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p^Mj RESORT THE LEADIN< Vol. 50.?No. 16. REPUBLK | AS BALLI RITES ARE HELD HERE ON FRIDAY FOR DR. E. ADAMS n??th Of P Murphy Physician Occurs Recently. Funeral services for Dr. Edward T. J A J ~ Oft nvciauu /iuaiii9) off pi omineni Cherokee county physician and civic leader here, were conducted at the First Baptist church in Murphy Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. J. C. Amnions, pastor, officiating. Interment was in White church cemetery at HangingdogDr. Adams who had been practicing medicine here for 15 years, died in St. Mary's hospital, Knoxville, Tenn., of pneumonia Thursday morning. He had been ill about a week. Active pallbearers were: P. J. Henn, H- G. Elkins, Sam Carr, Frank Ellis, W. M. Fain, T. W. Kindley, Virgil Johnson and Allison Sherrill. Honorary palbearers were members of the Murphy Lions club, of which Dr. Adams had served activly as secretary since its establishment i 1 years ago, members of the medical and dental professions of Cherokee county and Ralph and Howard Moody. Born in Maryville, Tenn., the son of Dr. N. B- Adams, Murphy physician. vvtir* -V.?. _ ureu uuuui a year ago. and of Mrs. Adams, of Murphy, he moved to Cherokee county as a youth. He attended Murphy high school and received his education at Mars Hill college, Wake Forest college, and the Jefferson school of medicine of the University of PennsylvaniaHe graduated in 1921 and later went to Ellis Island to do medical work among immigrants. Later he erved his internship at the Knoxville General hospital, and then began , practice in Murphy. For a time he was co-owner of a hospital in Murphy, with Dr. J. N. llill as his partner. In 1925 he married Miss Lilla M. Cooler. Besides his work with the Murphy Lions club, he was secretary of the Cherokee County Medical Society and a member of other professional organizations. Familiarly known as 4*Doc Ed" he , was a favorite with the younger social set of the town and was proud of his association with the Murphy* high school as its medical director, giving his services to the school's athletic teams, as he did in many other in- 1 stances, free- '< Surviving are his widow; one son, * Edward, Jr.. his mother, and^a brothcr, Bill, all of Murphy, and a brother. * p? - finest, of Maryville, Tenn. < I 1 Weather Vane s Listed below are maximum and c minimum temperatures for the past t week compared with temperatures for the same period last year. 1 temperatures I 1938 1937 S Date Max. Min. Max. Min v 9 62 22 64 50 1 10 73 27 67 52 ( U 76 38 61 48 ? 12 77 35 62 51 a 13 74 48 67 41 14 60 39 61 29 t 15 64 21 58 29 4 Rainfall inches 1938 1937 Since November 1 1.61 0-15 0 Since January l 50.79 48.70 j t COUNTY V01 i* tit* I WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE Murp :ans wu dts are First Issue Of School Paper Is Success The first issue of "The Moun-1 taineer", new semi-monthly publica 1 tion of the Murphy High School, proved an overwhelming success this week. The several hundred copies printed w'ci'c uiapuoeu uf ill ?10 iimt. The editorial staff is headed by Malcolm Crotzer while Louis Shields is business manager. Miss Elizabeth Strickland is the faculty advisor of th?i publication. Funds From Dance To Be Used For Children The Hiwassee Dam Womans club will sponsor a dance at the village auditorium Friday night- The pro- j cecds of the dance will be used for j a Christmas party for children and I presents for needy children. Von McLane's Swingsters will furnish the music for the dance which will begin at 9:30 p. m. and continue until 1 a. m. Five dollars in prizes will be given. Members of the Womans club are hoping for a large crowd to attend another in its series of benefit dances. MURPHY LAUNDRY IS BEING MOVED TO NEW QUARTERS The Murphy Laundry was being moved 10 its new anct spacious quarters on Valley River avenue this week. B. B. Cornwell, owner of the laundry and dry cleaning establishment, is supervising the installation of ivw machinery and the removal of some J equipment now being used in the present plant which was purchased by the TV A as part of the area 10 be impounded by waters backed up by Hiv\ asset* Dam. Mr. Cornwell expects the removal to take several days. The new brick building is modern in every, respect and a great deal of new machinery is being added the [ lesent equipment. A new department of the populai dry cleaning and laundry establishment will be the addition of a shoe repair shop, Mr. Cornwell states. J. E. STEWART, CIVIL DIES AT HOME NEAR Funeral services for Joseph Ednond Stewart, 90, Confederate veteran and prominent farmer, who died it his home in Andrews Friday mornng, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday .fternoon at the Andrews Methodist ;hurch. The pastor, the Rev- G. C Dulin, officiated, assisted by the Rev. < J. Clav Whitaker. Burial was in the 1 Andrews cemetery. Masons served as active pallbearers 1 ind members of the Choroke county ' :hapter of the United Daughters of J he Confderacy were 'lower bearers, i Mr. Stewart was born Nvvember 1 10, 1848, in the house where he died. 1 ie was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James ' itewart, who moved here from Cald- 1 veil county in 1846. At the age of 6, Mr- Stewart enlisted in Company 1 , 69th North Carolina regiment and ( erved in what was known as Thorn- < V Legion. In 1867 Mr. Stewart was married ^ o Miss Mary Jane Grant, who died L 0 years ago. Ho is survived by one daughter, Irs. Norma Straine, of Franklin; C hree sons Robert of New York City; ? ?uy, of Butte, Mont., and Zeb of t FE BY PRECI FfUltff :RN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING A hy, N. C. Thursday, Nov. ' FIVE C COUNTEI J. T. L. Hartness, | Of Mineral Bluff, Buried Wednesday, * Funeral services for J. T. L. Hart- ri ness, iife-iong resident oi tnis ,1 tion, were conducted from the Shady ^ Grove Baptist church Wednesday ^ morninc at. 10 oVlnrlc with tho Thomas W. Tructt, the pastor, offi- P' dating. Interment was in the church ^ cemetery. K., Mr. Hartness, a former pos;master _ in Cherokee county, died at his home near Mineral Bluff. Ga-, Tuesday. C Mr. Hartness was born and reared i ir. Cherokee, County. His father, who * was a prominent farmer, served in the Civil war and was killed at the w battle of Kennesaw Mountain. n In his early life, Mr. Hartness was j ^ a school teacher in Cherokee coun-1 ^ ty and always held a prominent place ^ in the civic and political life in the county. For the past 40 years he had Q been in the mercantile business- He ^ was an active member of the Masonic NN lodge at Mineral Bluff and the Odd Fellows. s, When he was 21, Mr. Hartness ^ married Miss Tilly Ann James, and after her death he was married to Muss Etta Johnson. \ Masonic rites were held at the funeral with Masons acting as pall- { bearers. Surviving are: his widow; six sons, C. A. Hartness, of Wilford, Ark., H. s H. Hartness, of Pittsburgh, Pa., J. R. A\j and J. Frank Hartness, both of Chat- c, tanooga, Tenn., and Cecil and Owen f Hartness, both of Mineral Blufi", and five daughters, Mrs. H. H. Trippe, Mrs. S- S. Haffley and Mrs- A. B. 0 Potts, all of Chattanooga, Tenn., and tl Misses Tina and Nina Hartness, both oj of Mineral Bluff. c( Former Murphy Man ? t r* - * ? is Visitor Mere a ill Mr. James P. Curtis, who was formerlry employed in the Murphy ^ Furniture factory here, now of Eikins, gj N. C., came to Murphy for the first time in 24 years the other day. se Mr. Curtis was visiting many friends here whom he associated with during his years of residence here. ^ ? h WAR VETERAN, ANDREWS FRIDAY " w North Wilkesboro; one sister Miss cs Kate Stewart of Andrews, and one brother, Sam Stewart of Andrews- h< He had planned to attend th#? ro. 1 cY union held at Gettysburg, Pa., last n. summer. He had received a doctor's a certificate to attend, but finally de- ft cided he was not able to make the be ong trip. He was actively engaged in farm- ja ng during the past summer. He had \lt, etained his hearing but his eye- ? *ight was not so good. Mr- Stewart vas semingly hale and hearty until A ic succumbed to a stroke of paralysis Friday morning. His hobby in ear- G ier years was bear hunting and he ihvays kept a pack of hounds. "Uncle Jackie" as he was famil- ha arly called joined the thttwJht :hurch when he was a young man. )ne room of his homo was used as a *-)e ospital during the War between the Jtates. His mother was the daughter da; ?f a physician. E. Of the large number of men enlist- I clc d in the Confederate army from j chi Cherokee county, U- E. Kelly of near , vie ?uit, is the only surviving member of tei hat thin gray line of heroes. chi NTS WILL BE LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICK 17,1938 OUNTY ) HERE 1 treams In Cherokee 'ounty Are Restocked About 50,000 brook and rainbow out have been shinnpH into *e county from the state fish hatch-y at Waynesville the past week to rstock public fishing streams. one by the state fish and game pro ctor under the supervision of D- M. iifhfield, Cherokee county game i otector. Mr. Birchfield says the fish were f good size and should greatly imrove fishing in this county. )pie Clayton Improves Vfter Auto Crash Opie Clayton, of Brasstown, who as injured in an automobile collision ear Brasstown Sunday afternoon, ov. 0. returned to his home this week rom the Petrie hospital here where e had been confined since the crash, Mr. Clayton's car collied with anther car but on one else was serious* injured, although Mr. Clayton's cat as completely demolishedAnother wreck of less serious conequence occurred near the same lace that night. Dourt Adjourned Here Dn Monday Evening The regular November term ol uperior court which convened ir lur|?hy last Thursday morning war mipleted Monday afternoon. Judgi elix E. Alley, of Waynesville, preded Not many cases were tried in cither ie criminal or civil dockets due to te i'iterest taken in the aftermath f the elections held in Cherokee >unty. Judge Alley said very little was iing accomplished so all cases were ied that had to have attention at lis term of court and the others, icluding the Lunsford-Spivey shootig case, were continued. Charlie unsioru, wno said he shot Lawrence pivey, his brother-in-law, fatally at unsford's home on October 30 in lf-defense, was placed under bond. flan, Cut By Knife, ? Slowly Improving An improvement is reported in the mdition of Arthur J. Smith, 22;ar-old Robbinsville youth who was ounded with a knife at a tourist imp above Andrews on Nov. 6Smith was brought to the Petrie ?spital here with a wound in his .est after he allegedly had an arguent with another man who fled in taxi and overturned a mile away om the scene of the affray after had cut Smith. Attaches at the hospital said Thursy morning he was "slowly improver." indrews Lutherans iet New Pastor Rev. K. Y. Huddle, of Rockingm, Va-, has accepted the call as O-P Q> T lurch, Andrews, N. C., effective c. 8. Regular services will be held Sun- | y A. M.. Dec. 31th, at 10:00 A. M., 1 S. T. Sunday School at 11:00 o'?ck. All members of the Lutheran urch are urged to attend these seres, and a cordial invitation is exided members of all other arches. FOUND ON Active <itrt And 1 j? II Attractive ^ Yhat's? MURPHY 1 TERRITORY cc COPY $1.50 YEAR OFFICES [UESDAY ! OTHER TICKETS GO DEMOCRATIC AFTER CHARGES Elections Board Over rules Petition For , Recounting | In an official count Tuesday of ballots cast in the general election held in Cherokee county a week before, Republicans gained five county offices anil two township offices, while state, congressional and district state senatorial offices went to the Democrats. The official count was made after the county board of elections overi uled a petition charging irregula*.' i.ies and asking a recount of the county's ballot boxes by three Democratic candidates for county offices. ' | Fred O. Bates, chairman of the Ithe board of elections, said J. N. Moody seeking the office of representative, L. L. Mason seeking another term as sheriff and Winslow Mclvcr seeking the office of clerk of ? the Superior court, announced they would appeal their petition accompanied by nine affidavtis charging irregularities at the polls in the county ti the state board of elections. Townson Is Elected The official count revealed that l Carl Townson (R) defeated L. L. i Mason (D) for sheriff by a majority , of 64 votes. The returns were: for clerk of the Court, John Donley (R) 3623. Winslow Mclver (D) 3424; for register of deeds, B- U Pargett (I)) 3786, Heniy Barton (R) 3320; for representative Clyde H. Jarrett (R) 3599, J. N. Moody (D> 3438; for county surveyor, O. (',. Anderson (k) 3452, Don I Raper (D) 3408; for coroner, I>r. I Hairy Miller (l>> 3G0SI. Dr. Fred L. I Herbert. <lti J Tin- Democrats gained two of llm , 1 mico county commissioners offices. 'In the first district (Valleytown &iea) E- A. Wood (D) received 1063 votes and Henry G. Dills 788 votes. In the second District (Murphy) T. P. Calhoun (D) received 2203 votes and E. P. . Hawkins (R) received 11^0- In the third district (lower end Continued on back page Murphy To Meet Hall's High Here On Friday The Murphy Bulldogs will pit their prowess of running and passthe pigskin and skin-busting defensive work here against the strong Hall's High school team of Knoxville, Tenn., Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock, it was announced by K. C. Wright, athletic director of the school. [ The game is sort of a surprise contest as no game had been scheduled for this week-end for the Bulldogs and few people here had ever heard of Hall's high school in suvurban Knoxville. Coach J. A. Pitxer said that the visiting team, reputed to be an unusually tough hi eh school a I tion when it comes to doing things I in a gridiron way, is coached by Paul Lahman, who played baseball I with the Murphy team on several ! occasions the past season. Mr. Wright, in arranging for the last home game of the season for the Bulldogs and next to the last game which is with Andrews on Thanksgiving Day, expects a huge turnout for the contest. 11? BACK PAGE
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