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THE LEADIN
Voi. 50.?i o2.
Work Begun
Camps Near
Contract Let After Judge
Nettles Dismisses
Court Action
Contract has been let for the construction
of a new prison camp five
and one-half miles from Murphy on
the Hayesville highway and work was
started on the project Wednesday.
It is estimated the cost of the
permanent camp will be around $40,000.
It will be similar to the one nowbeing
used near Bryson City. Completion
of the project is expected with
t in several months.
When completed the temporary
camps, which have been maintained at
Andrews since i;*32, will be moved to
the new location which is in the
Peach tree community.
An action again, t the highway department
restraining them lioinj
building the new camp was dismissed 1
by Zeb V. Nettles, Supeiinr court,
judge of the 20th judicial district, of!
Aslieville, on February 28.
A gioup of Cherokee count ia 11s I
filed the ? ction, and hear??g was held
before him in llaywood Superior
court on February 12. The petition- '
ers, most of wnoni were from And- j
lews, charged, among other things,'
that refuse and waste from the camp'
would contaminate the water supply |
at Murphy which is taken from the
H iawassec iiivcr.
Following reports from state and j
federal sanitary engineers advising j
that septic tank-sand filters, such as 1
were being planned for the camp,'
would protect tile water supply, Juuge
Nettles dismissed the action. An appeal
was taken.
Some 80 acres of property were
purchased from the M. L. Mauney
I heirs about three months ago for the
building of the camp. It will he modern
in every detail. It is situated on
the Ilayesviile highway r.bout 14 miles
west of the Clay county seat. The
property purchased lies between the '
highway and the lliawassee river.
SPEAKER'S CLUB
IS REORGANIZED
The Murphy Speaker's club has
| been reorganized and a change of
policy has been effected, it was anK
nounced Wednesday by Earl Van j
Horn, official of the club.
I Beginning Thursday night at 7 :30, |
the club will meet every other Thurs* j
| day alternating with lectures bv Dr. 1
I A. R. Parker, of the Western Caro- i
lina Teachers college faculty, at the j
Murphy Carnegie library.
Under its new policy the Speaker's j
club will be concerned with actual in- j
struction classes and discussions in1
effective public speaking and parliaI
n.entary procedure, rather than with
a program of speakers.
"The club is of the opinion", Mr. i
Van Horn stated. "That certain basic
fundamentals are necessary before
| practice speaking is attempted. Those i
who desire to improve their faculties
of self-expression along these lines!
are urged to attend."
1 The newly-elected officers are:
Mrs. T. A. Case, president; Miss Hope
; Yeager, secretary, and Mr. Van Horn,
; parliamentarian and instructor.
Welfare Superintendent
Distributes Checks
A total of $2159.40 in checks to
needy aged and to dependent children
have been distributed for the month
of March by Linnetta Dean, Cherokee
county welfare superintendent.
To 175 residents of the county
i went $1,602. 40 in old age assistance
I payments, while dependent children
received a total of $557.00.
Weather Vane
Listed below are maximum and
minimum temperatures and rainfall
for the past week compaiod with
similar data for last year.
B TEMPERATURES
1639 1938
| March 1 58 30 56 14
1 2 4!) 34 61 24
2 .3 54 32 66 51
I 4 51 3!) 65 40
* 5 74 47 71 48
| 6 72 48 66 39
I 7 63 24 57 20
I RAINFALL INCHES 1939 1938
I Since March 1 2.95 1.20 .
I Since January 1 18.24 6.86 |
G WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WEST
Murph;
i On Prison
Peachtree
| Mrs. Bell, 84,
Of Brasstown,
Dies Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sar?b
Viola Bell, 84, of the Brasstown community,
weie conducted from the
Hickory Stand Methodist church
fhursday afternoon with the Re;. J.
C. Gentry and the Rev. J. A. Fiy officiating.
Interment was in the
church cemetery. Peyton G. Ivie was
in charge ot funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Bell died Wednesday afternoon
after an illness of two years.
She was born in Cherokee county but
aad spent most of her life in Clay
county. Mrs. Bell was the daughtei
; i the late Col. Hugh Harvey Davidj
011. She was married to Abel J.
Hyatt", ol" Cherokee county, who died
! n 18U.*>, and later married Reuben M.
Bell who died in 1900. Shi- was a
i member of the Methodist church.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. E.
S. (,'hastain. of Douglas, Ga.; foui
sons, llarvey N. Ilyati, ? 1' Atlanta,
, Ga., Bass Hyatt, of Brasstown. Victor
II. Bell, oi Brasstown, and Allen li
Bell, of Ilayesville; two sisters, Mr.-.
W. B. Pass of Hayesville, and .di>.
Ellr. Rich, of California; a brolhc,
Ed Davidson, of St. Louis, Mo.; nine
grand children and one great grandchild.
Honorary pallbears were; Joh.i
I Brendh , Fred O, Scroggs, Will Mason,
Jim Zimmerman, .John Davidson,
j Pink Ledford, .1. B. Byers, John Hyatt
I ind W. K. Brendle.
| Active pallbearers were: Fled Pass,
| Dillard McCombs, Winslow Mclver,
j Moil Davidson, Paul Scoffield aad
Arthur Jones.
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PHOTOGRAPHS ARE
EXHIBITED HERE
A group of original photographs
I belonging to Mrs. Bayard Wotten,
well-known Chapel Hill photographer,
which are being used to illustrate
William Cannier Hunt's new book,]
I Southern Frowers", are on display in j
I the Murphy-Carnegie library here. j
[ The exhibit is being sponsored by |
the garden committee of tne Murphy
Womans club. Mrs. R. C. Matt ox
is chairman and .Mrs. Dixie Palmer is
publicity director.
Mrs. Wotten was made a member
of the National Artists ciub in N ,w York
early this year. Distinguished I
work in some field of art is necessary'
for eligibility in the club. Mrs.
Wotten is now illustrating a book
written for the North Carolina Garden
club, "Old Homes and Gardens
of North Carolina". It is being published
by the University of North Carolina
press.
Garrett and Massey are the publishers
of Mrs. Hunt'.* book.
In obtaining the illustrations now |
I or. display at the library, it was nec- I
essary for Mrs. Wotten to travel over
9,000 miles.
She is scheduled to appear in Murphy
this summer and give a lecture j
on the Charleston Gardens with colored
slides. The lecture will also be
sponsored by the Woman's ciub.
Man Is Injured On
Highway 64 Tuesday
Bill Cook, of Kinsey, was slightly
injured early Tuesday morning on
Highway No. 64 near the entrance to
thet Kinsey community when he was i
struck by a car of TV A employees
going to work.
Mr. Cook was said to be filling thi
radiator of his car when the other car
struck him and knocked him off the
highway.
He was taken to Petrie hospital
where it was found that his wound
were not serious. He was dismissed
from the hospital later in the day.
GOES TO MOTHER'S FUNERAL
Mrs. J. H. Pitzer returned from
Corbin, Ky. Friday ngiht where she
had been visiting her mother who was
seriously ill, but was called there again
Monday due to the death of hei
mother. Mr. Pitzer left Tuesday to
join her in Middlesboro.
N ^ N N ^
ERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERINC
y, N. C. Ihu -sday, Mar. I
ijiiii VC RAISE
: $1,500 TO KEEP
| CANNERY HERE
TVAC Will Match
Fund With $1,500,
Official States
j. Murphy business men, Cherokee
county larmeis and local citizens were
M? -.1?a-i in, ? ?
j wornrvi iTL-unesaay nignt to raise ?1,1500
in common and preferred stock
to assure maintenance of the Mountain
Valley Mutual cannery here for
the next year.
Mr. John E. Barr, Tennessee Valley
Association cooperatives administerater
and head ol the Land U' The Sky
Mutual Association, of Waynesville,
appeared at a mass meeting and stated
the TV AC would supplement the
money by ?1,500 to aid in maintaining
the cannery here.
It is necessary that a new building
be erected here to house canning
operations as the building formerly
o... <1, which belongs to W. M Fain, is
situated in the liiwassee Dem reseri
voir and has been ordered removed.
The! Town of Murphy offered a lot
for a site for the new* building but J.
ij. Mallonee, local attorney, appeared
at the meeting and said that citizens
living in the vicinity of the proposed
j site objected to the erection of a canneiy
there but were anxious to keep
j the cannery in Murphy and were will|
ing to aid in purchase of a new site
j l'j insure its continued operation.
| Mr. Mallonee offered another site
that will be considered.
Of the necessary ?1,500 required
locally about ?1,000 had been raised
Wednesday night and officials were
t eking to raise the rem uir.der this
week.
Common stock at $5 per share is
offered to farmers singing contracts
with the local cannery and preferred
j stock at ?25 a share is hoin?* t..
tin business men.
The following statement was given
out by the cannery officials at the
meeting.
During the past four years, the
Mountain Valley Mutual Canning Association
has spent in Murphy for produce
$24,190.56, for labor $10,378.39
land for other expenses such as inj
direct labor, telephone, telegraph,
I field work, repairs, coal, electricity,
I and a hundred other expense items
$10,979.99, making a total of $57,1548.94.
During this time, the busi|
ness started from scratch and had to
I educate its growers and workers how
to do the job. The packs have grown
! fro-iii 7,000 cases of finished products
in 1935 to 20,500 cases in 1938.
The total amount of money expended
in Murphy in 1938 for produce,
labor, and expenses amounted
to $21,766.83; so if the business! can
go ahead on the same basis as it did
in 1938 (and it is possible for it io
increase), it will spend in the next
five years, right here in Murphy.
$108,834.00 or an average of $21,767.00
per year.
This does not take into account the j
pqrchase of cans, boxes, labels, ma-1
chinery, and machinery repairs that i
are purchased outside of Murphy and
which amount to about 40 *'< of the
total expenditure.
Now let's look at the benefits from
a local point of view. It is likely the
I money spent in the past four seasons
' by the Mountain Valley Mutual Canning
Association for produce, labor,
and expenses found its way into the
| business houses of Murphy, and let
us say the business houses receive
| the small profit of 10% on the
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COUNTY SCHOOLS C<
DAY PROGRAM TO BE
The Commencement Day program
for the schools of the Cherokee Countv
unit. Knvo 1? ,r -
- wvvii ci.iiuuhvcu uy rars.
John Shields.
The first annual field day will be
held at the Martin's Creek consolidat- j
ed school on Thursday, March 23, beginning
at 9:30 a. m. with all the 1
schools of the county unit cooperating.
|
The following events will be held:
Declamation contest, one boy from I
each school from any grade, L. W. j
Shields, Murphy, chairman; recitation
contest, one girl from each school !
from any grade, Douglas Smith,
Unaka. chairman; Arithmetic cover- .
ing the fundamental processes, each j
grade from second through seventh '
may have a representative, R. C. ]
Pipec, Peachtree, chairman.
10m
; A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH
i, IS39 5c
County-Wide
Centered On
Stockholders Of j
Federation To !
Meet Saturday
Cherokee stockholders of the Farmers
Federation will hold their an
nual meeting at 2 o'clock Saturdi-j
afternoon in Murphy warehouse, according
to notices sent out by Federation
officials.
James G. K. McClure, president,
and other executives of the farm cooperative
are expected to attend. Reports
will be submitted on last year's
business ami plans discussed for the
current year.
Also to come up at this meeting
vviil be the election of a county advisory
committee and the nomination!
of a director.
Each county where the Federation j
functions is entitled to two representatives
<?t its board of directors. They
serve for overlapping terms of two
ycais. They are nominated at coumy
meetings and elected at the annual
meeting of stockholders of the entire
organization.
L). Withers] 0011 and J. II. Hampton
are the Cherokee directors. 1 he la Iters
terms expires this month.
Music will be furnished at Saturday's
meeting by the federation string
band.
TAX LISTERS ARE
APPOINTED HERE
BY COMMISSIONERS !
New lax list takers for Cherokee
county have been appointed by the
board of county commissioners.
The board was vested with the
authority to appoint the lister's in a
bill introduced into the legislature
{by Representative Clyde II. Jarrett
and passed last week.
\V. A. Adams, former county commissioner.
was named to supervise
the work. Others named were:
| Murphy township, P. II. Lovingood,
j Fred O. Scroggs and John E. Hall; 1
j Valleytown township, P. M. Reagan.
: Victor Raxter, and T. J. Bristol;
j Not la township, J. C. Anderson and 1
j Frank Silvey; Beaverdam township, 1
IF.. W. Bates; Hot House township, i
I ('. C. Forrester, and Shoal Creel. *
i township, F. E. Sparks and Edgar
j Taylor.
Only routine business was discussed
II y the commissioners at their meet- I
ing Monday. J'
Mauney To Help File
Tax Returns In District i
i
Tom J. Mauney. of Murphy, d?s-:i
trict deputy commissioner for the ' i
state department of revenue, an-j 1
I bounces that he will be in the various i
towns of the district to aid in filing j
income and tangible personal taxes ,
during the next week. | \
The following schedule has been an- j j
noujiced: Robbinsville. Thursday,';
March 9; Hayesville, Friday March ' 1
10; Andrews, Saturday, March 11:!?
Bryson City, Monday, March IS:;
Franklin, Tuesday, March 14, and r
Murphy, Wednesday, March 15. Mr. j,
Mauney maintains his office in the J |
Woods building in Murphy.
Income and tangible personal prop- <
erty taxes must be filed on or before
March 15 as required by law.
}MMENCEMENT i
I HELD MARCH 99.
i Written spelling- consisting of 25
i words from text-book, one person 1
| from each grade from the second
| through the seventh grades, E. R.
[White, Grandviow, chairman; grammar;
grammar parts of speech only, 1
'one sixth and one seventh grades 1
students to enter. Ersa McNabb, J
Suit, chairman; art appreaciation on 1
I ptetuyes listed in the hand-book for *
elementary schools to be scored as '
I follows: 1. naming picture, one point. 2
j 2. naming artist, one point. 2. naming 1
' nationality of artist, one point, Mrs.
John Shields, Culberson, cha:,*man. I
Athletic contest of: Tug of War, '
running and standing high running
and standig broad \ 50- '
yard dasfi, 100-yard dash, en,oiling (
the bar. basketball throw. Porter
Raper, Brasstown is the chairman.
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; Interest Is
Weaver Bill
,
Would Return Five Per
Cent of Power Sales
7 o County
Cherokee countians art inuch interested
in a bill which i.-* being considered
by the committee on military
affairs in the house of representatives,
Washington, which provides for
a five per cent return oi all power
| sales from liiwassee Dam to the
| county.
Although the liiwassee Dam was
authorized as a flood control dam and
not ;% power dam, generating equipment
is being installed. In the event
of power sales from Hiwassee Dam,
the return acquired by the federal
government.
Charles D. Mayfield, local lumberman
and member of the town hoard
of aldermen, has returned from Washington
where iie conferred la.-'- week
with Congressman /.ebulon Weaver
and other officials 111 an < fi'ort to
have the bill passed.
A report ;rom tin- committee Is
expected sunn time next. week.
The amount of taxable land taken
off the county books for const i action
ol the dam has never oven revealed.
Text of Bill
Mr. Weaver'.- entire bill i- is follows:
"lie it enacted by the Senate and
the House of Itcpu seiiiatives of tin
United States of America in Congress
assembled, that section 13 of the Act
entitled "An Act to improve the navigability
and to provide for flood control
of the Tennessee River; to provide
for reforest ration and the proper
use of marginal lands in the "lennessi'i;
Valley; to provide for the agricultural
and industrial development of
said valley; to provide for the national
defense by the creation of a
corporation for the operation of Government
properties at an near Muscle
Shoals in the State of Alabama; and
for other purposes" he amended as
follows:
"Sec. 13. Five per cant centum of
the gross proceeds received by the
Hoard for the sale of power gtnerated
at Dam Number 2, oi from any
other hydro-power plant hereinafter
constructed in the State of Alabama,
.1?o i. ?
?iaii oi- paid 10 tne State of Alabama;
and 5 per centum of the gross proceeds
from the sale of power generated
at Cove Creek Dam, hereinafter
provided for, or any other dam. located
in the State of Tennessee, shall
be paid to the State of Tennessee;
Hiwassee Dam Affected
"And 5 per centum of the gross
proceeds from the sale of power generated
at Hiwassee Dam, provided
for under said Act. and situated in
Cherokee County, or any other da;n
located in the State of North Carolina,
shall be paid to the State of
North Carolina, for the use and benefit
of the county or counties in which
said dam or dams, including contributing
storage dams, are now or
shall hereafter be located.
"Upon the completion of the Cove
Creek Dam the Board shall ascertain
tiow much additional power it thereby
generated at Dam Numbered 2 and
any other dam hereafter constructed
by the Government of the United
States on the Tennessee River, in the
State o? Alabama, or in the State of
Tennessee, and from the gross proceeds
of the sale of such additional
power 2 per centum .<hall be paid
to the State of Alabama and 2ls per
centum to the State of Tpn?ncMn
Applies To Dams
These percentages shall apply to
any other dam that may hereafter
be constructed and controlled and opcrated
by the Board on the Tennessee
River or any of its tributaries, the
main purpose of which is to control
flood waters and where the development
of electric power is incidental
to the operation of such flood-control
dam. In ascertaining the gross
proceeds from the sale of such power
upon which a percentage paid to
the States of Alabama, Tennessee,
and North Carolina the Board shall
not take into consideration the proceeds
of any power sold or delivered
to the government of the United
States, or any department or agency
>f the Government of the United
States, used in the operation of any
ocks on the Tennessee River or from
?ny experimental purpose, or for the
manufacture of fertilizer or any of
he ingredients thereof, or for any
>ther governmental purpose.
Provided, That the percentages to
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