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The Leading Weekiy Newspaper in Western North Carolina, Serving a large and Potentiall y Rich Territory in this state ,.n W V?V VTtMDPIl Ort PoLUME XXXIX. NUMBER 36. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1928. 5c COPY? SI. 50 PER YEAR T. A. MET AT SCHOOL HOUSE LAST FRIDAY Attendance G-ood ? Refreshments Sr.vpd by Home Economics De partment ? Good Program Given Last Friday afternoon at 3:15 :ho regular monthly meeting of the parent-Teacher Association was held n the school auditorium, with a '?airly representative attendance, fallowing a short business session, 1h? regular entertainment program vas rendered, followed by refresh nent> in the Home Economics labor-, ilotv f the bieh schoo'. hnilHmg. At the business session the Asso ciation decided to continue the work, inder the direction of the Home economics Department, of serving 101 lurches to undernourished chil Iren of the grammar school. The V- ? atli n also Voted to offer one 'ive dollar gold coin as a prize in the innoal recitation and declamation to be held sometime during ?lav. The entertainment nrogram in ludtd the following: Piano solo by Ur: J. X. Ilill; reading by Mrs. K. V. Sipe and a round table discus ion of the teacher and the commu lity by five members of the Asso liation, led by Mrs. J. H. Hampton, 'he papers and discussion regarding his topic were so helpful that the ommittee asked to have hem published in the local paper or the benefit of the entire continu ity. (Ed. Note ? It is regretted that we ire unable to pt^lsh tli^e papers his week, but will do so next week.) Tom Heeney, whom Gene Tun ney prefers to meet rather than any other aspirant for the heavy weight title. Having recently de feated Jack Delaney, Heeney is probably the most logical oppo nent tor Gene Tunney. He came from Australia some fourteen months ago, practically unknown. It is rumored he will fight Tunney next July. mm X KR. SAVAGE REPORTED BETTER , Mr. C. W. Savage, one of the co propretors and operators of The Re & Hotel, was stricken last Mon day night with acute appendicitis md was carried to Kjnoxville Gen Hospital, Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday. Wednesday he was oper ated on and it was found that his ap >endix had ruptured and gangerene set up. He was not expected o live for three days. However, *nce Saturday moiling he has been Uowly recovering, and his geneifri Condition Thursday evening is con sidered favorable for his recovery. Ffs. Savage has been with him all r*G while, and his sons, George and tort Savage, and his brother, Mr. ^ A. Savage, spent several days t his beside, but have returned to ^rphy. The many friends of Mr. and the family will be glad 1 learn of his impro/ed condition, id hope see him well enough to to Murphy toon. Mr. J. C. Cotton, who will direct the music during the Evangelistic Services at ?.he Methodist Church, beginning Sunday, April 22. X Valuable Property Changes Hands Hadley and Fred Dickey recently bought the store house and lot from R. H. Hyatt, for a consideration of $0,000.00 cash. This property is located on Tennessee street just a few doors off the public square, and is one of the most valuable business sites in town. The lot has about thirty-five feet frontage and goes back a depth of eighty feet. The new owners con template tearing down the old frame bui'ding> that now stands on the property, and erecting a modern brick structure sometime in the fu ture. Messrs. Fred and Hadley Dickey sometime ago purchased the property of the old Hasty Garage, just across Hiawassee River, and are now using it as a storage for used cars. COMING OF T H E 'BIG PARADE' IS KEENLY AWAITED Biggest Achievement in History of Screen to Be Shown at Murphy Fri., Sat. April 20 and 21 A picture offered to the public as a human document si King Vidor's "The Big Parade," from a story by Laurence Stallings, coming to the Bonita Theatre, Murphy, N. C. The title symbolizes the big parade of humanity right up to the World Cris is ? and the big parade coming back. The pCot of "The Big Parade" be written in one sentence ? A American Boy Goes to France. Jim Apperson, son of a rich family, leaves for France without any heroic musing's. Slim, a rivtter, and Bull, a bartender, are in his company, and they become buddies for the du ration of the big adventure. We fol low them through their training in a rural French village where Jim meets Melsiande and iwwipHiatAV forgets about the girl he left at home. ; Then the big parade! The long line of lorries moving to the front. Melisande is left standing in the road clutching one or. Jim's bodnail ed shoes. This is an exquisite scene, intel'igently directed. Then the march through the forest with snip ers and machine guns everywhere. The rhythm of this unbeatable ad vance of khaki-clad figures makes a deep imprest. On and on until the climax in the shell-hole, when Jim goes over the top to avenge his two pals. You'll never see such a scene pictured on the screen again ! ? Of course in "The Kg Parade" the master theme is the reaction of Jim and his buddies and his French girt t othe war ? that dreadful catas trophe, which rather than any per sonal agency, is the villain of the piece. King Vidor, with a fine sense of the author's values, directed Gil NINE HOLE GOLF COURSE NOW ASSURED Lions Club Golf Committee Makes Interesting Report and Tuesday Night's Meeting A golf course of nine holes is now assured, was the report of the golf committee at the regular meet ing of the Lions Club Tuesday night, which has been functioning in an ef fort to establish an organization of the tee and fairway for the past several months. Quite u number of sites lor cours es have been under consideration, but the committee thinks the best one suitable for the course is the <ine belonging to Mr. Ben Harbin, just beyond his home above Regal. An organization meeting is expected to be held the latter part of the week, some twenty-four members having expressed a wV ling n ess to be charter members. A golf expert is expected to come to Murphy next week to supervise the building and locating of the tees and greens, and several members have already got ten their golfing outfits. The nam^ of the club has not yet been decided, and owing to the fact that several from Andrews have ex pressed a desire to become members, it is expected that the naming of the club will avfait flba?. organization, although several have suggested that it be called the Cherokee Country Club. It is also contemplated to build a tennis court, and perhaps later a club house. The golf club is not a Lions Club affair, it was explained, the only in terest the Lions had in the matter was seeing that such i\n organization and a golf course be brough into ex istence here, and President Fain congratulated the committee upon the excellent work it had been doing. The committee is composed of D. Witherspoon, J. W. Davidson, George Ellis, Rj|ph Moody, Weaver Gray, John Britta|n, Harry Cooper, Paul Hyatt, Kirby Hoover and Dr. Edw. E. Adams. Other Activities Among the other important acti vities of the Club coming up for dis cussion was the report of the com mittee in charge of the Easter Egg hunt, of which E. P. Hawkins was chairman. In the absence of Mr. Hawkins. Harry I*. Cooper reported that six cases of eggs or one hun dred Knd fifty dozen, were dyed and hidden, and an unusually large crowd of both young and old assem bled to participate in this annual af fair. Mrs. Kotch Howe4'. dyed the eggs and was given a vote of thanks by motion. Mr. Cooper also reported that the city council, under the supervision of City Manager Sid Pendley, was erecting a concrete base for the Fort Butler Marker, and would place the marker on the site the latter part of this or the first of next week. He also reported that the city council had graciously consented to put up the money for the marker. B. W. Sipe was appointed to act from the Lions Club with a commit tee of the Woman's Club and City Council to co-operate in holding un veiling exercises at an early date. The Club a.'s o voted to instruct the secretary to invite Governor A1 Smith to visit Murphy during his *"ifi it to Asheville. bert, Adoree, Obrien and Dane. He found them responsive to Oie great thought, and eager to embody the soul-crisis of the participants. The highest proof of "The Big Parede's" success is that it has al ready been seen and enjoyed by more than 4,000,000 American thea tregoers. It is ita its second year at the Astor Theatre, New York, and now on view in the other principal capitals of the worid. MANY NAMES ON FOLK SCHOOL GUEST BOOK The guest book of the John C. Campbell Folk School shows that there have been many guests during the past few weeks: Miss Katherine j Pettit, Executive Head of the Pine I Mountain Settlement School, Harlan J County, Kentucky; Miss Wilmer Stone of Saluda, N. C.; Mr. H. E. Viner of England; Mrs. E. G. Rout 7.ahn of the Russel Sage Foundation, New York; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cool idge of New Medfbrd, ^Iass. ; Rev. Fred L. Biowuiee of New York; Chris L. Christensen of Washington, D. C.; Rev. Carrol M. Davis of New Yon;; Mr. rind Mrs. Nichols of New Medford, Mass.; Miss Mary J. Cor bett, Executive Head of the Smith Community Center in the mountains of Kentucky; and Marion Hunter, a student of Wellesley, who is spending part of her Easter vacation at the Folk School. X To The Voters of The Town of Murphy Murphy, N. C. April 10th, 1928. Several weeks ago a number of the good citizens of Murphy called on me and requested that I make the race for Mayor. After giving the matter consider able thought, and being actuated en tim'y unselfish motives and hav ing in mind only a desire to serve Murphy and her citizenship, I con sented to run for this office, and publicly made my announcement ac cordingly. During the period of the World War, I left my wife, and child and entered the army on the 19th day of \pril, 1917 as a Second Lieutenant. I tried to serve my country to the best of my ability, spent twenty months in France, six tnonths of that time being right on the firing line, and in competition with thousands of other men from all parts of this country. I must have carried on my duties satisfactorily, for I returned to the United States^ several grades higher in rank than when I left this country. Since that .time wherever I have lived I have tried to be a wide awake useful citizen doing my part j toward the progress and development of the community in which I lived. Something over year ago I re turned to Murphy to establish my home. Since I have been back here I have tak^n an active interest in the welfare and progress of our town. I am on the side of progress, and while persons' ly I may have been an advocate of things that probably the town was not yet ready to assume, I had only the future growth and welfare of the town and j citizens at heart, and am and have always been ready and willing to have a majority of our voters deter mine what they want in the way of improvements. I am now informed by some of my ft^endt that the chief criti cism that is being made to my candidacy is the fact that I drink to some extent afe?d that this fact is being held against me. I want to say here and now as a matter of pnblic record that my mind has been fully made up, if the people of this town see fit to honor me by electing me to this office that so long as I am serving the people and holding ap official position that I will not take one single drink of whiskey, and fur thermore that I will uphold die laws on statute books according to the oath of office, and do the best of my ability. I am frank to say that I want this office because I have come back to live in this community, because of my experience I feel I will be able to do something for the advance ment of this city on account of out LOOK AT YOUR LABEL If il reads 4-1-28, it mean* that your subscription expired April 1, 1928. If it reads 12-1-27, it mean* that it expired December 1, 1927, etc. etc. We have several hundred names on our ma?line list whose subscriptions have expired. We | need the money, and if your sub ' scription has expired- we earnestly ask you to cover it within a rea j sonable time, or we will bc com pelled to discontinue same. We are having to cut expenses, and it is too big a burden for us to carry several hundred names oh our mailing list indefinitely with out f>aj. AUTOMOBILE AGENCY HERE MAKES CHANGE Oalcland-Fopitiac Business Purchased By D. & D. Motor Company Davidson Made Manager A business transaction was con sumated last week whereby the Oak land-Pontiac automobile agency and service station was bought by W. S. Dickey, Fred Dickey, Hadley Dickey and J. W. Davidson from Btornett Brothers Motor Company. The agency under the new man agement takes the name of the D. & D. Motor Company, and will be under the direction of J. W. David* son as manager. In connection with the sa'es of this popular line of cars a storage and service garage will be operated, and will be located in the same building in which the business was operated by Barnett BVothers. The new company expects two car loads of new Pontiles in a^y day. The new company is composed of some of the most outstanding busi is owner of a wholesale and retail feed business, and !ocal wholesale ness men of Murphy W. S. Dickey agent for Standard Oil Company; Fred and Hadley Dickey are owner r of the Dickey Motor Company, local Chevrolet dealers, while Hadley is also one of the efficient ckerks in the local postoffice. J. W. David son operates the Standard Service Station retail distributor of Standard Oil products, and also is proprietor of the only exclusive gent's furnish ings store in Murphy. Tho Oakland-Pontiac are two of the most popular lines of sixes, and the many friends of the new owners bespeak them success in their new undertaking. side contacts I have that are worth while that can be used for the ad vancement and betterment of Mur phy. I have frankly laid my case before you ,and all things being equaJ, I believe any fair minded citizen will take the statement that is hereby made in the sincere spirit in which it is made, and pot hold a personal weakness against me that I am NOT a slave to and CAN control, and WILL control. Any support that is given me by my frietods will be appreciated and I trust that those who have not yet made up their minds will seriously weigh the qualifications of the can didates for Mayor and if you can see your way clear to do so, give me your support in the coming election. Very respectfully, Harry P. Cooper.
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