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Active ^ and //ill i Attractive (ftJJ . I That's- 9 I MURPHY / he Leading U Vol. L.?No. 2 annual fair will be held sept. 27-oct. 1 Preparations For xposition Going acily Forward . county's "Big Show" r ,al Cherokee county Fair ,v i elk delights big and small, young alike?like that west<ain. s 'drawing nigh." and eparations arc being made for 1 action here this year. ii will open* Tuesday. Sept. will last five days and nights tin. gll Oct. 1. Fair booklet has been pubitui has been distributed all county and adjacent terrih th?? lrmjil . vim^itioii serves. (i Ketiu-r, county agent who . tij-.jc the Fair ?h? hat avrai?cmcnW are In-rig provide the largc-bt and beet ,u.r held here ;n the past. i giant Hartzberg Midway, a ,?xponent of showdowm, will thi- amusement attractions foi olid .successive: year. Last ycai t i g show ar?i theii* coiices. proved very popular here, and state they are glad to be ;i..U - obtain them again this year. Idany Exhibits i . \ oar hundreds oi exhibits pre.. from farm aiwl field supplies, id gardens, agricultural enterp, chool work, handiwork and | ti i t.urces were placed on ex1: aiul carried away nearly ? _ n premiums. ;.r the premium list of cash i vi u larger and naturally 1 ate expecting a larger and | v. : iety of exhibits. changes have been made in >nnel of judges ami super- | v the various classifications oi , . All are listed ill th cental.>g ! v, : y be obtained flee either i county agent's office in \h*e court house or by calling at kce Scout office. i.> the fourteenth annual Fair d in Cherokee county ani - agree that each one ha . y "bigger and better" than i ; decssoi. Continued innovacfforts to bring an improved the people of the county have 1 tii unusual success here, and n's exposition is expected to i c"'1 itm all. , year thousands of people attroin Cherokee ar?d surround- , hit ''.inties in three states. The ar1;,> exhibits?agricultural and ' ise?was the largest that had * ' known. Hundreds of people alks of life come to town la; Meek" to rub shoulders ami SNV varus wth their neighbor. Midway To Be Larger -Midway, too, is expected to be : t', ,n last year. In addition .to i egalar concessions and merry ?ix" tree acts will be supplied at all ug-N according to a contract rec< dy signed by W. M. Pain, chairof the fair association. ^ ou can say what you want to -v'1, "in t,u' Fair and Midway this year" i ?iin said, "and you can be sure u back it up. As far as 1 know ?Vo,*.vth:nK seem? -- ... now?onci mat goes for the weather too for wove* tried to dodge the equinoxiai : storm again." \ Mi Ketner shared Mr. Fain's cnthu :a-m over the prospects of a Mhuiv,dinger" of a Fair this year. "1 here is more interest manifest j in the Fair this year than I have ever , seen before. We truly expect larger \ and Vu- ier exhibits arid greater crowds ! than we had last year?and everybody I know. what the Fair has been in * years past. I think that's as much of a '^commendation as we need". Peivons who have visited the J herokec County Fair in past years d eclare it is the best that is held out*s,(h of the big cities which surro?nd Murphy. The reputation of the "Cherokee County Fair" has spread Wide ? _ lor ?na | ^ rt,?n it is seen as the most important and most significant event of ,h" y<ar held here. L it ifi 'eekly Newspaper in If tsUrn i\vrih Murph MEN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT AT EXTORTON 1 . Boyd Sliced, lb and Glenn Mann, <! j ?out 30. both of near Murphy, ale it . jail here oil charges of attempted exel tioi? and "injury to the person and ropes Iy" of Liimmie A. McClure, li of J. II. Met'urc, of Cheiokee otinty. Both are being held in lion of $1,00 lu . l. A premiiminai v hearing will he held before F. O- Bates, 1-. S. L'ummi sioner. I .\ warrant for the pail was sworn , out here by II W. Kage, of the fed- (1 era I bureau of investigation. Char- f lotte, who has been for a week iiivos- . tigating the case. The arrests were :r>ade by Deputy |1 Sheriffs .1. 11. McClure, Ezra Price, j and G. P. Robinson. W The arrests followed a letter reteived by McClure allegedly demand- ? ing "that $25 be placed under a rock ' at the head of a grave in Liberty I CCmutci y. 1 AUTO INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO WARNE MAN Nathan Mosser, bo farmer of Warne. Clay county, died in Petrie hospital here Friday night of injuries received when struck by a car j , near his home Wednesday night as lie was returning from a church ser- j vice. j The funeral services were belt! at the Pine Log Baptist church Sunday ; morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. Zeh Stephens officiated. Burial was in | the church cemetery. W. 1). Townson, i 1 of Murphy, was in charge of funeral | I arrangement . 1 ; Officers who investigated, -aid death was accidental and tha- no ; charges had been preferred against [ i (irmly Brown, nl-o ?.f Warn-, who wa driving the car that struck .Mrs- I I, Surviving im* two smi-. I. .yd ami ' Krt-d; one daughter. Mi . (Jin Wil- i 1 limns; Ins parents. Ml. and Mrs. 1 Homy Mi ssel-, all id' Warne, and two blothei. ( l? ..r - ? "> niiiwafisce, and frvin, of Oklahoma. ' MURPHY TO PLAY TWO CONTESTS WITH HAYESVILLE Murphy will mot the Hawsville i baseball in two contests ov. the j coming week-end. One game is scheduled for Saturday afternoon ami the ! other for Sunday afternoon. Munpliy remained in the winning ; bracket last week by eking out a 7 j' to r? llth-inning victory over the j I Uiggs Lumber company team, of 1 Athens, Ten. The Hayesvjlle aggro- ! nation has played several interesting games on the local field this year. Funeral Conducted For Palmer Child Friday Morning Funeral services for Joanne Palm- j cr, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Palmer, of Murphy, ] who died here Thursday morning ^ from injuries received when a tombstone toppled over on her .in the Old ^ Methodist cemetery Monday, were . held at the home Friday morning , with the Kev. J. C. Amnions officiat- . ing. Interment was in the old Methodist cemetery. Surviving are the parents, two sis- t ters, and a brother. ( Power girls were: Nelma Simons, j Maxine Davidson, Dorothy Carroll. ; Janell Divadson, May bell Hall, Edith r Crawford, Neva Hall and Helen and ^ Lois Carringer. f H nooarryplsrlbaraee to d, ixx Honorary pallbearers were: L. D Hunt, Fred Swaim, Ernest Stiles and Tom Taylor. Active pallbearers were: Bon Palmer, Jack Hunt, Wilson Palmer and Henry Seabolt. Seymour Calhoun, Bob and Lloyd ^aney. of Proctor, spent the week- ? nd with Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Kind- S py. S tmkt l Carolirui. Covering o Large arid y, N. C.Thursday, Aug. W. B, NELSON, OK ASHEVILLE, DROWNS SUNDAY Young Man Was WellKr.cwn, Widely Related Here Willi;: lint'. Nelson, Jr.. Asheville \vhi? ;s widel;. known and rented" in Mm-i-hy. slipped "bile waning ? tile water above Linville falls Sunlay and was carried over the three alls by the mountain torrent, -wellsi by recent rains. All efforts to recover his body have 'ailed. According to news dispatches caching here Wednesday night, a croup of Asheville firemen are planling to blast the rocks at tile bottoms >i* the falls in an effort to locate his >ody. The three deep pools at the >ottom of each of the falls have been uttgKeu L?y v MMMupjj ait ?vi-ti in an unsuccessful attempt to locate the body. Young Nelson was the son of Mr. ami Mrs. \V. B. Nelson. His father is a freight conductor, lie was an only child. He was a nephew of Mrs. K. 0. Christopher and Mrs. Vesta Henshy, of Murphy. The accident occurred shortly after noon. Nelson and a dozen or more young Asheville persons had gone to Blowing Rock Saturday to attend the horse show and a dance. They were returning to Asheville anil stopped it L'.nville falls, one of Western North Carolina'.- greatest -<enic at ructions, for a nicnic. Apparently only two or three mem l?er.; of the party saw N"el.-< 11 slip into I he water, but many more saw him . he clutched f ra. 'ieally for hold ?> he "s carried over each of tin thi i e falls into a deen ;:ooJ wiiiell i the begining of the famous Nantaiial . gorge. Account-; of the acciden varied )lie Nehnn was leaning ov?-r to a ash hi hands when li<- ipp-d. Another said he was siting on a slippery l"oe!; so! >ii.t in!-, t P.. ...... Clone Pope, ??.' A?heviilo, one '1 flsiiJi's fiend-, \\.--s -aid to havbeen standing mar b; . He flat- hod ill Nelson wilne?t hr.l f; iled to hold hint. A m? iiii--: .* Xeison was swept ovt ; tin- fir : i'.til which i> i?I: 1(5 foot high. h< n a sec :>!. ::s feet high. and i :.:t! , high fall. which iu-.uir.c 50 feet above tht; pool. Nelson attended Ashevi.h* Irgti school. !!< was employed by / A.t erica Lnlui company lie i- .survived by his parents. MURPHY ENJOYS COOL SUMMER While the rest of the country swelters with sumer heat, Mutpiu takes it cooly and casually with '.hi highest temperature reported here this sumer being 01 degrees. Last Sunday was the second hottest day Murphy has had this yeai when a temperature of it" degrees was recorded. Several weeks ago the temperature went to 01 degrees one iay. Night time temperature* "nave been consistantly below 70 all summer.. According to the figures, which are ( leased by the engineering data division of the TVA, of which James ^mnlLhnw tV?/. V?r>*wl M 1? ? .4 ..ctt, --ml 1"'.4 s enjoying UK* of its coolest stunners, although it is a iittle over a\ fitKe in amount of rainfall. More han 11 inches of rain has fallen ?ver the total at this time last rear. lasted below are maximum and ninimum temperatures for the past reck compared with temperatures 'or the same period last year. TEMPERATURES 1938 1937 4 82 67 92 61 5 88 67 88 63 6 8.7 66 88 62 7 90 66 89 64 8 87 67 88 59 9 87 70 88 64 10 86 68 82 65 1A1NFALL INCHES i?6I 81:61 iince August 1 3.97 2.07 iince January 1 48.78 36.53 t Hwi RotcrUuUly Rich I cm tor* ir Tfui S 11, 1938 "^V Cooper Ineligible To Attend Special Legislature Meet Cherokee county has no house rep resen'.ative in the present special sesion of the state legislature which was called last wt ek by Gov. Clyde i. Hoey, as Many I*. Cooper, county represent alive. js now \vi*h the I . tderai government and is ineligible. | 1 In order i ive a represent;!! :.v I at the session which was called pi i I varily to supplement and dis?"; btiu- < WI'A fund.-, it would have been n- 1 ;.i y I'm- Che.okt-.- county to hold a . pecal election, aceordinj* to the ? |?- . iniot. of local lawyers. Mi*. Cooper, a former Murphy at- ; torney, accepted a position with the ; inter, tate Commerce commission last year. ; COMBS HEARD . BY SCHOOL CROUP HERE Presided Over Educational Meeting j' Here on Thursday J, A. li. Combs, associate director of 1 'the division of public instruction, ' iUtleigh, was in charge of a meeting j of school superintendents, principal. ' j'and teachers repi sentin^ the Murphy. Andrews and Cherokee county!' sehool units held in the Murphy sc in o) ! ' Thursday morninp. About 35 were j I present. lie was a. -isCd by Miss .luli. ' W etherinp'toii. also director of i n , ' lie instruction. In the int i tuhict": v remarks, Mr. El r-. iA?S . B? i v i u:us not <i tin- 1I1 -i iction bctwci i 'the work of ; - i School com 1 mission uml thi Department of Public j Instruction. Kmphasi was placed ??xi *f | the responsibility of counties and j ^ j pities in furnish: c the capital outlay, : eluding buildii _ desks and other items. This is not he state's repson- j . ability, he state<l, . slate assures ' 'an - ilit-me!: !>. t. i u and finances it.! j following Mr. tombs' talk, ail; iteachei introduced themselves s at , which ho?'! th?\ represented ami i 1 i which position hey ? eld in the school. This it format" \va.- used a - a hasi in the iliscus>ioi of 111 New Klimen 'ai y :'.ml Second::i y Sehool llandhook. Various pha-es of school work were disctisM'd including .the value ol i children's maga.-ines and the inipor -j' 1 ; t a nee of an. Mr. llall Cohb, ?f .Murphy high j 'school faculty, spoke on his work as j i teacher of advanced woodworking , I explaining ii advantages to the pupil j Mr. K. ('. Wright, principal, of | the Murphy high school reviewed tht < | work of the business department which includes courses in intvodue; t on in business, business English, ! < bookkeeping short hand and typing. [ IMiss Wetliei ingtoi concluded the', eisciis-ion period with suggestions on i elementary program making. Heavy Docket Aired In Court During Week A total of IS cases were dispensed with in Cherokee county Superior j ;:ourt the first three days of this week , ' jwhen one of the heaviest but unim- ' iportant criminal dockets in Cherokee!' 1 , 11 county went before the jury. j i Judge Felix K. Alley, of Waynes- | jviile, i-s presiding. It is expected that. the criminal . 1 ; docket will be completed this week ; and that, trial of civil cases will be i ' heard fr sevora days next week. i Regular Services Held At Methodist i1 Church On Sunday I, The Rev. W. Arthur Harbor, pastor ' of the Murphy Methodist church, an. j nounccs he will leave I-iko Junaluska I A conference and return to Murphy I? Saturday. ( He reports that regular Sunday ' j services are scheduled and that the | team captains for the Children's! |Home fund will make final reports at ' ^ the Sunday morning server. 1t,f IDEAL II I VACATION RESORT fl taie 1.50 YEAR?5c C.Ofl FARM TOUR TO BE CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY Outstanding Cherokee Courtly Farms Are Included The first farm tout ? v< t:- !* 1 in hcroke county will be conducted Wednesday. accord i ay; to ;m anion ncemcM made by the county client's office. The i inert11y will cover practieilly all section of Cherokee county, ind has hen made to im-imh outstanding demonstrations in various \ [bases f ("hcroke county agricullure. All far vers and citizens interested in making the tour art- requested to meet at the county agent's Ifice in the Murphy courthouse Wednesday morning whine the tour ivill bejrin at s A. M. The county agent's office expects a large crowd to join the tour and - requesting ail persons who can bring automobiles or trucks to do soThe following? schedule (based on Central Standard Time) has been arranged: J. C. Townson farm (beef :attle) 8:25; Kd Wood far.i. (machinery ar.d dairy farming?* : 1 ?' : W. \. Franklin farm (beet cattle) 9:50; Will Luaher farm tarn ?>f -1 11 corn jroject, 10:25: W. A I'uett farm (forest i > and bono beautification) 10:55; < harh - Millup-* faint (tobiicro) 11:20; Osiai Mauney farm (swine) 11:10; John C. Campbell 4\>lk School (crop rotation) 12:20; .unrh as M..i Creek school house d 12:30; W. A. K shrniiy farm (forestry) 2:40; .leim Shield farm (dairy ami crop rotati ) 3 ?''clock: Disband. The evuiny ;g? i :"s -?. ; lion- to I1UKO In? r; ;i? t .. i affair. 4 New Teachers Are Elected To Murphy Unit \Vii-. Auj.'. *J'.\ inn; : ' nachoi- -'ul b.s i-n iii ;? Iliu : si. > . '.unity Ail ol' \ I.. at'hc IS . . ti .; 1JU <1 ill their ! * sj.i c*.i t fit - ' : ?' ly M-iM i.i.t-niit ii Mis. Aim (h.ndlei Wam Mu:phy, is a graduate c 1 the I niv< rsity t?l" Xt.iiii laroli;.. mnl has been a rcgulai sub- itute in the ; ' school the past two years. Mis Klizabet ; Strickland, Obi Fort, is a graduate of the Womans College <?f tin University and has completed work for hci Masters degree at the University a' < 'uapel Hill. Miss Strickland has. taught at Asheville Noimal and Swain County High School. Miss Nt h McLaughlin, of Widttier, will succeed Mi> Until Derma. in the Commercial Department. Miss McLaughlin is a graduate of Western Carolina Teachers College aid was an honor student while there. , Miss Martha Wis wall et A.m. ni is ag raduate of the Womuns College of the University and in June received her Masters degree from Columbia University. New York. Miss Wis. wall was laboratory assistant at W . C. IT. X. (\ ami was assistant in the educational department of the Charleston Museum for a year. The Elementary faculty of the er>tire unit remains the sann . n < et for the fact, that one teacher was lost hie to decrease in last years attendance in that department. William Wade replaces George Lewis Henry at Texan;.. Wade is a graduate of Bluefield Stat< College, vith a major in Commcrical Kducaion and Mathematics. During liis kist year in school ho *as assistant in the Registrars office ind comes here highly reccom mended >ly Loyd G. Smith, Registrar at Bluefield. Mrs. T. J. Mauney spent the weekmi in Ilayesviile with her mother, II B. Ha
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