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I THE SCOUT | IT S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T I The Official Orgi ToU.'IE XXXV. No. -'J. COLONIAL TOUCH GIVEN RECITAL ON FRIDAY NIGHT v. I A colonial reception and music re.1( r the personal direction t ? Kiss i : i M. Johnson at teh school I try J-\ memory of George \Ya hrsary elicited fridespn ''I comment '?>> ~ioes enjoying the occasion. Bi I the "i" th? stagi. ar ind was a In] oi i < i. white and blue. \ mall Am< rican F1 g . u i decoi stage setting. Gc:m r .! George Washington, in the , : \Y.t : III t h? P< : son ->t Miss hompsol I- $t v. n assisted by M - Esnothe i Gosti Vttcnding the rec ption were 1 1 Mliler .. Thomas Jefferson; Maurino Fait: 11 Hy Mad: Gatland .John Paul -lotio, Hugh britt Pi esi'1 nt ( tolidge, Loril 11 . as Mrs. ( . : I i General i '< i Evi lj n Bill as D rothy Manners; Mary Bell i> V: . it ia t arver; Nell Cam ' 11 as let ; Eliza! Molly Nti Eugenia H 1. ? mbe and 1 Prudei ce and Patic nee iavtr.j > rt. Fi'i. wing the reception c?f the {Best following musical program ns hg fullji and ably : enderi d. Autd lung syne?class. Lu tspiel Overturn-? Keler-Bela, Myn Hill, Lucile Hill. A Boy of long age ?Schneider, itth Girls. Waltz at Twilight?Lack. Eloise kin. Soinr dt Vienne?Schubert-Liszt, Ford. tnd Rachel Gooch, Jerry uvidv n. Nettie Houston Dickey. Het tinadi Byne, Egunia olcomic. The Last Hope Gottschnlk. Mary Tht Foolish Little Maiden?Troyer Lry Weaver. win .a*; - raorrewsKi, aiuurine ibeth Ford. Old French Dance ? Roubier, athryn Miller. Th: Song of the Hatchet?Koojf'e, *1 tutit i .-.ntastique?Friml, Lucile ill. Olu Fashioned Garden?Porter, motjen- Axley. The Masked Ball?Sartorio. Floise *in and Eugenia Holcombe. Stephanie ? CV.ibulka, Emogene iky. Joyful Peasant ? Schuman-Hartl, Fain. *f| Grand March dc Concert?WollenMpt, Kvelyn Hill. Carry Me Back to Old Virprinny?> j land. Kmogene Axley and chorus. Wiattion to the Dance?Weber, thryn Thompson and Marv Bel. The are Many Flags In Many tad??Class. 1 BILL BOOSTER SAYS I VveeMHev't"BK * *?" I UwiMkSOULSOOEM. WOMMKIlHMCCLFMtSSNO, '^19 A MM OHM. WW OVJU MOME TOM4V " (tratMtHCM tM? &MCWLE. '"Wt IMUVIRHOUTfcHOME ; i in of Murphy And Che MURPHY S OLDEST ; CITIZEN PASSES TO GREAT BEYOND Jamci D. Abbott was leading Merchant and Postmaster?Interred In Methodist Cemetery Murphy people paid their lust sad mo t respected citizens Saturday ?Liti rr.?Hin in simpl and beautiful1 -ervices in the Presbyterian church James David Abbott, who died Friday morning February 22, about .:* "? o'clock, was ninety one years - even months and twer.ty-fiio days id. Mr. Abbott had be n in ftebicj health for several months and the last few weeks preceding his death, ri< pa-sing had been almost daily expected. .M:. Abbott wa born in Marcelis. N. V.. June 27rh, 1832. H ;iiih South from Syracuse, N. V., befo.e the Civil War on account of his health and engaged in farming ar.d the mercantile business at Telli< Plains. Tenn. lie was also posta ter at that place -luring the war. it i^ h :u- was us< d by General W. T. Sherman a h udquarters for some time during the cnmpaigi; of this general in East Tonnes ee. In 1807 Mr. Abbott movtd his i'amily t?? Murphy, N. ('.. and encaged in the m ieantile business, his -toie being on the site now occupied ; \V. 11. l?ickey & Sons. He was! also postmaster of the Murphy ( '' r tor more than 21 y^urs, during the idministrations of Presidents Grant, Hay. s and Garfield. Mr. Abbott marr;ed Mi s Marie E. Hilton, of Baldwinsville, N. Y.. on the 16th day of April. 1856. It r called that Mrs. Abbott's father wa-. .o>, ..f th.> ?? *?4 - *w??nuuufc lapins on th. slam boat line between Albany an 1 New York Citv. Born to Mr. am! Mrs. Abbott were nine chilen, three of whom died in infancy. ' h living to maturinty were Mrs. A. Davidson. Mrs. R. H. Hyatt. Mrs. R. C. Herbert, Mrs. J. M. t aughn, M:s. (I. \V. Candler, and '!i*. George E. Abbott. AH the fam1. survive except his wife and Mrs. ^ vid-on and Mrs. Herbert, who who died several year ago. It will he of interest to Masons n this section to know that Mr. Vbhott'n father was one of the three men who wire arrested and impris ed in . mnection with the death end disapearanee of Morgan. the n an who was accused of t xposing the secrets of Masonry. Morgan was taki n out of a stage coach In New York State by thr.e ma-ke<S men. and to this dov no one knows wi it became of him. Mr Abbott was a cousin to Lyman Abbott, the great preacher. He 'ived during the life of every pre*!-; il.nt except fouW He was also oneII ?! the founders of the local Presby-j tcrian church. Mr. Abbott was one of the oldest t lizens of this section and had the love and respect of everyone. l*n t:l his htalth failed him. he was one of Murphy's staunche t citizens, both in a civic and religious way. He had been a member of the Presbyterian branc h of faith for about . eighty years, and always took an ae-. tive part in the affairs of his church. His reniainns were laid to rest by the side of his wife, in the Methodist cemetery, his pastor. Rev. E. G. Clary, assisted by Rev. Rhinehart.' having charge of the funeral and int:rment. The pal lbearer* were, bis grandsons. Frank Herbert. Paul,. Henry, and Edward Hyatt. Lee Penland and Jerry Davidson. The floral offerings were many and beautiful, a large selection be?- j irg stnt by out of town friends. | Holder Brothers Get Heating Contract Holder* Brothers, heating and plumbing: contractors, have been c.rsrd'd *he contract to heat and. dumb the new Methodist church. It is understood that their bid was Work on this structure is rapidly being: pushed. The building? has been closed in and the work of wlr-1 ine and lathing: is going: forward rapidly. It is expected that plastering will be begun the latter part of thds week or early next week. --*? v ? . ** A-V -fM ft. M* it . Ctjerc rokee County, and the L MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA Merchants To Close At 6:30, Except Saturdays We the undersigned merchant* and business men agree to close our places of businos sat t? :.',0 I'. M. beginning March 1st. i'JZ-i, except on : Saturday.". oamc io remain in effect until further agreement. : Signed): Murphy Hardware Company, J. M. Stoner, J. W. .Davidson, Brittain A: Mayfield, lohn-on & Dickey, Ibvi.k,... X II. B. Cornxvt II, Town son & Anderson, by \V. D. I Tonwaon, .1. M. Klkins. E. I.. Townson, A. .1. Burns, I.. \V. Brittain. \V. Christopher, I. M. Vaughn. Griffiths, Int. I. C. Slocumb, Lovingood Bros., bv N'oah LovinW. B. Dickoy & Sons, t andler' Department Store, By G. vV. Candler, (up t?? June 1. 11)24) C. B. Hill. J. G. Greene, Win. P. Payne, Henry Dockery & Son, Florence Coppenger. R. E. THOMPSON GOES TO REWARD On Monday February ISth. the l^eath angel visited home of our | . bear beloved Uncle Robert E. Thomp- , son and called him to that celestial eity wht re suffering is known no more. Uncle Bob hail been sic k sev- i i ral months and his death was not unexpected but with grief stricken hearts we hid him farewell for a short time for wt know that before long God shall call us to the great unknown. Uncle Bob was loved by all who knew him and his friends were many. He was " '? years old nd he had lived in Union County,! Ga . the greater part of his life. He; was a devoted husband, loving fath- 4 nr and a good citizen. i 1 He leave a wife and one son. Lon 1 t Thompson, of Chattanooga; three] j daughters, Mrs. \V. L. Webstt r unci j Mrs. \V. L. Coarlov of Culberson Rr. I 1 1: Mrs. John Cathey, of Seetgum,' Ga.; one brother, J. C. Thompson.]* and a host of relatives and friends to| mourn his departure. He was laid , to rest in the Bethany cemetery, the Rev. Riddle conducting the funeral services. WEHUTTY. Th's place is considerably picking v?'\ Our training school at Fairview No. :?-A i progressing nicely under the management of Miss Leila s'mpson of Knoxville. Tenn. She has a nenrollment of 41 student?. We had a good attendance in our [ Sunday school regardless of the bad weather. The Rev. J. Wolf, of Tellico Plains. Tenn., nieached an Interesting sermon after Sunday school. hi5 text being "Be of Good and able preacher. Courage." He is a deep thinker ( We are glad to state that Mr?. W. M. White is slowly improving. Mr. Harry Hcdden has a severe at tack of pneumonia. ^ Clyde Hill spent Saturday and ( Sunday with relatives at Isabella. We hear a great deal of good road . talk in our community. Everybody seems to be in favor of good roads. Mis Pauline Berrong has return-! (d home after spending two months at Englewood. Tenn. Owl Creek Our school closed last Friday after ? having a six months schedule. j The teacher. Miss McHan, return- t ed to her home at Peachtree last Sat ( urday. t Mary Jones. Dclthia Kephart were, ; visitors at oBiling Springs last Sun- < day. Richard Hass was a pleasant visitor at .1. ii. Jones inxi riiilny , Ira Jones has returned to Owl Creek after being gone a long time., W. A. Has* is on the sick list at present. j C. J. Marcus is still operating his saw mill. * ! C. J. Marcus and family were vis-; :?o-c last Sunday of Mr. Andy Kepfeart. ilut is .ead ing Nev/spaper in . FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 29. 1 <J'14 LYCEUM CLOSES SUCCESSFUL SEASON HERE Fifth Number of C ourse Prove* Novel and Entertaining MuuudV I- t'u; uary joih,3 with the abearance of the Harnaby Entcrta.n^rs. the bvcum - the year 1923-11)24 cainc to a sue* cissful conclusion. Mr. anil Mrs. Baroaby v, re the only two members ?f the company but the variety of heir numbers was ,-uch as is usually r sen ted by a much larger company Original one act pluvs, written by the Barnaby-, songologs. readings-, and rapid chalk sketches made all program "f variety that proved novel and unique in many respects. Though the weather was unfavos-: able on several nights on which numbers of the Lyceum Course appeared, yet the patronage of the community was gratifying throughout. And it was only through the co-operation of the comunity that the success of the course was made possible. The committee of guarantors feel that their faith in the desire of the community for the better sort of entertainment has been amply justified. Th; Red pat y Company has been contracted with for another series of courses for the coming sea. on. In many ways the numbers selected for next year will surpass those of the present season, accordto all indications. I W. R. Niswonger, Horticultural Spcialist H:i;esvillc, Feb. 22. Mr. II. It. Miswongor was in the county from Tuesday until Friday noon, assisting vith the horticultural program put >n by the county agent. It was thi ronceitsus of opinion of all those hat worked with us that he gave u> he lust information that has ever >een brought to the county on or- 1 hard work. He took up thu four ardinal principles of orchard marigemcnt and gave frill in-lructions , Tor carrying them out, explaining he reasons for their use. He gave-. ( >y demonstration how to train ami an for trees, also lectured on how :he fruit grower could co-operatic vith nature to get a strong substan;iol tree. Next to reclaiming young j tecs was the reclaiming the tops ami! renters of our older trees which had ?t en lc pped out by a bad system ironing. This orchard specialist tells u-, :hat pruning has been over-stressed1 md the system we have bc-en using. ill wrong. We that have worked; istent and modern pruning methods should be used. Soil fertility is made his major. , He explain: low yields, cull frutt.\ small growth, and the two year bear- s ing tr< et mostly through low soil. [>f course, he puts soil cultivation ?u own H.HUUY lUKiHiici, imcrm.xin?r with each other. He says, as all oth.-r sane men that j know anything about fruit growing, that you must snrav if you are go-j ine to have anything but cull fruit. There must be one winter spray and ! ant ugh summer sprays to protect your fruit from insect-* and pests. The county agent, assisted by the ipccialist, is working with two orhards in each township. If you , want assistance with your orchards j tnd willing to carry out the best or -hard practice, find out where these >rchards are and notify the agent of] .-our decision. He, in turn, will no :ify you when working in that or hard. You can lear there by ae:ual demonstration what the best. >ractices are. and carry them on Ir. your orchards, thereby becoming a -o-npi rater. The agent canu ' possibly put jv.o;c t..v.c in Lst pr^ct. A >f running from one orchard to an ?ther. pruning a tree here and i tree here, talking a word to this man j :nd a word to that man won't get iny results. If you want county igrnt work to do you any service! ;hen let us co-operate together. W1LLARP R. ANDERSON*. County Agent. ^ ?COUt this Section of Westeri Cherokee County Short History Of (The following -I k sketch f the1 history of Cherokee t uanty war seni by a friend to Mr. A. L. Martin and contains some interesting data, of v.*k;ch v?*- }ii ini fur the btneilt of ourj subscribers.?Ed.) Under the title *>r a .. . erect that territory of this Stafo lately acquired by treaty from th> Chei' kce Indians into a separate and distinct county by the nam*- of Cherokee,"; the General Assembly January 4th. lS.'JO, ratified an ac: to erect a portion 01 Macon County into one named for a notable tribe which now has 2,566 membeis in this State, though few now reside within the limits of Cherokee Cou.ty. The act ordered that "the first county court of Ch-rokee shall bo held in one of the houses of Fort Butler, and until a c >urt house and jail are built any of the buildings put up by the Linited States Army at Fort Butler, on the 400 acres of sand on which the town of Murpey is situated shall be fo^ the us of the courts of Cherokee." It was further enacted that "any per* on re. moving or in any way damaging the buildings at the Fort, or cutting any timber on any part of the 400 acres of land set apart for the futur - disposition of the legislature shall be liable to indictment." The county seat was named Murphey in honor of Atchibald de Bow Murphiy, of Hillsboro, who was "the father of public school-" in , North Carolina and who is buried in the old churchyard there. The first county court was held March 10, 1830. and it elected the pillowing officers: John \V. Grady clerk, Jason L. Hyatt reiristcr of I deeds, Francis McGee sheriff, Thomas C. Tath&m ?^r* Surveyor. P. A. Sunimey standard-keeper, Abraham ' Collett ranger. The County in 18-11 bought Fort Butler and its lands, and that yea built the first court house, of bricfc. having for two years occupied as . trnurt house one of the fort building The first court house was burned 1 April, 1865, (a few days after th surrender of General Lee at Appomattox, Virginia) by a party of Fetv iral raiders, but the walls stood and the building was rebuilt that yea*. In December, 181)2, it was replacd by the third court house. This was' burned in December, 1895, but the walls were again uttilized in 1896 j in constructing the present court house, largely of local marble; r. j beautiful structure. The fire of J 1865 destroyed the records of tncj clerk. Until 1865 the wills were for, Fornt- years recorded in a hook In' the register of deeds office. Thej first will book begins August *. 1861); the first deed book, April C. ISO". the earlier ones covering part of Macon county. The county's first state senator Ma JBVilliami H. Thomas; rcpresentative. George W. Hays (1S42). It has had the following members of state constiutional conventions: Allen T. Davidson, James H. Brysor (1861); George W. Dickey (1865 and 1868); J. W. Cooper (1875). It has furnished a I*. S. Congressman J antes M. Moody. This is the most westerly of the 100 counties and the point in i: j "furthest west" is Appalachia, on , the crest of the Smoky Mountains on ' the Tennessee border; the mo?' | easterly place being Rodanthe Ir ' Dare County. The old Indian form j of spelling Cherokee was 'Tsalagih" t meaning "They of the Caves." that | is "The Care People." because of i the large number of cave^ in that i area. A small part of 66.000 acre? j r?f land owned by the "Eastern Barn' j of the Cherokee Nation" is in Cher 1 okee County, the other parts being in Swain, Jackson and Grahan Counties; by far the greater part !i Swain, 48.000 acres. Jackson cor j taining 12.000. A Correction. I-ast wet k in the notice of th" meeting of the Junior Missionary S:. . r .? ? . i ii .? ??? mr Muunwi.it (.kuivii, .. met at the Regal Hotel Friday February loth, the word "twenty" wn? inadvertently ommittod. leaving: th' notice to read "five" instead of "twenty-five present." The Seoul is glad to make this correction and thus give encouragenv nt to the young people's organization. May it continue to grow and prosper. advertise in THE SCOUT "IT WILL MAKE YOU RICH" ii North Carolina - i FOREST FIRE WARDEN ASKS AID OF LOCAL PEOPLE W. H. Hughe* Ha* Had Only Two Fires In His District During The Season _ rarest Fire w:i: I?-ii \V. H. Hughes of this county has recent Iv winnim*. i cd two forest fir - in hi* district and a: pealing t<> 1h'- people to aid him in his work by being: careful with i fin* in and about the woods. Mr. H shi is warden in the dls"r. t lying w ' of Hiawessee River .?nd south f the L. & N. Railroad, i The two fit. we re small and were soon extinguish" i. although one did considerable damage. The first ' burned over about 25 acres of land, destroying about $1,250 worth of timber, the other burned over an acre, destroying about $25 worth of timber. The ward? n made it clear that he could not alone prevent or control fire in his dit rid. "In order for my work to be successful," he said, "1 must have the co-operation of the people, and ib? more support I get the more effective will my work be." When questioned as to how the pe.>tue could help him, Mr. Hughes stated that first and foremost they could help by keeping fire out of the woods. "Most of the fires are started by carelessness of smokers, or campers, according to statistics available," he said. "If those who pass through the woods for any reasons would always think beford throwing down matches, cigarette butts, etc., many of the fires would never start," A second way in which the public could help, according: to Mr. Hughes, j.-! ny reporting nil fires promptly and coming to the aid of the warden in extinguishing them. Mr. Hughes has made a fine record in the fire prevention tvork and his appeal for co-operation will doubtless be heeded by many. He is working under a joint arrangement between the State and the county. COMMITTEE HAS PLANS READY FOR RAISING FUNDS The Methodist Church Building Fund Committee have completed their plans for the drive Saturday to raise money to complete the new Methodist Church. So far as Ta known every merchant. business professional and salaried man have pledged themselves to give one-half of their gross earnings on Saturday to this cau-e. The windows of the business houses of the entire town have been placarded with posters, reading "Wc give one-half gross r:.r::;r.g.- on Manii loi n. Church Building Fund Committee." The salaried and professional men and women have signed a pledge to give one-half their earnings on this day for the same cause. Many letters rave been sent out urging the people to buy on Saturday and a few interested people outside of Murphy have been written for donations to the cause. It is expected that a k?rg? sum will be raised in this way. lb entire community is behind the nroieeU UPPER PEACHTREE. Our farmers are beginning to prepare for the next crop. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Thomasson and R. F. Moore visited the home of Mr. Marion Lemons, who is very sick, Sunday afternoon. Fulton, Cora and Ora Thomasson of Andrews visited home folks here the past week-end. Rolin Doekery and Nathan Tetherow, of Murphy, with a crew of men are working at the Andrews transmission line through this section. R. M. Moore of this place closed out his school at Slow Creek with a nice FriHa,. n ieht. G. F. Hendrix of Central Peachtree was very busy here the past week taking the right-of-way for the Andrews Power Company. Rev. Tate Justice, a street preacher, held several services here the past week. M. B. Lunsford is till hauling acid wood- . .. 1 . .... - ^ ...M...
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