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I BASEBALL THIS AFT1 I ?! H The Leading | Vol. XL1V.?No. 37 13MURFHY MEN I FOUND GUILTY I IN BANK CASE Davidsons Oct 5 to 8 Years K and Storey Gets 3 I to 5 Years Sj a:' \ lib-rating from 3:15 Sat9 c;day aturnoon until the noon hour 9 M nday, a < lay County Jury in C nerEfl kee Su' iimr court returned a verH ct of -'-ity in the cas< of the state 9 against three foimr officials of the 9 Bank who w. : 9 ? "spiracy and ab 9 (traction and other violations of the 9 State banking laws. 9 ' Clemcnts, of W!a9 ton-Salt m, esiaing, sent nc< d i|| t '' < men to prison. R. A. H Pav :t. 7S. president, and J. \V. M Davidson, a director of the closed 9 1 sentenced to 9 each in Stat |3 Prison. I. B. Storey, cashier, wu.H senteniod to serve from thr.e to fiw 9 H Appeal Is Entered 9 N 1 ' 11 al t? th< State Su nrcmo tat was given, with appeal bond being lixtd at $100. They were released on appea'rance bond of $5,000 each for the Davidsons and Stoi y. The jury, hi ought to Cherokee county from Clay county, retired with the ease Saturday afternoon. It reported its verdict shortly before the luncheon recess Monday, and Judgt Clement passed sentence two hours later. The bank closed October 3, 1931, tnd latei* charges of abstraction, embezzlement, conspiracy, and accepting deposits knowing the bank to be insolvent, were filed against the three men. One of the defendants, J. B. Storey, {priuer cashier of the Cherokee Unk, st-vera! months after the bank < :!c.v?d ;>i October, 1931, was arrested on warranto chaiging him with emkzzl ment, abstraction and misapplication of $13,000.00 of the banks funds, and with forgery and false entries -M banks books, and entertd a plea of guilty in Superior courl r. May 9, 1932. Judge A. M. Stack, of Monroe, whe presided over that May term of court fin d Storey $3500 and costs. Storey was placed undet $5,000 bond for his compliance, and executed a deed ol trust against property worth $4,00( to SSt-Ui i ?- fiinrnntpo navmpnt of thf fine. 'I !?e payment of the fine was >F-ead out over two years, in sums oi $875.01' fro'm November 1, 1932, te April 1. 1934. So far Storey has been able to pay only the costs, which amounted tc around **100.00 Judge Clement con is case in its present statu* until the next term of court. Store's bond? now total $8,000. Said Bank Was insolvent The jury which heard the conspiracy and abstraction cases against th< three bankers, was ordered from Clay county by Judge Clements, and reported hen Last Thursday morning % neon the jury had been selected and trial begun. Leigh Wilson, of Raleigh, state hank examiner, who closed the banl* ?n Oct et 3, 1931, was the first witn s introduced by the state. H( stated that, in his opinion, the ban! was insolvent and that he called the directors together and discussed witl them ccitain notes he thought doubt -uk H said one of the director: agreed with him that the bank wa: Insolvent. Rowen Henderson, of Ashe rule, a certified public accountant who made the preliminaiy audii I?r the state: and F. F Hill ? Orenburg, liquidating agent, wh( spent about a ye.'.i in the* bank ane toad a thorough investigation of it! condition also testified the bank wai insolvent. Owen Testifies Charles Cmringe'r bookkeeper foi bank, testified as to the sign a tare on the notes. S. G. Owens, assisant liquidate pent, who took charge of the ban! ^tSentember, relieving Mr. Gill testified that he traced the notes tun ed ov,r xo him "Sack to the time h' original notes were made, or as fa back as 1025. He said he found 3 Pote on the hooks in the name of J h. Toney originally amounting t< ''^25.23, and when he took ove be bank's affairs he found a noti there made by J. E. Toney for $3, ' ?-23, and one made by H. "W Naples for $3,600.00, which tw< botes amounted to the sum of thi orifcinal Toney note, and which tw< ERNOON?MURPHY vs. Iff ?!f IT 'My Newspaper in Western North Murphey, I Murphy School News PRE-SCHOOL ROUND UP TO BE HELD FRIDAY I Parents having children who will j enttr school next year ar asked to j biing them to the School Building ! Friday afternoon at 2:30 n order I that their physical condition may be 1 checked. The aid ot Dr. Hill. Drs. i N. B. and E. E. Adams, Dr. Thomp| s?-n and Dr. E. L. Holt has been I cuied. Several nurses will also as.-ist ; n this check up. The Parent TeachJ tr Association is conducting this round up for the purpose of advising parent? of any defect so that they can attend to it before the opening of school in September. This meeting on Friday will be merely an examination. So far names of 38 entrants have been gecured but it i- hoped that all the children who expect t- go to school next fall will com . The children will be entertained at an Easter Egg party pYeceeding their, examination. MUSIC DEPARTMENT i Music Recital, Tuesday ev ning, j Ap: il 18th, at 7:30 i Music memory contest, Friday 'morning, Apil 21, at 8:15 o'clock. Music scrap books will be handed i in to the Judges at this time. I The National Bureau for the Advancement of music will giv three medals for the highest .-core in music memory contest. Par nt Teacher Association and Woman's Club will give a prize to i-oorns scoYing high. The music department will give medals for best scrap books. | H S. STRING BAND CONCERT 'he String Band will present th:* last public progiam of the j ar Sat, urday night at 7:30 in school auditorium. There will be no avlmission charge. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Jak-. McClure SIXTH GRADE The tegular weekly chapel program was given Wednesday morning I by th;. sixth gade. The opening nunirbt was a song. "In Sping" following this, Dorothy I^hn gave a i citation entitled "My Pal and I." The bodji ot the program was a short play "Alice In Gramma'rland." The winners in our fi*'-*t preliminary -peaking contest were: .lack Burnett, Tyson Smith, Mil died Hill, Sara Sword, Doiothy r Lahn, Aline Leathirwood. ; Don't miss the sixth grade exhibit during commencement. FIFTH GRADE The students of the fifth grade are writing a sho'rt geographica , pageant to be given at chapel or April 2oth. (Continued on page 8) ' notes in his opinion 1 presented the " original Toney note. He also testified that in his opinion the signature on the original Toney Note \va genuine, but the signature on th( subsequent lenewai notes were for gcries. E. C. Mallonee, employee of J. VV ' Davidson and manager of J. W Davidson's store for many years testified that he borrowed monej ' from the bank on his signature as maker and J. \V. Davidson as endor? ser, that some of the money was usee : by J. W. Davidson's store and some of it used by him. ' Testimony of the State was conc fined principally to that of official* k of the State Banking department whe 1 assumed charge of the bank's affair." after is closed in October 3, 1931 5 The defense offered no tesimony. 5 Arguments in the case consumec some seven hours, and Judge Clem ent held a night session Friday nighi ? in order to speed up the closing o! t the case. The arguments closed al f noon Satu'rday, the Judge began hi: * ' <-q.o u/Pnt tr ' cnarge at j:ou aim HU ^ ' the jury at :>:lo Saturday afternoon Ruled Verdict Incomplete 3 Early Monday morning the jurj returned a verdict that the trio was guilty of misappropriation of funds r but not of conspiracy. Judg. Clem - ent ruled that the verdict was no in acco'rd with the charge, and sen! f the jury out for further deliberation < The verdict of guilty a.-- charg.a war , returned several hour's later. 1 Attorneys for the defendants, E 2 A. Davidsop and J. W. Davidsoi r J were J. X. Moody and D. Wither i' spoon, of Murphy, and George Pat . ton, of Franklin. District Solicitor 3 John M. Queen of Waynesville, war r assisted in ?he prosecution by Graj b and Christopher and J. D. mallonee of Murphy, and Felix E. Alley, Jr. of Waynesville. Defense attorney; o for Storey were M. W. Bell, of Mux e phy, H. W. Davids of Jefferson, Ga. o and T. C. Candler of Blairsville, Ga ANDREWS?AT CHEF trpfer Carolina, Covering a Large and Pi CM Friday, April 14, 1? 1 MISTRIAL RESULTS IN W. F. HILL CASE The jury, in the case of Felix Hill, | prominent Cherokee county farmer,! char.:', c with first degree murder of \ Leslie Roges, Deputy sheriff of Ducktown, Tenn., Thursday morning ; came into court and reported they ; could not ajree and th court declared a mistrial. Th. case went to the jury about j "> o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Hill i- charged with having fired thicugh a window upon Rogers at | t the home of Fanny Price about 1 0 clock in th.- morning of March 10th. la.-t. Rogers died a f w hours Ialei at the Kimsey-Guinn hospital at Ducktown. Dr. C-uinn Testifte* Dr. O. J. Guinn testified that Rogers ask . d him it he would tccover and he told him that he would not. Then R ger- told him. th physician testified, that. Felix Hill fired-*ipon him through a window. lit also said Hill told him that he h ard Hill speak i< .ognized his voice, and saw him | run. Dr. II. H. Hyatt, of Ducktown. and ! several other witnesses t -lifieii they heard Rogers make the same state1 msnt. A Mr. McGee and Maggie I n ? ' s?urger -fiu tney were in fanny Pi ice's home when the shooting occuired. They testified they heard K gets say. after he was shot, that Felix Hill shot him. Fanny Price, th. first defense witness on the stand stated that Rogers said he didn't know who ^hot him. Edith White who was in the room when and where the shorting occurred, and two of the small boys of Fanny Price, also testified that Rogers said at the time he didn't know who shot him. Hill Testifies Hill himself went on the stand and denied the charge against him stating that he was at home all night, the night the shooting occurred. His wife and two daughters also testified that he spent the night at home, ; retiring about 8 o'clock. Judge Clement charged the jury ; Tuesday afternoon that it could rei turn any ong of four verdicts, first ' degree minder, second degree murder manslaughter* or acquittal. The case wa- hard fought on both sides. The following jurors who heard thi case weie selected from the regular Jurors and special venire sum' moned for that purpose: I. *W. St. ver. A. II. Ilatchett, P. F. MUSIC MEMORY CC Fur the Children ?f the Fifth. Sixth .mil S phy. Compiled from Histories, Itinera ' Four - lions will ?i'j?'!ir in The Seoul 1 series Of forty select! "I COMPOSITION " Mighty Lak' A Rose" "To A Wild Rose" ; "Star And Stripes Forever" "Toy land March" [ "At Dawn" from William Teil Ove'rtut 'The Storm" from William Tel Overture "The Calm" from William Tel] Overture . "Finale" from William Tell Ove' ture j "La Se'renata" , "Goodbye" "Triumphal March" from 'Aida" "Intermezzo" from "Cavalleria . Rusticana" | "Loure" . 'Ave Maria" "Hungatian Dance No. 6" "Adapi" Cantabile" from "Sonatj Pathetique" "March" from '"Tannhouser" 'Lanco" . "On Wings <?f Song" . "Wedding March" ??\? u. ..." .'laii'iu' ?? inuii *j "Krlkintr" "Ballet" from "li nuiml" ||fr- "I.icbesfreud" , . "Dancinif Poll" "Lit best rnuni" > "Hirmorisqiic" "Pi aclttilitim' ' "Man'i ' from "V.i noli Suit.-' " Vral.i.i n I >. ' I?.?'i. "Nutc*wkei s.iit." "Pane of th I" - " I'i in "Nut 5 crackm Miii." "Waal/ of th- I ! < fi "Nllt. lin k' t 'it* " 1 "Ploliulo ill <' ' 'i ii I' W "Prelude No I" "Aho'- Poilth" ' "IU Pi ' ' r Suite" s "Solvejjr'- Sony" ..... I. , * flynt Suit " "Iai Cxarinc Manutk* "Adatriotto fi'iu "I, \iI..| ihm * * Suiti" * i "Eleffie" "My Heart at Thy Sweet V?lr? I from "Sampaon ami Pelllah" 'OKEE PARK?COME Ol t #rui ytentially Rich Territory in This State E. M. Clayton Died Q On March 18, 1933 w E. M. Cla\;ton, 75 yeas old, prominent farmer of the Ranger community, died at his home on March 18, 1933, at 7 :25 in the morning-, following an illness of about a month. He became seriously ill two weeks befor hi* death. Mr. Clayton was well known and liked over the county, and was a good citizen and neighbor. He was I( a member of the Ranger Baptist Church and a Master Mason. He ' wa- laid to rest in the Harshaw cem- ol etery with full Masonic honors. 111 He is survived by his wife and a1 four children, two sons, Cody and I d: Stanley Cla^on. and two daughters, ti Mr'. Harve Ellenbcrg, all of Muiphy, v? and Mrs. Rollin Dockery, of Miami. Fla. and four grandchildren. All of fh< children w ie at hi. bcdsid? at S the time of hi- death, ixcept Mrs. <ii Bockery who was ill at her heme in a Florida. Thee brothers and four R sisters also survive. I1 I Allen, Sam Parker, Fred Martin, A. pj K. I. dfortl, A. V. ingle, Zach Ram- <1 st y, Ross Hensley. Georg* Rickett, J. 0 W. Kilpatrick. an.i J. C. Newton. d Di-trict solicitor John M. Queen, ;> of Waynesville, was assisted in the ii prosecution by J. D. Mallonoe, of t Murphy, and J. C. Rector, of Chatta- e nooga, Tenn. Dofer%e lawyer's were n Moody and Moody and Gray and e Christopher, of Murphy, and T. J. a j Hill, of Greensboio, brother of the ti ' defendant. v Court Adjourns ? Following: the dismissal of the Hill case jury shortly after 9 o'clock <1 Thursday morning: court was ad- 1< journed and Judge Clement and i Solicitor Queen left for their homes. |> The term of court thus ended was one of the most strenuous tor court o officials, witnesses and litigants ever a held in Cherokee county. Several j night sessions were held, and Judge Clement opened in the mo'rning at |< 8:30, and usually worked well past 5 o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes until nearly 0:00. Many commen- Jj dations of Judge Clement have been i, heard by citizens and lawyers alike t at the able manner in which he con- c ducted the court's session. t None of the civil cases were heard 1' but were continued until the next t rni of court in August. v 1NTEST SELECTIONS f rxrttfh Orailr* of the l'uhlie SHiooIn of Mun- h iihifs. Talking-Machine*. Cat a locum, rtc. on Friday of each week until the complete ions have been printed. * COMPOSER COUNTRY t Nevin America McDowell America J Sousa America Victor Herbert America Rossini Italy i Rossini Italy ' I t Rossini Italy I \ Rossini Italy < Tosti Italy Tosti Italy < Verdi Italy ( Mascagni 1 tiacn utrmany i Rach?Gounod Germany s Brahms Germany < a i licthoven Germany 1 Wagner Germany Handel Germany Mendelssohn Ge rmany Mendelssohn Germany Schubert Aunria Schulv rt Austria Srheib ?t Austria Ki ? I 1 An*?t in i'nldinl Hungary I I / lluiH.-my , I -it* lf< hernia i, ii lu.fi'h I mi land T*? tmfcfccu *k\ Nun i'i I . I. ?> S- w \>? l> >i? I HfftW .. -i. Mh* i? I iHf V h kt IJ *??? II i H /l ll?l? - Id ls?l|?|H'l ,1.. . \..rw?y \ Mi)? \i.rw?y liaNii* Pitmt'r i? ' ' Ituvl Ki?nrf lit m.rl Km?c? II HhImI - H?en? *i?nci> } , rr TO FIRST GAME! lit 1.00 YEAR?5c COPY TATE ADOPTS EIGHT MONTHS SCHOOL TERM rnate Adopts Conferees' Report On MacLean Measure Raleigh, April 11.?North Carolina day adopted a staUwide state sup>rttd tight months school. | The eight months school term, to supported by revenue from source j.her than an ad valorem tax on roperty, was assured when the Sonic adopted tht conferees' i-ecommenition of ar^ $83,159,218 appropriaon for the ensuing two years. The >te was 35 to 10. . Special Levies Permitted The conferees* report followed cnate rather than House reemmenation-. Consequently, S nate ioption was conceded after the louse adoption, by a vote of 51 to ft 1- jQI 0 iasi wet'K. A Senatei Clement of Rowan, apropriations chairman, xplained uring the debate today, the $10,00.00 annual school expenditure oes not preclude the levy of s-uppleK ntal taxes by special districts for icreasing the standanl and 1 ngthning tjie u-rm to nine months. Whatver prohibition or limfil on supplelental levie? is made will be includd in the school machinery, not the 1 propriations bill. On this subject he legislators have widely divergent iews. Salaries Reduced The law provides for cutting state lepartmental salaries 38 per cent b> aw the standard of July 1, 1930. The nstitutional salaries will be cut 32 ier eent, school teachers 30. In connection with the reduction t teachers pay MacLcan said, "I relize it is to?? much. However, if the eachers wid accept it as the best hat could be done under the circumtance.-, I believe they will win in the >ng run.'.L* , . * The r(j?Ut included p-yiovfsitfa for li verting $1,000,000 a year from the lighway to the general fund?if the rioney is available after all highway >ond interest, sinking fund, mainnance and other needs have been a red foi. Few senators believe anyhing like that much money will be eft. Though adoption of th>* report ras assured, the senate did not vote intil almost two hours had been conumed in debate. Many who voted or the bill explained they were not atisfied but accepted the report 'in the spit it of compromise." Boggan of Anson argu.d that the ight months term meant a sales tax Viken of Catawba answre'ied that a ales tax was certain, whatever the erm. ?Asheville Citizen. BRYSONFREED BY CHEROKEE JURY A verdict of not guilty was rt... -i - C ; TIT 1 urnt u lino ouperinr v_uuri. ?? t-u:icslay night at 9:30 o'clock. Central ime, in the case of the State against \ H. Bryson, 24, who was charged vith the second degree murder of )scar Newman, 26 of Appalachia. The case against Bryson was railed Wednesday mo'rning at 9:00 ('clock. Bryson was charged with ihooting Newman, the shot severing he spinal cord, on Sunday afternoon, \pril 2, about 5 o'clock near Bryan's home. Newman died at 11 >'clock the following Monday night it Dr. Straus' hospital at Tellico Plains, Ttnn. Witnesses testified that Newman va drinking and advanced on Bry?on wjth a knife and Bryson shot lim. Newman's brother, Fulton S'ewman, it was stated, came upon he scene after the shooting: and Bry?on started running. Fulton follow d him. it was testified and shot at lim <everal times, one shot taking I'ffeet in Bry?on'> head but he was n t seriously wounded. Woman's Club To Meet The Woman's Club will meet next Wednuday, April 19th. at 3 o'clock. The program will bo "The American Homo," and the discussion will be le<| by Mrs. W. K. Studstill. Mrs. M. W. Bell i? chairman of the ente'rtainm nt committee, which is composed of Mrs. II. C,. Elkins, Mrs. J. B. Gray and Mr9. W. E. Studstill. It ? hop..I ?hat every member of the Club will be in attendance o? The Faster Egg Hunt for the children of Brnsstown will bo given by the Women's Club as usual, the evening before- Easter. This year it conns on Saturday, the 15th.
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