IF IT ISN'T IN
THE SCOUT
IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
KNOW IT
\ Official Organ of
VOLUME ? '??. No. 26.
i Convictions
f*rom forest fire
prosecutions
Ail Prosecution* Were Results Of E(Forts
On Pert Of The Forest Wardens
in Nine Western Counties.
In the nine western North Carolina
counties which are co-operatirg with
the state Forest Service in the North
Carolina Geological and Economic
Survey there was a total of 13 forest
fire law prosecution cases tried during
the calendar year iu24. Out of
the 13 cases, 11 convictions were secured.
Buncombe County had four
cases. Swain four, Haywood two. Henderson
two and Cherokee one.
Reports from all of the 26 counties
of the state :?r co-operating
with the survey in forest fire prevention
and suppression work. Indicate
that a total of 61 cases were tried
and 53 convictions secured. The
fines amounted to $323 while cos's
assessed were S3 IS. All of these
prosecutions were the results of efforts
on the i -?rt of the forest wardens.
While it is not expected that
| the forest wardens be policemen, primarily
they are required to Investi
gate every forest fire that occurs with
I view to determining the cause of each
fire and prosecuting the persons responsible
for it.?Asheville Citizen.
HJawasree and Mu-phy
Conferences Held Here
The combined quarterly confercnoes
of the Hiawassee and Murphy Cir- ,
cuits of the M. E. Church, South, met
at the local Methodist church on '
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. Presiding
Fldcr P. W. Tucker, of the
Waynesvillc District, presided.
Rev. L. T. Eders, pastor, and Mr.'
A. D. Kilpatrick and Mrs. ('. M. Sneed
were official representatives of the
Hiawassee Circuit, while lb v. F. E.
Hartsfie-ld, pastor, and Mrs. Emma ;
Wilson, Xt?r. W. A. Boyd and T. J.
Barnett were representatives of the
Murphy Circuit. A number of visitors
were in attendance on the sos- '
sion, Rev. Noble of th. Nor'h Georgia
Conference, being among them.
f>ln Udiou nf u
Tared aid served a sumptious dinner.
The reports from the churches of
the two districts showed that an increased
intei'est was being manifested
i in the work throughout the two cirj
cuits, and the leaders expressed themselves
as being highly pleased with
the results of lust rear's efforts, and
are looking forward to an even grert?r
work for the Master during the t
year 1925.
17-Year-Old Boy Is
Author B?ll To Abolish
Capital Punishment
Raleigh, Jan. 28.?A 17 year-old
boy of Spencer, named Ralph G.
Simerson, was the author of the bill
introduced in the House of Representatives
tod^y to abolish capital punishment
and substitute life imprisonment
therefor.
Young Simerson is a page in the j
lower body of the Legislautre and [
he claims to be the youngest politician
m this state, if not in the coun-1
/try. Although the time when he can
vote is four years off, this youth has
already talcen active part in political
campaigning. He made stump speech
es last fall for Robert M. LaFollette. j
} t He recently was elected president of i
ji the Employed Boys* Asociation.
| k When Senator Wade, of New Han- j
1 ttover. introduced the canital nunish
K ment ball he announced that he did 1
I bo "cm re<juest." which left him the
I privilege of voting on it as he pleas'I
ad. However, he said later he woul^
B not oppose it.
I A a&atement shortly after introduc
tion of the bi^that a paee had -draft.
?d it was d^^yited; but later ?ents
ator Vikde jsjlfirmed this and said
that Simer*ijj?v.as that page.
Sl^nefson hr as proud of his bill as
any boy is of his best pet and those
who know him say that the pris
oners in death row at the State's prison
haven't a better friend in North
'Carolina.
I ti
Wi)t
Murphy *nd Cherokee
Woman's Club To
Hold Meeting On
February 10th
The regular monthly meeting of the |
Woman's Club for the month of February
will be held Wednesday aft- j
ernoon, February 11, at 3:15, ac-1
cording to announcement of members i
of the club. The subject for discus-J
sion is '"Women of the Drama and
Stage." The discussions will be led
by Mrs. L. F. Brownell and Mrs. E. G. '
White. This continues the study of
great women, which the club has been
persuing all during the year.
The social committee for this meet-'
ting, according to the yearly program
of the club, is Mesdames W. M.
Fain and W. M. Axley.
Murphy Concert Band
Gets Well Uuder Way
The Murphy Concert Band is th<name
of the new organization organized
here some time ago for the pur
pose of furnishing the town a band.
Pr? f. H. Engleman, who has had many ,
years experience, as a conductor of ^
band music and who was in charge j
<? 1" the band which furnished the music
for the Cherokee County Fair Association
last fall, is director. Mr.
A. W. Mclver, president; Mr. Fred i
Dickey, vice-president, and Mr. J. W.
Davidson, business manager, are the :
other officers of the new organization.
These officers are directly in 1
charge of the band, while a number 1
of committees have been named to ?
look after the general welfare o*" the 1
organization.
The new organization has a mem- ?
bcrship of about twenty-five. Considerable
interest is being iikanifesteu
from the fact that every practice
night there are about sixteen or seven <
teen new members present who are '
now learning the rudinmts of bund '
music. A number of up-to-the-minute <
now learning the rudiments of band! I
instruments have been ordered.
With the new membership and
those who formed the old '
band last year, the number of play- :
ers will be numbered well beyond I
twenty-five, and officers of the organization
are highly pleased with the
prospects of having a large and well 1
trained band in the near future. The
practice nights are Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings at 6:30. and those who
are interested in the prospect of hav-!
ing a band are invited to come out '
and listen to the boys practice and
note the advancement from time to
time. i1
"Many people," said Prof. Engle-j'
man me outer aay, wnen confronted
with the problem of putting their;!
efforts toward the learning of mush;. *
or when they nre asked to help the '
ones who are making this effort, are
seized with the Hen of 4Why Music?" :
Most all ? cople ar fond of music,'* he,'
continued, "whether they can play,
sing or otherwise produce musical '
sounds." '
The question of "Why music?" is 1
a large one. An organized effort is 1
being made in this direction through- 1
out the city of Murphy at this time? 1
in the churehcs, in the hand hall, in
the school, nnd In the homes?and 1
this paper feels that we should knowM
more about "Why music?" Therefore1
if you are interested in knowing more
about why music, you will he interest '
ed in an article which Prof. Engleman
has consented to prepare for puhlica- '
tion in an early issue of the Scout '
giving his views on the question.
Watch for it.
Large Crowd Unable
To Hear Dr. Truett
On account of the unsettled condition
of the weather, which had a ten-,
dency to produce too much of what is!
Known to radio tans as static , tne
large crowd which gathered at the
Baptist church Sunday night was unable
to hear Dr. George W. Truett's
sermon broadcasted by radio from his
Dallas, Texas, pulpit. The operator
succeeded in picking up the broadcasting
station, and the opening exercise
and prayer were heard rather clearly,
and Dr. Truett's voice was readily
distinguishable, but static became so
heavy and incessant, coupled with the
fact that another station using practically
the same wave length as the
Dallas station was also broadcasting,
the two being heard at the same time,
made it imposible for he operator to
learly receive the sermon.
Cfjero
County, and the Leading
MURPHY, NORTH CAROUSE
FOURTH NUMBER
LUCEUM COURSE
HERE FEB. 10TH
Remarkable Story Teller of the South
Seas Will Present Story Of ' t,
S a moan Islands
;i
The fouith number of the lyceuiv.
course, which is to be here next Tues- j
day nitrht, February 10th, at 7:30
o'clock, in the school auditorium, will n
be unique in many ways. The ar- *
list appearing is Wheerahiko Rawei, "
a ttiiv ua?.|j
acquired the wit. humor, and pathos' t
of the world's greatest story-tellers. *
Mr. Rawei is a highly cultured Poly
ncsian gentlemen v.-hc.se entertain- 1
ni-nt is both classic and original both
in its nature and manner of presentation.
He will present the art-,
crafts, folklore, music, songs and
o
st tries of his native South Sea Island- j,
crs. Mr. Rawei is of the uniformly
successful lyceuni attractions as at- ">
lested bv bundled- of committee re- '
ports and press cyniments from all
[arts of the country.
This entertainment is not a trav- jj
?log. On the contrary it is a livinu .
picture of Polynesian life, in the pt-rson
of one who has lived it and know '
it all by experience through and jt
through. Rawei sets before you the h
.its, craftsmanship, customs, beliefs
md musical talents of the native Poly- *'
tiesians, from the ranks of whom he
iprang under Christian culture to his
unviable position.
He appears in native costumes, and these
are nuirvcls of primitive beauty.
Throughout the recital, ho ingeniously ''
. rentes the very atmosphere of the c
south Seas, and reproduces the captivating
music and spiritual melodies ?
of the Paradise of the Pacific, making
his a program most delightfully different
from all others. ;This
number of the lyceuni course d
holds out all the attraction of a fine $
artist and the added attraction of 8
l??i:ig totally different from any r
ihing that has ever been here. Many c
Murphy people are expected to floek ;t
III t ho hmiuu r,,r- I li V nnmKnr t
J. M. Barnett Has Peper
Publish B'ui 'ng Civil War
The other clay Mr. .1. M. Harnett, of {.
East Murphy, brought to this office h
ten issue of the Athens (Tenn.) Post, ii
edited by Sam P. Ivins. and bearing h
date of Friday. June 12th. 1863. The s
paper s well edited and clearly printed,
and exceedingly well preserved for
its age. It is one sheet or two pages.
It was a weekly publication and the t
mbseriptlon rato was three dollars '
per year*
Mr. Barnet says he found it in look- ^
ing thiough some old papers in the '!
itnttnm of a trunk. It contains many
interesting items bearing on the hat- *r
ties being fought at that time between
the North and the South, of 1
which we give only a few, as follows:
"Jackson, June 2.?A special dis- "
patch to the Mobile Tribune says the
rumor is current there that Grant is ll
retreating towards Grand Gulf.
"Grant is in close quarters and he xv
knows it.
"General Sherman is wounded and
in a critical condition. Gen. Neil Dow 11
is badly wounded. Generals Nichols,
Averill and Payne killed, and between ^
twenty and forty Colonels and Majors
killed." I
"One negro regiment of nine hundred
lost seven hundred. The necrose
nnH m<>n uhmp firm* wnv nonr. _
ly out, were put in front.
"Three steamboats loaded with ;
wounded Yankees arrived nt New Or-'j
leans Saturday. General Sherman had (
his leg amputated and is since dead."
"The Lynchburg: (Va.) Republican : %
contains the following interesting (l
paragraph:
" 'The intelligence from Gen. Lee's |
army, by the Orange train last night-'
was interesting. It is no longer neces
sary to conceal the fact that this gal- r
lant command is in motion with the. t
front turned northward. What Gen. c
Lee's designs are is not known, but; i
the country may safely trust to him S
and repose in the utmost confidence s
that whatever he undertakes to do p
will be done right. Interesting and I i
exciting events may be looked for,
within a very short time from the f
Army of Northern Virginia." I}
I
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5 Newspaper in this
k FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1921.
Announcement Of
Services Sunday At
Peachtree
Choir practice for the Peachtree
hurch wiil ho held Saturday evening
it 6:o0 o'clock at the home of Mr?.
Vlltn. insutd 0f Thursday night as
vas anrioupced last Sabhath. Rev.)
lartsfield amu :n this mid-week.
Service at the Peachtree church
. xt Sabbath will fee at 11 o'clock in
he morning: Sunday afternoon at
i o'clock preaching service will be
ondu< ted at the school house in the,
'IcCombs settlement. It is hoped
hat many wil! be present for these
en-ices.
livestock Report
For Month January
Tr< outstanding feature of the
nnua! report on numbers ?.f livestock
n forme in the United States at the
c-ginriing of this year i- the is parent
di-cruase since a year ago, cattle
peiv-.r.t decrease and horses 2.0 per
e::t. M.:l? show less than 1 percent
ecrease. Sheep and milk caitl : :h
icica.-i s of 212 r.srconl. iiinrw Ihun!
year Thire were unusually
jrjre numbers ??f hogs ?.n farms last
ar mil . poor corn crop for years
ceding which resulted in decreases,
'he increase in the number of auto
.while-. trucks and tractors on farms
as had an effect on the number if
ones and work stock.
It is noti. d that the price of milk
ows decreased ah--at 3 percent
nd other cattle over 4 percent. hoi:?<
percent and mules over i percent,
wine, on the other hand, increased
0 percent and sheep about 20 jar
ent. in price during the past year.
t appears that the t tal value ? ; ail
Inssis of livestock d l.."> percent benv
the a'.nn st ">.rntuoo.OOO v.ilue
f a year ago.
In North Carolina. It appears that
lie number of mules ha- not chanir <1
pprociably. while the value per head
lecreased about $10.00 from the
1128.00 estimated last year. Horses
howed about a 3 percent de< reuse in
lumber.- and about " percent icrease
in value. Milk i ws. reported
t $10 per head this year, arc $:j a->s
hull lil?t JIM!, i' lull- L:?v utimuvr ?S
lightly larger. Other cattle showed
percent decrease in numbers ar.d >1
er head less thar. the- value Inst
ear. Hogs showed 2! percent dc?
v..-v ... .. .. .4 ? inmni 41?
rense in the value per head. This
rings the swine t, 1,000,000 head
ii this state. She.p appear t< have
ield their own in numbers, with a
light decrease in price.
Hickey-Pack.
Akron. Oh:... Jan t > ?.M -- V,. i
kry. Suit. N. C? :;n Mr P
f Wr-hutty. X. wer nu iiy
tried here on T : Hilary U >.
t the bonte of Rev. Ful* ?n. wh ct.
lined *l e careu.ony. Mr. in! Mrs.
I! Ilemby and Mr. a-'! M'-. Jam's
'- aver v ere w tr.esse of the v a ?
1h- I "ide was beatiti." .* > dre-st l
i a taur# grey chiffon velvet gown.
A delicous dinner was served in
heir honor at the home of Mrs. F.
1. Ilamby, a siter of the bride, after
rhich a theatre party was enjoyed by
he nutpials.
This young couple is well known
n Cherokee ar.d have many friends
ere who extend best wishes for a
appy wedded life.
Mother Of Mrs. Mattox
Is Buried At Etowah
Mrs. C. A. Webb, mother of Mrs.
I. C. Mattox. was buried Monday
r.orning in Etowah, Tenn. Mrs. Webb
ied a few days ago in Bradc-ntown.
'la., where she was spending the winer.
Her home was in Etowah. She
.-as about 68 years of age. and is survived
by her husband and seven chilIren.
Change In Management
The Scout announces a change in
Management, C. W. Bailey, who has
teen employed in the capacity of op.
>rator for the past three years, havng
bought the interests of Mr. B. W.
sipe and Miss H. M. Berry, and asun.ed
charge on Feb. 1st. Mr. Sipe
ind Miss Berry have reserved the
eal estate and Mr. Sipe will
assist in the editing of the
laper. Mrs. C. W. Bailey will also
>e an assistant editor.
1
!>COUt
Section of Western Nort
CLAY COUNTY
FARMERS MAKING
GOOD SHOWING
One Farmer Ha* Average Over $100
Per Year Net Profit On Hi*
Cow. wK | I
cl
Hayesville, Feb. 4.?Clay Count;. ni
farmers are making good in the dairy
business, shipping cream and butter
j fat to Asheville, Knoxville and At- 1
lanta, ancording t<> a statement yiven
out here today by Willard R. An lerson
' County Afrent On# fo'nmj k.a< sv-! 1
erayed over SlbO per year net profit ?J
on his e?.\vs. Mr. Anderson show-. tM
i Starting with one shipper about t- n
months a/Q. others have become in- l<
teres ted in this business :.s a source a'
of constant revenue and now there
arc fourteen re-solar shipper- in the '''
county. Cream stations have been established
to buy an i ship the cream /'1
lor iru- iann;i"f. w
The first can of cream was shipped
in March 11*24 by C. ('. Lorn; who ' "
shipped five gallons. f -r which 1 > re- ,'1
ceived $5.45. The next shipm rit
brought Mr. Long ??' "'). This ten
gallons of cream was the production '*
days, the records ?.f the county agent th
how. Mr. Long".- returns inf uenced !l1
th?-r farmers to begin shipping until
n? w there are fourteen regular ship- 00
ers. They are: F.. W. Penland. Holt
Pntton. \V. t". ifmart, F. Hawkins, K. ( !
Mease, W. L. Anderson. T. D. Pass- ir
n.-ore, Grady Hawkins. T. V. Lance,
Henry Ghambcrs. M --. Carrie Johnson,
Mrs. Vance I.edford. I?. F. Ingle and
Pa.-- Auberry. On last Thursday,
Ianney 'J'ath. tl. -se shippers snipped :tx
4 * gallons of i ream. ? r 100 pounds or
f butter fat. which netted them $3i?. s?'
This wa> just, one week's production.
E. W. Fetilaiid's experience in the
dairy business is illustrative of what '?
i an be done in thi- -? tJ ?n. Mr. Pen-'Je
land went into the dairy t.usines last '!1
April and has since that time been
milking on an average about five cows 8I'
For the first 6 months of the period m
roll-wing, he cleared $46.66 per head
r a total of $280.00. This statement :|
was arrived at by charging tin* cow
with f-"d and labor and crediting her
with all products. During the last '
fiv. .r . nths Mr. Penland, aci rding , !
tu cream station =~|?cords through ^
which he sells his crer.ir.. has made ^
r $41.06 clear per head. 1
H;.: i< considered a fine record, when "
i* i- renter..1; cred that the l...-t five 1M
months arc in winter during which
time the .. v > have been on dry feed
t.nd neating calving tin: . Summing xv
up, therefore, this statement shows
that Mr. Per.land has made S4"?0 on fn
his cows in ten months, oi th i : ivn- ?*
io::t of p^r year, wr.icii is over r'
SI00 per year clear profit.
I . rdi r t promote dairying in
'lay t un:v nr.?I build up. the grade \
of animals kept, thrgg purebred Jersey
bull- have been brought into the county
by co-operatively organized communities.
Also, about fifty cows have
been brought into the < . ty during b,
the same period of time. One silo.jt
was recently built to show the value th
< f teed thus preserved and others are th
expected to be built during the com- m
ing summer. j pj
Mrs. Dickey Retires 'f,'
h(
Mrs. Nettie Dickey, who for many
years owned and operated the far- C(
famed Dickey Hotel, the other day of- o
ficiaily announced her retirement 3
from the active management of the j ni
business which she founded many ^
years ago and which still bears her js
name. For sometime past Mrs. Dick- v
ey's family had brought pressure to jv
bear upon her retirement but she 0j
still persisted in continuing to active- (,j
ly engage in her chosen profession, j jr
and until just recently did she give ^
; way to this pressure. It is underi>tood
that she will make her homo j
. at the hotel.
j Mr. G. A. Dozier, of South Geor- ^
i gla, has leased the business ami will *
: continue to operate it on the same,
J high plane and standard set by its.''
I retiring head.
Granted New Trial t
! David Bryant, an aged man of this H
! county, who was sentenced to a term T
i of years in the state prison several D
months ago for alleged part in alt
, homicide in the county sometime ago ^
was recently granted a new trial by A
the supreme court. It is not known V
just when the case will come up for S
trial. The court found an error in
i the charge of the judge to the jury.
ADVERTISE IN
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:h Carolina
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'The Red Enemy" Is
Subject of County
Essay Contest
"The Red Enemy" is the subject
pon which the grammar grade school
tildren are preparing essays to be sub
litted in a -contest now being connoted
by the Forestry Division of the
orth Carolina Geological Survey.
His contest is applicable only to this
unty. Prizes aggregating ten dolr.s
have been offered the winners in
Re contest. The r.ar..e of Liie donor
:h ten dollars has not been divulgi.
hut the money was given the Fortry
Department for this specific con-t.
'"herokec County was chosen
; the field for the contest.
The purple of the- contest is to
ring t th attention of the people of
!:?- ' . unty through the agency
th. >chools. the great public loss
hich results from burning the woods,
i- ! t that the children will intert
older people in the subject and
i t this conte-t furnishes one of the
-st means of bringing the subject of
fire dnm.-.g.. home to the people,
i* an educat i> nal process and by
the unger generation to
inking about this menace of the
rest will bear much fruit in the
iture, say those in charge of the
in test.
The contest i- being conducted by
:irl I. Peterson of the Western Disict
of North Carolina. Ail ncaaf*
ust In* si.-nt to him at Asheville not
tor than the 15th of this month. Mr.
torson and two other judges will
loot the three h -t essays ap**
vthe pi i'/.t It is suggested that
tly two essays from each school be
nt to Asheville for consideration of
e judges.
The essays will he (Traded on the folvvinjr
basis: Sixty per cent for subct
matter; 10 percent for neatness,
eluding? legibility, punctuation, parrraphing,
etc.; and 30 percent for
telling, style, diction and arrangeent
of subject matter.
Cherokee County is co-operating to
limited extent with the State and
ederal governments in the prevenn
of forest fires in the county,
h-' o. -t fire season has done considahle
damage in spite of the work of
ie wardens. Two other counties in
le mountain section of those couni>
c? operating with the state had
large acreage burned over than did
herokee. There were 63 fires re>rted
in th county, burning over ?
tmi r\f 8.SUKV acres. These fires
ere due to carelessness in most casThe
great majority are reported
he the result of hunters and camp*
> leaving fire burning. Ten were
norteu of incendiary origin and five
>t out by the railroads.
Vhat Scouting
Stands For
The tremendous expansion of the
oy Scouts movement indicates that
is meeting an unfulfilled need?
at of supplying the indealism and
e values neglected by home, school,
id church.And this in a way that is
ay. not work, for hoys. Every boy
teaming n Scout pledge himself as
'llows: On my honor I will do my
?st?
1. To do my duty to God and my
untry and obey the Scout Laws.
To help other people at all times.
To keep myself physically strong,
enallv awake, and morally straight,
nd the Scout Law is positive; there
nothing negative in scouting.lt sa
that a scout is trustworthy, loyal,
elpful. friendly, courteous, kind,
bedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave,
can. and reverent. These principles
icuiated in boys ore active forces for
ood. The movement needs encour?ctnent
in North Carolina ? News
ettcr.
'ermanent Principles
f we work upon marble.
wiil perish.,
r we work upon brass,
ime will efface it;
f we rear temples, ^
hey will crumble into dust; *{?
ut if we work upon immortal souls, - .
f we imbue them with principles
iTith the just fear of God
*nd the love of fellow man.
V'e engrave on those tables
lomething which will brighten all
eternity.
?Daniel Webster