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Vol. IIIL.?No. 32.
GROUP PLANS
BETTER FARM
METHODS HERE
Detailed Report Filed After
General Discussion
At Meets
Cherokee county agricultural in.
terests will denmtety oe put on a
higher and more profitable basis
over a period of years if soil fertility
is maintained and erosion is checked
A. Q. Ketr.er, county agent, announced
this week following the comple.
tion of a report submitted to the
North Carolina extension division.
Following invalidation of the AAA
and steos to arrange for another
method of Federal form and crop
control, two meetings have been held |
in the cou.thouse in Murphy by a re- ,
preventative group of farmers from
all communities of the county to discuss
farm Drogram nlannine.
The report waa taken from a detailed
discussion of a!! farm products
and conditions in this county.
Due to insufficient records being .
maintained to date it is hard to tell I
what changes have been made in the
agricultural interests of Cherokee
county, Ketner said, but it is evident
from the figures that very little
improvement has been made since
there has been no noticeable change <
in farming methods and planning. ]
Because of unsystematic crop rotation,
erosion has been holding up
profitable farming here and much of
the soil is losing its fertility, and the
progress agriculture has made in this
county through educational methods
has been offset iby erosion and loss
of fertility, in Ketner's opinion.
Long Time Period Planning.
; The group discussed the possibilities
of farm crops over a long time
period if methods of soil fertility and
erosion were successfully met, weather
conditions were good, the correct
amount of the most appropriate crops
were planted, live stock was correctly
cared for, timberland was turned
back to timber instead of poor pasture
land, and all other farming problems
that Cherokee county agriculturists
meet.
The county program plnnning committee
is as follows: F. T. Hamp.
ton, D. T. McNabb, H. N. Wells, J.
(Continued on back page)
LOCAL FARMERS
WILL BE SHOWN
FREE PICTURES
Free motion pictures will be shown
in the court house in Murphy Wed
ncteday morning at 10:30 when R. F. '
Landees, of the agricultural division (
of the Tennessee Valley Authority, ,
and L. R. Farnham, dairy cattle specialist
with the extension department
of North Carolina, will hold a meeting
for all demonstration farmers and .
cattlemen, R. B. Wooten, assistant I
county agent, announced Tuesday.
Everyone is invited to attend this
meeting, Wooten said, and although
demonstration farmers and dairymen
are particularly urged to attend '
"there will be plenty of room for '
others".
The two authorities on cattle will 1
give lectures to illustrate the pictures
on better cattle raising and will '
spend some time with Cherokee coun- '
ty farmers.
Drilling On Dam Site '
Completed This Week
Drilling at the Murphy dam site t
has been completed and the machin. j
ery will be hauled away this week. It t
was learned Tuesday. 1
John Nelson, Hobart Kivott, H. L. t
St. Ledger and other workmen con- t
nected wth Mr. Price, who has been I
in charge of the work, will be trans- <
ferred from Murphy it was stated. I
Mr. Price will remain here. *
Drilling operations within the vicinity
of the dam have been going c
on for the past 18 months. '
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BURKE GRAY, JR., TO RETURN v
Mayor J. B. Gray left Wednesday
morning for Chapel Hill, where he
has gone to bring back his son, Burke, J
Jr., who has been seriously ill for I
sometime with pneumonia. J. N. 11
Hill, Jr., and James Mallonce will re- ' f
turn with him.
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Mur
Furniture Is Dumped
Into Hiawassec River
All the household possessions
of Marion Cole, including two
horses, three dogs and two hogs,
were dumped into the Hiawassee
river just outside of Murphy on
the Unaka road Sunday morning.
Mr. Cole was moving his home
furnishings ?m1 other possession*
hack from the Elf section of Clay
county to his original home six
miles beow Tellico Plains
6f the truck leaned over to shut
the right hand door of the car when
the moving horses threw at off
balance and tipped it over a steep
embankment into the rusty creek.
The furniture's still in the river,
but the animals were saved after
much chasing and hollering. The
truck was badly damaged.
SEEKS TO HAVE
MORE INTEREST
IN VEGETABLES
Letter and Instructions
Sent Out To Farmers
In County
With the sea?>n for preliminary
canning operations at hand, A. Q.
OkCiuci t WUIItjr a^cill, ttliu IKS dSMSL"
int, R. B. Wooten, this week sent the
following letter out to all farmers in
Cherokee county:
To the Farmer of Cherokee County:
We are anxiolis to see every Farmer
of Cherokee County develope a definite,
well rounded program of agriculture
for his particular farm
which will, through out a period of
years, provide him with an adequate,
satisfactory income from his investment
and labor. In this program
should be included a wide variety of
what we have termed "cash crops",
that is, crops which can usually be
counted on to bring in money which
:an be used to further farming operations
and to better living condi.
:ions.
We believe that on many farms
n this County the growing of vegc:ables
should have a definite and
prominent place in the program.
Many farmers arc again planning
the growing of cannery tomatoes as
\ cash crop. This crop gives promise
>f being a dependable source of in.
come provided yields can be brought
:o a satisfactory figure. Experience
>n farms of this county has proved I
that satisfactory yields .'an be pro-1
iuced with a correspondingly satis- I
factory money return. Test plots at I
;he Georgia Mountain Experiment |
Station on the Notla River near Blair- I
irille. Georfnn .-hmvod s?n pvpn.TA of !
(Continued on page five)
Reese To Represent
Credit Association
Mr. Dallas M. Reese has been re:ently
appointed as representative
jf the Asheville Production Credit
Association, according to W. H. Overill,
Secretary-Treasurer.
Any fanner wishing to file appli:ation
for a loan for production purjoses
is requested to get in touch with
dr. Reese at his office in the Grant
Building in Murphy. Mr. Reese will
ake applications for farmers in
Cherokee and Clay counties.
Mr. Overall urges that any farmers
vishing to secure a loan through the
Asheville Production Credit Associa;ion
for production purposes file
heir applications as early as possiile,
in order that the loan will he
:losed and the applicant have use of
lis money when he needs same. Mr.
Jverall explained that the borrower
lays 5% interest only for the numb:r
of days that he uses the money.
Mr. Overall was in Murphy Friday
:onferring with Mr. Reese and aranging
details in regard to the set
ip for rendering this financial scr ice
to the farmers of this section.
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MRS. SAVAGE OUT AGAIN
Mrs. W. A. Savage, of the Regal
lotel, was out again this week after
laving been confined to her room
or several months suffering from a
aoken ankle.
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Carolina, Covering a Large and Pi
phy, N. C. Thurs., March
[SAYS CANNERY
NEEDS SUPPORT
IN THIS SECTION
All Farmers Urged To
Attend Meeting In
Murphy on Monday
All farmers in this section and
those interested in a cannery
in this county aia.strongiy urg- i
cd to attend a meeting in the court
house in Murphy Monday morning at
10 o'clock at which tme represents,
tives of the Murphy cannery will be
present to explain its purpose of op. |
eration and growers' contracts, according
to an announcement by E. R. '
Thompson, cannery manager, Tuesday.
For the past two years the Murphy
cannery has been operating as a unit
of the Land Of The Sky Mutual association
and has been aided by TV AC
funds, Thompson said, but if more interest
is not shown in the cannery he
is afraid outside financial help will
be denied it.
"Tomatoes can be a substantial
crop in this section", he added. "That
has been proven by several of our local
farmers. Mr. R. R. Beall has
raised five tonb of tomatoes to the
acre, and the Georgia Mountain Experiment
Station has averaged 10
tona to the acre. Money is available, \
but help will be given only where
help is deserved."
Murphy Cannery Favored.
Thompson declared that last year
the cannery at Cranberry was discontinued
in favor of the Murphy cannery
because more interest was
shown here. If the farmers do not
take more interest in the local cannery,
he said, the financial help given
here, which has proved a boon to
many of the Cherokee county farmI
ers may be abandoned.
Concerning the meeting Monday
which will be attended by number of
officials and stock-holders, this state,
ment has been issued:
"In 1934 a small group of farmers,
realizing that additional sources
of in come were necessary in this
section, lent their efforts* to the organizing
of a cooperative cannery
and marketing organization. Through
the cooperation of the Tennessee
Valley Associated Cooperatives, they
were able to secure financial assis.
tance to operate in 1934 and to a
larger extent in 1935.
Difficulties Presented.
"During this time, many difficulties
were encountered and many discuraging
situations presented them- |
I scives. nowever, mucn progress was
[ made, and, in most instances, the
farmers who were able to produce
reasonably good yields are convinced
that the organization fills a definite
need.
"The groundwork has been laid;
the physical equipment is here; the
manufacturing and marketing facili|
tieia have been perfected to a large
extent; the goods are going well with
the trade and the organization is ade1
quately' financed, for this year at
least. The future of the organiza;
tion is now in the hands of the farm
(Continued on back page)
Tri-County Tournament
Scheduled This Week
A two-day tri.county basketball
tournament including boys and girls
high school teams from Murphy,
Andrews, Hayesville, Rohbinsville i
and Elf will he played in the Mur- I
phy gymnasium Friday and Satur- 1
day afternoons and nights, the
coaches of the teams announced
Tuesday night. 1
The schedule is as follows: Boys
Elf vs. Andrews Friday 4 p. m., 1
Rohbinsville vs. Hayesville Friday
7 p. m., Murphy which draws a by 1
in the first bracket will play the <
winner of this last contest Friday 1
night at 9 o'clock. The finals will
he played Saturday night at 8 p.m.
Girls?Andrews vs. Hayesville
Friday 3 p. m., Elf vs. Murphy
Friday night 8 p. m. The finals
will be played Saturday night at |,
7 p. m.
Officials for the hoys games !
will be Johnny Tatham, of And- '
rews, and for the girls, Ralph !
Smith, of Hayesville. i
ilentially Rich Tern lory in This Stau
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County Road Damage /
Estimated At $32,000
Cherokee roads maintained by
county funds have been damaged
to an extent of $32,000 it has been
estimated by J. C. Walker, of the
Highway division of North Carolina f
at Asheville.
This information was learned in
a letter to 1. B. Hudson, superintendent
of the Andrews unit
schools, who had petitioned for p
better roads over wLi?? U urry b
students from and to the Andrews c
school. j
The damage to the county roads g
was caused by an excessive winter J
with much freexing, snow and <
heavy rains.
115 PERSONS ARE I
IN ATTENDANCE I
AT LIONS FEAST;
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I A . 1 ^ *
/\thens, Cja., Citizen
Speaker At Cherokee \
County Dinner
One hundred and fifteen persons, '
including members of the Murphy ^
Lions club and their guests, assembled
at the Regal hotel here Friday ^
night to partake of the Annual
Cherokee county dinner sponsored by 1
the local Lions club.
Topping a program replete with
music and recitation, William T. Ray,
chairman of the board of directors
of Lions International addressed the
gathering. He confined his speech
to the progress Lionism was making ^
in the Carolina and complimented P
the local club on their undertaking
naming it as outstanding among the
affairs sponsored by the many Lion* w
clubs over the nation.
He congratulated Murphy and
Cherokee county on their excellent J
scenery and hospitality.
The banquet, which brought near- rp
ly 100 guests to the tables on which a]
were displayed 120 products raised ni
and grown in Cherokee county, was gj
presided over by H. Bueck, president ni
of the club. a
The guests were welcomed by the
Rev. W. Arthur Barber, local Me- *
thouict minister. Walt Wiggins, Gra. *
ham county agent, gave a short talk. (
Several musical numbers were ren- /
dered 'by Mrs. O. E. Madden and
Mrs. Torn Mannpv with Mrs. Tpitv I
David-on as the accompanist. The
Murphy high school orchestra fur- ^
nished music during the banquet. c
W. M. Fain, past president of the ^
club, gave a short talk, and Frank j(
Smith, a member of the John C. ^
Campbell Folk school faculty, made
several remarks.
The occasion marked the fourth ^
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Carringer Begins ?
Big Removal Sale '
p
Carringer's Department store in G
Murphy will begin a removal sale here t-i
Thursday morning which will last un. c
til all his merchandise is gone prior tl
to moving into a new location with a c
frelsh spring stock, it was announced
this week. ai
Mr. Dave derringer, popular owner B
of the store, says he is selling his B
goods at a sacrifice rather than go ni
to the trouble of moving them into w
his new quarters and urge all his
friends to come to hi3 store in the It
Regal hotel Ibuilding and take advantage
of his many bargain!?, a few of
which are listed on page three of
this issue of the Scout. w
At the conclusion of the sale, Mr.
Carringer announces that $25 worth tc
jf merchandise will be given away se
free.
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TV A EXAM SCHEDULED a)
pi
Another se: of TVA workers exam- w
inations for labor on three dams in.
eluding tile Hiawassee project will be
held in the school house here Saturday
mornng at 10 o'clock and Satur- fi
day afternoon at 1 o'clock, F. O. fi
Christopher, who is in charge of lo- ii
cal TVA tests, announced this week, fi
B .1, JmJt.
pa'ges
today
1.50 year?sc copy
\SK FOR FUNDS
TO START WORK
ON ROAD TO DAM
Memmons Says Board In
Favor Of Project;
May Start Soon
Seeking an appropriation to begin
aving and repairing ten miles of
irrW-ay Murohv into the Suit
ommunity as a lake contour route
o the proposed Fowlers Bend dam,
toy Plemmons and J. C. Wabter,
tate highway department employees
n this section, applied for funds Ti'eslay
to begin early construction.
Mr. Plemmonb estimated that the
ob would require about $2500 ex>enditure.
He said that there was no
loubt hut that the highway group was
n favor of the project despite the
act that the board's maintenance
>udget was hit harder this year than
iny other five-year period due to
;ever winter freezes which tore up
nany mie^ of main highway road,
icds.
The new paving job at Suit woold
oin a highway which the TV A vdll
:onstruct from Turtletown, Tenn., in
o the dam site and would give a com)lete
paved and scenic route from
ifurphy into the location of the proect.
This road., it was pointed out by a
roup of local citizens who were in
talcigh recently in interest of the
oad, would keep much of the busiess
of the dam workers in this couny
and make Murphy accessible as
heir trading center.
The highway building project will
e principally a machinery job, .'dr.
'lemmons said, although it would reuire
a dozen or so laborers. He exects
to use convict help on the proect
if possible.
Although he was unable to state
hen the work would begin, Mr. PJeimons
believes it will start in the
ear future and that machinery W)1I
e transferred here to do the work
t once.
If this road is completed and the
'VA ^builds a road across the dam
tiother road is constructed down the
orthern side of the river to the dam
te, a road rich in scenic beauty will
take a complete loop over the dam
nd up each side of the river.
5la1rsville lions
:lub reorganized
)n tuesday night
Through the efforts of the Murphy
doas club, the Blairsville, Ga., Lions
lub waj reorganized Tuesday night.
In lieu of a regular meeting at
lurphy, five representatives of tbe
>cal organization?G. \V. Ellis, W.
I. Fain, W. A. Barber, T. A. Case,
nd E. E. Adams?called a meeting
f the Blairsville club and at a diner
at the Blairsville hotel, officers
rere elected.
Those named to office were: ores
lent, J. Pierce Buskin; first viceresident,
Pat Akin; second vice-preslent,
R. C. Christopher; third viceresident,
J. E. Bailey; secretary, Sid
r. Chandler; treasurer, J. M. Akin;
til twister, Bud Gentry; Lion taiver,
laud Hughes. Directors included all
le officers and Dr. W. T. Weeks,
'laude Butt and J. M. Nicholson.
Other memlbers of the new club
*e: Ernest McCravey, Garnett
utt, Randall Rogers, J. C. Collier,
. O. Wilson, Randolph Nalley, Bonell
Akin, Hcdden Miller, Will Colell
and Brian Jarrett.
dason Ships Several
Car Loads Of Cattle
Mr. L. L| Mason announced this
eek that he shipped four car loads
" Cherokee county cattle to Lexinp>n,
Ky., Tuesday and that he had
nt 123 head there last week.
Mr. Mason had just returned from
pxinpton Tuesday when he made the
inouncement and said he was prcirinp
to have another sale within a
eek or so.
SUFFERS FROM FALL
Mrs. Nettie Dickey .suffered pa:oil
injuries Friday nipht when she
ell down at her popular hotel injnrone
of her leys and b;u k her maoy
'iends will be sorry to learn.