M'lVER heads
TICKET NAMED
SAT. NIGHT
Alio Head* Second Ticket Which Ap
peared Tuesday ? Election
on May 5th
A. W. Mt-Iver, prominent World
War veier ? and Commander of the
local r the American Legion,
is headi' tw? tickets as a canditdate
for ma; the municipal election
to he h' ? May 5th. Mr. Mclver
?*as m 1 n~ . ? ?ViJ to head the ticket
named at a nir.ss meeting at
court h ? Saturday nipht, and ait
tme a: i I as a candidate
mayor or. another ticket which made
it.fi app? ? Tuesday.
Th? ' injr at the court house
Satunia; ' 'lit elected Prof. L. E.
Maun?y 1 airman, and Col. Harry
P. ('<? - iTctary. The ticket
nam?<l Mclver, as candidates
for aldeni. n. follow.-*:
C. I>. Ma \ field,
Frank K. Dickey
W. M. in
\\ . K. i ! well
G. W. :ilis
T. J. Gilbert
Th' ? 1 ticket follows:
For y r: A. W. Mclver.
For Al-i.-rmen:
K K. Ural
Harry I'. Cooper
T. J. Mauney
Ralph Moody
(I. \V. Candler
C\ B. Hill
conservative ticket
ANNOUNCES WEDNESDAY
Th- I lowing ticket entered the
fitld W- :m -?lay for mayor and ald
ermen. a pounced as a Conservative
ticket. 1 1 olected the board pledges
itself t out expen-es of the town
about ? 00 per month, and to prac
tice rigi-1 economy in the town gov
ernment. All candidates on the tick
et have also pledged themselves as
?in? opposed to the opening of a
pool room "i Murphy as is being ad
vocated bv the AmoricaifcJ^egion.
The ticket follows: i
For Mayor: S. W. Lovingood.
For AMcrmen:
Ralph Moody.
K. (". Moore
Dr. J. \Y. Thompson
W. A. Savage
A. M, Simonds
T. J. Gilbert
PF.0PLK WARNED
ABOUT CHICKEN
AND HOG PENS
The city police force wishes to call
attention of the people of Murphy
to the town ordinance against chick
ens and hog pans, with the admoni
tion that these ordinances will be en
forced.
Chapter II, section 58 of the town
ordinances makes it unlawful for any
person, persons of corporation to al
low chickens or other fowls to run
upon any of the streets, alleys or
lots or premises of any person other
than the owner. The offense is made
a misdemeanor, conviction of which
carries a fine of $10.00 for each of
fense.
Chapter VI, section 84, of the
town ordinances, makes it a misde
meanor for any one having a hog
located nearer than 200 feet
?f any dwelling house, hotel or
street, and is punishable by fine of
So.00 for each day the pen is allow
ed to stand after notice has been
given for its removal.
Jhe same ordinance also makes it
a fine of $5.00 for the first offense
and $10.00 for each subsequent of
fense, to allow a pig or hog pen to
"eeome filthy or offensive to the |
smell.
Kidd Finds Freak
Ear O f Corn
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the Prom?nenc farmer of
phy ,"aka section, brough to Mur
!8^th?r ? frek of corn
have pvo one ?* kind we
c?er seen
** ?.n s^aPe of f?ur
*3er J?rn -a11 in one husk. The!
inches 1a? main , ear is nyie inches
0Qt. Clm-tOF' w shaped and filled
^f?e ou* *rom ^e stem are
inches S r two about five
es loner ^pf one about two inch
** filled oiralsT We" <ieVel?P?d
Com 'I1'8 freak ear of
til farm hVsk"ig some to feed to
arTn animals.
Sccne on Lake Carroll, private fishing preserve of Herbert And Cur?is, located in Clay county on the old
Carroll property, near t??e hydro el -ctric plant and dam of the Nantahala Power Company. This lake is a
veritable fisherman's paradise and hundreds of the followers of Izaak Walton flock to it each year to tussle
with the elusive finny tribe. Lake C rroll is now open to the public.
FISHERMAN'S PARADISE
W. 0. ADAMS
INJURED WHEN
HIT RY AUTO
W. O. Adams, of Murphy, wa
painfully injured Tuesday nijrht when
hit by an automobile driven by Ken
neth Wright of Rohbin^ville.
The accident occurred just west
of the Valley River Bridge. In the
car with Mr. Wright was prof. Bar
rett, superintendent of the Graham
County schools. Mr. Wright is em
ployed in the Graham county Bank.
Sir. Adams was walking along the
highway with several others, return
in.? home from church, when the ac
cident occurred. He was thrown sev
eral feet by the impact. No bones
are believed to have been brokn, but
he was scratched and bruised rather
severely. He is said to be getting
along fine and expects to be out
again soon.
Miss Mary Joe Davis
Improving Rapidly
Following is a letter from Miss
Mary Joe Davis, who is in the N. C.
O. Hospital at Gastonia, received by !
Mrs. Dixie Palmer this week:
Saturday P. M.
Dear "Dixie" ?
Gee! I was glad to get your letter.
In fact I am always glad to get mail.
I got four letters this morning, one ,
from you, Hattie, Mary W. and
Madge Bean, that is the little girl
that was next to me in the ward.
I wear my braces ?ome every day.
Yesterday I was up in the morning
some and in the afternoon. I was up
a while this morning. I will be glad
when I can walk by myself. Just
guess what size my crutches arc.
Would you believe it, they are 54
inches, but 1-2 an inch has been cut
off.
I want a pink geranium, and I want
a double one. Do you think it would
die if you sent it by mail. No, I
don't know what that Amaryllis looks
like, but I know it is a fower (be
cause that is all you are interested
in) Ha.
The nurses are planting a flower
garden here. They have tulips on
bloom I think.
Yes, I can wear my watch. I wish
you would send it to me. You can
send me a ring, and I'll doll up. See
I "prissy" as ever.
Gee I bet Robert and Jimmie are
capers. You saw the picture of them i
that Hattie sent me, didn't you? 1
That one of Robert is ju-t like him .
with his nose turned up in the air. I
June is feelintg her importance going i
to school.
Well I better close as it is about
supper time.
Gobs of love for all,
MARY JOE.
P. S. I try and hurry and make :
that telephone call.
A CORRECTION
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In a news item in these columns
last week, it was stated that Jim Pat- j
terson was from Fact oryt own. This ,
is an error. Patterson lives in one
of the house* in the section at the
rear of the Dickey Hotel.
Methodist Pastor
Rev. Howard P. Powell, pastor
of the Murphy Methodist church
who is doing the preaching in
the series of evangelistic serv
ices now in progress at the
churehh.
TAX LISTERS
BEGIN WORK
APRIL 29TH
The tax listers of Cherokee county
will begin work of listing real and j
personal property for taxation, it was'
announced this week by Lon Raper,
Tax Supervisor for the county.
All tax listers and the supervisor
were in Murphy Monday of this week
and met with the Board of County j
Commissioners for final instructions.
The tax listing work was scheduled J
to have begun on April 1st, but on I
account of a number of tax measures
before the legislature, the work was
ordered held up by A. J. Maxwell,
commissioner of revenue. The list
ing of property for taxes will be as
of April 1st.
During this year all property will
be revalued, and equalized. The list
ers' instructions were to the effect
that property value-* could not be
lowered very much. If a reduction
was made it would be better to have
it in made the form of tax rate,
rather than to have a lower valua
tion and a higher rate of taxes.
The list takers for the different
townships are as follows:
Murphy ^Township: R. B. Fergu
son, Maynard Palmer, J. E. Hall.
Valleytown Township: John Pal
mer, Boone Wright, T. J. Bristol.
Hothouse Township: W. L. Gar
ren. E. E. Jenkins, C. C. Foister.
Notla Township: James Payne,
George Evans, T. M. Rice.
Shoal Creek Township: A. A. Wil
liamson, Lon McNabb, Walter An
derson.
Feaverdam Township: A. G. Mor
row, Ulie Farmer, Ernest Stiles.
BOONE WRIGHT
IS INJURED IN
TOPTON FIGHT
B tonc Wright, of Topton, is in
the hospital at Franklin in a serious
condition, and his brother. Ix>n
Wright and Lon's son are at liberty
under bond as a result of a fight at
Topton Tuesday night.
The fight occurred in the ball
ground near the home of Hoone
Wright. According to information of
officers making arrest), the fight
first started between \wo small boys
of Lon and Boone. Two other larger
boys of Lon got into the scrap, and
later Lon and Boone.
Officers stated that Boone wail
beaten about the head rather badly,
and several large cuts and wounds
inflicted. He is said to have bled all
night, and was carried to the hospit
al the next morning in a semi-con
scious condition, and later lapsed in
to unconsciousness. latest word
from his bedside is to the effect that
his condition is considered critical.
Lon Wright and his son are at
liberty under bends, Icon's being
placed at $2,000.00, and his son's at
$500.00.
Mrs. Lovingood Dies
Of Blood Poisoning
Mrs. Minda Lovingood, 5"), of
Grandview, Cherokee county, died of
blood poi?on Tuesday and was bur
ied at Hanging Dog: Baptist church
Wednesday. She is survived by her
husband, Gtorge Lovingood, two
sons, Hillard of Akron, Ohio, and
Lester of Grandview, and four dau
ghters, Mrs. Lela Odell of Grand
view, Mrs. Annie Wyatt of Akron,
Ohio, Mrs. Myrtle Mulkey of Akron,
Ohio, and Miss Othella Lovingood of
Grandview. Also surviving: are four
brothers, James Abernathy of Ma
con, Ga., J. H. N. W., and S. C. Ab
ernathy of Cherokee county; and five
sisters, Mrs. Tina Lovingood of En
ka, Mrs. Ellilee Davis of Grandview,
Mrs. Ora Ward of Andrews, Mrs.
Nellie Mint^ of Marble, and Mrs.
Octavia Odell of Grandview.
Two Men And Still
Captured Sunday
Sheriff Frank Bristol and Depu
ties Fred Johnson and George Lov
ingood captured a still and two men
Sunday afternoon near the Hiawas
see church about six miles west of
Murphy.
The still was in full operation
when the officers made the raid. The
men, Crawford Kidd and Gilbert
Stiles (not the Gilbert Stiles of Mur
nhy) attempted to make a getaway
but were apprehended.
They destroyed a small amount of
beer, and brought in 26 gallons of
low grade liquor or "singling*". The
outfit was of about 30 gallon ca
pacity.
Lawyer ? Have you ever been
cross-examined ?
Accused ? Rather, I have been
married ten years and my mother
in-law lives with us.
GIRL DROWNED
IN WATERS OF
NANTAHALA
p
Mr*. Waller Smith, 17. Loses Foot
ing And Plunges To Death; Hus
band Escapes By Close Margin
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Mrs. Walter Smith, 17, of An
drews, went to her death in the mud
dy water* of the swollen Nantahala
river Sunday morning when she lost
hep footing on a foot bridge and
plunged into the torrent.
Mrs. Smith and her husband, to
whom she was married last Novem
ber. were crossing the foot bridge
a mile and a quarter above the con
struction camp of the Nantahala
Power and IJght Company. They
were said to have started out to fi"h.
The girl, when she lost her bal
ance, dialed her husband into the
liver with her. He .-aid he attempted
to save her but that her clothing
gave way in his irrasip and she sank.
It was hours later when the body
was found a quarter of a mile below
the scene of the tragedy. It had
lodged under driftwood.
The Nantahala at the point of the
drowning ordinarily is shallow, but
heavy rain- in the headwaters swell
ed it considerably Saturday night.
Mrs. Smith was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Tittle of Andrews
The body was taken to Chuckey,
Tenn., for funeral services and in
terment at 10 o'clock last Tuesday.
An inquest was held to be unnecces
i sary.
FUNERAL HELD
TUESDAY FOR
CYRENF. BOICE
P* eminent Lumberman of Wc?tewr*
North Carolina Dies Of
Heart Attack
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Funeral service for Cyrene Boice,
7. "J, president of the Boice Lumber
company with offices in Hayesville,
('lay county, and in Hurt. ford. Tenn.,
for many years one of the outstand
ing lumbermen <?f Western North
Carolina, who died at Richmond, Va.,
Sunday night, were held at 3 o'clock
Tue-day afternoon at Abingdon, Va.
The service was conducted at the
home of his old friend and business
associate, J. \V. Kell. who was equal
ly interested in Mr. Boice's business
ventures.
Mr. Boice was president of the
Tennessee and North Carolina rail
road, a lumber and passenger line
which runs from Newport, Tenn., to
Mt. Sterling at the Northeastern end
of Haywood county. North Carolina,
president of the Knoxville, Seveir
ville, and Eastern Railway, primarily
a lumber railroad; and president of
the Andrews and Hayesville railway,
which hauls lumber, freight, and pas
sengers.
Was Bank Official
Mr. Boice was also vice president
??f the First National Bank of Abinfr
don, Va., of which J. W. Bell owned
the Max Patch mountain boundary,
a tract of some 24,000 acres, which M
is used as the basis of operations of
the Boice Lumber Company.
Plans had been under way for the
development of thd Max Patch boun
dary. Besides timber, it is rich in
minerals. Itj had been planned to
make Max Patch mountain the air
i port of the Great Smoky Mountains
J National parrk. In this work Mr.
Boice was much interested and he
had spent much time in recent
moitths in working out detail^ of
the project.
Mr. Boice was also much interested
n the possible development of the
Tennessee and North Carolina rail
road in connection with the hauling
>f passengers into the Great Smoky
Mountains in the region of Mt. Ster
ling. The gorge at Waterville,
through which the railway passes, is
comparable to the famed Linville
Gorge.
Mr. Boice, a wealthy man, had
been prominently identified with the
lumber business in Virginia, North
Carolina, and Tennessee for many
years. He began his business career
in the mountains of Western North *
Carolina, and spent much of his time
in Hartford. Tenn., and Hayesville.
He was a native of Shokan, N. Y.
The lumberman suffered a heart
attack while on a train at Salisbury
Saturday night. He was taken to a
hospital in Richmond, Va., where tie
died Sunday night.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. "Eliza
Boice, two daughters Marion, of
Hayesville, Jennie May, of Richmond
a son, Edmund, who is a prominent
surgeon of Rocky Mount, two sister**
and two brothers.