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The Official Or^an of IV
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VOLUME XXXVX No. 4.'
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SAMPLES SENT (
TO STATE BOARD
OF HEALTH V
"Shows No Evidence of Puliation,"
Says State Laboratory Of
j Hygiene
I- con- qu*. nee of nuim-r<>u* corrpla:n*
- about the pecalar tut of the
at nt r for the put week. Mr.
J. L. Hall, city water superintendent,
the day, that last week ke -ent
s.v.simple? of water at different'
: . the State B<ard ?>f Health at
Sal igh, tor the purpose of having it,
test . for imparities, and that every
raadt ha 1 showi ire.
A gram rece la] from
th State Laboratory of Hygiene
itut - that the water "sh<*wrg n evii-j
er.<' - f pollution," afte r been
Cta . ned and analyizcd. Fou:' sanp!t
- have horn sent to the State Hoard
of IT alth in all. one received an-J tested
the first day cf Juno ard one
on 6th of June, and th. lel-tfram
Fri'i was in response to their finding
I
Numerous rumors have also l? en
rir iting about town as t the ur.sani'ary
condition of the water at the
n- ?ir. which Mr. Hall says are
al?- . fa!?e ard without foundation.
When askod whether or not the
run-, r that two .;hee}? had been found
d .. .a the reservoir, and that someone
hud use! dynamite in an effort _
to fi.-h the reservoir, Mr. Hull replied: '
'There is absolutely no truth to
th rami i that two sheep we-o found
in the reserwior, as there are rn
?h in the immediate n virhborho,' 1
an 1 I have n??t been able to finr any.
wh< have ever seen any about
th.iT. This is false from the fact th:.*
! reservoir is under fence, and as
he dynamiting, I do not believe that
?ny ne h:i s shot dynmie dt
Jut because of they had m
would have started up the jt,
ett lings in the bottom ol reserve, r p(
miuiti have been eviT. nt t??r
' > eral days. These rumors are al!
ai- and without foundation. They w
'er idently started by som?one who >h
uid a gruge at me because they had u Becn
rut crff from using the water m
yith a purpose of placing me in an ^
Hmbnraising position. I make a trip c
Ho the reservoir daily for inspection
Hncl if anything out of the ordinary ar
H-Joj.t-ns, I am sure to take note c-f it," j.j
"Well, why dees the water taste
Herrt:liar and what is the cause of it?"
He was asked.
H "The only reason that I can give is to
Hiat when the water was cut off a Si
Heek or two ago to allow the patting yt
Hf a "T" for an extension in the ni
Hamphell street section. The water a(i
Bnutined off for about 18 hours, and tj.
a consequence pressure was taken pt
V of about four or five hundred feet n,
B dead ends, that is, ends of pipe a
Bhich are net in use. and the water
Much has probably been in them for ev
^Jveral yeats was allowed tcr flow
Bck into the system that is in use. m
'I when the pressure was turned on
^kain. all this dead water being
H (Continued on page 6)
ongressman Weaver 1 p|
I Here This Week f.
^ Hon Zebulon Weaver, of Asheville, ed
^^'r'sentativ?S of the ninth district en
Western North Carolina in the th
ted States Congress, spent sever- ar
ays here this week, shaking hands io
o his friend* and renewing ac- fr
intanceS and repairing his politi- m
fences for Aft coming campaign!
district. He will be opposed ^ wi
the next nomination by Hon. i o\
lix Alley, of Waynesville. Both; M
democrats. JT?
flr. Weaver has represented this, Si
Wet in tne national congress for'sh
Past several years and has made T<
enviable record during his tenure SI
office. < , P
le left Wednesday for his home in j S!
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lurph> And Cherokee
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Mi
OHAVE A
COUNTY FAIR
THIS YEAR
l?ic?rs ol A*;<?iij>{,n F.I i?
Cal! Meeting At Court
House Monday
Last week some five or -*ix huned
letters were mailtd out to as
any farmers and business men of
ie county calling a meeting at th
?urt hnu?o here fri'isy, JtlltC'
Jth, for the purpose of deciding
hither or not Cherokee County
inuUi have a fair this fall. As there
pre only a few person! at this meetg,
a postponed meeting was call d(
r Monday of this week at the court
>use, at which some fifty farmers
id business men cf the county were
es.nt.
County Agent R. W. Gray acted
i chairman and called the meeting!
order, and Calbd on Mr. B. XV.'
pe, secretary if the association last
ar. who explained the object of the
eeting. Mr. Sipe enumerated the,
Ivnntages of county fair and stated
at the meeting was called for the ^
irpose of ascertaining whethi r or (
t the people of the county wanted|i
fair this fall and also to get sug-1
stions as to financing one in theent
it was decided to have one.
After considerable discuession, a;
otion carried that a county fair be|
d this fall, ar.,1 officers elected j:
work out plans for finarcing i
lccting of dates, etc. Mr. W. M. j
lin. mayor of Murphy, wa3 elected i
-esident; Mr. Frank S. Hill, vice- i
esident; B. W. Sipe, Secretary; and ]
0. Christopher, treasurer. On! ]
otion, Mr. A. J. Martin was delegat-ji
I the power of selecting an executive i
mmittee to have supervision over j
e rules and conduct of the ?fair, ?
id the motion carried the suggest- r
n that the committee be selected
sr. the different sictions of com-1
unities of the county. i
The executive committee, which '
111 have general supervision* and
ersight of the Fair, as selected by I
r. Martin, is as follows: Murphy I
o.v/nship, J. Fain, Murphy; A. E. i
idderth, Peachtree; Notla Towniip,
B. L. Fox, Culbrson; Hothouse '
Dwnship, T. H. Cole, Culberson;
tionl Creek Township. G. W. Jones, 1
ostell; Beaverdam Township, J. W.
hackleford. Unaka; Valleytown
ownship, Jr F. Palmer, Marble. j
Ojrrc
County, and the Lea
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
Show
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Deserted
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Mrs. W. F. Hill
Accidentally Shot
At Wehutty Home
Mr?. V.. F. Hi*l. Wile of a i.-.etr.h-.-r
if the Cherokee County R mi Commission.
was nccidtr.'.ly -hot early
Saturday mornir.ar hy her sor. Fred,
who had taekn the aur. down from
its rack fi r the purpose of ur.h.adint*
and cleanir.tr it. according: to
information reaching here this week
The cur. was an ant rnatic shot gun,
and it is un lerst < d that the shot
struck Mrs. Hill a glancing blow in
the black below the shoulder blades,
several scattering shots nterlng h.r
anr. The? wound was painful ar.'l
serious, but it is ur.derst ?od that
she will recover.
The Hills had riser, early Saturday
morning, and Mr. Hill had left
for Chattanooga just about thirty
minutes before the accident occur d
which was about G:15, and did not
hear of the accident until he reached
Chattanooga about el ven o'clock
o'clock Staurday night. He Immediately
returned, arriving home about
5:30 Sunday rr.crning.
Cherokee Club
At Cullowhee
Has 26 Members
The Students of the Cullc^vhee
State Normal School have organized
into county and section clubs, of
which the * Cherokc? County Club
is one of the most important. Thtse
dubs have been formed in order to
make the campus life more variod.
Besides strictly social functions, the
dubs will serve several purposes,
?uch as conducting chapel exercises,
staging athletic meets, etc. The
rbprnl-pp Club met. ricontlv nnrl
elected as its president, Miss Loucine
Wells, Murphy, N. C.
The members of the Club are as
Follows: Louise Cooper, Helen
Hamilton, Fannie McGuire, Carrie
Robinson. Bennie Moody. Gladys
Cody, Annie Stewart, Vesta Wh'taker,
J. H.. Thompsnoer, Margaret
Rreen. T. Fulton Thompson. Mrs. F.
E. Fry. Mrs. W. F. Coward, Marparet
Taylor, Bertha McQuire. Iva Fish.
Flora Mae Holland, Mrs. Tillitt,
Clara McCombs, Mary Joe McCombs
Emily Swcrd, Cynthia Brooks, Mrs.
Wyner Conley, Lena Hamilton, Vaud
Qninn. Leucine Wells.
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. FRIDAY. JUNE !!). 1925
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PERMANENT
WELFARE SUPT.
ARRIVED TUES.|
Miu Smith To Tak? Charf of Work
For Period of Three Yean
In Cherokee
Mi-s Elizabeth Gil-son Smith arrived
in Murphy. Tuesday June ICth
to assume he duties as Superintendent
of the Cherokee County Departhh|
of Pubiic Welfare. Miss
Smith will have charge of Public
Welfare work in Ch?-r;.kee county
in a three-y ar program or demon-2
str.itiv.r4 unuer the Laura Spiiman '
Reck f iler Memorial Grant from
from the Rockefeller Foundation in
which the North Carolina State
Board of Charities and Public Welfare
and the Board of Commissioners
and the Board of Education of
Cherokee county are co-operating.
The work which is a j art of a fi.ur
county program began in this ivunty
i: April 1025 when Miss Lily E. |
Mitchell, Supervisor of Casework in
the tour counties, and Miss Anne
Ruth Medcahf who took charge as
Sisperintendnet cf the Cherokee
County Department of Public Welfare
temporarily arrived*" Since
then a comfortable office has been
equipped for the department in the
court house by the County Commissioners
and the County Ronrd of
Education. The work of the Department
has been well-organized and
many important cases of rdief)
juvenile court, Mothers* Aid, family J
welfare, etc. have been handled. j
Miss Smith who is to carry on
the work of the three year ;>eriod j
of the program or demonstration
could not be in Cherokee county fori
for the initial work of the Deport-J
ment as she was finishing her studies
for a degree of Master of Science.
School of Public Welfare, University
of North Carolina, at Chappel Hill, j
This degree is equivalent to a di$>-:
loma from the School of Public Welfare.
Miss Smith has been highly
complimented by officials of the!
Uuiversity for her work there. |
Miss Smith is n graduate of Converse
College, Spartanburg South
Carolina in the class of 1922. After
graduation from Converse, si:* did
welfare work in Marlboro Coin."./,
South Carolina under the local chapter
of the Red Cross and the county
board of Education for one year.
Then for a year and a half. Miss
Smith was a worker in the educational,
industrial and recreational ac1
tout
is Section of Western
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CHEROKEE CO.
RANKS SIXTH IN
SCHOOL COST
Feffuiar lUerdance said to b: factir- 1
cost per pupil i-? County
Placed at $13.39
Only six other c unti - in the State
had a i <s per capita cost ?.<f public
school instruction thar. did Cherokee
in 1324, according t> statistics issued
by the offic.' of the State Superinden- ,
der.z ot Public Instruction. There was
a time when such a statt men" would
have been reflected c-n any conutv
' -II
but now that the salaries of teachers
have been somewhat standardized by.
~"*i State-, it speaks rather well for the
county. Many of the larger counties,!
which had higher per capita costs than i
lid Cherokee, ran up expenses by!
supplements x the salaries allowed t
teachers by the State. That has not
been .tre policy in Cherokee.
One of the fact >rs that helps to
keep cost- per pupil down in the
County or in any school is regular at-*
tendance. In so far as the low cost in
Cherokee is due to regular attendance,
the County schools are to be commended
and the parents and Children are
t.. be commended. Here is a factor
thatcannot l?e stressed too mush
namely, regular attendance. It not
only cuts down the cost per pdpil. put
it makes possible better training and
better facilities not only for the child
who refrains from staying out. but
also for the child who attends rtgularly.
The cost of the Chorokee Schools
per pupil in averag.* daily attendance
was SIM,.ID for the term. New Hunowr
County had the highest peh
capita cost, namely ' $39.59
The average for the state was $24.07.
The average for the 2 4 largest cities
was $40.91, and the average for the
15 smallest cities was $30.80.
town >\sKing ror
Bids For Resurfacing
Business Section Sts.
Tin* Town of Murphy is advertis- J
ing f-r bids to resurface the penetration
macadam streets comprising
Peachtree, Tennessee, Hiawassee
and Valley River Avenue, in the
business section of the town. Scaled
bids are called for and will be recti
ved until 10 o'clock of the morning
of June 24th.
Bids for two kinds of pavement are
asked for. one for a two inch coating
of asphalt, and one for a two inch
penetration macadam.
A. F. Cunningham
Loses Barn By Fire
On Friday. May 29th, last, the
barn belonging to Mr. A. F. Cunningham.
of Murphy route 2, was
destroyed by fire, together with all
its contents. Mr. Cunningham stated
that, with the help of his neighbors,
he managed to save all stock
and his crib, which stood just a few
feet away.
The fire started or was discover-j
ed about ten o'clock in the morn- j
ing and had (rained such headway
that extinguishing it was an impossibility.
The losst is estimated at
about four or five hundred dollars.1
No insurance was carried.
Mr. Cunningham contemplates replacing
the destroyed duilding with
a tempoary structure, for the time
being, and later will perhaps rebuild.
Mr. Dolph Carringer, bookkeeper !
in the City National Bank at Knoxville.
spent last week end here with.
relatives.
tivities of the Line Fork Settlement
in Letcher County, Kentucky.
M;ss Smith comes to Cherokee
county most highly recommended by
organizations with which she has
worked as well as most highly recommended
by the oficials of Ppblic Welfare
of the University.
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ADVERTISE IN
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"IT WILL MAKE
you RICH*'
North Carolina
6c COPY?SI.SO PER YEAB
Pure
TO CELEBRATE
ROAD OPENING
ON JULY FOURTH
Event At Ne?l Gap, Ga.?Firs*
works At Murphy Night
Of Fourth
The several county chairmen, in
-.irge of the plans for th; Fourth
f July celebration of the NacoocheeHiawa
-e R >ad and Recreation Assocta?
i ?n iwn* T"? - ??
Ga.i on the mountain divide, a? the
guests f the executive, committee of
the association. Dtail plans were
v.- ?rkcd out and agreed upon for the
great Independence Day occasion,
when the Murphy-Cleveland link in
the Appalachian Scenic Highway will
be officially opened. Careful in%*estigations
were made on the ground
for the mammoth barbecue, arrangements
v. ro made for automobile
parking space, social committees
were appointed to complete the plans
and program for the association's dh?
nua! meeting on July 3rd and 4th.
At a conference of some of the
business nun of Murphy and Klairsville
Saturday, it was decided to
cooperate with the Nachoochee-Hiawessee
Road and Recreation Associat
ion in putting on a barbecue at Neal
Gap, Ga., on July 4th and then give a
fire works display at Murphy on the
night of July 4ith, to which the Georgia
people will all be invited. The
Georgia Association will celebrate
with the barbecue the opening of the
rord from Murphy to Cleveland, Ga.
and will he a cooperative celebration.
Neel Gap is about 15 miles below*
Blairsville on top of the mountain,
which has acti d as a barrier to this
mountain territory for years. The
road has j surmounted it and made
it passable, an achievement that is
well worthy of a celebration.
It is understood that a fund of
$2,000 is being raised for the purnose
of making the ?C-?
casion, and Cherokee county is cooperating
in the raising of this fund.
However, it was agreed in the conference
held here Saturday that the
funds raised here would go toward
defraying the expenses of the fireworks
display here on the night of
the Fourth.
All Murphy people are asked to
cooperate with the local committee in
raising funds for the purchase of fire
works for the display here. It is expected
that several thousands visitors
will be here for the occasion and it
is desired to put on a display worth
while.
The barbecue at Neel Gap. Ga.,
a few miles beyond Blairsville, on the
Fourth is free, and the people in all
the adjoining counties of Georgia,
North Carolina and Tennessee, are
cotdially invited not only to the barbecue
at Neel Gap, but also to the
fireworks display at Murphy on the
night of the Fourth. Both events are
destined to he history making and
worth traveling miles to see, according
to tenative plans of the committee
in charge.
It is reauested that
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Town Having SurveyMade
For More Water
The town placed a suvey party in
the field this week to survey a level
line from Marble Creek to Colvert's
Creek. This is a preliminary step
toward securing additional water for
the town. survey will ?event
whether or not Colvart's Creek can be
brought into Marble Creek and how
high up on Colvart's Creek the dam
will have to be built to bring the
water to Marble Creek dam by
quantity flow. It is expected that if
the survey indicates that Colvart's
creek can successfully and profitably
be brought into Marble Creek, the
town will take steps to lay the pipe
line. Mr. Will Adams is making the
survey. Lucius Witherspoon, Herbert
McCall and Robert Wells are the
other members of the survey party, j