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I The Leadir
Vol.' IL? No. 25.
CHEROKEE FAIR
DATES ARE SET
SEPT. 27-OCT. 1
President W. M. Fain Announces
Contract Signed
For Midway
The thirteenth annual CherokeeCounty
Fair will be held in Murphy
Tuesday through Saturday, Sept, 27Oct.
1, W. M. Fain, head of the Fail
association, announced Tuesday.
He said a contract had been signed
with Hartzberg's Greater Shows to
furnish the midway attractions. This
same company held the midway concessions
last fall during the fair"The
Cherokee county fair has
runic tu ue Uiic Ui me uivaC nHjioi uiiii
events held annually in this section of
Westerr! North Carolina, and this fall
we hope to make it the best we have
ever had", Mr. Fain stated in making
the announcement.
A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee county
agent, who has been large.y responsible
for the success of local fairs
in the past, said that he expected
would-be exhibitors to begin soon
making preparations for the different
classifications of displays.
Last fall Murphy witnessed the i
most successful fair that has ever
been held here. Approximately $1500 !
was given away in premiums. Of- |
ficials estimated that nearly 10,000
persons passed through the gates.
From practically a bare-shelf ex-j
hibit of a few pumpkins and cucum- I
bers 13 years ago the Cherokee County
Fair has grown to a modern county
exposition and carnival that features
hundreds of farm, home and
natural exhibits and a glittering midway
that attracts crowds from this
entire tri-state territory.
Mr. Fain stated the Cherokee
County Fair would be held this year
the week preceeding the Cherokee Indian
Fair on the Cherokee reservation.
TWO FRUSTRATED
IN ATTEMPT TO
ENTER BUILDING
Two men attempted to break into
the Imperial Cleaners building late
Monday night and one of them was
believed shot in an attempt to frustrate
the entrance, it was reported to
police.
Mr. Virgil Elliott, who is employed
at the cleaning establishment and who
was sleeping in the rear at the time
said he was awakened about 12:15
by a noise at a rear window.
IT?
nu aaica ne could hear two men
pulling a screen loose and trying to '
open the window. In the dark he I
fired twice at the window with a 32- ;
calibre gun and said he heard one of i
tho men say: "Bill, I've been shot".
He recounted they then ran out past
the front of the building.
Policeman Neil Sneed was immediately
called but a search throughout
the town failed to locate the men.
WPA Gives $5,288.16
For Lunchrooms Here
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In a report of the lunch rooms in
Cherokee county in the Scout last
week, it was stated that the government
had appropriated $15,288.16
for this work and that the county had
supplemented It by $1779.10.
Mrs. Walter Witt, who is in charge 1
of the work, states that this figure J
should have read $5,288,16 for thej
WPA appropriation, and that the j
rnnntTT vote "
, m?u*w iui an aunauons .
up to $1779.10.
Oyster Supper To Be
Held By S. S. Class
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An oyster supper sponsored by the |
members of the Fidelis Sunday School
class of the First Baptist church of
Murphy will be held in the Smoky
Mountain cafe in Murphy Monday
night, class officers announced Tuesday.
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TILL1TT IS NAMED
HEAD OF MURPHY
WHOLESALE FIRM
I
I D. H. Tiliitt, county attorney, of [
! Andrews, was reelected to the presidency
of the Wofford-Terrell wholesale
corporation in Murphy at its annual
stockholders meeting on Wednesday,
Jan. 12.
Other officers named by th^ newlyelected
board of directors were: R- H.
King, vice-president, and George C.
Mauney, secretary and treasurer.
The board of directors consists of
P. C. Hyatt, C. M. Wofford. Tom Terrell,
Dr. Harry Miller and the officers.
CO-OPl'OSMRY
IIMITC DPDADT
uniio lucrum
MUCH PROGRESS
Cherokee Units Enjoy
Good Profits From
Project
Annual reports issued recently bj
Extension Poultryman, Clifton F.
Parrish, of Raleigh, show notable agricultural
achievements for dc monstration
units located in Andrews and
neighboring rural districts.
Mr. Parrish's report is compiled
monthly and annually from information
extended his office by the various
demonstration farms and poultry
houses throughout the state, and it
records statistically, the day-by-day
progress made by eachWeekly
contact with demonstration
poultry houses of Cherokee
county is made by trucks operated
by the .Mountain Valley Cooperatives,
Inc., under the supervision of 4he
North Carolina and United States
departments of agriculture and .uf
filiated with the Brasstown Creamery
and Wholesale company, located
at Brasstown, N. C. All products of
the poultry experimental stations are
purchased at top market prices by
the association, of which each uniis
a member. From Cherokee county
the eggs ar transported by truck te
the Mountain Egg Producers of Bill,
more, wholesale marketing house of I
the cooperatives, where they ari
again distributed to be .
the public- \
From each weekly check received
by the consignee is deducted oi>
cent per dozen of eggs sold for that
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URGES FARMERS
TO SIGN WORK
SHEETS FOR 1938
The Cherokee county agent's staff
is requesting all farmers in the county
to cooperate with them in filing
work sheets under the AAA for 19*38, j
according to an announcement Wednesday
A. Q. Ketner, county agent, estimated
there are 2490 farms in this
county. Of this number approximately
half of them have filed work sheets
for 1936 and 1937, and he is urging
those farmers who want to come under
the program in 1938 to either get
in touch with him in his office in the
court house in Murphy or a member
of the variou community comittees.
"It is necessary for us to get a work
sheet on all farms in the county
that come in under the program with
as accurate data as possible. These
must be secured before the state office
will be able to set up the total
figures for the county which in turn
will be divided among the farms", he
stated.
Th0 county agent estimated that
$13,000 was made in payments in
Cherokee county for 1936 work
sheets, and that between $12,000 and
S20.000 would be paid for 1937 work
sheets which will be completed soon.
Aiding the county agent's staff under
the volun*->ry program by contacting
farmers to sign work sheets
are:: Jim Evans, of Ranger; George
Hendrix, of Peachtree; R. L. b'eenum, ,
cf Suit, and H. B. McN'abb, of
Lclitia.
Ffllfetl
rth Carolina, Covering a Larpr and
?hy, N. C. Thursda;
COFFERDAM ON
TVA HIWASSEE
DAM FLOODED
Is Seen As First Major
Step Of Actual Cona
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siruction on froject
Marking completion of the first important
step of actual construction
on the TVA's Hiwassee dam 18 miles
below Murphy, the first cofferdam has
been flooded and operation* have begun
with thv primary crusherIt
is tentatively planned to start
pouring concrete in the huge $16,000,000
project about April 1. Meanwhile
the coffeidam, situated on the
south bank of the river, will remain
flooded until the time for the placement
of concrete arrives. ,
Workers started building the cof- j
ferdam last fall. Extending about
175 feet out into the river, it is 400 [
l'eet long. Excavation ranges from a I
few feet in at the river bank, to ap- !
proximately 40 feet near the middle !
of the river.
When the cofferdam was first built
il was pumped dry and the river bed
cleared to rock bottom. On January
10, the pumps were stopped, and
seepage was allowed to pour in. It
was filled Saturday.
Construction plans cad for three
such cofferdams across the river.
Completion of the entire project is
scheduled for the spring of 1010.
Meanwhile the primary crusher has
been located near the gray wacko
quarry on the north side of the riverLater
a secondary crusher and a
I machine for grinding the rock into
I sand will be located. Hock will be
j carried to the crushers by conveyors
| On the north bank the concrete will
j bc mixed, conveyed to the cableway
and carried out over the river to be
. poured in the cofferdams.
It is estimated that Hiwassee dam
will be about 300 feet high, and plans
call for the construction of a roadway
over its crest.
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New Filling Station
Will Be Built Soon
Const notion on a new Texaco fi.ling
stat on will begin in Murphy at
a near < ate, G. W Cover. Jr., Texas
Oil company products distributor, of
Andrews, has announced.
The new station, which he says will
be modern in every detail, will be
located across from the Imperial
cleaners on a lot that was recently
purchased from Mr. B B. Cornwell.
Weather Vane
Listed below are baximum and
minimum temperatures for the past
week compared with temperatures
for the same period last year.
Temperatures
1938 1937
Date Max. Min. Max. Min.
12 46 34 59 55
13 47 27 66 52
14 40 25 71 58
15 45 21 68 51
16 62 24 60 30
17 62 43 58 41
18 65 42 66 54
Rainfall Inches
1938 1937
Since January 1 2.08 .... 6.24
ORGAN CIRCLE OF E.
REPORTS PRO
By The Organ Circle East Murphy..
Friends of this newly-created organization,
in East Murphy, will
doubtless be interested to know that
to date, Jan. 17, 1938, payments amounting
to over $700 have been
made on the new organ lately installed
in the Methodist church, and plans
are going forward, whereby the entire
indebtedness may be cleared within
the next few months.
The members of the circle are putting
forth their best efforts to have
this dream realized.
To those of you?church members
and non-church members (and there
are a number of the latter)?who
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Potentially Rich Terratory in This Su
y, Jan. 20, 1938 $1.
Make Good Imj
Tourists, Rot
Citizens At
LOCAL HARDWARE |(
FIRM OFFICERS
ARE RE-ELECTED
All officers of the Cherokee HardEware
company in Murphy were reflected
at a directors meeting Thursday.
/They
are: J. A- Richardson, presi- vdent;
M. W. Bell, vice-president, and
F. C. Moore, secretary and treasurer.
The board of directors consists of :
C. IS. Ilasson, Fred Moore, T- S.
Evans and J. D. Mallonee in addition
o the officers. u
Mr. Richardson reported at the ,n
meeting that some nice gains were
shown in thc. business of the past ^
year. C
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FASHION PARADE J
TO BE OFFERED
BY ORGAN CIRCLE ;
I A style show will be given at the a|
Strand theater Friday night, Jan. *28, t<
sponsored by the Organ Circle of the >'
Methodist church. a
Fashions of yesteryear will be worn t*
! y the beautiful debutantes of Murphy.
Styles as old as 125 years, as well ai
as dresses of today, will be modelled, b
I.ovely creations of 1940 will also be t?
<?n parade. o
Remember the date and place?Fri- CI
day night. Jan. 28, 7 o'clock, at the
f Strand theater- See the beautiful a
ifashions and the beautiful gir.s- el
Mrs. W. Arthur Barber, ti
Chairman. " f,
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Democrats To l'
Have Banquet ^
Saturday Night f(
Arch Allen, chairman of the Young ^
Democratic clubs of North Carolina, ,
of Raleigh, will be the principal speak- .
vi at a meeting oi tne organization in I""
Murphy Saturday, Jan. 22, at 8 p. m. |el
A dinner will be held at the Regal ,s
Hotel at that time sponsored by the
clubs of the Eleventh Congressional \
district
h
All plans for the banquet were per- q
fected Thursday by Miss Sara Ruth tj
iPosey, of Murphy, and Frank Forsyth, <?
|cf Andrews- Tickets went on sale
j Thursday evening at $1 each.
Several hundred prominent Demo- tj
ciats from the entire congressional p
district are expected- Although no u
definite speaking program has t>een S1
arranged, a number of those in attendance
will be called on to give
short talks. n
u
Last year a number of similar meet- jt
ings were held in this county. Clubs s
were organized in every community Ci
of Cherokee and became one of the (j
strongest organizations ever to ex- t
ert influence in this section. 0
The Young Democratic club of
.'Cherokee county is anticipating a
number of meetings, rallies and dinners
over the county this spring and ^
expect to perfect the greatest organization
locally in the history of the ^
county. ^
AST MURPHY s1
GRESS DURING PAST P
I have rallied to the support of the ^
cause, we wish to express again, our ^
(sincere thanks and appreciation. cj
j Without your cooperation and en
couragcment we could not have ac-' _
complished so much in these few shori:
monthsFor
the past several months it has
given us untold pleasure to listen to
the music by our choir- This part of
the church service has given to us that
jgeneral spiritual uplift such as do our b
good sermons by our pastor, the Rev. h
W. Arthur Barber.
May each and everyqne remain c
loyal and steadfast. If you have not 1
made a contribution and wish to do c
'so- please call 4 0. ^
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>ression On
>erts Urges
Meeting Here
Carolina Motor Club
Head Speaks On Development
of W. N. C.
HEARD THURSDAY
lov. Ed Rivers Assures
Murphy Georgia Road
Will Be Paved
Declaring that the tourist business
as one of North Carolina's leading
dustries and that the future dependi
on the impressions given visitors,
oleman W. Roberts, president of the
arolina Motor club, of CharlcUe. adressed
a small group in the court
0US2 in Murphy Thursday afteroon.
Mr. Roberts' talk dwelt on all phas>
of the state tourist business and
le state advertising campaign. An
ppeal was made for all communities
j join in a "do your part to make
our town more attractive" movelent
and increase the number of
jurists in this state.
Original.y scheduled as so.re sort of
n. Ashevi.le-Atlanta highway cderation,
tli ? meeting really turned <?ut
? b(. a discussion of the possibilities
f the future of this section of the
reat Smoky mountains.
John C. Lusk, of Atlanta, who as
close personal friend of the speakr
introduced him, read a communicaion
from Governor E. I). Rivers inerring
that the Culbcrson-Blue Ridge
ighway would be surfaced soon givig
an entire paved route from Asheille
to Atlanta and establishing this
oute as the main trunk line between
ie East ami the South.
Would Make Murphy "Gateway"
In this connection the speakers reerred
to Murphy as "the Gateway to
ie Great Smokys?and the South"
Pointing the beginning of his adress
to the Murphy high school sen rs.
who largely made up the audiice,
Mr. Roberts said: "This section
going to be what you make it."
The speaker then stated the more
isitors and industries brought into
lie state, the lower would be the tax
urden on present residents in North
larolina. "The same people must bear
ie taxes from year to year", he said,
until new people come in."
"We must realize that North Carone
is not the only state in the union
lat has beauty of scenery and fine
eople to boast of" he continued in
rging the citizens to capitalize on the
Late's various asstes.
Listed among the things that "we
lust do", he advocated control of the
ses of advertising road signs. "Visors
will be responsive to the impresions
we make and the hospitality acorded
them." He pointed out that to
o this we must not imitate other secions
of the country, but just "be
urselves."
Campaigns Outlined
Switching to national and internaonal
tourist advertising campaign?
eing conducted, he declared that a
?cent campaign in Southern Cali>rnia
brought 4,000,000 new resients.
while the northern part of the
tate which conducted no such camaien
show<?d
.. _ ?**? mci
Florida, Canada, and New Englandere
listed among: those sections of
le counti*y that had recently "reaped
?nofits" from tourist advertising:
impaigrns. He estimated the "trav(Continued
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Taxpayers Warned Of
Delinquent Penalty
Sheriff L. L. .Jlason is notifying all
ixpayers that a one per cent penalty
efrins if taxes are not paid up in full
y the first of February.
The law provides that a one per
ent penalty be added in February,
no per cent in March, three per
ent in April ond four per cent in
lay.