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TheC^ftcial Organ of
VOLUME XXXVI. No. 32.
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|m. c. b. minstrel
ii proves huge
h success
Be Shown Friday Night At Hayesville
Under Auspices Of The
Era* Boy Scouts
H The irinsticl show given last Thurs^Biv
night by the Murphy Concert
^Hnnd was a a big success, and many
^Hnd varied were the comments of
mruise on the performance by those
hr> were privileged to witness the
alaxy cf fun-making biack faces.
The minstrel was given bet ere a caacitv
house and the continuous
luehter and applause n??iired the
uccess of the performance from evry
point of view.
The program was divided into three j
i . the first consisting <<f a concert
y the new members of the band who
nly been practicing about six
i ks, many of whom had not known
nything whatever about music here.
Several select pieces of band
rasic were rendered as though the!
ilayers had been veteran musician?.!
The second part consisted cf a vo-!
lo, "For Re Loved Her.
very sweetly by Miss Pauline Martin.
net comedy depicting "A Pair
?'f Lunatics," was gi.*c?n by Miss Martha
Candler and Mrs. E. C. Mnllonee,
! which two perfectly sane persons
attended a party at the home for the'
feeble minded, and later when they1
net each thought the other was an .
SCSJH d inmate of the asylum. and the
s mplicated situations that arose were
inique and interesting. The act was
exceedingly difficult to portray, but
lis? Candler and Mrs. Mallonee wt re
Rasters of the situation and tin famms
Sarah Bernhardt could not have
S?..rtray*d "A Fair nf Lunatics" bet-';
TW? one-act Comedy was coach d
and directed by Mrs. E. G. Wh
M The p.ano rendition of ''Kitten on
Keys," by Mr. Lakes Martin, Hnd 5
Bo playing cf Miss Pauline Ketrhel, I
^Bolinist, of Andrews, were exception. ,
J^By gcod features of the program.
I^HThen followed a short and inspiraddress
by Col. Pen Withcrspoon.
^^^E,vhich he "led for the r.;:-.-.crt c?f '
J^B band and enumerated the possi^^Bics
of a good band to any town *
^^Btommunity.
jj^^Brt three consisted of the min^B
proper, which was opened with '
HHppropriate air. Mr. W. E. Studinterlocuter,
and played the *
^^B as though he had just returned
H^B a tour of the country with A.
H^^Belds. Owl Mclver and Lige '
j^^Bd, were premier end men and '
fl^B the audience in a continuous '
jj^Bar.
Icon Inn I-,. \fnTror tkn An.
Id veteran of darktown, re- 1
is numerous domestic trou- 1
said that the only way of
lut of paying alimony was |
single, stay married, cr go
Owl was one of the star
rs, and the audience got
ide-splitting laughs out of
explosions.
need, the darktown man of
rcught'forth an uproar from ,
nee when he defined "imma-J
He also kept the audience
iproar with his continuous j
' slogan and antics. He alke
up the show when the inr
refused to let him sing,
said he outdid his part to the
hat he was "wuss" than a
Ellis, the greatest dog raiser
rktown, recited his pitiful tale I
g his dog from a pup, only:
lim commit suicide, in such '
tones that the whole audience (
ed to cry from laughing until,
ted. Lu*Mmade ouite a hit
sang "A^P^e is a Mule until
" but cnfcms to know when
is sausage, and that tyou
at a man at his own game.
Grice, the master choir leadi
darktown All-Saints church,
ature of the program, and his j
as voice caught low "C" in
iceful manner which has al(Con
tinned on page 3)
Murph> and Cherokee
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A. L. MARTIN
CHAIRMAN NEAR
EAST RELIEF
Appointment -of County Committee
announced?Cherokee's
Quota is $450.00
Mr. A. L. Martin has accepted the
Appointment of county Chairman of
:he Near East Relief for Cherokee
;ounty, and Mrs. L. P. Kinsey. of
Murphy; Mrs. G. B. Walker, of
\ndrews; Mrs. W. C. Mason, of Culberson:
and Mr? R. B| P:! .cr, of
Marble, have been appointed subrhairnien
of the county orgariizution,
according to information just
eceived from State Chairman .1. B.
ivey, of the North Carolina Division
>f the Near East Relief, with hoadluarters
at Charlotte.
In a letter to Mr. Martin cf recent
Jute, Mr. Ivey said: "I am sur-; you
understand that our fiscal y??r h?gan
July 1st, 1924, and will end
Tune 30th of this year; that you
bave four months in which to put
over your campaign; that you have
about eight children allotted to your
county; that it costs $60.00 r. year
to keep each child; yhich makes in
round dollers and cents a quota of
$450.00."
Mr. Martin stated the other day
that he felt sure this amount could
be easily raised and that the countywas
being organized for this purpose.
The ministers of the county, the
Sun-lay school superintendents and
Sunday schools, lawyers and business
'men, unen's and women's clubs
and civic organizations, are being
asked to co-operate with him in raising
Cherokee's quota and putting the
countv over the top. The names of
the givers and the amount given will
be published in the Scout from time
to time, and those who are interested
in having'a part in the sacrifice for
the motherless and helpless children
of the- near East entrusted to the
care of the county and requested to
send their gifts to Mr. Martin or
any of the Sub-chairmen named
above, at an early date.
"For six years we have battled
with this cause in the state," said
Mr. Martin the other day. "With
the same answer at the end of the
fiscal year. The stare's quota has
always been raised, but some of the
counties have failed to raise theii
quota, and I and the county com'
mittee would like to see Cherokee
county go over the top this year, anci
(Continued on page 3)
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County, and the Lead in
MURI ITY. NORTH (AKOl.INA
Busy
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HE'S WORKING? 'Wi
j OUT HIS INCOME ;J j,
iSipe And Niswonger 1
Speak At Gathering
Of Clay Farmers
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HAYESVILLR. March IS. ? A '
| most enjoyable an'l profitable
meeting of the business and professional
men of Hayesville and surround
ing territory wos held at the McClure \
House Tuesday night around the uin- '
ner table, following asumptuous four i
course dinner. County Agent W. R. i
Andersgn of Clay County was the i
primer mover behind the meeting i
and acted as toast master. There i
were about twenty five present. I
Messrs. S. R. Niswonger, district <
horticulturist of Western North Caro-h
| lina for the Department of Agncul-'i
ture, and B. W. Sipo. Secretary of the j
Chamber <f Commerce of Murphy,I,
were the out of town guests. Mr. ,
Sipe was interested in the proposition ,
of a canning factory for this section. ;
In a short talk following the bnnquet ,
he pointed out the need for a market j.
(at heme for the trucking crops and
showed that the cannery offered
such a market for tomatoes. With j.
I the coming of acannery to this sectj
ion, it was explained that tomatoes
could be made a cash crop that would
bring in the farmer from three to
|four times as much as ho now secures
for the grain produced on an acre
of land. Quick action in interesting
| the farmers to sign contracts to produce
tha tomatoes for the cannery
' was urged hs it is now nearly time
for the hot beds to be prepared and
the seed sown. Considerable interest
' was shown in the matter and it is
anticipated that the acreage will,
shortly be secured.
Mr. Niswonger was interested in'
the production of fruits. In his talk
he stressed the importance of organization
of the farmers in order to
market their products. He pointed;
out that individuals could not produce
enough of any one fruit or other
crop to command attention in the
j market, but the farmers would have
to organize if they got the best prices
for their products.
Attorney J. P. Gray and several
others entered into the discussions
i that followed. Following the meeti
ing. County Agent Anderson expressI
ed the belief that much good came
from the meeting.
Many compliments were paid the
I McClure House, and especially Mrs.
Pass and Miss Vail for the splendid
dinner served. j
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FR1PAY. MARCH 20. 1 y2.",
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MRS. C. L. STIEDLEY
HOLDING SERVICES
A. M. E. CHURCH
Much Interest Being Manifest: d In
Meetings and Attendance
Growing Daily
A .scries of evangelistic services
vere begun in the Methodist Church |
Tuesday evening, with Mrs. C. L.
Stiedley in charge. Services are beng
held in the morning at 10 o'clock
tnd in the evening at 7. A fifteen
v.inutes prayer service precedes the
jvening service.
Mrs. Stiedley is ar. attractive and
ronvincing speaker. She has a free
Flow of words 'and speaks in a natural
tone of voice, which may be
heard distinctly all over the 'church.
She is a Bible student of unusual attainment
and keeps close to the scriptures
in her messages. Mrs. Stiedley
is a trained choir leader, and while
she does not have charge of the choir.,
a feature of the services is her solos
following the services; also, her leading
of the congregation in old familiar
hymns at the conclusion of the
evening services.
The attendance upon the services
is increasing daily us the word goes
out cf the fine services being held. It
is expected that the house will be
filled to overflowing before the week
is over. The public and the entire
community is urged to take advan
tape of this oportunity to hear the
Word from this strong propounder
of the Gospel. I
C. F. Stonecipher
Opening Up Store
Mr. C. F. Stonecipher has rented
the stand between J. M. Vanghn's
and the city Cafe, where the old
bamm I Ake shoe shop was formerly
located, and is this week renovating
the inside and preparinp to open up
a store. New shelves are being constructed
and the inside and outside
will be painted and put in good condition.
He will carry a line of staple
and fancy groceries, fruits, vegebles,
soft drinks, ice cream and candy
cigars and tobacco. He expects to
have everything in readiness and open
for business sometime next week.
Mr. Stone cipher came here about
two years ego from Boyer, W. Va..
and was connected with the Cherokee
Company, until sometime ago
jwhen that cornpan> went into the
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Seciion of Western Noi
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Meeting Of F
Importance h
SCENIC HIGHWAY
TO PASS THROUGH
THIS SECTION
T. V. Orr Here Last Week In Inter- (
est of Organizing Route From
Quebec to New Orleans
The Appalachian Scenic Highway,
stretching ail the way across the
L'nited States from Quebec, Canada,'
:o New Orleans, will pass through h
Murphy, according to a statement j|
nade by V. T. Orr, organizer of the n
route, at a meeting of some of the Ii
nterested citizens of Murphy in the 1
lining room of the Regal Hotel last j
Friday night. ' t)
Mr. Orr came here Friday front s
Bryson City where he conferred with j S
officials of the Chamber of Com-. h
ruerce of that city. The secretary!*!
and several interested citizens s\> 1 ^
ompanied him hi re. j ,j
Late in the afternoon Mr. Orr's j C"
presence here was made known and a j 0
rroup of interested citizens gathered i
it the hotel*at seven o'clock to hear ^
ef Mr. Orr's plans for the highway t
ind to offer their encouragement to c
his efforts. r
The highway association is not a
e
road building organization. Prac- n
Licaily a!! the route over vvliivu Uiy j
proj oseci scenic highway will traverse d
is ah ady surfaced. The remaining >
sections will probably be surfaced by v
autumn. Certair.lv the entire length:
nf the road will bo in g??od condit- F
ion f?r travt 1 in oridnary weather ,t
by *.hf tiir.e tht association can be l<
orpan'!?.< <! ! a
Mr. Orr's visit was only preliniin- j
rcu'o and is going cv i it in a casual s
way to see the actual conditions of n
the roads thus far chosen. In sever- v
al wet ks he ph-ns to go over the c
entire route and organ"ze interested r
citizens in all the towns traversed c
by the road and by late summer or j
early fall he hopes to have the i
project sufficiently in hand to call a '
national meeting and organize a
national association, to be known a? *
the Appalachian Scenic Highway *
Association. The association will ad- J
vert is e this route to north and south '
tourists will begin going over thi*
many tourists through this way a? ?
possible. Mr. Orr believes that with- ?
in a year or two at most hundreds 1
and thousands of north and south
tourists will being going over this ?
projected highway. He has had n i
long experience in promotional work,'
of this character, particularly in the
field of advertising, and believes 1
that this will become the best known
highway in America in k few years,
if he can get the haoking of the
people along the road. While here
Mr. Orr spoke very highly of the
splendid cooperation he is receiving
all alonp the line, mentioning Ashe- (
ville particularly. Ho was very
fluent in his praise of Mr. Roscoe A.
Marvel of Kenilworth Inn. Asheville,
and the fine work he has done in con.
ncction with the routine of tourist
travel over particlarly
and out of Asheville.
While there was irtsufficient time
to pet together a larpe number for,
the meetinp here, the patherinp here
unanimously endorsed the idea of the;
hiphway and by raisinp vote extended
their cooperation and moral support
to Mr. Orr and his project. In a (
few weeks it is expected that a local
committee will be formed here to]
further the project in this section, j
i
; hands of the reveiver. He is well-j
. kt. .w n throuphout this section and
has many friends in this vicinity who
bespeak for him success in his new
^ business.
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ADVERTISE IN I
THE SCOUT | 1
"IT WILL MaKE "
YOU RICH" ^
rth Carolina
Sc COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR
SOON
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leld Monday
rENNESSEEANS
HERE IN INTEREST
OF CONNECTIONS
Hioosng Of Route To
Connect With Tennessee
Delegated to State
Highway Commission
At one of the largest and most
armonious road meetings ever held
i this county, and the allocation
f a quarter ni a milliod dolirs
of road money for the
ounty was approved .Monday and
Itate Highway Commissioner Stike^ath<
r and Engineer Walker of the
th District assume! the test of
electing a route to the Tennessee
State line, which, wht n built, will
ie added to the Siate? Highway Syi1
em. Besides the State officials, the
'ounty Commissioners, th? Cher >ee
County Head Commission and
elegates from Monroe and Pol;
bounties, Tennessee a large number
<f interested citizens of the county
fere present.
The Tennesseeans were interested
rt having the route selected go to
he State line at their respective
ounty lines. The matter of which
oute shall be selected. Commissioner
itikeleather stated, will be determind
after the three proposed routes
re gone over and after the State
lighway Commission of Tennessee
letermines where it will join the
%'orth CarUina road by a state highay.
Commissioner Stikeleather made it
lain that the selection of the route
o connect with Tennessee would be
irgely determined as to the point
t which Tennessee would form a
unction at the line of the two states
vith u biaiivu of the state highway
ystom of Tennessee, and the largest
lumber of people that the road
k'uuld s^rve would also be taken into
onsideration. He also said that a
lumber of other North Carolina
ounties were making bids for the
unction tiith Tennessee, but the one
n Cherokee seemed to be the most
meritorious.
The County Road Commission stated
that all of the roads now under
construction would be completed,
md the one selected by the state
Highway C mmission as part of the
State system, would be graded and
onstructed in accordance with plans
ind specifications and turned over to
the State for maintenance.
This route, if chosen, will be selected
at the meeting of the Commission
early in April, state officials y
assured the meeting, but stated that y'
it would he impracticable to put any
or.e of the three routes on the map
unless Tennessee met it as part of
a state system also. The meeting
went on record as 1c aving the selecti
n of the route to be chosen entirely
up to the State Highway Commission.
The meeting came as a sequel to
the long drawn out battle between
the various factions in the County
over the road building program.
The fight was first waged in the
courts and then carried to the
Rwlicrc amicable settlement
was reached last week. Monday's
meeting was described by many
as a "love feast." Others said it
was the biggest day the people of
Cherokee County had ever had. It
will be remembered as a red letter
day in the history of the county, as
it marks the beginning of a real
county system of highways.
A quarter of a million of dollars
is available for the program. Four
roads are to be built. Three of
these have already been surveyed
and partially graded. Work on
these, which has been in abeyance
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