Our Aim:
A Better Murphy
A Finer County
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boy, 18, SHOOTS i
BROTHER-IN-LAW
IN COUNTY JAIL
Victim Facing Loss Of
Arm ? Kinsman Didn't
Know It Was Loaded
A c.ir. that "wasn't loaded'' may
cot ' he ann ? and perhaps even the
creed Morrow. 24 year old TV A
worker whose home is In Violet. He
v: ldently shot by his 18 year
c!d brother-in-law, Lester Taylor, Jr.
last Sunday night, in the County Jail.
T'.e shooting took place in the bed
room Jalier Patton Coleman, the
t . , entering Morrow's left arm
nt. e elbow, shattering the bone.
T:.< wounded man was taken to the
r. Murphy General Hospital, where
he a is reported as being in intense
pain.
Morrow, his wife arid her brother
wtr.t o :he Jail to borrow a revolver
from Patton Coleman, who lias sev
t : .. Morrow explained that his work
forced him to be absent from home
at ;ht, and that his wife was afraid
to c* dlone in the house, unarmed.
Tilt Jailer offered a 32 calibre
Em: \ and Wesson "special." first un
loading it. Mrs. Morrow said she
would rather have a smaller weapon.
to Coleman took back the gun. re
loaded it and placed it on his bureau
while he got out others from his col
lection.
Mrs. Morrow and Mrs. Coleman,
wife of the jailer, were seated side
by side, and Morrow was standing in
front of them when young Taylor
picked up the revolver and began fin
gering it. He had not seen Coleman
reload it, he said later, and thought
the chamber was empty.
Aiming it in the general direction
ol the three in front of him he pull
ed the trigger. The next instant
blood spurted from Morrow's arm as
ii from a small hose.
A piece of solid matter also flew
from the wounded man's arm, and
the others thought it was the bullet.
At the hospital, however, Dr. Bryan
Whitlield probed the wound, and
found the bullet still there. What had
flown out was a piece of the bone.
The bullet was finally extracted
and turned over to Jailer Coleman.
Sixty-Six Given Jobs
By Calhoun Last Month
Charley Calhoun, local representa
tive of the State Employment Service
landed jobs for 66 people, nine of
them women, during September. It
Tas his second-best month of the
year, being exceeded only by June,
when 82 persons were placed.
Some of the jobs gotten by Cal
houn are permanent, others were for
only a few days, and some were only
for a few hours. Veterans are given
Preference, but only three of those
Put to work last month were in this
class.
Calhoun's services are given free.
His offices are in the County Court
house.
"Smitty" Is Selected
To Represent Entire
State At Atlanta Fair
Signal honor was paid to Murphy
and the County at large -at the South
eastern Pair, in Atlanta last week,
when Highway Patrolman Pritclrard
Smith, better known as "Smitty." was
chosen to represent the entire State
in the big parade which opened the
celebration.
One patrolman was chosen from
each of the Southern States They
paraded, single file, in tneir cars; the
contingent being led by Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker, A.E.F. ace. who later
was in it Lit an honorary Captain 01 tne
Georgia Slate Police.
"Smuty" was the guest of the Fair
committee. He had passes to all the
attractions, and he and tlie other pa
trolmen were given a feast at the
Henry Grady hotel.
?
! Fox Hunters Plan
! 3 Days Of Chases
i Starting On Oct. 15
i Sportsmen who love the sound of
! the hounds as they chase, full cry.
j after sly Reynard, will gather from
three States on the hunting field
I near Andrews on Oct. 15, for three
days of fox hunting.
The gathering will mark the annual
I Tri-State Pox Hunters' Convention
| In addition to scores of members
from Western North Carolina and
i nearby Georgia and Tennessee, hun
: dreds of others are expected to gath
! er to watch the sport. At least 50 fox
hounds will be entered, and Superior
Court Clerk John Donley, president
of the Tri-State group has guaran
teed there will be plenty of foxes.
I "Whether they'll be caught or not,
is up to the dogs," Donley said.
The hunting sessions will be all
| day affairs. A big lunch shed will be
| erected, where hunters and spectators
can get soft drinks, sandwiches, and
' real barbecued baby beef. Donley has
been fattening a young steer for
months, especially for the occasion
There will be fox chases every day,
and there also will be a bench show
, The owner of the best looking dog
will be given a big loving cup.
Any sportsman may enter as many
dogs as he wishes in any of the fox
chases. To defray expenses an entry
fee of $1 will be charged for the first
dog, and 25 cents for each additional
entry.
There will be no prizes for the
chase, save the honor of claiming the
"brush." The gathering is purely for
sport, and admission will be free.
o
Kenneth Easterly, 28,
T aken By Death Here
Kenneth Easterly. 28. of Mohawk.
Tenn., and a TV A employe here, died
Friday night in a local hospital fol- ;
lowing a severe attack of appendici
tis.
Easterly's body was prepared for
burial by Tow .'.son funeral home and
the body was sent to his home for
funeral services Sunday.
Surviving are his wife, his parents,
and one brother.
Open House Planned By Peyton G. Ivie
To Celebrate Opening Of His New Store
What is declared by many to be
"the prettiest store in the County'
?*ill have its formal opening Saturday
*Wh an all day recepition. It is the
hew furniture store of Peyton G. Ivie.
?n Peachtree street. Just one door
removed from the bank.
The opening will be unique In that.
Instead of trying to sell anything. Mr.
&na Mrs. ivie will be on the giving
end. They plan refreshments for the
8COTps expected to inspect the new
^ldine "from top to bottom."
With practically all of its wide
ir?ttt devoted to a huge display win
do*, the new Ivie stow will have two
??rs of show rooms. The first floor
will be given over to living room !
suites, rugs, tables. lamps, etc. The
second floor will display bedroom
suites, kitchen furniture, springs,
mattresses and odd pieces.
The store has a huge basement,
part of which will be used for stor
age. The rest probably will be devoted
to display of kitchen ranges, stoves
and heaters.
Along with his new building, Mr.
Ivie has somehow managed to acquire
a complete new stock of furniture ?
no easy thing these days. He says he
expects to follow a strict policy of
offering "modern furniture at mod
erate prices."
9 HUNTS SLATE!)
IN GR AHAM FOR
BEAR AND BOAR
Public Drawing Planned
T0 Select Applicants ?
Fee: $25 Per Party
Nine bear and boar hunts are
scheduled for the season in Graham
lounty. They will be held in three
units of the Santeetlah Cooperative
Wildlife Management Area, as fol
lows :
Unit No. 1 Big Santeetlah Drain
age: No. 2 Little Santeetlali and
Deep Creek Drainage; No. 3 ? Slick
Rock. Bear Creek and Barkers
Creek.
Hunting will be permitted for two
day periods, as follows:
_"un: No. 1 on Unit No. 1. October
2'-28. Hunt No. 2 on Unit No. 3. Oc
tober 29-30. Hunt No. 3 on Unit No.
2. October 31-November 1. Hunt No.
4 on Unit No. 1. November 3-4. Hunt
No. 5 on Unit No. 3. November 5-6.
Hunt No. 6 on Unit No. 2. November
7-8. Hunt No. 7 on Unit No. X, No
vember 10-11. Hunt No. 8 on Unit
No. 3, November 12-13. Hunt No. 9
on Unit No. 2. November 14-15.
If weather prevents any scheduled
hunt, an alternate one will be added
on Nov. 19-20. Each person partici
pating may kill one bear and one
boar. No other wildlife may be hunt
ed or molested, and hunters are ex
pected to keep their dogs from run
ning deer.
Applications will be received only
from persons who possess bona fide
bear or boar dogs, or who are in a
position to obtain such animals. Suc
cessful applicants will be determined
through an impartial drawings which
will select nine winners and five al
ternates. Drawings will be continued
until at least three winners are chos
en who are legal residents of Gra
ham county.
A successful applicant will be per
mitted to take with him on his hunt.
24 persons and not more than ten
dogs. All persons participating must
have North Carolina hunting licenses.
A11 firearms may be used except
rifles using rim-fire cartridges, shot
guns smaller than 16 gauge, and side !
arms. Shotgun ammunition will be '
limited to the soft-lead type, and no
hunting will be permitted at night, j
Each application must be accom
panied by a postal money order or !
cashier's check for $5, which will be '
returned if the applicant, is not chos- ]
en in the public drawing. Five days i
after notification of nis selection, the ,
applicants must deposit $20 more,
thus making the total fee $25. Fees
should be made payable to C. N.
Means, agent.
Applications may 1-e cecurod in per
son. or by mail, frotr the office of the
N. C. Division of Gam? tnc Inland
Fisheries, Room 307. City Hall. Ashe
ville, N. C. All applications must be
in the ASheville office by 9 A. M. Oct.
13.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
CHOSEN TO TEST
HEALTH CRUSADE
Special Nurse Sent To
Cooperate With All
Cherokee Teachers
Cherokee, Clay and Graham are
three of eleven counties in North
Carolina chosen for study and dem
onstration work under a five year pro
gram adopted by the General Educa
tion Board, and the State Board of
Health, assisted by the Rockefeller
foundation.
The program is known as the
School Health Coordinating Service,
the objectives of which arc:
"To promote the fullest utilization
of existing facilities for improving
the health sen-ices offered to and
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First Diphtheria Case
In District In 2 Years
Reported By Graham
The first cast- o! diphtheria in the
? lire*' counties ol this distru t was re
1 ported this week to Health Officer
Whichard. Tiie sufferer is a nine
> ear-old daugnter of Mr. and Mrs.
Crisp, of Stecoah.
Dr. Whichard be hews she < ontract
| ed tile disease through a carrier. The
j victim had not been vaccinated
p.gamst the disease.
None of the other members of the
girl's family have given any sign of
contracting the disease, and the lit
tle sufferer herself is reported as well
on he way to recovery.
Dr. Whichard said strenuous efforts
would be nude to locate the "car
rier,'' but admitted that the task was
I alaiost impossible.
Local Golfer Wins
Invitation Tourney
Staged At Bryson
Leroy Worsham. of tlie Maps and
Survey division of the TV A in Mur
phy, is the first champion of the Brv
son City invitational tournament.
Worshaw won the honor Sunday, with
a golfing magic that was working to
perfection.
Worsham was originally in the sec
ond flight. Two contestants failed to
appear, and he agreed to enter the
first flight, after winning his initial
match from Casada in the second
group.
Worsham then proceeded to elimi- ;
nate J. L. Meyers by 2 up alter trail- j
ing two holes -at the halfway mark. I
In the finals Gossett of Bryson City j
went down on the final hole by a [
margin cf one up.
Meyers made it an all-Murphy i
tournament in one semi-finals by out
lasting Ken Anderson of Bryson City
in the opening match. 3 and 2
In the second flight J. H. Pitzcr
eliminated E. J. Carter of the Almond
High school. 4 and 3. by turning in
a par shattering 34 on the final nine.
In the semi-finals, however, Pitzer
fell by the wayside to Casada, one
up.
The fine showing of the local golf
ers is remarkable when it is remem
bered that just one week before, the
Bryson City club swept four matches
from the locals.
Another remarkaole occurrence
Sunday was the fact that ope bracket
of second flight golfers shot better
medal scores than any of the first
flighters. One 74 was turned in dur
ing the second flight, along with a
78: while the best any first flighter
could do was 79.
Mrs. Addie Fuller, 52,
Buried On Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Addie
Fuller, 52. of Warnc. who died on last
Tuesday, were conducted Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the
Mt. Pisgah church with the Rev.
Homy Brown officiating. Interment
was in the church cemetery. Townson
funeral home had charge of arrange
ments.
PRIZEWINNERS
ARE ANNOUNCED
AT COUNTY FAIR ,
Livestock And Farm
Exhibits Finest Yet;
Attendance Mounts
Judging of all pgricultuml and live
stock entries in the Cherokee county
fair was concluded Wednesday and
the exhibit halls thrown open to the
| public.
Premiums amounting to more than
? $1,000. and ribbons were distributed,
i Exhibits far surpassed anything yet
| shown at the annual (air.
Tiie outstanding livestock exhibit
I was the baby beef calves shown by
. county 4-H club boys. First prize in
I this department was won by Grover
l Aslie. of M..rtin.s creek. showing a
I black Angus. OUier winners in or
I der. were: William Anderson, of
! Clay county. Russell Culver, Charles
i Hughes. J. C. Townson. Jr.. Sainmie
Russell. George Martin, and two more
calves by J. C. Townson. Jr.
In the 4-H club dairy cattle com
petition. blue ribbons were won by
Lawrence McNabb. Jerry H.ill and
Charles Hughes in the Jersey divi
sion. Blue ribbons in the Guernsey
division were won by Harold Shields,
Howard Shields and Mildred Wells.
Gland champion in the Guernsey
division of the general dairy cattle
competition was won by John Shields,
who also took three first places in
this division. Grover Ashe was the
only other first place winner in this
division.
All first places in the Jersey divi
sion were won by the John C. Camp
bell Polk School, including the grand
champion cow.
Purebred saddle -^wses ??? . f*
played at the fai: tot ?"-Si .:me
this year by Jack Herbert of An
drews end John Shields of Murphy.
Shields fine Kentucky bred mare ?
took the blue ribbon.
In the draft horse competition,
first place for draft mares was won
by S. C. Gentry. First places were tak
en in the colt divisions by Billie Wells
and O. C. Shieldsv.ffriile in the gen
eral colt competition the ribbon was
wen ty Bruce Bristol of Andrews.
J. W. Tutherow and Jack Herbert
were winners in the light horse com
petition.
S. F. Taylor and John A. Dockery
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Phosphate To Be Moved
From Old Store Space
In view of the occupation of the
old Cherokee Hardware company
building by a large wholesale com
pany. all phosphate stored there by
the Cherokee county land use and
soil conservation association must be
moved by Saturday. D. C. Snedgrass.
assistant county agent, has announc
ed.
All remaining phosphate will have
to be moved to a new storage space
; nd a charge for removal will be
against those who have phosphate
requisitioned and do not take it out
by Saturday.
Only All-Marble Hospital In The World
Opens Doors, To All Doctors, In Murphy
A new general hospital, offering its
entire facilities to any reputable phy
sician. has just been opened in Mur
phy. Formal opening was set for Sat
urday. Oct. 4: but Insistent demands
for the ultra modern equipment, forc
ed the institution to accept patients
several days earlier.
The building ? the only hospital in
the world built entirely of marble
was designed so that a third story
may be added. Indications are that
an addition will be needed within the
near future.
Located on Peachtree street, one
block above the County Court house,
the hospital was conceived and start- j
ed by Dr. F. V. Taylor, for many years
a general practicionor and now a
specialist in Eye. Ear. Nose and
Throat work. Dr. Bryan W. Whit
field. a surgeon .operating a private
hospital, and Dr. Elmer Holt, one of
the leading dentists of the State, join
ed forces with Dr. Taylor, and mov
ed into the new institution.
The entrance to the new hospital
opens into a big general reception
room. This is flanked by the offices
of the three physicians, their labor
atories. X-Ray. and treatment rooms.
The first floor also contains an all
electric kitchen, a dining room for
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