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Vol. 1L?No. 23.
NEW COMMUNITY
IS ESTABLISHED
IN TELLICO AREA
Huge Lumber IndustryResponsible
For Remote
Settlement
A brand new community has in
auspiciously sprung up in onc of the
wildest and most remote sections ol' i
Cherokee county, and so far off |
man's beaten path is this miniature I
\il.age that routine life has been car*u
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to the knowledge of but very few
Although uncharted on modern
maps and plats, this com muni iy rests
peacefully in the Tellico mountain
area of Cherokee county on the Ten
nessee river which divides North
_ Carolina and Tennessee It is situated
in the rugged mountain country
northeast of Murphy.
Its existence is due to the operations
there of the Vestal Lumber and
Manufacturing company of Knoxville,
Tenn. Workmen were moved
there last July to haul out pine lumber
estimated at 00,000,000 feet.
Houses and even a school were built
to accomodate the families occupied
by the industry. Its population i*
somewhere between 100 and 150
people.
Almost inacessable to surrounding
communities. The lumber being
transferred into Tennessee. For
* years local citizens have sought a
passable road into the site of operations
but no satisfactory outlet into
this county was ever attained. The
company's branch headquarters are
located at Tellico Plains, Tenn.
The town is located on a tract of
land consisting of about GOO acres.
Up until the establishment of the
community unw f?"
faw this section of the country, although
it dates back historically as
early as 1894At
one time there was a dispute
whether North Carolina of Tennessee
owned this rich lumber tract.
The case was taken to the Supreme
r court about 1904 and the decision
save the property to North Carolina.
At present the entire settlement and
end lumber tract is on the Carolina
side of the river.
It is located at a place known as
the Indian Camp Ground, a settlement
around which has been built a
weird legend of two Indians and one
white man who had built a camp
there and were later burned to
death in it.
Zim Roberts, of the Beaverdam
section of Cherokee county, is said to
be the pioneer settler of the community.
W. D. (Andy) Hass and
Leonard Walker are fire wardens at
present for that section.
With the advent of the workmen's
families came the need for a school.
It was built and equipped by the residents.
Its enrollment is 15 students
and Miss Katherine D. Eiler, of Hayesville,
is the teacher.
Reward Is Offered
By Show Operators
I A $15 reward is beng offered by
the management of the Strand Theater
for information leading to the
| arrest and conviction of the person
or persons who destroyed a number
of advertisements in front of the
| theater and other places in town on
Christmas eve.
Mrs. W. R. Sherrill said that one
largo advertising board was removed
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iiwii me irom 01 me theater and
later found in the river below the
Hiwassee bridge.
Local Store Award
1 Remains Unclaimed
The winner of the electric train
which was to have been given away by
the Davidson and Mclver store in
Murphy Christmas Eve has not yet
been claimed, the owners said Monday.
They announced the winners name
had been posted in their window and
'.f they did not call for the train by
this coming Saturday at 3 p. m. it
would be awarded to someone else.
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MASONIC OFFiCERS
ARE ELECTED HERE
ON MONDAY NIGHT
[ At a regular communication of
Cherokee Lodge No. 146 A. F. and
A. M. held in Murphy Monday night
officers for the coming year were
elected.
They are: J. C. Ilembree, master;
T. Franklin Smith, senior warden;
Aud Sudderth, junior warden; K1).
Lovingood, treasurer, and W. A.
Ilembree secretary.
CIVIL SESSION
OF COURT WILL
; CONVENE JAN. 23
j Judge Clement Scheduled
To Preside; Juries
Are Selected
The regular January term of the
Cherokee County Superior court will
convene in Murphy Monday. Jan. 24,
for the trial of civil cases only.
Judge John II. Clement, of Winston-Salem,
is scheduled to preside.
Jurymen for the session have been
chosen as follows:
First Week?B- P. Lovingood, Murphy;
S. L. Post ell, Andrews; Arthur
Bedford, Murphy, route 2; A. X. Kephart.
Murphy, route 3; James Cornwell,
Murphy; B. G. Mingus, Murphy;
Oliver Dockery, Murphy; J. Z. Mulkey
Grandview; John Davidson. Murphy;
J. A. Floyd, Vests.
Charlie 'Cambell, Murphy; Laurence
Anderson, Andrews; J. H. Christy,
Andrews; F. C- Davis, VUdet; John
Keener, Tomotla; N. W. Crisp, Murphy;
Satn Amnions, Andrews; Ivan
Harris, Culberson; C. C. Mills, Murphy,
route ??; Verlon Evans, Ranger,
M. F. Odell Grandview; Bob Peak,
Murphy, route 3; and T. P. Calhoun,
Murphy.
Second Week?H. G. Klkins, Murphy;
Decator Styley, Vest; Brack
Derreberry, Andrews; W. J. Grain,
Vest; Porter Axley, Murphy; Wesley
Pendland, Murphy; J II. McCiure,
Murphy; D T. McNabb, Suit; Frank
J Fisher. Murphy; .Jack Hall. Mnrnhv
M. H. Duckworth, Murphy; Joe Axley,
Murphy.
Edd Munday, Culberson; C. C.
Foister, Culberson, route 2; Sam Williams,
Andrews; Jim Franklin, Murphy;
W. A. Hyde, Andrews; G. W.
Harper, Tomotla; John Crow, Unaka;
R. W. Rector, Andrews; Carl Anderson,
Culberson; Boyd Stiles, Murphy;
John McGumrey, Murphy, route 3,
and J. A- Hass, Murphy, route 3.
FEDERATION GROUP
PLANS MEETING IN
MURPHY SATURDAY
There will be a meeting of interest
to all farmers held in the Courthouse
in Murphy on Saturday morning.
Jan. 8, at ten o'clock. All who
have subscribed for stock in the
Farmers Federation, Inc., are urged
to attend this meeting. This is the
second meeting held here by the
Farmers Federation. It is for the
purpose of collecting stock subscription.
Directors for the Murphy Warehouse
wiil be elected at this meeting
if sufficient stock has been paid in
so as to give a number to select the
Directors from.
James G. K. McClure, president;
Guy M. Sales, general manager; and
Vance A. Browning, educational di,
rector, will attend the meeting.
The Farmers Federation string band
from Asheville will be on hand to
make music- The public is cordially
invited to attend the meeting. Final
plans for opening the warehouse in
Murphy will be made.
It is the plan now to have the
opening day on Saturday February
5th.
Miss Ellen Cooper Axley has returned
to Greensboro where she is a
student at Greensboro Co.legc. Miss
Axley was the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. .\xley, during the
Christmas vacation. i
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Carolina, Covering a Large and Pot
?hy, N. C. Thursday, Jan
i3arr Is Named
Administrator
Of Cooperatives
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J. E Barr, general manager of th>
Umd O' The Sky Mutual Canning Association.
has been named administrator
of Tennessee Valley Authority
Cooperatives succeeding J. Ed Campbell.
Headquarters for the administration
will be located in Waynesville
*rste?*d nf Kr:oxvi!;e. Mr. Barr's ^'imposition
with TVAC will not mean any
changes as general -manager of the
Land O* The Sky. He will remain as
general manager, but has turned over
the sales department to James Neal,
who has been with the Waynesville
office for a number of years.
The TVAC comprises four canne
lies, one creamery, a flour mill and a
handcraft shop. The canneries are
located at Murphy, Hazelwood, Green
Mountain and Cranberry. The creamery
is at Brasstown, and the flour
mill at Newport, while the handcraft
shop is at Norris.
Mr. Barr was named canning supervisor
of the TVAC in May, 1934. A
year later he was made general malinger
?>f the Land O' The Sky Mutual
Canning Association. The Associa
. .HIP ???u. icgionar cooperative, with
eight members operating 9 canneries
in Virginia. Tennessee and North Carolina.
The sales of all canneries are
made through the Wayncsvil.c office
The Land ()' Tie- Skv Mutual Association
gives technical service, accounting
service, and does some buying
and all the selling for the members
in the group. Four people are employed
in the office alone, ami at
| times several more are used.
Last year the Association packed
150,000 cases of canned goods. I'.ans
are underway this year to pack at
least 300,000 cases.
Mr. Barr said that many more cases
I of some items could have been sold
<luring the past year.
3COUT PUBLISHER
RETURNS HERE TO
ATTEND BUSINESS
Mr. L. A. Lee, pubiishcr of the
Cherokee Scout has returned to Murphy
indefinitely to look after business
matters here.
Two other members of the Scout
force have gone to Dalton, Ga . to become
connected with the Dal ton News,
another paper owned by Mr. Lee.
Hadley Williamson will act as advertising
manager on that, publication
while Hoy Cook will work there as a
Linotype opcratoi.
These changes were made effective
the first of the year when the Scout
closed its 1937 books on the most
successful year it has ever had under
its present management.
"The Scout has had an extremely
good year", Mr. Lee said upon his return
here after the holidays. "It is
certainly our intention that it shall
continue to serve the very best interests
of Murphy and Cherokee county
in every way during the coming year".
During the holidays Mr. Lee made
an extensive trip through the South
and in connection with his business
has visited innumerable printing shops
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I he stated, "that printing prices in
Murphy average about 25 per cent
lower than other sections. I am gratified
to know this and at the same
time realize that we can opeiate on
this basis and still maintain a flourishing
buisness.
"The people of this community can
be assured of our very best efforts in
their behalf during the coming year."
Department Store Is
Closed In Murphy
The Regal Department store in
Murphy was closed and bankruptcy
announced by its owner, Otto
Oscher, Saturday night.
Mr. Oscher and family fame here
ever a year ago from Sweetwater,
Tenn., and leased the.building adjoining
the Regal hotel where th'.
business has been conducted evei
since.
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I MRS. POSEY TAKES
RESIGNED N. Y. A.
POST IN MURPHY
j Mi's- Garland Posey, of Murphy, has
| accepted a position with the Cherokee
I county National Youth administraj
.ion office. It was recently resigned
j .y Mrs. H. \. Mattox.
I Mrs. Posey is well-known through
I the county having lived V both At:Idrews
and Murphy.
Mrs. Matt ox lett before Christmas
*o visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
i Ilarry P. Cooper, in Washington, 1).
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NEW TELEPHONE
SYSTEM WILL BE
INSTALLED HERE
Request Is Made By Practically
All Subscribers
In Murphy
A new telephone system in Murphy
appeared im i inent Tuesday following
the receipt of a letter here
fiom Stanley Wi i nt . North Carolina
utilities commissioner.
Stating that - nee he had been advised
"that the telephone subscriber,
u MurphV had u' animous.'y agreed
to the in<;reas? in rates (which
amount to 25 a nt> per month on all
phones and which were outlined in
another letter several weeks ago),
ii. consideration of the change in
telephone exchange faci.ities, and
hat no one had opposed same" he
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omvvu *?. Duncan, of the
Southern Bell Telephone campany.
'that the conversion be n.ade as
soon as practicable."
"I assume that a little time wi.l
be required, for the reason that in
all probability new equipment will
have to be purchased," he added.
Requests for an improved system
in Murphy followed the passage of
resolutions by the Cherokee Medical
Society and the Murphy Lions club
and the signing of a petition by practically
all subscribers several months
ago.
They were sent to Mr. Winborne,
as well as the telephone company
officials, and the commissioner replied
that a more adequate system
would require an increase of 25
cents per month for all types of
subscribers and that he be advised of
their wishes in this matter.
A survey of practically all the
subscribers was 21 ade with no dissension
voiced.
At present a magneto system is
being used here which requires the
rmging of a bell to attract the operators
attention and subsequent "ringj
ing off".
It was pointed out in the petitions
that not only would the improvement
facilitate subscribers but a better
impression would be nr.ade with visitors,
tourists and out-of-town business
folk.
Local employees were not held responsible
for "unsatisfactory service"
here.
HARBIN ARRIVES
TA T A vr
i a v-r 1 mivc rujl 11U1N
WITH MARBLE CO.
Mr Frank Harbin, of Atlanta, Ga.,
has arrived in Andrews to become
connected with the Columbia Marble
company in the place of Mr. Tom
Cogens, Jr., who was transferred
to a marble company in Elberton,
Ga.. Jan. 1.
Mr. Harbin is temporarily staying
in the home of Mr. D. S. Russel,
and his wife ar.d daughter, Frances,
are visiting him there until permanent.
living quarters are found.
Mr. Coggins, popular Cherokee
county sportsman and manager of
he Marble baseball team, had been
connected with the marble company
for the past rix years.
Bill Bayless, after spending Christmas
here, has gone to High Point to
resume his duties as State revenue
collector.
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TvTfioEs INTO
NEW YEAR WITH
PLANS ADVANCED
Program of Development
In 1S37 Reviewed By
Federal Agency
The Tennessee Valley authority
I said in a "review of progress" MonI
day i; entered the New Year well advanced
on :: unifed program of flood
control, navagation. power development
and agricultural planning.
Giant generators by hydro-electric
power were in operation at three of
12 proposed dams on the Tennessee
river and i s tributaries, whhe construction
progressed rapidly on four
other dams.
4 Completion (of the unified program)
is, of course dependent upon
appropriations of the necessary funds
by congress", the authority said.
"With consistent allotment of funds
for the purpose- the construction program
would end about 1915 or 1 946
upon completion of the Gilbertsville,
Ky? dam."
At the close ??f the last fiscal year
the authority's expenditures and obligations
totaled approximately $?XX.000,000
including ft! 1,300,000 valuation
on the war-time Wilson Dam at
Muscle Shoals. Ala., and $700,000
worth of general equipment and inventories.
A retwmk of electric power lilies
spread over the TYA's domain from
Norms Dam. on the Clinch river in
upper east Tennessee. 500 miles across
state to Memphis, and into parts of
i Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi.
The authority said it now had 36,1000
residential, commercial and inI
dust rial consumers of its surplus electric
energy, including 18 municipalities
and l.r? co-operative power associations.
The report showed that from 1034
until Nov. 30, 1037, the TVA's revenues
from the sale of electricity totaled
$5,055,195 with total income of
more than $0,000,000.
The New Year found the authority
with four dams completed, four under
construction, one authorzed by
congress, and three proposed but as
yet unauthorized.
Other activities in brief:
Flood control?already successful,
the authority said, with Norris Dam
alone able to reduce flood crests at
Chattanooga from three to five feet.
Navigation?river traffic increased
to pre-depression levels on Tennessee
duo to guarantee of naviable channel
year 'round.
Agriculture ? Approximately 5,500
farmers with 24,000 farms covering3,300.000
acres adjusting acreage useto
soil building-conserving practices
and testing TVA's new fertilizer "Metaphos"
which has 60 to 65 per cent
available phosphate plant food instead
of 16 to 20 per cent in now
widely used superphosphate.
Forestry?Supervised planting 38, ~
000 trees, in addition to 18,000,OOOseedlings
in TV A nurseries. Badly
gullied and abandoned areas on 4,500
farms treated to halt erosion and!
restore land's usefulness.
o
famous P flint in g Is
Displayed Thursday
Quite a number of loeal nermlo
viewed the original painting by James
Montgomery Flagg exhibited here
Thursday afternoon by the Forest
ServiceThe
painting, which depicted Uncle
Sam as a forest ranger pointing to a
forest blaze with the inscription.
"Your Forests-Your Fault-Your loss"
was displayed in the court house lobby.
Mr. Flagg recently donated the
picture to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt as his contribution to curbing
costly forest fires.
Nearly a million colored postern
have been made of the painting and
distribution throughout the country.
It. was originally scheduled to he
displayed here Friday.