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The Leading IT eekly .Xeuspaper in ITeslern W' C", c-vermg a Ursr md Polrntially Rich Ttrrito^ in This Siaie Vol. XL1II. ? No. 41 Murphey, N. C., Friday, May 13, 1932 $1.00 YEAR 5c COPY STOREY ENTERS GUILTY PLEA TO EMBEZZLEMENT Forrrer Banker'* Sentence Suspend ed Provided He Pays $3,500 And Court Costs .r. B. Storey, former cashier of the dcfiiiK t Cherokee Bank, of Murphy, which closed in October, 19.11, and who was charged with embezzlement, attraction, and misapplication of $1'. "00.00 of the hanks funds, and with i'.ilse entries on the bank's books and with forgery, Monday afternoon f r. t < '1 a plea of guilty in Superior Court. ?fudge A. M. Stack, of .Monroe, prer ? ?! over the special term called t try the case, sentenced the de fnciant to serve not less than three r.or i. lore th;?n five years in State's l'ri-on, Raleigh, but suspended the sentence upon the carrying out by the defendant of ceVtain conditions imp sed by the court. To Pay $3,500 The private prosecution agreed to terms which provide that the de fendant is to pay $3,500 to the bank for its depositors. $9,880 having been paid by the bo^^rg company The <i< ftndant i* court costs. Storey was given two years in which t ' pay the $3,500, and thirty days in which to pay costs of the court. The se ntence. as imposed by Judge Stuck, reads as follows: "Let the defendant be imprisoned i the State prison for not less than thre?> years nor more than five years and it appearing to the court that the ?bonding comoany has pnid in $0,880 ?r the benelit of the depositors and por recommendation of the solici tor of this district and with the ap proval of the commissioner of banks, through his attorneys. Hill & Gray. ' 1 Murphy, and the court being of the - pinion that it would be better for the depositors to get $3,500 than dimply the incarceration of the de fendant. the sentence wiH be sus p ruit-d upon the following express conditions: First, that the defendant will pay or cause to be paid into the clerk's "flice the sum of $3,500, $875 of which vhall be paid on or before No vember I, 1932, $875 on or before April 1, 1033, $875 on o'r before Oc tober 1, 1033, and $875 on or before April 1, 1034; and second, that with ten days from May 0, 1932, the lendant is to secure or cause to :u secured the said sum of $3,500 y tirst deed of trust or first mort gage on unencumbered real estate ;v rth at least $4,000; said deed of ttust or mortgage to contain power ef >ale and provided that in case of 1 * rault in the payment of said in inllments or either of them then all ? npaid balance shall become imme diately due and payable >tfith the ??'trht in the trustee or mortgagee to 'iimiediately foreclose; and, third, that the defendant do appear at the following terms of the Superior ' ourt for Cherokee County, to-wit, November term, 1932, August term, 1933, November term, 1933, and Au frust term, 1934, and show that he has fully complied with the terms of this judgment and that the said de en dant do give bond in the sum of $?>,000 conditioned for his appearance "i the terms of court hereinbefore specified, such bond to be justified and approved by the clerk. "Fourth, that the defendant do wthin 30 days pay the costs of this action to be taxed by the clerk." The defendant will not have to appear in person at court if the money is paid before each term. He also to continue under the present ??ond until the next bond is execut ed and approved. The amount of S.5,500 and the $9,880 paid in totals $13,380, which is more than the bill indictment called fcr, $13,000. Attorneys in Case l?on Witherspoon was called in ?Monday to assist J. N. Moody, and Judge J. B. Jones, of Gainesville, Ga. 5* att<>rTleys for the defendant. Hill ^ Gray, of Murphy, assisted Solici tor John Queen in the prosecution. TVerrty-four veniremen were sum moned from Clay County, the follow jnp jury being selected: Tom Afar A. Crawford, Silvey Penland, ft?bert(?on, Frank Rogers, G. C. Padgett, H. C. Ledford, J A1 ?Voody, Van Ledford. Alex Bradley, ??O- Fenland, and C. L. Davis. ,Jne ?ase was called at 1 o'clock and udge Stack adjourned court *boutj 2:30 o'clock. D. S. PUETT, 86 IS TAKEN BY DEATH; FUNERAL WED. I\ S. Puett, 86, farmer an i veter an of the War Between the States, died at his home near Marble Tues oday morning at 6 o'clock following an illnss of more than two month. due to heart trouble. Mr. Puett was a member of Marble Springs Baptist church. Funeral services were held Wednes day morning at 1 1 o'clock at the Peaehtrce Baptist Church, by the Rev. R. W. Provost, of Andrew.-, and interment was in the churchyard. The Masonic lodge, of which he was a member, had charge of the last rites. Surviving are four children: Mrs. H. S. Sudde'rth and Mrs. W'. H. Sud derth, both ot Peaehtrce; Mrs. \. \V. Abernathv and W. A. Puett. ??f Mar He. ! PROGR AM OF~ DECORATION AT FRIENDSHIP 15 | 9:00 A. M. Assemble in church one song. 9:05 The origin of Memorial Day by Pearl McNabb. 9:15 The First Decoration Day Proclamation, Mae Wood. 0:25 Special Song by four girls. 9:30 A tribute to our Sleeping Dead, Lois Payne 9:35 Special song by four boys. 9:40 Tributes to our Sleeping Dead, Bonnie Dye and Kate Cur tis. 9:50 -March to Cemetery. 1(1:00 Address by Rev. N. O. Kilpatrick. 10:30 Dccorating of graves. 10:50 Re-assemble at the church. ; 1 1 :00 Preaching by the pastor. Rev. W. A. Revis. ZONE MEETING HELD IN MURPHY The regular semi-annual meeting; of the Western Zone rf the Methodist W oraan's Missionary Society was held in the First Methodist Church of Mur phy on April 21, beginning: at 9:00 o'clock and lasting until afternoon. The zone includes the societies of Bryson City, Andrews and Murphy. Th<- following program was given: Welcome address ? Mrs. T. F. Hig gins. Response. ? IMrs.Carter, of Bryson. City. Devotional ? Rev. T. F. Higgins. Vocal Solo ? Mrs. Hadley Dickey. Talk on Work in Cherokee County R. W. Gray, County Agent. Talk by MVs. W. R. Harris, Con ference Secretary. Vocal Solo ? Mrs. Hadley Dickey. Round table discussion, led by Mrs. George Hampton, District Sec. Chinese Play ? "Kai Su's Chance'' Given by Murphy young people, directed by Miss Irene Lynn. Talk: "The Appeal of China" ? Miss KathVvn McCalt. In the afternoon session the round table discussion was continued, group discussion were held, and officers were elected. Officers elected were: Chairman ? Mrs. T. \V. Axley Mur- 1 phy. Vice-chairman ? -Mrs. .1. E. Co burn. Bryson City. Secretary ? Mrs. N. C. Belbnany, Andrews. Supt. Children's Work ? Mrs. J. R. Long. Bryson City. Stint. Social Service ? Mrs. D. W. Swan. Andrews. Sunt. Mission Study ? Mrs. H. G. Elkins, Murphy. The Missionary Slogan for the year is "Have Faith ? Go Forward." A very helpful part of the meeting was the talk by the Conference Secre tary, Mrs. Harris, who gave many facts about the growth and devel opment of the society and its plans for the year. It was very inspiring to have Mrs. Harris p'resent, and also to have Mr.-. Hampton, the District Secretary. At the noon hour a delicious lunch ton was served in the social rooms of the church by the members of the 'Murphy society. Candidates Mast File With Election Board By Midnifht, May 21st All candidates ?cfr county StAte and federal offices, mu*t file with Boi.rd of Elections at least two weeks before the date of the qrimary, ac cording to the law. This means that a]] candidate* mart file by midnight, May 21ft. Candidate for Govenv | or I John ('. I?. Ehringhaus. of Eliza-; byth City, candidate tor (i<?vornor nf North Carolina, subject to t.i?- Dom > <? ratio primary June- 4th. .John C. li. Khinghau.-, Candidate foi (iowrnoV of North Carolina, sub ject to the Democratic Primary in June, has preached the gospel ot" the Democratic Party since 1904, when as a boy lawyer, fresh from the University ol North Carolina, he took pa it. in his fiist political campaign. Ever since then, in every campaign, ( <-unty, State, and Nation, h?* has carried the Democratic banner, de fended Democratic principles, and championed the Democratic cause. His political shibholetr. always has leen "Party Over Self" an.! he has never .-oujiht state-wide personal honor until now. His energies have been directed unselifishly towards espousing the cause of hi> Parly's chosen leaders. In those early days of 11)04, while yi ung Ehringhaus was away from his home town of Elizabeth City mak ing his first campaign speeches in the cause- of Democracy, leaders in his t ounty decided that he should go to the State Legislature. When he re turned home, Mr. Ehringhaus was told that he had been nominated. He was elected and served Pasquotank County in the General Assembly in the sessions of 1905 and 1907. He then retired of his own volition. His only other elective office was that of Solicitor in his district. He served his people in this capacity for twelve years, and again voluntarily retired. Coming up to 1928, after havinK fought for hi- Party for nearly a quarter of a century, he took a lead ing part in that stirring campaign. He closed his law office in Eliz abeth City and picked up the I)emo cratic banner to carry it throughout the State. In a few months he trav elled 12,000 miles, visited 95 out of the 100 counties, and made nearly GO speeches ? mo're than any other Democratic champion except Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby. Every cent of ex pense entailed in this unselfish in dicidual effort lor his party was paid out of his own pocket. In 1930 he again unfurled the Democratic standard in more than half of the State's counties. In advancing his .ambition to be Governor, Mr. Ehringhaus does not forget his Party loyalty, nor does he fail at any point, or in any speech, to make public avowal of the cause which he loves and cherishe*. His personal platform embodies the con structive principles and patrotic acheivements for which Democracy has always stood. The purpose of this article is to give from various speeches and statements, Mr Ehringhaus' views on the questions and issuse of most in terest to the Democrats of North Carolina at this time. "In the depression which has en gulfed us," he has sajd, "we suffer a common affliction and our problems must be approached from the stand point of the common welfare. It has been said, too, that policies, not personalities, should decide the peo ples' choice in this contest. I am content to b.av?* it so, and with love for every corner of my State, sub mit my ideas o: policies and program. Stand on Party Record "I stand upon the record of my Party. That record may not go as far as my personal desires in some directions or mpy overreach, them in others, but it is first and last record of constructive and patriotic achieve ment, and I shall champion it against all defamers. He're and now I pledge a!?o that in the future as in the past I shall loyally support the nominees of my Party in State and Nation. A Balanced Budget u A balanced bu<iget is essential to sound business conduct of public a* (Continued on 8) I WOLF CREEK j Mr. and Mis. S. F. Stunt- and Mi.-. Martha Kurgess visited friends in Postell Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A. 1). Voyks and Mrs. Cordelia Hogsed made a busi ness trip to .Murphy Saturday. Mrs. .losit' Garren and son, How ard. visited h<-i mother near Ranger Sunday. It was a beautiful 82 special Smith <? Wesson that Deputy Sheriff A. E. Rrown took off the person of J. W. Presnvood, of Ducktqwn, Tenn., Sun day afternoon, when he arrested him and his girl friend, Miss Nena Hyatt, of Isabella, Tenn. Sneriff Brown stated that h<- had been informed! that the parties which he arrested.! had gone into an isolated section of! his community that morning and he found them there in the mid after noon ami arrested them after watch - i ing them in and about their car for more than an hour. I Mr. Press wood is a man with a wife and fouYteen children. Miss ! Hyatt is the divorced wife ol Homei , Loudermilk and is under a $<5,000.00 bond for her aopearance at the Duck town court, which is to be held the latter part of this month, for alleged shooting of a Deputy Sheriff by the name of PitVce, in Ooletown, a few months ago. I Tin' citizens of Wolf Creek, after i a hearing: before the Board of Elec I tions in Murphy, on Monday of last ! Wet k. feel like they have receivd a j stab in the hack and th.it the Board acted like the act was justified when i they refused to restore their voting j p'recinet. which they had taken from j them a few weeks ago. i At the hearing, a majority of the ! hoard refused t<> consider a petition ? signed hy more than sixty qualified ' electors of this precinct and present ed to i hem by more than a dozen of ; our citizen- in person asking them tn !' re-tore the precinct which they al leged was more than a half century I oW I Thtv further stated in the peti-i ? tion that many of their citizens I would have to travel ;t distance of! twenty-two to twenty-five miles to vote and that the majority of the ohters would have to travel ten to twelve miles, and none for a dis tance less than nine miles. The Board in trying to justify their | act of moving the precinct to Hot House, >tated that it was an ecor.o | mical and not a political move. But I- when it was shown them that the ex pense of transporting the voters to the new precinct would be greater , than the election expenses, then the i Democratic' members of the Hoard stated that they made a personal in vestigation anil that in their inves tigation they did not come to Wolf j Cieek, but stopped in Hot House | precinct, and there heard a rumor . that there had been some irregular | itics in elections held at Wolf Creek, j These charges were refuted by those ? pit sent, hut they had not the pnvi ; lege of lacing the one who started J the alleged rumor, for he wis not j present: But, nevertheless, the boar.' ! voted 2 to 1 to sustain their former act in moving the precinct to Hoi House, and by their act indicating that rumor, with them, in thi -- in stance, had a stronger bearinjr than facts presented by representative citizens from here. Perhaps the're is not another group of citizens in the good old North State placed at so great a disadvan- ? tage in exercising their franchise as j are our mo're than 125 tax-paying citizens of Wolf Creek. Faculty Entertained Last Friday evening the Murphy j j school faculty, including the wives, ! :ind husbands of the married mem- : ] bcr \ were entertained at a dinner J I party given by Rev. and Mrs. Thoma- > I Higgins. i At the appointed hour all assem- j ; assembled at the front door of th? : bled at the front door of the Meth-j odist Chu'reh, and were met by Mrs. Higgins who led the guest to the j church dining room which was beaut: - j fully decorated with .spring flowe'rs. ' After the kinds words to the ! groups, spoken by Mrs. Higgins and response by Mr. Williams, much to the surprise and merriment of the paYty, Mr. Higgir.s ami Mr. Carper came in from the kitchen attired as Chefs and acted very efficiently the part. The pleasant evening and gracious hospitality of Rev. ar*d Mrs. Higgins will lon? be remembered by ail those : attending. NEW ALL-STEEL MARBLE CUTTING PLANT COMPLETE The Converse Bridge and Steel Company, Chattanooga, Tenn.. ha iust completed an all-steel marble cut ting plant for the Columbia Marble Company at Marble, N. according to announcement Friday. May 6th, :>y 13. F. Coggins, president of the Columbia Marble Company, with offices in the Candler building, At lanta. Ga. Th?' Columbia Merble Company al.-o has an office and manufactur ing plant at Knoxvile, Tenn., but its quarri > are located near -Marble, N C. This new manufacturing unit lo cated near the company's quarries an 1 equipped with the most modern marble working machinery will mak< possible much better ,-crvie- for the monumental and building trader. The Columbia Marble Company is owned and operated by the Comoli interests of Klberton, Ga. Comoli is vice president and treasurer of the company. The same people also own anil operate a number of granite quariies in North Carolina and Geor gia. producing six different, nation ally known granites a half iloz. n manufacturing plants located in Tennessee, North Carolina and Geor gia. Enormous Marble Deposit All are exclusively wholesale pro ducers of rough stock, slabs and fin ished work for monumental and build ing purpose? ? one of the largest quar ters and manufacturers of marble and granite in the United State?. Marble, North Carolina, is in the middle of an enormous marble forma tion which extends down from Knox ville, through western North Caro lina across Georgia into Alabama. Thi- deposit represent* a variety of color- which surpass any other mar ble deposit in the world, it is said ? blue, gray, white and pink of dif ferent shades and combinations. Here a're found the finest materials for various forms of building anil monumetal work. Marble Centers This new plant will be operated with electric .x>wer, and will be equip ed with saws. rubbing beds, polishing machines and every othe'r type of machinery needed for the skillful production of beautiful memorials and building work. With this plant located right at the quarries, quicker shipments can l e made and considerable savings in costs will be given the different trade-*, according to Mr. Coggins. W. H. Allen is associated with Mr. Coggin* and Mr. Ccmioli in the oper ations of their extensive enterprises ; in eGorgia, Carolina and Tennessee. He is gene'ral manager. ? Atlanta ! Constitution. Clay County Man Nominated For State Senate By Republicans J. C. Hcfrbert, of Hayesville, for mer representative and ex-senator of this district, was nominated by thr. Republicans of the 33rd district at a meeting in Andrews Wednesday aft ernoon. The meeting: was presided over by It. I). Sisk. of Sylva, chairman of the ilist'rict executive committee, with \V. A. Boyd, of Murphy, acting as secretary. The distinct is composed of Cherokee, Clay, Graham and Mac on Counties. Only two candidates were in the race before the convention, the oth er being Alvin Soleshee, of Macon County. The vote of the conven tion wa>-. Herbert 34, Solesbei- 19. A new executive committee for the district was elected, as follows: R. T>. Si?k, Swain, chairman; W C. Wakefield, Clay, secretary; W. A. Boyd, Cherokee; T. _M. Jenkins, Gra ham; Alvin SMesbee, Macon; and O. P. Williams, Swain. Singing Convention The annua! meeting of the Cher okee County Singing Convention will convene at Marble Spring?. Baptist Church on second Sunday in June at 9:00 o'clock A. M. it being the 12th day of June. Every class in Cherokee County is cordially invited to attend and take pan. in the contest for the banner. Singers and classes from other Counties and States are cordial ly invited t>& meet with us and -ing. However, they will not be permitted to sing in the contest. Let every body come and enjoy a day of sing ing. LEE CRISP. Pres. D. B. WKIGtfT, Sqcy.
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