Thursday May 21, 1936
Marble To Play Big
Buford Team Saturday
Saturday brings one of the finest
Class "C" ball teams in the south
to Marble to meet the "Blues"?
tone other than the great Bona
Allen team from Buford which won
21 out of 2*? panics played last season.
This is the most important panic
tin Marble boys have played thus
far this season and it will in all proh
ably be ot.e of the outstanding local
matches ??f the season.
Manager Tom Coggin- is priming
his boys for the affair for if the
"Blues" win it will mean new shoes
of all hands around?not scree, by
shoes with bulldog toes, but honest
to-goodness shoes that will fit. And
who wouldn't be willing to bat three
or four clear out of the county foi
a new pair of dogs.
Franchise Granted
Murphy Bus Line
Raleigh. May 18.?A joint board
of the interstate commerce commission
granted the Dayton Brothers
Bus line of Murphy a franchise today
to operate between Murphy and
Knoxville, Tenn.
R. O. Self, member of the board
and chief clerk of the state utilities
commission said it was the first franchise
to be granted a North Carolina
bus line under the federal motor
carrier act of 1235.
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A. W. Mclver Is . . .
(Continued from front page) i
of the Democrats from Dr. J. N.
Hill, Murphy physician, who has held
the post since his brother, the late ,
n i) ti:n .1- _i i _ i. ? i
Ks. o. iiiii, uu'U a >cui mm a nun
ago, Mr. Mclver simply stated, "I
will do my very best to carry on the
duties of this office", and went
ahead with other busines before the
convention.
He was greatly applauded when
uccepting the chairmanship.
Another major development reported
by the committee was the
naming of L. B. Nichols, Andrews
merchant, in the place of Pole Piercey,
of Andrews, for county commissioner
from the Valleytown district.
Since four men from this state
senatorial district are seeking a seat
in the next session of the general assembly,
the con\ention went on record
as urging the aspirants for the
senatorial office to elect representatives
and "try to eliminate a primary
so as to cause less friction when we
go to the polls."
Those out for the office are G. W.
Cover, Jr., of Andrews, M. H. Alexantler,
of Clay county, and Kelly
Bennett and Vance Browning (the
latter seeking reelection), both of
Swain county.
In an address to the Convention
Harry P. Cooper stressed the point
that the Democratic party was carrying
the entire responsibility of the
new registration ordered for the
voters of Cherokee County, and
particularly cautioned tnem to be ,
fair and just in passing 011 the *
qualifications of voters presenting f
themselves for the new registration, j
He said no Democrat in Cherokee
County could be elected to any of- ]
Sice in the county unless he had the ?
goodwill and support of his Repub- ]
lican friends because the majority \
of voters in this county are Repub* ]
licans. He further stated that it was
not fair to candidates themselves i
who are trying to win support in the t
coming election to have registrars de- .
stroy all the support and goodwill \
they might build up by antagonizing ,
and depriving voters of years stand- ]
ing in either party of their inalien- \
able rights to register and vote and
exercise their franchise of citizen- i
ship. ,
"When the Statute of North Carolina,
(section 5939) is laid down side :
by side with the registration books 1
used as a guide, really after all there
are only two clrsses of citizens who
can be legally barred from register- i
ing and that is: those who did not i
register and vote in 1908 or prioi ]
A iU- ? -
uicic-iv, aiiu uiuae who present j
themselves to register now who can- i
not read and write provided they are
not lineal descendents of persons
who did register and vote before December
1, 1908 or prior thereto,'
he added.
Mr. M. L. Mauncy then addressed
the convention and stated that he
was in the legislature when the disfranchisement
law was passed and
that in the main, it was only intended
for negroes. i
Then Mr. Bruce King, of Topton.
and J. S. Keener, of Tomotla, sug- i
gested that there be an organization ;
of township registrars to go into the
t matter. t
Before adjourning .the chairman
and secretary were instructed by i
! The Chen
the convention to name 24 delegates
and alternates to attend the
sttae convention Friday, Junp 12.
at Raleigh. They will be announced
later.
Investigation . . .
(Continued from front page)
the result of 'political enemies' and
a^ the proper time he would establish
what happened 'could not be
helped", the report said.
Witt refused to divulge the names
of the men he had questioned, but
said, according to their version of
the shooting. McKadden hatl stopped
at a refreshment stand just east of
CopperhiJl. As he stepped out of the
i uilding a passing car drew his atU
ntion. and he immediately got into
his ai < mobile and went back t towards
Cooperhill.
Drove By Again
Several minutes later McFadden
dro\e by the stand again headed towards
Murphy, and simultaneously
another machine whizzed by at a
rate of speed estimated by witnesses
at 70 miles per hour. A short distance
after the speeding car had
passed McFadden's automobile, it
stopped and pulled across the road,
blocking traffic at the entrance to
a detour.
At this point, according to Mr. |
Witt's account of the witnesses' tcs-,
timony, one of the occupants of the |
parked car opened fire on the Asheville
contractor with a rifle. As Mc-,
Fadden, wounded, stepped from his |
machine, his hands over his head, |
begging his assailant not to fire
a^ain, more shots were poured into
his body.
The testimony indicated there were
nopunants in tho car from
which McFadden was slain, and that
after the Ashcville man fell mortally
wounded to the ground near his automobile.
one of the three drew a pistol
and sent several more shots into I
the prone body.
Action Postponed.
Witt said that he would continue
he investigation until the case "was
leared up", and that he would present
his evidence to the Polk county
rrand jury, which Tuesday post
>oned action in the McFadden case
mtil June 21>, on instruction from
udge John L. Blair.
Witt also said that he wanted a
nember of the .McFadden family and
heir legal counsel to come to Madion
one day this week for a confernce
on, procedure.
Meanwhile the Madisonville attorney
general received word from
Vashington Tuesday that Attorney
ieneral Homer S. Cummings would
ie in Madisonville Friday to confer
vith him. He added that the trip
ras not specifically to investigate
IcFadden's death, but that the two
uId review past labor troubles at
i WPA project at Ducktown.
Of Routine Nature
Justice of Peace Robert L. Fry
Jliil ho had hoon railed to hnlH n
oroner's inquest over McFadden's
>ody about 6:15 Sunday evening, apuoximately
an hour after the skootng,
but that no witnesses were sumnoned
and that the procedure was
outine, his only findings being that
'MeFadden came to his death from j
junshot wounds, inflicted by unknown
persons."
Fiy added that officers of Sheriff
Birch Biggs had left Clarence Brooks
it the scene of the shooting to guard
VfcFadden's body but "neighbors" in
hat section had attacked Brooks and
:ad chased him away. j
Fry said that according to inforuation
given him by persons at the
>cene, McFadden's pistol was lying
ibout twelve feet from his car, but
n the absence of officers and the
?uard who -had been posted, someone
lad picked up the gun and carried
it away. The justice of the peace
added that he had sworn out a warrant
for Coleman Watts, for larceny
of the gun.
Dr. A. W. Lewis, county physician.
said that officers did not call him to
the inquest and that he had no information
concerning the shooting.
He added that the section was "practically
in a state of anarchy" and
that two bullets reported to have
been taken from McFadden's body
later were presented to the man who
shot him.
Other citizens of Copperhill indicated
they were extremely reluctant
to "give out information", in fear of
the consequences.
Lewis verified Fry's statement that
there were four bullet holes in the
windshield of McFadden's car, and
that it was now being held in a garage
in Copperhill with a suitcase,
brief case and letters found on the
slain man.
The Asheville man surrendered to
officers in Chattanooga last February
and at the time of his arrest made
the following statement to the Chattanooga
Times:
"McFadden and Crippen (the firm
holding the sub-contract) had been
>kee Scout, Murphy, Nort
on this United States works program
highway project only a few days before
demand for $500 graft money
was made on by a Biggs deputy.
Of course, this was refused. There
v. r.o labor trouble whatever. All
the men were anxious to work and
we had 126 relief workers on the
payroll. There were 128,000 manhours
in this federal project. Early
on the morning of Nov. 27, a wellorganized
mob. led by Biggs* chief
deputy in the copper basin and his
hcr.chnicn, appeared on this federal
project and feloniously assaulted os.
I was beaten over the head and face
and shot bv a Biggs deputy and his
henchmen, and when they thought
they had me killed, they ceased theii
; assault on me and pursued othei
j workmen.
Was U. S. Project
"This Polk couit'y job was being
done with federal money as a relief
measure, and the State of Tennessee
was the agent of the federal government,
and this attack on me and my
men by Biggs' deputy and his henchmen
was not only an assault upon
us. but was an attack upon the State
of Tennessee and the federal government
and an affront to the governor
of Tennessee and to President Roosevelt
in his great relief program. It
has resulted not only in damages to
me and my men, hut the road that
Chattanooga, Cleveland, Polk county
and the people of North Carolina
have been so long striving to have
completed has been delayed and
j there is a possibility of the project
' hr?ir?o- Piinrollerl and of these families
on relief in Polk county continuing
to suffer.
"I have not spared time nor expense
in assisting the fderal authorities
to investigate and determine the
responsibility of this deplorable attack
up on me, my men, the people
of Tennessee and President Roosevelt
and his program.
Not Guilty
*'Of course, it takes the federal
government time and I am new having
my attorneys bring this matter
to the attention of the Tennessee
and Norh Carolina senators to see
i if this outrage cannot be prosecuted
and properly punished.
"Of course, 1 am not guilty of
shooting Biggs' deputy. 1 was asleeo
in the Read House in Chattanooga at
the time the shooting occurred. As
a young man I was a resident of
Chattanooga, was in business here
married here, many of my family
still live here, but I have been living
in Asheville, N. C., for the past twenty-one
years and have been engaged
for many years in road construction
work and 1 have never seen bettci
engineers and finer men than are in
the state highway department and 1
have been treated splendidly Ly all
of the people of Tennessee, except
the shriff's office in Polk county.
Refused Bond
"Judge John J. Blair fixed my
bond at $2,500 and I have offered
that bond through my attorney to
Sheriff B. E. Biggs with the United
C* i ...
oiuiL-a r luciay anu uuaraniy company
as my bondsmen, but Sheriff
Biggs has refused this. Today I tenI
dercd this bond to the sheriff of
; Hamilton county and the cimmitting
I magistrate and this has been approved
and I am released.
Previous to his surrended, Sheriff
Biggs had refused to accept a $2,500
bond McFadden and his attorney had
obtained. Three days afterwards,
February 17 Judge L. D. Miller, in
granting a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus in McFadden's behalf,
ordered the sheriff to accept the
bond.
Escorted by two Hamilton county
(Chattanooga) detectives the Asheville
man went to the Polk county
line to meet Sheriff Biggs and made
the bond. "We drove up to the coun.
ty line, handed over the bond and
turned around and came back tc
Chattanooga." Attorney John S,
Wrinkle said.
Will Not Drop Case
The family of the slain man, yesterday
said that "they planned tc
push the investigation as high as
necessary to have justice done." David
McFadden, Jr., said arrangement!
had been made with Mr. Wrinkle, his
father's attonrey in Tennessee tc
handle the case.
Other than the message received
1 by Mr. Witt from Washington, there
' was nothing to indicate federal authorities
will enter the case, as thej
did when McFadden was injured last
November while on a WPA- project.
Last rites for the contractor were
held yesterday afternoon at Brown
ell-Dunn funeral parior, burial following
in Riverside cemetery.
McFadden, whose family resides
at 14 Sheridan road, is survived bj
his widow; two sons, David, Jr., ant
FVank McFadden; a daughter, Thel
ma; his mother, of Chattanooga
four sisters, Mrs. T. V. Cartwrighi
Mrs. Kate Walker, Chattanooga, Mrs
J. J. Light, Eastdale and Mrs. Evs
Harris, Nortonsville, and one brother
J. D. McFadden, Chattanooga.
h Carolina
I Frank Palmer of Hollywood, Calif.,
runs a rat farm and earns his living:
by renting trained rats to the movies.
Paid Political Ad
Murphy, N. C. May 20th, 1936.
To: Edwin Hyde, present Representative
of Cherokee County, Candidate
to succeed himself, and my opponent
:
The following is an open letter
which contains declarations, principles
and questions which I wish to
submit to you:
(I) I am asking you as a lawyer
and as Representative of the people
of Cherokee County to meet me on
the Stump", in joint debate and
discuss the issues before the people
in the following precincts in this
County and on the following dates:
Bates Creek School House?Friday,
May 22nd?7:00 P. M.
Walkers School House?Tuesday,
May 2Gth, 7:00 P. M.
Culberson, May 27th, 7:00 P. M.
Hot House at Johnson School
House, May 28th, 7:00 P. M.
Shoal Creek, Friendship School,
May 29th, 7:00 P. M.
| Liberty, May 30th, 7:00 P. M.
Long Ridge, June 1st, 7:00 P. M.
Beaverdam, June 2nd, 7:00 P. M.
Hangingdog, June 3rd, 7:00 P. M.
Biasstown, June 4th, 7:00 P. M.
Pcachtree, June 5th, 7:0 P. M.
You are a lawyer and have the
honor and distinction of representing
the people of Cherokee County and
ought to be able, competent and
qualified to meet an ordinary farmer
in open discussion of the issues
in the coming Prmary of June 6th,
1936.
(2) 1 am asking you the following
quesition:
(a) Where were you when the
Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners and his attorney came
to Raleigh, and for what purpose did
they come, and what did they do
there?
(3) Do you mind telling the people
who drew the bill providing for the
consolidation of the bonded indebtedness
of Cherokee county? Did the
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
draw the bill? Did the attorney
for the Board draw the bill oi
did the Senator from this District
draw the bill?
(4) Did you not state publicly in
the presence of myself and many
other citizens in the Town of Mur.
phy that the Attorney for the Board
drew the bill and that you passed
it through the House?
(5) Did you not tell in youi
hometown, Andrews, N. C., that Senator
Browning drew the bill and that
you made an amendment providing
for a vote of the people?
(6) Do you tell the people oi
Cherokee County that you are so ignorant
of public affairs that you did
not know that those whole system oi
bond consolidation was a scheme to
help a few wealthy men who had
purchased different bonds of Cherokee
County at ridiculously low prices
and to make them worth 100 cents
on the dollar?
(7) If you knew the motive and
ui mis uui why did you allow
it to pass the House at all, and
Hentij
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V MAY 25TH
, Samuel Goldwyn
, PRESENTS
i "THESE THREE"
[ ? MIR1AN HOPKINS,
| V MERLE OBERON,
'tf JOEL McCREA.
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if you didn't know what it wa?~~v ft
about, why did you sit still and t? ft
low it to pass and thus gamble vjT ft
the interests of the ordinary citize" ft
of the county? B
(8) Is it not a fact that y0? y ft
lowed Cherokee County to bc divided
up into three Districts for the I'LmlB )
lion 01 County Comnii.-skr.eis bv i (B
I.egislatuie in that you refused to ft
support the Representatives of the I
Eastern counties who desired liqUw ft
tores in their counties and thus lc?- ft
their support for your opposition ft
the Cherokee Bill when the que?-; a ft
I of liquor stores or no liquor storq
only affected the Eastern Cour.t.j ft
yml had no effect on Cherokee Cc !?
ty whatever?
(U) Is it not a fact that the di- ftH
vision of the County into Commis I
sion Districts i? the hardest blow tfc? ft
Republican Party has received front I
the legislature in many years, in I
hat the Boaid of County Commit ft
sioners will bc filled by Democrats, I
and did you not say that your oppo. I
sition only failed by two votes ar.d 9
wouud you not have succeeded if voft
had aligned yourself with the East- ft
crn Democrats on the question of ii- ft
quor stores which would not have af. ft
fected your County at all? ST
These are some of the vital qaes- ft
tions that confront the people ar.d ft.
upon which, questions they would like ft
to hear an expression of opinion from
In conclusion: I wish to make the I
following declaration, announcement ft
and charge: ?
That in the Convention in which 'ft
' you were nominated that it was we 11" fl
understood beforehand that you would ft
be a candidate am. that you would be ?
nominated although it was part of ft
the scheme and plan that you would ft
appear before the Convention ar.d I
pretend that you was not a Candi- ft
date, that you did not want the Of- K
I ficc and leave the impression that H
t the whole thing was forced upon you ft
by the Convention; I further charge ft
, that in 13 precincts in the County ft
there was no meeting held for dele- ft
gates to the Convention but instead '9
either the chairman of the precirct 9
committee or some member appeared B
at Murphy and that these men were Einstructed
by the "Machine Gun" 9
Ring in our party to vote for you be- K
forehand, and before the Convention ft
was held even though you should ap- ft
1 pear to withdraw. That in the North ft
and South Ward of the Town of |||.
j Murphy the delegation to the ConI
vention was known as the Pecker.
wood and Howell Convention and ^B
that on Monday the man known as B"
Peckenvood cast six votes for you ^B
in the Convention; should Pecker- Kg
- wood die tonight he has no friend to
put a flower on his grave; I am of- ft;
fering $10:00 reward to any man who ft|
can find one friend for him. K
I am now asking you to meet me Ig
' at the above precincts and at the
above dates and times and explair B
1 your record as Representative in the 'A
I Legislature, and if you do not meet 9
me the Seal of Condemnation ot 9
the people of Cherokee County should 9
be everlastingly written across youi B
forehead in large and glowing let- |B
i ters. K
Respectfully, B
I S. A. VOYLES. B
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