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RESORT I ITHF LEADINi MHS. HARRIS, 52, OF SHOAL CREEK FATALLY BURNED Funeral Held At Shady Grove For Victim Of Flames . ral services for Mrs. J. B. Hai -' of the Persimmon Creek seci who was fatally burned at her shorlty after noon last Thursvei-e conducted from the Shady t, church Saturday morning at i lock with the Rev. \V. T. Truett iting. Interment was in the , r. cemetery. W. P. Townscn was v>re of funeral arrangements. Harris who was well-known i: section, was discovered rolling living room floor of the home, othes ablaze, at tor h? i busbar :i, w as in the yard of the home, had :?traded to the house by her The cause of the accident :<>t been determined. Coroner rod L. Herbert, of Andrews, .-a d owing the body that 110 inquest \\ be held. ,os the husband. Mrs. Harris j ivod by: seven daughters, Mrs. 1 I 1'erson, Mrs. Wiilard Hall,! V i.ay Hawkins. Mrs. Hoyt Waller.; X Hlenn Owenfcy and Misses Lexie ihor Harris; one small son. and si brothers and sisters. County Teachers Organize Here ?cal unit of the North Carolina Kd national association was formed! lit Saturday when approximately | ! > aehers of the Cherokee county : uiii* met in the court house and nerfi'i'i'd plans for the organization. Officers elected were: 1,. W | Shields, principal of the Martin's Creek school, president; N. O. Kil- j pa'lick, principal at Reids chapel.! vice president, and Mrs. Lyle Martin, | secretary to W- A. Martin, superintendent of the unit, secretary. ! Uowing the organization process! an scussion, the group voted 1 *?' in here in the forenoon of the I Saturday of each month, j Ki -tt White and Mr. Kilpatrick we s oakers at the meeting. I 1' s been arranged to distiibutel ! m< ;y payrolls following each meting. Glenda Ivie, 2, Bitten By Rat, Improves 1. (Ilenda Ivie, two-year-oM da r of Mr. and Mrs. Peyton G. Ivie, f Murphy, who was bitten on 1 e by a rat recently, was retun.. , her home from the Petrie ! Wednesday. !' I'uving the accident, the child's , became serious and she was j root to the hospital for treatment. DEMOCRATS ANNOU ALL PRECINCTS IN CI Th,- Democrats of Cherokee county* ; onipanied by a string band, will i it evwy voting precinct in Chei , county in a campaign drive which begins Monday and will continue through the month. seeking election to of? vt - ? -?v- .1 iNovemDer N, party officials, B friends and Young Democrats will accompany them. 11 K. ('. Mallonee, chairman of the || local party, .said free music will be I ll|v a\ all the meetings by the! I f < ounty Hillbillies. H Th<- place and time of meeting is ; I Hot House school house, Eg Monday, Oct. 10 at 3:30 p. m.; Cul l'1' - - ehool house, Monday, Oct. 10 H m.; Vi >let school hou B Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 3:30 p. m.; Unaka e, Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 I J* ,M Upper Beaverdam school We Inesday, Oct. 12 at 3:30 ?>. Hp Boiling Springs school house, E[ L ~~~ 1 ft % ? WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE Murphy, i Mcney Of Deceased Man Ic Lccated Murphy's Chief of Police, Fred Johnson, reported this week that a sum of $450. the property of Earl i White, 3<>, a member of the Keystone ' sh :\vs, who was electrocuted at the ] Fair grounds. Saturday night. Sept- , 20. had been found in his trailer. j I His widow, following his death, re-1 ported the money missing and an in- ; I vestigation resulted. Mr. Johnson said a further search revealed the money hidden in the trailer where i White had apparently placed it before his death. Mrs. White said the j money was a "year's savings." Funeral Rites ! For Tam Ledford Held Or Saturday | Funeral services for Yandivire I Talmadgc (Tam) Ledford, .'>8. prominent resident of the Peachtree section of Cherokee county were conducted from the Brittam heme ai , Peach ree Saturday afternoon with 1 the Rev. Robert Barker, the Rev. \\ . Arthur Barber and the Rev. Klbert Nichols officiating:. Interment was it. the Baptist cemetery ai Peach- j 1 ttee. Peyton G. Lvie was in charge of funeral arrangements. 1 Mr. Led foul died Friday afternoon after a shor* illness. Although he was born in Georgia, Mr- Ledford had been a resident of this county most of hi- life. For many years he lived in Andrews. Honorary pallbearers were: George Hcndiix, Henry Klliolt, Helett Robinson, Henry Sudderth and Henry Barton. Active pallbearers were. Charlie! I Crain, W ruon Barker, Tom Axley. | i M. Moore, Mark Elliott ami Charles I (Buck) Hartness. I Flower girls were: Mary B. VValki u', Mae Wheeler, Betty Robinson, Kate (labor, Ruby Brooks, Mrs. Ruth Carringer, Nancy Lunsford and Kate Witt. Surviving are: the widow, Mrs. jVeitie Ledford; three children, Kai therine, of Murphy, Jean, of Gasi tonia, and Paul, of Murphy, Route I 1; four brothers and four sisters. DENTAL WORK IN SCHOOLS I Dr. H- R. Peatman, dentist with I the state health department who is I I doing work in all the schools of the | county, announces that lie will be working in the Tomotla and Woif Creek schools during the coming week. COUNTY TEACHER ILL Miss Leone Patterson, of Andrews, a teacher in the Shearer school was stricken ill at her home Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Sallie Whitu Is supplying in her place during her ill-; I? 1 Mr. I vie is a local mortician and | furniture dealer. NCE MEETINGS IN 1EROKEE COUNTY | Oct. 13 at 3:30 p. m-; Hangingdog school house, Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 r?. m. Ogreeta school house, Friday. Oct. 14 at 3:30 p. m.; Grape Creek school house, Friday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p. in.; Shearer school hnnse, Monday, Oct. i7 at 3:30 p. m.; Iliwassee Inn (Hi-, wassee Dam Precinct voting place),! Monday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p. m.; Walker school house, Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 3:30 p. m.; Friendship school house, Tuesday, Oct. IS, at 7:30 p. m.; Burnt Meeting house, Wednesday, : Oct. 19. at 3:30 p. ni.; Martins Creek school house, Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 7:30 p. m.: Tomotla school house. Thursday. Oct. 20 at 3:30 p. m. Marble school house, Thursday, Oct. 20 at S p. ni. (EST); Peachtree school house, Friday. Oct. 21 at S p. m. (EST); Andrews, Saturday,' Oct. 22 at S p. m. (EST), and .Murphy. Monday, Oct. 24 at 7:30 p. m. j All meetings will be held on Central Standard time except at Marble, Peach tree and Andrews. i rrnlw :RN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING N. C. Thursday. Oct. 6, Annual Fair Draws Record Crowds Here Th' tk 1 'k . :nr i < ink \ County Fair ended Saturday J aft a ?ccord 1 of soivc il 15,000 rsor.s and with what offi I eia's u-niu ii 4*th< ?ri- atest array of I products ever hown in this county.**' Graced ty ideal weather from the ! opening of the gates on Tuesday, the Fail concluded a success from every angle Saturday night. Nearly 20.000 individual articles including the livestock and poultry exhibits were put on display in competition for the approximate .>1200 that is to he given in prizes. Payment of prize.-, according, t ? A. Q. Ketner. county agent, will 1 .gin as St'on as the secretaries can get their li^ts it: ohapc umS the piemium' checks made out. Not only were he exhibit hall and livestock pens filled to overflowinj during the entire festival but the Midway attractions were the largest ar.d most lavish ever furnished hereStage Shows Will Be Sponsored By American Legion Tin American Legion's Tar Heels, a show being sponsored by the various pos s in the slate, will show at the school auditorium here Wednesday and Thursday nights at 7 and 8:30 o'clock. featured in the attractions are: a cast of Cherokee lndions with tribal dances, archery, native songs and music; the Southern Highlanders 'pu ai ming old-time mountain music; the Sun Bonnet Girls, singing and dancing and a blues singer, Miss Mickey. Tom Mauney, commander of the local Joe Miller Klkins post guarantees this to be an outstanding show and is anxious to have a large crowd turn out for the performances. Mark Stalcup, 60, Dies Suddenly Of Heart Attack Funeral services for Mark Stalcup, t>C, prominent resident *?t the Martins Creek section of Cherokee county, weri' conducted at Martin s Creek Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. Allen Angel officiating. Interment was in the Martin's Creek cemetery. W. 1). Townson was in charge of fuiu *1*1 arrangements. Mr. Stalcup died suddenly Thursday morning of a heart attack. He is survived by: his widow, Mrs- Mark Stalcup, of Mai tins Creek; I four sons, Vaughn and Clinton, of Cherokee county, Roy. who lives in the eastern part of the state, and Blake, of Sedro Wolly, Wash.; two daughters, Misses Madge and Agnes, both of Martins Creek; two brothers, Tube and Lon Stalcup, both of Cherokee county, and three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Chastain, of Martins Creek. Mrs. C. F. Conley, of Blairsville, Ga., and Mrs. Oliver Lovingood, of Maryville, Tenn. Weather Vane Listed below are maximum and minimum temperatures for the past week compared with temperature* for the same period last year. TEMPERATURES 1938 1937 Date Max. Min. Max. Min 29 77 56 79 45 30 71 55 S2 IP 1 77 43 76 44 2 SO 39 74 63 3 77 38 72 65 , 4 76 12 80 65 ! 5 77 39 S4 65 ! RAINFALL INCHES 1938 1937 Total for September 1.56 2-73 Since Oct 1 0 1.02 Since January 1 51.05 45.73 A LARGE AND POTENTI ALLY RICH 1938 Over 32,000 Pounds Of Dynamite Used In Blast Tilt* largest single shot of dynamite that has ever been set off at H iwassce Dam?3Z.GS0 pounds. wr, used in a blast at the site cf the TV A project Monday. This is also believed tc be the largest amount of dy n%mite ever used in a single shot in this part ot the country. Special powder company repre| scntatives oversee the work of 1 these huge charges which take place in the excavation work at Hi| wassee Dam regularlyIt is estimated the huge blast removed 109,CCO tons of rock. Last of 40 Injured Truck Wreck Victims A _ _ r? . i i ^vre ixetumea nome Several persons, the worst injur| ed survivors of the disastrous truck j wreck which claimed three lives near . llavesville Sunday. Sept 2 . were 'dismissed from Pet lie hospital thi< I week as sorrowing1 friends and relative.* felt relieved that these were no more fatalities. j Approximately 50 persons were returning to their homes in the Waw.o | a lea. from an all-day singing meeting ! at llavesville when the open-bed true a j in which they were riding overturned ' 11 quiring medical aid for practically j .11 <>f them ami resulting in the | deaths of three. The deceased are: Mrs. \Y. K. Piown and her daughter, Clarabell, IS. and Kthel Carter. 12. The accident was considered one of the most serious ever occuring in J this section. NEW TELEPHONE SERVICE NEARING COMPLETION HERE | j Mis. Fred Brendle, chief operator . of the Southern Bell Telephone and I Telegraph company here, is in Morganton this week receiving special in Ian uvituim in t. in" upcraiion 01 tne company's new system which is bei ing installed locally. New telephones have been placed ' in practically all subscriber's homes thus week preparatory to the forma] ' opening of the local branch which is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. lb. ? A crew of workmen have been em 1 ployed here for the past six weeks in stalling the new equipment and re ; airing all lines. Boomers Idle This 'Week-End, Facing Tough Schedule The Murphy Boomers, undefeated ] so far this year, will take a rest FriI day to prepare for the gruelling > schedule ahead of them the remaindei i of the season. No game is scheduled for this weel i i nd. G:: the following Friday after : noon, however, the Boomers will en tertain the Andrews Wildcats on tin local field in the first of two game; to be played between the two team.j this year. .Murphy defeated Cherokee 20 tc i 6 in the opener, then mired down on ! Duektown's new field last week to a ! scoreless tie. TUBERCULOSIS CLIN I THROUGHOUT HEAL The District Health department ! has arranged for the holding of a j diagnostic tuberculosis clinic in Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties heginning Monday, October 24. The clinic will run for two weeks and will he conducted by Dr. R. T. Jenkins of the clinic staff of the state sanatorium. This doctor has. as a part of his equipment, a portable X-ray ! machine, and with the aid f this | X-ray outfit he is able to examine j\ei\v completely from 15 to 50 inj dividual.* a day. A tubercular clinic will he held for Cherokee county beginning Monday. ' Oct. 24. at the Health department in i Murphy and extending through the ' 26th. This clinic wil be conducted ^ Active I itfT And iSIl IB Attractive MURPHY TERRITORY 5c COPY $1.50 YEAR CANNERY WILL HOLD ITS FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC All-Day Event To Be Conducted At Murphy Cannery Wednesday The first annual ; icnic to bi sponI soied by the Mountain V alley Mutual | Canning association of Murphy will I be held in the cahner> building Wed nesday. J. B. Shields, the popular manager. ILas arranged an extensive program for the occasion and expects several I hundred farm families from this section to attend. < The public ha- been extended an I invitation to attend. II Special miisw* iwi?f? been arranged for the event and there will be enteri tainment for the children. Featuring the program will te a uumbei of talks bv prominent pet sens in thN section. Included on the speaking program will bt : Fred ! Stone, district farm agent; .1 I>. J Husley, Union county (<Ga.) farm agent; S G. Ch: t.-il- . i Knovville. Te. n.. and \V. M Landiss. < f the Tennessee Valley Appelated f "operative-, Knoxville, Tenn. John K. Barr, TVAC administrator and head of the Land O' The Sky Mutual Canning association, of Way r.esville, \nill be the master of ceremonies. The local cannery i> a unit of the Land "O The Sky organization. At * U. : 5 5S?. vnv niK iiii); yurieus rejioriS Will he given on the work dor.? hv the . tannery here. I Mr. Shields announces that the cannery has just completed the most ; successful year of operation locally. I s facilities are used by farmers in nearby counties in North Carolina and adjoining states of Georgia and Tennessee. Mr. Shiehis states it is the aim of the local cannery to hold a similar picnic every year. It will be an allday affair. The management of the cannery ' ' and its drectors assure all persons who attend a grand day's celebration. Arrangements have been made ?to en' tertaiu everyone who attends. The music and speaking program are exi peeted to he among the hi si ever ot1 ! fered in this -ect ion. It will i-e a g tin ci .ision and an old fashioned gatl.ei i.c}.- t . , the many ! persons from this section who are J planning to attend. NEW HEALTH UNIT HEAD ASSUMES HiS DUTIES HERE Dr. Murray Parmer Whichard arl lived here from New Hern Saturday to assume his dutii s as head of the rdistrict health department of Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties. ! Dr. Whichard succeed- Dr. '/. I*. ; Mitchell who resigned to go to She! .'by to continue in health work Dr. Whichard has beeu connected . , with public health work for some j : time in Craven county. j WESTERN UNION OFFICE MOVED . i Tl.- 1 , tut- iocai on if- of the Western Union telegraph company was moved temporarily Wednesday to the second floor of the Parker Drug building. ICS TO BE HELD .TH UNIT AREA , in Andrews at the Health Depart ! men: on Oct. 27 and 2S. About 35 to 40 patients can be examined daily and in ordei io save j a lot of confu-ion as well as waste .of time, those who wish to take ad! vantage of this clinic should n akt appointments with : lu Health depart; mcnt. It musi he und istocd that i t?iis clinic i- ' ir. !-,*< at or poor , and th.?se ind\ "k.ah wiaic able 'e pay for such mivos should have it done through private physicians. Tlie Heal'li Demi rimer* : especially interest ?1 in contacts and thos< suffering from the disease. Appointments must be made by family physician, members of the de! partniont have announced.
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