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The Official Organ of
VOLUME XXXVI. No. 34.
$692
Work Of Su]
Murphy-An
To Beer
ttate Contracts Call For 1
Wide, With Four-Fee
ing To More T
bounty To Sp
IC J. Waldrep, Knoxvilli
D'illsboro, Awarde
Time Limit
According to informal
arly this morning, a sun
r be spent on the roads <
pring and summer. It is
f A. J. Waldrep, of Kno
3 $229,949.10; and Wr
oro, amounting to $21
Epted by the State High
urfacing of State Highw
,veen Murphy and Andr
lissioners are now recei\
r" $200,000. with $50,(
and and apportioned, wl
629,201.10 to be spent
Iie roads during the sprin
Mr. A. J. Ward rep, of Knoxville,
nn.t who has been awarded the conct
to surface the project of State
;hway No. 10, comprising that
etch of road fr?.ni the bridge at the
&. N. station in Murphy to Marble,
ived here Thursday afternoon and
making arrangements and pre parf
to begin work immediately. It
understood that this contract calls
? something like eight miles e?
Icrete surface, 16 fee t wde, with .
our-foot shoulder on either side,
cing the bed of the road 24 feet
e. Mr. Wardrep left here early,
morning for Hewitts to make armaments
for several cars of crushrbek
to be used in the eonstrucI
of this end of the road. It is
! undeistood that, the Regal Blue
|l>le Company will furnish crushpock
for this project. Work is
Beted to begin within the next ten'
I is understood that R. H. Wright
[Sons, of Dillsboro, were awarded
[contract for the upper portion of
Iroad from Marble to Andrews,'
prising something like eight miles j
[type of surface to be concrete,'
feet wide, with the four-foot!
llder on either side, which will'
[ aj road 24 feet wide between,
bhy and Andrews, with a 16-foot j
rrete surface the entire distance.]
In completed this will be one of.
finest stretches of highway in this
I of the state.
| is understood that, according to
[terms of the contract, the time
I for completting the two projects
BO working days, and that the
nctors are to begin work im
I load Poultry
tipped out Thursday
s local wholesale houses, Wofrerrell
Company and the W. M.
Grocery Company, sold to thei
era Federation the first of the
a solid carload of poultry, ag-1
ting five thousand pounds,
ia said to be thei largest ship- |
of poultry ever sjent out of
by. The Farmers FTOeration is
ganization of farmers of Buni
and adjoining counties with
[uartera at Asheville,. and this
'y will go to eastern markets, i?
ierstood.
i
myt
Murphy and Cherokee I
Ion
*,
rfacing I
drews Link j
in At Once
Concrete Surface 16 Feet
it Shoulder, AmountHan
$400,000
end $250,000
s, and Wright and Sons,
d Contracts, With
: 160 Days
tion coming from Raleigh
i totaling $692,201.10 is
of the county during the
understood that the bids
xville, Tenn., amounting
ight and Sons, of Dills2,252.00,
have been acway
Commission for the
ray Route No. 10, beews.
The County Com ing
bids for the issuance^
300 additional now on|C
lich makes the sum total
within the county on J
ig and summer. I
V. H. OLMSTED DIES I"
AT COUNTRY HOME j Z
Or
Dirrcted First. Census, in. Both .,r
Cuba and Philippine ,,j.
Islands.
FT
PUBLIC SERVICE EXTENSIVE Tl;
Distinguished as Lawyer, Stat- 1"J
Siiiit:.; ... 1
Citizen.
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(The following article is taken ou
from the Washington tl). C.) Herald an
of March 24th, and was received too an
late last week lor publication.?Ed.)'Pei
Funeral services for Victor H.
Olmsted, LL.D, Brigadier General ^
Brevet, U. S. A., who died yesterday
morning at his country home,
Claredon, Va., at the age of seventy-!
three, will be held at the home at 11 ^
o'clock tomorrow followed by cremea-' ,
I tn<
t>on. .
Mr. Olmsted was a native of Wash- "V
ington. His father, E. B. Olmsted, wasJP^
once second assistant Postmaster,
General. After attending Columbia
University he studied law and enter- a."
ed the Government service. He later r'K
resigned to practice law in West Virginiu.
JV
Later he served successively as
secretary of the National Manufacturers
Association, and chief of the otj
bureau of statistics of the Department ca|
of Agriculture. \j,
in iuuu ne was roanca 10 me war du
Department," -made a brave brigadi- \y,
er general and appointed assistant e(j
director in charge of the first census 0f
of Cuba, and later of the first census rtj
of the Philippine Islands. In 1907 he p.
was director of the electcfral census: f>fj
for the Cuban gocernment. 8](j
Mr. Olmsted was a Mason and a ut>
member of the Cosmos Club. He
was also a former director of the tr<
National Geographical Society.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. un
Nancy Elizabeth Olmsted; two sons, ea
E. Stanley Olmsted, pianist and pr
writer and Victor C. Olmsted, a news- nf
paper man, both of Washington; and toi
a daughter, Mrs. L. A. MeMahan
now attending university N. m,
Y.; two brothers, Dennison Olmsted tic
mayor of Perry, X. Y., and Doctor E. f?
B. Olmsted of Clevelnnd. Ohio; and fa
four grandchildren. Klizeabcth Wilcox de
Virginia Olmsted, Victor Hugo 01nv to
sted, 2nd, and Flournor C. Olmsted, j eJ
Cfjrn
County, and the Leadi
MURPHY, NORTH CAF
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'itizens Military
Training Camps To
Open This Summer
The citizens military training
mps, which ar.- to he conducted
ain this summer, a cording to an
noum-ement made this week by
N. B. Adams, a member of the Res
ve Con* at ttvs pc:nt. will give
porlunity a few young men
tpend tbv s?inn>.?r pleasantly and
ofitably with all expenses paid.
10 camps will continue for a pericyi
mps is to bring together young men
siv weeks. The object of tfuse
high type frcm all parts of the
untry under the most favorable
t of doors conditions, to stimulate
d promote citizenship, patriotism
d a Americanism and, through exrt
physicial direction, athletic coach
I and military training, to benefit
i young men individually, and bring
im t?? realize their obligations to
?ir country.
Several young men from this
rtion between the ages of 17 and
years will be privileged to attend
rse camps if they so desire TravelX
expenses and all camp expenses
11 be paid by the Govt. Further
formation and application blanks
?y be secured from Dr. N. B. Adams
d those interested should see him
:ht away as the time is limited.
lethodist Revival
Closed Monday Night
The revival services at the Methist
church, which began March 16th
mc to a close last Monday night,
s. C. L. Stiedley, of Gastonia, concted
the services uprt until last
ednesday night, when she was forcto
i.bandon preaching on account
jllness. Mr. Rhinehart and the
ier pastors of the town and Rev.
J. Houck of Andrews Meihist
Church and the preling
elder of this district, eontind
the services through Monday
rht. Rev. Victor McGuire, of Peach?e.
preaching the closing sermon.
Mrs. Stiedley remained in Murphy
til Monday morning, leaving on the
rly train for her home. She exessed
her gratification to the people
the town for the courtesies exided
her while here.
The series of services will mean
;ch to the community and this sec?n
in general. There were fortyuf
conversions and professions of
ith, besides a large number of redications.
and the churches of the
mmunity were greatly strengthenspiritually
as well as numerically.
jfeft s
ing Newspaper in this
tO LIN A FRIDAY, AI'RIL 3, 19 j:
jR~G0
All Set
S.S. CONVENTION
HELD SUNDAY
AT HAYESVILLE
More than five hundred in attendance
Dr. Sharp Preached at
1 1 o'clock Hour.
Hayesville, March 30.?-The Hayesville
Township Sunday School As'
sociation met in convention here yes
terday in the auditorium of the
academy and was attended by more
than five hundred people during: the
day. The convention opened at 9.30
in the moraing:, and was presided over
by Mr. G. H. Haigler, superintendent
of the Methodist Sunday School at
Hayesville, Mr. J. W. Penland is
chairman of the County association.
An interesting: feature of the convention
was the combined Sunday
School demonstration of all the Sunday
School of the town and
township Mr. Haigler acted as superintendent
and opened the Sunday
school and cxamplified the work with
a short talk. Classes were then
formed and a thirty minute lesson
period held, after which classes returned
to the auditorium and a roll
icall revealed 26G pupils present, 30
officers and teachers, 5 superintcntindents.
and two preachers.
! Dr. J. A. Sharp, president of Young
Harris College, delivered the inspirat
lonal sermon at 11 o'clock, before a
congregation estimated at more than
five hundred people.
' The afternoon session wes given
ov? r to a roundtable discussion of
the problem and difficulties confront-,
j ing Sunday Schools and workers, in
; which Attorney J. B. Gray, and Mrs.
H. E. Hanson, and Mr. Penland of
Havesville; president J. A. Sharp, of
. Younp Harris, and Revs. E. G. Clary
! and T. I.. Sasser, of Murphy and
. others took part.
The committee in charpe of the ari
rangements and the chairman of
county Association are highly elated
'over the pood showinp made by the
(convention, and the preat work that
| was accomplished, as well as the
.workers of the county and township
j being greatly encouraged and inspired
to even betttd work. It was
an interdenominational affair, and is
destined to mean much to the Sunday
I Schools of this section.
j Tom Tarheel says his children like
| eggs about as well as town folks and
i so he only sells his surplus.
5>C0Ut
Sec Jon of Western Noi
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J
rat
i Presbyterians Will
Begin Series Services
Sunday, May 31st
Tenative plans indicate that Rev.
| Rnusehcnherg will conduct an evan!
ye! is tic meeting at the Presbyterian .
Church, beginning May 31st. Mr 1
I Rauschenbery has visited our town :
i only once, but the impression of this j
visit would indicate that his coming j
in u labor of love will be acceptable 1
to all the people o fthe church and t
town.
i.
CLAY FARMERS
CHANGE NAME OF \[
ORGANIZATION <
Hayesville, March 31. Tie Farm!
Bureau of Clay Countv, comprised''
t
of a number of the leading farmers ?
of the county, met at the office ol J
County Agent Willard R. Anderson-f
last Staurday afternoon. The tntirej'
board was present. and the first; ^
thing the meeting transacted was to l
change then name of the organizat- s
ion to "The Farmers Co-operativc i
Association of Clay County."
i Among the other definite transct-j^
ions of business by the meeting were j
the appointment of a committee to!(
draw up a constitution and by-laws,
the placing of r eo-oneratice order for
fertilizer, the placing of an order <
for three hundred baby chicks, and |
also the agr< einent to ship a carload 5
poultry on April 16th, in co-operation ?
with Cherokee County. <
i t m- iiiim-i uij; aujmirnco lo meet |
a.roin Saturday afternoon, April 25th. ,
at which time it is expected that the'i
constitution and by-laws will be adopted
and the organization complft- j
ed, according to announcements by
: the county Agent.
j Those present at the meeting were :l
! Mark Weaver, president; Fred 0. |
j Scroggs. secretary and treasurer; A. j
i I.ee Penland, Haycsville Township;
Hope Patton. Hiawassee Township; i
| Frank Rogers. Shooting Creek Town-;
ship; Ed Arrtold, Brnsstown; Ben
\ Phillips, Tusquittee Township; Wayne
Anderson, Sweetwater Township,
Directors. and county Agent Willard
| R. Anderson.
j This organization of the farmers is
expected to mean much to ClayCounty,
and officers are highly op-1
timistic over the prospects of the,
" future functioning of the association!
land the results already oftained byj
i this co-operative movement of Clay
j County Farmers.
advertise in
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you rich"
rth Carolina
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OADS
CHEROKEE COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT
IN SESSION HERE
The Cherokee County Superior
Court convened in a two weeks aess
ion here Monday. March 30, in both
criminal and civil term, with Judge
T. B. Finley on the bench. The
Hrst three days were spent in clearing
the criminal docket, which was
eery light, said to be due to the fact
that the county recorder court, which
was inaugurated sometime ago by the
county commissioners, aided greatly
in relieving the higher court of trying
a number of minor cases and
thus keeping the criminal docket
IVom becoming crowded or congrest d.
It is understood that the civil
locket is considerably crowded and
will not likely be completed during
the remainder of the term, on acrount
of the fact that all civil cases
ire more or less drawn out, some
>ccupying several days time in
process of trial.
The prosecution for the state
succeeding in getting ^ number of
:onvictions, Charlie Hickman was
five IK months on the roads for aleged
violation of the prohibition
laws. Jack Hartne.ss, received a fine
Df $25 and cost, and 4 months
suspended road sentence for violation
of the prohibition laws. James
Hardin, charged with larceny, received
a 12 months road sentence.
Boy Hardin, also charged with larcen
was given a six months jail sentence,
ind the two Hardins were erquired
:o give bond for their appearance at
avery term of court tor a period of
ihree years and show good conduct
ind behavior. The ease of the state
igainst Cliff Dockery, charged with
'inding Dockery n?t guilty was reurned.
Pob Caruth, charged with assault
vith ? uvadiy weapon on two counts,
vas fined $100. and costs on one
rount. and given a four month?
uspender road sentence on the other
rount. *
The case of the State against John
Palmer, charged with assault with
leadly weapon, the sentence of the
lourt was as follows; "It is the
lodgement of the Court that the deendant
be confined in the county jail
or a period of four months, and the
ounty commissioners authorized to
urn him over to the State Hospital
ipon the proper pepers showing his
id mission; or in the event this is not
ione, they are authorized to hire
tim out upon defendants given a
>ond in the sum of $500.00 condiioned
upon his food behavior that he
ceep the peace toward all persons,
hat he be not permitted to drive an
lutomobile and that he appear here
it each March and November terms
>f Court for two years and show that
ie has been of good behavior and
show that he has complied with ths
conditions imposed in the bond,
i'opias to issue at any time it appears
Lo the Court that he has failed to
L-ompiy wiin ine terms imposed lor
:he service of the unexpired term.'
Membership Roll
Volunteer Library
Ass'n Announced
Mrs. D. Witherspoon, Chairman of
the Library committee of the Woman's
Club, announced this week that
week that the following: had voluntarily
sent in their dollar membership
fee thereby becoming members
of the Volunteer Library Association:
Mrs. L. P. Kinsey, W. Sips, Miss
Ida M. Johnson, Mrs. Thomas Spencer,
D. Witherspoon. Miss May Keener.
Mrs. R. S. Parker, and Mrs. D.
Witherspoon.
It is hoped that many others will
join this volunteer Association and
send Mrs. Witherspoon the dollar fee,
which will be used for purchasing
books fr the public library.