~ Acthr# | Ami jf jffl II Attractive || MURPHY ________ Tie Leading i Vol. ML.?No. 35. TVA Asl 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. o 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. o 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 Th- - U f 1 ' Iff, tf i 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. ' o " 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. e 0 : 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 (Continued on back page) 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 a 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. o Three Men Placed On County Elections Board ii i hi 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. o 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. o 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. lit PAGES TODAY le $1.50 YEAR?5c COPY 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