Thursday, July 2, 19 NEWS PICK-UPS About four years ago while work- j ing 1 ti a newspaper office some wo-! man called up ami wanted to know if the plural of "bus** was spelled with | two "esses**. I Every body in the office had a pood laugh. Today we came across the same vv? id. am: figured maybe she wasn't sv? dumb after all. And just for moanr.ess we won't tell you which is correct. You'll | have to look it up \*. last we felt at Home in Murphy. Like every other good citizen a pet i ornet has taken lip with lis. Every time we start to walk out or; the .-'reel he zooms and zips at viand we know we're stung. But he just buzzes off and laughs at us as we go through Vhat business of contortions synonomous with thinking your going to be stung by one of the pesky things. Lawyer Jim Mallonee has one outside his office, and Fred Bates has or?e outside of his office. What s/amps us now is a name for the blasted thing. Which reminds u> thai Sunday a car load of traveller# pulled up in front of the cafe and as one of the women stepped up on the curb she saw a snake lying there dead, of ? course, but unbeknownst to her. After the scare wore off some of the men with her began talking about what a wild place M irphy must be. Then one of the town loafers looked at them and said, "why folks that ain't nothin, but an earth worm". And then there was the fellow who cn\-t? u?ii ..in.Ut i .. ?II il: > .?v?v uuKiit tu can mis column "Mad About Town" who says he is going to quit taking our paper if we don't quit riding him. Hut we knew he was fooling all the time because he reads his father-in-law's ! ! ! We went down to see Dale Lee the other day to see how many people had registered in the special elections. "Two hundred and ninety", says Dale. And as we started to leave, Claude | West hurried by. "Make it 292, buddy", he said. Mr. Avery Martin says he has had a remarkable young man working with him recently in the county. Mr. (\ L. Thorton who supervises all the school-bus routes in the state is one man who has been on every road in every county in the state. I Not only that, says Mr. Martin, I but he knows the resident of practically every house at some outstanding point on each route. Which, brother, in case you hadn't thought of it. is something to write home about without asking for money. Ah. ha. We fooled you. You thought we had forgotten it?the answer to that stale joke of Bill Thompson's. Well, to show you what it requires j to become a great interne. Bill says I the difference between a "stoic" and ! a "cynic" is quiet different, if that makes sense. A "stoic", he says, is something that brings babies, and a "cynic" is something you wash dishes in. And as .Tack Benny would say again to that, "Mmnim". MISS LATHAM WINS AMATEUR SHOW AT U. N. C. WEDNESDAY Amateur night in Graham Memorial Wednesday, June 24, attracted about 600 people. The winner of the first nrize of '5 ? T * t v. rt art .HISS JUOIS 1 i3tham of Old West dormitory. The other two prizes of $2.50 each -were won by Miss Pearl Fishel and Jimmy Shell. Winners may receive their cash awards by calling at the di-. rector's office in Graham Memorial. 1 The contests wll be held on Wed-1 nesday evenings through the summer. I Miss Latham, who is studying drama in the Summer School, delivered a monologue on the art of "spittin*." She recounted her adventures as an expert cxpectorator. Shell did an imitation of a 42-picce band, and Miss Fishel did several readings in child dialect. Dean It. B. House was master-ofceremonies. He played the program's theme song on his harmonica, rang the gong at intervals, and railed up the amateurs. The only person who really got the gong was Franklin Brown, who had it framed with Dean House, in advance. Brown did a fan ? 36 The Chei Only Few More Days To Plant Legume Crons C" * I Due to the exceptionally dry weather which has held up planting ! "f legume crops in this county, it j wa. announce*) Monday hy A. Q. I Ketner. Cherokee county agent, tha*. I the time for qualification of planting these crops under the new farm inogrum would be extended "for a short time". Tlie exact date for closing or. legume crops i v ?t known, he says ' ut anyone who want- credit for them had better seed them if a hard rains comes within the next few days. "I advise ail farmer.- to seed these crops in corn when it is laid by although they will not be given a farm payment for them", Ketner said. "This is one good practice that has rot been recognized under the new farm program", he added. First Summer Weather Visibly Disliked Here Murphy citizens this week tasted [ and war visibly displeased with its j first real summer weather of 1930. While a heat wave set records all over the South, the thermometer locally hung around the ltd mark with no relief in the form of rain or showers. Mere harmful than the heat is the continued drouth which is greatly injuring crops all over the county. mi w t i things Unusual (By The Tattler) Mr. Rich's Fish Pond Near Lctitia It is not usual for a man to quit his work and entertain strangers but just the same Mr. Coleman Rich gave us a wclcfme and farther informed us that he had entertained strangers from California. Chicago and other far away places and that he enjoyed showing them his fish ponds. Mr. Rich has a certain pride in his fish and we don't blame him an iota. | He has two of the most complete ' ponds in the county. Talk about bass and bream. They aint no tellin' oodlins of 'em. Mr. Rich says he can have a moss of them any day in the week. Numerous pond cats also inhabit his ponds. There is one old river blue cat about five years old that scouts around among the growths in one pond. One seldom sees him but he is a sly old monster and must he afraid for his life for Mr. Rich has threatened to feast on him when he catches sight of him. If all fish pond owners and others were as interested in fish raising as I Mr. Rich is the fish industry would soon be a thriving one in Cherokee , County. We heard of a man who was afraid of snakes. Back in the days of long ago a wood contractor over in the Tellico Mountains had a number of men hired and rattlesnakes outnumbered his men. He thus took preventative measures in case one got snake bitten, by procuring a gallon of pure mountain corn juice, informing his employees it was for use only in that way. One day he sent a new hand to the camp to cook dinner for the gang, t The gang came in with ravening appetites with expectancy of a bounteous fill. But lo and behold things were different. The cook lay prostrate across a bunk beastly drunk. The boss gave him a shake. "What's the matter here". His almost inaudible reply was. "I am afraid of snakes." LEMKE PLANS CAMPAIGN ON 'MONEY ISSUE Burlington, la., June 28.?Representative William Lemke (R., N. D), candidate for president on the new Union party ticket, said today he would begin setting up the party ma-1 chinery this week for a "claan" cam- j paign in which the "money issue" would be paramount. The bald, freckle-faced co-author of the Frazicr-Lcmkc farm bills announced he would open national headquarters in Chicago within the dance with an electric fan, and got the gong after 45 seconds of the first round.?Chapel Hill Weekly. rokee Scout, Murphy, Nort MRS. JOHN HOWARD DIES AT BELL VIEW; SURIED ON MONDAY Funeral service for Mrs. Job' Howard, 2s. f the Hollv't'w i-Mnnuiii:y. were* held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Bellvow with the. Rev. Mr. Coffey officiating. Interment \va> u.5 tie Bellview cemetery. W. I). Townson was in charge of funeral arrangements* M Mr-. Ilt.ivavd dod Sunday morning 1:3u .?\-!-:?ck after having been ili of typhoid fever for about two weeks. Site had been a member of the Baptist church for 14 years. Surviving are her husband and five small children. o 1 BOND SET i Com iiiiicd from front page) ln-lla ami the N rth Carolina line is employed as a night guard on the Stansbury road raving project. Brooks was arrested at Ducktown .Monday in front of the hotel. Parton was taken int political lines, Lemke said, with a j national committee and state committecs "wherever possible." There, however, the congressman j declared the likeness between his par-1 | ty and the Republicans and Demo- j crats would end. "The two major parties gather in contributions from wealthy corporations and individuals and pass it out to paid party workers," he said. "The Union party will work just the other way. It will be a spon-1 anoous movement working its way up from the bottom to the top." | h Carolina CELEBRATION (Continued from front page! .! .g parade and the colon.) bab; ! aradc. each bringing to the on. that plan s first. At the fair ^rounds t1i?ro vi'l ho ? -oft-ball game, a bicycle race, a girl': lay rare and a bunch scrambling f. get to the top of the pole. Old-timer- should be particular]; interested in a horse-shoe pitching contest that will be held at the Kai gr winds. The winner of the ever will receive a prize of ?2.SO. An en trance fee of 25 cents per person wil be charged in this event. Arrangements this year are undo: the direction of the officials ot th? Murphy ball club?Kph Christopher WInslow Mclver, Abe Hembree Grady Crawford and Carl Townson Mrs. Tom Mauney has taken an ac iive part in arranging for thc parade ?U course there is the usual run o kids with their fire-crackers, flag waving and an extra squad of police men to maintain order. "This is an all-day affair and \v< hope to provide the biggest and mos delightful Fourth of July ceiebratioi the people have ever had**, one offi cial said. The proceed from the days cole luation will go to pay off the debt in i urred by the building of the grand stand on the fair grounds and othe permanent improvements, Mr. Chris topher pointed out. Admission to the fair grounds wil be 1(1 and 25 cents. Dam Construction .... (Continued from front page) m.t.- f..ll hwo uiiuvi iuii sway. About $4,000,000 of $15,000,00 ?stimated cost of the dam will b spent in wages. This will mean ai average payroll of about $15,000 pe week until the job is finished. Murphy citizens are seeking th building of a good paved higluva; into the dam site in order to brini most of the local business t ran sac rfienn' I" MURPHY, NORT Cooled by washed Thur I- Marlene Dietrich an "DE I Fri I "LOVE. I V With Irene Raymon ;S; A COAST-TO-COAST GIGC.L Saturda Y D L 1*71 l ? ? Lien vvneeier and h k ?with Dorothy L ! "SILLY $ Ma Sunday Mid-Night, | SHIRLEY TEMPLE As all the world i k In the story the w I "CAPTAIN | Guy Kibbee v? Steering straight for your he, X wester and slicker! ! Matinee 1 X THIS THEATRE IS TH X THEATR IMPO NOTICE TO OF CHERO I want to ur?e all tax pi Tax to do to if they can dui force* me to advertise all whc in August and sell on the fin This advertising cost is t ing the month of July an^ sa' Z. C. RAN tions to Murpfcy. [ A delegation left here 1 months ago with plans outlined <9 1 .: the paving of what is known a '.V , | Shoal Creek route which would , the TVA-built highway near the ^ B 1 site .anil presented them to the v~uB I Carolina highway commissioner, 1 Kaleigh. Kr That group said they would . 1 with the TV A to make arrangenn^B ' ' for the paving of the route ,-'9 ' j possibly the paving of another s j up the other side of the Hiavr>?J^B i iver. which would give a contpi^B " loop as it is expected the dan; lie provided with a highway over^H The TV A gave workmen's ex?.n9 | at ions here several months II i Thousands took the tests and it ' i reasonable to expect that many f ! this section will be the fi; s- togoS I work. ; p1 In the meantime a number f tractors have been in Murphy I ing over the proposed TVA ro&drijB from Turtletown into the dam i.-.l , It is expected that several local cu.1 t tractors will bid on this -t retch <;H 1 paving also. i In any event Cherokee county i.:l zens can expect the building of till road first with the erection of ;vI camps on deck, to use a little t.- H ball phraseology. | Probably all the trees in the nstr.l ' voir will be cut down and removal from the dam site to a point scvinll miles above Murphy on the Hiawt-nil ' river in order to keep them fmul decaying anil later effecting the dar,l All landowners will be given tie1 timber for its removal, it is said, p All roads, cemeteries, bridge.- a-.fl property flooded by the waters back- B ing up from the dam will be delocaid B H or replaced by the TV A. & e Although water will be backed I a right up to the town's edge anutktB r ball park flooded, the Southern rai^B road bridge and the Valley riverB e bridge will not be flooded. ? v About four years will be require!B g to finish the project, according t?B TV A plans. S Theater I H CAROLINA X 1 air?"The Safe Way" I sday, July 2 | d Gary Cooper, in? SIRE" || Jay, July 3 il )N A BET" I d and Wendy Barrie ! ! * J E AT A YOUNG IDIOT IN LOVE! | X iy, July 4th | 'obt. Woolsey I tc, III V BILLIES" | itinee 2:30 _% J Monday and Tuesday | JLY 6-7 % i A 4 T vants her? | hole world loves ! ! \ JANUARY" | rith Slim Summerville | art as * WRy s?a-going salt in Sov \ Vlonday 2:30 | ' J IE ONLY AIR CONDITIONED & E IN W. N. C. || RTANT I TAX PAYERS j KEE COUNTY I yera who have not paid their 1935 | I ring the month of July an the lav I have not paid on the firat Monday I ?t Monday in September. I iigh ao let me urge you to pay dur- I re thia extra coat of adveritaing. I ISEY, Tax Collector I Cherokee County I