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VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 49. . ~ J nuury in UUS Hale
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUI.Y 15, 1027.
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legion thanks 1
THOSE AIDING
IN 4TH PROGRAM |
Strong Appeal Made to Ex-?Scrvice
Men To Affiliate With
Post
The Joe Miller Elkins Tost of the |
American Legion, at its regular meet- I
inp l:?s{ Thursday night, appointed a '
committee to draw up resolutions
thanking those who in any way eon
tribute! toward the success of the
program given on July Fourth at
Cherokee Park.
Among other important matters
transacted by the Post was the elec
tion of Robert E. Graves as a full
!\edge?i member, and formulation of
plans for a labor day celebration on
the first Monday in September.
Report4 from tho membership com- j
mittee were gratifying and prospects 1
a re bright for the Joe Blller Elkins j
Post to become one of the strongest {
in Western North Carolina.
"We want to make a strong plea (
to the veterans of Cherokee, Clay
snd Graham counties to affiliate with
ns," stated Harry P. Cooper, who is
vice commander and chairman of the
jqembetship committee, to a repre
sentative of this paper.
"This post has already been of
real servic to ex-service men." he
continued. "One case in particular
was that 01 an ex-service man who
canie through a week or so ago from
Canton, Ga.. bound for Oteen Hos
pital at Asheville. While enroutc to
Murphy on the train with his wife
and baby, someone lifted his pocket- J
book containing all his money, and as I
a consequence he was broke when he
airived at Murphy. His condition
was so that he had to be carried to
the hotel and to and from the station
on >1 stretched. He was a stranger
here, suffering from sickness and
misfortune. His entrance papers to
Ot<M>n hospital were good. Dick
ey graciously provided a room and
food for himself and his family, and
the local Legion boys together with
the aid of the local welfare worker,
came to his aid and raised a fund
sufficient to send him on to Oteen
and allow him a few dollars extra,
and also made arrangements for
someone to meet him at Asheville.
"This is only one instance of the
real service the American Legion
is rendering to the boys who stood
by their country in time of trial," he
concluded, "and who knows at what
time or at what place someone of
us might be found in the same mis
fortune?
4iI wish to appeal to all ex-service
men in Cherokee, Clay and Graham
counties to affiliate with us and thus
form one of the strongest Posts in
Western Carolina."
The resolution follows:
Whereas, on July Fourth the Joe
Miller Elkins Post of the American
Legion held a program at Cherokee
Park featuring two ball games be
tween M urphy and Andrews and patri
ae addresses by prominent local
"Peakers; and
Whe reas, to show our appreciation
for the splendid co-operation of the
Andrews and Murphy baseball teams,
tjie Mayor and city Council and po
lice force, the ladies of Murphy who
furnished sandwiches, etc; the boys
girls and young men and young
Women who so graciously gave of
their time, the speakers for the oc
^on, and every person who con
tributed in any way toward the suc
Cess the program;
it resolved, that this body in
Ie&ular session assembled, hereby
M>licly express and acknowledge its
latitude, thanks and appreciation to
an(' every one; and
e it resolved, further, that a copy
these resolutions be spread upon
e m'nutes of this Post, and a copy
Joshed the Cherokee Scout for
Publication.
Respectfully submitted,
harry p. cooper,
H. G. ELKINS,
C. W. BAILEY, Committee.
BAPTISTS PLAN
TO ENTER NEW
CHURCH JULY 31
The Baptist congregation is mak
ing: plans to enter the new church
building on July 31st, according to
announcement made by the pastor,
Rev. T. L. Sasser.
The choir, under the direction of
Mrs. J. W. Davidson, is preparing a
special musical program for the oc
casion, consisting of hymns, solos,
duets, and quartets. The Sunday
school, under the direction of Super
intendent Noah Lovingood, the teach
ers and departmental officers is al
so preparing a program, and a special
effort is being made to have 400
present at the Sunday School hour.
Further announcement and plans
will appear in later issues of The
Scout.
MANY BOOKS
PRESENTED TO
THE LIBRARY
Below is a list of the books pre
sented the Murphy Carnegie Library
en July 1st, at the book shower spon
sored by the Woman's Club. The list j
includes fifty-seven volumes which
is quite a valuable addition to the |
shelves of the library. The Woman's
Club, of which Mrs. K. B. Norveil is
president, has charge of the admini
stration of the Library, and officers
expressed themselves as being ex
ceedingly grateful to the public for
the hearty response to the call of
the club for more hooks.
The list, as announced by Miss
Josephine Heigh way. Librarian, fol
lows :
Scott., Lady of the Lake; Cooley,
Emanuel Story of the Niessiah; Stev
enson, David Balforen; Earle, Bring
ing in Sheaves; Stoddard, John L.
Stoddard's Lestures, Vol. 1 ; Hutch
inson, One Incresaing Purpose; Wylie,
Orphan Angel; Sabatine, Tarevn
Knight; Ferber, So Big; Ferber,
Show Boat; Roberts, Time of Man;
Churchill, Celebrity; Gibbs, Wound
ed Souls; Kyne, Cappy Ricks of the
Subjugation of Matt Peasley ; Tark
ington, Conquest of Canaan; Barrie,
Little Minister, Ogden, Land of Last
Chance; Deemas, Edmund Dautes;
Green, Step on the Stair; Wilson,
Ruggles of Red Gap; Cobb, Cobb's
Anatcmy; Chambers, Younger Set;
Corelli, Thelma; Carey, Merle's Cru
sade; Empey, Over the Top; Pack
ard, Pawned; Dixon. The One Wom
an; Wright, When a Man's a Man;
Grey, Spirit of the Border; Grey Rid
ers of the Purple Sage; Quick, Brown
Mouse; Bindloss, Lorimen; Brown,
Why and How of Foreign Mission;
Clark, Healing Ourselves; Henty, Un
der Drake's Flag; Cannon Corporal
Camenon ; Wason, Happy Hawkins;
Libbey, Lyndall's Temptation; Roose
velt, Frontier Boys; Appleton, Tom
Swift and His Photo Telepho; . Pot
ter, Richard in Camp; Appleton, Tom
Swift and His Electric Rifle; Warren,
Banner Boy Scouts Afloat; Bunyan,
Pilgrims Progress; Martin, Emmy
Lou Her Book and Heart; Harris,
Nights With Uncle Remus; Burnett,
Secret Garden; Hope, Bunny Brown
and Sister Sue In the Sunny South,
Bunny Brown and Sister Sue and
their Shetland Pony, Bunny Brown
and his Sister Sue and their Trick
Dog,Babbsey Twins on the Deep Blue
Sea, Babbsey Twins in the Great
West; Newberry, Everyday Honor;
Merrel, Ordeal by Marriage; Mitch
ell, Wishing Carpet.
Work was begun this week on exca
vating the foundations for the new
residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Mallonee in Mooreland Heights at
the corner of East Avenue and Boule
vard. The building is to be a six
room bungalow, of brick construc
tion up to the window sills, balance ,
frame. It will be completed during !
sixty working days.
SCROGGS HAS
FINE COLLECTION
INDIAN RELICS
Brasslown Merchant's Hobby An
Interesting Study in Indian
History
Fred O Scroops, prominent mer
I chant of Brasstown, has one among
I the finest collections of Indian relics
| it is believed that is to be found in
! this part of Western North Carolina.
| The collection includes somp 700 ar
row heads, of different sizes and
shapes, made of many different ma
terials. Among his collection will also
he found spears, tommy hawks, stone
I dish, bear tooth, several small pipes,
one peace pipe, beads, and numerous
other relics, including: two pear 1 shell
i beads which are believed to be Euro
I pean trade beads.
1 Mi. Scroggs has had a hobby all
his life for collecting Indian relics.
He knows each of the ancient instru
ments in his possession and what it
was used for, and it is an interesting
study in Indian history to listen to his
explanation and discription of them.
Some of them were taken from an
Indian mound near Brasstmvn. and
others were collected from the woods
and fields over a period of many
years. It is Mr. Scroggs' intention
to mount all the relics in the near
future.
Tho stone dish is near perfect, as is
also a number of the arrowheads,
tommy hawks, pipes and spears. The
arrow heads are of jasper, milky
ouartz. clear quartz, and black
black quartz. He has the collection
on display in a show case in his store.
METHODIST
PASTOR TO STUDY
AT JUNALUSKA
Rev. E. J. Harbison has been
recommended by his church as a
teacher in the Cokesbury Training
Sthools. To successfully do this
work Rev. Mr. Harbison felt that he
should take certain course offered
teachers at Junaluska when the Lead
ership Training School opens jointly
with the School of Missions on July
20. It is the plan of Mr. Harbison
to leave here on July 19th, and will
take his vacation following' the two
weeks at Junaluska. He is planning
to spend the vacation with his par
ents near Morganton, X. C. He and
Mrs. Harbison will return to Murphy
about August 18th.
The announcements for the time
Mr. Harbison will be away is as fol
lows :
July 17th,. 11 A. M. ? Rev. E. J.
Harbison. ? Topic: Biblical grounds
for Raptism.
July 17th, 7:15 P. M. ? Rev. E. J.
Harbison. ? Topic: The Peril of Yes
terday.
July 24th, 11 A. M. ? Sunday
School Day. Program rendered by
the entire Sunday School.
July 24th, 7:15 P. M. ? Rev. Mr.
Dorff, assistant pastor, Andrews
Methodist Church.
July 31, 11 A. M. ? Rev. Mr. Stead
man.
July 31, 7:15 P. M. ? Worship with
the Baptist congregation.
August 7th, 11 A. M. ? Rev. W. A.
Barber Secretary Epworth Leagues
of the Western N. C., Conference.
August 7th, 7:15 P. M. ? Rev. W.
A. Barber Secretary Epworth Leagues
of the Western N. C., Conference.
August 14th, 11 A. M. ? Rev. Mr.
Dorff, assistant pastor of the An
drews Methodist Church.
' August 14th, 7:15 P. M. ? Rev.
Mr. Coble.
The county agents of the State
College extension service brought
thousands of dollars into North Car
olina this spring by mariceting the
surplus poultry in carload lots.
NEW BUILDING
TO BE ERECTED
BY FORD DEALER
| Mr. T. S. Evans, local authorized ,
( Ford Dealer announced this week |
I plans for the erection at an early |
| date of a new building on his two
j lots on Valley River Avenue on the j
j site of his plant.
The new structure is to be of brick
and steel construction, with 75 feet
I front and 100 feet in depths. Ac
cording lo present plans, the gaso
. line and oil tanks which are now on j
' the sidewalk will be moved back un- ]
l der shelter, and the entire front ar- !
! ranged on the order of a filling sta- (
' tion. The building will also contain |
' larger display for new cars and more
storage room, besides providing ade
quate space for the repair shop.
The building will be modern in i
; every detail, with not a single up- i
right in it, and Mr. Kvans contem- j
plates beginning work within the next I
few weeks.
ANDREWS TO
GIVE MUSICAL
COMEDY 19TH
"Rosetime", Wayne P. Sew ell Pro
duction to be Presented By
Local Talent
I On next Tuesday night, July 19th.
at the Andrews school auditorium,
! (he delightful musical comedy, en
titled "Rosetime", a Wayne P. Sew- !
c 11 production, will be presented by j
local talent of Andrews. Miss Dud- 1
ley Kay Hackney, of Atlanta, is di- I
recti ng bhe presentation, and Miss
Lcuna Tatham takes the part of the
leading lady, supported in the oppo
site i ule by Frank Cooper.
In addition to this gifted group of
young people, beautiful costumes and
snappy music, the chorus girls are said
by the director to be among the best
it has been her privilege to train.
The comedy contains three acts,
tnd no doubt will furnish an evening
of clean, first class entertainment.
BAPTISTS MEET
AT SYLVA ON
AUGUST 7 TO 14
I Sylva, .July 11. ? The Baptists of
| Western North Carolina have been un
: usually favored this year by Sylva
I Collegiate Institute having been chos
i en for the Assembly grounds of B.
j Y. P. U., Sunday school and W. M. U.
workers, August 7-13.
Flans are rapidly materializing for
? one of the finest and most helpful
assemblies in the history of the Bap
tists of this great Western section.
The morning periods will be devoted
to class-work and lectures, while the
afternoons will be spent in receration
and sight-seeing. There will be ser
mons and addresses each evening by
outstanding men of the state. The
music will be in charge of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Jollay, of Asheville.
Pastors, Sunday school officers and
teachers, B. Y. P. U. leaders, W. M.
U. workers and all interested in
church work are invited to attend
this encampment. The only expense
will be $1.00 per day for 'meals serv
ed in the dining room of the school.
Rooms will be furnished in the dor
mitories free to all who will bring
sheets, pillows, towels etc. In fact
anything that you would carry to
hoarding school.
Pastors are requested to send or
bring delegations from their churches
and help make this one of the greatest
meetings ever held in Western North
Caiolina. Remember the date. Sun
day to Saturday, August, 7-1
For particulars, write A. V. Wash- 1
burn, Sylva, N. C.
SIX HUNDRED
MILE JAUNT TO
BE ROAD 10 AD
Old Fort Broker To Put Carolina*#
Main Street On
Map
For the purpose of advertising,
both State-wide and nationally, and
stimulating interest among people
in the country and in town or. Route
10, in North Carolina, I). T. Hough
ton, erstwhile lawyer and now a brok
er, of Old Fort, N. C., will make a
I 600-mile drive over Route 10, start
J ing on July 1 ?">. from Morehead City,
at daylight, and proceeding westward
ly, through about twenty-five counties
to a point twelve miles beyond .Mur
phy. at which point the iuule ends
on the Georgia border.
Route No. 10 is the longest high
way in any State east of the Mississ
| ippi and perhaps the longest highway
in one State in America; and it can
| easily be termed the ".Main Street of
North Carolina" because of the fact
that about one-third of the entire
population of North Carolina lives in
the counties through which it passes.
Mr. Houghton will have the cooper
ation of all the newspapers and * ivic
organizations and police authorities
along the route and also the Carolina
Motor Club. They will gather inter
esting data over the long trail from
the palms to the balsams.
The new speed law went into ef
fect on July 1 and, after careful study
Mr. Houghton has figured that he will
make the distance in daylight, on ac
count of the speed permitted ur.de r
the hew regulation and the fact thai
he will wind up about 000 miles west
c.f his starting point ami about. 2000
feet higher, thereby gaining about
one hour extra daylight. The sun,
he has calculated, will set forty min
utes to an hour later at Murphy than
! at the st :?i'ting point.
Route No. 10, it is declared, is. de
cidedly the most interesting highway
in America, beginning at the ocean
and passing through the coastal plain
Piedmont and thru unsurpassed beau
tiful mountain country. It offers the
most varied scenery to he found on
any one highway in one State in
America.
The route passes through th'rty
towns, of one thousand or more in
habitants, and for a distance of ap
proximately 85 miles will pass through
incorporated municipalities which will
| naturally cut down the speed some
1 what. The driving will be absolute
ly within the speed regulations.
Mr. Rough ton is familiar with th *
entire stretch of Route No. 10, hav
ing been over the route from one end
to the other several times and he has
for sometime been interested in pro
moting Route No. 10, as the "Main
Street of North Carolina." He even
hopes to get every business along the
route to publish on its stationery,
"On Main Street of North Carolina.
The iterary will be as follows:
Beginning on the Atlantic Seaboard
at Morehead City, July 15 at abo t
^-:10 A. M. and proceeding westward
ly with the sun.
Morehead City, 4:10 A. M.; New
Born, 5:00 A. M. ; Kinston, 6:00 A.
M.; Goldsboro, 6:40 A. M.; Sm;tb
field, 7:20 A. M.; Raleigh, 8:1(5 A.
M.; Durham, 8:55 A. M. ; Burling: or-,
9:40 A. M.; Greensboro, 10:25 A. M.;
High Point. 10:50 A. M.; Thomasv I!< ,
11:05 A. M.; Lexington, 11:25 A. M.;
Salisbury, 11:55 A. M.; Statesville.
12:35 P. M.; Newton, 1:30 P. >J.;
Hickory, 1 :45 P. M. ; Morganton, C :30
P. M.; Marion, 3:05 P. M.; Old FoTt,
3:25 P. M.; Black Mountain, 3:4i> 3.
M.; Asheville, 4:10 P. M.; Can
4:45 P. M.; Waynesville, 5:05 P. M.;
Sylva, 5:45 P. M.; Hryson City, <":30
P. M.; Andrews, 7:45 P. M.; Mur hy,
8:00 P. M.; Ga., N. C., Line, 8:2 > P.
M.
Mr. F. R. Farnum, dairy specialist
of the N. C. Department of Agr cul
ture was here several days last w ?ek.
Mr. Farnum expects to return to the
county during August for a wee ; in
I the interest of dairy work in the coun
ty.