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aH. MURPHY k ^ The Leafiin * Vol. IL.?No. 3. ,1 500 HEAR TALK k BY L.4NDESS O.N f TV A AGRICULTULJ J Discusses What Congress Had In Mind When They Challenged Water flat ion of man to the land wa> i: jii.vct of an address piven by T atifliiec ,.f , filled married life. The characters 1 ' >rought into the play furnishes a 1 ' itful theme for the stage. ! Charley Hunter, who has been ing in Murphy for the past ' 'h. spent the week-end at his e in Asheville. ; j ural division of the TV A. in ti >uvt house in Murphy Monday nigh'- I ximatcly 500 people assemfc t ear the talk which was illus- | tl with many colored slides of p. staining to the subject tak! ugh the Tennessee valley area. | .ting that this area had the highrage rainfall in the country, cultural expert first talked on n:. "What Congress Had in Mir, When They Set Up a Challenge 5, r, t." Scenes of disastrous :: and a comparison of the richii< .f soil taken by rainfall and instituted the first part of the ! He pointed out that rainas costlier to the farmer in the ~ s than was the normal rais- I ha.- of erops. 1 n described the affect sill v ; into the rivers by heavy rains ? 011 floods, and explained die | I of dams by TV A as "onl> c ,. the primary aims" to help th< I j of the Tennessee valley area, c 4\Y : i get at silt at its source in 1" 1. :hills", he advised. ! handess contrasted the damage ilone by floods, to the power ^ ti. .aw rains can produce for the ^ a. fa e of the fa ms when a system I , o: \v?-r dams is erected. "Then t v.. . making the force of floods t s< umanity", he said in this connection. I Win dwelling on the picturesque ^ settinc .-f the Hiwassee dam, he stat- . ? ?! thai "this section suffers mort ( front water than any other territory. ( In the final event we will have to re- \ 1 ' farm land in this territory c ' at water". I \ ' ing that protection of the 'I t' : was necessary to fighting 1 ? he pointed out the three chief 1 ii>'a' as the erection of a system of ( daa terracing and strip-cropping. 1 I.andess, who has previously ? : here 011 a number of occasions i roduced to the audience by .1. \ I' l;.aj;g. chief of the engineering t >11 vision of TV A here. Ai- * .ge.-uents for the talk were made 1 I I.indsey, head of the train- i i>.; M'ction of TV A here. I1 1 ad<lress was the third in a es given by TV A officials. Dr * A hur E. Morgan, chairman of the * 1" i?i of TV A, was the first speaker 1 he was followed by Dr. E. L. 1 !'. of the health and safety divi- * sion of TV A. ;i TRY-OUTS TO BE HELD FOR NEWEST ' PLAY SATURDAY J j Try-outs for the new play to be < offered by the Murphy Community I players will be held Saturday after- t r.oon in the womans club room of the i Murphy library, Kenneth E. Bartlett,'! director, announced Tuesday. The newest vehicle will be a three- ? act comedy, "Skidding", by Auraria i Rouverol. This play had a very successful run on Broadway about eioht J years ago. 1 Mr. Bartlett said that a copy of the < play would be left in the Murphy li- 1 brary so those who wish to try-out for J the five male and five female parts i 'n the play may become acquainted t with it. Those who intend to try- f ?ut are asked to get in touch with Mr. ( Bartlett. i The play is somewhat similar to the moving picture, "A Family Affair" which was shown in Murphy about a 1 month ago. However, this play rc- * volves around a young lady who has 1 choose between a political career or \t' lfi .ly \ewtpaper in IT esurn Morlh ( Murphy, OUR FORE1V During the past, two weeks Mui tourists and motorists passing: thiouj before. At. most any time you can walk tags of at least 20 foreign states. Particularly beneficial has thi> tithe hotels, the boarding houses and t all lines of business feel the effects <>1 We can envision the future win Murphy's hack door; a lakefilled with , cabins, various recreation provided.. It we could induce only a part of or two! They are interested in our < air about it?and travellers like frie to the dam. They are interested in a< Many sections of Western No Waynesville, just to mention a few?; their tourist business trade. There is should not do the same. It behooves every citizen of Mur is placed before the tourist here; and stay here awhile. Many things mtist be done to b stands the problem of ROADS. Let us have our roads built tii Then we shall have taken the first bi It is our duty if we are to set Mi vacation land. \ MHTUCD ?>I TDK7 DDCI BY BANK-PLAC The Citizens Bank and Trust Coniianv has just recently made the purhase of another pure-hred Angus >ull which has been placed in Clay ounty to be at the disposal of all the armors in that section. A short time ago the bank purbased five bulls which they have catlered throughout Graham and hcrokeo counties at convenient locations, in an affort to increase the rrade and rating of beef cattle in hese counties. This sixth bull to be bought by the ank has been placed in Clay county. :nd there will be another bull for tnd they will be another bull for "lay county in the near future. The me in Clay county at the present has )een placed under the care of Mr. jam Bristol and purchased from the A. Caldwell farms at Maryvillc, LYnn., The bulls that have been ocated in Cherokee were placed with Ar. A. Franklin at Andrews, .John )dell at Grandview and Clifton Rad'ord at Beaverdam. The bank .hose convenient locations for these inimals in the hopes that the farmers vould take advantage of this opporunity offered them to increase the landing of their cattle. The aninals may be used by all the farmers n this county, for which a fee not exceeding $1 may be charged. All three of the animals located in his county are of pure-bred Ilereord stock. Quay Ketner said that they vould increase the stock of calves 100 percent over scrub bulls that some of the farmers have been using n the past. Ketner said that up to the present inie over 50 farmers had already :aken advantage of the hank's offer, iwt that the hank was not fully satisfied with the cooperation that the "armers were giving. He said that P. B Ferebee, president of the bank, ioes not. feel that the farmers are aking full advantage of the opporunity given fheni by the bank to inrease the grade of their cattle. The >ank has already spent well over <1.000 on thosp animnls nnH tho anlv eturn that they expect from the aimers in their cooperation. All of these bulls are of the best >tock obtainable and have been seected by some of the foremost beef attle spcialist in North Carolina, rheir purchase is only a part of the rank's program to assist the farmer n improving the grade and rating of he farm animals in this section. Champion Atlanta Team iVill Play At Marble The Marble Blues are scheduled ,o meet the winners of the Atlanta 3ity league Sunday on the Marble rield. The game, which is to be played vith the Miller Tire Station team, vill begin at 3 p. m. It is expected to be one of the fastest seen on the Marble diamond this year. Fresh from their 5-3 victory over he Knoxville team last week. the Blues will make a strong bid Sunday o keep their winning streak in line. rrokri Carolina, Covering a Laser- and Ho N. C. Thursday, Aug. 1 IOST DUTY phy has seer the largest number of nh here that ha- evt : m-op. notice*! down the street and see cars bearing avelling contingent been to the cafes. . he filling stations. Drug stores and * their passing. n a beatuiful lake is formed up to| fish, lined with comfortable summer these tourists to stop her?* for a day levelopment Murphy nas a friendly ndliness. They ask us how fa- it is tivity, too. rth Carolina?Asheville. Highlands, are reaping a bountiful harvest from jk? reason in the world why Murphy phy to see to it that every advantage that he is given every inducement to ring this about?but foremost there rst?to Atlanta and to Chattanooga K J?nip. irphy as a thriving tourist venter and D BULL BOUGHT ED IN CLAY COUNTY lChattanooga All-Stars Will Play In Murphy The Murphy Bomber* will meet the Chattanooga All-Stars in a hall game on the local diamond Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Manager Jack Blagg has announced. The All-Stars constitute one of the best semi-pro baseball aggregations to come out of East Tennes | see and should set the Murphy fans j up to some royal entertainment . when they clash with the Boomers. The team has appeared at Marj ble and on the local diamond severj al times this year. ! COUNTY HEALTH OFFICERS WILL ADDRESS GROUF The August meeting of the Chen kee County Council of Social ager cies will meet in the woman's clu room of the .Murphy library buildin on Friday, August 27. at 2 p. m. The program will be uiyler the di ruction of the county health depart ment. Dr. Z. I*. Mitchell, count health officer, and Miss Ola Rami! ton, nurse, will discuss the count, health program. Representatives of the civic, so cial and religious organizations o Murphy, Andrews and the county a large are urged to attend the meeting Teachers from all Cherokee count schools are specially invited as th information to be gained should b patriculariy valuable to them. In the absence of a quorum, th 'regular meeting in July was adjourr kI. It is hoped that a iaigo delega tion will attend the August meeting BOX SUPPER It Jias been announced that ther ! will be a box supper at the Hamptoi | Memorial church Saturday night I Everyone is cordially invited to at | tend. Student Bus Drivers Are Sought By Buecl< Students who arc planning to attend the Murphy high school this year and are capable of driving school buses are requested by H. Bueck, superintendent of the schools of the Murphy unit, to apply to him at once as applicants for bus drivers. No? only must the student be capable of driving a school bus but it is also important that he live somewhere near the point of origination of the bus line, Mr. Bueck stated. A salary will be paid the bus drivers. Eight buses, owned by the county but state-operated, will be used this year. The schools open, and the buses must be running by Menday, Aug. 30. e ?>m tentiallr Rich Trr*-i tomr in This Stat 9, 1937 Freddie Mintz Found In Greenville, Tenn.! J W J- Mintz, of the Orandvicw t section of Cherokee county,^ announced Monday that his ?vfl, Freddie, 15, who had been missing since July 22 had been heard from in Greenville, Ttttn., where the boy is ' traveling with a ca rnival. Evidently the lad, after leavini, his grandfather's home in the wild Tellico mountains, went to Chattanooga where he joined up with | the traveling show, according to Mr. Mintz. who said the details of his son's letter were meagre. Knowledge of his safety ended an intensive 25- day search through the fastness of the Tellico mountain section and a wide spread apI peal to police by the boy's father. n u- ... I i rcume is very popular here having attended the Murphy school. Sisson Given ; 5 To 6 Years In Nix Death Clifford Sission. 20 of the lower end of the county was given from five ( to m\ years in state's prison, Raleigh. Friday on charges growing out of the death of Charles Nix. also 20, of Culberson, who was injured at his I home October 18, 1936, and died in rla Murphy hospital October 23. The sentence came, upon comp mise action as the regular session of August criminal Superior court ended. Sission was defended by Moody and Moody. One year of the sentenewas given Sisson for allegedly having "knocked ail the lights out of the jail" during his confinement- there. Judge 11. llnyle Sink was oil the bench. Nix died of a head injury in the hospital five days after he had suffered a blow over the head with a stick which Foley Bell, who was deputy sheriff at that time, said he learned fmm witnesses Was held ir the hand of Sission during an aft ray. With murder warrants in the. pockets, Zack Ramsey, who was sherv or ... ....f .i - m ... ..v ui.ii imu ucpuues sougnt Sisson in vain. On .lune 2F he was aprehended near Jasper, Ga., where '* he had been living ami farming for some lime b 0 Redecoration On Local Library To Begin Soon y Plans for redecorating the Murphy Carnegie library inside ami out y were announced by Miss Josephine : lieighway. librarian, Tuesday. She I said extensive work, ordered by the f library hoard at its last meeting, would begin immediately, r. At present the local library is v working in conjunction with the TV A training section in distributing book.v to Hiwassee dam employees and families. Miss Marjorie Beall. state librarian, was present ai the last meeting or the board of directors when a general liscussion of the library's progress was made. Col. M \V. Bell is chairman of the group. Others serving on the board are: C M. Wofford, Mrs. John H. Dillard. Mrs. K. B. Xorvell, Mrs. t* II Bueck anil Miss Heigh way. n T. T Lindsey, head of the TV A training section here and Kenneth C. - Hayes TVA librarian, were also present at the meeting. Dr. F. V. Taylor Joins : Petrie Hospital Staff Dr F. V. Taylor a native North Carolinian, arrived Sunday August 15, to he associated with Petrie hospital. j Dr. Taylor is a oradiuif** Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va., 1915, and after having done general practice for 12 years, completed post graduate work at j Polyclinic medical school and hospital. New Y' -^23-24, and in 1936 did post y " work in bronchoscopy at . Kson clinic, Philadelphia. . Dr. Ta|^p I well qualified to do I eye,ear, nose and throat work, and i will assist in the general work of the (hospital. Dr and Mrs. Taylor are members of .he Presbyterian church, and have permanently located in Murphy. M Largest -4 4 A11 Circulation 111 Any Paper ^ Ever Publisheci Here, j $1.50 YEAR -5c Coe~ DEFINES SCHOOL BUS ROUTES TO MURPHY UNITS Eight State - Maintained Buses to Bring Students To High School With the opening of the Murphy schools only ;i little more than a week off, complete school bus schedules have been announced by H. Bueck superintendent of the schools of the Murphy unit. Eight buses, each serving a dif ferent route, will be maintained, and Mr. Bueck is asking students who arccapable of driving the buses and who live near the end of the various route*to apply to him. A small salary is paid all bus drivers. Through a recent arrangement with I the state school commission, all jschool buses to be operated here this year are county-owned and will he operated at state expnese I Mi. Buc-c'- has define*? the rout* ias follows: Route No. 5 Begins at Wolf Creek school and follows highway ; No. f>4 t?? Murphy a distance of 21 miles. Route No. ?I?Begins near Post oil and follows highway No. 261 to Liberty church, turns right on TV A access road and follows it t. lower Shoal Creek bridge. Turns right over maintained road 2miles to highway No. i2bl and over that road and highway > No. *' 1 to M irphy . distance of 51 , Route No. il? Begins at Culberjson an<! continues to Murphy and To-. J motla where it retuns to Murphy a distam e of 57 miles. Rout*' No in?Begins at Unaka and comes to Murphy a distance of JO miles. Route No. 12 Begins at Martin Creek and comes t? Murphy by way 1 of Brasstown a distance of .'{5 miles. Route No. 8?Begins near home of ! Lilian! McCombs. goes to Peachtreo school and near headwaters of Slow < reek. Returns to Peachtreo, picks u.p high school pupils and delivers , 1-hem to the Murphy school a distance j hi miles. Route No. 11 -Begins iie*n Sun ! derth home ami make.- trip to Peachtree school. Then makes trip up j Peach tree Creek !<> the ?-1 ?1 school ami j returns to Peachtree school Picks ; up high school pupils at Peachtree ami I brings them to Murphy a distance o* 133 miles. Route No. 7?Begin- at Boi .g , Springs ar.d delivers high -school pu pi j s t o the Murphy school. Makes a trip To Harshuw community tor ele me.ntarv pupils and deliver.-; them to .Murphy school a distance of 31 miles. Unusual Offer Brings Many Replies To Scou*. ' Why I- A Woman Like a Newspap< i"?'* Pi't.ing that the S.out editorials are read: Several w- - ks ago the Scout ran at. editorial in a humorous vein on the ! topic above and offered a years' subi scriptior. to anyone who had a better I answer, in our opinion, than any of the reasons listed in the editorial, i The response was immediate A j large number of replies came into the I office. So many in fact that the 5 man si ----- regrets not having space I t o print them all. ] A large number of readers have i either had thir name adlcd on the iScout list for a year's subscription or j had their time extended one year. Wine And Watermelon Mix, Wreck Proves It is commonly believed that wine and watermelons don't mix. But they do. Proof was asserted last week when .. truck load of legal wine and truck 1 loal of watermelons collided on th< Andrews highway near the Tomotla postoffice. A great deal of damage was. done to both vehicles?especially their eargo?hut no occupants of the cars were seriously injured. .1 , The wreck brings to a total of eight . tnc number of cars that have rari j into P. R oo* ?i patch at ' hp4 particu?nr p?a .
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