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Vol. ILL.?No. 6.
TOWN TO HONOR
NEWCOMERS ON
TUESDAY NIGHT
Business Men, Civic
CluSs Sponsoring Entertainment
Program
A large group of TV A employees
in Murphy, local merchants and
school teachers in the Murphy unit
will bo jointly honored and formally
welcomed to Murphy Tuesday night
at the Fair building.
Tom Case is in charge of the general
committee
The program, which will be marked
by a speech of welcome by Mayor
J. B. Gray and acceptance by J. D.
Blagg. head of the TVA engineering
department here, is being arranged
by a committee of Mrs. H. Bueck.
Mrs. Harry Bishop, Miss Martha Nell
Wells, K. C. Wright and Sam Carr.
Music and several other forms of
entertainment will be provided as
part of "the program to bring the
merchants, the business men and the
professional men into closer contact
with the newcomers to Murphy.
The refreshment committee is composed
of Mrs. Neil Snecd, Mrs.
Harry P. Cooper, Mrs. Wade Massey
and W. Arthur Barber.
In honoring the TVA men, the merchant*.
and the school teachers a long
list of those to be invited has been
drawn up by the invitation committee
composed of Mrs. C. W. Savace
Miss Margaret Witherspoon and
Harry P. Cooper. Nearly 200 are
expected to attend the affsvr which
is being sponsored by the business
men and the civic clubs of Murphy.
The finance committee is composed
of A. E. Browning. Walter
M. Mauney and Abe Hembree.
The fair building will be opened
at 7 o'clock at which time the guests
will be registered and receive their
identification cards.
The following invitation is extended
to all Citizens of Murphy by the
invitation committee: The Civic Organizations,
and the business and
professional men of Murphy will
hold open house at the gymnasium,
Tuesday Evening, September 15, at
7:30 o'cloi*;, for the purpose of getting
acquainted with the members of
the Tennessee Valley Authority and
their families, the teachers, and any
new residents of Murphy. All citizens
of Murphy are cordially invited
to be present and get acquainted
with our new neighbors.
?Invitation Committee.
?Mrs. C. W. Savage, Chrn.
?Mhts Margaret Witherspoon
?Harry P. Cooper.
BARTON REUNION
The Barton Reunion will be hel?
Sunday, September 13 at the home
of H. A. Barton two and one-half
miles eaJ^t of Murphy.
YOUNG DEMOCRAT*
1Z5 1U ANDREWS J
Frar*c Forsyth, of Andrews, was
elected chairman of the Young Democratic
committee of Cherokee county
at a banquet-rally held at the Junaluska
Terrace in Andrews Saturday
night. Miss Sara Ruth Posey, of
Murphy, was elected vice-chairman,
and Ralph Moody, of Murphy, was
named secretary. Abe Hembree was
selected chairman of the general finance
committee.
Following the dinner and a number
of speeches lauding President
Roosevelt and the New Deal, general
lans were laid by the club to perfect
their organzation for the coming
fall elections. A series of meeting
will be held in several different preIcincts
in the county, it was decided,
The only definite meeting was scheduled
to be held in the Regal hotel in
Murphy Saturday night, Sept. 19.
Principal speakers on the progran"
which was attended by about 12c
Democrats from Cherokee, Clay.
Graham and Swain counties were
Harry P. Cooper, Murphy attorney,
and Edwin Whitaker, Bryson City
attorney. A number of other shorl
talks were, given
it <np
Weekly Newspmper ut ITestern North
Murph;
JTVA Transmission Line ,
Completion Is Pushed '
A crew of 325 ni'-n from Graham
and Cherokee* counties has been sent 1
to Rob'i insvilie to bejrin construction!
of a new transmission line the Ten-1
nessee Valley Authority is building: j
from Rymer's Ferry on the Tennes-!
see river to the Fowler Bend dam j
site. j The
transmission line will furnish J
power for construction of the new i
TV A dam on the Hiawassee river, i
It will connect with the Aluminum
Company of America's line at Rymer's
Ferry. The line will be com- c
pieted in January.
MURPHY CITIZENS:1
PLANNING TO JOIN I
PRESIDENT'S TRIP (
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Roosevelt In Asheville
After Trip Through
Western N. C.
A number of Cherokee county citi- 1
zens this week planned to join the
presidential motorcade from the I
Great Smokies National park into)
IAsheville when* President Roosevelt
made a brief talk at McCormick field
this morning.
The chief executive and his party 1
left Knoxville Wednesday morning <
and motored to 'Cherokee and on to *
Asheville, the last stop to be made '
before he planned to address a large
throng at the Green Pastures Demo- ]
crate convention ir. Charlotte to- t
night. j
Invited to visit Cherokee county 1
and possibly inspect work on the 5
, Fowler Bend dam, Marvin H. MacIntyre,
assistant secretary to the j
president, informed A. W. Mclver, (
chairman of the Cherokee County j
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Boy Suffers Hip
Injury And Dies
Five Days Later;
By Guy McNabb !
1 Funeral services were held Sunday <
1 afternoon for Willis Beaver, age IT.
Last Tuesday he was out in the i
I pasture and accidently fell on a sharp 1
I snag and puncture his hip. He did
not seem to be suffering any pain
until Saturday morning. Death came ?
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. i
1 The services were conducted by
Rev. E. A. Btaver, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Boone Beaver's. Interment
was in the Allen cemetery
near Shoal Creek.
I He is survived by his parents,
four brothers, and two eisters.
: Mr. 0. C. Payne, acted as undertaker.
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C MEETING DRAWS
BANQUET SATURDAY 1
T. C. RADFORD,
OF GRANDVIEW,
DIES MONDAY
i
Funeral services for Mr. T. C. Rad- ?
ford. 16, of Grandview. were held
; Tuesday. W. D. Townson was in }
{ charge of funeral arrangments. i
The deceased was considered one 1
of the finest young men "r. his community.
All of hi-5 school mates at- \
tended the funeral. He died M?n-! ]
' day. He was a member of the Eber.- ;
eezer church. \
Pallbearers were Boyd Davis, j
'r Robert and Paul Lovingo !. F.! <*rt j
Davis. Glenn Dockery and Henry i
Mills. i
Surviving are his parents. Mr. and j
Mrs. Gregory Radford; seven broth- i
' ers, Sidney. Willard, Walter, Tiiton,
Junior, Dillard ar.d Hoyt; and three (
1 sisters.
Miss Myrtle Starne? and Miss
Edith Lemon from Knoxville are ,
> visiting Mrs. Vesta Hansley.
Bill WTiitaker, the president, preided.
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Carolina, Covering a Large and P
y, N. C. Thursday, Sep
County Is
Refund .
Acqui
^alsor Day Quietly
Celebrated Locally
Labor Day was celebrated in a
juiet fashion here Monday.
Only the bank, the po-t office and
he TV A offices closed down to cele>rate
the day.
The only entertainment furnished
vas a ball game at the fair grounds
>etvieen Murphy and Franklin, the
ccals winning the event 3 to 1.
CLUB IS ASKED
TO REFUTE HIGH
PRICE FALLACY
: n: A.L I
L>ibtu?s winer important
Events Here
Tuesday Night
Hans for the entertainment of
real TV A employees, school teachers
ind local merchants were generally
Isicusscd at a meeting of the Murphy
Liona club here Tuesday night.
It was also decided to extend Rov
ft. Phillips, advertising director of
he Asheville Citizens-Times, of
\sheville, district director of Lions
fnternational, an invitation to attend
i meeting here at an early date.
As pointed out by D. V. Cnrringer,
local merchant, and other member?
r>f the club, a false impression has
been created in towns competing for
he business Murphy is assured by
the building of the Fowler Bend dam
here, that rents and merchandise
prices have been greatly reived.
This was branded as n fallacy by
Mr. Carringer and he asked that the
lub cooperate in giving the correct
impression that trade might not be
hurt locally.
W. M. Fain reported that the
secretary of the Miami, Fla., Lions
dub passed through Murphy recently
and said he was interested in visiting
the home place of one club that
tvuu amic-wiue recognition I or
its activity.
Several standing committees, including
one appointed by President
G. W. Ellis to plan the offering of
a "best citizen" trophy at an early
date reported. Details of the dispensation
of the trophy have not vet
been completed, but it was announced
that all residents of Murphy
would be eligible to receive it.
The next meeting of the club will
be the final picnic supper of the season.
It will be held Tuesday night,
September 22.
GARDEN OF FINE
DAHLIAS BLOOM
ON DEWAR FARM
The Valley River Dahlia Farms
lave a beautiful dsplay of flowers
it Woodville along Highway No 10.
The garden is on the right of the
ugh way between Murphy and And ews
at the dairy and cattle barns of
?. A. Wood.
This is the largest dahlia garden
n North Carolina and one of the
argest in the south. Several enirely
new varieties of dahlias have
een grown from seed. There is one
particularly beautiful new variety of
pink that is a seedling from the
famous .Jersey Beauty dahlia. This
lew dahlia has been tested five years
md there are one thousand of this
variety in the gardens.
Visitors are welcome in the garlens
at any time. From now until
frost the flowers will be at their bect.
some or.e will be in the gardnes Frilay,
Saturday and Sunday of each
iveek.
The fine gardens are owned and
cared for by R. A. Dewar of Andrews.
t 0WI
otentially Rich Tern tort in This Stat
t. 10, 1936 1
Asking $8?
For Count;
red By Stal
CREAMERY DAY
TO DRAW MANY
TO BRASSTOWN
Annual Celebration Program
T o Attract
Many on Saturday
About 500 persons are expected to
attend the eighth annual Creamery
Day at the Mountain Valley Cooperative
at Brasstown Saturday. \.. K.
Tuckwiller, crcanvry manager, ha^
announced.
A program of speaking, games music
and contests has been arranged.
About 300 attended the all-day
celebration last year, and the evient
pleasure they were afforded a
much larger crowd this year.
As a feature of the meet will be
the cattle judging contest in the
morning at which 4-11 club members
are invited to take part. After they
juugr Lin- otrcsy cauie snow. rv. n.
Farnham, of the state college extension
division, will award three prizes
to the best judgcrs. The winner*
will ha\e their choice of a sack of
feed given by Security mills; a sack
of meal given by the Mountain Valley
Associated cooperative, and a bushel
of grain given by the Folk school.
A large speaking program, featuring
talks hy a number of notable
persons, has been arranged. They i ;
elude Col. M. \V. Bell, Murphy at" :
ney; J. Ed Campbell, Tennes-eo Val
ley Authority cooperative director.
??f Knoxville; Mr. Farnham; and Mr.
Land ess, of the TVA.
All of these distinguished men
have spoken in the Brass town community
on previous occassions and are
very popular with the citizenry there, j
As the meeting is an enjoyable
all-day, affair all those attending are,
asked to bring their lur.ch. However'
the Brasstown Woman's club will
serve dinners on the grounds at
very nominal sum and the creamery
will give its famous buttermi aw;,y
free.
Beginning with a small collection
of friends of the Brasstowcommunity
1928, the Creamery !h\y
celebration has been held yea'ly a:
,Brasstown. Due to the interesting
i and instructional nrneramc
and the general am ruble feeling of
friendship among those attending,
the affair has turned into the most
popular annual gathering in Clay
county.
Attendance is expected from surrounding
counties in North Carolina,
Tennessee and Georgia.
SAYS THERE IS RICH
IN VALLEY RIY
MARSHALL ALLEN
DIES AT HIS HOME
TUESDAY MORNNG
Funeral ervi.es for Mr. Marshall
Allen, son of Hob Allen, of near
Murpy. who died at his home Tuesday
morning a! 2 o'clock, were held
in 'he Andrews funeral building |
Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. \Y.
T. Tructt official *g. Interment was |
in the Andrew cemetery. W. P.
Town son was in charge of funeral
arrangements.
The young mar. had been sick
about a week with pneumonia.
Pallbearers were: Jack Hall. Zacl:
Ramsey, John and Rob Hampton.!
Austin Arrant and Xeal Johnson.
Besides his father, Mr. Allen is
survived by three sisters, r\ ie.
.Alice and Flora, and four brothers.
Arch, Bill, Robert and John.
Rev. R. D. Reddinger, ofAshev^le
visited Rev. and Mrs. S. H. Long en
route to Hayesville where he spoke
at the Predbytcr'an church Sunday.
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TODAY
>1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
>0,000
y Roads
te In 1931
Will File Claim With
Readjustment Board On
September 26
PETITION IS DRAWN
Commissioners, Witherspoon
Acting On County's
Behalf.
Cherokee county through
Inerd of county commissioner* and
Don Witherspoon. county attorney
is seeking the refund of approximately
$850,000 expended here
since 19C9 in hu'ldir.g highways
which were recently taken over hy
the state.
The 1935 session of the le^isl*
ture named an invcttigating and
edjuftment committee to recommend
refunds to 70 counties in the
state who spent money building
roads prior to 1931 at which time
the highway board placed the
roads under state property.
Appeal having been made. the
claim, Mr. Witherspoon said Wednesday,
will be presented to the
committee when they meet again
at Asheville Saturday, Sept. 26.
In the* claim laid before the board
it is alleged that;
1. The typography of the county
is of such a nature that road building
in Cherokee has been "an exceedingly
expensive construction"
< eginning in 1909 and continuing until
192a when the "various township
and district commissions were merged
into a County Road Commission.
'J. A general county road system
was constructed with roads leading
from Murphy to the outer limits * i
the county as follows; Murphy to
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i TWO ARE BOUND
OVER TO COURT
AFTER COLLISUON
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Heath, of Atlanta.
(ia.. were nlaced i vet r S>l-r. 111)0
bond Monday by Justice <: the Peace
(x. A. Hcmbree, of Grandvic w. and
bound them over to the next term of
Superior court here on charge |crowing
out of the collision between the
ear in which they were riding and another
car in which Di. W. C. Mason,
of Culberson, was riding on August.
22nd.
Dr. Mason is in the Petri* hospital
with a fractured hip Mrs.
Mason suffering f i.m injur i**\ was
discharged from the hospital last
wed.t
VEIN CF GOLDr
rER VALLEY SECTION
| There is anywhere from ten to
| twenty million dollars worth of good
| spendable gold, the same kind of
I glittering rocks that have driv* n men
'to the frozen north cr.intrv. driven
' them to the burning desert a d driv
i en most of them crazy, J. ?.. Fore
man. a gold specialist, who ha* been
.working in this section ?f the county.
declared this week at the kiveiside
hotel in Andrews where he has
I been stopping.
Mr. Foreman says he lias "spctted"
the entire valley and a- such
, he could not guarantee the gold's
worth, nor that it could be mir.t d
profitably, but that he is willing t?
, wager that it would net an average
| of 30 cents profit on each square
i yard of dirt in the valley.
Placer gold, the kind tha* ? r? ii.-l
in the valley, can be mined rt 20
cen's per square yard, Mr. Fur* n???i
j said. an<l his estimate aft-.- survey
. ing the valley, digging pit- and inspecting
specimens, places t* value
at ."0 cents per square yard.
He add^d. however that it would
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