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A Better Murphy
A Finer County
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THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
VOL. 5!? NO. 8
IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEVIRITORY
MI KPIIY. N. C. HUKSDAY. SKPTLMBER 12. 1910.
COPY ? SI . Ml PER Y K.VK
URGE PROGRAM
SCHEDULED FOR
CREAMERY DAY
Public Speaking,
Stunts. Contests,
Head Event List
W Kirr Scott, commissioner of
agriculture for the state of North
Carolina will hradline the program
of entertainment scheduled in the
annual observance of Creamery Day
dv ila- M?ts!r. Vn'ioy Cooperative
a"t its Brasstown plant Saturday.
September 14.
In addition to an a'ternoon ad
by Scott, several other notable
fiClii. 11 the cooperative and ar
riciltural field will speal: during the
progra.
a ? ay of stunts and contest'
is planned beginning early in the
morn in1; with a liorse-shoe pitching
ccntr which is expected to create
some real competition.
Tin will be followed by livestock
judmn rail-splitting contests and
varn slier stunts. During the day
strin- music and quartettes will en
tertain t lie visitors.
Lunch will be served bv the co
operative during the noon hour with
tree ice cream, manufactured by the
cooperative creamery, being given
Tith each lunch purchased.
This, the eleventh anniversary of
the cooperative, marks a great per
iod of progress for the section it
serves Begun as a small project with
the immediate purpose of marketing
farm products of the farmers too
widely scattered to profit alone, the
cooperative has not only accomplish
ed its purpose but has magnified its
business by leaps and bounds.
The small, inadequate building in
which the cooperative began oper
ations lias been long ago replaced
and several new buildings added.
Used equipment has been replaced
with new, modern machinery. An ice
cream parlor has been established in
Murphy, and a general market and
filling station began operation at
Brasstown only a month ago.
Sales routes for milk, butter, feeds
and other dairy and farm products
and needs have been established in
five counties in North Carolina and
Georgia. These include Cherokee,
Clay, Union. Fannin and Towns
counties.
me cooperative is uptutitou as a
non-profit organization solely for the
purpose of marketing the products
of farmers too widely scattered to
market their own. Each stockholder
has an equal voice in the governing
?f the cooperative whether or not
he has one sharre or ten shares of
stock. In this manner the cooperat
ive has grown rapidly and will con
tinue to grow.
TVA PLAN FOR TOWN DEVELOPMENT
FOUND 'UNFEASIBLE' BY COMMITTEE
A plan submitted by represent
atives of the TV A to Mayor Gray
and a planning committee repres
enting the town of Murphy at a
meeting in the city hall Tuesday
light, in connection with the de
veloptnent of recreational facilities
here, was considered "unfeasible" by
the local representation.
After several meetings of this nat
ure it was found only Tuesday that
no TVA aid could be secured in the
development or maintenance of such
Projects, nor could land be leased
from the TVA for the town's use.
Certain privileges were granted pri
vate enterprise, however, in the de
velopment of a few projects.
Several ideas for development, in
cluding a golf course, boathouse.
community building, boat docks, ten
nis courts, etc.. had been advocated
by the town at former meetings with
the TV A representation but no def
inite arrangements or promises had
been received. Aid had been expected
from both the TVA and the WPA
in these developments but neither
has materialized.
The plan put forward at the meet
ing. In the form of an illustrated
map. made arrangements for devel
opment of the lake and embank
ments but nothing as far as recreat
ional projects were concerned.
The TVA plan called for the dredg
ing of the two rivers from the bridges
back quite a distance, using the soil
removed for the building of levees
along either side. In the event this
soil was inadequate, the remainder
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NEW COMPANY WILL
LOCATE PLANT AND
YARDS IN MURPHY
The Tar Heel Investment Com
pany, owners o# the Hitchcoek prop
erty has leased to the Bond-Wolf
and Company of Alcoa. Tenn.. a
tract of land, containing approxi
mately five acres, for a period of
! five years, on which a lumber yard
I andlu mter manufacturing plant is
j to be erected.
The location of this plant faces
I the old Notlo road juft opposite the
' plant of W. D. Townson and a rail
' toad siding will be run from the
I T. A- N rnilrrnri up the branch runn
ing under the rail read track at this
point.
The Bend -Wolf ard Comranv d?-n!
principally in cross ties and r,in<
: Jumbfr. Work is <\poc'ed to start or.
| this plan*, within the r.e::* few c'.a
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bliiiDhv, Blue Rid?c
I Finals of League
jBa?ebaII Tourney
The Mitrph.v Al'.-Star bastba"
v/i!] m<ct the Ri.ie Ridce : :ne cr.
the local diamond in two fames this
v.'e<- end to decide the charr.p o".
ship of he Tri-Statt> league.
Tbrotmh elimination1: in the
Fhaughnessy play-off lasi Sa urriay
f nd Sunday. Murphy defeated Hi
wassee 7-3 and Blue Ridge defeated
Ha.vesville 9-2 to advance to the
finals. Murphy and Blue Ridge will
play two cames, one Saturday and
one Sunday.
In the Murphy-Hiwassee psm'
Sunday. Nations, star Iocs', hurler.
cave up 14 hits but fanned 16 bat
teries. H. Bartcn led the h:tt:n7
with three for five.
Scores :
Hiwassee 3 14 5
Murphy 7 10 (1
Bryson, Arrowood and Sutton:
Nations and Mashburn.
Hayesville 2 10 1
Blue Ridge 9 13 3
Mingus and Ledford; Smith ar.d
Brown.
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Mrs. Martha Hickey
Buried Last Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha
Kickey. 45, o* Hiwassee Dam. who
died Friday afternoon, were held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the home with the Rev. Elisha Bea
vers officiating. Ivie Funeral Home
had charge of arrangements.
Surviving Mrs. Hickey are her hus
band. G. Oscar Hickey: six sons.
Guy. Eugene. Quentin. Herman. Os
car Jr., and Qdean: three daughters.
Marilla. Elynor and Ivtrdell.
4800 STUDENTS
ATTEN D SCHOOLS
"X THIS COUNTY
County Unit Has
Total Enrollment Of
Approrimate'y 2300
Cherokee county ha? approximate
ly 4800 child-en attending the 36
schools within its bounds in the Mur
phy. Andrews and county units.
Superintendtnt of county school.
Lloyd Hendrix. announced an ap
i proximate total enrollment in the 27
; schools of the county unit of 2300
s i; l*>.o.'g!i official figures
-.vcre not r.vsilable.
! 'A:-': JJfu ? n'u.;.ci ::i : le M' : -
- o"l rn : ? ? n'.ng day.
.? n ' a ire in : ,e An
. nit ' * ? :i * % i-; 'd
?i tv.*- v.cfk. the entire total
d alirost. .? total of 4S00. The
' Murphy un.: .as '.x schools and the
Andrews un;t has three.
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Vav.us '.improvements have been
made- in seme of the county .schools J
this year n an effort to minimize
til!* discomforts of over crowding.
rv>ai<-K ami ables have b:en secured
I ((M- t-p? fjrf- grade pupils in the
! rcachtrc. Ttartins Creek. Unaka and
1 Hiwassee Dam schools, and will soon
be placed in the Ranger and Wolf
' Cr:-!: " . Greatest improve
ments in the schools has come about
through the consolidation of four
schools into Hiwassee Dam school.
; with entirely new euipment and ex
cellent buildings.
Three new school busses have beer,
added to the regular caravan, one a
Andrews and two at Hiwassee Dam
The service truck inaugurated last
year will also serve this year.
[ Tl.ere are 132 teachers in the coun
ty schools, with 59 being engaged in
the county unit. 39 in the Murphy
unit and 34 in the Andrews unit.
A new science building, just com
pleted before tho opening of schools
last Monday, has proved a lifesaver
in the relieving the congestion of
classes in the Murphy city schools.
Formerly several classes were con
ducted in hallways, but with the
new building only one class is held
under such conditions.
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j Dental Clinics Are
I Being Conducted in
All County Schools
Dr. H. R. Pearman of the oral
hygiene division of the state Board
ol Health, is conducting free dental
clinics in the schools of Cherokee
county and is now at work in the
Andrews schools. These clinics will
be continued for three more wtcks,
completing the total twelve weeks
campaign carried out every year.
These clinics are for the oeneXit
of children w-.lhin the schooi ace,
that is, from 6 Jo 13 years of age.
Each school in the county is visit
ed for a certain length of time dur
ing the twelve weeks campaign and
dental treatment given the students
free. The clinics are a part of the
program of the local health dep^t
ment.
The schools of Culberson. Owl
Creek and Wolf Creek have just been
completed within the last week and.
after leaving Andrews Dr. Pearman !
will visit the Peachtree. Marble. Un
aka and Hiwassee Dam schools.
For the last three weeks of the
campaign Dr. J. L. Wells will assist
Dr. Pearman in the clinics. Dr. Pear
man has been conducting these clin
ics in this county for the past four
years.
Big Republican Rally Will
Be Staged Here Tuesday
9 GAMES LISTED
FOR MURPHY HIGH
FOOTBALL SEASON |
The 1940 tcotball schedule lor Mur
phy High siihool, just completed
this week, has been announced by
K. C. Wright, business manager of I
the athletic association. This seas
on's schedule calls for five home
games and four games away from
home.
The schedule follows:
Sept. 27 ? Svl' a there.
Oct. 4 ? Robbinsville here.
Oct. 11 Andrews here.
Oct. 18 ? Copperhill here
Oct 25 ? Hayesvllle there.
Nov. 1 ? Cherokee here.
Nov. 8 Bryson City there.
Nov. 15 -Dv.cktown here.
Nov. 28 ' Thanksgiving) ?Andrews
there.
More than 45 men have reported
to Coach Pitzer during regular pract
ice during the past week but few arc
veterans. Although a light tram,
this year's eleven should be fairly
fast "id able to hold their own a
gainst the teams scheduled.
ENTERTAINMENT IS
DRAWING C ARD FOR
THIS YEAR'S FAIR
School Children To
Be Fair Association
Guests Wednesday
Fairgoers attending the Cherokee
county fair this year will not only
have an opportunity to view a great
er display of agricultural and indust
rial exhibits, but will also enjoy a
huge midway of more entertainment
concessions, rides and shows than
has ever before appeared at a locpl
fair.
The Keystone shows, who have had
midway concessions here for the past
few years, will return with a larger
number of what they describe as
"bigger and better" entertainment
facilities. This year's contract for
midway, according to w m
Fain, fair association president, calls
for eight big rides, ten shows, and
forty concessions. A big free act has
also been contracted this year tha;
promises to be even more sensational
than ever tefore.
Preparations on the fairgrounds
and in the exhibit halls have been
steadily under way during the past
week for receiving larger numbers
of exhibits than in previous year-.
Additions and improvements are also
being made in the stock sheds and
lots.
County agent A. Q. Ketner stated
'today that all persons interested in
making individual general farm ex
hibits in this year's festival should
come to the exhibit hall and makn
their choice of booths as soon as
possible. He also advised that all
j farmers expecting to exhibit live
[ stock should begin grooming their
- }' le and horses as early as this
week 'in erder to have them in best
?^hape when they go before the jud
ges. ,
Arrangements harve been made tlii*
year to hold "school children's day"
on Wednesday of Fair week, instead
of Friday as has been the rule in the
past. This arrangement, it was ex
plained. was made in an effort to
give all school children an oppor
tunity to view the exhibits right
after the judging Wednesday morn
ing. and to witness the livestock
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Robert H. McNeiil
W;'.l Be Principal
Speaker At Meet
Republicans of Cherokee and
n< it-iibonnc counties will singe a
bis rally at the county courthouse
ir. Murphy Tuesday afternoon. Sep
timb-r 17. beginning at 2:30 o'clock,
it was announced today by C. E.
Hyde, chairman ot the Kepubiicim
executive committee of the county.
Hon Robert H. McNeill. Statcs
ville attorney, and Republican cand
idate candidate for the governor
ship of North Carolina, will head the
IW.
Clyde H. .7-rrett. Re publican cand
idate for representative from this
county, and M Y. J:rrro't. Republican
candidate for Concn ? from this
district, will also make 1 r ie f address
es.
Joi n Kerm-.t Blarkbourn. of North
Wilkestoro. " "loin McNeill describes
as one of the "Greatest mountain
tenor." will accompany MiNrill here
and will lead a musical program
now in Dreparation by Mrs. T. S.
Evans. He will j?inis God Blc.vi
America" and will lead a number of
other patriotic songs.
Efforts are also being made to
secure the Valley River Quartette to
sing on tha program, and a number
of other prominent persons are ex
pected to take part on the program.
A large crowd is anticipated by
chairman Hyde, and he exfendec an
invitation to all citizens of this
section to attend "This is the first
time a Republican gubernatorial
candidate has appeared in Cherokee
county. Hyde explained, and should
be the largest rally held by the Re
publican party in several years."
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SARA RUTH POSEY
T EAVES TODAY TO
ATTEND CLUB MEET
Miss Sara Ruth Posey, candidate
for National Committee Woman of
the Young Democratic clubs of
North Carolina, leaves today (Thurs
dav> to attend the state convention
at Raleigh.
Miss Posey has held several posts
in the rtate among"
which were vice-chairman of the
eleventh district and vice-chairman
of the finance committee. At present
she is western organizer for the state.
Solid support of the Cherokee
county clubs and other neighboring
clubs has been promised Miss Posey
in her race for National committee
woman, and various prominent per
sons in the organization are backing
her. She is it charter member and
one of the organizers of the local
club, and lias for several years tak
en an active part in civic and social
: activities in the town.
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Mrs. Phidella Rice Is
Buried At Sweetwater
Funeral services for Mrs. Phidella
j Rice, who died at her home in Gra
I ham county Saturday, were held
I Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from
[ the Sweetwater Baptist church, with
the Rev Bercer Shope officiating.
B'irial was in the. Rice family cem
etery. Townson funeral home had
charge of arrangement.
Mrs. Rice is survived by her moth
! er. Mrs. John Deyton: two brothers.
J. F. and S. S. Deyton: three, sisters.
Mrs. J. J. Snider. Mrs. Bart Snider
and Mrs. Ethel Davis: one daughter.
Mrs. Floyd Crisp: one grandson.
Pallbearers were: Will Snider. Paul
Davis. Cecil Rice. Jeff Davis. How
ard Rice and Verlin Randolph.