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Vol. XLV.?No. 52.
PLAN' OF PENSION
FOR OLD PEOPLE
DISCUSSED HERE
Mass Meeting To Be
Held For General Discussion
Of T ownsend
Bill.
.Amas< meeting for the purpose of
building sentiment in favor of a proposed
bill that would provide all perrons
over the age of 60 with $200 per
month to be spent in the month, will
beheld in the court iiouse here Monaay
neon August 6th, at 12:30 p. m. j
it was decided at a meeting of citi-j
sens interested in having the national
government enacting toe pro- j
posed legislation.
The Townsend plan, so nanud for|
a practicing Long Beach, Cal.,
physician who has been working for
the old, indigent sick, would have the
national government enact legislation
to the effect that all citizens of the
United States?man or woman?over
tho age of 60 years retire on a pension
of $200 per month on the following
conditions.
They must not engage in any further
labor, business, or profession
lor gain. Their past life nfbst have
bten free from habitual criminality.
| They must take oath to, and actual
ly do spend, within the confines of the
I United States, the entire amount of
their pension within 30 days after rc1
ceiving same.
Toe plan would have the national
government create the revolving fund
by 1 vying a general sales tax just
high enough to produce the necessary
amount to keep the old age revolving
pension fund adequate to pay the
monthly pensions.
The plan was first originated on the
west Coast as a means of a permanent
national cure for the depression. Of
the 48 states, 33 have already made
steps to have it brought up in the next
session of congress.
The first meeting in North Carolina
was Aeld in the woman's club
room of the Carnegie library Friday
night. It was attend by a rgoup of
local citizens and was presided over
by Mrs. L. P. Kinsey, a native of
Cherokee county who iras been
for several years in California.
An outline of the Townsmd plan (
(Continued on pago 8)
"CREETUR" PASSES
ABOUT SAME TIME
' AS HUCKLEBERRIES
Interest in the "booger" that not
long ago was reported roving the
woods out about Cane Creek, seems
to have died down a9 swiftly and as
sadly as the huckleberries themselves.
Now even as the huckleberries are
carried to tho ,?????? ?? *?-- J J
vuuucij, ana LI1 - ueau
ones carried to the ground, reports
persist that the "booger" still roams
?s wild?and as hairy as ever.
Several parties underwent the
first steps of organization to go out
and scare it out. But elaborate plans
to carry 30-foot chains, steel shotgun
shells, and long range rifles were
forgotten over night.
Sometimes on clear nights the
*boog?r" yells, we are told. We
aven't heard it and what's more we
don t want to.
We haven't seen Mr. Will Ledford,
*he first told us the story and gave
as the r al "McCoy", in a long time.
?r. Hail, who at the time was hauling
lumber from his saw mill in that section,
said he had people to tell him
about it. That was all.
sir, the "booger" might have
crawled in her filthy hole until next
year about the time berries come ripe
again, but \vefre not going out to
kok for it.
j NOTICE |
I i *
The Scout goes to press early, ,
Y Thursday morning. We are always* |
??lad to receive news items and.
Y contributions. We ask that all^ |
news be turned into this office hy^
YWednesday afternoon, if posslble,X
yto avoid a last minute rush. x
Scout Circulati
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Murphey, N. C
TVA SURVEYORS
I CONTINUE WORK
ON LOCAL SITE
Drillers, Geologists Work
| In Conjunction With
Basin Surveyors
Twenty men working on the survey
alone, no including one group of geologists
and a group in charge of the
drilling, continue to survey the basin
of the Coleman dam site.
I Those working under, Mr. Price,
handling the drills, are half way finI
ished with the third hole which i& be|
ing drilled out in the river. The shafts
I are being sunk to an apprpximate
depth of 60 feet. The quality of the
rock bed of the Coleman site could
not be learned.
Under the direction of J. D. Blagg,
unit chief in charge of the survey of
I the basin, four test pits just above Vie
| axis of the dam have been dug to a
| depth of eigth feet to classify the
over-burden, or the depth-and amount
of soil in top of the rock bed.
The control traverses, or basic
I lines of survey have been half finished,
as well as the survey of the
other levels.
Indications are that the parties of
suiveyois have been stationed litre I
for at leust one year. George D.!
Whitmort, director of surveys for the !
TVA, comes here often on official J
business.
As tO tho ~
. mc atiuBi |
construction, definite information is |
j bring closely withheld by TV A offi|
cials in Knoxville. Publicity sheets
coming frcm TVA advertising headquarters
fail to give any infoimation
on the local site. However general
sentiment, both irom the Authority
and local citizens who have eagerly
lollowtd the developments here, is
optimistic toward the feasibility and
possibility of building t?he dam on the
I local site.
MR. PATTON ~
BURIED HERE
ON TUESDAY
Died Sunday Night From
Gun Wounds Inflicted
By Atlanta Negroes.
Funeral services were held here
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock for
Tom Patton, 47, a native of Cherokee
county, who allegedly was shot by|
two negroes in Atlanta, Ga., Saturday
night. He died Sunday night at
8:3"5 at i*ie Grady hospital.
The body was brought here by C.
B. Hill, local mortician, and funeral
I services were held at the Patton house
j with Rev. T. F. Higgins officiating,
j Burial was in Sunset cemetery.
| Mi. Patton was well known here
.vhere he had many relatives and
I friends. He was born here and had
lived here up until about seven years
years ago.
Pallbearers were: Fred Dickey,
Lorwy Gentry, Tom Mauney, Sheridan
Heighway, H. E. Dickey, Hayes
LeaVierwocd, Ed Burnett and Ben
Posey.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Evelyn Patton; one daughter, Miss
Edna Patton, of Murphy, and one
sisxer, Mrs. J. J. Hastings, of Sylva.
Atlanta officers are seeking the
two negroes whose descriptions were
given by Miss Norma Logan, of Atlanta,
who was Patton's companion
!ai the time.
According to information received
i heie, Patton and Miss Logan were
| walking on the street when two nei
4roe? came up. One of them walked
! between Patton and Miss Logan and
! Patton reprimanded him. The negro
then pulled out a revolver and
fired five times, three of the s.iots
taking tffect in the body.
Hearing Miss Logan screams, Herman
Logan, her brother, who lives
nearby, rushed out and the negroes
fled. Logan took the wounded man
I to the hospital.
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arolina. Covering a Large and Pott
Friday, July 27, 1934
TWO MEN HELD i
CHARGED WITH
ROBBING STORE
Willie Strange And Her-'
man Logan Apprehended
By County Officers
Willie Strange, of .Murphy, N. C.
was lodg d in jail last week on a
charge of breaking and entering the
store of Garland P. Messer, country
meichant whose store is located in t.he
western section of Towns county near |
Young Harris, about two weeks ago.
Strange was taken into*cirstody by
officers of North Carolina when they
arrested .John Queen, Cherokee county
youth, at his home near Murphy
on a warrant from another county,
and found a quantity of the stolen
goods identified by Mr. Messer and
belonging to him.
Following his arrest. Queen is said !
to have told officers he purchased the |
goods from Strange and two other J
Cherokee county youths, whose names !
Were withheld by officers pending i
an est.
Clyde Messer . son of the merchant.!
was with the North Carolina deputy
whe.i Queen was arrested, and officers |
said he discovered Queen wearing a I
paii cf i hoes very much like Uiose
stolen from his father's sto: . He is j
said to have asked Queen where he i
fcund shoes of that kind, and Queen ;
answered that he bought them from J
a group of men on a certain night!
some two weeks ago. The date coincided
with the night his father's store |
was robbi d.
Queen told officers he bought some
other goods from them at the same
time. He showed tin goods and implicated
Strange as one of the men
from whom he had made the pur-1
chase. The goods weie seized and car- j
ried to Murphy, where Mr. Me*ce?- j
later identified them. Queen was held
under bond as a material witness
pending the arrest of those he implicated.
Strange was apprehended by North
Carolina officers and returned to
Georgia by Sheriff Ingraham of
Towns county Saturday. He did not
fight extradition. '
Herman Logan one of the several:
others who were implicated in the
alleged robbing was taken into cus|todr
early t.his week when Cherokee
I county officers saw his name in Atlanta
newspapers which carried a story
to the effect that he had been called
to the scene of the shooting of Tom
Patton, former Murphy resident.
Henry Rose accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Messer, said they went to
Atlanta and got Logan and brought
him back. Logan, according to Rose,
fougfct extradition and waived preliminary
hearing Tuesday.
Rose also said h: has received inIcrmation
on several robberies in the
county that should lead to arrests
soon.
|SCOUT DOUBLES ?
CIRCULATION! IN ?
PAST 8 WEEKS*
4 '
A public sworn statement *wasY
xmade this week by the publisher A
yuf the Scout, that the circulation^
!]of the Cherokee Scout has been*]>
4 ^doubled during the past eighth
Xweeks.
The management appreciates the!!
Ihr enthusiasm wito which theY
]^Scout has been received and they
many people that have used theY
Xcolumns of the Scout for an al-y
; 'v.rtising medium that brings re-!!
Xsults. 1 '
The Scout is carrying a large! !
Xnumber of local advertisement;-V
I.this week end every week. We in-?
vite you to go through the pages] ]
A of this paper and look at the ads4
Yclosely. Th-ii bargains and sav-! !
ings are genuine. They are mess^ *
j]a?es written to the public invit-?
ying business and trade. Tthy are] ]
A not twisted, colored, or contorted* f
that they might mislead an unsus-X
pecting public. They are genuine4 '
I!bargains offered to the pubile in!!
Raiding the return of prosperity.
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iring Past 8
f ?>mi
ntially Rich Terri tory in This State
7. " :
CLOSE TO 9000 i
GALLON BERRIES
CANNED SO FAR
Approximately $2,150 1
Paid Out For Berries
Here During Past Week
Murphy cannery checks for beriies
will be car.hed Saturday by Dale Lee,
secretary and treasurer of the Mur- ?
phy Canning: Asociation, at Candler's
store, Mr. Lee announced Thursday. .
During the first seven days the new i
Murphy cannery was open this season <
8,435 gallons of berries were canned, ^
it was announced by J. H. Hampton, }
manager of the cannery Wednesday.
Through Monday night, the com'oticn
of the first week 6,773 gal- '
lons were canntd. Last Monday 1,350 j
gallons were canned in one day, ac- ,
cording to the official figures.
nnii<
received, Mr. Hampton said, but the'e
is a natural waste of 1 bit to possibly
,2 percent. On this basis it was estimated
that close to $2,150 have been
paid out lor berries so far.
The cannery most of the time has
1een working near capacity output'
and has been employing 26 people
I of which number 16 aie women.
Less than 10 percent of the berries
canned, it was estimated, were huekleI
beries.
| Definite information as to when the
Icanning of berries would give way t<>
th canning of tomatoes has not been
jannonced.
J. A. Barr, head of the TV AC in
this section, left Vurphy Wednesday
j afternoon to open another cantry at
| Cranberry farther up ir. the western
j part cf the state. H- will return next
j week.
CURRICULUM OF
COMING SCHOOL
YEAR DISCUSSED!
I
Conference Of All City
And County School
Heads Held Monday
A conference of city and county
superintendents and elementary and
high school principals was held in twhe
office of county school superintendent
A. L. Martin Monday morninc.
I beginning at 9 o'clock with A. B.
I Combs, high school supervisor; Miss
Hattie S. Parrott, elementary school
supervisor, and Mrs. Mary Peacock
Douglas, library supervisor, participating
as officials of the executive
council of the State Department of
F ublic Instruction.
Mr. Combs discussed the new
course of study for grades one to
eleven, and outlined the plan of appointment
of committees for reviewing
these courses, while Miss Parrott
teachers meetings and the new course
cf study as applied to the elementary
department. Mrs. Douglas outlined
the library program and suggested
methods for making the school library
program and suggested methods
for making the school library a ready
useful factor in the school curriculum.
Tracts and pamphlets were disiri;
oiited to those attending covering the
various phases of the curriculum
! for the coming year, and educational!
authorities feel that the meeting was 1
, a valuable aid in helping the principals
and superntendents of the county
to better understand the curricu;
lum for the coming scholastic year.
About fifteen attended the meeting.
The state adopted textbooks for
the yea: 1934-1935, which will be j
published in the Scout next week.
o
Miss Harriet Berry 111
In a letter from Miss Harriet M. j
Berry, "mother of the state highway
commission," this week it was learned
that she was taking sick just after
she left here last Thursday and was
advised by her doctor "to take a
rest." Miss Berry is now in Little
Switzerland, N. C.
Weeks?See Sw
wt X
TODAY
(1.00 YEAR?5c COPY
MURPHY SCHOOL
OPENING DATE IS
SET FOR SEPT. 3
Preliminary Supplemental
Budget Of $2000 For
Unit Is Approved
The Murphy schools will open on
VIonday, September 3. H. Bueck,
superintending principal of the Mur ny
unit, announced today following
i meeting of the board of education.
In addition to setting the date for
the schools to open, the board approved
a preliminary supplementary budjet
ol $2,000 for the unit. This budjet
is made up to take care of plant
maintenance. in&urr-nce, lepairs and
janitor supplies, for the school year
of 1934-1025, Mr. Bueck asid, and
is yet to be approved by tht State
authorities.
The faculty as announced by Mr.
Bueck for the coming, year includes,
high school: B. R. Cairoll, Murphy,
N. C.; Miss Ruth Holshouser, Sailsbuiy.
X. C.; Miss Ruby Courtney,
Williston, S. C.; Miss Fannie Hathcoek,
Conccrd, C.; O. W. Ib aton,
Robbin-ville. N. C.; E. V. Evans,
Chj pel Hill, X*. C.; and K. C. Wright,
Murphy.
Elementary department: Miss Clara
Mc Combs, Miss Martha May field,
Miss Emily Swoid, Miss Addie Eeath
^ \t.. r.. ,i i?_.. m
irwuou, .*irs. ijvc lyn rauon, mra.
Fannie Witt Case, Mrs. Ltila Axley*
all of Murphy; and Miss Margaret
Hall, Newport, N. C.; Mis- Kstelle
Mauney, Kinsey, N. C., and Miss
Daif McCracken, Hayesville, N. C.
Rural schools of the unit; Grape
Cr ek, Frank Walsh, Miss Marnel
'Williamson and Miss Bessie Crain,
Murphy; Tomotla, Mrs. Mc Falls, of
Andrews; Miss Leila Hayes, Tomotla,
N. C., and Miss Elizabeth Kilpatrrck,
Murphy; Bates Creek, Mrs. Franklin
Smith and Miss Loucine Wells,
Murphy; Texana (colored), George
L. Henry and Laura Ella Jones,
Murphy.
STATE OFFICIAL IS
HERE WITH KETNER
TO INSPECT CROPS
H. R. Niswonger, horticulturist
from the State College of agritculture
at Raleigh, was iiere this week, on an
spection tour of potato and tomato
crops in this section. He was accompanied
by A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee
county agent.
In the potato crop, Mr. Ketner said,
they found leaf blight prevahnt.
This disease causes them to rot and
kills the vine. Mr. Niswonger recommended
that in cases where it was
serious to dig the potatoes now and
stole them in cellars and in the
giound.
In every tomato patch, the county
agent said, plenty of blight and
wilt was found. For the wilt the only
thing to do is pull up all plants so
di seased and carry them out of the
field. For the blight the tomatoes
should be sprayed, it was advised by
Mr. Niswonger, with a Bordeaux mixture
3-4-50.
' "In the meantime", Mr. Ketner added,
"if we expect to grow tomatoes
i in Cheioket county, we'll have to
grow our own plants and buy a betIter
grade of seed whioh will, help to
resist these diseases. It will be neceejsary
to spray them from the time th>y
i are in the seed bed until th -y are on
' mhrket."
Mr. Ketner said he would be glad
to give any further advice at any
time.
AH tomato crops were reported affected
by these diseases, and ii? some
' instances complete crops are destroyed.
I CORRECTION
x Last week the Scout carried a* ]
1 inews story to the effect that pow-?
ixei :ates under th TV A were re-]
duced as much as 790 percent.'
XThis unavoidable, typogfrahpical]
Yerror should have read, of course,' 1
<{ 70 per cent. ] ;
? f
orn Statement