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THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER .N WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TERRITORY
VOL. 53 ? NO. 33
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY. MARCH 12. I'M;
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THIRD JAIL BREAK
IS ATTEMPTED MY
4 FACING DEATH
Beasley Beys, Cornwell
And Cheatham Saw
Two Bars of Cell
Ltso than a week after their sccond
Mil brcan and re-capture. Homer
Cheatham. Clarence Cornv>e.l an
the two Beasiey brother-, uiec
,sa;ii Tuesdaj ni?h:. They were
balkfd after saw.ng out two of the
s;eel burs of their cell.
Failure of their tuird b.tai was due
,J.C vcc- cars of Jailer Fatten
Coleman. He heard tne hack-saw as
biu, its way through the bars and
investigated? just m time Tlw open
was too small to allow the bod
??? of the men to pass through, but
"saving th-ough one more ba: would
have been enough.
Tt.? men ?-ould have had . consid
erable difficulty before winning to
freedom. However, they had gotten
out twice before, by climbing turougn
a ventilator to the roof, and then
letting themselves down tc tne
ground, hand over hand, on a rope
stolen from the jails dumb-waiter.
After investigating Tuesday night.
Jailer Coleman summoned Carl
Townson. State Highway Patrolman
Smith also went to the jail, and the
three searched the prisoners, and
their cell. Two files, a hack-saw
blade and a pair of pliers were found.
It is said that Cornwell can take a
pair of pliers, and a piece of wire,
and pick most locks.
The prisoners insiM<ed that they had
found the saw an dth efiles In the
cell where they had been hidden b7
eome former inmate. Cornwell ad*
nutted that the pliers were his. He
said he had them Hidden in the leg
of one of his socks, where they es
caped notice, when he was recaptured
last week.
jailer Coleman does not believe
the story about the saw and blades.
He believes they were smuggled in to
the prisoners ,and as a result he has
ruled that no more visitors will be
allowed to see the man under any
circumstances, unless he or some
other guard is present. The same rule
will apply to all other prisoners, thus
making it impossible for a confeder
ate to smuggle in contraband by pre
tending to visit some one else.
Cheatham and the two Beasle>
boys, the latter escaped convicts
from Georgia, are held on charges
of armed robbery after nightfall, and ,
with assault with intent to kill, fol
lowing their hold-up and shooting of :
aged Alan Owenby at his home in
liberty. Cornwell is held for the arm- ?
ed robbery after dark of his aged ,
uncle and aunt, the Rev. and Mrs.
Richard Cornwell. All four of the
prisoners face possible death senten- :
ces.
When the four escaped last week.
Bass Davis, another prisoner went
with them. Davis is still at large.
Because of the war situation It is
doubtful whether the bars which
the men sawed through can be re
placed.
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It takes 30.000 pound* of rmg con
tent bond to make enough blm?prtot
paper to draw the plans for on? oat- j
tledhip.
Draft Takes Largest
Group From Here Yet;
Men Depart Tuesday
The largest group of drattec- y .
to bt drawn from Ciierokt County
Iff*. Tuesday for an un-nam.dcamp
under the leadership of William
Wallace M or- of Adrew
Ct iisorship forbias giving t'.t num
ber in the group, or divulging their
nanus. Draft Boairi Seiretarv Wayn^
Walker remarked howevt . t .<? eat.,
call that is received is fo- a larger
number of men than the on befor.'
and that the list of those classified
a- 1-A is nearly exhausted.
Those who signed up :n t'.'.s latest
registration will be classified next
Tuesday. St. Patrick's Day Unde
present plans .no one in any classifi
cation :n this list wilt be (.ailed :i
service until those in the same clas
sification in previous regisi rations
have been inducted. This plan, how
ever. like present da/ prices, is 'suo
j?ct :o change without noti<"(
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Youth is Stabbed
By His Brother In
Quarrel Over Car
I Two brothers, one armed with a
knife, battled with each other in the
) fitful light outside a tavern in the
outskirts of Murphy Wednesday
! night .until one of them was stabbed
i in the shoulder.
' The wounded brother went to a
hoepitl for treatment, andthenleft.
He made no complaint to the police,
but word of the fight had reached
both Jailer Patton Coleman and Po
liceman Prank Crawford.
Coleman .who also is Sheriff
Townson's Chief deputy, went to the
road house, outside the town limits,
tn investigate He tnld that one
of the brothers had loaned the other
his car. and that the latter had failed
to return it on time. The owner of
the car located it at the tavern, and
found his brother inside. There were
harsh words, then blows, and finally
the stab wound.
Returning to town Deputy Cole
man saw Ed Graves and took him to
jail for questioning. He said he had
been stabbed, but that he wasn't
hurt bad."
A moment later. Policeman Craw
ford brought in Joe Graves.
The latter was locked up: but on
Thursday he told police he would
not appear against him.
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Rites Held on Sunday
For Mrs. Callie Garren
Mrs. Callie Toterow Garrer., who
died in Clover. S. C., last Friday,
March 6th, was buried Sunday at 3
P. M. at the Wolf Croek Baptist
Church, with the Rev. W. A. Heddin
officiating. Interment was in the
Church cemetery. Ivie Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Garren is survived by six
children; Elbert Totherow and Ed
gar Garren, of Murphy; Nath Toter
ow. of Clover, S. C.; Mrs. Alma Dor
sey and Mrs. Ella King, of Gostonia.
and Mrs. T. B. Stevens, of Washing
ton. D. C.
Pall bearers were: Sam McKay, H.
E. Bandy, B. R. Carroll. J. C. Bow
man. J. C. Bandy and Roy Woody.
Navy To Open Special Recruiting Stations
In Andrews, Robbinsville, Next Week
Nsvy Recruiting Stations will be
established in Andrews, on March 16.
and at RobbtnuvUle. an March 17. In
both places there will be a special
branch for Negroes.
For the Regular Navy the age lim
its are 17 to 31. and for the Reserve
the limits art 17 to M.
Men who enlist are ?l*eu trm ry
opportunity to learn a trade, vrr'a as
electrician, aria tkm machinist, ra
dio man, bottannakar, carpenter, etc.
Every man is given a series of testa
to determine his adaptability for en
trance to any of the Navy 'Trade
Schools." Selection Is based on adap- 1
tabUity and previous experience Is
not necessary.
The courses are short, and are !
planned to (rive each student the
foundation on which the career of a 1
finished artisan can be built.
After graduation, this training Is
continued and rounded out by prac- 1
trlcal experience on board a vessel,
at sea. '
PLAN IS REVIVED
FOR COUNTY WIDE
BOOSTER GROW
Newly Named Board of
Murphy Chamber To
Probe Possibilities
Norly riected Directors of the <
M'.irp.-.y C : a :n bt1 r : Commerce will
ir. in -;?ec:a: session within the
next .'' W days, to. a . -ion of
: nure plan- There is .t ^row:ng sen
timent for merginp ? Murpr.y oody
into a Counry-v.ide . : ranizuion.
It may bo that tin director.- will
decide :o make contacts ir. Andrew
Marble and other communities to see
whether a countv-wide C'::;imt?r can
be formed.
It has pointed 04t (u: vhit
helps one n^rt of the County
wi|j? ali. nuu ;:.a support of
every section is vital, tf Cherokee
County is to move ahead
Whether Andrews. Marble and the
other sections can yet be pc. suaded ,
to cooperate is not known. If they
can be it is likely that the Directors !
of the Murphy Chamber will not
elect a president, tut will work in
stead toward perfecting the county
wide organization.
The County wide group, if formed,
hould name its own officers. It has
been sugggested that one member of
the Board of Directors be named
from each participating community,
and that these elect a president, vice
president and secctaiy cither from
their own number, or from the mem
bership at large.
With such an organization, mem
bership should be large enough to
make the dues reasonably small, and
still have funds enough in the treas
ury to hire a full-time secretary. The
latter would boost not one town but
the entire county. Headquarters
could be wherever the Directors
might decide.
The r-ewly elected directors of the
Murphy Chamber are:
Dr. W. A. Hoover. Peyton G. Ivie,
Prof. H. Bueck. K. C. Wright, J. B.
Gray. W. A. Sherrill, Noah Lovingood.
H. A. Mattox, Jim Gibbs, F. O. Chris
topher, John Donley. E. L. Holt, and
Joe E. Ray.
Messrs. Bueck. Wright. Gray. Lov- ;
ingood and Christopher are Direct ? i
ors. The others were re-elected.
Movie Star Besieged
By Fans At Regal Hotel
"Cherokee County is a grand
place," in the opinion of "Wi!d Bill
Elliott, movie star, who made a per
! sonal appearance at the Chic Thea
, ter in Murphy last Tuesday. With
Wild Bill was comedian "CannDr.ball"
Taylor, and the Rodik twins, singing,
dancing and hard riding film "cow
girls."
The visitors shook hands with
more than 1,000 people at the thea
| ter, and they were literally besieged
by movie fan;, who jammed the lob
by of the Regal Hotel, where the vis
itors stopped. Nearly everybody
' wanted autographs, and al' who
asked got them.
Donley To License Sale
And Use of Explosives
John W. Donley .clerk of the Su
perior Court has been appointed
Federal Licensing Agent in charge of
the sale and use of explosives Irs
Cherokee County. Anyone planning
to sell. buy. or use explosives of any
sort must get a permit, and failure
to do so may be punished with a fine,
or imprisonment, or both.
A nomminal fee of 25 cents will oe
charged for each permit..
Mr. Donley received his appoint
ment from the Secretary of Interior
Washington. D. C.
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A new board-like building material
is made o fexcelsion, water sflkMto of
soda, soybean protein and quicklime.
It is strong Jvrat-trvraiatto* and can
be sawn, planed or nailed.
Com -ty Draft Board
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Threatens to Quit
In Row Over Ruling
Murphy Conducts
"Business As Usual '
Without Any Mayor
For moit' Thar i \> ? *own o i
Murphy has actually been without
an official head. Sine ?hr nf
tne late Mayor Mayfie'.d. M. . N'j.i'.
W. Lovingood, Mayor pro-'m. hai
been carrviny otv but it 1 : clainied
that he lacks legal author:*;.-.
Tne charter of the Town author
izes the Mayor pro-tem to function
during the temporary absence of the
Mayor." a lawyer explained to the
Scout. It does not. however, qualify
him to function in case the Mayor
dies. There is vast difference be
tween being Mayor Pro-tem and
being Vice-Mayor.
Under the charter the to-*-n will
be without a Mayor until the Board
meeu and elects one. Also, they can
not elect the man who has been
Mayor Pro-tem. or any other mem
ber of t|Te Board to the post until the
selectee has resigned from the Board.
On the other hand, the Board can.
if it wishes, elect some one frcm pri
vate life."
Several attempts have been made
during the past week to have a Board
meeting, ind election, but as the
Scout goes to pres&, it has uteu im
possible to get all the members to
gether. First one was out of town.
Then another found it impossible to
attend. Meanwhile the town affairs
have been going along as usual.
General opinion is that Mr. Lov
ingood. in due time, will resign, and
be formally elected Mayor. Tnen. of
course, some one will have to be
elected from private life, to fill the
vacancy thus caused in the Board.
There are no announced candidates.
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Contracts For Canning
Ready For Farmers
Farmer-contracts are ready at
the Mountain Valley Mutual Can
ning Association, and J. B. Shields,
general manager, says prices this
. year will be considerably higher than
, usual. Beans, for instance, v. ill run
I to $1.05 per bushel.
Contracts may be obtained from
Mr. Shields, at the cannery, in East
! Murphy.
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Singers To Meet With
Calvary Baptist Church
Cherokee County 3rd Sunday even
ing Convention will be held at Cal
vary Baptist Church in Murphy.
Several out of town singers have
been invited and a good 3lnging is
expected.
ROY HELTON. Pres.
Order Sending Draftee
To Camp Nullified By
Officer In Raleigh
Angered at belna arbitrarily over
rule ir "lie < :a-- ilica of t drat
*?- the Count? Draft Bjard on
Wednesday ,.^en ilticif.tuin to
Ra.figh announcing that 'heir (i
' .-. a ir. c.ve must be accepted.
" tr.cy v.::: recizn u; a bid;.
The draftee la question wus clas
sified by the Board as 1-A. and this
finding na backed up by the Board
cf Appeals. T;'.u army medical exam
ine - in Asheville pronounced the
man fit. ana he ?a.i suposed to have
gone to camp Tuesday.
At the eleventh hour, however, a
1 telegram was received from Mayor
Tl.omas A. Upton, assistant to Gen.
Van B Metts. State Draft Director,
. in Raleigh, ordering that thr man tv
j deferred.
| The draftee is still here, and
! Chairman W. S. Dickey and Sec. and
members Walter Witt and H. M.
I Whitaker, of the County Draft
Board are demanding a "show-down"
, to see whether the draft is to be
; managd at home o: "by icng dis
' tance." 4
I This is not the first clash with Ma
' jor Upton, who is a former officer in
j the State National Gurad. A few
weeks ago aCherokee county boy
I who had served in the Amy and
! been honorably discharged. was
! drafted for new service. He applied
1 to the Board for indefinite defer
| ment so that he could go to Hawaii
. to accept a fine paying job as a
steam fitter's assistant.
When his request was refused, he
! appealed, ar.d lost again.
Then he -.vent to Raleigh, and Ma
jor Upton is said to have sent a telc
I gram ordering that the ruling of the
local Draft Board be disregarded.
In "he present "show-down" case,
! the riraft== is ?2id to have b"?n suc
cessfully fighting induction into the
ervice for nearly a year.
"This man claims exemption on
the grounds that he must support his
? mother " one of the Board members
explained. The record doe?n't bear
that claim out.
The original county draf t board.
J. W. Lovingood. W. S. Dickey and
Dr. Parker placed this man In class
1-A. he appealed and lost, but the
medical examiners put him in class
jl-B.
I Then the present Board was
! named, and checked up on all cases.
; They put this man back in Class 1-A.
Again he appealed, and once more
he lost. This time, too, the medical
examiners found that he was entirely
fit.
"This man then took his case to
Raleigh, and we got a letter from
Major Upton demanding an expla
Conttnned on back Pace
| Coming Week For Forest Protection
Proclamation By Broughton Sets Aside
A special proclamation by Gov.]
Broughton proclaims the week ol
March 15-21 as "Forest Protection
Week." throughout North Carolina.
The week includes Arbor Day. which
i falls on March 20.
Especially emphasized during the
week will be the necessity of protect
ing the forest lands of the State '
against fires, their worst enemy,
which burned over some 728.947
acres of privately owned lands last '
year.
Had the timber represented by fire
waste been saved, a sufficient!
amount wou '.d have been preserved
to supply lumber sufficient so buOd
more than 5.000 regulation army
barracks capable o fhousing almost
400.000 soldiers.
Another source of waste of timber
which attentions being cal'rd are
the cull trees, tops, and limbs fotrr
inches and larger which were left to
the forests each year. It is estlmrted
that this waste amounts to approx
imately 1.000,000 cords of wood an
nually in North Carolina. Much of
this, according to foresters, could be
saved for pulpwood and foetvood.