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Henn Theatre ^ chru,?. we* ?,i ? p.m. * Henn Theatre
WeYa sanding you ??
our very best at \5
Christmas!
V
you all the
joys and
blessings of
Christmas.
MURPHY HARDWARE
REGAL HOTEL I 64 TRUCK STOP
Closed Christmas Day
GREETINGS
As another year draws to a close and
we enter into this Holiday Season, we
feel a deep sense of Appreciation for
all the Qood Zhings in jCife that have
so bountifully been heaped on us this
past year.
Mere at Howell's Super Market we are
especially Grateful to you, our many
friends and customers, who have seen
fit to support us as you have. U/e have
tried to bring you the best merchandise
at the best possible prices and hope that
we can continue to do so in the coming
year. Also we have tried to buy as much
as possible from you who wanted to sell
us.
We value each and every one of you as
our Customers but more than that we
value you as our friends and would like
to take this opportunity to wish each of
you and yours. . .
am? a
Opal , Richard , and Steve Ho well
and the Employees of
SUPER MARKET
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Saturday - Dtcambar 29
Hand Tkiiln
Here art holiday S
wishes aplenty and
thanks for tur friends.
R.S. BAUIT
Gonorol Contractor
First "Wild Hogt'...
(Continued from inalite)
19. 1894. died on March IX
1957, and is buried at the Fam
ily Cemetery at the Old Hoop
er place. His widow, Mabel
Hooper McGulre, still
'tends' cattle on the raise at
the Hooper Bald as did her
ancestors over 100 years age.
Her father, Sim Hooper, first
Introduced Aberdeen Angus
(called Black Pole by the nat
ives) cattle to Graham and
Cherokee Counties, about
1909. When the registered
herd of cattle was unloaded
at Andrews, in thcpreaaocetf
a Urge crowd, a lady luddanly
put up her umbrella and Ms
caused a prize cow to lunge,
fall, and break her hip I Or.
Robert J. Orr, a skillfull sur
geon, set the hip with a large
copper pin and Mabel " nur
sed" the injured cow for 3
weeks until she was able to
walk and then took her 33
miles across the mountains to
West Buffalo, the remainder
of the herd having been driv
en on ahead.
My unoerstanaing is tnat
now there ire four establish
ed herds of the Russian boar
in the United States, one in
New England, the original one
in North Carolina, one in Ar
kansas, and the one in Cali
fornia, which came from the
North Carolina herd. The hogs
that Tennessee has been cash
ing in on the Uat for years
(said Captain Swan) are the
hogs that wandered over the
state line from North Car
olina and belonged to the herd
that originally was planted
here on Hoopers' Bald.
The lodge that Mr. Moore
built was purely for the com
fort of visiting sportsmen and
not for profit. It was for the
purpose of bringing these Eng
lish people who had capital to
invest to the United Sates,
for showing them this section
of the country, and for enter
taining them up there. There
was no charge made for hunt
ing at all.
I was with Mr. Moore from
early 1912 until all these in
stallations were completed. It
was my' duty at that time to
transport the animals by ox
wagon from Murphy and And
rews to HooperiBtld
It was also my duty to build
the wire fences. The spill rail
fences were put up at the same
time. There was never any
charge made for anyone that
atagpad by there to gu a meal
or to spend the night.
The Hoopers' Bald area
was, and still Is, so inacces
sible that at first the only way
we could get in was by pack
train ? that is, with pack j
horses and pack mules. After
we got started up there we
built a road from Martin's,
uppermost farm and house on
Vest Buffalo, to the top of
the ridge at the Deep Gag
but Ala road was so steep.
Cotton often had to cut a good
alMd tree and drag it MM
his empty wagen when CfmlM
down from the Hoopers' Ball
in addition to locking the
wheels with chains, because
his mules and/or horses, were
unable to bald the wagon la die
road. This part of the read waa
very rough and steep and on a
return trip, the load limit was
1000 pounds for a four horse
team.
We always had to havefrom
one to three teams of oxen
attached to each wagon, de
pending on the load It was
carrying.
from Murphy through Hanging
Dog wid by Jupv Faln'a old
place near the Mitchell Lick.
? wagon trail so that we could
get In to Hoopers' Bald from
out aide also. U waa Just a
hadictf-wi, logging-type trail
and om a reafwegoo road?
merely a trail wide enou^i
to get a wagon and team of ox
en over.
For a number of years .Mr.
Moore s imported the refuge on
Hoopers' Bald- After he moved
to California he sent for Mc
Gulre to visit him out (tor*.
Cotton was gone about mo
months and while he was there
was presented by Mr. Moore
with everything the owner had
here In North Carolina, In
cluding the animals.
McGulre sold part of the
animals to the state of North
Carolina. The buffalo were
sold to a man named B1U
Moore in Andrews and were
driven In through the forests
the same as you would put a
herd of cattle en the road.
They finally were killed and
eaten.
Ob Cotton'* return frets
California, the project en
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joy* and bleaainfa of Chriatma*
FAYOLA RiMNANT SHOP
Murphy, H. C. l?vf
, flood J
Wishes
SfctoAIII
Ill great iinccrltv. we cxpreM our appreciation
for our friendly association. May vou and your*
havf a holiday teaton abundantly filled with Joy.
PAMIRS DRUG STORf
IX PICM THAT TAKES A NEW ATDTUOf
v ON LOVE!
Tiaeecou*
aNEW iONDOFLOVE
Henn Theatre
Sunday - Monday
December 29-30
Henn Theatre!
Thursday end Friday J
December 26, 27 - CAPTAIN?
S1NEBAO.
llturdiY. December 28 *1
Dmfcle Faeture - THE YOUNG"
AND THE BRAVE plus
THUNDER ISLAND.
Late Show, Saturday night, 4
December 28 - MAN WHO
KNEW TOO MUCH.
Sunday and Monday - Dec
ember 29 and 30 - A NEW
KIND Or LOVE starring Paul
Newman and Joanne Woodard.
Tuesday and Wedwsday,
December 31 and January 1
STOLEN HOURS.
Murphy 64
Drive-In
WeAiesday and Thursday,
December 25 and 26 - THE
MUSIC MAN.
Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday, December 27, 28, and
29-Charlton Heston and Sophia
Loren In EL CU>.
Hoopers' Bald was operated
en the same basis as before
cxc^t that he allowed sports
men to come In to kill elk
and things like that. He car
ried on, running a hunting
lodge up there and making a
modest charge for conducted
hums.
-BIO AS 'BEN HUR*
IP NOT BIGGER!"
-LOS ANGELES TIMES
SAMUEL BRONSTON
r?ElENTt
0NMLTON SOPHIA
HESTON^LOREN
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Dec. 25, 26
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December 27, 28, 29
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NEW YOIK LIFE INSURANCE CO.
H. W. (Bud) Alexander
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