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vol. 52.?NO. 26.
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Our Aim:?
A Better Murphy
A Finer County
THE LEADING WEEKLY
newspaper
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING
A LARUE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEUklTORY
Ml'RPHY. N. C. THURSDAY.
JANUARY 16.1941
5c I'OPV?$1.:.? PEK YEAH
TAX ON INDUSTRY
ISNT EXCESSIVE
SAYS MAXWELL
Declares Levies in N. C.
Little if Any Higher
Than in Tennessee
Charges that this section may have
j ost the proposed plant of the Alum
?num Company of America because
of excessive state taxes have resulted
;n a double barrelled denial; one
from State Revenue Commissioner
A. J. Maxwell, and the other from
Mr. J. E. S. Thorpe, President of the
N'antahala Power and Light Com
pany which is a subsidiary of the
Aluminum Co.
Commissioner Maxwell denies that
the tax is excessive. Mr. Thorpe de
nies that this tax was responsible
for the decision not to build near
Andrews.
in a letter to the Commissioner,
Mr. Thorpe indicates that the sl'ift
wtt-ay from Cherokee County was
virtually decreed by the Defense
Commission.
The question of alleged exorbitant
taxes was taken up with Commis
sioner Maxwell direct, by President
P B. Fere bee, of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company. A long dis
tance phone conversation was follow
< d up by a letter from Maxwell to the
local banker. Enclosed with this
letter was a copy of a communica
tion written to Maxwell by Mr.
Thorpe. Commissioner Maxwell's
letter to Banker Ferebee follows, in
full:
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Tomatoes No Problem
For Mrs. E. C. Moore;
Gets 'em From Cellar
The high cost of fresh tomatoes
doesn't bother Mrs. E. C. Moore. She
pets them whenever she pleases, out
of her cellar. Puthermore, she ex
pects her supply to last until a new
crop can be raised, in her garden,
next summer.
"Our garden gave us more toma
toes than any family could eat." Mrs
Moore explained." Some were canned
but the tomatoes kept growing. So 1
finally began picking them green,
and storing them in the meat-room
in our cellar. This room is cool but
never cold.
"Several weeks ago I noticed thai
these green tomatoes were gradually
ripening?and they are still doing it.
Since they were stored at different
times, we are able to have fresh to
matoes on our table three c four
times a week."
Mrs. Moore says the tomatoes are
of average size. The flavor, she de
clares is "the same as if they had
just been picked off the vine."
Draft List Revised
As One Is Jailed: 13
Leaving Thursday
Thirteen young men of Cherokee
County left Mr.phy by Spec
ial bus at 6:45 o'clock Thursday
mcrning. bound for Fort Bragg to
serve one year in the Nation's new
army of defense. Before the end of
the week they will have changed
their civilian clothes for woolen O.
D s (meaning olive drab colored uni
forms) and will be spending their
days drilling, working on labor de
tails, hiking on maneuvers or doing
"bunk fatigue" which in civilian lan
guage. means just lolling around
on the bod.
Wayne Walker, Secretary of the j
County Draft Board issued a last I
warning to the draftees to take noth
ing with them except actual neces
sities. There will be no place, in
barracks, to keep civilian luxuries.
Even the clothes they wear may have
to be shipped back home, for a sol- (
dier may not wear civilian garb ex
cept by special permission?and this J
Is hard to get.
The original list of 12 men has j
been changed in one instance, and a j
thirteenth name has l-?en added, j
The thirteenth man is Thomas D.
Webster, of Culberson; and Donald
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WPA Crew Ordered
To Re-Work Andrews
Highway Third Time
As a result of a new order from the
State Highway department, the WPA
force which has been working on the
highway between Murphy and An
drews must now move the shoulder
dirt all over again. This will make
the third time that work barely
completed will have to be undone.
Twice previously, orders have been
issued to make the shoulders a cert
air. width. Distances were carefully
measured, pegs driven, and strings
stretched to make things exact. The
force only recently finished fixing
the shoulders and smoothing them
off. Now new orders have been re
ceived making the shoulders five feet
wide.
The result is that a new ditch will
have to be dug; the old one filled in
and the soil smoothed out once more.
It is admitted that the first truck
whose wheels run off the highway
in wet weather will cut new ridges
in the soft earth.
Meanwhile holes in other highways
are left to get bigger and bigger and
deeper and deeper.
Local WPA officials declared that
having to do one job three times
was not their fault. They are re
quired, they pointed out, to follow
instructions of the State Highway
Commission. Such road work in this
county is under the supervision of
Commissioner McKee.
Moore 'Super' Tourist Villa
Ready for Opening Soon
At the expenditure of a good
many thousand dollars, backed up
by a rare combination of sound busi
ness Judgement and a sense of the
artistic, Mr. E. C. Moore, one of Mur
phy's civic and business leaders, has
converted a hill of scrubry pines
into a beauty spot. Five minutes
walk from the town's center, op
posit? the school grounds, he has
built a tourist villa that is "super de
luxe."
Fourteen units have been erectcd
along the brow of the hill, overlook
ing the school campus and the inlet
to Hiwassee lake. The rooms are all
hue? and beautifully furnished
?very one has a private bath and a
?'rrrnrrd-ir. rar:'- '-?'nich affords
complete privacy along with the gor
geous view. Every room has perfect
ventilartion; and is equipped with an
electrical heating system that as
sures not only comfort but plenty of
hot water, any time. Thus the villa?
called "Mooreland Heights Court"?
is suitable for year-round operation.
The units are sufficiently far opart
to insure absolutely privacy. Some
are "single." designed for one occu
pant. or a couple. Others are "double.'
The latter consist of two rooms so
large that although each contains
two double beds, there still is plenty
of space. Each room is completely
furnished and has its own private
bath. The doubte units can accomod
ate a family of eight, or, by closing
the connecting door each room can
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Annual Birthday Celebration
To be Held in Andrews Feb. 1
SEEK DRAFTING
OF FEREBEE FOR
HIGHWAY BOARD
Both Political Parties
Join in Endorsement
Of Banker for Post
A well defined movement, backed
by men prominent in both political
parties, is under way to bring about
the appointment of Percy B. Perebee.
President of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company, as State Highway
Commissioner for this district. The
movement started following reports,
believed to be reliable, that Governor
Brourfhton plan.s a shake-up of the
present Highway set up. Such a
shake-ups are usual when a new
Governor takes office.
Two years ago, it is said. Mr. Fere
bee could have had the post; he
having been tentatively endorsed by
leaders in all Western counties. He
refused to allow his name to be pre
sented. however, bece.use of his pri
\ate business interests.
Mr. Perebee told the Junaluska
Journal that he still felt that should
the post be offered hime. he could
accept only at considerable sacrifice.
! He also pointed out that he is in
i terested in a corporation which sells
{considerable quanitities of crushed
stone to the State, for use on high
ways. He suggested that should he
be appointed, this fact might lead to
criticism.
The objection v.as met by County I
residents with the statement that
since such sales have been made
over a period of years, there could be
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WHAT OUR
LEGISLATURE
IS DOING
(Editors Note: This is the first of
a series of weekly summaries of the
activities of the 1941 General As
sembly. compiled by Institute of
Government.)
Budget: Gov. Broughton proposed
expenditures totalling $163,635,382
for the next two years.
National defense. State Officers'
salaries and auto license tags were
key subjects on the first week's legi
slative agenda.
Four salaries wlrre raised and
$2,000 was appropriated for the
Governor's inaugration. The increase
/Will give a 10 per cent raise to the
Secretary of State. State Auditor.
State Treasurer and Superintendent
of Public Instruction. This measure
was passed the first day.
Two of the ten bills introduced
concerned national defense. One.
passed without a dissenting voice,
was a: resolution approving President
Roosevelt's defense and aid-to-Brit
srin policies. The other measure
would bar the advising or teaching of
overthrow of government by force,
with specific prohibition of the use
of State buildings for such purpose.
This bill was sent to committee.
Of special interest to car owners
Is a bill to establish a flat $5.00
license for private vehicles. The mea
sure was sent to committee.
A joint resolution was approved,
providing for a meeting of the Gene
Contlnord on Editorial Pace J
12-MAN FOOTBALL
AT MURPHY GAINS
NATIONAL NOTICE
This paper some lime ago Inform
ed Us readers that this (all's 12 man
football game between Murphy and
Hall's High of Knoxville had receiv
ed national recognition through ar>
Associated Press story in newspapers
throughout the country .
A clipping was received from a St
Louis paper and Dr. McCall informed
Principal K. C. Wright that the story
was carried in the Richmond Times
Dispatch.
Now comes word from Mack
White, whom many will remember as
u teacher in the Unaka school and a
baseball performer for the Hayes
ville club, that he was agreeably
surprised in November as he listened
to a radio station in Seattle, Wash
ington. Tile announcer remarked
that the answer to sideline coaching
had been found in Murphy, N. C.,
where the rival coaches agreed to do
the quarrterbacking themselves.
Mr. White is located in a CCC
camp near Seattle and is now visiting
in Murphy and Hayesville before re
turning to the coast.
Sabbath School Meet
Scheduled at Marble
On Sunday Afternoon
The Sunday school convenrion o i 1
the Western North Carolina Baptist i
Association will hold the next meet- ]
ing with the Marble church, Janu- j
arry 19. at 2 o'clock C. S. T. J. F.
Ballew, associational Sunday school
superintendent, will lead ti e devo
tional exercises.
An address on "The Vital Impor- j
tance of Prayer of the Teachrr of ;
God's Word" will be presented by
the Rev. Algie West. The Rev. Nor
man Kilpartrick is expected to be
present and have a part on the
program.
The latter part of the program will
te devoted to a discussion of the
Regional Sunday School worker's
conference to be held srt Andrews
February 7. H. L. Mulkcy will be
in charge of and lead the discussion.
All Sunday school officers and
teachers in the association, ant! as
many more as will, are urgently in
vited to attend.
o
ATTEN'D INAUGURATION
J. D. MalJonee, L. L. Mason. H. A.
Mattox and Harve Wliitaker attend
ed the Inaugural ceremonies in Ra
leigh last week.
Other Activities of
Paralysis Campaign
Started This Week
Bolh a round and square dance
will be held in connection with the
President's Bir'hday party for tins
year, H. Bueck, chairman ol the
county c::ccutlve committee announc
ed at the body's first meeting Monday
afternoon.
The round dance will be staged in
the Andrews high school trymnasium
and the square dance will be held in
the youth building on the school
campus, botli scheduled for Saturday
night. February 1. Vincent Wright
and his 12 piece orchestra will pro
vide music for the round dance, while
the musicians for the square dance
nave not as yet been booked Danc
ing wil! be from 8 until 12 o'clock
with the usurI admission price of
?1.50 per couple, this admission good
for either or both the dances.
A special leature of the party will
be a costumed presentation of folk
games and stunts by the students of
the John C. Campbell Polk school at
Brasjtown. under the direction of
Mrs. George Bidstrup.
Tile dances will be sponsored by
the Konnaheeta club of Andrews
with the cooperation of the Junior
Woman's club of Murphy. These
groups will have charge of ticket
sales which were started this week.
A large campaign of advertising
and publicity has already been start
ed toward promoting these events.
Large specially colored posters are
being placed in conspicious places in
all communities of the county. Bum
per cards are also being used cn large
numbers of automobiles. In addition
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Rep. J. D. Mallcnee Jr.
Given Appointments
T o Many Committees
I Although J. D. Mallonee, Jr.,
Cherokee County Representative in
the State House of Delegates, is one
of the youngest men In the legisla
ture. and is serving his "freshman'
term, he has been honored with ap
pointment to membership on several
important committees, according to
word from Raleigh. His alignments,
include committees on:
Constitutional Amendments: Coun
ties. Cities and Towns: Education:
Finance: Game Laws: Care of th<:
Blind: Judiciary: KgSj >
Penal Institutions. Propositions
and Grievances: Salaries and Pees:
Justices of the Peace: Library: Un
employment Compensation. and
i Roads.
Collins, Agriculture Expert,
Impressed by Local Farming
W. B. Collins, state farm manage- |
ment supervisor of Raleigh, comment- i
ed very favorably upon the farm !
practices and progress being shown
in Cherokee County, following a two- j
day Inspection tour this week.
Following a check-up of annual
record books and general farm ac
tivity throughout the area. Collins
stated that this county "compared,
favorably" with farming in all west
ern counties, although there was
"much to be done" before this county
would fce on a sound permanent pro
gram.
Farm promotion has been seriouslv
handicapped in this county by per
sons who have forsaken farming for
various jobs at which more cash
money could be earned. This In
gradually being overcome through
the efforts of the county agents de
partment. and tne other agencies
now operating here.
Collin.?; gtvc particular notice to
the fact that Cherokee county has
around 5000 acres of idle farm land,
although this land is not necessarily
crop land. At present crop lands are
being utilized and protected very well
in this county, he explained, but
greater development of good pasture
lands and feed producing areas are
badly needed. For this reason, the
greatest efforts of local farming
agencies are now being concentrat
ed on the building up and maintaln
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