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The Leading Weekly Meuspoper in KV-frrg Xorth Carolina. Covering a Lor ^ and Potentially Rich Territory in This State Vol. XLI1I. ? No. 6. Murphey, N. C., Friday, September 11, 1931. $1.50 YEAR -5c COPY funeral for LEATHERWOOD IS HELD WED. De*th Claim* Former United States Commissioner Following Paralysis Stroke Johr Marion Leatherwood, former rni-.'i States Commissioner and Well fcnowi. Cherokee County citizen, died at His home in Murphey on Tuesday at 12:40 o'clock, following aii illness of about eight months. He had been in declining health since last January, and last Saturday suf fered a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Leatherwood was born near Marble, Cherokee county, on Decem ber T. 1854, and lived all of his life in his native county, 45 years of which he lived at Murphey. He was a carpented by trade, a Royal Arch Mason, a former U. S. Commission er. and at the time of his death was a Justice of the Peace of Murphey Township. He was a Baptist by faith, belonging to the Murphey Church, and was a school mate of I)r. George W. Tructt, world renown ed Baptist divine, of Dallas, Texas. On May 3, 1887, he married Miss Margaret Hayes, daughter of the late Captain G. W. Hayes, who or ganized the first company of sol diers from Cherokee county during the Civil War, and who represented this county many years in the State legislature. To this union were born six children, five of whom, to gether with his wife, survive him. They are: P. H. Leatherwood, G. J. Leatherwood, J. W. Leatherwood, and Miss Addie Leatherwood, all of Murphey; and A. H. Leatherwood, of Knogville, Tenn. Eleven grandchild ren also survive. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from th^ First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. R. W. Provost, pastor of the Andrews Baptist Church, and the Rev. Howard P. Powell, pastor of the Murphy Methodist Church. Inter ment was in Sunset cemetery with Masonic honors. Active pullbearers were: Ed Bar nett, E. O. Christopher, E. O. Pal mer, J. L. Fain, J. L. Hall, and Fred Moore Honorary pallbearers were: J. D. Rector, A. K. Dickey. J. M. Barnett, J. M. .Stoner, A. Met). Harshaw, E. A. Davidson, R H. Hyatt, and L. F. Beal. OAK PARK Rev. C. A. Voyles left for Grape Creek Monday morning. Mrs. Martha Thompson of Suit was in our midst last Sunday. ^ Mr. John Picklesimer of Patrick was in our midst Saturday night and ? Sunday. I Mrs. Bertha Stanbridge and fami ly of Patrick were week-end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Raper. Mr. Clifton Raper was a pleasant caller at the home of L. F. Thompson last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Voyles and son were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Hamby last Sunday. The series of services conducted by Rev. J. A. Burger and Rev. C. A. Voyles closed last Sunday evening. Miss Pauline Thompson and Mr. Beit Jeaver of Suit after several days visit left for their homes Monday morning. We hope them a speedy re covery. Friends were happy to witness the marriage of Mr. Columbus Foyster and Mrs. Estelle Picklesimer at the home of Luther Thompson last Sun day afternoon, Rev. Burger officiat ing. The bride and groom left for Culberson immediately after the ce j^mony^to Mr. Foyster's home. Martins Creek School Opens September 14 Martin's Creek Consolidated school ^ill o* n on Monday morning, Sep tember 14th, according to informa tion given out by school authorities this week. All patrons and friends are urged to be present on the open *ng day. Coolaeu in the Tropic* i Cruising in troj>I<-al waters 1# wad* ; wore enjoyable for t^*? ?rew of ? BrltKn t-.aker by a^tl. ' > ' '>owere , froiu n sprinkler system cool* the ?lecks and cabins. MARTINS CREEK Mr.-. Vcrnie Bryant ..f Ducktmv; Tenn. was tin- Eu<st . Mi-- <i,n!t. .Smith last week. Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Kicks and family wre the Sum iay guc.-t~ Mr. and Mrs. victor Ellis. Mr. Wayne Crisp and family left, thi- week for Robbinsville for a fVv. weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Stale up .pi the week-end at Belview visiting: re lative and frinds. Miss Martha Chastain sper.t the week-end at Ranker as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Sheridian Martin. Miss Anna Kuth Stale up left last Thursday for Blue Ridire, Ga. where she will enter school f*>r the follow ing term. Mr. and Mrs. Void Hogan of Brass town were the Sunday guests of Mrs. Hogan 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Chastain. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Chastain and family of Flint Hill, Ga. are spend ing a few days with friends and rela tives here. Messrs. B. Z. Smith and Frank Barton of Canton, Ga. and Henry Smith of Cartacay, Ga. were the week-end visitors here. Mrs. Tom Chastain returned last week from Copperhill, Tenn. where has oeeii visiting for the past few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Foley Chastain and baby were the dinner guests of Misses Myrtle and Lillian Chastain last Thursday. Miss Emiloc Ellis left last week for Farmer, Tenn. where she will enter the Bachman Memorial School for the ensuing term. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin were the Saturday night guests of Mrs. Martins' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Alex ander Stalcup. The younger set eujoyed a musi cal Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Martin. Messrs. Arnold Dalrymple. Carl Hensley, Bill Henson, Van Hughes and Mr. David son furnished the music. Miss Juanita Stalcup left a few days ago for Struthcrs, Ohio where she will visit her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haney for a few weeks. Mr. J. W. Smith and mother left last week for Blue Ridge, Ga. Mr. Smith has accepted a position as teacher in the public school there for ] the ensuing term. What's the Matter With The Average North Carolina Farmer? ?This item is taken from a card ; which has been shown in a number of windows of Murphey. We do not ! know who wrote it, but he certainly was no fool, we pass it on : The average N. C. farmer gets up in the morning by the alarm of an Illinois clock (Big Ben) buttons his Chicago suspenders to a Detroit overall, washes his face with Cin cinnati soap in a Pennsylvania pan, sits down to a Grand Rapids table, and eats Chicago meat, Indiana hom ! iny, fried in Kansas lard on a St. Louis stove. He then lights his I New York lantern and goes out to the barn and puts an Indianapolis bri dle on a mule fed by Iowa corn and plows the farm covered with an Ohio mortgage with a South Bend plow, and when bedtime comes he reads a chapter in the Bible, print ed in Boston and says a prayer Written in Jerusalem. Crawls un der a blanket made in New Jersey only to be kept awake all night by the barks and wails of a North Car olina yellow hound dog, the only home products on the place and then wonders why he cannot make money. o Saxophone Inventor There wan a famous family of Bel- j gian musical Instrument makers > named Sax. The Inventor of the saxo phone belonged to this family and his name was Antoine Joseph Sax, known as Adolphe Sax. He was born at Di nant, Belgium. November C, 1814. and died in Pa-"w Februur.v 4. 1S04. In 1ft ho r .i i patent for the sax horn. On Ju.-.e he registered the saxophone. - COURT HELD MEMORIAL TO J. H. DILLARD Resolutions Presented and Adopted Honoring Well-Known Barrister The last term of ( h?" kee Sup ? * 1 1 * ? s. C ourt, on Friday, August 14, t 'J .30 clock in the afternoon, htl.! special memorial exercises hon oring the memory of the late John \ II. Dillard, member of the Chero kee County liar Association, and one of the leading lawyers of North Carolina. The services were held by order of the court, over which Judge W. F. Harding pre- I srded. Mr. Dillard was elected represen tative from Cherokee County in 1931 legislature. He was taken sick at Reidsville while visit; ag hi* sister before going to Raleigh to take up his duties, and died February 11th, and before leaching the legislature. The North Carolina legislature held special memorial exercise- for him at the time, and county bar and the court paid tribute to his mem ory at this session. The committee appointed by a former court to draw up the re; ? - I lutions, was composed of M. W. ISell. Don Witherspoon and Kal|.h Moody. Following the reading of the reso lutions, remarks were made by Mr. Hell. Frank S. Hill D. H. Tillitt, F. | O. Christopher, and othets, who paid glowing tribute to the deceas ed. The resolutions follow: Be it resolved by the liar of | Cherokee County: 1. Tiiat in the death of our Bro ther, John H. Dillard, the Bar of Cherokee County, and tn? legal profession of the State, have lost a lawyer of unusal ability and at tainments, and one possed of learn ing above the generality of the profession; his gifted intellect was and is a source of pride to his bre thren; we are proud of his worth and reputation as a iawyer. Bro ther Dillard was deeply read in law. philosophy and the Bible; his won derfully retentive memory enable him to assimilate what he read, not only in debate and consulation, but in conservation with and ac quaintances; he had many friends and admirtrs, and was at his death the Dean of the Bar of this county. 2. That his passing and we shall greatly miss him in the courts, 5n social life and daily contacts; and we shall cherish his memory as one of the leading lawyers of this part of the state. 3. That these resolutions be spread upon the records of this court, and enrolled in the book of Mem orials and Records, as a tribute of respect to our deceased brother; and a copy of same be sent to the family of our deceased brother, attested by the clerk of this court, under his official seal. Miss Owenby Takes Charge of Maples Miss Ruby Owenby, of Marietta, Ga.. has taken over the management and operation of The Maples, popu lar tourist home of Murphy, having assumed charge on the first of this month. Mrs. Leila Dickey, owner, and from whom Miss Owenby leased the property, is understood to be contemplating moving to Atlanta. Miss Owenby comes to Murphy highly recommended. For the past five years she was secretary of the Y. W. C. A. at Marietta, three and a half years of which she was man ager of food and service for the Y. W. C. A. Tea Rdom there. She has spent many of her vacations in Mur phy during the summer months in past years, and is well known here. Her many friends join the Scout in welcoming her to Murphey and wishing her a full measure of success in her new undertaking. Right Efforts The great high road of human welfare lies aloi vj die old highway of steadfast well-doing: and they who are the most persistent, aud work in the t.ue spirit, will in variably be the most successful. Succea? treads on the heel* of e% ery right effort.? Samuel Smiles. POSTFIL ! Mrs. Mary Hughes of Turtelt?'\vn. Tenn. was the w??ek-end jrue>t <<1 her purer ts Mr. and Mrs. J;>nah lloM br.?ok and other relative- and friends Miss Ma - R, daughter ??f l>r. Ma son of f'ulberson is teaching school at Shoal Creek this year and the pat rons wish her success. j I Born to Mr. an:: Mrs. Ernest Al len a 1 1 lh. girl baby about 10 days ago and they crave it the name of Mary. Mr. K. .F. Taylor of Ducktown Tenn. and Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Allen of Postell. N. C. were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. .1. H. Suit last Sun day. I Messrs. F. .1. Starnes, Sherman (Montgomery. Tray Montgomery and | Rand Martin all of Copperhill. Tenn. I v< re Sunday evening quests of Mr. ? an.i Mrs. .1. H. Suit. Mrs. Lyda Cotter :?? visiting her daughter, Mrs. Hattie Allen probably for several weeks. Mrs. Cotter is suffering more or less with Rheuma tism. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kimsey and daughters Mrs. I^ena Blaylock and baby Wilmer and Miss Poarl of Duck town, Tcnn. was Sunday evening KUi-st of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Allen. 1 Mrs. Exie Quinn. wife of I^akcs | Quinn was taken to Copperhill, Tenn. j last week to undergo an operation i for appendicitis. Her many friends and relatives will be proud to learn that, she is setting along nicely and is expected to be back hom*' this I week. The revival meeting at Shoal Creek came to a close last Saturday night leaving a large number of un saved people at that place. Our pas tor was assisted by Rev. J. C. Whit more of Pierce vi lie, fla. The preach ing was of great interest to alarge congregation : nd we trust that there was lasting pood accomplished. They will baptize the 1st Sunday in Sept. at 2 o'clock P. M. at Posteil, N. C. DRUMMER'S REST Scribner's Magazine in its Aupust number under the general title "Life in the United States," the first four of a series of articles selected in a prize contest for the best narratives of American life containing personal experience or observation. Among them appeared "Drummer's Rest," by Kdward Ililts, which deals with a hotel in Murphy. By permission of the editors we are reprinting por tions of the article. The story is told by a traveling salesman. This is his arrival at the Dickey House: From out of the blackness of an early nightfall and a blinding snow storm 1 feel my way into the village of Murphy, a Carolina mountain town. I stop before a broad flat-top ped rock, intended for use as a step ping stone, upon which are engraved in foot high letters ihe words, "Drummer's Rest." The building befoire me is a ramb ling weatherboard affair, built in the shape of a large U, enclosing a flag paved yard on three sides and open ing on the unpavcd street. Deep porches and their overhanging bal conies, studded with doors and light-filled windows, line the snow covered court. 1 am greeted by the booming voice of a figure approaching from within the yard. "Howdy there, howdy, stranger, am shore glad to see you again! "Now just run along into the bouse, and 1,11 take care of everything." It's Avery, a giant in broad-brim med hat and heavy hoots. For thirty years the man of all work at Drum mer's Rest ? greeter, baggage man, commissary, and assistant manager his "howdy there, howdy, stranger," has been music to hundreds of mountain travellers. I make my way through the court yard, on legs partially paralyzed by the cold, escorted by Avery and fol lowed by a flocked of jabbering darkey boys with my grips. The trunk of a giant tulip tree becomes, visible; growing from the middle of the enclosure, it's spreading branches reach out over the sur rounding roofs. Outlined against the darker background of the deep porches arc the snowcovered cages of a miniature zoo. Two great owls cha'ter and grumble in a large r covered box, several boome~ squir. els are bedded down in a small er cnclcsure, Awhile ground hogs, rabbits, and a pair of bobcats liav? qu..i icr.s cloTe by. \ nvss from (Continued on p*(? 4) f>05 ENROLLED THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Two Hundred and Fifty-Ore In High School ? Twelve More Enter ed On Tuesday The Murphey -chools opened Mon day morning with six hundred arid five stud? i. entering the first day. Two hundred and fifty-one of these entered the high school, while three hundred and fifty-four entered th? grammar school. This compares favorably with the enrollment at the end of the first mouth last year, and the enrollment promises t be even larger by the end of the first month this year. Last year, the enrollment at the end of the first month was 62 1. Twelve more pupils entered Tuesday, the second day of school, which brings the total up to 617 for the first two days. The opening exercises Monday morning were held in the auditorium of the graded school building, with a [ large number of is und visitors present. The auditorium was filled to capacity and many had to stand up. The program was opened with the song, "Come Thou. Almighty King." ! followed by devotional ex.Tcis.es : conducted by the Rev. Howard I\ j 1'owell, pastor of the Methodist church. Then a song, "Onward | Christian Soldiers." Prof. Williams, , superintendent, then made a short ! talk. after which he introduced all members of the faculty. Mr. J. I). Mallonee, secretary of the local j school board, then made a short talk, j uhich was followed by announce ments. The pupils then adjourned to the various class rooms for en rollment and classification. Although the number of pupils is greater this year than last, with indi cators that the number will be greatly increased dunrtg the tirot month, the school is operating on one loss teacher than last year. This is Jcing handled by giving several of the teachers additional work, in ac cordance with the program of strict, economy by school authorities throughout the State. The list of teachers follows: I Miss Clara McComb*, Route 1 Murphey, \. C. Miss Hair McCracken, Cullowhee. M'ss Bessie Dean, Route 2, Ox ford, N. C. Miss Krtie Boyd Warren. Little ton, ?\. C. Miss Lucile Wyke, Cullowhee. N.C ford SN crenC<> n'an' ,t"UU, ?x" v!,-SS P?j.ly ,Sw?.r'i. Murphey. N.C. \i ^<1|C ' ca'herwood, Murphey Mrs. Klizaheth Conley, Andrews M- M> Wh"rUr- Su?" Miss Kathryn McCall, 1(14 W Henderson St., .Marion. N c s Miss Gladys 1'ollalLy. Greenwood, s -plss Rub>- Courtney, Williston, risWIuV.N- T-.M- Lvnn' R?Ute 2- M?r Miss Annie li. Bailey, 9:13 N Highlands Ave., N. K., Atlanta, Ga. Miss Margaret Irby, Enfield, N.C. brasstown Mrs. Wayne Carringer and Misses Bertha and Candas Hogan left Sun day for their schools. The many friends of Mr. K. Sparks will regret to hear that he is serious ly ill apain. i Mr. Floyd Carringer of Knoxville, Tenn. is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Carringer for several days now. Mr. Heck Ditmore of Old Fort N. C. is visitinp his niece, Mrs. S. W. Carringer and family for several days now. Mrs. M. D. Coker and Mrs. Mar shall Coleman were visitors at Mrs. Harrison Lovingooda of Peachtree Sunday afternoon. The many friends who partook of the Birthday dinner at Mr. S. W. Carringer'9 in honor of Floyd Car ringer reported a nice time and plenty of pood eats. Mr. Duffie and Jim Coker were <un.moned to the Bedside of their brother Mr. Alec Coker of Young Harris on Thursday of this week due to a stroke of Paralysis. He died Thursday at 3 o'clock.
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