North Carolina Newspapers

jIL III MURPHY , The Leading ft Vol I1IL.?No. 10. SEEK FINAL LIQUIDATION OF BANK HERE Outlines Plan To Settle Interests Of Cherokee Bank At a mass meeting of depositors of the defunct Cherokee bank here Wednesday afternoon, J. B. Gray, local lawyer, was elected to name a committee of five persons to act u-ith the liquidating agents in settling the liquidating activities through a plan outlined by Smith Medlin, of the state banking department, Raleigh. Those selected to serve on the committee were: H. B. Elliott, Murphy. route 1; J. P. Hampton, Young Harris; J. S. Keener, Tomotla; W. A. Evans, Ranger, and J. F. Wood, Suit. The plan outlined, and later to be advertised, would have the committee list and evaluate the assets of the bank and these would be compared with the liabilities. Publi- sale of the properties would be made. Medlin explained in the outline, and settlements with the creditors and debtors would be made through this manner thus ending the need for further expenses of a liquid ating agent. However the liquidating agents, under the plan, would reserve the right to reject bids which they thought were too low. Medlin explained the plan in detail and answered a number of questions coming from the floor. A unanimous vote gave Mayor Gray the right to select the committee which lc did after the approval of a number of those present. Approximately 200 people attended tKe meeting. A. M. Burns. Jr., liquidating agent of Western North Carolina was present. Tlu Cherokee bank closed its doors j four years ago with a capital of ab<>,! *110,000. S C. Owens has been acting as liijui. ring agent in charge of its intuvs > and has paid 35 per c. at to its depositors in the four years. There are 507 actual claimants. MAN'S HEAD FOUND NEARTOPOCA DAM BY SURVEY PARTY Th head of a man, said to havo been identified by the Maryville, Tenn., sheriff as a Calhoun from the lower end of Swain county, was found and reported by a group of surveyors in the woods just over the Tennessee line in the Tapoca section of Graham county last week. No word has been received as to the discovery so far of the body or persons connected with the killing. With the disappearance of a Cherokee county boy and strange tales of the weird discovery coinciding, much j interest was raised in this section. Wide spread reports were prevalent that the head had its hair slicked back and was a gruesome, smiling spectacle found on a stump. No authoi itative credit has been given to the rumors ( o Ellen Carver's Father Buried At Robbinsville t? m *unerat services for Mr. Thomas I B. Carver, of Robbinsville .father of Miss Ellen Carver who was lately con. B netted here with the FERA, were I held at the Methodist church in RobI MrsviUe Thursday morning at 11 phr k with the Rev. Hnss officiat-1 I Peyton G. I vie was in charge i ?f moral arrangements. I , ^,e prominent Graham county resiB J?1' 'vas 68 years of age one day B 5^'e '1'8 'loath which occurred at Tuesday night of a heart ailI He had been ill for several I Mont'-g, 11 was born in Graham county ?d d lived there all his life. I i? ivin* arc his wife and seven i n; Ellen, of Robbinsville; Mrs. B ? ilton, of Bast LaPorte; Mrs. J? "ingstone, of He'ndersonville; Joe, Rae and Wilh?... C-c H of Robbinsville, and six | ra ldren. It <llfi Teekly Naospmper in Western North C MU ?~~~??-T'Patrolman Assigned T o Cherokee County Patrolman J. E. Quint:, Jr., of Statesville, has arrived in Murphy where he has established his head, quarters following his regular as signment to Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties by the North Carolina L State Highway patrol. He was assigned here some t'me ago but extra duties at various ounty fairs throughout the western );rt of the state have detained him until Monday when he started a drive jto enforce the the highway laws of ^ the state. r RAY BAILEY WILL |i BE TRIED IN S. C. J LATE THIS MONTH i ^ Greer.ville, S. C., Oct. 4.?Solicitor J J. G. Leatherwood said today that 1 Ray Bailey, Western North Carolina despeiado accused of killing A. B. Hunt, Greenville policeman, would ' be brought to trial at the term of general sessions court opening here c October 28. Arrested at Gainesville, Ga., yes * terday after being hunted intensely in the mountains of the Carolina* J and Georgia for several days. Bailey * was brought to the county jail here ] early today. He was indicted for killing Hunt * soon after the policeman was shot ( down on the street here the night of May 1, 1932, and subsequently ' was ar tested in North Carolina, but ! secured his release on habeas corpus 1 proceedings at Asheville, N. C. South Carolina appealed from the : decision of the North Carolina judge * freeing Bailey and the United States J supreme court ruled with it. Hiding ' in mountain fastnesses, Bailey eluded capture, however, until taken b> 1 the Georgia officers. ] Ten days ago he was flushed from * hiding in Transylvania county, North r Carolina, and wounded by buckshot, ut escaped. His wound was no 1 serious. s o E. C. Moore Displaying 1936 Dodge In Murnhy I " I Many p pic h.ive visited the showrooms of the E. C. Moore Motot company in Murphy this week wheie the new 193G Dodge is now on <iis play. The car features a number of new and interesting improvements which makes if one of tihe most popular models on the market. It averages 18 to 24 miles per gallon of gasoline. Mr. Moore reports a great deal of interest in the new Dodge and is looking for a large volume of sales. 1 Graeber Here Starting Demonstration Forests R. W. Graeber, North Carolina extension forester, was in this section ' last week working with R. B. Wooten, assistant county agent, locating sev- : eral demonstration forests thd pur. pose of which is to give the forests a fair deal by culling out the bad trees and giving the good ones a chance to grow and caring for them ' properly. Two were established on the lands ; of B. Clayton and Ed Waldroup in ' the Brasstown section, and on the ' Tom Rogers property at Kinsey. Wooten expects to start several more in the near future. t ??-o I DANCES AT 127 t Johnny Winchester, the 127-yearold hoy from up on Gum Log, danced to the tantalizing tunes of Jim Capp's fiddle here Monday and got i big hand from the large crowd of folks that took it in. But that's all he got. The whole crowd didn't pitch in but a quarter?and that wasn't hardly enough to pay the fiddler. But Johnny's still got a couple of guns to swap?and some of them will shoot, too if you have them fixed. MASONIC MEETINS The Cherokee Lodge, No. 146, of the Masonic Order, will hold a mert. iigj every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock, Bill Hembree announced this week. Practice work will be done these meetings, he said, and all Masons are welcome to attend. I arolina, Covering a Large and RPHY, N. C. I hurs., Oct J\NDING FIELD j FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY SOUGHT Jons Committee Active | In Seeking Data On j New Project Several suitable sites for a landing I ield in Cherokee county are being onsidered, a Lions club committee eported at a regular meeting of the rganization in the high school here Tuesday night. The TV A is interested in cooperatng with town and county officials n establishing a landing field somewhere in this vicinity for aerial iccess to the Hiawassee dam site and .lvestigations have been under way 'or the past three weeks. xnc vuuiumkce composed oi cnair. nan Park W. Fisher, Mayor J. B. jray and R. F. Williamson have been :6nferring with F. S. Reynolds and leorge W. Foster, head of the gen?ral engineering division of the TVA, ;o secure a lease on a suitable site tnd supply the necessaiy materials or its clearing off and upkeep, and eported the work was going on satsfactorily. Specifications for the and and machinery were offered in letail. The club passed on a niolicn to rave a speaker at its next picnic neeting four weeks hence to explain he government's new "baby bonds." Kirby Hoover, former Murphy busness man and a charter member of he local club, was present at the neeting. For the past seven years re has resided in Hendersonville. Miss Mamie White, a member o: he Asheville Citizen and Times ad ertising staff, discussed western Mo.th Carolina publicity at ti e dinre r. The dinner was served by the ecnomk-s class of the Murphy high school. rOXHUNTERS TO MEET HERE OCT. 23 TO 25 Bench Show and Free Barbecue Scheduled For First Day The full-throated cry and bay of the hounds in full chase will -be heard in Murphy this year Oct. 23-25, when the Tri-State Fox Hunters association meets at the fair grounds for their annual hunt. The meeting will open at 1 o'clock the first day with a bench show scheduled at 2 P M. Prizes will be awarded to the best three dogs by the judges. The entiance fee will be 50 cents ind will entitle the owner to show lis dog on the bench and run him in the trials at no other cost. The place of the hunt will be an. flounced directly after the bench ;how. contestants win oe given a cara ?ntitling them to a free barbecue iupper when the entrance fee is raid. Ladies are especially invited this rear by the association. The me.nbers are looking forward :o the biggest hunt in years and ex>ect an unusually fine array of dogs o be entered in the chase. o MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE 1935 (2:15 CST) Oct. 4 At MURPHY? Murphy vi. Hayesville Oct. II At MURPHY? Murphy vs. Sylva Oct. 18 At ANDREWS? Murphy vi. Andrews Oct. 25 At COPPERHILL? Murphy vs. Copp.erhill Nov. 1 At MURPHY? Murphy vs. Swinnsnoa Nov. 8 A, HAYESVILLE? Murphy vs. Hayesville Nov. 15 At MURPHY? Murphy vs. Cherokee Nov. 22 At MURPHY? Murphy vs. Franklin Nov. 28 At MURPHY? Murphy vs. Andrews 0. W. DEATON, Coach If ?W' Potentially Rich Territory in This .TO, 1935. $1. Hooper Chi!d May Go To Grandparents Soor. Two-year old Gl^nna Hooper, the only survivor of the Tatham Bald auto crash that took the lives of six of her family, is improving so rapidly that it is believed she will go to the home of her grandparents sojn. Dr. R. W. Petrie said he could j.iardly consider her completely out of danger for several weeks yet, but ihat she was doing as well as could be expected and that there was very little doubt but she would outlive the tregedy. SHERIDAN DICKEY HOST TO HEADS OF OIL COMPANY A group of officials of the StandJard Oil company were in Murphy Wednesday and were the guests of Sheiidan Dickey, local distributor for Standard products, at a dinner served at the Dickey house. The distinguished party is touring all of the districts where their products are distributed and st?dvin? gas and oil conditions all over the East and South. Members of the New York party are: R. T. iHaslam, general sales manager, J. E. Skehan, wholesale sales manager, C. G. Sheffield, retail sales manager; E. A. Holbein, tank car sales manager, I). M. Cox, manager of tires, batteries and accessories department; J. A. Donan, ad. verti-sing manager; A. S. Pawling, manager of the merchandising department; A. R. Martin, manager of the personal and training department, and G. E. Bubar, operating assistant. C. M. Byers, division manager; C. j E. Motte, wholesale manager; R. T. I Hammett, retail manager, and J. L. | Wright assistant wholesale manager o New Beauty Shoppe Is Well Patronizcc M Betty Seawell, manager o* e Avdr. Tr Bcr.u.y Shoppe which, j opened in the rear of Pinkerton*j Department stor Saturday, has anr. un -ed hat she will give some kind of free work ea h week to some r.-adI er of her advertisemnt which appear in this paper. The shoppe which is featuring all , o\v Eugene equipment is fast I coming popular and Miss Seawell's many years of experience at Amiel's !n New York City and at Clearwater. Fla., enables her to mould skilled work with her customer's personal ity. u' n n:_i 1 - - ? . i?. i iiint i ii'ii) wno owns he shoppe, is well-pleased with the number of customers' that have patronized it as well as his store and invites the children to "get in" on the.* bicycle he is giving away free. Many From Here See Carolina Whip Vols With Xorth Carolina-University's biilliant and unexpected 39-13 victory over the Tennessee eleven Saturday, folks hereabout are even looking for the Tarheels to go to the Rose Bowl tihis year. A number of people from here who saw the game say that Carolina has a real powerhouse and its was a stubborn Volunteer team that put up a fight. PAVING STREETS ,1 1 uw?iv iii^iinaj w-v-iivcia were uujj here this week rpairing the streets of Murphy as part of the work authorized by a recent act of the legislature which appropriated $500,000 for state repair of streets in the towns and cities of North Carolina Murphy's portion ran around $18,000. PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES Communion services will be observed at the Presbyterian church here Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, the Rev. Stewart H. Long announced this week. Everyone is invited. MR. M. L. MAUNEY Mr. M. L. Mauney, who has been ill for the past month or so, has improved to the extent that he will be brought back from the Atlanta hospital to bis home on Peachtree Tues day. Ift PAGES I ^ V TODAY State SO YEAR?5c COPY FAIR PREMIUMS WILL BE PAID IN MURPHY ON SAT Unofficial List Of Winners Presented In This Issue Approximately $1000 will be paid exhibit premium winners of the I Cherokee county fair at the county agent's office in the court house in Murphy beginning Saturday, A. Q. Ketnar, county agent announced Tuesday. The awards will be paid in cash, he said, and everyone due to receive an award is asked to be there as soon after 8 o'clock Saturday morn, ir.g as possible. If necessary the payments will be continued Monday. Due to the pressure and hurry of piesenting the winners this week, the following list may contain some inaccuracies and the Scout or fair association officials can not be held responsible for any errors in it as some corrections will be made before payment begins Saturday. The unofficial list of winners of first, second and third places respectively are as follows: Baby Show (son or daughter of) ?Boy under 1 year, Mrs. Vaughn Stalup, Mrs. John Posey, Jr.; boy one year to two years, Mrs. Lexie Wood, Mrs. "Walter Reid; boy two years to six years, Mrs. W. A. Reece, Mrs. Red Hall. Gi.I under one year. Mrs. Garnie Nix, Mrs. Lorena Woods; girl one I year to two years, Mrs. H. L. Fair., .Mrs. Evelyn Stiles; gi;l six years to wo \ears, Mrs. Hayes I.eatherw- od, Miss Kate Hayes. Farm and field crops?farm ex. hibit. W. lb Johnson, .1. 21. Hampton, '"hn C. Cam bell Ft lk School, Mis. I. \V. Dyer, Ern.-st Finland, A. J. I Marti: . 1. ren Davis; best ten ears torn any vaiiety, \V. M. CiayUn. : W. B. J(. iisor:; hickory kin.: corn, Dcnni." Hampton, Will Crane; best ten ears prolific corn, Jake McClu.e, yt How corn, Jake McClure, W. B. Johnson. White corn. F:ank Watkin , W. M. Ci.yt single ared variety corn, E. G. Ashe, Annie Ruby Waikins; ..k ensilage, J. F. Wojds, Ii. C. Moss, soru u:n cane, Jess:- K. Ilollovvay Carl Cornwell; pumpkin, Loien Davis, Roy L. Foster; wheat, Folk School, J. V. Henson; ambruzzi rye, W. H. Suddorth, Dennis Hampton, black rye, J. S. Timpson, Ernest 1'enland. Oats, Folk school; soja beans, Dennis Hampton, Fred Hampton; Whipporwill peas. Ed Hampton; white peas, Grace McDonald, Carl Cornwell; clay peas, W. B. Johnson, Mrs. ! W. II. Abernathy; peas, Mrs. Robert Hughes, Carl Styles; buckwheat, H. S. Mnrric e i n <r!o elollf ">'? I"1""" G:ace McDonald, John R. Martin; I sunflower, Grover Kcesler, J. L. King; bale soja bean hay, W. B. Johnson, J. H. Hampton. Bale timothy hay, J. H. Hampton, | E. G. Ashe; red toip hay, W. M. Clay ton, W. H. Abernathy; mixed hay, |Mark Stalcup, J. IT. Hampton; any iother variety hay, J. H. Hampton, E. G. Ashe; Tobacco, W. A. Puett, James Puett; holcomber prof. A. A. Mauney Annie Watkins; yellow corn, Lake Gibson; lespedeza, Will Ledford, G. P. Hendrix. Apples: staymen, W. E. Lowe, Roe Deal; delicious gx>lden, Mts. A. R. Stalcup, E. G. Ashe; delicious red, Loren Davis, Mrs. A. R. Stalcup; winesap, W. W. Lowe, E. G. Ashe; royal limbertwi-g, R. C. Moss; york imperial, J. H. Thomasson; Ben Davis, Mrs. A. R. Stalcup, A. R. Stalcup; any variety, Loren Davis Mrs. A. R. Stalcup; five plates. Mrs. A. R. Stalcup; plate grape, Loren Davis, Miss Mary Beat. Pears, Mrs. J. D. Martin, Mrs. H. C. Whitaker; peaches, C. F. Martin, John R. Martin; basket fruit, Mrs. A. R. Stalcup; persimmons, J. W. Dockery, Ham Vovles; chinquapins, Roscoe Coffee, Jesse Holloway; hick, ory nuts, Mrs. Emma, Gibson, E. G# Ashe; black walnuts, Glenn Hcndrix, Kenneth Farmer. Butternuts, Glenn Hendrix, Den. nis Hampton; peanuts, Glum Bend* rir, rs. W. M. Ramsey; cabbage, Mrs. Robeit Hughes; o-kra, Mrs. Susie Kent, Mrs. Boyd Chastain.... encumber, C. M". Barnett, Frances A. Haw. kins; irish potatoes, Mark Stalcup, W. M. Axley: Ep ' ose, Ernest Pen(Continucd on page seven Secono ""^tion).