The Leading W eehly Newspaper in IT ester n North
Vol. XLII.? No. 29. Murphy
Carolina, Covering a Ijirge and Potentially Rich Territory in This State
, N. C., Friday, February 20, 1931 $1.50 YEAR ? 5c COPY
FUNERAL FOR
DILLARD HELD
LAST FRIDAY
Remain* of Cherokee County Legis
lator Laid To Re*t In Sunset
Cemetery
Funeral n rvices for Hon. .John H.
Dill&rd. 69. prominent Murphy law
yer and Cherokee County's, repre
sentative in the General Assembly,
u ho died at Feidsville, were held last
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the First Presbyterian Church ? the
little white churcH he loved so well
am! in which he served and worship
ped so long. Thfe pastor, the Rev.
Dr. -I. P. Anderson, conducted the
"rvices, assisted by the Rev. J. Le
Roy Steele, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, with interment in Suns.t
Cemetery.
Heavy clouds hung low and a
s'rady downnour of rain continued
all day, but despite this hundreds of
friends and loved ones braved inde
nt nt weather to pay their last re
spects. The church was crowded to
overflowing and many had to stand
in the aisles and vestibule, out in the
rain or retired to the shelter of his
home next door.
The services were short and simple,
in accordance with the wishes of the
deceased and his bereaved helpmate.
The Profusion of flowers and the as
sembly of friends, high and low, who
braved the drenching downpour pave
definite, unspeakable evidence of the
hisrh esteem in which he was held by
not only the community hut high
circles of the state as well.
The House of Representatives
adopted a resolution of sympathy
and ngret, and appointeo a delega
tion to attend the funeral services.
Several members of the House, when
the resolution was adopted, eulogiz
<d Mr. Dillard and his record in
brief talks. The resolution was in
troduced by Representatives Ervin,
of Burke, and Morphew, of Graham.
The delegation was composed of Er
vin. chairman; Morphew, De-Hart,
Killian. and fatem.
C B. Hill, ktcal undertaker, was
in charge at Murphy. The active
pallbearers were: W. D. Townson,
K. W. Gray, P. C. Hyatt, H. P. Coop
er, J. B. Storey and E. C. Moore.
The honorary pallbearers included
all members of the Cherokee, Ciay
and Graham county Bars, and the
following business and professional
n.en: E. A. Davidson, G. W. Cand
ler, R. S. Parkk r, C. W. Savage, J.
H. Phaup, 7*. II. Hyatt, J. M. Vaughn
W. B. Dickey, Jack Hall, J. O. Mc
Curdy, S. E. Cover, D. S. Russell,
George B. Hoblitzell, J. W. Walker,
J. N. Hill, S. C. Heighway, J. E.
Keener, A. L. Martin, J. W. McMill
an, D. M. Birchfield, J. F. Palmer,
Lee Shields, Tom Johnson, J. B. Car
ringer.
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A RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO
THE DEATH OF THE HONOR
ABLE JOHN H. DILLARD, REP.
RESENTATIVE FROM CHERO
KEE COUNTY.
WllKKEAS, the members of the
House of Representatives of the
?State of North Carolina, have this
'lay received the sad tidings of the
death of the Honorable John H. Dil
lard. Representative from Cherokee
County, and 9
WHEREAS, th's late Honorable
?John H. Dillard has served his State
with i*;delity and high distinction as
a number of the house of Represen
tatives and in other positions of hon
or and trust and had endeared him
self by his high public services and
by his lofty character and by his
disposition to the members of
the House of Representatives, and
WHEREAS, the House of Repre
sentatives desires to pay a fitting
tribute to the said late Honorable
John H. Dillard.
NOW, THEREFORE. Be it resolv
ed by the House of Representatives
as follows:
First: That in the death of the
late Honorable John H. Dillard the
Mate of North Carolina has lost a
most valued public servant and his
iriends and family have sustained
an irreparable loss, and the House
of Representatives hereby extends to
the family of the deceased its deep
est and heartflt sympathy.
Second: That a Committe of five
members be appjinted by the speak
er of thte House of Representatives
from the membership of said body
to attend the funeral of the said late
Honorable John H. Dillard and to ex
press to the members of the family
sympathy of the said House of Rep
resentatives on acount of their grent
bereavement :
Third: That a copy of this reso
lution signed by the Speaker of the
House of ^preeentctives and at
tested by his Principal Clerk be for
warded to the fafriily of the deceased
Fourth: That when the House of
JOHN H. DILI ARD
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Of exceptional ability and having:
the personality of a leader. Mr. Dil
lard occupied a prominent position
in the lif cf Murphy and this section
of the stale for a generation.
He was one of the most popular
and most widely esteemed members
of the North Carolina Bar. Hf was
a thoughtful student of the affairs
of his community ? an active worker
in civic an<$ chunch aativities and
several times chosen to represent his
county in the General Assembly.
His sane, constructive counsel will
be missed; those who knew him will
not forget his fine qualities of mind
? and heart. ? Ashevflle Tim s.
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J. H. DILL ARD
In the death early this week, of
Representative J. H. Dillard. of
Cherokee, WestJ rn North -Carolina
lost one of her most faithful, most
| useful citizens.
A faithful friend of the common
people, the common people of Cher
okee frequently elected him to rep
resent them in the general assembly.
Stricken while visiting his sister,
as he was en route* to Raleigh for
the pres.nt session of the general as
sembly, Mr. Dillard never reached
his post.
It is strange how often men who
have labored long and earnestly for
a great ideal ar cal'ed hence be
fore they are able to see the fruition
of their labors.
Moses, who for forty faithful years
led the Israelites through th wilder
ness, caught only a glimpse of the
Promised Land, and was gathered to
his fathers, even as Joshua conducted
the migrating nation across Jordan
.lack Dillard was one of th first men
if not the very first. in all North
Carolina, to catch the vision of a
state system of public schools, uni
form throughout North Carolina, and
financed by the state itself.
For twenty years he advocated
that plan, because h ? knew and loved
the children of the mountain coves,
and saw that they were entitled at
the hands of the State, to equal edu
cational advantages with tihe boys
and girls, in the more populous cen
ters. Tie also know that the only
hope of substantial tax eduction on
| this land lay in a State supported
? public school system.
Although a member of the General
Assembly that enacted the measure,
Mr. Dillard was unable to w present
to contribute his voice and his vote
to the final triumph of his beloved
plan ; and even as it was being enact
ed into law, the shadows w:re gath
ering about his couch, and he has
passed on to his reward.
Much of the credit for this splen
did piece of legislation attaches to
his memory, and a gtf.at state system
of public education, that will even
tuate from this initial step, will be
largely a memorial to Jack Dillard.
? .Jackson County Journal.
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Representatives adjourn this day,
that it adjourn in honor of the mem
ory of the late Honorable John H.
Dillard.
Fifth : That this resolution shall
be in force upon its ratification.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
In the House of Representatives,
Raleigh, Feb. 11, 1931.
The foregoing is a true copy of a
resolution adopted by the House of
Representatives of North Carolina
this date, and pursuant thereio the
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives appointed Messrs. Ervin, Chair
man, Morphew, DeHart, Kilhan, and
Tatem from thje membership of the
House to attend the funeral of the
said late Honorable John H. Dillard,
and to express to the members of his
family sympathy of the said House
of Representatives on account of
their great bereavement.
WILLIS SMITH, Speaker
Attest:
I THAD ERVIN, Principal Clerk.
Election To Name
Dillard's Successor
Now Improbable
Cherokee County is now without a i
representative in the North Carolina]
General Assembly, death having
claimed Representative John H. Dil
lard, of Murphy.
The law makes no provision for a
successor except by a vote of the
people.
On account of the session ending
within a few weeks, it would be inr
possible for Cherokee County to hold
an election and name Mr. Dillard's)
successor before adjournment. How
ever, if an extra session were called
there might be a possibility that an
election would be held.
In the meantime, the people of the
county are working through Statte
Senator Kelley E. Bennett, and rep
resentatives of ?i*ter counties to get
through some needfcd legislation af
fecting the county.
ANDREWS BRIEFS
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Mr. Wesley Raxter* one of Cher-!
oke.'s Confederate veterans, has liv
ed on the same farm near Marble
for nearly sixty -two years. During
this long period he has been a loyal j
and progressive citizen. Now at th \
age of eighty six he is much inter- 1
ested in the affairs of his commun- !
ity and watches closely the progress
that is bring ?matf . He has never
sought the limelight of publicity but
; has lived simply and made his con
tribution to his community through
the quiet round of daily toil.
He v-jf ?bom in Transylvania
county. Octooer 9, 1845, moved to
Cherokee in 1868 and soon after
ward married Miss Addiv Arrowood
of the community in which he has
since lived. They built their modest
home and reared a family of nine
children, seven of whom a ~i.' still
living.
In 1863 he entered the Confeder
ate army and was a follower of Lee
for practically the whol- of the re
I maining period of the war. On April
| 2. 1865, he was captured and taken
I to Point Lookout, Md.t as a prisoner
of war and there regained for three
I months.
His prison experience was not a
happy one, but was not altogether
unendurable. He says that when
they entered the prison they wore
questioned as to the strength of the
Confederate Army. The .Southern
Soldiers told their captors that there
w re a million men ready to enlist
u m d e r the Confederate colors.
Whether this report was believed or
not it shows the loyalty of the
Southern soldiers to th. ir cause. He
recalls the unbounding joy of the
prisoners upon receiveing the news
of the ending of the war.
Mr. Raxter has many was stories
which he delights to tell. One of
them relates to an incident which
took place about five miles from
Petersburg, Va. While on picket
duty he and a companion surprised
fifteen Yankees who were hidden in
a dugout, and captured them without
assistant1.. When ordered to lay
down their guns and come out of
th..:r hiding place they did so with
out resistance evidently thinking
they were greatly outnumbered.
Th ir chagrin may be imagined
when they found they had surrend
ered to only two men.
The period immediately following
the war was truly a "live-at-home"
time not only in Ch'trokee but else
where through out the country. The
necessities that could be raised or
made on the farm had to suffice.
When the crops \v. re harvested the
men and boys went to the mountains
after game which was to enrich the
pantry.
Mr. Raxter loves the young peo
ple and is a great, favorite among
the children of the community. They
visit him often to hear his stories
of the long ago.
The Andrews high school basket
hall team pave a good account of
themselves in the tournament at
Copperhill in the semifinals they lost
by the narrow margin of one point.
"Peek" Wilson. Andrews center, re
ceived the trophy for the best indi
vidual all-turnament player.
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Mr. C. H. Jarrett, Andrews post
master, returned Sunday from Dills
boro where he had been recuperat
ing from an operation for tonsils,
performed at the Waynesville hospit
al last Thursday.
Mr. L. B. Womack has been con
fined to his home for several days
with tonsilitis.
Rev. J. Walter" Miller and family
are spending this week with friends
and relatives in Winston-Salem.
Rev. E. F. Troutman filled his pul
pit Sunday after an absence of two
weeks. Mrs. Troutman who under
went a minor operation recently is
! improving and expects to be out
again soon.
Mr. James Knijrht made a business
trip to Asheville Tuesday.
Andrews is to have another mod
ern hotel open for business by May |
1st. Mr. W. T. Moore, local contract
or and business man, is erecting this
new hostelry on his beautiful su
burban estate in Wlest Andrews.
There will be accommodations for
seventy-five guests.
The * building is well back from
the highway and the spacious ground
are being beautified with native
shrubbery. A swimming pool sup
plied with water from the town's
mains will add \o the pleasure of
gu?st3 and visitors. Supplying a
touch of romance to the place is the
fact that the building sit* is upon an
old Indian mound, one of the few
which have not been explored by the
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Dentistry and Health
Talk Given at Folk
School, February 11. j
Dr ?i
!
of medicin.. The' Dentil k*d hranch !
>.ri<at aid t0 thn ?l " Ist has oeen a I
him to locate disea-^and" "V holP'n>-'
"wn suffering 'fw, ? relieve hu
has a Dentist' on' it? MpT* !">sP'tal
Every lar" h-,tVl? >T ,d,cal staff.
|quip,)e,| dental officeP Th It "el!
States Army has a th' . United
seven hundred ofttcera every
Many of tfi lnrtro w.? ? men.
"facturinjr concern^ h'neSS an<l n,an'
fentist i ntheir "hS.HhV
' awe business conccrns^ T"'3
't pays to keen H? ^ v f"unci
mployees in oL ,.m"uths "f their
hanks" in "new York ("#C large
Hundred employees h Wlth tw'elve
dentist, and the New C pfu" tm'"
partment has ?, fuii , ? k r?''ce de
'an-v of th eitie, hive6 d?nt??
connected with iL ? ? a dentist
?ent to lnok "fte;The ?l,.hu dppart
school children th of the
te^info^r^n'0^ *""><?
of the past a stud ? dentist
dental college -"j61!'1 to enter a
"Tie year of -oil h?vo at least
eours . then four%e?^ i,nPre^enta!
college, which mnkofT a (,e"tal
the dental course *' y?Hrs {?r
^sL^td^l^.if ' h-?"
bl ssinir any m-r^, 15 the greatest
helathy ho3? is^Crth r." haV"' A
<hes or worldlv ? more than
have a hrlati v lmH lents- Tl?
four thi^ J bod>- ?"? must do
''roPer eating.
i", froper sleeping.
exercise. P'?Per am,,unt of bodily
^T=S 'menui. ?f re,axa
first, proper eating ^ about ^
food in a clean mn!?k OU t?ut your
teeth have been nr)* ^ where the
times a day. where fh cleamd ?'*
the teeth are nink ^ f ao?'^
Z tSa normal, Ind'
!^ul?aof-^Prfoodthe?5:
red ?nd inflamed and oft?"n
Pus, the teeth with " secreting
germs. This' class^of ?f
Sf iiSrSu1^ fr' ' "<*
on to the stomach thk " |a"d passcd
P'e will not have h .kaS? of Pc'"
may have headachel -' ,hev
ulcers of the stomaeh'' '"'/'testier.,
ralgia and rheumatL' ",Ur'tis' "eu"
'caused bv the ? ' eye trouble
the lymphatics a?7P,t,"n 0f pus h>'
focal infoction the*. nl. Prolonged
trouble kidnev t have- heart
other troubles tn the r"" man>'
(focal .nf?cUon1'on< of ,h ?' WOrld
the dav. Thiv tallTIi toP,cs ?*
meetings and wiir > V "ledical
medical journals. Don?l'i '} in the
fection caused lv' focal in"
end of the root of nT^ :'1 the
i Many of these teeth i tooth.
1 Pativnt any trouble- ?h0t B?,Ve the
I even know ttey have Y 'i? not
Some of thi.o k e an abscess.
i pus with ah?,:srs *%i?" a
I >s taken up by the hfooJ^' ? pus
carried through the body DT'ch^
Mayo, of the M?,.? <-i- ?' T <--has.
ed that probably fifti' T' Stat"
~H? fSS
I ried k woman" ^ f a younK >?"
ful rwoverv .^1 e a wo"der
I could tell von Very grateful,
cases, but will talre7-any '"^resting
of only one more. This? caV^waf"
treasure hunters and curiosity seek
ers.
The new hotel will be called the
Riverside, which is suggested by the
f?act that Valley River skirts the
grounds.
The completion of two new high
ways into the cities of Knoxville and
Chattanooga within the next f<w
months is expected to bring a larger
number of tourists into this immed
iate section this year than ever be
fore.
AUSTELL, GA,
GETS BIG MILL
Mr. \V. M. Fain, president of the
Murphy Lions Club, is in receipt of a
letter to the effect that the large
mill which the club has been endeav
oring to int. rest in coming to Mur
phy, has ben located at Austell, Ga.
1 he letter herewith was read to the
I.ions Club at the meeting last week.
Th plant referred to is a million
dollar corporation, and Austell, Ga.,
is a whole lot smaller than Murphy.
The leteer is fromp J. E. Shrine &
Company, engineers, Greenville, S.
('.. and shows that Murphy is still
trying to interest factories and pay
rolls to enter our town. The letter
follows:
Mr. W. M. Fain.
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Wish to acknowledge receipt of
?our of January 31st and presume
you are ref rring to the new plant
of the Clark Thread Co.
Our clients have definitely decid
ed on a site near Austell, Ga., and
have purchased the land.
The writer r. member the sites
located near Murphy and we still
think just as highly of them as we
did sevc nil years ago and hope to
be able some of these days to inter
est one of our prospective clients in
1 his locality.
Truly yours,
J. E. SIRRINE & COMPANY,
H. L. Hagerman."
"Prosperity Check"
Speeds Towns Trade
Camden. Ark. ? A. "round robin"
system of circulating "prosperity
checks" is being tried here to encour
age trade.
Prosperity checks for $10 each
have 1> en distributed by the Cham
ber of commerce and the Camden
News, with the stipulation that none
may be cashed until it has been en
dorsed 20 tinl^s.
A further provision that no one
may hold one of the checks longer
thaii 24 hours hastens ihe scttli;.,<
of debts and the course of business
fcen? rally.
LETTER FROM
MARY JO DAVIS
Saturday P. M.
Dear Hattie:
Received your ktter and valentine
this morning1. Was glad to got it.
Gee, I was tickled "pink" to get
Frank's letter.
Now I might as well tell you, I am
in a hurry as it is just time for
Miss Shannon to come and get the
mail and I have another letter to
write. I have already written three
letters and one card.
Well, I have my walking casts.
They come from my feet to almost
my hips. Go , but they are heavy.
Bet you can't guess what I did.
Well I took about ten steps, but the
j reason 1 didn't phone was because
Miss Haskell had to hold to me, but
i I will phone you whpn 1 tnke a stfp
by myself.
Well, I will sign off. Answer soon.
Tell Dixie to write to me.
Lots of love,
MARY JOE
MURPHY BANK
MEETS SECOND
REQUIREMENT
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Depositors and officers of the Bank
of Murphy met Wednesday morning
and met the demands of the State
banking department as laid down
last week. The requirement called
for an additional $22,000 of deposits
to be signed up agreeing to be left
in the bang for a period longer than
three years if necessary, and were
given until Thursday this week to
meet this last requirement. Thurs
day noon they were awaiting the ar
rival of the State Danking official
to check up on the matter and open
the bank.
man confined to an insane hospital
for months, and after the removal of
an impacted wisdom; tooth that was
resting on the trifacial n^rve, which
caused an irritation of this nerve,
the patient made a recovery and was
discharged from the hospital.
There aire about fifty thousand
dentists in the United States; they
will average about six or more pat
ients a day, six timfcs fifty thousand
is three hundred tho\*sand ? Three
hundred thousand men, women and
children visiting the dentist every
day.
Now, if any one ever feels a little
timid about gor^g to the Dentist,
just remember three hundred thous
and men, women and children go
every day.