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XXXV. No. 48.
program for s.
s. CONVENTION
IS COMPLETED
Ifjl Be Held In Andrews Baptist
Church, Beginnig at 8 P. M.
Thursday Night
Programs are out and plans are
(kg rapidly completed for holding
? i? CnnJn.. c?i
l- .
o&vention on Thursday and Friday, j
jly 17 IS. The convention will i
j held with the Andrews Baptist!
fcnrch, Andrews, N. C., the opening ;
Bsion being held at 8 o'clock Thurs-!
tonight It i.-* expected that there I
ill be a - 1 attendance from vaoq?
par:- <-f the county at the fir^r
Kline- Other sessions will be held
May nvrnins, Friday aftcrnehn, j
id Friday night, duly 18, the con
ntion i -inp Friday night.
Officer* in charge of plan> and
(grp.m for the convention have ancnc
the progranv ha.* been
tpar.d viih iht idea of having "a
mntioi the discussion of prac
?1 pr ' The pla
possible for workers from all dcitmtnts
f the Sunday School to
tore practical suggestions conrr.irig
tl ir specific work.
Luring the convention there will
III quest i ' and discussion periods
? present will be giv. n an
fortune > t picsent their Sunday
hool pi" !rm> ft.r discussh n. and
t any -u?>ns ??n Sunday School
rk.
The conv' rion is intcr-dcnominonal.
and workers from all Sunf
scho: '- of all evangilicul !?Dtnatior.
- arc invited to participate
the w k. The Cherokee County
^ iday Sib.nl Association, under
e direct io nthc convention is bcheld
if the scventy-sl*
ty s i i : school a ciation?
r orga: '.cd in the state in eontion
wi:h th< work of the North
olina S.. day School Association.
)LOP.ED FEOPLE
AVE BIG FOURTH
CELEBRATION
Raising Funds to Build School
louse? Prominent Murphy Citizen.
Encourage Efforts
he co. r 1 people fittingly eeleed
th. Fourth cf July by seeking
uicdi. of making surer their Intel-1
Bl independence, when, with the
of prominent whites, they set n
on f.^ot for raising funds to
(tract : ?r the ir race an up-to-date
cl house. A dinner was served
he Tcxuna schoo^ house, where
meeting was held.
M. Wiley and H. H. Hooper
the presiding officers. A choir
i Haycsville rendered many apriate
songs.
te real occasion for the meeting
the discussion of plans for raisfonds
to construct for the colpeopte
of Murphy an up-to-date
building so that the younger
ration can be .properly trained.
I Of the white people attending
1 gathering were Superintendent j
Marti::, Attorneys J. H. Dillard1
E. B. Xorvell, Dr. H. N. Wells, j
Mr. G. W. Candler, all of whom
' talk? in sympathy with the
i of the colored people and enWng
them in their undertaking.,
lis understood that trustees of
posenwald fund have agreed to
ithe colored people $700 of the
K> wanted for the school project,
pey are raising the balance by
piption among both whites and
P*- At the last report on Wedp
some $195.00 had been subfd
and the colored people were
ftl that the balance could be
r without much difficulty.
I Have Picnic
I At Shoal Creek
Jtt will be a Ma?onic and SunPchool
picnic at Shoal Creek, on
BJ*y? Jyl", ipth, according to
youncfa^Lgt given out by Mes
BM. Y.xKjr, J, H. Suit, and R.
B*?nurr., Jhe committee on ar^^nts.
There will be free dinspeaking,
and good singing.
Brdy is cordially invited to atB*ld
a pieasaht day i? assured,
?f)t
n of Murphy and Cher
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Baseball Team 1
Wins Over Strong
Ducktown Outfit
The local club triumphed over the 1
strong Ducktown aggregation in
Cherokee Park last Saturday aft< rnoon
by a score of nine to six, after
a long and hard fought game. It
looked bad for the local boys in the
first innng as the visitng team flipped |
in two runs, mostly as a result of j
costly errors, and last half of the ?
inning Murphy went out in one, two,
three order. However, when the j1
team got warmed up they played a j (
good brand of baseball, outclassing!
their opponents in many departments J i
l"1 ejpti.aiiv at ti;t uat.
Friday, July 4th, the local team '
took two games from the Andrews }
club on the latti r*s diamond. In the .
morning the .-core was eight to three ,
and in the afternoon seventeen to
two. While the game in the forenoon
was somewhat slow and listless, it:,
developed considerable interest; but!,
the afternoon game was a one-sided
affair. The attendance was fairlv ,
cood.
OVER 150 LIVES
TAKEN BL ERRATIC
WEATHER
American Red Cross to The Rescue
With N -arly One Hundred
Fifty Thousand
Atlanta, July".?One hundred and
fifty dead. 1.200 injure:!, ">,280 j eoplc
homi less. and property damage of ovi
r $20,000,000 in the South is the
toll taken by three tornadoes and a
cloud burst in two months, according
to a statement issued today by the
American Red Cross.
Tbi?i jajWaMtnof the most uu
'tractive series of storms the South
has experience in many years. Red
Cross Officials declare.
A relief fund of approximately
$138,275.00 is now being administered
for the sufferers in over eighteen
Southern communities by Red Cross
\porkers. Homes are being* rebuilt,
crops replanted, and pictures of ruins
and desolation tiansformed ago;n into j,
scene- of normal life and prosperity.
To local relief efforts the Red i
Cross contributed funds and trained j
workers, giving communities the ben-;
efit of its experience in over 400 oth-j
er disasters.
"All that relief can do is most j
little," said Joseph Logan, Sothern j
Red Cross Manager. "Following the;
disasters the Red Cro-s tries to help
these people to help themselves, and;
the courageous spirit in which they
hove turned to the task of rcbivMirg
their homes and replanting their ruin-j
ed crops is a credit to the South." j
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i>emocrais i^ame
Davis and Bryan
After more Ihnn 100 ballot? had
been cast, the Democrats in national
convention in New York city late
Wednesday named John \\\ Davis,
of West Virginia, as their candidate
for President, and Charles W. Bryan
Governor of Nebraska, as their candidate
for Vice-President. The convention
was in a deadlock over Smith
and McAdoo, and it was not until
these two leading candidates had j
I withdrawn that ai nomination was j
finally effected, after the conven-j
j lion had been in session longer and!
'had cast nearly twice as many bal-j
lots as any national convention forj
the nomination of party nominee?.!
54-Inch Rattler
Killed Near Brasstown
a jnoh rattler wiis killed!
in the Brasstown section a few days
ago by J. B. Stanbridge, according
to word brought to Murphy the first
of the week by Rev. Gay Bryant. The
poisonous reptile was discovered by
the childr n of Mr. N. B. Haynes, who
reported it to Mr. Stanbridge. The
latter killed the snake with a stack
pole that was nearby. Mrs. Gay
Bryant measured the snake and
found it to be fiftyfour inches long,
and three and a half inches in diameter.
It had thirteen rattlers and a
button, and is one of the largest killed
in this section in some time, so far
j** % j.a*
Cijcro
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MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA
FATHER OF MRS.
T. L. SASSER DIES
IN MISS. HOME
dad Been In Feeb.e Health For Some
Time Wai Seventy-Four j
Years of Age
Telegraphic communications re eived
Wednesday imrning ann.unc,
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laven, -Miss., of Mr. S. I*. Oliver, ,
father of Mrs. T. L. Sasser, who was
palled to his bedfide Monday. Mr. and (
Mrs. Sasser left here Monday niornng
and arrived m Brookhavcn about
vion Tuesday. Mr. Oilver died Tuesday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Mr. Oliver war. 74 years old at the
time of his death and had been in
feeble health for some time. For
the past few weeks he has been grad
ually losing ground against the in-!
roads of heart disease. Several weeks
'leo Mr>. S;i-sr-r was cnilcl ? > \Tic??o.'
sippi on account of the serious illnes r?f
her father, but his condition improved
and she returned to Murphy,
c (implications set up a few days ago
ivhieh t?! ded to aggravate the heart:
trouble and Mr. Oliver sank fast, the
end coining quietly Tuesday evening.
The funeral was held Thursday morn-1
ing from the First Baptist Church
in Brookhaven.
Mr. Oliver was one of the best!
known and mort prominent citizens
of his town and section and his death
has cast a cloud of sadness over tn j
entire community. Besides a host j
of friends, he is survived by four
daughters and one son, as follows.
Mcsdamts Palmer Drury, Harvey
Clark, Jc?se Wales, and T. I.. Sassir.
Charles Oliver.
Mr. Su&^er expects to return Sat
urday of this week and hold the regular
services at the Baptist Church,
Sunday.
TRAGEDY STALKS
IN WHITE HOUSE
3RD TIME IN YEAR
Sixteen Year Old Son of President |
and Mrs. Cockidge Succumbs
to Attack of Blood
Poisoning
Sixteen year old Calvin Coolidge
Jr., son of President and Mrs. Coolidge,
succumbed to an attack of blood,
poisoning Monday night at 10:30 j
o'clock at Walter Reed Hospital, |
where the youth has been under the >
care of White House and other physf- j
cians since Saturday, when he suh-!
mitted to an operation in an effort j
to check the spread of septic poison,
which resulted front a bursted blister, J
made while he and his brother, John,!
were engaged in a tennis match on
the White House grounds Monday,
June 30th. At first no attention was
paid to the blister, but by Wednesday
the son of the President was;
suffering severe pain and running a
high temperature. White House
physicians were summoned and the;
condition of the youth was seen as
serious. Other specialists were call-;
ed in. As the condition of the boy
grew worse from day to day, Saturday
he was removed to Walter Reed,
a government hospital in Washing-!
ton, where an operation was per'formtd.
Sunday night the condition of the
boy was recognized as very critical
and word was given out that he could J
be 110 worse. Monday the transfus- j
ion of blood, and the use of oxygen
were resorted to to help the slight |
body of the young man to throw,
off the attacks of the septic poison, j
Several times the boy rallied and!
seemed to be better, but he relapsed
again Monday night early and at
10:30 o'clock the end came.
t? :j._? l \f.? .....?
at the bedside when the end came,
but John, the brother of the deceased
was not. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge returned
to the White House about 11
(o'clock together with hie personal
jand private" secretaries and other
White House attaches who! were at
the hospital. The body was removed
to white House, after it had been
prepared for burial, and the body
was carried to Northampton, Mass.,;
Thursday where funeral services
were held in the Edwards Congregational
Church, of which young Calvin
was a member. The funeral party
proceeded from the Northampton
church to Plymouth, Vermont, where
interment was made in the family
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eading Newspaper in I
FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1U21
Rural Letter Carries
Hold Convention
In Greensboro
The Rural Litter Carriers Associr.
:ion of North Carolina held its annual
convention in Greensboro on
July 4th and oth, with all the officers
>f the association and a large number
of delegates from a'.! part* of rho
date present, occording to a report!
brcught back by Mr. John C. Odeil,
who was a delegate from the Clay-!
Cherokee Asosciation. An entertaining
and helpful program was rendered.
The State rural letter carriers as-!
sociation was organized in It'03, just
twenty one years ago, at Greensboro,
according to Mr. Odell, and only onei
man was at the convention this year 1
that helped to organize the Associa-,
iion. Thi- man was Mr. Carl P. How-]
ard of St. Paul. N. C., who has been I
president of the Association for ninoi
years.
There are now 1450 rural letter I
carriers in North Carolina and 846
are members of the Association, according
to the Secretary's report to
the convention.
Mr. W. D. Brown of Washington.'
1). C., the Association's attorney.1
made a strong address to the Asso- j
ciation in which he advised the
delegates to inform the carriers I
throughout the Stati that if they!
hope to gain the $300 a year increase
in salary they are now seeking, they
must become organiced and work j
for ane common cause. Mr. Odell is
urging all the carriers in this part of]
the state, who are not now members:
to affiliate with the association. Iiislogan
seems to be "144(1 members
in North Carolina before December
1st?100 per cent organization in ,
North Carolina."
Mr. Odell was informed at the convention
that this Was ? first tiui!*
in the history of the association that
the western disrict has ever had a
delegate at a ctate convention.
Mr. Odell is planning to have a
meeting of all the carriers in Chtrkee,
Clay, Graham and Macon Counties
a iittle later and hau expressed
the hope that every one would attend
so that he can make a full report
of the Greensboro meeting and
of the activities and aims of the state
association. Due notice will be given
later, said Mr. Odell.
Stolen Automabile
Recovered Monday
One of the finest pieces of sleuth
work coming to light recently in this
section was consumated Monday when
Offierr .1. D. Smith. ,.f Mt Hollv. re
captured an automobile after having
trailed the thief half way across the
state. The car was captured near
Aquone, where the driver deserted
ii when the officer got hot on hi?
trail. The car was stolen from Mt.
Holly vicinity on Tuesday night. July
1st, and immediately upon discovery
the next morning Officer Smith started
in pursuit, stopping in various
towns, at country stores and similar
places making inquiries, and otherwise
picking up whatever information
he could that would aid him in
following the thief. He was able
to gather meagre information here
and there that enabled him to follow
the car for more than 250 miles, until
he finally recovered it, where it
had bee n deserted near Aquone.
Mr. Smith spent several hours in
Murphy Tuesday morning and expressed
himself, as being highly grati
ified at his success in recovering the
stolen property. He stated that his
j success was large ly due to the fine
' cooperation shown by county and
i city officers all along the line, and
I expressed himself as being very much
I ntAQcurl trith tVio
j rendered by local officers.
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MELON CUTTING
ON JULY 25TH
Riverside Park and plav ground
will be officially opened Friday
faftrrnoon, July 25th at 3:30
o'clock by a watermelon cutting.
Thr? W. M. Fain Grocery Company
has agreed to donate the melons
for the occasion, in order to encourage
the use of the park, especially
by the children. The pub. 1
j lie is cordially invited.
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this Section of Western
PLANS GOING 1
FORWARD FOR
TRUETT MEETING
Building Committee Appointed To
Make Housing Facilities
Available
Definite announcement is given 1
out by officials of the Baptist church *
that Dr. George IV. Truett, world
famous preacher, has accepted an in- ?
vitation to hold a series of services !
here, beginning August 12th. Un-i.
u.-ual interest attaches to this announcement
as Dr. Truett is one of *
the ablest preaches of the world, and
also front the fact that he i? a native ,
of this section, having been horn and
j pent his early boyhood in the Have.?
ville-Hiawassee section, and pent rally
credited with the founding of the
' Hiawussee College.
I The nrobltm confronting the local
[church is providing a huilri'nir that:
1 will scat the vast crowds that are exi
peeled to visit Murphy to this noted
preacher. At a meeting of the
i church last Sunday a building com- (
1 mtitco, with full powers to act, con
sisting of Messrs. G. H. Cope, C. M.
Wofford and A. B. Dickey, was ap-J
I pointed. It had previously been dei
ided to construct an addition to the
Ipres.nt church building, capable of '
j seating approximately 1500 people.
It is expected that this structure will
he gotten under way in the near future.
Commissioners Met
First Of The Week
| Till County Commissioners nu-t '
the f irst two days ami a half of this <
> week transacting the regular rou J
j tine business of the county. Of in- 1
i tirest to the general public is the <
election which Shoal!"
J Creek Township on August 15th to I
vote on the issuance of fifty thous:
and dollars worth of road bonds. ;
I The following levy on property for ;
the various county purposes was i
[ made: ;
For the county as a whole a school I
tax of sixty cent-; fifteen cents for I
bridges; fifteen cents for general I
; county purposes; five cents for I
maintenance of prisoners; and ."iwe <
.cents for jurors; and $1.50 on t.?e i
poll. j 1
Murphy township for the maintc- <
! nance and interest on bonded road ;
! tieui, m.uu on me :>iuu valuation oi i
i property. Valk ytown Township road
tax 30 cent- on property and COc ,
on the poll.
Marble road district, road tax ot ,
40 cents on property and $1.20 on :
the poll.
Not la road district, GOc on property.
and $1.80 on the poll.
Shoal Creek Township for roads.
$1.00 on property and $3.00 on the ,
poll.
Beaverdani Township for road-, 80
??n property and $2.40 on the poll.
; The rate for Hothouse Township
i was not definitely figured out.
Valley township, for railway bonds
15 on property and S45c on the poll.
Murphy district No. 1, school tax.
75c on property and $2.25 on the poll
( Peachtree school district, for
i schools, 15c on property and 45c on I
j the poll.
Tomotla i^nool district, for
j schools. 2if: on property and GOc j
on polls.
Maltby school district, for schools, j
20c on property and GOc on polls. j
j Kinscy school district, for schools,I
125c on property and. 75c on the poll. J
Andrews school district, for the j
schools, 70e on property and $2.10?
on polls.
Marble school district, for schools, i
20c on property and GOc on polls, j
11 Rhodo school district, for schools,
i; 20c on property and GOc on polls.
j Topton school district, for schools.
( An MAriWt.. onil T */? nn nnlle
.-wi'?.y |n?l9. ,
: Culberson school district, for the J
schools, 25c on property and 75c on.
, polls.
Unaka school district, for schools.
25c on property and 75c on polls.
Johnson & Dickey
Dissolve Partnership
Virgil Johnson bought the interest
of S. W. Dickey in the Johnson &
Dickey Market the first of the week
and is now operating the business
under the firm name of Johnson's
Market. Mr. Dickey will devote his
; as to fslhsr'i tS?iat53?
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ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH'*
North Carolina
5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR
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Former Resident
Of This Section
Dies In Georgia
Mrs. A. F. Bjrton -lied at her home
n Mineral Bluff, Ga., Monday, June
0th, after a lingering illness of some
ight of ten week*. Mrs. Barton's
vas the daughter of Mr. Taylor
>rc?u, a Auniiei resident of the
'eaehtree section and who now lives
u*ar Morgan ton, Ga. She- was buried
Tuesday. .She was a sister-in-law of
nr. ii. .-i. i;a:t n of this place, who
itU : ded the funeral. She was approximately
forty years old and Is
.veil remembered in Cherokee County*
Sla is survived by her father and
.hree brothers and three sisters as
felloe*.-: Will Green, of Gastonia;
iesse, of Ellijay; and Arnold, of Morjanton;
and Mrs. Avery Warren, of
Marble; Mrs. Sarah Kincaid, of near
Morgan ton; and Bessie, the younger
sister, whose husband's name Could
lot be learned.
STORM DOES
MUCH DAMAGE
TO THE CROPS
Heavy Down Pour Experienced In
Various Sections of Western
North Carolina
The storm that visited this section
Sunday a week ago caused considerable
damage in the lower parts of the
bounty, according to reports being
brought to Murphy this week. The
severe wind that accompanied the
iown pour of rain blew down shocks
of wheat, growing corn, and much
hillside and valley land was furrowed
with the young rivulets that rushed
ilown the mountain sides following
what some have described as a cloud
burst
While this storm visited practically
nil of Southew..stern North Carolina
it was at its worst only in isolated seclions
here and there. While the rain
fall was unsually heavy it is probable
that it was not severe enough to be
termed us a cloud hurst, a phenomena
that is rare indeed. A treu; cloud
burst is officially reported to have occurred
on June 10th on Scott's Creek
in Jaclcsnn r.Mint" *..! : *?- -
-- - - T-wimnrigiilK; me
town of Willetts under two fett of
water and doing considerable danv
age. The area affected was about
ten square miles.
"The true cloud burst," says a government
report, "occurs with startling
suddenness in small drainage
areas and frequently of high destructiveness.
It happens almost invariably
in mountanous regions on
very hot days, when large quantities
of warm air are drawn up a mountain
valley and, when they rise, are suddenly
condensed in almost an instant
into water. The resulting downpour
is not to be described as rain. It Is
a veritable deluge. Pouring into a
small channel, it gathers irresistable
momentum, and in the way,
as a dani, goes by the board."
The past Sunday aftcrnon a similar
downpour is reported to have occurred
in the vicinity of Cannon, N.
C., causing the streams to rise out
of their banks ar.d flow along as
great rivers. It is said that railway
officials became alarmed lest the
great trestle near Canton be washed
ed away and ordered a heavy freight
train out on the trestle to weight it
down. Xo serious damage is reported
Word comes from Chapel Hill that
the geological survey is taking steps
to measure the high water mark3 attained
during the Willetts cloudburst
so as to compute the cross section of
the streams and the run off. Such
data is of value affecting the design
of bridges to withstand the
floods and as suggesting the improvement
of stream channels to lessen
their destructiveness.
Belleview Merchant
Plans To Open Store
Here Soon
| It was announced this week that
j Mr. Bob King, of Belleview, will
I open a store here in the near future.
He will occupy the building of the
northeast side of the mill building
recently vacated by the Cherokeo
Roller Mills. This building is being
remodeled by its owner, Mr. C. M.
Wofford, and attractively fitted
out with shelving and counters. Mr.
' King will conti^UQ his bust no? a|
1 ?-fllaviiw, it ii ...d^rstoodi