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The Leading Weekly Neuspaptr in Western North / Covering a Large ami Potentially Rich Territory in This State Vol. XLIII. ? No. 37. Murphey, N. C., Friday, April 15, 1932 $1.00 YEAR? 5c COPY JOSEPH HF.WES ' MEMORIAL TO BE UNVEILED Signer Of Declaration of Independ ence From Old North State To Be Honored 28th When the monument to Joseph He* c- linger of the Declaration cf Independence, is unveiled at Eden ;on. North Carolina, on April 28, it will be ,n*' ofthc outstanding fea turo of the Geo'rge Washington Bi centennial Celebration in the Old NV?rth State anu the entire country. The memorial, erected by Congress ional appropriation, will overlook beautiful Edenton Bay from the jV-t of the famous couprthouse preen. An elaborate program for the dedi cation .as been planned by the com mittee in charge, the United States George Washington nieentennial Commi :on has been advised, and men of national repute participate a* speaker, fo'rteh occasion. The principaJ sneaker will hi? ChaVle. Francis Adams, Secretary of the Navy. i!e will be introduced by josephus Daniels of Raleigh, North Carolina, war-time Secretary of the Navy in President Wilson's cabinet. Congressman Sol Bloom ot New York, associate director of the United States George Washington Bicen tennial Commission, will 'respond to the address of welcome by J. L. Hig jrins, mayor of Edenton. The presen tation ii f tin- monument will be made by Brigadier General Louis H. Bash, j Assistant Quartermaster General of the l" i! States Army; it will be ac- j *epte<; by Gove'rnor O. Max Gardner. Thi introductory remaks to the celebration will be made by Judge Fran i - P. Winston, chairman of the North Carolina George Washington Bicentennial Commission. Congress man Iandsay Carter Warren will pre side as master of ceremonies. A pageant harking back to Revo lutionary War days will be the feature for the afternoon. Actor* and acrtes? will b- garbed in authentic Colonial costumes. Edenton is now making arrange ments to play host t o the thousands of visitors from all over the country who rae expected to attend the cere monies. The dedication of this memorial to Joseph Howes comes at a most ap propriate time and is fittingly assoc iated with the Bicentennial Cele bration of George 'Washington's birth. Hewes rendered conspicious service to his country duriny the Revo lutionary War and was known as a friend of Washington's. He died in 1779 in Philadelphia, his death being directly due to overwork occasioned j by his activities in Congress. _Botn in Kingston, New Jersey, in 1730, Hewea moved to Philadelphia where he acquired a comfortable for tune as a merchant. He went to Edenton sometime between 1756 and 176:5. Here he was "a particular favorite with everybody," and was generally rega'rded as "one of the best and most agreeable men in the world," "the patron and greatest hon or of the town." As a delegate from North Carolina to tlic Continental Congress, Hewes at first opposed absolute independ ence. He nevertheless strongly sup ported the policy of non-importa tion to protest British taxation of the colonies, although he knew his private basil. ess wouljd suffer considerably thereby. Later he overcame his own j'ClM tions to separation from Eng land and signed the Declaration cf Independence in accordance with the wishes of the people of North Caro lina. iie was the real hsad of the com mittee to fit out and arm vessels; and * chairman of thet committee of marine, was* in actual fact the first executive head of the United States ^avy. His best service was perhaps a- amember of the secret committee on supplies from abroad. His busi ness training and ability and his ex perience as ship owner stood him in k'o id stead. He is said to have used hi:; uwn fleet of ships to brinff sup ple to this country at his own ex pense. It wa Hewes who procured a com missjo?? for John Paul Jones as an of ;?ccr in the navy, and it was he who Wve the the now immortal sea fijrhter his start towa'rd fame by i'.ndinc: him a ship to command. The city of Edenton enjoys the ad ded distinction of having the home of James Iredell, famous lawyer. j?K.slature and justice ai the United ?ta lit?. Supreme Court. It is also ?5j *amed as tfce scene of thi ?denton Tea Party,"* held in 1774. v Benton was settled about 1658. Al sgved ?is the capital for the colony jy North Carolroa from 17 22 to 1766. t now contains many historical structures and itmes cf interest. Auction Sale At Marble | Next Tuesday, April 19 The property of T. II. Davis, of r Marble, will be sold at auction by \ the Oglesby Realty Auction Cotn- i pany next Tuesday, beginning at 10:30 A. M., according to advertising matter distributed this week. Sec the half-nape advertisement of the Oglesby Realty Auction Company on 1 page 12. The property, coduprising some f?b| acres, has been sub-divided into lots| and small acreages, and will be soldi to the highest bidder on attractive terms, one third cash and balance one and two yea'rs. 'Mr. J. E. Hall, secretary and treas- j i rer of Oglesby & Ilall. of Elberton, Ga., was here this week making ar | rangements and placing advertising j for the sale. \ The town o! iarble is the scene of much activity now, due to th* . fait that one of the largest cutting and finishing plants in tin* south is ; going up there to quarry the rich de- | posits of marble underlying the val- ' ley in which the town is located. The j building is 150 feet by 350 feet,: and is of all-steel construction. It j is being erected by the Columbia Marble Company, which company has j marble cutting and finishing plant- 1 in Tennessee and Georgia and is one of the largest dealers in marble pro ducts in the South. The pioperty to b? sold is under laid with some of the finest mar ble to be found in the valley, cored tests have disclosed. ATLANTA WOMAN PASSES APRIL 2ND On Ap'ril 2nd. 1U32, the Death Angel called and carried away the spirit of Mrs. Klizaheth Davidson . Miller, <?f Atlanta, (la. She had been sick only a short 1 time and her death wa> a shock toj her many relatives and friend.-. She died in the Grady Hospital follow- ] ing an operation. All thai medical i aid and loving hands could do wa? done for her but God saw best to i take her home. She was born October 12, 1895,1 and professed religion at the age oi I I years, and noined the eMthodist churchc. She t??ld her mother that! all was well with her and asked to j be brought back and buried beside I heV father in the mountains of her | native county which she loved so ; much. She was the only daughter of Mr. j and Mrs. A. H. Davidson, of Hanger, j X. C. The heautitul floral offering was a token of love from her many triends in Atlanta where she had liv ed for the past few years. She is I su'rvived by her mother Mrs. A. 11. i (Belle) Davidson, of Ranger; one | daughter, Beatrice, of Atlanta, Ga., three brothers, Fred Davidson, of California; Homer Davidson, of Ran-! ger. and Zeb Davidson, of Ranger, i Fune'ral services were conducted j by the Rev. Fred Stiles and the Rev. I N". O. Kilpatrick, after which the I body was laid to rest in the Rangei | ccmetery to await the Resurrection i morn. We extend our heart-felt ! sympathy to the bereaved ones and , may they find comfort in Him who doeth all things well. We miss you, Elizabeth, miss your ! sweet and loving smile, Kut God saw fit to take you when on earth you'd spent awhile. No one knew how sad our parting, or what the farewell cost. Bi t Goi and His angels have gained what we have lost. Thou art gone but not forgotten in this great world of strife; Thou shalt always he remembered while God doth give us life. WILLIAM f . HUNT, OF HAYESVILLE. TAKEN BY DEATH; William T. Hunt. 58, died at his j home at Hayesville. Monday morn ing. Apral 11th, at 9:300 o'clock j following an illness of six weeks. He had been in ill health for a number of years. Heart failure was the im mediate cause of hi s de ath. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Hayesville Methodist church, of which he had been a member for years, l terment was in the Hayesville' cem etery. His pastor, the Rev. H. R. Cornelius, conuueted the se'rvices. Mr. Hunt was born at Young Har ris, Ga., a son of the late W, A. Hunt. He srtss a graduate of Young Harris College. He moved to Clay county 22 years ago and engaged in fa'rming for a number of years, after ! which he conducted a hardware busi ness in Hayesville until fire destroy ed the store and stock about 12 years age. After that he was deputy sher iff for a number of times dtfring the democratic rule in the county and for the last several years was county game warden until about a year aico I.FfJON PO^T TO HAW MFFT j MONDAY NIGHT; L<-*:<mnaire? A. keel To P..? Rrsoiu tion Expressing Denim On The Bonus Question Since The American Legion began | its drive. Feb. 1H, 11*32, to create a; million jobs, it has reached the f'.g- 1 ure of over 400,000 which is a liter al translation of one of the primary objects for which the American Leg ion was originally founded. "SER VICE." And now the local post of the Legion has formed an Employ ment Committee with Mr. W. E. Studstill as Chairman. The post is happy to announce that up to date there has been, through and hv the efforts of its members, seventeen I people given jobs of some kind. The post asks tnd tfrges every individual' and each business concern to give 1 someone a job of some kind where I ever it is at all possible, and when , you have done so you will please re port it to Mr. Studotill so the tact may he properly reported to the National Employment Commission, and you will receive a "STAR-STICK ER" showing that you have enlisted in the "wa'r against depression." The Local Post of The American | Le gion is "Carrying On" and doing 'everything within its power to lender i SERVICE in any way possible. It lias > < ured a hall and i> hoidng its j regular meetings in the Legion Hall 1 over W. T>. Townson's Furniture 'Store. The regular meeting times i ire th - second and fourth Friday nights in ?,nch month. They are plan nine: to fix the place up to be at tractive and furnish mean- of re creation for the members and thj in dications. art that the post '\ill soon i he on a firmer ba-is than it has evcT been. j i'he post announces a speei&l meet ing Monday night, April 1ft, at 7:00 | at which time there will be some in ' teresting speeches on various phases ! of the Legion and it- activities. I There will also he a Radro installed and the post will hear a very impo'rt j ant programme and a speech from the State Commander. All exservice men cordiallv invited to be present. A. W. LOV1NGOOD, Vice Com mander Anerican Legion. Post, 06, Dept. N. C. "The bonus question ha.* stirred up much feeling recently," says* Henry C. Boirrne, Department Coanmander in a^ statement to the Legion posts of North Carolina this week. "This j is a debt which the government owes j to the soldiers and should have been, paid in 191S and 1919," the state- 1 ment continued. "The American Legion forced recognition of this i debt from \the gwvernmenfc. Pay- ? ment of the debt was postponed by , Congress at the time the obligation was acknowledge. The lorce of the Legion will ultimately requiVe the full ; cash payment of this debt. "The policy of the American Le- ; prion for this year was fixed by the I National Convention in. Detroit. The! national officers r.re bound to carry | out T.his policy until changed by the ' national executive committe or the j next national convention. "Every post in the depaYtiment of j North Carolina is requested to con- i sider the bonus fjuestion at the sim- 1 ultaneous meetings 011 April 18th. I and after full and fair consideration, to express the will of the majority | by 'resolution, sendinrr to the depart- i ment headquaiters such resolution : in triplicate. ! will pladge myself to J carry forward such policy as is de- , termined by the majority of Legion- j naires," the statement continues. 1 "United and constructive action is effective in securing desired results. Criticism of the national command-! er for obeying a resolution of the j national convention i- futile. The American Legion renders too great ! a se'rvice io disabled comrades and | t.he widows and orphans of deceased comrades, * destroy its usefulness by fighting within its own rank-. Let I the na iority opinion in both national and state organizations prevail." when i!l health forced him to give uj acHve wo"rk. He had been a member of the Masonic lodge for years, and was district deputy to the crand patron last year. ?Mr. Hun* was twice married, his j ffrst wife having died several years | oga. Five children by his first wife ' survive: William T. Hunt, Jr., Miss | Maudine Hune, Miss Margaret Hunt! and Jack Hunt, all at home, and Mrs. J. M. Kyrd of Aberdeen. He married Mrs. Elizabeth Mingus, of Murphy, the second time. One child Bascom be, by this marriage, and his wife survive. Mrs. Geo frge Cherry, of Hayes ville, is the only survivng lister. ? Aabeville Citizen. Patton Announces For State Senate R. A. Patton, of Franklin, native of Macon county and a life long Democrat, has announced himself as a candidate for the State senate from the '53 id senatorial district. Mr. Patton, accompanied by Jlfr. D. R. Davis, also ot Franklin, was here this week making contacts with the leaders of the party from this coun ty in the interest of his candidacy. M'r. Patton has been a member of the State r??*m.v?ratic executive com mittee for a lumber of years, and does extensive fanning in his native county, and is acquainted with val ue.-. of real estate in Western North Carolina. Macon county has the biggc: t Democratic majority of any count;* in the 33rd district, and leaders of the county feel that the office ?>t j state senator should bv Macon's this ] time. Mr. Patton stated that he was I thoroughly conversant with the tax j problems of this section, and if elect ed h? would do everything in his pow er t?? lower taxes on real estate, and more especially r?n agricultuVel lands i in western North Carolina. He and Mr. Pavis left Murphy foi j . Hayesville. ON UNIVERSITY HONOR ROLL Marshall C. Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Bell, of Murphy, was one of 336 students making the honor roll j for the second quarter at the univer sity of North Carolina, according to 1 announcement caiYied this week in the daily news dispatches. Marshall was one of thirty students from western North Carolina making the honor roll. ANDREWS BRIEFS The senior class of the Andrews i high school has begun preparation of the play. "Aaron Bopgs. Fresh- j man" to be presented in the high ' school auditorium April 22. The cast consist of Ernest Hyde leading boy, Beulah Palmer, leading is il l, Sara Ruth Posey, Ruth Padgett, l.indon Dills, Harley Lovingood. l'luct' Everett, Opal Raxter, Harry Ward, .lack Bristol, Mary Forsythe, Marga'rot Patton. Norma Truett, and Tom Hay. The play is being coached by Mrs. Bruce Bristol, high school English teacher. The senior class of the Andrews high school cleeted the class super- ! latives at a recent cla.-s meeting. They are the best all-round girl, Xorma Truett; best all-round hoy, William Moore; most outstanding girl. .Margaret UPatton; most out- j standing boy, Ernest Hyde: prettiest cfrl, Geneva Calhoun; class flirt. Margaret Patton: class sheik. Harry Ward; wittiest girl. Edna Matthe.son ; wittiest boy, Harry Ward; fattest boy, Tom Hay: slenderest gfrl. Leora . Orain; most diginfied boy, Harley Lovingood; mtost dignified girl, Wil lie Burr Bradley; most atheletic boy, I Grady nderson; most atheletic girl, Bonnie Lee Crawford; cutest girL Mary Forsythe: class bluff. Lindon E>ills; class dude Bruce Everett; most attractive girl, Margaret Patton; most attractive boy. Ernest Hyde; mast accomodating boy, William Moo're; most accomodating girl. Ruth Padgett; uietiest girl. Clara Glenn; i quietest boy, Grady Anderson; most j influential bov, Jack Bristol; most | influential girl, Norma Tiuett; sin- j cere girl, Zenna Mae AVrowood;) most sincere boy. William MooTe;j neatest boy, Harley Lovingood, neat- j ?-st girl, Beatrice Ashe; handsomest j boy. Rrnest Hyde; most popular; hoy, Harry Ward; most popular girl' Margaret Paiton; class baby Mary j Forsythe; !n|nn-hater. Edna Matth- | eson; woman-hater. Sidney Foster; ladies man, Tom Hay; most studious I gfrl. Edna Mattheson; most studious I bov. William Moore; laziest.. Linden r-iiis. | The clas< Has twentv-s>: members \ an<i the officers are, president. Harley Lovingood. secretary, Ernest. Hyde, \ and report e'r. Norma Truett. Mrs. Clark Opens Candler's Beauty Shop; Mrs. Edwina Clark, of Nashville, Tenn.. has taken charge of Candler's Beauty Shot>pe, which i* now -:-Den to the public for business. Mrs. Clark has had eight year.-* ex perience in some of the leading city beauty shop?, in the country, and cocr.r* to Murphy highly 'recommend ed for the practice of beauty cul ture. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Crawford at tended t he meeting of Standard Oil Com^anv dealers in Ifc-vson City cn1 Wednesday night. CRAIG DRAWS SENTENCE OF 15 TO 20 YEARS Found Guilty Of Second Degree Murder By Jury In Superior Court Saturday A verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree was returned by ? he jury in Cherokee county Superior Court Saturday afternoon in the ease against William Craig. who was charged with the first degree mur der of Cecil Worley. Judge A. M. Stack, presiding, sen tenced Craig tv> serve not less than 1 r? nor more than 20 years in State's Prison. Raleigh. According to testimony of wit nos^i's. Worloy was <;Hnt in the abdo men from ambush with a Winches ter rifle on the night of March 22 near Craig's home at Wehutty. Wor ley died in a hospital at Ducktown. Tenn., two days later. Craig and his wife had been sep arated a tout two weeks rt the time of tlie shooting. The trouble is said to have been over his wife. Trial of the rase began Friday afternoon. BASS DOCKERY GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR SHOOTING ROSE Bass Dockery. known as the Red Russian, was convicted in Cherokee county Superior court Saturday after noon for the shooting of Jim Rose, deputy sheriff, on the night of last November 22. Judge Stack, sentenced Dockery to ?- erve nine months on the roads, but ; sentence was suspended on payment oi the costs and the giving of bond to show g<> ?;! behavior for five years. The judge in the order, said Dockery was to have no trouble with anyone, is not to handle whiskey, and lis not to handl a gun. In case D^ckcVy voilat. .liny of nesv. the jjdge said. Ik i- t.i be 'taken t-> the roads to serve his sentence. Deputy sheriff Rose w:ts called on the night of November 22 to arrest some boys who were causing a dis turbance at the junction of Beaver dam and Cooper Creek 'roads neai the North Carolina-Tennessee State line. When Rose arrived on the scene and asked th cans af th disturbance, Dockery, it was testified at the trial, drew a pistol and started to shoot Rose in the bVeast. Rose struck the pistol and knocked it down. The ball however, struck the deputy sheriff in the thigh. Following this. Rose grabbed Dock ery, who is said to have fired again, but missed. Rose then fired four times, three bullets hitting Dockery* one in the neck, one in the top of the lung, and the other in the right arm. breaking the hone. The arm was amputated in Angel Bros, hospi tal, in Franklin, where Dockery was taken a short time after the shoot 1 ing. W. M. Fain Enters Chilean Contest According to an announcement just received, W. M. Fain, local fer tilizer dealer, has entered the Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau's Contest being- held in this State this year. 'Mr. Fain states that, his decision to enter the contest was largely due to hi? desire to he in position to of fer the trade in his area the best of all nitrogen materials, together with the kind of service to which he be lieves a customer is < ntitled. Mr. Fain asks for ihe interest and support of the fertilizer trade in this area in order that he may realize whatever success his efforts in thefr behalf may merit as a contestant for I the Chilean Nitrate Awards. Brick Clay Found Area Of Marble Brick clay of an exceptionally I high quality has been discovered here and the erection of a plant for man ufacturing brick will be b?*c;un at an early date. The promoters of tin* new enterprise arc, .1. M. Kil patrick, ; W. M. Mc Kinney ana N. W. Aber i nathy and others. The plant-, will b? located on the property of T. M. Rilpatrick near j the new quarry of the Columbia Marble c^mpan. Two kilns with capacity of 150,000 brick each will be put into operation. The task of clearing the ground and removing top soil was begun Wednesday. The clay which coveYs an area of several acres to a depth of more than nine feet has oeen tested by expert and found to be suitable for anc! fire brick and tile. Mrs. Etta Tothdrow, of Bushoell, and Miss Bell Montieth, of Bryson City, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sh.rnU.
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