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SCARLET FEVER I
AM) DIPHTHERIA
STRIKE COUNTY i
A i clrews And Murphy
Are Both Afflicted; I
Culberson Girl Dies
With five scarlet fever cases re
port-.'. in Cherokee County during
the past three weeks. Health Officer
M F. Whichard announced the death
from diphtheria of a two-year-old
Culberson child and expressed the
fear that others have been exposed
to the disease.
The child was Hazel Newman,
daughter of Will Newman. She was
stricken with a sore throat early last
T-pok and it was not found that she
had diphtheria until shortly before
her death on October 26.
By the time the disease was identi
fied l- was too late to administer
toxoid. Dr. Whichard said. I
T-a-o more Andrews children were
stricken with scarlet fever during the
last week, and a case also was re
ported in Murphy.
Arhough the disease has not
reached epidemic proportions. Coun
ty Health Officer Dr. M. P. Whichard
sard a close check was being kept on
a:i < : i smates of the stricken children
m an effort to ward off any such
eventuality.
The two children who became ill
in Andrews are Shirley Matheson,
five-year-old daughter of Mr. Wayne
Matheson, and Billy Raxter, son of
Erne.it Raxtev.
On Saturday Jimmie Davis, six
year-old daughter of Arden Davis and
first tirade student at the Murphy
Elementary School, was stricken. She
had attended school the preceding
day and there 1s a possibility that
her < lassmates were exposed to the
disease. Dr. Whichard said.
The fever broke out in Andrews
a little over two weeks ago when
Tod and Jerry, the two children of
this town's former Mayor, Wade A
Reece, were afflicted. Tod was strick
en first, and was recuperating when
Jerry developed symptoms of the
malady.
Classes at all schools will continue
usual. Dr. Whichard said, but
daily examinations will be given stu
dents to determine the true extent
or the fever's spread.
The Newman child was the second
of diphtheria to be reported in
Cmrokee County recently. Five-year
old Robert Chapman, of Route 2, j
Murphy, was examined by physicians
on October 15, after he had com
plained of a severe sore throat A
"near examination revealed the
dreaded germ, and toxoids were ad
ministered immediately. His recoveiy
^Practically complete, Dr. Whichard
541a.
Hie Health Office says the New
an child probably contracted the
.rfa-e from a carrier, as more than
cases have already been report
ed throughout the State.
zrhr, ?l0Se check 18 being kept on
ch-w- s attended by the Newman
/' others ancl sisters to avoid
y further spread of the disease. ,
Shelter And Helmet
Save T. V. A. Worker
From Blast At Notla
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A steel helmet, an improvised bla ?
shelter, and a lot of good luck, sav.d
49-year-old Jess Pilgrim. a TV A
worker Irom death n.ui the Notla
Dam on Friday.
Pilgrim took his station in the
shelter Friday morning while TV A
engineers prepared to blast. A larse
piece of stone hurtled through the
air, crashed through the shelter and
pinned him beneath lh? debris.
Pilgrim was brought to Murphy
General Hospital by fellow workers
to be treated for severe head in
juries. Attending physicians said
the helmet and the shelter were all
that saved his life.
His condition is greatly improved,
doctors said, and he probably will be
able to leave the hospital in a few
days.
| Hospital-Airplane
For Britain Held Up
By Lack Of Funds
Gift of the airplane ambulance to
| England, toward which many resi
| dents of thus section contributed is
| being held back for lack of funds,
i Tite co-st is approximately S7V000
and according to Judge Frederick O.
? Bowman, of Raleigh, chairman of the
Old North State Fund, more than
$8,000 is lacking.
"Among the counties which have
fallen short of their quota are two
or three of the largest in the State."
Judge Bowman reported. "We are
hopeful that these and others which
have not produced quota, will come
in during the home stretch, so that
the plane can be delivered without
further delay."
The Committee has exercised an op
tion on an amphibian, twin-motored
Gruman plane, and has made a sub
stantial payment. The plane is an
exact duplicate of the mercy ship
which toured the State early last
summer.
Securing even an option was ef
fected only with the greatest diffi
I culty because other States have been
seeking planes of the same sort, for
| the same purpose.
Library Will Be Open
On Tuesday Evenings
Miss Josephine Heighway has an
nounced that Murphy Carnegie Pub
lic Library will be open on Tuesday
evenings from 7-9 o'clock in addi- 1
tion to the regular hours. The com
plete schedule Is:
Mornings ? Wed. -Thins. -Sat. 9-12.
Afternoons ? Daily 2-5.
Evenings ? Tuesday. Saturday. 9-7.
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"Story Hour" Planned
November 6, In Library
A Book Week Story Hour will be
presented at the Murphy Carnegie
Library on Thursday, November 6,
at 3:15 P. M.. Miss Josephine Heigh
way has announced. Mrs. Harry Mil- j
ler will be the story teller. All chil
dren are invited.
Bar. Ordered On Ad Signs Along Highways
By State Edict, Effective November 1st
That old eye- so re, the roadside
is doomed.
An announcement Just released by
the State Highway and Public Works
Commission states that the familiar
wries of shaving product signs, bill
boards which tell of the luxuries of
1,otels in towns along the road, and
*11 other forms of the persuasive art
of outdoor advertising are a menace
to traffic.
So. the Commission says, they must
Tbe Commission is careful to point
that most of signs "tend to dls
T*** the attention of automobile
?l*erg, both from the road and from
Kraffic warnings." It makes no men
tion of the obstruction to scenery.
No new advertising signs may be
erected after Saturday, November 1,
except that a property owner, or
lessee may erect a sign advertising
his own business. Signs already up
must be removed within twelve
months.
The new order is effective for a
distance of 50 feet from the center
of the nearest highway.
A letter of explanation from the
Commission states that first efforts
will be directed to highways In rural
districts. Later, it is hoped to work
out a joint program with cities to be !
enforced within urban limits.
LIMIT OF 35 M.P.H.
TO BE ENFORCED
ON MANY ROADS
Speed To Re Decided By
Amount Of Traffic;
Signs To Be Placed
High speeds on the almost con
stantly travelled highways of this
section are doomed, as a result of
action taken last week by the State
Highway Commission. Meeting in
Raleigh. the Commission adopted an
ordinance limiting speeds on heavily
travelled roads to 35 miles an hour.
The action is the result of both
engineering and traffic surveys re
cently ordered by the Commission.
, The surveys have not y?t been com
' pleted. but their findings were seen
I to be sufficiently advanced to prove
that speeds generally travelled on
much used highways are too fast for
safety, either of the car occupants,
or of pedestrians.
i To make certain that every driver
be informed of the new speed sched
ules. the Commission ordered that
wherever congested traffic conditions
exist, throughout the entire State,
division engineers "shall cause to be
erected, with the approval of the
Chairman, signs stating the maxi
mum speed."
Although 35 miles an hour will be
the maximum, there may be high
ways in this immediate section where
the limit will be less. The exact speed
limit will be determined by the
amount of traffic.
The new ordinance is expected to
result in a sharp drop in motor
wrecks, and injuries to pedestrians,
which have been steadily mounting.
The Commission also approved the
addition of 91.33 miles of county
roads to the State's system.
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Sunday Schools Meet
At Brasstown Church;
Valleytown Wins Prize
' The Western North Carolina As- 1
sociational Sunday School Conven
tion met with the Little Brasstown
Baptist church last Sunday after- 1
noon. The Andrews, Murphy, Hayes
' ville, Little Brasstown, Marble. Not
la, Peachtree, Pine Log, Valley Riv- j
er and Valleytown churches were
represented. j
Prank Walsh of Marble presided
over the meeting. The Rev. Fred For- !
rester conducted the devotional and
brought greetings from the Tucka
seigee Association.
Special music was rendered by the
Little Brasstown, the Valleytown, the
Murphy Calvary Choirs, and the
Hayesville quartet.
Two addresses were made: ? "The
Sunday School Teacher's Duty to
His Church and to His Class." by
Victor West: and "The Supreme Mis
sion of the Sunday School," by Law
son Lunsford.
Announcement was made thai a
carload of produce would be loaded
in Murphy November 10th and lltii
and in Andrews on November 12th
for the Thomasville Baptist Orphan- 1
age. Every church is urged to have
a part in sending any food, such as .
apples, pumpkins, potatoes, etc., to ,
either of the towns on specified dates, i
The Valleytown church was award
ed the banner for having the largest
attendance .and having traveled the I
fartherest to the meeting.
The next meeting will be held with .
the Marble Baptist Church the 4th j
Sunday In November at 2:30.
Lilienthal, Head Of TV A
Will Speak In Murphy
On Wednesday Evening
David E. Lilienthal. Chairman of
the Board of Tennessee Valley Au
thority. will speak at the Murphy ;
High School next Wednesday. No- ?
vember 5. at 7:30 P. M. on "TVA and ,
National Defense."
Employes of the Authority and the ;
general public are cordially invited
to be present.
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County Beard Named
fo Help r armers Meet
Defense Food Quotas
Mr- Al'im K:ng. homt demollstn
T. ni a in;, County Agent Quay Krt
r.er. and A- istant County Agent
Daa' SnodKrass represented Cherokee
County at the recent meeting ol
Triple A farm committeemen from
We-. era Ncr; ii Carolina in W?yne?
ville.
A number of district and state
representatives in agriculture were
in attendance, and led in the discus
sions which centered about the food
for-defense program.
The following Governmental Agen
cy representatives will serve on the
Defense Board for Cherokee County:
James H. Hamptan. Muiphy. AAA:
Qua? Ketner. Murphy. Extension
Service; Wayne L. Franklin. Murphy.
Farm Credit Administration: Fred O.
Scroggs. Brasstown. R.E.A.: Sidney
R. Griffin. Franklin. Emergency
C? op and Feed Loans.
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Ralph Moody Made
Chief Counsel For
State Commission
Ralph Moody. Senior Attorney for ,
the State Unemployment Cwnpensi- ?
tion Commission and widely known
in this section, was appointed Chief >
Counsel of the Commission last Pri- 1
day. He succeeds Adrian J. Newton, i
who has accepted appointment as i
Clerk of the North Carolina Supreme '
Court.
Mr. Moody .native of Robbinsville
and resident from youth of Murphy,
attended the Asheviile School for :
Boys and was a student at the State I
University from 1917-1922. He was
admitted to the bar following his
graduation and became associated
with his father under the firm name
of Moody and Moody. In October.
1924, he married Miss Carrie Payne.
Appointed Senior Attorney Decem
ber It). 1937, Mr. Moody served under
Mr. Newton and with J. C. B. Ehring
haus, Jr., taking part in the many
important cases that have been con
tested up to the Supreme Court on
the Unemployment Compensation
Law.
Mr. Moody was one of the three
top ranking men under the Merit >
Examination system certified to the
Commission by the Merit System
Council for the Chief Counsel posi
tion.
A successor to Mr. Moody as Senior
Attorney will be appointed later.
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Andrews M. E. Church ,
Is Given New Pastor
Reverend G. N. Dulin. pastor of
the First Methodist Church, of An
drews. for the past three years, left
Wednesday to assume his new
duties as pastor of the First Street
Church in Albemarle, N. C.
Mr. Dulin will be replaced by Rev. j
Roy T. Houts. who arrived on Thurs
day. Rev. Houts for the past several
years has been pastor of the Metho
dist Church in Spray. N. C.
FEREBEE SEEKS
FEDERAL AID FOR
BLUE RIDGE ROAD
N. Carolina And Georgia
Plan Joint Request
t* or Appropriation
Applications to the Federal Gov
'riimrnt for aid ii. improving the
Blue Kidge Highway between here
and Atlanta will be tiled within the
next few weeks. Percy B Pereber.
State Highway Commissioner has
announced.
Improvement of the highway, long
a source of despair to motorists, has
been held up because up until now
the State of Georgia refused to make
repairs because of their cost.
If the applications are approved,
helf the funds for the renovation will
be furnished by the State, and hall
by the Federal Government.
As the highway runs through
Georgia and North Carolina, bcth
States will have to submit applica
lions before the project can receive
Governmental sanction. Georgia
highway officials have agreed to for
ward their .. pplic.ition simultaneous
ly with that of the North Carolina
Commission.
Only one section of the road needs
repairs badly. It is the stretch be
tween the North Carolina line and
Mineral Bluff. Ga.
Mr. Perebee explained that al
though all the road on the North
Carolina side of the line is in good
repair, this state must include the
Georgia section of the road in its
specifications.
Federal allotments, however, will
be given the states separately, and
the cost of repairs made in Georgia
will not become an obligation of
North Carolina.
Ferebee said the Chief Engineer of
the North Carolina Highway Com
mission is preparing an application
for Federalization and it should be
forwarded to the Federal Govern
ment within the next few days.
Mr. C. W. Savage, joint owner of
the Regal Hotel, in Murphy, has
made several trips to Atlanta and
has had several talks with the Geor
gia Highway Commission and Gov
ernor Talmadge about the road.
On Thursday. Governor Talmadge
wrote Mr. Savage that he was tak
ing the matter up with the Highway
Board, urging them to give this road
"every consideration."
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Mary Frances Bell Wins
Editorship At College
Miss Mary Frances Bell, pretty
daughter of Attorney and Mrs. M. W.
Bell, of Murphy, and a student in the
' Woman's College. Greensboro, has
been honored with appointment as
an Associate Editor on the staff of
"The Carolinian." weekly magazine
of the student body.
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PASTORS TO MEET
Pastors of Cherokee and Clay
Counties will resume their monthly
meetings on Monday. Nov. 3. when
they will convene at the Baptist
Church, in Murphy, at 10 o'clock
A. M.
Skeletons Of Two Crash Victims, Killed
In 1926, Found Says Copperhill Story
The skeletons of two men have
been found In a wrecked automobile
at the foot of a mountain just out
side Copperhlli ? unknown and un
discovered since the day of their ac
cident in 1926!
That is the story that came last
week from the western part of Cher
okee County, and soon spread through
all this section.
The story, more weird and more
gruesome than any written by Edgar
Allen Poe. soon brought scores of
motorists eager to view the unidenti
fied skeletons.
Police records were studied for re
ports of missing persons, and rela
tives of long-gone loved ones came
to sec if the victims were their kin.
Meanwhile, a reporter from this
paper was on the Job. He found the
talc had almost as mony origins as
there are mouths in Coppertiin.
"That story." explained an old
resident, "springs up every 7ear or
so. Last year the bodies were fouad
and they had been there since 1920.
The year before, the accident was
put back to 1924.
"No. there is no truth to it. It is
Just a gag to stir up the interest of
visitors."