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IF IT ISN'T IN THE SCOUT ITS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T [KNOW IT a The /Sficial Organ of VOLU$i?->XXXVI. No. 24. STATE WILL Pi SURFACE ROAD IN EARLY SPRING Commissioner Page and Engineer *] Walker Have Placed Road On 1 ^ Preference List mi'i Encouraging new.- was received this week from the State Highway Commis- 6 :.'l sion when a letter cann bearing as- \*i surances that the road fr? ni Murphy ?et is Andrews would be lc. to contract i lutii xor suriacmg curly i:v the spring. The grading on thi:- road has been under a * way for the past .six months and the *-ret contractors expect to complete it ^ shortly. The subgradt should be set- jar, tied by the time spring weather opens tou up at which time the comn.ission expects to let the road. This road is well nigh impassable : now, but as District Engineer Walker troi points out in his letter, "it is impossi- cr> ble to grade a road and use it sati>- jj factorily at the same tii . .** The public should take this int?? account and be as patient as possible with the commisit.n. for when the surface is once Ha; put on, the road will be usable all din the year round. It will be indepen- an-i dent of weather conditions. Tht Following is a copy ?>f .Mr. Walker's Fri letter to Mr. F. L Urowtiell, resident I)r. engineer of the commission: mio Asheville, Jan. 1">, 1925. .Mr. 3Ir. F. L. Browac 11. add Resident Engineer, ?,pp Murphy. X. C. mis Dear Sir: 1 In reply to your letter of the 5th, and enclosing copy of letter from Mr. Sipe thn relative to the condition of the road l.iw between Murphy and East Murphy.1 in I will state that 1 haver taken this mat- teii ler up with Mr. Page, relative to ad- ?ier diticnal funds to be used in placing Chi; this road in temporary shape, Mr. ; i-rl Page advises that, at present, we the have no funds available, of a suffi- ing. cient amount, to place this section of sue I the road in good condition. He also jt|e; states that it is impossible to grade n road and use it satisfactorily at the same time, and thnt we will merely have to put up witiv the besi conditions that we can secure with our present maintenance, during the win- f ter months. itur As you no douht know we expect "ft* to let this work fo?- a surfacing in the dur ?arly spring and therefore any large H. amount of money spent on this road : in ' would be entirely thrown away, when I the surfacing is put on. This is just I.in ,. one of the conditions where you can vipr /lot build a road and have it at the) .same time; however, we will endeav- JJe or to do the best we can to maintain this road with our present forces, but we cannot place gravel surfacing over the entire length between Murphy and East Murphy, and I would thank S you to advise Mr. Sipe accordingly. I R. I am also sending him a copy of this'tier letter. j lion Very truly yours, mat J.C.WALKER, Ipou b District Engineer, i froi I of : Macadamizing Road In Factory Section (.RE ? won Work was begun Tuesday of this ty week in putting rock on the road 1 leading from the lower Valley River bridge to the Southern Railway cross- j1 ing in front of the furniture factory. The woik of grading the road has !>CW just been completed. The contractor, *7^ G. F. Williamson, i* dressing up the far end of the fill. The road is be-[ ing macadamized by the town in or-, ^ der to put it in usable shape. This I street has been practically impassable | tuj^ during the winter months for years, i It has been too low and too narrow, ^ r | making it impossible to drain it. Now I with the street widened and the grade [ elevated ahd a good surface on it, It1 I Urlll h^rnmo 1 first f-1 oca otrant This is one of the most used street? ^ jj in Murphy. Practically all the wagon wou traffic from the* lower end of the to t county uses the road- Wood, lumber. }ie* and other forest products are on ] brought daily. en ? eigh The laAsjit Broadway song hit is \ ntitled "Everyone Has Someone, cess "But I hp*4 Only You." The young wjtl wonj'n t , thorn it is dedicated ought p0U] to fciff fh/^-jred. Glm P ? was A Fifth Avenue book shop recently bro< advertised: "Dickens Works All This with Week For $9." Which led a Strang- that er to observe that wages must bo ing awfully low in New York. I prot i F . m* durphy and Cheroke esbyter:an Men Enjoyed Dinner Monday Evening The men's organization of the I':eserian Church enjoyed a delightful eting around the dinner table at Regal Hotel Monday evening at 0 o'clock. Eighteen of the m n e present. A bountiful tabe wa. Following the dinner a numcf hc!"fu! ????! ? r.l4?ue atwi ielightful hour of f- l-.v. - t--.her was had. I'iie astmaster, Mr. .! hn H. DilI. having beer, kept away < acmt of illness. Mr. I?. W. Sine was minted by the comr:itte- in ?v.-?rge serve in his stead. Aftc: a few iniuctory remarks bv the t?Mo>sr?. M. W. Coll. K. G. Clary. K: pieman, C. W. Savage and HenHyatt, of the local church Maori talks, Mr. J. B. Gray, t* the c.-ville Churvt., spoke of t: c r1 relations between the Murphy : iiaye.-\ille Prc>byterl:?a Church. ? principal address ' y Mr. tz Ran^chenberg. who i- ~tinpr R. I*. Smith with tin mi? ins work in Asheville i'le.-bytery. Rauschcnberg made a tirv.u'atinp ress, pointing out some ' the many iortunitii-s in this >cc:i?>n f r i i; si in work. rhe evening was an en; ore i those present pledged th. m? -Ives t it should not be the la-? f its i to be held. While th:s rr?c -?;:g luded only the men < : th Presbyan Church, who are < ganized unthe nome of "The M- n " T: ireh." there was a suggestii r. that haps a civic club for the welfare of i< wn would evolve from th ? meetThere are many possibil:. . in h an organization of men and the t is worthy of consideration. lrniture Factory Again Running 'he plant of the Valley R \ r Furne company started again tl 1- \vc k >r standing idle for several we-'.ing the holiday season. Mr. W. Woodbury is spending some time Floriday but his secretary. Mr. at.-.: ..i c. t-* maiim, ??uu uui" thieum, are in charjre. They r."titte n irood year for the business. e County Woman Makes Money With Poultry anford?A report mada by Mrs. ? Lambeth, of Lee County, t Miss trude V. Little, home d* ti\ -nstraagent, shows that Mrs. Lambefh !- r. ret profit of S6C0.2' nil her Itry flock during the nine months n February first to November 1st, last. year. Mrs. Lambeth has a flock of Barred Rock poultry n which she has sold dressed hen?, s and breeding1 birds. She ha? i several prizes at the Lee Counfair and the Sandhill fair. uring the nine months of last r, she sold 297.5 pounds of dressMmltry for $.165. Fryers sold net. her $135; breeding birds. $34,46; Itry used at home, $50; 69 dozen * used at home $31.05; eggs sold, .SO; eggs for hatching $17.50; k on hand, valued at $318; broodhouse, $47.01; brooder, $18.60; pullet? and cockerels sold $16. s makes a total credit on the venof $879.84. rs. Lambeth lists as her debts, oil brooders. $6.98; cost or brooder, .60; building brooder house, .01; feed used, $107.40. and baby ks, $39.50, making a total cost of 9.59. !er profit on the work, therefore, Id amount to $660.25, in addition, he cash prizes received at fairs. I . Lambeth states uiat her stock [land oa November first was elevhens, one male bird, 17 capons, t cockerels and 63 pullets, ccording to Miss Little, this sue-1 ful poultry grower hRS worked I i the home agent and with the Itry extension specialist, A. G. j . er, for about five years. This her first attempt in using the >der but she had great success i it this year. Miss Little states j Mrs. l.ambcth is rapidly becom-, one of the well known poultry lucers of North Carolina. Cfjcn e County, and the Lead; MURPHY. NORTH CAROUN. ' Opera Music Maa To Radio Audi Star Broadca ' i ' V ' - &&- m ! ~ Am?-rir.i*- most famous ojwn nr.! ; rt siar.^ ha\?- ? s> placed at th? IbpOKi! ??f ?h- radio rublic tbtwigh th? efforts : B. i;. John> :.. pr? m den: an<l founder of th Victor T ."xir.it Maehi:;- <'on y..r>. in co-op-ration with :i* American T?l?pho:.- a:i?l Teh ,-aph Company. Tin- I partur :n ::: wl. it il?-rl rt Hoov- r r r-.-!y tern- J "a.i ndlo.ss .!: ' of ja.::" in radio protfams. th-- ot:t growth of a mov-nient on the- jar: of both compnr.i-si t-j i:::'?rov?; th- .?'an lard "f r idio music, and. it is be-, HeveJ, \rlll have t.i- reaching coi?-1 ec-iacnri s. - 1* 1.4 Mr Johuaona opinion that tl:?- inttu.-nc?- ^oo-l music I:: the hom? i - - important to the grow it.;; child aa the in- J VETERANS ON OPPO OF CIVIL WAR TRIBUTE TO House Sccis Extraordinary Sight A, S ted man of North Carolina Makes Speech t?y n. c.. t. ar\-ant, in Charlotte Observer Washington, -Jan. l'J.?The time ! elapsing from Appomattox to the present day was bridged in the house of representatives today, when the only; j surviving veterans of the Civil i War serving in the house united in1 paying tribute to the memory of Rob-] ]ert H. Lee. One represented the South and the other the North. The tribute t aid to Lee by Representative Charles Manley- Stedman, of North Carolina, was spoken. The tribute paid t.? tile numoty of the southern military leader by General isaac Sherwood, of Ohio, was in the silent form of a handshake. j At the conclusion of the speech by Representative Stedman, on the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of General Lee, General Sherwood waiked over to the man of the south, shook his hands, placed his arm about the shoulders of the Confederate veteian, while the house applauded the tableau. The two house members are the survivors of a long list of men who have served in the house who fought' against each other during the interne-: cine struggle. They are the last leaves upon the tree, both bending beneath the ravages of time, both acknowledging that lasting peace has come out of the struggle in which they contended. Representative Stedman, who is i the only survivor of the war-time | south in the house, is 84 years of age,' . his beard and hair had turned white' land in person resembles the comman-1 der-in-chief to whom he paid a tri- j bute. General Sherwood, last representative of the house of the victorious legions that tramped dcwn Pennsylvania avenue in triumph at the close of the war, is in his ninetieth year. Both are determined that their final surrender will be the unconditional one and their yielding will be to time only. Representative Stedpian, who delivered the tribute to Lee, served nil? through the war as a boy, was woun- j ded three times and surrendered at! Appomattox when Lee gave up the fight. "My estimate of General Lee,"' jfeee g tng Newspaper in this \ FRIDAY. .JANUARY 21. lt>2" 'e Available ences Through sting Experiment flu- nee of happy environment an<l i hone- lift-. Uifl?T tentative arr:v:ic m- nia iK'twrwo "h" two coms . Victor artists will appear ' at r. .rnar tni -rvals during the r l?f ;?!nt y'-ir. iriving radio recitals and con. - rt>\ * Alt - The stars from whom ' i t ions will be mad' ar>- many ;i w !:<>- names :ir- household words j !;n American homes. Tln v ar?s Franc s A Ida; Harold Hau? r; 1 l.-j r? zia Itori; Emllto d> GoRorza; ' G'lis. pp.- I.una; Miguel Kl?-ta; J- an flonlon; Maria J<TitEi; Gio- . var.nl Martlneili; Margaretc Matnau. r; John McCorrrack: Rosi ' Por.s.-ll?-; Krnestlne Schumann- i il.mk; Antonio Scotti and the Flouzaiuy ouarioL ^ 1 ( SING SIDES JOIN HANDS IN LEADER OF SOUTH Representative Sledman snid, "Both : :i- to his ni-irai attributes and mili- . tary ability, was formed in my early days, more than a half a century avrn, and has never been changed. I re- i yarded him then as one of the great- , e.st coniumniier? who lived not only i in the era which witnesed his great achievements, but as at any time and in any land, and such is my opinion ' today. -The day may come when the j < memory of the fields of Gettysburg 1 and Chancellorsvillc, of tin- Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse shall be dimmed by the obscurity of revolving years, and recollected only as a shadow of an ancient day, but even then the enduring fortitude, pa- ' triotic self abnegation and unrivaled military genius of General Robert E. Lee will stand foith in undecaying luster, amid the wreck of ages, and survive unshaken above the floods of time." Knitting Mill Is \ Flooded With Orders i i The Oak Lane Knitting Mills management was optimistic this week. ' Orders are pouring in faster than they < can be filled. The year holds out bright prospects for this plant. Goods * are being shipped daily to the far- 1 therest corners of the United States J and some orders huv? gone to for- 1 eign countries. 1 A recent inventory check of the i business during the past year showed ? up better for the management than t was anticipated. The mill only operated for a portion of the year. Considerable time was lost in getting the machinery and equipment lined up v and the help trained and getting the; c goods on the market. However, a ^ good force has been secured and y goods are being produced at a rapid ; rate now. ! President Richmond is well pleas- [ ed with his selection of Murphy for the location of his plant and expects this year to be a very succesful one. j The payroll that he is making here j weekly is being felt by the merchants I of the community. | Here's something for the ladies: Advance information indicates that brown, in various shades, wil1 be the j proper dress color for early spring. |t >cout Section of Western Ni Bank Of Murphy Stockholders Met Oft January 15th The stockholders of the Bar.k of Murphy met i:; dit - tor's r. m it the* bank Th-i ->iav, January loth, ind heard the- rt <'f officers -n he operations tiuiiiijr the past eyar. rhis intistution enjoyed a very successful year during 102-1. The usual I- per ci nt ui'vijeiiu ?i? OBCIUBIM \ii the old officer.- were rc-elvctt: la follows: A. B. Dickey, president; John A. orn and A. II. B' own, vi.t-pr_-iientsj !.. F.. Ray It s>, cashier; W. W. 1 Hyde, assistant cashier. Direct rs: rter Fain. W. W. Hy.i . W M. Axey, J. E. ( oburn, A. H. Dickey. M. A. I; ... L. K. Haylesis,J. M. Va gfai \. J. Martin. John A. i "rn. A. H. Jrtiwn. Murphy Shuttle Blocks Go To Manchester, Eng Murphy is getting ??n the world nan. This week the (Inu-tiiw rs Shuttle Block Mill shipped a car >{ blocks to Manchester, England. Rei-n?ly they -hipped a consignment of dock.- to Italy. Since the opening if this plant in Murphy eight car oads of blocks have gone to European itanufactuu-r.-. Many others have roue to various parts of tht.- country, logwood timber ir being bought at t good price. This, together with the iayrolls of this company, has been of nuch benefit to the business interests ?f Murphy. The products of this factory and of he Oak Lin? Mills are carrying lands marked with a Murphy label to iiany parts of the world. Sell Corn As Pork, Urges W. W. Shay Raleigh.?Now is the time to con-. m rvc rather thun ucridce brood ?ows. in North Carolina. Men who are feeding corn at it* present high price are entitled to know why the specialists of the State College of Asr:cu!?urc believe thi" '?> he true. 1 "On assumption that, a.- usual, following the short crop and hiith price i>f corn, the plantnig of that grain will (?e heavy next spring, we may confidently expect a heavy crop next fall, ,1" the season is favorable," says W. \V. Shay, swain extension specialist. "If that occurs, and the law of supply and demand continues to function, as we are justified in believing it wffl^a year fron* now the pri ce of .orn in North Carolina may be as low as 75c per bushel?I use that fig-, ure for convenience in illustrating the point. It may be changed to Si ! _ r bushel. "Hogs, properly fed, selling at the farm for $9.00 per 100 pounds will return $1.50 per bushel for the corn they eat in making gains from the .veight of thirty-five pounds to the desirable weight of 200 pounds. "If. charging $5.00 per day for man and team, and other expenses at osi, a farmer can produce a bushel ,?f corn at a cost of seventy cents, and !?e sells it for $1.00 his profit is thirty cent:- per bushel?it' he sells it to lis hogs for $1.30 his profit is doub-1 led. "If the market price is 75 cents and le sells it as corn his profit is five rents per bushel. "If the price of hogs holds and he sells it as pork his profit is sixty cents | >er bushel?or twelve times as much is through selling it as corn. The fertilizer value of fifteen cents ncr r.ushel pays well for the labor of feedng the corn. Therefore do rot sac ifice the brood sows but keep them o produce piers this season." A Correction In the Items appearing in last reek's Scout from Suit, there appear'd an item to the efeet that a boy ras born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hol>rooks on January 3rd. This item s absolutely false, and the corresponlent who wrote it had no grounds ( whatever for reporting it. We are' nnoeent in the matter, and are sorry hat one of this paper's corresponlents would seek to joke a newly natried couple thuslv through the >apcr, at the expense of this paper's rood standing in the community. Wei tladly make this correction so that( he public may knok that it is false ?nd ungrounded, and hereby cancel he items of this correspondent in the 'uture. *S9 advertise in THE SCOUT "it will MAKE you ric h' * orth Carolina Sc COPY?S1.50 PER YEAH CRIMINAL CASES ALL COMPLETED THURSDAL NOON Solicitor Secure* Big Percentage Of Convictions?Civil Docket now Being Tried The criminal on t.o locket the superior court were tnipleted Thurs :.i v and >-' **!?..r Q'ftV. C. Davis tett tor dome. Judge '" ' "V is presiding. The court will rt;nue on into next week, probably the re time !> in;; taken up ; trla of civil ca.-v.-. The court v.; v.- attended the first of this ??" The grand jury has been at work ail tl v-.-ek W. Thr -top r is foreman of the grand jury. Those convicted on th criminal dc>i ket at this term weri : U. S. Nichols for Jrunkness and carrying concealed weapon; Emmett Wright, violating prohi'eti'-n law; Robert Bowman. prostitut "n and alignment: f-.vt-r Warren, assault; Griffith Mull, carrying concealed weapon; Thomas Moody, disturbing i picnic; Jonah Tt : iiskey. carrying > :. ealed weapon; Bill May, violating prohibition law; F. L. Davis, trespass; Tom McCombs, as-ault on off.ccr; l-.nn Davis, violating prohibition ?w; Hurt Smith and Callie Green, fornicati -n and aduiteiy; Roscoe Woody, carrying concealed weapon; John Nogle, violating j n hibitiot; law; Elnv.r Taylor, violating prohibition law; Tally Trull, carrying concealed weapon and resisting an officer; Willie John D. Lovingood, bigamy; John Henry Young, attempted assault; Joe Kedder, assault with deadly weapon and carrying con coaled weapon. Rabid Canine Goes Through Ogreeta Section County Board of Health advising that all dogs be confined to protect children and cattle Results of state laboratory of hygiene tests ?.f a dog's head received a few days ag>? indicated rabies, according to announcements made the middle of the week bv the County Physician. This dog was killed in the Ogreeta section of the county and its head sent to Raleigh for examination'. The action of the dog led those who saw it to believe that it had the rabies or h;?'urui<u<iuM, u ureaii germ disease often referred to as "madness." The dog is reported to have bitten a number of other dogs and several head of cattle in the Ogreeta section before it was killed. The beast is said to have come from up the river as thought it came from Murphy. No one knows where the dog came from. The County Board of Heaith suggests that the dog may have travelled many miles and bitten many animals before it was finally killed. "The lives of children and cattle are too valuable to take any chances on their being given hydrophobia by a diseased dog," said the County physician the middle of the week. Ir. a statement given out, it was advised that all dogs in the county be confined in order not to run any such risk. School Boys, With Black Faces. Rival Court Some of the school bovs of the local high school are planning to set up a court of their own. It will be open to the public at the school auditorium next Tuesday night. About a dozen of the boys will black their faces and stage a court scene as they conceive a court would be conducted by darkies. It is a negro mock court, in other words, and they are asking the people of Murphy and attendants upon the superior court now in session to come over to the school house Tuesday night January 27th, and wit- * ness their court. The accused in the case is to be tried for letting his desire for the flesh of fowls lead him astray. The court will be replete with humor. Preceding the regular court scene will be an interesting black face aross fire. The school boys promise an evening of laughter and assure the public that they will not regret it if they will attend their court. There will be a small admission charge for the benefit of the school activities.