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9 The Official Org;
^^^jj^XXXV'. No. 16.
feoN't" NUMBER
LYCEUM COURSE
PLEASES PEOPLE
K, ?dna Merji? Prove, Moit AcVj^pliihrtl
Artitl?Three Hunjg|
deed Hear Her
The b i vtitirirV entertainment
^Lkave h ''i IS the way many mcmK,
of t. niient i at the school
Kbtroiur. W dm .*c.\ ni^ht charKtnztd
tin second number of the
tnun Bourse Riven by mlaa Euwfl
ns. An audience of npproxunar
three hundred pcoplt. enjoyed
? min . < : the hour and a halt"
igram. Mi Mean* is a most veraiti-i
and was able to cony
^ely c:i: : her iJjdiencc with her
(.? or.? vtreme to the other?
^ ?;d*.- tting laughter. then the
fH solen and pathetic situations.
& m ' ttainly ?li<l uphold her
|f of put - t'ul reader. Whul ?he
tv-., merely entertaining,
suih as t0 provoke the most
tfjur.d V ught.
f.i\ trethir.g that would
mid stav th him, that w ?uld
-_<< kit: t think about hi? duties
g obi.1: ' - to society. Many
I her '-lis were original and
tfB fr 11 ivat'.on a he t.av(d
sroti*-1 vi-r the country.
Mis? Me ante kn from Syiva
d left T1 .rs.lay tiiornirg for B yI
City wher.- -he will give her
The th til number 0f the I.yv.um
Krse wili he given on l>ec pibt r 10
j th? V Male Quart t. which
larfilv i vocal o.ganiz ition. alcagh
'.If play musical instructs
:: - This numb ks expveti
tr linv :? lary audience. e jhiLy
since the first lw0 have ntovI
19 ,t.Pertaining ami pleasing t.>
He wtt,, have heard them.
ULF REFINING COMPANY
ENTERS LOCAL FIELD
TV l - f It fining r.xnmnnv !
Bpfrnr a rnngements t0 open ?
M oil '1 schilling .station in Murky
F?; the present they wll r n*
npcrty p??n which 'to store their
rsduct^ but it is expected that a
ore elaborate station will be
(ripi... iter,
iles- W. Davidson and Ell
iQor.ti i vi purchased property
M t H .. assi e Rivet. bord i t
on Relit view Highway ?nd i
i em: a building which will be
uuhI t? the Gulf Company.
0 He d Special
Term Superior Court
Be... th< many cases on the
ri! do ; that were net reached ent
term of court, the
bcrok . unty .. t> t Association
on offi ials and interested prin- i
pds ha gned a pet ition prayii g
h Govi rnoi to cad a 8p scial term'
1 eot rt ?l . ing th( week of 1 kecc nstr
i" It is expected that the!
vtrnoi wiil grant the request.
This special term will be only one?ek
and will ho j!von over entirely
the trial 0f civil cast s.
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PANORAMA OF EVENTS
IN NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Pctsr Kccgan
All eyes are now turned toward
the opening of the Sixty-eighth C^ongress
next mu: th. Far official Washington
it mo. = i liv. i> winHr. politicaliy
and --'cindy. th;r:- will be 1
many no w faces in both S.??t. aad u
House, and v Mean it happenings are v
exported from the word go at bo'h
ends of Pennsylvania Avtnue. National
Icgi Into: who havd l".^'v's:- ^
ting and * > iniving with th. h me
f<1 k" smec last Mu ch ne drifting c!
back to take <n an air of real /, r.g
iis own irrpnrt;-.nc4. oin the affai- ? f 1
the country and tie. world.
Congress h: ? : job ;:lr.: <! cut
out for it. Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon havi: g supplied nv mbers
with data show c how they can cut
the nation's tex It'.! ;.t hist
000.000 annually by slicing income ^
Itu: anco levies and forgetting the
si-.d e: bonus. M A u .d.
. w
of course, of advertising his tax re- ^
duction program t? fuvstull. if p.. v.sib!i-t
anv serious eft* it t? enact the
horus. Then is no doubt, how. v.?, ( '
that u bor.u- bill will be passrd. TV.:- \
nly tiling that i ?! ultful is th attitude
of Presidii-.t Co-'lidg' toward
thc legislation.
|
By refus ng to t; ki part .11 1 now v'
reparations ccnf. v. nee urd.r th? a!
limitations by Premier Poinearc of
France, Preside nt Coolidge has pine- ,l
il hi- adminstrati >n on a reasonably
frzr. feeling hoth the irrecuncil- '>!
able an dthe anti-isolationist elemenls
of th,- It 'publican patty. When ' '
it looked like the I nit -d State- 11
would go int? the conf.roncc on th? 11
French terms. It publicnn leaders
who grow wrathv ver any sign of an
effort t0 "entangle" th<- country in T,<
Kuropian affiJbs. started r. "drum- *'
fire" attack upon Coolidg. and or
Ku^aes. Now that the I'nit d States
had indicated that it i. stiil fearful "
of pitting mix.d up too generally ^
i? Europe's troubles. Hugh s has sat- 111
i fied this wroup. while, at the same 1,1
time, ho has -howu the League of
Nations Republicans that he Is will- 11
ir.g tn go into Europe* hut that pri- "l
vat? international qunrr.'s tver-seas ;l
makes it impossible for Ami r;can assistance
tD accomplish anything of 01
con coucnoe. xv<
, : bt
Now that former President Wilson 1,1
has broken the silence which he has
observed since leaving the White *'
House in 1921. leaders of both par- tl!
ties are watching intently for the 1''
next move on his part and are won- l"
diring more than ever what part he
will take in the 1924 campaign. A!though
Wilson's son-in-law, former
Secretary of the Treasury. Wi'liam ,l*
G. McAdoo. will -oon announce h s 11,1
randidacy for the Democratic preslikntial
nonvnation, he hn>- not yet,
publicly at least, received th.- hack- an
ing of the former pres:dent. '
th,
Prohibition Commissioner Haynts !'1'
fiai? dflved into old records and has
pr
'merged with thc conclusion that t.r
Abraham Lincoln should he honor, d 1 it
equally as a great prohibition ist and to<
i* the emancipatod of the slave?.
Lincoln wanted to free the nation of
x>th evils, Haync? savs, and did not thi
:hink that h:s task was completed mc
when the freedom of the negroes
wi
UiH been effected. Haynes produces <j0
xcerpts from Lincoln's writings and in
ipeechcs to prove his assertions. J the
lOopyrtght 102H, Moss Fea. Syn.) *io
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SASKET BALL GAMES <?ei
TO FEATURE THANKSGIVING on
i ' . * or
There will he two basketball gamer. !,r!
cheduled here %?r Thanksgiving. it-'
Watch further, announcement for
particulars. ?
H. S. BRYSON, Coach, j
Cfjen
>kee County, and the
.MURPHY. NORTH C.V IC
UPERIOR COURT
ADJOURNED HERE
LAST SATURDA\
ot Many Cases Were Tried? J
Waiker Was Granted
Divorce
Judge T. D. Bryson adjourned Hi
wi.ks term of the superior rout
Chi rokiv C uniy iusl Saturdu;
ornir.g in order to allow the out
turn to their homes before Sun
ly. B:cnust of the nature of th
i that came up for hirtring, ve ,
-tie of tiu c.v.l docket was gottci
trough ~vi'-h.
The criminal case 4 occupied th
r t f ur days of the first week am
fen <>|, Friday of the first week th
J. Wijker ax<f was taken ur
i f e occupied more than
tele's time. A few other divorc
iscs were slipped in at odd mo
unts.
On a first ballot by the jhrv. .*Ii
a 'ee; v.a. ;ca.;trd his plea for di
>rce and . vcn custody of the old
it child. Mr.;. Walker \va give)
niporary custody of the ^unarei
lUd, :>ut both 7>a-c:tt; requir '
, ap;>ar In fm the court o.i l?c
mbcr liUh for final disposition o
lis child.
The Chiidrens Home
Society
The North (" ?: >!ina Children'
ionic u iety is t!0 years old and ha
>und itself. It has done endurin;
ork from th ? beginning, but durln
>e gnaU-r part of its existence i
i- done many things that had n
other than educational. It h:i
amcd hew not to dD moat uf th
lings. certainly, that *n children*:
on, society should learn how no
> do.
Tin- organization which now work
ith beautiful efficiency, moothncs
id general satisfaction has been *
metionlng for n numbert of year:
he Imit of what that organ izatioi
capable of accomplishing has no
< n t;.out, but it hs been teste
lificieniiy 10 demonstrate that th
jlicy of the society will be a sut'
- tul one so lon^r as the administrn
ve organization remains.
Th,. society has placed some *2,
DO boys and girls in homes, am
;>w has under its supervision abou
*200 of them. Having: finally dem
ist ranted the cficiency of its man
rement, and th. correctness of th
>licy, in capable hands, the societ;
iclives before i? the duty of fill
g it- entiie field. To that end i
Ust strive.
It is also necessary to devote moi
lost to some sort of work that ha
the: to be?n done, because th^. task
cumulative cm has become si
uch larger. There must be a rc
ganlzation of the upei visor
ark, not in anything fundamental
it -cause the number of home
at must .aipervised has grown
great, anil is steadily increasing
ic ::uthoiitv c," the society is con
iv.ous. and therefore its duty am
ponsibdity jii? continuous Th?
mpcrary i.ro'lichood given tn<
ml- of the society at its recoivinf
une is nothing Itss than work of i
niu.- in mothering; the society
u if i., foster-parent of its childrer
it'll they pass from the estate of in
nt> t0 that of adults. Its authority
only below that of the state; it has
authority that is delegated to ii
the state, which may supersede
e authority of actual parents. Ii
t* falhir and mother of any infant
the state of North Carolina are
cvcd definitely unfit for the parta!
office, the Children's Home soity
can take a child from their curiy
into its own.
1h. society woll pro definitely into
p baby business. provided thi}3
ans are forthcoming: for doing
it a$ >t should be done; and means
II be forthcoming:. It will not be
ne except in the fear ?f an<i
respect for the laws of nature and
knowledge of the medical profesn.
They die, these infants that are
thcred into institutions; an SO per
it morality rate is said not to be
usual, ami a 30 ;?c rcvui laic is
nethinei near the demonstrated
nimum. The society will prepare
receiving home to take babies,
nt. because while some orphanages
( Continued on p?|e 8)
jfete ?
Leading Newspaper in t
ILINA tKll AY. NOVEMBER 2:;. 1;?2v^uito.;
Ousted
15 y Ok.a..cma Senate
(Jkliiiiuaut ? . v. i:?.?-J. C..
'Aano::, litin go\tri.oi oi Oklahoma ,
was removed lrum oilic. t aught ny
unanimous vote 01 tile state senate
eou: i ox impeachment alter h. trial
i
.. cnarg.s u, corruption ?n uflice,
e
W ' I ' * V ? 0_!_l
gc.. r_l U:v. .>iUptlci;ce.
' lormu. vtrflid was returned ,
t alter tae txecut.ve n-?d been nuiim
Pi
' iguaij ui i ? vi uic xv cuttrges pre: j
. ciiao. in. vote Wu.. i I to 0.
e
c..\ oi to. o:.r.nai -- ?.n<ug.s consilium:.
t . mi..* acnnitnt b.n were
11
<lxSiio.x>eu oy oruet* o: tnc court.
| x lie cousi, - y a .:u?: o.n^ vole, tie-:
. nifctl a motion lor a new trial which
rt
Uovtrnov waiton. counsel tiled 111c
mua;a4.. i;? inc t. ra?? t wc. announced.
A
^ 1 r... Ooveinor reniova5, aithoujj.i
not loiniai.y i it red until alter a
v-rd.ci nail k\n letui'iieu on each
cnaigi, was mao*. cettavn tin:iouji
whoa the court l'ounil hmi gu.il_
ty ol' aou.v. h' his pardon ai.o parole
n ^uuhoiit>, the nisi charge to be vor.
ed upon.
^ I-orty one s-nato..s lacking only
one ot the I ?t;f'i membership of the
f body voted tor conviction. Senator
Jack Uarlar. who ha-, consist! ntly
voted in the g. vemor*.- favor troughut
the 1?> days of the trial, was absent.
The a:ticks of impeachment were
s filed by the lower house of the sttfle i
lcgislatuic. which less; than two
? months ago the executive h.-nl dl.?*H
pers.nl by military force.
By the removal of Governor Wal?
ton, Liiutetiant Covernor M. K. Trap
s became governor. Tiapp ha'.j been
e , lieutenant governor during two four5
year administrations .. d has hiSen
ll . acting governor ?inet. October 23
when the senate suspended Governs
or Walton after the filing of the im?
pcnchment charges.
? The vote followed with surprising
' suddenness after the examination of
n lh?' last witness, E. \Y. Marland, pre-;
* siding of the Marland Refining Compifny
hail barely left the stand when
e W. E. Disney in chair man of the house; 1
board of maimer- which conducted
" the pro.ocution, announced that the
! evidence was concluded.
A few preliminary maneuvers and
then a nioti0n was made to vote
1 first on article Jt>, tho clemency
'"j charge. The court sustained the motion
an'd the prosecution summed up,
p biiefly the testimony introduced in j {
^ support of the charge.
The court then took up th?i roll
1 cofll. The chamber was intensely
quiet as orv; senator after another
p i arose and voted "aye". Many with (
s voice i tho? kept steady with diffi*
cultv.
Twenty e.ght votes were necessary ,
~ j ot convict. j
f Senator C. P. Leedy. of Arnett. ,
'! was the 28th man. With the tie- j
s tcrmining vote in his power, he toid
' the court he would vote "No" unless
given authority to later explain his
* ballot.
1 A pause ensued and a voice broke ^
* the silence:
* "iU r WMtwH ?
? ? - I
? "Then I vote *aye\" Senator Lee1
dy said, and burst of cheers and app
plause came from the galleries?.-vs- .
' sociated Press.
NEBRASKA RESIDENTS
RETURN ON VISIT ,
^ Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Ellis, of Chadron.
X ' r., arived Sunday arid will j.
' spend several weeks visiting relatives r
and friends in thi^ section. Mr. El- ^
li=* was formerly a resident of the ^
1 Martin's Creek section, having mov-ij
' | ed to Nebraska fourteen years r?go, (j
vi'hi>n> ho nmnln?n<l ?K?? i"U._
?r- ?? - il
i capo and Northwestern Railway Co. j j.
, j He expressed himself as being well 0
: i pleased with the improvements that j
are being made in this section, es- c
i| pec tally the good roads. He shares p
i the opinion with most local residents : ^
that good roads will be the salvation n
of this section. He is contemplating j
investing in some real estiftc here
before returning to Nebraska, a sure ' ^
. ign that he has vision enough to see
I a future ahead for Murphy and this J
| entire section. j *
j Tom Tnrhei 1 savs: The farmers (s>
, of this State have caught the spirit v
of the new north Carolina. Heauv-'v
forth, they will be torch bearers in si
the pageant of progress. |f?
^COtlfijj
his Section of Wester:
MURPHY-ANDREWS
TO LET CONTRACT
ROAD ON NOV. 27
Will Concrete a Mile Through Murphy,
While other wiil be
Gravel or Macadam
State* Highway officials have at:
pounced that the Muiphy-.\ud w
klnJvuint- ?v- i--?
i. K....u,i ? ?>-. it-w iu cuiuiaii at a.
letting in Kaleigh op. November 27.
provide* satisfactory bids are ricntemplatcd
that the j
ition within tho' corporate limits
Murphy, beginning: at the new
M th jdi: t Church, will be concreted.
Thj other will be macadam or surface.
it is . xpectcd.
li e.- have I v-i-'n asked on tw0 or
ihr. types of road and the type on
which the more satis factory bid is
received, provided material is available,
will be the type chosen fop th s
t itch ??;' road.
A number of contractors have (
! en hi., going over the road get .g
an idea of the iob so thift they!
can submit hids for it.
It is understood that several local
untraetors will submit bids for the
b. I." th- job is let on the 27th.
it i expected that work will heg.n
tmnn diatt !y.
The early letters ,,f thi. road foll?
jvs a conference helt between th?
state \Vii< asked to build this l*n!t
as quickly as possible. Soon after
this met tin the Highway Commission
nut this link of number ten on
the preferential list for the ninth
district.
This is the last link itl the Central
Highway, which goes all the w?y
across the Slate, and which is designated
as No. 10. The road is now
Dpen from Sylva to the coast end
Coinmlssinner page belie-\ - that the
entire sec lion west of Sylvia can be
opened ta the traffis by the fall uf
1024.
To Have Contest
On Floor Leader
Washington, Nov. 20 ? Republican*
of the next house of represcR-1
n'.entatives face the likelihood of a
vigorous contest} over the election of
;i floor leader to succeed Representative
Mondell, of Wyoming, despite
the efforts of some to avoiel such a
fight for fear it might threaten party
unity.
Announcement of the candidacy
of Representative Graham, of Illinois,
in opposition to Representative
Longworth, of Ohio, fur the floor
leadership gave a severe jolt t0 ths
hopes of avoiding a contest. Representative
Grahapr's decision was
made known last night.
A vigorous campaign will be made. .
%:d the announcement through Mr.
liraham's candidacy, to assure that
he "great agricultural and progressive
west" shall be "duly represent* d
in the hou-c."
\GED PERSIMMON CREEK
LADY DIED NOVEMBER 17
Mis. J. M. Stiles, of Persimmon
.reek, died Saturday, November 17.
;t the age of 65 years after an in- |
" ess of about two weeks. He rc
nains were laid to rest in the Pleas- |
Gtoy cemetery on Mondift."
v .mb*r ID.
Sviics was horn in (" .uroI: e j
Kuii v. She unt'ted with t.-o I' i-i
i : t'hu i h i*- e.-.r y . .. d : nd
nained a faithfui inc..:i -.' u.i t'
loath. '
She leaves a husband and nine llvng
children and a host of grandchild
en to mourn her departure. One
iauehter encoded he., to th.. nr??v?. I
Irs. J. M. Payne of Ducktown, Tenn. i
ihe is survived by five son? and four
laughters: ; R. 1.. Stiles, of Blue i
tidge. Ga.: Dr. A. F. Stiles, of Ta- J
oca. N. C.; J. W. and W. A. Stiles.!
f Etowah. Tenn.; H. B. Stiles, of j
'ersimmon Creek; Mrs. M. I. Hall..
f Murphy Rout 2; and Mrs. C. A.
'ox. of Etowah. Tenn.; and Mi see
Juince and Betris Stiles, of Persim- j
ion Creek, N. C.; one brother. Mr. I
. W. McTaggnrt. of Birch. N. C.
lOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS:
A number of letter? hrb*e bren reemd
recently that arc not signed,
nd we have committed them to tnc
aste basket. All letters must be
igned by the writer, otherwise they
nil not appear in print. We will
rithhold your name, but it is neceairy
to know, who the writer is be?re
we can publish any statement.
9
ADVERTISE IN ?
THE SC O U T $
<; I T WILL M A K F *
YOU RICH" |
n North Carolina
*l.;s A YEAK iN ADVANCE
Fc/ms Now Ready For
Filing Tax Return*
Forms 101)9 and 1096 for filing
returns of information are available
now at the office of the U. S. Colhctor
cf Internal Revenue at Raleigh
v::
mi- veiny ruuase win De ot aid to
fj.nis. corporation:- and businesses
employing large forces, which annually
are required to report to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue at
1 iVurliinKiuii City payments of ?i,*
000 or more made during the preceding
calendar year.
A separate return of information
for each employee whose salary for
i923 was $10,000 or more is required
on form 1**99, form 1096, on
which must be sho\vn the number of
.separate returns, serves as a1 letter
of transmittal.
Ranks and similar organisations
j arc require d report interest piiid
or credited to a depositor if the total
1 during the year equaled or exceeded
$1,000. Information returns are care.
j fully checked with individual returns.
If a taxpayer's individual return is
ommitted, actio nby th,. Bureau w?
Internal Revenue foilows.
Death of Mrs. Emma
Shell Clark Sunday
Ent< red into rest Sunday, Octo
her 7. at f? a. m., Mrs. Kmma Shell
Clerk, widow of the late Samuel
McAfee Clark, long time register of
deeds for Caldwell County, at the
age of 79 years and about five
months. Mrs. Clarke had been in
gradually declining health since *
evere attack of influenza last winteir,
an I the d?n:h of her so.i Louis
Clark, m the state of Washington,
v hich occurred 1? 5- than a year ago,
had a very depie.-sing effect upon
her. Sii' spent the summer with
daughter and son-inlaw, Mr. and
Mrs. Hary C. Martin, at their Blowing
Rock home, but several weeks
i ago was brought to their Lenoir res
. tuence. me altitude and temperature
of Blowing Rock .being ton ixtreme
for one in h? r delicate state of
jMftK^Fronr the tameofco thing toS^
Lenoir she grtw weake r and weaker
and it has been felt for ovt r a week
that it was only a question of afew
days when the end would come.
The funeral was yesterday at 3
! p. m. from the Methodist Church,
Rev. P. VV. Tucker, the pastor, and
| Rev. C. L. Hornaday, president of
> Davenport College, conducting the
simple and beautiful burial service
1 of the Methodist Church. The choir
| sang the two hymns, "How Firm a
i Foundation," and "Abide witjj Me,"
1 and Misses Gertrude Faith and
Courteny san "Nearer, My God, to
The pallbearer?, grandsons and
nephews of Mrs. Clarke rfnd young
men who have been close friends and
neighbors of her family, were: Hal
C. Martin, Ralph Todd. .Junius E.
Shell, Edgar Allen, Hairy W.
Courtney, Fred H. Marlty, Joe Clark
and Grover Triplett.
The interment was i nthe town
cemetery.
The !srjt? co^ejiHtior. that wnte
present at the church, the great profusion
of beautiful flowers sent by
sorrowing friends, the simple but
beautiful and affecting service, all
combined to show that it was an occasion
that touched the emotions of
the whole community.
Mrs. Clrke had two brothers of
the whole blood, Mr. Marcial E.
Shell, for many years clerk of the
Superior Court, who died several
year aS?? an<^ Mr. Charles Shell, who
is living in Georgetown. Tex.; dnd
four half sisters. Mrs. W. H. Wilson.
Mr?. George Earnhardt, of Florida.
Mrs. B. B. Hayes, of Hudson,
and Mrs. G. L. Hunnieutt, of Whitnel,
all of whom are living.
Hci? children surviving her are:
Mrs. H. C. Martin. Mrs. R. H. Blackwell,
of Waynesville, Mrs. W. D.
Claik, of Statesville, and Mr. Arthur
S. Clark, of Copperhill, Tenn.
Mrs. Clark was the first registered
student of Davenport College, and
before her death was the oldest living
graduate of that institution.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Clarke belonged
to tw0 of me county's moat prominent
families. Mrs. Clark was the
only daughter by his first wife, who
was a Miss XcCall, of Azor Shell,
one of the founders of the town of
( Continued on pago I)