Active A^iv. M| MURPHY _ The Lfadin Vol. II1L.?No. 52~ ARKIVESHERETO OVERSEE WORK OF TVA ROADWAY J. Scott Tolboit Represents Codell Construction Company J. Scott Tolboit arrived here this week to act as superintendant of the principal access road construction work at Fowler Berd dam for the Codell Construction company, of Winchester, Ky. The contract was announced by the TV A last Wednesday and will amount to approximately $177,000. Between 100 and 200 men will be used on the job. The contract calls for the clearing grading, and construction of all structures for a roadway thirty-one feet wide from should to shoulder, extending twelve miles eastward from the damsite to Turtletown, Tenn. It is expected that the surfacing of the highway will be done by the Authori ty's own forces. The road will follow a right-of-way varying from 100 to 25o feet in width. The contract includes also the building of two steel bridges over Shoal Creek, one sixty feet long, the other ninety feet. The contractor received instructions from the Authority to proceed with the work at once. Work on the roadway will be divided into two sections, the eastern strip between the damtdte and Shoal Creek to be finished first. Construction time on this first section is fixed at 120 days, and on the second section between Shoal Creek and Turtletown, on Tennessee Highway 68, at 180 days. o Regular Picnic Meet Held Here Bv Lions Club ? Tht? Murphy Lions club held its regular monthly picnic meeting Tuesday night. In the absence of President George Ellis, who is ill, Dr. R. W. Petrie, the first vice-president presided. Reports were given that four local cripples had been carried to the orthapedic clinic at Rryson City several weeks ago and that glasses had been provided for one boy in the county with defective eye-sight. A motion was made and carried to have the club meet at 6:30 hereafter instead 01 b o'clock as nas Deen tne practice. Other routine reports were given at the meeting. The picnic dinner was in charge of Mrs. Quay Ketner, Mrs. Fred O. Scroggs, Mrs. K. C. Wright and Mrs. Arthur Barber. CANNERY WANTS MORE BERRIES; ESTABLISH CAMP In an effort to acquire more berries for the Murphy cannery, E. R Thompson, cannery manager, established a berry-picking camp in th< lower end of the county tins week. The Mountain Valley Mutual Canning association is paying foui cents per pound cash for berries al the cannery. Truck routes have been provided by Mr. Thompson foi those who can r.o; bring their berries to the cannery. One family, the manager said picked over $6 worth of berries one morning this week. ''Berries are a source of good in come right now", Thompson declar ed, "and we want all that we car possibly get." J. N. HILL AT SCHOOL J. N. Hill, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs J- N. Hill, of Murphy, was enrollec in the first term of the University of North Carolina Summer school a Chapel Hill which closed this week Jt has been announced. The secon< term will continue through Augus 29. ft tf i g ff eekly Meto % pa per in Vestrm. been travelled for the past 25 years. [ The other day while one of Mr, Hedrick's sons was dragging a plow over the road one of the skulls was unearthed. The other skeleton had beqn found last May. From the size of the bones they estimated that one was a man nearly six feet tall and that the other \va< a woman. They were found almost ] side by side laying near and facinp j the Hiawasse* river and although t years of exposure had disjointed the , bones they had not been disturbed i A number of beads, buttons anc t other trinkets were found rear the bodies, it was said. rrokfi rth Carolina, Covering u Largr and urphy, N. C. i hurs., Julj KHA OFFERS j AID FOR HOME CONSTRUCTION Many Here Expected To ! Avail Themselves of Building: h unds 1 An announcement made early this week by Scoti Radcktr, field representative of the federal housing administration for Western Noiti. Carolina, thai there are now funds available in abundance for finance construction id" the residences in Murphy, Andrews and Robbin in iiivst." towns to build new homes under the insured mortgage plan of the FHA and have them ready for occupancy by the time the peak of the demand arrives. It is this type of construction, Mr. Radcker said, that is expected to take up the slack in the multi-billion dollar national plan of residential construction throughout the United States, which is now well under way. He pointed out the fact that too many are building house; which will sell, exclusive of land cost, for ubove three thousand dollars, and too few are building in the range below three thousand dollars. He called attention to the technical bulletin issued by the FHA under the title of "Principles of Planning Small Houses" which i- published by the government as an effort of the FHA to direct the thought of the building industry toward the production of substantial, -unitary comfortable houses costing, exclusive ot the land, less than three thou-and i dollars. He said attention to this field of building had not developed until recently because of the fact that credit for financing small homes in this section had been almost an unknown quantity in the past, but that it is no longer a deterrerf. factor in this tvne of construction in this section because of the fact that representatives of lending agencies, operating on a national scope, are now seeking investment in FHA insured mortgages based upon new residence conk struction of this type in this section He stated that :he insured mortgage system of the federal housing administration enables potential builders with steady employment "?' good credit record? *o put in as it ties twenty per cent of the value r : the hou: <_* ard lot and apply for 021 insured mortgage loan for he balance up to as much as 1 :ghty per cent of the appraised value of the 1 with the fir... ':e l hou.-e In illustrating ie oper i v - the FHA plan in a si" nation !i-:e "he one here he assumed "hat the CO pel cr-nt down payment "1 represent the va* ;e of the a:: n_: lot. Construction of the no-.v home, then, may represent the en*, rc loan, i or 80 per cent of :he apr:ai .! -. New houses for the purpose oi FHA financing must be urban residence propertv osigned for n^: more than four family occupancy. S. G. Owens, who has been liqui: d&tor for a number of banks in this 1 section for the past few years will as sist interested applicants in making out their applications and gathering 1 the necessary dota. J. B. Gray, is chairman of the Murphy Better Housing Committee. t Hrn Potentially Rich Territory in This . r 30, 1936. BEAN GROWERS TO GET EXTRA PAY ON THEIR CONTRACTS The directors of the Murphy canr.ery announced Wednesday that "a su: rtantial revenue not expected" v.ouid tpaid ?-an contractors thi> season. The contracts stipulate a payment of 4." cent foi Grade 1 and '6 cents f??r Grade 2 beans. The exact suppiemenuuy jM.vmcnl; could not be stated this week. "That's the {rood thing: a out a cooperative tannery", K. It. ThompIsun, cannery manager, said. "All crop benefits are reflected back to I the grower." | The canning of beans as well as j berries has already started. COUNTY DISTRICT LAW CHALLENGED IN COURT ACTION Suit Is Appealed To Sup reme c.ourt W hich Convenes This Fall A suit was brought by Lee Watkins, Dr. Fred Herbert, A. M. Sinionds and .1. C. Townson on behalf of themselves and other citizens of Cherokee County atr* inst Josh Johnson, W. R. Rockery and W. I'. Odom, members of the Election Board of Cherokee County, in which suit plain.iffs allege that Chapter 52b of the Public-Local La\y? of 1955 dividing Cherokee County for the purpose of nominating and electing one com missioner from each district wai unconstitutional. They asked tha tlie defendants be restrained an< enjoined from in any manner putting into effect the provisions of the ae and secured a temporary restraining order, returnable before his lloiioj W. F. Harding, on the 2l)th day o; July, 1936. The defendants, ?wosh Johnson ant W. R. Dockery, for the County Boart of Elections filed a demurrer to th< complaint setting out the fact tha under section 14, Article 7 of th? Constitution of North Carolina, th< act was constitutional and that th< Legislature had a right to enact thi law. Upon the hearing of the matt* before Judge Harding on the 20tl I the demurrer was sustained and th restraining order vacated. The plaintiffs appealed to th< Supreme Court which appeal will o heard September 2, 1936. It is said that one district is pre . dominately Republican and one dis , .???.w pi cuuiiiuitticiy r/irmocratic ant ! the other district more evenly divid ' ed. The plaintiffs were represented b] Edwards & Leatherwood, Attorney of Bryson. X. C., and the defendant J were represented by J. 1). Ma'llox ee 1 Attorney of Murphy, N. C. Wins Bicycle In Salesman Contest ! ' Jtinn s Abbott Hyatt was award ' a bN-y cle 1 y 'he Ik.rker Drug comp any this week for receiving- th<* mc 1 ve J es in : salesmanship contest con :noted by that firm. James had SOfo votes. Mag dale Cook was riven a fountain pen a: - com: >he 4-~?4j : votes. j Others in the contest were: Ker. I !h-;1i Christopher. Jack Bamett, Ja l ' Crawl"-rd, William Townson. C'arolyi ! Carter. Marian Axley, John Dickey . } Wade Ricks. J. C. Townson, Dorothy ,' Baker, Jean Daniel, Jack Sharp ant Mary Frances Bell. GROWS LARGE CABBAGES A number of unusually large ant fine cabbages, weighing betweei eight and 10 pounds, were sold V the Fain Grocery Company this weel by J. Yanbuskirk, of the Warne sec tion. Mr. W. M. Fain said the cab bages grown by the former Oregoi , farmer are the largest and best h< has ever seen. Slit PAGES TODAY ^tate ?1.50 YEAR?5c COPY ALUMINUM CO. WILL SUPPLY 1 POWER TO DAM Firm Is First Contractor Of Power Generated At Norris T .. :1!1V ?f * ??lfrf : fii * contractor I ml - ... ; generated at > < ?;1?: th?- sjjt: irifr of a eon1 *:?. - bttv.i-: Company ant! the 1 Tc.r.o -c . ' Authority. it has i been ar. - .r.i"d at TV A offices. The n i..i . v... . xeeuted as TV A i bccr.n fir elir.ii . "-'s on the I hu:: - Xorri generating units. { adu.ien t" ti e purchase of in; <: :strial power, the contract provides ... t! C impure will apply power j TVA 1. r Chi cor-t?ti i am requirerru n" Kowler Bend Dam, to be | t il; by TVA i.n t!ie Hiawassee River. . The .Authority v- i 1 reimburse the i Company for construction power by supplying an equal amount of power transmitted from Norn.- Dam to Alcoa, where the Aluminum Company plant is located. Two Iran - mis.-ion iir.es will be required. A l.">4,000-volt ht.e will be constructed between N err is Dam and i the Company's plant at Alcoa, near I *1 :il.. T* \ 1 ii ?uaiy\uiv, i i-iii.. .-* ?? mi .mi win carry power from Santeetlah, Dam owned by the Alumirtym C< ::.puny ti Fowler Bend damsitt. Both ii .?s nri to be constructed by TV A, am! each will be about 35 miles in length. The contract calls for the puuh&si by the Aluminum Company of Morre Dam power in blocks not to exceed 20,000 kilowatts demand. Terms ol t the agreement dispose of a class of j power which municipalities ar.il other public agencies could r.or use. it was explained, since it will he available only after all ether requirement* have been met. The contract describes thi" cla 1 of power as the Authority's "surplus over navigation and floe d cc ..tn I n j quire me nts and other loads and con. mitments." ( The rate for i er . ;?! chased b; the Company is the rc gular TV A rati ? for transmitted econdaiy jewei. R June 1. 1037, is given as the date for initial power delivery ti: the Company. The contract will be in , force for a period of four 1< six 1 years, depending upon the construe tion time for Fowlei Ber.d Dam. January 1, 1937, is given as the date for initial delivery ?.f jmwtr tc the ,, Authority at Fowler IJend. : Paving Of Road To Blue Ridge : Is Commenced Paving of the Mineral Bluff-Blue Ridge highway was begun Wednesdav moraine-. Work on this link < f road which will provide a paved trunk line from the East to Atlanta ar.d the South t which culminates year- cf fi? rt on the part of ]< al c tizcn> * jiovide i a nmiu eastern-.-out he i. paved highway through Murphy, is under the direction of Ralph Manning. About do men. f v. Mt tl j'.rity wii: c i being f . a need by the state of Georgia, will . he of macadam finish and will be i 21 feet wide. Two years ago North Carolina completed paving of the new high. way from Ranger, several miles beI low here to the Georgia st&to line, 1 ar.d the current paving project will i complete the route. > o c ATTENDS CONVENTION Harry P. Cooper, member of the - Joe Miller Elkins post of the Amerii can Legion here, wa sin Aaheville ? the first of the week attending the I annual Legion convention.