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Cherokee County And Others Bring Suit Against Donley Suits have been brought by C ; rokee County, the County! i: a d of Education, and J L. Hall, clerk of superior court, to recover a total of $12,126.45. which an audit shows unremitted by Form er Clerk of Court John Donley. There are six suits involved, three against each of two sets of bonlsmen. Sureties on the first bond, from IXcemb?r 3. 1934. to December 5. 1938. for $10,000. were: T. H. Cole, j E. A. Anderson. Mrs. Delma Mc Clurc. M J. Simonds. J. R. Si monds. J. M. Payne. R. T. Stiles, end B. H. Stiles. Cherokee coun ty has brought a suit against Don ley and the above sureties for $623.93. The Cherokee county Board of Education has an action on that bond for $749.45. J L Hall, clerk of superior court, has a suit on tihe same bond for $3251.40 to require him to turn over to him as his successor that sum due others, which the audit shows unremitted. The total of these three actions is $4624.78 Sureties f or the second bond, from December 5. 1938 to Decem ber 7. 1942, the bond also for $10,000, were: M. P. Coleman. J. N. Bell, Z C. Ramsey, A. M. Si monds. Harley Carringer, B R Carroll. E. A. Anderson. N. E. Dockery. Fred Dickey, and Roy H Wells. Four of that number. Z C Ramsey. B R. Carroll, N. E Dockery. and Fred T. Dickey, are deceased and the burden falls on their administrators. Cherokee county has an action against Donley and the last group of bondsmen for $738.78 The Board of Education of Cherokee county has an action for $3675.38 J L Hall has one for $3087 51. as clerk of superior court. The total | of these three is $7501.67. making the total of all six suits $12,126 45 The first audit of the books showed unremitted $12,735.98 A supplemental audit has been filed correcting a few figures, making the amount indicated above. The actions are entitled "State of North Carolina on Relation of Cherokee county" vs. the defend ants. County Agents List Phosphate Meeting Places Phosephate requisition meetings for Cherokee county farmers will be held at the following places ac cording to announcement by farm agents: Jan. 24. 9-11 o'clock. Hanging dog ? Fred Davis' Store: 2-4 o' clock. Grape Creek ? Fred Car i oil's store: Jan. 25. 9-11 o'clock ? Shady Grove ? W. A. Nichols' store; 1-2 o'clock. Hot House ? McAllis ter's store: 2:30 - 3:30 o'clock. Hot House. Mrs. H C Tilson's home; Jan. 26. 9-11 o'clock. Suit ? O. C. Payne's store: 2-4 o'clock. Wolf Creek ? Slmond's store; 10-12 o'clock, Little Br ass town ? Mag gie's chapel- Jan. 27. 9-11. Unaka ? Odom's store; 2-4 o'clock. Bea berdam- -Dockery's store: Jan. 28. 9-11 o'clock. Postell ? Torrence's store; 12-1. Liberty ? J. M. Vern er's store; 1:30-3 o'clock. Liberty ? M. T Raper's store. Mi*s. J. B. Gray spent the week end with her sister. Mrs J. H. Hoyle. in Asheville. I Red Cross Selects Officers For Year Miss Addie Mae Cooke was elec ted chairman of the Cherokee county chapter of the American Red Cross at its annual meeting held in the home economics build ing Friday evening. Mrs. T. A. Case, who has served as chair man for the past two years, was elected vice-chairman; Mrs. C. W. Savage and Frank Forsyth were reelected secretary and treasurer, respectively. Names of officers presented by H Bueck. chairman of the nominating committee Committees will be appointed lat- 1 er. Mrs. Case presided at the meet ing, reviewed the work of the past , year, and heard reports of various officers and chairmen of commit- j tees. Mrs. Bueck. chairman of Jun- j ior Red Cross, told of the number | enrolled in the schools, and of the wcrk done by the juniors for the army and navy and the camp and hospital council. Mrs. H. G. El kins, home .service chairman was absent. Mrs. D. L. Wells and Miss Elizabeth Gray, who have been appointed assist ants to Mrs. Elkins. reported on their phases of the work. Mr. Bueck. disastei chairman, reported on disaster preparedness. He stated that he would like to have a first aid course for teach- 1 ers. and the Rev. A. B. Cash ex pressed a desire for such a course for Boy Scouts. Mrs. C. W. Savage made a re port. for Miss Cooke, who was out of town, on the activities of the camp and hospital council. She | stated that $200 had fc^een contri buted to the general treasury of the WNC council, which had been used for the purchase of draperies and other things needed for the comfort and pleasure of Moore General hospital patients. In ad dition. $23.50 was contributed for the purchase of a suite of sun room furniture, and the Junior Red Cross furnished a like amount, making two sets from this chap ter. The council gave a dozen horse shoes for Lake Lure rest center recently. Birthday Ball At Hiwassee Dam Is Planned For 29th R. H Douglas, Hiwassee Dam rJi airman, announces that the President's Birthday Ball will be held In the School building at Hi wassee Dam on January 29, to raise funds for the Infantile Para lysis Drive. The hours are from 8:30 p. m to 12:00 midnight. Tickets are now on sale by mem t?rs of the Sponsoring Organiza tion, Hie program is sponsored by the Women's Dormitory group. Miss Mary Margaret Burns, Chairman of the group, has announced the following committees: Decoration ? Margaret Brown, M?ry a-wln, Tribly Olenn, Paullnt Ktmelburg Refresliments ? Ester Prickett, Rebecca Anderson. Lillie Locke, Pauline Davis. Maggie Bell Kissel burg. Peggy Dunn Property ? Julia Cummings, Dorothy Bowser. Helen Neil. Entertainment ? Lucille MaUi erson. Fiances McClure. Plans for the ball are almost complete. In addition to the dance, a Variety Program is plan ned. and refreshments will be served. Assistance of various In dividuals at Hiwassee and Murphy in providing equipment for the ball and the interest of the spon soring group promise a successful program TWO NO. I s ? Shown hero is North Carolina's Governor Brough ton. the state's No. I war bond salesman, presenting the first 4th war loan shield to Mrs. Beulah Hicks, gold star mother of Raleigh# Mrs. Hicks, whose son, l,t. Norman Hicks, was lost in India in eomliat flying, purchases her bond from the governor to receive ihe official b?md buyer identification shield that is expected to be displayed by every waj bond buyer during the fourth war loan drive ouenintr today **? Bert Russell, War Casualty, Buried Andrews Sunday ANDREWS ? On Sunday after aoon Ben Russell was laid to rest in the Andrews cemetery. Bert was one of the men lost When a board the U. S. patrol boat which sank 74 minutes after colliding ' with another blacked out craft out at sea from New York on the morning of January 8. The funeral was held at 2:30 o' clock Sunday afternoon from the Baptist church here with Rev. L. P. Smith and Rev. C. C. Washam officiating. The church had hardly seen such a throng of peo ple since the funeral several years ago of Miss Annie McGuire, popu lar Andrews grade teacher. And rews and its environs has had nearly a dozen war deaths report ed. on the sea, on land, and in the air. but Bert Russell was the first casulty to be sent back home j whose death did not arise from I natural causes. His was a sort of j a composite funeral for all the : others. On the audience was not- j iceable a mother who had already , lost a son. parents whose sons have sustained wounds, or those whose sons have been given medical dis | charges after running the war's gamut. Adding point to Bert Russell's funeral was the fact that he was a widow's son, that he had three brothers in the military services ? two home from separate army camps in California, and one in New Guinea. His father died seventeen years ago. His mother reared a family of ten children eight boys and two sirls. The deceased waX 28 years old. He entered the service of his coun try in August 1942. Surviving him are his mother, Mrs. Sam Russell, and the following brothers and sis ters, Garland of Knoxville, Willie in U. S. Medical corps in Calif ornia. Doyle in defense work in California. Noland in New Guinea Jimmie U. S. Army, Los Angeles, California; Marjorie, Mrs. Alvin Russell. Sammy and Alvin. Bert Russell was given a semi military funeral. Participating was the American Legion, a Naval escort, and several service men from the army and navy branches who were on furlough here at the time. Taps were sounded at the grave side by Boys Scouts Whit aker Davis and Joe Womack Civil Cases Set For Court Trial The following cases are on the calendar for trial at the civil term of Superior court to be held here next week: Monday. Jan. 24 Mamie Johnson Arnold, vs. J. E Arnold. COMPLETES SUBMARINE J COURSE ? Paul W. Adams, ship's ' cook. who has completed Ills basic training at the Submarine School New London, Conn., and is now ready for duty and will be entitled to wear the twin dolphin insignia of the submarine service after fur ther service aboard a submarine. He is the son of Mr and Mr; J. A Adams of Patrick Tliev have four sons in service Edna Pace McTiger, vs. Zeb Vincent McTiger. Clyde C. Mills, vs. Lsabelle Mills. Neal West. vs. Patricia West. W. E. Studstill. vs. Elizabeth Studstill. Bess Crowford. vs. Ton Crow fold. Christine Bell Burgess, vs. Wal ter Burgess. Gertrude Weaver, vs. Tom Wea i ver. William F. Ray. vs. Doris Wool en Ray. D. L. Ashe, vs. Etta Ashe. I Lela Bateman Thompson, vs. John Allen Thompson. Hattie Jones Hardin, vs. Romas Henry Hardin The J R. Wat kins Co vs. Will iam Oscar Cole, et als. Woodbury Mauney Lumber Co | vs. C. B. Farmer, et als . Southern Fertilizer Co. vs. W. M. Fain. Tuwday. Jan. 25 Robert Brown, vs. Ezra Price. J. B Colt Co vs Ei-nest Cook, et als. Fidelity ?& Casualty Co. vs. Mur phy Lumber & Mfs Co. Southern Railway Co. vs. Rass Duval, et als H. A Barton, vs. Vlyde Amos Wednesday. Jan. 26 A. D Dockcry. vs. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. ? Protested > Frank Laney. vs W P. Cuth bertson. Motions. Lockyear vs. Lockyear Crawford vs. Railroad. Mrs. Ezra Price Is In Critical Condition As Result Of Gunshot Wound Mrs. H. Bueck Is Appointed Head Of Region 1 In War Finance Mis. H. Bueck of Murphy has been appointed Regional chairman of the Women's Division of War Finance committee, for Region 1, which comprises six counties, by Mrs. Karl Bishopric, state chair man. of Spray. Her appointment as regional chairman is on a dollar a year basis direct from the Treasury De partment. Mrs. Bueck is an active civic and church worker and holds sev eral important offices in this coun ty and city. This new regional work will be in the counties of Jackson. Swain. Graham. Clay, Macon and Cherokee. Mrs. Bueck announces that sht has appointed Miss Prances Covei of Andrews as Cherokee county chairman of the Women's Division. MOVE TO ATHENS Mr .and Mrs. W. R. Green moved Saturday to Athens. Tenn.. where Mr. Green wiJl be engaged in jewelry business. RETURN TO STATION ? Har ry T .Christopher, 21, of the Coast Guard, son of E. O. Christophei and the late Mrs. Emily Christo pher of Murphy, who has returned 10 his station in Curtiss Bay, Md . after spending the holidays with relatives in Murphy. He entered the Coast Guard in December of 1942. Prior to that he was employed with the Henn theatre and attended Murphy high school, where he was an outstand ing football player. Recently he has been stationed in Virginia. New York and Chicago. Mrs Ezra Price, wife of Chero kee county's jailer, received a gunshot wound above her heart Wednesday morning about 12:30 o'clock, at the jail where the couple make their home. She Ls in a critical condition at Murphy General hospital. According to Chief of Police f lank Crawford, who was present when the shooting occurred, the wound was inflicted by Mrs. Price. Since he was the only person pres ent at the shooting. Chief Craw ford requested Dr. B W. Whit field. attending physician, to ques tion Mrs Price in the presence of witnesses as to who shot her. Patrolman Pritchard Smith who was called shortly after the shoot ing, was one of the witnesses at this questioning, and he stated that. Mrs. Price said she shot her self. Sheriff L. L. Mason stated that he and Crawford went to the jail about 12 o'clock, and that wfaile Crawford was talking with Mrs Price, he went in and talked with Mrs. Ruth Padgett McComtos, Mrs. Toby Pain and Miss Inez Hogsed. who were having a chick en supper there. Mrs. McOooibs and Miss Hogsed requested him to take them home, he stated, and he said he would do so after Craw ford came out. They were in tihe car when Crawford and Mrs. Price came out to the car. Soon they went back into the house, and the shooting occurred about a minute later, tihe sheriff s*id, explaining thu* r?rawford came to the door and said: "Come in here. Mrs Price has shot herself." Crawford stated tliat as he ar*d Mrs. Price went back into the building, before he could observe what she was doing, she pulled the trigger and shot herself, with a gun that officers say she had in I her sweater. Ezra Price, who. with Toby Fain, was in Clinton. Tenn.. at the time, arrived home Wednes j day. He stated that his wife said | she shot herself because of the | manner in which Sheriff Mason ! talked to her Tuesday afternoon. He said that he left orders that no i visitors be allowed to see some de i seriers who were in jail. When his wife atUmtped to carry out. his instructions. Sheriff Mason is ail to have become angry at Mrs Price. Prominent Dairyman Dies Of Heart Attack John Silas Shields, 45. promi nent Cherokee county farmer and dairy operator, son of the late Mr and Mrs. John Shields of Culber son. died at a Murphy hospital at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday morning of a heart attack. He was getting into his truck at his dairy Tues day morning about 9 o'clock when he suffered an attack and was brought to the hospital but failed to respond to treatment. He was the owner of Notla farms and dairy, which he had operated since 1936. He maintained a herd of purebred Guernsey cows, and for several years sold milk to cus tomers in Murphy. Recently, how ever .he had been selling his milk to Southern Dairies here. For six years he was supervisor of the Farm Security administra tion in Cherokee and Clay coun ties. but he resigned that post more than a year ago to d<. vote his full time to his dairy and farm. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Kate McAllister: two sons. Cpl. James Randolph Shields of the U S. marines, and Harold Eugene, who is at Berry School. R( me. Ga : six brothers. I A L. M.. L W.. E. L . J. A. and J. B. all of Murphy; three sLsters. Mrs. Leila Hall, of Coal Gate. ! Ok la Mrs. Dora Gladson. of Cul Allard Adams Is Awarded Medal Cpl. Allard Adams. Company. 321st Infantry. Camp San Luis Obispo. California has been a v.arded the Army's Good Conduct Medal for exemplary behavior, ef ficiency. and fidelity while serv ing in the Army of the LTnited States. HOLY COMMI'XION The Rev. Rufus Morgan will hold Holy Communion services at the Episcopal Church at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Smith vs. Laney Graves vs. Carroll Johnson vs. Calvert Insurance CO. Ingram & Stiles vs. Stiles. Peoples Furniture Co. vs Grind staff. Kiselburg vs. Owenby Laney vs. Laney. Abbe vs. Predmore et Ux. berson .and Mrs. R. W. Brown, of Isabella, Tenn.; two uncles. R. M Shields and Commodore Shields of Isabella; and three aunts. Mrs. Sarah Reynolds of Akron. Ohio. Mrs. Margaret Rice of Culberson and Mrs. Mary Nicholson of La Fayette. Ga Funeral arrangements which are under the direction of Townson | funeral home, are incomplete, pending the arrival of his son. I Cpl. James Randolph Shields, who 1 graduated from the quartermaster school at Camp L \ieune Jan 14 ; and now is en route to the west I coast. To Play Bali For Fight Paralysis Fund evening will take place between the Murphy all-stars and Young Harris college t-oys. Between the halves of this game two volleyball teams made up of members of the Lions Club will give an exhibition cf straining and grunting and groaning as they make an effort to bat the ball back and forth a cross the net. During all this music sweet and hot will flow fortli lrom the loud speaker from the leading bands of the country. All proceeds above bare expenses will go to the infantile paralysis fund. Even the players will be ob liged to purchase a ticket before gaining admission to the gym. Ti kets will lie on sale in advance. The greatest basketball bargain ; Murphy will see this year will be I presented to the local fans Mon day evening beginning at 7 o'clock. Three basketball games, a volley , bal game, a foul shooting contest, and a little added music will be given in three hours of fun and 1 entertainment. i The program will start with a baskc i ball game between the boys of Murphy high school and Hiwassee Dam high school in a Western Carolina leagur game. At 8 o'clock the Murphy high girls will meet the girls of Young Harris I college and at the ha If time there will be a foulshooting contest. At 1 o'clock the feature game of the Dance For Polio Fund To Be Held 29th At Andrews Plans are shaping up for the j President s Birthday ball to be held at the youth building in An- j drews on Saturday evening. Jan uary 29. from 8:30 to 12 o'clock. The ball is being sponsored by the Andrews Rotary Club. The Kon naheeta club will have charge of refreshments. E S. Christenbury president of the Rotary club, announces She following arrangements commit tee: Mrs. Starr Pullium. Miss Frances Cover, Zed Whitaker. and ' I B Hudson Tickets are on sale ty members i of the Rotary club.