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euspaper in Western .\orth Carolina. Covering a Large and Potentially Rich Territory in This S tale
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, HI I DAY, MARCH 8. 1929.
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5c COPY ? $1.50 PEK YEAH
PRIZE FIGHT
LAW OF N. C.
TO BE TESTED
Case \ painst Ixiil To Be Heard In
Superior Court In April
The letter of the law of North
Carolina cohering "cngacrin* ?n and
belli"? ??n p: ize fight?" is to l>e test
ed the coming term of Cherokee
Superior Court, and G. K. Kail,
known as the Tex Rickard of An
drews is t<? hear the brant of the
lau. ai-eording to a ease whic h lias
turn made against him by I. aura
Nelson. wife of Jack Nelson, of \ al
lex town Township.
\ warrant for the arrest of I .ail
*a- sworn out hv Laui a Nelson,
charging him with "aiding. aliening
\*ind promoting boxing contests and
prize fights." following the death
of voung Nelson, her husband,
which resulted from injuries receiv
ed iit a personal encounter w ith an
other speetator over a referee's deri
sion at a boxing match staged in
\ndrex\s some two weeks ago.
I, ail ?as given a prcliminarx
hearinc last Mondax afternoon he
fore Mayor I). S. Russell, of An
drews. and bound oxer to Cherokee
Countx Superior Court, the next
term of whieh uil begin the first
Mondax in April, under bond of
$300.00. Moodv & Moodv have
been retained I ?x Lail to make his
defense.
1 lie law in question was passed in
l?Wi. and so far as anyone knows,
lias never been tested in court or anx
t art of it been brought before the
State Supreme Court for au inter
pretation. The law in full follows:
"1112. Kngaging in an Inciting
on prize fights. If any txvo or more
persons engaged iu a prize fight,
sparring match or glove or fist eon
test for money or other xaluable
prize or stake; or if anx person bet
or lax a wager on the result there
of. or advise., aid or al>et in any
way whatever in promoting the
fame, he shall be fined not less than
five hundred dollais. or Iswprsscissd
in the state's prison or jail for not
less than one year nor more than
five years, or both, in the discretion
of the court.
"Rev.. S 3707: 1895. c 28. ss 1-1."
I he ease is expected to attract
state-wide attention and will be
?watched by other promoters of the
resin stage in Asheville. Charlotte.
Cicensboro, Raleigh. and other
North Carolina cities when it conies
irp for trial.
MAN, WOMAN AND
3 GALLONS TAKEN
IN TOW LAST WEEK
Flossy Gibson, who lives in the i
hospital section of town, and Oscar ?
Sudderth who lives in East Murphy, j
were taken into custody on a charge
of violating the prohibition law last j
week when officers searched theii j
residence and found about three I
pallons of contraband spirits last
week. The search and arrests were
niade by Chief Cooper and Neil
'Sneed, of the City Police Depart- i
went, and Olin Davis, Jailer and
Deputy Sheriff. j
The two were arraigned before i
A. A. Fain, justice of the peace, I
and were bound over to superior j
(,f urt under bonds of $200.00 each. \
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Disorderly Conduct
Charged to Women
Esther Holloway and Molly Rich
were hound over to Superior court i
last week bv Mavor Protem C. B.
Hill when they were arraigned be
fore him on a charge of disorderly j
conduct. Their bonds were fixed^ at j
*?">00.00 each, in default of which i
they were remanded to jail to await ,
'he next term of court, which begins
ihe first Monday in April. ?
OFFICERS GET
FOUR MEN AND
QUART BOOZE
| V\ illard Murphx. Julius Coleman.
| <>?il Roberts ami Johnnv Gibson I
: xxerr taken into custodv last week bv
J Neil Snced. ??f the Murphx police
? force . assisted hx I). M. Rirehfield.
i lav collector and fonnerlx sheriff
I of the county. mi a charee of vinlnt
| ing the prohibition law.
j Hie hoys were in a truck in the
? fae'oi \ town section when a i rested.
I and one of them is said to have been
"tanked-m> properlx. Thr officers
I 'eizrd a little oxer a quart of booze.
>.vhich Has in a fruit jar.
I V preliminar\ hearing was held
i. before (.. R. Hill, mayor pro Inn.
(and all four were hound to Supei ior
1 eourt under bond of $200.0 each.
KIRBY IN AUTO
WRECK SUNDAY
* f-'orrrtl Front Highway Over Steep
Embankment ? C.nr Lands I / 1 ?
side In River
O. k. kirbx. manager of the Mur
phy brandy of the Singer Si'winp
Maehine com pan x. xvas in an auto
mobile accident Sumlax afternoon.
*nd is suffering fioin a cut across
the head, a broken rib and other mi
nor injuries as a result.
The accident occured near Maple
Springs Camp, hetxxceii Sxlxa and
Halsam. Mr. kirhv had been to
Ashexillr and x\as returning. While
rounding a curve. he met another
car going in the opposite direction.
The car xvas speeding and on t lie
xvrong side of the road. Mr. kirbx
stated, and in Irx ing to negotiate
the curve and gel hack on the other
side of the road, it's rear skidded
into his front xvlieel, smashing it
and throxx ing him directly across the
road and before lie could get his car
stopped, it xx cut oxer the embank*
nient and down into the rixer. Hie
impact of the collision had a ten
dency to break the skid of the other
ear and it kept going. However. of
ficers al Sylva xvere notified and a
man driving a damaged car like the
one which hit Mr. kitbx was later
arrested. r ,
The damage done to Mr. Kirby s
car is estimated to be about 8200.00.
SILVER LINING
TITLE OF PLAY
BY T. T. CLASS
Three Act Comedy Drama Tonight |
At School Auditorium Prom
ise Lot of Laughs
The Teacher Training class of the
Murphy school will present a three
art drama, entitled "The Silver Lin
ing.*' at the school auditorium to
il ight at 7:30 o'clock.
The cast will be mostly giri teach
ers from the training class and of
course some of them will portrav the
part of men. The part of a digni
fied minister. Rev. Hartley, is play
ed bv Nora Lovingood. while Car
( Continued on Page Eight.)
COOPER WINS FIRST
CASE IN J. P. COURT
Harry P. Cooper, who recently
t?assed the state har examination and
has been licensed to practice law,
won the first case in which he ap
peared as attorney. The case was
a civil action, that of J. C. Gibson
i vs. Mrs. L. W. Brittain, suing on a
350.00 note, and was heard before
I Justice of the Peace T. \. Bates this
I week. Appearing for Mr. Gibson
was Howard Modv. who was admit
ted to the bar about two years ago,
and who was the last young man to
be admitted to the bar in his county
besides Mr. Cooper.
75 CARLOADS OF!
SHUTTLE BLOCKS
ClIT LAST YEAR
Haukms brothers Business Is To 1
Mole Little Mocks In a Rig
II ay
cmy-i?\e . u ioutis
of shuttle blocks witp cut and ship
| to all parts of the country and
| to hngland last year b\ the Hawkins
Brothers, shuttle Mock manufactur
ers. according to information ob
j lained last week fiom Joe Hawkins,
j manager of the Murph\ plant.
I In- Hawkins Brothers own and
operate three* shuttle blink mills.
I one of which is located at Vfurphv.
i one at Shoal Creek, t hi- eountv. and
one at Greenback. Tenn.
K. P. 1^2 kins, more familiarly
[known as Krnest. and who is now in
1 Raleigh attending the sessions of
the North Carolina Legislature as
j Representali\e from Cheir?kce coun
' I > . is general manager of the busi
ness. Joe Hawkins is manager of
I the Murpln plant. Castile Hawkins
i* manager of the Shoal ('reck plant,
and Cji\ Hawkins is manager of the
! plant at Greenback. Tenn.
Tl?ev- boys have an unusual bu>i
\ m#?ss which reallv consists of making
. little wooden blocks in a lug way.
The blocks are cut from dogwood
timber while it is green. The Murks
are three or four inches square by
about eighteen inches long, and it
takes quite a number of these to
make a carload. ^ el last year, so
Joe stated. the\ shipped over 75 car
j loads of these linle blocks.
TV plant at \h-vpby i- now op
erating full time. working live to
six men a day. The capacity of the
plant here is about two carloads a
'month. The other plants lut\e about
'the same capacity ami work the
same number of men.
HOSIERY MILL'
ELECTS OFFICERS;
ADOPTS BY-LAWS
Machinery Shipped and Expected to
Arrive First of \ext Meek
For Installation
Tin* \u-Fashion Hosiery mills, a
new hundred thousand dollar cor
poration for Murphy, completed or
ganization at a meeting the latter
part of last week when it named of
ficers. adopted by-laws, and worked ,
out details of the plan of operation.
W. M. Fain, president of the W.
M. Fain Grocery Company, whole
sale merchants, was named president
?of the new corporation; B. W. Sipe,
superintendent of the Murphy Grad
ed Schools, was named vice presi
dent: P. C. Hyatt, secretary "treasur
er of the \Yof ford-Terrell Company, i
another local firm of wholesale
merchants, was named treasurer:
and G. B. Whitlock, of Henderson
ville, hosiery manufacturing expert,
was named secretaiy and general
manager, to have eharge of opera
tions.
The new corporation iS capital
ized at $102,000.00. sixty thousand
dollars of this being represented by
machinery, thirty thousand by the
building, and twelve thousand sub
scribed by local people to stock
representing the operating eapital.
The building to be occupied by
the \u-Fashion Hosiery Mills is the
one belonging to the Murphy Real
Tlstate Company, a local coipora
*ion. and known as the Fain knitting
mill building. This corporation
voted to turn the property to the Nu
Fashion Hosiery Mill, the price of
v hich becomes absorbed in stock in
the new company. The Murphy
fteal Fstate Company was organized
several years ago and erected this
building for a knitting company.
i!nd the building is ideally adapted
(Continued on Page Four.)
CHEROKEE COUNT*
MEDICAL SOCIETY
HOLDS MEETING 25
The Cherokee Count % Medical !
Societx held its annual meeting in
Andrew?. Monday. February 25th.
( the ten memltCTS of the -oriety.
seven answered present.
At this meeting. Dr. L. B. New
man. of Andrews, was elected to |
membership in the society. The ?>l
firers of last vcar vmtc re-eln tcd !
for this year. as follows: President. '
Dr. S. C. Heigh way. of Murphy:
\ ice President. Dr. W . C. Morrow. i
of Andrews: and Secretary-! leasur- j
i r. Dr. Kdw. K. Adams, of Mmph\.
\ \er\ enthusiastic meeting was
had and plans were mode to rarry (
out some much needed constructive :
work during the year.
MURPHY POSTAL
CLERK RESTORED
j Washington Officials 0) Department
Dismiss til Charges Against
RicUanl Meroney
I Attorney Harry P. Cooper, mayor
'of Murphs. Dr. B. B. Meroney. and;
his ?oii Richard Meroney. returned
to Musphy last Saturday from Wash
ington. D. C.. where they went in
i the interest of young Meroney. who
j w;?s recent l\ discharged from his po
I sition a< a clerk in the Murphy post
i office.
A conference was held with pos!
| office officials in Washington and
j all charges against Mr. Meroney
were dismissed and orders were is
sued that he assume his position at
| the postoffice here upon his return
to Murphy. The nature of the charg
es were not made public. A new*
dispatch from the Washington staff,
correspondent of The Asheville Citi
zen last, week staled tlita a row over
the program to oust young Merone\
from the Murphv postoffice had i
heen going on for some time, and
that Congressman Weavep joined i
Messrs. Meroney and Cooper in
i their protest.
i Whil- -away. Mr. Cccper visited
j his daughter. Miss Rosemond Coop
| er. who is a student at the North
I ( .arolitia College I <?r Women at
I (ireenshoro. On his way to Wash
ington. he also stopped over in
Raleigh and had a conference with
W . P. I.ee. State coiporation com*
missioner. and was advised that the
discontinuance of one train on the
Southern Railwav between Murphy
and Rryson City had heen made per
manent. and will run no more.
POULTRY ASS'N.
FOR CHEROKEE
IS ORGANIZED
Organization Perfected To Promote
Poultry Industry In County
and Section
Tile Cherokee County Poultry As
sociation was organised here this
V K'k with Mrs. F. J. Walk ins. of
IVachtree, as president. Mr. F. J.
Walk ins, vice president: and Wm.
1 1'. Pavne. secretary and treasurer.
A large number of poultry rais
1 1 rs and buyers of the county were
present. The purpose of the asso
ciition is to promote and create
'closer interest and co-operation of
?the poultry industry in the county
and section. An effort will he made
lo enlist the aid and support of all
those interested in poultry and poul
try raising, and an invitation is ex
tended to all interested to join.
Mr. Parrish, extension poultry
specialist of the State Agricultural
College and department of Agricul
ture. will be in the county during
the week of March 11th. to hold
neetings and discuss poultry prob
lems with raisers. \ schedule of
the meeting will be found in another
column of this issue.
SEE FAVORABLE
REPORT SOON IN
BOB GRAVES CASE
I'ttrifi / ifiht of Cherokee IT or Id M nr
I eteran Brought tit Final
Chapter
\ lavoranie report is daily ex
pected from the \ eterans Bureau in
W a^hington on the rase of Roltrit E.
Graves. of (.linokrp county, dis
abled veteran of the World War,
v. no has ri'rcind no compensation
?he government, according to a
>1 a lenient made this week by Attor
ney Harry I*. C.ooper. who with Dr.
B. H. Meroncx. of Murphy, appear
ed before the fina' *,oard of appeal
in Grates behalf while in W ashing
lon .1). C.. las tweek.
Mr. Cooper appealed as attorney,
mayor of Murphx. (Commander of
the Joe Miller Klkins Post of the
\mericau legion. a veteran of the
k World War. and as a commissioned
j offirer in the reserxe eorps of t he
I uiled St Arnix. while Dr. Me
j . one\ appeai rd as physician and
| medical examine' for the local draft
4?oard when Graves was indueted in
! to service.
i
Fhe\ appeared before the rehabi
Illation department of the American
|l,cgion and before the final board
of appeal, and now tl .* ease is lie
lore General Frank Mines, diiector
I of the \ eterans Bureau, where it is
| expected :!? it a favorable report will
, l??- madif tturiifc? the nest few
! Mr. Cooper staled that the tes'imonv
[and information he and Dr. Meron
e v furnished the boaid was most
favorably received, and officers
slated that this was the missing link
in the red tape that is alwavs thrown
around the functioning of govern
ment agencies. They were assured
that a favorable report was certain.
This brings the case of Robert
G naves up to the final chapter, a
< ;i??- that has been hard fought
through government red tape over a
period of several vears in which the
count) physician, the superinten
dent of Public Welfare, the local
and state posts of the American Le
I "ion, lawyers, individuals, and civic
i organizations have had a part.
Shortly after Graves was dis
charged. he was seized with a mala
dy traceable to his service in ihe
| war. and since that time has been
V' actually an invalid. He is now
bed ridden, and has been for several
years. He has been carried to sev
t ral hospitals, but all treatment has
lieen to no avail, and his disability
I apparently is peimanent. The great
est obstacle his friends have had to
overcome lies in the fact that his
case and condition was not brought
befo:e the Veterans Bureau until a
period of several years had elapsed.
Graves has a wife and two chil
dren, and has been in dire circum
stances for many years.
NEW OIL COMPANY
ORGANIZED HERE
The Community Oil Company, a
| i.evv business concern headed by C.
M Wofford and W. G. Owenhy, has
been organized and will handle the.
I rod nets of the Sinclair Refining
Company, consisting of oils, gases
?'id greases, for Cherokee county
and surrounding territory.
The company is now being oper
ated under a partnership, but it is
understood that they contemplate
incorporating in the future.
"I shall never see thirty again,
vou know," sa\s Aunt Jane, played
b\ Miss Bailey, and William Wink
ler. played bv Do<-. Ed. Adams,
chirps in: "Not willi a telescope."
A bit of spicy conversation in the
Lions Club play, the title of which
is "The Arrival of Kitty."