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The Official Organ
roii'sf. xxxvu.No- '
LETTERS OF COMMENDATION
CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED
Gtreroar McLean Appreciate*
shewn him and looks
forward to return in future
"I appreciate the courtesy and
pspitsltty shown me on my visit
d Murphy." writes Governor A. W.
(cLcar t Mayor Fain under date
f Sept. 21. Governor McLean
rtreifd more than four hundred
gles in order to meet the Atlanta
larval motorcade at the state line
-d welcome the Georgians into
Jorth Carolina on the night of
jpi. 14th, and was one of the
riccipal speakers at Cherokee
- I
Ilk.
Hv- letter to Mr. Fain in part!
"I appieciate the courtesy and
otpUality shown ine on my visit to
onhy *n wish t?? take this occat-i
,q to express my pleasure in the|
cresting trip I had to the wesm
part of the state and the warm
KCj/tion given me there. I
i&roophly enjoyed my visit and
all look forward to a future re-,
irr."
Great Success, Says Weaver 1
"I wish to take thi3 op; . rtunity.
congratulating you and the cit-'
?s of Murphy and Cherokee j
rnnty upon the great success of t
it occasion," say* Congressman
bulon Weaver in a letter to Mr.
ua bearing date of Sept. 29th.
"In fact the entcrtai-ment of the
torgia motorcade was a very,
eat success in every way." his,
iter continue*. "I was most
recaLlv surprised at the large
mber of who showed an
ti?e interest in it. It speaks
brer for the future of Cherokee
BJty, and in fact all of our wos-j
m counties.
"I am extremely anxious to see
} State Highway entirely comted
so that the people from every
ore will be able to come to your
h and beautiful section. As they
rn more and more of the great
wty rrd natural resources of1
or section a very groat develop-1
it must necessarily follow. j
"The entertainment of the Motor-j
le and others interested in it was
st happily conducted by all your;
>ple and I wish meat sincerely to |
Bjratulate you personally! upon j
war affairs were handled. It
s a great occasion and all of our j
Wgia friends were immensely |
ised with their very cordial ar.d|
>dscme reception."
Ir. Weaver closed by saying that,
toped to be in Murphy again j
lest Crowd of Trip at Murphy
'I want to say to you that Mur-j
did herself proud," says Commoner
J. G. Stikeleather, writto
Mr. Fain under date of Sept.
There was no town anywhere
t gave such an overwhelming!
?d as we had at Murphy," con-!
?? the letter. Mr. Stikeleather
ia position to speak with authori-i
*s he was with the motorcade i
isg the entire trip, having gonci
Atlanta for that purpose.
Injured On Way To Atlanta I
t will be remembered that Chief1,
frway Engineer for North Caro-j
> Chas. M. Unham., was injured j
w* automobile accident while \
wte to Atlanta to Join thej
torcjfde there and make the trip j
^ Atlanta jto Asheville. Mr. 1
*?ni has written Mr. Fain the J
owing letter under date of Sept. j
' regret exceedingly on account!
automobile accident, while en-1
led to join the motorcade in Aa*.
1 was unable to bo present,
celebration in Murphy. It
Iwstand, however, that the
arcade was quite a success, and
e that t may have the pleasure
lending the next meetin,"
?#?
fce ninth grade pupils of the local
1 school had charge of the chapel
fcSws Friday morning. This is
ginning of a new era in the
W C-ierc^ses. It is planned to let
of the clashes in the schooi take
i-ibout in conducting chapel, and
kk way it is hoped to make chap*wewes
of real interest to every
8 i? the school. j
k5* R. Anderson, of Hayesville
& visitor tojMurphy one day this!
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of Murphy uid Chero!
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ROSS VOYLES DIES OF
WOUNDS RECEIVED IN
SHOOTING FRACAS
Ross Yoyles, 2.'? years old. Hon cf
Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Vovlts, died at
the Murphy Hospital Wednesday
ni:ht from pistol wounds alleged to
have been inflicted by Ray Millsaps,
17, in the Factorytown section last
varday night.
It is said that Voyles had been
drinking, and he and two of the Millsap
boys got into a fight over the imposition
of Voyles upon the nephew
?f the Millsaps, Voyles flashing a
life and Millsaps a gun.
Voyles was shot twice, once in thej
abdomen and the other just below
the heart. The shooting took place
in the railroad cut just above the
Factorytown church about six o'clock
in the evening.
Voyles walked from the scene erf
the shooting to his home, a distance
>f about three hundred yards. Medical
aid was summoned and an examination
tevealed his wounds to be
of the most serious nature. He was
carried to the Murphy Hospital where
an operation was made in an efforl
to save his life. However, little
hope was held out for his recovery,
and the end came early Wednesday
evening.
Funeral services were conducted
from the residence in Factorytown
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock by
Rev. T. L. Sauer and Rev. H. M.
Barrel!. Interment was in Sunrer
'ciae'ery. He is survived by his father
ar.d mother and th-ec brothers.
Millsaps made good bis getaway and
up to a late hour Friday hud not been
ipj.rehcnded.
VALUABLE COLLECTION OF
BOOKS GIVEN LIBRARY
BY MISS ADA HARSHAW
Officers of the Carnegie Library]
announce this week the recept of ^
eight volumes as a gift from Miss
Ada Harshaw. The books entitled
' Masterpieces of the World's Best J
Literature,** are a valuable addition j
to the shelves of the library, and the |
.-eopie of. the entire community
should feci grateful to Miss Harshaw
"or the gift.
The eight volumes contain rclccior.s
by such famous authors as Sir
Walter Scott, William Shakespeare,
Plato, Edgar Allen Poe. Socrates.
Robert Louis Stevenson. Richard
Henry Stoddard, Alfred Tennyson,
Mark Twain, William Wndsworth,
William Thackery, Michael Angelo,
Aristotle, Rudard Kipling. Charles
I.anil>. Abraham Lincoln. Heniy W.
Longfellow, John Milton, and others
MA. C. Ricks, sanitary inspector
for the State Hoard of Health who is
making Murphy headquartcs while
[ in this, section, spent one day at the
Cherokee Indian Fair this week. Mr.
Ricks stated that the crowds at the
fair arc larger and the fair is one of
the best in many years.
Cfcti
kee County, and the Le
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLS
re Not All in Pit
T Wl-A'&OY .'STR
'SsgTwot Hm oot;: *
EMTlNtf LIKE - OL' Ki Ip 'RFELT"MANIAC
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. ASHEVILLE PRESBYTERY
TO "MEET HERE
TUESDAY THE 13TH
Beginning of leniort postponed
one dnjr to allow delegatus time
to arrive for opening
The Asheville Presbytery will
j meet with the local church beginning
Tuesday night October 13th instead
of Monday the 12th. as stated
lasj week, according to announcement
the fitst of the week by the
I pastor. Rev. E. G. Clary. This
I action was taken after it was found
i that most of the delegates attending
i would not have time to arrive here
for the opening session and fill
j their pulpits Sunday.
This is the regular fall session of
the Presbytery, and will continue
through Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. Delegates from all the
Presbyterian churches in the counties
in the Presbytery. Dnncombe
and those west of Buncombe, are
expected to be present. The delegates
will be entertained in the
home of the members of the local
church.
The first session of the meeting
will be held Tuesday evening so
that delegates may come on the
afternoon trains and arrive here in
time for the meeting. Retiring
Moderator D. H. Killian of Wuyncsville
will be in the Chair for the
opening. Twtj sessions daily will
be held and n sermon will be heard
in the evening. Dr. R. P. Smith,
Secretary and Treasurer * of the
Home Missions Committee, known
and loved throughout "western
North Carolina, will preach on Wednesday
evening on the theme of the
way a minister should conduct himself
so as to he an effective pastor.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds at the church Wednesday
I at noon. The people of Murphy
j arc looking forward to this meeting
with a great deal of interest
[and are expecting a goodly number
of delegates and pastors.
;the scout to put
on special tradeat
home pagje
J Mr. R. C. McCarter. formerly of
| South Carolina, is here this week
in the interest of a "Trade at Home"
Campaign. Mr. McCarter has had
! a wide experience in this work, having
put on .similar campaigns in towns
i throughout the entire country.
Beginning with the next issue and
continuing for thirteen weeks a full
page will be given over to the
"Trade at Home" Campaign. The
adr. are of the human interest type,
land carry a message of vital interest
' dealing with the community* spirit
and community co-operation. It is
| hoped to matte this a hundrede percent
drive and all the merchants
arc asked to take part in putting it
i over.
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ading Newspaper in th
IA FRIDAL. OCTOBER 9, 1923.
V
tsburgh
^ jUillili \ nn
I'
^ ^ ^ - hearing
of unaka boys
CONTINUED TO 24TH
j The trial of Ken Rose, Fro !
(Davis, Marion Davis, Casey Jones,
'and Henry t)avis. nil of the Cnaka
I section, charged with conspiracy
I in connection with the disappeur|
unco of Virgil Burgees some two
, years ago. was continued till the
24th, due to absence of the prosectuticn
witness, Denvil Burgess, brother
! of Virgil Burgess.
It appears that some two year?
ago Virgil Burgess disappeared, and
sometime later his body was found
in the Hiawassee River near the
Tennessee line below the point
< known as Throe Islands. The coroner's
jury, which held an inquest at
. the time, it was stated, returned a
verdict 01 drowning. Some latters
aie understood to have been taken
from the pockets of Burgess at the
time which are said to implicate the
above patties, and Denvil Burgess;
brother of the deceased, instituted
prosecution proceedings several days
. ago.
j The boys wcr?* taker into custody
last Saturday, and ; hearing set for
.Thursday morning l.oV.te Justice of
. the Peace P. E. Nelson. On af.
fidavit from the fat.:.or of the prosecuting
witness, that he was sick and
| enable to nttend. the hearing was continued
to the 24th, and by common
j consent of prosecution and demands,
.defendants were allowed ho-.d of
'$1000 each, later, however, by request
of the lather of the prosecution wit.
no.ss, the bond was reduced to $">09
each.
! 'I he hoy.- H.Jc'i 'bat they knew
nothing more of the affair than
that some of them helped to t?.ke
the body of Burgess from the r've \
They said that they believed Burgess
was seeking retaliation for
charges preferred against him in
which be. Burgess. thought they
were parties to. All of them stoutly
maintained theor innocent of the
I charge.J
Attorney John H. Diliard and J.
IH. McCall appeared for the defendants
and Attornov F. O. Christa
(pb.er for the State.
ROAD THROUGH BEAVERDAM
TO BE FINISHED SOON
i "
that part of the Beaverdam roati
lending into Tennessee. from Unaka
t?. the old Toll Gate on the Tenness*
I ee line, will be completed in about
two weeks, according to information
given out here the firs* r.f the
week by Mr. J. H. Crawford, who
has the contract for grading,
j This road has been under construction
for several months, and :s
(one of the routes being considered
(by the state of North Carolina and
(Tennessee for an interstate high,
way. The other routes under consideration
are throught Hot House
| and Shoal Creek Townships.
is Seciion of Western 1
Powelson To Gi
100 Vohin
W. o. BENDERMAN DIES
IN FLORIDA; BODY
BROUGHT TO MURPHY
W. D. Benderrnan, native -.f Mt.
. Pleasant, Murray County. Tcnn.. 1
! died of pneumonia la&t Sunday at a
i hospital in Tampa. Fla.. and his body]
Uvas brought to Murphy for funeral 1,
and interment.
Hi.- body arrived on the evening (
Tain Thursday ard the funeral was
-on iuctcd fr< rr. the Presbyterian
Church l:v the pastor. Rev. E. G.
C lary, Friday morning :.t 10
o'clock with the l": II nvir.g acting a>
tail bearers: Arthur Swaim, Xolar.d'
Wells. J. G. Greene. W. Bailey,!,
T. -1. Mauney. and Elbert Mallonee. L
He i- survived by his wife and or.e j (
.-mall daughter; one brother, Luther[n
Bender-ran. o* Florida; three sister-i
Mrs. J. W. Howard, of I-a vence-j (
burg. Ten.:.; Mrs. John Smith, ofj
Jacksonville, III.; and Miss Lanie j
Benderman. of Florida. j t
A rather pathetic and touching t
story suirounds the death of Mr. j
Benderman. Mrs. Benderman is a j
I native of Kirkcudbrighshire. Scot- i
' land, and her nearest relative in this c
country is a cousin who lives some- t
where ir. California. I
Mr. Benderman. with his wife e
and little daughter, came to Murphy \
sometime in June. 1924. He was 8
construction f?.:mar. for Geer & a
Wiison. contractors who graded and
built the read between Murphy ar.d !
j Andrews. They took up their re- t
uider.ee on the Wells farm about r
i 5wo miles above Murphy,
j When the contract of Geer & Wil- 1
was completed. Mr. Benderman <
found himself without work. About \
a month ago. he went to Florida, t
leaving Mrs. Cende:man and the
naoy at .uurpny, expecting to send
for thoin later. He secured a posi- f
tion in Tampa and worked at it for
several days, or until he was taken
suddenly ill, and was sent to a ho?- (
pital at Tainpa. I
Mr 3. Benderman had not heard (
from her husband for sometime.
Monday morning she received a x
telegram that he was dead, not even c
knowing that he had been sick. She t
I v/us without funds, as Mr. Bender- i
man had not been working long en- I
ough to have had much of a payday. :
and what he had given her wren he 1
left for Florida had been practicably
exhausted. i
Through the efforts of Mr. C. A. i
j Swaim. the plight of Mrs. Bender- t
man became known. He enlisted r
J. W. Davidson. E. C.Maiionrc rn! %
'J. G. Greene, with whom Mr. Bender- r
man had considerable business deal- i
Ings while sojourning in Murphy, I
and others. A canvass cf the town <
: was made and approximately two i
hundred dollars was raised to defiay! 1
i the expenses and have the body \ 1
brought to Murphy, which expense;c
practically consumed the money \
raised. 11
Mr. Be^dernan joined the Pres-!t
hvterian Church at the age of ir?. l
He had traveled extensively, having c
j snent 19 years as a miner in the t
West, and eight years in the silver i
j mines of Mexico. When he left j
i Murphy was accompained by ve't i
i Brown ar.d a young man by the name 1
| of Rogers. i J
j Although he had a brother and s*=- 1
jter in Florida he did not know it be- I
j fore his death, and they did rot 1
'.-iow of hip illness or that he was in I
| Florida. Mrs. P?nderman stated j
i ?hnt it had been some time sine i
j they had had a letter from a ay of 1
'his relative?. His sister in Ten-essee i
was unable ti come to the funerrl, 1
j and none of his immediate family I
! were present. t
When asked what her plans for '
*he future were, Mrs. Bonderir.an. I
with tears in her eyes, replied: "I
' don't know. AH I have has hee-> :
taken. I want something to do so
I can keep my baby. The people
here have been so good to me I
don't know what to say."
j Mrs. Benderir.an is a little woman,
i refined and modest. She is well
I educated and has bad snecial training
in child nursing and welfare.
ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH'*
^orth Carolina
_ 5c COPY?>1.50 PER YEAR
ive Library
les Of Fiction
*
TO BE PRESENTED AS t
XMAS PRESENT TO TOWN
Books to be selected by people, end
children to have same power
of voting as grown-ups
Mr. W. V. N. Powelson, of New
Vork, president of the CarolinaTennessee
Power Company, this week
made known his intention of giving
to the Carnegie Library one hundred
volumes of popular fiction, to be
chosen by those who are permitted
access to the library.
In a letter this week to The Scout
Mr. Powelson stated it was his desire
to present the books to the library
next Christmas, ard outlined
briefly his suggested plan as to how
;he books cnuid be chosen. He also
tated that he would like the children
to have an c<]ual voice in the
housing with the grown-ups.
The plan suggested by him is to
lave the librarian place in nominaion
100 hooks, and have the people
>f the communtiy to place in nom- ~
nation other books, until the num>er
reached something like 200.
Than the nominations should be
losed, and the 200 books receiving
he most nominative votes placed in t
allot form and the opportunity giv n
for final selection. The 100
volumes receiving the highest voteire
to be presented to the library as
i Christmas present. * ^
Mr. Powelson also has written to
dr. T. N. Bates and to the Library
ommittee or trustees Qxplaining
lis proposition and desires to them
dr. Bates has written The Scout a
>rief outline of the suggested plan
>f procedure, which is given below,
;ogether with the letter addressed
o the Library Committee.
LETTER TO THE SCOUT
Mr. Powelson's letter to the Scout
'ollows in full:
New York
September 30, 192i>.
'herokee Scout,
durphy, N. C.
Jentlemen:
I desire to present to the IT rary
it Murphy next Christmas or.e hunIred
volumes of fiction chosen oy
hose who are permitted to have
iccesit to the library, as the one
'.undred volumes that will give the
treatcst pleasure to the greatest
lumber.
I am writing to ask you to assist
ne in finding out the public taste
n fiction. It has occurcd to me
hat you might be willing to assist
ne by acquainting your readers
irith my desire to present the lib ary
with these books and by open
ng your columns to the public for
he purpose of giving them the
)pportunity of expressing their
?reference. If practicable to obtain
hem I would like to present to the
ibrary the one hundred volumns
tbtainfag the highest number of
rotes. Perhaps the librarian at the
ibrary would be willing to initiate
his matter by placing in nominaion
through your columns a list of
>nc hundred books of fiction. From
bis poin-. on the purpose to deternine
wh'rh 100 books are the most
opular could be achieved bv inviting
the ( :' tc place in not.-.'.ra^:h?r
o'r-ks to be voted coon
nisi tVhan !.? :??
>i ?v? ?mw vi-iai uuiiaoiavivrs
each s:?y 200 books I would suggest
:hat the nominations be closed and
:hat the list of these hooks be published
for two or three weeks in
pour paper in the form of a ballot
which could be cut out for mailing
:o you. These ballots which
would be signed by the voters could
be turned over to the library committee
for canvass if this suggestion
should prove acceptable to that
committee. Upon being informed
by the committee of the results of
the balloting I will be glad to arrange
to send to the library, if
practicable to obtain them, the 100
books receiving the highest number
of votes. I would like the children
to have equal vote in the voting
with the grown ups.
I would very much appreciate
(Continaed on page 6)