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y Planning
' and Fontana Dam
2,120 Draftees Register in Cherokee
ANDREWS LEADS
REGISTRATION
WITH 556 TOTAL
Complete Returns
From 22 Precinct*
Announced Today
Final ;< ports from all 22 precincts
;n the county, the Cherokee board
ol elections announced a total of
2120 men between the ages of 21 to
36 years were registered yesterday
under the selective service act.
Official figures from each precinct
tad the county as a whole were
pven out early this morning by the
rtoirman of the election board. Clar
(OttHendrix. It was estimated that
jlmcst the entire total of those regis
rmng were white, with a small scat
tering of colored in Andrews and
Murphy.
The largest registration was at
Andrews where 556 names were plac
ed on the rolls. Murphy trailed
slightly behind with 460. and Marble
with 134.
Registrations in other precincts
are as follows:
Hothouse 35. Peachtree 90. Liberty
"8. Shoal Creek 69, Walker School
house 64. Culberson 64, Topton 56,
Tomotkr 5:>. Hiwassee Dam 52, Unaka
51, Burnt Meeting House 50, Brass
to? 4?. Hingingdog 40, Upper
Beaverdam 33. Violet 32, Ebeneezer
32, Grape Creek 24, Boiling Springs
20. Ogreeia 20.
Besideb the two regular registrars
in the Murphy precinct, a group of
10 or 12 volunteers aided in the Mur
Phy registration in the courthouse.
PWtly county and city employees.
?nd parti:/ school teachers. Several
*ent to Andrews to aid in the regis
tration there.
PLANS MADE FOR
RED CROSS DRIVE
AT MEETING HERE
W. Leslie Calhoun, general field I
representative of the American Red
Cross, met with officers and roll call
committee workers of the Cherokee
wunty chapter during the past week, j
?M aided with development of plans >
'or the coming roll call.
Mr. Calhoun informed local mem
bers that the local chapter now
holds 68th place in the state's 120
chapters, referring to ration of mem
enrolled according to popula
Uon- He commended the local or- ?
tanization on their *orts in last I
^"'s roll call and 1 recent war
!un(l campaign.
Mrs. C. W. Savage cretary of
^ chapter, presided at the meeting
^ the ab6ence of the president. W.
Pain.
Attention was called to the fact i
"?t the regular roll call solicitations [
*** made for the purpose of enroll- 1
Wembcrs as distinguished from '
" ?ar relief campaign carried on 1
7?^?? the spring and summer. Fifty
rfrci>rit' of all the funds will remain :
l! thiS county for local use and re- I
Employes of Utah Company
Strike at Nantahala Project
LOCAL CATTLE
EXHIBITORS WIN
AT STATE FAIR
Nineteen Premiums
Taken In 4-H And
Open Competition
A total of $1,483.60 was the return
received by Cherokee county live
stock exhibitors in the North Caro
lina state fair in Raleigh last week
from premiums and sale of the prize
winning purebred stock. Nineteen
premiums were won and ten calves
were sold.
The majority of prizes were taken
by 4-H Club boys with the Aberdeen
Angus calves which carried away all
honors at the local fair here a few
weeks ago. In addition several priz
es were won in open competition.
J. C. Townson. Sr.. won first prize
of S20.00 with his Aberdeen Angus
bull in his class, won $10.00 as sen
ior championship of bulls, and $20.00
for being grand champion.
In the 4-H club competition J. C.
Townson Jr., won first and second
prizes, $12.00 in each, for calves in,
the lightweight class: Carroll Brown
took third prize of $12.00 and fif
teenth prize of $3.00 in the same
class; Sammy Russell won eleventh
prize of $3.00.
In the medium weight class of
calves J. C. Townson Jr., won first
prize of $12.00; James Hawkins
took tenth prize of $6.00; and Sammy
Russell took seventeenth prize of
$3.00. all in the 4-H club competition.
In the open competition for light
weight calves J. C. Townson Jr. took
*irst prize of $15.00. second prize of
$12.00, and fifteenth prize of $5.00.
Carroll Brown won third prize of
$10.00.
In the middleweight class J. C.
Townson won first prize of $15.00.
He also won first prize of $20.00 in
the Get of Sire competition.
The Cherokee County 4-H club
won second prize in the group com
petition of beef calves of $35.0?.
J. C. Townson won third prize for
showmanship and received a scotch
comb and brush.
In the sale of the fat calves. J. C.
Townson Jr. sold five calves as fol
lows: first for 240.82. second $136.85
third $115.47. fourth $101.50. and
fifth $116.72. Carroll Brown sold
one calf for $119.25. and another for
$95.62. James Hawkins sold one
calf for $115.50. Sammy Russell sold
two calves, one for $118.12, and the
other t of $98.75.
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The Fairview Methodist and Bap
tist churches at Ranger will observe
Home Coming day Sunday. October
20. Former pastors and members and
the public are invited to srttend and
bring their lunch.
600 Workmen Are
Involved In Halt In
Dam Construction
Around 600 employes of the Utah
construct'o? company, enraged in
the builciinr ol the Nantahala power
project near Andrews, '.vent out on
strike a'. 8 o'clock this morning
i Wednesday i. by order of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. The work
ing area has been "peacefully" pick
eted since that time and as yet no
agreement lias been reached.
At a conference in Topton last
night, union leaders are said to have
told the conciliator that they were
not content to await "approval" of
an agreement by the Utah company's
main office in Utah, before striking
at the time set.
According to Robert E. Lee. A. F.
of L. organizer, the demands made
upon the company were for a closed
shop, shorter working hours and bet
ter pay. George R. Putman. general
superintendent for the Utah concern,
informed the conference Tuesday
night that a pay increase of 20 per
cent had been given throughout the
entire organization about 10 days
ago. He also denied knowledge of
any trouble or threat of strike.
Holt Ross, regional director in
southern states for the A. F. of L.,
was also present for the conference
Tuesday night but refused to make
comment except that no agreement
had been reached in time to avoid
the strike.
Information. supposedly from
company officials, was given out to
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ADVERTISING PAYS,
AND HERE'S PROOF!
It certainly must pay to advertise,
for more than fifteen persons in
quired about the following classified
advertisements in last week's paper:
POSITION WANTED: Middle
aged woman wants position as
housekeeper. Good references.
Inquire at Scout office.
Also, our genial friend. "Peck"
Hyatt, informs us that we shouldn't
run his classified advertisement a
nother lime for the first insertion
got results. Mrs. Hyatt advertised
a stove for sale and it was sold
promptly. The advertisement fol
lows :
FOR SALE: 1 Range coal and
wood cook stove. 1 Hotblast coal
heater. A-l co n. See Mrs.
Henry Hyatt.
Furthermore .. or e can get ;he
same results with a classified ad
placed in the SCOUT. If you want
to buy or sell, trade or swap, rent
or lease, if you've lost or found some
thing. if you want employment or
want to eive employment, rtr . place
a small AD in th<" CLASS in t u
SECTION of the SCOUT and you |
won't have long to wait!
ATHLETIC GROUP
TAKES DRASTIC
STEPS AT MEET
Cherokee is Nev/
Conference Member;
Next Meet Scheduled
A motion to include ail inter-schc
lastic athlctic activities of members
of the Tri-State conference within
the jurisdiction c! the conference wa.
adopted at a meeting of the group
in the Murphy school house here
Tuesday night.
A rules committee was appointed
by president Reedy to set up and pre
sent a complete conference-wide set
of rules to govern all athletic activ
ity. and to empower the executive
committee of the conference to act
with finality on any measure.
The committee appointed consists
of J. H. Pitzer. of Murphy: R. H. Mc
Cormick of Ducktown. and W. H
Fergeson of Morganton. who will
meet Wednesday. October 23. and
draw up the required rules.
A motion was also adopted at the
meeting that conf(fene? play in
basketball would not officially begin
until after January 1. 1942. This
ruling, it was pointed out. will not
interfere with unofficial games be
tween conference teams prior to that i
time.
The conference also voted to ac
cept the resignation of the Andrews
school from the conference, and
voted acceptance of the Cherokee
school a new member.
The next meeting of the organiza
tion was scheduled for Tuesday,
October 30. at Murphy. At this
meeting the adoption of the new set
of rules will bo taken under con
sideration and acted upon. Basket
ball schedules for the year will also
be made out at this meeting, and for
this reason, it is expected that rep
resentatives from all schools will be
present.
Representatives of Ducktow n. Cop
perhill. Andrews Murphy. Hayesville.
Robbinsville. and Morpanton schools
were present for the meeting Tues
day and. in addition, a representative
of the newly accepted Cherokee In
dian school.
County Committee Is
Elected In Farm Vote
The Cherokee county committee
elected to serve during 1941 in the
Agricultural Conservation progTam is
composed of J. H. Hampton. Lawson
I.unsford and U. S. O. Phillips who
j have already tak?n ur> t>r>ir active
duties in this capaeit**. Oo'vrrunit*,
committees v.!' elected at the
meeting of all the community del
egates in Murphy this week.
TWO PROJECTS
TO BE STARTED
IN REGION SOON
Plant And Dam To
Be Erected At Cost
Of $30,000,000
The Aluminum Company of Amrr
j ica. .soli- producer of Ingot aluminum
j in this country, plans to begin con
duction soon on a huge factory
| r-rt> power dam in Western North
Ca'riiri as their *? *n mieting
dfi :inds ?-f " sent national
defense program, r-ccord ng to in
formation recti ved lrom Washington
and Pittsburg.
Th aluminum plant, which will
en: loy around 500 men in comple
tion will be erected on a site consist
ing of about 1500 acres between An
drews and Marble in Cherokee coun
ty. About fifty company engineers
are now making a survey of the site
preparatory to construction activi
ties.
Tiie company declared intentions
to build a ''am and power plant at
Fontana. n ar Bryson City, and fil
ed with the Federal power commis
sion :n Washington.
A large corps of lawyers are at
present busily engaged in clearing
titles for the land desired in the
aluminum plant site, which will re
quire between 1400 and 1600 acres of
land in the Konnaheeta valley near
Andrews.
Also twenty-five to fifty engineers
have been busily surveying the site
for the past several weeks. Investi
gations have cleared up any danger
of water shortages or of floods satis
factory to the company it is reported,
according to the survey. Various
building patterns have been staked
out. and other arrangements made
for location. In one place the sur
vey calls for the relocation of part
of Valley river for quite a distance.
The majority of the land needed
for the plant is the huge tract on
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$1433.50 Distributed
To Local Unemployed
Raleigh?In the distribution of
$16.370.462.19 to unemployed and
partially unemployed workers of
North Carolina in the 33 months of
benefit payments through Septem
ber. the 46 white employment offices
and 10 colored branches distributed
2.595.14V checks.
During the month of September,
1940. the distribution of jobless bene
fits amounted to $413.506.75. includ
ed in 79.795 checks, of which 2.211
checks for $19.551.36 went to out-of
state claimants with wage credits in
North Carolina.
The Murphy Employment office
distributed $63.009.14. embraced in
9.073 checks, in the 33 months of
payment in the area served by the
office, through September. In tho
month of September, this office dis
tributed 273 checks for $1.433.50 to
| the unemployed in the area.