North Carolina Newspapers

|H Our Aim:? 'fl Better Murphy / 1 A Finer County THE LEAD1NC TOL 5C -NO. 48. The Week i In Review' LOCAL my Axky Jr. truck lire tr, , i.l E. K. Stiles, son of th< poultry uler haye formc-ii a part :, - i.oupht the Iliwasscc , Inr.. ii' tin' I lam. They paid cash ( mo at loss than half what it , r ormcr operawrs jusi , ? ! . t along with "The Law." , ?" < , Stiles who operates "The . one side of Murphy is try"The Play-House", on \ the oth- - de. , Char Dickey lately launched in * lnt furniture business says he r?t . three times by different 1 .... . the same family?all in . . First, each made a small | purchase *'??r cash. Then each came back and nade larger purchases which i were to be settled for "on pay day". Chat It has since found that they 1 hspen': any pay days. i STATE T ... this year, 22,682 motorists i hab< driver's licenses revoked by the :ris. Practically all the of . fenders were white and almost with , out exit ion the revocation was , ordere-: following convictions foi < driving while drunk. Aftei search of more than 100 years. tin- grave of His Excellency the Rt Hon. Arthur Dobbs, Royal 1 G*w?r. o- North Carolina from 1754 t 17 <12 has been located at St 1 Phillip church in Brunswick County. J St Philli;^ was erected in the town of 1 Brow k a few miles from the pres : ?K town of Southport, on the Cape ! fear r:v. The town vanished, long 1 ana-, and only the crumbling walls ' f the church now stand. The grave ' **> iocat? .l through an item in the j 1 Chariest it-. (S. C.) Gazette of April! 1?. 17KA 1 1 Ht t js| A?c?nli: ^ to the State Welfare l)c- 1 prtmct; , Carolina children are grow- t H in? less lawless. Only 878 were con 1 S fined i < aunty jails last year?set 9 tin* a i vil; and in April of thi< t year !y :>s were being held?the smallest -u-e the State began keep- t in? rei- ?rds. Most of the culprits t B *ere between 14 and 18 years old. t A full /.ed and permanent CCC tamp w:'.| i e opened in Mount Mit l il c^ll State Park, on top of Mount J Mitchell . .morrow. This will be the permanent camp ever assigned . ,(' the park, and will be in operation j ll year T und. CCC workers will >B ja>' additional sewer and water lines 1 build road--, picnic and parking areas J 'I start constriction of a recreation j 'I Xrtha' ?iicn *? ?cnera' ,1 NATIONAL rfl An investigation committee of the B S. Senate composed of Senator? M Hwrinir (D. Dem. la.) and Vanden berg (Rep. Mich.) has reported that ) ^ only way to end the warefarc i H between capital and labor is for capi ~B ^ -haii profits with employees 1 fl Thty dec lare* such a course will prove i rB Pr?fitablt t?> both sides. 11 detector led to the ar- 1 .1 zu year old mother in an . c ^hio kidnaping mystery, with the re- 11 UH that the mother has confessed 11 { J# sh?- not only kidnaped her own ; kby. She said she wropped the child > il ?a blanket and threw it off a bridge. > - j?t murdered it. She did it she said, i? ??causi- the baby, was "too much < double." \ ,r9 followers of Dr. Townsend are c 11H Wanning revenge for the recent de- a j*at <?f his plan by Congress, through t ' Medium of reprisals at the polls t ' Hi* Town.^nd National Weekly ir t ! *ent all over the country "listing r f names of those Congressmen who i ?9 ^ "no"- Th? plan is to beat 'em s w election. " 9' 9 a?^1" has decided to "purge" s 9 va all Jewish influence. A t 9 Hon Versi?n ?J the Sermon on the 9 heen prepared, as has a e J? version of the Gospel of St t 9 *ar"un<* more 4<PurfCes" a^> on the i 9 bJ eaTVwhile a nw hymn book has I *ol?rdered use{* *n wtiich such r 9 hV ^*on' Jehovah, and Hossan- < 9 ?cmv< aarre(h Christ's blessings, ac- t ^ to The Word we all love, a it u"?** been revamped. From here t ^3 be pjf *Gry much as if Christ is to V .T'kover aKa'n?on t-he a Iht (Eh i WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE a STORY IN SCOUT ; BRINGS RATE CUT : m "GAS" HAULS ; Murphy Autoists Will i Save Cent A Gallon ] By Southrn Slash A story in the Scout last week re- i realms "inconsistent freight rates" 1 m gasoline here brought quick action : rom railroad company officials that diouid result in a considerable saving ? o motorists. Southern officials announced I . Ihursday morning that the cost of , i hipping gasoline from Charleston. | i 5. C.. and Savannah and Port Went- i tvorth, Ga., where most of Murph\ gasoline comes from, would be re- , luced to 35 cents per hundred sounds. [ This represents a cut of 11 cents aer hundred pounds (approximately IG gallons) from Savannah and 12 rents from Charleston. ] The story in the Scout last week re- t sealed that the Southern was chargng 47 cents per hundred pounds for < gasoline shipped to Murphy, while he rate at Andrews (1G miles distant) was only 33 cents. Thus Murphy motorists were being penalized nine-tenths of a cent pet ^llon difference for this "inconsisent rate". The new rate will be only wo cents per hundred pounds more ban the cost of shipping gasoline to 1 \ndrew.i and should result in a drop ' >f nearly one cent per gallon in the ' :ost of gasoline here. A. N. Hinton, local Southern railway agent, who announced the reluct ion hero Thursday morning, said : e had "been working on the mattci ' i long time" and that it was "possible" that a reduction would have jcen effected by the Southern "withn a short time anyway". But he adnit ted the story in the Scout had nought matters to a head. Four of Murphy's five gasoline dealers use the fueilities of the Sou- j hern railway. They are: Standard, i Sinclair, and Pure Oil which have dis- ' ributors in Murphy, and Texas which ' ias Andrews as It's distributing point. J The Gulf corporation here uses he facilities of the L. and X. I Informed of the Southerns action. t he local office of the 1. and N stated , hat the same lowered scale, also o be effective July 27, had been an- ( louneed by the L and X on June 8. FOUR YEAR HUNT FOR JAIL BREAKER ENDS IN CAPTURE ; Odell Reider Stops for t Visit Here and Chief ( Johnson Corrals Him 1 i Up ill the County jail, Odeli I Iveider, 28, paces a cell today and visiles he had never come back te Murphy. For shortly after his return. ie run plump into Chief of Police 'red Johnson?and Fred was glad to ?ee him, no end! For Fred has heen ooking for Odell nearly four years. Back in 1035 Odell was locked up barged with a series <?f mid-night uirglaries. Such a crime may carry lie death penalty in this State, and iceording to Chief Johnson, the man .vas at least slated for a long term of ,novc in tVin rw?n ... ...v ? '??- l'V"' 0<lell probably thought so too; for luring court-week, he broke jail, and anished. Within the past few months the es aped prisoner has been reported as icen passing through town on several >ceasions. Always it was at night, ach time he was in a adifferent auomobile, invariably a good one, and ilways he was travelling fast. These eports always reached Chief John ] on too late to do any good. Last week Odell drove here again md decided to stop over an hour 01 ;o and greet some old duddies in Facory town. That was a fatal mistake. Chief Johnson saw him as he turn- 1 id down the road toward Factory < own. Within half an hour Odell was 1 n a cell. t Chief Johnson believes the car his < risoner was using was stolen. Trial I >n that charge, however, will have ' o wait until the more serious cases 1 ilready pending against him have leen settled. Said the Chief: i "That fellow wont have to worry < bout, living expenses for a long, long J ime." i irrnkw RN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING 4URPHY, N. C. THURSDAY. JUN! SHOAL CREEK ROAD WORK WILL START SOON, IS PROMISE Extensive improvements on the Shoal Creek road soon will be start d by the State, the TV A and by , on tract labor, according to Mr. Roy ?lcmmons, of Sylva, who is connected vith the State Highway department n Murphy a few days ago. Mr. PI em 1 nons told t". \V. Savage, of the Regal ] [Intel, that the State Highway depart- _ nent is having a steam shovel over- J lauled preparatory to beginning oper- ' it ions on a large scale. ( The shovel will be moved to thi Shoal Creek road, and put to work widening parts of the road and iv^lading others. A large section of the road is flooded, and Mr. Pleniriions said the TYA has promised to rebuild around the flooded part. The road will :--k* J " .-ncuyiilfllfU, WIOi*ned, and otherwise improved from Ranker to the point where it con- ; nects with.the finished piece of highway about two and one half miles 1 Southeast of the Dam. J Top treatment of the two and one ' half miles of finished highway will be 1 done by private contract which. Mr Plemmons said, will be let at an early ( date. ' TWO LOTS GIVEN MURPHY LIBRARY 1 BY CITIZEN HERE A public-spited citizen, who modestly insists that his name not i be disclosed, has presented the Mur phy library with two building lots. 1 which are to be sold, and the proceeds 1 turned over to the Book club. 1 The lots are in M&yfield Heights 1 (lid are said to he ideally suited foi construction of homes. The library has asked the Scout to express it- 1 public, thanks to the bighearted and 1 modest donor. Potential purchasers can get more detailed information ' front Miss Ida Bell Entrekin or Mis fosephine Heigh way. FEWER NEED JOBS IN CHEROKEE THAN MOST OF COUNTIES Cherokee county is far and away i letter off than most of the othei counties of the state, according to t i port just issued by the North Caro j t ilia State Employment Service. Ou j . >t" 15a,005 claims filed for johs uur | ;, n<_- May, only 521) came from Chcro j cee. I i Bnlu !??> ' " u"" , cuuiuy, nayv.uow, ; ?1 which W aynesville is the scat made i better record, with 265. North Carolina ranked 11th in the IS states in the number of placi | nents, made, and 14th in the number >f those registering in search of work i I'he State ranks 13th in population ii National figures show 6,386,827 on he "registered jobless" list, but only A 112,707?less than two percent?are 1 fiom North Carolina. Jobs were 1 found for 333,185 throughout the na- i ion;?a gain of 52 percent over one pear ago. t Weather Vane | , Listed below are maximum an! ' minimum temperatures and rainfall | for the past week compared with dniilar da'a for last year. TEMPERATURES 1939 1938 22 91 65 79 59 r 23 89 60 83 56 I 24 84 56 84 57 j ' 26 87 60 86 62 26 83 60 86 67 J 27 87 62 88 67 28 82 65 78 55 1 RAINFALL INCHES 1939 1938 ' Total since Juno 1 7.35 6.03 Total since January 1 35.95 34.23 Bank To Be CI IT/VI? l>r\T m ? T? A VT t* t* O C r> iW'nin i AnuuiNA ^ ASSOCIATION t Office Of Secretary j v Raleigh, June 28. 1038 j r Governor Hoey is in New York *'t- | -,i Lending a meeting of Governors. Up- ; t )n recommendation this morning of j b the State Bank Commission, and the i I Commissioner of Banks, he has advis | J ?d the Attorney General that he will j tomorrow morning issue a proclama- ; 3 Lion making ?Ionday, July 3 a legal j 1 holiday. r This proclamation will be issued < under the authority of the Emergen- i :y Act of 1033, which requires the I ipproval of the Council of State. This t approval was secured verbally from ( ^rmi \ LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH E 29. 1939 Power To Here At 4. VlllRPHY "HOOKED", BY FAKER WITH ! RIIRIRU \l IVP' \PT ..vy.t?IJI/ illil I li nvi Collects From All; Pays None; Leaves Girl Buried, Penniless The "fake*' burial in which a man? j tncl later a woman?was buried alive I r the lot af J. L. Ilall's gasoline sta ! Lion, has caused just about as much j ^rief in Murphy as if the burial were ! ionuine. Indeed, there are several toi j (rusting business men who wish the | burial?so far as the man was con- l erned?had been the real thing; and ! permanent at that! For the unshaven gent who hail 1 liimself ensconced in a coffin box, ] ibout six feet under the ground has j icpartcd, owing everybody with whom ' ie hail dealings, including the g?*av< Jiggers. Worse still, he went away leaving 'Pauline", the girl who replaced him n the "grave", still there. All day sunday and far into the night Pauine lay without, food or water. Fin-1 illy policeman Neil Snood and "Ks-1 <imo" Ilatchett brother of Harold] tho cafe man. answered a cry foi \ ielp. got shovels and dug her out. | She was nearly hysterical, and was j penniless. Constable Sheridan Stile* J Look her to his "Oasis" camp, fed her. j mid gave her money enough to get tier to her home in Chattanooga. She aid she had been hired there, for $15 j i ttn iv, <?i wnicn slu had collected 1 xactiy nothing. The burial expert, gave his name u- *\Jue Miller'". Too late his victim.emombered that Jye Miller was a *11 * inn- famous practical jok*r. "Jm filler's Joke Rook is an old standby and this geiyt evidentaly i4d read j i, thoroguhly. At and rate ".\Ir. Miller showed ip in the office of the Scout about en day- ago. told his burial plan, and rdered hall' a page of advertising, ind 2,000 handbills. When he was informed that, bene a stranger he would have to pay j i deposit of half the bill, rm went | i way promising to "come reu-k in ibout an hour". Of course he did not; but he went ilenty of other places. Ih went to a hotel and got a room ind bath?on credit. He went to a al'e and arranged for meals for himelf and "Pauline"?on credit. He vent to Dave Townson, rented .. cofin box and a tent, and purchased umber with which to build air vents i:to the "grave"?ail on credit. He rented a radio from Waltei oleman?on Credit. He rented an lectric fan from Bart McCook?on redit. Ho pursuaded !. L. 11*11 to lave the "grave" and tent wired foi lectric lights?on credit. Finally 11 hired Bon Sudderth. negro, and I U illard White to dig the grave foi j kim. for "><>?on credit. Then he went to various merchant*- ? ind soli! advertisements which he him ? lf painted 011 cards, to be stuck | ihout the tent. These transactions j lowcvt-r, were strict I v cash. I He had himself buried first. Run ling into the ' grave** was a biff pip* earing a sign which requested conrihutions. "Mr. Miller" stayed underground as long- as nickels and dime* ere dropped in by folks who canu Continued on back page losed July 4th ill members of the Council of Stat" his morning before the Governor vas called over long distance tclethone. He instructed the Attorney Generil to advise me, as representing all tanks, that the proclamation would >e issued tomorrow morning, that tanks will not be open Tuesday, uly 1. I am advised that the Governors of Maryland, Virginia and South Caroina have already issued similr proclariations and that accordingly the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond and ts branch in Baltimore will observe toth days as holidays and I feel sure hat the Federal Reserve Bank in Charlotte will follow this course. 1 Dedicated For Progress TERRITORY 5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR ^^6 Sold 5 Cents Users of Appliances To Get 3 Cent Rate, Effective on July 1 Beginning: July 1. Murphy householders who have been paying ten cents per kilowatt hour for electric current will get it for four and one half cents. Users of appliances which gave them a rate of four and one half cents, will have that charge cut to only three cents. These roughly, were the figures given to thu Mayoi and members of the Town Council Thursday night by Mr. Harvel Elk ins. who will manage the new system, to be supplied by the TV A. The figures are not exact. Mr. Elkins has pored over records for many days and nights, and still has not been able to reach a final conclusion. Cut the amounts stated above will differ only a hair's breadth from the charges finally determined. It must be understood, too, that the above charges will apply only for the first kilowatt hours. Additional power used will be even cheaper. Mayor Gray stated that the approximate rate was reached by adding 50 per cent to the bisic charges made by the TV A. At present the town is using power supplied fiom the Southern States Power company dam on Xotla river, and is paying the Nantahala Light and IN.YV.-I a flat wij... f...- power used when the Southern States dam can not pull the load. Actually the Southern States power house has been taken over by TV A as part of the Hiwassee Dam basin, and the Town is already using what might be termed "TVA power*. The TVA will supply rural lines with power taken from Mission dam at Peachtree. Mayor Gray said no large expenditure will be necessary to repair local lines. Contrary to general supposition, he sail!, investigation had shown the lines, generally, to he in good shape. He Ridded that a "five yeai repair program", which probably will iw. 1 ' '1'HII, mil nn-ji iiH'ili III lip-lOp condit ion. Continued on b<irk pw*ge NEW SCHOOL HEAD REPLACES MARTIN BEGINNING JULY 1 Retiring Official Sets Record With 40 Years Of Splendid Service The office of Superintendent of Cherokee county schools, held for the past 40 years by A. L. Martin, will change hands Monday when Lloyd Ilcndrix. of Peachtree, takes over the post. The last meeting under Mr. Martin's administration was held in the County Superintendent's office in the ("our-thouse Saturday. Mrs. G. \V. ( over. Sr., Chairman of the Board, presided. Mr. Martain did not attend. At the Meeting \\-alter All^n was appointed to the Davis ('reek school. Teachers endorsed for Hiwassee Dam were: Lena Kitchens Brown, Dorothy Latimer, Martha Nell Wells and Amy Talbert. Members of the Board are requesting that all persons interested to attend a -general organization meeting to be held Monday. Mr. Hendrix will be sworn into office Saturday, July 1, the beginning of the County's fiscal year. Those who qualified for the board last. April are: Mrs. Cover, J. T. Hayes. B. M. Harbin, E. L. Shields, B. B. Palmer, E. B. King, and Lawson Lunsford. County Commissioners To Meet Monday Night The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners will hold a regular "first Monday" meeting at the courthouse Monday to discuss the general affairs of the county. At the meeting the commissioners are expected to set the date of the special meeting to be held sometime during July for the purpose of setting the tax rate for the county for the fiscal year which begins July 1.