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VOLUlip'X-^Mt. No. 16.
SCHOOI^PUPILS
TO GIVE PLAY
ON DECEMBER 12
Prodeed* Will Be Used For Supplying
Milk to Under-Nourimhed
School Children
Play of interest to the entire community
will be a production entitled
"Black Sand and Chocolate Cake,"
which is to be given by a number of
primary grade children, with the assistance
of some of the little children
below school age, at the school
auditorium Friday evening, December
12th. Significence attaches to
this production not so much because
it is to be given by the little folks,
and not so much because of itself,
although the children and the
play will be interesting and enter
taming, dui largely oecause tne proceeds
are to be used for the supplying
of milk to undernourished school
children in the first grades of the
schooL
There are some fifteen or twenty
children in the first grades that are
handicapped in their work because
they apparently do not have sufficient
food of the right kind. And the
tragedy of the situation is, say teachers
and community workers who are
interested in the problem, that there
is a possibility of these little children
growing up with weakened and perhaps
diseased bodies if the situation
is not; relieved.
This is a problem not at all peculiar
to this community. ; In most
of the cities milk and light lunches
are provided for such children by
school authorities or welfare organizations.
This has not been possible
heretofore in Murphy. It is
necessary, therefore, to raise funds
for this purpose in some other way.
One method chosen is by the presentation
of this play by the children.
The play is being cooached and the
n*ovement forwarded by Miss Linn
Albright, teacher of one of the first
grades.
Also, funds derived from the sale
of Red Cross Christmas seals will be
used in the same cause, according to
wnmpn of the Women's Club, who
will have charge of this seal sale
this year. The seals will be placed
on sale Thanksgiving Day and will
be continued until Christmas as in
previous years. Because of this community
need, presented by the under
nourished school children, it is expected
that the seal sale this year
will have a special interest for the
community and that sales will exceed
those of any previous year.
American Honored by
23 Foreign Nations
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CHARLES V. VICKREY
For several years general secretary
of the Near East Relief in America,
Mr. Vlckrey has been honored by election
to the presidency of the International
Near East Association, composed
of representatives of 23 nations.
The organisation Is sponsoring the international
observance of Golden Rule
8unday oa December 7 on behalf of
(ha refugee orphans of Bible Lands.
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P-~sent Play Dec. 1?
''VaJ* Farm" ia the title of i
met rctna that wiii be preaeuUa
ther-^hool auditorium on Friday
/ ^camber 19th, by a company of lo
cal talent. It ia being directed bj
Mra. Heiu^ Axley and the proceed
will b?p fey the benefit of the Meth
odist Sunday School equipment fund
Announcements will be made fron
time to time. ^
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J PRIZE CONTEST
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Motto Design for Golden Rulo t und;
Lettered Manuscripts From the Middl
American Artist. J. Thompson Willin(
Relief to Children for Coloring This D
Golden Rule Store Will j
Open November 28th;
The Golden Rule |? the name of
the new department store that is to
open its doors in the Grant Building
in Murphy n Friday. November 28th.
, G. R. & J. D. Rowan are the proprietors
of this new addition to Murphy's j
business houses. The new enterprise!
will occupy two floors in the Grant
building on Valley River Avenue and
will ca:ry ladies' and children's ready:
to-wear, men's clothing, and a com-;
plete line of dry goods and notions.
I The coming of this new business
j house is only one indication of the
| growth that is taikng place in Mur:
phy. Not a single business house is
' vacant in the entire town and there
is constant demand for dwelling
i houses, even though a great many
have been constructed during the
.as- months. With the coi.i;?letio.i
! of the sale of the hydro-electric plant
t on December 23rd, when the voters
' aie expected to approve a contarct
! already entered into with the Caro
I lina-Tenmssee Power Company, and
! the consequent bringing In Northern
; capital to supplement the efforts of
I the local people, the year 1925 prom-J
' ises to be one of the brightest in the I
I history of the town. The Rowans I
| the proprietors of the new store, j
I came here from Black Mountain,
j They have been in the mercantile
! business a long time, and were at- J
; tracted to Murphy by the fine out-,
| look just ahead here.
IMISS THOMPSON
ENTERTAINS
On Wednesday evening Miss Cathryne
Thompson was hostess vo four
tables of bridge in honor of be'r sister,
Mrs. Robert Barclay, of Copperhill.
The house was attractively
decorated with Kilatney rose buds and
potted plants. Miss Elizabeth Brittain
held high score, which was a
dainty hand-made handkerchief. -
Miss inompson was assisted in
serving a salad and ice course hy her
mother, Mrs. J. W. Thompson.
| The invited priests were Misses
Elizabeth Brittain, Nannie Dickson,
i Linn Albright, Eva Nell Mauney,
I Mary Smith, Martha Candler, Mea ,
dames J. C. Watts, Albert Martin, A.
- Brittain, J. E. Snow and Robert Barj
clay of Copperhill, and Messrs. J. C.
3 Watts, Ed Studstil], A. C. Richmond,
. Walter Mauney, Kiddell of Rome,
. Ga., James Ferguson, Chip Arboi>
gast, and Lee Richards, of Blairsville.
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rokee County, and the L
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLI*
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iy, Made in the Style of Ancient Hande-Aye
Armenian Monasteries, by the
?- Prizes Are Offered by Near East
esign, Using Crayons or Water-Color.
COUNTY TO SELL
ROAD BOND ISSUE
NEXT MONDAY
Every Towntkip of County Will Snare
in fia,uuu nosa uona issue,
It Is Announced
Sealed bids for the purchase of|
one hundred and fifty thousand doilars
worth of Cherokee County Hoad
bonds will be opened Monday noon,
December 1st, when the County Commissioners
meet. These bonds are
being issued by the county Commissioners
at the request of the* County
Road Commission, which has a number
of road projects under way and
contemplated, which it is desited to
complete as scon as possible.
The resolution of the Road Commission,
calling on the county to Issue
the bofids, m'akes a call for one
hundred and aeventy-fivp. thousand
dollars. The county, however is
or.ly -issuing one hundred "and fifty
thousand as it has on hands about
$25,000 of road funds.
The funds derivtd from the sale
of these bonds will be used on the
following roads: $75,000 to com-j
TO APPEAR HER]
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THE COLUMBUS
Through many seasons' experience
the Columbus Entertainers?Beatrice I
come one of the most talented duo cot
Tlijjr hSVS ?nn?niy?l In w?nr ?aaI
either in their own company or as mei
where nave left with audiences the in
artists.
Miss Banghman is a clever saxop
Miss Hoover*Is a talented violinist and
In their program are included bot
introduction of character studies by &
Stories In Italian and Southern dlale<
lions from well-known modern writers
.ead ing Newspaper in
IA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1924
VARIETY DUO
WILL BE HERE
DECEMBER 4TH
Third Number Lyceum Course Will
Present Music*! Selections
du ropui&r kwaingi
The third number of the 1924-25
lyceum course is to be in Murphy on
Thursday, December 4th. This number
is a variety duo, featuring: Miss
Beatrice Baughman and Miss Miriam
Hoover, in saxaphone, violin, piano,
selections, character sketches and
readings. They come under the auspices
of the Redpath Lyceum Bureau
and at the invitation of a group
of Murphy people interested in the
better sort of entertainment.
Both young women composing this
company, which is traveling under
the name of the Columbus Entertainers,
have had years of experience in
both lyceum and chatauqua work and
have n*et with instant success wherever
they have played, advanced reports
state both as to duo and' as
featured members of larger companies.
Miss Baughman studied saxaphone
piano and voice in the Cincinnati College
of Music and graduated from
the department of dramatic art in
that institution. Miss Hoover is a
violin graduate from the Bradley
Conservatory of Music, Peoria, 111..
This duo have been featured with
the Sterling Entertainers; Althea
Players: the Baldy Strang Company,
and the Ladies' Festival Orchestra,
touring all parts of the United States
and Canada.
Aside from their musical numbers
which will include violin selections
front DeBeriot, Mendelssohn, Sarasate,
and Kreislcr, the program on
next Tuesday evening will be given
variety by the introduction of character
studies and readings. Included
in these sketches will be a home
town .story, "When the train comes
In," "Silly Boy," also stories In
Italian and negro dialect. Poems
from such favorites as James Whitcomb
Rile. Edgar A. Guest and
Robert W. Service will be read. The
course this season is attracting attention
because of its higher order.
plete the road leading through Murphy,
Notla and Shoal Creek townships
to the Tennessee state line, a distance
of about twenty miles, which
road is now under construction, and
is the road surveyed by the State
Highway Commission engineers
last year; it is expected that $50,will
be expended on the road down
the Hiawassee River through Beaverdam
Township to the' Teriessee line
near Appalachia. This road is now
under ronstruction. Also, $25,000
will bemused to complete the road In
Hothouse Township, which is nowunder
construction; and an additional
$25,000 to construct a road from
State highway No. 10, about one
mile east of Andrews, to the Macor
County line near Aquone, a distance
of about seven miels.
I DECEMBER 4TH
HEfP
\ ENTERTAINERS
in both Lyceum and Chautauqua work
hi ugh man and Miriam Hoover?have be
npaniea on the platform.
ijnnc nf (lia Unlink Cfn*M ??4 O-nhers
of other organisations, and every
apresslon of being finished, entertaining
ibonist, pianist and Impersonator, whlh
1 pianist.
h classical and popular numbers. Tbi
[ls8 Baughman adds Interesting variety
ct are given, as well as favorite selec
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this Section of Western
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Relief Work Heroine '
Back From Near East
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DR. MABEl ELLIOTT F
Five times necorated by foreign goT- a
ernments for heroic service during c
foar years of relief work in the Near g
East, this -modern Florence Nigh tin- ^
gale" baa refused further honors
abroad and has returned to America .
to aid in the campaign for funds, *
' which centers In the observance of
Golden Rule Day for the refugee or- o
1 phans of the Near East on December c
, 7. Her recent book. "Beginning Again v
at Ararat." is being used as a text
! book on the Near East in schools and v
; colleges. c
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Family Day At '
The Baptist Church ?
Next Sunday, November 30th, has ^
been designated as family day at the r
Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. a
T. L. Sasser. The members of the ^
church and any others who will, are t
invited to come as a family group and
sit together in the church during
the 11 nVlnrk service. A w?r- mon
of special significance to family a
groups will be delivered. t
PQ5TELL. n| 0
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| Mr. Felix Hill and Mr. J. R. Cry n
! made a business trip to Murphy last t,
: Thursday. p
Mrs. R. P. Allen and daughter visi
itcd Mrs. Manda White Wednesday i
(afternoon.
i Mrs. Mary Henry spent Monday
night with her uncle and aunt, Mr.
and Mrs. S. Y. Allen.
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Mrs. Parthena Parnell and daugh- a
tor, Mrs. Lillic Self, visited Mrs. Mell j
Freeman Wednesday. c
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{ Mrs. Lyda Crane from .River Hill j
visited her daughter,- Mrs. Andrew j
1 j Thompson, last week. c
' Mr. oJe Johnson spent Tuesday j
1 night with Sam Allen and family. j,
t
1 Mrs. Jane Mason made a business c
trip to Suit Wednesday. j
I
Misses Annie Lou Keenum ana <
Glenn Taylor from Suit spent Friday
with Miss Eliza Allen. j
Mr. T. N. Bates and son from Murphy
were pleasant callers at the home
of S. Y. Allen Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Mell Freeman made
a business trip to Murphy Friday.
Mrs. Ruth Stanley left Friday for
Murphy, Asheville and other parts in
North Carolina.
Mr. John Mason has been on the
sick list for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Swansnn arc
all smiles over the arrival of a new j
baby at their home. !
Misses Fannie McGuire and Alice
Bryson spent Friday night with Miss
Vaud Quinn. j
Mrs. Clyde Cunningham visited Mrs
Grover Roberson Saturday.
Mr. Wilbur Barton from Suit attended
the teachers meeting at Shoal
Creek Friday afternoon.
Misses Eruiim Virnie and Tempa
- Jones and Minnie Csipwder visited
I Eliza Allen Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Allen spent
s Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Nathan
Brendle on Upper Shoal Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Glate Stiles and
y J children visited the former s parents
j Mr. and Mrs. Lum Stiles, Sunday.
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ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MASK
YOU RICH"
North Carolina
6c COPY?*1.60 PER YEAR
SOIL REPORT
OF THE COUNTY
NOW AVAILABLE
lontaina Description of Soil Tjrpas,
County Map, Data On Climate
and Agriculture
Word was received here this week
rom Congressman Zcbulon Weaver
hat the Cherokee County Soil Surrey
Report was off the press and
eady for distribution. This report
ias been looked forward to for some
irae by many citizens of the county.
[*he field work was done In 1920 and
.92i and the advance sheeta of the
eport published in the Field Operaions
of the Bureau of Soils of the
department of Agriculture of the
Jnited State sfor 1921 but the lnormation
is now available In panv
thlet form.
A very valuable feature of the retort
to many interested citizens la
. georgraphica! and soil may of the
ounty, prepared on a large scale,
iuch a map of Cherokee county has
tot been available in the past and
his report, therefore, meets a long
elt need.
The primary purpose of the report,
if course is to set forth the types
if soil found in the county, which
rill be of tremendous interest and
alue to the farmers. The report
lassifies the soils in two general
lasses, as Rcsiual and Alluvial; the
'ormer being derived in place by
he disintegration and decomposition
if the underlying rocks; and the
atter being the deposit by streams
long their valleys. The soils are
hen further classified into soil seies,
on the basis of color, origin
nd structure; and each scries Is subivided
into soil types on the basis of
heir texture. The report is quite
laborate as to soils.
Other valuable data contained in
iie report are a description of the
rea; climatological data; and a
reatise on the agricultural produc- *
ion of the county over a lone period
f time. Copies of this report are
vailable at the office of Congress
v*n Weaver, either of the State's
wo Senators, or the Government
'rinting office Washington. D. C.
Western Members
r\r ai * ? -
vsr i^exi legislature
To Meet In Asheville
Western North Carolina, Inc., is
ailing a meeting its directors
nd oficers together with the recenty
elected members of the next Gen?ral
Assembly from 25 Western
ounties at Asheville on December
(rd at ten o'clock at the Battery **r:
*ark Hotel. The meeting wll! dts- - ; ;
usa the non-political legislative
>roblems that relate to western J " '
^orth Carolina, such as fish and
:ame legislation, forest fire prevenion
legislation; highway legislation;
levelopment and stream gaging legisation;
and anything else that may
>e of interest to this section of the
5tate.
Murphy Quintet
Makes Good Show
Against Andrews
The Murphy High School basketjall
team, in the first engagement
)f the year, made a good showing
igainst the strong Andrews quintet
Dn the local grounds last Saturday
ifternoon. While this was the first
natch game the local boys had been
n, mey neid tneir own against the
seasoned players of the Andrews
school. The Murphy team showed
ap well as a team, probably outpassing
the Andrews quintet, but
they failed to cage the ball consely
losing by the score of 18 to 10.
With a little more experience the local
boys will be able to meet all
comers and cage their share of the
goals. The lineup last Saturday follows
:
Murphy Andrews
Haney R. F. Anderson
Mattox L. F. Bradley
McCall C. Matheson
swaim K. C. MaHaffey
Davis L. G. Phillips
Copperhill defeated Murphy high
school on the local grounds Thursday
morninig at 11 o'clock. The
score was 33 to 11. The Murphy boys
put up a good game but the visitors
were larger and more^ experienced
and proved too much for the locals.
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