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Vol. IIL.?No. 40
COUNTY SEEKING
$850,000 REFUND
FOR ROAD WORK
County
Attorney D. H.
Tillitt Procures Copy
Of Recent Bill
The refund of $850,000 spent on
roads in Cherokee county by the
county prior to 1931 when they were
taken over by the state, loomed as
;i possibility when D. II. Tillitt, county
attorney this week persued house
bill No. 778 defined as-"an act to
submit the claims filed by counties
to the state highway and public works
commission for consideration and
settlement" which was passed in the
last session of the legislature.
"After studying this bill I find
there is a chance to got a refund on
what the county has put out on its
roads that were acquired by the state.
I am giving this matter my whole attention
and I will do everything possible
to get a refund for Cherokee
county", Mr Tillitt, Andrews attorney
said.
In September of 1936 Col. Don
\\ itherspoon was county attorney at
that time and W. A. Adams, Cherokee
county commissioner, made nuniprmw
ntl^mnts tn ?rnt a vofnn,l onH
after attending several district-wide
hearings conducted by the highway
department, a decision was made against
refunding money to any
counties of North Carolina for roads
constructed by the icounties and
acquired by the state.
Passage of House Bill 778 in the
Tecent general assembly was called
to Mr. Tillit's attention by a Scout
representative. He immediately obtained
a copy which is as follows:
Section 1. That the message of
the Governor of the State of North
Carolina transmitting to the General
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TENNISCLUBIS
ORGANIZED HERE;
HAS 21 MEMBERS
A tennis club has been organized
in Murphy with a membership of 21.
Several fine courts have recently
been completed on the vacant lots
adjoining the TVA offices in Murphy
New members will be admitted to the
ciub on payment of annual membership
dues of $1. O. D. Johnson, of
the recreation division of the training
section of the TVA is directly
responsible for the construction of
the courts and will be in charge of
membership.
Other rule-1 sne'ifi/ that tenni-J
shoes must be worn on the courts;
members who are not working are to
be off the courts at 4:30 so that working
members may play; none othei
iban registered members may play,
and that those who do not have funds
to join the club may do so by working
out dues on the courts.
Members are: Bill Rogers, P. M.
Darby, Kenneth Bartlett, B. C.
Moneymaker, Mildred Day. Jack
Christopher, Carl Smith, O. D. Johnson,
C. C. Woods, Winfred Parrish,
Mrs. C. C. Woods, Edwin Hensley,
Clyde Sneed, Mary Catherine Hensley,
Buel Adams, John Parran, Harvey
Elkins, Joe Miller Elkins, and
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ward.
LOCAL BALLTEAM
TO OPEN SEASON
AT HOME SUNDAY
What was supposed to be Murphy's
opening: hall game Sunday was suddently
called off when the day dawned
rainy and cold.
Henry Hickman, manager of the
team, has scheduled a game here the
team, has scheduled a game here with
the Englewood, Tenn., team this Sunday.
What the local boys have to offer
in the form of a baseball team will
be evidence at that time; and as an
added incentive Abe Hembree has
agreed to donate $1 for the first hit
made by a local player, $1 for the
first run made by a local player and
Si for the first home run made by a
local player.
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A Denver church advertised a sermon
on "Future Home of the Wicked,"
adding that a "100 per cent welcome
is extended to all."
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'eekly Htw*pmprr u> IT tsiern North C
Murph;
Unaka Route To Dam |
i Is Closed Wednesday
I
The Unaka route to the Hiwassee
dam site was closed Wednesday
when excavation work began on I
part of the road that leads into the |
actual site of the dam, David 1. j
Mulligan, chief of police at the j
dam, reported Wednesday morn- |
ing.
The only way to get into the |
dam is by what is known as the ;
Shoal Creek route via Suit, postell
and the TV A access road to Tur- \
tietown.
The Unaka road is open and in
good shape down to about a halfmile
of the dam site. There the
route runs along the river and
under the site where the dam will
be constructed. It was necessary '
to construction to tear up the road
at this place Wednesday morning.
Mr. Mulligan said ""the road
would be closed for good." Citizens
| of Cherokee county have asked the
state to provide them a complete
route by way of Unaka, across the
dam and connecting with the Shoal
i Creek route. Assurances have been
| given that a complete paved loop
will be provided when the work is
| advanced.
The Shoal Creek route which
now must be used to get to the
dam turns off the Copperhill
highway nine miles below here.
The route is 21 miles from Murphy
to the dam.
Softball League
Formed Here;
Plan Recreation
A TVA soft ball league has been
formed and games will be played
every Monday and Thursday afternoon
on the Murphy Fair grounds
begining at 4:45. One team is composed
of TVA employees working in
Murphy and the other is made up
of employees at the dam site.
This is part of the recreational
program being carried out by O. D.
Johnson, of the recreation division
of the training section of the TVA.
Also under his supervision several
tennis courts have been provided
adjoining the Mill offices and more
courts for tennis and various other
games are being planned.
{ At the dam site work has begun on
I t.ho * *
? .vv.v?.w?n uuiiumgr ana son Dull
, and tennis courts are being* con.
structed there.
Mr. Johnson was also largely responsible
for revival of the Midway
golf course.
The first soft ball game will be
played Thursday afternoon.
The line up will be as follows:
Town TJeam Pos Dam Team
ftuel Adams *c __ Offutt
Johnson - p Mulligan
; Epper Hensley....Jb Slim Hcnsley
Smallshaw ?b __ Goldston
Rogers ss __ Anderson
Reichle 3b Giffin
Wheeler If .. Baldwin
Madden cf Barton
Ward Styles
i. Adams sf -- Kecves
Jack Blag# will umpire.
AUTHENTIC STAGE S
FEATURE OF P
For the first time Murphy playgoers
will see actual stage scenery,
lighting system and make-up on the
local stage Friday night when the
Murphy community players and the
John C. Campbell Folk school present]
three one-act plays.
Mr. Kenneth Bartlctt, of the TVA !
training section, is coaching two of I
the plays, and in his spare time he
has built all the scenery and designed !
the lighting system himself.
Under the supervision of Mr. Bartlett,
who spent four years with the
famous Carolina Playmakers at the
University of North Carolina, patrons
at the school auditorium will see doors
on the stage actually open and shut,
light coming through windows, a fireplace
on the stage and a lighting effect
that makes only one half of the
stage visible.
Although a number of excellent
directors have produced plays here:1
none have had the advantage of j
technical stage direction as has Mr. j;
Bartlett. Heretofore a plain curtain-,
ed background, footlights and furnl-j,
ture have served as the only techini- ,
arolina, Covering a Large and Pote
y, N. C. Thursday, May
SQUABBLE OVER
COUNTY BOARD
IS UNSETTLED
Five Members Termed
"Unqualified" As School
Meet Is Called
Although five of the seven members
of Cherokee county's school
board have been termed "ineligible"
A. L. Martin, reelected on April 24
as county supcrintenent of schools,
has called a meeting of the board for
Friday to name committees in all
county school districts.
The board met Saturday for thi- j
purpose but P. A. Mauney, a member |
of th^ seven-member board, said I
nut live were meiigiuic occaiisv
they hat! not qualified before the
first Monday in April.
The confusing stnation was not enlightened
any Tuesday when A. W.
Mclver. chairman of the Democratic
I party in Cherokee county, re rived
a telegram from Attorney General
A. A. P. Sawell stating that in his
opinion five members, Mrs. T. T. ,
Johnson, Mrs. G. W. Cover, Bob|
King. Fred Martin and J. N. Moody,
whose membership are questioned by
Mr. Mauney, were ineligible and that
a party meeting could he called to
elect new members.
Mr. Mclvei said he would abide by
the party's wishes. No meeting had
been called Wednesday and Mr. Mclver
said the "whole thing is all
mixed up" and apparently not enough
are interested to warrant calling a
meeting.
Mr. Martin said Tuesday that. Mr.
Moody had looked up a paralell case
an found that there were no grounds
for it.
Cherokee county originally had a
three member board. The general assembly
passed a law during the last
session that all county education
boards be composed of five members.
Harry P. Cooper, representative, however
had the number for this one
county raised to seven.
W. E. Moore's membership on the
board has not been disputed by Mr.
Mauney.
Percy B. Ferebee, of Andrews,
was formerly named on the board
but he did not qualify and a petition
was circulated among the precinct
chairman who named Mrs. Johnson
in his place.
MISS STILLWELL
IS RELECTED TO
MURPHY FACULTY
Miss Miriam Stillwell, of Cullowhee,
has been reelected to teach the
seventh grade in the Murphy school.
Her name was omittei. from the list
of local teachers carried in the Scout
last week.
Also Miss Clara McCombes will
teach the first grade in the Murphy
school. Her name was carrie among
those teaching in other schools in
the unit last week.
Miss Willie Katherine Godfrey will
teach the English in the high school.
Miss Grace Wills Bell did not accept
a position offered her on the faculty.
ETTING TO BE
LAYS FRIDAY NIGHT
cal si<le of production.
J The stage is being remodelled at
a great expense and proceeds from the
! play will be used to improve it.
Mr. Bartlett is directing two of the
j plays on the full evening's program
; Friday night. One is a comedy of
Eastern north Carolina by Bernicc
Kelley Harris entitled, "Ca'line", and
the otfier is a drama of old WinstonSalem
entitled, "Cloey" by Loretto
Carroll Bailey.
The first play to be presented at
8 o'clock will be "Turnip Sallet", a
mountain play in two scenes by students
of the John C. Campbell Folk
School. It is directed by Frank H.
Smith, cf the Folk school. Characters
are: Herman McAbee, Ruby
Lee Come, Ruby Kate Holland, Ralph
Day and Homer Raxter.
The cast of characters in "Cloey"
are: Sam Carr, Nettie Dickey, Mrs.
E. C. Mallonee and Miss Billie Jackson.
The Characters in "Ca'line" will be i
portrayed by: Mrs. J. H. McCall, Mil-1
dred Hill, Kenneth Bartlett, Elbert
Mallonee, Jr., Catherine Coleman,
John Parron and Homer Ricks.
11 #lC0i
nlially Rich Tern tor-r in This State
6, 1937. $1
Gray And Boar<
City Fathers Ir
Held In Murph>
HUGE SDH IS >
APPROPRIATED
FOR DAM HERE
Congress Gives, $3,700,- '
000 For Construction
On Hiwassee Project
WASHINGTON, May .C?The ,
house <>? representatives Wednesday, '
April 28, authorized an expenditure *
ol" annroximatelv S3.700.000 for
construction work on the TVA Hi- *
vvassee dam 22 miles below Murphy ^
during the next fiscal year.
The budget bureau had approved v
an expenditure of $35,000,00 for the \
Gunter, Hiwassee, Pickwick l*and- ]
jing and Chicamauga dams during the
next fiscal year and the house appro- 1
priatons committee cut this amuont 1
by $3,634,850.
The full appropriation woud have
allowed an expenditure next year of
$3,947,589 on the Hiwassee dam and
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Fisherman Get
New Button For
Fishing License
Licensed North Carolina fishermen
will at least begin their outings this
year under a good omen in the form
of a new type of permit button shaped
like a fish.
The State fishing license buttons
this year will be of metal in the form
of a bream, one of the most populai
of the game fishes in North Carolina,
according to an announcement today
by J. D. Cralk, State game and inland
fisheries commissioner.
Last year, an innovation in the
form of the first metal license buLton
was issued for the State hunting and
fishing license. This special feature,
according to Mr. Chalk, stimulated
materially the sale of this type of
license, and similar results are expected
from the new type of fishing
license.
The new plate is bronze colored,
about two inches in length and one
and a quarter inch in depth. At the
top it carries the year for which it
was issued and a facsimile of the
State seal. In the center are the
words, "North Carolina State Resi-1
dent Fishing License*', with the number
of the tag in the bottom center.
Fishing, interrupted for the spawning
season in Eastern North Carolina,
will be resumed on May 11, and the
i season for warm water fish will begin
on June 11 in Western North Car
olina counties. Trout fishing in Western
North Carolina which opened on
April 15 will continue until September
1.
According to Commissioner Chalk,
the most complete cooperation ever
extended by the public in the observ
ance of the closed seasons has been
evidenced this year. Already, he continued,
a substantial increase in the
sale of fishing licenses, the receipts
from which support entirely the operation
of the various hatcheries and
make possible an extensive program
for maintaining the supply of game
fish, has been experienced.
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Baptists To Observe
Mothers Day Program
A special Mothers Day program
will be held at the First Baptist
church of Murphy Sunday at which
time new hymnals, the p-ift of members
and non-members of the church,
will be used.
Mrs. Emily Davidson is arranging
a special musical program, and the
pastor, the Rev. J. C. Ammons, will
pay a tribute to mothers.
Those wishing to e&ntributc hymnals
at 50 cents each are asked to
get in touch with cither Mrs. Davidson
or Mrs. Clyde Gennett.
^ Largest
I Circulation
Lie 1L Any PaPer
k ^ ^ Ever Published
Here.
.50 YEAR?5c COPY
d Are Elected
i Heavy Vote
T On Tuesday
Fain Ticket Is Defeated
By Three To One
Majority Here
rERM IS TWO YEARS
Mayor and 3 Aldermen
Are Incumbents;
Election Is Quiet
With a record ballot being; oast in
durphy Tuesday, J. B. Gray was rejected
mnvor fur si twn.Vi>?r term
Canted to servo with hini as aldermen
vcre: C. D. Mayfield, Noah Lovinrood,
K. C. Moore, George W. Ellis,
iV. II. Murray and T. W. Axloy.
Two tickets were submitted the
oters. The vote was as follows:
"or mayor?J. B. Gray 535. W. M.
rain 17(1; for aldermen?Mayfield
>32, Lovingood 486. Moore 525,
?llis 488, Murray 514,?Axley 524, J.
kV. McMillian 107, Allen Ramsey 105,
I. B. Mulkey 150. C. M. Wofford
ISO, ,1. W. Franklin 200 and Warren
Sneed 230.
Four hundred and six straight ballots
were east for Gray's ticket and
113 were cast for Fain's ticket.
Gray, Mayfield, Lovingood and
Ellis are incumbents having served
'>n the town board for the past three
years. Up until this year municipal
elections have been held every year.
Although a record vole was cast
no disorder was evident. Voting began
heavily in the forenoon and
continued until dark.
Approximately 900 names were
registered with Henry Hyatt during
the five weeks prior to the election.
W. O. Adams and Fred Bates served
as judges of the election.
MANY FARMS ARE
STILL ELIGIBLE
FOR SOIL FUNDS
Of the 2400 farms listed by census
takers in Cherokee county, about
900 have signed up under the soil
conservation plan for 1937. A. Q.
Ketner, county *vent. has revealed.
The figures indicate a slight increase
over the number of local farms
cooperating; in tne sou building; practices
during the past year, he said.
In 1936, 578 farms of 806 up were^
eligible for soil conservation payments,
he stated, and to date $10,099.71
have been payed to their owners
although checks for nearly 100
of them have not yet arrived here.
Mr. Ketner recommends that farmem
wishing soii benefit payments
sign up with him at onca in his office
in the Murphy court house as the closing
date on applications is about
two weeks off.
The agent's staff has conducted
meetings in 21 communities of the
county to explain the soil conservation
program. Mr. Ketner asks
those wishing further information to
either get in touch with him during
regular working hours at his office or
with some community committeeman.
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Golf Is Resumed At
Midway Course Sunday
Playing was resumed on the ninehole
Midway golf course Sunday. The
reopening of the course, two miles
east of Murphy, was made possible
through the raising of a $200 fund
here in the form of membership fees
among townfolk and TV A families.
Mr. Virgil Johnson has been added
to the list of the 40 persons whose
names were carried in the paper last
week as subscribers.
Cow Is Found Mad;
Consumers Worried
When a cow on the farm of Mrs.
Anna Steadman, of near Peachtree,
was found this week to have been
mad, a number of Mrs. Steadman's
butter and cream consumers here
have become quite concerned.
The cow died Friday night and
its head was sent to T.aleigh where
it was found to have been affected by
rabies.