aH. 3U That's? ^ MURPHY The Leadir Vol. IYL?No. 37. i nr \ t c AVNrDV ^J^/UX/i.TNAIKY BUDGET C!7T "OH NEARLY $30000 * ? - ii ii-i.. >yy?^?v?uu Large PercenLage of The contracts to au so ai ww more acreage that is contracted for means a greater expenditure at the cannery. "It should be made clear," Mr. Thompson said, "that farmers who sign up tomato and bean acreage will be given preferance when it comes to buying berries as the budget calls for a much lower expenditure this year than it did last year." The cannery is primarilly interest- . ed in aiding the local farmer to di-c- I pose of his vegetables at a high j price and t.he directors in connection with the TV AC will market as much of the produce as is possible. JUSTICESOF THE PEACE SELECTED FOR 3 COUNTIES Raleigh, N. C. April 13.?Two hundred justices of the peace for 16 western North Carolina counties would be appointed under provisions of the omnibus justices of the peace hill introduced by a House sub-committee headed by Rep. B. C. Jones, of Swain. Others will be added before the bill is brought to the floor of the House for consideration. It was referred to the calendar committee which expects to report it out some time this week. The following is the list of names contained in the bill: Cherokee County?Notla township, J. W. Kilpatrick; Unaka township, U. G- Phillips; Vest township, Lon Roper; Murphy township, S. D. Akin, *f- D. Mallonee, Jr., and Valleytown township, J. H. Bryson. Clay county?Braastown township Aubrey Byers, J. C. Zimmerman, R. - Dyer, Ed L. Arrant, (four years); Mayesville township, T. C. Moore, rtalph Beal, W. T. Carter, (four years); Hiawassess to- nship, Pred H Gribblo, H. A. Hollif; 1 R. G. AlliH "on, (four years); ing Creek I townrhip, A. J. Jr H. Hogsed, years); Sweetv 'hip, J. H. I Robert McC'- 'ker, (four I Barlow, Vance Loving, W. M. Car B ter. (four years); Tusquittee town ship, X,. R. Moore. N. P. Robinson, H T. c. Melton, (four years). E ^'"ham coun'y?Cheoah township * ?' 'rt Hvd? and Thurman Hooker, t-.vo years) L \mount "'~o Be Spent Here, Reports Reveals Nearly $20,000 will be turned loose i this section when the Mountain Yr.l ty Associated tannery begin* its perations this summer, a resort ? f . i budget, et at a meeting of the directors in the county agent's o f.ee i the court house here Saturday, re voaled. The estimated budget wa< $2^.1191. ? f which a small part for incidental expenses will be spent outside the t untv. the report showed. ih-i.'os the direct r o* the cai> iic- y, Arthur C. Jackson and Ed Camp ... directors of the TV AC. of w.iich 1 cal oanneiy i.? a ur.it, were [ resent to h.lp discuss plans for the eration of the cannery an i aid in making the budget. Along with their ait. rney they assure.! thii cooperation with the local organization. Contracts for 100 ton- of beans, do tous of berries and 200 tons of tomatoes will call for an expenditure oi ^10,000 while the labor and over-, rfiead on the cannery will call for nearly $10,000 more, the report show. j cd, the remainder of the estmated' budget going for labels, cans, boxes, etc. I The bean acreage has gone over the 1 intimate.! mark, E. R. Thompson, j cannery manager raid, while the to-j mato acreage is not yet signed up to its quota. He urged all farmers who are interested in signing up for the * ' -* QC ctiU plete plan? in a day or so, Mr. Savage said. The Chattanooga Automobile club annually makes several trips of this nature. Mr. Wililams said, for the purpose of boosting their city and its incoming roads. The trip to A-ehsville he added, will be one of the most delightful ever planned by the club due to the scenic beauty of this mountainous section. At Ashevlle the members of the motorcade will dispense. They plan to arrive there around o'clock. Numerous stops are planr.ed at towns and places of interest. Since practically everyone in the club will make the trip, the presence of Chattanooga's leading figures is assured. Chief among them are Chancellor J. L. Foust and H. I... Thatcher, president of the club. "CLEAN UP" WEEK DESIGNATED AT WOMAN'S MEET From the present time until Saturday, April 27^ was named "Cleanup" week in Murphy by the Womans' club at their regular meeting here Wednesday afternoon. At the end of that time there will be a motorcade the women said. Evedy one is requested to do their best in cleaning up their lawns and "ords and helping in every way possible to rid Murphy of its unsightly places. / - it ifi ig Weekly Newspaper in Western Yoi MURPI Superior Court Encls Here On Last Friday rhe April fnfi i >u erior t itx ndec Friday ai't-r tw hectic weeks : bisposiiijr .i? ..-' ..g.i ere ? . >i; <-fi in nattbiU'oga to A kcville o:t April >7 ? \v. bei.iu made Friday to j have a large mM t en e It oni th:. I -o?.. oiiiciaily greet he 1 ^ -..es^e | up at tile .-ta.e line i.iiles b j i \v i - re and escort the ?i i ;> iar o,. , .. .;r good will trip. The purpose of the Tennessee j nu-lou-adc ia in tne interest oi having <*>.> miles oi road between the North j Carolina-Ttnnes.-ee line and Cleveland, Tenn., paved in the near future, j v\'. A. Williams a director of the ! club, who was here Friday making arrangements for the trip, said that ; the appropriation lor the paving had 1 practically betn made and that work should start on the road in a short time. 'this connecting link of road contit utes one of the most important sections of the numerous highways that lead into Chattanooga as a hub, and as it is a well-travelled road the fa\ing will make a big improvement over the present dirt surface. There will be at least 200 people in the motorcade and we are bringing along the Elks Junior Club band, [ one of the most out-tanding units of its kind in the South" Mr. Williams j said. 1 The party plans to arrive here at 11:30 where the entire group will dine at the Regal hotel. The reception at the state line is planned f r 10:40. On the tenative committee of arrangements were named: C. W. Savage, Mayor J. F. Gray, G. W. Ellis. T. A. Ca e. Don Witherspoon and W. M. Fain. A meeting will be called for the purpose of formulating com *th (.arnitnt?. 1 utrrtnc " lit'.''- ami ^5Y, N. C. ihurs. April 1 , iY E MEN LOSE POCKEIBOOKS IN CROWD HERE Five men in this section report '_d r.a.,r.g lo.-t their pOcketbooks white hearing the outdoor address o: Gov. Eugene Taimadge Monday, eri Chief of Police Fred JnKn.nn expressed the opinion Tuesday right that they were taken by a pick-pocket who roamed at large among the milling crowd of 4,000 persons. The loeses and amounts reported were: J. D. Mallonee, Murphy lawyer, $31; J. T. L. Hartness, Mineral Bluff, Ga., $92; J. W. 1 wiggi, Hiawassee, Ga., a note for $10C and $7.50 in cash; W. L. Garren, of the lower erd of the county, $12, and H. B. Elliott, $3C. Each of the purses were said to contain personal papers. Local police reported no suspect.. ft is said the same thing fat occured during another of the C-.-orgia governor's speeches. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES ARE ANNOUNCED HERE Final s= iioo! ic' viti > for the y-.ar wire drawing t > <- ?1< e week with the oi filial announcements o ! the programs ? .* the vari u- oc as ions. I he hijsh school music rev it .1 will be held Thursday night a: >:30; the I grammar school music recital Fri! day night at 7:30; the baccalaureate sermon Sunday at 3 o'clock, the Mur' phy elementary school play Monday I night at 7:30, and the graduating exercises Tuesday nig. it at 7:30. All the events will be held in the high school auditorium. The complete programs appear in another part of the Scout. SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY Special Easter services will be held at the Methodist church Sunday and special music for the services is being practiced by a choir of 15 voic. es under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Gantt. T.he Re v. \V. A. Rollins, lay leader, will deliver the Sunday morning sermon. No evening services will be held at f.'ie Baptist or Presbyterians churches t.'-.at all who wish might be able to attend the special choral ser , vices ai ine .u&tnodist church Easter night. Spcciai Easter services will be held at the other two churches al>o Sunday morning with the Presbyterian's holding communion. ONE IS INJURED IN TWO WRECKS LAST WEEK END Homer Ledford, an employee of t.he Murphy Service station, suffered painful injuries to his head and knee as a result cf a motor accident about four miles out on No. 28 Saturday night. It is said that he lost control of the car he was driving and it plunged down over an embankment. Also it was reported that one of Mr. Fob King's trucks was accident, ally overturned Saturday night, neither of the two boy>? riding in it be?r.g injured. House Passes Tax Relief Bill Saturday The house has passed Representative Hyde's bill for the relief of Cherokee County taxpayers. It remits penalties and interests, but not foreclosure costs on all 192732 taxes, and allows such taxes to be paid with installment notes, maturing in not more than two years, bearing interest at six per cent from April 1, 1935. It prescribes the procedure for giving notes and enforc. ing payment. ? ?nx i*ntf?r tni.'ty tv > >, f-"i ?i r? s S, 1S35 ^ . o One Announces Ye; For Ciiy Cfiice ! h- ....... T - : .: ' lh'. ' ; C : cotivt - on ?;.. . v. u.j , .. :t in .. . ?. : a Wi.< v. ;I ; . rand aide: i.i n. aiijjounce iienis : o tin i'ff'.-Hp! *:u:. i* y .t >? t = o. * ;-i iy ; BALL LEAGUE J OF SIX TEAMS IS ORGANIZED i enative Rules Are ! Drawn up at Meeting In Andrews Friday Ni^ht 0 VKc-pr. sentati\es o. six i-wn. nn . at ..'it; RiMis.de h Anurvw? ri Irani- aim ?ii v. up plan.- foi j ' "u rep=?- c: M t i.?.... *AV ul; . AiitieWs. .1 .uwaj L ( herok . was ? i vice led pre-it*. it ti..- ci > a b .J"- . j \ John n, o: Maiphy, was named sec- c rotary ujid tr.usurer. 1 he mana- - r> ,.e teams \vh< j * ' wcit automatically named on the j , board oi directors along with the ; r i president and the -cc rotary anu ticas- 1 I urer were: 11. 11. Hickman(Murphy),! A, II. Padgett (Hayesville), Gold-j j n.an Kinsland (Cherokee), T m Cog-1 f gins (Marble), J. C. Vaught (Hain-j i bow Springs), and Kimsey Wyk?. | t ! (Andrews). < i j About 25 people were present t??; c I hear Bill Hart, of the Covington I Sports company, of Asheville, open i the meeting and offer a set of roles 1 for suggestion. Mr. Hart is working on the schej dule and expects to have it present- c ed in a few days. Trie plans call for t two halves and a series of five games 1 will be played between the two win- a ners for the championship at the end f of the season. 1 Directly following the meeting Murphy ordered 15 new uniforms for their players and Henry Hickma i proclaimed an ultimatum that he wanted all his boys to understand that the umpire was to have the full l say in all home games in keeping with the league's plans and that he did not want any arguing over decisions. The plans were discussed at length and tenatively drawn up as follow5: , 1. Tht name of the league shall , l. , . U \l-,. rn?Ai:nn Irnn.io 2. Calloway Martin, president; \ Josh Johnson, secretary and treas. ] urer. 3. Each club shall appoint their , manager as a representative to set- ( tie disputes that may arise, and to , act as a governing board. In case of a tie, vote on any question, the president shall cost the deciding vote. j 4. Each club r.hall furnish the j secretary a list of 15 players from ] which their team shall be picked. 5. Only amateurs, or league play- 1 cis who hav b^T o:,t lf*< o bal! t the last season shall be allowed to ] play. 6. A team may revise its players ] list from time to time but in any case j a man's name must have been on the $ /rnntiniif/1 nn Kafir n*i cr<- \ , EDNA PATTON IS NAMED QUEEN OF , MAY AT COLLEGE < CULLOWHEE, April 13. Miss 1 Edna Patton, of Murphy, was elected ^ May Queen Friday afternoon by the students of Western North Carolina Teachers' college. Miss Patton will be crowned Queen of the May Festival on May 3. Miss Patton, a striking blonde nnd a four-year senior, won second honors in the State-wide beauty contes' conducted in 1933 by the North Car. olina department of the American Legion. The May Queen is the daughter of Mrs. Tom Patton and the late Mr. Patton, of Murphy. TODAY .Cj "* EAR?5c COPY RAPS 1 kDNHNiSTRATiON pir*?,iNDiNC POLICY ] * * -> | ri pie to ipend . ; n- y On Roads in . .. eeu.i 1 iLis .\ionday Gov. Eugene Talmadge. of Geora, scored the pending policies of le national adminis.riiivn and urgu the bu.i .ing o. in re roads c'J f ciei-al appropriation:- in a speech ,e:or 4000 peo;le in the baii park ne Mon lay aitem on. Hailed oc a ionally by ] .termitR. a lause. the ?. e> i:< : : Ge < : .e :? pv tlv- G? ' n 1 y. - : - > >?'** ? * . f . mere r - i?I o-atc mean- t haul their rrek. He I'l-je at a lavg? part of the tovprnment's alhvntior.- ; , r ed in ju'lding more road?. "It's a -in t put a debt on rroslerity and then threw the money iway*\ he declared, and then delour.ced the present high rate of tax:ion by the way of comparison he add?d there was $21.25 tax on each bale >f cotton. "The textile industry will not irrowT mtil the process tax is abolished" 10 said. Attacks Administration Switching his subject to an attack n the present administration, a pet heme of his in many speeches lately, ?e objected to the importation of com ind oats and other commodities from 'oreign countries with a low tariff evel. "Get your part of the five b'llion ?it's the last you'll ever see lik^ it ?final prosperity and real recovery (Continued on bark pagf) o l-m ll.UB WUK\ IS BEGUN HERE ON LARGE SCALE Four-H Club work has been startin a large scale in Cherokee county :his week and A. Q. Ketner, Sam Mendenhall and K. W. Wooten, ccuny agents, said they would be patricularly interested in call club work Three meetings have been held this week and an average attendance of 25 interested boys and girls were reported present. They were held at i'eachtree Monday night. Andrews Tuesday night and Suit Wednesday night. A meeting will be held at the court nouse in Murphy Saturday nigh: ai i o'clock and all boys and girl,- in this vicinity are urged to attend they will be greatly benefitted. A'j .. Ketner said. Four-H club work covers every phase of agricultural and stock raising work and it is t.he foremost organization of its kind in getting the fouth of the country interested in igriculture as a profitable business ather than a bare subsistence. Thousands of the clubs have been rormed all over the country. The local county agents at present are trying to get every bo , interested in raising a calf. A dairy club show will be hfld lere prior to the fair and all the 1-H club members will offer iheiT ;alves in competition. Besides Cher, okee, competition is open to Union county, Ga., and Clay County. The winners, after displaying their calves at th? fail* hAM J ? ? "Viu, W?JI I-TTJ1U mt)I 'Tiltie to Asheville to compete i v calf show there on C R .L. Harrell, state 4* scheduled to be .her v week to speak to t! < tions on the general work of the club. ,VA