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The Official Organ of
FOLLj'ME XXXVI i ^
COUNTY JELFARE i
BOARD IN SESSION
LAST THURSDAY
>d.-e?rd That R?tul?r Monthly Mootins
Be Held Monday Evening at
2 P. M. of Every Month At
The Court Houie
K
The Cherokee Board of Charities
and Public Welfare met Thursday
afternoon, April lUth. at 'I P. M. ir
the office of the Department of
Public Welfare on the second floor'
i f the Courthouse. The meeting was
called to order by Mr. A. L. Martin
former part-time Superintendent of
Public Welfare.
Mr. W. J. Martin of Martin's
i'nek was elected Chairman. Thfe
other members of the Board are Mrs I
<,. B. Walker of Andrews and Mrs.
W B. Johnson of Murphy.
Among: the important matter*
transacted by the board was th?
agreement that the regular mteting*
of the board in the future be held on '
111., first Monday of *?vory month at
'J P. M. Central, or Murphy time. Al-i
so several family \v< Itare and relief]
cases, requiring immediate attention
were discussed.
It is the plan of the board to ac- j
quaint the various communities of the
county with the new program of the
welfare work in the county at their
respective Sunday services. It is;
thought that this will be the most '
practical method of acquainting the
people with the work to be done and |
what welfare work will mean to them, j
Miss Lilly E. Mitchell is supervis-L
r of the case work under the K icke-i
feller grant, which makes this work1
possible in Cherokee county, and Miss
Anne Ruth Medealf is superintendent;
of the work in the county. Miss 11
Mitchell is remaining in the county c
for some time to assist Miss Medealf c
in getting the work organized and ,
acquainting thenw. Ives with the work j
to be done.
Miss Mitchell is an honor grad- t
uate of Maryviiie College in Ten-jfl
nessee, and received her degree of
Master of Arts fr m Oat!: fniver- .
n.l>, niicic s'lic >iuuini sociology under
the noted G. Stanley Hall and acted
as research as^tant to the head
of the Department of Sociology She
took special training at the New York
School of Social Work and in the
psychopathic ward of Bellevue Hospi;al,
New York. From 1918 to 1921,
ihe was connected with the American
Red Cross, having varied experience
"? ?HTCi?i*nis In u?c ~cr ? Frc~
1921 until recently she was employd
by the U. S. Veterans Bureau as
?ersonal service officer.
Miss Anne Ruth Mtdcalf is a gntd- y
late nurse from the Church Home In- ?
irmary of B-lt'moro. Md. Aft *r enaging
in public health work with the
risiting Nurse Association in Baltimore,
she was enrolled as a Red Cross
urse on the Mexican border in 1917.
ater she served in the American Ar.
ly Nurse Corps in A. E. F.. being
ischarged in the fall of 1919. Her
ext work was in charge of profesonal
work in a hospital in Engle- |
ood, N. J. Subsequent to that, in
921, she organized and coordinated ' j
ome hygiene classes from the Red ^
ro*s in Mason County, West Virgin- t
i. From 1921 to 1924 Miss Med- j
alf was head worker at the Line Fork {
ettlrmentof the Pine Mountain Set- s
ement School. Kentucky, carrying r
n community activities in the com- t
lunitv house, the schools., and nub- .
^ I
c health work in the surrounding t
ountry. During: the academic year ^
f 1924 and 1925 she has been a stu- ^
ent .in the School of Public Welfare
fc the University of North Carolina, f
)pening Game I
Asheville Baseball =
Club, Monday i;
a
Thousands of people from all parte
Western North Carolina will meet ^
I Aaheville on Monday. April 27
hen the Aslmville Tourists, Land of
i. Sky con* =Ver for the South Atntle
Leajf ^.^ynnant, will meet Combia,
S.v 1 i /^hc came prontisse* 1
' ??2i^^/he best exhibit.ons of f
e natural-pastime evjrr plnycd on1 a
le diamr.r.d in this section and both a
ams ore primed to win. 1
One of the largest criwds that nas
'er assembled in Ashevilee w expoc- t
d to Witness the c #t>tcst
m)t
Murphy mnd Cherokee
No. 37.
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V
J. U. BROWN DIES
AT HIS HOME IN
BEAVERDAM
Vai Fifty-Two Years Old, and Mern-^
b'r of The Cherokee Qiunljr
Road Cofnminioa
Joseph Upton Brown, .*>2 yc ar# old,
tnmarried and a member of the Cher.
>kee County Road Commission, died
it his home at the Cherokee Mission
k-hool. in Beaverdam Township eary
Sunday morning of influenza and
mrumonia. Mr. Brown, perhaps bet.er
known as Joe Brown, was sick
iniy about a week. lie spent the
creator part of the week of April 6
iere at Murphy in the performance
f his duties as a member of the Cheokee
County Road Commission, and
rhile here was suffering with a severe
old. He left Friday, the 10th, fir
lis home and Saturday afternoon his i
ondition was so that he was forced to
ake his bed. Medical attention j
vas administered and it seemed that
lis condition was improving until J
he latter part of last week when it
lecame critical, "ine end came quite
mexpectedly Sunday morning at
1:30 o'clock.
Mr. Brown lived with his mother
ind sister at the Cherokee Mission
school, known as the "Buckberry
ichor I," his sister. Miss Mary II. J
drown having charge of the school, j
ie is survived by his mother, Mrs.!
>ue M. Brown, and sister, and a host J
>f relatives and friends who mourn
lis passing. Joe Brawn was a good (
nan. and the community and county
n which he lived and served will |
jreatly miss his wise counsel and,
eadership.
Funeral services were held at the
dadisonville, Tenn. Presbyterian
Church at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday af
ernoon, conaucieu oy me rurar,
lev. S. M. Wolfe, assisted by Revs.!
2. G. Clary, of" Murphy, and C. L. i
Jentelle, of Farner, Tenn. Inter-!
nent was in the Madisonville ceme-{
ery. The large number of sympahizing
friends and the many beauiful
floral tributes attested to the
iigh esteem in which Joe Brown was
leld by those who knew him.
Among those attending the funeral
rom Murphy were Rev. E. G. Clary,
JoL John H. Dillard. Mr. and Mrs. H.
,. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Dockry,
and Miss Ruth Hatchett, besides
number of others from this immed?te
section whose names are not
vailable.
foung Harris Student
Dies at Hospital
Edwin Segars, student of Young
(arris, who underwent an operation
or appendicitis sometime ago, died
t the local hospital Sunday afternoon
bout 3:30 o'clock. He was about
7 years old.
His body was prepared and shipped
o his home at Carnesville, Ga. for fuleral
and interment.
Cfjcro
County, and the Lead in]
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA
Modistes i
J. M. Brittain Appointed
Registrar in Local
Election
'
Mr. J. M. Brittain was this week
appointed registrar for the local election
of city officers, and will serve
instead of Richard Maroney. who
resigned on account of having to
devote his time to his duties as sub- ,
stitute in the local postoffice, which j
rendered him unable to serve. Mr. (
E. C. Mallonee was at first appointed.
but resigned, and later Mr. Me- ,
roney was appointed anil ulso tendered
his resignation, whereupon Mr.
J. M. Brittain was appointed.
The books will be open for the
'registration ol' those who have rnov- ed
into the town and have not rtg- .
istered, or have become of age since
the last registration, and will be op- ,
en at Brittain & Mayfielda hnrdware t
store through Saturday of this week.
The Australian system of balloting']
will be used as required by law, and
it is understood that the names of all
the candidates for the offices of
mayor and members of the council .
niusi or fviiirifu tu the city "'?rk
not later than one week before the election,
according to those who are ^
familiar with the law. Another column
notice is given that all names
of such candidates must be certified (
to to the city clerk not later than
Tuesday, April 28th. or they cannot
appear on the official ballot.
Just before closing: the forms for j
press Thursday the following ticket
was handed in:
Editor Scout:
A Citizens' Committee, after hav-(i
ing consulted a majority of the vo- t
ters, met Monday evening in the court |
house and named the following gentlemen
to look after the interests of |
our city for the ensuing year, subject,
however, to the election to be held on '
May 5th. j
For Mayor? [ i
Ralph O. Moody \ \
For Town Commissioners? J?
J. A. Richardson i
W. P. Odum
S. D. Akin
J. H. McCall J.
x? r i*
Geo. W. Ellis |]
Circulars were also distributed ]
Thursday calling a mass meeting at ]
the court house for the purpose of \
nominating a ticket for mayor and ]
council. j i
Contractors Finish <
Grading And. Road
Geer and Wilson, contractors, who
had the contract for grading the 1
Andrews-Murphy Highway of state! ,
highway, route No. 10, between Mur_j
phy and Marble, ^this week complet- ]
ed their contract and left for Ruth- i
erfordton, where it is underrtood i
they have another job. (
All equipment and machinery was
shipped to Rutherfordton. Mr. ]
James Keeter was in charge of Gcer
& Wilson's contract here.
g Newspaper in this
FRIDAY. APRIL 24. 1925
"N i
East Murphy Detour
. Is Being Prepared
' * *v - '-< _ i
Street Foreman E. P. Hawkins has'
a crew of men working on Conaheta
drive and a small extension of Hill
Street in East Murphy preparing a
detour for the East Murphy and Up-'
Valley River Traffic, while Hill Street
and Valley River Avenue are being
paved. The contractor plans to begin
paving at the County Home so as j
to allow traffic to use the old An-'
drewa road from that point this way. j
The detour is being prepared form
the end of Hill Street in East Murphy
back of the homo of W. W.
Hyde, joining Conaheta drive along
This portion of the road is being graded
so as to put it in good passable
condition. On the other end of Conaheta
drive where the road goes into
Factorytown some of the rocks are
being blasted out and the grade con-!
siderably cut down. After reachingj
Factoiytown the street recently macadamized,
will then receive the traffic,
which then leads to the lower end
When this work is finished the traffic
from East Murphy and from towards
Andrews will have a convenient anproach
to Murphy while the concrete
road to Andrews is being laid.
Commencement Ex.
Hayesville School
T
Hayesville High School is about to'
close a very successful session. At-'
tendance has been good throughout j
the school term, and both teachers and
patrons feel well pleased at the progress
made by the pupils. The Commencement
exercises will begin' on j
Thursday evening. April 27th. Dr. R.'
L. Creel of Bryson City will preach
the Commencement sermon and Su-J
perintendent F. L. Wells of Bun-!
?ombe county, will address the grad- j
uating class.
The following eighteen students ;
are members of the Senior Class:!
fessie Mae Adkins, Norine Anderson,!
Blanchard Brcndle, Opal Crawford !
Leila Dayton, Mary Sue DeHart. Belle
[>eHart, Sallie PeHart, Charles Gray,'
May Hughes, Julia Martin. Lucy'
Moore, Esther Prather, Pat Scroggs.
Mary Sellers, Foster Swanson, Claude,
Winchester. First honors go to Miss I
fessie Mae Adkins and second hon>rs
to Miss Opal Crawford.
The following is the Commence- j
went program:
"Operatta, "Midsummer Eve." Pri-j
nary grades, Thursday evening.
\pril 23rd, 8 o'clock.
Operatta, "Columbra* strip to the j
Corth Pole," Intermediate grades
r'riday evening 8 o'clock.
Recital by expression class, Fri!ay
afternoon 2:30 o'clock.
Fashion Show. Home Economics
department, Saturday afternoon. 2:10
o'clock.
Play. "Miss Somebody Else," Sat
tout
Seciion of Western N
r?;
Bubgrading Began on i
Road in City Limits
This Week
The first of this week witnessed
he beginning of the grading on the
tili at the L. & N. Depot, and the
subgrading on the East Murphy end
vithin th- city limits of State high ay
No. 10. by the road force of contractor
Wardrop, who has the contract
for hardsurfacing this end of
the Murphy-Andrews highway. Mr.
Wardrop has the contract of surfacing
this road from Marble to Murphy.
which is to be 16-foot concrete,
with a four-foot shoulder on either
side.
With the subgrading already underway.
if is expected that the actual
pouring of concrete will begin
about the first of next week. A
caravan of trucks have been busy this
week haulinz crushed rock and placing
it along the street to be used in
the foundation and mixing of th^> concrete.
It is understtod that the
work will be completed within the
limits of the town in about thirty
days, or thereabouts.
The subgrading began on the Andrews
end of the road last week and
the pouring of the concrete is expected
to begin there the latter part of
this week or the first of next.
Wright & Sons, of Dillsboro have the
contract for the Andrews end of the
road.
When the work on the road reaches
the stage that traffic will be held
up. it is understood that the detour
will be by Peachtree and Whitaker
Church, although it is expected to
be some time yet before it will become
necessary to close the road to
traffic.
Victim of Auto Wreck
In Hospital
Near Death
R. V. Foster, 24 years old. of neat
Hiawassee. Towns County. Ga.. and
son of J. C. Foster, is near death in
the Murphy Hospital as the resuil
of an automobile accident on the
nanginguug roau near tne nome oi
Cuu !!c\iU3, Tuesday tiighl auuui 5
o'clock.
Young Foster and a companion,
W. A. Ellison, it is understood, had
been down in the Hangingdog section
on business and were on their
return via Blairsville, hut had missed
the road they wanted to travel
and gotten off on another. After
traveling the wrong road for a distance
of about two miles, they stop,
ned and innnlroH w?w AftST
being told they were on the wrong
road, they proceeded to turn around
and while doing so the stering wheel
refused to work. It. is understood
the brakes of the car were not in
good condition, and the car plunged
over an embankment about eight or
ten feet high, turning turtle as it
went, pinnig young foster beneath
the steering wheel. His chest was
badly crushed.
He was brought to the local hospital
Tuesday night, and attending
physicians hold out little hope for
his recovery, although it said he has
some chance at least. His parents
were notified and the father and a
younger brother are at his bedside.
W. A. Ellison, his companion in
the car, escaped with a few minor injuries,
such as cuts and bruises.
urday evening 8 o'clock. Senior
Class.
Baccalaureate Service, Sunday
morning:, 11 o'clock; sermon by Dr.
R. L. Creel.
Class Day Exercises Monday afternoon,
2 :.*?0 o'clock. Senior Class.
Graduating: Exercises. Monday
evening: 8 o'clock; address by superintendent
Wells.
All the exercises will be held in the
High School Auditorium. All will
be free except the Senior play, for
which a small admission will be charged.
Burning Iron And
Knife, Tools Used In
Construction of Fiddle
Mrs. Nettie Dickey purchased a
fiddle last week from Charles Tayloi
who lives near Ogreeta, which Mr.
Taylor made himself, the only tools
used being a burning iron and a pen
knife. The fiddle is well made and
bears the marks of real craftsman
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orth Carolina
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Truck of R. L. Lance
Damaged in Colli*on
A truck loaded with crushed rock
was damaged the latter part of last
week when it was run into from the
rear by an empty truck. It is said
that the driver of the empty truck
was attempting to pass the other; and when
the other truck nulled into the
middle <>f the road the speed was so
groat that it could not be p.-gsed in
I time. The leaded truck was badly
damaged. Both trucks belonged
to R. L. Lance, who has the contract
for surfacing the road form the Georgia
line at Bellview to Blairsvtlle, and
the accident happened just over the
line in Georgia. Elmer Taylor and
Frank Young were the drivers, and esI
caped without injury.
Parker Installs New
Electric Cream Cooler
Richard S. Parker, local druggist,
recently installed a new Frigidaire
ice cream cooler. It has a capacity
of thirty-six gallons and manufacture*
its own ice. It is so constructed that
?vh; n the cooler becomes beiow a certain
temperature it automatically begins
operation and when it reaches a
certain freezing temperature it automatically
shuts off, therfore keeping
I the cream cool and hard at ail times.
| This is quite an addition to Dr. Par.
ker's already up-to-date drug store,
i and will enable him to better serve
this line of his trade. ? . ,'a ?
Occupants Unhurt
As Cars Collide >
J 9
An accident that came near proving
serious was when the cars, driven
I oy .mi*, i name Logan and Mr. R. L.
1 Robinson, ran together on the Hayesvilie
road near the intersection of the
1 j road known as the Mission road, the
I first of last week. The cars were goI
injf in the opposite direction, and a
' wagon was in the road between them.
, It is thought that both drivers attempted
to pass the wagon at the
[ same time, not seeing one another,
and when Mr. Robinson attempted to
pass the wagon he saw the other car
and his speed was such that it hit the
wagon, with a long coupling pole protruding
form the rear, or hit the other
car. and before he could decide he
ran into the car being driven by Mr.
Logan. The front wheels of both
i cars were demolished but the occupant
sescaped unhurt, except for a
severe shaking up and being frightened.
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it is understtod Mr. Logan** family
was occupying the car with him,
while Mr. Robinson was alone.
Miss Lilla Cooler Weds
Dr. Edward E. Adams
The marriage of Miss Lilla Cooler
i to Dr. Edward E. Adams was solemn;
ized Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o*j
clock at the home of the bride's
| mother, Mrs. G. E. Suggs on Forest
avenue. Rev. Sasser, of Murphy, N.
' C. officiated. \
Miss Edna Cox was maid of honi
or. and the best man was Mr. Ralph
Moody.
The bride was given in marriage by
i her brother, Fred W. Cooler.
The home was beautifully decoraj
ted with ferns and cut fiowers. and an
i improvised altar of smilax and Easter
lillies.
Lohengren's wedding march was
j played by Mrs. Thomas J. Gilbert,
j The bride wore a blonde satin enj
semble suit trimmed in fox fur with
j picture hat and accessories to match,
i She carried a shower bouquet of
| bride's roses and lillies of the valley,
j The out-of-town guests were: Mr.
| Ralph Moody, of Murphy, N. C., Mrs.
| N. B. Adams, of Murphy, N. C.. Mr,
| and Mrs. Mc In tyre and daughter of
Maryville, Tenn.; Dr. and Mrs. Newman,
ol' Friendsville, Tenn.
Following the ceremony a reception
i was held at the home of the bride, afj
which the couple left on their honeyl
moon for an extended trip to New
! York and Canada.?Knoxville Journal-Tribune.
i ship, being of the same size and con
j struction of standard makes of fiddles.
The carvings are excellent.
It is understood that Mr. Taylar
made the fiddle during odd and spare
I moments and the work was completi
ed over a period of six months. ,
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