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TiBS YEAR'S FAIR |
TO SMASH FOUR
COUNTY RECORDS
Attendance, Premiums
Exhibits and Midway
To Be Largest Ever
Cherokee County Pair which
open the last day of this month,
i -.:i continues for five days, through
October 4th is practically certain to
brisk four County records.
First, the exhibits will be more
iiumi': ous. and covcr a wider range
than tver before. Second there will
be mere and larger cash premiums
I 'lull ever before. Third, the Carnival
ci mpany, that will operate the
t tin, games, shows and what-have
along the midway is really "Bin
Ttnif. " It has never come to a place
c; less than 10.000 population: and
1 Fair Association Committee was
c. . aole to get it because a larger
c . which had planned a carnival.
: orced to cancel.
T . foregoing three set of facts
; ,ii .1 natural build up to the fourth
i :ci to be broken attendance.
Otven good weathsr ? practically
< resident of Cherokee County
v ... be there, as well as a goodly por
t . :i oi tile people from Clay and
C . im. Add to these the tourists.
A the thousands of tempor
al dents here working lor the
IYA and on the Nantahaia project.
? i you have a crowd that is going
:?-> pa k those fair grounds so tight
t. a the proverbial sardine will feel
luxurious.
If it wasn't for the fact that
? nal Defense is needing so many
t ' ' said County Agent Quay Ket
? the Fair Committee might try
to dicker for some rubber fences. We
. table to need 'em."
Vnusual interest is expected to bp
< -played in the livestock exhibit.
In addition to the dairymen a num
t t cf farmers have taken steps to
improve their herds during the past
year, and real competition is ahead.
Poultry, too is expected to be a
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Cherokee County
Goes Over Quta
In Funds Campaign
The Old North State funds drive
in Cherokee county has been conclud
ed. Mrs. J. N. Moody, chairman, has
announced, with a total amount of
5204 15 raised. This amount exceeds
by $54.15 the quota of $150 set for
this county.
Tnis money has been sent in to
the state chairman at Chapel Hill to
be applied on the purchase price of
an Ambulance Airplane for Britain.
North Carolina plana to buy one at
a cost of $75,000.
In concluding the drive Mrs. Moody
who personally led activities in every
section of the county, said: "I am
more than pleased with the splendid
response to this campaign, and I am
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| Rev. Smith Stricken;
i Cancels Circuit Dates
, For Indefinite Time
ITlie Re.'. Alfred Km.th. pa- or o!
::.i- Murphy Circuit ot tut- Metii a--:
Church, suddenly stricken with
s serious ..ini >.s I...-: Monday, and
his engagements a; his ten churche
have been cancelled for an indefinte
]KT10d.
The illness al.su will delay cantinu
anon ol his post-graduate studies a:
Emory Una usity. in Atlanta, The
Rev. Smith has been studying Theo
logy. and coming back to the County
to p:each over the week ends.
Technicolor Movies
Of Local Scene to
Be Shown in County
MovinR pictures ot rural scenes in
six western counties will be shown
in lour communities of Cherokee
county during September under
sponso.ship of the county agent s
office and the TV A forestry division.
Ill addition the movies will be m
beautiful technicolor, and will depic*
progress in forest plantation and ero
sion control in this area. In many in
stances local people will be shown in
the scenes around their home - and
farms.
Showings will be made a: the fol
lowing places and schedule: Ma. bit
school, September 15; Pcaehtrce
school. September 10: Martins Creek
school. September IT: Shady Grove
rhurch: September 18. All showings
will be at 7:30 in the evening.
| The movies will be shown in four
j schools of each county represented
I in the pictures, and by the time this
i county is reached it is expected thai
there will also be sound accompani
: ment. The counties from which the
! scenes were taken are Cherokee. Clay.
' Macon, Jackson. Yancey and Bun
I combe.
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City Schools Open
Officially Thursday
With 1000 Students
Murphy city schools officially
opened for the 1941-42 session Thurs
day with an enrollment of 1010 stu
dents. According to Superintendent
H. Bueck, average enrollments in
the other schools of the unit will
bring the number up to about 1200.
In the Murphy schools. 450 were
enrolled in the elementary grades
while 560 are in high school. The
high school enrollment is larger than
expected due to the opening of a new
high school at Hiwassee Dam this j
year.
Supt. Bueck said that, although
several extra teachers are needed to ;
handle the enlarged classes, none are;
available at this time. Miss Lord,
newly appointed teacher who resig
ned last week, has been replaced by
Mrs. Annie Ruby Barnett of Peach- ?
tree. '
The teacher of the Kinsey school.
Mrs. Mary Emma Meroney, has been |
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TVA DeveiopinentsBegin To Assume
Permanent Aspect In This Section
uJon of working and living
? od at ions for TVA forces cen
' 1 in Murphy Is rapidly taking
and the majority of facilities
*?<- the shape of permanent
fixtures for the duration of the four]
Projects now under way.
Especially In offices and ware- 1
houses, where large numbers of TVA
employe* have been laboring under
difficulties In the huge speedup pro
are the* changes noticeable.
"1th *n estimated number between
*?0 and 1000 employees now working
to and from Murphy and considering
^is town's Inadequacy in providing
Ihlng quarters for these and future
hundreds to come, measures have
been taken and are continuing to
develop to care for the overflow.
"Tent City." as the new tent ac
comodations are called, Is practically
completed and now has some occu
pants. The huge cafeteria on the same
location is rapidly nearing complet
ion and is expected to be open with
about two weaks.
The fifty tents, built to accomodate
200 men, stand on the property ad
joining the lot of Porter Axley on
Tennessee street in the peninsula
formed by the confluence of Valley
and Hiwassee rivers. These tents are
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NEW JOBS OPEN
AS WORK BEGINS
A PONTANA DAM
Thousands Being Hires
And Many Will Seek
Homes In Andrews
Tiir fcrcc of workmen urploy<
on :ii< big Nantahala 'it: .- set'
ing steadily smaller, and the trade
volume .n nearby ten: >?> . dimin
ishing in exact ratio. as the men
wlio an laid oil take llielr families
to other sections.
But the lessening of spending pow
er will be only temporary. Soon there
should be more money [lowing in
the trade channels here than ever be
fore.
For the great fifty million dollar
project at Fontana has finally gotten
under w iy. and workmen are beinc
hired daily. Some 2,000 men are to b
given jot - a: once, and within a few
weeks. according to TV A official,
there will be a.ound !? 000 men cm
ployed on the various projects of
lii . section.
Allowing even the low average of
only '.lire-' pt-rs .n ? to a family, this
will mean . n inrrea.se of 27.000 in
Hi. H -pula.-an. About one fourth of
the workers probably will be at Fon
tana ? which mean.- a population in
crease of about 12.000.
Since there is a pronounced lark ol
housing facilities n Roobinsville.
many of these workers will have to
take tip residence in Andrews or
; Bryson City and Andrew- is by far
[ trie closer.
Undoubtedly, temporary housing
fa . .li.ii. -i will be constructed by the
Government, and many families may
live in trailers. There will be plenty
of workers left, however, who will
want regular homes for themseh --
and their families;? especially those
i m ployed who have small children.
Incidentally, men working for the
TVA on the Fontana project will re
ceive. on an average, considerably
higher pay than those working at
Nantahala.
But. as always, what is one man's
meat may be another man's poison.
Jobs are so plentiful that hiring help
for temporary work is all but im
possible-except at a wage rate that
few ordinary householders can af
ford.
WPA Plans To Operate 1
Lunchroom At School
The lunchroom on the Murphy
school campus will be operated this'
year by the WPA under direction of
Mrs. Walter C. Witt.
The lunchr 10m will not be located
in the Home Economics building,
ns heretofore, but a social room l.as
been prepared for it in the manual
training building.
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Henn Will Build New
Theatre Immediately
On Site of "Strand"
Following declaration by P. J.
Henn. local theatre owner, to build
a new theatre on the site now oc
cupied by the old Strand stand,
workmen began the task of tearing
down the old building Wednesday.
Wrecking the building should re
quire approximately a week to com
plete, construction of the new build
ing to begin immediately.
Contract for construction of the
new building has been let. construct
ion to follow soon.
The site for construction has a
frontage on Tennessee street of 67
feet with a depth of 180 feet. The
theatre building will probably occupy
the entire space.
The building will be constructed of
brick and steel, all innovations to
modem theatres to be included in
the plans. Exact seating capacity was
not given out but It Is expected that
it will seat approximately 750 persons.
Fewer Y? hii.es Born:
Negroes increase,
Census Survey flows
?.?. f the figures
t . ? (1 :n !? : i . nal cen
? K-f.un rate the
; i. ? .. :i . : na ve :i Americans
ij tn lilt dec i't ?? ? i . Tia raie of re
p vducticn Srom 193o hx ?.*?. i\ 1939
vva only 90.
The decrease was in cr.a\s where
the rate It II 14 In rur-i area*
1 i here was a it Iuuvmbv .
The ra;e o f reproduction among
ra r ? < n and nun-w hile races was well
above normal, being shown as 107.
Plan Country Club
For Entire County
Located At Marble
Committees from An p-s and
Murphy will mee: joint 1\\ Vlthln the
nrx: few days, to discuss ways and
avail- ' promote .1 Cherokee Conn
v Country Club.
T.ie club would be located half
\ .i bi t ween Andrew and Murphy,
tiiid membership wotud be county -
wide. Four hundid acri - are avait
. bio. and :t i hoped 1 build a club
house. lay ou: links, and tennis
courts: ha\e croquet grounds. shuf
fle-board court*, and a wimming
pool.
It will be necessarv ;o raise about
j 5.000 The t. it is believed, can be
? c ured til . 1 ti !' Ii ti t WPA Also NYA
help may be Rotten.
I is hoped to raise money through
ale of memberships, .it S15 or $20
1 a-?:.. 01 r year. This charge is not
i'.i in view of the fact that one
membership will be good for an en
live family.
'l'iie plan was described in detail
to members of the Rotary Club at
their luncheon meeting ^n the Ter
ce Hotel, last Thursday. Mr. Joe
Scarcity Foreseen
In Seed Supply For
Winter Legumes
| Because weather conditions have '
I barred a plentiful supply of winter
I legume seed this year, it is necessary
! to make available supplies go as far
I as possible, says E. C. Blair, extens
ion agronomist of N. C State Col
lege.
This may be accomplished by re
ducing the rate of seeding per acre,
but to do this the best possible me
thods of seed bed preparation and
planting must be followed.
Seeding legumes in Sepember has
two advantages. First, they do a bett
er job of covering the land during i
the winter: and second, they are j
ready to turn under at least 30 days .
earlier next spring than if planted j
later.
Blair pointed out that a good seed
bed should be prepared by shallow
plowing or adequate discing, followed
by harrowing and discing until the
soil is throughly pulverized. Soils that
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HIGHWAY PLANS
HAMS! KI NG i'.Y
DEFENSE WORK
Man-Power Sh~rtage,
Scarcity of Supplies
Baiking Work H ere
Highway improvement pi ns. not
cttM im litis irction. but rv'.'ry?:!???^
?re faring a serious set -back, accord -
dins to Hicrhway Commissioner Fere
bee btCHUM' the defense program
has created a shortage of both men
j and materials.
"Contractors are afraid to ina on
a job" the Banker-Commissioner
j said "Burn after they have b(x>strd
j their estimates to take care of steadi
, ly incre using demands for higher
j wages, they still are afraid to guar
1 rantee tc finish a job within a
1 fied time. For instance, some par >f
j a steam ."hovel may get broker.. Un
less the contractor happens ? c. he
I working on a road iiece.-sa-y : fhe
defenfic program which is unlikely
he may be month- Letr'ng n n place
ment. The result might b" that pen
alties would not >iilv eat up his pro
fit, but would can-' him he .vv vss.
As to the road fore employed
I by the State, tin \ are waiting away
to mere skeletons. Take a .-'earn
shovel operator, for instance. Work
ing for the State he can make around
$140 per month- maybe $150. But
he can go t;> a defense project and
get ten or twelve dollars a day. with
, time and half for overtime.
? Of course, a State job i> just
about permanent. But if a man is
uood. he feels that he can get a job
anyhow so he goes where he can
get the most money. And you can't
blame him. either!"
Mr. Ferebee added that defense
work also had just about wreckd
WPA road projects in this section.
Most of the good workers have all
quit and gone where they can get
more pay," he explained. Only a
few are left ? not enough to get any
where with."
Two WPA road projects in Gra
ham County are now at a standstill,
Mr. Ferebee said, because of labor
shortage.
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N. C. Survey Urged
As Farm Implement
Shortage Is Seen
Owning to a present shortage of
materials and labor for the manu
facture of farm machinery. North
Carolina farmers are urged by G. T.
Scott. Johnston County tanner and
chairman of the State AAA com
mittee. to plan carefully before plac
ing heir orders for 1942 require
ments.
"It is becoming increasingly ap
parent," he said, "that shortages of
labor and supplies will occur in many
lines of production as the defense
program increases its scope. Plans
are underway to increase the pro
duction of iron steel, and other raw
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Poor Jerry Davidson Loses His Pants;
Not Off His Legs, But From His Shop
What follows was held out lust
week in the hope that the police
might collar the culprits. They did
not ? and so now. it must be told.
It is a sad. sad story, having to
do with the trust of Jerry Davidson
in his fellow man. That trust Is all
gone now. Two men arc to blame.
Hie t*<o came into Davidson's
Haberdashery, pleasantly tight, and
apparently prosperous. One wanted
to see merchandise. His friend along
to give adviee. At least so he said.
The would-be purchaser looked
over the offerings in the front of
the store; then meandered to the
back. Then his friend placed an el
bow on a bifr pile of $5 trousers,
leaned on It and seemed to dore
Jerry Davidson went- to the back
of the store, and put out a real sides
talk, but It w*? no use. The customer
hesitated, several times, but always
decided "no," and finally turned to
leave.
Then Davidson discovered that the
chap who had been leaning on the
*5 trousers was gone.
80. also, were five pairs of trousers.
"Brownie" Browning says he be
lieves the same couple tried to play
the same trick on htm. but he didn't
like their looks, and kept an eye on
them.