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Active And /jt 1*11 ll^l Attractive ULiFI 1 Ij8 j MURPHY rLt The Leading JT, Vol. iL.?No. 10. PRIZES AWARDED AS FAIR CLOSES SATURDAY NIGH7 [s Said To Be The Best Fair Ever Held In Cherokee County With Cherokee county's most suc??most glittering fair at ?n ; end, A. Q- Ketner Tuesday announced a partial list of the main prize winnets. [ The county agent, who did the greater part of promoting the Fair, said complete lists of prize winners l would not be available for several j days. No" definite records have been \ determined yet as to the exact number of persons who attended, but graced by pretty weather, the largest crowd to ever visit one of the pas twelve annual Fairs was in evidence. The chief exhibit this year was the general farm exhibit which totaled a number of prizes amounting to nearly $1(10. It was won by Mrs. Ed Mease, of Hayesville, with Ed McConnell, of Hayesville, second; J? H. Hampton, < i Murphy, third; J. W. Dyer, of Murphy. fourth and Mark Weaver 01 j Hayesville fifth. The general farm exhibit had to be composed of commolities that could be raised on the lii! ta or produced in the home, and was judged on variety, neatness and ^ quality. Other main winners were: corn, I t urn: Hampton; hay J. H. Hampton and Ernest Ashe; wheat, E. G. Ashe; ; rye, Mrs. Frank Ingram; ambruzzi rye, George Hendrix; soy beans, M I St ale up; and cow peas, A. K. Stul tu|<. ' the horticultural I thv following were outstanding: com\ nut-ical apples, Skyline Orchards \ i? n Witherspoon) ; host 5-8 bushel jj basket, Mrs. J. H. Ellis; best plate of Mr. Witherspoon and J. II. [ Hampton; Irish potatoes, J. W. Dockj try, M. E. Stalcup and H- L. Mclian. : Premiums for home economics and i other classifications could not be as j sembled for publication Tuesday. Among the cattle exhibits, Carl | Townson's exhibit of Aberdeen-Angus beef cattle was outstanding. II. N. Wells and John Shields were winner* in the open breeds of dariy cattle. 4-H beef cadf winners were: C. H. Townson, first; J. C. Townson, Jr., second; Garrett Hcdden, third; Andrew Fain, fourth; H. L. Martin, fifth; Mr. Hedden, sixth; Earl Martin, seventh and eighth; Mr. Fain, ninth, and J. C. Townson, Jr., tenth. Also among the 4-H dairy calf exhibits, J. H. Stalcup had the grand champion Jersey calf. Prizes went to George Dyer for the best Jersey calf over one year and under two, and to Harold Wells for having the best Jersey calf over two years of age. Others showing good calves in this 1 classification were: Hubert Wells, 1 Yatk Walrdoup, Roe Deal, Ralph McCiure and Dimple Clayton. Randolph Shields had the champion 4-H Guernsey calf.* Others showing good Guernsey calves were: Harold Hall, Sarah Witherspoon, Geraldine Shields and Harold Shields. Mr. Ket- * ner said grand prize winners would * receive a registered heifer. fine annual sessiop liberty associatio] I Rv O n A Tl^DVOATl 1 The 86th annual session of the West Liberty assicoation which was conducted at Shady Grove, closed last i Sunday. With all churches but two being represented, the association realized the largest representation in its history. |t Is reported that the reports of the churches were the best ever given, and that a fine spiritual meetprevailed throughout the session. The Rev. Clarence A. Voyies delivered the introductory message 1 ^'nich was timely and appropriate. t?cod discussion were held of the var- I | '0Us subjects. Rev. J. C. Amnions, pastor of j the Murphy Baptist church, delivered j * great message on the subject, "The Cooperative Program". ] Newly-elected officers were: the i 1 ?ev. W. x. Truett, moderator; the) I ! it % My Neva paper in IF r stern North ivk Boomers Will Meet Franklin Here Friday The Murphy Boomers will play their first game on the home field this year on Friday afternoon when Coach J. A. Pitzer's team w.il engage the Franklin high school squad. After two defeats at the hads of A*hens. Tenn., and Canton. N. C. the Boomers rested one week, and Coach Pitzer is planning to switch several positions on his squad before thev meet the Macon county team. Last Friday the Andrews high school team defeated Franklin on the Andrews field 35 to 6. O Semi-Annual Song Meeting Will Be Held The semi-annual meeting of the Cherokee County Singing convention will be held with the Marble Springs church, Sunday, October 10. All the singers of this county arturged to meet with the convention, and be prepared to enter the contest. Singers, quartets and singing class es oi adjoining counties and states are cordially invited to attend, and will be recognized during the day. al though they will not be privileged to compete for the banner which is awarded the class making the best music of Cherokee County only. Sylva Wreck Victims Reported Improving Mrs. William Russell and ,Missys Dorothy and Viola Garland, who were injured in a serious automobile wreck near Sylva Sunday, Sept. 20, in which their mother, Mrs. Victoria Garland, and another sister, Neil, were killed enroute to Martin's Creek to visit Mrs. Garland's parents, are reported to be slowly recuperating in tho Sylva hospital. All resided in West Asheville. 15ob Byerly, also of Asheville, who was riding with them was killed, and another member of the party, Woodrow Styles, and Walter Langhauser, of Atlanta, Ga-, who was driving the other car, also remain in the hospital. It was feared at first that other injured members would die. Library Open Hours Are Changed Recently A change in the open hours of the Murphy Carnegie library were announced Tuesday by Miss Josephine Heighway, local librarian. At present the library is open every week day from 2 p. m. until 5 p. m.; on Tuesday and Saturday evenings from 7 until 9 o'clock, and every Saturday morning from 9 o'clock until noon. Miss Heighway also stated that a large number of new books had recently been received by the library. Misses Alline and Blanche Richirdson left Saturday for Forest City ;o visit friends. They are expected o return Thursday. 4 HELD BY WEST N AT SHADY GROVE Rev. Fred Stiles, vice moderator, and U. S. G. Phillips, clerk. The closing sermon on Sunday morning was delivered at 11 a. m. by Mr. Truett whose subject was the "Great Commission" taken from the 16th chapter of Ma?. verses 15 and 16. As usual he did justice to the mbjeet, which has placed him among the leading praechers of this mountain county. The next session of the association will be held at Friendship church, 12 miles west of Murphy, near Suit. The association passed a resolution without a disdenting vote not to fellowship any church that will fellowship a member of members who is en- | ?aged in selling intoxicating liquors,! beer or wine. Tf. is bnnofl that arvflnffAmimfa po n I l>o made so the next Cherokee County Fair will not conflict with the time of :he meeting of the association. rroltfi Carolina, Covering a Largr and Po irphy, N. C. Thurs., Octc HIGECABLEWAY PUT IN PLACE AT HIWASSEE DAM Cable, Which Was Used At Nor>-is Dam Had to Be Shortened Here One <>f the most interesting parts of th?? Hi\vn<'M IV^ni PnnO i ncli-in I, plant is the cr.bleway system, which j was stretched between the two towers on either side of the dam Saturday, j The inain cable, which is Lhtce inches in diameter and 1588 feet long, is de- . signed to carry five times its capacity of 20 tons. It consists of 175 sepa- | rate strands of wire and weighs 22.2 i pounds per foot, or approximately 18 tons. The combined weight of the two towers and cable is approximately 900 tons. The same cable was used in the construction of Norris Dam- Since Hiwassee Dam, when completed, \v;)l be 607 feet shorter than Morris Dam, it was necessary to shorten the cable. ! William R. Gentry of the American Steel and Wire Company of Charles' ton, W. Va. was called in as a consultant in fastening lie "jewel 1'* t o the end of the cable, which in t i? n fastens to the towers. Mr. Gentry stated, that to his knowledge, this was the first time this process had been done in the field on so large a cable. The cable was fastened into the "jewel!" with molten zinc. The cableway system will be used in transporting concrete in b?rge iron buckets from the n ixing plant to the ! dam, as well as to lift and move large | objects. The cableway erection and . operation is in charge of Ben Clark. FIRE PERMITS ARE REQUIRED, WARDEN SAYS i Dry, Fall season at Hand; Birchfieid Brings To Mind State Law With the fall dry-woodland season at hand. D. B. Birchfieid, county forest warden, warned all persons this week that burning permits must be had before forest and field fires can be started. The district wardens in Cherokee county are: S. S. Birchfield, Murphy, and J. C. Crowe, Unaka, smoke chasers, and Earl Payne, Culberson, Rt. 2, and O. P- Taylor, Suit, district wardens. The fire regulation law is as follows: SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to start or cause to be started any fire or ignite any material in any of the areas of woodlands under the protection of the State Forest Service or within five hundred feet of any such protected area, between the first day of April and the fifteenth day of June, inclusive, or between the fifteenth day of October and the first day of December, inclusive, in any year, without first obtaining from the State Forester or one of his duly authorized agents a permit to set out fire or ignite any material in such above mentioned protected areas; that no charge shall be made for the granting of said permits. , Sec. 2. That this Act shall not apply to any fires started or caused to I be started within five hundred feet j of a dwelling house. Sec. 3. Thtat any person, firm or corporation violating this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shrdl he fined or imprisoned in the discretion of the court. Sec. 4.That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. That this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification. PIE SUPPER AT I?Avrcd There wi! 1 be a pie supper sponsored by the Methodist church at Rsnfrer Friday night Oct. Sib. Tl public i j invited. ' t Urui -ntially Rich Teri tnr-* in This State ber 7, 1937. $ Fair Premiums Being Paid By A. Q. Ketner Payment of the 1937 Cherokee County Fair premiums will begin this (Thursday) morning, A. Q. Ketner, county agent, who is n charge of the premium funds, an- ' nounccd. ' * Mr- Ketner said his staff had j made short work of listing all the prize winners and tha* the dispen- i sation of the nearly $1500 in prem- I iums was started ar soon as poslible. Awards may be collected by calling at the county agent's office in the court house in Murphy. "Skidding" Best Play Offered By Local Club In one of the most polished presentations ever given by a group of amateurs in Murphy, "Skidding'*, a three-act comedy by Aurania Rouvei rol was presented by the Murphy i Community players in the Strand | theater Tuesday night. Troceeds went to the Murphy li-i biaiy. Although tnc audience was! small it marked tin largest attv. da tire 1 i at a Murphy Community IMuyor's J ' presentation so tar. Fine j erformanc-es vet o given by ; Mrs. < >. K. Madden, Mrs. \V Arthur ! Barber, Mi - Leuna Taliiam, Mrs. Tom Case, ami Miss Gladys Lit inkley who i were east as the mother, aunt, and daughters ?.f an Idaho family wl?v had domestic troubles in term; ted oy a desin on the part of o. e daughtc?r Miss Talham. who had just finished an vaster? college, to get into politics* { The father, pee: rayed b\ Kenneth Bartiett* the director, who took part | on two days notice, was the judge who j was more able to handle his coming I nomination than he was his duties as I head of the family household. Bill I Stansbury was the young rich engineer | suitor of Miss Tathain who emphatically demanded that iter p'nc was in i his home rather than in politics. Kenneth Hayes was the grandfather who found more fun in a good game of checkers than in a good game af j politic., and George Dyer was the j "man" of the house and captain of the I football team. Bert Dills took the part of the I judge's campaign manager. | The show wi'. be given in Andrews! ; Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock (East-1 iern Standard Time). Alleged Auto Thieves i To Bryson Jail j Vernon Morris and Bill Mills, who : have been held in the Cherokee county jail for the past three weeks on barges of stealing an automobile, were conveyed to Bryson City Friday where they were placed in jail there pending a trial in Federal court. ' The two men, who were arrested ; with a gil l in an allegedly stolen | automobile on Sept. i2 by Deputy I Sheriff Eari Rayne near his home, t were ordered to Bryson City at a I hearing before U* S. Marshal Fred ! Bates, wi?o gave the preliminary ' hearing. U.F. W. A. ORG AN IZEF ) LETTERS OF COR Two letters were received by the f Cherokee Scout this week from Burton Zien. United Federal Workers of America Field Representative for the 1 Tennessee Valley Authority, who recently began organizing laborers at i the Hiwassee dam under the C. I. O ' -affiliated organization. The first was in regard to a news J article appearing in the September 1 16 issue of the paper in which Mr. 1 Zien points out two minor errors were made?one in regard to the status of the workers and the other . in the number of membership. 1 The second is an answer to a news , article n the September 23 edition in 1 which an interview wth John S. Turn- 1 1 or, Construction and Builders Labor organization (which is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor) ' f TV A workers was gi" on. 1 In the first letter M . Zien points 1 ' out that "because they are already I ^ Largest | Circulation W eZppZ lished Here. 1.50 YEAR?5e COPY r\'A FAMILIES WILL BE GIVEN MEDICAL CARE service Established For Residents of Hiwassee (Dam Area A program to provide medical can br OKploy'1* "f b?? Ti'mir^scf Val py Authority and their dependents., who reside within the Hiwassee Dam Construction area, as well as non-cm* ployees who resides on property owned by the Authority in this area, was put into effect this week. Ample facilities are available at Hiwassee Dam to provide satisfactory medical and surgical services for al? persons who participate in the medical care program, but in case unforseen circumstances overtax the facilities, priority shall be given both ir. the infirmary and in visits to the home to employees who became ill in line: duty. Emergencies, however, wiil prove an exceptionThe people living in the construction camp, built and operated by the Authority, and those people who live \\;ihii two arid a half miles of the Medical Center will he eligible for membership. A charge of J? 1 a month is made for single employees and ii charge of $2 a month is made for employees with familii >. Members shall he entitled to a complete physical examination annually or as otherwise essential, with all the necessary Xiny and other laboratory procet' ae.that can bo carried out with tin- available equipment; to essential ambulatory. medical and surgical care and treatment; to general medical supervision for children of pre-school age^. and school age; and to prenatal car* including essential treatment and man agement of all prenatal cases. A charge of $7.50 shall be made each use of the operating room an<. anesthesia, and a charge of $7 o shall he made for each uncomplicated obstetrical case delivered in the hospital, the charge to cover use of delivery room and professional services, but not hospitalization of mother and baby. For these, an additional charge of $1.25 a day for the mothei and $3 a day for the baby shall be made foi each hospital day. Other members of the family shall be required to pay $1.25 a day for each hospital day also. Special drugs and supplies needed in the treatment of general medical or surgical conditions shall be upplied, when necessary, at cost plus 10 per cent. A chaise of u.> cents shall be made for professional visits by the medical officer to homes during the day, and the charge, shall hi; 50 cents for night visits. Cases of mental diseases, tuberculosis, or any other disease that requires special hopsital facilities shall not be accepted, .except in definite emergencies, pending other dispell tion of the cases. There shall be a Hoard of t-onCro as the governing for the administration of this medical care program, composed of five members selected as follows: Lex Phifer, representing the Construction Supervisory group; Gin;, (Continued on back page) ^WRITES TWO RECTION, CRITICISM organized by their respective crafts, tho C- I. O. is not accepting any men wno mignt be eligible for their (the C- I. O.') jurisdiction of long standing". This was in answer to the statement appearing in the Scout that "at present the skilled and unskilled workers and laborers are being organized". Mr. Zien admits, however, that "the U. F. W. A. can include in its jurisdiction the skilled craftsmen the dam". ^e. as Mr. Zien states, "the main ,.n> he C. 1. O. is to organize the i?n organized", the presentat ion of thi tatement was given in a broader anc less technical sense than Mr. Zien rna\ have possibly intended. Under the classification "skilled ant unskilled laborers and workers" war intedned to be ? - 1 1 inu>c jiunntcds of men who get their job? with the TV A at the Hhvassee dam r (Continued on back page)
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