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The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western \or,h Carolina. Covering a I.ar Vol. XLII. ? No. 39. ililj ?p- and Potentially Rich Territory in This State Murphy, N. C., Friday, May 1, 1931. 31.50 YEAR -5c COPY FIVE tickets OUT IN MURPHY ELECTION APR. 5 O? Tht. , arc going to the polls next 'Tu? lay morning to select a mayor ai.o council with plenty of timber ami material to select from. Ther<- .ar five tickets in the field and four ? ..ndidates for mayor. Then uises to be considerable excitement. if ticket? and issues have! anything ? with creating excite ment. Or larily, with five tickets in the fieM ' would be forty-two candidate to select from, but several of the < ?? ilidates are appearing on more th.'.n -me of the tickets. The pool ronn economy in administra tion. and law enforcement are the | issues. In the ace for mayor, Winslow Mclver heads two of the tickets. The other can ?li dates for mayor heading tickets, are vS. W. Lovingood, J. W. McMillan, present incumbent; and Prof. I.. E. Mauney. In the race for aldermen or com missioner Ralph Moody's name ap pears or ? ir of the five tickets; G. W. Can : r appears on three, R. R. Beal's hive, C. D. Mayfield's on three. T Gilbert's 011 two, and Dr. J. W. Tl Epson's on two. The t Irts follow: For M or, A. W. Mclver. For Aldermen C. 1-. May field Frank 1 Diekev W. M Fain W. K. Howell G. \V. Ellis T. J. Gilbert. ? o ? For M.-.y r. A. \V. Mclver For Aldermen R. R. IT. a I Harry V. Cooper T. I Mauney Ralph Moody G. W randier C. 1?. Hill For Mayor: S. \V. Lovingood For Aldermen: Ralph Moody F. 0. Hates Dr. J. \V. Thompson W. A. Savage A. M vimonds T. J. Gilbertt. For Mayor: J. W. McMillan For Aldermen: R. R. lt-al Ralph Moody R. ('. Mattox l>. \ . t arringer C. I> May field (?. W. Candler. For Mayor: L. E. Mauney for Aldermen: Ralpi Moody J. \\ Thompson G. W. Candler R. li. Heal Char',,.' Mayfield One of the candidates came off of Mauney s ticket and another had not been c fied at the time of going to press. Murphy Girl Wins Fourth Place In State-Wide Contest Cullowhee, N. C., April 27.? Cul lowhee High School won third and fourth piaces in the State-wide essay contest sponsored by the American Fore "'.ry Xssociation and the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment which was held recently. Rich ard Miller won third place and Miss Edna Hat ton fourth. The essays were written as a part of the English work being done in the high school. Miss Winona Hooper is head of the de partment. Miss Edna Patton is the daughter ?f Mr. and Mrs. Tom Patton, of Murphy, and her many friends here are glad to learn of her success. Tomotla Woman 111 As Result of Poison Dose ^ aynesville, April 27 ? Miss Cath erine Harper, 27, of Tomotla, Chero kee county, who is in the Haywood county hospital here suffering from a dose of poison, is reported to be somewhat improved. Her condition ls said to he serious, but not critical. Miss Harper came to Waynesville rom Canton Saturday to seek em ployment as a nurse. She registered tK ? Aynesville hotel explaining iftat she wanted a room for a few while she looked around for JjJl* Monday morning a hotel at tt aant heard unusual noises in Miss ti room. and upon investiga ?n found her in an unconscious con D 'on; An empty bottle, which ap j* rently once contained a very ^ antiseptic, was found in the Three Tickets Out In Marble Race There are three tickets out fo" ? the municipal offices of mayor and aldermen in Marble, which, according to size and number of voters, j?oe~ ! Murphy one better. Marble has 304 ! citizens, and about 125 voters. Mur- j phy has 1612 citizens, and about 500] voters. i The tickets in the race at Marble follow : For mayor: \V. B. Mulkey For Aldermen: R. L. Ander on Arthur Palmer W. H. Lunsford H. W. Foster R. T. Kilpatrick For Mayor: James H. Bryson For Aldermen: Knrest Cook Grady Smith B. B. Palmer H. I... McHan Atria West For Mayor: For Aldermen: J. B. Hall J. W. Dockerv C. M. Trull A. L. McHan LOCAL WOODMEN WIN STATE HONOR The local camp .,f the Woodmen of the World, in competition with ;:11 the camps in the state, were winner, in a ninety day member-hip contest whicn ended April I. The noti ce s?-nt by Mr. E. B. Lewis, of Kinston, X. C., State* Manager, follows: Kinston, X. C.. j ... April 16, 1931 \. Weaver. F. S. Camp 891 \V. O. \V Murphy. N. C. Esteemed Sovereign : This is to notify you that y< ur camp 891. is the winner of the first ; prize in the State Manager's contest just closed, it having nroduced $70, 000.00 in business. This prize is to go to the member of your camu who brought in, the largest amount of business during the contest, and consists of his total expenses during his attendance at the Convention, and will he delivered to him at the Convention. Please notify the proper Sovreign of his success and request that he attend the Convention, so that he may receive the prize. CONG RATI LATIONS: Fraternally yours, K. B. LEWIS, State Manager. Mr. K. V. Weaver won the prize in the local camp, having secured the greatest number of members dur ing the contest. Mr. Weaver left Monday of this week for High Point X. C.,_ to attend the Convention of the Woodmen of the World for this district. Accompanying him were Sovreigns Boyd Hamilton and Virgil Hall of Murphy, and L. M. Ellis of Andrews. The local camp of the Wroodmen of the World is an enthusiastic or ganization composed of a wide awake bunch of workers, and is showing a steady growth. On March 1, 1930, there were 19 members. On April 1, 1931, there were 146 members. The officers are Sovreigns I. L. Rice C. C; Haner Rogers, P. C. C.; Hume Bowies, A. L.; J. C. Hembree, B. ; K. V. Weaver, F. S., and C. ; W. A. Hembree, E., J. N. Hill and E. E. Adams, C. P. ; W. P. Elliott, H. Ricks and E. E. Adams, A. T. Campbell, S., F. A. Fain, W. o Local Farmer Out To Get Big Yields1 J. H. Ellis, one of Cherokee coun ty's best known farmers, is laying his plans to produce his usual high yields of truck crops and corn. He was in Murphy on Monday to pur chase his supply of Chilean Nitrate of Soda. Mr. Ellis who has been farming for many years, says that the use of good fertilizer is one of the best ways to keep down the cost of crop production. As the acre yields in crease the cost of production is in variably reduced. He has found that soils in his community are low in nitrogen, and as a result he has ob tained outstanding increases from the use of quick-acting nitrogen. He has used Chilean nitrate since 1925. Mr. Ellis has 30 acres under cul tivation. This year he will plant 24 acres of truck crops and 6 acres of corn. Mrs. C. W. Savage left Tuesday for a visit to her cousin, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Oosley at Atlanta, Ga. LIONS ROAR AND DINE, ESPECIAL LY THE GOATS The Goats of the Tribe of Lions] bleated contentedly in their Den I Tuesday night at the Regal Hotel, j th?' occasion being a dinner extended ! them by the losers in the Lion attend , ance ( ontest, the Sheep. The sheep, I therefore, being the goats after all. after the goat got their goat, to the I extent of ten dinners. However, the ' Sheep, notably Linns Steel and Gray, enjoyed the dinner also, even the ad !res> of thanks delivered by Goat leader Lion George Ellis. The Sheep immediately challenged the Goats to another similar contest, beg'nning with the next meeting, on May 11th. The Goats, after much bleating, harrumphing, pawing and beating about the bush, accepted. So the fight is on, and may the best ani mal win ! Lion Fain reported a reorganiza tion of the Neel's Gap Smoky Mount ain Tours, with an increase in the executive committee to five member ":om each town, and with other towns coming in. The members from Murphy are Lions Fain. Ellis and Moore, and Messrs. A. C. Huber and I. K. Storey. The committee reported, alas, that '?e cannery would not be operated due to the fact that the cannery men have been forced to sell much of their products of last year at sacri ficial prices, ami are not operating any more plants than they have to this year. This was not unexepected. and it i- hoped that those who boot legged beans last ye;\r will again find a good Atlanta market for them this year. The Robbimville Lions arc con templating organizing a motorcade through their city and county to knoxville when their road through to (,'alderwood is finished, which is ex pected in about two months. Not only the Murphy Lions but the entire Neel's Gay Smok; Mountain Tours organization is behind them. That route will probably be the most see nic in the Last, winding around the Border- of three mountain lakes and traversing a distance of about forty miles through the heart of the real mountains. After an almost shotgun proced ure. the Lion Tamer of Tail Twister succeeded in collecting fines from Lions Salisbury and Durfee for in fraction of rules, and the meeting stood adjourned to attend church. FISHING LAWS OF THE STATE ARE CITED Any Persons Over 16 Year* Of Age Must Have License To Fish; Trot Lines Forbidden Any person over 16 years of ape must have a license to fish in the waters of the state, including Cher okee and other mountain counties, according to D. M. Birchfield, Fish and Game Warden for Cherokee. The fees are as follows: Resident county, $1.10; resident state, $2.10; and non resident, $3.10. Mr. Birchfield is desirous of call ing attention of the people to the following excerpts from the Rule" and Regulations of inland fishing in North Carolina : Rules 12. Trot-line fishing. It shall be unlawful to fish with trot lines and set hooks in the Inland waters of North Carolina. Rule 13. Two pole limit. It shall be unlawful for any fisherman to use more than two poles for the pur pose of fishing in Inland Waters of North Carolina. Rule4. Open and closed seasons. It shall be unlawful to take fish of the species named below from any of the waters of the State designated as Inland Waters by any means or method whatsoever except during the period as follows: Brook and Rainbow Trout, April 15th to Sept. 1, of each year. Small Mouth Bass (in Mountain counties) June 10 to Sept. 1, of each ir. Ed Note: (Only the small mouth bass are to be found in the mountain counties.) Mr. Birchfield stated that a num ber of women had been fishing and had claimed exemption from having to buy license, but the law does not make any exemption. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Dickev and children of Copperhill, Tern., ?pent Sunday with Mr. Dickey's parents, Mr. and Mr^. W. B. Dickey. -o Cannery Machinery Moved T o Cleveland ! Officirls of the J. W. Cillaspir Canning Company are here this week removing: the machinery and equip ment from the cannery building to Cleveland, Tenn. The cannery has been operated here for the past two years. I-ocal people interested in the can ? ry received quite a blow set back | to their effort- at trying to provide a cash market for farm products when the cannery people last fall stated that they would not operate the cannery this year. Efforts have teen made to pet other canners in terested but to no avail. One of the main reasons given for the Gillaspie people not operating the cannery this year was the attitude of the farmers to the contracts made with the cannery. Quite a number of those who contracted with the can nery to buy their acreage, because of the increase in the market, boot legged their products or sold them in distant cities. The oficials reasoned that if the farmers would do such when the mar ket advanced, causing them to fall way below future sales and a loss in money, if the market should hap pen to d -op, the farmers would dump all of the products upon the can nery and expect the higher contract price. It is to be regretted that we lo?e he cannerl, and the circumstances nder which it goes will make it dif ficult to secure another like company to come here and do business, be sides causing a damper to be thrown upon local effort in that direction. How I Stand On Import ant Questions Asked Me By A Voter I haw received a letter from a j voter asking a number of important questions and how I stand on several I matters. Some of the questions fol- | low : How do you stand on the pool i room proposition? How about the town's expense4 and economy? How about law enforcement? Are you familiar with the financial standing of the town? 1 assure you this is not intended to embarrass you. but these are vital questions and the vot>?sr ought to know where you stand. (Signed) A VOTER I am uncompromisingly opposed to a public pool room in the town of Murphy, no matter for what purpose the >ame is conducted. Since the vot tcrs of this towns will have to settle this question, why not do it now and fur all time, or else we will be annoy td with this question just as long as the present pool room act remains upon the statute hooks. I am in favor of using every ounce of economy in the administration of the town's affairs that can possibly be used consistent with thorough and efficient town government. How ever, I am in favor of carefully guarding the sanitary conditions of | the town, also the water supply, ant' keeping the streets in pood condition. These things are not only conductive to the health and happiness of the citizens, but they are pleasing and inviting to others. 1 would not be a tyrant, but the law ought and must be enforced. 1 am not thoroughly familiar with the financial condition of the town, but promise that if I am elected I will make this a study and will com municate the financial condition of the town to the people from time to time. Respectfully, S. W. LOV1NGOOD. Program W. N. C. Baptist Sunday School Association Meeting with Xotla Baptist Church Sunday, My 3, 1931, 2 P. M. (C. T.) Theme: Evangelism. 2 P. M. ? Worship in song, led by Xotla Sunday school. ?:10 P. M. ? Reports from all the churches. 2:30 P. M. ? Address: The Sunday school? as a soul winning field, by Rev. R. W. Prevost. 3:00 P. M. ? Address: The church using the Sunday school organization in the Revival meeting, Rev. W. F. Sinclair. 3:15 P. M. ? Address: The Sunday school and continuous soul-winning, Rev. C. F. Conley. 3:30 P. M. ? Conference on Evang elism ? Round table discussion. 3:45 P. M. ? Adjourn. All people interested in church and Sunday school work are urged to at tend this meeting. If you have a problem bring it with you and let's solve it. If you have a plan share it with others. Come, let us reason to gether. COOPER REPLIES TO STATEMENT IN THE SCOUT O Says He Wants Record Kept Clear In Local Political Situation In Coming Election O- ? Col. Harry P. Cooper. District Commander of the American Legion, M-mer mayor of Murphy and a can didate for alderman in the coming municipal election, issued the follow ing statement last week in reply to a statement made in The Scout with the announcement of a ticket sub mitted for publication by Mr. C W. Savage, prominent Murphy business man and hotel owner, and known as the "conservative ticket." Mr. Cooper's statement was sub mitted to Mr. Savage ft>r reply in this week's issue. Mr. Savage stated that his home was here, and Mr. ooper's home was here; the people i knew his reputation and Mr. Coop er's reputation; and he did not think I tho statement worthy, of reply. Mr. Cooper's statement in fu?l fol ] low-: April 24, i ')3 1 . Mr. ('. \V. Bailey, E?J it <? r, The C herokee Scout, Mtirphy, N. < . Dear Mr. Bailey: If you can do so. I would ;.ppi ? ci ate your giving me some space in your paper that 1 may get rr y record clear concerning: the local pi lineal situation in the forthcoming Munici pal Klect'on to be held on Mav 5th, ii?:u. I had my attention calleo the numerous tickets of candidates and statements in your last w--vut: of the Scout yesterday, and 1 w.>h to take, this means of making a clear state ment ofl fact-' concern!!!; the re marks made. First of all 1 wish to say that my name was placed on one of the tick ets as a candidate for Alderman ithout solicitation on my p; rt. If fleeted 1 will serve as a public duty, Uut if not electc. : ?ertatrly will hed no tears, for I nave ;?au txperi ence of holding office in the Munici pality of Murphy, and am fully cog nizant of the thankless job one holds in such office, however. 1 wa- Mayor here for two years, and have no apol ogies to make for the two terms of my administration, for we put into force and execution many acts for the benefit of the people of Murphy, such as extending sewers and water works in Bealtown. surfacing a'l streets that our citizens might all en joy equal privileges regardless of the section ol town in which they re side, taking the drinking fountains out of the middle of the street and placing them in the four corners of he public square, thereby protecting everyone from accident and injury, stopping Jay wolking and the un siehtly appearance of people sitting on the walls of the Women's Club 'ark, having all telephone wires and oles, electric wires and poles and Western Union wires and poles re moved from the main front street in the business section of the town, ant* the spending of every dollar of the money handled by my administration either for materials or to labor for work done by the town, thereby giv ng our citizens work to do and an income to support their families, which gave the town much needed improvements and our citizens sorely needed wages to live on. Now I notice that this ticket put out by C. W. Savage, states that they pledge themselves to save around $500 per month on expenses of op erating and running the town bus iness. I say riffht here and now, and state such facts from experience of two term'? in office as Mayor, and not from imagination or heresay, that any intelligent person know* if he states the truth that no such amount can be saved this town on operating expenses, UNLESS the plan is to stop all work for the wel fare of the citizens and the protec tion of property and public health, and such a policy would be absurd and dartgerous to say the lea^, and I trust that the intelligent voters of this town will not swallow any such propoganda and rash statement, for it is not true and cannot be done. To even come anywhere near such a figure would be to have our insuiv ance rates increased and our proper ty a prey to robbers and burglars, and the health of our citizens en dangered by Typhoid Fever and oth er maladies, and such a proposal i* purely and simply cheap politics and scatter-brained policies, which 1 am sure no sane person will believe or be mislead by in the attempt by some self named, so-colled "large tax pay ers'* to try and muddy the waters of the real merits of the coming elec tion. Mr. S. W. Lovingood 1 have known all my life, I believe he is a friend of (Continued on page 8)