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rhe Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina, Serving a large and Potentially Rich Territory in this state P XXXIX. NO. 32. MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH JO.' . 12s. 5c COPY ? 51.50 PKR YKAR OF HISTORY PICTURE OF IRT HOUSE pe Sends One at Request of A. Olds Collector For Hall of History jture of Cherokee's new map marble court house will re | the North Carolina Histori fci mission's Hall of History, Lith pictures of the other I and near famous court hous North Carolina, according to fcement this week by Prof. B. B, superintendent of the Mur jaded Schools. feipe recently received a let Fred A. Olds, Collector for |ll of History of the Commis iquesting a picture of Chero jpmple of justice, which has been secured and forwarded ?Olds. ?letter to Mr. Sipe from Mr. Allows: January 1. 1928. aof. Sipe: ? in the papers a picture of J !e\v splendid court house and j had of it, and of your use of | tive marble. I have a collec | the hall of history of th? ouses in North Carolina, il !id by photographs, un framed, II he greatly pleased to have your courthouse, which is one finest of all of them. best wishes that 1928 will fine year for Murphy and for lee, educationally and in all ivays, I am, Your cordially, FRED A. OLDS. You ought to have a picture hibald Murphy, for whom your Is happily named, in your nouse, or at least in your own j or in your high school audi F. A. O. KIRBY JUST ?TURNED FROM [STATE CAPITOL I. O. K. Kirby has just return m the State capltol, where he ed the fuheral of his brother, led with pneumonia. He was nly a few days. He was taken 111 of a sudden and was carried to Rex Hospital and only lived I a week. He was only 39 years fe and a World War veteran, he also served on the Mexican name was Clyde T. Kirby, le served in the 30th Division, 118 Infantry, seeing service seas for eleven months. He vith the boys when the Hinden line was broke, and received a reputation for being a very re soldier and always looking af Sis duty since being discharged. Government had given him a ling in dairy work and he serv "iree years as police in the city leigh, N. C. the time of his death he was toyed as salesman for the Dodge i>r Co., of Raleigh. He had only i in Raleigh about six years and I gained quite a number of friends ! there. lose whom he left behind to Ive his death are: Mrs. T. B. Id, of Cramerton. N. C., and O. Kirby, managing salesmman for I Singer Sewing Machine Co., of ?phy, N. C-, and their families. X | bank at Salisbury in Rowan 1 ity in financing the purchase of riderable sweet clover seed this ng in an effort to help county nt, W. G. Yeager promote the I ath of this valuable legume. X *he yolk of the egg will last in stomach of the newly hatched k for three days so that the tig bird should receive his first t feed on the fourth day. REPUBLICANS TO MEET ON MARCH 31 ST. County Convention Called by CHair I man to Meet in Court House at 10 O'clock in the Morning ! The County Republican Conven tion is called to meet at the Court house on March 31st, at ten o'clock in the morning, according to an nouncement made this week by A. M. Simonds, chairman of the Repub lican Executive Committee for Cher okee county. The purpose of the convention is to elect delegates to the state con vention and the tenth district con gressional convenion, and to trans act such other business as may come before the body. The committees of the precincts are requested to hold their conven tions on Saturday, March 24th, se- ( lect their delegates to the county j convention at Murphy on March 31. MURPHY WOMAN ENJOYING TRIP TO THE WESTl Letter From Mrs. W. H. Griffiths Will Be Read With Interest By Friends Here A letter from Mrs. W. H. Grif- 1 fiths, prominent and well-known Murphy woman who is visiting her brother, Mr. W. G. Dickey, at River side, Calif., to Mrs. Nettie Dickey, states that she is enjoying the trip. Mrs. Griffith was only ten minutes I late of the schedule time of the trip of some three thousand miles. Her letter, which follows, will be read with interest by her many Jurphy friends: Wednesday Night. My Dear Aunt Nettie: ? I was real glad to get your nice letter today. First line I have had since I got here, received Scout yesterday. Am glad all of you are O. K. We are all well except Mar garet, she has developed cold last night and today. She is lying on the davenport reading, Mary writing her sister, Walter out taking his con stitutional. Surely this is a beautiful country, to me it is chilly, I keep cold most of the time, but flowers are bloom ing all around. As we go up town we pass the park and I surely wish you all could see the flowers bloom ing there, most gorgeous Pansies Sticks, Verbenias, Geraniums, Sweet Pinks, Freesias and many kinds of shrubbery* most remarkable collec tion of cacties I have ever seen. The palms and the many different trees ar.d shrubs are a wonder to me. Roses blooming freely, the ragged j Robin Row is most plentiful. I pul-| led one bud of pink Madam Crochet as large as an egg Sunday. Sunday I had the pleasure of pulling my first oranges. Aren't they beautiful growing so abundantly as they do out here. The orange show in San Benindia was the biggest thing of its kind I ever expect to attend. Saw an exhibit or design with 1400 oranges, 7000 grape fruit and 2000 lemons. Think they must have had the grand-father and even the great grand-fathers there, for some of the fruit was immense. We thovraghly enjoyed it all. Yesterday we went to the Mission Inn here, it is an old hotel, hos 400 rooms, saw Tafts and Roosevelts rooms. I was not sure what country I was in, Spain, Egypt. China, Japan or any old country, never have I he held such things, anything from idols down to the largest piano I ever saw. Everything that could be made out of wood, gold, brass or (Continued on page 4) M'MILLAN GIVES OUT STATEMENT ON BOND ISSUE Says He Favors Issue at Low Rate of Interest Secured and Time For Payment Mr. J. W. McMillan, member of the town council who was out of town on a trip to Florida at the time the city council passed the or dinance issuing twenty-five thou sand dollars in street, water and sewerage improvement bonds at a meeting several weeks ago, issued a statement this week r.fter his return from Florida. His statement follows: Murphy, N. C. March 14, 1928. Kditor. Cherokee Scout. Murphy, North Carolina. f'?ar Sir: ? I shall appreciate it very much if | you will allow me sufficient span in j your newspaper to make a statement ' v.ith respect to the twenty-five thou sand dollar bond issue that is now ! pendinjr. It was suggested to the Mayor ami Hoard that they borrow money to put in sewer lines and fire protec tion in the section around the Gulf, Refining Company's property and in Bealtown section. I was not favor able to this plan because I felt that < i! the town issued its notes in an ' amount sufficient to take care of j these improvements, that the inter- ' est rate, usually around eight per ! cent, would be entirely too much ! and not a good investment or busi- ' ness proposition for the town. How ever, on investigation, we found that we could get out of a bond is sue of $25,000, the principal amount Of the issue, or $95.00.) u all inti>r_ I est rate of 5 1-2 per cent, and a premium of something like $25o. : Such an issue would lie paid back over a period ot 27 years; or in oth er words +1.000 of the principal would become due in 1-J30 and .>1,000 each ye.i thereafter until ^he full amount, w-th interest, were Paid. Personally I felt (hat the im provements were needed, and that tlio.e desiri-.g them were t: titled to ?iem; I als/ fel: tint ar. issue such as above r^.rr-,! (... ?,th tie low rate of interest, was as good as the town could expect to obtain. As a matter of fact .1 ha3 beon a number of years since the town sold any of its bonds at less than o percent. It was estimated that $25,000 would pay for the water and sewer age improvements above referred to, and would afford those sections' affected, adequate fire protection, and that a substantial sum would be left for street improvements, espec ially in the McCombs, McCall, Fac tory town and other sections of the town. We were not expecting to put down permanent paving, but we felt that we could get the people out of- the mud in those sections most needing assistance. If ten thousand dollars is paid out for material going into these im provements. that will leave fifteen thousand dollars to be expended for labor. We all know that a great number of our workers are idle; fif teen thousand, even (Jen thousand, dollars put into circulation in Mur phy in the next six months would be felt by the merchants and the labor ing people, and by the town at large. I expect nothing directly from this, but I feel that we will all derive ben efits directly or indirectly. I be lieve the development of any one section of a community necessarily tends to develop the community as a whole. I have favored this bond issue since I learned of the terms on which the money could be obtained, and I am confident every member of the Board feels as I do about the matter. The present board has less than sixty days in office, and has no hope \ AGENT ISSUES CALL TO CLUB WORK MEMBERS Two Meetings To Be Held ? One on March 20th and One on the 21st I would like to meet every boy and girl between the ages of ter. and eighteen that think they are in terested in club work at the follow ing places and times. Old Martin Creek School House. Tuesday, March 20th, 3:00 p. m. Culberson School House, Wednes day, March 21st, 3:00 p. ni. If yo?u know what club work is I feel suie that you will come and it* you dc r.ot know come atiy way and we will gladly explain to you what it means. Trusting that I will be able to see you at the times and places. K. \Y. GRAY, County Agent. | W0RK0N VENEER PLANT GETTING UNDER WAYi Machinery Placed on Ground and Foundations of Buildings Being Built This Week Work on the Veneer plant, headed by Mr. Samuel B. Coffin, which is being erected at Murphy, got well under way this week. Practically all the machinery has arrived, some of it placed on the ground, and foundations for the I buildings are being laid. Plans call for the erection of three buildings, one to be two stories, .32x64 feet, one to be one story 24x64 feet, and the boiler house will be 16x32 feet. The buildings ar$ so arranged that future extensions can be made if | necessary. The plant will be located in the Shield's field, in what is known as old Murphy, along side of the L. & N. Railroad tracks, and is expected to be ready for operation within the next sixty days, Mr. Coflfin stated. Just what the new business will be named, Mr. Coffin said he was undecided, but is considering calling it The Cherokee Crossbanding Com pany. The product manufactured will be known as cross banding ve neer, which is used by furniture and piano manufacturers. It will be I made in strips up to eight feet wide and one-twentieth of an inch in thickness, f The timber used in the manufac turing of crossbanding will be pop lar blocks, 36 inches or more in dia meter and three feet and over / in lengths. Mr. Coffin is well known here, having been connected with the lo cating and erecting of the furniture plant when it was brought to Mur phy many years ago. He is here su perintending the erection of the plant. X Mr. S. S. Brooks, Superintendent of the Asheville Division; Mr. J. F. Gaffney, Assistant Superintendent; W. V. Hayes, Inspector of Agencies; C. M. Cage, Insurance Inspector, and Mr. C. L. Harmon, Sanitary In spector, of the Southern Railway System, were business visitors here this week. of effecting any of these improve ments within that short time ; per sonally,* I am glad that this is so be I cause I have no desire whatever to serve further. However, I leave with the feeling and satisfaction of knowing that I did the best I could. Respectfully, J. W. McMILLAN. DICKEY GETS APPOINTMENT TO SECOND TERM Attractively Engraved Certificate To Be Framed By Postmaster 1 Postmaster A. B. Dickey receiv ed a few days ago his certificate of appointment for Postmaster of Mur phy for a second term. The certifi cate is signed by President Coolidge and Postmaster Harry S. New. It is very attractive and Mr. Dickey is going to have it flamed and placed in the postoffice building. The seal on the certificate is that of man riding a horse, depicting the famous "Pony Express." The certificate reads as follows: CALVIN COOLIDGE. President of the United States of America, to j all whom these presents shall come, | greeting : ; Know ye, That, reposing special I trust and confidence in the intelli gence, dilligence and discretion of Arthur B. Dickey, I have nominated, and. by and with the consent of the .Senate, do appoint him postmaster at Murphy, in the county of Chero kee, State of North Carolina, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfill the duties of that office according to the laws of the United States and the regulations of the Postoffice Department, an?l to have and to hold the said office with all the rights and emoluments there urto Jcgally appei Gaining, for and during the term of four years from the second day of February, 11)28. subject to the conditions prescribed by law. Iji testimony whereof Hhave caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the Postoffice Department of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Done at the city of Washington this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight, and of the Independence of .the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-second. CALVIN COOLIDGE. By the President: HARRY S. NEW, Postmaster General. COUNTY BUSINESS Being the Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners, Meeting t March 5, 1928 The Board of County Commis sioners met in regular session on the 5th day of March, 1928, it being the first Monday, with all members pres ent, T. W. Axley, Chairman, \V. J. Martin and W. T. Holland members, and the following business was trans acted, to-wit: Ordered by the Hoard that J. E. Oliver be notified to return once and complete the j<-b of painting the Court House, for which ths County Commissioners are holding back the sum of $400.00 as per agreement by *nri between the Cc:;r. ty Commmissioners and the Bond ing Company. Ordered by the Board that a Do nation of $500.00 is being made by the said Board of County Commis sioners for the promotion of a Fish hatchery to be erected at Andrews, N. C.f to be paid out of the 1928 budget. Ordered by the Board that the $20,000.00 note payable at the American Exchange Irving and Trust Company of New York be re newed, owing to the fact that the 1927 taxes are being slowly col lected. Ordered by the Board that the proposition submitted by Kolin Dockery for the renting of all of the land Nolan d Wells had in grass on the County Home farm for farming purposes, be accepted. Ordered by the Board that W. I*. (Continued on page 4)
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