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i4Li -trill hinsiiuii MUctfHY H C SAMPLE The Cherokee 'Ckofokee County '? Beat Buy* Scout and Cfay County Progm Volume 78 - Number 3 North Corel too August 10, 1967 10 Poge, H*i? Week AT MUNMV. NORTH CAROLINA Commissioner Setup Called Unconstitutional K?y Held Without Bond On Murder Charge Suspect Surrenders At Jail Saturday Jewell Kilby. 46, of Martins , Creek Is being held without bond In the Cherokee County | Jell after being charged with i mflrder In the death of Glenn (Peoiy) Moore, 52, also of 1 Martins Creek. I Kilby surrendered to Sheriff ] Claude Anderson at the jail ] shortly after 8:00 a.m. Sat urday. Anderson had led an Intensive two-day search for KUby after Moore's body was found Thursday morning at Kilby's home. A series of coincidents; led to the discovery of ths body outside of the Kilby home and the fact that the suspect was at large for two days. Deputy Sheriff Robert Hart - ness and Probation Officer Edwin Hendrix went to die KUby home at 10 a.m. Thurs day on another matter and Harness found the body. IronlcaUy, KUby had been released from jaU about 15 minutes before the body was found. Hartness had jaUed Kilby on a public drunkenness charge Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. and he was released at 9:45 Rail Crew Kills Snake A Southern Railway bridge construction crew turned snake killers recently, accor ding to Bob Barker oi Andrews. ' Barker said Foreman Bob Miller of Brevard and his Murphy Branch helpers, James Bryant, Lee Meadows and J. C. Toilet, killed 17 copperhead snakes on July 24 at the Valley River trestle east of the Rhodo Tunnel. One of them was over two feet long. The next day, at the tres tle just west of the tunnel, the crew killed a copperhead that measured 44 Inches in length. It was reported to be as big as a man's arm. After the head was chopped off with an ax, one of die men "walked down" thehugesnake and. Barker said, "out came a rabbit, then a squirrel, then another rabbit which die snake had eaten." It appeared that the snake had eaten the animals three or four days before. i.m. Thursday. Moore had been shot in the lead twice, according to Coroner J. C. Tovmson. Judge Robert Leatherwood III ordered Kilby held without bond until a preliminary hearing is held. He appointed Herman Edwards to serve as Kilby's attorney on Monday. Anderson said Kilby's wife told him she left the home around 1 p.m. Wednesday and at that time, her husband and Moore were at the place and they were drinking. The Sheriff saidhehadare port that shots were heard in the area of Kilby's home around 4 p.m. Wednesday. Kilby's wife told the Sheriff her husband came to her father's place around 7 p.m. Wednesday and gave her a rifle. Anderson has the22-caliber rifle, a shotgun found at the Kilby home, a pint of white whlskv found there, and three 22-caliber snells in his possession. Two of the shells were found within five feet of Moore's body, Hartness said. The sneritt said die rifle had been fired recently and the shotgun had not been fired recentlv. Kilby was acquitted of the murder of Ross Dockery of Rt. 3, Murphy during the July, 1965 term of Cherokee County Superior Court. Dockery was shot to death at Kilby's home on March 9, 1965. The home was on Fain Mountain. S.B.I. AgentJamesMaxeyof Bryson City assisted And erson, Hartness, and Deputy Glenn Holloway in the inves tigation of Moore's death. Funeral Services for Moore were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Grape Creek Baptist Church. The Rev. Ernie Young and the Rev. Raymond Carroll officated and burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Moore was a native of Cherokee County, a son of the late Will and Mary Hart ness Moore. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Margie James and Mrs. Onia Carringer, both of Murphy; six brothers, Paul of Gastonia, and Gus, Oliver, Leonard, Ed and Raymond Moore, all of Murphy. Tovmson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Tax Publication Switch Explained Chairman W. T. Moore of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners told Scout Publisher Jack Owens Monday morning that political retalia tion "probablyhadsomebear ing" on the selection of another newspaper to carry the deliquent Cherokee County tax listings that have trad itionally been carried in The Cherokee Scout. Owens appeared at the Commissioner's regular Aug ust meeting to determine why the change had been made. "There was arguing and see-sawing different ways over this, Moore said, "then Harry (County Accountant Harry Bishop) up and give it to them" (the other paper). The Scout Publisher pointed out to the Commissioners that The Cherokee Scout: Is a local corporation that paid $405.10 in Cherokee County taxes last year. Provided employment for seven people with a payroll of $36,140.48 last year. Willingly bought $5,000 worth of bonds when the Cherokee County Development Corporation asked for funds to secure new industry in Murphy. Willingly bought $2,000 worth of Andrews Furniture Industry bonds when funds were raised to secure that industry. When Owens first ask the question about political retal iation, Moore said "I don't know that it was", but then added, "in a way, it had some thing to do with it." Moore said that some mem bers of the Board disapproved of various news reports that appeared in The Cherokee Scout. He told the publisher that he thought a newspaper should be "neutral andopen." Owens replied that "The Cherokee Scout is a neutral and open publication." Luther Dockery said "a lot of people down our way don't get that Andrews paper and there was no vote on this." Jack Simonds called the change "a one sided affair. All of the Commissioners should have been consulted. We should take some kind of Swain Team Takes District Championship Teams from Brysoo City and Andrews took home the major trophies as Jim's laun dry team of Bryson City swamped A and P of Andrews 11 to 12 to win the Slow Pitch Championship of the Far West Softball District Tournament last Saturday in Robblnsvllle. The winners were awarded the Champion ship trophy by Tom Price, President of the sponsoring Robblnsvllle Lions Club. In addition, the most valuable player trophy went to Lionel Brooks, the outstanding short fielder for the Laundrymen. A and P received the runner up trophy and the much covet ed Sportsmanship award. In winning the Champion ship, the Laundrymen out classed all opposition and won each of their five games by nine runs or more. Only once during the tournament did they trail the opposition and this only lasted one lining when Hiwajsle Dam took a short lived 1-0 lead In their en counter. The Champions were sparked by Doonle McGaha In the final game as he hammered out tine hits in cluding his fourth homerun of the tournament. Pitcher Burgln Edwards and shortstop Gene Shuler also had home runs for the winners ss they took s 9 to 0 lead In the second inning and were never headed despite a three hit performance by Terry Msrr of the losers. The semi-final game of the tournament matching A and P and the Contractors of Robb lnsville proved to one of the more exciting games as A and P took a hard earned 11 to 10 win, their fifth one-run win of the tournament. Trailing 8 to 0 in the top of the seventh and looking woe fully weak at bat the' Contractors exploded for ten runs and a 10 to 8 lead. Third sicker Bill Smith led the up rising with two hits and Richard Fife drilled a long hit to centerfleld to score Smith with the go ahead run. Fife also scored when the return throw-In was errored. A and P refused to give in and came back to score three runs after two were out and hitting but one ball out of the Infield. This lone smash was a blast over first byLon nle Postal! allowing Jerry P os tell to score from second with the winning run. Other highlights of the final weeks play saw Little Alarka and Lauada score an amazing 61 runs between them before Little Alarka came off vic torious by a 20 to 36 score. Trailing 26 to 18 going Into the last Inning Lauada scored seven runs and had die tying run resting on third baae when the final out was made. Roy Jones and George Oliver each had five hits to lead the win ners 29-hit attack while pit cher Dick Ensley of Lauada added 6 hits of hit own In a losing cause. The next night found the Little Alarka bats almost silent as Ernest Reed scattered eight hits and led his A and P mates to an 11 to 3 win over Little Mark*. The ease In which they won the championship la high lighted by the five men Jim's Laundry placed on the All Star Team. Selected by a special committee the All Stars were: First Base-Jerry Postellof A and P; Second Base-Buddy Jenkins of Jim's; ThirdBase Snake Norton ot Wiggins; Shortstop-Bob Manuel ofTrl plets; Ut. Infield-Berry Shoch of Little Alarka; Left Field Don McGaha of Jim's; Center Field- Monty Armltage of Jim's; Right Field- RaySpan gler of Triplets; Short Field Lionel Brooks of Jim's; Utl. Outfield-Roger Webster of Contractors; Catcher- Henry King of Lauada; Pitcher Burgln Edwards of Jim's; Pitcher-Ernest Reed of A and P;?nd Pitcher-John Manuel of Triplets. The strength of the All Stars Is evidenced In that only one of its members hit below 600. An oddity occurred in the selection of the Father Son combination of John and Bob Manuel of the Triplets. In winning the most valu able award, Llooel Brooks hit a cool .667 and led Ms mates on defense In the free wheeling defensive svstem Manager Ernest Welch uses with his teammate and the tournaments leading hitter, Donnle McGaha. Jim's Laundry now advances to the state tourna ment In Burlington opening Saturday playing the champion of the North Central District (Burlington) at 8i00 p.m. vote on It." Moore told the Board "it probably shouldn't be done this way, Dut it's done." Carlyle Matheson made a motion to revert to the tra ditional method of publishing the lists next year. Moore seconded his motion. "It (The Scout) serves the purpose it is intended for" because the lists are readily available to more people, Matheson said. A delegation of six Topton men, led by Wendell Ulm, asked the Board to oppose the operation of an asphalt plant by the Asheville Paving Co. at Topton. The plant was originally planned for Robbinsville, but the Robbinsville Town Board voted against allowing it to operate there. Ulm called the plant a health hazard and said it is located within 1500 feet of 95% of the houses in Topton. "This thing will pollute more in one day than a whole summer's traffic on US 19, he said. He presented a petition signed by several property owners in the area. The asphalt operation had not yet begun, but the resi dents are already concerned about dust caused by the un loading of gravel from cars at a railroad siding. "We've been forgotten too long in Topton," Ulm said. He added "up until Glenn Holl oway got to be deputy sheriff, we didn't have any law in Topton. He's doiii a good job." The Board agreed to inves tigate whether it had any authority to intervene in the matter. The Commissioners will consult with County At torney L. L. Mason, Jr. tQ determine whether such au thority exists. Mason was not present at Monday's meeting. In the meantime, a letter was drafted informing the paving company that the Board is concerned about the matter. The letter invited the company to present it's views on the question to the Board. The Commissioners voted to make $500 donations to the Cherokee County Rescue Squad and the Andrews Rescue Squad. Mrs. Ruth Cheney was named to serve as the registrar of vital statistics, succeeding her late mother, Mrs. Bessie Deweese. Moore, Barton, Sims and Dockery voted in favor of the appoint ment. Simonds and Matheson abstained. The Commissioners voted to co-operate with the Department of Archives and History in the inventory, repair and microfilming of public records. The work is expected to begin here late tilis inoi.lh or early in September. Health Council To Meet Here The Murphy Hospital Authority will host the August meeting of the State of Franklin Health Council. The meeting will be held at the Murphy Elementary School at 7:30 p.m. Monday. "State of Franklin" is a non profit Corporation serving the 1 most western counties of North Carolina? Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain. The purpose of State of Frank lin is to study and plan in the areas of Health and Medical facilities for this 7-county area. Cherokee County Com mittee members are Dr. Charles Van Gorder, Doyle Burch, Frank Swan, Sister Mary Francis Xavier, Dave Moody, Hans Berkins, Mrs. Edgar Wood, John Smith, Holland McSwain, Jack Miller Memorial Planned At MHS An effort is being made to raise funds to place a set of reference books in the Murphy High School Library as a memorial to the late Mrs. Harry (Emily) Miller. These books will be chosen at the discretion of the school Librarian. A plaque engraved with an inscription in appreciation of Mrs. Miller's effort* toward educating the youth of Murphy and Cherokee County will be given by Davlj Jew elers and placed In the library along with the books. The funds toward this memorial, which have been received by Verlon E. Carter of Marietta, Georgia, and formerly of Murphy, nave been turned over to Mrs. Bob Minor, librarian of Murphy High School. Any additional funds which he receives as a result of earlier communica tions with former classmates will also be given to Mrs. Minor who will acquire the books for the library. Any person, former stud ents or friends of Mrs. Harry Miller, who wish to make a contribution toward this effort may do so by sending con tributions to the Murphy High School to the attention of Mrs. Bob Minor, librarian. F rauson, Ed Burch, Dr. Pete Hill, Miss Willie Lovingood, Jack Early, Mary Faye Brumby, Harry Bagley. Jack Owens, Paul Ridenhour, and Frank Forsyth. Clay County Committee members are Bobby Burch, Arthur Murray, Tom Day, Wiley McGlamery, Mrs. Florence M. Thompson, Phillip Howell, Dr. JoePrv gett. Sister Phyllis v , Alvin Penland, and A. ' . i getu Committee members from Graham County are Mrs. Johnnie Long, Ed Corpenlng, Kenneth Barker, Claude Moody, Mrs. Ted Jordan, Modeal Walsh, Mrs. Christine Corpenlng, Lucille Crowe, Martha Parks, Rev. Loy Kennedy, Helen Ghormley, Frank Rodger* , and Ted Jordan. The Murphy meeting will concentrate on Hospital Planning for die 7-county area. All citizens interested in improved Medical facilities are urged to attend. MHS Students To Register Registration will be held at Murphy High School on Monday and Tuesday for those students who did not register last spring. All students who did not attend Murphy High School last year will have to register during this time. The Office will be open for registration during the hours o f 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on these days. Salvage Lumber Donation Made Henry Ridgeway, plant con troller of Andrews Furniture Industries, has donated sal vage lumber to the Tri -County Technical Institute for use in craft courses. The courses, with emphasis on small wood projects, are open to the general public, IS years of age and older, and are free except for the cost of materials used. Federal Suit Asks For New Election Two Cierokee County resi dents, Howard West and Idris Adams, have filed suit in U. S. District Court atBryson City charging that the present Cherokee County Board of Commissioners is "unlaw fully and improperly con stituted" and asking that the Court order a new election "under the general law of the State at the earliest feasible moment." The suit was filed by At torney C. E. Hyde Monday. Defendants named are the Board of Commissioners - W. T. Moore, Ray C. Sims, Andrew J. Barton, Carlyle Matheson, Jack Simonds and Luther Dockery; The Board of Elections of r * ? Defendants Comment j On Federal Suit The Seoul contacted several of the defendants named in the complaint filed In the U. S. District Court in Bryson City against the present method of election of the Cherokee County Board of Comm issioners to determine their views on the issue. Hayes H. Dockery, Sr. said "the districts should be divided equally in population." Sen. Mary Faye Brumby said the plaintiffs "have a perfect right to test it (the law) and the outcome will have to be left up to the Court." She added "Rep. McGlamery and 1 are listed at the top of the complaint but are not listed as defend ants In the body of the com plaint." Jack Simonds said "I don't think that two-vote system is right and we ought to have something done about it. The Commissioners should be elected either county-wide or from equal districts." W. T. Moore, CarlyleMath eson, Milton Mashburn, Rep. Wiley A. McGlamery and Lee C. Smith told The Scout they had no comment to make at this time. Andrew J. Barton, Luther Dockery, Ray C. Sims, Cleve Almond and Wade T. Bruton could not be reached before press time. Sylva, Waynesville OK Legal Liquor The voters of Sylva and Waynesville approved the establishment of Alcoholic Peveraue Control Stores in their towns Tuesday. The vote in Sylva was two to-one in favor with a heavy turnout. The vote was 326 for and 166 against. There are about 600 registered voters In Sylva and 492 voted Tuesday. The Waynesville ABC Store was approved by a 58-vote margin, 1,111 to 1,053. The total vote was 2,164 out of Airport Grant Expected Today WASHINGTON?The Appalac hian Regional Commission is expected to approve a $43,999 grant for the Andrews -Murphy Airport today (Thursday). The grant was announced in a joint release by Senators Sam J. Ervin, Jr. and B. Everett Jordan and Rep. Roy A. Taylor last Wednesday. The Appalachian grant, which had been expected but was delayed, will reduce the county bonds needed to finance purchase and improvement of the airport to $106,502. The voters authorized the county to sell up to $150,000 in bonds last August. The Federal Aviation Agency has already approved a grant of $150,501 for the airport. Moose Lodge Sought Here Efforts are being made to organize a Loyal Order of Moose Lodge in Murphy. Persons Interested In in formation about tl>e organ ization are invited to write to Loyal Order of Moose, Box 463, Murphy. There are presently more than 2,000 Moose Lodges in the English speaking areas of the world and membership is reported to be near one million. Kindergarten Opening Set Weekday kindergarten classes sponsored by die Murphy First Methodist Church will open on Thurs day, August 24, according to the teacher, Kate S. Evans. 4,200 registered voters. The votes were to be can vassed Wednesday afternoon. Waynesville Mayor Henry Clayton said the first ABC Store in the town could be in operation within 30 days. 2 Hurt On Scott Laney A Murphy man and boy were injured in a car-truck coll ision on Scott-Laney Mountain Monday, according to High way Patrolman Don Reavis. Noland Wells, the driver of the car, was transferred to a Chattanooga hospital. Jimmy Owens, 13, was a pass enger in the car. He was Injured ana taxeu 10 an Ashe vllle hospital. The truck driver, Raymond W. Watts, 37, of Bryson City was not Injured. Reavis said it appeared that the Wells car, traveling west, crossed the center of the road and struck the rear wheel of the tr actor -trailer rig. Andrews Softball Tournament Set Softball teams from And rews, Murphy, Hayesville, Robbinsville and Bryson City will participate in a tourna ment beginning Monday night at Andrews. Hayesville team number one will meet the Robbinsville runner-up in the opening game at 6:30. Graves Chrysler Plymouth of Murphy will play the Andrews runner-up at 7:30. Andrews team number one meets Bryson City at 8:30 and die top Robbinsville and Hayesville number two team play at 9:30. Games are scheduled on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with the final championship game set for 8 p.m. on Saturday. There will be a 25 cent admission charge. Man Found Dead In Car Coroner J. C. Towns on said Guy Brlttaln of Murphy, who was found dead In his car Wednesday morning, died of natural causes. Sheriff Claude Anderson found the body in the car which was parked along the Harsh* w Road. Anderson said he received a report uiat the car was seen parked there Tuesday night and was in the same place In die morning. Cheorkeu County - Milton Mashh irn, Cjeve Almond and Hayes H. Dockery, Sr., Sen. Mary Faye Brumby, Rep. Wiley A McGlamery; Lee C. Smith, Chairman of the N. C. State Board of Elections and Wade T. Bruton, Attorney General of North Carolina. The present Board was elected under a special act of the 1965 General Assembly from districts "created by a hodgepodge of irrational sub division", the suit says. The suit lists the population of the three commissioner districts as follows: District One - 4,834, Dis trict Two - 6,813, and Dis trict Three - 4,655. It contends that the "in equality of representation... violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amend ment to the Constitution.. (and) is invidiously discriminatory and repugnant to the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States relating to equal representation and to the principal of 'one man - one vote'." The plaintiffs ask that the present districts be declared unconstitutional and that the Commissioners be elected by the county at large under the general law of the State of North Carolina. The suit requests that a three-judge Court hear the complaint. Each party elected 'hree members of the Boird last November. Republican Math eson and Democrat Moore were elected from District One. Both District Two mem bers are Democrats, Sims and Barton, Republicans Dockery and Simonds represent Dis trict Three. The Democrats control the Board under the special act due to the method set out for electing a chairman. Moore was elected chair man and he has two votes, under the special act, when a tie vote is cast on any issue before the Board. Andrews Fees Less This Year The traditional high schol textbook rental fee and the Elementary school supple mentary book fee will not be collected from the youngsters as school opens on August 23, however lunches will cost an extra 5 cents per plate. Positive action by the 1967 N. C. General Assembly brought about these changes in fees to be collected from students. The legislature ap propriated additional funds to the Andrews City School System so that the traditional 15.00 per student High School textbook rental fee will no longer be charged. The students will be charged at the end of the year for lost or damaged textbooks. The trad itional supplementary book fee for elementary schoolchild ren will not be collected this year. The 1967 Legislature was asked to appropriate funds to aid school lunchrooms be cause of the increasing cost of operation. This Legislature did not provide the additional funds, therefore the Andrews City Board of Education found it necessary to raise the price of school lunches for this purpose. The youngsters will P?y 30 cents per lunch this year. All parents are urged to send youngsters prepared to P?y all fees, except for lunches, on orientation day which is Wednesday, August 23. The youngsters will attend school one half day on August 23, for the purpose of array ing schedules, paying fees and receiving textbooks. Mo lunches will be served as school will be dlsmlssted at 12:00. James A. Wood has joined the English Department at Andrews High School. The Andrews Elementary School gained two teachers be cause of Increased enroll ment. New faculty members there are Frances Oe Etta Wa?on, Librarian; Jeennle Bld<fle, P*U W. Price, and Robert Hugh Rayburn. Mary Barnard Jones is a new teacher at the Martle Elementary ? ? TftiiMnW
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