IT ISN'T IN
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| M*' J Sr. iq
g '.? I S ?*r>a
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1^, a 1 >> :ti nv m i y. d y
p Lt ii- which Mr . DickI
InS.he!.1-:
the ; her family ' ' o res:?K
cvoral of th chiV. T '"O!
H. f::th . !>r. C. C Whit-1
mb. -ir-.l ! - !>
Mrs. I is - irv'.N 1 hy h- r |
shard, !i. \. R. l> \ v: ?v>-j
fid. . _ ''harlos; one top child,
naught \dythe; hy I "" mother
d th iutwlnjf brothels ntul sis-!
II. T. *1 V.'hctnorr, < I'Tln-.j
r.; V. t?f Harrn T nrs.; Fre 1,
lab ' ("lrittiinoopa. Ti ' . M .
I 'I. lore L he; Cr r.
pd - ^ ? members of h r >"vnir
fam'ly, Mrs. Dickey is surpd
b\ host of near relatives and
Rids t only in this imm diate
|t; it in neighboring states.
little Colored Child
I Is Badly Burn'-d
The little three year ??i?l child <>f
ps Grady, colored, was - vcteiy
P?d irsday ?.
thing c|ugh1 open
place while it-. mother was proIing
the morning meal. The child,
f a year or two old, was thought
to in a dangerous condition.
BILL BOOSTER SAYS
Ia \SYEW, EftVEMD?\ ROADS
V PRO** (MX O0 R THE
WOBXD LEAD 1VTCO OORXOWM^
CbSTO:xE?.<S AMD MOMC^ EEv.EWi
WUX OAWk XWESe
jOADS WE'RE SVlAOT
^p>0OGrH XD ATTRACT THe>A>
ARE WE T nx?ANWKARKt
urrfe <Z0\ "
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GREATER M
^rtjE
:j of irp!:> >nd Chero
JNITIES BE<
Picsbyteri ::j P:. tor
"ViH Pre .. .'i 3.1" ' aj
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TIMBER "UF - ' i
Lo : - From D*v: Creek L . ;-\t ir.i
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Yiart' Cut ing
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t: hj: , !
kit' ? or:; tiy. 3 ? > j
th Boor.. ' h.. . - ? i., J
I ftt ' I Til" 1
i;:y ..ft- r a y . j
'I ( < i . I road . ' lilt j
l-a> i"? th imur ; a a i " I
be 1 - : j
1>- . ('U . v.r .. V 1>: ?' : II j
?H
Mwk of th V. k has bt?a 4?w;||
: . - gg.s eu. ny i , . : |
th' " ny i . n *h j
; . . :tr k. !: . t .! t?]>t rji- |
< C .1T?? . in; |
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ir. jhe wnc and Mi O. S. I. it I
5 ,". i h re \
[ . 'li-r 4rt of Ayr,1 to pui * r I
nil ?i oth t>? *'?. t . ir. -imp for j
. 'I i . ? r ' ! 1 o n !
ebiiili -sj d niiul ;a:idvd w.lT-utrvd
' :i?i. : ^ ' urn add.t' il
i milt* have h en >r.?*.ucted ?
lo ri . i: th la timber b? 111 i::ir of
in ihr inioin; ?ir.New ^
, t t : " l k h ivi* .
' utchmed a : 1 of *"
r": .i hive I- -n hu:!' i 'he local
! : th coiv.:>anv u >n the
!? ;?..U. For the prisent th t'mhcr
1 . I).-v.- i v k ln-i: g cut. while
1 .h raflro: d is being pi.: hed on into
| i . h:;rdwo< I boundaries on Te!- c
lied. Ore ngin i being used to T
| bring thi logs to the mill, >ne for fi
j load.tig and a third far transporting u
'e ! am! supplies to the 1 railroad
crew.
'fh?? Cherokee Company is using
bout 25 men in th.- mill and ten <on a
the local yards and maintains a J:re\v t(
i l' om T.'? lo 1 :l ' ::r.'n 111 the wood-, f
Th t r.panyY hold'nc- are suffi- j
cicni t.? ksep them steadily operating
for ten years, it ha he. r. reliably c.i
t" inted. Most of the lumber wil' l>e ^
: ak. poplar ahd chestnut, with a
prinkling variety of other woods. ?
Most of it will he shipped to th eastern
markets. {
Secession Movement
Alarming To Britain h
I
h iji.den. Nov. I?Brittish Govern- ,,
ir officials Thursday took a
ir-USt . erious view of the sr cession- v
: movement in Germany, especially f
i? the Rhineland where the "Rhenish y
Republic" is struggling for tsrstence (
Groat Hrittain regards the German
Separatist movement the most difficult
situation which has yet arisen
jrder the Treaty of Versailles- *
It was anounc:d that Great Erittr.'n
will not modify the stand al-esilv
takrn i?- the not? to France
.:ta,u> in Germany is a violation of j
the treaty and cuts off the possl- (^
bility of obtaining German repara-lT
tions. 'c
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Mr. Dickey Takes (
Charge Postoffice ;
i"
M:. A. D. D.ckoy avumcd his new i
duties as postmaster at the local of- ,
fice Thursday morning. Novombr ]
Ak-rfMiinr Mr. R. F.' Crooks.: j
S m?o has been postmaster for nearly l
eight years. Mr. Crooks left Friday i
morning for Mori^town, Tcnn., whe *e '
h? will engrlge in the automobile J i
business. 1'
[URPHY and *
Ctjero
kee County, T-~ T
MLKPHY. NORTH
GiCON Oi's
It Can ii
:'cnrs ~cdy - i thai
1... .. : a chi..
, >' "cnybeit rn" rlr
\Viio woukin t say so
, . bucks :ed righ >?
:i face. ii lie v>
! > r.arted co . as
i h "1 coo a: i,i oc a -s
Y least no t . . ev
But he took of i his coat
Sncl the i t thing v
*' it*' i.>e 'itt of his ch .
? i i
K.' started io hug as
hat c rule! .'t i;. a .n
1 here are thousands to
Tiu c are thousands
There are tl. asanas to
Tii; dangers that w ai
i!a ' ;.ni buckle in witt
i hen take off vour cc
J i.s start in to sing as That
"cannot be dom
ANDREWS LETS
CONTRACTS FOR
POWER PLANT
According to announcements .retntly
giwn out by city officials, the
own of Andrews has let contracts
i the conduction of a nydro-elccric
| ?wtr plant on tlv Hiawass.c
?ivc/ at what is know,, as the Mison
Gor.io. Thu total cost of work
iready conti acted for will tiuounr
, $.'UU).000, said Mayor Ferebee a
ew days ago, and it is thought that
ther contracts to bo lit at little lat.r
rill run the- cost U, as much as $35b,.
00. The bonds have begn authorted
and were advertised for safe
o be sole one day last week but all
i<is were rejected. The proposed
am will generate 1,500 horsepower,
ccord'ng to lie announcenxnt.
Contract for the dam, power
louse, transmission lines and subtation
was let to Tucker & Lixton,
nc., of Charlotte, for approximately
2:J0,000. The general Electric Co.
trill furnis^ the elect.Ibal equipment
or approximately $f>0,000. and -S.
if organ Smith Co. got the contract
furn>sh the wheels for ajnproxlnately
20,000.
3o. Board bf Health
Friday Niffht
The Cherokee County Beard of
lealth met Friday night with f'old
epretentatives iof the State Board
>f Health and decided to brine: 3
State dentist br.ek to the county for
inothrr month^ work this fall arronp
he school children . unde^ fourteen
. cars -of age. It was also decided
:0 have th? State Bo^rd of Health
onduct a ouhlic health clinic in tht
,-ounty next year for the children
particularly to correct none, throat
tnri eye tmwWs. Thk ? f<*|
low-up of tnc uont now beini done
in the county by 24 public health nur*
who is visiting all the Schools a ?
examining the throats, noses and
pyos of the children.
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IPPORTUNFP
o2.din^ Newspaper in 1
1* ; JI_i
V J JL i
e L> >n : ;
ZO i'itCj . i :z i: ... \
e r :p ~d
t," bt.4 -e v-ou . be ne
till he'd tried,
with trace : a grin
orried he hid it.
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>h, you'll never do that; i.
i ".. i d t ,
and ' .v. . . at.
ve knew n< . began it
1. ar.d a . a y .a,
5 rr qi :lcid:
i tackled tl. hi r. e,
r.r.d he d it.
tell you it can't be done,
to prophesy failure;
- enumerate, one by ore,
it to aseaii you>.
a bit of a gn i,
at and go to it;
>'ou tackle the thing
e," and you'll do it!
Selected. j
lewis adams
is killed near
tennessee LINE
I .ewi Adams, who aKiut
throe miles from the Tennessee line*
in th. lower end of Cherokee County.
i.'ied Monday night about two
'clock as result of gun shot
; \\> .ur.ds received from a sun in the
hat-d.s of Dave Rryar.t, according u>
j the fi:.d:::ga of a coroner's j .ry on
| Tuesday. A ccording to the evil
denct brought out at the inquest,
I Adams and Bryant quarrelled over
boundary line and thf shooting
followed from this. Adam? was in
his own yard when shot Friday morning
about ten o'clock. The gun wa?
, loaded with buck shot and the load
took effect in tht. right- arm and
ide rendering hii ( u:'.conscious. lit
never recovered consciousness nnr.
was able s0 speak after' the shooting.
Biyani left the vicinity immediate
ly following tho shooting and has
not yet been apprehended.
Boy Scouts Celebrate
Arbor Day By Tree
Planting Here
Murphy Troop No. 1 of the Boy
Scouts of America celebrated Arbor
Day Friday November 2nd. by plantJ
ing a tree on the school ground in
I the presence of the entire school,
A mn?> Wat set nut in tbn ilinmnnil.
| shaped plot in fronfl of theschool
I made by the cement walk.
I The tree was p|anted in obedience
! to the request 0f the Xorth Carolina
: Law asking ti.at schools and othn
II patriotic organizations observe th<
I day by appropriate excrci-es and bj
the pkanting of tre,s and wa:
. dedicated to the cause of goot
, I citizenship and in the name of th<
, Boy Scoots of America, who stan<
I for hig^ thinking, cic&n living. an<
, J training for citizenship.
Little Mills Child
la Serious! y n
J. 7*nt ?f Mr an
? Mrs. Mills, of the Fedoraf Constru
1 tion Company, is seriously ill. i
j tit' ned nurse came- Friday to tak
charge of the case.
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( NUMBER
DCOUt !
this L r'-lo c: Viitern
f . .? . -ru?caai
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lA Si J AI ]
i iew Methodist ? stor i'?
To Fi'I Puipi* Su. da
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" !. ' Hg" tinnft- %
: art h ,
' I :k
e?- CO -'Y
W/s C O TO PUiLD
CN F-PAWO " SEE
'er.-' ?3vc. C > . . - -tp t Bpt
Ask-J P-*" ?Dam to
0 '70 r t K cb ?
\ ; !-i. : r rrtly
' * -C Fedit?I iW r
\\ . T i \i
:.. . ! Ssn P ' "< . Eas 2 ipt <! t
(' ion r a p. r: sii *. :?to:?t
a 1 T*? i t i,:.!!! on the I!'a
?iras re IV:.* at one in '> ab?v"
" n', i *hej- with . \: v house
, .ansi; : in.. ? J". 1 is . -t ia:-.c."
th it th' ' \ 1 pit-. ::; v.i \ p:\- ,
iKh ? . . .5,0 ' iiii.:. ] . ??,"4*r f riot' - i
eticrfT.v and it is announced that it i
will oe il " 'Si ii <>( by t . : . . ->n
, th exi ting i-y -Ti ias ir. nefehliorii-.s
I' ?rr.? < e ;ir.tr .a - oi :-up tpowrj
zoik n thi- A few
I ?,
.1 V. i h til - ' the (!'
Ft -.ilway and l'.-u . ?' ... S ?h
rn F* 'v r c mi
I'owen Company. 1 .:n'<scH|Ki'.liiMPower
Company a <! :i rnr.' : f
. 1.sy: t :r .
An of f ie '; { advert-seni. nt g'ving
I r. ri.-r ?,f the application t<? eon-: rue?
-? plant i carri il i, as;>?th p. rt
t'f th:> issue- of Th. Scout. If no
i : i- filed ami ..-felly upheld
at a h. aring the Commission
within two nnrnths. th permit
will be granted, .-ay. the ani
nounccme nt.
"In addition." says the ar.nounc?i
ment. "to develop power at th. d in* 1
the lnrg< re*erv?i:r which will l?< ?-reated
by th e high d| t, will cample! ly
regulate the flow of the H::av.i-.-e
river ad will make available thi*; regulated
flow through it drop of ap.
proximately 375 feet ?v. r 3 ser'- s of
five proposed dams below Murphy.
It will alec increase ih pow r at the
1 Ha!.'s bar plant of the Tennessee
Powor Company on Tuvcss ? R'v'
er and will increase the firm p w r
i available at Muscle Shoals hv ten
' per cent. The reservoir will also
have a materially beneficial effectr
. i oz, ww?p :r.vrrv-'\r." the lew 1
water flow in Hiawassec and Tonn!
e^see Rivers fcy approximately 13,'
000.000 cubic feet per second and by
i abating the floods of the Hiawassec.
! The crcat'ng of the power dams bcj
low Murphy will provide long pools
i which can be made navigable by
j construction of locks.
"The public has long been de"Th
public has long be n dc.
marding ttoat flood waters of our
rivers he held back for release
, basin" for relea'se during: the dry
| season to remove flood menace and
. | increase the navigable cnnacit** f j
i the rivers. The project is a good
! illustration of the way that power
, i? paying the hill for such improvc,
ments.
Card of Thanks.
5 We wish to thank our friends for
1 the many kindnes-os shown during
5 the illness a "id death of cur beloved
i wife, mother, daughter and sister.
1 We wish to thank them for the manv
beautiful floral offerings and the
funeral service so sweetly rendered.
A. B. DICKEY AND FAMIIAV
MRS. M l> WHITCOMB AND
FAMiLY.
P. j
Mrs. Elbert Zimmerman and SOTt?
V Charles, are spending the week with
e Mrs. Zimmerman's brother at Whitt'er,
N. C.
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/F.RTISE !"' Z
THE SC O U T *
" I T W I L L M A K E J
you $
NorLh Carolina
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MURPHY
f'FN'S bible
ClALS banquet
tt'PTP > v " LTP
MTrxiiSJ-L 2 \IU.1 I
it 'd i?7 <Je Principal
Adores;?100 Hiijoy Social
-' C . - vr>
(;f
a.. 0 ' .ii .r 20th,
! i. > d :? in:r
nfls
1 ->a:d in
. v.
- >od i 'i j crowd
Ci v i .4 . . .y Ml; j \vt re
i y - \ ; '"Ck,
Hr. ! th P -1 us
.. . ' : ;ne yri .
II 'np'.un was
ji;a- t: r oa atortics.
i < .: . ;" rr wa
* . ' y the Wo.
M i". nip
pppiopriintrmijeed
A . t:. !: ' ted
Sr. 1 .. I'd*'i'.t. Who
>f the
.:"'hty s n 'i? v iYllowid in
turn by Superintendent I>. W. Kai
. s . the rc
; K \. ! .Ml:-- ('legg
I.. i\ h u . v: l ol. .1. H. Dilinrcl.
i !<r _ 1*' _ :hy:
iatl rr-.il.iV S. h 1. m.ulr the
r. i. :do - or t. . vening, his
"Th Sund Scho d."
a int - per-. .1 with
I'V . : : :??! . being a duct
' .V. - - - Fas r - Ax! v ami Ola
1 :Kniog-ene AxA.:
Id:; M. '? aa- -n play.d the
u ii? ?vemng whs
.1! li nginc ^ uis :on of
\V,.' . -:*s ??} > ;. narv Society
:.d and .v?d t h< delicious
f<>ar < >ur dinm r .. K autifully
!. iat.d the !; ilding with
cote t- < -. u-Vun
\ iirs, chrysanthemum - and f' rns.
Seventy five Citizens
Make Tax Returns
Ace .rding to ? figure* recently
made nuh by the Federal
ft- ? liter n- li artment of North
Carolina. thc:e u re seventy pt-jple
Chiiokee County \vht) made per
Mai i:u- :..c tax return^ .Vul five
ptople in t'lav C mly. This means
that st-venty-five people in this county
had incomes sufficiently large
enough to warrant their making a return.
it does not imply thdt they
: il paid income taxes.
Charlotte made* the most returns
of any city in North Carolina, Winston-Salem,
second: Wilmington,
thiro; Greensboro, fourth; and Ashe*
ville, fifth.
Additional Premium
List Announced
The following is the remainder of
the list of premium winners iM the
Cheroki - County fair held in October:
Department G
. .Cooking, Canning and Pantry Sup*
plies: ... ...
Butter. First, Mrs. Anna Wells;of
Tomotla; second, Mrs. R. Robinson,
Murphy. ?
Apple Preserves. First, Mrs. J. N.
Moody. Mprphy.
Strawberry Preserve.. First, Mrs.
J. H. Hampton, Murphy.
Grape Jam. First, Mrs. J. H.
Hampton, Murphy.
Canned Grape$. First, Mrs. W.
T. Forsythe, Andrews.
Collection Fruit and Vegetables.
First, Mrs. John Brittain, Murphy.
Huckle Berries. First, Mrs. Bertha
Hen son, Bellview
Apple Jelly. First, Mi's. J. N.
Moody, Murphy.
Grape Jelly. First, Mrs. Ge??
EUsi. Murphy.
nuiM oi'iiy. rirst, .nrs. l/. J.
1 Lawrence, Ranger.
Dewberry, Jelly. First, Mrs. R.
Robinson, murphy
CunnpH First, Mrs, T??
T. For.-ythe, Andrews.
Sorghum Syrup. First, Mrs. F.
( CoatifcMd on I)
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