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LOCAL BUILDING
PROGRAM GOING
STEADILY AHEAD
New Firms, Increased
Building Show Upward
Trend In Business
With the establishment of seven
new business firms here during the
past year. Murphy has experienced
the largest building and remodeling
program in its history.
Six othe*. firms during the p*?s".
12 months have either incr used ti'eir
floor space or moved to new and larger
locations and at pre-est the
building program calls for the addition
of another industry ??nd a roThe
past year has also witn*\sv?d
modeled garage.
the building of six new residences
in Murphy.
With substantial reduction*? in
both city and county debts and with
a compartively large percentage of
taxes collected during the fiscal y:nr
as a sign of riJug prosperity in conjunction
with the intensified Tennessee
Valley Authority surveys in the
region of the Coleman dam site 12
miles from here, local citizens are
looking forward to a period of increased
business unparalled since the
founding of the town.
Having been blockaded to some
extent by the lean years of the depression,
bu-iness all over the countv
suddenlv tonk a ?n rffo fftrajyril
last February that bids fair to put
Murphy and Cherokee county on a
pre-war purchasing basis inside the
next few months.
Coincident with the beginning ol
tho locr.l boom last January was the
manifest encouragement of the decision
of the TVA to build a $13.000,000
dam on the Hiawassee rivet
with several of the sites being considered
in the immediate vicinity ol
Murphy. A corps of approximate^
50 government workers made resi
denee here and regular work has beer
given to a number of local persona.
The establishment of the Petrie
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TWO BOYS ESCAPE
FROM COUNTY JAIL
EARLY WEDNESDAY
Warros Serrong, of Andrews, wai
back in live Cherokee county jail
Thursday following his escape Witt
Jake Bugsa-j when the two boys picked
bricks from around the iron barred
window of their second story coll
late Tuesday night. Rogers has not
Beth boys were bound orrar to Ike
next term of Superior court, Berrong
chaged with stealing chickens, and
Rogers held on two charges of tresspass
and assault with deadly weapon
and drankeness and assault. ygrrt
war owe of fire men who .scaped
fro? the local jail by picking the
locks on their cells and front doors
four months ago.
Both men were moved to a front
til in the building Tuesday, according
to B. D. Morrow, jailer, and evidence
showed that they picked the
plaster troan between the bricks at
he edge of thy iron-barred window
t nails and a window-weight
- pped in blanket cloth. They
squeezed through a small hole and
dropped to the ground * *' the aid
of blanketa tied to windows, the evidence
showed.
'Mrs. Virgil Johnson
After an extremely aerious spell
Of iicknes wth pneumona. Mrs. Virgil
Johnson Thursday night was saiJ
to be mo-h improved.
Mr*. Jennson is one of the most
Popular member* of tho rorVal act of
V iphy and her 'mpio??i?it will be
<V? ??* inter*** ?o .her m? "? * ??*?
iii "mi^Tiftf irr^r ill i?&? .
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Murph]
ipaign Beg
1 VA SURVEYS ARE j
BEING CONTINUED 1
, ALL OVER COUNTY
| A check up on the activities of the
. Tennt se Valley authority shows that
jturveys and study in the vicinity of
the Coleman dafti .-ite is going steadj
ily forward.
All departments of the work?the
: basin survey, the hydrological survey
and the geological survey?has
spread out widely into the surrounding
counties but the results are
1 being centered on the sites near the ^
Fowler bend of the Hiawassee. u
It has been impossible to get any f
definite infoimation from the TVA S
authorities or headquarters as to the d
local situation but their surveys in a
this vicinity are known to be more f
thorough than in any of the other I h
sections where dam stites are being
considered on the Hiawa see. n
HICKMAN NAMED !
BALL CLUB HEAD
FOR 1935 SEASON ;
v;
Money To Be Raised For
Grandstand; Other Of- c
ficers Are Named
H. H. Hickman, of Murphy, was I
named m&nager of the Murphy ball
club for the coming season at a
meeting held in the Cherokee Scout
I office Wtdncsday night, and plans
were outlined for the club for the
coming year.
Other officers elected were: Josh
Johnson and S^-11 Carr, joint secre- L
. tary and treasurer; Frank Henaley,
captain, and Hayes Leatherwood, j
playing manager and coach. The j
Murphy umpire will be named at a j
| later date.
At the meeting plan? were di?-, g
t cussed lor the building of a grand- 1
r stand in the local park, and the price j f
of admission was set at 25 cents for ; s
a seat in the grandstand, and 15
cents general admission.
, The local team, playing a fast p
grade of ball, drew out large crowds t
last summer and much interest was e
manifest in the games. Arrangements
are being made to have the a
club entered in the Blue Ridge lea'
gue with seven other teams this year. ^
Hickman plans to start raising funds
for the grandstand within a ^
i day or two, and as soon as the wea- p
I ther permits the boys wfll start prac- j
i ticing. . A
OLD RESIDENT OF I
! UPPER PEACHTREE c
SECTION IS DEAD .
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: Aunt Sophronia Johnson, 89, died ^
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J
J. W. Barker of Upper Peachtree last
Monday, January 28. Infirmities of
old age caused her death.
She was bora July 1*3, 1845, in
Buncombe County and came to this "
county with her parents, Mr. and **
Mrs. Solomon Griffith wren a young
girl. "
She is survived by one living child.
Mrs. J. W. Barker of Upper Peach- *'
tree; three grandchildren Mrs. Lawrence
Anderson of Andrews, Mrs. R.
M. Moore ad Mrj. John Curtis of Upper
Peachtree, and a honst of great- J<
grandchildren. cc
Funeral services were conducted A
i ednesday at 01:30 by* Rev. James
T "uet* pastor of the Upper Peachtree ma
I aptist Church and Rev. Crowell
S .sarin. Aunt Sophronia had been
a faithful member of Sic Peachtree
E prist Church for seventy-five years.
K.ermeot was in the Peachtree ceme- ^
tery. the
j
the communtiy for the business the* *)>,
k'rf given him in the oa**
SS OF
MTjlftt!
ro/ina, Covering a Ixirer and Pot
/ North Carolina, Februs
;ins As P
Y\ FARM PLAN
EXPLAINED HERE
TO 325 FARMERS
)fficial Speaks To Meeting
In Court House:
Program Arranged
Cherokee County was the first in
V etera North Carolina to organize
nder the Tennes e Valley Authority
orm program following an address
latnr-day afternoon by W. W. Lanr:?s,
administrative assistant of the
gricultural division cf the TV A, beore
300 farmers in the court house
ere.
Naming this section as the experiment
point of the TV A farm proram,
he said Cherokee county was
literally on the spot'* and if the proram
were seriously followed locally I
would either make or break the |
lan.
Mr. Landess called for cooperation
n the part of every farmer to help !
ut the plan over. He mentioned the 1
arious ways in which the TV A was
tte.T.peing to aid the farmer.
He called for extreme care in
hecking soil erosion which re credit(Continued
on back page)
ARGE CROWD
ATTENDS BALL
FOR PRESIDENT
decorations, Floor Show,
Prizes Are Feature of
' i ?i r?
I he Evening.
Nearly 200 couples from Murphy
ind surrounding towns attended the
iosevelt ball held in the Andrews
rymnasium Wedne- day night and the
quarc dance in the local gym.
Music lor the occasion was furlished
by the Tennesseans, a nineliece
orcheetra from the University
if Tennessee and a number of novel
iffects were used throughout the
lance to add to the vividness of the
iffair.
The committee sponsoring the
lance here and the round dance at
tndrews was composed of Sam Carr,
f Murphy, chairman; Miss Josehine
Bradley, otf Andrews; Mrs. H.
tueck, of Murphy; Mayor W. W.
.she, of Andrews; Mayor J. B. Gray,
f Murphy and Harry P. Cooper, of
lurphy.
Decorated in red, white and blue
repe paper, the gymnasium presentd
an air in keeping with the purpose
f the dance?the loaning of the
resident's birthday to the welfare
f the unfortunate subjects of inentile
paralysis.
$100 Bailed
At press time the amount of money
lat was cleared on the dances could
ot I armed but it is estimated to
e around $100. Seventy per cent of
lis amount will be added to the
lary Jo Davis fund, in charge oif
le Young Woman's dub of Murphy
id the other 30 per cent will be
irwarded to national headquarters
New York to be used in research
F the disease.
A floor show was aranged by
>hn Davidson, of Murphy, and a
immittee of the Kanaheeta club of
ndrews. Mr. Davidson acted as
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lurphy Supply Co.
Has Fifth Birthday
The Murphy S-omv Conoany this
ek is celebrating its fifth birthday
h an nnusual line of bargains in
ir new store.
Mr. Noah Lovingood, manager of
i company, is t?Vi?? *?'- onpor-??
Mn- ?<n
THIS 1
mtially Rich Tern ton in This i
iry 7, 1935.
rizes Are
|FHA OFFICIAL IS
IN CHEROKEE TO
ORGANIZE PLAN
Ralph E. Hallock, f A heville, was
here Wednesday conferring with local
civic leaders in connection with the
plans to fully organize the National
Housing administration locally.
After a conference with Mayor J.
B. Gray, decision was made to have
i niais meeting at a date to be mentioned
later for the purpose of explaining
the FHA program more to
the people of Cherokee county.
Mr. Hallock has been placed in
charge of similar work in Clay and
[Graham counties and will return here
in a few days to go forward with the
plan.
COUNTYDINNER
IS TO BE HELD
TUESDAY NIGHT
T * * ?
Local Lions Llub Sponing
Annual Affair; Program
Arranged
The annual Cherokee .-upper, sponsored
every year by the local Lions
club, wiil be held at G:iJO Tuesday
night at the Dickey hotel. A large
number of visit rs from all over this
section are expected to attend the
affair.
Guy O. Bagwell, district governor
of the Lions club, will be present to
make the main address of the evening.
A large program of speaking,
singing and novelty numbers have
heen prepared by the committee.
Mrs. Nettie Dickey, proprietress ol
the Dickey hotel, announced this
week that nearly 100 different varieties
of foods raised in Cherokee
county had been obtained for the supper
and that more is expected to be
had by Tuesday evening. If the
foods are not in such quantites to be
served as a part of the course of
the regular meals, they will be prepared
by her cooks and put on di;play.
The Cherokee county dinner has
become one of the most important
events of the year among the people
of Cherokee and surrounding counties,
and from all indications this
year it will eclipse the favor it has
won in any orf the past years.
Basketball Schedule
Murphy high school's boys and girls
teams will play the Andrews basketball
teams in the local gymnasium
Friday night.
This is the second contest betweea
the Murphy and Andrews teams, the
I Boomers having taken over the first
set at Andrews when the new gym
nasi una tnere was dedicated.
A local all-star team, composed of
boy.; who played on the Murphy high
team several years ago will play
Mineral Bluff here Wednesday night.
They have been practicing regularly.
An all-star girls team is being formed
and expect to schedule a game
soon.
Y our Loca
This issue of the Scout goes ii
And to those folks who do r,
through the stores and business h
Murphy merchants is laid at thei
backbone of the tax support of <
public. The merchants represemte
ed their customers fairly, have d
and have thought of their welfare
Read the advertisements, stui
buy the next time, come to YOUR
von -noney nd worry. TVeir pie
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flit packs
^ TODAY
?tate
$1.00 YEAR -5c COPY
Awarded
JAMES AXLEY IS !
AWARDED RADIO
i AS FIRST PRIZE
$50 Premium To Be Given
With Each New Subscription
At $ I.
James Axley, of Murphy. wa> announced
a= wnner of the first prize
in the Cherokee Scout subscription
campaign Saturday afternoon and at
the satr.e time decision was made by 1
popular request to hold the subscription
rate at $1 per year for a limited
limp inctrnil ?.f mUiair it *1 Mi
\ear as was first announced.
Also decision was made that during
the exten ion period of the cam- I
paign, a thrift book, worth *50 to the
holder will be given with each paid
subscription.
The prize*', amounts, and winners
| as an ounc.d by the comittee cf K?-v.
T. F. Higgins. Dale Lee an i llarry
P. Cooper are as follows.
1st prize?Philc? cabinet radio?
James Axley.
2nd prize??15 in cash?274.
3rd prize?$10 in cash?odd.
4th prize?$5 in cash?2G7.
5th prize?$3 in cash?501.
Gth prize?$2 in cash?Jessamine
iVestal, of Murphy.
Only two of the awards were claimed
during the week and the others
must be called for by 12 o'clck noon,
i Wednesday Feb. 13, 1935, or the
second list of winners now being held
by ar.d known only to the committee
will be published in next week's pap,
er. If they are not claimed during
the following week, the third list will
J be j ublished.
A lame crowd was present as the
committee awarded the prize*, in
. front of the Scout office Saturday
afternoon. Nearly one thousand subscriptions
were taken in during the
campaign which was -uecessful from
every angle.
Practically every subscription that i
came in during the campaign was
from a subscriber in Cherokee county
. and it is estimated that the Scout is
going thoroughly into every community
of the county and into practically
every home.
Brasstown Field Agent
Residing at Folk School
Samuel iWillard Mendenhall arrived
at the John C. Campbell Folk
School at Brae-town this week to
take up his residence in connection
with his duties as field agent for the
Mountain Valley Cooperative.
Mr. Mendenhall will Sake part in
the dairy and noultrv development
program and has been assured full
cooperation of the state.
He was accompanied here by his
wife.
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CORRECTION
An ?u_. - rtisement in the Cherokee
Scout last week read to the effect
that croquignole waves at Candler's
Beauty Shoppe weTe $3. This should
have read id Mr. Candler is carrying
the te advertisement ?his
week to that effect. The Scout is
sorry to have made the error.
1 Merchant
nto eveiy home in Cherokee county,
lot have the advantage? of looking
ouses every day. the catalog of the
ir door. The Murphy market, the
Cherokee cokmtv, is opened to the
d in these pages have always treatreply
appreciated their Jratonage,
first.
ly them carefully, and when you
merchants to do it. They can save
asant service will please yon, and