Vol. XLIIL? No. 27.
Murphey, N. C., Friday, February 5, 1932 $1.00 YEAR 5c COPY
LAST RITES ARE
CONDUCTED FOR
JETER RAMSEY
Funeral service for Jeter Ramsey,
Cherokee county World War veter
an, who died at a United States Vet
eran's hospital in Lake City, Florida,
was held at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning at the Hanging Dor Baptist
church, with the Rev. C. K. Turn
er, pastor of the Murphy Baptist
Church, and the Rev. T. F. Higgins,
pastor of the Murphy Methodist
church, officiating.
Mr. Ramsey was given a military
funeral by the Murphy post of the
American Legion, of which he was a
member. He was also a member of
the Hangingdog Baptist Church, and
interment was in the churchcyard.
Mr. Ramsey was born December
23, 1893, at Grandview, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ramsey. He
enlisted in the Army in 1014, crossed
with the First Division of the A. E.
F. when American entered the World
War, and served as non-commission
ed officer throughout the war.
MV. Ramsey was gassed and shell
shocked during the Battle of the
Marne. He was honorably discharg
ed from the Army in 1923, and since
that time has spent most of his time
ir. government hospitals.
In June, 1931, Air. Ramsey mar
ried Miss Mozellc Stiles, who survives.
Also survivtng hre two brothe^,
Charles, of Knoxville, Tenn., and
John M of Grandview, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Dulcie Sanderson, of Knox
ville.
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Home Demonstration
Club Organized at Suit
On January 29th Mrs. R. H. Foard,
Home Demonstration agent for
Cherokee and Clay Counties met with
some of the ladies and several school
girls at the home of Mrs. Pope and
after singing "What a Friend We
Have in Jesus" and engaging in
prayer led by Mrs. Foard, the body,
under the direction and supervision
of iMrs. Foard proceeded to organize
a Home Demonstration Club for the
community by electing the following
officers:
President, Miss Cora McNabb.
Vice- Pres. Mrs. J. F. Wood.
Secretary, Mrs. R. L. Keenum.
Treasurer, Mrs. W. R. Pinkerton.
FOOD LEADERS
Mrs. H. B. jtfenabb, and Miss Pearl
McNabb.
CLOTHING LEADERS
Miss Cora McNabb and iMrs. H. L.
Hall.
GARDEN LEADERS
Mrs. J. F. Wood and' Mrs. Ida
Pope.
The next meeting will be on the
4 th Tuesday, February 23rd, at
9:00 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Mrs. R. L. Keenum, Secretary.
FOLK SCHOOL
The Brasstown Savings and Loan
Association and the Farmers' Asso
ciation held their annual business
meetings at the Folk School Satur
day night, January 23rd. Reports of
the year's business were made for each
association, and directors for the
coming year were elected. Those for
the Savings and Loan Association are
Quay Ketner, President, Oscar Can
trell, Vice-President, Fred O. Scroggs
Treasurer, Mfs. WiUaim Clayton,
Secretary, and Tom Green, Director
at-large. The members ol the Super
visory Committee are L. L. Scroggs,
Mrs. Will Brendle, and Miss Mar
guerite Butler. The Credit Com
mittee is made up of J. O. Penland,
William Clayton, an<f Miss Louise
Pitman.
The Directors of the Farmers*
Association are George Bidstrup,
President, Fred O. Scroggs, Treasur
er, Will Brendle, Rufe Teems, and J.
O. Pendland.
The following Saturday night, the
30th, the annual meeting of the
?Mountain Valley Creamery Associa
tion was held at the Folk School.
Figures comparing the totals of 1929,
1930, and 1931 showed a most
gratifying increase in business. The
Directors for the coming year are
Fred O. Scroggs, President, J. O.
Penland, Vice-President, Marguerite
Butier, Secretary, George liiastrup,
and William Clayton. Quay Ketner,
the manager of the Creamery, is al
so Treasurer, as is the case in many
cooperative creameries.
The Women7.. Club of Brasstown
met Wednesday evening, January
27, at the home of Mrs. Elmer Sales.
Several matters of business were
taken up. Then IVfiss Elizabeth
Gates gave a brief talk about Ber
muda, where she made a trip last
.Tune. Miss Louise Pitman spoke of
some of her recent expeaiences in
New Jersey,, where she has been for
a lew months at the home of her
parents. Miss Marguerite Butler
ALONG ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR
By A. B. CHAPIN
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Letter From Mark O.
Payne
Kansas City. Mo.
Jan. 21, 1932.
The Cherokee Scout,
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Sirs:
I am writing you for your weekly
paper. Will you please enter my
name and send me your bill, I will
remit by return mail.
As I am a Tar Heel and born and
reared in Cherokee County. I would
like to have the news from home.
I am the son of, James A. Payne,
no doubt you will remember me for
I was in more devilment than any of
the other kids. I wish to say that
Western North Carolina is far better
off in prosperity than the country in
a general way. Far I found the East
and South also the North and Middle
States last summer and I find the
general Standard's very low.
I am thinking very seriously of
buying me some property in the
Western part of the county and I
might be able to get in touch with
some one through the Scout.
I regret very much that I did not
invest in some last Spring.
I wish to say to the Scout and the
people of Cherokee County that this
is no place out here for a North Caro
linan.
Just as soon as I finish my course
here in the Engineers I am ready to
come back again.
Wishing you and Cherokee County
the Prosperious Year of many.
Respetcfully,
(MARK O. PAYNE,
club members. The club is happy to
welcome two new members , Mrs.
Fred Cantrell and Mrs. Will Donald
son. Delicious refeshments were ser
ved by Mrs. Sales.
The next meeting of the Women's
Club is to be held on February 24 at
Mrs. William Clayton's .
A special ?tudy group of the Men's
[Club is to meet with George Bidstrup
at the Folk School Saturday night,
February 6th.
The usual joint meeting of the
Men's and Women's Clubs is to be
omitted this month, because of the
numerous business meetings of the
cooperatives. The next meeting is to
be Saturday, March 12.
The Directors of the Craft Guild
are to meet at the farmhouse of the
Folk School Wednesday, February
3, for an important business confer
ence, to be followed by tea. The
members arc Louise Pitman, Mts.
William Clayton, Mrs. Fred O.
Scroggs. Mrs. J. O. Penland and Mrs.
James Caldwell.
The annual buisness meeting of
the Craft Guild is to come the fol
* >\ving Wednesday evening, the 10th,
-t the Folk School, when reports of
?ho year's work will bs given, and
several matters discussed.
West Liberty Fifth
Sunday 'Meeting Is
Held At Culberson
CULUBERSON, Feb. 2. (Special)
? the West Liberty fifth Sunday
meeting was held at this place last
Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday at 11 a. m.. Rev. Fred
Stiles, of .Murphy, preached a very
interesting: sermon on the relation of
the pastor to the church. Saturday
night, Rev. Wily Graham preached
a fine sermon along the line of
Christian duty.
Sui\day morning. Rev. W. T. I
Truett, Wiley Graham* Fred Stiles,
and F. C. West made some very in
teresting talks on the <hities of the
pastors and the members of the
church towards each other in carry
ing on the great and all-important
work of the church in its efforts tc
advance the cause of Christ in this
sinful world.
At 11 a. m. Sunday, Rev. Bob Bell
delivered a fine sermon on the
church, and judging by the attention
given and the quietness of the con
gregation, it was enjoyed by all.
Sunday night after the B. Y. P.
U. service, Rev. F. C. West preached
an excellent sermon on the full du
ty of a Christian.
We are glad to have these meet
ings held here, for we are sure this
one did much and lasting good.
At the Sunday service it was de
cided to have a ten days Bible course
taught at Shady Grove church twelve
miles west of Murphy on highway
No. 28, beginning Sunday night, Feb
ruary 14th, 1932. Our pastor, Rev.
W. T. Truett, was selected to teach
the class. All are invited to attend.
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Relief Extended To
Many In County
More than 100 children have been
clothed and put in school by the va
rious relief agencies in Cherokee
county, according to R. W. Gray, of
Murphy, chairman of the committees
on unemployment and relief in the
county.
Hundreds of garments have been
distributed to families, and a few
families that have no other means
of support are receiving food. Wher
ever possible some kind of employ
ment is obtained for those who are
able to work so that they may be
come self-supporting.
Farmers in the county who have
a surplus of foodstuffs are being
urged to employ as many men as
possible to do needed farm work and
to use such food in payment for the
labor. Many farmers are co-opera
ting with the suggestion^ the com
mittee along this line.
Mrs. Grant Ledford of Blue Ridge,
Ga. has been the guest of Mrs. R. V.
Wells for several days this we ek
Woman's Club Is
Organized At Topton
On last Tuesday the ladies of Top
ton met at the home of iMrs. D B.
Wright and under the direction of
Mrs. Foard of Hayesville organized
I a Community Woman's Club.
Mrs. D. B. Wright was elected
president, Mrs. E. B. King, vice-pres
ident; Mrs. J. E. Nelson, secretary
and Mrs. Mattie Taylor, treasurer.
M rs. King and Mrs. Harden were
elected clothing leaders. .Mrs. C. M.
Wright and (Mrs. Jess Matheson,
food leaders, and Mrs. Taylor and
Mrs. C. N. George, garden leaders.
There was not as good atten
dance as was expected on account of
the rainy afternoon. The next meet
ing will be the second Tuesday in
! February, at Mrs. Kings.
We hope all the ladies in the com
munity will be present for we know
we will learn something that will be
i of great benefit to us.
Murphy Boy Is In
War-Torn Shanghai
Jack Lloyd, former Cherokee coun
ty boy and brother of Reogan Lloyd
of Murphy, is believed to be with
the United States forces at war-torn
Shanghai, China. Jack is a member
of the crew of the U. S. Destroyer
Perry, a unit of the Pacific Fleet,
and. Iris brother here overheard a
radio message broadcasting news of
the conflict which stated that the
U. S. S. Perry arrived at Shanghai
last Monday.
This ia the second time that Jack
has been in China under similar cir
cumstances. He was with the U. S.
forces when this fcount^y ordered
that the lives and property of its
citizens there be protected from the
warring Chinese factions several
years ago.
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Women Organize
Club At Peachtree
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Monday afternoon, January 25th, j
a meeting was held in the Peachtree
school house by the ladies of Peach
tree, and a Community Woman's
Club was organized under the lead
ership of Mr?. Foard, home demon
stration agent for Cherokee and Clay
Counties.
Mrs. Foard conducted the devo
I tional, after which the following of- '
ficers were elected:
President, Mrs. Wal*rr C. Witt.
Vic resident, Mrs. F. -T. Wat
kins.
Seere. , B Robinson.
Treasu- M", F. A. Howard.
The r e> * of Ue cWb vr.H
be hold 1* - m* i . th, a . the home ;
of Mrs. F. o. VttikiiiS. Everyone is
i cordially invite J.
Peachtree And
Hayesville Divide
Cage Victories
Peachtree and Hay\?sville basket
ball teams divided victories Satur
day night, January :50th, the games
being played on the Murphy ceurt.
The li'.c up follows:
Girls
Peachtree,
Oval Sudderth, F .
Opal Sudderth, F
.Coffey, C IF ...
JE. Brocks, G
Donley, G
L. Brooks, G
Watkins, sub G
Total score
Hayesville, 15
Ford. M F
Scroggs, F
Hollifield. F
CheiTy, G .
Powers, G
Duvall, G
Ashe, sub G
Total score 15
Boys
Peachtree .... 10
Hayesville .... 23
On Friday night, February 5th,
Andrews and Peachtree will play
double-*iC-adei gir.vs in the Muirliy
gym, the game beginning about 7
o'clock, Murphy timo.
On January 21st, Peachtree won
over Ogden high in triple-header
games. The line up follows:
Girls
Peachtree, 23
Sudderth, Opal, F . 10
Sudderth. Oval, F .10
Coffey, (' F 3
Donley, G 0
Brooks. - L., G ..... . 0
Brooks, E.. G . 0
Total 9core
23
Ogden, 1
Kayler, F ... 0
Chambers, F 0
Walker ...... 1
Duvsll, G 0
Ford, G 0
Chambers, G 0
Total score "1
Boys
Petchtree, 16
Millsaps, F 2
Ferguson, F I
Herbert, C 9
T. Millsaps, G 1
Davis, G 0
Robinson, S F 0
Waldroup, S G 0
Total score 16
Ogden, 1 1
West, F 6
Coffey, C 0
White F 2
Ford, G. :i
Parsons, G 0
Total score 11
Midget ? ? Boys
Peachtree 10
Ogden 7
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Subscribers Pleased
With Lower Price
Of The Scout
The recent reduction in the price
of The Scout $1.00 per year is meet
ing with hearty approval and re
sponse from the readers and people
of the county and elsewhere: A num
ber of new subscribers have been re
ceived as well as renewals. Here's
the honor roll for this week:
S. Y. Allen, Suit; Mrs. Daisy Sales
Marble; 'Mrs. Lula Walker, Villa
Rica, Ga. ; J. P. Walker, Andrews;
C. A. Swaim, Murphy; C. I. Calhoun,
Murphy; M. O. Payne, Kansas City
Mo.; R. E. Graves, Murphy; ? till
new subscribers and welcomed into
The Scout family of readers.
Renewals received with many
thanks are as follows: T. L. Sasser.
Reidsville; Mrs. Ed Waldroup, Brass
town; E. A. Anderson, Letitia; W.
H. Arrowood, Marble; J. K. Mulke>.
Murphy; Mrs. W. H. Griffiths, Mur
chy; H. S. Sudderth. Murphy; J. B.
Martin, Murphy; B. B. Palmer, Mar
ble, and Mi's ?T. C. Hembree. Mur
phy.
Poultry Car To Be
Here Next Tuesday
Take all your poultry t-> car
Tuesday, February 9th, ?here
we have arranged for you to get
highest wholesale cash price.
R. W. GRAY,
County Agent.
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Pie Supper at Culberso^
- v.\I be a pie supper at the
( IbeT:on >chool house Flic? n>,ht
February 5th, provided .r is
favorable. Proceeds to go to the
benefit of the school.