Dedicated To Service For Progress ?hr (E be '^ur Aim: - A Better Murphy A Finer Cuunty THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEURITORY \ OL. 52? NO. 36 Ml'RPHY, N. C. THI RSDAY. APRIL 2. 1941 5c COPY? *1.50 PER YEAR LOCAL MEN SEEK ROAD PAVING AT BLUE RIDGE MEET Confer with Highway Commissioners and Fannin County Men A delegation irum Cherokee coun ty composed of Mayor J. B. Gray Of Murphy. Joe E. Ray, president of Murphy Cham be rof Commerce, and E. A. Wood, county commissioner, met with two members of the Geor gia highway commission and a large gathering of Fannin county citizens m Blue Ridge Wednesday in an ef fort to find a means for paving the stretch of dirt road between the North Carolina state line and Blue Ridge. Represent* lives of Fannin were Mate representatives Cecil Hartness. :he mayor of Blue Ridge. George Curtis, district commissioner of Rev enue and roads and a large number of prominent civic and business lead f rr of the county. The conference was to have been with Governor Talmadge. scheduled Jackson Day speaker at Morganton, but he was unable to attend. Instead Mr. Vandiver and Mr. Tyson, state highway commissioners represented him. Although no definite steps were taken toward actual paving of the dirt stretch, a positive indication of project to improve the road with paving lo be later project was evi denced. Commissioners Vandiver and Ty son indicated that they, in accord ance with the desires of citizens of Fannin county and of this county, iavored the repair of this road but at the present time the state of Georgia was not in a position to un dertake the project. They did show & great willingness to sponsor a WPA project, however, to give the road a iegrading and a good gravel surface until arrangements could be made for paving. Pointing out that the Blue Ridge road iv.s as badly in need of repair as tit, -~oad in state of Georgie the i?'o commissioners showed an eager ness to see it finished. They express - H ?he opinion, however, that com paving of the road could not be undertaken until it becamo ? ? 'fioral project in cooperation with -?e State. This thfcy would seek, they in hopes that such am arrange ment could be made within the near ?.uure. With the state applying for a WPA project for repairing and surfacing the road as the sponsor, a. new grade could be worked on the stretch and ? pnrvel surface placed. This, then, could be a base for later paving the entire link under a federal project. 224 CHEROKEE MEN GET EMPLOYMENT IN DEFENSE WORK The Murphy employment office registered 244 applicants for work who were placed in construction jobs <"rt one of the three national defense projects at Port Bragg, Camp Davis at Holly Ridge and Douglas Airport, near Charlotte in the five months beginning with October. 1940, and through February, 1941, Chairman Chfrrles G. Powell, of the State Un employment Compensation Comis sions report. Through the State clearance sys iem, operated by the Employment | Service Division, workers were sent I from the local employment office during this five months period as follows: October. 74; November. 27: December, 6: January. 15: and Feb ruary. 102. The many friends of Dr. S. C. I Helghway will be glad to learn he | Is improved after an illness. Volunteers Complete Sixth Draft Quota of County; Leave April 8 A contingent of 13 volunteers will ie?v?: ?ui !>??>' ?! 7:30 o'clock Tues day momir.f. April 8. for Fort Jack son. S. C, as Cherokee county's quota in the sixth draft call, the local boJtri has announced. The men making up this list of j selectees are as follows: Kenneth E, Rose, Murphy. Kt. 3. | Kenneth Hardin Ledford. Marble. J Kt 1. James Edgar Led ford. Marbie Rt. 1. ' . William Howard Cloer. Marble. Rt. ! 1 Horace Quinton Hickey, Hiwasser Dam. Robert Lee Huskins. Marble. Rt. 1. Robert Allen. Jr.. Murphy. Rt. 3. John Kenneth Allen. Murphy. Rt 2. Utie Sherill Revis. Marble. Rt. 1. John Benjamin Foster, Ranger. Charlie Basromb Davenport. Cul berson, Rt. 1. Murnhv. Rt. ! 3. j Garland Dockrey. Murphy, Rt. 3. 1 The quota for the next call, which is scheduled for April 14. will be made up of 12 men from this county who will probably also be sent to Fort Jackson. So far every draftee taken from Cherokee county has been a volun teer but, since the list of volunteers ] has dwindled to so low a figure, it is highly probably that the local board will exercise the right of com pulsory training to a certain extent in the next quota. Many Entries Submitted In Lake Naming Contest ; April 15 Closing Date A large number of entries have been received so far in the contest to find a name for the new lake being built on Persimmon creek by the forestry department, W. M. Pal mer, district ranger, reported this week. Palmer called attention to the fact that the closinjr date for sub mitting entries is April 15, however, and urged <*11 persons who plan to enter to do so before the deadline. The Murphy Chamber of Com merce is offering a cash prize of $15.00 to the person who submits the winning name. LIONS ARE HOSTS TO CROWD OF 100 AT ANNUAL DINNER A crowd of approximated 100 per sons of Murphy and neighboring towns gathered in the Methodist church Friday for the annual Chero kee county dinner sponsored by the Murphy Lions Club. W. M. Pain, originator of the an nual dinner and one of the oldest members of the club extended a welcome to the visitors as first speaker of the evening. Other speakers introduced by club president P. G. Ivie were Jack Lance, president of Young Harris college. Mayor J. B. Gray. Mrs. E. G. White and C. L. McCaslan. An elaborate program of classical and semi-classical music, given by Mrs. Virginia Gustafson Fisher and George Tracy of the faculty of West ern Carolina Teachers college. wa? warmly received by the gathering Another special feature of the pro gram was the showing of a special sports picture, sponorcd by T. W. Kindley local Coca Cola distributor. The entire menu for the dinner consisted of foods produced in Che rokee county, which was the original purpose of the dinner when begun ten years ago. Three Plead Guilty in Slaying of Dam Worker at Andrews UKUINM DKIVLKS FLOOD DOCKET OF APRIL COURT Fifty-Eight Cases Heard by Alley in First Three Days Fifty eight cases of drunken driv ing were before Judge Feix Alley during the April term of tile Supe rior Court which convened Monday, and probe bly will be in session th- I rough most of next week. A large j proportion of these cases were from I this section, most of the offenders i being employed at The Utah Con- ? struction Company's Dam project. I nt cvei> uwUi'tCc defend?', pleaded guilty and in every case the sentance was the same. Judge Alley fined each of the drunken drivers fifty dollars and costs, making a to tal of about eighty dollars, and ad ded a sentence of 90 days on the loads. The jail sentence was sus- 1 pended. however, and the defendants I put on probation for periods of five | years each. Most of the fines were i paid at once. In other instances time' was granted in order that the pena lities might be met on the " install ment plan." Automatically of course, the drivers license of every offender was confiscated, and will eventually be formally revoked by the State authorities in Raleigh. Pleading through Mayor J. B. Gray, of Murphy, one project work er begged the Judge not to take his license away for a month. Mayor Gray pointed oui that his client, un able to find living quarters close to his work had been forced to take up residence several miles distant, and would not be able to get to his job without a car. An extension of time was asked in order that the defend ant might make a new effort to find a home from which he would be able to walk to work, or make arrange ments for transportation by a neigh bor. Judge Alley expressed sympathy but declared that fairness prevented him fn>m aking any exceptions. Bueck Announces Skeleton Schedule For Commencement Dr. E. W. Daniels, of the English department of Clemson college, will deliver the commencement address, and Rev. W. L. Hutchins. superin tendent of Waynosvillc district of the ' Methodist cJiurch. will deliver the baccalaureate sermon in the closing exercises of the Murphy schools this year, H. Buerk. superintendent, has announced. Details ar.ri schedule oJ commence ment exerclM* were not available this week as the program has nol been completed. An elaborate pro gram is being prepared for the seven th grade graduating exercises, how ever which will include all the exer cises ol the elementary grades. The Senior class graduating exer cises and commencement address wil be given on Friday night. The seventh grade exerciscs wil' take place Friday night. April 25: thf baccalaureate sermon will be deliver ed Sunday morning. April 27: ant the senior graduating exercises anc commencement address will be giver Monday night. April 28. Eighty-nin< seniors will be graduated by tin Murphy school this year. o ? f n ? p j urana jury onngs J4* True Bills, 1 Not True The Cherokee county grand jury sitting ins session during the April term of criminal court com pleted the docket of new cases Wednesday afternoon bringing in 54 true bills as against 1 not true bill. Practically al these cases have been heard by Judge Felix Alle> and the remainder of old cases will probably carry this term into next ueek. New Welfare Board j For County Named; Ray Is Appointed Joe. E Ray. of Murphy, was ap pointed a member of the Cherokee county welfare board this week by the state board of charities and I puSlic wefare. Ray and Harve M Whitaker, who was selected by the county boaTd of 1 commissioners to the welfare board, will select a third member to serve ; with them. It is expected that Mis. , J. F Wood, member of the old board ; will be chosen again. R. C Mattox J is the past chairman of the board for ; this county. Appointment of a member of the board of the county board by the state organization was made neces- j sary through a new law enacted i" i the 1941 General Asscmby. The wo I members appointed by the state and 1 county will serve terms of two years, while the third member, selected oy the first two, will serve a term of one year. Members are not allowed to serve more than three terms or six consecutive years. The new welfare board will have : the duty of selecting the superin- 1 | tendent of wt .fare who will take of- i fice July 1. for an indefinite term under the new merit system. Duties of the superintendent are to act as executive officer cf the county board and appoint office personnel, administer old age assist ance and aid to dependent children, supervise indigent persons and ad minister county poor funds, act as ' agent for the state board, issue em ployment certificates, submit cases of sterilization to Ihe Eugenics board, investigate juvenile court (Continued on Back Pasrc) S. S. CONFERENCE MEETS SUNDAY AT HOPEWELL CHURCH The Tri -Township Sunday School conference will meet at the Hopewell Baptist church Sunday afternoon. April 6. at 2 o'clock. The general theme of the meeting will be "GoinK on in Enforcement and Bible Study for Evangelism." The program for the meeting Is as follows: 2:00 ? Song and worship; 2:15? Devotional. Hopewell Sunday school: 2:25 ? Platform of Progress. N. O. Kilpatrick; 2:30? When a Sun day School Teacher Teaches. Eve re tte R. White; 2:45? How May Wc Have a Better Bible Study Year. J. V. Hall: 2:55? Roll call of Sunday schools and awarding of attendance recognition: 3:05? Business: 3:10? ' Adjournment. All officers and teachers of Sun- , day schools in the conference arre urged to attend the meeting and , orlng as large delegations as possible \ *57 the chairman of the conference, j N. O. Kilpatrick. VA rvrri ?-? e HI Ufa r kor anrl ? ? ?0 ? M. (UMWMVX Stewart Submit To Manslaughter Charge fr?l Wiggins. Cl.'.ude Stewart, and Hosia Thrasher, defendants on trial lor the murder of James Workman last November at his home in An drews, entered pleas of guiltv to man slaughter Thursday morning in Cher okee county superior court Wiggins was the only one actually | charged with the murder, while Stewart and Thrasher were charged with teing acccssones to the slay ins. Judge Ft iiX Al< \ staled that sen tenced would be passed Friday morn ins. Mausaugliter carries a penalty of fvom four months to twenty years .1. prison. The hearing of the Workman slay Hi HBHi HRpEfiNa tBsHMHHI ^ [LmjH I .... %..??. UF'.IItu tl LUIUOUUJ U11U Uttt ?i nt'ss. O B. Sutton an eye-witness to the affray from which the tragedy lesulted, testified. When court open ed again Thursday morning, r.ttov ne> , for the defense entered guilty pleas for all three defendants. Testi mony of other principle witnesses, in cluding Dora Ray. supposed wife of the dead man. L J McCarty and L. D Scliooley. eye-witness, and Sheriff Townson were heard after the pleas were entered Signed confessions of Stewart and Wiggins, both of which stated that Wiggins was the slayer, were read and offered in evidence. Workman was aiaju uii the night of November 21. in front of his honn near Andrews, following a bitter quarrel involving all three defend ants, Dora Ray. and L. D. Schooley. During the quarrel, guns were dis played by Thrasher and Stewart, and ' threats were made against Schooley. i Workman intervened, and became in ' volved in the argument. Alter several minutes of arguin? heatedly, the quarrel was apparently made up and Thrasher and Work man shook hands A moment later, however. Thrasher stepped from the crowd and Wiggins snatched his gun sway, in an effort. Wiggins said, to stop hostilities. The Gun was cocked when he grabbed it, Wiggins stated, and went off in his hands, the charge striking Workman on the neck, killing him. | and several shots hitting the face of i Mrs. Workman <Dor.\ Ray.) At the beginning of the trial the I solicitor indicated that he would ' reek p. conviction against Wiggins I for second-degree murder, and ful'. convictions against Stewart anti Thrasher on the charges against them: assault with a deadly weapon. MARKET SALES INCREASE I Sales in the Roadside Market. . sponsored by the county home de j monstration clubs, have shown an increase from $19.00 in January to S77.73 in March, it was reported this week. The Weather Var.e Listed below are maximum and minimum temperatures and precipi tation for the past week compared with similar data for last year: Temperatures 1940 1941 Max. Min. Max.Mln. March 26 59 15 65 27 63 24 60 28 64 50 55 29 74 45 52 30 72 50 62 31 74 32 61 April 1 72 35 58 2 84 42 62 Precipitation 1940 Total for this week 1.08 Total for March 4.29 Total for year to date 12.67

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