Ijt CSftf irtttf Hwwt Voi. XLI.? No. 34 The Leading tTttkly Hrwspaprr i? ITeMrrn \?nh Carolina . Covrrine a ' -rge and Potrnl.allr Ri ^ in Thi . Smtr Murphy, N. C., Friday March 28, 1930 $1.50 YEAR? 5c COPY NORVELL NAMED TO HEAD TICKET , THURS. NIGHT MEETING UNANIMOUS FOR MAY OR: WHEN TICKET NOMINAT ED, OPPOSITION DEVELOPS At a meeting of some forty or fif ty citizens and leaders of the town at the court house Thursday nipht, E. B. N'-rvell. prominent Murphy at torney. was named to head the ticket for mayor, and the following: were named as his running mates for al dermen or town commissioners, and to be knowr. as the citizens* ticket: M. Wofford V 1 Butt, (1. II. Cope. J. A Richardson, F. r Moore. Wm. I*. Payne. The meeting organized by elect ing Mayor Harry P. Cooper as chair man. ami V. I. Butt, secretary. The rhait ther explained the object of the meeting, and then the business of nominating a""ticket was taken up. On motion made by E. C. Mallonee, Mr. Norvell was unanimously nomi nated as a candidate for mayor. S. D. Akin then placed in nomina tion the ticket above named, and other nominations were called for. None wire made, ami the motion was pur to a vote by the uplifted hand. Only a few voted for and none voted against. It was then put to ?. risincr vote, and on the second bal lot only a few voted as before. Some ?say ten and some say seven. The ticke was then declared nominated and the chair stated that a motion to adjourn was in order. At this point the apparent opposi tion developed. It was suggested tha* the nominations on the first bal lot should have been by secret bal lot. From the disci^lon, it was dif ficult to tell whether the opposition was to the ticket nominated or t,o the method used in nominating, but the latter reasf?n was more in evidence. After sorr disc. **?101, s motion was made to nominate by secret ballot on the first round, but before, it could re seconded, the crowd begati leaving. Motion was then made to adjourn, and carried. Mr. Akin said, before the meeting adjourned, in compliment to the re tirinp mayor and board. tf\t a trav eling salesman who had been over a large portion of the country, stated to him the other day that Murphy was one. of the most beautiful, cleanest and neatest little towns it had been his pleasure to visit. Mauney Announces For Mayor's Race The announcement of Prof. L. E. Mauney as a candidate for mayor is carried in this issue. Mr. Maurey states that he is mak ing the race at the solicitation of friends and citizens, and he promises to promote the best interests of the town and to advocate and practice economy in the administration of the town's affairs. He further pledges to donate the salary he would receive as mayor, if elected, to the town, aside from the j legal perquisites of th office. C. A. Swaim Opens Furniture Factory C. A. Swaim recently opened a furniture factory in the gristmill building next to his hol^ie just east ?f town. The building" which for merly housed a gris? m'll has been repaired and an extension erected to the building in order to create more floor space. Machinery for building and manu facturing general cabinet and furni ture work has been installed and the capacity of the plant is about two cars per week. The new plant has been operating for several weeks, and when it is running full capaci ty will give employment to about ten men. The name under which the new company will do business is C. A. Swaim Furniture Manufacturing Company, and will build and repair furniture, trucks and cabs of All kinds, and all arrtomobfle tofps and v ood work. Mr. Swaim w Werfl VuO#n *n wctiwn as an ?p MAin* t inalfW, and was formerly 4m *o13 ture factory her*. Vdr tfcfe Ite^t 5?Tjn and ha>f **ftn *e fefe iwtm J?th the Carolhi W>a Pt Co., of ^irviHe. & *** J? has b?en 2* yeaVs, and wi wey ttmrred cU ss ^ ret WOMAN'S CLUB PRESENT PLAY FRIDAY APRIL 4! "The Whole Town's Talking" Is Title of Comedy Featuring Local Celebrities The Woman's Club will present J'The Whole Town's Talking." a laughable and complicated gfcmedy, at the school auditorium on Friday night of next week, which is April 4th, at 7 :30 o'clock, it was announc ed this week by those in charge of its product'on. The cast is made up of all local | celebrities, and if the past produc tions by Murphy players can be taken | as an indication, the play will be a: howling success. It is one of Baker's plays, by! John Emerson and Anita Loss. Mr. I Simmons, senior partner in a paint busin has a marriageable daugh ter. For business reasons, he wants her to marry the junior partner. Mr. Binney. but the junior partner i- the kind of bachelor no woman likes. The senior partner has the idea that every woman would like to get that man whom every other woman wants. ? He then conceives the idea of in-' v nting a few love af fail's for his' partnr ? but with Whom? At ran-j dom, he selects from the book-shop I 'Omllnai'd ?>n !>; in the Shady Grove cemetery. PROMINENT HAYESVILLE MAN DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION FUNERAL FOR W. B. PASS TO BE HELD FRIDAY REPRESENTED CLAY COUNTY IN THE LEGISLATURE IN 1922 > William Hascomb Pass, prominent Hayesville citizen, and widely known in this section of North Carolina and Georpia. died at the Davis-Fischer Sanitarium in Atlanta Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock, following an op-| eration on Tuesday. The operation! was reported successfully perform ed and it was thoupht that he would recover. Mrs. Pass, his wife, and son. Fred Pa<=s, and Mrs. G. H. Haigler went to Atlanta Tuesday to be near him when the operation was performed.' His body will be brought to Hayes ville Thursday and funeral services will be held Friday morninjr at 11 o'clock from the Methodist church. Mr. Pass was bom Sept. 30, 1856, and married Miss Mary D. Davidson, of Murphy. He was reared in Clav county where he spent practically all of his life. He was elected to the house of Represntativs of North Car olina in 1922. and rceivcd the nom ination again in 1928( but was de feated. He was in the mercantile business practically al! of his life at Havesville, Atlanta and Cornelia. Ga.. and later back at Hayesville. He is survived by his wife anil one; son, Fred D. Pass, who owns and op erates the Pass l>*-ujr Company at Hayesville. T ate-Palmer Miss Bonnie Tate, of Canton, and j Mr. .U.!;e Palmer, of Canton, were married at Clyde, N. (\. on last 1 Tuesdav evening. March 18th. at the Methodist parsonage, Rev. F. O. Dry man. pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating Mrs. Palmer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Tate, of Canton. She is a graduate of the Canton High school and an accomplished musician. She is employed as clerk for the i Champion Employee Store at Canton. Mr. Palmer is the son of the late i James Palmer and Mrs. P-ixie Palm | er. of Murphy, and is well known ! here. Fort the past two years he has [-been connected with the commissary : of the Champion Fibre Company, at | Canton. He is now chief clerk and i j purchasing agent for the store, and | has won the esteem and admiration j of his employers since going to Can- 1 ton. They will make their home at Can tcn. The many friends of the young peonle ioin in extending them best wishes for a long and happy journey ! over the sea of life. BARNES-BRYSON Miss Nettie Bryson and Mr. Dock I Barnes o fUnake were married at the; 1 Southern State? Power office on Thursday. March 20th. Squire T. N. ! Bates officiating. Immediately after I j the ceremony the young couple left ' ! for Unaka where they will make their I ! home. The wedd'ng of this young | i couple came as quife as surprise to I their many friends who extend them i I best wishes for a long and happy life. ON TRIAL NEXT WEEK Ed Higrdon, who goes on trial next! week charged with shooting Hobert | Ki T?ert Kidd from Ambush on Julv 13th. 1929. Richard Meroney. for running down with an automobile and killing Ruth Mallonee on New Year's Fve. .John Jenkins, for shooting to death a man by the name of Williams at Anch*ews on January Ifith. These three cases arf? expected to occupy considerable time for trial by the court and one of the largest crowds in its history is expected to he in attendance because of the nature of the charges and the promi nence of the principals involved. History of Higdon Case The Higdon case will perhaps oc cupy the greatest scope of public in terest, because of the circumstances surrounding the tragedy and leading up to its culmination. Following the shooting of Hobert Kid from ambush on July 13th, Ed Higdon, who goes on trial for his life, fled to the mountains and eluded officers of North Carolina and Ten nessee for approximately three months. A reward of $200.00 was offered for his capture, and for days and weeks officers of the two states scoured the mountains in an effort to catch him. On MoMnday, Sept. 9th. Deputy Sheriff Dillard Morrow, of Cherokee County, after weeks of untiring ef fort both day and night. captured Higdon in the home of his uncle, Mike Higdon. near Benton, Tenn., with the assistance of Justice of the Peace J. M. Shearer. of Farner, Tenn., and they brought him to Mur phy and lodged him in jail where he has been held since his capture. When taken by the officers, Kig don was ill and under the care of a physician. His condition was so critical that de did not offer resist ance and waived extradition. His trial was postponed from the last term of court to the coming: term on statement of the county health of (Oontinueri on imeo 3) COURT HOUSE LEAK FOUND AND STOPPED WAS MYSTERY TO EXPERTS AND COUNTY OFFICIALS FOR PAST TWO YEARS The leak of mystery in the court house over one of the jury rooms has at last been solved ? discovered and stopped it was stated this week by Attorney D. Witherspoon. who has been connected with the army of experts and others for the county in an effort to discover 'he leak and have it stopped. The leak was on the parapet, and the water, trickling down the wall, crept into an open crevice between the parapet and marble wall and on down to the inside of the building to the ceiling of one of the jury rooms. Mr. Witherspoon stated that ten or fifteen experts had been in here in an attempt to discover and stop it. Even the manufacturer of the roof sent its expert fcere. The -drain outlet of Ifrie roof was stopped up and the roof flooded with four inches of water, and still the leak was not dis covered, because it was not the Toof that was leaking. The leak hate -been a source of an noyance to the county officials for the past two years, and two or three grand juries have caQed attention to it in their reports to the court. 3fiV. and "Mrs. H. C. Dickey acnd sons, of CopperhiH, Tenn. Were vWt on at Knrpby Sunday.