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MURPH"
_J The Lauding
Vol. XLV.?No. 51.
HOPES 0
CHEROKEE C
TO BE HERE <
List Of Premiums, Progr;
Attend Being Formulate
Association.
October 3, 4, 5, and 6 w:re the
dates set for the Cherokee county fair !
to be held here this year it was de- j
cided at committee meeting of the)
Fair A iation^in A. Q. Ketne.'sj
office Friday night.
I The price of admission was fixed
at 15 cents per person along with
other important plans that were discussed
at the meeting,
i These p esent at th: discussion were
W M. Fain, Ernest Hawkins, A. Q.
Ketner, Tom Axley, R. W. Gray, and
representatives of the Scout.
Discussions were first held as to
the possibility of a fair this year.
One had been held evety year up to I
!a-t year, and .Mr. Hawkins and Mr. !
IKe'.ner .-aid that reports all over the
county showed that the people were
[disappointed at not .having the annual
fair last year. The current feting
that it will be revived again this
year is unusualtty optimistic. Mr.
Hawkins said it was of especial benefit
to the children of the county and
.Murphy. Practically everyone, those
present reported, would back up the
event this year.
S \eral angles were approached at
setting the definite date. So that t.ic
date of the Cherokee county fair an.l
that of the Indian reservation fair
woud not conflict, it was decided to
hold the local fair two weeks later
than the other. Also by holding it
at that time the anntial fall equinoctial
storm could be dodged The
weather at that date is usually warm,
it was said.
An extensive premium list is being
revised by membtrs of the committee
and will be officially announced in
the near future.
iMr. Fain suggested that heretofore
the details of the fair have been
announced at a date too late for the
best inter sts of the fair and this
year ample time will be taken in the
preparation assuring a more enjoyable
time for the thousands of people
that will attend from all over this section
of the country.
Mr. Ketner said that one idea of
ainAlin..;^- !*. - ... - -
?? vmg it at an early date is that
it would nable the farmers to have
the prizes in mind -when they set out
their crops. It was suggested that
fertilizer companies might send out
booklets to the farmers with helpful '
hint* toward that end.
Discussing the financial end of the
fair, Mr. Axley said heretofore a great
deal of money .had to be spent on repairing
the house that holds the exhibits
but that it was in pretty good
yhape this year. Means of financing
the fair were discussed then at length.
A first class carnWal will be present
all four days of the fair. Plans
for the (Ii tails were set up fcr final
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Catches Two .Catfish
Weiphlncr fil PnnnJ.
Two of the largest catfish ever
!een in this section, one weighing 35 .
I F?undb and the other 29, were dis- .
I P'ayed in town by Marshall Ramsey,
H w^? lives in the Cove Creek settle-.
ment.
I Mr- Kamsf y said he caught the i
r|?h at Lake Topoco on the Tennessee i
mer between Graham and Swain i
counties. |
i GlRLls rescued
i from drow ning
I Donny Hampton 8-year-old daugh
?? of Mr. and Mr*. W. A. Hampton 1
I n** save<* from poeible drowning in
tk !ocal P00' Pore Saturday when '
? child got in over her head.
9 Cooper who was standing at the '
_"tr end of the pool, dove in and 1
f'coed her after she had gone under !
firat time.
. ^ ?ronp of children were at the 1
j, at a party given by Mrs. Stewart '
^^*^Long.
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Weekly Meuspaper in If esteri. \nnh
Muiphi
F BUILDI
OUNTY FAIR'S
3CTOBER 3-6,
am Of Fun For All That
d By Committee Of Fair
CITY FATHERS
MEET HERE IN
BUSY SESSION;
Local Projects Discussed
At Regular Meeting Of
City Councilmen.
Calling a special pool-room !?ction,
adopting a motion to teok a second
walkway on the bridge across \ alley
river on No 10, contracting for a new
survey o. Sunset cemetery, naming of
a new alderman and endorsement of
the Licns clu'n bridge opening celebration'featured
a nie-tir.g of the
Murphy city fatheis Th"r ?lay night,
according to the minutes of the n. cling
prepared by K. O. ( hrLtopher,
city clerk.
Harry P. Cooper and Henry Hickman,
a committee from the doe Millet
emi.:_ r? -? . r A I
presented a petiti- n to the bnard
asking that a speical election he called
to pass upon the proposition of a
Legion rool room in the town. The
petition was signed by A. W. Lovingood,
post commander and W. E.
Studstill, post adjutant.
Under the present status quo pool
rooms in Murphy are taboo. About
fifteen years ago the citizens voted
them out of. town. The North Carolina
General Assembly in 1929 added
another blow byx outlawing pool rooms j
in Cherokee and several other counties.
However, in 1931, local Legionnaires
succeeded in having the act of
1929 amended to read: "Provided that
the town of Murphy be allowed to
operate pool rooms, supervised by
and under the direction of the American
Legion Post."
The matter of an election was tak;
en up with the town council in 1931,
shortly after the act was amended.
However, local attorneys held that
since pool rooms were voted out, if
the American Legion or any other
club of farternai organization estan
lished a pool room in Murphy, the mat- J
ter must be approved by the voters
Several factors entered into the
ebondonment of the proposition at that '
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THREE ACCIDENTS
INJURE TWO HERE
SINCE LAST WEEK
A series of unusual accidents resulted
in two painful injuries last
week in this community.
Lowry Moore, 3-year-old son of.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Moore of Topton. |
was struck by an'automobile, accord
ing to reports reaching this office, |
and was treated at the local hospital
for lacerations.
Clarence Hampton, of Ranger, had ;
his right leg broken above the ankle,!'
several minor face lacerations, and a
shoulder injury when he fell off en
inbound L. & N. train at Old Murphy"
Saturday. Hampton, who was on his
way here from Culberson, said he was
?tanding on the platform of the moving
train and his hand slipped hurling
.him to the ground.
Walter Morrow, of Baltimore, Md., '
miraculously escaped injury when a
car he was driving ran off the end of
(he pavement where it crosses the
Valley river bridge on No. 10 detour \
Morrow, a nephew of W. B. Wessels, Jr
local lumber dealer, was driving Mr.
Weasel's new Essex when he catapulted
over into the river on the Murphy
end of the bridge. He was going ;
put the No. 10 detour at the time of '
accident. -The car jumped out over the ^
teep 20 foot embankment and turned J
pver in the river. The car was de- ,
molished and Morrow was not scrtach- '
?d. He climbed out of the car himK
if. '
frofet!
Carolina. Covering a f nr?~ and P
ey, N. C., Friday, July 2C
NG TV A
MISS BERRY IS I
IN MURPHY ON I
OFFICIAL DUTY
Audits Savings And Loan
Association Books In
Brasstown ThiB Week.
Mi-s Harriet M. l$err\. superincendent
of the Savings and lo?*ns associations
o( North Carolina, department
of Agriculture, spent several
da\s in Murphy and this section
thi- week auditing the hooks of
tire Ihasstown Savings and Loan association.
the only state supervised
co-operative organization foi I armci>
in this inunediate section
Mis- Berry was a former co-owner
of The Cherokee Scout. weekly yiewspaper
at Murphy. She i- secretary
of the North Carolina Good Koads
association and played a large part in
the formulation of lire early highway
program of this state, and was at one
time prominently mentioned in polltiral
circles as a candidate for governor.
The Brasstown savings and loan association
is a pioneer co-operative organization
of farmers in that community
and has be n of >utstanding
value in demonstrating the possibilities
of c -operation in this section.
Besides purchasing see Is and feitilizers
for th participating members
and saving them money it provides a
market for the product grown by
them, and has been instrumental in
placing several car ioaJs of purebred
cattle and livestock in Cheiokee and
(Continued on page 8)
MANY RESPOND TO
LOCAL DRIVE
FOR USED BOOKS
Total Of 172 Books
Donated To Murphy Library
In Canvass Tuesday
A total of 172 books were donated
to the Murphy Carnegie library in a
drive sponsored by the local library,
the Murphy Boy Scouts, and the
Cherokee Scout last Tuesday.
T1 D... C MnA/> o ?l / Q n _
1 ne JJUV cvuub^ Hiowc a ?< > *-?
vass of the town to collect the books
and repoit that more .have been
piomised.
Miss Josephine iHeighway, librarian,
and K. C. Wright, head of the
Roy Scouts, as sponsors of the drive,
thank the people of Murphy for their
cooperation and support.
The majority of the books collected,
Mr. Wright said, were fictional
stoiies. About one fourth of the
books collected were children's books.
Two complete sets comprising 22
volumes were given, and in a number
of instan<|;s many books were
collected from one house.
TAe donors were: Mrs. W. W.
Hyde, Miss Bertha Mayfield, Mrs.
Willard Axley, Mr. Joe Axley, Mrs.
Dennis Barnett, Charles Penland,
Lorien Lovingood, Luther Gentry,
Mr.^. Ella Brittair.
Mrs. M. Miller, Vaul Adams, W. O.
Adams, Idras Adams, Mrs. Howell,
Mrs. Ed Barnett, Pruden Davidson,
Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Derreberiy, Gladys
Palmer, Dorothy Carrol, Mrs. G. W.
Townson, Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Carl
Townson, Mary Beal.
'Miss Ada Harshaw, Miss Emily
Sword, Arthur Akin, Felix Palmer,
J. O. McCurdy, H. Bueck, Miss Adella
Meronty, Mrs. E. A. Davidson, George
Tate Williamson, Robbie Williamson,
Harry Dickey.
Mrs. John Axley, Mrs. Deweese,
Mrs. K. C. IWright, Mrs. Pauline M.
Stalcup, Elizabeth Franklin, Nick
Posey, Mrs. D. Withe rspoon, Mrs.
3 wen by, Mrs. H. G. Elkins, "Mrs.
rhelma Dickey, Mrs. Mattox, and
Mrs. William Ramsey.
One annonymous appeared on the
at.
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? $n*i
otentinlly Rich Territory in This Sta
), 1934.
DAM HE
TVA Declares French Bi
ncmicaily Justified At P
Best Features of Tenness
CANNERY OPENS
HERE BUYING 300
GALLON BERRIES
TV AC Pleased With
Quality Of Berries;
Merchants Back Up
Project.
Clore to 2500 gallon* of blackberries
had been canned during the
I first three day* of the season, ac|
cording to unofficial statesmenti,
^ Thursday evening. Close to $600 has
1 been paid out by Murphy Cannery
J officials for the berries.
| Around 300 gallons of blackb- tries
J we: c canned the first day the Murj
phy Cannery pencd its door? for the
season Tuesdayt according to A. Q.
Ketn r.
In most instances an exceptionally
fine grade of berries was being
delivered to tn cannery and each ,
gallon brought twenty-five cents to!
.1,., ?un,.r
All machinery was set up in fine |
working order, and a crew of work- [
ers under J. H. Hampton handled trie? |
berries as they came in. J. A. B'arr,
head the TVAC in this section, was I
in charge of the opening.
Prices for the berries were not paid ;
outright. Receipts were given for the!
amounts brought. Th receipts are lie- !
potiable in neaily every store in j
Murphy.
People arrived at the cannery with;
(berries a day ahead of the scheduled,
opening, and there was no delay in '
starting the canning at once. The \
heiries were put up in gallon cans, j
The mtrcnants of this section have
lined up in cooperation with the cannery
in wir.hing it success. Some of
the merchants and business men have
contributed outright sums to put the
cannery in working orded.
Mr. Barr Tuesday morning expressed
his satisfaction at the grade
of produce that was coning in. As
soon as the berries run out, they will
start canning to*r.atoe?. The cannery
< .c' td a little ?-?te to go- all tht- n?frios
i ut, acco cing to reports there
are still plenty 'good blackberries
nround.
Man Injured When
Stolen Car Wrecks
Charged with having stolen a car
belonging to Sheridan Stiles, at a!
Canal Lake dance Saturday night,
Lisha Burch was turned over to Georgia
officers. He was found at his!
home badly hurt by Henry Rose. j
According to investigators, Burch i
took the car, a Ford roadster, and '
started toward Murphy. About two
miles from the lake it ran off the |
road and turned over.
i
Young Harris Wins
From Local Golfers
i
The local golf team lost to Young
Harris players on the local golf
course here last Saturday by two I
points.
Playing on the Murphy team were:,
T. A. Case, Fred Swaim, H. Bueck, j
Dennis Hampton, Fred .Hampton, |
Avon Martin, Luther Hampton and
Ernest Ashe.
The Young Harris team was rep-!
resented by: J. P. Hampton, Doctor
Coleman, Dr. Downey, of Gainaville,
Ga., J. W. Sharp, Professor Mann, |
six holes, Mr. Bueck was called back i
and Professor Lance.
After playing about five or six
to town and his place was taken by
Peyton G. Ivie.
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:re rise
?
road Project "Not Eccresent";
Local Site Has
>ee Valley Flood Control.
BY SAM CARR
With the official announcemerv
by TVA authorities last week tha
a dan in the French Brood rivsabove
Ashcville, was "not economically
justified at present," many local
people are prone to look on th?
lituation as a hopeful sign of receiving
definite information soon
i that a dam will he built at the
Colcn an site.
The TVA program as applied to
building dams is not considering the
lowering of power costs alone. Such
benefit would go directly to the peoi
] 1 . The elment of flood control in
the Tennessee valley figures a large
[part cf the entire TVA construction.
' Had a decisian been made te
' build the dam in the French Broad
river, there would have been $30,COO.OOO
expended zn the project.
That was the appropriation made
by Congress to that section
In event the dam was to be built
there, miles of highways and rail
v i;id b - ds that follow tie French
Bioad until it empties into the Tennessee
won i have to be changed at .?
coj-t that would practically eat up
*ht appropriation itsilf. Rich farm
:'ids would have been drowned out.
The tax rate on "?.oso lanrk nm:
high.
Asheville hai fcuglit the building
of the dam th^re to a certain cxtert
for that reason.
Considering that the floods of the
Xotla, tne Valley and the Hiawassoc
me as gr at as those of the Frentv.
Broad; that the area that would he
flooded by the dam if it were built
at the Coleman site would in no way
cause roads 01* railroads lin-s to be
changed and the fact that the land '
that would naturally be flooded by
back water of the local dam is worth
less in value than those flooded by
the Frenc?h BVoad river dam, it stands
to reason that the construction of the
dam on the Hiawassee would be much
more beneficial to both the peoph
of this section, of the Asheville section,
and of the Authority itself *inc
it will take only $13,000,000 to build
the dam at the Colemau site.
The floods that ravage t.he farm
lands along the Tennessee valley dur
ling spring freshets, heavy, rains and
thaws costs the people of that section
millions of dollars eve:y year.
1 The TV A is trying to eliminate
I that destruction as well as to lower
power rates for the mass of the peo!
rle.
I The Hiawassee and its tributaricr:
land its thousands of mountain spring*
j carry as much water into 4he Ten(Continued
on pa go 8)
DAILY NEWS IN
BRIEF
West Coast labor union rtoubles
| were slowly being ironed out late
i this week in an effort to end the
strikes that have gripped Stfn Francisco.
Cal.. Portland. Ore., and
Houston, Texas. Government labor
officials wer arbritrating with the
unions - * * *
.-4 ...u iciuui ui normal labor
operations that have held the
people of those cities at its mercy
for nearly two wseks.
It all begun when longshoreman it:
the Golden Gate city struck, seriously
impairing the supply of focd to
millions of people in that section.
Reports said that the people of San
Francisco were near a panic, some of
them having actually moved out of
the city. Later it spread to Houston.
About 200 "Reds" were jailed in t.he
threat. Trooper? were out; and
blood was shed.
When President Roosevelt received
news of the strike on his way to x v
Hawaii he "withheld comment."
Baby Bobby Connor, 21-mnoth-old
son of a wealthy Hartsdale, N. Y.,
engineer, was found alive in the
wood? near the mansion Tuesday after
he had b#*en missing for five days.
He was suffering from hunger and
exposure, and the doctors said the
tot's condition was serious.
It was first believed that Bobby
had ben kidnapped by an "eccentric
peddler" who had been wandering
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