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The Official Organ of Murphy and Cherokee County, and the Leading Newspaper in this Section of Western North Carolina
VOLUME XXXV. No. 49.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1924
Be COPY? $1.50 PER YEAS
WAYNESVILLE DISTRICT CONFERENCE HOLDS
SESSION HERE; BISHOP DENNY IN ATTENDANCE
George TruettComing
WILL BE HERE
AUGUST 10-22 FOR
SERIES MEETINGS
All Murphy is astir making prep
arations for the coming of Dr. Geo.
W. Truett, -world famous preacher,
whose acceptance of an invitation
for a series of sermons here was re
ceived Sunday by telegraphie com
munication from his Dallas, Texas, .
home. Dr. Truett is scheduled to be
here from August 10th to the 22nd,
and during his sojourn will speak
twice daily in the large tabernacle, 1
which is being erected an Cherokee,
Park adjoining the large grandstand,
in the fair building.
The coming of this world renown
ed preacher to the place of his birth
is an event such as this section has
not witnessed in many a year, if ev
er. Dr. Truett i* a native of Clay
County, near here, and has many
school day friends among the inhab
itants of this section who will wel
come him back as a brother. This
entirt section is proud of him, who,
laboring under the severest handi
caps %is youth, has gone forth and
-tttnfccted the plaudits of tie world.
Ok. Truett got his early training
iq a \private school near Hayesville.
Wkw but a youth, what is now Hia
waasee' College, at Hiawassee 6a.,
was established and younrf George
Truett made its first principal, in
which capacit he achieved unusual
?access. In* the meantime his par
ents had moved to Texas and tbe son
followed at the end of the year. Just
about that time Baylor College, now
9?jrlor University, was launching a
campaign for an endowment fond of
$106,000 and young Truett was ask
?d to -*teer the drive. A youth hot
81- years old, he made a speaking
to or at Texas and ?*iatd ther tnon'ey
?and having finished this task,, he en
*tre? the coHoge -as a freshman.
Upon his graduation he was offered
the presidency of his Alma Hater,
but chose rather to accept a call,
which had Just been received, to the
First Baptist Chorch of Dallas,
Texas. He has served this great
cfeprch continuously since that time,
some twraty-five years in alL Under
his ministry the church has had a
continuous growth and even now its
seating capacity is being doubled to
take care of the crowds who flock
to hear him.
Dr. Truett expects to bringl his
wife and daughter here with him,
who will view his native section for
the first time.
Englishmen recently vrattog uiu
dnuUf pronounced Dr. Troett the
W*? *?* preacher in the world. He
oartalnly has no peer In the Southern
Baptist Convention and whenever the
oppei lunit Is offered, ecrple travel
handrads of tnUea to hear hint apeak.
Ik la expected that during hie seriee
ft services her* visitors from a* far
aa A ?h rvflls, Atlanta and Knozville
w? come to bear him. Every rea
sonable effort ia being made to car*
for til* Hi4n?enda that are expected
to father jUre twice daily from the
Inmsadlst* section and town* and cit
ies ta Western North Carolina, North
CMwrgia and East Tenneeaee. A
tabernacle with 4 seating capacity
of 1,090 people is under way, camp
ing grounds wU be opened to the pub
lie, hotda and private bemee are be
ing listed where visitors may* atop.
Ia this way, it is -hoped that the
crowd eei\ %e handled.
Kafpi*? Kco^ats * hsssitf fortun
ate indffd a secvriidr this noted
series services. !
County Summer
School Came To Close
On Last Friday
The county teachers summer
school came to a close last Friday
at noon, the last two days having
been spent in giving the teachers
final examinations oin the work pur
sued during" the term. Fifty-one
1
teachers remained in the school until
the close. All these are teachers or
prospective teachers in Cherokee
Corunty except three. It is possible
that one or two others will not teach.
Forty-seven of the teachers success
fully passed their work, had the
proper credits when they entered
the school and were certified to the
county and state authorities as be
ing elligible for certificates. Four
teachers successfully pa?sed their
work, but did not enter the school
with the proper preliminary training,
but were reconynended for certifi
cates of a lower grade than they
would have otherwise been entitled
to.
Misses Irwin, Marr and Graham
opened the school but after the first
few day 8 Miss Irwin was called away
on account of the illness of her fath
er, and G. L. Howk, principal of the
Franklin public schools, completed
her work. They left Saturday and
Sunday for their respective homes.
Men ? Meeting
Will Be Held Sunday
There will be ameeting of the men
at the Presbyterian Church Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Men of all
the churches and any other who may
care are invited to attend this meet
ing.
Poultry Car To Be
Operated From
Murphy to New York
A movement that promises to be
of inestimable value to thia western
portion of North Carolina was be
gun last week when a car started
put of Murphy, picking up live poul
try on the way to Aaheville, where it
waa attached to a special pbultry
train and carried into New Ylork
and the eastern markets. This car
was operated by the Farmers Fed
eration of Aaheville, a co-operative
association of farmers of Buncombe
and adjoining counties. It is the
plan of the Federation to operate a
ear out of Murphy every two weeks
until after the first of September,
when a car will leave Murphy weekly.
The nest car will load at Murphy
Wednesday afternoon, July 30th,
leaving here Thursday morning at
6:30 a. m., stopping ovsr at Bryson
City Thursday night, arriving at
Aaheville Friday night, from which
point it will be carried direct to the
eastern markets. An expert poultry
feeder Will accompany the car and
look after the poultry on the way,
during which time many pounds can
be added to the fowls.
Carload Of Shuttle
Blocks To Italy
The Hawkins Brothers are this
week shipping a carload of shuttle
blocks- to Italy.'. They recently ship
ped several carloads to England. The
demand (or shuttle blocks ?broad Is
now n eater than at. any time since
the war, they, state* indicating the
textile business Is getting on its feet
tfaia.
FORMAL CALL
ISSUER FOR THE x
SPECIAL SESSION
Governor Will Tour State In BehaP
of Water Commerce Bill If
Submitted to People
Raleigh, July 17. ? Formal call
went out from the Governor^ office
today summoning the legislature in
to special session to consider the re
port of the State Ship and Water
Transportation Commission and to
amend the sinking fund law of the
recent legislature. The Gtovertior in
timated that the importance of eith
er of these measures was sufficient
to warrant the calling of the special
session.
Governor oMrrison brought to tbe
attention of the solons in the call
issuing from his office the fact that
an error was made in the act calling
fk>r a constitutional amendment to
protect the sinking fund of the state.
Two bills providing for the protec
tion of the sinking fund were pre
sented to the last legi?ature and
both passed, said Governor' Morrison
One of these bills provided that no
special tax should be levied for this
fund and the other placed no restric-j
tions on the source from which the
funds for the sinking fund purposes
should be derived. An act intending
to repeal the first bill was introduc
ed, but through an other error, it re
pealed the second, the one which was
intended should be enforced. This
second bill provided that the sink
ing fund could be added to from any
source; it being generally understood
that automobile licenses and gasoline
tax fund would supply the bulk of
tbe sinking fund. The session will
be asked to make this correction and
then the people, at the general elec
tion in November, will be asked to
vote for a constittional amendment I
prohibiting the use of sinking funds
for any other purpose except for
paying ths bonds of the state.
The Governor stated, in connec
tion with his call for the special ses
sion, that if the legislature submit
ted the ship and water transporta
tion proposal to the people he would
take the stump for the measure and
fight before the people for it until
election da/.
Murphy To Meet
Copper hill Friday
Of interest to the people of this
entire section is the announcement
of a schedule of a series of two
gam'es on the local ground between
Oopperhill and the local baseball club
Copperhill has a strong team, so do
the local* and an interesting series
of game* is expected here. There
has always been a keen rivalry be
tween the two clubs and hundreds of
fan* from the surrounding country
are expected here to witness these
games.
Cherokee Mills Ready
To Start This Week
Power was turned on at the Cher
okee Roller Mill* at the new loca
tion near the ice plant Wednesday
afternoon. The milla were moved
from the old location near the L. a
N. Station several weelc^ ago and
installed in a new building on the
Belleview road across Hiawassee
River.
Farmer* of Edgecombe 'ounty pool
ed 8,600 pounds of wool for sal* in
th* recent pool, reports Ccunty agent
Zeno Moor*.
Capt. Robinson
Passed Away On
Last Sunday
Captain J. N. Robinson passed
to the great beyond last Sunday aft
ernoon at 1 o'clock at a ripe old age.
He had been suffering from an at
tack of appoplexy for some months
and for ine past several weeks had
been confined to his room at the Re-]
gal Hotel, where he had made his :
home for the past two years. Simple j
funeral rites were held in the lobby;
of the hotel Monday morning, after '
which the body was carried to a cre
matory in Cincinnati.
Mr. Robinson is survived by two j
children, Mrs. A. J. Brodie, of Cop-'
perhill, and one son of Chicago. He ?
has hosts of friends throughout the
South where he spent most of his ac
tive years in mechanical work.
Melon Cutting
Will Be Held On
Monday The 21st
It has been found best to hold the
watermelon cutting on Valley River ;
Park Monday, July 21st, instead of
the25th, as announced last week. 1
The melons are being donated by i
the W. M. Fain Grocery Company, <
and by holding it on the 21*t the i
melons will be fresher and nicer, j
This will officially mark the open- j
ing of the Valley River Park and |
play ground for this season. Swings j
for the children and seats have been t
placcd in the park for the enjoyment
of those who will visit it not only on |
Monday, but throughout the season.
JURY LIST IS
DRAWN FOR
AUGUST TERM!
Judge J. Bi? Ray Is Scheduled to
Preside at ThU Term ? Both
Criminal and Civil
At a meeting of the County Com
missioners the first Monday in the ,
month a list of .jurors was drawn for ,
the regular August term of c??rt,
which is scheduled to convene herej
on Monday, August 4th, and continue i
for a period of two weeks. This will ]
be both a criminal and civil term.
Judge J. Bis Ray is scheduled bo be
here and preside at this term.'
The following jury has been
drawn:
For the first week: Lee Rice,
Geo. Lovingood, J. E. Kephart, Maj
or Ben Dockery, E. L. Rector, N. A. ,
Quinn, G. W. Candler, G. W. Rog
ers, T. J. King, A.. J. Rose, C. C.
Bailey, Cliff Waldroup, W. L. Mat
theson, Lee Crawford, J. S. Mc- ;
Combs, Clarence Hendrix, Frank Sil- ,
vey, E. W. Bates, J. L. Stanfield, E.
W. Taylor, T. J. Jones, John Rogers,
G. W. Walker, W. A. Savage, A.
McD. Harshaw, W. E. Graham, Sher
man Lather, Henry Gregory, A. K.
Barton, N. W. Abernathy, Eli Sud
derth, Brock Derre berry Sr., S. D.
Morrow, T. J. Sword, W. L. Bruce,
B. A. Hamby.
For the second week the follow- i
ing were drawn: G. G. Phillips. J.',
A. MaUonee, U. S. G. Phillips, T. S. ' ,
Evans, J. R. Simottds, A. D. Taylor, J
L. B. Waldroup, Dow Runt, R. B. i
Ferguson, I. P. Hawkins, Allen Ashe, |
G. G. Burgess, G. W. Hall, 0. C. 1 ,
Payne, C. L. Stiles, E. A. Beaver, H. 1 ;
H. Elliott, Henry Creasman, J. F.jj
Woods, Charlie Whltaker, G. W. ]
Chambers, G. W. McClure, W. A. 1
McClure, W. A. Shields, H. L. Mc
Han. ' ;
SUNDAY SCHOOL
MEETING OPENED
AT ANDREWS
Will Last Through The "1)r With
Night Session ? Meeting With
Baptist Chucrh
The county sunday School conven
tion opened Thursday night with the
Andrews Baptist Church for a two
day session. The convention will
hold two sessions today and an eve
sesaon, when officers for the ensu
ing year will be elected. A repre
sentative crowd was there, mainly
from the surrounding country, but
at the session Friday "it is expected
that delegations from all over the
county will be present. The an
nouncement at the award .of a ban
ner to the Sunday school having the
nvost members present, considering
the distance, is expected to stimulate
attendance today.
Miss Flora Davis, assistant super
intendent of the State Sunday School
Association, and Professor 1 D. W.
Donaldson, director of religious ed
ucation, Washington College1 Insti
tute, are the chief out-of-tbe-county
speakers at the convention. Pastors
of the various churches in' the coun
ty, Sunday school superintendents
and teachers and others interested
in Sunday school work will appear
an the program and be given an op
portunity to take part in the discus
sions.
County Schools To
Open First Monday
In August
According to a decision reached by
bhe County Board of Education and
the county superintendent of schools
a. few days ago, the county schools
will opera this year the first Monday
In August, which is August 4th. In
making this announcement, Superin
tendent Martin stated that it was
customary for the schools to open
around the 20th of July, but it was
found advisable to postpone the op
ening until early August this year.
While August 4tth has been official
ly set as the opening date, Mr. Mar
tin stated that some of the schools
would probably open a week earlier,
which is the 28tth of July.
It is rather warm for school now
and will be for the next six weeks or
ttwo months, but in some of the out
lying sections of the county, espe
cially in some of the deep coves, tfae
winters are rather sever* and pat
rons prefer that school* start early
so that the term may be completed
before the wont of the winter weath
lets in.
Carpenters Start
Work On J. H. Phaup
House Wednesday
The carpentera began work on the
J. H. Phaup houae near the Preaby
terian Church Wednesday. The foun
dation waa laid some month ago but
an account of preaaing work on the
new Methodiat Church the carpen
ter* had to bold up work on thia
houae. All the framing ia on the
ground and the finiahing work b
ready, to that the houae aohuld be
puahed to completion in a abort time.
It will be a brick veneer atructure,
built of a beautiful fluted briek, ani
will be among the very beat home* ia
Murphy when completed.
INTERESTING
3-DAY PROGRAM
CARRIED OUT
With a powerful sermon by Bish
op Collins Denny, of Richmond, Bish
. op of the North and South Carolina
| conferences, in which he stoutly op
j posed the plan of unification of the
northern and southern church,
the Waynesville District Con
ference of the Methodist
Church South came to a close Thurs
day at noon in time for the dele- ?
gates to catch the 12 o'clock train
east. This marked tfie conclusion
of a three days conference here of
the pastors and lay delegates from
the churches in Haywood, Macon,
Jackson, Swain, Clay, Graham and
Cherokee Counties. Besides Bishop
Denny, Z. Parris, presiding Elder of
the Marion Dbtrict and R. M. Court
ney, of Thomas ville, conference mis
sionary secretary, were among the
prominent church officials here from
out of the Waynesville district.
The conference opened here Tuee
da night with Presiding Elder R. S.
Howie, of Waynesville, presiding.
Rev. J. T. Mangum, of the First
Methodist Church of Waynesville, -
occupied the evening hour with ?
romantic story tof the entrance of
Methodist missionaries into the Afri
can field in 1910. His narrative of
how the Mission Board of the Pres
byterian Church invited the Foreign
Mission Board of the M. E. Church
South into that great field; of how
the board was for sfllWHH j Ssn un
able to accept the invitation, and
how finally $25,000 was raised and
a band of missionaries carried 1800
mike into the interior of thsj Afri
can continent, of the hardships and
difficulties they encountered, of the
customs and habits of the natives,
furnished a thrilling story. Follow*
ins this narrative the conference wa?
flormally organized by the election
of David H. Brown, of Webster, as
secretary and the calling of the roll
of delegates.
jne greater portion of Wednes*
day was taken up with reports from
the various churches in the district.
At 10 o'clock Bishop Denny preach- '<
ed a strong sermon in which he
stoutly upheld the Virgin Birth and
defended the scriptures, pointing
out the various attacks that have
been made to destroy the Bible and
its adherents in the early centuries,
and how it has continued to live.
Wednesday morning a resolution
was carried, authorising the district
conference to build a dormitory at
Lake Junaluska for boys and girls
who might wish to live there and
take training for life service work
during the summer.
At the evening session W. M.
Smith, pastor of the Franklin
church, preached the sermon.
Thursday morning the reports of
the churches to the conference wees
Completed, after which Bishop Dm.
ny closed with stimulating message
not only to the delegates bat a large
congregation of townspeople whs
gathered to hear him. Lunch was
served in the basement of the bssn
tiful new Methodist church to the
delegates both on Wednesday and
Thursday by the women of the
church.
Twenty-one of the SB ofcsrges
in the district were represented at
conference by .uegatee. They were
Andrews, Bethel, Bryson City, Can
ton, Cullowhee, Dehrood, Franklin
Station, Franklin Circuit, Tinea
Creek, Hayes ville, Haywood Cirentt,
Hiawaseee, Jonathan, Lake J unslns
ka. Murphy, Murphy Circuit, Bob
bins ville, Sylva, Wajti Seville, Web
ster, and Whittier. Charges with
no delegatee present included (Tien '
ville, Highlands Circuit, Judeon.and
Macon Cirenlt
The following delegates and pN?
tors registered : R. 8. Hawks
Ws^mesviU#; Thos. L McLees, Lata
Junalusks; F. F. Aldridge, Lata
Junaluska; B. K. Whsdden, Joeatb>
an; A. L Ayoock. Canton; ft. W?
Hall, Canton; Otto J. Janes, Sytmf
(CesUssed set gags ?