Our Aim ! A Better Murphy A Finer County ?hp 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 r?ii i;m)\v novkmbkk n. ijmi 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. o 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. n 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 | 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, .