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pl.TIME XXXVI. No. 29.
IYER ESTIMATES
$500 PER ACRE
IN TOMATOES
teal Truck Farmer Says He Will
Plant Ten Acres If Necessary
to Raise Quota
.T. W. Dyer, a prominent truck far;r,
living some two miles out the
tyesville road southeast of Murphy.
..f the opinion that per acrcil
jfl a conservative est mate of the re^ftrns
of an acre of ground planted
tomatoes. Mr. l.ver says that,
^Kking into consideration the proper
^ >il and proper cultivation that pcrmore
than SiSOO couhl be roaliznet
from an acre of tomatoes,
fl Mr. Dyer apprc aches his estimation
in this manner: An acre of
^t"ound will accomodate 4,900 hills of
^Bimntoos, planted three feet apart
^ tch way, not counting the end hills,
' ounting in the end hills would give
IBOOO hills to the acre, hut he on.lv
Blunts 4,000. He says that under
Wr >d conditions a hill of tomatoes
?ght tc yield nf'iP.r! ? Hnwxr,
for the sake of conservativeness,
: only estimates one peck per hill. '
t this rate. 4 000 h'lls would yield
250 bushels, figured at forty cents
L*r bushel would make a total of
500.00.
Mr. Dyer is highly enthusiastic ovr
the prospects of getting a tomato
innery located here, and is of the
pinion that it will mean much to the
irmers of this section.
"I am now selecting and preparing
?veral acres of land to plant to to1
a toes," said Mr. Dyer the other day. '
and I believe that I can easily real:e
$500.00 from each acre. If it is
eccssary to make up the quota of
cres I am willing to plant ten acres
l tomatoes," he said.
Mr. Dyer believes that this is a
ood proposition for the farmers, and '
hat they ought to take advantage
f the opportunity to help create a
eady cash market for perishabh proucts.
The cannery offers that op
ortunity.
school Recognizes
Washington's Birthday
Although the birthday anniversary
f the Father and first President of
>ur County, George Washington
I en on Sunday tnis year, the school
ook notice of it. On last Friday
crry Davidson Jr. and Little Nettie
louston Dickey dressed in colonial
raturac, presented during the chap- 1
1 excrcisis, a little duo entitled
'Reuben and Rachel." Patriotic
ongs were also sung by thv school,
is n whole.
T. N. Fates To
Cpsn Saturday
Elsewhere in this issue is printed
he announcement of Mr. T. N. Bates
mnouncing that he has restocked his
tore with a compelle line of generil
merchandise, and will be open for
jusiness beginning Saturday, Febru-i
iry 28th. He will carry a complete
ine of groceries, dry goods and r.oions.
i
Cherokee Hardware
Co. Enlarge Office >
The Cherokee Haidware Company,
ocal wholesale dealers, have just 1
ompleted the enlargement of their
>ffice to practically double
he space of the old office, which
ives them quite a comodious bffice
low. The enlargement was made
tecessary on acount of the crowded
condition of the old office and the i
ixpansion and volume of business.
?his company is doing quite an exensive
business in this section, and
he added space will greatly facilitate,
he office work.
I
K. C. Moore Installing
B New Air Compressor
H S.'jttnoore receiver this wwk
Hand is a new Burner air
^fcompresgor, for furnishing; free air
gto his ^ftistcmers. The eld compress-j
Her become badly worn which neces
sitttod the installing of a new each-1
B ine. He has also added much to th
outside appearance of the front of
his buifding by the application o/ n
fresh coat of paint.
Murphy and Cherokee
Missionary Society
Gives Washington
Birthday Party
On last Friday evening: at the social
rooms of the Methodist church
the Woman's Missionary Society pave
a Washington Birthday party. The
guests were received by Jerry Davidson
Jr. and Little Miss Edna Patton
dressed in colonial costume. Games
and refreshments were enjoyed by
the puests. Each ?'"*?> was supposed
to pay tor an admission --uurige1
a penny for each year of his ape.
There are several centenarians in
Murphy, acording to the donations,
which totaled nearly thirty dollars,
it is understood.
MARBLE COMPANY
OPENING QUARRY
AT COALVILLE
Machinery now being placed in posi
tion and operation will begin
About April l?t
The Regal Blue Marble Company,
of Kcgal,; is placing ma-hmery and
equipment in position and preparing
to open another quarry at Coalville,
about two miles above Marble, sometime
about April 1st, according to
information brought here the other
day. It is understood that this quarry
will mine whi; marble exclusively.
The main plant at Regal is now doing
an extensive business, minirg
about 100,000 tons of highgrade blue
marble per month, which is shipped
to all parts of the country. It is understood
that the quarry at Coalville
c. 11 be on a sonu what smaller scale.,
but operaticns will eventually be extended
so as to give about the same
output of the present plant at Regal.
The mining of blue and white marble
will give .this company a splendid
combination of high grade Cherokee
marble, which is already widely
known for its beauty and quality.
Mr. R. I.. Harris is local manager
for this company.
Minstrel Show To
Be G'ven By Band
Everything has arrived for the
Minstrel show to be given by the
Murphy Concert Band, and the boys
itre working almost night and day in
preparing it for presentation.
All the setting and the songs and
jokes are of the newest style and
From the study of this entertainment
it is believed it will be thoroughly enjoyed
i -by everyone, and ???ml you1
-till laughing at the ludicrous situations.
The first thirty minutes will be
tiven over to the Murphy Concert
Band, and will be enjoyed by those
..ho knew that ihev are tut six week?
The second part will consist of
Solos and Skits by outside Taknt
who hnve consented to add to the
enjoyment cf the evening.
The date set for this Ministrel is
March 12, and full details of the
Program will be published next week
Will Try To Hear Dr.
Truett Again By Radio
According to announcements by
the pastor, Rev. T. L. Sasstv, another
attempt will be made to hear
Dr. George W. Truett's Sermon
broadcasted by radio from his Dallas,
Texas, pulpit at the Baptist church
Sunday night. Mr. W. D. Townson,
local representative for the Magnavox
Radio, is furnishing the receiving
set.
The regular services wiP "n-gin at
6:45 and will include the regular
evening sermon,. concluding IV
evening sermon, concluding promptly
at 7:30 at which time Dr. Truett's
service will begin. The public is extended
a cordial invitation.
BIRCH.
The rain and bad weather will get
the farmers behind with their work
Ihrough this section if it keeps up.
Messrs. Willard and Glenn Green
and Tom McCiure left for Ohio the
first of the week.
We arc- glad to see our young people
take such interest in keeping our
society going despite the bad weather.
Mr. Fred Beaver has sold his farm
to Mr. M. E. Rich.
Ctjert
i County, and the Leadii
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLIN,
MANY CONTRACTS
BEING SIGNED FOR j
TOMATO RAISING,
Officials In Charge Enthusiastic Over
I Responses Being Made By
The Farmers
Officials of the Chamber of Commerce
are highly optimistic over the
outlook for a canning factory here
this summer. Many farmers are
i makme inquiries dniiv and sitrniinc
up to grow an acre or more of to!
matoes this spring, and while there
is yet plenty of these who are
nterested should nvjke it a point to
j see that they arc enlist d as early
as posible in order to have plenty of
time to prepare the ground and
ir.ake the I necessary arrangements
for planting and cultivation.
Messrs. W. M. Fain, W. W. Hyde,
B. \V. Sipc and J. B. Storey are
those in charge of signing up the
; farmers of Cherokee County and are
highly optimistic over the progress
being made. County Agent Willard
R. Anderson is signing up the farmers
in Clay County. .M-. Anderson
says that it is likely that a hundred
or more farmers of Cl.ty County will
take advantage of the opportun'ty
offered in having a ready market for
their tomatoes at a stipulated price.
Arrangements for locating this new
enterprise in Murphy were worked
out recently by J. A. Polard Jr., of
the J. W. Gillaspie & Co., of Virginia,
Tennessee and Florida, and officials
of the Chamber of Commerce,'
whereby an agreement was reached
that a cannery would be established
here provided J00 acres or more
of tomatoes c.uld be assured at the
stipulated price of forty cents per
bushel.
The cannery will begin operations
by canning only tomatoes, although
it is likely that oth( r vegetables and
farm products will be canned and
prepared for market within a few
years.
The terms of the contract are simple
and easy, and contain no hard
;?r difficult conditions. The grower
agrees to plant a certain number of
acres in from seed bought
of the company, and to sell all the
tomatoes from a given number of
acres to the cannery for the price
of forty cents p< r bushel. They are .
to be bought, in bulk and paid f.?r ,
monthly. The cannery binds itself
to buy the tomatoes at the stipulated ,
price, which assures the grower of '
a fair nrice for his products regardless
of market fluctuations.
B The _temis of the contract are as
gpllowriB
I? hereby agree to devote
the land and furnish everything
necessary to plant and cultivate in ,
proper manner acres of land (
r.11 n be planted with (
.h v. lety oi ..red furnished by J. ,
YV. Giiiaspie & Co., to be well set
with plants as early in the season as !
weather conditions will permit and '
to keep them well tended and cultivated,
and I agree to deliver all
the products of the above specified
acreage to -J. W. Giiiaspie & Co., at
their factory at Murphv. North Carolina.
in a sound and ripe condition
during the season of 102 Tomatoes
that are gretn on one side
or not folly developed in size or color
or less than 2 inches in diameter, or
bruised or Jammed or overripe, will
not be considered merchantable, and
if not merchantable ate subject to
dock or refusal. I also agree, should
I sell to any party cr parties any tomatoes
from this acreage, without
the written permission of J. YV. Giiiaspie
& Co.. to forfeit to the said
J. W. Giiiaspie & Co., the entire sum
received from such sale or sales.
J. YV. Giiiaspie & Co. agree to
! furnish the growers with tomato
seed, (same to be paid for by the
growers) and that the growers agree
to properly prepare their plant land,
| for the sowing of the seed, and nft:
cr same is sown to canvass the beds
j to protect the plants against bugs
and flics. All tomatoes delivered by
the grower, or growers, to the said
J. YV. Ciilaspie & Co's. factory, mentioned
above, they are to pay for the
tomatoes $ per ton of 2,000
pounds, delievred in the condition
above mentioned, at Murphy, N. C.
^ntllnnipnt /? Kn mnHr
Tomatoes to be delivered between
' the hours of 7 a. m. and 3 p. m. on
j each working day of the week except
Saturday, no tomatoes to be
( ielivered Saturday without] permis
ikee H
ng Newspaper in this
K FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 18S
Spring Rally W. N. C.
Association To Meet
Here March 18th
According to information coming <
from Waltei L. Gil more, publicity
director for the Baptist State Convention,
v.ith headquarters at Raleigh,
the Baptist leaders of the Western
North Carolina Associatic a in
eluding all pastors, active laymen, I
women and young people, are called ^
to meet in the Murphy Baptist'
charts c*! "r-"*h
mission rally, beginning at 10 o'clock
It is expected that lunch will be11
served at the church at the noon
hour. j
The pur < se of the rally is pure- j
ly informational and inspirational.
Addresses on mu-ions and different 1
phas<s of the demoninational p^o- v
gram will be made. Kuundtable dis- r
cuss ions on the present status of the
work and on future plans will h '?
open to all. Besides the local tal- ?
ent of the association, the following ^
general denominational workers will <
take part in the program: R v. Ft. L. f
Randolph of Bryson City and I'rof. ;
Joel Hough of Wingatc. A repre- ]
sentative group is exrected Pom each
church in the association. i
Stone Mt. Memorial
Asscc'ation To Give ,
Veterans Certificates i
ATLANTA, Ca, Fob. 2S. ? An- I
nouncement has h cn male hy the 1
Stone .Mountain Confederate Monu- i
mental Association that an < fflcial <
certificate will he issued to all liv- I
ing veterans, and to all women, of 1
the sixties, whose names are mem i
oralizcd through the Children's" <
Founders Roll of the Stone Moun- i
tain Confederal Memorial. This ha? r
stimulated an even deeper int rest 1
in the enrollment of the children of 1
th South in the Book of Memory of I
the Memorial.
A number of these certificates <
have already been issued and the old *
men are much pleased at this ivi- 1
dence of the fact that their names f
will be perpetuated In history'? t
greatest m'innriiiL U. D. C. chap-ip
tors throughout the South, and a c
number of individuals, who art- keen- I
ly interested in honoring the \. tcr- 1
uns of the sixties, have begun an ac- t
tive campaign to mc moralize all liv- ?
ing veterans by April UGth. Geor- s
aria's Memorial Day. Butts County.
Ga., is the first county to complete, (
rnenioi lafixation of ull living .ter- i:
iinr. 11
The iiive-hters of the Co lfod i
crncy are co-operating actively in t
the enrollment of the children and li
n number of the Chambers of Com- >
iwerce of the S ,?th have very generously
offered their co-operation in '1
the great movement to perpetuate the t
p. a me 5 t* the heroes of th- . i::ties. v
The Children's Founders Roll pro- I
vides for the enrollment of white i:
children, who have not passed their I
l'Jth birthday, in a great Book of f
Memory. With each child's name
will be insciibed the name of a Can- f<
derate man or woman. t
Each child, who becomes a mem- i
ber of the Children's Founders Roll t
receives a beautiful bronze medal '
from the Association and to each '
vc teran and to each living woman of ?
the sixties a certificate is sent. 11
Applications for the Children's U
Founders Roll may be secured from '
local U. I). C. chapters, or directly '
fiom the headquarters of the Asso- <
ciation, 222 Grant Building, Atlan- 1
ta, (?a. Names may be sent in 1
through the mails without application
blanks. The following informn- 1
tion should be given: Name of the '
child, age, name of parents, comI
letc address to which medal is to t
be mailed, name of Confederate to
be honored, rervice record and kin J
of veteran to the child. j1
: ion. t
1 her* by agree that in case of the .
destruction of the cannery by fire
or by the elements, or if for any
unavoidably cause the factory is un|a!
lc to receive all the tomatoes
grown, said factory shall have the
right to limit delivery of said acreage.
Grower
Accepted:
J. W. GILLASPIE & CO.
Per !
Witness: ;
1
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>cout
Section of Western Nc
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LIME ON LAND
BRINGS RESULTS
TO CLAY FARMERS
5ne Hundred and Seventy-five Ton*
Placed On 26 Farms L?st
Year By Agent
HAYESVILLE. Feb. 24.?Accordo
a statement given out here the
veek by County Agent Willard R.
\ndorson, a total of 175 tons of lime
was |KScec OB ze oimieni farms of I
he county in the spring of 1924.
This lime was broadcasted over 80
icres and included practically every
tind of soil found in Clay County,
md the results obtained thvrcfrom J
vere highly satisfactorily in every!
t spect.
Mr. Ed Moace got the greate.-*
eturns from the land he limed," the
itatement explains. This is a < < tint*d
for in that he cot out h:s lime
arliest. while Mr. B< h Anderson
tot the least results on his corn crop,
is he was the last to put out his
ime.**
The terser Mr. Anderson*1 stale-!
nent follows:
"Last sprinp there was put out
n Clay County 17tons of lime in1
wo months on twenty-six different
'arms, eighty acrt s was limed. Ferlans
Mr. Ed Meace, H->\csville. Clot
he greatest rrturns for his lime
his year. This j? accounted for in '
:hnt he pot out his lime earliest,
vhilo Mr. Rob (R. L.) Anderson pot
:he least results on his corn crop as ;
le was the last to put out his lime.
But all observing men are called as
vitnesses to the results. If they have
rccasion to travel the Murphy-I lay esrille
highway No. 2>t to si e wheat
md rye growing on those old dead
>ottoms in front of Mr. Anderson's
tome back and to the right of his
>arn.
"This lime has been placed on
very kind of land in Clay County
vith excellent results in every case.
I was put on dead bottom land, on
mor dewberry land, on general culivated
land over thi county and all
produced the best of results. The Idea '
f not getting results the first year
can refer you J?? J. C. Zimmerman.
irasstown; P. P. Plott, Ogdin; Jno.
>. Seroggs, and any of the twcntyix
men that put out lime, as to reul's
the first year.
'"The imperative need of lime in
'lay County and Cherokee C auntie
s so great that I must recommend
hnt if you must put out fcrtilzer
to the exclusion of lime, or lime
0 the exclusion of fertilizer, tlvn
et the fertilizer be excluded and th*c
ear put out two to four tons of
"me on all corn land. P not unit
rstand me to say thnt Tim- t ikes
he place of fertiliser, hut line has
cry little fertilizer value, if ar-v.
>ut it makes what fertility thue is
n the land available to the plant,
.imc lasts ten to fifteen ye: rs and
ertilizer one.
"Mr. Reader, if the thought is
lashing through your mind 'II is
elling me to use lime and I can't get '
t,* let me tell you a little more. On !
he herder line b*two n Cherokee .
ind Clay Counties there is a lime
nine with almost enough lime to I
over the two counties. Th Clay
bounty farmers aie now forming a
:o-opera1ive group and organizing
1 corporation to crush this lime for.
igrieultural lime. They invite the
."hcrokee County farmers to co-op?rate
with them by taking stock in
his corporation to crush this lime.
The stockholders will get liimi at
ost of production, while non-stoeklolders
will get it at a marginal price
The profits of th** mine will go to
he stork holders as profit on stock.
"If vou nr' a nrogie-sive farmer
orporation to crush this lime, for
his is the most urgrent need of these
wo counties. This is not only the
Most urgent need of these two counies
hut lime is the most urtr- nt need
>f every farmer in Cherokee and j
'lay Counties. Lime must come be'ore
progress in th. se- counties, and
here must he devised a systematic
vny of obtaining lime ln-fure lime
vill he used in a wholesale manner.
LTntil lime is used in a wholesale
nanner, these counties will not be'
progressive.
"The agent offers every asistance.
where lime is wanted. The agent i
ivill try to keep lime in Ilayesvillej
for the next sixty days at hast." j
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Forest Fire Ravages "*
Graphically Depicted
By Free Movie Tuesday
Tuesday afternoon at the local
theatre educational ir.ovinc
were show:: depicting the ravage*
of forest fires and grapicbally call- ,
ing attention to the fast disapp* aring
forests of this country and the inconvenience
and even danger that
such a course would entail if puri>uca
iv us ivgicai conclusions, me
pictures were brought! h- re under
the auspices of the Junior Red Cross
organization of the Murphy Public
School through the co-operation of
the district forest, r f?.r Western
North Carolina, C. I. Peterson, of
the State Forestry Department. Mr.
Peterson was to have been here and
make a talk as the picture was being
shown but was detained for some
reason in Ashevillc.
One of the - pictures shown was
made under the direction of the For.
otry Department of Conecticut; the
other under the auspices of he Maryland
State Beard of Forestry. They
both belong to the Uinted States
Department of Agriculture. whidh
department has lent them to North
Carolina for a series of showings
in Western North Carolina.
The wording accompanying the
pictures was illuminating. The hun
dreds of school children and parents
who gathered to witness these educational
films learned that something
like $2o,000.000 worth of timber is
destroyed each year, most of which
is due tc? carelessness. The pictures
shewed how an occasional
butt carelessly cast down by the side
of the road, the contents of a pipe
emptied in the woods, or the careless
camper .who builds his fire too near
brush, or the person with a {trudge
at his neighbor sets the woods on
lire; also hew rapidly the fire spreads
and the condition of desolation and
distruction that follows in the wake
of this red enemy of the forest. The
results of such destruction wm ?1qq
strikingly brought out by calling attention
to the fact that so many industries
that are dependent on the
forests are having to close down or
ship lumber from the Northwest and
pay tremendous freight rates to get
it to their plants. This is reflected
in the prices of lumber and forest
products of all kinds, which burden
must be bore by the public. The
scenes of desolation and the raging
blazes in the forests cast a gloom
over the audience. But there was
a brighter side to the pictures.
In contrast with the destruction,
the work of the various forestry departments
in cultivating seedling?
and replanting cut over and burned
over lands was graphically depicted
both in words and pictures. It
was pointed out that acres and acre?
of land that will not produce crops
worthy of mention will grow good
timber, which will save our woodusing
industries, our fish and game,
our water powers, atul prevent floods
Comparisons were also made between
government logged and private
logged forests much to the advantage
of the government. The
pictures suggested that the conservations
of the forests will depend
mo! and more on the state and federal
governments buying up timber*
reserves for the growing of timber.
A romance woven into the picture
added interest.
The bringing of these pictures
here was one of the ways the Junior
Red Cross is making: practical it-;
slogan of "We Serve." Incidentinllv
this particular kind of service will
be reflected in n better informed
citizenship in the future when the
present generation grows up. These
pictures will be carried into other
points in Western North Carolina
during the next few weeks.
House At Hospital
Being Remodeled
Prs. Hill and Adams, of the Murphy.
Hospital, arc remodeling the
building adjacent to the hospital and
transforming it into m4 apartment
house, i it will consist of about 21
rooms, and have all modern conveniences.
It is the building formerly
occupied by the Baptist school which
I was located here some years ago.'