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Active Attractive (^jf , J That's- ! W MURPHY I The Leading, If Vol. IL.?No. 2. PRISONER AT ANDREWS SAYS HE SHOT WOMAN Makes Startling Confession To Superintendent Slay ton Friday -ittional confession stirred the prison camp Friday when f'ummintrs. serving a nine u-rm for attempted extortion, a?erintendent T. 0. Slaytor: j, hi- ? ;1 and told him he shot and kii . I rente Barton, Kansas Citv . girl, in 1920. A : utrh Mr. Slayton reported that h<- h: ontacted Kansas City police, .. they had requested additioninformation concerning the confession, he said Wednesday that "th? was no further statement at th;s ti ne". ings. Slayton said, confessed t.: that he had shot the girl in K City for $200 paid him by anman. Believes Confession think there is something to ,A ntinued on page eight, please) crowley'Ijrges 1(1-400 banks merge or close Says that Number Should Be Eliminated Annually For 6 or 7 Years ^ <Thr future of insured banks finds exv< lent en.r.mcnt in this accompanying acivic which was written from a \ up i . I .en T. Crowley, chairman Deposit Insurance < i:.11". and printed in a recent >!; Wall Street Journal, I i i : a publication. The simy an interesting light into ..'.. ively new phase of i ai.k finance). \V?,. . - >n Between .'500 and .Jimi should be eliminated "i ... : i;aily for the next six t i order to put the na king system on a sound o insure prof itable opera i,!. the remaining 12,000 banks. Leo 1. Crowley, chairman of the Fed?M;. i i :t Insurance Corp., said rei making public the i . . ix-months report. < x kholders in insolvent: l'ifail to supply the additional to restore solvency and fail t?? ;,kt- ?.thcr needed steps, the weak l>ai hould be closed or merged ^ >n?er institutions, Mr. C'rowhy < ted. The number of insured In,: was cut by 89 during the first th.s of the year, during which "i insured banks failed, ferences already have been 1" ' .viih eight or ten state banking 4 doners to spot weak insured ir* their state systems, Mr, * ; . announced. Similar surveys made in all states, and the H'h will work out a program of ( merging banks which are insolw nt or which are not earning a profit. Insured Banks Decline line in the number of insure<1 hanks has continued since June 30, when the FDIC reached its peak (Continued on back page) T OPI(5S~DISCUSSED AT LIONS MEETING ON TUESDAY NIGHf Reports by a better roads commituand 3 group seeking funds for the support of the local car4iery, and the : i ent that a local girl had "t'Tl fitted with glasses were among opi(-v discussed at a meeting of ire urphy-Lions dub in the dining room ' f Methodist church Tuesday night. V ^ Fain was presented with a ? mix-r:ship key plaque for ?uLstam ,, v,...'. 4.. a i-. .vnu uuernauonai I ?rRa?ii2at -n. J- W Jndley. 1 al Coca Cola dis,r?br.tc.r is welcomed into the club 1 * i ,? member.. James B i Ward ; fblly Fisher were guests ft H Ifi 'eckiy Nacspuper u Wester* North C Murp Missing Boy Is Not Reported Found Yet W. J. Mintz. of the Grandview I section of Cherokee county. Wed- j nesday had not reported finding his I | son, 15-year-old Freddie Mintz, who I j has been missing since July 22. , The lad was last seen when he left the home of his grand-father, A. J. Hass, on Tellico, to cross six ' miles of wild mountain region to I his home. Fearing Freddie may have met | with foul play as he was accustom- I ed to the mountains, Mr. Mintz has made a wide appeal to officers and i citizens to help him find his son. i Anyone knowing of the boy's whereabouts are asked to con- ! tact Mr. Mintz. nniT rnnvrrif mum LUUi> 11 SCHOOL BUSES ARE ACQUIRED Expect New District To Be Created at Hiwassee Dam Village The purchase of eight busses by the Cherokee county school system and th<* establishment of another 1 school district in the county to pro; vide teaching facilities for grade children at the Hiwassee Dam villiage appeared a certainty here Tuesday night. A. L. Martin, county superintendent of schools, said that neither one of the projects had been officially confirmed as yet, but that there was little doubt that both moves would be affected. Mr. Martin returned from Raleigh Saturday v ierc he appeared before the state school commission in behalf i of the bus roposition, and (). .T. Hol1 ler, North arolina state school com. i missioner from the eleventh congressional district, was here investigating the establishment of the new grade school unit. Mr. Martin was accompanied on his trip to the state capital by T. T. I Lindsey, of the TV A training section I here, who also showed Mr. Holler work going on at the dam Tuesday. Will Kun 8 Bum's Upon contract the county will purchase five school buses, the ''a-, system Will supplement the number by three and provide all expenses of operation atul equipment, Mr. Martin explained. The county superintendent, who has long: been one of the most ardent admirers ot a state-owned bus pro gram locally, believes that this is one of the most important changes to have ever taken place in the county school system. "The state board", he stated, "has (Continued on page eight, please) o? "Applesauce" Will Be Repeated In Andrews The play, "Applesauce", given by the Murphy Community players in the Strand Theater here recently will be repeated in the Andrews high school auditorium Friday night. It will be sponsored by the Andrews chapter of the Order of the1 Eastern Star. The cast which includes Miss Mary Frances Bell, Aline Richardson, Catherine Coleman and Messrs Jack Barton Akin, John Parran, Porter Raper, and Kenneth Hayes, is under the direction of Kenneth C. Bartlett. Miss Bell will take the place of Miss Winifred Townson in the leading role as Miss Townson will leave for a summer vacation before the performance will be given. lYitt Opens Realty Office In Murphy The Murphy Reality Co. has been opened up in the former cafe building adjoining1 tho Regal hotel in Mur. nhv by Walter C. Witt, of Peachtree. Mr. Witt will handle real estate and insurance business, lie has been in the life insurance business for some time, but is adding the reality business as a new line. . rrukf! arolina. Covering a Largr arui Poter hy, N. C. Thursday, Aug. DRIVE STARTED ! TO RAISE FUND FOR CANNERY Sale of $2500 Stock Is Begun Here This Week To Keep Business Cherokee county was ir: the midst j of a drive this week to obtain a $2500 | in slock to maintain the Moutt- j tain Valley Association Cooperative j cannery here. This unit has operated here under its present basis for the past three J years. Officials state that this is j the most progressive year in its his-! tory. The sale of the preferred and common stock began here this week under the supervision of a committee of the Murphy Lions club and cannery members consisting of: Chairman W. ' M. Fain. J. H. Cray. Frank Ghcringhelli. E R. Thompson. CI. W. Ellis, 1 Park W. Fisher, Peyton G. Ivie. Tom I Case. A. Q. Ketner, R. B. Wooten and III. G. Elkins. j Mr. Fain, who is also chairman of .the board of directors of the cannery land M ? Thrmmcnn *Vw? " * la Lions club meeting Tuesday night ' made strong appeals for retaining jthe cannery here. Both quoted figlures to show that the cannery was j proving an economical boon here. "If the town is interested in raising ia little more money we are assured of strong financial hacking". Mi Fain said. "If not we will proiiahly 1" it." They explained the purpose of the j cannery as a ready market for farm i products and added that the cooper lative plan such as is followed here (Continued on page eight, please) CRIMINAL COURT DRAWS CROWDS HERE THIS WEEK One of the busiest session of S : ! evior c< . ' to ever be conducted i* ! Chore'..e. county \v;i^ urderw.iy tlii (week with Jud'.:e H. Ifoyle Sink, > i ! Lexington, on tin- bench. Although there wore a large mini | her of case-; on the criminal doe' 1 'most of them concerned charges of only slight importance. \Yr\ fev. east'.- are on the civil docket. Unusually large crowds have h. ?v; J attendirg all sessions of court how-I ever. Publisher Buys Plant, Paper at Dalton, Ga. | Mr. L. A. Lee, publishei of the > hfiokei' Scout and several othei Western Xorth Carolina papers, will ' leave Murphy this week to assume i his duties as the new owner of the Dalton Printing- companj and the I Dalton News, at Dalton, Ga. Mr. Lee announces that he will spend part of the time in Murphy land part of the time in Dalton. MURPHY TO MEET COPPERHILL SUN. ON LOCAL FIELD J The strong Murphy team will play, a return engagement of the game' that was rained out last Sunday with the Copperheads this coming Sunday on the local diamond at 2:30 o'clock. Copperhill has a much improved team from the team of old, and they | will give the locals a strong run far their money Sunday. With such dangerous batters as Swafford and: McNalley. for the Copperheads and Barton and Henslcy for the locals, a good game should prevail. Jerry Davidson, who will probably pitch for the locals, looked very good on the mound last Sunday against Copperhill. striking out five men in three innings, three men being in one inning. r . ,.i. t?1 .... _ i : . <f<iiTK niHKK* iiuiiiapvr ?'! me locals promises a pood pa me, with two pood teams of somewhat equal strenpth ; fiphtinp for an openinp. and he prodiets that the locals stand a pood chance to coop this game from the lads from Copperhill. a i 9 itiailr Rich Termor* in This Stele 12, 1937 i School Will Beg In August; Faci As New Membe Road Wash-Out At Balsam Is Reported It was -eported here Wednesday morning that a water-spout at Balsam had blocked ail railway ana highway traffic into Cherokee j county from Asheville. According to the reports it was expected that the highway would | be opened Wednesday evening : while train schedules were not ex- j peeled to be resumed for several i days due to the wash-out ot a bridge. 1 he accident caused a poslponc1 mcnt of a proposed meeting be Iwecn state highway and 1VA j highway officials here on Vvednes! day morning, as J C. Walker, divisional engineer, and other road officals were forced to attend to work there. LANDlSS 1ALK IS POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY TV A Agricultural Expert Will Speak in Murphy Court House 7 :30 Aii address scheduled to have been given in the Cherokee county court house in Murphy Tuesday night by V\ liham Mckenzie Landess, <?t' the TV A agricultural division, has been jpostphoned until next Monday night, i T. 1. Lindsay, head of the T\ \ J training section here, announced j Tuesday. Mr. Landess' topi- will be, "The Man and tin- Land". l'ue talk will j begin at 7 :'J0 o'clock Central Standard time. The nericul". ural expert V talk wil: ; be tile last ill a series of three to he. 'given here this season by TVA officials ? different, j?1 ui. ? of tise Authority's activities. Chairman the hoard of directors Arthur E. ilor! er.n \.as the first to give a talk here oil "The Aims and the Purposes of the TVA," and his speech \va. t'ollowjcd by one by Dr. E. L. His ?p, of the [health and safety division of the TVA. Mr. Lander-s has visited Cherokee ! county on several occasions and has i addressed groups here informally on occasions. His talk \v:,l primarily deal with new and improved methods of cultivation and conservation as revealed jby recent TVA surveys and research. Experiments have not only been con ducted in Knoxvilie but throughout the Tennessee Valley region under a program of demonstration farming with which county agent's in this territory are coopertaing. I The TVA's method of producing j fertilizer will probably be discussed, i Another important. feature of the j TVA agricultural program is crop j diversification and rotation. 1 A large crowd from surrounding! counties are expected. DISTRICT MASONIC j MEET TO BE HELD AT MARBLE AUG. 18 A meeting of the .Masons the 43rd district will be held at tht Marble Springs lodge hail at Marble ]C miles east of here on the Andrews highway Wednesday night. Aug. I.h according to an announcement Tuesday. An afternoon m- * ting will begin a* 3;3>' ]). in. < Eastern Standard Timet at which time the officers of all lodges will attend. The night meeting will bring all Masons in the district tenet her. John H. Anderson, g and s .aviary, and Wauen N. Sherrod. grand master of the grand lodge of North C:.; iina. will be present. 4 Circulation 111 11 Any Paper Ever Publnhpr! Kt>re. ! I- I S1.50 YEAR?5c COPY in Last Monday ulty Completed rs Are Selected Julian Pitzer, Star Athlete at to be New Athletic Coach -ACULTYCOMPLETE Free Text Bocks Will Be Furnished Pupils in Elementary Grades The complete faculty for the Murphy School Unit was announced late yesterday afternoon by H. Bueck. superintendent of this unit. The official opening date for school was given a.-- August 30, with the first tt?achers meeting to ho hold on Friday after non, Aujr. 27. at 3 o'clock, and the first group group meeting to be hem on the following day. The resignation of two teachers that were previously elected was oade known yesterday. Miss Martha Mayfield, who has been a member of he elementary school faculty for a uumber of yeais. resigned to accept . position as critic teacher in th\ Trashing School at Western Carolina T< .ichor College. Mi.-s Bruce Speight, eacher of French in the High School t ast year, was released from her contact this week to accept the place on he Andrews faculty made vacant by the resignation of Miss Bryan. New Athletic Coach Julian I'it/.er, of Gnldshoro, will he the athletic coach in the local high school this year, Mr. Ituerk announced yesterday. Mr. Fitzor succeeds Ollic Wade Deaton. who has bet r? a member of the faculty and sports coach 1 for the past fivi years. Besides act . ing as coach of the major sports, Mr. f I'itzer will teach .\lathemat:c| and ! English. (Continued on page eight, please) Two boys Scaided At Local Cannery Two hoys wc king at thi Murphy jcannery were scalded Wednesday 1 morning when a bolt on a retort broke land allowed soiv.e of the steam to ; escape. | The ;\vo injured were Lewis i Shields and Frank Martin. | Dr. J. N. Hill, who treated the boys .-aui tnat lie count not determino immediately how bad Iho boy J were burned but that he did not. think their >cnlds wei i -? nous. Propose Bank Consolidation ! In This Section I A appealing in Wednesday ti. 1!'i' l'" papers lelativo to a j aroosai entertained to consolidate a t number <>f . k> in Western N? i. I Carolina A believed to have given the i mistaken impression in some instances (that a new bank will be created. ! The proposal merely means thai [there has been a discussion among banking officials to consolidate a number of banks in this extreme end | of the state in order to more fully I and ably serve every community in this section where the < hange would I take effect. I The proposed merger, in its pre.?j ent stage, would sec the consolidation, of the Citizens Bank and Trust com Ipany of Andrews and Murphy, the Hryaon City hank of Bryson ( itv. the Hank of Frankiir Franklin and th. -lackson County hank at Svlva. Under this set-up there would b? :io obvious change r. the location or personnel of the banks but they would >e called the Smoky Mountain bank. PYrcy B. Fe?ebe<-. preside- i of the Citizens Bank and frost con pan v. was contacted Wednesday afternoon hut said he had in rc gard to the pi oposl . An r.rt icle on tin eonsolibrtion of >anks ard the subsequent extrusion ' I of their ve>-( . cap'tol a> ' s plus wiii he - e1 * be front page of this i - r- ' ? r ?. j
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