IF IT ISN'T IN THE SCOUT ITS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW IT ___ ^ THE OFFICIAL VOLUME XXXIV. No. 28. ARTHUR ASPLET DIES SUDDENLY AT DICKEY HOTEL (Was Buried Tuesday afternoon?Had no Rela tives in this Country. Arthur Asplet. manager of the Valley River Furniture Company, died suddenly at the Dickey Hot*! Monday morning of heart failure. While sitting in the lobby joking und talking with friends awaiting breakfact. Mr. Asplat made a c mplaint jnboui his hack hurting. w-n* sur> ted that he get a plaster for it. He ^tart^d out the walk, presumably i the dugr store, but fell in the j.ard before reachir.f the st'eet. lie was carried into the hotel and given medical attention but died within an hour. He regained consc.ousnes* long enough to give direct. .. his friends about certain personal 3 asineas. telling them at the ai u? time that he was pa sir-.g i-v.t great divide. Mr. Asplet has been in Murphy more than twenty years and through out this time he has lived it trie Dickey Hotel. He is an englishman and has no relative* in this country. AH hough once married, his wife and only daughter preceded him to tho grave. He was 57 years old at lh% time of his death. He has for a long time been manager of the local furniture concern. ? The life of Mr. ^jas been by coincidence strikingly connected with the presidential history of the Fn:ted States. He waa born on the 4th of March, the day our preaidents are inaugurated, and died on the 12th Fibrusrw I.inpnln'. it ? cant* to Murphy September 7th. 1901 day PreaulciU. Me bring! ry wa- Sv Muinatod. Mr. Asplet was a kind hearted, congenial man. and has a great many friends in Murphy and western North Carolina. The funeral was held at the Dickey Hotel Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, He*. M. C. Liddell, being In charge, and th* bod> waa laid to rest in the city cemetery. schooiTmusTcT contest to be held in april Students to Compete In Piano, Violin, Voice, and Glee Club Work Greensboro. Feb 12.?The fourth ' school students wiil be held at the k North Carolina College for Women Thursday and Friday, April 19 and 20. This contest has for its aim the ui uiunaai fcHTUj' in | the high school of the State, afforrding opportunity for the comparison j of work and the establishment of higher musical standards. Prof W. ] R. Brown, of the college, will arrange homes for the high school students while they art in Greensboro. All high schools in the State may send contestant?. Conte-ta will b*1 arranged in piano, voice, violin, and glee club work. Schools may enter both solo and group contests, and awardp will be made to winners In the respective fields- The qualities Which will enter into the judging are tone, technique and interpretation. The schacJi are arranged in tow groups: those with less than 150 students and those with more than ISO students. The suggestion offered apply to boys' glee clubs, girls' glee clubs, mixed quartol' boys' quartets, girls' quartets, piano solo, violin solo, soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone and baas solos. All entries for the various contests are to be reported by A|*il l, and then a definite program of events will be arranged. j ORGAN OF MURPHY AND CHER< DEPUTY REVENUE || COMMISSIONER TO | VISIT HERE SOON ! M. L. Reed to Assist1 State Income Tax Payers In Making Returns hevillc. Jan. 14.?Deputy Rever Je Commissioner* of Nort^ Carolir.ni M. L. Reed announced today that he would visit Murphy and At-. 1 dre.vv and other points on the Murphy branch during the coming week f..r tl.fc purpose of assisting State Ini me tax payers tn making their returns for 11)22. Mr. Reed stated; that hi would be in Murphy on the 120tfc and 21st and in Andrews S SMIIC- i meut of ti c new revenue commlsioncr. K. A. Doughton: "The law require < every s.ngle person who had in the calendai yiar 1922 a net income of $1,000 or more, and every married person who had $2,000 or more, and all corporali r.s whether they had income , or not. to make a return on or hefore March 15. Net income is gross income less the deductions, but be* fore the personal exemption *a taken off. "The deputy commissioner will v*s ! ! one or more towns in each county to assist tax payer- with th ir rc- | turns. Itineraries will soon be pre- I pared and posted in all the counties. ' Those deputies will also furnish the newspapers with the dat's in their , localities ami it is hoped that the newspaper will find these announ*. cement; . f sufficient interest to their j , readers to publish them. The commisaioncr has no authority to pay tor such publication. 'I ho law prescribes penalties for failure to file returns, and for failto file them in the time prescribed by law. If any lml.v dual is in doubt whether a return is required under the law or r.ot, th s office or a depu "The State taxes the salaries of I all state, county, municipal officers , and employees, including officers I andteachers and road engineers and I other employees, but does not tax ' '.he salaries of United States officers j and employees. Of course, if these | officers and employees, state, fed, eral, county and municipal, had inI comes other than their salaries, such income should be included in the!i returns. "All individuals, partnerships and corporations arc required to report the names of persons to whom they ! paid $1,000 or more during the yeat iv22, ?ii }j?tuivi3uips aic requited to file a return for information. "It is hoped that all individuals required to make returns under the law, and all corporations and partnerships will make the returns and reports required on or before March 15th, and avoid penalties. "If blanks have not been received, they can be had at the office of each Register of Deeds, from any deputy commissioner, or from this office." /GEORGIAN KILLED iN CLAY COUNTY BY FALLING LUMBER John Bumgamer wu crushed to death Friday morning, February 9, about 10 o'clock when a stack of lumber fell over on him. He was working for the Deweese Lumbet Company on Shooting Creek, in Clay County. His remain8 were brought to Murphy Sunday afternoon and sent to his parents home at Madison, Ga., Monday for interment. Lightning knocked a man out of bed, out in western Kansas the other day. The words he murmured were, "All right, dear, I'll up in a minute."?Kansas City Star. Cfjerc 3KE E COUNTY. AND THE LI~. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA NEWS OF~ i , 'a *yPPip 1?Locomotive inuklnj: it* wny tr i phat arch for foruml accession of lax bacce exposition In New York city. REV. W. N. COOK IS WELCOMED BY LOWELL PEOPLE The following clipping taken from a Baptist paper published in Gas* Ionia, the official organ of the Gaston County Conference, will be ofi interest to Rev. Cook's many fricnda" here: "Brother W. N. Cook, who, three^ week* ago, was unanimously called to the pastoiate of this church, has accepted the call und he and hia family are expected in Ixnvell today. As one we 'called Brother Cook, and as one we should stick to him. Too often we expect too much from a pastor. Very often we weight him down wit^ burdens wc should bear. Friends, no one can do it all. It was not intended. Each member has a then makes it harder for others. As Brother Cook comes to ua God grant that each Baptist will determine to stand by him, to hold him up and to help him fight sin and satan." OPPORTUNITIES FOR WATERWAYS NORTH CAROLINA Engineer Points Out lmIB nA?FAu*>m Mrs. 1 Slocumb for her splendid donation* j Tho.vo given by Mrs. Slocumb ' were: Selections from Arnold, Gates; A v;h?"on?h:r# lad, Housman: The Kings ! and Phopheta of Israel and Judah, Kent; Old Testament Characters, White; The Perfect Gentlefarr, Bergengreen; The Life of Alice Freeman Palmer, Palber; Poems of Mat- . thew Arnold; The Hlatorj of Hei .s^monrt, Esq., Thackery; king Henry ! the Fifth, Shakes leare; Selection* | from Pater Hale; The Pied Piper of ilamelin. Drowning; Short Stories for High Schools. Mikels; Paradiaa I.oet, Milton; Faerie Queen, Spencer; Idyls of the King, Tennyson; The , Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, France; Richard the Third, Shakespeare; The New Hudson Shakespeare i Komola. Eliot; Robert Browning's Poems; Selections from Wadsworth, , Selections from Shelley; The Wrong Visitor, Stevens; Hammoney of the Gospels, Stevens; Rudyard Kipling's i Verse*. i The titles in the list of purchaser , follow: Judith of Godless Valley, Willsie, Robin, Burnett: The Head of the House of Combes, Burnett; Returs of the Soldier, West; The Mysterious Rider, Lane; Galusha. The Magnificent, Lincoln; The Vehement Flame. Deland; The Amazing Interlude, Rinehart; The Wrong Twin, Wilson, Mr. Prohack, Bennett; Lorana Done, Blockmores; The Secret Places of the Heart, Wells; Briming Cup, Canfield; The Contemporary Nov* eliate, Doren; In the Days of Poor Richard, Irving; Csmac'i Folly, Par- t ker; Beloved Vagabond, Lane; John j Halifax, Gentleman, Bradock; Bab- 1 (.Continued oa page 8) HON OF WESTERN NORTH C> PICTURES |! e damaged uiany towns. J?Triutu?eopold us the Tobacco Girl" ut U>COUNTY TEACHERS MONTHLY MEETING IS HELP SATURDAY The Cherokee County Tc.-chcre" \h.sociation hold it* regular monthly neeting nt the Murphy High School Lluilding Saturday morning at ten /clock. Although the attendance va?, not a? large as it might have icon, there considerable interwt in the meeting. Mrs. V. L. rterndon presented a very mstruc::ve paper an "The Use of 1'icturea n the School"; Mrs. L. (1. Waters read a selection on 'Tiay," and B. . Sipo made a few remarks on 'The Value of Reading Circle Work." Several business matter^ came up with regard to the State Teachers* \.-sociation and >ts activities. It whs Jecidvd to hold the next meeting of he county association on Saturday, \larch lti. MRS. McKIMMON TELLS WHY TO HAVE GARDEN Sunny Days and Colorful Catalogues turn n i . ti i iiuugms tu i nuigs Green. Raleigh.*'With the advent of warm sunny days and the colorful seeo catalogues the impulse to get out with "green things agrowing" is lrrrsistible,,* says Mrs. Jane R. MfKimmon, in charge of the hom,? demonstration work for the Agricultura1 Extension Service. She states that the woman who is beginning to put on flesh will not need the daily dozen or instruction.' in getting thin to music if she will learn to operate a Planet Jr. plow and run it up and down th,. rowi of radishes and peas to her own sing ing. "It i? that little garden behind the house" she says "that enable* Lhe woman to get away from indooi worries and brings her close to the l*>et who gaid: 'A garden is a loveaorae thing God wot Rose Plot, fringed pool, fern grot, The veriest school of peace And yetthe fool there is who say? that God is not Not God in gardens when the ev? is cool Nay but hare a sign Tis very sure God walks in mine "The very practical gardener ir he country would have us ny>ve out planting place from time to time a few rows in the cornfield or the cot(Coatiaaad paga ?) . A *l.ou . VKAit IN ADVANCE COMPANY OF INFANTRY FOR THIS SECTION Second Lieutenant R. B. Mclver Appointed Recruiting Officer for Organized Reserves. Under recent orders received front the Chief of Staff, 81st Division, U. S. Army, Organized Reserves, 2nd i-ii-uitruani nuucri;K d. mciver, m: fantry. O.R.C., of Murphy, N.C., has 1 een designated as recruiting offl| cit for "I." Company, 322nd Infantry, which embraces the following counties in North Carolina: Cherokee. Clay, Graham. Jackson, Macon Innd Swain. J Service in the Organized Reserve ! is relatively the same a? that underj taken bv <>;ir forefathers, th^ "MfciI iitw Men" of the Revolution, who fought so valiantly at Concord and Lexington. Just as their main vocation in life was that of a civilian pursuing civilian work, so is service In the Organized Reserve. Just they j stood ready to answer their country's call in time of national peril; in the same way will the Organized Ke.-ervista bo called to serve when the safety of the nat'on ?a thrcateoctL Those patriots of Revolutionary days banded together and bccam* the "Minute Men", whoi fame will be undying in American History, so today the Organized Reservists become "Modern Minute Men", whose fame, we hope, will be no less than that of their ancestors. "Modern Minute Men" enlisting in the Organized Reserves are not subject to call except in time of national emergency, expressly declared by Congress. They cannot be called by a suite of the President of the United States. Congress alon0 can authorize their use. Enlistments are now being accept* ed >n all branches to a limited ex* tent for the purpose of securing a nucleus of non-commissioned officers and specialists for the Organised Reserve Divisions. TU. Ut*tkU I for enlistment: ta) Persons who served in the army, navy, marine corps at leaost four months between April 6, 1W17, and November 11. 1918. ! lb) Persons who have served not j les than one year in the regular arm}, navy or marine corps, or aat tional truard in federal service. lc) Persons who have served not less than three years in National liuurd not in federal se-vice. i id) Graduates of Citizen's Milli ; tary Training Camps. le) Persons who have satisfac torily pursued a course of training at either a junior or .senior unit of 1 the Reserve Officers' Training 1 j Corps. BE. * S (f) Persons whose occupations or