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MURPHY TAKES
MEASURE OF
ANDREWS FIVE
locals Chalk I i* Fourth Straight
(I i n If hife Gir/s Lose To
In ilrc ivs Team
Th( fast stepping basket-ball
learn of Murphy High chalked up
is fourth consecutive win of the
peason laM Friday afternoon when
ifc; Andre*-* high fell before the
charges of Coach Warrick by the
score nf 20 to <>.
Hemhree was tile outstanding
star for the Murphy team w'th 13
point* i<? lii> credit while Dyer and
Da\i> played a fine game at guard.
Two pretty field goals were made
hv Smith Walker, star of the An
t drew. team.
The local hoys play Kobbinsville
at Robl?iii>\ illt* next Friday after
noon ami they are out for their fifth
straight \ictoiy.
boys Came
M. II. S.
F.
F
C
C
G
Sulfet'totions for Murphv: Smith
\h tor v ar ringer: Barton ?2l tor
Smith: Koper for Davis; Andrews:
lathani lor Hamilton.
j Carringer
| Hemhin l.i
Diik? \ 2
Dav i>
Over 1
A. H. S.
Hamilton 2
Tat ham
W ilson 1
Everett
\\ alker 5
Girls Game
A. H. s. a
F \\ yke
r Palmer
C Reagan
G Tat ham
G Dunn
G Raxter
Substitutions for Murphy : Barton
for Wells: Baker for Davis; Hamp
ton for Ferguson. Andrews : \\ hite
I for Dunn.
The Murphy girls lost the first
wit the\ had played this season.
However ihey held the opponent to j
y\\ M ore and w'th a little more I
ttperirnre the girls should put up ,
35 ??<h1 a hrand of basket-ball as the
bo\s are putting up. The Andrews i
team has had quite a hit more exper- I
ifiicr than the locals and therefore
tad the edge over them.
| Carnegie Library In |
Recipient of Books
Follnu in<r js a |jS| 0f hooks re
I r*'xe<' l',e Murphy Carnegie l.i- j
"Wry and the donors. The books
IN.U f .|i the shelves and readv for
10 public. Miss Josephine Heigh
*aV- Librarian, announces:
'"inks received from Mrs. \\ . H.
ravis: Beach, Iron Trail. Tarking
,on- Turmoil: Ward, A Great Sue- j
Maxwell, Hill Rise; Wilson.
I:"p ^ r.nm Twin; Wharton, T1
>f Mirth.
presented to the Library by
I' reas : Maitland. Bov |
*outs With the Allies; Maitland,
j?> Scouts on the Trail: Griggs.
?> Scout on the Trail; Grigg. Bov
0,11 " Success; Pavson, Boy Scouts
on Range; Curwood, Baree Son
P.a?n.
ffwnted by S. C. Heighwav a
P'fte set of Mark Twain books.
[t #ije mktt
? n i, Heel.b \enspaper in Western \ orth Carolina. Covering a fjirpr and Potentially Rich Territory
in This State
VOL XL. \0. IS.
MIRI'HY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBKR I. 1928
BIRCHFIF.LD
CAPTURF.S STILL
4 MEN TUESDAY
! . ?
Hi gilt Sheriff Makes Raid V eat
1 Waftbr Single Handed- Trial
Set For Monday
! For sometime Sheriff Birehfield
I lias been trying to locate a stil!
| which has been in operation in the
.vicinity of Maltby. having i n forma- 1
tion to the effect that somewhere in
| that section a still ha* been in porea
tion.
Tuesday morning all alone Slier- j
iit Birchtield set out to again try j
| and locate this still. About two'
; miles north of Maltby, up on the
mountain, he discovered a dug-out)
in the side of the mountain covered
with lumber. After investigating
this place he came across the still. 1
of about si\t\ or seventy gallon ca
pacity, located back in this dug-out. j
with three or four barrels of beer, j
some low wines, some liquor and the ;
Mill full of beer ready to operate.
From indications the still had made j
a run of liquor the night betore, as
it was stil I warm and had been fil
led with beer again to start upopera- j
tion for anothei run.
Sheriff Birehfield looked all
around but saw no one in sight, who ,
might have had some connection
with the still, but waited patiently
jio/ tour hours for someone to re
turn to tin still. Waiting that length
lot time in vain, the sheriff decided
to pour out the beer and liquor, pul
1 1 he still out of the furnace, set fire
? to the still house, and started down
J toward the house nearby, where he
'had heard the voices of several men
| while h? had been waiting.
As he approached the house, he
must have been seen by some one of
I die occupants, for the door to the
house was slammed to. and some
one i throwing liquor (tut of
one of the windows. At this time
two men jumped out of the windows
on the other side of the house, the
sheriff ran around and captured
both of them single handed, then
came bac k around the house and en
tered it with the first two prisoners
? in tow, and captured two more men
i inside the house, making four pris
| oiit* i > lie had captured single hand
j ed.
The owner of the house was not
at home, but the sheriff found out
that he had gone to Andrews, so tak
ing his prisoners in tow and going
a distance of four miles to Marble,
he there telephoned to the chief of
police at Andrews to locate the oth
er man, arrest him and bring him
down to Marble to be turned over
to the sheriff. This was done and
the prisoners were placed under
bonds for their trial at the Novem
ber term of Superior court to be
held at Murphy.
The owner of the house ! oca ted ai
the still site was A If Dockery, who
was placed under $ 1,00.00 bond,
and his nephew, Debro Dockery,
was placed under $200.00 bond. The
names of the other prisoners were a
Barton man. Wvlie Slansberry. and
Pritchard Dockery, who jumped Naff
the truck bringing the prisoners to
town and escaped, whose prelimi
nary trials are set for Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock before Justice of
the Peace Jim Bryson, at Marble.
BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY j
TO ENTERTAIN WOMEN OK THE
CHURCH ON NO\ EMBER 13TH j
The Baptist Missionary Soc'ety ;
will have a social in the ladies par
lor on November 13. at 2:30 o'clock, j
Every woman in the church is in- j
vited to be present. This includes j
those who are members and those of.
Baptist preference.
An 'nteresting program has been I
arranged and a social hour planned. I
A ffec w ill offering w ill be taken up I
for the benefit of the church build- 1
ing fund.
REV. POWELL
IS RETURNED
TO MURPHY
Rev. Howard P. Pox, el I was re
"c1 th" Murphy charge lor an
ther year by the Western North
Carolina Conference of the Metho
ds" Episcopal Church. South, which
me' in Charlotte the past week.
Rev. Powell has been with Murphy
only a year and ha? made many
liicnd* here not only in his own de
nomination. hut others as well, who
u rejoicing over his return.
The appointments for the Waynes
villc district, which includes the
Murphy church, are as follows:
If aynesville District
C. M. Pickens, presiding elder:
Andrews, \\ . M. Bobbins: Bethel. C.
|{. Ross: Bryson City. I). C. Bal
lard: Canton. Carlock Hawk: Cher
? kct . William Hornbuckle: Clyde
Junaluska. F. O. Drvman; Cullo
u lire . M. 0. Tutlle: Delwood. B. K.
Brady: Pines Cheek. G. V Dulin;
Franklin. I\. F. Mock: Franklin Cir
cuit. H. C. Freeman, Glenville to be
jsupplide: Haywood, B. G. McClam
rock: Highlands. t< ? be supplied:
Jonathan, i.. T. Edens: judson. L.
H. Ilipps. supply; Macon. T. S. Bo
tan. supply: Murphy. H. I*. Powell;
Murphy Circuit, A. A. Somers. sup
ply: Sylva. G. B. Cleinmer; \\ ay
nesville. T. F. Higgins: W ebster. F.
\\ . kiker; Whitticr. K. L. Bass;
Wolfe Mountain. W. E. Morel/, sup
i?i> -
BANKERS URGE
ADOPTION OF
TAX AMENDMENT
Say Adoption II ill Vitally Affect
Continued Prosperity and De
velopment oj State
| Characterizing its adoption as be
ing a matter oi vital import to the
continued prosperity and devclop
jmenl oi North Carolina, the North
'Carolina State Bankers Association
Ihas come out in support of the pro
posed taxatioi amendment to the
j State Constitution which will come
' l et ore the voter> at the election next
week.
The action of the Bankers Asso
ciation means that the proposed
amendment now has the endorse
ment oi* practically every civic and
commercial organization in North
Carolina, ll had already been ap
proved by the Farmers Federation
land by the North Carolina Associa
tion of Real Estate Boards. Thirty
one states have already adopted tax
ation laws similar to the one now
I proposed for North Carolina.
| The amendment wiii give legisla
ture the power to permit certain
property to be placed in a separate
class to be taxed at a different rate
from other property. The property
to be so classified and taxed com
prises intangible property such as
bonds, notes, investments in stock
and the like.
Lnder the present system, an in
dividual owning taxable securities
must pay a tax 011 the principal
j ranging from two to four per cent
j depending on the local tax rate ? a
| condition .that is driving taxable
money out of the State and into tax
exempt securities, thus forcing a
| heavier tax burden upon real estate
and tangible property.
Officers of the North Carolina
Bankers Association point out that
the amendment, if adopted, will low
er present taxes on farms and real es
tate of all kinds, and thus keep mil
lions of dollars of North Carolina
money at home, and attract outside
money into the Slate. The propos
ed amendment will greatlv improve
the economic conditions of the com
monwealth as a whole.
CANDIDATES OF
BOTH PARTIES
IN COUNTY BUSY
Final Rally and Speaking Engage
ments tf CI os" at Court House
Saturday \ ight
Thp candidates fur county offices
of both the Democratic and Repub
lican parties have been busy during
th; past week in a speaking cam*
pai<i!i and tour of the county. which
will come to a close Saturday night
af the court house. The people of
the count\ have been hearing the
political issues of the campaign lo
call> and nationally discussed by
candidates of both parties all over
the count \ this week, and the grand
rally ant' speaking Saturday night
will mark the end of the campaign
and the issue s and fates of the can
didates will rest with the people,
who will no out next Tuesdav. No
vember 6th. and ad in the capacity
of both judge and iurv.
Because of the issues in this cam
paign from a local as well as a na
tional viewpoint, there will he one
of the largest votes ever polled in
the history of the county and nation.
SPIDER WRITES
IN WEB MADE
ON RICH FARM
One Person Makes Out If ritiniz as
Ifortls That Spell Hoover's
Xam e ? Others Differ
1 A spider web with some curious
weaving in it presided over by a]
large spider <?1* many colors, is at- ;
traetnig much attention down in the
!??wer part of the county on the R.
(i. Rich farm near Ranger and Leti- ,
tia.
Some have said that the curious
white net-work in the spider's web. !
?i* the shape of writing, spells the
name of Hoover, while some say
tha it spells something else. The
writer visited the scene this week and
' ?2V." the wch and the supposedly
writing. We looked at it from every
. ansile. and net being versed in hier
;oglyphics or spider language, could
onl\ make out the letters "\\ WM '
in looking at it from one angle.
From another, it looked like
"YYMM." From another, an 4iH*'
was partiall) visible, and separating
il fom the rest of the letter "W," a
perfect "V" could he seen.
Mr. Rich slated that hundreds of
people had visited the place, which
was plain from the regular path
which is made up through the corn
field to where the spider and his
web are located. It was found some
ten days ago while gathering corn.
Mr. Rich says that the spider does
his writing in the morning, takes it
up in the afternoon, and writes it
again the next morning, placing it
haek letter for letter, i exactly the
same manner each time.
He and hundreds of others believe
that the curious writing spells
Hoover." and is an omen that Mr.
Hoover will be the next president. |
Some have suggested that it spelled
"Smith.*' and Mr. Rich stated that
if he thought it did he would destroy
it at once. ,
So much for that, the spider is i
there, the web is there and some |
kind of weaving resembling letters I
of the alphabet are there, and hun
dreds are journeying to the field j
just above Mr. Rich's house to take j
r look at it. It is attracting much
attention from the fact that many ;
have never seen what is referred to |
as a writing spider. I
? i
Inasmuch as November begins on j
Thursday we have decided to ac- i
cept subscription payments any j
week day this month.
NICHOLS GIVEN
MEDAL FOR ACT
HEROISM IN '25
Murphy Man One .-1/nong Fourteen
/'? Souf,t Receiving Award
From Carnegie Commission
Kverrli G. Nichols, of Murphy,
\\;?- notified several days ago that
li? had been awarded a hero medal
and Sl.lH ?C.(HI by the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission for his art of her
osim in saving the life of Jeff Hic
kf\ from suffocation on Septemlier
I!.'. 1925. Mr. \iehols was one of
I 1 receiving such awards b\ tlie
Commission in the South.
The act of Mr. Nichols was
brought to the attentio of the Com
mission bs Atlorne\ J. V Moody,
whose well was being cleaned out
at the time. Hickev was doing the
work, and some blasting was done.
However, Hiekev went down into
the well too soon after the blast was
fired, and was overcome b\ the gas
and fumes eaused by the blasting.
Mrs. J. V Moodv and Mrs K?!?)h
Moodx were in the \ard at the time,
and when HiVkcy did not come out,
tlie\ called to him but got no an
ywtr. Mr. Moody was then called
and still Hiekex could not be heard
from. Mr. Niehols was one of those
who came to their assistance, tied a
rope about his body and was let
''own into the well, where he untied
I Ik l'i^pe. placed it about the body
o! Hickey. win- was drawn out
| while Niehols remained al the bot
tom of the well. The rope was sent
back to Nichols, who tied it about
himself ami was likewise drawn to
Mifetv . However, lie was so o\er
je'Muc b\ the gas and fume< he was
almost unconscious by the time lie
reached the top. Medical aid was
.given to Hickey andn he was soon
| brought back to life again.
! The letter of notification to Mr.
i Nichols from the Carnegir Hero
; Fund Commission follows:
' Mr. F.VCrelt C. Nichols. ^ *
I Murphy, North Carolina, y '
| M \ Dear Sir:
j iinoujih the courtesy oi Air. J. in*
; Moody, of Murphy, the attention of
l ho Carnegie Hero Fund Commis
sion has been railed to ail art pT5
formed by you. by which on Sep
tember 1 o, 1925. ><>u saved Jeff
Hicke\ from suffocation in a well,
at Murphy, North Carolina. Your
lease after a thorough investigation
j was considered at a meeting of the
Commission held this afternoon,
and 1 have much pleasure in inform
ing you that in recognition of vour
j heroism on that occasion the Com
| mission awarded, vou a bronze med
ial and the sum of SI. 000 to be paid
| as needed for a worthy purpose to
j be approved by the Executive Com
: mittee.
j I shall be obliged if you will
kindly advise me without delav. by
i a letter bearing your own signature,
| whether or not vou wish to accept
i the Commission's awards. If vour
, reply is affirmative, the medal will
be ordered and w ill be forwarded to
you as soon as it has been received
from the manufacturers, and the
money will be held for yoil until it
is needed for the purpose which
j\?iJI later be. decided by the Kxceii
| live Committee.
^ ours ver\ truly.
| F. M. \\ II. MOT.
Manager.
MEETING ROAD COMMISSION
j POSTPONED 1 NTH. V)\ . 12
1 The regular monthly meeting of
the Cherokee County Road Com mis
j sion has been postponed until No
i vemher 12th on account of the elec
I lions on Nov. 6th. off'cers ot the
commission stated this week. This
will be the second Monday in No
vember.