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VOLUME XXXIX. NUMBER 12.
y Rich Territory in this state
MURPHY, north CAROLINA FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2S. 1927.
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FIRST LYCEUM
NUMBER TO BE
HERE NOV. 3RD
Edward Reno, Expert Illusionist, to
Demonstrate Magic and Mys
tery Extraordinary
The first number of the 1927-1928
Lyceum course is to be presented in
the school auditorium on Thursday
evening* November 3rd, at seven
thirty o'clock. There are five num
bers on the circuit this year, all be
ing engaged through the Redpath
Lyceum Bureau. The numbers in
clude Edward Reno, Magician ; Roy
E. Bendell, impersonator and reader
and interpreter cf life; The Blan
chards; the Garden Sketch Club;
and the Three Musketeers.
The first number is the Magician
Reno, who is hailed as one of tile best
in his profession. He has been a
magician for more than thirty-five
years, has traveled in every part of
the globe and is constantly inventing
new things in magic and illusion with
which to mystify and entertain the
Reno the Magician
public. Mr. Reno is scheduled u> ex
ecute more than sixtey tricks during
the hour and a half program to be
presented here on November 3rd.
Reno's running fire of comments
over his tricks is about as amusing
as the tricks themselves, say those
who have seen him in action. He
uses a number of pets in his enter
tainments and he allows the chil
dren to play with them when not in
use. He also has members of the
audience help him with his various
tricks.
Among the many bewildering tricks
performed by Reno are the follow
ing*. He takes a lad's watch from
a lonf of bread ??hcs it <s supposed
to be locked securely in a wooden
box; he lights a candle, wraps it in
heavy paper and later takes it from
his inside coat pocket, still burning;
he breaks an egg in a pan, lights a
fire underneath it and then pulls out
a duck; he borrows a handkerchief
from a lady and puts in into a pistol,
which is in turn fired at an electric
light globe. The audience can see
the handkerchief in the globe, and
the globe is then broken and the
handkerchief returned, yet the globe
is not damaged in the least; the evo
lution of a magician's wand; mys
terious cornucopia and enchanted
rabbit; hatched, matched and dis
patched ? a romance in the life of a
Pair of ring doves; the steel detective;
the aerial treasury and the inexhaus
tible hat; mind reading extraordinary
in which a spectator assumes the title
| *ole.
Season tickets are being placed on
this week at the Cherokee Drug
Company, Parker's Drug Store, J.
? Davidson's clothing store and |
through the school children. It is
expected that a capacity house will
the magician on next Thursday
?ight.
L
MILLSAPS IN
JAIL ON BAD
CHECK CHARGE
Arrested For Speeding in Deleware
? Wanted Here for Purchas
ing Car With Bogus Paper
Clyde Millsaps of near Robbins
ville. Graham County, was remanded
to tho Cherokee County jail Monday
right following a h"ai:n? oeforo .Jus
tice T. X. Bates on a chare: of pars
ing bad checks and obtuirir.? money
under false pretense. Your.gr Mill
saps was brought to Cherokee Coun
ty from New Castle, Delaware under
authority of a warrant issued by M.
L. Mauney, manager of the Ideal
Motor Company, of Andrews.
Several weeks ago Millsaps bought
j a used car of the Ideal Motor Com
I pany, of Andrews, and gave a check
on the Citizens Bank, of Gastonia,
where he asserted he had money and
suggested that the Motor company
wire the bank to make sure. This
disarmed the suspicion of the sales
man and the check was accepted.
Young Millsaps also obtained about
fifty dollars in cash from the com
pany on another check. The checks !
were sent in through the regular
channels but were returned with a
protest fee of three dollars attached.
A few days ago Millsaps was ar
rested in New Castle, Delaware for
speeding. When asked to show his
driver's license and title to car it was
found that the title was still in the
name of the original owner ol the
car at Shelby, from whom the Ideal
Motor Company 'had bought it. Mill
saps had been given the title but had
failed to have it transferred to his
name. Also, officers in New Castle,
searching the car, found a dealer's
tag in the rear seat. This led them
to suspect that the car was stolen, so
they wired the original ownei? in
Shelby, who in turn wiied the Ideal
Motor Company. The motor com
pany wired the Delaware officers to
hold Millsaps on bad check chaiges.
Young Millsaps was pul under five
hundred dollars bond in default of
which he was lodged in the Cherokee
County jail await trial at the com
ing term of Superior Court. He
stated at the trial that he did not
know what caused him to give the
bad check or to try to get away with
the car. He confessed that he knew
he did not have money in the Gas
tonia bank. D. H. Tillitt, attorney,
of Andrews, represented the Motor
Company at the hearing.
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MUSIC CLUB
PROGRAM SAT.
NOVEMBER 5TH
Vocal and Instrumental Solos, Duets,
Quartets, and Commedietta
are Features
The (Music Club will presfcnt a
splendid program, vocal and instru
mental solos, duets and quartets at
the school auditorium on Saturday,
November 5th, at 7 :30 o'clock, it
was definitely announced this week
by officers of the Club.
The commedietta. entitled "Shat
tered Nerves", a Harriet L. Childe i
Pemberton olay, will also be present- i
ed by local talent. Mr. V. G. Ose- -
poff, native Russian violinist, and
student of Young Harris College,
will have a part on the program. i
Practice and rehearsing has been
in progress for several weeks, and ]
something good is in store for the <
people of Murphy. The programs by i
the Music Club in the past have been
unusually popular and well attended.
It is expected that many people from
nearby towns will hear this program,
as well as a large number of local \ i
people.
A small admission will be charged, i
the proceeds to go toward paying for
the piano which the Club has bought. !
To Organize Parent
Teachers Association
On Friday night of this week
in the ladies parlor of the Metho
dist Church will be held a meet
ing of teachers and parents tor
the purpose of organizing a par
ent-Teacher's Association. All
parents interested in the school
a.id in the welf.xre of their chil
dren are askeA to be present.
also the teachers. Ref reshmetits
will be served, music will be fur
nished uj the high school orches
tra and the organization perfect
ed.
LIONS ROARED
TUESDAY NIGHT
The Murphy Lions Club held their
regular bi-monthly meeting on Tues
day night of this week in the parlors
i
of the Methodist church, where they
are always splendidly entertained by
the different circles of the ladies of
the Methodist church.
But there were two departures
from the meting, these being the
pleasure of having the Lionesses and
several guests with them, and the
other being the equal pleasure and
privilege of having Miss Anderson's
school orchestra, which was a delight
ful entertainment for all present.
This is the first year the Murphy
school has had an orchestra that we
know of, and Miss Anderson is doing
a good and splendid work with the
orchestra.
Miss Anderson is thi* directress.
There are twenty piece- in the or
chestra, including the piano. These
consist of ukeles, banjos, large drum
with accoutrements, trap drum,
kazoos, trianles, guitars, and tambou
rines. They are well trained for such
a short period of practice, and can
play anything from old fashioned
"Dixie** to the most modern music.
Their entertainment was excellent,
and both Lionesses and Lions are
"for" them. The members are Miss
es Mallonee, Aikin, Witherspoon,
Davte, Papat. Candler, Wells, l)e
weese. Fain, Deweese, Cooper, Hill, .
Axley, and Warren; Messrs Bell,
Davidson, Ratcliffe, Dickey, Thomp
son and Mallonee.
The guests present included Mr.
W. M. Fain, Dr. and Mrs. J. P. An
derson, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Sipe, Dr.
and Mrs. Edw. E. Adams, Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Hyde, Mrs. E. P. Hawkins, Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Cooper, Miss Katherine
Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Hoov
er, Mrs. Dale Lee. Mr. and Mrs. T.
L. Sasser, Mr. E. C. Moore, Mr. and
Mrs. E. .J. Harbinson, tyr. and Mrs.
R. W. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. D. Wither
spoon, Mr. J. L. Fain, Mr. and Mrs.
H. G. Elkins and Mrs. Roy Campbell.
Mr. J. L. Fain requested aid in
securing the connection of a road
between the present county road and
a federal road that is being built up
Tellico River to the Citico River and
Hooper Bald country. A committee
was appointed to work with him in
this, and to report back to the club.
CHIEF COFFEY
RESIGNS POST
'
Just as we pro to press it is learned
that Chief R. W. Coffey, who has
been in charge of Murphy's police
department for the past several mon
ths, has tendered his resignation and
will return to his home at Franklin.
Mr. Coffey said he had no plans for
the future other than taking a rest
until after Christmas.
Poley Bell, of Culberson and C'op
perhill, has been elected to fill the
cacancy, it is understood, but at the
time of going to press it was not
known if he had accepted.
CARD OF THANK. c.
We wish to thank our many friends
and good neighbors and relatives for
their kindness and help during the
sickness and death of ou:r dear son
and brother, Walter Davidson
? Mrs. C. W. Davidson and family. |
ROAD MEETING TUESDAY
REPUDIATES CHARGES MADE
AGAINST MR. STIKELEATHER
WALTER DAVIDSON
RANGER BOY, DIED
ADOPT RESOLUTION
PLEDGING SUPPORT
LAST SATURDAY I AND CO-OPERATION
Walter Davidson. 24 years old. died
at the home of his mother, Mrs. C.
VV. Davidson, at Ranger. Saturday
about noon, after an illness of some
two months. He had been feeling
bad for several weeks but did not
take his bed until about two weeks
before death came.
He was a member of the Ranger
Methodist Church, and was well and
favorably known in this section.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at the Ranger church, and Inter
ment was in the churchyard. Rev. T.
L. Noble conducted the funeral ser- j
vices.
He is survived by his mother, four !
brothers, John, of Murphy; Sam. Gay
and Frank; and two sisters, Hattie !
and Mae. all of Ranger.
WOMAN DIES
OF FALL OFF
AUTO TRUCK
Mrs. Clayton M. Stiles, of Postell, ,
Cherokee county, succumbed late |
Sunday night to injuries she received j
Sunday afternoon when thrown from i
an automobile truck in which she
was riding on State Highway No. 10
near the county home.
The truck, which was carrying the
Stiles family and some friends, was
forced off the pavement by another I
automobile going in the opposite di- 1
lection. So rough was the border
of the highway at this point that Mrs.
Stiles was bounced on the pavement
with her four-year-old baby in her
arms.
examination at Murphy Mrs.
Stiles was found _o have a fractured
skull anu the baby had bruises, none
of which was serious. Mrs. Stiles
died without regaining consciousness.
Funeral services were held at Pos
tell at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning
and interment was in the Swanson
cemetery. The Rev. E. A. Beavers
officiated.
Mrs. Stiles leaves a husband, two
children, three brothers, and two sis
ters. She was 33 years old, and a
member of the Baptist church.
REV. ANDERSON
IS INSTALLED
SUNDAY NIGHT
Deputation of Visiting Ministers in
Impressive Service At Presby
terian Church
A denutation of Asheville Presby
tery consisting of R. P. Smith, D. D.,
Df Asheville; S. R. Crockett, of
Waynesville ; F. Rauschenberg, of
Asheville, and J. A. Flannigan, of
Franklin, installed Rev. J. P. Ander
son, D. D. as pastor of the Murphy
Presbyterian Church Sunday night at
* union service attended by the min
isters and congregation of al the
Murphy churches. Mr. Anderson
:ame to the Murphy church early in
Ihe spring but there was delay in
folding the installation services until
the Presbytery could meet and ap- 1
point a deputation to hold the ser
vice. The jecent meeting of Presby
tery at Andrews appointed the above
mentioned preachers and ruling elder
D. S. Russell of Andrews. Mr. Rus
sell was unable to attend the service.
Rev. S. R. Crockett, of the Wayn
esville church presided at the ser
vice and preached the sermon, taking
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Lar?e Number of People Assembled
For The Occasion ? Cherokee
County Represented
Mr. James G. Stikeleather. District
Highway Commissioner, and Mr. J.
C. Walker, District Engineer, met at
the courthouse with the Clay and
Cherokee citizens in Hayesville Tues
day afternoon.
This was in response to a request
of the citizens of Clay for Mr. Stike
leather to meet them is set out in
resolutions adopted by th ? Clay toun
I tv Club on October 17.
The meeing was called to order
i by J. B. Gray, temporary chairman.
He expressed the appreciation of the
County for the consideration shown
the County by Mr. Stikeleather in
the construction of the road from
Brasstown bridge to the Georgia line
shortly after the road law was passed
and the routing of No. 28. He then
reviewed briefly the matters contain
ed in the resolutions and expressed
dissatisfaction on four particular
points, viz:
1. Alleging a promise of oil treat
ment in 1U2.") and failure to give it
or otherwise adequetly maintain the
road from the Georgia line to Murphy
and to maintain the Shooting Creek
road.
2. Failure to complete the road
up Shooting Creek to the Macon
County line.
3. Failure to expend any con
struction funds in giving an all year
1 road from Brasstown bridge to Mur
I phy.
4. Raised the question of whether
: or not Clay County had received its
; pro rata.
Mr. Stikeleather was then intro
duced to the body and after express
ing his strong feeling that the people
of Clay County were naturally fair
and ju<5t and that he- feared that they
i had been mislead into an uninten
i tional injustice ir. the charges brought
against him by Mr. Gray. He asked
if they were willing to wipe the slate
clean and hear him impartially and
without prejudice in the matter which
request was unamiously approved by
the audience.
Mr. Stikeleather then proceeded
I to answer the points advanced by Mr.
Gray.
1. He denied emphatically that
he had ever mentioned or promised
an oil treatment in l'J25 and in sup
port of this stressed the fact that at
that time oil treatment was only in
the experimental stage and that neith
er Mr. Gray nor any other citizen
had since that time written his assert
ing this alleged promise nor request
ing an oil treatment for the road.
2. That on October 4, two weeks
before these resolutions were passed
that all the funds he had for No. 28
in Clay County were practically ex
hausted and that he and Mr. Walker
drove to Raleigh and there presented
the matter of the completion of No.
28 to the Macon County line to the
Commission and though it hesitated
he prevailed with it to give him an
additional $30,000.00 with which to
complete the grade to Glade Gap at
top of Chunky Gal mountain. He ex
plained that with the grade com
pleted to this point he would then
take over the road through Buck
Creek to Macon County line and that
j this road with maintenance could be
made passable a large part of the
year and that we would thus be con
nected with Franklin and that this
work was being done out of funds to
which Clay was not really entitled
but he felt that the points should be
connected and that he was doing
more than he could justly be expect
ed to do in this respect.
(Continued on pay* 8)