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. The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina, Serving a large and Potentially Rich Territory in this pliE XXXIX. NUMBER 30. state MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1928. 5c COPY? $1.50 PER YEAR ENEER PLANT NOW ASSURED FOR MURPHY it Club Instrumental in Locating lant ? Meeting Tuesday Night Is Well Attended f veneer plant employing about en men is now assured for Mur l according to announcement |e Tuesday night at the regular king of the Lion's Club, which or ization has been working ?.n co nation with the operators for the I several months, in an effort to [te the plant here. 'he plant will be located in what fnown as Shield's field, in old phy. Ground is being cleared work on the plant is expected to n shortly. A road is being built he location, and owners of the t stated that the machinery was y for installation. lis company will be headed by Sam B. Coffin, of Dahlonega, who spent several days last lc in Murphy making arrange ts for the work on the plane to n, which will be completed and in operation at the earliest possi moment. RS. A. B. SMITH IES AFTER A 3NG ILLNESS lie many friends cf Rev. A. B. kh, former pa3to?- of the Uayes i Baptist church, vill regret to ki of the death of his pood wife. L Smith, who was 6G years of age, I February 2.'i at her home in pie after a lingering Cness of jral w?eks. Her death w is not xpect^l as relatives and friends given up hope for her rcco\ cry ie time before she died. Irs. Smith was a devoted Chris k woman and loved by all who w her. Her life was such that all > followed in her footsteps were lid to higher ideals; She will be fctly missed in her home and com nity. Funeral services were conducted Reverends Alige West of An ks and T. L. Sasser of Murphy the Whitaker Baptist Church near lrews Saturday morning, inter k in the Whitaker cemetery. IAWASSEE GIRL DIES OF BURNS iiss Robbie Lee Twiggs, 22 years , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. IggS of Hiawassee, and sister of Porter Meroney of Murphy, at the home of. her parents at wassee last Saturday afternoon ut 4 o'clock, as a result of being ned Friday morning. Iiss Twiggs had been sick for lettme, and about 11:30 o'clock Jday morning got up and was lding in front of the fire place reaching for something on the itel when her gown caught fire. ' screamj were heard by members the family who rushed in to find ; she was enveloped in flames. ' mother was severely burned a attempting to smother the *?. aneral services were held Monday ?'ng at 11 o'clock at the Hiawas Baptist Chnrch, by Rev, Buice, interment ir. the family bur rround. he is survived by her father and her, four brothers, Ralph, Er ; and Vaughn Twiggs, of Hiawas and Clyd? Twiggs, of Atlanta, ! three sisters, Mrs. Porter Me ?y, Murphy, N. C., Mrs. Ralph tips, Gainesville, Ga., and Miss L . SIX MEN, THREE CARS, 14 GALS. IN TWO HAULS Six men, three cars, fourteen pal Ions of whiskey constitute the net results of two hauls made by officers last week. Saturday morning: about 4 o'clock officers George Crawford and John Vance, while stationed at the Valley River bridge, succeeded in intercept ing two cars and 13 gallons of whis key. Roscoe Woody and E. M. Mc Afce, of Murphy- and Paul Jones of Robbinsville, were the men, Jones jumped from the car at the approach of the officers and was later caught near Marble. Jones waived preliminary examination and was bound over to Superior court under bond of $300.00, which he made. Woody and McAfee will be given a preliminary hearing before Justice T. N. Bates Saturday morning, and are at liberty under bonds of $300.00 each. Sunday night, Chief of Police Wil lard Cooper and Deputy Sheriff Crawford caught Paul Angel, E. K. Marr and J. C. Shelton, of Bryson City and 1 gallon of whiskey near the L. &. N. Depot. Preliminary hearing was set for Saturday after noon and the three were released un der bonds of $200.00 each. COWS WOULD PAY IF BETTER FED RALEIGH, N. C., March 2.? One third of the 300,000 milk cows in North Carolina pay a profit, one third are merely boarders and one | third arc robbers. "The reason for this is that most of the cows are so poorly fed," says Robert H. Ruffner, head of the ani mal husbandry department at State College. "If all of these 300,000 cows were fed a well-prepared balanc ed ration, the one-third now paying a profit would increase their produc tion fom 20 to 30 percent; those which are boarders would pay a fair profit and the robbers might cease their nefarious practice." Mr. Ruffner estimates that a bet ter feeding practice would add $15 a year per cow to the receipt* oi the owners which wuild mean an in creased income of $4,500,00 in an nual income to dairymen of this State. One of the greatest aids to better production is preparing the cow for future milk production while the is dry. This is the foundation of great est yield at lowest cost. The cow should be in good flesh before calving and then will not need heavy grain feeding to sustain heavy milk flow afterwards. Six to eight pounds a day of feed prepared by mixing 125 pounds of corn and cob meal, 100 pounds of ground oats, 100 pounds of linseed oil meal will permit the dry cow to gain in weight and accu mulate flesh during the rest period before calving. The cow should rest at least six weeks and two months is better. While dry, the cow must have a good feed of hay. That from le gumes is best. Alfalfa, soybean, cowpea or clover hay will furnish the mineral needed to build up the frame work of the calf, provide some for storage in the body of the mother cow and will thereby lay the foundation for maximum milk yield later. If there is no green pasture avail able, and the owner has neither si lage nor beet pulp, feed the cow at least 30 pounds of mangels, turnips, carrots or cabbage each day. If these are not available, give a bran mash made by soaking two pounds of wheat bran in a gallon of water for 24 hours. I - Joe In The Swimming Pond It was a most delightful Saturday morning in May that my brother sug gested to me that we would slip away from our mother and go to where \vc could find a good swimming pond. I gladly accepted the invitation and his plan, and in a few moments we had our tools ready to take with us, as we didn't know but what it might be necessary to buiid a pond if we failed to find one. The morning was very pleasant; the birds were singing their sweetest scngs. It seemed as if the birds knew that we were going away from home. Perhaps they noticed our shovels, or axe, and the large roll of bailing wire my brother had tied on his back. One old catbird must have had some suspicion of us as a set of tramps, for he would peep from among the green cluster of grape vines and then he would mew, mew, like some poor lost creature. This caused me to study very seriously in regard to our leaving mother. There wasn't any use of persuading my brother, for he was by this time on a very close search of a pond in the near forest we had reached. The branch which was stealing its way through the large forest of pines was very small, but was large enough to make a good swimming pond. At length my brother found a favorable location for the construction of a small lake, as I would term it. Our *deas were well defined as to the way we would construct the dam in order to make it strong. We cut a large pile of pine brush, and carried rocks until I thought my back was broken sure enough. By the time the sun was setting in the golden west we had a fine swimming pond made. The brush was tied with the bailing wire for re-inforcement and the rocks were used for holding the brush. Well, we didn't go in bathing that evening, but we decided the next day would be the best, even though it was Sunday. We arrived at our ' home without disturbing anyone. Of course, our mother had an idea that we were good boys, and that we had been getting stovewood. The next morning we went to Sun day School. To be sure, we told our friends of the nice "lake" in the old pine forest. I could hardly keep my mind on the Sunday School lesson for studying about our visiting the pond in the afternoon. H That evening there were numbers of visitoYs at the lake. We all decid ed to go into the lake except Joe who was afraid he couldn't swim. After we had played and had bath ed for a considerable length of time, we decided to convince Joe that he could learn to swim by trying it a while. We proposed to tell him of a very quick way he could learn to swim. One of the boys said,' "See here, Joe. if you had you a pair of gourds you could outswim any of us." Joe consented to the plan, and one of the boys ran to the nearest house to find a pair of gourds. He found a pair ana was back in about forty five minutes. When the wurds wprp hrniipht. 1 we told Joe to tie them to his big toes; and to plunge inta the water. This he did without any hesitation, and pretty soon he was making a beautiful spray in the water. But, by the way, he forgot to use his hands fast enough, and thereupon he began to cry out, "Help, help, I am going down!" Not the least sign of rescue did we show him when clash, bang, blubble, blubble, and down went Joe. His head was on the bot tom of the pond we thought, but we soon realized that the gourds were holding him with his head down. It was very amusing to see those gourds dancing on top of the water and poor Joe struggling for life beneath the water. Right there and then we broke him ?n the water. However it became necessary for some one to take him out to prevent hi? drown ing. ? By Howard Hall, Bra?stown. LIONS CLUB HAS INTERESTING MEET TUESDAY Ladies Night to Feature Next Roar Elect to Meet With Mrs. A. M. Brittain The making of preliminary prepa- I rations for ladies night at the next j meeting:, accepting the invitation of | Mrs. A. M. Brittain to meet with her, i announcement that the club had j been instrumental in securing a ve- i neer plant for Murphy, were features of the Lions Club meeting last Tues- | day night. The meeting was held in the ban quet hall of the Regal Hotel, and about sixteen members were present, including several who had been re cently elected. A report of the committee in charge of the play was encouraging. It has been shown at Murphy and Ogden, where it was received with much enthusiasm. An effort is be ing made to carry it to Bryson, City, in co-operation with the BVyson City Lions Club, and all the members ex pressed themselves as being desirous of making the trip with the players in a body. It was satede that many fine compliments had been paid the play, and a number had expressed a desire to see it given at Murphy igain Next meeting being ladies night, the committee in charge of the play was instructed to tender the entire : cast of the play an invitation to be , present, and to send letters expres- 1 sing the club's appreciation for the j splendid co-operation of the cast, es pecially those who were not mem- j bers of the club. After considerable discussion, the club elected to meet for the time being with Mrs. A. M. Brittain, who had extended an invitation. Lion Witherspoon discussed the beautification of the streets, lawns and flower gardens of the town, and stated that he hoped the time would come when Murphy would be known far and wide as the town of dogwood blossoms, suggesting that because of the beauty of the dogwood blossoms, he would like to see a movement started for planting the tree along the streets, in the yards and where ever it would add to the beauty of the town. It was suggested that the Club hold another Easter egg hunt this year, since the one last year was such a success and seemed to have been enjoyed by so many. Preparations will be made at a fu ture meeting for the annual or anni versary meeting, and special talks will be made on the activities of the club during the past pear, and it is expected that this meeting will be unusually interesting. MOTOR CLUB MANAGER IS MURPHY VISITOR Mr. R. Shelton, District Manager of the Carolina Motor Club, spent several days in Murphy this week, in the interest of the Club's extension campaign. The club has established an office in Murphy for the distribution of li cense taers, and has rendered a valu able service to motorists of this sec tion. The office here has aided hun dreds of residents of this and adjoin ing counties in getting their titles perfected and in having the imme diate use of their cars and trucks without the delay incident to send j ing to Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Mack Carringer an nounce the birth of a son Saturday, February 25th, who has been given the name of John Brownlow Carrin ger. STILES THROWS 'HAT IN RING' FOR MAYORSHIP Municipal Political Pot Beginning To Boil With Two Out For Mayor and Election Two Months Away S. D. Stiles, well known proprietor of a Murphy transfer and drayage business, formally announces his candidacy for the Mayorship of the town of Murphy this week, being the second to announce for this office. Harry P. Cooper, prominent real es tate ana insurance man, announced as a candidate for the Mayorship several weeks ago. Mr. Stiles announcement states that he has been solicited by numer ous friends to enter the race, and if elected, pomises a business-like ad ministration, endeavoring to reduce taxes as far as the best in terests of the own will allow. With two candidates in the field for Mayor, the municipal political pot is already beginning to boil. No one has yet announced for the coun cil, but a number are expected mo mentarily with perhaps others for the mayorilty, with election day more than two months away. MRS. CORNWKI.I. LAID TO REST AT PEACHTREE ruivcj Services fo< M'/s. Maud; Cornwell- wife of W. W. Cornwell and sister of Walter C. Witt, of Murphy, well known Peachtree wo man, were held at Peachtree last week, Monday, February 20, con ducted by Rev. T. L. Sasser and Rev. C. E. Stedman. She is survived by her husband and five children, two boys, Gwin and Clarence; three girls, Lillian, Vanoy and Maudie B., all of Peach tree; her mother, Mrs. S. E. Witt- of Miami, Fla. ; two brothers, Walter C. Witt of Murphy and Cyrus Witt of Peachtree; two sisters, Mrs. John A. Fitzstephens, of Miami, Fla., and Mrs. I. N. Wilson of Peactree. CALL ELECTION ON BOND ISSUE FOR MARCH 30 Action Comes As Result of Petition Filed Wednesday Signed By 1'83 Qualified Voters At a spccial meeting Thursday morning: the town council called a special election for March 30th, "for the purpose of obtaining the assent of the qualified voters" to the issu ance of the proposed $25,000.00 street, sewerage and water improve ment bonds, recently advertised for sale by the city council. This action came as a result of a petition filed with the clcrk h** 183 town Wednesday, signed by lfc3 qualified voters- asking the town au thorities to call an election in regard to the issuance of the bonds, and give the people a chance to either approve or disprove tehm. The order calling for the spccial election naities .T. W. Axley as regis trar and R. C. Mattox and Ed Bar nett as judges. The registrar's books arc open to those entitled and desiring to register at the store of J. W. Axley & Son from March 2nd until March 27th. The boncls in question are to be is sued as follows: Ten thousand for street improve ments. Ten thousand for water extension and improvements. Five thousand sewerage extension and improvements.
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