1889
75th Anniversary Edition
The Cherokee
Scout
Volume 75 - Number 10
Murphy, North Carolina
October 1, 1964 32 Pages This Week
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Edition Photos
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Fred Davis
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McKeever? Edwards
Appointed To
Defend Gibson
MURPHY- The law firm of
McKeever and Edwards has
been appointed by Judge Will
iam K. McLean to defend Seth
Gibson, Jr., in the November
tern of Superior Court here in
Murphy. The Order of Appoint
ment of Counsel by J udge Mc
Lean was delivered to the off
ice of McKeever and Edwards
by S.B.I. Agent M. G. Craw
tord.
Gibson is charged in two
warrants for the capital crime
of rape and one warrant for
the felony of an assault with
intent to commit rape. The
warrants were issued by Lloyd
Ramsey, a Justice of the Peace
in Cherokee County.
Gibson is now being held in
Cherokee County jail awaiting
a preliminary hearing. Date
for the hearing has not yet been
set.
Murphy Native
Drowns At Dalton
MURPHY- Samuel Homer
Sneed, Jr., 4, drowned about
4 p.m. Wednesday, September
23, in a lake near the home
in Dalton, Georgia.
Samuel, a native of Murphy
who had been living in Dalton
for one month, was playing
with a boat in the company of
a friend when the accident occ
ured.
Surviving are the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Sneed,
two sisters, Maxine and Merr
is Ami, of the home; and the
paternal grandparents ,Mr. and
Mrs. Will Sneed of Murphy.
Services were held at 2 p.m.
at the Snow HillBaptist Church,
Murphy.
The Rev. Calvin Thompson
officiated, and burial was in
the church cemetery.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Dairy Meeting
Set For Oct. 6
MURPHY- There will be a
special meeting for Dairymen
from Cherokee and Clay Coun
ties at the Murphy Power Board
Building, Tuesday, October 6,
at 7:30 p.m.
Guy Parsons will betheguest
speaker. His topic will be
"Feeding and Housing of Dairy
Cattle."
Rev. Roland J. Whitmore, Jr.
Episcopal Preaching
Mission Begins
October 4
MURPHY- A preaching mis
sion will begin Sunday .October
4, at the Murphy Episcopal
Church in Murphy with Rev.
Roland J. Whitmire, Jr., of
Shelby, N. C. as visiting priest.
Rev. Whitmire is a graduate
of Clemson College and St.
Luke's Hall, University of the
South.
He has served as Rector of
the Church of the Redeemer
in Shelby, N. C. for the past
ten years. Previously, he ser
ved as Priest in charge of St.
Francis', Cherokee, St. Johns',
Sylva and Chaplain to the Epis
copal students at Western Car
olina College, Cullowhee.
The public is cordially in
vited to hear this preaching
mission. Services will be held
nightly at 7:30 p.m. and will
continue through Thursday,
October 8.
Rainfall Welcome
To Area Farmeis
Needed moisture descended
on the tri-state area this week
bringing relief to crop and
grass lands.
Up until 7 o'clock Tuesday
morning .30 inches had been
recorded in Murphy Monday
night and early Tuesday morn
ing. After dawn however, rain
fell harder and precipitation
had mounted considerably by
noon-day Tuesday(press-time.)
To the east the fall was
greater, with Hayesville re
porting an inch-and-a -quarter
and Titus, Georgia, beyondHia
wassee, being pounded with a
four-and-one-half inch assault.
Rainfall in the area will be
beneficial for grasslands, and
notably those on which fert
ilizer has been laid, according
to James Stewart, Cherokee
County Agent.
Precipitation would also be
helpful, he said, for late trell
ised tomatoes, newly-seeded
ground, cover crops, and for
further plowing. Mr. Stewart
thought it was the first siza
ble rain the area for about
six weeks.
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Cherokee Co. History Visited In Scout Anniversary Edition M
In the southwestern corner
of the state of North Carolina
the Cherokee Lands secured
by the New Echota treaty were
organized into Cherokee Coun
ty by an act of the North Car
olina Legislature in 1839. From
the time of the treaty until
the formation of Cherokee
County', this territory had re
mained under the jurisdiction
of Macon County.
The pioneers who settled the
mountains of this state were
men of character and courage,
and women of faith and cul
ture, amid the hardships and
hazards of an untamed wilder
ness. Their lives were shap
ed by the rough environment
in which they lived. The men
were strong of muscle, good
hunters, and bold Indian fight
ers. Brave women shared their
hard lot, kept house in the
cabins, made the clothing for
the family, reared their child
ren to carry on the fight
against the wilderness.
In 1540, Desota and his men
supposedly used an old Indian
Trail to pass through our
county and prospect for gold
enroute. One of our townships
called Tomotla, is the locat
ion of an old mining shaft from
which were recovered ancient
tools, a cannon barrel and coin
molds of Spanish make.
Upon reaching Cherokee
County you will be near the
southern end of the Great Smoky
New Junaluska Highway
To Be Dedicated October 6
ANDREWS- Mayor P. B.
Ferebee invites the public to
the dedication and ribbon cutt
ing for the opening of new
Junaluska Highway on Tuesday,
October 6 at 10:30 a.m. at the
entrance of the new road at
J unaluska.
Honorable Melvin Broughton,
Jr., former Chairman of State
Highway Commission and pre
Gun Shot Fractures
Shoulder Of Woman
MURPHY- Mrs. Lloyd Ram
sey was admitted to Providence
Hospital at 4:45 a.m. Sunday
morning sufiering a gun-shot
wound of the left shoulder. The
bullet, believed to be a 38
caliber, fractured the shoulder
bone.
Mrs. Ramsey was trans
ferred to Kennesaw Hospital
in Marietta, Georgia at 4:30
p.m. Sunday afternoon, Her
condition was listed as good.
Wildcat Ciub Holds
Membership Drive
ANDREWS- The Wildcat
Club, organized for the speci
fic purpose of supporting And
rews High School athletics, is
conducting its annual member
ship drive this week.
Membership dues are $5.00.
The club meets the second Mon
day of each month at the Town
Hall. Members enjoy watching
films of games, hearing coa
ches comments and occasion
ally have a guest speaker.
One of the top efforts of the
club this year will be to assist
in raising funds for seats for the
new gymnasium which is now
nearing completion.
If not contacted, those desir
ing membership are asked to
see Cliff Huls, membership
chairman, or John Slagle, club
president.
sently chairman of State Dem
ocratic Executive Committee
will attend along with State
Chairman of Highway Division,
Merrill Evans, Chief State
Highway Engineer Cameron
Lee and Director of Highway,
William Babcock, all of Ral
eigh.
Highway Commissioner Ted
Jordan of Robbinsville, Highway
Engineers and employees of
this immediate area will also
be present.
These guests will fly to And
rews airport, arriving at 10:00
a.m. and leave Tuesday after
noon following the ceremony.
In addition to the above
guests, Mayor Ferebee states
that State Senator Frank For
syth, State Representative Her
man West and other local state
officers and candidates to state
offices have been invited.
The committees in charge
of the program are: Arrange
ments, W. D. Whitaker, chair
man, Jeff Brooks and John
Boring, Entertainment, Lee
Nichols, chairman, S. J. Ger
nert and Joe Elkhouri.
F inal inspection and accept
ance of this road was made
on September 21.
Canton Youth
Fatally Hurt
Near Warne
HAYESVILLE- A Canton
youth visiting his uncle was
fatally injured Saturday after
noon near here when a farm
tractor overturned on him.
David Reid Green,15, son of
Mrs. Ocie Gregg Green of
Canton, was pronounced dead
on arrival at a Hiwassee.Ga.,
hospital.
State Highway Patrolman
Don Reavis, who investigated,
said the youth was riding the
tractor along a rural paved
road about a fourth of a mile
from Warne when the tractor
went off the road and over
turned crushing him.
Death was attributed to a
broken neck and internal in
juries.
The youth had gone to Mur
phy Thursday night to attend a
football game between Canton
and Murphy teams. He had
remained with his unclejohn
ny Lewis of Warne, and was
planning to spend the night
Saturday.
Surviving in addition to the
mother are two brothers, Mi
chael of the U. S. Navy^an
Diego, Claif., and Stephen of
the home; and the maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Allen Grege
of Canton.
Methodist District
Workshop To Be Oct. 6
ANDREWS- A District Mis
sion Workshop for Methodist
Churches of Clay, Cherokee
and Graham Counties will be
held Tuesday evening, October
6, from 7:30 to 9:30 at die
First Methodist Church in And
rews.
Teachers and leaders for
each of the age gr oups should
attend the class they will teach
In the church-wide School of
Missions.
Mountains, as our county is
Carolina's southwestern en
trance to the world famous
Great Smoky Mountains Park.
If you enter the county from
the east you will pass through
the Nantahala Gorge, with Its
roaring Nantahala River and
rugged mountains. The Cher
okee Indian Reservation of
Qualla Is just to the north
and the Indians hold several
thousand acres of land in Cher
okee County. Many full-blood
ed Cherokees and other natives
of varying percentages of Ind
ian blood live in our county.
Murphy is the county seat
of Cherokee County, land of
rich and fertile valleys with
well-kept farms, beautiful gar
dens, waving meadows, and mo
dern homes.
Murphy, which is the county
seat of Cherokee County, is at
the confluence of the clear .blue
Hiwassee and Valley rivers, and
its elevation is approximately
1,600 feet. The town is one
of the oldest settlements in the
extreme western section of the
state.
The center of the town Is
crossed by three federal high
ways. U. S. 64 east and west,
and U. S. 19 and 129 north
and south.
When first established in
1838, as an Indian trading post,
the settlement was known as
Huntersville for the founder,
Col. A.R.S. Hunter from Vir
ginia. The town later was re
named in honor of Archibald
D. Murphey, statesman and
champion of popular education.
The difierence in spelling is the
result of a typographical error.
Archibald DeBow Murphey
was born in Caswell County,
N. C. in 1777 and died Feb.
1, 1832. A jurist and pioneer
in social and economic reforms,
a REPORT ON EDUCATION to
the General Assembly of North
THE NEW SCOUT OFFICE, above, located on Church Street in Murphy, was occupied January
16th of this year. The new building has 5,000 square feet of floor space and houses The Cherokee
Scout and Clay County Progress Newspaper, a modern offset commercial printing plant and Scout
Studio, a commercial photography addition.
Carolina in 1817, written by him,
was the first definite plan for
public education submitted in
the state.
One of Murphey's outstand
ing accomplishments was his
securing for the University of
North Carolina in 1822, titles
to lands in the State of Tenn
essee claimed by the Univer
sity.
It was fitting, therefore, that
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Hiowassee Watershed Development
Association To Meet October 8
MURPHY- The Upper Hia
wassee Watershed Development
Association will sponsor a
meeting Thursday, October 8,
at the Blue Ridge Electric
Association, Young Harris,
Georgia, W. Merle Davis,
chairman of the association
announced today.
Expected to take part in the
meeting are: J. W. Fanning,
Director, Institute of Comm
unity and Area Development,
University of Georgia; Dr.
Hugh Masters, Director, Cen
ter for Continuing Education,
University of Georgia; Oliver
Terriberry, Director, Georgia
Mountain Planning and Devel
opment Commission; Richard
Kilbourne, Director, Office of
Tributary Area Development,
Tennessee Valley Authority.
The purpose of this meet
ing is to. discuss the Trust
ees of the Upper Hiawassee
Watershed Development Assoc
iation the role these agencies
and groups can play in help
ing accelerate the economic
progress of the Upper Hiawa
ssee area. Also, methods will
be explored of how these ag
encies and groups can work
together.
The function of the Institute
of Community and Area Dev
elopment of the University of
Georgia, in general, is to pro
mote and assist In the organ
ization of area development and
License School
Begins October 21
A Provisional License School
will begin Wednesday, October
21 at the Power Board Build
ing here In Murphy. Hours
will be from 4 .00 p.m. to 6:00
p.m. Classes will run consec
utively each Wednesday for four
weeks.
The school Is a driver ed
ucation program offered by the
North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles. Minimum age
for the course Is IS years
plus 9 months.
planning commissions, to help
get a program started, and to
help arrange for contracts for
specific studies. One of these
commissions is the Georgia
Mountain of which Towns and
Union Counties are included.
The Office of Tributary Area
Development of TVA works
with organized watershed
groups on the whole range of
development opportunities
available in each area.
The Upper Hiawassee Water
shed Development Association
is a non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting the fur
ther development of the natural
and human resources of the
five-county area of Fannin,
Towns, and Union Counties in
Georgia, and Cherokee and Clay
Counties in North Carolina.
Present trustees are Merle
Davis, Murphy, N. C.; Phillip
Howell, Hayesville, N. C.;H.J.
Spence, Blue Ridge, Ga.;Claude
Kimsey, Hiawassee, Ga.; and
T. E. Swartz, Blairsville, Ga.
For almost a year the assoc
iation with assistance from TVA
and other agencies, has concen
trated on making an exhaust
ive inventory study of the area's
resources. Surveys are Hear
ing completion on human re
sources, business and indust
ry, recreation, forestry, min
erals, water, agriculture, and
governmental services and fin
ances.
Mr. Davis said many local
citizens have worked on the
inventory, which should be
published early next year. It
will provide the information
necessary to make sound de
cisions leading to specific plans
and programs for economic
progress. Mr. Davis said all
community, Industrial, agricul
tural, and civic groups will
benefit from the results of the
study and the programs to fid
low.
He has asked that all these
groups, as well as city and
county officials, utility groups
and citizens, attend the October
8 meeting and ioin in this com
mon effort to help take advan
tage of some of the opportun
ities this area of>ers for econ
omic progress.
Our 75th Anniversary
The history of a town or country, state or nation
can be found recorded as spot news in the files of
the newspaper serving that area.
The files of this newspaper, founded in July
1889 as the Cherokee Scout are filled with spot
news reports of the events which have influenced
the growth of Murphy, Cherokee County, and Wes
tern North Carolina.
This week as this newspaper observes the
anniversary of over 75 years of continuous pub
lishing, The Scout brings to you spot news stories
of the last 75 years reproduced exactly as they
were published years ago by this newspaper.
By way of explanation, you may find some of
the pages smudged in places and on other occasions
the type small, faded and difficult to reod. This is
particularly true of the pages reproduced from
papers published before 1900. This is no fault of
The Scout's modern offset printing methods ond
equipment, Rather it is a reflection of the inad
equacies of early printing methods and the mellow
ing with age of many of these old pages. Your
Anniversary Edition pages have been reproduced
through the photo-offset process, the best known
method for exact reproduction of copy.
We especially wish to recognize Mrs. Ann
Ward, Miss Addie May Cook and Mrs. Tom Mauney
for their cooperation in making available to us
documents to aid us in our history.
Also we would like to thank Miss Hattie Palmer
Mrs. D. Witherspoon, Fred Scroggs, Mrs. Homer
Davidson, Mrs. W.M. Fain and Mrs. Louise Bayless
for their cooperation in connection with this edition.
We also wish to recognize the large number
of businesses participating in this edition. Many
of these firms have records of long years of service
to the people of Murphy, Cherokee County, and
this section.
We of The Scout staff have enftyed our trip
into the past in preparing this edition. We hop*
that you enjoy yours as you read, as did your par
ents and grandparents, history as reporttd to them
as spot news.
Murphy Midgets Swamp
Blairsville Fleven 38-7 -
MURPHY- Last Thursday
night, the Murphy Midgets
Football Team rolled over
the Blairsville Eleven by the
lop-sided score 38*7. This
was the first game for both
teams, and the first game
played in recent years between
the Murphy Team and a team
from out of State.
Wayne Holland, right end,
David Cole, right tackle, and
Harry Little, Center, were
standouts for Murphy. Doug
Stevens, who ran the offence
for the entire game at quar
terback, scored three times
od long runs and threw touch
down passes to Benny Scon,
left end, and Holland.
Co-Captaina for
were Randy Thompaan
Harry Little.
The Murphy
RobblnsvUle in
prior to the JV
day (tonight) October 1
p.m.
Marble PTA To
Hold Harvest
The Marble Para
Association will I
Sale at thai
School Saturday
at 7t00 p.m.
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