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GIVES GOLF
LESSONS HERE
[ 4,?/i?>rr. Holmes Has II a Iked 87000
\lifrs On Golf Courses in
Thirty-three Years
"Short v" Holmes, golf professor,
nf Miami. I'la.. is spending several
<lavs here l li is week and giving les
yons to those of this section who have
ree;*ntl\ taken up the professional
i:ne o| Hobby Jones. He is stop
ping with Mr. Sam Lovingood.
"Shorty," as he calls himself, is!
railed hy all the great and near
great golfers in town ? and he is
really short ? in stature ? is a reg
istered instructor with the U. S. G.
A., and the 1?. G. A. ? which is short
f?T I nited States Golf Association
ami Professional Golf Association
!!?? ha> been playing the game for
33 wars, and during this time esti
mates that he has walked 87.000
miles on different golf courses of
the world. He has played courses
in every state in the United States,
and many courses in Canada, Eng_
land and Scotland.
Shorty says he has been following
tin' profession of tee. fairway and
green since he was a mere strap of a
and that his first real lesson in
caddy ing was a whack aeross the
Ifgp. with a club handle weilded by
one of the world's famous profes
sional golfers, and this lesson he
ha* never forgotten.
This week he has been instructing
on the Conaheeta Country Club's
< '-nrse. and after the first lesson
many of the local professionals and
amateurs have felt about like the
man pictured in the cartoon at the
head of this column. But "Shorty"
says a number of them are already
showing better golf form, even
tli ough (heir scores have climbed to
M-veral more strokes. Playing coif,
is a science, according to Shorty,
and it is not the largest or strongest
man who makes the longest drive.
He plays both right and left handed,
and stated that a real instructor had
to be able to play that way, and
from the ease and precision in
which he drives from either posi
tion, he evidently knows his stuff.
Playing on the local course con
tinues with unabated enthusiasm, de
spite the fact that the course was
closed to free playing two weeks
ago, and a greens fee of 25c per
round or 50c per day assessed
against all who are not members in
good standing. Enthusiasts from
nearby towns have been playing this
week, and the course is crowded
every afternoon, some having to
wait until others get out of the way.
Hampton's Record Questioned
Mr. J. H. Hampton, J. H. Jr., and
Mr. Berry, of Young Harris, Ga.,
played the course this week, and
from the best information tobtain
able Mr. Hampton Jr., made the
course in 43, which is two strokes
under the record of C. K. Hoover,
champion of the local course, who
holds a score of 45. In trying to
verify this among local celebrities,
a number of doubts were expressed
as to the authenticity of it, but
whether or not it is true, the rumor
I '? t! eeUy X.-trspapcr in If ester,, Xorlh Car, .Una. Covering a
" L'tr^e pnf.-niially Rich Territory in This <tate
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Ml lil'IlY. NORTH CAI!()|.i\ \. n.MDVi \\ (.1 j.
1928.
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NEW CASH AND
CARRY STORE TO
OPEN SATURDAY
^ new ctfsb and carry grocery
store, which the public is being ask
ed lo name, will open its door* Sat
urday in the old Green gr :?cerv
stand by Lovingood Urothers. ac
cording to announcement this week.
The building is being repainted,
the inside renovated and repainted
and placed in shape for the reeep.
lion ? ?f goods, and otherwise made
neat and attractive.
rhev are offering $5.00 as a Prize
to the person suggesting the best
name, which contest closes Septem
ber oth. The
announcement says
that it w ill be as * cheap as any and
cheaper than some.*" and that it is
"owned and operated by home capi
tal."
I.ovinsood Brothers, composed ??f
J. W . Lovingood and Noah i.ovin
sood. have been in the grocerx and
mercantile business in Murphy for
the past eighteen year*, during
\bi' li time they have built ' up a
splendid business and an enviable
reputation for honest and fair deal
ing. Several vears aso the\ bought
the More building where their pres
ent business is located and later ac
quired the building where they will
open a new store Saturday.
| The opening of the new store will
not in an\ wa\ affect the present
business, but both stores will be op
(crated separately. the new store be
ing a strictly cash ami carry propo
sition, with prices accordingly.
Brittain Purchases
Gulley's Market'
Hugh Br il tain purchased the moat
market of H. L. Culley on Peach tree
Street next door to the Bank of Mur
phy, and will operate same under
the name of Brittain's Market,
Hughie's Place, it was announced
this week.
Hugh's father, the late L. W. Brit
tain. operated a meat market for
many years in Murphy, and Hugh's
many friends bespeak him success
in his new undertaking.
He says he is going to carry only
'he best in meats at prices that will
be the lowest possible, and will de
liver to any part of town.
LIMESTONE COMPANY
ORGANIZED
On August 14th, subscribers for
stock iu the organization to buy and
operate a stone crusher to crush
limestone for farmers of this section
met at the courthouse and elected
directors as follows: W. T. Bum
garner. K. C. Meace. H. C. Moore',
A. F. Padgett, and F. 0. Scroggs.
On August 22nd a number of men
and teams started work opening up
a quarry on the old church proper
ty one and one half miles north of
Brasstown Post Office.
Plans are being made to start
crushing at an early date. ? Clay
County News.
COUNTY SINGING
AT BLAIRSVILLE
The annual county singing con
vention of Union County, Ga., will
be held at Blairsville on Saturday
and Sunday, August 25th and 26th,
and all singers of surrounding coun
ties are invited.
prevalent was that he made the
course in 43.
Among others playing the course
this week and their scores were the
following: J. H. Hampton Sr., Young
Harris. 54; Mr. Berry, Young Har
ris, 53; Supt. Sargent, of the L. &
N. Ry., 50; Henry Axley, 56; J. B.
Storey, 56; W. P. Hunnicut, 58; J.:
Mark Boone and friend of Andrews;'
B. W. Sipe. 76; F. O. Christopher,
67; R. F. Williamson. 71; C. K.
Hoover. 51 : H. D. Hoover, of Mar
ion. 56; C. . Butt and G. A. Mau
ney, of Kinsey.
BRASStOWN
Mr. fiaiii Scroggs. son of Mr. liar
lev Scrojigs, ua$ married to Miss
Mabel McClure, daughter of Mr.
Henrv McClure, August 11, at Mr.
Jim Zimmerman's, a Justice of the
Peace.
The writer has just recent !\ bc
c'titlv become acquainted with Ham.!
but finds hin to be a nice voung,
P'a'* with high ambitions in life. In
the recent revival meeting at Brass
tov " church, he made a profession,
and joined the church. Miss Mc
Clure is a girl of good quality, com
ing from the home of as good peo
ple as one finds anywhere. Mr. Mc
Clure moved on what is known as
flic Crisp place last winter, and has
become an active worker of the com
munity in church and other good
things of life. We wish the voung
couple the !>est of success in mar
ried life, and hope to be able to
help them in the problems of life.
On Saturday evening, \ugust 13.
?ome good people of the ronununity
met at the church and gave the
church a good scouring, and trim
med the briars and bushes up nice.,
1\. This shows that* the people arc
mindful of God's house, and mean
to keep all things in readiness for
the great work that is t<> be carried
on in His building.
On last Sunday morning, just as
the superintendent was reading the
devotional readin. Dr. Adams, who
is at the head of the Baptist Centen
nial Campaign, came in and took
up near the front. After
the finishing of the reading and
i prayer he was welcomed up in the
I Adult Bible Quarterly Class in
which it was rwllv learned that
Dr. Adams was fine on the scrip
'fureji. Afterwards he made us an
interesting speech on the subject of
jour Baptist Christian schools. The
'church responded with S75.00 of
(subscriptions, and it was hoped that
the other twenty -five dollars the
amount due could be raised by way
of subscriptions by the time the As
sociation is to be held at Martins
Creek, beginning August 24.
We have heard of the hen build
ing her nest in the mulberry tree,
but we had not heard that one would
build in an apple tree. Mrs. Gee ?rgia
Waldroup bad a ben to build in the
forks of a large sweet appie trer
ncar their barn, and hatched out
seven fine chicks.
Mrs. Nancy Waldroup, wife of
Mr. Bill Waldroup, made her sister,
i Miss Agnes 1 .oft us, a visit on Sun
day. August 12. Mrs. Waldroup
says that she had l>een living in three
hours drive of her sistei for thirty
five vears and had not seen her in
that length of time. Mrs. Waldroup
says, "1 told my sister that if we
waited as long as we had waited to
see each other, we would meet in a
different country!" She says that
she aims to go more often from now
on. It is needful that we visit each
other more.
Mrs. Sarah Tweede, or Grandma
Tweede has just returned from Mad
ison County where she has been vis
iting her folks during the summer
months. She tells of the storm that
swept over that section of the coun
try. "A beautiful school building
that was built down in a low situa
tion was overflowed with water, and
the water came way up in the build
ing," relates Mrs. Tweede, "but it
didn't take the building away."
Mr. Sam Carringer says that he
talked to a Methodist preacher di
rectly from Buncombe County, and
that the preacher told him the dam_
age done to Buncombe County was
o\cr a million dollars. The storms
seem to be destructive everywhere
w?r hear of this summer.
Mr. Will I^edford, his son. B. K.
Ledford. and his son's wife and
folks, Mr. Bears, visited Mr. Ledford
SCOUT OFFICE
SCENE NUPTIAL
CEREMONY MON.
Yotmfi People i nited by Squire T.
i\. Bates With Friends and Scout
Force as If i/nesscs
The ?roul office was the scene of
a wedding ceremony Monday of this
week. August 20th. performed " by
Tn??ice of the P?*ace T. \. Bates, of
ten referred t?? .rs Squire Bates and
Sheriff Bates. \ o. no one connect
ed with the Smut got married, hut
they were witnesses.
The l?I ii-!iini2 hride was Miss Eth
el Freeman of Andrews, and the
smiling uroom wa- Mr. Moore John
eon. of Bryson Cit\. The ceremony
was performed in the front office.
a*ul for the first time in the historv
of Murphv. and perhaps of North
Carolina, so far as can he ascer
tained. the editor's sanctum was in
vaded !?v t-upid and became an altar
of nuptials.
Mrs. Johnson is the talented and
attractive daughter ot Mr. and Mrs.
Riley Freeman, of Andrews, and Mr.
Johnson is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Johnson, of Brvson City, and
hoth are members of highly respect
ed families of Cherokee and Swain
Counties. They will make their
home at Bryson City, where Mr.
Johnson has a responsible position.
Mr. Bates i> known as one of "the
most marrin'est J. P.'s in North Car
olina.*' When it comes to tieing the
weddint; knot, he is sought after
more than the preachers in this sec
tion. A week seldom passes hut
what some timid young souls, and
old ones too, for that matter, seek
him out and pet him to launch their
matrimonial canoe upon the sea of
life.
HICKS REUNION IS
SET FOR SEPT. 22
Saturday, September 22nd. has
l>een set by the committee as the
date on which to hold the reunion!
of the J. 0. Hicks students. Thcj
committee is composed of the fol
lowing: \V. A. T. Carter, L. L.
Scroggs. J. C. Herbert. W. T. Rum
garner. and \V. R. Pass. A program
for the occasion will be arranged
which will l?e announced at a later
date.
It is hoped that as many aspo ssi
ble of these students will be present
for this occasion.
BRAY BROTHERS
BUY CITY BONDS
?\l a sale of Murphy water, sewer
and street improvement bonds in the
sum of ?25.000. held Thursday at
noon. Bray Brothers, of Greensboro
were the successful bidders. The
bonds were sold for par and prem
ium of SI. 00. bearing rate of 6 per
cent interest.
Four bonding companies present
ed sealed bids and had representa
tives on hand.
of Brasstown. Saturday and Sunday.
They drove from Gastonia, N. C.. in
their cars. Mr. McCIure tells that
a good d raver meeting was held at
Mr. Ledford's home on the Saturday
night the visitors were there.
The Farmers' warehouse is now
nearing completion. One neighbor
already has remarked that we have
Jiot the best meal from the mill we
have had in many days from any
other mill.
Miss Marian Hunter, of New York
returned home Saturday after hav
ing spent the summer vacation with
the people of Brasstown. Miss Hun
ter has taken an active part in the
school affairs of the Folk School.
Her many friends regret to see her
leave.
BRUCE KING JR.
LAID TO REST
AT ANDREWS
Body of (.herol.ee (.< >unt\ Boy. I ic -
;im of California Accident
Brought Back for Burial
The hod\ of Bruce Tatham king,
-"?i of Mr. . -I-! Mrs. Bruce King,
*?ominent citizens of Topton. who
w a- I 'Med in a*i aufoviohile accident
in ( alifornia last week- was laid to
rest in the cemetery at Andrew?
M ?i ?'.i\ .
Bruce was 23 years old and had
Iwrn in (.alifornia about i vear.
I it t W* i? known here of tin- details of
the accident, other than that his au
tomobile and a lame truck carrying
ten tons ??f asphalt collided. His
companion was instantly killed. and
Brine lived or>l\ an hour. I?u did
i not regain consiousness. The iar in
\\1 ;<h the\ were ridinn was com
pl t"Iv demolished. it \\:i- said.
I In* main friends of Mr. and Mrs.
kiriii extend to them heart felt *ym
j?atl:\ in their great bereavement.
W. N. C. B. Y. P. U.
ASSOCIATION TO
MEET AT MURPHY
, AH Churches Send Representatives
By l)ai i<l T. \fashhurn
On September 9th. 1928. the Wps
tern North Carolina B. Y. I'. li's.
of the Western North Carolina As
sociation will meet in the First Bap
tist church in Murphy to organize
this association. All ch irches are
urged to -end represent at ives wheth
er the\ have a B. \. 1*. I . in their
church or not. The meeting will
begin promptly at two o'clock, Mur
phy time, ami last about one hour
and a half.
Rev . W. H. Ford, pastor at An
drews and president of this regional
convention will be the speaker of
the hour. He is to speak on our key
note ? "Saved to Serve. 1 Other
voting men will make short talks
but it will be worth the trip alone
to hear Rev. Ford.
j Report blanks have been sent to
several of the R. V I*. I "s. but if
you haven't received one for vour
R V IV 1". vet write David T. Mash
I burn at Andrews. Fill out these and
,<'Mid them to Mr. Mashhurn or give
them to him at the associationai
'meeting. To the union making the
jbest report a large- banner will be
| given.
This association is about the only
? one in North Carolina that has not
organized it's R. V IV LVs. and it
; is time to begin. Do we want our
i young people to lag behind the rest
, of North Carolina's young people ?
| no ? make Western North Carolina
j the leader. Flans are going forward
already to try and win the associa
tionai banner at the State Conven
tion next year. Raptist wake up.
Think what will happen to America
unless it's young people are trained
in Christian training.
Among other things to be done at
the Association is to elect officers,
district leaders and district prcsi?
dents and to plan time and place of
next year's meeting.
Don't forget the time and place.
Murphy, N. C., Sept. 9, 1928 at 2
o'clock. Come and bring a car
load. Rev. Sasser. pastor of the
Raptist church, has charge of you
after you get there.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Orrell and lit
tle daughter, of Spray. N. C., who
have been the guests for the past
several days of Rev. and Mrs. H. P.
Powell, returned to their home
Thursday.
Farmers of Gaston County have
| disposed of 33 scrub bulls since the
the first of Julv and have replaced
| them with 37 purebred animals.