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fourth number
lyceum course
here on 25th
' Zedclcr Has Strong Organization ?
Will Probably be Best of
the Series
The fourth number of the Lyceum
course will be given here on the 25th
of January, according to announcement
recently coming to the secretary
of the local committee of guaiantors
fro mthe Birmingham office j
f the Redpath Lyceum Bureau. Beyond
a doubt this will be the best
thp course of five numbers con
tracted for tlie winter scasort for
the benefit of the mu-ic loving public
of Murphy. The Zedeler Symphonic
Quintet is the name of the
organization that will put on this
number. It is composed of talented
artist?, several of whom are recognized
as masters in their fields by the
be>t inform*d music critics. Mr.
Zedeler, manager of the compan>,
was for many years soloist with the
Stockholm (Sweden) Symphony Orchestra,
first violinist, was formerly
com?rt master of the Chicago Civic
Orchestra; Norbeit Klein, violinist,
is a graduate of the Ithica College;
Mrs. Myriam Hviand Zedeler, piano
student of Walter Spry, possesses!
remarkable ability in ensemble work;
and Helen Portune, organist, is also;
a dramatic soprano of recognized !
ability, according to advance reports
about the organization.
This concert will be given in the
School Auditorium. Three numbers
have preceded it, one during eacn
of the three months just preceding
the Christmas holidays, and a last
number will be given the latter part
of February.
Holders of season tickets should
make their reservations at J. W. Davidson's
store and those desiring to
purihase tickets at the same place
evening of th concrt, in ordr to be
assured of good seat*. Undoubtedly
a larger crowd will htnr this number
than any of the preceding ones.
DAY OF PRAYER MURPHY
BAPTIST CHURCH, SUNDAY
JANUARY 20, 1924
Lunch will be served by the women
of the church at noon and all members
and friends are most cordially
invited to spend the day at the
church. The special object of the
day of prayer is for a deepening of
the spiritual life of the people and
for the work of the church this
year. T. L. SASSER, Pastor.
GRAPE CREEK.
Mr. Tom McClure has moved into
his new house at the Parker place.
Mr. Olin Carroll and Virginia
Graves were happily married Saturday
at the home of Rev. L. A. Carroll.
,
Rev. L. A. Carroll preached an Interesting
sermon Sunday.
Our Sunday School is progressing
nicely under the management of
Mr. Fred Gilbert.
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ONE DEAD AND
THREE INJURED IN
SHOOTING AFFAIR
Waller Bryson Goe? on War Path
Following Disturbance Over
P..nUhinZ Child
One man is dead, another in the
hospital with a foot amputated and
two women incannrifrnted i?? n ro.nlt
of a shooting following a disturbance
in the extreme lowc r end of!
Cherokee County Saturday morni::g. '
according to reliable reports given !
out here early this week. Bud Bry '
son, aged G4, is the d*ad man, Farrl *
Bryson, aged about 17 is in the hos- !
pital, and the wives of Bud and Wav :
ter Bryson are at their home near
the Tennessee state line suffering '
from wounds. Walter Bryson, son- f
in-law of Bud Bryson, and a distant j
blood relative, is credited with the !
shooting, following a quarrel over ,
the whipping of a child.
From best information obtainable
it seems that Walter Bryson was '
whiping one of his small children and
his father-in-law. Bud Bryson, rem
onstrated with him, when, upon words
followed, which culminated in the
shooting. Walter is said to have
pointed the gun at Bud Bryson and ;
Farris Brvyon, 17 year old brother-j
in-law, interfered and received the
load in hi- foot. At this point the
i lder Bryson is said to have started
after a chair or perhaps his gun and
Walter fired on him twice, one shot
tJiking effect in the hand an dthe
other in the abdomen. It is thought
that the two women were accidentally
shot. Walter Is said to have
thrown down the gun, following the
shooting. and quietly walked away
from the house and as yet he hn.<
not been apprehended.
The shooting occurred early Saturday
morning, and the elder Bry-1
son died about four-thirty Sundav
morning from internal bleeding. Be.
aure nf distance an,4 'he con-,
ditien *?f the road*, doctors d?d not
reach the scene for hours after it
happened. Farris Bry son was
brought to the Murphy Hospital,
whi re he had one foot amputated.
The women folk, who were shot, are
expected to recover. This tragic
affair occurred in the old Bry son
home four miles from the Unaka
postoffice and a few miles from the
Tennessee slate line. The two families
were living together. The dead
man. Bud Bry.^on, was father of
the household and Walter, who diu
the shooting, was d son-in-law who
was living with h'm. Il was the dying
declaration of the dead man, according
to reliable information, that
>o trouble other than that arising
from the dispute over punishing the
.'hild, existed in the family.
The scene o fthis tragic affair ?s
about twenty miles from here. It
is not known just what efforts are
being made to apprehend Walter
Bryson, who did the shooting.
Murphy School
Honar Roll
First tirade: Kutn AUn, W ild a
Bell Mathews, Ruby Mathews, Rjberta
Millsaps, Norma Lee Panther,
Clara Nell Robinson, Claud Gilbert,
Leslie Hampton, Sheridan James,
Hayes Leatherwood, William Gulley.
First B Grade: John Bishop, Tom
rosey, urate I'arker, J. :n. mil.
Second Grade: Grace Barnett,
Margie Campbell, Ora Carroll, Ncvtie
Dickey, Icey Graves, Hattie Bell
Hodge, Fannie McJunkin, Mariam
Swain, Louise Walker, Mary Witherspoon,
Edwin Brown, Kermitt Davenport,
Jerry Davidson, Ernest Dock
ery. Bill Linthicum, Bobby Recto*,
Ralph Randall.
Second' Overflow: Grace Wells
Bell, Nannie Gentry, Lois Sneed. |
Third Overflow: Linnie Hampton
Martha Voyle9 and Astor Tilson.
Third Grade: Tommy Coppenger,
Hadley Williamson, Cecil Marie
Mattox, Marcella Hampton, James
James Robinson, Hubert Lovingood,
Edwin Spivia, Edwin Hensley.
| Four lit Gimdz: AnnV Cnndlep.H
Fifth Grade: Marshall Br 11, Granville
Ratcliffe, Lyle Martin, Poul
Howell Leonard Hall, Evelyn Wa-ren,
Polly Davis, Mary Nell Williamson,
Harryq Sword, Martha Moeser.
High School, Ninth Grade: Leila
Posey and AUine Richardson.
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rokee County, and the L
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA
FIRST WOMAN TO G
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Mrs. Jennie E. Crocker, of Cliftom
granted American sailing master's p;
be granted such papers either for sj
tan Crocker? now in command ol the
tin," followed the sea for nineteen y
moon trip to East Africa with her h
seen at the left of the picture.
Program of Western
N. Carolina Baptist
Ministers Conference
To Be Held With the Sylvia Baptist
Church Tuesday and Wednesday,
January the 22nd and 23rd, 1924.
General Subject?Our Organized
Work.
TUESDAY.
11 o'clock?Devotional ferric?W
n.???
11:15?the local church in its re-!
lation to the organized work?Dr. I
H. T. Hunter, president Cullowher
Normal and Industrial School.
12:15?Dinner at the church.
1:30 p. m.?Devotional^- Varnel
Breedlove.
1:45?Organization of new churches?K.
D. Stukenbrok.
2:30?The church and uniformity |
of fundamentals?A. J. Smith. I
3:15?Adjournment.
7*30?Se.mon?L. P. Smith, of
Andrews. I
WEDNESDAY
10:00 a. m.?Devotional?Rev j
Merriam Hooper.
10:15?District Association?(A
Program f?r Association.? W. F. i
West.
11:00?The Church, the District
j and the State Convention?R. C.
j Campbell.
I 19-rtft?Dinner.
1:30 p. m.?Devotional?R. L. Cook
1:45?Business Session.
2:15?The Home Mission .Board
I and the Mountain School Program?.
j T. L. Sasser, Murphy.
2:15?The Foreign Mission Board
! ?John Hoglen.
3:15?Baptist Democracy in Relation
to Each and All of These?
R. L. Randolph,
j 7:30?Address?Dr. Charles E.
! Maddry.
HONOR ROI4* FOR SHOAL
CREEK SCHOOL. DIST. No. 2
I First Grade: Arvel and Notie AiI
len. Opal Mason and Richard Mc
j Junkin.
Second Grade: Bertha McJunkin,
Void Mason, Dee Swanson, Aid Allen
and Elsie Freeman.
Third Grade: Morris Hamby, Delia
Swanson and Henry Frerman.
Fourth Grade: Emma Self, and
Clifford Swanson.
Fifth Grade: Tempa Jones and
Ida Swanson.
Sixth Grade: Haxel and Rex Allen
and Birdie Stiles.
Seventh Grade: Ralph Ledfeyd
and Lakes Quinn.
Those winning prizes for good attendance
were: Ralph Ledford, Henry
Freeman, Berdie Stiles and Emma
Self.
WILBUR W. BARTON,
MAUD BARTON,
j Teachers.
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FRIDAY. JANUARY !K, 1S24
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Captain Nelson A. Crocker,
CORN IS CHIEF
CROP PRODUCED
I IN LHLKUNtt
Hay Occupies Second Place and Rye
Third in Point of Acres, Census
Report Shows
According to the North Carolina
crop census report just made public
by the State Department of Agriculture,
the largest individual crop 'n
Cherokee County, from the stand
point cf acres is corn. *Fne total
acreage devoted to this crop was
ID,788; hay occupied second placw.
5,783 acres being devoted to this
crop, while rye came third in point
of acreage, with 3,853 acres. This
report was made up from information
sent in by county listers, who
reported on ?ixty per cent of all the
farms in the county.. In making
up the totals, the Department of Agriculture
assumed that production
for the other forty per cent of th?
farms was i nthe same ration as for
the sixty per cent.
There was u total of 203,576 acres
of farm land in the couaty, according
to the census report. Of this.
21,676 acres were cultivated by the
owners, 10,411 by tenants, ll,82h
acres were lying idle, 9,587 to improved
cleared pasturj land and
122,176 acres to wooded farm land.
Tiitrie ?rsre reported 66* tenant* in
the county and a total erf 320,029
acres were listed for taxation.
Other interesting farm data contained
in the ceuaua report includes
the following:
There were a total of 2,505 farm
work animals in the county; 3,213
milk cows; 579 sows of breeding
age, and 45.361 hens of laying ag*.
A total of 1,126 tons of commercial
firtilizer were used and 11,379 tons
of farm manure were produced. At
so, 71,307 fruit trees of bearing agwere
reported.
While this is a very good report
for the county, yet a total of over
one third the farm land is still lying
idle, a condition which should not exist.
With such a wide range of possibility
of crops open to the farmers
the county agent in co-operation
with the farmers, should be able to
rnrrpflt thii xititnfinn
Wofford-Terrell Co.
Have Good Year
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Wof ford-Terrell Company
was held Monaay night in ton
company's offices. It was found
that the past year's business had been
cry satisfactory in every way and
the stockholders were pleased with
the prospects for the present year.
AH the officers were re-elected.
'COllt
:his Section of Westeri
REGIJI.AR TPPM
SUPERIOR COURT
TO CONVENE 21ST
Judge McLeroy Will Preside?Many
Cases on docket for this
Term
The regular January tern* of the
superior court will convene here on
Monday, January 21st, for a two*
weeks* term, with Judge P. A.
MeElroy presiding. Both civil and
criminaly cases will be tried. Th?criminal
docket consists largely of
violations of the prohibition laws an i
other minor offenses. It is expected
that this can be cleared up In
three days. Quite a large number
of civil cases and motions are docketed
for the court, however, and u
is not expected that the docket can
be anything like cleared up, although |
Judge MeElroy has the reputation of I
handling cases with dispatch.
The following jury list has been
drawn:
First Week: J. W. S. Davis, Lee
Snoed, John Davis, A. H. Hatchetv
T. D. Hendrix, N. C. Billamy, J. S.
Shields, T. H. Davis, T. D. Kickey.
C. W. Logan, J. F. Garfield, Ed
Waldroup, T. F. Self, Fred Martin.
J. P. Calhoun. C. W. Shields. E. M.
Clayton, A. W. Hall, Wymer Conley.
Rollin Dockery, J. W. McMillan, J.
E. Hall, H. X. Wells. L. M. Nicholson.
Second week: J. W. Bedford, J.
R. Mason, Rollin Dockery. W. P.
Brittain, W. I*. Beal, R. L. Anderson,
J. W. Axley, D. B. Bryson, J. E.
Cob man, T. A. Lovungood, John
Picklesimer, R. H. Kephart, R.
Porter, J. W. Davidson, Charlie
Hunsucker, C. A. Hembree, Tom E:rod
and T. C. Carringer.
The complete docket of civil cases
and motions follows:
Wednesday, January 23rd
61 Anderson vs. Kilpatrick.
64 Kilpatrick vs. Anderson.
81 Parker vs. Turnbiil.
92 Walker vs. Walker (property)
93 Led ford vs. L. & X. R. T.
95 Fain vs. Bctt?.
Thursday, January 24tb
103 McDonald vs. Farner.
114 Truett vs. Lea*h.
115 Dar.ici vs. Savage.
122 Davis vs. Meroney.
124 Davis vs. Meroney.
125 Davis vs. Meroney.
12G Davis vs. Meroney.
128 Killian vs. Mfg. Co.
(Continued 0n page 6)
Wife of the New British
Ambassador to the
United States
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Above is pictured Lady Isabella
Howard, whose husband. Sir Esme
Howard, has been named the new
I British Ambassador to the U. S. Sir
^ formerly ?**tinned at
Washington as Counselor of the
British Embassy, Lady Isabella is to
I line of succession to the Italian honors
and also to the Sctoch pceragei
I of her brother, the present Earl o1
I Newbnvg.
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YOU RICH1,
n North Carolina
EFFORTS BEING
MADE TO FORM
POTATO ASS'N
lri?h Potato Will Rival Tobacco At
Caab Crop, Thinks County
Agent
A movement was gotten under
way here this week for stimulating
the growing of Irish potatoes in this
and adjoining counties by providing
a means of profitably marketing the
crop during the season when it will
bring the best price. The mocement
is being backed and stimulated by
I County Agent H. H. Ellis, who is organizing
a potato growers co-opera|
tive marketing association, through
| which association the crop will be
marketed.
By working co-operatively the
crop can be shipped i near lots to
Southern cities during the earlier
part of the season and therefore
command the best price. Contracts
are being circulated among the farmers
and as soon as enough enter the
association to gurantee a production
of 750 bushels, the organization of
the association will be completed.
It is the plan of the county agent
to encourage the growth of potatoes
i nthe hope that this can be madt a
cash crop in this section. At
present corn and the small grains
make up the principal crops and the
price of these grains is usuully low
and the yield per acre i* not so great.
The production of potatoes as reported
from some representative
fanners over the county has served
of the Irish potato a cash crop for
Cherokee County. John Shields, Jr.
of Culberson, this county, by carrying
out a few simple instruction of
the county agent, produced 180
bushels on an acre of ordinary land
on his farm last season and it Is
thought the potatoes would grade up
at least 150 bushels of quality product.
The potatoes can be cold for
more per bushel than the grains and
the production p^r acre is so much
j greater that it is anticipated that
, the farmers will at once align tuem!
selves with the proposed association,
j Two possible markets are assured
for the potato crop. First, it is ex
pected that the crop can be planted
early and gotten on the market ear!
ly in the summer before the Maine
II and other northern state* crops are
ready for market and at a time when
there is a dearth o fthis crop on the
city markets. This will mean that
the best price can be commanded for
strictly table use. A second possible
market is to growers in other sections
for seed purposes. District
Agent Goodman, of the Western
North Carolina, recently visited tins
section and it was his opinion that
potatoes grown here would be mora
suitable for seed purposes in tha
South than the Main grown stock
and, when sold for seed, this crop
should brine almost tuioo ??
I os for ether purposes.
The county agent is not encoura^
ing the farmers to make preparation
for planting large crops. It is hla
opinion that most can be accomplish,
ed by having a few farmers in every
section plant a few acres the first
year until the success of the venture
can be assured. It will be necessary
for the product to be well graded
and its quality established in the
minds of consumers and the farmers
learn how best to produce them bofore
large plantings will be encouraged.
In outlining the proposed association
the county agent gave the following
reasons for the farmers hero
not generally getting large yields:
1. They do not use good enough
?eed stock and they pat too few
bushels to the acre. Oftimes tho
seed stock i? infected, he explained.
2. They do not fertilise heavily
enough.
3. The product is not properly
graded and prepared for market.
MR. WOODBURY BETTER
The many friends of Mr. W. H.
Woodbury will be glad to learn that
he is some better. He was taken to
an Ashevilie hospital several weeks
( ago and his condition has been critSj
cal all along, but he is resting nicely
but still very sick. i1