I IF IT ISN'T IN
THE SCOUT
ITS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
KNOW IT
The Official Orgs
plume xxxvi.
SATUF
Saturday, December
th, is the last day on
rhich voters may regis;r
for the special elecon
to be held on Decemer
23rd to express their
rill with regard to the
lie of the city pcwer
lant. This is a new regitration
and everyone
expecting to vote will
have to register. The
fact that one has been
registered for and voted
in previous elections will!
have nothing to do with
this election. It is an, entirely
new registration
and all voters interested (
in this matter are urged
to make the necessary
preparation for voting? .
that is, REGISTER. The 1
books are open at the I!
Murphy Hardware Store |i
Mr. T. W. Axley is the
registrar. It will be im- j
possible to register after i
I Sattirdav of this week '
for this election!
REGISTER!
Wm. P. Payne
Lost Barn By Fire
November 27th
' Mr. Wm. P. Payne had the misfortune
to lose his barn, several work
animals and a quantity of feed last
Thursday nighQ when flames swept
through the structure. The flame
had gotten considerable headway before
it was discovered. The fire department
answered the call but by the
time they reached the barn it was too
| late to save it.
Mr. Payne was away from home
at the time and it is not known howi
' the flame was started. It wa sfirst I
discovered about 9 o'clock. It may
have caught form a match or cigar-1
ette accidentally dropped about the
barn at feeding time V>r may have
been caused by spontaneous combustion.
There were three head of horses j
and several head of cattle in the barn
at the time. The catle were gotten
out but the horses were burned. The
horses were valuable animals, one
having taken the prize at the horse
show of the Cherokee County Fair
in September. Along with the horses
considerable Grain, hay and other
feed was destroyed. The total loss
is estimated at from a thousand to ^
fifeen hunderd dollars. It was cover- (
ed by insurance.
Andrews Dam Began j
Filling Tuesday
The last concrete had set and the |
big gates were let down Tuesday
morning at the Andrews municipal *
power dam on Hiawassee River several
miles above Murphy began filling i
up Tuesday morning. It was expected
that several days would be required
for the dam to be comnTetelv filled
ai>J then another week would be ]
necessary to thoroughly test cut trh ;
generators and distribution system j
and have it accepted by-the Mayor
and board of Commissioners of the ,
town. Thus hy the 5th. it is expected
that our sister town will be in full
charge of tiie hydro-electric developmentkractiwill
begin the distributiorywet
Jr an dlight to customers
MK aaifcMd the town,
ftllo < the closing of tin gates h
at the c a, fjye river just below it ran 1
dry ana a number of fine fish were .
captured by those on the scene. s
The Andreds plant is said to be one J
of the finest of its size n in the South. 1
N s
, ^
myt
m of Murphy and Che
iDAY I
CO. RESTRAINED j
FROM SALE OF
ROAD BONDS
Judge Schenck Signs Restraining Or.
der Last Friday Returnable
On December 16th
A number of bond buyers flocking
here Sunday to bid on the offering
of $150,000 or road bonds were disappointed
Monday when they learned
that the County Qommissioners
had been restrained from selling the
bonds. The order was signed last
Friday by Judge Schenck.
Tkn n :
? >v- M?n?t vuiiiuiiasiuiicn were restrained
not only from selling the
bonds, but also from using a $25,000
road fund just turned over to them
by the county. Ihq injunction is
returnable on the 16th of December.
In discussing the order, member"
jf the Road Commission stated that
this would cost the county from ten
to twenty thousand dollars at it ha?
meant the stopping of road work on
ieveral projects, which will probably
mean that the work will have to be
re-let and probably at a less advantageous
figure than the present contract
calls for. In this connection
he commission pointed out that its
jr. sent contract on the Shoal Creek
oad is 64 cents for unclassified
trading, and that the rock to be
noved would average about 40 to 50
aer cent of the yardage, which made
his a very advantageous contract.
The Road Commission has employ?d
counsel and will resist the injunc;ion.
They will fight it on the
tiound, it states, that the comrnistion
did need to sell the bonds and
isc the $25,000 bond Issue and as
)roof they point out that they owe
contractor some ten thousand dolars
for work in November which
;hcy are unable to pay as they are
entirely out of other funds or relources.
They further claim that
he ambount of bonds asked for will
>e needed as amounts set aside for
?ach of the projects to be improved
vere determined upon only after
rareful surveys and estimates by
ciiable engineers. The commission
dans to await the hearing on the
16th, but in the meantime it will
ieek to have the bonds of those oboinirirf
*lin in illll/ifriAFi SnnMAAaiul ?a
rover damages the commission beieves
will result from the stoppirp
?i' the road work.
Lr.w Forbids
Breaking Shrubbery
As the Christmas season approach- J
is the temptation to break trees and
ihrubbery along the highways will
>e increased. Anticipating this, loral
citizens have called attention to
i recent law passed by the State Lcgslature
which makes it a mlsdemeanir
to break trees and shrubs aolng
;tate highways.
Buys Murphy Cafe
C. S. White and H. L. Higdon.
>oth of Andrews, have purchased the
City Cafe in Murphy% have taken
charge, and will operate in the future
under the name of White & Hidton.
'
Mr. Hidgon expects to move his
Family to Murphy shortly. Mr. White
vill continue to make Andrews his
tome, for the present, anyway, he
states.?Tri-County News.
Sosebee & Hartness
Open Cafe Near L. & N,
Messrs. Roy Solesbee and Carl
Hartness opened a cafe near the L. &
>?. Depot this week. They have
leased the building belonging to A.
A. Fain and formerly occupied by
Charlie McGee.
Town Of Franklin
Starts Development
Teh pats wc^k witnessed the c n-u
mat ion of the ?*ie of a .yiGd.GOo
bond issue by the town cf Franklin
ind work hos been gotten under wayj
survey*ng oat the com >ur lines for
a municipu' power !e^clo;>niont for
the capltr.oi city of Macon County.
J
Cfjcn
rokee County, and the !
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLS
last!
The Notla Plar
The proposed sale and purchase
of the municipal power
plant on Notla River teems to be
meeting almost with universal
| satisfaction. In one or two Instances,
however, some misunderstanding
has arisen with reference
to Article 8 of the contract,
which relates to taxation
of the property after ttfc sale of
the plant.
In the beginning, it might be
stated that the town does not
now pay the bounty or the state
any tax on the power plant or
on any other publicly owned
property. No smaller sub-divission
of government pays amy
other divisi'on division of government
taxation dn any property
that it may hold. This fact does
not seem to have been fully understood
by some.
By the terms of the proposed
contract of sale, entered into
with the Carolina-Tennessee
Power Company, the title to the
Notla Plant remains in the town
of Murphy until ail the outstanding
electric light bonds, together
with interest on them, are
paid. This provision is necessary
in order to protect the
town's best interests. The bonds
run for a period of twenty-six
years yet. But the power company
may buy them in at any
time and deliver them to the
town and demand a deed to the
property. Whenever title to the
property is delivered to the power
company, it will then be responsible
fo rcounty and state
taxes, whether the title is delivered
next year, or in 1950, when
the last electric light bonds
CENCUS TAKING
FOR AGRICULTURE
BEGAN THIS WEEK
H. R. Green, of Asheville, is Appointed
Supervisor For This
District
The agricultural census for the year
11)24 and relating to conditions on
or near January 1st. 1925, began
this week in this district with H. R.
Crcc:*, rf Ashev'Ha, supervising end
102 enumerators in the field gathering
data. There are 19 counties Int'.udc.l
in this districa, which for
the purpose of census taking is called
Distrist No. 1. The counties Include
Avery, Buncombe, Burke,
Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Graham,
Haywood, Henderson. Jackson, Macon,
Madison, Mitchell, McDowell,
Polk, Rutherfordton, Swain, Transylvania
and Yancey. The 37,530
farms included in this district will be
visited by Mr. Green's corps of enumerators
between now and the latter
part of January, when it is hoped
the enumeration ^ran be completed.
Heretofore" the census of agriculture
has always been taken in connection
with a complete census of
population. This time it will cover
the farm population only, showing
the number of persons i'.ving on the
farm, including the family of the operator
and the farm laborers and
their families. These persons will
be classified as under or over ten
years of age and as white or colored.
The extend to which farm operators
used the purchasing and selling
facilities of farmers' organizations
will be brought out by two Inquiries;
one caning ior ine value 01 products
of the farm sold through a farmers'
marketing organization, and the other
calling for the value of all farm
supplies purchased from or through
' a farmers* organization. An additional
index to the marketing conditions
will bo brought out by answers
to inquiries as to the kind of road
adjoining the farm, whether concrete,
brick, macadam, gravel, improved
dirt, or unimproved dirt, and the distance
u? 11iv market tevrr..
Through inquiries of this character
the census seeks to secure Information
relative to conditions upon which
to a considearble defcree the success
of farm operations depend*.
jfeee ?
Leading Newspaper Li 1
IA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1924
DAY T<
it and Taxation
| would ordinarily mature. In the
meaning, it could not be expected
that the power company
would pay any taxes. Therefore,
when the town agrees to (density
and save harmjeas the power
company from State and County
taxes, it q|oes not mean that the
town will have to pay the state
and county any taxes. Thore
will be none paid. If anyone
should think that the power
plarnt should become a subject
of taxation as soon as the contract
of sale is ratified, it will be
muica inai toe ml ana county
are not now receiving any taxes
from this plant, but if the sale
is ratified, they will in the not
distant future as soon as title
to the property is I delivered,
whether next year or when last
bonds or paid off.
There is one further provision
with reference to taxation of the
plant.. It is this.: The pkawer
company is to be exempted from
city taxes for the period of the
franchise, or sixty years but in
turn for this exemption. It Is to
furnish the town with power to
illuminate double the number of
street lights now installed by the
town, which in the qourse of a
yea: would amount to many,
many times the amount of any
taxes the city might hope to collect
from the power company,
as very little of the valuation of
the Notla property is within the
Corporate limits ? only a few
transformers and distribution
lines. The taxation provisions 6f
the contract, in the light of this
explanation, should seem equitable
enough.
M. W. BELL'S
BROTHER DIES i
IN CHICAGO I
Ashe: of Chicago Business Man To B:
Brought to hfocksville For
Burial
Frank Martin Bell, prominent Chicapo
business man and brother to
Attorney M. W. Bell, died in Chicago
last Saturday of angina pectolrs.
j Funeral services were held in Chicago ,
| Sunday afternoonSfiThe ashes of the I,
! body, which was cremated by man- j
dale of the will of the deceased, will
be brought to Mocksville, N. C., for
burial. The Northern Truse Company
was made executor of the estate
of Mr. Bell.
Mr. Bell was the son of Dr. Martin
T. Bell and Eliza Martin Bell of
Mocksville. Mr. Bell left North Carolina
at the age of eighteen and has'
lived almost the whole of the time in J
Chicago, where he was active in busi. j
iness life, being for years connected
with the general office of Armour
& Company as a department manag-,
er. His first work was in the drug
business where he rose to a high position.
which he gave up at some temporary
sacrifice in salary in order to
accept the work with Armour & ompany.
wehre a larger field was ofIfered.
His application to P. D. Armour
(the elder) met with favorable response
and later Mr. Armour mani!
fested his interest and esteem by
1 presenting Mr. Bell a handsome gold
i watch suitablv entrraved showing hv
- - "
I whom given. Mr. Pell was interested
in athletics and owned a country
i club and golf course twenty-five miles
out from Chicago and made his home
there through the summer months
commutting to his office daily. He
! won numerous golf trophies in former
years. He was a grand nephed
iof Governor .Alexander Martin and of
Judge Keer, the elder.
He never married. Besides Attorney
Bell, he is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. M. L. John and Miss Margaret
Bel!.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Watts spent the!
past week-end in Talbotton, Ga., J
. with Mrs. Watts* father, Mr. W. K !
j Couch.
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?COUt I
this Section of Western
3 REG)
NEWLY ELECTED T
OFFICIALS TOOK
OATHS MONDAY
County Commissioners Sit Ie First
Session Tbis Week?County
Agent Work Discontinued
The recently elected county officials
took their oaths of office Mon- '
day morning and immediately thereafter
assumed their respective duties. .
1he chairman of the retiring board.
o. ??. L,ovingooa, administered the ]
oath to the new county officials, T. ,
W. Axley, W. J. Martin and W. T.
Holland. The new commissioners ,
organized by ekcting Mr. Axley j
chairmon of the beard. ,
Register of Deeds, A. M. Simonds, |
Sheriff B. B. Morrow and the newly ^
elected Justices and other minor of- i
facials were then sworn In by the j
chairman of the new board of com- j
missioners. t
The election of a county attorney <
and several other matters were left i
open. ,
The work of the county agent was . j
discontinued, for the present at least. | ]
The Commissioners stated, following ;
their action in this matter, that the
financial condition of the county did ?
not seem to warrant a continuance (
of this officer. It was also said that
the retiring agent, Mr. H. H. Ellis, (
was being held responsible by some
fir the fact that the last county fair t
was not able to? pay the premiums
offered for the best exhibits and that i
they had asked that his work be dis- \
continued for this reason. 1
Quite a good deal of sentiment has
developed in favor of continuing the <
county- agent work, and many hope *
that the commissioners may recon- t
sider and retain this agent. District
Agent Goodman, of Asheville. it is J
understood, is scheduled to be in the >
countv soon and it i? o?r
isfactory arrangements with the com. t
missiotiers can be made for the con-j
tinuance of the work in this county, j j
CHOCOLATE CAKE 1
AND BLACK SAND <
HAS FINE CAST;J
Play Will Be Given Or> l?th For
Benefit of Undernourished ^
School Children j g
"Chocolate Cake and Blaek Sand" | .
a play to be given by the children \
of the smaller grades and children ] t
under school age, has a fine cast, as! *
announced this week. (j
Margaret Witheispoon is to play L
the role of the Little Girl, James j
Mallonee, that of the Sand Man; i .
Louise Walker, of the Witch; Grace
Parker, the Fairy; and Elizabeth
Parker, Mary' Stonecipher, Lucy
Myers, Frances Dickey, Louise and
Frances Christopher, Ellen Cdoper, ^
Axley and Mildred Gentry are to be
Bad Dreams.
The play will be given on Friday
night, December 12th. A small admission
charge will be made for the j
benefit of undernourished school ^
children. j
SPECIAL TERM
COURT CALLED
FOR DEC. 29TH i;
h
A special term of Cherokee Coun- j.
ty superior court will he convened i (
here on December 2Uih with Judge j t
James L. Webb, of Shelby. presid-!(
ing. The County Commissioner? j
drew jurors for this term at this ] ]
sitting. It will be a two weeks term I
of civil court only. Little Charles j,
West Jr., four year old son of Mr. i?
and Mrs. Charles West, drew the fol
lowing jurors for this term: {
For the first week: J. W. Brvson. j
W. K. Dcrreberry, G. B. T-ovIngoocI (
J. W. Fisher, J. P. Price, B. W. Chastain.
J. J. McGuire, D. P.' Johnson j
J. W. Cradford, D. L. Parrls. W. R.
Jenkins, A. L. Tippett, W. T. Lov- ,
ingood, Wm. Hatchett, D. W. C.
Pierce, L. B. Brannon, Carl Stiles.
A T,. Simonds. G. A. Stalcup. J. P.
Baines, O. S. Anderson, T. W. i-ails,
J. M. Hamby, J. W. Shackleford.
Second week: J. W. Floyd, C. M.
Mason Jr.. T. J. Bristol, J. R. Keener,
J. M. McDonald, Isaac Lovingooa,
ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH"
i North Carolina
5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR
ISTER
UNION MEEflNG
ABOUT TITHING
TO BE HELD 14TH
Three Congregations Expected to D#?
vote Second Sunday Night Service
to Joint Discutaion
Plans have been pracrrcally com
pietea lor a joint meeting of all the
churches of the community on Sundaynight,
December 14th. at the school
auditorium for a joint discussion of
tithing. A program was arranged
last Sunday afternoon at a meeting
of a committee of five representing
all the churches of the town. Thl9
committee was appointed at a meeting
of all the members of the churches
held at the library Sunday afternoon,
Novvembcr 30th. C. W. Bailey
vas made chairman of the meeting in
the Library and Mr. P. C. Hyatt was
made secretary, and these two, together
wih Messrs. R. A. Akin, G. H.
L'ope and B. W. Sipe composed the
committee to form a program and arrange
a meeting at which the subject
>f tithing might be discussed. Folowing
is the topical outline, and the
eadirs appointed, for the discussions
it the December 14th meeting:
1. A discussion of Stewardship, with
special reference to tithing, by E. G.
Tlary.
2. Scriptural basis for tithing in
Did Testament, by D. H. Rhinehart.
3. Scriptual basis for tithing in
he New Testament, T. L. Sasser.
4. What causes are included in Tithng,
or what causes may one contri>ute
and consider it part of the Tithe,
Mrs. L. P. Kinsey.
Making Tithing Eeasy (a discussion'
>f methods of keeping track of conributions
made as a 'paTt of the
;ithe), Mrs. E. G. White.
Miss Ida M. Johnson and Mesdamca
I. W n*vid?on and ?. c. Malienee
vere appointed a committee to arrange
for the musical program for
he meeting.
While the approval of the program
mil the joint meeting, together with
he- place of meeting, awaits the ratl'ication
of the governing bodies of
he local churches and the acceptance
vf t ..i?-? '
.* mivsc kuuocii iu lean me discussions
t is anticipated that this will be only
i perfunctory mutter. Stewardship
ind Tithing are matters all the
hurches are much interested in and
it this meeting it is expected that
hese subjects will be fully set forth
it this joint meeting. It is to be
loped that a gerat number will atend
this service. The school audiorium
ha sbeen chosen as the meetng
place so as to have ample space
o take care of those who attend.
Dak Lane Goods
Are Shipped To
South America
Dak Lane Product Best In America,
Say a New York Jobber. Through
Whom Shipment Was Made
The Oak Lane Knitting Mills this
veek made a shipment of their goods
o South America through a New
fork brokerage firm. The consignnent
went to Bogota, the capital city
>f Colombia.
The New York Representative of
he local firm, in sending the order
'or goods here stated that the Oak
L^ne Pullover shirt, manufactured In
he local mills, was the best in America
and that he was delighted to know
hat North Carolina is able to proluce
such a garment of quality. "It
s just what I have been looking for,'*
te concluded.
Oak Lane products are now being
shipped to many parts of the United
States and wherever they go they
meet with instant favor. A number
>f shipments have gone to California
points. Every shipment has brought
repeat orders, which is ver ygratifying
to President Richmond. Mr.
Richmond is finding the labor here
very apt and is enthusiastic about
this location for his mills. He came
here a year ago from Philadelaip.h
S. F. Taylor. *Geor. Patterson. S. C.
Mingus, J. A. Timpson, W. W. Rogers,
F. H. Garland, B. W. Battle,
Sam Young, Weldon C. West, R. P.
Radford, Jno. McDonald Jr., H. G.
'"..rrpicn.