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No. 25.
MURHPY. N. C . '.SHAY JANUARY II. 19-10
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METHODISTS MEET
jjjtlotU'?Fifteen bishops and
than 1,500 other church lead
participated in u fou'-day ses
ti the General Missionary Coun
the Methodists Church here this
Highlight of the sessions was
lunching by the College of Bish
if the Methodist Advance.
jiinar TO SAFETY
ille-?Five children, ranging
6 to 13 years of age narrow
ped with their lives by jump
im a Becond story window when
ke out in the home of their
Its, Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Grain
bl West Asheville. Only two of
roungsters were injured, neither
ttly.
SOLDIER HONORED
fettcville?For his bravery in
wing and seizing a man who
lust shot and killed a non-com.
oncd officer. Sergeant John B.
Itt, 83rd Field Artillery, was
*tt ?d with the Soldier's Medal at
Jew of 2.000 troups on the parade
Jd at Fort Bragg.
LEAF EXEMPTED
oifih?Attorney General Harry
[ullan ruled that all tobacco
it in the state this year by the
ial Tobacco Company under an
n and purchase agreement with
lommodity Credit Corporation is
|$rully owned and therefore not
net to ad valorem taxation by
counties and municipalities where
ft stored.
TRAINMAN KILLED
fcss?Leonard Herbert Hoffman,
Seaboard Railway fireman of
biph, was instantly killed when his
d struch an overhead bridge here
Is he was on the tender of n
feht tmiri engine.
V DEMOCRATS FEAST
Blcich?Their numbers cut Hewn
"icir enthusiasm unchilled by the
weather, leading Democrats
le State gathered here Monday
for the annual Jackson Dar
er, nt which Federal Security
(linistrator Paul V. McNutt was
principal speaker. The dinner,
(25 a plate, was to raise funds for
part v chest.
GRANTS EXTENDED
"nuary checks for grants for de
jdent children in North Carolina
; average around $20 per family,
ipared with $16 last month. In
ition, almost a thousand more
dron will be given grants.
FARMER CONVICTED
ferion?A Superior Court jury
I convicted Lee Flynn, farmer, of
K degree murder for the slaying
Kb wife during a domestic quarrel
October . He was sentenced
lie March 22.
SEEK PARK LAND
hlcigh?Acquisition of 10,000
>s of land for the Cape Hatteras
shoro Commission at its first meet
and a committee was named to
roach landowners on the "outer
Its" regarding the possibilities of
I donations.
GOVERNOR OKEH
rham?Governor Hocy is resting
'ottably in Puke Hospital this
following :in operation last Fri
for the removal of a hernia which
oped after he attempted to raise
ndow at the Executive Mansion
fall. While they had him on the
erating table, physicians also ro
ared a mole above the Governor's
ht eyebrow. Physicians say he
1 have to stay in the hospital about
ft more weeks.
GETS SCIENCE AWARDS
Raleigh?For outstanding research
lling with physiology of blood and
piration. Dr. Frederick H. McCut
jon, professor of zoology at State
uege, has been awarded the medal
?ented annually by the North Car
la Academy of Science, and a cash
krd of $100 from the inter-Acad
y committee for five Southern
Ites.
MAY CLOSE HOME
Lexington?The Jounior Order
phans' Home here will be closed
inary 31, under a retrenchment
igram of the National Council, un
s the State Council of the Order
*s at a special meeting January
to take over operation of the
Iiocal committees nre being
,? 'ized to save the home.
MAYFILED GOING
TO WASHINGTON
ASKING NEW DAM
Chamber To Back Move
To Bring Auxiliary
TV A Project Here
Culled only for the purpose of nam
ing a board of Directors* Tuesday
Tlitrllf iV?o Vnrnll? rii-milwir nf Pr*r**-I
merce took advantage of an almost
perfect attendance to elect a com
plete ticket of officers, and to fire
the opening pun of a fight to the
finish to bring an auxiliary TV A dam
to Murphy.
Charles May field, who was elected
President of the Chamber, also was
named as a committee of one to go to
Washington and present the town's
claims for the auxiliary dam to Sena
tors Reynolds and Bailey, and to
Congressman Weaver. Mayfieid will
start for the National capitol before
Congress takes up a new TV A ap
propriation, and will remain there, in
daily touch with the Carolina law
makers until the matter is definitely
settled. _
The Chamber voted to pay MP?
M ay field's expenses "if necessary";
hut an effort will be made to have
this expense shared by the Lions Club
the Womnns Club, the County board,
j?nd the Town of Murphy.
D The action followed a report by
K. C. Wright, member of the Cham
ber, and President of the Lions, on
the recent trip made to Knoxville to
ask the TV A to build the new dam.
Wright said the officials in Knoxville
evidently are hostile to the plan, and
pointed out that efforts to influence
them would bo a waste of time. The
only way to get results, Wright said,
would be to "move direct on Washing
ton". He suggested sending a commit
j tee; but the Chamber decided that just
icne man could do more.
Mr. Mayfieid was chosen because of
|his closeness to Senator Reynolds and
Congressman Weaver.
I The election, which was the first
business of the meeting, resulted in
naming of Mr. Mayfieid as President,
Wade Mussey, 1st vice-Presidcnt, Col
Don Witherspoon 2nd vice-President,
and E. O. Christopher as Treasurer.
The new Board of Directors were
chosen as follows:
L. M. Shields, W. M. Maunoy, W. A.
Sherrill, Dr. E. L. Holt, Peyton G.
Ivie, T. W. Kindley, Dr. W. A. Hoover,
Dr. R. S. Parker, J. W. Donley,, and
Dr. F. V. Taylor.
Pastors' Association
To Meet On Monday
The ministers Association for the
Counties of Cherokee and Clay will j
hold their next monthly meeting at the
Baptist church next Monday morning
at 0 o'clock.
The officers elected for the new
year are: Rev. H. L. Paisley, presi
dent; Rev. G. N. Pulin of Andrews,
vice-president; Rev. G. W. Bumgar
den, sec. and treas. Rev. R. W. .Jen
kins is chairman of the program com
mittee.
The topic for consideration is
"Some Challenging Goods for 1940."
The discussion will be led by Rev. E.
P. Baker, of Andrews.
Screams Of Panther
Are Heard In Texana
Residents of Texana and Factorv
town arc sleeping with rifles and shot- J
guns close to their beds these nights, I
.following the recent appearance of a |
panther in that territory. The panther,
whoso screams are almost exacti.v like
those of a woman in gony, was heard
during the first snowfall. The beast
probably sought the haunts of man
when heavy snow in the mountains
made it difficult to find food. It is be
lieved the animal was in search of a
chicken, calf, or hog, although a hun
gry panther does not hesitate to attack
a human being.
Roused by the screams several ie?i
dents of Texana dressed and left their
homes thinking some woman was beii g
murdered. They found the animals
tracks, but it V \ ?nished. The pan
ther's screams also were heard in Mtir
phy.
HATCHETT TURNS
DEPUTY SHERIFF:
BRINGS IN TRAMP
Harold llitchett, owner of the Mur
phy Cafe, drove up to the County Jail
Tuesday morning and delivered
shaggy haired, ragged and shivering
prisoner he had brought in from th<
Persimmon Creek section. The name
day the prisoner, who identified him
self as Sam Williams, of "somewhere
in Arizonia" was sentenced, by Magis
trate D. M. Reese, to 30 days c.ti the
road on a charge of vagrancy.
Sentence was iiupt>?eu uivi Uiv i
prisoner might be held in custody I
while his finger prints were sent to
Washington, D. C. Residents of the
Persimmon Creek section suspect he
may be a fugitive from jur.tice.
Williams was arrested after he
had "denned in** for four days, in the
ttaptist Church at Persimmon Creek.
He had a big sack which contained
blankets, a few ragged clothes, and
a considerable supply of food includ
ing coffee and a small coffee pot. He
cooked his meals on the church stove.
The prisoner told jailer Patton
I Coleman he hail taken refuge in the
church to escape a snow storm, and
fhad stayed there waiting for the
weather to moderate. He snid he was
travelling the country looking for
any kind of work, but admitted he
had avoided main highways and a'.l
towns, "for fear of the police". He
denied, however, that he was a fugi
tive.
Harold Hatchet t told the Scout he
was driving back to Murphy when he
saw four men and five women trying
to drag Williams along the highway;
with the latter putting up stiff resis
tance. Hatchett was told Williams
had been placed under arrest by one
of the residents, who claimed authori
ty by reason of being a deacon in the
church where Williams had catched
himself.
The restaurant man persuaded Wil
liams to accompr.ny him to Murphy.
Jailer Patton Coleman declared Wil
liams 44the worst looking customer the
jail has ever held". The prisoner's
hair was almost s" oulder length, and
Continued on Back Page
VENIRES LISTED
FOR SESSION OF
SUPERIOR COURT
15 Divorce Actions Are
Slated For Hearings
By Judge Rousseau
The January term of the Superior
| Court will convene in Murphy on Mon
? day, Jan. 22, with Judge J. A. Rous
j seau on the bench. It will be a civil
! term, with 49 cases listed on the
docket. Fifteen of the actions arc di
vorce suits.
The jury panels for the two weeks
! are as follows:
S. D. Morrow, Unaka; S. A. Akin,
Ranger; B. A. Brcedlove, Murphy, Rt.
1: J. A. Voyles, Ranger; Victor M.
West, Marble; J. T>. Rowland. And
drews; B. T. Helton, Culberson.
Frank McDonald, Murphy; Joe
Hawkins, Ranger; J. II. Phillips, Ard
rews; W. L. Penland. Murphy; D. L.
Parris, Andrews; H. F. Nelson, Top
ton; Paul Ladd. Marble; G. M. Ton
gue, Culberson.
T. TC. Anderson. Culberson; P. II.
Clonts, Letitia; W. T. Stalcup. Mur
phy, Rt. 2; C. C. Robinson, Andrews;
C.H. Hayes. Wehutty; W. A. Hall,
Murphy, Rt. 2. . Ivin Harris, Culber
son; P. A. Arrowood. Marble; Henry
Chambers. ITnaka.
SECOND WEEK
Martin Truett, Andrews; B. S.
Luther. Andrews; Lon Woods, Suit;
Jim Craig, Marble; C. N. George,
Topton; M. F. Odell, Grandvicw; A.
A. Postell, Wehutty.
P. C. Stiles. Suit; Carl Stiles. Mur
phy; J. A. Allen, Murphy: Weldon A.
West. Andrews: Glenn Hendrix. Mur
phy. Rt. 1; Roy Clonts. Murphy. Rt. 2;
J. B. Shields, Tomotla; T. H. Wilson,
Andrews.
E. L. Simons, Murphy; Lfwson W.
Clark, Tomotla; Ira Sneed, Murphy
RFD.;-,Tohn A. Adams, Andrews; J
H. Suit. Postell; Ben Reese, Suit*
*^fanlov C'^vton, Marble: R. R. Beal
Murphy; John R. Jones, Sr., Andrews.
$56,067 Street Job
HnUOH|9
Starts On Monday
$16,763 BUILDING
SOON WILL RISE
ON CAMPUS HFRF
Many Thoroughfares
Will Be Paved; Others
T o Be Surfaced
After months of maneuvering, w'nv
pulling, and what have you., the Mur
phy public school finally have not
only been assured of an additional
building, but work of construction
will start Monday.
The building will cost $1f?,7G3. of
which Murphy School Unit, as spon
sors for the project, will pay $4,185
approximately one fourth. It. will be
built with WPA labor, and this pro
ject, added to the work of street im
provement which also starts Monday,
is expected to give a job to every
man in the County who is on the WPA
rolls.
Better still, the school project will
enable many skilled and semi-skilled
workers, heretofore unable to get
work even of any kind to find em
ployment in their owe lines. An av
erage of 37 men will be employed,
the list including unskilled labor, hod
carriers, truck drivers, cai pouters.,
plumbers, and electricians.
The new buildintr will be one story
high, with a deep basement, and will
be built of native stone. It will
measure 36 by 70 feet, with a hard
wood floor, and with 25 windows. The
nas? ment will have ample natural
light. The building, in the main, will
be devoted to home economics.
The first floor will be given over
for use as a huge class room. It will
be equipped with individual kerosene
stoves for student-cooks, and a large
"master" electric range for demon
strations by the instructor. Theru
also will be a large coal range.
The basement will have storage
and dressing rooms, siv shower baths.
Warmth will be supplied from the
school's central heating system.
The structure will be absolutely
fireproof with steel beams and sup
porting columns. It will stand be
tween the two present buildings. It
is expected that the structure will be
completed within six months.
DEATH TAKES 7
FROM COUNTY IN
PAST 7 DAYS
Death laid a heavy hand on resi
dents of Cherokee county during1 the
past week.
The body of John "Bose" Fain, son
of the late Allen Fain was brought
hack to Murphy from Dallas Texas,
this (Thursday) afternoon, following
his death from tuberculosis. Funeral
services, directed by Ivie Funeral
Home, will be held from the Metho
dist Church Friday morning at 10:30.
Miss Lucy Patterson, aged 83, who
had been making her home here with
her neice. Mrs. Royder Segers, a TVA
employe, died Wednesday. Townson
Funeral home prepared the body for
removal to her old home, in G,,nters
ville. Ala. for interment. Miss Patter
son was ill only a few days.
Miss Eva Parker of Marble, died
Tuesday. Jan. 0 at her home follow
ing an illness of ten days. Funeral
services were held Wednesday morn
ing. the Rev. Alga West officiating,
and burial was in the famly cemetery.
Her Mother, a brother, four sif
ters survive.
Death took Daniel A, Harper, aged
87, in Tomotla on January Servic
es were held Jan. 8. with the Rev.
Baumgarner officiating, and inter
ment was made in the Methodist
church yard. Two ?laughters and two
sons survive. Townson Funeral Home
was in charge.
Mrs. Laura Coker aged 65, of
Brasstown, died Jan. 4 and was buried
Jan. 5 in the churchyard of the
Continued on Back Page
Stone Structure Will
Employ 37 Men; To Be
Finished In 6 Months
Some 102 heretofore jobless men
will start to work in Murphy Monday
morning on *?>?>.project 10 im
prove Murphy's street?. Same will
be paved, others will be re-graded and
surfaced with crushed rock.
Adequate gutters and drainage will
be supplied for all.
The total cost will be $.r?6,0G7 of
|which the town and owners of prop
erty along the streets to be improved
[will pay $15,578.
Of this latter amount the town \vi!!
j supply $2,000 cash, and the property
owners $3,600 in cash. The remain
der will be supplied by the town in
the use ??f trucks, use of st4 ne chrusi.
,?? wd t lit * furnishing of sundry
j toils and materials. The town, for in
stance, will be allowed $4.35 per hour
for the use of its stone crusher, and
$1 per hour for use of its trucks.
Drivers will be supplied, and paid by
the WPA.
The Government's share of the pro
ject will total $-10,485?.
None of the actual cash that the
Town will furnish will go for paving,
but will help meet the cost, of grading,
drainage, and stone surfacing of
streets which now offer a serious
traffic hazard in %vet weather.
The laying of concrete paving will
l?o paid for, in part, by the property
owners along those thoroupghfares.
They will get a rare bargain for they
j will have to hear only one fourth of
the actual cost.
I The street improvement project
, has been set up to last eight months,
ibut is actually e::pected to be complet
ed by June 30. The labor will be
directed by a supervisor and two or
three assistants, none of whom have
geen publicly named. It Is under
stood that at last two posts have r.ot
yet been filled.
Between now and June 30, it. will
bo possible for residents along any
? street to get concrete paving by pledg
ing to pay one fourth the cost. This
| under the set-up will be possible for
Ian additional appropriation to be se
Jcured from the WPA.
The paving project is a monument
to the perservenance of Mayor J. E.
Gray who has been battling for it for
nearly a year and to the efforts of
Mr. John J. Owens consulting engin
eer of Asheville, who put the project
through with the Government. Mr.
Owens, formerly a WPA official, but.
now head of his own office drew al!
the plans, estimated all costs, and
got the appropriation approved. He
will supervise the entire project.
In estimating the costs, Mr. Owens
put labor wages al $3,580?every
penny of which will go to men now
jobless. The Government will buy
$6.300 worth of cement, and the bal
ance of the $40,489 will be expanded,
as needed, for miscellaneous supplies
Mr. K van s hopes there may he a sur
plus. which will allow work on addit
ional Streets not now included in the
program.
Streets to be paved include: Hun
ter. Fifth, Xew Hospital. Wofford,
Palace, Alpine, East Central, Martin,
Proctor, Campbell, Moore, and Bay
! less streets.
Streets to be graded and given a
'surface of crushed store include Old
| Hospital street. Regal street, in Fac
J torytown. Royal street Extension,
: rnd Cemetery Drive.
In laying gutters. Engineer Evans
(says, a catch basin will be placed
j every 100 feet, and underground
piping will carry the water to natur
al drainage exits.
Jacobs Sure Death
If He Meets Rabbit
i
Ralph Jacobs, owner of the Smoky
Mountain Cafe has a lot of friends,
but ho definitely is NOT popular with
the rabbits. A crack shot. ''Jake" has
been out in the fields nearly every day
the season opened, and ha.?? never yet
failed to bring in a heavy bag*. His kill
averages about ten. He fpves them all
away.