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VOL XL- NO. 19.
Ml KI'HV. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 11.
v COPY si. so PF.R YF.AK
REV SASSER
ACCEPTS CALL
TO REIDSVILLE
S as Pastor Of Murphy Ba/tlisl
Cliurrli For More Than Fire
Years
Kr\ . I'. L. Sasser, ? ho lias Iktii
pastor i.f the First Baptist church
tore Mine April 25. 1923. preached I
his last s'rmiin to his congregation
a: union -cr\ ices conducted at the
Hapti-t church Sunday nipht. The
Ri\. Mr. Powell. pastor of the Meth
odic i huri h and Dr. J. I*. Anderson,
pastel "I the I'rcshyterian church.
o(fii i. led at the service:-,.
\1 Sa<M*r came to Murph) from
Candler. near Ashrville, five years
an<l h \<m? months ago, and his inin
i?lr\ hen' has been unusually suc
cot til I'roni many standpoints.
\i the time ho filtered "he pulpit
of th?- local church, the Home Mis
Him Hoard was paying part of the
*>? salary, and (lie Baptist
church was considered as the weak
(v numcricall) and financial!) of
thr churches of Murphy. A census
was taken a short time after Mr.
his work here r(*
\ Tilled ihat there were more Baptists
living within the seope of the local
church than there were all other de
nominations combined. This cen
sus also revealed that the church fi
nancial 1> was well able to take care
of itself, and it was not lone after
wan' until the Home Mission Board's
assistance was dispensed with, and
the pastor's salary supplemented and
raised.
During his more than five years
leadership, the Baptists of Murphy,
raised more than seven thousand dol
lars* a \ear and built o modern build
ing capable of taking care of the
expansion of the church for a good
many years. The amount named
dot's not include pastor's salary, lo
cal church expenses, nor the Baptist
cooperative program. This within
ltsoli, i?s considered by some as al
most a miracle.
The Sunday school was also plac
ed upon the standard of excellence
prescribed by the Southern Baptist
Sunday School Board, and the school
was the first Baptist school to at
tain this standard in North Carolina
west of Asheville.
Numerically, the church member
ship has more than doubled under j
his leadership. In April, 1923, |
when Mr. Sasser assumed his duties '
a i, pastor, the church had a member- !
ship of 162. Daring his ministry, j
1?1 new members have been receiv- 1
cd by baptism, and 185 by letters, j
making a total of 468, or an increase
of 306 members. During that time, j
the membership losses were : bv !
death, ?; by letter 96: leaving the
present membership of the church
at 372.
The First Baptist church, of Reids
ville. one of the largest churches of
the denomination in the State, re
cently called Mr. Sasser to come to
their church as pastor, and next
Sunday morning he preaches his
first sermon in his new field. He,
Mrs. Sasser and little son, Tom, left i
Tuesday morning for their new
home. *
During the services Sunday nicht,
the Rev. Mr. Powell presented Rev.
Sasser with a beautiful new Bible
a* a parting gift from the church
choir.
It is with great regret that the ,
commutiiy bid Mr. Sasser good bye,
for no one has ever been a resident
?f Murphv who is more universally
^teemed and loved than Mr. Sasser. ,
and the good wishes of members of
all the denominations go with him
his new field.
The church has not decided as yet
whom to rail to fill the ministry left
vacant bv Mr. Sasser.
The Murphv Methodist Bulletin
carried the following on last Sunday
We wil lworship at the Baptist
church this evening for the union
service, which will be the last ser
Will Santa Turn a Deaf Ear
To This?
Warne, N. C. Dec. 5, 102 1).
Dear Santa Claus: ?
1 will drop you a few lines to
night. Christmas is drawing near.
I would Ik* glad to shako hands with
Santa Claus one time. I would en
joy coming to Murphy to shake
hands with him. 1 am an orphan
gir! and orphan children hardly
ever get anything for Christmas.
I h*T? arc five of us. two boys and
tin re girls. Our father is dead and
mother crippled, can't walk a step.
W r would be pleased with most any
thing. We haven't enjoyed a Christ
mas since our father diet! and our
mother hasn't been able to work and
bu\ us an\ thing. Dear Santa Claus
when you get to Warne postoffice
\<u can inquire for McKecclian's. I
sure wish you would come so I will
el? >e hoping \ou will come to see
ur- ( Christmas.
Yours truly.
Hub\ McKeechau.
W arne. V C.
GREETINGS
This issue of (lu> Seoul is putting
in its appearance rather late in the
v.eek. but v.e hope our readers enjoy
it so that an\ disappointment in its
late appearance will be offset.
The force has had an exception
ally "heavy"' week. We published
one paper ? The Knot ah Kchoes ? in
eight pages, which was four extra
pages; The Clay County News in
twelve pages, which was four extra
pages: and The Scout in eighteen
pages which is ten extra ? or a total
of eighteen extra pages besides do
ing the regular job work ? and all
this week ? with two men and a gen
eral roustabout.
HALL BUYS OUT
MURPHY LAUND'Y
Raymond Hal!, of Durham, an
expert laundryman of wide exper
ience, has purchased the Murphy
Steam Lauudry and assumed charge
of the operation this week. Mr. and
Mrs. Hall have moved to Murphy
and arc occupying the Fred Johnson
residence in East Murphy.
Mr. Hall comes to Murphy highly
recommended as a laundry-man. He
has been in charge of the Durham
County Home for several years, and
operated a laundry in connection
with the home. Previous to this, he
was connected with some of the lar
gest and leading laundries in this
part of the country, and his wide ex
perience well bene! its him to give
Murphy and this section first class
service in the laundry business.
He brought with him to Murphy
several experienced employees,
which is also an assurance of expert
workmanship. Mr. Hall plans, as
soon as he gets familiar with the
laundry here and the business well
in hand, to install new machinery in
order to increase the efficiency of
the plant and to put it on a par with
the best small laundries in the coun
try.
vice during the pastorate of Rever
end T. L. Sasser.
Rev. T. L. Sasser, who for the past
five years has been the pastor of the
Baptist church of Murphy, will go
next week to become pastor of the
First Baptist church of Reidsville,
N\ C. Rev. Mr. Sasser is to be con
gratulated upon this call to one of
the leading churches of his denomi
nation. The members of the Baptist
church of Murphy should feel equal
ly proud of the progress which they
have made during his pastorate here.
To have encouraged him in develop
ing the baility meriting such a pro
motion in his field of service, should
encourage continued enthusiasm on
the part of the membership of the
church from which he goes.
Here is \our Christmas Shopping
Fid it ion. Look it over. and trade
with our advertisers. Let them and
their suggestions offered in this is
sue help you solve your Christmas
shopping prohlms. \nd don t for
gett t<? read the message of this pa
per printed on the hark of the rolor
ed rover, and we hope you tak that
message to heart in the spirit of that
good old ros\ fared, big hearted,
prince of good fellows ? Santa Claus
The whole Scout Force ? editor,
operator, pressman, and devil -wish
each of you and all our friends and
customers \ VER\ MERR\
CHRISTMAS AM) A HAPP^ NEW
YEAR.
MURPHY TO HAVE
COMMUNITY TREE
Plans Yuletide Event For Cherokee
County
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE
WILL BE ERECTED ON SQUARE
FOR CELEBRATION ON DEC. 24
A community Christmas celebra- i
lion, featured by a huge, decorated
Christmas tree and in charge of
Santa Clans himself, will he slaged
here in Murphy on Christmas Eve
through the cooperation of the Sun
day schools of the several churches
in Murphy and civic organizations.
The suggestion for a community
Christmas tree was first raised by
the Murphy Welfare Board at its
regular monthly meeting on Decem
ber 6. Tcmaiive plans were made
and Mrs. Cathleen W. Warren, Su
perintendent of Public Welfare, is
now making the necessary arrange
ments in anticipation of the event.
A suitable tree, decorated with
strings of colored lights and a var
iety of Christmas ornaments, will be
placed in the center of the "Moose
Pen" on the town square, according
to the plans. Mayor Cooper is en
thusiastic over the celebration and
he thinks the town will furnish the
lights and city police aid in direct
ing the traffic about the square on
the day of the celebration. The
Murphy Music Club will sponsor the
musical program arranged for the
occasion. The choirs of the various
churches and children from the
Murphy public schools will be mas
sed together for the singing of
Christmas carols and recitations at
the tree.
Mrs. C. W. Savage, president of
the Music Club, will have charge of
the music and she is new organizing
groups of voices to participate in
the program. It is planned to have
printed a selection of popular Christ
mas carols for distribution among
the Sunday schools and the public,
in order that all may join in the
singing at the tree.
lhe churcnes of Murphy are ex
Leaves Murphy
Rev. T. I.. Sasscr, pallor of the
Murphy Baptist church for tin* past
fiu years, who was called t?? the
First Baptist church at Keidsvillc.
FREAK FOWLS
SAVED FROM
XMAS ROASTER
Cross Between Chicken and Turkey j
Purchased By Ira Butt Fur
Breeding Purposes j
Two freak fowls, the offsprings of
v turkey gobler and a Rhode Island
lion, were perhaps saved from the
Christmas roasting pan this week
when they were purchased hv V. I.
Rutt. of the Cherokee Hardware
Company, for breeding purposes.
The fowls were brought to Mur
phy by B. M. Payne, of Birch, who
sold them to the \\ . M. Fain Gro
cery Company, local wholesale mer
chants, and of course, when tins
company buys fowls of any kind
they are headed straight for the fry
ing pan. Perhaps this is where these
two freaks would have opened their
eyes in bird heaven had not Ira Butt
butted in.
The two fowls attracted much at
tention iit ilu* wliultTalr Ui>ll ict.
They have the bod\ feathers of a
chicken, and their heads are like
chicken's heads, but their breast
leathers and long crooked necks
closely resemble necks of turkeys.
Thomas Robinson brought to this
office last week a freak apple, or
the Siamese Twins in Apples. They
were well developed, although small
and were joined together at the
stein. He said he found thi? fresk
while gathering some apples from
the orchard.
pected to provide Christmas bags
for their children, to be distributed
at the tree and the merchants and
business men of Murphy will be ask
ed o donate fruits and candies or
money with which to make up bags
for the rural children. Provision is
being made to take care of two hun
dred children from the country be
tween the ages of one and twelve.
The Sunday schools will issue cards
to their children and the rural chil
dren under twelve years of age are
requested to register their names
with Mr. I{. H. llyatt. dputy clerk of
Court, in his office at the county
court house. Cards will be given
them by Mr. Hyatt. Parents may
register for their children but the
children must attend the celebration
in order to receive their package.
The cards are donated through the
courtesy of the Cherokee Scout.
The coming ^uletide celebration
will be Murphy's first attempt of
this kind, and all citizens are cor
dially invited to participate in mak
king it a success 11 every respect.
Wholesome amusement and recrea
tion is good for the soul, and it is
hoped that this event will make mam
a Heart glad this Christinas nine.
CINCINNATI MEN
FORM COMPANY
DREDGE SECTION
Three Months Testing Of Mineral
Ore Proves Worth
(Special to the Citizen)
ANDREWS. V <!.. Dec. *?. Three
large suction dredges will start to
work in tin* earl> spring in the \ al
le\ Ri\er section ? ?t (Cherokee Coun
ty in the gold mining area, accord
ing to announcement today l?\ Oeo.
\\ . Cook, of Cincinnati, who has just
completed three months ??f prospect
ing with an experimental dredge.
\l. . Cook, after -everal \i.-ils to
this section, became interested in the
\alin of mineral deposits, and as a
result formed what i- known as the
\ alley River Holding Company,
The experimental work has heen
carried on on the farms of John and
l>. H. Palmer, fixe miles west ??t An
drews.
Il is not unknown t<> the pco pie
??f \ alley River that placer mining
for gold has b'-en carried on from
time to* time since the years before
the Civil War but times have chang
ed. methods have changed and a new
<Ki \ is daw ning.
statement :
"Being a native of California and
having received an education in the
mining schools of Nevada I have
watched mining and prospecting in
almost every simi-civilized country
in the world including South Ameri
ca. Peru, Nicaragua, Guatamala,
Mexico. Australia. South Africa. Si
beria. China and Alaska.
"Travel and education have given
me a wide knowledge of the subject
of mining. While in North Carolina
on business I first became aware of
the mineral resources of the State.
On my return to Cincinnati I exam
ined the State mineral reports back
to the first copies that were publish
ed and found to my surprise that the
gold content of the gravel of Valley
River was rated in the State reports
DR. J. A. SHARP IN
MURPHY THIS WEEK
Dr. J. A. Sharp, prsident of Young
Harris College, who has hern in an
Atlanta hospital for the past several
months, was shaking hands with his
Murphy friends one day this week.
The Doctor looks strong and healthy
again and his many friends are glad
to know that he is back again in har
dness at the college.
at SI 9 a yard.
In teres t A roused
"This aroused my interest further
and I made another trip to Andrews,
spending considerable time and
money testing gravel in various parts
!hc river. The information gain
ed enabled me to interest Cincinnati
I capital sufficient to form the Valley
River Holding company and put on
an experimental unit to work on the
farms of John and B. B. Palmer five
miles west of Andrews.
"The results of the experiment so
far is that the Valley River Hold
ing company will start work in the
spring with three large suction
dredges to work the property they
have leased. The results of three
months of prospecting with the ex
perimental dredge I have installed,
proves that it is sufficient as a gold
saver and makes me feel w itH all
confidence that the company will
realize a large profit for the mon
ey invested."
It is understood that several men
from Cincinnati will be hlere the
latter port of this week to look over
the section.
VALLEY RIVER GOLD MINING AREA
TO BE ACTIVE IN EARLY SPRING
California Mirier
Mr. Cook, a native of California,
and who wa? educated in the min
inj^ si-hools t .1' Nevada and who has
seen much of the mining surface of
the world has been attracted by the
mineral reports of North Carolina
and became interested in the placer
gold mining interests of Valley Riv
er. eH lias made the following