Vol. XLII.? No. 23.
Murphy, N. C., Friday, January 9, 1931
$1.50 YEAR? 5c COPY
LESTER CRANE
MYSTERIOUSLY 1
KILLED BY TRAIN
Wa? Lying On Track* Near Spring
City, Tenn. Victim Wa? Ap
parently in Good Spirit,
Victim of a mysterious accident, i
Lester Crane, 37. -107 Cherry street,;
\v:?s in-tantly killed at Spring City !
yesterday afternoon when a passen
ger train struck him as he lay with
hris head on the railroad track.
The accident occurred at 3 o'clock l
at a point one mile south of Spring {
City. Crane, a ci rk in the Citico
yard.- of the Southern Railway sys- 1
tcm here, had driven to Spring City
with a friend. "Speck" Wilson, of
Tampa, Fla., who was driving to Pe- 1
troit. According- to Crane's family,'
Crane intended returning to Chfcit
tanooga last night by train.
The Times correspondent in Spring |
City reported that Crane had made
appearance at the station there at
1 o'clock p. m. yesterday, and had
Hsked Station Ag. n J. II. Rogers to
telephone to Chattanooga and inform 1
Crane's superiors that he would re
turn to this city last ni^ht, but would
be a little late for work. The agent
did so when Crane showed his rail
road pass, entitling him to thc pri
vileg . Nothing seemed wrong at
that time, thc agent said.
Shortly before the Royal Palm,
fast train, reached the scene of the
accident, a man was seen by Arthur
Brown and Terry Ferguson, Spring
City youths, lying with his hand and
head on thr- track apparently asleep.
They shouted to him, warning of the
approaching train, but apparently he
did not hraj- them. The boys' ef
forts to flag the train were also
fruitless and the Royal Palm crash
ed into the victim, crushing his skull
and amputating a hand.
Kngincer John Thomas borr- out
this story when interviewed last 1
nijiht. saying that as he rounded the |
iur\v he an object on ine track, ?
but it was too late to stop.
The body w a* brought to Chatta
nooga by a Coultler's ambulance, j
Crane is sudvived by his widow;
thr ?? sons, Clarence, L. E. and Jack,
of Chattanooga ; mother in Athene;
two sisters, Mrs. Judson Johnson, of
Athens, and Mrs. Ida Hamby, of
Chickamauga. His relatives said last
night that Cranc wa^ in good spirits
and health and would have had no
reason for deliberating his own death.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced lated. ? Chattanooga News,
January f>, 1()31.
Lester Crane was a nephew of j
Wm. 1*. Payne, of Murphy, and was
well known in this county. Mr. Ho
mt r Ricks and Halton Payne went to
Chattanooga Sunday night., stopping
at Athens, Tenn., to nick up thc |
mother and sister of Mr. Crane. |
Martin Resigns As
Road Commsssioner
H;s ,-IuUnncnt ioifcws:
1 believe in giving honest and
faithful service to the people when
intrusted with an office above every
thing else, and when it appears to
me that I cannot any longer ren
der such service under prevailing cir
cumstances I feel it is my indispen
sable duty to tender my resignation
as a member of the Cherokee Coun
ty Road Commission. ,
I had many serious thoughts be
fore making up my mind to resign.
Because I had a cherishing hope to |
put through some road projects that
1 think are badly needed in thi*
county. But I was further grieved
to know that I was making my de
cision against the will of my many
friends both in this county and in
Tennessee, who have implored me not
to resign.
I have worked very faithfully to !
get a co-operation between the road
authorities of North Caroiinja. and
and Tennessee and also the Forest
Hcpartment of which I succeeded in
getting to denate some money to the
Cherokee county roads. Many think
chat those things which I have work
*d up will fall through if 1 resign
hut they should not if my successor
does his duty.
I shall still retain a personal in
terest in the improvement of the
road system in Cherokee county. I
A>n*t think anyone when going out
of office should) hold any malice to
ward his successor. Working in har
mony is the omly way to accomplish
*><1. Malice will not only hinder
progress but it will sour the soul and
friil ttoe joy of life. So let u* all
work in harmony that we may ac
complish more in the future than we
h*ve in. the past.
R* spectfully,
W. R. MARTIN.
Christmas Seal Sale
Success, Mrs. Savage,
Chairman, Says
The success of the Christmas Seal
ale this year \vas largely due to the ?
help of the schools, both city and'
.county- With the aid of Miss Lilly1
I Lowe, county nur< . and members of
the Teacher Tiaining Class, seals
were placed in most of the county
I I schools, and the Training School
{teachers, while doinp their practice;
j teaching in these schools, assisted j
th- teachers of the scsho-ols in put
ting over the sale, and most of the
schools were one hundred per cent
I in th:* purchase of seals.
Schools purchasing seal- an-:
Friendship. Martin's Creek,, Bethel,
Unaka. Maltby. Brasstown, Cul- j
borson. Peachtree, Tomotla, Mt? '
Pleasant, Kben ezer, Junaluska and
| Sunny point. The John C. Camp
; hell Folk School also bought seals.
I Some of the schools nre unknown
to me, since they were handled
thr--vu|i'i the Andr.w* Woman's Club.
All grades in the Murphy schools
purchased seal . The fifth and sixth
prides taupht by Miss Addie leather
wood, were the first to report IOC
per cent purchase In the grammar
grades, and th third grade ?f Mrs.
[Margaret Pell, the first of the pri
mary grades.
I Seal- to th*- amount of $f>0.60
'were sold, of which $37.05 are kept
here at home to be used for th?- re
lief of tubercular children :<nd adults
and to supply milk for undernourish
ed children who are not able to buy J
it, thus making their bodies strong
er, so that they may be able to re- J
si't the germs of tubercxilosis.
If I have overlooked any of the
schools in this report, it is uftfnten
|tio?al, and I want to thank each and
every one who contributed to this
cause.
MKS. C. W. SAVAGE.
Chairman Seal Sale.
The many fii nds of Mr. Ross GuS
ley will r. gret to hear that he
carried to Angel Brothers Hospital
at Franklin and operated on for ap
pendicitis last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Med ford Messer ant.
Miss Hattic Burr Medford, of Frank
lin, were guests of Mrs. -Tim Frank
lin one day last week.
Community Meet At
Brasstown School
Saturday nijrht, January 3rd, the !
Women's Club and the Men's Club
ot Brasstown had a joint supper i
:i cetinjr at the .lolm C. Campbell j
C**km>1. Tljirty-six sat; down j
at th long table which was made
ol numerous small tables, and ran
diagonally across the dining room. ?
I~trge rod candle- gave a festive ai;
to the party, and the light fell on '
Flatcs filled with iViitiiv Ihiiigt
broug.it by the numbers of the Wo
men's Club. The school supplied
rolls and coffee. Mr. Leon Des
champs, president of the Men's Club,
gave a very intere-ting speech, which
was follow d by a clever one by Mrs.
Fred O. Scroggs. Then Mrs. Bird
Adams, socr?tary of the Woman's
Club, was called upon to speak, ami
re-ponded with a witty talk.
After supper. moving pictures,
triken by Miss Butler, of school and
community activities were shown.
The n xt part of the entertainment
was given by several of the m?n,
imper-onating grer.l singers or fid
dlers. The laughter of their hud1
ence gave evident - of the success of
their of forts. All then went to the
community i^oni for the Danish
frvnnd March and the singing gantt .
"A Thief, a Thief." Tho singing of
"Goodnight. Ladi s" brought to a
close a party which all judged \e?y
: jolly.
Mrs Leon Deschamps entertained
the Woman's Club of Brasstown at
p. special party at her home. Pine
View. Wednesday evening. Decemb
er 31st. About: twenty-five mem
ber- were present to enjoy games
and the delicious r freshments which
followed. It was a very happy end
ing of the year 1030.
REV. PREVOST CONDUCTS
SERVICES AT COUNTY HOME
Rev. R. W. Provost, pastor of the
Andrews Baptist Church, conducted
devotional services at the County
home on last Sunday afternoon. The
pastors of th- churches in Mudphy
and Andrews have made an arrange
ment whereby some of them will con
! duct services each Sunday afternoon.
During this month the pastors of the
various churches of Anddews will
conduct the services.
A TRIP TO PALESTINE
B y Rev. Howard P. Powell
Our ride through the Valley of
Eschol offered some of the most
beautiful scenes of the hill*, and val
leys of Palestine thus far. It is easy
to picture for one'* self the experien
ces of the spies in this valley. (Read
Numbers 13). Through this Valley
of Eschol i* to be seen an illustra- '
tion of the present life of the peo- .
pie of Palestine. It is very little, if
an, different from the activities dur
ing the time of the Old Testament
writers. I'hey cultivate the fields
t>y simple means even today. They
remind on atrain and ;?gain of those
Old Testament days. The donkey*
and the camels are seen carrying
wrapped about their bodies the grain .
that has been harvested. Many times
we met a big bundle of grass that
reached almost from one side of
the road to the other. It was neces
sary to look very carefully to see
the head of the little donkey.
At Beth-Jibrin we visited a build
ing in which is preserved some of Vhe
oldest Mosaic work in existence.
Near Beth-Jibrin are ?ome caves be
lieved by many to be such as those i
used by those who are mentioned in
the Faith Chapter. Hehrews 11:38.
These caves are enormous and of
fered a most delightful rest from
the heat of the day. The sun is very
hot in Palestine during the spring
and summer months. It was neces
sary for the members of our party
to wear special cork hats and color
ed glasses for protection from the
sun. Even with' this protection
many suffered with headaches.
From Beth-Jibrin went to the
Valley of Klah. Here David, a^ a
shepherd boy gathered his stones for
the sling with which he killed the
giant. While we parked our cars by
this valley of Elah the -writer read
again the account of David and Go
liath from I Samuel 17:38-54. We
had the privilege of gathering stones
from this historic spefc for souve
nirs.
Today there is a i-ailroad track
marking the spot where .Samson had
hi* dreadful experience vri** T* |;lah. ,
This line runs from .lafffi. t/- ru*a- j
lem and was crossed by the party |
returning to Jerusalem from Hebron, j
The railroad runs across the field in \
which Sampson destroyed the cornj
with the f exes. Read the story for
| yourself from Judges 15. I
After returning to Jerusalem for
tht. night. .vent next morning to
get a lesson from the potter. There
in Jerusalem on the northern side of
the city a pottery. While there are
new systems of designing, there was
, the same method that was used dur
' iny the days of Jeremiah about which I
he tells us in the eighteenth chapter
of his propnesy. To this day the
I otter uses the wheel controlled bv j
his foot.
From the pottery we visited Solo- j
mon's Quarries. "This is the name j
i by which this series of subterranean ?
grottoes and eaverns is usually known I
though in Baedeker they are called
the Cotton Grottoi. These remark- .
able caves were accidentally discov- !
ered in 1848 by a son
of Dr. Barclay. The man
ner of this discovery was a lit
tle curious. Young Mr. Barclay was
sh(?oting near Jeremiah's Grotto, j
and a wounded bird flew into a hole '
at the base of the wall near the Da
mascus Gate. He widened, the hole j
and discovered a large cave. A few i
days after Dr. Schick made a prelim- 1
inary investigation of the newly dis- j
cofered caves. Though this hap- j
pened half a century ago, no exhaus
tive and complete exploration of Sol
omon's Quarrus seems to have been
undertaken, probably on account of
the great expense. it is supposed
that the existence of these caves
wjis known towards the end of the
fifteenth century, as the description
of the Arabic writer, Medr Ed Din,
of the *>called Cotton Grotto evident
ly applies to these subterranean
work?.
"The entrance is by a small hole
near the base of the wall, some 50
or 60 yards e:*st of the Damascus
Gate. The quarries arc undoubted
ly ancient, and many authorities con
sidered that they yielded the stones
for the building of Solomon's Tem
ple."
Our viefc. to the Quarries of Solo
mon brought t" our minds, afresh
the acco:??** lding of that
sacred place of worship described in
II Chronicle * chapters 2, 3, 4, and o.
We art now planning a trip to
Bethany, the home of Mary, Martha
La*.i;s.
RAPER ATTENDS
TAX MEET AT
BRYSON CITY
Lon Kap.r, County Tax Supervis- j
or. and A. A. Williamson, Lister
for Shoal Creek Township, attended
a. meeting of tax supervisors at Bry
scn City last Saturday.
The meeting was attened by the !
supervisors of the Tenth ongresM-on- '
al district, wirh Miss l>a <-?ie ly lly '
of Franklin, member of the state
board, in charge.
The meeting was ordered held by
the >tate boaixi in Raleigh sometime ;
ago. Plans were discuss. <i for equal- |
izing tax values i:i the district and |
the methods tor listing. Speeches!
wore made by the chairman of the j
County Commissioners of Swain
| county ; Mr. Martin, ex-tax supervis
or of Graham County; H. F. Carpen
ter, pr sent Graham supervisor; Wil
liam Jenkins of Swain; and Lon i
Raper t?f Cherokee.
It was the concensus of those at
tending the meeting. Mr. Raper said,
that tax values were too high, and
| need d reducing.
j The meeting was held at 11 a. m.
and a<f<>i?rned #bout 1:30 in' the
! afternoon.
The follovuri ng letter from Mr.
j Raper relative 1 the meeting is self
! xplanatory.
Oak Park. N. C.. Jan. 5, 1031.
Editor The Scout:
You may add this little hit of news
to the report that I made to you
while on my way hack from Bryson
City where I had been attending a
Tax Supervisor^? meeting. As wp
w re ordered by the Board of Tax
Koualization to meet Miss Kelley who
i.- one of the members of the Board,
t.o meet on the 3rd- day of .lanuary,
to discuss the matter of valuing
I of the land- for th<* counties in the
10th Confer ^sj/rtal: Distriifri, incluyi
ing the ten western counties. They
j wanted to see if we could get these
counties equalized a? to taxation, in
I the way of valuing lands.
| While att- nding this meeting I hud
the pleasure of meeting Dr. Jas. De
Hart. Representative for Swain
County. We had a long conversa
tion as to the legislation needed for
th roads here in Cherokee county,
especially the Shoal Greek road
known the Dillard Highway. Dr.
l>?'!!itvt said that he would do every
thing that he could help our rep
resentative. Mr. Dillard, to get the
state to take this road over and get
it hard surfaced for us.
The peo pie in Shoal Creek are
looking for Mr. Dillard to get this
road taken over by the stat and get
us out of the mud. We are bottled
up down here in the mud, and can't
g t out unle-s the state takes us out.
We have just as good as got no road
during the winter months. Paying
a big tax for nothing. We are look
ing for better days on this road mat
ter by Mr. Dillard getting it into the
hands of the state for us.
Yours.
LON RAPER.
Tax Supervisor.
4-H CLUB WORK
The awards have been announced
jin the county for th ? 4-H Club work.
There has been some very fine work
[done in the county and every club
j member should make up their minds
that they will try a little hardtr
next year.
There has/ been some v?ry fine work
done that will not pet a prize but
they should be satisfied with what
they have learned about the work
and the pains from their project.
It is not possible to give everyone
'a prize and so we will hope that if
you have not gotten one this year
you will try harder next year for
one. When you fail once it is no
reason that you should always fail.
The prizes have been awarded to
the following 4-H club members by
the poultry association and the busi
ness firms of Murphy:
First prize poultry, Frances and
Anne Ruby Wat kins. Murphy Rt. 1.
Cherokee County Poultry Associa
tion.
Second prize poultry, Lucile Rax
1 r. Marble, N. C. Murphy Supply
C ompany.
First prize potatoes Lawrence
Kimbrough, Marble, N. C. Akin
Hardware C om pany.
First prize garden, Hazel Cham
bers, Marble, N. C. Candltr's De
partment Store.
First prize Calf. HowasM- Watkins,
Murphy, Rt. 1. Murphy Hardware
Vmpany and John Carter.
Second prise ?alf, Ralph Tabor,
Marble Route 1. Cherokee Scout*
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pailey lei
Tne^dny fter a visit to Orlando, Fla.,
and vther Florida points.
HEN IS BRINGING
PROSPERITY TO
COUNTY FARMS
1
Value of Poultry Product* Sold
Jumps frcm $15,000 to $80,000
In Five Year*
jThe little red hen is doing her bit
! tu bring prosperity to Cherokee
county farms. In 1929 her brood
? |?r ?ught the tidy >um of $80.00.00
I in spot cash to the farmers and
| farm women in the county. In 1930
[while the quantity of poultry mar
keted was as large, the amount re
ceived was not as great as that of
1929, because of lower prices.
Five years ago, Chtrogee farmers
were leceiving around $15,000 for
their poultiy. Then H. W. Gray
came to the county as farm agent.
He began at once \o enlist the far
mer* in tli? co-operative marketing
of their poultry and to encourage the
raising of larger quantities and im
proved varieties For three years
Mr. Gray personally supervised the
marketing operation*, and during the
third years of this program the sum
of $07,000 was paid the growers for
their product.
The Cherokee County Poultry As
sociation with Mrs. Frank Watkins,
<?t Peachtree. president, and Win. 1*.
Payne, of Murphy, secretin y-treas
urer. is working dilligently to pro
mote the raising pure bred va
rieties and larger quantities of poul
try throughout the county. For the
na-t two years the association has
supervised marketing operations.
A systematic effoit, is being made
to induce all raisers of uoultry for
market to sell co-operrativefer. By
thus increasing the volume of busi
ness more attractive contracts can
be made with the buyers. Subs-tan -
j t ial progress is recorded in thi-< di
rection.
The Cherokee Poultry Association
is a member of the Smoky Mountain
Mutual Kxehcange, a non-profit mar
keting agency owned and controlled
by the poultry raisers of Macon,
Haywood, Swain, Clay and Cherokee
counties. Through the Exchange
practical co-operation is effected ov
er a large area with the result that
financial returns have been greatly
increased, the business has been
stabilized and intdcrest stimulated-.
Whatever may be the fate of oth
er business in 1931. the farmers of
this county will raise bigger and
better poultry than ever before. They
will decrease production costs by
scientific feeding and can , and they
will eo-<4perate to secure the best
prices the market has to offer.
Donley Commends
Peachtree Pupils
John Donley, who taught two
weeks in the Peachtree School before
the Christmas Holidays, commends
the students vedy much for the ex
celUnt work which they did during
) ihnt lime. He i? aim very ^laleiui
to the teachers for their splendid co
operation, especially to Mr. C. M.
Hendrix, who had charge of the sixth
and seventh grades, which he was
teaching. He i* proud of the fact,
too, that the Peachtree school made
;?ne hundred percent in buying Red
Cross Christmas seals.
As ;u future commendationj to
some of the students for the splen
did work they did in English, he wish
?-s to offt-r the names of a few that
put forth a good deal o f effort in
writing many good compositions and
stories about Christmas customs in
other countries. He intended to
) juvu a few of these compositions
published, but on account of the
Christmas holidays it was impossible
to get them to the Scout office be
fore it closed.
Those who werre decided to have
written the best papers are Ralph
Sudderth, Kate Witt,, A.inie MV*e
Wilson, Ethel Walsh. Nancy Luns
ford and Marie Gregory, while the
others were very good.
ANDREWS SCHOOL STUDIES
AFTER XMAS HOLIDAYS
An<hews public schools opened
Monday. All teachers wVre at their
p".<ts of duty except Mrs. Penny,
who resigned at the close of the iall
term. Mrs. D. H. Tillrtt, of An
drews, has been elected to succeed
Mrs. Pt-nny.
Mr. Clyde Dills, of Cincinnati, 0.,
arrived in Andrews last Saturday to
spend r, '.e t isne ^th his r*v*nts,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dills.
Mrs. A. J. Carroll and children, of
Canton, spent the holidays with her
parvr.is, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Amos.