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The Official Orga
VOLUME XXXIV. No. 17.
high school
IS PLACED ON
ACCREDITED LIST
graduates will Be Admitted To ColIcgi-i
and Univerjttie* Without
Examination
.\.??<ling to a communication
t'd f.'otn H . y HigCt.
irh. State Supcrv or of LiigU
S i I the Murphy high school has
!>' : placed on the accredited list
*2 the Sou them Association of
H.iri Schools and colleges and it
g: eiuates will, in the future, rcceive
the same recognition from ali
< 1 'i and universities as pupils
el '*her high school in the
.< This is a g.-al that has been
for for several year* and
; ..nnounci ment will be received
I.' tin patrons, pupils, and teach<?
the .sehooi with a great deal
? -are. Mr. Highsmith eays In
h - littcj- to Prof. Chars. F. Ow n.
- t ndent of the school for the
ra-t t\v0 years:
' I havi -heckid the report of the
Murphy school f*?r the past session
; i ;:uJ 'hat the r. niircnn nt? for
... i redited rating have been met.
V. school, therefore, is bams
j i:n fd upon th< accredited list in
<i vip II. class A. 1 congratulate
yi- . upon this achievement."
To former Superintendent Owen
due tho credit f r this achievement
of the local high school.
A\ mg the requirements met durj
the past year may be m ntion? ?;
addition if a ionci I borar
... ti1' acquirement of a library
f "00 volumes for the school, the
(option of the required curriculum,
;! proper length cluss p. rinds. and
the ? : t nu..tion of the school for
tl ' fuil nine months exclu ivo of
all holidays.
In c ::nenting on this announcement.
Prof. Owen says: "This next
.war the Murphy Hiir^ School should
be placed in croup I, class A, of
; accredited schools of the South.
This can easily he done with the
P "per ?,ff rt." continues Mr. Owen's
statement, "and ti. | children
of Murphy are entitled to this advantage.
which places them on an
equal footing with the graduates
from the best high schools in the
South. Being placed on th\. arcred* '
ited list of seh c?ls benefits not oniy
the students," runs the1 con>nteiiw,
"hut is a saving to the Murphy tax .
pa;,ci?. Last year the tax payers
J?iid all of six hundred dollars, the
difference between what the State !
allowed and the salary paid the si>parintendent,
but this year the State
and county will pay C.>ur hundred
i: .liars of this six hundred. Prof.
Owen's full statement follow* r
"Plott. N. C., June 25. 1923 1
"The Cherokee Sooutf
Murphy, X. C.
Dear Editor:
"Please publish this communlca-1
tion from Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, '
supervisor of High Schools of North .
Carolina. This means that the grad
uates of Murphy High School of
1923 will be admitted to any collego
in North Carolina without ex- *
animation, with othex ben<|ftfs aa 1
to securing certificates. This is one ?
step upward for the Murphy High j (
School. This next year the Murphy <
liigh School should he placed on , i
the list of the Southern Association' f
of Accredited High Schools and Col- c
leges. This can be easily done with t
fhc proper effort and the children v
of Murphy are entitled to this ac- i
vantage, which places them on an
equal footing with graduates from t
the best high schools in the South. c
Being placed on the accredited list <
of schools benefits not only the stu- ; r
demta but is a saving to the Murphy i j
tax payers. Last year the town of g
Murphy paid all of $00, the differ- i
ence between what the State allow- i
ed and the salary paid th? superln- ; \
tendent, but this year the State and j:
courw will pay $400 of this $600. i c
KT --
year we organised two (3c- j i
bating societies in the high school r.
?nd entered the State-wide debate, o
"We were grouped with two schools j
that had had sociotie* for years*? j e
Waynesville and Canton?and lack- v
ed only one vote of defeating them 0
both and being allowed to g? to /
Chapel Hill to tako part in the fli?- ^
al contests for the State champoin- a
hip in debate. We wore justly h
h
(Continued on page 5) ,s
n of Mtarphy and Cher
STATE DOKAYS
TO MEET IN
CANTON IN JULY
Bif Celebration Planned Knights
of Pithias Along Murphy
Branch Invited
Cant m, Juno 25.?What promises
to be one of the largest and -t a'.- (
'? -riled Dokav ceremonial.- and meet- ;
ings of the Knights of Pythias In ]
thi ? section of North Carolira, will
be I !d at Cr.nt ?n. X. ?' ?? San- i
day and Monday, July 22 and 23, ?
1923.
On Sunday, July 22. the Dokays
and Knights of Pythias will nu-i t in ;
the new St. Andrews Episcopal ,
Church, Canton, for a religious sir- }
vice at 4:30. ln full reiralia the i
Knights and Doknvs wil march from t
th?' Champion Y. M. C. A. to the
church. At the church service the \
Rev. Clan m Stu rt McC!e!!an Jr. <
Rector, and Prelatu of the Canton j
Lodre and an officer of th? Dokay
Temple Bagdad, in A h ville. will (
y reach the sermon ?n "Tasks and |
Yi- "P Mrs, Alicia Ft *man, of '|
Asheville, a promir nt chutch solois',
wili sing, and a Pvthlnn mah ?
nna-t'.t will render "Ahide With
Me." and "Jesus, Lover of My
S id." *!h? Asheville Dokay Band'
will play at the church. Committ -7s
from Pytlvan members of the En *i?
. I Church in Canton have bertt
app. inted as follows: Albert D. '
Wood, publicity ar.d program; FravJt
\Y. Vetoc, dt?:?ratlon. and William .
BattTon. entcrtalnment.
The church will 1 < decorated wiih4
red. yellow ind blue flow, rs?the
Pythian Colors?and bantu rs and '
flags of the order. Vest..! choirs J.1
from Asht ville churches will also
tender th. music.
On Monday. July 2J. th, D"?kays
ana Knights will meet iM the Y. M.
C. A. J ?',. a husiu session and registration
of candidates for Dokays. ^
At <> o'clock there will l?c a street ^
parade, and at 7 a banqu. t, and at
S tht cerenv>nial and later the iniatiatior.
All Knights of Pythias, especially
thus.- living w<st of Asheville* arc
rorutaily :nviti-d to l aaton fur the
ick brat ion on July 22 and 23.
The Canton I edge has nn-cntiy
appoint ill tin* fallowing committees: ft
Arrangement, David J. Kerr, chairman,
and All . rt 1>. Wood i.id C. B.
Witt; Publicity, Rev. ' larence S.
Vfc-rirjlan Jr.. chairman, and Win.
Batti?oA and Albert I). Wood; Re- [ ^
I'eption, E. M. Geier, chairman, ami ^
William RobeJ son and W. Clyde
Clark; Decoration, Lewis H. Clark c
and Prank Griffith ami Frank j
Smathers.
li
COCHRAN HAS '
GOOD REVIVAL 1
AT COPPERHILL *
v
hi olds Services in Tent With all the si
Churches Interested?Goes c<
Etowa^ Soon \v
1 a'
Dr. Fred Cochran has just return- m
?d from Copperhmill, Tenn., where
*e closed a few days ago a very ^
uCCrasful icvival meeting, which i *extended
over three weeks. All the
:hurches in the town co-operated
n the meeting and the converted
>errons were united witjj the church [
>f their choice at the conclusion of j.
he meeting. More than 100 people 11
vere reclaimed and converted dur- J ^
ng the meeting. ^
The meeting was held under a big a]
cnt provided for th^ purpose. A
ominittee of business men of the ,
:ity assumed tha responsibility of w
aising the money for the tent and
t was given to the Cochran Evan- tj,
relistic party as an appreciation of rc
he fine work he did while there. rc
rhe tent will now be used regularly w
ly the Cochran party, which will,
n the fture, be composed of three!
ir four members. The next meet- ,
cl
ng will be held in Etowah, beginling
July 8th, with all the chrchee U
f the towa co-operating.
Dr. Cochran is said to be a very g,
ffective evangelistic speaker. He (jl
tras highly commended for this type jn
f work among the soldiers of the ^
i. E. F. The evangelist has lived t,
ere for the past eight or ten months
nd has Tilled local pulpits a nunv C<
er of times, and his many friends te
ere will be glad to loam of the re
uccesg he had at Copperhit. .
Cfjerc
11 i I B
okee County, and the L
MURPHY. NORTH CA1
CHEROKEE LODGE 1
NO. 146 INSTALLS
NEW OFFICERS
V. S. Gre?n Enters Upon 36th Y?(sr
as Secretary?Studstill Reelected
W. M.
At a repular ?onimunicaiion of
heroket Lodge No. 146. A. F. & A.
I.. on Monday evening, June 23,
'. 23. the newly < -t-.'d officer*
re installed. Mr- r?. A. J. Burns
I. K. Fit-key and H. G. Klkins w ithe
new offict r elwcted. All the
Lther officer* wrr? 1" J
he it election of Mr. W. S. Green
is -ecretary. th. !odtr? continue* in
>ff ice ore ?f it* most f .ithfui mem>crs.
Mr. Green now enters upon
lis 36th year :? .-secretary of thi iojal
lodge. I
The entir,. list of officers follows:
V. F. Stud till. W. M.; J. G. Greene.
J. V..; A. J. Burns. J. W.; R. M.
'jun, Treasurer; \V. S. Green, secrcaiy;
J. L. 11 nil. S. !>.; Paul Mc"luro.
J. I?.: T. J. McCombs, S. S.;
1. E. Dickey, J. S.; II. G. Elkln,
vler.
VI. E. Conferences
Hold Joint Session
Here Last Monday
Ti e Hilt INK',. Atlantic Ctmft.r- '
nee and the Georgia Conference of .
he Methodist Episcopal Church j
ft: e each represented in a meeting
ir. Monday to consider the changng
of the boundaries of the two J
' n fere nee.*. As the western North
Carolina territory is somewhat sepiraltd
from the Blue Ridge corrtcr.ee
this meeting was called to
nsidt-r changing the boundaries 1
> that the North Carolina territory
ould he placed in tht. Georgia c?nerence.
Thi Blue Ridgo Atlantic
lonfcrtnce was represented by Rev.
g C. Mantly, Rev. A. S. Beasnan.: *
lev. J. L. Fowler, Rev. D. L. Earn- }
ardt, and the Georgia Conference
as represented by Rev. E. B. Ay- |
ock. Rev. Chas. L. Hunter, Rev. E.
i. Cochran, Rev. Fred Lonsdale, ,
'roxy, \V. F. Cochran.
1
>rofessor Cutter Has i
Charge of the Band i
j
Prof. F. J. Cutter, of McCall. S. ;
has returned to Murphy and is
raining the local band in order to 1
hip it into hape for the public con- ^
LTis on unc rourm 01 juiy ana ioitwing.
It is expected to hold pubc
concerts on the square again this '
ummer as was tho custom Same '
ears ago.
rofessor Cutter announces that he
as some splendid material in the J
K-al band and expects to have it
-ell orjjanized and in( first class
Tape by the Fourth. Excellent
oncerts are assured for that day,
hich will be celebrated under the F
uspices of the Chamber of Comlerce.
Superior Court _ *
_ Adjourned Saturday a
i?
t
What was probably one of the J p
ghteset courts ever held here was j
ijournod late Saturday afternoon v
y the judge on account of his not j]
neling abhi to continue it through
nother week. This was to have a
pen a two weeks ten*m. Besides the c
1. & M. Bank case reported last (j
?r?k and one or two othe^ minor ^
tits, four divorce caaes were set-1 {
ed and the case of Nichols vs. Rail- a
ad Company finished. The rail- [
ad Company recovered its right of' w
ay and Mr. Nichols was given a c
irdict of $100. There is another C
ircel of land whic^ Mr. Nichols e:
aims was damaged by water being S
uireu un it uy wr lainuKU com- c?
my and it is understood that a b
parte suit will be made of this. v
rweral motions were also fbttled d
irinp the court. No case in vol v- n
9 large interests came up fon hi
iel. The cases of the Carolina! -J.
ennexse? River Power Company tc
rainbt the Hiawassee River Power di
Dmpany were continued until next m
nn of court. They had just been bi
ached when adjournment was tak- ir
i by the judge. Ifcr
Hbh
lkf? ?
eading Newspaper in I
iOLfcNA, FRIDAY. JUNE 29. 1923
Bulgar Revolt will Take
King Boris Out of Figurehead
Class
Tl : =^1
- * ' ' ' '
W,
II
J$8k*
j A ij&l
rfJM|yyfe iff
King Boris freed from practical
imprisonment in his pa lac. in Sofia
so thai he now may bc th? actual
peaii of the Bulgarian Government.
It is hinted that the revolt is of
Teutonic origin and thatKing Boris
cnew this.
5ITE FOR NEW
HIGH SCHOOL
IS SELECTED
Structure T0 Be Complete This Fall
Will Enable High School
Do Better Work
Preparations for a better high
school next year are going lorward
the contract has been let to Bar-j
lett Brother . local contractors, for
.he erection of a new high school
milding, whick will rrovid- I a rarer 1
ind morq suitable working quarters:
"or the entire high school. In the
>ast the elementary and high school
lave been housed in the -anie buthing,
but with the completion of the
lew building, the high sch >ol wil
iccupy separate quarters. The new
luilding will contain largetr spate
'or science laboratories, library, sujerintendent's
office, cloak rooms, |
lomcstic science room ar.d six class j
ooms. The site for the building
tas been laid out and it is expected
hat dirt will be broken this week,
rhe new structure will cost about
wenty-six thousand dollars. It will
irolpihly bo r?ady for occupancy
ome time this fall.
VIRS. W. D. CRISP
DIES SATURDAY
NIGHT AT NINE
'uneral Services Held Wednesday
Afternoon?Wai Mother of
Mr,. J. N. Moody I
Mary Asenath Edwards Crisp,
rife of W. D. Crisp, of Jud?on, N. !
was buried here late Wednesday j
fternoon in the c**y cemetery, folDwing
funeral services at the Bap
ist Church. The service was joint-,
f conducted by the pastor, Rev. T.
.. Sas?er and Rev. W. N. Cook, a
isiting minister, formerly pastor of j
his church. j
Mrs. Crwp fell Jasfc Wednesday
nd was brought here in a critical !
ondrtion Saturday^ afternoon and
ied Saturday night about nine thirjr
oclock. She was bom Nov. 3,j
851, and was 71 years 7 monts
nd fourteen days old. She was the i
aughtcr of a Baptist Minister and
,?o K?.? n.,.00.^11. n.,.
ounty. Sho was married to W. D. f
risp in 1884, and has lived in west- j
rn North Carolina of her life. a
he is the first of a family of ten ^
lildren to pass away. Besides five
rothejrs and four sisters, she is aur- ^
ived by her husband, ninej chilrqn,
three boys and six girto, a'j0
umber of grand children and a i ^
o^t of relatives and friends. ' Mrs.!
. N. Moody, of Murphy, is a da ugh- jt
?r. Some of the children live in J
istant citie.c, and, although the 1 t
tains were held several days before fi
urial, they were unable to gt here *
i tim? for the funeral and inter- *
tent. ! b
kout
this Section of Westerr
COUNTY S. S. A.
TO CONVENE HERE
JULY 12TH - 13TH
Co-operation of All Sunday School
Officer* and Worker* Asked
Speak re* to Bc Here
According t?- our-1 nts
mnd public by D.W. Sin reneral
intendent uf the North Caro- 1
m i ounaay ccnool .-v-sinuation. and 1
Pr dent J. H. Dill&rd, of the Coun- i
ty At ociation. the Cherokee Coun- ,
ty Sunday Sch >o| Association wiM
hold EEs second annual ntnidtiff in H
Murphy on the 12th and l.'tth of
lulv. Minis; ors and Sunday School
A i . !- from ail over the county
trc expected to be here for this
in* ting:, the out of county speakon
the program will be General
Superintendent Sims, of the State
association, and Assistant Superintendent
Miss Flora Davis. Both !
Mi*. Sims and Mi>s Davis are well
trained Sunday School workers. With 1
these OQtside speakers and thv splen
d local talent from over the i-ounI
1
ty, thu county officers D '/ that
an interesting: program is assured.
One feature of the approaching '
-os-ion of the Sunday School Association
meeting: will l>,. the presentation
of a large felt pennant, measuring
lSx:V? inches, to the Sunday
School having present th? largest
number of representatives over sixtec,,
years of age according t0 the 1
number of miles traveled. The number
of representatives front a given
Sunday School will be multiplied
by the number of miles traveled to
determine the school winning the
banner. Th. Sunday 'school with
which the convention is held anil
any other schools within one mile
will not compel,, for the banner.
There will also be a roll call of
townships, when a record will be
made of the number of Sunday]
Srbn??l t*opro?e?ted from each ;:f the j
townships of tho county, as well as
the number torn each school, and
the number of pastors and teachers
aim will be determined.
The county and township a-socian
officer?, \vh0 are promoting the
plans for the convention are: County
President, I If. Dillard; county
secretary, Arthur Akin, and the following
township presidents: \V. .T.
Martin. F!. L. Shields, Mark Boone.
T. T. Johnson, and 0. L. Torrenec;
These officers request the co-operation
of all pastors, superintendents
and other Sunday School leadeTa In
an effort to make the convention a
grand success.
PLANS ABOUT
COMPLETED FOR 1 j
JULY FOURTH
Onn Hundred Dollars Worth Fire
Works To Be Used at Night (
Ball Game Feature <
Plana for the celebration of the i
Independence Day here on the I ^
Fourth of July are about complet-1 j
>d and indications are that a record |
>rtaking crowd will be here to en- ! ?
oy the day with us. There will be f
;?me thing going practically all the j
lay to entertain the visitors. The j <
fiayesville-Murphy baseball game , t
n the afternoon on the new city and (
ounty public park on Valley River i t
s expected to be a drawing feature, (
specially for Clay County people, i ^
iVard has been received here that t
nany visitors will present from t
^orth Georgia Counties. There
will be a speech irt the h
norning by some prominent figure j t
n North Carolina. Several arc c
indcr consideration and the name! y
annot be aiuiounced as we go to p
tress. There will he several baad; I
oncerts during the day by the Mur- j a
>hy band, under the direction of,
'rof. F. J. Cutter, and special shows | t
nd other attractions will fill up the , j
tay. t
The biggest e\ent of the day will !
the elaborate fire works display j1
n the evening of the Fourth on the j r
ublic grounds along Valley River. ! s
Thousands of visitors are expected j s
o stay over for this event. ' s
Free Ic<> water will be furnished *
he public all during the day and the j *
totoels, restaurants and special lunch i r
tands will furnish lunches for the *
isitors. Many are expected to
ring lunchee with them.
uiiiii o ?r'x
t ADVERTISE Irt X
X THE SCOUT X
X "IT Wlt-L MAKE f
YOU R I C 11"
? North Caroline
tl.iO A Y.EAi? IN ADVANCE
DEWAR WOULD ,
STAMP OUT THE
BEAN BEETLE
Supplies Formu'iai and Insecticide
and Is Also Offering Personal
Assistance
By Ex-Senator R. A. Da war.
In Bespon*? t/> many requests Sof
nformation about th? Mexican booB
M-i-tle, I am outlining as briefly as
>o->ible the situation that confronts
;s in Western North Carolina and
r.ggosting certain remedies. Unless
the etitizens of this seataon at
commence work on a co-opera1
ive \ >a is thousands of dollars will
!?< l-?>t to the counties next summer
well as the balance of this
season.
In th? fb place, since 1020, tho
C. S. Government has been conducting
extcn. v experiments in Alabama,
having appropriated thousands
of dollars for this investigation.
f or th -ame length of time
the state, of Alabama has had experts
in tho field. Within the past
y ar, Georgia and North Carolina
have joined ir, the fight. From these
series of investigations the following
formulas have be? n recommended:
1st. 1 part superfine dusting
sulphur; 1 part Calcium Arsenate;
I part , hydrated lime, mixed thoroughly.
2nd. 1 pound magnesium arso>nate;
ones half pound caseinate of
lime; 50 gallons of water.
3rd. 1 part calcium arsenate;
'J parts hydrated lime.
In addition to the above formulas
mere ar? several mixzures sold under
trade nanu s. Among these for
which it is claim; d that they will
destroy the bean beetle are Hofstra
?Ni Late anil Cal Sulphur. The
first, bto of thi'Ki- fnriiiiilns ar? vury
expensive?soiling for $1.20 per
pound, and they are only effective
in so far as I can lear when sprayed
directly on the beetles or worms.
The third formula?cal, sblphvfr
?is both cheap and effective and
has the ad van tag of havimg had
its ingredients: recommended by
both government and state authority's.
This powder is very thoroughly
mixed and contains sulphur, lima
and arsenate in the proportion recommended
above in formula No. 1.
The problem facing us now is to
place within the reach of all citizens
a preparation all ready for use that
is h??th cheap nd effective. With
the ide in vi * I secured for West'-n
Xo'tb r?r ili?*a th^ s*?lline agru-y
for Cal Sulphur. IcIVevina? in
this manner it would he nosible
introduce a practical remedy at the
minimum cost.
A conference of interected citlsens
was held i^Jdurphy on Saturlay
in the offieseiilpf the county ag?nt
After a eafreful investigation
)f all the faet*^htainable. it was
igreed that tfltafcinost practical plan
vas to secure tfco co-cnoration of aM
many citizens as'possible throughout
he Western counties in fighting the
>oan beetle. Supplies of Cal Sul>h?r
and suitable dust guns wero
<i shmed to Andrew? and Mw>hy
by first express and the cooperation
of the "merchants secured
o sell powder and guns at cost.
" rtHMr,. Anant TT TI EMI:? I- .
'ratine in this movement and will
riadly direct interested parties
vhere to secure supplies. The regllar
prioe of Col Sulphur is 25c per
-ound. 50c for three pounds, and
'5c for five pounds. A special price
las heon planned in order to place
he powder in the reach of every
itizens of twenty cents flor one
lond. Thirty-five cents for three
tounds. Fifty cents for five pounds
)ust guns are seventy-five eents
,nd one dollar and a half.
The point to he stressed is homelung
must be done and don^, now.
f we wait until next spring the heele
will have secured a fttiU stronger
foothold. Enough citizens must
e volunteers in the fight to start
iow. ff your beans are ruined plant
i new crop. Spray them properly
ind convince others as well as youdlelves
that a remedy is. at hand
?oth simple and cheap. When yott
kave demonstrated the fact that &
emedy is obtainable your neighbors
will join in and within a season
(Co*tinned on page >
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