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9 I Tb? Only Newapaper Publiabod in I Thrr' Moil Weaternly CounV ?f Wrilorn North Carolina. 9 CHEROKEE?CLAY?GRAHAM J The Leadit 1 VOLUMIf^ \ XVII. NUMBER 60 Tomot I CECIL McCLURE I SHOT WEDNESDAY 1 BY JOSH CRISP 9 Federal Prohibition Officer Under fi $S.OOO Bond; Funeral For S McClure Thurichy 5?' Cecil M 'Clure, seventeen years old 9 wtf fatny shot by Josh Crisp, Fed9 eral I' ibition Enforcement Agent. 9 his :'lt' *n Tomotla Wednesday 9 ifterr about 2:30 o'clock eastern I time. W Youn McClure was a son of Mr. ana -'i: '? mci.uire, nntl was well known i'i the county. Crisp, '. hose home is at Robbins- j vine, ( ! am County, ia also well known in Western North Carolina; where h?* has long been connected with the Prohibition Enforcement departnn at of the Federal government. Mc< hire was shot twice, the bullets taking effect in the right breast about hre hea apart. Physicians attending stated that the ball entering the uppt i portion of the breast punctured ti e lung, and the one entering the 1 i breast passed through the bod\ lodged just under the -kin in the back. Lit hope was held for McClure's reci and he died r.t 8:15, 7 hours and -ir> minutes after the shooting -took lace. reported the affair to Sheriff Mori w. .md with the concurrence c?f Solic i- Davis his bond was fixed at v . 00.00 Crisp would make no statement with regard to the affair, * other than that it had to be done, and the other two officers who were with him at the time likewise reserved mment. It is understood that Crisp claims self defense as the mo- ^ ytive ,r the shooting.J [ According to the statement of Sheriff Morrow, Federal Prohibition i Off., ers Josh Crisp, Jake Deweese and tiarlie Blanton went to the Me ^ Clur home Wednesday afternoon with ;i warrant to search the premises ^ for whiskey and found half a gallon, n > i- auegeu mat xucuiure tnreat- ii ened to shoot the officers and got 0 after them with a gun, whereupon Vl Cris?p fired in self defense. J a The version of the affair ai told by a the father of young McClure, and a suh tantiated by the mother who was tj ar. eye witness, is to the effect that CI the officers had been there about IS f minutes, had found the whiskey, and tl Crisp and Deweese were sitting on c th, front steps when two of the Mc- k Clure boys and a young man by the n: :ne of Haney drove up in the yard h in a car, having been to Murphy. tl Young McClure picked up the e whiskey container and declared it si was his. He then went into the bouse j; leaving the officers on the steps and w secured the gun. His mother met i, him in the hall and took the gun y, from him. He then secured some p cartridges and the gun again and 0 made for the door, his mother hold- w ing him and trying to pull him baoi. f, into the house. Meanwhile the of- p ficers remained on the front steps and when young McCltu-e appeared 0 in the doorway of the hall he was p met with a volley of shots from ^ Crisp's pistol. Crisp then ran around p .behind the barn at the right of the t< house, and the officers left. n / Filing is running high in the tl Tomotla community against Crisp, n and it was pointed out by the father i< that the ^hooting could have been si avoided the officers had plac- i, ed young McClure under arrest when t] Re admitted it was his whiskey an<4, prevented him from securing the gun. j Funeral services for McClure were a held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock y at Pleasant Grove church in the ? Beech Creek section by the Rev. j, Beavers, and interment was in the p churchyard. i. He is survived by his father and f mother, seven brothers, Lummie, Vir- g Kil? Willard, Charlie, Haden, Jake and 0 Willie Rae; three sisters, Misses Lur. he, E1U and Laurie McClure. \ Crisp is reported to have returned E to his home at Robbinsville Wednes- a d?y Right. ' t o Mrs. Willard Axley and little Miss Ellen Cooper Axley are the guests in d KnoxviDe, of Mrs. Earl Crye. t miff? ig Weekiy Newspaper in la B01 r ; I %irwt I .Jo vllHfN tfJE 1 CRO^ THAT v &ONCH OF ^ ^RTH& t (Copyright. W.N U.) SEW DRUG STORE FOR MURPHY TO OPEN AUGUST 1 .oca! Slock Compmy, Operating Under Name of The People*' Drug Company, Inc. The announcement was made early his week that The Peoples' Druy lompuny. Inc., will open for busies? in the new Brittnin-Axley build-1 ig on or before August 1st. Work n the interior of the building is itpidly neaiing completion, fixtures rc being installed as they arrive, j nd all the necessary equipment and complete line of drugs, soda founain accessories etc., have been purhased, and are expected in the neur uture. When opened for business his new store will be one of the most oiapletely equipped affairs of its ind West of Asheville. The need for another drug store as long been felt in Murphy, ana le widespread interest in the new nterprise, according to one of the tockholders of the company when nterviewed by this correspondent, ras manifested by the ease in placig the stock when the organization ras effected aiso. The interest exresscd in the new business by many f the citizens of the community, rho believe in progress and have aith in the benefits of friendly cometition, assures the owners of the usiness a friendly reception. As ne of the officers of the company ointed out, this is the only city of & size known to him or to the many eople who had mentioned the raat?r to him, that did not have two or lore drug stores. It is the belief of tie owners and many friends of the ew business that this community Li ype enouirh to sunnnrt two Hratr Lores, with fairness to all, includig the patrons v/ho must have the Dings drug stores have to sell. The company has secured Walker . Lindeman, of Woshington, Indiana, s drug clerk and house manager, fr. Lindeman, who is a graduate of he University of North Carolina, and as had three and one-half years exerience in Ailing prescriptions and n drug store management, comes roni a long line of drugmen, his Tandfather and father before him vming ad operating several stores n Indiana. Mr. Lindeman comes veil recommended both as to his bility and character. He also has Ji interest in the business. Mr. Porer Field Meroney will serve as one <1 his assistants. Announcements as to the deAnitr late to opening will appear in the ater issues of the Scout. fHiferis Western North Carolina, MURPHY, NORTH CAROL1N riffle L The City Cousin If/wl HORRV N <0 HIM OP- ote WELL woo KiP^> \ 7CLL \ FROM THE r VV ICITV ARE slow! JM Or.e Hurt And Car Damaged In Collision Tuesday The small son of R. !). Lovintrootl |?a> nun ruifi :i r ord car (lamaged in a collision with the Standard j (Oil truck on Valley River Avenue i Tuesday evening: about 7 o'clock on the curve at the residence of John Odell. Mr. BVadiey of Andrews and i another man were occupants of the j Ford and Mr. Lovingood and his small' son were in the truck. The cause of the collision was said | to have been due to the Bradly car attempting: to pass another car, and the driver failed to see the truck coming in the opposite direction. A. A. Fain Building Under Construction I The residence of A. A. Fain beyond j j Bealtown is now under construction j and work is progressing rapidly. Considerable grading work has been done and the foundation built. Brick work will begin the latter part of this week or the first of next. The building will be an eight room structure and modern in every detail. It will be steam heated, and Mr. Fain i has already devised a plan for installing a water system. A reservoir with ! an 8000 gallon capacity has been erected upon the mountain at the rear j I of the house, which is fed by a cool' j mour tain spring I The yard has a gradual elevation and will be terraced. The house will be erected at a cost of $8,000.00. REMAINS MRS. BARNES BURIED AT PEACHTREE WAS FORMER RESIDENT GRAHAM COUNTY?DIED AT AKRON OHIO The body of Mrs. J. L. Barnes arrived Saturday from Akron, Ohio, and was carried to Peachtree for interment. Mrs. Barnes, who waa the daughter of John A. Crisp, of Robbinsville, died at her home in Akron last Wednesday. The body was accompanied by her husband. She is survived by her husband and a ten year old son; her father, two sisters, Mrs. Maggie Hyde, of Bryson I City; Mrs. W. C. Galligher, of Chica- j go; one brother, Melvin L. Crisp, of Washington, D. C. Die* Of Stab Wound William Faulkner, of WofTord, Ky., who was brought to the Murphy Hos: ~ _ ___ -- iktt i Serving a large and Potent A FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1926 iByl ? ! i-iAV cArt'T \M??n \00 5OME OTHER, THAM OVER 7 ( ItilS STUgglE _ W"' v _..V I / LARGE CROWD AT LION'S CLUB MELON CUTTING v. riiiarrn and Urownupi Enjoy Real Treat Through Courtesy The W. M. Fain Grocery Company ?1 The- watermelon cutting in Howell's 1 ;rture last Friday was an occasion t* much joy and satisfaction to both A ifie children and the grownups in 1 Murphy. The greater portion of two truck ' !.?nds of melons were disposed of by 1 the large crowd which gathered at 3 * clock prepared to do justice to the J 'ielicious ice cold fruit of the vine. * The crowd began assembling shortly before the time announced for the ' occasion, and when the process of 1 slicing was completed a ravenous ' i rowd surged around the tables and made, as the motorist would say, a quick "pick-up" of what was spread < thereon. 1 The occasion was the annual melon ( cutting inaugurated several years ago ' by the W. M. Fain Grocery Company, ' at which the people of Murphy have been entertained with a free feast of \ watermelons. It was sponsored by 1 the Lions Club. Baptists To Give Musical Program | Sunday Evening 1 The semi-annual musical program 1 of the Baptist Church will be given 1 at the regular evening service Sun- j day, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The 1 choir has been practicing for several 1 weeks under the competent leader- i ship of Mrs. J. W. Davidosn, director and an excellent program of an- t I hems, hymns, solos, duets and < quartets, is assured for the music j lovers of Murphy. The preaching 1 service will be omniitted. < These musical programs have been ; rendered by the choir for the past < several years and have always been ? highly enjoyable. The regular even. 1 ing offering will go to the building < fund of the new church now in course ; of construction. j i pital Sunday suffering with a number of tlesh wounds and a serious stab in the abdomen received in a cutting fracas, died Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock. nanie is Known or raulkner or his relatives, except ^hat he waa the son of John P. Faulkner, of Wofford, Ky? and was working at Kobblnsville. The body was carried to Kentucky for funeral and intermetn. Pftltft tiall y Rich Territory in thi Prohi, GEORGIA A. S. H. OF TO ME MOTORCADE OF I 1,500 MILES NOW PLANNED TO GO OVER A. S. H. , IV Atlanta Sriiion Makes Arrangements For Ekihorat* rnn????in>? in Fall; Joint Meet at, ' Murphy, N. C. (Atlanta Journal) p Plans for the convention of the Appalachian Scenic Highway association. which is to be held ir. Atlanta >n October 12 and 13, were discussed it length Thursday at a luncheon ^ nce'ing of the executive committ e ^ >f the Georgia division of the ossocia ion. ihis luncheon meeting, held it the Ansley hotel, was preside.t tver by Henry II. Kstcs, of Gainesville, president of the Georgia division, and was attended by Fre.l , Iouser, secretary; J. P. l'attillo, of Bufotd; Frank Reynolds, \V. Tom U ?Vinn and Harllee Branch. In addition tc the discussion of ^ dans for the annual convention in ^ Jctobcr the committee approved the uygestion thai a joint meeting of | he executive committees of the Geor. i j. tin and North Carolina divisions of he- Appalachian Scenic Highway astociation be held at Murphy, N. C., m Saturday, August 21, to considei * natters of general interest in con- ^ lection with the development and ad- 1 trertisement of the new and very vonderful scenic route. Besides the v nembers of the executive commit- c ;ees from Georgia and North Caro- v ina, leading highway enthusiasts 11 from cities along the highway in he two states will be invited and u iddresses will be delivered by out- ^ standing Georgians and North Caro- r linians. Murphy, where the joint a meeting is to be held, is almost ex- v ictly half way between Atlanta and Asheville. 1 Approve Great Tour Enthusiastic indorsement was giv- ! ?n by the executive committee at its; * meeting Thursday to the proposal j1 )f the national officials of the Appa- p achian Scenic Highway association | that a great publicity automobile x ;our be run over the Appalacian,'' from Atlanta to Montreal, Canada, * in the summer or fall of 1927. In J this tour there will he automobile k parties representing the various . states, towns, cities, counties and civic organizations in the various lections traversed by the Appalachian, as well as the automobiles of many private individuals who wish to make this enjoyable trip. Further plans for this great 1,500mile automobile trip over America's most beautiful and most wonderful scenic highway will be outlined at f the annual convention of the Appa- 1 lachian Scenic Highway association & n Atlanta in October. r A committee on arrangements for r this convention was appointed at the jxecutive committee Thursday, as J follows: W. T. Winn, chairman; Fred Houser, Frank Reynolds, John Pas- < ihall, Mayor Walter A. Sims, Paul i Etheridge, chairman of the Fulton t .uuuvy i:umniik>ion; d. o. uarKer. ( sxecutive vice president of the At- < lanta Chamber of Commerce; Coun- .* :ilman Guy Dobbs, Alderman Claude i Buchanan, J. F. Gordy, secretary of the Atlanta Junior Chamber of Com- ] mcrce; Harllee Branch, Joe Glozier,1 \ George Ripley, Fire Chief W. B. Cody j I. 5. Cathcart, Henderson Halhnan, ] Harry H. Johnson, F. E. MafTett and ] J. E. Yarbrough. This committee is j, to be divided into several subcommittees, each charged with specific duties in the matter of arranging for the convention and providing enter-1 Laimnent for the viaitori. The Ansley hotel will be convenContinued on page 6) MURPHY is the Jobbing Center of ! Extreme Western North Carolina, North Georgia ard East Tennessee. \ utid is Served by Two Railroad*. ' . - 1 is state 5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAS Agent N. C. ;ciri a i c i iV/irvLij ET HERE )ATE OF MEET SET SATURDAY AUGUST 21ST lurphy A*kcd to Provide Picnic Lunch, and Co-operation Assured by Mayor Hill OKMF.R MAYOR FAIN ALSO G4VES ASSURANCE rominenl Speakers and Highway Enthusiasts To Be Heard At Meeting Here A joint meeting of the executive onimittees of Georgia and North Carolina divisions of the Appalachian iconic Highway is beng planned by ffcers of the two dvisons to be held t Murphy on August 21st, it was jarned here this week. Harllee Branch, city editor of the Atlanta Journal, who sponsored the reat tour of the Journal over this lready famous scenic route from Ulnnta to Asheville last year, called lay or F. S. Hill over long distance, nd Mr. Hill being out of town lenrnd on his return that Murphy was sked to furnish a picnic lunch for he party on that occasion. Pledges Co-operation Mayor Hill immediately wrote Mr. (ranch that the people would be lad to co-operate ir. the matter and he text of his letter follows: "Someone in Atlanta connected rith the Appalachian Scenic Highway ailed up in my absence yesterday ;ith reference to the proposed road fleeting to be held at Murphv on the 1st. day of August next. I underinderstand that those coming from Jeorgia to this meeting expect to each Murphy abolt 11 o'clock, A. M. nd the information desired was 1.ether the people of Murphy would c willing to provide a picnic lunch or the vistors. Your people may est assured that our citizens will do 11 in their power to comply with our wishes and wiil be pleased to rovide for the entertainment of their uests. As soon as you possibly can you fill oblige us by furnishing at least n outline of what you wish, giving our estmatc of the probable numier we will be called upon to enterain, etc. Our citizens are deeply interested n this movement and I repeat that hey will be glad to do all that is xpectod of them and more. With personal regards, and assur,nees of esteem. I am Yours very truly, F. S. HILL, Mayor. Mr. Branch got in touch with ormer Mayor W. M. Fain relative o the meetinir here and Mr. Fain issured him t^t Murphy stood eady to respond to the invitation to trovide picnic lunch for the visitors. The following is taken from the fournal of Thursday: A general holiday will be declarea >n Saturday. August 21, by the citzens of Murphy, N. C., in honor of he one-day joint meeting of the Teorgia and North Carolina divisions >f the Appalachian Scenic Highway issociation, to be held in that thrivng mountain city on that date. Former Mayor W. M. Fain, of Vlurphy, an active leader in the Appalachian Scenic Highway association ind one of the most progressive and most public-spirited men in western North Carolina, told The Atlanta Journal Wednesday in a long distance telephone message thnt the people of Murphy will provide a great day of entertainment for the . meeting on August 21. "Our citizens generally will respond to the invitation to provide a (Continued On page 6)
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