Our Aim:?
A Better Murphy | $
A Finer County
THE LEADINt
VOL 51 No. 6
(if 15, CHARGES !
CARNAL ATTACK
TO OWN FATHER !
Edna Dcdson's Story
Holds Parent In Jail
With Bond Refused
Dodson, of Beech Creek
n iiidh I husband and father of |
thror. ?n is boinc hold in inii I
here v it bond on charges of rape |
an,l in.. made by his 15 year old i
daupht- Kdna.
| He w:i committed by Justice Fred
Bates. wing a hearing at which
the a friend named Mrs.
Cheatr ; " . and Dr. M. P. Whichard
testified.
The girl is said to have charged
that her father first forced her to
years : and had repeated the ofyicld
to hi desire more than two
fensc ?' times since. The last attack.
aid was made on August
0.
Mi heatman's testimony was
entirely > arsay evidence, consisting
of ."-t"- about the alleged outrage
told In r the self-declared girl victim.
S The ician testimony dealt sole
Iiv ?u> iiiiuuiiss in a pnysieai exnminat
of the girl. This examination
sli d, the physician testified,
that the t'irl undoubtedly had been
violate lie explained that he could
not say y whom, or when.
Pod i it indigently denied the
thargo but his daughter faced him
down : open court, and swore that
(vor;- \ ^rd of her story was true.
Dod?>" r ecently was in court before
Mayor Gray, changed with assaulting j
Roger I war, of Andrews, on election
nigh veral months ago. He was
apprehot icd after having jumped a
previou bond, and was fined $30
and cm Following that trial he
hinted 1 t he planned filing an appeal;
i has never yet made any
explanai of the attack on Dewar.
Tin a t was struck a smashing j
blow in eye as he stood in Maun- |
ey\? druu lore listening to election j
returns. i
CAMPAIGN OPENED 1
FOR ROYAL CROWN
BY FRANK DICKEY
Announcement of a four months'
campaign to begin the first week in
I Sept em be: in over four hundred
I Newspapers was made today by
I hrank K Dickey head of the local
I D i ? .
? nuyiu trown. First ad of the series I
larger than a full page?will be fol- I
9 lowed by a consistent schedule of 1
^B smaller advertisements. The cam3
Paign will run through the remainder
of 1930.
? In the opening ad, elsewhere in
this paper. Royal Crown direct.^' ac- r
B crpts th. challenge ??f Coca-Cola's
recent suit. The headline reads "SO
I9B GOOD .... growing so fast ....
B and now challenged! . . . The adver^B
tisement goes on to say:
B sweater compliment could l>e
jB paid Royal Crown than the fact that j
B ? e ?nip? t it has just challenged the
^B right of Royal Crown to use the word
IB fola. The courts will decide the legal
H issues on their merits No matWk
ler what Americans buy, they ex^B
more than ONE choice. And they
^B ^1 entitled, whenever possible, to
^B Bet twice as much for their money."
^B newspaper campaign follows
2(> weeks of radio advertising with
H Hobert L. Ripley's "Believe It Or
?t . and will be supported by exH
*ens>ve merchandising, display and
?f sale tie ups.
bishop to preach here
Robert E. Gribbin, of Ashe-1
H ' e' preach at the Episcopal I
H C,Urcb next Sunday morning at 11 o'H
Ck at 11:00 o'clock.
H Public is invited to attend. ^
Ih? (Eh
1 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE
M
WAR BRINGS HOPE <
U. S. WILL PUT UP
IRON PLANT HERE (
* ? f
Outbreak of the war in Kurope has j
caused hopes of bringing industry to [ '
this section to become roseate.
It is generally expected, the Unit- j
eel States is drawn into the struggle. |
it is not unlikely that an iron smelter i
and foundry will be bt ought to this!
county.
There is plenty of iron ore here, i
of high grade; but freight rates have n
made its mining: unprofitable. In j,
war-time this obstacle would be elim- r
mated, because the Government]],
would take over all essential industries.
This would include railroads, f
all iron mines, and all plants for work- t
ing that metal. v
Quantities of iron ore were mined
and shipped from Cherokee county v
during the late World War. In our
next struggle, it is believed, plants ^
will be erected and the ore worked ^
right here where it is dug. '.t
PUPILS FORCED j;
TO HOLD CLASS
ON THE GROUND
I n
Even Halls Of School
Used As Class Rooms; u
No Funds For Relief ^
With Murphy schools so crowded i
hat there literally is scarcely room !(
to tuiti round", the County Com-lj
nissioners meeting this week, regret- !r
fully told Superintendent Bueck that
finances made it impossible to prom-'
:se any relief this year. J'*
Meanwhile all the halls of the build- j'1
ng have been converted into class-!'1
rooms; the students sitting ah ut long ?
tables built by the boys in the man- s
'lal training class. jn
Every room is crowded to rapacity :
?nd in most of t hem pupils arc .v
'doubling up." sitting two to a seat.
Vnte-rooms are being used, and exits ,j
"lave had to be closed. 1?> get more
-pace, until the building presents1
i lamentable fire hazard. t
Rough hoard sheds covered with jn
tar paper also are being used as class- '<
rooms. They have no heating facili- b
ties, and when the weather gets cold,
they can only be used at the cost of :
onsiderable physical suffering. '
Nevertheless, Supt. Bueck says, they ;a
must either be occupied?or many j
children must be denied schooling. . ^
Boys from the manual training
class are now putting a roof on the j
old frame building at Maltbv, and |c
making other necessary repairs so j
that it may accommodate children? >c
hut when this work is finished, there ^
still will be over crowding. Besides, j
as Supt. Bueck pointed out; only very ,
small children will use the Maltbv :
building. Soon they will advance to t
higher grades which will necessitate j J
their being taught here in Murphy, i
And there is absolutely no place to
put them.
The most striking evidence of a J
condition so over-crowded that it would
make a canned sardine think j
he had a lot of room, is to be found 1
in the ninth grade class in English, '
taught by Miss Higdon. '
This class is being taught out doors 1
under a tree on the school -ground*.
The tree shades the students, to a degree,
from the sun; but when it rains,
the class has to "break up" and run
for shelter. When the students will
do when it gets cold, is problematical. '
Not many of them can afford fur '
coats.
Service Is Extended
By Express Companies 1
The railway express agency has |
put in free pick up and delivery ser- 1
vice both the L & N depot and Sou- j
them effective Sept. 1st. with-in cor- (
pornte limits of Murphy. Both agents
promised they would get enough business
to warrant such service. <
ttrakrt
RN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING
IURPHY, N. C. THURSDAY. SEPT
SUGAR PRICE UP;
OTHER FOOD DUE i
ro FOLLOW SUIT
Wholesale Rate Rises
T_ PI / ^ - *""*
i o ay2 v.ents fer lb.;
Buyers Are Limited
War is a lonp ways off front Murhy?but
old Man High Cost of l.iv'ig,
war's pot ramp follower, has aleady
put in his appearance in Cheroee
County.
By the time you read this you will
ind that the cost of several necessiies
have risen?and the end is not
et.
Every one knows, of course how
.heat shot, up on the stock exchange
?also cotton. Now it is quite true
hat most of the gentlemen who gamle
in wheat and cotton never sawfield
of either in all their lives?
ut the upward trend of wheat-straws I
In the pit" show's which way the 1
.'ind is blowing.
Our freakish neutrality law. which
orbids export of arms and amniuniion
to belligerents because it would
nable them to prolonrr their struggle,
lakes it quite all right for exportrs
to send over plenty of foodstuffs.
We may he foolish but it seems to
is that food is quite as essential to
European armies as cannon and shells
lore so in fact.
They have bigger ammunition factories
in Europe than we have here,
tut they are NOT self sustaining as
egards food.
And no man is going to fight, very
tine: on an empty stomach. However.
iobody hereabouts, so far as we can
ram, had anything to say about
arming out neutrality act. That act
ays it is all right to ship foodstuffs,
nd cotton, and wool for uniforms?
ind just about everything else that
re use.
Kin ? !?< is in the market, ami how!
Mint. means that prices here go up.
Meat prices already are scheduled
o rise. Su. also says rumor many
ither every day articles?such as
offee. evaporated milk, perhaps,
lead, and certainly lard.
Clothing also is expected to follow
he general trend. Shoes especially
re likely to go skyward.
One definite advance already has
een noted in sugar.
Last week if wa? vnfoiUn?
ents per pound.
Today it costs five and one hall
ents, wholesale?and merchants are
aving purchases limited at that price.
Wag-os, however, remain the same.
FARMER RAISES
TOBACCO PLANT
TEN FEET LONG
The wisdom of the presistcnt pleas
of County Ager.t Ketner that farmers
of this section spend less time on
corn and turn their efforts to raising
tobacco were backed up in a tangible
way Monday.
John L. Stratton, who works S. N.
Mil saps farm, on Route No. 1, near
Peachtree brought Mr. Ketner what
probably is the largest tobacco plant
ever grown in this section.
It was barley, and it measured ten
Feet in height. The leaves were considerable
more than one foot in width
and some were nearly two feet long:.
Unfortunately the top leaves grot
broken off in the automobile enroute
to Mr. Ketner's office in the Court
bouse, but Mr. Stratton had the broken
section with him.
The plant has been given a place
af honor on Mr. Ketner's office wall.
> s>rmi
A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY R1CI
EMBER 7. 1939
J. C. EDWARDS, 72,
CLAIMED BY DEATH
IN HOSPITAL HERE
After :?ii illness of many months,
death claimed Mr. J C. Edwards. father
of Mrs. T. A. Terrell, at Petfie
hospital Monday. He was brought to
the hospital here from Moiganton, Go? !
where his remains were sent for in- |
tei ment, on Wednesday.
Born in Graham County in 1867.
Mr. Edwards had a host of friends and
relatives there. and was widely known
irr Cherokee County. H?* represented
Graham County in the State Legislaturc.
For the past 4'> years, the deceased
had lived in Georgia, where he also
won honors, serving as Tax Collector
in Mor^anton for many years, lie is
survived by his widow and seven children:
Mrs. T. A. Terrell, of Murphy, Mrs.
as Plemmons, of Atlanta, Ga.; Dewey
I Bayless Akin. Copperhill, Mrs. ThornEdwards.
of Pisgah Forest; and Harry,
Ross and Hoke Edwards, all of
Morgan ton, Ga.
YOUTH IS KILLED
BY COUSIN AFTER
ROW OVER GIRL
Melvin Ellis Shot By
Kinsman Sam, Who
Flees To Mountains
A quarrel reportedly over a woman
resulted in the killing of Melvin Ellis,
i . _.
j iverecl 21, by his first cousin, Sam
! Ellis, early Thursday morning in A11!
drews. Following the fatal shoot intr.
Sam Ellis flid to the mountains and
: as the Scout goes to press.i s being
trailed by Sheriff Townson and a
j posse, using bloodhounds.
Ellis is said to be armed, and may
, fight rather than submit to arrest.
The killing, which occurred near
the homes of both principals, who
live near each other, followed a quarj
rel Wednesday evening. That quarrel
; ended, for the time being, when Mel|
vin Ellis is said to have struck Sam
i with a fruit jar inflicting deep cuts
: in his face which necessitated three
| stitches being taken by Dr. Morrow.
While Sam was at the Doctor's Mel!
vin disappeared. After Sam's face
I had been sewed up he borrowed a 22
calibre rifle from Gwen Hardin, and
1 started looking for his cousin with the
| avowed intention of killing him.
Sam finally found Melvin at home,
in bed. That was about 2 o'clock
Thursday morning and at gun point
j he ordered Melvin to get up, dress,
i and go out-of-doors, where he intendI
ed to kill him. Members of the family
smoothed things over, and finally the
two cousins "made friends", shoo1*
hands, and Sam went to his own home,
and to bed.
Thursday morning, about 7:30 o'clock
Sam saw Melvin leave his home,
accompanied by Wiley Hardin. Piekj
ing up the borrowed rifle Sam left
j the house stopped them, asking for a
| cigaret.
According to Wiley Hardin, he gave
Sam the cigaret, and the latter lighted
it, and took a couple of puffs.
Then Hardin says, Sam backed off,
and without speaking a word raised
the rifle, and shot his cousin Melvin
through the heart.
o
Stiles Family Gathers
:!A.t Persimmon Creek
The Stiles family held a reunion
Sunday Sept. 3rd at the Persimmon
Creek Church grounds. Many generous
inviting picnic baskets were
brought and lunch was spread on the
grounds. The family was well represented
by numerous relatives, and
many friends were present.
^ Dedicated
fT T :ervice
LA, For Progress
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BOY WRITES GAL
FIXING BIG TIME
AT COUNTY FAIR
Letter to "Hot Helen"
Hints at Romance
Soon Thereafter
My Dear Helen.?A few weeks back
: %?.u v*iuu- me anout wnai a Dig time
' you were expecting to have with me
I at the Cherokee County Fair. That
I was O. K.?but you signed yourself
"Hot Helen".
Where do you get that stuff? there
ain't nothin' hot about you except
your temper?and maybe your feet,
which seem to do a lot of sweat in*.
You're a nice gal, though Helen,
and I'm going to meet you at the fair,
sure as shootin?unless we get into
the war a heap sooner than I'm
expecting, and get me on the first
draft. And I'm telling you now.
, Helen, it that happens, they're going
] to have to look for me.
I To get back to this Cherokee County
Fair, which I understand is opening
on the 2<>th of this month, and is
going to last through the 31st?according
to my calendar that means
the fun will open on Tuesday, and
I1 will wind up Saturday night.
That's five days. Helen?and I ain't
, sure whether my nerves is going to be
| able to stand all that excitement iri
| a bunch. Ami if the nerves is 0. K.
I ain't real sure that my bank-roll
1 is going to stand the strain.
But I'm a savin' up, Helen, and 1
{ believe I'm going to be able to make
i it*
! There are a lot of things at that
' fuir ?Ko? I
?- i iraub hi sei*. special,
i There's them wood-work in' exhibits.
| for instance. I used to be right smart
j of a whittler myself, but they tell mt
that, some of these exhibits will look
just like statuary, only made out of
I wood.
Then they tell me there'll be all
kinds of furniture, every bit of it
i hand made, and lots of it carved real
pretty. They tell me there'll be
j chairs, and tables, dressers and beds
; ?and even some cribs made out of
all kinds of wood, and hand rubbed *
till they shine like looking glass.
3 got a question I been think in' about
askin' you, Helen, and if your
I answer is right, maybe me and you
will be buying some of that furniture
after the fair is over. They tell me
you can get it reasonable.
We might stock up on preserves
and canned fruit, and vegetables, too;
because I understand there'll be hundreds
and hundreds of jars of all different
kinds on exhibition. If we can
get the ladies that made them to sell
us some, we'll be sittin' pretty?because
we'll know for sure that every
last jar there will be plu-perfect and
1 As a matter of fact. Helen. I'm
i sure glad I a int. groin* to have to be
j one of the judges in that department.
First place. I'd make myself sick trying
to sample 'em?cause I aint never
had no solf control that way. In the
second place, after I got through, 1
j probably still wouldn't be able to say
which was best. How's a body goin*
to tell when nothin' couldn't be there?
( Of course I know. Helen, that you'll
! be spendin' a heap of your time in the
I needle-work department. I wont mind,
because while you're in there I'll bo
lookin' over the fine fat hogs, and the
cattle, and the mules, and the sheep.
An' I dont. want you to ge gettin'
mad either, if you get through with
ijvur ut-parimenT Dei ore I do with
I mine; because I hear that some of
j that live stock is going to be worth
i spending hours and hours looking at,
j and studying.
j Tell you what let's da, Helen Let's
I us split up our time, and spend an
hour or so in the exhibits, and then
an hour on that midway you wrote me
about, keep on alternating like that.
Neither one of us don't want tc miss
I that carnival feature.
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