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VOL. 53 ? NO. 9
THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TERRITORY
MURPHY. N. C. THURSDAY. SEPT. 19. 19?
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McNeill Hits At Taxes
In Courthouse Talk
GOP Candidate For
Governor Lashes At
Waste By "Machine"
Predicting Kepubliean victory both
nationally and throughout the State.
Robe: H McNeill. O. O. P. candidate
for Governor, addressed a closely at
tentat- athering at the County
Court house Tuesday afternoon.
"Vktory would come." he said,
"throudh the aid of independent
Democrats."
Mr M Y. Jarrett. of Dillsboro.
Republican candidate for Congress,
also spokr after being introduced
b> his 'im Clyde Jarrett. of And
rews. who is G. O. P. nominee for
the State Legislature.
Wha; ? "med to be n good omen
came to Mr. McNeill just as he fin
ished speaking, in the form of a
telegram The wire was from his
son-in-law. in Morehead City. N. C.
innouncir.g that the candidate hard
become the grandfather of a bouncing
baby girl The father, incidentally,
was a classmate of Edwin C. Hyde,
Murphy attorney and G. O. P. Coun
ty Chairman.
Both the i-andidate amd prety white
beunid. Together they bemoaned the
fact that they will not be able to
see their erandchild their first un
til Sunday, on account of the cand
idate's speaking engagements.
<n his speech Mr. McNeill charged
the Democrats with oppressive tax
ation on which is "squandered to
keep their machine working." He
also attacked the farm policies of
the National administration, and
declared the money being spent in
North Carolina on Federal projects
represents only a small part of the
amount being taken from the State
lr taxes.
"The people of this State have
Paid out 332 million dollars", he said.
In return the New Deal has given
back only 46 million ? about fifteen
Per cent.
At the same time, Alabama was
Beting back more than 200 per cent,
and Tennessee still more. In fact
nearly every southern state has far
'd better than our own under its
democratic machine politics."
Mr. McNeill lashed out at purely
State taxps. which, he said, "takes
28 cents of every dollar a man earns."
He also assailed the Democratic legis
lature for refusing to pass a bill
Panting $300 exemption to farmers
acing bankruptcy. "Such a law was
emanded by a state-wide referend
J"11 he said, "but the House refused
its own Speaker when
? tried to present it."
, T' p G- ? P candidate scored the
State sales tax. and promised,
, ' ec'<?tI- to see that it is repealed.
ate .inances will not suffer" he
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ROBERT H. McNEILL
j Young Democrats
Elect Sara Posey
To National Post
Misr. Sara Ruth Posey was elected
tc the nations] committee represent
im. the North Carolina Young Dem
ocrats club* at a convention in Hal
figh September 14. Ralph Webb
sen of the late govtmor.
was elected president of the State
organization.
H. B. Ppruill. ol "Windsor, was also
elected to the national committee
along with MissPorer. who began hei
campaign for the office about one
month prior to tne convention.
A speaker list ai the convention
1 was hparlpH by wifv. rin; n hit--- as Spti
ator Josiah Bailey and Governor
Clyde Hoey, and a large number of
others p'-ominent in the state and
national Democrat party.
Miss Posey has been prominent in
local activities of the Young Dem
ocrat clubs in western counties and.
at the time of her election to the
national committee, was western org
'anizer for this state organization.
She has held various other prominent
| posts in the local and state clubs.
Murphy Wins Tri-State Championship;
Rests Blue Ridge In Two Straight Games
Murphy blasted out 20 hits Sat
OT(Jay against Blue Ridge to take
an 11.4 victory and came back to
br?ak a 10-innine tie in the Sunday
?atne and win 5-4. grabbing off the
Tri-State league chrrmpionship in a
??ughnessy play-off which has been
Wderway during the past two week
"ids.
Sutler, pitching for the locals.
** ^ly fc<-ld the Blue Ridge hitters
but led the Murphy batters
three hits In five trips. Wil
E,m* I'd the hitting for Blue Ridge
Wth two for four.
"ation?. top-notch Murphy hurl- j
route Sunday and held .
"? 'ne Blue Ridge scores while his
WMn mates broke a 4-4 tie In the
tenth inning and came home the
winner. 5-4. Strange feature of the
game was the fact that Blue Ridge
converted 8 hits into 4 runs while
Murphy could only make 5 scores out
of 21 hits.
In last weeks games Murphy bested
Hiwassee in two straights and Blue
Ridge did likewise with the Hayes
ville team to reach the finals of the
play-off. Four teams were allowed
to play in the closing tourney out
of six teams in the league.
First Game
Murphy 11 20 1
Blue RMge 4 11 3
Second Game
Murphy 5 21 4
Blue Ridge 4 8 5 I
CREAMERY DAY
i CELEBRATION IS
I HUGE SUCCESS
Livestock Judging
jsY;?kes Spot'ight In
j All-Day Contests
Around 500 people were present
for the annual Creamery day held at
Brasstown Saturday by the Moun
tain Valley cooperative in celebration
of eleven years ot successful oper
ation.
W. Kerr Scott. State Commissioner
of Agriculture, in a speech to the co
operative. brought out trie origin of
cooperatives in general and the pro
gress they have made.
As an example. Mr. Scott pointed
out. farmers are now buying ped
igreed seed for sowing their various
crops- -seed certified by official ag
encies and sold under a strictly of
ficial label. Cooperatives, such as
the Mountain Valley, have also pro
vided a market for the farm products
of widely scattered farmers who
were unable, individually, to under
take such a task.
L. C. Salter, chief of the cooper
ative research and equipment divis
ion of the TVA. and M. G. Mann,
general manager of the farmer's co
operative exchange, also spoke. Both
were high in their praise of the local
organization.
During the day various stunts and
contests were held, outstanding a
mong which were the livestock jud
ging contests. First places went to
the following: Edgar Bryan, horse
judging. and Ruel Nichols, second
place: Mrs. Edwin Hawkins, poultry
judging. and Mrs. Linda Payne, sec
ond place.
I. 'inch was served by the Women's
' club, along with free ice cream, man
ufactured and donated by the Moun
' tain Valley Cooperative.
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School Invites Public
[To Open House Fridav
!
j Thf Murphy schools will "have
'open house in the new Science bnild
jing on the school campus Friday
I afternoon and evening fiom 3 until
1 5 o'clock and from 7 until 9 o'clock.
Refreshments, prepared bs the
home economics students, will be
served to all guests, and a musical
program will be given. Miss Fair
cloth and Miss Benton, home ec
onomics instructors, will be hostesses.
The public is invited to attend and
view the new building and get ac
quainted with the teachers of the
Murphy faculty.
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Henn's Racing Boat
Tangles With Rock;
Goes 'Down and Out'
"Pride gocth before a fall" says
the old adage: but In the case of
Preston Henn. the movie theatre
man. it was worse than that.
Flushed with the recent victory of
his speed-boat at the TV A cele
bration in Chattanooga. Henn
fonnd. all of a sudden, that the
bottom had dropped out of thine*.
To be more explicit, the bottom
was torn out of his 130 horse-pow
er craft.
It happened Sunday, in the
Tennessee River, near Chattan
ooga. Making about 50 miles an
honr. Ilenn's boat struck a sub
merged rock, and an eight foot
strip of flooring was torn out.
Tlianks to the powerful motor
Hcon was able to reach the bank
befo.e the boat sank. The water at
the bank being only 3 feet deep,
salvage was easy.
The craft now Is under repairs.
Bedspread Factory
To Open in Murphy
HERE'S THE WAY
WORD "SABOTAGE"
WAS ORIGINATED
Everybody is familiar with the
word "Sabotage". It means wil
ful destruction of another's prop
erty* nnil In ihk rnnnlry H U in
evitably linked with German ter
rorism.
However, the word originated
j not in German v, but in France.
Pack in the days when France
was a monarchy of tryanny. the
peasants were feorced to grow
crops, only to have most of them
taken over by the "noble" land
lords.. The peasants, often, were
left to starve.
Finally the humble soil tillers
decided that if they could not
eat. the nobility should not eat
either. They decided to destroy
the crops: and so they formed in
to bis companies trampling down
the fields with their heavy wooden
shoes.
Those woden shoes were ? and
still are? called "sabots". And
that's where the word "sabotage"
came from.
Navy To Recruit Men
Here September 23-24
| A representative of the United
| States Navy recruiting station. Ashe
ille. will be in Murphy at the post
office building, room 58. on Monday
and Tuesday. September 23- 24 . ac
cording to an announcement posted
this week by postmaster Howard
Moody.
The station will be open from 9
| A. M. until 4 P. M. on both days.
Arrangements have been made for
physical examinations and other
necessary parts of enlistment.
I
! A. similar xtcruitir.^ station !or the
army, scheduled to have oeen in
Murphy about f*-o wc ks ago fa led
to arrive due t o flooded "highways
About fifteen young men showed up
for enlistment on the appoint' d ('ay
Operations To Start
Not Later Than Oct.
10 With 10 Machines
A drive for now industry in Mur
l<d by t). local Ijons club and
endcrscd ty the chamber of com
it;erc. '.as .on a MtDmd factory
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cations in the town between Oet
ot-er 1st and 10th.
More t hail 40 local business and
professional men subscribed over
,S1. 000 as a loan of confidence to W
M. Ketlrs and Haro!;i Bend, of IJal
l'on. G<i.. for the opening and oper
ation of the factory.
Representatives of the Lions club,
in promoting the factor.v . made sev
eral trips to Dalton and contacted
i Mr. Kettles and Mr. Bond. After
reaching a satisfactory agreement
with tliom this committee put the
matter before the local business men
and received their endorsement of
a S! .000 loan.
At a meeting held in the city hall
Tuesday night, the deal was com
pleted and Kettles promised to have
the plant operating not later than
October 10th.
The factory will begin operations
with ten spread making marhines and
about 15 employes. According to
plans of the owners, the plant should
expand within a year to at least 40
machines and 60 employes.
Local labor will be used entirely.
Mr. Kettles said, even though train
ing will be required before maximum
operation can be secured.
Location of the plant had not been
decided Tuesday, and building own
ers with space suitable for such a
factory were asked by Mr. Kettles
and Mr. Bond to submit their rent
al fees, size and location for con
sideration. The working space must
be at least 30 by 40 feet. No new
building will be erected.
The loan advanced to the bed
spread company, according to ar
? rangements made at the Tuesday
. meeting, will be handled by a bank
or reliable person or concern, rather
than by the factory operators. All
i accounts receivable will be handled
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Murphy Enjoys Largest Tourist Season
In History; Estimate 32,000 Visitors
'? A total of 1624 tourist's autos. rep
resenting 34 states and 5 foreign
countries and territories, have stop
iped by the Lions Club N. Y. A. in
i
j formation on the Square this season
'up to September 14. official figures
of Miss Mary Jo Davis, operator of
| the booth, disclose.
] The majority of the visitors reg
istered at the booth giving names
| addresses and occupations. A few
'failed to register and only the license
: numbers of their cars were taken,
j Close observers state that an av
jtrage of only about one-fifth of the
I tourists visiting Murphy stop at the
information booth, and that auto
tags representating every state in
the union have been seen in the
town.
i Georgia led in the number of autos
registered, with 113. Close behind
| were Illinois with 103 and Ohio with
93. North Carolina, with 54. tomes
within the next bracket which in
cludes Indiana 61. Tennessee 51.
Florida 56. Michigan 48. and Penn
sylvania 37. Other states were rep
resented with from one to twenty
cars.
Two cars came from Canada: one
from Montreal and one from Ontario.
One car each carme from London
Enplane!: Kaifeng Honan, China,
Honolulu. Hlawaii. and, Havana.
Cuba.
Judging from the estimates, ap
proximately 8.000 tourists autos vis
ited the town during tlie season.
Figuring four passengers to the car,
a generally accepted average, the
. total number of tourists would reach
| 32.000 ? an all time record.
Tiie influx has been accredited
[ larcely to the Hiwassee Dam. and to
the expansive advertising programs
being carried out. by the Murphy
Chamber of Commerce, in addition
to similar programs in Andrews.
The majority of these tourists, it
was found, visited only briefly in the
town. Only a small number were
found to have spent as much as a
week in Murphv.
With the possibility of a number of
developments in recreational facil
ities. and various other Improvcmcnt-s
tho number of tourists to visit Mur
phy In the coming season Is ex
pected to greatly exceed this season's
total. A much lareer advert1"''
I program Is now under consider
by the local Chamber of Co
fmd civic clubs with a view t<"
more to offer visitors.