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Vol. XLIV.? No. 9. Leading If rkl y .\euspaper in Western North Carolina, Covering a Large and Potentially Rich Territory in This Stale Murphey, N. C., Friday, September 30, 1932 $1.00 YEAR? 5c COPY RESOURCES IN CHEROKEE ARE BEING WORKED ?? Lar?f Marble Quarries In Operation; Another Will Be Opened bank deposits ARE INCREASING Merchants Optimistic In Andrews And Murphy; Farmers Are Active By GEORGE W. McCOY (Staff Correspondent in The Ashe ville Citizen) VURPHY, Sept. 26.? Cherokee, th extreme southwestern county of North Carolina, and one of the wealthiest counties in the State, is now enjoying an improvement in |bu ne? conditions. With a diversity of resources and facilities, including agriculture, lum btring, water power, mining, indus tries, and two railroads, Cherokee is lo> iri? forward to the day when prosperity will return in full force a:. : large enterprises will begin the development of the great potential wealth of the county. The banks of Andrews and Mur f.' y. the two principal towns of the county, report increases in deposits and general improvement in the bii-'nt structure. ! i I ayless, cashier of the Bank of .Murphy, said today that money i~ easier, deposits in his bank are inert a ing, and that the people of tin i unty are exhibiting a greater of confidence over the out !?-' .. f' ? r business. Mr. Kayless said qu;i i hit of money has been placid in i. ulation in the county recently as n suit of the sale of wood pro du< : . livestocks, and farm crops. Mr. W. D. Whi taker, cashier the Cit Uank and Tr^. i.l Andrews, said that business condi tions "are really better" in Andrews. "There has been an improvement in conditions within the past 60 cays, and especially in the last 30 days." he said, lie pointed out, as an ^lustration of how money is be ing i ut into circulation, that two or thn- ? large dealers are buying bark an<l other wood from all over the section and arc selling it to the Andrews Tanning Extract company ano ,? the tannery of F. P. Cover and Son j, at Andrews. This, he said, put lots of money into circu lation, i p-.cially among the working el:1. where it is most needed. Mr. Whitaker also said there has l-ei n an increase in the number of depo itors and in the amounts depos ited in his bank within the past two n.on hs, and that confidence is be in, aduallv restored. Merchants Optimistic L. B. Nichols, owner and operator of the Nichols department store oi Andrews, said there has been some pick up in business and the outlook is brighter. During: the part 30 day;*, he said hia store has enjoyed a j pc ; volume of business. The Sept-1 ember business to date, he said, is 6U per cent better than the August trade. While this is partly a sea sonal improvement, it is not altogeth er due to fhia, he said, for people are taking advantage of the low prices and are buying because it is expect ed that there will be price increases. E. L. Townson, owner and opera tor of the Townson department store ?f Murphy, also said there has been some improvement in business with in the last two months. He said the buying public is taking advantage of the low prices and money is being expended for merchandise to a con siderably larger extent than a few months ago. Marble Development The most outstanding new indus trial development in Cherokee coun ty is that of the Columbia Marble company at Marble, between Murphy and Andrews. F. Borzynski, manager, ^id that the large new plant of the company is now operating on a full time basis and about 60 men are em Woy<>d at the plant and two quarries. ^ third quarry, which will give em ployment to between 15 and 20 men, * to be opened within a few days. It s within a short distance east of Pi ant at Marble. Officials of the company stated hat by next spring it is hoped to ?ouble the output of the quarries 4r,d plant. Mr. Bcfrzynskin said busi for bis company is showing some ^Provement and it is expected to ^Piove considerably more when the **Kal blue marble is placed on the ?arkel within the next three or four Continued on page 4) Holding Court in Hold of a Barge \\71TI1 all the traditional pomp ami ceremony, the mayor or Rochester, VV Kn^rland. is presiding over a session of the Meilway Court of Admiralty In the hold of a Imr^o on the Ulver Medway. CHEROKEE FAIR IS UNDER WAY Interesting Exhibits Feature Open ing Of Four-Day Event Cherokee county's annual fair, ! scheduled to la-t four days, was ' i opened lu re Wednesday with many; I attractive exhibits an<! a large atten dance, despite rainy weather. Departments have been arranged | i for handiwork, household products, j agricultural products, live stock and I oth.'r exhibits. Only ribbons will he j awarded this year, but keen compe tition is expected for these. The Krause shows, operating in the mid- j j way, are among the most popular ? entertainment feature?. ! Fine dahlias on display added a , { t!a-h of life and color to the ex hibits Wednesday. The Andrews school and the John j C. Campbell Folk School have very interesting educational exhibits. T.'iis fair is separate and distinct from the annual Che'rokee Indian fair which will open October 4. Red Cross Chapter In Cherokee Holds Meet A call meeting of the executive ; committee of the Cherokee county shapter of the American Red Cross, was hd<l at the Regal hotel, Thurs I day night, September 22nd. Miss Pearl Weaver, representative of the Red Cross, was present and i heard reports of the work accomplish ed for the year, given by R. W. Gray, chairman of the Cherokee county chapter, and A. L. Martin, county welfare officer. The report showed 620 families ! havo been assisted with garden seed, yeast, clothing, food, flour and cash I estimated at $1,521.50. Yeast was distributed to 300 pellagrians. The roll call was discussed, and chairmen and committee appointed. R. W. Gray was appointed county chairman, Mrs. C. W. Savage, roll call chairman, and H. Bueck, publicity chairman. A program for the winter for as sisting with clothing for families in need, was planned. Tho?e present at the meeting were: Miss Pearl Weaver, R. W. Gray, A. L. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. H. B'ueck, M'rs. G. W. Ellis , W. M. Fain, and Mrs. C. W. Savage. REVIVAL CLOSED AT NEW HOPE The revival closed at the New Hope '? church of God Sept. 11, with great! success in every way. Rev. John i Harris of Englewood, Tenn. being the evanglist, he was also accompan ied with a singer, Le Roy Townson. The house was filled to overflow. Many wonderful sermons were de Christ. Eight followed the Lord in livered, and many souls won to baptism and mo^re to be baptised. j Forty partook in the ordinance of feet washing and Lord 'a Supper. Rev. Harris returned home Mon day 12. He is called to do some evanglistic work in Southern Geor gia. We pray that God may be with him, for we felt he is a God called minister, greacJiing only the word of God. S. H. STALCUP PASSES AT HOiME MARTIN S CREEK S. If. Stalcup, 77 years oh!, prom- I inent farmer .of the Martin's Creek ??ction, died at his home on Ti'iurc- | day September :22nd, after a linger- : ing illm-'. Mr. Stalcup had been a paralitic for the pasc two years, i Funeral services were conducted I Friday afternoon at ?'? o'clock and in- j torment was in the .Martin's Creek j cemetery. IL is survived by his wife, one son, I George Stalcup, of Murpby; four i i daughters, Mrs. Luther Martin. Mis. j 1 Yanc?. Wilson, of Murpby; Mrs. A. j H. Simmons, of 1 f loxville, Tcnn., j and Mrs. Frank Leatherwood, of Dur- i ham, N. C. ; one brother, II. 1). Stal- j cup, of Brasstown, twenty grand ! children and 2 great grand (hildren. j OVER 80 MEN" ARE EMPLOYED j Projects Are Part Of $55, COO Pro gram In Pisgah Forest Franklin, Sept 2.'5. (Special) ? ' More than eighty m( n are employed I on reads and trails j.Vojects now un ! der way in Pisgah National Forest. 1 The projects are a part of a pro- 1 uram in the Nantahala forest area for which $55,000 Federal relief funds were recently appropriated. A:i many as three or four projects will be kept going all this year, al though no new ones will be begun un til all work now under way has been completed. Mr. Bryne, who has his headqua'rters here, stated. Cherokee-Clay Road One of the most important proj ects under way is the building of twelve miles of road, twelve feet wide, through the forest area from Junaluska creek, about six miles from Andrews, Cherokee county, in to Clay county. Thfrty men are em ployed on this road. Approximately 20 men are build ing two miles of road nine feet wide, in the vicinity of Rabun Gap, across the state line in Georgia. Widening Nantahala Road A force of between 12 and 11 men is engaged in widening two miles of the road from Nantahala station through the Nantahala section of Macon county. One mile of this road is to be hard surfaced. Six men are working on a trail project in the Valley River section of Cherokee county and six more are installing a forestry service telephone line near Highlands. Ten more men are engaged in telephone construction in the area. The road from Junaluska creek into Clay county will extend to the mouth of Little Tuni Creek, then up the stream to Tuni Gap, then down Big Tuni. This road is an impor tant project both to Clay and Cher okee counties and to Pisgah National Forest. The basis of pay for forest labor is twenty cents an hour with thirty hours a week working time. THIEVES take WHEELS OFF TEACHER'S CAR Last Friday night, a party of thieve? stole all four wheels off the Ford Coupe belonging to Prof. Dea ton, one of the teachers of the Mur phy school, and smashed the dash board in attempting1 to take the whole car. Prof. De&ton, who is stopping at | the McCall apartments, had the car parked out infront of the house on , Hilton street. The parties Dushed it off down to the river at the end of Hilton street where they were en abled to work in seclusion and with out being heard. The spot selected is about a hundred or more yards from the nearest house in the McCall section. Residt s taking the four wheels, which Mr. Deaton said had new tires all around, the thieves broke and smashed up the da .h board beyond repair. It is !h< ught that they tried to get the car started, and being un able to successfully do so, attempt ed to break int the burglar-proof lash board and vke spark connec tion. Failing in this they took the wheels off. No clue as to the iden | tity of *.'ie parties was found, al I the ugh officers are working on the ca?o in the hope of discovering somr thins tangible to work on. ENROLLENT IN SCHOOLS GROWS Chcrokrr County Ha* Ar Increase Of Three Hundred Over Last Year Tht- enrollment of the rural schools ' of C.'ierok *e county for the first ] month i 2,763, about 300 more; than were enrolled the first, month J last yea'r, according to an announce- t by A. L. Martin, county superinten- j dent of schools'. Fillowintr js a list of the schools showing the enrollment: Potato Creek. 21 Sunny Point. 62; Johnson School. 61; Culberson, 106; Beech Creek, 61; Macedonia, 30; Kinsey, 55; Martin's Creek. 178; Ebeneezer. 60; White Church, 62. Rates Creek, 62; Owl Creek, HO; Grape Creek, 134; Roiling Springs. 47; Davis Creek 28: Har>haw. 6.r? Mr. Pleasant. 66; Pear .'i tree 2Sfi; TTuckberrv. 22; John Morrow, |36; Oafreeta 32; Violet. 31; Unaka, 101; ' Up^er Reawrdam. 89. Fairview. 28; Topton. 75; Rho:!o, -''7; Junnlu-ka. 90; Oak Grove, 32; j Marble. 159: Persimmon Creek, '>0: TJei.i's Chnnel. -11; River llili. 2\' Sheerer School. 46; Hill Scho? 1. 40; Clark S-^nnl. 58; Post ell. 32; Friend ship. 106; Ranger 115; Tomotla, 91. OLMSTED LEAVES FOR VIRGINIA Stanley Olmsted, novelist, and un til last Fall, Hearst newspaper critic, left this morning for his mother's country-home estate, "Vinecroft," in Virginia, near Washington, D. C., where he will sojourn a few weeks with his sister, Mrs. Myrtle Olmsted McMahon, before settling in New York City for the winter. The final manuscript of "Homespun." his last novel, representing several months work done here in Murphy, at Dickey House Annex, was completed and expressed to the publishers last week. Inetrnational critics have ad vised Mr. Olmsted to devote the rest of his life to novels of larger calibre, ? and to give as little of his time to newspaper work as he may find possible. Mr. Olmsted says the conditions under which he wrote "Homespun" in Murnhy we're as ideal for creat ive work as any he has ever known. Nothincr whatever to distract from well ni?*h monastic seclusion and toil *?iat. as he puts it, "knew no Sun days." o Baptist Ministers To Meet At Murphy All Baptist ministers of Cherokee and Clay Counties are urged to meet at the Firrt Baptist Church in Mur phy on Monday, October 3rd, at 10 o'clock a. m. Eastern Standard Time, for the pi* ruose of organizing a Min ister's Cor.ference. W. F. Sinclair, of Havesville. Moderator of the Wes tern North Carolina aptist Associa tion, renuests that every Baptist min ister in the two counties attend this meeting. 5-10 COUNCIL HELD MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT Farm Program Leaders Get To gether At Murphy Hotel Last Friday Night The regional Council of the 5-10 Yea*r Farm Program comprising the six counties of the extreme western part of the state, met at the Regal Hotel last Friday ni&?\t. Twenty ! members were present, representing j the- counties of Jackson, Macon, Gra I ham, Cherokee and Clay. There was I no representative from Swain coun : ty. Sam L. Franks, of Franklin, pre sided, and Bruce Webb read the min ute.-* of the meetings at Franklin, Spruce Pine jnd Brevard. John W. Goodman. district farm agdnt, and K. W. Gray, Cherokee county agent, spoke of the value of community organizations in each county. Mr. Gray has 12 organiza tions in Cherokee county, which meet once a month. In order to stimulate interest in these meetings Mr. Gray ask.nl that Mr. Goodman furnish the organizations with a suggested pro gram. that they might have something definite to work tor at eacn meet ing. George Bidst'rup of the John C. Campbell folk school, told of how his organization centered on silos at one meeting, and as a result, five silo? werc. bijjlt. Mr. Webb stressed the value of heme and farm beautification, and Miss Marguerite Butler of the folk - hool, told of how they had beau tified the schi ol by planting native trees and shrubs ami other plants. E. II. Meachem of Franklin, told of how pupils had planted white pines and other trhee and native shrubs on the school grounds there, an 1 of the great interest the children took in making a rock garden on the ground?, and the plants they brought for thi: garden. E .V . Vestal, Jackson county farm agent, talked of the advantage of marketing stock in Atlanta, instead of shipin^ to Richmond and Cincin nati. A. J. Pill4* of Sylva, vice president of the Farmer's .Mutual Exchange in North Carolina, and secretary of the Smoky Mountains Exchange, told of the value of brick brooders in poul try raising. W. B. Wiggins of Robinsville, said citizens want a farm agent in Gra i am county, and are going to use their effort:! to obtain one. S. S. Hooper, chairman oi the farm program in Graham county, known far and wide for his fine black Angus cattle, told of how h>. had establish ed fr ni hi-' herd hercs in most all the southern state*. Tie is the larg est cattle raiser in Graham county. P. S. Sloan. Macon county agent, told of a cattle sale recently held in his county, and of how farmers disno.-ed of the scrub cattle. The council accepted an invita tion to hold the November meeting in Robbinsville. Those attending the meeting were: BVuce Webb, and Norman Schwab, of Asheville, John Goodman, di<9 trict farm aeent. A. J. Dills, and E. V. Vestal of Sylva, F. S. Sloan, E. H. Meachem, and Sam L. Franks of Franklin, S. S. Hooper, W. B. Wif*rins. J. R. Miller and Troy Hyde of Robbinsville, Miss Marguertie Rut ler. chairman of 'he Women's depart ment of the 5-10 program, and Georee Bidstrup. of the folk school at Brasstown, Quay Ketner, mana ger of the Mountain Valley Cream ery, and Fred O. Scroges. both of Brasstown, E. D. Bowditch, ? Clay counfy aecnt, R. W. Gray, Cherokee county arent. Wm. P. Payne, chair man of Cherokee county and W. M. Fain. ^resident of the Murphy Lion's club. Taxpapers League To Meet Monday Vhe Taxnayfrs T-casrtie of Cher okee County will meet Monday, Octo ber 3rd at 10 o'clock in the morn inff. Prof. L. E. Mauney, president, announced this week. Taxpayers of the county are cor dially invited to attend and affiliate with the county organization, he said. No dues or other expenses are re quired for membership, but the or ganization is free to all taxpayers. The county league waa organized sometime ago, and it is expected that constitution and by laws will be dis cussed and adopted at this meeting,.
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