COMP Active | And. /| j| 1 Attractive ' |1 MURPHY ~ I ' The Leadi Vol. IIL.?No. 14. Democrat As Roosei .NATION"SEES HUGE VICTORY FOR NEW DEAL Rooseveelt Garners 523 Electoral Votes Winning 46 States President Roosevelt Wednesday had piled up the biggest electoral majority any candidate ever enjoyed since the nation grew up. The victory left just eight electoral votes in the column of Alfred 31. Landon, the Republian candidate. It further reduced the Republican membership in Congress and took one more governor's chair, at least, from the party of l^andon and Lincoln. So vast was his margin over Al-C ....1 M I on/I/in iVtnf .nllnI| it a clear mandate for Mr. Roosevelt to continue his liberal policies; even some of his bitterest opponents said every real American must stand behind the President. Some reactions were immediately visible. The stock market was thrown into a buying whirl, with somo issues advancing to a new five-year high and only public utility stocks the object of heavy selling. Just two states, Maine and Vermont, with a total of eight electoral votes stood on the Landon side. New Hampshire spent election night in the Landon column, then climbed on the Democratic banawagon. In the end, the President seemed certain of 523 electoral votes, Landon 8. It was the nearest approach to unanimity in the electoral college since James Monroe was re-elected in 1820 with only a single vote against him. A correspondingly top-heavy majority in House and Senate seemed likely. The Democrats appeared to be winning enough seats to give them 75 of the 96 in the Senate. House returns were slower but with something like two score of contests in doubt, the Democrats appeared sure of going beyond 300 seats. In the upsets, they had taken two Republican seats lor every one the Republicans had gained from them. They had 308 members in the last House. Not since William Howard Taft went down in the snorting Bull Moose rampage of 1912 had the fortunes of the Republicans fallen to so low a state. Even then, though Taft got only the eight electoral votes of Utah and Vermont, all of the rest did not go to the Democrats. Theodore Roosevelt got 88; Wilson the remainder. o Scout Broadcast Draws About 1500 Approximately 1500 people ^aiaered outside the Cherokee Scout office Tuesday night to listen to precinct-by-precinct returns of the county elections, i Sana Carr and Oscar Hunt gate 1 the returns as they came in o?er I a loud speaker system, and a radio I was used to relay national returns. I The Smoky Mountain Boomers string band performed between I returns announcements. 1 The Scout is deeply indebted to I **eryone who cooperated so genI eronsly in bringing in the tabula1 tions. I Methodist Steward's Meeting The first Steward's Meeting of the current church year will be held H st the Methodist Church Thursday B night, Nov. 5, at 7:00. Every Steward I J8 urKed to attend. Extensive plans r the new years work will be made B 8t this meeting. Mrs. Tom Mauney B ? the Chairman of the Board. LETE OFFICIAL PRECW jt cup ng ITeekly Newspaper ui IT cstern Nor Murj s Go Back relt Party! Scout One Day Late Appearing This Week For the first time in over two years the Scout failed to be put | in the post office on its schedule time this week, subscribers receiving it one day late. This was due, however, to the [ publishers' efforts to bring the \ OFFICIAL county returns to its readers as soon as they were tabu- j lated. ARMISTICE DAY CELEBRATION IS BEING PLANNED All Committees Meet Wednesday Night To Complete Plans Plans for feting Leprior.aries and veterans of three counties at Andrews Nov. 11 have been completed and the city is ready to entertain about 300 visitors that are expected there on the occassion, Bill Whitaker, chairman of the publicity committee of the affair, has announced. The all-day Armistice celebration is beinfr sponsored by t\te Leslie Stillman Post of the American Leirion at Andrews. Legionaries and all veterans and their families from Cherokee Clay and Graham counties are invited to attend. All business houses in Andrews will close down for the event and the town will be thrown open to its visitors. Last week Mr. Whitaker announced that Col. W. A. Fair of Lincolnton, N. C., would deliver the main address of the day following: a picnic lunch at the Andrews gymnasium at 1:30 o'clock. This is only one of the many interesting events being planned by the committees which are under the general supervision of Kimsey Wyke. Besides members of the local Legion post, leading merchants and citizens of Andrews will jon in welcoming their guests for the day. A warm reeption has been planned for not only visiting Legionaries and members of their families but also Tor all World War veterans who will attend. The festivities will start at 10 o'clock with a parade. Besides the veterans, two local CCC camps will join in the march. Good music will be furnished for the occasion, Mr. Whitaker Mid. Memorial services will be held at the Andrews cemetery at 11 o'clock with several local ministers officiating. At 1:30 comes the picnic and at 2:30 there will be a football game between the Andrews high school Wildcats and a team that has not yet been definitely scheduled. The game will probably be with Bryson City. Both round and square dances are being sponsored that night at the gymnasium. Mr. Wyke is in charge of the arrangements. "A hearty welome is assured all who attend this event. We are making preparations for the greatest occasion of its kind ever held in this end of the state and we assure everyone a good time", Mr. Whitaker said. "All veterans whether they are member? of a Legion post or not are cordially invited to be with us and celebrate with us that day." o One of the largest sweet potatoes seen this season was brought into the Scout office last Saturday by Mr. A .W. Hall, who lives at Tomotla. The huge potato weighed about 3 and one-half pounds and Mr. Hall said he had many more that large on his farm. y ^CT-BY-PRECINCT TA1 rrpfet! th Carolina. Covering, a Large and jhy, N. C. Thursday, No Into Cher* Sweeps En HIS PARTY > V : 1 \ ? . franklin D, Man Identified Through Effects Left In His Bag The body of Henry M. Smith, Jr., ape., 56, which remained in the undertaker parlors of the Townson Funeral home for four days while Mr. W. D. Townson tried to locate a claimant for it, was taken to Bu Jan, ky., Monday nignr lor Dunal from the home of Mrs. Smith Tuesday. Mr. Smith had been visiting a friend, Henry Bums, of the Tuskeegee section of Graham county, and after a hunting trip Friday he succumbed of a heart attack. Although Mr. Burns was acquaint ed with Mr. Smith, he knew very little about his personal affairs, and called Mr. Townson to take care of the body and give his advice. Mr. Smith's only effects at the time of his death was a small handbag which contained a number of letters and papers through which identification was made. Through an army discharge dated 1899 and several letters and newspaper clippings it was determined that members of Smith's family lived in Durham. A contact with police there put Mr. Townson in touch with a married daughter of Mr. Smith, and from there he learned Mrs. Smith lived at Bulan. The body was brought to the undertaking establishment Friday and conveyed to Bulan by Mr. Townson's two sons, Wayne and -Clyde, Monday night. Graham County Boy Is Elected To Office Cullowhee, Nov. 5.?Mr. Floyd Millsaps of Cheoah. has been elected treasurer of the Baptist Student Union Counil at Western Carolina | Teahers College, where he is a stu- ; dent. He is the son of Mrs. G. D. Farley, I of Cheoah. 5ULATION ON BACK P e fhtin Potentially Rich Territory in This S v. 5, 1936. $ okee Coun itire Natior /ICTORIOUS ^ ^ ^ ; , Roosevelt Elections Orderly But Wet On Tuesday Elections were hot in Murphy alright?but they were just as orderly as they were hot. No break out or demonstration of any kind was seen at the polls in Murphy and no news of dis turbance in the county precincts was reported. Naturally it was not expected that the election would go without a little stimulant, and as a result i local policemen reported the ar- | rest of about 35 during the day | on charges of plain drunk. Murphy To Entertain Tellico Plains Here Qot.iv/latr ' 1 uoiuiuaj ailCIIH/lMI cue .UUI (HIy | ! high school eleven face one of their ! stiff est opponents of the season. They will entertain the Tellico Plains team here. Word comes to us that the Ter.nesseeans are very strong this year just as they always are. A little sample of their work is a 21 to 0 trimming they put on Copperhiil some time ago. And Copperhiil Is the same team Murphy had a hard time trouncing 14 to 6 here several weeks ago. If there is anything in comparative scores, a tough afternoon can be anticipated for the Boomers. But the locals have got a string of 14 straight victories they do not want spoiled. Walt Mauney Kills Fine Deer Monday Walt Mauney, Murphy druggist, was fortunate in bagging a fine buck deer during the first day of the Pisgah National forest deer hunt which began Monday. Mr. Mauney and Lieutenant Fisher, of the state highway patrol, won the privilege of being the first to enter | ! on the hunt Monday morning. ] . m 16 pages i lt^tl" today til It And 4 Pages ~ of COMICS 1.50 YEAR?5c COPY ty Offices i Tuesday ONLY TWO GOP NOMINEES ARE GIVEN OFFICES Cherokee County Averages 200 Votes Democratic In Voting Complete precinct-bv precinct Tabulations on back page this section. Cherokee county vte:- wcr.' t persons voting LJenvocrats, were eieetecl to all but two county offices and Democratic contributions were made to state and national nominees. It was a complete turnover of two years ago when the Republicans had themselves elected to county offices by about the same margins. L. L. Mason, of Rrasstown, former Democratic sheriff, was elected to that post to succeed Z. C. Ramsey. A majority of 86 votes were cast for Mason. Harry P. Cooper, Murphy lawyer, was elected as representative to the next general assembly cn the Democratic ticket with a majority of 244 votes over C. E. Hyde, Andrews attorney, who was up for reelection on the Republican ticket. B. L. Padgett, a Democrat in of(Continued on back page this sec.) NOVEMBER TERM SUPERIOR COURT BEGINS MONDAY Juries Drawn For Criminal, Civil Session; Harding to Preside The regular November term of Cherokee county Superior court for the trial of criminal and civil cases will begin Monday. Judge W. F. Harding is slated to preside over the two weeks' term which will see the trial of several interesting cases. The jury has been selected as follows: First week?Fred Whitener, v.'Uiucr?un; juiui viiHUM'it, i uiiH'rvon ; John Davis, Grandview; N. F.. MoDonald, Grandview; J. T. Hobson, Andrews; Harley Carrinjrer, Murphy, route 1; Hodden Howell. Murphy; Bob Amnions, Andrews; Tom Gilbert, Murphy; Bass Mostella, Andrews; Felix Palmer, Murphy. Tom Harris. Culberson; E. ('. Suit, Suit; Bill Stiles, Jr., Suit; Walter Cooke, Murphy; James Donley, Murphy; Stanley Clayton, Murphy; Irvin Hall, Murphy; J. P. Stiles, Murphy; J. M. Ramsey, Murphy, route 3; Ben Mintz, Marble; D. B. Roberts, Unaka; Sam Green, Birch, and C. B. Odcll, Murphy, route 3. Second week?C. B. Lovinpood, Murphy, route 3; C. L. Lunsford, Murphy, route 1; Polly Gitthafcn, Letitia; Ed Killiam, Murphy; Clevo Almond, Andrews; Ivan Harris, Culberson; D. M. Coker, Murphy; H. A. Bettis, Tomotla; Will Hass, Grandview; Alex Owenby, Murphy; Decatur Stiles, Vest; Bob Roberts, Murphy. Cleve Ledford, Murphy; W. R. Dockery, Marble; Lum Walker, Letitia; Pryor Hamby, Violet; Bob Kinp, Murphy; A. J. Ramsey, Murphy; J. H. Birchfield, Murphy; Jewel Martin, Murphy, route 2; H. S. Sudderth. Murphy, route 2; Clifford Dockery, Topton; Jim Bryson, Marble: Leo Kisselburg, Culberson, and Parker Derreberry.