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Vol. XLV.?No. 47.
LOCAL LIONS
BACK FROM v
CONVENTION,,,
Fain And Bueck A.ttendj?]
12th Annual Convention a;
Called Best Ever Held. "
Guv O. Bagwell, of Charlotte, was rc
electe -tint governor of Nortth 1 hi
Carolina Lion* Clubs at the annual' e<
cenventio in Salisbury June 8 and 9. w
W. M. bain, of Murphy, whom it ft
was previ ly r ported would run II
icr distr ?' g vein or, stated upon his a
ret .s: n " hat on account of business u
connec : - he couldn't offer his name
and :t wa - n't." Mr. Fain is past pies- tl
VIui| hy Lions club and si
g . H. Bueck, newly-elected T
pre.-: lent of the local club, attended r<
the to: i--n:ion from here. cj
was a li utenant govpa
: ycai
chosen ahnously for the position, jri
C. 1 li i ti n, of Morganton. and f n
V. J. i tg i, t' Durham, were
elected I tenant governors. fj
; The 1-th annual district conv.n- a
t:on was trie best attended convention is
Fliere weie 292 delegates s<
pte-'.nt and practically every club tc
irg; represented. * aj
A - her loving cup for achieve- ,<
to C noord. Murphy stood
fifth. Several years ago the locai club
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received . in |mj , wu? .>im-y j t.
tied with Durham for the same honor,
aid last year the Murphy lions !
club was runner-up. The Secrc.'try's
cup for the best secretarial report
w nt to Boh Bristol of Mordant on.
It was decided to hold the convention
in Raleigh next June w
Deeming the reports as the best he ^
had ever heard after having attend- j,ed
over 125 meetings, Earl W. Hod5- ^
es, cl'Vew York, past ir iniational e
pe.-ident of the Lions club, congrat- &
elated those present on having such
a fine meeting. R
Directors at the meeting wei**: W.
M. Fain, Murphy; C. Fred Brown,
Asheville; Rex Bellas, Salisbury; '
Rufus Johnson, Gastonia; Arnold a
Koontz, High Point; Mr. White, g
Shelby and Guy Brady, Raleigh.
The attendance trophy was won by M
Gastonia.
Two business session were held at
the convention?on Thursday after- n
noon at 1:3C o'clock and on Friday ^
rooming at '.>.00. At Friday morning v
session, Mr. Fain gave an eight minute
talk un "Worthwhile Activities."
The convention was by now means h
>nfined t business sessions for improvements
of th different clubs, t
Banouet. balls, golf tournaments, v
trip around the town, and a number ci
of other ciueitaining features were
held. Many ladies related to attending j .
Lions rted present.. I \
The 1 cil club listed 53 activities
? their r's work which gives them
a fine standing nationally.
HAMPTON CI rrTrn
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TEMPORARY TV AC | !c
MANAGER TUESDAY ?
*S ^ H. Hampton was elected tempor- *
D >ry manager of the TV A canning
house at a meeting in the county farm
h agents office Tuesday morning. *
h Mr. Hampton will take charge of 1
H lhe cleaning out of the canning house,
M installation of the machinery alh
readv moved here from Robbinsville, J
h ?nd the setting up of tie new mach- 1
inery that is being shipped.
H The new machinery
the equipment to be used in .the can- (
h D.ng house. The bill for the entire
h ?achinery has .been roughly estimated ?
*s over $800. Actual repair work,
: ?ovsng, and incidentals are not inH
eluded in these figures.
I TV * A" ?arr? supervisor of the ,
I rt, remain here for two or
C ^Tae days to help Mr. Hampton inH
j* the machinery and clean up.
Hi .**the meeting the committee elect- '
H n v e ^*ee secretary and treasurer. 1
H rn committee were: Mrs. John C.
h ^jJPbell, J. a. Barr, A. Q. Ketner,
h ? H, Ellis, W. M. Fain, J. W. McMil
Mr. Hampton.
hftir j *armers in this section are reh
ta^ing a great deal of inh
ln the cannery. Approximately
h ?f tomatoes and beang have
^1 and* ^een contracted. More beans
9 out "Jatoes than that have been set
9 ha* * the cannery is expected to
rf a busy season.
9 er .?,t!Ver there is a call for a larg9
the Tv^Spt,?n ?* tomatoes. As yet
19 prices have not been made
UtTk.' **9 will be sufficient to
9 it ?r v fnier a ff??d bargin of profM
?c on crop.
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My Newspaper in Ifestern North Ci
Murphey, N. C., Fi
WO PERSONS HURT (
VHEN AUTOMOBILE v
VRECKS NEAR HERE
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Two of a party of four New \ork
urists escaped with minor injuries;
id two were unhurt when their car,
upned 50 feet over an embankment T
id landtd in the Hiawassce river on J
ighway 28 about two miles south- f
ist of Murphy Wednesday afternoon. |
E. T. Ricketts, driver of the car, ;
;ceived a cut over the left eye, and J
is small sister, Martha, was sciatch1
and bruised on the head and arms
hen she was thrown fiom the car be>re
it went over the embankment. ^
is mother, Mrs. E. B. Ricketts, and tl
fiiend, 'Mrs. B. T. Moor , escaped v
nhurt.
The car suffered much damage,
le top being crushed and the hood 1
nd radiator were badly mailed in. h
he accident occurie.1 when on of the c
?ar tires went soft and caused the ?
ir to careen into a bank on the t
pht. Mr. Ricketts lost control when
aimed over on it side. Th car then
ghted itself sweivcd to t.ie left and
Inn owl ml *
!-?- ?-1 mi- cii7i7?tiiKiiieni. | *
The Ricketts party w ?e southbound | h
rom New V< 1%. T.icy plan to spend t
few days in Murphy while the car h
he in? repaired and then continue I '
)ulhward. They were brought t?> >
?wn by Mrs. J. W. Bailey where first *
id was administered those that need- 11
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)ROWNS IN WATER
FOUR FEET DEEP .
AT SANTEETLAH 1
W.hile swimming in four ftet of
atei, 15 feet from the shore-line of
ake Sant-etlah Saturday morning,
rank Gamible, 24-year-old automo-il
ile salesman of Newton, was drown- 1
d. Diath was attributed to a heart
ttack.
Gamble had gone to the lake near 1
Lobbinsville for a week-end fishing <
rip with J. R. Gaithers, also of New- i
?n. In less than an hour after they r
rrived, Gamble was said to have <
one swimming alone. He swam
cross the neck of the lake and then
rent under.
iHis body was recovered at 1:15 (
iaturday afternoon by a party of
len unchr t?he direction of Sheriff
*. R. Griffith, of Graham county, j
.'ho dragged the lake for the body.
At an inquest Dr. J. H. Ciawford
estified that drowning was due to
eart failure.
The body of Gamble, who was said
hflVA hoi-n nwpii.H a vear ntru.
''as returned to Newton in the niTd- j
lie part of the state.
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2!JAY KETNER TO
BE IN ANDREWS
EVERY FRIDAY
Quay Ktner. Cherokee County
igent, announced that he had se:ured
an office in Andrews and will
>e stationed there one day each week.
Ie will probably b thete all day Frilay.
.but as yet has not definitely
lecided the exact day.
Mr. Ketner's office here in the
rourt house is open Monday and
very morning in the week. He is in
lis office all day on Saturdays.
He said he believed by going to
Andrews one day per week he could
ittend his business in that section
vith more thouroughness than hereof
ore as the scope of his work all
>ver t^ie county keeps him very busy.
TVA FORESTRY MAN
AND STATE EXPERT
HERE ON BUSINESS
Bernard Frank, of Knoxville, Tenn.
TVA forestry inspector, and R. W.
Greaber, of Raleigh, state forester,
were here Wednesday to make a preliminary
investigation of timber in
the Hiawassee basin as to the possiblities
of wood-working industries.
Declining to divulge any authentic
information they may have had from
headquarters, they rode out through
Clay county with A. Q. Ketner, Cherqjcee
county agent.
Mr. Ketner said they were inspecting
the quality and kinds of timber
in this section in hope of finding it
favorable to start up possible new
TVA projects.
Mr. Frank and Mr. Greaber arrived
Tuesday morning and left Wednesday
morning for further study in this
side of the hiDo.
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Jrolina. Covering a Large and Poten
iday, June 22, 1934.
:ases tried f
with record
speed here,;
uiie Session Of Superior
Court Brings Swift Verdicts
On Civil Cases. ki
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A heavy docket faced Judge Mc !j.'
llroy, Monday, the opening day of C1
ic June sesgjon of the Superior Court sc
ith 61 cases to be tried. ^
Two divorces granted within the
irst hour of its sitting was the record
une up by the Cherokee superior
ourt Monday. This session i? a n
cheduled two weeks term for th tl
:ial of civil cases only. a
I'hc fi'st fifteen n mutes t" the e
our w - devoted to hearing the di( re
petition of M. X. i' 'k? from
na Mae Parker. Mr. Pa:kci- showed \
o the court that they had not been
i) the c urt thai they had not be n r
ving together du: ing the pa t two t.
[ears, and that he had been keeping a
he children. The jury d librated v
ibout five minutes and returned a c
avotable verdict and the court .grant- ^
d tie decree and gav him custody j,
f the children. c
-M. C. Satterlield was granted a di- "
orce fr m Josie Satterfield on thgrounds
of desertion during the next
5 minutes. Following this the court 1
pent the greater part of the morning c
hacking th sixty odd cases on '.he '
alendar. *'
In the case of J. \V. Walker, who e
lad been given a homestead exemption s
jom receivership on his lcsidcnce at v
\ndrews. the jury held that his e
tome was worth $2,000. His residence s
iad be n valued at $1,000 and allot- y
;d as his homestead. However, cred- j
tors contended t.hat the property was i
.vorth more and the value of the prop- e
?rty was fixed by the jury. s
s
A motion of non-suit was sustainin
by the court in favor of the defendant
in the case "f Guiney P. Hood,
Commissioner of Bunks, against L. E.
Cayless, former ca-kier ot the Bank
>t Murphy, in which th backing conjini-.-ionei
ought collection on r.otes
aggregating Sa.OOo given by ilavless
and others wvhen the hank re- pened
in March 1931.
The note were a as deferred
agreements a; d a vond ti^n of the
br.nk le-opcning. fhe commissioner
of banks con;ended the obligations
valid fnn the time they were exe
i iited and placed in the bank. The!
defendant.- ontend-d that the notes
jand agreement were valid only if the
bank continued to operate. The hank
closed and was taken ov?r by the liquidating
agent in February 1933.
hive cases involving principally the
same questions of law, were made out
of Me whole. Besides the case against
Bayless, the others were the commissioner
rf banks against, J. C. Coburn,
M. VV. Bell, \Y. \V. Hyde, and
Mrs. E. G. White. The case of Bayless
was the only one tried at this
court.
Giay & Christopher, attorneys for
the commissioner of banks and liquidating
agent,.filed notice of appeal to
the supreme court, and none of the
remaining case's are likely to be tried
until the supreme court passes on the
merits of the case against Bayless.
Moody & Moody and M. W. Bell were j
attorneys for the defendant.
If motion for non-suit is sustained
by the supreme court, attorneys believe
it will have some bearing on the
deferred agreements signed prior to
the reopening of the bank by depositors,
involving a sum in excess of
$25,000. A numiber of depisotors
signed second agreements to let various
percent of their deposits remain
id the bank until all other depositors
had been paid in full. When the
bank closed the second time, the liquidating
agent refused to accept the
amounts signed on these deferred
agreements as common claims ahd
they were accepted as deferred claims.
If the court upholds tfie non-suit
in the Bayless case, attorneys say
suits against the liquidating agent
probably would place these depositor
deferred agreements upon the common
claim list. As a result of the nonsuiting
of the Baylesg case, already
plans are being made to have these
deferred depositor agreements aired
in court.
tially Rich Territonr in This State
$1
5OWER COST
UNDER'
tankin's Talk Gives
Power Rates Under
(EDITOR'S NOTE:' Following is
speech made by Hon. John E. Uann,
of Mississippi, in the House of
epresentativ.s, June 2. As an ;nication
of the lesults relative to the
jwer question in this section if -he
VA dani were built here, we sinrely
ask every reader to put htm?lf
and his business in the place of
le lollowing example?- of the reilts
of the first contract signed b\
ie TV A with t.ne city of Tupelo,
liss.)
One of the great.st acomplishlents
of this administration?one of
ie greatest accomplishments of any
dministration in all the history of
ur country?is that of putting into i
ffci the powe? policies of the j
:<> ev it uimir.ist' ati- n through the |
istrumcntality of the Tennessee 1
adey Authotity. thereby giving to*
lie American p_e pie electric lights (
nd power at rat s based tuion .he
est of production and distribution,
nd not upon the alleged value, of
ratced st ck>. exorbitant ( v rheau
barges, ami expenses of maintaining
olding companies and their sub- iiries?or
based upon the helpless
onsumer's "ability to pay." A- 1 said
n this floor once befoie, if Pies:-;
en Roosevelt had never done anyhing
else for the American pee.pl .
nis one act aione wouw oe sumcint
to carry his name down the cen- .
urics. It is one of the greatest ach- !
vements of modern times.
The hydroelectric power of this
ountry is our greatest natural reource,
outside of the soil fr?n. which
i*e live. There is enough potential 1
lectrie energy in our navigable
treams now going to waste to sup?ly
all the needs of the American
>eople. Heretofore this power has
>een used for the benefit of a favor- |
d few, and has ben monopolized and
o used as to maintain rates so high
is to prevent its liberal use by the I
tverage individual or by the small
nterpiise.
When the Tennesee Valley Authority
was created, something like a year I
igo, t.he President asked them to'
work oi\ a "yardstick", showing a
r asonable rate to be charged the
jltimate consumers for electric light
and power. That yardstick was
worked out and the rates thereundei
were applied in the first contract
signed by the Tmesee Valley Authority
with the city of Tupelo, Miss.
It has ben charged by the private
power companies thai these rates are
below the cost of production of el-ctrir
energy. That is ftot true, the
TVA tpok into consideration every
clement ol cost inv*1*"^d. They even
added qn item for taxes which a private
corporation would have to pay.
They J id this in older to be absolutely
certain that they were not selling
this power below the cost of production.
These rates will be lowered in
the vears to come. Thev are hierher
than the rates in Canada, where they
they have had public ownership of
power facilities for many years. They
are higher than the rates in Tacoma,
Wash., wheie they have had public
ownership for many years; and, if
private power companies will squeeze
the water out of their stocks, get rid
of useless holding companies, whose
stocks as a rule are all water, and
quit spending so much money for
high salaried officials, attorneys' fees
paid to lawyers who are hired for
political purposes and otherwise they
can deliver electric energy to the
American people and where in the
United States at the TV A rates.
The Tupelo contract went into effect
on February 7, 1934. On that
daite the TVA began to furnish electric
energy to the city of Tupelo to
be retailed at the yardstick rates. Up
to that time we were paying the same
exorbitant rates that were charged
country by "the private . power comfor
electric energy throughout the
paniesf?the same unreasonable unconscionable
and exorbitant rates
that are now being paid by the constituents
of the gentleman from New1
York (?Mr. Fish).
In order that Members of the
House and everyone else who reads
this Record may appreciate what
this reduction in rates has meant to
the ultimate consumer, I am going
to read into the Record at this point
duplicate power bills paid in Tupelc
in the month of January under the
old rates and then in the month oi
Mafch under the new TVA rates. In
order that everyone who desires tc
lit PAGES
TODAY
1.00 YEAR?5c COPY
LESS
TV A RATING
Example Of Lessened
TVA.
PASTOR TO FILL
BAPTIST PULPIT
THIS SUMMER
Rev. and Mrs. Baucom,
Now Living In Parsonage
To Be Here Until Fall.
The Rev. 11. W. Bui: m. Jr. filled
the pulpit of the Baptist church
were Sunday. He is the first regular
preacher for nearly thrc years.
With his wift, Mr. Baucom arrived
here last Thursday to he the
tempt tary pastor l" . the summer
months. Unless some u.ufoiseeii ciicumstance
comes up in the meantimhe
expects to preach here until fall.
Rev. and Mrs. Baucom ,te now residing
in the Baptist parsonage on
Hickory Street. The house is now
nearly completely furnished. Member"
of the church have aided miteiially
in beautifying the parsonage.
Mr. Bauerm is about 25 years old.
and attended hiKh school in Wilmington,
NL C. Later he went to Wal^p
Forest where he was graduated last
January. He came here from the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
at Louisville. He is the von of
Rev. and Mrs. H. W. B'aucom. Sr.,
pastor of the Baptist church at Waynesville.
Mrs. Baucom is from Wake Forest.
She attended Meredith college in Raleigh
where she was working on a
bachelor of music degree. Before
coming h^re she was in the music
tiaining school at Louisville. Her
name before marriage one year ago
last May, was Ruth Harrison.
During an interview Thursday
morning in the parsonage, Rev. Baucom
said he was very glad to be here.
He said he had become vciy much
attached to the town and it- people
and only hoped he could stay her3
permanently. He also added anyone
desiring to do so may see him in his
study any morning from 10 to 11:30.
Hi* study i- at the parsonage.
When Mr. Baucom leaves in t.'-.e i'all
he and his wife intend to return to.
Louisville.
BOY SCOUTS TO
1 MAKE CANVASS
FOR USED BOOKS
A direct canvass will be ir:ide to
every home in the city el" \lurphy
next week by the Boy Scouts for the
purpose of getting books for the library
here. The Scouts under t.he direction
of K. C. Wriffht are eoonerat
ing with Miss Josephine Heighway,
librarian, to add more books to the
library.
The drive is one of the steps designsd
to re-stock the local library.
Special efforts are being made to obtain
books of fiction, biography, and
children's books. Although no special
efforts will be made to obtain textbooks
they will be acceptable.
Due to an error in setting type last
week, it was said there were 200
books on the shelves at the library.
This should have read 2000. A lot of
the books are well-worn, but they are
being read constantly by some 900
people.
A gift of used books of any natuie
will be greatly appreciated on this
drive. Miss Heighway, Mr. Wright,
I and the Boy Scouts join in expressing
appreciation for anything you may
j want to give them when they call.
I do so may get first-hand information
| from the people referred to, I am
going to insert the names of the con|
sumers.
II will take the domestic consumer
I first, since he has been the most un!
justly imposed upon in the past. He
was the "forgotten man" un?til the
i Roosevelt administration came to his
rescue. Let us see what has been
done for him. I hold in my hand the
: power and light receipts of Mr. A. E.
Berkley and others of Tupelo, Mis?,
i In January Mr. Berkley used 24 kilok
watt-hours of electric energy, at a
! cost of $2.40, under the old rates,
i: In March he used 27 kilowatt-hours
> j of electric energy, Iot which he paid