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local golf CELEBRITIES SKT PAV TO SOW i Bur I GOT IGtT OP TO DO* 'THERE'LL BE ALL .,?KT K//-.TE? TO I'JORK, CF ?SjMKSE m/r , cor A FM'LV TV SUPPORT I PUCHTA WC8K*$r!LLH?:K? j Wy UEAUt! TO eOUSIPER-z i GC-rA kEEP WELL, AUD \*XJ?AAfr Sr\r FCESH A'K.SUUsmue AMD EX?iZ?i?E=AS AM PUT/ TV My cauiLY & M?S AHEAP 0' WORK, / REALLY CVJE (jclfep Hhgirg* a Losing A^'-urcnt vn\ Simsett Pailv argument of R. F. \\ illiam I son. MURPHY GOLF COURSE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC ft on -Members Allowed To Play at 2>c Round or 50c Per Day ? Caddies To lie Registered \l a moeling of ihe directors of tlie Conahecta Country Clu!> last week. action was passed upon clos in*r tlie vnlf links of tlie club to the public a- to free playing. However, those who wish to play can do so 1>\ paying a green fee of 25c each time around 50c pe# day* I lie following communication' wa* H*nt to the members of the cluli by Dr. l-.dw. K. Adams, acting secre tarv. lololwing the director's meet-i ing : De:ir fellow Member: Tlii- is to nform you that the Di !i of the Conaheeta Country Club, at a special called meeting on the evening ..f August 10, 1928, af ter due deliberation and considera tion ol the facts presented to them, took lis." following action. On and after August 13, 19% I our rules, as set forth in our by-laws and constitution, go into effect, in r' to non-members paying a greens fee. There will be on tlie grounds one who knows each mem* her in rood standing. Soon admis sion cards will be issuesd to t he menihpr?. Al! non-members will pay twentv-five cents greens fee " >r ne time around, or fifty cents a ?fov. Anv member can take a guest with him. but for that guest the grcotm foe must be paid. Jn addition, with respect to the caadies. They are to be registered. Caddies caddying for members will tnm in all balls found to the care taker. or will give them to the mem 10r ^,rv are caddving for. and will only one dime for th* ball. done to discourage dishon r-t\. which is becoming prevalent among them. Members are a^lced report all caddies breaking these and thev will l>e ruled off ?be eo?r^ Members are asked also not irive caddies more than one top for ball found, and o not pav 7r; an twenty-five cents for cad dv f or. Please give what assistance you can in seeing that these rules are earned out. Tl?, . scoring on the 'ocal course ?0 !jp and down. wi*h " '^om'er. the champion of the rC'lr j* lowonni hi<* record. ne qav thi? week Mr. Hoover made I, in 45 strokes, or threo ^ than his former record. ^ nf> of thece strokes is said to have I n ?n a 1?** ball, or it would have ?^n m .44. J oimtr Harris Has Course r ano*her bit of evidence that wrr has come to this section of tnountains to stay, the college . '"'v and citizen*; of Young Har ?r " 'n - ^ave built a course and i- n J '^formation coming from 'oim if ?Tis,#.t'ie po^ has 1em i\ J1 field for his deep and titer over there. (Continued on pace 6) Leading II eek h Xenspaper in Western Xorth Carolina. Covering a Large and Potentially Rid, 7V, rritorv in This S/nh \0I. XL NO. 3. Ml'KPHY. NOHTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AlV.l ST 17. 1 Con si..-*! I'l l! 1KAR A. & P. STORE NEW MURPHY ACQUISITION Popular Chain Grocery Opened This If eel: In AV/c Adams Building ? The latest acquisition for Mur phy is one of the popular , A. k P. | Stores, of tin* chain organization of I the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, which was opened in the new \<lams building this week. Mr. F. G. W alker. assistant super intendent of the Western district of ;!he two Carolinas. spent the greater j part <?f the week here helping Mr. T. S. F.nsley. of Clvde. with the open ing. and in setting started off. Mr. F.nsley will he manager of the Mur oh\ store, and will move his family here shortly. In connection with tli'e opening of the new store. Mr. Fnsley stated that it was their purpose to give the people of Murph\ and vieinitv the highest standard of A. \ P. quality, service and prices, for as the motto of the great organization states it i the place "where economy rules." The public is cordial I v invited to eall and inspect the new Murph\ store. Mr. F.nsley stated. See their advertisement on another page of this issue. The Murnhv Raker\ and Cafe, of which Mr. L. M. Cearley is proprie tor. expects to get moved into its new headquarters in the Adams building the first or middle of next week. Mr. Cearlev stated Thursday. The formal opening of the building is expected to take place next Satur day. Pendley and Hyatt Attend Firemen's Meet Messrs. Sid Pendley. chief of llie Murphy Fire Department, and R. II. Hyatt. Jr.. meml>er of Murphy's fire fighting squad, attended the state, convention of firemen at New Bern I the latter part of last week, where j they had one of the biggest times of | their lives, according to the tales! they have been telling since their re turn. And judging by the newspaper account they have not been exagger ating it one iota. The paper is a special firemen's edition of the New' Bernian daily. While there they witness the set- 1 ting on fire of a large excavation filled with gasoline, and after it had reached such a blaze that one would almost scorch within fifty yards, a new kind of chemical was used to smother it out, they said in less than five minutes. All kinds of fire and fire fighting apparatus were used in demonstrations, and Mr. Pendley and Mr. Hyatt came back to Murphy with a better knowledge of fire fight ing and the methods used by mod ern fire fighters. While away they visited Beaufort, at the other end of No. 10, and Wil mington and Wrightsville Beach on the most southern part of North Car olina's coast, besides many towns and cities enroute. Dr. Holt To Go To Hayesville Next Week Dr. E. L. Holt, one of Murphy's popular and enterprising dentists, announces that he will open an of fice in Hayesville next Tuesday, August 21st. and will be away from the Murphv office on each and every Tuesday thereafter. Dr. Holt is opening an office in Hayesville one day each week for the benefit and convenience of his manv Clav County patrons, he stat ed. in order to save them the long trip to Murphy in order to have their dental work done. TO PREACH IN REVIVAL Rev. !\. C. Campbell, pastor of the First Baptist (Church, of Hick or\. who will do the preach ins in the revival services at the Murphy Baptist Church, beginning Mondav night, August 20. CAMPBELL TO DO LIONS CLUB PREACHING AT MELON FEAST BAPTIST REVIVAL SATURDAY P. M. Service Begins Monti nv \is;ht and Lasts For Tn o IT eel's Rev. R. C. Campbell will do the preaching at the series of rex ival services at the Baptist church, begin ning Monday night. August 20th. according to announcement this week by the pastor. Rev. T. I.. Sas ser. Services will he held twice dailv. morning and evening, at hours to he announced from the pulpit Sim day. Cottage prayer meetings are heing held in the homes of members in different sections of the town this week to pray for the success of the meeting and to create an atmosphere j of consecration. Air. Campbell i> said to be a man of pleasing personality, and a good speaker of unusual ability. The pub-', lie is cordially invited to come to the services. Mr. Sass?r said, and if you hear the first series of the ser mons, in all probability you will not want to miss a single service, hej stated. DATES COUNTY FAIR NAMED The Cherokee County Fair Asso ciation met last week and named Wednesday. Thursday. Friday and. Saturday, October 1. 5, 6, and 7. as the dates of the county fair this; year. \ This date comes a week earlier ( than the fair has been held hereto- 1 fore, and officers are of the opinion that the weather will be more favor able during these days and the pco-' pie of the county have expressed themselves in large numbers for. setting the dates a week ahead. The catalogues will be ready for| distribution in a week or so, of f i- 1 cials announced, and ihe financial i condition of the fair is in better shape this year than it has ever been thev also stated. Officers stated that some criti cism had been directed at the coun ty officials and town officials of | Murphy relative to the fair costing] the county and town more, than a thousand dollars a year. It was pointed out that this is an error, and there is enough money in the treasury of the fair association] to pay the premium list off this year. Officers also stated that the fair has not cost the county or town I li?? annual watermelon cutting <>f tlie I. ions 1 . 1 11 1 > will lie staged in \allc\ River Park Saturda) after noon at 2 o'clock, according to a vole of tin* club at its meeting Tue> da\ night. The melons will be do nated li\ tln? \\ . M. Tain Grocers (Company, as has been their custom; ?or the past several years, and the! Lions will have charge of the occa sion. \ll the people of Murphy, in eluding children and grown-ups, have learned to look for this occa sion each year with great enthusiasm and hundreds are expected to be there to help devour the juicy mel ons. Among the important matters com ing before the Lions Club Tuesda> nielit was the joint meeting! to be held the first of next month with the; Bryson City and Ashe vi lie Clubs at i Bryson. and the local club instruct- 1 ed its entertainment committee to prepare a fifteen minutes entertain- j ment to be featured at this meeting. This joint meeting will feature la dies night and a great time is ex pected to be had by those attending. An effort is being made to have the local c lub attend in a body, with j their wives. J The girl Scouts of Murphy are planning to go on a camping trip Monday. August 20th. up on Brass town about 11 miles from Murphy. I While they are away they will have a party some night which will be! called Mothers Party. The follow- 1 ing are expected to go: Mrs. Catli leen Warren. Mrs. Paul Sneed, Miss Pauline Martin. Mildred Akin. Mary Weaver. Ruby Fish, Fannie Dc weese. Virginia Benton. Grace Bar nctt, Grace Parker. Marv Ketherine Hensley, Mary King Mallonee. Bon nie and Alice Kirby. lima Dyer, Tommie Coppenger, Wilda Mathis. Bertie Lee Crowe. Margaret and Mary Witherspoon, Linnie and Mar cella Hampton, Margaret Johnson, Mary Joe Davis, Wood fin Posey, Lula Fain, Francis Pen d ley, Marion Swaim. Lois Sneed. Ruth Sneed. Grace Wills Bell. Edna Patton. anything other than the purchase price of the grounds and the perma nent improvements placed on them, which has been borne jointly by the two municipal governments, but as far as the actual expense of holding and conducting the county fair nei ther have paid one cent toward its expenses. COUNTY BUSINESS Brin ? Minutes ni the County Hoard of Commissioners. Meeting /1u gust Sixth I In* Board of Count) Commis sioners met in regula r si'ssion on f?th. 192o. with all members being present, and transacted the following; business: In arrordanee wilh Chapter < ? 1 of tin* 1927 public laws of North Car olina. at a regular meeting of the Board of Countx Commissioners held on tin* 6th day ? ?f August. 192P>. It is hereby ordered the Clerk to said Board advertise for a loan run ning for a period of six months, for tin- purpose of financing the public -elioi?U of the Countv. said loan to be paid out of the 19215 taxes. Ordered by the Board that all cat ll?* being brought across llie State line except for immediate slaughter be accompanied with a tuherculine test chart and health certificate is sued I ?\ a qualified veterinarian CI77-S10 publie laws 1927. V iola tion o( the same being a misdemea nor and subject to indictment. Ordered by tin- Board that Alger Hanibx be and i- herebv released from p<>|| tax and road duty until rex < >k:*d. Ordered by the Board that Robert Beiiong be and is hereby released of poll ta\ and road dutx until re xok.,1. Ordered bx tin- Board that I 'ear lie Stewart be and is hereby released from road duty until revoked. Ordered bx the Board thai Robert Graves be and is hereby released from road dutx until revoked. BKKORF. BO \BI) OI* COl YH CO! MV COMMISSION! KS NORTH C \ROLI NX. i CIIKROKKI COl NTY. ? NOTICK OF \PPE\I. IN UK: CAROLIN \ TKNNESSEE POWF.R COMPANY TO THE BOARD OK COl NTV COMM1SSIONKRS. CHEROkKK COl NTY. NORTH CAROLINA ^ ou are hereby notified that the Carolina Tennessee Power Company excepts to the order, conclusion and determination of said Board made on the 26th day of July. 1928 at the Court House hi Muipliv. N. C.. con cerning the valuation of said Com pany's property taxes, located in said Conntv. and appeals therefrom to the State Board of Assessment as provided by law. a statement in writing of the grounds of said ap peal is hereto attached and tiled herewith. This August 1st. 1928. CAROLINA TEMNKSEE POWER COMPANY By Julius C. Martin. Attorney. Statement of Grounds of Appeal Carolina Tennessee Power Com pany has appealed from I he order and decision of the Board of Com missioners of Cherokee County made July 26. 1928. Concerning the valuation for taxes of the prop erty of said County upon the follow in?* grounds: First. Said Board had no power or jurisdiction to re- value and re assess said lands and property in ihe year T928. because the same were duly valued. assessed, and equalized for the purpose of taxa tion in July, 1927. by the County Board of Equalization and Review, as provided by law. and the valua tion of such property has not been affected by any extraordinary cir cumstance. or in any other way. since the same was valued, assessed and equalized in 1927 as provided by law. Second. The said Board by its order and determination of July 26th 1928 failed to find and set forth any extraordinary circum stance affecting the value of said propertv occuring since the same was valued, assessed and equalized in July 1928. as required by law. (Continued on Page Four)
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