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MOST OF BONUS
GOING FOR CARS
SURVEY SHOWS
Bills Paid; Merchants
Note Big Upswing In
Business Here
Mos' of Cherokee county's $100,000
or so of World War bonus money
is going for automobiles both old and
new, while a large part of it is being
paid on back accounts, it was revealed
this week by a survey of local
merchants.
At the same time a large upswing
in business and general purchasing
power is being noted. Murphy dealers
indicate they are now doing an exceptionally
good business after a
"slack" spring period.
Part of the comments are as follows:
Bill Finkerton, Merchant?"A lot
of them are paying off debts, 1 11 it
is my understanding that most of
them are buying cars".
W. D. Dockery, assistant county
lax collector?"Wo have been receiving
a lot of bonus money on back
taxes particularly. A great many of
the veterans arc paying up".
J. B. Moore, Jeweler?"My business
has been much affected by the
bonus But I understand thev arc*
buying a pood many cars".
A. Q. Ketner, County agent? "Although
some said they would make
improvements on their farm and property,
I have not seen much indication
of it yet".
Noah Lovingood, Merchant ? "I
have noticed some change in my business,
hut I think the most of them
are buying cars".
Window Mclver, Merchant ? "We
have noticed a nice change in business
here, and I think most of them
are paying up on old bills which is a
great help to everybody".
W. G. Carter, Cleaner?"I understand
business is picking up considerable
all over town as it is with us.
The bonus is certainly helping a lot".
Tom Evans, automobile dealer?
"A right smart of the money is being
spent on cars. But mostly they are
buying second hand ones."
Abe Hembree, filling station opera- j
tor?"I notice a great increase in the ,
sale of gasoline. There are a lot j
more used cars on the road since I
the bonus payments were made. In
fact Sunday and Monday were the
best two days I've had since I have
been in operation here".
James Axley, automobile salesman
?"About $7000 or $8000 has been
spent on cars. Most of them are
buying second hand cars though".
W. W. Hyde, bank cashier?"Many
of the boys are depositing money
with us. A great many of them are
having their bonds cashed while
others are putting them away in safe
denosit boxes."
H. A. Mattox, hardware dealer?
"It's helping a lot. Many are paying
bills with it"
Hadley Dickey, automombile dealer?"We
are noticing an increase in
sales a: right and we are selling many
used tars.''
DANCE, CONCERT
SCHEDULED FOR
MONDAY, JULY 27
The Junior Woman's club is sponsoring
a dance at the gym Monday
July 27th. The Hummel Orchestra,
popular arlists of the vaudeville,
radio and ballroom, will play for the
affair. Tlie orchestra will feature a
floor show.
In order to give a large number of
people opportunity to hear and see
the famous Hummel Orchestra, the
Junior Woman's club has made special
arrangements to have them play for
a vaudeville concert and amateur show
in the school auditorium at 7:30.
They a.-e to play for the big dance
and floor show at the gym at & o'clock.
All amateur's who wish tc take part
in the show are asked to give their
name to Miss Martha Nell Wells,
Prizes will be awarded to amateurs.
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"etkly Neva paper in IT nirrm Nor
Murphy
To Vote Tuesday
In Special Pool
Room Election*
The registration books have close*
ami nearly 500 Murphy citizens wil
go to the polls Tuesday in a specia
election to determine whether or no
the American Legion here will b<
permitted to supervise the operation
of pool rooms in Murphy.
Several unsuccessful attempts hav
been made in the past two years t?
open pool rooms in Murphy, but eacl
time the citizens voted it down.
Recently special enactment wa
made in the state legislature to per
mit the operation of pool rooms her
under the supervision of the Iocs
Legion post if the residents so vote)
it.
The polls will be open at the coui
house from sunrise to sunset Tues
day.
According to the law, to regisU
and fail to vote is a vote against th*
question.
HEAVY RAINS BIG
HELP TO CROPS IN
CHEROKEE COUN'\
Drenching rains which fell all ove:
Cherokee county during the woek-en<
were estimated to be worth thousand:
of dollars to crops in this area.
Corn, vegetable and hay crop;
which were on tho verge of dying ii
the field after a drouth that quench
ed this section for wppIcs r?*
new life and reports from over the
county now say the farmers are look
ing at one of the most succesful sea
sons in years.
Not only did the rains bring th<
crops to life but it prepared thi
ground for the planting of legume
and other summer plantings.
All over the county farmers wen
jubilant for the turn to the bette
and are returning to the fields witl
renewed vigor.
FOURTHOFJULY
CELEBRATION IS
CALLED OFF HERE
A heavy rain Friday night flooded
the ball park, dampened the spirit
of several thousand people who ha?
planned on an all-day Fourth fo Jul
celebration here and as a resul
Murphy went through its regular Sat
urday routine.
A large number of events incluc:
ing several' ball games and a floa
parade had been planned by th
managers of the local ball club t
thrill citizens county-wide but th
lam, u messing mi |ihiciil*(i crop:
brought it all to naught.
The sponsors of the celebratio
were deep in their regrets this wee
that the people had to be disapoini
ed but launched in on plans fc
other methods of entertainment fo
vtf:e benefit of the ball club at a clos
date.
SAYS CRIMSON
CLOVER SHOULD
BE SEEDED SOO!
It will soon be time to seed crin
son clover?a practice highly recon
mended in agricultural work?R. 1
Wooten, assistant county agent, di
clared this week.
As is one of the best soil-build in
crops, he said it should be seeded j
the last cultivation of corn and see<
I ed about 15 pounds to the acre,
i If this <-rop is planted before Oct<
bcr, Wooten stated, farmers woul
be allowed. $1 per acre for it undc
the new farm program.
He added the soil should be in goc
condition when it is seeded in ord<
to get a good stand which is impor
ant to the crop.
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TO SET BUDGET
The Cherokee County Board <
Commissioners will meet in sessic
here Monday to set a budget for tl
coming fiscal year. Mr. W. j
Adams, chairman of the board, sa;
he expects no important changes 1
be made over last year's budget.
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N. C. Thursday. July i
HOEY ELECTED \
BY DEMOCRATS !
FOR GOVERNOR
; Cherokee Casts Heavy
1 For 3 Party Nominees
Saturday
t Cherokee county gave liberally to
ho votir.fr power that nominated Ihrw
Democrats for ;mportant state o.f'.ceL
during the second primary run-off
1 Saturday.
Of main importance to the electorate
was the race for Governor which
-aw Clyde It. Hoey, of Shelby, win
over Dr. Ralph McDonald by approxie
mately 53,000 votes.
*1 Cherokee county's vote in the
'i governor's race was McDonald, 323;
Hoey, 18G8.
t Although it was feared Mint voting
on the Fourth of July would Finder
many from petting to the polls,
r a near record cast of votes was made
L! which almost reached the nia?k set
in the first primary four weeks ago.
W. P. Horton, Chatham county
legislator, according to late returns,
led his opponent, Paul Grady, by
n fairly lean margin of GOO^ votes.
r Cherokee county gave 1528 of its
votes to Ilorton and 510 to Grady.
Thad Euro* principal clerk in the
r state hou^c of representatives, won
the nomination for secretary of state
over the incumbent. Starv W Wade
| on the face of unoffidial returns by
* about 40,000 votes.
1 The vote here was: Wade, 523;!
* Eure 1516.
1 Of Hoey's 50,000 vote majority in
the race for governor, 49,525 of them
were cast in 22 Western North
Carolina counties.
a The voting was calm but heavy
I throughout the county and fairly
~ consistent with the vote in the first
primary. No violence of any kind
p was known to havt? tak^n place in
r any of the 24 precincts in the coun,
tyThe
paramount issue in the race
was the state's $10,000,090 a year
(sales tax, which the 1933 legislature
j enacted to relieve property taxation.
. Hoey contended repeal of the entire
* . levy at this time would result in
j other taxes which would drive indusj
try from the state.
^ j McDonald charged that Hoey, a
a party campaigner for more than a
' quarter century, was the candidate
y I of a "machine" dominated by Covert
nor J. C. B. Ehringhaus and former
~ Governor O. Max Gardner, Iloey's j
brother-in-law and asked for a "re- !
turn of the government to the poo- !
lt pie."
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0 CARL DOBBS BETTER
e Carl Dobbs, Dickey Chevrolet
s? company employee, returned from an j
\ in - i .-i_i -i*--- - *
.mnc\ nit* ziuspnai tnis ween wnere
" he had been confined in a serious
condition for the past week. Mr.
l" Dobbs, many will be glad to know, is
ir greatly improved and will soon be
r back at work.
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County-Wide Beauty,
And Amateur
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^DEMONSTRATION
?_! AGENT TO LEAVE
WORK IN COUNTY
3.
Miss Pauline Lent*, den; nitration
agent, announced Tuesday that her j
u ' projects in this county would be a- j
j' ; bandoned as the commissioners have
! discontinued an appropriation for thi
v' purpose. I
Ij Miss Lontz' expenses were paid :
,r half by the county and half by the !
state. Serving also as Graham coun- 1
,d ty demonstration agent, she said she j
,r did not know at this time whether the I
Graham commissioners would make |
an appropriation this year or not. j
i In the event they do not supplement j
the former 10-month appropriation !
if she would be transferred to a diff,n
erent place, she said.
ie Miss Lentz, however, is urging all
clubs established under her leaderys
ship to continue their work in case
to another demonstration agent is added
later on.
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lentiallr Rich 7 cr*\ for-? in This Su
), 1936.
Plans For Ered
Construction C
Site Are Beir
Shot In Fight At
Topton, Man Is
Improving Here
(In** Nelson, of Topton, who was;
wounded in the chest by a pistol shot |
at the home of Mrs. Mell Trammell,
also of Topton, Saturday night was
said to be "improving" by 1'etrie
hospital attendants here Tuesday
nigl t.
Meanwhlie Mrs. Trammc.l a. <1 her
30-year-old son, Esco, were being
held in the Murphy ja" 1 with >ut bond
pending his outcome.
Nelson was shot at the Trammel!
home about 5:30 Saturday evening.
Charlie Fraizicr, Valley town constable,
was called to the scene shortly
after the shooting. Ht hail Nelso? |
conveyed to the hospital here and had \
Zaek Ramsey place the Trammelis in
jail.
Questioned at the jail Tuesday.1
young Trammell said Nelson and sev-!
oral other men came to his house,
while he and his mother were away,
and when they arrived a fight started.
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V f>aai Ii?3 UIU not ?liu MIDI ,
Nelson.
Barn Is Used
As Model For
Dairy Cattle
A barn on the farm of Lee Shields
near Culberson has been completely
remodelled and is being used for a
demonstration dairy farm by the
county agent's staff.
Under the direction of A. Q. Ketner
county agent, about eight or 10 stal's
A"oiv_. torn out changed into one leung
in* i*.om and five milk * stanchions
\ ere built in. Ti e build'rg was then
sealed, weather-boarded and a floor
was put in.
This is an ideal barn, Mr. Ketner,
reported, for the farm* i who wishes
to produce mi's for his own use and
send the surplus to the creamery. Mr.
Shields paid for the repairs so it
could be shown to other farmers in
the county who are interested in this
type of building.
It is the only one of its kind owned
by any farmer in the county who
is not selling milk on a strictly commercial
basis. Mr. Keener said, and
he is urging the erection of more like
it.
Mr. Shields has four registered
Guernseys and three Jersey milk
cows but he is planning to have nothing
but pedigreed Guernseys in the
future.
Shirley Temple
Show Arranged Here
Anybody who has a yen for looking
at beautif.il women on para le, Shirley
Temple stunts or amateur musicians
and what-nots will have the time
of their life at the Murphy school
auditorium Friday night at 8 o'clock.
For the Charity league of Murphy
is sponsoring a county-wide contest
in those three divisions, ar.d "an hour
and a half of fast-moving cnt.rtainment"
is promised all patrons at the
sum of 15 and 25 cents depending on
whether or not you are an adult or
a child.
The beauty winner ar.d the amateur
show winners go to a state convention
sonic time in November to
compete with other winners in the
state, and the little girl who comes
I the nearest to looking like Shirley
Temple in her Sunday dress gets one
I for nothing, according to the contract
i signed this week with the All-State
: Beauty Show Features, of Warm
| Springs, Ga.
, Miss Sara Ruth Posey is in charge
| of arrangements for the local con'
jtest.
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tion Of TVA
"amps At Dam
lg Mapped Out
>
Preparing To Construct
Road From Turtletown
To Project
rianr. arc ur.drr wr.v f?** t* erec1
< n of t . -truction camr for
Fowler Bend I ; : i or? tb* H:awassee
Itiver in southwestern North Carolina.
tin* Topt.o see Valley Authority
[ announced today.
Designs are being made f*>i ramp
ard housing facilities which will include
ultimately ir e dormitories: for
ingle worker?- ar.fi 1 ;ty-fiv? temI
porary single family ! .;ms. The
i duimitories one of whic h will be
i for women, w'il a < mo ate a total
lot 80? person-. There will t>< a
I cafeteria capjible of >er\ir.g ai < ut 41)0
people at one time, a community recreation
building. .. hosj tal, and a
I personnel office. The t? a :, will ge t
| its water supply from the rivci, and
a filter plant and storage tank will
be installed. well as a street lighting
system, sewage disposal plant, and
oth^r usual community feature?:.
Km The camp will be located within
i walking distance of the danisite on
a 300-foot elevation ovt rlo< ki:?g the*
, river from the south side. Aftn the
dam is completed, sever;;! of the
, houses will command an excellent
view of the Fowler Bend rest rvoir.
It is expected that construction of
the camp will begin this fall, possibly
about September 1"?. with the ex.
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pectation of completion by r.ext summer.
The engineers* office and consinic,
tion buil'.iings. such as repair shopj
and blacksmith shops, will be erect'
ed as needed along the south bank of
, the river immediately down.-tieam
j from the damsite.
The Fowler Bend site is so isolated
tliat no work can be done on the dam
until approach roadways* have been
j built. The main access kignway will
connect the site with Tntlelown.
I Tenn., eleven mile- away. Bid- for
1 'he contract to build this road will
j be opened by the Authority cn July
10.
The Authority has decided to im|
prove a road now approaching the
site from the north and east, which
would copnect the job with Murphy,
Xorth Carolina. This work will be
done by the Authority's own lorce*,
and two carloads of equipment, including
a power shovel, road giader,
bulldozer, and three truck-, formerly
used in the Xorris Dam area, i.? w art*
en route to Murphy.
Farmers Here
?\ V A
below Average
Filing Reports
' A total of 10.052 farmers in. 14
| Western North Carolina count:* s had
I signed worksheets for participation in
the soil conservation program through
June 20, F. S. Sjoan, district laim
agent, reported Monday.
i The con:racts cover 02 per cent of
; the crop land and 32 per cent of the
! 34,639 farms in the 14 counties, Mr.
Sloan reported.
I Mr. Sloan's report by . .r.vh v fol;
lows:
Cherokee: 2.490 farm-, 716 worksheets
signed, 28.8 per cent of farms
covered by worksheets, 49-2 per cent
. of crop land covered.
Clay: 1,008 farms. 611 worksheets
signed. 60.6 per cent of farms covcrI
ed by worksheets, 84 per cent of crop
land covered.
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SALESMEN VL.T HERE
Sixteen of Tenessee's best General
Electric salesmen, taking a three-day
holiday tour with expenses paid for
j their efforts in behalf of their employer,
stopped here for dinner Saturday
en route on a trip through the
, Great Somkies and Western North
Carolira. They were entertained at.
the Regal hotei by genial Mr. C. W.
Savage. They were high in their
praise of North Carolina mountain