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MURPHY o
I The Leading Wet
Vol. IIIL.?No. 24
VETERANS HERE
ELATED AS BILL
PASSES SENATE
House Concurrence Is
Expected; Will Override
Veto
Cherokee county war veterans were
elated this week when the soldiers'
bonus bill, calling for payment of
full 1945 maturity value in $50 bonds :
wa.' shoved to within a step of the
White House Tuesday as the Senate
passed it along to a receptive house
by a top-heavy vote of 74 to 16.
The nearly five to one majority
rolled up for the Democratic-Republican
two billion dollar proposal was
easily more than enough to pass it
over a veto. The house already has
approved immediate payment by an
even greater majority?356 to 59?
but without specifying the payment
method. Some observers predicts a j
veto, but even Democratic leaders
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saiu it wuuiu uc v/vti i iuuv 11.
Speaker Bryns said the "baby
bonds" bill would be taken up in the
house Wednesday, allowing members
a day's notice. Bonus leaders predicted
house acceptance of the sen- r
ate substitute by an overwhelming *
ballot. I
A double defeat in the senate for
payment of the World War adjusted
service certificates in new currency ^
was expected to influence house sup- ^
porters of the inflationary Patman
bill, vetoed last session, to refrain 0
from pressing this issue. jt
Only 9 Democrats Vote No
Only nine Democrats and seven y
Republicans voted against senate pas. ^
sage. Fifty-six Democrats, 15 Re- IT
publicans, 2 Farmer-Laborites and the t|
lone Progressive LaFollette, replied in
the affirmative.
The approved measure, introduced t|
by Senator Harrison (D., Miss.), on
behalf of Senators Byrnes (D., S. C.) Stelwer
<R. Ore.), and Clark (D.,
Mo.) would authorize appropriation
of $2,237,000,000 and also make available
$254,000,000 in the adjusted service
certificate fund to defray the t
estimated ultimate cost of the bonus
of $2,491,000,000. ,
Beginning June 15 next, the $50 ?
bonds and as much cash as would be .
needed to take care of odd amounts, | a
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PURE BRED CATTLE
GROUP TO CONVENE i
MONDAY MORNING ;
The making: of American Cheese j
will be given as a demonstration by
the women of the N. C. Way Home
Demonstration club in the Home Economics
room of the Murphy High 1
school on Saturday morning, February
1st, at 10:00 o'clck. A cordial a
invitation is extended to members of 0
the rural communities and the town P
ladies.
All farmers in this section interested
in raising pure bred cattle are ]
being urged by A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee
county agent, to attend a meeting
to be held in the court house in
Murphy morninsr at 10 o'clock cen
tral time to discuss plans for a pure | s
bred Guernsey promotion sale to be c
held in the county in the near fu- 3
ture, possibly this spring. 0
R. iF. Farnham, dairy specialist 11
of the state extension department,
will be present and address the group f
Ketner said. He will explain the F
most feasible plan and relate of the
success witnessed by farmers in other I
sections who have taken an. interest a
in raising pure bred cattle. c
Definite strides toward a reputa- t
tion as one of the outstanding pure
bred cattle counties has already been J
made by Cherokee through the interest
shown by its leading farmers
in raising pure bred Guernsey herds.
The promotion sale is an important
step in raising the price and standard i
of good cattle, Ketner said, and he t
urges every farmer who is conscienti- f
ously behind the move to make this c
a better cattle raising section to attend
the meeting. f
Mr. Farnham plans to be here t
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to t
confer with local farmers, answer i
. their questions pertaining to cattle '
and offer advice. Anyone wishing to J s
talk to him is invited to notify the t
county agent. i
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THE JOB NOT Y
Now that the dam seems to he a
cooperative moves this section must
Paramount among these is the [
phy into the proposed Fowler Bend
If Murphy is to get the businegood,
accessible roads? and if the r
son why the nucleus of the business
Cherokee county folk and merchants.
Already members of the state
and gone over a possible lake contc
dam site and figured the approximal
to us, would be cheap at any cost.
If traffic to and from the dan; i
dozen country roads we can I expect
Tennessee, who has always wanted t
ready to pave highways right up to
As citizens who have always fou
to have the dam built in Cherokee i
State Highway commission to give
conscientious considration.
There is no doubt but what a I
the lake will present a spectacle of
North Carolina to the tourist and mo
from.
The road is a necessity and we s
Sasebail Team To Meet|T
t nr i *t* 1 - 1
-lere Un l uesaay iNignt
For some reason or another, maye
to buy new uniforms or maybe
List to argue a little bit, manager
[enry Hickman has called a meeting
f the 1936 baseball team to be held
1 the Scout office Tuesday night. p
Baseball weather is hardly here
et, but the local mentor of the
reat American passtime, wants to
lake plans good and early for a team
hat he hopes will outdo the record
tie local nine made in 1935.
Everyone interested is asked to at?nd
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fax Penalties Found im
To Be Twice As Heavy j1'11
In announcing tax payment penal- ^
ies last week in Cherokee county
trhich will become effective February ^
, county officials and lawyers de- ^
ided they had made an error and
hat the penalties are twice as heavy
is these published in last week's is-1
ue of The Scout. I
~ . ... . I fo
in reoruary one per cent win be
idded to the taxes; two per cent in | j
tlarch, three per cent in May and
our per cent in April, it was decid- *
id.
Sheriff and tax collector Z. C. ^
Ramsey made the statement in a ^
earning to tax payers to meet their *
obligations now in order to save the
tenalties. of
The penalties are provided by law tjr
nd the tax collector gets no part
f them, Mr. Ramsey said, in dis- m
elling a common belief that the go
heriff reaps from the penalties. ^
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Bank Sales Confirmed
As Court Closes Here
ch
The sale of 179 of 194 listed as- ^
eta of the Cherokee bank, which c0
losed its doors here three years cj
?V, bviMlliutu UJ a civil VClllt t[|
f Cherokee county superior court sa
vhich closed here Tuesday. va
Only one jury trial was held beore
Judge John M. OgleSby, who be
resided. ta
Foreclosure of the 15 assets of the wi
ank, which consists of three notes
nd 12 judgments, that were unac- is
epted by the board is expected to ca
ake place immediately.
*Jew Game Warden ^
Warns Against Traps
Strict adherance to trapping laws
n Cherckce county is being called a*
o the public's attention by D. Birch. .vV
ield, who was appoinjfjd Cherokee ?*
witty game warden recently. '
Particularly is the new game war- ^
len interested in warning the people ~
tgainst netting steel traps for any- x
hing other than muskrat and mink
n the water and along streams but
>nly in the cultivated portions of the
streams. All other trapping in this
ounty is strictly forbidden, accord- ^1
ng to the game laws. ^
roltei
irolina. Covering a Large arid Pot
lurphy, N. C. Thursday,
ET FINISHED
i certainty, there are still many
make with the T\ A.
rrocuring of a road fioin Murdam
site.
s from the dam. it must have 1
oads are built, there is no reashould
not lie transacted with
highway board have met here 0
>ur route from Murplhy to the v
:e cost?a cost that, it appears ^
s routed around through a half 1
: people to trade here when
he dam built in their state, is
i i '
the dam's bark yard. (
ght with unrelinqui-tiing efforts
ounty, we must now urge the
this route their immediate and s
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ii<*hway around the contour of 1
beauty unsurpassed in Western
re benefits will be reaped therei
'
hould have immediate ac tion.
ARGE CROWD""
WILL ATTEND
DANCE HERE;
resident's Ball To Be
Held At Regal Hotel
Thursday Night
The President's Birthday Ball, !
>w a by-word for those dancers who
ek a delightful and gay evening of
tertainment, is expected to draw a .
rge crowd from surrounding cornunities
to th<* Regal hotel in Murly
next Thursday night.
Arrangements have practically been
mpleted for the affair and John
avidson, a member of the arrangeents
committee, has a surprise in
ore for all when he presents his
vn eight-piece band, the Casanova
chestra, for the approval of the
erry- makers.
Mr. Davidson has been in Asheville
r the past week organizing and 1
acticing with a group of musicians '
horn he was connected with several
ars ago.
Messrs C. W. and Will Savage,
vners of the Regal hotel have gra
ously given the committee headed
r Walt Mauney, Murphy druggist
emission to use the spacious dining
cm for dancing between the hours
9 and 1 o'clock, Central Standard
ne.
A committee from the Young Woan's
club of Murphy, which sponrs
the affair and which will receive
I per cent of the net receipts, is in
large of decorations.
The Konaheeta Club of Andrews
ill also assist the Junior Woman's
ub with preparations, and will have
large of the advance ticket yile in
ndrews. In the past, the spirit of
operation displayed by these two
ubs has been very favorable, and
is year more than ever before that
me spirit of cooperation will preifl.
The dining room of the Regal will
dressed for the occasion but de- '
ils of their work were meagre this
;ek.
However the greatest interest now
centered in the music and many
n not wait to see the orchestra the
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lA A Processing Taxes
Are Ordered Returned
Murphy merchants were at a loss
to which way to turn this week
lile the country at whole was awed
Supreme court action Monday decoding
immediate repayment of
00,000,000 of processing taxes coined
by the AAA during its stormy
istance.
This action overruled a request of'.i
e government that it be granted
e usual 25 days for filing a request .
r a reconsideration of the rulings. I
le announcement was made through I
e olerk's office. 1
t0rw
entially Rich Territory in This Stall
Jan. 23, 1936 $
Await Dam Ne>
High Court,
Power Ri
Murphy Hi Teams Win
Three Out Of 4 Games
Murphy high school basketball
earns emerged victorious in three
ut of four contests during the past
reek.
Tuesday night the boys team won
'rorn Almond by a 28 to 13 score
vhile the girls were defeated 36 to
13.
At Murphy last Friday night the
layesville teams lost both games, the
i>oys score being 30 to 12 and the
?irls score, 25 to 14.
Both teams are showing increased
peed and deception under the coaching
of O. W. Deaton and he expects
i lot better showing against Cher>kee
at the reservation Saturday
light when the Indians and the
Boomers clash for the second time
this year.
in previous tuts Here botn the
rherokce teams were victorious over
Uurphv.
Harve Elkins Is Returned
From Knoxville Saturday I
A definite improvement has been j
noted in the condition of II. (I. Elkins,
manager of the Southern States
Power Company, who haj been seriously
ill with infection for the past '
month.
The popular Murphy resident was
returned to his home here from the
Port Sanders Hospital at Knoxville
Saturday. Many friends who have inquired
about his state of health dur- '
ing his absence are expressing their
delight at his improved condition.
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Another Cattle Sale
To Be Conducted Here i
Mr. L. L. Mason, who shipped two
of the finest loads of rattle ever
sent from Cherokee county to city
markets Tuesday, will hold another
big cattle sale at Dickey's scales in
Murphy, Saturday, January 25, ac- ]
cording to his announcement this
week.
The two herds were sent to Baltimore,
Md., and Knoxville, Tenn. The
carload headed for the North contained
26 head which completely fill
ed the car. Ordinarily twice that!
number are needed to utilize the j
pace, but due to a pen oral interest j
throughout the county in a move to
produce better cattle, finer beasts j
are being brought to the local mar-'
ket. An increased revenue is being
noted by local raisers.
Mr. Mason has gone to the foreign
markets to conduct the shipments
hut will return in time for the sale.
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Man Recovering From
Knife Wound By Girl
Truman Cole is improving at the
Petrie hospital from a stab in the
back with a butcher knife in the
hands of Doll Henderson, of the Fain
mountain section, at her home last
Thursdav nierht.
Following the affray Cole was
taken to the hospital and Miss Henderson
was arraigned by constable
Jack McMillian before Magistrate D.
M. Reese who released her under a
temporary $500 bond pending the
outcome of the condition of Cole who
was stabbed under the shoulder blade,
the knife piercing his lung.
Hospital officials said Wednesday
Cole was "doing very well."
The girl claims Cole was under
the influence of liquor and refused
to leave her home.
Beef Cattle Specialist
To Visit Cherokee Co.
Mr. L. I. Case, North Carolina extension
department specialist in animal
husbandly is expected to be here
Thursday and Friday to inspect beef
;attlc herds throughout the county.
The state official has neen here
several times before and reports
Cherokee farmers as taking an ac:ive
interest in raising beef cattle
lerds among the best in the s-tate.
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TODAY
1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
ws Here As
Testing TV A
ights, Recesses
JUSTICES MAY
GIVE DECISION
FEBRUARY 3RD
Work Of Authority's Engineers
Locally Picks
Up Momentum
While no official word pertaining
to construction on the Hiawassee dam
on the part of TV A authorities had
been received here Wednesday, all
eyes were turned toward Washing ti
where the constitutionality of the
Authority to sell surplus powe* J,o
municipalities hinged on Supreme
court action.
Just as the word was expected to
be handed down Tuesday the eeurt
recessed for two weeks followi y an
11.minute courtroom session with jo
decision. It fc? now believed the idling
will be made public on
3.
Those in close contact with the
situation, nevertheless, feel : e high
court's action on the TVA <jues . ?*
now before them will ha\e c *?' 1
leaching local effect unles ? .e "<.'preme
justices take i upon . lenitives
to invalidate the entire TVA *itup.
Although the Supreme court
severely denounced several praed
New Deal institutions, a move cn
their part to scrap the Tennessee
Valley authority in its entirety appears
unlikely.
A large crowd including David *2.
Lilienthal, one of the three TVA directors,
was present to hear the
Court's decision on the question when
the recess was announced, juvording
to Wa-hington news dispatches.
Work locally on the part of engineers
appears to have taken on torsiderable
momentum. Daily those
connected high up in the Authority
are comming back and forth to
Knoxville making inspections here.
There is no diminishing factor a the
work of local engineers.
Those seeking labor on the flam
are still calling for application l?anlu?
at the Murphy post office, employees
report.
Here's How Ronns
Affects Veterans
If you have a $1,000 World "War
adjusted service certificate and have
not borrowed on it. you are entitled
to $1,000 in $50 bonds cashable next
June under terms of the senate bill
passed today and sent to the iioupe.
If you cashed it between June 15,
1936, and June 15, 1037, you would
get no interest. 11" you held it until
June 16, 1037, you would get $1,030,
including 3 per cent interest fo> a
year. If not cashed until June 15,
1945, your bonds would be worth
$1,270.
If you have borrowed to the limit
of 50 per cent on your $1,000 eerti
ucaie, since Uctober 1, 1931, yon
would be entitled to jt\t half of the
above amounts.
If you borrowed to the limit of 22
per cent permitted before October ),
1931, you would have coming to you
$780 in bonds, minus unpaid interest
before that date.
The highest value of any certificate
outstanding is $1,585. If no
loans are outstanding against s*nch
certificates, holders would receive
$1,550 in bonds and $35 cash for the
odd amount next June. If held until
1045 they would be worth $2,058 to
the holders, in addition to the $35
cash.
Entrance Attempted
An unknown party attempted to
?nter the Murphy A & P store sometime
after Monday midnight, Neil
Sliced, night policeman, rt-r? .ted
Tuesday.
Enrance was attempted by Jo-, zoning
floor boards in the rear ci I ho
building, he said.
Tuesday an attempt was made to
have dogs pick up the trail. )