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?iS? RED CROSS THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TLUR: 1 OHY j ?'t>1 ... _NQ. 18 Mt-'Rl'HY. N. C. TIU'KMIAY. NOVEMBER 31. 19IU :?? ( Ol'Y ?M .t! PER YEAR DAM 'FEUD' EXTENDED TO WESTERNERS TWO GIRLS CUT IN KNIFE BATTLE AT ROAD HOUSE V iciim Froiii Andrews Slashed Across Face Bryson Girl Slabbed Two girls. one slabbed, the other slashed across t lie face, and three men were tried before Justice D. M. Rivc< Wednesday afternoon as a result of a wild brnwl at the Oasis, roadhi use. near Murphy, at two o' clock Wednesday morning. Lu<: Crisp. 16. of Andrews who was .-lashed across the face was re leased under $100 bond as a materi al witness. She was cut from under Iwr right ear. across her nose. Twen ty stitches were ntcessary. and she may be scarred for life. Jane Cline, pretty, 19 year old girl from Bryson city, where her lather works for the State High way department, was held under 1300 bond charged with assult with t deadly weapon. She herself was stabbed in the right breast, and near lie spine, the latter wound describ ed by attending physician as "dange rous Both were treated at Petric hospital and then jailed. Jamei *?il"ngfcam, ot Ar-*rcws, a companion of Lucy Crln> at the roadhouse. was fined $9.60 on a cha rge of drunkeness. Charlie King, of Andrews and Herman Logan, of Mur phy. were fined $9.60 each for fight inc. King, a taxi-driver with the Crisp girls party, and Logan brought the Cline girl to the roadhouse. from Bryson City. The two men are said to have taken up the fight, where the cirls left off. Anna Laura Mashburn. of And rews. another companion of Lucy Crisp at the Oasis: Dewey Thompson, and Mr. and Mrs. Guy O'Connor, still another member of the party, who sat in a car outside the resort while the fight was in progress and Elsie Davis, manager of the Oasis, were witnesses. All testified that the Bryson City girl started the trouble: first trying to pick a quarrel with Anna Mashburn. and then attacking Lucy Crisp. Each of the inpured girls blamed the other. Tile Cline girl says Lucy became jealous because she, Jane, was dancing with Lucy's "boy friend" whose name, she sa-ys she does not know. "She dared me to come outside," the Cline girl said: "I went and and as I stepped through .the door, she hit me over he head with a bot tle. and knocked me down. Then a ?x>"t ten of them jumped on me. The Davis girl, who runs the place, held Continued on Editorial Page Psdlock Threatened A* Oasis Roadhouse Citing a long list of brawls, the latest being the cutting affray In which two girls were wounded. Rht-rlff Carl Townson announced. Wfdnesdav. that he planned im Medlate prosecution of the operator of tfin OaMs roadhouse. just outside Miirphy on charges of conducting a disorderly house. This, the sheriff "a'rl would be followed by padlock place, and also in the taking rtens to revoke the license to sell beer. sheriff postponed action when '?M that the owner-operator plann P,i '''"sing it to a new operator. He ?~r',cd to "wait a few days." spccl ?"ncj. however, that pending the fase, the resort close at sundown. OUR FUTURE AT STAKE The following editorial, from the Asheville Citizen of Tuesday. Nov. 19. is reprinted because it touches the vital interests of every man and woman and child in thi* section, not only now, but for all time to come. What's The Matter Again North Carolina is being tre ated like a red-head stepchild. Aram the offending of Uncle Sam. "The Citizen does not contend, for cne momnet. that geographical con siderations should be conclusive with the federal governent ir. spending de fense appropriations. The need for ?swift and effective action is so great that not even selfish interests of in dividual stales should be permitted to impede such action. "But North Carolina, industrially speaking, should have some role to play in this defense program other than that of furnishing our share of the soldiers and the tax receipts. It should be possible for the federal government to exhibit some consi deration for North Carolina without hampering its defense program in the slightest. "The actual contracts awarded thus fax to North Carolina concerns or affecting North Carolina industry have been uiiling. Not a single de fense industry of any consequence has been located in this state. Not a single major contract has been warded in this state. "The unhappy consequence of this ! is that North Carolina is not en joying the stimulus to business which the defense program is providing fo the nation at large. Our surplus labor is being drained to other state-. Most of our benefits arc of the indirect variety: we do not rnjoy the pros perity until it has filtered through other more fortunate states and has lost a vast deal in the filtering. "This situation is presently serious. Unless it is remedied the permanent effects on North Carolina economy may be grave. It is not unlikely that most of the prosperity which we en joy in this country the next few years will be due in large measure to the money expended by the fe deral government on its defense pro gram. Expenditures may shape the economic development of this coun try for years to come. "Because the situation is serious "to day and may be more serious still in its consequences for the future. North Carolina Senators and Con gressmen should get busy. If there is a sound nations! reason for this unfavorable treatment which can not be removed, then the peoole of North Carolina should know it. so that we can reconcile ourselves to the terrible sacrifices which a-e in store for us. If there is a reason j which can be overcome, then we ! should biisv ourselves in overcoming I it." The Scout congratulates the Citi zen for a splendid resume of facts and conditions that am fearf'il for North Carolinians to comtcmplate. These facts and conditions art par tieulnrlv threatening to the future welfare of Western North Carolina and Cherokee County. The apparently abandoned project to build a huge aluminum plant near Andrews with power from a new dam at Fontana. is a ca :e in point. The protect, of course, was a private enterprise, but The Aluminum Com pany claimed it was part of thp de fense program. Indeed, it Is because of the defense program that, the (Continued on Bark Page) JOHN LEDFORD FOUND IN RIVER; BELIEVED SLAIN ucdten to Death, Then "Planted" In Stream, Is Murder Theory The batiered body of John Led ford. formerly of Ogreeta but lately ' Parner. Tenn., section, was found lying on a big rock in tl;e ' Hiawasse rivrr not far from his mountain ' on. Monday mornir. Poliece believe ae was murdered The dead mar. nose and one cheek bone had been crushed, ;vs if by a club. There <vere many bruises j cn his head, and also or. his legs, in- ; dicating that he had been beaten un | concious and then carried out into the river to simulate death by drowning. | The victim, walking home from Parner. was given a lift Saturday ( afternoon by two youths in a truck, who told police he left them at the | bridge crossing the Hiawassee river between Parner and Tellico Plains. The youths said Ledford had been drinking. J Saturday night, after dark, Led ford is reported to have been seen on the bridge, with two young sons. That was the last seen of him. so far as the authorities know, until his body was found, Monday, short ly before noon. The corpse lay half mile below the bridge, perhaps 50 feet or more from the shore. The first theory was that the victim had fallen off the bridge: been knocked senseless and drown ed; and his body had washed down stream. This theory was abandoned when it was found that the broken bones and bruises all over his body could hardly heve been caused by a fall. Such injuries might have been caus ed by the victim being washed down stream, and being crashed against rocks: but it was learned that the gates of the dam had been shut down j Saturday. Sunday, and Monday, and that, as a result, there was not enou i gh water in the stream to move the body. The two youths in the truck were questioned by the authorities, but ; were released when it was found that | Ledford had been seen after Icavme ; them. Miss MolJie Sneed, 76 ( Buried at Peachtree Miss Mollie Sneed. age 76. died at her home in the Peachtree section at 2 P. M. Tuesday November 19th. after -everal weeks of illness. Fun eral s<-vices were conducted from the honv Wednesday at 2:30 P. M Rev. Thoi. Tructt officiated: burial was in a family cemetery. Pall bearers were nephews. Wiley l Vaughn. Neil Sneed. A. W. Mclver. | I Jasper Sneed. Bill Dockery, Wilbur i Sneed. Ron Maxey and Wayne Hoi- I I land. Miss Sneed was ?jorn and reared in j Cherokee county. She was the daughter of the late John Sneed and I Celia Harper Sneed. one of the old I est families in this section. She was !f devout member of the Methodist church for 60 years. She is sur vived by one sister. Miss Lucy Sneed. and two brothers. W. B. and Fred Sneed. all of Cherokee County. I Only Men From N. C. And Tennessee W:!! Be Aiiowed To Stay < Delegation Returns From D. C. Mission On Aluminum Plant M; -.or J. B. Gray, c' Murphy and County C 'nmissioner " Wood and V .ulc Reece, ol Ai.iiri wi, rt U:.nrd Wednesday alternoun Irom ; Washington. D C where they went Sunday to try and revive the plan J to Duild an aluminum plant near An drews. The delegation conferred with Congressmen Weaver and Doughton. and with Senators Bailey and Rey nolds. and also with Federal officials. Mayor Gray said that while noth | ing definite could be stated at this i time, he believed that the delegation I had made progress. Draft Quota Only 2 As 38 in Cherokee Volunteer To Go | With 38 volunteers already listed and The County's quota set at only | two. the first call to the draft, which is to put men in uniform by Decem ber 5. becomes a mere formality in Cherokee. Other draft calls are slated to be- j gin next year, the tentative program I arranging for monthly summons un i til next June 30. Whether this schedu ; le will be followed is not definitely j known. The total quota for the County. ! j however, has been officially fixed at ' 94 men. Meanwhile, ten more young 1 men have volunteered during the past week, and several others have j written Wayne Walker. County Draft BoaTd Secretary, of their intentions to sign up for one year of service. The number or volunteers already is believed large enough to take care of the second draft call, and Mr Wal ker predicts that the list eventually ! will more than meet the entire quota'. Those voluntcrring during the past | week are: Clyde Wood. Don Hall. Olin Do ckery and Edison Joe Martin, all of j Murphy Route 3: Gilbert Julius Amos I and Ruel Thomas Brendle. of Mur l phy: Hoyt Tea<*ue and John Quen tin Hyde, of Letitia. and Winfrrd 55. .Tonkins and Charles J. Fortner. of O a. D'op.c Plan to Pave Road To Blue Ridge ' Despite word, only last week. that, plans were all but complete for an early star' on paving the 12 mile stretch of Georgia highway on the route to Atlanta, the report now comes that the project has been ab andoned. Bids were authorized by Gov. Rivers, weeks ago. and the work was to be completed by next summer Latest report, is that the bids all were rejected by the final authorities and the entire plan killed because of lack of funds. Union Official Pleads For Life As Scores, Beaten. Flee State All dav Monday and Tuesday, buns rs from Andrews carried noithen workers who liat! nuit their .iot?. ?ul were ivinp this section. Others departed automobile Many, wlio were mari. il. took their families with them. Vnverified reports placid the ori ginal number of northern workers employed at the dam at "about 300 " It was said that probably 100 or more j of these had quit since the outbreak of the fighting. Half a dozen northern workmen were not only beaten, but were thrown into the icy water sof the Nantahala river. The water was too shallow for there to be any risk of the victims drowning, but the al most freezing water, plus the cold ?earner made tnis severe punish ment. Amorw those ducked was James C. Turner, business agent of the Engineer's union at the project. Tur ner strode up to a group of unemploy fd and told them they couldn't be hir ed because they were not capable of doing the work. Tie explained that t lie northerners brought to the plant were .'?killed workers, who could not b< replaced locally Turner was told to get going" but refused. Instead he took off hLs over coat and began a speech in which he warned the men that they were risk ing jail sentences. He was warned to "shut, up and get going," he would be "given a ducking." He ignored the warning, and a moment later he was seized, hauled struggling to the river and thrown in. Emerging dripping and shivering, he made a dash for union quarters, in the main building of the Utah Construction Company, snouting that he intended to call out the State Militia." A long distance phone call was put in to Gov. Hoey. who promised to investigate, and sent State high way patrolman to protect the work ers, if necessary. Reinforcements to the guardians of the law were on duty Tuesdar. but fighting is re ported to have continued, at iP'^er vais. all through the day. Turner said Arthur Wallace, un ion representative of the Tunnel workers, whose list includes a num ber of northerners was also thrown i nthe river, and at least six others were "ducked." The fighting bertan early Monday morning, and during the day at least 50 northerners quit their jobs Some (Continued on Back Page) Chamber of Commerce To Meef Monday Niirht * rail meeting of the Mnrpliv Cha mber of Commerce will be h-lrt In the town hall Monday niiht, November 25. at 7 o'clock. C. T?. Mavfield. president, has announc ed. F. O. Christopher. s^-retarv of the chamber, stated that a number of imoortant matters would come he fore the body at the meeting and nrred that every member be pre sent.
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