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172YEARS OLD
I BEFORE HE SAW
I A COURT HOUSE
yravelcd in Three States And Has
^ Never Been Over 30 Miles
A?.y From Home
Born l-'J miles of Murphy,
S'crth Ca :n:t, traveled within two
be .e- hi- home state and
itver than thirty miles
iway In m home in his life, is the
ftranjre st :y r ut true of Edward
Valentine Glad.-on, 72-year-old farmer
who was on ius first visit to his home
county seat here last Friday, believe
jt or not. Mr. Ripley.
Mr. (il.i n was born within two
milts of Culberson. February 14th,
1661, St. Valentine's Day, and it is
from this fact that he was named
Valentine. Strange as it may seem,
he has the mo.-t unusual record of
au th writer ha? ever met, and
perhaps there is no one in the country
cord.
In an interview with a representativ
of this paper here last Friday,
Mr. Gladson related his story.
This was his first visit to Murphy,
hi? home county seat, and it was the
first time he . i ever been on the iniide
of a c urt house or seen one.
Be vent igh the jail through the
wurte.-y of the jailer, and it was the
Iirsi lime .n me i?. yema ui .ua me
that he had seen or been inside of a
jail. He in- never been arrested, and
never been a witness in any sort of a
ceurt, and has never been ^ train.
Anions cue important and outfttndint:
features he related, is the
fact that h has never signd a contract.
note, or papers of any kind,
and has n.vei had any trouble with
his nifchboi>, and that his word is his
bond wa? attested to by the two men
who accompanied, one of them well
known to this 1. porter.
According to nis story, hi- has
tve'r ownci a home, a horse, or mule
or a milk eow; and was never away
fri?m home over two nights in liis
life. The only organization he ever
joined was tin Baptist church. lie is
?strong bclieglr in the science of the
ground h g as a weather prognosticates
Hi- i.-. an excellent fiddler, and
has made and sold a number of fine
fiddle.- which he whittled' out of timbers
with a pocket knife.
He learned to read and write in a
shifting school, that is a school which
had to move about from one place
or home in the community to another,
because no school house was available
then. He secured his learning
from Webster's old blue-back speller,
and a geography, the name of which
he has forgotten.
He has worked all his life, farming
fflttinrf <>n<l V?oc
lvaya c . tribute d to the Ked Cross
md relief work in the county and com
unity, with money, labor and produce.
lie has survived this depression
*ith v.ny little help from the county
relief org i.nation. This help constituted
3 r work on the roads at $.1
uday, a.ui $2.00 per month food allow
auce for ihree months, and one 24-lb
?ck of flour. The only other help
efer received from the county was
*bout 20 years ago, when he had a
kng sick spell with dropsy, the county
donated him $2.00.
He now weighs about 115, and has
sever weighed over 135 lbs.. He is
*bout 5 feeu 10 inches in height. His
eyts art failing him and he capt see
?i<w how to read and write.
He married a Miss Margaret Croy,
who has been dead about 35 yearsTwo
children, Mrs. Lilly May and
His. Texana Holloway, are living and
lOUT arp At*-* A
Murphy Woman Named
Group Vice Chairman
Mrs. Elizabeth Brittian, of Murphy
Was named vice-chairman of the ele v
v eonvrrtssional district group of
jhe icung Democrats of North Caro5f
^Jfurdaj at a meeting at Wrightsl?J
Beach.
. Mrs. Biittain is the daughter of
r- and Mrs. J. A. Richardson, and
e,^^e of John Brittian of Murphy,
n(? has been active in the young Deocratic
affairs since its organization
5ere nrore than a year ago, being
re13ry-t*reasurer of tfie county orMr.
and Mrs. Brittian
at tv eca*es *? state convention
w*ightsville Beach last week end.
M^^Mrs. D-?M- Reece, Mr. and
h r Palmer and little son; Miss
. er' de Franklin, Mattie and Eun
' Kincaid and mother, Mr. Mrs.
Moore, Messrs. Lee and Garnet
11^ ?oy enjoyed a picnic lunch on
Iff tit!
jreekly Newspaper in ICestern North <
Murphey, N.
' LIONS PICNIC i
TUESDAY NIGHT
The Lion Club, following t: i
ual custom, inaugurated ih i
monthly picnic suppeis at Rivc^ide! B
Park Tot .--day night, the?-, meetings jk
being attended by the Lionet anil
social hours enjoyed al im with a!
short business meeting.
Tin re \va- good attendence, and, s
the food supply being strictly under .
the supervision f the Lionesses. with:1
Mrs. Ellis as chairman, for this meet- j
ing, the food was both oelicious an : ''
plentiful. As special guests Lions!
Lanc?? Arrendale, Jarrett an i < bti.'
members of the Blairsvillc Lions I
Club, were present. They extended an J"
invitation to -the Murj.hy Lions and11
Lionesses to attend a similar -upper|
given by their Club and to be ru Id at J r
the North Georgia Experiment Sta- j
tion, about four miles beyond Blair?- j
response to the invitation, most all of | tj
the Alu'rphy Lions and Lionesses are fi
ille. Judging front the enthusiastic (
I expecting to go. Aside from the
j social pleasure derived from these c
'meetings, a better feeling and closer v
coopration always results from the- t
joint meetings held by neighboring
towns. I
FIRE DESTROYS
Ui ITT Dccmrwcr
MONDAY NIGHT
Fire of undetremimd oiiirin destroyed
the residence of V. I. Putt in t
East Murphy about 12:30 o'clock '
Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Butt were not at |
home and the only person in the !,
house was Mrs. Butt's son, Kermit '
Davenport, who was sleeping on the |
second floor. He was awakened by',,
stroke in his room and climbed out
the window onto the roof of the porch J
ard jntined to the ground unhurt. It 1.
i.< thought that the house might havr
been struck by lightning, as it was |
raining at the time, and there was a
good deal of lightning.
The fire first caught about midnight
and firemen succeeded in saving
most of the building. However it
caught again and was about burned
down before the alarm was given.
both the house and contents, which
Mr. Butt valued at ?5.000, were a
total loss. Ht carried $3,500 in insurance.
Mr. Butt is a former mayor (
of Murphy. i(
Civilian Labor Camp
Is Named for Reynolds 1
Civilian Consevation Corps Camp
No. F-13, near Topton, Cherokee
county, has been named Camp Bob
Reynolds. The name was bestowed
by the consent and approval of Sena- [ tor
Robert R. Reynolds and has beenf]
accepted by District C. headquarters <
at Camp Oglethorpe. j
In the camp are 1G3 members of I
the C. C. C. from New Hanover, f
Moore, Randolph, Lte, Craven and
Guilford counties, four Regular Army |
officers. Captain Clarence L. Strike,
of the regular army, is camp com man- j
de'r. First Lieutenant Van R. White, j
of the field artillery reserve, and
First Lieutenant David S. Wilson, of |
the infantry reserve, complete the
official staff.?Asheville Citizen.
ATTORNEY NAMED
HEAD OF GROUP
William J. Cocke, Jr., Asheville attorney,
was elected chairman of the
pleventh congressional district group
of the Young Democrats of North
Carolina yesterday morning at a
meeting at Wrightsville Beach.
The district meeting was held Friday
night and Saturday morning, prior
to the state meeting. J
Mrs. Elizabeth Britton, of Murphy
was named vice chairman and John
W. Edwards, of Franklin, publicity
chairman.
Mr. Cocke is associated with Robert
R. Williams in the practice of law |
here. He is a graduate of Oxford
University, in England, the University
of North Carolina, the Asheville
high school and the North State Fitting
school which was formerly here.
He wds admitted to the North Carolina
bar in 1931 after being licensed
'to practice in English court* in 1929.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Ccoke, of South French Broad avenue.
He has taken an active part in
work of the Buncombe county unit
o** ;hc Democratic club and was one
of the charter members. He is secretary
of the club here.?Aheville
Citizen.
9
arolina. Covering, a Largr ami Po
C., Friday, July 14, 193^
?GION BEGINS
CAMPAIGN OF
THE COUNTY
iood Crowd of Veterans and Citizens
Greet Them At Hanjjinqdoi; ]
Tuesday Night
The -Joe Miller Elkins Po-t -f th
imerican Lesion opened it- cluca- ,
ional campaign of vie county a the ?
lan^jingdt s school house 011 Tuesday ,
ight ol' this week with a gvod crowd ,
f v t teran- and citizens out to hear
hem. I
*1 he meeting was in charge of Com- J
pander A. W. Lovingood, and is being
onducted by the post to acquain. the
ete'rans and the people with the new
rans and the people with the new
ults and regulations affecting veterans
of all wars, as well as '?ie principles
of the Legion, its purposes, etc..
ind the real truth about the economy
Pleasures passed by the last session of |
"ongress. |
Several speakers told of the differ- j
nt activities of the organization, as
ceil as its future plans. The program j
endered follows:
The American Legion?A, V\.
-ovingood, Commander.
The New Pension Regulations As
Thvy Affect Veterans of all Our Wars
?H. P. Cooper. District Commander.
Ttie Legion's Fight For The Vetran?A.
\Y. Melver, Past Commander
Treasury Raiders and The Econ- !
my Racket?C. W. Pailey, Historian 1
The Clai ion Call of the Legion?\V.
?. Studstill, Past Adjutant.
The next meeting- will be held Fri- ;
lay night, July 14th, at Ebeneeer, i
ind on Tuesday night. July ISth, the
netting will be at Unaka. Following
ire the places and dates at which the j
louse at each and .very place, and the '
neetings will he held, in the school ;
lour 7 o'clock Central Standard !
Time.
Ogreeta?Friday, July 12st.
Suit?Tuesday, July 25th.
Shoal Creek?Friday, July 28th.
Walker School House?Tuesday,
August 1st.
Culberson?Friday, August 4th.
Hot House?Tuesday, August 8th.
Crane Creek?Monday, Aug. 14th. i
Vests?Friday, August 11th.
Peach-tree-?Tuesday, Aug. 15th.
Murphy?Friday, August 25th.
All veterans are urged to attend
the meeting nearest them, and bring
their families, and the public has a
cordial invitation to attend also.
T yphoid-Diphtheria
Innoculation To Be
Given This Year
At a meeting of the Cherokee Coun
ty Me dical Society Tuesday afterloon,
it was voted to conduct another
campaign of Typhoid and Diptheria
innoculation again this summer, to
begin about the time the schools 01
;he county open.
The arrangements will be along
the same line as last year, the county
and state co-operating, so that every
person taking :Ae innoculation will
receive it free.
Last year the campaign was greatly
succesful among the children,
many of them received this service, i
and adults this year are urged to j
avail themselves of this service I
against typhoid prevention. The
dates and schedules of the campaign
will be announced at a later date.
Farm Loans Are
Now Available
rarm loans aic no*> ?
farmers for relief of the mortgage of
their farms, S. G. Owens, liquidating
agent of the closed banks in this
county stated this week, and Mr.
Owens said Jhe would be glad to advise
with farmers having notes or obligations
at any of the closed banks
and help them to get relief upon all
that he could.
The farm loans are available in
two forms, the maximum amount of
one being $5,000.00 and the other
$50,000.00. The interest rate on one
form of loan is 5 per cent and on the
other 4% percent.
Loans can be secured up to 50 per
cent of the apjfraised value of the
farm property and 20 percent of the
appraised value of buildings thereon.
The borrower has 33 years in which
to repay the loan.
The loans arc made by the Feacrcl
Loan Bank, of Columbia, and the
Farm Loan Commissioner. J. T.
Hayes of Tomotla, is the repfreaentative
for these loans in Cherokee
county.
P ihrjii
tentially Rich Ter'i 'on' in Tlii.i Stat
i 3
1,100 POUNDS OF |1
SUGAR STOLEN 1
?a.', belonging o tht Woff r !-Terrell
lircceiy c- i lpany. from a box car
ark (1 on the Louisville an i Xash
!i railway shit- Hacks n ar the ^
ft'nffftrH-Terrell Company's 1 ullding
lire about 12 o'clock, Wednesday
light, duly 5th.
They carried the sugar to the Hia.vas
< 'river, stole a boat, belonging !'
:o C. K. Hill, which was chained to a '
Lie , and took the sugar across *.Y r
river. There they ! ade.i 'JO pounds ii
into a Chevrolet car which had no h
license. b
A passu by noticed .-onic of the v
-uuar on the river bank, notified 1
'hief of Police Fred Johnson and
then returned to the place where the c
?ai was parked and blockd the road t
until Mr. Jc.hnson arrived. They sue- t
ceeded in capturing the car, the
-ugar, and a heavy pair of clippers, c
which were used in c tutting the lock )
on the car and the chain which held a
tin boat, but the thieves escaped. e
Three box cars on *.V Southern \
. ailn au side tracks were also broken |
open but nothing was missing except r
a lew bags of flour. f
NEW CAFE IN
MURPHY OPEN
SUNDAY, 16TH ;
Marie's Cafe, Murphy's new sand- |
wich shop and nstaurant, located on <;
the coiner of the public square in the ,
building formerly occupied by the 10c ,
company, will open to the general .
public Sunday morning with a special ,
dinner for '.he noon-day meal, it is (
announced this week by Miss Marie j
Price, proprietor.
For the past two weeks woiknun j
ha v.- been busy in the building placing j
it in condition. The inside has been j
completely renovated, a partition en- ,
closing the rear part for the kitchen j
has been built, and the inside repaint- ,
ed. New congolc uin has been placed
up- n the- floor, and counters and
tables and chairs and other cafe equip
ment has been installed, and '.he place j
has been made very attractive and |
inviting.
Miss Price has had many years ex- ]
pcrience in cafe work, and is well ac- (
quainted with the business. She will ,
be assisted in serving by Miss
Florence Maiiin, of Gainsville, who <
has had more than seven years ex- .?
periencc in cooking and serving in the (
hotel and cafe business. Ernest Al- (
len, colored boy of Gainsville, who (
has .had 10 years experience in hotel j
and cafe cooking, with a special ,
I course of training in that line, will do ,
ihe cooking. ,
This is Miss Price's first venture in
the cafe buisness of her own. She is j
I very popular, and her many friends
in Murphy and Cherokee county bespeaks
success for her in this initial
Timber Company
Granted Charter
The following certificate of incorporation
was filed in the office of
Stacey W. Wade, Secretary of State,
| Raleigh. Thursday, July 6th;
Carolina Timber Company, Principal
office Murphy. To manufacture,
buy, sell and deal in timber,
lumfber and other forest products.
Authorized capital stock 500 shares
vithout nominal or par value, subscribed
stock 3 shares, by A. C.
Levering, John R. Crunkleton, of
Batlimore, Md., and Walter B.Wessels,
of Cranberry.
The company was partially orga1
- Tir.j?
mzea nere on ??cuiirsuaj k,l
week by the election of Mr. Levering
Mr. Crunklton and Mr. Wssels as mem
ber* of the board of directors. The
organization meeting took place in
the office of Don Witherspoon, attorney,
and whose office will be
headquarters for the time being.
This corporation was organized for
the purpose of cutting the timber in
boundaries owned by it in the Tellico
mountains of Cherokee county, as
well as boundaries in Wautaga and
Avery counties. The cutting of timber
is not contemplated to begin any
way soon, but if the market picks up
the company will be organized and
ready.
It is understood that the company
has unlimited capital behind it. Mr.
Levering and Mr. Crunkleton are
connected with the Mercantile Trust
Company of Baltimore, and Mr. Levering
is also interested in a large
fertilizer manufacturing concern.
Miss Mary Deweese who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Bessie Deweese
returned to Winstom-Salem.
>1.00 YEAR?5c COPY
TANK MURPHY
IAD NO CHARTER
FOR 12 YEARS
'barter Granted In 1891 Was Never
Rcniwrd After It Expired
The Hank ??t" Murphy has been
petatinj: without a charter lor the
as' twelve yi at >. i-L was discovered
er last we ;; by lawyers delving into
ecords and old fil.s of the institution
i s arch of evidence to be used in
iw suit- in which the bank and nunv
er- of individuals have become inolved
since its closing on February
5th. 1933.
The bank was granted a .'10-year
barter by special act of the legislative
on March 7, 1801, with a capiat
stock of $25,000. N< hting ever
ante uj) which occasioned a scruing
if the charter, which expired on
darch 7, 1931, and no one knew
ibout the matter until it was discover
d hy Gray and Chi istoj.her, utterly
y? for the State Commissioner of
lank- and the liquidating agent who
v \n have charge of the Hank's afairs.
The lank continued to do busies*
until it closed in November, 1930.
[ : was substqut ntly reopened in
March, 1931. under a depositors a
rreement to leave their uepwib in
:he bank fo'r two years. At that
iim, the stockholders discounted
fifty per cent of their stock, and
? 15,000 in ne*v stcck was subscribed,
lew officers and directors elected and
:h? bank continued operation for
mother two years wiVi a charter, at
.vhich time it was closed and process
>1 liquidation begun. S. G. Owens
s <he liquidating agent in cln?Vgc.
Just what status the bank is now
n, or what effect its operation wi-thrpt
a charter will have upon the eclectic
ns of notes and obligations
iue the institution, is not definitely
cnown. However, that status win be
:hreshed out in court at some future
itting, probably at the August t? rm.
l awyers appearing in cases against
he bank and liquidating agent, believe
that k will have a considerable
learing upon the collection of notes
md other obligations, while attorneys
for the Liquidating agent contend
hat it will not affect the status of
lutes and obligation* in the least.
Mr. Christopher, of the law firm of
flray and Christopher, attorneys for
he liquidating agent gave it as his
opinion that the court would have to
find the status as a defacto corporaion,
or a partnership. If the latter
i s found, then -the stockholders
would be liable each one personally
to the extent of his property for the
obligations of the bank, whereas if
'.he status is held to be a defaeto corporation,
they will only be liable to
the extent of the amount of their
subscribed stock.
H: ;ave it a.s his opinion that the
court would hold its status as a defaeto
corporation, and said there had
nit'ii iiuiut'ious >uvn ira>t> in nil1 muic
in the past, ?^nd the court had rendered
such opinions. Either way the
court rules, he said the not* s and
obligations due the bank would not
be affected.
o
Grading on Link of
Highway 28 to Be
Finished Soon
Grading on the link of State Highway
No. 28, from Murphy to the Clay
county line near Brasstown, is expected
to be completed in the next three
weeks. Crushed ptonc has been placed
on about five and a half miles of
the road.
Henry and Gentry, who have the
contract for crushing !.he story, have
moved their cru-.her from its location
of Murphy, near Regal, to a point on
near the Andrews power plant on
on Highway No. 10, two miles east
Hiawassee river, which will be a much
shorter haul for the stone to complete
the road.
The E. A. Wood Construction company,
which has the contract for
building this link, has been using two
steam shovels in order to complete
the work as soon as possible.
The Character Builder's Sunday
school class of the Methodist church
enjoyed a picnic on Monday evening
at Junaluska Pool Andrews, N. C.
Those present were: Mrs. Clarke,
Mrs. H. G. Elkins and daughter Elizabeth
Ann, Airs. Vfrgil Johnson and
daughters Louise and Margaret, Mrs.
Jim Franklin and daughters Virginia
and Elizabeth, Mrs. Window Mclver
and baby Doris, Mrs. Ted Howell,
Mrs. Bill Brandon. Misses Leila Posey
Emily Sword, Ruby Hall, *Mary Akin
and Addie Lea'iierwood.