Thursday, March 4, ' FIRE WARDENS WAGE CAMPAIGN AGAINST BLAZES Birchfield Appoints Deputies; Discourages Burning Practices L*. M. Briehfield. newly appointee rhief fire warden of Cherokee count] Tuesday announced The appointnxen of fivu deputies and stated :hui . county wide campaign against forest fires had been started. Wardens appointed were: Smokechasers, S. S. Birchfield, who will be located in :hc Murphy courthouse and J. C. Crow, of Unaka. and war dens, John K. Jones, of Andrews, O P. Taylor. ? f Suit, and Earl Payne, of Culberson, route 2. Following appropriations of fund: by the county commissioners s month ago to cooperate with the *tate forestry department in fight ing and preventing fires in Cherokee county. Mr. Birchfield received his appoint ment. He announced Tuesday that hi.organization had been perfected, and that any fire reported to his wardens or to the l" :? .-try department at Andrews, would quickly receive organized attention. At present there is one fire tower in the count;/ situated on top of Johanna bal f near the Tathani gap section of YaiJeytown township. Another Mr. Brickfield said, i? being contemplated in the lower end of the county. Practices of burning off fields and woodland were branded as "injurious pro idures" by Mr. Birchfield who claims they cause many costly forest tires here and injure young trees and fertile soil. a iic uvv? waxol-n siatea tnat anyone caught setting government property or public lands on fire would be punished to the * uii extent oi the law. In any case of fire, he announced, his wardens or himself will draw as many deputies as they need to combat the flames. A salary of 15 cents per hour is allowed for fire fighters, Mr. Birchfield said, but anyone suspected of starting fire can be deputized and made to fight the flame for nothing. Cherokee county annually loses thousands of dollars through needless and careless forest fires, it is estimated. The old custom of burning off pasture lands is known to have started many of them. "The practice of burning land is foolish. It certainly is not beneficial to the land ar it burns up all the small trees and kills the big ones. It is very injurious to both farm and woodlands. If any fire through carelessness or not gets into government or public lands, the responsible parties will be held liable," Mr. Birchfield said. ./ o Miss Pauline Thompson Buried On Wednesday Funeral services for Miss Pauline Thompson, 19, were conducted from tho Marble Springs Baptist church Wednesday with the Rev. Algie West, pastor of the church, officiating. In ivriuent was in tne Marble cemetery. Miss Thompson died Monday at the home of her foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Crisp, of near Asheville, after a short illness of pneumonia. Surviving besides Mr. and Mrs. Crisp are one sister, Mrs. Anita Cagle, and two brothers, Taimadge Thompson, of Gastonia, and Dewey Thompson, of Marble. Grey Fox Found Dead Near Ranger Home If anyone lost a large {Trey fox with a collar around its neck thej can call at the home of Mr. C. M. Dickey, at Ranger, and have him him back?or what is left of him. Mr. Dickey reported Tuesday ol having found the for "dead only ' few hours but badly mangled" abouJ a quarter of a mile from his home (near the house of W. G. Coleman) early Saturday morning. He saic there was a leather strap around th? foxes neck but it bore no identifies tion marks. Sees Adjournment On March 13 Or March 20 Adjournment on or before Marcli 20, probably on March 13, is the prediction of Senator Johnson, who if president pro-tem of the senate and close to the administration and its plans. "It is passaolc for us to sdiourn Saturday a week, " he said Monday "but some last minute work may hold both houses in session until th? following week. 1937 The Che ! Elf School Is Desroyed By i Fire Thursday The K f high s hool building: was destroyed by fin- early Thursday morning and a falling: wall, later in the morning:, caused serious injuries to Bunrcss Patton. 11. a student, son of Hoke Patton, of the Elf commu1 r.ity of Clay county. 7 The baby, a spectator of the 1 smoulderng ruins, was standing: close to the brick wall when it crashed, some of the debris striking: him on the head. He was rushed to Dr. . Whitfield's hospital in Murphy where attendants said he was suffering ' from shock, concussion of the brain, and possible internal injuries. Although serious, hi* condition is not believed to be critical, s The loss, caused by the fire, is t estimated at $30,000. with no insur. ance carried. The Clay county board . of education is to meet Friday morn 1 ing at Hayesville to discuss plans ft! for providing- facilities for the continuance of school work. Four hundred students attended classes at the Elf school of which J. Walter Moore is prncipal. The building was erected in 1928. It was a o:?-story brick structure and had nine class rooms and an auditorium. I" was located six miles east of Hayesville on Highway No. <54. Cause of the blaze has not been d< termined. The fire was discovered at 2 a. hi. by Hardy Cassady, jani-j. tor oi the school, who resides near-j J 1 l>y. He turned in an alarm, tot fai cilities VVI"1, ^B name store managers and r.-guUb B for operation of the ARC xtoresT^ K to fix the opeping and closing h,^Z H somewhere between 9 a. m. and p. m. It would cooperate w ith the 5^ B cont rol board in the establishment of B uniform regulations and prices jui I the profits would go to the county B except a sum of between five ten per cent of the net profits must I be spent on enforcement of the liquor I laws. 1 The liquor control act does no- <- I any tax. but the revenue bill contene I plates a seven per cent state tar ? I gross sales. May Pommi One Gallon The liquor law as recently adopted B by the General Assembly permits the I transportation and possession of sot I more than one gallon of government I whiskey providing it is legal whiskey I and the sea! is not broken du-ing | Under section 14, the law is stated I as follows: "Sec. 14. It shall not be unlawfu. I for any pel son to transport a quaau. I ty of alcoholic beverages not is a* I cess of one gallon from a county I North Carolina coming under the B provisions of this act to or through B another county in North Carolina r.:t B coming under the provisions of *.h;? fl act: Provided, said acoholic bever. I ages are not being transported tor B the purpose of sale, and prouced I further that the cap or seal on the | container or containers of said t.,:- I holic beverages has not been opened I or broken. Nothing containing it I this act shall be construed is ?? the transportation through any cour,- I ty not coining under the provisions I of this act, of alcoholic beveratp? in | actual course of delivery to any AV- V coholic Beverage coming under the A provisions of this act." [ I he 11 ;ht now while ' nember, by J er well in ad- \ I possibility of S e very neces- * 3 gure on your 1 how small or ? | tatements \ atalogues rinted Forms hrder Sheets I hecks < iff ice Forms ? econd Sheets stock Reming- | ibles and desk ne rolls Type- <; so carry a com- i papers and of- | ALL KINDS YTIME I ?PUt 1 < * * < 1 * > V. 1 il