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I ?h,J? That's? | * MURPHY I The Leading W Vol. IIIL.?No. 23 Announce] PROSPERITY IS , SEEN HERE IN LOCAL SURVEY j TV A Is Great Aid In Restoring Better Business Conditions Murphy and Cherokee county are : looking forward to the greatest period of prosperity in their h:story during the year 1936. There have been great changes during the part year; changes that were not brought about by "puff ball' activity or "blue sky" dreams, but changes that have been built around sound financial and strong economic factors of natural progi ess. Since 'Cherokee county is primarily a farming area very few industries have been established in its lumber indirstries, two verneer plants, confines, and except for several a marble quarry and a talc mine there are no regular payrolls n this county. Thus the average citizen of this I county, whether he is a merchant or | a farmer, is dependent on the market prices of farm products, which in this tip end of the state consists principally of the grain and vegetable staples. The natural circulation and influx of currency has been yoked here since the booming days of 1929. Those who had good incomes suddenly found themselves pinched, an those who had but a meagre income found themselves, as the years wore on without anything. Change Is Noticed Beginning a year and a half ago in the summer of 1934 a marked change has been evident. Definitely "business has been picking up." On the whole merchants and retailers report greater sales. Wholesale salemen say they do a better business in Murphy than in any other town two or three times its size. Most of the farmers see better prices for their products. And incomes to the aveage citizen are higher. Blank clearings are higher; the price of property is swinging back to pre-war levels, and postal receipts will pass the $10,000 mark for the first time in five years. Analyzing the situation, politics has unquestionably been a primary factor in bringing the change. Oldinarilly the voting power in this ,a equally U1VU1CU oetween the Democrats and the Republicans, but at present the latter party is holding its guiding reins. The policies the present board of county commissionBars are following vary but little in the more important aspects of their work with those of the Democratic regime which went out of office in the elections of November 1934. Both have tackled the job of collecting delinquent taxes over a long period of years without resorting to extreme and harmful measures, and slashing the county's debts and outstanding bonds. Financially the three incorporated towns of the county?Murphy, Andrews and Marble?are better off now than they have been in the past aecaae. '/ VA Brings About Change The Tennessee Valley Authority's 1 interest in this vicinity, more than ' anything else, is responsible for the : change that has lifted the gloomy at- 1 mosphere from local prosperity. The change came simultaneously 1 with the Authority's announcement 1 that they were interested fat building on the Hiawassee river, and I1 that'one of the possible sites was 18 ' miles below here at what is known as ! Fowler's Bend. For years the Hiawassee, a mere 1 gulley spiralling through stepp mountains that tower on either side, has been surveyed and rcsurvcyed time and again for a possible dam site. Heretofore the work was done by ' various individuals or private cor- ! porations. But the building never 1 began. " 1 Moet of the land was bought up, in one wey or another, by W. V. N. ' (Continued on back page) (r?V eeklr Newspaper in Western North C ment Of 1 APPLICATIONS FOR ^ABOR ON 3 DAMS RECEIVED LOCALLY Applications for skilled, semiskilled workers on the Hiawassee, i Guntersville and Chickamauga dams were received at the Murphy post of-! fice this week. During the first three days 500 of the applications were filled out and more are expected to be received here on January 9. Mrs. I Thelma Dickey, postmaster ,states! that the blanks will either have to be called for in person or a stamped envelope must accompany the request for applications as they do not come j under the head of official business. The receipt of applications will close j on January 25. The examination will be for positions aa skilled workmen, helpers, i and laborers, and will consist of tests of mechanical skill and ability 1 to perform simple tasks. It will also , include a simple test of ability to follow oral instructions. Sample.** j of these tests may be found in the official announcement of the examination. Persons desiring work on these projects must file applications and compete in this examination even though they have civil service statu.*, or have taken previous TV A examina- j tions, or are now employed by the j Authority^ Applicants must be at least 16 years of age on the date of the close of receipt of applications. No person will be permitted to take the examination unless he or one of his parents, or his wife, or one of his wife's parents was living in one < f the counties listed on the official annunccnient on July 15, 1935. This examination will not qualify persons for clerical, professional, or other positions not classified as skilled, semi-skilled, or unskilled labor. Owing to the large number of ap- j plications expected, examinations will I be held on several dates. Each per- I son who 13 to be examined will be notified by admission card from the Authority when and where he is to be examined. Wages for labor on these projects will not be less than those prevailing in the region where the work of the Authority is carried on. The Tennessee Valley Authority will make appointments and communicate with applicants as the need for workers arises, or if additional information is needed. Appointment from the register will be made after investigation of character, employment record, and competence in particular trades or skills. Unnecessary correspondence on the part of the applicant is discouraged. Fisher Will Speak On Old Age Pensions Bill W. 3. Fisher, the state manager for the Townsend pension movement, will speak to the people of Cherokee County in the court house at Murphy Saturday, Jan. 11th at one o'clock (Murphy time.) Mr. Fisher travel, f..- ? 1 - * ? - WJU v>iC CUU VI like for everybody interested in an old age pension of any kind to hear him as he wil' tell the people just where we stand on the two pension bills now before Congress, and just what chance we have in getting anything from either of them. He asks i all those parties wfio joined the Townsend Club in Murphy some time ago to be present at this meeting. 1 Mr. Fisher traves from one end of 1 the State to the other in the interest | of the Townsend revised bill and this will be the last chance to hear about the pension bills for at least a couple i >f months. He hopes to have the I :ourt huse full as the old age pension i s one of the most important issues 1 tow before the people. < o 1 H. G. ELK1NS ILL 1 Mr. Harve Elkins, genial manager l >f the Southern States Power Com. oany, was confined this week suffer. ! ng from infection in his hands that < esulted from wounds caused by a < log biting him he attempted to seper. i ite his dog ^jd another that were t 'ighting. ? tmkt arohna. Covering a Ijv/?r and Pol Murphy, N. C. Thurs* 3am Exp< OVIL TERM OF COURT TO OPEN ON JANUARY 20 Judge Oglesby. Of Concord, Wil! Preside Over Session A civil term of Cherokee County Superior court will begin a two week's session here Monday, Jan. 20. Judge John M. Oglesby, of Concord, will preside. The jury for the first week will be: Phil Calhoun, Andrews; John Hall, Murphy, Route 2; B. L. Fox Murphy, route 2; Floyd Oliver, Murphy; W. K. Bristol, Andrews; J. B. Mulkey, Murphy; Ralph Shields, CulI ?5^ ?* ?--- T ' wicwii, l>. u. i au^cu, .tiurjmy; junn Arwood, Marble; Fred Hayes, Letitia; John W. Keenum, Suit; Abe Hembree, Murphv. Neal Davidson, Murphy; Ed Raxter. Andrews; G. W. Barton, Murphy; L A. Pulliuni, Andrews; W. A. Smith Marble; M. C. Odell, Murphy, route ;3; Joe Axley, Murphy; John Palmer | Marble; S. C. Mingus, Murphy, route 13; Eula Palmer, Unaka; A. J. TimpI son, Murphy, route 3; Sam Anions I Andrews. The second week's jurors are: J IG. Hogan, Andrews; Ed Brown, Turtletown, Tenn.; \V. M. Dockery, Mur. jphy, route 3; Dennis Barnett, Mur phy; John McGuire, Murphy, route j 1; Tom Rogers, Murphy; G. W Young, Murphy, route 3; J. B. War. ren, Murphy; Sam Williams, Andrews; Charles Hunsucker, Murphy; J. W. Kilpatrick, Ranger; Jim Stewart, Andrews. Sanford Ledford, Patrick; John Arp, Culberson; T. L. Martin, Murphy; Oscar Palmer, Tomotla; Fred Hampton, Murphy; Hilllary Hampton, Murphy; A. P. Allen, Postell; W. B. Johnson, Postell; Lee Horton, Patrick; John Ma.on, Brasstown; Drew Taylor, Murphy; Frank Sparks, Suit. Slenuf ' I * a X* VI1TC L/aill News Here First Every preparation has been made by the publishers of The Scout to bring to the people of Cherokee county the FIRST word on the Hiwassee dam. Arrangements have been made with TVA officials in Knoxville to send a wire here as soon as the board acts on the project, and a special edition of The Scout now being prepared will be put on the street. The Scout feels that it is but one of its duties to bring para, mount news to this section FIRST, and wiil lend every effort to give authentic news of this important event to the interested people of this territory. DAM SITUATION NOT TO BE HURT IN HIGH COURTS Whether or not the Tennessee Valley Authority has the right to sell its surplus power to municipalities will be decided by the Supreme Court some time in the next few days, it is expected. The body of justices have blasted the AAA and what their decision in the Authority's matter will be is purely a matter of personal speculation, dose observers say. However, it is believed that no natter what decision the Supreme Court hands down on the TVA, the result will have no bearing on the Hiawassee dam as that project is toncerned with flood control and not necessarily power generation. The Hiawassee river is the second largest :ributary flowing into the Tennessee Tver. There is a possibility that the Supreme court may go farther into he matter and attempt 1o name the mtire TVA set-up as unconstitution. il, but local lawyers are not prone ;o look on that matter with too much ilarm. entially Rich Territory in This State day, Jan. 9, 1936 ! 2cted "Anj I IMPORTANT DATES, 'EVENTS IN HISTORY OF HIAWASSEE DAM Here are the important dates and events that have led up to the realisation of the TVA's Hiawassee dam: April 24, 1934?Preliminary sur veys begun along Hiawassee river. | June 8 ? Congress appropriate$13,000,000 for Hiawassee dam. July 20?TV A abandonment of French Broad dam strengthens hopes , for dam here. Aug. 27?Representative McReynolds of Tennessee appeals to President Roosevelt to have dam buiit in Tennessee. I Sept. 6?Senator Reynolds and i Murphy delegation granted "a hear. ing" by A. E. Morgan. Sept. 28?Morgan addresses motorcade from Cherokee county. Sept. 25?TVA gets option on 42 , 1 acres of land in Hiawassee basin. fVt. 10 n.nVon, VI ?? . | W ? .v planum, .uaiuu an'i , I Swain counties sign petition protest- ' jing TV A acquisition of land in basin ,?of Nantahala Light and Power com-; . jpany development at the Fontana ' , settlement. ? Nov. 17?Macon county "dis , counts*' petition in wire to Morgan. ? i Feb. 21, 1035?Concern caused - here when Judge Grubb of Alabama , i ules against right of TV A to sell . surplus power. June 21?Appropriation committee cuts off Hiawassee funds with statement ''not necessary to TVA development at the present time." ; j July 1 and 2?Strong appeal from Cerokee county for restoration of ap- j i propriation. . | July 3 ? House sub.committee j . agrees to restore appropriation. ' I Aug. 5?House and Senate conjferees agree on restoration of approj Ipriation. Aug. 12 ? President's signature I makes Hiawassee dam law. Nov. 24?Clarence E. Blee named acting engineer of Hiawaasee Dam. Dec. 26?Fowler's Bend chosen as , exact site for Hiawassee dam. o V > WF ?-l- 1 i ?? nun a car s w earner is i Here In Less Than Week Cherokee county has experienced a whole year's weather in freakish changes in a little over one week. During the Christmas holidays one of the worst snowy in years completely tied up the county. Then came j severe rains that washed all the snow | away, and Monday "shirt-sleeve" j weather threw everyone in a langour. i Outside of a hindrance in travelling facilities, very little damage was reported as a result of the storm-. o Democrats Observe Jackson Day Dinner As the Scout went to press Wednesday night more than 150 Democrats from Cherokee, Clay and Grajham counties had assembled at the Junaluska Terrace for their annual I "Jackson Day" dinner. Arrangements were in charge of I Bill ICover. of Andrews. TTr? wvoee time the complete program had not been learned. < Schools Open Again i All schools in 'he Murphy unit re- 1 sumed their regulai schedule Monday 1 following: an extra tn-ee day's vacation due to bad weather and bad 1 roads. ' H. Bueck, superintendent, had originally intended to begin classes on ] January 1st, but the heavy snows made it impracticable for many of the students to attend classes and the opening was delayed until Monday. TV A Workers Arrive ' t Five TV A workers, three of them 'who have been stationed in Murphy t before, arrived here during the past I week to aid in the local surveys for F : several weeks. a They are: D. L. Kean, H. A. Town- 0 :send, A. A. Miller, Henry Turner * ^and M. L. Shahan. Mr. Kean and t Mr. Shahan were accompanied by r Itheir wives. '' lit 9 TODAY $1.50 YEAR?5c COPY it Minute" TVA BOARD TO SOON DIVULGE FORMAL PLANS Action Must Be Tak^n Before June 30, Officials Assert Formal announcement oi plans for the building- of the Hiawasee dam fan be expected at any minute, TVA officials said Friday. As soon as all details concerning the erection of the project are completed the board will act, it was v.d, and official announcement may ccme at any time before June 30. On that date the pc.i.: .. rounds out its fiscal year ami a Prevision in the second deficiency bill which included funds for the project made specific word mandatory before that time. In the mean time several extra surveying parties were sent to the Murphy offices during the past week, construction <>? temporary roads from Turtletown, Tenn., into the dam c?te at Fowler's Bend were begun, arnl 600 applications for skilled, miskilled and unskilled labor the Miawassee, Guntersville and Chicamnuga. dams were distributed at the Murphy post office. In an interview with official' of the publicity department of the TV A Friday, it was learned that they would give out no definite information until the board acted. "The announcement can be expected at any time. The dam will be built, and construction will b? gin before June 30", one official said. Before announcing its formal plans the TV A naturally has a number of points to clear up. Surveys must be made, roads must be built into the dam site, labor must be acquired and necessary land mu.?t be purchased. Surveys of all types have been going on in this vicinity for the past. 21 months under J. U. Blagg, unit, chief in charge of TVA surveys in this area The Hiawassee flood, caused by recent heavy snows anil rains, has been keeping the workers busy until late hours studying the contour of the river at high levels, offering figures that have not been available betcre since the TV.Vs interest in the Hiawassee dam. Under Dunn Lawrence, TVA -vm'k. eis with WPA help are tenatively building roads into the <T. i ficm Turtletown. Over the e roads the Norris machinery, which will he compi etc] y dissembled and loaded n huge TV A trucks, will be hauled. The geological surveyors .Yr B. C. Moneymaker and the hyxli 'logical surveyors under Garland Reaihle have filed complete data with Kr.oxvtfle headquarters in their respective ?livisions. Thursday 500 applications for labor on the three dams* were received at the local postoffice. They were all used up in three days. Tuesday another hundred were distributed and more are expected on January 9, according to a telegram received here from the employment division. It is generally believed that official announcement is primarilly aivaiting complete purchase of lands in and around the Fowler's Bend site 18 miles below here, although the Knoxville authorities refused to continent on the point Fridav. Most of the land is understood to >elong to \V. V. N. Powelson Ncnv ^ fork architect and engineer. o Pinkerton's January Clearance Sale Begins Pinkerton's, Murphy's newest de>artment store, will begin its January learance sale Friday, W. R. Pinkeron, owner of the store and the Vrdmour Beauty shoppe, announced his week. The proprietor has taken a full age advertisement elsewhere ii? this ssue of the Scout to mention a few if the many bargains that he is of. ering in this unusual sale which feaures extra low prices on a full fine f all kinds of ladies, men's and ?hi!rens wear and groceries.
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