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CITY FATHERS ELECTION SET FOR MAY 7TH Present Mu \ or and Board. II itk One Exception. Annonncc For Re-Election \l ;i meeting this week, the hoard of Aldermen set tin* election for tin* city governing board 011 May 7th. The registration hooks were ordered opened on April r?th and to close on April 27th. inclusive, and Saturday May Ith was designated as challenge da*. J. \\ . Axley was appointed regis trar. and Mary Fain and Roscoe Mattox were appointed judges of the election. The registration books will he opened on dates named h\ Mr. Axley at the store of J. \V. Ax ley & Son. -<? that anyone who has not icgistered heretofore may do so. situation slirdlu shrdlu shrdlu srd The present hoard, with one ex ception. .it the earnest s<dicitation of friends and after considering the situation has announced for re-elec tion. J. M. Vaughn will not he a candidate and George \\ . Candler has announeed to take his place. The present hoard as announced for re-eli i lion consists of Harr\ I*. Ctniper. Mayor: C. 1>. Hill. K. C. Moore, 15. It. Ferguson. J. W . Mc Millan. I. \. Richardson. and George \\ . Candler. Tile present hoard in nuikin: the rati' lor re-elr. 'ion. are standing up on their record of perhianeui im provement- already made and in p?<igr<'? for construction. \Ionev? is in hr nd and in the hank U>r fu .,,,*r ami sew ci age improvements and ex tensions into I tea 1 1 ow u. which exten sion <- already well under way. The work wa> started last fall 1 ml the winy weather and winter season nec essitated that the work be discoiitin u?'d until this spring. Tho board also points with pride to many accomplishments w ithout baying to raise taxes in oitler io pro tide the necessary money, among which may he enumerated the re moval ni drinking fountains from the puhl.? -quart* and placing one l!i? -idewalk in each corner oi square as a safeguard to chil dren and pcdcsl 1 ians : starting the ronoval i.| all telephone and electric fci os Iroin tlie business section and placing them in underground cables or down ||?. | ,ack property lines, which work i> under progress, the Ifh-phoite compiiin having rccenih Plaoe,l a" "I its Tint's in nniii-r pound ...n.iiril-: the culling ami ?f several si,U-\lrerts. . : nunicrou.s other minor but jmpoitant improvements in the bus ?*** system of the city. Ihi? fronds of the incumbent ma\ - or and aldermen, all of w hom are 'n>t.\atire business men and lead ??e business andi civic life of town, feel that tliey should be 5?'1 an,,'lier term iu order that if niesent plans may not be in an(j jet ji e jmpj ov.'ments ?hem 11 '>ro?rcss completed by UONS CLUB PLAY TO BE GIVEN AT ANDREWS SAT. TV Lions Club playeis will pre *nl *"The Arrival of Kitty,' at the ?Jrew> school auditorium Satur j y night under the auspires ot ihe TV?* * High School. play was presented on its showing here last Friday night a capacity house, the proceeds ?"Hinting to $111.45 on admission "^es of 25 and 35 cents. Ihe play was wcj| receivrd md favorable rommen's were 'ron> the audience after ti>e JWrnce. Each player perform U 5 * her part like veterans, a' Fg'PPOring for their first time k ' Lions play. 1 11 ? ?pected that a large number ROYAL ARCH MASONS ELECT NEW OFFICERS Vt a regular convocation of We?l ("?air (Chapter No. 55. R . \. M.. held 011 Monda) evening. March 18 inst, the following ofifcers were clerlcd for the ensuing year. J. L. Hall. High Priest. !\. Iv. Heal. King. C. B. Hill. Scribe. J. M. Vaughn. Treasurer. W . S. Green, Secretary. J. W. Axley, Captain of Host. A. I,. Martin. Prineipal Sojourner. M. Simonds. Royal Areh Cap tain. Porter A\ley. Master Third Veil. L. Ed. Harnett, Master Second Yale. C Men C. Davis. Master First \ale. Robert M. Fain. Sentinel. This being the onl\ 1 i \ Chapter in the state West of \Vaynes\ ille and the jurisdictional boundarx lines between I lie states of Georgia and North Carolina having been set ?side by the Grand Chapters of these states gives \\ est Gate Chapter tin largest tcrritor\ from which t ? ? draw members of an\ chapter in the ] state and as Capitular Masonry is Ion the upwai'd move, we are expect ing a wonderful increase in our |meinbcrship during this year. ! VENEER PLANT ! IS NOW CUTTING AND SHIPPING / /;/// Mounts Cm From Poplar For I se In III HrJi Class Furniture I In* (.r? ?wu ( .: ossl.aitding (!om panx. manufacture] s of high ?radc poplar veneering. i> m,w cult in? and -hipning it-. products. an*! another of Mi.rpln >mal! industries is con !rd>uting its ! ? i 1 toward making tliis ? ?< ? : 1 ? m 1 1 r 1 i I \ a eaiinlaclnring (own. Hi.- plant is located on the I.. \ V Railroad In what i- known as Old Murplix . just a few steps off of ? ' i" iiw a\ \o. 10. 1; is owned and operated I?\ Mr. Samuel B. Collin, xxli > has lieen in the xeneer culling hii.?incs< p ictirallx all lv> life. and who came to Murplix from \??rth (leo: gia. Mr. ('.ollin has been catting xe neer at the Murplix plant since its completion several months ago. During the cold weather in Jamum and lebruarx. he discontinued op erations temporarilx due to the fact ?is. ? his logs froze. He got husx and built a hoi ling or cooking pen. where the logs not only thawed out hut cooked in hoiling water. Mr. Coffin liiis treatment makes tin logs easier to ctil and also aids in ji>'<-ker drxing. The xeneer is cut from yellow poplar timber, one twentieth of an inch in thickness. He has txvo drx ing rooms capable ??f holding fifty thousand feet of veneer each, and cach one contained 12.0(H) feet at i the time tin* writer went through the plant. Although Mr. Coffin has ? nix ^hipped txvo or three carloads -ince he "started operations, the plant | has a capacity of from five to six carloads of veneer per month. The plant gives employment to five or six men. besides providing a market lor large poplar timber, which abounds in this section of the Sou thern Appalachians. The \eneering is used for tops, panels, piano boards, plywood, and in practically all furniture now be ing manufactured. It is shipped mostly to northern makets. of Murphy people will go with the playeie to Andrews Saturday night. Mr. Lowry Hill entertained with a bridge party on Tuesday night at his home on Valley River Avenue. Dr. E. E. Smith won high score and Mr. Rogers the booby. After the games a sweet course was served. LITTLE JAMES PENDLEY LAID TO REST TUES. hi vi' ) ear Old Son of Sid Pendley Died Falloning Operation if AsheviUe I he many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Pendlev are sympathizing with I tlieni in the death of their little son. James Laurence, on last Sunday night. James, who was five years of age. was taken ill on Friday night and grew steadily _woise until Sunday I afternoon when Mr. Pendley deter mined to take liim to Asheville for treatment. The trip was made as <piiekl\ as was safe and an opera linn was performed at the Mission) Hospital by Dr. Criffith whieh how-j ever was of no avail, the little fel- 1 low passing away at 11:55 l\ M. i flu' father and mother immediately made the return trip arriving in Murphy at about four o'clock Mon day morning. The funeral took place on Tues day afternoon at 2 o'clock and was attended l>\ a large numher ??f fi iends. I ! ?*\ . James Le|{o\ Steele, i pastor of the First Baptist Chun k | officiated assisted !?\ Kev. H. P. , Powell, pastor of the First Metho !di-l C.hurcli. Mrs. Ralph Moody | sang "Little Pink Rose." Mr. and Mrs. P? ndley have asked tin "Si out" t<? express their hearl i. It auprceiation of the many ex pressions of sympathy, the beauti | tul final offerings and the many I kindnesses on the pait of their t. lends in the lime of their sirrow. MAIfMIACF LICFNSES M ". John Dillard I'ieks and Miss ' Craeie Nina Crisp. ! Mr. !.. \. I) nek worth ?>l Canton. J Ohio. and \li-: Rlar.eh Hartne>s ??i Murphy. Mr. V\ . M. Siisdon ami Miss l)el |!a W hitner of ( Cherokee county. ! M . Krne-I Coleman and Miss I Mer! Cain ??f Cherokee county, i Mr. James Heaver and Miss \oia Ifedden <?f Cherokee eniintx. i 'THREE PEGS' FRI. NIGHT BY GIRL SCOUTS j 'Hirer 1rf Comedy San/ To Have ? Laugh In Ever) Line - ! "The Three Pegs/' a comedy in j 'three arts, will ho presented at the' j school auditorium tonight by th * ' ; Murphy Girl Scouts, and tin* people i j of Murph) are piomised a '"Laugh j j in every Line." The Girl Scoirts, I>\ special at - i rangement. gave way their presen- j jtation date to the Lions Club last j Friday night, and the Lions quar j ; telte are scheduled to sing between j the acts, and the Lions are co-oper jating with the Scouts and urg jing their friends and the public tr iturn out and give them a good au , dience. The theme of the play revolves around a rich woman and her adop tion of a little girl, by the name of Peg. Two others turn up under the same name, and the confusion which follows, the comical situations and spicy repartees, cause the play to be referred to as the "comedy of er lors." It is rapid, funny and the trihlnph of virtue gives it an ideat climax. The program is found elsewhere in this issue. Misses Gillie and Pearl Martin attended the funeral of their cousin, Mrs. G. B. Pack, of Copperhill, Tenn.. last Thursday. Mr. Jim J. Blair, of Raleigh, was a visitor in Murphy last Thursday. MRS. W. G. SAVAGE AND DAUGHTER SAFE FROM WAR Word has Iwen received here bx relatives from Mrs. W. (*.. Savasc. I j of Del Oro. Chihuahua. Mexico, that i <hr and hen little daughter are at F.I I Paso, IVxas. safe nut of the war re i gion. of the turbulent ?ountx south of the R io Grande. Mr. Savage, who is a brother < ?f \\ . A. and C. W. Savage. of Murphv. is a mining engineer. and his work is now loealed some 500 miles South of K1 Paso, and in the \er\ heart of the war area of the re bel ling Mexicans. He i< remaining at his position, while Mrs. Saxage and little daughter- sought the safetx of American soil. Mrs. Sax aire w as before h??r mar riage. Miss Klla Simonds. a sister of i \. M. Simonds. of Mjiiphv. In writing to relatives here, she told of j hearing the booming cannon of the 1 federal and rebel soldiers, and said | she could have seen the battle b\ ? oing ii|) stairs. Her mam friends here will he glad to know that she ! and. babv Sax age are out of the xvar i area and safe *on \meriean soil. Bab\ Savage has been -ick xvith !v hooping coiight and pneumonia, but was greatlx improved it ill" time I of w Mting. MIDWAY PARK DEVELOPMENT UNDER WAY Ham plan III others Set A suit* One H ii ml ret! I e res For Recreation. Tourist ('.tun p. Spotting I'arl: Midwax Park i- the name of a new development now under con^truc I ion l>\ lli?' Hampton Biotli**r>. Thr development includes a nine | gdf riiursc. it iinis ? ? >11 it . a lake Jul lisliing. sw ? <n?5 1 nii ai.d lu?a''M?5. and a t un i>: ramp, and lies about two ! and ;i half mil**- ^oulh of Muvpln |i.-t off Slab* 1 1 i-? Iiwax No. 10, ? n what is known ;i- Hamptons I r?vk. ? Constitution work on I he dan: ? iii projirt'J tf > i? week and wiil be completed a> soon as p<.>sihlc. ?l will he twenty feet from ban' jo .. lo die lop. forming a lake when fil led fifteen feet deep at the dam and flooding a total ol eleven acres. < .. Yv. Will and \ud Sudderth are the eonl factors in charge of constructing the dam. The lake will l?e stocked with fish and fishing will he permitted after the first year. Boating and bathing facilities will he provided, and a tourist t amp w ill be a part of the de velopment. A nine hole golf course has been ( built, and will be opened to the pub- j lie on or about Apr. I l>t. The greens and tees base been bniit with not but one blind drive, and this has been eliminated by the erection of a tee on top of a ?-i\ or seven foo! tower. A lee has also been built on the ground, so that the player can take his choice. The distance of the course is 2.800 yards, the shortest drive being 212 \ards and the long est 492 yards. The green fees will be 25c a round or 50c a day. The development which will In known as Midway Park, contains 100 acres and is owned by H. A. Hampton, F. T. Hampton, j. A. Hampton, of Cherokee county, and 1 L. P. Hampton, of Etowah, Tenn. Dr. S* C Heighway Has Moved His Office Dr. S. C. Heighway has moved his office from the Davidson Building to the new Adams Building. Dr. Heighway will occupy the suite of rooms adjoining the suites of Drs. Adams, and also sharing the wait ing room. He requests his patients lo bear this in mind and look for him in his new quarters after the first of next month. N. C. LAW OF 1925 LEGALIZES BOXING BY TAX \cu Developments In Case Lodged Against Ixiil Promises Interest ing Legal Test Pile laws of North Carolina place thi* stamp of approval upon boxing and wrestling matches by assessing a tax of SI 2.50 for each such exhi bition held in towns of less than 12, 0(K) inhabitants, according to a law found upon the statute books by Moodx & Mood v. attoinevs of Mur phv. retainet I by (i. K. Lail to nu ike his defense when he is brought to trial al the April term of Cherokee Superior eourt charged with "aiding abetting and promoting boxing eon tests and prize fights." The discovery of th?* law. which was passed in 1925. sheds a new light upon the case against Lail. According to interpretation it legal izes boxing -h\ placing ;s tax upon it. as the passage of any law by the lesislaliue usual 1\ carries the de elaration that "all laws or parts of laws iu conflict with thi> act are hereby repealed. The law in full follows: Sec. 55. Hoxing and wrestling matches. On each room. hall, tent or <ther place where '.here i- carried on any boximr or wrestling match, shall be levied a tax as follow*: In cities or towns of le?s than ten thousand in habitants. twelve dollars and fifty rents i ?12.50 ) for i-aeh evt ,bition: Pro\ ided that thu tax shall apply whether si eh exhibition i- given in ?? licensed or unlicensed hall, and the owner ??f the hall or property where said exhibition is given shall be n -nonsible foi the tax. Public laws. 1925. r. 10]. s. 55t. \ warrant for the arie-t of Lail was sworn out b\ Laura Nelson, I charging him with "aiding, abetting j and promoting boxing contests and *>riz?- fights, follow ing the <Ieath of Jack Nelson, her husband which re st-l'cd from injuries received in a personal encounter with another spectator over a rcfe'''-*s decision at ;? boxing mateh starred in \ndrews the latter part of Februarv. Lail i was bound to cour! under a bond of I S'^M).(K). I he* law under which Lail was ar csted was passed in 1 o9-S. and *o far as .-an be ascertained ha* never been tested in mint. However, the ne*w law <tmers?'des fh ??ld. ;;nd Lai! Mill make his df^nse <u the srround that he has complied with the law and conducted ;?M matches clean Iv and abo-vc board. When lv pr< ? iot "o hi* t ?rsi boxin?r match la^t ' ear. Us- says ho softfght the advice of a stall* lax collector, a sunerior court iuelge*. and other officials, for all the information he could <ret in or der to conduct the matches within ill** law. Another interesting angle of the case has also developed. A number of affidavits have been made as evi dence against Lail to prove that Gambling was participated in. How ever. I. ail says lit' promoted the box ing matches, cleanly and above hoard, and if anyone engaged in gambling or wagering bets on the outcome of the matches, it was done over his protests and without his knowledge. Moody & Moody, who are known as the bc?t criminal lawyers in wes tern North Carolina, are preparing i to put up a strong defense for him the first week in April when he comes to trial, unless in the mean time the charges are withdrawn. Mrs. R. L. Paulk has opened a barbecue meat and lunch room in the old Scout stand next to the Bank of Murphy, and wil! sell lunches, candies, soft drinks, etc. She will make a special! \ of barbecue meat, and invites her friends and the gen eral public to call and try some of the old fashioned barbecue.
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