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Big Celebx Active ! And /a]II l|< Attractive f murphy I The Leadii Vol. ?11L.?No. 4 Nearly 1000 S Answer Mur] To School enrollment to break all-time record locally Approximately 1000 students, a record enrollments will answer the call e *1, . IfmpnTiw unit o/<Vinnl Koll Mnn. day mofning, according to H. Bueck, superintendent. All childitn in the elementary school will r port at 8:30 a. m. for . pining exercises which will be held in the auditorium. Greetings will be brought to them (from the superintendent. members of the school board 1 Mrs. D. M. Simonds, president : the P.-T. A. The students will b( assign- d to their rooms after v.-iich registration will take place and books will be given out. All parents of the children and others interested in the city schools are nsked by Mr. Bueck to come to the ing. Immediately following, all high school pupils will inset in the auditorium at 9 a. m. Aft r the formal opening, classroom and -teacher asnnuints will take place. The book lists will be given out and the r.ntal syst.m of history, sci nce and home on mics books will be explained. Parents, citizens and former graduate? are invitee! to the -op.ning exer. cises. Others To Open Other schools in th. Murphy unit will also open on Monday, and the children who *xrpect to attend these schools are uiged to be present on the opening day. Mr. Bueck has asked the pupils t to buy school books before they 1 ave been to school as it is possible there have been changes from last j yea r. Miss Jessie Lee Morris, of Atlanta, \Vho taught English in the hiith sdh-ool here last year, lesigned a l'ew days ago because of the ill health of h. r father. Her place will be filled by Miss Mildred Yount, of \Waverville. ITihe vacancy caused by tJhe recent lesigjnation of Miss Elizabeth Gantt, of Raleigh, will be filled by (Continued on back page) ATHENS WOMAN DIES OF INJURIES . IN AUTO WRECK Mis. J. H. Taylor, 46, of Athens, Tenn., died in the Petrie hospital early Saturday morning from injuries received when the automobili in which she was riding with her husband swung from a. slippery highway at To motla Tuesday August 20. Mr, Taylor, the only other occupant of the car, was driving when the accident 'happened. He was unhurtPassing motorists brought them to the hosp.tal here where Dr. Kend. ricks and Dr. Petrie, attending physicians, found hen to be severely ipjured in the, abdomen. Following hor death the body was taken o Athens by Peyton G. Ivie for burial. Mr. Taylor, a designer for the Athens Plow comlpany, and a wellknown (resident of that section, was going north on a business trip when the fatality happened. Mrs. A. W Mclver The encouraging report that Mrs. A. W. Mclver was "resting nicely" 'n the P-trie hospital here Waednesday was received with enthusiasm by her innumerable friends. Mrs. Mclver has been fextermely ill for several mvontihs and it is gcjnerally hoped that she will find her way back to recovery. "Hostile1 ation To E ? h: ig Weekly Newspaper in Western Nor ~~~ s tudents To 1 phy Unit Call Here Monday Murphy Seeks 40th Win At Copperhill Seeking their fortieth win I pgaimt only seven losses, the Boomers will venture down through the sun-baked basin again Sunday to wind up their series with the Copperhill boys. There was plenty of action at the last game between these two teams and there promises to be even more this time with Marlette standing on his own home grounds. MURPHY LIONS MEETING HELD HERE TUESDAY! J Plans To Aid Marv lo And Seek Local Landing Field Discussed. i At one of its regular picnic mc<t- ' inirs h re Tuesday night a number 1 of important local issues were dis- : cussed by the Murphy Lions club. James A. Clippard, of Asheville. ! special supervisor of vocational rehabilitation ,outlined a plan b fore the club that had been worked out by himself and tha -Murphy Woman's club whereby a soft drink, candy and tobacco stand might be arranged to , ^provide employment for Miss Mary Jo Davis, local victim of infantile paralysis, and suggested the Lions club cooperat with the ladies organization in working out the matter. Lion president H. Bueck appointea , e. committee cf Chairman George j Ellis, Peyton G. Ivi:- and J. B. Gray to attend the matter. Lidn Park W. Fisher was appoint, ed to work with the TVA on the possibility of'establishing a landing field in this vicinity. He will be aid d by Mayoi J. B. Gray. The following visitors were introduced to t<he club: C. C. Buchanan, of Sylva; E. R. Thompson, of Murplhy; B. M. Hunnicutt, of Murphy; J. A. Elkim?, of Morristown, Tenn., and A. A. McConnell, o?f Abihgdon, Va. Other business was comcermd with the reading of letter from Walter Pritchard of the* Asheville CitizenTimes complimenting Murphy on its float in t?he past Rhododendron festival and an announcement urging all membeis of the club to attend the annual meeting at the 'Brasstown creamery whcfre amlporbant agricultural leaders will speak on September 7. The picnic was in charge of Mrs. R. W. Gray, Mrs. D. V. Carringtr, Mrs. R. W. Petrie and Mrs. Sam Mendenhall. Fred Johnson Has Lots Of Used Cars Fred Johnson, ififty per cent of i Murphy's law and order, and erst- ' while dealer in cars, says h: has so many used ears in his used car gar. age (the old Oakland-Pontiac stand . Just below the Standard filling sta- , tion lin Murphy) that .he can't hold th:m all and he is going to give some of them away?that is, practiajlly give them away. I He says he has some real bargains that will fit anybodys needs. H pays cash for used cars a*id gives liberal terms on the mew Plymouths, Chryslers and International trucks he sells. < Valley" \ Je Held In Nmkfi th Carolina, Covering a Large and urphy, N. C. Thurs., Ai BIG PROGRAM IS | IN STORELABOR DAY IN MURPHY1 Double-Head Ball Game, Address and Barbecue On Schedule A double-header baseball game with bha Ha-fi lwood team, which promise* to really challenge the metal of tfu I local nine; an address by Col. Dor Witherspoon and a Barbecue?all for 25 cuts?is the progiam in store for Labor Day celebrationists in Murphy Monday. 'The -all-star program was arranged by E. O. Christopher, Luke Ellis j flfnd a committee comporf <1 of Bill F-enteln, Charlie Hend4 rson. Manager Hickman, Ray Baiton and Sam Carr and it is bound to meet the approval of every lover of good baseball and every support.r in this section. It is estimated that thousands of people will swarm here for th. allJay celebration and ample provision^ are being msjde for Murphv to play the perf ct host. The Hazehvood team, one of the fastest aggregations in Western* N'orth Carolina, will come h* re with an dnviabU* record and will put the Boomer's reputation as the best this side of Asheville on th spot. The local boys are hoping for a lot of support and Henry Hickman is lilting up a team that can stand any chailangc?with Schoolboy Rowe thrown in. My. Witherspoon's talk will be appropriato to th occasion and his re. putati n as a finished orator is undisputed. Finally the sheep and the cows in the com hav been fattened and the odor of barbecue will permeate the air to egg on rail red-blooded, heman appttites between the fracases.] That the committee has seen fit i to throw in th. whole works foi I only two bits shows that they are ask- 1 ing for a crowd becaus. they want to | have a big celebration and they be- i lieve they are going to get it. Iieve they are going to get it Murphy and the ball team extend bheir cordial invitation to everyone to be here Labor Day and see the thing dottt up right. FERA BUSINESS IS SHIFTED TO ASHEVILLE WPA All business formely transacted I through the PER A of fee at Murphy for Ch ioke<^ Clay and Graham i counties Tuesday was transferred to J the WPA office in Asheville. Following the shift of funds from I the FERA to the WPA r-lief work i cariied on here ?01* the past four years will dwindle to practically nothing within the next month in the opinion -of R. W. Gray, head of the local relief office. However Mr. Gray expressed the belief that a corps of workers would at ill Kp maintoinpfl 1?ovo /?av?<n n? i ?"V? v/i i the local work under the Works Project administration. No change in FERA office workers or projects could be anticipated at this time, Mr. Gray added. State Veterinarian Is Here Inspecting Cattle Lewis Falhauber, state veterinarian, was heit Tuesday inspecting- cattle in Cher-oke" cour'y with A. Q. Ketner, county a^'oiil. They vaccinated abi ut 100 head Par ipink ey-, and Mr. Falhauber, who is especially employed by the tate and the ERA to inspect cattle liseases. said that th wwinw M-v h R-as at epidemic heights hew some ime ago, was now no 'more than av;rage in this county. Murphy L t Ibcm Potentially Rich Territory in Thti Sh ugust 29, 1935 $ Congressional A Leaves TVA F Out New Legi Seek Treasure At ? Bottom Of Tunnel An old tunnel, which mythical j | '.radition hold* to contain vast reaturet, is being eagery worked j |v a group of laborers near the old 1 j Webster mine in the Culberson ^ I icetin of Cherokee county. v t The workers are cnxious to gel to the bottom of the tunnel where \ | the tieasure is supposed to lie. f ] Less than t^n feet remain to be | dug to the reputed bottom. New : p j men have been employed to timber t I the tunnel. e PREPARATIONS ; FOR FAIR ARE 1 NEARLY ENDEDs O i i r-v 1V7 1 1 I rroblems Deing worKea Out For Convenience '? Of Exhibitors. K cl While preparations for the Tenth w Annual Chtrok.-e county fair to be p held in Murphy Sept. 25-28 were po inp into their final stapes this we k J fair officials ai supp' sting that hun dreds of would.b exhibitors make 0 preparations f* r their displays how. r Particularly are A. Q. Ketner and | j. Sam Mendenhall interested ?n havinp ^ all boys in this sction who are in- p tendinp to show-t-H club calves pel ( in touch with them immediately so they may look over th? stock and pi v. p {advice as to the fittinp. It is undir- sj istood that th 4-H club cattle exhibit tj is drawinp wide attention and a heavy entry list is anticipated. If Menden- tJ hall and Ketner can obtain tht names f those intending to enter cattle in this exhibit, they feel they will b t <ble to handle the situation much j, more favorably and easily. The fair building has be n completely reroofed and has undergone i other minor repairs which will render | much mor?. space and insure all proI ducts on dispay affainst by rain, j Different arrangements are being made this year in the fair foj. the arIry of products which will be (put on (display there. v The large amount of i Ipoduce that is annually put on ex- c jhibit at lb-1*-four-day show in com- f petition for more than a thousand er |dollars in pi*izes has beeni hampered to some extent in the past due to c lack of space, but the officials and p department superintendants are L working continually with a view to 1 obliterating any difficulty in having C every display entered so as to receive ' the ultimate in attention, and they n feel that their work has answered the t problem. ti Mr. Ketner announces * that he ^ (Continued on back page) ' o? I h Post Office Opening ! Hour Changed Here > The opening hour of the local "post ^ office was changed from ? o'clock to 7 o'clock this week 4"d remain at S1 that time permanently, Mrs. Thelma Dickey, postmaster, announced The change was neo(asitated by the departure of varly moaning mail on the Southern train. tl Mrs. Dickey also wants to call to w the attention of post office patrons L that the windows close at 12 o'clock h noon Saturday and on holidays, except for special delivery and perish. s< abl. goods. For this latter reason e' the post office will be closed all day w Lirbor Pay, Monday, Sept. 2. al Begins abor Day pages V ^ TODAY Ue 1.50 YEAR?5c COPY djournment ree To Map slative Results /IURPHY RESTS AFTER HECTIC . FIGHT FOR DAM Witfn Oon|irfssK>na] adjournment Jon day concentrated work lies ahead n the Tennessee Valley Authority's iffitfs preparing a specific outline of vork on the TV A program which in. dudes the Hiawaa-ee dam as one of ts major projects and first in line or construction. With the first of 12 millions aleady appropriated for the local dam, ha' shipment of Xorris machinery is xpected to be made to the dam site t once. Advices say that the nahinery has already br en prepared or hauling an addressed to the dam ibe. Also the tmpoyment of local workrs b expect d to take place in the ear future with ninety per c*nt oi he laborers t> be d 'avvi from Cherk e and adjoining1 counties. Citizens Resting Murphy and Cher-kee county cit:ens arc resting in the saddle now, ? to speak, after th hectic strugle to have the Hiavvassee tunds itiluded in the second deficiency bill hich at fit-^t excluded tuc local apropriation on the grounds that the Hiawassi dam wa- 1101 necesry to TV A at ti i- tint However a bitter >tubb rn fig-ht n the part of I> . Arthur E. Morgan haiimai. of the TVA dire-tors; Cd. !. 1C X ivell and Col. Hany I*. 'oopcr, local lawyt .s, and Senators !ol) Reynolds, losiah Railey and ungressnian Zc'<ul<in W aver, subi*:vmitU0 approved v. < fund, had it assed in the house and senate and igned = aled, and d-livcred by Presient Roosevelt's signature. It was a victory f r the citizens of his county and a victory that calls or a w* 11-deservtd rest. Appreciations have been extended o all who were interested in tlu pioect and this section is now prepared // ?. ? ? * \v-oiiunueu on oacK page) 5ASEBALL SCOUT LOOKS EM OVER AT GAME SUNDAY All the local ball play* rs were on heir P's and Q's here Sunday beause the scouting eye of Cari 'rench, of Asheville, was taking in verything?absolutely everything. During the game he talked to sevral t)f the players and showed a articular interest in Hoyle Bryson, J.-flty Nichols land Eddie Wilson, 'hey will probably go to a St. Louis Cardinal farming camp somewhere n Georgia or South Carolina in the ext few weeks to under go a leal ny-out for the tig time where the urnstiles turn on tens lot* thousands, rhere the fans shout themselves oarse, and pkt-yers and umpires get it with pop-bottt s. French said he was very much im. ressed with the local club and that e was interested in scheduling them pr -season game with the Asheville tourists next spring. And you oughta see Hickman mile! Episcopal Services Regular ser ices at the Church of Ik Messiah .piscol(pal in Muiifhy rill bf? aKcowi./I c i?? .1? T - .vu cuiiuay mc XifV. emuel Granger, rector, of Sylvo, as announced. Holy Communion and sermon is *heduhd for 11 o'clock and the veiling prayer service and sermon ill be h- HI at 7:30. All are cordially invited In Scout
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