Big Crowd Present At Old Antioch Reunion (K? m North Georgia News, Blairs x . (la.. Sept. 12. 1931. I.a -or Day ? a clay free from the rar,.- and toils of life, just to go a|,,, ;? ,n.l vi?w the glories of nature, ami pim ? thinking of the long ago, met: org ?n(l making friends. A re.-t from toil and care surely mur-t fit the GJin i Reunion of Antioch of the 80's. _ r. Edward S. Mauney, one who enjoys bringing back sweet memor ies ar.d loves to hear the stories told of the days of old. is the father of this reunion. As in all other things he put his whole soul into this pro pram. and saw it through to a won derful finish. He started about the task about three months ago of bringing back the thin ranks of the students of the 80's to the old school grounds, and Monday he realized the dream which he has been dreaming. Karly Monday morning ? and it was a beautiful day ? not a cloud in sight ? the sun sweeping o'er the heavens, shedding its rays of gold ? the birds singing in notes w! ' were rapturous and sweet ? stud< who at one time attended school at Aniioch about 50 years age, began pouring in, eager and anxious to live over again the days of long ago. No more were their rosy cheeks blushing as in th^ achool-boy and' school-girl days; neither was their plowing hair the same; their faces showed the marks of hard work and great sacrifice, and the many winters that had come between, haand V womenfolk mac trom which their clothe .omen s <1 re i .wie mad- - -.too, t iitrhl the* ~ ^ *r?ade from * .eknots and candies. And whiteways and jazz and white mule was unknown. I Betty Lou Warrick, the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. War rick, of Murphy, who won first prize in the baby contest held at the Cher okee County Fair. Betty entered in the ciass for pirls from two to six years of ape. She is thrv?o and a half years old. Her father is principal of the Murphy High School. Frank Davis, Murphey Boy With U.S. Marines, Is Home On Fourlough Frank I). Davis, son of E. K. l>a- I vis of Murphey, who is with Uncle I Sam's Marines. stationed at Quanti- ! co, Va.t arrived Tuesday for ai month's furlough with his family and j relatives. Frank enlisted in th,> Leatherneck I outfit about three years ago. He j went through his hoot training at | Parris Island, S. C., Marine train- i I ing base, and then shipped t0 Quan tido, Va. From Quantieo, Frank was sent to Nicaragua with the detach- 1 ment of Marines sent there by the | United States to supervise elections i and combat Sandino, the Nicaraguan bandit leader and rebel. He was at Managua, Nicaragua, when the capital of that Central | American country was destroyed by I earthquake and fire. Frank said he I had a narrow escape in the Managua j earthquake. Everything he had in j personal belongings were lost, and commissary building in which he was I working was destroyed. Many lives i were lost, and to aggravate the situa tion, lire broke out in the city with no water with which t? fight it. The Marines immediately piaced the city under martial law, and began fight ing fire by dynamiting pathways in the path of the blaze. They also took charge of rescue work, earing for the injured and feeding the thousands of homeless Nicaraguans. For their splendid work in this catastrophe thr .Marines have received the commendation of leaders from all over the country. Franks Friends here are glad to see him. and the editor enjoys liv ing over old scenes as he talks with hini about the two camps, Parris Islands and Quantieo, through which J j bvth have trained with the Marines. Frank says he soldiered under Gen ea) Smedley D. Futler, now retired to Private life. Te editor soldiered under General Butler during the war, and it was this sam<> General, then a Colonel, who administered to us the greatest "bawling out" we received while in military service. WARD -HOLT The marriage of Miss Neva Alys Ward to Dr. E. L. Holt, well known dentist of Murphy, in Georgia, re cently, has been announced here. Mrs. Holt for the past seven years has managed the Enka Beauty Par lor, residing in West Ashcville. Dr. Holt has been practicing his profess ion in Murphy for about five years Dr. and Mrs. Holt are at home to their many friend.5 in East Murphy where they have taken an apartment with Mrs. Leila Dickey. Mission Service Conducted At Murphy Church The Rev. C. N. Duncan, rector of the Episcopal Church at Franklin, was in Murphy last week, holding a mission service at the Epi*.-opal Church. The service b?*gan Monday evening end continued throughout Friday evening. A communior ser vice was held Wednesday morning. The membership of the church is small here, but members of the other churches made up good sized congre gations each night, a:.d enjoyed the series of sermcr.3 delivered. FIRE DAMAGES MURPHY PLANT Severe! Thousand Feet Of Valuable Lumber And Dry Kiln Destroyed Fire, umsed by overheating. jfa- . st roved between f>.000 and ?"?,000 feet ?>f valuable walnut and cherry lumber and the dry kiln at the W- 1>. Townson furniture plant Tuesday evening. The fire originated in the dry kiln, i Firemen fought the flames for an hour and succeeded in saving the rest j of the plant. No insurance wa- car- i ried. The totiil amount of the loss could not be estimated. Mr. Townson announced that he would start rebuilding the dry kiln at once, and Wednesday morning be gan clearing the ground fop the new plant. Mr. Townson recently received or- , ders to make a quantity of school furniture for eGorgia and Tennessee. The fire necessarily delays this work, since the lumber was of a kind and quality that is not easy to replace. Murphey Loses To Sylva By Score of 6-0 The Murphey football squad held the strong Sylva team to one lone touchdown here last Friday, although some who had seen the two teams playing against other opponents had prophesied that Sylva would beat .Murphey 100 to 0. The game was one of the hardest fought ever played on the local grid iron. When the two teams appear ed on the field, the casual observer would have given the odds to Sylva, because they had a considerable edge over the Murphey team in size. However, when the game started, everyone realized that Murphey was there and fighting. Sylva tried tthe forward pass tactics, but the Murphey boys played such havoc with them they only succeeded in. completing one. Sylva's line plunging played havoc with .Murphey 's defense, but the Murphey boys bucked it like vet erans, especially when Sylva had the ball near the goal line. Only sheeT weight put the ball across for a touch down. Ferguson and Trotter did them selves and the local team honor with their excellent playing. Ferguson was never as good in his life. He led the local boys as captain, and the entire squad showed they were back ing him to a man. The 'game was clean, although the referee became confused at times, but this was ironed out and forgot ten. The Murphey boys played Bryson City Thursday afternoon at Bryson, the score being 20-0 in favor of the Bryson boys. Woman's Club To Meet The Woman's Club will meet Wed nesday, October 21, at two-thirty in , the club room. All members are re- 1 quested to be there. ATTEND INDIAN FAIR Among the Murphy people attend- I ing the Cherokee Indian Fair at Cherokee last week were ? Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Gray. Mrs. W. H. Grif- ' fiths, Miss Josephine Heighway, Mrs. Fred Dickey, Mrs. B. R. Carroll and daughter, Dorothy, Dr. Cannon, Mrs. Thelma Dickey, Mrs. Carl Dobbs, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coleman, Mrs. J. W. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crisp, Mrs. Bud Allen and daughter, Miss Pauline Allen. William C. Walker William C. Walker, of Letitia, N. C., was bom Decemoer 3, 1848, and rfied September 30, 1931, age 82 years 8 months and 27 days. He was a son of the late Col. William C. Walker of the Confederate Army. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Amanda Walker; one sister, Mrs. J. M. Dickey, of Ranger; one brother, J. D. Walker, of AIcRae, Ga. He left this county at the age of 18, and moved to the West, where he lived for thirty years. He returned to this county in 1898, and enlisted in the Spanish- American War, and was hor.orable discharged. He was a member of one of the most promi nent families of Cherokee county. On September 18, 1902, he was married to Miss Amanda Stiles. and spent the remainder of his lif- near where he was born, and nov. sleeps on the hill ' Walker cemeterv near the pi. his birth. He waa buried Octob** at 10 o'clock a. m. Rev. Elt-ha Suit of ficiated at the b I'm- pa ibenr ers were: W. A. 1! ns M. (I. Sr;l ! Regal. This is the old Regal quarry | which used to produce the famous I Regal Blue, well known throughout the country as one of the finest and most beautiful marbles tor monu mental and building purposes in the J country. Derricks, compressors and other quarry equipment are being in stalled at this quarry, and the quar ry is being cleaned off to facilitate quarrying. Within two or three weeks they expect to be quarryin-g and shipping blocks. The Columbia Marble Company is going ahead with its advertising pro gram. Orders are being received from all parts of the United States and Canada for monumental and building work. At present this work is beinir cut and shipped from their i Knoxville, Tenn., plant, but in the near future. or just as soon as they put their new plant here in opera tion, they will manufacture this work here. We have an abundance of high grade marble around here, really as fine as is quarried anywhere. The Columbia Marble Company should be able to build up a big business in these local marbles. o MOVES TO FORMER HOME Mrs. Leila Dickey, who operated The Maples for the past several years, has recently moved to herf home in East Murphy. The Maples has been leased to Miss Ruby Owen by, is personally operating this popu lar tourists' home. MRS. DICKEY ENTERTAINS j Mrs. Lelia Dickey was hostes to 11 six o'clock dinner at The Maples on last Friday evening, honoring the I football team of S. C. I. of Sylva. i Those present besides the football team, were Rev. and Mrs. J. Leroy Steel, Misses Nettie Huston Dickey and Catherine Abernathy, and their friends. o Says Murphey Did Not Fight The Indians Editor Cherokee Scout: For the enlightenment of your correspondent at Oak Park and oth ers who do not know, I will state that Judge Archibald Debrow Murphey, for whom our town was named, was a native of Caswell county and grad uated at the State University in 1 799, served as State Senator from Orange county from 1812 to 1818, when he was elected as a judge of the Supreme court of Law and Equ ity, which he resigned in 1820, also served as reporter of the Supreme court for a time, and died in 1829, which was ten years before the coun ty of Cherokee waj organized; there fore, he was not a pioneer nor was he an Indian fighter as your corres pondent seems to think. Tradition says that there was a famiiv of C her Cherokees by the name of Murphy who resided at or near the present site of the town of Murphy anrl pos sibly raised vegetables in the public square, as is attributed by some of your correspondents to Judge Mur phey. I do not know who suggested the name to be given the j.own, but from the similarity of these two names I surmise that the latter may have had some bearing in the selection. The present spelling of the name has been the "pue since the Civil War, end posfri' uj bel'oie and I regard the reformation as much ado about nothing. But as a compromise I suggest that we might insert a com ma t0 show that letter has been de [l'ted. ? W. M. W?t.