OurAim:? ^Beder Murphy / 1 A Finer County THE LEADIN VOL 51?N?- 12 P01VEI.SON GIVEN Sim,000 AWARD FOR RARE PLANT 51,690,00 Decision For Remainder Of Rights Is Not Yet Settled For a "tr time, before the TV A came, mt <'f the people hereabouts though mely unkind thoughts sbout th ile of the Power works to Powi The thoughts were especially every time they had to pay the rate of ten cents per kilowatt hour. Thos< thoughts may reach a climax of bitterness at the news that Jjito1 W- bb, sitting in the U. S. / . . \ i urt ill. v.ui-, imo juai awatm-u i th? Southern States Power Co., $110.- ] (n?0 for th? power plant alone. The j ^ck. sto; and barrel to Powelson for 10. It should be recall-1 til ton. : at the Town has already, paid hin $67,500 of that amount j tad;. 1: alsi hould be noted, that the present o irt award gives the Southern Stab-.- Power Company the right to remove all machinery, fixtures I and equipment from the plant, on 30 days notice. The town of Murphy would seem tc have done very well by Mr. Pow-I eon; very well indeed. Considering the services?and the jrwehar-.d by the Southern States Fwer Company?one is reminded of the Bibic:d gentleman who sold hi? birthright f >r a mess of potagc. When th* town of Murphy made its ale of the power plant, it didn't net ?:u- potage. It only got the "mess". Meanwh . work on the sub-station in K : ; Murphy is fast nearing ompletiiH and a hook-up there, for power, nia.v be expected shortly. II :rd3l - I Iuowever. .. .ose who expect miracles ire warn. that there may be little tfcange in rvice so far as the con oer is concerned. That is say, the lights still may kil?-always when they are needed most?just as of yore. This is beOttsf the ssib-station is equipped to supply a load no larger than thaL ilready u-rten from the reacquired fathom States plant and the hookjlP with the Nantahala Power ComHowever, if the sub-station service Nves inadequate, Harve Elkins who should know, says the power can be 1 "stepped up." PRISONER FOUND TO HAVE ESCAPED FROM TWO CAMPS I Lee Hugl ey, man of many aliases, I. ? the county jail for the shootI < of young McClure and the robI of u U. S. Sailor has been found I be an escaped convict, wanted in Il' least two places. I nughev got away from the Look ?? Mountain prison camp, near Chic ^ugua, Tenn. only a few months m Ho. He was serving a sentence for B ^-running, and told jailer Patton ^eman he ran away because they m^ehim "work in mud and water," I*? treated him "like a dog." ^Qghey also is said to have escap^ from the prison co^l mines at *hy Mountain, Tenn. ^be prisoner's finger-prints have *nt to the Federal Bureau of tstigation at Washington, to sec | e is wanted anywhere else. He is I to have boasted that no jail V** bold him. Ihf (Eh G WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTE NEW FUNDS GIVEN FARM TO MARKET , HIGHWAY PROJECT Evcyr farmer in Cherokee will have markets accessible over (rood roads, it was learned from Ed Bainett, who said that a new WPA "farm-to market" project has been officially approved and will be put into operation October 21. The old project expires Oct. 20, I but an additional fund of $124,000 |, has been set aside, which will give j | employment to 259 men. ( , Barnett also announced that a new < appropriation is expected to come | ] through so that work of widening the | highway between Murphy and Andrews will continue without interrup- ( j tion. ( Barnett said ditches would be dug | | above the hillsides which were so i carefully "manicured", in order to < I prevent erosion. The farm to market roads will be I graded and covered with gravel. Since . no binder will be placed, it is prob- , able that this gravel soon will be thrown into the center of the roads. . or into the ditches. Barnett said the workers would be ' i glad to spread a binder if they could ' get it. But they can't. AGE OF MAN PUT AT 100 YEARS BY LECTURER HERE | Medical Society Told Infected Teeth Are The Great "Plague" I Declaring every normal man should , live to be 100 years old?and would; j were it not for infections?Dr. [ jVauKhn I,. Sheets, M. L>., K A. C. P.. i of Chicago addressed the Cherokee! County Medical Society, urging clo-! 1 ser cooperation between physicians jand dentists. Dental surgeons were guests at the meeting. "Infected teeth are responsible for \ | many of the ills filling our private 11 land public institutions" Dr. Sheets j | declared. "They may be termed 'the .plague* of present day civilization. { "The good dentist of today has e- ! \olvod from the humble role of 'tooth I carpenter* to one of the most impor- i tant specialties in the entire realm of j ; clinical medicine. "The dentist of the future will be 1 a well educated physician, specializ-|: ing in that branch of medicine known i as dentistry. His diagnosis will not ? be made front observation of the ! teeth alone. I "He will be enough of a scientist \ I I to determine the cause of disease process, and will, in a tactful manner ; [re-educate the public in relation to j cause and effect, so that his work will 1 ; mean cure for the present, and preIvention for the future. Dr. Sheets urged complete cooper. ation and frequent consultation be- < L on,I /lonticfrc find . |concluded: "When we have this co- j; i operation?and then only?we are ] I going to give the public honest serI vice." j o < ' Charles Reece, Aged 84, i Passes On At Pine Log Funeral services for Charles Reece. 64, of Pine Log who died Saturday night, were held from the Pine Log church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. Ham Coffee and the Rev. Zeb Stevens officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery Ivie Funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Mr. Reece, a farmer and blacksmith had been a lifelong member of the Pine Log church and a leader in civic and religious work in the community. He is survived by his wife and several children. irrokw :RN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING MURPHY. N. C. OCTOBER 19. 1 WOULD REPLACE TOWN FOUNTAIN 1 WITH TINY PARK i Benches Tc Be Placed j And Umbrella Trees 1 And Lawn Planted The proposal to convert the foun:ain that does not fount into a pavil- | iv?n wiicro omsiers could sit and play checkers by day, and youngsters :ould dance to the strains of a nickleodeon by night, has met a quick death. Officers of the newly formed Chamber of Commerce decided that crowds would gather around the place, with the probable result that there would be a flood of traffic acid en ts. It was generally admitted, howevi r, that something should be done about the park, now definitely an eye sore with its lamentable unkempt iless, and its rusty machine guns which bristle out as if to say "Keep Away!" Town Clerk Eph Christopher declared that there is no prospect that the fountain will ever "fount" again, lie said the town can neither spare, nor afford the water. It finally was tentatively decided j tc fix the soil, plant a lawn and flow- i ers, purchase some half grown umbrella trees and set them out. as shade, and to place benches within the enclosure. It also was decided, tentatively, either to lower the surrounding wall, or to make an entrance, so that people t an get inside ; to use the benches. Charles Mayfield, President of the new Chamber, volunteered to make j attractive rustic benches, and install I them as a gift to the town. The I Chamber probably will supply funds | for the umbrella trees, and planting [ and tending of the lawn and flowers, j Another step toward offering- fang- I ible attractions for tourists was tak- ' when Victor Olmsted offered t?> i doiate the use of land along the main ! haighway, in East Murphy, for the construction and maintainance of four ; public tennis courts. "JOEY" RAY MARKS 80TH BIRTHDAY OF A & P CHAIN Joe Hay is having a week long birthday celebration at the A and I' store he manages, and is marking the event with a general trimming ?f prices. Joe tells the Scout that the A and P chain was established in 1850? 80 years ago?when George Hunting- > ton Hartford, a tall rather gangling j young man with luxuriant crop of whiskers (everybody wore 'em in j those days) took a plunge in tea. It seems that the beverage was selling for $1 a pound. Young Hartford bought an entire ship-load, rented a store on Vesev street, New York ?ity; painted the front a bright red. and offered his tea at only 80 cents per pound. Today that red-fronted store has? urown into the great chain which J operates thousands of units in 39 f states and the District of Columbia] and has 85,600 employees on its pay- !< rolls. I Joe Ray is one of the youngest i managers in the chain?and also one < of the best. 1 Twc County Girls Win j Honors At Cullowhee Two girls from Cherokee County j have been honored by the Women's t House Government Association of Western Carolina Teachers College, at Cullowhee, this week, by being named proctors in Moore Dormitory , for the fall quarter. The girls honored are Mary Grant, of Andrews, and Anna Wells of Marble. 1 A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RIC 939 GRID CORONATION POSTPONED WEEK; CONTEST IS CLOSE With the voters saying it with pennies in ballot boxes strategically placed throughout down-town Murphy, as well as in the school house, lie election of a football queen for l he Boomer's has been continued mother week, until Thursday evening, October 26. The girl elected as the soveroiigja ill be crowned on the gridiron, next day, with appropriate fanfare and rejoicing?and mayhap a bit of wistfullncss on the part of the runners up. Desire of the teachers to attend the coronation caused the postponement. The event had been set for tomorrow, but Friday will be a holliday. so that the faculty members may attend an importont educational meeting in Ashevillc. Meanwhile the battle of the ballots at one penny per vote,?goes on apace, with the candidates for royalty closely bunched and with one as likely to win as the next. So close is the contest that it looks now as if it will take the casting of the final penny to decide it. The candidates are: Kate Gray. Margaret Meroney. Lois West. Martine Moore, Gwendolyn Stalcup, Lois Oarringer, Marion Axley, Anne Moore, Mary Helen Simmons. Lois Jenkins, Polly Moore, Kula Baker, Josephine Johnson and Maureen Lovingood. FARMERS TO GET RICH PHOSPHATE A rr IT A TTI IIT/I rtAnm AI tlAULilMr tUM TV A Cooperates With County?Expert Sent To Lecture On Plan Plans whereby Cherokee Farmers may obtain rich phosphate fertilizer merely by paying the freight are bein worked out by the Agriculture Division of the TV A. ir. cooperation with County Agent A. Q. Ketner. Farmers are to receive enough phosphate to fertilize about 65 percent of their land holdings at a total cost of only 40 cents per 100 pounds. The shipments analyze 65'. in richness, as against only. 15 or 20 '7r in tbe grades usually purchased. Mr. Ketner says use of the phosphate will increase the output *>f grasses and legumes to a remarkable degree. In furtherance of the planned ulistribution, \Ir. W. M. Land is. of the Agriculture Division of the TVA will give a series of il hist rated lectures throughout the county next week. On Thursday, Oct. 26 he will speak at the Folk School, Brasstown. at 111 o'clock A. M. Central time- The same day, at one o'clock P. M. E.S.T. he will speek and show lantern slides of farm demonstration work in the schoolhcuse at Peachtree, and thai evening, al 7 o'clock Central time, he ill H?k -1 I M*vl int CrnnL" Discussion will follow the lectures, with the purpose of showing: the farmers the value of placing: these communities under a cooperative watershed program, which, will ma';e them eligible to receive the phosphate at the low cost stated above. Last week Mr. W. B. Collins. Assistant Farm Management Supervisor For the 17 Western counties of the State was in Cherokee working up lew demonstration unit farms. Thiry new units were established. 20 CENTS A MILE Members of Congress attending the special session draw 20 cents a mile for travel to and from home. Some of them didn't go home, but they got their average cut of $1,000 just the same. rt Dedicated For Progress H TERRITORY 5c COPY?SI.50 PER YEAR BARN OF MINER BURNS; STRIKERS | HELD FOR ARSON 2 Mules Die In Flames; Arrest Follows Use Of Ga. Bloodhounds The smouldering fin- of hate, kindled weeks ago by th? < I (>. strike at Copperhill flamed anew Tuesday night when the ha rri of Oscar Simonds. non-striking mine foreman who lives at Hothous* . was burned to the ground. Two mules perished in the flames, and a considerable quantity of feed was destroyed. Homer Loudermilk. striking miner and also proprietor of a county store near the Tennessee line and Jack (ijiddis. of Isabella, Tenn. are held incommunicado in the County jail in Murphy, charged with the crime. Loudermilk was arrested within a few hours after the fire. Caddis was arrested Tuesday night. Roth insist they are innocent. Arrested early Tuesday morning, by Sheriff Carl Townson, i/oudermil . had been locked up only :t short while before a stream of friends most of them striking miners?called :it tin* jail to see him. Permission to visit the prison was refused. hut his friends stood outside th?* j:iil and shouted to him, through tin- window, tluit they would "stick by him", ant! would see that bond wu> supplied, after his hearing. The hearing date has not yet been set. Loudermilk's arrest was th?* result of clever detective work, aided b> .1 bloodhound, sent from Marietta, Ga. Til. 11 < if Wile ril