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THE LEADING
Vol. 50.?No. 33.
I OPPOSING BILLS |?
ARE INTRODUCED 1
BY LEGISLATORS
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Jarrett, Morphew
Measures Before
House, Senate
Before house committees are cinflicting
measures on the terms of office
for the Cherokee county board of
L commissioners.
The senate-approved measure, introduced
by Graham's Senator Jack
Morphew, would extend the terms of
office of the present board of commissioners
to the first Monday in Def
cember, 11)42, and provide for four- year
terms beginning with the l'J42
election. I
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fine nuute measure, oeiore judici- J
ary No. 2, introduced by Cherokee's
Representative Clyde H. Jarrett, .
would provide for four-year terms of *
office for ihe county board of com ,
missioners, surveyor and constables I
beginning with the next election. i
It is another case of conflict be- j
tween Republican ami Democratic j
leaders. Jarrett is a Republican and j
Morpbew a Democrat
Morphew Bill
The Morphew bill would provide:
"Section 1. That the county commissioners,
now holding office in ^
Cherokee county, shall serve in sucn y
capacity until the first Monday in
December, one thousand nine hun- p
dred forty-two.
Sec. 2. At the general election for ] cj
the year one thuosand nine hundded ; n
forty-two and quadrenially thereaftter,
there shall be elected in Cherokee j ^ j
county by the qualified voters there- | o
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J. H. Hampton L
Is Renominated p
ai
By Federation
J. II. Hampton was nominated to
succeed himself as a director of the ?
Farmers Federation at a meeting of
the co-op's stockholders of Cherokee, *
Clay and Graham counties Saturday i
afternoon in the Murphy warehouse. '
More than a hundred people attended
the meeting and heard brief
duuicaoca uy iiami'S Vj. IV MCUIUI'6)
Federation president, and S. C. Clapp, J1
head of the co-op's seed department. "
In reporting of the Federation's 1S
financial status, Mr. McClure announced
that the organization now P
has a surplus fund slightly in ex- n
cess of $100,000. a
A local advisory committee was re- <:l
Jected as follows: Cl
D .Witherspoon, Murphy, Chair- a
man; R. B. Slaughter, Robbinsville,
Dillard Orr, Santeetlah; W. T. Bum-1 *
garner, Hayerville, R. F. D.; F. G. ' ?
Waldrop, Hayesville; B. P .Grant, An
drews; W. A. Adams, Murphy; Clyde I C
McNabb, Murphy Route 2; U. S. G. ;
Phillips, Unaka; J. H. Hampton, Murphy
Route 2; John Tatham, Andrews. s
Mr. Hampton, who was renomi- v
nated for a two-year term as a di- ~
rector, has served in that capacity
since the Cherokee-Clay-Graham unit n
was organized a little over a year a n
ago He is one of ttwo representatives
of this unit on the Federation's board,
the other being D. Witherspoon,
whose term extends for another year.
Nomination of directors are made
at county meetings of stockholders
and all nominees come up for election
at the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the entire organization.
Nomination usually, however,
is tantamount to election.
Music was furnished at Saturday's
meeting by the Federation's string
trio, and at the conclusion of the
meeting coffee and cakes were served.
SENATE KILLS
ANDREWS TOWN
ELECTION BILL
Representative Clyde H. Jarrett ?
bill to provide for non-partisan elections
in the town of Andrews,
Has been killed in the senate.
The senate committee on elections
laws, headed by Graham's senator
Jack Morphew, reported the v
bill unfavorably which, in view of I f
th? senator's opposition, has the ef- v
feet of killing it. It passed the
house several weeks ago.
The Jarrett measure would have
provided for -non-partisan municipal
elections in Andrews.
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WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WEST
Murphy,
>EEK 2 MURPHY GIR1
-IOMES SINCE LAST
Two pirls, of *110 Fain Mountain
section, one mile from Murphy, are
being sought by their parents
here. They have been missing since
Monday evening when they left
their homes to attend a picture
show in Murphy.
They arc: Miss Dnada Dawson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Dawson, and Miss Eula Mae Ashe,
daughter of Mrs. Omio Ashe.
Mrs. Dawson reported Wednesday
that she feared the girls may
have met with foul play as neither
had given any indication of leaving
home or had m et ari*d for it
Miss Dawson is 18 years old, has
black ha it, brown eyes, medium
LIONS CLUB TO
\ID IN RAISING
CANNERY FUND
Discuss Building of
New Golf Course
Near Murphy
Lions club committee to raise fund:
or the assurance of the Mountair
alley Mutual cannery here during
le coming season was appointed b>
resident Harve Elk ins Wednesday
fter an appeal had been made to the
lub at its regular meeting Tuesdaj
ight.
Those named to raise a portion ol
le $1,500 necessary for the erection
f a building were: W. A Sherrill
nairman; Frank Ellis and Jim Frank
n.
John E. Barr, head of the Land 0
he Sky Mutual association, of Wayesville,
and TVAC administrator, ap
eared before the club at its meeting
nd explained the benefits to the busiess
men of the town and the farmers
i tnis section that resulted from the
poration of the cannery here.
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)ead-Line For Seed
Applications Nearing
All applications for emergency
nd seed crop loans must be made at
n early date or their benefits may
e lost, County Agent A. Q. Ketnei
advising Cherokee county farmers.
Although the closing date for aplications
has not been set, they will
ot be taken much longer he said. Tht
pplications may be made in the
aunty agent's office in the Murphy
ourt house on Saturday morning
nd Monday of each week
Ketner stated that it takes from
0 to 15 days to get applications ap roved
after they are received
OFFICERS ATTEND TRIAL
Policeman Neil Sneed and Contable
Sheridan Stiles are in- Atlanta
here they are witnesses in the trial
f four men of the Warne section oi
ieorgia who are charged with kidapping.
The officers arrested tht
ion here last January.
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VPA BOOKMOBILE
IHEROKEE, 5 OTHER
A newly acquired asset in tho
famished by the WPA to serve Chr
ern North Carolina, Clay, Graham, ]
The expenses of this project ai
the WPA, the County Commissi^ ,
trulkti
ERN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING
N. C. Thursday, Mar. 16
LS MISSING FROM
MONDAY EVENING
i complexion, is about five feet, five
inches tall, weighs about 130
pounds, and was dressed in a red
waist, gray skirt and blue coat.
Miss Ashe is 16 years of age,
five feet, two inches tall, has fair
skin, blonde hair and brown eyes.
The girls have been companions
for years and neither had given
their parents any trouble or had
been involved in any home affairs.
Mrs. Dawson said the two left
for the picture show in good spirits.
She said her daughter had not taken
some money she had saved up
or carried any clothes with her.
The disappearance was reported
to the sheriff's department here.
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Gentry Connected
With Funeral Home
: Pat Gentry, above, is now connected
with the Townson Funeral Home J
; in Murphy.
Mr. Gentry, who, several years ago :
was with the same firm, is a grudu
ato of the Cincinnatti College of Emhalming.
He completed his study there i
in 1926. He is a certified plastic sur- j
geon. For 11 years he was senior mortician
for the Bernstein Funeral
Home of Athens, Ga.
Mr. Gentry is married and has three
daughters, lie plans to move his fam|
ily to Murphy in the near future He
, is licensed in Georgia, Tennessee and
North Carolina.
1 Park Fisher Donates
! 56 Volumes To Library
r Fifty-six volumes of fiction and
non-fiction were donated to the Mur- i
i phy-Camegie library Park Fisher, j
faculty member of the .John C. Camp-1
bell Folk School at Brasstown, it was !
revealed here Tuesday by Miss Josephine
Heighway, librarian.
The books were as follows: five vol
umes of "War On All Fronts'*; 12
i volumes of Richard H. Davis; 10 volI
umes of "World's Great Events"; one
r volume library; 25 works of Bret
Harte; "Outline of Knowledge", Vol
ume 13; "Lady of the Lake", and
"The Hysteria of Lady Macbeth."
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I MURPHY TO SERVE
W. N. C. COUNTIES
lino of Library work is the book truck
rokee and adjoining counties of WestMacon,
Swain, and Jackson,
e financed by the county it is serving,
and the Regional Library Service.
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A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH
, 1939
Plan Huge R
Program For
JURIES DRAWN
FOR APRIL TERM
OF COURT HERE
f O * A * I
warge criminal And
Civil Docket Faces
Judge Nettles
1
Superior court juries for the trial
of cases before .Judge Zeb V. Nettles, !
of Asheville, when court convenes for j
a two-weeks session of criminal and ;
civil cases on Monday, April 28, have :
been chosen by the board of county 1
commissioners here.
At the session Charley Fain. 2f>- ;
year-old Murphy Negro now being'
held in Asheville jail, will be tried for
assault on a nurse and the robbery of
$9() from a patient at Whitfield hospital
here the night of January 28.
Nearly 200 cases of all descriptions,
including those carried over from previous
dockets, are scheduled for trial
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Sheriff Gets
Four More Stills
In Three Raids
Sheriff Carl Townson continued his
drive against illegal manufacturers
of whiskey in the county this week
by bringing in four stills and destroy-1
ing a large amount of beer.
Thursday the sheriff's department
confiscated two stills under the house
of Jim Hardin in the Valleyt own area
and poured ont 120 gallons of beer, i
Ed Hardin was arrested and released
Wednesday under bond for ap- \
pearance for trial in Superior court, i
Both stills?a 65-gallon outfit and i
a 35-gallon out-fit?were found under i
the house.
Those making the* raid were: Sheriff
Townson and Deputies Patton
Coleman and Richard Meroney.
On Friday the sheriff and Deputy
Coleman obtained a 21-gallon still
on the head of Pisgah. No arrests were
made.
Saturday another raid was made
and a 40-gallon outfit was obtained on
Long Branch. No arrests were made.
Those making the raid were Sheriff
Townson, and Deputies Meroney and
Hurt McBrayer. |
Regal Hotel Undergoing j
Extensive Repairs Here !
Extensive repairs are being made
to the interior of the Regal Hotel here
by the Savage Brothers, the proprietors.
In preparation for the coming tourist
season, all rooms are being refinished
and redecorated. The work
is expected to Iki completed 111 about
six weeks.
Other repairs are being made to the
interior of the building and new furniture
is being added, according to
the proprietors.
Soil Program Checks
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All Applications for payments under
the 1938 soil program are ready
for signatures of Cherokee county
farmers eligible to receive payment
under the act, County Agent A. Q.
hetner has announced.
All farmers have been notified to
this effect, he stated, and if the applications
are not signed soon, the
payment of some may be delayed indefinitely,
he warned.
Schedule Of Forestry
Pictures Announced
The Forestry Moving Picture sche- i
dule for next week is as follows:
March 20?Buck Knob School
March 21?Boiling Springs School
March 22?Unaka School
March 23?Hangingdog School
March 24?Hanger School
All programs begin at 7:00 p. m.
and the Public is cordially invited to
attend. There is no ad mis. ion charge
for the shows.
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ecreational
' Murphy
Ci.. A
uiuuj/ >jiuuici /appropriation,
Site For
New Project
A group of local citizens mot here
Wednesday night to discuss a fat
reaching recreational program for
the Town of Murphy.
It was revealed at the meeting that
approximately $35,000 in Wl'A funds
were available to the town for work
along this line, and it was planned to
solicit TV A assistance in providing a
golf course and recreational center
for the benefit of the town and to aid
in the solicitation <>f tourists when
the TVA's Hiwassee Dam is completed.
T. A. Case was elected chairman of
the group and lie appointed a committee
to study local recreational projects
and report back .A another meeting
on Friday night.
Those named on the committee
were Dr. 15. W. Whitfield, Paul Owenby.
Harry Bishop, W. Allison .'herrill
and T. W. Kindley.
The committee plans to inspect several
sites with a view to establishing
a golf course, a modern swimming
pool, a community building, tennis
courts and other recreational facilities.
The program has long been considered
a necessary one here. With WPA
funds available and the acquisition
of property by the TV A and subsequent
formation of a huge lake atoumi
Murphy, the group hopes to obtain
a modern recreational center at
a minimum cost to the town.
Means of financing the program and
selection ol a site were discussed in
detail by the group.
Following the report of the commit
tee on Friday night, the group will
contact WPA ami TVA officials to
formally solicit the aid of these agencies
and get the program underway.
At present Murphy's only facilities
of this kind is a small combination
baseball park and fair grounds and a
frame one-room building. The Fail
grounds are being elevated to a level
above the contour line of the lake
formed by the Hiwassee dam, and
completion of the project is expected
within several months.
Those attending the meeting besides
the chairman and members ol
the committee were: Mayor J. B.
Gray, Horry Sword, Bon Alexander,
J. H. Pitzer, C. E. Hyde, Frank Ellis,
Sam Carr, James B. Ward, Jaek
Blaire. ami C. 1). Mayfield.
NO CANDIDATES
YET FILED FOR
TOWN ELECTION
With elections for the Town of
Murphy set for Tuesday, May 2, no
announcements for mayor or board
of aldermen have yet been filed, according
to E. O. Christopher, town
clerk.
The Murphy town board is elected
on a non-partisan ticket and consists
of a mayor ami six aldermen composed
of three Democrats and three
Republicans.
Ilenry Hyatt has been designated
as registrar for the coming election
and Idris Adams and Hugh Brittain
will be judges.
Registration books will be open the
first four Saturdays in Anril. and th??
fifth Saturday will be challenge dn>.
Fire Truck Repaired
The Murphy fire truek has been
completely repaired and is ready for
call in case of emergency.
The truck broke down during a
call to a fire 10 days ago.
Weather Vane
I .isted below are maximum and
minimum temperatures and rainfall
for the past week compaied with
similar data for last year.
TEMPERATURES
1939 1938
8 66 3d 65 23
!l 73 81 r>9 30
10 70 88 40 42
II 71 54 56 40
12 70 50 64 28
13 67 35 70 39
69 30 69 55
P :FALL INCHES 1939 1938
P March 1 3.51 3.12
c lanuary 1 18.80 8.78