Trie Optomlrff gks. rERCHANTS FORM CREDIT ORGANIZAION '(x! Meeting To Be Held Next Thursday \ight At Court House The merchants and business men if Murphy met in the court house ast Monday night and formed a ?porary organization looking t organize a credit associa iini. but, after discussion of the nany activities a merchant's Associa tion could participate in, it was de cided to postpone permanent organ ization and hold another meeting, pkicfa w set for Thursday night, Sept. 27th. at which time it is hoped to ha\ e a speaker from the Asheville Merchant s association t oaddress the merchants, business and profes sional men of the town. The com miti'v appointed to arrange for a speaker and program next Thursday ni-ht i- composed of the following: D. Carringer, George W. Cand ler. George \Y. Ellis, and Bill Adams. \ membership committe was appointed as follows: Wm. P. Payne. C. W. Bailey, G. D. Ledford and \\ . M. Fain. The meeting was largely attended and from reports of those who cal led the meeting the organization of a credit association for Murphy was unaniniousK favored by the mer chants and business men of the town. is tin- plans of the association to establish a centrally located office in which will be listed all bad and n?cf BJ5 ,r ll ?? .. ,1 ?.?t- auruuiita iui collection ana also keep such information and data relates to a credit associa tion son City Division are as follows: JJ^okee. Graham, Swain, Jackson, *acon, Clay. CRIPPLE CLINIC TO BE HELD AT SYLVA MONTHLY Is Sponsbred By Rotary Club For All Counties West oj Bun combe A clinic for cripples by reason of deformity, disease or injury has been established at Sylva sponsored by the Rotary Club under the aus pices of the North Carolina Rehabi litation Department, according to announcement this week by C. M. Andrews, assistant supervisor of the Rehabilitation Department with headquarters at Raleigh, who spent some time in town this week. The clinic will be free to all cas es. and all cases needing orthopae- ' die- treatment, such as cases where ; one has been crippled by reason of | deformity, disease or injury, will be treated in the clinic as far as possi-. hie, and hospital treatment provid ed for those in need of such treat- j inent. The first clinic was held Friday, | Sept. 21st, and it will be held one day each month thereafter. After) the patient has been treated, either j at the clinic or in a hospital, this is f??l lowed by a course in vocational training so that a person who other- 1 wise is a dependant will be trained for a place whereby he can be self supporting. 1 he clinic is open to all counties wesi of Buncombe, including Hay wood, Jackson, Swain, Macon, Gra ham, ('lay and Chcrokc.' . Mr. An dre v. s slated that the clinic was ask ing f.jr the ro-operatiou of all civic clubs and anvene interes*ed in such - v ork. This clinic. h? said was for all ages and races. I MURPHY MAY' ! WALKING LAW IS OPERATIVE {f olkways Across Streets at Pub lic Square Marked and Roun tains On Sidewalks The "J"" walking law of Murphy. | passed ai a i event mcctin gof city I council, is now operative, and en i for cm cm it officers have been instruct ed to see that it is complied with, slated Mayor Harry P. Cooper this week. I he law with reference to jay walking was passed some time ago, but was held from going into effect I on account of the fact that the foun 1 tains were in the park in the public j square and the ordinance was made so as not to become operative until th'* fountains were olaced on the sidewalks. This has been done and the walkways marked from one side of the t<> the other on the four corners. Pedestrians are warned to keep within these walkways, and any | one sitting or lounging around on the curbing sl rounding the park will be guilty of violating the jay walking law. ? Mayor Cooper stated that the peo : pie are all being warned this week i but that the officers would talc more drastic steps to enforce the i law next week, and it is hoped that | the people will co-operate and com ! ply with the purpose of the ordi I nance and that no one would have to answer for its violation. The law as passed is as follows: 1. It shall l?e unlawful for any ! person to '"J*' walk across t!.e pub | lie square in the Town of Murphy, ! as hereinafter prescribed: ? 2. All pedestrians or persons on foot are hereby required, in walk ing from one point in the Public Square to any other point in the same, which requires crossing the public square, to walk between the marked lines which are now drawn from one corner of the sidewalk to (Continued on pa*e 8) P. T. A. HAS A GOOD MEETING SEPTEMBER 10 Mec'ing Date Changed From Friday To Monday ? Other Matters Attended To The first meeting of the Murphy | Parent-Teacher Association for the year 1928-29 was held in the school auditorium Monday afternoon. Sept. 10, 1928. The meeting was called to order by the president, Jfrs. J. H. Hamp ton. Prayer by Mr. Sipe. Minutes of May 4, read and ap proved. Roll call omitted. Report of Treasurer as follows: ; Amounts paid out $2.50 j Balance on hand $2.50! The president appointed the chair men of the following committees, the chairmen to select the additional members o? their committees. Program. Miss Triplett. '"hi Id Welfare. Miss Railev. Publicity, Mrs. W. M. Axlev. Hospitality, Mrs. E. B. Norvell. W ays and Means, Mr. J. I). War rick. Membership. Mrs. John F. Posey. The names of Mrs. P. H. Sword and Prof. McKinnev were added to the \\ ays and Means Committee to lake the place of Mrs. J. H. Hamp ton and Prof. Caler. The appointing of the School At tendance Committee was deferreed and the president s!sc sc-k.-d for time ' for consideration before appointing e committee who will have charge of the art exhibit, October 2t-27th, which exhibit is to be sponsored by the association. After discussion it was voted to chaneg the meetings of the associa- J tion from the first Friday afternoon : in each month to the first Thursday afternoon in each month, the hour of meeting to remain the same, 3:15. The mitter of dues was discussed and it was decided to allow the treasurer lime, during the meetings, for the collecting of dues from those who desire to pay monthly. A number of the teachers, who have been added to the faculty this I year, told of the activities and ac complishments of the different asso- 1 ciations of which thej had been mem bers. Mr. Sipe told of the very pressing need of the diffcinit grades for sup- i plementary readers, and Mrs. Mattox j spoke of the need I of a .definite park the schoolshrdlu shdrl shrd shr shh ing space for cars in order to pro tect the school grounds. It was moved that a committee l?e appointed to see to the matter of se curing supplmentary readers for the grades but after discussion, it was decided to leave this matter open until grade mothers for the differ ent grades have been elected. At this time, the method of electing grade mothers was explained l>\ Mr. Sipe. It was moved and seconted that a count be made of the number of mothers present in order to deter mine the awarding of the picture to the grade having the most mothers present. Motion for adjournment. DR. J. A. SHARP SERIOUSLY ILL Dr. J. A. Sham, president of \ nunc Harris College, and noted educator, was taken to a Gainesville hospital last week where he is ser iously ill with cancer of the stom ach. His recovery, according to phvsicians. is very doubtful. His many friends in this sertion will he deeply grieved to learn of the ser ious condition of their beloved friend. Dr. nnd Mrs. ^ork. of St. Peters burg, Fla., spent several davs here last week with Miss Hattie Axley. STUDY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN CHEROKEE ? | This County One of Five In State Picked By State Organization For This JF orb Cherokee County lias been select ed as one of the five counties in which a study of school attendance, will be made during the fall school ' term. Miss Elizabeth Smith, direc- 1 tor of the division of school atten dance of the state board of charities and public welfare, who is in charge of the survey, will visit Cherokee I County October 1 to meet with Par cnt-Teacher organizations, commu nity groups, and city and count v | I teachers. A survey will lie launched j in an effort to obtain accurate in- ] formation as to why children are I absent from school, and a school i attendance drive will be started, i Mrs. Cathleen Warren, superinten | dent of public welfare, will begin ! the study in the meantime in prepar ation for Miss Smith s visit. Miss l Smith was formerly superintendent of public welfare in Cherokee i County. Other counties that have been se lected for this study are Halifax, i Moore, Lenoir, and Union. The five counties were selected because as a ' group they include practically all the school attendance problems, in cluding the rural county, the mill eountv. the mountain gmjjitv. ' the farm tenant courilv. The results of the purvey, which is to determine the percentage of j absences that may be attributed to sickness, indifference of the par- ' ents, farm work, other types of work, or non-enrollment, will be j tabulated by the division of school attendance through the assistance of the teachers and parents. These re sults will be returned to the county to be used as a basis for future ef forts to increase school attendance. The survey is to be undertaken as a result of the recent investigation by Miss Smith which showed that teachers in North Carolina schools | marked "Absent" by the names of 1 212,254 children during the school , j \ ??:? r of 1026-27. North Carolina's rank in relation j ! tpe of concessions and trav elling by train. It will co?ne to Murphy from Jonesville, Va. Weather conditions permitting, it is expected that this will be the best attended fair ever held in his section. MURPHY HAS FINE CHANCE FOR CANNERY Plant If ill Locale Here On Proposi tion oj Four Hundred Acres oj Beans and Tomatoes Cherokee Conn I y lias the opportu nity now of securing a large com mercial canning plant it" the fanners and gardners show enough interest in it to raise tin* products to l>e can ned. The canning company has sig nified its intention of moving a large outfit to Murph) and has made temporary arrangements to house the plant. Dining the next si\t\ days the county agent and a corps of workers will canvass the farming population to ascertain if the\ are willing to grow a crop to he gold l<> the rnnnprwB f tlif farmers will agree to do this, the plant will he brought here during the winter months and installed and he ready for operation early next spring. The first season the plant, if lo cated here, will confine its efforts largely to canning beans and toma toes. The canning company will fur nish the seed to the growers and in turn will hi;y their products, paying cash at the end of each month for all products bought during the month. After the cannery is going well, it proposes to extend its opera tions to other crops, the onl\ re quirements being that they shall not be harvested while another crop is as the plant would be unable to handle the crops nt the same time. The farmers in Cherokee and ad joining counties in \orth Carolina and Georgia are asked to agree to plant 400 acres of tomatoes and beans before the plant will locate here. It is recommended that one farmer plant on the average of from 3 to 5 acres. This means that from (Continued on paso 8)