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That'*? * 11 MURPHY 1 The Leatling Vol. IL?No. 33 Body of B Electricity To I Many Local F I From TV A Service To Be Available To Farm Families 1 About April 15 IS 11,000-VOLT LINE Main Object Is To Serve Unloading Station At Turtletown Many of the farmers in Cherokee county, and Polk county, Tenn., will enjoy the benefits of electricity for the first time. The Tennessee Volley Authority has started construction on a three-phase 11,000 voit electric transmission iine from the Hiwassee substation at Hiwassee Dam to Turtletown, Tenn., the railhead for the dam. Tho main object of this line is to serve the unloading plant at Turtletown, but it will also serve many peo. 1 pie who live on the road from the dam to Turtletown. Approximately 150 customers have signed up for electricity and service will be available about April 15. The Tennessee Valley Authority docs not house wiring and sells no electrical appliances, and each subscriber must have his house wiled and purchase the appliances he will use. A representative of the TV A will however, inspect the wiring of each house before the power is turned on. It is necessary that all wiring comply with regulations as exemplified by the National Electric Code and state and county regulations. This is not the first line to be constructed by the Tennessee Valley Authority in North Carolina. The first was a 44-kv. line, connecting Santeetlah powerhouse and sub taiion with the Hiwassee substation. That line was constructed by TVA in ac vviuaucc wun tne nuercnange ar-1 rangemcnt between the Aluminum Company of America and the TV A for tho purpose of furnishing power for the construction of Hiwassee Dam. Under the interchange contract, the Tennessee Valley Authority supplies the Aluminum Company with power at Maryville and the Aluminum Company supplies the TV A with ar equal amount of power at Santeetlah for transmission to Hiwassee Dam. Motion Pictures Being Shown In | County Schools Educational motion pictures, show, ing scenes of forest, fish and game conservation, are being shown free in all communities of Cherokee county under the Hirertian at Will;..~~ T Nbthstein, district forest ranger, of Andrews. So far the film has been displayed at Hiwassee Dam, Bnckberry, Long Ridge, Buck Knob, Grape Creek and Unaka. The picture is being shown in the school houses of the various communities, and the public is cordially invited to attend at any of the following remaining showings: Thursday 11a. m., Upper Beaver, dam; Thursday 1:30 p. m., Davis Creek; Friday 11a. m., Owl Creek; Friday 2 p. to., Tomotla; Friday 8 p. ni? Peachtree. Monday, March 21, White Church 11 a. m., Ogreeta 2 p. m.; Tuesday, March 22, Boiling Springs 11 a. m? Ebeneezer 2 p. m.; Wednesday, March 23, Oak Grove 11 a . m.. Marble 8 p. m.; Thursday, MaVch 24, Junaluska 11 a. m., Rhodo 1:30 p. m. ' r fp Weekly Newspaper in Western Wort Murp urke Graj 5e Supplied arm Families j Power Station Meeting Held By Democrats j On Saturday At a meeting of the Democratic nartv of Cherokee pountv Knlnrrlnv it was not definitely decided whether to elect party candidates by conven- | tion or primary voting, according tc A. W. Mclver, party chairman. He said another meeting would be [ held soon at which time definite action on the matter would be taken. It was annornced at the meeting that F- O. Bates and William Dock, ery had been approved by the cxecu-. tive committee as Democratic mem- . bcrs of the three-man board of coun. | ty elections. Five Men Are Bound Over To Superior Court Five men were hound over to super, ior court and plucd under bond here Friday afternoon on nai l ants charging: attinpeted robbery of the Murphy Supply company, local department store. Allen Wise and Julius Coleman were placed under $1,0(10 bond each in connection with the warrants, and Glenn Enloe, Troy Hampton, and Willie Stranee were .. ...I ? o- ? ? uuut'i $500 bond each at preliminary hear, ings before Justice of the Peace D. M. Reece. Wise anu Coleman were arrested by two officers after Wise had allegedly cut a hole in a stairway wall into the building Wednesday night and made entrance. Coleman was named as accessory, although it was said he had not entered the store. Wise was found by officers behind a clothes rack, they'saidEnloe, Hampton, and Strange were arrested Friday night after Policeman Neil Sneed reported having found j them near the rear of the building | Monday night. LIQUOR FLOWS FREE] AS '13' GALLO Liquor flowed freely in Murphy Saturday afternoon?when federal officers poured 13 gallons and two pints of moonshine down a Main street sewer while a typical Saturday afternoon crowd stood by, some holding their noses, some smacking their lips The liquor was confiscated near the Tusquittee section of Clay county* and oilicers arrested uien neison una >. C. Holloway, both of Topton, and placed them in federal jaii here to await trial on charges of transport, ing in federal court in Bryson City on May 23. Those making arrests were: John Norton, of Asheville, district revenue agent, and deputies Jim Woods and R. V. Jenkins both of Whittier, Swain county. Officers said they were riding in their car near Tusquittee Saturday shortly after noon when thew saw the boys driving along and became suspicious. The youths were airested. brought to Murphy where they were fingerprinted, and the officers poured the liquor in the street. The boys were placed under $300 bond each. G. P. (Robbie) Robinson, deputy sheriff of Cherokee county, said the! pair would be kept in jail here, as the Murphy jail passed specifications for h Carolina, Covering a Larfx and I ?hy, N. C. Thursday, Mar r Found Ii HEAVY DOCKET I IS SCHEDULED IN APRIL TERM Cherokee County Superior Court To Convene Monday, Anril 4 A heavy criminal and civil docket is awaiting Judge John II. Clement4* of Winston.Salem, when Cherokee County Superior court convenes in Murphy on Monday. April 4, for a scheduled two.weeks session. The following purors have been selected by the jury commission: First week?J. H. Brendle. Posted; S. S. Akin, Ranger; Arthur Shields, Culberson; T. G. Kimsey, Marblej A. B. Loudermilk, Culberson; Charley Dot. son. Birch; Castell Hawkins, Postell; Alfred Crowder. Murphy, Route 2; Maynard Palmer, Murphy, Route 3; Clingman Johnson, Ranger; Ralph Ledford, Murphy, Route 2; B. P. Grant. Andrews; Albert Watson. Cul-1 berson; Garleo Rich. Culberson. J. H. Hedden, Murphy, Route 2; Will Luther, Andrews; W. H. Sud. \ derth. Murphy, Route 1; G. W. Rogers. Murphy. Route 3; Fred Allen, Onaka; M. M. Ledford, Postell; John Barker, Andrews, M. I. Hall, Birch; L. C. Guthre, Ranger; John Palmer, Marble; Zeb Conley* Andrews; C. S. Day, Marble; Willy Webb, Andrews; W. A. Fair, Persimmon Creek. Albert Kiiby, Unaka; Harlpy Carringer, Murphy; Ed Wakefield, Andrews; J. G. Hollo way, Andrews; B. A. RickHt.t- A nilpnuje u" *? 1 , ....UiunO| ? 1CU llUIIipiVMI, I Murphy; W. H. Tabor, Murphy. Route 1, J. F. Stalcup, Murphy; Bruce West, Marble; Claude Roberson, An. drew*; Grady Smith, Marble; John Cooper, Andrews; D. L. Parris, An. drews; F. L. Davis, Andrews. Second Week?E. 1'. Hawkins, Murphy; Ed Raster, Marble; W. W. Hall. Murphy, Route 2; Will Pulliuin, Andrews; Will Ensley, Andrews; W. W. Ashe, Andrews; H. G. Jones, Postell; W. M. Sneed, Andrews; George Phillips, Murphy; Elmer Stiles. Letitiu; J. J. McGuire. Murphy; It. L. Donley, Marble, Route 1. Walter Chapman. Suit; Cross Pullium. Andrews; Lester Lcdford. l'at. lick; J. M. Verner, Wehutty; W. C. Sandlin, Andrews; W. P. Odom, Murphy; Woody Hampton, Andrews; Paschal Hughes, Murphy. Route 2; Jud Morgan, Culberson; J. B. Hall, Murphy; B. B. Morrow, l.'naka, and Jim Stewart, Andrews. LY SATURDAY? NS GO DOWN SEWER DUNNE LAWRENCE 1 KILLED BY LIVE i WIRE IN KENTUCKY | Dunne Lawrence, well-known form, er TVA employee hero, was electrocuted when a high-voltage wire fell on him at Gilbertsville, Ky., where he was stationed at present, Tuesday night, according to word received here by Dr. Walt Mauney. It was said that Mr. Lawrence was walking home after spending the evening in town when the wire fell on him. Mr. Lawrence, who was connected with the highway and railroad divission of the TV A, lived here about three years with his wife and son, and had made many close acquaintances. Solicitor Candidate In Murphy Tuesday! Baxter Jones, Bryson Oily attorney, | who is a candidate t'or solicitor of tlie Superior court of this district, was I in Murphy Tuesday in (he interest of i his campaign. He will oppose John Queen, present [ .r'icitor of the court, of Waynesville. I a federal jail on December 2. 193T ? il^FISA Potentially Rich Territory ir This Su . 17, 1938 jlJ i Baltimor BODY IS FOUND ffv W 1 THOMAS BURKE GRAY Hyde Elected As Republican Party Leader Edwin Hyde, Murphy attorney, was elected Saturday morning to lead the Republican party during the coming year, as precinct committeemen met in the court house to chose delegates *o state and congressional and senator, ial district conventions. Miss Hattie . Axley was selected as vice-chairman. Clyde II. .Jarrett, Andrews attorney, presided over the meeting in place of Carl Townson, outgoing chairman. The meeting opened with a plea on thp part of Mr. Jarrett for a "wellorganized. proper campaign that will turn the tide in Cherokee county." With a quorum present, it was decided to have the same committee attend I all three of the conventions- Definite places and time of meeting had not I been decided upon. 1 Those named were: J. H. Hampton, Clyde II. Jarrett, Carl Townson, Ben 1 Morrow, Edwin Hyde, Frank Swan, | ] Roger Devtar, Willard Axley. Mrs. Thelma Dickey, Miss Anne Townaon, j Mrs. George Ellis, Miss Menniee Pay- < ne, Miss Hattie Axley, Mrs. T. S. ' Evans, John Donley, and Sheridan | Sides. YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO HOLD MEETING IN ANDREWS 'HUT'I 11 The Cherokee County Young Demo- I c ratio Club will hold an organization j 1 meeting in the "Hut" at Andrews 1 Saturday night at 8:30 o'clock (EST), I W. Frank Forsyth, of Andrews, presi-1 i dent of the club, announced Tuesday. | < Only officers will be elected and j 1 general plans for the coming politi- i cal campaign will be made, he said, j t uird -j present v."11 be ct served. The president and Miss Sara Ruth 1 . Posey, of Murphy, district vice.ehair-!, man, will take an active part in a j, rally of all the clubs of the 11th Con- , gressional district to be held in Way- , nesville the following Saturday night, j MURPHY STORE J| REOPENED AFTER [! ITS WALLS CRACK , The I-ay ami Company Five and Ton storo of Murphy was reopened | for business Tuesday after it had been condemned and closed last Friday when it appeared that the building would collapse due to a weak foun. nation. ' One side wall and the rear wall of 1 the two.-story brick building cracked 1 and plas'er fell off the walls on the interior. W. M. Lay, manager of ' the store, recently had a basement ' due in the building for expansion 1 purposes and this is believed to have ' been largely responsible for the breaking. A crew of workmen were busy the 1 early part of thi-- week putting a con- 1 Crete foundation under the building. 1 The building is owned by W. R. Anderson, of Etowah, Tenn. Largest | Circulation III jl Any Paper rv Ever Published Here. tic 50 YEAR?5c COPY e Harbor FUNERAL WILL BE HELD HERE ON SATURDAY \utopsy Performed Irt Baltimore; Report Anxiously Awaited i he cold waters of the Chesapeake bay at Baltimore, Md , gave up tho body of Thomas Burke Gray, brilliant, 24-year-old medical student, and son of Mayor and Mrs. J. B. Gray, of Murphy, at dawn Tuesday ending an intensive seven-weeks search for him and throwing a poll of gloom around his home and numerous friends here. The University of Maryland student, one of the most promising young men to ever live in Cherokee county, had been missing sir.ee the night of January 21. Baltimore officers have informed Fred Christopher, law partner of Mayor Gray here, who has been instrumental in leading the search, that an autopsy would be performed on the body Wednesday. Funeral services will be conducted fiom the First Baptist church of Murphy Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, it has been announced. Interment will be in the family burial grounds at Hayesville. Peyton G. Ivie is in charge of funeral arrangements. The body will arrive Kridiay afternoon from Baltimore. Outside of the facts that the body had apparently been in the water a long time and that positive indent if ication had been made through clothing and personal effects found in his pockets, little has been revealed in the uatuie of the cause of his death. Close friends of the family here icre are anxiously awaiting the report of the autopsy from fealtimore. Identification was made through Mr- Gray's roomate and other acquaintances in the medical school, rhey recognized dance tickets, a card rearing his name, his wristwatch and several sears mentioned in a description given to ponce by the young man's parents. John L. Mason, of the Washington police force, and brother of Sheriff L. L. Mason, of Cherokee county, also went to Baltimore and made identification. There were no marks of violence found on the body, it was reported here. Mr. Gray had been in Baltimore taking a pre-medieal course when his lisappearance was reported. He was ast seen with several strangers on the night of January 21, two days before he was to have taken important CAaiuiilttUUIIS. He was an honor student ami was apparently imikin-r a wide circle of friends in Baltimore as he iliii wheresver he went He obtained his B. S. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and finished lis first two years of medicine there r. 19:17. He is survived by his parents and hree sisters, Mrs. Cloe Moore and Misses Elizabeth and Kate Gray, all >f Murphy. New Lights Installed By Methodist Ladies New, decorative lights have boon installed in the Murphy Methodist 'hurch through funds raised by the Circle No. 2 of the church. The fixtures, consisting of a large central fixture, surrounded by six >ther groups of lights, were installed free by workmen of the Southern States Power company. This week the Rev. W. Arthur >er. pastor of the church, and otners praised the work of the ladies in aising the money for these gorgeous fixtures. Mrs. J. H. McCall is chairman of he circle.
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