I ?
IF it mitt in
the scout
brs because we du>nt
9 know it
| Tile Official O^g
[Sclavs
tay attracts
capacity house
Favorable Comircnti Made On
^V^ientBtion of "Profetson
aR Pcpp" on May 2nd
^Borc a capacity house, th^ ser.jass
presented it* annual comcir.ent
play last Friday Evening
2nd. the school auditorium,
play was entitled "Professor
" It wa A splindidly received
tine the large audience bcrovoked
to side-splitting laughy
the nervousness of Professor
the officiousness of Constable
latty. the tilts of Aunt Minerva
|er with the male members of
ut. the romance of Petunia
in?, the difficulties of Buttonr
as a freshman at college, ant!
nistaken identy of Buttonbustd
his >cn.
t entire cast of eight:on char5
did their parts splendidly anq
compUmer.ts on the quality cf
reduction.
e plav was given last week so as
o overcrowd the commencement
am. beginning May 23rd.
Cochran Accepts
Call To Richland, Ga
Fred Cochran has accepted the
rat:1 of the First Baytat chuurch
chland, Ga., and will movi there
week. He has been in this secor
more than a year and a hnif
erating from war disiilhaites
ha* reasonable assurance from
kysicians that he can carry on
material work as pastor again.
i Richland church is one of the
jest in Southwest Georgia, and
hes a number of men of leadi
in the work of Georgia Bap^
Cochran family txpressed
keen regret in leaving their
friends in this section, and
made arrangements to drive
and in their car this summer
pend the month of August In
action in evangelistic work and
KDr. Cocnrmn will continue to
le tent evangelistic work in
ion with his UAstnrnl work.
mer ection Of
!ounty Would Return
&srs. \V. M. Clayton, M. A.
ton. Fred O. Scroggs, and othizen?
were in Murphy the first
wtck consulting: with their atf
with reference to changing
lines between Cherokee
Jiav Counties, formerly bclongy
Cherokee, hut whioh became
t of Clay somejr
act of the legislature, would
become a part of Cherokee
is reported that this territory
i?e* ten farms with a taxazle
of ? 167,0*00. It is understood
the citizens in the disputed terhave
for some time wanted to
i to Cherokee Couny.
lowing the conference here
? not stated just what course
be followed.
V
ith Month Honor
u For Graded School
t Grade A?Claude Gilbert,
Mathews, Ruby Mathews, Nor
ee Panther, and Lucy Warner,
it Grade B?Edith Franklin,
Parker, Ulys Anderson, WelMosier,
John Bishop, Charles
ond Grader-Jerry Davidson,
Hipps, James Parker, Fannie
lkinr Mariara Swaim, and Mary
*spoon.
ond Overflow?Nannia Gentry
;**ce WHl^ Bell.
OvesfQaw?Sue Beth Lloyd.
Grade?Mary Weaver.
? Grade?Mary Nell WilliamMartha
Moeser, and Marshall
to Grade?^^oise Hampton.
Gates of Browns,""Tenn.
.^pdie Rains of Hartford,
married at the residence
"ne* Gates in Factorylown on
T, N. BM*s o'^cial
an of Murphy and Chei
Here is a whole fhurch composed (
3f an-, excei t the re. tor and a matron.
These are the child:' r. of Thompsi
tn their Ea. ter he t they are as happy
Rev. W. H. Wheeler, the Superintends
Of course, the- would happier i
rear.**" fnte whh-h they can't understai
Tiiotnpsott Orphanage. like each of
ra !s r ?t affect ?! by the Chunh affll
* home last year, only 4f? were fron
church at all If a little child hn
- her. without regard t > church 1
' nip*on Orphanage lr. over- rowi
ate May 2"th n* Orphanage Sum
Then these little orphans will b
Mrs. E. G. White ]
Resigns Position With |
Blue Ridge School:
Blue Ridge, Ga., May 7.?Mrs. E '
IG. White announced this week that .
her resignation as Lady Principal of
the Mary P. Willtngham School
would take effect with the closing
of the school this month. Mrs
White handed her resignation to the
President lu?i January. Mrs. White
vvill spend the summer at Murphy ,
Route 2. she has not made known J
H-r plans for the future.
Mr. A. B. Greene will have charge 1
of the school and any correspondence
I with reference to entrance for the
I 'oming year should be addressed to (
liin, said Mrs. White today.
?
Decoration Day
At Friendship
Tr.er? will b? a decoration at
rViamisft! on the tl:i. USucday i.:
j : The tenative program as im-j
voancei by the eomStteu In. charge j
9:00 A. M.?Sunday School isrcises
at the church, with special
ilnging by the choir.
10:30?March to the cemitery
vhere seivices will be counducted,
opened by prayr.
10:45?Brother C. F. Cor.lcy will
I diver an address on the origin and
intention of decoration day.
11:15?Flowers will be placed on 1
Lhe graves, while th choir sings.
When the graves have been decorited
the crowd will be invited to retire
to the church where Brother Con- :
ley will preach.
On Friday afternoon before the
-Jccoration at Friendship, the people
will meet to clean off the cemetery.
Everybody is urged to come# out 1
jo that the job can be thoroughly
done.
NOTICE?Pair 26001b good draft
or farming horses with the best of
qualities; also good wagon and har.
ess to go with thtm. Will sell
.Laor. ArtllU Kon J JTAA^ onrMlp
horse in exchange. Call at once to
-ee thtm. Frank D. Dickey, City.
President Vetoes
Pension Bill t
i
Washington, May 3. ? President 1
Ccolidge, in face of huge majorities !
n th# two houses of congress, vetoed i
the Barsum-Fuller Pension Bill affecting
veterans of all wars from
1S12 to 1902. Unwarranted expenditure
was the reason a*cribed by
the President for his action,
'^rwiisar-" ?S3 the nf
h: hw.:uf biil, which is now in the
I
Cijerc
rokee County, and the L
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA
)f children! Everyone.?choir, sexton. v
on Orphanage, attending the recent Eas
as they can be in their own little chunit
of the Orphanage. te rector of the Chi
f mother and father were sitting along
ad. has deprived th -:n of that happiness
'h" several orphanages In North Carol!
liations of orphan children. Of the 124
i Episcopalian hom?s; the others were
is no parents or home, and if there is r
ines.
led now, and the 27S Episcopal rarishei
lay for the purpose of raising fund3 to
e happier than they appear in the plcti
Fain Re-Elected Mayor I'
At Tuesday's Election!
i
The election on last Tuesday was!
i>ne of the quietest, yet one of the
most hotly contested elections held ,
in Murphy i na long time. The lack j
of boisterousness and argument is t
generally ascribed to the Austral- c
ian system of balloting which was t
put into effect for the first time in r
Cherokee County. 9
To Wesley Brady is accorded the ,
honor of having cast the fir it bal- ^
lot under the new system of voting j
in this county. This law hies been in ^
pfftct in other countie sand states t
for sometime, however. t
Keen interest was manifested in (
the elction, with the result that the t
biggst vote ever polled in a city clec- ,
tion was cast or. last Tuesday. Evr?r?
i* ?- ?? -
new registration, yet 529 electors
registi red and 493 of the registrants
cast their ballots on election day. Bocause
c." the a.u ? ;' voting
5,vera! tlct-lois cast their ballot for 11
,:?a>or u.:<i t .-i a to il;ick the com |<
v. i; i. was u::iy t
accessary to vole tor the head of a 1
ticket to vote the entire ticket. One t
or two others chicked more than six
commissioners or otherwise voted in- i
corerctly. However, on the whole >
the balloting was very satisfactory
and everyone seemed pleased with i
the Australian system. s
As certified to the city clerk by 1
the judges of election, the candidates r
received the following vote: (
For Mayor, W. M. Fain. 279; J. i
W Thr>mr,cnn If.. < ? =
ionen: W. W. Hyde, 298; E. P. 1
Hawkins, 264; J. H. Phaup, 258; t
B. W. Sipe, 268; J. B. Storey, 262; 1
NV. D. Townson, 267; W. M. Axley, ;
177; R. C. Mattox, 205; T. J. Maun- ?
y, 159; Fred Moore, 199; C. M. (
Wofford, 195; and Carl Townson, i
164. t
Miss Bell To Give
Recital May 16th
Misj Mary Bell, of the Senior
Class of the Murphy High School. \
will be presented in a piano forte ^
recital Friday evening, May 16th, at 1
the school auditorium. She will be
assisted by Misses Elizabeth Ford
Kathryr. Thompson, and Evelyn Hill. ?
Mis Bell and her assistants arc ac
u-cmplished piano students and will
pres:nt an entertaining program.
The public is invited to attend he
recital.
t
?us o* 'he President f.-r arc *rtnnef
itet i?
.eading Newspaper in 1
FRIDAY, MAY 9. 1924
|
4HHF
u?nffiri BBBSmBBlS*
rorshlppers and all are under 17 year* ,
ter morning services. A11 togged out
h. the Chapel of St. Mary, the Virgin
ipel. j;
side of them in the pew. hut some j
na owned by other church dcnomina- '!
children who made the Orplianago
from families of various churches or j
oom at the time, a home is made for (
? in North Carol na have decided to
build new cottages and nth<"- bnlldire.
"
To Hold County '
Singing Convention
On The 18th of June 1
I:
:
]
ield with the Marble Springs Bap- '
;i?t Church on Sunday, June 8th, acording
to a decision recently reach 1
?d by officers of the organization.
The convention will open at nine 11
>'clock in the morning. All classes;
tnd singers of teh county are reques- ,
:ed to be present and bring: James 1
D. Vaughn's 1924 book for the contention
singing. Those attending
ire requested to bring their lunches 1
md spend the day. ;'
Classes and singeis from other coun:ies
and the public in general is incited.
Convicts Escape ,
From Local Jail
Three convicU made their escape 1
TCm the old county jail hire Tues- 1
lay night by cutting a hole through
be brick wail with a pick, which they 1
tad managed in some mysterious way , <
;o smuggle into the jail with them. i
Their escape was not discovered un- '
:il Wednesday morning whey they
vere ready to begin the day's work <
Those making their getaway were 1
5am Maples, of Jackson County, p
serving a two-year sentence; Joe
Slwood, of Jackson, serving a twelve j I
nonths sentence; and Ed Wyley, col-P
>red, of Clay County, serving a six :
nonths sentence.
The convicts, when coming in
from work Tuesday were locked in I
he old county jail as u?ual, except i
wo of the men who ordinarily were 1
rlaced in cells managed to escape the ?
uitice of the warden, and so remainid
in the run-way of the jail. The <
scape was made by digging through :
he brick wall with a pick. The theo- i
v is advanced that the men smug- -
rled the pick and the pick handle In '
separately in their clothing. 1
A great many of the convicted i
ne nare under bond not to run away i
md this explains why a greater nurn>er
did not make their escape when 1
he opportunity offered. Officers ]
cere notified , early Wednesday I
norning and a search was begun for i
he escaped men.
small Fire At Howell
Home On Tuesday i
The fire alarm was turned in last
j
rucsday and the fire company was
ailed to the resident of Mr. Theodore j
Howell. The blaze, however, was soon
uitened and practically no damage
vas <ione.
" 1
>cout
this Section of Wester
Mineral Resources
Of North Carolina
The magnetic iron ores of North j
Carolina hacve in the past suffered
from the lack of transportation facilities.
The recent "Xtersion fron.
Abingdon into the ore holt at Lan-.
sing means early development of'
these. The brown ores of Cherokee,
Durham, and Clay Counties are of
such stupendous tonnage as t > warrant
centralized development under
modern condition, and the install*-.
tion of an electric sm king unit.
Plenty of undeveloped hydro-electric
power is^ available for this purpose,
and by its use a great industry ma;
be made a part of your industrial
wealth.
The clajs of North Carolina offer
a bigger field than any other one
mineial product. They are well distributed
and of exceptional purity.'
In six of the western counties cf the
state large quantities are mined and
shipped to East Liverpool, Trenton,
and Braver Falls, for the manufacture
of spark plugs, electric insuiators,
shades nnd fine procelains. In
Buncombe, Macon, Clay, Lincoln.
Yancey, and Jackson Counties there
are still many beds undeveloped. The
advent of good roads and the extension
of existing railroad lines are
making possible the operation of
many of these deposits hitherto inai accessible.
Eighteen counties in the stote possess
high grade elavs for hollow tile,
pressed brick, and first-class face
and building brick, but in many oases
their development has b.en retarded,
not bcause of th quality of th clay
but bcaus of poor workman-hip.
Brains, as well as elbow grease, are'
essential to the manufacture of high '
grad brick.
Rockingham and six other counties
have extensive deposits of material
j;uitable for the manufacture of buff
and white brick. Thes* deposits
should be more extensively opened
up and prospected. Madison, Cherokee,
and Clay Counties carry iron
ores.
The deposits of barytes in Gaston
and Madison countie shave nevtr
heen sufficiently prospected. WhtreH
first opened in Madison County a
high percentage vf calcium flourite
was found in the baryites and prospecting
stopped. There are many
indications, however, that this is a
local condition.
Feldspor Industry Well Developed.
The feldspar industry is well developed,
two-thirds of the entire supply
in the United StaUs comim? frnm
North Carolina. ThfcVe ate nine
counties, however, where until recently
the lack of good roads has retarded
investigation. The demand
. glial and taaac t.w,.o-i?.t c."..uiu
opened up.
The rapid increase in the use o?
cement has nmae im.jcr?ivt
every state with the requisite limestone
deposits, and marls, should interest
teh great cement companies in
developing the industry for local
consumption. On the Murphy Branch
of the Southern Railroad, in Cherokee
and Swain Counties, are magnificent
depo.-its of limestone, carrying
better than 90 per cent calcium carbonate.
Likewise, at Hot Springs
and Paint Rock are similar deposit*
With coal so easily accessible from
Tennessee, not only these localities '
but Catawba, Lincoln, Henderson,
and Gaston Counties should be investigated,
with the manufacture of;
cement in view.
North Carolina is one of the great
cotton producing states. In the fight
against the boll weevil, calcium arsenate
is considered an essential. The
arm grade of limestone required for
:4nTt manufacture :> n uuired for
the production of calcium arsenate.
Methods are now being devised for|
:he extraction of arsenic from arsenical
pyrites, and large quantities of
ivhite arsenic are available as a by-i
product of the great metal mines of j
the West. Plants are already in op- j
oration in Montgomery, Shreveport,
and Monroe, and there is no reason ,
why a similar plant should not be in-1
stalled in North Carolina for the benefii
of the cotton growers of your i
state. t J
The marble depo of Cherokee
County are already under develop-I
ment. Similar deposit# in Swain and
McDowell Counties are available.
The question of freight rates from
(Ccst!sss? == p-pe 2)
ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
-IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH"
n North Carolina
5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR
BAPTISTS EXPECT* ~
TO HAVE 400 OUT
NEXT SUNDAY
Will Appropriately Celebrate Mother's
Day?Sunday School Will
Be presented A-i Award
The Murphy Bapti t Sunday School
has achieved special distinction In
that it is the first school west of
Asheville to have earned the A-l
Award of the Sunday School Board
of the Southern aBpiist Convention*
This recognition was earned by at- Q
tain to the "Standard of Excellence"
set up in the ten" point system respecting
Sunday schol and church
attendance, teacher training, graded
literature, etc., etc.
The Baptist school expects to have
four hundred members present next
Sunday, according to the goal set
by themselves some time ago. As
this is Mother's Day, appropriate exercises
in her honor will also be given,
and it is expected that many
mothers will attend the Sunday*
school on that day. In addition to
the mothers, every member of the
member of the church, every member
of the Sunday School, every
member of the Home Department,
of the Cradle Roll, and every local
Baptist is being urged to be at Sunday
school on May 11th.
During the Sunday school hour.
Southern Bapti-t Sunday School
diplomas wil be presented to teachers
and officer swho have completed
the Sunday School Normal Manual
course.
No. 10 Highway
Passable to Asheville
The Asheville - Murphy - Atlanta
Highway between Murphy and Asheville
is now open for travel for small
cars by way of Topton and Almond
and down the Nantahala River. The
four miles stretch between Hewitts
and Wesser Creek is only blocked
out) but by traveling slow one can
make this in about an hour while
the rest of the road is in good condition.
Miss Mabel Fisher, of Andrew?
was the first to make the trip over
this road, coming from Bryson to
Andrews in three and a half hours.
While pleasure seekers will probably
find travel through here a little
tedious as yet, business men and
commercial travellers will probably
prefer it to the long tedious route
by way of Franklin. Within a short
time, however, the road wil be in
such shape as to attract the public
in gencual.
Jackie Coogan To
Visit This State
Charlotte, May 7.?Volunteer
workers in North Carolina for the
Near East Relief are preparing to
welcome Jackie Coogan, youthful
movie star, who is to make a ten
week's tour of the nation in the Interest
of raising mil, money and
clothing for the starving children of
the Near East.
D. Cameron Ralston, state director
in North Carolina for this great human
tarian organization has written
all county and city workers and told
them of the plans for this relief cargo.
Two special trains which will
gather up cargoes of food and milk
will cross the continent* with Jackie
Coogan and his father, John W
Coogan, aboard.
Mr. Coogan is sacrificing thousands
of dollars in this, us it is tern*
ed, "modern children's crusade." because
he has seen the real crisis In
the Near East. One hundred and
ten thousand children, who have been
kept alive during the past five years
by tho American people through the
Near East Relief, and in serious danger
of their lives, foodstocks being
at a low ebb.
Already they have been put on
practically a starvation diet by having
one meal a day eliminated. If
by July lat the American people have
not responded liberally enough many
thousands of the must be turned out
to starve. They are being fed,
clothed and sheltered and given an
elementary and a Christian education.
To let them die now will be to
undo all the good work the American
people have been doing for them dur...?
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