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w. CHRISTOPHER
DIES ON FRIDAY
OF LONG ILLNESS
Rites Held For Prominent
70-Year-Old Citizen
Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mr. Wesley
Christopher, 70 prominent Murphy
resident and merchant, were conducted
from the First Baptist church of
Murphy Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
with the pastor, the Rev. J. C.
Amnions, and the local Episcopalian
minister, the Rev. George Lemuel
Granger, officiating. Interment was in
Sunset cemetery. W. D. Townson was
in charge of funeral arrangements.
Mr. Christopher died at 7:20 Fiiday
night. He had been very ill the
the most of the past year and much
of this time was spent in bed under
the care of physicians. He had been ,
critically ill for the past three weeks.
He was born and reared in Union
county, Georgia, but moved to
Murphy at an early age when the
town was in in its infancy. He became ,
connected with the 'mercantile busi- <
ness here and at one time was the
leading merchant. For 18 years prior
to 1028 when he moved to Atlanta,
Ga., he served as United States Commissioner.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. 1
Lana Christopher; three sons, Fred
and E. O., all of Murphy, and S. S..
of Atlanta; two daughters, Mrs. L. E.
Harnett and Mrs. E. A. Browning, |i
both of Murphy; two brothers, N. C. I
Christopher of near Gastonia, N. C.,
and Sandofrd Christopher, of Missouri;
two sisters, Mrs. Amanda
Poindexter of near Gastonia, and
Mrs. Kate Abemathy, of Copperhfll,
Tenn.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. J.
Axley, Dr. E. L. Holt, Bill Brandon,
Elbert Mallonee, Hayner Rogers and
Walter Mauney.
Honory pallbearers were: Dr. J.
N. Hill, Dr. B. W. Whitfield, Dr R.
S. Parker, J. M. Stoner, Dave Simmons,
P. H. Sword, J. B. Gray, L.
E. Bayles?, Howard Moody, Tom
Mauney, A. L. Martin, Dave Car ringer,
J. W. Lovingood, Neal Sneed,
W. C. Parker, C. M. Wofford, Paul
Hyatt, E. B. Norvell , M. W. Bell
Don Witherspoon, Harry Cooper, W.
M. Axley, J. D. Malonee, F. W. Hubble,
Harve Whitaker, Dr. J. W.
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June 12th Last
Day For Signing
Work Sheets
June 12 is the last day on which
North Carolina farmers will be allowed
to sign work sheets for the
1937 soil conservation program,
county agent A. Q. Ketner, said
Monday.
The county offices have been in- !
structed from Washington not to accept
work sheets after that date, he
pointed out. '
However, growers who have signed i
work sheets in time will be eligible 1
to earn soil-building and diversion <
payments hv rnmnlvino
terms of the program this year. !
Those who signed work sheets for !
1936 are not required to sign again
for 1937, the county agent continued, i
hut if they have bought more land '
or otherwise made changes in their
farms, they should notify their county
agents at once.
Work sheets are used in preparing
information that will help farmers
plan their farming operations so as ,
to take part in the program and get ^
all the benefits possible. I
The work sheet is not a contract,
Ketner added, and when a grower .
signs one he does not place himself (
under any obligation whatever, j
But a work sheet must be filed with ,
the county office if a grower is to ^
I receive any payments.
He pointed out that there are two f
reason-, why work sheets must he
signed on or before June 12. First,
information prepared from work .
sheets signed after June 12 would
be too Kate to be of use to growers
this year. Second, the task of shecking
up on growers' compliance with 1
the program will start in June in '
some counties. '
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Ball Game Postponed;
To Play Here Sunday
Due to the death of Mr. Wesley
Christopher, the Sunday afternoon
ball game here with Armour company
of Knoxrille, Tenn., was postponed.
Henry Hickman, manager of the
team, said he had scheduled a game
with Englewood, Tenn., on the
home grounds this coming Sunday.
GRAY IS NAMED
LIONS HEAD IN
CLUB ELECTION
Other Officers Named;
TV A Man Selected To
Club Membership
Mayor J. B. Gray, of Murphy, Tuesday
night was elected president of
the Murphy Lions club for the coming
year. He suceeds G. W. Ellis,
Gulf corporation distributor here.
The annua] elections were held at
a regular meeting of the club in the
dining room of the Methodist church.
Other officers elected were: Dr.
E. E. Adams, reelected secretary;
Tom Case, reelected treasurer; H. G.
Elkins, first vice-president; Park W.
Fisher, second-vice president; Sam
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v/an, vuiru-vice president; K. C.
Wright, tail twister; Walter Coleman,
Lion tamer, and directors, W. M.
Fain, A. W. Mclver, D. V. Carringer
and G. W. Crawford.
The retiring president and officers
of the club also act as directors.
At the meeting W. R. Rogers of
the personnel division of the TV A
here was elected to membership in the
club.
The club voted to promote interest
in the appearance of Dr. Arthur E.
Morgan chairman of the board of directors
of the TV A, who will speak
here on the "Aims and Purposes of
the TV A" in the court house Friday,
June 4. A committee was appointed
to petition all business houses to close
during the hour of the talk (which
has not yet been definitely set). They
are: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Carringer and
Mr. Mclver.
Mr. Fisher announced that he was
carving a huge image of a Lion at
the John C. Campbell Folk school,
where he is a member of the staff,
and that it would be presented at the
state convention. Reports were given
by several committees seeking improved
roads in this section.
Visitors at the meeting were: R.
W. Graebar, of the North PovaK*
Extension division, Raleigh, and the
Rev. S. M. Bailey, of Cotulla, Texas,
who is spending the next six weeks at
the Methodist church here.
Will Experiment With
Brood of Baby Chicks
Mr. S. C. Dickey, owner of the
Dickey Feed company, in beginning
another experiment with chicks this
week.
Several months ago Mr. Dipkey
conducted a demonstration of feeding
ordinary baby chicks as reommended
by the makers of Purina
chicken feeds. At the end of the six
weeks period it was found that the
birds had grown twice the size as
jet by the U. S. Standards. ^
It is this experiment that he is uniertaking
again to demonstrate the
retae of the feed.
Strand Theater Ha*
Been Renovated Here
Work on the interior and outside
3f the Strand Theater was completed
this week, R. W. Sherriil, owner of
he show, has announced.
For the past several months Mr.
Sherill has been having work done
an the theater. The outside has
jeen completely rebuilt and repainted
and the stage has been attractively
enlarged and done over.
The stage is so equiped that the,
nanagement plans to have vaudeville
shows there regularly.
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VISITS KNOXVILLE AND NORRIS
Mr. Kenneth E. Bartlett, of the
training section of the TV A here,
spent last Sunday in Knoxville and
({orris, Tenn. While at the latter place
le inspected the stage of the commun\
MfMrrfn
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Carolina, Covering a Large and Pole
Vlurphy, N. C. Thursday, 1
Girl Believed j
Lost Is Found
At LaFollette ;
Missing: since Saturday night from 1
Murphy, Miss Olga Bell Huckaby,
daughter of Mrs. Lora T. Huckaby,
beauty parlor facial specialist, was
reported Wednesday night staying
with her aunt, Mrs. W. Tallant, of
LaFolletq, Tenn.
The pretty 16-year-OKI girl disappeared
Saturday night after a quarrel
with her mother who was working
in Murphy at the time but went to
Andrews Monday.
The information was learned
through word from Mrs. Tallant arriving
here Wednesday nignt.
DALLY VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL TO
BEGIN ON MAY 31
A community daily vacation bible
school will be conducted a the Methodist
church in Murphy from May 31
through June 11 the Rev. Stewart H.
Long, pastor of the Presbyterian
cnurcn announced Tuesday.
Classes will begin each Monday
morning through Friday for two
weeks at 8 a. m. and be continued
until 11 o'clock. Saturday has been
designated as registration day. All
who plan to attend the classes are
asked to register at the Methodist
church at 1 p. m. that day.
The daily vacation bible school is
conducted here annually under the
sponsorship of the local churches. A
new feature of the meetings this year
will be the innovation of competitive
and singing games under the direction
of O. D. Johnson of the recreational
division of the training section of
the TVA.
"POPPY DAY" TO BE
OBSERVED HERE ON
SATURDAY, MAY 29
Saturday will be "Poppy Day" in
Murphy.
The sale of "poppies" is conducted
every year at this time by the posts
of the American Legion, and this
year the local Joe Miller Elkins post
is soliciting the aid of the Good Will
club to sell the "poppies".
Mrs. Virgil Johnson is in charge of
a group of local girls who will sell
the "poppies". They are: Misses
Martine Moore, Virginia Franklin,
Lucille McDonald, Billie Jackson,
Mary Willard Cooper and Ruby Townson.
Ed Studstill, commander of the loral
Legion post said that Sunday
us the regular "Poppy Day" this year,
-but that it would be observed on Satjurday.
The sale of poppies is an an;nual
nation-wide event for raising
money for the aid of local charity.
The "poppies" generally sell for 10
cents each (or as much more as the
buyer wishes to give) and about 80
percent of the funds from the sale
are kept at home to be used for charity.
2 ONE-ACT PLAYS
TO BE GIVEN AT
HIWASSEE DAM ,
Two one-act plays recently given i
by the ^Murphy Community players
on two occasions in the Murphy school j
auditorium wiii be presented at the
Hiwassee dam site Thursday night,
June 3. |
The two plays to be offered will be I
""i^ioey" a dr^ama of ole Winston- Salem,
and "Ca'line", a comedy of
Eastern Carolina. Both are directed i
by Kenneth E. Bartlett, of the train
ing section of the TVA.
Those having parts in the play are: I
Miss Billie Jackson, Mrs. E. C. Mallonee,
Nettie Dickey, Mrs. J. H. Mc- '
Call, Miss Catherine Coleman, Miss '
Mildred Hill, John Parron, E. C. 1
Mallonee, Jr., Homer Ricks, Sam 1
Can- and Mr. Bartlett.
They will be given in the cafeteria
at 7:30 p. m.
i
ity building built by the TVA there
and drew ideas for a similar community
house stage here. Mr. Bartlett is
interested in draniatics being lirect-1
or of the Murphy Community players.'
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May 27, 1937 """
Two Escapes From Gang
Remain Uncompreh'ded
Jo? Cole and a man named Revis,
,vho escaped from a Cherokee county
oad gang in the lower end of the
rounty on Tuesday, May 18, were
still at large this week, officers being
unable to apprehend them.
Several reports have been given
to Roy Plemmons, who is in charge of
highway work in this county, of the
whereabouts of the men, but they
were found to be misleading when
traced down.
The men slipped off shortly after
the gang went to work on May 18.
TO SHOW fREE
FOREST FILMS
OVER COUNTY
Sound Pictures Will Be
Displayed In Cherokee
School Houses
Preparations are being made for
the showing of free moving pictures
in all the schools of Cherokee coun
ly. int sound pictures will oe presented
by the Tennessee Valley Authority
in cooperation with the North
Carolina forestry service.
J. J. Shomon of the forestry division
of the TV A, was here Tuesday
making arrangements with D. M.
Birchfield, forest warden of this section,
and A. L. Martin, superintendent
of the county schools, to begin
showing the pictures this week.
Complete equipment for showing
the pictures is conveyed on a truck
to the different school houses where
they will be shown. The pictures are
of an instructive nature treating
phases of forest conservation and
i game preservation,
i At present, Mr. Shomon said, eight
' similar programs are being carried
out in Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia.
The schedule is as follows: Johnson
school house. May 27; Hothouse
school house, May 28; Grape Creek
school house, May 31; Ogreeta school
house. June 1; Unaka school house,
June 2; Beaver dam school house,
June 3; White church (Grandview),
June 4; Boiling Springs school house,
June 5.
Banger school house, June 7; Suit
(Friendship) school house, June 8;
Peachtree school house, June 9; Martins
Creek school house, June 10; Posted
school house, June 11; Hill school
home, June 12.
Further arrangements for showing
at other school houses in the county
will be made at a later date, they
All pictures are scheduled to show
at 7:30 p. mv. Central standard time
Mr. Jim Artman. also of the forestry
division of the TV A, was with
with Mr. Shomon Tuesday making arrangements
for the showing of the
films.
Carl Townson Building
2-Story Brick Structure
Carl Townson, owner of the Murphy
Ice and Coal company, is building
an attractive new two story brick
building between the ice plant and his
home in Bealtown.
Mr. Townson said that when the
building is completed he will use the
lower storv for hie J
vxi,i.c aim snow
rooms for refrigerators and that the
upper story will be rented out in apartments.
Regal Lo-Price Store
Opens Sales Campaign
O. J. Oscher, of the Regal Lo-Price
Department store, will conduct an
unusual sales campaign beginning
this week-end.
He will distribute circulars bearing
numbers, five of which will jcorrespond
with articles in his store.
Those taking the circulars to him
will be given the prize if it corres.
ponds with the number on the circular.
TO CLEAN OFF GRAVEYARD
The grave yard of Lower Peachtree
will be gleaned off on Saturday,
May 29, and decoration will be observed
there on the following day,
it has been announced. Professor
B. R. Carroll will make a talk at the
services, according to plans. ^
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PLANS BEING
MADE FOR DR.
MORGAN'S TALK
Chairman of Board of
Directors of TVA To
Here On June 4
Dr. Arthur E. Morgan's speech here
on Friday, June 4, will be one of a
series of three to be given here by
TVA officials within the next six
weeks, authorities have announced.
The chairman of the board of directors
of the Tennessee Valley Authority
will open the series of addresses
on Friday, June 4. Complete
arrangements as to the time and
place of the address have not been
formally confirmed but it is believed
that Dr. Morgan will speak about
2:30 p. ni. (CST) in the Murphy
court house.
Mr. T. T. IJndsey, of the TVA
training section here, said Wednesday
that Dr. Morgan had been out of
town (Knoxvillei and that ho did
have definite information as to the
hour and place of the talk but that arrangements
would be made within the
next few days and the citizens of this
section who are planning to hear him
advised.
The fact that Mrs. Morgan will
speak to a group of TVA ladies at a
luncheon at the Henry House at
12:30 that day practically assures
that Mr. Morgan will begin his address
about 2:30.
In the case of extremely warm
weather and an exceedingly large
crowd the address may be given over
a sound system on the outside of the
court house, Mr. Lindsey said.
The next address in the series, Mr.
Lindsey stated, will be given about
two weeks after Dr. Morgan's speech.
It will be delivered by Dr. B. L.
Bishop, of the health and safety division
of the TVA. The third will be
given still two weeks later by William
McKenzie Landess, of the agricultural
division of the TVA.
All three of the distinguished
speakers have been heard by Murphy
gatherings before. Dr. Morgan spoke
to a group at Knoxville several years
ago, and Dr. Bishop and Mr. Landess
have both been in Cheerokee county
on business on numerous occasions.
Mr. Lindsey said Tuesday that in
all cases (except that Dr. Morgan
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Many Will Hear
Cooper Speak On
Social Security
Col. Harry P. Cooper will talk to
i no county council Friday, May 28th,
at 2 P. M., at the club room in Murphy
library building, on the provisions
and administration of the old
age pension law and assistance to dependent
children passed in the last
legislature.
Because a number of persons in
the county over 65 years of ago
and a number of parents with dependent
children will be affected by
the law, it is hoped that Mr. Cooper
will have a large audience to hear
him. Every one who is interested in
the operation of the social security
program in Cherokee county is especially
invited to attend this meeting.
Mr. Cooper waa a member of the
legislature and helped to pass the
law providing for public assistance to
aged persons and dependent children
ana is perhaps better able than any
other person in the county to explain
the law and the plans by which aid
for dependent children and aged persons
can be secured.
It is hoped that every community
in the county will be represented at
this meeting of the county council.
The first few minutes of the meeting
will be given over to the regular
business of the council.
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BAPTIST CHURCH IS PAINTED
Workmen this week were repainting
the Baptist church in Murphy.
The attractive, comparatively new
Iorick structure is located across
from the court house. The Rev. J. C.
Ammons is pastor.