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VOLUME XXXIX. NLMBER 13. vt t t> nmr ?
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1927.
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PROGRAM OF
MUSIC CLUB
Vocal and Instrumental Solos, Chor
uses, Quartets, Readings and
Comedietta are Features
The program of the Music Club, \
scheduled to be given Saturday night i
at the school auditorium.'
promises to be one of great variety,
according to announcement this
week by officers.
The program includes a "Soldiers i
Choi us from Faust, and "Caledonia i
Cradle Song" of mixed choruses. !
"Strumming/* and "Golden Crown" |
? r. negro spiritual ? by male quar
tets. A one act play, entitled "Shat- \
tered Nerves" is the commedietta.
Mrs. E. G. White will render the
reading, "A Race with Time." Violin
ami piano solos will be rendered by
Mi. V. G. Osepoff and Miss Annie
Graham Anderson, with many other
interesting features.
The Music Club has rendered some
unusually good programs in the past
and the people of Murphy look for
ward to anything the Music Club puts
on. The club is composed of the
leading musicians of Murphy, and
some exceptionally good music is in
store for the music loving public.
Turing the past several weeks, a
number of shows put on by profes
sional talent have appeared in Mur
phy but none appearing have ever
drawn audiences like local talent
shows, and it is expected that a large
crowd of people from Murphy and
outlying districts will be in attendance
upon the program given by the Music
Club Saturday night.
small admission will be charged. '
th< proceeds of which go toward pay
ing for the piano the Club has bought.
POSTELL
One of the sadlest accidents that !
has ever happened in our community
happened Sunday when Mrs. Birtha
Stiles was thrown from a truck and
killed. She was our close neighbor
and loved by all who knew her. She j
leaves a husband and two small chil- 1
dren to mourn her death, besides a
host ot" relatives and friends. After '
the accident, she was rushed to Mur
phy and given medical aid, but death
soon claimed her. We extend to the
bereaved ones our heartfelt sympathy
Mrs. Addie Peeples and children !
from Ducktown, Tenn., visited Mrs. ?
Peeple's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Y.
Allen at Postell last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Quince Allen and
children from Blue Ridge, Ga., and
Mi. and Mrs. Ed Allen and children
from Athens, Tenn., spent the week- i
end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. :
S. \ . Allen at Postell.
Mr. and Mrs. Shafer and children
from Etowah, Tenn., visited Mr. and J
Mrs. Felix Hill Saturdav nijrht.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Johnson from |
Hayesville, visited Mrs. Johnson's i
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Allen
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Johnson from
Hayesville spent Saturday night with
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Johnson.
Mr. Oscar Craig and daughter,
Miss Pearl from Farner, Tenn., visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Noah Craig last week
EARWOOD ? FRASER
The many friends of Mrs. Gordon
EUrwood, (the former Miss Azalea
Amnions), will be interested to learn
her marriage on September 21,
Mr. Dick Fraser, of Columbia,
Tenn.
Mrs. Fraser is the daughter of Mr. :
and Mrs. John Arrmons, formerly of
Robbinsville and Marble, but who are !
now living in Columbia, Tenn.
Mrs. Fraser has many friends in
the county who join together in
wishing the young couple much hap
piness.
L ? j
After a short honeymoon in Birm
?npham and other Alabama cities the
young couple have returned to their
home in Columbia.
E
Mr. Axley Has Article
In American Sneech
Discnsscs Origin of Half-Rubber.
(The following: article is taken i
from the Savannah, Ga., High school I
paper, and the many friends of Mr. J
Axley here will scan it with pleasure. '
He is a former Murphy boy, brother |
of oud townsman and postal clerk.
Porter Axley) :
In an article appearing in the ?
August, 1927, issue of American]
Speech, Lowry Axley, head of the |
High School English department, de- 1
clares that half-rubber had its origin
in Savannah.
Mi. Axley outlines the lules of the
game and quotes some of the expla- ;
nations contributed by the boys them
selves tc show how the game was in
vented. Theories were given for the
beginning of this game, agreeing in
geneial points, but not in specific de
tails.
Mr. AxleyVs article has been re
printed in the New York Sun, Savan
nah Morning News, the Southern Rec
ord, and other papers. i
MARBLE
Rev. W. H. Ford, pastor of the
Andrews Baptist church, preached a
very interesting sermon here Sunday
afternoon.
Mi. and Mrs. \V. .J. Barton and
children spent the week-end in Sylva
and Canton, N. C.
M and Mrs. W. L. Mundy, Mr.
anl Mrs. John Mundy, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Mulkev, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
McDonald and Miss Mayme Muikey
were spend the day guests at the
hcn:c of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Muikey
on last Sunday.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Smith was buried Tues
day morning. She was given the
name of Martha Ellen.
W. N'eall was held in the Baptist
church Saturday afternoon. Rev.
W. H. Ford, pastor of the Andrews
i aptist church had charge of the sei
vice, assisted by Rev. A. West pastor
of Robbinsville, church. Mrs. Neal's
death is mourned by a host of rela
tives and friends. She had been ill
for some time and hear death was
not unexpected. She is survived by
her husband and ten children.
The teacher of the Marble school
r.nd other nearby schools met in the
Marble school building at 3 p. m.,
Friday October 28, and arranged a
Reading Circle by electing R. L.
Keenum, principal of the Marble
school as group leader. There were
present some thirteen or fourteen
teachers and judging by the interest
manifested at this meeting, we be
lieve that we are going to have a real
good -lass :;nd accomplish some worth
while work. We are hoping to have
with us our county superintendent,
M. A. L. Martin, at our next meeting
which will be held at 2 P. M., Friday,
November 11th.
HIAWASSEE
Mr. M. L. Maney, of this place has
sold his home here and moved his
family to Coker Creek, Tenn.
There has been several forest fires
started in this section. We fear that
r "-veat damage will be done if some
prevention is not made at once.
. crowd ot cur young people went
picnicing on Kimsey Mountain Sun
day. They were : Messrs Charlie Led
ford. Arvel Williamson, and Charlie
Ash, Misses Edna Curtis, Dessie Mof
fit. Bonnie Ledford and Dovie Eller. I
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hamby of
Coppcrhill, Tenn., are visiting the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Har
ry Hamby.
Mr. Oscar Kilpatrick and Miss Hat
tie Joe Palmer motored to Turtle
town. Tenn., Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Shearer enter
tained with a musical Saturday night.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. G. |
XV. Kilpatrick and son Oscar, of Cop- 1
perhill, Tenn.; Mr. Charlie Ash, j
Misses Edna Curtis and Dessie Mof- |
fit, of Hayesville, N. C. ; Messrs.
Charlie and Lester Ledford, Mr. Uclid )
West and Miss Girtie Ledford. of j
Patrick, X. C.: Mr. Jack Ledford of ;
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATION
An open competitive examination
under the rules of the U. S. Civil Ser
vice Commission is announced for the
position of clerk carrier in the post
office at Murphy N. C. Receipt of
applications will close November 9,
1 i?27.
Applications for this examination
I must be made on the prescribed
form, which, with necessary instruc
tions, may be obtained from the Com- ,
missioner's local lepresentative, Sec- J
1 etary, Board of U. S. Civil Service
! Examiners, and the post office, Mur
j phy or from Secretary Fourth Civil ,
j Service District, Washington. I). C.
All persons wishing to take this |
examination should secure blanks and
file their applications prior to the
hour of closing business on the date J
above specified.
The date for assembling of com- j
1 J etitors will be stated in the admis- |
sion cards mailed applicants after the I
| close of receipt of applications.
PEACHTREE
Mr.a nd Mrs. S. C. Mingus and j
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Hendrick and
little son, and .John Mingus. of Per- ,
simmon visited Mr. and Mrs. W. B. j
Lovingood Sunday. j
Mr. and Mrs. John Fitstevens and j
little son and Mrs. Sovhia Witt re
turned to Florida last week to spend |
the winter.
Mrs. J. N. Elliott, of Henderson
ville, N. C. spent several days last
week with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Elliott.
[ Miss Mae Sudderth, of Marble
visited home folks over the weekend,
j several days with relatives in Athens,
j Tenn.
Mrs. George Leatherwood and fam
j ily of Murphy spent the week-end
j with her mother, Mrs. Hyde.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Hendrix
and son Glenn motored to Ilayesville
Sunday to visit relatives.
! Mi. and Mrs. H. B. Elliott and son
Mark, acccmpained by Mrs. J. N. El
liott, of Hendersonville, attended the
funeral of Mrs. Mike Hyatt at To
motla, Sunday.
MRS. M. A. HYATT
DIED AT HOME
IN MARBLE FRI.
Was Prominent Worker in Spiritual
and Social Life of Community
and County
j Mrs. M. A. Hyatt, 75 "years old,
died at her 'lonie in Marble last Fri
j day afternoon about 5 o'clock, after
an illness of about a week. She had
been i ? feeble health for some time,
but was taken seriously ill a week
before death came.
Mrs. Hyatt was one of the most
prominent and beloved women of her ?
county and section. She had been a
| member of the Methodist church from
early young womanhood, and took an
active part in its work. She had been
superintendent of the Sunday school j
at Marble for many years, and also |
one of its most efficent teachers. She 1
will be missed greatly by those with !
whom she labored and loved, but her
spirit and influence will be a shining
light to them in future years.
Funeral services were held at the
Marble Methodist church Monday ;
morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. E. J. Harbison, pastor of the !
Murphy church, assisted by Rev. T. L. j
Sasser, pastor of the Murphy Baptist !
church, and interment was in the J
Oak Park, N. C. Every one seemed
to have enjoyed the music to the
fullest extent.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Eller and chil
dren, Dorothy and Goldman, spent
Saturday night with Mrs. Filer's par
ent, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Led ford.
Measles are stil Itaking the day
in our section. Seems as if there is
a case or more of it in every family.
May Run Highway
Beneath Falls
Making accessible a senic attrac
tion of unique beauty is being: con
templated by Highway officials who
are considering the feasibility of
pushing highway No. 2K beneath the
leaping water falls of the Culiasaja
River between Franklin and High
lands. it was learned yesterday from
J. G. Stikeleather. Highway Commis
sioner for the Ninth district, who with
J. C. Walker, engineer for the Ninth
district, will make a trip to the water
falls this week.
Three route? arc being considered
for a link of highway about 20 miles
long between Franklin and Highlands,
one of which would take it under
what is known as "Dry Falls." The
falls derives its names from the fact
that the water leaps from the over
hanging rock formation in such a way
as to make it possible to pass be
neath the water falls without getting
wet.
A part of the highway has been
graded already and* about 1 1 miles
remain to be finished. Many persons
familiar with the course of the road
suggest that it follow the river route
and pa?:s under the falls. Because
of the undoubted scenic attractive
ness that would be added to a route
already replete with beauty, the prop
< .<ition is being given serious consid
eration by state engineers. Mr.
Stikeleather said. The new route be
tween the two cities will cut the
traveling distance about 15 miles.
EDUCATION WEEK
TO BE OBSERVED
ATCULLOWHEE
I Program Arranged Includes Every
Department of The
School
Cullowhee. Nov. !. ? National Edu
cation Week, November 7-13, which
is set aside by the National Educa
tion Association and the Bureau of
Education tc emphasize the different
phases of education, will be extens
ively observed at Cullowhee State
Normal School.. A very inclusive
program has been artanged by the
officials of the school and every de
partment has been assigned some
spccial feature for discussion.
The faculty has been divided into
committees lor the purpose of pre
paring education material for the
papers. These articles will appear all
over the state.
Thursday, which is Know Your
School Da> . the g? am mar grades in
the demonstration school will be "at
home" ot the Community Life Club
and to the parents. During the day
the guests will be shown the work
that is being done by the children
and a program will be presented by
the children in conclusion.
The climax of the whole week will
ocur on Sunday, November 13, when
the entire community will join in a
union service held in the auditorium
of the demonstration school. l)r. J.
! E. Calfee, president of Asheville
j Normal School, will make the address.
Special music wil be furnished by the
Music Department of the Normal
School.
The Yodel, the newspaper publica
tion of the Normal School, which will
make its first appearance for the ses
sion on November 15, will be a Nat-1
icnal Education Week issue. The
staff is offering two prices of one
year's subscription each to the Yodel
for the best Education poster sub
mitted bv the Art Department and
for the best 250 word article on any
phase of Education Week written by
any student of the school. Another
family burial ground at Kincaid cem
etery. C. B. Hill, local undertaker,
was in charge.
She was survived by her husband
and two children, Clifton Hyatt, and
Mrs. Wocdy Hyatt Blown, both of
Miami, Fla.
P.-T. ASSOCIATION
IS ORGANIZED
LAST FRIDAY
First Friday Afternoon of Each
Month Set A* Regular Meeting
Date of New Association
The Murphy Parent-Teacher's As
sociation was organized Friday night
at a meeting of parents and teachers
at the Methodist church at seven
o'clock. Mrs. R. C. Mattox. was elect
ed president, Mrs. J. W. Davidson,
Vice Fresident, Mrs. W. M. Axley
Secretary and Mrs. E. C. Mallonee
treasurer. These four officers were
suggested in a report of a nonminat
ing committee appointed some time
ago which committee consisted of Mrs.
E. It. Xorvell. Mrs. S. I>. Akin and
Mr. J. P. Mallonee.
1 Preceeding the business session
the high school orchestra gave a num
ber tf musical selections. Evelyn
Warren and Anne Candler each gave
i a reading as part of the entertain
ment feature. At the conclusion of
, the progiam Miss Bailey and some of
her economic students served refresh
ments.
There were about seventy five
! present for the meeting, some of
whom were children and school pu
pils. Nearly fifty gave their names
| as desiring to become members of the
I Association. The first Friday after
noon in each month at three fifteen
' o'clock at the school building was
.-elected as the time and place for
holding the meetings. The first reg
ular meeting, therefore, will be held
Friday afternoon of this week. At
that time it is expected that cosri
1 mittocs will be appointed and a pro
gram outlined for the Association.
SECOND MONTH
i HONOR ROLL
The following is a list of the pupils
making the honor roll during the
sec-c nd month of school, that is, the
pupils who have neither been absent
nor tardy and who have made a mark
of ninety per cent or better on each
subject studied.
First Grade: (Mrs. Sipe) ? Sara
Sword, Sarah Witherspoon. Ruth
Palmer, Aline Leatherwood, Mildred
Hill, Jiney Dockery, Mary Williard
Cooper, Frank Gilbert, Joe Mill El
kins.
Second Grade: (Mrs. Wells) ? B.
J. Fish, Virginia Dickey, Leon Axley,
j Christine Howell, Rebecca Hall,
Harold Ramsay, and Ed Davis.
Second and Third Grades: (Miss
? Hayes) ? Pauline Dalrymple, Ethleen
j Jones, Katherine Coleman, Bert
i Smith.
| Third Grade: (Mrs. Bell) ? Ellen
; CuOpct Axley, V erlie Mae Anderson,
I El/.a Dcweese, Blanche Grant. Hazel
j Hampton, Kathryn Hill Keener, Lu
cille McDonald, J. D. Palmer and
Quentin Townson.
Fourth Grade: (Miss Sword) ?
Anna Mae Palmer, Annie Mae Hens
ley, Tonal Hampton, Mary Iowa Gib
son.
Fifth Grade: (Miss Hood) ? H. C.
Palmer.
Fifth Grade: (Miss Triplett) ? Har
ry Fain.
Sixth Grade: (Miss Triplett) Doyle
Anderson, Weldon Jones, Geneva
Dockery and Wilda Bell Mathis.
Sixth Grade: (Mrs. Hoover) ?
Grace Wills Bell, Paralee Dalrymple,
Pearl Hawkins, Maida Ramsay, Joe
Bailey, Jerry Davidson, and Edwin
Spivia.
Ninth Grade: Ora Deweese.
i
I article will receive honorable mention
| and both will be published in the
; Yodel. The judges in the poster con
I test are to be Misses Gladstone, Camp
and Rhodes, and those judging the
j articles, Professors Bill and Madi
son of the English Department.
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