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Active ^ And //<i] 1 Attractive flUJip I murphy The Leading If Vol. IL?No. 47. COUNTY HOME DISCONTINUED AFTER JULY 1 Dr. J. N. Hill To Be Retained as County Physician by Commissioners The Cherokee county home will .liMontinued as a county instituti^n July 1* the board of county mmissioners decided in a special n here Tuesday. V ting on a motion passed at their !: regular meeting, the three-i?an \ :11 1 voted to retain Dr. J. N. Hill county physician but limited his i i. .- to caring for inmates at the , : iv jail in Murjjhy. 3.. i ??n for the two acts was given ; ?i -ire to lower expenses in the T^c hoard also discussed 11.1 ounty budget and tax distri. 1 n at the meeting but did not any definite conclusion it was said. With tlu- advent of old age pensions number of inmates at the county home I > dwindled to six, and this .k- ,i ii as a reason for discontinui i i \V. A. Adams, member of the board. Hayes Loathe rwood, whose ,- ban is superintendent of the ant\ nnr, said following the meet, ing tin. *: -?' of the present six inmat ligible for old age assistants. -d Adai 'ated is was estimated d at - a r i !; aying at the coun' home si month last year. He said , naining there could ? < transferred t*? the Jackson county : an-l k?pt cheaper t.ian p;ovidI ,r:sr flUiirtefs for them in the Cheroi county home, i present County home was built I h nvni the town limits of Murphy in ? Mr. Adams added that I no action had been taken by I tkr aid mi its disposal, it will prob. I PI ANS FOR NEW 1 BUILDING ARE I DISCUSSED HERE j g A further discussion of Murphy's I Community building which B appears to be a reality, occupied the Lions club at their regular meeting B light. reported that a conference! I 1 eld here with C. M. Denton,1 B disir.ct WPA manager, of Sylva, Saturday, and that formal applica. ti<?n for $11,000 in funds would be fl( signed this week. * for the building as drawn up by Garji| Meanwhile plans and specifications H land Rcichle were displayed and other ff ph.'i.-cs of Murphy's fulfillment of supB plying the necessary $3,500 were I OXFORD SINGERS I TO APPEAR HERE j I THURSDAY, JULY 141 1 M The Oxford Orphanage entertain. ?rs will make their annual appearance I in Murphy on Thursday night, July I 14, according to Bill Hembree. chairX man of the local Masonic lodge comft mittcc in charge of arrangemcnts The musical spectacle will he held II the high school auditorium at 7:30 in the evening. B A large crowd from here always K tarns out to hear the orphanage 9 singers. Wayne Townson Now 1 Licensed Embalmer Wayne Townson has arrived in ^urphy to become associated with father's funeral director busi Hess as a licensed embalmer. M ^r- Townson, son of Mr. and Mrs. H W. I) Townson, of Murphy, complet e<* a course in funeral directing and'l embalming at the Cincinnati College I ^ Embalming, at Cincinnati. Ohio, '&st Saturday. I ^ Winifred, Clyde and William nWnson and Miss Virginia attended e graduation exercises. it dip eekly Neuitpaptr in If r stern Worth Ct Murph OLD TIME FIDDLERS C BE HELD TONIGHT; An old-time fiddler's contest which will see the winners present ed over radio station WNOX, Knox, ville, Tenn., will be held in the Murphy school auditorium tonight (Friday) at 7:30 o'clock. The winners will be pr? sented over the radio Thursday. July H, from 11:30 until noon during which time 4-Murphy will present a half ' hour invitation to vacation hunter? and tourists", according to arrangements made recently by the Knoxville manufacturers of portable week-end cabins. Head-lining the music contests | will be radio's famous black.face i team, Monk and Sam. Eighteen 1 dollars in prizes will be awarded tin- best players. The complete plans, which are outlined in an advertisement in this paper, have been made i>y the F. K. Paxton Lumber company, I of Knoxville, and the show and broadcast are being sponsored by the Murphy Lions club. The portable cabins will be dis. played in Murphy at the Fiddlers convention and by the local dealer. The winners of the fiddler's contest will go to WNOX to compete with the winners of eight other fiddlers contest. At the same time representatives of Murphy will be priv. leged to bring a message outlining the many tourist Many Attend Organization Of Republicans More than 12.r> Republicans from his tri-county area attended the local Young Republican club organization ceremony at the Regal hotel in Murphy Friday night. Edwin Hyde, chairman of the Cherokee county Republican organization, acted as master of ceremonies and opened the meeting by introducing all candidates and recognizing the assembly. Main speakers were: Clyde 11. Jar. j ictt, candidate for state house ?>i' representatives. of Andrews; Willard | Axlcy, Murphy attorney; Roger A. Dewar, of Andrews, and E. l\ Haw- i kins, candidate for the board ol"! county commissioners from the sjcond [ district, of Murphy. Mr. Hawkins j expressed appreciation to Charles J Dickey, of Murphy, for arrange- ( meats for the banquet. A tax discussion was led by Mr. I Jarrett, and a general round-table ] discussion completed the program. | The Valley River Quartette, who j recently sang over station WDOD, j Chattanooga, Tenn., rendered several > selections. The quartette was com- j posed of John Donley- El nest Trant- 1 ham, Charlie Crain and Victor West. | Those receiving at the door were: Mr. Dickey. Mr. Hyde, Mr. C. W. Savage., Mr. Will Savage, Misses Virginia Denton and Anne Town son,; Mrs. C. W- Savage and Mr. Hawkins. Dance To Be Held On Saturday Night A dance sponsored by the Charity , League of Murphy will be held in the Murphy gymnasium Saturday night. Richard Mauney, who is making arrangements, has announced. Vincent Wright and his Hotel Gordon orchestra will furnish the music. A large number of dancers from this tri-state territory is expected to attend another of the series of popular dances arranged here recently by Mr- Mauncy. Tickets will be sold at the door for $1.25 to couples and stags. However j tickets may be purchased before noon on Saturday for $1 per couple or 75c for a stag, Mr. Mauney explained. ' LEGION OBSERVES LADIES NIGHT ' Ladies night was observed by member;. of the local Joe Miller Elkins * Tost of the American Legion at a J banquet in the Dickey Hotel Thursday aight. r f rroltft irolina. Covering a Larsv and Pot< iy, N. C. Thursday, June ONVENTION TO MURPHY ON RADIO attractions of the county over the radio station. Many followers of local music contests expect this to be one of the best and most interesting ever held here. A large number of local hands have made arrangements to enter the contest and a large crowd is planning to attend. According to the announcement: l "Mr. J. \V- Elliott, World Famous j Tour Counselor and President of I ?... vjivui- oiikik) .uouniain travel Bureau, has recommended Murphy and its surrounding territories a on.* of the Ten Best Vacation Resorts in the Southern Appalachians. "Murphy will extend an invitation to vacation hunters and tourist.-; to visit her over the Big New APPALACHIAN BREEZES" Pro. gram opening over WNOX Thursday* June 23. The champions of the Fiddlers Contest will represent Murphy on the program. Musicians are invited from everywhere. "Fight other Fiddler's Contests will he held over East Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and North Carolina, then the Nine Champions Fiddlers, String Bands and Instrumentalists will compete ill three succeeding programs fo; the APPALACHIAN CHAMPION. SHIP." (Continued on back page this section) 3 Games Scheduled With Copperheads Those long, awaited games with Copperhill will become a reality Sunday and Monday the Fourth if it doesn't rain again. As Murphy's only contribution to the gala holidays, the teams wilt meet on field of combat for a series of three games one Sunday .afternoon and a double-header on Monday. One cattle was played with the Copperheads so far this year which turned out favorably for the Copnorlinad. t C ? scheduled but turned out favorably for only Old Man Weather and left Ed Studstill with a sour expression. Record attendance is expected at the three contests this week-end. TWO MEN CAUGHT WITH TRUCK LOAD OF STOLEN LEAD Two Tennessee men wlio are charged with theft of a quantity of sheet lead valued at $300 front the Tennessee Copper company at Copperhill, Tenn., were arrested in the shoal Creek township of Cherokee county Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff L. L. Mason, of Cherokee county and three deputies from Polk county. Tenn. The men?Marshall Burger and Clyde Prince, both of Copperhill, Tenn.,?were plac <1 in Polk county jail. Sheriff Mason was collecting taxe* in the Hot House community when the Polk county officers informed him they had found the men sleeping near sheet lead which they are alleged to have stolen Monday night, nearby. The four officers surrounded the men &nd arrested them as they were about to load the lead and a cow on a tiuck. The Tennessee officers were deputies Joe and Loyd Williams and J. Cade. UC1CU1 dllUll IS Being Planned For Andrewsj A huge Fourth of July program ia >eing arranged in Andrews this week, i The Monday cast of events includes i baseball game, two softball games one for the men and on;- for the adics), foot races and a number of .musing events. The celebration is being planned >y the Andrews Leslie Stillman post f the Americ.an Legion. Otto J. )scher heads the list in charge of ar. angements. t Hw "ntially Rich Tern'or-* ir This State 30, 1938 Portion of Mui Highway Exp Rebuilt Ar DISCUSSION ON ADVANTAGES OF REGION IS HELD GrouD to Meet in Lihrarv 1m J Here Again On Next Thursday Night A lively discussion on the 4*Oppor1 unities For Tourists in the 11 iwassee Region" was held by the discussion group at .lie Murphy t'amejjie li hrary building last Thursday night. \t?v t.?? Gas," v.'^s: thcicitdfr. Specifically the talks centered around the lodging, eating and picnicing facilities of the region. The second in the series of discus sions on the general subject will be | held next Thursday evening at the library. The theme will be the sports | attractions of tin- region, and will be | held by H A. Mattox. Miss Ida Belle Kntrekin, regional I librarian, who originated the series, i invites* the public to attend. ' Points brought out at the bust meeting by the gathering were- 1. | What does the tourist want. 2. What have we to offer. .'{.What can we do | toward improvement of our facilities. 4.What, an- the best methods of : ietting prospective tourists know what | wo have. j Some conclusions drawn up wi-rv 'K 1. Fating places were listed and com. } a red to th wants <?i th? types of visitors in the region. 2. Jt was sugg< Ted to have all hotels and tourist lodges specialize in some certain kinds] of food and adveiise ii extensively. , >. It was agreed to ha\ a gcn? ral clean up and make the town lyore ati tractive. (In this eonneetion the NYA workers will aid by cleaning uj vacant lots and similar work). I It was j suggested to make efforts to <lr?iv the ! most of Murphy's tourists from the South and West as there are many accomodations established from Ashoville down. Those attending were: Dr. and Mrs. Henry R. Paisley, Mr. and Mrs. J. ('. Amnions. Mr. and .Mrs lion j Witherspoon, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. ! Bill, Mr. and Mrs. I.. A. I .re, Mrs. Mariannu Greene, Mrs. Case, Miss ( Entrekin, Miss Josephine Heighv.ay, | Mrs. B. VV. Whitfield and 11. A. Mat. | t?X. o Annual TV A Employees Under Civil Service Between 2,00li and 3,000 annual! -alaried employees of the Tennessee : Valley Authority, including a numI her on the Hiwassee dam project, I were placed under civil service Sat; !irday, according to a report emanat' irig from American Federation of 1 Government Employees offices in j Knoxville. i President Roosevelt signed the procj lamation affecting all annual employj ees Friday, it was stated. , It will be necessary for those af. fected to take noncompetitive examinations at a later date, it was ex. . plained, and those who are hiied on a yearly basis by the TV A later on | 1 will have to take a competitive exam| ination. Two Men Are Arrested i i On Whiskey Charges Charlii' and Avery Morrow, both j I of the Shoal Creek community, were | ! 1-ound over to Superior court and \ placed under bonds of $300 each at j a preliminary hearing; Monday 01: j charges of possession and manufac- . turc of whiskey. The brothers were arrested Friday by Sheriff L. L. Mason and deputies G. L. Robinson and Ezra Price after a still had been found on their property. Eleven and one-half gal- \ Ions of whiskey and GOO gallons of beer were reported destroyed by the officers. ; Nearly everyJk body in this [fljM County reads N ^ ^ The Scout regularly V-1.50 YEAR -5c COPY rphy=TVA >ected To Be id Paved Soon Survey On Two and One Half Miles Stretch To Be Completed IS WORST PART New Highway Will Extend From Near Suit To Access Road Rebuilding and paving of two and one-halt* miles of th Murphy lliwas. si'c Dam toad is expected t?? begin next month following completion of .1 survey en the route hy North ("ar<-iitt<> nigiiwnV, ? nii--? week. The portion of the route to he lebuilt and surfaced extends from a point near Suit on state highway No. 21M to the junction of the TVA principal access road. Roy lMemmons, district engineer and Governor Maun y. maintenance supervisor, are in charge of the work. Pour engineers have been stationed here to complete the survey. Mr. lMemmons said \Y dnesduy that the grading contract is expected to be let "with the next letting >f secondary funds" sometime in duly. 'T?l- - ? '? i n?- pomon ?i Hie road to in- irru provci! is the worst of the 22 mil? route from here to the Hiwassi 1 I him .illape. It leaves state highway No. 294 at a point about two milt;' bel >.? Suit and extends to the acu ss mad. The present road is a typical e< untiy mountain road, full of hills and iurves and almost impassable i?. !:ad weather. The new road will ? -id ii an almost straight, line f m ; iu : ip on No. 2'.?4 to lie aeei ad. Mr. I'lemmons sai<l that a four tlegrec curve would lie the \\< s? n in ii. The new highway will he a 2? foot graded roadway with 20-foot mii| face. CRIPPLED CLINIC WILL BE HELD IN MURPHY SAT'DAY A crippled children elinie will be held in the Murphy school building Saturday from 9 A M . until 12>0 j>. in., is was annoiiiieed this wak. Dr. John T. Saunders. ?,j Asheville, will be in charge of the clinic. Dr. Z. I'. Mitchell, county health director, is urging all persons needing treatment to attend the clinic. THREE ARE FINED FOR FAILING TO VACCINATE DOGS Three persons were fined %5.2.r> and costs Monday in hearings at iuurpny lor failing to comply with a * local clog vaccination law. AiTests wore made by I'?. C Walker, dog vaccinator of Murphy and . Notla townships, after they failed to | have dogs vaccinated under existing i laws enforced recently in an effort I to stamp out rabies in Cherokee counI ty. Vacation Bible School To Begin On July 11th Miss Margaret Harden, Director of Young People's Work at the Methodist Church announces a Vacation Bible School to begin in the church on Monday, July 31th. Miss Harden is busily engaged in seeing the children and young people and the parents of the children in an effort to have a large and successful school. Childre 1 from all th chui he are invited. In fact all the cl idler of t.he community will he welcome. The school will run for two weeks, and will be held each morning from eight to ten o'clock- The activities planned are Bible Study, singing, recreation and various projects. Every child should plan now to attend.
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