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Thc Lead'rS Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina, Serving a large and Potentially Rich Territory in this state
OLl'ME XXXIX. NUMBER 31.
M'RPIIY. NORTH CAROIJN V. FRIDAY. MARCH y. 1928.
Sc COPY ? $1.50 1'ER YEAR
jIVES benefits
OF CAROLINA
MOTOR CLUB
H. Shelton, !>5strict Manager of
ho Carolina Motor Club, who visit
id Murphy last week in the interest
>f the club, pave out the following
statement of the benefits the motor
ists of North Carolina had received ?
since it was organized in co-opera
tion with the American Automobile 1
Association :
Thieves have nine chances out of
BOO to get away, with cars stolen I
From members of the Carolina Mo- j
to r Club. Rewards offered for the
cars stolen from members Is an in- I
ducement which rarely ever fails to
pet results. In the five years of the
club's operation over six hundred
cms have been taken from members, ;
cnly nine of which have failed of
recovery.
i "A careful and accurate record,
lige'i'ier with a most minute sys
r m is responsible for this record,
K':m- hundred chiefs of polices, sher
iff.-'. and deputies, together with
p.nic than five hundred parages and
pcrvice stations receive notices , of
ptolen cars in less than twenty-four 1
hour- after the car is lost. Tele
grams and radio messages further
reive to check up on the thief and
he I :i ; very little chance of profit
ill.' from the theft. The club often
ipends ten or fifteen times the
kmount of membership to pet the
rar back.
"Stolen car recoveries is a small
l>ait of the departmental activities '
>f the organization, however. The
emergency road service has been i
extended to over five thousand mo- |
t< l ists in trouble or. the r.. ad-side. 1
This prompt and efficient service on
Ihc part of garages which service
:lul> members rarely fails to l.rinz I
tetters of high commendation. An i
active legal department, in the em- j
fcloy of a trained motor vehicle law
(attorney. is meeting a real demand.
[This department undertakes to an
fwer questions and to render em or- i
Kenc;. legal advice to all members, i
attempting to settle cases out of
court.
I "Legislative work of high type,
keeping in mind the Hoover Safety
cotlt ot uniform laws, is resulting
in a set of laws in North Carolina
J? will be uniform with those
Of other states, thereby preventing
[?o:i'nsi.,n. Safety work, preventing
accilents Of the highways, preserv- 1
Png the lives of school children and I
definitely presenting safety mea
sum.s throughout the state is carried
on at some considerable cost to the
ciuo.
"Speed traps, of which there have
been many throughout the state,
are being eliminated through the ef
ii'n.M,' fithe. C'llb' Thc'se unjust and
tin' "f* f'"e co"ect'ng agencies
c themselves, in consider
' e hot-water' because the club
tes been checking carefully all their
?i les. Many members make
*?od use of their bond card, good for
rr'vT;? b?m' to 850 w>"ch is
shin j th<? club in its member
h'P card. These are accepted anv
"1 ,?nh Carolin3 ?d in many!
the law. U"IOn by officers of j
"The r?mi;ns Meter'-* j I
trav^f ?1Ub' presents interesting
Z ll f and si<ie-'*hts on places
tended"? "V" rar?"na- 11 is "es
sr, t7 trsz
full :;ird.maPS and inf?<"mation,
an attrlt" P lhc A A- *? *"d
membershiIVe- radlatoT emblem with
Cluh. Maps anHhe- *:arolina Motor
available to information are
Without cost I 7 ?f this C'ub
ro. All A a ?att?r Where they
vice to memK clubs render ser
lion. ers that organ iza
[he club ha* 'hi "nfant 5 yeara a#ro'
krth CarM TmC a pow" ^
f Car0l'no for ltood. Every ef
Got His Eye on this Young Crasher
By Albert T Rail
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ROAD TAX AND
HOW AL.LOTED
At the meeting ??i" the Cherokee
County Road Commission Monday
and Tuesday of this week, the Com
mission alh ted to the different
townships the percent of money to
be spent during the year. At the
request of the commission, the coun
ty auditor had prior to the meeting
prepared a list of the amount of
taxes to be received from each town
snip (.'urinir 1928 from last year's
levy 4 be spent on roads this year.
The ;;ures are interesting*. It
will I , noted that Valley town Town
ship pays n'ore road tax than any
township in the county, Valleytown
Township with 41.16 percent and
Murphy Township, with 37.90 per
cent according to the figures, pay
about SO percent of all the road
tax collected in the county. Hot
house Townnship pays less rOad tax
than any township in the county, or
one and one-half percent of the to
tal amount of road tax collected.
The figures given represent the
amount of taxes levied last year and
to be usd by the commission for
maintenance work this year, and
shows the amount levied in each
township, the percentage of the to
tal each township pays, and the per
centage allocated to each township.
Township amt taxes peret. all.
Murphy $11,905.80. .37.90 _.30
Valleytown .. 12,932.40 ..41.16 .25
Nqtla 2,453.07.... 7.82.. . 11
Shoal Creek 1,699.41... 5.40 .15
Beavprdnm !,955.li.... 6.22 15
Hot House 468,03.... 1.50.... 4
Total $31, 414.45... .100.. ..100
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The article in last week's Scout
entitled "The Flight of Time,"
should have been credited or signed
by "M," said to be the late John Me
roney, Sr.
fort of the organization is designed
to effect some public benefaction,
some public improvement which will
advance the use and perfection of
the automobile and touring. It's
phenominal growth, from 150 mem
bers in September, 1922 to over 16
thousand members in January, 1927 |
is an indication of how well the club 1
has succeeded. It lives and grows
because it serves."
P. T. Association
OF Murphy Holds
Monthly Meeting
(Special to The Citizen)
MURPHY, X. C.. Mar. 5. ? ' The !
Murphy Parent-Teachers Association
has just he'd its ? regular monthly ;
meeting in the Grammar School au
ditorium with some 3G0 parents and
children present. The meeting was
kn#>wn as "Daddy's Night,*' and a
spccial effort was made to have as
many fathers present as possible.
An interesting entertainment pro
gram was rendered following an in
vocation by Rev. J. P. Anderson of
the Presbyterian church.
Following this program a short
business session was held. Mr. Sipe,
superintendent of schools, was cal
led on to restate what the P. T. A.
stands for and what, it has done and
may do. The treasurer and the
j ways and means committee made re
I ports as did also the playground !
! committee.
Following the custom established I
' two meetings ago. the number of |
, parents of the children in the var- 1
ious grades, who attended the meet- j
' in*;, was counted ir. order to ascer
tain which grade should win the
picture for the month. Miss Mc
Combs' section of the fourth grade ?
had the highest percent of parents
in attendance and accordingly won
the picture again. Mrs. Hoover's
section of the sixth grade was a
close second. A number of the
grades made good showings.
The latter committee announced
the gift of a 14 foot slide for the;
playground eiven by F p. Hav/kin? I
and invited other individuals or bus
iness houses to make similar dona
? tions.
The association adjourned until
i the first Friday in April at 3:15
| o'clock.
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i Miss Catherine Thompson. 7v?5ss
| Nan Dixon and Miss Elizabeth Brit- ,
! tain, returned Monday from a visit j
! of several days to Miss Thompson's
j sister, Mrs. Robert Barclay, of Con
! pcrhill.
Mr. M. H. Rockyear, step-father i
of Mrs. Henry Axley, stopped sever- j
al days here over the week-end to vist j
Mrs. Rockyear and Mrs. Axley en- j
route from Florida to his home at j
Evansville, Ind. t
Culberson School Closes
The Culberson school will close !
| March H?. With commcncoment cx
j ercises Thursday night. Friday aft
I erne on and n'pht. This term the
' patrons say has been the best for a
i number of years. The school has
been more of a civic center than
previously. The school spirit in th a
community has been very great ancP
we hope this will continue until our
District is carried over the top for
one hundred percent consolidation.
1 Our faculty has given good satisfac
i tion. The two assistant teachers.
Mrs. I.. \V. Shield's and Miss Lelia
Mason are of this place, while Prof.
1 W. M. Collins who hails from Pied
mont section of ti e ?tate where he
has taught school for several years.
His former home was at Brevard, N.
C.
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Mr. C. K. Hoover spent several
I days in Asheville this week attend
j ing the convention of the Southern ,
i Coca-Cola Bottlers Association.
Misses Elizabeth Smith, Annie K. j
Bailey and Gladys Volatty attended j
the meeting of the Pa*vnt -Tcache* s
Association ;\t Andrews Tuesday \
night.
Mr. John R. Xelson of Topton, is I
spending the week with his wife and (
family who are keeping house for
her mother, Mrs. Mattie, A. Taylor,
while she is away on a visit to Texas.
Dr. M. G. Hendricks, of Ball
Ground, Ga., spent Monday night
with Mr. and Mrs. f ?
enroute to the convention of the
Southern Coca-Cola Bottlers Asso
ciation at Asheville.
The Woman's Missionary Society j
of the Methodist Church held their |
regular business meeting at the la
dis parlor of the church Thursday
afternoon. The topic for discussion
was "China After Fifty Years,"
which was led by Mrs. Arthur Akin
and Mrs. C. E. Stcdman. Preceding
the program, a devotional was led
by Mrs. R. V. Wells. Miss Eliza
i beth Smith gave an interesting and
instructive talk on soical service.
I Plans were made to hold a prayer
service next Wednesday from 1 to 1 1
| o'clock in the morning. About f if
;een members were present.
ROCKEFELLER
GIFT ASSURES
SMOKY MT. PARK
> early Ten Millions Made Available
Lnder Terms N. C. To Issue
Bonds
RALKIGH, March 6. ? The crea
tion o: the Great Smoky Mountain
National Park in western N<.rth
Carolina and east Tennessee was
de* nitely assured Tuesday with the
announcement by the North Catolina
Park Commission of a donation by
the l.aura ? , clman Rockefeller Me
morial cf $5,000,000 to the fund for
the establishment of the park.
The trustees of the Rockefeller
Memorial have agreed to match
contributions to the park project
from aii other sources, dollar for
dollar, up to $5,000,000, the Park
( ominission announced. Bond issues
and public subscriptions for the park
in North Carolina and Tennessee al
ready aim.unt to $4,860,000 and
vith this sum doubled by the Rock
efeller donation, sufficient funds
will be immediately available for
the . jrchase <;i the entire park area,
the North Carolina Park Commission
announced.
A simultaneous anr>/uncement of
the iiocki'feller memorial donation
| was made in Kii?* Tenn., by
j Col. David C. president
I of the Uivat .Smoky Mountain Con
1 servauoii association.
The new national park, the first
great reservation of primitive na
| ture in eastern America, will com
prise 428,000 acres of forest clad
mountains, lying half in North Car
i olina and half in Tennessee.
Memo.'ial to Mother
Mrs. Laura Spviina . \ .ickofeHer
; was the mother of John i>. Rocke
' feller, Jr. The Laura Spelman Rock
i efeller Memorial fund from which
the donation comes, was create 1 in
memory of Mrs. Rockefeller.
The gift which assures the Smoky
Mountain Park, is therefore, a me
| morial to Mr. Rockefeller's mother.
Tablets bearing her name will be
j erected at the Tennessee and North
I Carolina boundaries of the park, un
! der terms of the donation.
Favorable action on the part of
[ the State of North Carolina to make
, secure the J. aura Spellman Uoeke
i feller Memorial $5,000,000 donation
tt. the Great Smoky Mountains Na
i lional Park is regarded as certain
enough. The only question is one
of time.
In a communication to the press
Wednesday night, Governor McLean
said: "As soon as the Governor and
Council of State can review the mat
ter submitted to them by the North
Carolina Smoky Mountains Park
Commission, and determine that all
requirements have been met, as pro
vided for by the Act of th Legisla
ture governing the issue of two mil
lion dollars of the bonds for the
Smoky Mountain Park, favorable ac
tion will be taken, and the Park
project will be put through on the
part of North Carolina."
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Walter Coleman and Frank Ellis
have opened a broadcasting station
at the home of Mr. Ellis, and are
uaiiy pulling programs on the aif.
It is known as PBX, Murphy, N. C.,
and is an amateur test station, using
the short wave set. The programs
are put on the air between the hours
of 12 noon to 1 p. m. and 5 to 6:30
p. m. They do not broadcast at
night or other hours on account of
not wanting to interfere with any
local radio enthusiasts getting: other
rtr.ticns which m'.^fc? )e on the air.
The first day twelve phone calls
came in stating that their program
had been picked up in town, and
since then it has been picked up by
twelve different radios. Friday noon
a special program made up of local
talent will be put on the air. The
station is the work of Walter Cole
man* local radio enthusiast and me
chanic.