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THE OFFICIAL
VOLUME XXXIV. No. 2C.
Rev. Cc-ok Left
Wednesday to Assume
Duties at Lowell
Union Service held Sunday
night to Hear Farewell
Message
Bcv. W. N. Cook left Wednesday
morning to assume his new pnotorial
work at Lowell where ho has accepted
a call to the first Baptist Church.
The children remained over this week
ir. rder to complete the mid-term
fixni nations, whicu are being held
the public school. Mr. Cook tenk
?iin-il hi? resignation to the local
church several weekg ago. Since
the n he has been considering calls
to several churches, but finally decided
about two weeks ago to ac.
eep* the work at Lowell as the op9
portynity seems so great. Lowell is
in the heart of the industrial section
of the State and the opportunity to
| build up a great church there is
verj promising/' said Mr. Cook,
jj Sunday night the other churches
of the town gave up their usual scr
vice and met at the Baptist church
1 in token of respect to the retiring)
min ster, to hear the farewell serEypor..
The house was well filled,
testifying to the high e. teem with
which Mr. Cook is held in this community.
The text for the message
was taken from Revelations 11:10,
"I* thou faithful unto death and I
v / give you a crown of Life."
'/ry earnestly, Mr. Cook exhorted
his hearers to remain faithful to
thi God and their church at whatever
cost and w:n the crown of everlasting
life.
Mr. Cook came to Murphy two
years ag bin Sylva and imnu?,
diatcly identified h'mself with the
\ of the community and county
{ i he will bo greatly n^ssed not
\ only by his church but by the entire
J tvwn.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilson of roachtree
visited Mr. and Mrs Ranee
I .Fleming Sunday.
Rev. Nohle preached un interesting
sermon at Martin's Creek Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon.
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9 Mrs. W. S. Rogers is on the sick
[ list this week.
Tj Mrs. Eliza Ricks was in town shop|
ping Friday.
1m Mr. Clifton Forbes and father of
I Charlotte have been visiting in our
Nnunity for the past few days,
f were enroute to Alabama.
A Rev. Burton Martin of Chattal
nooga, Tenn., was called here Sun>
day on account of tk illness of his
lather.
Miss Margaret Stalcup visited her
k aiater, Mrs. Joe Cunninghjam last
A T7eek.
*j School closes at the Harshaw
j Chapel Friday. Miss May Moss, the
I teacher, is preparing an interesting
I program for Friday night.
J Barney Elliott and Aimee Ashe
\were recently united in the holy
'| yondl of matrimony.
if' Kin Margaret Stf.lcup entertd
Wd Hies May Keener and Messrs.
r Ion Forbes and Dilard Ricks
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I and M '. Lon Stalcup are all
jT^ ^over their twin babies, Claud
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a 1 . - 'Kate Penland spent last Sat.
nraky night with iMss Nettie Dock.
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L It is reported that work on the
, highway road will be resumed the |
' first of February.
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ORGAN OF MURPHY AND CHE
1?Ml!o I>. Ck i 'I of Mlrhlua
dent Hardin;:. '1?View of Flensbui
Inability to r?-j-iiy t loan mado iu S
of tiie tuooi >li'no i'.o. thut has cai
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(Postmaster Crocks
Commended in Letter
by Treasury Officials
Many Savings Certificates
Bought in December?Stamps
of 1918
Should be Redeemed.
The Murphy Post Office was fir-t
among second das? po.t offices in
North Carolina in dispo rvr of treasIury
savings certificates luring December.
Postmaster Crooks h.a$ been congratulated
on the showing of his
office in n letter from Howard T.
Cree, director of the j|>vemniient
savings system for this ditirict whicjj
ates. "I congratulate yui on youC
sal s of $15,875 of guvefeimcnt soi
unties; the record re filets credit
unon von and your associfltes in the
Murphy office; it mean I ni ateriai
assistance to the Treasufr Department
in its refinancing operations
; of our war debt and, monover, will
, prove, to be a most sati factory in
i* -sinieni 10 me people of jour community."
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j More of thtMo savings certificates
were sold in December ihsh in any j
I month of the yeari thus dmionstra|
ting the increasing popularly of the
I government^ savings sysUm. Tito;
sales for December were dmtributed
as follows: West Virgins^ $807,- j
860; Virginia, $351,-125; N^th Carolina.
$305,875; District ol Columj
Dia, J}i47,i*25; maryluml, ij7,32o, j1
I South Carolina, $83,025; thai $2,i
174,560, including $378.^5 sold
I' through the Federal Reserve Bank. 1
Mr. Crooks says, "all owners of
tSIo War Savings Stamps, wjo hav*
not done so, should present ^icm a: j
the post office for redemplon or
exchange; every day nU*ans a joss of
interest to the holder. It is lest to
exchange them for treasury livings j
certificates which begin to bbr in-:
terest the day they are i>su<|, are
registered without cost again^ loss
or theft and can be cashed ^ any
, time for more than you payifor
1 them."
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: Barn Falls Monday
Night; Two Cows Ki^edj
The large harn just beyond 'the j
home of Mrs. Callic Tilson collajUd j
: Monday night about one o'clock ^td '
killed two cows and slightly injutd
several other animals. Mrs. Tilsti's j
cow and one bcl^aging to Mr. Aaifo
Seabolt were skilled outright. '
other cows and a horse were 01V
slighly injured. There w*as an a\; 1
tomobile in the shed also, but it dn
, not suffer any material damage. Ij 1
j The cause of the falling of thl j
barn is net known. It is general!^
I supposed that there were weak tim^
( bers in. the structure, which gavelt
way. j
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ROKE E COUNTY, AND THE L
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLII
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in, appointed the "dirt fanner" mutiitier <
'g. (ionuim city which lias lnvn obll^'?
Uvitzerlund before the v?? *V?ronaj
as<?d many deaths- there this leor.
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Your correspondent here has beei
. down with the flu.
The names of some of those 01
our sick list art* Mrs. U. E. Kelly
Taylor Kelly, Mary Byrd, Mrs. Dav
Burrell and Mrs. Will Lunsford.
R. M. Moore ofthis place made 1
business trip to Murphy Saturday
Messrs. Theibert Calhoun, Sar.
Hunnicutt, Glenn and Carl Hendrr.
were among the fox hunters here th?
past week.
Miss Ruth Gregory of Andrew;
was the ouost nf \IJ-? f1"- -?> A
? vuiu una 'm
Thomasson here Sunday.
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Griffith and Lewis Wilson have start
ed up acid wood work on the bij
branch tract of the Truett estat<
here.
Sheriff Odom was here the pas1
week on legal business.
Arthur Lunsford of Maltby i;
moving here to Ben Dockery*s farn'
formerly known as the M. C. Curtis
place.
W. A. Boyd of this place has just
finished his big overshot wheel and
now has an ideal grist mill which
is a great benefit tothe whole community.
S. Garrish of this place entertained
a few friends at his home here
.Monday night with sonic splendid
"old fashioned" fiddling.
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We are having some rain here now
The new school building at To*
motla is very near completion.
Carl Keener has purchased a
Ford. He says all he needs to keep
it up is a pair of tin snips, some
bailing wire and a pair of wire
stretchers.
Mr. B. M. Harbin has accepted a
position with the Regal Blue Marble
wvniyauy. JH ;
Mont. Rogers, who has employment
at Youngstown, Ohio, is visiting
homefolks this week.
The many friends of Miss Ona
Fawcett regret to hear of her death
on January 25th, at Marietta, Ga.
Mis Margie Keener is visiting
friends at Marble this week.
May Rogers entertained a num-|
l>er of young people with a rook!
jarty Saturday night. E |KI
John Kincaid went hunting last;
veek and reported that he combed'
he woods over without finding a
ingle hare.
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E..DING NEWSPAPER IN T HIS SE
>JA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1-J23.
H
yt llie federal reserve board by l*r??si1
to declare its?'lf bankrupt b pools" ??f
r's chemist in Chicago analyzing Some
; Chamber of Commerce
: Has very Enthusiastic i]
Meeting Monday Night
' Several important Mat- 1
ters discussed to meet
, | again February 5.
1
e The Chamber of Commerce held i
a very interesting nueting Monday
night in the Asst mWy roam of the
1 Library, some forty or fifty men be'
1 ing present. A number of very ur]
gent question.- wer discuscsd a?nd
mp r?ry plans laid for handling ;
c ertain public matters that the body
e has impending. Although this was
I the first full meeting the organization <
I has hold in several months, the coms
mittei.i have been al work. i
i According to reports made, some ]
good results have been accomplish- I
ed and it is expected that still greatCf
th*M25 wj" k? nrpumnlishcd in the i I
- near future.
r It was the sense of th(> meeting
? that the Chamber of Commerce
should make this the most active
year in its life. It is generally cont
cceded that the country is on the .
eve of another period of geni i:4 j
prosperity and many of the indus1'
trial p.i ', . -.re expanding and many
1 n> .. rulertakings begun. ' j
r :: Murphy is to be benefited by]}
any -vnansion she
must not . av. anything undone to
bring advantages to the attention of ]
1 . the public, accord ng to opinions ex- 3
ij pressed at the meeting. In line with |
[this tnougnt, scvctrtl J
j were added " the membership roll x
; of the Chamber and it is expected j
that next Monday night, February j
5th, when the annual meeting is
held, that many moie members will '
be added. At the meeting February t
5th new officers will be elected and ^
other important matters now pending,
will be disscused further. It
is important that everybody who is a
interested in the gTowtjj and welfare
of the town be present at the meeting
Monday night. The S!ogan is, Q
"Come and bring three people with
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County Teachers To '
Meet February 10th j
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The teachers of Cherokee County p
will have their next meeting: at the tl
! Murphy Graded School Building Sat- d
, urday. February 10th, and discuss
j the following topics.
"The Importance of Pictures in u
: School," Mrs. D. H. Tillett of An- fi
drews Graded School, and Mrs. V. I)
L. Hemdon, Murphy Graded School.1
"The Value of Reading Circle j
Work," Superintendent Nye, of An- cl
j drews Graded Schools, j?r.d Mr. B. hi
W. Sipe, Murphy Graded School.
"Importance of Play," Prof. L. C.
Nichols, of Andrews Graded Schools, 01
and Mrs. L. G. Waters, of Murphy Si
Graded School. j fi
CHAS. F. OWEN, Supt. g?
CTION OF WESTERN NORTH C
Commissioners Employ
Demonstration Agent
For Cherokee County
H. H. Ellis, Practical.
Farmer and Trained
Agriculturist, Assumed
Duties February 1.
The County Commissioners at a
lU'C.a! nn-.'tim' '1 WHft
ployed Mr. 11. 1!. Eliis a* farm demonstrator
for Cherokee County. Mr.
Eli.-- ! a trained agriculturist and
las had considerable experience- as
i county dcSjmstrator. He grew
up on the farm and just previous
,o coming here, did truck and garden
fai'ining in Buncombe County. j
He look hi< scientific training at the
University of Kentucky.
The new farm demonstration'
igent is a native of Pendleton. Ky.,
t?ut has been in western North Carolina
several years and is familiar
.vith e-'iiditions here. His scientific
raining, hi- practical experit nci as
i farmer and as county agent, both
n Kentucky and North aCrolim., together
with iris affable nature make
lim especially well fitted for hi- new
lutics.
Mr. Ellis assumed his official duties
Thurs?fcy. February 1st. An
>ffice has been opened in the grand
jury room of the court house, where
u? plans to be every Saturday when
the farmers come to town, so that
le .can confer with them regarding
their farm problems and make appointments
wit them to vi it their
farms. The other five days in each
week will he spent in the country
advising with farmers. Mr. Ellis can
he of tremendous help to the farmers
und to the entirc county ami the far.
luei.s should be quick to avail Uitriiiselves
of this opportunity for ex
, ??n u' ua in?'ir iarm pr^nicmsJi
Mr. Kllis has rented a house in
Beal Town, the one formerly occupied
by Mr. Hampton, and will shortly
move his family here.
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Mr. J. Luther MeNabb and wife
ind little daughter, Catherine, vi-ted
Mr. McXabb's parents Sunday.
Mr. Ferdinando Ferguson of Cop-;
perhill spent Saturday night with
iV. A. Curtis.
Miss Edna Curtiss of Athens, )
Tenn., is visiting her grandparents
dr. and Mrs. W. A. Curtis.
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xue pcujne ui iuw HTC !
>roud to have another store in our
it tie village. Mr. Manuel Burger
s the proprietor of it.
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japa Bam MembilMfe entered j
he M. P. \V. School at Blue Ridge,
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Mr. J. P. Decker has been ill for 1
few days but is convalescing now. I
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There has been quite a number
f cases of flu 11 this community.
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Messrs. N H. VA.M. ' ? n-~.il
>ug Ghorley, and Cor bin Ghorley
ook a great hur.t Saturday night,
oing to th,? far side of the Payne
fountains, some S or 10 miles away j
eturning with c.i:c poor little opossum
and a report to the effect
lat they were pursued for some
istance by a panther.
Mr. M. M. Patterson spent Satrday
night and Sunday with his
*mily returning to his work at
ucktown Monday.
Mr. M. M. Burger, our new mer
lant, is making things 3hine in!
us new store.
Come out, folks, next Sunday.?
le and all and let's organize our
unday school and select new ofeers
and teachers aijd not let this
>od work drag. . i i
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ADVERTISE IN
THE SC O U T
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH''
AROL1NA
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$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
Carolina-Tennessee
Power Company
Now Under Fire
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Recorder's C
?- N^V/Ul I X Ul
Cherokee to be Abolished.
Raleigh, .Tan. 31.?Otherwise dull
committee hearings were livened up
omewhat last Friday afternoon when
the bill for the repeal of the act incorporating
the Carolina-Tennessee
Power Company' came up for consideration.
Representative Dillard
and Senator Walker of Cherokee
presed the committee for a repeal
while former Lieu ie nun v Governor
Max O. Gardner, of Shelby, Attorney
Julius Martin, of Asheville, and
others appeared in behalf of the
power company. After several hours
argument, a sub-committee waa appointed
to draft a bill to limit the
I owers of the power company and
to require it to begin the development
of the Hiawassee River within
a given time.
The hill repealing the act establishing
the Recorder's Court of
Cherokee County passed its third
and last reading in the House last
Friday and is now a law. It takes
effect .
The act appropriating fifteen million
more dollars for highway construct
in in North Carolina during
the m \* two years has passed the
lower house and will probably be
called up i? the Senate this week.
It is not anticipated that there will
be any serious objection to the bill
in the upper bouse of the Legislature.
^K^_Many_important bills arc scheduled
to get under way this wedL
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We arc very glad to sec the post
mister, J. W. llyatt, back on duty
again after a sever? attack of influenza.
The Bantis Sunday School at Cul^
herson is asleep. 4
Mr. Kain Satterfineld and Miss
Julia Loudermilk were happily married
af few days ago.
Mr. J. F. Patterson visited Culberson
Sunday.
The many friendsof Mr. Horace
XCvvr.c; fwiTiicr'.y of ~
now of Carrollto, Ga., will be sorry
to hear of his death.
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Misses Sally and Pauline Kisselburg
visited home folks. Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. J. B. Hawkins has his new
residence almost completed.
The school began agai,, Monday'
after being stopped three weeks on
account of the flu.
Mr. G. E. Dickey has been very
ill fo rthe past few days. Hope he
will soon recover.
They have elected a new pastor
at the Methodist Church and are
having preaching every fourth Sunday.
Mrs. Hall, the mother of Mu G.
E. Dickey, has been very ill for
sonic time. y
Mr. L. M. Shields is doing & lot
of business here of late,
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Mr. Ross Ellis. Arthur Collins and
Frank Silvey were colled to attend
thP funeral of Mr. Horace Turner,
at Ball Ground, Ga.
Mr. George Townson of Murphy
was a visitor at Culberson Sunday
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