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Qur Aim: X Better Murphy A Finer County Shr Dedicated To Service i cr Progress THE LEADING WEEKLY newspaper IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEURITORY vol- '? Ml RPI1Y, N. C. Tlll'RSDAY. SEPTFMHKK 11. IP!'. 5c corv? S1.50 PKR VLAR teachers back prof, bueck for ncea director Andrews Schools Open Campaign to Honor Murphy Educator O . rumors of "bad feeling" b(.., , \c Murphy and Andrews c ems were thoroughly spik ,d .1 lieoting of the Andrews unit N :th Carolina Education A s kc;.; ast Friday. Voting unani KC.,. . members nominated Hit rnciyn; Bueck. Superintendent of the M i:p-.y Unit to be a member of the S:. Board of Directors. The nomination was offered by Superintendent I. B. Hudson, of the Andre ? > unit, and the members voted Mr. Bu. .~k their solid active support. The n.' riR was presided over by Mr.-. AI G. Brown. Prof Hudson described Mr. Bueck ! s; or. of the better known School executives of Western North Caro lina ;nder whose ten years admini stration the Murphy schools have made notable progress." Before coming to Murphy, Mr. Bueck was principal of the Cullow hee Public Schools, and director of teacher training for Western Caro line Teachers College. For eight years he was connected with the Selma school? acting at one time or another ta class room teacher, high school Mheltic roach and finally principal. Superintendent Bueck is a gradu ate ol the University of North Caro lina oi' the class of 1921. Later he was awarded the M. A. degree at State College in Raleigh. He began his teaching career-in the elementary grades in the Rockwell school in Rowan county and taught one year in Kingstree, S. C. For a number of years Mr. Bueck has taught classes in the summer school at Western Carolina Teachers college. He is married, and has one child. H. C., age 3. (Continued on Back Page) 127 People Examined In T u bercular Clinic ; 99 Indicate Negative The report of the Tuberculosis cli nic held in this county during Aug ust by the health department has just been completed by Dr. M. P. Whichard, health officer, showing 9? cases negative out of 127 personr siamined. Out of 126 white persons examined only one showed a positive to tub erculosis, while the only colored per son showed negative. One case showed a moderate advance, and four children, although with positive in dications, all were latent. Out of 19 persons diagnosed, one showed a probable positive indication i J' the disease, three were doubtful. Ten persons were advised to take medical treatment, two of whom were Mvised to enter a sanitarium. One Dfson was told to take home treat went four were advised to take X-r?7 ?nd three were advised to take spu tya examination. I Draft List Revised; Three Deferred; 16 Called For October With the deferment of three men the group answering the draft call going to Port Bragg Wednesday was re vised and replacements made. Another call was received simul taneously ty the local board for 16 men to be sent October 15. At pres ent the board has only one volunteei and has issued a call for more to fill the quota. The revised list of draftes who left Wednesday is as follows: Roy James Wilon, Marble. Rte. 1; Bill Davis. Murphy, Rte. 3; Glen Hedden Nelson, Vests: George Blair Conley, And rews; Floyd Griffin Ware. Culber son; Bruce Ralph Ledford. Andrews; Vernon Charlie Hughes, Murphy, Rte. 2; German Campbell, Top ton; James Silas Lance, Marble; Vernon Jackson Roberts, Marble; Wesley Paul Anderson. Andrews; Luther Garfield J^Iay, transferred from Clarlcsville, Ga. H. D. Club to Operate Lunch Stand At Fair The lunch stand usually operated each year at the Fair by the ladies of the Methodist church will be con ducted this year by the Home dem onstration clubs of the county, using the same booth. Money derived from the sale of lunches this year will used for im proving and modernizing the Road side market. This money will also be spent to enlarge the stock of foods and other items sold. Six Times As Many Married Men Drink ? Do Bachelors, N. C. Records Show Married men drink six times as ?uch as single ones, according to "orth Carolina as records of some 400 "to men who have taken treatment the liquor haWt. These same Ot show that <Sr iking by married has Increased, by three times. 4urtn* the past seren years. records date back to 18#9 *h*# there were two married men ** bachelor seeking treat The rati was chanced *11 VHMW -a, which ended In most of the country in 1934. Then however, it began to jump, and to day the ratio Is six to one. The compiler of record* refuses to state that the story they tell shows that wives are getting harder to sand without the mellowing Influence of | booze. On the contrary, conditions are believed due to the increase In hospitality which come When a man Mto op a home for himself. Figures show that the heaviest drinking is done by men in their ear* ly thirties. . L I Three Escape Death In Car Wreck on Curve; Then 'Smitty' gets 'em A car was wrecked, man was knock i ed unconscious, and two others sli ghtly injured on the Georgia -Tennes see highway Tuesday when the un licensed driver lost control, drove up an embankment, careened down smashed into railroad tracks, and finally overturned. The three occu pants were arrested and first re ports were that all. would be charged with drunken driving. These reports said they all had hold of the wheel. I Tried before Magistrate Reese it developed that Raybun Burgess, ol Vests was driving. He denied having taken anything stronger than Coca Cola. His companions swore the samp thing. Staff Sergeant T. H. Davif formerly of Blairsville, but now ol the U. S. Army, was a disinterested witness and said Burgess was sober. The charge of drunken driving was finally dropped and one of reckless driving substituted. Burgess being fined $35 and costs. He also was fin ed $10 and costs for driving without a permit. Arthur Cole, of Vests, who was knocked sensless in the crash, and Joe Scrogg, also of Vest, pleaded guil ty to drunkness and were fined $5 and costs each. Most Modern Machines Installed at Hall Dairy J. B. "Red" Hall, owner of Hall's dairy, has announced the Installation of two of the most wodern dairy machines ? a frigidaire cooler and a De Laval milking machine. The cooler, Hall says, insures even cooling for all milk under all condi tions, while the milking machine takes the place of six men in thai operation meanwhile reaching the peak of sanitation. Hall, who started in this business in 1931 with only one cow. now has has a herd of 35 Jerseys and GTiem seys, 30 of which are producing. His dairy serves Murphy only. o EYE CLINIC The first eye clinic ever to be op rated in this county will be con ucted by the local health depart ment some time in October. An eye pecialist will be summoned to con not the clinic. Bookmobile Begins Tri-County Routes; Schedules Listed The big "Bookmobile" of the Nan tahal Regional Library was to resume its travels throughout Cherokee, Clay and Graham Counties on Tuesday. Discontinued after the completion of the Hiwasste Dam. the carrying of books and magazines to less populat ed sections has been renewed in con nection with the various new defense projects. Routes through each of the three counties will be covered every four weeks. The routes have been mapped so as to provide easy access to the people of every community. Books also may be borrowed from the seve ral regional branches of the library service. The schedule for September follows: September 9. Hayesville High School, Hayesville Elementary School Oak View School, Oak View Com- 1 munity: I September 10, Sweetwater School, i Continued On Back Page) 4-H LIVESTOCK SHOW WILL LEAD PARADE AT FAIR Finest cf Beef, Dairy Calves to Enter For Ri'obcns at Festival The ui?K<.ct attractic:: anions ?.??? exhibits at the annual Cherokee county Fui !h.? year v ..i be livestock especially baby bwl anil dairy cattle to be shown by 4-H club boys. The 4-H club boy- will be allowed to compete lor ribbons both witU their calves and in the judging con tests, results ol which will dtleimina entries in the state fair at Raleii'li this year. County agents A. Q. Ketner and D. C. Snodgrass have been wcikm with the boys in the county who will have fattened 15 aberdeen angus calves for entry in the baty beef class. Several of the calves have made ex ceptional progress, while the entire bunch will probably be the best ever displayed here. Among them will be a red angus, a rare thing in this type of beef cattle, which will be entered by Charles Hughes of Martins Creek. Last year 10 calves were exhibited by 4-H boys and provided a real show for the crowds who gathered for the judging. Competition will be much stiffer this year as some of the fin est calves in the state will be entered, all from this county. A judging team will also be formed from the competition at the county fair, and will compete in the con tests at Raleigh. All the 4-H boys will be allowed to enter here and the team will be selected from the Win ers. The dairy cattle exhibits by the 4-H club9ters have always been excep tionally good at the local fair and growing in popularity yearly. This (Continued On Back Page) $7,000,000 More Spent For Materials by TV A Contracts calling for expenditure of more than $7,000,000 for genera tors and turbines, cement, aggregate, other machinery and materials, and for highway relocations in connection with its national defense hydro pow er projects were announced today by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Purchases include generators and turbines for Appalachia and Ocoee No. 3 projects, additional genera tors for Wilson dam powerhouse, ce ment and other materials for the four Hiwassee river projects. The contracts for generators and turbines totaled $2,623,000. Homeless Wanderer, Jailed In Murphy, Glad To Be Locked Up, So He Can Eat "I'd rather be in jail than out, be cause now I know, at least, that I , won't starve." This was the statement of a young man known aTound Andrews as "Johnnie Martin", but whose real name is Cedric M. Lauks, and whose home is in Kokomo. Ind. He was ar rested by State Highway Patrolman Smith early Wednesday morning charged with driving while drunk and with being without a driver's license. Conflicting stories he told have caused his trial to be postponed while ;hts record is investigated. IjauKs hitch-hlkfrd into Andrews about a month ago. and got a Job as dishwasher, bellhop and handy man at a hotel. He says he got a dollar a day in cash if trade was good. When 'there were no tourists, he said, he rt only his room and board. His real name was learned from a draft registration card found in his room after his arrest. This card Showed his home to be in Cleveland, Oklahoma. Lauks first told Smith Otis home was in Salem. Okla. According to Smith, lauks told a friend in Andrews that he was there to "spot" a man who had killed his ;twin brother. After his arrest Lauks first said he had no twin brother "now". Later he denied having one rt all. He admitted having served time in Oklahoma but instead he was not guilty. i :"My mother and father are dead, land my wife left me". Lauks told (the Scout. "X have a brother who has big filling station in Kokomo. but ;he put me out. X am alone, and I Slave tramped all over the country, trying to find a decent Job. For months I have had to work for my k'oom and board ? pnd there hfrver been many times that I didn't have even that. I'm glad to be in jail. "If when I get out of this trouble somebody will give me a chance to work, IH show that I can be worth while. Otherwise, I don't care If they keep me locked up for life.'*
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