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VOL.51.?NO. S?
MURPHY. N. c. THURSDAY. JANUARY 3#. 1941
5c C OPY?SI.5? PER YCAK
MURPHY'S MAYOR
LEAVING TO SEER
WAR PLANT HERE
Will Go To Washington
To Present Pleas To
Defense Commission
Mayor J. B. Gray of Murphy will
soon go to Washington. O. C., on
a double barrelled mission. He will
tee what can be done to prevent all
the power generated by the proposed
Pontana Dam from being sent out
side the State, and he will see if
it is possible to get a defense in
dustry for this section.
rhe length of his stay is inde
terminate, and will depend on the
conditions he finds in the National
Capital. In any event ne will stay
until he has exhausted every rea
sonable line of endeavor.
One of the first steps, probably,
will be to seek to enlist the aid of
Congressman Weaver and Senators
Reynolds and Bailey. Senator Rey
nolds, in particular will be told that
by helping this section to get one of
the new War-defense industries he
c?n sinks just fibcut hinss?!? solid
with the voters hereabouts for life.
It probably will be pointed out to
the Defense commission that this
immediate section of North Carolina
has been treated very much like a
step child. Only recently, for in
stance, a big plant was allotted to
Hazel wood; but the extreme Western
counties seem to have been forgotten.
This, too, despite the fact that this
section has plenty of sites and plenty
of water; also facilities, and is just
about ideal in its comparative safety
from possible enemy air attacks.
20 Cherokee Students
Register at W. C. T. C.
New registration fcr the winter
quarter at Western Carolina Teach
ers college, Cullowhee, totaled 46?
students, both men and women, 20
of whom were from Cherokee county.
This county was sixth in the num
ber to register at the little mountain
school, being preseted by the folow
:ng: Jackson 120, Buncombe 62,
Madison 34, Haywood 29, Henderson
28.
MASONS TO MEET
Cherokee Lodge No. 146 A. F. & A.
M. will meet in regular session Mon
day night at 7:30 in the Masonic
Hall.
Three Projects Are
Under Construction
On School Campus
A great deal of building activity
is under way on the local school
campus, including additions to the
?woodworking shop, the school bus
garage, and the erection of the new
NYA building.
A basement has been dug and
concrete foundations are being laid
for a 44-foot extension to the school
woodworking shop, under supervision
of the instructor, Held Mallonee.
Another addition is being made on
one side of the old building along
its entire length and 10 feet wide.
When completed the entire build
ing will be 94 feet long and 35 feet
^Ide along the length of the old
bnildlng, and 25 feet wide on the new
extension. Material for the new ad
dition? was secured from one of the
old school buildings, deserted upon
consolidation into Hlwassee Dam
schools. All the work in the project is
done by students.
Th? school bus repair garage, un
<,r" "Tnervislrrn of county school
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MASON'S NAME IS 1
GIVEN FOR PLACE
ON STATE BOARD
The name of L. L Mason, promin
ent cattle dealer and former sheriff
of Cherokee county was placed be
fore Governor J. M. Broughton the
past week for membership on the
state Highway and Public Works
commission by ardent supporters from
all over the county.
This announcement follows close
ly behind the recent submission of
P. B. Ferebee's name for the position
only a few days ago. Cherokee county
has never had a state highway com- 1
missioner
Mr. Mason, who for many years
hat been a political leader in this
I section and an ardent supporter of
Governor Broughton in the last elec
tion, Is the owner of a large farm
in this county and is prominent in
the livestock markets of the south.
The entire state highway commis
sion resigned a few days ago follow
ing heated criticisms in the legisla
ture. and a new commission will have
to be appointed. The old m ambers
have consented to retain their offices
for a short period at the request of
Oovernor Broughton.
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Free Movie Depicting
Entire Life of Christ
At M. E. Church Friday
Postponed from last week, when
the movie operator was stricken with
the flu. an inspiring moving picture,
depicting the Life of Christ will be
shown at the Methodist church in
Murphy Friday evening at seven o'
clock. Admission will be free, and
everybody is invited, regardless of
creed.
"I hope that our church will be
filled with Christians from all over
the county," the Rev. C. B. Newton
said. "This is a picture that everyone
should see."
The movie will be presented under
the auspices of the National Bureau
for Religious and Educational Films.
The scenes were "?hot'" in Europe
the Huiy lnUiJ. and Egypt. The story
tells of the life of Christ, from the
Nativity to the Ascension.
Magnificent scenes including the
Triumphal Entry, the TYial, the
Crucifixion and the Ressurection are
pictured to an accompaniment of
beautiful music. The entire film is
patterned after the world famous
"Passion Plays" of Oberammergau
Freiburg.
o
Schedule of 4-H Club
Meetings Is Announced
The schedule of February meet
ings for the Cherokee county 4-H
clubs has been announced by Mrs.
W. D. King, agent, and is as fol
ows:
Monday. Feb. 3, Marble, 10:30 A.
M. (EST); Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Peach
tree. 10:45 A. M. (EST); TuestSay,
Feb. 4, at Martins Creek. 2 P. M.
(CST); Wednesday, Feb. 5. Murphy,
9, 10. and 11 o'clock A. M. (CST);
Thursday. Feb. 6. at Andrews, 10:30
A. M. (E8T).
Marble Man Promoted
In Rank at Fort Bragg
Eugene West, of Marble, was one
of ten western North Carolina men
who srre in the army at Fort Bragg
to receive promotions recently.
West had for sometime been a
corporal and the new promotion was
to the post of Sergeant. This was
second to the highest promotion
given among the ten men.
o
Mrs. A. W. Boyle of Appleton.
Wise., grows her own coffee In her
vegetable garden.
Because he ate a quart of pickled
peppers at one sitting Jerrv Corley
of Los Angeles claims to be the
world's champion pepper consumer.
WHAT OUR
LEGISLATURE
IS DOING
t Editor's Note: This Is the third of
a series of weekly summaries of the
| activities of the 1941 General As
sembly.)
BILLS INTRODUCED: H. B. 10.
"To Divide North Carolina into
twelve Congressional Districts."
? Would change Cherokee County
from Eleventh to new Twelfth Dis
trict.) Introduced by Jarvis and
Arch T. Allen.
In its third week, the 1941 Gene
ral Assembly passed one important
measure, providing for congressional
redistricting. and virtually passed
another relating to the letting of em
ergency highway contracts for natio
nal defense. Other important legis
lation was introduced, featuring
the promised bill to provide retire
ment pensions to school teachers
and state employees.
The redistriting bill permits a
twelfth congressional district from
which to select the State's additional
congressman under the 1940 Census.
Counties in the new district are taken
from the former tenth and eleventh
districts.
The highway contracts bill, which
awaits only Senate approval to a
House amendment for passage, would
permit the Highway and Public
Works Commission to let contracts
for national defense highway pro
jects without competitive bidding.
The House amendment struck out
the measure's provision doing away
with the necessity for advertising
bids, set a time-limit for the Act's
operation, and required the Gover
nor's approval to bids let.
Sent to the House ommittee on
Education, a 24-page bill provides
both for old-age retirement and
lor disability pensions for teachers
and state employees, to be financed
through joint contributions of em
j ployers and employees.
Ten highway measures, many af
fecting transportation, were intro
duced. Perhaps the most important
is a bill appropriating $3,000,000
from gas tax and license fees during
1941, 1942 and 1943 for highway
improvements. The allotment would
be made on population and State
highway mileage ratios. The money
would be used primarily to improve
highway streets. The balance may be
applied to streets forming connecting
links with the highway or county
system, or farm-to-market roads.
A measure introduced in the Sen
ate would limit busses and any pro
(Con tinned on Back Pace)
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Eight Men Convicted
Of TVA Conspiracy;
Five are Acquitted
Chattamooga. Jan. 30?Eight mem
bers of a union charged with con
spiracy to dynamite TVA lines serv
ing the strikebound Tennessee Cop
per company plant were convicted
Wednesday in Federal court. Five
others were acquitted.
The eight, members of the Inter
national Union of Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers 'CIO), are subject
to a maximum of two years impri
sonment and fines of $10,000. Coun
sel entered motion for a new trial,
which delayed the court's sentence.
Those convicted were Mitchell Cli
fton Anderson of Bessemer , Ala.,
organizer for the union: John Ed
ward Simords. Felton Moore Wood
ward. Earl Hubbard. John Darvid
Queen. Robert Lee Rhodes, Robert j
Lee Bailew and Marlon Luther Ellis,
members of the local union In Folk
county.
Program Complete
For Birthday Fete
BAPTIST LEADERS
TO HOLD MEET AT
ANDREWS, FEB. 7
"Magnifying the Church" will be
the theme ol the Regional Confe
rences for Baptist Sunday School
and Training Union leaders to be
held Friday. Feb. 1. from 9.30 A. M.
| until 4:30 P. M at First Baptist
Church. Andrews.
Speakers will be Dr. W. L. House.
Port Worth, Texas and Rev. W.
Perry Crouch. Raleigh. The follow
ing will be Conference leaders: Mrs.
A. V. Washburn. Cradle Roll and
Beginner; Miss Mae Bowmar, Pri
mary; Mrs. C. D. Bain. Junior; Mrs.
| John B. Lane. Intermediate; John
B Lane. Young People and Exten
sion: L. L. Morgan. Adult and N. C.
Brooks. Training Union Directors.
All Paptist Sunday School and
Training Union workers west of Sy
i lva are urged to be present for the
j meeting.
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Mallonee One of Three
Youngest Legislators
In N. C. State Assembly
The youngest members of the state
house of representatives now in ses
sion in Raleigh represent Western
North Carolina counties. They are:
James D. Mallonee Jr.. 27. of Chero
| kee; Donald B. Sherill. 26. of Gra
ham: and A. C. Reynolds Jr.. 26. of
Buncombe.
James Maiionee. the Cherokee rep- )
resentative is barely the older of
the three. He. along with the other
two. is serving his first term in poli
| tical office.
I Through his wide practice of law
since passing the bar examination in
i 1937, young Mallonee has become
widely known not only in his home
county but throughout the counties
in the western end of the state. Dur
ing his term as representative, his
wide circle of friends will be greatly
increased, as Mr Mallonee has a very
| likable personaity and a genuineness
: of purpose and manner thart makes
j him friends anywhere.
Mallonee and Sherrill sit together
in the legislature and serve on sever
al committees together. Both have
extensive duties on a number of
house committees.
I
| District Home Agent Is
; Visiting County Clubs
?
I Miss Anna C. Rowe. home demon
stration agent for the western dis
I trict of the state, is visiting In
I Cherokee county this week inspect
! ing the various projects of local
clubs. Her main purpose is to assist
I in the opening of the club sponsored
Roadside Market which is scheduled
I to have its formal opening Febru
j ary 1st.
County's First Draftee
Receives Assignment
Cherokee county's first draftee,
private Claude M. Anderson, has
completed preliminary training and
given assignment to a division or
ganization at Port Bragg.
Anderson has been assigned to de
tachment fifth signal servive som
pany at the fort.
In the state of Idaho an old ordi
nance declares it Illegal to buy a
chicken after dark without a permit
from the sheriff.
Two Dances, Folk
Floor Show Make
Up Celebration
Sponsors of the President's birth
day dances, a part of the annual
Fight Infantile Paralysis, drive, have
declared thart everything is in readi
ness for the biggest celebration in
the history of the event in this conn
ty as ticket sales soared all this week
Due to the present anil promised
future fair weather, ticket sales have
reached a new climax for the an
nual charity event and huge crowds
are expected to throng the Andrew 5
gymnasium and youth building Sat
urday night for the gigantic birth
day party
Vincent Wright's 12-piece orchestra
will provide music for the round
dance, while a good native string
band has been secured for the squarre
dance in the youth building. Tickets
are good for either or both dances
and for all attractions at either place.
The biggest individual attraction
of the evening will be the costumed
presntation of Old English and Dani
sh Polk dances by studnts of the John
C. Campbell Folk school of Brass
town. under direction of Mrs. George
Bidstrup. Eight couples will par
ticipate in this floor show which will
j require about one half hour. Six
boys will do the Morris dance, an old
ceremonial which originated before
the Christian era and was used at
the sacrifice of a sacred animal. This
ceremonial has been in use for sev
eral thousand years in England and
is still popular in country festivals
Very elaborate decorations and ar
rangements have been made for the
dance by the sponsors, the Konna
hecta club of An(Jrcws, and the Jun
ipr Woman's club of Murphy. Dis
play windows of public store build
ings in Murphy and Andrews have
been decorated by these groups as
an advertisement for the benefit
ball. The decoration in Murphy is
in Candler's Dept. Store window, and
i consists of various illustrations of
I the dire effects of infantile pf.rf.lysis
I on American youth, accentuating
j the need for prevention and cure.
Committees serving in this drive
for the Konnaheota club are as fol
I lows: arrangements?Mrs. Dick Pul
lium. Miss Fiances Cover, and Mr.-..
Edwin Bristol: decorations. Miss
Leuna Tatham: refreshments. Miss
Gladys Christy: hat check. Miss
Gladys Chadwick: ticket sales. Miss
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First Steps Taken
In Reshuffling of
State's Districts
Definite steps toward reshuffling
the Western and near Western
counties of the State so as to provide
an additional Congressman in
Washington were taken in Raleigh
Saturday when both the State Sen
ate and the House passed Identical
bills. The measure will be settled as
soon as the Senate passes the Housn
bill, or vice versa. Since there was
no protest in either body, passage is
expected to be more or less routine,
and is likely within the next seven
days.
The proposed measure vitually af
fects this section, which is now In
the Tenth Congressional District.
Under the new set-up. Cherokee.
Clay. Graham. Hrywood. Buncombe.
Henderson. Jackson. Macon. Swain
and Transylvania counties would be
grouped as the Twelfth District.
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