Mysterious Mr. Again?Johnsor The mysterio i- "Mr. Lynch" once of llarigingdoy. more recently of Akr n. Ohio, and more recently stili of the County jail has vanished aya?n. Mr. Lyncii i- th gentleman who. sent back here by bus from franklin, suddenly became paralyzed, deal and dumb in route t?? the jailhouse; only to become mira rlousiy healed and run aw;.\ when the bus driver went after the sin-i iff ' < help carr> him to a cell. it took ix h irs to li-.d Mm-: nd h 'oi!^ chase to citcl- hint; am' when cauyht. he immediately became ya alyze-i attain. friends .11 Hanyingrdoy aw the 1 story u *!:e Si . *_r??t Mi . Lynch t 11 h-> durance vile, and U>ok him hiTir. Ayain he ii i a miiacuious re- j I from his paralysi h:.- 'duntbin ? ' fir and walked ol. with his friends chattiny happny. He stayed in 1 l.'nyinyduy some time hi the tail he wotlldti e;it JOHN HENRY QUITS ROADHOUSE QUICK, BUT SNAGS PROFIT John Henry Axley Jr. was strangely missing from his usual haunts a few Jays back. Dr. Elmer Holt, who was looking for some one he couhi trim pi lying pool finally learned that John Henry had gone to Hiwassee. When the truck-line magnate returned he announced that he had bought a mad-house. Mock stock and barrel especially barrel. The build mg alone, he said, had cost $2..">00 to erect less than two years ago. He g^t building and grounds both for 51.000, of which only $100 was cash. The former owner, it seemed, had f a little trouble with the prohibition I men. Hence the sacrifice price. John Henry bought first, and in- ' vestiguted aftorwir.ls. Then he huv-J tied back to Murphy. The next day he announced that he | was "out of the road house business." j A- a matte;* of fact, he never irot in it Within 24 hours?without over recording his purchase?he sold out to Harold llatchett, rising young restaurant man and the only person in [ these parts who can work 24 hours a day and come up smiling. John Henry got his $10(1 hack, plus another $100?and Harold owes him $100 more Not a bad day's work eh? NOBODVS BUSINESS BY GEE McGHEE ?mr. edditor. drive down some Sunday afternoon and let the undersigned load yore foard up with squashes, water- a.'lions, cucumbers and spinnick. come about 5 p. m kindlv beep sending my paper righ* on. no charge will be made for the vegei tables in question, i would have paid my subscription last month, hut the politicians cut my old-age pensions from 0$ to 5$. an dthat is bareiy enough to buy the need-cessities of life with, such as tobacco, soft drinks, whiskey, gassileen, and cigarettes, i will be seeing you when the sun hides behind the mountings. TO THE WORLDS FA1RON A COW ?flat lock shall not be outdone.! other tov - s.-ndiag reppersenta-: lives to tin v. . l id's fair on bicycles ! and \vhee!-barvow> . id other modu.opperandi (s -ay> mis.- jepnie veeve J smith, and .-.he knows what them words mean;, but r! rock's young' man will ride \ y< u\m:> all the wr.p I -i:... .1-. - i ! .-sun . i -i Mil' ; IHII'L' feller Mn' wii! make the trip ? l>e on tin-i lookout foil slim chance and 'rave a stall inside the fair ground? fot ;l "hullie beef" to stay in while slim is! seeing things. he will leave next j week at 1 o'clock and a large con-;I coarse of friends and loved ones will | be at the citty hall to see him off. j / ??? j i ?slims daddy has made a soft saddle for him to ride on so's he won't be so sore when he gets there that he cant walk around inside, "bullie beef" is sorter poor and has a sharp backbone, and that's why the saddle has benn made for the occasion, he will also have bits in his mouth and brass tips on his horns, he mought book someone en route hence the horn ornaments ansofo^th, he is red spotted and has a white face and his tail has benn bobbed. ?slim, the third, will let his yearling graze every few hours on the side of the road while he is faking a nap. ho will have a knapsack with him to keep his tobacco and pocket knife and extra pair of sox in. dr. hubbert green has loant him his old pack saddle that he used when he had to practice medison on a boss instead of in a ford, ihe carried his sody and salts and diamond lyes in the pack, he made his own medison back then it THE CHEROKEE , Lynch Gone i Glad Of It. much; but he got his apetile back too -ami How! Finally bis frit r.ws decided it would he cheaper to pay his | fare ba< i. to Ohio. Mr. Lynch heard them disc'issiie j their plans -and promptly was stritk, i n with paralysis again. Also he became deaf and dumb once more. instead of sending him back to Ohio, his hosts decided to take hhn hatk ' C Sheriff, and let the Court y handle him. They were going to do ; it the next morning. But they didn't. ?Jr. J.: i. h wasn't so deaf that he , uidn't he: i that plan. too?and iuring the night lie had another nv aculous recovery and departed for parts unknown. His friends have appealed to Chief . f I'olicc Fred Johnson to try and find Mr. Lynch again. But the Chief is strangely unin j '? rested. ' was all just a-like, and good for everthing. ?hultimoreH filly-delfy. boston, ritvhmotid. Washington, providence, novy scotia. toronto! be on the lookout for slim chance. the third, and his caff, lend him a helping hand and help hint through to the world's fair, he is dressed in overhalls and has a reel can op, and is a verry bright boy considering: who his daddy is. he wanted to take his dog, but his ma talked him out of that, so its' just him and I the yearling, hurrah for slim chance! and flat rock, this plan of travel has! got ail the other plans skint a block, i yores trulie, mike lark. rfd. self reported. Mrs. I.ydia Fifield of Putman. Conn., was surprised recently when single child, a son, was born to her. i She is the mother oP six pairs of twins. The Unlimit m a Sttm wy* ?s| cr ?JSB ? ??We guarantee our We Also 1 SHE I j. Emma SCOUT. MURPHY. N. C.. THURSDA ^2"IN CHEROKEE JALL UNDER AX SWUNG BY WPA Lay-Offs Are Routine, Derided By Ler?glh CM Employment ' .-ad news come to this office in a- f??rm of a flat amiounccnn-iit that the WPA ax has begun to fall. A to , a! of 72 workers in Cherokee counj \ mus: go. The result will he a lopping of ih" | receipts of merchants all "over the | county. The dismissal are in no wise to he considered a reflection on the abilirx I of the nersojis sonarated from service. j WPA heads have explained. It i* ?' i routine business, necessitated by Ili* j.-!ash in appropriations made "> th?\ same Congrcss that blithely v?,te?' n" [ IXCRFASK of more than $500,000 | annually in the member's own personal starf of "white-collar" aides. The bright spot in the dark sky is I found in the probability that n.s.r.y, ; if not Jill the persons dropped may ' consider themselves "laid off" rather | than "fired". That is to say, they ! probably will be taken back a month I 01 so. The present cuts are said to be : based on length of service. Those who I have been on the rolls longest must ! be the first to go. to give others a | chance. Following is the Government at; ! nouncenient, in full: "The Area office today states that a total of '170 persons to date are being removed from projects in compliance with Section 1G II. Pubiic Resolution No. 24. Act of 1040. passed I by the 76th Congress. "This section of the relief act requires that, certified persons who have been continuously employed foi months must be removed from Work Projects in order ttiat they may mas. an honest endeavor to obtain private > ? ? Only T ed Guari "Sturdy As I PER k CENT t^i flVA ^Cllott/1 lir*" Ka m c lu aiauu up UC ? ?? lave the Bes Let's HULL'S J 4T THE E "RIGHT ON ? ? Y. JULY 27. 1939 Five Year Old 1 Wins Casting P ! I ! \ ^ Jfr * ^ f i I I 11111 ploy men 1. "I hr 12th North Carolina Area is made up of the following counties: Transylvania, Jackson. Macon, Swain. Graham. Cherokee and Clay, and sus. pension by county is as listed. Transylvania, 71; Jackson 58; Macon ."12; Swain 28; Graham 14; Cherokee 72 Clay 92. *'Professional and Service Projects, in the nature of sewing rooms, libraries. lunch rooms, gardening and recreational projects suffered worst on account of continuous employment. "Many of the projects in the men's division have had lay-offs in .lie past year on account of projects being ompleted. Therefore, the men's projects did not seriously suffci at thi i ' imc. "The Area Office advises that oth r lists will continue, concerning suspensions, at regular intervals as eighteen months continuous employment is completed by workers < ire With antee In LAS Its Name99 DISCC )UR 0L1 tter than any other ai t Gas and Oh Trade! SERVICEl SSO SIGI THE SQUARE" ? ? ? # ( Fisherman || rize In West | A five-year-old > 11. du-d B third in a Fish-0 ca-Im i j ,.. v H Indianapolis, last week. in v.hi h both ^1 voungsters and oldsters ourticipateii The budding fisherman i L rrv Bau< IH Lone, grandson of Oilu Baus. an Ina & ianapolis fishing edit r. iT.ere wt.ry ? | 130 eid. rants. & \ The new casting ganv. . -non sored 11 j, by the Isaac Walton ; ^Ue 0{ H America and the Amen a:. Wadiife Institute, i-^ proving popui A !>1.ri pf. I ait and fly casteis i n ,ul ljle ||| counts y as a means of pr:.t w?h- g? out going to stream or ' fficiai lules f ?r the game have pu j v.! ich the spns??rs are seii : _ ,,ut< %c* PRISON CAMP GOES TO NEW HOME ON OLD MAUNEY FARM I A farewell that will U neither f?' fond nor tearful will short . said in Andrews when the eonv. tarop ju-t outside the city limits will emulate the storie