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>OL 51.? NO. 51.
Ml RI-1IY. N. CTHl KSDAY. JI LV 11. 1M0
5c COPY ? SI. 50 PEK YKAK
DAILEY, ESCAPED
PRISONER, TAKEN
FOR SECOND TIME
Handcuffed, With Key
Lost, Fugitive Frees
Self With A Pin
John Dailey. of Andrews, who es
caped from the Cherokee County
Jail by means of a home-made key,
and who. recaptured, escaped again
from Andrews Chief of Police olin
o*?nMnr> '? behind thll bars in Mur
more. He was captured
last week in Knoxville.
Dailey. originally arrested char- '
ged wi'h the theft of an automobile
wheel cirt tire, first escaped sev- j
eral months ago thicjgh the alleged
connivance of a woman prisoner in :
the Cherokee County Jail. This wo- !
tnan feigned illness, and while Jail- j
er Patton Coleman was attempting
to administer aid. Dailey, who is j
said to have had a home-made key ,
made from a piece of bed spring, I
let himself out of the jail. With I
hiir. went Clarence Corn well, of the ;
Peachtree section, who was being j
held for failure to make a peace
bond, sought by his mother-in-law.
Cornwell was recaptured some
time ago at the home of a kinsman
in the Hangingdog section, where
he had appeared to get something
to eat. and to "sleep in a bed." He
said that for a long time he had been
sleeping in the woods.
A few weeks ago, Dailey also was
recaptured in Gastonia, and Chief
Stratton of Andrews went to bring
him teck.
When the two reached Sylva, Dail
ey is said to have asked permission
to go to a rest room. Chief Strat
ton examined the room and found
that it had only one small window,
more than six feet from the floor.
Besides. Dailey was handcuffed, and
so Stratton left him and waited out
side.
A few minutes later a pedestrian
announced that he had just seen a
man "running down the street, wear
ing a pair of handcuffs."
It was Dailey, and he managed to
make good his escape.
Last week Chief Stratton learned
that Dailey hacj communicated with
relatives in the Andrews section,
asking that money be wired to him
in Knoxville. Stratton informed Sher
iff Carl Townson, who got in touch
with the Knoxville authorities.
The latter stationed two detect
ives at the telegraphing office, and
Dailey was arrested when he came to
Bet the money that had been sent
him. under an assumed name.
Dailey still was carrying the hand
cuffs he had been wearing when he
escaped from Chief Stratton, and the
detectives clamped them about his
wrists once more. Arrived at the
station house, in Knoxville. how
ever. it was found that Dailey had
lost the key to the handcuffs, and no
other was available to unlock them.
The police were on the verge of
filing the cuffs off when Dailey an
nounced that "it would be a pity to
^oil them, because Chief Stratton
?night want them back."
"Give me a safety pin. and I'll
unlock them for you, myself" he told
the officers.
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12 4-H MEMBERS
TO RECEIVE FREE
TR'PS TO RALEIGH
Twt lvr four H club members from
Cherokee County ? six boys and six
girls? will be taken to Raleigh with
all expenses paid on Monday. July
22. fcr a week of attendance at the
State 4-H club Short Course. Tile
coup will be under the direction of
Assistant County Agent Dale Rnod
grass. and while most of the time in
Raleigh will be devoted to study,
there also will te a program rf en
tertainment.
Two delegates will be chosen for
the trip from each of six 4-H rlnhc
They have not yet been numed. but
will be selected according to age, in
telligence. and records of achieve
ments.
The toys will attend classes in
Agricultural engineering, which will
include care and preparation of
farm machinery, use of electricity on
| farms, and soil conservation and
drainage They also will be instruct
ed in animal husbandry, forestry,
and cultivation of field crops.
The girls will be taught how to
ariance flowers, hew to decorate
rooms and homes, how to cook and
to can. and how to make clothing
with emphasis on cclor schemes and
smart lines.
DRY-LAND STILL
IS CAPTURED BY
COUNTY RAIDERS
Shot of Warning Fired
By Friend Results In
Operator's Escape
Sheriff Carl Townson had a new
experience in liquor raiding last week,
he says, when he captured what he
describes as a "dry land still." Ac
companied by deputies, he made the
find in the woods of the Ranger
section. The operator, warned by a
rifle shot, had fled before the of
ficers arrived.
"We know the man who owns the
still," Sheriff Townson said. "We
have had a warrant for him for
months, but so far he has been too
smart for us.
'Several weeks ago, we raided a
still that had been operating in his
home. When the still wasnt in use.
he kept it buried under the flooring
In his bam, with a calf on top of
it? He had a 100 gallon drum of
mash buried, too, and when we took
up the flooring the calf fell in the
mash.
Pulling out the calf, one of my
deputies lost his footing and fell
in too. Boy, did that deputy smell
sour!
Well the owner of the house had
heard us coming and had gone
away from there. I understand he
hasn't been back since. The house
is deserted and I have been told that
the mountanieer is living in the
woods, and that his hair and beard
have grown to be a foot long.
"Anyhow, we got word that he was
operating again, and we started
after him. When we got into his ter
ritory we heard a shot. Somebody
had fired as a warning, and when
we got to his still, there was no sign
of our man except a trail w.iere he
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Mrs. Joe Ray To Be Star
In Production At Cullowhee
Mrs. Joe E. Ray. of Murphy, is co
starring as Becky Thatcher in the
Play TOM SAWYER dramatized
from the novel by the same name by
Mark Twain, which is being present
ed in the Western Carolina Teachers
College auditorium at Cullowhee.
July 16. at 8:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Ray js a graduate of Murphy
High School and will graduate from
Western Carolina Teachers College i
this summer. She teaches the fifth I
grade In Peachtree. She was sec
retary to the head of the business
education department In 1936-37.
She has been active In club work on
the campus, acting as secretary of
the Cherokee County Club in 1936,
and a member of the Glee Club and
Business Education Club.
THREE COUNTIES
TO FORGET CARE
AT FARM PICNIC
| Federation Sponsoring
All-Day Celebration
In Marb-e Saturday
The Farmers Federation is holding
a picnic Saturday. July 13th for far
mers and their families from Chero
kee. Clay and Graham Counties
The picnic will start at 10 A. M
WHVl B K(WM<*h hv .lamov; O V Mf.
| Clure. folic wed by addresses by S. C
j Clapp. former head of the state test
farm: Guy M. Sales, general mana
ger of the Federation: and Dumont
1 Clarke, director of the Lord's Acre
I work.
String music, solos and other musi
cal numbers will fill the forenoon
program. After lunch will be foot
races, a tug-of-war and other ath
; letic contests. A choir and quartets
from the three counties will perform
in competition: a complete set of
new song books will be awarded the
best choir, and cash prizes will be
offered the winning quartets.
Max M. Roberts, head of the Fed
eration's picnic staff, has announced
that a prize will also be awarded to
the largest truck load of persons at
I tending the picnic, the couple who
have been married the longest, the
couple who have beer, married the
i shortest time, the largest family.
I and the nearest bald-headed man
i present. The teller of the tallest
' story will also be duly honored.
Those attending are expected to
i bring their own lunch baskets but
I free watermelon and lemonade will
| be available on the grounds.
I
Tenant Farmer
Purchase Loans
To Be Continued
The Farm Tenant purchase pro
i gram will be continued through the
; 1940-41 fiscal year, to June 30. 1941.
in every County in North Carolina,
i it was announced today by Vance
j E. Swift, state director of Farm Se
| curity Administration.
i The number of loans to be made 1
j in each county during the coming 12
I months has not been determined,
j The new loans, as were the old, will
i be available to qualified tenant far
I mers and farm laborers who wish
' to purchase farms of their own, but
I who cannot, secure the necessary
credit from private sources.
A total of 721 farms have been pur
; chased in North Carolina under this
program in the past three years.
Tenant puchase loans are made to
specially qualified tenant farmers
or farm workers, who must be resi
dents of the county and show a high
standard of farming ability. Prefer
ence is given family men under mid
dle age who have had extensive
farming experience and who passes
sufficient livestock and equipment
wholly or nearly free of debt, with
which to operate a family-sized farm.
The term of the loan is 40 years,
with interest at three per cent.
Committees of farmers in the coun
ties must pass on the qualifications
of applicants, and may be consulted
by prospective borrowers in the selec
tion of farms. Each borrower is ex
pected to recommend the farm he
prefers to buy. The farms must be
purchased within the county.
"In approving farms for purchase."
said Mr. Swift, "the committees and
the FSA county supervisor must take
care to see that the price is strictly
in line with the true value and earn
ing capacity of the land. This means
that the farm, operating under a
farm and home plan supervised by
FSA. will produce enough income to ]
pay all costs and give the farm fam- j
ily a reasonable standard of living."
KETNER TO TAKE
COUNTY AIDES TO
FARM HOME WEEK
Invitations have been mailed bv
County Agent Quay Ketner to thi
nine Committeemen of the Trip!* A I
program to go with him to Raleich on 1
July 29 to attend Farm Home Week,
nnd a series of special meetings of
committeemen.
Those who accepted the invitation
will he in Raleigh five days, return
ing to their homes on August 2nd
The trip will t<- made by automobile.
The committeemen will have to
j bear their own expenses but to
Ollavv MM u?,< vviu u*' pniU altittfltri I
for all the time they are away from
home. County Committeemen will
receive S4 per day. and Community
Committeemen will be paid $3 per
day.
Since lodging will t?> furnished in
Raleigh for only SI for the entire
period, and since meals may bi hail
at low prices in the State College
Cafeteria, those making the trip
should fare better financially than
if they had all expenses paid.
County Agent Ketner has an
nounced that he will gladly furnish
free transportation to as many as
can ride comfortably in his car.
LIST OF JURORS
ANNOUNCED FOR
SUPERIOR COURT
Heavy Criminal Docket
Is Awaiting Disposal
By Judge Harding
Two venires totaling 66 men have
been drawn to serve as jurors during
the August term of the superior
court which will convene Monday,
August 5. Forty two names have been
drawn for the first week and 24 for
the second. Judge Harding will be
on the bench.
A long criminal docket awaits dis
posal dealing with a list of crimes
ranging from drunken driving to
murder. There are an unusually
large number of illicit liquor cases,
the result of raids by Sheriff Carl
Townson and of many arrests made i
by the state highway patrol. It is ,
admittedly doubtful that the court I
will be ahle to complete the docket
at this time, and as a result several
important cases may have to go
over. Practically all of those under
indictment for serious charges are
out on bond.
The list of jurors for the first week j
follows:
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JOHN TETUSKEE
DEAD AT 107, IN
SNOWBIRD HOME
Old Cherokee Was Last
Survivor of Exodus
Ordered by Army
Death has taken John Tetuskee.
107. oldest Cherokee Indian in the U.
S. The old Indian who resided
on the Snowbird Mountain reserva
tion was formerly a frequent visitor
Mnvnhv onH ????*?,- u..
a number of >ocal i sldents
His deatli occured Sunday of
Pneumenia and his burial occured
! on Little Snowbird Creek Monday.
Last rites were conducted by the
Rev. Leslie Hendri k
Tetuskee leaves a number of de
pendents. children, grandchildren,
and great grandchildren. In fact he
is said to tc closely related to prac
tically all of the Indians on the
Snowbird reservation at this time.
Older residents of Cherokee recall
stories that John Tetuskee told of
the removal of the Cherokee .ndians
from North Carolina to the western
reservations in 1838 by General Win
field Scott. Tetuskee was believed
to be the only person living who re
members of the event and was the
last remaining Indian who parti
cipated actively in the exodus
Hiding out in the mountains as a
Indian youth of 12, he was missed
when the U. S. Army collected the
red men to move them beyond the
Mississippi. His father and mother
were in the group rounded up. but
escaped and returned weeks later.
Tetuskee and others persisted in re
maining in the mountains and as a
result the United States government
made small reservations about each
group's "hide-out" in the Appalach
ians.
It was this course that is responsible
for the Snowbird mountain Indians
of the Cherokee nation
o
44 More Vets Arrive
At Murphy CCC Camp
The ranks of the Veterans CCC
camps at Murphy were increased by
the arrival of 44 new members this
week; thus bringing the total en
rollment at the camp to 189 not in
cluding officers and civilian helpers.
The camp now is within 11 of its
maximum capacity, unless additional
quarters should be built.
Of the new arrivals, ten are from
Georgia and 32 from North Carolina.
Cherryville contributing 12 veterans
and Asheville 22. Most of the new
arrivals saw service in the A. E. F.
All-Star Game Scheduled
At Fair Grounds On Sunday
The all-star game of the Tri-State
League will be played at the Murphy
Pair Grounds Sunday. The contest
will put the best team from the Geor
gia entries against the pick of the
North Carolina players, starting et
2:30.
Guy Wheeler was chosen to lead
the North Carolinians but since has
left and his place will be taken by
Ray Barton of the Murphy teem.
W. V. Rice of Hiawassec will manage
the Georgia All-Stars assisted by
J. M. Poston and J. R. Hayes of the
Blue Ridge and Morganton nines
respectively.
The North Carolina nine will hare
Jack and George Bristol, infielders
from Hayesville. Hayesville will also j
present Lefty Mosby on the mound
and Ralph Brackens behind the plate.
From Murphy will be Harley Bar
ton. Candler Nations. Donald And
erson. Johnny Tatham and Morris
Piercy. Robbinsville has not named
their respectives to date.
Mr. Rice has yeb to name his Hi
wassee representatives but he will
have outfielder W. L. Chambers, in
fielders Joe Price and Bobby Hamp
ton. catcher Carl Brown, and pitchci
J. E Nichols.
Morganton will send infielders
Hayes. Hemphill. Pee. and Slick Hall,
and outfielder. Allen.
The Murphy baseballerrs counted
two victories out of three games
over the week end. Hiwassec invad
ed the local field July Fourth awl
went down by scorc of four to
2. The contest was one of the best
seen on the home field this season.
Saturday found another close game
as Murphy nosed out Hayesvillc by
a 6-5 count. Hayesville got off to a
two run lead off Mallonec in the
first inning tut Murphy soon went
out in front by a 3-2 only to have
the Clay Countains tie it up again.
The count was tied again at 4-4.
until Johnny Tatham's double in the
eighth with two runners on. George
Bristol homered for Hayesvillc to
open the ninth and the next batter
singled. Nations came in at this
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