Our Aim !
A Better Murphy
A Finer County
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THE LEADING WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER
IN WESTERN NORTH CAR
OI-INA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TERRITORY
VOL. 33 ? NO. 16
Mlltl-liv, NOKTU CAROLINA
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5 1 curt ? si.M ; i ?: u m
driver is killed
4S TRUCK TURNS
OVER AND BURNS i
Wife of Less Than Week
Rushes To Bedside;
Vehicle Demolished
A 28-year-old driver died Thurs
day ,.s the result of injuries received
whin a Smith Transfer truck over
turned and caught fire Wednesday
on the Copperhill road, one mile this
side of the Tennessee line. The dead
man was married less than a week
ago
He is Regan Roberts, ol Marshall.
N. u., [[mkiug first trip on the
run. He was taken to T. C C. Hos
pital in Copperhill by Keener Stuart.
28. a f irmer, who wtis attracted to
the scene of the crash by the victims
siriams.
According to State Highway Pa
trolman Smith. who investigated the
accident, the vehicle overturned on
tlie road when the brakes locked.
In turning over, it plunged down an
embankment and caught fire.
Roberts managed to kick bis way
through the windshield and climbed
from the wreckage, but his gasoline
saturated clothes were already
abla/e. Stuart extinguished the
flames and took the injured man to
the hospital.
After receiving first aid treatment
in Copperhill, Roberts was rushed to
Asheville, where he had been making
his home for the past few weeks,
and where his bride of a few days
met the ambulance.
Roberts was driving a truck loaded
witli general merchandise, much of
which was destroyed by the flames.
He was on his way to Charlotte.
The truck was demolished.
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Court Nearing Close
Of Its Civil Docket
After Forced Recess
After recessing from Wednesday
until Monday, the November term of
the Circuit Court resumed sessions
with a minor docket this week, and
probably will complete its work be
fore Saturday. Only civil cases are
being heard, most of them divorce
suits.
Retrial of the suit of Fred Dickey,
Jr., to break the will of his father,
was postponed until the January
term tccau.se of the absence of At
torney Worth McKinney, of Ashe
ville. of counsel for the plaintiff. Mr.
McKinney, an Assistant U. S. Dis
trict Attorney, was busy with Fed
eral procedure.
T ? recess taken last Wednesday I
'va ordered against the wishes of
Jud William H. Babbitt, on the |
ben. mi was necessary because of
uiu::;: li d speed in disposing of the
' - docket. No civil ca -os h
b ? H od until the week of Novem
and His Honor was forced
- to order a recess or sit lr.
c"'". \ itii nothing to do.
MONEY POURS IN
AS ROLL CALL OF 5
MERCY ST ARTS
Single Worker Turns In
Over $500 At Start: ?
TV A Giving Freely
With more- than $500 turned in
, the first day by a single committee
i chairman, the annual Red Crosi Roll
Call got under way Tuesday. Arm
istice Day. under the general chair -
| manship of Mrs. C W. Savage.
A host of workers, both men and
i women arc assisting, in the entire
: lower end of the County. Their pre
? xiiiiiiuu .v irpiuuk UlUiUUC uidl Into
will be the most successful roll call
in the history of this section. TVA
contributions are said to bo especial
ly liberal.
As a further spui to the drive,
i Preston Kerrn will show two moving
pictures made especially for the Red
Cross. Tlies?- films will be run in
addition to the regular features.
Meanwhile. Mrs. C. E. Hyde and
1 Miss Dorothy Hisdon have made a
; number of large Red Cross flags for
I display, and hundreds of tiny flag
badges; one for each pupil in school.
Here are tli< .vorkers who are
| assisting in the drive:
Big Overseas Bundle
Finished By Red Cross;
Another Ready Soon
A biK bundle of clotlun ' d. Mitned
for war sufferers overseas ha* ju
been completed by tlx- women of
Murphy, assisted by volunteers from
the Culberson district, according to j
?announcement by Mrs. Mel Miller,
chairman of the Production Com
j ir.it Ire Mrs. C. W Savage is assist
ing Mrs. Miller in keeping enthus
Bsm alive.
The bundle just completed in
cludes eight shawls; twelve sweaters
for children; two sweaters for men:
two sweaters lor women; two suits
of puj imas; six w omen's dresses;
; twelve dresses for girls and two
' bed shirts.
! Another bundle is now beinu work
ed on. and is expected to be ready
( Continued On Back Face )
NEW TV A HOUSES
LONG PROMISED,
TO ARRIVE SOON
Shipments Also Slated
To Go To Hayesville
And Hiwassee Dam
Promised weeks ago. uie sixty por
table bouses assigned to Murphy are
scheduled to begin to arrive ill the
near future, according to TV A of
ficials: although none would venture
to give an exact date. One official
said that, "some of the houses should
I be ready for occupancy before
Christinas.
Some twenty of the 100 trailers
j promised to relieve the housing situ
ation in and around Murphy have
arrived, and are parked at the tent
colony at the foot of Tennessee
street. The remainder are said to
have been dela7ed by washouts
which made travel Inadvisable.
The portable houses, which TV A
; officials say can be set up, ready
I for occupancy here at the rate of
four a day, are being manufactured,
i according to word here, at Muscle
! Shoals, Alabama. The houses them
| selves are said to be ready for ship
; ment: but there has been a tie up
because of shortage of plumbing and
electrical supplies.
| Officials explained that though
the dams are definitely part of the
defense program, the TVA has only
a class D priority rating. The Army,
Navy, and armament planus all come
ahead. It was explained, however,
that arrangements have now been |
completed to get the necessary sup- |
' plies within the near future.
Hayesville and Hiwassee Dam also;
are to get portable houses and trail
ers. Twenty houses are reported al
ready sent to Hayesvilkfi and with
the trailers yet to come, ui expev
ci t'! nn i-t the n vtls t: re.
Murphy is said to b ? next on the
list, and Hiwassee Dam last. Th
Dam. according to reports. 1
23 trailers and 30 houses. The first j
(Con'ln?pH On Bark Pake)
UilMlirss District: Mrs. Burt Sav
1 .inc. W. McPain, Peyton G. Ivie, W. '
] A. Shemll. Mis, Mcnnicc Payne.
Residential District. Mrs. W. M.
. Axley, Miss Ma.j Akin. Mrs. P. J.'
; Htnn, Mrs. Frank Morst. Mrs. Sam- I
I stead. Miis Ml1. mice Payne, Mrs. |
j Hadley Dicker, Mrs. R. C. Mattox, j
. Mrs. J. H. Hampton, Mrs. H. Buack.
| Mrs. John Davidson. Miss Hattie
j Palmer, Mrs. A. E. Vestal. Mrs. C.
I. Calhoun. Mrs. Duke Whitley, Mrs.
Porter Axley, Mrs. Arthur Akin.
Murphy High School: ? Mrs. C. B.
Chambers. Murphy Elementary
School: Miss Addle Leatherwood.
County Schools: Mrs. Walter C.
Witt.
Hiwassee Dam: Mrs. E. E. Curtis.
Outlying Sections: Mrs. W. D. King.
Campbell Folk School. Mrs. George
Bidstrup.
Negro Enrollment: J. William
. Wade and Minnie Z. Latirrer.
George K. Leonard, project super
visor, of TVA, is general chairman
I of TVA enrollment, assisted by: R. j
1 F. Holly, of the Reservoir Clearance
I division: John D. Blagg. Maps and
J surveys; Jack Hind. Land Acquisi- ,
i tion; W. N. Rogers, personnel de- 1
partment: Jim Hardy. Health and
Safety department; Mrs. Thelma
Dickey. Tent colony: Anthony Pas
serint1. Construe Lion and mainte- |
nance; S. F. Vesser, Highway and j
Woods, Transportation department.
Railroad departments; and Carl
Mrs. If. Bueck is chairman of Jun
ior Kid Cross, assisted by Mrs. Vir
ginia Cobb, enrollment chairman.
Mre. Martha Adams Is publicity
chairman and Ml.-s Dorothy Hlgdon
and Mrs. C. E Hyde, compr.1.- tii
activiiies committee:
Ofir.ers of the chapter : W. M.
Fain, chairman: J. B. Gray, vicc
Ll-.ai:r.i.;s: W. \V. Hyde, treasnrer:
Mrs. C. W. Savage, secretary; Mrs.
E. S. Miller, chairman production
committee. [
H. G. Elkins. liome service chair- ;
man; Mrs. H. G. Elkins. home serv- I
ice secretary; Victor C. Olmsted,
publicity chairman; Mrs. Martha
Adams, junior publicity; the Rev. A.
B. Cash, the Rev. C. B. Newton, the
Rev. H. L. Paisley, church publicity;
Mrs. Lee M. Ragsdale, of Hiwassee
Dam, special features.
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Six In County Named
By Gov. Broughton As
Unemployment Counsel
Six persons from Cherokee County
have been appointed by Gov.
Broughton to the Local Advisory 1
Council of the Unemployment Com
pensation Commission. A total of
322 members havv been namcxl.
throughout the state, to represent
employers, employees, and the gen
eral public.
The members of the Clveroke*'
County Advisory Council are: for
i employers; W. H. Whitaker, of An
I drews, md D. H. Rocco; fox- employ
ees; Virgil Barnett and Joe Ray;
and for the general public. C. D.
May field and Mrs. Catherine Martin.
The local councils will serve for
two and three-year period*, ixxsai
I office managers will serve as sec re -
| taries andn will arrange meetings.
SCHOOL GIRll'2,
FOUND STRICKEN
WITH MENINGITIS
: Marie Self Is Laid Low
I Within Week After
Death Of Mother
A twelve-year-old Cherokee Coun
ty girl was stricken with cerebro
spinal meningitis Saturday and is in
a serious condition in Petrie Hos
pital. Murphy. Only a week ago the
child's mother died.
The little sufferer is Marie Self,
daughter of John Self, a mail carrier
who lives near Hiwassee Dam. The
disease was discovered Saturday af
ternoon and more was taken to the
hospital and placed In isolation.
The death of the girl's mother was
not attributable to the spinal dis
ease, and health authorities were
careful t*. point out that It Is entire
ly possible that the "carrier" was
someone outside the family.
Little Marie's father, her sisters
and brothers have been living with
John Stiles, in Suit, N. C., since Mrs.
Self's death. Health officials are
making a series of nasal and oral
smears to determine whether the in
fectious germs are present in other
members of the family.
Until comparatively recent years,
the treatment of meningococcus
meningitis was difficult. A curative
scrum was used to advantage in
many instances, but it was not un- !
til the discovery of the sulfanil drugs !
that the medical profession made
any real headway in the battle.
Meningitis is an acute, infectuous
disojse and usually is transmitted by
someone not afflicted himself. It
strikes at the coverings of the brain
or spinal cord
Carriers are always present, health |
<fncial-i point out. and the danger '
. i' infection is cv, r-pi ?<". ' . The dis
is tran mi: through noso
.ii.'ect or indirect cont.-ct. and there -
; known as a "re ;<:ratory dls
(Continucd on Back I'age)
MAN LOSES EYE
AFTER SHOOTING:
3 YOUTHS J AILED
All Protest 'nnocence; ?
Theft Of Shotgun,
Auto Also Charged
The arrest of three nit n at a r i*<
houst* nojr Murphy la*; Suiuiay iw
, mng brought to light a strange Mtirt
of an alleged robbery, an automobile
theft, and a near-fatal assault with
x shot null
Tlie victim of the assault i> 63
, year-old Allen Owenby. of the Ijd
I ??rty section.
Tlie robbery, the theft and the a r
' sault all liappencd nearly two ?Wkl
, ago. on Saturday. November J.
j Struck in the head with a blast from
I a 16 gauge single barelled shot-gun,
; Mr. Owenby lost his left eye. and u 1
i but lost his life. Taken to Fell? -
i hospital by a neighbor who hrai il
| the shot, and found htm lying lielv -
less on the floor of his cabin, tiio
victim rallied, and was able to re
turn to his home this week.
j The tnree under arrest in t r. ?
I County jail art- Homer Cheatham,
! 22. of Hiwassee Dam. and two youtlui
! who first said they were J. C and
Tom Duckctt. brothers. of Ta.kn.w
Rock. Ga They have txni : vir?s
with an aunt iu the Liberty mtM'-i
The brothers who gave their .ij't *
as 18 and 19. have sinct admitted
! that "Duckett ' is ail assumed name.
. The elder also has admitted that lit
is an escaped convict from a Georpja
Chain gang, where he was do:nr a
two-year-term for assault with ?
deadly weapon.
He further told Jailer Patton CoR
man that he previously had served
a four year term in the Georgia
Chain-gang for burglary. If his story
| is true, he first went to the chain
' gang when he was only 14 years old.
The two brothers and Cheatham
were taken before Mr. Owenby, who
is said to have identified them as
his assailants. He was unable. how
ever, to state which one had doT.r
the shooting.
Cheatham, in addition to bcir.K
mixed up in the shooting, is also
held on charges of automobile theft,
and with the robbery, by force, of a
shot gun and shells.
Car. gun and shell.-, were stolen the
same day tluit the attack wa.. matt
on Owenby. The car was recovered
in Tennessee last week, .<nc: the
shot-gun was found in Cheatham ?*
possession. Police say it is the san.e
weapon used to shoot Owenby
The car was stolen near H.w.ismh
Dam. The owner, who knows C" eat
h.im. says he pave him a lif and
later stopped a', a road ide inr. anil
went inside, leaving Cheat". i ?
thr car. When h<- came out hf
both car .ind Cheatham w .
Cheatham m -:.s the car was
"loaned" to iiim.
?veir. to o-.veni v cabin to b .
.??i: i-.-.-y. He sa. s ..'.r. Owenby 'turn
ed mean". sot a rifle, and tri-ci wiee
(Continued Oil lJ.ick 1"; ???
Home Demonstration Clubs Meet Friday
To Celebrate Annual Achievement Day
Home Demonstration club mem
bers from all Cherokee County will
Rather at the Library to Murphy
Friday morning, Nov. 14, for celebra
tion of their annual "Achievement
Day". The program will begin
Promptly at 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Maude Radford, of Beaver -
?lam. President of the County Coun
c'l. will preside, and there will be at
teast two visiting speakers. One Is
Miss Mary E. Thomas, Extension
Nutritionist from Raleigh, who will
deliver the main address, telling of
foods, their preparation, and the
Mrt they play to health and hiappi
The other Is Miss Anna C.
Sowe. Home Demonstration Work
*?ent lor the Western District.
Other notable guests are expected
to be present. They will be introduc
ed 'rom the platform, and probably
*111 make short talks.
The remainder of the morning ses- }
sion will be taken up with songs,
a roll call, and a business session.
Promptly at noon, the home club
bers and their guests will eat a plate
luncheon prepared and brought in
by members of the various groups.
The menu will includc salmon salad,
green beans, candled sweet potatoes,
pickled beets, ginger-bread and ap
plesauce. corn bread and coffee.
The afternoon session will convene
at one o'clock, at which time awards
will be given to outstanding club
members for their accomplishments
during the year. Prizes will be
awarded for attendance, for the best
scrap books, and for work in food
and nutrition projects Reports will :
be made. also, by every club.
In addition to the program, there j
will be an exhibit, of the workman
(Continued On Back Page)
Tiny Betty Sue Miracle,
One Of Twins, Is Dead
Death took little Betty Sue Mira
cle, one month old daughter of Mr.
ar.d Mrs. Oscar B. Miracle, at their
home in Murphy last Monday. Fun
eral services were held on Armistice
Day in the Dnimond Church at
Clouds, Term., with Ivie Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
The mother and father and two
sisters, Wilm.i Jean and Patty Lou
survive. The latter is a twin of the
dead infant.
A sign-painter, who practices the i
"Black Arts" as a sideline, called at
the Cherokee County Jail, yesterday
and put on a show for Jailor Pat
Coleman and his wards that would
have made even "The Great Thurs
ton" envious.
Dal Burnett, who hails from Lu
ray. Va? made bills and coins van
ish and reappear; made a yardstick
do everything but walk, sliced his
left thumb half off and then dis
played It as well as It was before
the carving took place.
His pay for the services?
"Well." he told Mr. Coleman. I
thought maybe you could use a lit
tle sign painting around here, on the
door, for instance."
Mr. Coleman reflected. Yes. por
tals of the old brick jug could stand
a little ornamentation.
Terms were mode ? and they in
cluded a repetitio nof the tricks for
ncwcomers who had dropped in to
see Burnett perform.
Last night, many persons left Uie
Jail happy (not inmates, of course),
and it was noticed that a touch of
gayety had been left on the gloomy
front of the bastille Blazoned acrc-.i
the door was:
"CHEROKEE CO. J ABU VISITOH1S
TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS OVLY"
Jatlor Coleman admiring the
large yellow, red. and blue lettem.
sighed with satisfaction:
"Its beautiful. But he forgot a
couple of things. After the word
"Jail", he should have "Inc.". and
maybe it would look good to hare
something at the bottom like "P.
Coleman. Prop."
Black Arts Are Displayed For Prisoners
As County Jail Gets Identification Tag