North Carolina Newspapers

Vol. XLIII.? No. 29. Murphey, N. C., Friday, February 19, 1932 $1.00 YEAR? 5c COPY HJKMtK MUKPHY BANKER PLACED UNDER ARREST J. B. Storey At Liberty Under $5,000 Bond; Charged with Embezzle ment, False Entry, Forgery Arrested under a warrant charg ing him with embezzlement, false en try and forgery, J. B. Storey, cash ier of the Cherokee Bank when it closed last October, is at liberty un der a bond of $5,000.00 which de fense counsel and friends succeeded in making exactly one week after his arrest and incarceration. The warrant was sworn to by E F. Gill, liquidating ajcen* of the Cherokee Bank. Sheriff J. Frank Bristol and Deputy Sheriff Fred Johnson last Thursday went to Jef ferson, Ga., the home of Storey, where he has been living since the closing of the bank, and had the warrant served. They brought him back to IMHirphy that night. Storey waived extradition papers and came without protest. He later stated he would have come back without the officers coming after him had he been informed that they had a warrant for him. At a preliminary hearing Friday morning, before Justice of the Peace C. B. Hill, before whom the warrant was sworn out, Storey waived pre liminary examination and was bound over to the April term of Cherokee Superior Court under $5,000.00 jus tified bond. He was then remanded to the Cherokee county jail where he was held while negotiations were in progress for making his bond, which was made yesterday (Thurs day) morning. He left Thursday on the 1 o'clock bus foT his home in Jefferson, and stated that he would return to Murphy the first of next week. The State was represented by the law firm of Hill & Gray, and J. D. Mallonee, while the law firm of Moody & Moody appeared for the I defendant i ? Charges In W*rj *nt "? The warrant sworn out for Storey is a formidable looking document, containing nearly two legal cap pag es of typewritten text. The first paragraph, after identi fying Storey as cashier and an offi cial of the Cherokee Bank, charges that he unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously did embezzle and ab stract the sum of ten thousand dol lars gf the monies, funds and credits of, and belonging to, the Cherokee Bank, with the intent to defraud the bank and its depositors. Paragraph two charges that Storey unlawfully, wilfully and feloniously did make false eft-tries on the books of the bank, marking as paid on the certificates of deposit ledger, cer tificates of deposit in the names of J. W. Stalcup, S. W. Lovingood, J. K. Hall, J. D. Rector, Mrs. Lillie Hunsucker and others, to the amount of more than ten thousand dollars, the false entries being made to de ceive officers, agents and examiners of the bank. Paragraph 3 charges that Storey knowingly, unlawfully, wilfully, fel oniously, wittingly and fialsely did make and forge the name of R. F. Whitehead to a certain promissory note, dated June 28, 1931, in the sum of $1,302.43, payable to the Cherokee Bank, or order, with the intent to injure and defraud the bank, its de positors and others. Paragraph four charges that Storey for the sake "of personal gain and with intent to 'defraud the Cherokee Hank, its depositors and others, did unlawfully, knowingly, wilfully and feloniously utter, publish and pass, and deliver the said false, fraudulent and forged promissory note by plac ing it in the bank and abstracting the sum of $1,302 43 fraudulently and converted it to his own use. All of the paragraphs cite that the charges made were against the form of the statute in such cases and against the peace and dignity of the State. When asked by a Scout represen tative for a statement for publica tion, Storey declined by saying that he did not have anything to say at this time, other than to thank his many friends for the kindnesses and sympathetic expressions to 'him while incarcerated. Hundreds of his friends visited him while he was con fined in jail. j E. A. Davidson, president of the Cherokee Bank when it closed last October, and who has been spending the winter in Florida, returned to Murphy last Surd ay night, and when asked by telephone for a statement, likewise dec ned to comment on this now development in the bank's situ ? ti^*. Mr. D*?videon*s health is un sW-d to b*? rather delicate and he i t y ng clou- to his room, having i o?tc but a few times since i ret am. Hs is staying with the family ?t hi' s or.. J. W. Davidson, on Camp! eli street, and it is under Blair sville's Gift To Bonnel! Stone Lost; Has Been Replaced When one moves from a comunity and one's neighbors make up a pot to give him a present it's looked upon as a token of esteem in which he is held. When the pot is lost, or misplaced, and the neighbors make it up again ? the departing neighbor must be good. That's what happened to Bonnell Stone, executive secretary of the re organized geological and forestry de partment, between the time he an nounced he was going to leave Blairs viile, up in Union county, and the time he redomiciled himself in the old family homestead at Oxford. A few days before Christmas the B'lairsville neighbors made up ?he purse to buy Mr. Stone a watch. It was a sizeable sum ? as the ultimate selection of the gift shows. But after the money had been collected, and be fore the time the head man thought the buying ought to be done, the money was deposited in a bank across the North Carolina line. When the fixed time came to buy the testimonal gift, the bank had been closed. So, Mr. Stone didn't get anything besides a lot of words of regret ? re gret that he wjis leaving BlairsviUe and regret that the gift fund had been caught in the wheels of the de pression. Blairsville wasn't satisfied with this way of doing honor to a citizen whose hobby and vocation, forestry, are one and the same. They went out and collected the same a mount again and the other day the> presented Mr. Stone with a handsome platinum inlaid goVd timepiece. Incidestally, it's the first wacth Jdr. Stone ever carried ? Atlanta Coustitution. _ George Washington Is Theme of Story Hour The next story hour at the library will be held Thursday afternoon, February 25th, with Miss Ruby Ow enby in charge of the group. Stories in Keeping with the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington will be told and la special feature of the afternoon will be the colonial costumes which tit is hoped the children will wear as a part of this celebration. But all children from the kindergarten age through the sixth grade, whether in costume or not, are urged to come. Time: Thursday, February 25th Place : The Library. Hour: 3:00 P. M. stopd that he plans to return to Florida shortly for another month. Difficulty Making Bond Storey experienced considerable dif ficulty in making the $5,000 justified bond required of him by the court. L. F. Elrod and Alcie Elrod, of Jef ferson, Ga , and Fred Northcutt, of Toccoa, Ga., friends of Storey, were here last Friday and tried to make his bond, but because they were from another state, their property in an other state, and the obstacles the law placed in the way should the bond be defaulted, such a justified bond was not acceptable in North Caro lina. Friends and former associates of Storey in Murphy and Cherokee county who were acceptable to the State, could not be prevailed upon to make his bond, and the defense counsel turned their attention to making a security bond. C. T. Storey j Jr., of Jefferson, Ga., and G. E. Sto- j rey, of Athens, Ga., were here this week, and after considerable diffi culty succeeded in getting a New York bonding company, doing busi- | ness in North Carolina, to make a bond which was acceptable to the State. Storey presented a pathetic figure in jail in contrast to his otherwise debonaire, gay disposition. He look ed haggard and worn, and when the realization dawned that his former friends and associates had apparent- j ly deserted him as far as using their worldly goods to help him were con cerned, he almost came to tears. His attempts at being jolly and gay appeared to be forced, and' only a shadow of his former self. When he was given his freedom on bond, he again presented a picture of his old self, stating he was glad to be out, that he was going home, but would return to Murphy next week. He was kept back in one of the center cell sections, with four other prisoners, and shared the same food, cells and bunks. He said that the bunk seemed mighty hard the first night Jailor Lovingood said he was a model prisoner, giving no trouble, and expecting no special favors. Shortly before leaving for his vome in Jefferson Thursday. -?y iskcd the sheriff to take him l ** home. "You brough jr. . up here," r. said, "and you ought to takt ni? back." lHif> w ?' r? -w.~. Cherokee Case Upheld By Supreme Court The North Carolina Supreme Court this week handed down a de cision in which the court found no error in the conviction of Charley Beal, Hazel McMahan, Bose iFain, MaTy Best and Lee Ellen Harbin in Cherokee Superior Court for store breaking. They claimed double jeopardy. The five defendants were charg ed with storebreaking and receiving .stolen goods and had been given two I trials. At the first trial, they were j convicted of receiving stolen goods. I but acquitted of store breaking. A Supreme court opinion sent the case | back for a second trial, and that I time the defendants were convicted I of storebreaking but acquitted of re Iceivinqr stolen p-oods. The Supreme court held they Md waived their constitutional rights by asking for a new trial after their ifirst convic tion. Eeach defendant was sentenced to two years imprisonment. They have been at liberty under bond pending jthe appeal of their case to the Su i preme court. I Fred Young Is Bound To Court On Liquor Charge Fred Young was bound to Supe rior court this week under bond of $500 on a charge of making whiskey. I He posted bond and is at liberty. I Young was one of three men whom ' officers surprised at a still in the Lower Hangingdog section one day , early this week. Young being the one caught while the others made their escape. The raiding pafty, composed of Sheriff J. Frank Bristol, Deputies .Fred Johnson and Bud Morrow, de stroyed between five and six hun ! dred gallons of beer, about five gal lons of whiskey, and laid the furn ace and manufacturin - utensils to waste, while they brought the copper i still to Murphy. The still was in \ full operation when- the raid was made. Sunset Cemetery To Be Cleaned Off If weather permits next Thursday the 24th, work will beg^n on the cleaning: off of Sunset Cemetery, Hayes Leatherwood said this week. Mr. Leatherwood is giving: his serv ices without pay, and the town is furnishing the truck and street force- i [ Lot holders are asked to donate [ i something: toward having the town burial ground cleaned up, as it is ' in an unsightly condition, overgrown 'with briars, bushes and weeds. The , | present condition of the cemetery j does not speak well for the commun | ity, and it is hoped that enough la bor services, or money, will be put . up to place the cemetery in a more | attractive condition b^ having it cleaned off. A little concerted action by the I lot holders and those interested will J work wonders without making it a j hardship on anyone. I Don J. Hyatt, Son Of Former Scout Editor Dies In Asheville I Don J. Hyatt, adopted son of Air. and Mrs. R. H. Hyatt, of Murphy, | died Tuesday afternoon at the Mis- | ! sion hospital, Asheville,, after an ill- | I ness of several days. | Mr. Hyatt was the son of A. Don Towns, a former editor of the Cher okee Scout, and was adopted by Mr. , ; and Mrs. Hyatt when he was a small baby, and used the name of his | foster parents throughout life. He ! was about forty years old, and had ! lived in Asheville for the past sev- | I oral years. ! He is survived by his wife and six children, all of Asheville; his foster 'parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hyatt, \ of Murphy; three brothers, Edward, I Henry and Paul, of Murphy; and one sister, Mrs. C. A. Brown, of An drews. i I FuneraJ services were held Wed- i ? nesday afternoon at the Reynolds j Funeral home on Spruce street, Ashe ; ville. Nada Ray Fractures Hip In Fall On Floor j Miss Kaida Ray, nractical nurse, | suffered a fracture of her hip when she fell on the floor at the apart ment of Mrs. Wj' "*? the Adams , Building, whom ~s.ing, here | Saturday n.or ? s Kay was i * to thf ? Hospi V " at Fi\anV ? rr;y ex ati sl ow J hip was ! badly fracture J. t 19 PRISONERS IN JAIL WEDNESDAY Wednesday there were nineteen prisoners in jail, seven of which are Federal prisoners, and the other I twelve county prisoners. Since Wed- j nesday, two have received their free dom under bond, namely J. B. Storey and Fred Young. Visitors to the jail in the past 1 week have been many, and they have found the jail presenting a clean, neat and attractive appearance, es pecially the cages, cells and rooms. Mr. Lovingood, the jailor, always keeps the jail in this condition. Be- 1 sides the daily sweeping, he has it ! scoured and washed out once a week. | If there were any way to drain the water Irorn the floors, Mr. Lovingood j said he would have it washed two or three times a week. The names and charges of those in jail Wednesday follow: Claude Freeman, of Andrews, lar ceny of a pair of shoes. Bond $300. Jack Brown, Shoal Creek, violation of the prohibition law, bond $200.00. Idaho Bryson r.nd Cliff Graham, of Unaka, charged with breaking into a store at Unaka, bonds $500.00 each. Etta Lindsey, of 'Murphy, assault, bond $200. Burney .McCurry, of South Caro lina, charged with breaking into the Murphy Laundry, bond $500.00. Fred White, Andrews, larceny of automobile, bond $300.00. Bass Dockery, of Tennessee, who was shot by Deputy Sheriff Jim 1 Rose last fall. When Rose at- j tempted to make an arrest, Dockery drew his gun and shot the officer, j The officer returned the fire and | seriously wounded Dockery. Since ' then, Dockery has spent 71 days in \ the hospital. He is now in jail and j will be given a preliminary hearing ; as soon as he is able to stand one. j J. B. Storey, embezzlement, mak- ; ing false entries and forgery, bond ! $5,000.00. Ross Moore, failure to comply with I an order of the court, bond $200.00. Henry Sneed, arrested on a war rant from Haywood county and is being held for Haywood officers. Fred Young, Hanginj*dog, caught Tuesday by officers at a still, bond $200.00. The following are Federal prison ers: Bud AUman, of Topton ; Leonard Clark, of Hangingdog, and Theo dore Nelson, of Topton, serving six months each for violation of the pro hibition law. Arthur Brady, of Topton; Ernest Raxter, of Marble, and John Can trell, of Andrews, serving three months each for violation of the pro hibition law. Charlie Hickman, of Shoal Creek, who is being held for the May term , of Federal court at Bryson City on a charge of violation of the prohi- | bition law. Murphy Divides Cage Honors With Andrews Murphy basketball team visited Andrews last Friday night to give and take. The MjUrphy girls took their game from Andrews girls with a Score of 20 to 8 This victory for the Murphy girls was no unusual thing for they have won every game this season very easily. The boys lost their game to An drews with a score of 18 to 12, but only after a hard fight. Morrow, a forwEfrd', was the outstanding star for Andrews, while Ferguson and F. Hensley starred for Murphy. .Murphy has played away from home only twice and in each case she had a strange court to play on. When playing at Ducktown, the court was no longer than it was wide, and at Andrews the court was much too narrow. Boys Divide With Robbinsville Wednesday night at Robbinsville, the Murphy boys lost to the strong Robbinsville team by a score of 15 to 3, while the Murphy all-stars gave the Robbinsville all-stars a trimming by the close score of 11 to 10. The girls did not play. Hampton Memorial Since the organization of the Epworth L#e ague at the Hampton Memorial church about three months ago there has been quite increase in its members. Each Sunday even ing about fifty young ?op!e come out, even in b&b weather. The pro grams are varied and full ?f life ind seem to be holding the interest of ! thosfc who attend The pr grams for the month of February h?. . e been a long the line of Peace i.un Patraitism in keeping with the Di. ?armament j Conference at Geneva. In line with th3 program fcr the month, the members of the league are preparing t. Peace play to be given at the church. WASHINGTON'S ANNIVERSARY IS OBSERVED Murphy'* Woman's Club Renderi Ap propriate Program On Wed nesday Afternoon The regular monthly meeting of the Murphy Woman's Club was held in the club rooms Wednesday after noon. February 17th, with the pres ident. Mrs. T. S. Evans, in the chair. Reports from the various commit tees were as follows: Airs. M. W. Hell, chairman of the civics committee, reported that, ow jne *? the weather, very little work had been done on the park but plans are being made to make this spot in the center of town attractive and donations of iris and petunia plants from those interesteed will be appre ciated by the committee. Story hour at the library, which is being sponsored by the club, is to be contisued and Mrs. H. G. Flkins reported that at the next story hour, which will be Thursday, February 25th, sto.'i. r. in keeping with the cel ebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of eGorge Washington will be told by Miss Ruby Owenby, who will have charge of the group for trat afternoon The following committees were appointed by the president: To make plans for beautifying the vacant lots in the town, Mrs. Dixie Palmer, chairman; Mrs. C. W. Sav age, Mrs. E. B. Norvell, Mrs. R. W. Gray. ? To investigate the need* of the un dernourished children in the graded school, IMrs. W. M. Axley, chairman, and .Mrs. R. C. Mattox The president announced that Mrs. T. J. Mauney would be asked to act as chairman of the Junior Woman's Club, Mrs. H. H. Keener having re signed. Following the business session, a delightful <and (instructive program portraying the personality, character and achievements of Georfce Wash ington was given, with Mrs. W. M. Axley as leader. The program fol lows : Woman's Club GEORGE WASHINGTON PROGRAM Wednesday, February 17, 1932 1. Family Relationship of George Washington, Mrs. A. C. Huber. 2. Homes of George Washington, MHss Lula Fain. 3. Youth and Manhood of George Washington, Mrs. Ralph Moody. 4. The Mother of George Wash ington, Mrs. Ben Gartrell. 5. George Washington, the Man of Sentiment, Mrs. H. H. Keener. 6. George Washington, the Man of Action in Military and Civil Life, .Mrs. R. C iMattox. 7. George Washington, the Chris tian, Mrs. C. W. Savage. 8. George Washington, the Lead er of Men, Mrs. Ed Studstill. 9. The Social Life of George Washington, Mrs. R. S. Parker. 10. George Washington, the Builder of the Nation, Mrs. Don Witherspoon 11. George Washington, the President, Mrs. J. B\ Gray. 12. The Home Making of George and Martha Washington, Mrs. M. W. Bell. 13. Trees in the Life of George Washington, Mrs. Claude Turner. Francis Scott Key, Mrs. E. B. Norvell. Patriotic Music, Mrs J. W. David son. An interesting feature of the pa triotic music was the announcement by Mts. J. W. Davidson that the two selections rendered were: "The Minuette," by Alexander Reinagle, composed in honor of the sixtieth birthday of George Washington, and the "Gavotte," by Pierre Dupont, composed for the same celebration. The original music is in the Congres sional Library at Washington, D. C., permission to have copies made be ing obtained by the Bicentennial Commission, the music to be used only for the programs celebrating the 200th anniversary of George Washington. Large Senior Class The senior clasr of the Murphy . high school has voted to wear caps and gowns at graduation this year. The class this year is the largest in th? history of the school, numbering 48, with 20 boys and 28 girls. Of ficers of the class are: Miss Cecile M&ttox, president; Way T own-on, vice-president; Mis.? J\ line Allm, secret? -nd Miss Marcella Hamp ton. tr*. 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