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MURPHY
\ o!. 1VL. No. 50.
Senate Gi
mrsTdTakin
dies in macon
county tue!
S ..dden Heart Attac
r roves Fatal To One
r Murphy's Leaders
S. D. Akin, 62, one ot Mi
most beloved citizens and o
-tern North Carolina's mi
supporters, fell dead of
attack at Franklin Tuesd
? about 9 o'clock. He h
be n known to suffer fi m
ailment and his death c.r
omrlete shock to nis :'r:ep
/es of this section.
< body was returned to Mur;
: .ton G. Ivie and late Wedn<
evening funeral services h
beer announced pending the
. vlativ s ot this section.
Akin in the c mrany of
ier Llerrong, of H.awasscee, we
anklin early Tuesday mor i
nd business and at 8 o'clo
of! to ?ee s^me friends. \ o
k Mr. Berrontr returned
nnrl \l iL'''- w t
I ^ heart and asked to
I into a nearby drug sto
I
j as?j g of Mr. Akin 1 >os
m-pter^in the Lie l a m
I fine and noble and ex
I e meaning of n straight fc
[ - nali:y t a < mmunity.
I Murrhy. he ha 1 lived he
I He v.* is a i - ect
I of the Methodist churc
I phy sch 1 and
[ uic lodge. At the time of 1
I th he was connu-ted with t
1 ei okee Hardware company i s I
tary and treasurer.
I
I
| cal life f the county.
I
I
I lvelled 1 the .\J. K =er sh
1 mpany making inmim rarle t
1 and acquaintances w'.'o fold
I o .. .
I 1
1 Mj. Akin was the snn of M .
Akin, one of Murphy and Cht
I ?e ounty's first m rchaa*-. }
I i her was the farmer Alice M
I ellen. Ilis parents died when
young.
B II.sides his wife Mr. Akin is s\
"d by one son, H..rvey; t'ir
I lghters, Misses Mary,'-Mildred a
I a, all of Murphy; two siste
I ^ -s Hettie Kate Akin, of Lumbt
H . and Mrs. John Axley, of Mi
and one bi tber, Mr. A th
R , of Murphy.
I Local Couple Off To
I Convention In Mexic
H dr. and Mrs. Dsle Lee 1 ft he
R Mor.day afternoon to join Mr. a
R d II. Bueck at Cullowhee whe
R the party will journey to Mexi
S i ity to attend the Lions Int rnatic
a' ''vention on July 23.
1 ue ninteenth annual conventic
8 tho first held outside of an Engli
src-?king country, is expected
R draw morp tv?o- '
uuu memoers a
their friends.
B Outstanding of the receptions i
corded the local party will be tV.
B ^ ".OSeP^us Daniels, ambassador
Mi'- Bueck is president on t
B Murphy club while Mr. Lee is a
B vector.
I To Visit Flordia Coas
M king a trip to the coast
B .' ' iiia this week where "they u
1 ""hile in two weeks of fishii
H wi'"minK ar.d boating are: Mrs.
' "I'istopher, and daughter, Frt
H -cs, Mrs. Eva Nell I-auric, Mrs.
I F. Mauncy, Miss Mary : Wills
hooper and Dick Mauncy. Other
latives and friends will join the p
Marshall; I.ittle Girls5 L st,
,r" .....vy: S nad nw of th Messa, Gre '{
?'iy; forgive Us Our Treasp s<??-.
nd Il.n'islas; Blue J^a.iaolds. Mil!..- :
rs> Vhlte Bird Flying, Aldrich; W:AN
Go!,!. Non-U; Wild Hoise
,r" - y;. Only Yesterday, Allen; A?i11
ventur s jf T m Sawyer. Twa:
*7e.ret Garden, Burnett; Snv : y
ames; L-st On Venus, Burroughs:
J.-diye Mr. Chip?. Hilton; ThiiiK
31 a Naturalists's Guest, Ditm. rs '
and Scotch Twins, Perkins. j
Former County Doctor
re Fatally Burned June 29
CO
tn~ '.Void has been received here to
'he regr t of many friends of the
>n, raising: <f Dr. J. C. H Hand, ace 6">.
ish ? former resident of Cherok e coun.
to ty, on June 29, at Grave, Okla.
nd While building a fire. Dr Holla- :
"s beli ved to have mistaken a can of
\c- gasoline for a can of k r sene.
lat Death was instantly,
to He leaves many relatives and
friends in this county. Dr. Holland
he had practiced medicine in the Perdi
inimon Creek eorwmimifv */>-? t?"?
ve-r.s alter finishing medical college.
t . . 0
of District Convention
ri,! Of BTU To Meet Soon
1
The Western North Carolina R.
inL
T. U. convention will meet at the
ir<j Hayesville B -.ptist church Sunday, i
re- 28, according to Corenri Truftt,
ar secretary and treasurer, of the uni- |
on.
l|t Sfi
it -rkf> "vftt jpaper in If *>\iern \urth (
Murpl
ven Bill Pr
j TOTAL ECLIPSE OF
OL' MAN MOON IS
VIEWED LOCALLY
1
S It s somc ten years a^o, a=
nr. b e remembered, when the
- or! >: this c-untry stop: ed their
jr. I : h:ties about II o'clock ir
i::- : :::nfc t squint at a str'ng
j ~ - through pi ces 'jf busted bottlehat
had been smoked t ? watch it
I undetgo a total ci;.p=e while hen?
we.vt to roost and came r ack in the
11 tern( t- 1 y an ther ejrz.
Monday nigh: it was different.
a "he melow mo??r, 1 n^ a g/.ma ir_r.
r.antimate object that has done
|j nu h to guid the destinies : 1 v
.i and inebriates, coulon't :ake
a jr." lushed furious!v or we it in*
Tie . . *
I total eoi^se as scientists are r." e
call it.
. I! *a- a ectacle thai lew who I
wt?I it will t\t-r se again, f
y. ientists further say it only happen*
:.e in 50 years and usually clt i
:ci motions all over the world ten.:
! r b it f its true b auty.
Riding as high as usual, but with.
II r unnatural light leering from
nf alu.es, a out 9:15 th earth si -.vly
c.ep: through its axis with the
Jt su and for pe.id cf nearly fou
1* hours aatrologista c,? ked thei: tel -c
pes le'.ellir.r in the th.il! .' t
are celestial hen.menom an! -r<
rc | . r
- :! yt-H!'.- 'I '
wo:!i?'s worst ; li s to their l"-:en<:
a " ? break the 1.1 or. >. v i
11 i ; s f " * < . .
I " tion.
30 Books Are Added
To Murphy Library
h.
j. rhi ty new books have fceen
*:s* io ' o the shelv s of the M i
? r" ;i" . : iyg to Mi--; .1 - hi: .
a . ! -v.] li Marian, Th:y.
t,e The f b k* make t!
neele library ose tf th m st
W -le?y N h Ca !'
*will h 'i ' rem r.'i .-!y H ni kPe
it v? >puiar with th-- local
os: Enchanted G. un<i, Bailey;
'* j "sty: Biide, 11:3!; Riius. K 51"
!! m ol; I'lyiiiar Ga . -t. Halib :.t ,i::
II ^ j 7 .Tie 71 me Burrs, Alexanrit 1j
rican S ene, Hill; A - 1
The M , M,.?: ; Code Of T
^ I Wt-t, Grey; Pish , A1
eri un Family, Ba! !wi ; T\\
* ' _'ht- Up, Rim-hart; Green Light.
Douglas.
? I :t Pe Grey; Gderis St. n g<
erpto
.arolina, Covering a Ixxr^ and Pot*
by, N. C. Thursday, July
oviding Mil
LOCALCANNERY"
MAKING RECORD
WITH OPERATION
Nearly 30,00 Cans Berries.
200 Cases Beans
Put L'p
????
Nearly 30,000 c:.n? of berries and j
r 200 cases oi beans were tar- J
' ai the M on main Valley A.-- I
iaied C operative canery at 1
j Tan Cash Berry Checks
At Cannery On Friday
All merchants or individuals
j b< I V.'u ben v vhecks were adv's- i
i ' Wedn ? day by K. R. Th? nv?. i
j r annery m: ager. thai they
1 !(' hf .ashed a: the c..rnery
. t 4 o'c! uk Friday a>er-<>< :i.
j : hy last week, according to E.
I V: nipson, manager.
I h ur.it f the Land ()' The Sky
* aal a.-- ciation, market:: ir r'aas
-i the corporati were pu.-htd s:e
.ward as 1310 hampers of
were shipped to green vegei.le
mark ts during the past week,
.o tiucfc loads of 400 hampers
r? "ed ut t Cine natti T resit
y night.
W. i.e the vegetable# as a while
i^rt g Od prices, Thorn; -on sab
. etiigee i eaus w le ?tiil be-in; pickI
. t > I .te hurting their ouaii* *.
I O. eiating late into the r ight
'-very night last week,
manager sa d 68 per--:ns *.v
joinery's payroll,
i.e repoited tomat ?-> as } > ,]-.{ _
g?? d ...nd said that they .should
" ready for <a::ni?g. II ivies
h: t thiough a other v. -. k
t, re a . !v i.
1 cJ.inan Announces
Cams With Jasper
Simultaneous with ths ve-elec*
; II : ry H'.hrn i.i :?> n:a:> j
ager of the local tesiu was the '
* incenv.'. t a erne with trie
.'- jei r.:ne hwe Sv . aft '
noon.
Hi;k'ra;i i. e-: i ar;'
? !av"e crowd turn *
I ti?e tussle with the g :<
! . ja.i.is h<- will run the t am
t suit the patr ns j i> ho las
a! ay- <l ne.
m-etirg r?*.?nday -tight
I . -i-tophev \va> * .1 >ei-r..
. I treasurer i the club.
Jo..n liocseveic With
TY.A ?Hearts Flutter
V."4'. -* !es makh . ' an
il P 2 -:.t Ro It's son is
VOJ ...frh the TV V "w' hin a
br" 'lav's v:<le of I'.v fer.i,o
-og.-r.- fh'.t'or^ ! T- >iay evenin"
h i a 'mi ?f .ere b from
Oh^o hale college stopped h.re.
O * *rr!y I itar. with
ligh* curly hair and a tar eecl < mpi
>' on t at !r.:ked like it might
"'ve from rowing a boat was
>i otted ar.cl or?y through his > "i
i ?i ?d sty was he al> to withstand t ie
Sales r>f cosmetics have been demit
ely on the upswing the past few
ch.ys, merchants report.
Kut official word says John is at
4 he Norris dam and th local sals are
warned r t to be too friendly with
anybody lor a while just because he
! ks like a president's son ought to.
Orphanage Singers To
Perform Friday Night
The singing class of the Oxford
,. . o ? >?> i win : - 4he
M irphy s ho >1 audit irrcm Friday
ni.'hr, it ha> beer, announftd. The
usual large crowd that greets the
l:"!e singers and actors is expected
to turn ut f r their performance.
t HW
ntially Rich xn This State
18, 1935 SI
Uion For L
LiENuUNCES WILD i
CHASE, GUNFIRE 1
AS "ALL A FAKE"
: :< - reaching here to the ef-i*
that a party of four local 4*kidAT.ei-**
and their :ct.ro*' blazed
V N . (a *i I
* - :e S i -lay nigh: ' j
I'-ve iinallj r?ped by Swa u *: {
- 4 . . lodg-d in the Asheville ail
wit h ti v. andcd y buckshot
i , ..ted a- being "all a
k " by Ezra Price, ore of the
' >u':nals involved, hei "Wtdnes- 1
lay. 1
marting under the public re- <
.sings as a kidnaper" and a 1
"s- atcher" Price toid -his whole i
t : v and clear:?: up the events of1
he W st Asheville abduction which j '
ed to a fantastic wild autom ?b ?
.c!e through the mountains with j '
i: - spitting fire on all side- and
in all t wns.
i hi : :tv consiting of Price, Waldo
S . Hurley W > a d Tytu> L<>u
w ::t to Asheville Sunday t g t f
> w fe. wh", it was said, left
. it him wilfully.
Believing Mrs. Scroggs* relatives 1
l ? e Iter them, th group head ?i ; *
'j- >*vi the mountains a. a very j
rapid rate.
Officers gave chase, but lo:-t out '
in A- ill* . and in Car."?>:?. ;r in
Sylva. But at th ln>t < i; >t. B y c
< n t'itv,, the f re department was
railed out and the ,;d bl<? ked to
nu the chase of the "racketeers."* j
The wh I t w turned out to watch j
i. night riders h.ast their way
thioughor try to.
And they did. 1H
L aunted by tear ga< o .inthe j
drive/ i the ar - .-1 thr ugh the .
sir. ke ? ;* d.wn through X.r. .
* hair. . : v. !v : th Swain orfi- !
- i uiaiiy succeedded, afu?
v ' l!r_ \\ est and I. gan, i:i sh.- c.
. -- ii! v- ''u". ii aTn una r ;ne ve* 5
'5jg * ? a Th? y w e ;t:I tak-v r
Ku" \- <.-v;lle :.tl were releas <1
"Sur
. we : * 1 plenty of sho ting," I
ev . ;:m?"i. " lev. H Cue road |
- f,ist as we co 1. They malce I
I'kc? i mach: guns and |
j v !_ v n the 4 .et is we j
J . ] had a double barrelled Mtgon |
! v t!.e hack seat.*'
NR. PALMER, OF
MALTBY, PASSES
SUNDAY MOPNINC
' . al services : r Mr. TT Pa!
| . <: Maltby. were M e*
h ve M .r.day afterno n at 1
*h -:cv Rev. W. H. Ban com, Jr..
dating. Interment was in the
T m* :!a ehur.-h "raveyrvd. \Y. D
'!* wr-on v.. - 5i charge <f funeral !
I aria: gemenis.
Mr. Palm r d:ed .Sundry morning j
after a w ek*s illness.
A leading citizen of his communiv.
his funeral was attended by'
many of his life-long friends. He :
a- torn ir. Cherokee county and
1 lived in this section all his lif .
Surviving are his wife; f ?ur sons,
? : j and Doc, of Louisville, Ky? j
anu v\ liiarci and J. C'., of Tomotla, ' 1
ano four 'aughters, Mrs. Jess RovInn.!,
f Louisville, Ka., Mrs. Oscrv
B- amlett, f Burkhart, Ohio, and :
Mi ses Less: and Berth:. Palmer,
both of Maltby.
"Mother Hubbard" Ball.,
Game Scheduled Here | >
A "Mother Hubbard" baseball
game between th men of the Metb- '
odist church and the TV A forces, is
expected draw a large crowd to
?bc local ball park Friday afternoon,
July 10. to see tb two teams tangle
"n combat.
Both teams will be dressed in
feminine apn^reil naturally offering
in array of color and articles of
"emi ine lature that should b at-j
:rarttive. 1
.50 YEAR?5c COPY
.ocal Dam
:INAL ACTION
IS EXPECTED
AT ANY TIME
diawassee Dam Would
ormally Introduce TVA
[~o North Carolina
The fate f the Hiawassee dam
v ay i t e h nds <>f th senate.
: thev approve of t is must he connived
with y the house committee
ind the h-?use.
While th situation hoeame m^re
tense v, ?rd was received here Toesia.v
that te senate appropriations
mrnit e venorted out the see >nd
kfich-ney whk-h contains the appropriation
of $1,000,000 for imnediate
of the Hiawassee dam.
The TV A has estimated that this
. ill he sufficient to move the :na hinery
now used on the X -iris Dam
o the r.ew Hiawassee d :m sit?- nea
-" owlet's Tend in this county and io
any v the onstv. cti-n \\"rk uuthe
n xt session of congress when
further appropriation is expeetetl
o he made.
The senate is expect d to pass the
ipi ? f. iatior: '11 as \\ c me from its
torn mitt ee.
The h'use failed to make pr >vidons
for th< Hiawassee Dam and
he senate committee amended the
ill only after ha i work y Seu.tw
Bailey, Senator It ynolds and Representative
Weaver.
The constru -ti -n f the Hiawassee
I'am will f rmail.v an 1 offici illy intr
u t TV A ' X'ov: . (' rolina
and i- exnecte * : <? ? rove highly
henefh-h;' to -hi- . ?-? ;?? -f
[he Stat,
,\ ; 'm r :;t - t ' H HOCt'' '
ivith v:\ri< > 'ase> of the TV A were
i-fte. tirn - dm iiif? the
we in c>n ? ' n with the
local ?ys wh . h a:c -till jroinir
lorwar !.
\Y .. * the final outcome :.f
the *ei.at "s a I the h<-u? acti n
i the bill exp* ted at any rnonr?r.t.
:.u late a- g ne c?
a " y a- K. 1. Norvill .ml Mr.
Ii i->y } . (' ev. w nt t Wash.
n r. :i e appropriations com!
: t approve the Hia
1st: ion. predicted it
i . . k e int lose t uch
..ie optimistic
v the .tcome.
making every effort
ws : :'n dam to its
a. 1 as accurately
as ! . I": . : eil't of authent
n regarding- the final
On e -ppropriation, the
ill ; it ;t and extra edition
LAST RiTES FOR
MRS. LUNSFORD
HELD AT MARBLE
Funeral s rvices for Mrs. L. C.
Lunsford, 3S. of Marble, were bob!
at the church there Monday r.fterrn
ou with the Rev. Allen Lovingood
officiating. Interment was in t
hurckyard cemetery. W. T). Townson
was in charge of funeral arrangements.
She had been sick only a short
time of a heart dis ase.
Born and reared in Tennessee.
Mrs. Lunsford had long been a rejected
citizen of th community i.
which she had spent a greater part
of her life.
Besides her husband she is survived
by three children.
o
Mr. LeRoy Rogers
Mr. Lerov Rogers, an engineer
connected with the TV A fores ir. <
Murphy, was reported Wednesday
as being in a very favorable condition
after an appendicitis operation
last w ek. his wife reported. She
said he would be convewH 1
< motime the first part of the c-om.ine
week.
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