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VOL XL. \<). 2(?. T!"- Lending. If eekly Ann paper m H estern Sorth Carolina. Covering a !m rge anil Potentially Rich Territory in Thi.i State MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1929. ' GF, THREE a To y July 1 ^ 1st two * Run >f ?So COPY? S1.50 PLI! YEAR LEGAL PRIMARY FOR CHEROKEE HAWKIN'S AIM Bill Introduced In House Would Re store Power Of Nomination oj Candidates To The People Cherokee Sc-out. Itulri^h Itureau RALKIGH. Jan. 30. ? Representa tive Ernest I*. Hawkins, of Cherokee County, introduced a Mil in the House today t<? add Cherokee to the list of Counties in the Slate operat ing under what is known as the leg alized primary system. The purpose of the hill is to re store to the people of the county. Un qualified voters, the right t?> name candidates for the various county of fices in a county wide primary elec tion, instead of by the old method of precinct convention and co.iiUn ((invention, which has heeu in use fc* a number of years. This is the second measure intro-% duccd by Mr. Hawkins, the other be ing a bill providing for a refunding bond issue for the Town of Mur I by. Both bills are expected to I"' favorably reported from the com mittees to which they have been re ferred, and pass both branches of the Legislature, with very little, if any opposition. Although not introducing any bills under the fourth week of the present session of the General As sembly. Mr. Hawkins has by no means been inactive. Being a mem ber of the minority party, he has i gone about his duties quietly, get-! ting acquainted with his colleagues. | their \ i. vpoiiiV, and the viewpoints,, of the administration. and seeking! to co-operate in framing legislation for the benefit of the stale, and his section in particular. "He has not been absent nor tardy at a single session, and stated that he had a number of bills to he introduced in the near future affecting Cherokee County, which would largely be gov erned by the desires of his consti tuents back home. Mr. Hawkins received the appoint ment and is a member of the follow ing committees: Committee on Mines and Mining. Engrossing committee, and Insurance committee. HERBERT INTRODUCES TWO BILLS FOR CLAY Representative John C. Herbert, of Clav, has introduced the follow ing bills affecting legislation in his home county: II. B. 171, A bill to be entitled an j act to prevent tampering with pri- j vale telephone lines in Clay County. ! The bill makes a violation of its statutes a misdemeanor, carrying a j penalty of a fine not to exceed S50, or more than 30 days. H. B. 132, A bill to l>e entitled an act to place the name of Mrs. Lillie j Johnson, of Clay County, widow of | W. H. Johnson, a Confederate vet- I eran, on the pension roll. The bill | reeites that Mr. Johnson served in J Company "C," 25th North Carolina Regiment, and was twice wounded, and to whom she was married in 1SHH, further stating that she is old j and feeble, having no one to take ; care of her and being unable to earn a living for herself. Both bills are expected to be re ported favorably from the commit tees to which they were referred, and pass without any opposition. Mr. Herbert has not been inactive during his sojourn as a legislator at Raleigh, but has also been going -quietly about his duties, and is fram ing a number of bills for the bene fit of his constituents back home, while also being a sponsor of legis lation of state wide interest. He re ceived the appointment and is a member of the following commit tees: Committee on Corporations, Committee on Agriculture. Commit tee on Mines and Mining, and Com mittee on Game. 2 NORTH CAROLINA YOUTHS ARE GIVEN CARNEGIE MEDALS PITTSBURGH. Pa., Jan. 23? Two North Carolinians- were awarded bronze medals by the Carneglo hero fnnd commission for outstanding bravery and heroism. The two per sons so honored an* John R. I'oe, of Rural Route 7. Durham, and Hubert C. Patterson. Jr.. 219 North Street, ATbermarle. Roth were school boys when the\ risked their lives to save others. ? Asheville Citizen. UNDERWOOD U. S. i SENATOR, DIES IN VIRGINIA HOME 1 Relapse F ol 'loirs Rally From Cere bral Hemorrage Ami Paralytic 1 Stroke ? Expert on Legislation WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. Oscar i W . I nderwood. aged 07". former senator from Alabama, and a pow i < rfiil I igure in American political | life for more than twenty years, | died at his home in Woodlawn. Pa.. ! I'ridav after a long illness. A cerebral hemorrhage early in | Derember. a stroke of paral\sis two weeks later from which he rallied,! | and a rclaps<> a few days ago brought I liis distinguished career to an end. Senator I nderwood. noted for his 1 leadership ol the Democratic part\ 1 in the house and senate, took up his | residence at Woodlawn, neai the Mount \eriion home of George | \\ ashmgton after he ftad decided to | retire from the senate. His health I had been bad for many months, :?I- ! though he had himself made light of it. Mr. Underwood assumed leader ! ship of his party in the house of representatives in 1911. The tariff i bill passed during ?the Wilson ad ministration bore his name, and he was placed in nomination for the Democratic presidential nomination at several of the party's national conventions. Alabama final I \ placed him in the senate, and during his service there h#? became nartv leader and was one ! of the American delegates to the Washington arms conference and bore a largo oart of the burden in the senate fight to have the treaties drawn up at that conference ratifi ed. He retired voluntarily from the senate, declining to let his name go before the voters in 1926. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Bertha Woodward Underwood, two sons. Oscar Underwood. Jr.. of i Washington, and John Lewis Under j wood of Birmingham. MRS BLACK TO MAKE WOMAN'S .CLUB ADDRESS At the meeting of the Murphy Wo I men's Club. January 16. it was voted I to extend to Mrs. Stanley Black, of j Rrvson City, \. C.. President, Dis , trict No. 1. an invitation to meet ! with the Murphv Club February 14. ; Mrs. M. W. Bell, corresponding sec retary for the Murphy Club has re ceived Mrs. Black's reply in which j she very kindlv accepts the invita Ition. and the hour for the meeting | has been set for 2 o'clock. An invi tation has also been extended to the j Women's Club of Havesville. N. C.. and to the Brasstown Community Club. Brasstown. V C.. to meet with the Murphy Club on this date. This is not the regular business meeting of the Club but will be a j purely social affair, with Mrs. Black as the principal speaker, and all Club members are urged to keep the date in mind. NEW BAPTIST PASTOR lav. James LeRoy Slirle, of Rome. Ga.. who has accepted the rail to the Kirst Baptist Church at Murphy. ami will preach his first sermon as the new pastor Sunday morning at I I o clock. M". and Mrs. Steele and their two little daughters are expccted to arrive in Murphv today or Sat urday ? MURPHY GIRL SWALLOWS PIN ACCIDENTALLY Nettie Houston Dickey (lurried To | HosniUil At KnoxvUle For Fluoroscopic Operation Nettie Houston Dickey. 11 Year | old daughter of Mrs. Leila Dickey, and a neiee of Mrs. Nettie Dickey, j was carried to a hospital at Knox- ; ville early Thursday morning tor a | Fluoroscopic examination and re moval of a small safety pin from I her throat, which she swallowed ac cidentally Wednesday morning. Two Xray photographs were made Wednesday by Dr. E. L. Holt, the first of which showed the pin lodg ed about on a level with the second rib. The pin in this picture was open, with the open-end turned downward. The second picture tak en several hours later than the first. ! showed that the pin had changed its position, the open point apparently forced deeper into the tisuues. Nettie Houston was at school | Wednesday morning and was at tempting to open the pin. which was a very small brass one, to fasten her coat with. Not being able to oyen it with her hands, according to in rnT? n she put it in her mouth j and held it with her teeth. W 'hen j -he pulled on it. the pin came open ! and flew back into her mouth and before she realized it, had swallowed r"- - docs not seem to be suffering, and is said to be able to laugh and talk and even joke about it- She is a verv talented child, having an un usually excellent voice. and her many friends and friends of the fjjmilv hope the operation will he success ul. She: "Well! l.et us change the subject. I've done nothing but talk I about myself all evening." Caser: "I'm sure we couldn't find anything better." She: "Very well, then! Suppose you talk about me for awhile." CRAMER SEEN AS 6TH NAVY HEAD FROM N. CAROLINA WASHINGTON, Jan. 2?. If Her Iwri Hoover selects Stuart W. Cram er as secretary of the navy, and his friends believe he has an excellent cbpn'e for ihp post. North Carolina will have furnished more Secretar ies ?>f liic.Navy than an\ other slate in the Union. There have already been five from there and an inten sive campaign is Iwinii made to se cure the sixth. ? Asheville Citizen. J. A. HOI. I OM AN NATIVE OF N, C. DIES IN ATLANTA | Survived Ii\ Widow. Who Was Miss Kerne r. <>i Kcmersvillr Fatal! y Hurt In Fall ATI.WTA. Ga.. Jan. 2'. James A. Holloman. associate editor of The Atlanta Constitution, died at a I loc al hospital last night from injur ies suffered Tuesdax night when In* fi ll down the stairway at a local ho le! when stricken with an attack of vertingo. ! Mr. I Im| Ionian, who was 59 years I old, suffered fractures in his fall I I roni the mezzanine floor of the ho i?-l to the hasemcr\t and from the I first phxsicians pronounced hi- nm |dition critical, but when In* rallied ixcsierdax they held forth hope that survive. HI Late todax reports from his bed side indicated that liis condition had taken a turn for the worse. He died shortly after 1(1 o'clock tonight. \\r. Holloman. ?it the time of the | accident, had just left a conference | with officials of the agricultural] congress that wil leonvcne here Jan- | nary 30. and to the success of which he had devoted much linie during i the days preceding his fatal fall. I Throughout his long career in j southern journalism. "Jim" Hollo- j man as lie was known throughout the South, was active in behalf of agriculture and it was at his sugges tion that the pending congress was called with the object of creating a national chamber of agriculture. Born in Hertford county, North Carolina. Mr. Holloman attended the public schools of his native state and then attended Wake Forest col lege, from which he was graduated with the degree of bachelor of arts. Short I v after leaving college he entered the newspaper field in which he advanced rapidly. As managing editor of The Atlanta Journal and later as its Washington correspon dent he won an enviable reputation as a political commentator. Mr. Holloman was called back from Washington to become asso ciate editor of The Constitution, marking the beginning of a period of six years of editorial writing that brought to him greater recognition. His column "Just In Passing," that appeared eadh Monday on the editorial page of The Constitution was widely read and lommented on. Mr. Holloman is survived ?bv his j wife .who was Miss Minnie Gertrude Kernel*, of Kernersville, C., and one son. James A., Jr. COOPER TAKES BAR EXAM. AT RALEIGH MON. Mayor Harry P. Cooper returned this week from Wake Forest and Raleigh where he had been spending the past month. Mr. Cooper has been at Wake Forest for the past month taking a rigid course in law i preparatory to taking the state bar j examination before the State Su preme Court this week. He stood this exanun::tion Monday and ex ?>pcts to hear from his examination I he latter part of the w eek. HERBERT TO INTRODUCE CAPITAL BILL Sol of is From W ester n ,V. C. To Line Up Behind Governor' s Ballot Bill Ohcrokef Scout. Raleiffh Bureau RALEIGH. Jan. 31. ? Consider abe attention in Raleigh has been attracted In the announcement I hat Representative John C. Herbert, of Ha\esvillc. Clay couny. vill intro duce shortly, a hill t?? abolish capi tal punishment in V?ri.h C.no.'ina. Since the news of Mr. Herbert's plan first leaked or.t he has received scores of letters and telegrams from ? all parts of the state and from or ganizations dedicated to this purpose i outside of th<? state, commending his stand an I pledging support for him in his effort to relegate the electric j chair to the state museum. The hill is being prepared by Judge Thomas \. Jones, prominent j Abbeville attorney, ami it is expect ed that it will meet with favorable [ action from the committee to which j it is referred upon upon its intro j duet inn. Mr. Herbert, in discussing the pro posal which he will advocate with tl ^eout representative, at l,t be opposi tion I.. time sources but expressed tin icf that he would he able to get through the measure abolishing the death pen I ally in at least one and possibly two | of the crimes for which the state is now committed. There is little I ik 1 lihood that the 1929 general assem ble)' will change the death penalty as to murder and rape but there is a '?"unUrunl ?>n page 2 1 JUDGE WINSTON WRITES POETRY TO MURPHY GIRL Solon From Bertie. With a Record of 12 Years In The f louse* Is a Poet. Too Juuiie i raiii is D. Yv insion. mem ber of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Bertie County for the past forty-two years, has proven his claim to the title of poet as well as statesman. The Judge has written a poem to a Murphv girl, no other than Miss Pearl Hawkins, (laughter of Representative and Mrs. Ernest P. Hawkins. Down in Raleigh several days ago. Judge \\ inston happened to be look ing over the shoulder of Mr. Haw kins while he was reading a letter from his daughter. The Judge read the letter, too. and was impressed. W hen told Pearl's age and standing in school, he was more impressed. He sat down and composed a poem and sent it to Pearl, which is given l.-erew ith. Pearl is 13 years old and in the seventh grade. She has an unusu ally good record in her studies and very >eldom misses the Honor Rail. She refers in her lc^er. a part of which is also carired here, to her brother Krnest J., who is 11 years old and in the sixth grade. They both likp to go toschool. and when they "grow up*' and take their place | in the affairs of the world, perhaps making statesmen like their father and Judge W inston. no doubt thev will reflect sreat credit upon the I '"good Old \orth State.** i The letter ot Pearl to her Daddy, ! in part follows, together with the poem of Judge Winston, and her re I plv: we Sav- gone to school four j months. 1 got my report card today j rnd ro* grade- are as follows: i Reading 95: Spelling 99: \\ riling 90: Arithmet'i 90: Geography 90; (Continued on pace 2)
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