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The Official Cr^an
VOLUME XXXVII. NO. 40.
s. S. OFFICERS
AND TEACHERS
MEET AT MARBLE
A vretine: of the officers and
to "f the Baptist Sunday School?
! *j>f \Y -torn North Carolina Baptist
A<- "ion will be held at Marble
S|v Baptist church. Marble, X.
<\ - n lay. May 23, 1926.
Following is the program. fast time
1?L. a. m. Sonp and Praise led by
W A. Adams and Hanjrintr Poir Choir
1 20 n. m. Temporary Organization.
Election of Chairman and secretary
for the I?av. Welcome VIdr<
? A. B. Hall. Superintendent Marti
Soring? Sunday School.
! II on*e. TI. W. Carrincer, Supo?-.
i-;.'T-<lent Little Brasstown Sunday
Sch ml.
1'?.30 a. ni. "The Superintendent In
Ar'i 'f." .T. N*. Parnctti'. Hickory. X
(' . r Baptist Sunday Srhool Board
Baptist State Convention.
' Terence and Open Discussion of
t Superintendent's Program and
Pr'-Moms.
i ' 0 Adjourn fur Dinner.
' The officers teachers and others
f' the various Sunday Schools will
? l" their dinner from home. The
pi - of Mnrblc have only Been asked
to furnish the place for us to meet.)
1:45 p. m. Informal Song a: 1 Prai-e
Service.
I The committee suggests that the
various choirs conic prepared and ren?i
one or more select'"ns.
2:00 p. m. "The Sunday School
Teacher Between and on Sundays." .1
N. Bnrnette. Hickory. X. C.
2:5". p. m. Conference and open
D i ussion on the Teacher's Program
and Problems.
Explanation: This meeting has
keen arranged in an effort to imp
"ve the work in the Sunday School?
f the Western Xorth Carolina Baptist
Association. Brother J. X. Barnette,
of Hickory, Xorth Carolina who
deliver the two main addresses
C - had great suec? s as Superintendent
of his home Sunday School and
- a leader in Baptist Sunday School
work in Xorth Carolina. We shall be
pleased and profited by hearing him
: Eet us have a guod day together. It
i> greatly hoped that every school will
be represented.
T. L. SASSER, Acting Chairman
Murphy, X. C.
GARPETT IN JATI.
CHARGED WITH
DEATH M'CURRY
Grayson Garrett, about 65 year?
acre is in jail charped with the
shoot inp to death of Gus McCurry
on April :?Oth. The ^bor.iimr occuved
at the home of McCurry two mile?
noith of Unaka near the Tenno ^e
line. Both men are said to have been
drinkinp and the details of the
affair are not. known.
McCurry was about fifty years old
and is survived by his wife and two,
brothers, one of Rabun County. Ga..
and the other of Alabama.
Garrett was taken into custody
about two hours after the shootincr
by Sheriff Morrow nvd is H jrrl
nwaitinp trial. Tie is a native of
Towns County. Ga.
New Teur'"t
For Bla'rsvil'e
Blnir"villo. May I'b?!'?! iv '<
is to have n new tourist hotel. Mr.
L. T. Christopher and son are remodeling
their store on the corner
y of Main St.. and the Mu-phy hiph
inpr and makinn it adaptable for hotel
purposes. It wil contain forty rooms
and will bo opened July 1st.
Shoal Creek S. S.
Convention Postponed
r>ear Mr. Editor:
Please announce in your paper
that the Shoal Creek Sunday School
Convention will be postponed from
the 5th, Sunday in May until the 1st
Sunday in June.
With best wishes for the S;out
f and the peonle it serves, T am
Very truly your"
R. L. Keenom.
^ Chm. Shoal Creek Township, Sunday;
School Association.
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DECORATION
DAY AT SHADY
GROVE MAY 30
Two miles west of Culberson, N'
C.. on the .'10th (National Decoration
day) there will he a Decoration with
other entertainments. At 9.30 a.
111. the meeting begins with preliminary
services by singing, followed by
welcome address by I. 1'. Hawkins
At 10 o'clock Decoration begins followed
at 11 o'clock bv preaching,
alter which refreshments will he served.
At 1 o'clock an oration by lawyer
Bell of Murphy, X. C. A very
large crowd is expected as usual at
.k; ady tirove. This is one of the oldest
communties anywhere in the
ivunt'. y and has a very large cemetery
that i well cared for. You are
respect fully in\ ited.
T. M. RICE, Char. Committee
Des Rochers To
Improve Property
On Highway No. 10
H. Des Rochers, of Lemon City.
Fla., auivcd several day* ago and
i.. making preparation to iirprovt:
'.e property bought last summer from
George Hampton, on the Appalachian
Scenic Highway and X. C. High
<y NY. 10. two and a half miles
nth of Murphy.
The property includes some 12
acres on top of a mountain, and cominands
and excellent panoramic view;
in ali directions. The improvements
v-il include the grading of a road to
the : >p of the mountain, the clearing
of tv.v or ra re acres for park
and recreational purposes, to bo
equipped with swings, benches and
other park facilities. Streets will be
laid out and set civ.! modern cottages'
will be built, the material for which
has already been ordered.
"Mr. Des Rochers is organizing a
Fir iida colony to occupy the cottage?
during sura me'" and vacation seasons
MARBLE
Mr. S. E, I. vii.good who has been
attending college at Marshill, X. C.
home fo? the summer holul.?ys. i
Dr. and .M -. K. E. Adams of Mu..
by wore wr;. pleasant callers at
i. -me >? .M:. ::;<! M.s. W B.
luik.v S nd.i.. afternoon.
M-. and Mrs. James Dennett of
Pioetor eve vis;! ??sr the latters par-.
US Mr. and >:; >. B. If all.
~1 . ami X \rnold Bryson an-'
.nee t" . birth of .? son.
We are all glad t have Miss Osie
S.uilh at home agar . Miss Smith has
i f. .i teaching at Silir < i y, X. C.
Sir.ging Ccr.vention
At Culberson
There will he a singing convention'
at Culberson baptist church Sunday
'May 16th. There will be refresh-!
4? i
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County, and the I-eadi:
V.i . \ NORTH CAROLINA
Time Along the
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Many Prohibition
Violations Tried
By County Court
Fourteen out of nineteen oases
i-atryinc conviction in the General
f'ounty Court hero on the first Monday
wort -r violations of the prohi!>* .
it?n law. Court was is session for
?hree an?l a half days, with -Ijidtre
W*. M. AnIov on the bench and Solicitor
K, O. Christopher appearing for
The convictions in ca:>ps f?r violation
of the prohibition law follows*
' *?!. Poison, plea of guilty. $25
nni cost; rbb McClure, pica of guilty
J? 100 and co>t; Ray Soles bee and
Krra Hughes, car seized antl sold, $50
and cost, and deprived of driving for
12 ninths; It. L. Snriver, $50 and
co-t>; Will Mathis. $10 and costs*
George Orr, on three counts, thirty
days in jail, and deprived of driving
f'?r 12 months, appealed; Ed. Al?erv.athv.
$10 antl costs; Howartl Murphy.
$75 and costs; Waterman Wilie
: months in jail, deprived of driving
fir 12 month.-, appealed antl bond
freed at Aud Wilson. -1 months.
$">0 and costs, deprivetl of tlrivin.ir
f r 12 months, prayer for judgment
continued; Herman Elliott. 1 months
$50 nr?l e- .-ts. deprived of driving for
?2 nu nth", appealed antl bond fixed
' $300; Sherman Hunter. I months
. ppcaled and bond fixed at $300*
I. F. Miller. 6 months, apealod ami
bond fixed r.t $750; Charles Lenherg
$25 and costs.
George Pockery, charged with |
lander. G months on the road, prayer t
for judgment continued upon pay- J
ment < f $50 an l cost. Appealed and j
Bond fixed r.t $500.
Wesley Bradley, carrying concealer'
weapon, 4 months. $50 and costs
; ldgmcnt -us;--ended upon payment
ci iiie antl costs.
Sh.r . !!. Cole, ?\.r e-b. true :ng pubr
* road. $15 and costs.
inhn Stile-. with de*id!>
weapon, costs.
1'. A. Anilc.vm. iarccny. 6 laont'is
jiiu j.-- -. i.t suspended upon payment of
COS is.
Decoration Dav At
Peachtree May 30th
Doc*':. 'i.'T Pnv will be f-rvf ! at
Reach t: with appropriate ?>:.?r-.
. !ses by pla- i ;.rr flov.-er< on the
graves of the departed. it was announced
by G. A. Walsh member of
the committee. Mr. W',*:l>h ?-tat??l
Girt Sji? Hay. M ir 22 had been tie-'
.-wanted as the day f.?r eler.niug off.
he cemetery and all who wouftf.
.-'noull gather ??n this date, for this
purp. sr.
Should Saturday. May 22nd. be
hat! day for this work, Saturday
May 2'.?th, will be the date, he an
nounced.
ment on the grand for ail who at-1
tend. Everybody is cordially invited j
ROBERT BELL. *
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IJtlDAY. MAY 14, 19iC.
Concrete
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NEW BOARD OF
CITY FATHERS
TAKE OFFICE
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Committees r.amed and T. W. Axlcy |
Elected City Manager and
Deputy Tax Collecto- t
Mayor Frank S. Hill and his Board i
i f Commissioners for the ensuing I
year assumed their duties on Friday i
rfi'.'fft. May 7th at the Mayor's office,
the retiring Mayor, W. M. Fain, ad- ]
ministering the oath of office. After ?
tho retiring anil incoming Mayor and (
members of the two boards had ex- I
changed greetings and pledged mutu- i
al suport and good will, adjourn- i
ment was taken until Monday night 1
May 10th, at which time the first <
regular meeting of the new board 3
was held.
At this first meeting. Commission <
W. 1'. Odor.i was elected Mayor pro- ;
ten;, and B. \V. Sipe Clerk to the i
Board and Treasurer. The follow- 1
ing ci mmittec chairmen were then (
appointed by the Mayor: Streets 1
T. W. Davidson; Water and Cemetery 3
G. D Ledford; Finance, Traffic and 1
advertising, W. I*. Odom; Police and
light contracts, J. G. Greene; Sani- 1
tary committee. J. W. McMillan.
I?. M. Birchfield was elected Chief
Police and Tax Collector. T. W.
Axley was named city manager and '
deputy tax colector and will assume'his
duties of the loth of the month 1
He will also assume the dutu s of the
water superintendent. Gill Neely was
retained t?? have charge of the out-j
side work on the water system. Sidney
PcndJey was elected fire chief
and. Fred Johnson assistant fire
chief. These two were authorized to
elect 1G members of the volunteer-1
tire department. Attorney John I! |
ni!lavd was elected city attorney for |
the present year. The regular meeting
night of the board was fixed as
he second Thursday night in the {
onth.
The new Mayor in assuming his
d-.t r- pledged himself and Board t?
.' > nil in their powc to suppress ,
crime and enforce all the laws of
state and ord'.ances of the hoar'J
r.nd in every way possible to advance ]
the civic and business intcre.-t of the :
?ommunity. 1
MRS. STALCUP
DIED A THOME
NEAP. BELLEVIEW
Mrs. W T. Stale up, -10, died af "
' -r hnear Bclleview '1 tesday '
May f?, after an illness of about n |
year.
Funeral services were conducted or,
Wedensday by Revs. Martin and ,
N'ob'.c, and interment was in Martin*"
Creek Cemetery.
Mis. Stalcnp was a fine woman |
and loved by all who knew her. Shc|
is survived by her husband, two son
and one daughter, and several bro-J
thc-rs and sistes.
seciion of Western No
'lumber Stills Captured
Recently By Officers
County officers have been playing*
lavr.c with the moonshiner# recently
y destroying many outfits of thi
i:.;> .rontly flourishing business.
On April 2ro.h, Sheriff B. l?. M?.row
and Deputy Jam? > Morrow can ire-:
u complete fifty gallon outfit
lose to the Tennessee line near Far-,
per, and destroyed a thousand gallon?
f beer and mash. The outfit had
?een operated the night before, but
deserted when the officers found 1
t.
Deputy Sheriff John and Fred '
Faylor recently captured a forty gal- '
on till and destroyed about 2,000 ^
rations of beer and mash in what is
mown as the Fowler Bend, some ten (
niles below Murphy. No arrests were
pade.
Deputy Sheriff Bell recently
trought iti twn utfit> taken in Hothouse
Township close to the Tenressf>e
line at Isabella. Th( two were
>f thirty and forty gallon capacities
ind a lot of beer and mash destroved
i
5enior Class Play
Friday, May 14th
The senior cla.-> play, entitled "A1
:he End of t.hc Rainbow/' will he
given at the school auditorium Frilay
evening. May 1 4th. It is a come-!
,iy ? f college life in three acts.
The scenes of the play are laid in
t college town. The students are
practicing for a football game with a
rival college team and much interest
n the outcome is shown. It develops
that Douglas Brown, a football expert
from another college, is in town
>n busines sconnectetl with bis father's
estate, and t?- distract attention
uitcrs this college, l'hilis induces him
to consent to play with the team it
the request of the captain, a love
romance being created thereby.
Robert l'reston. a lawyer secretly
loves Marion Dayton, his ward, and
die reciprocates. He intrusts the
combination of his safe to her and
I ells her of a pocket of important
capers therein. Louise Ross and her
not her, Mrs Brown, stepmother of
[louglas, learns that a second will
lisinheritinc thorn i? fm?ml ??,! 5=1
mong the papers in Preston's safe
rhey plot to ol>tain possession of the
locuments at a mask ball given by
Marion. Louise wears a costume
identical with that of Marion's. de;eives
Preston, learns from him the
combination of the safe, obtains the
r.apers by the aid of Jack Austin, unnvare
of the fact that the original
pocket has been removed by Preston
and other documents substituted.
The "Imp" a girl student ,
sees and recognizes her.
Pretson enters and recognizes
lack, who is assisting Louise in the
belief that she is Marion, and convinced
that Jack meditates robbery
upbraids him. Marion enters and
comprehending the situation as she
fancies, she shields Jack by assuming
the guilt. His innocence is finally
established by the "Imp," who exposes
Louise. Meanwhile Douglas
vins the game f<?r the team and realms
that he loves Phyllis, hut when
be learns that she has trifled with
tiiu he becomes cool. This, however
passes away, ami hanniness follows.
V.'hon Marion's self-sacrificing effort
t< save Jack is brought to Prcson*
attention through the exposure
if Louise's duplicity, he discovers!
hat he loves her and their dream of
Sic pot of gold at "the end of the
rainbow" is happily realized.
The cast of Characters follows:
Douglas Brown, a football player
Herbert McCall.
)iek Preston, The Groom, RoberttVclls.
Stanley Palmer, "II:.v.kirif*," tV.e
I*,-?
Tod Whitney Cantain of the Verity
team. Foren Davis,
h-ck Austin. Preston's Secretary
Tcorae Maunev.
Marion Dayton, A Ward of Prest o
Mr-. F. C. Malonce.
Xeilie Preston. A bride. Blanche
r eajrue.
L? uise Ross, Known as M ss Grayson.
Lei In Posey.
Pbillis Fane, a football enthusiast
All in e Richardson.
Kathleen Knox. Chm. of the Rush-1
ingr Committee, Bertha Croin. j
TV; Imp. A Fisherman, E!oi?e Fain j
Emily Elliott, With a Conscience.
Flora Stephens. '
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COPY ? f 1.50 PER YEAB
? Ciinic
For Cripple
Children Examined
51 Applicants
1 iy-one apjj i. ants appeared tof
\:ir nation a-. the- ee clinic for
::!? ! children ivre Saturday May
s' ' . The clinic v as under the joint
iirection < f I v. .1. G. Gaul, associate
ir>onn Uio ?? *
.... v.?v uKuic iHi^jmai ior
ICij pled Children, of Gastonia, and
M iss Enieth Tuttle, Director of the
Children's Bureau of the State Board
f Charities and Public Welfare
Mi - Elizabeth G. Smith, county superintendent
of public welfare in
Cherokee County, wa- in charge of
;he clinic, which included Cherokee
Clay, Swain, Graham and Macon
Counties.
The number of children examined
from the different counties follows*
Cherokee, f lay, 12; Graham,3*
Swain, 1; Macon,1. One applicant
from Georgia was examined, which
brines the total up to fifty-one.
Ti < !: 'fication of the cases follows:
Private ca-vs, ; hopeless case?
I; nuivhor signed plication for
State Hoit;t for Cripple children
r od pi i . n waiting list, 10; old
> lii-tni d fiom hospital, 2; advised
t? report at next nearby clinic,
t.
Those in charge of and conducting
the c'.ini' expre?ed appreciation to
the Murph\ Methodist Church for*
tin- u- of the parlors ?.f the church
in holding the rlinic, and were well
leased with the aeration given
by the '.alio- and citizens of the town
The laidies of the Methodist, Prcsbyterian
and Baptist churches, and
the Woman's Club served free lunche?
to about 170 people in attendance,
and those attending expressed their
appreciation of the lunches and
courtesies and kindnesses shown.
LIONS BANQUET
AT M.E. CHURCH
TUESDAY NIGHT
The Lions Club hehl the regulaf
monthly meeting at the Methodist*
Church Tuesday niaht. The banquet
was served in the parlors by the
women of the church. Thirteen
niemhevs were present, and E. C.
Moore Third Vive-President presided
in the absence of President Fain.
The club voted $1.1.1)0 to the superintendent
of the local school to
offer as prize money in the declamation
and recitation contests at the
close of this scholastic year. This
amount supplemented $">.00 personally
donated by Don Witherspoon and
$10.00 by .r. L. Brown, of the Asheville
Lions, making a total of $30..
It was brought to the attention of
the club that cars were being dirven
recklessly through the school district
especially during the hours that
pupils are going to and from school,
and we*--. ked to lend their co-operation
to the end that the lives of
the school children might not be
jeopardized.
The h. ;:r was very pleasantly
-pent. Don Witherspoon and Joe
Storey kept the crowd in an uproar
by their jokes and witticisms, and
the : ion : .mer was kept busy col'
looting t'i -. At the c nelusion the
tdii v.i :c given a vote of thanks
JVr :i.e lendid banquet served.
FACTORY TOWN NEWS
The Ilev. Thomas T itett will start
a revival rvice at the second Baptist
church of M rphy Sunday night, the
10th. Everybody cordially invited
from all other churches, to attend.
Mr. IL A. Manvss from Mineral
Bluff. Ca., was the guest of Mr. .T.
A. Kiel Saturday night.
Mr. *00 Hodden returned Back
Sunday n . ht from a visit to tiastoaia,
N. C.
Mis. Mae Kith was the guest of
Mi -. :e'v Matt hers Sunday.
M Wl'hrow left last week
' 'V i he re she will recide.
line \ Mai J with a Taste fof
1 1;. 'urc. Winifred Burns.
Mrs. Rrown, Step Mother of Douglas
Brown. Menicc Payne.
1' > I', u. 1.1 ,1 Ernest, Molly
Bruso. M ijoriee Arm hi, of the Thett
I'hi Km?gcne Axley. Nettie Haw*
'.ins. I'ruline Martin, Bessie Crain.
1 Robert Preston, A lawyer, B. W,