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VOLUME XXXIX. NUMBER 9
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1927.
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annual fair
TO OPEN HERE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
Pair Grounds Being Put in Shape and
Pcor.'e Getting Ready For
Big Event
Workmen are busy this week put
tint, the grounds and buildings of
the Cherokee County Fair Association
condititon for the annual county
fair which will be held the last four
<jsys of next week, opening Wednes
day, October 12th and closing Sat
urday, the 15th.
The ticket offices are being re
novated, the gates repaired, the
grounds mowed and shaped up, tables,
shelves and walls of the exhibit halls
put in shape to receive what is ex
pected to be the largest display of
firm and field crops, canned goods,
flowers, fruits, and handiwork ever
assembled in this end of the state.
In addition to this pens are being
prepared for cattle, horses, hogs and
poultry, which will make up a large
part of the annual parade of progress
and prosperity this section expects to
put on next week.
Cherokee, Clay and all bordering
counties are participating in the
event this year and the showing is
expected tfo far outstrip anything of
previous years.
Crops this year have been good
and the farmers are encouraged, and
much progress has been made along
the lines of dairying, hog and poul
tr> raising, etc. An atmosphere of
optimism prevails among the farmers
this year throughout this section,
and they are talking the fair where
ever groups assemble, and have been
for the past month or more. Ovtr
a thousand dollars in premiums are
Wing offered, and those who carried
home the bacon last year are pre
paring to present strong claims for
the honors this year.
No stone is being left unturned
that would add to the outcome of this
annual event. Plenty of amusements
and attractions are being provided
to hold the interest of the hundreds
expected to go through the gates
during the four big days of next
week.
A reputable amusement company
has been secured, several baseball
and basketball games and other at
tractions are being arranged for.
The baby contest is expected to
be of wide interest, as is also the (
transportation contest, liberal prizes |
being offered in each.
It is planned to keep the grounds
??pen at night, and the building -will
be so lighted that those attending at
night may see the exhibits with the
exception of some of the livestock
which will not be kept on the grounds
at night.
A number of the stores of Murphy
?e offering special bargains during
Pair week in anticipation of the
Iwjre crowds attending, and every
thing is being done to make this week
cne of the bigge&L events in this
^Hole section.
MASONS HAVE
GALA DAY AT
MARBLE 24TH
Ky Prominent Local M*?om?
Feature Program
I I saw so many pood people at the
*? p- & A. M. Lodge on the 24 inst.,
?to (fathered there in response to the
and being requested, I can
?* refrain to give them a write up.
1 will say the people of Marble will
***' be remembered kindly for their
?"?Pitality they so willingly exhibited
or that occasion. It was character
by cooperative movement, lead
** the efficient leader, Prof. James
Tjj^od. People assembled at 10
[ 'R the school auditorium. Song
r **, and prayer lead by Rev. H.
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Just Dying of Curiosity
MALLONEE'S CAR
STOLEN, IS FOUND
IN TENNESSEE
Deposit Slip Found In Cushion of
Seat After Thief Makes Get
away, Identifies Car
A deposit slip hidden somewhere in
the cushion led to the identification
of the Chevrolet Coach of Mr. and j
Mrs. E. C. Mallonee which was stolen i
from in front of their home Tues- ?
dny night, and found by officers of I
Johnson City, Tenn.. Thursday after- !
noon.
The thief, so the evidence shows, I
stopped at a filling station in the I
Tennessee city for some gas, and
tried to get away without paying for ?
it. The filling station keeper called '
officers who gave chase. The of- j
ficors gave such hot chase that the .
thief, seeing he could not outdistance
tho officers, jumped from the car
and took to the woods, making a
complete getaway.
The officers searched the car and
found a deposit slip on The Chero
kee Bank to Mrs. E. C. Mallonee, and
immediately wired the bank to ascer
tain if Mrs. Mallmie*'? r?r had been
stolen. Officers stated that the car
was watched all night and when the
thief did not return for it they took
possession.
Mr. Sheridan Heighway left Fri
day afternoon for Johnson City, to
bring the car home, and Mr. and Mrs.
Mallonee are rejoicing that it haft
been found. No insurance was car
ried.
Culberson School News
The Culberson school is progress
ing nicely, last week ended the first
quarter of the session. A commer
cial course is being offered in a night
session. The following students have
enrolled to date: Guy Hyatt, Roy
Loudermilk,, Roy Foster, Nola Col
lins and Jessie Hyatt.
f Honor Roll for September
Seventh Grade: Frances Hawkins
and Evelyn Shields.
Eighth Grade: Jessie Owenby, Edith
Shields, Stanly Hyatt and Edgar
Foster.
Ninth Grade: Bonnie Hyatt, Willie
Owenby, Nola Collins, Porter Mason,
Loren Collins and Glen Ellis.
SCHOOL LEADERS
VISIT CHEROKEE
Charley,' Challenges
orcst
N. C.. challenges the claim oi Layion
Mitchell of Pawhuska, Okla.. a>#be
ing the youngest Chief of Police in
the U. S Chief Price is four months,
or irom February to June, younger
than Mitchell. Both are 27 years old
Hi(bmith and Broidcn Deliver
Addresses To
Educators
J. H. Highsmith, State supervisor
of high schools, and L. C. Brogden,
State supervisor of rural schools of
the State department of education,
were in the extreme western
section of the county the latter part
of last week holding public school
meetings and conferences with county
school officials. Last Wednesday
was spent in Clay county, Thursday
in Cherokee and Friday in Graham.
They left Saturday morning for
Raleigh.
The purpose of the conferences j
was to straighten out school officials
on their duties and responsibilities
in education. A holiday was declar
ed in the county schools and the
county teachers, the members of the
boards of trustees, the county board
of education and the county commis
sioners invited to the meetings.
In Cherokee county the morning
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LOCAL SCHOOL
HAS ENROLLMENT
OF 554 P U P I L S
High School Show* Fifty Over Last
Year ? New Teacher
Added
Records compiled the end of the
first school month at the end of last
week revealed that there was an en
rollment of 5f>4, 378 in the gram
mar school department and 176 in
the high school. The grammar school
shows a smaller enrollment than last
year while the high school an increase i
of about fifty. In order to take care
of the increased enrollment in the
high school a new high school teach
er was added to the faculty this
week. Miss Gladys Polatty, of Green
wood, South Carolina.
The average daily attendance in
the grammar school was 357.2; while
the average daily attendance in the
high school was 168.95, or a total for
the entire school of 526.15. The
percent of attendance in the gram
mar school was 98.95 percent, while
the percent attendsn? c in the high
school was 95.99 percent. There are
now eleven teachers in the grammar
school and six in the high school and
one music teacher.
In order to qualify for eleven
teachers in the grammar school next
year the grammar school department
must maintain an average daily at
tendance of 345, stated Mr. Sipe. For
the first month the attendance was
357.2 but this is a very, slender mar
gin and the cooperation of the par
ents and all interested parties in the
entire community is necessary if this
attendance is kept up. Should they
not be able to maintain an attendance
of 345, then next year the State and
county would help pay the salaries
of only ten teachers for the grammar
school instead of eleven. It is there
for a very serious problem and one
that should enlist the cooperation of
everyone in the community. Teach
ers are all doing what they can to
keep up the attendance; parents by
adding their bit may be able to keep
the attendance well above the re
quired 345.
The Friday morning chapel pro
grams are beginning Friday morning
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WOMEN'S CLUBS
DISTRICT NO. I
IN MURPHY MEET
Interesting Program Carried Out ?
Prominent Club Women Ol
State Heard
The annual meeting of District No.
1. Notth Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs. was held Monday in
the Methodist Church, with promin
ent members of th? clubs present
from all over Western North Caro
lina.
The morning session was opened
at 10:30, with the address of welcome
by Mrs. E. P-. Norvell, President of
the Murphy Woman's Club, which was
responded to by Mrs. Billy Davis, of
the Sylva Study Club.
The morninjr session was marked
by an address by Mr.-. Thomas
O 'Berry. President of the North Car
olina Federation of Women. 'a Clubs.
Despite the inclement weather in
he morning which threatened to mar
the day, more than 75 out of town
deligates were registered for the
meeting, besides some fifty local peo
ple. Mrs. H. G. Elkins and Mrs.
Edw. E. Adams registered the dele
pates and visitors as the arrived, and
they were then received by the re
ception committee headed by Mrs.
Willard Axley. A sumptuous lunch
eon was served at the noon hour.
The officers of the local Club in
clude Mrs. E. R .Norvell, President;
M rs. W. M. Axley, Vice President;
Mrs. H. G. Elkins, Recording Secre
tary; Mrs. Kdw- E. AdaMs, Cor- '
v?*>iK>nding Secretary; and Mrs. J. R. *
Storey. Treasurer.
The following program of the days
i activities was carried out :
Morning Session, 10:30 A. M.
Song ? The Old North State.
Collect of Club Women of America.
Welcome ? Mrs. E. B. Norvell,
President of the Murphy Woman's
Club.
Response ? Mis. Billy Davis, Sylva
Study Club.
Minutes ? Mrs. K. E. Bennett, Sec
retary.
Appointment of Committees.
Address ? Mrs. Thomas O' Berry,
President of N. C., Federation of
Woniens Club^.
Special music by loca* musicians.
Address ? Mrs. W. J. Brogden,
Chairman of District Presidents.
Address ? "Community Schools"
?Mrs. J. M. Day.
Luncheon.
Afternoon Session
Club Woman's Hymn.
Address ? Mrs. John C. Campbell,
of the Folk School at Brasstown.
Address ? "The Duties of the Club
Laywoman" ? Mrs. E. L. McKee.
Address ? "Community Schools" ?
Miss Eva Edgerton.
Reports of Clubs.
Business.
Reports of Committees.
Adjournment.
LOCAL DEALERS
IN TURKEY AND
BEAN CONTEST
Messra. Dickey, of Dickey Motor
Company, Sty They Like
Turkey the Best
Will it be turkey or beans for
Thanksgiving?
That is the question that Messrs.
Hadley and Fred Dickey, proprietors
of The Dickey Motor Company, local
Chevrolet dealers, are asking them
selves. They admit that they like
Turkey best, and unless something
unforseen happens they will have
Turkey for Thanksgiving this year
just like they did last year.
Here is what the question is about:
The Chevrolet Motor Company, just
before Thanksgiving each year, stag
es a turkey and bean contest, tho
dealers selling their alloted share for
the month of October being awarded
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