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Vol. XLIII. ? No. 4 The Leading Weekly Newspaper in I V extern \orth Carolina , Covering a Large and Potentially Rich Territory in This Slate Murphy, N. C., Friday, August 28, 1931 $1.50 YEAR -5c COPY LAST RITES HELD FRI. FOR SID PF.NDLEY Victim o( Auto Wreck Laid To Rest In Sunset Cei.ietry With Masonic Honors Funeral services for Sid Pcndley. 50 p-'-uinent Murphy citizen and op?T:'": . "f ,he Murphy Service Sta tion .1 .. was killed in an automobile accident "ii the highway near Cleve land. i;.i . last Thursday evening, was held Friday afternoon, August 21st, at .( o'clock at the Baptist Church bv the Rev. James LeRoy Steel, pas tor, -t 'd by the Rev. Howard P. Powell, pastor of the Methodist Church. The accident occurred while the part> composed of Mr. Pendley. G. W. Fib, district manager of Gulf Refining company, and W. C. Ken ney. of Murphy; C. B. Wood, and Zeb Morrow, of Andrews; and J. L. Elliott, -f Iflairsville, were returning from Gainesville, Ga., where they at tended a meeting of operatives and officials of the Fulf Refining Com pany. Members of the party said that the asphalt pavement was wet and slippery from rain and that the car skidded and turned over. It thought that Mr. Pcndley at tempted to jump from the car and was caught under it when it landed over on its side. He was pinned be neath the car, and his body crushed. He lived for a fe wminutes. but nev er regained consciousness. Mr. Ellis, who was said to have been driving, was painfully but not seriously cut and bruised. Mr. Mor row suffered a broken rib, cuts and bruises. Mr. Wood, Mr. Kenney and Mr. Elliott were badly shaken up, but not injured. When the news passed through the community FYiday morning that Sid Pen iley had been killed, it left a pall of ploom and sadness in its wake. He was well known and liked in the community and section, and was always active in civic matters and the progress of this entire section. He served f|jr several years as water superintendent and clerk of the town. He was an active mem ber of the Lions Club, and a promi nent Mason, having served his lodge at one time as secretary. He had operated the Murphy Service station about two years. Mr. Pendley was married twice, hut was widowered in both instances by death. His first wife was Miss Sallie Barnett, daughter of J. M. Barnett, of Murphy. His second wife was Miss Iowa Harbin, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harbin, of loniotla, who has been dead about fourteen months. He is survived by two children by his first wife, Fran cos Pendley and James Pendley ; three by his second wife, Jane, 6 years old; Gene 4, and Billy, age 14 months. He is also survived by his father, Barney Pendley, of Tate, Ga., r ranees and James are making theier home with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bar nett, and Jane, Gene, and Billy are >n the home of Mr. and Mrs. E'en Harbin. The active pall bearers were made up of members of the Masonic, or der and the honorary pall bearers Jvere made up of the Masons and Lions. A full Masonic funerel was given the deceased, which was very impressive. SEARCHERS FIND BODY OF YOUTH W?lli? Bales, 20 Year Old Unaka Bey Ended Own Life, Coroner's Jury Finds Wallis Bates, 20, son of Elbert Bates of Unaka, 12 miles west of Murphy, was found dead about 7 o'clock Tuesday morning:, apparently a victim of suicide. The body was found near the elder Bates barn. There was a hole the youth's head just above the right ear and beside the body were found a shotgun and an empty half gallon fruit jar. There was an em pty shell in the gun and two loaded shells in the dead youth's pocket. The right shoe was off, and. from the position of the body, it is thought hefued the gun with hia big toe. Young Bates was missed Monday and his relatives searched* for him until well into the night. They re sumed the search Tuesday morning. is thought that he had been dead about 24 hours when found. Neigh- | J?rs reported hearing a gun fired ? between 9 and 10 o'clock Monday morning. ^Mowing a coroner's inquest, * "diet of suicide was rendered. YOUNG MAN ENDS OWN LIFE FRIADY Marion Cearley. 24. ended lii< life last Friday afternoon by shooting himself with a shotgun near his homo on Persimmon Creek, 1 miles west of Murphy. His act was attributed to his mental condition. Cearley had started fishing with his brother, Sam, and Debrow Stiles. On reaching the Creek, his compan ions are said to have taken the load out of the shot gun and hid it in some bushes. Sam Cearley and Stiles entered a boat to fi.^h, leaving Mar ion Cearley on the bank. A short time after leaving in the boat, the men heard the report of a shotgun and on returning found Marion Cearley dead. Ke was shot through the abdomen. It was learned later thai. Marion Cearley, while visiting at a friends home a few days ago, found a cart ridge which fitted the shotgun. He had this in his pocket when the men hid the shells in the bushes and after they had gone out of sight, Cearley took the shell from his pocket, fitted it in the shotgun and fired the fatal shot. ! BYPU District Meet At Murphy Aug. 30 The B. Y. P. U. district meeting will be held at the Murphy Baptist Church on August 30th at 2 o'clock P. M. This meeting embodies the B. Y. P. U.'s of Murphy, Brasstown, Notla and Martin's Creek. A full representation is urged t oattend. The Notla B. Y. P. I", will put on a demonstration program besides various discussions on the importance of the work. w.nTc baptist ASS'N 47TH MEET AT MURPHY j Rer. W. F. Sinclair, Hayesville, Re | tlected Moderator; Meek Next Year at Hangingdog ^ The forty-seventy annual Western North Carolina Baptist Association meeting, which was held with the First Baptist Church in Murphy last week, was one of the greatest meet ings in the history of the association. More than a hundred and fifty del egates and visitors were in attend ance upon the two sessions. The ladies of the Murphy church enter tained the delegates. Rev. W. F. Sinclair, of Hayesville, was re-elected moderator, with Rev. C. F- Martin, associate moderator; David T. Mashburn, of Andrews, was re-elected clerk; H. B. Elliott, histor ian, and W. O. Adams, treasurer. Visitors and state workers present were: Dr. Sams, vice president of Mars Hill College; Dr. McCracken, from Mills Home; Dr. Charles Mad dry-, state Baptist secretary; Mr. Page, Recorder representative; Rev. Lewis, Fred Stiles, T. B'. Hayes, N. O. Kiipatrick, D. T. McNabb, and G. A-. Uuchurch. The introductory sermon was preached by Rev. R. W. Prevost, pas tor of the First Baptist Church, of Andrews. The evening address was made by C. A. Upchurch who spoke on "The Inside of The Liquor Qes tion". The rest of hte program was made up of reports and businers* One new church, the Ebeneezer church., was admitted to the Association, ma king a total of 31 churches in the as sociation. While the financial pro gram showed a decline, the other work showed a slight raise. Missions and local expenses were much lower than last yea r. Last year's total ex penses were over ten thousand dollars and this year was probably as low as nine thousand. The S. S. work showed an increase in enrollment and the Scnday School Association President reported bright outlooks for this year. B. Y. P. U. work held its own, with a slight increase in enrollment. Standard organizations in B. Y. P. U. work had dropped to two, but will probably go to six this year. W. M. U. work also showed a slight gain. The meeting next year will be held with the Hanging Dog Baptist church on Tuesday and Wednesday before the fourth Sunday in August, begin nig at ten o'clock (Eastern Standard Time). Rev. R. E. Conley will preach the introductory sermon with Rev. C. F. Martin alternate. o Mrs. George Lovingood and daugh ter, Maggie, are visiting Mrs. Lov ingood's sisters, Mrs. Hardie S*^ < j Mrs. W. C. Morrow, and Mrs. Em ma Mes?er, of Waynesville, and her brother. Mr. Willis Tredway, of Can ton, this week. T G. W. LOVINGOOD, PIONEER CITIZEN DIEDTHURS. A.M. Funeral Services To Be Held Friday j Morning At Hangingdog Church ti. W. Lovingood, .'il years old, pioneer citizen of Cherokee County, and father of J. W. Lovingood, president of the Bank of Murphy, died at :16 o'clock Thursday morn ing at tin- home of his ton, J. \V. Lovingood, in Murphy, after an ill ness extending over a period of four years. Four years ago, Mr. Lovingood be came an invalid and was brought to the home of his son here from Hang ingdog. where he had fived all of his life For more than three years he had not been out of his room, and for more than two years he had been : unable to speak and not out of bed. | He suffered from what is known as "creeping" paralysis, and this was i the cause of his death. Mr. Lovingood "Was born on Hang ! ir.gdog Creek seven miles west of Murphy, his father and uncle having been anion? the first settlers of that section. At the age of twenty, he married Miss Julia Palmer, who sur vives. They had ten children, all of whom are living. They are: J. W. Lovingood, of Murphy; Mrs. Eva Hembree, of Murphy; B. W. Lovin good. of Oklahoma ; Mrs. Kma Hem bree, Delano, Tenn.: Mrs. Ella Dock-1 ery, Mrs. Mollie Kephart, and N. W. Lovingood, of Murphy; Mrs. Lily Panther, of Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. Bessie Peebles, Greenville, S C. ; and A. W. Lovingood. of Murphy. There are forty-six grand children and fif ty-one great-grand children. He was a member of the Ebeneezer Baptist Church, Lower Hangingdog, for sixty years, at which place the funeral service will be held at 11 o'clock Friday morning. In the ab sence of the pastor of the Murphy Baptist church, the Rev. Howard P. Powell, pastor of the Methodist Church, will conduct the service. Mr. Lovingood's children occupy some of the outstanding places of leadership in the business and relig ious life of Murphy and this section. Two of them are prominent merch ants of Murphy, Noah and Will, as they are known to their friends. Will is also president of the Bank of Mur phy, and Noah is also superintendent of the Murphy Baptist Sunday school. Allen Lovingood is city mail carrier and a deacon in the Baptist church. HIGHWAY MEN INSPECT ROADS IN CHEROKEE North Carolina Highway Chairman Visits Murphy sind Tells Of Plans E. B. Jeffress, of Greensboro, chairman of the State Highway Com mission; J. C. Walker, division high way engineer, of Asheville; and James Knight, of Andrews, who has charge of thc maintenance of high ways in several Western North Car olina counties, were in Murphy on Tuesday of this week in connection with the work of the highway com mission. Mr. Jeffress stated that funds had been appropriated to complete the surfacing of Highway No. 28 from Murphy to the Tennessee line near Ducktown. This work has been go ing on now for a week. He also stated that they would finish putting rock on Highway No. 108 from Rob binsville to the Tennesse line at Deal Gap this year, and would surface it next year. The visitors looked over Highway No. 28 from Murphy to the Clay county line, which is possibly the only piece of road between county seats in the State that has not been segraded and surfaced. There is a great deal of traffic over this road from Clay county and several Geor gia counties, which makes it a very important road, and the citizens of Murphy and Cherokee county hope it will be completed at an early date. Mr. Jeilress also made inquiry about the road from Murphy through Unake to the Tennessee line, known as thc Joe Brown highway. He was told that only five miles of this road have not been graded. This is also an important road, whic: *^en com pleted, will bring considexbbir- trav el into the State from Tennessc a.t?i other states. Mr. Jeffress was rt-y much im pressed with this fcfcuou and it is be lieved he will soon complete all the TRADE JUBILEE AT ASHEVILLE A Trade Expansion Jubilee, in which the majority of Asheville busi ness establishments will participate, will be held here next Saturday, it was announced by Louis Lipinsky, member of the committee for tin event. The jubilee will take place of the annual bargain carnival in Ashe ville and will he much larger in scope than the carnivals. The purpose of the jubilee will be to influence shoppers in the smaller towns of this section to come to Asheville for merchandise they are unable to buy at home, rather than going to other larger cities. The members of the committee said they did not intend to attempt to draw buyers from their community stores except when they were unable to find what they wanted at home. Elaborate arrangements have been made to transport thousands of per sons to Asheville for the jubilee. The Asheville Merchant's Association, which is sponsoring the jubilee, has purchased the franchise of the street car lines from 9 until 10 o'clock Saturday morning, and everyone traveling uptown will be give free rides. The Southern Railway is offering excursion rates from points in West tern North Carolina to Asheville for the price of one and one-fifth fares, j Hound trip bus tickets will be offer ed for the cost of one and one-half fares. All up-town parking spaces and garages will reduce the storage rates to ten cents and restaurants will offer menus at popular prices. Persons with coupons, to be publish ed in Asheville newspapers, will be given two admissions to moving pic tures for the price pi one. UNITED EFFORT IN DEVELOPING SECTION URGED District Gathering Of Lions Club Is Held At Bryson City On August 1 3 th At a meeting of Lions Clubs of the western district held at the I- ryemont Inn, Bryson City, Thursday night, August 13th, invitations were issued for the civic clubs to attend a meet ing to be held at the George Vander bilt Hotel in Asheville Friday nipht August 28th, at which time a definite movement is expected to be launched for the purpose of crysitalizing senti ment throughout the country to des ignate Asheville a* the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National park. The spirit of the meeting was dis t inctly one of cooperation in any movement designed to benefit We - | tern North Carolina, and the cluba attending the session are expected to he well represented at the main meeting to be held in Ashville, which is expected to be attended by coun ty officials and civic leaders from all over Western North Carolina. I)r. Kelley.E. Bennett, oi i'.ryson City, State Senator, presided over the meeting at which some sixty per sons were present, from Asheville, Hendersonville, Murphy, Bryson City and Chicago. L. Roy Phillips, president of the Asheville Lions Club, which spon sored the meeting, acted as toast mast er. Nat Friedman, of the Asheville Lions Club, furnished the entertain ment with the presentation of "The Personality Twins." W. M. Fain, of Murphy, district governor of Lions clubs, spoke of the advantages of Western North Caro lina as a tourist center. Louis Lipinsky. city councilman of Asheville, spoke of the plans for the meeting to be held in Asheville and urged all Lions clubs in the district to join with other civic organizations at the meeting in making plans for attracting tourists to the Great Smoky Mountains National park. Other speakers of the evening were the Rev. R. L. Creel, of Bry son City; Harry Matthews, of Ashe ville merchants association, and Ar chibald Nichols, secretary of that or ganization; E. A. Tomeraasen, of Chicago, and Dr. Kelley Bennett. Mrs. J. H. McCall and son Herbert left Tuesday for a visit to friends and relatives in Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Palmer of Can ton, N. C. are visiting Mr. Palmer's mother and sister, Mrs. Dixie Palmep and Miss Hattie Palr xor*:?nt roadr il? here. ?* ?hown I. *e Cherokee . court hoUcC with which he [ \v?s much impressed. STATE BOARD ALLOTS NFARLY 16 MILLIONS Cherokee County Get? More Than 40 Thousand Dollnri, But Amount It Short of Needs The State board of equalization al lotted last week to 100 North Caro lina counties and 95 special chartcr listricts, a total of $15,482,279.18, for the operation of the state sup ported six months school term in 1931-32, according to announcement coming from Raleigh. Cherokee county received a total of $40,(174. -14 for the county schools while Murphy charter school district received $13,226.36, and Andrews charter school district received $17, 165. 00. This money is to be used in the six months school term, speci fied by the state, and any length of time that the schools are in operation over six months must be naid for by the tax payers of that district, as has lieretofo: e been practiced. It is understood that these amounts are far short of what the county and charter districts asked for. For in stance, these figures show what th? county asked for and what they re ceived : Asked for: Received: General Control: $4,388.00 $3,830.00 Instruction Service $41,188.00 $31,150.00 Operating Plant* $2,747.00 $1,815.00 Maintenance of Plants $1,250.00 000 Fixed Charges $1,750.00 000 Auxiliary Agencies $7,962.40 $3,109.44 The item, "Auxiliary Agencies," includes mostly the item of trans portation. or for the operation of busses to haul the children to anil from school. This amount is so small that the county board is having dif ficulty in making contracts with bus people to perform this work. It is understood that the maximum amount allowed by the state is $8.00 per pupil for the entire year. Where this operates as a detriment to mak ing contracts in the county, it was pointed out. Is that the average bus load in the county would amount to approximately 25 students, and when the routes, condition of the roads, the number of miles traveled is con sidered in the light of $8.00 per pu pil for the entire year, is practically impossible to find anybody who will perform this work and furnish their own bus, material, expenses, etc., for this amount. If the roads were all paved and each bus could have about 100 pupils, contracts would not be so difficult to secure. Tho total school fund provided by the 1931 general assembly was $18, | 500,000, but $1,500,000 of this is for j extended terms in weaker counties which has not been allotted. The allotments made are for four objects in the budgets, general con trol, instructional service, operation of plants and auxiliary agencies. There will be an additional allot ments made for welfare and attend ance work, rural supervision and health. Leroy Martin, secretry oi' the ljv->ard, said, which will bring the to tal close to $15,700,00, the amount appropriated by the general assembly exclusive of the $1,300,000 estimat ed from fines and forfeitures to bring the six months fund to $17, nnn nnn SCHOOL BEGINS SEPTEMBER 4TH We wish to call attention again to the opening of our schools. Registra tion of the high school pupils will take place on Friday morning, Sep tember 4th. It is very important that all high school pupils be present on that date in order to better under stand the plan and purpose of the years work. It wili be necessary also in order to get textbooks for their work promptly. Owing to the financial situation throughout ho country few new books will be kept on hand and pupils will be urged to secure secondhand copies where-ever possible. This can be easily done as th^ text on Economics has been the only change this year. Those having books to dispose of would do well to I bring them at the opening on Friday. New books will be ordered only on a definite order from the pupil and the posting of the deposit necessary to secure the book. Work in the grades will begin on Monday morning. September 7th. At (Continued on pagn ?)
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