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JL ffl murphy ^ The Leading | Vol. IIIL.?No. 8 FIVE ARF, KILLED " AS CAR PLUNGES OVER MOUNTAIN I Mother and Child, Sur- ' vivors, In Serious Condition Here \ ? ?: 1 The life of the sixth victim of the tragic wreck on the Tatham f?ap road was claimed at 3:50 Tuesday morning when Mrs. Hoop. r died. The only survivor cf the crash , is Iwo-year-old GJenna who wat the first one thrown from th? ; car and who was said by hospita! {officials to be resting easily Wed. ncsday afternoon. I n ieral services "were .held Monda> i ternoon in the funeral building of the Andrews cemetery for five vie s of the automobile wreck Sunday, when a car plunged off of a ft. cliff on the Tatham Gap roa 5 miles from Andrews. Ti .so instantly killed in the wreck w. Broadus Hoooer. 34. and his tw vhildien, Vtrnon, 7, and Marie, 4. Another son, Frank, 11 .and Mr. U? . r's brother-in-law, Fred Laney, IT. . . d on the way to a Murphy hospital T'} Rev. C. F. Rogers, pastor of the t >t Baptist church of Andrews, comi ted the five funerals Monday. Imminent was in th'* Andrews ceme. tn . with W. T. Forsyth in charge el - angements. I. Hooper family lived about six mil - m Andrews on the Aquone i?ia Young Laney, of Mt. Vernon, Tenn., was visiting the Hooper family. 1! .i-h.s Hooper was a section in lor the W. T. Ritter Lumi i any. He had come to Anil: iK eig.it years ago and was *... a* Rainbow Springs, where lit. with his family. His broth\ Fred Laney, was a studen. i t . ks school, of Monro, county 'i'i Both were members oi the Ba. .inch. Hooper Survivors, per is survived by his stepla Cable, and his mother, , Mr.-, i . ile; two brothers, Oliver, ot , Bay. . , and Joe, of Mabin, \Y. , Va.; ..<1 a half-orothtr, Foirest Cable, i Hayesville. M oper was well known in this , sect; ... He was born and rented near i bbinsville, the son of the Rjv. Wash Hooper, who died several years You j Laney is survived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Laxity, j live brothers, Ed, Charlie, and Willaid, o:" Sevierville, Tenn., Noah and Charley. oi' Madisonville, Tenn.; and j two i.- ers, Mauda, Sevierville, and I Hettie. i Madisonville, Tenn. The accident occurred on the old j Tatham Gap road between Andrews I and ib.bbinsville, five miles from! Andrew.-, about 1 o'clock Sunday j afternoon. The car hit a spur aail- i load track connecting a rock crusher j a rock quary which runs across! the road. Mr. Hooper, the driver, lost c rol ie machine and it . plunged 200-ft. down the side of the mountain, turning over several times a?d scattering its occupants on the side of the mountain. Saw Plunge Buck Stanbery of Durham, CCC ?viRer who was stationed at the I rock crusher, saw the car plunge I down the precipice, and he immedi| ately telephoned to the CCC camp I at Topton for help. A group of the I CCC boys and a CCC ambulance R from the Topton camp, another am| hulanet* from Andrews and Dr. F. L. I Heibert of Andrews soon arrived at | scene of the accident. B Because of the steepenss of the I mountainside, the rescue workei*s had B 1? let themselves down the precipice 1 y' 'opes in order to reach the acci t*en^ victims, and great difficulty was I experienced in getting the dead and injured up to the road. The injured were placed in blank I and each was (carried up the mountainside by six CCC boys who * -1(1 on to ropes suspended from the B **>ad. Bodies of the dead were ie moved the same way. R *'rs* Hooper and Glenna were reI ' ' ie Pettie hospital in Mx r P where both were reported to be ft if! Weekly Newspaper in Western North Two Fires Break Out In Murphy On Friday Murphy became fire conscious Friday after flames broke out in two local buildings. The horn, of Fred Frankum was gutted by fire early Friday afternoon but quick action on the part of I the local fire department soon had the flames under control. The extent of the damages is said to be about $200. Friday night a rear room in the Adams building caught on fire but an automatic sprinkling system put the lire out before any serious damage was done. GEORGIA OFFICERS ! SEEK GYPSIES WHO | ROBBED OLD LADY A band of Gypsies, who allegedly obtained $3000 fiom an aged Cal noun, ua., woman, were being sought here by Georgia officers Monday night, but the trail could not be located. Working under the pretense that they would heal nhe old lady from some sort of malady, the gypsies obtained about $3000 from her in cash and a diamond studded wrist watch valued at sevetal hundred dollars, the Calhoun officers said. On warrants of suspicion they trailed the band to Blue Ridge and came into Oheiokee county late Monday night in an effort to take up the chase again after it had been lost. The robbery was committed about 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Thi^e Wcie (four tjail loads q:" people in the band and the alleged robbers were riding in a giien Model A Fo;d, the first two numbers on the license of which are believed to be "80 \ PWA Projects Approved For Cherokee And Clay The division of applications and J information of the WPA in Washington announced Thursday that the Piesidcnt has approved an allotment of federal funds totaling $670,000 to be used for carrying out the works I rogram in North Carolina. Fifteen ,.f the projects approved are in West mi AO!tii Carolina. Two projects approved for this section were: Cherokev: Enjoyment of assis. tant forest warden and three fire crews of five men each at Muiphy. Federal funds, $4,343; sponsor's contribution, $74. Clay: Construction at Hayesvillc of sidewalks on state highway No. 28. Main, Hiawasse:, Sanderson, Chuich, Tusquittee, ar.d Anderson streets and Riverside drive. Federal funds, $0,111; sponsor's contribution, $2,328. WNC Desparado Is Seen Near Hiwassee Ray Bailey, Western North Carolina desparado, Tuesday was leported to 'be in the vicinity of Clay county, and Georgia and South Carolina officers detailed to tracking him down said that he had climbed in a school bus near Hiwassee, Ga., and had changed his clothes. The report led to a massing of law from the three states who are busy combing the weeds *n the see tion for the fugitive. suffering with fractured skulls. Frank Hooper and Laney died on the way to the hospital, and the ambulance carrying them turned around and brought their bodies to the Forsyth Undertaking establishment at Andrews. The bodies of Broadus Hooper and the two children who were killed instantly also were taken to Andrews. The precipice down which the car plunged is very steep, being at an angle of about 70 degrees, CCC work-1 ers who have been working on the 1 old Tatham Gap road have been blasting the mountainside at this point for rock, and the precipice is rough with jagg'd stones. Hooper and his family, it was said bad been to th top of Tatham Bald and were returning to Andrews when the car went off the cliff. The car was a new Plymouth sedan, the speedometer registering only 584 miles. > troftti Carolina, Covering a Largr and Pot en MURPHY, N. C. Sept. Chattanooga All Stars I'M To Play Here Sunday It seems as if the local baseball team just can't quit. pt< Sunday afternoon they will lthi meet th-; Chattanooga All-Stars on l\ve the local field in what will prove lb;! one of the toughest games of the in season, Manager Hickman said fa Monday. "Lefty" Nichols who pitched a an no hit-to run game here last to Sunday is slated to go on the th mound for the locals. er The All Stars is one of the best rated teams in the South and will dl show what the locals look like IC when they go up against big leaguers. } iLlONSSEEKlNG i LAKE CONTOUR ROAD TO DAM'.i; a ! Hold Final Outdoor Ses- \ sion Of Year Here s Tuesday Night. i Holding its last outdoor picnic n meeting of the year, the Murphy \ F Lions club Tuesday night selected Dale Lte to act with Mayor J. H. i Giay and W. A. Adams, chairman ol t the Cherokee County Board of Com- K missiooers, in contacting the North t Carolina state highway department n in an effoii to locate a road leading ? from Murphy into the proposed TVA tl Hiawassee dam site at the Fowles s Bend along the contours of the lak !. which will be formed by the dam ather than a more direct and les . scenic loute by the way of Texana n and Owl Creek. I The mm* was instituted ?t a ( meeting of the board of director.- K o: the club h i - about a week ago. T'. e definite date of the nieeti: , M has i:<?t yet ht:n S;t. i Taik W. Fisher repined that hi ai hat! been in touch with TVA offici- w als in regard to a proposed land in K fit Id in this v icinity and that th h TVA was interested in securing K i ng lease on suitable propeity and K, building through PWA funds provid. II ing the town and county would sup- Ci port the project. Mr. Fish r and R. F. Williamson were appointed oil a committee to investigate the matter. K. C. Wrig.it, Murphy school teacher, was accepted into the club at this meeting and the lesignation of C. W. Bailey, who recently moved to Way- a; nesville, was effected. The club voted to entertain the (ja school teachers at its next meeting. ,u M.... \\T \T v.*; n It,-. T A Caco .Mrs. J. B. Gtay and Dr. E. E, Ad jn ams were in charge of the session. m Fifty-three persons were in attend- to ance. jeij Community Chorus of A large number met in the Library Tuesday evening to organize ;jj a choral club. Mis. Dale Lee was elected secre- ' r tary, Mrs. Emily Davidson and Mrs. Henry Axley pianists. Mrs. O. E. Madden will be director. The regular time was set for 7:00 each Monday evening at the Library. jj( Any others interested in group n< singing are asked to join with us ^ next Monday night. Men and worn- ^ en both invited to participate. Ie AT DODGE PREVIEW Messrs Rae Moore, George Phillips and George Moore, of the ,E- c !fo Moore Dodge and Plymouth sales depa itment here, were in Atlanta Tuesday at the pre.showing of the * 1030 Dodge. They report many im- * provenients in the new car and a new body line which is expected to greatly increase the sales of this popular model. . ha SONG IS PUBLISHED h<i Th Ted Browne Music Co., of Chicago, is publishing a popular waltz J song. "Somewhere A Heart Is Call- A mr." recently submitted them by Mr. J. B. Moore, of Murphy. M 0 fo Mr. Jimmy Ward, TVA geologist -a who has been transferEd to Tennessee for a week, underwent a throat si< o. t ration in the Fort Sandeis hospi lit t; ' in Knoxville Wednesday. Sc > Ht?!! lially Rich Terri tnr-r in This Sic 26, 1935. $1 [urphy High Team IjLooking Better Now j Coach O. W\ Deaton now sets pood aspects for a winning football team s year as the boys stack up right 11 in their mew uniforms and seem nt in taking over Hayesville here jtheir first game Oct. 4 at the t ii grounds. With scrimm.pe poinp on nicely, d several hard work-outs against a wn aggregation of ex-local star?, e boys look stouter and more eacthan they did several weeks ago. a Additional games are beins* scht- f1 iled with Swp.n-nanoa, Franklin and y oppeihill. I] TV A, ALUMINUM CO. ENGINEERS IN CONFERENCE Engineers representing the Alumnum Company of America and vnir.e:rs representing the Tennessee alley Authority conferred informlly in Knoxville Tuesday in connecion with the amendments to the VA Act recently passed by Conress. J The Aluminum Company of Amor?a has three power dams on the .ittle Tennesse River, one of tht | tain tributaries of the Tennessee I liver. One of the amendments nass?*d nt I 1 -*? , ho last session of Congress provided hat th unified development and re- I ulation of the Tennessee River sys- j em shall be eont:oiled by the To:.-' I'is.e Valley Authority and that j lans for future development or foi 1 lie operation of existing facilities j hall be submitted to and approved j y tin Authority. The Aluminum Company was 1 e-,, resented by Arthur V. Davis, Chair , ia:i o: Boa.d; I. \V. Wilsui, Vice! resident; J. P. (Irowden, Assistant b e.' Hydrauli Kngineer; and (To. : . Strandbeii. Consulting Engineer.,' TV A was re; resented by A. E. J . [organ. Chairman of the Boaid and J Me:' Kr.gir. or; C. A. Bock, As.-ist- j , it Chief E: -ine -r; S. M. Wood- ' aid. Chief Wale Contiol Planning ntJr.eer; B. M. Jones, Construction uMneer ? XoVii- Dim; I.lewMlyn 1 ^ vans. : hief E ictrical Engineer; C. , Blee, Hydraulic Engineer; and | cibtdt Marks, Assistant t the v hairman. 0 ? t hree Act Play Given .. In School Auditorium ^ : i Murphy playgoers saw The j, range Bequest", a three act comedy ! t ? p esented by the Poimg Woman's rele of the Methodist chuich Fri- \ iy night which organization realized t ar $30 toward their $200 diive. ; The i lay got along very smoothly j the early minutes until a few j inor technicalities such as the edi- ^ r, who stood around dumbly f r rr f- nv tan v?% 1 m.. -I U ?-1 ' wen iiuuutcB, ueviuvu no j oukhVt be on the stage and walked j f only to find himself suddenly the jj inter of much conversation; and \ arve Elkins started the second act j 1 over again in the third. \ drivers License May Now Be Obtained Here i I Application for automobile drivers < :ense may be obtained from any >tary public for a fee of twentyire cents until November 1st when e charge will be $1.25, it was arned this week following a numir of inauiries. A recent state law requires that j ery driver obtain a drivers license j r the coming year. < The fee for hived operators is $2. ] "Ti ? !' ,ouis Money Hard !' To Find Before Fight s Th? Louis-Baer fight went kind of ? ird on some of the boys pockttbooks i re Tuesday night while the few 2 ho were loaded up with money on e Biown Bomber prepared to cele- s ale in a big way this week end Baer was decidely the favorite in ujiphy as few Louis bets could be und although he was a two-to.om 1 vorite at the ringside } Louis b.tte od Baer into submis. >n in the fourth round of their mil- 1 >n dollar gate fight %at Madison i luare Garden, New York. ? m' | l(t pages TODAY .50 YEAR?5c COPY IUGE CROWDS ATTEND FIRST FAIR SESSION exhibitions and Midway Show Said T o Be Finest Ever Here Several thousand persons were in it. ndancc at the county fair Wedesday as the judges passed before lundreds of exhibits comprising the arrest list ever shown at a county air here and indications pointed to ir. e\en greater interest during the ast three days. Fair weather and clear kits greeted the early visitors a they reviewed the champion displays products and cattle whgjf is said to be the finest array ever shown here. From the midway came the bark of the side showmen btckening the visivors to we largest show spectacle ever to pitch tent in Murphy and it all combined !<> off.r the ultimate in county fair pleasure. Amittance to the grounds for all is 15 cents for eat . session of the four days and nights, .nd children under 12 ar admitted in the afternoon free. The judges passed 11 the different ilassificati' - : displays Wednesday morning in ah grou; s taccept the cattle and poultry which were judged Thursday. Their :eports will he published in the next issue of the Scout. In the opinion of the judges, the in est array <?:' articles evil** put on he -helves of the :emodcled fair ..uilding evid need a greater interest, in the fair than ever before and N r'ned ex e t j paratio and pride nr. the par' o" the exhibit rs. Large Premium Lis Moi t an s : ooo will be j aid cut !. pr miunis this yen . l'ar*i Ui.;: ? W. M. l am - id ?. latic and urty N . .v. tv Ke.i.c. ka- d vith the p: ?>c: '.u:v of the fall festial, and :h \ rcdk-ISl :h biggest sir i'om :? " teational and inaiieiai s'.andpci * ever held in this ection. Bk'hw Xot only did Che. k.e county turn ?ut in lull, but adjei:ti:.g sections re well represented. As a hiirhliirht of : if - ' <'s?e woe - I "J lie .ddrtsses by K. F. Farnum, daity attle specialist, a d K. L. Man ill, l-H club leader, whiri: mingled ad ice with congratulations on the pvolucts of Cherokee c untv, and were lirected to the farmers of this secion. Wednesday nigh: the g;ounds w-re veil-lighted and the patrons thrilled o the giant midway scene and partded the ugh t-i . fair house acquainting themselves with Cherokee county n-oducts, the best of which in all divisions are standing up very favorably under the most critical inspection. The gala event has brought unirccedented crowds and com liments :o this community. It had every earmark of bring the greatest, celebration ever witnessed heie. Child;en and grown-ups alike wandered in the spaciousness of the fair grounds and leveled in the glittering fantasy of thtii own products and the side shows and their own sounty fair. XI n O 1 t ? neev/ sus Dcnetiuie Is Made To Atlanta A new bus schedule, providing: a ound trip to Atlanta with an hour ind 45 minutes stop over, will be omo effective October 1, J. K. R. Barrett, of Cleveland, Ga., ; resident >f the Neal Gap bus lines, announced Wednesday. The bus will leave Murphy at 0 15 \. m. and will arrive in At lant , at 10:45 a. m., the return trip starting it 12:30 and arriving her at 5:45, i< cording to the schedule. The hours ire Central Standard Time. The trip is made v: Blafrsville rnd Gainesville. MRS. N. B. ADAMS The continued illness of Mrs. N. 3. Adams is calling the concern of icr many friends in Mm by. M s. vdams has been confined to h i bed or the past three weed- a 1 a slight mp:oven:ent in her c- n .it:on is netd.
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