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^ The Leadir
Vol. IVL?No. 48
Million D(
All Is In Reac
Gigantic Cou
Of Fun Am
INDIAN ball game,
PARADE OF FLOATS.
BASEBALL PLANNED
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All was in readiness for Cherokee
county's greatest celebration ? a
grand and glorious fourth of July?
today as plans were completed for
an aii-day, county-wide mixture of
fun and frolic.
Preparations were made for
thousands of people who arc expected
to visit Murphy to join in the
mirth and gaiety that will hold sway
during the course of the day as gorgeous
floats go by, the Indians from
the Reservation provide thrills with
their quaint ball game and ringing
and tans yell themselves hoarse at'
two fine, fast ball games.
Practically every merchant and
civic organization in Murphy had!
planned to enter a float in the parade
and the same sentiments were
sounded from surrounding towns
tha' will join in the hilarious spree
hen affecting a spectacle that prob ubl;,
has never been witnessed locally
heretofore.
At least 40 floats are expected to
compete for $15 in p:iz<s for those
that are best decorated and f. r the
dog i ara&e which will feature a
Urge lange and variety of pedifci
i*5 and plain, every-day curs.
~ i Indian ball game which does
n t m remottly resemble the ba*o
to base routine that the i resent sjenciati'
ii is familiar with, stand:? out
as th< high-light of the Fourth
Thosi that have see.', it played
it t: fastest, roughest game ever
played and 22 iouvh and tumble
lav.- who be.^r many scais oi' s:.v.ilar
lrays, will jam the ball in their
mouth- ana tight and crawl for their
go..l i.ne while the other team puts
up i" most stubborn defense.
Tw< fast ball games?the morning
game with the Hayesville nine
*nd t te afternoon affray with Marble?js
expected to pack in the
crowds.
Merchants and citizen from all
over the county generously cooperated
with the sponsors of the pro-1
P'am in promoting the gala occasion.
All communities have ben reported
by Luke Ellis; chief of the committees,
a- working actively to promote
one of the finest celebrations ever
observed in Cherokee county.
REPRESEisfr A xi\/r
I OF CATTLE CLUB I
I IS PLEASED HERE
1 H. C. Bate?, field epresentative
I *or the American Guernsey Cattle
I dob, was here Tuesday visiting:
I Cherokee county farmers and sketI
ching calves for eligibility for regis1
tration into the club.
I Making the rounds wUh A. Q.
I Fetner, Cherokee county agent,
I Bates was said to he well nleased
1 *ith the status of the county's cat
tie.
I Following a move lately to have
I 88 many registered cattle imported
1 Possible and T-r.ve all eligible cat1
e in the county registered, John
I ?>dd.s, local farmer, rectntly pur|
phased a miv^i?-* * - ? -
..wv-urea diiii cat from
Klondike farms, at Elkins, N.
*? said to be 0119 of the finest Guer1
Sey farms in the country that is
''-^landing.
I The mother of the hull as a class 1
I Producer has produced 50001
B W?1 of milk and 273 pounds of I
mtter fat in 158 days, the men 1
Pointed out.
ds Expect*
Iff Ctfl
'g Weekly NetDtp*per in Pester* Nortl
Murphy, N. C.
pilars App
liness For ,
nty-wide Day
i Frolic For Alll
CITY COUNCIL ACTS
TO OBTAIN WATER
SUPPLY FUND HERE
The town council took action
Tuesday night to apply for a PWA ^
loan to enlarge the waterworks ^
program in the event the TV A dan;
is built on the H;awasee river in this
section and at the same time liter- 1
ally signed a "death warrant'' for '
numerous drivers of "one-eyed"
cats within the town limits. '
An anticipated increase in population
which would be certain tj re
?ult with the announcement that the
TV A was building on a local site
would necessitate building a greater
supply of water, the council decided
and the application for the PWA
funds which would take care of "45
percent of the project's finances
with four percent interest, wa.s forwaided
to Mr. Vanderhoof who was
in chaige of making estimates on
the local water supply.
"Of course we will only ask f"?T .
this loan if a greater water supply
is needed", Mayor J. B. Gray said
Wednesday, 4 and that will probably
only be in the event the dam it
built in this immediate locality."
Answering complaints that drivers
of automobiles in this section were
operating their cars at r.ight with
?nly une light a <1 were making no
effort to have them properly lighted,
the beard went on record as instructing
the town officers t. enforce
the state law.
"In the event - meore h:.s burned
out a light on ihe ..ay to town
we have n reason to a rest him*'
, '.he mayto commented :jn the action.
I "but our oflicers have b en in *
tructed to arrest anyone wilfully
violating the state law i . this rei
-pect." v
Murphy To Play 4 Ball j
Games Here In 1 Week
i
Lovers of baseball in this section
will have the jleusu-e of witnessing c
four good games this week b sides | c
the head ar.d b ne busting Cherokee ! }
ball game that will be played here *
today. 1
On the Fourth of July Murphy
meets Hayesville in the morning and t
Marble in the afternoon. Saturday }
afternoon the local beys do.n their t
[ sweat shirt and venture up to meet t
the Marble players again, and then
1 on Sunday afternoon the boys from I
c ppernilj come over here wilh (
blood in their eye seeking revenge c
for a stinging defeat at the hands .1
of the locals there some time ago. (
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Murphy Hardware Co. s
Repainted Last Week ^
The Murphy Hardware company,
owned by Mr. R. C. Mattox, was attractively
repainted black and white
during the past week.
Practically every business house
in the town has now been Tepainted
adding much to the attractiveness e
of Murphy.
Oxford Orphanage Will
Give Concert Here Soon
A concert by the Oxford orphan- ''
age will bo pre.-onted in the Murphy (
_?i_ . i t??;j? ia w
svji 'in duunui iuiii un ruuav, uuiy 1 j
it was announced Tuesday.
Folk songs and dances including w
several novelty numbers are being sj
included on the program that annually
makes a hit locally.
*d For (
tmkt
h Carolina, Covering a Largr one
Thursday, Jul
ropriated
HUGECHEROKEE
SCOUT, JOURNAI
CAMPAIGN END'
Mrs. C. C. Lloyd, Of
Robbinsville, Wins
Ford V-8
Mrs. C. C. Lloyd, ol Robbinsvillt
awarded the new F rd V-8 coach a;
top prize in 'the Cheokee Scout
Tunaluska Journal Fubfcription cam
paifm which came to a Rucce^sfu
end Saturday evenir.c.
The second prize, a beautiful 94
point diamond Ting, -went to Mrs. H
Mattcx, of Murphy. Mrs. Han
:ock Davis, of Andrews, won Vhf
iving loon suite, while the fourth
>rize, a Philco radio, was given tc
Vliss Myrt Prater, of Hayesville.
The campaign -closed after si>
veekf of hard work on the part of
nore than a dozen contestants whci
vo'.kfd diligently to place the Scout
nd the Journal in eve^y home
hroughout Cherokee and Graham
ounties.
Both the campaign manager, Mr.
. W. Stamper, of New Ta2.ev.-e4],
Tenn., and L. A. Lee, publisher of
he papers defined the campaign a*
>eing "very satsfactory" and pullially
thanked all the ladies who
h wed their untiring interest in done;
their best to mak. the campaign
ompletcjy successful from every
ngle.
With the e '<% * *k rnv a;gn
.1 objective '?t j:I - v.i! the u:
i every hi,,vio in C. . I:e. c >ur.ty
si> attai: ( tl.
"! ?i all av;.",ii/le fig.; ? the
iS. i;t n . . - la.gest
" .-illation it las .
. fiii?t Hiblished.
.\i!v*-r:>e:s in the pa: a e >\v
tsstircd of complete coverage <>i the
e:r'.tory the pare? represents.
Moreover the publisher, with the
vtn fact in mi J that :he p:.j:ei
:;;3 been -eeeiving jm kviati.::. < unit
from the people It srvt-,
ing forward to ::er the best he
- his staff c;.n give to provide the
est readable and profitable weeky
newspaper possible.
The enthusiasm with which the
ampaign was received assured him
i the readers* interests and It is
lis one de?iie to serve both the
eaders and the advertisers with the
inest mediums in his p iwer.
The effoits of the contestants and
he success of the campaign make
nm oojiged to put out and even
>igger and better Scout to represent
he needs of the territory it covers.
Those judging the content were:
'ercy B. Ferebec, president of the
Citizens Bank and Trust company,
f Andrews; Mayor J. B. Gray of
lurphy; R. S. Parker, of Murphy
'ol. D. H. Tillitt, of Andrews; Noah
.ovingood, manager of the Murphy
iupply company, of Murphy.
ACTION DEFERRED
ON SETTING UP OF
HEALTH UNIT HERE
Actions on the creations of a health
nit in Cherokee county jeferrd
at a regular meeting of the board
f commissioners Monday until a
pecial meeting which will be held
n the fifteenth of the month.
One of the numbers expressed his
oubt as to the passing of the pro1
which has been accented in n"
of ? -? -
?w vwu cwunues in western Xorth
arolina. The budget of the unit
ould call for an appropriation of
ld.000 of which the county's part
ould be $2500. a figure that was
"id to "be out of line" with that of
ie other counties at a meeting of
ie board June J 9.
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lebration
Hit pagks
^ TODAY
>taU ' I
$1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
ssee Dam
oration Of
;>riation Is
re Wednesday
PER
Vdvise That Sub Comopropriation*
Today InIn
TV A Projects And
Dollars For Beginning
ject Which Means That
inds Sufficient To ComThat
You AH Will Be
ws. It Was A Great
'e Aided In This Matter
fied.
S SIGNED
EYNOLDS
NATOR
time and postponed any work hero
for two years which was interpreted
as meaning no more work would
ever be done cn the local stie.
In Washington Dr. Morgan took
up the light and said the Hiawassee
dam was a "vital" element in the
development <f the TV A program
aheartily imp vssed the comr.ittee
that it was lelieved practily
the whole T > \ set-up was at
stake.
Me :cover it \va- pointed out t ti
e . mittee that a laig* part of
the. WA -1; si (i> r.;- nt1!; sm-t.t heie
bounty Ce
tHw
! Potentially Rich Terri toi-r in This I
y 4, 1935.
For Hiwa
| Word On Rest
Local Appro]
> Received He
WASHINGTON, D. C.
JULY 3, 1935.
COL. HARRY P. COO
MI1DDUV W r
** V,.
Answering Wire J
mittee Of Deficiency A]
; eluded Hiawassee Dam
Awarded One Million 1
of Work Upon This Pro
We Will Later Secure Fu
plete The Dam. Know
Delighted With This Ne
Pleasure For Me To Ha\
And I Am Muchlv Grati
REGARD
ROBERT R. R
U. S. SE1
One million dollars has leen ap- j
propriated to begin work or the
$12,000,000 Hiawassee dam at the.
Co'em&i site 12 miles lelcw here according
to a wire from Sen. Bob
Reynolds which reached here at 4:3?
Wednesday evening.
Climaxing two hectic weeks of
fighting with appropr:?-tion commit- I ,
tees and the lower house the word j
j received here af'.er several days j
of anxiety, during the defeat o:
the President's utility fcill in the
house.
fv.* > v. '_ 1:, ag?? tke :: ' *.!
cut ha oi > $ .
iU . i A iav.?. i?' ...
. t (i TV A .. da and inmcuatelv
preventatives ir Washing! n n s
- van*red with v.v\- a- t! rn : ,
-i-e their i : ' v in % the ! \ 1
> reeons: A red.
iarry I. Cooj ' an! E. R. N
. veil, Mnryhy attorneys, immediately
r.' to \Va>hinj?tcn to line up the
ic i .e.- that finally brought the deci
-icn about.
An appeal to the appropriationsi
committee was iutile but the appeal
. w^s sent back to the house a- a
decision was to have Veen handed
d wn Friday. Howevt the fight
. over the utility bill crowded it out
. of the picture and word was expected
momentarily from that time.
Having awaited I4 months for
some indication as to when the work
, would actually start, it was mt until
nr.n -
?u,wu,uuu was cut oil from the
local appropriation that Dr. Morgan
announced in Washington that actual
woTk would begin on the Coleman
site immediately if the appropria
ton were restored.
A number of sites have been considered
from Mu Iphy down to Chattanooga
and it was not until Dr.
Morgan made his statment that any
definite site had been named.
Local enthusiasm mounted h'gh
upon the announcement of the
TVA's consideration of the local site
last June. Sin c that time every it |
fort has been made to bring vhe i
dan to one of the local sites.
Apparently fighting against odds,
concentrated effort never waned
and Wednesday when the news
reached here Murphy literally went
wild as the news spread like aging
fire throughout the town.
Local citizens were plunged :r despair
when the announcement came
two weeks ag ? that half 01 the local
appropriation had been cut off
and a greater amount had been
F'omisea to Tennessee. Termed as
"an upper Tennessee tributary",
the appropriation committee said they
felt the Hiawassee dam was nat necessary
to TVA development at this
, r. ; <}- uhical. r. vdrohgical and
l: . -gical su ' eys 'hs* would he
-tt tl in ev ent the dam was j ?
hi. " j(. hi ought t
i t!: atte : "'r. the machinery
um?' . - ?" liarn coulu not
-t ! jti ^ ntemplnted
>:tc? a - d 'X . .:M a'.e tc be scrap
e .1.
liept alio ?3y the f-\t has been
made j ublic that the Coleman site
ideal for the building of a hydroelectric
dam an. the unlimited mineral
les: urees could be worked advantageously
while a section of the
country that had teen oenied modtin
developments i . years could
come into its , wn.
Fr.* the past 30 years the Fowler
ber.d section has been considered by
tiist one company and then another
as z poiibie dam site but work was
never done the-e on any large scale
v ntil the TV A began considering it.
Whtn the TVA's interest became
known Murphy boomed and built
ovel night. Hopes and investments
were banked on if and when ths
news cams that one million had been
appropriated to st&Tt the project
local citizens at last saw their dreams
c me true.
As yet the possibilties are of such
staggering proportions that they are
not fully t-omprehensibit*.
The wire which was received by
Mr. Cooper said that $1.COO,000 had
beer, appropriated to start the work
which natu? tolly carries the implication
"immediately".
Sentiments of appreciation to Dr.
Morgan, Bob Reynold?,. Zebulon
Weaver, Josephus Daniels and all
the fellows that gave their best to
see Murphy come into what is rightly
theirs fell from all sides ami were
graciously bestowed in thanks for
efforts that fjnaly brought the lor.g5
rght. life-rejuvenating dam to
Cherokee county and to North Carolina.
JVliss Charlotte Abern&thy, of Copnpthill
ai^acuve fruesT.
Jf Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fain. ~~~~