Active iW
And. /ill |l
Attractive IB
JVUJRPHY I '
I The LeaHi if
Vol. IlL.?No. 22.
best year in
history for
county seen
practically All Lines Of
Business Show Increase
During 1936
On of the most progressive years
in ( i .okee county history i anticipate
1 by lota! merchants, business
nie ; nd city and county officials,
following a recent survey.
Mc-r lines of business showed that
a decided upswing in sale - had taken
place during 11*36 as an indication
of v.]ia. will be felt in 1037.
Most business houses particularly
in Mu'-phy which is the county sea:
and MR- of the three incorporated ,
tewi ?'f the county, revealed that the
Tennessee Valley Authority's newest .
dam project, with wor,k on the preliminary
$15,000,000 job just s alt- ,
ed, had greatly affected their busine.
and could be expected to have
mo- bearing when it gct.f under .
full sway.
idle number of employees on the
pre; will probably be doubled
within tho next two years when actual
construction on the dam begins.
y< eral hundred local men found employment
when the TV A began their i
j scope of work which included J
ti e building of new roads into the
?!<: the construction of a camp site
and the erection of a modern village.
Codell Construction company,
of Win. iiester, Ky., which received
the on tract on the principal acce
r <1 from Turtle town, Tenn., into
til :m site has also employed abort
2<k) men during the pa i, three :
months.
^Many Men At Work.
ThW mpr.iv. i . e.eiai hundred '
families are : u? regular payrolls
r 'r.i lie \ 'they had only the
r of subsistence.
Due o the project- about 50 fami- 1,
Ih:. o made '..heir residence in Mur!
. and Andiy?\vs, arid their purl's
ing power has eell i'v . l:y I ' '
11 1 - < hi. !US. '
Leading citizens in the coui) y are
invv* elding good ro.idc iaio the
e:" ' re in older that the nuclou-*
b :n< : . done by the residents ??i* tli- '
villa e there when L i completed
v-h-gome to Ciieiokee county.
>Vi added payv 'Is ?w. ' i
1 i' j . i . i ral ri'".v !? . . . ... 1
J' - i; :Iy dopr.rl men! r: : :?n?i
taarants in Murphy, have bee n es-1
t aid during: the past j u\
H i uti\e of the increased! pur^ll
|)Owe: here burh.j; nr.- ;:
I :.s the leper, by the Ci1..izen> j;
h... ; and Trust company, v. iih it.-'
b?... office in Andrews and a b anel .
. ; phy, ihat they have done mnv ;
ba;-i ; i . the past year than they '
' any ti..i in their history. Percy i
!' L-'erebee, of Andrews, is pre -;ide:.v it
,}1 ' ie company.
ri.deraie heti.-es. too, re -,:t yen-,,
t'-'oily ihe best year in tliei: history
' anticipate even larger volumes j
o. ale: rT vine 1937.
v. % ,es tnow Profits
W offord-Terrell company, of j
'hi, is among; the wholesale groc
y and dry good hot :v, tullg
huge increases in their business. 1
Geo)-<*> :>v .a - . .?> -r ! r
company here, said the firm h; i1
\vif::o o;l :t.> b.st year of operatic 1
- -36, ami anticipate:; ev. n more."
bus :v ss in 1037.
Wh ?'c ury g:uou'.^ ?i- -p :
(Continued on back pace?This Sec.)
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Weather Vane
Following me maximum and mi'i- J
rnium temperatures for the past week
compared with temperatures for the
tame period last year.
Temperatures
1936 1935
Dato Max. Min. Max. Min. h
22 61 22 31 23 1
23 58 23 23 1R c
2-J 64 23 35 26 r
25 63 20 .34 9
26 65 25 31 6 1
. 27 61 49 35 3 e
28 60 52 30 14
Rainfall
Dec. 1 Since Jan. 1 v
r 1936 6.25 inches 62.64 inches *
jf; 1936 i.ig inches 41.05 inches h
^
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5 Weekly Newspaper u Western A
Mu
Soy Wanted By
Andrews Police
Found Freezing
Wallace Berrong 14-year-old An
Irews lad is being held by the Cleve
and, Tenn., authorities on chartri
?f larceny ol" a bk;.v the ] roper.
pi J 'niur Brown, a newsboy abo.
en days ago.
The young 11-an wini t> Ih:. !'
-ounty about three or foui we> - k
1 go to visi his s: t . r. .Mrs. Bryant
ind was taken into c ustody Wednes
lay morning by Chief Arthur Trot
< r and officer Gree: , after he v.
iVozc-n in a lumberyard where h<
'.ad spent the night.
When Cleveland authorities w-n
t; the home of th*> boy's sister re
cntly searching for him. a neighboi
eported to them that the lad was
van ted in North Carolina in connection
with the robbery of a store anc:
vas sought on charges of house
leaking, larceny and fe! r.ious as
saul..
Cleveland authorities got in tour!
vith the Andrews officers, Kimse;>
A yke and Frank haffey and thc\
latcd he was sough, oil the chargtt
,?,i i *
.a.w ?v?uiu lumni tiHcace with then
'fter investigating whether he
thnrjjes were stili standin.;: here.
Mrs. H. Smith,
Of Tomotla, Is
Buried Tuesdav
Funeral services ,<>r Mrs. iiannat
'inith, 73 who died a. her home ii
Fomotla Monday- m|r<in.. ;.l S:i
?Veji:i. follow? ? ? mv v. i k- i:.
?? <s, were, ci-nd e ? i :.<Fi y-.< 1. i.t*sday
? " !*? ^ !. vkgwiil
he ? ?. I'fLu l.d\ . i t\i Uiati
r.u inicii: \va.- n i i.e Tnnw j.i cemetery.
Feyton G. Ivie was in < ha; _
itinera! arrant-, r.ien.s.
She is surviwd . si \ .) 1
3., oi' Murphy, and Will, Glenn,
inn, Charhe arsi Ui< *? '?
romotla; and foui daught
Myrtle ttn; " 1 \v>> : .-i
Uaudt Payne, ei' st< wn. . i...
'each tree.
Many Injured By
Firew orks Locally
/ num < r o: ; ?> mt i-e in; : '
y ; i-woi k> i: : t *" "s
nas holiday s and were trei cd bj lo r.i
r.ii --
.
nediai aid 10 ih? e in ne
vv:v serious thi y w<. jsjaii . am.
ouid v?fell huVt* led - -. ... .
ohip.liliks.
Four Stil's Captured
In Courty Last Week
Sheriff L. L. Mason reported Tueslay
tha. three ir. m s:;;Is had bet :
aptuvcvl during ihe pas; week. Thi.the
total to /.ir.e for the past
WO v
Thursday lit5'.;'!"-, depute John
Cicwa, and Charlie Butes.
ind Hovart Jfcltonalit. It. averdam
ownship constable, carrm-ed three
arge stills and tm -ante day
leputies J: M. Birrhiield, Abe
lentbree and t.eorge Jo;a s caught
i stilt at Topton.
-eonard Johnson Hurt
While Working Monday
Leonard Johnson, an employee of
V. T). Townson here, was painfully
mrt about the face Monday when a
lucre belt broke on one of the mahines
in the wood dressing: plant
nd hit him in the face.
Mr. Johnson was bendimr over the
2-inch belt looking: at some niacninry
when it burst.
He was conveyed in ;he Townson
mbulance to an Atlanta physician
rho dressed his wounds. When it
,as determined they were not serious
e was brought back home.
'orth Carolina, Covering a Ixtr/rr and
rphy, N. C. Wednesday, I
TVA NOW PAVING
ACCESS ROAD TO
! HIWASSEE DA?1
Construction Practically
Finished; Calcium
Chloride is Used
I AWi. .. n 1 a<! wcatfaSi tt. -atcr
holi! up l.avBIR . ? tlfo {ir; . ,.ial k-I
; cc ?* ad Hi was an
from Tui'.? T ' i"'1
i ir, expected by <pci!.v".
the TV*A will something new in
: i awing by using calcium ch'? i.
I i Thi chemical ha- re<. itly prove;!
'valuable r ther sec-Lion* of the
. I country in removing -n r . and ice
! from highways. It has a!.-o been
Mfound thnt. th <
. 1 ; v*- * ""
. chlorid<- in u road paving compound
will give v u ail-Wi-at i l ini :: as
I vv< i! { - providiii the m l ?. .-ouoiiii;
an! mear.s of paving yet found.
Will; co;. , of th< ,.-v. :--ad
.! practically finish- i. ho TYA -or s
. ol* workers undo,- L. L). !I" '*? have
paved approximately t\v? and one.
hall" miles of t' ad with cai ium
! chloride. Its pres? ece tin- > irface
a reddish tinge.
A mixture ?i t :ph ] -un-is of
calcilij i ciae. : . -i .. ??? | < : :;i !.- of
| : ushcd p|< ne and ?*?JO pounds ' day
| is us? d in laying an eight-inch surface.
.'.iter t! inixti re i: a >:i;pn;.iulod
i is hatiled : . Ad..-::; black < .>
' , paw; v h> < r is '! -.] ! or
i the road surface. Abo it i.'.U ra n
;uH rni; < y :d bp '1". A In .. .a-;
t the road.
. Constv .1 . in ' d
, i C :ht. a io!i v: th . v. . f: iv.
. ! tin dani i !:? o\ i ihs..
I was ,( !U'ii ??n . rii.A, ih ' ' lei;
I (Continued on back page?Tibs tlec.)
Dr. Petrie Is
Honored Here
At Lions ii-Her.
wci.- we. I th'- ular me* t,
Tu- -.lay .
..J -".sine-- vas d-. * rod ur.iil tr?e
: G. I \ i*--, was pi c mm un.
All mem be: a . o individual xpres-i
ns prai.-uii. and ;.ayi.:g tribute
;o Dr. Pen ie vno was one of the
most est< .a of the Lions
eiub a the la." - of his death,
i A resolution drawn ?]> b> the com'
rittee was read ,\i c. Da- vr and
! a; pears eise\\v.*-;e in :ids L.?ue o? the
I
|
IFour Planes Wrecked
Close -'ore Recently
E:'.!.er this mount inous section
r i >. it is a
jin?. to them.
Not over a nozor planes have
flown over Murphy in the pas! two
years anci four of them have resulted
in wrecks killing one and injuring
ethers,
i Saturday's wreck at Haycsville
saw the death or J. H. Waldrop,
54, of Knoxvi'le, who was flyinj to
sec his mother and ricter there,
; and resulted in. painful irjuries to
John Camp, his son-in-law and |
. pilot.
i September a year ago two flying
! enthusiasts, Walter Scarborough
i and a man by the name of Adams,
j crashed from a iakc-off following
j a forced landing at the Mission
! farm. Last year a commercial
plane fell near Bryson City with
; t.o fatalities. Three years ago a I
plane was wrecked on the farm of j
Roy Wells one rnile from Murphy.
Outside of TVA aerial photographers
and an occasional "flying
circus*' comparatively few planes
j arc ever seen in Murphy.
t Jl
Potentially Rich Territory in Thii .
)ec. 30, 1936
Agoga Bible
Class Elects
New Officers
T A ..! Yov.t:;; Mcr. . Pit
V. lh' !
1 eld its annual < ion e c.nc??r>
1 ?eecmher 2 - The foi v. ing officer: I
were > lectc-d for 1937:
Mrs. Thelnia I): hey and K. ' Wright,
Tcachoi-; Clas> lhesiden*.
Ernest Hawkins# Jr.; Vice President,
K. S. Durant; Ol' ial Y?"e;comer.
17. O. Christopher; * . Secretary,
llobeit Levi: ^ 1; < l.i - Trea- i
Walter Coleman.
The following committee chairman
< ! named: Publi y. Sam ('ai .
Building, Mr. Stri.i tl:?w; At*endam
. Holland; F * : ..? < . W. S.
Dickey: i : >g nl n, ( hai atlioun;
.Social, J. M. Kcatf . Jr.
The Agoga Bible Cla.-- ]< growing
very ? ;>i?lly, a> evidenced by the
tact thai ir.?-m heirship has more than
doubled in the posi . hrcc months.
The enthusiasm shown by ail member:-.
n_\ an-; old, . v? y -?*?iT>
to both ofii.ers and withers. wh<?
extended a cordial invi at ion to all
young . o ti of Murphy an i \ L ini y
to meet with t! via.-.- e\eiy S.iuda;.
rut miti-a ; t 9
Says $395,362
is Invested In
Hiwassee Ik
\Y'Hi. ik". :,i ?The* IV:':nessee
YaV > Autiuniiy report< d
Ive-tec: ; i Ju:i; .30 in the Hi was - e
j K-nudiv! ? : he :?3'5 i:-.-[ment
went ioi reservoii
ay . -io.-ation railway vej?.--a
; mil es !i\ i:ijr 1.. '.he reservoir a
jv.'ij : ? afAele:. v it- fiiliilg. AiCording
1:1 n..
.. iL :-i vii.
\Mr-tnoncci urrti alter :he 1907
Preliminary }* ;:,> aro underway
' th for the j?no :or i.he con-Ivujlioii
pi ant. the report, said.
j'ian- a:v. j iv.utie : i a
small camp to Accommodate a limit
?I r: u:r.-' v v.; . yes v .:: - ?: i\
l!>. " : ...
IVlad Dog Scare Juo-t
Aboui. Over Locally
: -?
1 "]..<> iv.::d dorr s are in oa irphy
! :>ccciYiS tr, hnvr- \ rrr. 2=
11y as i' was 9 art<;d.
j Loeai police said Tuesday tha:
practically all logs had boon tied up
' only M-.i-uy ones ha e been
; shot.
No further indications of mad
I dogs have be on fonr.d, they reported.
NEW COMMISSIONRS TO MEET
I The new board of county commis|
doners v. iil meet in theh first regular
version here Monday morning. j
| The new membe rs are: L. 15. Nichols,
(chairman; Sam Loving od and W. A.
I Adams.
o
SCHOOL OPENS TODAY
Local and county school? resumed
operation today (Wednesday) after
the children apd teacher? had a two
week's vacation for Christmas.
. 14 PAGES
iljfT today
[ill, Jl And 4 Pages
of COMICS
?4 Colors
State
&1.50 YEAR?5c Luy *
ONE KILLED AS
PLANE CRASHES
AT HAYESVILLE
Piloc of lil-raled Ship
feilE Cf Tragedy At
He Recovers
r.ii -..h a 5!..y? sviilu
aj "'* . . 1 . ill ;j'}?
Ii V,*;t . ~4, Knox:!
pa:::v 1 ; ;s son-in'aw,
I' In. C\ ip, 2';, > v.:>. pilotln*
lhf- -h]?'
t v. - i- r) an tl v i?it to
< .Mr. m Pv - * T 'S. 11. K.
I!; U. * . 'f I ; ?t h?* .
J ." With. > iiv? four
i front Hay H ' the
' - ' y ]>'. I 1 ' ) >. I. ,nt?;
a ., U.
W; ir ?v;p was s.ii: ?: !: killi
r.tl < amp v. as : . y 'r.jisrrd n1
* - <iy. < , ml utiiis'eiou
y I.-npack was
?uph* o th? i-v : ital in Murpl.y
wl i h- v.:. " 1 Hnfc rtTcllr.
Cause cf Wreck
t ump sai . :: 1 - : tr.) ' I Suniaj
: t . ,? ,! when
ele\ al or 1 rokc
v ;;ki ft to
I f n" ! (J. I vie
! i!i? M < lh? *?>- r
j . bou* iy alteii.
nr. ' *?' h*'
- \er Hay ;
>: ' '!! i:. . - - hi'.
i v.-. il yiltf t'.'.i.. ' 1-1!
Inspects Wreck
a;. r. . : : r! v\r
: Hi a r Com
i irai'.t* ?i.' it c tv
i Convive v;Q of Ra!e:p:'- ariiv- bi to m;
vest igato *. ho v v 1 . Tfea t ichi he
I ! 'i : : K rvT? \v~" ' ' *; .?;! h??
: v.- . . :h-.* rr. i< po:1
his u? the hv.v< v.\
T::C v- "'i . : !i".r \" \> nibkd
sr. ! retv - : to Knoxvilk Sunday
.inp: fey > < t flyiiijg
. ' .ib i." which *. : : \v< " Member.-.
The psar.e WT- ewr.c-d jointly
by the flying group. it was said.
Members Cairo's fa uilv were at
his beds'.rh this w- ,vk.
ISoM-les 'hi* vMow and - mother.
ir.. Ti*-: .. IMHMMHMIIm
.1- surv vea oy two
; - M--. v l Mrs
Dor-?1 h y Cam;;; * v ? ] ~ - M rs.
Hyaf and Mrc. My vile W< of
NVw Orloa: *; ar I v : y - Virj
jrii WaMron f iw;. . e. Ga.. and
K .: Iii ys: y. C ~ I y. pj.
\\ aldrop operated a service station
nt Knoxviiie for ;lie pas* 10 years,
: r.?! Cr.nip > a ;.ine prir * ,-i.iker for
Sfhorn and Kennedy, Kn xvilie ei>
?*ineers.
OWENBYS MOVING
Mr. Will Ov erby sir,! family mov0
ba;r. vo their former homo in
Marietta Ca.. t s week. Mr. Ore:
by ' re f years with h.
y w "ere immediately b<
|earr.e pr mtnentiy connected. Mi.
IOwimby is a member of the town
council.