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A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEURITORY
VOl. 5J ? NO. 3S
MIRTH Y. NORTH C AROLINA Till RSDAY APRIL lb. 1942
5f ?'OPY? $1.50 PER YEAR
MURPHY WINNER
OF GRAND PRIZE
IN WNC CONTEST
Students Prove Selves
Best at Cullowhee's
Sectional Field Day
Mmphy Schools covered them
selves with glory at the Scholastic
and Athletic Field Day held in Cul
:owhee last Saturday. Schools from
just about every unit in Western
North Carolina except Andrews look
part. The latter with fine prospects,
couldn't overcome transportation
difficulties.
Murphy won the grand prize, con
sisting of a mounted trophy, and a
S50 scholarship to WCTC. to be
awarded through competition. Thev
also won first prizes in the Business
Education. tht Music and Art divis- .
inns Murphv students won 10 indi
vidual first places. 13 seconds, and
nine thirds.
Individual results follow:
Thelma Hall. 2nd 50 yard dash and
3d in 100 yard dash.
Nelle D?vis. 2nd in basket ball
throwing.
Billie Cornwell and Prank IngTam
2nd in three legged race.
Prank Ingram 3d in relay race.
Charles Sneed 3d in 50 yard dash,
n 100 yard dash and in relay race.
Jerry Beatty, 3d in geometry.
Fred Kilpatrick 2nd in manual
training.
Nancy Smith ist. in dress making.
Mary Lee Teague 2nd in dress
making
Clarence Noegel 1st sculpture, pen
cil sketching .water color sketching
and oil painting; 2nd in bulldng of
model steam engines.
Gloria Ann Kendrick 1st in vocal.
Mary Evelyn Carringer 2nd in vo
CA 1.
Mary Lou Hatchett. Mary Ann
Moorft and Martha Jane Thome best
trio.
Sue Roberts. Mary Jo Lloyd. Net
tie McDonald. Eva Nell Hatchett.
Mary Lou Hatchett, Louise Ensley.
Mary Ann Moore and Martha Jane
Thomo best girls chorus.
Annie Laura Mulkey 2nd in world
history.
Mary Frances Shields 3d in Amer
ican history.
Doris Green 1st in hobbies, foods
note book.
Marie Arp 2nd for canning toma
toes.
Mae Arp 2nd for canned beans.
Irene Reece 2nt'. for canned pear
preserves.
Barbara Robinson 1st in general
business education.
Jayne Ricks 1st in book Keepiu?.
Charlie Hughes 1st In typing.
Barbara Ruebensaal 2nd in short
hand.
Ray Smith 3d In book keeping.
Joe Webb 2nd in general science
for seniors.
Edith Arrowood 3d in bioloTy.
Louin Little, of U. S. N.
Home on Brief Leave
Home Tor the first time in years. j
Louin Little of the Macedonia com
munity. came back this week wear- 1
tng the uniform of the U ?. Navy. ?
and with the rating ofamechanic.Hc
was granted five days leave from his j
ship, now anchored in a northern ,
sort ,to visit his father. E. L Little, j
who has been seriously ill.
Sailor Little enilsted eighteen j
months ago. and since then has vis- |
ited many foreign ports, including j
P earl Harbor, and Iceland. This was j
the first extended leave he had been !
granted since "signing up."
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COTTON
Cotton is of such great importance I
?n meeting military and civilian de- j
*nan<Js that the United States is now ,
consuming more than 45.000 bales ;
"?ach day.
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Rubber less golf balls may soon be |
placed on the market.
Death Threats Sent
to Two Murphy Men;
One Signed with Skull
Threats of death have been re
C* - cc by Pr* *ton H' I n. Movi ? tV
s'ci vwnc aivl Fr nr. Dus ?. Mir
phy mer.ian.
Hcnn received the first threat. It
was stuck under the dooi of his
home, and warned him that unless
iie ieii town tnat day he would die
before midnight The threat, rudely
printed with a pencil, on cheap note
book paper was turned over to the
police. It was, of course, unsigned.
The threat againM Mr Dickey was
icnt through the mails, oil a postal
card A skull and cross bones were
rudely drawn in place of a signa
ture The card was postmarked
Gainesville, On
Whether the Postal authorities will
be called on to investigate is not
known.
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83 Seniors To Get
Dips at Highschool
Monday, April 27th :
jSE rre,r::
the Murphy High .school ,)n M ? ;
evening Apnl Anna JeanM?^
ey. is class valedictorian and Nell
Amos Hensley is sain ta torn;,, The
two girls won ,!?, honors by ???
standing proficiency in studies
Dr. Stewart McClelland. President
Of Lincoln Memorial University in
Harrogate. Tenn., and a noted ora
tor. Will address the graduates.
Commencement exercises will be
gin Friday evening. April 24. when
the drama school will stage a miulc
festival in the High school audito
num and seventh grade students
will receive certificates of promotion.
ese students formerly would have
ente.ed high school but under the
new system which goes into effect
next fall, there will be twelve grades
and high school work will njt begin
until the Ninth grade.
About fifteen seniors pljn coming
back next year to enter the Twelfth
grade, and take special course*
Not part of the official exercises,
but of general interest, will be a
Piano and voice recital in the audi
torium Thursday night, by the pri
vate music pupils of Mrs. .Terry Da
vidson and Miss Phillips.
The Baccalaureate Sermon, on
Sunday. April 26. will be preached
<>* the Rev. A. B Cash .of the first
Baptist Church. M.irphy.
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Townson and Heaton
Try ic Enlist But Beth
Army and Navy Say No
Two prominent yountr men of this
section tried in vain to enlist last
week Both would seem to be fine
Physical specimens, but were turned
down by the examining physicians,
of both the army and the navy.
The two are Mayor Robert Heaton.
of Andrews, and Quentown Townson."
son of the High Sheriff. Both pre
ferred the air corps, but were will
ine fo enter any branch.
After being rejected for the air
: service Mayor Heaton tried to get in
the quartermaster corps. He thought
less strenuous work might make him
acceptable there, but he was turned
down again.
Eager to serve, the young Mayor
was more than discouraged. His i
draft number has not yet been called.
b'it under the new system, he again I
would be examined by army sur
geons. and so there seems little
chance of his getting Into uniform.
Young Townson 's experiences were
just about the same as Hea ton's.
Townson had been dieting for more
than a month .to get down to the
proper weight, only to be rejected
because of imperfect eyesight. His
right eye was "eff", the doctors said
which was news to him
The Sheriffs son Is cozutkfcrliig
going to Canada, where the physical
requirements are less exactin
NEW ROAD WORK
UNDER STATE BAN
UNTIL WAR ENDS
i
Only Essential Repairs
T o Receive Approval
SavR Raleigh Edict
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State Highway Commissioner P. B i
Ferebee Vcceived word from Raleigh
cr? Monday :hat all highway worn,
with the exception of needed repairs, j
is in the discard for the duration of
the war.
An exception will be made, of
course, in the case of .my road need
ed for defense; but such a need is
unlikely in view of the fact tlwt no j
new cantonments or military devel
opments are contemplated in this .
?State. In any event such work prob- 1
ably would be done by the Federal :
Government.
Exceptions will also be made 0:1
any coontraets signed on for before 1
April 9. Tills means that the new
1 highway from Asheville, which pass- j
ts ,-ome five or six miles outside of;
i -Sylva. and which was bitterly op- i
I posed by residents of that town,
piobably will be put in first-class
~hape Muo'.i of it is already com
i pleted.
Maintenance of he present load
l system will be continuid. but there
, will be no new prokcts .such as wid
ening. or straightening unless t'le
: tctal amount involved is less than
$5,000. With labor ..nd materials at
I the present pir-e limits, very little
I can be done for tha! amount,
' Even repairs mav be slow in com
| ing according to Commissioner Fere
1 i:ee, beca'ise of laboi shortage, diffi
j . tt 1 v i.i setting ?Materials and .:n
|inc:mous riiffitultj in ge:;ing eq.i p
j men'
j Two projects p anned for this
' county by Mr. Ferebee will have to
: be abandoned until Hitler. Mussolini
I and the Japs have be?n taught their
I iesson.
The most important of these p;o
jeets. on which a survey has already
been made, involved the siraigr.trri
ing and widening of the highway
from Murphy to the Tennessee line.
This would have reduced the dis
tance to Chattanooga, and was ex
pected to more than double the tour
ist travel into Cherokee County.
The narrow, twisting road has
caused many motorists from Tennes
I seo to take the road via Franklin.
The other project was for the
; widening and straightening of the
mountain road from Andrews to
Robbinsville .which would cut the
; travel-distance in half.
Commssioner Ferebee said that
I irum In'* on evtriy liigiiwa y uuiini
i would be subjected to triple scrutiny
i before being spent.
"Except for repairs that are aD
I solutely necessary" he said, "road
work in this section, and throughout
the whole state, is just about over."
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I O. G. Anderson Named
Explosives Supervisor
Mr. O G. Anderson, of Culberson,
has bppn appointed Federal Agent tn
supervise use of explosives in Chero
kee County. His appointment came
from the U. S Bureau of Mines.
Use of explosives .for any purpose,
requires a Federal permit. Mr. An
derson issues these permits, if appli
cations are satisfactory.
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NOTICE
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again next week.
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on the wrapper read 4-42, or 5-42.
they mean that your subscription ex
pires this month. If so, you will re
ceive just one more paper after this,
unless you renew.
We are sorry, but rising costs and
the scarcity of paper prevent us from
mailing the Scout to any except sub
scribers who are paid up.
We are sure you will appreciate
this .and will cooperate.
Maude Dickey Breaks
Wrist When She Falls
"Up" Stairs at Home
Lots ol people have (alien down- j
?stairs, but it remained lor Mrs.
Maud Dickey to fall UP-stain-. She'
fractured her left wrist.
The accidcnt happened in her
home ast Sunday night. The victim
ti .d just returned from Bry.son City |
and was sitting on tlx stairs talking1
to a ^ roup ol' fricnd.s. Hismg to as- I
cend she stepped on an <-dgc of her I
overcoat, and fell upwards. Instinc*-i
lvcly sh?* stuck out her arm to break i
the fall, and the full force of lieri
weight descended on her w: 'St.
- napping it.
Speed Limits Cut
For All Vehicles
Operated by State
North Carolina's highway equip
I ment will bo treated with kid gloves]
| for the duration .according to S. C.
j Austin, equipment engineer for the !
j State Highway and Public Works
j Commission
Speed limits for all highway de
l partmeni vehicles haw been placed
! at .. minimum and all employees
! have printed directions pasted ;n the
| cahs o! their vehicles offering five
1 ules of safety an . a lis; et "do s"
| and dont's" for the conservation of
I equipment.
Passenger cars owned by the Com
I mission are limited to a 40 mile per
I hour speed limit which is in line with
; the policy of the President, pickup
trucks 35. three-ton trucks 25, trucks
'with semitrailer .0 and heavy duty
i trailers 15.
| Speed for highway vehicles is cut
still further in western North Caro
lina.
All tires beloging to ihe State
I Highway Commission are branded
with a special number as well as NC
j SHC as means of identification
| "huuM tires be stolen. This number -
i ing sjstem also serves as a definite
| check as to t he mileage being secur
ed fro mindividual tires.
Don't" on the list suppiled each
Highway oCmmission vehicle opera -
j tor include no jack-rabbit starts,
slidig stops curb scraping, racing
1 around curves or riding on flat tires.
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Baptist Pastors Tell
Personal Experiences
In Their Church Work
Baptist ministers froir. Sylva. Hoo- '
! V ill. t/ilH
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i ihcir most interesting personal ex
| periences in church se:vice at a fel
j lowship meeting or the Baptist pas
I tors of Western North Carolina Mon
[ day. The grojp met at the First
Baptist church in Murphy, for their
; quarterly session.
This was the first year in which ;
churches of the extreme Western end |
of the State have been included in the !
group. The Rev. E. F. Baker, of An- I
drews. President of the organization.
"Worshfc was the chief topic dls- 1
. cussed at Monday's meting .with the
Rev. W H. Covert, of Bryson City: .
the Rev. H. K. Mosteller. of Canton; I
and the Rev. C. F. Rogers, of Frank
lin. taking part. The Rev. Edgar Wil
j lix. of Andrews, conducted the devo
1 tional and the Rev. L .C. Cutts. of
! Copperhill. delivered an inspirational
j message. Lunch was served by the
j host church, of wheh the Rev. A ,B.
| Cash is pastor.
Fred Stiles, of Murphy, led the de
votional at the afternoon session and
F. H. Leatherwood. of Hazelwood,
discussed "The True Worshippers."
Then came the personal experiences,
related by the Revs. A. B. Cash and
W. P. Elliott, of Murphy. Roy Oar
land. of Robbinsville. W .W. Marr, of
Marble and G. C. Teagrue. of Sylva.
The Rev. J. A. Herring, of Cullo
whee, concluded the sei-ion with a
discussion of "The Prospec; for True
Worshippers "
! OFFICES BEGGING
ASG.O. P.NAMES
COUNTY TICKET
Two of Candidates Say
They May Withdraw:
n??. HnBBB
With Saturday the lasi duy oil
which candidates can file. the voters
may find themselvis ' , in; inui
lion whi ihe:? is .. ? ici iv i tn
'.obody wanting tc fill |H-- -in; . r
offices where UK-re may be candi
dates from only one parly It is the
first time in the history of the coun
ty that such a condition has existed
Nobud} ill cither parly seems to
want to be Clerk of the Court. Un
der the present set-up the office
doesn't pay much more than a pick
and shovel job with the WPA
The post pays $2,500 a year, which
is somi $2.8.33 1-3 pei month Oat
of this he must hire ins own clerical
force .which will cost him not less
than $150 per month Thai leaves
only S58;i3 1-3 for himself.
John Donley, the present clerk
flatly refused lo consider running
again. Charles Crane, ol Andrews,
uccepted the Republican nomination
for the post, last Saturday, but o:i
Monday he told this writer thai,
thinking it over he didn't see how
he could afford to make the race He
has not yet formally withdrawn.
"Add the expense of ,'ampainnmn
to all the rest." he said, "and it comes
out that you would be just about
working for nothing. AND, of course,
you might lose. Anyhow, when you
get out of office, you'll have to start
from scratch, because your former
: business \ ul ,,c gone."
The same line of reasoning was
followed by E. L Shields, who filed
as a Democratic candidate for the
post . but who last week withdrew his
name
After much persuasion, J. Law
rence Hall was finally persuaded to
seek the Democratic race lor Clerk,
and filed Thursday afternoon. Hail
veteran of World War 1. is widely
known as operator of the Woco Pep
tilling station in Murphy. He tried
to volunteer for more service in the
army, but was rejected.
It may be that that there will be
no Republican candidates for two of
the County Commissionerships and
no Democratic candidate for the
other. Meeting in Convention Satur
day. the Republicans nominated
Milt Anderson, of the Culberson
section, who now holds the post for
the lower end of the County; Ernest
E. Stiles for the Murphy. Peachtrec
nTirt Brasstown district, and Horace
Higdon of Andrews, for the upper
end of the County.
Mr. Stiles told the writer, on Tues
day .that he probably would with
draw. "The district is so strongly
Democratic," he explained" that a
Republican we'd be just spending
his time an dhis money to get beaten.
It is reported that T. P. Calhoun,
incumbent, will not run again. J. H.
?Stratum, popular farmer, and a
Democrat, carries an announcement
elsc*where in thv. issue. He has many
friends in both paitirs.
Meanwhile. Mr. Higdon. Andrews
merchant, is sai to be doubtful about
-tinning again"' Comniiss'.jner Ed
TVcod. The lattc.' a power in the
C.'oir>mission. cat .ilmost cer'a.nly bs
rc e tcted if he chooses to un or
we i ks has has declared that he would
not serve again: but members of his
party have been "working on him."
and he now is believed to be waver
ing.
On the other hand, the Democrats
ma vnot try to run anybody against
Commissioner Anderson. In the lower
end of the county. That section is so
strongly Republican that a Democrat
probably wouldn't even come close.
Clyde Jarrett. beaten last time by
the late James Mallonee. Jr., was
again nomnnated to make the Re
publican race for the State House of
Representative*. No Democratic can
(Conttnned on bark pan)