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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. ? o? 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 ? o ? 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. ? 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. I 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 O 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. ? o ? 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 1 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 ? o 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.