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Vol. IIIL.?No. 40.
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Mrs. Nettie I
Old Lady Of ]
Away After I
Was Proprietress of Popular
Dickey House for
Past 50 Years
By Victor Glmstead
Mrs. Nettie Dickey is dead. Eighty
one years old last January 12, and
nationally known as sole owner and
proprietress of Murphy's first and i
largest hotel, "Lady Dickey", as she
was generally called, succumbed Wed- i
nesday at 3:50 after a lingering illness
which began with an apparently
trivial injury to her hip, caused by a
fall.
She was conscious almost to the
end, and she knew death hovered
near, she joked and laughed with the
same high courage which had endeared
her to thousands of guests
from every section of the country,
and which carried her to such signal
success in business.
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ANNOUNCED
Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie
Dickey will be held at the Baptist
church Friday morning at 10
o'clock with the Rev. W. Arthur
(Continued on back page)
STATESCHOOL
HEAD TALKS TO
SENIORS HERE
Largest Class In History
Of School Honored
At Final Exercises
Clyde A. Erwin, state superintendent
of schools, gave the principal
address last Wednesday night when
55 Seniors in the Murphy high
school were graduated bringing to an
end one of the most impressive set
of graduation exercises ever witnessed
here.
A capacity crowd was in attendance
at the auditorium as the
speaker quitely addressed the solemn
seniors on the problems they must
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The valedictory was very ably given
by Miss Anne Hill, daughter, of
Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Hill, of Murphy,
and the salutatory was offered by
Miss Moselle Moore, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Moore, of Murphy.
Both young ladies were highly
complimented and thusly honored
for having received the two highest
grades among their classmen.
ine diplomas were delivered Dy
Continued on page three)
Walter Coleman Wins
10-Day Havana Cruise
A ten-day trip to Havana, Cuba,
with all expenses paid is the reward
given to Walter Coleman, of this
city, for having made a record of
sales of Phileo radios.
Each year the two highest men in
each of the four divisions of the state
are offered these trips by the distributors
of the corporation for their
work.
Pat Qentry Joins W. D.
Townson Funeral Firm
Mr. Pat Gentry, of Copperhill,
who has had many years experience
in the undertaking and embalming
business, is now connected with the
W. D. Townson Fwwral Directors
firm, it was announced this week.
Mr. Gentry is well known, in this
section having many friends and reUtWee
hew.
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Murphy Passes
Lengthy Illness
BOND ELECTION
! WILL BE HELD
, NEXT TUESDAY
Saturday is the last day for registration
in the Cherokee county
bond election scheduled to be held
Tuesday for the purpose of determining
whether or not the citizens
of this county favor the assumption
of township and district bonded
indebtedness of the county.
As pointed out by Mr. Don
Witherspoon, local attorney, and
W. A. Adams, chairman of the
county board of commissioners,
assumption of the indebtedness
would facilitate less expense from
the standpoint of interest costs
and bookkeeping.
Porter Axley, of Murphy, is in
charge of the registration here.
TO EXPLAIN NEW
FARM PROGRAM
QUALIFICATIONS
Urges Farmers To Attend
Important Meetings
In County
"Any farmer wishing: to be eligible
for crop benefit payments under
the new National farm program had
better attend one of a series of
meetings we are holding throughout
Cherokee county next week as the
entire program will be explaind and
the qualifications for drawing payments
will set forth", A. Q. Ketner,
Cherokee county agent, announced
Wednesday.
The meetings are scheduled as
follows. Monday (all hours Eastern
time), Cooper Siding School, 10 a.
m.; Andrews library, 1 p. m.; Marble
'school house, 10 a. m.; Peaehtree
I school house, 1 p. m.
! Tuesday (remaining meetings sche:
duled Central time), Grandview
j school house, 10 a. m.; Martins
j Creek school house, 1 p. m., Unaka
school house, 10 a. m.; Beaverdam
school house 1 p. m.
Wednesday, Bellview school house,
10 a. m.; Walker school house, 1 p.
m.; Culberson, W. A. Nichols store,
t 10 a. m.; Johnson school house, 1
; p. m.
Thursday, Liberty church 10 a.
m.; Postell school house, 10 a. m.,
i Suit school house, 1 p. m.
Foil: school at Brasstown, Saturday.
Mr. Ketner also said that anyone
who wanted to have his appllcatoin
! or work sheets filled out could do
I so at the county agent's office in
: the Murphy court house at any time.
He said there would always be somej
one in the office to handle them.
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MARBLE TO PLAY IN ATLANTA
The Marble baseball team will go
to Atlanta Saturday to play the Warren
company, and the following Saturday
they will meet Buford at the
letter's field, Tom Coggins, manager
of the team said Wednesday. Re.
turn games will be played on the
Marble field with both these teams
at a later date, he said.
The Columbia team defeated Sylva
18 to 10 last Saturday.
MARBLE ELECTS NEW BOARD
The town of Marble elected a new
mayor and board of aldeimen in their
annual municipal election Tuesday.
Those named for office were:
Mayor James H. Bryson and Aldermen
R. L. Anderson, C. C. Barton
and E. A. Mintz.
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rth Carolina, Covering a Large and
rphy, N. C. Thursday, M
e-elected'
GROUPHEADED
BY J. B. GRAY IS
PUT IN OFFICE
Marks Third Successive
Term Present Board
Shall Have Served
The incumbent mayor and board
of aldermen of Murphy were reelected
into office by a near 3?1
majority Tuesday and will grip the
reins of the city's government for a
I period of at least one more year.
The results were:
. For Mayor
J. B. Gray?506.
H. A. Mattox?186.
For Aldermen
C. D. Mayfield?538.
Noah Lovingood?506.
G. W. Ellis?504.
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W. G. Owenby?478.
W. M. Fain?469.
J. A. Richardson?233.
J. W. McMillian?202.
John Axley?196.
Grant Ledford?186.
Frank E. Dickey?182.
I. L. Rice?132.
The voting for town elections was
exceptionally heavy as 486 straight
tickets were dropped in the ballot
boxes.
Preceding the counting of the
ballots the question of the validity of
absentee ballot voting in Murphy
town elections was brought up. Harry
P. Cooper contended they should
I not be permitted in elections here
and Fred Christopher declared they
should.
I In the end they were included in
the totals.
Tuesday marked an unusually big
day in Murphy and it is probable that
the elections had a lot to do with it.
Politics was being talked everywhere
?moreso than in the last dozen
years so far as a town election is concerned.
Several drunks were taker
to the cooler during the day.
I This marks the third successive
' year the incumbent board shall have
j been in charge of the town's affairs.
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vu...rv...g B1VUJ) \v?a 11ill"u uj
only a week before the election*
| were held and ended several weeks of
| attempts to pet a board togethei
that would be strong enough to off
set the popularity the present board
has made with the townfolk.
SALE TO BRING
BEST HEADS OF
5 FARMS HERE
Extension Specialist Ur
ges hivery r armer To
Attend Meeting
The farming element of Cherokee
county has expressed its desire to attend
the first big authentic purebred
Guernsey cattle sale ever held
in Cherokee county at the fair
grounds in Murphy Saturday, and A.
Q. Ketner, county agent, said he expected
more than 1500 farmers from
this section to be present at the
meeting.
L. R Farnham, dairy cattle specialist
from the extension department
of North Carolina, who has
been helping Mr. Ketner promote the
sale for the past several weeks, says
the affair will be more of a picnic
than it will a sale.
Not only will the finest Guernsey
cattle the state can supply be on
sale at a price "well within the reach
of every farmer", but agricultural
specialists will be here to talk cattle
with the farmer and discussions wil)
be held all during the day, Mr. Farnham
said.
(Continued on back page)
:le Sale On
1&roi
Potentially Rich Territory in This Sta
ay 7, 1936 $
To Office 1
Republican Can
County Office
At Conventic
G. O. P. SPEAKER ^
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CLYDE H. JARRETT
SEVERAL NEW
TEACHERS ARE
ELECTED HERE)
Murphy School Board ]
Announces List For
Coming Year
The following1 teachers in the
schools of the .Murphy unit were ^
named for the coming year by the *I
school board at a meeting WednesI
day morning:
i Murphy high: O. W. Doaton, B.
: M. Carroll, Kenneth Wright, Mrs.
1 Emily Davidson, Miss Fannie M.
j Hathcock, Miss Rubye Courtney. '
l Miss Julia Mcintosh, Miss Meredith fl
| Whitaker, Miss Anna Mae Town son ,?
j and Mrs. H. Bueck. Mrs. Bueck was Jj
I not an applicant for the position.
I Elementary school: Mrs. Estelle d
j Mauney Banner, Mrs. Leila Gray Ax- n
j ley, Miss Addie Leatherwood, Mrs. n
I Fannie Mit Case, Miss Emily Sword, ?G
i Miss Dair McCracken, Mrs. T. H. Jtl
j Tatton, Miss Martha Mayfield and j
ivuss ^iara .vicbORiDS. L
Tomotla: Frank Walsh, Miss e
Bertha Mayfield and Miss Leila a
Hayes. * c
Grape Creek: Clarence Hendrix, tl
Miss Bessie Crain and Miss Francis p
Elizabeth Dixon.
Bates Creek: Marcella H. Smith t
and Marinell Williamson. n
Kinsey; Mrs. Richard B. Meroney. c
Tomotla (colored): Lama Ella
Jones.
Members of the school board of
Murphy are: Dr. J. X. Hill, chair-!I
man, H. Bueck, Harve Elkins, Grady
Crawford, Dr. R. S. Parker, Walt
Mouney and T. S. Evans.
C. W. Bailey Visits
In Murphy This Week ,
E
Mr. C. W. Bailey, former publish- n
er of the Scout, now of Waynesville,
was in Murphy during: the past week h
greeting his many old friends in this n
section. J
I Mr. Bailey recently suffered a
j serious accident having received a a
painful injury to his left eye which o
may impair the sight of it later. p
Mr. Bailey returned to Waynes- j<
ville Wednesday where he will resume
his duties on the Mountaineer g
in several-Hays. w
o r:
Mrs. Lyle Martin has returned ti
home after spending several weeks
with her parents, at WestviUe, Okla. t]
She was accompanied home by her tr
sister, Miss Nawassee Dickey, who it
will spend the summer here. tv
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1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
By 3 to 1
ididates For
s Are Named
>n On Monday
Dlyde Jarrett, G. O. P.
Nominee for U. S. Congress,
Gives Talk
The Republicans of Cherokee oouny
renominated most of their presnt
office holders for the principal
ounty offices at the corrt house
donday after Clyde .Tarrctt, Andrews
ittorney and Repntlican nominee for
ho United State* Conpress from the
11th district, pleaded wi:h then to
tick by the Grard Old Rarty prmriples
and predicted Republican victories
in county, state and national
lections this fall.
The nomination* v.t:e as follows:
County chairman?Carl Tow^nn.
Murphy.
Vice chairman- V 7< m Evans.
Murphy.
Reprcsentatixe?Kdviu Hyde. AnIrews.
Sheriff?Zack Ramsey, M ;rpby.
Register of Deeds?R, I . Ktcr.um.
?uit.
Coroner?Dr. Fred L. H?.ibeit,
\ndrews.
Survcyc r?J. H. (Tisp, Murphy
County Commissioners ? W. T.
(Continued on lack page)
TOEY IS HEARD
BY DEMOCRATS
LAST THURSDAY
Speaks On Taxes To
Large Crowd Who
Attend
Taxes in North Ci. i iina acted a?
he keynote for an address by Clyde
!. Hoey. of Shelby .t and hi ate foi
overnor, in the Murphy vouvt house
i.-t Thursday afternoon.
"We have a strange situation toay",
said Mr. Hoey. "We have a
lan who is seeking the Democratic
omination for the high office of
rovemor on a platform of attacking
lie record of the party.
"Ralph McDonald charges that th?*
lemocratic party is machine controll
d and is dominated by corporations
r.d wealth, lie says that Demo
ratic administrations have crippled
he schools and betrayed the pec
le.
"I submit that if these charges are
rue, then the Democratic party if
ot fit to govern North Carolira and
hould be thrown out of power. Hut
Continued on page three)
5RUMBY KNITTING
MILL TO DOUBLE
HELP ON MONDAY
The Brumby Knitting mill, Muvhy
hose manufacturing company,
/ill double its capacity this week,
leau Brumby, the manager of the
frill, states.
About .10 more npror.ne ccill fc*
ired to carry on the increased busiess
and operations of the factory
fonday morning, he said.
Mr. Brumby opened the mil) op
bout a year and i. half ago in tbc
Id Fain plant across from the Murhy
post office and has been enlying
a nice business ever since.
However increased orders and a
reater demand for his products has
arranted a large extension in opitions
and Mr. Brumby will praccally
double his payroll Monday.
It is one of the few businesses in
lis section that, due rto capable
lanagement, has been able to double
s output facilities during the past
ro yeara.