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Vol. XLV.?No. 47.
FOURTH
Local Road E
Going To E
Four Mile Road To Tellico
10,000 Acres Of Wood
Seeking immediate ac
of approximately four mi
mountains section of Chei
the Wessels Lumber Com
from a I 0,000 acre bound,
a delegation of citizens, bee
will go to Raleigh this we
with State Highway and I
matter, it was learned Thi
This unconstructed link of road
stands between Muiphy and a boundary
of timber containing 100 million ,
;t : of lumber. Its construction means
inis timber will be shipped and mark
. eled through .Murphy, utnerwise, 11
will O -hipped and marketed through
Tellico Plains, Tenn., Mr. Witherfpoon
said.
Most of the Cherokee boundary
lies on the Tellico side of the mountains,
he said, and only a small p rt?on
of it is accessible by road fiom
the Notth Carolina side. This is
known a* the Hangingdog side. However,
a f r st service road, over the
Babcock logging railroad bed, enters
the boundary from Tellico Plains on
the Tennessee side.
Operations in the Hangingdog side
oi the boundary .have been going on
the past three or four moths by the
Weasels Lumber Company, of Cherokee
and Avery counties, with yards at
Murphy and Cranberry. The operation
in Avery will be completed within
thre. more months, W. B'. Wessels,
President and general manager, said
this week, and then all activities of
the com; any will be transferred to the
Cherokee boundary.
, pPerat'on in Cherokee now in
ciuaes lour >-aw mills ana une tmpioyment
of approximately 100 men. The !
lumber is being sawed on the ground '
an?i trucked to Murphy where it is
stacked on t^.e yard tor drying. It will
(Contiued on page eight, this section)
REVENUE OFFICERS
SMASH STILL, 200
GALLONS OF MASH
A large still and 200 gallons of
m*h and beer were destroyed up on
Bry.son Creek near the Feaverdam
Town-hip early Sunday morning by
a United States revenue officer and
members of the sheriff's department.
The beer and mash were ready to
be made up, officers said, and on information
tha? it would be, officers
baited all night but the operators
evidently received a tip that the place
was being shadowed and did not show
QP. The still, cap and condenser were I
missiiijg and could not be located in
the vicinity. After pouring out the
b-er and mash and destroying all
eiuipment, the officers left.
Participating in the raid were John
Norton, deputy revenue officer, of
Asheville; Henry Rose and Clifford
Rose, deputy sheriffs; and Walter
Dockery, Clifton Radford and Mark
Farmer as assistants.
number oftva
FORESTRY MEN
EXPECTED HERE
Approximately a dozen TV A worker-"
will come to Murphy on business
connected with surveying forests in
ttus section as part of the TV A pro-1
jram.
details of the arrival and work intended
could not he learned at a ilate
"for Thursday. However there is a 1
Mneral belief that there is some
"fniction between work <}f these
5?o and the inspection of Bernard
TOtlfc of KnoxviUe, Tenn., and R.
Graeber,' North Carolina state
"rester, made here more thin a week
ro as to the possibilities of wood"ftking
industries.
_.Gf?cral reports said that the men
fold work on a 12,000 acre patch
, tn tlje lofer end of Cherokee
1 ?"MtT upon arrival.
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klv Newspaper in Western North Ct
Murphej
oTjuly
)elegation
laleigh Soon
i Mountains Would Bring
Through Murphy.
:tion on the construction
les of road in the Tellico
rokee county, to enable'
pany to bring the timber ^
ary out through Murphy, i
ided by Don Witherspoon
ek-end for a conference
rERA officials about the
ursday.
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MAIN SPEAKER
AT LIONS CLUB
Announcement Of Committees
Made; Meetings
Will Be Held Outdoors.
An address on highway beautification,
decision to hold meetings of
Ihe club outdoors during the summer,
and announcement of committees for
the coming year featured a meeting
of the Lions club at the Murphy Cafe
Tuesday night.
Park W. Fisher, of Brasstown,
teacher in the John C. Campbell
Folk School and chairman of the
Cherokee county highway beatification
committee, made the principal
address. Mr. Fisher explained the different
phase of beautification work,
named several specific instances in
Cherokee county where the highways
were being made more attractive.
H urged the co-operation of landowners,
civic and fraternal clubs, and
public spirited citizens in the movement
to have unsightly and dilapidated
signs removed, buildings and
mailboxes and banks along the highways
improved, as well as the planting
of more flowers and shrubbery
nn fhrt hnnlfi nnrl in fhi> VflPrlc in frnnt
of dwellings.
The club voted to co-operate with
Mr. Fisher in the work and a committee
from the club will be named by
the president during the next few
(Continued on page 5)
Buford Mason Here
Greeting Old Friends
Buford Mason, son of Dr. an
Mrs. W. C. Mason, of Culberon,s wa>
in town Monday shaking hands and
greeting many old friends.
Mr. Mason was a lormer resident
c? Culberson. He attended Young
Harris where he graduated in 1927
and was a member of the basketball
team. He then went to Washington,
tional university while being employed
by the Department of Justice,
and finished the course recently. He
was admitted to the District of Columbia
bar last week.
Mr. Mason came south for tbe purpose
of taking the Georgia bar examination
before Judge J. Harold Hawkins,
at Marietta, Ga., Wednesday,
June 27th. and for a short vacation
with home folks. He plans to return
to Washington Friday, and will return
to North Carolina next month
to take the state bar examination at
Paleigh.
He is at present with the Department
of Justice at Washington, and
plans to secure a position as special
inxestigator for the government in
the future.
TOMOTLA INVITES
SINGING CLASSES
THERE ON SUNDAY
An invitation is extended to all
singing classes in this section to be
present at an all day singing to
held in Totnotla at the Baptist church
Sunday July 1. All visitors as well as
as the singing classes are invited to
attend.
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irolina. Covering a Large and Pole
'? N. C., Friday, June 29,
CELEBR
EXTRA TERM OF 1
SUPERIOR COURT
MEETS MONDAY:
Jury Announced For
Special Session Which
Will Try All Civil Cases
A special term of Cherokee county
Superior court will .b* held here
beginning: Monday with Judge Small
on the bench.
No court calendar hash een yet
announced, but backstanding civil
suits will be presented for judgment.
The jury commissioners, H. M.
Whitaker, T. J. King and B. R. Carroll
met on June 16 and appointed
the following jury to serve at the
special session; 1. Alga West, Marble;
2. J. P. Whitaker, Andrews; 3.
Wm. N. Roberts, Unaka; 4. Ben
Mintz, Marble; 5. Ed Waldroup,
Brasstown; 6. T. N. Raper, Vests; 7.
Ross Hcnsley, Murphy8. R. A.
ouieius, \>uioerson; y. K. m. K;ng,
Murphy; 10. J. L. Rollins, Andrews;
11. J. W. Kilpattick, Ranger; 12. W.
N*. Anderson, Suit; 13. Walttr Walker,
Andrews; 14. .1. W. Qdom, Unaka;
15. Sam Parker, Marble; 1Q. J. B.
Martin, Murphy; 17. Tom Hughes,
Murphy; 18.. R. W. Qladson, Culbeison;
19. Homer Kisslebuig, Culberson;
20. George Bates, Unaka; 21.
M. L. Mauney, Murphy; 22. B. D.
Morrow, Muiphy; 23. A. R. St&lcup,
Murphy; 24. Frank Abernathy, Murphv.
Claning up a heavy docket of 04
cases in record time, the regular
June te:m ended Monday. All cases
on the calendar were hea:d and subsequent
judg-ments passed, or they
were disposed of in some official manner.
manIskiIled
with hammer
near murphy
. .
Taylor Gives Himself Up
To Sheriff; Preliminary
Hearing Waived.
Aft-- r having admitted he banned
in the head of Walter Kidd, 17-yearqld
farmer with :t hammer in a fight j
Saturday night, Bascomb Taylor, 31, |
Monday, thiough his attorneys. Gray]
and Christopher, waived preliminary
hearing anil was returned to jail
pending negotiations for bond.
The fight took place Saturday
evening about 7 o'clock at Kidd Gap, i
eig^it miles from Murphy. Kidd sue- 1
cumbed to the injuries at 5 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Reports Saturday night that a man
had 'ben killed, led several parties to
the sc.ne of the crime where Kidd,
clad in overalls, lay outstretched in
the toad, his head badly mashed. At
the suggestion of Coroner S. C.
Heighway, fce was carried about a
mile down the road to his homewhere
the died later.
In the meantime Taylor had gone
to t.he Murphy jail where he surrendered
to Jailer Grady Carringer. He
was accompanied by his brother,
Fred, and E. E. Stiles.
Details of the gruesome affair
were learned Sunday morning in an
interview with Taylor, who, appear
ing rather nervous, couia oner no
reason for the crime other than while
creeping along the lonely stretch of
road in an old truck he was suddenly
attacked by the one-armed, nearly
blind Kidd. with a truck crank. In
silf-defense, Taylor said, he hit back
with a namraer he found in the tool
box at his left, and hit Kidd on the
(Contiued on page e:ght, thb section)
Mr. Paul Owenby Is
Confined With Injury
The many friends of Mr. Paul
Owenby will be glad to learn that he
has returned from the Petrie hospital
where h? was confined with an infected
foot.
Mr. Owenby was dismissed from
the hospital Sunday and returned to
hk home in the Regal hotel where
he has been receiving the best wishes
for a speedy recovery from a .host of
friends.
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ntially Rich Terri tn-~* in Thtt $tai
1932 ;
ATION P!
Several Thousand Expect
Which Is Sponsored By
Post?Everybody Is In\
A gala Fourth of Ju
is assured bv the Joe Mille
erican Legion. A tcntati
big baseball game, a dam
and a la*-ge list of competi
ned by a committee appo
W. Lovingood at the Legi
TVA DAM BACKED1,
BY LEG10NNARIES
IN MEETING HERE
American I ecnon Dvawe!
Up Resolution In Favor
Of Coleman Site.
Throwing itself whole-heartedly in
back of the plan to boost possibilities
of buildinf: the TVA dam here,
the Joe Miller Elkins Post of t?ie
American Legion drew up a resolution
to that effect at a meet;ng held
in the Scout office Friday night,
with Commander A. W. Lovingoe d in
charge.
Other business transacted at the
meeting included tenative plans and
appointment of committees for a big
celebration here on July 4th.
It was decided to hold the meetings
of the post only once eacii month
during the summer, on the first Friday
nights. The place of meeting will
be in the conference room of The
Scout, the new manager of The Scout
having invited the Legion to continue
to hold their meetings there'as usual.
Commander Lovningood explained
Lhe new program of the FERA as it
applies to veterans, and said veterans
did not have preference under it as
they did und?r the CWA and PWA.
(Contiued on page eight, this section)
County Delegates To
State Convention
i The Democratic State Convention
j in Raleigh last Thursday was attentieu
by Harry P. Cooper and W. T.
Cooper from Murphy, as delegates.
Besides the regular election of officers
and members for the convention
committee, a resoultion was adopted
in respect to David J. Kerr, of Can
I tun, wno uiea two weeks ago.
At a well-attended caucas meeting
held in Ralugh theater, the 11th district
elected the following officers:
W. E. Breese of Transylvania w&j
named member cf Uie committee on
credentials; S. P. Dunnagan of Rutherfoid,
member of the committee on
permanent organization; Harry P.
I Cooper, of Cherokee, district vicepre.-ident;
Ted R. Ray of Henderson
assistant district secretary; and A.
Hall Jr.hnson of Buncombe, president
and platform committee member.
Twelve members of the State executive
committe nanxd were:
E. M. Burdette *-f Buncombe, Dan K.
Mcoie, of Jackson. J. H. Yelton of
Henderson, C. O. Ridings of Rutherford,
Frank W. Miller of Haywood,
E. K. Dysart of McDowell, Mrs. Giles
W. Cover of Cherokee, Mrs. Joe Silverstein
of Transylvania, Mrs. George
H. Cat hey of Polk, Miss Olive Patton
of Macon, Mrs. W. E. Elmore of
Swain and Mrs. R. B. Slaughter of
Graham.
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V^uvo V/U Iti oao liviiwua^u uy
Harry P. Cooper, spokesman. Cherokee
county is entitled to 22 delegates
to the state convention.
The congressional executive committee
named are:
George T. Robertson of Buncombe,
T. C. Gray of Clay, Harry P. Cooper
of Cherokee, R. B. fMorphew of Graham,
.Mrs. W. A. Hyatt of Haywood,
Harry E. Buchanan of Henderson,
Mrs. E. L. McKee of Jackson, Grady
^Nichols of McDowell, John W. Edwards
of Macon, 'Cyrus McRorie of
RutiheTford, K. E. Bennett of Bwain,
C. P. Rogers of Polk, and John E.
Rufty of Transylvania.
The State judicial executive committee
sete"ted was:
E. C. Often of Pnncombe. J. N.
Moody of Cherokee, George W. Cherry
of Clay, R. L. Phillips of Graham,
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TODAY
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$100 YEAR?5c COPY
LANNED
:ed To Attend Program
Joe Miller Elkins Legion
rited.
ly celebration in Murphy
:r Eikins Post of the Amvc
program featuring a
ce, a Legion get-together
tive sports, is being planinted
by Commander A.
ion meeting Friday.
The committemen are: H. H. Hickman,
T. J. Mauney, Harry P. Cooper,
Jake Jordan, C. W. Bailey and W.
E. Studstill.
As the Scout went to press definite
ariangements had not yet been made,
but Commander Lovingood said he expected
3000 to 4000 people here to
take part in the festivities.
As it stands now, the probable
schedule follows: A number of hili
arious features such as catching the
I greasy pig, climbing the greasy pole
with a five dollar bill on top as the
prize, lat man's race, etc., will be
held at the fait grounds in the morning.
A fast ball game between the local
team and the team from the CCG
; Camp at Tellico Plains (which teams
battled furiously in a game he e last
Saturday) wjll be played at the ball
grounds in tjje afternoon.
In the evening there will be a great
big get-together for all legionnaires
of tJie county. All have been cordially
invited.
Following the meeting there will
be a dance. Whether it will be a
: square dance or a round dance has
I yet not been decided a ?
- -- evwu 6'?up
of lcoal musicians will render the toetickling
melodies, Commander Lovir.good
assured.
People from Copiperhill and many
other towns in this vicinity have already
made arrangements to be here
for the big celebration, he said. No
bigger crowd has ever been expected
in Murphy, and there is no doubt
t.hat the whole thing will b^ a big
success.
There is a lot of fun in store for
everybody. This is a good chance to
I forgit worries and tioubles for one
glorious day in the city of Murphy.
The many attraction will last from
early morning until late in the nigh..
All me:chant- and business houses
are cooperating 100 per cent to pu.
on one oi the biggest shows Murphy
has to offer the surrounding community.
Adequate provisions have been
made for any number of people tha:
come in town on that day.
Privelege Licenses
Must Be Purchased
"Every person, firm and corporaation
in North Carolina, and more
especially in my district, who have
not yet secured the special privilege
license for the coming fiscal year, arcurged
to do so before midnight Ot
June 30th," T. J. Mauney, deputy
commissioner of the State Revenue
department, said in a public statement
here this week.
The Revenue department is using;
every means possible to bring to the
attention of every person, firm and
corporation liable for the new special
privilege license, he said, and failure
to get license on or before June 21st
makes it a misdemeanor and liable
for a penalty. Each day engaged in
business since June 1st, constitutes a
separate offense, Mr. Mauney continued.
"There is no disposition on the
part of the State to impose the penalties
prescribed by law, but unless licenses
are secured on or before midnight
of June SOth, the agents of the
department cannot act otherwise
than impose the penalties which the
law prescribes, and I want to urge
all who are liable for license in this
territory to get them at once and
avoid the penalties and unnecesary
emfbarassment," Mr. Mauney concluded.
R. L. Whitmire of 'Henderson, Dan
Allison of Jackson, D. F. Giles of McDowell.
Frank Moody of Macon, N.
R. McOoin of Polk, Oscar J. Mooneyham
of Rutherford, I. P. Crawford
of Swain, Otto Alexander of Tran.*ylvania.