BUY NOW! thf leading Voi. SO.?No. 20. CULBERSON MAN a KILLED BY AUTO DODGING ANOTHER |: Knoxville Dry Goods j' Salesman Also Receives Injuries Mr- j- h. Warren of Culberson, N died about 2 o'clock Thursday ; morning: from injuries received in an ' automobile accident about dark Wednesday afternoon, on State High- | nav No. 5, a little over four miles north of Jasper, Ga. on what is J known as the Cagle hill. Mr. Warren and his son. were in ; pick-up truck. They stopped on the side of the road and Mr. Warren walked behind the truck to flag a Ford coupe, which was also from Cul1 erson, and traveling with him. The i-oupe did not stop quick enough and seeing that he was going to be caught between the truck and coupe he ran into the highway in front of a car M.. T? ui;>v u ?.y *v. i^. oiuiLn, a ary I j goods salesman, of Knoxville, Tennessee. i The Smith car was, being dliven at t reasonable speed, and he made an i (ffort to miss Mr. Warren but failed j It was reported- Warren's back was to lam an. Worlt-y, of Jasper- lie has traveled ? territory about twoiity-five i its. ' TVA Testlmcny Being 1 ^ Heard In Asheville j The United States government was I ning their testimony this week I ^ I >re a three-member board in I ?ii ict court in Asheville t?? fix the | 1 i v ination of 12,000 acres of land j j I which they are condemning: in Cher- , ^ I 'i county foi the use of the TVA | ? I mi regards to its $22,000.i:00 11 iwassee Di'.tn project. I It is expected the testimony, which ^ I \v;; begun by the government last I wed: after all claimants had finished I tin iv arguments, would last another . I teek. I Most of the land in question is ' t I owned by the Southern States Power | company who claim they planned cxI tensive developments on the propetry. I I The respondents in the case requir- 1 vd nearly two months in presenting I their claims. | Weather Vane * S Listed below are maximum and * I minimum temperatures for the past compared with temperature* ' for the same period last year. J TEMPERATURES 1 1938 1937 Date Max. Min. Max. Min c 7 60 19 32 1 1 * 51 34 32 22 9 45 32 34 9 0 53 28 35 3 F '1 45 25 38 0 s 58 43 39 15 I *3 51 33 ?40 32 n fcMNFALL INCHES 1938 1937 .j Since December 1 95 .50 I Sice January 1 54.12 50.01 l ~ I //<*,* it ifi WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WEST! Mui >oy Suffering Shot jun Wound In Hand Wilford Rose, 15, of the Unaka ection, is suffering painful injuries it the Petrie hospital here as the reult of an accidental shot gun wound vhich entered his har?d last Satur- j lay. The young man was said to ge playr.g at his home- He jumped off a eg when the gun went off inflicting he injury, w rage Petrie hospital attendants said this \eek he was "mighty sick" but that jie was recovering. dundred* Of !.ettpr? \re Written To Santa If Old Santa Claus fills all the oilers that are awaiting him in this lommunity he will certainly have a sig joh this year. Hundreds of letters have been writen by Cherokee county boys and rills to Santa this week asking foi nany presents- It has been impossible <> even include even a small part of hem in the paper. But. even so we lave forwarded them on to St- Nicks' leadquarters. As many of these fine letters are ieing printed as possible but to print hem all would require many, many m?re pages of the Scout than we can lint. MEW MATERIAL IS RECEIVED IN NYA WORKSHOP HERE Between .$500 and $600 worth of Machinery has been placed in the soy's NYA workshop here and a large tumber of boys are receiving training laily from Re id Mallonee. foreman )f the group. There are about 80 NYA boys and -0 NYA girls employed in the com. ty. About 55 of the boys are employd on projects in connection with icautification projects and the re nnindcr work with Mr. Mailonec i.? 'lie shop. The groups are divided into about 4 J oys each \voiking: during alt.erinting weeks. Much furniture has been made for lie local libraries and the vimol, and he gvu':> is plan .in?r t> c.msuuet >enie material for court houseM s Wilbbelle Pos. y i th sr. liutendent of the NYA i.i ( n.k. < -ounty. Cherokee Women Will Have "Sale Day" Here "Sale Day" for products made numbers of various ho.-i c dcmoniration clubs in Cherokee county will conducted at the Lions club's infornaiion booth at the Murphy Square >r. Dec. 17. Miss Alliro Richardson, lome demonstration agent, has anlounced. Miss Richardson has urged all the vomen belonging to the clubs to make u".icles in the home which will be aleable to the public and which will >ring them additional revenue- It is hese articles which will be placed on ale. Mars Hill Students Home For Holidays The following students from Cher kee county will return home Friday 'roni Mars Hill college where they ire in school: June Almond, Andrews; Voltai* * -J A 1 ninwiftci, Aiiurews,; Anarew lanklin, Andrews; Kate Robinson, ifurphy; Gladys Sue Franklin, Andews; Lucille Franklin, Andrews; Jlyde Jarrett, Andrews; Nat Kinney, lurphy; Paul Lay, Andrews; and ''irgina Shields, MurphyChristmas holidays at Mars Hiii ol ege this year will b 'p.n Decemb-r 6 and end January 2. All-day services will be held at the 'riendship church Christmas Day conisting of singing and preaching hroughout the day. The East Tenessee Quartette will offer special uartettes. duets and solos- The Wood uartette will also furnish muisc. There will be a special sermon at 1 o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. Idgar Willix. erotiiM ERN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING t phy, N. C. Thursday, Dec, Burley Tobacco J( Referendum To Be Held Saturday lh Many local farmers attended a meeting in the Cherokee county j court house Wednesday, Dec. 14, I * when a discussion of the burley to-1 ^ ( bacco reierendum to be held Satur- ; i day, Dec- 17, was held. A state i field officer was present to answer [ [ \ questions. i All persons who were engaged if. | j trie production of burley tobacco in . \ 1938 are eligible to vote in the re- ; * : leindum to determine whether to- ' ! bacco quotas will be in effect in 193!) I j rne polling paces in Cherokee ! county will be at P. M. Reagan's store I i in Andrews and at the county agent's | open from S) a. m. until 4 p. m. | olfice in Murphy. The polls will be | , William P. Payne is chairman of j i the of the county committee and A. i j Q. Ketnei, county agent, is secretary, i About 150 locals farmers are eligii hie to vote, Mr Ketner stated. Dr. Edd Adams Eulogized At Lions Meeting Memorial services for the late Dr. j L. E. Adams, of Murphy, were con1 ducted at the regular meeting of the . j local Lions club Tuesday night, j .-\11 members of the club present I paid respects to one of the clubs ' < charter members and most ardent \ j supporters. Dr. Adams served as sec-1 j leiary ot the club for years and wa.- | I largely responsible for winning state- j l wide recognition for the local club, i Discussion on the maintenance of J the local cannery and the construe- j | tion of a community building nere was j j heard. | Lion 11. Bueck, superintendent of j i the A,urpl:y schowi uiut, advised the j eiub that a speakers guild was being ' j foimed in Murphy ami united ail in: Uh.-al peisoli lo a.tend the sesj wile. the\ begin. ; i lie ciub also v?.ted to invest pov ei I ... m.- treasurer to eoopo. ; aic with ' ; i'1- - clubs in .cwu in the matter of , beneii. tionations. Musical Exhibit Attracting Wide Attention Mere . Oi" unusual interest to music lov... locally is the recent arrangement j which was placet! in the Murphy-Car-; ! i.egie library by the Murphy Woman. ( J < iub. | A large number of illustrations I have been olacotl on ?u ! J differenr musical instruments and the -? ating arrangement of the modern I oichcstra' Included is an exhibit of Japanese ' musical instruments loaned by Mr. | and Mrs. Harry Carey of the John C. j Campbell Folk School at Brasstown. ' Mrs. Campbell also loaned a numbei I of unusual native string- instru1 ments. An old concert program from the collection of Harry Parkyn, of the National Broadcasting company, has been loaned. Mr. Parkyn is the son of Charles C. Parkyn manager of the Boston Philharmonica club, and Mrs. Ellen Barg Parkyn. Mr. Parkyn was a pianist of some note. Also Spillane's History of The American Pianoforte has been loaned from the library 01 1 the National Broadcasting company. There is also a program of a concert ( given by Josef Hoffman at the age ] I of 10. These contributions were made j by the son of Mrs. H- L. Paisley who s i*< employed by the broadcasting j | company. I Other contributors include: Mrs- J. . N. Hill, Mrs. J. C. Amnions. Mrs. Wil- | lard Axley and Mrs. Jerry Davidson. Among the collection is a pianoaccord ian loaned by Mrs. E. L- Holt, of Murphy. The display is attracting wide attention. Mrs. Tom Case is chairman 01 the committee in charge. t HWi l LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH . 15,1938. luniors Will Render "hristmas Cards Here 11 Citizens of Murphy are clue for a tutsical treat on Chris*.mas eve ic ! ording to arrangements being: made iCie by the Murphy Wo ma re club. It. was announced by Mrs. Bueck Wednesday night :hat the two junior i hoirs under the direction of Mrs. Iadley Dickey and Miss Mary X? 11 ' Williamson will sing Christmas car ols ' it various places in the town of Mur-l Fv.'O Filling Stations /\rP F.nterorl A t ..?w> WM X llglll. Two local filling stations wore broken into during the past week, it | was reported to local police At the Gulf service station about $50 in cash was obtained Saturday night. The following night some one entered the Texaco station but ran when they saw the police approach lug. One local man was held in jail here several days on a charge j in connection with one of the rob- \ belies but was turned loose for lack j of evidence. P( 1 iceman Neil Sneed said Wednes- j lay night, "There will be further developments." 1 Bear West Said 1 o Be In Critical Conditon Bear West, well-known Cherokee ( countian who was bally injured in j an automobile wreck near Bryson City December 4, is in a grave condition at :? Sylva hospital, according to reports here ThursdayWest and three others were riding in West's car when it dropped off the dead-end of former U- S. highway No. Ill and plunged 60 feet to the new surface. West's spine is reported as completely severed and attendants have given up all hopes for his life. He is reported to have lapsed into a coma Tuesday. He has been paralyzed since th.f accident. With West when the accident mcured were Ed and Cordolle Haney and Gilbert Nelson, all of Topton. Nelson is reported to have been driving the c:u Nolle of the < th- : erinusly injured. Quinn Says Tags Must Be On Cars Jan. 1 l\.tr;Jin : i . B- Quinn. Jr.. sla'.e-i bis wet k h;u there were a nuni u ; i-,' fa!.-* ruin.;- circulating toiu. rning the requirements of mobile r ; . T rags must he placed on the : r tc f :. > fdnight December 31. hi dated emphatically, ar.cl "no exen - , s "::1 be :;ict ;> cd.M "Th i i of tags this year will i>" nu. mi:ae as last year", he continued. "In no case will receipts for tags b? .Meepted as has been rumored". Tagrs may be purchased locally at the \\ oco-Fep station in Murphy from .Manager J. h. Hail who is open daily fiom X a. m. until 4 p. mC. C. SIMMONS, 57, OF WEHUTTY DIfiS WEDNESDAY j Funeral services for C. C- Simmons, 57, of the Wehutty community in Cherokee county, will be held at Zio.i Mill Baptist church near Duektown, Tenn., Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock with the Rev. Org Foster officiating. \V. D. Townson is in charge of funeri! arrangements. Mr. Simir.ons, a member of the Junior Order, died at the home of his laughter. Mrs. C. I/- Henslcy, at Ducktown Wednesday. Surviving are: his .widow; three sons, Parks, Lakes, and Frank, and hree daughters, Mrs. Hensley. Mrs. vyle J. Smith, of Ducktown, Tenn., md Miss Helen Simmons, of Wehuty. A. P. Hoff, of Hinton. W. Va-, was hot by a cow when the animal backed l.to a shotgun and accidently dis harged it while he was milking. His vounds were not serious. ^ Only 8 More ~ BEFORE XMA5 TERRITORY 5c COPY $1.50 YEAR PARKING RULES ARE AMENDED BY TOWN BOARD New Laws Will Result In Less Congested Traffic Problem Parking ordinances in the Town of Murphy were widely amended at the last meeting ol' the board of alder men and will go into effect immediately. Violations of the new ordinances, which are designed to solve the congested traffic problem now facing the town, will ?-< ic*t*y'> place of business. The amendments were brought abou: as the result el" ?. / mi-it* of objections to parking rule- which caused the streets to become congested with vehicles resulting i?? a lack of adequate parking space foi vaiv during the i.n.y hours <> the day. Many local merchants and business houses ivpor.ed that the lack ' i patkn.g tacilita-s v?a.-? ,,iurious U then busi ?ess. The ai i dni: nts .nd r-o.\< 4 Pe- I ' .-engesa-d situation to a large dean* MANY ENTRANTS IN CHRISTMAS i LIGHT CONTEST ! .Mrs. il Bu; ck. caaira an iT the | Winn club committee in charge nt : < C. mas live . i.i- <- ate ;:r;nouiiee- tJlil! qii.?v rt ? :iuijiij?-r j I'll i H's hav b. en made in lie conu : ami a i = .j.- ?? i < !" aLtrncj . i v disp!:.v> haw already iu'c arranged. Piizes to be awarded in the content on Christmas eve ait hei;iy displayed ix: iiie vwndow of Candler's store. The judges in the c must will be impartial visiters in Murphy that night. Prizes will be given ft t the best wndov and tree decarotions Anyone wishing to enter tht con{ test is requested to get in touch with some member of the committee which j is composed oi Mrs. J. C. Amnions, j Mrs. A. E. Vestal, Mrs. E. J. DarI noil, Mrs. B. \V. Whitfield and Mrs. Bueck in order that their display will not be overlooked by the judges. Post Office To Remain Open On Two Saturdays To accomodate the "Christmas Rush", the'Murphy post office will remain open on Saturlay afternoons, Dec. 17 and Dec. 24, until 6 p. m., Postmaster Howard Moody innox"'?J TI 1 nursaay. I he post office is generally closed on Saturday afternoons. The m?.il is unusually heavy at this time of the year, Mr- Moody stf.tes, and he is urging all persons who have Christmas cards and packages to mail to do so as soon as possible.