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Vol. IL.?No. 7.
CONSTITUTION TO !
BE OBSERVED IN j
SCHOOL LOCALLY
Prominent Local Attorneys
Will Speak On
Anniversary
1150 anniversary of the Consti
tut n of the United States will be observed
locally with ceremonies in the
M ,hy High School auditorium Fri'
day morning at 8:30 a. m., Mayor .J.
B. > i ray, of Murphy, chairman of the
lo committee, announced Tuesday.
This will be part of a nation-wide
movemeent to observe the constitution
all over the country.
At the local meeting, four prominent
Murphy attorneys will give short
talks on the constitution. They are.
J. N. Moody, M. W. Bell, J. D. Mallonce,
and D. Witherspoon.
The entire community is invited to <
attend. I
11. Bueck, superintendent of the
schools of the Murphy unit, said Tuesday
that every high school student
J w<?uld be required to read and study
th< (institution in preparation for
it^ observance.
A state committee has been appoint.
Gov. Clyde R. Hoey to insure
i pn?|M-r observance all oyer
North Carolina. The committee is
composed of: Judge E. Y. Webb, i
Hon. A. D. McLean, Hon. Walter Mur[
phy. Hon. Thomas J. Gold, Hon. J. G.
Mcrrimon, Hon. Isaac C Wright and
Jud;:e John J. Parker. This commit- 1
tee has arranged committees in each ,
county of the state. 1
President Roosevelt's proclamation
follows: 1
WHEREAS the Constitution of the ,
United States was signed on Septem- t
ber 17, 1787, and had by June 21,
| 17SS, been ratified by the necessary <
number of States and, ]
WHEREAS George Washington ;
was inaugurated as the first President
of the United States on April I
I
NOW, THEREFORE, I Franklin l
H. Roosevelt, President of the United |
States of America, hereby designate
the period from September 17, 1937,
to April 30, 1939, as one of commem- j
oration of the one hundred and fif- .
tieth anniversary of the signing and i
the ratification of the Constitution
and of the inauguration of the first ;
President under that Constitution.
In commemorating this period we
shall affirm our debt to those who i
ordained and established the Constitution
"in Order to form a more pcr
_ xcvt union, esiaoiisn justice, insure i
I domestic tranquility, provide for the :
G common defence, promote the generI
al Welfare, and secure the Blessings
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j MIAMI BUSINESS MAN
I STAY ONE WE
I A fine tribute to Murphy and vici- I
i*ity as a vacation summer resort was
I paid this week when Mr. Walter B.
D Wilson and party entered the fourth
I -k of their visit here. They had
I originally planned to spend one week.
I Mr. Wilson, who is a Miami, Fla.,
I realtor, is accompanied by his wife;
I Mrs. Boiling Sibley, of Memphis,
I Tenn., and Mrs. J. J. Pullium, of ,
| Miami and Gainesville. Fla. They are a
K staying at the Dickey hotel. ]
| Mr. Wilson's particular hobby is
I hiking and following old mountain
B trails. He said he has taken some \
I of the most interesting walks since (
I he has been in Murphy that it ever 1
I been his privelege to enjoy. Not t
a day goes by, he declares, but that
H he doesn't take some sort of an in- ]
teresting walk. 1
Leaving Miami earlier in the sum- ?
I for his vacation, Mr. Wilson and 1
1 js Party visited in the East and later |i
B ojsowhere in the mountains. Upon ar- >
pving in Murphy, he said he planned
0 ,stay one week, "and the fact that 1 1
H am now staying on my fourth week i
H *^eak pretty well for the opinion I <
f>?* your fine mountain country i
? e 88he planned to return next i
Voar.
I i Asselin, 88-year-old former 1
fif ;.m eijlack of Pinewood, Canada, (
n ' cutting his third set of teeth.
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Murphy
Team To Open Season
With Athens On Friday
Coach Julian Pitzer was looking
closely through his ranks of football
stalwarts thiJ week for a
starting line-up for the first game
of the season which will be played
in Athens, Tenn., Friday night.
When the whistle blows in the
1937 season for the locals, the lineup
will read something like thi*:
Hob Taylor, left end; Queen, left
tackle; Jce Miller Elkins, center; j
Hall or Crisp, right tackle; Palmer,
right end; Oscar (Snowplow) Tay- i
lor, quarter-back; Wells, left half; j
Townson, Newman or Allen, right
half, and Junior Barnett, fullback.
The coach is undecided as to who
will fill the guard positions.
A large crowd is expected to accompany
the team on its initial trip
of the season. Besides providing
the first game some members of the
team have ever played, a night game
will be something new for the team
as a whole.
SECOND BOAR
HUNT PLANNED
NEAR TELLICO
Announcement Comes
From Fish and Game
Director of Tenn.
(Front Knoxville Journal)
Wild Prussian (or Russian) boars
"anting the Cherokee National forest
vill be the prey of hunters again this
fall.
Fish and Game Director lloweli
Hun tin announced in Nashville a soc>nd
hunt will be held in the wild counry
near Tellico Plains, while front
VIrs. Frances Stanley, who shot one
if the animals in the first hunt last
November, came the prediction the
diooting would be "much better."
Until 1935 the wild boars had not
been protected and the natives had
shot them at will. Now, howevei
Hunting is permitted only durng a
brief open season. Mrs. Stanley said
she undertsood this year the privilege
of hunting will be "drawn," that
is, from the applications submitted
only a certain number will be permitLed
to shoot the swine.
Both Mrs. Stanley, who is editorial
assistant, agricultural extension service,
University of Tennessee, and
Prof. W. W. Stanley, her husband,
said they hoped to hunt again if thei.*
names are selected.
The date of the hunt has not been
selectedi, Mr. Buntin was quoted as
saying. Plans will be worked out
soon and arrangements made in conjunction
with the U. S. forest and
park services.
PLANS TO
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New Store To
Be Opened In
Murphy Dec. 1
A branch store of the Farmers Fedjration,
Inc., with headquarters in
\sheville will be opened in Murphy by
December 1, officials announced here
Wednesday.
R. C. Crowell, vice-president of
die corporation, and Vance Browning,
?dcuational director, were in Murphy
this week making arrangements for
he new store.
They said the new store, which will
i)e one of the largest of the Federa;ion's
chain, will serve Cherokee and
urrounding counties in three states,
rhey have been contacting business
nen throughout this territory for the
veek.
A mass meeting will be held in the
Murphy court house Saturday morning
it 10:30 o'clock at which time James
j. K. McCIure, president and general
nanager of Farmers Federation, of
\shevillo, will be present to give an
iddress. The public is invited, they
aid.
At present the Federation, which
las been established for 17 years,
conducts 15 stpres in nine Western
^'orth Carolina counties.
rth Carolina? Covering a Large and
, N. C. Thursday, Sept. 1
TOURNAMENTAT
MARBLE IS SET
TO GO SATURD AY
Expected To be Most 1mj
p o r t a n t Diamond
Event Ever Held Here
What is expected to be the big-j
gest baseball event ever held in
Cherokee county will take pla.e Saturday
and Sunday and the following
Sunday when an eight-team tourna
ment will be held at Marble.
Tom Coggins, manager of the Columbia
Marble Blues, who is promoting
the tourney, announced Tuesday
that all plans for the local diamonc
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nitu oeen periected.
The eight teams competing for th<
$125 in prizes and two trophies are
Marble, Murphy, Canton, (Ja.. Enka
Hayesville, Aquone CCC camp
Athens, Tonn., and Coppcrhill, Tcnn
The tournament will get off to <
flying start Saturday when four elim
ination contests will he held. Oi
Sunday two games will be played
and the finals will he held on Sunday
Sept. 2(1. All games will be playe<
on the Marble field.
Mr. Coggins said each team ha<
turned in a list of players to whrcl
no player could be added after th<
tournament began. Each team is re
quired to post a $10 entrance fee.
According to the pairings as select
|ed last week, Enka will play Canton
Marble will meet Hayesvile, Murph;
| will entertain Aquone ami Copperhil
j will scrap it out. with Athens 01
the first day of play,
j Sunday the winners of the Enks
| Canton match and the Marble- Haj
esville game will meet in the firs
semi-finals. The two winners of th
other two games will also meet o
that date. The winners of thes
two games will meet on the follow
ling Sunday for the championship.
Much interest has been manifes
1 in the tournament throuhout. thi
| section. Nothing of its kind ha
j-ever been held here before.
| **We have scraped the best eigt
iteams together we could find withir
L 7R.mi1n r./lin.
;n i u iiiiic iwoiua vi .Hill uh , nil . \ vj
J gins said. "Every indication is ths
we will sec some of the best ba
played in this tournament that hs
ever been seen locally. We believ
a number of scouts will be around t
look over some of the players."
There is no restrictions as to whic
players the teams may use. TT
only requirement is that each teai
turn in its list of prospective playei
before the tournament starts.
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Men's Beauty
Show Will Be
Offered Her
What Murphy has in the way c
masculine beauty will be put on ei
hibition at the school house Frida
evening- at 8 o'clock when the ladic
of the Methodist church will stage
beauty show using their lesser halve
as principals.
Proceeds from the show will go t<
ward the church ladies' orphanag
drive.
Mrs. J. H. McCall, Mrs. E. C. Ma
lonee and Mrs. W. Arthur Barbe
who are in charge of the presentatioi
announce that a variety of aniateii
numbers will be presented during th
evening.
W. G. Owenby Here
On Business Visi
Mr. W. G. Owenby* former membe
of the board of aldermen and promin
cut citizen here who is now living ii
Marietta. Ga., was a business visito
in town this week.
Mr. Owenby and his two sons, I?i]
and Frank, have reestablished
wholesale grocery business in th
Georgia town, and Mr. Owenby re
reports that he recently built a r.e\
two-story hornb there.
They live on Mr. Owenby's farr
about two miles out of Marietta.
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! Potentially Rich Territory in This S
16,1937 I
More Than Half
In Hiwasee D
Organized i
M. C. Stiles Claims
He Has Champion Hog
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Mr. M. C. Siilv?, geiucii St-Oul
correspondent from the Postell
community, claims the champion
hog of Cherokee county this year.
He says the porker is six months
old and weighs 325 pounds.
Mr. Stiles did not state whether
or not he would bring his hog to the
fair which will be held in Murphy
Sept. 28-Oct. 2.
1 County Fair
To Be Staged
Sept. 28-Oct. 2
| Every preparation for Cherokee
n ; county's tweltfh annual agricultural
* exposition had been prefected this
' J week, A. Q. Kctner, county agent,
and members of the board of dir
ectors of the yearly exposition an
1 'announced.
1 i The event will be held on the Murl'
| phy Fair grounds beginning Tuesday,
* iSept. 28 and will last tbrought Saturjday.
Oct. 2. About $1 500 in premiums
will be (riven away to the exhibitors
in the different classifications, and
V a biff midway show of 50 rides, shows
I'I and concessions will be on the
n grounds.
Mr. Ketner was making last minute
i- appeal to exhibitors calling particular
attention to the general farm exhibit
;t which carries prizes totaling nearly
e j$100. Complete information is given
n in a fair booklet which can either be
e obtained from the county agent or
at the Scout office.
Huge crowds are anticipated in
t Murphy and everything for a royal
is reception to visitors from all surroundis
ing sections has been provided.
QUESTION BOX
l
I 1. How many living Ex-United,
it j States senators in North Carolina and
11 j who are they?
IS j 2. How many judicial districts are
e there in North Carolina?
? j 3. How many congressional districts
are there in North Carolina?
h 4. Who is congressman from the
ie eleventh congressional district, in
m North Carolina?
rs 5. Who is judge of the 20th judicial
district in North Carolina?
(Answers to last week's questions)
1. Thad Eure.
2. A. A. F. Sea well.
3. Seven.
4. Walter P. Staccy.
5. Three. They are 0. Max Gard0
gner, John Christopher Bulcher Ehringhaus
and Cameron Morrison.
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^ Theater Owner Goes
> To Brother's Funeral
is Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Sherrill, of
a Murphy, last. Thursday attended the
s funeral of Mr. She) rill's brother,
Wesley Newman Sherrill, 58, of
>. Hickory, who was instantly killed
G Monday, Sept. 6, when he fell from
a coal chute at his ice and coa' plant
1 there.
j. Mr. R. W. Sherrill is owner of the
1" Strand theater here.
j MISS POSEY ELECTEE
OF YOUNG DEMOCR
Miss Sara Ruth Pnsf-v of Mnmhw
Cherokee county's delegate to the
t North Carolina Yocng Deuocratic convention
in Winston-Salem last Thursr
day through Saturday, was named
vice-chairman of the group in the
tl eleventh dongressional district which
r comprises all the counties west of
Ashevifle.
II Miss Posey attended the meeting
r on Saturday.
c Other eleventh congressional dis,
trict officers named were: Jerry
v Roberts, Canton, chairman; Miss Ella
Mae Smith, of Asheville, s cond viccn
president; Adam Mosc-s. Syiva. secretary;
Irving Crawford, Bryson City,
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: Of Employes
'am Area Are
in Labor Union
Burton Zien, TV A Field
Representative of CIO,
Working Here
OFFICERS NAMED
Seventy percent of Workmen,
50 per cent of
Office Men Signed up
With the ultimate aim of organizing
every TVA worker in the Hiw
as see dam area, iiurton Zien, TVA
field representative for the United
Kederal Workers of America, announced
Tuesday that more than half
the employes had joined the ClO-nffliated
unions during the past three
weeks.
At present the skilled and unskilled
workers and laborers are being
organized, and Ernest Jvey, a
night driller whom Zien says has had
20 years experience in labor unions,
has been selected as their chairman.
Zien said 90 per cent of the workers
on the night shift had signed up,
ami that about f?o per cent of the
workers on the day shift had joined.
He also stated that 50 per cent of
the office workers in the Hiwassee
area had been organized. Their personnel,
Zien declared, is composed of:
E. L. Weaver (warehouseman), president;
W. E. Chambers (pubic Service
division), financial secretary, ami
O. D. Johnson, (recreation division of
training section) secretary.
Zien said Tuesday that the TVAV
policy of labor relations was not opposed
to organized working conditions.
At a general meeting in the comj
munity building at the dam on Mon!day
night, Zien. Ivey and Bill Rogers,
of the personnel division of the TVA.
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Club Discusses
Cannery, Hiring
Of CCC Enrolles
A drive to employ CCC enrolles
who will soon be dismissed from several
nearby camps and a further discussion
of the club's efforts to raise
funds for the Murphy cannery were
the main topics of the Murphy Lions
t lub at their regular meeting in the
dining room of the Methodist church
Tuesday night.
Walter B. Wilson, pnst president
of the Miami Beach Lions club, who
has stretched his visit in Murphy this
summer from one week to four, and
joe Ray. manager of the A & P Tea
store here, were visitors,
their nionic meetings for the summer
The club decided to discontinue
and move the meeting hour from 6:3G
to 6 o'clock.
Lion K. C. Wright was given a membership
key for distinguished work
in the club.
IJon H. G. Elkins. who presided in
the place of Mayor J. B. Gray, announced
that a committee would be
appointed to seek the marking of
streets in Murphy.
The club also decided to apply for
a booth at the annual Cherokee
County Fair next year.
?VICE CHAIRMAN
ATS IN THIS DISTRICT
i treasurer, and Miss Thelma Price,
Asheville, publicity chairman.
> WINSTON-SALEM, Sept. lbNorth
Carolina's Young Democrats
heard Senator Josiah William Bailey
assert Saturdav that, "the luUr
leader that rises to capture our party
should be repudiated from one end
of the country to the other" and then
elected Archie T. Allen of Raleigh a;
president.
{ Bailey, saying he usually did not
1 call names but sometimes thought it
! advisable, charged that "John L.
! Lewis is setting himself to either cap(Continued
on back page)