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Official Organ of
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/"7cr $100,000 toward
park fund aijieady
raised in w. n. c.
i I _~u700
of county's
0U0TA RAISED, ANDREWS
H RAISES S7.5O0
j^jge T. D. Bryeon. of Bryloo
City, apoko to an audience of
be*?re*n 75 aad 100 people at
^ court kouN here Tuesday
?i|bt, on the henefita to he
derived from the Great Smoky
Mountain Park. At tho cloao of ;
kit speech pledge cards wore handgj
out and a little mare than
$1200.10 wer? subscribed It
was suj^ited that a committee
be appointed to uutka a further
canTUt of the town.
Judge Bryioa also spoke at
Aadrewt earlier in the day, and
listed that onehalf of Cherokee's
quota ef $15,000 had been sub*
cribed by Andrews alone.
Nearly one-quarter of the million
dollars, which is being sought in
North Carolina! and Tennessee for
the purchase of lands in the Great
Smoky Mountains for a national
a bean raised. Of the half j
million to ba raised in North Carolina,
$66,525 has been subscribed to
date in Asheville and Buncombe
County, approximately $30,000 in
frrain County, $10,000 in Jackosn *
County and $1,000 in Clay County.
Of Tennessee's half million around
$112,000 has been subscribed in
Kaoxville during the first four days t
of the campaign. j g
The first million for the purchase
of the national park site is being c
asked of the people of North, Caro- j c
iina and Tennessee, and when this' 2
sum ia subscribed, it is the announced
intention of the federal! ^
fmk commission to ask the people
of the nation for the balance of the:
funds needed to acsuire the several .3
hundred thousand acres of land in c
the Great Smoky Mountains, which. (
ore to be included in: the proposed j
national park. Of the sum subscribed,
the campaign provisions are
that twenty per cent be paid immediately
or within thirty days, and ''
the balance is to be collected in three ^
Mutual installments, but these will 1
w payame oniy 11 tne foveinmeiu
ewates the Great Smoky Mountain? ^
National Park and takes over for (
improvement aa a park these mountain
lands. The three payments of
the suAscriptions are payable, ac- h
cording to the campaign provisions. d
on or before January 1, 1927, Jan- 0
nary 1, 1928 and January 1, 1929. 2
SOUTHERN READY TO
ADVERTISE NOTIONAL PARK
I
Aaheville, December 12?(Special)
In announcing that the Souiherr.
Hailway System after careful consideration
had given the plan of
establishing a national park in the
Great Smoky Mountains of North
Carolina and Tennessee its "un-|
qualified endorsement," W. H.;
liyloe. passenger traffic manager!
of the system today stated that the,
railroad was aready, once the park
h established, to engage in a wide n
dverti?ing program in connection ^
with the park. : *
Mr. Tayloe's statement in part c
says:
"When the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park is an accom-'
piished fact (which I am satisfied
will be the case within a reasonable f
tfane), the passenger department of
the Southern Railway System will . c
t* prepared to engage in a very far- j *
reaching system of advertising in j ?
connection with thin nark. It will a
jl be out purpose to issue booklets, fol- s
! circulars and advertise in the c
| aewspapers throughout the United J
j States the attractions of the park, t
Inalar to what is done by the
| Northern Pacific Railway in con!
nation with Yellowstone Park for
wy years." (
1
Members of the Lyceum Commitannounced
this week that the j
*bh"d number of the lyceum course "
^ d been scheduled to appear here 1
Monday evening, January 11th. ?
1926. This is the McKinley-Root
company, composed of four talented '?
wtiats and musicians. The communwill
'leek forward U the ec?dnr ?
* Ode ?mt
I
mt
Murphy *nd Cherokee
Good''
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JETOURS ON NUMBER 1
TEN IN THIS SECTION
Haselwood to Balsam?Westbound
rairic turn to right at large detour
ign about one fourth mile past grade
rossing, follow well marked detour
oming back into No, 10 at church1
! Vi miles Fast of Balsam Gap. j
Eastbound traffic reverse. v
Vhittier to Bryson City?Westbound t
rmffic turn to right at large detour t
ign about one fourth mile west of j
oncrcte block church opposite Els, N. f
follow well marked detour into j
Iryson Cite Courthouse square. i
Eastbound traffis reverse. j
Bryson City to Almone?West- s
iound traffic turn to right at lar'e t
letour sign about 1 mile west of ^
Iryson ju3t past old mill and follow
fell marked detour coming back into 3
fo. 10, just around curve from Alarka I
.'reek bridge at DeHart's mill. f
Eastbound traffic reverse. 1
Bryson City to Topton?Westound
traffic leave No. 10 at large
letour sign about four miles west c
f EPrvson and follow Route No. >i
!S6 through Franklin to Georgia c
Ine; thence through Clayton and c
liawassee, Ga., into Route No. t
86, State line, thence on tor Hay- ii
sville and Route No. 28 into 10 at
furphy. i t
Eastbound reverse.?Highway jc
)ept. Detour Bullentin.
.ETTERS TO OLD SANTA CLUAS e
. ir
Uurphy, N. C. Dec. 15th, 192o. i f
)ear Santa: 1 ?
I am a girl of seven years old. M
go to school and I have been n' s
jeod girl. I want some oranges,
ipples, candy, and nuts. I want a li
loll, an umbrella, a doll bed an 1i o
>iano. I want you to be sure and ( v
ome around to see me. $
Your friend, J c
ANNIE MAE WILSON{h
. a
durphy, N. C. Dec. 15th, 1925 jo
)ear Santa: j x
I am a little boy five years f
>ld. I do not go to school, but I s
im a good boy. I want some candy, r
ipples, oranges, and nuts. I want s
i wagon, a jack knife to cut sticks a
ind I want a glass pistol filled with j i
andy. I have a little brother two e
rears old. Please bring him some- a
hings, also do not miss me. r
Vmif fripnd- C
JUUES WILSON, ill
. 1 v
Jr.ndview, N. C. Dec 15th. l?25.js
Jear Good. Better and Beat Santa I
I'm a wee little (tirl of only two v
year, and would like to have for j
(nuts a little red wairon. rubber a
>aU. buple. doll bed. french harp c
tnd some picture blocks. Listen.,
O?^ n't
-=Tl? 1
las sr.
Loving jou bette. than daddy. I|J
MACHINE LGVINSOOO'I
I^berc
County, and the Lead i
MURPHY. NORTH CAKOUN/
Will Station?G
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RUII.DING AND LOAN TO I
OFFER FIFTH SERIES OF
STOCK DURING JANUARY
Vssociation aids in Building Six
Residences?Many Applications (
For Others
Officers of the Murphy Building &
-oun Association announced this
reek that a new series of stock of
he Association would be offered to
(
he public during th* month of ,
fanuary, 1926. This will be the j
ifth series of stork offered hv the 1
Association since it began busi.-.ess '
n January, 1924. Officers expressed
the hope that a liberal
ubscription for stock might be
nade so that more of the applicaions
for loans might be met. The
tock is sold on an easy payment
>lnn. The proceeds are used in
inane 1 g building operations in
Jurphy. "71..- , ;e way in which
f " citi-vi in M . h" art* almost
very ir ' vitJtii 1. i.;-: tth in buiidng
up the Town. ' sn:? the Secretary
>f the Association this week. In
xplaini.-rg the Building & Loan plan
he Secretary gave out the followng
statement:
"A share of stock in the Associaion
has a face value of $100. On
>pch share subscribed for. and intiation
fee of 25 cents is paid and
hen an installment of 25 ce-.ts
a^h week on each share, for approximately
333 weeks, which makes
l total paid in at maturity of $83.25.
t which time the stock is worth $100
rhe difference between the $83.25
ind the $100 earned as interest. j
"Since the present Association i
ias been in operation it has built
r aided in building six residences, t
khose combined valuation is around i
120.000. Four of these houses are(
f brick and rank among the best
touses in the Town. There are
ipplications on file for a number of i
ther residence and business houses *
vhich must await the receipt of c
unds derived from the weekly in- I
tallment payments on stock. The %
leed for the sale of more shares is t
rparent. This is ono way in which (
, I most every one in town can help;
n building up Murphy. For the
arner of a small income it provides \
i means of savings that will in a c
emarkably short time, amout to aj
onsiderable sum. For those with
arge incomes it provides a safe nt-jg
estment, which will earn aix percent
ibove all taxes and other expenses, j
t provides an easy way for any one \
rho desires to become a homo "*vner \
Vnd for all of us it furnisher a {
imple and easy plan whereby we, I
an help in building up the Town, j
"President D. Witherspeon, Secro-'l
sry R T Sioe o- W " |
*ain. C. M Wofford * C. Hf-*v >
1. B. Storey, or J. V. Barnett will j
>e glad to explain the R * L. Plan j
\>rther to anyone iatertitei". 5
ft * *,v..
ikttm
ng Newspaper in this
L FRID.', ' DECEMBER 18, 1925.
-I-V-E
JRGES ACTION AGAINST
FIREWORKS HAZARD
My dear Mayor:.
Just at Ana. time of the year one
>( the ?g}ost uncalled for dangers
known threatens our homes and our
.-hildren.
For some unknown reason, especia
ly so in the Southern States, the
:ustom of celebrating the Birthday of
;ur Saviour with fireworks was or- '
and the toll of lives lost and j'
iroperty destroyed Haa.followed along *
n cities where this custom has! ]
prevailed. i'
An Ordinance Against the sale and s
ise of ouch devices would go a long 8
vay toward eliminating this danger (
ind would work a hardship against no s
>nc, unless it be that type of man who 5
vould, for a small profit, sell your ^
hild or mine an implement which 1
vould destroy or blind it. ; *
Many of the cities and towns in our j
*ta*e have suffered from time to
ime from the use of fireworks and '
nany have profitably enacted ord- j
nances against the sale and use of >*
hem and it ia noticeable that the '
"ities prohibiting the use of them J
tave been able to go through the
loliday Season without fire and s
oss of life; while a lost hand, a 1
>urr.ed home and even loss of life. <
ins been the result where the sale s
>f Fireworks was permitted. ,4
I trust you will look upon this'c
is I send it;- not official interfer-l
mce?but a warning in order that s
10 holocause which we can, with re-, 1
isonable care, prevent, will mar the t
:nppiness of a single home in North 1
Carolina during the Christmas Holi- r
lay Period. *
With best wishes, I am
Very truly your friend S
STACEY W. WADE.
Insurance Commissioner.
WOLF CREEK t
1
Mr. Wilkinsin, the road Contractor, 1
nade a trip to Nashville, Tenn. last> reek
where he was successful bidder'
>n a section of road to be built near j ^
.enoir City, Tenn. He is also doing j s
rork on or about the Power dam
hat is being built near Blue Ridge, is
ia. I 1
| r
Mr. George Fincher of Copperhill, i
sras a pleasant caller here the first i:
f last week. t
j
Mr. Elbert Morgan has bought him C
elf a 26 Model Ford Touring car.
3
Mr. Fred Meister of Knoxville,, r
iaited friends two days here last |
reek. He left Wednesday morning
or Murphy, and vicinity on some
raslness before returning home
A foie.t fire was started on the i
Yankli.n moun.-in Sunday afternoon, <
rat was soon brought under cor.tro!,
efore it did any appreciable damage.
Mr. William lfadison of near Cop- '
jrrhiii. wa? a ??lee?r.n? esU.r hergl
i^lurd&y. II
tout
Sec-Loci of Western 1^
>VER MILLION AND HALF L
PEOPLE VISIT PARKS OF
WEST LAST YEAR
More people visited the 19 great F
lational parks of the United States
luring the past summer than in any
irevious year, Stephen T. Mather,
lirector of the National Parks Service,
has stated in his annual report j ^
o the Secretary of the Interior,
During the 1925 season the report ^
hows that 1,760,512 persons en- *
oyed the pleasures of the parks, and 6
hat 368,212 automobiles were driven ^
hrough them. c
In tommenting on the growing 11
njpularity of these parks, all but one *
>f which are located in the far west,
Secretary of the Interior Work in his c
eport to Congress calls attention to i!
;he need of parks in the Eastern v
United States and tells of the prog- t
ess made towards the acquisition of 1
he Great Smoky Mountains National
!*ark in Western North Carolina and s
Eastern Tennessee, and the Shen- S
indoah National Park in Virginia. s
"With one exception," he writes, ?
'all of the national parks and moun.
nents are west of the Mississippi 1
River and their great distance from <
:he centres of population suggested
the need for establishing other ap- 1
propiate pork areas in the East to i
provide for the growth of the out- <
of -doors movement. 1
"Two sites of national park pro- t
portions have been selected, one
in Virginia and the other in North <
Caroline-Tennessee. Congress, as i
sell as the people throughout the East 1
iind the State authorities concerned, 1
have given their support to the move 1
mcnt. Progress has been towards :
acquiring land for the purpose, for
ionation to the Government". <
Speaking of the commercial ad- 1
vantage to the States of a national. 2
park within its boundaries Secretary. s
Work says in his report to Congress-.; <
"The huge sums of money derived t
From tourist travel is of increasing I e
mportanre. It has been estimated I \
:hat tourists expend something likeil
?50,000,000 in Colorado plone dur-|(
ng the varation period, while this | s,
lum is said to bo exceeded in other J c
itatcs. California is reputed to re-, 1
:eive $500,000,000 a year from this 1
tame tourist source; while in Minne- g
iota, the estimates are placed at i
1150,000,000." e
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L C. MOORE GRADING f
STREET THROUGH PROPERTY f
i
Work was begun on the grading ot'jii
rhe Boulevard through the Valen-jc
ine property recently purchased by ^
3. C. Moore and will be completed c
ibout the first of the year.
The Boulevard leaves Campbell c
itreet at Dr. J. W. Thompsons,' and i l
nakes q practically complete semi-1 s
rircle through the property, inter- r
tecting with Sunset Drive and on in- c
o Valley River Avenue just this siue 1
>f the bridge. C
Mr. Moore announces that already $
icores of people are wanting to buy $
ots on the property. Besides the
leading of The Boulevard, he con- <j
emplates a number of other improve, f
nents, which will be announced later 3
le stated. I
5TATE INCREASES MARRIAGE j
LICENSE FEE TO $5.00 EACH t
(
The Legislature of 1925 increased J
he state revenue on marriage j v
icense $2.00 making the total fee | g
55.00, according to announcement by : (
dr. A. M. Simonds, Register of Deeds
rhis discovery, was made recently ,
vhen he went to settle with the s
itate, Mr. Simonds said. ! c
The increase evidently has had [ .
ome effect upon the marriage mar-1
cec, as the extra Xmas rush for i
Marriage licenses is rather lacking j
or pep. Only one license has been j
ssued during December, and that on e
he 5th to L. W. Clark and Miss! c
flary Harper, who were married by
2. A. Hembree on the 6th. v
However there are five more ?
hopping days left and the "rush"
nay yet take place. j
POSTELL !
Rev. Tom Crawder and son Loyd ,
nade a business trip to Suit Satur?*y
Mrs. Emily Adams and Children
Thaliaa, Dorothy and Junior left \
z...? >c fAr j^y to join her bushand
who has a position there. ,
e>
ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL M A K
YOU RICH"
iorth Carolina
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5c COPY?$1.60 PER YEAB
AW VIOLATORS DRAW
HEAVY PBNALTIES IN THE
GENERAL COUNTY COURT
inei and Sentence* run from Coat*
to Three Year* One Baniehcd
From State for 25 Years
The December term of General
ounty Court, which met the First
fonday in this month for a Jiree
ay session, made it hard on the
ransgreasor of the law. Fines and
entences were hnr./t??4 **- T-J ?
uj V. uu8C
V". M. Axley ranging from coats inurred
by the court to three years
ipon the roads and banishment from
he state for 25 years.
There were many cases disposed
?f, some drawing fines and some beng
discharged. Several cases of
icrlation of the prohibition laws were
ried which attracted an unusually
arge number of people to town.
Attorney J. D. Mallonee acted as
lolicitor one day in the absence of
Solicitor F. O. Christopher at the bedside
of his wife who underwent a
erious operation.
The cases disposed of carry^ig
'ines and sentences, according to
:ourt records, are as follows:
Bass Taylor, Bob Taylor and Ray
Martin, charged with disturbing a
eligious congregation at 6rape
Sreek, entered a plea of guilty, and
prayer for judgment was continued
ipon payment of costs.
W. A. Allison, of Georgia, chargid
with driving an automoblie while
mder the influence of spiritous
iquor, was found guilty and given a
fine of $50.00 and costs, and deprived
of the privilege of driving an
mtomobile for twelve months.
A. D. Thomas, of near Marble,
harged with violating the prohibition
aw, was given $25.00 and cost. On
mother count against Thomas for the
lame offense, judgment was suspendsd
upon payment of costs.
Tally Trull, of near Marble, charged
with violating the prohibition law,
vas found guilty and given costs and
18 months on the roads of Buncombe
bounty. On another count for the
arne offense, Trull drew costa of
ourt and two years, this sentence to
>efirin after eomnletion of th?
8 months sentence. Trull was
riven preference of serving or leavng
the state, and a capias issued in
ach case that the judgment go into
ffect at any time the defendant is
bund in this state within 25 years
rom December 14, 1925.
Luther Woody, charged with carrying
concealed weapon, entered a ploa
>f guilty and was given a fine of
150.00 and costs, and was placed unler
$200 bond with 90 days to pay.
Gudger Cothran and Crint Cothran,
barged with violating the prohibition
aw, were found guilty. Gudger drew
entence of three years and Crint 12
months, b< th sentences to be served
>n the roads of Buncombe county,
rhey gave notice of appeal, and
ludger was placed under bond of
>1,000, and Crint under bond of
>300.
Carrell Hahn, charged with abanlor.ment
of wife and child, was
ound guilty, and sentenced to two
rears on the Buncombe County
loads.
Henry Strange, charged with violatng
the prohibition law, drew senence
of 12 months on Buncombe
bounty Roads.
George Bryant, charged with
dotation of the prohibition law, was
riven thirty days on the Buncombe
founts* roads.
Frank Fain, charged with assault
vith deadly weapon and resisting
m officer, drew fines of $50.00 and
osts in each case.
Mr. S. Y. Allen made a business
rip to Murphy Friday.
Mrs. Cora Stiles and children viait;d
her mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary
5tiles Thursday.
Mrs. R. P. Allen and daaghter
isited Mr. and Mr*. J. H. Allen
Saturday.
Born to Mr and Mrs. Birl Brown
>ec. the 12th a fine boy.
Mr*. Isabell Allen is on the rick
ist this week.
Miss May Prince spent Sunday
irith Miss Tempa Jones.
Misses Emma and Vernie Jones
(pent Sunday with Miss Eliza
Allen.
Mr. Tom Allen is on the rick list v
this week. \
John Mason made s business trip
U> RMW*r g?>nrjt?y. f ? jjL I