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THE LEAD1NC
Vol. 50.?No. 30.
HEAVY DOCKET '
AWAITS TRIAL '
| IN COURT HERE j
Keener Says 179
Cases Already On \
Criminal Docket 3
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With a large number of recent pre- r
liminary hearings resulting in orders
for court trials, Judge Zeb V. Net- a
ties, of Asheville, will have his hands f
full when Superior court convenes in j
Murphy on Monday, April 3, for a |
two weeks session of civil and criminal
trials. j
J. E. Keener, assistant clerk of the
court here, said Wednesday there ^
were 179 cases on the criminal dock- i
et scheduled for trial with the open- j
ing of court more than five weeks ^
away. f
While this is not the largest number
of cases that have ever been sche- duled
for trial in Superior court here.
a number of them are of a serious |
nature. .
Negro Trial Highlight *
Headlining the session will the
tiial of Charley Fain, 26-year-old
Negro of Murphy, who is being held *
in the Asheville jail charged with c
criminal assault on a nurse here and c
the robbery of $90 from a mother of b
just a few hours at Whitfield hospital
here the night of January 28.
Judge Nettles will appoint a coun- *
sel for Fain when court opens. J]
During the past few days at least (
a half dozen persons have either been c
bound over to court or waived preliminary
hearing on various liquor .
charges. ,
Harry Maiser, .'JO, of Case county, Mich.,
and Luther Bolen, 29, of Appalachia,
Va., were bound over to ]
court by Mayor J. B. Gray, of Mur- (
phy.
Maiser is charged with attempt to (
rob Mrs. Dave Townson, wife of a .
Murphy undertaker Friday night. Feb.
17. Officers reported he entered the
undertaking establishment and, hold- c
ing his hand in his coat, demanded c
that Mrs. Townson "give me the price
of a meal".
Held On Suspicion }
Bolen, his alleged companion, was j
also arrested in a Murphy rooming
house on various charges of suspicion.
Both are being held in lieu of $500
bond. Maiser was arrested by policemen
Neil Sneed and Fred Johnson .
and Constable Sheridan Stiles. Offi- {
cer Sneed arrested Bolen.
Fingerprints of the pair have been 1
sent to the Federal Bureau of Investi- '
gation at Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Payne of
Copperhill, Tenn., are in jail here on
a forgery charge. They were arrested '
by High Deputy Sheriff Patton Cole- <
man after Payne had allegedly tried s
to pass a bogus check for $15 on a :
local taxi driver. Coleman arrested !
Mrs. Stiles at a home near Murphy
February 15 after an all night chase I
of the pair with bloodhounds. Payne '
was arrested the following day when J
he came to the house to seek his wife
and found Coleman waiting for him.
Frazier Under Bond
Also scheduled for trial is Charley
Frazier, of Andrews, a former Val- ]
leytown township constable, who shot
Night Policeman Kimsey Wyke, also
of Andrews, in the chest with a shot- ,
gun blast ort the night of February (
3, resulting in Officer's Wyke's death.
Frazier has also waived preliminary
hearing and is free under $7,500 bond i
set by Solicitor John M. Queen, of i
the 20-th judicial district. i
Deputy Sheriff Coleman said Wed- |
nesday there were 28 confined in
the Cherokee county jail. <
TAKING ORDER IS
riLJblJ MtKt WITH I
REGISTER OF DEEDS j
A declaration of taking of approx- i
mutely 11,000 acres of land from the
Southern StateS Power company in
Cherokee county by the TVA for use
in its Hrwassec Dam construction project,
was filed in the office of Register
of Deeds B. L. Padgett here Wed- i
neaday. i
He said the final decree on the i
property would be filed later. I
No decision has been rendered as <
to the price to be paid for the property.
The condemnation proceedings I
were held in United States District i
court in Asheville last October before
a three-man commission. The hearing
required about three weeks.
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1 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WEST!
Murphy,
WEAVER SEEKS TO ,
REWARD OFFICERS
Anothc* alien)pt to obtain federal
eward for the police officers who
igured in the capture of a group of
ugitive hold-up men at Murphy, N.
Oct. 7, 11)31, has been made with
nth the introduction of a series of
livate bill*, by Representative Zeb
Veaver (D., N. C.).
Largest amount called for $10,00,
would go to Tkelma Carringer,
ridow of Chief of Police A. M. Caringer,
who was killed in the appre- (
tension of the hold-up band. Other 1
wards asked in the Weaver bills are,
ormer Policeman Prank Fain, $2,000, (
lurt Savage, $2,000. J. A. Cearley,
.2,000, and L. M .Brendle $2,000.
The gang composed of J. S. Mc'herson,
Walter Bryson and Carey
leeing from the scene of a successful
iryson, was captured at Murphy af,er
a brief gun battle. They were
tiold-up of the post office at Cokei
>reck, Tenn. One was killed and the
ithers were given life terms in the
enitcntiary.
COAN APPROVES
?WPA PROJECTS
George W. Coat), Jr., state Works
'rogress administrator, has announ:ed
approval of 17 WPA projects to
:ost $437,454 and put 2,511 persons
it work.
The list includes: Transylvania
.ounty, $13,735 for school lunches;
-lay county, $9,079 street improvenents
in Hayesville; Avery, $2,714
or sewer system in Newland; Avery
ounty, $17, 233 for roads; Cherokee
ounty, $52,941 for roads.
Swain county, $45,768 for roads;
md McDowell county, $52,496 for
.' creations! facilities.
K.etner Asks Farmers
To Request Crop,
Seed Loans Early
County Agent A. Q. Ketner is rejuesling
all Cherokee county farmers
lesiring federal crop and seed loans
o make application early.
"We are filling out applications
for these loans each Saturday Moiling
and all day each Monday", Mr.
vetner said. "We can not take appli:ations
at any other time. I advise
hose who want the loans to make
-heir application early".
The applications are taken at Mr.
ietner's office in the Cherokee couny
courthouse at Murphy.
Shows Forestry Film
To Speaking Group
As a feature of the weekly Speakers
club meeting held here, Jim Kitchens,
of the TVA forestry service,
ir.oweci moving pictures 01 actual
jcenes taken in America's forests at
i meeting Wednesday night.
Mr. Kitchens has been showing the
lictures throughout Cherokee and
jrahant counties for the past two
nonths.
BAPTIST PASTORS
TO CONVENE IN
MURPHY FEB. 28
Mr. M. A. Huggins, general secretary
of the Baptist State Convention
of North Carolina has arranged for a
Pastors Conference to be held at the
Murphy Baptist Church Feb. 28, to
meet at 10 o'clock. All pastors in this
extreme Western Section of our state
ire urged to attend. It is very important.
Four important matters are to be
Jiscussed and plans formulated: 1.
Ministers Retirement Plan; 2. Statewide
Revival; 3. Biblical Recorder;
4. Baptist Hundred Thousand Club.
The Ministers Retirement Plan will
oe explained to the pastors. This plan
is to go into operation July 1, 1939.
Every Baptist Pastor is urged to be
present.
Farm Management
Specialist Here
W. B. Collins, who was recently
appointed farm management specialist
in the Western North Carolina
counties served by TVA, concluded a
three-day official visit in Cherokee
county Wednesday.
Mr. Collins, accompanied by Counly
Aftent A. Q. Kctner, conducted a
survey of some of the demonstration
farms in this county. He plans to pay
rcsrular visits in this capacity in the
future.
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LRN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING
N. C. Thursday, Feb. 23,
TOWN LEASES I
PROPERTY TO
CANNERY HERE j
New Building To
Be Erected Near
Gulf Plant
Tlio board of aldermen of the Town
>f Murphy have leased property neat
he Gulf Refining plant here to the
Mountain Valley Mutual canning association
for the erection of a new
building, it was announced here Wed?iu?lov
The cannery will only have to pay
$1 a year for the property, according
to the agreement.
With the flooding of the Hiwassee
Dam basin, it became necessary foi
the cannery to move to new quarters
as the old building, owned by W. M.
Fain, chairman of the board of directors
of the cannery, will be impounded
by the water backed up by the
dam.
The erection of a new building has
been an important problem facing the
management of the cannery since the I
order of removal from the former
site.
.1. B. Shields, manager of the cannery,
has announced that 11139 eontracts
for vegetables will be available
about March 1.
He is advising farmers who are
planning to sign up spinach crops for
the cannery to lime their acreage and
get it in preparation for planting the
crop by March 15.
He states that the acreage this year
will be limited to 230 acres of vegetables
and is advising farmers who
plan to contract with the cannery to
make arrangements for then* acreage
John E. Barr, head of the Land O*
now.
The Sky Mutual Association of Waynesville,
of which the local cannery is
a unit, has been in Murphy on numerous
occasions recently in connection
with proposed cannery operations.
DAVIS PURCHASES
MURPHY-FRANKLIN
BUS FRANCHISE
C. L. Davis has purchased the fran
- i
vuiac v*? i?|jriaic rt uun 111113 niv
load from Murphy to Franklin via
Hayesville and will run a bus two
round trips daily.
This line was formerly owned and
operated by the Dayton bus lines
which has gone out of business.
The schedule which Mr. Davis is
operating on at present follows:
Leave Murphy 7:45 a. m. (E.S.T.)
through Hayesville at 8:25 and arrive
at Franklin at 10 o'clock; leave |
Franklin 10:30 through Hayesville !
at 11:45 and arrive at Murphy at 12:40
p. m.
Second tiip leave Murphy 3:30,
through Hayesville at 4:15, ami arrive
at Franklin at 5:50 p. m.; leave
Franklin at 6:30; through Hayesville
at 8 o'clock, and arrive at Murphy at
8:45. '
Temperature Drops
65 Degrees In 36
Hours This Week
With a drop in temperature ot*
some 05 degrees recorded in 30 hours
here, some sort of a record is believed
to have been established in
Murphy Wednesday.
The official TV A report Monday
was a high temperature of 73 degrees.
On Sunday it was officially reported
at 75 degrees.
Tuesday it rained, and Wednesday
dawned cold and clear with a temperature
of less than 10 degrees unoffically
reported in some sections ol
the county.
It may be the sudden change, but
many i^sidents declared here Wednesday
the "cold snap" was one of the
worst of the winter.
Listed below are maximum and
minimum temperatures for the past
week compared with the temperatures
for the same period last year.
TEMPERATURES
1939 1938
15 65 37 62 39
16 58 33 64 43
17 59 29 57 46
18 71 34 66 46
19 75 49 64 43
20 71 46 43 33
21 68 34 55 29
RAINFALL INCHES 1939 1938
Since Feb 7.20 1.09
Since Jan. 12.82 4.77
t
A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICI
1939 i
judge Frank Hill Is
Still Critically 111
Judge Frank Hill, of Murphy, was
eported Wednesday night to still be
in a critical condition.
His condition had improved slighty
during the day, but he is said to be
very ill. He is at Richmond, Va.
Judge Hill, a native of Murphy, habeen
on the Superior oourt bench of
:h" state since 1932.
Mexican Exhibit
Drawing Interest
An exhibit of Mexican wares and
phases of Mexican life is drawing
wide-spread interest here.
A total of 60 persons Wednesday
Kad U.. -
?. ,.vncu vnt.- ?iAiii in uiu series 01
such exhibits being made by the Murphy
Wo mans club in the MurphyCarnegie
library.
Of particular interest in the exhibit
is a belt woven of beads and a hat
band woven of horse hair displayed
by Mr. and Mrs. Marshall W. Bell.
Water-tight reed baskets and bread
trays obtained by Mrs. John H. Dillard
are also on display. Other articles
include tapestry, Mexican patterns,
literature, pictures, coins and
miscellaneous articles.
Other contributors are: Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Leo and Mr. ami Mrs. H.
Bueck, who made an extended visit
to Mixeco three years ago and visited
Josephus Daniels, Mexican ambassador;
Mrs. J. E. Pryor, Mrs. J. C.
Amnions and Mrs. Neil Sneed.
The committee in charge is composed
of: Chairman Mrs. J. W. Davidson,
Mrs. Amnions, Mrs. Lee, Mrs.
Tom Case and Mrs. Bell.
"This is a particularly interesting
exhibit as all of the articles displayed
were obtained by Murphy people during
actual visits to Mexico' , Mis.
Davidson said.
POWER FOR CITY
OF 120,000 COULD
BE GENERATED
Engineers of tin Weslinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing company,
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xi * innuurg, r?i., nave esiiitiawu
that the new 4.000 Kv-n. hydro-gen
era!or they are building for the Tennessee
Valley authority dam on the
Hiwaasee river in Western North
Carolina could produce enough power
to supply the electrical needs of a city
of 120,000 people, if it were operating
continuously al its maximum capacity.
At its normal operating; speed, 120
revolutions a minute, the outside edge
of the generator's 250-ton steel rotoi
will whirl faster than 113 miles an
hour to generate this tremendous
power of 64,000 kilo volt-am peres, the
equivalent of 57,700,000. watts This
is enough electrical power t. osupply,
the needs of a city of 120,000 people.
To provide for emergencies, engineers
have designed this 500-ton
machine to operate safey at an overspeed
of 240 revolutions a minute,
which would send the outer edge of
the rotor racing at 227 miles an hour.
When completed at the Eas* Pitts>'o-gh
Westinghouse works, the generator
will contain approxiniaielv
450 tons of steel and more than 50
tons of copper.
It will be mounted outdoors in a
concrete circular pit which will form
' the housing for the generator's air
I coolers.
J. T. Dobbs Salesman
For Evans Motor Cn.
Mr. J. T. Dobbs, a w#?ll-known automobile
salesman of North Georgia
pnd Tennessee, is now connected with
the Evans Ford Motor company in
Murphy, it was announced this wceV
by Mr. Tom Evans, owner of the
company.
Mr. Dobbs has been soiling cars for
the past 16 years and cordially invites
those who are seeking: the new Ford
car or a bargain in a good used car
to see him.
Infant Moore U; led
Funeral services were conducted
for the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Moore at the Hamnton Memor's1
crave yard Sunday afternoon with
the Rev. Mr. Barker officiating.
Surviving besides the parents are
the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Moore, of Tomotla, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Pver. of Murphy.
Her ninteenth child, a daughter,
was bom recently to Mrs. Ethel Andorson,
41. of Wild wood. N. J.
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5c COPY?$1.50 YEAR
iiLL SEEKS
TVA POWER
FOR MURPHY
Representative Jarrett
Introduces Measure
In House
Representative Clyde H. Jarrett
Saturday sponsored a house bill enabling
the town of Murphy to issue
bonds for acquisition of its electrical
distribution system and to purchase
1 power from the Tennessee Valley authority.
The measure, introduced by the
Cherokee county representative at
the request of town officials, would
amend the revenue bond act of the
special session of 1938 in that "k
shall not be necessary for the town
of Murphy to apply for and obtain a
certificate of convenience and necessity
from the public utilities commit
sioner."
This section is the real issue as other
municipal and private plants a.
now required by the 1938 statute a:.
previous statutes to secure a certificate
of convenience and necessity
j from the commissioner before being
' permitted to go into the power busi|
ness.
Text Of Bill
The bill follows:
WHEREAS, The Tennessee Valley
authority is engaged in the construction
of a flood control and power development
on lliwassee river in Cherokee
county. North Carolina.
WHEREAS, the reservoir for said
development extends into and through
j the town of Murphy along both HiI
wassee and Valley rivers, necessitating
the delocation of water and sswe.
lines; the installation of pumps for
sewage disposal; and the constant use
of elect) ica) power for the operation
of such pumps; and
WHEREAS, such reservoir also affects
the filter plant and pumping
station from which the town of Murphy
acquires a large part of its watei
supply; and
WHEREAS, it will be necessary for
j the Tennessee Valley authority to provide
electrical energy for the operaI
tion of the aforesaid pumps and to
! bring its lines for electrical energy
I info th?. >? ? 1
. .<'?! \n luurjr.'iy; aiui
i WHEREAS, the town of Murphy
| has received many benefits from the
Tennessee Valley authority and desires
to have the co-operation of the
authority and to use the electrical
energy provided by the authority and
tu acquire and operate its own electrical
distribution system and to contract
with the authority for the purchase
of electrical energy; and
Necessary To Issue Bonds
j WHEREAS, in order to do so it is
| necessaiy for .he town of Murphy
| to have authority to issue revenue
| bonds; and
| WHEREAS, it is also necessary for
. the town of Murphy to have the*au'
thority of issuing revenue bonas for
! the purpose of replacing its filter
j plant ; Now, therefore the general as;
sembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That section nine of
house bill number three special ses;
sion of 193X be, and the same is hereby,
amended as follows: That in the
carrying out of any undertaking as
defined in said original act and especially
in the acquiring or construction
of an electrical distribution system
and filter plant as recited in the preamble
of this act it shall not be necessary
for the town of Murphy to apply
for and obtain a certificate of con}
c??nience and necessity from the pub|
lie utilities commissioner.
] Section 2. That all laws and clausi
cs of laws in conflict with the provisions
of this act. are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That, this act shall be in
full force ;.nd effect from and after
its ratification.
TV A Forest Trees To
Arrive Here Friday
Bowteen 50,000 and 60.000 forest
j trees are scheduled to arrive at the
I county agent's office here Friday
; morning for free distribution to Cher|
okee county farmers.
The trees are supplied free by the
Tennessee Vall< y authority as part of
its rcforestry and soil erosion prevention
program.
Practically all the trees have, been
asked for. County Agent A. Q. Kctner,
who is in charge of distribution,
said.
A similar shipment was disposed of
j here several weeks ago.