Cherokee Cc *H. ||j[J MURPHY __________ The Leading If Vol. I1L.?No. SO. CHEROKEE WILL SPEND $12,110 ON SOCIAL SECURITY Total Tax Levy of 1939 Is Necessary To Defray Expenses 4. It -will cost Cherokee county $12,. 110 per year to care lor its 150 eligible citizens for old age assistance under the new social security set-up end the 125 eligibles under the dependent children classifications, according to a release sent out by the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. The totaled tax levy necessary to cover expenses will be .1939 cents. The cost of the old age payments will be $4500, and the cost fo Ae dependent children payments will be $2375. For these two items there will be a tax levy of .1319 cents. Moreover, the cost of administrative expense, according to the release which furnishes these figures, the administrative expense of the nc-v-up win dc $dz3i> ior which a levy of .062 cents must be made. A survey of the figures made available by the board shows that the levy in Cherokee county will be fourteenth from the highest among the 100 counties of the state. In general the smaller the county the higher the levy, according to the figures. Seven of the 14 counties are in the mountain section of Western North Carolina. The lowest levy will be a little over four cents in Durham county. However, Cherokee and Clay counties will be partially renumerated as they are among thirty-three of North Carolina's 100 counties which are eligible to participate in a $200,000 equalization fund to help them raise their contributions for Old Age As sistance and Aid to Dependent Children, it has been announced by Nathan H. Yelton, director of the Division of Public Assistance of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. The equalization fund will consist of $100,000 of state money, which will be matched by $100,000 by the federal government. It is designed to Continued on back page. This Section. o KALrn MUUDY lb NAMED HEAD OF DISTRICT GROUP Ralph Moody, of Murphy, has been elected president of the 20th judicial district bar association for the coming year. Other officers elected are: Dan Moore, Sylva, vice-president; Edwin Hyde, Andrews, secretarytreasurer; Felix Eugene Alley, Waynesville, C. C. Buchanan, Sylva, George B. Patton, Franklin, I. C., Crawford. Bryson City, J. B. Gray, Murphy, T. C. Gray, Hayesville, and R. L. Phillips, Robbinsville, members of the executive committee. McKinley Edwards, of Bryson City, has been elected counselor of the state bar succeeding Stanley W. Black, of Bryson City, resigned. HARLEY BARTON GE TO TOP RUNG OF The local baseball fans -were given something to talk about this week when it became known that Harley Barton had been given a chance to advence in the baseball world. Bruce Hayes, veteran scout for the New Orleans Baseball Club, took an option on Harley Barton, crack second baseman of the Murphy club, after he had witnessed the locals in their game with Mt. Vernon last Sunday. During this ball game there was a grey-headed, hoavy-set man with a. knowing look in his eye who sat be-1 hind the plate and watched the boys j perform. This man was Hayes, one, of the best scouts in the game, who! has been scouting basehall since 1911.! During this time he has seen some of the world's best ball players perform,! and he has signed some of the men' >unty Fair Pr ft. % 'eekly \aotpmptr u Western North Murphy, Square Dance Will Be Held At Hiwassee Damn The first dance to be held at the Hiwassee dam village, 22 miles below here will take place Thursday night, according to O. D. Johnson, director of the recreational division of the TV A training section here, who is in charge. Round, square and reel dancing will take place in the newly-constructed carpenter shop, and will last from 8 o'clock until 11. Music will be furnished by a string orchestra composed of TV A employes residing at the dam. DETAILS OFFAIR ARE EXPLAINED IN NEW BOOKLET Annual Exposition To Be ] Held !n Murphy From Sept. 28-Oct. 2 Cherokee county was one big step j nearer its 1937 fair this week. The twelfth annual exposition will | be held on the Murphy Fair ground.1- I Tuesday through Saturday, Sept. 28 Oct. 2. This week 3000 Fair catalogs were being distributed over Cherokee and surrounding counties by A. Q. Ketner Cherokee county agent, who is in general charge of the preliminary phases of the county's annual celebration. The premuim list is reprinted in | the last page of tffis issue. Little changes has been made in tho premium list over the past year. About $2000 worth of prizes in all divisions of farm and home activities are listed in the booklet. Departments covered and their superintending committees are: Farm and Field crops, R. R. Beal, J. B. Shields, John Deal and Robert Martin ; horticultural products, A. J. Martin, Mrs. J. W. Dyer, A. R. Stalcup and J. H. Ellis; Flowers Mrs. Don Witherspoon, Mrs. C. A. Brown, R. A. T)ewar, Mrs. Dixie Palmer and I Mrs. John Davidson; Beef cattle, Carl Townson, John Odell, S. C. Gentry and Jim Luther; Dairy cattlee, H. Nr. Wells, John Shields, W. S. Dickey and J. B. Hall. Committee Announce! Horses, Mules, Sheep and Hogs,, J. F. Smith. Mrs. C. B. Wood, F. C. Ghiringhelli and Lawson Lunsford; Home economics, Mrs. R. C. Mattox. Mrs. J. H. Hampton, Miss Mary Beal. Mrs. Bertha Klis, Mrs. W. H. Murray and Mrs. Jimmy Ward; Pantry Supplies, Mrs. L E. Bayless, Mrs. Giles Cover, Mrs. John Bayless, Mrs. Wayne Walker and Mrs. W. E. Studstill. Home furnishings and clothing, Mrs. R. S. Parker, Mrs. E. B. Norvell, Mrs. Harry Bishop, Mrs. W. T. ForI syth, Mrs John H. Dillard, and Mr.s. [ W. H. Griffits; Arts ad crafts. Park , W. Fisher, Mrs. Steele Foard and Mrs. Clyde McNabb; Natural resources, D. Wtherspoon, C. W. Savage, Mrs. R. H. Foard and G. W. Cover; Education, A. L. Martin, H. Bueck, I. B. Hudson, and T. T. Lindsey, and Girls and Boys 4-H club, Mrs. Continued on back page. This Section. TS CHANCE TO GO =* BASEBALL LADDER [who are now big: names in the leagues. After the game scout Hayes had a long talk with Harley, and discussed 1 his possibilities of advancing: in the 1 baseball field. Then he held a private practice with Harley on Monday after. 1 noon, and offered him the option to 1 try out with the New Orleans Ball * Club during the coming year. In an interview with Hayes Mon- 1 day. he said that he thought that 1 Harley had the best, tchance of any M man that he saw on the field that day to advance. He commented on every man that had been in uniform, j and showed both their good and their bad points. Hayes also commented 1 on the hitting of the local players. I nnd the teamwork that the boys dis- 1 played on the field. In finishing the interview. Hayes j1 Continued on back page. This Section, j1 emium List? rrswi Carolina, Covering a Largx and F N. C. Thursday, July 15 McKee Here To Inspect Shoal Creek Highway Highway Commissioner E. L. McKee, of Sylva was in Cherokee county Wednesday inspecting the Shoal Creek road from Murphy to the Hiwassee dam, 22 miles below here. As the water backed up by the dam will cover the route in three places, it will be necessary to either relocate portions of the road or construct bridges over the flooded areas. At Kinsey, on U. S. 04, five miles below here, the impounded waters w;n * J me aunntcu nignway a distance of about 4000 feet, and Roy Plemmons, district engineer, who accompanied Mr. McKee here, said a bridge would probably be built over this portion of the road. On the Shoal Creek route near the Suit community the waters will cover the gravelroad at one place for a distance of .5 of a mile, and at another a distance of .8 of a mile. It was Mr. Pelemmons, opinion that the road would be relocated at these two points. Also ac-ompanying Mr. McKee was John Walker, chief maintenance and construction engineer in charge of the 10th division of Asheville. The highway group was greeted here by a local delegation. They toured the route to the Hiwassee dam where they were greeted by the TV A officials who took them on a tour of the project. Rater Mr. McKee was shown the results of WPA work done on several important county roads. Those accompanying the commisioner's party from Murphy were: Mayor J. R. Gray. C. W. Savage, Jim Franklin. W. A. Sherrill. W. E. Harnett. W. A. Adams, O .1. Oschcr, Peyton G. Ivie, K. C. Wright, Lee Shields, and Sam Carr. The officials greeting them at the dam were: Clarence K. Blee, project engineer; Olaf Laurgaard, construction engineer; Lex G. Phifer, construction superintendent, and W. X. Rogers, of the Personnel division. TV A COMMUNITY BUILDING TO BE SOCIAL CENTER Its Completion About Aug. 1 Will Be Climax of Bulding Program The Community life at the Hiwassee dam village, 22 miles below here, was literally being put under one roof this week. As present carpenters, forces connected with the construction and maintenance division of the TV A here are concentrating their work on the huge community building at the dam site. Completion is expected about August 1. The flooring has been laid, the walls erected and workmen now are nailing on the roof. The new building when completed will house practically all of the community activities at the town site. Everything from full-dress dances to an 85-horse power fire engine will be In it. According to revised blue prints, the building will be constructed in three iconecting main divisions. It will be a one-story fireproof frame affair. The building is located on the iorth side of the main road in the cen- i ter of the community. I The west wing will he composed I nainly of three school rooms, according to present plans, which will serve he children of grade school age in Continued on back page. This Section. o | TVA LIBRARIAN HCRE Mr. Kenneth C. Hayes has arrived n Murphy to take up his tfuties with the TVA here at Hiwassee Camp librarian. He will he moved to the Hiwassee town site later when libra ry facilities become further advanced. Last Section. t Hw 'otentially Rich Terri tf>ry in This Sta i, 1937. "$T. County Budget I By $25,000 For* | Year By Commi TEACHERS FOR ^ COUNTY UNITS i ARE APPROVED Bus Contracts Not To Be ;' Eliminated Says County Board A list of teachers for the county I < schools was approved by the Cherokee | < County Board of Education at their < meeting held Tuesday in the office of the superintendent of County Schools. 3 During their meeting the board turned down a proposition made by * the state, to eliminate the contracting of school buses. The state proposed to give the county two school buses 1 if they would purchase five, and by this means eliminate altogether the ( necessity for contracting school buses. The Board of Education also set the opening date for all of the schools , in this county that do not come under v the jurisdiction of the Murphy or Andrews school units. These schools j are to open on August 2. while the j Murphy High School will not be open- ^ ed until almost a month later. I The erection of a two room school building at Friendship was also np proved by the board, and they al- i ready have the plans and specifications in the office of the county sup- ? erintendent of schools. ? n their routine work the board ap- 1 proved a list of teachers for the coun- ] ty schools, which is as follows: < Ranger. \V. N. Anderson, Bertha * Carringcr, Mrs. Edith Mason Evans, i and Edith Shields; Sunny Point?Fred Harris; Culberson?Maggie B. Kissel- ' burg and Stella Mason; Shields?Vesta Roberts; Macedonia?Geneva Chastino; Johnson?Luc 11a Jenkins; Wolf Creek?Kate Shields and Evelyn j Shields; Wolf Creek A?Tolitha > r * > ^ " - ? .uoorc; neecn i reeK?l amias Hojjan; I Persimmon Creek?Olga Glenn;!' Friendship?Martha Ruth McNabb; Postell?Pauline Kisslehurg. Clark?Krsa Mt NaW, Hill?Willie i Lou Wells; Shearer- -Leona Pattersou and Irene Kissleburg; Reids Chap- 1 el Mrs. Geneva Hill Ilambv; Rivei ^ Hill?Truman McNabb; Lonjr Rid fro? Ruby Wells; Buck Knob?Lucille Matheson; Buckberry?Hazel Chambers; Unaka?Douglas Smith. Mr*. Minnie Tat ham.; and John Hogan t Ogreota?Bertiia Chambers; Upper J Beaverdam?Annie Lou Keenum. 1 Whit Church?Everett White and 1 Yey Adams; Ebeeneezer?Yonah Redford and Elizabeth Gentry; Davis ' Creek?Vesta Thompson; Boiling Springs?Bertha McGuire; Owl b Creek?Isabella Bradley; Peach tree e ?R. C. Pipes, Minnie Ferguson, Irene > Grant, Frances Watkins, Nellie Hen- f drix, and Dale Sudderth; Martins F Creek?L. W. Shields, Mrs. E. C. s White, Mrs. K. C. Wright, Ella Mc- t Combs and Ruth Coleman. c RIVER FLOOD STAGES BE RECORDED OVER Flood stages of the Hiwassee river,I at several points and rainfall through- [b out the ?county will be automatically | < recorded in the central office in Murphy every two hours through the! c 'medium of broadcasting equipment o |now being installed by the TVA. ri I The intricate equipment was re- b cently designed by Jud E. White, of ri the Hydraulic data division of the n TVA. of Knoxville, who is in Mur- w phy this week installing the broad, a casting units. This is the first pro- ii ject of the TVA on which it will be b used to any extent. f Two of the broadcasting units will be installed with one on the Hiw- 2 nssee river at Hayesville and the other at the mouth of Ivy Log creek u on the notla river. The four nutoma- c tic rain guagos will be installed at h Young Harris. Ga., Young Cane, Ga.. ( This Issue ^ Largest I Circulation BIM ]M Any Paper s ^ ^ Ever Published Here. it 50 YEAR?5c COPY Supplemented Coming Fiscal ssioners Here iVill Mean An Increase of Between 35 and 50c Cents In Rate ro MEET ON AUG. 2 VI any Factors Enter Into Increased Budget For The County Although Cherokee county'? official budget had not been officially entered on the books Wednesday, the commissioners found it necessary to increase it approximately $25,000 for the coming fiscal year. The budget during the fiscal year >f 1936-1937 was about $102,000. During the fiscal year beginning on July 1. 1937, through June 30, 1938, it is set at approximately $127,000, iccording to 11. L. Padgett. Cherokee county register of deeds, who is puting the budget as set by the county commissioners Tuesday on the books. The commissioners will announce he tax rate at their next meeting trhich will be had on Monday, Aug. 2. VIr. Padgett said the increase in judget would probably necessitate an ncrease of from 35 cents to 50 cents to meet the increased budget. The present rate is $1.30. A number of factors were attributed to the increase in the budget and the subsequent increase in tax rate Foremost among those i* the new expenditure of $4?1,885 per year to carry out Cherokee county's part of the old age and dependent children payments. The health unit in the county will call for an expenditure f the hydraulic division here. Every two hours an automatic levice sends a call into the Murphy ffice recording the height of the iver or the rainfall as the case may e. The call letters as set by the adio commission are WSHJ with a umber designating the unit from hieh the returns come. The figures re sent by morse code with dashes idicating the height in feet followed y a pause of some 25 seconds and urth'-r dashes indicating the inches. The wave length is approximately .84 MC. In each instance the broadcastingnit. has a clock-like device that omes on every two hours. At the eight of the water a contact is set Continued on back page. This Section