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. ./
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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<? hi.L-in.* I
vuraivr lire
. fighting. <
i The Patton b??y was injured about
j 1 1 a. m. He is in the sixth grade.
Sex Hygeine
Conference
Held Monday!
! Twenty-six members of the school ?
pciaonnols of Cherokee and Clay \
counties Monday heard an illustrated '
lecture on sex hygiene by Dr. G. M. !
Leibv, ol" the State Board of Health, !
at Andrews. Following an open ?
forum discussion at the end of the
I meeting they agreed a state legisla
live program designed to acquaint the !
| people of the alarming status of ven,
eral diseases was the only feasible
1 means of bringing the alarming facts
of this heretofore publically undis|
cussed subject in the open.
. It was brought out at the meeting
! that "'parents were not ready to dis- |
j <.uss these serious problems with their
' children", but that something had to
j be done to curb the diseases that are
running rampant in the schools as
' well as in private lives,
i Dr. Leiby, who is conducting a
I series of such meetings in cooperation
, with the State Board of Health, stat- j
i ed that it was best that the teachers',
j first become acouainted xoitK 1
I facts and inpai t the knowledge to
the pupils.
j He brought out the fact that about
i 45,000 people in the state are effected
by the disease and that 20 per
cent of them are in the public schools.
Ventral disease, he said, affect 28
times as many people in North Caroolina
as all other diseases put together.
J Attending were 12 delegates from
1 Murphy, 12 from Andrews and four
J from Clay county.
| Mr. William E. Crye
Buried At Knoxville
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Mr. William E. Crye, Knoxville
business executive and church leader,
' who was widely known here, died
' in a stalld taxi cab in front of his
home in Knoxville c aturday night,
1 Funeral services were held Monday
for Mr. Crye, a son-in-law of the
late W. A. Bry?on, pf Jlurphy, and
1 a nephew to Mrs. Grace Cooper by
t marriage.
' Mr. Crye, 49, bad riden in the cab
from Myres-Whatley Co., machinery
1 manufacturers of which he was secs
retary and office manager.
The car stalled in the snow in front
, of the Crye home and Yellow Cab
j Driver Nelson went to telephone for
aid. He returned a few minutes
later to find his passenger lifeless.
I Mr. Crye had been in uncertain
health for two years.
He was chairman of trustees of
, Magnolia Avenue Methodist Church ,
and a member if the board of steI
| ards, active ir, Masonic and ?" jjT"
organizations and mucb ir' _ . ,
in politics. He usually ie? "v __
, officer at Chilhowee 8c' . ? .
r was once a candidate s poils and
. court clerk ship. ? <or ??unty
Mr. Crye was f ^sorfated with Myers
rokee Scout, Murphy, Nor
| Whaley Co. for 17 years. Previously
he was with the Lenoir Car Works; at
j Lenoir City.
' He leaves the wife. Mrs Lillian
Crye; one son. William E. Jr., and
one daughter. Miss Frances Crye, ol
Hendersonville, N. C.
"NUMEER SIX"7. .
(Continued from front page)
Meantime parties had discovered
that cache in its hiding place and,
Mr. Xorvell said the legend continues,
the thieving parties stole and scattered
the precious nuggets from Cherokee
county to north Georgia where
they attempt to capitalize on their
efforts rather then keep their lucrative
possession.
Whether this dishonest art of
"salting*', as it is known, ever brought
any fortune to its perpetrators has
never been learned.
The land transferred, it was again
mined and several men managed to
make "wages" off the land. There
was no other means of regular income
here then.
The land, Mr. Xorvell says, contains
iron ore and white and blue
iiuuuie. It was found one time that
the iron ore analyzes 58.80 per cent
metallic iron. The talc vein lies be-!
tween a marble vein on the southeast'
and a sandstone on the northeast.
The plot of ground is so named because
it sold in the land sales of 1838
as section number six of tract number
six. A creek in that area ihat
defines the town limits of Murphy
has been named after the lot.
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LANDOWNERS . . .
Continued From Front
arc as follows:
All landowners contracted with will
not be required to surrender possession
until Dec. 31, 1937.
Landowners are permitted to remove
all buildings and fences, unless
otherwise notified by the Authority
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provided the removal is made by Dec.
31, 1937.
After the landowners enter into a
contract with the Authority, no timber.
except for firewood purposes or
personal use, may be removed by
them; and for that purpose, only the
timber below the 1526 contour line
^hall be used. If, however, timber
has been cut prior to the date of
contract, but after the cruise ha3
been made, a deduction will be madi
for same.
It is through this system of acquisition
that land is easiest and less
expensively transferred, officials said
and anyone who has clear titles to
their property will be paid within 30
days after transaction is made.
TV A rates are higher than prevailing
rates as a result of the system of
acquisition practiced by the TVA,
and the lower appraisal and purchasing
expenses are kept, at a minimum
thus providing more money for the
seller.
Since payment for land with clear .
titles can be made within 30 days and i
the TVA is actively buying their land I
here at present, the man who sells his,
land has a chance to purchase new
property before he is forced to
move, officials pointed out.
COUNTY LIQUOR ...
Continued From Front Page
liquor law, at least 45 days must
elapse from the time the election is
called by the board of elections unti!
the voters have a chance to express
their views at the polls. The act provides
for a 20-day notice of election
and usual 15-dav registration neriod
Another ten days would have to
elapse before election day.
Sale To Be Controlled
If the county would vote to have
liquor stores the county hoard of
commissioners, county board of education
and the county board of
health, ai a joint meeting, would
elect a county board of alcoholic
control consisting of a chairman,
named for three years; one member
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