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Vol. IIL.?No. 7.
LARGE CROWD
IS EXPECTED
TO BE PRESENT
Thousands of Exhibits
Are Being Planned;
Big Show Coming
Tuesday the Eleventh Annual
Cherokee County Fair?the master
exposition of this section?will begin.
For five days and five nights the
main hall will be open to the largest
group of exhibitors ever known here.
There will be seeds, canned goods,
prize apples, cows, hogs, chickens,
everything the farm, the kitchen and
the home produces open to public
inspection.
Out side there will be the laughter
of the gay crowd as they await their
turn to get on the rides, enter the
side shows and get a "Bingo" card.
The Fair this year will eclipse anyother
event ever held in Cherokee
county, the officials believe.
Competition is not limited to
J Cherokee county, but is open to surI
rounding counties and communities
in North Carolina and Georgia.
T ocf v??ov <nm< IK nnn mprnr n#*r?
pie passed through the Fair gates.
I This year W. M. Fain, chairman of
the Cherokee County Fair association
expects a crowd that will double the
capacity of the park. He expects
.*10,006 attendance.
Entries are to he made early
Tuesday*. The fair hall has been remodelled
and rebuilt so as to insure
ample room for every display. Provisions
will be made for live stock
to be on display.
Judging in all departments will be
held on Wednesday. The winners of
first and second prizes will be announced
as soon as possible after
the official awards have been made.
Those having displays are asked
to bring them in early Tuesday and
go directly to the head of the department
under which they wish to make
their exhibit.
The list of superintendents of the
various departments and general
lules covering exhibitions may be
found in one of the Fair catalogs
which are offered free to whoever
calls for them at either the county
agent's office in the court house or
at the Scout office.
Continued on batfc page this section
Episcopalian
n ti
rrogram nere
I s Announced
The complete program for the
2-day convocation of the Episcopalian
churches of the Asheville district
which will .bring a number of noted
Episcopalians here Tuesday and Wednesday
has been officially announced
by the Rev. George L. Granger, local
minister.
Tuesday?4 P. M., business session:
4:45 P. M., the Holy Scriptures ol
the Old and New Testament as
"Containing all things necessary ti]
salvation", and as being th?* rule
, and ultimate standard of Faith?the
( Rt. Rev. Robert E. Gribbin, D. D.
7:45 P. M.t Evensong?sermon by the
Rev. G. Floyd Rogers.
Wednesday?7:30 A. M., the Holj
Eucharist; 9:30 A. M., reports ol
Missionaries; 10 A. M., the Apostles
Creed, as the Baptismal symbol, anc
the Nicene creed, as the sufficient
I statement of the Christian faith?
The Rev. James P. Burke; 11 A. M.
the two Sacraments ordained bj
Christ Himself, the Baptism and th?
j Supper of the Lord, ministered witl
S unfailing use of Christ's words am
institution, and of the elemenst or
dained by Him?the Rev. Frank Blox
! l?am; 12 Noon, Prayers for the Miss
ions; adjournment.
One o'clock, luncheon.
Fair Opens
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TO PROVIDE BOOTH
SPACE AT FAIR ON
SATURDAY, M O N .
Booths at the Cherokee county
I fair to be held here Tuesday
through Saturday will be provided
for those who want them on Sal
turday of this week and Monday,
| A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee county
| agent, who is in charge of the ar1
rangements in the fair building,
has announced.
He says many have indicated
that they want booths but they
have not made arrangements for
them. Saturday and Monday wiil
be set aside for this purpose, he
advised, and he urges early application
as the number of booths are
limited.
Booths for the general farm exi
hibits which carry 10 prizes totaling
$110, will also be given out on
those two dates. The top prize in
this division is $25.
All exhibits must be entered on
Tuesday Ketner said, except livesotck
and poultry which must be
entered by early Wednesday.
ANDREWS BOY IS
OUT UNDER BOND
AFTER COLLISION
I
Kvlr Parker, of Andrews, was released
from the Swain county jail
Saturday under $2000 bond after a
truck which he was driving: neai
Rrysor. City Friday collided with an
other and Eddie Wyke of that place
was killed.
Parker who was driving a load oi
oil down from Asheville for Bil
Cover, attempted to pass the othei
truck when the rear wheels locked
and the truck in which Wyke wa:
riding turned over into the river
Horace Morrow, of Andrews, was rid
ing with Pai?:er when the accident
occured.
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Cherokee Sales
Tax Payment Is
11th In W. N. C
Cherokee county stands el event1
in the 22 Western North Carolin:
counties in the payment of sales ta?
during the fiscal year ending Jun<
30, 1936, having paid the state i
total of $26,429.51. Sales tax in th?
state during the year totaled $10,
184,301.57, according to a dispatcl
from Raleigh.
Buncombe county of the 22 wa
highest with $501,795.99. Payment
of the other counties in this distric
was: Ashe, $16,619.14; Avery. $13.
420.55; Buncombe, $501,795.99
Burke. $92,906.72; Catawba. $154,
532.51; Cherokee, $26,429.51; Clay
$3,179.79; Graham, $6,170.61; Hay
wood, $88,518.85; Henderson. $75,
I 845.93; Jackson, $28,145.14; Macon
$24,157.65; Madison, $21,584.12
I McDowell, $52,957.79; Mitchell, $21,
! 791.11; Polk, 16.720.44; Rutherford
$80,097.15; Swain, $17,928.84; Tran
; sylvania, $19,913.55; Watauga, $25,
379.86; and Yaneey, $12,043.83.
Tom Mauney is the tax collector
in this section.
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Democratic Meeting
Postponed Wednesday
Postponement of a Young Demo
f cratic meeting scheduled to he helc
' at Murphy Saturday night, was an
I nounced thiweek,
t Officials said the meeting would b<
. held at a later date when ?*it'ie
Senator Reynolds or Senator Bade;
j is expected to be in this county.
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^ TO OPEN BOARDING HOUSE
] Mrs. Frank Watkins and Mrs
. John Shanks will open a boardin;
. hous in Murphy, Saturday in the oh
. hospital building which has been re
modeled with modern convenience.*
It will be called the "Hilltop Inn".
At Murphy
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ortk Carolina. Covering a Large arte
irphy, N. C. Thursday, Se
J TV A TO HIRE
MORE MEN IN
| NEAR FUTURE
Await Completion of Access
Road before Construction
Begins
No additional appreciable number
of workmen will be hired for the Hiawa?ee
dam project until the prin
cipal access road from Turtletown,
Tenn.. into the dam site is completed
and the haulinp of machinery for
huildinp the dam and housing construction
is bepun, W. M. Ropers
head of the TV A personell offices
here, said Monday.
The first of the week Mr. Ropers
office was moved to the kr.ittinp mill
from the court house where it En.
Keen maintained for the past two
months. Plans were made for thi
removal of all other TVA offices ir
Murhpy there this week.
Mr. Ropers said that no more
workmen would he neeeded until actual
construction was bepun on th?
' site. He said it mipht be severa
months before more men were pu1
to work.
He said the buildinp of dormitorie:
houses and offices would be the nex
I step and that the work would be don*
i by the construction and maintenance
' division of the TV A.
When the access road is complete*
1 machinery used in buildinp Norri:
dam will be transferred here and th?
' construction department will bepii
I their work, he declared.
Thore is no connection between th
, two divisions, and each has a sapci
s intendant of its own, ne added.
Mr. Ropers also stated that 12
. men from Graham county, represent
inp practically all of those who too
TVA workmens examinations whei
they were held there, had been put t
work on construction of a transmis
sion line from Rhymer's Ferry on th
Tennessee river into the Iliavas.se
dam site.
No definite instructions -is to t.h
hirinp of men has been sent his oftic
B hare at present, Mr. Ropers said.
; Seven Wrecks
Renorted Hprp
Over Week Ein
Seven automobile and truck colli?
5 ions were reported variously through
^ out the Murphy area over the pas
t week-end. No one was reported set
. iously injured.
; Saturday night three tars ran tc
- gether about two milt out on th
, road to Brasstown, and that aftc i
- noon a negro ran his .ar off the rov.
- near the same place.
An automobile dealer from Ashe
ville reported Friday night that
- car without any light;, in an attemp
? to get in front of anoth< r for th
benefit of its lights, crashed into hi
" brand new car near Osteon's stor
at Tomotla.
r Two truck and car colli- ion.s an
one other wreck was reported in thi
vicinity over the week-end.
Garage men say "business is reall
f good."
Last Ball Game Of
i Season Schedulec
The Murphy baseball team wi
5 play the final game of the seaso
r Sunday afternoon, Henry Hickmai
y manager of the team, has announcet
The contest will be with eithe
Ducktown or Copperhill, He said.
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5. SQUIRREL SEASON OPEN
? Squirrel season opened in Chert
d kee -county Wednesday morning. Eai
- ly birds who went out to bag thei
said that tlwy are plentiful this yea
but wild.
For 5-Day !
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I Potentially Rick Territory in Thu
pt. 17,1936
TV A Employe*
Welcomed at
Honor On Ti
Rally Planned
Bv Republicans
This Saturday
A general, county-w.de Republican
tally will be held at the Murphy court
' house Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
it was announced Wednesday.
Plans call for several out-of-the
. county speakers, and the public at
: large is invited to attend the gathering.
This will ma.*: the beginning of a
I series of Republican rallies that will
be held all over the county and in the
' various communities and townships
later on, party leaders state.
? Besides the speaking program it is
planned to select various committees
> to promote rallies in all the voting
precincts.
MANY ATTEND ALL
DAY CELERRATION
;NEAR BRASSTOWN
More than 200 Cherokee and Clay
' county citizens attended the annual
creamery day celebration at the
1 Brasstown Cooperative creamery,
s Saturday.
p This inaiked the large*-- gathering
1 at the annual affair since it was begun
in 1928.
? A number of speakers and a cattlejudging
conte t were features of the
all-day program.
? Buttermilk was served free, as icustomary,
by the creamery am:
K lunches were sold by the Brasstown
n womens club.
e LIONS ARE SENDING
CAR TO CRIPPLED
B CHILDREN'S CLINIC
e
The Murphy Lions club is sending
a <-ir to the regular monthly cripvled
children's rlhtfc for the counties <>i
la< kson Mr.cor. S'wa:n. Graham
Cherokee, and Clay which will he
held in the High School Building
B-ryson City, on Saturday. Septem
]bei 19. Leg-Inning at 9:30 o'clock.
All crippled children and adult;
are invited to attend this clinic foi
examination Dr. John T. Saunden
of Asheville, is the examining physiciau.
Simon P. Davis, of Bry?%or
t | City, is chairman of the clinic com
mittee. Others serving with Mr.
Davis on the committee are W. C.
- Morgan and Dr. Geo. M. Leiby. Mrs.
o | H. C. Hart is the secretary.
- j J. II. Clippard, assistant state vod
j ational rehabilitation supervisor, will
j attend the clinic, as well as Mrs
' Appelt, of the North Carolina crip
;l pled Children's commission.
Further information may be ohA
tained from Mr. Davis or other mems
hers of his committee, Mrs. Hart
e and from any members of the Rotary
Clubs of Sylvia, Frax/.lin. Bry
(j son City, Andrews, and the Lion;
s Club at Murphy.
y TV A Changes Name Oi
Dam To "Hiawassee"
Whether or not a recent article
J published in this paper had anything
to do with it is not known, but exact
11 ly one week later all TV A employees
n here were informed to refer to the
! TVA dam now being built in this
1, vicinity as the "Hiawassee" dam anc
T not the "Fowler's Bend" dam as ii
has formerly been known.
A preacher from the lower end o]
the county recently stated that the
>- section e>f the Hiawassee encompass
p- ing the dam site was named after j
n family named "Farrow" and that he
ir challenged the right of the name
"Fowler".
Session Tuesi
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TODAY
Statt
$1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
es, Teachers
Party in Their
jesday Evening
Merchants, Civic Clubs
Sponsor Get Acquainted
Meeting
ABOUT 300 ATTEND
Program Given N e wcomers
at First Baptist
Church Here
Marked with venial hospitality
characteristic of Murphy, some 200
newcomers to Murphy including TVA
employee.-- and members of their
families and local faculties were the
j quests of the merchants and the
' business men of Murphy antl the
! town's civic organization at a "get
' acquainted" meeting at the Baptist
church Tuesday night.
liocal committees arranged a varied
program of entertainment and
topped it off with a erring of r?
freshments.
"Welcome every one 01 \? u u?
Murppy and trust you will find many
frienls here,*' Mayor J B. Gray declared
in an address of welcome.
The response was made by J. I).
Blagg, unit chief in charge of TV A
surveys here for the past two years,
who said "we are all a part of the
Tenesssee Valley, and a- such we
are really a corporation a:d not just
visitors."
Nearly 200 TV A employe** and
teachers received the greeting* <1
more than 100 local residents before
the program began.
I As an opening move all present
i joined in unison in singing songs? of
welcome. Harry 1 C<K>per, local attorney,
acted as mastti if c? r*-monies.
The mayor's address ? 4 \v? ' om?
and the sp?-?% h < f aeei ptar.ee fel
lowed.
Other numbers on the short program
of entertainment included: ;
song by Mrs. Roy Staleup; a talk by
Ralph Moody and two intorpretations
by Miss Lois Lathc-m.
The school teachers if Murphy.
Cherokee county and the .'<>hn t
Campbell Folk School were presented
t<i the audience.
Among those attending we M?
J. W. Thompson, G. W. h andler
Mr. and Mrs. \V. A. BarU i, Mis.
Continued or. bat*i page this ctior.
President I s
Greeted As He
Enters W. N. C.
With the delivery of an address
at the Green Pastures Democratic
rally ir. Greensboro Thursday night.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt < nde<l
a trip that carried him through
. this section <<f the Gi?:.t Smoky
. mountains.
c I: marked the first aptcarano- < !
any chief executive ::.t< the Great
Smokies National Pat*; area.
; Heavy rains greeted the President
as he came from Knoxville ovei th<
scenic Gatiinburg route Wednesday.
A brief stop made at Clingman'*'
Dome and another at the Cherokee
Indian reservation. The escort proceeded
slowly through the Weston
North Carolina town- leading intt
Ashcville.
: Thursday morning before going t<
i Greensboro, the President gave a
' hrief address to a kir$re crowd at
Ashcville.
f Reports reaching here state tha'
i the President was very high in his
- praise of this mountain section and
i j that he said he intended to return
I some time.
? ; Mrs. Roosevelt is a frequeril West,
em North Carolina visitor.
day Morning