IF IT ISN'T IN
THE SCOUT
IT'S BECAUSE \^E DIDN'T
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The Official Orga
VOLUME XXXV. No. jr..
'demand for
more power
very urgent i
i
Elf.: lied to Ascertain Will i
O People In Regard To
C, nercting More Power '
Th ?nd for el< -uw p .-vn- |
ha? that tht j
Boira of Cilj Comr.:i;: i ::vr^ ut the {j
regula: mcctinp :i fiw d;iy? u^o calld
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Rivt!
with
Hot v.t
a
- than thr t?l. . on N>tla
gjv.. , generate and application
(or s* hundred ho.sepower in
aiditi n has been made.
A preliminary estimate has b eir
ruadi :.t the present power plant and
his reported that an add it '? nal 830
hen-t] ? can be had by r:. inp ;
die pa - nt dam and putting in larger
(ten raters. The estimated cost
i?f thi . ;iit nl pew . figures
around ninety thousand d liars. If
anythi:.! like this amount of horse- :
power i n be secured for this money I
it will i cheap power, -ay enjr.nfcrs.
win. Ir.ivi made ! m'nary '
estinut at the Notla dam.
Tlie situation that has k to the
ece^ity for some ouiel: i.tion vith
reference to the producti :i of electrical
power has been v.mmarized
is foil'v. - bv city offiv - and city
ekctri "i Klkins.
Tel:. i?\v-nue from ! wer plant
from April 2.'), 1923, t Mar
192b wa *19.354.41.
Amount of revenue received from
sale o:' i "\ver to Itecal Blue Marine
Company. ss,413.83. Uejral was
Sot S?P|CTb al! the p >W"i' wnnt? il.
It was necessary that some of the
mot.!- already connect U on stand
Idle. Knd the town been able to
ftp ply all the power wanted, it is
jjmmuu-d thai the aYf??e from R pd
would have amounted to $10,162.00.
The R eal works are n >w asking for
not nr. . enough to operate the motors
aha -iy connected on but they
war.t t connect up motors rated a",
ippru.v , . Iy 22a horsepower. If
lac town can supply this additional
power, the estimated revenue fram;
this ft will 1) a 1 oximately
$16,01 .<mi. However, if the t? wn
does not make speedy a; rangement?
to su;. i ly the Regal company with
all the power they want there is ,
jravi danger that they will discontinue
the use of power from Murphy.
which- will reduce th- revenue
of th, town by the amount that P..
fa! \v pay'::jr. vehic".: L>: *.
r.t-d ?e-ii:l.83.
The - of this amount ? f reveBV.P
v.. ! ? C b5 \v I > t'.v- : y
trtasvry ; d would "YiCcessitat. the
ktying t.f a higher tax late to make
the deficit that it would create,
pointed out city officials following
tiie calling of the election on the
bond issue. The bond interest of j
die town now amounts to $16,180.00i
i** year. The: additional :ntere?r
caused by the outlay on the pros-1
?it power structure would not ex-!
<*ed $6,000.00. The Regal Marble
*0Tk> uld absorb this interest
charge
roximately, and the town
"0o!d have some five hundred horse
Power for sale for other purposes,
which v.h:n sold, would produce just
? much profit. For the overhead
for operating the larger
plant would be no greater than it
low is for operating the plant that
-generates only 500 horsepower.
I summing up the situation, the officials
said that if something is no;
dons it will mean the los3 of over
$8>00fp in revenue and th.* conscWent
levy of a higher tax rate:
if the present power plant I?
^creased, it will mean the retention
of th? Marble works, which will
u** enough power to pay for the injtoest
charges created by the issuance
of h*nds and leave a surplus of
ome fty-N hundred horsepower for
jotter jpft-poses, which when sold
jjtitt produce -a nice profit for the
iL At the election Tuesday, July 15,
e will he given an opportunutermine
whether or not
tall be issued for making
rovexnent in our municipal
lant and providing for the
of .industry in and contrlCin".'.-U?d
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speciaitsession ~i
of legislature i i
called august 7\
Soions Will Be A-l:rd To Take Ac- C
tion On Ship Bi'.l Or Ret'er
Measure To People
The Governor uild -Council "f
State in session Monday definitely!::
decided t>? call the North Carolina C
legislature into sptcial session Au- t,
gust 7th for the purpose of taking's
aclijii on the Governor's shipping | _s<
hill. The formal ca!l has- not yet u
been sent out but informally thu n
Governor stated to Raleiirh ntWs- r;
paper nicr. that August 7th would i.
be the official date on which the ii
solons would be convened in the cap- o
ital city. j,]
It is said that there will be no for
mal action on the shiping proposal i:
by the legislature. This body, it is' t
predicted and generally accepted, t
will simply be askid t frame the ma o
tie ..cop.e iiiti,. - i? o ??tt-ll.cr c.
t ihiy want the port and ship line
. v. h i :- ? ii. ..- ; it.: v.-.
stive tin +i\ ight rate ,.i::cr;mi..ati..?; ?
against North Carolina, put into ef-jv
feet. 11
The Governor presented this prop- j v
osition to the regular session of , t
11)20 and asked for an appvopria- j u
tion of two millon dollars to build a
ports and supply ships to be operated 1
by the state. The legislature ref'w- j
id the request and appointed a coin- t
mission to go thoroughly into the <.
matter, with the result that several (
weeks ago the commission turned in ! <
ja voluminous {report recommending! i
j ?7,000,000 for this purpose with a Is
'contingent fund of a million and a j
ha::. There will be seme opposition
1 to tlu measure but it is believed that t
the legislature wil readily agree tn.s
, submit it to the people and leave it. s
J lo their judgment. i
Judge Connor Elevated 1
To Higher Court ,
Judge George W. Connor, of the (
st-cond circuit, was on Monday ten'
dered the appointment of the vacan- i
cy on the supreme court bench, created
when Justice W. A. Hope wa?
made chief justice to succeed the late
Walter Clark. M. V. Bnrnhiil, of ,
| Rocky MounB was elevated to the
i uperior court bench to succeed
I Tudft*. fVrtrtWK
In making public the appointment
j Governor Morrison intimated that
ho woukl have appointed Attorney
! A M. Scales of Greensboro to the
; supreme bench had he not already)
r- il'ii il the Govermr of his int njiir.n
n t to accept such anointment if
tendered.
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COUNTY-WIDE .
PLAN HERE rJ
ounty Board of Education And ^
Others Interested Will Meet
At Court House June 21
hi
State and county .school officials ti|
ie i>tannic u public fcr> ti
her ok, e County to discus.* the cotin ir:
y-widq plan for schools. County hJ
uperintendent A. L Martin has ti
.r:t out tatters asking all school com- 01
ilttecir.cn, tcachirs, Countiy Com- ol
Kssiomrs, County Board ol' Edu- ai
lit ion and other intcre^toil officb!;;t3
ml cillzc-us to meet in the cum i S
ouse Saturday. June _2_lst. ?t TO lil
'clock in the morning, at which time if
.e matter wil be gone into fully. r.
As stated by the Superintendent, A
. i.-> hoped as a result of this plan l>;
hut ail -i'hool chililien in the coun- p.
y will be givtn equal educational V
pportunitios. P
Papcr -.-tcnds A. T. Alien, df Rali_:?.
:.? , .c. ,i to discuss inv i;
dt-..:. 'dr. Mian has givin the t
i. co.u.idc:s.'. le .'uu:;'". and is
.;siu. i'ii ..11 ; a.ho :.y o.i cwuntyride
school planning. What he has \
o say, therefore, will he received H
rith interest by the school people of !
he county. Miss Elizabeth Kelley, "
>f the Department of Education, is fi
Iso expected to be here. Miss Kel- p
ey has bee n studying rural school ?
iroblems for some years and has giv- r,
n the situation in this couutj ;
ial attention. In co-operation with h
]AL SEVEN?
rounty offi.-ials, she has prepared v
naps and charts of the present ]
ichool systems and of the proposed a
pre u pings. HKp *?' o
It is expt' ied that as a result of s
bis i':infc;pnii> the count., schix.l
tystem will be reorganized and pos- f.
;ibly much consolidation will be;f
nade necessary. The purpose of th. t
netting is to lay the school situation
letcrc those who are interested In ,
md responsible for it and endeavor ,
:o work out with them a f.asable p an f
for bettering the school problem in ?
Lhe county.
C. W. McGee Moves
Into New Quarters
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C. W. McGee ha* moved his stock <
of groceries and drink stand into the- <
store building on Hiawassee street
recently completed by Mr. C. M.
Wofford. The building is between I ^
the Cherokee Roller Mills old build
ing and the A. J. Burns feed store.: 1
It is commodious and gives Mr. Mc- <
Ge much more room than ho had 1
in l is *nnd down on. 'Vpo* Street <
ir?: to tie east of the L. & N. Sta- i
tion. i
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RIDAY. JUNE 20, 1024.
Interior Vi
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IOLD MEETING
IN INTEREST OF
THIS SECTION
ffirials of Western North Carotin
Inc., present And Ask For
Co-optration
Monday evenir.fr a group ? f bus?
s and profcssi(inal men, trnmiicturers
and farmer? {rathe. cd in
e assembly hall of the library for
10 purpose i f discussing with afcials
of We tern North Carolina
ic., plans for gathering information
lative to th. natural resources of
lis section and of bringing them
i the attention of capitalists and
j.-iness interests in other parts of
ie country. Besides representavs
from Andrews, Ti.inotla, Re
ii unci .wurpny, vism r- ?iv?m t.ra
am, Buncombe and Swain <1 mats
and officials of the advertising
conization of Western North Carina
were present. Included
mong the out of county represen
,?;VC;: ?> ?<?> BHB WffiB r? tt .
ewetary of Western North Carona.
Inc.jMrs. Reeves, men*!;, of
.< staff of the same organization.
1 -i Messrs. Wythe M. Peyton, of
-sheville; T. M. Jenkins, of Rooin.-ville.
and E. W. Randolph, of
ryson City, respective directors in
festern North Carolina, Itic., from
tTr.i v't Grr.ham and Swain
tli - f " C " c
< It W. :M . ] the
an*' turned i:
.V.,i;r Hr . Mr. Peyton. Pr J.
?\ S. Davis from Andrews; Mr
[ayes, of Tomotla; Mr. Jenkins, of
insvill- ; Mr. Randolph, from
try son City County Arent Ellis, lilt
R. Peal, Mr. C. W. Savage. Mr. R.
l . Harris and several others took
nit in the discussion of how ho t
. gather data on the natural toof
Cheroke:- County an?
ow the county could e?*-operaf*
.ith the central organTzatir.it for ad
rtisirg this section. It was final
y lecided to ask the county to make
small donation for the rarryinc
n of the work. It was the conceit
us of opinion that this would be in
aires t way as it would then give ev
rybodv a share in the small co-t anr
verybcvly would certainly share ir
he benefits from it.
Western North Carolina Inc.. i
in organization of twenty-tw<
nountain counties banded togclke
or the purpose of advertising th;
ection to tourists, business peopI<
>{ all kinds, bringing in capital t,
levelop the natural resources, etc.
to.. Although the organization ha
;oen functioning only a few month
t has organized quite a staff o
vorkcrs to take care of the tremen
Jous correspondence that has bee
rrcated through advertising throug
magazines, periodicals, newspapers
bulletins, literature of all kinds an
parts of the country. Tremendon
pood is expected to result from th
labors of this organization and Chei
:>kee County citizens at the. meetin
Monday night were heartily in favo
r>f co?operating with in and desire
:? share i:? the henef't? fcr... will nal
nrailv accrue f?m :t.
Au \
?cout
this Section of Wester
iew of Madison Squ
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! W. N. C. Unicn
Meetng June 27-29
Tin- \V. -tern Xorth Carolina Uni. n
! meetirc will be held with the PeachIt
re Baptist Church, -Tun 27th. 2Sth
j and 29th. Thi fell wing tenativc
. rogram h .* been announced by th.
I committee in chr.'ge:
Friday, 11 A. M.
lntroducto:y sernt m by T. L.
I Sa? er.
12 :"?U?Dinner.
1:1.% |?. nv. -Organization.
1:30?Him- wo indifferent, unin|
formed chuurch members? If so
who is resj ansihlc, or what is the
cause??Alpia West,
j 2:30?Biblically speaking, what
will be ihe condition of the wirh'
! at the. cnnrmjr nf .-air I.-ord.?W. J.
Martin.
3:30?Adjourn.
Saturday. 0:00 a. nv?Devotional.
9:30?Is the pr.stnt spiritual can.
uitiuu of out in accord Willi
the real gospel??H. C. Whitakt-r.
in.-'.: .1,:. .. . .. t i?
1 tr . >?r 1 icailUIi^ UJ I . CUULII.
1! :30?Dinner.
1:00 p. in. -The difference in th
Church a: d the Kingdom.?W. S,
200?If the local Church i.s Strong
numerically does that increa-e its ohligation
when r.i ur d by the l>ivir.
ni??D. i\ ^-chfi.ld.
3:(?' ?M iM-e-lan ous.
?A-i.iourn.
Uouudiable discussion.
11:00?Serm.n?Arranged by
committee.
Second Series B. tb L.
Stock Opens In Julj
The -ccond series of stock in th<
! Murphy Huilding an J Loan A&socia
tion will be open during the montl
. of July. Th. shares ate valuta a
. $100 and are sold on the installmen
? plan. Shares will also be sold a
- fully paid up. so as to yield an at
. tractive rate of interest. An in
? itiation fee of twenty five cents an<
. inslallm nts of 2-? cents per wee
1 on each share is charged until th
i shares mature. At maturity, if th
holder has not made a loan from th
^ association, the share i.s worth $10C
i The n.-sociation now has man;
r to aid the people of the communit
i in building homes for themselves
? Also, it offers a fin- opportunity fu
^ those who do not care to build, to i:
? vest their money at a good rate c
a interest and at the same time ho:
? their neighbors to build. Tho-e wh
f want ti> hnilrl or uhn vmiiIiI !ik?? t
- see more dwelling: and businee
n houses constructed in Murphy shoul
b interest themselves in this organ!:
. ation and arrange to take out a bloc
d of stock. President I). Withi rspoc
|? or nnr #vf tho officer? ?<!! rrlnri
is furni-h information about the Buil?
e irir and L^an plan,
r-! The association naw has many
e more applications than it can ma!
>r loans and if the stock Ju
d J amount to any considerable sum,
t- will greatly augment the buildit
b _ ? let 3 .
ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH"
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n North Carolina
5c COPT?$1.50 PER YEAR
are Garden
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OAK PARK MAN
TELLS HOW TO
CONTROL BEETLE
Common Sulphur. Water and Pastehoard
Is the Simple Remedy
Used by Lon Raper
Oak Park. J tint- 17.?Lon Raper,
ja prominent citizen of this section,
j has hit ur n a formula for destroying
the menacing .Mexican beanbeotle,
which did so much damage thruout
this section last year, and desires
that the information be passed along
to others in this and adjoining counties.
In his own words, Mr. Raper
describe the simple procedure thus:
Take about one box of common sul
phur and put into four or five gallons
of water; then put the- water full
of thick paste boards and allow to
! soak fqi^ twentv-fonr hours, ?l the
t oi' which time the paste boards
shoi:l<i 1 removed and thorouirhlv
dried. Whin the paste hoards are
dry put some ??f them into a common
bet- smoker and fire up ready for
Ij llMft- and enioh? the bCufiS, CaCu ?ud
ever v hill of them. Do this one each
day just after dark. If you smoke
in tin daytime it will kill the beans.
Be sure and not try the sulphur without
soaking it into the paste board
for twenty-four hours as it will kill
the beans. By soaking in water some
of the acid is taki n out of the sul'
phur and it will not injure the plants.
The ! beetle.- attacked our garden
tills season :.id were about to
devour them until we applied the
above formula, after which the beetles
disappeared. I d> not know
what went wit!" them, but they are
gone. Now we have fine beans and
i will have them to eat in a few days.
We apply thi-i remedy every evening
! and now there is not a Lean bug to
r be seen in the garden.
I hope that others will apply this
remedy and raise plenty of b<.ans this
season, concludes Mr. Raper.
t Cherokee Mills Moves
Across The River
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The Cherokee Roller Mills have
been moved across the Hiawa?see
River into the building recently conk
strutted just beyond the ice plant.
e Mr. J. C. Townson, the new own*
c or, has completed a large mill house
e in the ice plant area in order to acc-omcdate
the mills and also have
V them 11 ar so that he can give the
y business his attention. It is not
- known what the building formerly
r occupied by the mills ?.*n Hiruvassee
Street will be used for.
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? Sunday School Picnic
At Fairview June 28
d There will be a Sunday school picz
nic held at Kairview school house in
:k district No. 3-A Shoal Creek Townm
ship on the 28th day of June, 1924,
!y !?c?*>rdiTis ts anr.cur.ccn^nt b~ Mr.
d- C. L. Ledford, superintendent, a few
days ago. Faiview and Liberty Sunday
schools will be combined on this
ice , occasion. The program will begin at
Iv 10:00 o'clock promptly, and everyit
body is most cordially invited to bo
ig; present and enjoy the occasion, tha
| announcement conclude^.
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