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m Vol. llllT No. 24. VICTORY IS SEEN BY REPUBUCANS HERE THIS FALL Reece Says Convention Will Be Held Here This Spring Another victory for the Cherokee county Republicans in the fall elections of 193C was visualized Tuesday by D. M. Reece, chairman of the local party. Ad yet no move on the part of the party has been made, Reece, a Murphy magistrate of the peace, said, but he expects to call the Cherokee county convention some time early this spring. Only one of the three county commissioners to be named in the comscantest of chances of being a Reing elections has more than the publican, Reece" admitted, due to the enactment of a law in the 1935 session of the state legislature which split Cherokee county into three precincts as far as the voting for county commissioners is concerned. The Murphy and Andrews precincts are decidedly Democratic while the third precinct, embodying the voters in the lower end of the county, is strong Republican. This virtually as...... * 1 .. r * .nmmU I AUIC3 MIC UCIIIUWiatO U1 L? u lUIIIIIIl.T sioners and is the only dark spot on an otherwise bright political horizon in the eyes of the Republicans. The Republicans in the county have stayed intact and Mr. Reece feels their voting power which carried away the offices of the 1934 elections .has not been impaired. Therefore he feels sure of members of his party being swept into the elective offices, but two Democratic county commissioners are expected to override Republican appointments to county offices. Almost forced to concede victory to the Democrats in the county commissioners' offices, Reece said he believed the move to split up the county was unconstitutional. ''We are going to put up our nominations for county commissioners as usual", the leader said, "and it is probable that the .board of elections will change them to fit this new law. "After the elections we will contest the constitutonalitv of mnvp ment either through local courts or by a writ of mandamus which will be presented before the supreme court in Raleigh." The party head feels certain the Republicans will garner most of the county offices. During the 1934 elections Repub. licans were placed in all county offices except that of one constable in the (Andrews township. Light Democratic majorities showed up in the upper Cherokee county precincts but heavy Republican voting in the southern end of the county which contains no incorporated towns sent the Republicans into offices. TAX PENALTIES TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY SHERIFF DECLARES All persons in Cherokee count; owing taxes are urged this week by Z. C. Ramsey, tax collector, to pa; their taxes before February 1 at ;? .?navu miuc viic-iiau ux vne per ceni will be added to the fees. If not paid by then another one half of one per cent will be added in March, another in April and in May there will be a two per cent increase in the total amount. "Many tax payers can save a lot of money by paying their taxes now", Mr. Ramsey said Wednesday, "and if they understood how much money the extra half of one per cent eacb month and other costs amounted to they would realize they could save a great deal by paying up now." The penalties are provided by law and are completely out of the juris, diction of the tax collector, Mr. Ram. sey pointed out. The sheriff gets no part of the extra charge, he said. REECE MOVES OFFICE D. M. Reece, Murphy magistrate of the peace, has moved his office from the Townsend building to the rooms above the Murphy Supply company. it tif Weekly Newspaper in Western Nor Mur] NO PURCHASES OF LAND BY TV A YET RECORDED IN CO. While it i? generally believed that the purchase of land in and around the Hiawassee river basin is the last major step before actual building begins on the Fowler's Bend dam, dockets in the register of deeds office shew no appreciable purchases of these land on the part of the TVA so far. However TVA employees have been busy lately working on abstractions and land titles and it is a natural supposition that buying will begin in the immediate future. Most of the land that would be needed for the erection of the dam is owned by the Mountain Land company, the Cherokee Land and Development company, the Southern States Power company and W. V. N. Powleson, of New York, who is also said to have large interest in the three companies. The group owns a total of 17,072 acres of land which is assess, ed $379,174. ANNUALDANCE TO BL HBLD ON JANUARY 31ST Mauney Heads President's Ball Committee In Cherokee Co. Plans for a series of dances in Cherokee county on January the 31st birthday of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, were being worked out this week by Walt Mauney and John Davidson. The Roosevelt ball is sponsored annually by communities all over the country and 75 per cent of the proceeds go to local organizations for the prevention of infantile paralysis. The other 25 per cent is forwarded to national headquarters to be applied to a fund for research in connection with the malady. The committee has been active this week making arrangements for a suitable ball room and music. Whether or not a square dance will be held had not been determined Tuesday night. Mr. Davidson was particularly interested in publicizing the event as word had spread around that there would be no president's ball in Cherokee County this year. Both he and Mr. Mauney are working to present the finest dance, or series of dances, possible. Annually the President declares his birthday be set aside for the event which brings in millions of dollars to fight the dreaded disease of paralysis. During the past two years more than $175 has been retained as the local share of the proceeds of the dances and has been turned over to the Young Woman's cluh of Murnhv to be applied to the Mary Jo Davis fund. Naturally the committee is anxious that every bit of support possible be given the dance and every one cooperate as far as possible in making it a successful event. Complete plans are expected to be ready for formal announcement next week. D H. Tillitt Is Named Head of Wholesale Co. D. H. Tillitt, of Andrews, was named president of the WoffordTerrell wholesale Co., and George Mauney was elected general manager and secretary-treasurer at a meeting of the stockholders of the company January 9. _ Mr. Tillitt succeeds W. G. Owenby w ,o has held the post for the past f-Je years. Bob King, Roy Lovingood. Frank Owenby and Tom Terrell will remain as regular employees of the firm, the board decided. It was just an accident, turning in that fabe alarm. Fireman Edward Crosby of New York City told the judge?an accidenet caused by too many cocktails on his night off. tmkt th Carolina, Covering a Large and phy, N. C. Thursday, Jan ' LIONS DISCUSS BUILDING, LOAN PLANS AT MEET Declare Institution Is Needed If Dam Is Built Here A discussion of the possibilities of establishing a Building and Loan association here was heard by the local Lions club at their regular meeting Tuesday night. Details of the nlan, which was launched here more than a month ago, were outlined by K. !C. Wright, Murphy school teacher. A round table discussion followed and H. Bueck appointed committees to give further reports at the next meeting. If the Hiawassee dam is built near here, which appears imminent at this time, it was pointed out that a financ. ing institution for building would be necessity. One group of W. W. Hyde, J. B. Gray and K. C. Wright was appointed to investigate the ability of local citizens to properly finance the organization, and another committee of E. C. Moore, A. Q. Ketner and R. F. Williamson was named to investigate the means of prospective borrowers. Under the plan which would be sponsored by the Murphy Lions club, local citizens would have to subscribe $25,000, one-tenth of which would have to be in ca?h. The Federal government, providing it .sanction, cd the local move, would then add $75,000 to the capital stock. The club however, appeared to be approaching the project cautiously in order to insure themselves and any investors or borrowers from financial loss. At the present time those wishing to build in this community are having trouble borrowing money from outof-town institutions, and it is believed a local Building and Loan association would be an invaluable asset to this section. The plaji under the discussion would permit loans within 50 miles of Murphy. Attempts are being made to have district governor Forrest Heath speak here at the annual Cherokee county banquet sponsored by the Lions club late in February, assistant secretary Dale Lee reported. Also he read a letter from Ilichard J Osenbaugh, head of Lions International, who regretted he would not be able to appear at the local club during a forthcoming trip to Georgia The secretary was also instructed to send a wire to H. G. Elkins, mem. I ucr ox me ciub ana manager of the Southern States Power company, who is in the Fort Sanders hospital in Knoxville, Tenn. Boys And Girls Teams Are Defeated By Indians The Murphy high school basketeers lost a pair of games to the Cherokee Indians here Friday night. The boys lost 30 to 17 and the girls were defeated 18 to 16. The teams from the reservation displayed some of the fastest and most powerful offenisve work witnessed on the local court in some time. The teams will meet the Hayesville high quintets at the latter's CTOUnd Fridav nicrhf have not met each other so far this year. < o ? H. G. Elkins Improved The Condition of Mr. Harve Elkins manager of the Southern States Power company, who is in the Fort Sanders hospital in Knoxville suffering from infections following a dog bite, was reported much improved Tuesday many friends here will be glad to learn. Punchboards Banned Mayor J. B. Gray instructed local police this week to enforce town and state laws against punchboards calling attention to strict penalties that will be inflicted on all persons caught peddling them. Quite a number have been in evidence recently and the warning will probably do away with them. MjjpilH f fpMI Potentially Rich Territory in This State i. 16, 1936 $L Land Improvem Would Be Of < Here, Count $10,000 IS PAID TO t WPA WORKERS FOR 1 LABOR WEDNESDAY Wednesday was payday for 855 WPA employee.- in Cherokee county and approximately $10,000 was paid out to the workers for the first half of January, L. E. Barnett, assign- L ment clerk and timekeeper for the administration in Cherokee county, said Tuesday. The group, consisting of 830 laborers and 25 foremen, have been employed principally in repairing roads tl in the county. hAll the workers have been given a cj ten per cent raise and are paid up to fa date, Mr. Barnett said. f YOUNG DEMOCRATS ? LAUDED AT DINNER P< WEDNESDAY NIGHT ei cc Approximately 75 Democrats from "J Cherokee, Clay and Graham counties cV gathered at the Junaluska Terrace m Wednesday night in observance of Jack-011 Day which marked a series of similar meetings all over the na- ^ tion symbolizing the party initial cc campaign for the next general elec- js tion3 . CI A plea for close adherence to strict ^ party principles and urgent demands to "stick by each other on down the c0 line" was the keynote which mingled |a with the old-fashioned political rally q that dominated the evening's events. ra The meeting was presided over by fa Dr. J. N. Hill of Murphy. Those call- ar ed on for remarks were: Bruce Slaughter, D. H. Tillitt, Harry P. f( Cooper, J. B. Gray, Bill Cover, Sara Ruth Posey, Frank Forsyth, Ed Ingram, Mrs. Dot Cooper, Paul C. to Hyatt, John A. Tatham, Walt Wig- j,. I Kins, Bill Moore, Mary Tatham, Percy j)t B. Ferebee, Lee Shields, Polie Piercy, Cf Winslow Melver, E. A. Wood, Bill Whitaker, Tom Mauney, Dr. W. C. Morrow, Grady Crawford, Josh Johnson, Ralph Holland and Hayes Leatherwood. ,,, An appeal was made by Dr. Hill 01 and other speakers to stick by the v< Young Democrats. Much of the evening's program was turned over to ti them. c< Following the dinner the group S listened to the President's address (> over a national radio chain. ti o d DOYLE D. ALLEY " OF WAYNESVILLE " TAKEN BY DEATH ,t r< Waynesville, Jan. 12.?Doyle D. il Alley, Waynesville attorney, and president of the Young Democratic clubs of North Carolina in 1934, died c I at 8 o'clock here this morning after *a .-hort illness of pneumonia. Mr. Alley was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Zeb B. Alley, of Jackson county, and was a nephew of Superior Court Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville. ^ Inspect Lake Contour tb Road Into TVA Dam Site o1 $! E. D. Jeffries, of the engineering p, division of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Roy Plemmons and J. C. Walker, North Carolina highway ql engineers, were in Cherokee county th Tuesday inspecting a possible road c* from Murphy to the Fowler's Bend jt( dam site that would follow the con- ji tour of the lake formed when the dam is built. It is understood that the TVA and W1 the highway department will cooper, at ate in the running the road as close to to the countours of the lake as their co appropriations will possiby allow pi them to do. pc o th BALL TEAM TO MEET si> A meeting of the Murphy "baseball Ai team will be held in the Scout office th Friday night* January 24, H. H. Hickman, manager of the team, an- wl nounced this week. ex 50 YEAR?5c COPY ent Move ireat Benefit y Agent Says S POSSIBLE SUBSTITUTE P0R TRIPLE A )emonstration Farms Discussed Here By Group Saturday While the recent invalidation of le AAA by the Supreme court will ive very little effect on the f*'.anal status of the Cherokee county irmer, leading local agriculturists iel that a substitute, rrcbab?> a nd use and soil conservation r^.ove, ill be of much more benefit to this irticular section. As most of the nation's big v? remained snocxea unaer tnc ni>.n >urt reversal action, a group of ore than 20 farmers met in the >urt house here Saturday and disissed a farm land development ove. The meeting had been railed evious to the governmental action. No definite steps were taken at e meeting, A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee unty agent, said Tuesday, but thiro a definite interest on the part o?* lierokee county farmer? to improve eir tillable soil. "Although I believe the AAA has nsiderably helped the farmer at rge, it has meant \ery little t?? fierokee county as there is no cotton bed here, hardly any tobacco, and irmers in this county have not Nept iv accurate reports ??f their corn nl hog productions to give a basis i* any payments", Ketner **aid. A report from the state college of triculture this week stated thai up September 30th, Cherokee county id received in AAA rental and nefits payments $350.1*0; * lay ?unty, $804.94; Graham county, 31.49; Swain county, $01.50 and aeon county $1,413.40. Twenty-five dollars of the Chero rowers and the remainder was paid jt to two local hog raisers, he re?aled. "There is no doubt but that the 'iple A meant a great deal to the jtton and tobacco growers of the outh and the corn and hog raisers f the Middle West, and its invalida011 will be sharply felt, causing a rop in market prices on these comlodities. Outside of the decline in rices there will be very little rcacon felt here", Ketner ventured. "However**, he continued, "I feel lore will certainly be a .substitute >r the AAA and the trend will mo?e lan likely be toward a land use and (Continued on ba.k page) HDS ON ASSETS OF CLOSED BANK GIVEN TO COURT After hearing bids on some $70, )0 worth of assets of the defunctherokee Bank here, officials decid1 Wednesday to recommend thai; le Superior court confirm the sale ' 179 of the 194 listed items. Item by item the bids totalled 1451 Monday, and Tuesday W. M lin and associates bid $4150 or e entire amount. State bank commissioners and 1>ridating agents did not feel that ese bids were large enough and dc ded to sell 179 of the individual ems and foreclosure on the other i. The bank closed here four years jo and S. G. Owens, of Andrews. as put in charge of liquidating operions. At a meeting of the depoeirs on Oct. 30 it was decided to mplete the liquidation process by blic bidding and a board was ap. tinted by J. B. Gray, attorney for e bank to consider the bids. Smith Med lin, assistant commisiner of banks, am| Clyde H. Jarrett, ndrews attorney, were in charge of e sale. Court convenes here Monday at' lich time the recommendations ore to be
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