H-flf MURPHY D ^_ rke Leading Vol. 1VL.?No. 18. CATTLE SALES THIS FALL ARE WORTH $7500 More Than 400 Head Of Ca:tle Are Sold Here At Four Big Sales. More than 400 head of Cherok-; ccuntv cartle have gone under the aucti"iir's hammer in the four cattle salt - hi Id here this fall. Although there were not many buyo the first sale in October : an?s t.he bidding was not very heavy, prices went up considerably at the other sales and brought top prices for j gcod cattle. ; The salts have been under the diI rection of Bob Patton. of Frankl:n, I A. Q. Ketr.er, Cherokee county agent, and J. F. Hall, local game warden. . Finding Cherokee aountv farmers ^ resportdve to theij calls for cattle new buyers from city marKcts and large concerns c. nie here to bid on ha lnct rhree sale? Considering the fact that the price of beef is comparatively low all over the country, stock in the local yards J brought a fair price?just a shade un- ^ der that of Asheville and other city * markets. A good grade of black calves ^ brought any where from 34 to $5 ^ per hundenveight a.-? a top pTice and good grades "f feeder steers brought from S2 to $3 per hundredweight. Prict for cow- were in a respective } proposition. Figured on an average basis, the t' ur sal< - have brought approximately $7500 to the farmers of Cherokee and surrounding counties that brought their cattle here for sale. The local price was under that of . city markets but when the expense ' and loss of weight by shipping was , considered, selling at the local market was the most profitable. Many of those who sold cattle at . the local market have been able only i, to kiep a rar Tellico Plains, Tenn., was be- o Hauled to Ravensford, situated ft Halfway between Brywn City and ylva, where the camp will be located M room now on. 31 The new location will be a dual **!' with the hoys from Tellico and hi Pother camp of New York boys, ori- (' ? Uy Stationed on up the state, m wntinit. II Close to 200 boys are being moved the Tennessee oamp and it is ex- el eft**'! that the other camp will have P< the same numibeT of men. They P H work in the national forest m ?ere. L old eamp at Unaka will be {?* <' over to workers for the United C ^J?8 Forestry service, it was said. Company 426 has been under Lt. ?< U#ntr fcsrsa. * i it 11 the little schidren in this section to get out 1 their pencils and paper and tell i him what they want for Christmas. He said it's a good idea to get ' the letters in early, too, as he ha* a lot of work to do this Christmas , with so many good little hoys and girls around, and that he will have to g*t an early start. Santa wants the children' to send j their letters to Santa Claus, in care cf the Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N. C., and he will have it printed in the columns of this paper. ALDERMEN AND i COMMISSIONERS STUDY REFINANCE ' For the purpose of further discus-11 ion en the question of refinancing 11 he debts ot Cher kee county and! lurphy through the Chicago Refinince corporation, a meeting of the | ast and present I cards of aldermen ! nd the present and incoming o muissiontrs will be held here Friday. A similar meeting was held here "uesday at which the corporation ( iu re fully explained the proposition j ut no definite conclusions were I cached and all action was deferred iirtil the meeting Friday. At ihat time the c rporation will I resent its plans in detail. } . After hearing th< proposal the city I , ouncil plans to eiUher accept or re- j j ect the proposition at their regular rioting next Thursday, according , o Mayor J. B. Gray. Since the Republican commission- , rs will go into office Monday it ^ uld not be learned when they will eld their meeting to either accept or j eject the proposal. * The refinancing plan was first rought up here before a joint meet- j ig of the county commissioners and f ity aldermen last summer, and both a odies passed resolutions to consider j t he proposal. j \ 'LANS FOR GOLF COURSE WILL BE , DISCUSSED HERE i A meeting for the purpose of dis- 1 ussing the plans for obtaining a * herokee county golf course will be 4 eld in the club room of the library t 7:30 o'clock Monday evening, Mr. A. Case announced Wednesday. The purpose of t.he meeting will be j appoint committees and get the rc- 1 ction and advice of all interested 1 arties Dor securing an FERA loan c or labor on the proposed course and c aming a site. 1 All interred parties are urged to e there. People from all over the r ounty .have been invited to the meet- r .AST RITES HELD FOR JOHN SMITH, c 79, OF TOMOTLA vc 7" ^ v Funeral services for Mr. Jonn a. it mith, 79, of Tomotla, 12 miles from ere, were .held this afternoon at I [, :30 o'clock with Rev. John Carper c fficiating. Inteaiment was in the ( unily cemetary. s Mr. Smith died at 9:15 o'clock \ ,'onday morning of pneumonia after r i illness otf four days. ? Born in Morganton Ga., 1855, he kd lived in the Tomotla community \ >r the past 25 years. He was a ? ember of the Baptist church since j *26. s Surviving are his widow and nine ,] lildren: Mrs. B. B. McCabe. Cop- 0 ?rhill, Tenn.; Mrs. Mandy Payne, ? rasstown; Mrs. Myrtle Raper, To- c otha; Will, Glen, Ulen, Charley and g em Smith, all of Murphy. o f OMING:The faculty play, "Drums p r Death", a myitery drama in three :ts. Watch /for the date in next g eek's paper! F if rote olina% Covering a Largr and Potent I. C., Friday, November 3( .IONS JUBILEE PLAYS BEFORE LARGE CROWD; Songs, Skits, Black-face Acts Prove Popular With Local Audience. A packed high school auditorium pplauded the offerings of the an:ual Murphy Lions club Jubilee show fhich was presented Wednesday night it 8 o'clock. A versatile program of s^ngs, okes and skits were offered by mini. >ers of the club and a galaxy ol local ntertainers that pleased a large ar.d ippreciative audience. The Lions club minstrels, an annual iffnir thnt I!!Tlnng the b-St of | ocal shows was directed by Mrs. H. | iueck, wife of the* president of the i ocal Lions club. A (,iorus of six ladies, six black- I ace end men, the inter! cutor. Air. H. ! C' ?ntinued on back page 3URLEY SAID TO BE PROFITABLE CROP IN COUNTY Therokee Farmers Urged To Try Raising Tobacco j Crop In Spring. Due tn the fact that Cherokee j ounty soil f- xtrtiaely adaptable to he raising of Hurley tobacco ct ps,1 t is expected that many more farm- j 'is of this section will devote acre-j ige to the ci4>P in coming seasons. ! At pr *ent there are only a half [ 07en farmers in this section that an- 1 p-owing tobocca eviden.ee showing a gradual increase since it was first! ilanted by J. S. Queen, who has an ?4-acre farm 15 mihs from here on : Mr. Queen has been setting out j >eachti*ee. "rem 3-4 of an acre to an ace and ! i half annually for the past six years ! ind this year h expects a 10001 Found crop from less than an acre' hat has been cultivated. Is Profitable Crop. Realizing the possibilities of Bur-: ey tobacco becoming one of the for most and most profitable crops in j Continued on back page HUNDREDS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF BIG CIRCULATION PLAN Hundreds of people in Cheroke j ounty art taking advantage of the I inusual offer extended by the Cher- j >kee Scout in its gigantic subscription I an-paign to give away $100.00 in >rizes. A beautiful cabinet, Philco radio, tow on display at Walter Coleman's adio store, and five other big cash j >rizes will be given away absolutely ree on Feb. 2. All you have to do to win one of hese gorgeous prizes to go to any >f the merchants lifted below and >btain from them a coupon which is vorth a quarter (twenty-five cents) vhen used toward a year's subscrip. ion to the Scout. Get a coupon from one of the- folDwing merchants: Murphy Supply onupany, Ledford's Hardware Store, handler's Department Store, D&vidon and Mclver, Parker's Drug Store, Valter Coleman*? Radio Shop, Caringer's Dept. Store; E. L. Townson lepartment Store, C. M. WodTford. W. M. Fain Grocery Company, V'offord-Terrell, Murphy Harware lompany, Dickey Feed Company, ohnson's Meat Market, Murphy Sanitary Meat Market, J. W. Lovigoods, W. B. Dickey and Son, Cher, kee Hardware Company, Mauney's frag Store, Murphy Cafe, Marie's 'afe, A. & P. Store, Lahn's Dept. tore, Whitaker's Bargain Store. The coupon with 75 cents is good or a year's subscription to this newsaper and may win o"e of the prize?. Get one today and remember the ieout goes up to $1.50 per year on February 3, 1935. v fHwj ially Rich Territory in This State ), 1934. $1 COUNTY OFFICERS 1 TO TAKE UP NEW OFFICES MONDAY All newly elected county officers will be 'worn into office at the court house Monday morning r and at that time the Republic.1 n? J * will ta*4e over the roir.s of the i county affairs. Late thi;- week the exact hour 1 had not been set. The new officers will take up I their duties immediately after they are sworn into their respective of- | fices. The new county officers are: R. I L. Kcenum, register of deeds; Z. ' C. Ramsey, sheriff; John Donley, \ clerk of the court; and J. M. Pay- i ne, E. A- Voyles and W. A. Adams, j j MERCHANTS HAVE MACHINERY ADDED IN MURPHY LATELY A large quantity of new machinery j nas boon installed in inree .uurpny | business houses the past week. -Mr. \V. I). Townson his installed now equipment in his shop in back of ' the Scout office that he expects to I step up his production oi furniture l and caskets many time' . Hie t\v - , story building adjoining his .dop ha- j beta comphted and he is now using , it as an office and a storet r om. W. It. Lloyd, of the Ideal Cleaners, hu> hauled three truck loads of ! machinery from South Carolina that'; he expects to use in the laundry which j he c. ntemplates opening in the Burn" !. building some time within the next ; ( few week-. Much of t.he large equipment has been installed and more is still coming in. And last but not least, the Scut | tddejd a $600 folder to its equipment ' this week much to the joy "f the1, lore that usually scraped i their fingi is to the bone on Thursday 'j nighti folding up the Scout. Machin- ! ery has been added from time t< j time in the six months that the new . management has taken it over and it is now one of the most completely . equipped printing shops in Wear era North Caredina. i MURPHY MAYOR IS PRINCIPAL TALKER AT TEACHERS CLUB Mayor J. B. Gray, of Murphy, was j the principal speaker at a meeting of the Schoolmasters club held at the Murpihy high school building Thursday. Seventeen members of Cherokee, Clay and Graham faculties were pre, sent. > Mr. Gray's topic was "Are schools giving the people value received? If so, how can we let thorn know it?" On this subject he brought out a number of interesting points and sug. gested ways in which teachers might ro tore schools to their proper place as a real, old community center. He suggested a greater tie between the pupil, t?V parent and the teacher es bringing the school closer to the ideals of the general public. Two other guests at the meeting? Representative-elect Edwin Hyde, of Andrews, and Mr. Tom Gray, of Hayesville?lettered short talks and pledged their support to the program of education. Other remarks were ( made by teachers attending the meeting. ] An oyster dinner was served by c the Home Economics class under the direction of Miss Holahauser. It was an ideally planned meal and greatly enjoyed by all present. The purpose of the club is to foster education and round table dis- i cushions are held at the regular t meeting with a view of offering v suggestions for class-room problems and the welfare of the school child, a Their work is ir. line with Mr. Gray's t talk. i Mr.w7w.Hyde Mr. W. W. Hyde, cashier of the Murphy branch of the Citizens Bank 1 and Trust Company, wa\> back in his \ office attending to business matters i this week following a serious illness. He is greatly improved. His many friends are glad to see him back again. ft! 1 TODAY i j .00 YEAR?5c COPY [VA DIRECTOR IS COUNTY VISITOR OVER WEEK END * -oca! Engineers Are Nov/ Working On "Love>'s Leap" Site Near I Iere. While private power cor;> vafcionfca and local interest? this week natlOTV lly ploughed into the TV A socking to st p the Authority's program of building dams in the Tennessee valley. Dr. Arthur E. Morjpin, TV A brand tho TV A as illegal and halt its interests, tho director and his daughter. Miss Francs Morgan, attended a supper and and a Sunday night program nl the Folk School. Fallowing a - :vi led by John Specht, of Flat Rock, Dr. Morgan talked at some U ngth about his ideas ? r -mall industries in the future in this mountain section. His talk was made more inUre^tng by tellng sonio of his personal experiences when, an a j* ung man, ho worked on engineer^ g projects. Other officials of the TVA who hove visited tie Folk School iccently are : Arthur C. Jacks n. TV AO administrator; Julian S. Chambers, yf the legal division of the TVA; Harvey P. Vaughn, liaison officer of tho TVA; Mr. Baker, of the TVA at Km xville, Tenn., and Mr. Rail, of tho PKRA of Washington, 1). C. Meanwhile it has been learned that TVA surveys around the Coleman >ite have been going steadily forward* For ?.he past two weeks the local engineers have bn survying at site at a :>end a mile from town known an 'Lover's Leap." Tho local engineer, following their ntensive study for the past sevea months are hiking a holiday this week Mid. Having added several extra days of work in the past three weeks, work was suspended loeplly from wmiimuhsw ? ,w?upwii u 111 ii .wonuay morning. Mr. Clyde Patton Has New Position Mr. Clyde Patton has been added to the staff of the Murphy branch of the Citizens Rank and Trust company where he has been working every other day for the past week. Mr. Patton has been county accountant ever since last spring. Prior to that he was connected with the United States mail service. He will continue with the county until the new officers are sworn in. Mr. G. W. Ellis A large hdst of friends of Mr. G. W. Ellis, distributor for the Gulf Refinning company here, will be glad to learn that he. was reported as improved late this week. He has been -ick since Saturday with a bad caso of influenza. His presence about town is greatlv ItlisSAH and ic lwirwwl fl?o* ?''I soon be completely recovered. o? Tom Axley, Jr. Tom Axley, Jr., was reported much improved at the hospital this week afer having suffered with* a bad to^th vhich left him with an infected eye. Tom had his tooth pulled last week ind it caused hrm a great deal of rouble. He was taken to the hospital r0r treatment. o Mr. C. W. Savage Mr. C. W. Savage, of the Regal Hotel here, returned from Atlanta his week where he has been reeeivng treatment for sometime for a prolonged illness. He returned with Mrs. Savrse and many friends were ready to greet him.