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and Clay County Progress
Murphy, North Carolina, Tt.ur.doy, September 12, IM3 14 Pofle? Thl? Week Published Weekly
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World Watches Tragic Drama In Murphy
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Worldwide coverage of the
mine disaster here this week
end provided by all three
major radio - TV networks
and both United Press Inter
national and Associated
Press.
AP set up a portable picture
transmitter at the Scoutofflce
and used the Scout darkroom to
turn out pictures.
Scout phoBgrapber Freddie
Davis furnished pictures toAP
that were transmitted around
the world.
Both local radio ststlons
answerd dozens of Inquiries
and provided coverage for
their wire services.
, Paul Rldenhour of WKRK
made some 18 coast-to-coast
voice broadcasts, both live and
j taped.
, -TR
Farmers voting in the ASC
election should have ballots
postmarked by Friday,
Sept. 13.
-TR
The Claud Amos Fund Day
is set for Friday, with the
drive gaining momentum
every day. Donations are com
ing in. and with both local radio
stations co-operating all day
f Friday, the luck of this family
is changing.
-TR
A billfold belonging to Billy
Corn we 11 of Andrews was
found at the Fair and turned
over to the Scout office. Come
and get It, Billy.
-TR
That Cherokee County
picnic held every year In
Akron. Ohio, for all the home
? folks living In that state is set
for Sept. IS, Metro Park.
-TR
Powell Bill Funds for local
street paving are due this
month, with Murphy slated to
get some $10,000.
-TR
A class for teachers will be 1
held in Murphy beginning J
today. A V/CC extension
course. Language Arts In The
Elementary School, will be
taught by Dr. MorrlssB. Mor
rill In the Elementary School
Building.
-TR
Mt-s. Earl Van Horn and
Miss Wanda Morris of Mur
phy, who were injured in a car
wreck Saturday in Walhalla,
S. C. are back home and are
reported improving.
-TR
Murphy Seniors will wash
cars Satruday from 8:00 to
5:00 at White's Sinclair Sta
tion to raise money for their
annual and senior trip.
-TR
lnterest in the Poultry
School coming i*> in this county
is rising. A. Q. Ketner if In
Asheville this week at the
Dixie Poultry Exposition to
line up more specialists is as
sist with the school.
-TR
Wlldllfe Protector Kenneth
W. Beam, who served his
^ainee period in Cherokee
County from August of I960
to April of 1961, is featured
In the September issue of
"WILDLIFE IN NORTH
CAROLINA" aa Protector of
the Month. Mr. Beam la sta
tioned la Cabarrus County.
Jack Craig Killed In
Highway Crash Monday
MURPHY - Jack Russell
Craig, 42, distributor for
Gordon Food Products for
this area, died at 2:00 a.m.
Tuesday morning from in
juries suffered about 8:15 p.m.
Monday in a highway accident
two miles west of Andrews,
near the airport.
Mr. Craig's 1955 model
Gordon's panel truck was
rammed from behind by a
tractor-trailer rig driven by
Thomas McCracken, 28, of
718 Leflore Avenue., Clarices -
dale. Miss. Both vehicles were
traveling South on U. S. 19.
McCracken's Ryder Truck
Rental rig was hauling foam
rubber and mattress covers
for the Waynewood Mattress
Co. of Hazel wood.
McCracken gave this ac
count of the wreck: "I had
been following the panel truck
from above Andrews. 1 drive
this route every week and 1
knew there was a straight just
past that little rise below the
airport driveway. I pulled up
to within 30 or 40 feet of the
panel truck so I could pass
when we lopped the rise. I was
only doing about 40. When we
rapped the rise, two highway
patrolmen were there beside
the road putting out a timing
device. The panel truck slow
ed suddenly, and I couldn't
get stopped In time to keep
from hitting It."
Highway Patrolmen E. N.
Hooper and Cp. W. N. Mc
Conald, who were lnsulllng
the timing device, were eye
witnesses of the accident.
They narrowly escaped In
jury themselves, when the
vehicles crashed In front of
them.
Mr. Craig's truck was
knocked off die road, over
turning several times and
throwing him out.
The tractor - trailer rig
jack-knifed In the middle of
the highway.
Mr. Craig's truck traveled
some 120 feet after Impact;
and the tractor-trailer about
50 feet.
Mr. Craig was listed as hav
ing 26 years driving ex
J
peri en ce and (he tractor -
trailer driver as having eight
years experience by (he
Patrolman's report.
Both vehicles were heavily
damaged.
McCracken was charged
with Involioury manslaughter
and released on bond, pending
an appearance next Monday
here In Recorder's Court. He
was not injured.
Mr. Craig was a native of
Cherokee County, the son of
Sam and Bessie Welch Craig.
He served with the U.S. Army
during World War II.
During his service over
seas Tte was wotmded in action
and was awarded the Purple
Heart. For the past several
years he had worked as a dis
tributor for Gordon Food
Products.
He was a member of First
Baptist Church of Murphy, and
of Cherokee Ledge No. 146,
AF and AM.
Surviving in addition to the I
parents are the widow, Mrs. |
Ruby Crawford Craig; -two ,
sons, Jackie and David of the
home; a son and a daughter by
a former marriage, Joseph I
Russell Craig, a student at I
Western Carolina College, and ?
Ruth Evangeline Craig, a re
cent graduate of Mission Me
morial Hospital School of
Nursing; one sister, Mrs.
Dorothy Elrod of Waynes- ?
boro, Tenn.; one half-brother,
J. C. Welch of Princeton, La.
Funeral services were held |
Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. at the
First Baptist Church with the
Rev. William Thompson of- '
flclatlng. I
Burial was In SunsetCeme
tery with Masonic Rites by
(he Cherokee Lodge.
Honorary pallbearers were
B. J. Fish, Alden Coward,
Joe Ray, Vincent Stiles, Mar
tin Palmer,DonRamsey,Ken- 1
neth Godfrey, Dr. William R. !
Gossett and members of (he !
Progressive Sunday School
Class.
Town son Funeral Home was
In charge of arrangements. '
Bulldogs Lnd Doubts
^ith 35-13 Victory
MURPHY - Murphy High's
Bulldogs ended ? lot of doubts
?bout the strength of this
year's grid squad by powering
>ver Copper Basin High here
Friday night 35-13.
But the add test for the
3ulldogs comes early; Friday
light they travel to Sylva id
neet the highly touted Sylva
A'ebster Golden Eagles.
One item that might take
the edge off thp game is a
report received here this week
liat two of S-W's star backs,
rorrest Bryson and Jerry
? ull bright. may miss the game
iue to Injuries. This report
s unconfirmed at press time,
lowever. .
Murphy opened the season
Jy kicking off id Copper Basin,
hen recovering a Cougar fum
lie on their 45. Paul Green
rapped a 55 yard drive for
rfurphy, plunging over from
be one-foot line, then scof
ng the point.
Moment* later, HaroldWll
lon recovered another Cougar
urn hie and the Bulldogs rolled
igaon. A 38 yard pass from
luarterback Wayne Watson to -
ack Crawford let 14) the <
core. Watson sneaked over '
or the ID, and Tony Hembree 1
an the point.
After forcing the Cougars J
Murphy took over and Watson
scampered 37 yards for his
second TD of the night. Ed
die Palmer scored the point.
With less than ? minute left
in the half, Copper Basin scor
ed on a six yard pass from
Rickey Stueve to Benny Grif
fith. The conversion attempt
failed.
Basin scored again in (he
second half, driving id Mur
phy's six, then Stueve plung
ed over to score. Tommy
Ledford kicked the point.
Hembree scored again for
Murphy In the fourth period,
on a 35 yard Jaunt. Watson i
added this extra point. J
Murphy edited the final tally fl
as Paul Green broke loose
on a 67 yard run. Watson pas
sed to Bob Hill for the point.
STATISTICS
Murphy C. Basin
First Downs 9 9
Rush. Ydg.
Pass. Ydg.
Passes
2-3 5-11
1-25 3-18
284 91
57 52
7.% S-I 1
Punts
Penalties
10 25 Aj
CO
sewage Pk
Improveme
/ *c?Hrt tmmo - wvli
MURPHY'S HALF-BACK Tony IU111U? . 33, wife Am ball. KimfwrM (or ? third partod
toon Friday night, t* Paul Graan. 40, moved in ?> block Randy Hanslay, JO. of Coppar Baaln.
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RESCUE WORKERS AND members of the County Rescue Squad brought the body of miner
Carl Dockery to the surface around 5:00 Sunday.
Sheriff Improving After
Shooting Here Saturday
MURPHY - Cherokee
County Sheriff Claude And
erson was reported "much
Improved and doing remark -
ably well" In Murphy Provi
dence Hospital Wednesday,
after being shot five times
?t close range Saturday morn
ing in the hall of the County
Courthouse.
Milton Anderson, 6^ a
zousln of the sheriff, who sur
rendered to officers here Sat
urday afternoon and confessed
to the shooting, is being held
In the county jail, temporarily
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to
kill, inflicting serious injury
not resuldng in death, pending
the outcome of the sheriff's
condition.
The shooting occured about
10:40 Saturday morning, after ?
the sheriff had placed Milt
Anderson under arrest for
MILT ANDERSON, who confessed *> i hooting Sheriff Claude 1
nderson here Saturday la being held without bond In (he 1
>unty Jail.
in t. Water Works
nt Grants Approved |
MURPHY - Accelerated
Public Works grant for a
sewage disposal plant and
water works Improvements
ware approved (or Murphy this
week.
The town will receive a
(rant of $191,500 ? aid in
construction of (he new sewage
treatment plant, and $78,000
B assist In improvements and
additions to the ?>wn water
system.
Totsl cost of the sewage
ant Is estimated at
,000 and the. new water
tem will cost a total of
,000.
Attorney Herman Edwards,
*ho Is handling the legal as
pect* for the town, said this
' week that applications for the
grants were made about a year
?go, and that the grants were
for (he full amounts (he town
Is eligible ? receive.
Murphy win have to pro
vide matching funds through
^MlglMe
ays ten
$160.0
? bond election to fa* <
to get tite grants.
Mr. B&rards and Town
Clerk C. B. Johnson will meet
la Raleigh with W. g. Ba
bond election.
Mr. Johnson pointed out this
week that plans call for the
sewige treatment plant to be !
built about one fourth mile
below Murphy on the Hlwas
see River, below the old :
quarry. J
Land for the treatment plant
sits Is being acquired from the ,
U. S. Forest Service, as well
as the land through which the
pipeline *> It must pass. ,
The Water Works Grant will
be uaed to replace and lm- '
prove existing systems, In
stall new lines and do away
with dead and lines byhoqklng
the sysism together through
out. J
Mr. Johnson explained that *1
all these Improvements will
improve water flow and pres
sure throughout the system.
?d provide more pressure tor
home and commercial use and
better fire protectloo.
A new storage reservoir
aeer the sits of Fort Butler ?
Is aleo Included in the ?
Improvement plans.
W. K. Dickens and Co, a "
Charlotte engineering flrtn, .
will handle construction of (|
tnh projects.
i " ? ?
being disorderly In the court
house.
A massive manhunt Involv
ing local deputies, the highway
Patrol, prison authorities, and
state and federal officers, was
staged for Milt Anderson all
day Saturday prior to his sur
render.
Cherokee County Tax
Supervisor John Donley was
a witness to the shooting.
His account revealed that
Vfilt Anderson was at the
Courthouse id try and get a
xmrt case postponed for a
friend. Mr. Donley told him -
[hat he couldn't help him, and f
laid "about that time the
iherlff came out of his office
ind spoke to Milt."
The sheriff told Milt that
le wasn't connected with the
:ase and an argument fol
owed. I
The sheriff placed Milt
inder arrest, Mr. Donley said,
ind that Milt offered rests -
ance.
"The sheriff took out his
dackjack, and Milt quieted
town," Mr. Donley said,
iherlff Anderson was not
rearing a gun at the time.
When the Sheriff began tx>
ead Milt down the hall, Mr.
Xniley reported that he saw
rfilt reach into his rightpants
locket and pull out a pistol.
"I hollered to the sheriff,
he's got a gun'."
Milt Anderson fired five
shots at the sheriff with the
38 calibre pistol. All of the
shots hit the sheriff, wound
ing him from the waist to the
neck.
The sheriff staggered into
Mr. Donley's office and fell.
Milt walked out of the court
house, and on down main
street reloading Ms pistol.
An- ambulance was sum
moned and Mr. Donley ran
id the jail where he met de
puty Rob Harness and Patrol
man Don Reavls, and told
ttiem what had happened.
Milt Anderson made Ms
getaway by taxi. Murphy taxi (
iriver Jake Stiles said "Milt (
vis hiding in my stand when i
returned from a trip, and
be hired me to take him out
>f town. I didn't know he had
i hot the sheriff until we were
leaded out of town. He sdll
tad the gin. and I asked him
f he woUd shoot me. He said
no. If you take me on out of
Dwn\"
Milt left the taxi ata wooded |
ipot on Dickey Road, some 12 4
ntles weft of Murphy, near
'here he was raised.
The manhunt began there
nd the trail led ? the home
f Carle* Rich, where Milt
topped and ate dinner. Mr.
llch said he had heard that
Mlt had shot the sheriff, but
hat he did not try K> stop
lm when he Ml
Officers combed the area
II afternoon, asking relatives
nd neighbors If they had seen
lilt.
Later In the day, Milt's
randson and another relative
remised to get him B sur
ender If he was guerenised
afety.
A cousin. Jim Anderson,
rought Milt to the County jail
bout &00 p.m.
Mine Disaster
Fatal For Two
MURPHY -The tragic dram*
of a mine cave-In focused the
sympathy of the world on Mur
phy this week.
The cave-in hit talc mine
number three at The Hitch
cock Corporation here about
i 3:30 Saturday, resulting In
the death of two miners, and
injuring three others.
' The dead are: Lewis L.
Pope, 49, who died early Sun
day morning after being
brought up from the shaft
shortly after the cave-In; and
Carl H. Dockery, a foreman
at the mine whose body was
not discovered until 1 1:45 a.m.
Sunday.
The Injured men Include:
Wllford Beavers, who was re
leased from Providence Hos
pital Wednesday; Beauford
Bryant, whose condition was
listed as 'much Improved' on
Wednesday; and Ray Stewart,
who was brought out of the <
'mine some three hours after
the accident, and whose con- |
dition was listed as 'fair' |
Wednesday by a spokesman j
at Providence Hospital.
Rescue workers, led by
Francis C. Bourne, Sr., owner ,
of the mine, continued the j
search some 26 hours before
Mr. Dockery's body was freed ,
from the Ragged pile of timbers f
and rocks some 225 feet down. )
Lewis L. Pope
Town Board
Votes 'Yes'
On Paving
MURPHY - Murphy's Board
of Commissioners voted Mon
day night to pave two local
streets: 905 feet of Cherry
Street, from Blumenthal to
I ox Streets and a 356 foot
strip of Dickey Street., a tem
porary nare given to the
street that runs close to the
Baptist Parsonage.
The vote to pave Dickey H
Street hinged on die provis- ?
ion that the Town can get a *
right of way agreement
through adjoining property
owned by Hadley Dickey to ri
continue the street on id 5th V
Street at a later date. ai
Both these paving jobs ad- a
here to the policy whereby H
property owners on both sides
pay two thirds of the cost of ti
the paving. vl
In other action the Board: a
Approved ? 10 per cent pay
raise for the policeman who ?
works the 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 _
a.m. night shift.
Voted to adopt a resolution
xcking Southern Railway's ?
Ad id decrease rales on grain
ihipm*nts coming from the D
nidwest inn the south. Robert S<
Courtney and Claude Beg lay 6
>f Southern appeared before 7
he Board, asking for the re- 8
lolutlon and explaining the 9
:ase now pending before the 11
nterstate Commerce Com- 11
nission.
Present at the meeting were T
3oard members Kenneth God- cl
:rey, Jerry Hatched, W. A. te
Singleton, Francis C. Bourne, di
|r? John Jordan and Mayor te
L. Mason, and Town Clerk ui
Charlie Johnson. cl
All three shifts at the mine
were tiding In the search for
the trapped miner.
Surviving Mr. Dockery are
the father, Thomas Dockery;
the widow, Mrs. Bessie Pal
mer Dockery: two daughters,
Mrs. Ethel Owenby of Clin
ton, Tenn. and Mrs. Mary Jo
Evans of Murphy; two sons,
Edward of Murphy and R. V.
of Memphis, Tenn.; four sis
ters, Mrs, Delphi a Thomp
son of Florence, Ala., Mrs.
jane Ellis of Andrews, Mrs.
Alice Bradshaw of Gastonla,
and Mrs. Lelah Johnson of
Murphy: two brothers, Jim of
Gainesville, Ga. and Ernest
of Dallas, Texas; and eight
grandchildren.
Services were held at 2
p.m. Tuesday In the home.
The Rev. Ernie Young and
the Rev. Marvin Hampton of
ficiated and burial was in
Sunset Cemetery,
Pallbearers were Willard
Beaver, Lewis Hogsed, Paul
Brendle, Leonard Moore, El
lis Guthrie and L. J.
Town son.
Services for Mr. Pope
were held at 2 p.m. Monday
n Tomotla Baptist Church.
The Rev. Marvin Hampton
ind the Rev. Jack Palmer of
iclated and burial was in
?loss Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Scott
Hall, Paul Brendle, Ed De
veese, John Harper, BUI
3 aimer and Lawson Clark.
Surviving are the widow,
Mrs. Wilma Neal Pope; the
nother, Mrs. Estle Turner
3ope of Murphy; five (laugh
ers, Mrs. Louise Edwards
>f Marble and the Misses
|ac)de, Linda, Jo Ann and
Betty Pope of the home; two
slaters, Mrs. Ruby Hughes and
Mrs. Gaynell Keasler of
Murphy; and a brother, Lake
Pope of Ducktown, Tenn.
Town son Funeral Home was
In charge of arrangements.
Carl H. Dockery
layesville Receives
arg j A PW Grant
HAYES VI LLE - An Accele
ited Public Works grant of
24,900 has been approved to
Id construction of sewage
-eatment facilities for
?yesvtlle.
The grant was announced
lis week. The town must pro
de matching finds to re
vive the grant.
WEAIHE
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Low Pare.
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55 0.00
57 0.00
55 0.00
52 0.00
51 0.00
56 0.00
Wttftieaday and
hur? day, acaoered id broltao
oudineas with widely scar
red thunderahowara; Frt
ly, partly cloudy with acat
rod thunderabowerf; Sat*
?day and Sunday, partly
oudy, mild.
High
79
81
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80
81
) 84
[ 85
Forecaae
About That Extra...
Pint. ? not* of thanks for all On ktad I
Scout** Extra published Sunday. The events
Bxir*. We at die Scout are sorry that all
receive a copy of the Extra, and to ana war Uw ally
of requests, additional cop tea *t fee Extra will be
thtp week, even though time has mnuitd moch of i
value. Resdsrs who dssire ? copy of the Bxtrs
at the Scout office. Copies of die Bxtra will be
anyone sending ssn cents sad a si
? the Scout office.
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