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MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. MARCH 11, 1927.
COUNTY BAR
FAVOR HARKINS
FOR ATTORNEY
Majority Favor Linney for Judge ?
Resolutions Drawn and Sent
To Washington
Unanimous endorsement was Riven
"'ra in.'- Harkins, of Asheville, for
I'nited States Attorney for the new
jv created judicial district in North
Carolina by the Cherokee County Bar
Association at a special meeting
1 rida.v in resolutions drawn and for
warded to Washington. The meeting
was held in the offices of Dillard &
Hill, with twelve members present.
Upon the question of an endorse
ment of a candidate for judge of the
newly created district there was a
division of sentiment as to the two
leading candidates. A large majori
ty of the members favored Hon.
Frank A. Linney, present District At
torney. for this position, a minority
gave their endorsement to Johnson
J. Have.1-. No action was taken as a
Bar Association on this question, the
ircamers being left to their persona^
choice. It is understood that nine
of the har endorsed Mr.
Linney and two Mr. Hayes, for judge.
T!k resolution endorsing Mr. Har
kins was signed by J. H. Dillard, J. I>.
.M: !!onee, M. \V. Bell. F. S. Hill, I).
\V herspoon, Ralph -Moody, \V. M. ,
A iey. J. N. Moody, Hi. ward Moody, :
J. 11. McCall and F. O. Christopher.
It follows:
''Whereas, the Congress of the
I'nited States has created an addi
tional Judicial District for North Car-'
11a. and ii will become the duty of j
1! Excellency, the President, to ap
ut an United States Attorney for I
OiMiict:
"Theiefore, l>e it resolved by the1
T> Association of Cherokee County
lb;.: it most heartily and cordially |
coimnends to the favorable consiuera
ti t? ' . < ? t the President the Honorable !
Th .as J. Harkins, of Asheville, N. |
' as one who is in every way emi
nently qualified to discharge the du
ne- of this high office. His charac
tt r. his ability, as a lawyer, his un
failing courtesy to his brethren of the
i';'.!", all these, with his many other
tine qualities, render him a peculiar
ly tit man for this appointment.
"Be it further resolved, that we
hereby request our Senators and our
District Representative in Congress
to do all in their power to bring
about the appointment of Mr. Har
Kins.
*'Done at a meeting of the Chero
kee County Bar on March 4th, 1927.
CINCINNATI BUS
BRINGS PARTY
TO MURPHY
A Bartlett Tours Co., Bus of Cin
cinatti, Ohio, with a party of twenty
tourists stopped at the Regal Hotel
Sunday night oil their return from
New Orleans and its festive season
during the Mardi Gras, and other
Southern points. Mayor and Mrs. F.
S. Hill, former Mayor and Mrs. W.
M. Fain, President D. Witherspoon
<>f the Chamber of Commerce and
Mrs. Witherspoon, Mr. and Mrs. B.
W. Sipe and other local people were
invited to dinner with the party of
tourists, which a very de
lightful meeting was held in the par
lors of the hotel. After several con
tests were held and prizes awarded
for the youngest woman, prettiest
woman, etc., the local attendants were
called upon to give the visitors come
information about the town. Mr.
Sipe spoke of Murphy as the friendly
city and mentioned its great possi
bilities for growth, described the
local school and the Folk School at
Brasstown; Mr. Witherspoon told cf
some of the pints f interest nearby
i?nd some of the beautiful Indian
legends about streams, springs and
other points in the community; Mayor
Hill officially welcomed the guests to
MUSIC CLUB
RENDERS FINE
PROGRAM 24TH
(It is regretted that this article
was ommitted last week by oversight.
? Ed. note.)
A most interesting and enteraining
program was rendered by the Music
Club at the School auditorium on
February 24th. to a large and appre
ciative audience. It consisted ol
piano, violin and vocal solos, vocal
ducts, quartets and chcru:c:, ac
as a number of splendid monologues
and readings.
The program was characterized by
many as the best thing of its kind
ever given in Murphy, and it was a
j real demonstration of the wide vari
ety of local talent of which Murphy
j should have cause to be proud.
In the opinion of several in the
audience, it was far better than an\
lyceum number ever seen in Murphy i
One patron went as far as to say that
if the lyceum numbers were worth
75c admission, this program was
woith at least two dollars.
( To say the Ica^t, it war highly cr. J
tertainting and was a credit to the
untiring efforts of both directors and
participants.
The next public program of the
'dub is entitled "Miss Cherryblos- 1
som", a Japanese musical con.^dy in ,
three acts, and will be rendered at an
early date. Officers ol* the club stat
ed that the program vvas now in
course of preparation, and wo;?!d in
clude a east of about thirty people .
The entire club will partkii.:;U\ an.i
unless we miss our mark, it promisc>
to far outstrip anything yet given, j
The program rendered follows:
Shadows Over the Sea ? Woman's !
Chorus.
Improvisation ? Mrs. H. D. Akin.
The Reason Why I'm Sin.uie ? ,' : i
jiiita Evans.
W1 o Is S.vlva? Mrs. H. K. Dickey. |
The Thrush ? Mrs. Moody, Miss
Payne.
Lullaby Lane ? Messrs. Boyce, j
West, Dobbs, Davidson.
My Love In Tlie Garden ? lvmogene ?
Axley.
Sonata Pathetique ? Mrs. H. H.
Keener.
Vhe Night Song ? Pauline Martin, j
Jim Baker's Fear Story ? Mrs. E.
C. White.
The Erl King? W. C. Boyce.
The Snow ? Mrs. Dickey, Mrs.
Moody, Mrs. Savage, Miss Axley, Mrs.
Parker, Miss Payne.
Reading ? Mrs. J. W. S. Davis.
Strumming ? Messrs. Boyce, West,
Dobbs, Davidson.
Cavatina ? Mrs. L. R. Kohloss.
Sunday ? From Eleven to Twelve ?
Mrs. E. C. Mallonee.
Berceuse from Jocelyn ? Mrs. Koh
loss, Mr. Boyce.
The Day Is Declining ? Club.
Through the courtesy of Mr. Bates, ;
there was no moving picture show j
this evening.
Moore Completes
Garage Building
E. C. Moore has partially complet
ed the parage and repair shop on
Pcachtree street. The building when
completed will be three stories, twro
stories below the surface of the street
and one even with it. The street
floor has already been completed and
[his repair shop removed to it. It is
a frame and corrugated sheet iron
I structure, and the floors will be so
arranged that a car can be driven in
all three.
Mr. Moore found it necessary to
have more room for display of his
new cars at his down town place, he
stated.
Murphy and invited their return;
[former Mayor W. M. Fain told of the
preat back country of Murphy and
how through its good roads this sec
tion was moving forward rapidly and
looked forward to greater progress;
and Mr. C. W. Savage told of the
timber anil mineral resources and the
water power in this section.
The party of tourists included some
LIONS CLUB
HAVE MEETING
TUESDAY NIGHT
Offer Prizes For Motto Appoint
I Committee to Get Up. and Produce
Play to be Given Soon
$5.50 FOR A MOTTO
j The Lions Club is offering $5.50
i in prizes for a motto, the first
j prize to be $2.50 in gold and sec
| ond and third prizes one years sub
scription each to The Cherokee
Scout. A good snappy motto is
desired by the Lions Club, and they
want the p.-ople to help them se
lect one.
j Can you think of something ap
propriate something short and
I snappy? Perhaps, you can, if you
| will think a little bit. Just write ,
your motto on a piece of paper
I with your name and address and
j mail it to the Motto Committee, '
| Harve Elkins, chairman. Murphy,
' N. C.. or better still hand it to
Mr. Elkins.
Of course, only one motto will
be selected, but two honorable
mention mottoes will be selected
also, and these will be known as
second and third prizes.
Anybody is eligiole ? except a
Lion. Get busy and get yours in
as soon as possible.
The Lions held an i '? v. -.-ting meet
ing in the parlors ? Methodist
Church Tuesday niuln. ir.e occasion
being the regular semi .ithly gath
ering.
Among the import: :r a-ures act
ed upon was sett i fourth
meeting as ladies n; It was
thought that th:- fea: v. ii<l be
looked forward t<> not viuy . the la- j
dies, but also members of club.
It was decided to make a feature at
traction of this night s j j ?. . . ; ; IV o- |
grams of entertainment.
A committee composed of llarve I
Elkins, T. L. S sser and lliiw. E.
Adams was appointed to hav<- charge 1
uf a special play to be given by the |
Lions at some near future date.
A vote of tha :.ks was extended to
Mr. H. P. Seigler, representative of
Maxwell House ( offee company, for
the excellent coffee made for the oc- '
casion, for a can of coffe, and the I
remembrances given to each Lion |
present. Mr. Seigler spent two days
in town at the J. G. Greene Grocery
demonstrating this popular brand of
coffee, and serving it to the public
free.
Amotion also carried offering a
cash prize for the best motto present
ed by the people of the county, and
two prizes of a year's subscription to
The Scout for two honorable mention
mottoes. Harve Elkins was named
as chairman of this committee.
Number Real Estate
T ransactions Are
Reported By Hall j
Several real estate transactions
were reported this week, by John H.
Hall who acted as agent.
Last week Mr. Hall sold to W. M.
Fain six lots in the E. C. Moore sub
division. Mr. Fain contemplates im
provements.
Fred Stiles recently bought through
Mr. Hall a house and lot near the
Gulf Reiining Company's plant. Mr.
Stiles expects to renovate the house
completely and rent it.
C. M. Wofford and P. C. Hyatt re
cently bought a lot in Bealtown com- 1
prising three and a half acres through j
Mr. Hall, with some talk of improve
ment.
Real estate transactions in Murphy
have been practically at a standstill,
but developments indicate that this
market is active again.
prominent bankers and business men
of Cincinnati and neighboring cities.
They all expressed their delight at
stopping over in Murphy and the de
C.&G. RAILWAY
COMPANY SELLS
AT AUCTION
Issuance of receiver's certificates .
for the purpose of raising funds for
the operation of the Carolina and j
j Georgia Railway was recommended!
; yesterday by Silas G. Bernard, receiv
er for the road, in his report to the j
court of its sale to Percy B. Ferebee.
jof Andrews, for $50,000.
j Mr. Bernard's report to Judge
Thomas J. Shaw declared "that the
above price represents only about 25
per cent of the indebtedness of the
| Carolina and Georgia Railway Com
I' pany, and therefore your leceiver
recommends that tht. bid aforesaid
be not approved, but that your re
ceiver be authorized to issue receiv- j
er's certificates and obtain thereon
sufficient funds with which to put
said road in running order at the
earliest possible time."
The property, including all lands,
road beds, superstructures, rights of
way, contracts, bridges, trestles,
charter rights franchise and rolling
sleek, ?o!d vesterday on the Pun
combe County Courthouse steps to
Mr. Ferebee, who was the highest
I bidder. Sale of the property came as
a result o fa complaint filed January
1 20 in Superior Court here, against the
load by ?). R. Simnio. and \Y. T.
Givins, of Johnson < ?'y. Tenn., and
the Franklin Fourth Street National
I Bank, of Philadelpl ia, I'a., creditors.
'The complaint reque-ied apnoint
jment of a receiver. The appointment
ol .Mr. Bernard was -killed January
2~> by Judge Shaw.
The road, which extends from the
Soroh.rn Railway at Andrews, ("hero-'
kee county, through the Peachtrce \
anu Hiawassee valk\ into :Iuyes
'ville, in Clay jSounU . has been idle
j for some time. John <". Arbogast, of
Asheville, nres:d? nt o? the road, de
clared in his answer to the complaint,
I that the >ad had been unable t.i meet
its obligations and he too requested
appointment of a receiver. The -ale
conducted yesterday is subject to the
court's approval.
POSTS FOR MAIL 1
BOXES ARRIVE
HAVE YOU REGISTERED?
Have you registered for city
mail delivery services yet? If you
have not, do so at once. See Mr.
Dickey, or one of the clerks at the
postoffice, give your name, resi
dence and street number, and the
names of the members of your
family to receive mail at your
place, without delay.
April 1st is not many days off,
and every minute's delay lessens
the opportunity of Mur|Ay for se
curing and maintaining the city
delivery service.
Have you registered?
Postmaster Dickey stated this week
that the posts for supporting: the mail
boxes at different sections of town
have arrived, and the mail boxes had
been shipped by the postoffice de
partment. Two leather earner satch
els have also arrived, and everything
possible will be done to have the city
delivery service ready for inaugura
tion on April 1st.
Mr. Dickey stated that the people
were not registering with the post
office for the service as promptly as'
they should, and urges all who wish
to have their mail delivered to their
home, office or residence to register
at once. There is no- cost attached
to registering, the only cost will be
securing receptacle to place on the
door or wall, which costs 25c or more,
according to the quality bf receptacle
desired.
sire to return again in the near fu
ture and the bus left here Monday
morning for Asheville and expect to
be back in Cincinnatti Thursday.
WIGGINS SHOT
BY PATTON AT
ROBBINSV1LLE
Phy.fc ian Lodged In Jail Pending
Outcome of Victi,n*?
Condition
\Y alter D. Wiggins, prominent Rob
binsville merchant, is in a hospital at
B'ryson City, and Dr. \V. O. 1'atton
also of, Rohbinsville, former I'. S.
Consul to Kahiii, Brazil, is in the
Cherokee county jail pending the
outcome of his victim's condition.
Dr. I'atton , who is 67 years old,
shot Mr. Wiggins in the latters store
at Rohbinsville Monday afternoon
about 1 :30 and Dr. Patton was shot
by Sheriff G. \V. Shuler of Graham
county as the Doctor was leaving the
scene, according to witness of the af
fair.
1 he shooting is said followed Mr.
V\ iggins' remonstration with Dr. Pat
ton over the use of what the merchant
regarded as improper language in the
presence of women in the general
store of Wiggins and Amnions, in
Rohbinsville. Dr. Patton is said to
lime been uinit, tlie ir.SuOiice of
liquor.
After Mr. Wiggins' protest at the
physician's language Dr. Patton is
said to have left the store with no ap
parent ill fei ling.
A few mi nte- later however. Dr.
Patti.n re-entered the store and levell
ed a -hot l in: .t .Mr. Wiggins. As the
merchant la -ed his right hand to
ward off a if -charge of shot Dr. Pat
ten fireii. ie load almost severed
the H' nliant's right hand. In ad
dition. I I z gunshot w ? mils wore
counted ill ihe chest and neck of Mr.
- i.ier is at : :val at Hrvs ?n
( ' '? ' '?
She T Shuler and /.an Eller, town
maishal oi Robbinsvilie. rushed into
>i"'e alti ' the shotgun report Was
heard in tl streets. As they ap
proached Dr. I'atton. the physiciau
aimed hi- shotgun at the marshal, but,
although he pulled the tinned several
times, the weapon failed to fire, ac
cording to information from Rob
binsville. Sheriff Shuler shot Dr. Pat
ton in defense of the marshal's life,
it was said, the ; hysicians receiving
painful flesh wounds on the face and
right shoulder.
Friends immediately started to bry
son ( ity with .Mr. Wiggins in an auto
mobile. while friends of Dr. Patton
rushed him to Murphy hospital.
Dr. Patton is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Maryland school of medi
cine and did post-graduate work in
Johns Hopkins university. He was
born and reared in Murphy and lived
here until his removal to Robbins
ville four years ago. He was appoint
ed to the consular post by President
Grover Cleveland in 1887 and served
until the following year. He has been
married twice. Dr. Patton has three
sons. John and Oscar, who are adults,
and Nick, 10 years old. Mr. Wiggins!
about 40 years old, has been for many
years a partner in one of the leading
general stores of Ribbinsville, and
has several brothers and sisters in
this section, a blither of Mrs. Swan
of Andrews. He also has other
prominent family connections in this
state.
Dr. Patton was removed to the jail
here Tuesday morning pending the
outcome of Mr. Wiggins' injuries.
Neither Patton nor Wiggins will dis
cuss the case. Wiggins is said to have
a chance for recovery provided com
plications do not set up.
Victim of Stray Bullet
In Cafe Battle Dies
Arnold Wright, 19, cousin of Em
mett Wright and Victor Birchfield,
who shot each other to death two
weeks ago in a cafe at Topton and
who was shot in the hip by a stray
bullet during the fight, died Satur
day night in Asheville hospital where
he had been since the shooting.
Mrs. A. B. Chandler and Mrs. Maud
Correll of Andrews were Murphy vis
itors Thursday morning.