BE I HMURPHY ^ _______________ The L'adiv Vol. IVL.?No. 36. TALMAD ROLLINS WILL ADDRBS FIFTY CEATTADC urnr nci\L Commencement Services To Be Held Easter Sunday In School Auditorium. Fifty seniors will graduate from the Murphy High School when commencement exercises are -held in the school auditorium Easter Sunday at 3 o'clock. The Rev. W. A. Rollins, presiding elder of "the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church of the South, will deliver the bacculaurtate address. Class day exercises v/ill be held Monday aftfrnoon at 3 o'clock in the surool auditorium and. 'the graduation exercises will he held at the school house Tuesday night at 7:30 at which time C- F. Carroll, Jr., superintendent of Swain county schools, will speak to the Seniors. Pruden Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Davidson was elected! valedictorian ' f the class and Miss Ruth Hampton, daughter of Mr. and J Mrs. Hilliary Hampton, will deliver ^ t,'ie salutatory address. They w:ll j speak at the graduation exercises Tuesday night. The honors came to these two j students when Mr. Davidson was; found to have an average of 92.5 for i the school year, and Miss Davidson's average wa^ 92.05. Two music recitals tjfjdTr Mrs. j Jerry Davidson's direction will be, given in the school auditorium. The I high school will perform on Thursday night and the grammar school on Friday night. B0V1 recitals will begin at 7:30 in the evening. An operetta, "The Stolen Flower Queen," will be presented by the grammar grade department Monday night at 7:30. A number of gay and pleasant events lately have led up to the commencement exercises. Jnaior Class Entertains. The JunioT class of the high school entertained the seniors at a banquet in t.te gymnasium Saturday night. A field meet for the high schools of (Continued on back page) Folk Song Collector To Be Heard Friday Jack Niles, ot New York, a frequent visitor of the John C. Campbell Folk School at Brasstown, will sing at the Hampton Memorial Methodist church two miles from here Friday evening at 7 o'clock (CST). For years Mr. Niles has been in- j te rested in collecting folk music, 1 ballads and spirituals from the local mountain sections and spends much of his time Here pursuing the hobby. | His impressive interpretations of these types of music have delighted audicnoe hot>* in nersnn or over the radio for some time. I The public is cordially invited to hear the program. Water Spout Revived But Stream Is Weak Parched throats this summer -Teed no longer be so snd the timid soul that has not the neive to stride up to the ?oda fountains and blandly demand a "hobo phosphate" when he really thinks he ought to buy some- | thing, is spared the guilty feeling because some kind benefactor has a(tain drawn forth water from the water spout down by the Davidson building. It's a weak stream but weak or 'trong, it's water. Miss Margaret Witherspoon who is attending Cecil Business College at Asheville spent the wesk end with Jl?f Parents Mr. and Mrs. Don Wither- j *l>oon. Ift. lf i ig Weekly Newspaper in Western North MurpI GE WILL Court Is Attracting ? Crowds To Murphy Will with one capital oftenlc case being disposed of, one being tried now and one more coming up before the present term of Superior court before Judge J. vj A. Rousseau, and Humby whirring around through the streets of j Murphy in a car blindfolded, laYge , crowds have been in town this week. An extermely heavy criminal docket has kept the jurors, law- tc yers and witnesses busy and it is aid doubtful if the court will get around to any civil docket before no the very last of the week. an The town teemed much more act nvciy rnis week than it has in a -u L long time. Country roads are re- l'e ported in a little better condition , ( than they were some *.ime ago and 1 the many attraction* in Murphy ;ve recently are giving the folks in 3n8 the country something to come to town about. evl MURPHY LIONS "i COMMITTEE TO '? AID RECEPTION iisti bet Niles Sings Before Club'ihi At Regular Meeting Here Tuesday Night . j | The Lions club at its regular njecV ' ling 5n the Murphy Cafe here Tiiet|day night was primarily interest# J in (its plans for the reception and enteitainment of Gov. Eugene Talmadge -nt( of Georgia, who will speair. here Mor. _o day, and his party. j j I The Lions club committee which to cooperate with the general com-j ir.ittee in Mit reception plans is com-! ' t posed 01 Chairman W. M. Fain, T. A. ! cu<| .case, U. w. tins, Dr. K. W. Petrie, j la and R. W. Gray. ?-n | As the highlight of the evening's!". j program, John Jacob Niles of New .-r<] 'York, reknowned folk song specialist who is particularly interested in the , orginal ballads of this mountain sec- pa, I lion, rendered a number of solos ac- ! ,vr" companying himself on several rare!u0 I dulcimers that he acquired in this! ^rj vicinity. Having offered the same I music in the White House for Presi-1 dent Roosevelt and his friends sever- j ai si times Mr. Niies talked of his per j iormances before those groups and I ] gave several anecdotes in connection ; with songs that he "discovered" in Murphy. | Dale Lee who is preparing at the club's suggestion, a pamphlet adver-: jtising Murphy and Cherokee county, we gave a report on his work, and Park !W. Fisher, of the John C. Campbell Folk School faculty, announced that -be he had done extensive work on the on Murphy-Lions sign at the North Carolina-Georgia line. ^ o gr? Mrs. Burt Shields Is ^ Struck By Lightning drc j Mrs. Ptirt Shields, of Tomotla, who the [was struck by lightning at her home ] during a severe electrical storm last t^e Friday evening, is reported much improved. -5*1 Mrs. Shields suffered severe burns and shock when the lightning in some wa manner contacted the electrical ' 1 wires running into the hodse. ba< ?:? _ str Warren Sneed Accepts ?oi Position In Andrews res Warren Sneed popular young Mur r.'hy man, has accepted a position with the Reeqe Motor company at Andrews and began work selling cars 1 for them Monday. bee His place at the Mauney Drug wei company will be filled by John we* Pr it tain, former Murphy boy, who to has lately been working in Atlanta. ?ui rukti Carolina. Covering a Ixirpr and F iy, N. C. Thurs., April 1 SPEAK ITY ELECTIONS "0 BE HELD MAY 7 BOARDAGREES _ r J* _1 a \/ . ^ u ^ciiiuiuaies i et /Vnlounce; Partisan Ticket Pending In Raleigh. Murphy will go to the polls May 7 vote for the mayor and board of ermen for the ccming year. A? yet no candidates have anunced their intention of running, d if a bill now pending the housed ion in the legislature becomes law trphy will resort to the partisan ction instead of the citizen tickets >y have been running heretofore, j e bill was presented about four j eks ago by Senator Vance Brownof Swain, and it was passed in ? senate but there has been no ' dent action on it in the house. The court house was named as the l ling place. I I Henry Hyatt was electee registrar the election and W. O. Adams i John Davidson were appointed Iges. The registration books opened Sa-1 day and anyone eligible must reg- j ?r before April 4, whic.h date has i in named by the present board as \ illenge day. ax relTefbill introduced and up before body it i ? I * A bill "for the ielief of taxpayers 11 Cherokee County" was introduced J o the legislature Friday and sent the committee on finance. r It would permit the penalties and u e-rest but not the foreclosure costs, ? all 1927-32 taxes. It would also mit . e commissioners to alb w n h taxes to be paid by giving inllment notes which would n ature ^ not more than two years and bear * : interest at 2 rate of six p-r cent v m April 1, 1935. It would prescribe the procedure * giving the nctej and enforcing ? yment of these. The form cf notc> uld be specified and the county uld be permitted to withhold *> I ng suit where the amour , t is too c all to justify it. [UfcPHY BUILDING sc PROGRAM IS BEING p PUSHED STEADILY 0 Murphy's building program was ,] 11 being pushed steadily ahead this s ek. a E. C. Moore's new garage is prac- 3 ally finished on the outside. Al- ft ugh the last work is being done a tk< interior, he has moved most 1 his cars into the building. SVork on the new theater is pro??sing rapidly. The floor of the ilding, formerly occupied by the irphy Supply company, has been J pped to a slight angle, the underrts built in and construction on front has begun. Brick walk are being laid around enlarged Dickey Chevrolet com- |^J ly building fend construction 'on'g, remodelled building is going for- c< rd. n' rhe Hill house has been moved pi to an adjoining lot and con- c( uction on the new Pure Oi> start will start soon. "] Work is also being done on several I idences. O Mrs. Walter Mauney ? n ars. Walter Mauney. who has P n very ill for .the past several ^ eks, is again able to be up this w elc, her many friends will be glad learn. Mrs. Mauney has been g fering with intestinal influenza. | n I . -''? . t Potentially Rich Terntorr ir. This , 1, 1935. HERE I WILL SPEAK HERE BjjSPIZB * v SHBMF^rSlL..>w . MHHi GOV. EUGENE TALMADGE PRESIDENT RAPS THOSE OPPOSED TO TVA SET-UP Jtilities War Resounds On Half A Dozen Fronts In Nations Capitol. Wa.'iington, March 28.?The utiliie.i war resounded on half a dozen apital front* today with President toosevelt, himself, joining in the give nd take. The tense feeling between the adlinrstration arid ;.rivate utility invests was plainly shown by develpments which included: A letter by the President in which e em.. a:it-ali> denies what he ermed unfounded reports thr.t the 'ennes ee Valley Authority was eimpting to "lure*', industries Iiom )hio to the South and charged that special interests ar< constantly atempting to thwart t^e TV/ proram." Testimony by S. R. Inch, president f the Electric Bond and SViare cor any, before the house interstate emmerre committee that the elecr;c and gas industries cult: be eaders in the drive for bu iness rtovery if "given fair regulation ir.tead of the proposed destructive ubic utilities (holding company) ill." An assertion by David E. Lilienhal, TVA director, that a "change" ri the situation might bring a "deperate condition" of power r.hortge. Both Lilienthal and Arthur E. Morgan, chairman of TVA, urged the louse military affairs committee to improve a bill which would make TVA's constitutionality certain. Propaganda Charge Hurled A charge on the senate floor by 1 continued on back page) llan Shot In Clay County Improved Mr. Jim Payne, of Pine Log, Clay >unty, was said by Petrie hospital tendants to be improving from a ail shot in the lung which he revived at the hands of another man ear his home Saturday night. Payne was brought here to the hosital following the shooting in a rious condition. rhompson Family Is Back From Atlanta E. R. Thompson, local cannery mnager, motored to tAlanta Wedesday night and returned to Murhy with Mrs. Thompson and his oung son, who has been confined y a hospital in Atlanta for several 'eeks. T.'ieir numerous friends will be lad to learn that the -child is very .uch improved. ' jj Wit pages TODAY State $1.00 YEAR?5c COPY MONDAY LAVISH PLANS ARE MADE FOR j OFFICIAL VISIT Huge Crowds From Ga., North Carolina To Be Here For Occasion. Plans were practically completed Tuesday for the reception of Gov. Eugene Talmadg*. of Georgia, who will ;7ea": here Monday at 1 o'clock (C. s! T.). The governor and his party will he greeted at the Ncrth CarolinaGeorgia line on 4.he new highway eight miles below here by committee of local citizens and a motorcade Irom Murphy. After the official greiting the par*y will proceed to the court house here w.here the governor will deliver j.iis address. The reception commitjtee plans to meet him at t.ie state 'line at 12:30