The Leading Weekly Neuspaprr in Western North Carolina, s ? and Potentially Rich Territory in This Slate Vol. XLH.? No. 36. Murphy, N. C., Friday, April 10th, 1931. $1.50 YEAR? 5c COPY HORACE KEPHART AND FISWOODE TARLETON DIE IN BRYSON WRECK; A FOR AUTHORS 1 HELD SUNDAY v. #????. To Hi?hw.y Tragedy Driver oi C?r in Ho.pit.l With Froctured Skull mVSON CITY. April 7.? Horace v.oliar! 68. a"'! Fiswoode Tarleton, nationally known authors, were in Xy kill'''1 h- 1 Thursday , Cat 11 o'clock when the automobile r.,ich th. w ere ridinK pluiiRed (?n the hiphway near Ela and taflied over three times. The accidcn'. which occurred at a point on H in vay No. 10 about a jolle and a ha! this side of the Cher okee hijrh-.'. n, was at the same spot where three men were killed about thie<* years ago. Instantly Killed There -vere no witnesses to the \ M lett, who is connect ^ with tl ll ihala Light and Power com pa ? > was the first to reach the scene afttv the cr^sh. Mr. Kep . -? had rown clear of the car about 4*ast Western North Carolina timberlands. No man alive knew them better. He was a botanist of the first water, a lover of the great outdoors in the Southern Appalachian highlands, and, with it all, a simple, plain man. Born in Pennsylvania Kephart was born at East Salem, Pa., on September 8, 1862, and in 1887 he married Miss Laura White Mack, of Ithaca. N. Y. They had sev en children. Among- them were Leo nard, Washington botanist, and ' George, a chief forester of Maine. | After being graduated at Lebanon I Colley College, Annville, Pa., in 18791 Kephart did graduate work at Cor nell university and later studied in Europe. He was president of the North Carolina Literary and Historical as sociation, an author of wide repute and a speaker of wide renown, but in it all he was a man who knew the pay notts of every bird, a spe cialist in the habits of the animals that popula;. the gigantic mount ains and valley and a writer whose ?joul entered into every word that he wrote of the mountains he so dearly loved. Fifteen years his "Our Southern Hiphlamfers" provoked Ration-wide praise in presenting one of the first true pictures of the mountain folk, their history, their habits, their view points about "blockading" their fueds, their hospitality, their unsel fishness and a thousand and one oth er facts. lie was an authority on wood craft, on camping, on firearms, on adventure and on literature and the great outdoors. FUNERAL noted Was Librarian Behind Mr. KephaTt was a wide experience. He was graduated from a small Pennsylvania college, but later entered Cornell university at Uh?ca, N. Y., where he became in terested in forestry. Then he went to Boston university and later to Yale. He passed four years in the J i ale university library and for the ; following: 12 years was librarian in the St. Louis Mercantile library. After long service in library work, Mi\ Kephart suffered a nervous breakdown and began casting about for an isolated section in which to cast his lot. He studied. the situation intently and ultimately hit upon the vast, undeveloped slopes . and ridges of picturesque Western North Caro lina. Twenty-seven years ago Mr. Kep nart arrived in Western North Caro lina. He located a log cabin on Hazel Creek, where he did his own cooking, 'ashing, etc. TTien no axe had sullied the virgin forests that hemmed in ?v?ry part of the state. To the resi dents of that sparsely settled com munity in 1904 Horace Kephart was * frrriner" who partook of the hos pitality, rude as it was, that was Jeartily offered. If M.. Kephart ever [earned of any illegal transactions of the folk of that area he kent it a secret until his dying day last Thurs w'v- m? l00^ for a "revenooT" friendship and help soon abol ? ed any such thoughts from the cit ttenry. JfmaBy, Mtr. Kephart settled in ^son City, then a small settlement (Continued on page 8) Herman L. Cochran, of Sherman Texas, singer, who will W- heart! during the evangelistic services beginning at the Methodist church i Sunday morning. Rufus S. Perk- i ins, of Old Orchard, Maine, will play the piano. CONVICT IS HELD ON DEATH COUNT O Ralph Dnvi* |s Charged With Slay- : ing Cherokee County Man O Raleigh, April 2nd. ? Ralph Davis, | Forsyth County convict, charged with killing Thurman Luther, convict from Cherokee county, was bound over without bond on a charge of murder following a preliminary hearing to day. Davis is aleged to have struck Lu theii on the head with a mattock on Fegrflary 27, fatally injuring him. The two men were engaged in prison work at Cary Prison Farm. ? Ashe I ville Cititzen. Library Rent Shelf Adds New Books Twelve new books have been plac ed on the rent shelf. We are plan ning to pay for these books by rent ing them for three cents per day. After they have paid for themselv es they are to be placed on the open shelf. This is our only means of ob taining new books at present, so we are trying this plan, and hope you will help us by renting them. Eberhard ? Mystery of Hunting End. Strange ? The Strangler Fig. LeMay ? One of us is a Murderer. Norris ? Love of Julie Bored. Haycoth ? Whispering Range. Grey ? Sunset Pass. Breesh ? Young Man of Manhattan Bromficld ? Twenty-four Hours. Seltzen ? Lonesome Ranch. porter ? Freckles Comes Home. Matthews ? Boy Scouts Rook of Campfire Stories. O'Henry ? Ransom of Red Chief. Poultry Meetings Are Scheduled For County Mr. C. F. Parrish, our State Poul try Specialist, will be with us at the following: places on the following dates, and I am trusting that you will be able to meet us at some of these places. jdp* 'This is the time that" we should do more to make our poultry work more -effectively than ever before and we should have all the informa tion that it is possible to get. We will meet you at the following places: 10:00 A. M. ? Wm. P. Payne, Mur phy, N. C., April 13, 1931. 2:00 P. M.? Mrs. J. H. Ellis. Mur phy, April 13. 10:00 A. M. ? Bruce West, Marble April 14 3:00 P. M. ? ^Irs. C. B. Wood, An drews, April 14. 10:00 A. M. ? Mrs. F. J. Watkins, Murphy, N. C., Route 2, April 15. 2:30 P. M. ? Folk School, Brass town, April 15. Trusting that I will be able to see you at one of the these places, I am, your very truly, R. W. GRAY, County Agent. o Reputation Hung on a Hair A phrenologist claims to delineate character from a single hair. Manj ? wife has done this from gacb a clen found on her husband's lapel. ? London Opinion. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES TO BEGIN SUNDAY Mr. Cochran and Mr. Perkins To Have Charge Music And Young People'# Work . ? series of evangelistic services will begin at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, with the pastor, the Rev. Howard P. Pow ell, doimg the preaching, while Mr. Rufu.s S. Perkins, of Old Orchard. Maine, and Mr. Herman L. Cochran, of Sherman, Texas, will have charge of the music and work amon^ the you ng people, m The pastor will preach a series of thirty-two sermons from the gospe! of St. John. About a thousand cop ies of this gospel have been distribu ted in small pamphlet form. The services will continue for three \v?tks. There will be no morning services during the first week, but ervices each evening at seven o' clock, except Saturday. There will be morning services at nine o'clock each morning during the second and third weeks, except Monday and Sat urday mornings. Mr. Perkins and Mr. Cochran need no introduction to the people of Mur hy, as l oth of them were workers in the tevival last year, and Mr. Per kins filled the local Methodist pulpit for several months last year in the absence of the pastor while he was on a trip to the Holy land. The following is taken from the Church bulletin of last Sunday. The service at sunrise thi> morn ng was the first of a series of pray er services in preparation for. our .?vangelistic services to bepin next Sunday morning. Prayer services will be held during the week as fol lows: Monday afternoon at three o' clock with Mrs. T. W. Axley, Tues day, Wednesday, and Ifhursday eve* nings at seven o'clock in the church: and Friday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. D. V. Carringer. We will begin next Sunday morn ing at eleven o'clock our "Gospel of St. .John Campaign." All those who accept them will receive a copy of the Gospel of St. John. During the services, which will continue through Sunday, May 3, the sermons will be preached from this Gospel. Next Saturday evening at 7:30 the Glee Club of the Asheville Normal School will give a Sacred Concert in this church. This program should be well attended by those who love and appreciate the best in music. There will be no charge for admission, but we will have the opportunity to con tribute to their work through the free-will that will be received. They will remain with us and sir.g during the morning service nex!t Sunday. Please plan to hear them. GORDON ROGERS DIES IN ATLANTA1 Gordon Rogers, 45, died in Pied mont hospital in Atlanta. Ga.. at 5 o'clock Monday morning following: an operation Friday. Mr. Ropers was born in North Georgia. After the death, of his parents he moved to Andrews and made hjs home with Stephen Porter for many years. lie married Miss Lakey Ladd, of Marble, who died a year ago. Their four children, Kenneth, Kyle, Ray and Anna Laura, survive. Mr. Rogers served as town marshal in Bryson City until his health failed eight months ago. Four years ago he moved his family to Bryson City from Ravenford where he had been employed for some years. The funeral services were held at Andrews Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with burial there where his wife and son are buried. o New Garage Open Now For Bnsiness The new garage known as the Murphy Auto Repair Company, lo cated in the old D. & D. Motor Co. building, is now open for business, W. A. Cooker, manager, announces this week. The front of the building is to be used as a filling station. It has boen remodeled, a driveway is being built in, and the filling station is expect ed to be ready for business by Mon day, April 13th. The repair shop will be in charge of J. E. Cook and J. N. Watkins. They will do general automobile re pairing, radiator work, welding, etc. and will handle the Sinclair line of gasoline, grease and oil. Former Cherokee Boy Dies In Athens, Tenn. Earnest Jones, who once lived at Unaka, N". C., died March 29, after undergoing an operation for acute appendicitis in Athens Hospital at Athens. Tennessee. Earnest was born September 20. 1917. and in July 1930, professed faith in Christ and joined the Zion Hill Baptist Church in McMinn Coun ty. Tenn.. and lived a faithful little Christian Soldier until his death. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Barnett of Englewood. Tenn.. knowing that this little boy's parents were dead and he had no home, took him to raise as their own. and they loved Earnest as though he was their own child, and with tender and loving hands administered every need that Ernest ! couid wish for. They make the fol j lowing statement: | "Ernest was always happy and j ' pleasant, and when we told him any- ! I thing was wrong he would not do ] j that any mure. He was very obedient 1 1 with a sweet disposition, and know- I ing the true Christian life he has j lived, we don't feel uneasy in the j least, but he will be badly missed in I our home, and he has left a vacant I chair that no one can fill. He has i j filled his mission here and we sin ?erely pray that his death will be the means of bringing in all his brothers and sisters to Christ." He is survived by three brothers. Walter and Wayne of Akron. Ohio. I and John of Unaka. N. C. , and two 1 i sifters, Estalee of Akron Ohio, and | Bessie of Ogreeta, N. C., and a host ( of other relatives and friends. The funeral services were held at the Ogreeta Baptist church with the Rev. J. A. Baker oastor of the Zion j Hill Baptist church, officiating, who I made a very impressive talk. Since Mr. and Mrs. Harnett were | also former citizens of Cherokee ! c ounty there was a large and sympa- i thetic crowd from the surroundingl communities gathered for the fune- 1 ) ral services, besides many friends ] and relatives from Tennessee. ROMANCE AND | TRAGEDY LINKED WITH OLD INN Romance and tragedy are entwin ed about the hiirtory of the Old Walk er Inn which still stands on the Aqu one road one mile east of Andrews in the community known since col onial days as Valley Town. Huilt in 1839 by William Walker and presided over by his young wife. Walker Inn soon became a well known and popular hostelry, a repu tation which it maintained for forty three year?. In 1839, the year after the remov al of the Cherokee nation to the We?t, John A. Scott came with his wife and eight children to Cherokee county and settled at Valley Town by the waters of Junaluska creek. Scott, who was a cousin of General Win field Scott, migrated from Penn sylvania to Wilkes county. North Carolina, in 1826 and later moved to Cherokee. He had a beautiful daugh ter named Margaret and she was no doubt the reason why William Walk er, a sturdy youth, also of Wilkes county, came to Cherokee and set tled at Valley Town. At any rate Margaret Scott soon became the Mrs. Walker. With capital supplied in part by i Colonel W. P. Pugh, a wealthy trad er of Wilkes, William opened up a trading post near the spot where he J builfc the inn and which was only a stone's throw from the Scott home. During the business partnership of Colonel Waugh and young Walker a rather voluminous correspondence was carried on. These letters of Col onel Waugh are still in possession of the Walker family and they furnish and interesting glimpse of the busi ness, social, and ipolitical activities of a hundred years ago. Busines advice that is still good was often given. In several letters Walker was urged to be very care ful in the extension of credit to his customers and to be very diligent about the collection of accounts. Explicit directions were often giv en concerning the making and hand ling of whiskey, which was one of the common articles of trade at that time. One letter advised that the stills be kept running at full blast, giving the opinion that whiskey would be much in demand on ac count of the scarcity of brandy. The price was quoted at fifty cents a gallon wholesale and seventy-fie cents retail if the whiskey quality was high. The suggestion was made ^that whiskey clarified by filtering through charcoal would bring twelve and one-half cents more a gallon (Continued on page 8) W R9 MURPHY BOY IN NICARAGUA QUAKE IS SAFE O "" Frank Davis Writes His Sister Of Quake And That He Is O. 1$. ? o Frank !). Davis, Murphy boy with the United States Marines in Mana gua, Nicaragua, and son of E. E. l)avis, is safe and did not suffer any injuries in the oarthquake and fire which destroyed the capital city of Nicaragua last Tuesday, according to a letter received Saturday by his sis ter. Miss Polly Davis, via air mail. When the news of the quake flash ed over the world, relatives here ol Frank were uneasy as to his safety. He intimated in his last letter, writ ten about the First of February, that he would sail from Nicaragua for the States, and upon arrival would be granted a furlough. An effort was made to find out if Frank had ever sailed, and the following tele gram speaks for itself: "C. \V. Bailey, Murphy. N. Car. Marine Corps Headquarters unalV to furnish information regarding F. D. Davis Last entry on records shows him in Nicaragua furlough authf.riz ed but impossible to state whether or not he has sailed. Bureau Naval Affairs, Washing ton. D. Frank's letter was written on April l.<-t. and was delivered here Saturday April 4th. It follows in full: Managua, Nic., Wed., Apr. 1. Dear Polly: am writing in such a hurry to let you know that 1 was rut hurt in the earthquake here. Very few Marines were hurt, but hundreds of the natives were killed and burned to death. We have converted the Ma rine Post into a hospital and relief station. Hundreds of natives are re ceiving medical attention of doctors here at camp. All U. S. Citizen?, are here ?c the Post. The city has been ^ aced under martUi law i>y U. i>. Marines. The earthquake occurred on the 31st (yesterday) at about 10:20 in the morning. The first quake shock tore down buildings, killing and injuring people. It is impossible to estimate how many. The Marines started relief and hos pital work immediately, also enforc ing martial law. Practically all build ings were damaged or totally wreck ed. There has been continual trem ors and shocks since the first quako occurred. 1 see now three planes circling to land. They are supposed to have medicine to refresh our med ical stores tliat have been heavily used. We will soon have more doc tors by planes from the U. S. and Panama. Fire broke out with the start of the quake out in the middle ?of Managua. The Marines fought fire until about 12.00 midnight 31st with dynamite. It traveled by a straight eastward coursc across the town. Many people were buried in these buildings before they burned. With the quake, all the people seem ed to go crazy. The Marines' activi ty was carried cut quickly without mishap or excitement. They were the only ones to hold cool heads dur ing the crisis. Everything is under control, and I am O. K. Love to all, FRANK. YOUTH KILLED IN CAR WRECK NEAR WESSER CREEK O Dock Nelson, of Rhodo, Dies While On Way to Aid Friend Dock Nelson, 18, of Rhodo, near Andrews, was instantly killed when the automobile he was driving: failed to make a sharp curve at Wesser Creek, near the entrance to Nanta hala gorge, Sunday night about ]0 o'clock. Young Nelson and Tillman Phil ips were going to Bryson City from their homes. Nelson had been there during the afternoon with three men. one of whom had been placed in jail on a charge of being intoxicated, ac cording to Sheriff R. S. Patterson. Nelson had gone back home to ar range for a bond for his friend and was on his way back to Bryson City when the accident occurred. Dr. B. C. Thomason. coronet, made an investigation and decided that the young man met his death due to his inability to hold his car in the road while dr:ving at a rapid rate of speed. Nelson was pinned under the car. Phillips who was riding with Nel son, was slightly injured. Young Nelson was the son of John Nelson, of Rhodo.