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| The Official Orga
QiXV. No. 9.
RalNtfeRING
WPARTY HERE TO
I LOCATE ROAD
to be built by county and town?
ship Andrews-Murphy Road
? to be let soon
I A party of engineers arrived here
Thursday night to begin the
Kgveying of the proposed road fnom
Iforpfey to the Tennessee State line,
M connect up with the Kimsey and j
foric Highways of that state. The
pity is in charge of Mr. J. A. Nichols
od ri sent out by the State Highway
ommissiot.. The coming of the
fineers is the first tangible result
f the road meeting belt in the Court
one in August when Commissioners
>?ge and Stikeleather were here and
uriewed the road situation in that
[ocnty. At that time they were
uktd to take over the noad to the
Tennessee state line and build it them.
i!res. but to dovelopes that under
!?? thostata rnuld not add ?n v
liditional mileage to the map. nor
raid th? available founds permit the
SMfruction of additional mileage.
Hi Commissioners at that time
tombed to survey the road so that
f additional funds became available
i the future, it could be taken over
a part of the State system.
As soon the road is located, it
I expected that the Township through
ifekh it will pass, by the aid of the
IKBty, will grade it and perhaps
kr put a surface on it. It is possible
kt it will topsoilcd as soon as it can
? graded. This will depend upon
k cost of the grading, to a certain
Extent, and upon the amount of
ooey the township and county r?i?e
for this purpose.
One the arrival of the engineering
!?ty the latter part of last week
Rrtain minor changes were made In
k road from Murphy to Andrews,
ipecially in the section nearst and
wws, and level line* were also rln
km the Hiwassee River bridge to
k public square. The engineering
hU on this section of road is now
i the h?tnds of the State Highway
at Raleigh and as soon
I rtfimatod can be made up and a
puirnrtur :cmr\a, it is expec tnat ine
iad will be jet. According to inIrtnatioirXrSni
District Commissioner
keleathor, the Murphy-Andrews
fcd ha.- been placed on the preferftial
list and will be the fir>*t pro^ct
let in the Ninth District.
The section of road through the
orpornte limits of the.- town of Murky
will be map? a separate project
Mid it i* expected that it can be 1ft
Vithin the course of a very few weeks
o that wferk can be gotten under
?y before the band winter weather
*ta in.
IXJ HOLD RURAL
CARRIER EXAM.
^ OCTOBER 27TH
^ ition *t Warn* Vacant?Examfination
to Be Held at Murphy
\ on October 27
The United States Civil Service
NnmissioQ has announced &n examMhon
to be held at Murphy, N. C.,
0 October 27, 1923, to fill the portion
of rural carrier at Warne, and
fancies that may later occ?r on
Wl routes from tht post office.
it is understood that the salary of
1 rural carrier on a standard daily
of 24 miles i9 $1,800 per anwith
additional $30 per
- * ?ur each mile or fraction over
The. examination will be open only
citiiens who are actually domicili
in the territory -of the Warne
toftice and who nyret tha other
of the position.
1<\ 'jjnd a plication blanks
oljfiShed from the offices
>edj above or from the U. S.
ice Commission at Waah4
, v, and all applications
'onfarded to- the Commit
Miles practicable date.
V
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V
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.n of Murphy and Chei
1 ""inT
WEAVER MAKES
ADDRESS ON
CO-OPERATION!
Fair la Beginning of Great Thing* I
in Cherokee County, Says
Speaker
The Cherokee ' County Fair was
officially opened Thursday afternoon
"J ?* OVIVII^ auuicno u< vuugir^Miuiu
Zebulon B. Weaver, of AsheVille,
who took for a them* '<"
tion."
"Co-oporatio^ of the m<?n and women
in Cherokee County made the
Fair possible," the speaker told his i
audience of several hundred people
who gathered in the grandstand for
the address, "and it is through cooperation
that all things are now u?ing
carried on," continued the speaker.
The hope was expressed by the
speaker that the spirit of helpfulness
should continue to spread until
it permeates not only all of the county,
but the entire state, nation and
world. "Co-operation is a manifestation
of brotherhood," 1 thought
Conjrressman Weaver and that spirit
is now more abroad in the land than
ever before.
Mr. Weaver contrasted the old
spirit of envy and jealousy and competition
that formerly controlled
men's lives with the newer spirit of
co-operation as expressed in the
Chamber/of Commerce idea, the Fair
Association, Co-operative Marketing
Associations, and other forma of
frroup activity.
Mr. Weaver was introduced by
President P. Witherspoon of the!
Murphy Chamber of Commerce, j
Several hundred people gathered in!
the large grandstand to hear their
representative in Congress speak.
Mr. Weaver came Wednesday night'
and left for Asheville Friday.
* Boiling Springs |
Wo have been having some beautiful
weather around here to save'
feed anil everybody is mostly done J
pulling fodder.
Mr. D. S. Davis is visiting his
daughter Washington this week. J
Mr. Horace Townsend spent a
days ir. Tellico Plains with relatives
last week.
Mr. Tof Curtis and family of Culberson
spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Mundy.
Our Sunday School is on the drag
at this place. Everybody come out
next Sunday and help us carry on the
good work.
Seventy of the people of this place
are planning on attending the fair
at Murphy htis week.
Our school is progressing nicely
under the management of Misess
Linda Tweed and Emily Sword.
We have a ???d chestnut crop
around here .
Mr. C. C. Mills ig progressing nicely
with his saw mill work.
Mrs. Louie Rhodes and children
of Snowbird visited her sister, Mrs.
C. C. Mills, Saturday and Sunday.
Most of the farmers are done saving
feed here.
Rev. L. F. Clark, of Canton, N. C.,
who has been conducting a| revival
meeting at old Hanging Dog the past
week, visited Boiling Springs and
preached an interesting sermon on
? 1 o? no..!
.uunuaj oejficniuci <>aiiu>
Our school teacher^ returned here'
after spending a week with home
folks.
The death angel visited the home
of Mr. N. B. Lovingood last Saturday
night and took away the dear
beloved father. We deeply sympathize
with the family.
Several of the people from this
place attended the meeting at old
I Hanging Dog last week.
Mr. D. S. Davis left for Washington
Monday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lov-[
iingood last week a fine baby girl.
I Mr. Jim Davis of this place, moved
| to Tellico Plains last February and
! Moved back to our vicinity last week.
Miss Anna Lou Dockery spent'
Saturday night with her grandfath-l
er at tirandview.
Come on, Owl Creek, and let us
all wake on and get buay.
Cfjerc
rokee County, and the I
^ MURPHY. NORTH CAKOLIt
HOG CHOLERA
EXPERT TREATS
60 HOGS IN CO.
Serious Situation Exists in Some
Parts of the County, Says Dr.
Owen
Monday and Tuesday Dr. F. D.
Owen and County Agent H. H. Ellis
spent in the upp*r part of the county
around Marble and Junaluska innoculating
hogs sa as to immunize
them against hog cholera, which has
broken out in that section.
Dr. Owen came here from Raleigh
where, he is stationed by the United
States Government as a specialist
in the control of hog cholera. Word
was received here the latter part of
last week that cholera had broken
out in the county and County Agent
Ellis immediately got in touch with
the specialist and had him conrc
here to help check the spread of this
dread disease among the swine pop uhai.
Mr. Ellis and Dr. Owen spent two
days in treating the hogs in the infected
district, treating about sixty
in all. The simultaneous nnoculation
wa$ given, which .immunizes
the hogs for life. There is a serum
treatment that is effective for only
about four to six weeks. Along
with the serum, however, a virus was
given, which is effective during the
life of the hogs.
Dr. Owen left Wednesday morning
for Raleigh and while the situation
is now probably under control,
great car? must be taken or
this dread disease will spread as it
is very contagious. Dr. Owen stated
that the situation just abovei Marble
was very grave but that it may not
result in anything serious if proper
care is taken. At the first appearance
of the disease in other sections,
or if new cases appear in the infected
areas, the county agent should at
once be notified so that proper sieps
can he taken in time.
BILL BOOSTER SAYS
I V^ovrr BE A SCISSORWU.
I VI/ A Smw-MECKEO CX3
GON VJUO SANS, "WHAT WAS
GOOO EuOO&H TOR WN OLE
GRAUOP&P VS GOOO CMOOGH
STtAM-coucetnuef OVER TV*
UECK OF -rue SClOSOCStU.
EOC SEARS, VUHKH (S VMM
tAAKES WS UECK. ?TW. ,
ifeee ?
-ead ing Newspaper in
IA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER G, 1923
i
ng the short end of the stick
r?rtoai fi'mm F?r-n? /.-m? nal. IMt
THECHEROKEE
COUNTY FAIR IS
OPENED THURSDAY
Farm Crops, Cattle and Art Exhlbits
Predominate Athletic
Contests Draw Crowds
Wit^ the opening of the Cherokee
County Fair Thursday morning, on?
of the largest educational, amitsement
and recreational seasons ever
enjoyed in Murphy was officially
ushured in. The entire three days
will be replete wit hthings of interest
to this entire section and every
day is expected to attract larger
crowds. If favorable weather preI
vails, fully five thousand people
' expected to pas .through the gates
' to the fair grounds on Saturday
There were hundreds of people her*
| for the first day. The began tc
I gather early in the morning to placs
. the exhibits that arrived late. Bj
I twelve o'clock the grounds were pret
ty well filled up with visitors. Oiv
of the largest features of the firs'
I da>s was the splendid address bj
Hon. Zebulon Weaver; congressmar
from the Western District of Nortl
Carolina. Mr. Weaver was introduc
ed by Col. Doiy Witherspoon and
spoke at length of the fine possi
bilities of a county fair and of th<
good farming methods and purebrei
livestock to a community. The bas<
ball game following the address, be
I twcen Hayesviile and Murphy als<
| proved a drawing card.
1 In the morning the fair was op
| ened by a band concert and bab]
show at ten o'clock, followed bj
a dairy and beef cattle show.
Today the fair will be opene<
again with a baby show at ten o'cloel
and at ten-thirty, to be followed bj
draft horse and mule show. 1 Fron
one-thirty to three, the Andrew;
Cavalry will parade on the ground;
and following the parade will be an
! other baseball game.
Saturday will be school day. Thi
| program will be opened by the cav
| airy drill, followed by a light hors<
show. At two-thirty, the Andrew
i and Murphy high schools will mce
on the griound in a basketball gam<
after whic^ will follow a track mec*
between the schols of this section
There will be 100, 220, and 441
yard dashes and a 440 yard rela;
race, and broad high jumps. Man;
schools from over the county an*
, expected to take part in this meet
I A baseball game will probably b
edged into the program sometime
during the day. It is probable tha
the fast Copperhill team will be her
Ellis & Nichols To
Open Filling Statioi
i Dr. J. O. Nichols and G. W. Kill
have purchased the Meroney lots a
the corner of Valley River Avenn
and McClelland streets and are mafc
ing preparations to erect a gasolin
filling station on the property. Pat
of the lot is being graded down an
the construction of the building wi
be gotten under way in a few day:
Luther Ellis will be in charge o
the station, when completed, it i
understood. He has resigned his pc
sition with the W. B. Dickey & Son
and is in Atlanta at a battery schoo
Dr. Nichols lives in Etowah, Tent
He has been watching Murphy fo
sometime and feels that there is
great iuture ahead and this has le
him to g0 into this proposition wit
M r.EUis.
gag " BTB7"'
this Section of Wntfn
$i.i
Princess Fahmy's Defender
a Noted Egyptian
Lawyer
flflH
frm
Here is Maitre Abdel Rehman El
Bialy, eminent Egyptian lawyer,
1 chosen to repissent Princess Aly Bey
I Fahny at her trial or the charge of
murdering her husband, the woalthy
Egyptain Prince. The trial Is at
' the old Bailey Court London,
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| CAROLINA-TENN.
POWER COMPANY
; PETITION UPHELD
i
. I High Court RuMea Cooc?rn Hat Eminent
Domain Over Land*
II Involved
r I RALEIGH. Oct. 3??The Carolina
i Tennessee Power Company's petition
; | for the power rights on the Hiawassee
t; River, which was eTanted bv Judire
i - r
McElroy, when he reviewed brief-*
* submitted by the petitioner and the
l Hiawusstv River Rower Company,
- against whom the petition was directI
ed. was upheld today by the State
- J Supreme Court, in an opinion written
? j by Justice Stacy.
1 The petitioner thus is given the
p ; power rights of the river because of
- its claim, according to the Supreme
j Court decision, which ruled that its
surveys made before any others, had
- given it eminent domain over the
Y lands involved. The case was carried
Y to the Supreme Court in a dozen saparate
cases. The petitioner gets the
right to future development but mest
pay a fair market price for the lands
Y involved, according to the decision.
i The opinion today is not expected
* to end the legal battle over the devel*
opment provides between the two
* companies, which has been in progress
for several years. Attorneys in?
dicnted when Judge McElroy announced
his decisic that should the
e Supreme Court uphold him the case
s would probably be carried to the U.
t S. Supreme Court.?Asheville Citizen
e .
' Brasstown Postoffsce
i Robbed Tuesday Night
f Thd United States Postoffice at
v Brasstown was robbed Tuesday night
s of some valuable mail matter. A
_ C. O. D. package was the only value
able mail missing, though the entire
office was left in a disorderly cont
dition. Stamps and! money had been
e i removed from the office by the
postmistress. Post office Inspectors
have been notified and are on their
way here to investigate the robbery.
Nantahala Township
sj Votes For Road Bonds
tj ANDREWS, Sept. 24.?Work Is
c cvpected to start shortly on the new
; Andrews-Aquone-Franklin highway
e! for which a $20,000 bond issue was
1 voted a few days ago by the Nantad;
ha't township, according to announce^
11j ment made today. In addition to the
s. ] bond issue money, it is believed that
f the federal government will spend
is about $40,000 on the now toad be>
cause it has valuable timber nearby
is that is not accessible without the road.
I. The vote in both Nantahala and
l. Briertown precincts wa? overwhelmr
ing for the improvement. The way
a will run from Andrews to Jnualuska
d Creek via Aquone t<> F?-ankliT.. From
h th<re it goes through} the township
toward Franklin.
L ADVERTISE IN ! '
THE SC O U T ! \
IT WILL MAKE;;
YOU RICH"
* NnriK Csrcliiui
I? A YEAR IN ADVANCE
POWER SURVEY
ON HIAWASSEE
RIVER COMPLETED
State GetolojpcaJ Surrey Will Pub*
Hah Report, Showing Compre?
henaire Plan of Development
The party sent out by the North
Carolina Geological and Economic
Survey for the purptose of making
a full investigation of the powers of
the Hiawassee River and its trlbutanes
in North Carolina, particularly
in Cherokee and Clay Counties, ha?
completed its field work and a report
giving the results in detail will
be published later, probably about
January 1.
The studies will enable the Survey
ot propose a plan for the complete
development of the rivr in
North Carolina. They contemplate
a series of dams on the Hiawaasee
to use a total of 582 feet between
Appalachia, on the ?order of Tennessee
and North Carolina, and Hayea
ville, in Clay County. Several of
those dams will create storage reservoirs,
which would have a capacity of
fourteen billion cubic foet and serve
flo regelate the flow, enabling the
floow run off to be utilised for power
purposes in dry periods.
In addition, the plans contemplate
storage high head developments
on several of the principal tributaries
of the Hiawassee.
Data fori all theee developments
is now in course of being worked up
in the office of the Survey- for publication.
"The purpose of the investigations
is t0 indicate the manner In
whic^ the very valuable power sites
in the Hiawaasee district con be de1
veloped most advantageously, to
! produce the maximum amount of
J power and, if possible, prevent development
which might interfere
witjj the mafximum utMzation of the
river as a producer of power," said
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, upon completion
of the survey.
"It is probable," he continued,
"that essentially the plan proposed
by the Survey will be carried out by
one or more power companies now
interested in the region in which the
investigation has been carried on.
"One of the most encouraging and
significant incidents of this highly
important nvestigaton has been the
spirit shown by Clay and Cherokee
Counties, in the borders of which
the power sites lie, in lending practical
aid by co-operation with the
Survey in the making of the investigation.
Oo-operation making the Inestigation
possible was also had
from the Hiawassee Power Company
and from the Carolina and Tennessee
Company, whie^ is assisting in the
maintenance of gauging stations at
Murphy."
The field party, which operated
under the general direction of Thorn
dyke Saville, hydraulic engineer of
the Survey, was ii| charge of G.
Wallace Smith, of the Engineering
School of the University, and inded
threcluded three students of the
school who have completed their
sophomore year work, Messrs. Farrel.
Pj-ler and Ray. All of these
were during the summer in attendance
o nthc surveying school of the
engineering department, locater at
at Fetzer's Camp, near Brevard, and
at which there were fifteen students
j enrolled under instruction by Prof,
i Harold J. Janda, of the University.
i
Methodist Sunday
School Reorganizes
The Murphy Sunday School la
reorganizing and adopting the graded
lessons for the various depart(ments.
Thrw departments have
wen crvau-a i*or ine present, intermediate,
J union and Primary. Mr.
A. A. Fain has been made superintendent
of the Sunday School, Prof.
P. W. Kancy, ruperintendent of the
Intedmediate Department; Miss Ida
Moody Johnson, of the Junior Department,
and Miss Addie Leatherwood,
of the Primary Department.
The%eorganization was set in motion
at the Fourth Quarterly Conference
of the church Sunday when
Presiding: Elder Bowie, of the
. Wavnesvillr. here. The
i officers and superintendents of the
i departments were named Tuesday
night. , C- I* : it