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The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina, Serving a large and Potentially Rich 1 erritory in this state MURPHY, NORTH CAPXJLINA FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1927. 5c COPY? J1.50 PKK YEAB VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 5U. y roughton wins IN DAWN-DUST CAROLINA TOUR, Drives From Manteo To Murphy Ahead Of Schedule; Given Wei- j come All Along Line ..j.v i Manteo to Murphy" by mo- | tor 1 North Carolina's "Main 1 Street" was successfully completed Pridaj night at 7:58 o'clock when R. p Kouuhton, Old Fort sportsman, n<l Jak^* Hi Monte, representative of tut Motor Club, reached the State boundary ot Georgia 12 miles we*t of here in their dawn to dusk trip. They left Morehead City Fri dav morning at 4:05 o'clock as the sun peeped across the horizon in the watery wastes of the Atlantic Ocean. According to statistics announced by Mr. Monte, 587.04 miles of Tar Heel soil were traversed by their auto I mobile in less than 1(> hours. No stops were made except for the pur pose of refueling. Carolina Motor Club officials declared that the trip i marked consumption of the first definite attempt to cross the State in | a daylight, non-stop ride. j When the automobile pulk*<l up at the Peach State boundary Friday night, it had completed the trip in about 20 minutes less time than had originally been intended. At no time on the gruelling ride did Mr. Roughton exceed the North Carolina speed limit of 45 miles an ' our, it tos said. Ride Over State The entire ride was made over State Highway No. 10. which is said to offer more varied scenery than any highway in America and to be the longest highway in any single state. The motorists sped across the costi.1 plains area immediately after starting at dawn and soon were in the famous "Sand Hill" country, fam ous for North Carolina tobacco and truck farming. Around noon they were passing the Piedmont section dotted with innumberable mills of all descriptions. Early afternoon found them passing through hills in the fall line and as the sun descended half way beyond the meridian the big automobile began its tedious as cent of the majestic Blue Ridge Moun tains. Crossing the continental divide at Ridgecrest, the machine continued its steady progress down the gradual incline onto the Asheville plateau, where it passed on out "the Murphy line." Through huge forests and thickets of rhododendron the car moved on to Waynesville, Bryson City and skirted the Sounthern boun dary of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Following the solid ' ribbon of concrete, known as Route Nc. 10. the pair roared through the "magnificent Nantahala Gorge and in to Murphy. Twenty-one minutes kter they stepped out on Georgia soil. The party received vociferous ova tions at practically all of the cities and towns through which they passed, but the little tannery village of Old Fort near the Western margin of McDowell county accorded them a Welcome which approached propor tions of a riot. It is the home of Mr. j Roughton, who wa3 cheered lustily the entire populace. All business *n the town was suspended for 'its own hero" and Mayor Jim Harmon Walded the approach of the car a volley of shot from his gun about a mile East of his domain A fire siren screamed, the town band Played and men, women and children beamed long after his car had wound ground the last curve leading up the toe Ridge. "I never knew there were ^ many people in Old Fort/' Mr. "OQghton said after he had left his dative heath. Officer* Aid A squad of motorcycle patrolmen r,1?t the automobile at the Buncombe c?unty line and accompanied it along Swannanoa river drive, across Seville and out into the State hiffb (ContiaMd ** paf ?) REMINISCENCES 1 OLDER MEMBERS INTERESTING _J Church Organized Before 1845? Dis continued During War ? One Time Had Only One Member Much interest is attached to t.hr an| ituuuceiueiit of ihc Baptists of Mur phy that they will enter the new church building on July 31st, and it is expected that a large number of visiting Baptists and other church membeis of the surrounding sections will be in attendance upon the ser vices of the day. Plans for entering the new build ing have been going forward lor sev eral weeks. The morning service will be marked by a special program by the Sunday School, and strong ef forts are being made to have at least 400 present at this service. The pas tor, Rev. T. L. Sasser, will preach at the 1 1 o'clock hour. The evening preaching hour will be given over to a special musical program by the choir. A fine program is being pre pared. An outline of the tentative pro gram follows: 9:4.~> A. M. ? Sunday School, special program. 11:00 A. M. ? Regular preaching service. 6:30 P. M. ? Meeting of B. Y. P. 7:30 P. M. ? Special musical pro gram. The entire evening pmgram will be given to music. On Monday night, August 1st, i plans call for the beginning of an evangelistic meeting, services to be held each evening at 7 :30 for a period of two weeks or longer. The pastor . will do the preaching. Coupled with the announcement i hat the Murphy Baptists are plan ning to enter the new church build ing on Sunday, July 31st. reminis cences of a number of older members are interesting bits of the history and early struggles of the church for ex istence in its early days, prior, during and following the war between the states. According to the best information obtainable, the church was establish ed between 1840 and 1845. A deed j comprising about four acres of land including the site where the old church building now stands, was made "for the use of the Baptist denomi nation for a place of worship and burying ground," and registered in the office of the Register of Deeds on June 27th, 1845. S. P. Tipton was named as trustee of the church, and Wm. Manchester was Register of deeds at the time, and the land was purchased from the chairman of the court, Wm. Manchester, appointed by j the commissioners to sell the com mons adjoining the town of Murphy. It was organized with about twenty eight members, and three preachers are put forward among the first pas tors of the church. They are Elders E. Hedden, James Kimsey and Al fred Corn. Elder Hedden is pointed to as probably the first pastor. Elder Kimsey was the grandfather of Geo. W. Truett, world renowned preach er, . who is now pastor of the First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas. These pioneer men of the gospel were said to have been among the strongest preachers of their time, and prayed and |?reached with such fervent ap peal that whole congregations were in tears under their oratorical pow ers. So far as is known, the first dea cons of the church were Samuel John son, Daniel Green and Lewis dub bard. Mr. Johnson was also clerk and treasurer. Mr. Hubbard was the father of Mrs. Roxie Hubbard, who is now a member of the church, and who ha* in her po&?etfioA one of the fjrst sacrement bottles in which (Continued on Pf* 4) MURPHY BAPTISTS TO ENTER NEW CHURCH BUILDING ON SUNDAY JULY THIRTY -FIRST SUIT BOY NEARLY LOSES LIFE IN RESCUE ATTEMPT Ruffus Hibbcrts Pulled From Water With Pole After Down ScrnnH Time The following news was curried by the Daily press of July -r>th. an-1 word comes from Gastonia that or ,.f the young men attempting: tin rescue whose name could not be iearned was Rufus Hibberts from Suit. Herman Forger who was in the picnic party, threu him a pole after he had gone down the second time, and succeeded in pulling him from the water. The Item follows: Floyd Matthews, aged 23; his sis ter, Alice Matthews, aged 21 ; and the latter 's girl friend, Mrs. May Kimball, aged 18, were drowned Monday af ternoon at what is generally designat ed as the "dead hole," wheic a small creek empties into the South Fork river just in the eastern edge of the village of Spencer Mountain, this county. Frank Matthews, aged 10, brother of Floyd and Alice. Herman Berger, Granville Conrad, and an other young man whose nasm- could not be learned, came near losing their lives in a futile effort tu save the drowning trio. The trio together with several oth ers, were celebrating the Fourth with a picnic and swimming party at Spen cer Mountain when the tragedy hap pened. COMMUNITY I ROOM OPENS AT BRASSTOWN Brasstown celebrated the opening of its Community Room for the first time on last Saturday night. This ! room, not yet finished, measures 60 ! by 35 feet and is part of a larger 1 building which will probably be erect- 1 ed the coming year. It is to be the ! gathering place of the community, i so many of whom had a share in its j construction, and will serve as the main lecture hall of the John G. Campbell Folk School which begins its first session in December. In spite of a showery evening, a good crowd gathered to listen to the address delivered by Mrs. Campbell, to sing and to play games. Formal announcement was made that Mr. L. L. Scroggs had won the red chair, awarded to that member of the local committee who had succeeded in solic iting the largest number of chairs to seat the hall. Mr. Scroggs had up to last Saturday night secured prom ises of 71 chairs, almost twenty more than the next nearest competitor. The majority of these were donated by local citizens but the school is also intebted to many public-spirited friends in Murphy who, it is hoped, will sometimes atflend the regular Saturday evening meetings (discon tinued during August), and occupy their chaiis or any others available. The room will be formally dedicat ed early in September when several guests from Denmark, as well as oth er parts of the United States, will be present. Tom Tarheel says the reason he enjoys a vacation trip so well is that it makes him appreciate his own home more. Hai ry Keaton, a club member of Pasquotank county, produced 3.180 pounds of seed cotton on orje acre last year. Sunday, July 24th will he observed ' at th" Methodist Church as Sunday ' School Da\ , according to announce ment this week by K. V. Weaver, Superintendent. The day wa:7 form- \ erly celebrated as children's day. but j .since udulls as well as children have j been taking part on the program, it | has been more appropriately named. A special program is being prepar ed and will be rendered at the 1 1 o'clock hour by the entire Sunday School. It will be a kind of demon stration of the work and progress of the Sunday School. The offering [ this day will go toward the support of the Conference Sunday School Board. Many benefits are derived from this Hoard, the Sunday School Institute recently conducted in the church by Miss Little being one. Kelsey Weaver is Superintendent of the Sunday School, an ! is j.bly supported by the following (it-part- , mental superintendents: Miss Delia Meroney, Cradle Roll; Mrs. Willard Axley, Beginners and i Primaries; Miss Josephine Heighway, ! Juniors, and Mrs. R. C. Mattox, In- 1 termediatcs. "Our Sunday School is gradually i growing in numbers and interest," stated Mr. Weaver the other day, I "and we will try to show the people and the church the progress that is being made in teaching the Bible, and hope they will come out and give us an attentive hearing. The pupils and teachers have prepared a special program, and something good is as sured all who are likely i<j attend," he said. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to come out and hear this splendid program. It follows: Sc::?i. -"Thia is God's House", "The World Children for Jesus", "Remember the Sabbath Day" ? Pri mary Department. Solo ? "Jesus Loves Me" ? William Townson. Cradle Roll Department, Miss Delia Meroney, Supt. Scripture Reading ? R. H. Hyatt, Senior. Teacher Senior Women's Bible Class. Prayer ? Offering ? The total offering for this day will go toward the support of the Conference Sunday School i I.'oard. Song ? "Why Stand Ye Here Idle?" Young Ladies Class, Mrs. J. H. Mc ! Call, teacher. Bible Story ? "The Judgment of | Solomon," Catherine Abernathy, i Third Year Junior, Mrs. Frank Dick I ey, teacher. Solo ? "The Old Rugged Cross", Mark West, Young Men's Bible Class, j E. J. Harbison, teacher. Song ? "I am A Happy Little Star," Boys and Girls Beginners Department, Miss Kloise Fain, teacher. Cornet Solo ? "Saved By Grace," Frank Taylor, Teacher third year In termediate boys. Reading ? "Tom's Prayer," Miss ICmily Sword, Junior Women's Bible Class, A. A. Fain, teacher. Song ? "Little Feet, Be Careful," First Year Junior, Miss K. V. Weav er, teacher. Scripture Quotations ? Third Year Junior Boys, Miss Ada Harshaw, | teacher. Sole ? "The Touch of His Hand on Mine," Martha Nell Wells, Fourth Year Juniors, J. H. McC&ll, teacher. Story ? "Antone's Rebellion/' Edna Patton, Fourth Year Junior, R. A. Akin, teacher. Quartette ? "Who built the Ark?" George Abbott, Jno Axley, Jerry Davidson and Harry Cooper. Men's Bible Class, H. N. Wells, Pres.; R. j R. Real, tcacher. Solo ? "Does Jesus Care," Robert ' j Roll. Fourth Year Junior, Miss Addie j Lcatherwood, teacher. Sons:- ? Fy Oonpresration. Benediction. SUNDAY SCHOOL DAY AT THE M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY Special Program To Be Rendered By Students of All Classes At 11 o'clock Hour CO. WELFARE WORK TO BE CONTINUED : County Commissioners Vote to Take Over And Finance County Public Welfare Work At a meeting of the joint Board of the County Commissioners and the Board of Education of Cherokee County, he'd in Murphy on .\iu;ulay. ?Juiy 1 i, it was voted to take over and finance the county public woKare work now being carried ? :i in the county by the State Board of Char ities and Public Welfare and the Uni versity of North Carolina financed by the Laura Spelman Rockefellew Memorial Fund. The appropriation made by the county at this meeting covers the last two months in the fiscal year of 1027-28 as the demon stration now going on and financed by the Rockefeller Memorial ceases on April 1, 1928. This means that the county welfare work will be car ried on by the county at the end of the demonstration. "Cherokee County is doing a splen did piece of work in the various fields of public welfare", says Mrs. Mar jorie Bell, field worker for the Nat ional Probation Association who has just, been in Cherokee county where she has visited the work, states the Greensboro News in an article on the work. Miss Elizabeth G. Smith, a gradu ate from the department of Public Welfare of the University of North Carolina, has been the Superintend ent of Public Welfare of Cherokee county for the past two years. Her activities have included school atten dance work, the care of deliquent children and the supervision of the Mother* -JMth'cafias. the exn^ryW work, ami the investigation of alhre quests for aid or relief from the county to ascertain the status of each case and made recommendations to relieve the distress sported. Her activities in the school atten dar-ce work have carried her to ail parts of the county and through per sonal visits in the various homes and in some cases prosecution in the courts, the average daily attendance in the schools of the county was o80 children greater for this past school year than the previous year. Dur ing this time there have been 33 prosecutions for violation ot the school attendance law. Approximately ninety children have been found neglected and in need of better care. These children have been found proper homes either in the county, or in other counties and in some cases, as a last resort, some sort of a children's institution. There are three families in the county re ceiving Mother's Aid through a co i operative plan in which the State pays j half and the county the other half. [ These families, with twenty-one chil dren, are receiving a total of forty dollars each month through this plan, thus permitting the child to be cared for by the mother in its own home. The care of the disabled ex-service man has covered the matters of in creased compensation with some, hospitalization for othdrs a/id the making of plans for the families of ex-service men whenever in distress. Whenever any request for relief is made of the county, an investiga tion is made by the County Superin tendent of Public Welfare, a report of which is submitted to the County Commissioners and upon this their action is based. These investigations have saved the county much money. In some cases relatives have been found to care for the family, in oth ers necessary medical attention has been provided when the family has become self supporting again, while in still other cases provision for need ed care has been secured from other departments of the State and private agencies elsewhere thus saving the county money. The aim has always been to take steps to render the fam ? ily self supporting a pain. I The duties of the County Superin (Continued on page 8)
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