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VOL. 54. ? No. 1
Ml'RPHY. NORTH C AROLINA THl'RSDAY. JCLY 3?. IMS
5c C OPY? $1.50 PER YEAK
HEAVY CRIMINAL
DOCKET IS FACING i
JUDGE PHILLIPS
Superior Court To Con
vene In Murphy Mon
day, August 10
A very heavy criminal docket of
some 300 cases will face Judge Don
Phillips when the regular August
term of Superior court convenes in
Murphy for a two wekes" session en
Monday. August 10.
Both ci'minal and civil rases will
be tried. Besides a large number of
minor cases on the docket several
rutr.tandlne trials wU! be hsd.
ThfTf are five charges of assault
with deadly weapons to be tried at
this term of court. Three charges of
breaking and entering will be given
hf aring. and one charge of man
slaughter will come before the court.
O J "he minor cases to come before
Jutitec Fiiiiiips hi this term of court
15 per cent of those on docket
represent charges of driving while
drank. Several civil cases are also
scheduled for hearing at this session
of court, according to announcement
by Court Clerk J. W. Donley.
CITY SCHOOL WILL
OPEN ON AUGUST 27
The Murphy high and elementary
schools are scheduled to open their
1942-43 sessions on Thursday. Aug.
27, according to announcement of
E. Bueek, superintendent of Mur
phy city schools.
Due to the continued resignation
ol teachers it is impossible to an
nounce a complete list of the facultj
at this time. Mr. Bueck has dis
closed.
Murphy Stores To
Have Half Holiday
Merchants of Murphy have signed
an agreement to close their places
of business at 12 o'clock noon on
Thursdays during the months of
August and September. This move
is intended to give the clerks and
management a half-holiday respite
from their work during the next two
months.
'-"he following merchants have
agreed to close on Thursrinys at 12
o'clock noon:
A&P Tea Company. Walter Cole
man, Johnson's Market, Western
Auto Associate Store. T. W. Axley,
R. T. Sylvester, The Man Shop.
Cherokee Furniture Co., Bowers,
Inc., Murphy Hardware Co.. Whit
..ker Store, Farmers' Federation. E.
L. Townson, R&R Furniture Co., C.
C. King. Mrs. Roy V. Lovingood.
Murphy Tire Rebuilders, B. R. Car
roll, Elbert Totherow, Davidson & )
Mclver, Murphy Supply Co., Car- .
ringer's Store. Mrs. V. V. Workman
Lay & Co.. Ivie Furniture Co.. I
Shield's Beaut? Shop, Blanche's i
Blanche's Beauty Shop. Murphy
Beauty Shop. Shooting Gallery
Dickcy Feed Co., E. E. Stiles. Cand- .
ler's Store and Beauty Shop, Ed- 1
wina's Beauty Shop. Greene's Cash !
Store, E. A. Browning. Ross I/ovin- :
Pood, L. M. Shields. Duchess Beauty}
Shop. Murphy Electric Shop.
Carolina Welding School
To Open Offices Here
The Carolina Welding Schools,
who maintain headquarters at
MooresvllJe. N. C.. announce that
they will open offices In the Ramsey
building near the Southern Depot
about August 8.
Mr. Brannon. a native of Chero
kee county, is here this week work
ing out details for the opening of
the school, which offers a course to
welding to those who desire to take
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WORK ON FARM FRONT RECOG
NIZED. "Work hard and get your
pamc in the blank space." suggests
James R. Orr. County Fane Security
Administration Supervisor. Shown
First Blackout In
Murphy Is Success
The blackout staged in Murphy
last Friday night has ben pronounc
ed a Success according to local air
raid wardens.
As the signal sounded at nine
o'clock all lights in the business dis
trict went out before Che signal
blasts died away. Only a few lights
in different sections of the city were
observed to be on, ?'hich were the
oversight of citizens who had for
gotten about the blackout test or
who had not been notified, but these
were soon extinguished wljen at
tention was called to the rules
governing the blackout and the
city was 100 per cent in complete
darkness.
Except for the occasional glare
of a cigarette or firefly the city was
in total darkness for a period of 30
minutes or until the all-clear signal
was sounded.
CCC Buildings Being
Moved To Greenville
S. C. Army Air Base
The buildings on Hiwassee rivei
used as barracks for the recently
disorganized CCC Veterans camo
I F-29 are being razed and moved to
! 'he Greenville. S. C., Army Air Base
! where !hey will be used as barracks
and offices by the Army Air Corps
located there. Lt. Webster of the j
Corps of Egineers. Greenville, is in
charge of the removal .and states j
that the buildings, which are of the j
portable type, are being dismantled j
and are being shipped by Southern
Railway to Greenville. Lt. Webster
states that about 20 days will be re
quired to complete the moving Job.
Annual Homecoming
At Shady Grove For
Anderson Family
The annual homecoming of the
descendants of John Milton Ander
son. will be held at Shady Grove
church. Sunday .August 2, from 9
until 12 o'clock noon. Six daughters
and two sons .survive Mr Anderson.
Mrs. W. L. McNabb. 86. of Suit. N.
C., oldest surviving child, will be
present for the occasion.
The afternoon program will be
devoted to song services beginning
at 1:30. All singers of the section
are invited to be present. A bus
will be available at Copperhill to ac
commodate all singers wishing to
attend the homecoming.
i above is a reduced reproduction of a
Ment Award" to be given by the
. Farm Security Administration. The
certificate will be given next fall to
| all families farming under the PSA
JURORS DRAWN
TO HEAR CASES
IN COURT HERE
The Board of County Commission
ers for Cherokee county have drawn
the following list of jurors to serve
for the two weeks session of Superior
Court which convenes here Monday.
August 10:
First Week ? John M. Lay, An
drews: Earl Patterson. Culberson; '
Wiley Dockery. Murphy Rt.; Paul I
Palmer. Andrews: Charles Lovin- !
good. Marble: G. M. Ledford, Mur
phy; J. W. McMillan. Murphy;
Harold E. Long, Marble; R. W. j
Johnson. Suit: Ed English, Murphy;
Ralph Pope. Suit: Everett Martin.
Murphy Rt. 3: O. L. Tilson, Murphy:
Will Cook. Andrews: Fred Ledford.
Murphy. RI. 2: Grady Verner, Mur
phy: J. P. Anderson. Culberson: J
A. Hampton. Murphy: N. E. Hun
sucker. Murphy, Rt. 1 : J. L. Cham
bers. Andrews: Clifford McNabb.
Suit: Tom Palmer. Murphy: R. W
Radford. Andrews: Luther Woody.
Grandview: Luther Anderson, An
drews; Willard Sudderth, Murphy.
Rt. 1; Fain Hamby. Patrick: J. C
Hembree. Murphy: T. D. Hendricks.
| Marble: C. A. Kilpatrick. Murphy.
Rt. 2: Emory Shields. Culberson: L.
P Dills. Andrews: J. W. Stover. An
drews. L. M. ohlelds. Murphy: Win
ston Stiles, Oak Park. T. A. Case.
Murphy: Bill Mathis. Marble: M. H
Fox. Ranger: Bascomb Almond.
Unaka; A. Lovingood. Marble:
Cloyce Keenum. Suit.
Second week ? W. D. Jump.
Grandview: D. S. Davis. Murphy: F.
L. Abemathy. Marble: Will Long.
Famer. Tenn.: Wayne Sudderth.
Murphy: Victor Ellis. Murphy. Rt. 2:
E. A. Howard, Marble: A. B. Chand- j
ler. Jr.. Andrews: Clyde McNaJjb. |
Murphy: A. W. Chambers, Unaka:
Guy Anderson, Murphy; Charlie
Morrow. Turtletown, Tenn.: Klrb
Ladd. Marble; A K. Ledford. Mur- j
phy: F. G. Hamby, Jr.. Patrick:
Leonard McDonald. Unaka; H. H.
Davidson, Ranger: John A. Hamp
ton. Murphy. Rt. 2: W. C. Everett.
Andrews: Gus Ledford. Andrews:
Vonson Love. Andrews: Gudger
Garrett. Unaka: James R. Hall.
Unaka: L. F. Branncn. Grandview.
ANNOUNCE SERVICES AT
NATURAL SPRINGS CHURCH
Services will be held each Sunday
in White cottage, of Free Methodist
church at Natural Springs. Sunday
school at 10:00 a.m. Preacning serv
ices 11 :00 a. m
program who reach all-out war pro
| due lion goals set up in their 1942
I farm plan.*-. The original certificate j
1 is eight by ten inches, suitable for
t framing.
S S Conference To Meet
At Snow Hill Church
The West Liberty Assoc iataonal
i Conference will meet with the Snow
Hill Baptist church, Sunday. August
| 2 at 2:30. It is hoped that all Sun
! day schools will be present for this
i meeting. The Association was or
i ganized at Snow Hill three years
' ago. Steady progress has been noted I
i in the convention ever since its or- j
ganization. The program will be as
follows:
Devotional and song service by
Rev. Cloyd Pipes.
Roll Call of Sunday schools -
Business.
Special music by the young people I
of Snow Hill Sunday school.
Why I Am A Missionary Baptist !
by Rev. Fred Stiles.
Faith to Conquer by Rev. Edgar
VVillix.
Adjournment.
Boy Scouts Make
! Advancements While
At Daniel Boone Camp
i Troop Two of Murphy Boy Scouts
! returned Monday afternoon from
| Camp Daniel Boone on the Scou;
Reservation near Wayrsesville. F*if
: icen Scouts had spent a week there.
' putting into practice what they had
! learned in their regular Monday
I night meetings. They had practical
: demonstrations of Scouting, and all
j of the boys made a grear deal of I
progress in advancement tests and
i in working for Merit badges.
i One of the most enjoyable features
' of the stay at camp, according to
i the boys, was the fifteen mile hike
! into rugged mountain country thru
virgin ?imber and undergrowth that I
v,a.s almost complete protection from
the occasional ? howers.
The trip was made possible thru I
the cooperation of members of the J
local Lion's Club who secured funds !
by the sale of rubber collected by |
the boys, and who arranged trans- '
portation. In this way only half the !
expense fell upon the individual :
Scouts.
Immediately upon return the boys
began preparations to act as mes
sengers in the local black-outs, un
der the direction of Red Schuyler.
Scoutmaster.
The "olden oaken bucket" is com
ing back: WPB is encouraging man
ufacture of wooden palls and tubs
requiring not more than 15 per cent
metal.
FRANK R. ROGERS
HELD FOR DEATH
OF WORLEY CHILD
Boy Struck Down As He
Crossed Road Near
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1\UU1II9UII UlUIC
Franklin D . three -year-old son of
Mr and Mrs Harlcy Worley. of the
Oak Park section of the county, was
instantly killed Saturday afternoon
when struck by a car said to have
been driven by Frank R. Ropers,
TV A worker, of Athens. Tenn.
Ropers and four fellow employees
were on tiirii wa> to work at Hi
wassee dam and were said to have
been traveling at an excessive rate
of speed when the accident happen
ed. Little Franldin. who. with his
parents had recently moved to the
Oak Park section from Hayesville.
was crossing the road from the store
oi Sam Robinson, where he had been
to purchase candy, when struck
down and instantly killed.
Ropers was arrested by Patrolman
Smith and brought to Murphy and
lodged in the county jail, where he
was held until Monday when he was
given a preliminary hearing before
Magistrate D M. Reece, who held
him to the August 10th term qJ
Superior Court under a $1,000 bond
which was arranged and Rogers was
| given his release Tuesday afternoon
At the August term of court he will
I bo charged with manslaughter, for
! which penalty a conviction carries
a sentence of not less than foui
months and not more than foui
years.
The other four men in the car at
! the time of the accident were not
! held.
Red Cross To Organize
Life Saving Class Here
Next Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock the Cherokee County Chap
ter of the American Red Cross will
organize a life-saving class for all
who are interested. Both the Junior
and Senior courses will be taught,
the former for those under 17. The
only requirement is that students be
in pood physical condition and fair
ly pood swimmers. Fifteen hours
plus I wo for an examination are
required. The majority of the teach
ing 1 i-r.wticdl demonstration, and
I wili take place at- Hiwassee Lake.
Instruction is based on the text
j book Watpr Safety- and Life Sav
i inp' copies of which may be securto
; from the Instructor. The course will
be taught by Carl Whiteside. Assist
; ant County Agent, who it certified
to instruct in life-saving jnd wate:
safety by national headquarters of
: he American Red Cross.
This opportunity is most timely
as swimming becomes a major leis
ure time activity in the TVA lake
fc'.ion. and the dangi : of drowning
in unguarded areas increases. Grad
uates of thlr course will be River,
certificates and emblems from the
headquarters, and are eligible for
an instructor course which is plan
ned ror later in the summer.
Standard Oil Company
Has Banquet Wednesday
A banquet dinner was given at the
Dickey Hotel Wednesday evening at
7:30 by the tSandard Oil Company
of New Jersey.
The evening's program Included
the invocation by the Rev. A. M.
Ammons. after which the ."speaker
for the occasion. R. T. Hammett,.
special representative, was Intro
duced by P. M. Fletcher, district
sales manager.
Mr. Hammett made a forceful ad
dress on the principal processes
which have been perfected by Stand
ard Oil which have made man-/
valuable inventions that have di
rectly contributed to the War effort
in America.
About seventy (ruests were present.