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
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36 The Chei
Only Few More
Days To Plant
Legume Crons
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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.
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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.
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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<? custody at his
honu*. where he bad gone to prepare
to go to work.
Gaddis At Hearing
Gaddis was on hand for the hearing
Tuesday with his wife, two children
and his father.
The true bill against the three men
after reciting their names and describing
the day and scene of the killing.
said: They "unlawfully and feloniously.
deliberately, murderously,
assaulted David \V. McFadden with
certain dangerous and deadly weapons,
to wit: A rifle and pistol, and
did then and there unlawfully, wilfully.
feloniously, deliberately, premeditatedly
maliciously, and of their
mance aforethought, shoot. kill ami
murder the said D. W. McFadden,
contrary to the statute."
Mrs. McFadden, widow of the slain
man, taking tho place of 22-year-old
David S. McFadden, appeared as pro
secutor. Four other witnesses, some
with evidence that was not presented
at the preliminary hearing against
Gaddis, appeared before the grand
jury.
The three men will probably not
he tried before October, Mr. Witt:
said after the indictments were returned
Monday.
It was indicated Tuesday that so
great is interest in the case that the
trial will probably bo held in the
auditorium of the Kimscy junior college
at Duel-town. The courtroom
there is considered inadequate to hold
the crowds expected to attend the
trial.
SUNDAY SCHOOL. . .
(Continued from front patio)
pate in this project, he said.
The initial meeting will he held at
the First Raptist church of Murphy
Sunday afternoon at .1:^0 o'clock
(CST).
Representatives from the ehnwu...
all over the county will be here to
Lake their worker hack to their prospective
churche/. Classes will be
held in each of the churches at night
during next week. At 2:30 each afternoon
the directors and representatives
from all of the churches will
meet at the First Baptist church of
Murphy for reports.
Mr. Morgan stated that more than
4G0o people were reached for classwork
in Haywood and Jackson counties
during the drive from June 13
to June 28.
Mrs. John B. Lane, of Newborn,
approved intermediate worker of
North Carolina, and Miss Edna Dawkins,
of Morganton will be the workers
for the First Baptist church of
Murphy. Mrs. Lane will arrive Saturday
afternoon to look after last
mime preparations for the work and
will be at the Sunday school and I
preaching services Sunday morning. I
She will also lead in taking a relig-1
ious census of the entire town of |
Murphy immediately after dinner
Monday.
week.
The party-thus far only a name
attached to his candidacy and that;
of his vice presidential running mate, j
Thomas O'Brien, Boston lawyer? i
would take form along traditional >
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." |
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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
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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'
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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
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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