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[fl I ?i The Leading f I Vol. XLV.?No. 4. I FACULTY FOR j I MURPHY S^'OOL I IS ANNOUNCED IP School opens on Tuesday August 29th, I and Pupils Asked to Report at P 8:30 on that Morning The nes of thi'rty-one teachers who c mpose the faculty of the MurI phy Vn : of Public schools was an5 nounct J this week by Prof. M. Bueck, lent of the unit. TwentyK one of these teac.hcrs are in the Mur phy school proper, 11 in the high E school and 11 in the elementary Jell partnient, while the other nine corae pose the faculty of the live other ? schools in the unit. n list of teachers for t.he Murphy ?2 school proper includes: Prof. H. E Bueck , superintendent principal. P High school: O. W. Deaton, Bascomb Can 11. John G. Holt, Miss Lois LatI ham. Miss Ruth Holshaust . 1; ? Courtney, Miss Margaret LeMay, Miss m Fann.e Hathcock, Miss Edna Padgett, E and Miss Pauline Moser. r Elementary department: Miss Marp gartr nail, Miss Estelle Mauney, Mrs. 6 Leila Axley, Miss Addie Leatherwood, g Miss Loucine Wells, M'rs. Fannie Witt Cast. Mis.- Emily Sword, Miss Mar1 tha May field, Miss Dair McCracken, I Mrs. Evelyn Patton, and Miss Clara McComt.-\ The faculty for the other five scho.Is in the unit follows: Grape Cre k, Frank Walsh, Miss Mary Nell Williamson and Miss Bessie Grain; Tomotki. Jc.hn Llonley and Miss Leila Hayes; Kinsey, Miss Elizabeth Kilpatrick; Bates Creek. Franklin Smith; Ttxana. (colored) George L. Henry, ant one other teacher for Texana is yet to be named. The schools of the Murphy unit will open on Tuesday August 2'Jth, Mr. Bueck said, and all children are at-k d to report at 8:30 o'clock in the mo'ming of the that day. High school text books will be the same tkii year with t?he exception of Home Economics. The only change in the elemtntary department will be the new geography books for the fourth and sixth grades. All school books will be available at J. W. Lovingood's store in Murphy. Workmen are now busy putting the two school buildings at Murphy in shape for the opening. Considerable repair work is being done, and Holder B]others are looking after the plumbing. A two inch watre line is being extended from the city mains, in addition tc the water line now .supplying tht buildings. Every available room is being prepared for classes, and W. D. Townson i* installing fifty new desks and seats io lake care of the expected overflow. One class will be taught in the auditorium, and efforts have been niadtr to secure additional space in some building in town for the first grade pupils without avail. It is expected that the first grade will be divided into two sections, one reportin? in the morning for class work and the other in the afternoon. The new set-up under the state ^uppo'rted eight months school law passed by the legislature has thrown an extra heavy burden upon the Murphy schools proper, but Mr. Bueck said with the excellent corps of teachers secured for the coming term he thought this would be one of the most successful scholastic years in the histtfry 0f the school. All teachers elected have formally accepted, and are expected to arrive in Murphy over the week-end to make preparations to begin the year's work. ? A teacher's meeting is scheduled for Monday, and parents a're asked to not let their children go to the school buildings or grounds until Tuesday morning. A letter received by Superintendent Bueck from Miss Fannie Hathcock, ot Concord, history teacher, stated that she would be delayed a week or two because of having undergone a serious operation a few days ago. Mrs. Bandy Raises Large Cucumber Culberson, N. C. August 21, 1933. The Cherokee Scout Office, Murphy, N. C. The cucumber raised at the County Home garden by Hayes Leatherwood last week was only pickling size compared to the one raised by Mrs. Bertha Bandy of Wolf Creek. The one 'he raised measured 15 inches lonp 13 inches in circumference and -ighed 41b. (fid IM. . lje, !f! Veekly Newspaper in IT estern Nurth C Muiphey, N. WASHINGTON GIRL I i IS CHOSEN " MISS NORTH CAROLINA" Miss Edna Taylor of Washi: _'ton. I representing the second ?!'. ii>. of | the North Carolina (U-partnurL was chosen "Miss North Ci?:olina" in the finals of the American Lemon's .-tale wide beauty contest here t night. Miss Edna Patton of Murphy, representing the 20th district, was vun1 nei-up. Miss Taylor will represent the j North Carolina department at the ] Legion's national comention in Chi- { cago, to which she will be given a free trip. The Washington gill wa> -elected over 08 other contestants from all parts of the state, having rurv.ved the semi-finals last night when the field was cut to 20. Contestants here were selected through contests staged by \> gion posts throughout the state.?A.-heville Citizens-Times. Tri-State Wins Series Games With Gaines- j ville A'l Stars Tri-State all-stars defeated the Gainsville al-stars in a series of th'ree games ending here Fiiiay afternoon. The first game wa- I iayed on Wednesday and resulted in a - ore of r, to 1 in favor of the Tri-State t-am. The next two games war nlaved I at -Murphy Thursday ami Friday, and j the results were 8 to 7, and 4 to 2, | respectrvely, in favcfr of Tri-State.. I.he Tri-State and the Gan-ville all-stars represented the strongest bast ball aggregation which ha- played on the local diamond in many years. The Gainsville club, led by Lee Crowe, was made up of picked men nun from tne North Georgia League, while the Tii-State team was male up from picked men from the TriState League and managed by John Ca'rter and John I ranks. Prof. E. L. Adams, of Young Harris College, and president of the TriState League, was the moving spirit behind this series of games. Prof, who has taught at Hayesville and Young Harris for the past thirty years and is well known in this section, said he appreciated the manner and spirit which prompted the citizens and business men of Murphy to lend their support and helping entertain t.he visiting team duiing its two dtv>- stay here. He said he would probably be able to secure a number of other teams of t.his kind in the future to play on the local diamond. Creamery Day At Brasstown August 20th The fifth annual Cheamery Day of the Mountain Valley Creamery will be held at Brasstown, Saturday, August 26th, beginning at 10 o'clock in the morjjing. Among the speakers of the day wil be Mrl. J. A. Arey, state dairy specialist of Ral-1 eigh; Mr. J. C. Morcocks, county agent at Helen. Georgia; Miss Helen Dingman from Berea College, Kentucky; Mrs. Foard, Home Demonstration Agent at Hayesville; Mr. W. Mercer Fain of Murphy; Mr. Weaver Gray, County Agent; and Mrs. J. C. Campbell, director of the Folk School. Ribbons will be offered for the best collection of fruits, for the best collection of vegetables and also of ? 1 - k0 jellies, ine oesi uutcii ?... bought at the end of the day for fifty cents, the second best dozen will be bought at fo'rty cents, and the third at thirty cents. There will be exhibits by the women of Brasstown and also from the 4 H Club group and any others who may wish to participate. Lunch will be sold by the Woman's Comunity Club at a very reasonable price. The Creamery will serve buttermilk as of last yea'r. There fill te games and everyone is cordialy invited to come. It is hoped especially that all cream shippers will be present. Mrs. Ira Helton Dies At Home In Culberson Mrs. Ira Helton, about 40 years of age, died at her home in Culberson at 7 o'clock Monday night. The funeral service was held Wednesday mornI ing at 11 o'clock at the Mount Pleasant Baptist church, of which she was a member, by the pastor, the Rev. . Mr. Truitt. Burial was in the . Mount Pleasant cemetery. Surviving are her husband and six children, Verdie. Herman, B. T., Otis | and Leonard, all of Culbe'rson, and Mrs. Beulah Kilpatrick, of Gastonia. txukt arolina, Covering a Large and P C., Friday, August 25, REVIVAL PREACHER The Rev. James A. lvv, pastor ol the West Asheville Baptist church who is conducting a series of revival stivices this week and next at the Andrews Baptist Church. The set vices are beirnr well attended, ant Mr. Ivey is preaching the old t:mt eosptl 'religion. SUDDERTH REUNION HELD AUGUST 20TH Descendants Of Theodore Suddertl Gather From Many States For Annual Event at Peachtree Sunday, August 20th, was a gal; day lor the descendants of Thuodor Sudderth, pioneer citizen of Cherc kee county, as they gathered in th annual family reunion at the ol? home place on what is now know; as Uhe Mission farm, ten mihs south east of Muiphy, where M'r. and Mrs A. E. Suddetrh now resides a.-* reign ing heads of this prominent and we] known family. Th? y came from Oklahoma, Ohi Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and east ern sections of North Carolina, on hundred and twenty-seven in numbei and lived again in the family fol amid scenes of childhood that ar eve'r beautiful and never grow oh This was the first the children of E Suddert.'i had all been together i nineteen years. Nearly 100 years ago, Theodor Sudderth came as a young man int these mountains and settled in tti beautiful valley which later came t be known as the Peaehtt'rr section o this county, and literally wrested h existence and fortune from the forei I wilderness, while he iounded one c I the most remarkable and notabl | families to be found in this who! mountain region. Col. K. 1). Xorvell, mayor of Mu phy and c?hief enrolling clerk in tl last session of the general Assembl; who was the principal speaker of tl occasion, paid glowing tribute to tl citizenship of the Sudderth famil He said that during his more the forty years residence in this sectic he had never known or heard of member of the Suddert.h family ha ing a case, cither criminal or civ in any court of the county, and sa that such a reco'rd was an illustrate of the high type of citizenship whi< characterized the descendants < Sinlderth. llll'VUuiv. ? Early Sunday morning:, niembe *.f thv . am.Iy, rotative* *;ni frien brgan living with brimful haskt of mutton, t.hicken, cakes and pi< with all the tri wings, which forces the so'rt of activities that would ta' place around the noon hour. An unlike the coming: of their ancest< who first came astride the sadfi over unbeaten mountain trails, th came in automobiles over good roa< One section of the spacious yard \v literally jammed with cars, and n a mul?* or a horse in sight. A la'rge table, approximately o .hundred feet loner, had been erect in the yard under t?he spreading: oa and tow ring: pines, trees which t present head of the Sudderth fam had planted a half century befo Here all gathered at the noon hour partake of one of the most bountec and sumptuous dinners the wri ever saw spread. It was a vertia "new deal" in feasts and not a "f 1 gotten man" in sight. A short speaking program tc place before t.he feast. Prof. L. Sfauney. a life-long friend and nei; bor, spoke briefly of the achieveme ' veil, the principal speaker. Mr. N ' and accomplishments of the Sudde Continued on page 4) Potentially Rich Terri tory in This Sta 1933. FUNERAL SERVICE . | CONDUCTED FOR MRS. MARY ASHE Funeral service- 1" r Mr-". Mary Ashe. 7S who died Friday at the home of hi i- - n, John W. A-he. of Ktioxville. Tenn., woY conducted at the Marble Springs Baptist church by toe K \. R. \V. Prevost, of Andrews. Sunday afttrijoon August 13 at 2:30 o'clock. Interment was in th cemetery at Marble. Mrs. Ashe was the widow ? the Kev. \V. V. Ashe who was weii known in Cherokie and surrounding counties. She is survivied by five sons and fotfr daughters. They are Allen Ashe of Andrews, John \V. Ashe, ot Knoxville, Jake M. Ashe, of Etowah, Tenn., A. J. Ashe, of Murphy, Edward Ashe of Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. J. E. King of Marble, Mrs. Charles Allison, of Murphy, Mrs. Will Coffey, of Marble, and Mrs. T. C. Maney, of Cleveland, Tenn. o | Atlanta Scout Troop Assisted in Capturing i Escaped Convict Boy Scout Troop No. 4i?, of the Atlanta Council, last Tuesday night, August 15, the boys assisted in the capture ol an escaped convict .11 mountains of North Georgia, IS miles south of Murphy. I The camp was rudely awakened about 10 o'clock by "Sheriff" Fullbright, who was armed with a double barrel shot gun and a wicked looking I .45 slung from the .hip. He was accompanied by a deputy who was also heavily armed. The sheriff told Eugene Anhier Sr., il Scout Master, that a convict had ese caped from camp fetlow Blairsville and had been traced to the vicinity e and was thought to be hiding in the d mountains somew.here near the Scout II camp, and asked for assistance in 1- making the capture. j. Mr. Anhier called for volunteers 1- from the troop, and in n few minutes II some 28 wild-eyed boys had been organied into four squads, and the man o hunt was on. After scouring the mountains and e swamps for some thi'rty minutes, r, shots were heard in the vicinity of the d camp and all rushed to the scene, e When they arrived a sight met their 1. eyes that many of the boys had never li witnessed before. Stretched at length n upon the ground was the body of a man, covered with a blood-soaked e sheet. o Sheritf Fullb'right said he had ie caught the fugutive in the act ot o stealing a car belonging to one of the >f campers, the fellow had offered reis .-istajice and he was forced to shoot >t him in self-defense, and .he thought >f he was so badly wounded he could le not live. le A number of the boys wanted tc see the victim, and the sheriff turnr ed back the blood-soaked-sheet?and ie up jumped the Scout's own cook y, Jimmy Allgood. ie Excitement and sympathy turned ie to chargin as the boys and campers V. realised th<*y had been the victims ol in ;i hoax but Tom Smith, of 1393 Al >n lene Ave., S. W. who brought th< a story to Murphy said excitement rai y- high while it lasted. The Scouts, 28 in number, were al id from the Capital View and Sylviai >n Hills sections of Atlanta, and were 01 'h a week's outing in the mountains o: of N'orth Georgia, at Canal Lake, nea Blairsville. Besides passing numerou rs tests in Scout Craft, they enjoys i- trips into Tennessee, the NantahtL tc /" on.1 \*op1 v" VJUIgC II* IIWIHI VyUiyimt., c..? - --- >. GapA they took the Appalachian Trai lSt for three miles on foot and climbe to the summit of Blood Mountair l(l- the very top of Georgia. )r* The boys spent a busy week i '^e mountain climbing fishing, Canoeing ey and other forms of recreation,, an *s- aie planning to spend an outing up i as N'orth Georgia mountains again ne> ot v,ar> Including in the company from Bo ne Scout Troop 41). Atlanta Counci ed We're Eugene Anhier Sr., Scout Ma ter; George X. Woods, chairma J10 troop committee; and T. C. Smitl troopcommitteman, who were i re- charge; and the following Scouts: to James -Meek. Ernest Martin, C. 1 Mis Wellborne, Thomas Armstrong. D [ fr zier Bagvcrly, Jaak Woods, Bill He 'c land, John Beam, David Smith, E or" gene Anhie'r Jr., Russell Crawfor La man Calhoun, Tommie Willian Tommie King, Dean McWhorter, J lian Arnold Jr., Inman Watson, Ro ^2" crt Patterson, Winburn Sherai n*s Harold Whitman, J. D. Andrews, Ke 01"" neth Wilding D. Orman Allen, He r*" ry Stead, John Thomas, Billy ? ^ Carson, and Ea'rl Ponder. lit \te $1.00 YEAR?5c COPY LIONS HOLD MEETING AT RIVER PARK Narr.e Committee On Culberson Road Project and Invite Brantown Clubs For Next Meeting Th' Murphy Lions club held its regular semi-monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Riverside Park in the form < f a picnic with the ladies preparing and furnishing the tats, I'utch style. Dinner was served a la cafeteria, being placed on the long table under th p::;k pavillion, arid the Lions and Lionesses,, taking t.ieir | plates, passed down the .line and helped themselves to many good things to ; eat. Following the eats, a short business session was held when th* Lions huddltd under the tries on the bank of the River. W. M. Fain, president, presided. A Committee was appoint* d to take up thv proposition with Director Morgan of the Tennessee Valley Authority and Secretary of the Interior Ickes to see if the $75,000 forestry xperiment station could not b? established within the borders of Cherokee County. President Fain also appointed a committee to co-ope'rate with other ..r ?u.. ,u.. ' <" mc iwwii IU null ii|n'ii mv State Highway Commission in the interest of the Culberson road connect- 4 ion with Georgia, looking toward immediate actioin on the grading of the live mile link which was surveyed by the commission some few weeks ago. This connection with Georgia via Culberson is marked up as a federal routi highway, and it is hoped to secure some of the fed?r;?l funds alloted this State to complete this inter | state connection. Georgia road authorities have already built their end of the project and are anxious that North Carolina finish the portion in this state which breaks the connection. Lion. Fain has received i letter from Chairman .Teffres to the effect that the road would be built of the funds held out, and the Lions are anxious that sufficient of the funds be made available for the construction of this five mile link. The club voted unanimously to have the Bra&itown men's and women's clubs as gutsts at a picnic gathering at Riverside park at its next meeting two weeks ht nee. Lion Secretary Edw. E. Adams was instructed to extend invitation. Those present were: MY. and Mrs. R. W. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Fain and little daughter, Mary Porter; Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Elkins and little daughter, Eliabeth Anne; M'r. and Mrs. V. M. , Johnson and little daughters, Mar. garet and Louise; Mr. and Mrs. Harry I Lahn and little daughter. Dorothy; , Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Railey and little daughters, Mary Helen and Carolyn; [ Mrs.! v\ arte Massev, mis. naroia * Hatchett, Dr. Edw. E. Adams, Prof : H. Bueck and Mr. W. W. Hyde. HILL ACQUITTED IN MURDER CASE 1 Felix Hill, Cherokee county farmer, 1 was found not guilty of the murder f of Leslie Rogers, also of Ghcroee l" county, in a vt rdict returned in supers ior court here Sunday afternoon, Aug. ^ 20t?h at 3:00 o'clock. a The jury began its deliberations at ^ 10 o'clock Sunday morning. Argu J nients in the case were completed at d 11 o'clock Saturday night and Judge '' Felix Alley charged the jury at 8:30 aVI Qnn/Iar mA'minir n Rogers was shot to death at the * home of Mrs. Fannie Price in Cherod kee county last fall. Trial of the n case consumed almost the entire August session of superior court? Asheville Citizens. y o S1 Dry Forces Of " County To Organize in The dry forces of Cherokee county ^ will meet at the court house in MurQ* phy next Monday afternoon at 2:30 ^ for the purpose of organizing to fight u~ the repeal of the 18th Amendment in (j the coming November election, ac' cording to announcement this week * by the Rev. R. W. Prevost, nastor of , the Andrews Baptist Church. Officers for a county organization * will be chosen and ot?her matters of n~ urgent importance attended to. and ,n" all friends of tlfe dry cause in the c" county are urged to be present. o
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