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The Leading Archaeolc An< MURPHY LIONS HAVE GOOD MEET ON !2TH District Governor Address Gathering On Ladies Night On Tuesday night, December 12th, the Murphy Lions Club held one of Hs. enjoyable iadies nights with District Governor John A. Barclay, of Wilson, as guest and principal speak. ??r of the occasion. The meeting was held in the dining room of the Regal Hotel, and an elaborate program of music and uadings was rendered in addition to several speeches. W. M. Fain, president acted as master -of ceremonies, an.i the meeting was opened with the Lions song, America, with prayei by the Rev. T. F. Higgins. Each person assembled was asked to introduce himself or he:self, and then all plunged into a bounteous Miss Dorothy, 12 year old daughter cf Lion and Mrs. Harry Lahn, open ed the after dinner program with several sorrgs, one of whim made quite a hit with the i ssembled Lins amd gtfests. She had written her ov n words to tne tune of he songs and thosj words formed a new Lions song, as follows: You've got to be a great big hustler, To get along with the Lions Club; You've got to be a great big * hustler, You bet, if you want to get Some Lions to Pet. The fact t?iat yuu are rich or handsome Won't get you anywhere: You've got to be a Lions Club .. member To get aiong in this wide, wide world! Mrs. Glen Bates then rendered two vocal numbers with Mrs. J. W. David uu rtu Liie {Jinuui iwuwcu uj a iTaumg by Miss Lois Latham. At this piont, herns and noise makers were passed around, tokens from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lahn. / Lion Bueck, in a few well aiosen, words, welcomed the visitors, and was followed by another vocal solo by Mrs. Glen Bates, with Mrs. Davidson at the piano. District Governor Barclay was introduced at this point and made a short talk on the recovery program of the national administration, and said it would not be amiss for the Lions and the community to study the President's various programs in oetail. Mrs. John C. Campbell, of the Prasstown Folk School, told of the exhibit of the Southern Handicraft GuiH at Washington, and said that three men from this section had received orders for their handicraft from Mrs. Roosevelt. George Bidstrup, of the Folk School suggested that some sort of pfograr.i should be worked out in the county with the various clubs and civic organizations co-operating for the protection of the younger people and a b?frer diss em int^tron of wholesome recreation. Dr. R. W. Petrie and W. G. Crawford, who were recently elected tc i membership, were extended a welcome into Lions den. Those present were: Mr. and Mts. H. G. Elkins. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hvde. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. H. Lahn, Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Higigins, Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Johnson, Mi and Mrs. H. Btfeck Mr. a**d Mrs. W. M. Fain Dr. and Mrs R. W. Pet lie, Mr. W. F Frickhan, Mr. Grady Crawford. Dr. E. E. Adams, Mr. J. F. Foard, Mrs. R. H. Foard, Mr. John Barclay. Mr. R. H. Foard, Mrs. Olive Campbell, Mrs. J. W. Davidson, Mrs. Glen Bates,, Mr. Gergre Bidstrup. Misses Lois Latham and Dirothy Lahn. Scout Office To Be Closed Nert Week The Scout office will be close i fr:m December 23rd to January 1st. to allow the force to take Christnms, and we will be back and ready for ift. if W"fitly Newspaper in Western Nor Murphey, N. C. gists And ;ient Indiai ! ilssl ? Pea . .tree School. Pecembor 18, Pear Santa Claus: I am a little boy fix yenrs o. *. and I am in the low frlst grad?. I like my teacher. Pfcase bring me pome candy orarfges, nuts, a knife, and airplane, some chewing gum, alittle wagon, r.nd a french harp. Thank you, With love, WA>NK MA I'MY Peachtrej School. December lb, PJU3 Dear Santa Claus: 1 have Liied t?? be a good boy all this year and I want you to plesae ' bring me a train, and a track, a gun, a ball, and a truck. My little sister, Mary Lou, wants you to bring her a baby doll. With love. ROY' FERGUSON PeachtPee School December 18, 1933. Dear Santa: Please bring me some marbles, a pair of handcuffs, a basket ball and a little automobile. WiVi love. JIMMY LINN. Peachtree School. December 18, 1933 1 ear Santa: Please bring me a doll and some doll clothes, a bell, a doll bed and some oranges, nuts and candy. My little cousin, Hterbert Wilson, wants you to bring him a knife and some fire crackesr. Thank you. With love. MAUDIE WITT Jeachtree School, December 18, 19,13. Dear Santa Claus: We sune are two good little girls n the low first grade. We have been good girls all this year. We want you to bring us both the same things. We want a doll, a set of disWes, a story book, a doll bed and some oranges, nuts and candy. We both thank you. Lots of love, papot vm unn Bbillie lovingood Peachtree School December 18, 1933 Dear Santa Claus: I ain a boy six years old. Plesae bring me a train, some nuts, oranges and candy, a truck, and a ball. My little brother, Henley, wants a ball and seme marbles. Please bring my little baby sister, 3 pretty rattler. With love. JAMES PHARES CORN Pcacthree School December 18, 1933. Dear Santa: 'Please bring me a big doll, some candy, oranges, and nuts, and a tablet and pencil. With love. BETTY MILDRED PANTHER j Peachtree School. ( December 18, 1933 Dear Santa Claus: 'Please bring me a doll, a story b "?ok and a toy wrist watch. With love. mary nell newton Murphy, N. C. December 20, 1933 | Dear Santa Claus: I am a little eirl 9 year* old. I am in the hosptial but I hope to be home by Christmas. I want you to bring me work on January 1?until then?a Merrv Christmas to All our readers end friends, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year! rrokr th Carolina. Covering a Largr and , Friday, December 22, 1 CWA Wc ti Mound Murphy Observes Christmas Season With Programs '1 he people will observe the Christmas with -^imerou- programs in keeping with the season in -Murphy. Wednesday afternoon of this week the Methodist cnurch gave the inmates of the county home a Christmas tree, and presented each inmate with a gift package, following a short musical program. The Murphy school, which doseo for the holidays on Wednesday, gave -evetal programs featuring Christmas as the main theme, at two chapel periods and at a music recital. White Christmas will be observed ?t the churches in town on Sunday night. At the Baptist Church Sunday night, at 7 o'clock, the Sundov so: col choir and primary department '.vili render a short program of spe< ial music followed by a devotional Gift packages will then be distributed to the Juniors, Primaries and Beginners. 'The Methodist thur.h, the only church in town having a pastor, will have special services Sunday in the morning and evening. A special Christmas sermon will b* delnered at " I o'clock in the morning by the pastor, toe Rev. T. F. lliggin-. At 7 o'clock in the evening, a white Christmas offering will feature the service. .\ith a .-p'cial Christmas program rindered by t}ie various departments of the Sunday school "It is a helpful piece ol work to offer our gifts in a white Christmas like this," said Mr. Higgins. "Let everyone hring their gift because it is going to help others to have a happier Christmas." All packages for city delivery will be delivered by the city carrier on Thursday, Fricay and Saturday. Mrs. Thelma Dickey, postmaster said this week. General delivery window and Parcel post window of the Post office will be open for one hour on Sunday after t?ie Southern train arrives and one hour Christmas day after the nam arrives to accomodate the patrons. 'The Murphy Woman's Club last week sponsored a linen shower for the new Petrie hospital, and many useful and valuable pieces of linen were presented for which Dr. Petrie and hospital attendants are grateful and appreciative. a pair of gloves, a big doll, doll dresser, doll bed and table, and a set of doll cooking pans, some oranges, candy and nuts. Your friend, LOU ELLA PIPES \lurphv, N. C. iWpmKor iSfU 1Q5Q Dear Santa Claus: 1 want a cabinet ami a tea set with 27 pieces and a table. Love. CAROLYN BAILEY Murphy, N. C. December 18th, 1933. Dear Santa Claus: I wan-; a tea set with 31 pieces. I v.Tant a cabinet and a table. Love. MARY HELEN BAILEY Murphy, N. C. December 18, 1933 Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a fountain pen, * big doll and a tam. Some oranges, ipples, candy, and nuts. Please bring my bao/ brother n attlcr and a pair of stock ngs. I will leave to you^jc ear Santa ?laus what to bring the re t. To Santa Claus, From your, Friend, LOIUSE MANN Route 3, Murphy, N. C. December 18, 1933. Dear Santa Ciaus: I am five years old. Please bring be a doll, some candy and a pair of gloves. Bring Haael, my little playmate a doll too and both of us some oranges. We already have apples and walnuts, so it you'll just bring the things I've told you, we'll thank you *ery much. Your little frkd, C'AlUt.K IS TIMPS >N t f?W Potentially Rich Territory in Thin Sfatt 19JJ 5T >rkers To C In Cheroke I MRS. McCLURE, 75 1! DIES AT HOME OF 1 SON IN GEORGIA J Mrs. Emaline McCluie, 75. died ai the home of her son, W. .M. McClurc. at Young Harris, Ga., Sunday mornag December 17, at 2 o'clock, fr m hc.ait failuie. She at.' a .hearty dinner Saturday, and Saturday afternoon complained of feeling bad. Horn in Cherokee county, th laughter of William and Talkha Stiles, at the old Stilas home place e .. i, RaonU fW~lr -U-- ? ' .. \yii-cn, MIC was II1UII1CU IU "'5 the late Thomas Jefferson MeClure ^ it the ape of 18. For t?he past few ";e stars she had been making her h?mic a v . h her son at Young Itariis. She had been a member of the Beech Creek Baptist church since girlhood. Funeral services wtre hel l Monday tfteinoon at Beech Creek, and interment was in She church yard. The Rev. Fred Stiles officiated. s She is survived by three sons, J. H. MeClure and T. B. MeClure of this * county and W. M. MeClure of Young c Hairis, Ga.; one daughter, Mrs. Jess J Nix, and one Brother, W. M. Stiles, * of Beech Creek. 0 o I To Make Social Surve y Of Indians in Cherokee " and Graham Counties r n Mr. Sibbald Smith, of Patrick, bus f hqen, appointed census1 enumerator j1 lor Cherokee and Graham counties |f in making a social and eceromic sur- 11 vcy of all the Indians in Itiese two .~~ counties. The work will include 1 ga.heiing data on the number of families, names, ages and members < f the families, and the degree of bloou, together with information aa c*nj to education, vocation, employment, home conditions, etc. n''r The work is being done for the 1 ?* field service under the Department ,jH>l of the Interior, and will require a- cc\ bout two months to complete. Mr. ior; Smith passed through Murphy Thurs- cu^ day enroute to Cherokee to receive cut his commission and forms for doing the woik. ( o F<< Two Mon for " v Lrt | Stills And Whiskey Taken By Deputies ^ on Two men, two large stills and a fro quantity of whiskey were taken by 1 officers last week and a large still hie v as captuied week before last. i^ Deputy Sheriffs Henry Rose and iot ."ulius McClure raided a 50 gallon !-oi 'Utfit or. the head of Persimmon bisi Creek last week and destroyed 600 gallons of beer and a small quantity exf of whiskey, and arrested Jess Robert, do who was caught at the place. a ( Deputy Sheriff Erls Taylor, as- hat listed by J. F. Wood, of Suit, ma it' Inc a raid on a 60 gallon outfit one mile Chi west of Ranger last week, and cap- Gu ured 22 gallons of whiskey, no beet, rec and arrested Charlie Hickman. This I wutfit had just completed the run and of the operator was preparing to leave, sen officers said. a 1 Week before last Deputy Ssehiff pie Kris Taylor raided a 40 gallon outfit vej or the waters of Persimmon Creek, rioi but was not so successful. Fire was riv -till in the furnace, but all tools, pot (,a cap and worm together with the inif ! " hiskey, were missing. Deputy Tay- din lor estimated that he was about an hv hour late. j*. No Extension On s'm Auto License This :"j Year, Says Burnett There will be no extension cn automobile license plates after December ^ Sist, iaid Sergeant G. L. Burnett, * of the State Highway Patrol here la-t . week. Sergeant Burnett said he had j receive such instructions from the Department of Revenue, and would ' iQvise all autoiot to have new license J plates on their cars by January 1st. 1 The nearest olfice or license dis- ' tributing bureau for :his territ ry i^ . thto Jackson She\Tolet Company. . Sylva, and Sergeant Burnett said p J plates could be secured at Sylva or from Raleigh. T~7"~7? ~~~ Chi Spam Given Honor f( u The first real hospital for the men- .-,n . tally afflicted appears to have been tra established in Spain in 14d0. )pen e County 04 PERSONS TO BE GIVEN WORK NEAR MURPHY II Make Effort To Discover HopeWell Pottery In "'eachtiec Mound By John Sikei KAIEKJH, Dec. 1H. L id Dc S< 1 intrepid Spanish adventurer who covered the Mississippi river, pay rth Car -linn a past ing visit in his a:idelinks before beheld "Th fcher of Waters"? Did he leave his Want Information Ut Spanish Relics Mr. Jenning* and Mr. Colburn ind the editor of The Cherokee j icout would like to have every j lit of information relative to the . ild mound at the mouth of Peachhree Creek, and about relics found n this section which appear to be if Spanish make, including beads, oins, utensils, arms, etc. Anyone ! nowing of anything of this nature rill do us a favor by giving infor- ' nation about it at once. !f the person who has the editors eport of the Bureau of Ethology borrowed sometime ago, overing Cherokee Indian Trails n this section, will return same, : will be appreciated. We believe : is the 23rd Annual Report. jrint on the State in f.he form of id?, mirrors, and other trade trins that now lay mouldering in the sterioua mounds that dot the Westi North Carolina country? f he did the State Civil works adlisiration, which incidentally, is , confining itself to the mere placent of jobs but which is also ving into social research, prehisic survey, and other forms of tural advancement, is going to find about it. Archaeology Project 3ne of the projects fixed by the leral administration of the CWA North Carolina comes under the leral heading of archaeology. One the phases of this work will be ' opening of a large mound locatat the moutih of Peachtree Creek the Hiawassee river seven miles m. Murphy. Examinations last October by two mbers of Smithsonian Institution Washington indicate excavations o this mound will be highly im iant in me stuay 01 American pretory. It is the belief of members the Institution that objects they >ect to find in tibia mound will dis? that it was the site of Guasili, herokee Indian village said to to c been visited by De Soto in 1540. ddentally, if you're not up on your erokee, don't try to pronounce asili as if it were "Gwasili." Gov't Cherokee makes i^ "Wasili." }r. J. R. Swanton, of the Bureau American Ethnology of '.he Smithlian Institution and recognized as foremost authority on American -history has made preliminary sur'5 around Murphy and other seels of Western North Carolina. ! *. nese surveys indicate a well veled Indian t-ail 'that was an >ortant traffic artery back in the i past. Dr. Swanton also has partplotted this trail as the most likeroute De Soto took in wandering from Florida, through Georgia and it'n Carolina, on through Tennessee he Mississippi. V'ow by the aid of funds provided the CWA. J. D. Jennings, archacgist attached !o the Smithsonian titution is taking 104 men up to rphy to dig around in the mound see what can he proved, if an>le hopes to find evidence of stratiphy?superimposed cultures of historic aborigines to you?that y provide a link between the far t and the present. Hope To Find Pottery Vmong other things, Mr. Jennings es to find pieces of Hopewell tery, highly developed phases of historic culture which hitherto have n found mainly in the mounds of io but trace.- of which have been nd as far South as extreme eastTennessee. He al?o hopes to find ces of the circular, bark-covered Continued on page 4) ~ *
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