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! JCXXVIILXo. 39. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA 1 HID AY. MAY 0, 192"
VOLUME XXXVIII. No. 39
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laundry CO. IS
INSTALLING NEW
EQUIPMENT
Larsjer Machines Necessary To Take
Care of Increased Business
Of New Industry
Tin Murphy Steam Laundry Co.
is i:: -tailing: th's week new and lamer
machinery to take care ol' th? in
creas?<i 1 .usiness which is coming i >
its doers, it was stated the other day.
The n<\\ equipment consist- of a
15 hoi. ' rower boiler, steapi ircner.
steam i >tr, larger washing ma
chane. j n i drying machine. Thi
equipment began arriving last week
and is h' - installed as fast as i"
comes in.
it was stated that the company
would be able to take care of around
two thousand dollars worth of busi
ness per month now, and is enabled
to give twenty four I ?.urs service.
Kcsrulnr routes and schedules are
being* worked out and will be estab
lished f??r gathering and delivering
laundry so that customers will know
when to give the work and whan to
expect its return.
Tin' new industry will establish
route > to serve Murphy, Marble, An
drews. Topton, Robbinsville, Blue !
Ridge. Copperhill, Blairsville, Young
Harris. Hiawassee, Hayesvile, and in
termediate points. It is the plan ol"
the company Co establish these
routes and schedules regularly so
that farmers and others living along
them can avail themselves of the ser
vice.
The company does all kinds of
vcork- wet-wash, dry-wash, linished
wotV, dry cleaning, mending, etc. ? in
| fact a'! kinds of laundry work.
* Re, '!y the company 'purchased
. the;: >erty and buildings occupied
oy it. This company is composed of I
| local v and local capital, and pres- j
' ent n ations point to its permanen
cy a- i Murphy industry. It was
incori < rated the first of the year.
The officers aie: I)r. Edw. E.
Adams, President; \V. Gathings,
Vice President and General Manager;
B. W. Sipc, Secretary and Treasurer,
with K. P. Hawkins, R. W. Gray, H.
G. Elkins and W. M. Fain as direc
tors.
brasstown savings
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
The Brasstown Savings & Loan As
sociation closed its first year of busi
ness on May 1st. Tht3 Association
was organized one year ago under
the laws of North Carolina, ehd has
had a very successful year. There
are now sixty-one members. The
total assets at the close of the year
was $552.49. Twelve loans have been
PTanted for the purpose of buying
registered cows, pure bred chickens,
buying fertilizers, buildings, etc. This
Association now has the largest num
ber of .Junior members of any Asso
ciation in the State. The Brasstowfri
Association was the first ever organ
ized in Western North Carolina. It
has bee a great help to the farmers,
as well as being an incentive to the
young people to save. It is here to
stay. We predict a great future for
K? and hope to see many others spring
Dp over the country. Those interest
In organizing their community
should take the matter up with Miss
& M. Berry, Supt., Savings & Loan
Associations, Raleigh, N. C.
CRAWFORD-JOHNSON
Mr. Jewel W. Johnson, of Camel,
Ohio, and Miss Elsie Crawford, of
^naka, were married at the office
?f the Carolina-Tenhessee Power Co.
on April 30th, Squire T. N. Bates
Performing the ceremony.
^Irs. Johnson is the daughter of
and Mrs. J. H. Crawford, of Una
ka, and Mr. Johnson is the son of Mr.
aT>d Mrs. U. H. Johnson, also of Una
ka, some of the best citizcVis of our
county. The young people will make
their home in Ohio, where the groom
tas a position. Their many friends
^'ish the pathway of their married
ife strewn writh many flowers of
happiness.
Nation to Relief of Mississippi Homeless
More than 300 dead and 200,000 homeless are in the Mississippi,
Missouri and Ohio valleys as waters recede on the most destructive river
flood the nation has ever known. Sccrctary of Interior Herbert Hoover
has been assigned by the President to personally direct all relief work as
the nation contributes funds. 'Upper photo is an airplane view of Green
ville, Miss., under 20 foot of water. Lower photo a typical tcut city
which now dot the highlands, Sl Louis to New Orleans.
MOTHER'S DAY
A Proclamation Issued by The Govcnor of North Carolina
North Carolina has put the seal of
legislative approval tin Mother's Day,
which occurs each year o:. the sc -
? nd Sunday in May and call* f??r .
i.rovmiiiaiiuii by the Governor re
questing: its proper observance. F? r
nie. no duty has been more pit nt
than the perform.Viee of this obliga
tion. In annually proclaiming this
day 1 have not only complied with the
statute but have experienced a sense
of solemn satisfaction in being able
thus to add my feeble tribute to the
greatest ol all human beings ? Mother.
Mother's Day this year falls on
May 8th, next Sunday, and I hereby
issue my proclamation, setting it
aside as a day on which every North
Carolinian is urged to pause and pay
reverent homage to the woman who
bore him, whether she still lives or
has passed to the Great Bteyond to
join the innumerable throng of Moth
ers Triumphant. If she still lives,
wear a red rose in her honor and show
her some special attention; visit her,
write her a letter; lay your heart as
a tribute at her feet. If she has
passed, wear a white rose in her mem
ory and resolve to let this emblem
of purity inspire you to nobler liv
ing in the future.
There are many les.- it: the oh- j
scrvance of Mother's uy that it
would be woil for each \ karn,
t-'e greiiWn of tbi>- ? ? the i; . .-;;n j
of love. Kvery ^??r a< r ski-d h< r !
own if t* that life r .
the earth, :Vd i an> ve taken the
fear ol deaih out '.he Kails 1* j
their loved one? '.v triuiup ant
entry into "th-.t 1 ? n. ule with,
hands, eternal in the ia-avens." They
have blazed the trr.il to nobler liv
ing on earth; they have pointed the
way vo God abavo Therefore, let
us all render to motherhood the hom
age that is due it, each making an in
d'vidual applicati<{ ; of the meaning
of Mother's Day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hive
hereunto set my hand and caused to
be affixed the Seal of the State of
North Carolina.
I.
Done at our City of Raleigh, this
the 2nd day of May in the year one
thousand nine hundred and twenty
seven, and in the ?*ne hundred and
fifty-first year of our American Inde
pendence.
angus \v. Mclean,
Governor.
Lust ? Gold and Flesh ? The Motive
This pair Henry Judd Gray and Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyder, charged
with the brutal murder ? by beating, chloroform and strangling of Albert
Snyder, partially deaf husband of the woman, as he slept in a drunken
stupor, now face a jury in New York in a case which holds the atten
tion of the nation ** 'he motive, it is charged, was lust for gold ? Snyder's
insurance,? and undisturbed. love. Both have children.
Greatest Marathoner
1Autqc?.ctcq 1
Clarence Detnar, veteran Boston
printer who has won his tilth Hub
classic and in all nearly 20 marathons,
is conceded to be one of the greatest
ol runners. Right now, he* keeps
fit hy daily running 10 miles u and
? work, as he aun:> (or the
Olympic acxt year
'OAK FARM' TO
BE PRESENTED
BY SR. CLASS
Comedj-Drama in Three Acts With
Specialties Eel ween, on Friday
May 13th
On Friday evening. May 13th, the
Senior Class of the Murphy High
School will be seen in "Oak Farm,"
a Comedy-Drama in three acts with
pleasing specialities between the acts,
this is the annual senior Clayy Play
and is ^n event that is always looked
forward to with keen interest in the
spring. It is expected that this will
be no exception. Because the days
are growing longer, the play will be
gin at 7:45 instead of seven thirty as
has been the case of most pubdic
events at the school auditorium dur
ing the year, stated school officials.
All who enjoy a story abounding
in the essence of picturesque home
life with its joys mingled with disap
pointments, will be pleased when they
see "O^rk Farm." Cal Hendrix and
Ruby McCombs represent the sacri
ficing father and mother who mort
gage their farm that their son, Don
ald (Frank Ellis) may attend college.
Bla^ie Haney takes the part of the
village postmaster, who is a heartless
deceiver under disguise. Helen, the
sweetheart of Donald, is characteris
tically represented by Catherine Mil
ler.
There is a rich vein of humor run- 1
ning throughout the story, which is
played by Glade Lovingood, Lloyd
Hendrix and Rilla Belle Palmer in
the love affair of the old doctor and
the professor as rivals for the hand
of the bewitching old maid, Miss War
ner. James Williamsdtn and Jessie
McClure, comedy characters, are quite
a joke in their youthful love-making.
School officials are anxious that
the word be spread abroad and that a
good house for this annual event be
on hand at the school auditorium on
Friday evening, May 13th. A small
admission charge will be made to help
defray some of the expenses of the
school during the year.
A. A. FAIN TICKET
IS NOMINATED IN
MAYOR'S RACE
Majority Given New Mayor Of More
Than 2 to 1? Take Office
Thursday Night
The ticket headed by A. A. Fain
won out in the election for Mayor
and City Council held Tuesday, by
the lamest majority priv^n any one
ticket in Murphy in several years.
The majority jjven Mr. Fain was
more than two to one.
Votinjr was rather light in the
nomine , oniy a? out 1 -r,0 votes beiiiR
< ast up to noon, but the afternoon
:< vity was i >nsiderably livelier. A
r.< tal ?>f about 450 votes were cast
out ?'f ??nu registered.
The l^ow Mayor aad Council took
t lie oa:h <?: office and a -sinned their
dutii ?- as citv f:.thor< Thursday niirht.
The official vote follows:
For Mayor
A. A. Fain 300
For Co*.snc:lmen
D. Witherspoon ... 282
K. (). Christopher . . 273
J. \V. M< M llan 2!?9
Dennis Harnett . 248
A. M. Simonds 276
W. P. Payne 253
Foi- Mayor
W. M. Fain 144
For Councilmen
H. G. Elkins 136
<;. \V. Ellis 191
;j. \V. Thompson 205
E. K. Adams 189 w
j C. K. Hoover 101
IE. P. Hawkins ? 153
RUSSELL WINS
MAYOR'S RACE
AT ANDREWS
D. S. Russell was elected Mayor
of Andrews in Tuesday's election ov
er his opponents, W. M. Bradley
and Dr. J. E. Tidwell, by a large mo<
jority. W. D. Whitaker led the tick
et for Aldermen.
Soon after the polls opened. Dr.
Tidwell withdrew from the race, it
was stated.
Those elected as city fathers for
Andrews for the ensuing year were:
D. S. Russell, Mayor; W. D. Whita
ker, W. T. Moore, W. W. Ashe, and
T. J. Bristol, Aldermen.
REPORT ON THE BRASSTOWN
CREAM STATION
During the past year Fred O.
Scroggs has conducted a Branch
Cream Station at his store. The first
shipment of cream was collected dur
ing: the first week in May. This ship
ment weighed 41 1-2 pounds and
brought $3.14. The last week in
April of this year closed the first
yers record. During: this week they
shipped a total of 308 pounds, bring
ing a little over $35.00. The total
shipped for the year is 5912 lbs, and
brought over $630.00. They are now
shipping around $125.00 worth of
cream each month, and the business is
growing each week.
The above amount represents so
much money that would have been
practically wasted had the folks not
had a market of this kind. This cream
does not come ^n from persons who
are in the dairy business, but from
farmers who have a small surplus. At
present there are 20 persons bring
ing in cream in quantities from two
pounds up. This cream is brought
in on each Tuesday and Friday and
is shipped promptly twice eeach week
to The Carolina Creamery at Frank
lifi. The checks for the farmers are
mailed from the creamery, and the
farmers are now getting 47 1-2 cento
per pound for their butter fat.