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Volume IVL?No. 25.
ITVA OFFICIALS ARE
SPEAKERS TO FOLK
SCHOOL AUDIENCE
Thusrday nfeht, the 10th, there was
an important meeting at <The Folk
School. The speakers were J. P. Warbasse,
President of the Cooperative
League of the United States, and John
W. Hershey, who is in charge of the
nut tree program of the TV A. A
good sized audience from Brasstown,
PeachtTee, Murphy, Blairsville, Ga.,
and other communities, were present.
'The six other overnight guests at
the Folk School, in addition to Mr.
Warbassee ?and Mr. Hershey were
Miss Frances Morgan, daughter of Dr.
A. E. Mogan, chairman of the ?TVA;
Mr. Arthur E. Jackson, administrator
of the TVAC; Mr. Edward Thornhill,
administrative assistant of the TVAC;
Mrs. John Herstoey; and Mr. and Mrs.
?. w. M?cndenhall >01 urecnsboro, im.
C., who are much interested in cooperatives
and in the TVA. Those
who came to the meeting had an opportunity
to speak with these guests,
as well las to learn a good deal about
cooperation and nut tre?^? from the
speakers. After the talks, singing
galmes weTe played.
Mrs. John C. Campbell went to
Asheville on Friday to attend a meeting
on Saturday, the T2th, of the
j Smoky Mountain National Museum
Committee, of which she is a member.
OARP PETITIONS
BEING CALLED IN
TO BE SENT OFF
A number of Cherokee county citizens
came to the Scout office this
week under the assumption that there
was an additional petition to sign in
order to have the. Townsend plan of
OOd Age Refolving Pensions presented
to congress.
Following the publication of an
article in the Scout last week in
which the editor, as secretary of the
local OARP committee, attempted to
call in all petitions from the county
so they could be sent to the propei
authorities, the belief became prevnlfj
ent that there were "more" petitions
to sign. This is not bo.
As soon as the petitions can be col[
laeted they will be sent off for presentation.
PETRIE HOSPITAL
ANNOUNCES 2 NEW
NURSES ON STAFF
Mis Maude Shopc, <xf Robbinsville,
and Miss Irene Harper, of Copperhill,
Term., who have been connected with
the Petrie hospital nurse's staff for
the past several months, have resigned
< to take positions in Tennessee and
B left for their respective homes WedB
nesday.
I T.hey are being replaced by Miss
Delia Mae Davis, of Lincolnton, N.
C., and Miss Eliza King, of Bethume,
S. C., who arrived here Monday.
Both Miss Davis and Miss King
come highly recommended and have
had several years of experience in obstetrics
and operating work, hospital
attendants announced.
County Agent Back
From Rale?gh Meet
Mr. A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee county
agent returned from Raleigh where
he had attended a meeting of all
| county agotts of North Gar< a
I There extension work affairs were
j discussed: end otfcfer knattfrs were
I brought before tboee attending.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Ket[
ner and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wigg.,. ,
I of Robbireaville. Mr. Wiggins is the
I Graham county agent.
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B New Furniture Store
I, Wffl Open Here Soon
(The first of the stock to be sold at
the new Snyder and Long furniture
H store to be opened here in the near
future was being shipped here this
H fwiork on tie building has progressHad
rapidly and win be ready for oc rupation
upon the completion of the
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'eekly Natpmptr in Western North Ci
Murphy
Notice J
An important meeting of all taxpayers
will be held in the court house
in Murphy at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning. Prof. L. E. Mauney, president
of the taxpayers league, announced
this week.
He urges every taxpayer to be
present as there are so many important
matters 0f special interest to be
discussed.
"MUSICIAN" PLAYS 1
WAY INTO HEARTS F
OF P. O. WORKERS
One cam hardly turn around in b
Murphy these days ibut what a petit- n
ion oif some kind is shoved in one v
hand and pencil thrust in the other, e
Signing with first the right hand; a
then the left hand including the o
names of several relatives, has be- f
come a habit. v
A postman this week rushed up in n
that portion of the Dickey hotel directly
over the post office and deliver- 0
ed the following petition, special de- t
livery style, to Dr. Dd; Adams, in toto, v
to wit: - * ** ?
We, the empoyees of the Murphy f
Post Office respectfully petition you, n
that owing to the delicate structure
of our nerves, we are unable to cn- ^
dure the sameness of any one thing _
for more than forty days at a stretch
and music has its peculiar effect on
th? workers in the post office and if
you have mort than one tune for God
sane give us some variation.
SIGNED c
K. V. Weaver?Rural Carrier. r
R. Green?Sub Clerk. d
Thelma Dickey?Post Mistress.
F. E. Dickey?Messenger.
Edythe H. Dobbs?Clerk.
H. G. lElkins?Next Door Neighbor.
R. L. Bruce?Gainesville Route.
B. G. Brumby?Roomer in same 9
building. t
Sam Carr?Frequent caller at P. O. j
L. A. Lee?Editor in Chief. ),
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REV. C. H. DICKEY 5
COVERING LINDYHAUPMANN
TRIAL I
a
Rev. Charles H. Dickey, pastor of t
the First Baptist church of William- q
ston, N. C., and son of Mr. and Mrs. i
A. K. Dickey, of Murphy, Saturday v
left for Flemington, N. J., where a t
seat has been reserved for him that n
he might cover the Hauptmann trial c
for the Raieigh News and Observer t
and possibly several other newspapers.
Only about 75 newspapermen from
all over the United States have been j
allowed to cover the trial while hun- tj
dreds remain standing outside the
building.
Governor Ehringhaus, a personal t
friend of Rev. Dickey, was instru- b
mental in getting New Jersey to ex- w
Lena ils courtesies to Mr. Dictcey. * e
"HAINTED" HOUSE "
DRAWS CROWDS 1
TO HEAR GHOSTS
The press, in response to hundreds
of requests, plans to go to the "
"hainted" house at Unaka Thursday ?
night. ^
Since the story of the weird noises
there have made the rounds many ^
folks have been going there nightly ^
merely to get the thrill of listening y
to some kids pull on a resined string
attached to a tin car somewhere in
the eaves of the house or some ami- rr
lar contraption that will make a noise ti
like spooks, only to come back to ?
own and say, "I wouldn't have believed
it if?." ' "
The old Samuel Bryson home is
located two miles east c. Unaka on
the Murphy road. Albert KQby who
has been staying there reported the
noises ana people neve been thronging
there at night to hear the moans, I
waib, and the blowing of bnglee. I
Hearing the story- and believing it j
to be a fake, HenTy Rose, Patton
Coktaan Ezra Price, George Bates,
Pearl Bryson and J. W. Odom inspected
the hot * one day. They ,
searched H thoroughly and want back ,
that night to hear the sstne noises.
That is the story and we intend to i
find ont *" ehnnt it
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trolina. Covering a Large ond Poten.
r, N. C., Thursday, Jan. T
Brilliant Set
Held In IV
President's
NJURIES FATAL TO i IV
rOPTON RESIDENT
RIDAY AFTERNOON
as
Funeral services for Cheater Camp- q
ell, 37, who was killed at his homo ba
ear Topton, 20 miles north of here, of
fhen he fell from a truck Friday
vening, were held Sunday morning is!
t 10 o'clock with Rev. John Hogan w
fficiating. Interment was in the bi
amily cenetery. Peyton G. Ivie 1^1
fas in charge of funeral arrangelenta.
IV
Campbell was riding in the back
f a truck on the road between Topon
and Robbinsville about 6 o'clock
rhen he reached to get a cigarette
rum a friend, lost his balance, and
ell from the truck according to wit- th
i esses. p]
He was carried to a. Gral.am ?. iun- p<
y physician and then conveyed to the ei
iurphy hospital where he died sev- m
ral hour later from a concussion of at
he brain.
Surviving besides his wife are four st
hildren; Mary, JEthel, Tinsey and cj
) liver. ni
> BOUND TOCOURT, f'
3 FREED IN INDIAN
ii aMrvtdiai curor <<
JUx 1 A l\Ii~kLiU A II a\U I
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Trials for the remaining two per- ^
ons charged with illegally removing re
imber from land claimed by the
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians r
lave been set for 1 and 2:30 P. .M.
rhuriday afternoon before United
Jtates commissioner Paul Hyatt at
lurphy.
/Two persons were bound over to
'ederal oourt to be held at Bryson Q
'ity in May and three others were *c
cquainted of th? charges at the ^
rials held last Thursday. The ac- U;
quitted men pled that they were workng
on the land for some one else 0j
yhom they thought had permission S
o remove the timbe^ while the two c
nen bound over to court said the
ourt was mistaken in the axact /p<"si- g
ion of the Indian lands. j(
Srbbald Smith, United States for- ^
st ranger in Cherokee and Graham *
ounties was the prosecutor while
Larry P. Cooper of Munphy, defended m
he acquitted men. .
hs
Surveys of the Indian lands in the
wo counties wer? made Last Septeaner
and October, Mr. Smith said, at
rhich time the old boundaries were
established and published and posted
s required by law.
o
Sill Owenby Leaves vi
For Marion Position T1
ec
at
Mr. Bill Owenhy, accompanied by
is brothers, Paul and Frank, motor- M
j *- - *f?:? <-? j-t " i ?
it uu wiariuu, o. daturaay wnere Oi
e will accept a position with the th
/offord Oil Co., in that city. He w
ill make his home with his brother- W1
i-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. ot
eorge W. Terrell. Mr. Terrell is c],
le Pure oil distribntor there. Zi
Bill was one of the best liked and .
lost popular young men in this sec- c
on and many friends are sorry to
?e him leave. 7e
Baseball Meeting b ^
Called Tuesday Night
A meeting of all interested In w.'
the baseball team bas been called ph
for Tuesday night by Henry Hick- tw
nan, manager of the teem. The su
meeting will be held ia the Scoot
office at 7t30 o'clock. ca
"We bare some important bnsi- <!<'
boss to attend to", Mr. Hickman Pb
said, "and I ergo every player or Y<
anyone else that ia intarested te at- do
tand tbis masting". bo
"c w?s rc^wniva w act in xnis
pacity by Dr. E. L. Holt, Murphy
ntist. Dr. W. C. Morrow, Andrews
ysician, and Dr. Goldman M.
mngr, Shoal Creek physician. These
ofcors compose the county health
ard and were recently appointed
1 ially Rich Territory in This Sta
7,1935.
Of Dances
lurphy, An
Birthday,
lany Sign Petition To
Repeal Absentee Ballot
Petitions have been 'circulated here
well as all over the state of North
trolina for repeal of the absentee
tllot law and a great many people
this section have signed them.
They will be presented in the legLatare
now going on in Raleigh and
ill be used to back up one c?f the
ggest issues to come before the
gislators.
1URPHY SUPPLY
CO. OPENS NEW
STORF U/1TU CAIC
(This week marks the opening of
e new quarters of the Murphy Supy
company and in order to gel
jople acquainted with his modern,
llarged store, Mr. Noah Lovingood
anager, is running a special sale of
^tractive values.
Mr. Lovingood has combined thre*
ores into one directly adjoining the
ltrance to the Cherokee Scout offic?
nd has filled his shelves with unu
lal "bargains that he takes ampl<
5aco in this issue of the Scout t<
ill the people about.
The public is cordially invited t<
3me to the new store and look ovei
is big stock of goods and visit tin
ew five and ten cent department ii
le basement of the building wher<
iany useful articles can be found.
iOOD SAMARITAN
COLLECTIONS ARE
$93.50 JANUARY 1
Luring the month of December the
he okoe county Good Samaritan As ciation
fund has raised to $93.50 a<
irt of the money subscibed to be
sed by a committee of the associ
ion in the form of hospitalization
: the poor and needy, K. V. Weaver
>crctary of th? association annound
his week.
Those giving contributions were
. L Padgett, $5; E. G. Nichols, $1
>hr Davidson, $1; W. B. Dickey, $1
. L Townson, $5; Fred Stiles $5
hr Donlt-y, $1; Mrs. Jesse Cook, $1;
envy Cook, $1; Rev. E. F. Troutan.
$10; and J. IW. McMillan, $1.
IT1.ere was a balance of $61.50 on
ind Dec. 1, the secretary reported,
IRS. JOHNSON, 75,
VICTIM OF HOUSE
FIRE WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Mary Johnson, 75, of Grandew,
died in the locafl hospital at 5:10
tiursday morning from burns receivl
when her residence caught on fire
Grandview Wednesday night.
She wias living with he^ daughter,
rs. Julia Fair, and four grandsons,
ne -of them built a fire in one of
e rooms and it was put out. Later
he 1 had gone to bed the house
is found ablaze. All escaped withit
injury except Mrs. Johnson whose
othes caught on fire, according to
ine Davis, a witness.
She was conveyed to the Pterie
-spital.
Funeral arrangements have not
t been made.
>r. Hill Reappointed
As County Physician
Dr. J. N. Hill, Muitphy physician,
is reappointed to serve as county
ysician 3or the coming term o?
o years. This will make his third
ecessive term serving in this field.
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lilt paL
TODAY
$1.00 YEAR?5c COPY
To Be
dreiys On
January 30
ARRANGEMENTS
ARE BEING MADE
BY COMMITTEE
"Tennesseeans" To
Play At Andrews
At a late hour Wednesday night
a< i aiigcnicms were pracucany
completed to have the "Tenncsieean?",
a nine-piece dance band
from the University of Tennessee,
featuring two well-known' soloists
f.o play for the dance in Andrews
cn January 30. This orchestra is
absolutely one o>f the finest in this
section of the country coming well|
recommended after having been
highly praised by dancers all over
Western, North (^arolina, North
Gcogia atid Tennessee following ;
, highly successful engagements, ac,
! cording to Sam Carr, local chairL
| man, of the Roosevelt Ball.
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With less than two weeks left, the
committee in- charge of the brilliant
; set of dances to be held in observance
of President Roosevelt's birthday on
? the night of Wednesday, January 30,
} was busy this week finishing the dotails
for the two dances to be held
j on that date.
, 'Those making up the committee
; are: Mrs. H. Bueck, of Murphy;
i Miss Josephine Bradley, of Andrews;
a Mayor J. B. Gray, of Murphy; Mayor
W. W. Ashe, of Andrews, and Col.
Harry P. Cooper, of Murphy, Sam
Carr, the general chairman, announced.
Final arrangements were made to.
have Earl JohnsOn and his string
band, composed of two fiddles, a guitar
and a banjo, .pilay at the square
dance to "be held at the Murphy gym"
nasium.
' At a meeting in Mayor Ashe's
* furniture store in AndTews Thursday
it was decided by the committee to
1 devote the proceeds of the dance to
? the Mary Jo fund which is now in
charge of the Young Woman s club
of Murphy. Seventy per cent of the
net profit will be kept m the county
' for the benefit of infantile paralysis
suojecis ana the other thirty per cent
: wiU be sent to the national head:
quarters to be used for research in
fighting the disease, according to the
national headquarters requirement.
Tickets On Sale
Tickets will be on sale by the first
of next week at $1.50 apiece, the
cdmmittee decided. The Junior Woman's
Clubs of Murphy and Andrews
will be in charge of the sale of tickets
before the dance or they can be purchased
at the door of the dances.
Both dance halls will be gayly decorated
and prizes, donated by the
merchants of Murphy and Andrews,
will "be given away at the dances.
There will be grand marches, confetti
elaborate exhibitions, and everything
will be done to make this set of
dances the most glamorous, the most
enjoyable that have ever been held
in the county, the committee decided.
The mayors of both towns will
; make proclamations concerning the
dances ai ' the affair will be well advertised
in the surrounding counties
in this state, Georgia and Tennessee
as huge crowds are expected to show
up from the neighboring communities i
since there "will be no similar dances
in this section.
Good String Music
In obtaining the servces of Earl
Johnson and his boys it is generally
agreed that the bes string band ob
laiunuiv win o? nere. jniui?ftn himself
is widely reeognixed as one of
the best fiddlers in the country hav(continued
on back page)
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Mrs. Bert Savage
Mrs. Bert Savage successfully underwent
an operation at the Petri*
hospital Thursday morning. She was
said to resting comfortably at press
time.
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