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Vol. ML.?No. 35.
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DEMOCRATS TO
HOLD SERIES OF
COUNTY MEETS
Will Select Representa
tives, Officers Of Organization
A number of Democrats meeting;
in Cherokee county have been ar
ranged and announced by Dr. J. N
Hill, chairman of the Cherokei
County Democratic executive com
mittee.
Precinct meetings will be held a
the precinct polling places through
out the county on Saturday, May 9
at 2 p. m., or at a place to be de
signated later.
The general county conventioi
will be held at the court house ii
Murphy, at 11 o'clock in the morn
ing on Saturday, May 16.
The state convention has boei
scheduled for Raleigh at noon oi
Fridav. June 12.
In lieu of a county primary thi
year Dr. Hill has announced that <
"get together" Democratic rally wil
be held at the court house in Mur
phy at 2 p. m. Saturday April 18
At this meeting selections will bi
made for the different county offi
ces, Dr. Hill stated.
At the precinct meetings a com
mittee of five Democrats, of whon
one must be a woman, shall be sel
ected and they will then elect a pre
cinct chairman and vice-chairman
one of whom must be a woman
These provisions were made accord
ing to a recent amendment.
The chairman of these variou
committees will then meet at thi
court house in Murphy Saturda;
morning, May 16, at 11 o'clock am
elect a chairman and a vice-chair
man of the county executive com
mittee. The vice chairman must b<
a woman, the rules stipulate.
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Junior-Senior Banquet
Is Scheduled Tonighl
The Junior-Senior benquet, one o
the biggest affairs of the year in th<
Murphy high school, will be observer
Thursday night at To'clock in thi
Woman's club room.
A buffet supper is being prepare*
by the Juniors in honor of their se
nior classmen and a theater part;
will follow as the group will atten<
the picture, "Collegiate", showinj
at the Henn theater that night.
The high school orchestra wil
furnish music during the dinner.
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NYA DIRECTOR NAMED
Announcement was made Monda;
from Works Progress administratioi
headquarters at Asheville, of the ap
pointment of Mrs. Harry P. Coopei
of Murphy, as director of the Na
tional Youth administration fo
Cherokee county. Mrs. Cooper ha
assumed the duties of her office an*
will make her headquarters in th
courthouse in Murphy.
NEW FARM PROGRA
^ COUNTY IS EXPLA
Smaller benefits to more farmer
will result from the new federal soi
conservation farm bounty plan ii
Cherokee county. Farm Agent A. Q
Ketner said yesterday upon his re
turn from a conference of all count;
agents in the state at Raleigh.
Floyd In Charge
E. Y. Floyd. AAA tobacco specialis
will have charge of organization fo
the soil fcoitaervation pimgram ii
Cherokee and other western coun
ties.
No contrcats between f?mens ant
the government are involved in th
neiy plan, but it will affect most o
the farmers in Cherokee county in
stead of only about 10 as was the cas
with the AAA contract program.
The amount of benefits to be re
ceived will be only about half a
much per farmer as was received b
the 10 under A-AA c# '--oc rhonnh
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Weekly Nactpmper ui Water* North
Mur
ts For Apj
Change Made In
Fishing Laws Here
Mr. Debereaux Birchfield, local
1 game warden was given notice this
) week of important changes in the
local fishing laws.
The season on bream and al
other coarse fish will he extended
to April and will end on that day.
The season on trout will open on
April 16.
5 FLAYS BAILEY'S
: POLICIES, SEEKS
; SENATORIAL SEAT
l Scoring Senator Josiah W. Bailey
for not adhering closely to much of
the New Deal legislation, former
Lieutenant Governor R. T. Fountain,
talked before the court crowd here
i Monday morning in the interest of
j his own candidacy to succeed Bailey
_ in the June Democratic primary.
After paying a tribute to President
n Roosevelt and Congress in passing
ij laws to rehabilitate the country.
Fountain said that Senator Bailey
s had opposed the entire recovery proa
gram by representing the big inter1
ests and voting against all farm pro.
- grams, the soldiers bonus, common
labor and the anti-holding companies.
- Mr. Fountain, who hails from
- Rocky Mount, is touring the state
apeuitinK m Kamenngs at tne various
- court houses.
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" Cannery Acreage Here
Is Nearing Its Quota
1.
Cannery officials said this week
g they were well satisfied with the
p acreage they were getting to assure
operations of the Murphy cannery
j again this year.
Although the quota of tomato and
_ bean acreage has not yet been con.
e tracted, the crops of workers said
they would probably be able to obtain
it within the next week and that
they would have definite word as to
whether the cannery would be giver,
t the benefit of TVAC funds within
several weeks after the report is
f filed.
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i Baptist Convention
Plans Being Made
i
Plans for the annual Western
Y regional convention of the North
1 Carolina Baptist Training Union,
v | which will meet in Sylva April 10 and
11, are now being made.
1 This region embraces 17 Baptists
associations in the 19 Western counties.
The Tuckaseigee association,
with which the convention will meet,
y he hopes that each association in the
[>. region will be well represented. A
- well-planned program will be pre ,
sented by workers of the State department
and there will be several
r prominent ministers and others on
s the list of speakers. These speakers
d will discuss subjects which are of
e much interest and vital importance to
young people.
M FOR CHEROKEE
JNED BY A. Q. KETNER
s plied with the regulations. A set-up
il of state, county and community com.
n mittees will be formed to administer
the plan,
i? Typical Farm To Get $4 to $10
y Under the plan, the farmers receive
cash benefits for reducing their
acreage in soil-depleting corps and
t turning the same areas into soilr
building corps. The benefit payment
i on a typical 63-acre farm in the wes
tern part of North Carolina would be
four to ten dollars, Mr. Ketner said.
i Tobacco growers can obtain from
0 the government under the plan five
f cents per pound for the normal yield
- of hurley on land converted into soil
e improvements crops. The benefit payment
cannot be made on an exccs..
of 30 per cent of the base acreage
s for the particular farm The base
y acreage for depleting crops shall be
1 the acreage of such crops harvested
in 1935, subject to certain provisions
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i Carolina, Cove, uig a Large and Pole
phy, N. C. Thursday, April
E>ropriation
PRESENT BOARD I
ANNOUNCED AS
ELECTION NEARS
Election Will Be Held 5
Tuesday, May 5; Only 1
One Group Up
With city elections only a little
more than one month off, the incum- c
bent mayor and present board of a
aldermen announced their candidacy c
for office this week. t
Tuesday, May 5, is the day set for p
elections and the registration books s>
will be opened for four successive t
Saturdays beginning April 4, thcboard
decided at a special meeting a
Monday night. c
The group decided to put Henry t;
Hyatt in charge of the registration
uv/urvo auu ItC Will UC Mb lilt: tUUI L C
house at the register of deed office I
on Saturdays, April 4, 11, 18, and 25, v
and at the other times the registra- p
tion will have to be made at his
house. c
W. 0. Adams and Dale Lee have e
been appointed the judges for the /
election. v
The announcement of the present
board to succeed themselves for an- C
other year was filed with E. 0. e
Christopher at the town office Tues- 1<
day. J
Those on the board now are: May- 8
or J. B. Gray, G. W. Ellis, C. D. 0
! Mayfield, W. M. Fain, Porter Axley, p
Noah Lovingood and W. G. Owenby.
As customary, this is not a politi. 4
cal board but is run on an independent
citizens ticket. Some of the
members are Democrats and some
Republican.
The present board has made an '
outstanding record during the past
two years that it has been in office, .
having greatly reduced the town's 11
outstanding debts
Saturday, May 2, was named as
challenge day. *
JUIX^AJLLEYWILL t
SPEAK AT CHURCH 1
ON SUNDAY NIGHT
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By Rev. W. A. Barber. 'i
On next Sunday evening the Hon- *
orable Felix E. Alley, Superior Court
Judge, will speak at the .Methodist a
Church on the subject 4'Jesus of t
Nazareth, the Son of Man ami the t
Son of God." The service i.-* for the i'
people of all churches of Murphy, tl
and the public generally of this sec h
tion of the country. f
Judge- Alley is noted for his ability
as a speaker on Bible themes, and ]
has delivered similar addresses to the
one announced here throughout
North Carolina. He is much in demand,
and the people of Murphy and
vicinity are fortunate in securing C
him for this address. w
The pastors of Murphy call upon tl
their people to avail themselves of w
the opportunity to hear Judge Alley Ji
Sunday Evening at 7:00. oj
The choirs of the churches are invited
to unite in furnishing the music w
for the service. is
The theme of the sermon will be
built around the following points: 1. ^
Consulting 100 volumes for five
years. 2. Use 23 witnesses, Christians
Jews and Pagans, as to the fact and
the Divinity of Christ. 3. Make aud- p<
ience the jury and use above evidence ! n<
as substantiative, supporting and I st
corroborative, as used in courts, and tl
cite leading North Carolina decisions al
os to the weight that should be given o]
to each class of evidence. 4. Finally ai
use the testimony of Christ Himself
as corroborated by secular witness as [ f
to -His life, work.-* and Divinity.
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Three Men Placed On
County Elections Board ii
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Tosh Johnson, of Murphy, William ' pi
R. Dockery, of Marble, and Clyde H. st
Jarrett, of Andrews, were named on !
the Cherokee County Board of Elec- j ?t
tions this week by the state board. ir
Johnson and Dockery are Demo.' n
erats while Jarrett is a Republican. ! ni
Hr?
ntially Rich Termor-? in This Sta
2,1936.
For Foni
kittle Tenness<
May Be Const
Dam At Fo^
SCHOOLS HERE GET
-IVE TIMES SALES
TAX COLLECTIONS
The total expenditure on Cherokee
ounty's eight months school term
mounts to approximately four and
ne half times the sales tax collec
ions made in this county, a state re>ort
received by H. Bueck, local
chool superintendent here, revealed
his week.
The expenditure was $80,134,411
nd the collections for Cherokee
ounty county totaled $18,134.35, the
able showed
Expenditures and collections in all
mintioc in Vi o ofot- u
111 vuv nciv mauc JIUOic,
and the average for the state
ras two and one half times the ex enditure
over thd collection
The total for the state in sales tax
ollectioa? was $6,500,381.47 and the
xpenditures were $16,816,355.76.
i foreign collection of $1,157,116.69
iras noted.
Surrounding county figures were:
'lay, $2,000.68 collections, 26,391.2:1
xpenditure; Graham, $3,572.86 col;ctions,
33,042.80 expenditures;
ackson, $15,566.77 collections, $88,06.07
expenditures; Macon $15,>75.52
collections, $72,062.49 exlenditures.
PLENTY OF GOLD
AND SILVER" IS
FOUND IN TUNNEL
By Alden Cook
There is "plenty of gold and silver"
ii the old tunnel near Macedonia,
ohn Ingram, of Atlanta, a prospec3r,
who has a lease on the propery
and is working the tunnel, said
Ionday.
Mr. Ingram, who has leased the
unnel from W. L. Webster, of Culerson,
said he would "not take $30,.
00 for it".
He reports that he recently found
, new shaft and that the ore has
een tested and proven pentiful with
ilver and gold.
Also there was recently found
ml English pick and shovel such as
hose that were used in the 15th cenury
and Mr. Ingram is of the opin.
:>n that they were brought over by
he colonists and used by the Indians
i that day, as the Indians were very
amiliar with mining at that time.
-arge Crowd Attending
Cherokee Court Here
A large crowd from all sections of
herokee and surrounding counties
as in Murphy this week attending
te April term of Superior court
hich convened here Monday with
jdge Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville,
1 the bench.
Most of the cases are concerned
ith minor offenses and the docket
being cleared rapidly.
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ieventh Grade Pupils
To Take Examinations
All seventh grade pupils who exBct
to come to Murphy High school
?xt year will he required to take the
andard tests which will be given in
le high school building on April 9,
t 9 A. M., H. Bueck, Superintendent
f the schools of the Murphy Unit,
nnounccd Monday.
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Carringer Remodeling
Griffith Building Here
Mr. Dave Carringer, owner of Car.
nger's Department store, is having
le front and interior of the Griffith
uilding near the Dickey hotel cometely
renovated prior to moving his
ore there in the near future.
Mr. Carringer is clearing out his
ocH of goods at his present location
i the Regal hotel building before
loving to his new stand within the
cxt week or so.
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tana Dam
se Project
tructed Before
vler's Bend Site
?
Surprise Recommendation
Made Before Congress
On Monday
In a surprise move Monday, the
Tennessee Valley Authority was understood
to have recommended the
ibuilding a $29,000,000 dam at Pontana
in Swain county on the Little
I Tennessee river before construct 'cm
.of the Fowler's Bend dam.
I Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, chairman
1 of the TV A board of directors, was
[said to have been holding secret
hearings with the house aprroprration
committee last week and fchat
negotiations had been started for acquisition
of the property at the Fontana
site which is owned by the
. .-Aluminum \_umpany 01 America, a
'Mellon interest.
Although the content of Dr. Morgan's
hearings has not been divulge*!
it is apparent that the TV A is now
| working in favor of the Fontana piojject
and if the land could he secured
; the Fontana project would begin first.
| Although $1,000,000 has all cady
been appropriated for the Fowler's
(Bend dam it is understood that the
iTVA is having trouble in acquiring
the land.
| Both dams are expected to be built
'.eventually, but the recommendation
.of the TVA, if carried out, would
, moan construction of the Montana
:dam ahead of the Fowler Bend project.
The Fontana site is 35 miles down
the liver from Bry>on City near thr
North Carolina-Tennessee line,
j Local citizens this week looked on
the situation as a strategic move on
the part of the TVA to go ahead
(with their flood control and power
development program from the most
economical and feasible angle.
Whether or not the Aluminum company
will be any more willing to aril
and allow Federal development within
their right aways than are the
controlling landowners in the iliw
assoe basin is purely a mattei of
speculation.
i. ic T\." \
tempting: to curb floods into the
Tennessee watershed from the most
advantageous point and at the same
time follow the line of the least resistance.
Long before Fowlers Bend was
designated as a definite site the TV A
announced its plans to build a series
of dams on the Little Tennessee an 1
Hiawassee riven-*. Thqfy gave no
promise as to which would be built
first only saying that they wo<dd
build those which "were economically
justified."
There is a move on foot in Congress
now to have the remainder c?
the Hiavvassee dam appropriation
made during this session to insure
completion of the project.
The Hiwassee dam become law Jasl
fall when President Roosevelt officially
affixed his signature to a deficiency
bill appropriating the first
one of $12,000,000 for local construction.
If the remaining $11,000,000 or so
is not made during this session of
congress and the bill asking for $29,000,0000
to construct the Fontana
dam is passed, it is believed that.
Murphy will be definitely out of the
picture until congress convenes again.
Monday's action, however, ip
no wise a definite move. The statements
were made purely on a basin
of recommendation. Forthcoming
Congressional action will determine
?the moves.
While many here look upon the
)situation as alarming in view of the
advantages the Hiawassee dam hnM
[presented to Cherokee county, there
is nothing in the recommendations
that would "kill" the' Hiawassee project,
but merely prolong construction
provided the rest of the appropriation
is made and the Fontana project
|goes through.
| The Fontana appropriation was
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