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pniMj RESORT "~~" THE LEADIM Voj. 50?No. 11. County Politic* In Full Swing F Both Democrats and Repc Victory at Polls Novembw Pushed in Lower End of n,.- political machines in Cheroker neck - both parties swung into thi ciimuI voting power of Cherokee i',. th Democratic and Republioar t!? assurance of victory at thi i: ill parties have scheduled meet pr> nets lying below Murphy and aft noon. I music has anything to do with In. better double the order on caw; with them the celebrated v ! ii? the candidates make political int The spirit of the thing Texas stfiBB hand to nil their I he iower enci of the couniy was c-i i n of the county. This statement p'ny. Marble, Andrews, Peachtree, w il poll, from all past indications. Those many scattered, small pre finin-iy in the Republican column. If so! i Republican that shoots the Dem holes as a Russian's socksSi.. down in the lower end of the while the candidates for both parties both parties center their vote-getting As usual the race in this county is element injected into the political of the TVA and many new workmen, lie.in in majority? Well, that just adds more shells political teeth on?if you worry about Representatives of both parties re DEMOCRATS The Democrats?full-strength including all candidates, young Democrat and party supporters?opened th. i campaign last week with a series of meetings that carried them fi- iii Hot House across to Hangingdog. They break into full-stride this coming week by holding two meetings each day which will leave them with complete coverage in the lower precincts. Everything's in fine shape. It looks mighty good for the Democrats all < ver the county", (Chairman E. C. Mallonee, of the Democratic party, said this week during the heat of the Continued on back page MISS HAMPTON, 15, RECEIVES CRITICAL INJURIES IN WRECK >i:;s Mildred Hampton, 15, of Mi; >hy, is in a critical condition .in St. Joseph's infirmary, Atlanta, Ga. suffering from a broken back and col!;;: bone as the result of an automobile accident near Canton, Ga? las Sunday. 1 popular high school student undt : went an operation Wednesday nign: to relieve a paralytic conditio*.., but physicians stated they did not be lievo she would ever be able to walk again. # Miss Hampton was enroute to Atlail' ;> SuildflVr ir? o r.-! rtrmnn 1-? 1 .J ... ? v?. u<i?cii >jy uci b? um\ Leslie. Her mother, Mrs. Will Hampton, and another brothel and -i t?*i- were in the car when it overturned but were uninjured. Mis? Hampton \va^ thrown to t o concrete when the car overturned Fair Premiums To Be Paid Here Saturday Payment of Cherokee County Fair premiums, totalling more than $950, wi|l begin here Saturday, A- Q. Ketner, Cherokee county *gent, has announced. Those entitled to the money | may obtain it by calling *t the county agent's office in the MurPhy court house any time during j the week except Saturday afterncon* and Sundays, Mr. Ketner >Utcd. 1 A premium list of approximately $1,200 was offered at the an- ( r?*l Fair he!d here Sept. 27~Oct. > but there wer no exhibits in i 1 *?me classifications, Mr. Ketner j * "plained. I ? 1 It 1|; IG WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE \l Campaigns or Both Parties iblicans Feel Assurance of er 8 As Drive Is County county shifted into high gear this lower end of the county where the lays. candidates and party chieftans stated polls on Tuesday, Nov. 8. ings nightly in the various voting some meetings will be held in the the voting this fall, the board of elecballot boxes. The GOP group is Valley River quartette to make music hay, and the Democrats have gone stvln i" fcl" u" ~ ... ? uy i<?iwng a rip- j mppt invs MBMMMBB???i? aiiuded to as the crucial vote-getting was prompted by the fact that MurBrasstown and adjacent communities r. Democratic plurality, cincts lying below Murphy are dethey go as much as 85 or IK) per cent ocratic political vote bag as full of county where the votes come in last stand around mopping swea!, is where powers this week. close, but there has been an untried cauldron this year with the coming Will they vote Democratic or Repubamong the picked nuts to break youi such things. port fine turn-outs at the meetings. REPUBLICANS The GOP candidates and then followers are driving into the vital western precincts of the county for the second time during the campaign. They went through once like the Yankees through the World Series, and now, after Democrats went through knocking political plums off the southern trees the Republicans are following them up with another series of breath-taking meetings"It looks like everyone of our men is going into office", Lawyer Edwin Hyde, chairman of the county's Republican party, said. "The situation looks mighty good." Tonight (Friday) the Republicans will meet in Upper Beavcrdam. Five meetings are scheduled for next ?*. *-?*. xney are: Culberson, Monday night; Grape Creek, Tuesday night; \ iolet, Wednesday night; Roiling Sj rings, Thursday night, and M alker School house, Friday night. All meetings are scheduled foi 0:30 p. m. (CST). , A. M'D. HARSHAW, 86, PASSES AWAY ! HERE ON THURSDAY Abraham McDowell (Uncle 1 Abe) Harshaw, 86, one of the few i remaining grand old gentlemen ol Cherokee county, passed away at his | beautiful home overlooking the Hiwassee river near Murphy Thursday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock of a lingering illness. Mr. Harshaw waa one of the county's oldest original residents- He was born and y eared in this county and was himself the tradition of the successful man?wise* amiable, industrious, truthful and generous. During his life time he was a i~ a?i? u.-* *- ' 1 (/lumiiiciiii tame ucdiL'i, nut spent ms 1 last years in retirement among: his 1 many friends and relatives. c Funerai arrangements hail not been 1 made Thursday evening. The bodyis in charge of Peyton G. I vie. Surviving Mr. Harshaw are: his widow; two sons, Henry, of St- Pet- p crsburg, Fla., and Edgar, of Richmond, Va.r and four daughters, Mrs. i r. A. Richardson, Mrs. Callie Hall and Miss Ada Harshaw, all of Murphy, and Miss Helen Harshaw, of Asheirille c c DANCE AT DAM o Another in a series of delightful E lances will be held at the community Srilding at Hiwassee Dam Saturday llight, members of the Hiwassee Dam ithletic association, which is sponsor- k ng the dance, have announced. tl rrplto '.RN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING , hy, N. C. Thursday, Oct. I Congressman Weaver I Is Visitor in Murphy Congressman ZeOulon W caver, ol Ashevillc, was a visitor in Cherokee county Thursday. The Congressman arrived here Wednesday night where he spent the night at the Regal hotel. Thursday he greeted a number of friends here, and in the afternoon made a trip to the 11 iwassee Dam with a party of siveral local citizens. He left Friday morning for Hayesville, seat of Clay county. Mr. Weaver said he was making a I general trip of the district at this time- Local Democratic officials are hoping to have him come back sometine before the general elections 011 Nov. 8 to giv<? an address in the Murphy court house. MANY ATTEND CANNERY'S FIRST ANNUAL PICNIC Speaking, Music Program Is Held In Mur?k.r ri- j piij \yn ??cuncsuay More than 100 people from Cherokee and surrounding counties gathered at the Mountain Valley Mutual cannery in Murphy Monday to attend the cannery's first annual picnic and hear W. M. Fain, chairman of the board of directors of the cannery, tell of its growth and make a request for additional capital to erect a new i building. A program of short talks and music ami a picnic noonday lunch made up the day's festivities. Mr. Fain acted as master of ceremonies. During the morning session lie introduced the following persons ^ Continued on page five Vlethodists To Have Last Meeting Here Before Conference By Arthur Barber, Pastor This will be the last Sunday before >ur annual conference, which meets n Charlotte on October 20th. Oui hurch has had a wonderful financial rear. Approximately $1000 has been aised and spent on church improve- ^ nents, etc., outside the regular church >udgot. The budget is not yet paid out. ' vut the church does not far a minute ntend to send any kind of report to ; onference other than everything paid K n full. We ask the earnest interest and 1 iclp of all Methodists in this matter. * ^Jorth Ward Polling *Iace Is Changed The polling place of the North f Vnrd precinct in Mnrphv has been 0 hanged to the Strand Theater, ac- a ording to Fred O. Bates, chairman n f the Cherokee County Board of llections. R Heretofore the polling place ha a con in the .Tim Vaughan building. J" Tlie registration books vill be 11 ert there for registration purpose* ie next three Saturdays, he said. ? t Hwi A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH 13, 1938 Hearing in' Case Begur BnAMrnci i *Tn UUUlHCIid j\[W ANDREWS WILE MEET FRIDAY Game Will Be One of | Most Important For Both Teams The battle of the year is expected 1 here Friday afternoon when the An-1 (irnvs Wildcats come to Murphy to clash with tin- Boomers in one of the season's most important games foi both teams. K- C. Wright, principal of the high school and business manager of the team, has highly advertised the contest} and expects more than 2,000 people to witness the game. Both schools will put one of their best teams in years on the field. The Boomers so far this year are unbeaten, and while Coach Ned Tucker's Wildcats have gone down in defeat twice, they took their lickings at the hands of the Canton Bears and the Waynosville Mountaineers, two teams that outclassed the Andrews opponContinued on back page Singing Convention Is Held At Marble Th.> T*..1lvS? ?:? ? _ ?? ?_.? sillying ClttSS was awarded the banner at the semi-annual connection held at Marble last Sunday. A large crowd was present i during the all-day affair and some ex-' cellent music was reported. Besides the regular singing classes j special quartette and choir music was rendered LEGION TO ELECT NEW OFFICERS ON FRIDAY EVENING The local Joe Miller Klkins post of the American Legion will hold its annual club elections at a meeting in the Murphy Cafe here Friday J night at 7 o'clock. ^ Legionaire J- W. Franklin announced a dinner would be held preceding the business meeting anil is urging all members of the Legion to attend. Tire Shcp Opened By C. Dickey in Murphy Charles Dickey, of Murphy, has opened the Carolina Tire shop in the building adjoining the Dickey hotel, where he is handling a complete line of used automobile and truck tires. Mr. Dickey, who opened the shop here last week, reports having had j an excellent trade. MURPHY'S MOST SPE< npn IDC UCDT I A enr r lli.l\Ci LAJ1 r Muri hy's most spectacular blaze oc- < purred here last Friday night when j :he storage parage of E. C. Moore | xnd the building occupied by the j Georgia Tire an<i Retreading company ocated near the entrance to the Perie hospital was burned to the ? ground. Total loss was estimated close to >20,000. The cause of the fire is underternined. Residents living nearby the hree story tin and frame building irst noticed the flames shooting out f a rear window on the top story bout 0:30 p. m. and summoned firesen at once. By the time the volunteer company ot there the fire was out of control nd all they could do was keep it rom spreading to the frame dwelligs nearby. The large amount of rubber and ther flammable substances in the ^ Active I MURPHY TERRITORY 5c COPY $1.50 YEAR r V A Land i In Court Three-Man Commission Hears Testimony; Begun Monday A laud condemnation hearing;, which is expected to require from une month to six weeks to complete, formally began Monday before a it o ? ^ ?distiict courtroom at Asheville. The commission was appointed recently by U. S. Judge E. Yates Webb to appraise and to fix the value of 14,000 acres of land in Cherokee county condemned by. the U. S. government lor the Riwassee Dam basin, a proj.ec; of the Tennessee Vaiiey Authority. The commission spent part ?.f last week inspecting the lands involved. Members of the commission are: O. M. Mull, .Shelby, attorney and textile manufacturer, chairman; Albert 14. Bauman, business manager of the Presbyterian assembly at Montreal, and J- K. Cowan, Asheville contractor. Maps, Charts Introduced Most of the first day of the hearing was devoted to the introduction of maps, charts and other exhibits by attorneys for the Southern States Power company, owner of most of the land condemned. These were identified by W. V. N. Powelson, president of the company. Another exhibit, i.s a large plaster model of the 11 iwassees river valley, showing the contour of the land and the location of proposed dam sites and other important points on which the claims are based. Continued on back page New Telephone System To Open Saturday Night Murphy's new telephone service will be officially inaugurated at 10 o'clock Saturday night, when a group el" l.ieal prominent people will gather at the Murphy court house to witness the "switch over" to the new line. W. L- Lampkin, manager of the Waymsville district of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company. is in charge of the program It is planned to confer on the mayor of the town the honor of being the first to speak over the new system. Local telephone officials are requesting persons not to use the telephones which have been installed in all subscribers bonus until after the meeting Saturday night. Plans for a formal "open house" at the Murphy exchange at a later date are being madeNew equipment has been added throughout the office and all lines ami connections in the Murphy territory have been improved recently by a crew of men. > CTACULAR FIRE R1DAY NIGHT building caused flanks of various colors to leap as high as 30 feet into the air, completely lighting Ino town. The mass of wreckage smoldered for two days after the fire. Continued on back page Registration Books To Open Saturday The registration books in Cherokee county will open Saturday for the benefit of those persons who have not registered for the general elections to be held here Tuesday. Nov. 8, Fred O. Bates, chairman of the Cherokee County Board of Flr-t'ons. he- ontiotmced. The books will be open on Saturdays Oct. 15. 22 and 29 from 9 a. m until sunset, according to state law. Saturday, Nov. 5, will he challenge day, he said
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