GOLFERS
PINK SOLESBEE
KILLED MONDAY
Coroner'# Jury Charges Jim Withon
With Slaying ? Scene of Action
Near Kyle On Nantahala River
Pink Solesbee, brother of Rev. Al
vin Solesbee, was ki led near his
home on the Nantahala river about
dusk Monday afternoon. He was ap
parently shot wit ha small calibre
p?n. the bullet entering: h's right
breast. So far as known there were
no eye witnesses to the slaying.
Magistrate George Mallonee was
sworn in as special coroner to con.
duct an investigation. The coroner's
jury i endered a verdict that the de
ceased came to his death from a gun
shot wound ai the hands of John
Wishon who also lives, it is said, in
the neighborhood of Ky'e. The evi
dence brought out the fact that the
two men about two years ago had
uun;rel of some kinds.
The coroner's jury sat about mid
nght Monday night. At that time
i iu- pistol or rifle ball was not re
moved from th e body. Tuesday
morning the coroner was planning
t<> return to the home of the deceas
ed and have the bullet removed a?
evidence.
The deceased leaves a wife
eight children. He was considered
one of the best cit:zons in the county
sind was never known to have a quar
rel with any man with the exception
of tha' with Wishon. At a late hour
Wednesday afternoon Wishon had
not been taken into custody, thoueh
deputies had visited his home in
their search.
At the time the deceased met his
death he was returning from the
grist mill of Grant Wishon where he
had taken a "turn" of corn after his
day's '"abor on the farm Interment
took place Wednesday. ? franklin
iYess.
The Cherokees Are Said
To Be The First Indian
Tribe To Print a Paper
NORMAN, Okia.? The Cherokees
were the first Indian printers, and
their original printing press, damag
ed by fire, is buried in the public
square at Tahlequah. This informa
tion was given in a specia* story
from Tahlequah carried in the
Tulsa (Okla.) World, June 23.
The story states that one hundred
and one years ago the first Indian
newspaper in the history of the
world was issued from an office in
the old Cherokee capital, which was
known as New Echota or New Town.
Seven years earlier Sequovah, the
originator of the Cheroke?^. letters,
had proved the utility of his alpha,
bet. The paper, called the Cherokee
Phoenix, was printed in both English
and Cherokee.
After the Cherokee nation was re
estab'ished in Indian Territory a new
national journal called the Cherokee
Advocate, published at Tahlequah,
succeeded the Phoenix, beginning in
1 84 i. ? Publisher's Auxiliary.
Mr. J. L. Pitts and family, and
Miss Doro+bv Hackney, of Charlotte,
were visitor* . *nwn one day last
week. Mr. Pitts, ?navels for
*be Byers Machine I ny. made
h's ^headquarters for th. ;tory at
Muvphy about nine y and
nas manv friends here v ?? re
to see him. This was his first trip
back since leaving.
Ed Higdon Sought
As Slaver of Kidd
Shot From Ambush, Victim Ran
Forty Yard* Along Lonely Moun
tain Trail and Collapsed
Shot from ambush last Saturday
morning as he was walking along,, a
lonely mountain trail skirting the
Hiawassee river with his wife and
son, Hobert Kidd ran about forty
yards back down the trail and collap
sed, dying instantly from a gunshot
wound in the chest, and officers are
scou:in" the Unaka mountains of
North Carolina and Tennessee for
Ed Higdon, his bosom friend, who is
charged with the crime in a warrant
sworn out by David Kidd, father of
the victim.
The grim tragedy occurred between
!> and 10 o'clock Saturday morning
on the Hiawassee river, about a mil*'
be ow the mouth of Grape Creek, al
most in the shadow of the now turn
bled down and deserted abode known
as the o!d Andy Whitner house. The
spot is seculded, lonely, more than a
quarter of a mile removed from the
highway and nearest point of habita.
tion. Its natural layout makcs it
ideally situated and adapted to a
place of ambush. The path is nar
row, heavily shielded on either side
by a thick growth of bushes and
briars, with a rock cliff t we've or
fifteen feet high overlooking the
path through a small opening. af
fording a natural concealment be
hind which the slayer lay in wait for
his victim.
Told to Stick 'em Up
Hobert Kidd and his 1 1 year old
son. and his wife whom he had forc
ed to leave the Higdom homo at the
point of a gun, were returning along
the lonely trai to the home of Kidd.
According to th,. story of both the
woman and boy, she was walking in
front, followed by Kidd himself,
while the boy was a few feet behind.
"S ick e*n un!" came the curt
-oirmand from behind the rock cliff
as they entered the opt ning in the
bushes, followed in quick succession
b' the report of a gun.
Hi.'w rt I'.Wfd, who was sai t r- \? e
been idly carrying his gun at his
side in the I ell hand, turned about
as though to run, and at the same
time bringing his ???? to port arms,
received a \ollev of No. 4 shot in the
chest, the fatal load entering the
right side, ranging downward through
he left toward the heart. He ran
back down the trail.
Mrs. Kidd, frightened and scream
ing, ran on up the trail without look
ing until some distance had been *
behind. When she looked bacJ;, she
saw Hobert disappear through the
bushes in the opposite direction, and
:he boy, with his hand to his temple
cr":-~.
The boy heard the command, the
report of the gun, and felt a painful
sting in his risrht temple. He looked
?n at the rock cliff, about twenty
five feet away, and saw a man peep
ing from behind the ja?*?red rocks
and a smoking gun, and he says that
man was Ed Higdon. He had barily
escaped with injur and perhaps with
his life, one of *.h?? shot from the gun
having lodged in his right temple.
Find LTfeles* Body
Mrs. Kidd said she hurried the boy
to the little branch about fifty yards
on up the trail, washed and examin
ed his wound. Finding it only a
% ight one, the two hurried on up the
trail about a quaretr of a mile to
ward the Kidd home, where she said
they decided to wait for Hobert, be
lieving that he had escaped injury
and would soon overtake them.
When her husband failed to put in
appearance, she and the boy went
back down the trail tn lool: for him.
They found his lifeless body forty
yards down the trail, face downward,
his hands clutching to his torn and
wounded chest the gun with which he
had threatened her but a short while
before.
She called to him, shook him, but
ho did not answer. Death had
o aimed its victim of ambush, and
according to the storv told by the lit
tle step daughter, Ed Higdon had
made good his threat to "kill daddy. "
Sh*? screamed and called loudly
for heln, but could make no one hear.
She then ran to the nearest house
more than a quarter of a mile away,
til'd of the fatal tragedy, and neigh
bors came to her assistance.
The body , of Kidd was later exam
ined by a physician and removed to
his home and his wife was taken into
custody >y officer?, and held as a ma
teral witness.
itify Gun
Bo* big rock where the
slayer ? wait for his victim, j
was found u socket knife which w . ,
identified as belonging to Higdon,
while shavings found on the spot
indicated that the perpetrator of the
cr mc had been whittling. A short
distance away on the mount lin
above, a 16 guajre shotgun. identified
as Higdon's, an empty shell and a
loaded one, were also foi.ud.
It is said that Higdon ater passed
a neighbor's house an. I told thai Ik*
had shot Hobert Kidd, and the body
was lying just below the old Andv
Whitner house. He is said tn have
remarked that he did not know
whether he was dead or not, but
hoped he was. When last seen, Hig
don was headed toward the Hiawas.
sec river loop section of Noith Caro
lina and Tennessee.
The Father's Story
According to the story told by the
father of the victim, Kidd and Higdon
had been the best of flriends, having
been much in each other's companv.
and associated in business for a long
time. He said that if they had ever
bad a cross word up until about
three weeks ago, when Hobert's wife
went to live with the Higdon'* he did
not know it.
Six or eight weeks ago, the father
stated, Hobert secured work in Ar
kansas, and went to his job. eavintr
Mrs. Kidd and the children with his
father and mother. Short y after he
left, his wife became intimate with j
Ed Higdon, and "took up with him."
On one occasion, he said Mrs. Kidd .
wanted Higdon to take her and the !
J children to Farner, Tenn.. so that she i
j could place them in school there. He i
t objected tn this and refused to allow j
her to make the trip, stating that he '
thought this a ruse on her part I
whereby she planned to elope with!
i Higdon.
| As long as they lived with Hobert's j
I arents, they were treated kindly 1
| and as though the** were his own '
children, he said, rnti* about three
week*? ago, while he was away, she
gathered up her clothes and took the
children over ??? Hi?~'Jon'? house '
where they had lived until the morn
ing of the tragedy.
When she left and went over to i
the Higdon home, Mr. Kidd said he
wrote Hobert and told him what she 1
f had done.
About a week Hobert return. '
ed from Arkansas and sought to get |
l is wife to leave Higdon and come
back to him. but she would not.
Later, he said, Hobert saw H:?"'
and tried tn persuade him to throw
Mrs. Kidd and the children out. This
Higdon refused to do. Then Hobert .
had his father to talk to Higdon 1
about the matter, and Mr. Kidd said
he told Higdon to put them out or re
fuse trt ?:eep them any 'onger, and if :
he (Higdon) didn't he was afraid
there would be trouble. And still ,
Higdon refused to throw them out or :
let them leave.
Drives Wife From Potato Patch j
There was a potato patch a short'
distance from the Higdon home, h'
sta ed, and Hobert knew that his
I wife was accustomed to going there
to get potatoes for the family meal.
I It was to this potato patch Hobert
i went on that fatal morning, armed
I with a shotgun and accompanied by
| his son. He found Mrs. Kidd and
j Higdon's small boy dir<nng potatoes
' by themse* ves. He told her that he
! had come to take her back and for
j her to "get in the road and hit it,"
; or he would "turn up her toes."
. She then wanted to go back to the
? house and get the children, but Ho.
I bert to'd her: "No, there's the. r< a*!. j
j Hit it!:' And she did, followed by
; Hobert and hi* boy.
They went around the road, going
j about three miles out of the way, in
i t rder to keep from passing or going
j nearer the Higdon home, to a point
j at the old Whitner church, where a
; path leads off around the mountain
and up the river direct, to the Kidd
home. The spot where Hobert was
killed is about a mile up the river
, from the Higdon home, Mr. Kidd
j stated, and he pointed >ut that Hig
don could have reached the spot
about 30 minutes in advance of Ho.
bert and his party.
The Woman's Story
Mrs. Kidd, who was confined in
I the Cherokee county jaij where she
was being held as a material witness,
; talked freely of the affair, but with
much apparent sorrow, breaking
. down and weeping at times.
She said she was sorry it hanren
, ed, because she understood Hobert's
people blamed her for it all. She
said she and Hobert quarfelled con
siderably, and their married life had
been fall of domestic troubles. Ho.
j bert was mean to her, she said, and
had slanped her down on numerous
, occasions.
When he left for Arkansas some
| time ago, he went away angry, leav
ing her and the children with his
| (Continued on Paf? Two.)
Head Of Dog Which
Bit Colored Boy Is
Sent To Raleigh
The head of a dop which severe- i
ly bit a boy of Frank Silcr. colored. !
who works for Ll*e Elliott Dry Clean- '
ing company, was sent to Raieign
this week for examination for rabies. |
The boy was p aying in the yard
when he was attacked bv the dop and 1
severely bitten. The dog wen un- !
der the house and was later killed,
its head cut off and shipped to Ral- ,
eiph.
Dr. lleiphway, whn attended the
toys injuries, stated that he exnect- I
ed a report from the examination in
few days.
Lovingoods Return
From Western Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Lovingood re
turned last Saturday night from a >
trip of more than eight thousand !
nilles, traveling westward by the
Southern route, up the Pacific coast
to Washington, and returning the
noithern route. They were pone
about a month, and r< port a wonder
ful trip.
They boupht gasoline from 9c to
35c a pal'on, and in crossing the
Great Rockies, saw many peaks cov
ered with snow.
Mr. Lovingood is junior partner
of Lovingood Brothers. popi/a1"
Murphy dealers in general merchan
dise, and their many friends in Cher
okee county will look forward with
R'-eat anticipation to a <-hor? resume
of his trip west and the many won
derful sights that are naturally to be
seen on a trip of this kind, which he
has promised to write for next weed's
paner.
POULTRY PRICES
The following prices wil' be paid
for poultry at car. Murphy. N. C.
Tuesday, July 2:*. by the Farmers' t
Federation by the arrangement of!
th0 Smoky Mountain Mutual Ex- j
rhanpe: ?* (
Hens, Heavy, lb. .21 '
Hens, Light, lb. 22 \
Broilers, Heavy, 1 :>-4 lbs or
more 2 '1 1
Broilers, Light. 1 1-2 lbs. or
more li>
Cocks
1(1
Egg?
Broilers must weiph th? above
weight or more.
POSTFLI
I <'i>|u>iiiLiiieiit uisi Sunday at Shoal 1
j Creek Baptist Church. He began a I
; series of revival services using as
I his text Sunday Romans 5-10. lie .
I p eached an excellent sermo" Rev. j
i Foster will attend services '
i night, we are also expecting Rev. j
I Payne and other ministers to come
j and help in the work.
Rev. Poley Helton wa? a welcome
visitor at Shoal Creek Sunday ni<*1.
He took a great interest in the ser
vices and we welcome him to come
again.
Mr. Herbert Bell and Mr. Jake
j Martin, of Chattanooga, Tenn.. were
[ we'eome guests at Shoal Creek
j Church last Sunday. Mr. Bell made
an excellent Sunday School talk and
Mr. Martin sang a song entitled "The
| Old Rugged Cross." The church has
' ; standing invitation to such breth
ren a<; these.
Mr. Kiiift t .*!!en carried hi-; n oth
er, Mrs. Mary A klen to Copperhill.
Tenn.. and a doctor from Atlanta
| cave her a 24 hour treatment. She
is now improving.
Crops are lookine fine on Shoal
Creek but we feel like giving Mr. X
. Quinn credit for having the bes:
crop of corn in our section.
Little J. C. Payne is spend'""- this |
week with his grandparents, Mr. and i
Crs. T. M. Allen.
Canning berries, making jelly and
preserves are a specialty this week. |
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Teague were
Sunday guests of the former's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Teague.
The farmers on the Creek have
been bu^y putting up their hay but
are not done yet.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Crowder and
children, of Due Ridge. Ga., were
Sundav guests of the formers par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. T. W. Crowder.
Mr. E. M. Voyles put up two head
of cattle that jvere running at large
in his corn and beans. The cattle
belonged to Mrs. Martha Fain
the tw oparties could not agree on
the damage and the case was decided
before W. F. Hill, justice of thv.
peace Mondav evening. Mr. Vo^Ic
got $1.00 and Mrs. Fain payed the
cost.
Mr. and Mrs. Awdrew Thompson
RELEASE YOUTHS
IN NEGROS DEATH
GIRL SAYS SHE WAS RIDING IN
AUTO WHICH HIT ANDREWS
AMjkMVS. Jul, I3._c?!umhu8
Riece and \V M. Valentine. An
r7s bovr wh" jailed ,n con
ZTn WitH "he ?< ^nk
? ? win, Andrews negro, ?n July 4
have been released from jail after a
hearing before -Magistrate Kuss,.l'
Baldw.n was tut| ovtl. e ZT ,
fou th'iVT "" ,h" aft*rnoon "f'ThJ
Heecc Z, vllent,^'
pants of the car. ' ""'U
An unexpected development in the
case occurred this weel: MnJwVl
??e Mashburn. And.ews" fir" went
before the mayor and made an affa
saying that she was in the
front seat of the car, which ran over
v"uW;n' and th:,t "cither Rcece nor
Vale., tine were i? th,. ,:lr. A new
thro7sVr then h"M ?' "Ac
tion of Solicitor Davis. :t0 witness...
were examined bv the defense and
an a 1 lb' proved. Mary Willie .Masli
f ed" that IT ?!"Pani""s then testi
ed that the driver of the car was
Thurman Irther. an Andrevs boy
who was at home on a v-sii f
Struthers Ohio. Sheriff Ahernathy
>. wired the authorities at Struthers
" arrest I other and a ,equisition
l b, made for his return here
Witnesses say that the car was
? men off the concrete highway to
hit the negr,. who was walkinir
? ?"Sr the road several feet off ,ht
highway. ne
JWewnte me1UtNsDot
ERTY BAPTIST A ASSOCIATIONS:
On Saturday, Julv '?Tih ..i m
Sunday Schoo." Revival
?i ? ChTch\T":On,p,dMin t?h?e,nan
and your Sunday School are Cdia^y
part b" '"'"esent<'d and take
?' "ill spend a week in the church
teaching Sunday Scho..| Adrolni"^
the week of studying a free will of
iu I V " "7 " ^ S " ? "ion?
?.l reach and teach its member, and
j.nd Possibilities. This work wl'l
be carried on at the same time in
practically every church in the \V \
.association, an<l by a number ' of
churches in the West Libertv Asso
that vft?an We an' carnestlv asking
that ,ou co-onerate with u, in this
//"' /.h<' advancement of the
ii, I K"";d"r" "> this section.
Schools awhtotKthUrches nr"' Sunday
achooIn who have not already made
application for their worker or
en''?e''- PleaS? d? s" at ?nce, by
?hn"';r request to me at Grant.',
view. And above at things, be sure
to have someone at the meeting in
Murphy Saturdav July 27th, to take
the worker out of y?ur communitv!
I f SOn' Rlve mc thine heart and
let thine eyes observe mv wavs?For
warW'and?UnSel ,thou sh,,it "'ake thv
th'' .' ,,nd 'P multitude of counselor
there ,s safety. Study to show th?
that anPePerd?eth not'"^0'!,' 8 w<?rkman
rightly dividing the word of" truth*1"
?urs in the Master's service
W. A. ADAMS,'
general Superintendent.
and children, of Suit, were welcome
quests at Shoal Creek church Mon
day night. It is hoped they wiil
come again.
Rev. J. P. Payne, of Isaoclw..
^cnn., Rev. Foster, of Ducktown.
Tenn., and Rev. John Decker.
Suit, were the visiting r.vnisters at
Shoal Creek church Monday night.
Rev. Foster preached an excelelnt
sermon.