Thursday, Feb. 13, 1936
tMR TOM RAPEKT
79, OF OAK PARK
DIES LAST WEEK
Funeral Services For Beloved
Cherokee County
Citizen Held
Funeral services for Mr. Thomas
Martin Raper, beloved 79-year-old
citizen of the Oak Park section of
Cherokee county, were conducted
from the Mt. Carmel Baptist church
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock with
the Rev. John Morrow and the Rev.
Willie Ledford officiating. Interment
was in the Beech Creek cemetery. W.
O. Townson was in charge of funeral
arrangemnts.
Mr. Kapr died at his home last j
Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock I
from a heart ailment that he had |
been suffering from several years.
He was born in January 1857 in
this county where he lived until he
was 24 years old. He then moved to
.vhat was known as the "Beautiful
Indian Territory to gain his anccsi.ral
Indian rights. He was successful
m his venture and after staying there
two years he returned to his home
hgfe.
Mr. Raper, one of the greatest
friends this section has ever had.
was a member of the Baptist church
for 52 years. He was the grandson
of Jessee Raper, one of the first settlers
of Cherokee county. He was
reared by his grandfather as his father,
Lewis Rapeer, was killed by light. |
ining when Tom was only six months]
old.
Mr. Raper was married twice; the
first time to Marscilla Townson,
sister of William Townson. of Murphy,
anil the second time to Malinda
Barnes, of Hemptown, Ga. Both
have gone before him.
Honorary pallbearers were: Tom
McClure, Charles Campbell, Mr.
Chapman. Bob Hunsucker and Mrs.
Styles.
Acting pallbearers were: Carl and
Howard Styles, Fred Beaver, Pearson
Campbell. Gay Murphy and Verlin [
Evans.
He is survevide by 11 children,
Mrs. Mary Carroll, of Big Cabin,
)kla. W. B. Raper, of Brasstown,
!.on Raper, of Oak Park, Sam Raper ,
of Washington, D. C., Clifton Raper,
?f Oak Park, Ernest Raper, of Oak
i 'ark, Mrs. Lizzie Reid, of Turtleown,
Tenn., Mrs. Julia Runions, of
Turtletown, Tenn.. and Mrs. Lula :
tiles, of Oak Park, two half-broth- c
rs, James Turner and Lon Turner, a
both of Culberson; a sister, Mrs. v
lartha Pope of Morganton, Ga., and *
; half-sister, Mrs. Mary Jane Thomas *
< f Lewner, Ga. Ic
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VlRS. LEDFORD IS j,
BURIED ON FRIDAY
NEAR BRASSTOWN 1
t
By Elizabeth Gates 2
The Brasstown community was sad. 1
Jened Friday by news of the death
f "Aunt Liz" Ledford. She died of
neumonia curly that morning at the
ome of Mrs. Dell Hughes, with whom
he had lived for a number of years,
'.nee the death of her husband,
' Uncle Virge" Ledford. Mrs. Hughes
; nd her daughters, Josephine, Pauline. ,
nd Annie Mae, had taken "Aunth
Liz" into their home and hearts, and I ,
done everything in their power to |
make her last years comfortable and
. ontented.
Funeral services were held Saturday
morning at the Green Cove
Church, with Rev. Park Fisher of the
Folk School in charge. Mr. Fisher
hose for his Scripture reading Pro.
verbs 31, verses 10-31. In his sermon,
he spoke of "Aunt Liz's many
t irtues as a good wife and neighbor,
and of her interest in the Woman's]
Club and the Folk School. He spoke
of her kindliness, and ability to make
friends, both young and old. The
inging was by members of the Folk
School and other friends. The hymns
selected were "Nearer, My God, to
Thee", "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me",
and "Abide with Me."
We at the Folk School, who have
known her over a period of years,
like to recall the warm welcome and
(rue hospitality ever awaiting us at
the home of Aunt Liz and Uncle
Virge, and the friendship which continued
until death. We shall greatly
:niss her, and with her many other
friends, throughout the settlement,
hall cherish always the memory of
the cheerful and friendly presence
t f "Aunt Liz."
WINTER TERM BEGINS
The winter term of the John '
C. mpbell Folk School wil' bo W
: (day, Feb. 26, Miss EL?'' r
The Chen
TVA Exams To Be Held
In Murphy School Roorr
The TVAs examinations f^r skill
| ed and unskilled workmen and labor
I era for the Hiawassee. Chicamaug
and Guntersville dams will be hel<
locally in the Murphy school o
February' 15 and February 29 at
p. m.. according to notices receive
here by applicants.
Those taking the examination
I mu t present their applications an
' a photoghaphic likeness of themseh
J es before they can take the tess.
j The Murphy school will be heati
j quarters for examinations for prat
tically everyone in this adjoinin
j communities.
j Approxximately 750 application
I from this section have been made
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Stunt Night To Be
Offered Here Tonighl
Stunt night at the Murphy higl
school will be offered tonight (Thurs
day). It was planned to be held la?1
week but due to the inclement weath
er, it had to be postponed. Tht
sponsors aro anxious to have a largt
crowd attend the entertainment.
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MRS. MARY WOODS
92, OF WARNE, IS
BURIED ON MONDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Woods, 92, of Warnc, were held at
the Brasstown Baptist church Monday
af "rnTTi at 2 o'clock with the Rev.
lohn Teems officiating. W. D. Townson
was in charpe of funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Woods, the widow of the late
Dr. Woods, prominent in that section.
died of pneumonia Saturday.
She had been ill only a few days.
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Uliv: wad uul ll in X MWilts V.UU1U),
Ga., but had lived in Clay county for
a number of years. She was a member
of the Baptist church for around
75 years and lived a consecrated
life.
Surviving are two sons, Arthur
Woods, of Wane, and Tom Woods,
if Athens, Ga., and three daughters,
Mrs. J. E. Barnard auu Mrs. G. M.
Puett, both of Warne and Mrs. D. V.
Kilpatrick, of Canton, N. C.
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Advises Vets To Have
Bonus Certificates Filed
All World War veterans in Cher>kce
county who have not yet received
their bonus certificates are
idvised by H. H. Hickman, commanler
of the Joe Miller Elkins Post of
he American Leg on here to obtain
hem from Adjutant Clyde Gennett
>r A. W. Mclver at Davidson and Mover's
store this week.
They may then filled out either
n the presence o1 Mr. Melver or at
he law firm of Moody and Moody
n Murphy. Thos that have borrowd
on their bonus should accompany
heir certificates with the pink slips
>W| OAflAAf. JZ--1 *
uvMvr? ui uiscnar^e, ivir. tiiCKnan
said.
r. W. CROWDER,
AGED MINISTER,
DIES IN COUNTY
The Rev. T. W. Crowder, age 7A
rears, died at his home Sunday morn
ng, Feb. 2. He was buried in th<
Swanson cemetery that afternoon
He was a Baptist minister and ha<
been preaching about 50 years.
Surviving are two brothers, Johi
Crowder, of Califronia, and Fran!
of Knoxville, Tenn.; one sister, Mrs
Alice Coleman, of Belmont, N. C.
lwo sons, W. M. and Loyd, both o
Poatell fnur HnnorK+Aro **?
iUiO. i'JOU
Huns' of Isabella, Tenn., Mrs. Ma
Green, of Athens, Tenn., and Mri
Claude Stevenson and Mrs. Crac
Bookout, both of Chattanooga, Tenn
23 grandchildren, three great grant
children and many friends and reli
tives.
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Unusually Large Numbe
Of Deaths Recorded Her
The scythe of time raked aero!
le county during the past week tal
g an unusually large number <
ves for such a small period of tinv
Sogut correspondents throughou
is territory report that six res
>nts died during the seven.day pei
d
The storm's toll of six more live
ds the number to twelve
While most of the natural death
re caused from pneumonia, the
e among elderly people and Iocs
- or3 report less cases of the dir
e than uiual as a whole.
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\ biscuit baked during the Snan
l"~ Mis
Florence Fancher of Piner Alo
>kee Scout, Murphy, N. C.
I MR. THOMAS ODELL
, 82, OF GRANDVIEW
BURIED SATURDAY
Funeral services for Mr. Thomas
1 Odell, 82. of Grandview were conducted
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'?
.lock at his home with the Rev. J. T.
, MuHfey, officiating. Interment was
1 in the Old Haniringdo? Baptist
church cemetery. W. D. Townson
'j was in charge of funeral arrangements.
Mr. Odell died at 2:30 o'clock Frij
lay afternoon after having been sick
about one week with pneumonia.
Ke was a native of Cherokee counK
ty. Mr. Odell's life was devoted to
progressive farmning and due to his
intimate knowledge of the Indian
language he taught three terms of
school for the Cherokee Indians. He
was married to Miss Martha Young,
^ of Beaverdam, a niece of the late
j Brigham Young.
Honorary pallbearers were: Ira
1 Allen, Leonard Mills, Dock Cook,
* Earl Sattorfield, Wilson Odell and
1 Earnest Mills.
Active pallbearers were: Bennie
| Gaddis, Sam Odell, John Y. Davis,
? i Kermit Lovingood, George Walls and
Joe Abcrnathy.
Surviving besides his wife are three
Fons, Zeb, Scott and Guss, all of
Grand view; a sister, Mrs. Cyntha
Lunsford, of Marble, and a brother,
r? rtj.ii _ /, ,
|i>. d. vsueu, ox oranaview.
HISTORY OF LOCAL
PUBLICATIONS IS
RESERVED HERE
Edward Hyatt, collector of rare
pieces in this vicinity, has recently
framed issues of four different
weekly papers printed in Cherokee
county and has them on display.
The first is the Cherokee Herald
dated 1875 and the others are The
Independant (1883), The Murphy
Bulletin (1890) and the Cherokee
jScout (1905).
It is believed that these four papers
complete the cycle of weekly publications
in Murphy which extends back
over a period of more than a half
| century.
Copies of most of these isssues of
the papers have been preserved.
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Rural Postmen Carry
On In Bad Weather
In some places in this county the
rural mail carriers have not been able
to reach all of their customers on account
of the bad conditions of the
roads. But they have made their
rounds daily where they could get
their cars through. The rains, the
cold and the snows have not stopped
them from visiting all the mail boxes
ii wus pustule to reacn cacn day.
Little do most of us realize just what
the mail man has to contend with and
the little piece of poetry gathered
from an exchange tells a part of it.
This poem had no credit line nor
gave any indication as to who the
author was. Just the same, I like
it and air. passing it on to others.
THE RtTRAL POSTMAN
In the cold and blustery weather
When the frost is on the rail,
Would you love to face a blizzard
With a half a ton of mail?
In the biting blizzard weather
When the snow comes to your knees
1 Would you love to fish for pennies
While your feet and fingers freeze?
! When the gleaming snow is drifted
Underneath a foot of sleet,
J Would you love to have the chilblains
In your elbows and your feet?
? When outdoor- the wind is whistling,
And the air is full of snow
Would you love to have the chilblains
; And the blamed thing wouldn't go?
d SECTIONS WORST
f STORM ...
(Continued from front page)
1- risen to the foundations of the dwelli
ing.
Tails Details
In recounting the details of the
j. disaster Mr. Johnson said he was first
awakened by the rumbling noise, and
e that before he cou'.d realize what happened
the house, rocked by the force
is of the onrushing water, caved in and
(. I sent him swirling into a fence row
>f 100 yards in back of it.
a. Lawrence, his 17-year-old son, anit
other survivor, said he was awakeni
ed by the opmmotion and saw Dewey
r-: rushing toward his mother's room in
,an effort to get to her when the
is house flew apart and he was swept
into the same fence with his father,
is In the house also was Miss Hazel
y [ Hampton, 17, a neice, who was sleeptl
ing in a downstairs room with Mrs.
i-1 Johnson. As the roo * carried
[away by the im a"t - ' use
; torn apar* he wrs e h the
r
limbs. o
As she was deliriously climbed to
the road she said she could hear b
Mrs. Johnson, pleading for help, be- c
ing washed past her. t
The three survivors then walked e
to the home of Will McClure nearby
where they reported the tragedy and t
were treated by Dr. J. N. Hill. d
Mr. Johnson arid Lawrence said \
they hung onto the fence about 15 x
minutes until most of the dammed f
up water had spent itself and they o
could wade to the road. i
Seek Bodies.
Searching parties quickly arrived
at the scene of house and dug among v
| the debris for the bodies' Tuesday ^
[and late Tuesday night. It was not ^
until dawn Wednesday after the *
river had gone down and the water
drained from the field that the bodies ^
were found. The
house was located at the end v
of a deep ravine a quarter of a mile 1
below the dam which drained its
overflow into a creek that passed by (
the house. t
From all indications, when the dam I
burst tons of ice and water filling 1
the five acre pond that it held back |
rushed down the creek, twisted the
house to pieces as it rushed by, then 1
tore it to bits when the full force of '
the lake hit it.
The site of the house was swept ]
clean leaving scattered broken boards
lad many articles of furniture strown 1
about.
While many prodded about the
wreckage after the water had drained
away, indications were that par.
ties had confiscated a small amount
of money kept Uy Mrs. Johnson in
her bible and Dewey's two-weeks pay
as a WPA employee from a pair of
overalls later found hanging on a
fence. Other articles, including radio
tubes had also been taken.
Completely recovered from any ill
effects suffered during the flood,
Mr. Johnson and Lawrence, were residing
this week at the home of Mr.
Hillary Hampton, ar*l Hazel, a serious
eye injury practically healed,
was staying with relatives near Bryson
City. '
The bodies when found, although
frozen showed no aparent indications
of being disfigured.
Moore's Body Found
Blaine Moore's corpse was found
four miles down the Hiawassee Wednesday
morning after the river receded
by his brother. It is said he attempted
to wade the Cool Springs as
he had done several times before
he was going to spend the night. Evidently
when he got started the swirling
river proved too much for his
cf rnn r?t V? A ?!? ! !- ?
u..vu6?u. rt. b?** 111 a jiwuoc ucaiuj i
said she heard him call for help. He
was fully clad when found and he (
had received a head injury. A pair
of overalls was found at the place
where he jumped in the river.
Coroner S. C. rfeighway investigated
the death.
The dam that held back the waters
I of the lake is about 100 feet wide
land about 50 feet high. It was built
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Liquid-Tablets price
SAL^o??" 5c, 10c 25c
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| Haroll Bell Wright's IS
| novel....
| "THE CALLING OF
y. with Richard Arlen?(
; SATURDAY,
v Bert Wheeler?Robert
"RAINhl
IThe most delirious coir
ace pair of laugh maki
MONDAY & TUESD
William Powell, in?
"RENDE!
with Rosalind, Russell
WEDNESDAY & TH
Another great musical
even shown at the citj
"TO BEAT 1
with Hugh Herbert, ?
f concrete and rock*!
;ay to enormous pressure tnnk^^^l
y the flooded lake, it hurled lHR^b
akes of ice and huge rocks WvaBSE
he creek bed down its path
verything before it. ifflSj
The double funeral was he!; KSe
he Hampton Memorial church TbIsSK
lay afternoon at 2 o'clock with iflEE
V. Fisher, Rev. England, of
ille, and Kenneth Bailey offi^HR
"uneral arangements were in
if Peyton G. Ivie. Burial wasjB^
n the church yard.
Pallbearers Named.
Peallbearers for Mrs. JohJL'
rere: Dennis Hampton, Joe tiBK
iVilliam Hampton, William Haa^K^
lr., Robert Hampton, and
lampton, Jr.
Peallbearers for Dewey were:
Jembree, Josh Johnson, Clyde
on, Ross Adams, Sheridan
vay, Ed Barnett, Idris Adams
lomer Ricks.
Surviving Mrs. Johnson wert^^fl
ither son, William, of Fort lk^B
hrec daughters, Margaret, of ^B
sort, Tcnn., Gladyv, of Augusta,^B
snd Cenie, of Virginia; seven B
hers, Hillary, Luke, Baxter, De^|
Fchn, Gus, and Fred Hampton,^B
me sister, Mrs. J. W. Dyer, all
Cherokee county.
Funeral services for Blaine
,vere held at the Grape Creek ch.O
Thursday afternoon with inte^B
in the churchyard. W. D. Toi^fl
was in charge of arrangements. H
He is survived by his mothr |H
i number of brothers and
Details of the funerals of the<^^
victims of the storm have not
learned here.
While several families were
to vacate their residences, Mr.
per Queen saw his house washed
yards down the Valley river.
Moore, the owner, says he wih^|
attempt to move it and that
furniture of the family has
ruined.
The Dillingham residence
Tatham creek in Andrews was BS
flooded causing the family to
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7 % Buckeye C. S. Meal lS
Blue COW SHORTS SlKi
C. S. HULLS Ej
10 Lb. Bag SALT ...
Per (HE
Leipedeu HAY $l^Vj
Choice TIMOTHY Ill
24 % DAIRY FEED $lM
16 % DAIRY FEED *lM
Woodleaf Laying Mash {2.H
FLOUR?White Cliff, 24 Lbi. ( {
Have just received shipment
1935 grown SEEDS for early
ing, see our grades of seed befi^H
you buy. we specialize in Doil^B
free Lespedeza seed, we have oflM
Kobe-Keresn and Sericea. ^
Have just received shipment H|
new Knoxville Fertiliser, the
with Lime Filler, auk your neif^HI
bor who used it last year if tluH
is any difference. n|S
To our customers living in to^M
we make no charge for deliver?
any feeds that we sell, GB
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