MONUMENT TO CHEROKEE'S FIRST
CITIZEN UNVEILED LAST THURSDAY
MARBLE PYRAMID
ERECTED TO COL.
A. R. S. HUNTER
Col. F.. B. Norvell Makes Principal
Address and Reviews History
of Family.
\ beautiful and impressive cere
mony marked the unveiling last
Thursday morning of the mar+4^ py
ramid monument erected to the mem
or\ of Col. A. R. S. Hunter, pioneer
citizen of this section, and said to
have been the first white man to
erect a home in what is now Murphy
and Cherokee county.
The unveiling was attended by a
large number of citizens of *he town,
visitors, including a delegation of In
dians from the Cherokee Reservation
in Swain County.
The ceremony began promptly at
10 o'clock, and Mayor J. W. McMillan
acted as master of ceremonies. The
exercises opened with the singing of
"Abide With Me," followed with a
prayer by Rev. Howard P. Powell.
Mayor McMillan then introduced
Mis4- Mary Kate Hunter, Great Grand
daughter of Col. and Mrs. A. R. S.
Hunter, who unveiled the monument.
Col Edmund B. Norvell. prominent
Murphy attorney and perhaps the best
posted man on the early history of
Murphy, in this section, was then in
troduced and made the principal ad
dress.
Col. Norvell reviewed the history
?>f the Hunter family, and during the
course of his well chosen and timely
remarks, had the following to say :
"The Hunter family, from which
Archibald Russell Spence Hunter
pi an*r, came from Duns. Scotland,
lb- was born during the Revolution
ary "War, in Richmond, Virginia, son
of James Hunter, merchant, and Rev
olutionary soldier, who married Ma
iianna Russell Spence of I.onJon,
England, from whom R. M. Hunter,
of Virginia also sprang. The found
er of the family in America being
William Hunter, who married Martha
Taliaferro, daughter of John Talia
ferro, and sister of Col. Lawrence
Taliaferro, who commanded the fa
mous Minute Men of Virginia in the
Kevi.lutionary War.
"Archibald Russell Spence Hunter
went from Essex County, Virginia, as
a "ung man. to Georgia, and there
married Elizabeth Wyche Lucas,
daughter of Col. James Lucas, of Vir
ginia, an officer in the Revolutionary
War. Seven children were born to
them, only four of whom lived to at
tain maturity, Col. George Rus
sell Hunter, Captain Nathaniel Wyche
Hunter, U. S. A., and Dr. James Hunt
< . Martha Taliaferro, who married
Chas M. Hitchcock, medical surgeon
C. S. Army, grandfather of Miss Mary
Kat^ Hunter, who is present today.
Mrs. Lillic H. Coit (Eliza Wyche)
daughter of Mrs. Martha Taliaferro
Hunter Hitchcock, who was the only
daughter of Col. A. R. S. Hunter, is
due the design and the means where
by the monument is erected. She left
a legacy for that purpose.
"Dr. Hitchcock went to some point
in Texas and afterwards moved to
California."
Chief Sampson Owl, of the Chero
kee Indian Reservation, was then in
troduced and made a short but im
pressive talk. Chief Owl was accom
panied by his son, Lewis Owl; Wil
liam Conseen, also oi the Reserva
tion; and LeRoy Wahnetah, of Can
ton. Ohio, who is visiting his old home
at Cherokee.
Following a short talk by Miss Ma
ry Kate Hunter, Dr. .1. P. Anderson
pronounced the benediction.
First Pyramid In U. S.
The marble pyramid is perhaps the
first monument of its kind ever erec
ted in the United States, and is the
idea of Mrs. Lillie H. Coit, grand
daughter of Col. Hunter, who had
traveled extensively and seen much
of the world, including the great pyra
mids of Egypt. Mrs. Coit is said to
have conceived the idea of the monu
ment after the great Pyramids, and in
her win she set aside $10,000.00 for
this purpose. Some years ago when
*he sold this property she reserved a
permanent casement for her grand
Parents, who are buried at this place,
beneath the monument.
The pyramid is fifteen feet square
at the base and twenty-live feet high.
Standing on a beautiful knoll, it ov
erlooks the Hiawassee River and the
?ld Hitchcock home place across the
r>ver, and the top of the monument
fan be seen from many points in
town.
It was erected by E. C. Ingram,
construction superintendent of the
McNeel Marble Co., Marietta, Ga..
which company secured the contract
for building.
Three large slabs of marble, one on
the south side, one on the north side
Statement To World
War Veterans Of
Cherokee County
In connection with the movement
to reorganize the American Legion
Post in the county. I>r. N*. B. Adams,
a past commander of the Legion, gave
out the following statement concern
ing the appeal of the Legion to war
veterans:
"Is there any veteran of the World
War so poor in spirit and patriotism
that he is not proud of the part he
played in the greatest of all military
stiuirgles since history bejran?
"Have not we veterans a justified
pride in our service? If any man were
to assert that we had not played our
part as men and Americans, how
quickly would we resent it.
"The American Legion offers the
hest opportunity for you. Comrade,
to testify to the world of your loyal
ty and service during the war. The
lapel button of the Legion is a notice
to all that you failed not when your
country called, and that you still sub
scribe to the patriotism and Ameri
canism for which the Legion stands.
"Without the Legion- buttom. the
service man has no method of differ
entiating himself from the thousands
who did not go. He may have served
hut no one knows it. And the world
finds it easy and convenient to for
get.
"With the Legion button, you can
'quietly but effectively identify your
j self as one of America's veterans vet
| erans. and as an active participant in
the work of a patriotic society which
is dedicated to the preservation of
American principles.
"You place yourself as both a war
time and peace-time patriot and true
American.
"Be proud you CAN join The
American Legion. Hundreds of
thousands of young men would re
joice indeed if their lives could so be
made over that the Legion might be
open to them. Those who did serve
but who have not up to now come in
to the Legion are sending in their ap
plications by t h?- thousand*. They
are proud they answered the call.
They want the world to know it.
"The Legion's great days are
ahead. It's strength and influence
grow daily. With each new success
it becomes stronger. Its principle^
and its service commend it to all. It
is far better to be in the Legion than
to explain why you are not. The Le
gion invites you to comradeship. He
one of the Active Legionnaires of
your community. JOIN UP!
Revival Services To
Close Sunday At
Andrews Church
The revival services, which have
been in progress at the First Baptist
Church, here during the past week
will come to a close on next Sunday
night. Services have been held in the
morning and evening at ten and eight
o'clock, conducted by Rev. R. W. Pre
vost, pastor.
During this week all the business
houses in Andrews are closing for the
morning and evening services, at the
request of the pastors of the town.
This has been the custom of the bus- j
iness men of Andrews for a number |
of years, in cooperation with the
church.
Rev. Mr. Prevost has been preach- j
>ng tirelessly, two times a day to
large crowds. He is an unusual
preacher of the gospel and preaches
sermons that are easily understood.
In his preaching, he does not "beat ;
around the bush." but preaches j
straight to the shoulder to both saint j
and sinner.
In "The Reminder" his church pa
per, on last Sunday, Mr. Prevost ex
pressed his sincere appreciation of the
beautiful spirit evident during the
meeting on the part of the pastors
and people of the other churches.
"They are standing nobly with us as
we seek to lead the last to a Saviour
and Christians to a higher life." Mr.
Prevost stated.
Sacred to the momory of Eliza
Wyche Hunter, dfiughter of George
Russell Hunter, died July 26, 1868.
age 25 years.
Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth
Wyche Lucas Hunter, died January.
1843, age 59 years.
Sacred to the memory of Archibald
Russell Spence Hunter, bom Febru
ary 24, 1783, died June 23, 1844.
and one cn the west side, carry the
inscriptions, while the east side is left
plain. The following wording is en
graved on the three slabs:
Trial Is Postponed
In Cutting Fracas
Of Four Negroes
The t: ial of Ben Jones, and Lila
Stored, who ar< wiib ,
cutting Horace J one* and Stanley j
Jones, also colored, last week in a
fight. had to he postponed until the
two negroes who wore injured were!
I able to stand trial. Dr. Herbert, rfnr- j
I tor attending; the wounds of the two
| negroes, stated that he would not say
when they would be able to stand
( trial.
1 r.e morning after the fight noth- !
ing could be learned of who did the
cutting, but the two injuied men
{stated later that Lila Wilson and Hen
jJone- cut them. Both men were cut'
bad and deep. Horace Jones being
j cut clear across the stomach and Stan-'
ley Jones received a severe cut below
the -:nee, cutting his muscles. The j
two charged with the cutting were ;
| placed under a bond of three hundred j
' dollars each.
COURT OPENS
I IN CHEROKEE
NEXT MONDAY
Judge J. L. Webb, *f Shelby, To Pre
side Over T?rm, Trying Both
Criminal and Civil Cntei
; The regular August term of Chero
kee County Superior Court will con
vene here next Monday, August 4th.
for a two weeks session, for the trial
of both criminal and civil cases. .Judge '
J. I.. Webb, of Shelby, will preside. i
More than a hundred cases con
front the court on the criminal dock
I ot. Forty three of these cases are
| new ones, represented by warrants.
I while there are sixty brought over
I from the old docket. Court officials
plated that there would probably be
[ more than forty-three cases by new
? AarrHnts,-.M.> a number of Justices of
I the Peace had not yet reported all of
' their cases.
The 00 cases brought over from the
, old docket represent cases which have
! Keen made but principals have not
I been caught, cases which have been
i continued, cases wherein sentence re
, quired good behavior reporting, and
I cases held over on account of defend
; ants having been given time in order
to get up fines and costs.
An unusually heavy civil docket al
I so faces the court, and will not likely
be reached until about the middle of
, the second week, as it is believed the
heavy criminal docket will requite th.
first week and part of the next.
Several important criminal cases
will be tried during the term, among
which is the State against George
j Homines, J. W. Disspain and Luther
Early, Copperhill youths charged with
| robbing the Dickey home at Ranger.
1 All three defendants are in jail under
bonds of $5,000.00 each. Because of
| the prominence of *he Dickey family,
the boldness with which the robbers
I went about the looting, this case is
j expected to draw an unusual crowd
to town the day it comes up for trial.
! Another case of wide interest is
i that of the state against Richard
j Meroney, charged with murder, driv
1 ing \yhile under the influence of in
toxicating liquor, violating the prohi
bition law, and reckless driving, in
conneption with the death of Ruth
| Mallonee, last New Year's night,
i There are now 19 in jail, most
I of whom are awaiting trial at this
I term of court. Several are serving
| sentence and being kent for other
counties. Those in jail follow:
Alice Hopper, serving a sentence of
one year.
Mary Best, sentenced to two years
at the April term of Court for having
stolen goods in her possession. She
was tried at the April term of court
; together with Hazel McMahan, Lee
I Ellen Harbin, Jimmie Hunt, Charlie
i Beal and Bose Fain, who also drew
sentences of two years. The case was
appealed and bond fixed at $1000.00.
each. The others made bond, but
Mary Best has not been able to make
bond.
Clara Lewis, who was brought to
the jail for confinment on a lunacy
warrant to await an opening at Mor
ganton.
Douglas York, colored, charged
with house entering, under bond of
$500.00.
Henry May and Josie Lovingood,
charged with fornication, under bonds
of $200.00 each.
Joseph Mostellcr, violation of the
prohibition law, bond of $500.00.
Charlie Stewart, charged with
abandonment, bond $500.00.
Ed Woody and Bruce Lewis, lar
ceny, bond $300.00 each.
George Homines, J. W. Disspain,
and Luther Early, robbery, bonds at
$5,000.00 each.
Earney Young, larceny, bond of
$500.00.
TROUBLE BETWEEN COLORED MEN
ENDS IN SHOOTING FROM AMBUSH
Register Installed
On Forest Road
About July 1. the Forest Service
installed a r?*gi?ter Ht one of the
bridges on the Tellico River Road in
order to obtain information and an
accurate check of traffic over the
road. For five days, beginning July
2, a total of 1226 cars passed over
the road, or an average of 24f? auto
mobiles per day. the great maiority of
which were driven by tourists and
others who came to enjoy the beau
ties of the Cherokee Forest. There
were a good many cars from other
states but Georgia and Tennessee led
by a large margin.
July 4 proved the heaviest traffic
day, when 416 cars moved over the
road. The popularity of the Chero
kee Forest in both Georgia and Ten
nessee is increasing in proportion as
sightseers view the forest and then
tell their friends about it.
There are many points of interest
ir. the Cherokee Forest, but the> must
be seen to be appreciated. Mere
words fail utterly to describe them
adequately and the Forest Service in
vites visitors to the Cherokee Forest
to enjoy the delightful views which
appear on every hand.
Sunday School Revival
To Be Held In Clay And
Cherokee Counties
A Sunday School Revival and En
largement Campaign will he conduct
i ed next week, beginning Sunday,
j August in twenty-two churches in
Cherokee and Clay counties. This
! work is fostered by the Baptist Sun
day School Board. Nashville, Tonn.,
and the Sunday School Department of
the Baptist State Mission Board, Ral
e??rh. and will lie under the direction
of Perry Morgan, State Sundry
School Secretary, Raleigh; and A. \.
Washburn, Western Field Worker, of
Sylva.
Classes in Sunday School Adminis
tration will be taught each ewning in
the twenty-two churches participat
ing. Beautiful diplomas will be giv
en those completing the work :it the
Close of the week. A religious: cen
sus will be taken in each of the com
munities during the campaign, find
ing possibilities for these Sunday
schools. The information will be as
sorted. graded and tabulated and
made ready for use during the week.
The force of workers will be increas
ed in many of the schools, thereby
making it possible to reach and hold
the people found in the census.
Report meetings will be held at
Murphy and Hayesville each day for
workers from these churches. The
churches in Clay county reporting at
Hayesville and those in Cherokee, at
Murphy. These meetings will be in
charge of Perry Morgan and A. V.
Wash burn.
The final meeting will be held at
Murphy Baptist church on Sunday
afternoon, August 10th, when more
than five hundred Sunday school
workers will be assembled in the audi
torium of the First Baptist church, in
Murphy, to hear the final reports and
listen to Dr. B. W. Spillman, South
wide Field worker, of the Baptist
Sunday School Board, in his final ad
dress. Dr. Spillman is one of the
lesson writers of the Baptist Board
and is recognized by those who have
heard him to be a real Bible scholar,
teacher and speaker.
The churches participating will
meet the workers in Hayesville and
Murphy Sunday afternoon at six o -
clock and carry them out to the
churches. Mr. W. A. Adams and
Rev. W. F. Sinclair, of Hayesville are
local directors.
Just as we go to press, Mrs. Dixie
Palmer received word Wednesday,
that her daughter-in-law, Mrs. John
E. Palmer, of Mayville, Wis., died
that morning. Mrs. Palmer was the
wife of Mr. John E. Palmer, formerly
of Murphy, but now of Wisconsin.
Con Chastain, who made bond and
his bondsman failed to deliver bond
papers to clerk of court or jailer.
Thurman Luther, charged with
breaking into a freight car and steal
ing. Bond $500.00. Luther was al
so under bond of $1500.00 when ar
rested on a charge of running over
and killing an old colored man at
Andrews about a year ago.
Tom Blackwell, colored, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon,
with intent to kill, bor.d $2500.00.
Homer Calven, from Graham coun
ty, being held in safe keeping for
Graham authorities.
Clyde Mack and Lon Mack, of Clay
county, being held for Clay authori
ties.
TOM BLACK WELL
IN JAIL UNDER A
BOND OF $2500.00
Norman Powell Gets Load of Shot In
Back While Walking Along
Roadway Sunday Morning
Norman Powell, colored, is suffer
ing from the effects < f a load of shot
fired into his hack from ambush while
walking along a roadway in the Tex
ana section <?f town Sunday morning,
arid Tom Blackwell is in jail under
bond of $2500.00 charged with the
shooting.
The trouble is said to haw started
between the two colored men Satur
day while thi y were attending a base
ball came at Blue Kidge. Ga. Powell
and Blackwell are said to have had a
few words while on a truck, and Pow
ell pulled Blackwell off and slapped
him.
When Powell was shot Sunday
morning, a white man by the name of
Cole wa- with him and Blackwell is
said to have been seen running away
from the bushes, from which the shot
was fired.
The load took effect in Powell's
back, and the size of the shot are said
to have been No. 4.
Officers were notified and all day
Sunday were on the lookout for
Blackwell. He was captured late Sun
day afternoon by Chief W. T. Cooper
of Murphy, assisted by Deputy Sheriff
Lee Crisp, in what is known as the
old Patterson Farm, above Murphy.
] Iflackwell waived preliminary ex
j animation Monday before Justice C.
> B. Hill, and was bound to Superior
i Court under bond of $2500.00. which
j he failed to make, and is now in jail
I awaiting trial. Court convenes here
i next week.
I
NFW SCHOOL
HEAD ARRIVES
| TO BEGIN WORK
Supt. Williams Making Plans To Open
Murphy Schools On Sept. 1st.
i ^ Prof. C. U. Williams. of Jackson
; North Carolina, newly elected super
! intendent of the Murphy schools, with
I Mrs. Williams urn! their 1"> year old
j daughter. Miss Frances Willard Wil
liams, arrived in Murphy last Satur
day. and have taken the Spurge Chris*
! topher residence on Valley River Av
j enue next t?> the Presbyterian church.
Prof. Williams comes to Murphy
i highly recommended as an educator
of many years experience*. Ho is a
j native of Ohio, but came South when
quite a young man, and has been in
North Carolina for twenty-three
years. For the past twenty years he
1 has been connected with the public
schools of North Carolina, with four
teen years of standard high school
work to his credit. He has two years
work at the University of North Caro
lina, and is a graduate of Duke Uni
; versity with an A. B. degree.
Prior to coming to Murphy, Mr.
I Williams was head of the schools at
? Jackson, North Carolina, for several
| years, and was re-elected there again
| for this year, following his election as
superintendent of the Murphy schools.
Plans are being made by Mr. Wil
' liams to open school here on Monday,
: September 1st. It is also planned to
J have all teachers and pupils to meet
at the school building on Friday, Aug
] ust 29th, to classify pupils, secure
lists of books, assign lessons, and or
? ganize for the year's work, so that
I school work can begin in earnest on
j September 1st.
| C. C. PROFFITT, IS NEW
FEDERATION POULTRY HEAD
Messrs. C. C. Proffitt and K. H.
Eller were in Murphy and Hayesville
Tuesday, in the interest of buying
poultry for the Farmers Federation
at Asheville. Mr. Eller, who has been
head of the poultry and egg buying
department of the Federation, h*^ re
signed this position, which takes ef
fect July 31. Mr. Proffitt. who is a
former county agent, and district ag
ent. and a native of Yancy County,
will succeed Mr. Eller.
Sphinx Badly Used
The mutilations of the Sphinx which
now disfigure It date from the Arab
domination. Baedeker says in hia
"Guide to Cairo and Environs'* that in
1380 the Sphinx fell a victim to the
Iconoclastic zeal of a fanatic Rheik,
and it was afterward used ns a tar
get by the barbarous Mamelukes.