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LEGISLATURE
ADJOURNMENT
ON SATURDAY
Hectic Session Brings
Many Changes Session
Survey Reveals
! Tht following is a brief review
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y oi i ne w?m uunc uy en-roKCC,
Graham and Clay county solons
in the legislature which adjournal
ed in Raleigh Saturday:
I G R A H A M: Representative
Morphcw an outstanding candiV
dale for speaker of the 1937
II house introducod Comparatively
few local measures, concentrating
on, statewide bills including
s measures to increase salaries of
solicitorsi and Extendi the termfc
? of register of deeds from two to
? four years.
> Among his local bills; authorize I
a Graham county board of commissioners
to issue $75,000 court,
house bonds, provide fcr special
election on question of legal barbed-wire
fence in certain townships,
direct the county to purchase
certain law reports fo^r
clerk's office, permit the appointment
of an additional deputy
sheriff, and increase salaries of
county officials by 20 per cent.
CHEROKEE: ~ nflict between
Republican Repr <%tative Hyde
and Democratic istor Browning
resulted in passage and I
| death of several Cherokee county
kills.
COUNTY IS DIVIDED
Although opposed by Hyde, the
legislature divided Cherokee
county into three districts for
nomination and election of county
commissioned s, and continued
the tax commission in office for
another two years.
Another bill, offered by Hyde
and amended by Browning, prohibits
absentee voting in Cherokee
county for county, township
and municipal offices.
Hyde also obtained the passage
of a bill providin-g for tax relief,
and blocked the senator's efforts
to add P. A. Mauney and Mrs.
Giles W. Cover to the Cherokee
County board of education.
CLAY: Among the measures
sponsored by Representative
Gray were: pkovide for tax re.
reduce talares of c^tain
ccunty officials, and authorize ?
special tax %o defray operation
expenses of jails and courts.
RALEIGH, May, 11, <AP) After
123 days of lawmaking. North Carolina's
legislators forsook the capitol
late today, retrospective concerning
their sometimes heated battles, principally
over the controversial sales
fax and alcoholic beverages.
Their last day was in some respects
one of their most hectic, as I
fhe uncertainty of the sine die ad-'
journmcnt that finally came at 3:02;
?'clock this afternoon hung over the J
senate aod house less than an hour
before the gavels feM to close the :
ibird longest session of the general
assembly on record.
C limatic occurances of last week j
saw liquor control advocates break
down th dry defenses after 17 days
?f almost futile scrapping. The <
Manufacture and sale of wines and ]
cider was legalized and the way was <
paved for possible legalization, of i
whiskey in 17 counties and two
townships. J
Ineffectual efforts to bring about .
a ("?nipromise between the wets and
Grys on some form of state control
Cr ; tate referendum caused the unc ti.nty
as to final adjournment ;
after noon today. Governor <
I'-hrinpjhaus took a leadng hand in ^
.he deliberations, and although the i
**** were willing to accep*. a state- j
de vote by counties ios'^ad of
ft. dip
eekly Newspaper in Western North C
MurpV
JT AND J
CPLAINED
Hon't Be Misled |
In any campaign regardless of
the natur of same, rumors of 1
different kinds will be circulated,
namely: one candidate will hear
that another candidate ha> so |
many votes, etc. These statements
can always be discredited
aiiu especially in a campaign ni\ j
this.
There arc only two people
who know how many votes have
been cast for a candidate. On
is the campaign manager and the
other is the candidates themsel- i
ves. N it even the publisher of
the newspaper knows. So don't
bo misled. By your own accomplishments
you can win.
J. W. Stamp r. Campaign Mgr.
MRS. LEILA DICKEY ;
MRS. HANCOCK DAVIS
MISS JEAN CONLEY
MISS EDITH ORR
MRS. C. C. LLOYD
MISS GRACE BARNETT
MISS FRANCES COVER
MRS. H. A. MATTOX
MISS TABITfHA ABERNATHY
MISS ANNE CALDWELL
MISS LEILA HAYES
MISS DOT MONTONY
MISS KATHERINE LEDFORD
MISS VIVIAN PHILLIPS
MISS LOIS LATHAM
MISS MARTHA MAY FIELD
The candidates listed above
have been nominated in the Scout
and Journai big subscription campaign.
FREE TICKETS TO
BE GIVEN THOSE
NAMING NEW SHOW
In seeking a new name for his
theater now under construction in
Murphy, P. J. Henn, the owner, has
hit upon a nov? l idea of choosing
the most popula name.
He is giving a fr e ticket to the
show to everyone who mails a suggestion
for the name to the Cherokee
Scout office. One of the persons
who suggests the winning name
will he awarded a six months pass to
the theater.
Everyone is el.gible and the name
must contain no more than five letters.
Each per>on c*an make only
one suggesuon. une 01 me person*
suggesting the winning name will be
given a six months pass to the show
and all the ot.Vrs will be mailed a
ticket with the date of admittance
on it. Simply write a name for the
show and your name on a peice of
paper and mail it to the Scout and
you will be sure to win one ticket if
not a six months pass. No suggestions
will be acepted unless mailed.
Although nearly completed, the
opening date of the new and modern
theater lias not yet been set but the
manager expects to make the announcement
soon.
LIONS BOW TO TVA /
MURPHY'S FIRST E
Th: Lions club baseball team,
presenting the front of a modern
Gibralter, was smashed to smithereens
by the repeated onslaughts of
a fighting iTVA nine that went dashing
to victory?and to.home plate?
on the back of a 'Missouri mule.
Although opinions as to the final
score varies all the way from 6-1 to
1-3, the TV A team was declared
champions?and thus remain on a
pedastal that was given tftem by 13
ornery, lazy, contrary, confounded
mules.
It all transpired at the local ball
rround last Wednesday night when,
thcir local un.t successes, the drys
were unbending.
Lines Are Shifted
Shifting their lines continually to
mc,et the strategy of opposition, botft
sides had jockeyed for control
through the session, now of the senate
and then of the house. Finally
a plan for state-wide control with
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arolina, Covering a Largr and Pole
?y, N. C. Thurs., May ]
OURNAL'
? TO INTI
CLUB ON RECORD
TO OBTAIN MORE
CCC CAMPS HERE
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Lioug Club Interested in
Having Roads Repaired;
Erosion Cheeked
At the suggestion of Fred 0.
Scroggs and Sam Mendenhal), the
local Lions club at their regular
meeting in the Murphy cafe Tuesday
night voted to back up a move to
have one or more CCC camps located
in this county to h ip in th*- conduction
of roads and the prevention
of soil erosion.
Basing their claims on th*?
that there is only one CCC camp lo:ated
in the county and that no
benefits of the government worker?
lias been received in Cherokee, the
two Lions suggested that an investigation
be made to obtain any possible
assistance along this line possible.
In view of the fact that the government
has made increased appropriations
for CCC funds, a committee
of Chairman R. W. Gray, Fred
0. Seroggs, Sam Mendenha", W. M.
Fain and A Q Ketner was appointed
to investigate the matter.
There is no indication that the
CCC boys have ever done any work
on Cherokee county roads and the
extravagance of unabated soil erosion
is driving the Cherokee county
farmer to the dole line and the relief
offices, the two reported.
G. \V. Ellis, acting president at
the meeting in the absence of H.
Bueck appointed another committee
of Chairman W. M. Fain, H. G. Elkins
and A. Q. Ketner to be in
charge of arrangements for "Ladies
Night", which will be observed at
tho next meeting two weeks hence.
It is believed that District Governor
Guy O. Bagwell, who will be in
Asheville the night of May 22 to attend
the ladies night meeting of th?
As>heville Lions, will be present at
the meeting. j
Lion W. M. Fain reported that a
new club would be formed at Hickory
May 30 and all local Lions were I
urged to attend t.his mepfincr ?? wpII
as the one at Ashevil! . Bagwell, it
was said, would also ! ? present at
the Hickory meeting. 'Mr. Fain also
announced that the date of the state
convention had been moved up one
week.
T'he Murphy club also went on record
as willing to cooperate with the
reorganization of Lions clubs at
Robbinsville and Blairsville, Ga.
o
Mrs. V. J. Brown, of B'uckhead,
Ga., is the guest this week of Mrs.
L. E. Bayless.
VND DONKEYS IN
ONKEY BALL GAME
under flood lights, the TVA boys
showed themselves superior to their
challtngrs, the Lions club, in Murphy's
first taste of donkey baseball.
Weilding a mighty bat, and with
the aid of a pocketful of lump sugar,
brother Beall of the TVA posse,
smashed one clean out of the range
Df the lights for a home run?with
three cohorts on base.
The best the Lions could do was
:o prod the stubborn donkeys from
Either to yon for an amount of
runs too innumerable to mention.
fHarve Elkins provided the thrill
>f the evening when he took a spill
that jarred Napoleon's grandfather.
Running full steam ahead in an
?ffort to catch the mule before he
rot to the "dead line", Mr. Elkins
nadr a hop, s?ip and flying jump
ror the beast's back, just as the
lonkey, running true to form, found
t convenient to stop and back up.
The surprise of the evenng came
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^TODAY
1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
IGN
PARTIES
: and adjoining
E in on the scout
:ral offer if they
)
If r.f those who j?r^ reading
al the S out a:.<! .Journal's Big
Campaign and thinking about how
nice it would be to drive away on
June 29th, a new 1935 Ford V-8 or
wear a $-100.00 diamond ring, they
would come immediately to the office
and hav- the rules explained.
tHere is the opportunity surely for
tht person who lo >ks a;, a thing from
a purely business standpoint and who
arrives at a conclusion as to its merits
by the way it appears to them as
a business proposition. Some one in
the trade territory of t?ne Journal or
the Scout is going to win a new
Ford V-8. Some one is going to win
a diamond ring, next a living room
suite, and also a radio and cash commissions.
No one can lose?A prize and
ommission has been arranged for
Bivery candidate entering this great
campaign. All that is necessary to
;r.ter this race is to clip the nomination
blank appearing in this issue,
fill in your name and address, mail
>r bring to tihe office of either pa3ti.
This coupon entitles the person
to 10,000 free votes and gives
you a start toward winning on* of
the grand prizes. Knter today and
and other inventors have played in
making the Ford one of the outstanding
cars on the market.
PaTticulary interesting is the film
showing the village that Ford built
himself with the orginal homes anrl
equipment of the pioneers of this
country.
A large turnout is expetced to s*e
the pictures which have already been
shown to many people of this section.
Mother's Day Here
Is Observed Quietly
Mother's Day was observed hcTe
Sunday in its typical quiit manner.
Local churches had special programs
for the occasion and a large
number of local citizens visited parents
and paid respects to their
mothers that had passed away.
Many children of families all over
the county came back on the day
set aside for mothers and many
greetings w>re passed among friends
who had not seen each other for
some time.
t firm
^ V* ^ ^ >
ntially Rich Tern lory in Thi* State
16, 1935. ~~$i
S CAMPA
CRESTED
MANY IN CHEROKEE
COUNTIES WOULD B1
AND JOURNAL'S LIBE
FULLY UNDERSTOOI
T\ iTrnrn-r t irnr
llNlLKLOi flLKL
OVER FEDERAL
BUILDING HIGH
Prospectus Being Prepared
In Anticipation
r\c m n -l i- i i
ui incw ounaing nere
With general interest evident in the
possibility of a federal building being
erected here at the approximate
cost of a quarter million dollars in
the near future, local citizens are
anxiously awaiting outcome of the
presentation of the prospectus now
being made in relation to the pro- ,
ject. (
A sketch of Murphy is being made
by Dale Lee and possible locations
with site values are being made to- ^
geth r with other necessary data j
that the government might have the (
local situation in concise form when j
Murphy's bid for their part of the ,
fedeial all tcation if offered for con- ,
sideration. j
The preparation of the prospectus 1
comes as the result of the ifforts f t
Harry P. Coup. r. Mayor J. B. Gray
i and H. M. Whvak'T, who some time
I ago went to Wash'ngton to confer (
| witt offcuo n Jie possibility ?f
obtaining part of ;he i'deial fund>
| set aside f ?r similar purposes, and a
| "favorable report" on the matter. (
Summing up the situation, Mr. ,
Cooper said this^ week that the chanc
s "were wonderful". Named as
specific uses for the building would
be new post office quarters, offices
for the TV A and forestry workers,
i relief offices and the possibility of
having Supreme court moved here
I from Bryson City.
EVANS MOTOR CO.
IS SHOWING FREE
FORD MOVIE HERE
A series of interesting, descriptive
taking pictures has been received by
T. S. Evans, Ford dealer here, and
the qualities and building of the New
Ford V-8 will be shown free to all
who wish to see them through the
medium of the equipment.
Mr. Evans announced that he will
sh nv the entire series of pictures to
the public at his garage in Murphy
next Monday evening and everyone
is invited to see the intricate steps
through which the Ford car must go
before it is put on the market and
the important part Thomas Edison
u?r nappy ai o p. m. on June 29th,
1935.
1. Campaign officially opens
Thursday, May 9, 1935, and will extend
to Saturday, 5 p. m., Jum 29th,
1935.
2. Any repurable man woman or
child residing in Cherokee, Graham
or adjacent territory is eligible to
enter, and compete for a pTize, except
that no employee of the Cherokee
Scout or Journal or any member
of their immediate family, including
father, m >ther, sister or
brother, are eligible to compete in
t?he campaign.
3. Children under lf> years of
age are not allowed to compete
without the write n consent of parents
or parent. The management
reserves the right to reject any nomination.
4. The winners of the prizes
will be decided by their accredit
ed votes. Said votes being represented
by ballots issued on subseriptons
and advertising.
5. Cash mush accompany all order?.
There will be no exception to
this rule.
6. Votes are free. It costs th?
subscriber nothing to vote or their
candidate. When paying yom subscription
at either the Journal or
Scout office mention your favorite
candidate. Th-y will receive the
votes.
7. Votes cannot be purchased.
Every cent accepted through the
campaign office must represent
subscriptions or advertising.
8. Votes ar? nnt transft i&ble.
Candidtaes cannot, withdraw in favor
of another candidate. Shodd a
candidate withdraw from the race,
his or her votes will be cane died.
Ne.ithtr will it bo permissable for
candidates to give or tran ;fei subscriptions
to another candidate.
Votes on snoh Onwcfo?-?.,l
.. suu *;*?!'tions
will be subject to disqualification
at the discretion of th<
ment.
0. Any collusion on t^e ju.it of
candidates to nullify competition
or any other combination arrange
ment, or effort to the detrimnd- of
candidates of this newspaper will rot
be tolerated. Any candidate ot
candidates entering into or 1 tkinj
part in such agreement will f? . foi;
all rights to a prize.
10. Votes issued on subscription
or advertising may he held in reserve
and voted at the discretion ? f
the Campaign ^Management.
11. In (vent of a tie for any
one of the prizes, a prize, identical
in value will be given each tieir.g
candidate.
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