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The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina, Serving a large and Potentiall y Rich Territory in this state pME XX.XIX. NUMBER 33. MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MARCH J3, 1928. 5c COPY ? $1.50 PER YEAR , R. P. SMITH TO PREACH AT COMMENCEMENT i R. I'. Smith of Asheville, uier of the Asheville Presby and moving spirit in religious s In western ? North Carolina lany years, lias consented to h the commencement sermon in hv on Sunday, May 27, of this . Smith's ripe years, full of ex Eice, spirituality and of love and ion and sacrifice for the spirit nd physical meeds of the moun people for some thirty-five makes his choice to deliver the iencement sermon a specially y one, it is felt by Murphy peo llowing the custom long fol l4 here, a minister representing of the active denominations in hy is chosen fci order for the iencement sermon. Two years i Methodist minister, Rev. Man of Waynesville, preached the >n ; last year Rev. A. G. Martin, of Waynesville, performed this :e for the local school. This a Presbyterian ^minister has chosen. the next week or so it is hoped announcement may be made of commencement speaker. Ef are being made to secure a n of outstanding ability in the to deliver the commencement ?8* GINWO R K )N TWO W. N. C. ROAD LINKS rk will be started immediately ?o-oft traversed western North ina highway links. The Times Bd late Saturday. lading is progressing: rapidly on e No. 28, between ? Murphy and fennessee line, a,nd paving ma B for another section of Route 58, between Cherokee and C'ay ies and No. 287, running north ay, is being placed for a paving hat is to get under way imme y. An appropriation of $73, for the job was recently made e state highway department.. >rk on two important highway cts in western North Carolina low progressing with great ra r, it was learned Saturday, tural work and grading of e No. 10, from the Buncombe iy line to Canton, Sire now near ;ompletion. Contract for the lg will be let Tuesday. G. Stike'eather, ninth highway ict commissioner said Saturday loped the Canton project, would ompleted late in July. Work on important link of No. 10 will be through with all possible expedi > he said. The paving of No. and the grading of the route of- Murphy, will be started as . as spring weather arrives, he completion of the Canton will put an end to the last Df unpaved road on Route 10, reen Asheville and the Georgia s line beyond Murphy. The high is paved virtually all the way i Moorehead City, on the Atlan Ocean, aVid is known as "the l street of North Carolina." ork on No. 28 is opening up her route south and paralell to 10. This route connects with 20, another across state highway [at Cave, runs through Hender ille, Brevard, Highlands, Frank *nd to Murphy. The extension ie Tennessee line is expected to e one of the state's most trav roads. nprovements on this road will inpe steadily, Mr. Stikcteather and eventually, it will be en jr paved. Construction of a fine *ay in Tennessee to connect tt is now being, seriously con ed in the .'neighboring state. Seville Times. . 22 GALLONS IS CAPTURED BY OFFICERS Charlie Logan Lodged in Jail Charg ed With Possession Others Taken in Strenuous Campaign Local officers have been waging a .-tienuous campaign against viola tions of the prohibition laws during j the past week, and the Inet result is the capture of six men and more than twenty-two gallons of whiskey. Wednesday, Officers WiKard Cooper, Neil Sneed, Cody Clayton and George Crawford, acting upon a tip, went to the home of Charlie Lo gan with a search warrant and found 22 gallons o fcontrabrand hidden in the smokehouse. Logan was placed in jail, despite his protest that he ! knew nothing of tihe liquor, and his bond was fixed at $500.00, which he had not made a short time prior to going to press. Wednesday, Officers Cooper and Crawford apprehended Henry Logan and Lee Sutherland, Logan charged with violation of the prohibition law and reckless driving, and Sutherland charged with violation of the prohi bition law. Both waived prelimi nary hearing and were bound over to superior court. Logan's bond was fixed at $400.00 and Sutherland's at $200.00, which they made. Wednesday night Officers Sneed, Cooper and Crawford took into cus tody Jasper McClure and Charlie McClure on a charge of violation of the prohibition law. They both made bond of $200.00 each. Wednesday, Officers Sneed, Cooper and Clayton arrested Frank Crooks, of Blue Ridge, Ga., who has been in this county for several weeks, on a charge of driving an au tomobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. LIONS CLUB LADIES NIGHT LAST TUESDAY Sumptuous Banquet Served at Regal Hotels? Short and Interesting Taiks Feature of Dinner Last Tuesday night the Liohs Club assembled with their guests at the Regal Hotel for a sumptuous ban quet, the occasion being ladies night. Several guests were present, including husbands, and wives of the cast of the play entitled "'Deal 'Em Over," recently sponsored by the club. Following the unusually appetiz ing repast, a number of short talks were made. President Fain announced the an nual donation for prizes to the local school by the Asheville Lions Club, and expressed his appreciation of the favors shown by the club during his recent illness. A committee was appointed to have charge of the Lions Annual Easter egg hunt this year, as fol lows: E. P. Hawkins, chairman; C. K. Hoover and H. P. Cooper. This committee are to select three ladies to co-operate with them on the com mittee. Lion Witherspoon introduced a motion, which carried, that the sec retary be instructed to write Presi dent Coolidge a leter, ihviting him to come to western North Carolina this summer and take the trip over North Carolina's Main Street high way from Asheville to Murphy. Lion Edw. E. Adams, treasurer, reported a neat little sum in the treasury, and said that lie did not rise to ask for any donations, nor was he in favor of making any. He also suggested that the Lions use their good offices in helping. to or ganixe a dramatic club for Murphy, and this topic came in for quite a good deal of discussion, each speak ARBOR DAY IS OBSERVED BY SCHOOL ! Score or More of Trees From Nearby | 1 Mountains Planted 021 Grounds | I ! The 'ocal schools celebrated Arbor Day Kridry by the planting of native I trees <-n thc campus, more than a score of trees thus being put out. I The trees used were maples ami dog* woods taken from the nearby moun tain sides. In most cases these were planted so as to contribute to a com mon plan. Thc grades housed in the high school building each planted two maples, one on either side of the walk, leading from the high schoo'. | I to thc auditorium. In the course of I a few yeavs it is expected that these , 1 will form an avenue of maples and j i make un attractive approach to the high school building. The grammar 'Trade ? p anted their fees on the p'ot lying along high way No. 10, which plot it is hoped to develop into a sort of arboretum. Last year a number of native shrubs and plants were ploccd in this plot. It is expected that thc plahting and development of this section wil'. be completed in another year or so. Other trees were also planted along thc driveway on the school property lying behind the Vaughn and Cand ler residences. Simple litB'e exercises accompan ied the plantings. In many cases each of the boys in the grades would each take turns in digging the hole or in refilling it, while the teacher ar.d the entire grade formed a semi circle around the operations. Thc children, under the directions of their teachers, secured their own trees. Quite a bit of interest was manifested in these plantings and it ! is expected that the aid of thc clii' j dren in protecting thc trees until ? they are large enough to protect themselves will thus be secured. In previous years Arbor Pay has been celebrated in the local school but never in quite so elaborate a way, nor in the past has quite so much interest been shown in the i 'antings as shown by the children this year. In part this may be ex rlaincd by the fact that Arbor Day this year was in the spring whereas I in the past it has usually been ob I served in the fall. In the spring | the planting season gets hold cf most people and undoubtedly this change in the Arbor Day celebration i3 most 'ikely going to prove very fruitful of interest and activity throughout the state as it has here. er pledging his co-operation in its organization. A committee, headed by Lion Witherspoon, with Lions Hawkins and Gray as members, was appoint ed to foster a movement to have the people of Murphy plant dogwood and other trees and shrubbery in ttteir yards, gardens, and otherwise beautify the town. This committee is the outcome of a suggestion of Mr. Witherspoon several weeks ago that the people of the town be ask ed to co-operate in a movement to mak Murphy more beautiful by planting trees and shrubbery, espec ially dogwood. He expressed the hepe that in a few years from now Murphy would be known as the "City of Dogwoods." Among the other speakers were Mrs. W. M. Axley, Mrs. E. C. Mai lonee, H. P. Cooper, T. W. Axley, R. W Gray, Ralph Moody, and oth ers Those present were Mr. -V E. C, Moore, Mr. V. M. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. D. Witherspoon, Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Copoer, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hyde, Mr. Robert Aus tin, Miss Eloise Fain, Miss Rosa mond Cooper, Mrs. W. M. Axley, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Moody, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fain, Mr. Mark West, Dr. Edw. E. Adams, Mr.. F. W. Sipe, Mr. and Mrs. Harve Elkins, Mr. and HEALTH COURSE CONDUCTED AT BRASSTOWN j \<iss Kidder Public Health Nurse of Kentucky, Taught Health and Home Nursi'.ig The Woman's Community Club of I j Brasstown hated to see the end of I Fcbruat y come because it meant the public health nurse was leaving. It is difficult to estimate how much every member valued the course in health and home nursing which Miss Caroline E. Kidder, a public health nurse of Kentucky, gave so effi ciently during the month of Febru ary. Every Ttuesday and Thursday, rain or shine, a group of women gathered at the farmhouse of the ?John C. Campbell Folk School. The living room was very clever ly changed into a sick room ? a con venient hospital for the nurse, and a comfortable and beautiful one for the patient. Many were the lessons in home nursing. There was so much interest among the women that the men asked for a talk also. ]fi Brasstown we all know "we are never too- old to learn," so fathers and grandfathers as well as big brothers gathered around the open fire in the Commu nity Room, where Miss Kidder talk ed to the group for nearly two hours. We were fortunate to have Miss Kidder at our regular Club Meeting, February 29, which met at the home of Mrs. J. W. Clayton. She told the story of Leeuwenhoek's life how in the seventeenth century he was the first to discover microbes; of Pas teur and what his discoveries have meant to the world; of the doctors and citizens who gave their lives to conquer yellow fever; of the many I diseases we need not have today and why. There was so much discussion that some business had to be left un til the following meeting. As usual there was a very happy social hour afterward. In early March ?nine members of the Woman's Community Club drove over to the home of Mrs. 'Ferguson I of Slow Creek to help in the organ ization of a similar Club there. Mrs. William Clayton, President % of the P>iasstown Woman's Club and Mrs. John C. Campbell, Director of the John C. Campbell Folk School, told how the Brasstown Club had been organized and outlined its work of the last twenty months. Fourteen women became charter members of the Slow Creek Community Club. Mrs. Ellis of Asheville, Supervisor of Home Demonstration work in west ern North Carolina, told of her plan for devoting a week each month for six months to Chreokee County. The Slow Creek Club and the Brass tovto Club were both happy to have Mrs. Ellis agree to meet their clubs on each visit to the county. The Brasstown Woman's Community Club decided on the project "Home Conveniences." Mrs. E. P. Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Axley, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Gray, Mr and Mrs. G. W. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Cope, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mallonee, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Christopher, Miss Jeness Cox, Mr. E. B. Gibbs and C. W. Bailey. LADIES MEETINGS Mrs. Sarah Porter Ellis, District Home Agent for Western North Car olina, has been secured to come and spend one week each month with the ladies of this county for the next six months and I am hoping that the ladies and girls over ten years of age will take advantage of this op portunity as we wiU not likely be able to get another of this kind for perhaps years. She will meet the ladies and girls at the following places and time to discuss what class of work that they would '.ike to take up, whether sew WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING HELD WEDNESDAY Appoint Committee to See About C.:tting Action on Marking Fort But'er ? Other Busin-ss Transacted The regular business meeting of the Woman's Club was held in the club rooms in the library bui'ding Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. This was the fisrt meeting held in the new rooms on the ground floor and known heretofore as the assembly hall of the Library, which was re cently renovated and repainted by the county Commissioners and turn ed over to the club. The entire lower floor of the Li brary builditig, with the exception of the Mayor's office, and which was used by the county as a court room while the new court house was un der construction, has recently been renovated and repainted and turned over to the club for its use as a per manent home. Heretofore the club has been meeting in the reading room of the Library but owing to the growing interest additional space was needed to accomodate the patrons of the library. Among the important matters transacted by the club was the ap pointment of a committee, compos ed of Mrs. L). Witherspoon and Mrs. Richard S. Parker, to purchase the necessary china for the use of the club, and each member was asked to donate a spoon. A committee, composed of Mrs. Ralph Moody, Mrs. Thos. S. Evans, Mrs. R. C. Mattox, Mrs. W. W. Hyde and Mrs. G. W. Candler, was ap pointed to wait upon the town coun cil and ask that steps be taken to cate and place the marker on Fort Butler, and make other suitable im provements on the property to pre serve this historical spot. At the next meeting, which will be held the third Wednesday after noon in April, officers for the com ing year wi'l be elected, and the fol lowing were appointed as a nomi nating committee and instructed to report at that time: Mrs. J. W. Dav idson, Mrs. D. Witherspoon and Mrs. Richard S. Parker. Mrs. C. W. Savage gave an inter esting report on the activities of the Music Club, and told of the plans of the Club for the coming year. One of the next programs to be giv en by the club will be rendered on Easter night, at a union meeting of the churches of the town in the Bap tist Church. Following the business session the Club was delightfully entertain ed with a piano solo by Mrs. J. N. Hill. The meeting was one of the ;nor.t interesting the club has had in some time. Those present were: Mrs. E. B. Norvell, president; Mrs. J. B. Storey, treasurer, Mrs. H. G. Klkins, recording secretary; Mrs. G. W. Candler, Mrs. D. Witherspoon, Mrs. M. W. Bell, Mrs. R. C. Mattox, Mrs. C. W. Savage, Mrs. Ra'ph Moody, Mrs. J. P. Anderson, Mrs. J. N. Moody, Mrs. J. N. Hill, Miss Lula Fain, and Mrs. Thos. S. Evans. ing, dressmaking, millinery, cooking, canning, house furnishing, home conveniences, or many other things. ^ Kinxsey School House, Tuesday, March 27, 10:00 a. m. j Suit or Friendship School House, Tuesday, March 27, 2:30 p. m. 1 Martin Creek, Old School House, | March 28, 10:00 a. m. ] Marble School House, Wednesday, March 28, 2:30 p. m. If the women of these commu nities are interested in having her conduct these meetings, and enough come out to make it worth her whi!e we shall go on with our plan and conduct the club work there. If you are not interested, and the enroll ment is small, we will have to carry the work to some other community. R. W. GRAY, County Agent.
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