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And i /JSRTit Attractive | ] MURPHY I Tke Ltodinf Vol. I1L.?No. 25. JURY SELECTED TO TRY GADDIS AND 2 OTHERS Ducktown Crowded As Trial Of Alleged Slayer Is Begun Ducktown, Tcnn., Jan. 21?A jury of twelve men Tuesday was selected to try Emmett G add is, former Polk county deputy sheriff and two ethers, on charges of first degree murder, growing out of the fatal shooting of David W. McFadden, Asheville contractor, here on May 17. The entire day was spent in the selection of the jury and 63 men from a venire of '300 were examined before the box was filled. Immediately afterwards, Gaddis, Lloyd Parton and Clarence Brooks were arrainged on murder charges. All three pleaded not guilty. _A_. L: i A-?i 1 ruur suxte uignway pairuimen were on duty at the courthouse, two in the yard and two in the courtroom. No one could say why they had been sent here. Ducktown Crowded Duck town was packed and jammed as the trial of McFadden's alleged slayers was begun. Hotel accommodations were unavailable and streets were packed with people and their automobiles. Most of them had come from all sections of Polk county. The trial opened at 9 o'clock with Judge Sue K. Hicks, of Madisonville. presiding. The courtroom was crowded and a long line of people extended out into the yard where scores ol others stood in the rain, hoping to get a seat. The courthouse is a two-story frame structure, situated on top of a hill at the edge of town. Its windows look out upon jred, eroded, denuded hills, ihe result of more than 40 years of smelting in plants here and in Copperhill by the Tennessee Copper company. Unsafe For Larce Crowd Judge Hicks announced he had been informed the structure was unsafe for a lai^e crowd and ordered the veniremen to go downstairs and Wait to h<> oollo/? ? ? ? ? ??..vu. i uc uunuawiirs accommodates a two-cell jail now empty and the sheriff's office. As each prospective juror was called, his name was relayed about the courthouse. Attorney General R. Beacher Witt, also of Madisonvillc, examined the jurors for the state, laying particular stress on whether they had been questioned or in any way influenced after they had been summoned. Many were excused for their scruples about capital punishment and a large number for having formed opinions. All who had read accounts of the preliminary hearing for the three men were excused. Presiding as court officer at the trial was Sheriff Broughton Biggs, 32-year-old son of Burch Biggs, who was sheriff when McFadden was slain. Tall, good looking and well dressed, the young sheriff handled the business of the court in an authoritative mn ner. Mrs. McFadden Present Mrs. McFadden, widow of the con traitor, tired by an all-night trip] from Asheville to Duektown, sat with her son, David S. McPadden, her lawyer, John S. Wrinkle, of Chattanooga, and the attorney general at the table reserved for the prosecution. Gaddis, dressed in a gray suit, sat (Continued on back page) Weather Vane Following are maximum and minimum temperatures for the past week, compared with temperatures for the same period last year: Temperatures: 1937 ' 1936 Date Max. Min. Max. Min. 12 59 55 * 66 23 13 66 52 58 28 it 14 71 58 61 20 15 68 51 55 45 K 16 60 30 64 27 & 17 58 41 72 31 , 18 66 54 62 46 ^. Rainfall: ? 1937 1936 i- ? Since Jan. 1 7.02 inches 9.06 inches [ Weekly Newspaper in Western Nor Mui PLEMMONS SAYS ROAD TO DAM TO BE PAVED SOON An all-paved road into the Hiwassee dam site by way of the Shoal Creek community is expected to be finished by this time next year, according to Roy Plemmons, of Andrews, member of the North Carolina highway department. He said the highway board appeared in favor of paving the Shoal Creek load from a point where it connects with No. 28 to Copperhill and where it connects with the principal access road from Turtletown, Tenn., into the dam. The highway commission will build roads as the work on the dam progresses, Mr. Plemmons added. COUNTY FAIR DATES SET FOR eriyr 07 nrvr o ocr 1. 61-uii. L New And Larger Show Will Be Present This Fall, Fain Says. The Twelfth Annual Cherokee County Fair will he held in Murphy Sept. 27 to Oct. 2, W. M. Fain, president of the fair association, announced Tuesday. A contract has been signed with the Keystone Shows to furnish the midway attraction for those dates, he stated, but pointed out that this was a totally different show from the Keystone Exposition shows which held the concession heqe last fall. They will also be present at the Haywood county and Cherokee Indian fairs, he said. A meeting of fair officials will be held within the next few weeks to lay plans for the affair this fall, he indicated. Las?. year the largest crowd to ever pass through the gates of a fair here were present, but with a larger show and more extensive plans being laid an even more popular fair is anticipated this year. The new showr, according to the contract, is composed of eight rides, six shows, 35 concessions and two free acts. Indicative of its size is the 100 k. w- of electric-y that will be required to completely light it. Following a practice begun last yean the fair will again last five days ?Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday with the grounds open each day and night. few changes in arrangements, practices and premiums are anticipated. Medical Society Holds Meeting, Elects Officers Dr. N. B. Adams was re-elected president. Dr. G. M. Young was elected vicepresident. Dr. Edw. E. Adams was re-elected as secretarv. Dr. B. W. Whitfield was elected to | represent our Society at the State Medical meeting, with Dr. J. N. Hil! as Alternate. Dr. Edw. E. Adams was elected to represent the Society at the Tenth District Medical meeting, Alternate. Dr. W. C. Morrow. The Cherokee County Medical Society passed a resolution approving Dr. J. N. 'Hill, County Health Officer's decision not to sign some certificate releasing privately owned hospitals from taxation. A resolution to this effect will appear in the next Scout, and a copy sent to each privately owned hospital in the county. Edw. E. Adams, Sec. Cherokee County ^fedical Society. BUEL ADAMS LEAVES Mr. Buel Adams left Tuesday for Pasadena, Texas, where he will be employed shortly by the 1 ranch of the Champion Fibre company located there. ?mkt tA Carolina, Covering a Large phy, N. C. Thursday,. POOL ROOM AND PRIZE FIGHTING BILLS APPROVEI Cooper's Measurers Ar Passed By House And Sent To Senate Raleigh, Jan. 21.?Representati Harry P. Cooper's bills to permit < eration of pool rooms and the st? ine: of" prize fights in Cherokee cot ty were passed by the House Tuesd end ordered sent to the Senate. T first bill also permitted pool rooms Clay county. Representative Cooper's two b to permit fishing and hunting Cherokee county without licenses i still before the house committee game, and it is probable they will 111cijii uicic uiiui lurci'u our. i state department of conservation a development is opposed to them. Other bills introduced by the Civ okee county representative are: HB 22, requiring every owner a motor vehicle to secure liability surance with a minimum of $5,( I liability and property damage. Bef< j house committee on judiciary < | where it has been referred to a ? I committee for study. HB, 25, reduce license fees for j \ate passenger cars to following: p chase price $1,000 or less, $4; o $1,000, under $3,000, $7; over $3,( $10; motorcycles $5. Before hoi committee on roads. HB 27, place the clerk of super court of Cherokee county on sab of $3,000 annually, such salary to elude any compensation paid ass tance. Passed house and before seni committee on judiciary one. HB 13, to allow Sunday baseb | and HB 14, to allow Sunday mov in Cherokee county. Passed ho and before senate committee on ju | ciary one. HB 16, to fix certain fees for Ch okee county sheriff, including f per cent on tax collections for fi $50,000; 2 1-2 per cent on balai and $1 fee for each tax sale. Pas; house and before senate commit on judiciary one. o Murphy Teams To Me. Indians Saturday Nigl The Murphy basketball teams hi two games scheduled for the n? seven-dav period, according to Cos O. W. Deaton. The locals will meet the f Cherokee Indians boys and gi teams on the local court Saturc night. The game was originally sc] duled for iFriday night. On Tu day night the boys and girls v start a four-game series away fr< home. They will meet the Blairsvil Ga., teams at Blairsville on t> date. SHERRILL RETURNS W. A. Sherrill, local filling stati operator, returned Thursday from week's business trip to Ardmo Okla., and other points. Ladv Dickev's Record 1 o Be Challenged Hei When the ladies of the Methodii church here prepare the annua Cherokee County dinner for th local Lions club Tuesday night Feb. 23, they are going to hav quite a record to beat. As the banquet is yearly com posed of every edible product t be found in Cherokee county, it i recalled that the largest array o products ever assembled for dinner here was is 1935 when Lad Dickey, who died last May, pre pared 132 different dishes for delectable feast at, the Dicke; hotel. Seven Lions committees hav been appointed by President G. W Ellis to make arrangements fo the affair. Through their unique custom o preparing a dinner of this typ every year, the local Lions clul has won nation-wide attention b other organizations from the fa corners of the states which hav become interested in the plan. ' vt Hr? rid Potentially Rich Termor* in This Ian. 21, 1937. ~~ LOCAL HARDWARE FIRM OFFICIALS ELECT OFFICERS I A directors meeting: and electior of officers of the Cherokee Hard ware company were held here Thurs .0 day night at 6:30 o'clock. The officers re-elected were: J A. Richardson, president; M. W. Bell vice-president, and E. C. Moore, sec retary and treasurer. Directors of the organization wer< lVe appointed as follows: C. S. Hasson >p" president of the House-Hasson Hard L^~ ware company, of Knoxville, Tenn. lri" .T. D- Mallonee, Fred Moore and T S. Evans. These men will serve o] . the board along with the officers. in Mr- Mallonee replaces John Mc Guire, of Peachtree, on the group. o ? URGE GROWERS on ? TO SIGN 1937 I' CONTRACTS NOW ?f | Local Cannery wants 30( too Acres of Vegetables, Thompson Says libThe Mountain Valley Associate )r* Cooperative cannery in Murphy hi ur_ contracts covering approximately 30 wr acres of vegetables to let to farmci jqq of this section, E. R. Thompson, mar Jse ager, announced Tuesday. He said they wanted about 20 ior acres of beans (Tendergreen variety iry 50 acres of tomatoes; 10 acres of tui jn_ nips; 15 acres of spinach, and vigl sjs. acres of okraate The Tendergreen variety of bea was grown with unusual success i all, this section last year. Thompson e: ies plained. use "Advances paid at time of Jelii idi- ery will he "generally somewhat higl er than in past years. All vegetable er- will be sold fresh when the price jus *ve ifies i and the growers will be pai irst the selling price less a small marke ftce ing fee", he added. The vegetables will be canne tee when the price drops to a point whei it is more profitable to do so, Thom] son said. St Cannery officials, members of th La Land O' Sky Mutual Canning assi eta *i< in ovn ?" ' ? 1 j ,, ?,?. aotvmg an a aimers wn intend to grow acreage under th lve cannery contracts to sign them s ?x^ early as possible so they can becom ^ members of the association and b eligible to vote in the election of d ast rectors at an early date in February ay Sixty-Three At OS- * t Agoga Sunday School C1 a s! By K. C. WRIGHT 0Ti The Agoga Bible <"lass at th a Firsi Baptist churcn e?'?itinues to en re, J?y regular and substantial gains i membership, as evidenced by the fac that sixty-three men were present a the service last Sunday morning. The recent purchase of a piano ha "C added much to the devotional exei cises by making possible class sing ;t mg. At last Sunday's evening woi J ship service the class was in charg e of the music. t? The Building Committee is a ? present working on the seating fo the class, which has become a press i- ing problem within the past sixt} o days due to the large number of ne\> % members. It is hoped that at leas f part of the new seats will be installet a this week. y The class officers and teachers ex tend to all young men of Murphy an< a vicinity a most cordial invitation t< y meet with the class every Sunday morning at 9:45 at the Church, c o??? r. OYSTER SUPPER FRIDAY HIGH" r The Women's Class of the Metho f dist church will serve at an Oyste e Supper in the church basement Fri b day evening of this week bcginnini j at 6:00. The supper is being serve< r for the benefit of the Young Men' e Class for the purpose of beautify! ry their class room I ' "Advertising Doesn't f ' : Cost?:t P.Tt," Es| pecisT:> When Is V V j l? The CHEROKEE SCOUT. State I $1.50 YEAR?5c COPY ROOSEVELT BALL WILL BE HELD IN :j ANDREWS JAN. 29 Three Wo mens Clubs, Walter Mauney Arranging Affair Tickets will go or. sale thi week ' for the President's Ball to be held in Andrews Friday night. Jan. 29. One woman's club in Andrews and ^ two in Murphy will be in charge of sales. r :.r will mark the fourth annual President's ball to be h? V in Chcv< kee county for the purpose of raising funds for infantile paralysis. Seventy per cent of the proceeds of the dance are kept locally each year and thirty per cent are forwarded to head, quarters where a national drive foi j prevention and cure of the scourge / has been instituted. ' | Walter Mauney, popular Murphy i druggi-t. is the general el . iiman of \ the ball in 'his county iiis year, while the Konnahecta club of Anddrevvs and the Junior Woman's club and the Charity League in Murphy will take care of the arrangements. All three clubs are expected to d name committees to be in charge of uC the work this week-end when tickets '0 will go on sale. Miss Josephine Bradley, of the Konnaheeta club, who has J' made arrangements for the orchestra, said thai club will meet Thursday 0 to select its committee. It in turn ) will confer with the two Murphy clubs > in preparing the decorations and adit \ertising of the event. Jimmy Cinciolo and his orchestra, n of Gainesville, Ga., always popular n favorites with the Murphy eontinc. gent, have agreed to play fo> the event. it- | The Andrews gymnasium was 1- selected as the mo.-t logical place to .s have the dance this year as it is more t- spacious than any other dancing place id to be found in the county and will t- ampiy care conveniently for a large crowd. Decorations appropriate to 1(j the occasion will be arranged by the .e clubs. p- The date of the dance was moved up from Saturday night, Jan. '30th. ie date of the President's birthday, to jm Friday night, as it is generally con|t> ] sidered "a better dancing night." and 1<( J arrangements could be mere easily i facilitatede | Proceeds from the dance will go ie . to the Andrews club, and Miss Brad j. ley said they will be used toward two p. needy cases in the Andrews area. Mr. Mauney has appointed Abe .Hembree, of Murphy, to make arrangements for a square dance in the gymnasium at Murphy for the same purpose on Saturday night. Arrangements have not yet been made for this affair but it is expected, as ij in the past, to prove as delightful and entertaining as the round dance in Andrews. The dances here will be two of the e 50,000 being held all over the nation i- for the prevention and cure of paran lysis. Each year President Franklin t P. Roosevelt himself a vktim of the it malady has uten lending his name and his birth date for the caus?e. c As no other President's ball will be - held within 75 miles of this section, indications are a large number of 1 dancers, young and old. will be prese ent at the season's most brilliant social affair. r Fifteen Cherokee Boys v Enrolled In CCC camps v t Fifteen boys from Cherokee tounj ty were enrolled in CCC camp through the County Department of I Welfare on Jan. 15, Mrs. Margaret jjLeMay Mauney. head of the d?*oartD Iment, has announced. y j North Carolina's quota for enroll [mcnt at this period was 875 white I juniors and 228 colored juniois. As p result of the employment furnished boys in CCC camps, the families of ? the fifteen boys sent from Cherokee r will receive the sum total of $375.00 . a monthg ??o j Alumni and friends of Western g Carolina Teachers College are invited p 1 to listen to the radio broadcast from I Nashville Friday ri-rht 9:30 OST.
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