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Vol. XLIU.? No. 7.
Murphey, N. C., Friday, September 18, 1931
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STATE LIBRARY
WORKER SPENDS
WEEK HERE
Miss Heller Finds Town Spends 18c
Per Capita For Library A.
L A. Standard $1.00
Mi.-. Fcida Heller, field worker
for the North Carolina Library Com
of Raleigh, is spending a
week in Murphey, assisting Miss Jo
sephine Heighway. local librarian, in
the work or organization of the Mur
phev Carnegie Library. The books
have been classified and a complete
shelf list made, which enables users
of the library to more easily find
material they desire. This service is
provided by the State without ex
pense to the local library.
Miss Heller is well pleased with the
library facilities of Murphey, but re
gret? that at present appropriation
has been decreased and is not suf
ficient for adequate support. Ac
cording to Miss Heller, the American
Library Association states that a
model town library must have a per
capita expenditure of $1.00, and five
volumes for each person living in
that community. Murphey at pres
ent has a per capita expenditure of
18 cents, and one and one-fifth
books per person. The Murphey
library contains 1900 volumes.
Miss Heller spoke on the library
question before the Woman's Club
on Wednesday afternoon.
B. Sparks Dies
At Bkasstown
Mr. B. Sparks was cailed the
great beyond last Sunday evening,
Sept. 6th, at five o'clock.
He was 55 years old and had been
a faithful member of the church
since early manhood. He was a
Deacon of the BVasstown Baptist
church at the time of his death
and was greatly beloved by all who
knew him.
Mr. Sparks had been in declining
health for a year or more, and had
been confined to his bed for the
past three months, with high blood
pressure and paralysis. Every thing
that loving hands could do for any
one was done for him, but the
heavenly Father knows best.
He is survived by his wife and
five children, Blaloth, Hayden
and Clyde and Missess Talitha and
Romie Sparks all ol this place.
One sister and three brothers, be- 1
sides a host of friends. For all who
knew him became his friend.
Interment was in the Glade cem
etery in Georgia Tuesday morning
nt 10:00 o'clock. The funeral was
conducted in full Masonic order.
Preacher C. F. Conley in charge.
Among those whom we did so love
so well,
This sad s^ory we'll have to tell.
Of one who left us one great day.
To seek his eternal home just o?er [
the way.
*Tis sad to lose such a great friend
But we can only hope to meet him
in the end.
when God shall call us all above.
Tt? his prepared home of joy and
love.
We know that he awaits us over
there.
where some day we shall his glory
share,
For we know when God opens
Heavens door.
we'll meet him there to part no
more.
Dr. Frank Savage Dies
In New Mexico Tues.
nr. Frank Savage, 61 year old
physician, of Hatch, New Mexico,
died September 15th, according to
a telegham received by his brothers,
C. W. and W. A. Savage. Funeral
services and interment were at Mc
Allister, Okla.
Dr. Savage was born in Stokes
County, N. C., in 1870. He receiv
ed his education at Mt. Airy, N. C.,
and later studied medicine at Van
derbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.,
and at the medical school of the Uni
versity of Maryland at Baltimore. He
was a veteran of the Spanish-Amer
Lcan war' anc* ^elp capture the block
nouses at the famous battle of San
Juan Hill. He was well known in
-uurphey, having visited here on |
numerous occasions.
Dr. Savage was physician for the
' ante Fe railway company's branch
line running through Hatch, New
Mexico.
He is survived by his wife and two j
?*>ns, Billy and Frank; four brothers"
? w. and W. A. Savage, of Mur- j
Pney. N. C.; Walter G. Savage, of |
Gonzales, Texas ; -and Charles P. ?
Ravage, of Tacoma, Washington; and
tnree sifters, Mrs. Laura Silver and
."?Nannie Gunderson, of Tacoma ;i
*nd Mr* A. J. Burns, of Murphey. J
Presbyterian Circ'es
Met With Mrs. Huber
The circles of the Presbyterian
Woman's Auxiliary met Tuesday aft
ernoon with Mrs. A. C. Huber at the
Regal Hotel. After the business ses
sion. the Bible study, led by Mrs.
Thomas Spencer, was taken up and a
profitable hour spent. At the con
clusion of the lesson, the hostess
served an ice course. Those pres
ent were Mrs. Mary Alston, Mr-.
M. \Y. Bell, Mrs. Dixie Millard, Mr.-.
Mary Daly. Mrs. R. W. Gray, Mrs.
A. C. Huber, Mrs. C. W. Savage,
Mrs. Thomas Spencer, Mrs. Don
Withcrspoon, and Mrs. \V. 15. Gar
j treil.
! PATRICK
Mr. Jack Ledford has returned
from New York.
Mr. Lee Horton made a business
trip to Farner, Tenn. Monday.
Messrs. John Picklesimer and
Hobert Dobbins were visitors in
Murphey last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hensley of
Turtletown, Tenr.. were the quests
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Picklesimer
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Ledford
'and children were the guests <jf Mr.
?and Mrs. Sam Reid Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Gather Burger
were the dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. 11a mby Sunday.
Mr. John Picklesimer was the
dinner guest of Mr. John Grain
Sunday.
Mr. S. C. Ledford is seriously
ill at this writing. We wish him a
j speedy recovery.
I Mr. Harry Underwood of Farner,
[Tenn. was a Patrick visitor Mon
i day night.
' Mr. and Mrs. Lee Horton and
| baby were the dinner guests of
, Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Hamilton Sun
! day.
Rev. arid Mrs. Sibbald Smith
and two children were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John Picklesimer
Sunday night.
Rev. Sibbald Smith started a
revival meeting at Shearer School
House Sunday night, Sept. ith,
We wish him a great success.
Murphey Boys And
Girls Off To College
Among the Murphey hoys and girls
who have left and will leave for col
lege are: Martha Nell Wells, Kath
leen Axley, Mary Weaver and Wood
fin Posey, to Ashevyie Normal, Ash
ville. Lois Hill and Annie Mae
Townson, to North Carolina College :
at Greensboro. Margaret Wither- .
spoon, to Peace Institute, Raleigh. !
Mildred Akin, to Brenau, Gainesville,
Ga. Betty Bailey to Duke Univer-)
sity, Durham. Mary Nell William
son, to Western Carolina Teachers 1
College, Cullowhee. Anne Candler, |
to the University of Tennessee, at
Knoxville. John Davidson, to Cecil
Business College, Asheville. Marsh- 1
all Bell III., Burke Gray Jr., Rich
ard Parker Jr.. and James Mallonee
Jr., to the University of North Car
olina, Chapel Hill. Buster and Bill
Bayless to State College, Raleigh.
Charles Dickey and Buel Adams to
S. C. I., Sylva. William Thompson,
to Emory College, Atlanta.
POSTFIL
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Swan son and
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lakes Quinn.
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Allen have
been attending the S. D. A. revival
meeting near Shoal Creek.
Friends and relatives will be
pleased to learn that Mrs. Exie
Quinn is improving nicely from her
operation.
Mrs. T. M. Allen, S. D. Jones, Burt
Mason and Roy Holdbrook were Sun
day evening guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Jonah Holdbrook.
Shoal Creek church has elected
Rev. C. F. Conley as their pastor for
next year. Rev. Conley has pastured
this church several different times.
The citizens of Shoal Creek Town
ship held a meeting at Suit last Sat
urday and selected a committee to
confer with the State Highway off:
cians and ask for an improvement,
on the Shoal Cre^k road.
"A Trip To
Palestine"
Afti riding about three hours, a
? ' 'it on** of which was through the
, Nil- Valley, we arrived in Alexander.
! After going through passport formal
it.'- we returned to the S. S. Alesia.
! tin- -hip on which we sailed just a
j few weeks a go from America. This
-hip made her trip to marseilles. and
' was returning. There were only five
: -?f the party of twenty six to return
<>n the "Alesia**. The others having:
j hoarded the S. S. Miland for th? Eur
opean Extension. During the two
. months we had formed some very in
; teresting friendships and it was hard
| to part with our friends at this point.
There was great satisfaction in a
gain being at Home in the Alesia.
While the month spent in Palestine.
Syria ami Egypt were the most inter
esting of a life-time, it was not so ea
sy a task to live such abusy life as
was necessary to realize the most
good from travels. We had made a
number of friends among the mem
bers of the "Alesia family," and it
! was like getting home to see them a
] Eain.
W e -ailed from Alexander at six
o clock in the evening:. The following
six days we spent at sea. with a few
hours in the harbor at Beyrouth. Sy
ria. Haifa. Palestine, and Jaffa. Pal
estine. We saw for the last time the
shores of Palestine on Thursday after
noon. May 15, 1930. There came a
feeling of deep emotion as we saw
this land of our Lord fade away in
the distance. There was with that ex
perience an inexpressible feeling of
gratitude for the priviltge of having
spent those days there among such
sacred scenes.
We retraced our steps in passing
Constantinople. Constanza. and Pir
eaus the post of Athens, Gseece. All
these points have been discussed in
forme,- chapters of the story. Men
tion will be made of those places that
were not visited as we made our
journey over.
On Sunday morning May S, we ar
rived in Messina, Sicily. Here we
found a most interesting city. When
one realizes that in December 1U0K
this city was practically destroyed by
the most severe earthquake that has
ever been recorded, he stands in won
dr and amazement ai the rapidity of
growth. The story was told us that
(luring the time of the editorship of
an infidel in this city, that he pub
lished an editorial in his paper chal
lenging God if there were a God to
make himself known by sending an
earthquake. It was told that within a
lew hours 2tfter the editorial was
printed the earthquake came and de
stroyed ninety-six thousand persons.
We know nothing of the truth of the
story other than what was told us
during our visit there.
A ?small party went ashore on this
Sunday morning to look for a place
of worship. We were directed to a
little Anglican C hurch, where we
were most kindly received as wor
shipers. The service was in Italian,
and while we could not recognize the
language of the hymns we rccogniped
"Bring Them In". 0 Love That Will
Not Let Me Go", and "What A
Friend we Have In Jesus". The
preacher spoke in Italian, but his
gestures and mannerisms were those
'>f an American preacher, or one
speaking our language. We found it
easy to worship in this little church,
although we were among strangers.
Just back of the pulpit in this lit
tle church were the following words
on a beautiful marble slab: "No! Pre
dichiamo Cristo Crocifisso". The wri
ter had never studied the Italian
language, but after some time, he
was able to translate this sentence to
mean, "We Preach Christ Crucified".
Looking the reference in I Corinthi
ans 1 :23, we found it to be correct.
The children of God will find it easy
to worship in any church, anywhere,
where this is the purpose back of the
pulpit.
We found this city to be the most
religious city in which we had spent
a Sunday. Our ship was delayed for
several hours, and just before leav
ing we found the reason for the de
lay. They stopped at Messina to
take on several hundred crates of
lemons, but we were told that they
would r.ot allow them to load them
on the Lord's day. While there was
a great deal of unbelief in the city,
it was impressive to find they were
keeping the Sabbath day. Late in
the afternoon we pulled our anchors
and left without the lemons, but we
left with respect for a city that would
recognize God in her business life.
There were 75000 people left in
1908 following the earthquake in
th-s city, they now have a population
of 225,000. It must take a great
courage to build such a city that will
be subject to such earthquakes.
We are now enroute to Palermo,
Sicily.
(To be continued)
Junior Order Organizer
In Murphy This Week
L. I. McCall. of Newton, N. <*.,
is in Murphvv. a guest at The Ma
ples. Mr. Newton is State organizer
of the .Junior Order United Ameri
can Mechanics in this state, and is
' here interesting citizens in thP or
ganization of a council in Murphey.
The Junior Order has a membership
of over 60,000 in thj^ State, and is
| .-aid to be one of th?. fastest grow
ing secret orders in all the States.
The council is composed of only 100
; nercent Americans, and is a fratern
i itv devoted to its members, its coun
j try and the children of its members.
It has been a power in reducing tho
j foreign immigration to this country.
CULBERSON
M. N. Collins, G. E. Dickey and
Mrs. \t. (" Mason werebusiness I
visitors in Murphey Monday
Rev. Graham of Georgia is assist- j
1 ing our pastor W. T. Truett in a ;
: meeting htre. They are having a (
good attendance and interest.
Miss Grace Hyatt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hyatt v. as car
! ried to Angel Bros. Hospital Fri
j day night where she underwent an
I operation for appendicitis.
The following students from
this place are attending the Mur
phey High School: Roy, Inez and
Neva Hyatt, Ella Frances Hawkins,
Bessie Mason. Frank Dickey. Mil
ligan Collins, Maggie Anderson
and Kulala Anderson.
Our school began last week with
a large attandence. Prof. Craw
ford of Hayesville, N. C. is Prin
cipal and Miss Pauline Kissleburg
of this place is assistant. We are
having1 a good school.
Copperhill Editor
Visitor Tuesday
Mr. Harve Neeley and Editor J.
i Fred (Spinach) Sheets of Copperhill
iTenn., were visitors in town Tues
j day. and with Editor Bailey all went
? to Hayesville and called on Editor
J. A. Gray. Good roads now give
| the citizens of neibhborir.g towns an
opportunity of becoming better ac
quainted, as those with automobiles
can go to distant towns now in the
t ime it used to take a man to go to
mill.
o
Writes On The
American Legion
The American Legion is a pat
riotic orgwnization devoted to the
common interests and aims of those
who served in the World War for
the purpose of perpetuating the
friendships formed during the war
j and with the determination that the
' disabled phall receive proper care
| and consideration as the years fade
| out of the picture of sacrifice they
! : 1 lured.
| To many of those who have
: watched Legion history there has
j been noticeable a distinct trend in
policy, a definite working ?owtrd a
I certain objective. The movement has
not always been apparent to the pub
lic or for that matter to many Le
gionnaires themselves because it was
necessary in the first years of the or
ganization to meet and carry out em
| ergency public issues.
But all this time the Legion was
| preparing itself to do one thing, and
I that thing, that great objective wor
thy of the Legion ? something that
will be a life work of the organiza
tion ? is community service. For the
first time, it was decreed by the an
nual convention that community ser
vice should be the main object of
the organization.
The Legion has been preparing it
self to turn its proven strength to
upbuilding the community in which
it lives. It is a noble ambition, a mag
nificent ideal, a field in which the
Legion will labor throughout its ex
istence.
At the present time tne Legion is
composed of over one million ex
service men knit together by the
most trying years of any organiza
tion's existence and by the common
interest in the country's welfare.
Yet our local post is without a
place to meet. The Honorable Board
of County Commissioners have de
cided that we shall not meet in our
courthouse. Where shall we meet? j
Can anyone offer a suggestion that i
will tide us over until we can elect I
a new board that will consider what |
the American Legion has stood for
and at this date is doing for the
peace and good will of our country
and fellowman?
GLENN FARMER.
Post Historian, Miller Elkins Post,
Murphy, N. C., Sept. 14, 1931.
BAR LEGION
FROM USING
COURT HOUSE
County Commissioners Charge The
l-cgion Used Court House
For Dancing
The* American Legion was barred
last week from using the court room
of the Cherokee county court house
as a meeting place, the commission
ers charging that the Legionaires
used thc place as a dance hall and
for purposes other than the regular
business meeting.
"It is ordered by the Beard of
County Commissioners, that the
meeting* of the American Legion be
discontinued in the court house," a
communication addressed to Harry
I*. Cooper stated. It was signed by
J. M. Lovingood, chairman of the
board.
As to the reason for barring the
Legionaires from the use of the court
house, E. L. Town son, member of
the board, state that last Friday
night he happened to be passing thc
court house, the door was open and
music emanated from somewhere up
about the court room. He went up.
entered and sat down. The music
was from a string band. Mr. Town
son stated that after a few minutes
several girls stepped out and began
dancing to the music. Shortly some
one passed around a bottle, urging
the girls to drink. After awhile the
crowd dispersed and left the build
ing.
Mr. Town son said he did not think
the drinks in the bottle was anything
but soda water, lemon or lime. He
said the people of the county would
critize the commissioners for allow
ing .such to go on in the court house,
and he took the matter up with oth
er members of the commission and
they ordered that the Legion discon
' tinue using the court house as a
meeting place.
Through the courtesy of the com
I missioners the Legion has been us
j ing the court house as a meeting
place for some time, the meetings
being held every second and fourth
Friday nights.
Say* Legion Not Responsible
When asked about the affair, Vice
Commander A. W. Lovingood, who
presided over the meeting, stated
thai he did not know anything about
the affair, as he opened the meet
ing and adjourned it, and nothing of
the sort occurred while he was in
the building.
In a statement issued this week,
Vice-Commander Lovingood said:
"I wish to state that at the regu
lar meeting of the Murphey Post of
the American Legion, September 11,
1031, held at the Cherokee County
court house, 1, as Vice-commander
ol the post, personally had charge
of the meeting, which was conduct
ed in an orderly manner and thero
j was not. anything done of a disorder
| ly nature to the building, nor any
thing done of a destructive or dam
aging nature to the building. The
i meeting was declared officially ad
journed by me, and far as I know
all of the Legion members left the
building, and if there was anything
of disorderly conduct, or damaging
of the building carried on, it is cer
tainly not known to me, and if such
things were done, it was done after
the Legion bad adjourned, and evi
dently by those who are not mem
bers of the Legion, and over whom
I have no control, nor could I prevent
what they may have done after tho
meeting closed."
Articles Omitted
As we go to press about 3 o'cloc
Thursday afternoon this week, we are
having to leave out some good ar
ticles! Some we have in type, and
some we haven't. They came in late.
We do not like to leave out Rood
news, but when it doesn't show up
in time for us to get it set into
type it will be carried in the next
issue. Help us to keep the paper
showing up on Friday mornings by
getting in your copy early.
Phil Loudermilk Badly
Cut By Allen Roberts
Phil Loudermilk is at the home of
Cora Gaddis in a critical condition,
and Allen Roberts is being held in
jail without bond as a result of a
tutting fracas in Factorytown early
Monday morning.
Loudermilk was cut in four places
about the head, neck and arms, while
Roberts was cut only once on the
arm. Loudermilk lost a large
amount of blood wfcich weakened
him so it was thought for awhile he
would not recover. However, he has
held on and his condition was report
ed as some better Thursday morn
ing.
The fighting occurred ^t the home
of Cora Gaddis, and is said to have
been the outcome of threats made
by one of them over the attention
being paid to Cora Gaddis.