^Better Murphy A Finer County X- R K I Uivrr V4 i>U4 For Pro%re?s THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEURITORY %OL 53?XO. 22 Ml HPHV NORTH CAROLINA TIH RSDAV IIH'FMRER 15. 1911 .V COPY?II.M PER %'KAB _ SHERIFF BRANDS TALE OF BEATING IN JAIL AS "LIE" Also Denies TVA Man's Charge That He Was Robbed By Inmates Karl Sparks, the TVA worker who fa> he was beaten with a broom -? . k and robbed of $5 in the County Jail .after a Kangaroo Court", is .1 declares Sheriff Carl Tonnson. answering the charges made by F;m >. in the Seout las: week. T man was not robbed of $5 (?? :.?? he didn't have $5" the Sher r: i '. -.red.' He was not beaten wi: >:nstick, but with a fist: and i ding to a prisoner who was ?. and had no part in the affai.. arted the fight." .1 is the Sheriff's statement, r full: ;->park> was brought in by Polic? r...r.-. Tom Voyles. I was at the jail a" ' ime. Sparks was certainly cr.mk. We searched him carefully. Hf ad a ten dollar bill and 40 cents ni c Mange. We took the ten dollars to hold for him, and let him keep the 40 cents. About 30 minutes later Mayor Mayfield called up and asked me to release Sparks as soon as he was sober enough, so he could get to his wo-k in the morning, provided he deposited $7.35 to meet fine and costs. I myself waited at the jail until two o'clock in the morning. Sparks couldn't make change to put up the 17.35 so I put it up for him. Then I pu: him in my car and drove him ix-me I told him I was doing it only cn condition tha<t he go immediate ly to bed. He thanked me and prom ?fd :.e would. "Iri>t.ead. I am informed that he cams' back to town and began bracr p:r.~ about getting out ahead of time, etc. Then he fc*>gan telling about b?in- obbed. '.isoner from Andrews, who k m bed. saw the whole thin Hf , that Sparks was robbed of he denies that a brooms:icic ti. He says there was a gen f" : up. and that somrbodv y : >arks in the mouth, with ays Sparks started the fig; ? * "Its needed any mcdical at : because of his beating, he dii:. it. Neither did he say wi hing to me about wanting a doc tor. "Sr>a.rks lied, all the way through. H: denial that he was drunk Is ab solutely untrue. He still had a bad hang .-?-er when I took him home." Sought A* Deserter, Cearley "Ready To Go" Listed as a deserter and son eh t for week? by the P. B I., Herman Thur wan Cparley, of Culberson, who onco volunteered, then changed his mind ?no' ienored his draft questionnaire, wiwri into the office of the County ^raf ? Board last week, and told c*Pt. Wayne Walker he was ready **> >'o to the army. He tilled In a questionnaire, and ^ for home, declaring he would I*POri as soon as caUed. He gave 00 "eason for his long delay, and did 001 *ay where he had been. Where Are The Reindeers? "Dfdicatpd to Children of the Worlif* read?, the inscription on this hue?* statue to Kris Kingle on the village square at Santa Claus, Ind., a tiny hamlet that has achieved fame because of its name. With 4 population of only 19. and a "general store" that serves as po**l office, this little town actually handles more than two million pieces of mail during the Xmas season. The man pictured above is Santa's "offi cial" Indiana counterpart. James Yellig. one of the town's 19 residents. Every year he answers more than 25,000 letters to Santa from children all over the nation. But Santa has gone modern. He can always r-ount on having snow for his reindeer, so he has gotten himself a car. Censorship Placed On All Information About Draft falls ?n even Censorship was clamped tlo the Cherok<>f County Draf' Bo.;.-;! Monday jnomtaf and no mor. infor mation wil] be mar;. public about cai;- the service. "? ? Dates oaiis and names- .. :i fo . c! v i 11 bc*h be ke.*>t a ( ;;. dfrabi r.ttirbf ' of will 1 ft.- cirr.p rir holidays. All men in Cla: ? probaMy ,r. : arw near future. K T* soon will be necessary 1 man in i. ? county from !8 :o 65 years old. :o register for pos able (service. Arrangements for this wholesale regisreratlon have not y?. ; teen made It k not regarded likely that older men trill be sent to the aciive armed forces, but some, especially veterans, i ma;, be called for service as home guards, or othe- defense duties It is generally believed that those who held warrants as non commis ioned officers :n the AEF days may | be in demand to drill ' Green" troops. J ; and to command gu.cd details at , reservoirs and public work. BANKS TO CLOSE TWO DAYS Governor Broughton has declared December 2C a bank holiday throughout the "tate. December be- ' in? Christmas day. all banks will be closed from Christmas eve until Sat- j urday. (SPRING MAY SEE [NEW HIGHWAY TO TENNESSEE LINE Materials Can Be Had If Labor Is Avsilab'e Ferebee Declares r : . V.-.: . V , Corr.:...?; P. 5. Fo/ebee vM ;? ? j Jo- :na: 1- the tru y of til, nev 'route . expi ted to h* c r,-.p>'*ed within the ar future. :.r J- . ? u:.HO ? 11* cl I .at.plans .'or ne? ci h:-M .been extended, r f inally in'onded to lay out I straight?- .1 n;t wide; route from tnc Tenn' ?o? iin- to the point at Cul-J I nerson on No. ? where the road i forks, one prong leading to Tennes r-ee and the other to Atlanta. The survey has now been enlarged. 1 to continue the new highway as far : as Murphy. The resul: will be a road of at , least three, and possibly four lanes, paved, and almost straight. It will e.'iminaf much of the bad road, and all of t.he dangerous curves between this section and Chattanooga. and will vastly Improve the trave! in'o Georgia . jic Tennessee has promised to coop erate by paving and improving the highway from the State line on Into gone back on its often repeated (Continued on back page) Three Deserters From Army Caught By far' Townson : . ir. : -rr-er-. first cousins, ?v Sherif! Carl Town -:ed along the Beech drunk. Sunday af being held in the ?(? military authori ?:??? will be sent to - . a' Fort Leaven ing term :? ? :? was taken into " riff Townson list ' :tt <1 over to a military ! Brag: JTe is Fran of Ranger. Continued "li l?ark pnf I NAN KIDN APED; BEATEN, ROBBED; THREE ARE HELD iChicken Hughes Seized In Daylight "Snatch" In Center of Town Kidnap?** at 3 oYlock Monday afternoon on Murphy's busiest street. , Irwiicc Chicken Hughes was \ forc?-d in a c ar driven to the Hang I ;::i'd<> M-tion. terribly beaten, and :*>bbe?i he ,i\ <?f $40 Hughes, 60 yea ? <. i cued by ! The Law riiree men. H* ?s- Oariei: Willis D.iv-s and Owney Radford, all ol the 11'naK.. cction. and firv. named II '? ? employed by the TVA are tield \ .n the County jail charged with the < .me. They deni robbing Hughes. The> adm. beating him. but bay they did so because he drew a knife and tried to ?tab them. They also deny kidnaping. declaring Hughes got in^heii ear willingly. The Liiree were captured vy Con stable Clifton Raoford a cousin of one of the accused, after a chase of more than 20 miles, during which he sho: out one of their tires. The fugi tives drove more than eight miles "on the rim" before finally being forced to stop. Radford, who is constable for Beaverdam Township drove up while the three were beating Hughes. The victim says he was standing in front of a store, in mk1-afternoon, having come to town after selling a cow fo. $40. when a car occupied by three men <irove up. Two of them jumped out, he says, seized him by the aims, and forced him to get Into the machine. Then he says, they drove out of x>wn at high speep. As soon as they got out of town. Hughe-, says, they demanded his money. When he told them he did not have any. he says they began beating him. They drove almost to H an gin dog. beafin- him all the way. Hughes de clares. Then they stopped the car, ire v. him out. robb d h.m and wv p mmeilir.r hi. fac when C<?;? able Radford happened to drive tip# Hi! "he says ho does n t know ny o hi alleged ;ulan*. In ad ri r to : ? n n"y. he says t. ? men -ude Ills knifi II" identified ?? knife -aki n from one of the p: isonors as I i ? ;ns his property Prisoners Stage 4-Day Sit Down Strike At Peachtree Camp And Win, Is Claim Cherokee County had its first "sit down s'-rike" week before last, ac cording to one of the strikers, when 107 inmates of the Prison Camp, at Peachtrei. refused to work until they' got better cloth'ne. better food and. more medical attention and roedi-, rine. According to this former inmate, who was released last week, the men won a complete victory after the strike had lasted four days, from Thursday throueh Monday. On Sunday, December 14. this man pav?. Captain Reed. District Supe visor of Prison Camps came to the Peachtree Stockade from Ashevllle: I ? alkeri to the prisoners. and promised that "everythlnK would be fixed up". The men went back to work ne<t day. The ex-prisoner declares that U fore the strike It was all but Impos sible to (tet medical attention. He also charged that, the me irwere given badly v-/oni prison crarb. with out any buttons As a result he said, there was little or no protection oeainst the cold The final complaint was about food, particularly breakfast. The ex prisoner said that the morning the strike began- -an unusally cold one? (Continued on back page)

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