IF IT ISN'T IN
THE SCOUT
ITS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
K' OW IT
T"ie Official Orga
bQtal .E XXXVI. No. 10.
T
M^KlNfc. READY
FOR C.TY MAIL
DELIVERY HERE
Numbered Tlii* Week?Permanent
Number* Will Be placed
on Sale Soon
preparations were continued the '
k tor the securing of city mail
clivciy for Murphy. The houses were'
all given temporary numbers, which
is one of the requirements of the
postoffice department before citvf
mail demstreet
- were named a week or two
ago and ^iga* will soon l" placed at
all street intersections.
Aluminum numbers are or will soon
be tld at local stores and home
owners and business houses are asked
to purchase proper numerals and replace
temporary card board bearing
their numbers as soon as possible.!
Kumln - may be rurcha - d at the j
Variety Store, Townson's Furniture'
ftori. and perhaps the hardware ;
stores. These numbers will cost '
only a few cents and residents are
expert, d to cooperate in carrying out
the work of preparing the city for
delivery by getting their <n umbers .
n"d wherever necessary, small mail
boxes. These will also he on sale In
a fevr days.
Harlev Rohnrjon
Reported Deserted
From The Navy
On October 8th papers were received
here by the mayor and chief of
polin reporting the desertion of Har 1
ley R< .hereon from the Navy, who i
was said to have been absent from and <
after 7:30 A. M. October J?th. Har- 1
ley was taken in charge here the lat
ter part of last week by Chief Birch- <
field and the navul authorities not!
fied. No word of instructions had i
been received by the middle of the
week as to the disposition of the el
leged deserter.
Mr Roberson was assigned to duty <
on the U. S. S. Arkansas when he left
the acivice without leave. Captain
Frank Lyon was in charge of the vessel
and .signed the notice cf desertion.
ATTENDANCE j
LARGE UPON
CONVENTION
Regal Won The Banner For The Best
Trained Singing Class At i
All-Day Meeting
The singing class from Regal was
awarded the banner fo~ the best singing
at the all-day sirging convention
held in the county court house last
Sunday. The competition was keen.
It was no littie honor, therefore. that
went to the neighboring community !
of Regal in winning the banner of- I
fered each year by the oCunty Singing
C onvention. '
Besides the singing classes, scores
of individuals from far and near at- l
tended the singing throughout the ! I
day. Many brought their lunches
and spent the entire day. Others i
procured lunches here. The court 1
room was well filled all during the '
day with participants and listeners, i
care began to arrive about 8:30 Sun. i
day morning and by 10 o'clock, the .
street area about the court house was i
completely filled with .automobiles. 1
Most of them remained throughout 1
the day. The singing started at 9:30 s
and closed about 3:30. A short inter- t
mi v-ion was tekcn at noon for lunch.
Mr. "E. L. Ballard, cf Marble., is the '
secretary of the convention and to
him belongs most of the credit for 1
making the convention such a big
success. "
Macadamizing Road
To The Hospitc.1
This week a fleet of trucks is busy
hauling rock on the rooad to the hes- (
pital putting it in shape for the winter
and t >arently for all time to .?
come. The road is virtually being. <
macadamized. A coat of approzi-! t
tfcately |six inches of ro?k is belr.?|i
r ft do'gln as a base, which vfl'l be
coviv-t t with a coat of fine rock to j <
set binder. '
Cjn gyrating with the town In tin
work aro tie county h^fhway roadij
forces, ar.d private tru -ks furnl he. ; .
Dr. J. N. Hill and Mr E.^f. Moor: r
The work will bo piactieiti 'v .;/
i ?
n of Murphy and Ch<
LOCAL BOYS
WILL RECEIVE
MEMORIAL MEDALS
John H. Bnylcsi and Charles Hanni
bal Hyatt are Members of
Children's Founders' Roll
Word was reecived here this wee)
that bronze medals for the childrer
enrolled as members of the Children's
Founders' Roll of the Stone Mountain
Confederate Memorial would bt
mailed out as soon as possible to tin
more than 12,GGG children who have'
already enrolled. Local childrer
who had enrolled when this announce
ment was given out by the Atlanti
office were John H. Bayless an<
Charles ?Hannil>al Hyatt. Thei
should receiver their medals !n ;
short time.
The medal, which was designed bj
Gutzon Rorglum and made by
Whitehead and Hi ag, is said to b<
very attractive. It is bronze, hex
agonal in shape and finely moulded
The face of the medal shows three oi
the figures of the centra! group noy
heing carved on Stone Mountain
namely. Robert E. Lee, Stonewal
Jackson and Jefferson Davis. Or
the back of the medal are the words
"Children's Founders' Roll. Com
meliorating the heroism of the peopli
of the Confederacy."
The fiist 12.000 names ropreseni
forty-one states and thirteen forelgr
countries, counting the Insular pos
sessions of the United States as for
eign countries. The states represent
I'd are New York (Long Island also
Massachusetts. Indiana. Illinois, Ohio
New Jersey, Rhode Island, Delaware
Colorado, Missouri, Minnesota, Mon
tana. Niw Meixco, Aiizona Iowa
Oregon, Idaho, Kansas, Nebrasga
Oklahoma. Arkansas. Virginia, Wes
Virginia, Maryland, Missippi, Distric
i)f Columbia, Georgia, Alabama
South Carolina, North Carolina, Flor
ida, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas anc
Kentucky.
The foreign countires rt presentei
by the enrollment of Southern-borr
i-hildren living away from home an
Holland. Japan, Mexico, Canal Zone
Alaska. Canada. Cuba. China, Hai
ivaii. Philippine:1., Brazil. Sweden, It
aly and Southwest Africa.
These enrollments from forelgi
ountircs and so many states Indicate
how the hearts of Southern people an
turning always t othe great Stoni
Mountain Memorial which will perpei
uate the glorious record of the Con
fcderacy. Itshows how the Memoria
is quickening the memories of a peo
r.le and it means that all generation.1
at the future will have, in the Book o:
Minicry, an imperishable record 01
their high heritage.
'Ihe Association cxyec:* .. record
enrollment of children this fall. Tin
Book of Memory will not close unt:
vei . ciouii em chil i has ha.i the o.
portunity to enroll in Memory of thi
leroic men and women of the sixties
In the enrollment of the children
the association desires to work to
.vards several outstanding dates. Thi
first culminating date will be th<
oirthday of Robert E. Lee, January
19th. The next date towards whicl
he association will work, will b<
Memorial Day and after that, Jura
?rd, Jefferson Davis' birthday. Thi
issociation, however, desires that thi
lames be sent in as rapidly as possi
jle from time to time instead of wait
ng until the last week before Lee":
lirthday as it is easier to handle tin
:>lanks and to issue the medals h
unall numbers than in large quanti
;ies.
Application blanks may be securei
from the Children's Founders' Rol
Division 510 Hurt Building, Atlanta
Ga.
To Hold Singing
At Shooting Creel
Secretary E. L. Ballard, of trv
Krtnloo fnnnh' Sincnne* fiir.vpn
lion, has announced that an all da;
tinging will be held with the Shootinj
Creek Baptist Church on Sunday. Oc
:ober 19th. This will be a jo'nt sing
ng of all the singers from the tw<
cur.ties. Participating will be tk<
Cherokee County Convention, thClay
County singers, and the singer
dor.g Valley River. These thm
croups will meet in the Snootinj
Creek Church on October 19th. Din
icr will be served on the g-ounds
t >. y u-\2 invited to aicen i th?
Cftero
jrokee County, and the L
MURPHY, NORTH CAROL
Interesting Scenes From C
-EVE
"Every Day," nn intensely Interest!
j Rachel Crotliers, discloses some highly n
t town family. Romance, social amhltin
! proportion in the many complications tl
Judge Nolan, proud, pompous and
ernor of his state. Ills meek mate. Fa
dieting, humoring the Judge or making ?
ter, Phyllis, just returned from Europ<
shortcomings of the home town in generi
Among the lioine folks whom Phylli
, i mond. a "friend of the family," who hit
(known locally as "T. D."). shall wed tt
Judge Nolan is ambitious for Phyllis to
Ideally powerful and unrighteously rid
fending Wymnn's lawsuit In a nearby cl
' *hlp that Is deepening between Phvllis i
1 , The manner in which "love has Its wu,
"Every Day" will he presented by fi
f^oca/ and
lelephoi
Mrs. J. D. Mallonee has been visii- i
1 ing her sister, Mrs. Blanche Has
tings, in Atlanta this week. I
1, The Regal Hotel is installing a new
heating plant this week. c
.! '
^ Mrs. B. Y. Dickson left the first of
P th week for Macon and other points
in Georgia to visit her husband. I
' I
; r
5 Misses Elizabeth Brittain and Kan. '
nie Dickson s.icnt several days in 1
, I Ashcville this week as the guest of
I Mrs. Z. Y. Brown.
;
.i t
^ i Mr. J. M. Brittain returned Tuesday t
~ from Cedartown, Ga , where he spent ?
" j the week-end with friends. I
i i
>1 Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Myers and two)
? I children returned Sunday from Wash-, *
? i ington nd Fayetteville, N. C., where!
? (they had been visiting relatives. '
Mr. J. H. Phaup has recently mov- *
? I ed into his handsome new residence ?
f \ on Valley River Avenue.
!! I'
- I The carpenter work on the T. S., *
. Evans and T. J. Loyd houses beyond
J J the Hiawassee River is going forward !
1 j rapidly. <
j Mrs. T. L. Sasser and Miss Carrie'!
Payne spent Monday and Tuesday in |
SMUUIUl.
! |
I Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dobbs wore rc-1
cent visitors in Blue Ridpe, Ga.
i Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Davidson returned
Sunday from Atlanta where
they spent several days last week. ('
y
2: Mr. and Mrs. West spent the week- j
- er.d in Atlanta.
r? Mrs. L. E. Goodman left the mid- :
e die of the week by way of Ashevilie
e. for her home in Tennessee. She has (
sjbeen visiiinp her sister, Mrs. W. A.
e Bryson.
Mm. D. W. Kanoy underwent an :
. operation last Saturday at the Murphy
" Hosoital for appendicitis. She is pet- '
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INA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1921
oming Lyceum Number
RY DAY"
ng threo-oct social comedy success by
imusing incidents in tin* life of a smallns
and imlitics figure in nlmoat equal
lat arise on every lmnd.
powerful, is ambitious to become gov*
rnny Nolan, usually Is engaged in cm*
ixCuses for bis grultness. Their duughean
travel, observes with dismay tha
il and of lier own parents in particular,
s analyzes quite correctly is Mrs. Ray9
long planned that her son, Tommie,
ie Judge's daughter. At the same time
become the wife of Barry Wymnn, poi.
;So interested is Judge Nolan in dety
that be does not observe the friendind
his young protege, John McFarlan
y" is most cleverly shown,
i cast of New fork actors.
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^l^pnxnnn / I
te 20 ^
\LL Kinds of Sewing done, ^all at
residence No. 511 Hiawassee St.
ilrs. Alxey and Mrs. Beal.
Mrs. C. W. Bailey returned Sunlay
from Atlanta where she had been
isiting relatives and friends.
Meccrs. L. E. and Dennis Barnett
eft the first of the week for Florida,
toth driving their cars and going
hrough the country. Mr. L. E. Bar-,
lett expects to move his family to
Florida as soon as possible.
Mrs. J. A. Richardson and daughcr,
Miss Alline, expect to leave Sat-j
irday for Knoxville to join Mr. Rich-!
trdson, who is taking treatment in a
vnoxville hospital.
"OR SALE?218 acre farm in one
mile of Murphy, par of the Sour
fohn Farm. 70 acres in cultivation,
>0 acres mountain land in virgin tim>er.
Farm is well watered, has good
>rchard, two good cottage houses and
>arn. Small cash payment required,
>alance in 5 years at G percent. Aptly
to L. A. Enloe. (10-4t-pd) |
Mrs. E. S. Miller returned last Friday
from Atlanta where she had been
to visit her son, Harry, who is a
student in Emory University.
Messrs. Hugh Rrittain and FrankEllis
spent the week-end with their
sisters. Misses Carrie Brittaln and
Mabel Ellis, in Maryville, Tenn.
Mrs. Rector returned Sunday niphl
from Franklin, where she had been
visiting her little son, Bobbie, who is
in school there.
The Sylva Collegiate Institute is
nsking *he churches of the W N. C.
ind West Liberty Associations to as-i't
in the educational rally the fou-th
Sunday in this month by asking each
member to give the pittance of 2f?c
to clear as cv.r hanging debt. Toi?
Gribble. (lt-pd)
The Woman's Auxilary of the Pre>byte-iar.
Church met Tuesday afto 9.
Parlor.
tiifc ' ? """ "
>C0tlt I
this Section of Western
FIRST NUMBER (
LYCEUM COURSE
NOVEMBER 4TH
Election Returns Will Be Received
During nd Following Produc- t
tion of "Every Day*'
The first number of the Fall ami I
winter lyceuni course for Murphy Is <
schedule! to appeal4 here on the
night of November 4th. This num- :
her is a play, entitled "Every Day." '
w i it ten by Rachel Croihevs and be- 1 '
ing produced by a New York opera';'
company under the direction of the
Famous Redpath Luceum Bureau. J
"Fverv T)nv" ie nno (tin
known dramas that has appeared in 1
recent years and the producing com- :
nan.v is said to be of the highest
rank. The community accounts itself i
fortunate in being ble to bring such 1
talented companies as the "Every :
Day" here.
Season tickets were placed on sale i
this week and already buying is quite <
marked. Five numbers will make up i
the course this year, three to be giv- s
en before Christmas and two after i
Chri. tmas. The exact datlngs of the t
other numbers has not yet been def- i
initely determined. ; i
An interesting and attractive feature
in connection with the first pro- 1
duction on the night of November i
4th, election day, will he the returns .i
of the election over radio. Arrange- ?.
ments are being made for Installing !
a radio receiving set in the school c
auditorium and receiving the returns '
there between the act and following
the play. This feature Is expeted
to draw great crowds that would not i
be attracted by the play. However, t
Murphy people have constantly shown i
a preference for dramatic productions i
and the play alone is expected to 1
draw a large audience. This pro- t
duction is expected to attract people 1
from the neighboring towns and 1
counties as well as the immediate sec- t
tion. s
t
Stoner Grocery Bought
By G. D. Ledford !
C
A transaction of some importance 1
this week was the sale of the Stoner
Grocery to Mr. G. D. Ledford. Mr. ^
Ledford will probably take charge
A. a. e:?- -r AU? *t- ~ S
UlllUUk UlC ft 1ft SL lift lilt- IIMMIft.II. till.
Stoner announced that he will pro to 8
Florida for the winter, probably 8
spending about six months there. He r
will probably return to Murphy at *
the end of this time.
Mr. eLdford recently resigned as
water superintendent and has been
engaged' in tinning and plumbing *
work for the past week or so. He 1
was in the mercantile bustness at 1
Blue Ridge before coming to Murr-hy. *
about a year ago and will undoubted- 1
ly, carry on the new business he has j
entered as efficiently and successfully
as his predecessor.
Felix Alley To Speak
Here Friday, Oct. 17
Attorney Felix E. Alley, of (r
Waynesville, is scheduled for a series I
of political speeches in this far western
section of the state the latter
part of this week, according to announcement
recently given out by
Chairman Daniel Hodges of the 10 1
congressional Democratic executive (
committee. He will speak in the '
court house in Murphy on Friday *
night, October 17th. at 8 p. m.; at '
Robbinsvillc Saturday afteir^oon at '
1 o'clock; and at Andrews Saturday 1
night, October 18th.
Mr. Allev is well known throughout
this part of the state for his professional
and political activities. He
is a forceful speaker and will bo listened
to with interest at the various
points where he is scheduled to speak.
Grading Work Started
Monday Through Town
The work of preparing the grade
on Number 10 highway from the
Coca-Cola Bott!inf? plant to the Yal!
ley River bridge began Monday of
this week. The teams, plows, wheelers
and other equipment of the Wilson
Consiruiion Company have been
I busy grading down the hi'.l in frontof
the Presbyterian Church and fill-,
ing in in front of the Bryson, Bell and
Martin properties. Quile a bit of'
^reding indicated by the survey.
ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL HAKE
YOU R ! C H- '
i North Carolina
5c COPY?J1.50 PER YEAR
CITIZENS MASS
MEETING HELD
AT ANDREWS
Before a large and4 representative
fathering ?>f tty? citizens of Andrews
>r Monday evening, Representative
f<?hn H. Dillard explained the recently
massed county-wide road law in an
ffort to clear up the misunderstandng
that has arisen in Valh.ytown
ooad district. The meeting was arranged
by leading citizens of An
?..*? ??i. i/iuuru was invttea to
le there and explain the law.
This is the law that was passed at
he special sesion of the General Assembly
in August whereby the various
lownship highway commissions were
tbolished and a county roaod commission
created to have charge of all the
read work of the county. The law
went into effect on Stepembcr 1st,
>nd one or two of the road district?
refused to turn over their books,
money and machinery to the central
ommission, which is composed of one
member from each of the six town'hips.
There was a general feeling
n these districts, it is understood,
hat the money and machinery belonging
to one district or township
might he used in another district.
Thi- seems to have been the chief
jone of contention. The situation had
rraduelly grown worse until an lnjunction
was granted by a superior
ouri judge recently forbidding the
ranr.ferance of machinery from one
iistrict to another or the issuance of
>cnds tiitii a hearing could he held.
Hie (ommision at it-* meeting the ,
' r?t of October gave out a statement
n which it made public a resolution
o the effect that all machinery and
money belonging to any road district
is established by the old law would
?e used in that district. It is felt
hat this statement and resoluion
iclped to clear up the situation.
Thp Andrews meeting, it is believed,
further clarified the misunderstanding
that has been thickening all
he time. When the real purpose and
ntent of the law was explained by
dr. Dillard, who was responsible for
ts passage, and when the advantages
hat will result from having only one
ounty rooad commission were pointed
out ( munv of thr??n tttiA no/i
neriy misunderstood the law, were
convinced that it was a wise things
0 do. It is believed that the whole
lituation will gradually clear up now
ind that the new commision will be
illowed to work out a fine county
oad system unhindered front any
luarter, and helped and supported
rrom all parts of the county.
The feeling certainly Is spreading
hat the commission should be given
1 chance to demonstrate whether or
tot it will function better that the
ndividual commissions did. It will
ake time to prc;ve or disprove this
juestion. There ertainly is no dispo;ition
on the pan of anyone, it is feeieved,
to hinder the building of a
'ine system of roads in the county
is quickly as possible. The central
:ommision should be able to achieve
his end more quickly than individuil
commissions working in small areas
:ould.
The Revival At The
Presbyterian Church
When Rev. Walter K. Keys was
isked to come to Murphy he gave his
consent on one condition and that was
".hat we place the responsibility for
success or failure of the revival upin
the praying of God's people. Following
this suggestion each church In
town has been entreated through an
invitatio^ mailed to the pastor to
join in prayer fo rthe spiritual welfare
of the entire community. Wal
tei ix?ys is ? ^uoa preacner out unless
the Spirit of God is dwelling In
the hearts of his people the best of
preaching will fall and be choked by
thorns The only preparation is to be
made through prayer. The soul that
having prayed is still unvesponsive Is
indeed in a oendition that calls for
grave concern. Brethren, our town
as well as our own hearts demands
prayer.
Th meeting begins Monday, October
20tth. The first service will 1m
held a* 6:30 p. m. Everyone is cordially
invited and expected to make
this their own church home at sueh
times as seem good to the individual
to attend. The hours of meeting together
are yours. Do with them as
seemeth good to you.
ERNEST G. CLARY, Tastm*.