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VOLUME 54 ? NO. 3S
MIRPIIV NORTH CAROLINA till K.SDAY. AI'KII. IS. |W3
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Hubbard House Is
Destroyed By Fire
The Hubard House on Hiawas
-??e street, was completely destroy
ed by fire Sunday night together,
with furnishings and personal ef
fects of roomers. The alarm was!
vounded around 8 o'clock when i
fire was discovered in u room on j
the second floor and had Rained
considerable headway before the
fire department arrived on the
scene. Fearing that the fire would
spread to other nearby buildings
the Andrews fire department was
called and gave valuable assist
ance in keeping the fire from
spreading although the Farmers
Federation store. Murphy Ice and
Coal Co.. and other buildings were
saved with difficulty.
The Hubbard House of some 25
rooms, has been operated as a
rooming house for many years,
parts of the building said to be |
more than 100 years old. The
house was operated at time of the
fire by Bright Raper. The build- I
ing was partly covered by insur- j
ance. B
Lloyd Hendrix Is
Elected For Third
Term As Head Of I
County Schools
Lloyd W. Henorix was re-elect
e< superintendent of the Chero
kee county school unit, for a third
lerm, at a meeting of the board
of education held last week.
Noah Hembree was elected
chairman of the board of educa
tion. He is the only new member
of the board. Other members
who have served before, are Law
son Lunsford. of Murphy, Route
1. and B. B. Palmer. Marble.
The following committeemen
were appointed for the various
schools.
Ranger: C. S. Jenkins. Cling
Johnson, Jack Gaddis. Andrew
Simonds. Lester Cole; Hiwassee
Dam: J. O. Conell. Walter Doc
kery. Mrs. W. P. Hill: Long Ridge:
Burt McBrayer. Jim Morrow. ;
Noah Wilcox: Violet: Fred Graves.'
Willard Graham. A. G. Morrow:
Unaka George Crawford. Glenn I
Crowe. P. L. Roberts: Upper \
Beaverdam: Cliff Rose. Cliff Rad- j
ford. Ed Farmer: Ogreeta: Win
field ? Martin. Sam Johnson. |
Pearl Johnson: White Church: j
Dewey Kephart. Fred Davis. Sam j
Kephart: Ebenezer: Noah McDon-J
?aid. John Kephart. Ed Graves:!
Boiling Springs: Wilson O'Dell j
W. J. Mintz. 3. M. O'Dell: Ow!
Creek: A. N. Kephart. W. F
Roberts. Jeff Kephart: Poachtree:
Homer Ferguson. Bob Roberts. I
Carl Stiles; Martin's Creek: Newt
Crisp. Ed Waldroup. V. V. Hogan.
Luther Martin. Glen Stalcup.
Francis Axlcy visited his mo-!
ther. Mrs. Nettie Axley last week- i
end.
H. BUECK
RE-ELECTED
SCHOOL HEAD
Supt. H. Bueck has been re
elected as superintendent of the
Murphy school unit, which In
cludes six schools, for another
two-year term. All teachers* con
tracts remain in force for another
yeai.
Murphy Seniors
Have Class Day
Program Monday
Class Day exercises were held
at Murphy high school Monday
morning at eleven o'clock. Paul
Hill, president of the senior class,
announced the program which
was as follows: Class History, read
by Leila Stiles; Class Prophecy,
read by Annie Laura Mulkey:
Class Will, read by Mytrle Mills. |
Class Poem, read by Lewis Si-1
monds: and presentation of gifts
ty Ray Smith, president of the
student body.
Miss Mary Lee Fclmet. one of
the senior sponsors, presented
awards from the Danf orth
Foundation to Annie Laura Mul
key and Jerry Beatty.
Mrs. Bueck !ed the group in |
singing. "God Bless America" and j
the school song.
Cover Funeral Is
Held Wednesday
At Andrews Home
ANDREWS ? Funeral services
were held Wednesday 'afternoon
at the home here for Giles W.
Cover. Jr.. 33. prominent Andrews
business man and former repres
entative of Cherokee county in
the general assembly, who died in
Asheville Monday afternoon.
Officiating was the Rj-v. C. I
Grier Davis, pastor of the First |
Presbyterian church of Asheville.
Burial was in Andrews cemetery.
Surviving are the parents: Mr.
and Mrs. Giles W. Cover. Sr.. of
Andrews; the widow. Mrs. Bruce
Speights Cover, and two sisters.
Miss Eleanor Cover of Andrews
and Mrs. Pickney Orr of Ander
son. S. C.
SCHOOLS CLOSE
THIS WEEK
All the 25 schools in the coun
ty unit, except Hiwassce Dam.
will close this week or already
havo closed, according to Supt
Lloyd Hendrix. Hiwassce Dam
hign school runs for nine months,
being supplemented by the TVA.
R. E. Steacy made a business
trip to Atlanta Monday.
275 Local Homes
To HavefGardens
The survey conducted in Mur
phy to ascertain the number of
vegetable gardens and amount of
canning that can be expected this
year revealed that out of 275
families contacted. 241 plan to
have gardens. Thirty-four found
it impossible to have gardens
This information was released
this week by Miss Mary Cornwell.
chairman or the county nutri
tion committee.
Of the 241 planning gardens.
202 had labor. Seventy-three wish
to employ tabor. Nine persons
were available for garden work.
Seven garden plot? were availabf
for rent. Anyone desiring to rent
may contact Miss Cornwell.
fThere are 229 families that
plan to do some canning. Only
18 of them own pressure cookers,
and 44 desire to purchase pres
sure cookers. Hot water canners
are owned by 112 f am i les. There
are 200 families that are Interest
ed in attending a canning de
monstration.
Block leaders who assisted Miss
Comwell in making the survey
and will continue to serve and
encourage the production and
conservation of foods, are: Mrs.
Jim Franklin, Mrs. Thomas Ax
ley. Mrs. Callie Barnett. Miss
Charlotte Bishop. Miss Ruth Gru
ber. Mrs. Myron Jenson. Mrs. Les
ter Myers. Mrs. Harry Miller. Mrs.
Harry Bishop. Mrs. E. E. Miller.
Mrs. J. B. Gray. Mrs. Dixie Pal
mer. Mrs. L. E. Bayless. Mrs. Will
Ramsey. Mrs. E. E. Stiles. Miss
! Eunice Shields. Miss Addie Mac
Cooke. Mrs. W. P. Odom. Mrs.
Noah Hembree. Mrs. J. L. Sav
age. Mrs. Tom Mauney. Mrs. J. N.
Hill. Jr.. Mrs. A. E. Vestal. Mrs.
E. E. Smith. Mrs. W. H. Griffith.
Mrs. B. L. Padgett. Mrs. Doyle
Burch. Mrs. Prank Crawford, and
Mrs. Vance Wilson.
NICE CATCH OF BASS Hiwassce Lake has been the sccnc
of much fUhing for the past several days. Above is a sample of the
fish that have been taken from the lake. Walter Mauncy. left, and
Duki Whitley, right, proudly display one of their prize catches. The
fish range in size from six pounds and two ounces, down. Visitors
lrom Virious sections of the South have come here to fish in the
lakes in and around Murphy.
Commencement To
I
Start On Sunday
Commencement exercises for,
Murphy high school will start
Sunday morning, when the bae
calaurete sermon will be preached '
at the First Methodist church by ;
the Rev. Ralph Taylor, pastor.!
Graduation exercises will be on i
Monday evening, when the Rev.
\V. L Hutchins. district superin
tendent. of Waynesville. will de
liver the address.
The Sundav morning program'
will begin at 11:30 o'clock. Most
other churches in town will have (
no preaching at that hour so that
members may attend this service. I
Outline of the program is as fol
lows: Prelude. "Berceuse", Go-'
dard; processional. "Lead On. O
King Eternal": 'The Lord is My
Shepherd", chorus: invocation.
Dr. H. L. Paisley; hymn. "Holy.
Holy, Holy", congregation; The
lesson from the holy scriptures.
Rev. J. C. Ammons: announce
ments. Prof. H. Bueck anthem:
'Praise Ye the Father", chorus:
sermon. Rev. Ralph Taylor: an
them "Peace I Leave With You".,
chorus: benediction; recesional.;
"Grand March". Verdi.
On Monday evening the exer-'
cises will open with the proces ?
sional. "Largo". Handel; follow-!
ing by the salutatory by Miss;
Annie Laura Mulkey. The chorus'
will sing "Melody of Love". The
Rev. W. L. Hutchins will be in
troduced by Supt. Bueck. Misses
Mary Moore and Sue Roberts will
render the duet. "Serenade", by
Schubert. H. A. Mattox will be
presented by J. D. Mallonee and
Mr. Bueck. The valedictory will
be given by Gerald Arthur Bratty.
The commencement marshals
are: Chief. Miss Wilma Arrants:
Misses Mildred Hampton. Barbara
Robinson. Mary Jo Lloyd. Edith
Arrowood and Jacqueline Cash.
There are 78 members of the
senior class this year, and their
names follow:
Trula Elizabeth Beaver. Eliza
beth Owen Bowers. Charlenc Dare
Bowles. Wanda Bowles. Jewel Myr
tle Bruce. Genell Margaret Cald
well. Elosie Jacqueline Davis. Jean
Elizabeth Davis. Nellie Pauline
Davis. Vista Belle Davis. Frances
Helen Dockcry. Mar:/ Ella Fain.
Mary Deloros Gentry. Mary Eliza
beth Hall. Thclma Emogenc Hall.
Frances Virginia Hampton. Lole
ta Harbcn Mildred Hawkins. Lillie
Irene Jordan. Mary Lee Laney.
Shirley Kathleen McGuffin. Fran
ces Elosie Mason. Margaret TwiRgs
Meroney. Mary Lou Mills. Mary
Myrtle Mills. Ruby Lucille Mills.
Jane Moore. Mar-* Ann Moore
Annie Laura Mulkey. Alma Ellen
O'Dell. Edna Mae Palmer. Flora
Jane Pendley. Talmadge Elfredia
Price. Bernice Sue Roberts. Edith
Bessie Rogers. Effic Pauline
Rogers. Mary Frances Shields. Lei
la Mae 81 lies. Margie Johnson
Stiles. Frances Bell Vandiver. Vir
ginia Ann White. Robert Glenn
Alexander. Jr.. Julius Harold Bai
ley. Andrew Edward Barton. Ger
ald Arthur Beatty. Samuel Ed
mund Clonts. Jr.. Francis Wfaver
Crisp. Frank Martin Crisp.. Drury
Sam Davis. Jack Homer Ferguson.
William Carson Ferguson. Hu
bcrt Burton Graves. Harold Max j
Hall. Lowell Harben. John Lofton I
Hatchet. Paul Edward Hill. Ed-'
mer Aaron Hunsucker, Elbert J
Howard Keener. Robert Donald
Kephart. Fred Warren KilpJ^rick.
Jr.. Thomas Ecsr.r T ratherwood.
Paul Alvin Ledford. Clarence
Luther Little. Jacob Dewey Lloyd.
John Dee McDonald. Loster Iiee
Mason. Jr.. Claude Thomas Mills.
Clinton Luther Mills. Wayne Coy
P-ilmcr. Alfred Eug- ne Rice. How
ard Camerson Shields. James
Lewis Simonds. Ray Charlie
Smith. Harvey Greene Stalcup,
Prank Robert TuyA?i. Bc^ce Vic
tor Stiles. Wade Sheridan Tea
gue. Fred Russell Thompson. Ed
ward Townson.
Former Resident
Dies While On
Visit In County
Mrs. Susie Elizabell Hamby of
Gastonia. aged 49. died at a local
hospital on April 6. She had been
visiting her relatives here and
was taken ill Frday. April 2. She
and her husband, J. A. Hamby.
moved from this section to Gas
tonia about 22 years ago. Before
her marriage. Mrs. Hamby was
Miss Susie Elizabell Murphy of
Unaka.
Funeral services were conducted
from Gonross Baptist church at
Westiminister. S. C.. at 3 o'clock
Thursday. April 8. with the Rev.
C. Davis of W.ilhalia. S. C.. of
ficiating. Ivie funeral home was
in charge. Pallbearers were sons
in-law.
Surviving are her husband:
eight daughters. Litha. Sarah.
Dorothy. Mrs. James Duncan of
Anderson. S. C . Mrs. Grady Rob
j binson of Charleston. S. C.. Mrs.
i Willie Libs of Westminister. S. C.
I Mrs. James Cooke and Mrs. Colen
I Freeman of Gastonia: five sons.
I Clarence. Grady. Bronce. Leon.
, and Ronnie of Gastonia: father
! and mother. John Murphy of
! Unaka and Mrs. John Murphy of
i Gastonia; four sisters, Mrs. T. C
! Clinkscale of Anderson. S. C. Mrs.
j W. T. Burgess of Walhalla. S. C..
; Mrs. Ed Coleman of Gastonia.
' Mrs. Ray McClure of Unaka and
I one brother. G. P. Murphy of Tel
I lico Plains. Tenn.
Third Sunday Sing
Little Brasstown
Sunday Afternoon
Little Brasstown Baptist church
will be the hast at the third Sun
day afternoon singing on April
18. The program will begin at
1:30 o'clock. Some extre features
have been planned. A trio from
Etowah and the Copperhill quar
tet are expected to attend. The
public is invited.
Hoey Is Speaker
Memorial Service
In Wavnesville
"All men from Cherokee
county who have given their
lives during this war will be
honored in a 15-county mem
orial service in Waynesville
Monday night at 8:0# o'clock,
with Former (iovrrnor Clyde
K. Ilocy of Shelby as speaker.
Families of deceased will be
given special recognition in
the service, which will be part
of campaign sponsored in be
half of the sreond war loan
drive for this area.**
The above information was
received by telegram at the
Scout office Wednesday from
W. Curtis Russ. publisher of
The Waynesville Mountain
eer. member of the arrange
ments committee.
Taylor To Succeed
Steacy As Head
Geological Office
H. A Taylor, assistant engineer I
of the Geological survey, arrived ;
here Saturday from Asheville to j
have charge of ihe North Caro
lina district work in the Murphy
area office. R. E. Steacy. who
has been in charge of the work
for the past few months, is ex
pected to leave for military serv
ice within the next few weeks.
Stock Owners Are
Warned To Keep
Stables Clean
The following are laws adopted
by the officials of the Town of
Murphy and are to be enforced
ty the health department, accord
I ing to T. G. Ellis. Sanitarian. A
period of several days' notice is
given to all those concerned with
stock to comply with these laws,
he says.
Every livers' stable, barn, or
other inclosure where one or more
horses, cows, or other animals
are kept within the corporate
limits of tlie Town of Murphy,
shall, during the months of April.
May. June, July. August and
September, each year, have the
manure thoroughly cleaned out of
same at least twice a week: and
during the remaining months of
j the year shall have manure tlior
I ouglily cleaned out of any such
! place be piled or placed within
30 feet of any dwelling house,
: street or alley within the cor
! porate limits of the Town of Mur
, phy.
No hog pen or pig pen shall be
: located within 200 feet of any
j dwelling house, hotel or street
1 in town.
Work Of Rural
Church Studied
A planning meeting of town
i and country ministers and repre
' sentatives from the various Con
j fcrence boards and agencies was
i held recenMy %t Surny Acrs.
near Lewisville. under the aus
pices of the Western North Caro
lina Conference Commission on
Town and Country Work of the
Methodist Church.
Tliis meeting considered various
| phases of the work of the rural
church, the impact of the war
on town and country churches,
and made suggestions regarding
the program for the Conference
in this field. A feature of the
program was a discussion of the
church and community life, led
by Dr. C. IT. Hamilton, rural
sociologist. State College. Raleigh.
Mrs. Spencer To
Sneak To Murphy
Woman's Club
Murphy Woman's Club will
meet on Wednesday. April 21. at
2:30 p.m.. In the home economics
building. Mrs. Nora Cobb Spencer
will read exerpts from her book.
"Cobb Creek". Mrs. Harry Miller,
president, requests that all mem
bers be present.
Lions Have Special
Celebration Tuesday
Annual Ladies' Night
DAMAGE DONE
AT BELL HOME
During the windstorm that oc J
eured Tuesday afternoon a chim
ney at the liomi* of Mr. and Mr v J
W M. Bell was biown down anci
much of the adjoining roof de
molished. It wns nccct^ary to
make repairs during the heavy
rains that followed.
Has Inquiries
From Prospective
Murphy Settlers
Joe E. Ray. secretary of the
Murphy Chamber of Commerce,
has been receiving many inquiries
from people in different sections
of the country, wanting informa
tion about farming lands in this
section, with a view to settling
here. Mr Rav would like to have
a list of those having lands for
sale, so that he may refer the
I inquiries to them. He states: 'I
j wish it. distinctly understood that
j I am not in the real estate busi
I ness and do not wish to interfere
with any real estate agent's busi
i nes."
Funeral Held For
Luther G. West
Monday Afternoon
| Funeral services were held for
Luther G. West Monday after
noon at the Andrews cemetery.
He died Saturday morning at
j 7:30 o'clock in Petrie hospital.
1 following an illness of several
years. He has been a member of
I the Red Marble Baptist church
I for 52 years.
| Surviving are the widow and
: six children: Mrs. S. P. Mason of
1 Hot Springs. Cpl. Grant West.
I Camp Gordon. Augusta. Georgia.
Miss Frances West of Swannanoa.
' Ray. Sallie Kate and Harold of
.Brasstown: four grandchildren
j three brothers. George. Charlie,
i and Weldon A. West of Andrews:
[ two sisters, one of Andrews and
j one in California.
i The funereal services were con
1 ducted by the Rev. Henry Brown
I of Warne.
j Townson Funeral home was in
i charge of t ho sen-ices.
Murphy Lion. celebrated their
seventeenth anniversary at the
Cherokee county dinner meeting
and ladies night held Tuesday
evening in F s r s t Methodist
church. Charter members of the
club were honored. Two charter
members. W M Fain and H G
Elkin.s. liave been members con
tinousiy since the organization on
April 3. 1926. Mr. Fa:n was called
on to tell how the club was
organized and something of its
work throughout the 17 years of
its service.
George Farthing, county agent
ol Clay county, was the after
dinner speaker He used war con
ditions as his theme, reminding
his hearers of the freedoms they
enjoy, in comparison to the hard
ships in occupied Europe. He used
conditions m Warsaw to point out
the trials people are experiencing.
| "We cannot understand all that
lis going on." he declared. 'But.
1 we can lend a hand by supporting
! the war bond drive, the Red
i Cross, the U.S.O.. and other calls
that are made."
i Joe Ray presided over the meet
[ ing. as President W A. Hoover
j was unable to attend until near
I the close of the program. Guests,
numbering approximately 75.
| were introduced. Ann Taylor,
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs.
Ralph Taylor, sang solo. Boy
Scout membership cards, for
| adults who contributed to the
, scout fund recently, were distrib
uted to members. Mr. Ray re
ported that in the past few weeks
the scouts have sold $18.500 in
war bonds.
t This meeting closed an attend -
I a nee contest which has been con
ducted for the past three months
with H. G Elkins and W. M. Fain
I as captains. Another contest will
I begin at the next meeting with
Duke Whitley and Doyle Burch
as leaders. Dr. W. A. Hoover re
I ported that attendance has grcat
' ly increased since contests were
I started.
| Representatives of McCayes
ville. Hayesville. and Robbinsville
| clubs attended and the presi
dent of each club spoke. Rev.
Ralph Taylor made a repeort for
, the civic improvement committee.
J. T. Bryson of Jackson County,
bought 14 acres of poor mountain
land 19 years ago for a pasture
site. He made it a woodland, in
stead He has marketed $400
worth of timber and has about
$500 worth of black walnut now.
A good woodland rather than a
poor pasture.
Avery Beaver Is
Killed In Accident
Avery Beaver. 31-year-old resi
dent of Martin's Creek was killed
Monday afternoon about 5 o'cloek
as the result of a collision of an
automobile with the wagon on
which he and his father. Luther
Beaver, were riding on Highway
19. five miles from Murphy. Driv
er of the car was Charles J. Pat
terson. age lf>. of Culberson. He
stated that as he started to pass
the wagon a bread truck came
around the curve. As he pulled in
behind the wagon his brakes fail
ed to hold, and he was unable to
avoid striking the wagon.
Avery Beaver was thrown from
the wagon, while his father got
control of the two mules that
were pulling the wagon. When the
father returned to the scene of
the accident, about five minutes
later, the boy ??**< drawing his
, Vast breath. Mr. Beaver stated.
In the meantime, according to
Patterson's father, who was riding
j on the car with him. Avery Beaver
I had got up and walked around
i a few minutes, making the state
I ment that he believed a knife,
j with which he was whittling when
j t.he accident occured. had stuck
| him. Shortly afterward, he turn
i ed pale and dropped to the
ground dead. The knife which
was turned over to Patrolman
Pritehard Smith, had blood on
ubout three inches of the blade.
Mrs. Ruth Beaver of Culberson
and four children were riding
with the Pattersons.
Patterson was arrested on a
charge of manslaughter and put
in jail, later being released on a
bond of $1500 for a hearing Fri
day.
According to P. O. Ivie. director
of Ivie Funeral home, where the
body was taken, the coroner's
verdict was that Beaver met his
death from injuries sustained in
the accident.
Funeral arrangements had not
been made Thursday (today) at
noon, pending news from a bro
ther who is in the army in Texas
and is expected home,
! Beaver is survived by: His wife,
i three children. Benjamin. Clar
| cnce and Aver7. Jr.; parents. Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Beaver: three sis
! ters. Mrs. Charlie Rogers of White
j Pine. Tenn.. Mrs. Pearlle Fleming,
and Miss Freda Mae Beaver of
Martin's Creek: three brother*.
Nolan. Oran and Earl of Fort
Bliss. Texas.