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MURPHY I The Leading 0 Vol. IIIL.?No. 22. EXACT S J. W. KING, 74, OF MURPHY IS S BURIED FRIDAY Was One of the Out- ! standing Citizens of Cherokee County Mr. J. W. King, local merchant and | businessman, passed away at 10:00 o'clock, Cristmas night , after an illness of les- that two weeks. Death was the reult of heart attacks. He would have been seventy-four in February. Funeral services were held at Bellview Friday December 27, with the Revs. H. W. Baucom C. F. Martin, and L. Conley officiating. Interment was in Bellview cemetery, with Peyton G. Ivie in charge of funeral arrangements. Mr. King had been a beloved and respected citizen of this section for many years. On the death of his wife some ten years ago. he moved to Murphy, where he had made his home ever since. Besides his own mercantile business, he was interested in Wofford-Terrell holesale Company. As a boy, he attended Hayesville Academy, where he was a classmate and close personal friend of a boy who was destined to become a re. nowned preacher, George W. Truett. The death of Mr. King is mourned by many friends, who remember him an a kindly, christian gentleman. Few services at his church found his pew vacant; and no appeal from charity or church ever found him unresonsive. Active pallbearers were George! Mauney, Sheridan Dickey, Roy Lovin- J good, Thompson Terrell* Paul Hyatt, j and Efton Christopher. Honorary Pallbearers were: C. M. Wof ford, A. j L. Martin, Neil Davidson, Wm. Owen- i by, R. L. Lance, and S. L. Cagle. j Flower girls were: Mrs. Ruth Car- ; ringer, Mrs. Hue Bowles, Mrs. yrus U'LU- v*c? *? ? i TTiiiw, miss vniiic .Mnnin, miss Mane Price, and Miss Georgie Rogers. Mr. King is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Noland Wells, and Mrs. K. C. Wright; and by four sons, R. H., Claude, Ed, and Herman, all of Murphy; also 'by two sisters and one brother. NUMBEROFPRIZES GIVEN CUSTOMERS OF LOCAL STORES A number of valuable gifts were given to patrons of Murphy merchants during the Christmas holidays. Those receiving prizes were: Oarringcr's Department store: Frank Sudderth, Leila Dickey. Frank Holbrook. Cherokee Furniture company: Mrs. Nettie Edwards, Allen W. Lovingood. Mrs. Ralph Ram ey, Mrs. W. M. Ramsey, Mrs. \V. II. Brandon, Frank Amos, Mrs. Dora McCoy, Mrs. Glenn Kephart, L. C. She 1 ton and Fred Zimmerman. W. B. Dickey and Sons: Fred Brown, Alba Roach, Ralph Ramsey, Mrs. Ben Posey, Emory Sneed and Will Mintz. J. W. Lovingood's; Jim Robbins. The Frigidaire (or Phj>o radio) to have "been given away s* ?inkerton's has not been claimed, 2' being the ticket the award is supp d to go to. If it is not claimed b; o'clock on Monday evening, Janu 6th, it will go to ticket No. 1037* -. W. R. Pinkerton, owner of re, said. Moneymaker^ftends Geologi* Meeting Mr. B. C. MoneyniAKcr, TVA geologist, now stationed at Murpy, spent the latter part of last week at a three-day meeting of geologicol engineers at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York. He returned Saturday. Mr. Moneymaker was? representing the chief geologist of the Tennessee Valley Authority and in that capacity presented a paper before the group. The assembly represents the largos* and most important group of geolo-- 1 ists in this country. ft #lf fttkly Nasspmper in Western North ITE OF h SEEKS TO END ALL GREETINGS FOR HOLIDAYS New York. Dec. 26.?A New Year's greeting to end all holiday greetings appeared in the personal notices column of 7^he Herald-7*ribune today. It read: "Wanted dead or alive the guy who started this greeting card racket and if you addicts who sent me pictures of reindeers and angels and Scottie dogs, think I am going to waste good dough by breaking out into this annual sentimental rash you're crazy. So, damn it, here's thanks for your lovely beautifu! thoughts, in the cheapest way possible, and may all you suckers have a Happy New Year. Want to make anything of it? (Signed) HARRY EVANS." BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION DRIVE FOR FUNDS MAPPED Plans for the establishment here f a lluilding: and Loan association, aid I ed financially by the Federal government, are jroinj* steadily ahead undei a Lions club committee, W. M. Fain chairman of the srroup annpuncec Monday. Mr. Fain says the outlook for the initial local outlay of $2500 is verj good and he expects to launch th campaign to raise the monev in spv ! tral week*. The Federal government I will add three times the amount rais ed locally which, in this instance would he $7500 dollars, making a capita! stock of $10,000. Mr. Fain feels that through this plan of starting a Building and Loar. association here, many people would he able to finance building project; through organizations similar to the Federal Housing administration which i annul be done now as many of thi larger out-of-town lending institut ions are unwilling to loan money thii far from a urban center, i Mr. Fain has in his posession i clipping of a tmall south Georgii town that has financed $99,000 worth j of building through the same plan. Murpy Schools Will Open Monday Morning All schools in the Murphy uni will open Monday morning, January 6th, instead of Wednesday, January l.-t. as was previously scheduled, H Bueck, superintendent, announccc Tuesday. 'pus change, he said i6 due t< the heavy snows that have grcatlj hampered travelling facilities all ov er the county. Cherokee Sees Heaviest Snowfall In 18 Years If the old saying holds true, there* 11 he good crops this year for Christ j mas found Cherokee county blanket 1 ed in .-ix inches of snow which kep piling and freezing on through Sun day. Old-timers say it is the worst snov in 18 years in this section. Great portions of the Carolina*! and Georgia reported record snow 1 falls duriner the holidav while onus ? * ually low temperatures were in evi dence. Traffic and mails were tied uj Saturday night and Sunday. In spitt [ of the slippery highways, however the total number of highway acci dents was greatly reduced. WPA workers have been working overtime clearing the streets of Mur phy. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Watts o! Spokane, Washington, are visiting I their son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs. R. V. Wells, Jr., here. Mr | Watts formerly lived in Murphy, hav ing owned two farms near Coalville | on Vallev River. I ' Mi^s Virginia and Mr. Willian Benton, of Cornelia, Ga., are spend ing the holidays with their grand - ?-'*n's. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Savag< ' Ronrai Hotel. rrp&ti Carolina* Covering a Large and Pott Murphy, N. C. Tues., D IIAWASSE Expect Official i Of TV A Plans |To Be Reveal* WORD RECEIVED ON "DIFFICULTY EN ACQUIRING L Actual construction wassee TV A Dam appear day when Carl A. Bock, nounced that a definite sit project. At the same time Bo< ment could be expected \ means the board should a the middle of this week. i Also included in the i was the statement that "< countered in acquiring the The site finallly chosi Bend site 1 5 miles below : man site on riwr woo 1 J ?? ? ? ? v,? ?? uo k ately below that point the doubles back a short mile Original plans, it is had the dam built on the ( . dug through the mountaii I situated on what is knowr. , nearby point on the far sid But engineers deterr J of survey that the Powell > officially known as the F more feasible. Regarding the other J by the news received her< i bearing on each other. Citizens of this secti the circumstances that fii {| cision to build a dam in th tj It has take active inti II in time ad money to bring ' | ?or at least that is the w M surrounding counties feel The idea of the TV [ ha? been festered with gn local citizens. For years this section has been cons power dam site. And wl Authority announced its - here, no wish for coopera 11 kee county has been ignoi i been given cheerfully. Discouraging, howe ' ago that a Senate sub-cim 5 local appropriation. But ; stances that called for the Zt _ . 1 - community, was resrorea. , Since then TVA activi itself into the secrecy tha since the work began her< "difficulty in acquirig the | ferent rumors have been f j have not been made publi Engineers in the divi ', hydrolog'cal and geologic I steadily about their work . j preliminary surveying is The road contracts i 'jdam site, though specific? ! ed to be let within the nej sources revealed this wee! t ntially Rich Territory in This State *ec. 31, 1935. 3 E DAM S \nnouncement In This Area id This Week| THURSDAY STATES COUNTERED IN .AND" HERE on the $14,000,000 Hiaed one step nearer Thurschief IVA engineer, ane had been chosen for the ck said official announcevithin 10 days which ct on it some time during story that reached here lifficulty had been enland". ?n is known as the Fowler here. At first the Colejeing considered, lmmediriver makes a turn and paralell to itself. understood, would have Coleman site and a tunnel n with the power house i as the Powelson site at a e of the river. . nined after many months, son site, or what is more owler Bend site, was the two facts brought to light e, they seem to have a on are familiar now with rally brought about a deis section. srest and work and outlay the project to this section 'ay the people in this and about it. A 1 ! T ' building in this section eatest pains on the part of the Hiawassee river in idered as a rich, potential ion the Tennessee \ alley plans of consideration tion on the part of Cheroed. E very assistance has ver, was word some time mittee had cut off the it, wrapped in circumefforts of everyone in the ity in this section absolved t has been prevalent eVer ; 21 months ago, and any land", though many difjrevalent concerning it, c. sions of topographical, :al surveys have gone until it is understood the practically complete, from Turtletown into the illy unknown, are expectit few davs, unofficial k. TODAY 51.50 YEAR?5c COPY ELECTED YEAR'S WISHES ARE EXTENDED IN THIS ISSUE Manv local Firms Pledge Cooperation For Coming Year This the first issue of th" S-:; for 1936, is designed t-nmarilly t<> he N'ew Year*.- greeting r.unn ' :. Through it the S'^ut and the any merchants in this section are seeking to give their best and wholehearted wishes for a New Year. Murphy has progressed rapidly during 1935, but from every indication the coming year has much mere ?n store for everyone. The idea of this, is-uc is not to merely send each othc; a me:*" informal greeting, but to assure mutual cooperation in the upbuilding and growth of Cher -:eo county during 1936. It is a pledge of as*urar.? Those joining in the pood v hes of the coming year are: Reece Motor Company. Hcnn Theater. \Y. M. Fain Grocery Company. The Mountain Valley Mutual Associated Cooperative. l^awrcnce Hall. C itizens Hank and Tnist Company. Regal Hotel. Candler's Department Store. Whitaker's Bargain Store. Walter Coleman. Marie's* Cafe. Mauney Drug Company. Carringer's Department Store. W. I). Townson. F.. C. Moore. Murphy Hardware Company. Murphy laundry. Southern States Powt i Co. Murphy Cafe. Murphy Serviee Station. W. B. Dickey and S? n--. Pinkerton's. Ardmour Beauty sh< ppe. Peyton G. hie. Davidson & Melver. Murphy Supply Company. Imperial Cleaners. Christmas Play Is Given At Folk Schoc] The annual Christmas Play *av given at- The John C. Cnmpht Fell School on Sunday. I1*1 emb? VV? saw again the st'Tj, the c< Mir ;of the < : Child - ? n.a. thr. and? o: ; a_ - S:ueert? t>w 1 School *>.?k the V; '.itj ca; able way. ar..i : ..tt? l.< . j of the a .' f v. ? --:i n ? t ; i": w C... r r !y ' ; ' t I i* 5-, j reliving v.r.e\er g:c\si old. Hie s n." -u- ol max v bea [ oh: .-a:, . .. . - -! ? j violin, ' ami hs y Iio the . 1 Ihi ..nt: .ty, .. t lhe community, v. rvar.y ? f | the grown-ups, enjoyed the otcss rehearsal of the play, which Y-?a*? really a finished performance. Afterwards Santa Clans appeared to distribute stockings of candy from the big Community Tree. These were, as usual, the gifts of the Woman's club of Brasstown, to the children ' and old folks of the settlement. The Club members had met at the Folk School on Friday to till the stockings, which they had previously made, and to trim the tree. They then enjoyed their annuai Christmas party. QUIET CHRISTMAS Murphy was practically "bono ?I y alcoholicallv speaking, during the Christa? holidays if the police and hospital reports prove anything. Very j lew arrests were made in the sheriff and town police departments, and the | Petrie hospital reported no ov.t-of, the.ordinary accidents. Mr. and Mrs. Jo-erh Alten have returned after a h.-Tiday visit with j their parents at WiAor. ar.,i *T. :u?* ville. . R. P. WY">'? n p' nt th: .'ays . at hi. home in Clemscn, S. C.
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