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V.?r VOLUME XXXV. No. 25
DAIRY SPECIALIST !
TO BE HERE NEXT
WEEK FOR WORK
County Agent H. H. Ellis Has Ar- I
ranged Meetings?1^0 Discuss
Dairying Methods
Mr. F. R. Farnum, extension dairj
specialist, and County Agent H. It. ,
Ellis will hold a series of meetings
in different parts of the county
next week which should be of inter- 1
est to a great many farmers, as Mr.
Farnum will tell of a vcr ysimpte ,
method of making more money from ,
the feed and grass that grows on the
farm.
It has long been known that Cher- ,
okee County is adapted to dairying
but some have not realizi d just how
profitable that industry can be
made here. Mr. Farnum is not only
an able speaker, but understands the
dairy business thoroughly and will
tell in an interesting way the possibilities
of dairying here and some
o fthe factors that go to make it a
success. All tho-K? interested in increasing
the income from thtir farms
should bear in mind the dates for the
meetings and places. Meetings and
dates scheduled for the county are
ns follows:
Marble School Huso. Tuesday, Fab
ruury 5th, at 7:00 p. m.
Culberson School house, Wednesday,
February 6th. 7:00 p. m.
Martins Creek, No. 5 (near highway),
Thursday, Februaiy 7th, 7:00
p. m.
Little Brasstown School House,
Friday, Febrxmry 8, 7:00 p. m.
Ranger, Masonic Hall. Saturday
February 9, 7:00 p. m.
WORK RESUMED
ON METHODIST
CHURCH TUESDAY
! Hoped that Building Can Bp Completed
Before Work la Stopped
This Time
Tuesday work was again resumed
on the new Mithodist Church after
a suspension of many months due'
to luck of funds with which to proceed.
At u conference of churcn ox-,
ficials Sunday at the church, quite a
lance sum was made available at
once for use on the new church. Also, J
the Woman's Missionary, which, it;
is understood, bought the windows
for the church, have pledged themselves
to raise additional fund^ for!
the church house. With the com-i
bin'.d efforts of the men and women
of the church the structure will
undoubtedly be pused to completion
or at least to the point where it can :
be used, before work is stopped
again.
Carpenters are now putting the
church in shnmi for the nlastcrers.
who it is expected will soon be here
in a few days. With this finished,
the windows and doors can soon be
Put in place and the finishing work
inside completed. Within a comparatively
short lime. it is expected
that the Methodists will be able to
begin using this new structure.
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TENNSEEEANS
HERE IN INTEREST
OF TOBACCO ASS'N
Former Citizens of This County
Think Tobncco Would Be
Profitable Crop
Mr. B. M. Abernnthy, of Madiaontille,
Tenn., formerly of this county.
:?nd a Mr. F.rwin, of the same place,
nreere here the latter port of the
week in behalf of the T<nnes e
Tobacco Growers Association and
also to visit friends ar.d relatives.
These Tennesseans were quite interi
sled in tobacco growing and wanted
to interest farmers in Cherokee and
nt ichborinor conr?iip? ..mm....
the production of this crop.
"Most people thing that tobacco
raising i? difficult." said Mr. Abernathy,
who then told of how he had
cared for his tobacco this year in
about forty days time, and how that
it had m tted hint more than a thousand
dollars per acre. This was his
first year's experience, he said, and
he expects to devote a larger acreage
to the crop another year.
"The trouble with raising tobacco
here," he said. "has generally
thought to have been the lack of a
maike*. But now the tobacco can
be shipped to Knoxvil'e and sold
there on the Association warchou-e
floors just as advantageously as if
it werg carried there by the farmer
in person." explained Mr. Abernathy
The soil here is not any different
from what it is in East Tennessee
the representatives explained and
there is apparently nothing in the
way of this crop becoming the cash
crop fo rthis section, according to
Messrs. Abernathy and Erwin.
0m trouble with the land here.
Mr. Abernathy thought, was the fact
that the land was acidy and the fe.-tilizer
generally used tends to aggravate
this condition rather than
to correct it. he explained. Thy su!
phuric aeid in the fertilizer ordinarily
used is not good for tobacco, aecording
to these men. A process has
been developed whereby this acid
can be removed from the ft rtilizer,
said Mr. Abernathy, and this fertilizer
then sweetens the land and makes
lit mucbv batter .for growing of tobacco.
This fertilizer is being sold
in east Tennesson to the growers
*?iH Mr. Abernathv.
Mr. Abernathy was offering tobacco
seed for sale to the farmers
and was explaining to them some of
the secrets of tobacco growing. He
pledged the support and co-operation
of the Tennessee A-sociation to
any farme* in this section who wanted
to raise tobacco. Mr. Abe rnathy
can he communicated with at Mad:sonville.
Tenn.
Democratic Committee
Plan For N. Y. Convention
lia IBgrj / rjifc .
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Cordell Hull, Chairman of the National
Democratic Committee, who
has already started organization
plan* for ute niiiviwi vwnf?utiwr< U
be held at Madison Square Garden in
June. Chairman Hull will very likely
conduct the convention, and make
his headuarters at the Democratic
Club in New York City.
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CljETQ
:rokee County, and the Le
MURPHY. NORTH CAROL
PHILADELPHIA'S
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S*v\ VEnBDHBHHBK'
, Gen. Smedley D. Butler, director of
Kt ndrick, upon whom tho eyest op the
| of their stra;ght-from-the-shouldea tat
i odus of criminals from the city. In a
5)73 were closed for selling* illegal b<
DISASTROUS FIRE F
VISITS CULBERSON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Thre?. Store* Burned, and Fourth L
Damaged. Lost about ten
Thousand dollars
A most disastrous fire visiud the
town of Culberson early Wednesday Q|
1 morning destroying three stares and
their stock of merchandise and con- ?s
sidcarble damaging a fourth. The, tc
less has been conservatively estimai- t*
td at ten thousand dollars. It Is ri
thought that the fire was started to ^
cover up a robbery and blood hounds
were put on the trail Thursday
morning but at a late hour Thurs- CI
day it had not been learned wether Iv
* :hoy trnrk-MH the supposed rubbers m
to their homes or not. : w
The bfhse was* di'covered about .
?n..
j had pamcd considerable headway ~
I on two of the stores but with out
any modern fire-fighting equipment n,
i there was considerable difficulty In tfr
checking the flames. The store Cc
( houses and stock of goods of U. S. th
Nichols, Harley Shields, and R. R. bi
;e:- were c? .apietly destroy- y(
. ed by fo-e and G. E. Dickey's .-tore A
was considerably damaged- These f,
ouilulngs v.e.e all close together, pi
i Thi store of W. A. Nichols was th
broken into during the night by te
burglars and apparently a wagon m
load of merchandise removed. It
was suspected by local citizens that H
the others store had been robbed and P;
that they were set on fire to co*er ai
up the robbery. From the bcit information
obtainable, the blaze; ct
started between the U. S. Nichols ol
and Harley Shields stores and ei
quickly spread to the others. T
Blor>d hounds were hrr.uirht from 1v
Chattanooga on an early train Thuisday
morning and placed on what ap- p
pcared to be the trail of tho robbers
There have been several robberies
in some of the smaller communities ;
of the county recently, and it Is
suspected that the robbery at Culberson
was probably done b>4 the ^
same party or parties. ^
Insurance men were soon on the jr
scene of the fire this morning and ^
estimated the damage at from nine ^
to ten thousand dollars. j
i Woman's Club Plans d
Social For Library ?
The Woman's Club has announced n
that it has plans under way for * w
social on Thursday, the 14th day of v
February, for the benefit of the public
library. As the 14th is St. Val- C
en tile's Day. the social will be In k"
the spirit of the season. Further
announcement may be expected soon
] it is reported by officers of the club.
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DANCE AT HOTEL REGAL. *
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i the Regal Hotel Tuesday night in v
(honor of the Highway party of Mr. t!
Nichols. A number of young peo- n
' pit enjoyed the early part of the eve- t
ning in the spacious hall on the sec- c
ond floor. r
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INA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, la:
"BIG TWO"
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public safety, and Mayor F. \V.
world arc centered. A* a result
ics there has been a general exrecent
drive against 1200 salons,
eve rages.
OURTH NUMBER
LYCEUM COURSE
WELL RECEIVED
trfe Audience Turns Out to Hear
Zedeler Symphonic Quintet
Friday Evening
The largest audience yet to hear
ie of the Lyceum Courses of this
leson was out last Friday evening
hear the Zedeler Symphonic Qulnt
i nthe fourth number of the sees.
The Quintet, managed by
icolai Zedeler, was the most ae>mplished
organization that the loll
committee has yet brought here,
ach number of the organization was
} Accomplished musician, several of
hom have belonged to some of the
>st known orchestras of the counThe
entire program was classical
iusic, which was well received by
le large audience. It was such a
nccrt as we usually have to go to
le cities to hear. Orchestral num.
?vs, violin trios, and vocal and violin
jlos gave variet ytothe program,
mong the numbers were selections
om some of the world operas. Exanations
by Mr. Zedeler preceding
le number added much to the inrest
in the evening's entertainent.
The Zedelor's came here from
ickory, N. C., and left Saturday for
aducah, Ky., for their next appearice
on Monday night.
The fifth and last number of the
turse will apjH-ai heir uii the
r February, the Barnaby Entertain*?
being the name of the company,
hir will be more o fa popular nuinar.
Man To Install Pastor
And Officers SundayPresbyterian
Church
According to announcement by
te Session of the Presbyterian
hurch, plans are under way for the
istallation of the pastor and several
hurch officers at the church on
unday morning. February 10th. A
elegation of visiting pastors and
lymen are expected here on that
ay to have charge of the service,
ine of the visiting pastor-* will
reach the installation service in the
lorning and it is expected that they
'ill also take over the evening ser
ice.
Superior Court Will
Adjourn Saturday
Superior court will adjourn Satrday,
according to the present
chedule. without having finished
ery light and was finished withtr
he first three days of last week bui
riany civil cases were docketed foi
his term, many of which requlrec
onsiderable tome. Also, a great
nany motions came up for hearing
this Section of Westei
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METHODISTS GIVE
OUT STATISTICS
uri CLIMtlNAKY
Many Missionaries Sent To Foreign
Fields as Result of Campaign,
Report Shows
With cash in had of more than
$18,000,000 of the $35,000,000 ten
tennry fund subscribed four year1
apo to mission work, Methodists nl
ihe South are pushing forward towards
a successful completion of the
centenary collection campaign. In
the hope that the largest part of the
centenary pledges still due will be
paid during the "Paid Out Period*,
which is from January 29th to February
1st.
That the centenary move ment 1?
making itself felt in every quartei
of the globe is indicated by report:
from Dr W. G. Cram, directing sec
, retary, who is responsible for thi
, following statistics concerning the
I contributions to this movement ir
I the way of missionaries nnd monej
i sent to the mission fields of thi
Methodist Church, South.
The total quota of the centenary
campaign was $35,472,508.00. Or
November .10, 1923, there had beei
| received in cash $18,751,830.42. O
] this amount 510,809.710.43 had beei
paid on individual pledges to the con
ference?; $1316,899.49 by the Sun
day school; $311,095.76 by the Er
1 worth League; $45,317.33 by va
i rious churches and individuals oi
j Specials. The centenary treasury dt
partmcnt had received from intercs
on bank balances a total of $163,
| 033.14 while an additional sum o
, $22,001.71 had been received fror
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...k . c.-i. .... i.nnuv uu"u>.
The Centenary Commission ha
! Riven out tho following statistics,
; indicating just how the centenary
money haR been expended to date
' Twenty-eight missionaries and S1 on
100.76 have been sent to Africa
Brazil has had forty missionaries nn<
$1,457,144.42; sixty-eight mission
aries and $875,802.70 have gone ti
, China; fifteen missionaries nn?
! $483,654.-'M to Cuba; thirty mission
i aries and $2,024,158.51 to Kurope
twenty-seven missionaries and $1,
022.360.99 to Japan; thirty-tw<
iiiisaiuiiiirm miu < Lu rvu
rea; twrnty-one missionaries am
$692,157.79 to Mexico; six mission
aries and $154,241.12 to Siberia.
Added interest is given to the lo
cal collection campaign for the cen
tenary cause, due t othe fact that tei
per cent of all the money ciliectei
will be returned to the conference ii
which it was collected to be applies
to local missionary work.
Film Actress Return;
With "Buried
Teasure"
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. i Miss Jeaj* Tolley, while engage
:' in making a sea picture at Nassau,
the Bahamas, discovered a treaau
viirni vviiuiiuuik f<io,000. Divii
i into fifteen feet of water, she disco
t cred the chest, which was brought
t the surface with the aid of divei
I She retained two-thirds and the ot
er third was taken by the Briti
. Government.
ADVERTISE IN !
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU R I C H ' '
rn North Carolina
MISS LEE TALKS
TO SCHOOL ON
SAFETY HABITS
i Ninety Per Cent of Fires and Accident*
Due to Thoughtlessness,
She say*
?
Miss Evelyn L<e, of the State In '
Buram-e Department, spoke to the
?i ?rh<w.i children during the chapel
hour Thur><Jay morninjr o nthe gen-1
eral theme of safety habits. The
, kerosene carelessly used, were re- j
sponsible for more fires and accidents
than almost any other ane
'' thing. ffj
"It is not because people don't
know they will explode," said Miss
Lee. but because they are thought^
less," Then --he recited cases in
1 which people had thoughtlessly struck
f matches to look in their gas tanks, or
s used oil to build fire and had ex
plosions, etc. > v
The children were admonished
; never to build fires with either gas
; or kerosene.
1 Not only fire, but also accidents
f were accredited largely to carelessp
j ness and thoughtlessness by the
speaker. She warned the children
V! never to swing on automobiles and
i trucks, or play i nthe streets, or walk
i o nthe railway tracks,
f. Finally, Miss Lee told the children
i' that two prizes were being offered
- by the State Insurance Department
for the best essays or stories on any
- phase of safet yfirst and urged as
- many as possible to enter these court
1 tests, which will close the first of
- March. Besides competing for wortht
while prizes, the children were told
- that the training in writing and think
f ing on this subject wouid be worth
n many times their efforts.
'FEW FIRES
r ARE REPORTED IN
THIS SECTION
j Township wardens Have Done Good
Work?Fire Menace Seems to be
Somewhat Abated
r?
According to statements made a >
r j?, . I... icn..
Warden C. S. Peterson, of Western
r) North Carolina, the fire season in
this section of the state has been alj
most void of any serious fires. Two
rather large fires were reported during
the season, said Mr. Peterson,
j one on Fires Creek in Clay County,
and one in Beaverdam Township In
n Cherokee County. The acreage
, hui-ned over in these fires was rather
R large but in both cases the wardens
j did good work, according to the district
forester, who commended them
very highly.
This fire season has been unusual
&! in that the number of fires has been
i very small, according to Mr. Peterson.
Aside from the twomentioned
above, there have been no others of
consequence reported. The Forestry
Division of the Geological Survey la
particularly well pleased with the
record being made by the wardens
in this section, according to Mr.
Peterson's statement.
Mr. Peter-on came to this county
i last FiMay from Ashevillc and after
' stopping over in Andrews and conj
ferring with tne county wardee,
came on to Murphy to inspect the
Iwork of some of the wardens in this
part of the county. He returned to
I Asheville Sunday.
SURVEY ON ROAD
T OTHE TENNESSEE 1
LINE COMPLETED
Two Routes Surveyed. Through the
| Shoel Creek and Hothouse
Towushipe
Tuesday Captain J. A. Nichols and
his surveying party completed the
survey on the road from Murphy to
the Tennessee state line, upon which
they have been engaged fo rthe past
four months. Two routes were surveyed,
one through i Shoal Creek
Township and one through Hothouse
>d Township. The distance is about 18
in miles, it is understood,
re State officials will study the data
on each route atuu u?nu wbI in'mtv
mine which shall become the road to
to the Tennessee state line,
rs. The townships have sold their <
h- bonds and it is expected that wodc . !
sh will begin on the route as soon as it
is selected.