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Vol. XLIU.?No.l9
Murphey, N. C.t Friday, December 11, 1931
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Lions Hold Meet
Tuesday Night
Depaiting somewhat from the
usual the Lions had their regular
Second Tuesday Night dinner in the
main dining room of the Regal Hotel,
after which they retired to their Den
for a short business meeting. The
Lions had as their guest on this oc
casion Rev. Hiffgins, the new pastor
of the Methodist Church, who made
a short but appropriate talk that was
much appreciated.
Lion President Fain read a letter
from Miss Marguerite Butler of the
Jobn C. Campbell Folk School, Si Aoo
town, stating that the hour for the
joint meeting of the Brasstown Com
munity Club and the Murphy Lions
Club was set at 7 :30 p. m. December
12th (Murphy Time) instead of 6 p.
m. as previously announced.
Lion Fain also read a letter from
Lion and Lioness H. P. Powell of
Marion expressing thanks and ap
preciation of the letter of resolutions
sent them by the Lions, a copy of
which appeared in The Cherokee
Scout of last week.
A letter was also read by Lion Fain
from Bonnell H. Stone, formerly of
Blair- ville, (la., in reality a citizen
r>f both North Georgia and Western
North Carolina, a worker in every
progressive movement for both sec
tions, and a member of the Murphy
Lions Club, the only non-resident
member. Lion Stone expressed re
trrets that the pressure of business
r.cces-^iated his moving to his new
homo, Oxford, Ga., and wished to be
remembered to all old friends.
Marion, N. C. December 3, 11)31
Mr. \V. M. Fain, President
Murphy Lions Club
Murphy, North Carolina
Dear Fellow Lions:
This will acknowledge and thank
you for the resolutions, which came !
to Mrs. Powell and me in yesterday's
mail. It is true that one often learns j
better how to appreciate his friends
after he has to leave them. This is
true in our case. 'While we have al
ready found our way into the hearts
of some very fine people here in
Marion, we find ourselves thinking
often of the old friends we have left
in Murphy.
Personally, I do not feel that I
contributed very much to the Lions
Club 1 know I received far more
than I gave. However, it was a
pleasure and a privilege to have been
a part of what I believe to be a
group of the very finest men in the
little city of Murphy.
Praying God's richest blessing up
on you individually and collectively,
and thanking you again for Mrs.
Powell and myself, I pledge you my
continued interest in all you under
take and all you realize as a Lions
Hub.
Sincerely yours,
Howard P. Powell
December 3, 1931. Oxford, Ga.
Mr. W. M. Fain,
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Mercer:
When my father offered to give
me the old family homestead here in
Oxford we realized that we could not
afford to miss this opportunity to
live in a more central part of the
State, so we are only 35 miles from
Atlanta on a new paved highway in
to the Capitol.
My father's health is not goon and
he needs me near hirii, while my own
work with the Forestry Association
requires more attention in South
Georgia and my children are now
the fourth generation to live in this
old college town and get their start
in life here.
I am not going t# try and express
my Gratitude to you and other friend?
?n Murphy for the many kindnesses
shown my family and me, for it is
impossible to tell you all how much
pou mean to me and1 how much I love
that mountain country. After 18
years and 8 months of life in your
section it was no easy matter to leave
it, so we had to make a rush job of it
and keep busy to hold down the home
sick feeling that continues to return
each night for the mountains.
Please remember me to friends in
Murphy, especially the Lions Club,
for I appreciate the honor extended
"J the invitation to join and regret
that I could not be with you on the
evening of Nov. 24th.
With best wishes always,
Cordially yours,
Bonnell Stone
The many friends of the Rev.
Claude Turner, pa^or of the First
? a 54 Church, who was operated on
* States ville recently, will be glad
to know that he is getting along fine
*nd ?s expected to return to Murphy
JJJout the 18th of this month Mr*.
*?rner an<J son returned frer .-is
b*1?de last week.
The many frisnds af Mr . Fran!: (
?toiwueker who raffered a stroke o: ,
Saturday will bt rl*d
know that he is slowly improving. J
Lions Meet With
Brasstawn Clubs
Saturday Night
The Men's and Women's Clubs of
Brasstown will hold their usual
monthly joint meeting on the recond
Saturday of December, the 12th. at
7:30 p. m. Central time. At this
time they have invited the Murphy
Lion's Club and their wives to meet I
with them. An interesting program I
has been prepared by both groups. |
PERSIMMON CREEK
i
Itev. J. P. Decker filled his regular !
appointment Saturday and Sunday, j
Rev. Ben Reese preached an in j
teresting sermon at Persimmon Sat- ,
urday night.
Miss Gertrude Laudermilk spent
the week at Belleview.
Miss Vesta Rogers spent the week j
with Mrs. Hester Watson at Murphy. (
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Re?*-< sptnt Sat
urday night with homo folks.
We are planning on organizing a
B. Y. P. U. at Persimmon Creek ,
church in the future.
Mr. John Voyles spent the night
with Mr. John Stiles last Friday.
Mr. Russell Sneed has returned
home from Lenoir City. Tenn. where
lie has been employed for sometime, j
Mrs. S. J. Cearley has returned 1
home from Murphy where she has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Hes
ter Watson for the past two weeks.
Miss Pear! Rogers spent Saturday
{night with Mrs. Maude Stiles.
Has Entrance Forms
For Frigidaire Contest
Entrance forms for the $6,000.00
Christmas prize contest new being
conducted by the Frigidaire Corpor- 1
ation are available in the showroom
of Walter Coleman, Murphy repre
sentative of this General .'Motors (
subsidiary, he announced this week. I
The contest is being staged over
a nation-wide radio hook-up of 50 i
stations, every day of the week ex- 1
cept Saturday and Sunday, at 4:30
in the afternoon.
Mr. Coleman will be glad to furn
ish blanks and explain the contest to
anyone interested.
Seal Sale Sponsored
Woman's Club
The salt- of Tuberculosis Christ- '
mas Seals is now under way, snon- i
sored by the Mnrphv Woman's Club,
with Mrs. C. W. Savage as chair
man.
Dr. George R. Salisbury bought the
first dollar's worth of seals and war I
also the first one in Murphy to join ;
the Red Cross.
Money from the sale of the Christ- '
mas Seals last year was used to buy '
milk for undernonrished children in j
the Murphy public school. The.-e
children pained in weight and show
ed a decided improvement in theii !
class work and attendance. Money j
from the sales of the seals can be!
used for the treatment or preven
tion of tuberculosis.
Conservation Letter
j Mr. D. M. Birchfield, county game '
warden for Cherokee and Clay and
Graham, is in ceceipt of a letter from
J. W. Harrelson, Director of the De- j
partment of Conservation and De- 1
velopment, which in part follows: I
i Your record shows that you are
working hard for conservation. How
ever, in the present serious situation
the public looks to the department
for greater work. All wardens are 1
conservation wardens and must work
for the protection and law enforce
ment in fisheries, game ana forestry. '
The incentive to "pot hunt" will
be stronger during the next winter.
No efforts should be spared to bring
into the courts all persons who vio
latelate the conservation laws.
Violators of conservation laws rob
you, your friends, your neighbors and
your county of tJieir rights to enjoy
the natural resources.
Please impress upon all citizens
that they t>co have a part in the
cor servation program. The dangers !
?vhich row confront our fish, game, |
And forestry call far the rat-Wic
r->nrice on the part of all Htiie-u.
f'ri- intenrifrrs to your local new>
"r -er retarding- tonrt ->rotectiea and
law observance in fishing and hunt
ing.
MINNESOTA FARM PLAN SPEAKERS
FREDERICK K. MURPHY
rnbJiKlirr of The Minneapolis
Tribune, director of the U?n.
rlnted I'rcss .unl sponsor of fhc
Minnesota Plan which revolu
tionized Northui'slfin agricul
ture .mil iii<rt*as<*d farm rcven
,,rs nearly three-quarters of ?
billion dollars in seven years.
?* CIIARI.R8 F. COMJSSOV
Farm editor of the Minnc.
? l?oli-. Triliunr and authority on
vgricultural cordit ions in'tJio
Northwest. \* it lecturer and
writer he is telling the country
how the so-called Minnesota
plan increased farm rc\cnucs
nearly $700,000,000 in vvven
FARM PLAN IS BASED ON
SUCCESS EXAMPLE STUDY
Murphy Explain* How Idea Wat Ap
plied In Solving Problems
In the Northwest
| I ho Minnesota Farm Plan," spon- I
soled in thi Northwest with marvel- '
ou success by F. K. Murphy, pub- I
usher "f the Minneapolis Tribune, '
who will address a nia.'s meeting of!
farmers and business men at the
Plaza theatre, Asheville, on Decern- |
her 14th, already has aroused inter- I
ested study in North Carolina, Wash
ington, Texas, Georgia, Maryland,
Mississippi and other states, accord
ing to an article published in the
Asheville Citizen of December 8th.
! The article in the Citizen contin
ues:
In several sections, definite agri
cultural improvement campaign*,
uniting business leaders of the cities
behind farm rejuvenation, have been
1 launched under fthe inspiration of
the successes in the Northwest.
Mr. Murphy continually reiterates
his slogan, "Unless the 29,000,000
Americans who live on our farms
prosper, the nation cannot prosper,
what we have accomplished in 10
j years in the Northwest, Minnesota,
I the Dakotas and Montana can be ap
proximated in other regions. Our
j particular cure, which was to get
away from wheat growing and into
dairying, live stock, and general farm
j ing, may wot be the correct solution
in every region.
Study Successful
"But the gist of the Minnesota
plan can be applied. We started in
1921 by studying the methods used
on the 200 most successful farms in
each region. Then we urged the
spread of those methods to the rest
of the farms.
"In 1921 Northwestern banks were
failing in waves. We formed a loan
corporation and its moral effect was
to stop the failures. Then it financ
ed individual farmers in the purchase
of cows, live stock, sheep, and en
abled them to shift over from old
style cash crops to farming which
paid them income every month
through the year. We loaned the
farmer money with the live stock as
our sole security. Yet from the live
stock the farmer earned the money
to pay off the loan. Fourteen thous
and farmers have been helped by
loans already. And when the country
banks saw the loans were safe, they
began making them and thousands of
additional farmers were helped over
the hump to business-like farming."
"One of our first steps in the
Northwest," he continues, "was to
get the farmers to raise their own
food. Thousands of our wheat farm
ers weife without cows, pigs, and
chickens. And they didn't even have
a garden. Yet the average grocery
bill was $800 a year. That's all
changed now.
Make Large Gain
"In eight years our four states
gained 228,000 cows. The rest of
the country put together only gained
283,00 cows. We've raised our dairy
income 66 per cent since 1921 until
it's a three hundred million dollar
income producer. Oa.* "ow-sow-hen
income boosted farm profit. 71 per
cent since 1921, an average of
ninety-five xr;!".;on dollars a y
And in 193C. spite of low fr.rr
prices, our farm income held 32 r -
cent above 1921.
"The beauty of the Minnesota
Plan is that th<- farmers, instead of
being paid unskilled labor's wages,
tepiesented by wheat growing, get
.killed labor's pay represented by
proper breeding of live stock, scien
tific farming, and proper marketing.
And instead of taking the beating
which the varying price of raw crop.-,
as wheat or cotton, they get the rel
ative steadier and much higher prices
tor finished products, butter, eggs,
meats, fruits, vegetables, and gen
eral crops.
Wheat Farmer Lower
"Because our farmers own most of
their creameries the farmer receives
91 cents out of every dollar paid for
wholesale butter. Compare that with
the wheat farmer who gets 28 cents
out of the bread dollar.
"And dairying and scientific farm
ing enrich the soils from natural
fertilisers and crop rotation. So even
where we still raise ^rheat and cash
crops, we increase our per-acre pro
duction and cut per-bushel costs way
down. So the farmer gets the break
all around."
The committee from Cherokee
county which has been named to co
operate in promoting the Minnesota
Plan, known as the Western North
Carolina Organized Farm Movement,
follows:
W. W. Hyde, assistant cashier the
Bank of Murphy.
Bill Whitaker, assistant cashier of
ihe Citizens Bank and Trust Co, An
drews.
E. A. Wood, farmer, Andrews.
Wayne Walker, farmer and cattle
raiser, Andrews.
N. W. Abernathy, farmer and mer
chant, Marble.
Mrs. P. J. Watkins, poultry, Mur
phy, Route 1.
Mrs. C. B. Wood, poultry, An
drews.
Mrs. H. B. McNabb, poultry. Suit.
Mrs. J. H. Ellis, poultry, Murphy,
Route 2.
Wm. P. Payne, merchant and poul
try. Murphy.
A. A. Fain, orchardist. Murphy.
W. M. Fain, ^whcAesale grocer,
.Murphy.
Chas. Brown, wholesale merchant,
Andrews.
J. A. Richardson, wholesale hard
ware, Murphy.
Mrs. Olive D. Campbell, manager
the Folk School, Brassrtown.
Noah Lovingood, merchant, Mur
pby.
o
Bankrupt Stocks
Are Bought By
Andrews Men
George B. Hoblitzell and Lee Wat
kins, of Andrews, were the success
ful bidders for the stock of J. W.
Davidson and Griffiths, Inc., bank
rupts, here last Saturday. It is un
derstood that the stock of both stores
brought a little over $2400.00, in
cluding fixtures.
The stock of Griffiths, Inc., has
been moved to the building occupied
by J. W- Davit*. -mi will be sold
during the r *eek?, the sale
beginning tcx?%.y
J. W. D<?'. ' zted an ex
clusive ir r. shop, while
inf:*iths, in vtc an exclusive wo
men's anil c>:ldrer/s shop.
OLD BAPTIST
CHURCH BELL
TO TOLL AGAIN
The old Baptist Church bsll will
toll again, but not to call the boys
and girls Vvnd their fathers and
mothers to church and Sunday school.
It will ring out the Christmas tide
and ring out the old year and ring in
the new. It will also be a clarion call
and siren for a section of the city
?vhen fire breaks out.
When the old Baptist church was
corn down, the bell was discarded,
it iay arounu ior aevertu yt?i? In
the grass and bushes, which have
since grown up, on the old church
site, exposed to the elements, corrod
ing, rusting-abandoned. Several
weeks ago, promient members of the
Baptist church gave the bell to Mrs.
Nettie Dickey, and now she has er
ected it between two big poles in the
front yard of the Dickey Hotel.
Mrs. Dickey -aid it had a wonderful
tone and she was glad to get and
swing it up in the yard so that it
could be heard again. However, she
said that when it did ring, it would
mean that fire had broke out in
town, or that it was Christmas, or the
?ld year going out and the new year
coming in.
How old the bell is no one seems to
know. It was the first Baptist
church bell to ring in Murphy, and
history -hows that the First Baptist
Church of Murphy was constituted
about 1845. Mrs. Dickey says she
has been in Murphy more than fifty
years, and it was used by the Baptist
church when she came.
Dramatic and Glee
Clubs To Entertain
On Tuesday evening, December
lf>, at seven o'clock the Murphy
High School Dramatic Club and the
High School (Jlee Club will present
an entertainment free to the public.
The dramatic club will present
"Bird's Christmas Carol", a play
which is based on the story of that
name, by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
The cast of characters will include
Virgina llirwuul iAlf^* i. Trotter, .1.
H. Brendle, Jr.. j ra^1 Ferguson,
Laura Hamilton, Margaret Mauney,
Mary Witherspoon, Cecil? Alattox,
Mary King Mallonee, Mary Alice
Bristol, Ruth DeWeese, Fain Weav
er, Ruth Hampton, Horace Keener,
Vivan Cearley, Vera Cearley, Pauline
Allen, Louise Axley, Helen Warner,
Pearl Baker a id Mary Catherine
Hensley.
Appropriate Christmas music will
be furnished by the Glee Club under
the direction of Miss Kathryn McCall.
Christmans Bargains
Awaiting Public
The buying public and Christmas
shoppers of Murphy and vicinity
have an unusually large number of
bargains and Christmas gift goods
awaiting them during the next 13
days before Christmaa.
Last week, we carried an adver
tisement of Lahn's department Store,
offering a wide range of dry good.;
toys and novelties. Also, a **pecial
lot of drygoods and Christmas gift
suggestions were advertised by the
Leader Store, While Virgil John9on
had some mighty good prices on
meats.
This week, we are carrying a page
advertisement of the Cherokee Va
riety Store, offering a large assort
ment of Santa Claus gifts for the
kiddies and grown-ups, as well as an
advertisement of the Davidson ar?d
Griffith bankrupt stocks.
These folks are offering some bar
gains that are really bargains, ana
indications are that business and
trade will be greatly stimulated dur
ing the next few days.
STATEMENT OF
DEFUNCT BANK
TO BE FILED
Auditor's statement of the Chero
kee Bank which closed last October
3rd will be filed this week, according
to E. F. Gill, liquidating agent in
charge. The statement came in
last Friday, and Mr. Gill said that
Frank S. Hill, attorney, was looking
over a copy for some information
and as aoon as he w?s through with
it, the statement would be filed,
which will be sometime this w*ek.
In connection with this statement,
Mr. Gill said that he w:-he* it under
stood that anyone having claims of
any form against the Cherokee Bank
must call at the bank and prove
their claims. All claims must be
filed on or before the 28th day of
January, 1932, according to an ad
vertisement which appeared several
weeks a^o in this paper.