The Leading Weekly Newpape, in We?em North CaroUna. ServW . .. ? , .
volume xxxviii. No. 40. y Ivlcn 1 erritory m this state
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1927
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COMMENCEMENT
AT LOCAL SCHOOL
BEGINS MAY 31 ST
Prof- Coates Of University of N. C.
ITo Deliver Commencement
Address
The graduating exercises of the
Jlurphy Graded school will be held
on Tuesday night. May 31st, bring
ing to a close the school year of 1926
1927, which has been a year of pro
gress and advancement in irany re
spects. Albert Coats, Associate Pro
fessor of Law in the Univer^&y ot
North Carolina has been engaged to
deliver the commencement address to
the graduating class. Mr. Coats was
to have delivered the address last year
butfe\\iH upon his arrival in Murphy
and was prevented from speaking.
The patrons of the schoo and the
people in this section will, therefore,
be all the more eager to hear Mr.
Coats on this occasion this year, it
is thought.
Commencement exercises proper
will begin Friday night May 13th, with
the presentation of the annual senior
play, ent;tled "Oak Farm". There
wil! be a small admission charge to
this play, but the other commence
ment exercises wil be free.
The primary grades will hold their
exercises on Friday night. May 27th.
As it will be impossible to use all the
children of these grades in the exer
cies on the 27th parents and others
interested are asked to attend the
chapel exercises on Friday morning,
May 13th and on Friday morning May
20th at which times the two first
grades will have charge of the exer
tiaes. Many of the children who take
part in these last two chapel programs
will not have parts in the exercises
of the primary department on May
27th.
The music recital will be held Fri
day night, May 20th.
The commencement sermon will be
preached by the Rev. G. A. Martin, D.
D., pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Waynesville. This service will be
held on Sunday evening, May 29th,
at 7 :30 o'clock. The attention of the
public is directed to the change in this
service from the usual morning hour
to the evening. There are several
reasons for this change, not the least
of which is the fact that the services
of Mr. Martin could not be seured tor
the morning hour on the 29th. It
will be cooler |n the evening in the
school auditorium and it is expected,
therefore, that there will be more peo
ple to attend then have been attend
ing when held in the morning. The
various churches of the Town are
expected to forego their services on
this occasion and worship in the school
auditorium as has been the custom in
the past.
On Monday morning. May 30th, the
promotion cards will be given the chil
dren and seventh grade diplomas
awarded to those who are promoted
from the seventh grade to high school.
Also, at the same time the recitation
ana declamation contests will be heid.
The final exercise? of the senior class
the commencement address, and the
awarding of diplomas to the ten mem
bers of the senior class will take place
Tuesday evening, May 31st. The
members of the class are: Jessie Mc
Clure, Ruby McCombs, Catherine Mil
ler, Rillia Belle Palmer, Frank Ellis,
Carl Hefldrix, Loyd Hendrix, Blaine
Haney, Glade Lovingood, and James
Williamson.
Mr. B. R. Carroll, Ranker, N. C.,
has been eleted principal of Corbett
has been elected principal of Corbett
Selma, N. C? Johnston, County. Mr.
Carroll stated to several of his friends
the past week that he had not consid
ered the work yet. He is confined to
the n>ar by sections due to conditions
of his father's health. His father is
Vt'ry old and very feeble at the very
best. He feels that he should be near
his father's reach in behalf of him.
Mrs. J. B. Storey is visiting her
Parents in Commerce, Ga.
Steel From Sand
Hilliary Eldridge of Oakland,
Calif., has perfected an electrica'
furnace wherein steel is melted
from Monterey black sand, an in
vention which may revolutionize
the industry.
POULTRY SALE
NEXT TUESDAY
A telegram from the Division of
Markets to tha County Agent states
that the price for poultry for the
poultry car at Murphy on May 17th
will be as follows:
Colored Hens 21c
Leghorns 19c
Colored Broilers 30c
Leghorn Broilers 25c
Roosters 8c
Eggs 16c
Eggs in good cases 18c
The car will be at Murphy all day
on Tuesday the 17th and will load
Andrews and Toptcr. on the following
morning, Wednesday the . 18th, the
telegram stated.
LIONS CLUB TO
GIVE POULTRY
PROGRAM SOON
Committee Appointed to Draft Reio- |
lutions On Death of Dr. Battle
of 4sheville
Ladies' Night of the local Lion?
Club was an enjoyable affair of Tues
day night. About thirty Lions and
Lionesses were present, including sev
eral guests. The ladies of the Metho
dist Church served an unusually ex
cellent supper. Features of the oc
casion were readings by Mrs. B. W.
Sipe and Mrs. E. C. Malonee.
Following the banquet a short busi
ness session was held. Fy resolution
a committee was appointed to have
charge of a poultry program to be
given sometime in the near future.
The dairy program recently given by
the Lions was such a success that re
quests have been made that the Lions
sponsor a poultry program, which
industry is a subsidary of the dairy
business. R. W. Gray, D. Wither
spoon, Dennis Barnett, E. J. Harbison
and C. W. Bailey were named as a
committee to have charge of this
i program.
Lion Witherspoon made a?n inter
I esting talk on the recent death of Dr.
S. Westray Battle, of Asheville, and
stated that Murphy had indeed lost a
friend and well wisher in the death
of Dr. Battle. Dr. Battle was a mem
ber of the Firm of Battle & Sinclair,
who donated the sight of Fort Butler
to the town of Murphy as a public
park. Dr. Battle had large interests
and property holdings within the city
; s*;nd had expressed a willingness to
donate 25 acres of land also as a hotel
; site.
A committee was appointed to draw
up resolutions and forward to Mrs. ,
j Bailie and famiiy and aiso to be
spread upon the minutes of the club.
I The committee was composed of D.
THE SENIOR CLASS
OF THE
MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL
WILL PRESENT
"OAK FARM"
A COMEDY DRAMA IN THREE ACTS
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13th, 7:45 O'CLOCK
CHARACTERS
Silas Weatherby, Owner of " Oak Farm" Carl Hendrix
Donald Weatherby, his eldest son _ Frank Ellis
Joel W eatherby, his youngest son James Williamson
Jonathan Prune, The Village Postmaster Blaine Hanev
Jocelyn Spudge, The District School Teacher Loyd Hendrix
Dr. Wilson Meredith, The Village Physician Glade I.ovingood
Wellington Troy ,A Traveling Salesman Blaine Haney
Mrs. Sarah Weatherby,Si7as' Wife _ Ruby McCombs
Helen Trumbull, Silas' i\iece Catherine Miller
Cvnthia Warner. Friend of the ff eatherby's Rilla Belle Palmer
Sally Smart, Child of a Xeigh bor Jessie McClure
Locality ? A farm near a village in Neiv Hampshire.
SYNOPSIS
Donald Weatherby leaves home for Columbia College,
New York. Oak Farm is mortgaged for three years.
Betrothal of Donald and Helen. The voluable rain
agent. Joel and Sally. Prune, the postmaster and
money lender.
Three years later. Prune keeps and reads Donald's let
ters. Silas relates his experience in New York. '"Why
does not Donald write any more?" Silas Weatherby 's
birthday party. The Mortgage is due.
Two months later; Christmas Eve. Silas discovers
Prune's duplicity. Cynthia's lover and her stratagem.
The stranger, his offer to settle the mortgage declined.
Donald ! "Oh, there's joy at Oak Farm to-night."
Specialties Between Acts I and II
Between Acts I and II
"We'll have to Mortgage the Farm," by the class
Between Acts II and III
The Butterflies' drill by Ruby McCombs, Jessie McClure, Catherine
Miller, Rilla Belle Palmer
ACT I.
ACT II.
ACT III.
35c
ADMISSION
25c
A Western Queen
M iss Blanche Grimes of San-e .
California, ruled supreme as Qu-.-e >
of the California Raisin Festival,
held this year at rresno and at
tended by thousands nf visitors.
Witherspoon, B. W. Sipe and H. G.
Elkins.
It I contemplated to present the
play recently given by the Lions at
the school auditorium, at some nearby
town, and probably again here. Many
requests have been made that it be
presented again here.
Ladies' Night is now a regular fea
ture of the Club, being every fourth
meeting night, and is looked forward
to by both the ladies and the men.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
This highest Court of the Presby
terian Church will convene in El
Dora, Ark., on the 19th, inst. Every
Presbytery of the Presbyterian
Church of the United States will be
represented by Commissioners. Ashe
ville Presbytery, owing to its recent
growth will have four Commissioners
instead of two as heretofore, these are
Rev. Drs. R. P. Smith and R. F. Cam
bell, both of Asheville, Hon Gallatin
Roberts, Ashevile's new mayor and
Mr. John H. Dillard of the local Pres
byterian Church. It is said all these
will attend.
Sec'y Hoover Returns
To Flood Districts *
After a hurried trip to Washing
ton to personally report to Presi
dent Coolidge and recommend the
nation be requested to donate ten
million instead of "ive, Secretary
Hoover is back in the Mississippi
flood districts, as shown above, to
direct relief work.
NATIVE RUSSIAN
TO APPEAR IN
CONCERT HERE
Program By Mr. Osepoff, Young Har
ris Student-Teacher, Wifi Be
Feature of Joint Club Meet
There will be a joint meeting: of
the Woman's Club and the Music
Club on Monday evening, May 16th,
at 7 :30 o'clock at the club room.
A delightful program will be ren
dered by Mr. V. G. Osepoff, violinst,
accompanied by Miss Cantrell, of
Young Harris College, with several
numbers by members of che local
club.
After the program, there will be an
informal reception |n honor of the
visitors, the teachers of the Murphy
schools, and the husbands of the
Club women.
Mr. Osepoff is a native of Russia.
He is attending: yo \%ng Harris college
as a student and violin instructor.
Miss Cantrell is director of music for
the colloge.
FREE SITES
OFFERED TO
GET FACTORIES
Hendersonville, N. C., April 8.-?
W. C. Jordan, former surveyor and
owner of a large tract of land here
just north of Hyman Heights and im
mediately adjoining the city limits
today pledged to give to any factory
locating here and providing work for
as many as 400 people, as much pro
perty as it needs for this development.
The offer is not limited, but Mr.
Jordan states that he probably has
sites for ten or eleven factories which
he will give away if the plants to be
established will use that number of
people. The property is well drained
has 1400 feet of railroad frontage
and room for spur tracks, 1100 feet
of creek and 1600 feet of bratnch
frontage for commercial water, he
pointed out.
Upon being appraised of this an
nouncement on the part of Mr. Jor
dan, J. E. Stubbs, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, declared this
step would be greatly appreciated by
che chamber of commerce as a body,
and that he could promise there would
be a very material tax concession for
any young industry located there.
Pastor W. H. Ford, of Andrews, N.
C., has just returned from Rome, Ga.,
where he preached in a revival at the
South Broad Baptist Church. There
were 43 additions to the church, the
majority of them being men and wom
en who had never made a profession
of Christianity. The congregations
taxed the seating capacity of the
church auditorium and the meeting
proved to be a great blessing to the
whole community.
The Asheville Dcvision of the
Woman's Missionary Society will hold
its annual meeting? at Brevard Baptist
Church, Brevard, N'. C., May 17th
and 18th.
Mrs. Thos. Duckworth,
Chairman Hospitality Com.
Misses Juanita Evans and Emogene
Axley returned home last week after
having spent a week with friends and
relatives in Asheville.
Mrs. Lelia Dickey spent Tuesday in
Asheville.
A CORRECTION
Frank Bristol led the ticket for Al
dermen in Andrews in the election
instead of W. D. Whitaker, as stated
in these columns last week, and Dr.
Tidwell withdrew from the race the
day before election, a Scout repre
sentative was informed this week.
Those elected for aldermen received
the following vote: Frank Bristol,
156; W. D. Whitaker, 152; W. T.
Moore 120; and W. W. Ashe, 106.