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County Will Be
At Parkway Hi
PARKWAY MEET
TO BE ATTENDED
BY LOCAL GROUP
W. N. C. Delegation To
I Appear Before Ickes
Monday To Get Road
: Plans to send a Cherokee county
1 delegation to Washington September
18 to appear before Secretary of the
Interior Ickes on the North Carolina
parkway hearing were practically p?c>
I fected here late this week.
hollowing a meeting of prominent
citizens at the court house Monday
evening where Hon. Wythe Payton,
Asheville Postmaster, spoke in behalf
| of Senator Robert R. Reynolds and
Gongresman Zebulon Weaver, who
arc leading a move to send a Western r
North Carolina delegation by special
i train to Washington for the hearing
on t^e parkway Monday, a committee
of eight men was appointed by
Harry P. Cooper, chairman, to work
| out the details.
The c mmittee was composed of C.
W. Bailey, E. C. Moore, J. B. Gray, '
Walt Mauney, W. M. Fain, Charlie ?
Calhoun and C. D. Mayficld.
At a called meeting in E. C. Moore's
office Tuesday morning Cooper, Gray,
Moore and Bailey were appointed as ^
a delegation to attend from Chero-J'
kee county.
Pur|\ose of Hearing
The put pose of the parkway hear- s
in? a explained by Mr. Pay ton, is to c
thwart attempts on the part of Tenn- (j
c.-m >t"fic ials from swinging the mam- j
r.v -!i parkway, which originates for
Eas'c: n traffic in Washngton, through a
e Tennessee side of the mountains A
int.. the Great Smoky National Park.
All of Notth Carloina, according to
rn - dispatches, has lined up in the
fight to have the parkway route turn
from Blowing Rock, where it enters
North Caiolina, down through the d
Ea tern part of the mountains.
Mr. Payton spoke in detail for e
more than an h*our on the situation, e
"Every effort posible is being made v
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OARP PETITIONS '
ARE CIRCULATED <
IN THIS SECTION
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Petitions to be signed by all voters s"
interested in the Old Age Revolving Pension
plan, have been circulated r
all over the county and may be sign- *
ed at the following places:
E. B. Norvell, Mrs. Dale Lee, Mrs.
Nettio Dickey, Mrs. May Axley and f
County Auditor Clyde M. Patton, I
Murphy; Mrs. Henry Elliott, Peach- c
tree Mi-o T : _ o r> .1. . t
?, -iPS. licwis ocruggs, DTaswwHi Mrs.
Edgar Taylor, Suit and Shoal 1
Creek.
Dr. Mason, Culberson; Postmaster
Creen, Ranger; Miss Leila Hayes,
Tomotla; Miss Kate Hayes, Marble;
Allen Bell, Hayesville; Mrs. Bessie
Akin, Copperhill, Tenn.; Mrs. Franklin
Smith, Cullowhee; John Hyde, ^
ftobbinsville; D. S. Russell, Andrews;
P. A. Mauney, Kinsey.
The OARP is a plan conceived by a
Dr. Townsend, of Long Beach, Cal., 11
designed to give every eligible per??n
in the United States over the age P
of ?0, a pension of $200 per month
to be spent within, thirty days.
The plan, as proposed, is believed a
to be a permanent cure for depTes?on
as well as means of livelihood "
*or the old people and would put the
younger people to woxk. "
Any detailed information can be
fTom any of the above petition J
?lders?, Mrs. Lucrecia Kinsey, the
*>cout office or by writing direct to
??ld Age Revolving Pensions, Inc.,
Cal "^mer*can aV?nue? Long Beach, ^
Jld not arrive there until Tuesday. 0
was the last day of the races that, t?
?ug Davis, Atlanta speed pilot, died
ln * crash. a
it tip
Weekly Newspaper ui Western Nort
Murphy
Represented
taring Sept. 18
HEADS DELEGATION
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GOV. J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS
Fextile strike
delays opening
of brumby mill
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i'uc iu me current lexuie striKe,
1. G. Brumby, new operator of the
[>cal stocking factory, was unable to
btain necessary yarn to begin opertions
this week as had been originlly
planned.
All machine!y has been set up and
pcraticu wil begin as goon as possible
Ir. Brumby assured. He said he reretted
very much that he could not
egin operation Monday as intended.
Mr. Brumby cited a number of intanccs
of hosiery mills all over the
outh that have been forced to close
own with large orders in their officeuo
to tAe strike.
MURPHY SCHOOLS
REGISTERED 1242
PUPILS THIS YEAR
Twelve hundred and forty-two stulent.s
are enrolled in the Murphy
chooly, according to figures
ompiled by II. Bueck, supcrintendnt
of the Murphy sohool unit, this
veek.
There are 713 students in the elenentary
school, 454 in the high
chool and 75 attending Texana
colored), the official statement
aid.
This is one of the heaviest enrollnents
in the history of the local
chool and the increasing figure is
aid to be in keeping with the im?rovement
generally in the school
ince Mr. Bucck took charge of it
everal years ago.
C?.?Urv,l rn..t;nA V. ... 1 toUn .Infinite
luuuiic nau iai\v, 11 uciiii'ii.
orm this week and work in all
hases of school work and extracurricular
activities "was taking- on
he aspects of an unusually successul
year.
ZOTING PRECINCTS
ARE REINSTATED t
At a special meeting of the Cherkee
County Board of Elections at
4e court house Tuesday morning it
Tas decided to reinstate Wolf Creek
nd Persimmon creek as regular votng
precincts if agreed Oct. 1st.
At the same time petitions were
resented to the board to consolidate
fie townships of Upper Beaverdam
rith Unaka, Vest with Shoal Creek,
nd Ebeneezer with Hangingdog.
The board has been called for a
ieeting by L. C. Hill, chairman, on
ctober 1, to further act on the
latter.
[wo Lo<iaI Persons
Return From Akron
Rae Moore, son of E. C. Moore, and
iaroid Hatchett, proprietor of the
turphy Cafe, returned from Akron,
hio, Thursday where they had gone
> attend the air races. '
The rates this year were cut short
nd ended on Monday. The party !
rrgiita
h Carolina. Covering a Large and I
N. C., Friday Sept. 14
LIONS CLUB HAS
BUSY SESSION IN
REGULAR MEET
Number Of Important Issues,
Plans Discussed
Before Crowd Tuesday
Appointment of a < < nimH* to
a or!: up a Lion's car to go to Knoxville
n September 27 with a delegation
from Murphy to hold a confc > nee
with I)r. Arthur E. Morgan relative
to the proposed development of the
Hiawassee site in Cherokee county,
-ponsoring a boosters club for boosting
school athletics this year, and
pledging support to the Cherokee
county Fair were among the important
matters transacted by the Murphy
Lions Club in regular meeting here
Tuesday night.
The meeting was held outdoors on
the fair grounds and was attended by
approximately fifty Lions, their wives
and guests. A picnic supper was spread
under one of the lair building sheds
beside the river.
Considerable discussion followed the 1
introduction of the request that the
Lions enter a car and representati n
in the Knoxville delegation, and Lion
President Bueck named a committee,
composed of Dr. R. W. Petrie, chairman;
V. M. Johnson and C. W. Bailey,
to see about making the necesary arrangements.
Pale Ltc, chairman of the boosters '
club committee? reported that a nucleus
of a boosters club had been organized
for boosting and supporting
hhe various athletic activities of the
school, and explained that the matter
was being taken up with the town at 1
large and every indication pointed
to one of the most successful athletic
seasons in the local school, with an
unusually keen interest being shown
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TVA PURCHASE
OF LAND HALTS
PROPOSED DAM
Purchase Of Tract By
TVA Stops Fontana
Development Project.
A 50 by :10 foot Pact of land on
the Tennessee river, purchased by the
Tennessee Valley Authority, will indefinitely
holdv up plans for the
building of a 425 foot high dam by
the Nantahala Light and Power company
on the Fontana development,
it was learned here this week.
The power company was negotiating
for the land around the proposed
site on the Tennessee river at the
p.ojoining line 01 urunam ana swain
counties, to be flooded by the pro- i
posed darn, and had bought up a
considerable amount of the land in
the basin.
A condemnation suit of approximately
800 acres of land was heard
before Clyde Loyd, register of deeds <
of Graham county. ,
During the trial of one of the ,
cases, the Nantahala Light and Power
company vs. the Whiting Manufacturing
company, it was learned that
three weeks ago a deed had hecii
registered and executed whereby the
tract of land had been bought from
Loyd by the United States of America
for the sum of $150.
J. N. Moody, of Moody and Moody
Murphy lawyers, said he saw the
check in payment of the land and
that it was signed by a clerk employed
by the TV A.
Moody and Moody, with S. VBlack,
of Btyson City, wa? representing
the power company and Lyle
Jones, of Asheville, and T. M. Jenkins
and R. L. Phillips, of Robbinsville,
were representing the Whiting
company.
There is no known case on records
tho lawyers said, whereby the United
States of America was subjected to
land condemnation. Therefore no
procedure can be taken on the proposed
dam at this time.
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Potentially Rich Territory in This ftn
1934 $
Delegation Of 5
To Go To Kno
SUPPORTS LOCAL DAM |
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HARRY P. COOPER H
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TO PROVIDE FUN j*
FOR ALL AT FAIR
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With the signing of the Krause ^
Greater Shows as the midway attrac- v
tion and carnival agents, and the , p,
insurance by A. Q. Ketner, county
agent, that the best preparation in
years was being made for exhibits, ^
the ninth annual Cherokee County ^
fair appeared this week to be the tj
biggest local event in years. c
A number of tented attractions,
said to be the best ever shown here, [,
will feature the carnival end of the j1
fair when it opens September 26, 27, ^
28 and 29. j,
Win. C. Murray, advance agent of n
tho Krause Shows, is in town assist- K
ing tht Fair Association to advertise h
the Fair in t?he surrounding counties M
and also in the interests of his show. <?
-Murray is no stianger here having ii
been in Murphy in advance of Krause
Shows the last time they exhibited
herc for the Cherokee Fair. He is v
a guest at the Henry House, and f
while in town will contract with lo- ,.
cal merchants for goods to be used a
by Jiis show during their stay here. j,
The following is his official anr.ouncement:
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"The Krause Greater Shows, hav- v
ing the reputation of being the best
and cleanest carnival company in _
America, carries loads of letters and "
testimonials from civic officials and
other bodies to the effect that their
midway is always devoid of any disgusting
features, immorral shows and
gambling devices that tend to hurt
County Fairs.
The Fair Association, guarantees 1
to give the patrons this year good tl
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CIRCULATION OF
SCOUT IS ABOVE a
THAT OF YEARS |
it
The circulation of the Cherokee f
Scout has been unofficially apprau- w
ed as larger now than at any timo :n p
t past number of years.
Practically complete coverage of j,
Cherokee county, as well as all ad- y
joining counties, and foreign subicriptions
have been assured readers
?nd advertisers. ^
Every week the Scout goes into
nany homes in this section and the
lubscription list is still climbing j
Tromising to surpass in only a few
nonths, any number of paid subicriptions
on its books before. More
new maohinery has been re:ent!y
added to the composing rooms ?
>f the Scout making it the best ,
quipped shop in this section of '
Western North Carolina or surroundng
Georgia communities.
Scout readers, and those having o
vork done in its job printing depart- P
nent, have shown themselves en- ri
husiastic over its upbuilding. a
The "PeopUe's Paper" fights a fi
dean fight for things that are worth h
vhile in addition to bringing cxtenlive
coverage of all news in this sec- tl
lion. e:
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TODAY
1.00 YEAR?5c COPY
00 Expected
xvil!e Sept. 27
-LANS FORMED
FOR MOTORCADE
TO SEE MORGAN
Reynolds, Weaver To
Lead Fight For Dam
1 lere; Delegation To Go
< "ailing for a representation of posbly
500 persons from Cherokee
ur.lj and surr unding vicinity to
traiw'n the delegation that will
j to Knoxville in the interest ??l
lidding the Hiawassce T\ A dam on
ie Coleman site, leader? of the move
ti e actively put suing a definite
[.u;se to back up Senator Robert K.
ynolds in his "hearing" befote Dr.
iithur K. Morgan, director of the
tnncsse" Valley Authority, on
eptember 27.
Every person who can possibly
tlks the trip even thouuh petsonal
icrifice is involved, was asked to
take at rar-gements to be present i:?
inoxville on that date.
Lojper Wants Delegation.
Hairy P. Cooper, local lawyer,
h", with a representative group,
as latgely instrumental in bringing
ho matter to the attention of the
Senator, said "we have everything
gain by forming a large motorcade
? Knoxville. It can certainly do no
arm at this stage of the matter,
faybe we won't accomplish anything
y this trip, but we certainly will
lake an impression on Doctor Moran
that will be invaluable in showing
im our interest and cooperation and
iioro than * likely he will make tho
t'ticial announcement at the meetig
that the dam will be built here/*
Coming on the heels of information
eceivcd here that Tennessee was
ras trying to carry the fight "over
he heads*' of the TV A by going diectly
to the President, the local
ction aiming to send a delegation to
Cnoxville is the climax of a move
hat was started to personally see Dr.
I organ more than three months ago
ihen official announcement was
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rOWN COUNCIL ON
RECORD FAVORING
REFINANCING PLAN
A motion was passed in city council
'ucsday night putting it in favor of
he plan of the Chicago Finance Cor
oration to refinance the town of
Iurphy, records show.
The motion read that the board of
Idermen were in favor of the coroiation
submitting a definite proosal
embodying all features with
lodifications together with a definite
rm of contract " same to be in no
ise binding until submitted and aproved
by the board/'
Due to adverse circumstances duTig
the depression both the town of
turphy and Cherokee county were
ladvertably thrown in debt.
The town council and the county
oard of commissioners have been
orking diligently to correct the finncial
status of both the town and
>unty, and decided upon the plan of
'financing through the Chicago cororation
over a month ago.
JOY FALLS FROM
SCHOOL BUS HERE
Harry Zimmerman. !>-year-nld son
f Mr. and Mrs. Carl Zimmeiman. of
eachtree. was conveyed to the Pete
hospital Wednesday afternoon in
semi-conscious condition with a
ractured skull that he received when
e fell frcm a school bus.
Hospital attendants said Thursday
lat he was doing as well aa could he
cpected.