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The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina, Serving a large and Potentially Rich Territory in this MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. M FT 1928. \\\l V NO. 111. Stat^ COPY SI. 50 PER YEAR ) COMPLETE FADING WORK I TENN. ROAD it use Road imonp Ten Xeu eh wo v Projects Recommend ed Hy Slikeleather n recommendations on highway ? !-> in western North Carolina. , dins tin completion of the i ng work on the Hothouse route 'eniicss?*e in Cherokee County. Iieen approved by the State wax Commission, according to it dispatches from Asheville and igh. List of Projects detail, the ten recommenda approved were: - The taking over on the North ilina highway system of the road nning at Asheville, and running ni !?*> to Sandy Mush, via Wood* Craggy Bridge and Leicester. - The taking over ^on the state i fin of a road from Bryson City. Noland's Creek and Bushncll. ; ii the Tennessee river to the I state line at Deal s gap. Kurt her investigation of the from Waynesville via Dell (I. ' .alaloot iee and Ml. Ster- | . !<? tlie point on the Tennessee line at Smokemont. where the ie-x e >tat highway eommission ay reed to meet tin* North Caro road. Smoky Park Rome Investigation of a road lead fr??ui Waynesville, via Delwood. onathan Creek. Soco Cap, to the that it may he connected with I (neat Smoky National Park. /^Movement end oil surfac- ' ol a Macon county road from i t?? I i a 1 1 k 1 i 1 1 . Funds for the j? ? 1 were authorized. I xtension of th?' contract in lokeo e. unity to complete srad t?? the Fennessee line at or near jeliria (?ap. a point where the ne>M'e highway c o m m i s s i o n ees to meet the North Carolina in a\ . If letting of a conlrart for rc Hfacing from Billniore to Arden. O Sulphur Springs Crossing Investigation of a railroad near Sulphur Springs thai ^?ia\ be eliminated at the earliest H^ihle date. B) Temporary gravel surface Bin Brevard to Caesar's Head, un H pavement t an he laid. lU Speeding of work 111 Madison mly on present projects so that rk may begin soon on Marshall irs Hill project, and on w idening road from Hot Springs to Bluff. Mr. Stikeleather said work on the ft project will get under way with lliirty days. LET ROAD CON TR (CTS R M E1GI i. May 3. Two impor u western North Carolina high in projects were let !>> the State j lway commission in Raleigh, ednesday. They are for highway ik- in Buncombe and Swain coun One project is for lo miles in m<'ii:nbe county , Asheville via Lie sl? ? r lo il?e Madison county line, rhe other, in Swain county, is r 19.9 miles, Bryson City to the 'nnessce line. Other projects let to low bidders eluded: Rowan-Iredell counties, j. miles, Salisbury to Mooresville; lamance, 3.5 miles. Ha wRiver to ?rlington; and Guilford-Alamance ?unties. 7.8 miles, from a point 011 ighway No. 10. near Whitsett. to point on \o. 10, near Burlington. REPl BLICA Y METING A delegation from each town ip in the county is called t< > meet Murphy May 15th, at 2 o'clock the afternoon, to nominate a sen j>r on 1 1>?* Republican ticket for ? district, according to announce fcnt in ilii< issue by T. \\ . Axley . ?*us chairman of the county Re* iblican Executive Committee. DIVISION B.W.M.U. TO MEET WITH MURPHY CHURCH The annual mooting: of tlio \sho- j villo Division of the Baptist Wo-j nion's Missionary L uion will l?o hold with tho Missionary Society of the First Baptist Churoh of Murphy Ma\ 21-25. At tho opening session on the evening of the 24th a return ed missionary will deliver the prin cipal address. To this session es pooially and to all other sessions during the next da\ tho public is most cordially invited. Messen gers from all tho Baptist Missionary Societies of Western North Carolina are expected and will he tho guests of the local society during the moot ing. Dinner will he served at tho churi h on tho 25th. Further an nouncements will he made next week. Mrs. Ralph M. Moody. President Women's Missionar\ Union Western North Carolina Baptist Asseoiation. SR. CLASS PLAY TUESDAY NIGHT Tin- annual senior class plax ??! the Murphx High School will be presented Tuesday evening. Max 15. | in the school auditorium. The plax . is a three act conicdv. cnittled. **It Happened in June. "Humorous and j tense situations intersperse<l xvith romance characterize the plax. The scene of the play is laid in Shady Groxe and the theme is xvox en about ?ih<s competitor of a -mall x illage store owned hv an orphan | girl with a large ehain store con cern. Hetty Rran$on. played bx l-.loise Fain. wins the manager of tin' chain store before he opens the i new store, and thus the dashing voting man. (.has. Atkins, played bx Joe IV- gixes up his connection xvith the chain store concern and j forms a new partnership. And thereby hangs a tale. One must see the plax to appreciate the full possibilities of it. The entire cast of characters fol lows: Retty Rronson. a pretty voting owner of the Shady Grove Store. Eloise Fain: Susie Crunfall. Betty's best friend and nearest neighbor. Annive Dxer: Nell Crundall. Susie's sixteen year old sister. Edith Mason: Mollic Jessoj. Cook for the Rron son's. Maude McAllister: Evelina Scroggs. Homliest girl in the vil lage. Mvrtle Trull: Charles Atkins, a young visTTor-fn Shad) Grove. Joe Dxer: Kandy Stewart, his friend who sells insurance. Everett White: Jim Prilchcti. a village character with nothing to do in particular. Porter Raper: Jarxis Sneed, the meanest man in the couutrx and president of Shadx Grove Rank. | Paul Suddcrth: I In* event alwaxs draxvs a large [crowd and il is anticipated that this 1 xear will be no exception. This is j the beginning of the commencement season in Murphx and other events xvill follow in rapid succession. FIRE DESTROYS GIBSON HOME On last Friday at one o'clock the home and one of the barns of Walter Gibson, who lives about three miles from Murphx on the Ranger road, was destroyed by fire. There were only thre small children at home at the time of the fire, so none of the household furnishings or clothing of the family was saved, except that which they wore. No insurance was carried on the home or barn. Tin* cattle and horses es caped liecause they happened to l>e in a pasture at the time. The fire, it is thought, started from sparke from a defective flue. LIONS CLUB MET TUESDAY TIh? regular meeting of the Lions Club was held in the club room over the Britlain & Axley Hardware store Tuesday night, with sixteen members and one visitor present. The president lead a letter from the chairman of the stat** contention at Statesville. urging the ? lub to send a delegate there in the summer. A nominating committee, com posed of H. G. Llkins, chairman. \. \I. Johnson and G. W. Kllis, to report at the first meeting of the jclub in June. The golf committee reported that the lease for the course had been 'secured and that incorporation pa pers were expected in any da\ The : course has been Lid out and some ditching is being done. Just as soon as the incorporation papers | are received an organization meet ing \\i!! be held. The ? ommiltee on the dedication I of Fort Butler reported that efforts were being made to get the W ar De partment to send a representative lire for the occasion, and aUo to have the Interior Department to send .j representative from the bu reau o I Indian affairs. These rep icscntalivcs are heing sought he canse it is fell that the marking of Fort Butler as a memorial of the Removal of the Indians to western | territory is of more llutn local in terest. Mr. Perkins, pianist for the Meth odist revixal. was a guest of lht? | club and made a short talk. The j I meeting wa< held from (? o'clock to 17 and adjourned so thai those wish-i ing might attend the services now ! in progress at the Methodist church. ' COMMENCEME N T TO BEGIN HERE ON MAY 1 5TH The Commencement exercises ?>l I he Murphx schools will begin on Tuesday evening. Max 15lh with the senior class play and close Tuesday evening. Max 29th. with the com j inencement address and the award ing ol diplomas anil medals to mem bers of the senior class and others. Fridax evening. Max 18th the pri ma r \ grades of the grammar school will present their exercises, consist ! ing of several numbers, i On Tuesday evening. Max 22nd. Miss Anderson's music class will give their annual recital. On Fridax evening. May 25th. I the intermediate grades of the gram- ! mar school will present their cxer- 1 Vises. On Sunday. Max 27th. at 7:30 p. ; in., in the school auditorium, the! j llex\ Dunbar Ogden <?f llepco, will [ preach the sermon to the graduating I class. Dr. It. V. Smith, w ho fir^t ' consented to preach the sermon. I later found it impossible to' come at the time suggested, and Mr. Ogden, at his suggestion, has been secured to fill this appointment. On Monday morning, Max 28th. ! at 9 o'clock, the recitation and de clamation contests will be held and certificates presented to the gradn- ? ales of the grammar school. Certi- \ ficates of promotion will be award ed to the entire student body merit ing them at 8:30 on Monday. On Tuesday evening, Max 29th, j the senior class exercises will be held, followed by the commence- 1 mcnt address, which is to l>e deliv- j j ered by Professor Cleomnt Vollmcr | of Duke University. Farmers of Robeson County ex pect to sell over $25,000 worth of ; [poultry in cooperative carlot ship-: ments before the season ends this spring. i COOPER N A M E D MAYOR IN TOWN ELECTION TUES. Harr\ l\ (hooper. prominent real estate and insurance dealer. was named Max or of Murphx over A. A. rain, incumbent. I?\ a vote of 265 to 192 in the municipal election Tuesday . Six town commissioners were al so named. K. B. Ferguson, led the ticket for commissioner with 436 votes. The official returns are as fol lows: For Mayor H. P. Cooper 265 A. A. Pain 192 tor (.om in ixsioners R. B. Ferguson 436 K. C. Moore 129 J. W. McMillan 124 J. A. Richardson 121 C. B. Hill 121 J. M. \ aughu U)4 A. H. Brown 310 M. E. REVIVAL WILL CLOSE SUN. NIGHT W ith a sermon on the topic. "\\ ill a God of Love Punish the Sou! Kter nally?" bx the pastor. Rev. Howard 1*. Powell, the serif's of revival sre \ ices w hich have been conducted at the Methodist Clnncli for tin* past htree weeks, will come to a close. During the first week, the servic- I es were conducted once dailx at the , exening hour, and during the re mainder ??! the series services ha\e been held twice dailx. morning and evening. 1 lie pastor. Rev. Powell, has been j doing some strong preaching, and j the congregations have been umisii allx large. The interest in the meet ing has been growing and a large number of professions and additions to tin* church have resulted, besides a rededicatiou of practical ly everx member of the church and other j Christians of the community. I he influence of the meeting xxill be fell for many months to come. Mr. Coslon's messages in song | have been unusuallx inspiring, and | his talks with the mer/r* prayer met ing every dax this week in the old store room in the Regal Hotel, haxe | been an inspiration and of much help to many. Mr. Perkins, as pia | nist, and personal worker, espec j iallx among the young people, has played a large part in the success of : the meeting. HOME CLU 15 OFFICERS NAMED \l llu* meetings of the home dem- j < onslration eluhs ol Cherokee ( ,01111- j tv. held during the week ol \pril j 23. officers elected were as follows: Kimsey Home Demonstration j Club: President. Mrs. I'. A. Man- j ne\ : \ ive President. Mrs. W . \\ . j Hall: Secretary. Mrs. (1. M. Sliced. Suit Home Demonstration Club: j President, Miss \ esta Loudermilk: Vice President. Miss Leora Hicke\: Secretary. Mrs. \ora McXabb. Brass town Girls" Club: President, Florine Logan: Vice President Frankie Penland: Secretary, Ti Hie Max Penland. Martin's Creek Girls* Club: Pres ident, Nora Chastain: \ ic e Presi dent. Emily Ellis; Secretary, Anna Ruth Stalcup. The other newlv organized home demonstration elubs pland to liolci their elections at the next regular meetings of the club. These are to he held during the last week of May. Sarah Portr Ellis, District Home Demonstrat ion Agent. SUNDAY SESSION ENDED ANDREWS B. Y. P. U. MEET WDKKWS. May 7 The Wes tern \ortli Carolina Regional l?. I*. \ . convention. 1 1??- lirgest nm vrntion ever in Andrews-, came to a cIom' al tin* Andrews Baptist church with the final session on Sunday morning. Delegates from all over western North Carolina were present for the convention, which liegan Friday. The delegates were welcome to \ndrews at the first session Friday evening h\ Clyde H. Jarretl. Miss Lucille Dryman. of Candler, re sponding. Other features of the opening session were special music, appointment of committees l?y the president. (1. N". Walker, of Ashe ville, and the president's message. The evening's main address was de livered l?v |{e\. Walter P. Binnis. of LaG range. (la., state l?. ^ . I *. I . president in Georgia. Saturday morning's session was devoted to committee reports and Kl-mniule talk- l?\ I .aw son Mien, Svlva. W adc Stei-lman. West Aslie \ i 1 1? Dev. I. k. Stafford, Cullo w hee. James \. Ivev. o( Kaicigh. who led an open forum discussion, \ \. Wa-iil?urn. ?il Svlva. and liev. Wallace Mart-ell. ol Itrcvard. Tin- Saturday afternoon sermon was preached l?\ liev. I.. \m licet Gardner. of Thomasville. state B. I*, I . president. Mis topic was "The Conquering King." Miss Mag gie /cue. of Nashville. Tcnn.. gave i? special feature, ami Mrs. \. \ . W ahslmrii. ??| Svlva. talked on "Eolith's | 1 1 1 1 i | > n :en I fm Leader ship." The latter pail ??!' the after noon was given over t ? ? ? "inferences. \ddrcrses l?y W. II. IVestoii, stu den" secretary, intcriioard eommis sion. Memphis. 1%-mi.. and Dr. If. il. M'Millan. I.aiirinlairu. 'calmed lli?- Saturdav evening session. P. T. A. MET [.AST FRIDAY Tlic last meeting of the Parent Teacher social ion of Murphv was last Kridas afternoon at the school Ijixildiiipf. In the absence of the Pres ?l?*nt . the \ ice-president. Mrs. J. \\ . l)a\idson ]>rsided. Tin* entertain ment consisted of a recitation. a vo cal duet and a littl pla> I ?\ child ren of the fifth ?rrade. \t tin- business the following officers were elected lor the en suing year: President. Mrs. J. II. Hampton. \ ice President. Mrs. IJ. C. Matto\. Secretary. Mrs. H. (i. Klkins. and Treasurer. Mrs. F.. Malonee. .Mrs. Wells section of the second grade had the greatest per cent of parents present, and therefore, won the prize for the month. During thte past month Mi>s Mcdomhs section of the ! irth grade had the greatest percentage of attendance and won the atten dance banner. TO CLEW OFF CEMETERY Mrs. T. V Howell and Mrs. K. \\. Norvell. the comniittee appointed sometime ago to have the gives cleaned off at the old Methodist churchyard, announced this week that they have planned to have Wed nesday. May 16th. set aside for this purpose. All persons having loved ones buried upon the hill are urgent ly requested to meet the committee there on this day. or send someone, or the equivalent of one day's wages in money, so that the work can In* done. A number of graves need rounding up. others are sunken and I the cemetery generally is in a low state of repair, and the work needs J to be done. Anyone having loved ones juried there are requested to bear t.he date in mind, next Wed nesday, and help to do the work in some way.
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