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Hlff dfftroftf t ?>r?rt * t* a * a * Kl%* Trrra Will l?ur '??... IH I',,,!,, 'V A ii W?1 t MK 55 ? No, !??. Ml RI'IIV WMT1 CAROLINA THl'KSDAY NOV 11 IMS v i oiy _ rSAo rti: yi.ar GORDY - GIBSON MURDER CASE CONTINUED Audit Shows $ 12,700 Unremitted In Donley Account Former Clerk Is Given Time To Study Report Affording to a report filed with thp (jn-ird of county commission tI, prulnv by Certified Public Ac countant W Bowen Henderson. th(. records of J W Donley as of court from April 1. 1931 to December 7. 1942. show a bal ar.ee of $12,135.98 unremitted. The commissioners granted Mr Donley <otne time to study the audit The muuiior'* repOfv lii imrfc o ,< follows: Mr J W. Donley sen as clerk from December 5. 1934 to March 31. 1937. on a fee bast* and from April 1 1937 to Decern b?.r 7 1942. on a salary basis. In conference with you. it was decid ed to confine our examination to the period beginning April 1. 1937 insofar as practicable Collections subsequent to April 1. 1937 of charges docketed prior thereto necessitated examination of the prior records. ? The results of our examina tion are shown in the following condensed schedule with the un derstanding that the amount of receipts and disbursements do not represent the total received and total disbursed: 'Receipts: county $11,247.64: schools $21.929 9(1: Judgments. $18 3615 04: other. $14,496.39: dis burse.! county $10,164 00; schools. $l*i 641 10; judgments. $17,306.91; and others, $8,192.06. and not dis bursed. county. $1,083.64: schools. (4 288 88: judgmerts. $1,059.13. < and others, $6,304.33. This makes lota.* of: Receipts. $66,040.05. disbursements. $53,304.07: and not disturswl, $12,735.98. "Attached hereto are charge iad discharge statements which showed determination of the fore going amounts, which are further supported by attached lists. The amount of $1.08364. not disbursed to the county of Cher okee. represents the difference be tween tiie amount of receipts for which ?e found no specific dis bursemt nts and the amount of disbursements to the county, some of which were not detailed. As an illustration, some disbursements are explained as costs marked paid this date on dockets. It would :?iuire unlimited time to oreak down such composite amounts. ?Judgments not disbursed in the amount of $1,057.13 arc de tailed in an attached schedule. "The amount of $4,288.88 not disbursed to the school fund, includes arrest and witness fees of highway patrolmen. Such fees collected and disbursed are includ ed in the attached lists either as county or school funds. "The amount of $6,304.33 not 'Continued on back page) Scrap Drive To Be Made On 30th November 30 has been named as the day for a con certed scrap drive in this community, announce the co chairman. Doyle Burch and A. (). Ketner. On this dat?* all business hou-es in Mur phy will be asked to close and all employees urged to coop erate in bringing: in every piece of available scrap metal. Withdraws From Race Senator Robert R. Reynolds an nounced Tuesday that he will not be a candidate for renomination to the United States Senate in the Democratic Primary of May. 1944 In commenting upon his an nouncement he said that immedi ately upon his renomination to the United States Senate in 1938 he had then stated that he was a candidate for renomination in 1944. The Senator reaffirmed this statement in Greensboro. N. C.. in February of this year, and advised that up until the time of this an nouncement he had intended be coming a candidate. New Attendance Contest Captains Chosen By Lions IV yton Ivic and Robert Weaver were iinmwl captains of groups for the attendance contest to be eon dueled for the next three months by Murphy Lions Club, at the meeting held Tuesday evening. The contest just ended was head id by Jim Gtbbs and the Rev. Ralph Taylor, the former's group I v. innin". Dr W. A. Hoover, chairman of i he blind committee reported that an eye clinic was held this week and 16 or 17 patients were ex amined and Heated. He stated that the health department will cooperate with two more clinics during the fiscal year if an eye specialist can be secured to do the examining. H. Bueck reported that Murphy reached its War Funu quota m the recent drive. President Frank Forsyth stated that the Rev. A. B. Cash has ac cepted the appointment as scout master of the local troop and ap pointed J. H. Webster as assistant scoutmaster. C. W. Arnold was a guest of Doyle Burch. K. C. Wright made a report on the scout court of honor held last week. Father and Son Take Part 2 Wars; Together Armistice Claude Bruce Mauney. having completed his Naval Boot Train ing. is spending Armistice Day with his dad. George C. Mauney. who saw some fast fighting in first World War. serving with Co. "I". 3121st. Infantry. While holding front lines in Vo ges Mountains. Prance, George Mauney, along with 1st Lieut. Wil liam A. Schilletter. Clemson Col lege. S. C.. Sgt. Winton E. Yerby. Birmingham. Ala. Sgt. Dan E. ; Brock. Mississippi, encountered a I large number of the famous Prus- 1 si an Guard. Thirteen of these hus- j kits were quickly shot down by: Yerby and Schilletter. one living . long enough to give valuable in- ! formation. Again on November 9. 10. and 11. 1918. this same Com puny were engaged in the Meuse- ' Argone Offensive. Against terrific SERMON Sl'BJECTS The Rev Ralph Taylor. Minister of First Methodist Church will preach Sunday at 11 o'clock on the theme "Where Is Christ Walking?" Youth Fellowship at 6:30. Eve ning Worship at 7:30 o'clock. Food For Freedom To Be Discussed "Although American farmers are setting a new production rec ord this year, there Is still not WiRh food to satisfy all the de mands." says Dean I. O. Schaub. director of Agricultural Extension Wor* at State College, "and sincc America's food supply represents Jfcrhaps the greatest potential *eapon in our fight against the we must produce more." In outlining the objectives to be accomplished in the 1944 "Pood lights For Freedom" program **ich will be launched in every p*?>ty in the State between Nov 15-19. Director Schaub ***** out that it is up to otir peo I W* to cooperate in every way pos J *^le in the production of more the right kind of food: to con this food, and avoid waste, "ft* demand for food has in CT^Wl<,d from both civilians and authorities. Civilians are more wort and have more i "KWfcy than they have had in the past. We are taking new territory from the enemy every day. Tills territory has been stipped of every vestige of food and the natives are starving. We must feed them." un til they can again produce their own. Dean Schaub said. Pood ? American food can be the deadliest weapon of all. Plans for producing the right kind of food will be discussed at a meeting held at Murphy. November 17 at 7:30 p m .and at Robbinsville. November 18 at 1:30 p. m.. when those in charge of the program in this section will draw tip the county plans. Since the course and length of the war may depend on how suc cessfully we produce this food, how willingly and widely we share it. how carefully we save it. how wisely we use It. every person able to produce a single item of food should cooperate fully in this pro gram. Director Schaub concluded. odds this company of infantry- j m?n drove the Germans back 3 1 kilometers in the last five hours : ol fighting, taking a loss of 1/4 1 their number. In the face of artil- J lery and heavy machine gun fire j they were making repeated at- j tempts to dislodge the enemy from strong entrenchments of bobbed ' wire and numerous machine gun ! nests when orders to cease firing came. On .this occasion many of those who were wounded early, in the drive were still . fighting at eleven o'clock. The Germans again ! took a beating from this company, j besides losing one oi their best | field pieces, which stayed mounted ! on Pack Square. Asheville. for . many years. The majority of these j men hailed from the mountains ; ol Western North Carolina. W. D. Ragsdale Succeeds Ray As Store Manager W. D. Ragsdale. a native of j Kentucky, who for the past nine years managed an A & P Food store in Asheville. succeeds Joe [ Ray as manager of the local A <fc ! I . store. Mr. Ragsdale plans to move i here as soon as he can secure a house. He has a wife and three children. Elizabeth, who is in ' school in Bowline Green. K>\. W. !>.. Jr.. of the army air corps, who' will be here with his parents un- ; til called into service, and Ben. 1 who will assist his father in the store. Joe E Ray. who has managed the store here for the last eight j years, will leave in a short time for service. Murray Whichard Given Promotion Murray P Whlrliard. Jr.. son of Dr. Rnd Mrs. M P Whichard of Murphy, was promoted to the grade of Chief Pharmacist* Mate : In the navy on November 1. Youne Whichard has been In Forelim ser vice with the Pacific fleet for the pest 19 months and has been with | the Navy since June. 1938. Propose Joint Electric And Phone Poles Murphy town council has been ? requested to make a contract with I Southern Bell Telephone and Tele- ! yiaph company for using joint l>olrs lor their service and the ' electric department in Murphy. At the meeting of the council Monday evening J. H. Chavis, dis- j trict plant manager. Asheville; | ana z,. V. Self, district engineer, Charlotte, presented the proposal. The members, of the council refer- 1 red the contract to the electric de partment for a report at the next ! meeting. In town this week with the two above telephone company I officials was T. H. Landgraf, dis trict toll supervisor. E. P. Hawkins, new town coun cil members, appointed to succeed Dr. W. A. Hoover, was sworn in by Mayor J. W. Franklin. A report from the State Board ol Health on the water system of Murphy was read by Clerk E. L. Shields, and the council voted that the suggestions made be cairied cut. The council voted to order the policemen of the town to enforce the stock law. With more than $2000 available to the town for improvement of streets connecting with State highways, from the SUu* lv*hway commission, the council , ?lod to utilize the money and instructed the street committee to contact the proper officials to have it done. PROMOTED Zeb W. Chastain, Phm. 3-C of the U. S. Navy, who is stationed at Great Lakes. 111., has been re cently promoted to Second Class Petty Officer. Warne Postmaster Is Found Dead Monday Morning Mrs Florence Herbert. 57. post master at Warne lor 35 years, was fOUnii at- hpr Hnrri AKoi.it 0*311 o'clock Monday morning. Sheridan Stiles, who carries I mail from Murphy to Gainesville. Ga.. stopped at the postoffice at Warne and blew for the mail, and when Mrs. Herbert did not appear, a search was started for her. She was found dead at the barn where she had Rone to milk the cows. Funeral was held Wednesday at 3 o'clock at the Hayesville Baptist church with the Rev. Henry Brown, the Rev. R. Lane Akins, and Dr H. L. Paisley officiating Surviving are two daughters. Mrs. Ed Hyatt and Mrs. James E Hyatt, both of Warne: one son. I I Johnny Herbert of Akron Ohio: her mother. Mrs. Merrilt Hamp ton of Muplr*: six sisters. Mrs W. C. Scroggs of Canton. Mrs. Josh Johnson of Blue Ridge. Mrs. J. W. Hatchett. and Mrs. Henry Logan of Murphy. Mrs. J. O. Rice of Chattanooga. Tenn.. and Mrs. . Bruce Crawford of Greensboro ' and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements was under direction of Townson funeral home. ATTEND CONFERENCE Thf Ri?v E. A. Felker and J B. Barton. Jr.. of Andrews attend j ed a meeting of tfie Western Car olina conference of the N. C. Sy nod which was held in Maiden. 1100 Cords Of Pulpwood Wanted From Cherokee County By December 11th Cut-a-Cord of Pulpwood for Ev ery Local Boy in Service. This is the slogan and goal of a new national drive announced this week by Walter M. Dear, chairman of the Newspaper Pulp wood Committee, as a climax to the Victory Pulpwood Campaign which this newspaper has been supporting. Tiie new drive begins on Armis tice Day. and runs until December 11 when the Newspaper Pulpwood Committee hopes to see the threatened 2.500.000 - cord pulp wood shortage for 1943 averted. This county has 1100 toys in the Army. Navy. Marines, or Coast Guard. That means the county's goal of extra cords of pulpwood to be cut between Nov ember 11 and December 11 is 1100 cords. More than 1200 local pulpwood committees organized as part of the newspaper Victory Pulpwood Campaign are expected to enlist in the new drive which will cover pulpwood producing areas in 27 states of the Northeast. South. Appalachian and Lake States. Friendship To Have Special Service 21st The following program will be : : encit red at a service flag dedica- j tion day at Friendship Baptist , church at Suit. November 21. be- j winning at 10 o'clock a. m : Sons. "Onward Christian Sol diers'". Devotional. R. L. Keenum: Welcome. W. N. Anderson; Re sponse. Claude Center; Sony Scr vice: Prayer: Sermon. Rev. Freed Townsend: Special Music. Jeff Chastain: Lunch. Solo. Jeff Chas tain: Dedicatory Prayer. Rev. Freed Townsend; Song. "When The Boys Come Home". Bill Coir: Special Music: Prayer: Music, Copperhill Quartet. HAS OPERATION C. C Richardson underwent a tonsillectomy Thursday < today > at the Murphy General hospital. First Teachers Workshop Of School Year To Be Held Here Saturday Morning Teachers workshops are to be ? held throughout the school year, sponsored by the Cherokee county unit of the North Carolina Educa tion association, of which R, L. Keenum is president. The first one will be next Saturday mom ins at 10 o'clock, in the library at Murphy. Miss Virginia White James, spe- ? clalist in educational methods, of the TVA. Knoxville. will be the principal speaker. She is working today ? Thursday > and Friday with the faculty of Hiwassee Dam high school. Some time will be spent during the meeting in plannins for the additional meetings that will be held the remainder of the school ! year. Teachers and administrators of ! Murphy and Andrews units of thr N. C. E. A. have been invited by j the Cherokee county unit to at tend these workshops Fire Destroys Southend Cafe Southend Cafe, belonging to L M Shields, was destroyed by lire Tuesday evening uboui 10 o'clock, when an oil heater exploded. Al though there wer?* several custo mers m the cafe at the lime, no one was injured. Tin cause for the explosion was that someone tripped the gas guage on the heater. Included in the loss were three refrigerators, a grill, adding ma chine and other enuipment. The fire uC. part lit ciit km aulc to extinguish the fire soon alter they arrived on the scene, but it had gained considerable headway at that lime. The loss was partially covered by insurance. The cafe is being operated tem porarily at The Tavern Over The Top In War Fund County Chairman Frank Forsyth announces that Cherokee county went over the top hi the war fund cam paign to raise $3000. Com plete reports are not in, and the exact amount received 1 could not be learned. ' Carl H. Townson | Is Graduated At Napier Field, Ala. NAPIER FIELD. Dothan. Ala ? Carl Harding Townson. age 23 , of Murphy, was graduated today as an Army Air Forces pilot and sworn in as a second lieutenant at the Army Air Forces Pilot School "Advanced Single En gine*. Napier Field. Alabama. Colorful outdoor ceremonies marked the commencement, and Colonel James L. Daniel. Jr.. Com manding Officer, presented silver wings to the graduating cadets. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Carl Townson. Previous to his ac ceptance for aviation cadet train ing. February 2. 1943. Lt Town son attended Western Carolina Teachers College and the Univer sity of North Carolina. SINGING The second Sunday afternoon sincinc. bcEinning at 1 :30 p. m . will bp held at the new Ranger Baptist church. All singers are in vited to attend Crowded Criminal Docket (iiven As Reason For Ruling o Iiu v against C F Goidy and Mrs Salhe Brad field Qib^n ot Atlanta for the murder of Ho nur Sules on Auk us t 9. were- con tinued Wednesday by Judge J. H. Clement, presiding over the Nov ember term of .superior court here this week. At 3 45 Wednesday af ternoon. Solicitor John Queen call ed the cases and heard a plea of not guilty from each defendant He stau d that with the criminal docket crowded thix term it an. pearad there would not be time for trial of the cases. Judge Cle l ment ordered the cases to be con tinued. Junior McAfee. 15; E. W. Mc Aiet, 17, and Louis Palmer. 14. ; luund guilty of second degree bur giaiy, were given twelve months in jail, suspended on two years' ; h'havior "Hd'T ihp Hisin<*t piobation oflicer. The trio were 1 (.barged with breaking and enter ing and larceny, resulting from tne Iosa ol $25 by James Clayton i irom his tourist cabin on Febru ary 14 In returning the verdict, the jury asked the mercy of the court m the judgment. Everette lienson. convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, was given two years on the roads. He was charged with shooting Mrs. Leonard J. B:own of Postell. Otis Whiu ef Aiwinws was con victed of carrying a concealed weapon and assault with a deadly weapon on Joe Browning of An drews on the night of September 18. at Charles Higdon's dance hall. , On the first charge lie was order ed to pay a fine of $50 and costs and on the second. $25 and costs and was given 60 days to pay the costs and fines. The pistol was ordered confiscated. Albert Beaver. 17. charged with j burning a tarn of Arthur Gra ham. was found not guilty. The following were fined $50 | and costs and had drivers" licen | ses suspended for 12 months, for driving while intoxicated: Glen I son Hardin. Roosevelt Brown. Ralph Hogsed. Drury Weeks. Wayne Cleophus Crisp. James Ro bert Mackie. DiJlard Carrihger. Charlie Bates. E!mer Stiles. The case of Ruth Pressley through R. D Pressley. vs. Ed ward Glavish was settled out of court, the defndant paying $1850 to plaintiff in payment of dam ages sustained by the plaintiff. Frank Guffey and Charles White were given three months in jail for speeding and reckless driving. Carl Pierce, charged with as sault with a deadly weapon or. W. 'continued on pace eicrhP Holland Funeral Held On Sunday ANDREWS? W. T. Holland, one of the most prominent business men of Andrews, died at Petrie hospital Friday night. Mr Hol land was the son of the late J. M and Mrs Mattie Clark Hoi land. He was bom at Clyde in 1887. He received his high school education at Clyde and when he was eighteen years of are he went to Canton where he was in the wholesale business. He then mov ed to Andrews where he has liv ed for the past thirty-two years Ho ran a meat market for several years. He then operated a general merchandise store and was in the lumber business. He bought and operated the Carolina - Georgia Railroad for a few years. Mr. Hol land has been ill for about two years but has been able to walk down town to greet, his friends and neighbors. He took suddenly worse and was rushed Tuesday to the hospital where he remained until his death. The funeral services were held a:, his home Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Rev. L. P. Smith, pastor of the Baptist church had charge of tile funeral rites Active pall bearers were Clyde K. Jarre tt. l ee Watkins. Prank Bristol. R T Hcaton. Charlie Brown, and Bill Wliitaker Hon orary pall bearers were his clos est. friends and business assoei atcs Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Bcrta Holland: two daughters. Mrs. Charles Dickey. Carleton. Michigan: Mrs Jack L. McCrancy. Andrews: three grandchildren. William B Dickey. Charles Dic key. Jr.. and Jack L. McCranry. Jr. Also one sister. Mrs. Sarah H. Russell. Waynesvllle. and six bro thers. H. R. Holland. Caroleen. N. C Dr R P . Charlotte. J. C.. Lu man. S C.. Ralph. Greenville. 6. C . Dewey. Los Angeles. California. Howard. Mexico City, Mexico. Forsyth Funeral Home was In charge of funeral arrangements.
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