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The Leading Weekly Neu, paper in Western North Carolina. Covering a Urp, and Potentially Rich Territory in This State Vol. XLI1L? No. 13. Murphey, N. C., Friday, October 30, 1931 $1.50 YEAR- 5c COPY STUDENTS OF JOHN O. HICKS RECALL OL' DAYS Hick? Academy Served Useful Pur Pose In Clay ? Dr. Truett A Pupil With a program reminiscent of thr past and pulsing with the inter est of the prestnt, Clay County cit- I celebrated "John O. Hicks Pay" here Saturday. j In' order that po&erity my not for 'get the life and labors of the ed ucational pioneer, schoolmaster and ' citizen, J*ohn O. Kick*, -srhc, for omm.ro than a quarter of a century, ! pave himself without reservation to | the training and the culture of the j youth of the highlands of Western North Carolina and North Georgia, , the disciples of this stalwart teacher I gather every year in October to j hold a celebratior.n in his hmnor. | Saturday's program consisted of j a group of songs and readings dir- j ected by Mis. Carrie McClure and I rendered by former Hicks students. ! This part of the program was pre sented outdoors on the spot where I the old academy once stood. Fol- j lowing this feature there were ad- | dres.-es by former students of the I Hick Academy, County Sup^rinten- I dent Allen .1". Bell, and other vis- | itor.-. After a picnic lunch there I was an oldv fashioned spelling bee in j which Wcbe. tor's blue back speller j wa.-- used. Outstanding Event This unique and effective method I of p: e^erving the memory of one j who telling contribution to the j the iiblic welfare was made in the i prosaic seclusion of the rude school ;oom of bygone days was inistuted in 192S by a groupp of Hicks stud ents. all of whom are now well on in .wars. So popular did the idea become that the Hick?, day celebra ation ha-- become an outstanding event in Ilayesville and Clay Coun ty John O. Hicks, a vigorous, ener getics youth of Rutherf'"d county, migrate'' to whJt i.- auw Jie county of Clay about 1850. and opened a school on Tusquitte creek. What his educational opportunities had ; been no one seems to know but it is certain that he held no college de gree. Following his efforts in the Tusquitte valley he taught schools successively in the community known as Bristor cove, Shiloh and Laurel Hill. He then came t0 the spot where Fort Hembree had stood and opened a school which met with splendid patronage by the you th of the surrounding community. Soon the school was moved to the location of the present Hayesville high school and became known far ami near as the Hicks academy. Hicks, by the force of his person ality and the vigor of his convic tions, made a lasting impression up on all who came in contact with him. His students remember him as a man of boundless energy. In the school room he was a fearless user of the rod. He was always equal to the task of discipline how ever challenging the difficulty mighty appear. His disciplinary efforts sometimes went beyond the school room walls and campus boundary. On one oc clusion, a neighboring Baptist prea cher, himself of no mean physical qualifications, came to reckon with Hicks about the punishment of his *on. Where upon, without waste of V'ords, the school master soundly thrashed the preacher as he had done his son. The absence of an at hletic program in the schools of that parly day possibly made an occasion al fisticuff between pupil and teach er a welcome outlet to the physi cal energies of both. One of the most interesting ?things about the relation be tween pupil and teacher is the pup il s close observation of the teach- | s habits and moods. It was a say- j Lnjr amon? Hick's students that when j he came into the school room with j one trouser leg stuffed into his boot i they might look out for a hard day. Loved Fox Hunting Like Washington and many other j great men. Hicks loved the chase, t -or Hunting was his chief diver- ; s*on. He was a man of temperate i most bordering upon austerity. He ?\d not share the popular approv-al of alchol so characteristic of his . oay. In the school room he was clear ! jnd thorough as on instructor and ] he demanded hard work on the r" PuP^s- contrast with the specialized teachers of the pre> Vnt. he taught a wide range of s-ub J*cts Smith's grammar. Fowler i~?;. ; -cr*rv*s' arithmetic, Towns analysis ^Chester's blue back speller, and -"aury's geography weffe subjects ^?nd texts in which he had a keen . ^terewt and which ho usually taught. , Assistance associated with him gave * instructoim in I.atin, Greek, geom etry, trigonomery, astronomy, and bookkeeping. Still other as^s tants taught the more elementary branches. _ Hicks was interested in other matters besides the work of his school. He was a public spirited citizen. He was chosen as the first representative of Clay county in the North Carolina General Assembly after the county's organ ization. Later he was again chos en to represent his county in the law-making body of the state. In the peroid following the War between the Stai^ when educational institutions were few and money for education distressing scarce, the Hicks Academy made an invaluable contribution to the political, moral, economic, and religious life, not only cf Clay and Cherokec counties, but of ;he nation as well. The in stitution sent its graduates out into all the professions and walks of life. Dr. Truett Wa? Pupil Among these who began . their ' education urnier Hicks possibly none has lived to achieve a great er place in the world's life than the Rev. Dr. George W. Truett , pastor of the First Baptist church of Dal las, Texas. Truett was born near i Hayesville and in his boyhood was a 1 pupil of Hicks. | The school buildings were ef ' frame constructionn and consisted I of a main building about 40 by 60 feet around which were grouped 1 1 cabins used as dormitories. These cabins were 14 feet square and were planked up and down, the ; joints being stripped with narrow laths. The entire campus was sur rounded by a picket fence. The buildings and fence were at all times kept immacutely white with paint or whitewash which gave a very striking appearance to the visitors and a feeling of respect to the stu dent body. The school's enrollment often reached as many as 150 student. Hicks gave up the leadership of the academy about 1S76 and moved to South Carolina and from there he moved to Texas wherej he died at the ripe age of 90 yzsxs. He lived a bachelor until iate in life when he married Miss Mattie Claybough, of Alabama, who was an instructor in music in the academy. He was succeeded as principal of the academy by F. A. Fessenden. of Boston, a Harvard graduat who carried on the school until 18V when changes i M tlons made it necessary to c. e institution. Upon its site there *s tocay h modern public high I ?.o ? a ry on the work so herri, ? g. n ar.u sustained by Hicks. In commenting viper, flicks' suc cess a? a leader who could c<*l! uc American Legion Planning Program For November 11 The Murphey post of the Ameri can Legion is planning a program to observe November 11th, Armistice j Day. . Following is a tenative pro pram : I Meeting: called to order by the j Chairman, Col. Harry P. Cooper, ; l!0th District Commander. Invocation by the Chaplin, Rev. Howard P. Powell. Advancement of colors by the Col Jor Guard. j "America" sunt? by assemblage. Introduction of speakers by Chair- ' man : Speakers are: Col. Don Wither- j spoon and Judge William F. Hard ing. Retirements of Colors by Color Guard. Benediction by the Chaplain. Judge Harding will suspend Court I at noon. A football game in the afternoon. | FIRM OFFICIAL VISITS MINE IN MURPHY SECTION Mr. and Mrs. John Stead, of Eas ton, Pa., motored to Murphey for a few days' visit last week. Mr. Stead is president of the Xotla Talc Com pany, of Murphey. which is owned by Finney and Smith Company, of Xew York, and is here looking after 1 tli*- interests of his company. The j Notia Talc mine is locate: six miles' vest of Murph on the L. and X. , railroad, and is under the manage- I ment of J. W. Bailey and son. J. B. ' Bailey of Murphey. La'ge quan- i tities of the highest grad? talc to be found :n the United States, are ; being mined and shipped from thi^ i mine. The quality is equal to that) ot French and Italian talc. The Scout is putting in its appear- \ ar.ce late this week, due to the fact that we had a large bunch of cir to print. A number 02" ar ticles had to be cut short, and some were left out. They will appear next week. 1.-' be t j -h. )5?e of his former y??ident?* remarked thai this success was ir.or,? impressive because of the i cno**th material with which he had! t< work. WOODMEN HOLD CONFERENCE AT MURPHEY 28 - 29 High state officials and represen tatives of lodges in several mountain counties assembled in Murphy Wed nesday ni^ht for the annual two-day session of Woodmen of the World of Western North Carolina. The first session was held Wed- | nesday evening at the country court house at 7 o'clock. Speakers in cluded W. H. Grogan, Jr., of Brevard district deputy; N. B. Rhodarmer, of Canton, state president; E. B. Lewis, of Kinston, state manager and a national director of the order, ar.d R T. Hill, of Wadesboro, head coun selor. Ralph Moody, Murphey attorney, made the address of welcome, and Hugh Monteith, of Sylva, responded. The invocation was spoken by Dr. J. P. Anderson, pastor of the presby terian church. President Rhodarmer called the meeting to ord?r and pre sided. The Thursday morning session was held at the couurthouse at 10 o'clock. Afterwards the Coneheta Camp No. 891, of Murphey were hosts to the delegates and other vis itors at a banquet at the Regal Hotel. o Murphey Baptists Call South Carolina Pastor The Rev. Claude Turner, pastor of : the First Baptist church of Beaufort, ; ate of the First Baptist cchurch \ S. C\, received a call this week to the pastel ate of the First Baptist I church of Murphy. He has not yet ' accepted the call, but it is believed J that he will do so- The Rev. Mr. | Turner preached two sermons here- j on che 5th of this month, and made j a favorable impression upon the i membership of the church. An Optimist "Say. I met a real optimist y ester- I day." "Who what, the bird who be lieves the company ??n't eoiwp to lay off any more men?" * 'v., it's the iellow who exciaim^d u - . * p-etting a leg <*ut off in a rail read accident ? "Thar.k goodness, it j was the leg with the boil on it." 1 LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO AGED MURPHY WOMAN Mrs. J. M. Vaughn, aged sixty three, died at her home here at 1:15 Thursday mprning following an illness of several years. She was the daughter of the late J. D. Abbott, and was born August 15, 186X. She married Jann M. Vaughn, 36 years airo. She is survived by her husband, two sisters. Mrs.R. H. Hyatt and Mrs. (I. \V Candler. one brother George Abbott, and a number of nieces and nephews. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. Funeral services were conducted Thuraday afternoon at 3:00 at the Presbyterian church in chars:? of the pastor, the Rev. Dr. .1. I'. Ander son. assisted by the Methodist pastor the Rev H. P. Powell. Burial in the Sunset cemetehy. Actove pall -bear ers were hop nephew-. Ben McGlani ery, Jr., Jack Long. Virgil Johnson, Dale Lee, Jim Franklin. Allen How [ ell. The honorary pall-bearers j were : Paul Hyatt, Henry Hyatt, Jr., J. B. Storey. Sam Akin. Will Howell, Neil Davidson, Elbert .Mallotiee, Sheridan Heijrhway. Aithur Akin. K. Mix re and CI. W. Ellis Luciie Frankum, 2 Years Old, Is Taken By Death Lucile Frankum, thi* little two years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I'Ved Frankum, died at their home here Tu??s?|ay afternoon, following; an illness of a f w days. Burial was at Martin's Creek cemetery Wednes day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Besides tne parents, the little girl is survived I by two brothers and one sister. Funeral Service Held For Mrs. Mary Gentry Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Emily Wilson Gentry was held at Hanging Dog church Thursday morn ing at 10 o'clock by the Rev. H. P. Powell, pastor of the Murphy Meth odist church. Mrs. Gentry died sud denly Tijsday afternoon at the home of her son, M. L. Gentry, in East Murphy. She was born December 18, 1845 and was married to C. C. Gentry February 27, 1868. She was a member of the Methodist church and the mother of the follow ing children: S. C. Gentry, Mrs. Clara Farmer, Mrs. Ella Whitaker, P. C. Gentry, M. L. Gentry and E. M. Gen try. STATE LEGION WILL INSTALL NEW OFFICERS Tarboro, Oct.26. (AP) ? Henry C. Bourne of Tarboro, commander elect of the state department of the .?Vmerican Lcteion, und Mrs. Hugh Bcrrv. of Louisburgb. president elect of the state lepion auxiliary* will be formerly installed here to morrow nipht. Thousands of legionaries from all sections of Xorth Carolina are ex pected to attend the service which will be preceeded by a monster pa arde. Con. C. .)ohnson, of Moorsville, retirinp state commondev, will pre side at the installation service. Hcr.ry Keethli, commander of the Tarboro post, will welcome the vis itinp lepion members t > Tarboro. Mrs. Haywood P. Foxhaii, Tarboro auxiliary president, will also make an address of welcome. Jarrett B"iythe, Chief of the Chero kee Indian reservation, and Clarence |E Balizet, forester for the reser vation, were ir. Murphy this week locking alter lands in Cherokee ountiy belonging to the reservation. ve lnr?res tract beinp 3,000 acres on Han-n gdog. known as the Hen r?n land?. They have several other to acts in the county between Mur phy ar>d Andrew*. -o Cherokee Chief Studies Lands
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