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VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 4.
INTEREST KEEN
IN ASHEVILLEATLANTA
TOUR
Indications ara Twanty-Fiva or Thirty
Car* From Murphy Will Laave
y, With Motorcade
Interest is keen here in the motorcade
which will be run between Asherille
and Atlanta on October 18 over
the Appalachian Scenic Highway via
Murphy, and indications are that
ground twenty-five or thirty cars will
join the procession from Murphy.
Already ten cars have been entered
from lurphy and still a greater num.
ber have expressed a desire to enter
earn
; Th'. e who have entered to date are:
y E A. Davidson, president of the
Cherokee Bank; C. W. Savage, toproprietor
of the Regal Hotel; E.
C Moore, ocal Dodge, Overland
and Willys-Knight dealer; W. M.
Fain, president W. M. Fain Whole ale
Grocery Co.; J. B. Storey,
cashier of the Cherokee Bank; Dr.
Edw E. Adama, practicing phy cian;
A. B. Dickey, poatmaater; G.
H. Cope, lumberman; C. K. Hoover,
manager Coca-Cola Bottling plant;
Richard S. Parker, druggist.
A partial canvass of the town thrs
week revealed the fact that much Interest
is being manifested in the motormde
here, and it is expected that
Murphy will be represented by the
largest number of cars from any
town between Asheville and Atlanta
when the autocade proceeds on its
way to Atlanta.
i.uncheon will be served at the noon
hour here, where a stop-over of one
nour win De auowea ana n snort,
speaking program rendered.
Intrest Growing In
Road Celebration At
Franklin Sept. 15
Franklin, N. C., Aug. 31.?Interest
in the road celebrution here September
15 is gripping Georgia and
North Carolina. What started out aa
a two-county affair is becoming a
two-state jubilee.
It all grows out of the completion
highway No. 285, in North Carolina,
a distance of 21 miles between
li.llsboro and Franklin. At first the
r ad appeared to simply connect the
counties of Jackson and Macon in
North Carolina. But a growing realisation
of the import of the opening
of this highway appears to be responsible
for the fact that leaders all the
way from middle and eastern NorthCarolina
to Atlanta and the Florida
state line are becoming interested
I and are going to take part in the program
here September 15, and the
motorcade that afternoon to Asheviilt.
All ths members of the Georgia
. tate highway commission expect to
i articipate. Chairman John N. Holder
has accepted an invitation to appear
with former Governor Cameron
Morrison and North Carolina state
highway officials on the program
here. The members of the Georgia
legislature and county highway of
- ? <} irvin tncsc counties on ino.
15, which extends from North Carolina
to the Florida state line, just
north of Jacksonville, have been invited
Prominent newspaper men expected
include James A. Holloman,
of the Atlanta Constitution, Colonel
Wade H. Harris, of the Charlotte
Observer, C. A. Webb, of the Asheville
Citizen, and probably others.
Other men of prominence in the two
states undoubtedly will take part,
and local officials and hundreds of
citizens are expected..
Reduction Made
In School Books
State Superintendent A. T. Allen
announced this week a reduction in
the price of the "Child World," a
series of readers published by the B.
F. Johnson publishing Company, of
Kicchmond, Va. The reduction was
made so as to conform to the price
charged for the same readers in Tenne?ee.
The new prices of the readers
as follows: Primer, 40c; First
Reader, 45c; Second Reader, 50c;
Third Reader, 55c. These prices will
he found to he a few cent? less than
the price stamped on the back of
these readers, ft was stated, but nevfrtheleafc
they are effective from now
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TELLS OF TRIP (
THRU WESTERN
N. C. MOUNTAINS
Editor Rockingham (N. C.) Pott- v
Dispatch Iraprcusd With Sizo
of State and Grandeur of
Its Mountains
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| 1 hi- following is taken from the -j
Rockingham (N. C.) Post-Dispatch, .
written by its editor, Isaac S. London
who had occasion to motor througn {
the western section of North Carolina c
over the Appalachian Scenic Highway
recently. The at tide is headed t
"Know North Carolina" is several L
coltnns in length, and only a purl of s
it is carried here: <
The editor of the Post-Dispatch
spent last Saturday in a motor trip t
from Rockingham to the extreme g
western town in North Carolina? f
Murphy?and the following day the u
trip was resumed through northern
Georgia, and on down to Atlanta. *
Never before had the writer realiz. 1
f-H onmnlotolv th? nf (Kin .-Am. -
monwealth, or the grandeur of our
extreme western mountains and the j
marvelous hard surfaced road development
that has been put across.
And so impressed were we with *
this trip that wo would fain fro into
detail?live it over, as it were, wltn
luch of our readers as care to follow
us.
It is a lamentable fact that our (
people as a whole are totally un- (
familiar with the vast resources oi (
North Carolina, and certainly of that j
huge domain nestling on and behind c
the Blue Ridge mountains.
Barely a score of years ago North r
Carolina was lucky to make both ends
meet; today it is a pioneer in indus c
trial and commercial development. ]
For years the mountains had been a [
barrier to the people of the Piedmont f
section. Now good roads have made , \
the communication a thing of ease t
and joy. So untouched were the (
i mountain sections by the march of ,
! events and the impact of new cus- ;
I toms, that it would not be trite to say ! j
that many of them scarcely knew \
the war was ended?the War Between
the States, at that. But now all is ?
different. Roads have done the work. {
Physically, North Carolina is an {
immense domain?48,580 square s
miles of land, and 8,670 of water. ,
From Manteo, on Roanoke Island
where the "Lost Colony" was planted .
by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584, to
Murphy, in Cherokee county, the dis
tance by highway is 618 miles.
Marvelous Nintakila Gorg*.
I have been to Linville, Blowing
Rock, Black Mountain an^ on top of
Mt. Mitchell, but for beauty and i
grandeur, no part of these mountains i
can touch the scenery from Almond, |
in Swain county, to Topton, which is 1
the corner of Macon, Graham and I
Cherokee counties. This is a 11-mile i
stretch. The ride up or down or ]
through, whichever it is, the Nantahala
gorge is a bewildering succes- <
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Western North Carolina
MURPHY. NORTH OAROLL*
ibor Day Activit
SjgPBssg '.
Cherokee Company
T o Be Sold
The Cherokee Company, large lum>er
mill with plants at Mr.rphv and
>huila Mills, will be sold either on or
ifter the 11th of September, accord
ng to notices sent out to creditors I
f the company by John Biggs Jr..
teferee for the bankrupt corporation,
rhe notice calls on the tax claimants,
ion holders ami creditors to appear
;t the office of the referee at Wilmngton,
Del., and show why the real
istate and plants of the company j
hould not be sold free and clear el
incumbrances at ?public or private
ale. The trustees are George (?.
ihriver, W. Leroy Ail, and Frank L.
ipeakman.
There is much speculation here a*
o when the company buying will bein
operation. However, all are hopeul
that it will begin operation soon
is it means much to this section.
REPUBLICANS HEAR
.EADERS OF PARTY
DN CAMPAIGN TOUR
?andidatei For Senate and House j
Speak at Andrews and Nfurphy i
Thursday and Friday
Thursday ?r.d Friday of this week,'
he Republicans of Cherokee and Clay j
bounties will hear their candidates
liseuss the issues of the campaign j
>y Johnson J. Hayes, and Captain !
vennoth Smathers, standard bearers
>f the party f>>r United States Senutl
and House of Representatives. |
espectivcly.
Mr. Hayes began a speaking tour
?f Western North Carolina this week. ;
His campaign itinerary will carry
lim into every town and city in this
lection, it was stated. He is said to
>e a speaker of unusual eloquence ;
ind is ranked as one of the most
talented orators of the state. He ,
will oppose Senator Overman, the
ncumbent and democratic nominee
'or the U. S. Senate, in the fall elecions.
Mr. Johnson and Captain Smathers'
spoke at. Andrews Thursday night.
shy Friday morning at 11 o'clock,
tnd at Hayesville Friday afternoon
tt .1 o'clock.
Organ-'ze Industrial
Training School For
Colored At Murphy
An organization is being perfected
rhereby an industrial training school
ind orphans home for the colored
people of the mountain sections will
t>e established at Murphy it was
learned last week. The organization
is to be known as Christian Neighbors ;
Business League.
A site has been secured in Texan*
>n the old Pntton property, and a
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, Serving a larg* and Potei
?"A FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1925.
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J. F. CUNNINGHAM !
DIED AT MARIETTA
GA?EAST SUDAY
Body Brought To Brasatown Monday;
Funeral and Interment
Tuesday
.Toe V T'unnintrhnm, 53 years old. :
rominent and well known citizen nt
lh" Br: " \vn Community, died Sun-!
day n! In- home of his sister, Mrs. J
T. A. Cunningham. at Marrietta. Ga.. |
after a lingering illness. The body !
w:i- hiMr.j;ht hack Monday to his
home place for funeral and inter- I
ment.
Mr. Cunningham's health broke
down last May, and after spending
sometime under the care of local
physicians, he was placed under the
care of a specialist in Atlanta, mak ng
his home with his sister at Mari
etta.
Il?- was a meml r of the Methodist
church, end for mere than fifteen
years a M-i on, holding the office of
Secretary of the Brasstown Lodge at
the time of his death. lie was a good
man and had many friends in this
section.
Funeral services were held at Maggie's
Chapel Tuesday by the Rev
Gay Br *ant. of Etowah, Tenn., a
former pastor, nn?l interment was in I
the churchyard. He was buried with j
full Masonic honors, the lodge of j
which he had long been a member I
having charge.
He is survived by his father. A. H. j
Cunningham, and seven children, his J
wife having preceded him by two j
and a half years. The children are:
Carl, Glen,-and George; Cleva, Cloneta,
Mary Hill and Moreno Cunningham;
one brother, R. A. Cunningham {'
of Marietta; two sisters. Mrs. J. A. _
Cunningham and- Miss Maggie Cun- j
ninghnm, of Marietta.
number of buildings will be erected
thereon. The plans are to make a j
kind of industrial training school ana j
home for orphans, unfortunate children,
and aged people of the race, '
where they will be taken care of and
trained in different crafts. Officer* >
of the organization stated the other
day that the purpose of the school j
was that it might be beneficial to' the
colored people of Western North I
Carolina and to be a means of helping
to save the youth of the race.
Georgia Harshaw, president of the
organization, has been appointed to
make a canvass of the section to
solicit funds with which to promote
the project. It is understood that a
Rev. Brown and his wife will have
oversight and charge of the school, j
and "have already invested some six ]
thousand dollars.
It is planned to formally open the |
school on Wednesday before the
fourth Sunday in September.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL
TO OPEN MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 6TH
Teachers' Meeting For Saturday Afternoon
? Faculty Changes
Made
The public- school will open Monday
morning, September Oth. The
teachers are expected to arrive Friday
night and Saturday morning ot j
this week as a teachers* meeting will
be held Saturday afternoon, according
to announcement made by school
oficials.
The faculty for this year will be
practically the same as last year.
There is only one change in the grammar
grades. In the High School,
.Mr. W. C. Boyce succeeds Mrs. L. P.
Kinsey as teacher of foreign languages
and Mrs. L. R. Kohless, of Canton,
N. C., succeeds Miss Martha K
Smith as instructor in piano and vio- i
iivi and public school music.
Mrs. J. W. S. Davis, of Andrews,
has agreed to take a class in expres- i
sion provided ten pupils can be secured.
This instruction is open not j
only to school pupils but also to '
townspeople. It is felt that matu
parents will welcome this new opportunity.
The only marked change in the organization
of the school this year,
stated Superintendent B. W. Sipe,
will he the departmentalization ot
the seventh grade with the high
school. This grade will be housed in
the high school building and for organization
purposes will be considered
a part of the high school.
The buildings have been put in order
for the opening and this week
finishing touches arc being added to
the campus. A larger enrollment is 1
expected than in any previous year. ,
cspeciull in the high school department
as many boys and girls from
other schools in the county are seeking
admission here.
Theatres Install Arctic
Nu-Air Cooling Systems
The famous "Artie Nu-Air" Typhoon
fan cooling system for then-1
tres is being installed this week by
the Bonita Theatre, F. O. Dates,
Manager; and the Dreamland Theu
rre, Andrews, T. M. Worthey, Mnnag- |
er, according to annotincement the i
other day. The managers of the two (
theatres are endeavoring to get the I
systems installed for Saturday
night's performances.
The Nu-Air cooling system is
guaranteed to change the air over
the entire theatre hall once every
minute, and is being installed at con
siderable expense. The system is us
ed by the leading theatres throughout
the country and has proven highly
satisfactory, the houses being kept
cool and full of fresh air at all times. :
Mr. Bates says his theatre will be the ,
coolest place in town when installation
is completed and the system put!
into operation.
The Bonita and Dreamland Thea- j
tres are the first and only houses to
install this system in any of the j
towns within a radius of more than ;
a hundred miles, it was stated.
Next week, the Bonita Theatre will1
join in the Paramount week celebration
of that company's fifteenth
birthday. Only Paramount pictures
will be scheduled durinw th?> u?ol
The pictures which will appear at the
Bonita during the week follow:
Monday? It's The Old Army Game
with W. C. Fields and Louise Brooks.
Tuesday?The Song and Dance
Man with Bessie Love and Tom
Moore. ^
Wednesday ? Dancing Mothers
with Conway Tearle, Alaice Joyce
and Clara Bow.
Thursday?The Lucky Lady with
Gretta Nissen and William Collier.
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Friday?Good and Naughty with
Pola Negri. Tom Moore and Ford
Sterling.
i Saturday?Sea Horses with Jack
j Holt, Florence Vidor and Noah
| Beery. *
1 MURPHY is the JohSinf Center of
, Extreme Wetter* N orth Carolina, j
North Georgia a d East Tennessee,
-id is Served by Two Railroads.
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his state
5c COPY?11.50 PER YE Ah
PUREBRED JERSEY
CATTLE BROUGHT
INTO COUNTY
Brasstown Savings and Loan Association
Instrumental In Helping
Farmers Get Stock
'I tic Ki :i<wti.'t-n "v-.t-it in- ...I I . -
Association i- the mean; <-i bringing
puit-bred Jersey rattle in.- the Brarstown
community f Cherokee County.
Treasurer Deal of th" Association
stated this wec-r. Ti.N orgs, .zatioa
was organized by Mi H. M. Berry,
I of the Department of Agriculture,
! early in the spring To date t_i,._ a;
ociation has made i. m. iund
I receiver! from members foi share
(and as deposits to people i.i tia com
munity who have bough' iglit Jersey
cows and one Jersey bulb
In addition to aiding people j: tli.
community in buying fine cattle th
association has been the ir? ans of
teaching children and olde: <>:-:e
thrift. The children buy then chare.-,
on the installment plan :t:.d pay for
them with pennies and '.tickle: that
would otherwise go f"?* ice ci iin and
candies.
This association was the first i
j its kind to be organ:zed in western
Cniolina. Miss Deny now in this
| section creating in tore.-? : other
I communties in similar organizations
(The Brasstown association is being
j fostered by the recently organized
I John C. Campbell Folk School. It
is such organizations as this that, t ie
I folk school hopes to at result from
I its work?organizations largely initiated,
officered and controlled by
the people themselves t\. ilu- mutuui
benefit of the section; organization
| that will help the . e.-;?l? to express
themsel\es and that will improve
| economic and social conditions.
All concerned with the Brn.ssto\vri
organization are pleased with tinprogress
it is making.
Lucius Wtherspoon
Presents Boys Books
To Carnegie Library
A number c?f valuable bonk of interest
to boys were driven the Came
gie Library recentlj i 1 e-itis Witherspoon.
according t?. mnoii. ne;>;
this week by the lihrar an. The book have
been placed on the shelve and
are ready for the reading public,
was stated.
The list of hooks follow:
Maitland?"Boy Scout Automobilist";
Blaine. "Boy Scout 1 England";
Maitland, "Bov Sen it Fire Fighters";
Hayes, "Boy Allies in the Trenches":
Randall, "Army Boys in the Fr neb
Trenches"; Alger. "Try and Trust'";
Harte. "Luck of R ; ug Camp";
Pago. "Among the Camps"; Fitzhugh,
"Westy Martin"; Fitzhugh. "Tom
Slades ?n The River" t 1 copies!; 1 i'zhugh
"Pee-Wee Harri- I". 0. B. B'ridgboro";
Victor, "Boy S out . M^torCyeles";
Ralphson "Bov Scouts :n California";
Hughes. "Toja Brcwr at
Rugby"; l.angwcthy "Birds Bov.";
i Kerby, "Boy Spy": Fiske. "At The
Fall of Warsaw"; Webster, "Young
Firemen of Lakeviilo": Soton, "Trail
of the Sand Hill Stag", Raine "Rig
Town Round-up"; R:>5 ?e, "Yukon
Trail"; Ellis, "Lost in Scmoa": Tr.?wI
bridge, "Start in LilV; Cooper,
"Pathfinder"; Cooper, "Prairie";
I Cooper, "Pioneers"; Cooke. "Surry of
Eagle Xe>t"; Gray. "I*. P. Trail";
! Gray. "Thundering Herd"; Gray,
! "Mvsterous Rider"
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Tent Meeting Begin';
Sept. 12 Near B'a'.rsville
i An old time brush-arht>" tent meet.
' ing will begin on September 12th. on
. the highway between Bellview and
Blairsville. according to the announce
ment made this week by Revs. Thomas
Truett and Fred Gilbert, who will
do the preaching.
Rev. Truett is pastor of the Second
! Baptist Church at Murphy, and Rev.
Gilbert is a young preacher who has
only been in the tnlnstry fo? about
two years.
A choir is being organized and it is
| expected that a feature of the meeti
ing will he the good singing. Services
I will be held twice daily, morning and
evening, over a period of ten days
or two weeks. The public is cordially
i invited to attend.
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