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Our Aim: ? A Better Murphy A Finer County &nmt i^eili-.aied Tc Service For Progress THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TERRITORY VOL. 51 ? NO.43. MURPHY, N. C THURSDAY. JUNE 20, 1S40 it < OPY? $1.5# 1?EK YfcAK PROSPECTS DIM FOR KEEPING TVA LIBRARY SERVICE Project Ccmes to End 1st of July, Unless Something is Done The TVA library project in this area is scheduled to be concluded July 1 according to reports received hi re several weeks ago, and to date there have been no indications that r ru- project win be exiendeu. Miss Ida Belle Entrekin, regional librarian! has been working at var ious projects during the last few month* to extend the service render ed thij area. A few months ago there was ad vanced a plan to have the com missions of Cherokee and neighbor ing counties assume financial obli gations for continuing the work of the TVA. In Cherokee county a bal lot was proposed on the question of a small levy to finance the work. However, the plan failed to mater ialize and the time for the conclus ion of the TVA regional work is ap proaching with little definite assur ance of how the service will be con tinued. Last week the Clay County News reported that the Clay county com missioners had refused to grant fin ancial aid to the library project, a mounting to $600 to $700. The ballot proposed for Cherokee connly was not called, probably be cause it seemed evident that the de cision would be unfavorable and that the expense and labor would be use less. The TVA regional library service mas established to provide suitable service for the Federal employees at. Hiwassee Dam while that project, was under construction. Some of the services will doubtless ly be assumed by the libraries or WPA employees. Other may be dis continued. Hundreds cf mpdern books, in fact the best sections of Andrews library, will probably be turned over to the local service by the TVA interests, when the work ceases next month. ?. o A Wrong Impression The story printed in the last week's Scout that 17 persons had been ar rested for being drunk at the all-day singing at Peachtree, may have creat ed a wrong impression, the Editor of the Scount learns. Some readers thought the story implied that th?> all-day singing was a rowdy affair. Nothing could be farther from the fact. The singing society is one <>f the most praiseworthy in thp county. A huge crowd invariably gathers for their musical get-to-geth ers which are prevaded by a spirit of true religion and innocent pleasure The singers are in no way to be held responsible for the fact that some visitorrs brought liquor, and drank too much. 3 TVA OFFICIAI <? COMING TO HEAR golf club plan! come to Murphy "from K^oxvTll'i "7rrow <FriJ?y) to talk oveT wlJ' ' bont hou*?. and perhaps , country clubhouse near the town. odTnrnK?Mh0U51' W?Uld ^ "instruct ' probab,y. "far the Southern rail r.'T;- ""??? * ??' ?.! K;1'; linkst might be located rZ7i T:: a,?n* *'"ri? nZ cTeek Th I'Ev '? bey0nd Marti"' ftand ' clubhouse probably would stand on or near the links. ,, Tbe, 'a"d Evolved all belongs to ^ / nUt that a?enCy has "Pas sed its willingness to lease it to the ? n f?r * Purely nominal figure , the lease is gotten. the PWA . tentatively expressed its will ^"?ness to advance funds to put ?hrniifh the imDrovements. The T\ A officials are coming at the telephoned request of Mayor Gray who acted following a Murpln Chamber of Commerce conference held in the Mayor's office last Fri day night. It was pointed out, at tha* time that if anything is to be done by Murphy the action will have to ne immediate; for all remaining funds of the PWA appropiations soon will revert to the U. S. Treasury. Ex penditures for national defense, and present conditions in general make it unlikely that another appropriation will be made. With Jack Blagg, TVA engineer who has been in Murphy since the start of the Hiwassee Dam, as a guide, the officials from Rnoxville will be shown the sites that Murphy hopes to develop. Mayor Gray and Fred Christopher, Secretary of the Murphy Chamber, will be there to explain the details. It is hoped that funds may also be secured to construct a wading T>ool for kiddies on the property ac ross from the Fair Grounds. o i Stabbing Follows Scuffling In Road Between Friends An attempt to play the. good Sam aritan, and take a friend home, landed Walter Arrant, who lives near Belleview, in the County jail, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, he says His victim was James Hugrnes.. HuThes was stabbed in the chest, and when first brought to Petrio hospital, it was feared he might die He now is reported as on the road to recovery, however, and Arrant was released from custody Wednes day morning, under sinnn bond. He will be tried at the next term of th? Circuit court, when, he says, he will p'cad self defence. The Stabbing took place last S.it C Continued on Back Page) Rod and Gun Club Formed; Promised Quail by Sle te Prank Ellis of Murphy has been named president of the newly formed Cherokee County Rod and Gun Club, an organization of sportsmen, pledgr frl io work for the development of "th? wildlife resources of Cherokee Cjcnty. Other officers selected at a meet ing here Tuesday night were W. D. Whitaker and John F. Chrs'ie of Andrews, first and second vie -pres idents respectively; leeislati chair man, Fred Christopher, of Murphy; educational chairman , Quay Ket ner, of Murphy, and secretary-treas urer, James D. Mallonee, Jr. Directors are E. C. Moore, Dr. E. L. Holt, W. M. Mauney. W. A. Sher rill and Joe Fulmer, of Murphy; 'red Barton, W. R. Dockery and Arthur Palmer, of Marble; Z. L. Whitnker, G. B. Hoblitz I! and Jack Stribling. of Andrews. The club is chartered by the North Carolina Hunters atid Fishers Arsn., a state wide organization. Tom Rev ell, of Charlotte, executive secret ary of 'he association, has been in Murphy several days helping to org anize the club. Already the club has been advised , that it will receive 100 quail from the S ate this fall, and plans are in the making to care for these birds un til spring, when tney will be placed | on farms. The club will seek to develop fish- j ing opportunities of Hiwassee Lake | and also will map and boost projects ] on the new lakes to be built near Andrews, in connection with the new | Nanthala power operations. STABBING IN BACK IS HOTLY DENIED BY ASHEVII.I.E .Anxious To Cooperate With Smaller Towns, Chamber Dec'arfcs The Scout has rec?iwd a letter, printed below, from the Asheville Chamber of Commcre#. It may also be true that the two "reliable Vianv men" in Atlnntn told visitors .hat "there were three routes | to Asheville." We would lik<< to know if tourists who have come to Murphy told the truth when they said they were AD VISED TO AVOID THE ROUTE THROUGH MURPHY. While we are on the subject wo also would like to know if the Ashe ville Chamber will deny that a few years ago a topographical map of Western North Carolina on exhibit at a Fair in Florida, showed the Hi wassee Dam. and Asheville ? and did not show Murphy at all? The Asheville Chamber's letter follows' Editor, Cherokee Scout, Pear sir. There appeared on the front page of your newspaper of June 6 an ar ticle entitled "Entire Section Stabbed In Back By Asheville". We have made a careful investigation of every charge made in that article and we arc prepared to prove that the state ments made, insofar as they relate to the Asheville Chamber of Com merce, are grossly in error. The ar ticle is based, so it states, on infor mation "from a thoroughly reliable sourcc", and undertakes to point out that this organization is keeping a "full-time" man in Atlanta to route tourists "away" from Western North Carolina. That is preposterous in the extreme. "For your information, during the Month of May this organization, through its Rhododendron Committee, maintained an office in Atlanta foi the purpose of promoting travel to Western North Carolina and the Rho dodendron Festival. During the thirty days the office was operated we had two reliable young men in . charge. Both of them have been ques tioned, and they state emphatically that all prospective visitors were told that there were three routes to Ashe ville; namely, through Murphy, through Franklin and through Green ville and Hendersonville. "That was the correct information and i3 identically the same informa tion which this organization has giv en and will continue to give in any office which it may operate as long as the highways remain as they are. It is the traveler's prerogative to se lect his choice of routes. No fair minded man could quarrel with that. "On behalf of the civic and busi ness interests of Asheville, please let me assure you that our desire for Western North Carolina unity and (Continued on Back Page) ?O VV. A. E'liott Passes On; Funeral Rites Friday Death ended the lone suffering of Mr. W. A. Elliott Thursday morn ing when he died at his home in Mur phy. He was 81 years old. Funeral services are to be held Friday after r.oon^ at 2 o'clock, in the Baptist church with the Rev. J. C. Ammons and the Rev. W. R. Jenkins officiat ing. Grandsons and nephews will serve as active pallbearers, as follows: James Mallonee. Jr.. John Dickey. Tom Dickey. Frank Dickcy, Herman Elliott and Mark Elliott. Forty two of the leading citizens of Murphy will serve as honary pall bearers; most of them long-time friends of the deceased. Mr. Elliott is survived by his wid ow and two daughters: Mrs. Loila Dickey and Mrs. Hadley Dickey; one brother. H. B. Elliott, of Murphy, and one sister. Mrs. N'annie Wi1!'." ms of Gainsville, Ga. He also is surviv ed by six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Townson Funeral Home was in charge of interment. CHECK FOR $i00 jiVEN CHAMBER BY P. K. FEREBEE President P. K. Ferebee, of th?? Citizen's Bank and Trust Co., ha? presented the Murphy Chamber ot ! v>mmerce with hi.- personal cheek I for $100. The gift was made with ? out conditions, or reservations, | appreciation of the aggressivene** j of the Chamber of Commerce n boosting Murphy. Mr. Ferebee explained that what j hwlpc Murphy ine entire county I The banker preferred that his gift j I not bo given any publicity. The Scou I knows of other public spirited am | generous acts of Mr. Ferobee, m:ul. i with the same modesty, and which j at his request were never publ.c.z- o In the present instance, however, the Scout feels that Murphy should know that Banker Ferebee, though ho lives in Andrews, has the interest? of the entire county at hear:. Hi* ( present generosity is typical of th% j man, wherever public welfare is in volved. The officers of the Chamber of Commerce have asked the Scout to express to Mr. Ferebee their deep gratitude. Towns Will Unite | To Boost Section With "Co-op" Ads ! Dr. Elmer Holt and Attorney Fred ' Christopher, Treasurer and Secret- j ary, respectively, of the Murphy ' Chamber of Commerce, will go t? | Bryson City tomorrow (Friday) j night, to meet with representatives from the towns in Western Nortl Carolina. The group will map plans for co operative advertising of this section, with every town bearing its share of the cost. The program, once arrang ed, will be submitted to the various Chambers of Commerce. Lions, and Rotary Clubs for approval. The entire program is intended for next year. It is believed that co operation will result in far wider coverage at far less expense than if the towns try to advertise separ ! ately, as they have done in the past 1 Handsome folders will be printed, telling about each town, but stress ing the entire section. It is hoped that the cost per town can be equal ized, and that every participant will receive the same amount of public ity. The plan is the result of the get together meeting held in Brysor City two weeks ago. Participating are Murphy. Andrews. Bryson City. Sylva, Franklin and Wavnesvillo. Robbinsville was not represented at the former meeting but it is hoped that the Graham county seat will see fit to "(?bmc in." NANTAHALA DAM START PREDICTED WITHIN 30 DAYS Huge Project Will Cost $ ?5,000,000 And Give J:h; to Findreds With formal approval granted by both Federal and State authorities, completion of the giant dam start 5-*Ci?o ?*;*?. li#ru 5y rvantanaia, i? p ractially assured. The work will cost between ten and fifteen million dollars, and will require not less than two years. It will mean jobs at good wages for hundreds of men. i Approval cf the Federal Power ( omtv.i ? *; n was announced by the N;.:itarK.: I' wer and Light Company i .ast Monday. Approval of the State authorities followed the next day. W ork is expected to start within the next 30 days. Two power projects are planned; | one at Xantahaia, and the other at Glenvillc. It is reported that the Nantahala company already has hired a small i group of men to clear rights of way, lay water lines, and do other rout ine preliminary work at Glenville. Some equipment was purchased, it | was said, on which Cherokee county firms made bids. The Nantahala project would pro ( vide a turbine developing 60,000 horsepower while Glenville would have a turbine developing 30,000 horsepower. The Nantahala dam would be on the Nantahala river, a tributary of the Little Tennessee, in Macon coun ty, at a point about two miles below the Aquone postoffice. The Glenville project would be in Jackson county, on the west fork of the Tuckaseegee river, also a branch of the Little Tennessee river, also a branch of the Little Tennessee river. These two dams would have the highest heads of any east of the Rocky Mountains. The Nantahala would be 999 feet and the Glenville 1.215 feet. The Nantahala dam would be 260 feet high and the one | at Glenville 130 feet hicrh. At the Nantahala a lake of 1.631 acres would be created for water stor age while at Glenville the lake would cover 1.470 acres. Both dams will be earth-faced and rock-filled. The Nantahala dam will contain 1,829,000 cubic yards, and the Glenville dam will contain 458, 000 cubic yards. Of interest, especially is the driving of the tunnel from Beaehertown through the mountains ? a distance of approximately 28.000 feel. Since already approximately one mile of the *unnel already ha- been driven it is assumed the work will s art at the Beaehertown end, which is ten miles from Andrews. It is believed that construction of the tunnel will give Andrews a busi j ness, stimulation similar to that of Murphy when the Hiwassce dam was built. Public Playgrounds Opened; Many Games Available The Murphy public playground opened for the summer season Tues- I .ay on the Murphy school ground | ??ic to the untiring efforts of Mrs W. M. Palmer, assisted by H. Bueck, | K. C. Wright., Mrs. T. A. Case and j others, enough funds were raised to 1 insure operation of the playground ? for the time between now and the opening of school. The playground activities will bo divided into two phases. From 10 o'clock until noon, the grounds will be given over to ages of 6 to 10, un der the supervision of Mrs. Martha Adams and Mrs. J. H. Pilzcr. Sup ervised games and s'.ory hours will make up the bulk of the morning periods. The afternoon period from 1 un til 4:30 will be <2evoted to children eleven years of ago and ovev. Sup ervised games also will be conducted in the afternoon. Softball, tennis, tabic tennis or ping pong, horse shoe pitching, vol ley ball, basketball, and ahufflnboard are available. The swings and giant s'ride will also be available throughout the day.
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