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The Leading Weekly A 'eu spa I Vol. XLIV- No. 1 Murphey. N. C., Friday, August 5, 1932 $1.00 YEAR? 5c COPY HUMAN interest ESSAYS Two Conflicting Laws By Brownlee Frix lhere ?? mighty Influence in Katcrc. which for lack of a simpler time *e will call the Coamic Urge, ?t is va.-t : mysterious, ubique, imper ;tlve ; Thi> Clestial I-aw ri^Ss in ev .?ff land, i-very sea, and in the air ,|| over the earth. The migration (f birdf arc governed by this strange influence. Every spring a * olce from some where spetlts to each salmon, shad and hei'ring a? it swims out in the jca: "Go as quickly as possible out if this salty brine up into the fresh water of the river and spawn." And these fish ly the millions do their utmost to obey that command. If you will go down to where any river rcns into the sea, and figure out how ju<t one fish can get through all those miles of nets, you are good at working puzzles. They are caught by the tons and prepaired for the market in gieat salting stations and canneries. Thi* Cosmic Urge comes with pe culiar persuasion into the hea'rts of 4a mankind: "Get a Home of Your Own!" th: - Voice says. And with that command ringing in their hearts ?ith the irresistible appeal of a cirenV >>ng, with all the authority fa "Tim -aith the Lord,'* they try and are caught in traps like a fish! There is a law in Virginia, and I think in < ach state, that looks as harmle - ? a sheep. It has soft white wool, but unlike a sheep, it has fierce erven eyes and terrible tushes. This law means just this: A mort gage on < r < property may be legal ly transformed into a claim on any otheV property that the maker may nwn. 11 a money lender places a loan jn a certain property tha should decrease 111 value, should h s*t be allowed to collect from the man' **ho j borrowed it ? Reasonable in appear ance. But the danger is that most mortgages on homes are given by builders who are financially well off, and the property is then sold to a home seeker who assumes the mor tgage, and the money lender, know ing that he is safe, puts too much of a loan on the property, which tends to douhle the price of the home. Lets see how the law works ! Suppose you had just finished pay ing off the second mortgage on your home and still owed a note of seven thousand dollars, secured by a first mortgage on the property. Suppose also that you owned, clear of any a corner lot right near the busir- -s section of your town or city, ami that you had calculated that by u." time the first mortgage mature.-- th* -ale ot that lot will about pay it in full. Suppose that you had ?ai*i every note on the second mor- | tgage promptly as it ca'me due, had < ?et the interest promptly every time ?>n the first mo'rtgage i. te, and that fou wer< considered reliable by every banker whp knew you. In ?ther wont.-, suppose you were just a lice, hip-, healthy buck shad, like tens of thousand of other shad that have wen caught. ^ou are short of cash after paying tne last note on the second mortgage; you are also the proud father of a 0?w ^by. The interest on the first mortgage is nearly due, but it is ?D.y two hundred and ten dollars, j?a you can just step down to your j !1 and borrow three hundred dollars without any trouble at all. ut a mysctrious warning has come o some member of the loan com mittee that you are getting "risky" ?JW at the last minute your applica ion is turned down. Somehow this ^ lln,ucky day and you cannot wher ne?otiate a small loan any . . J11 ,s a clause in the mortgage Kh says that if the inte'rest is not k5mpt,y r.aid, then the whole debt u,e ? This clause is not unjust, and hair i. on which you have paid t the purchase price is sold for fo r 10 owner ?f the mortgage ? r ?Ur thousand dollars. Now he the home but you owe him three "g** dolla'rs, which any judge y0] recognize as a legal claim, f r 's next sold to the same man * one thousand dollars. Now you drli ?a'ly in debt only two thousand foi r5t! t^ien your car is sold for unl? .huj'drcd dollars, leaving yctt drai. lXtcon "undred past due and tup lUK interest. Then your furni soIh' n cost ^ree thousand, is huni , excePt the beds, for three lent ('?^ars? which susn repre evervl101 ?.ne c.ent of value that y?u ceiVe e "received or ever may re ^uring this process you are sup Self-Flying, Fool-Proof Airplane SMS?, G. W. Cornelius of Bnrbnnk, Calif., riding asi raddle the fuselage ?*f ;:is newly designed "free wing'* monoplane that automatically controls and flies itself. Both wings of the plane work free from the fuselage and adjust them selves by tilting up or down in accordance with t lie different air currents while flying, thus preventing the possibility of the ship gotog in*o a tail spin CALENDAR FOR TRIAL OF CIVIL CASES, CHEROKEE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT. AUGUST TERM, 1932 JUDGE H. HOYLE SINK, Presiding MONDAY, AUGUST 15. 1932. MOTIONS 70 Walker vs. Nantahala P&l. Co. 25 W . A. Nichols vs. I". S. N". ~ ' ' 2:? :>?'? Palmcl* v?. Ideal Mot? r C?.>n|>:.::y .*>S Maneval vs. Gentry et al. 46 Grant' Co. vs. En lor et a) 40 41 50 Hall vs. Storey et al. 4'.) 51 Burns vs. Walker et a.. TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1932. 54 63 Davis et al vs. Jefferson Std. Ins. 60 Guerney P. Hood vs. Davidson et 07 al. 72 71 Jarrett, Adr. vs. Battle et a!. , "* 7-1 Bradley vs. Davis. 75 Bryson vs. I hod et ... 70 Bunrer vs. Pipes et al. (iihbs \ ?. Cin rok' c KV. ! (?entry vs. (lent;-. Abernathy vs. I>r\> : McDonald v>. Kilj k. Kvansj \?. Dickey et al. (iintry vs. Dean I . ('?>. Battles w. Hardwood ^ o. Dillard vs. Walker et ;.i. in lit M&M Bank. In R. .MAM Bark. In Re Toby Fain. In Re Huirh K. H ? ? < nJ. Outzs vs. Reese et al. Tn Re Cherokee Hank. Thompson vs. Anirel. F?ryant vs. K :??: ? Fed. Ld. Uk. v>. -Met.' lure. Kvans et al. Hendricks Comes To Murphy L.& N. Depot O. W. Hendricks. dt ;>. ? agent ! Blue Ridge for many years, has, ii is reported, bid in tli ' Murphy sta tion, succeeding J. H. Phaupi who has been retired on a pension, and vill assume his duties there as soon as he is relieved here. It is not as yet known who will be assigned to the Blue Ridge Station. ? Clue Ridge Summit-Pest. posed to show you are yellow by re pudiating some honest, debts ? youV grocery bill, your store account, a note at a bank which some friend has endorsed ? you are supposed to go into bankruptcy and make the lie that you are getting "risky" seem Crue. If you refuse to do this but pay your honest debts as promptly as possible, you shall no longer be call ed Shad, but Shadrach. But, the unjust judgment of thir-j teen hundred dollars against you?! A judgment was also rendered a- j gainst the builder who made the moil gage you assumed. He has paid it, but probably you will have to go through bankruptcy to get released. Now if this resolution were a law then money lenders would not lend well-to-do builders over fifty percent of the actual value of a home, and a homeseeker could judge the value of i a property by his very conservative j appraisal. Here is the resolution: j Resolved: That a deed of t'rust | on one property cannot legally be transformed into claim on anv other property whatsoever. If that resolution were a law. it would tear down every frap that catches thousand of home seekers and builders every year. Correct that law and you will clear the Avenue of Faith of many aimed legalized bandits. Correct that law and let the vast a'rmy of homescekers come through and they will end the depression and set in motion a prosperity the like of whocli ?ve never so much as dreamed ! JURORS DRAWN FOR NEXT WEEK'S SUPERIOR COURT FIRST WEEK Frank iiariiii . K. A. Hatchett, ('. L. Torrent e. A. J. Ramsey, X. J*, i Odell, W. H. Abernathy. W. R. Mar- i tin, G. R. Pip* A. Brown, Jimj Raxter, C. H. K. II. Allen. j B. Lovingood L. F. ( batman, .1. X. I Stiles, W. M. Rog'-r-, I'leve Led lord, I Lewis Garrett, K?i Raxter, J. H.I Abernathy, L. K. Collins, Fred Tay lor, H. W. Long:, F. L. Wells. SECOND WEEK H. A. Fain, W. M. McGuire, R. IT. . Brown, Bill Long, Fess Davis, J. I.. King*, Frank Ccleir.an. W. T. R.ipe/. Tom Elrod George Reese, J. F. Stal cup, Lee Garland, Guy McNabb, H. R. Lovingood, Jasper Voyles, Zeb Gibson, L. J. Sha'rpe, T. J. Mauney, J. L. Hall, Lester A. Pace, Julius Reed, W. M. Mostella, S. W. Evans, S. J. Odell. Chairman, Local Firm Building Good Grade Caskets W. D. Towns. 11. iocal furniture j manufacturer, has recently added an- ! other department to his funiture j plant, and is making a .good grade of caskets which sell from $15 to $50. j Mr. A. B. Martin is in charge of > this department and they plan to make and keep several giades on hand at all times. The caskets are finished in sev eral attractive designs, and are as sustantially built and attractive as more costlie'r caskets. Mr. Townson makes funiture, spe cializing in desks, having designed ? and built a desk which is claimed to be the world's strongest school desk. He has placed this desk in a num ber of North Carolina and Georgia Schools, and is working now on several orders for Georgia. Remember we take produce, such as chickens, (fryers) potatoes, wood, beans, etc.. on subscription, new or renewal ? and we are not in the hab it of refusing a little cask now and then. Check up on your subscrip tion and if you are behind remem ber that the editor has to eat. Tri-County Meeting Of Educators Held Here Thursday, July 28th Or. I. Hen'ry Highsmith, supevis ior of both high and elementary ?chools of North Carolina, met with the county superintendents and the principals and superintendents of the . ounty schools of Graham, ("lay and ('her* kec counties Thursday July 28, at 10:00 o'clock in the court room of the cherokee county court house. A three hour session was iield for the elementary department, and an evening session of one hour fi'r the high school department. Mrs. L?. Douglas of Raleigh, sup ei visor of libraries for the public chools, was also present, a- was Livingston of the State health de partment. The purpose ot the meet | ing was to inti- duce and tiiscuss the new "Handbook for Klementaiy ?H-hool" which has been recently got ten out by the State department of Public Instruction and is being plat ed in the hands of the elementary cho' 1 principals and teachers as an I objective guide t" teaching an i grad ing of elementarl school pupils. In his discussion of the objectives ?ot up in the handbook. Dr. lligh ! smith the fact that elementary school j oupils are not to be promoted to a ?sigher grade on the basi- that they nave been in school six months, but hat they are to be promt ted when ?.hey have fullfilled the requirements is set up by the State department which in some cases may take one, two, or three six months terms. FACULTY LIST OF MURPHY SCHOOLS IS ANNOUNCED The following members of the faculty of the Murphy high school for 1 932 I have been announced by ?I. D. Mallonee, secretaij. ot :! -choll board: 11. Hunk, of Cull>w*hee, superin tendent; .Miss Annie B. Bailey, of ; Atlanta, Ua.. home economics; Miss , Ki'iy I.. Courtney, of Wilmington, , S. ? 1 . : i : 1 1 ; Miss Fanny M. Hitch rock. of Norwood. history Miss j Margaiet Irby, of Enfield, English. ! 1 hree teachers for the high school I are yet to be elected. All of the teachers were re-elected, having been ! members of the faculty last year. j The grammar school teachers are; i Miss Clara McCombs, of Murphy, and i Miss Dair McCracken of Hayesville, | first grade; Miss Martha Maylield, of | Murphy, second grade; Miss Lucilc Wyke, of Cullowhee, third grade; Miss Emily Sword, of Murphy fourth grade; Miss Addie Lyatherwood,, of Murphy, fifth grade; Mrs. J. H. Ax ley, of Mi/rphv. sixth grade. Mrs. Axley and Aliss Mayfield are new this year, the others being re-elected A seventh grade teacher, and two other elementary teachers are yet to | be elected. Mrs. .J. W. Dayidson.of Murphy, will be director of music in the school Members of the board of school commissioners are: R. S. Parker, J. I>. Mallonee. I?r. J. N. H.;!. T. S. Evans, S. I>. Akin and R. F. William ! .^on. Unusual Sale By Cherokee Variety Store The Cherokee Variety Store is starting an unusual sale of aluminum ware and variety sto're merchandise, j beginning Saturday August 6th. One item they are advertising is White Duck caps. It is said that this ?r.p for men and boys is a fad in many centers of population, especial ly in New York. One cap factory put on two thousand extra workers to take care of the demand. In Phila I delphia, another factory put on 1500 I extra workers, and in Atlanta anoth I er factory put on about four hun ! cfred workers. Turn to page eight and read their | advertisement. EMPLOYMENT CAMPAIGN IS NOW OVER North Ca'rolina Leads Southern Stater; If Eighth In Spates of Nation The employment campaign for jobs for 1,000,000 men of the Ameri can Legion has gone over the top, according to information from Mic hael A. PeiVy, executive director lor North Carolina, to the Local post at. Murphy. The Mtirphy post was instrumen tal in placing 60 people to work dur ing the campaign. Mr. Perry's letter to Commander A. \V. Lovingood, of the Murphy Post, follows: July 1, 1932. To: Post Commanders and Employ ment Officers Our nation-wide employment cam paign to return 1.000,000 persons to work is over. I am happy to report that North Carolina has gone over the top with a total of 44,244 jobs. It is first among all the States in :he South and eighth among all the States in the nation. On behalf of Department Com mander Bourne an-.i the Employ ment Committee. I wish to express >ur sincere thanks and appreciation to all Post Commande'rs and Employ ment Officers who have co-operated with us in n uking this campaign a success. This campaign has been the great , ;*-t single undertaking of the legion Mnee its inception. It will go down in history as an outstanding example I of practical, patriotic citizenship dur | in.u a period ? ? f national emergency I It truly exemplifies that principle of ; which we are a!! proud ? "in peace :-n in war we serve". May I remind you that employ ment has always been one of the service activities of the Legion. ? While the campaign is over, it is sug ' geftcd that the good work wheh has | been accomplished should be carried I r-n by the individual Posts. As these ! Headquarters have been closed, it is j requested that all future communi 1 cations and reports in reference to employment shouhl be addressed to [ Department Headquarters , Tarboro, i North Carolina. It was, indeed, a pleasure for me ' to have been of -ervice to the De j partment of North Ca'rolina. I re turn to my home in Philadelphia with i the warmest feelings toward the fine i Legionnaires and citizens of your ? great State. Sincerely yours, MICHAEL A. PERRY Executive Director INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO HANEY I Real-us Haney, of Kinsey, died at ; the Kimsey-Guinn hospital in Duck i (own. Ten 11.. about 8 eight o'clock Friday evening, July 29th, as a re I suit ?>/ an accident which occured at | .'he Valley River TaJe company'* l .nine which is located on J. L. Pain's i property. Successful drilling had i :?ten done, a lanre body of tale had i been found, and Thursday morning j the work of sinking a shaft was be ! jun. While Haney a? working on i '.he second shift Thursday night fell in burying him for a short time. He was rescued within a minute's time ?>y Jat-k Roberts and two othe'r men who were working with him. He so en regained consciousness and was taken to the hospital He was about 4u years old and leaves his wife 1 four children. Postoffice Closed Saturday For Installing New Equipment The local post office will close at neon Saturday to allow the work rr.cn to install sonic new equipment j and will open again Monday morn 1 ng, .Mry. Thelma Dickey, Postmaster, | announced this week. The office will be opened one hour j :>n Sunday following arrival of the j Southern mail train, mail being ! handed out the the side door. Mrs. Dickey asks the patrons to j please be patient during this short ; interruption of service, and as soon , as the equipment is placed the local I postoffice will be in better position i to render better mail service to the j people. o Rev. D. M. Mclver, of Bishop ville, South Carolina, will preach at the Presbyterian Ochurch on next Sunday morning, August 7th, at eleven o'clock. All are cordially j invited to attend this se'rvice.