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VISIT CHI -oJfj RESORT i the leadin Vol. 50.?No. 8. J. S. FOARD, 56, DIES SUDDENLY AT CLEVELAND Local Veneer Plant Operator Stricken With Heart Attack The entire communi'y was shocked Tu? -<lay when it learned of the sudcen death of John Steele Foard, 56year-old veneer plant operator of Murphy, at 2 :.T0 p. in. at Cleveland., X ( . A heart attack which he had sjffered several days previously while attending the funeral of a relative. proved fatal. Tuners! services. a!'u.oupi, nut cumoleic, will be held Saturday morning at Cleveland. i It was the third death in the family within two weeks. On September 8, Mrs J. 13. Buikc, mother of Mrs. Steele Foard, who was visiting her (laughter here, died. Friday Mr. and Mr>. Foard attended the funeral of Mrs. J. B- Kincaid, mother of Mrs. K. H. Foard, a sister-in-law of Mr. Steele Foard, when the latter suffer(Continued on back page. This Sec.) Thermometer Goes To Forty Degrees Early Wednesday Brrrr. The local weather man said this week that the weather here was like a woman's disposition?it never hits a happy medium; it's always at one extreme or onoihcr. Without any wa tting at all the thermometer shifted from summer to winter temperatures the middle of this week; with the result that the whole town smells and looks l'kc one grand, big moth ball. While most Murphy folks telephoned for coal Wednesday morning with one hand, they were digging out last year's red flannels with the other. The TV A engineering data division officially recorded here early Wednesday morning temperature at 'Hi degrees which is believed to be one of the coolest temperatures ever leported here for the middle of September. Listed below are maximum and minimum temperatures for the past week compared with temperatures for the same period last year. TEMPERATURES 1938 1937 Hate Max. Min. Max. Min 15 89 65 79 44 16 83 57 82 49 17 78 53 74 55 18 71 51 76 46 19 82 49 83 46 20 78 42 85 52 21 69 40 86 55 RAINFALL INCHES 1938 1937 Since Sept 1 1.44 2.71 Since Jan. 1 50.93 43.69 Since Sept. 1 0.36 2.68 Since Jan. 1 49.85 43.66 famed dance orch treat to local da POPULAR BAND LEADER k _ ia J ft g J1MMIE LIVI' iSTON LROKEE CO Iff <Hftfl G WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE Murpl EX-DEPUTY KILLED \ I . '^iii ! EMMETT CADDIS TWO DEPUTIES ARE FREED IN GADDIS DEATH Polk County Grand Jury Returns No True Bills Against Pair Two Polk county deputies sheriff, Frank Crawford and Frank Clayton, were freed Tuesday of any charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Einmett Caddis, 40, a former deputy, in front of a Ducktown cafe last Wednesday evening. A Polk county grand jury, sitting at a court session in the Ducktown court house at a regular session of court presided over by Judge Sue K. Hicks, found no true bill against the two men after they had been bound over to court following a hearing before a justice of the peace. I Following Gaddis' death September 14, the two deputies were remov I ed to Benton, Tenn., by Sheriff B. E Biggs. Monday they were tried before a I justice of the peace who bound them over to court under bond. It was Gaddis, a former Cherokee I countian, who was acquitted along with two other men, Loyd Par ton and Clarence Brooks, of charges of murder in connection with the death of D. M. McFadden, Asheville, contractor, who was shot down on a detour near Isabella, Tenn., May 17, 1936. At the trial, one of the most sensational ever held in the Coppe- Basin, the defendants claimed they ridr died McFadden's body with bullets in self defense after state's witnesses testified McFadden climbed from his (Continued on back page. This Sec.) ESTRA TO FURNISH iNCING CONTINGENT Local dancers?including everyone from the "jitterbugs" to the rheumatic-jointed cake-walkers?will have an unusual treat Friday night when Jimmie Livingston and his orchestra, said to be one of the country's fastest-rising dance bands, will appeal I at the Andrews gymnasium for a dance at popular prices. Livingston's band originated in Hendersonville several years ago. Their new ami Hifferenl ?tvle of playing, featuring arrangements on p. pair of slide trombones that, just won't quit, made an instantaneous hit. Recently the band has been playing at a hotel in Charlotte where their fame spread when the Columbia Broadcasting system put them on a national hook-up five times a week. Now they are under the direction of the Music Corporation of America which insures their ability to produce. Tonight (Thursday) the or(Continued on back page. This Sec.) UNTY FAIR ptokti RN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING , ly, N. C. Thursday,.Sept. T. C. MOORE. 76, PROMINENT CLAY , COLNTIAN, DIES 1 I Death Comes To Out-! | standing Citizen On Wednesday Morning Funeral services for Thomas C. j Vloore, 76, one of Clay county's most prominent citizens, were conducted from the home on Tusquitlee, two miles north of Hayesville, J this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o'- < clock. Burial was in the Presbyterian cemetery. The Junior O. U. A. M. was in charge of the services. W TV I Xewnr.on v.*ss in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Moore died at his home Wed nesday morning at 8 o'clock after in extended illness of four years. At no time, however, had he been con- ' fined to his bed. He had eaten a hearty breakfast Wednesday morning and gone back to bed where he j died quietly while his wife and one son were by his side. Mr. Moore was an only child. His father was killed in the Civil Wai when Mr. Moore was a young man. He was born and reared in Clay county and later became one of its most outstanding citizens. As a justice of the peace, Mr. Moore tried hundreds of cases in the lower courts in his more youthful days. He took an active part in the civic, social and political life of the county. He was one of the section's best farmers and owned a great deal of property including the Warne gold mines. Surviving besides his widow are: right boys, Harve, of Clay county, Ed, of Murphy, Boh of Topton, Will, of Andrews, Charles, of Clay county, J. B., o? Murphy, Paul, of Guntersville, Ala., and Frank, of Clay county, ami four daughters, Mrs. C. B. Patterson, of Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Dollie Lowe, of Birmingham, Ala-, Mrs. Mamie Penland, of Gainesville, Ga., and Mrs. Kitty Sholton, of Clay county. Fashion Show To Be Held Here On Friday Evening An annual fashion show, sponsored by the Methodist church, will be held in the Murphy school auditorium Friday night at 7:30 p. m. The following program has been arranged: Doll Parade by small group of children under the direction of Misses Clara McCombs and Emily Sword; "School Days" by Murphy high school girls .directed by Mrs. Hall Cobb; *'01d Fashioned Garden" by Murphy matrons with Mrs. H. E. Dickey as soloist; ' Debutantes" composed of young ladies of Murphy directed by Miss Virginia Benton; "An Old Sweetheart of Mine", with Mrs. 0. E. Madden as reader and Mrs. W. A. Barber, Miss Rosalyn Chandler and Sam Carr acting in psintomine. Mrs. Madden will be master of ceremonies and Miss Mary Nell Will mmson win De the pianist ?! ; Indians Are Coming On "Scalping*' Party The Murphy Boomers will formally inaugurate their 1938 football season Friday when they meet the Cherokee Indians on the local field. Last year the Boomers won Sy the margin of seven points from the Braves?and they say Indians never forget. From all reports the Cherokee team is tcoming for a regular "scalping" party. In this, the initial contest of the ] season. Coach J. A. Pitzer will be ] able to get a pretty good indica- < tion of the materia] he has to build 1 a team out of this year. Most of 1 the squad is composed of men who ' have never played football before. - OPENS t 0f|t] A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH 22,1938 Ml Preparatior For Annual Cc Confines Of New Precinct Are Changed By Board The boundary lines of the newlyformed Hiwassee Dam precinct in Cherokee county were changed here Wednesday night following a meeting of the County Board of Elections of BKwWBI fnnntv '.n the court HMHUH The voting place was also changed by board action. Under existing state laws, the board met to change the confines of the precinct which had been set i at a meeting recently. The Hiwassee Dam precinct is designed to provide a nearby voting place for hundreds of people who have recently moved in or near the Hiwassee Dam village, town site of the TVA's $22,000,000 Hiwassee Dam. Heretofore the nearest voting place has been in the Vest precinct eight miles distant The lines of the precinct have been changed to the following: beginning at the mouth of Shoal creek and running up the creek to a point where the road to Murphy intersects with the Access road; thence with the road 300 yards; thence in the direction of th?> Ui?'" u? " * ? uam parallel with said TV A road at a distance of 300 yards from the road northeast to the residence of Dick Mickens (including the residence); thence down the branch known us Allen or Shields branch to the Hiwasseo river, and down the river to the mouth of Shoal (Continued on back page. This Sec.) ALL-STARS TO WIND UP SEASON PLAY WITH TWO GAMES The baseball season locally will wind up with a double-header between the Cherokee County-AllStars and the Aragon, Ga., team Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 3 p. m. (EST) at the Marble ball park. Managers of the team are hoping to have Hoyle Bryson, former Marble pitcher who made a remarkable record with the Tallahassee baseball club in the Georgia-Florida league this summer, and the sensational Melvin Ensley, of Andrews, appear on the mound before the Aragon outfit which sports such stars as Roy Pullium, Slick Hall and Tom Pittman, all well-known players here. The All-Stars defeated their old rivals, the Copperhill Copperheads, at Marble Sunday afternoon by a 6-3 score. Ensley let the Basin team down with five hits- Tiny oworrord, veteran first baseman with the Copperhill outfit, hit ore of the longest home runs ever seen on the Marble diamond. FOXHUNTERS ASSOC ANNUAL MEET BEGI1 By C. I. Calhoun Sec. Tri-County Foxhunters Ass'n. The Tri-State Fox Hunterss Convention will convene Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Fair Grounds in Murphy, beginning: at 3 o'clock CST. The bench show will bepin at that time with entry fees of SI for the firs; do? and 25 cents for each additional dog:. The first- prize for the best dog:, either sex. will be a 20 inch blowing: horn and the second prize will be a 16 inch horn. Other prizes will be awarded such as leafhi. collars and even on down to a yellow ribbon. Mr. A. L. Walker, of Murphy, vill be the judg:e and his decisions will >e final. Fred Moore protested the fjift of TUESDAY ^ Active lifST And i B.C S Attractive ^ That's MURPHY TERRITORY 5c COPY $1.50 YEAR is Are Made >unty Festival Thusands From This A *-? * /\rea Hxpected To Attend Everything is set for Cherokee county's big, annual celebration?the Cherokee County Fair?which is to be held in Murphy Tuesday through Saturday, Sept. 27-Oct. 1. A. Q. Ketner, county agent, members of his department and fair officials were busy this week preparing the Fair building for the thousands of exhibits that are expected to be placed on its shelves next week. The Keystone shows, holders of the concession to the midway amusements, are expected to roll in sometime during the week-end and "pitch I their tents" preparatory to serving Fair patrons with an assortment of side shows, concessions and "stupendyovs" free acts. The same- group held the Midway concession last year at the Fair here and made a hit with the crowds that attended. Mr. Ketner expects a deluge of exhibits on Tuesday morning ami ask I the public to observe the rules for making exhibits as set out in the Fair catalogs which can be obtained free from either the county agent's office or by calling at the Cherokee Scout office. The various divisions of exhibits include practically everything that (Continued on back page. This Sec.) Mayor Gray Gets Cordial Welcome Back to Murphy The entire town this week extended a cordial return welcome to Mayor J. 13. Gray who has been confined to the Black Mountain sanatorium dur1 ing the past eight months. Mr. Gray, prominent attorney and an outstanding- citizen of the community, was greeting many friendson the streets and at his home prior to reassuming the duties of his profession here. Several Cars Wreck Over Past Week-End The total number of ears to wreck on mountain curves near Murphy was increased over the past week-end, but, by some miracle, no serious injuries were reported. Saturday night eight boys riding in a new sedan overturned on Ledford curve on the Andrews highway two miles north of Murphy. The extent of injuries was the administration of first aid to one of the occuOne wreck was reported near Blairsville and one near Warne with no serious affects. K1NDLEY OUT AGAIN T. W. (Dutch) Kindloy, local CocaCola distributor, was able to be out again Wednesday after being confined to his home the nast ' weeks with pneumonia. NATION TO HOLD MNING WEDNESDAY & horn as the first prize stating he had plenty of horns .already, while Edd Barnett consented readily stating he did not have a horn. Well, through sympathy he may get one. The writer b of course a very jealous sort of person and naturally would expect the color which would best project his i nature, realizing that a riobon would j be the most that ho could expect, j After the bench show, a few ridej* i on the zizz wheel at the lair, a few i hot dogs under our belts and when the sun has set beneath the horizon, j we will then cast our eyes to the place j the Indians once thought they would! go when they departed this life ancf j what we will do to Old Reynard, will | tell you later.
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