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Vol. 50.?No. 31.
FINDS FOR TVA
DAM ASSURED
IN OFFICE BILL
County May Get 5
Per Cent Of Power
Sale Returns
An appropriation of $6,222,000 foi
completion of the TVA's Hiwassce
dam in Cherokeo county was virtually
assured Wednesday when the house
voted to adopt the conference report
on the independent offices bill which
carried an appropriation of $39,003,000
for TVA construction. The vote
was jo* to Aft> in iavor ot the report
and the North Carolina delegation
voted solidly in favor of it.
The action of the lower house reversed
previous action in which the
house eliminated part of the TV A
appropriation, only to see it restored
by the senate.
Meanwhile, Rep. Weaver, (D., N.
C.), introduced in the house a bill
to amend the TVA act which would
pay the state of North Carolina
five per cent of the receipts from
the power sales of the Hiwassec
dam and the Fontana dam, if and
when constructed.
Administration leaders won a vital
victory in obtaining adoption of the
report and preventing a blow to a
major New Deal agency. Few Democrats
voted with the Republican bloc
in opposing the conference report, although
a large number refrained
from voting. Rep. Doughton, (D.,
N. C.), veteran Tar Heel member of
the house, was prevented from voting
by illness.
The TVA, if the senate votes for
the conference reports as expected,
will be able to continue work or.
the Gilberstville dam an dto help begin
construction on a dam at or near
Watts Bar. A total amount of $17,206,000
is provided in the bill for
these projects.
Senator Bailey, (D., N. C.), voted
for the Adams amendment which
would have eliminated the TVA items
from appropriations bill. Senator
Reynolds, D., N. C.), voted against it.
Weaver explained today that the
states ot Alabama and Tennessee
each receives five per cent of the receipts
from TV A operations within
its borders.
HENN THEATER TO
BE ENLARGED AND
REMODELED HERE
P. J. Henn, owner of the llenr
theater in Murphy, has begun thi
work of enlarging and improving his
theater here.
Ho plans to lengthen it considerably
and install 150 more spring-bottom
seats. The theater, built here
four years ago, will then have a seating
capactiy of more than 500.
Mr. Henn expects to spend about
$4,000 on the improvement and enlargement
work and plans to finish it
about May 1.
Tho owner states the work will ir
no way interfere with regular matinee
and night showings despite the fact
that his new ponderous air-conditioning
system will have to be moved and
rebuilt.
Mr. Henn said the enlargement was
duo to a large increase in attendance.
Man Held In Jail
On Slander Charge
Willard Barnett, of the Marble
community, Cherokee county, is being
held in Cherokee county jail in
Murphy in default of $500 bond after
being hound over to Superior court
Tuesday on a charge of slander.
The suit was brought by Miss May
Johnson, of the Slow Creek section of
Cherokee county.
The hearing was held before Magistrate
D. M. Reese.
Weather Vane
TEMPERATURES
1939 1938
! 22 46 17 53 40
(23 39 8 51 46
24 ,",4 u 46 33
61 25 38 28
26 62 41 42 19
27 58 31 61 34
28 67 49 58 25
RAINFALL INCHES 1939 193?
Total for February .... 9.62 1.9S
Total this year 15.24 5.66
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IG WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WEST
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SENIOR PLAY TO
BE OFFERED ON
FRIDAY NIGHT
The much talked about. Senior play
*'Gay", will be presented by the
Senior Class of the Murphy High
School Friday March 3rd at 7:30 P.
M., in the school auditorium.
"A fast moving" three act comedy,
ultrr. and very clever" best describe
the more than two hours of entertainment
which every patron of the school
should attend.
For the benefit of those students
on the buses a matinee performance
will be given on a date to be definitely
announced in the near future.
The cast of characters will include
the following Seniors: Kate Padgett,
Morris Clacklcr, Lonnie May, Barbara
Meroney, Mary Frances Carmichael,
George Walker, Mary Katherine Axley,
Emmalyn Pryor, and Mary France?.
Bell.
FIELD DAY FOR
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jtUUlYH MHUOLS
BEING ARRANGED
Program Will Be Held
At Martins Creek
Week of March 20
Plans are being made in Cherokee
county lor a field.day for the schools
of the county unit to be held at Martins
Creek Consolidated school during
the week of March 20.
Arrangements for4 this new annual
program of athletic and forensic competition
among the many schools of
the county were outlined at a meeting
of the teachers of the county unii i
held in Murphy Saturday morning.
About 40 teachers from all over the j
county attended. N. O. Kilpartick,
presided over the meeting in tile piace I
of L. W. Shields, president of the I
county board of education, who was i
aosent. County superintendent, A. L.
Martin, and several teachers gave
splendid talks during the meeting.
-ruiiowing uiscussion and outline oi
plans for the general field day, a committee
was appointed to be in charge
01 the affair, it is composed of: K. C.
Pipes, principal of the Peachtree
school: Porter Raper, teacher in the
Martins Creek school; Ersa McNabb,
principal of the Walker school;
Douglas Smith , principal of the
Linaka school, and Mrs. Kate
Shields, principal of the Wolf Creek
school.
The following directors were selected:
Mr. Shields in charge of the deci
lamation contest; Mr. Smith and Miss
^ McNabb in charge of a recitation con>
test; Mr. Kilpatrick in charge of a
spelling contest; Mrs. Shields in
charge of art appreciation, and Mr.
Pipes in charge of fundamental arithi
metic contest to be limited to the
seventh grades.
Mr. Raper will be in charge of the
athletic program.
It was agreed that any of the different
schools of the county unit
could enter contestants in any or all
i phases of the program.
Any school wishing to enter contes;
tants are requested to report them to
- the person in charge of the contest
1 in which they are interested.
Plans were made for a hot lunch to
; be served at the school the day the
program is held.
All persons interested in a better
day for education in Cherokee county
are urged to attend this program. A
good time is promised for all", membors
of the committee said.
Hubbard House Sold
To Mr. and Mrs. Raper
! The Hubbard Boarding house in
* Murphy was sold Wednesday to Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Raper, of the Brasstown
section.
The boarding house was owned by
Sam Lovingood and Mr. and Mrs.
' Vic Hubbard.
The sale was made through the
Murphy Realty company, of Murphy,
of which Walter C. Witt is agent.
I Dance Will Be Held
After Senior's Play
Following the presentation of the
annual Senior play at the Murphy
High school Friday night, a dance will
I be held at the gymnasium sponsored
. by the class.
Admission will ge 25 cents for
couples or 10 cents for stags.
ERN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING .
phy, N. C. i hureday. Ma;
ANNUAL LIONS
DINNER HELD
TUESDAY NIGHT
Nearly 100 Guests
From Surrounding
Counties Attend
Nearly 100 persons from Cherokee
a?m sunuunaing counties were guests
of the Nlurphy Lions club at theii
annual Cherokee County Dinner held
at the Methodist church here Tuesday
night.
As the highlight of the evening
Russel S. Ratcliffe, assistant in the
agricultural relations department of
TV A, gave an illustrated lecture on
landscape appeal to tourists in the
Hiwassee Dam section.
Following the sumptious banquet
attended by all members of the club
and their guests, a number of short,
interesting talks were given.
Lion President Harve Elkins presided
over the dinner. Lion Park
Fisher gave the invocation and Lion
H. Bueck gave the address of welcome.
Speakers on the program included:
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MANY FOREST FIRES
BY CARELESSNESS, W
According to County Forest Warden
S. S. Birchfield of Murphy, approximately
800 forest fires burned in
North Carolina during 1038 as a result
of brush burning. These 800 forest
fires cost the State of North Carolina
thousands of dollars damage to
timber and wild life to say nothing
of the effect the fires have on such
as soil erosion and the aesthetic value
of our woodland.
Every sin trie one of tho?t> 800 fio.t
represents a ease where someone was
careless with fire. Therefore, County
Warden Birchfield takes this opportunity
to remind all, who intend to
burn brush, sedge, or debris of any
kind in connection with their Spring
farming and clearing, to familiarize
themselves fully with the North Carolina
Forest Fire Laws.
Before burning debris of any kind,
secure from your County Forest Warden,
or one of his authorized representatives,
a burning permit.
Burning permits can be secured
from County Forest Warden Birchfield
at Murphy, N. C., and the following
District Wardens: Charlie McDonald,
Grandview; Earl Payne, Culberson,
and U. S. Ranger office, Ani
drews.
WPA SEWING ROOM P
PRODUCES MANY FIN
By Kathleen Roberts
One of the most interesting projects,
hut the least known about, is
the WPA Sewing Project.
The Sewing room has been remodeled
and now consists of two rooms, the
stitching room and the finishing
room. The stitching room consists of
tho sewing machines, arranged in a
neat row, a large cabinet containing
finished and unfinished projects, and
a place to model the finished garments.
These finished garments arc
turned out to the Welfare Office
every eight days.
The finishing room contains a group
of chairs and tables for the workers
who do all the finishing work by
hand and it is done to perfection.
The garments turned out are as neatFORESTRY
MOVIES DF
CROWDS IN CHEROKE
The Forestry Moving Picture Programs
which are being shown in
Cherokee and Graham Counties by the
North Carolina State Forest Service
and the Tennessee Valley Authority,
cooperating, are being attended by
large crowds and drawing many favorable
comments.
The Programs were begun on
November 3. Through February 17,
61 programs had been given with an
attendance of 6,937 persons. This is
an average of 113.7 persons for each
show.
Each program consists of a complete,
five-reel picture on Fire Prevention
and related subjects. The
causes of fires, losses suffered and
ways of preventing fires arc pointed
f &nt
A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH
r. 2, 1939 5
Murphy Fow
sr * ?
Is Rilled By <
TWC ARE BOUND
TO COURT AFTER
RAIDS ON STILLS
Ezra Bell and Fred Henson, both
of the North Carolina-Georgia line
section of Cherokee County, were
bound over to Superior court Wednesday
following a hearing before Magistrate
D. M. Reece, of Murphy, on a
charge of illegally manufacturing
whiskey.
A raid was made on a 21-gallon
still they were allegedly operating
Monday by Sheriff Carl Townson,
Deputies Tom Campbell and Richard
Meroney and Constable Sheridan
Stiles. The capture of 250 gallons
of beer was reported.
Tuesday Sheriff Townson and Constable
Stiles joined Graham county
officers in capturing a still near the
Cherokee-Graham county line. Officers
said the liquor was made in a 55gallon
tank. Three quarts of liquor
and 100 gallons of beer were found.
No arrests were made.
ARE CAUSED
ARDEN SAYS
After securing a burning permit,
notify your adjoining landowners
that you intend to do such burning.
Maintain careful and competent
watch over your fire and, by all
means, nnvoi' ! ???*? ?"?! :?
is completely out.
Even after you have made the
above provisions, never go ahead and
burn while there is a high wind blowing
and the woods are dangerously
dry. Burn following a rain, in the afternoon
or at night when the air is
damp and the fire is easily controlled.
Never set fire to anything in the
morning since you have the entire day
ahead of you when wind conditions
are likely to become such that it is
impossible to control your fire or conline
it to the area which you had planned
to burn.
When burning brush, make youi
brush piles small ami burn them one
at a time. Never set a large number
of brush piles on fire at one time. To
do so may cause the fire to get out
of control.
The State Forest Service Laws are
going to be enforced and those failing
to comply with these laws will be
prosecuted. We hope that through
your cooperation this will not be necessary.
ROJECT HERE
E GARMENTS
I
ly finished as one would want. Some
of the garments made are men and
children's overalls and dress pants,
pajamas, all kinds of women's wealing
apparel, baby clothes, and anything
you would expect to buy at any
clothing store. These garments are ail
made as neatly as they could possibly
be made.
The employees work industriously,
having two five-iv.inute recesses each
day besides the lunch hour. They are
dressed neatlv and keen their wnrk.
ititr materials in an ordelry way.
The sewing room is opened for public
inspection during the woik hours
and it is worth anyone's time to inspect
this project and to visit the
work room during the working hours
and see the garments being made.
tAWING LARGE
E, GRAHAM
out in the pictures.
"We surely did enjoy that picture, j
Fires are certainly ruining this coun-!
try and we ought to keep them out
of our woods", is a remark frequently
made oy persons having seen the
shows. There is a growing realization
that forest resources furnish a large
part of the revenue in this section and
that fires will have to be prevented
if this income is to continue in the
future.
Every citizen in Cherokee and Graham
counties should avail himself of
the opportunity to see these pictures.
They are shown at the various school
houses throughout the two Counties
five nights a week. The schedule, giving
places and dates, is run in this
paper each week.
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Means Nantahaia
Power And Light Co.
Will Serve Town
The house committee on counties,
cities and towns Wednesday
reported unfavorably Representative
Clyde H. Jarrett's bill to exempt
the town of Murphy from
certain provisions of the 193'8 revenue
bond act relating to establishment
of a municipal power
plant.
The committee's action, taken upon
recommendations of Utilities
Commissioner Stanley Winborne,
was interpreted as killing the
town's prospects of a municipal
power plant with aid of the Tennessee
Valley authority.
In view of the committee's action,
it is anticipated that the Nantahaia
Power and Light company
will exercise its option to purachse
the Southern States Power company's
distribution plant for the
Murphy area. The Nantahaia officials
agreed with Winborne to give
Murphy consumers a rate much
lower than the present Southern
States Power company's schedule
but about ten per cent higher than
TVA scale. Winborne told the commit
tiee that Murphy could not provide
power, amortize its indebtedness
and provide for depreciation at
the TVA rate.
The Jarrctt bill introduced at
request of town officials, sought to
exempt Murnhv Irnm
the act which would require the
town to obtain a certificate of
convenience and necessity from the
utilities commission before acquiring
or erecting a distribution plant.
The purpose of the proposed exemption,
sponsors said Tuesday,
was to permit the town to acquire
or construct an electrical distribution
system without first obtaining a certificate
of convenience and necessity
from the public utilitites commission.
Utilities Commissioner Stanley
Winborno opposed the measure, declaring
that it struck at the state
policy of prohibiting a municipality
or power company from invading the
territory already served by another
municipal or private power company.
Mayor Favors Measure
J. B. Cray, mayor of Murphy, spoke
in favor of the measure and declared
that It was necessary in order that
the town may negotiate with the
Tennessee Valley authority lo furnish
power for the proposed municipal
distribution system. Charles Mayfield,
a member of the board of aldermen;
Walter Mauney, Lee Shields,
ami Fred Johnson of Murphy, also
were members of the Murphy delegation
but did not speak. Senator
Jack Morphew and Representative
Jarrett advised the committee they
favored the. measure.
Mayor Gray said the Southern
States Power Company, which owns
the present distribution system, "has
refused to discuss with us any possibile
sale or transfer of the properties
to the town of Murphy, but
it has agreed to sell its properties to
another company, the Nantahala
Power and Light Company.
"The Tennessee Valley authority
desires to furnish us with power,
f?irniv:li '?" ?
-...,.1 ??11 ii nvcL^sary money to
build or buy a distribution system,
but will not interfere with the state
laws," he explained. "It is necessary
for our town to be exempted from
the provisions of tin* 1938 act before
we can negotiate with TV A. Unless
this bid is passed, we cannot do anything."
Not Opposing Town
"I am. not opposing the town of
Murphy," said Commissions Winborne.
"Since 193-1, the law has been
that no utility can invade the territory
served by another without a
certificate from the commission. If
you pass this bill, it means that the
Continued on back pageAndrews
Elections Bill
Is Deferred In House
The senate committee on elections
laws Wednesday deferred action on
a house-supported bill to provide nonpartisan
election in Andrews, it was
learned in news dispatches Thursday.
The bill was introduced by Representative
Clyde H. Jarrett.