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KN!ME 'nXX\'. NO. 41.
Wholesale
house for
HAYESVILLE
Capital Interested in Enter
^ prise?Work A!rnady
? Under Way j
Hgiyesville. May 19.?The work of J'
lEtfog ou* foundation for a I
jHy business structure was uc^uu >:
K yeek in Hayesville. Messrs C. j
BVofford and E. S. iMller, of Mur- j
RandT. D. Deweese, of this place, j
, interested in the venture, it l?
^Lers'.ood. Thiy will conduct a,1
Hjksale establishment, dealing in j
Retries, feed, flour, hardware, and
Hfe stnicture will be approximate110x80
feet, of frame and metal '
ptiuction. Mr. ueweese wui jituir|y
manage the business.
It is expected that timber will be
^ on the ground the latter part
the week for he eonsrucion of the
Odin? which will be completed as
lAly a? possible. Already the
B fe buying ties.
Engineers of the Hayesville Railid
company are expected %this week
do the surveying for a spur track
sbout two hundred feet from
(eh the unloading and loading may
done.
ichols & Ellis
Building Removed
Re Nichols & Ellis frame buildfit
the intersection of Valley Riv
Avenue and McClelland Street is
ing torn down this week. The
ns concerning replacement have
1 been announced.
thool of Music at
Baptist Church This
Week and Next
a kuul! of music under the d?-l
Sion of Mr. Wm. A. Huey, of New
tons, who is instructor in the mu-i
department of the Baptist Bible
Ititote in that city, opined in thej
irrhy Baptist Church Sunday, May.
tk and will continue through Fri-j
ermine. May 30th. when a sacred I
cert will be given.
A children's chorus meets each !
nuoon at 3:15 and the adults
et at 7:30 each evening. la adieu
to these Mr. Huey is giving j
Dy private instruction to fifteen j
abew of the choir during his stay!
re. A very marked improvement j
the music is noticeable since the
ool began and those attending are j
Ny fleas' <! with Mr. Huey's in-!
ction ar.d direction.
The public is cordially welcome t<.
feei-rcct::e.
iu Bell Gave
Recital Last Friday
lias Mary Bell, assisted by Misses
hryn Thompson, Evelyn Hill and
kriue Fain, gave a delightful
loforte recital at the school audiom
last Friday evening, May 16th
fete an apreciative audience of
tt than one hundred people. Miss
I end Miss Thompson assisted
* bell in a trio as the opening
ber, then Miss Hill and Miss Fain
b gave a selection, after which
* Bell begun the major par of
Program, consisting of ten se^
from Chopin, Griegg, Macand
other well known cornen.
*?ty Board Health
Met Saturday Night
I* County Board of Health met
rt*y night. May 17th in the ofJ.
N. Hill, with the follow Wfeerr.
present: Doctors Mor^
Hj , Superintendent A. L.
^ B&rd of Commissioners'
"Ban, S. W. Lovingood, and
J* W. M. Fain.
bUoiricu liaiuavicu iw?
*ith Q^ntagious and quarantina
V s,\ especially smallpox.
W*JWcl decided to build a pest
which to confine those who i
Hr1 V*Wantine. It was also deci- j
^7 to enforce the quarantine law:
^F^fjgidly in the f uturfc and j
wu.s. strongly urged. It,
n of Murphy and Che
Methodists Expect
To Get In New
Church June 1st
The work in the new Methodist
Church is being pushed at top speed
so as to get the auditorium in shape
for services the first Sunday in June,
which is June 1st. The plastering
has been completed, the wood work
_ ,,,i HHHHH ?" I
IS HOU uC.ub UUUC. lb 19 UIIUC1S1UUU
that Rev. M. B. Clegg has been invited
to preach the sermon on the
opening day. Mr. Clegg, it will be
renumbered, was paster of the local
congregation when this church was
begun and he saw much of the exterior
work completed before giving
up this pastorate.
Deforation Day At
m 1
a. wavnu cc vuangcu
The decoration at Peaehtree which
was announced in last week's Scout
to be the fourth Sunday in May has
been changed to the first Sunday in
June, which is June 1st.
The program as announced will bias
follows:
Sermon by Rev. A. B. Smith.
Speech by R. C. Pipes.
Essays by the following girls:
Willie W. Johnson, Beb Sudderth,
Mila Leatherwood, and Fannie Moss.
Chief Birchfield Says
Law Will Be Enforced
In. a statement given out a fewdays
ago, Chief of Poliece D. M.
Birchfield, made the statement that
of late there was a tendency to exceed
the epeed limit within the business
section and that motorists were
becoming carele-s about lights on
their cais. He expressed it as his
intention to enforce these laws more
strictly in the future, after first giving
due warning of such intention.
Other ordiances that arc being violat
ed he said, are those respecting the
confinement of chickens, cattle running
at. large, children riding bicycles
icycles, and wagons on the sidewalks.,
cars running without licenses,
the parking law, etc. Mr.
Birchfield wanted to give fair warning
hi fore the stricter enforcement
of these sections was begun.
: Ci?1?i
ucuuiidi y jiuuciu
Assumes Duties With
Local Chuurch
Mr. D. P. McGeachy. a student of
Union Theological Seminary arrived
last Sunday afternoon to assume his
duties in connection with the program
of extension rvhich the P:csbyUhuxch
is ..;..a::i.jr to..ncr.
Mr. McGcnchy preached at the
v nirg Aerv.'cc la.'*. Sunday. He :
- vi.icx.icd stager u:k! will piooub.y
lead the choir. His principal work
will be in the Huyesville distrist,
through working under the Ideal
church.
TARHEEL COW
BREAKS RECORD
Forsyth Jersey Win* Gold
rind Silver
Medals
Winston-Sal.m, N. C.?ReynolduV
Jxfoid Susie 471367, recently completed
an excellent test. She produced,
with calf,703.17 lbs. of fat
and 12010 lbs. of milk in 365 days
at 3 yrs. 3mos. and has been awarded
a Gold Medal and a Silver Metal
tiic AtUcric tin Jersey Gattlc Club,
r ports J. A. Arey, dairy exten-ion
specialist for the State College of
\irri culture.
This record wins for Oxford Susie
i Gold and a Silver Medal. In addition
to this it establishes htr as
champion junior three years olr
.crsey cow of North Carolina, superseding
Peur's College Farm Krisy
165988, that held this record with
.. 7.03 lbs. of butter-fat.
Susie was tested at two years and
two months when she won a Silver
.setai by f.rouucing 49i.42 ib>.
3i, and dropping a living calf within
fourteen months of previous calving.
Her sire is Exile Oxforf Jolly
147974, a bull with four daughters
in the Register of Merit.
The dam of new champion is Sans
Aloi'a Bess 321092, who is a daugh.
Suns Aici 61012. Sans Aioi
: V'rer ddUgntcrs ar.d two s^as
w>o.j/ e. blcriw
Cfjew
rokee County, and the 1
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLIN.
| COMMENCEMENT
PROPER BEGAN
LAST NIGHT
| Graduating Exercises Will Be Held
Monday Night?Dr. Brbwn to
Preach Sermon
The high schol commencement exercises
began last night with the recitation
ana declamation contests by
both the high school and intermediate
department?. The winners of
the various contests could notl be
ascertained before closing the forms
for the press.
Tonight the exercises will be continued
by an operetta and other exercises
by the primary and intermediate
departments. Sunday morning
the baccalaureate sermon wifiL
be preached by the Rev. A. E. Brown
D. D., of Asheville, and Monday
niirht the school vpar will ho official.
| !y closed with the graduating exeri
vises, commencement addrc-s by
j President H. T. Hunter, of Cullowhee
Normal and Industrial School.
; and the presentation of diplomas and
j certificates.
There are thirteen members in
the scnio rclass. They are Misses
Mary Bell, Carrie Brittain, Nannie
. Dickson, Elizabeth Ford, Elizabeth
Gentry, Annie Sword, Betty Kate
| McCombs, Juanita Evans, Kathryn
i Thompson, and Mesrs. Garland Rogj
ers, Harry Miller, Corbet Allen and
Mark West.
The class motto is: 'To be Rather
Than to Seem To Be." The class
class flower, the daisy, and white ana
gold are the colors.
Cherokee Indians
Are Wards, And Not
Citizens, Court Rules
Honding; that the Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indiands are not citizens
of the United States, but wards
of the government. Judge E. Yates
Webb, in United State? District Court
yesterday, upheld a motion of at|
terneys and quashed a bill of indictment
against C. Y. Dunlap, charging
' that while serving as registrar in
Jackson County he refuse^ to aiiow
Indians to register.
Mr. Dunlap, after the alleged re'
fu.sal to aiiow the Indians to regisI
ter, while he was serving as demoI
cratic registerar, was indicted in
! Federal Court.
The case wa= optn Friday and a
j juiy drawn ready for the case tc
! proceed.
Yesterday morning, Louis BourI
en, attorney for Dunlap, moved thai
! the bill of indictment be quashed oc
the grounds that the Indians are not
nt.' .cu L \ >te :i::J therefore should
; not t e register: d.
After argument by Mr. Bourne,
:>L:.-ic. Atti.;..e> - i.u..y and ThornaJ.
Harkins, assistant District Attor:
ney, Judge Webb upheld the motion
j and quashed the bill.
District Attorney Linney gave
! notice of appeal and the case promises
to attract the attention of higher
courts.
Judge Webb said that he woulc
like to see a ruiing made by the high
or courts on the question 01 the righ<
of thi Indian vote arc seal
result of the Indian vote are seat
tered on the docket? of all courts ir
th. Western section.
The question of whether the In
dians are wards of the governmenl
or citizens with the right to vote is
considered of vital importance anc
the appeal will be watched with in
tertst. according to attorneys.
Special Session Of
i Legislature Depends
On Public Sentiment
Raleigh, May 9?As to whether 01
not there will be a special sessior
of the North Carolina Legislature
this summer will depend no Public
renyiment accirding to Governoi
Morrison in a statement given out
here to night. The announcement
was made on the heels of the report
thit the Ship 'sitd tmncnftTt*
tion Commission would be ready tc
make their report in short time, anc
it has generally been expected that
f this report was favorable, the
solons would be called togethr. The
Governor intimated that he did not
know what the report contained noi
I what the public reaction to the rej
-.3 jt.nl l>n wank
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Leading Newspaper in
A. FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1924
Cherokee Company
Pushing Operations
Into the Mountains
The Cherokee Company is fast
pushing its operations into the depths
of the Tellico Mountains and it is
learned that shortly timber will be
brought in from this remote section.
Thus far, most of the timber that has
j been sawed since the company began
| operations in the fall has been cut
off the head of Davis Creek and other
streams in the Grandview section.
The company now has some four
| million feet fo lumber on the yard
J and is planning to build new docks
, for more storage space. It is underj
stood that tne mill is now cutting
! about a million a month.
New City Council
Organizes For Year
The Mayor and Town Council took 1
their oaths of office before Attorn-;
cy J. D. Mallonee, Notary Public, in
I the Mayor's office on Thursday night
May 8th, and after transacting a fewnecessary
matters, the meeting was
adjourned until Monday night. May
, 19th, when the organization of the
Board was completed, as follows:
Messrs. D. M. Birchfield, H. G. Elkins,
and G. F. Led ford were re-elected
to their respective positions as
chief of police, light superintendent.:
! and water superintendent. Mr. W. j
, W. Hyde was elected Mayor Protem,
Mr. D. Witherspoon was re-elected
Attorney, and B. W. Sipe, Clerk to
the board. \
The following permanent committees
were appointed:
Streets, E. P. Hawkins; Water and j
Cemetery, J. H. Phaup; Finance,
Traffic and Advertising, J. B. Storey;
Electric Light and Police, W. W.
Hyde; Sanitary fetid Parks, W. D.
Townson.
of any of these departments may
Citizens interested in the activities
of any of these departments may
confer 'v:ih e ither the committee j
heads or the mayor or any member'
of the council.
By unanimous consent, it was
agreed to continue the librarian's j
salary for another year.
Mr. D. M. Birchfield was reap-!
Iing inspector. j
The ordinance requiring all resi;
dences within two hundred feet of a
public sewer to connect therewith
( was amended by striking out' the
words "Two hundred" in inserting
i in lieu thereof the words "Two hun.'
dred and fifty."
E. P. Hawkins was elected chief
of the fire department and Fred
Johnson was made as3*stant chief.
Plant Shade Trees
i7cr Beauty And
Comfort and Value
! Shades trees jiot only add comfort
! J>y providing shade, but make the
. more beautiful and at the same
. time, add to the actual value of the
i j property. We recently heard a man
. j say that he had bought a home, which
i|was surrounded by a number of large
t shade trees and that he paid $1,000
. more for it than he would have paid
i had these trees not been there. We
i have h:ara real estate men say that
-: large, well kept, beautiful shade tree
: | prc-pcrly placed about a home, would
sjadd $1,000 to its actual cash value
j! any day.
-1 Weather one tree will add this
' amount of money to the value of a
place of property or not. there is certainly
everything: in favor of having
shade trees on the hon>e grounds and
nothing against it. There are entirs
ly too many of our homes in the cities
towns and country where no shade is
. provided. This is nothing short of n
{ qaianrity. Let all of thore who read
. this article and now haw no shade
. trees about their home, make up their
. minds not to let this condition con.
tinue to exist. They may be set any
time" in the winter or before ttic
. leaves come out in the Spring.
As a general rule, shade trees
> should not be planted directly in
I front of the house, as this space need
t to be left open. Put them to one
, side and to the rear of the house.
, Do not plant them in straight lints.
If the grounds arc large, group
. several trees reasonably close to.
gcther, planting them irregularly tn
I ?
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>cout
this Section of Westen
Oak Lane Mills
Started Last Week
The Oak Lane Knitting Mills began |
operations about the middle of the \
past week manufacturing women's
and children's underwear. A half
dozen girls are now being trained I
|for the various duties in the sequence
of operation? and President Rich,
r.cs? ststcu that uuicid woulu be
I put on just as soon as the present
' ones could be trained.
Mr. Richmond is pleased with the
I way the girls are taking hold of the
1 workwork and expects to have a
large force of trained workers in a
short while. As soon as possible the
plant will be operated twenty-four
hour? a day, it is understood.
The Oak Lane Mills is one of
Murphy's largest industries and is
destined to mean much to the town.
Mr. Richmond and his associates
in Pihladelphia decided to move the
mill here a little mere than a year
ago, selecting Murphy over a num|bcr
of other points in western North
I Carolina because of special advantages
to be found here in the way
j of labor, and other factors entering
into the successful operation of an
industrial plant of this kind. BTo
house the mill, a structure 70x160
feet was constructed by local capital
and leased to the Oak Lane
-Mills. This handsome structure and
the well equipped and organized
| mill are big assets to the community.
With the aid and co-operation of
the entire community, other plants
equally as valuable can be brought
ihere from time to time on account of
I the many natural advantages inherj
ent to Murphy.
Bonita Theatre
Co-operates With
Boy Scout Patrol
The generous manner in which
Mr. Bates dealt with the Boy Scouts
at the playlet Tuesday night is proof
that he is willing to lend a hand to
further the activities of the boys. In
return for this kindness it need only
be suggested to the Scouts that i i&
entirely in keeping with all the laws
of the Scouts for these boys to du
jail within their power to help Mr.
of condition. You can do this by
helping to keep the best cf order at
i the pictures when yo uattend. Boy
Scouts stand for something and by
| clean living and orderly conduct each
, one will be improving himself and alI
so making it easier to afford better
| entertainment in our town. Here Is
a bit of service that the Boy Scouts
can well afford to do their best to
i render.
|
Marble Minister Has
| Unpleasant Experience
| Marble, May 20.?Rev. A. U.
Smith had a, rather unplcaant experience
last Sunday afternoon whilt
driving down the Valley River roat
! on his way from Marble to the Sun
day school demonstration at Peachtree
whrn two von nor hnw fired on
: him with a pistol. Mr. Smith report:
ed that he passed two boys just bej
low the Harbin place, one of whom
; wanted to ride but was refused, and
j after the minister had gotten some
j distance up the road, a pistol ;hot
was heard behind him. On stopping
j the car ar.d looking back, the. two
| youths were seen standing in the
jroad, one with a pistol in his hand.
Both scampered into the woods. The
car was not struck.
There wil be a grave yard decoration
at the old Moss cemetery near
Marble next Sunday. Appropriate
religious services will be held.
| On account of the Marble decora;
t:on, that at Peachtree is po-tponed
: until the first Sunday in June.
Mrs. J. B. Gray and three children
! and Miss Edyth Powell, of Hayes1
villa crtnn*
A. B. and Miss Osio Smith of Marhie,
leaving: Sunday noon to visit
friends in Bryson City.
FAIR MEETING TO
BE FIRST MONDAY
As announced last week, there will
be a meeting of those interested In
any way in the fair to b held thi?
fall, at the court house the first
Monday in June. This meeting will
be r.t 2 o'clock, Murphy time.
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ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH''
I
a North Carolina
Sc COPY?$1.60 PER YEAR
ANOTHER CAR
CALVES TO BE
SHIPPED ON 31ST
Encouraged by the returns from
j the first car sent sometime ago, the
Veal Growers and Shippers Associaj
tion of Cherokee and Clay Counties
will ship a second car of veal calves
i to the Cincinnatti markets on the
|31st of this month. The calves should
be from one to about three months
old. From experienced gained In
the last shipment, the largr calve?
bring the best prices, said County
Agent Ellis in speaking of the proposed
shipment. As a third shipment
will be made sometime in June
Mr. Ellis pointed out that it would
I pay the farmers to hold heir youngi
cr calves until that time.
Calves of Tuberculous
Cows Reared Free
From Disease
Thirty calves dropped by tuberculins
cows in the valuable breeding and
experimental herd of the United
States Department of Agriculture in
Alaska from 1917 to 1920 have been
1 successfully raised and adjusted free
from tuberculosis. While ordinarily
the practice of retaining such stock
in the herd is to be condemned, and
should be allowed only in extremely
exceptional cases, the success of the
Alaska experiment proves that a very
valuable animal which has become infected
with tuberculosis need not be
slaughtered; and that the excellent
qualities which such an animal would
transmit to its offspring can be transmitted
and perpetuated in the offspring
without incurring any risk of
transmitting the disease.
1 Considerable effort has been expended
in developing a breed of cattle
suitable for Alaskan conditions by
crossing the Galloway breed with
Holstcin-Friesians, when in spite of
all known precautions having been
taken the disease made its appearence
I in the herd. Measures were adopted
to retain the diseased animals and to
raise calves from them because of
their value. The diseased cattle were
placed in quarantine 15 miles from
the healthy herd and treated as sound
cattle, being given free .HCCeBBB
[pastures and receiving the usual food
For the first 24 hours after birth
the calves were allowed to remain
with their dams in order that they
might draw off the first milk, or
, colostrum, from the udders. They
were then removed to seporate quarters
and fed the pasteurized milk
from the tuberclous mothers. Milk
together with gra?s and such other
forage as was eaten at will, constituted
the entire ration until six months
of age. When old enought, they were
tested, and upon being pronounced
heaithy were added to the sound
herd.
Breeders of purebred cattle brobably
will not retain reactors for
breeding except in rare cases, even
| though the affected animals are valuable.
The txpeiiment proves, howj
ever, that highly prized reactors need
not be slaughtered. They can not be
- uicu, out iin-\ can be isonated and
bred for the production of healthy
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Baptist Sunday School
Visits Peachtree School
I On last Sunday afternoon the ofI
ficers and teachers and a large group
J of the pupils of the Murphy Baptist
, Sunday School met with the Peach;tree
Baptist Spnday School in a fra|
ternal service when the Murphy
school had charge of the program
j and demonstrated their system of
( grading and use of the six. point rec:
ord system. The visit to Peachtree
' was greatly enjoyed by the Murphy
I people and a hearty invitation was
extended to, and accepted by, the
i Peachtree school to visit the Mur|
phy school next month.
Street at L. & N.
Station Widened
T5.. en in at the head of the
Louisville and Nashville R. R. tracks
I on the yards at the station has been
j removed by the street force allowing
a more ready passage of traffic this
was, especially when freight trains
are standing on the yards. Also,
and elevated sidewalk has been constructed
around the head of these
tracks for the safety and convenience
of pedestrians.
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