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!' tr rr ?n-t in | the scout i it s because we didnt j know it | ^,s->+-:-;-:-c-:-!->-x-:-:-:-x^!-{-x->-:-x-* The Official Org? VOLUME UNION MEETING CLOSED HERE ON SUNDAY NIGHT Wu Most Succe?*ful Ever Held Here?Three-fourth# of 'the People Reached With the pulling down of the tent "Tuesday, the lnrt outward sij^n of r the biir evnnjreliatical meeting held htn( by Thurston B. Price disappwri'J, but planted deep in the hearth df the pedpfe were the seeds >f n new community life ami a difJ( rent town. ' Conddmd from every peint of view, the meeting: was undoubtedly the most successful ever d hertt There havi been other successful revivals held here, but r. t on large a scale a* this one. Folly three-fourths of the population of the town was reached during .Jjn three week* stiy o?.the Evangelist. The nnnting got off t0 a poor c'nrt on the 16tj, ol) July because of the late arrival of thg j,ent under which services were to be held ant! rain during th. first tlirfe days and 11 the second and tMrdaundaya of if th?> meeting greatly hindered it. In spite of the handicaps. however, the crowd continued to gitow until fh< last night. Mr. Pric# had a massage that ail wire interested in. He lft)kedj straight from the shoulder. He was outepoken his denunciation of evil and of indifference. His m est aires was presented in a logical and reasoning way and when he had finishid there was little to bfc said. His appeal was direct and on the ground I reason and logic. The emotions, were touched on as little as possible. Hi- methods were different, hut effective. During the meeting there wre convc rts and as a result tome -?will ho added- to the churches in the near future. All church mcrilh^T* weVe ? rum* s;asin for Chri-t and the Kingdom. Mr. Price and his singer, Mr. Moorman, left here Monday for their homes. Mr. l'rict. will attend some conferences at Lake Junaluska. He will open a meeting at Andrews on, September 2nd. PM. R. F. CROOKS IS COMMENDED BY TREASURY DEPT. Sale of Treasury Cerificates Piu Fifty-Seven Thousand Mark; v, $ 15,000 Waa Quota The n.tnte of Postmaster R. F. CrouJia will appear on the "Honor Roll" of postmasters of the* Fifth Federal Reserve District t<> bo sent to Washington, D. C., as jjwmark of distinciton and merit for excellency in sales of Treasury Savings Certificates durteg the present year. I The quota of $15,000, assigned the Murphy, N. C., office for twelve months, was reached and passed by this post office before July 1st, thus assuring a place of distinction among * miliar class offices of this state and This postoffice reported sides or these .aftf&jg# certificates fto yhe ami|??|f juf. $&T?^75.00 for the first half ?f the ehUndar year. ( When it is retailed that, the limit of\ purchase for pne V^<>n during a single t alendjo*'yaar 'is $5,000, the record made bftttp postmaster and his associates is highly-commendable. CUBUuetiting on -the attainment of thW'jbsUfBce, the postmaster said: ' 'Wf co-op?**uon with the program wflSIp gorinuhent wrtngtl nystom, ? i*ud^ ^ts te . it* purpose .the encoJj|*^#|6r otlthrift aud,,^ pr?r ' the'^idividuat,^ Umi^d ^ -*ten^ ^i^essfyj. ^ The c t that the new i - ........ : in of Murphy and Chen n -?t i ti? r - - ?i to suspend all || business in honor1! of president! County to Hold Mooting in Court House?Mayor Issues Proc. lomotion - - ew j; In compliance with tho request of th* new President, Calrin H. Coot* idgc, end Governor M ?rrtsoii, and eiit of respect fdf 0>e Nation's dead hieftan, all business In ' the county is expected to be u jh tided for one hotif Friday afternoon from 1 to 2 o'clock, that the people may come tog "her and acknowledge their submission tt> the w.ll of Goa and pay their homage ???i love , to tho late Warren CI. Harding- who wm i>e ima to rest in the tarruiy, I burying ground of the Huntings Ittt Marion, Ohio, Friday afternoon. Mnyt>r \\\ M. Fain has iuucd a proclamation calling ' on all ftii*rnc** ? houses in Murphy to clost from one' to two o'clock Friday uftcrnoo,, and I a cmmittee >f fiftv froth *tho various' townships of the county haA been appointed to draft resolutions to present to the meeting in the.court, l.?.use. The meeting of the p?l?ple from all over the county will he, held in tin -court room as court will be adjourned for the afternoon. It ,is i xTVecie 1 that hundreds \ ?f peo* pie." from t.vtry township wiH l?c pre* ent to pay their respect to the d? an! president. Women and children are j i specially urged to come. Besides the adoption of suitably resolutions, there will be a few >h??rt talks ex. ojlling the virtues uf the President :in<! deploring his untimely! end. Tha , committee from the various town- j '-ships is as follows: Murphy Township. K. B. Norvell, W. M. Axley, D. Witherspoon, W. iM. Bryant. I>. Mallone*. A B. Dickey. .1. H. MeCnll. Rev. Gay t ALoody, X. A. Dockery. E. E. Davis, and W. P. Odom; Valleytown Town- 1 ship: D. H. Tillitt. C. H. Jarrctt, Percy B. Ferrebee, X. W. Abornathy D. S. Russell. T. J. Bristol, J. M. Kilpatrick, and J. F. Palmer; Xotla , ' Township: John (Shields, U. S. Nicht ols, O, C. Anderson, Arthur Evans, and Thomas Evans; Hothouse Townhip: Alfred Rice. A. L. Tippett, T. I t iui. tr i t vi Moore and J. R. Hyatt; BcaverdAm Township: U. S. G. Phillips. G. W. Hall. G. J. Crow. W. L McNabb, Elbert Bate;*, 5. W. Shackelford." B. B. Morrow, and J. U. Brown; Shoal | Creek Township: R. L. Keenum. E-, | A. Anderson. W. F. Hill, W. L. Mc- 1 I Nahb, Tom Elrod. Julius Reed, Lon . Raper, H. A. Crisp, A. M. Simonds. SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION HERE THIS WEEK! The regular August term of the superior court opened Monday morning with Judge T. D. Bryson pre, siding. Thin is a two weeks term of. ; court, the criminal casrs coming up for trial this week and the civil cas- ] f* np*t week. Thus far several cases flor violating the prohibition laws have come up, one for larceny and late Wednesday afternoon ithe Judge finished his charge to the jury j : in the case of Patton Taylor, chargj ed with the killing1 of Wes McDon; aid about four yearn ago. The court expects to adjourn Thursday and through Friday in re, spect to President Harding. i ? G?k>rge Towiuon Gets Arm Broken ' Wednesday afternoon, about 3 ] o'clock, Mr. George Townaoa had j the hiafortune tio get his arm broken , when the steering wheel on the truck he was driving, came off and the , ^ t|ot thoujrht^fiat Mr. Towhson \cd?i \ , injured otherwise. f ] ; - pJt i f m ... $ | ' theft inAs? faiflfcttl-e '^to**Mfcny pi&V pie. While our post office has al- 1 - -ready sold^^^^uou for the yemr, I s Cfjero okee County, and the Le MURPHY, NORTH CARO A Nation Mou Pxociamatio May GOD in his infinite wisdom has H iefn fit to remove from this v Mrth ' Warren Gamtlial P Harding, president of these Unit- h ed States of America, in whose c passing this Notion has lost its tl first citizen and guiding Jtsnd and U the people a wise and unfoersalljr f loved leader, who has ever had o their 'interests at heart; and the a world has had taken 'rom It a cit- tl izen and public official whose pri- p vate life has bee*^ just, honorable * and upright and whose footsteps k hajyjbeen in the path of the Savior t? uMKkotn his spirit has taksn its s Aighf d Since an times of great public d calamity and distresd like th? present it is fitting that the people u should be drawn .doser together o and display a more brotherly spir? P it toward ene another and assumo 1 a \non* humble attitude Mo ward God and give public ezpresston to MURPHY PEOPLE F ENJOY F1 ILL DAY'S S PROGRAM FRIDAY Revival Services, Opening of Public ' Park and Orphans Concert Crowded in ton Day Murphy's cup surely ran over last v Friday More was crowded into the twelve hoars, of an Uplifting and u inspiring nature, than ever before ^ in this little city's history in the same length of time. A fine spirit! of co- e orperatfon prevails among the peopie and that spirit was shown that ^ lay. Two religious services of an a especially uplifting) nature, an of- a ficial opening of a children's play- Cl ground and park, and an enjoyable n lay by the children from the Odd tj pelfom Hooni ful^ . ftmm fl>r town. ttp?cially nht. itOoVofction f?r- ( l|?t rif .-Wtat happffcrd jf?re pfogtf** touched in some way or other the lire? of practjpally amr person^** >. i; special service for elderly people war ij held by -Evangelist Thurston B. Price tl "M?1 *h| hiy tedp'UII mffh street, c W^raAjt#f VH I*. a 4 feee ? ad iog Newspaper in t LIN A, FRIDAY AUGUST 10, lt>23 rns Its Chief | II i! ^SS^^l ^p^Qv^ y \ ?rt By The ror . lit past Roodnru to us and inoke his continual blessings, iowt therefore, I, W. W. Fain, layor of the Town of Murphy, all upon and urgently roquest he people of Murphy to cease aft sbor sad close all business houses or one hour between the hours f one and two o'clock Friday tternoon and come together in ft*? rounli murl knuir in Mtir. by and bow in auhminnion to the rill of Almighty God and to acnowledge His divine power, and y pay homage and love and roped io the memory of oor late ceaased and much beloved 1>resient. In witnoas whereof I have hereunto get spy Upd and affixed the fficial seal of the Town of Murky, this the 7th day of August, 923. (Siined) W. M. PAIN, ... Mayor of the Town of Murphy.. tEV. STANBERRY HOLDING REVIVAL >J AT HA YES VILLE j eoplw Attending From All Part* of thn County; Many Additions To The Church HAYES VILLE, Aug. 6.?The reival meeting bein^ conducted here y Rev. Harve Stanberry turns into ic third week today. Already this as beet1 the greatest meeting held in le history of Clay County and it is xpccted that much mfcre good will is accomplished during the rremalnar. of this meeting. Great crowds re coming from all over the county< nd from near portions of adjoin--L ounties. ) Already there have been , early 100 professions and some ling like 50 additions to the church. XfllMiSIONERS HOLD MEETING <S^IRST OF WEEK The Board of County Commlaaiorrs met in regular session this'Week i the court house and transacted tie regular routine business of the ountyg. yh as auditing claims, iome ^ station was glv*n r to for the Pair. SStiB. X a ? ?tOBt 1 his Section of Western 7~~ ; ti ; i T! 7 ?r, . ..... .. .. .. - y .. LAST SAD RITES ]IV BEING PAID TO NATION'S CHIEF State Kyncral Held Wednesday St Remains to be Laid Away Friday in Marion Th'j ?*ade?t ebrfcir.ony since 1001,. when the nation and Lhc Kvorl'i G< mourned the detttl* ol i'itoc?di-ul ALc- . ri Kinlev, was held i:i Washington co Wednesday for Warren G. Harding', Ri late President <rf the United States se Wf bu uutfc' i ^te aft attack of >tj Iwnn,.hin1 kh'.iu>iA?lt t. Kj- ttrt Hotel. <.f San Ftanci-<o. Thursday1 it evening. .August v 2. abodt 7:30J.vj o'clock. Mr. Harding and party of vt slate officials friends hail hee?rt' CI on n 10.000 miles tour o fthe eoua- i Ui try and had completed the first lap th of Hie Journey* through the West and 1 Alaska and were going down the f**1-. hi cific Coast, when the fatal attack I' compelled him to call off the re- ht maindcr of the trip. For several u? days his condition Was considered | tl sertbus, but ot^'thP fifth day he was' a* thought out of danirer. when sudden- ti lv a stroke of .arpupb ^ brought his ri earthly career a (^loSe.^ For five days the) special train, 1 bearing the body of the <fbad Pros'.?* o dent, sped across the continent,] s< reaching Washngtdn Tuesday night. n Escorted by a military guard, cabl-H f( net offieer^ supreme court* Justice**, a foreign diplomatsrsenator? and reprc c sentatives and1, others, the caricrt was a borne to the White House where it p remained until 10 o'clock Wednesday*^ morning, when it was borne to the | rotunda of tht. Capitol, where fun- , h era! services, whicH were conducted p by Dr. A- Freenujjj Ander?*>n, pas- 1 tor of the Cavalry Baptist Church, h "assisted by Dr. James Sherra -Mom> ^ t '"gomery, eti6f>laift of rhd "Hc>Use rrf s -Representatives, -i ntho presence of?^ fcOO relatives and friends and high j state d^ficials. From 11 to .r? p. m.. t the body lay in State in the Capitol l* building while the crowd, estimated 11 at from 200.O00 to .'00,000, filed by v 'the casket and paid Ihcir last re-' r spects to the den<f chief executor. ,? Late Weciotvdav Afturrwvm tht> funeral train started on its last sad I journey to Marion, Ohio, where hi* fellow townsmen will receive the if*j dead and, pay their respects to hi." remains. Simple services, Kvithout. pomp or splendor will be held Over J'j the body of the dead President Fri- d day afternoon, after which it will be li interred in the soil of his native 1 e State, in the Ohio Cemetery. ( s Burinpr the ceremony, business ov- ' li cr the entire country will come to a <1 hah out of respect to the Nation's' a dead chief. w tl Expect Vacancy In r, Marble Po?t Office J* h The United States* Civil Scrvica },, Commission has announced ai| examination to be held at Murphy on n August 18; 1(.?28, as a resolt of,;? which it is expected- to-roak^ o?rtif: ?! ication to fill a contemplated vacancy in the position of fourtHWass post J; master at garble and other vacancies as they may occur at that office, unless it shall be decided Jn the interests of the service to fill ? any vacancy by reinstatement. The M compensation \>f the po3tmaster at ?i this post office was ?780 for the last ^ r- i I fiscal year. . ^ ! Applicants must have reached j their twenty-first' birthday on the st date ofl the examination. . .Wpnwv are declared to be at full age for all ^ purposes at eighteen years, women, , pi eighteen years of age on the date of I the examination will be admitted. ' Applicants must reside within the V territory supplied by the Marble post office. The examination is; open to all citizens of the United States who can comply with the reauiremems. p Application blanks, Farm 1753. ^ and full information concerning the requirements of the (examination, can be secured front the postmaster tl at Marble or from- the TJnited States n Cieil1 ;?errice Commission, 'Washing- tl ton, D. C. , 7 n . -Application4 should be properly h executed and filed with th? CorrynJs- e sion ?t. Washington, Ik C., at the b earliest practical dat{, o oioioooo'onobOHoliriinc ADyERTl*^' I THE SCO ifV X fIT WILL MWifcE'X L you r i c tir', ; v* X ~. ^ .'^ ^ C '. C C ^ l 3 " 3 * ! fj|CNTl<l>>t> 0 "J 0 North Cartolim 91.69 A YEAR INADRafcC* " n *r? lORE DETAILED SURVEY OF RfVER IS BEING MADE re*m Capable of Developing Half jlfion Horic Powerw-WiJI Publiih Data"', .v Engineers of thf":'N irfh Carolina ,..i * " ? - ? twiuK.viH u?u avotjfjtnartoday uJkk? a tii'ive Impiety survey of the - Biawasseo ver and its tributur ;. s:Jn order to cHTo detailed information us to tHe irage'possibilities Jqf the fiver and 2* 35 - )*!-.. for dcvelonnienv." A f&bipna bianco rvejr Was made bv thfl State Sur y last year of all thdfttreams in herokee and Clay Counties jandes le co-operatiw. arrange trim t with tc county offcials. "A? the data then gathered w&3 L'ing compiled and. studied." saul rofessor Thcrndike ^ SaviUe, who pads the investigating? party, "it itcaiua moife and Sn?re Apparent tat the river could be '* developed as uTiit." * T? was. 'therCTorc, decided ? make a complete survey- of the ivcr from the Tennessee I to the cuj^fe state lines." Last year ctontour lines were run n either side Gf the liver and across actions of wt^l defined dgm sites lade, but from this data it has been Dund difficult to arrive at -the storge capacity of basins along the rivr w "itlianything like accuracy on ccount of the irregularity of the toography. Therefore, Additional ontouj lines, will be. run. ! As soon as this field data in oolpcted it wil he compiled and a comrehensivor report bf the river pubished, which will present Ji comprefcilSiVe' plan for the development of he river. It is- estimated- that that ection of the nt-er in Cherokee and *)ay, Counties capable <$f developng a hail" million horsepower of eletf rical energy. It is, therefore, ong >/ the. largest undeveloped rtreafs n the country and its development rill make this one of the richest and nost pnospercus sections- of th?? Jtates. kittle Graham County Child Is Drowned Deputy "Sheriff W'ill Jtamsey has ust brought word here of the rowning in the Tennessee River th? alter port of. the week- of a little ight year old Millsaps girl. just inidc the Graham County! line. The fttle child was found floating own the river by Mr. Ramsey hd his two hr>\'s R. M.I and Fr?nk, hile w ?re fishing, just over te line >n Swain County. A short time ftftef thi*. ch'ld was Mind, relatives cam0 do\rn the river >oking for it. It was jnot learned owhow the child vame * to lose its fe. It was found in le? than an our after' the accident.! Mr. Ramsey and his two sons early all the week fishing in the 'enoessee-Rwer ncar Fontana. They sport catching over 200 pounds of sh: j Veacln'ng Sunday At Presbyterian Church Rev R. C_ Wilkon Jr., of Mconnelsyifle, S. C., wiH arrive in !urphy Friday night, oi this week ad will preacjj at the Fresbyterian hurch on next Sabbath/ August 12, t eleven o'clock, a. m., and 7:30 p. u : All merr>b*ra Of this ; church are rongly urged, and the general pubc are^ cordial) y_ invited* to attend ieoe services. Mr. Wgsion comes ighly recommended las 4n able pufliteer and a most agreeable speaker. Cherokee Company I Widen* Railroad The Cherokee Company, which is re paring to. operat* the property )rmerly owned hy the Boone Fork (anufacturing ?bitfpany,* completed lis week the -widening of thd radioed from Murphy-out to X)aVfe stor# tiis week. It was a narrow gauge oad. The road is being extended on ltn the mountains and iu is expect* d that the first body of timber wth 1 e reached so that)the milf can begin 1 peraliona by early faiU > 1 M
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