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Our Aim: ? A Better Murphy A Finer County Jibp (Ebernkpp ^?rnut Dedicated To Service For Progress THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER .N WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TERRITORY VOL. 53 ? NO. 33 MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. MARCH 12. I'M; 5c COPY? SI :.0 PER YEAR gress ? EH YFAR THIRD JAIL BREAK IS ATTEMPTED MY 4 FACING DEATH Beasley Beys, Cornwell And Cheatham Saw Two Bars of Cell Ltso than a week after their sccond Mil brcan and re-capture. Homer Cheatham. Clarence Cornv>e.l an the two Beasiey brother-, uiec ,sa;ii Tuesdaj ni?h:. They were balkfd after saw.ng out two of the s;eel burs of their cell. Failure of their tuird b.tai was due ,J.C vcc- cars of Jailer Fatten Coleman. He heard tne hack-saw as biu, its way through the bars and investigated? just m time Tlw open was too small to allow the bod ??? of the men to pass through, but "saving th-ough one more ba: would have been enough. Tt.? men ?-ould have had . consid erable difficulty before winning to freedom. However, they had gotten out twice before, by climbing turougn a ventilator to the roof, and then letting themselves down tc tne ground, hand over hand, on a rope stolen from the jails dumb-waiter. After investigating Tuesday night. Jailer Coleman summoned Carl Townson. State Highway Patrolman Smith also went to the jail, and the three searched the prisoners, and their cell. Two files, a hack-saw blade and a pair of pliers were found. It is said that Cornwell can take a pair of pliers, and a piece of wire, and pick most locks. The prisoners insiM<ed that they had found the saw an dth efiles In the cell where they had been hidden b7 eome former inmate. Cornwell ad* nutted that the pliers were his. He said he had them Hidden in the leg of one of his socks, where they es caped notice, when he was recaptured last week. jailer Coleman does not believe the story about the saw and blades. He believes they were smuggled in to the prisoners ,and as a result he has ruled that no more visitors will be allowed to see the man under any circumstances, unless he or some other guard is present. The same rule will apply to all other prisoners, thus making it impossible for a confeder ate to smuggle in contraband by pre tending to visit some one else. Cheatham and the two Beasle> boys, the latter escaped convicts from Georgia, are held on charges of armed robbery after nightfall, and , with assault with intent to kill, fol lowing their hold-up and shooting of : aged Alan Owenby at his home in liberty. Cornwell is held for the arm- ? ed robbery after dark of his aged , uncle and aunt, the Rev. and Mrs. Richard Cornwell. All four of the prisoners face possible death senten- : ces. When the four escaped last week. Bass Davis, another prisoner went with them. Davis is still at large. Because of the war situation It is doubtful whether the bars which the men sawed through can be re placed. n It takes 30.000 pound* of rmg con tent bond to make enough blm?prtot paper to draw the plans for on? oat- j tledhip. Draft Takes Largest Group From Here Yet; Men Depart Tuesday The largest group of drattec- y . to bt drawn from Ciierokt County Iff*. Tuesday for an un-nam.dcamp under the leadership of William Wallace M or- of Adrew Ct iisorship forbias giving t'.t num ber in the group, or divulging their nanus. Draft Boairi Seiretarv Wayn^ Walker remarked howevt . t .<? eat., call that is received is fo- a larger number of men than the on befor.' and that the list of those classified a- 1-A is nearly exhausted. Those who signed up :n t'.'.s latest registration will be classified next Tuesday. St. Patrick's Day Unde present plans .no one in any classifi cation :n this list wilt be (.ailed :i service until those in the same clas sification in previous regisi rations have been inducted. This plan, how ever. like present da/ prices, is 'suo j?ct :o change without noti<"( o Youth is Stabbed By His Brother In Quarrel Over Car I Two brothers, one armed with a knife, battled with each other in the ) fitful light outside a tavern in the outskirts of Murphy Wednesday ! night .until one of them was stabbed i in the shoulder. ' The wounded brother went to a hoepitl for treatment, andthenleft. He made no complaint to the police, but word of the fight had reached both Jailer Patton Coleman and Po liceman Prank Crawford. Coleman .who also is Sheriff Townson's Chief deputy, went to the road house, outside the town limits, tn investigate He tnld that one of the brothers had loaned the other his car. and that the latter had failed to return it on time. The owner of the car located it at the tavern, and found his brother inside. There were harsh words, then blows, and finally the stab wound. Returning to town Deputy Cole man saw Ed Graves and took him to jail for questioning. He said he had been stabbed, but that he wasn't hurt bad." A moment later. Policeman Craw ford brought in Joe Graves. The latter was locked up: but on Thursday he told police he would not appear against him. ? ? o Rites Held on Sunday For Mrs. Callie Garren Mrs. Callie Toterow Garrer., who died in Clover. S. C., last Friday, March 6th, was buried Sunday at 3 P. M. at the Wolf Croek Baptist Church, with the Rev. W. A. Heddin officiating. Interment was in the Church cemetery. Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Garren is survived by six children; Elbert Totherow and Ed gar Garren, of Murphy; Nath Toter ow. of Clover, S. C.; Mrs. Alma Dor sey and Mrs. Ella King, of Gostonia. and Mrs. T. B. Stevens, of Washing ton. D. C. Pall bearers were: Sam McKay, H. E. Bandy, B. R. Carroll. J. C. Bow man. J. C. Bandy and Roy Woody. Navy To Open Special Recruiting Stations In Andrews, Robbinsville, Next Week Nsvy Recruiting Stations will be established in Andrews, on March 16. and at RobbtnuvUle. an March 17. In both places there will be a special branch for Negroes. For the Regular Navy the age lim its are 17 to 31. and for the Reserve the limits art 17 to M. Men who enlist are ?l*eu trm ry opportunity to learn a trade, vrr'a as electrician, aria tkm machinist, ra dio man, bottannakar, carpenter, etc. Every man is given a series of testa to determine his adaptability for en trance to any of the Navy 'Trade Schools." Selection Is based on adap- 1 tabUity and previous experience Is not necessary. The courses are short, and are ! planned to (rive each student the foundation on which the career of a 1 finished artisan can be built. After graduation, this training Is continued and rounded out by prac- 1 trlcal experience on board a vessel, at sea. ' PLAN IS REVIVED FOR COUNTY WIDE BOOSTER GROW Newly Named Board of Murphy Chamber To Probe Possibilities Norly riected Directors of the < M'.irp.-.y C : a :n bt1 r : Commerce will ir. in -;?ec:a: session within the next .'' W days, to. a . -ion of : nure plan- There is .t ^row:ng sen timent for merginp ? Murpr.y oody into a Counry-v.ide . : ranizuion. It may bo that tin director.- will decide :o make contacts ir. Andrew Marble and other communities to see whether a countv-wide C'::;imt?r can be formed. It has pointed 04t (u: vhit helps one n^rt of the County wi|j? ali. nuu ;:.a support of every section is vital, tf Cherokee County is to move ahead Whether Andrews. Marble and the other sections can yet be pc. suaded , to cooperate is not known. If they can be it is likely that the Directors ! of the Murphy Chamber will not elect a president, tut will work in stead toward perfecting the county wide organization. The County wide group, if formed, hould name its own officers. It has been sugggested that one member of the Board of Directors be named from each participating community, and that these elect a president, vice president and secctaiy cither from their own number, or from the mem bership at large. With such an organization, mem bership should be large enough to make the dues reasonably small, and still have funds enough in the treas ury to hire a full-time secretary. The latter would boost not one town but the entire county. Headquarters could be wherever the Directors might decide. The r-ewly elected directors of the Murphy Chamber are: Dr. W. A. Hoover. Peyton G. Ivie, Prof. H. Bueck. K. C. Wright, J. B. Gray. W. A. Sherrill, Noah Lovingood. H. A. Mattox, Jim Gibbs, F. O. Chris topher, John Donley. E. L. Holt, and Joe E. Ray. Messrs. Bueck. Wright. Gray. Lov- ; ingood and Christopher are Direct ? i ors. The others were re-elected. Movie Star Besieged By Fans At Regal Hotel "Cherokee County is a grand place," in the opinion of "Wi!d Bill Elliott, movie star, who made a per ! sonal appearance at the Chic Thea , ter in Murphy last Tuesday. With Wild Bill was comedian "CannDr.ball" Taylor, and the Rodik twins, singing, dancing and hard riding film "cow girls." The visitors shook hands with more than 1,000 people at the thea | ter, and they were literally besieged by movie fan;, who jammed the lob by of the Regal Hotel, where the vis itors stopped. Nearly everybody ' wanted autographs, and al' who asked got them. Donley To License Sale And Use of Explosives John W. Donley .clerk of the Su perior Court has been appointed Federal Licensing Agent in charge of the sale and use of explosives Irs Cherokee County. Anyone planning to sell. buy. or use explosives of any sort must get a permit, and failure to do so may be punished with a fine, or imprisonment, or both. A nomminal fee of 25 cents will oe charged for each permit.. Mr. Donley received his appoint ment from the Secretary of Interior Washington. D. C. o A new board-like building material is made o fexcelsion, water sflkMto of soda, soybean protein and quicklime. It is strong Jvrat-trvraiatto* and can be sawn, planed or nailed. Com -ty Draft Board ?/ Threatens to Quit In Row Over Ruling Murphy Conducts "Business As Usual ' Without Any Mayor For moit' Thar i \> ? *own o i Murphy has actually been without an official head. Sine ?hr nf tne late Mayor Mayfie'.d. M. . N'j.i'. W. Lovingood, Mayor pro-'m. hai been carrviny otv but it 1 : clainied that he lacks legal author:*;.-. Tne charter of the Town author izes the Mayor pro-tem to function during the temporary absence of the Mayor." a lawyer explained to the Scout. It does not. however, qualify him to function in case the Mayor dies. There is vast difference be tween being Mayor Pro-tem and being Vice-Mayor. Under the charter the to-*-n will be without a Mayor until the Board meeu and elects one. Also, they can not elect the man who has been Mayor Pro-tem. or any other mem ber of t|Te Board to the post until the selectee has resigned from the Board. On the other hand, the Board can. if it wishes, elect some one frcm pri vate life." Several attempts have been made during the past week to have a Board meeting, ind election, but as the Scout goes to pres&, it has uteu im possible to get all the members to gether. First one was out of town. Then another found it impossible to attend. Meanwhile the town affairs have been going along as usual. General opinion is that Mr. Lov ingood. in due time, will resign, and be formally elected Mayor. Tnen. of course, some one will have to be elected from private life, to fill the vacancy thus caused in the Board. There are no announced candidates. o Contracts For Canning Ready For Farmers Farmer-contracts are ready at the Mountain Valley Mutual Can ning Association, and J. B. Shields, general manager, says prices this . year will be considerably higher than , usual. Beans, for instance, v. ill run I to $1.05 per bushel. Contracts may be obtained from Mr. Shields, at the cannery, in East ! Murphy. o Singers To Meet With Calvary Baptist Church Cherokee County 3rd Sunday even ing Convention will be held at Cal vary Baptist Church in Murphy. Several out of town singers have been invited and a good 3lnging is expected. ROY HELTON. Pres. Order Sending Draftee To Camp Nullified By Officer In Raleigh Angered at belna arbitrarily over rule ir "lie < :a-- ilica of t drat *?- the Count? Draft Bjard on Wednesday ,.^en ilticif.tuin to Ra.figh announcing that 'heir (i ' .-. a ir. c.ve must be accepted. " tr.cy v.::: recizn u; a bid;. The draftee la question wus clas sified by the Board as 1-A. and this finding na backed up by the Board cf Appeals. T;'.u army medical exam ine - in Asheville pronounced the man fit. ana he ?a.i suposed to have gone to camp Tuesday. At the eleventh hour, however, a 1 telegram was received from Mayor Tl.omas A. Upton, assistant to Gen. Van B Metts. State Draft Director, . in Raleigh, ordering that thr man tv j deferred. | The draftee is still here, and ! Chairman W. S. Dickey and Sec. and members Walter Witt and H. M. I Whitaker, of the County Draft Board are demanding a "show-down" , to see whether the draft is to be ; managd at home o: "by icng dis ' tance." 4 I This is not the first clash with Ma ' jor Upton, who is a former officer in j the State National Gurad. A few weeks ago aCherokee county boy I who had served in the Amy and ! been honorably discharged. was ! drafted for new service. He applied 1 to the Board for indefinite defer | ment so that he could go to Hawaii . to accept a fine paying job as a steam fitter's assistant. When his request was refused, he ! appealed, ar.d lost again. Then he -.vent to Raleigh, and Ma jor Upton is said to have sent a telc I gram ordering that the ruling of the local Draft Board be disregarded. In "he present "show-down" case, ! the riraft== is ?2id to have b"?n suc cessfully fighting induction into the ervice for nearly a year. "This man claims exemption on the grounds that he must support his ? mother " one of the Board members explained. The record doe?n't bear that claim out. The original county draf t board. J. W. Lovingood. W. S. Dickey and Dr. Parker placed this man In class 1-A. he appealed and lost, but the medical examiners put him in class jl-B. I Then the present Board was ! named, and checked up on all cases. ; They put this man back in Class 1-A. Again he appealed, and once more he lost. This time, too, the medical examiners found that he was entirely fit. "This man then took his case to Raleigh, and we got a letter from Major Upton demanding an expla Conttnned on back Pace | Coming Week For Forest Protection Proclamation By Broughton Sets Aside A special proclamation by Gov.] Broughton proclaims the week ol March 15-21 as "Forest Protection Week." throughout North Carolina. The week includes Arbor Day. which i falls on March 20. Especially emphasized during the week will be the necessity of protect ing the forest lands of the State ' against fires, their worst enemy, which burned over some 728.947 acres of privately owned lands last ' year. Had the timber represented by fire waste been saved, a sufficient! amount wou '.d have been preserved to supply lumber sufficient so buOd more than 5.000 regulation army barracks capable o fhousing almost 400.000 soldiers. Another source of waste of timber which attentions being cal'rd are the cull trees, tops, and limbs fotrr inches and larger which were left to the forests each year. It is estlmrted that this waste amounts to approx imately 1.000,000 cords of wood an nually in North Carolina. Much of this, according to foresters, could be saved for pulpwood and foetvood.
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