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Vol. XLll. ? No. 41. Murphy, N. C., Friday, May 15th, 1931.
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ATI \NTA PASTOR KILLED AND
FIVE OTHERS INJURED IN AUTO
WRECK ON LAST FRIDAY NIGHT
CAR leaves
BROAD; HITS
EMBANKMENT
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Parly Containing Father, Mother Of
Murphv Pastor Were Return
irs? ' rom Funeral Here
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Traged followed a funeral party
out of M .1-1 hy last Friday night, and
a< a ii one person is dead, and
fjve are in ITospitals in At
lanta iainesville, Ga., three of
them i ' ) be in a critical condition
The Jesse L. Jackson, 53,
ra?tor the Kirkwood Baptist
church. I one of the most prom
inent i t i'1's in the Southern Bap
tist < ntion, was hurled through
the wi:. chl to instant death when
the car was driving left the road
and ei d into an embankment
aboiii miles above Gainesville,
about .lock Friday nilght. Mr.
Jack- n I been to Murphy and con
ducted funeral service of the
Utile ter of the Hev. and Mrs.
J. L. that afternoon.
With Mr. Jackson at the time of
the accid- it were Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Stei ?? father and mother of the
Rev. Si- i'li' , Richard K. Stetle, a
broth <" A. Hall, 74, grandfather,
and M Georgia Mae Stovall, a
friend - the family who had been
vi.-itir..: Mr. and Mrs. Steele in Mur
phy V i the past several weeks.
Mi J. A. Steele suffered four
broken and other injuries, while
Mrs. St-'. ?!(- suffered several broken
ribs ; a crushed shoulder. Mrs.
Steeh as removed from Gainesville
t A ' mta Wednesday morning,
while 1 ! r. Steele has developed pneu
monia nd is still in the hospital at
?aine lie. His condition is reported
to be ritical.
Mis> Georgia Mae Stovall was re- 1
movt-d from the Gainesville hospital
eaily inlay morning to the Geor
gia P. . i t Hospital, Atlanta, where
she \v;;.- f. und to have sustained a
frail < i the skull. She was op
crated eti Tuesday, and was reported
as i.citui somewhat better Wednes
day ; ing. However, she has been
urn .?! :ous since the accident and
her c : ! ? : it ion is considered serious.
Ki. ?: v<\ F. Steele sustained a
broke1 leg above the knee, and Mrs.
Steeh father, J. A. Hall, received
injur i' more or less painful. The
i-oiuli' . n of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Steeh rid Miss Stovall is considered
seriou: . hut physicians are hopeful
of their recovery, while Richard
Steel, aid his grandfather, Mr. Hall,
are improving rapidly.
All the injured, save Richard
Steele, were unable to talk of the
accident Friday night. Steele stated
that M- . Jackson lost control of the
car when something seemed to break
in tu teering appc. itus, and be
fore could halt it, the machine
plunged into the embankment. Those
who surveyed the wreckage stated
that the car was completely demol
ished
The fatal crash occurred when Mr.
Jack., ': and his party were return
ing to Atlanta from M<urphy. The
minister had been to Murphy to con-'
duct the funeral services for the
small daughter of the Rev. LeRoy
Steele, pastor of the Murphy Baptist
church. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Steele
were the grand parent of the child,
i>- Kreat grandfather, and
Richard Steele its uncle. Mr. Jack
son was a former pastor of the Rev. [
n?ee,.e' V* Murphy, and neighbor of j
the tamily. It was in Mr. Jackson's!
church and under his direction that I
the service was conducted ordaining
LeRoy Steele as a minister of the
liospel.
Mr. .Tackson's birthday was la>t
Satui.lay, when he would have been
years old. He was hastening to
Atlanta in order to be on hand for
Mother s Day exercises Sunday. His
morning talk was to have been "Be- j
Hold Thy Mother" and in the evening
he \va- to have used as his text
life's Solicitude for Her Husband.
Jlrs. Jackson, his wife, was in
church affairs at the time the ac~
cident occurred, attending choir prac
tice at the Kirkwood church. She
was not told of the accident until
sne returned home, when Dr. Louie
Newton and Dr. W. H. Major, close
personal friends of Dr. Jackson, in
formed her of the tragedy. She col
lapsed on hearing of her husband's
death, and was placed under the c:?re
?f a physician.
funeral service for Mr. Jackson
*as conducted Sunday afternoon at
"js church, the Kirkvrfood Baptist,
? ?? D. Newton, Dr. W.
?. Major and J. M. Haymore officia
ting. Pallbearers were "six members
of the board of deacons, and the hon
irary escort was composed of the I
other members of the board the 1
Atlanta Baptist ministers, and the \
Kirkwood Lodge A. F. and A. M., of
which Mr. Jackson was chaplain.
Commencement
Murphy Schools
Begins Sunday
Dr. Sevier To Deliver Sermon Sun
day Morning Thirty Seven
Tc Got Diploma*
The closing exercises of thp Mur
phy Graded schools will get under
way Sunday morning: in the high
chool auditorium when Dr. Joseph.
R. Seveir, president of the Fassifern j
School will preach the commence- ?
ment sermon. All the local churches
are being: invited to take part in this
joint, service. On the following Wed
nesday night. May 20th. at 7:30, the
music class in charge of Miss Emma
Cardwell Lively will give a short re
cital. This will be followed on Thurs
day night by the class exercises by |
the Senior class of the High School.
On Friday night thirty-seven seniors I
will receive diplomas or certificates.
The feature of the Friday niuht ex
orcises will be the address to the j
graduating class by Dr. Calfee. pres
ident of the Asheville Normal school, j
Appropriate exercises wiil also be j
furnished by those completing the J
elementary school, in the school audi- j
? ori?im on Thursday afternoon at 2|
o'clock, May 21st.
I No further exercises will be oh- j
served by the elementary grade as
the May Day exercises recently ob
served on the school grounds wen
planned as their contribution to the j
closing exercises for this year. The ,
?lass play has also been given, the
senior class having given "Anne
What's Her Name" on last Friday
night to a large audience.
The session for t hi - year will close
with Friday night's exreises. The
public is cordially invited to all the
exercises.
Russell Submits Let
ter From Stikeleather
Editor Cherokee Scout:
I am enclosing herewith a letter
from Hon. J. (J. Stilkeleather in re
ply to my letter to him of Mav the
first, 1931.
^ ou will note soni6 suggestions in
Mr. StikeleatherV letter that should
he of interest to the people of Chero
kee county, which I will kindly ask
you to publish in your next issue.
Respectfully,
D. S. RUSSELL.
May 6, 1D33
Mr. I). S. Russell,
Andrews, N. C.
Dear Mr. Russell:
Upon my return from Raleigh I
find your letter dated May 1, await
ing me. I assure you I greatly ap
preciate the sentiments you express.
Expressions like your<t are some com
, ensation for the 12 years I have
[given to the Highway commission in
Western North Carolina.
As you know now Western North
Carolina was not considered on the
new commission. I of course, great
ly regret that this is the ease, but
we will have to make the best of it.
1 am still hopeful the Com mis - ion
will give Western Norfch Ca|olina
her full share of the road funds.
There is one thing in Cherokee
county that, you people ought to get
behind, and that is the surfacing of
No. 28, from Murphy to Copperhill.
I am in communication with the peo
ple of Chattanooga and they are very
anxious to establish relations with
us. They are completing the road up
the Oconee Rivp?- wMch will great
ly shorten the distance between
Chattanooga and Western North Car
olina, and by all means the stone
that ha* been put on this road should
be surfaced with a binder. As you
are probably aware I am President
of the Asheville Chamber of Com
merce, and I shall think in terms of
all Western North Carolina. I do
not believe even my enemies have
said, or can say, that I have ever
been selfish as to Buncombe, and I
am still of the same view point, and
as one who loves Western N. C., and
who want* to promote her interests
I wait to bring about, wherever pos
sible. the thought thnt our interests
lie along the same lines.
I recently called a meeting at
Bryson City to promote the placing
on the park to park maps that will
be issued by the park surveys, a road
Last Rites For ,
D. W. Swan Held
At Andrews 6th.
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Was Prominent Business Leader And i
Cherokee'* Representative
In Legislature In 1925
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funeral rites for David W. Swan
who died Monday, May 4th, from a 1
prolonged illne-s were conducted
from the Andrews Methodist church
Wednesday. the 6th, at 11 o'clock.
*1 h< service was in charge of the j
Rev. Walter J. Miller who was as- j
?i ter by the Rev. R. W. I'revost of
the Andrews Baptist church, and the
Rev. .1. R. Church of Kings Moun
tain. The choirs of the town were j
combined to render music for the
occasion.
Numbers rendered by the choir |
w< re "The Old Rugged Cross" and ,
"I am Resolved." Mr. R. C. An- j
?|row? sang Tennyson's "Crossing the '
Bar" as a solo.
Mr. Miller read the Old Testament
Scripture, and Mr. I'revost read tin
New Testament Scripture and offer
ed prayer. A very beautiful and ap
propriate memorial tribute to Mr.
Swan was read by Mr. Miller.
Mr. Church, who i- a former pas
tor of the Andrews Methodist church
and who wa{ an intimate friend of I
the deceased, stfoke touchingly of
Mr. Swan as a Christian gentleman,
a loyal father and husband, and as
i friend to man.
"If I were going to write Have
Swan's epitaph." said the speaker,
"it would be, 'he went about doing
good.' ".
j The speaker then paid eloquent
i tribute to Mr. Swan's loyalty to his
! ch I'vh and family mentioning the
fact that often when duties connec
ted with his timber operations kept
him far away in the mountains for
I many days he would at the week end
take the long tire -ome trek home to
J In with his family at his place in his
i church on Sunday.
i Mr. Swan was the s n of ,!ohn ami
Kli;)ibeth Swan ;{nd was born in
Clearfield County, Penn., August 31,
187(>. When he was at the age ?>f
bis parents moved to Robbinsville
N. C.
He was educated in the public
school* and :*t Young Harris Col
lege, Young Harris. Ga. After leav
ing school he identified himself with
various lumber manufacturing con
cerns in Western North Carolina and
East Tennessee and soon became an
expert timber cruiser. He was con
nected at different times with the
Runibarger Company ? f Cherokee
County, the Whiting M nufacturing
Company of Graham county, the Buf
falo Realty Company, and at the |
time of his death had been for six
years with the Nantah il i Power and
Light company.
In 1925 he served Cherokee coun
ty as representative in the General
Assembly and was marked for his
integrity and loyalty to the interest
of his constituency. As a public spir
ited citizen he was foremost in every
enterprise that promised betterment
of his community. He served as a
trusteee of the Andrews public
schools.
1 As a church man he was prompt
and faithful rn the performance of I
his duties. He was a member of the j
Andrews Methodist church and ser
ved on its board of stewards for a
number of years.
He is survived by his widow who
before her marriage was Miss Kath
erine Wiggins of Robbinsville, and
four children, Mrs. G. Rosendale of
Andrews, Misses Katherine and Lou
ise Swan and .John J. Swan of An
drews. Two brother and four sis
ters also survive. They are Ralph
Swan of Marion, N. C., Captain F.
Swan of Andrews, Mrs. Roscoe Led
gerwood of Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs.
Charle> Fleming of Chattanooga,
Tenn., Mrs. E. M. Johns of Wadding
ton, N. Y.j and Mrs. Dan Ramer of j
Washington. l>. C.
In the passing of Mr. Swan An- 1
drew>, Cherokee county, and West
em North Carolina loses one of its i
most useful and progressive citizens, j
His broad sympathy and generous
spirit of helpfulness made him the
friend of the needy and beloved by
all who knew him.
The immense crowd that attended
his funeral and the profusion of flo
ral tributes bear eloquent testimony
to the esteem in which he was held.
He was a Mason and a member ?
Andrews ledge No. 529 A F and A M
and of West Gate chapter No. 55
R A M. The local Masonic lodge was
starting at Mammoth Cave, coming I
by Nashville, Chattanoog?, Copper
hill, Murphy, and on to the park. I
hope you will bring this to the at
tention of "cople of Murphy and
Andrews, ar.d :;*at you will help pro
mote it. Clarence Angel is working j
for this same end from Bryson City.
Get in touch with him.
Sincerely yours,
J. G. STIKELEATHER.
SAYS FIGURES
INCORRECT AND
MISLEADING
Letter From Mayor Russell Gives
Bonded Indebtedness of
Andrews
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H May 9, 1931.
Editor Chefokee Scout,
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Sir:
We notice in this week's issue of
Cherokee Scout certain unauthorized
figures and comments respecting the
bended indebtedness of the Town of |
Andrews, which are incorrect and j
misleading. Bonded indebtedness of
any government unit is changed at
intervals through retirement of out
standing bonds and -ale of capital
assets represented by bonds, and it
s unjust to assume and publish in- '
formation not based upon facts which j
exist a( the time <>f such publication, j
| The following schedule sets forth the
, f acts in detail of all outstanding)
bonds of the Town of Andrews at!
| this time:
Maturities: Term Bonds |
Funding Bonds, $ 0,000.00 Feb. l,j
1930.
Waterworks Bonds. $20,000.00.
Jan. 1, 1940.
Waterworks Bonds, $20,000.00
Dec. 1, 1941.
Wat ei shed Bonds. S30.000.00 Dec.
1. 1961.
I $70,000.00 Total outstanding term
| bonds.
Serial Bonds
Str. Imp. Bonds, $22,000.00 ma
| luring serially. $2,000 per year Aug.
1. 1931 t ? i Aug. 1. 1935 both inclus
j ive. $3,000 per year Aug. 1, 1930 to
| 1939 both inclusive.
Str. Imp. Bonds, $29,000.00 nia
I turing serially, $1,000 per yeai Nov.
1. 1931 to 1935 both inclusive. $2.
000 per year Nov. 1, 1930 to 1947
both inclusive.
$127,000.00 Total Outstanding
term and serial bonds, other than the
Electric Light Bonds.
Klec. Lt. Bonds, $315,000.00 ma
turing serially, $7,000 Oct. 1, 1931,
$8.1100 Oct. 1, 1932, and $15,000 per
year Oct. 1, 1933 to 1952 both in
clu ive.
Klec. Lt. Bonds. $50,000.00 matur
ing serially, $5,00<) per year Mar. 1.
1946 to Mar. 1. 1955 both inclusive
$492,000.00 Total Bonded indebt-"
rdness of the Town of Andrews.
The purchasers of the Andrew:
llydio-Kb rtric power plant assume
payment of the $305,000.00 electric
light bonds, both principal and inter
est leaving only $127,000.00 to be
retired by the taxpayers. There is at
this time a cash sinking fund reserve
of $28,844.90, and a flexible cash
fund reserve of $10,000.00 making a
tot.fl cash reserve of $38,844.90 ac
cumulated for the purpose of retir
ing term bonds. Should this cash
reserve be used now to retire out
standing bonds at par there would
remain only $88,155.04 to be retired
by taxes. Please be kind enough to
publish the above, in the next issue
of the Cherokee Scout by way of cor
recting the misleading information
in this week's paper.
Yours respoctfullv.
I). S. RUSSELL, Mayor ,
Eye Specialist Here
Monday and Tuesday
Dr. J. R. McCracken, well known
eye specialist of Waynesville, will be
in Murphy at the Repal hotel Mon
day and Tuesday for the purpose of
examining any eye condition.
a sisted by members of the order
from Murphy and Marble in reder
inp the impressive Masonic ceremony
at the prave.
Pall bearers were chosen from ;
among his intimate friends and neiph
bors. They were Brue Bristol, John I
Christy, Weimer Conley, Luke Ellis, I
\V. D. Whitaker, and Bert Tatham. |
Honorary pall bearers were Bruce
Kinp, John Brooks, William Pel n, j
J. Frank Bristol, Weaver. Gray, W. T. |
Latham, Forest Denton, J. W. Wal- 1
ker, Z. L. Whitaker, H. M. Whitaker, j
L. B. Nichols, J. W. Brown B. P. ]
(irant, W. H Hamilton. T J. Bristol, ,
Mell Slathecon, Lee Watkins, \V. T.
Holland, C. H. Jarrett, L. O. Cald
well. D. H. Tiliitt, J. M. Archer, Lush
I^edford, T. M. Jenkins R. L. Phil
lips, J. M. Boone, C. F. Woodward,
J. W. S. Davis, W T. Moore and G.
B. Hoblitzell.
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Greatest Fault
Of nH s?? - not, f'-r a mnr -?
pentance the most divine? i'he
greatest of faults to be conscious
of none. ? Carlyle.
LITTLE FRANCES
STEELE LAID TO
REST FRIDAY
Funeral Hold From Residence At 3
O'clock: Interment In Sun
set Cemetery
Funeral services- for little Frances
Steele, five year-old daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. J. LeRoy Steele, who
died early last Thursday morning
following a brief illness of Scarlet
Fever, were held last Friday after
mum at 3 o'clock from the pastorium
with interment in Sunset cemetery.
J.'he services were conducted by
the Rev. J. L. Jackson, pastor of
the Kirkwood Baptist church, Atlan
ns-isted by the Rev. Howard I'.
Powell, pastor ?'f the Methodist
church, and L?r. .1. P. Anderson, pas
vO| of the Presbyterian chrch.
It was a beuatiful and impressive
i^rv'ee. The room which contained
the little white casket was literally
filled with flower?. Large crowds of
s6 trowing friends filled the room,
hallway, porch and out onto the lawn.
Kvery eye within the sound of the
speaker's voice was filled with tears.
The choir sang "1 Must Tell Jesus"
and "What a Friend We Have In
Jesus." Prayer was offered by I)r.
Anderson, and scripture was read by
the Rev. Powell.
The three preachers stood immed
iately behind the bier. Dr. Anderson
on the right, the Rev. Powell on the
left, and the Rev. Jackson in the
center.
Mr. Jackson's words were comfort
ing. soothing and sympathetic. He
told of the occasion 2i years ago
\vh"7i he had stood beside i little
white casket that contained th( form
of his little boy, and somehow lie
h:?d iiev?'r (omiu.'ted f'in ? ti of
a little child but what h< felt the
1 n once of his little boy. He said
that it seemed hard t?> understand
I why such a precious, beautiful flow
er was allowed to enter the home
and then be taken away so quickly*
but that the life of little Frances had
I not bee" lived i>, vain. lie said Mr.
Steele would neve, conduct a itiner
al. never enter the pulpit to preach
but that little Frances would be by
I his side, and the presence of her
I little spirit would be with him al
I ways.
Mr. Jackson himself broke down
...nd vvi'|u, ami little did ? 4'
I assembled reali* *"s was'
U "" ' fh.
itie ast words of
the service. spoken by Mr. Jackson,
were "CJood-hyp, Little Frances,
(looubye, land goodnight!" Just a.
few short hours later, Mr. Jackson
I himself was suddenly and tragically
snatched into eternity, to join little
Frances on the journey to that land
from "whose bourne no/traveler e'er
returns."
The active pallbearers were mem
bers of Mr. Steele's Sunday school
class, as follows: Reid Mallonee, Hen
Palmer, Cliff Passons, Ross Adams,
Joe Dyer and Huel Adams. Honorary
pallbearers were: C. M. Wofford, W.
II. Murray. C. W. Bailey, Cyrus
White. Homer Ricks, Dr. J. X. Hill,
Dr. E. E. Adams, J. W. Davidson,
Elbert Mallonee, T. A. Case and T.
S. Evans. C. B. Hill, local funeral
director, was in charge, v.
Surviving Frances are her mother
and father and one sister, Dorothy
Steele, seven years old.
City Fathers Take
Office and Organize
On last Thursday night. May 7th,
the newly elected city fathers took
the oath of office and assumed the
reigns of city government, and May
or Lovingood named a number of
committee? by way of or"' * *"\ing.
Retiring Mayor McMilL minis
tered the oath of office t _oming
Mayor Lovingood, following which
Mr. Lovingood administered the oath
of office to the commissioners. All
members were present except one,
A. M. Simonds, and Mr. Simonds will
qualify at the next meetii
Following the installation cere
mony, the following committees were
appointed :
Finance: Moody, Fain, *"? and Si
monds.
Lights: May fields Simon |S, and
Fain.
Street: Mayfield, Gilb? .J., and
Thompson.
Water: Gilbert, Fain an? Moody.
Cemetery, Parks and sanitary:
Thompson, Simonds and Moody.
The police committee includes cv
-ry member of the board, as follows*
W. I Fain, Dr. J. W. Thompson, C.
D. Mayiield, T. J. Gilbert, Ralph
-?loouy, ar.d A. M. Simonds.
A motion carried that all former
employees continue in their present
positions until Jun* 1st. The meet
ing then adjourned to meet May 14.