TV Onlv Newipaper Published in
ike Th Most Westernly Counties
of V.' -stern North Carolina.
CHEKO-.EE CLAY?GRAHAM
The Lead
VOLUME XXXVIII. No* 1.
APPALA(
TWO :
PLANS BEING
WORKED OUT FOR
BIG MOTORCADE
Mayor Hill Addresses Letter To Citi.
sen- f County to Participate
In Event
number committees
INCREASED TO NINE
Prominent Speakers of Georgia and
N ' On Program; 500 Guests
Expected
Th- . .ojrates in attendance upon
the j" nt meeting of the Georgia
and N >rth Carolina division of the
Appa 'ti.-in Scenic Highway Associate
Murphy on Aupu.-t 21st,
will iven a royal reception, acrnr.ii.i
'ii<n..iin,>nm.>nl ..f \f.., ...
Hill tli < k. A general holiday will
1-. r by the people <>f the entire
count; . old fashioned picnic sup-'
plena ?y : modern barbecue will
appe; the appitites of the visitors,
musii II be furnished by an eight
piece and from Asheville, and n
number other interesting features
of err imminent arc being planned.
Tl; umber of committees has been
inc ? : > d from seven to nine, and
new Members added to others, and
they me at work getting tilings into
shape for one of the biggest events
ever i eld in Western North Carolin
Mayor- Hill has addressed a letter to
the . : u.ens of Cherokee county to
help make the affair a county-wide,
event.
The text of Mayor Hill's letter follows:
"V rth Carolina and Georgia offic
?i- mi- -\pp:iiarniaii .ic('lllii r&ign'
way Association will hold a convention
in Murphy on Saturday, August 21.
At the same time citizens of Western
N. .. and Georgia will meet here to
celc!.rate the completion, through
th< , two states, of this wonderful
highway. Every civic organization
in Atlanta. Asheville, Gainesville ami
all towns between Murphy and Atlanta
and between Murphy and Asheville
is expected to have representative
attend this celebration.
I "Our visitors are expeofced to arrive
about II A. M. and will be served
with a picnic dinner near Cool Spring
at '2:30 o'clock P. M., Central time.
Good music will be provided. Some
of the South's most prominent speaker
will address the gathering.
it is a distinct honor conferred upon
our County in it being selected by
tht-e Road officials for their great
convention. The citizens of Murphy I
art responding most heartily in the
entertainment plans. Out good wom.
are planning to prepare picnic
baskets for as many as possible, but
'a? this is a County affair, every family
in Cherokee County is requested to
come and bring their picnic baskets,
with not only enough food for themselves
but for as many visitors as
possible. We want to show our vis
iters that Cherokee can provide a
bountiful meal, accord a hearty welcome
and let them know that we
truly appreciate the honor conferred
upon us.
"Tell your friends of this great
celebration. Let us all be in Murphy
by U A. M., on A .gust 21, i nd give
our guests a rousing welcome.
"Sincerely yours
"F. S. HIU
"Mayor."
i'reparatioiis are being made to
entertain some five hundred visitors
on the 2l8t, besides the several thous
and people expected to be here from
the county, nearby towns, and ailjoining
counties.
The tenative program as announced
by officials of the ASH will include
some of the most outstanding
leaders and road enthusiasts in the
entire country. The program follows:
Roscoe Marvel, of Asheville, president
of the Appalachian Scenic
Highway association presiding.
Welcome address, John H. Dillard,
of Murphy.
Response, Frank T. Reynolds, of
Atlanta.
"Development of Highways," Major
John S. Cohen, president and editor
The Atlanta Journal.
(Contlaued on page 6)
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j RKV. \V. II. FORD. Pastor .?f tin
Andrews Bapti t Church. who wil
begin a series of revival services
j there Sunday. Aujrtsrt 15th.
REVIVAL SERVICES
BEGIN ANDREWS
i BAPTIST SUNDA\
Rev. W. 11. Ford. Pa.tor. To Do Th.
Preaching, and Fred I.. Barnrt,
F.vangclictir Singer, to Have
Charge of The Music
A -eiies of levival services will he
gin Sunday morning. August ! >, a
the Andrews Baptist Church, accord
in;r to announcement made this week
i Rev. William llerschel Ford, the pas
'tor, will do the preaching, while Fret
I Id. Barnes, of Atlanta, evangelists
'singer, will have charge of the music
i The services will last through fifteei
| days. closing with the evening ser
I vice Sunday, August '29, and will l>?
U..I.I .. .. ... w . -i .-.i.
j evening, whilu two services will l><
held ??n Sundays.
'Hie Rev. Mr. Ford has been pas
I tor at Andrews for only two months
having come to North Carolina fron
jihe South Western Baptist Theological
Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas. H?
lis a native Georgian and has had ;
wide experience as an evangelist. Ht
led othar evangelists in Georgia foi
j two years in the number of fiuditl.:""
j to churches in his meetings. His con
I gregations at Andrews have growr
'during the last two months, and tin
I mid week prayer meeting service has
had an average attendance of fron
1 f.O to 200 weekly.
Mr. Karnes, whose home is in At
lnnta, is employed as evangelistu
singer by the Baptist Home Missioi
Board of the South. He is said t<
possess an especially sweet voice nn<
moves great audiences with his appealing
solos, which will be a feature
of the sendees.
The sermon subjects fo~ the reviva
as announced follow:
First Week
Sunday A. M.?"The Place oi
Prayer in a Revival."
Sunday P. M.?"Repent or Perisl
?Turn or Burn."
Monday-?"Bring Men to Jesus."
Tuesday?"The Precious Blood or
Jesus."
Wednesday?"A Message fron
llell."
Thursday?"Suddenly Destroyed.'
Friday-?"The Scarlet .Thread."
Second Week
i Sunday A. M.?"The Broken Van
ity Box."
Sunday P. M.?"Sowing and Reap
ing."
Monday?"The Deteetive You Can
not Dodge."
Tuesday?"God's I^ast Payday."
Wednesday?"Climbing to Hell."
Thursday?"Profit and Loss."
Friday?"Prepare to Meet God."
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sunuay a. ? ?
Question Ever Asked."
Sunday P. M.?"The Danger o
Delay."
: You've got to be a good collecto
of money before you can be a collec
tor of art.
A prophet is without much hono
i in his own country, and honor is with
! out much profit out of it.
Hlftr?
1 Western North Carolina,
MIR PHY, NORTH vAROU
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ro meet
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KKKD I.. KARNES. evangelist?" ,
I singer and .soloist, who will loud the ,
. singing during tho revival at the Andrews
Baptist Church. j,
NEW DRUG
STORE HAS
NEW NAME
The People* Drug Company Change
To Name of The Cherokee
Drug Company ln<4.
l)r. Kdw. K. Atiunis. one of the
owners of the new drug store whieh 1
opened for business in the Brittain1
Axley building August I, announcethat
the company, whieh hail inteml
ed doing business under the name of
The People's Drug Company, were :
' tillable to secure their charter under
that name because of the fact that 1
- there was already one store of that
' name registered in thi> tale. Therefore
the stockholders applied for and
were granted their charter on Aug- '
list third to operate under tho name
of the Cherokee Drug Company Inc., '
the company being: incorporated for
ten thousand dollars.
Notice Organization
Meet for 1926 Fair
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The people of Cherokee County j
are urged to be present at a meetlug
Jo he held at the Library Monday
afternoon at J o'clock for the
purpose of forming an organisation
of the 192ft Cherokee County '
i Fair Association. The time for 1
holding the fair is close at hand
and there is not a minute to lose, '
and everybody is urgently request
j ? d to be there.
W. M. FAIN, President,
B. W. SIPE, Secretary,
1925 Fair Association.
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NA FR ! >AY, AUGUST 13, 1920
HWAY Ol
AT MUR1
WEST CAROLINA
HOLIDAY ASKED
FOR ROAD FETE
Vppatachian Association Plans AugJit
21 highways Opening
iVANTS ASHEV1LLE
MURPHY AUTOCADE
irbration To Mark Com ilrtion Ol |
3 Grral Arteries
(A-hevillc Citizen)
\V? -t. in \'i>rtJ' Carolina was culled
!:? " night by ltoscoe Marvel.
;r? -i?I? nt of ! Appalachian Seen'
lligi v : ? addressing rep-i
i .1 itizens of Western North
.roba. and (leorgia at the Kettil1
' 1" declare August 21 a
hob'ias in celebration of the formal
i ; f Highway No. 10 as a link
at enic route "which is destin- !
W," .Mi Marvel .-aid, "to form the
I' - kbon Eastern America."
if". ding was called to lay
' lie celebration on August ;
1? I. lay the foundation for a;
i" '-: m ' rcade to proceed from this j
I' earl; in October in connection)
with ill- Motorcade from Montreal,
i oaii i ittend the annual convenii'U
of t Appalachian Scenic Higb\ss<
iation. \. . ordimr to pres;it
i '. !?- the local motorcade will
jop: i'?- members from the North who
w.I . me by moto. - ide with the
Montr. 1 lenresordatives.
In course of his address, Mr.
Mai- 1 : : 4cd thai every community
;n Wv-iern North Carolina send a ,
iav. delegation to attend the great
nt -tjte celebration which will be j
-i ;-t Murphy. He announced
I .,t in'.-al enthusiasts would form a
liO'voicade to journey to Murphy for
ht ocassion, and appointed Don Rlias ,
h: rnian of a committee to arrange
for the trip.
Wants Motorcade
"1 hope it will he the consensus ot
:His meeting." Mr. Marvel said "that
i public request he made for this
irreat celebration to he held on August
21, at 11 o'clock in the morning,
it Murphy. X. C\, fostered by the
joint associations of North Carolina
immunities on the highway declare
August 21 a holiday; and to urge
those with motor ears to form a m?*
oreaftV and to drive over this wonleifu!
boulevard t?? attend the cele-;
.ration at Murphy, tints Riveting a
amilar program by the people pf
;he Georgia division ot' the Appalachian
Scenic Highway Commission,
?nd the Atlanta Journal."
Mr. Marvel read a number of tele- (
(Continued 0n page 6)
A Good Provide
ktwt
tially Rich Territory in t!
FFICIALS
3HY AUG
Ha
*RK1>" GRANGE, football star,
mention in news dispatches as figuring
in divorce proceedings instituted
by Charles Taylor against Mrs. Taylor
in a Los Angeles court action.
Taylor charges that his wife became
infatuated with Grange and forced
her attentions upon him, and makes it
plain that he does not accuse the foot,
hall star of any wrongful action, asserting
that the slur is mentioned
merely to illustrute his wife's actions
with other men. Photo shows
Grange as iceman.
LION'S MEET
ENTHUSIASTIC
TUESDAY NIGHT
Endorse Road Meeting To Be Held
Here August 21, and Invite
Teilico Lions To Be Guests
A very enthusiastic meeting of the
Murphy Lions Club was held in the
parlors of the Methodist Church
Tuesday night. The ladies of the
church served an excellent supperafter
which the meeting went into
business session.
Among the important matters
transacted was the endorsement of
the Appalachian Scenic Highway
meeting to be held here on August
J 1st, and the pledging the support of
the Lions to the various committees
in the entertainment of the visitors.
The Teilico Plains Club was extended
an invitttvJQD to be guests of
the local club on the 21st.
The meeting also voted to publish
and distribute five thousand pamphsr
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l.v.URPHY is the Jobbing Center of I ^
I txtremc Western North Carolina,
North Georgia a d East Tennessee.
nd o Served bv Two Railroads.
[lis state
5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAH
OF
;UST 21st
ASHEVILLE AND
ATLANTA VIE FOR
BIG ROAD RALLY
; Large Number of Cart Assured From
: Both Cities; Much Interest Being
Shown in Murphy Meet
With Asheville and Atlanta competing
as to which city will have tl><largest
motorcade in Mmphy oil Aug.
21st. tin? joint celebration of the
Georgia and North Carolina Division of
the Appalachian Scenic Highway
Association here on that date promises
to be one of the greatest road
I events ever held in this section. Ap'
proximately two score cars have been
entered from Asheville, with a like
number from Atlanta.
The Atlanta Journal totes thai
"among those, who have already in diiatcd
their purpose to go are Chairman
John N. Holder, of the state
highway board; Sain J. Slate, state
auditor; Major John S. Cohen, editor
of The Atlanta Journal; Linton K.
Starr, public relations manager fo
(the Georgia Railway and Power com.
pany; "Cousin" Fred II uiser. secr etary
of the Atlanta vention nd
Tourist Bureau; Frank T. Royn >M
'assistant to the president of the
I tinkler hotels; W. Tom Winn, president
of the (Jooivin Automobile -oeiation;
George West, viee pr esident
>f the West Lumber company: John
l'aschall, managing editor of The
Atlanta Journal; Arthur Brooke,
president of the Southeastern Fair
association; T. F. Cathcart, president
of the Cathcart Storage and Van com
puny; \V. 1). Hoffman, president of
the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce;
Dudley Class, well known newspaper
man; Harlee BVanch, staff correspondent
of The Atlanta Journal, and a
number of others. Several of those
named will bring along their wive
ai d daughters."
According to the Asheville Citizen
"interest in the Appalachian Scenic
Highway Association has gained added
momentum since the highway
meeting at Kenilworth Inn Thursday
night. With the Murphy celebration
of August 21 just around the corner,
Asheville citizens are busy completing
plans for the occasion, and will,
according to Roseoe Marvel, whose
"hobby" is established high "ays,
match the number of Atlanta *"t thusiasts
who will form a great motorcade
meeting.
"At the meeting Friday night ?-i"
the Asheville-Western North Carolina
' Hotel Association, members decided
to put five automobiles in the AsheViUc.
motorcade which will leave this
city at 7 o'clock <?" the morning o1^_
August 21 to participate in the initial
drive over the newly completed
link of Stare Highway No. lo which
also completes an important part of
the Appalachian Scenic Highway
reaching from Canada lo the Gulf.
More than two score cars are already
signed for the fete. Considerable
rivalry between Asheville and Atlanta
has been aroused between the sponsors
of both terminals of this particular
motorcade, and it seems, acenrdinc
lhi> Atlnnf i Jmimnl mnrn.
sented here recently by Harlee
Brunch, staff correspondent, that, the
number from the Georgia end will
surpass Asheville's expectations.
"Advices received here recently
from officials at Murphy is to the effect
that the forthcoming occnssion
will be a history-making one for that
town, and no time and energy is being
spared to make the plans a reality."
lets on Murphy, giving a number of
scenes and facts and figures as to
Murphy's growth and development as
a summer resort.
j It was voted to post the Lion's
Bulletin Board in the window of the
Cherokee Drug Co., which company
kindly consented to donate the space.
President W. M. Fain presided over
the meeting which was one of the
i most enthusiastic over held by the
local club.
France keeps on looking for new
j ministers of finance, bt:t her outstanding
need is a few more ministers of
I the gospel.