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Vol IIIL No. 6
OFFICIAL PLANS j
FOR LOCAL DAM :
EXPECTED SOON |
Moving of Norris Machinery
1 o Be First Step
In Program
Details of the first steps to he
taken upon eonstt notion of the Hiawassee
('nni at the Fowler bend site
18 ir.il - below Murphy, are now be.
jug wo: Iced out by th. TVA. and according
to a Knoxville newspaper,
they - uld te made public within
two weeks.
Although the appropriation for the
local (lain calls for an expenditure
of !i tween 12 and 14 millions, only
the first million was approved by the
; jccentiy adjourned congress and this
amount will be used to move the ma.
chine!y used for construction on th.
Nonis dam to the Iliawassee site.
A n. cut news disjiutch from Norris,
T nn.. summing up th.- wnk on
the Tenn -see dam caried this paragraph:
"Uipon completion (of the
No.lb dam) the TVA flails to move
: the en leway and olh-r equipment to
the Hiawasse- river aamsite near
Mui'i,, y, N. C., where construction
of a similar storage and power dam
has betn authorized. Much of the
Xorris dam building equipment can
be us.d there."
The remaining funds necessary to
construction of the local project will
he authorized when oongre&s cor.var.es
again.
In preparation for actual construction
of the dam, a great deal of work
will have to bo done on the Fowler
site.
Transportation Means Studird.
At present engineers ate studying
the- nnthods of transportation into
the dam. Whether a railroad o:
highway will be constructed for the
movi.g of the machinery and necessary
equipment has not yet been detaunrincd,
it is understood.
Hrsu the land surrounding the authorized
site will have to be cleared
I and grai.. d and banacks for workers
w.-.o rrei.r to stay close to the
| work will have tj be built.
lh.se projects themselves ha\ taken
on munumental proportions
and it may b. a matter ot many
month. n.;u u..
bii'v xuihuo win us; i
throw.; up by carpenters and the I
pouring ui the cement is begun.
Even btlo.o actual construction is j
begun, purchase of private property i
to be taken over by the TV A must
consummated and the ^xact water
lines up the Valley, Hiawassec i
and No da riv-rs /must be correctly j
oeurmined. Wasned out river roads
must be replaced and the time requit- |
?d to properly take care of these and !
oth r preparations can hardly be estimated
at, this time.
The airing of labor is expected to
tonic immediately upon information |
of deficits plans by the iT-enn ssee j
Valley authority officials.
FORREST WELLS, j
I r\/~* * -
.a lulal farmer,
m IS BURIED HERE
Funeral services far Mr. Forrest i
*tlto, 40, of iuar Marble, prominent
BH Choiokee county failmer, were htld I
fiB- at th. Methodist church in Murphy
Tuesday alter..oon tat 3 o'clock witli |
K toe Rev. T. F. Higgins, the Rev. |
b^nnic Carper and the Rev. Charles 1
H Stradman officiating. Interm-tnt was |
cl ? Sunset cemetery. W. D. Towns an
;t **s in charge of funeral arrange- j
l-H[ 11 r- Wells died at 2:45 Monday
|S c*-c;'ioon of a two-day h.art attack. I
a B ' ^ad been suffcuing from the ailQ
{?r seven years. |
r. ,ra 'n Cherokee county the son i
B ?** tote A. B. and Anrre F. Wells, I
B j, lived in this section all his
m ^' during the war he was station^B
Damp Hancock near Savaavnah,
flB lit-j,^6 1>ad 1)6611 a rmomber of the j
H g*!81 church for seven years.
BM t^?rTl'''lr'g are his wife; two bro
~ ' Dnscomb, of Murphy, and |
|B (^nnan' San Francisco, Cal., and
MB j. "toftrs, Mrs. Irene Grant and
Ellen Kelly, both of Mur-.
ft
ng IF eddy Newspaper in IFestern Nort
Murpl
church revival <
is indefinitely *
postponed here
The union revival services sch duled
to begin here under the direction
of the R v. H. C. Cavin ss, of Hayesville,
were postponed indefinitely
this week, according to th Rev. T.
! '. Higgins, local Methodist n.ini-t r.
Mr. Caviness at this time is con- *
ducting a revival somewhere in the r
. antral part -of the state and wouid
not be able to appar here b:foie
Sept. 30, Mr. Higgins said. Since
this date would be lo close to the
'Methodist church conference to be
h Id Oct. 23, the pastor said he did
not feel that it would be feasible at
that time.
mentorISeaton
has light team
?and headache
Corch Beaton's got a headach . 1
The 1935 edition of his football t
squad turned out this week for "lim- \
boiing up" exercises which consisted
mostly of running the track and t
ipunting ar.d passing. 1
And what's worrying th mentor :
is what worries every coach who has
a bunch of good men that are tio I
light in weight. His problem will be 1
buildino* n ?*-' ? *
0 ? not, uvcvjitive nam out 3
of the boy mostly novicis, whereas ^
during th past year he had plenty <
?t huskiness to plug the line when ?
he needed it.
Only six 1 tter men have returned
and Deato-n only has three weeks
left to put them in shape for the first t
game with Haytsville which will be
i played here, Friday, October 4.
| The schedule for the season has 1
not y t been completed. <
As soon as Deaton can get his 1
stalwarts in unform and give th:m 1
a real woik-jout or two the complete 1
squad will be announced.
Sure he's got a headache?but
I he'll have a good team before it's 1
i all over. That's the reason he's got 1 1
a headache. *
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Sunday School Class
Will Offer Play Here
I A three-act com. dy-mystery play *
I entitled, "The Strange Bequest,'"
will ibe offered in the Murphy high 1
school auditorium Friday night, Oct. 1
20. The play will b. given by the
Young Woman's ciiele of the Methodist
church in their drive for a
fund of $200_ It is being staged and
directed by Mis. Tarn Axley. I 1
I T-l ..
I me action revolvs around the '
strange will left by a rich relative 1
and everybody from a Mae West 1
widow to a dumb Frenchmen figure 1
i.i the denouement which shows
the old man not to be as eccentric as
he seemed. ,
These having parts in the cast are:' (
Miss Martha Nell Wells, Mis. E. C. ,
I Mallone, Mrs. J. K. McCall, Mrs. ,
Wade Massey, Miss Delia Meroney, .
Miss Emily Sword, Messrs Harve El- ,
kins, E. C. Deans, H. Bueck, and
Sam Cair. t
o t
Murphy Hardware Co.
Offers Hunters Digest
' Through th courtesy of the MurI
phy Hardware company a digest of t
tk. l-?i ' ' '
mwa is oeing run in
this i:"ue of the Scout ar.d all huntt
us, trappers and fishers will find it '
exceedingly handy to clip out and 4
uso later for reference.
Mr. R. C. Mattex announces that '
he is carrying- a complete lin of !
hunters accessories, shotguns, rifles 1
and shells and cordially invites the '
public to trade with him when the *
season opens.
Single Stalk Bears
67 Beautiful Lil'ies <
A stalk of lillics, carrying 67 per- '
fcctly formed blooms," is attracting '
much attentio-n here.
The lillies were raised in the gar- '
den of 'Mr. Don Witherspoon, local
garden enthusiast, from seed he
planted there some time ago.
Sunday morning they were placed
in front of the pulpit of the Presby- '
t(irian church where they formed a '
perfect wreath.
NTHkfl
h Carolina, Covering a Largr and
hy, N. C. 1 hurs., iept.
Sweeping 1
County 1
With \
tfURPHY SEEKS
WATER, STREET
REPAIR FUNDS
Three New School Buildings
Asked For
Cherokee County
A number of projects have be?n
iled with the WPA and the PWA
'or fed ral allotments on county and
.own projects by local officials it
vas learned Wednesday.
Cherokee county is seeking, through
he Public Works administration, alotments
for a n w school building
n Murphy at an approximate cost of
$90,000. The building, according to
lans, would be located but we en the
ligh school and graded school build,
egs on the Murphy calmpus and
vould contain from 12 to 15 rooms I
exclusive of an auditorium and a ,
gymnasium.
Two oth r school houses are being I
ought at Ranger and llangingdog, i
Mr. A. W. Martin, county superinendant
of schools said. '
Also filed in Capel Hill for PWA I
lpproval is a $39,000 water and sew-1
r (project m-ore particularly concern-1
?d with the rebuilding of the Fain 1
nountain res rvoir with purification
iccessorics and the installation of an
luxiliary pumping station.
Complete Details 'Filed.
Complete plans and d tails of the
ilter plant ami reservoir wer drawn
lp by Arnold H. Vainderhoof, Asheille
enginv rs and were submitted by
Mayor J. t*. Gray on the town board's
luthority.
The engineer's plans would insure
100,000 gallons of water per day for
he city, Mayor Gray said. A plan
iugg sted sonic time ago to furnish
he town's wat r supply from Davis
neek was given up as entailing too
iiuch exp ose for the benefit deriv.
d and with present iplans of repairs
ind enlargement of the p:esent water
system, a plentiful supply is assured.
In view of Murphy's rapid rise in
oopulaiior. and building, the town
roard txpr ssed itself as feeline- th?wn
wo projects are necessary to the
>:oper development of the town in
neeting th se problem.s
The town has filed two additional
irojects with the Works Project adninistration
at Asheville for a $2,)00
fund for giading, building and
?pairing the streets of Murphy, th
nayor advised. A large part of this
appropriation, it it is made, will be
lscd buying a sidewalk from the
VIethodist church on the 1 ft side of
he highway going toward A drews
o the Valley River bridge.
Other Appropriations Sought.
Another appropriation of $2,000 I
s sought, Mr. Gray added, for the j
xt.'nsion cii' tbi? ? -
- ?>=" f
em. |
Also filed with the WPA, but with
ho funds upon approval not to be
:ken from ihe county's allotincnt
rom that body, is a project to have
he TVA complet 'y surrsy and re.
nap the town of Murphy. The only
expense uoon the town will be the
tointins out of the old landmarks
in?l this will be practically negligi>11
the mayor said.
What dispensation would be made
>f these applications could in n>
voy be determined by the town and
:ounty officials at this tin*- but wtih
he Cherok.e county allotment runling
at a moderate figure, full cor
ei ation of both federal bodies is
rxpcctcd.
MAYOR GRAY FAMILY MOVES
Mayor J. B. Gray and family Mon.
lay moved into the residence on Valey
River avenue foimerly occupied
?nd owned by Col. M. <W. Bell.
$ f?Wi
Potentially Rich Territory in This S
12, ii?3b. $
Program of
Projects N<
VP A, PW^
MURPHY TO MEET 1 {
CANTON, ENKA AT
LOCAL BALL PARK
Elated over his victory over the
Hazelwood ball club on Labor
Day, Henry Hickman is lining
up with bigger and better teams
and announced Monday that he
had scheduled games with Canton
and Enka to be played on the
Murphy fair grounds the next two
Sundays which will mark the ending
of a bri.liant season.
Both teams scheduled are in
the Industrial league which was
won by Carton, the team that will
appear h"re against the Boomers
Suufcay. Th? following Sunday
will find the invasion of the Enka
boys.
Hickey's got a strong aggregat[
ton up his sleeve to shove at the
northern visitors and there's
bound to be a good crowd for the
final games of the season.
RANGER ISSCENE
OF 8 AUTO WRECKS
niiRiNn i act wrcr
Eight automobile wrekes, involving
a nnuniber of s.rious injuries, oecutd
on the Copperhill highway at th
Ranger postoffice curve during th<'
I past week, according to local reports.
Similar accidents have not be n inj
frequent at the same plucc in the
I past and the increase has aroused
| (onsickrable indignation over the
curve which will piotably result in
a petition to th ? highway commission
to remedy the situation in the
near future.
TWO RARE BOOKS
ARE FOUND HERE
BY EDWARD HYATT
Edvjjard Hyatt, local stump and
book collector, r cently came into
| possesson of two rare books that are
believed to be extremely valuable,
j One of th books, "The Experience
of Several Flnrinent Preachers",
was written by John Wesley and published
by Daniel Hitt in New York in
IS 12. Tt contains a volume of person
1 lettcs written to Wesley by
eminent preachers of th 18th century
which tell of tiheif r?all nn/1 ?-? - I
cess in the ministery.
The other is John Bunyon's "The
Bar en Fig Tr e, Or The Doom and .
Downfall of the ruitless Professor".
It was published in 1834 in New
York by Daniel Cool-edge.
Both volumes are faded and worn
but pe f v tly readable. .Mr Hyatt,
who has one of the best stamp collect
ons in this section has b*en
rummaging attics for the past several
years and has coime upon quite
a number of valuable stamps, books
and newspapers. He intends to have
ttpiJiaiseu in me n ar future.
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Plane From Atlanta
Crashes Near Murphy
Walter Scarboiough, 30, of Atlanta,
and Private Ern-ist L. Kilorc,
24, Fort McPhcrson, esctipeil
without injuty Saturday when their i
cracked up four miles southwist
of here.
The plane piloted by Scarborough
nosed over, breaking a wing and the
pt i> illor, in an attdmpted tak-off
after Scarborough made a forced
landirg in a draw because of a fuel
shortage.
The two men left Atlanta Saturday
for Silver City, Ga.? 30 miles south of
here, but lost their bearings.
Scarborough and Kiigore left here
for Atlanta by bus.
Mrs. Mary Alston left Tuesday
mornng to enter Brenau College,
at Gain sville, Ga.
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: Town,
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K Officials
COUNTYROADS
CAN BE BUILT
WITH WPA AID
Residents Must Cooperate,
However, Government
Says
Farmers of Cherokee county can
have good roads built through their
communities if they arc willing to
lend their co-operation to th Work
Prog: ess Administration, which federal
setup is anxious to spend over a
hundred th usand dollars in Cherok:
for this purpose.
Representatives |of the Asheville
district WPA office were here Friday
afternoon and night conferring with
Chairman W. A. Adams of th- board
of county commissioners and Messtrs.
H. H. and Roy PI mmor.s, and made
up a blanket project while covering
14 roads in the county totalling 75
miles, which will employ at security
wages over four hundred unemp)>y<d
men for the next twelve months.
Building of the roads in the sev ral
communities is contingent upon the
people then, the WPA officials told
Mr. Adams, and road- will only be
built in such communities as will cooperate
with the WPA insofar as
work is concerned.
Labor Costs Paid
All labor costs, that is, the man
hours, will be paid in o:ish every fifteen
days, the WPA men told Chairman
Adams, and such items as dynamit
, small tools, and part of the
team hire that will be necessary in
the building of the roads will also be
paid by the federal governm nt.
People who live in the communities
that need and want work done will
b called upon to l'u.nbh some of the
(Continued on ba k page)
Pyron's Variety Store
To Open Here Saturday
lur. u. u. ryron, of Kryson City,
will open a five and ten cent variety
stor. here Saturday morning in the
building formerly occupied by the
Johnson meat market, the proprietor
announced this week.
'Hhe building has undergone interior
renovation and is being stocked
with a full and complete line of
shr.all articles.
Mr. Pyron is the owner of a similar
store in Bryson City and is anticipating
ia brisk trade.
Bueck And Lee Speak
At Bib'e Class Dinner
A large crowd at* nd I the dinner
given in the Methodist c-ha . b nr?d- v
the auspices of the Sam D. Akin
Mens Bible class hero Til sday night.
Jointly attended by the public and
the local Lions club, H. Bueek, president
of local Lionism, and Dale I.e
with Mrs. Bueck and Mrs. Lee described
their recent trip to Mexico
wher. they attended an international
meeting of the club.
Large Auction Sale
To Be Held Saturday
A diamond ring and a radio -will
be given fiee wh n the properties of
John IW. Walker, near and in the
town of Andrews, falls undfr the
auctioneers gavel b ginning " )'-lock
Saturday morning.
Complete details of the property
to be sold is contained in an adver.
tistment .lsewhere in this issue of
the paper.
.The sale will begin on the Morris
farm. The Moon Auction Company
of Gainesville, Gf., will be the a iling
agents.
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