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Sz? I @1 MURPHY j ' I The Leading V Vol. IIL.?No. 35. Cooper Measur Many County Session Of N. <i>Blue Laws of Cherokee ] Changed By Action In General Assembly 14 OF 23 PASSED Cooper and Bennett Dis- . agree On Many Bills Introduced By virtuve of his introduction of 32 local and state bills into the recent j session of the General Assembly. ( 71arrv P. Cooper, representative from i Cherokee county and Murphy lawyei, i become one of the most active men in . the bi-annual Raleigh meeting. Mr. Cooper returned to Murphy Thursday after he had seen 14 of his bills ratified into law. Following his pre-election promises he repealed most of Cherokee county so-)Called Sunday "Blue Laws", and took an active part in new social security and automobile tag reduction laws. Following in brief are the bills he introduced and their outcome: 1. Pool rooms were pemitted in Murphy with restriction on hours ( they are to be open, and a sixteen year-old-age limit for those allowed in the pool rooms. 2. Sunday moving pictures were | permitted so as not to interior with church hours. 3. Another law was passed making it permissable to charge regular admission fees to Sunday afternoon baseball games. 4. A bill to legalize prize fighting in Cherokee county was passed by the house but killed in the Senate. 5. A bill requiring all automobile owners to carry liability insurance was reported on unfavorably by the senate committee stating that time in this session would not permit the establishment of a necessary state control board. LICENSE BILL KILLED G. Legislation designed to permit free hunting and fishing license in the county was killed in the senate. 7 A bill drawn by Mr. Cooper to reduce automobile license tag fees was substituted by another bill which saw a reduction of from 40 cents to 35 cents per hundred. Mr. Cooper's original bill called for greater reduction. 8. An act was passed putting the clerk of the court on a flat $3000 per year salary rather than on fees. 9. Mr. Cooper was joint sponsor of another state-wide bill exempting necessities of life from the sales tax. 10. He was joint sponsor of another hill which raised salaries of state employees and school teachers 10 per cent. 11. A bill extending the term for Mayor and members of the town board of Andrews from one to two years ; was passed. J 12. A bill was introduced to per- , mit the shooting: of fish in certain ^ streams in Cherokee county but was not reported out by the fish and game j committee before adjournment. < 13. Senate judiciary committee No. l reported unfavorably on a bill to establish a list and assessing book for taxes in the court house at a fee of 10 cents an entry. . (Continued on back page) Weather Vane ( Following arc maximum and minimum temperatures for the past weei compared with temperatures for the same period last year: TEMPERATURES 1937 1936 Uate Max. Min. Max. Min. 23 74 32 69 41 24 73 43 65 43 25 65 51 75 49 26 60 33 78 48 27 48 30 73 50 28 46 20 70 36 29 58 17 70 34 RAINFALL 1937 1936 1 Since March 1 2.90 in. G.89 in. Since Jan. 1 17.23 in. 24.58 in.} \t !fi eekly Nactpmper in (T esttni North Murp es Change Laws During C. Legislature BASIN LAND TO BE EVACUATED BY DEC. 31ST All Land In Hiwassee Dam Area To Become TV A Property by 1938 Land to be taken over by the TV A in the Hiwassee basin must be evaeuted by Dec. 31, 1937 or immediately thereafter regardless of whether actual purchase has been made, according to information here. Land buyers have been having dif ficulty in buying certain tracts of land here" because the owners have | the idea they can occupy it as long as purchase has not been made", officials state. A circular letter recently distributed to landowners in the basin stated that land could be occupied until Dec. 31, 1937. Whether land has been purchased prior to that time or whether condemnation proceedings have been instituted does not matter, according to the letter. The TVA requires all personal pro. perty to be removed from lands to be taken over by them by the end of this year. If their purchase price, which has (Continued on back page) "Keno" Party To Be Held Here On Friday Evening Reverberations of those enlighten, ing carnival by-words, "Everybody likes it. Evcrbody plays it", will be heard again Friday night when the Junior Woman's club second big benefit "Keno" party gets under way. The charity social will be held in the club room of the library beginning at 8 o'clock. No admission will be charged. The price will be five cents a game. The nitial "Keno" party sponsored by the club was held here about two months ago and more than $20 was realized for charity movements. A club committee is making all arrangements and a large assortment if prizes will be on hand for the winners. TEAMS DROP OUT OF TOURNAMENT HERE ON FRIDAY Several teams, entered in the track tournament at Murphy which was to have been held Friday, have dropped jut, and O. W. Deaton, Murphy coach cvho is in ipharcre nf amnt/pmpnts. said Tuesday night the meet would have to be stagged among his own track candidates. Andrews and Cherokee dropped out this week and Deaton said he "had a good team but no meet". All events will be held Friday, however, among the members of the ocal team. Cherokee Court Is Opened On Tuesday The spring term of Cherokee ounty superior court convened here < ruesday with Judge F. Donald Phil- i ips on the bench. The two weeks ^ civil-criminal term was to have open- 1 id Monday, but Judge Phillips was 1 inavoidably delayed the first day. A number of sentences were meted ^ >ut in minor cases Tuesday and Wed- ( lesday. There arc no important cases 1 >r. the large criminal docket. * o ? To his son and three grandchild en the late Asa Brown of Mountain- c rille, N. Y., bequeathed .'all my law- 1 ;'ul debts." 1 tru'kn Carolina. Covering a Larpr and Pote\ hy, N. C. Thursday, April TOWN ELECTION 1 SCHEDULED FOR I TUESDAY, MAY 4 Officials Uncertain As 1 To Election Date Under New Law I Town elections in Murphy will be held on Tuesday, May 4?if there are to be any held this year. A bill passed in the recent session E of the General Assembly increased the term of office for the mayor and board of six aldermen of Murphy from one to two years. Officials were not certain this week whether the new law became effee- ntive upon ratification, which would c require the board to serve another fj term to fill out the required two-year t( teim, or whether it would become ef- 3 fective when the next elections were held. gs Authorities, including Reprosenta- tl tive Harry P. Cooper, who sponsored c< the bill however, are of the opinion ai that an election will bo held this year. P? I11 any case town officials have or- ai dcred a new election, and Mayor J. ir B. Gray Tuesday said he was ex- tl pecting to get definite word from ir Raleigh in the next few days. Members of Murphy's present board. c< which was elected on the customary t) citizen's ticket composed of three a Democrats and three Republicans last a May, arc: C. D. Mayfield, Noah Lov- ^ ingood, W. M. Fain, Porter Axley. G. AY. Ellis and a vacancy left by W. G. a Owenby who moved to Georgia four months ago. No names of candidates had been filed with the town clerk Tuesday . night. Registration books will be opened in the grocery departmeent of the Murphy Supply company here Satur- ! day. Henry Hyatt will be the registrar. AV. O. Adams and F. O. Bates have been named judges. The registration books will remain open until Saturday, April 24. Satur- j day, May 1, will be challenge day. a ORGANIZATION S OF GOLF CLUB C IS SUGGESTED : b< Johnson Would Have Murphy Citizens, TV A Organize Midway Course ). a: Plans for organization of a golf 0] course near Murphy have been oualined by O. D. Johnson, of the TV A ^ recreational division, who is now re- g ciHinnr Forn e, b Although Mr. Johnson's duties ^ also require the establishment of recreational facilties at the dam site. ? 22 miles below here, he feels that the C( old Midway golf course, three miles ^ east of here, is the best to be obtained and is trying- to cooperate citizens of Murphy and TV A employees to re- ' establish the nine hole course at Midway. Briefly his plan is to lease the j Midway property at a cost of about j $75 per year and get a list of all who a are interested in joining the associa- ? tion. If 50 members could be ob-? C( tained, he has estimated the annual; fee would be $3. This would entitle1 j)( the members to play as often as they tl wish and at any time they cared to. Officers of the association would be js elected by the members and the course would be under the direction; of officials. Rules and regulations would be adopted by the members. . A membership committee could he organized, he said, and divided intoj two divisions - one to interest the j people in the town of Murphy, and' the other to interest employees in | he TVA area. A suggested committee for Murphy i vas: Tom Case. Will Savage and Sam ; 3arr. The suggested TVA com-1 nittee was: Bill Rogers. O. P. John-' ;on and Garland Reichle. o | Mrs. Ar.geline Baker. 00. of Lo- j j11 " anoort. Ind.. tripped over a cat and j !)J ractured her hip. Pneumonia dove- be oped, and she died a few days later. *C1 t\ mi nlially Rich Tcrri tor~v in This State 1,1937. ^ $ Tiwassee Dam Norris Project Steadily Inci IEQUIRE WOOD FIRE BUILDERS TO GET PERMIT E iirchfjeld To Get Appli- F cations For Fires In Restricted Areas | I Only throuph permits issued by icmbers of the State Department of pi onservation and Development cat: f'; res be started in areas under pro- j Id action by the department, D. M. tl irchfield announced this week. m The Cherokee county fire an 1 i ame warden and deputy sheriff said j d le law had been enacted in the re-1 r< jnt session of the General assembly j T nd would he strictly adhered to. j v, Mr. Birch field said hj would have ti ermit applications in several days n nd anyone who wishes to start a fir** f<* l the restricted areas could oh :n|^ item from him at the sheriff's of no t i the Murphy courthouse. 1 11 "This is the only way we could stop < s jstly fires in the protected areas",' le warden said. "If everyone has permit to start a fiie we can expect s whole lot less useless, extravagant J* roods burning". ' The law as passed by the general ssembly is stated in full as follows: ^ "The General Assembly of North (Continued on back page) ^ Wurphy Lions S Will Sponsor j; "Ride" Carnival ! The Murphy Lions club will sponsor | carnival sometime late in April [ hich will feature a number of rides \ J* :ored here all winter by Sam Me- j lanic who had the concession of the ^ Iherokee county fair last fall. j . A comittee was appointed Tuesday ^ ight to make arrangements for the I fair. Proceeds will be used by the % lub for charity purposes. Those to e in charge of the details are: W. M. " ain, Tom Case, V. M. Johnson and a [. G. Elkins. Mr. Mechanic is expected to set le five "rides" up in the fair grounds n ere about the last week in April, 1 ad a number of concessions may be I1 perated by the club. H. Bueick reported at the meeting ! lat $25 worth of Crippled Children s aster seals had been purchased by r usiness firms and professional men s 2re. s Harve Elkins and the Rev. Arthur J) arber were named as an advisnw v Dmmittee to be in charge of the Lion * Workshop for the Blind. rROirFsEAsoN TO j.1 OPEN IN W. N. C. ON APRIL 15TH I Trout season will open in Cherokee a nd other western counties in North tl aiolina on Thursday. April 15, ac- (j irding to announcement here. t] Bass and other species oi fish will w e become lawful on June 11. The l out season lasts through August 31. Size limit on brook or speckle trout set at six inches. For rainbow f - brown trout the size limit is eight ^ ches. Bag limits for all are 15 ?r day. Licenses may be obtained from the urphy Hardware company or W. B ickey and Son Department store, in urphy; from Arthur Palmer, at ei arble. or from P. M. Reagan, in n ndrews, according to D. M. Birch- ti eld, county game warden. c> CHANGE IN R. F. D. SERVICE Rural free delivery mail service tl om Culberson will be discontinued ' ?st of the Franklin mountain begin- bng April 16. and will be s?' > h r Route 1 from Copper' ginning the same date, it was c? arned this week. b v Largest I j^Tl" Circulation S[M |M Any Paper k ^ Ever Published Here. 1.50 YEAR?5c COP V Resembles t As Work reases Here luch of Machinery Used On Clinch River Job Utilized Here 1U1LDINGS OPENED 'reliminary Work Goes Into Final Stages; Activity Increased Hiwassee dam, 22 miles below Mui(iy on the Hiwassee river, is the firs! am to be built by the Tennessee Valv authority in North Carolina and le second TV A dam i tended prilarily for water storage. It will impound Water that falls uring rainy periods and thus help L'duce floods downsrteam and on the [ennessee river. By releasing this ater during dry seasons it will coil ribute to the regulation of th? Tenesset for navigation. From water ailing over the dam, power may Ue alvaged for the generation i f elecricity. Though a power plant not ow planned, the possible j owi \ n tallation is 112,0(1(1 horsepower Hiwassee dam will closely r< semble lorris dam, both being gravity type uuciuri-s oi similar dimensions. flirassee will be 1.265 feet long, oot as :>ng as Norris, but 202 feet high ome 25 feet higher than tne ex?sting trueture. Both are designed to block leep, narrow l iver valleys. The dam will form a lake covering i,300 acres, or 10 square miles, and lacking water 22 miles to Murphy, ts total storage capacity will be ,80,000 acre-feet. The cost. inducing land of the reservoir area, is esimated at $15,000,000. Construction its into the 10-year program for "VA dam building, and completion f the sturcture is set for 104. Work Is Under Way Drilling, blasting, and excavating or the foundations are well under ray. Preliminary work such as the uilding of highways, erection of (instruction plant, constructicn of ousing for workers are now the obect of concerted action. Surfacing of enn., on the Louisville and Nashille railroad, will be completed early he access road from Turtletown, i the summer. The dam also may be pproached from the other' side of he river, by way of Murphy. Fewer operate the construction cquiplent comes over a 30-mile line from he Aluminum company of America's ower plant at Santeetlah. Th,? ?--- ? - .. ..^ ...? ii?s oeen bridged with he same temporary structure that erved engineers across the Clinch ivcr at Norris dam. la fact, contraction at Hiwassee will so reemblc the work at Norris that the uthority is effecting a saving of fell over $250,000 on equipment for he North Carolina project. Portable compressors that powered he jaekhammers and wagon drills . their attack at Norris dam are perorming the same function for the nic drilling equipment row at rork on the greywackle foundation at liwassee. The same power shovels re now loading the same trucks au he North Carolina project ai they id not so many months ago alon* he Clinch river in Tennessee. Visitors 'ho saw Norris dam under construeion will see the same crushing, (Continued on back :OUNTY SCHOOL GROUP TO MEET MONDAY, APRIL 5 Cherokee county's seven-member dueation board will meet Monday to ame the superintendent of educa ion in Cherokee courty and elect rimmittees in all its 23 s?chcc) disrjcts. The board, originally composed of iree members, was raised to five by r. act of * Ce e ally Assembly, ut Representative Harry P. Cooper ad two additional member* .at?f?cd y the legislature making Cherokee ounty's board the or.iy ttv* r -mender county school groun the
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