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^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
^<t a < nt- sted award of $1,800,000 j
nado to Powelson for the entire
rropert\ a mere matter of $1,690,- |
(11)0? ha not yet been settled.
It will ' recalled that the Town ;
of Mur; I sold the entire works.!
k>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.
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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
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' 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.
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: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<h.'d t?. Mi.. Uiitkime..
ction by automobile, in response
to a telephone call.
Sheriff Townson was waiting at
the burned barn, and tin dog quickly
found a scent which he followed
to a place where an automobile had
been parked. Then- the dog was
oaf fled; lud examination of the
| ground showed that tin car had three
'tires with badly worn treads, and .?
fourth tire, with a r.on-skid tread
that was practically new.
Walking down the highway. Sherjiff
Townson finally came to a side
i road where the tire marks showed
i again, indicating that the auto had
turned off at that point.
Following the tire marks. Townson
finally came to the combined store
land home of Loudermilk. A car
was in the rear, and its tires exactly
matched the markings near the burned
barn.
Loudermilk was at home, and in
bed. Despite the evidence, he denied
having been near the Simons bam.
| He submitted to arrest under pro!
test, but without attempting any rej
sistance.
I The owner of the barn is a cousin
i of Marion Simonds. accountant, and
; former Register of Deeds.
Three Students Leave
For Distrct Parley
Tk,-.... 1 1 . j
iiiKHMHWlM MUUflllS
will leave tomorrow (Friday) for
Asheville to represent Murphy at a
session of tudents from the Western
District.
The meeting was railed to promote
better understanding of student problems,
and the three given the honor
of representing Murphy are: Malcolm
Crotzer, Kate Gray and Martine
Moore.
Death Claims Mother
Of Rev. Arthur Barber
Word has been received here of the
death in High Point. X. C. of Mrs.
Cora M. Lewis, mother of the Rev.
W. Arthur Barber, former pastor of
the Methodist church here. Mrs. Lewis
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. L. P. Knight.