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Vol. XLII.? No. 24
Larpe and Potentially Rich Territory i? Tl,i,
$1.50 YEAR? 5c COPY
BANK OF
CIVIL TERM COURT
BEGINS JANUARY 19
A Civil term of Cherokee Superior
Court will begin here on January 19.
to continue for a period of 2 weeks.
Hon. Walter E. Moore will be thit
presiding judge.
The Jurors drawn for this tern: are
as follows:
? First Week
Palmer, M. H.
Lunsford, Grady
Brittain. W. P.
Kilpatrick, J. M.
Rogers, W. W.
Capps, James M.
Harris T. M
Bellamy. N. C.
Garren, J. P.
Ware. H. C.
Forga, John
Smith. J. B.
McDonald. Andy
Coff y, W. E.
Coker, M. D.
Hass, C. C.
Simons, J. R.
Glenn, J. F.
Dockery, Ely F.
Brown. J. W.
lloblitzell. G. B.
Johnson, G. J.
Mauney. A. S.
Anderson, J. H.
Second Week
Killian, .John
Tavlor. Edgar
Wist, G. W.
Hogsed, B. C.
Murphy, Cal
Brannon, Bob
Goss, A. L.
Williamson, P. H.
Hunisucker, O. F.
Beaver. !*. M..
A V.c ; ..atny, Ely
Kilpatiick, .1. W.
Hall J. E.
Hembroe, E. \1.
We t, Jim
Walker, G. Wayne
Palmer, E. O.
Nelson, W. II .
Anderson, Lei*
Lunsfoid, E. A.
Grant, J. F.
McHan, H. L.
Luther, J. W.
B'ryon, J. H.
The Docket Follow*:
No. Mo-iday, Jan. 19, 1931
61. Watson vs. Nichols, et a!.
(?i!. Watson vs. Stiles et als.
63. Ideal Motor Co. vs. Pearson.
<>4. Davis vs. Payne et als.
06. Meroney vs. First National
Bank et als.
71. Meroney ^vs. First National
Bank et als.
72. Mi roney vs. First National
Bank et als.
74. Radford vs Woodbury-Mauney
Lumber Co.
Tuesday, January 20th.
78. Palmer vs. Motor Company.
HI. Watkins & Heaton vs Simond
et al.
82. Graham vs. Taylor.
83. Machinery Company vs. Whit
lock.
S7. M. & M. Bank vs. Quiett.
90. Maneval vs. Gentry.
Wednesday, January 21st.
01. Bryson vs Parker, Adm. et als.
92. Walker vs. Quiett et al.
93. Merchants & Manufacturers
Bank vs. Pace et als.
94. Almond v^. Oceola Mills.
95. Walker vs. Walker.
Thursday, January 22nd.
96. Meace vs. Credit Company.
97. Barton vs- Power Co. et al.
98. Evans vs. Dickey et als.
99. Grocery Co. vs. Bauphman.
Friday, January 23rd.
100. Woodbury Maundy Lumber
Company vs Dean Lumber Co.
( Protest) .
101. Harmount Wolf Tie Co. &
Shields vs. Harvester Co.
Padgett vs. Railway Co.
Dailey vs. Railway Co.
F. T. Holloway vs. Tennessee ,
& North Carolina Railway Co.
Saturday, January 24th
106. Hamby et als. Forest L.
Teagu:' and others.
108. Rice vs. Rice.
MOTIONS
3. Rryson vs. Bryson.
59. Sterling Lumber Co. vs. Aber
nathy et als.
60. Moore vs. Rutherford and
Sterling Lumber Co .
62. Watson vs. Stiles et als.
69. W. R. Ellerson Receiv.r vs.
Sterling Lumber Co.
75. Cole v?. Abernathy, Sheriff,
et als.
85. Brown vs. Cotter (Protested) ;
LOCAL TALENT TO
STAGE PLAY FOR
CHARITY JAN. 23
"A Bachelor's Dream" and th i
"Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra" will be
presented at the school auditorium :
Friday night. January 23nd by th<
Character Builders. Sunday School i
class of Mrs. E. C. Mallonee. The '
? rtertainment is being sponsored by
4 he class am! the proceeds will be
used for charity.
"A Bachelor's Dream" is a musical
presentation, and such popular old
time numbers a- "Down by the Old
Mill Stream." "Let Me Call You
Sw. etheart," "In the Good Old Sum-!
mertime." etc. will be heard in this ;
presentation, as the bachelor glides
back dc wn the years in retronpect.
The Kitchen Cabin.- 1 Orchestra is
composed of twenty young ladies,
each one playing on some kitchen
utensil. Besides the orchestra there j
will h quartette?. duct-, choruses,
and solo?. Some of the latest music
will be played, also some old favor
ites. "How do you do," "Farewell To
Thee," "Keep the Home Fires B'urn
Jing,*' "Springtim in the Rockies.";
| are some of the songs listed on the
I program.
Th play is being directed by Mrs.
i K. C. Mallonee. and the public of
'Murphy can rest assured that Mrs.
'.Mallonee and b r Sunday school class
;will give an evening of wholesome,
! enjoyable entertainment.
! A small admission fee of 10 and
!'25 cents will be charg d. the pro
ceeds to be used by the class in car
jrying on its charity program of fur
I ishing food to the undernourished
| children of the local school-*, and fur
In ishing ford and clothing to needy
jand destitute families of the commu
j nity.
Messrs. W. M. BVadeev, Mack
Cooper, N. C. Bellamy and .1. A.
Cearley were in Murphy on Tuesday
of this wcvk attending to business.
Ross Gulley Passes At
Hospital In Franklin
O
s Lee Gulley. popular citizen
of Murphy, passed away in the
Franklin Host it:?l Thursday after
noon. follwirg a major operation.
Mr. Gulley was born in Hawkins
county, Tennessee. -July 1. 18U2. He
was marri (i July 26. 1013 to Miss
Laura Payne and of thi^ union were
b<>in five children: Delthia May. Wil
liam. Charles. Grace, who with his
wife, 2 brothers and 3 sisters survive
him. and Kulala. a daughter, deceas
ed.
II was converted and baptised in
1927 at Bates Creek Baptist Church
and wns n member of that church
when He died.
I;ii"e'!il services were conducted
In-t Friday afternoon at Grape 0:ek
??hurch by Rev. .1. Leroy Steele, H. I'.
Powell and Rev. Mull.
We shall mi:s Ross Gulley *s ready
smile and hearty greeting. Th large
n"mber of friends attending the fun
eral attest the esteem in which he
was held by all who km w him.
o
Recommendations By
Gov. Gardner T o
General Assembly
O
Among some of the most outstand
ing recommendations of Governor O.
Max Gardner in his message to tht
General Assembly last Friday are:
A 10 per cent cut in salaries of
??II state, county city and other pub
lic employees.
v n eight months school t rm for
all students as it can be provided at
"less expense than the present effort.
Consolidation of Counties, compul
sory in -ome instances.
No bond issue for p rmanent im
provements at this session.
A constitutional Convention in 19
33.
State Maintenance of county roads
by a reorganized highway commis
sion without regard to county or dis
trict lines, and a six cent gasoline
tax.
Postpone revaluation of land taxi*
until 1933.
A TRIP TO PALESTINE
By Rev. Howard P. Powell
On Tuesday morning:, April 22, 19
'10, Rev. Charles E. Kempt >n, of Bast
I Aurora, New York, and the writer
j left at four o'clock for a walk to
I B. t-hany, th:? home of Mary. Martha,
and LazriK. Crossing- the Brook Ki
el ion. asecended the Mount of
Olives over the road by the Garden
of Gethsemane. Near the top of th
I Mount of Olives we asked a friendly
looking Arab if he could show u< the
old road to Bethany. This he did with
an expression of pleasuiv. This old
road took us around the mountain on
the eastern side. Just as we walked
around the sun came up over the Jor
dan Valley. This was the prettiest
sunrise we had yet looked upon. Ad
ded to it* present beauty was the
thought that the Master often saw
the sunrise from th'. same spot. We
are told often in the Gospels that He
spent the night in prayer, and it was
upon the mount of Olives that many
of Hi^ nights in prayer were spent.
Bethany is about two miles from
Jerusalem and was soon reached. To
those who have felt sympathy for the
Master as He was lonely, homeless,
and many times friendless, B.thany
has a peculiar charm. It was in this
little village that He found a welcome
firom the friends there. Today the
little town has about fifty little hov
i Is and a very small population. We
were greeted art the early morning
hour by one of the residents of the
village, who was very anxious to
show us about the place. Hn first di
rected us to the so-called home of
Mary and Martha. The remains of
this humble home brought to our
minds the many scenes through which 1
our Lord passed during His frequent
visits. The walls mark only a small
house of two rooms divided in the j
center. The remains showed marks
of simplicity and comfort, which was
no doubt true of this little home. j
Just a short >di -tance we?t of the j
home of Mary and Martha stands the
walls of the borne of Simon the Lep
er. It ww here that Jesus was enter
tained with Lnzrus aftJ.r he was rais- )
, ed from the dead. It was during this
visit that Mary anointed Him with
'the precious ointment. It wa? easy
; t o imagine the state of friendship
: that grew up between these neigh
bors that prompted the wife ol Simon
the Leper to have her neighbors with
her following their exp: rienee of
deep sorrow. Certainly there was
more than a little interest about the
village following th raising of Laz
! rus from the grave, This tomb of
Lazrus, which is not authentic, is only
a short distance from the home-. It
is believed by many that the authen
tic tomb is further f*rom the village
than th.. one visited.
After our friend of Bethany had
directed us to the remains of the
home of Simon the leper, we dismiss
ed him. We re left alone for med
itation and prayer. We slipped
around on the western side of the
| remains of the home of Simon the
Leper, and th-re we read together
,the eleventh chapter of the Gospel
of John. Following our reading of
this, one of the most beautiful of
experiences of Jems Christ, we pray
ed together. It was easy for us to re
; member our friends back home in
America as we prayed. Somehow, we
'experienced a new meaning of what
ieal friendship may mean to one.
Leaving our place of worship, we
; passed the well at Bethany. Here we
saw the worn n and sirls drawing the .
water and filling their water pitchers '
and cans. This must have been the
-?ame well to which Mary and Martha
i went for their water. There is no
i other well around the village and we
jwere toki that the towns often built
?'o around the wells. Thr.- rocks about !
I this well testified to the fact that it j
; was an ancient -one. No one express- !
ed a doubt but that it was the same
well from which the Master drank ,
j water as He was a guest in the home?
I of Bethany.
We are now leaving the American
? Colony for a trip to Jericho, the Riv
er Jordan and the Dead Sea.
(To be continued)
OFFICIALS WORKING OUT DETAILS
PLAN LAID DOWN BY STATE DPT.
Bank And Citizens Committee !n Conference With
State Banking Department Agent
In Asheville Monday
Plans have been projected for reopening The
Bank of Murphy, along with nine other Western
North Carolina banks, according to announcement
Monday from Raleigh by Jno. Mitchell, Chief State
Bank Examiner, which was carried in the daily
press 1 uesday.
"Live At Home"
Campaign Meets
Hearty Response
O
The "Live at Home" campaign
which the present business depr ss
i^n has made a necessity i- meeting
with a hearty response in Cherokee.
Tb live at home program, however,
is not a new thing to many farmers
in this county.
Amonjr those who have for some
time been practising the live at home
i wliey are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wat
kins of the Peachtree community and
tlj ir four children. Hazel, Howard,
Frances and Annie Ruby. This is
truly a live at home family.
On this farm for the pa-t five
years special attention has been paid
to poultry and a profit has been rea
lized each y ar. The flock of hens
has been increased from one hund
red and thirty five to six hundred
and these are housed in huildin&s
constructed according- to modern
specifications. The three hundred
hens kept during last year netted a
profit of one dollar per hen. This
was considerably lower than the fig
ure for other years, but poultry
prices for 1930 wer not as high as
during other years.
At the Cherokee county fair last '
fall poultry from the Watkins farm
took eight first prizes on chickens
and one each on ducks and gees . |
First honors were awarded for the j
best pit of Rhode I -land Reds, Ana- I
conns, and White Leghorns, also for j
the best individual Leghorn and Ana- j
cona h ns, and for Leghorn. Hhode ,
Island Red, and Anacona roosters. I
First and second prizes went to
Mr. Watkins on his team of farm
horses.
The children share with Mr. and
Mr-'. Watkins their iive-at-home
ideals. Howard, Frances, and Annie
Ruby ar. mebers of the -ill Club and
each aeheieved first honors in the
county las', year. Frances and Annie
Ruby took poultry as their object ,
and they were able to show a profit 1
of $56.07 each for their summ:r'sj
work. Jn the calf club Howard made |
a gain of ?11.58 on his jersey calf, j
These younsr folks are strong for 4H !
club work and will enter again ih*s |
year.
The nccc.-sities for food and feed ,
are matters of first consideration on !
this farm. Asa consequence the cash |
expenditures or these ittms are re
duced to a nr'nimum.
The losvlts of the live at home
policy as illustrated nv this fan.; I
prove two things. Fir1;*; that it i? the |
oiily safe policy for ce: rmers Io
nursuc and second, th ?' profits car.
be realized irom farm products eve a
in a time of business emission.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
? o ? ;
The Kaptist church Missionary So- i
ciety will have a George Washington j
Silver Tea on Friday evening. Febru- j
ary 20tht in the laid us parlor of the 1
church. The public is cordially in- ,
vited.
The Cherokee County Ministerial
Association met at Murphy Presby
terian church Monday. Only a bus
iness session was held as Rev. J. L. ;
Steele who was to be the speaker of '
the occasion was confined to his ,
home with Ulne s. The next meeting
of the asociation will be held at the
Baptist church in Andrews on Feb
ruary 16.
A committee of interested citizens
and officials of the Bank of Murphy
h Id a conference Monday at Ashe
ville with G. N. Henson, State Liq
uidating agent for closed hanks in
the Western North (Jirolina tenii
tory. The committee is composed of
E. C. Moore, I). Witherspoon, T. N.
Bates, .r. \V. Lovingood, Noah l.ovin
good, G. W. Ellis, W. M. Bell, Had lev
Pickey, L. E. Bavless, W. W. Hyde,
Gay ti.reen, anil W. M. Axiey.
Members of the committee stated
that Mr. Henson ouilind what would
be necessary for reopening the bank
and the comittee intimated that these
conditions were r asonable and prac
ticable.
The conditions as laid down by the
State bankirg ? .'J'icia]> briefly,
that the stockholders write off fifty
per cent of their stock; sell fifty pir
cent more stock, or the equivalent of
$l-r?,000; that depositors si*rn agree
ment? to let their deposits. both
ch. eking and time, remain in the
bank for a period <>f time up to two
years. Payments may be made on
deposit* as often as ten per cent is
available for distribution.
The plan is known as the "Defer
11 d Payment Plan" and is said to be
working successfully in other banks
over the state.
Officials of the Bank of Murphy
are now busy upon the details of
these conditions, which will he work
ed out as rapidly a- possible. AH de
positors are r quested to see Mr Bay
less. Mr. Hyde, Mr. Bell or any other
member of the committee within the
next few day-.
Rural Carrier Exam.
To Be Held Here For
Blairsville, Georgia
Following the Anriouncerric-ut;
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced tan ex
amination to fill the position of rural
I carrier at Blairsvill . Ga., the exam
ination to be held at Murphy, N. C.
Receipt of applications will close on
Ian. 30th, 1931.
The date of examination will be
stated on admission cards mailed to
applicants after the close of receipt
i of applications, and will be about 15
days after that date. The salary of a
rural carrier on a standard route of
1 24 miles served daily except Sunday
is $1,800 per annum, with an addit
ional $30 p.r mile per annum for
each mile or major fraction thereof
in excess of 24 miles. Certain allow
ances are al-o made for the mainten
ance of equipment. The examination
will be open only to citizens who are
actually domiciled in the territory of
the post office where the vacancy
exists, who ha v.- been actually domi
ciled there for sax months next pre
ceding the closing date for receipt of
applications, and who meet the other
? equip ments set forth in Form 1977.
Koth men and women, if qualified,
may enter this examination, but ap
pointing officers have the legal right
to specify the sex desired in request
ing certification of eligible?. Form
1977 and application blanks can be
; obtained from the vacancy office
mentioned above or from the
States Civil Service Commission at
Washington. D. C. Applications must
he on file with the Commissior at
Washington D. C.. prior to the close
jof business on the date spccifi'*)
I above. A 45 the examination, ;ippli
[ cants must furnish unmounted photo
graphs of themselves taken within
I two years.
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