If IT ISN'T IN
THE SCOUT
ITS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
KNOW IT
The Official Organ of
VOLUME XXXVII. No. 18.
N. C. AND TENNESSEE TO
RAISE MILLION DOLLARS
FOR SMOKY MT. PARK
Asheville, .N C.?With the creation
by Congress of a National Park
ia the Groat Smoky Mountains
of Eastern Tennessee
and Western Nopth Carolina
as their objective, the two States,
primarily interested in the project?
North Carolina and Tennessee ?
have joined hands to make the park
a reality. During the past fewweeks
the organizations, which have
been working separately toward the
same end, have organized a joint!
committee, which will co-operate |
their efforts. Col. Di C. Chapman, !
of Knoxville, a prime mover in the
endeavor to save the Great Smokies j
from the ravages of the lotrgers, has >
h??n named Chairman of the Inter
State Committee, and State Senator
Plato D. Ebbs of Asheville, Secrettry.
The immediate Rood of the two
organizations, the Great Smokey
Mountain Conservation, Aasocition
of Tennessee, and the North Carolina
Park Commission, is to obtain
funds to purchase at least a part of
the area to be set aside as a park.
The goal set by the Inter State
Executive Committee is one million
dollars to be raised jointly in the j
two States. An intensive campaign
for North Carolina's share began
late in November. Tennessee's work
began intensively on December 7th.
Campaign offices have been opened
in each State. Asheville is the I
base of operations in North Carolina:
sad headquarters have been estnb-,
lished at the rooms of the Asheville i
Chamber of Commerce. At Knoxvills,
where the Tennessee campaign I
will ba centred, officers have been'
opened in the headquarters of the.
Knoxville Automobile Club.
The sponsors of the movement to j
acquire the Park are speeding up!
thsir effort* to have a National Park!
vested before the mountains in th j
proposed Park area are further deluded
of their virgin forests. The j
timber interests, which hold the bulk
Of the Park lands, are rapidly en-;
crouching on the primeval forests!
of the Great Smokies, regarded by i
botanists as the most remarkable ex-j
unples of foreatation in the western j
hemisphere. Unless these sections
w soon set aside for a Park, it is!
heritable that the beauty uf the
ountains with their unexampled
wiety of trees and shrubs will be
hepoiled by the invading loggers.
The area of the proposed Park is
Mgfcly a minimum of 435,000 ncres.
The State of Tennessee throught its
State Legislature has authorize! the
Ittchase of 80,000 acres. It is hop.
h that funds will be raised in the
Wring Inter-State campaign to pur- <
Aue several hundred thousand acres
k?w, and that the interest of the
listion can be roused to provide i
tads or the balance, or that Cor- j;
P*ss may make appropriation for
*at purpose.
The Park area, as tontativcly plan rit
Is located within the confines ?
f Savier, Monroo, Cocke and Blount
Counties of Tennessee, and Swain,
frubarn and Haywood Counties of <
forth Carolina. <
The establishment of the Great
fcokeys as National Park has the
proval of Secortary of Interior,! t
(Continuad on pac* 7) | (
UOREWS WINS OVER
MURPHY QUINTETTE h
[l
The Andrews basketball team best i
* the Murphy Quintet in a hotly con-1
gave on the Andrews court 11
t Friday night. The two teams
enck and neck throughont I
h game. At the end of the first j
^ the score stood eleven to eleven.' 1
?the end of the last half, the score -J
** >?venteen to seventeen. In the e
fo minutes of extra play Andrews r
four points and won the game, a
^ vas the third game of the 1
Andrews having won two of '
three.
Harris high school is ex- I
t? plsy on tho local court
of this wsak.
?Night of Decomber 2nd or
wd a hound dog, color white with r
* ipots, medium size answsrs fc
' of Popper, was last soon v
** Regal, N. C. This dog was
by Jake P. Deweese n
^oo Sawyers of Bryson City.
*?o?blo reward paid if returned i
^ Rtank D. Dickey. _ J
Murph> and Cherokee
(O.yrtiM F. M. ft)
COUNTY AGENT WORK "
CONTINUED ANOTHER YEAR
BY COMMISSIONERS
Public Meeting At Court House
Monday Well Attended?
Only 4 Dieenting Votes Cast
At the regular monthly meeting of
the board of County Commissioners
Monday and Tuesday of this week
the county agent work was continued
for another year.
This action followed a public
meeting of some four hundred people
from over the county Monday
afternoon at which the status of the
ty was discussed. The meeting
went on record as favoring the continuance
of the work, only four votes
being cast against it.
The commissioners reserved the
light to counsel and supervise the
county agent's activities in the coun-,
ty fair. No action was taken with,
regard to the selling of the county-?
interest in the fair grounds flue to
lack of bids, and the proposition was
left open.
UPPER BEAVERDAM
Mi-, G. O. Radford has moved to
Cook Creek.
Mr. and Mrs Sam Dockery announce
the birth of twin sons on
Dec. 3rd.
Mr. Jessie Horton was unfortunate
in getting one of his fine oxen
crippled this week while logging.
Dr. S. H. Mclemore of Grape
Creek was in this section Monday
in business.
Mr. S. P. Mason, our assistant
eaeher, made a business trip to
Srandview Saturday.
Despite the rainy weather the
school attendance is holding up
'ine.
i j
Mrs. A. tJ. tioocris in lopvitv^ v.. |
he sick list this week
A CORRECTION
L*st week in the letter from Mr.
fohn H. Dillard, at the conclusion,
i verse of poetry was quoted and
nade to read "preciouB spring." It
hculd have been "Pierian: Spring."
rhe full quitation follows:
'A little learning is a dangerous
thing;
)rink deep, or touch not the Pierior
Spring." <
This correction is gladly made. <
. i
The BUptist Women are trying to 1
aise $1,000 to pay on the new church '
sliding. Every Baptist woqian '
(rants to have a part and they will 1
neet at the church Tuesday after- 1
toon, December 15th, at two o'clock
o take the offering. An interesting^
'roars m will be rendered, after which. (
social hour will be enjoyed. j;
Cijen
County, and the Lex
MURPHY, NORTH CAROtJN,
Annual Toboggar
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THE GREAT AWAKENING
(The Cleveland Star.)
This is the way Senator Giles of
Marion refers to the wonderful development
that is taking place in j
Western North Carolina. It is an,
awakening to the realization of the
fact that the mountains of Western
Carolina are repidly becoming the (
greatest source of revenue North i
Carolina has. At the meeting of |
the Western Carolina Press association
at Marion club house Friday,'
President Dan Tompkins editor of
the Jackson County Journal declared
that the state's net revenue from the ;
tourist trade this year will exceed i
that from the cotton mills, the toba;
cco factories or the lumber plants.
Down here at the foothills we hear
of the marvelous developments but
one has to get back in the mountains
to really appreciate the magniture of
the progress and Senator Giles was
right in declaring that the "great
awakening" is under way. The mountain
people are just coming into a
full renization of the rich treasures
nit? moan turns num. nicsv irvaaui??|
lie in superb mountain scenery,
healthful climate, rich minerals and
broad forests. It is not uncommon j
to hear of million dollar resort de-i
velopments all the way from Hender-j
sonville to the Tennessee line that;
will make cf that section in a few [
years a veritable fairyland whose,
sheer beauty and unending fascination
for the lover of outdoors will
make it the goal of hundreds of
thousands of people every year.
Mr. Quince Gilkey of Marion, one
of the really big men in finance and ,
vision has bought with his associates I,
five thousand or more acres on Buch i
Creek which will be one of the outstanding
resort developments in!
Western Carolina. Mr. Gilkey is ftj
prince of a fellow who will be one:
of the outstanding figures in the 11
building of that section. Mr. Gilkey
is being urged for Congress in the
tenth district and if he is sent to j
that body, we believe he would throw .<
his influence toward the realizaton l
of the "Great Smoky Mountain
National park. He has a flaming
ambition and enthusiasm for that t
section and is sponsoring the national
park with no ulterior motives
The Smoky Mountain National ]
Park would embrace' thousands of.j
acres in North Carolina. If thej
people of North Carolina will get-t
behind the project and enlist the J <
co-operation of the National gov-j
eminent ,the government would re-i
stock the forest with wild game, f
t>uild hotels and roads and p-^serve'a
the natural beauty of the forests (
irith over 35 rarities of native trees
which are now being developed by(
lumbermen. ^ a
Tho great awakening ia in its to- t
fancy and Shelby and the balance
>f the foothill country will soon be- ,
on to feel the good effect* of it. d
d ing Newspaper in Ui
* FRIDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1925
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HAWKINS PAINFULLY
bURNEO IN ACID
BATH MONDAY
E. P. Hawkins, member of the
city council and chief of the fire
department, is suffering painfu
bums on the left leg, both feel
and one arm this week as a result
of being saturated with sulphuric
acid.
After the fire at the' Bowles resident
. Monday, Mr. Hawkins and
Mr. Hall were refilling the acid
tank of the fire engine, and wher
he lifted the large glass bottle containinc
the uilohurir acid the hnt.
torn fell out. His pants leg wa<
burned off from just above the
knee down, his sock burned off. at
was also the fabric lining of hit
shoes. Medical aid was immediately
summoned and Mr. Hawkins u
able to be up and about.
It i believed that the glass container
had become cracked and when
he picked it up it fell apart.
MEETING OF MURPHY
WELFARE BOARD
The Murphy Welfare Hoard held
its monthly meeting last Thursday
afternoon at three o'clock. Several
cases were discussed and plans
made to secure Christmas baskets to
be delivered to families outside the
city who will not be able to attend
the local church Christmas trees.
The next meeting will be held in the
office of the Welfare Department
the third Thursday in Janur-y.
LETITIA
Rev. C. F. Conley filled his regular
appointment at Oak Grove
church Saturday and Sunday and
everyone present seemed to enjoy
his sermons.
Messrs. W. W. Barton. E. W
Taylor, and Columbus Walker made
s business trip to Murphy Monday.
Our Supday School Superinlent
L. P. Payne, Is able to attend Sunlay
School again, and we hope hia
icalth will continue to improve.
Messrs. B. H. and W. M. Clonts
ire busy putting in telegraph poles.
Everybody in our community if
coking forward to Christmas, exacting
to have a good time.
J. E. Graham made a business
rip to Asheville, Knoxville, and
>ther points last week.
Mr. Lon Anderson , a prominent
armer of this place, has sold out
md moved to his other farm near
Culberson.
Mcs*r:. Ttaac and Henry Taylor
nd Howard " Mies are engaged in
be eroestie busines--.
Our Sunday School is still very
ood. Everybody come next Sun1?y
awl nki it batter,
?cout
il Section of VVe>
E. C. MOORE PURCHASES
VALENTINE PROPERTY
Tract Compoiei Soma 140 Acraa
I Lyinjf Almost in Heart of
Murpby
One of the largest real estate
deals transacted here :n many
I months was consumated Tuesday
; when E. C. Moore, a local business
man, acquired the valuable Valentine
estate lying in the heart of the
town. The property comprises about
140 acres, most of which lies
well for development. It fronts on
Valley River Avenue. Valley River
and orerlooks the beautiful Hiawa
ssee itiver and the Town. Sunset
drive and Dillard Street enter the
property from Valley River Avenue
The property is only a few blocks
from the heart of the business district.
The amount of the consideration
was not learned. J. M. Vaughn of
j Murphy, who has had charge of the
Valentine property in Murphy for
the last thirty years, made the deal
on the part of the Valentine estate,
of which G. G. Valentine of Richmond,
Va. was the trustee. Attorney
S. J. Doswell of Richmond,
counsel for the Valentine interests
drew the legal papers, which he
brought here today to file with the
Register of Deeds.
Mr. Moore announces that he will
lay the property off in lots and put
, on the market as quickly us possible.
Because of its location and its topography
it has long since been re'
cognized as ideal foT summer hotel
and residential property and Mr.
Moore says that he hopes to ini
terest people in it who will develop
I it for this purpose. Some of the
t acreage on the back will propably
; be sold for small farms, it was said.
The marketing of this valuable
piece of property promises to sti
mulate real estate dealings and build.
I ings here during the next few months
I This property has been held by the
i Valentines of Richmond for the
. past forty years. Mr. Moore, who
. is not a real estate dealer, Bought
t the property simply that it might
> be marketed. Mr. Vaughn will aid in
! selling it.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Nelson and son
( Billie, returned the latter part of
the week to their home in Marion.
Mr. W. H. Woodbury of Aaheville
> was in town this week looking after
his business interests.
Miss Elizabeth Gentry who has
charge of the school at Grape Creek
spent the weekend at home.
The floor of the Presbyterian
Church is being recovered with a
layer of new flooring this week, and
several other minor repairs made.
The many friends of Mrs. I). T.
McNabb of near Suit, who has been
seriously ill, will be glad to learn
:hat she is better.
Sad news was received Monday,
Dec. 9th, of the death of Mrs. Lizzie
Smith, age 64 years, sister of Mrs.
F. A. Hawkins and aunt of the Hawkins
brothers of Murphy. She was
found dead in bed. She was the
widow of Isaac Smith, of Dalton,
Ga., and was the mother of 13 children,
eight of whom are living.
She was thedaughter o fMr. J. N.
Craig, of this county. Funeral i
services were held at Dalton. Ga.
Mrs. Smith was a member of the j
Baptist church for more than forty,
years, having professed faith in heri
cany yenrs.
Messers, Gay Johnson, Sam Rogers.
Clinton Cook, and Howell Bedden left
Monday for Lemon City, Fla. for the
winter.
Mrs. F. W. Hutbell who has benn
spending the past two weeks at the
home of her sister. Miss ' Hattie
Axley, returned to her home in Atlanta
on Monday. Among the
many courtesies paid her* was an
informal entertainment at the home
of Mrs. W. A. ETryson on Wednesday
afternoon. December the second.
A few of the intimate friends
of the honoree were the guests of
the occasion. Mrs. Hubbell is a
former Murphy girl and is always a
welcome visiter.
ADVERTISE IN
.TIE SCOUT
WILL MAKE
you RICH"
orth Carolina
5c COPY?*1.60 PEL YEAH
MRS COVER RESIGNS
AS CHAIRMAN OF THE
WOMAN'S COMMITTEE
Action Due to Appointment m Commissioner
to Pen-American
Canfreu
Mrs. G. W. Cover, of Andrews,
announced this week her resignation
as chairman of the women's
committee of Cherokee Conntv f?r
! the Great Smoky Mountain Nation!
al Park Fund. Mrs. Cover stated
j that this section followed her ap.
{ointment last week by Governor
* McLean as commissioner to th**
Pan-American Congress which meets
} at New York December 14th to 17th.
; which opens with an elaborate
I banquet to nil the Panconsuls and
! their wives.
| Following Mrs. Cover's resigpa;
tion, Mrs. C. C. Buchanan, of Sylva,
' general chairman of the women's
committee, visited the county and
; appointed Mrs. W. B. Fisher, of Andrews,
and Mrs. A. M. Brittain, of
: Murphy, as joint chairmen for Chero|
kee County. Mr. P. B. Ferrebee, of
i Andrews, is chairman for Cherokee
i county.
The campaign for raising Chero,
kce's quota of $15,000.00 for the
purchase of the park site has already
been launched. Following is a
copy of the pledge card now being
! distributed by the women:
Great Smoky Mountains National
I Park Purchase and Promotion Syb!
scription Form.
Date
j In consideration of the gifts of
others and for the purpose of securj
ing a National Park in the Great
; Smoky Mountains, I hereby agree
to pay to the Treasurer of the Great
Sinoky Mountains, Inc., at Asheville,
! N. C., the sum of $
j Payment to be made a* follows:
| $ cash or within thirty
days, and the bhlance in three equal
payments on or before January 1,
1927, January I, 1928, and January
j I, 1929.
Or, I agree to donate for National
j Park purposes land n9 indicated on
I the reverse side hereof.
I raid witn piedgu 5
| Name
[ Street and No ....
! Postoffice
I Make Checks payable to F. Roger
; Miller, Troas.
j Secured by
I DISPLAY WINDOWS OF
j STORES TAKE ON XMAS
HOLIDAY APPEARANCE
i The display windows of the store*
of Murphy have taken on the annual
I Christmas holiday appearance. Most
j of them are especially inviting with
j an extensive and brilliant array of
j Christmas goods, and the holiday
j trade this year promises to eclipse
| any previous year. The merchants
are displaying an exceedingly high
; class of goods this year, and our
: readers are requested to look over
the advertisements in this issue. They
will prove a ready help in solving the
gift problem which is uppermost in
every mind at this season of the
year. Read them and let them help
you do your shopping.
| Dr. W. M. Gilmore, recording secI
retary of the State Baptist Conven|
tion, will fill the Dulnit at th? Ron.
| tist Church at both the evening and
morning hours Sunady. Dr. Gilmore
! is a pastor of wide experience, and
i those failing to hear him will miss a
j treat. His subject for the evening
(hour will be "The High Cost of Lovj
ing."
Rev. and Mrs. T. L. Sasaer left
Monday, Mr. Sasser going to Louisville
to complete a course of study
in the Baptist Theological Seminary,
and Mrs. Sasser to Brookhaven,
Miss., to visit relatives. They will return
the first of January.
There is an English saying that if
a man's shoes and hat are correct
he is well dressed. For that matter
the upkeep and overhead are the important)
parts of any concern.
"Maybe the magazines one finds in
the dentist's waiting room are pat
there to indicate how long he' has
been practicing."?Arkansas Gagntte
Or possible they show how long the
patients have been waiting.