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CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEURITORY
vol . 33?NO. 21
>11 KPIIY. N.tRTll
CAROLINA
TU' KSDAY. DECEMBER I*. 1941
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TVA MAN BEATEN,
ROBBED, HE SAYS,
IN COUNTY JAIL
Attacked After "Trial"
By "Kangaroo Court"
In Cell, He Charges
A pi rit ion of prot?*t is being cir
culated in Murphy as the result of
charges by a TVA worker that he was
robtxd while in jail. He also charges
?hat ie was beaten so badly that
it was necessary to call a doctor.
He blames the robbery and the
beatin? on other prisoners in the
county jail, following a "Kangaroo
Court" The latter Is a prison-born
incket whereby old inmates "try" ar.
incoming prisoner, usually on
cJtarces of "Breaking into jail". "Hie
verdict is always '?guilty*', and the
unfortunate newcomer usually is fin
ed everything he has that the oth
er? want. If he refuses to gre up
Willi igly. his possessions are taken
fcy force.
That is what this victim says
happened to htm.
The TVA worker, who asked that
;nis name not be printed lest it might
rost liis job. says he was taken from
?n automobile in which he was sleep
ing and locked up in the County
Jail He denies he was drunk, and
fays he was told that ? he had been
arrested for being a "public nuis
ance"
Taker, before the Mayor next day
however, he says he was charged
with, and convicted of being drunk.
He had called no witnesses, and he
tos fined.
Before that happened, however,
the alleged victim says that when
he was put in a cell with other pri
soners-. they asked him if he had
any money. He told them that the
officer who arrested him had taken
all his cash but fort7 cents.
A Kangaroo Court" was prompt
ly convened by the prisoners, he says,
and he was fined $1. Hie 40 cents
he offered was not satisfactory, and
the other prisoners jumped on him,
rot him down, and searched him.
Tkey found *5 hidden away.
Hie TVA worker says the others ;
took this $5, and then, angry be-1
cause they said he had been "hold- ]
ing out", they attacked him with |
a broom stick, beating him over the
head so severely that he required
medical treatment.
Friends of the victim have told the j
Goout they intend +?v+r>pr the matter
up with the Town Board
First Aid Classes
First aid classes are being held
every Monday and Wednesday af
ternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the club
room at the Library, with Dr. and
Mrs. Birdsong in charge. All women
are urged to attend.
Mrs. Margaret Rowland,
89, Passes In Home Of
Daughter In Peachtree
LVa' n t'jok or.f of the indict it.?
iden's of the Coun v la1 Thursday
when Mti. Margaret Pa. Rowland,
of M a rb.i Rouu* On-' died ait*" a
brief illness at tin home of he:
dausrhttr. Mr^ Cal!i?- Momvon, >:
Pentium SI.- was 89 vear five
months and 17 days old
Funeral services were held Satur
day from the Morrison hom?' m
Ptacntree. and burial ? in the old
family graveyard on Slow Creek be
wn Ptaoht ret and Marble. Town -
Hin Funeral Horn-' wa.-> in charge
? f vrangements.
Besides Mrs. Mornsun. the ci rotat
ed is survived by two other daugh
ters. Mrs Robert Beavers. of Mur
phy and Mrs. Jim Jones of Whit
tier. and four sons Nick. Ed. Andrew
and Ham. She also leaves a brother.
James Pace of Toptan.
Forty nine grandchildren. several
(treat grandchildren and eight great
great grandchildren also survive.
Pallbearers were Vernon Parker;
Wadx. Hoy'.. Gus and R C Johnson
end George Rowland
Mae and Diana Lee Johnson.
Frankie Hyde Pauline Nations and
Louise Linn were flower girls.
The Rev. Roifr; Barker officiated
One Killed, Five Hurt
In Head-On Crash
Of Cars On No. 64
One man was killed and five oth
| ers injured, in a head on collision
i on U. S. Highway No. 64. three miles
: east of Hayesville. Sunday night. An
i drew Jackson Carte.- of Chattanooga.
; Tenn. died on the way to Petrle
! Hospital.
In the car with C&rter was his
J brother, Guy and Harry Falls, also of
Chattanooga. They were headed east.
The other car was driven by Herbert
B Ian ton, an iron worker on Cftatuge
Dam. who also is from Chattanooga.
In the car with Blanton. were Hoy
Byers of Chattanooga and John Wa
ters of Hayesville.
Blanton, Byers and Waters were
all iron workers on the Chatuge dam
and had Just come off duty and were ,
headed for Hayesville.
Andrew J. Carter, driver of the i
car in which he wb6 killed, was car- j
rying his brother, a Sergeant In the j
U. S. Army, back to Fort Jackson. I
S. C.. to report for duty after a
furlough.
Sergeant Carter. Harry Falls and
John Waters were taken to Murphy
General Hospital where Waters was
found to have suffered severe cuts
and. bruises, but was not seriously
injured. Sergeant Carter and Falls
both suffered broken legs, khlch
were ?et by Dr. Bry*in Whitfield.
Blood T0 pjow ^n(| Rones j0 friinch
M High School Auditorium Friday %ht
" "ra-sslin- m?, Z? * g00d fight' or
-wT ZST?-andwho
'?In* at 8 ?f each 10 thetr
?'?l^r?Ln^fUTT>hy Ht,rh S^001
to a J?** nteht. Dec 19,
,*joe T?nsorpd
W?on Trw?. /j?* 01 *** American
T ?W? M 7:18 E. 8.
flown, ?*?***ed to utart
"hW?l'*l "^r^K50 0mt" fOT *ene?1
"**? Tk*M for * ??erved
"* * w?*?I
'?bey wcxXm swear
~e?UPl* 01 battJ?rs ?"h
*W twTL?T!?!!jn **** ???O
^?ta' ^,2" Cm^ fOT
* ?*?* will pit
?? Mttil? Jack Devalt.
* -punching pro from Jack
?U.
_?*r? win b* two i?MUn' matches.
*?*> lewtuiw ereut win be UHW
"ne heaTTweleliU: Cbtef KM
land, a Chrrokee Indian from the
reservation who tips the beams at
196 pounds, and a cute little number
rtimed "Pug" Sloan, from Knoxville.
Pug weighs only 194. but he .??ys
he is two pounds mefir.fr than the
Chief.
The second wrestling match Is for
the championship of Western North
Carolina: which title is sought,
strangely enough, by two members
of the grunt and groan profession
Who don't lire here. However, they
say they're willing to take an any
local who wants to argue.
One of these wrestlers is known as
Bill "Little Demon" Hicksoo. He
weighs 165 pounds and claims to be
light-heavyweight champion of New
Mexico, which he calls "home". The
other is Jack Pttzer. 170 Rxs.. who
says he is light-heavyweight champ
Ion of Tennessee Mr. Pitwv halls
from Knoxville.
All told, it looks like a targe eve- J
ning unle* you have a reserved'
seat, you'd better get there early.
SAM COVER HURT
AS AUTO WRECKS
ON VIRGINIA ROAD
B~th Legs Broken, Ribs
Fractured, And May
Be Internally Hurt
Mr Sam Cover widely known re
' ired industrialist. is in ??, hospital
' in Winchester Va seriously injured
as a result of an automobile on the
Sk> .ami trail In the Shenandoah
Va'.'av Mr Cover, his wife and
M:.-s Franc-' Cover, his daughter
? at. his tM-dside
Lates" available news, by lone dis
1 tar " phone. . s the Scout went to
; pre--. ?a> that Mr Cover's ronditian ;
remains crave Also a letter from
nis daughter M i .< Frances to a
[ friend in Andrews stated that her i
father had sustained a serious in- '
, jury to one of his eyes and might \
: los? it.
I Meaner reports here are that both
j ;ae victim*, legs were broken in the
| wreck: that lie aLs?> suffered several
! fractured ribs, ana that he may
lijve been internally injured Be-]
cause of his age. grave fears are
i entertamrd by his kinsmen and his
! host of friends.
Details as to the cause of the
wreck are lacking. According to beat
a v liable reports, it was the result
of ice covered roads, which caused!
Mr Cover's car to skid. The Sky- |
land trail skirts deep valleys lying
at the foot of precarious slopes.
Whether the victim's car plunged
down one of these ^!op?s is not
known.
The accident occurred last Satur
! day while Mr. Cover was returning |
I home from a trip to Leesburg. Va.,
| His wife and daughter left for his f
' 1 lospita. bedside at once, after be
j ing informed of the accident.
Patrols of Boy Scouts
To Cover Entire Town
Seeking Waste Paper
The Boy Scouts have started a ;
"Saw Waste Paper" drive. Town i
Clerk Christopher has donated a j
building for the storing oi the pa- 1
per and the Scouts will make week- ;
ly collections all over town.
The boys will visit homes on Sat- |
urday and will call at stores and i
places of business on Monday and i
Thursday afternoons. The Panther
Patrol, led by Howard Holley. will
cover territory east of Valley River
Ave. and The Pox Patrol led by
John Hod Kes will covfer territory
west of Valley River Ave. A contest
is on between the two patrols to see
which can gather the mo- paper.
The loser wi" s t a i u; a treat to the
winner.
All Scouts ire urged to meet at
th- M dist Church StC'.d;:y after
noon a' 2:30 when pictures will br
made.
Xmas Jssue Of Scnut
Advanced To Reach
Readers Wednesday
Belifving that most of its readers
will be too busy exchanging gifts and
good wishes with friends on Christ
mas d.iy- snd also to give the editor
and employees a Xmas holiday, the
Scout wil! be printed earlier next
weeK.
It is planned to go to press Tues
day night, instead of Thursday, and
the readers should get their paper on
Wednesday, the day before Xmas.
All correspondents of the Scout are
requested, most earnest!?, to get the
news of their localities in the malls
Sunday evening, and certainly not
later than Monday.
Next week's issue will print the
many, many letters to Santa Ciaua
written by children all over the coun
ty These letters win be printed ex
actly at written?and since the
Scout wlil come out afcead of sched
ule, old Santa will be sure to se?
them In time.
Harry Ward In Battle
With Canadian Forces
Defending Hongkong
M? v .?i ''? of Hongkong by
?hi' ?" \ ponese. with an unreported
number of demi and wounded in the
"crown settlement" strike.?, terror to
?he irts < i M and Mrs Newell
Ward of Andrews .?nd their daugh
'er Mrs Elmer Holt, of Murphy.
! Harry Ward, their son and brother,
:ie of the defenders of the Chi
I nes? v. He is in the Canadian
trmy.
Harry, born and reared in An
idrev.s and for a lonjj time editor of
:'np Jure*luska Journal enlisted in
| the Can.id.an Infantry several
months ago and was assigned to
? Tl? Duke of Oonnauprht s Own
Rifles." a crack outfit. He has been
promoted to the rank of Corporal.
Several weeks a?o Harry wrote to
his sister Mrs H ?lt. that his outfit
was sailing, next day. for mimrd duty.
, at Hongkong.
That "Ouard duty' ha .ace de
veloped into bal tie. and no word
has been received from him since
his departure.
Death Just M isses
Party As Landslide
Blocks K;<thway 19
A lan els I Kit <>n U. S. 19 Saturday
aitemc. .. di.vctly opposite the Rho
do flap lop. f.ve miles east of An
drews blocked traffic for seven hours
on this much traveled route
One way tiuffic was maintained
Th*' slide closed the new road
which had been finished late this
fall The big biway was piled with!
roc kand earth for ?. depth of about
seven feet over a distance of seventy- 1
five feet. Hie Southern Railway
tracks parallel to the road at this
point; but only a few rocks reached
the railway right-of-way. and they
did no damage.
The earth and rock fell from a dis
tance of seventy five feet leaving a
sheer cliff.
Before the mountain gave way an
automobile with several passengers
had cleared that part of the highway
by only a few seconds.
School Music Classes
Plan Pageant Friday
High school music classes are pre
senting an extensive pageant this
year, composed of two choirs totaling
100 people. The "Story of Christ"
will be presented with the aid of the
i .'.matic cla-"ses
The first and second graders also
have their pan in the pageant. Jac
quetta Kill and Gloria Hendricks aro
featured soloists.
The pageant will be presented
twice: at ono P M. end two P. M.,
Friday. Dec 19 The public is invited
FATAL SHOOTING
FOLLOWS FIGHT
OVER POLITICS
Lawrence Bryson Dead;
Bob Allen, a Neighbor
Is Held As Slayer
A quarrrl ^hkI to tia\v started
over politics resulted first in u fist
tight. and then in a killing, Satur
day night when Lumtut' Lee Bry
son. 52 >i ar old Murphy carpenter,
was fatally shot allegedly by his
neighbor. Bob Allen 6H yppr old
ri ured logger.
Bryson died m Muipliy ( k m-tal
Ho^piUti Sunday altemoon Before
living he is imported to lui\e said thai
h>- wx iiom behind, without
a chance to defend himself
First to reach the scene alter the
si ootinp was Town Clerk Christo
pher, who wsus in the kitchen of his
h' me less than fifty feet distant
w.ien the sliots were fired. Mr. Chris
tnp* . aiought tile expksions
were f rotr firecrackers A moment
la ter. however, lv neard Bryson
groaning and invest igated
Br soil was fully conscious Allen,
according to Christopher. was ibout
(in f.-ot distant, and wus walking
. Aly uowii tin mil toward his
iiome
Tile Town Clerk says Br/.von told
him he had been runnuig away from
Allen when he was sho: Later in the
hospital, Bryson declared he had
been shot once after he tiad fallen
Allen, arrested at his home short
ly after the shooting, is held in
the County Jail. Seen by a reporter,
he refused to make any statement.
Bryson was sfriot three times; In
the shoulder; in the neck, and hi
the hip. It was the last shot that
proved fatal, an autopsy disclosed
the bullet ranging upward and pierc
ing vital organs.
The shooting is said to have bees
the aftermath of a quarrel which
came to blows near the Carnegie
library Bryson and Allen, of dif
ferent political faiths, are said to
have gotten in an argument over
the merits of the Roosevelt admin
istration Lying on his death bed.
Bryson said that Allen called him a
liar, twice, and then after the sec
ond time, he "slapped"' him
Others, claiming to have seen the
fight, said Allen was struck so hard
he was staggered,
Bryson was arrested by Chief of
Police Pred Jhonson and was tried
a short time fciter by Mayor May
field. He pleaded guilty and was
fined $5 and costs. He asked and
was given permission to go home
and get the money.
Bryson later said that he nad got
ten the money and was on his way
bark to The Mayor's office when he
was shot.
So far as tun be Iramed by t.he
Seoul, there were no witnesses
County Jail Inmates Forget Troubles
As Visitors Make Cells Ring With Melody
I The County Jail was full almost
; to overflowing last Sunday A lot of
! the inmates were suffering from
i ' hang-over" headaches and tortured
| stomachs?but even so. for a cou
I pie of hours, not one of them would
1 have left if he could.
The reason was some lovely choral
music by a group from Coppertilll
and Culberson, headed by the Rev.
J. A. Tterpley. of the Church of Ood.
TTio Rev Tarpley also preached his
text being from the words of John:
"Por Ood so Loved the world, that
He gave His only begotten son". He
spoke briefly, sincerely. tenderly, and
ho made a deep Impression.
But it was the music that appeal
ed most. The hymns were not the
times with which members of other
sects are familiar. Hie melodies were
more modem. And they permitted
grand harmony.
Hie prisoners dldnt try to loin
in with the visitors; but It was plain
that a lot of them would have liked
to do it. Instead paid the great tri
bute of absolute silence during the
singing, followed immediately b7
clamorous demands for encorw
Jailer Patton Coleman came up
stairs to listen -and remained. 80
did Sheriff Carl Townson, irtv) had
stopped at the Jail for a brief Ttalt
So. also, did Ernest Btirnett, Mre
District Fir< Warden, who had call
ed to see Jailer Coleman.
The singers who cane with the
Rev. Tarpley Included:
Mr. and Mrs. J. M Pajro?, Mr.
and Mrs. Wlllard Forester; BrtcOe.
Sadie and Lester Forester; ma and
Anna Belle Jenkins: Joule. Ruby and
Matn ry Montgomery, and Wdma
WUoo*.
Gordon Thomas, of Martins Creak
and Newt Ledford of Murphy cum
to the Mil intending to hold ssrvlMs
for the prisoners, but arrtred alter
I the others had started. TT>ey ronaln
ed as interested listeners, and M
I ford Joined In some of the