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14 COUNTY UNIT
SCHOOLS BEGIN
WORK ON MONDAY
New High School,
E'even Others Will
Open on August 28
:i rural .schools of the
< :t o county iir.'.t were ope^d I
mcrning ami plan-, are be- !
rnmpltted lor the openins of the
ning twelve lehooh in tin unit
28, Lloyd Hendrix, sm>e
i nt . announced this week.
! "Ulties of all the schools
... no;! have not been com
.1- yet. Hendrlx explained.
entire personnel will have
. cud by opening date.
Ai: :.4 i;,.e school on August 28
v 4-year high school which
? opened for the first time at
e Dam. Including the ele
n ry school, this will be a 12
school, with the possibility
? to thiee additional teachc
necessary when "he school
E. U. Carroll has been selected as
.pal for the high school and
e other high school teachers are
y- be chosen. Teachers for the
?. :itary grades will be Fulton
.... son. Norman Kilpatrick.
A Lou Keenum, Trilby Glenn.
P . ? Kisselburg, Mrs. Geneva
j an: y, Mrs. Ona. B. Hickey and
A:nv Jane Tolberi.
.- ..cols which opened Monday ana
teachers are as follows: Ma
nia, Mrs. Minnie Tatham:
? :d . Mrs. Pearly Woodwood:
( ontinued On Back rage)
Court Halts To Allow
Bar to Pay Tribute
To James Mallonee Jr.
The Superior Court extended its
nDon recess for more than an houi
Monday afternoon while members ol
the bar of this section paid tribute
to the memory ol James Mallonee
Jr. promising young lawyer, membci
of the State Legislature and Chair
man of the County School Board.
Clyde Jarrett spoke representing
v.e Andrews Bar and Tom Jenkins
of Robbinsville, spoke for Graham
County. Col. Edmund B. Norvell, dean
of the Murphy Bar was in charge ol
the ceremonies, and made the first
address.
Attorneys Marshall Bell, Don
Witherspoon and Fred Christopher
and Solicitor John Queen, Court
Clerk, John Donley also spoke, al!
praising young Mr. Mallonee both as
?n attorney and as a man.
Judge Bobbitt brought the proceed
ing to a close by onjo'ing the pro
ceedings graven on tne Court Re- i
cords. They also will be Included in |
the records of the Bar Association. I
Boy 4, Hit by Truck,
Has Thigh Fraclured,
Playing In Highway
i
; n the V ad. W . |
four ymr old con of .Sr. and Mrs I
Di'.lard ?. \v. - cv.-r b" .1 TV A
t.uclc or. Martin's Creek S?tn day
mcrmne. and suffered a !>r. it- n thi .
E :- Willful handllti -if the ".vhc
by t iv uck-d.'. r. h ?
'vould have r? m killed.
The . cu: a v-ured where v 1
turn the At the Jim
F.uich ... :dcoc. . I ? injured ? .
was c rritd first to his hom' and
later removed o Tctric hospital,
v.here was reported, a the .laper
Boes to pre- . '.'.-.at his condition wa
pionre. -;nK .-ati.^factorily. Desnit< t'i.
shock and terror undirnont by . .
toy. attending physicians expi -d
the hepe tlut hi would soon b" able
tc be taken home.
They aildrd that because of his
ycuth. he would not. b-' p i'iit&r.t ?inly
crippled.
I Community Farm Tours
) Sche duled Next Week;
Snoaprass Announces
The annua! community farm tour- !
i in Cherokee county will he conduct- I
cd during the week of August 11-15
? with the county-wide tour set foi I
' 4ueust 18. U. C. SnodKta.ss. assist- |
! ant county asent announced this
| week.
i Several specialists in farming.
| poultry and forestry are expected to
! make the community tours which
will be attended by all farm people
in each community. \V. B. Collins,
farm management specialist, will at
I tend all the community tours and j
' possibly the county tours.
1 The schedule of community tour*
I follows: August 11 ? Peachtree; Au
gust 1- -Tomotla and Marble: Aug.
I 13 ? Martins Creek and Brasstown:
I Aug. 14? Suit, Postell and Liberty:
? Aug. 15 ? Persimmon creek.
Schedule of Meetings
Of 4-H Clubs Is Given
Following is the 4-H club schedule '
of meetings for the month of August: .
Monday, Aug. 11, Marble school
house, 10 o'clock: Tuesday, August
12, Murphy courthouse, !? o'clock:
Tuesday, August 12, Ranger, 2 o'clock
Thursday, August 14, Sybil Hughes'
I home at Belleview, 9 o'clock: Friday.
August 15. home of Doris McConnell
at Andrews, 10 o'clock: Friday. Au- ;
gust 15, home of Mildred Hendrix at
Feachtree, 2 o'clock; Thursday, Au
gust 14, home of Eva Nell Keasler at
Martins Creek. 1 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Darnell of
Macon, Ga., were the guests of Mr
and Mrs. E. J. Darnell last week end
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Davidson and
Mrs. Margaret Pruden Lester were
visitors in the Smokies Sunday.
NY A Workers Begin Three Shifts A Day
As County Project Put On Defense Basis
Immediately following an order by
the National Youth Administration
"aking the Murphy shop a defens -
Project. three shifts of boys a day
have been placed tat work and in
tr nir \ according to an announc
mcn'. this week by Bob Scroggs, pro
ject supervisor.
Tv.e new project allows for 42 boy.s
to bo trained in every three months
Pt -iod. The 42 boys are divided into
three shifts with four-hour trainin?
and -orking periods each day be;
the hours of 7 a. m. and 12
widriicut. Scroggs personally direct?
'he shop work while an instructor
Conducts the training classes.
Th?ifi boys are being trained in
the new 1-tya building just finished i
this spring. This shop is rated as an
'A" class shop with all the neces
?8Ty modern equipment".
Plans arc also being drawn up for
a storage shed and materials for the
construction of this building arc ex
pected to be delivered soon. This
hod will be used for storing all the
lumber and materials necessary f
the defense project.
Plans for a heating plant to bo
installed for this winter an n v
complete yet but provisions are be
ing made. Work has already started
on the installation of 220-volt elec
tric lines into the new building for
operation of the woodworking ma
chines.
Much favorable comment liar ]???<:?
made locally on the excellent pro
gress this project, which is spon
sored jointly by the NYA and the
county. T. P. Calhoun. cli rm n of
the county board of commissioners,
made the remark at the rcccn? open
house held at the new building thr '
this was "money wel! spent by the J
county."
TV A MAN KILLED
STRICKEN DOWN
BY SUNSTROKE |
Firs' Vict<m in Section
Is Overccme at ^Vork;
Leaves 10 Children
Hv.it claimed -eyrie-'
victim cf ? . 'fa: in '....? < n
old. c'.-.'d ? P : :i al "fi.-ni
-"iie-mhr. H" was overcome by th
intnw hea' Thursday, vhtle work
Ins on a power Sir. c" v.anee '
t'i TV A.
Tile i.e.T. v :;i v. a a -. en"
Tu.squ.itn-. vh : tune a! servic
were .uld Sav.irda ? afternoon. a
2 o'clock* ". Rev. F. B. CI r
rctt o'fici.iUn". ivle Fum ra! Horn,
was in charge >f the services.
Although : ar'..v a core of rc - -
\ den:.-- ha\e been partly overcome by
| till- intense hear during ;h<' ;>a-;t t :i
days, none of the other cases his
ixen erious.
Mr. Ml ? - : ? urvivi .! by a wid i\'
1 and ten children. The latter arc Mrs,
Qaraet Stevens, the Misses Oma Lee
Delia. N* j.a. ! . )U Bell. Eva. Maryien
Martha and Joy and one -on. Monroe,
all of Mt qu. ee.
TO GET CASH TRY
GROWING SWEET
POTATOES. YAMS
Crops Bring $2 Bushel
In Atlanta, SoP Here
Is Declared "Ideal"
Soil experts have declared idea:
for the raising of sweet potatoes
abounds all over this county, especi
ally in bottom lands; but compara
tively lew of the honey-tasting tubers
are grown locally. Instead, they are
bought at the grocery store ? and
they never are cheap.
Many of the sweet potatoes bought
hero come from nearby Georgia,
where they now arc just completing
the harvesting of the first crop. Given
good weather, sweet potatoes and
yams will produce two crops a year.
Cherokee Farmers who stick to the
time honored corn and Irish potatoes
for their money crops are reminded
that reports from Georgia state that
the sweet potato and yam growers are
getting an average of S2 a bushel.
The first crop also furnishes vines
for the second crop, to be harvested
in the fall seed for next season, and
food for home consumption.
The combination of cash, food and
seed seems pretty attractive. Yet few
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Joint Revival Services
To Open at Peachtree
Revival services jointly between
the Baptist and Mrthodi churches
will begin at the Peachtree church
Sunday, August 10. and will continue
for two weeks.
The services will be conducted by ?
Rev. R. C. Shearin. paster of the j
West Bapti?*. chu.ch and :'.)rr.v r|
pastor of the Pea c i tree church, asis- ;
ted by Rev. Clemme: of H yesvillr i
H. H. Hickman Retrrns
To Murphy for a V:s;t
Henry Hickm -i. v. ii-fen'0'.v:
monir local circU- for jnany " ; ;
and now - ??:v. ? ' Wavi r:-'
Ind:". i in- in M*.iry"n\
Mi*. 'Tic!::-'. :' .v'iom ?-?"??
remerr or a. b* . '-c. : <" !'v
man i ? c . "M - o ill tram;
for ? I ; >n ? ib: ?
< r Murphy town hip for v. ? il (
terms, a; pr -en lie holds the sptt
position in Wavcland. Hr was always
a colorful fi-ure. not only in base
ball circles, but in many activities.
Boy Fatally Crushed
As 2 Autos Collide
i enth Gi ^up of County
L>rafltes to Report it
F crt B f. :: A.u ;u:-t :3
_ :
VflC? OKSC "CVUiii V ?* t ? S2 " ""SUP
in thi truup.
L. u. . ?!. . . i.turoaj
U iui.;; I' apiiv Rte. 1.
t C.U'.lfJ', /I. >? Rte. 1.
L. . Ldwm K.?av . M i 1 Burin
L cl B V- . Wlillu
V :ne Clark. ... ?. Vin
Hal!. U. 1. WlUarci
li ward Lovir. ?? Mm Hie 1
VVUl-H 1 J??? H.t rper. Tomotla. Claude
W.nc-ll M.t: . Jam
A'' wile A.r:r.. < *Un*ni->
Bruce Carve. Audi t v. -. C . jmljiu
'i Head. Murphy, Rte. J. Lower.
Ford Cearlev. Culkv. ?on Rte. 2 U.
Wliite, Grandva.v.
Anti-Tubercul?.- Ciinic
For Three Counties to
Begin Here August 25
The an!:-tuUrcular inic loi
Cherokee, CJ.iy and G .... .m eoun
t ie < conducted by Dr. H. P. Eason
of the North Carolina Sanitarium
will begin in Murphy August 25 anil
will be held for a period of three
days. The clinic- will Ik- in Andrew.-,
two days. in Robbinsville. three days
and in Hayesville, two days.
Dr. M P. whichard, district health
officer, stales it is desirable and
advisable for all tubercular and
tubercular contacts to have lungs
fluroscoped. He also says because of
limited time, it will be necessary for
all individuals desiring this work to
submit their names to the Health
Department for appointments.
Davidson Opens Store
Here For Gents Only
Murphy's first complete men's
furnishing store. The Man Store,
opened its doors this week in the
new Dickey building on Tennessee
street. Mr. J. W. Davidson is tho
manager.
Mr. Davidson is well known throu
ghout this county, having conduct
ed business here for many years. The
new store, Mr Davidson says, will
car.:/ only tho better brands of men's
clothing and will handle no women's
apparel whatsoever.
Mrs. Frank McDonald of Knox
ville is visiting here with her pa
rents. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Mattox.
Miss Jean Dickey is visiting in
Atlanta with relative.-.
Miss Marth : Prnland of Weaver
villo spejit several days here this]
week with Miss Sara Wit-herspi. in. |
Y:c.c Cc.iin^, Ase 16,
Cits Shortly after
L ..pg 1 lit by Cars
Mat- Collins. 16-year-old ...It
>. hool .. ou'.h c! Graham court" uc
cumbed t ? . 11
crushed bctwi' n .. uom- ? iW*
Hear - :.!<?(? !.i .1:1 V-c: . y
ntuht,. death vom?:y a; M ? ? ? i ?
3:30 e'clo Thur?-d; ? :
.1
phy ? .:ly U , ' v .. pa. -
in- mo: C. ..in wi. >
: .. Let. ijr thuik ba'. In .er
JU7S was '.V.UKU1B a'UHe, ijiolii-i..
ii "urniu: lront . UK: 1 a: SamceMah
n . u automi jiif aiul truck col
lided crushing the boy between them
arm a?;.. . y ttsnaled hla
body. The alent.iy ol ?in drivers ot
the two rnachim ? was not learned.
H.r -tciar.j. attending Collins -a.d
both his !< wire badly cruihed
I and man - .eel . tlhKh b:okn; lift
{Hest ?.??? .it*i and that he probably
suffered -<?: -ous> internal abdominal
injuries.
Funeral ,-:vic< 1(1 the youth
have been ranged lor Friday af'.er
n 1:1 a' 5a?t< '.Uh church which
. was . .ending on the nigh! of
?.he accident.
I Surviving an his parent.-. Mr and
I M: . .J. H. Collins, ar.d one brothel,
j Boyd.
Freshmen Must Take
Placement Exams; To
Register August 27th.
Ai: incoming freshmen to Murph>
schools will be given placement tests
on registeration day, August 27. ;o
determine what section of ilie eighth
grade they will entei. H. Bueck. supe
rintendent, announced this week.
These examinations are not being
given for entrance into high school.
Bucck pointed out., a-s entrance de
pends solely upon promotion from
the seventh grade. The placement
tests are made necessary due to the
fact that the recent intelligence
test were not given to seventh grade
students.
Rtyistration of all students :n the
Murphy unit will take place on
August 2". Provisions have been
made to allow school busses to run
one day early for this repislr.Uion.
ATTEND AAA MEET
J. H. Hamp: .1 o; Murphy, and U.
S. G. Phillips, of Unaka. county 1 om
mitteemen of the AAA program a
tended the statewide meeting for
committeemf n ::i Raleigh. Monday.
Lawson Lunsford. third member of
the local comnv.tte. was unable to
attend.
Big Bass Landed Without Hook at Docks,
Swallowing Sfrin* of Bream?' Tl^ev Sav
? Tv fuller t joke -<" the bigger
the f: "i ? orfes set.
Th". m' : . h b.: - whu
thoii"' ' to s.vallo v v.h -;. strinp
of bream and ?">; f iuch but tve
don't- ?. k yo'.i any!) ( to be
P. J. K'-nts. own- . :b9 locaJ
boa*- dock.1-, and ail .> . >c i ? : ? ? -
swear to autiicr.ii-i y of this story
. >;vr il pa it or. f y '.rlsement.
T n . . m ffrmen had
: ccn o;it on ?>,?? Jak- .inffling foi
bream and iv.d b ?: vrtfn!,
brincins in a p.;-- ? : . Wh-n t!i"'
not bark to the t; l: v :i"d the
bream to the side of ie deck 50 t.ha*
they could swin-; down into the wate:
as :??? 'he habit of fishermen.
Af " V'.::" ? a ivx'.ce
abic unirinc and t!:rashin,T about,
n< ar wlv ?? *hev ?. <! m , w an
investigation w.i ma.. <" a
full of '<riwn. A ? r of f.-et
he was chCfe'tv *? f'.u lie had
teen able ? ?> ?? and couldn't
se; m t ? shake V.m if :< -w.
As the st.ory one ;{ men
y?nkeri both bv am an:1 be., c.i . of
the w.' or ~ Tri1 ' . : '
eiv-ued . . between man end f 1.
Af.er a short while the mar cmc rged
victorious, however, and also was
i one bass to the good.