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MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. SEPTEMBKR L':t, 1927
bright held
AS SLAYER OF
WAYNE MOORE
Surrender* to Officers After Fleeing
? Claims Moore Was Rowdy
and Resisted Arrest
r doing to the home of Deputy
Sheriff Marcus, on Owl Creek Fri
day night, Constable -John Bright,
who on Thursday night called Wayne
i More from Factory Town church and
killed him with a pistol shot through
the head, surrendered to answer the
charge of murder brought by the
boy's father.
From his cell in the Cherokee
county jail, Bright, who fled from
the scene immediately after he had
i sent a bullet through the boy's brain,
declared that he regretted the shoot
ing very much, but that he thought
. it necessary because of the resistance
S of the boy to arrest.
f fright claims that Moore was dis
turbing public worship in the little
church while the minister was ask
ing the young people to come for
ward and kneel in front of him. Be
cause of profane language Moore
was alleged by Bright to have been
-ing, he was asked to leave the
-hurch.
Blames Others
After a whispered conversation,
Aritnesses stated the Moore boy got
up quietly and followed Bright out
of the church. Bright claims that
".he boy refused to accompany him
md that several others whose names
>ie did not give tried to assist the
Moore boy in getting away.
As proof of his statement. Bright
ii. splayed a wound in the back of
lie head wl ^h^he says was inflicted
Juring the struggle' with the youth.
He also was sporting a partially
- Drained ankle and several bruises |
m the lower left ribs which he says
further proof of the encounter.
The slaying came Thursday night
at a dramatic moment when the min
ister at the little Baptist church was
.ailing for converts among the young
people.
Moore got up and followed the
?nstable out of the church after a
v. .'tispered conversation that appar
ently could not be heard by those
??'.ling near. There followed an in
' ? val of silence during which an
*> her stanza of the hymn was sung
the congregation. As the last
' os died away there came from j
r darkness outside the church sev- !
piercing screams.
Shots Heard
After that came two shots and
then silence as several men ran out !
of the church and in the direction j
of the sounds. They found Moore
dead and Bright gone. Search for
him was fruitless until he appeared
on Owl Creek and surrendered.
The father of the boy. Will Moore,
declares that the boy's mother fol
lowde him from the church and beg
Rod the officer not to shoot him and
the fatal shots were fired while
the mother was endeavoring to stay
between the two.
Date for Hearing:
Uate of the preliminary hearing
has been set for September 24 be
fore Justice of the Peace T. N. Bates.
At that time many of the puzzling
features in connection with the case
are expected to be cleared up.
Funeral services for Moore were
held Saturday morning at Grape
Creek, about five miles southwest of
Murphy, conducted by Rev. T. L.
Sasser, pastor of the Murphy Bap
tist Church. He is survived by his
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Moore; eight brothers, Gifc, Paul,
Oliver, Raymond, Edgar, Blaine,
Glenn and Leonard; two sisters, Mar
Sie Moore, all of Murphy; and Mrs.
Charles Carringer, of Martin's
creek.
The American Farm Bureau fed*
?ration will be asked to come into
North Carolina to help the farmers
set state-wide and national recog
nition. w -
f*AtuToc^#-rm.I
Carrying the responsibility of (to
title. Champion Gene Tunrey wu
never more serious in his life than
? a iuc finishing hours ot his train
ing at Chicago for the first defe
<>f his crow a.
"Just Before the Battle Mother"
VANQUISHED
TIJNNEY HOLDS CHAMPIONSHIP
BY VICTORY IN iOTH ROUND
150,000 PEOPLE WITNESS BOUT GATE
RECEIPTS SAID TO BE MORE THAN
TWO AND A HALF MILLION
By a decision in the lOtb round, Gene Tunney defeated Jack Demp
sey at Soldiers field, Chicago, Thursday night and retained the heavy
weight championship of the world, but not until he had put up one of
the biggest fights of him career. H ; even admitted later in his dress
ing room that it was the first time he had ever been k -.locked clear off
his feet.
I unncy's hand was raised in vie- '
tory at the end of 10th round of a,
--mashing battle but only because of 1
the courage and fighting power for
a sensational finish after being
knocked down for a count of nine .
I in the seventh round by Dempsey's
i vicious two handed attack.
I Only one second, in this seventh j
round, seperated Dempsey from the I
greatest victory of his career and an
achievement no other ex-champion
had ever recorded, but Tunney back
on his feet, slipped from range,
cleared his head and weathered as
stormy a session as he ever has ex*
perienced.
Safely past that crisis, Tunney
finished the last three rounds like
a champion, taking the aggressive
and beating Dempsey into defeat with
a two handed, well timed attack to
the head. With his title in danger,
Tunney had the stuff to put oa a vic
torious rally.
At the close of the final round
Dempsey, both eyes cut and badly
bleeding, was groggy and reeling
"out on his feet." So battered was
the old champion, his last charge
expended, that he did not seem to
know the battle was over and had
to be led to his corner.
Close to 150,000 persons, the great
est crowd ever to witness a boxing
show, gazed from the darkness of
Soldier field on the tiny platform of
ipht, where the fistic kiuir and con
ender battled t or a pursi r $1,450,
? 00. Tunney's share of this is said
.o be one million, while the $450,
000.00 fifties to Dempsey.
It was estimated that the gate
receipts were $2,800,000.00. More
than 5,500 urshers, police and other
employes were required to handle the
arrest crowd to ever attend a prize
fight. The seats sold at from $5 to
$40.
Supreme >!
FLAG AND BIBLE
TO BE PRESENTED
UNAKA SCHOOL
Junior Order to Make Presentation
Next Sunday ? Believed First
in County
Following a special program Sun
day afternoon, September 25th, the
State Council Junior Order United
American Mechanics, of Raleigh,
will present to the school at Unaka
the United States Flag and the Holy
Bible, according to announcement
th?s week by school officials.
This is believed to be the first
school in the county to be the recipi
ent of a gift from the Junior order,
and several notables of the State
council are expected to be present
and take part in the ceremony.
The tenative program follows:
1. Song ? America.
2. Invocation by J. O. Fry.
.*>. Welcome Address, G. F. Rose.
4. Respond, J. II. Gilley.
Song ? Columbia the Gem of
the Ocean.
f?. Presentation of Flag.
7. Presentation of Bible, J. O.
Fry.
8. Acceptance of Bible and Flag,
A. L. M.
0. Principals of Junior Order, J.
H. Gilley.
10. Raising Flag ? Song Star Span
gle Banner.
The Unaka school is enjoying one
of its most successful terms under the
direction of Prof. \V. R. Martin, as
principal, and Misses Fannie Odom
and Odessa Roberts. There are one
hundred pupils enrolled to date, and
hardly a week passes but wh it oth
ers are adm:\ted to the school.
CARROLL? SULLIVAN
The following announcement has
been received by a number of Mur
phy people :
Dr. and Mrs. James Morgan Sul
livan announce the marriage of their
daughter, Mary Inez, to Captain
Homer Lenoir Carroll, on Saturday,
the twenty-seventh of August, One
thousand nine hundred and twenty
seven. Hayesville, North * Carolina.
Will be at home after the fifteenth
?.f September, One twenty-one Ponce
de Leon. Court, Decatur, Georgia.
Prosperity Follows Fhe i
Dairy Cow
The dairy products produced in
t.ur country in one year are now
valued at S2,7.r?0.000,000. The farm
value of these products is greater
than that of cotton and wheat com
bined. The dairy cattle on Ameri
can farms are worth more than all
other cattle, swine and sheep. The
dairy cow, as a cash crop producer,
leads the field in agricultural pro
duction. She has become a strong
supporting factor in advancing other
| agricultural production because of
| the immediate cash returns she brings
Dairy farming, with its assured
cash income, uniform prices and
quick turnover, has become the great
stabilizer of agriculture. The mark
et for dairy products is steady and
assured. One-fifth of the average
food budget is spent for milk and
dairy products, valuable for their
food qualities and indispensable for
{{heir health-protecting properties.
The trail of the dairy cow now
leads through Dixie. From the blue !
grass regions of Kentucky, the O/.arks
i of Missouri and the Blue Ridge
Mountains of Virginia, southward
to eth Gulf, dairy cows are bringing,
prosperity to their owners.
The National Dairy Exposition
goes South this year to aid in the
development of the dairy industry.
It will reveal the economic import
tance of dairying to diversified and
successful agriculture, which is the
basis of general prosperity. ? The
National Dairy Exposition News.
FIRST SESSION
FOLK SCHOOL
OPENS DEC. I
Various Courses Provided For Those
16 Years and Over Who Want
to Grow and Learn
The first session of the John < .
Campbell Folk School at Brasstown.
North Carolina, is scheduled for this
winter. It will begin December 1st
and cover the months of December.
January and February. The course
is open to all sixteen years and over,
regardless of the number of grade?
they have passed, who are really in
terested in continuing their educa
tion and in developing the best they
have in them. There are, therefore.
no stated requirements beyond a
serious desire to learn and to grow.
Subjects to be given fall into dif
ferent groups: simple, field-survey
ing, understanding of ordinary farm
machinery, cooking and sewing;
grammar, reading, writing and arith
metic of a most practical kind; lec
tures in history, literature, economic
geography, physics and geology, civil
government and health; daily music,
Danish -gymnastics and sports. An
opportunity for special group oludy
of agricultural science, book-keep
ing and forestry will be offered to
those interested.
No examinations or credits will be
given for this course which is not
? i to xit for particular trades,
or to prepare for graded school or
college. It is designed to help young
people take advantage of their nat
ural powers and to make their life
in the country better, more efficient
and more interesting.
Inquiries may be made iu person
* the school o* address d to Mr
Jvhn C. Campbell, BrasAtwn, North
Carolina.
To the Public School
Forces of Cherokee Co.
?rs:
At the request of Dr. J. Henry
Highsmith, Miss Susan Fulghum and
other officials of the State "Depart
ment of Education who will be here
to speak, a conference t all the
school forces of the county is being
ailed to meet in the ? unty court
house at ten o'clock ? v. Thursday.
September 21)th. It i- desired .hat
:he county Commissioners; the Coun
y Foard of Education, school com
mitteemen of all the schools in the
, county, the principals of the Murphy
:inii Andrews schools and all th?
teachers of the county schools be
present for this meeting. The teach
ers in the county schools may declare
a holiday for the day in order to at
tend this conference. (Following the
meeting , an afternoon session for
the teacher* will be half! to organize
! the Reading Circle work for the
I year.)
This conference is of vital impor
tance to public education in the
county and should he attended by
all those who have any connection
with the schools. Parents and others
who are interested may a'.?o attend.
Questions affecting your own local
school and which may affect many of
the children of the count} ire to be
discussed and those indicated above
should attend in order that they may
properly inform themselves about
these matter--.
Confidently looking forward t*>
your being present ori th ; day anrf
at the hour indicated, I ar?
Yours in the work,
A. L. MARTIN,
County Superintendent of Schools.
Wheat losses will be avoided by
following recommendations given in
Extension Circular No. 166. The
publication is free of charge on ap
plication to the Editor at State Col
lege.