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VOLUME XXXVI. No. 1.
COURT FII^- SrIED
CRIMINAL DOCKET
LAST FRIDAY
Solemn Moment In Court Robm A*'
Judge Make* Decree In Convicted
Cases
The court room presented a solemn
and impressive* half hour Saturday
morning: when Judge J. Bis Ray lined
up around the rail in front of
(he Br those who had been found i
guiity of infraction* of the criminal
law of the state and county to announce
the degree of punishment
that should be inflicted upon them.
There were quite a number of the
gr.v, Following a few words
abort the sacredness of the law and
the - fit usness of its violation, the
judgment "of the court in the various
ca*c- was pronounced.
There were 101 casts on the criminal
docket, OR on the warrant doc
ket and .'53 or the pros ntment docket.
Out of this number there were
55 convictions. The court affixed
pris n sentences for -c me of the convictions.
ranging frcm - months to
thr- years: and in some of the
cast^ fines ranging from $100 to
S.iOO and the cost. Several were riven
suspended sentences.
The court rather unexp: ct: dly
took adjournment Tuesday morning
about o'clock as many of the civil
:a*' were not ready for trial.
Mccdy Repa:riag
House Lccaied Or?
McLailand St.
IV nsiderable repair work is being
done on the house on McClelland
Stn.t, near the Baptist parsonage.
The roof and porch are being: renewed
and a concrete walk laid from the
stre.t to the steps. This property
was recently purchased by Mr. J.
N. Moody* who is having: the repairs
made.
First Car Potatoes
From Clay County
cu: ,j
Ti v. first carload of white potatoes
were shipped Wednesday of this week
through thd W. M. Fain Grocery Co.
acting as brokers. The potatoes'
went to riant City, Fla. The pota
toes w? re field run, shipped in bulk
to net the shipper just under a dollar.
which was considered a gdod
price, especially for this season of
the year.
Alabama Citizen
To Hear Truett
M. T. Sumner, a prominent citizen;
of Greene County, Ala., is in Mur-i
phy this week attending the services'
being held by Dr. George Truett. I
Mr. Sumner came over 400 miles to!
hear this great preacher. While j
here he expects to inspect a large
section north of here, with the pos-l
Hbility 0f recommending its addition!
to the National Forests. Mr. Sum-'
nor is a civil engineer. He called |
a few days ago at this office to ob-1
tain a copy of the paper.
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MELLON CUTTING
ON RIVERSIDE
PORK ENJOYED
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock;
a large group of children enjoyed a
watermelon cutting on Riverside
Park. There were not as many present
as was anticipated and as had
been present at previous cuttings,
because it was not well enough advertised,
it is thought. The event
Was first arraneed for Friday after
Soon and so announced in the paper,
hut later it became necessary to
, *?? gc date to Saturday afternoon
although circulars were-issued.
It is thdyght that they were not well
k tributed.
Tflert# were some two hundred
People ; attendance, most of whom
were children. Vhe* melons were
Provided through the courtesy of the
M. Fain Gryery Company,
through the instrumentality of the
hkyor, and those who enjoyed his
S^eroslty undoubtedly feel grateful
*? him as the melons were fine.
|
n of Murphy and Cher<
PUBLIC SCHOOL jr
EXPECTED TO
OPEN SEPT. 1
Tcachcra Hrv Been Secured For
All Gi<id:s Except The
Second ^
Unofficial announcement was given
out this week that the pubiii
school would open this year on th. j
first Monday in Stptvrnber, which is
"While no official action has been .
taken," it was stated by m.ruberc
of the school board "it is agreed
that this will '?: she opening day."
Superintendent D. W. Kanoy is 7
' x-.ected to l?t* re this week to be-' .
'.'in preparation- for the open'ng. ,
The new high school building will be * '
used tbi-- ycar by the high school de-!*'
partment. B. sides the four high n
school grades, it will contain the M
superintendent's office, science lab-1 ^
oratorie-. library, cloak rooms.etc. t ~
The old building will be given over ^
calmly to the primary and grammar
grad. s.
All the teachers have been secured \
except the second grade. A teacher ^
was elected f??: this mad- but her
acceptance \v:.< never received. It
is nut settled a> yet whether courses!
i w
i i me tic science will lie of ft red. A
teacher was tenatively employed but
nu misundet standing arose as to'|j
the rtate c- -operation in paying the
I
i ary, it i. understood, and the ^
matter is n abyanre. It was learn-i(
ed a few days ago that there is still (
a po nihility of a teacher for this
work being secured.
T>. teachers employed for the. n
yc-.r arc: tj
Mr.-. Herndon, first grade A; Miss ^
I.inn Albright, first B; Miss Lula n
Fain, second grade B; Mrs. Mar- y
:;;ret Bell, third grade A; Miss Mar-j.j
tha Candler, third grade B: Mrs.!
Bronell, fourth grade; Mrs. J. C. > n
Watts, Durham, f ftb grade; Miss j
l izzie L. Wright,. Tallaha-sce, Fla.. ^
f. rnjerly of North Carolina, sixSh ^
i... m:.. m ;? . r'..r K
entli irrade. The high school teach-. ^
jers include Mrs. E. G. White, His- !(
tory and English; Mis. L. P. Kinsey, ^
foreign languages; B. R. Carroll,
luthcMiutiCuJ S. W. Sip?, ecjon^A .
Superintendent Kanoy will also prob n
ably have some high school elasse?. p
The attendance this year is exit:
pected to be considerably in excess
of that of last year and a good n
school is lookid forward to. c
_ h
Representative Here h
ToO C*ur?> ?
Confederate Vets
Working under Commander C. M. i
!?r ".vn, cf North Carolina, J. W. L. 3
Arthur, a Confederate soldier, wa?i
here the latter part of the past week f
seeking to organize a camp^bf the c
Sons of Confederate Veterans. The
organizer was seeking to interest h
the sons and grandsons of veterans j v
of the Confederate army in banding:]
themselves together for the primary t
purpose of looking out for needy t
veterans, or widows of veterans, and v
for any similar work that might arise (
The camp would aid in preserving!
history and other similar data. It is | r
not known how many members were t
secured here. Similar camps are be- t
ing organized all over the western j s
part of North Carolina by Mr. Ar-j^
thur. j <
Robinson Gets
Contract for
Evans Home
| The contract for the construction I
of the T. S. Evans home on his prop- '
I erty in the western part of town, on !
. the Belleview highway, was? let a
few days ago to Mr. R. Robinson,
nnd his crew of men. The house
will be a good sized brick veneered
dwelling and will be among4 the best
j residences of the town. The house
i will be pushed to completion, it Is
I understood. ^
Andrews School
Opens Aug. 25th
The schools at Andrews will open
the fall session on Monday, August
25th, according to anounccmcnt by
the superintendent a few days ago.
The enrollment is expected to be
considerably increased this year over
last, it was stated.
Cfjert
>kee County, and the 1
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLIN
rhousands h
Dr. '
VISITORS COME
FROM MANY
SECTIONS
Return To His Native
Heath Great Event
For this Section
"My first words are word-* of joyil
gratitude for setting icct on this
ly native land again/' sa d George
rue tt in his opening remarks be>iv
some two thousand <>f his boyood
fliends and accuaintunce-: :>n?!
dmirers who gathered hero Sunday
icrning to hear - his opening
irnon of a two weeks ser.es thai
iii be held here daily through the
2nd of this month. Dr. Truett
:at d that it was 35 year the past
une since he spent his las{ night
i Murphy be lore going to Texas
nd that his only return trip was
lirteen years later when ho came
a i: in connection with the closing
1 the school at Hiawassess, Cia.,
hich h: founded and of which he
a.; the first principle.
From fifteen hundred to 2,500
topic have been gathering twice
uily to here Dr. Truett in his seric*
f sermons. Many visitors v.n h. rt
rom distance points, some hundreds
f miles, some fifty and seventy five
i it . and :a ndrcds from thi- and ad?inin.
counties. The crowds are
raduaiy growing' daily. It i- exeUd
that th.1 sizj of the congregaons
wi i jOiit7.nue to inerca-e until
?e last sermon on the 22nd of the
konth. There yet remains plenty
f plait s for visitors and if any have
.n staying away for fear of lack
t accomodations in Murphy, need
ot let that keep them away longer.
Dr. Truett is living up to the reutation
that he has established
lroughout the South and in. many
aria of the world. His sermons arc
uWci fiii. l ney urc laamtiiii&ru
y simplicity, great earnestness and
?gical reasoning and common s.nse
ppeals to his hearers' minds and
onssciences. 5Iv auS/mcrgCo self and
lagnifics Christ. His is an cxtremly
e-rsonal religion and the appeal Is
s man to man.
In presenting the speaker Sunday
lorning, the pastor of the local
hurch, Rev. T. L. Sasser, said that
e was going to bestow on him the
ghest honor that could be bestowed
n any man, "true follower of
esus Christ." The earnesincss and
incerity oi his preaching maki
_ I that tfcii term was rightly betowed.
For the Sunday morning services
he words of Peter to Jesus as reorded
in the 6th Chapter of John
"Lord to whom shall we go? thou
iast the words of eternal life,"
fere chosen for a text. After stres;
ng the importance of such a text at
his time of disturbance in the world
he speaker asked "to whom shal]
ve go sure enough if we give up
Christ."
Analyzing some of the reasons whj
nen go away from Christ he saic
hat first, people objected to hi:
caching as to how people must be
aved. They balk at the idea of re
feneration now* just as they did ir
Christ's time, said the speaker
'What the world needs," he said
'is regeneration, not reformation."
A second reason why men go awa;
is because of the power of publi
opinion, the fear of men. "Pilate i
not the or.lv one who betrayed hi
Saviour. And he who betrays hi
Saviour at the same time loses hi
own soul," said the speaker. Th
tragedy of it all. is that even th
least of us influence others, and whei
we choose the brooad way, other
follow us, pointed out Dr. Truett.
The raising of Captious doubl
about the Bible was given as th
third reason why men go away froi
Jesus. Such questions as "What i
there be no God? No Heaven an
No Hell? What if the Bible is a
myths?" are some of the doubl
in men's minds, he 3aid. Then h
demanded of any who may hold sue
doubts, that they analyse them sii
cerely and make their doubts gi\
them a satisfying answer or gii
them up. He said there were doul
of the head, such as Nathaniel hs
ifcft ?
Leading Newspaper in
A FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1924
learing
rruett Daily
when he said, "Can any pood thing
: come out of Xazareth?" Doubts of
! the heart, such as J ;hn*s when he
|asked of Je us: "Art thou.' he that
; shall comc. or iook we for another?"
. Doubts that come through wrong livj
ing, which shuts out the light.
The fourth reason given why men
go away from Christ was that men
j go n the theory that they will saw
j themselves. ''They can more easily
| cross the ocean on a tiny straw for i.
j boat than save themselves," .-aid Dr.
Truett. Then comes this significant
statement- 'Salvation is by a person
not by a church a c remony, a
a sacrament, or any creed or outward
fornt, no matter how beautiful. Xo
man can come unt< the Fath< r ex|
. vf.t by me'. Said Christ,"
A fifth reason given as to why
j men so away is through the theory
1 of pas?ins worldly pleasures, which
cannot satisfy. But mainly, he said
in th -ixth place, people so away
from Christ because of procrastination.
"They know, they desire to
he saved, yet they delay."
Thi n coming t< the second part of
the sermon the speak r asked, as h;
said all wise men would ask, "what
then? To whom shall we go?" If we
Mot oik Christ we blot out the Bible,
he said. They are be d up together
And if Christ it blot* out, to whom
shall we go for our i als? he askedJ
What shall life become if we reject
Him? was another question
rv'. to his hearers. If w< go away
ficm. Christ, what are we going to
do with his witm ssi.-. who are sure
J that He really is. for they feel His
power? He at this point referred
to the testimony often given by the
late President Harding and ex-president
Wilson. Thes witnesses say
that they have tested Christ, and
they lite 1 "like* it is so, said he. What
are you going to do with th? m?
What are you going to do about the
three great mysteries oi life, sin,
.sorrow uuu mailt, if vvc- away
from. Christ?. The morning hour
was closed with the statement that
no substitute can be found for Christ
far the night service Ssmilny the
scipturc lesson was taken from the
j 9th chapter of Mark, particularly
j the words of the Fathtr of the child
| healed of the evil spirits. "I believe;
I hi In thou mine unbelief." Faith
J was tiu- theme. Dr T uc-tt mentioned
the words littered by a great
Chinaman educator andv a recent
convert o' Christirnitv. who said
just after the War We : "ThS
is exactly the time have faith in
C-t-d." Faith i-- the victoiv thai over.
c mes the world J a reject Christ
.lie battle i: lost. i the speaker
Our faith can be misplaced, he said
and the following ways in which il
is misplaced were mentioned. Wt
put our faith in human appearance
i in human agency, in the wisdom ol
: man. Faith resides in the power o!
' God, not the wisdom of man. he said
I Our faith is hindred by our limit
? ing of God, which we do it was point
ed out, in our prayers, either becaus?
we refuse tc pray or pray in thi
i wrong way. It is hindred by ou
s lives, for everyone is a channe
i through which God would send hi
> blessings. /We limit God by ou
i Idleness, which is the great sociolog
. ical problem of the age; the chie
, menace of the church, of the stat
and of industry, thought Dr. Trueti
Y Ann nnaiiy, tne speaker >v
c limit God by our lack of faith. "Ac
s cording to your faith, so be unt
s you."
s The second part of the serroo
s dealt with how we may strengthe
c our faith, which he said could b
e dene, by making it a matter of praj
n er, by pleading the promises of Go?
? which he has left in His word; an
by earnestly seeking guidance an
s power of the Divine spirit in all 01
e work for Christ. He said, closinj
n that it was his desire that God woul
if have his way with the people,
d For the Monday morning hoi
II the Theme was the profitableness c
ts prayer, the section dealing with tl
ie giving of the Lord's prayer to tl
h disciples being read for a scriptu'
l- lesson and the verse in Job contaii
e ing this question, pointing the su
re ject: "What profit shall we have
,t ? ' ?
id | (Continued on peg* 5)
I; /
s>COUt
this Section of Wester:
AGED WOMAN
ANSWERS CALL TO
GREAT BEYOND
I Mrs. Sarah Jane Hiil wan approaching
84th Milestone?Was Mother
of large, infleuntia. family
A irreat contours_ ??:* sorrovvin.it
relatives ar.d friends paid tneir last
, respects to oat* of the most noble
and respected woman of this com
the funeral rites of Mrs. Sarah Jane
Hill was h.ld at the Bapti : Church.
, of which she hud been a faithful
member since childhood. Her pastor
Rev. T. L. Sasscr. paid faifrh tribute
! to her noble Christian character, her
i neijjhborliness and he** desire to minister
to the sick and needy, in
beautiful words spoken over her last,
| remains. The fumral was heid at
3:30, o'clock, and interment imnie.
diately followed in Sunset cemetery,
in which Rev. I). H. Rhinehart assisted.
Mrs. Km very peacefully passed
away Sunday night at 11:55,
o'clock, the direct cause of which
was a stroke of paralysis which she
suffered about four o'clock Thursday
mor.i.ni; preiding her death.
The . t oke completely paralsed hei
left side and hi r power of speech
.She was alone when stricken, and
unconscious whm found, later seem*
i'd to regain sciousness and the usi
of her right side, but was never
able to speak.
Mr*. Hill (ni e-Rogers) was bom
"n Buncombe County, where she
I'ved until she was about 12 year,
old. wh. n -hi with her parent?,
made the trip across the then wild
I and rugged Nantahala Mountains, a
tiifi- of ^ome two weeks, full
' vf hardships and dangers, which the
deceased delighted to relate to her
friends. Arriving in what is now
Cherokee County the Rogers family
first settled on upper Valley River;
ater moving to near Ranger, to
V?rth fleorcia. to the Uv r part ef
this county |j?nd finally to Murphy
about 1900, being of the first settlers
of this community. She war
married to Mr. A. S. H?ll; ?!??
native of Buncombe County, though
then a resident of Cherokee, on
February 15, 186G. To this union
were horn 12 children, two of whom
preceded her to the grave. Four
girls and six boys survive. They are.
C. B. and J. N. of Murphy; T. J. of
Greensboro; W. F. of Wehutty; E.
I A. of Coaldal?, West Virginia, and
, A. I., of V.' Kia-ison, W. V**.; and
i *urs. I.utua Pu.>tt-'U, Sparks, Ga.;
. Mi:. ..Cynthia Jones of Paste 11, N. C.
; Mary Shctor of Etowal-. Tenn, and
., Miss Hattie Hill.
, j Mrs. Hiil was the mother of one of
I | the most prominent families in this
f, section. Her husband, who precedtd
; her to the grave by a number of
f years, was a leader in his town and
t county, having served as the mayor
. | of Murphy and as Sheriff of Chero!
kee County. Her children are prorr.
inent in the business and profe-s
ional life of their respective comj
munities. As the pastor well said, her
r children, whom she lived to see grow
1 i to manhood and womanhood and bes'
come well established in their rer
| spective occupations, have a rict
-(heritage in her noble Christiain char
f j acter and exemplary life. She wil
" j be greatly missed by her church, hei
community and her many friend:
e throughout this whole section, whe
*! extend their sympathies to the be
? | reaved family.
n Nantahala Road
" To Be Rushed
m
a w v?whipachwi
d Motorists and travelers will b
d triad to learn that arrangements hav
,r finally been completed for the re
sumption of work on the five mil
stretch of rooad between Nantahal
and Wesser on highway number 1
ir from Murphy to Ashevillc. The cot
tractor threw up this job sometim
le ago and it has been hanging fii
le for more than a year. Contract*
re C. M. Dicus, who haz been werkin
11" in this section for some time, hi
b- accepted a contract to complete th
if link, which will make the Ashevil
? Murphy section of No. 10 very go*
road.
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r.c COPY?$1.00 PER YEAR
TAXABLE
WEALTH SHOWS
BIG INCREASE
A5I Other Townships Show A Decline
Over Last Year Taxable
Polls Increase
Pro; values ir. Murphy Town;
ship, real ar.d personal, increased by
ovc-r <?:.e hundred thousand dollars
during the past year, according to
(tcnativi figures made public this
wetk by county auditor W. M. West
In ail tr.? other townships, however,
uecrea> ss are recorded, which oc- "|
cur.-ed principally to a falling off in
pen- -a! ; r ; rty , houeh there Is
a slight decrease in real estate in
some townships. This, of course,
-hould not be, the auditor pointed
cut. Ii was his opinion that some
realty may have been overlooked by
the listei > and had not yet been discovered
by himself.
The aggregate value of real and ,
personal property in Murphy township
for this y.ar is $2,431,069; lact
year it was $2,224,821.
In Valleytown Township the total
j property value this year is $2,059,|
*201; last year it was $2,086,456.
In Shoal Crook Township the to'al
. ".at.i :< this par i? $459,987;
last year it was $502,381.
Beavcrdam Township shows a total
valuation this year of $568,497;
last year ii wa- $591 536.
The Kotla Township valuation
this year is $444,966; last year it
was $475,700.
The aggr-. Pfate value of realty and
personal in Hothouse Township thl3
year is $132,387; la -t year it was
$136,406.
These figures are tenatively only,
but they are thought to be approximately
correct. It is possible that
1 there will be some slight changes.
Creamery Sation
Established Here
Arrangements were completed
last week by F. E. I.utz, a representative
of the Catawba Creamery Co.,
of HiCkorySE o., for the establishment
of a cream station in Murphy.
Wm. P. Payne, merchant, has been
annotated local ? ?= preventative of the
Catawba company and will buy
cream every Thursday and ship to
the creamery on Fridays.
It was staled by Mr. Lutz that it
was not necessary that, the cream be
Sweet* though it is preferable that
it be kept cool and in as good condition
as nossible until shipping days.
This information was brought out
when tho question of holding the
cream for a week was raised. It was
: the opinion of Mr. Lutz that the
farmer.- could easily hold cream from
one week until the next.
Under this arrangement the farmers
of this section will be supplied a
local market for their cream without
the necessity of binding themselves
to sell a given amount per
week, or even selling any amount
every week.
j The cream will be paid for on the
j basis of its butter fat content. At
the present time the price is Soc
per pound but will increase as cool
weather aproaches. A Babcock
tester is being installed at Mr.
j Payne's store, which will make it
i'possible r the cream to be tested
.'when it is brought in and checks
I made right at the time for it.
Mr. Payne will take all responsibil<'
ity of shipping the cream.
> I Similar arrangements were made
- at Hayesville later in the week by
! Mr. Lutz. The station there will
! be at the store of Mr. B. H. HaigI
ler. It is thought that two ship|
ments per week can be made from
j that point. A few farmers will con's
! tinue to ship cream to Asheville, it
is understood, but a majority of them
? will sell their product to the local
e station as they can get their money
when the cream is delivered and not
el take any chance on losing the cans
a [ in transit.
01 Thpse stations promise to be of
?. inestimable benefit tfo the farmers
ie of this section as it will supply them
e a,local market for another farm pre*
>r duct and, therefore, * be another
g means of adding to the revenue of
is the farmers. It will make their i&is
comes more constant and therefor*
le greatly aid them in buying their sapid
plies during the seasons when there
is no regular crop to be marketed.