North Carolina Newspapers

Football Today MURPHY vs. HAYESVILLE Fair Grounds 3:30 P. M. . ath.i g Weekly \eu spaprr in It7 rstrrn North Carolina. Covering a l.arc anil Potentially Rich Terntor* in This State Vol. XLIV.? No. 12. Murphey, N. C., Friday, October 21, 1932 $1.00 YEAR? 5c COPY VOTERS HEAR PARTY LEADERS i DISCUSS ISSUES Republican And Democratic Nomi nees Make Campaign Address es At Murphy Th I ttr guns of the Republican and ! vmocratic Parties were heard at MuiT.iy last week and this week as they ;?<Jdros?ed voters on the issues of the campaign in the battle for vt?? 1 the polls, on November 8th. Jjik"- 1*. Newell, of Charlotte, Rc jublii an candidate for the U. S. Sen v? . .i- <1 Crawford F. Janes, of Mar ,(,n. Kepublican candidate for Con gu~ n the 11th district, addressed aroun l '*<> voters ?n the Cherokee county court house here Friday night October "th, on the issuer of the cam paign. >1 Xewell who \^as introduced by ll? n Wrtherspoon, said that h?* Touli uphold tht- fundamental prin ciple of the Republican party but couid not be coerced into dine some thing he considered morally wrong. He caid he believed in the protective tariff :nd that he wants the working people to be well paid. He also said he wants t.his country to maintain a sound money standard and that he favor just dealings between capital and labor. In reference to prohibi tion. hi said that he would vote against its repeal in event "he was elected to the U. S. Senate and the question of repeal came before that body. Mr. James who spoke on taxation matter-, was introduced by John C. Herbert, of llayesville, Jfepubliqan nominee for the State Senate in this district. Hoover Policies Hit By Hoey vsij-de K. Hoey, Shelby attorney and former member of Congress, dis cussed the country's economic con dition in general in an address in t?he court house here Tuesday night of last week as he continued Jhis speak ing tour in the interest of the Demo cratic party. -Mr Hoey was heard by a large audicr.co ot Cherokee county people. He came to Murphy from Hayesville, where he spoke in the Clay county courthouse at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon before a capacity audience. The speaker in his address here leveled .his attack at President Hoover and >aid it is "really shocking to near President Hoover declare in his Dts Moines speech that tariffs are not iigh enough and that rates should be raised." He. said political economists ap pealed to the President in 1930 not to sign "the vicious Smoot-Hawley tariff act, predicting it would create the greatest economic disaster this country evefr experienced. Its rates ?wero protested by 30 nations. In the face of it all, President Hoover sign ed the measure and the worst proph ecies ot the political economists have come true. "The Republican party," he said "advances its hoary argument that protection is the salvation of indus try and the guarantor of high wages to the labeling men. The protect ive tariff is the one cure-all always prescribed by Republican politi cians. Industries H?v? Suffered As a consequence, he said, "Ameri can industries have suffered and American farmers have been bank rupted by t.he reduced purchasing power ot the people, the loss of our foreign trade and the reduced com modity prices. * * * The narcotic protection has been injected into business until it produces no stimu lation and the re*>c*i<ui has set in, resulting in een?ml deoresion. "The exT}erier"*'? 'hrnuerh which we fre passing should demonstrate to the satisfaction ?'l peot>le that policy of nursued by the *knublican ^2 y^rs. together wi*h the indefensible tariff levies r~"? unwise interna tional policy bv which we have won enmity of nt^^tirally all other nations, has resulted in almost Peking Amer*r*n industry and de string Amer^nn agriculture. ,rThe Democ*"*?'ic n*rty offers the **ation respons'V?te leadership and ?tens the way for a return to sane ^tesrmanshiD and sound economic Wi eies, Mr Weaker Hits O. O. P. Rsfime Choosing the tariff and the agricul tural situation in America as his Jrincinal topics. Congressman Zebu ton Weaver, of Ashevflle, again the Nominee of his party to succecd him To Speak At Murphy Hon J. C. II. Ehringhaus, Demo cratic nominee for governor, who will speak at the court hous. in Mur phy on Thursday, nigh}, October 27. at 7 o'clock, Central Standard Time. M'OrFHY SCHOOL NEWS The third grade gaev an interest ing chapel program Tuesday morn ing. The program which was an Indian play "Eyes That See" grew out of the study of Indians life v?hich is being made in thi* grade. The play started by a man whose name was John losing his corn one day when he was away. He accused an Indian of stealing his com. T^ie Indian did not steal the corn but he told John who got his corn and where to find the thief. Then John said, "If I had used my eyes 1 would not have accused innocejit man being a thief." ine cnaram-rs 01 me piay were: John ? James Abbott Hyatt. Peter ? Virgil Decker. Tom ? Willarti Hembree. An Indian ? Bill Leatherwood. The program opened with devotion al exercise by Wei ma Sutton. The Indian j-ongrs sung during the j program were: "Indian Lullaby" "Boom, Boom, Boom" and 4<Rock-a- 1 by Hush-a-by Little Papoose." I JAKE McCLURE ' There has been a need for show-' ?r baths for members of the various teams to use after games, but due to the fact that such equipment would .cost $100 these have been left off. j Last week Mr. Bueck and Mr. Deaton proposed a plan by w.hich this necessity mught be had. By the use of two large oil drums and pipes and fittings to the amount of $8.75 the the boys have now hot and cold show ers. Mr. Walker installed the show ers Saturday. He was assisted by Mr. Deaton, ^Vllen Wise, Douglas Smit.h, Buel Adams, Frank BVendle, Georgre Williamson and Jerry David son. ! Those attending the Teachers' meeting in Asheville Friday and Sat urday were Mr. B\ieck. Mr. Stephens, Misses Mayfield, Irby, Courtney, Hathcock, Bailey, Shull, and Mrs. Case. ? ? Quentin Townson. , The Debating Club met Tuesday morning for election of officers and fo'r deciding upon topics for debate for the next meeting. The following officers were elect ed: President, Mary Witherspoon; Vice Present, Grace Bell; Secretary, Buell Adams; Reporter, Paul How ell; Chairman of Program Commit tee. Gordon TuVner. Selection of several topics for dis cussion were chosen for the next meeting. The purpose of the club is to study and practice wi\h the hope of entering- the State Triangle De bate. ? Paul Howell. Mr. Deaton 's eieh'h grade class had charge of the ^hanel program on Thursday moraine. The program consisted of scripture reading and i prayer by Ann Hill. self, credited much of present day I conditions to the Republican admin istration under the leadership of President Hoover, and "twelve years of complete Republican control, in a speech here Monday night of this, I week. ' Dealing with the agricultural situ ation as regards politics and the wel fare of the farmers, Mr. Weaver said, jin part: (Continued on p?ft 8) FULL HOUSE EXPECTED FOR SECOND NIGHT Rollicking Musical Comedy, "One*. In A Blue Moon," To Be Shown Last Time Tonight A spirited advance tick?: sale hears j [promise of a capacity house when t.H ; curtain rises the Murphy High [ svhool auditorium at 8:15 o'clock ] this evening for the second showing ;u! "Once In a Blue Moon." the rol i licking three act musical comedy j drama to be presented under the ? auspices of the Lions Club. From | the most prominent business men. the ; tiny tots in the prologue, tin cast in I eludes 1 50 people, all well kn -wn to the crowd which will come to see ,thim at the high school auditorium j tonight. J * About "Once In A Blue Moon*' ; Something queer, some'.'iing phenom enal, something ridiculous or absurd, (like the birth of Siamese twins, oc jcurs to arouse wide spread interest, iand to be recalled as folk lore years ? afterwards. So many ot these out landish freaks turn up along with -he : romance and drama, in "Once In A : Blue Moon.'* and caused the author [to call it "Once In A Blue ^Ioon." I The acting all takes place at a [popular men's club, where anything might happen. Where people gather jto play, to have a good time, even j from infants just out of a'rms. On j this particular evening wtun those ?stirring events which happen but {"Once In A Blue Moon" come to | pass, there is a masquerade ball in 'progress. Naturally the tired busi jness man must have his beautiful {chorus girls dancing the latest sU-ps, jjinginir the latest songs. There are ? two choruses, one consisting of nine I Sii'ls, another of tweHe, on this even ing. Thm there's the opening when c!ub members have gatherer in the | evening to. while away a few hour*, i They wise crack and they joke; they sine songs led by their harmonizing quartette. Following exit, complications be- i pin to develop, some vastly amusing, others dramatic, for "Once In A | Blue Moon'* has its serious moments, I its story to tell. The audience is in troduced to the twins, ex-oeau brum jmel a fellow who though he is get-1 tine along in yeaVs, still fancies him self a hot-shot with the women. Kitty Davis, a ravashing beauty, is in town on a visit and uncle Johhnyi Fuller the aging dandy, falls madly j in love with her. He is always at it, but this he assures his friends is difficult. Jokes by Jake Wise. .Musical numbers by Oden Stiles i and A. B. St^Jcup. Musical number by Ralph Killian ' and Bert Smith. Musical number by Miriam Gray and Tye Burnette. Song by the class. Poem by Bert Smith. Song by Miriam G'ray, Jaunita Cook, j Anne Hill. Maggie Lovingood, Alice j Hodge", Bert Smith, Tye Burnett, A. B. Stalcup. ^ Grady iCarringer, Jake Wise, and Buster Hartness. ? Roane Hampton. The Dramatic Club met Wednes day in the school auditorium with Miss lrby. The officers elected in the meet' ing were: Budgie Frendle, Presi dent; Paul Howell, Vicc-President ; Mary Alice Bristol, Secretary; group captains, Gordon Turner and Mary Withersfpoon ; Treasurer, .Margaret Mauney. The club decided to meet once a week at school and once a month at night. One of the recent assignments of the ninth grade English class was the making of newspapers. The mo tive of this work was to benefit the students in composition, to show or ganization of news, to show use of description and proper arrangement of materials. This work was carried on in class as a supervised study. Local items dealt with a stfrvey of interesting places in Cherokee county. The papers showing most origin ality, best form in writing and most interesting articles were in group one: Arietta Franks and Hayes Leatherwood. In group two: Nannie Laura Gentry and. Pruden Davidson. Football Notes The Mtfrphy Dragons met the Copperhill High in a gridiron contest Friday afternoon at Copperhill. Mur Jurors Drawn For Federal Court At Bryson City, Nov. 28 Following is a list of the jurors | ? i'rawn to serve during- the next] term of United States district court which meets in Bryson City Novem ber 28tlu J. F. Wood, Suit; W. M. Carter, Hayesville; I. B. Jenkins, Judson; Klovd Ramsey, Teliito; John Sher man Orr, Robbinsville ; Mall Cabe, Ott : N. P. Sutton. Whiter; Jt. Bu lon Bryson, Cullasaja; John Grant, Jr.. Wessei ; Charles Hendeson. Cul lowhee; J. C. Fret-man, Almond; W. H. Cowart . Jackson: B. I.. Fox. Ranger; J. P. Baumgarner, ".Vhitter; J. H. Coffey, Almond; K. W. Hogue, Nantahala; Robert McClure, Shoot ing ("reek; Frank Rogers, Sho&ting Creek; Lee Holland, Cullasaja; Jos i|?h B. Byer>, Brasstown; \V. T. Fouts. Franklin; James M. Reagan. Smokemont; Lonnie M. Henson, Otto; Augustus Batty. Highlands; Jeff Martin. Hayesville; A. G. Ledford, Hayesville; Johnnie Shuler, Robbins ville; John Shepnrd. Sylva; Robert Coomr, Andrews; and Will Sutton, Dillsboro. I iiy came out on the short end of a 21-0 score. The first touchdown and extra point was made in the latter part of the first quaVter. Derre berry's punt was blocked lor a safe ty in the second quarter making the score 0-0 at the end of the half. Copperhill made two more touch downs ? one in the third quarter and one in the fourth ? -'but neither ex tra point was made. Two members of the squad, Snecd and Hensley were unable to play in this game on account of injuries. Hensley*> leg was cut in the Bryson game, and he was on the side lines during the past week; Sneed's hand .was swollen so that he was unable to usi- it. Both players will be fit for the next game. The members of the Football Squad and l oaches, Barrett and Denton made the trip in the newest j school bus at. a cost of $5.00, a!! the ' players were 'required to make the trip in the bus unless they went in ears with their parents. The Murphy lineup was as fol lows : Left end, Davidson; left t.:ckle, fiyrd; left guard, F. Brendle; c?ntei\ Hensley; right guard, Smith; right tackle, Wise; right end, Reese, quar terback, Derreberry; left hall' *B" Brendle; right half, Gartrell, lull back, Adams; Substitutes, Hiiishaw, Millshaps and Nichols. Murphy plays Hayesville here Fri day at 3:30. The admission will be 10c and 25c. So far Murphy has won tied, and lost a game. The Dragons are determined to put another mark in the wining, column Friday. The names of two Senior boys were omitted from the honor roll last week. They were Jerry David son and Robert Weaver. We regret t.his mistake. J. H. BRENDLE and GRACE BELL P.-T. A. MEETS On Thursday, October 13th, the P.-T. A. met with an exceptionally good attendance. There being about GO mothers present. Miss Irby had chaVge of the program. Mrs. J. H. Hampton gave the his tory of the iocal association. Mrs. Ben Gartrell read the P.-T. A. creed. Prof. J. J. Stone, Superintendent of the Andrews schools, lectured on education. A count was then made of the par ents present. It was found that Miss Emily Sword's fourth gVade had the largest percentage of attendance, the number being 20. Most of the oth er grades had a good count. At the conclusion of the meeting delicious refreshments were served. The next meeting will be held on November 8th. Come on. perents, and let's make the next even better. The Parent-T eachCr Association i at a recent meeting voted to equip j a rest room for the school. They de- j cided on the back part of the office \ in the high school building and asked everyone who coult to donate some thing to the cause. Mrs. Tom Axley, president of the P.-T. A., appointed Mrs. Tom Mauney, Miss Bailey, and Mrs. Horace Keener to see that the room was prepa'red. The P.-^T. A. bought the equip ment for a medicine cabinet, Mrs. A*. E. Vestal gave a cot, Mrs. Harry Lahn gave the curtain rods and some material to make a cover for the cot, and Mrs. Everest Nichols gave a SAVINGS MADE DURING PAST YEAR !N STATE State and Local Governments Shave Expenses By Si 2,288,00 Over Previous Year It has taken just exactly $12,288, OOO le-> from the pockeibook of the taxpayers of North Carolina to run their government t.his past fiscal year than it did the year previous, according to an analysis "f the fin anfial condition of the stat: released last week by Governor O. Max Gard ner. Coupled with that reduction in the property tax bill for the state is the significant fact that the cost of the operation of the departments and institution* of North Carolina ha* been reduced from $8,608, 000 in 1929 to $6,167,000 for t.he current year, or a net reduction of 29 per cent in the cost of operating thu government, it was shown in the Governor's statement. Getting down to a specific analysis of the governmental costs, it was shown that th? reason of the action taken in the last General Assembly the total tax bill in Mecklenburg county, foh* instarice, was reduced the grand sirm of $750,000, and Gaston county was ab!e to slash off $449,000 from its total property tax bill. The total reduction throughout all North Carolina of 20. 4 percent of the property tax constitutes the largest tax reduction ever achieved in the history oi the state, it was pointed out. Figures just completed by the Tax Commission show 3 total prop^y tax levy of $59,911,000 in 1930 and a drop to $47,684,00 in 1931 ? the first year to have the benefit of the 1931 school and road legislation, and of the legislative and admin i strati ve economies put into effect in local government. The analysis shows the remarkable reduction in county levies of $10, 055,000. in district levies of $1,704, 000, and in municipal levies of $469, 000. This means, the survey points out, that t?he business and indus tries of North Carolina were called upon to pay only fouV-fifths as much property taxes in 1931 as they were called upon to pay in 1930, In other words, these governmental economies left just exactly $12,250, 000 more money in the pockets of the taxpayers of North Carolina than might easily have been taken under the normal and regular ap propriations foY the .support of the government. This is gti|?rally regarded in administration circles as t*ie biggest reduction ever brought in a single year by ^ny state in the union. More important than any of these reductions, in the minds of some, is the fact that the administration was able to shave off the impressive sum of $2,750,000 from the salaries of state officials in the past year. That handsome saving in salaries alone is regarded as a very flattering con tract to the increase in salaries shown jin the federal government. o Parties To Make Speaking Tour For County Tickets A whirlwind campaign 0f the coun ty in the interest of the party nom inees will be made by the Republi can and Democratic parties, begin ning: the latter part of this week or the first of next. The dates and ^^edules of the speaking in the vanous communi ties of the county are not yet avail able. However, announcements rel ative to appearances will be made fiom the stump from time to time as the tour prorrre fes. It is understood that the parties will not make the campaign of the county together, but ^ach will appear at different place at different times. quilt for the cot. The material for the curtains was irehnsed last year, but was never used. Miss Bailey and her class are ir kin<r the curtains. Mary Cathron K:-n*l?y and Ruth Akin washed t?he windows and walls of the rooln. ? Hayes Leatherwood.