the ripple of a rounder
I'm parting the veil, and going be
yond;
Leaving all atoms of which I've been
fond.
In an hour or more, a guy with a
tape.
Will measure me up, and blue-print
my shape.
Injecting some dope, to make me look
sweet;
Then a cedar chest. Au revoir.
Tweet, tweet.
I'm flying around, and looking at me,
Pathetic'ly pale, in my lingerie;
It's a beautiful box they've laid me
in.
And hypocrites gather with tea and
grin.
But a few old pals, say "The poor old
scout;
Let's drink his health," And they're
counting me out.
When 1 was alive, I dodger'd around,
And often stepp'd out, on forbidden
ground,
For the safety signs meant nothing
to me.
That's why I've arrived the place
that I be.
But I lautrh, ha! ha, for I'm positive,
I did some living, while I did live.
HAROLD C. BROWN, B. D?
"The Wayside Poet."
Mrs. Edw. E. Adams returned from
Knoxville this week where she spent
the holidays with her mother, Mrs.
Su?rs.
Miss Peal Martin is in Copper Hill,
the guest of Miss Marie Bass.
Mrs. Mac McConnell is back from
a visit with her daughter in Valdosta, ,
Ga. !
Mr. Fred Bates was in Atlanta the
first of the week.
Mrs. Mike Hyatt is ill at her home
at Tomotla, friends will be grieved to
learn.
Mr. Chas. Foote is a visitor from
Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mauney of
Washington, Ga., motored to town
and kept open house at the Imps
Nest during the holidays.
Representative P. C. Odum and
Col. E. B. Norvell left Sunday for
Raleigh.
Mrs. Calla Hall was in Atlanta
Wednesday buying spring millinery.
Miss Elizabetn Abernathy and Mrs.
J. H. Phaup were shopping in Ashe
ville last week.
After spending the holidays with
homefolks, Miss Sword returned
Sunday to Porterdale, Ga. Where
she is a member of the high school
faculty.
Mr. James Ferguson, formerly of
this place, ? but now of Cleveland,
Ohio spent several days in town dur
ing the holidays. I
Mr. and Mrs. Briggs Gillispie and
children have returned tn AnHr?w?
to reside.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McBrayer and
children of Anderson, S. C., spent the
holidays with Mrs. McBrayer's pa
tents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Candler.
Miss Katherine Thompson and
James Ferguson, Jr., attended the an
nual New Yean Ball in Copper Hill,
Tenn., Friday night as the guests of
Miss Thompson's sister, Mrs. R. E.
Barclay.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lee of Waverly,
Tenn., were the guests of Mrs. Lee's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Candler
during the Xmas holidays. Mr. Lee
returned Sunday to Waverly, where
?>c is stationed with the U. S. Corps
of Engineers, while Mrs. Lee will re
main until the first of February with
her parents.
Miss Elizabeth Brittain returned to
Newport, Tenn., where she is teaching
this year.
Mr. G. W. Candler accompanied
ky Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lee were in
Asheville two days last week.
FAIN-LI NDEMAN
Mr. ana Mrs. A. A. .Fain, of Mur
phy, announce the marriage of their
daughter, Alice Maurine, to Mr. Wil
ker J. Lindeman, of Washington. Ind.,
at Asheville Thursday, December 30,
1926.
Mrs. Lindman is the charming and
talented daughter of one of Murphy's
oldest and most prominent families,
her father having been clerk of the
superior court for a number of years,
j and candidate for register of deeds
in the recent election. She is a
graduate of the Murphy high school,
an<t was secretary to Hon. D. With
erspoon, local attorney at the time of
I her marriage.
Mr. Lindeman is a popular young
druggist, having been connected with
the Cherokee Drug Company here for
the past four or fiv? months.
They were accompanied to Ashe
ville by Mr. Will J. Adams and Miss
Mabel Ellis, for the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Lindeman left for his
home in Washington, Ind., where they
will reside.
HILL-CLEVELAND
Miss Lucille Hill of this place and
Mr. W. A. Cleveland of LaGrange,
Ga., were married Thursday morning
December 23rd, Rev. Harbison, pas
tor of the First M. E. Church, South,
officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
left immediately over the L. & N.
for Mr. Cleveland's home, where they
spent the holidays.
Miss Hill is the accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hill,
a very prominent and one of the
oldest families in the county, her
grand-parents having moved to this
county from Bumcomhe in 1844.
| Her lather was formerly sheriff and
'tax collector of our county and mayor
of our city, and she is a sister of our
present mayor, Frank S. Hill. A few
months ago she resigned as organist
of the M. E. Church, South, here.
Miss Hill met Mr. Cleveland more
than two years ago while he was at
tending Young Harris College. After
Mr. Cleveland had finished school, he
connected himself with the Cruse
Crawford Mfg. Co., of Birmingham,
Ala., where he holds a responsible
position, and where they will make
their future home.
Their many friends wish them a
happy and prosperous voyage through
life.
1
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mauney and
Richard Mauney were spend the day
guests of Mrs. Mauney's parents in
Hayesville, Thursday.
Misses Nan and Frances Dixon and
Jane Cover were recent quests of
Mrs. Walter Estes in Decatur, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sword have
taken their departure for Adel, Ga.,
where Mr. Sword will handle live
stock.
Miss Addie Leatherwood returned
Sunday to her school at Almond, N.
C.
1 Cadet William Cover returned to
Singham School at Asheville, Thurs
day.
Mi on Sutiibeih Brictain returned
Sunday to New Port, Tenn.
The Montgomery-Watson Players
finished a week's engagement at the
Bonita Theatre last Saturday, and
are playing this week at Lhe Dream
land Theatre, Andrews. This is the
first time this company has appeared
in this section, some of the players
having formerly been connected with
the Cooke Players. Their programs
were highly entertaining and inter
esting, and was well received by
theatre goers in Murphy. The com
pany is composed of Mr. and Mrs. L.
Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Watson, Billy Miller, Mrs. Miller,
Chas Henshaw, and Billy Buchanan.
The Parker and Mauney building
on Hiawassee Street next to the Hub
bard House is nearing completion this
week. It is a frame building 150
by 31 feet, and is being erected by
R. S. Parker and W. M. Mauney. It
will be used for a Duco automobile
paint shop and storage pl.ir.t. Hyatt
Brothers will have charge of the new
business it is understood, which will
begin operation with the next two
weeks, or as soon as the building is
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Headers desiring a personal reply ton oddreu
Mum Flo, in earc of I hit newspaper.
IS SHE TOO "MODERN"
TO MARRY?
Dear Miss Flo:
I am in love with a dear iweet girl,
and 1 iihould like to ask her to marry
me. But lately the has confessel that
? he drinks now and then and imokes
an occasional cigarette. Also that
she deosn't mind kissing a boy if she
likes him awfully well. She uses all
sorts of make up. My mother tells
me she is entirely too artificial and
sophisticated to make a good wife,
and that she hasn't a sincere senti
ment or a real thought about her. 1
have asked her not to be so wild, but
she says my point of view is the
bunk. Under the circumstances ! do
not see how we could be happy ? yet
I can't seem to gire her up. ? Jerry.
I believe it. would be best, if you
try to take a reasonable view of the
modern girl's attitude toward life.
Try to be tolerant, sympathetic. Give
and take. Live and let live.
In the first place, when you haven't
the courage to ask her to marry you,
you haven't the full right to criticize
her actions. And in the second plac.e
the artificiality and sophistication
which deters you from asking the girl
to marry you is undoubtely an acquir
completed.
Mr. and Mre. E. C. Mallonee have
leased "Th? Maples" the apartment
house of Mrs. Lelia Dickey, near the
L. & N. Depot, and moved into it this
week. They will take boarders and
have apartments to let. Mrs. Dickey,
since acquiring the property from Mr.
Allan Fain, has completely renovated,
repainted and repaired the house, and
six new rooms have been added and
private and connecting baths install
ed. Mrs. Dickey will occupy her resi
dence in East Murphy now being va
cated by Mr. Robert Alston, who will
occupy the apartment vacated by Mr.
and Mrs. Mallcnee.
Toby's Place wan the scene of an*
enjoycble dance Wednesday evening.
Music was furnished by the Skillet I
Lickers.
Miss Kathryn Thompson and Mr.
James Ferguson attended the New
Year's eve ball at Cowanee Club at
Copper Hill as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Barclay.
Mr. Horace Verner and Miss
Nancy Hedden of Wehutty were mar
ried by Mr. T. N. Bates at his office
on January 4th.
Mr. J. C. Cain and Miss Nellie
Parker, of Atlanta, were married at
the office of the Carolina-Tennessee
l'<I pose and only a surface affliction.
I As to the make-up which you find so
[distasteful ? it is to be the fashion
nowadays to lend to Nature an assist
ing hand ? and goodness' knows she
often needs it.
A little rouge, powder, and lipstick
aren't always an indication of quality
of character or whether or not she
should make a good wife. If you will
explore her mind and her heart, you'll
find she is just as moral and just as
honorable as the girl of other genera
tions who con sidered it immoral to
powder her nose, who blushed at the
least provocation and who never kiss
ed a man until she was engaged to
him.
The kind of girl who does these
things and admits it is the very one
to whom it means nothing. She is
usually the one who wants most to
be happily married, and who dreams
of a little house and family. It's not
the madcap girls you have to watch
anyway. It's the over-punctilious,
terrifically proper ones.
And I'll wager that once you have
taken your courage in both hands
and asked her to marry you, and you
have slipped the ring on her finger,
you'll have no need of worrying about
her liking other boys too well.
Power Comuany, December 24th.
'Squire T. N. Bates officiating. *
Mr. and Mr*. Tnm Msurcy ncic
hosts at a dinner party Friday even
ing at their home in east Murphy.
Covers were laid for Miss Evanell
Mauney, Mr. Joe Laurie of Philadel
phia, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mauney of
Washington, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Lee.
Rev. J. M. Glenn, D. D., and Mrs.
Glenn, of Young Harris, Ga., were
visitors in town one day this week.1
Dr. Glenn is general evangelist of the
southern Methodist conference, and
recently moved his headquarters to
Young Harris from Dublin, Ga., where
he was presiding elder of the Dublin
district of the South Georgia Con
ference. He will conduct a revival
service at Young Harris, beginning:
January 26th, and continuing for
ten days. Mrs. Glenn is associated
with him in his work, and both nre
highly recommended by the leading
divines of the church.
CLERK examination, Murphy, Feb.
19. Age 18-45. Men-women.
Don't miss this opportunity. Coach
ing course $5. L. HAMPTON, Box
1818-P. M., Washington, D. C.
EXAMS TO BE
HELD FOR CLERK
IN LOCAL P. 0.
An open competitive evamination
under the rules of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission is announced for
the position of Post Office Clerk in
the poxt office, Murphy, N. C. Re
ceipt of applications will close Feb
ruary 9, 1927.
Applications for this examination
must be made on the prescribed form,
which, with necessary instruction*-,
may be obtained from the Commis
sion's local representative, Secretary,
Board of U. S. Civil Service Exami
ners, at the post office, Murphy, N.
C., or from the undersigned.
All persons wishing to take this
examination should secure blanks and
file their applications with the under
signed prior to the hour of closing
business on the date above specified.
The date for assembling of com
petitors will be stated in the admis
sion cards mailed applicants after the
close of receipt of applications.
Secretary Fourth Civil Service Dist.,
Washington, D. C.
> Flappers Scare Him |
1*1
John C?Ivin Jones, 80 year old
plainsman, from Douglas, Arizon i.
is visiting Boston. He says ? ' l'v
fought many a tribe of mdrkirs
my days, but thes^ pr> sent 0
flappers have got me lickod!
itj
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