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Vol. IIIL.?No. 48.
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Construction C
Tennessee Lint
To Be First T\
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Building of Camps To Be
Next Step On Hiawassee
Project
By Sa m Carr
Possibly the first move toward actual
construction on the Fowler's
Bend dam will begin next month with
the building of a road from Turtletown,
Tenn., into the dam site.
A letter from the law firm of Witt
and Witt at Benton, Tenn.. to Fred
Bates ,of Murphy, advises that a
100-foot-right-of-way has been oftained
along this route.
Bids for contracts on the job will
be opened at Knoxville July 10.
Although camps and barracks will
he built in and around the dam site,
if iu Koliovod Mint ) li <> i-nn d will ??.-?
practically finished first in order to
facilitate the moving of materials for
building the temporary buildings into
the site.
It is estimated that the building
can be done at nine-tenths the cost
if the construction on the road is
finished first.
With another three or four million
on hand, the TVA has not yet made
definite plans regarding the preliminary
work on the Hiawassee dam.
About 150 or 200 men will be used
to start this project and the number
will gradually increase in momentum
until about 1200 will be useit when it
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SYLVA GADDIS,
OF DUCKTOWN,
IS IN JAIL HERE
Brother Of Polk County
Deputy Held For
Bond of $ 1 000
Sylva Gaddis, of Ducktown, was
still being held in the Murphy jail
this week in the absence of a $1000
bond on a charge of "disturbing"
North Carolina highway workers near
the state line at Isabella.
The 35-year-old brother of Emmett
Gaddis, former Polk county deputy
sheriff who was indictel Monday along
with two others on a charge of
murder in the slaying of D. W. McFadden,
road contractor, five weeks
ago, was arrested by Patrolman E.
B. Quinn, Jr., last Thursday morning
for allegedly threatening members
of a highway paving crew at the
state line with bodily harm if they
did not give him a job.
Grover Ramsey, superintendent of
the road nroieet. had Fred Bates.
local magistrate, issue a peace warrant
for the arrest of Gaddis.
According to officers Gaddis and
another man approached Ramsey last
Wcdneesday and demanded a job
saying: "I am a Gaddis, and if you
do not give me work you had better
not come back here".
Ramsey told him to appear for
work Thursday morning. He then
went to another highway official at
Andrews who had Quinn arrest Gaddis
when he showed up for work.
If bail is not made for Gaddis he
will remain in the local jail until a
term of Cherokee Superior court
meets for a criminal session here in
August.
At the time of Gadds' arrest members
of the sheriff's office were hold'ng
a warrant against him for simple
assault on a female in the lower end
?f the county. Poley Bell, deputy.
?aid the warrant was taken out about
2, weeks ago and that it was compromised
and lifted at the time of Gaddis'
arrest.
The other man that was with Gaddis
when he demanded work left
when he saw officers at the scene of
e job last Thursday.
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elebration
)f Road From
2 To Dam Site
/A Move Here I
Second Primary Will
BE Held On Saturday
Cherokee county citizens will
again go to the polls Saturday to
vote in the second primary.
Of prime interest to the voting
element is the race for governor
between Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby
and Dr. Ralph McDonald of Winston-Salem.
In the first primary held June
6 Hoey led the voting by about
4000 majority. Two other candidates
for governo^, Sandy GraI
ham and John A. McRae, were eliminated
in the first ballot.
Celebration
P 1 a n n p d Rv
JL 1 U II II V II JLT J
Unaka Folk
All the fun-raising in Cherokee
county Saturday isn't going to he
done ir Murphy?for Unaka is going
to have a great big Fourth of July
I celebration all of its own.
Henry Rose was in town Saturday
I preparing for the great spectacle to
take place in the lower end of the
county.
He said the Unaka show will he
made up of several fine speeches,
| some boxing matches, and a lot of
| other entertainment.
He says it is beings sponsored for
! the benefit of the church and no admission
will be charge. Drinks and
dinners will be sold on the grounds
"We are going to give away a
number of prizes down there", he
said, "and we sure want a lot of folks
| to come out and help us celebrate".
REVIVAL DRAWS
LARGE CROWDS
EACH EVENING
Large crowds have been attending
nightly sessions of a revival meeting
which is being held in the Fair exhibit
hall in Murphy and in which all
the church of Murphy are participating.
It began Sunday night with a special
program which paid homage to the
different institutions in the county.
It. is being led by the Rev. W. R.
England with; the pastors of all the
Murphy churches taking turn handling
the program on different nights.
One feature of the revival is the
special singing which is led by a male
quartette consisting of C. I. Calhoun,
Ernest Hawkins, Homer Ricks and
John Donley.
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BERRIES NOT RIPE,
MURPHY CANNERY
GETS SLOW START
Because berries have not yet fully
ripened generally, very little productive
work was done this week at
the Murphy cannery which opened
up Monday.
E. R. Thompson, cannery manager,
said that the people were having difficulty
in finding good berries and
that operations would pick up as they
ripened.
Meanwhile many improvements and
preparatory steps were made for
full-capacity running when berries
and vegetables become ready for can;
ning.
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Joins U. S. Navy
Mr. Richard Luther Queen, of
Murphy, was among 60 apprentice
seamen enlisted in the United States
navy this month, it was announced
at headquarters this week.
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Carolina. Covering a Largr and P
urphy, N. C. Thursday, .
Arrangec
BURT ARRANT. 35
KILLED BY HIGH
TENSION WIRES
Power Co. Employee
Electrocuted Here On
Wednesday Afternoon
Burt Arrant, about 35, an employee
of the Southern States I'owei
company for the past 10 years, wa>
electrocuted here about 4. o'cloc!
Wednesday afternoon when he wa:
working on a transformer near thi
L and N depot.
Arrant, witnesses say. had scaled
the pole and had started to put tw<
wires together when the high-tension
line, passing out about (5G0C
volts, ran through his body.
He hung prostrate across the wire?
I aknnt 90 Ut. 11.
could be removed.
It was said that Arrant was undet
the impression the mr.eiit had been
cut off, as is the practice, at 4
Vclock when ho climbed the pole.
Evidently he began working or:
the wires too soon.
When removed from the 25-foot
pole his body was badly burnt and
he was conveyed to the Peyton (I,
Ivie funeral home.
Funeral arrangements had not
been announced Wednesday evening,
Surviving are his wife; four sons
two daughters; his father, Jim Arrant,
of Bellview; u brother, Ed, ol
Brasstown; two half-brothers, Bass
and Walter, and several half-sisters.
REVISES SCHOOL
BUS ROUTES FOR
COMING SEASON
A. L. Martin Says Coun
ty Should Own Its
Own School Busses
In revising school bus routes fo
the coming fall term of the publi<
schools in Cherokee county, Mr. A. L
Martin .superintendent of public n
struction in Cherokee county, s.ii
Monday he hoped that a county-own
ed system of busses could be arranjj
ed so that the county could be sa- c
about $5000 expenditures along thi
line annually.
According to Mr. Martin the coun
ty, through its bus iine contra :ts
must supplement the state approp ia
tion by about $5000 per year. Th?
State gives 04 per cent of the actua
cost of maintaining busses for publi<
instruction.
If Cherokee county were to buj
its own busses, he says, the state appropriation
would take care of prac
tically all the expense as they woulc
furnish all the fuel, all the repair*
ana a large part of the driver s salaries.
He added that recently tre county
I commissioners have taken up the problem
and that they are in a:cord with
his views. In Mr. Martin's opinion
the county will soon operate its own
busses.
At one time, Mr. Martin declared,
the state paid 80 per cent of the
costs of school transportation in this
county. Later they cut the figure
down to a state sandard in this county.
L. C. Thorton, of Raleigh a member
of the transportation division of
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Urges Citizens To PayTaxes
Before August 1
Z. C. Ramsey, Tax Collector of
Cherokee County is urginp all taxpayers
to pay their 1935 taxes 'jrinpr
the month of July in order to- ve
the extra cost of advertisements
The law forces Mr. Ramsey to t,
these steps as he states in his .lk<
vertisement elesewhere in the paper.
otfntinily fiich Tcrr- ? m This Stoti
July 2, 1936 $
I Hcte For
Ail-Star Bail G;
Pctrade Are F<
Program On
L. L. MORGAN
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Sunday School
Worker Is Here
For Convention
i
L. I.. Morgan, secretary of Baptist
Sunday School Work of the State
Convention, of Raleigh, was in Mur1
phy Tuesday making final preparas
tions for the Sunday school revival in
Western North Carolina and West
Liberty association.
Mr. Morgan came here from
Franklin where he has 28 extra Sunday
school workers conducting a Sunday
school revival in Macon county.
I The revival to be held here is the
fourth of a series of eight to be conducted
between June 13 and August
lb.
A final check on the churches of
Cherokee and Clay counties reveals
that itbout 30 churches will partici
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r ABOUT HALF OF
r! MURPHY VOTERS
ARE REGISTERED
el
i- With only four more days left for
registering in Murphy's special pool
d room election, it was announced
s Tuesday that a few more than half
of the town's qualified voters had
- registered.
Up to Tuesday noon 263 had registered
with Dale Lee who has charge j
of the books in Candler's Depart- |
ment store. It is estimated that
about 500 persons in Murphy are
qualified to vote on the question of
American Legion supervision of pool
rooms in Murphy.
Saturday sundown is the last time
a name can be placed on the books.
; The election will be held Tuesday,
July 14.
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ALL 4 - H CLUBS IN
COUNTY WILL MEET
DURING NEXT WEEK
A county-wide series of 4-H club
meeings has been announced as follows
by A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee county
agent:
Peachtree, Monday night; Suit,
Wednesday night; Martin's Creek,
Thursday night.
Ketner said he was anxious for a
full attendance at all meetings as the
subject under discussion would be on
fair exhibits.
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Hampton Infant Dies
Funeral services for Richard Bryan
Hampton, four months old, were held
at the Hickory Stand jMethodist
church Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Steadman
officiating. W. D. Townson was in
i charge of funeral arrangements. He
; lied Monday night at 5 o'clock after
1 three weeks illness.
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TODAV
1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
Saturday
ame, Float
matures of Big
Fourth of JuJy
Several Thousand Citizens
Expected Tc>
Attend Events
Murphy expects to play th? congenial
host to several tin pl^asuro-bont
thrill-seek* : - herB^atut day
hy jrovidinjr on*- of the n < >? * xtravapant
all-day j>n?cr:an> * ?-v? r
had the fionor of offer!.:; F'< ?th el'
July c e I e bra t i o n i ?t: s.
Last year the town \ ?
of some 12500 happy-jro-luekv
out for a "whole days Th?
year the sponsors ? : tie 1 . ih of
July program have taken * -? L-i- ater
pains to provide a eiot ir ?4 that is
"I-ttrjrer and better ir; tvuy '-ay'.
The rlnv'c fVints e<!mle i i vt I lie
from the gigantic float parad*- and
all-star bast-hall game dr wn to th?
hiwly ait of "clinifcin' th< g?easy
pole" with a dollar bill pnd'itabfy, if
not gracefully. Qailcd to the < : ot ?t.
The main event conns in the alU?noon
when the Murphy baseball team
meets the Chattanooga A! -M;u* at
thi* Fair grounds.
Things will start hummii g a?.d
popping about 10:110 < 'clock when >
the big parade of fl< ats begin- and '
circles the town. A large list of
sponsors form Murphy and Andaews
have entered attractive float and
the first prize will he worth to
somebody.
Then conies the baby | a ;.?le th?
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bondTet for
3 INDICTED in
McFADDEN CASE
/N 1 ! ? r?* .1 r-kl -I A
Ljaddis tSail Klacc'cl At
$1 5,000; Others At
$5,000 Each
After a brief n-usulta: sor. with defense
counsel at Ducktown, Tenn..
Tuesday. Judge J??hn .1. Bla.i
bond for Emmett Gadbi.- at $ lb,000
and for Clarence Brooks and lb yd
Parton at 85,000 each.
The three were indkted by ; fecial
grand jury Monday on first <le
groe murder charges growing out of
the roadside slaying- May 17. of
David W. McFadden, 4 8-year-old
I Asheville contractor.
Attorney General R. Beet her Witt
explained that he did not oppose the
move to allow the men bail as he previously
had intimated, because such
action would have meant introduction
of evidence, and **he did not wish
to show his hand at this time.
After the indictments all three of
the accused were ordered held witbI
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uui uumi until ine Hearing DCJore
Judge Blair Tuesday morning at.
o'clock.
Under Guard at Home
None of the three men had made
bond Wednesday morning. Gaddis, at.
the request of his former chief.
Sheriff Birch Biggs, was permitted
to remain at his home at Isabella under
guard, and Barton and BrooI<s
were in the Ducktcwn branch of the
county jail. It was understood that,
friends and attorneys of the accused
men would post the bond money within
a few days.
Gaddis, a former deputy sheriff,
was wounded in the foot and thigh
on the same day Mo Fad den was killed
and was bound to the grand jury
at a preliminary hearing May 30 before
Justice of Peace Robert L. Frye,
of Copperhill. After his arrest, ?evcral
days before the hearing, he remained
at his home under guard Justice
Frye placed him under a $10,000
bond then.
Brooks is a resident of Isabella.
Parton, whose home is between Isa(Continued
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