
sition, usually becoming sullen.
2. Restlessness grows into a ten
dcncy to wander away. The dog will
usually return home again, bedraE-
gled and covered with mud and mire
and evidence of exhaustion.
8. The tendency to bite or snap
anything that moves, often develops
into a perfect fury.
4 Refusal of food and usually
drink but may attempt to eat indiges-
tible objects, such as stone, leather,
wood and dirt A rabid dog during
the early stages of the disease can
drink water and hydrophobla (afraid
of water) is Il mlsnomer
5. Change of voice The voice be-
comes hoarse ,high-pltched, half
bark and half growl.
6. The tendency to tremor with a
lrnnAInnnh ~ rnnn flrn 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
Internal Explosion Wrecks
British Cruisey 325 Men on
Vessel are Unaccounted for

Ialty. I'm immediate investigation
has been ordered.
The government withheld news of
the disaster for nearly day to as.
certain the number of survivors,
Four hundred were reported saved. 1t
is believed many and possibly all of
these were ashore when the explosion
occurred.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31

10y lNlltu lItes.l
PORTLAND, ore. Dec. 31-sAt
one minute past u o'clock tonight
2100 saloons viii go out OF existence
and the three big states Of the Pa
ci1c northwest wiH enter the dry
column.
Prohibition, or near prohibition,
takes effect in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho simultaneously. increasing
the total dry" area in the United
States by nearly 40 per cent.
During the last month the stores
of liquor in the hands of saloons and
wholesale houses have practically dis
appeared. Much of it was sold to
those who needed the admontlons OF
big banners in front of every family
liquor store" to "stock up for the
drought"
Today many saloons in every city
throughout the northwest are dis
mantle. but nevertheless they are pre-
pared for the biggest nights business
in history Tables in the big cafes of.
Seattle. Portland, Spokane and Taco
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
German Attack Costly.

PARIS, Dec. 1.-"Information re.
ceivcd regarding the fighting on De-
cember 81 between Ypres and Armen-
tiers indicates that the Germans sus-
tanned loss of more than 5000 men
without gaining any ground" " says a
dispatch to La Liberte from It's corre-
spondent on the northern front. "Tha
fighting was most severe and large
quantity of asphyxlating gas was used
but the English lines remained intact
THE attack is thought to have been
the prelude to an offensive or to test
the strength Of the English front"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
NEW CURE Is ANNOUNCED.
Serum Reported Successful IN Treat
ment Of Whooping Cough.

BERLIN Dec. Sl.-The Overseas
News Agency gave out the following
item.
Great interest has been aroused
in Berlin medical circles by the no
tice that Dr. Eraus Of Buenos Ayres
has discovered Il serum for the cure
of whooping cough In spite of tine
fact that little is known of the inyen
tor in bacteriological circles. it Il,
said, that tests Of the serum assure
its success
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
Three Big States in the Northwest Become Dry
After Midnight Hour Tonight. Total DRY
Area in United States Thus Increased by
NearIy4O Per Cent.-Many Cities Will Celebrate
Last Hours in Hilarious Manner.
WHAT YOU CAN DO AND WHAT YOU CAN'T
UNDER "DRY" LAWS OF THREE STATES
Washington.

WaShlngtOn
If you want to get liquor you must go to the office Of
the county clerk in person. to affidavit and
permit.
You must send the permit to a liquor dealer outside
the state and he must paste on the package of liquor
which he ships you
You must not have shipped to you more than two
quarts Of strong liquor nor than "a quarts Of beer
in any period Of 80 days.
Oregon
You must order liquor from outside the state and it
must be delivered to you in person
On delivery you must sign an affidavit which is later
kept on file in the county clerks office
You may not receive more than two quarts Of strong
liquor nor more than "a quarts of beer in any period Of
four weeks
Idaho.
This the only dryasa-bone" state Of the three The
Idaho law prohibits the manufacture and sale and also
the receipt in the state of any Intoxicating liquor
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31

January l, 1915, win add seven
more states to the prohibition ros-
ter IN the United States The states
in which prohibition becomes effec.
tive tomorrow, as shown by the YER
teal shading on the map are. Ar
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31

LONDON, Dec. 3t,-Thc British
cruiser Natal has been sunk by an
internal explosion and 325 men are
unaccOuntcd for Details have not
been given. The harbor where IL Oc-
CURED or the reason for the cXplosi-
ON were not announced by the admi-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31

kansas, Iowa, Washington, Colorado,
Idaho, South Carolina aud Oregon
On Nov. L. 1915. Virginia viii also be
dry (Shown by horizonta shading.
The states already having prohi-
hition. shown hy the black in the
map are, Main Kansas, Tennessee,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
QUESTION OF STEEL RATES
SUSPENDED UNTIL APRIL /

SALEM, ore. Dec. S1-(speciaL
The railroad commission has ex-
tended the suspension Of advance
steel rates on the O.-W. R. & " fror1
Portland to Pendleton ana Athena
until April 1, waiting the interstate
commerce steel ruling
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31

Mississippi Arizona. North Carolina
West Virginia. Georgia North uako.
Ia. Oklahoma and Alabama. Most u'
the rest of the states have local op.
ton which renders them dry In spots
About three quarters of each Texas
Louisiana and Florida are dry
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
DREAM DIRECTS RESCUE.
'OOO,OOO-Gallon Reservoir Emptlcd
For Body of veteran.


TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 3l-Be-
cause of the dream of Harry shan
non, brother-in-law of the missing
civil war veteran, James NJ, Walker,
aged 70 who has been sought since
December IS without success. 11.O0O,-
000 gallons Of water are being drain.
ed from the Alaska-street city rescr-
voir shannon told the police he
dreamed his brother-in-law was in
the water there This dream was
hours before he knew the aged mau
was missing, he said,
Detectives Malone and Mondeau
found that the veteran had really
been seen near the reservoir a week
ago and that pickets from the high
enclosing fence had been pulled off.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31

or children born or parents at the
age of II one-third die during the
first year. while the rate of mortality
among those born of parents between
the ages Of 81 and 80 is less than S
per cent,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
Chicago Wheat is
up Several Points

CHICAGO. Dec. 3I.-Dec. 125 8-4-
120 Ia; May. 12S l-2-125 -.
PORTLAND, ore Dec 31.-Club,
9S-101, hluestem. 11I-108 l..
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
OFFICIALS TAKE
ACTION TO STOP
RABIES IN CITY
All Dogs Must be MuzzIed and All
Unlicensed Dogs Found on the
Streets Will be Killed.
MAYOR ISSUES EOICT TODAY

Every Animal Bitten by Dog owned
by Jack Robinson win bc Shot at
Oncc-EXaminatlon Shows Animal
Had Disease-Averill Makes State
ment ON Matter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-12-31
NEWS SUMMARY

General
Three northwest states go dry after
midnight.
Austrian reply is satisfactory to
United States.
Western hemisphere will form ALI.
ance for defensive purposes.