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Vol. 1L.?No. 30.
REPUBLICANS TO
HAVE PRECINCT
MEETS MAR. 10
County Convention Will
Be Held In Murphy On
Saturday, March 12
Cherokee county politics came out
into the open for the first time this
\e?i on Wednesday when Car; Townson
chairman of the Republican party
announced dates of the county convention
and precinct meetings.
(The county convention will be held
in the Murphy court house Saturday,
March 12 at 2 p. m. A county chairman
and delegates to the Mate and
I oaV>nt?i*inl < < ?n v??l 11 i <111 < \vil> hi) lliiniurl I
at that time along with township
chairmen.
At the precinct meetings to be
held Thursday* March 10, one dele,
gate and one alternate to ihe county
convention will be selected for each
50 voters, or fraction thereof, cast in
the vote for governor in 193G.
All precinct meetings will be held
at 7 p. m. on either Central or
Eastern standard time according to
which is observed in the precinct.
The meeting places have been designated
as follows: Andrews, office of
Clyde H. Jarrett; Topton, D. B.
Wright's store; Marble School house; ,
Tomotla school house; Peachtree
school house; Brasstown, Martin's 1
Creek school house; Burnt Meeting
House, school house; Murphy court
house; Walker school house*; Culberson
school house; Wolf Creek school
house; Hot House, Johnson school "
house; Shoal Creek school house;
Vest school house.
Liberty, Shearer school house; Long
Ridge school house; Unaka school
house; Upper Beaverdam school house;
Hangingdog school house; Ogreeta i
school house; Boiling Springs school
house, and Ebcneezer school house.
POULTRYMEN OF
FIVE COUNTIES
TO MEET MONDAY
About 100 poultry raisers from ]
Cherokee and surrounding counties
are expected to attend the poultry
demonstration in Murphy Monday,
members of the county agent's department,
who are making arrangements
for the meetings, have announc- 1
ed. j
This will be the first poultry dem.
onstration ever held west of Ashevilie,
and will feature a number of talks
by members of the state extension division.
At the conclusion of the meeting
actual demonstrations will be giv.
en.
A round tabie discussion will also,
be held, and poultry raisers who plan ]
to attend are invited to participate by '
asking ouestions concerning their
flocks at this time. i
A program has been arranged as '
follows: 10 a. m. to 10:40 a. m., C. F. ]
Parrish, extension poultvyman will
discuss chick rearing problems; 10:30
a. m. to 11 a. m., T. T. Brown, of 1
Kaleigh, will talk on markeLing prob.
lems in Western North Carolina. 11 '
a. m. to 11:30 a. m., B. S. Dearstyne, 1
of the extension division wni speak on 1
"Poultry Diseases, Their Cause and <
Prevention", and from 11:30 a. m. to
noon fl OlHWOOtrtrJ WAnUft.
oo J u. tvuiiiR j
program will be the subject of C." J. .
Muapin, also of the extension depart
ment.
STILL CAPTURED 1
BY OFFICERS ON
BEAR PAW CREEK ,
A still was captured and confiscat- 1
en by Cherokee county officers on
Bear Paw Creek Sunday, it was re. c
ported. c
Those taking part in the confisca- f
tion were: Sheriff L. L. Mason, Deputy
sheriff G. P. (Robbie) Robinson,
and Constable Bass Walker. r
A large quantity of beer was found 1
near the copper still, and officers said S
the operators were evidently getting 1
ready to "make a run."
No arrests were made. 1
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"BOOKMOBILE"?LIBF
IS MAKING ROUN1
TU? "tJ 1 <-- ).? - ^t "
me uouKiuvaue nilidc us urst xr
It is loaned by the State Library <
Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties. 1
mission and the Regional service from t
and a cooperative plan has been worke
Andrews Carnegie library.
The "Bookmobile" will make daily t
the poeple. Since the books are limited
read his book as quickly as possible and
as many people as possible might have tl
service might continue beyond the montl
community will keep a deposit of books 3
Everyone is requested to ask for bo<
the shelves of the "Bookmobile". Perhi
other deposit.
The following is the schedule of sto
MONDAY, MARCH 7, 14. 21. 28 (Sched
8:45?9:45 Peachtree (School Hous<
10:00?11:00 Campbell Folk Schooi
11:30?12:00 Warne (Home of Mrs
12:15?1:15 Hayesville (On the Squ
2:30?3:00 Shooting Creek (Comrni
TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 15, 22, 29 (Sche<
9:30?10:00 Marble ( By Depot)
10:15?10:45 Rhodo (Home of Mrs.
10:30?11:00 Cooper Siding (Horn*
11:15?11:45 Topton (Post Office)
12:30?1:30 Robbinsville (On the S
3:00?4:00 Andrews (Library)
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9, i6, 23,* 30 (S
9:000?9:45 Martin's Creek (Home
10.00?10:30 Belleview Mrs. Paul S
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 10, 17, 24 (Scl
8:45?9:15 Postell (Torrence's Stoi
9:30?10:00 Liberty (Brown's Store
10:45?11:15 Vests (Hamby's Store
11:30?12:00 Suit (Wood's Store)
1:30?2:00 Letitia (Graham's Store
2:15?2:45 Ranger (Green's Store)
3:15?4:00 Culberson (Home of M
FRIDAY, MARCH 4,11,18,25 (Schedule
9:00?9:30 Grandview (Davis's Stoi
10:15?10:45 Upper Beaver Dam (
11:00?11:45 Unaka (Odom's store
1:00?1:30 Grape Creek (School H
The public is invited to go to the st
Burt Shields 1
New Manager
Of Cannery
J. B. (Burt) Shields, of the Tomot- (
la community of Cherokee county, ^
Tuesday was named manager of the
Mt Vnllpv AQ?(v>is?tpH Coonorative C
t
cannery, of Murphy, to succeed E. R.
Thompson, who resigned the day before.
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Mr. Thompson, who has served in t
the capacity for the past three years ,,
since the cannery was reorganized, p
will leave with his family for Balti- a
nore, Md., where he has accepted a
position with a large canning corpora, t
:ion. a
Mr. Shields has been closely affil- ?
ated with the local cannery as its
issistant manager since us rcupeuuu;
n the spring of 1935. ^
John E. Barr, TV AC administrator ^
:nd president of thp Land 0' The Sky ^
Mutual Canning association, of Way. g
lesville, of which the local cannery is
in affiliate, was here Tuesday in con. _
lection with the change in manage, fluent.
He said Mr. Shields would take
harge immediately and complete v
ontracts between the cannery and
rowers.
W. M. Pain, chairman of the board ??
if directors of the cannery, stated
ruesday night that approximately "
1120,000 had been distributed among
ocal growers since the cannery's re- Ti
irganization, and that "it is facing 'n
he best year in its history." hi
Carolina, Covering a Large and ,
phy, N. C. Thursday, IV
1ARYON WHEELSOS
IN 3 COUNTIES
'' A
ip in this section Thursday, March 3.
-ommission for a month's service fn
rhe books are furnished by the Com.
he Murphy Carnegie Public Library,
d out with the Folk school and the
rips carrying books free of charge to
, the librarian asks thai everybody
1 bring it back for exchange so that
fie use of them. In order that the
i of March a local person in each
and magazines.
[)ks he wishes even if they are not on
ips they might be obtained from an.
ps for the month of March:
ule by fast time)
(?)
. Clauda Cnawford)
are)
inity House)
lule by fast time)
Thelma West)
e of W. C. Colvard)
?
Square)
chedule by Slow Time)
of Miss Ruth Coleman)
iuddcrth (Across from Kink's Store)
tiedulf- hv Slow Tim?1
el
s)
)
)
rs. Maggie Bell Kisselburg)
by fast time)
re)
Dockery's store)
)
ousc)
op nearest them.
Legion Post
Has Meeting
On Saturday
A large number of Legionnaires atended
a dinner given by the loca!
oe Miller Elkins post of the Ameri
an Legion held at the Smoky Moun
am cale Saturday evening.
It was decided at the meeting tt
told the next one at the Hiwassec
lam on Friday evening, March 25. A
hat time several important matter!
/ill come before the group, it was ex
lained, and ail members of the Legior
re asked to attend.
For "unusual loyalty and concenrated
effort" the post was awarded
"Special Certificate of Most Distinuished
Service" by Daniel J. Doher.
y, national commander.
Also it was brought to the post's
ttention at the meeting that a World
I'ar Veterans Loan fund "to assist
eterans in purchasing and acquiring
omes" has been established by the
rate of Nojth Carolina.
)eadline On F.C.A.
Loans Drawing Near
AH persons in Cherokee county
ishing to get crop and feed loans
ider the Farm Credit administration
'e advised to make application at
ice in the court house in Murphy.
Mrs. A. Q. Ketner who is assisting
r. S. S. Williams, field supervisor,
arranging for the loans, announced
uesday that the deadline was draw,
g near and that application would
ive to be made soon. j
Potentially Rich Territory ir This St
larch 3,1938 $1..
Democratic Meeting
Dates Are Announced
Word was received in Murphy
Wednesday night by A. W. Mclver,
chairman of the Cherokee County
Democratic committee, that precinct
meetings would be held
tl roughout the county on May 7, j
and that the date for county con.
ventions has been set for May 14The
following information relative
to the appointment of mem.
bers to the cnuniv Rna?-?1
lions was also received: "The chairman
of the Democratic Executive
committee in each county shall, before
submitting to the chairman,
recommendations as to Democratic
members of the County Board of
Elections in such county, call a
meeting of the Democratic executive
committee of the county and
submit such recommendations for
the approval of the Executive committee,
and only when such recommendations
arc approved by a
majority of the committee present,
shall be submitted to the state
chairman by the county committee.
Wednesday, March 10, was the
date set for the meetings.
ANNUAL DINNER
WILL BE HELD
BY LIONS CLUB
Cherokee County Banquet
To Be Given In
Church Tues. Night
Committees were completing arrangements
Wednesday for the. an.
nual Cherokee county dinner to be
sponsored by the Murphy Lions club
in place of their regular dinner in the
Methodist church Tuesday night.
Besides Lions, Lionesses and their
guests, a number of prominent outof-town
guests, including the speaker
of the evening, are expected to attend.
Arrangements are being made
for 100 to attend the annual banquet.
It will be served by the ladies of the
Methodist church who have been preparing
meals for the Lons at their
regular meetings.
Originally started six years ago
with the idea of bringing to the dinner
table each year every edible product
to be found in Cherokee county,
this display was found too difficult
to acquire after the first several
years, and since then each dinner has
r been devoted to some important
Cherokee county product.
The main speaker of the evening
' had not been announced Wednesday.
1 Lions W. M. Fain and G. W. Eliis
are in charge of this part of the pro.
' gram.
) Arrangements for the dinner are
? being made by Lions W. A. Barber,
I Walter Coleman and Virgil Johnson,
s A program of entertainment is
. being arranged by Lions Peyton G.
? I vie and W. A. SherrilL Favor??
decorations are being prepared by
- another committee consisting of Lions
! Park Fisher, Barber, Sam Carr and
Quay Ketner.
On the reception committee arc
Lions H. G. Elkins, W. W. Hyde, Fain
and Tom Case with their Lionesses.
WPA PROJECT FOR
MURPHY APPROVED
IT IS REPORTED
President Roosevelt has put his seal
of approval on a WPA project calling
for the expenditure of $1,488 for
work on files in the office of the
Cherokee county register of deeds in
Murphy. Representative Zeb Weaver
of the Eleventh district has announced.
The funds for the project, which
will employ mostly women, will be
available within a few days.
The work will be sponsored by the
county commissioners according to the
report.
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two clues are
found in case
of burke gray
One Indicates He Is Headed
For Florida; Other
He Is Held
?
Two important clues during the
tin*! weft h?v?? Msimir unil \T
j. B. Gray, of Murphy. to believe
their son Thomas Burke Gray. 24,
who has been missing: in Baltimore,
M<!., since January 21, is still alive.
One is notification irom a road
stand operator at Benson, N. ('.. near
Raleigh, that a young man believed
t.o be Burke Jr., was seen hitch-hiking:
toward Florida several weeks ago, and
the other is word received from John
L. Mason, formerly of Cherokee
county, in Washington Saturday
night, that a phone call from an unidentified
woman led him to believe
Burke, Jr.. was being held somewhere
it; Washintogn.
I Both clues are being thoroughly investigated
and an intensive search is
continuing for the young medical
student's whereabouts. Burke Jr.,
popular, honor medical studer.t of the
University of Maryland in Baltimore,
] was last seen on the night of January
I 21 two days prior to important cxamI
inations.
Believes She Saw Him
The road stand operator, Mrs. G.
C. Upchurch, advised Mrs. Gray that
she had recently seen a young man
I believed to he Mr. Gray trying to get
a ride to Florida on a main highway in
front of her place of business.
She reported the young man was
evidently a medical student as he talked
with authority on the importance
and effects of different foods on trho
body. Mrs. Upchurch said he appeared
to be in a daze, was unaccustomed
to hitch-hiking and was evidently from
a prominent Carolina family. Her inI
formation as prompted by a picture
emu uvKcnpnon 01 tsurke, Jr.. recently
carried in a Charlotte newspaper.
The haggard young man closely
fit the description, she stated.
Photographs of the missing young
(Continued on back page. This Sec.)
Cherokee Oil
Dealers Will
Meet Monday
"Wholesale *.?d retail oil dealers
and their employees* of Cherokee
county are meeting at 12:30 p. m.r
Monday. March 7, at the Regal Hotel
in Murphy, according to G. W. Ellis,
Chairman of the Cherokee county
Petroleum Industries committee.
Chairman Ellis stated: "The misuse
of highway tax funds in this State will
be discussed at the meeting.''
Of the 25 cents in taxes the state
receives from every dollar taken in
for gasoline by service station operators,
approximately 3 per cent is being
diverted to non-highway purposes.
This, according to Chairman Ellis, is
actually a diversion tax equivalent to
3 per cent of the gross receipts of
gasoline sales and is greater than the.
net profits after wages, overhead
and other costs are met.
The gasoline dealers are collecting
7}4C on each gallon of gasoline, which
is equivalent to a i^les tax of 48 per
cent of the retail price.
S. Gilmer Sparger of Raleigh, Secretary
of the North Carolina Petrwieum
Industries Committee, will attend
and address the meeting. He will discuss
the program recently adopted by
the State Committee, which urges
the ending of diversion and the enactment
of a Constitutional Amendment
to prevent future misuse of highway
funds.
PLANT NEW TREES
U. S. G. Phillips of Unaka, Cherokee
County, has been planting from
!>00 to 1,000 pine seedlings on his
waste land for the past few years and
saye he will plant anqther thousand
this season.