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VOLUME XXXV. No. 22.
CLAY COUNTY
MAN IS STABBED
TO DEATH JAN. 1
Char'iie Gibby Homicide Which It
Srid lo Ha?e Been in Selfdefense
It became known here the other
day that John !sum, a fainter of
west' rn Clay County, was stabbed to
death with a knife in th?- hands of
Charlie Gibby on New Year's Day,
and Gibby is being hold awaiting
trial ' ?r what is underwood, wiil he
c!ai-: d as justifiable homicide.
T killing, it i reported, resulted
rn a dispute between the two
men ' a contract for the sale of1
acid woods. According to reports
rmiv.a*ine from Clav County. Isom
and Gibby had a dispute on lsom's
land and Gibby trot off hi* property
and started to tret in hi- wagon to
leave when Isom is reported to have
na h d in his pocket as if ;< procure
a pun. At this point, Gibby is said
to have rushed upon him with a knife
and tabbed hint in the abdomen
twice before Isom ehuld bring a
weapon into use Isom is said to
have been armed with a pun. Following
the cutting. Gibbv fled hut
later returned and gave himself up
to officers, it is reported.
Following the cutting. Isom was
carried to his home west of Hayesvi"c
and given medical treatment
but died the foUowing.day. Th?- cutting
ic said to have taken plac. Tues- '
day about noon. Funeral services
wcmc held for Isom on Friday niornir--r.
The deceased man i a native
of Wis.- >? sin. but moved from Alabama
to Flay County about two
years ago. He is survived by his
widow and two small boys.
VESTS.
Mr. T.uther Robinson Is moving
his family to McFarlnnd. Tenn. ^
Mrs. Eiia K.iu cTiIvVUmmCu the!
young folk! with a candy-breaking
Friday night. Those present were j
Mrs. Garland Ha;.cy. Mis es Klsie
Celi? Recce. Minnie Johnson, Julia i
McCombs, Gillie Quinn, Perk. Belie |
and Nellie KeH, Messrs. Hai maker, ,
Allen, Hamby, Nelson. John on,
Reecc. Henry, Raper, Stiles and
Reid.
Miss Elsie Recce has gone to A?bville
to cntorVancc business college.
Mr. Quince Humby of Brown Hill
spout Friday nr-hi with Mr. El'sha
Nelson.
Mr. Bill Dockory. of Knoxville,
Tenn., is visiting: his aunt. Mis. R.
R. Hunsuckt r.
Mr. James Holbrook left for Etc-'
wah Friday where he ha= a position.
Misses Belle. Perle. Reid and Julia i
MeCombs, and Mtssrs Clifton Henry j
and Fred Reid spent Sunday with .
Muses Celia and Elsie Recce.
Mr. Henry Allen of Earner. Tenn-.j1
moved in our neighborhood the past
w< ok.
Henry Beave:s, of Suit, moved to \
Mr. James Holbrook's place in the
past week.
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Tribute to Small
Town Paper
Raleigh.?Speaking recently at s
Washington State Utility Conference
Charles E. Black well, a successful
country merchant, located at Okanogan,
paid a high tribute to the
nail town paper as a nadvertising
medium. He said:
"There many line- of publieity
that the country store can use
ti. advantage, but on:- he can ust
paper. I vt nture to say that if the
to best advontag is his home-towr
money spent each year fori fancj
calendars and other knick-knack give
a ways were invest d?I say invested,
not spent or donated?in careful
ly planned newspaper publicity, the
actual net returns to th?* advertise]
would be ten times as great, to saj
nothing of the advantage the malltown
paper would derive from the
additional and much needed rovenuee."
Bearpaw Citizen Dies
D :es Of Injuries
Mr. Millard John-on, son of Mr
and Mrs. W. L. Johnson, of Bearpaw.
died at Ashevilie Saturday
morning. D? eember 22nd. of injuries
r? wtiiio omployi'd by the Black
Lumber Co. He wn- rushed to an
Asheville ho-pital 'allowing the iniu
y where he underwent an opera ion
in an effort to save his life,
hut the injury proved fatal, he having
died shortly after the operation.
The remains of Mr. Johnson were
brought to the home of his parents
and interment made in the Bearpaw
cemetery on Monday, December 24,
Rev. Klisha Beavers having conducted
the funeral and burial servicis.
Mr. Johnson leaves a father and
mother, one si-ter four brothers,
and a host of relatives and friend*
to mourn hi* departure.
He was well known and highly eshome
community.
He ha.- left this world forever.
For that brighter, better lamf.
He is singing songs of goodness.
On that peaceful, golden strand.
JS'ever more will he be tempted.
Tears no more will fill his eyes.
In the lam! of endless morning.
Where eternal praise shall ri-e.
With the ones who went before him
He is sweetly resting now.
With the erown of life and glory,
Briphtly shiring on his brow.
A FRIKN'D.
HOTHOUSE.
? The young folks have enjoyed
three singings last week, fir-t at T.
H. Cole's, second at Mrs. Curtiss',
tnd third at T. T. Johnson's. Hope
ne\ win mjir again soon.
John Newman and T. H. Colee
nade a trip to Isabella Saturday.
Homer Gnddis, Ernest Johnson
ind Ida Lou Cole will enter school
tgain Monday after spending the
tolidnys at home.
Allie Johnson went back to school
it Morganton Sunday after spending
he holidays with home folks.
Mr. J. M. Payne went to Etowah,
renn., Saturday to visit his mother
vho is very ill.
Mrs. I. N. Payne and boys visited
r. H. Cole's family last Sunday.
Rev. J. L. Morrow went to Geor;ia
Sunday morning to fill his ap>ointmcnt.
Lestc* Cole and Alonzo Gaddis
pent Sunday evening in this com
nurdly.
Glenn Cole entered ?chool at Cop>erhill
the. first of the year.
Mr. C. M. Johnson and daughter,
Myrtle, of Gaatonia. were visiting
elatives and friends here last week.
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;rokee County, and the
MURPHY, NORTH CARC
THE REVOLUT
Rebel troops are pictured above
Ohregon is now seeking to retain
troops against the icbels supporting
INDIAN LANDS
BEING SURVEYED
BY GOVERNMENT
Will EtUhiih the Chim of F.attcrn
Cherokee* to Londs on Hangingdog
Creek
A party of engineers arrived here
Tuesday to survey out and establish
the lines and claim* of thi Eastern
Hand of the Cherokee Indians tu
certain lands granted tlirni in 1868,
lying in the Ilangingdog section of
| this county. In the party were C. Z.
Denton. Government Surveyor, l>.
T. Smith. Cherokee, N. C.. and Sibhald
Smith of Whittier. This party
is working in co-operation with Pro
f ess or J. K. Henderson, Indian Agent,
of Cherokee, N. C.
The iands which Lucy will survey
were donated to the Indians many
years ago, and is known as the Hen
son donation. The Indians secured
judgment against the lands on December
21, 1S68, at which time they
| also established title to large tracts
in Jackson, Graham and Swain
[C i nibs. :i foi'r counties. th?? iiuio
mcnt covered about 70,000 acres.
Since 1016, the agent for the Indians
and this party of engineers
! have been busy surveying out the
lands for the Indians and re-establishing
their claims to them. According
to Sibbald Smith, head of
J the party, in many case? it has been
found that residents have settled upon
the Indian lands and have claimed
title to they, in many cases, establishing
sufficient claim to secure
a quit claim deed and then transferring
the lands under warranty.
"This has resulted in many law
suits, but," said Mr. Smith, "in all
this time not a single suit hus been
tost, but this work was begun about
thirty or thirty-five years too late."
It is his opinion that if former agents
had started the work a long
time ago that many law cuits and
much searching of the court records
could have been avoided. It is expected
that the work in this county
will require about thirty days.
George Townion
Badly Burned
George Town 'on is suffering with
severe bui*s on the face as a result
of the ij;n?ti< n of alcoholic vapors in
the radiator of bis car. Alcohol had
been placed i nthe radiator to prevent
freezing and Monday evening
about seven o'clock George removed
the cap to put some water in the
car and the vapours were ignited by
the coal of a cigar which he was
smoking. His face was badly burn|
ed but It ia not believed that his eyes
were injured.
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>LINA FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 192;
ION IN MEXICO
engraining (or the scene of action,
hi I power and Ls leading his loyal
De La Huerala.
1 Dr. E. E. Adams
To Practice Here
Edward F. Adams. M. P., hns returned
to Murphy and will begin the
! general practice of medicine with
Ihis father, Dr. N. B. Adams, according
to announcement made the other
day. Vt>ung Dr. Adams has just
completed his internship in the
Knowille G? neral Hospital, where
he has been for the past six months.
He graduated last June from the
44ffuraon Medical College of Philadelphia
and successfully passed the
^examinations o fthe State Board of
(Medical Examiners and obtained li,
cense for the nractice of medicine
! in North Carolina. Before going to
Jefferson Medical College, Dr. Adams
graduated from Wako Forest
College. He is also a graduate of
the Murphy High School.
Young Adams is will known
throughout this section, his father
having practiced medicine here for
the last fifteen years and the peo-J
I pie will be gland to welcome him
j '.nick to engage in his profession.
POSTELL.
Mrs. Mary Stiles has been on the
sick list for several clays but is re
^ ported to be some better at this writing.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Thompson has been very ill
t'or the past week.
Mr. and .Vlrs. S. Y. Allen visited (
Mr. Bill Stiles and family Tuesday.,
Mr Dolphin Sandars and little son .
spent Sunday night with E. II. Allen'
and family.
Mr. Hall, the lumber man of Suit
N. C. spent friday night with John
Maren also visited Mcll Freeman and
family Sunday afternoon.
Andrew Thompson returned to his
work at Ducktown Monday after
spending a few days with his family
at Portell . He is planning to move
from here in a short time.
Mrs. Dulia Suit was a caller at
C. L. Stiles and G. W. James Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Lyda Crane returned to her
home last week and reported that
her daughter. Mrs. Hambry was much
k??t I nr
Tom Allen of Etowah has been j
visiting friends and relatives on
Shoal Creek, also at Ducktown. We
would be glad for him to stay in our
midst.
Our sheriff, John Mason, had a
race after his prisoner up Gamley
Mountain, but failed tol catch him.
Jim Johnson has purchased a fine
pony and is now out horseback riding
every day.
Ernest Allen ha-? returned to his
school at Farner, after spending the
holidays with home folks'.
A little child of Mr. and Mrs.
White was buried at Shoal Creek on
New Year's Day.
Charlie Hickman made a business j
trip to Floyd's Reid's Chapel Sat- i
urday.
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Statement From Agent
Clay County
As County Agent of C!av County
I am interested in the dormant spray
for fruit. All the farmer In the
county that are interest-.'d in growing
fruit and want to obtain the
dormant spray, should get in touch
with me and we can pun hast our
Lime Su.'phur Spray co-operatively,
thereby saving all concerned i . ?nev.
There are two kinds c-f spray, a
winter spray which is one gollon oi
. . i. ..? i laivr iiiiu 7Uli>IIUl I ? IIin?gallons
of water. This put on with
a good spray pump will give good
results as a prtvenative again-t pa?*i-itic
insects and fungus. This would
: t do as a summer spray, for it
would burn the foliage of trees.
As county agent it is my desire to
get acquainted with each of you.
In Huyesville and out over the county
when you pass stop and introduce
yourself and I will appreciate it. I.
will be no trouble to di tinguish mc
from some traveer passing through
your county, for when you see a
long, tall, slim, six foot guy. ugly
and hard-looking. and g nerally
wearing a smile?that is Anderson,
the County Agent.
Cheese Factories of
Western N. Carolina
Can't Supply Demand
By W. A. Graham, Agent in Dairying
I am often asked this question:
What about the chce-e industry In
North Carolina; in a way 1 don't
hear much about it?
It is true, that those engaged In
the business of producing milk for
cheese factories have not advertised
very much. In fact, they have not
had time for they have been too busy
producing cheese, the consumption
of which has increased considerably
greater than that which they have
hoc n able to produce. The demand
for Mvrtb Carolina cheese is increasing
rapidly, but the production I
not keeping pace with the consumption.
Walk into any grocery store in
,<>-ui ivnu ?ii?? you sci- i-ni't'si' on
the counter Ask the groct ryman
where this cheese conies from, and
in most cases he will tell you from
the north or west. Ask him why he
doesn't buy North Carolina cheese
and more than likely his reply will
be, I can't get it when I want it.
Did you even stop to think that
where all the cheese corais from that
you see in the groceries and market-?
I)iil you know that che< se is made
in factories, from cow's ir.iik produced
on some farm? Did you ever
stop to think that some farmer somewhere
has received money ft/ milk
that made this cheese. Did you
know that a few farmers in your
state and county are making cheese
and that they are petting a market
at the cheese factory for their milk.
Last year over 2,000,000 popnd* of
cheese were shipped into our state
from the north and west, because we
were not able to produce enough to
supply the demand.
Now, lots of farmers think that
there is not much to the dairy business;
that it is a small proposition
anyway. This man should have some
information to place him in the proper
light. The dairy industry is one
of the biggest in the United States.
Last year the value of dairy products
was over $2,000,000,000. If
there isn't anything to selling milk
to a cheese factory, then why is it,
thai you are able to buy cheese at
the store. Some one has to produce
the milk and sell it at the cheese facto
ry before you can get the cheese.,
ii u is not a promaoie ou-mess tntn
why are there over 2,000 cheese factories
in Wisconsin today? If there
is no money in dairying, then why
are the farmers of the north and west
seHing milk to cheese factories?
Why have they been in the business
for years and why do they continue
so? Because the cheese factory pays
cash for milk and they are able to
ship their products to the south, the
best market in the country for
cheese. If the farmers of the north
and west are able to produce cheese,
ship it to the south and continue to
prosper in the business, what can
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VEAL GROWER'S
1 ASSOCIATION NOW
BEING ORGANIZED
' County Agent Ellis Trying to Make
Cattle R * sing Profitable in
Cherokee
Following a riveting of farmers
in the court hou-c here Monday at
which County Agent H. H. Ellis presided
and furnished data hearing on
tin cattle situation i nthis county.
,'iiiun arc now maturing ior tne organization
of a Veal Calf Produces
: i;*i Shippers Association in Chcro!; ,
C!ny an<l neighboring counties.
An organization committee composed
< ;' K. It. Br a . Forrest Wells, J. H.
Hampton, J. \Y. Dyer and H. B. Elliott
are now at work in co-operation
with the county agent securing
pic dues of membership in the association
and as soon as a sufficient
number of farmers have signed the
rticles of agreement between the
association and the producer, the
permanent organization will be perfccted.
At the mass meeting Monday
morning at t? n o'clock the farmers
showed interest in the proposed
association and everyone present Indicated
his willingness to align himself
with the association.
The plan of operation will be to
pledge f irmcrs to sell their calves
through the association so that they
can be marketed in quantity in the
northern markets as veal calves,
which will bring as much as the ordinary
yearling or two year old under
the present plan of cattle raising
in this and many other sections.
"Veal calves are not hard to produce."
Mr. Ellis told the mass meeting
of farmers, "and in from four to
eight weeks a calf can be marketed
through the associations as vea! for
from ten to twenty dollars, which Is
as much as ttmfty tree 'year old ?niI
mnls now bring. The beauty about
the veal calf business," continued
the county agent, "is that it enables
the farmer to turn his calves into
; money without having to keep them
one or two years and then sell them
at a few cents pi r pound and, in
I most cases, at actual loss."
It was explained that the calves
i of scrub cattle would bring approximately
as good a price as those of
grade or purebred cattle, the only
j difference bting that the scrub ant
] mals would not produce us many
i pounds in the same length of time
, as would the calves of better cattle.
The veal calf association would,
therefore, tend to automatically increase
the grade of cattle produced,
for the reason that no farmer would
keep a calf that he could get from
I1 fifteen to twenty dollars for at eight
weeks old and sell that same calf at
two years old for $25.00 or $30.00.
, Under this plan, it will pay the farm|
ere only to keep the best of their
i calves for it is only the high grade
I cow that will bring a price that would
1 justify her feed during the time it
would take to bring her from the
veal stage to maturity.
The association will sl?ip calves
from four to eight weeks old tQ the
northern markets where they will
bring from ion to fifteen cents
per pound, whereas now they are being
sold locally for about two dollars.
Ii will cost hut little, if any
| more to put them in condition for
I veal. To prepare them for the veal
market, they are fed only on mlk and
j kept in a dark stall, explained the
; county agent, who has just returned
I from some of the northern markets
i where he investigated the situation.
He is assured that the association
will be a great benefit to the farnv
! era and is expecting to have a membership
of five hundred or more
I farmers in a short time.
HONOR ROLL FOR DECEMBER
OF WALKER SCHOOL, RANGER
First Grade: Fay Akin, Willie
: Johnson. Charles Garland.
Second Grade: Howard Fox.
Tl$rd Grade: Frank Davidson,
Johnny Johnson, Floyd Flowers,
Chrystal Kissel burg, and Ruth Garland.
Fourth Grade: Bessie Fox, Hattie
Davidson, Edna Fox, Mattie Fox.
Fifth Grade: Gay Davidson,
i Sixth Grade: Gigina Evans, Mae
Davidson, Evelyn Akin.
I Seventh Grade: Beatrice Fox and
Mattie Bell Johnson.