Football Today
MURPHY
vs.
HAYESVILLE
Fair Grounds 3:30 P. M.
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ath.i g Weekly \eu spaprr in It7 rstrrn North Carolina. Covering a l.arc anil Potentially Rich Terntor* in This State
Vol. XLIV.? No. 12.
Murphey, N. C., Friday, October 21, 1932
$1.00 YEAR? 5c COPY
VOTERS HEAR
PARTY LEADERS i
DISCUSS ISSUES
Republican And Democratic Nomi
nees Make Campaign Address
es At Murphy
Th I ttr guns of the Republican
and ! vmocratic Parties were heard
at MuiT.iy last week and this week as
they ;?<Jdros?ed voters on the issues
of the campaign in the battle for
vt?? 1 the polls, on November 8th.
Jjik"- 1*. Newell, of Charlotte, Rc
jublii an candidate for the U. S. Sen
v? . .i- <1 Crawford F. Janes, of Mar
,(,n. Kepublican candidate for Con
gu~ n the 11th district, addressed
aroun l '*<> voters ?n the Cherokee
county court house here Friday night
October "th, on the issuer of the cam
paign.
>1 Xewell who \^as introduced
by ll? n Wrtherspoon, said that h?*
Touli uphold tht- fundamental prin
ciple of the Republican party but
couid not be coerced into dine some
thing he considered morally wrong.
He caid he believed in the protective
tariff :nd that he wants the working
people to be well paid. He also said
he wants t.his country to maintain a
sound money standard and that he
favor just dealings between capital
and labor. In reference to prohibi
tion. hi said that he would vote
against its repeal in event "he was
elected to the U. S. Senate and the
question of repeal came before that
body.
Mr. James who spoke on taxation
matter-, was introduced by John C.
Herbert, of llayesville, Jfepubliqan
nominee for the State Senate in this
district.
Hoover Policies Hit By Hoey
vsij-de K. Hoey, Shelby attorney
and former member of Congress, dis
cussed the country's economic con
dition in general in an address in t?he
court house here Tuesday night of
last week as he continued Jhis speak
ing tour in the interest of the Demo
cratic party.
-Mr Hoey was heard by a large
audicr.co ot Cherokee county people.
He came to Murphy from Hayesville,
where he spoke in the Clay county
courthouse at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon before a capacity audience.
The speaker in his address here
leveled .his attack at President Hoover
and >aid it is "really shocking to
near President Hoover declare in his
Dts Moines speech that tariffs are not
iigh enough and that rates should
be raised."
He. said political economists ap
pealed to the President in 1930 not
to sign "the vicious Smoot-Hawley
tariff act, predicting it would create
the greatest economic disaster this
country evefr experienced. Its rates
?wero protested by 30 nations. In the
face of it all, President Hoover sign
ed the measure and the worst proph
ecies ot the political economists have
come true.
"The Republican party," he said
"advances its hoary argument that
protection is the salvation of indus
try and the guarantor of high wages
to the labeling men. The protect
ive tariff is the one cure-all always
prescribed by Republican politi
cians.
Industries H?v? Suffered
As a consequence, he said, "Ameri
can industries have suffered and
American farmers have been bank
rupted by t.he reduced purchasing
power ot the people, the loss of our
foreign trade and the reduced com
modity prices. * * * The narcotic
protection has been injected into
business until it produces no stimu
lation and the re*>c*i<ui has set in,
resulting in een?ml deoresion.
"The exT}erier"*'? 'hrnuerh which we
fre passing should demonstrate to
the satisfaction ?'l peot>le that
policy of nursued by the
*knublican ^2
y^rs. together wi*h the indefensible
tariff levies r~"? unwise interna
tional policy bv which we have won
enmity of nt^^tirally all other
nations, has resulted in almost
Peking Amer*r*n industry and de
string Amer^nn agriculture.
,rThe Democ*"*?'ic n*rty offers the
**ation respons'V?te leadership and
?tens the way for a return to sane
^tesrmanshiD and sound economic
Wi eies, Mr
Weaker Hits O. O. P. Rsfime
Choosing the tariff and the agricul
tural situation in America as his
Jrincinal topics. Congressman Zebu
ton Weaver, of Ashevflle, again the
Nominee of his party to succecd him
To Speak At Murphy
Hon J. C. II. Ehringhaus, Demo
cratic nominee for governor, who
will speak at the court hous. in Mur
phy on Thursday, nigh}, October 27.
at 7 o'clock, Central Standard Time.
M'OrFHY SCHOOL
NEWS
The third grade gaev an interest
ing chapel program Tuesday morn
ing. The program which was an
Indian play "Eyes That See" grew
out of the study of Indians life
v?hich is being made in thi* grade.
The play started by a man whose
name was John losing his corn one
day when he was away. He accused
an Indian of stealing his com. T^ie
Indian did not steal the corn but he
told John who got his corn and where
to find the thief. Then John said,
"If I had used my eyes 1 would not
have accused innocejit man being a
thief."
ine cnaram-rs 01 me piay were:
John ? James Abbott Hyatt.
Peter ? Virgil Decker.
Tom ? Willarti Hembree.
An Indian ? Bill Leatherwood.
The program opened with devotion
al exercise by Wei ma Sutton.
The Indian j-ongrs sung during the j
program were: "Indian Lullaby"
"Boom, Boom, Boom" and 4<Rock-a- 1
by Hush-a-by Little Papoose."
I JAKE McCLURE
' There has been a need for show-'
?r baths for members of the various
teams to use after games, but due to
the fact that such equipment would
.cost $100 these have been left off.
j Last week Mr. Bueck and Mr.
Deaton proposed a plan by w.hich this
necessity mught be had. By the use
of two large oil drums and pipes and
fittings to the amount of $8.75 the
the boys have now hot and cold show
ers. Mr. Walker installed the show
ers Saturday. He was assisted by
Mr. Deaton, ^Vllen Wise, Douglas
Smit.h, Buel Adams, Frank BVendle,
Georgre Williamson and Jerry David
son. !
Those attending the Teachers'
meeting in Asheville Friday and Sat
urday were Mr. B\ieck. Mr. Stephens,
Misses Mayfield, Irby, Courtney,
Hathcock, Bailey, Shull, and Mrs.
Case.
? ? Quentin Townson.
, The Debating Club met Tuesday
morning for election of officers and
fo'r deciding upon topics for debate
for the next meeting.
The following officers were elect
ed: President, Mary Witherspoon;
Vice Present, Grace Bell; Secretary,
Buell Adams; Reporter, Paul How
ell; Chairman of Program Commit
tee. Gordon TuVner.
Selection of several topics for dis
cussion were chosen for the next
meeting.
The purpose of the club is to study
and practice wi\h the hope
of entering- the State Triangle De
bate.
? Paul Howell.
Mr. Deaton 's eieh'h grade class had
charge of the ^hanel program on
Thursday moraine. The program
consisted of scripture reading and
i prayer by Ann Hill.
self, credited much of present day
I conditions to the Republican admin
istration under the leadership of
President Hoover, and "twelve years
of complete Republican control, in a
speech here Monday night of this,
I week. '
Dealing with the agricultural situ
ation as regards politics and the wel
fare of the farmers, Mr. Weaver said,
jin part:
(Continued on p?ft 8)
FULL HOUSE
EXPECTED FOR
SECOND NIGHT
Rollicking Musical Comedy, "One*. In
A Blue Moon," To Be Shown
Last Time Tonight
A spirited advance tick?: sale hears j
[promise of a capacity house when t.H
; curtain rises the Murphy High [
svhool auditorium at 8:15 o'clock
] this evening for the second showing
;u! "Once In a Blue Moon." the rol
i licking three act musical comedy
j drama to be presented under the
? auspices of the Lions Club. From
| the most prominent business men. the
; tiny tots in the prologue, tin cast in
I eludes 1 50 people, all well kn -wn
to the crowd which will come to see
,thim at the high school auditorium
j tonight.
J * About "Once In A Blue Moon*' ;
Something queer, some'.'iing phenom
enal, something ridiculous or absurd,
(like the birth of Siamese twins, oc
jcurs to arouse wide spread interest,
iand to be recalled as folk lore years
? afterwards. So many ot these out
landish freaks turn up along with -he
: romance and drama, in "Once In A
: Blue Moon.'* and caused the author
[to call it "Once In A Blue ^Ioon."
I The acting all takes place at a
[popular men's club, where anything
might happen. Where people gather
jto play, to have a good time, even
j from infants just out of a'rms. On
j this particular evening wtun those
?stirring events which happen but
{"Once In A Blue Moon" come to
| pass, there is a masquerade ball in
'progress. Naturally the tired busi
jness man must have his beautiful
{chorus girls dancing the latest sU-ps,
jjinginir the latest songs. There are
? two choruses, one consisting of nine
I Sii'ls, another of tweHe, on this even
ing.
Thm there's the opening when
c!ub members have gatherer in the
| evening to. while away a few hour*,
i They wise crack and they joke; they
sine songs led by their harmonizing
quartette.
Following exit, complications be- i
pin to develop, some vastly amusing,
others dramatic, for "Once In A |
Blue Moon'* has its serious moments,
I its story to tell. The audience is in
troduced to the twins, ex-oeau brum
jmel a fellow who though he is get-1
tine along in yeaVs, still fancies him
self a hot-shot with the women.
Kitty Davis, a ravashing beauty, is
in town on a visit and uncle Johhnyi
Fuller the aging dandy, falls madly j
in love with her. He is always at
it, but this he assures his friends is
difficult.
Jokes by Jake Wise.
.Musical numbers by Oden Stiles i
and A. B. St^Jcup.
Musical number by Ralph Killian '
and Bert Smith.
Musical number by Miriam Gray
and Tye Burnette.
Song by the class.
Poem by Bert Smith.
Song by Miriam G'ray, Jaunita Cook, j
Anne Hill. Maggie Lovingood, Alice j
Hodge", Bert Smith, Tye Burnett, A.
B. Stalcup. ^ Grady iCarringer, Jake
Wise, and Buster Hartness.
? Roane Hampton.
The Dramatic Club met Wednes
day in the school auditorium with
Miss lrby.
The officers elected in the meet'
ing were: Budgie Frendle, Presi
dent; Paul Howell, Vicc-President ;
Mary Alice Bristol, Secretary; group
captains, Gordon Turner and Mary
Withersfpoon ; Treasurer, .Margaret
Mauney.
The club decided to meet once a
week at school and once a month at
night.
One of the recent assignments of
the ninth grade English class was
the making of newspapers. The mo
tive of this work was to benefit the
students in composition, to show or
ganization of news, to show use of
description and proper arrangement
of materials.
This work was carried on in class
as a supervised study. Local items
dealt with a stfrvey of interesting
places in Cherokee county.
The papers showing most origin
ality, best form in writing and most
interesting articles were in group
one: Arietta Franks and Hayes
Leatherwood. In group two: Nannie
Laura Gentry and. Pruden Davidson.
Football Notes
The Mtfrphy Dragons met the
Copperhill High in a gridiron contest
Friday afternoon at Copperhill. Mur
Jurors Drawn For
Federal Court At
Bryson City, Nov. 28
Following is a list of the jurors |
? i'rawn to serve during- the next]
term of United States district court
which meets in Bryson City Novem
ber 28tlu
J. F. Wood, Suit; W. M. Carter,
Hayesville; I. B. Jenkins, Judson;
Klovd Ramsey, Teliito; John Sher
man Orr, Robbinsville ; Mall Cabe,
Ott : N. P. Sutton. Whiter; Jt. Bu
lon Bryson, Cullasaja; John Grant,
Jr.. Wessei ; Charles Hendeson. Cul
lowhee; J. C. Fret-man, Almond; W.
H. Cowart . Jackson: B. I.. Fox.
Ranger; J. P. Baumgarner, ".Vhitter;
J. H. Coffey, Almond; K. W. Hogue,
Nantahala; Robert McClure, Shoot
ing ("reek; Frank Rogers, Sho&ting
Creek; Lee Holland, Cullasaja; Jos
i|?h B. Byer>, Brasstown; \V. T.
Fouts. Franklin; James M. Reagan.
Smokemont; Lonnie M. Henson, Otto;
Augustus Batty. Highlands; Jeff
Martin. Hayesville; A. G. Ledford,
Hayesville; Johnnie Shuler, Robbins
ville; John Shepnrd. Sylva; Robert
Coomr, Andrews; and Will Sutton,
Dillsboro.
I iiy came out on the short end of a
21-0 score. The first touchdown and
extra point was made in the latter
part of the first quaVter. Derre
berry's punt was blocked lor a safe
ty in the second quarter making the
score 0-0 at the end of the half.
Copperhill made two more touch
downs ? one in the third quarter and
one in the fourth ? -'but neither ex
tra point was made. Two members
of the squad, Snecd and Hensley
were unable to play in this game on
account of injuries. Hensley*> leg
was cut in the Bryson game, and he
was on the side lines during the past
week; Sneed's hand .was swollen so
that he was unable to usi- it. Both
players will be fit for the next game.
The members of the Football
Squad and l oaches, Barrett and
Denton made the trip in the newest j
school bus at. a cost of $5.00, a!! the '
players were 'required to make the
trip in the bus unless they went in
ears with their parents.
The Murphy lineup was as fol
lows :
Left end, Davidson; left t.:ckle,
fiyrd; left guard, F. Brendle; c?ntei\
Hensley; right guard, Smith; right
tackle, Wise; right end, Reese, quar
terback, Derreberry; left hall' *B"
Brendle; right half, Gartrell, lull
back, Adams; Substitutes, Hiiishaw,
Millshaps and Nichols.
Murphy plays Hayesville here Fri
day at 3:30. The admission will be
10c and 25c. So far Murphy has won
tied, and lost a game. The Dragons
are determined to put another mark
in the wining, column Friday.
The names of two Senior boys
were omitted from the honor roll
last week. They were Jerry David
son and Robert Weaver. We regret
t.his mistake.
J. H. BRENDLE and GRACE BELL
P.-T. A. MEETS
On Thursday, October 13th, the
P.-T. A. met with an exceptionally
good attendance. There being about
GO mothers present. Miss Irby had
chaVge of the program.
Mrs. J. H. Hampton gave the his
tory of the iocal association. Mrs.
Ben Gartrell read the P.-T. A. creed.
Prof. J. J. Stone, Superintendent
of the Andrews schools, lectured on
education.
A count was then made of the par
ents present. It was found that Miss
Emily Sword's fourth gVade had the
largest percentage of attendance, the
number being 20. Most of the oth
er grades had a good count.
At the conclusion of the meeting
delicious refreshments were served.
The next meeting will be held on
November 8th. Come on. perents,
and let's make the next even better.
The Parent-T eachCr Association i
at a recent meeting voted to equip j
a rest room for the school. They de- j
cided on the back part of the office \
in the high school building and asked
everyone who coult to donate some
thing to the cause. Mrs. Tom Axley,
president of the P.-T. A., appointed
Mrs. Tom Mauney, Miss Bailey, and
Mrs. Horace Keener to see that the
room was prepa'red.
The P.-^T. A. bought the equip
ment for a medicine cabinet, Mrs. A*.
E. Vestal gave a cot, Mrs. Harry
Lahn gave the curtain rods and some
material to make a cover for the cot,
and Mrs. Everest Nichols gave a
SAVINGS MADE
DURING PAST
YEAR !N STATE
State and Local Governments Shave
Expenses By Si 2,288,00 Over
Previous Year
It has taken just exactly $12,288,
OOO le-> from the pockeibook of the
taxpayers of North Carolina to run
their government t.his past fiscal
year than it did the year previous,
according to an analysis "f the fin
anfial condition of the stat: released
last week by Governor O. Max Gard
ner.
Coupled with that reduction in the
property tax bill for the state is the
significant fact that the cost of the
operation of the departments and
institution* of North Carolina ha*
been reduced from $8,608, 000 in
1929 to $6,167,000 for t.he current
year, or a net reduction of 29 per
cent in the cost of operating thu
government, it was shown in the
Governor's statement.
Getting down to a specific analysis
of the governmental costs, it was
shown that th? reason of the action
taken in the last General Assembly
the total tax bill in Mecklenburg
county, foh* instarice, was reduced
the grand sirm of $750,000, and
Gaston county was ab!e to slash off
$449,000 from its total property tax
bill.
The total reduction throughout
all North Carolina of 20. 4 percent of
the property tax constitutes the
largest tax reduction ever achieved
in the history oi the state, it was
pointed out.
Figures just completed by the Tax
Commission show 3 total prop^y
tax levy of $59,911,000 in 1930 and
a drop to $47,684,00 in 1931 ? the
first year to have the benefit of
the 1931 school and road legislation,
and of the legislative and admin
i strati ve economies put into effect in
local government.
The analysis shows the remarkable
reduction in county levies of $10,
055,000. in district levies of $1,704,
000, and in municipal levies of $469,
000. This means, the survey points
out, that t?he business and indus
tries of North Carolina were called
upon to pay only fouV-fifths as much
property taxes in 1931 as they were
called upon to pay in 1930,
In other words, these governmental
economies left just exactly $12,250,
000 more money in the pockets of
the taxpayers of North Carolina
than might easily have been taken
under the normal and regular ap
propriations foY the .support of the
government.
This is gti|?rally regarded in
administration circles as t*ie biggest
reduction ever brought in a single
year by ^ny state in the union.
More important than any of these
reductions, in the minds of some, is
the fact that the administration was
able to shave off the impressive sum
of $2,750,000 from the salaries of
state officials in the past year. That
handsome saving in salaries alone is
regarded as a very flattering con
tract to the increase in salaries shown
jin the federal government.
o
Parties To Make
Speaking Tour For
County Tickets
A whirlwind campaign 0f the coun
ty in the interest of the party nom
inees will be made by the Republi
can and Democratic parties, begin
ning: the latter part of this week or
the first of next.
The dates and ^^edules of the
speaking in the vanous communi
ties of the county are not yet avail
able. However, announcements rel
ative to appearances will be made
fiom the stump from time to time
as the tour prorrre fes.
It is understood that the parties
will not make the campaign of the
county together, but ^ach will appear
at different place at different
times.
quilt for the cot. The material for
the curtains was irehnsed last year,
but was never used. Miss Bailey and
her class are ir kin<r the curtains.
Mary Cathron K:-n*l?y and Ruth
Akin washed t?he windows and walls
of the rooln.
? Hayes Leatherwood.