The Leading Weekly \eusf.aper in Hester., North Carolina. Covering a Urge and Potentially
y Rich Territory in Thi.t State
VOL XL. NO. 18.
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER ?. 1928. 5c PER COPY ? $1.50 PER YEAR
I S. OF THE I
E. CHURCH 1
[reviews year
p Program At the Church
vlu the End of the Year's
W orh
?ar'? work of the Woman's
in>rr Societv of the Methodist
*a.? brought to a close on
-v, with an all-day meeting
in the ladies parlors of the
u W. F.. Howell. a? leader, had
,, of the procram for the morn
TV scripture readinc and dif
I phases of the lesson were pre
J hv Mrs. J- H. Ha^iDton. Mt
. F?w??r.. Mrs. Howard P
41 : in'' Mrs. V M. Brittain.
i?. J. H. MrCall. Corresponding
4j;v. reail a mo?* int'"-?>*iin?j
ft ? I j n ~
l), tjAine ami Christian Steward
I
I
Afcir'ne llw nrosram. M**. F.
|\nrw!l President. presided over
-(-i~ion v Hon report*
the Cirrles and iliffrrrn' ram
?: wTf liea rd. Circle No. 3. |
fl*. V Savase. chairman, made i
[*st financial renort and will lie i
.rtained In Circles 1. 2 and 4. i
loon a delicious lunch was
fd. the place cards of cold and
tp. bearing the numberals 1878
kl were pleasant reminders of
Anniversary of th^ Wo
.'s Visionary Society of the
ih^ist church, which is being ob
"A as Jubilee ^ ear.
TV afternoon session carried out
Harvest Dav Program, n?vpnr?*d
the Woman's Council, with M**?.
r, \r?rvrll ;i< leader. Mrs. H. I*,
rorri. Historian for the Socier*.
id the historx of the Murphy Wo
irV Missionary Society from 1902
1928. Many interesting incidents
the hislorv of the Society were
railed by the reading of this paper.
The SoeietN was organized with
p members, and after twenty-six
its the member-ship is thirty-four.
>lv two o ftJie six charter members
now living. Mrs. F.. B. Norvell.
\furpliv. and.. Mrs. Alice Gurley.
|f Gainesville.
Mrs J. H. MrCall read t lie report
the S; fid \ for the past year.
thi*4i sh>nv?"! a gain of ?*i?rlit new
mtber<. 1 lluwin" the reading of
report. Mrs. \orvell wit c?>iue-'
two Jubilee members who were
Hi Mr-. I*. C. Mallonee and
Irs. \ ii L; : 1 Johnson. ami presented
km with Jubilee membership ca?*ds.
Thos< present were Kev. and Mrs.
oward l\ Powell. Mrs. K. li. \or
Mrs. J. II. MeCall. Mrs. J. H.
Hbnpton. Mrs. Tuttle, Mrs. \. M.
HBriiiain. Mrs. W. A. Savage, Mrs.
?J1- H. Sword, Mrs. Virgil Johnson,
?Mr.-. B. . Dixon, Miss Ada Har
M,>. s. D. Akin, Mrs. W. t.
! Howell, with the fololwing visitors:
IJta. S. A. Maxwell, of Wilmore.
{ft' a.n<' ^rs* A. Somers, of
w"e\iew. The following members
the ^oung People's "Society came
? at noon for lunch: Mildred Akin.
-Jary Weaver, Edna Patton, Ruth
MaHonee. Woodfin Posey, Marcella
I Hampton. Margaret Witherspoon,
Ben Akin.
REV. FORD IS
GOLF CHAMPION
^The Andrews Golf and Country
U|ii> has just finished its first tour
tanent and Rev. W. H. Ford, pastor
of the First Baptist church, has been
?owned as the champion. The fi
?>1 match was played off last Thurs
day afternoon between Mr. Ford and
"? C. T. Almond, the preacher win
ling hy the score of 2 up and 1 to
f?- This match was followed by a
frP' and enthusiastic gallery. Both
the players made some very bril
ant shots during the play-off.
Mr. Ford had previously defeated
J- W. S. Davis and Bill Cover,
*hilp Dr_ Almond had met and de
Jfsted Zed Whitaker and Polly
^aldwoll. In the first matches, Luke
tllis was defeated by Polly Cald
N. C. Bellamy hada lso "won
over Bill Whitaker. A number
the others entered in the tourna
ro?1t did not get to play and their
"Pponents, therefore, moved up one
"otch in the brackets.
"ie final match was refereed by
}*? ^ W. S. Davis and Bill Whita
f"1' officers of the club. It is plan
ed to have another such tournament
* the spring.
j HERMAN LOGAN ,
IS ARRESTED ON
ROBBERY CH,GE
Murphy \ight Oi fiver Surprises
Robbers of II ho/csnfe District
-Most of /.oot Left Behind
Herman Logan. <>f Murphy, was
arrested in Atlanta Tuesda\ morn
ing on advice from Murphy officers
on a charge of being a member of a <
gang who broke into and robbed
the Wofford-Tere!! Com^nnv store
last Thursdav night, shortly after
or about mid-night.
Logan is understood to have re
fused to return to North Carolina
tor trial, and requisition papers are
being procured for his extradition.
Robbers Surprised
Last Thursday night Night Of f i- !
cer Neil Sneed, surprised a gang of ;
robbers who had broken into the
W offord-Terrell Company Whole- j
sale merchants, and were bringing J
out the loot and loading it into an
at'tomftbile.
Officer Sneed was on duty up
'own about midnight when he notic
ed a car being driven on the streets
by Herman Logan. There was noth
ing wrong about this feature. But
what aroused the officer's suspicion
was the fact that it seemed to l>e
driving down to the wholesale dis
trict and back with a frequency that J
'.old him there was something wrong !
brewing some place and the driver !
of this car was watching him and j
keeping his accomplices informed j
as to the officer's whereabouts.
Placing himself under cover of
he back streets and alleys. Officer
Sneed made his way down to -the
tracks of the L. & Nr. depot and down
'he tracks toward the rear of the
building of the Wofford-Terrell
Company. There were thiee box
cars on the siding at the rear of the
wholesale building, with an open
sp??*. about the distance about 100
yards between them and one of the
engines of the L. & N. railway. The
officer stated that just as he reached
the end of the cover offered bythe
engine and siarted across the open
space, the car in question came to a
(Continued on page 8)
Recalling the thrill and memory of their first trip above terra fir ma, many people of this section
? w : 1 1 recognize these photos of Jimmy Burns and his airplan** and the occasion of his recent visit here. Up
! |,t?r plioto shows Jimmy posing for his picture in front of Ins plane, while his mechanic is fillin er up
| wi'h V?-\o\. Lower picture show 'om "takinc off.*' and insert is a close-up of Jinunv himself.
COMMUNITY
CREAMERY FOR
BRASSTOWN
Under the auspices of ihe John
Campbell Folk School. the citizens
of Brasstown and well wishers from
adjoining communities, meeting: la>i
night in the community room of the
school decided to organize and op
erate a community creamery.
No organization was perfected
last night, although sufficient stock
was subscribed lor to insure the fi
nancial operation ot the creamery
and machinery for the plant has al
ready been purchased. It is under- ;
stood that trucks will bring the ma
chinery from South Carolina the
latter part of the week or early next
week. The formal organization of I
the company will be completed
shortly, a building for the plant con
structed. and the active making of
Uutter begun in a short time. A
trained butter maker just over from
Denmark is on the ground now and
will have active charge of the plant
from the very beginning.
This plant is purely a cooperative |
enterprise, there being something ;
like fifty stockholders, with no one
person holding a large biock of
stock, each share holder, regardless
of the amount of the stock held, will
have equal voting rights with every
other share holder, and after a six
per cent dividend is paid the share
holders, all other profits will be re
turned to those selling cream to the
plant in proportion to the number
of pounds of cream thus sold. This
feature is designed to keep up in
terest in the enterprise. However,
the market rate will he paid for
cream when delivered to the plant.
At the beginning the plant in- 1
tends to start on a small scale and
to eater only to the immediate com
munity. It expects to grow in the
future.
This is the fifth cooperative enter
prise begun in the Brasstown section
since the organization of the Folk
School, the others being a savings
and Loan Association, Cooperative
Hatchery, Cooperative Handwork
Association, and Cooperative Farm
ers Association, formed to operate a
(Continued on page 8)
CHEROKEE BUY
IS VICTIM OF
| OHIO ACCIDENT
('.Union Cool:, of (.n/b'"Sor, . Dies of
Injuries Sustained H hen (.ar
Skids Into Telephone Pole
Clinton Cook. 2b years old, of
Culberson, and brother of Mrs. h.
I,. Townson, of Murphy, died from
injuries sustained in an automobile
accident on November 18th. at
Akron* Ohio, and the bod\ was ship
ped to the home of hi- parents .it
Culberson for funeral and inter
ment.
Clinton was out riding with two
I friends when the accident happened,
[according to Mr. E. I.. Townson,
| who went to Akron to investigate
' the circumstances surrounding his
death. Another car drove out of a
side street in front of the car being
driven by Mr. Cook, and he endeav
ored to stop. When he put on his
brakes, it is said his car skidded on
the wet pavement, turned completely
around and plunged into a telephone
I pole, the car striking the pole about
even of the driver's seat on the driv
er's side. Mr. Cook sustained a
fractured skull which produced un
consciousness. He was Pushed to
the hospital but died about twenty -
four hours later without ever regain
ing consciousness.
Mr. Cook was a young man of
sterling qualities and was well
known in this section, and his many
friends regret to learn of his untime
ly death. He formerly worked for
Mr. E. L. Townson, leaving Murphy
some two years ago for Akron, Ohio.
Funeral services were conducted
at Macedonia church, near Culber
| son, by Rev. W. H. Riddle, assisted
by Rev. Howard P. Powell, of Mur
jphy, and interment was in the
churchyard.
I He is survived by his father, Hen
; ry Cook, of Culberson, Rou?e 1 ;
three sisters, Mrs. E. L. Townson. of
j Murphy: Mrs. C. B. Raper. and Miss
| Bertha Cook, Culberson Route 1;
i tour brothers, J. L., Will, and Ed.
iCook. of Culberson Route 1. and
I Clarence Cook, of Blairsville, Route
14.
LAST RITES FOR
E. S. MILLER
HELD TUESDAY
Prominent Business Leafier Passes
At Atlanta Hospital Following
Operation
Edward Simpson Miller, long
prominent in the business affairs of
Murphy, died on the night of De
cember 1st, 1928, in Georgia Baptist
Hospital in Atlanta, where he had
been taking treatment for some
weeks, following a general decline
in health which necessitated his re
moval from active business affairs.
During the latter months of his life,
h<- had been almost constantly un
der the care of physicians, and sens
ing his hold on life pas precarious,
his mind was occupied in reading the
philosophical literature of which he
was so fond, and he passed away
with a deep and abiding conscious
ness of the necessity for a life of
fullness on earth as a preparation
for immortality. His death remov
ed one of the leaders in the business
world of this section, to which a
large part of his life was given in
the upbuilding.
Mr. Miller was born in Phoenix
ville. Pa., on January 'Uh. 1870. the
son of Harry and Catherine Simp
son Miller. While a young boy his
parents removed to L pper Sandusky,
Ohio, and later to Kansas City,
where he received his early educa
tion. later at tin* University of Ark
ansas.
(Cr.itiinuci] on paiitt 4)
NEW OFFICERS
SWORN IN ON
LAST MONDAY
Davis Elected Chairman Commis
sioners Abernathy \ antes
Deputies
Tilt* new officers named in No
vember? election to haw charge of
the administration of Cherokee
County's affairs during the next two
years were sworn in and took the
helm of the "Ship of County" on
Monday of this week.
The new commissioners were giv
en the oath of Office by Clerk of the
Superior Court P. C. Hyatt, and pre
eeeded to organize, electing Mr. J.
W. S. Davis, of Andrews, as chair
man. The other members are \\ . J.
Martin, who was re-elected, and T.
D. Hickev. The members of the re
tiring Hoard who met with the new
board and formally turned over the
county affairs were T. W. Axlcy,
chairman, and W. T. Holland. The
new board met Monday and Tues
day, trrnsacting the regular routine
busines and getting acquainted with
their new
Abernathy Sworn
N. W. Abernathy was given the
oath of office by Chairman of the
old Board of County Commission
ers, T. W. Axley, and i mined iatelv
assumed his duties as high sheriff
of the county, taking over the reins
from retiring Sheriff D. M. Birch
field. Among his first duties per
formed w as to serve summons on the
jurors drawn for the January term
of court, and serve release papers
on the Regal Marble Plant machine
ry to be moved to the quarry opened
at Marble.
Mr. Abernathy also named a num
ber of deputies, who were given the
oath of office, as follows: W. M.
Ramsay. Murphy. J. N. Bell. Cul
berson, W. J. Horn, Andrews, Pat
iton Coleman. Beaverdam, ?md Lee
Crisp, of Martins Creek. Olin Da
vis, of Grand view, was made jailer.
B. D. Morrow, who was elected
Constable for Murphy Township,
was given ;!i. ..'h of office by the
Clerk f .lie Superior Court. Reg
ister of Deeds W. A. Boyd, who was
elected to succeed himself, also took
the oath of office.
WHEN MURPHY WENT A-FLYIN'