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The Scout Wishes You ^fjlll A Happy If New Ye3" 1 __the leading Vol. 50.?No. 22. CIVIL TERM OF P COURT TO OPEN ON JANUARY 23 Judge Zeb V. Nettles To Preside Over Session Here A session of Cherokee county Superior court for the trial of civil cases only will convene here on Monday, January 23. Judge Zeb V- Nettles, of Asheville, who will make his first appearance on the superior court bench here, will preside over the two weeks session. Juries selected by the jury commission is as follows: First week?C. J. i Lunsford, Murphy; Arthur Cook, I Marble; Dale Lee, Murphy; J H. Christy, Andrews; S. F. Taylor, Mur- 1 phy, Route 2; A. C. McDonald, Mur- J phy, Route 3; Ilarve Radford, Grand- i UOW< IT.l \Col.l,.n i? I >v? ?aiutuu|iv, UKU^IOWII, \ Earnest Whitaker, Andrews; Sam l'ostell, Andrews; N. C. Hay, Andrews; G. O- Reed, Patrick. ( Carl Stiles, Murphy, Route 1; Kerb Ladd, Marble; B P. Lovingood. Gran- : dview; John W. Truett, Andrews; Jack I Clack, Andrews; L- R. Kilby, Unaka; i Frank Mulkey, Hurphy; F- C. Carroll, c Murphy; Jim Martin, Ranker, J. D. j Holloway, Andrews; Alvin Nichols, c Culberson, and T. F- Breedlove, Murphy. Second week?Forest Crews, And- 1 lews; Zeb Gibson, Murphy; W. J. 1 Sneed, Ranger; E. S. Garrett, Cul- 1 berson; Jimmio Allen. Posted; Henry c Nelson, Andrews; W- T. Stalcup, c Murphy; Cleve Cornwell, Murphy; a Fred Dalrimplc, Murphy; Oscar Pal- 1 raer, Murphy; E. C. McDonald, Andrews; Will Moore, Murphy; Victor f Ellis, Murphy. A. W. Chambers, Unaka, Rnllin I' Lovingood, Murphy; B. M. Luther, J Muyphy; Frank Cofi'ey, Marble; J. M. J McGuire, Murphy; B. F. Hughes, Mur- ^ phy; L- L. Mason, Murphy; Dillard Morrow, Unaka; Henry Moss. Marhle-I < v. M. Johnson, Murphy, ami M. F. ~ Farmer, Murphy. j Link of Road Xo Dam ^ Nearing Completion , Work on the new road from Suit { to the TVA access road leading: to Hi- < wiassee Dam iz reported rapidly progressing and is expected to be fin ished soon. The two and one-half mile stretch, J which will delete one of the wor t | T links in the highway from here to the I , dan?, will he paved. Contract for grt> j , ding has been let to the Ashevilio j Contracting company. At present a detour is being used, j t AVERAGE RAINFALL IS RECORDED HERE DURING PAST YEAR Nineteen thirty-eight was an average wet year in Cherokee county . (from a precipitation standpoint) l with 56.40 inches of rainfall recorded ^ here through December 28. ( In l'J37 according to records Kept by !he engineering data division j, of TVA here of which James Small- ( shaw is head, there were 50.38 inches v >1' rainfall. 3 Records reveal that 56 inches is a the county's average. <i The rainfall here during the entire t year has been even and, exceptionally t favorable to crops. Listed below are maximum and ^ minimum temperatures for the past week compared with temperatures j for the same period last year. j, TEMPERATURES h 1938 1937 n Date Max. Min. Max. Min c 21 50 39 48 28 _ 22 57 14 40 19 23 48 21 49 37 d 24 51 40 57 44 v 25 51 21 64 33 si 26 52 34 54 35 a 27 52 30 50 35 h RAINFALL INCHES 938 1937 o: Since December 1 3.21 1.80 f< Since January 56.40 50.38 * it cifi WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE1 Murp ! r Coleman Appointed ! ' High Deputy Here J Patton Coleman, of the Una- 1 ka section, has be n appointed j | high deputy sherift in Cherokee county. Sheriff Cari Townson said Wednesday. j I No other appointments in the I \ office have been made so far, j N the sheriff said. 1 ( Mr. Townson, running on the j ( Republican ticket, was elected to ; ? the office for a Tour-year term j ( ? Mr. Coleman is widely known ! i in the county and ia considered j 1 one of the best candidates available for the postDr. Parker Is Holding Series Of Lectures Here i Dr. Willis A. Paiker, of Western j arolina Teachers College, begun a| eries of lectures on World Problems it the Murphy Carnegie Library on )ecember 2- They wili continue brough April. Twenty public-spirited itizens have made it possible for the | >ublic to hear these lectures free of | harge. The plan is to take uj) each of the j 'problem nations" Germany. Italy. [ Russia and Japan,?and discuss their ecent history, their ideals, and their eaders; then show, in the light of , urrent happenings, their influence m present-day history. The seheluk is approved by the group is as fclows: Meetings are held on Thursday rom 7:30?8:30 p. m. December 2. Introduction; Decern-1 >er 9, Problem nations: Germany; anuuary 5, Problem nations: Italy; January 19, Problem nations: Russia; 'anuary 26, Problem nations: Japan; February throuhgout April speci'ic subjects to be announced. "New 1 ags Must Be On Han By Jaunary First Saturday night is the last night 7ou can use that 193S tag or. yotirj ar or truck. The new 1939 tags must | >e displayed on the car by midnight 1 Saturday. So if you don't get your tag. you j tier jack the old struggle?buggy i ip in the garage until you do get one. j Patrolman E. P. Quinn, Jr., advises j is he is going to he very much v ' videnoc on the highways looking for j >'d tags, and that the law will be is only recourse. "The receipts aren't any go.>;. ither", Mr. Quinn states. "You've 1 ^ to have the tag on the car". HCC Enrollees In January Will Be Accepted At Camp North Carolina has received requiiition for 1077 juniors for CCC enollment between January 1-20. 1939, T- L. Grier CCC Selection suprvisor, announced the week. Plans have been worked out. with 'ourth Corps Area headquarters and :CC District "A" at Fort Bragg thereby enrollees may be accepted . bub (.uiu|j Iivaiuai llir lOCHl St'ltTtHin gency. Former practice of the CCC lganization was to establish certain owns as enrolling points throughout he state, and the new system will be a saving in miles for applicants seekng admission to the Corps, Grier ointed out. The State Board of Charities and 'ublic Welfare, designated as the seating agent by the War Department, as delegated actual choosing of the pplicants to welfare officials in the ounties. Dr. Paisley will preach and conuct a Communion service at Hayes- 1 illc next Sunday. There will be no jrvice, other than the Sunday School, < t the church in Murphy as the pastor as t een placed upon the Commission f Ashevillc Presbytery that is to per;ct the organization of the church t Robbinsville next Sunday evening. ' RN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING hy, N. C. Thursday, Dec Town's 'Future' Is Discussed &y Lions Club i Plans for a general meeting of the | usiness men of the town to "discuss i he future of Murphy when tin- Hi-J \ass L)a.r is com, leted" at a neat j late, \v? re discussed by members of i he Murphy Lions Club at a regular | m eting in the Regal hotel here Tucs lay night. V?\ M. Fciin ltd the discussion wniti. J > designated to derive the greatest i benefit, in town from the resources 1 Lhat will be made available by the! completion of the $22,000,000 TYAj pioject which is at the peak of con-I struction now ami which will be com-1 jpleted in 1041. Mi. Fain announced that tin Mountain Valley Mutual cannery here would operate again in 1930 but that - new site To!* the cannery must be selected as the present one is being inundated by the water backed up by the H:\vasseo dam. Lion president. H. G- Elkins, announcd that the club had donated funds for the purchase of three pairs of glasses in furtherance of the club's work. H H Tlnee visitors at the meeting were:! Dr. Herbert MeCall, of Richmond, \ ; Robert Wells, superintendent of the Macon county schools, and Dr. W . A. Hoover, owner of the Petrie hospital here. Murphy is the original home of Dr. McCall and Mr. Wells. FLOR1NE BRYANT, 11, OF PATRICK, DIES ON TUESDAY Funeral services for Miss Florine Bryant, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P- Biyant, of the Patrick section of Cherokee county, were conducted from the Lberty church Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock with the Rev. John Brown officiating Interment was in the church cemetery. Peyton G. Ivie was in charge of funeral arrangements. The popular young: Shearer school student had beer* ill only three uays when she died Tuesday night. Her father was in Oklahoma when she became ill and got home just one da\ before she died. Florence had perfect attendance in school tin past three years. Surviving besides the parents are two brothers, Virgil and Clarence, 5-nd a sister, Mrs. Bertha Williams.?n, al1 of Patrick. Hiwassee inn Sold I o Jack Lovelady The Hiwassee Inn, popular loadhouse on tin- Hiwassee Dam acces. highway. purchased at auction this week by Jack Lovelady of Ball Ground, (hi., it was reported here tiiis week. I'he establishment was owned h;. Boots Alvarez and Ben Guthrie. A number of persons in this section bid at the auction, it was re ported, with Mr. Lovelady being hig! bidder. Mumhv Bowlers Win Second Contest At Dam The Murphy Independent bowling team won its second consecutive game from the Hiwassee Dam bowlers last week by a score of 1574 to 1554. Those playing for Murphy were: Joo Miller Elkins, Pruden and Jerry Davidson and J- A. Pitzer- Playing or the dam team were: Cable, Leach, Mills, Ball and Johnson. Pitzer was high scorer with 485 while Johnson was one point behind. BASKETEERS LOSE TO ROBBINSV1LLE That two-point jinx is still following the local independent, basketball team- They lost 24-22 at Robbinsville Tuesday night. The locals won hi Saturday night against the Indians from Cherokee on the local floor. i Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Holland, of I Bristol, Tenn.. are spending a few lays at the Henry House. I A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH . 23, 1938 Three To Be Murder Of Z Land Settlement i? i i n Lxpecieci aoon Tho land evaluation dispute be j tween ihe Tennessee Valley Authori- 1 ty and the Southern States Power . o- | lupa .y \s i! 1 be plueed in the hands of i three-man commission in Federal court in Asheville this week following two days of argument by attornus to. both sides. Rebuttal in the en.-e was completed I last Wednesday, and lawyets are scheduled to speak before tii com-I mission two days bef : e th? end oft the week. Testimony began in Oc'ober. The commission was appoint d to hear' the ease and to place an evaluation "p 12,000 acres of land owned by the Power company and other minor inI terests i:? the county which will be required by the TV A for constructs of its $22,000,000 Hiv-assee Dam 22 miles below here. H h not known when the commission will hand down its decision, but as one of the members must attend the state legislature which convenes January 2, it is expected sometime I within the next week. Members of the commission are: O- M. Mull, Shelby attorney and textile manufacturer, chairman; Albert R. Bauman, business manager of thr Presbyterian assembly at Montr eat and J. K. Cowan, Asheville contrac tor. A number of persons from Chcvo kee county have attended xariou: sessions and appeared on the witr.es: stand. Jarrett To Leave For New Post At Raleigh Clyde II. Jarrett, Andrews attorrn ey who was elected to the state ley: islaturc as representative from Cher okee county on November 8, wiJ leave Sunday for Raleigh where h< will attend tin* first session of th< 1 legislature, j Both houses are scheduled to con ' vi ni? on January J. hut the fir- (' v I days are generally devoted to r-.?utir?< matters "f organization and appoint ! merits. i R. II (Jack) Morphew, o Rohbin< \ille. is the state senator charted i: ( the 3ord district which comprises tin i '- .unties of C?-(okee. Graham, Clay Macon and Swain. Mr- -larrett is a repuhlicit" . Mr ' M ! p'v u : deme rat. Christmas Decoration Winners Announced The ' hiistmas Decora i? r. cout--s sponsoivd by the Mvphy Woman' Club was ended Saturday ami accord , ing to the decision of the judge, win ners were: first prize for doorway Mrs. \V. G. Darnell, Peachtree Street second prize, Mrs. Edna Hastings I Tennessee Street; and third prize Mrs. Ben Warner. Beal Town. Prize; for the trees were: first, Mrs- Jo* Ray, Valley River Avenue; second Mr. T. A. Case. Valley River Avenue and third. Mrs. B. W. Whitfield. Tennessee Street. It was stated that the judges found it very difficult to arrive at a decision in awarding: the prizes and it was also noted that many other homes in the city were deserving: special mention, hut after two 01* three trips around it was decided 011 the above winners. The club w;shes to thank **11 who cooperated in making this contest a success. There were 24 entering: and the club feels that much was accomplished in the stimulation of out door lightning of homes and grofands during Yuletide. The judges were. Miss Melba Greer, president of the Konnahecta J club, of Andrews. Mrs- D. II. Tillitt, and Mrs. W. W. Ashe, members of the Andrews Womans club. "^e ^cou^ ^py ^ New Year | TERRITORY I Sc COPY $1.50 YEAR Tried For immerman Wife, Two Others Are Held; Questioned By CI. -ff n i t~* onerirr t^ari i ownson A preliinirary hearing will I*1' held in magistrate's court here I4 riday rnAvnm.* ?.** ?k?>.jn norcftni ..Of th?! Krassuiwn section who are charged with the death of Wayne Zimmerman, ^4-year-old farmer of the same Cherokee-Clay county section, whose partially-clothed skeleton was found on a mountain top near the road leading to the Power company dam Decembei 17. They are: Mrs. Zimmerman, wife ol the deceased man, Koy Scroggs and And Wilson. I . . Sheriff Carl 'I ownson arrested the trio late Friday night and has been holding them incommunicado ir. the county jail siiv ? . He lias been questioning them ill connection with the death of Zimmerman, j The hearing will be held before | Jus: ice of the Peace P M Reese in 1 the court house at It) a. m. At. the | hearing Mr. Reese will decide if there I is enough evidence in the murder I warrant to bind them over to CherJ ? kee County Superior court which j will convene for criminal session agam | <n. April 3. Trio Arrested j Mrs. Zimmerman and Scroggs were | arrested late last Friday night by j Sheriff Townson, several deputies ' 1 and Clay counties officers. Later, to, j ward morning, Wilson was arrested. . 1 stv j luwnson nas been grilling i all three persons during tin- week and -\ lining up evidence which he says leads ;: him to believe that Zimmerman was s| murdered and carried to the desolate spot where his body was found. - I Among the evidence uneaithed by the sheriff is traces of bloou f-<und on the dead man's blue denim pants, and the fact, that "haul feelings" existed between Zimmerman and - Scroggs over Zimmerman's wife. A great deal of other information (has not been disclosed by the sheriff. Zimmerman's skeleton was found * 1 on a desolate mountain side about three miles from Murphy on the Obi ( llitchock property Saturday a week . ago by Allen JamesThe rei mills were found ir. a clump . < . bushes about 150 yards ?>ff the road . that leao's the Southern StatePower company V dam A pah ft . | nants \vi on tin b>\vcr limbs of the i skeleton A bat and a pair ?>f shoes . i w. c ! - ... joumt lifiir liit' body. All of the ] \v;i- identifit 1 that of : /.uijia rtnaii b> his father. 'ini Zim< ii .ati, hi.: cousin. Jim Evans, and \ <?1.hi*:* niemb ' t! f. ni..y. Aliv.os*. positive idenl ificath i v. - made by i he a.;..--' ]' - ? icc' t ' i i.-iuu! in the kuii. -r:c of the remains eonii e siaiuvt ZimmerI man u'l. . a ill years old, five feet, t iK i.ta-i a; 1 weighed about 1H0 ; ; 1 F?nd Wine Bottles TV;, i : party to arrive at the set of :!u- i.eletoii after it was i e; ported by -lames, was led by Con. stable Sheridan Stiles. Sheriff Townson was in another part of the county . at the time and could not. he reached . immediately. Three half-pint wine bottles, containing a white sediment, were found side-by-side between 150 and 75 feet from the body. Coroner Dr. Harry Miller said the contents of the bottles would not be analyzed unless ordered by a grand jury. A guard was kept over the body the first nglu by a group of deputies and an inquest was held the following , day. The coroner's jury, composed of Press Gentry. Z- C. Ramsey, Ed King, Felix Palmer, Fred 0. Scroggs* and John Deal, decided that the remains were those of Zimmerman and that "he came to his death by causes unknown." Zimmerman was last seen in Murpry on Saturday ,July 2. He had started walking home on the BrassI town highway. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilson are spending a few days in Chattanooga.
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