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^3? RESORT I _____________ THE LEAD1NC Vol. 59,?No. 17. CONSTRUCTION ON : NEW HIGHWAY IS GOING FORWARD | Road Will Facilitate Travel Between Suit And TVA Dam Grading on two and one-half miles of new highway from the TVA ae cess road to a point near the Suit community is going steadily forward and completion is expected about February 1The grading of the portion of the main highway to Hiwassee Dam from here is under contract to the Ashcville Contracting conmanv. An av. crape of between 40 and 45 men are being used. The work began about the middle of October after the state highway department authorized funds for the building of the new portion of the road. Surfacing will be done by WPA forces who have set, up a rock crusher at the site of the project, and |, will lay down a stone surface upon j completion. The road is expected to , have a tar finish. C. R. Taylor, resident engineer, of Winston-Salem, has set up an office here to oversee the work. The crew of men are building up a 26-foot road bed. and it is expect- J, cd that the surface will be about 16 or 18 feet wide- The surface treat-; | ment will begin early next spring, j The new highway is a portion of | ^ the main highway leading from Mur-! \ phy to Hiwassee dam. At a point be- j low Suit, a narrow, unsurfaced road j connects with the TV.Vs principal t access road at about its half-way mark i portion of the road has always drawn i complaints from those using it because of its curves and bad surface. iJ The new road will be practically .? without curves and grade, and is ex- < pected to greatly facilitate travel ( between here and the dam. ] The road from Murphy to the dam has been accommodating unusually ( heavy traffic since work ' the TVA project. t Paved highway ends about seven miles below Murphy where the course : to the dam leaves U- S. Highway 04. 1 State highway 2O4 to Shoal Creek is 1 ' fairly good non-surfaced load tha*. : has been kept in good shape to take t care of the traffic. It is the portion of the highway ' that is bcirig reconstructed that has brought about most complaints. The < new highway joins with the TVA ? access road to Turtletown, Tenn. This ?six miles front the dam site and ] v illagc. 1 ^ DEATH TAKES TWO IN ONE FAMILY AT MARTINS CREEK , r Death struck twice within one week 1 t in the family of J. C. Math is of the j t Notla community, last week taking I two children from them. I t J. D. Mathis, age 7, a popular I j member of the Martins Creek school 1 died Tuesday, Nov. 15, of an attack c of diphtheria he had suffered about t five days. He was laid to rest in the \ Martins Creek cemetery. j i Then, on the following day, anoth- 1 ;i cr child was born to Mrs. Mathis- It \ lived but five days, and died on Mon- I t day night- Burial seivices were again j . held at the Martins Crook The Martin family moved to the! N'otla section from Jefferson, Ga., | about three years ago. The parents are the only survivors. Peyton G. Ivie was in charge of w funeral arrangements. f \\ STOCK MARKET BOOMS g The best result of Tuesday's elec- u lions has been a boom in the stock market which many believe presages t( a sound and steady business improve- 0 ment. Business men have lost their s( fears and feel that they can again ^ count on the sanity of the American |1( people. Mi-s. VVillabelle Posey and daugh'or, Sara Ruth, and Mr. Richard ;j. Mauney motored to Atlanta. Ga., Tuesday. Ik. ft ?J?i ; WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTI Murphj Attempt Made To Oper.1 Town Safe Sunday Night I.1 Three young Murphy men are J. under investigation here in connec- j. lion wi*h an unsuccessful attempt J to open the town safe sometime , Sunday night. Ar F.. O. Christooher, town i clerk, opened up the office Monday morn'n-g he found the safe, which weighs about 500 pounds, tilted over on its back. Evidently the parties that broke into the office had been pry:ng on the safe's door for sometime and Mr. Christopher said "one more good prize" wonld have opened it. A cash box containing about $120 in currency and about $900 in bonds war untouched* Why the marauders had given un the !?K when they were apparently *o close to the money is something that has had not only Mr- Christopher but all the persons connected with the office scratching their heads all week. Mr. Christopher said fingerprints were taken from the safe and are being checked with those of the three men being held. CHRISTMAS LIGHT CONTEST WILL BE STAGED THIS YEAR Murphy will have another Christ mas tree lighting contest this year ac:ording to plans being made locally t>y the Womans club. Mrs. H. Bucck said the club had toted at its last meeting to sponsor :hc movement, as they have during he pas: several Yuletide seasons, of promoting the lighting of Christmas rees and season decorations in private homes and business establishments. Prizes will be awarded in the dif-1 ferent classifications. Mrs. Bueck aid all arrangements had not been letermined at this time, but that the ontest would start about December I. A committee composed of Mrs. J. \ Amnions, Mrs. A- E. Vestal and Mrs. E. J. Darnell is working with lie club president, Mrs. Tom Case. Mis. Bueck pointed out that the tnnual decorations had not only made ocal stores more attractive and stim- i dated Christmas shopping but they ;iso made the town more attractive o tourists. A committee of visitors s chosen each year to select the wind's in the different divisions. Annually the Town of Murphy reels a huge lighted tree in the Pubis Souare. ~ I Robbinsville Man, Badly Cut, Is Recovering Here Given only the barest of chances o survive a knife wound inflicted in lis chest by an unknown assailant, \rthur J. Smith, 22, of Robbinsville, vas well or? the way to recovery at he Petrie hospital here this week, atendants said. Smith was wounded in Bradley's j c-urist cabins above Andrews the right of September 30 and was nought to the hospital here in a ritical condition- He was stabbed in he chest. I Alter the cutting, the man wield-[ ng ran out of the camp, jumped in j i car and sped away. Later the car; i as found wrecked two miles above he scene of the accident. SANTA CLAUS GETS :hristmas season i Old Santa Claus. his board filled i rith frost and icicles and his eyes still , nil of sleep he has had all summer hile he wasn't busy making toys for 1 ood little boys and girls, tells us he ! preparing to head toward Murphy 1 gain. jSanta has asked the Scout to get in 1 >uch with all the little boys and girls f the community and get them to ind in their Christmas letters to 1 im through the Scout as they have ; een doing for years. All you have to do is write on a * iece of paper just what you want | rd mail it to: Santa Claus c o.r he Cherokee Scout, Murphy, X- C., fid we will promptly print it and rrnkri ERN NORTH CAR OLINA, COVERING /, N. C. Thursday, Nov. 2 Senator Norris i Visitor At Dam Site Wednesday 1 Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, k nown as "the father of i th: TVA act", paid his first visii to | <h<' Authority's Hiwassee Dam pro iect, 22 miles west of here Wednes- i clay. Senator Norris, who was travelling alone, arrived at the site of halfcompleted $22,000,000 shortly before ( noon and made an inspection trio of the work there in the company of lo- 1 cal TVA officials. During the lunch hour he made about a 20-minute talk to officials, , | foremen and workmen on the job in I which he highly praised the work un- | I ciertaken by the TVA and stated that I the future welfare of tlu nation ! largely depends on its system of dams. The senator's trip had net been anticipated- He returned to Knoxville 2 j. m. in the afternoon. B. W. CHASTAIN, OF MARTINS CREEK BURIED THURSDAY Chnstain, prominent 72-year-old | Funeral services for Benjamin W. Cbrstai , prominent 72 - year - old farmer of the Martins Creek section of Cherokee county, were conducted 1 from the Old Martin's Creek church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock with the Rev. Will Rogers officiating. Interment was it the Martin's Creek cemetery. Peyton G- Ivie was in I charge of funeral arrangements. Mr. 'C<h a stain, who was also a member of the Masonic order and was widely known in this section, I died at his homo Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock of a stroke of paralysis he suffered about three weeks 1 agoSurviving besides the widow are seven children: Mrs. Viola Hogan, of Brasstown, Mrs. Will Carver, of It b iinsvillo. Mrs. Wayne Crisp, ol , Martin's Creek, Coal Chastain, of j Morgan ton, Ga., and Will, Boyd arid 1 o?i - - uun mtistaiii all of Martin's Creek.! TV A BUYS HUGE GENERATOR FOR HI WAS SEE DAM The Tennessee Valley .Autlio y has announced the award ot six c >. '.l-acts for equipment ami materials valued at a total of $592.602. theme are: The largest purchase was the 64,000-wvo. generator for the Authority's Hiwassee Dam powerhouse. This unit is to be supplied "?y the Westing- , 'house Electric and Manufacturing,. Co., for $528,600. i Koppers Company, Baltimore, l Aid., has contracted to furnish ar. emergency gate for the spiihvay reg- 1 ulating conduits at Hiwassee Dam for the sum of $11,800. I The Orton Crane & Shovel Co., < Chicago, 111., is supplying the Author- ? ity with o locomotive crane valued : at $14,606, and Erie Steel Coiotruc- j tion Co., Erie, Pa., is furnishing the < clamshell bucket to go with it for ?1,028. 5 A judge in Newark, N. J., gave r Harry Garfinkle the right to pay $2 a week on a judgment of $104,720. t FIRST LETTER OF T?OM BILLY SAVAGE send it on to Old Santa himselfBut Santa Claus will have to sot up migmy eany in tne morning to heal 11 little Billy Savage to it. Even before v Santa's cheerful old voice had died ** \way over the telephone we had SillyV, letter. It is the first one we iave sent to Old Chris, and here it is: *Dear Santa Claus: I have been a very good little boy, ind my mother says I might have the Kings I want. I want a wagon, a train, cowboy iuit, gun and boxing gloves. Be sure and remember little Tom- ? J9 Billy Savage. So come <>n kiddies, who's : xt? f n>l?!l' A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH 14, 1938 Irregularity ( Heard By EI< Red Cross Fund [fearing Quota With approximately SI00 ir? Red >ofs subscriptions collected Wednesday night, members of the Murphy A'omans club who are sponsoring the mnual drive here, will continue taking subscriptions until the local quota oj' >150 is raised, Mrs. C. W. Savage, hairman of the canvass, statedMrs. Savage said the women, who began collectirgr a week ago, could riot work Thanksgiving day or th< riay before and that she supposed i* c ould take Friday and most <>f Sat li'.day 1<? complete the canvass. Those making; the canvass arc: Mrs B. W. Whit field, Mrs. W. A Hoover, Mrs. L- R Harding, Mrs. K t . Wright, Mrs. Peyton (I. Ivie and Mrs. H. Bucck. Of the to'al money collected 50 ! eicen1 will he retained locally to he pnlied to worthy causes. Mrs. Severe said. In the past a large part ol the funds have been added to funds from th<? annual Christmas seal salt ' to provide lunches for needy school children. The money can he used in whatever way the club decides it is most needed, Mrs. Savage said. Mildred Hampton Back From Atlanta Hospital Miss Mildred Hampton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hampton, of Murphy, was brought home Wednesday nigh; from an Atlanta, Cla.. infirmary where she has been confined for the past month with a broken lack as the result of being thrown cut of an automobile driven by hi r brother. The popular young high school girl is paralyzed and physicians claim shi will not be able to walk again- For a while they feared she would no*, live. She was brought home in the amI ulance of Peyton G. Ivio. Civic Projects Are Discussed By Lions Discussions of highway and city street traffic problems, clearance 01 junk cars and sign boards, improvement of local parking facilities and Abolishing of shooting of fireworks end their sale in the town limits were rt-ard by member's of the Murphy Lions club at their meeting here Tuesday nightThe club also voted to extend aid Lo Miss Mildred Hampton, 16-yearr?ld Murphy high school girl who was seriously injured near Atlanta, Ga. several weeks ago when she was thrown from an automobile and received a broken back. It was decided to hold memorial ;orvices for Dr. Ed Adams, deceased secretary of the club, at the next } neeting. j Frank Colvard new manager of the i 'armor's Federation here and former i nember of the Robbinsville club, was ! . visitor. Weather Vane Listed below are maximum and vc.upciaiures 3or the past i reek compared with temperature* or the same period last year. TEMPERATURES 193S 1937 hate Max. Min. Max. Min ! 16 54 28 40 00 ! 17 60 47 44 33 | 18 75 57 58 18 I 19 71 48 45 30 20 61 30 36 18 : 21 62 26 33 9 .22 . 70 34 43 1938 1937 ireo Vnvensber 1 3.63 0.33! incO January 1 ..... . 52.81 48.071' i r ^ Active B LB IS Attractive | MURPHY TERRITORY I 5c COPY $1.50 YEAR Charges Are sction Board Cherokee County Appeal For Recount Of Ballots Dismissed The state board of elections Thursday dismissed ail appeal from two Cherokc. county candidates who sought a recount of ballots cast in the jreneral election here on Novem be? 8. T< stinn ny on aik-f-ed irri-Kulai iti. !! t'.H' voting was heard by the state board Tuesday on petition filed ly two Democratic candidates for county office. The petition, supported by a number of affidavits, was taken to the state board by L- L. Mason, candidate for sheriff, ami J. N. Moody, candidate for state house of representatives, after the county board of elections refused a recount on the ; grounds of insufficient evidenceI Cherokee county is one of six in the state that appealed to the state beard. A11 testimony was reported heard Wednesday. Graham and Clay counties have also contested election. I The affidavits filed in this county I charged a large number of alleged ing at the polls on the part of offiii regularities which included drinkcials, shooting out of windows near polling places, stuffing of ballot boxes, 00 ballots being destroyed by being thrown into sewers or rivers, unqualified voting, wrong marking of | ballots, and more votes being cast j in one precinct than corresponding i registration. Gene Alley, Waynesville attorney, represented the Cherokee county petitioners. and McKinley Edwards, Bryson City attorney and unsuccess< | ful Republican candidate for the i state senate from the 33rd district, I represented the defendants. | It is reported that a heated argu| merit ensued between the two attor| riies when the evidence was prcsentI ed. In the original petition carried beI fore the county board of elections the j name of \\ inslow Mclver, Democratic I < oiuli'jute for cK rk of the superior 1 court. ;.;?j ared, but his name was j withdrawn when the petition was taker. to the state boardO.i ha?.:.- of turns of the election icourr; ; her.- by the board, five coun1 "' e a :it in Republicans. They 1 wen : Sheriff, clerk r.f . . ..IS court, | at \ . >u!V(yo?- and county | commission-< from the third district. | rho petition was taken to the courv j ty beard November It) when the cfricial taily wa.- t . have been made. | The . Mty board declined to make ja decision until the following Tuesday j, after they had consulted Guy L. Honk, Franklin a toi y- They decidI e<f then that the evidence was not sufficient for a recount went ahead with i the official canvass. In the meantime all ballot boxes I were impounded and have been kept j under armed guard day and night in ?the Murphy court-houseInasmuch as there was only a 6-5( vote majority for the sheriff's race | and a 161-vote majority for the representative's office, the entire county has anxiously awaited the decision of the state board. "It's Hog-Killin' Time" In Cherokee County "It's hog-killing time in Cherokee county", r.nd Mr- A. L. Martin says he wants to go back to the farm. The popular superintendent of schools in the Cherokee county unit said Tuesday that he had taken a trip down through the counfv Monday and that ''everybody was butchering their hogs"It made me mighty hungry", Mr. Martin added. "It really made me want *o go back to the farm.*' A large number of fine hogs are reported in the county this year. ?rd many are being butchered and cured for use this winter.
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