j Let Tbn Seoul B* a Regular Vis- I ' itor to your liome. If you know j ID/thing (hat would interest oth- | era, and that would help, uphuilu your community, send it in. The Leadifl VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 8. lions sponsor ash motorcade entertainment Go On Record For Repairing Patter- ' son Hill Road 18 Enter Cars For Motocade From Murphy The Murphy Lion." Club held itregular fortnightly meeting Tuesday night in the social rooms of the Methodist Church with thirteen members and one visitor present; but the thirteen proved to be a "lucky" rather than an "unlucky" number for the Lions if the business transacted is taken into consideration. After the dinner, which was served by some j of the ladies of the Missionary Society the Club began to cast around lor some definite objective to work toward. It was not hard to tind several things. President Fain made a number of i suggestions, including th? marking, of the highways through town, the marking of points of interest near the highways, the grading and surfacing of what is known as Patter-1 son Hill, a link in Highway No. 28 just in the corporate limits of the Town of Murphy, and the taking of steps lookirg to the entertainment of members of the Appalachian Scenic Highway Motorcade on the 18th of October. The Lions picked up the : discussion, after which a resolution was passed empowering the President ? to appoint a committee to go before the Cherokee County Highway Commission on the occ&ssion of its next meeting in regard to the fixing of Pat terson Hill and if the committee was ^ I' given no definite assurance, the club and its individual members voted to enter into legal proceedings to com- P' pel the fixing of this stretch of road. Lions Witherspoon, Moore and El- \ kins were appointed on the Commit- ' ' tee to go before the Commissioners. " Lion Witherspoon having reported ^ that Mayor F. S. Hill had requested him to take charge of or have the Lions Club take charge of the providing of lunch for the members of the lJ motorcade on the 18th day of Octob- 1 er, the Lions went on record as ac- w cepting the responsibility for giving 01 the motorcade lunch on its stop-over u here and a committee of five was ap- 5,1 pointed as follows: D. Witherspoon, Chairman, and C. K. Hoover, J. B. u Storey, E. E. Adams, and E. P. Haw- 01 kins. In this connection the Club decided to urge as many local people i ^ as possible to join this motorcade ; ~ ?iieu u reacnca aiurpny ana journey ^ on to the Appalachian Scenic High- j way meeting in Atlanta. The Lions j u set a goal of twenty-five cars for M Murphy, several additional lions en-, tering cars at the time, bringing the ni total up to eighteen to date. This was considered one of the best meetings the Lions have held. 1 ci : L Andrews Church Has SI Prayer Meeting of 300 c' 1 The First Baptist Church of Andrews is now claiming to have one of the best attended prayer meetings ; in the South. The church has about 600 members and at least 165 of this ! ^ number are non-residents. The Wed. nesday night meeting hus once gone * over 300 and last Wednesday night , R there were 294 in prayer meeting. C The pastor. Rev. W. H. Ford, makes the prayer meeting a special feature jiri and the members declare this to be jo1 one of the best services of the entire ; church. J * < Mr. Ford preached at both hours M Sunday. At the morning hour his h< subject was, "A Little Talk with :w jesua, ana tne evening subject was, ?' "God's Biggest Text." He delivered w two powerful messages to congrega-! v< tions that crowded the spacious au- ;a1 ditorium. One new member was re- j ds ceived on profession of faith. Mr. ei Ford will preach 'next Sunday morn- 01 ng the first of a series of Bhptist e! doctrinal sermons. His first subject gi will be, "What the Baptist* Really ti Bedieve about Baptism." Much in- o: terest is being attached to these ser- ! c? mons. | There were S8S persons in Sunday 01 School Sunday morning and the T following officers were elected for t> the coming year: Supt. Mr. J. H. si Abernathy; Asst. Supt., Mr. C. H. Jarrett; Pianist, Mrs. G. W. Knabb; tl Sec.-Tress., Miss Ethel Underwood. t? gjjt ( tv? Weekiy Newspaper in V While the "\^ IpSHpI v %si? 1 i vk? M0,w' L?^m ISft u i r ;h EROKEE BOYS |5 WITH U. S. ARMY 5 New York. Sept. IT?General M. ounjr, son of Mr. Bill Young of ^ nakn. sty? Roy I), I.edfurd, son of Ir. and Mrs. Jos it* Ledfovd, of Murhy. who recently enlisted in the ovular Army, sailed today i?n the '. S. Army Transport Camhrai on a ,000 mile trip to join the garrison J' i Hawaii. The transport cleared <( le Brooklyn Army B tse at noon, nrying seven hundred soldiers, ^ nund for Hawaii. The trip will include a cruise along j to Atlantic coast and through the anama Canal to San Francisco. This ill be extended by a voyage of 2,- / no mnes across me I'acinc to ttaaii. a total of almost one month hecat ig spei.t at sea. Young and Ledford will have the nusual opportunity of seeing with- a" lit cost some of the world's great onders, including the monster fire- *' it of the Kaiausa volcano, about DO miles from Honolulu. Young and Ledford who selected ^ le Coast Artillery branch of the Reglar Army for service, will be assign- ? i by Major-General Edward M. Lew, commanding the Hawaiian Departlent, to one of the regiments staoned in Hawaii. ^ Before sailing today, they were lembers of the garrison at Fort Slo- * am, X. a historic army post on F ong Island Sound, where they re- *' jived training as soldiers under the Cl ipervision of Colonel J. J. Bradley, ^ >mmander of the post. " | H 'ON OF PORK r FROM EIGHT PIGS 't H Lexington, N. C., Sept. 29.?Eight ? igs entered in the state-wide ton lit- we ?r contest by M. L. Hanes of the est eedy Creek township in Davidson Ea ounty on March 4, 1926 weighed |m 073 pounds on September 2 accordig to C. A. Sheffield, county agent f Davidson County. ^ "Mr. Hanes has proven himself to co; i one of our best hog feeders,1" says du r. Sheffield. "The eight pigs which te." ? entered in the ton litter contest sol ere a cross between the Berkshire Pe id Poland China breeds. They foi ere fed according to methods ad- Ha icated by the swine extension office foi t State College and were fed for 180 fo< ays. At the end of the period, the fo< ight animals weighed 2073 pounds r an average of 259 1-8 pounds mj ich. They made an average daily we ain of 1.44 pound per day from the as me of farrowing until six months cn] f age. Mr. Hanes might have exuded even this record had he not irerfed for one period the amount rs f shorts called for in his schedule. Ij lie amount of fish meal was lower I lan the schedule called for, but was I ipplemented with skimmilk." H Mr. Sheffield states that there were I tree boars and five sows in the lit>r. The heavest pig was a barrow * Slpm Western No.-th Carolina, IL'l. (*HY, NORTH JAKOLIS foriel's Series" Is NEW ENTRANTS iWELL NUMBER TO 18 FROM MURPHY oils Club To Sponsor Entertainment Here on 18th; Wither poon Named Chairman Five new intrants for the motorlie from Asheville to Atlanta over f Appalachian Scenic Highway on 1 tuber I Nth, hiings the total cars tered from Murphy up to eighteen. ie Lions t'lub, which went on recorc its regular meeting Tuesday night sponsor the entertainment o! the tot cade here on the 18th, set 2S r* as the goal for -Murphy, and it expected that the Lions Club will 100 percent strong n the motorie when it leaves Murphy. Those who entered cars this week 6: Mrs. J. N. Moody, Murphy; At>rney O. L. Anderson, Hayesville; I. D. Barnetl, contractor. Murphy; L W. Sipe, Superintendent City cbools. Murphy; Attorney D. l/itherspoon, President Chamber f Commerce. The list of prior entrants follows: E. A. Davidson, president of tha herokee Bank; C. W. Savage, coroprietor of the Regal Hotel; E. . Moore, local Dodge, Overlaid nd Willys-Knight dealer; W. M. ain, president W. M. Fain Whole ale Grocery Co.; J. B. Storey, ahi?r of the Cherokee Bank; Dr. dw. ?. Adami, practicing phy:ian; A. B. Dickey, postmaster; G. I. Cope, lumberman; C. K. Hoover, mnager Coca-Cola Bottling plant; ichard S. Parker, druggist; S. D. kLin, traveling salesman; H. B. .Uiott, farmer; H. R. Mcintosh, of layesville, grain merchant. ighing 303 pounds while the light: was u sow weighing 206 pounds, ich of the three barrows weighed ich more than any one of the five vs. The total cost of the feed :en the nnimals was $119.87 or a <1 ot .?.a cenis per puuiiu w prwce the pork. On the day the conit closed Mr. Hanes could have d his pigs for a little over $300. ducting the cost of feed and $48 r eight pigs, six weeks old, Mr. ines still has left a profit of $132.13 r his labor in addition to the plant >d left the farm. This plant >d is valued at about $30. The pigs are now being fed a slop xture to further increase their ight and will be dressed and sold sausage on the Winston-Salem rb market about October first. The trouble with mo*t parents la that they are not eo spanking terms with their own klda. ifeff I % , Serving a large and Potei IA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1926. On the Air / School Officials 'Of Three Counties In Conference Here School officials of the State. Depar ruent of uucation and from Cherokee Clay and Graham Counties met at the Murphy high school building Wednesday to discuss problems relating to the schools in these three counties. Dr. J. Henry llighsmith, State Supervisor of High Schools ana Miss Susan Fulghuni, State Supervisor of Klementary Schools in the State' represented the Department ol Kdwation. Mr. W. C. Barrett, ot Kobbinsville represented the Kobbins\illo School, Mr. Schuler, of Hayesvillc represented the Hayesville School, Mr. L. B. Nichols of Andrews the Andrews School and Mr. B. W. Sipe, of Murphy, the Murphy School.' County Superintendents Allen Bell ot Clay County and A. L. Martin of Cherokee County represented the county schools of the respective coun-' tie*. The reorganization of the high school curriculm was the topic in1 which Mr. Highsmith was most interested while Miss Fulghum was in tcrested in having the grammar schools become Standard Elementary Schools. Both Dr. Highsmith and Miss Fulghum talked in chapel at the Murphy School before the conference After the conference, which was held in the Murphy High School building, Mr. Martin and Miss Fulghuni visited the schools at Peachtrce and Marble. In the evening Dr. Highsmith and Miss Pulghum held a conference with the Andrews School Board and School Superintendent in | Andrews. Before coming to Murphy these two officials visited the Robhinsviile school. HAYESV1LLE TO HAVE WATER The citizens of the Town of Hayesville by a vote of 57 to 1 voted $15,000.00 in bonds for water works on Sept. 20th. The registration foi the special election was 75 with about 10 voters failing to register. Only one vote was actually cast1 against the bonds but the 17 failing to vote were counted against the issue. > SINGING CONVENTION The Cherokee County Singing Convention will meet i nsemi-annual session in the high school building at Andrews on the second Sunday in October, which is October 10th, at 9:30 in the morning, Andrews time, according to announcement this week by E. L. Ballard, secretary- All the singing classes of Cherokee are requested to come. All classes and singers from adjoining counties are invited to come. All are urged to bring song books and dinner, ana come prepared to sing all day. ntiall v Rich Territory in t PARTY CHOOSES ITS NOMINEES Democrats Select Men Who Are To Make Cherokee Contest tAsheville Citizen) .MI RPHY. N\ C.t Sept 2b.?The Democrats of Cherokee county met in convention today in Murphy for the purpose of nominating candidates for the various county offices. The meeting was called to order by County Chairman C B. Hill, A. l?. Martin acted as secretary. R. S. Roane of Whittn r, candidate for senator from the Thirty-third Senatorial District addressed the mi etinjr. and was unanimously endors1 ed by the convention. # A full lepresentation from the 20 ! precincts of the county was present ? ulvuiu uiiu nuiiiiuuy pi <-\ailed in the sevlction ?f candidates. Much enthusiasm was in evidence and it is confidently predicted that a great tight will be put tip in the coming election in an effort put over the nominees. t he f allowing resolution was adopted: Resolved that we go on record to abolish the recorder's court of Cherikee county for the following reasons, to-wit: "That it is too expensive to meet the demands of the county, costing Cherokee, as it. does $3,01)0 in salaries for judge and solicitor, and the payment of many large bills of coat in uhich the defendants are acquitteu; also large expense for jurors, besides putting jurors and witnesses to grcal inconvenience and expense in attending these monthly courts. "We furthermore find that th? majot ity of the cases when tried ara appealed to the Superior court, requiring the same time and expense to review the case and pass upon the former judgement, together with double bill of costs. The jurisdiction of a North Carolina magistrate covers, almost everything in the way of law violation that comes within the purview of this court. "V. e iespectifully submit that it would be far less expensive to the taxpayers to let these trival violations go before tne magistrates of the county, as they have formerly done, and thus save to the county thia immense sum paid out to witnesses and jurors, together with the salaries of the county judge and solicitor and other court officers. "For these reasons we. as a convention refuse to name candidates lor tlu* offices of county recorder or county solicitor." Dr. H. N. Wells introduced the following: resolution which was unanimously adopted by the convention: "Resolved that we endorse the state Democratic management of affairs in North Carolina and that we are heartily in accord with our governor. Angus W. McLean in hit man. agement of state affairs. "That we proclaim oui confidence in Representative Zebulon Weaver, and Senator Overman and Simmons in their faithful and honest endeavors on behalf of the people of Western North Carolina and the state." Following are the names of the candidates nominated: Representative, M. L. Maunej; sheriff, D. M. Birchtield; clerk of Superior Court, P. C. Hyatt; register of deeds, A. A. Fain; county commissioners, S. W. Lovingood, W. T. Moore, Joseph Hall. For county board of education, te be submitted to the Legislature for appointment: C. B. Hill, P. C. Ferebee and T. T. Johnson. Flag Raised At School Building "Old Glory" is now floating from the top of a forty foot flag pole in the diamond-shaped space in front of the Murphy school building. This Mag pole was erected shortly after the ; opening of school, but inasmuch as ! some one appropriated the chain j provided to raise and lower the flag, i the flag could not be put up until j this week. It gives one a thrill to see the stars and stripes floating in the breezes over the heads of the ; young people of this community. Mr. R. H. Hyatt and his crew ot painters have just completed the application of a coat of graphite paint i to the roof of the elementary school building. It is understood that th? I woodwork will be painted in the neat future. MURPHY is the Jobbing Center ef j - f e W;;ter.i North Carolina, | it <.oorgia ai d East Tennessee, . : d L Se i ved by Two Railroads. -- I his state 5r COPY?fl.60 PER YK\b LEATHERWOODS RETURN FROM M I A MI, F L A. 'Tell of Fight For Life During Hurricane With Loss of Everything Except New Clothing Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Loatherwood, : Mr. and Mrs. John Leatherwood, Geoi and Hamilton Leather-wood, re)turned last Friday from Miami and jFlmida's storm area, with a thrilling I ale of their fight for life during the hurricane in which they lost practically everything except the clothes th??y had on. The storm began about nine o'clock rriday night and lasted until .r> o'clock >atuida> evening, according to I George. It began with a steady gulw from the north and continued to grow harder. About 7 o'clock Saturday morning tne wind made a sudden change, blowing direct from the south with greater force than ever and for more than seven hours. Geoige said it seemed like the i.catherwood home would go at any time and tney left and went to a leighhoi - house and remained until tne roof blew oil, which was about 4 i <. dock in the morning. They then i iett, t'gciii' i witli the neighbor, for me i.eatherwood's home and remuinen until six o'clock, the wind gaining ; momentum ail the while. Fearing for .lieu lives, they went to a concrete I do. k house in the neighborhood. The wind then changed, coming diieclly ! out oi the south, and at 6:16 Salur