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a The /Sficial Organ of
VOLU$i?->XXXVI. No. 24.
STATE WILL Pi
SURFACE ROAD
IN EARLY SPRING
Commissioner Page and Engineer *]
Walker Have Placed Road On 1 ^
Preference List
mi'i
Encouraging new.- was received this
week from the State Highway Commis- 6 :.'l
sion when a letter cann bearing as- \*i
surances that the road fr? ni Murphy ?et
is Andrews would be lc. to contract i lutii
xor suriacmg curly i:v the spring. The
grading on thi:- road has been under a *
way for the past .six months and the *-ret
contractors expect to complete it ^
shortly. The subgradt should be set- jar,
tied by the time spring weather opens tou
up at which time the comn.ission expects
to let the road.
This road is well nigh impassable :
now, but as District Engineer Walker troi
points out in his letter, "it is impossi- cr>
ble to grade a road and use it sati>- jj
factorily at the same tii . .** The public
should take this int?? account and
be as patient as possible with the commisit.n.
for when the surface is once Ha;
put on, the road will be usable all din
the year round. It will be indepen- an-i
dent of weather conditions. Tht
Following is a copy ?>f .Mr. Walker's Fri
letter to Mr. F. L Urowtiell, resident I)r.
engineer of the commission: mio
Asheville, Jan. 1">, 1925. .Mr.
3Ir. F. L. Browac 11. add
Resident Engineer, ?,pp
Murphy. X. C. mis
Dear Sir: 1
In reply to your letter of the 5th, and
enclosing copy of letter from Mr. Sipe thn
relative to the condition of the road l.iw
between Murphy and East Murphy.1 in I
will state that 1 haver taken this mat- teii
ler up with Mr. Page, relative to ad- ?ier
diticnal funds to be used in placing Chi;
this road in temporary shape, Mr. ; i-rl
Page advises that, at present, we the
have no funds available, of a suffi- ing.
cient amount, to place this section of sue I
the road in good condition. He also jt|e;
states that it is impossible to grade n
road and use it satisfactorily at the
same time, and thnt we will merely
have to put up witiv the besi conditions
that we can secure with our
present maintenance, during the win- f
ter months. itur
As you no douht know we expect "ft*
to let this work fo?- a surfacing in the dur
?arly spring and therefore any large H.
amount of money spent on this road : in '
would be entirely thrown away, when I
the surfacing is put on. This is just I.in
,. one of the conditions where you can vipr
/lot build a road and have it at the)
.same time; however, we will endeav- JJe
or to do the best we can to maintain
this road with our present forces, but
we cannot place gravel surfacing over
the entire length between Murphy
and East Murphy, and I would thank S
you to advise Mr. Sipe accordingly. I R. I
am also sending him a copy of this'tier
letter. j lion
Very truly yours, mat
J.C.WALKER, Ipou
b District Engineer, i froi
I of :
Macadamizing Road
In Factory Section (.RE
? won
Work was begun Tuesday of this ty
week in putting rock on the road 1
leading from the lower Valley River
bridge to the Southern Railway cross- j1
ing in front of the furniture factory.
The woik of grading the road has !>CW
just been completed. The contractor, *7^
G. F. Williamson, i* dressing up the
far end of the fill. The road is be-[
ing macadamized by the town in or-, ^
der to put it in usable shape. This I
street has been practically impassable | tuj^
during the winter months for years, i
It has been too low and too narrow, ^ r
| making it impossible to drain it. Now
I with the street widened and the grade
[ elevated ahd a good surface on it, It1
I Urlll h^rnmo 1 first f-1 oca otrant
This is one of the most used street? ^ jj
in Murphy. Practically all the wagon wou
traffic from the* lower end of the to t
county uses the road- Wood, lumber.
}ie* and other forest products are on ]
brought daily. en
? eigh
The laAsjit Broadway song hit is \
ntitled "Everyone Has Someone, cess
"But I hp*4 Only You." The young wjtl
wonj'n t , thorn it is dedicated ought p0U]
to fciff fh/^-jred. Glm
P ? was
A Fifth Avenue book shop recently bro<
advertised: "Dickens Works All This with
Week For $9." Which led a Strang- that
er to observe that wages must bo ing
awfully low in New York. I prot
i
F .
m*
durphy and Cheroke
esbyter:an Men
Enjoyed Dinner
Monday Evening
The men's organization of the I':eserian
Church enjoyed a delightful
eting around the dinner table at
Regal Hotel Monday evening at
0 o'clock. Eighteen of the m n
e present. A bountiful tabe wa.
Following the dinner a numcf
hc!"fu! ????! ? r.l4?ue atwi
ielightful hour of f- l-.v. - t--.her
was had.
I'iie astmaster, Mr. .! hn H. DilI.
having beer, kept away < acmt
of illness. Mr. I?. W. Sine was
minted by the comr:itte- in ?v.-?rge
serve in his stead. Aftc: a few iniuctory
remarks bv the t?Mo>sr?.
M. W. Coll. K. G. Clary.
K: pieman, C. W. Savage and HenHyatt,
of the local church Maori
talks, Mr. J. B. Gray, t* the
c.-ville Churvt., spoke of t: c r1
relations between the Murphy
: iiaye.-\ille Prc>byterl:?a Church.
? principal address ' y Mr.
tz Ran^chenberg. who i- ~tinpr
R. I*. Smith with tin mi?
ins work in Asheville i'le.-bytery.
Rauschcnberg made a tirv.u'atinp
ress, pointing out some ' the many
iortunitii-s in this >cc:i?>n f r i i; si
in work.
rhe evening was an en; ore
i those present pledged th. m? -Ives
t it should not be the la-? f its
i to be held. While th:s rr?c -?;:g
luded only the men < : th Presbyan
Church, who are < ganized unthe
nome of "The M- n " T:
ireh." there was a suggestii r. that
haps a civic club for the welfare of
i< wn would evolve from th ? meetThere
are many possibil:. . in
h an organization of men and the
t is worthy of consideration.
lrniture Factory
Again Running
'he plant of the Valley R \ r Furne
company started again tl 1- \vc k
>r standing idle for several we-'.ing
the holiday season. Mr. W.
Woodbury is spending some time
Floriday but his secretary. Mr.
at.-.: ..i c.
t-* maiim, ??uu uui"
thieum, are in charjre. They r."titte
n irood year for the business.
e County Woman
Makes Money
With Poultry
anford?A report mada by Mrs.
? Lambeth, of Lee County, t Miss
trude V. Little, home d* ti\ -nstraagent,
shows that Mrs. Lambefh
!- r. ret profit of S6C0.2' nil her
Itry flock during the nine months
n February first to November 1st,
last. year. Mrs. Lambeth has a
flock of Barred Rock poultry
n which she has sold dressed hen?,
s and breeding1 birds. She ha?
i several prizes at the Lee Counfair
and the Sandhill fair.
uring the nine months of last
r, she sold 297.5 pounds of dressMmltry
for $.165. Fryers sold net.
her $135; breeding birds. $34,46;
Itry used at home, $50; 69 dozen
* used at home $31.05; eggs sold,
.SO; eggs for hatching $17.50;
k on hand, valued at $318; broodhouse,
$47.01; brooder, $18.60;
pullet? and cockerels sold $16.
s makes a total credit on the venof
$879.84.
rs. Lambeth lists as her debts, oil
brooders. $6.98; cost or brooder,
.60; building brooder house,
.01; feed used, $107.40. and baby
ks, $39.50, making a total cost of
9.59.
!er profit on the work, therefore,
Id amount to $660.25, in addition,
he cash prizes received at fairs. I
. Lambeth states uiat her stock
[land oa November first was elevhens,
one male bird, 17 capons,
t cockerels and 63 pullets,
ccording to Miss Little, this sue-1
ful poultry grower hRS worked I
i the home agent and with the
Itry extension specialist, A. G. j
. er, for about five years. This
her first attempt in using the
>der but she had great success
i it this year. Miss Little states j
Mrs. l.ambcth is rapidly becom-,
one of the well known poultry
lucers of North Carolina.
Cfjcn
e County, and the Lead;
MURPHY. NORTH CAROUN.
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Opera Music Maa
To Radio Audi
Star Broadca
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Am?-rir.i*- most famous ojwn
nr.! ; rt siar.^ ha\?- ? s> placed
at th? IbpOKi! ??f ?h- radio rublic
tbtwigh th? efforts : B. i;. John>
:.. pr? m den: an<l founder of th
Victor T ."xir.it Maehi:;- <'on y..r>.
in co-op-ration with :i* American
T?l?pho:.- a:i?l Teh ,-aph Company.
Tin- I partur :n ::: wl. it il?-rl
rt Hoov- r r r-.-!y tern- J "a.i
ndlo.ss .!: ' of ja.::" in radio protfams.
th-- ot:t growth of a
mov-nient on the- jar: of both
compnr.i-si t-j i:::'?rov?; th- .?'an lard
"f r idio music, and. it is be-,
HeveJ, \rlll have t.i- reaching coi?-1
ec-iacnri s. - 1* 1.4 Mr Johuaona
opinion that tl:?- inttu.-nc?- ^oo-l
music I:: the hom? i - - important
to the grow it.;; child aa the in- J
VETERANS ON OPPO
OF CIVIL WAR
TRIBUTE TO
House Sccis Extraordinary Sight A,
S ted man of North Carolina
Makes Speech
t?y n. c.. t. ar\-ant, in Charlotte Observer
Washington, -Jan. l'J.?The time
! elapsing from Appomattox to the present
day was bridged in the house of
representatives today, when the only;
j surviving veterans of the Civil
i War serving in the house united in1
paying tribute to the memory of Rob-]
]ert H. Lee.
One represented the South and the
other the North.
The tribute t aid to Lee by Representative
Charles Manley- Stedman, of
North Carolina, was spoken.
The tribute paid t.? tile numoty of
the southern military leader by General
isaac Sherwood, of Ohio, was
in the silent form of a handshake. j
At the conclusion of the speech by
Representative Stedman, on the occasion
of the anniversary of the birth
of General Lee, General Sherwood
waiked over to the man of the south,
shook his hands, placed his arm about
the shoulders of the Confederate veteian,
while the house applauded the
tableau.
The two house members are the
survivors of a long list of men who
have served in the house who fought'
against each other during the interne-:
cine struggle. They are the last
leaves upon the tree, both bending
beneath the ravages of time, both acknowledging
that lasting peace has
come out of the struggle in which
they contended.
Representative Stedman, who is
i the only survivor of the war-time
| south in the house, is 84 years of age,'
. his beard and hair had turned white'
land in person resembles the comman-1
der-in-chief to whom he paid a tri- j
bute.
General Sherwood, last representative
of the house of the victorious
legions that tramped dcwn Pennsylvania
avenue in triumph at the close
of the war, is in his ninetieth year.
Both are determined that their final
surrender will be the unconditional
one and their yielding will be to time
only.
Representative Stedpian, who delivered
the tribute to Lee, served nil?
through the war as a boy, was woun- j
ded three times and surrendered at!
Appomattox when Lee gave up the
fight.
"My estimate of General Lee,"'
jfeee g
tng Newspaper in this
\ FRIDAY. .JANUARY 21. lt>2"
'e Available
ences Through
sting Experiment
flu- nee of happy environment an<l i
hone- lift-. Uifl?T tentative arr:v:ic
m- nia iK'twrwo "h" two coms
. Victor artists will appear '
at r. .rnar tni -rvals during the r
l?f ;?!nt y'-ir. iriving radio recitals
and con. - rt>\ *
Alt - The stars from whom '
i t ions will be mad' ar>- many ;i
w !:<>- names :ir- household words j
!;n American homes. Tln v ar?s
Franc s A Ida; Harold Hau? r; 1
l.-j r? zia Itori; Emllto d> GoRorza; '
G'lis. pp.- I.una; Miguel Kl?-ta;
J- an flonlon; Maria J<TitEi; Gio- .
var.nl Martlneili; Margaretc Matnau.
r; John McCorrrack: Rosi '
Por.s.-ll?-; Krnestlne Schumann- i
il.mk; Antonio Scotti and the
Flouzaiuy ouarioL ^ 1 (
SING SIDES
JOIN HANDS IN
LEADER OF SOUTH
Representative Sledman snid, "Both :
:i- to his ni-irai attributes and mili- .
tary ability, was formed in my early
days, more than a half a century avrn,
and has never been changed. I re- i
yarded him then as one of the great- ,
e.st coniumniier? who lived not only i
in the era which witnesed his great
achievements, but as at any time and
in any land, and such is my opinion '
today.
-The day may come when the j <
memory of the fields of Gettysburg 1
and Chancellorsvillc, of tin- Wilderness
and Spotsylvania Courthouse
shall be dimmed by the obscurity of
revolving years, and recollected only
as a shadow of an ancient day, but
even then the enduring fortitude, pa- '
triotic self abnegation and unrivaled
military genius of General Robert E.
Lee will stand foith in undecaying
luster, amid the wreck of ages, and
survive unshaken above the floods of
time."
Knitting Mill Is \
Flooded With Orders i
i
The Oak Lane Knitting Mills management
was optimistic this week. '
Orders are pouring in faster than they <
can be filled. The year holds out
bright prospects for this plant. Goods *
are being shipped daily to the far- 1
therest corners of the United States J
and some orders huv? gone to for- 1
eign countries. 1
A recent inventory check of the i
business during the past year showed ?
up better for the management than t
was anticipated. The mill only operated
for a portion of the year. Considerable
time was lost in getting the
machinery and equipment lined up v
and the help trained and getting the; c
goods on the market. However, a ^
good force has been secured and y
goods are being produced at a rapid ;
rate now. !
President Richmond is well pleas- [
ed with his selection of Murphy for
the location of his plant and expects
this year to be a very succesful one. j
The payroll that he is making here j
weekly is being felt by the merchants I
of the community. |
Here's something for the ladies:
Advance information indicates that
brown, in various shades, wil1 be the j
proper dress color for early spring. |t
>cout
Section of Western Ni
Bank Of Murphy
Stockholders Met
Oft January 15th
The stockholders of the Bar.k of
Murphy met i:; dit - tor's r. m
it the* bank Th-i ->iav, January loth,
ind heard the- rt <'f officers -n
he operations tiuiiiijr the past eyar.
rhis intistution enjoyed a very successful
year during 102-1. The usual
I- per ci nt ui'vijeiiu ?i? OBCIUBIM
\ii the old officer.- were rc-elvctt:
la follows:
A. B. Dickey, president; John A.
orn and A. II. B' own, vi.t-pr_-iientsj
!.. F.. Ray It s>, cashier; W. W. 1
Hyde, assistant cashier. Direct rs:
rter Fain. W. W. Hy.i . W M. Axey,
J. E. ( oburn, A. H. Dickey. M.
A. I; ... L. K. Haylesis,J. M. Va gfai
\. J. Martin. John A. i "rn. A. H.
Jrtiwn.
Murphy Shuttle Blocks
Go To Manchester, Eng
Murphy is getting ??n the world
nan. This week the (Inu-tiiw
rs Shuttle Block Mill shipped a car
>{ blocks to Manchester, England. Rei-n?ly
they -hipped a consignment of
dock.- to Italy. Since the opening
if this plant in Murphy eight car
oads of blocks have gone to European
itanufactuu-r.-. Many others have
roue to various parts of tht.- country,
logwood timber ir being bought at
t good price. This, together with the
iayrolls of this company, has been of
nuch benefit to the business interests
?f Murphy.
The products of this factory and of
he Oak Lin? Mills are carrying lands
marked with a Murphy label to
iiany parts of the world.
Sell Corn As Pork,
Urges W. W. Shay
Raleigh.?Now is the time to con-.
m rvc rather thun ucridce brood
?ows. in North Carolina. Men who
are feeding corn at it* present high
price are entitled to know why the
specialists of the State College of
Asr:cu!?urc believe thi" '?> he true. 1
"On assumption that, a.- usual, following
the short crop and hiith price
i>f corn, the plantnig of that grain will
(?e heavy next spring, we may confidently
expect a heavy crop next fall,
,1" the season is favorable," says W. \V.
Shay, swain extension specialist.
"If that occurs, and the law of supply
and demand continues to function,
as we are justified in believing
it wffl^a year fron* now the pri ce of
.orn in North Carolina may be as
low as 75c per bushel?I use that fig-,
ure for convenience in illustrating
the point. It may be changed to Si
! _ r bushel.
"Hogs, properly fed, selling at the
farm for $9.00 per 100 pounds will
return $1.50 per bushel for the corn
they eat in making gains from the
.veight of thirty-five pounds to the
desirable weight of 200 pounds.
"If. charging $5.00 per day for
man and team, and other expenses at
osi, a farmer can produce a bushel
,?f corn at a cost of seventy cents, and
!?e sells it for $1.00 his profit is thirty
cent:- per bushel?it' he sells it to
lis hogs for $1.30 his profit is doub-1
led.
"If the market price is 75 cents and
le sells it as corn his profit is five
rents per bushel.
"If the price of hogs holds and he
sells it as pork his profit is sixty cents |
>er bushel?or twelve times as much
is through selling it as corn. The
fertilizer value of fifteen cents ncr
r.ushel pays well for the labor of feedng
the corn. Therefore do rot sac ifice
the brood sows but keep them
o produce piers this season."
A Correction
In the Items appearing in last
reek's Scout from Suit, there appear'd
an item to the efeet that a boy
ras born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hol>rooks
on January 3rd. This item
s absolutely false, and the corresponlent
who wrote it had no grounds (
whatever for reporting it. We are'
nnoeent in the matter, and are sorry
hat one of this paper's corresponlents
would seek to joke a newly
natried couple thuslv through the
>apcr, at the expense of this paper's
rood standing in the community. Wei
tladly make this correction so that(
he public may knok that it is false
?nd ungrounded, and hereby cancel
he items of this correspondent in the
'uture.
*S9
advertise in
THE SCOUT
"it will MAKE
you ric h' *
orth Carolina
Sc COPY?S1.50 PER YEAH
CRIMINAL CASES
ALL COMPLETED
THURSDAL NOON
Solicitor Secure* Big Percentage Of
Convictions?Civil Docket now
Being Tried
The criminal on t.o locket
the superior court were tnipleted
Thurs :.i v and >-' **!?..r Q'ftV.
C. Davis tett tor dome. Judge
'" ' "V is presiding. The court will
rt;nue on into next week, probably
the re time !> in;; taken up
; trla of civil ca.-v.-. The court
v.; v.- attended the first of this
??"
The grand jury has been at work
ail tl v-.-ek W. Thr -top r is foreman
of the grand jury.
Those convicted on th criminal
dc>i ket at this term weri : U. S.
Nichols for Jrunkness and carrying
concealed weapon; Emmett Wright,
violating prohi'eti'-n law; Robert
Bowman. prostitut "n and alignment:
f-.vt-r Warren, assault; Griffith Mull,
carrying concealed weapon; Thomas
Moody, disturbing i picnic; Jonah
Tt : iiskey. carrying > :. ealed weapon;
Bill May, violating prohibition law;
F. L. Davis, trespass; Tom McCombs,
as-ault on off.ccr; l-.nn Davis, violating
prohibition ?w; Hurt Smith and
Callie Green, fornicati -n and aduiteiy;
Roscoe Woody, carrying concealed
weapon; John Nogle, violating
j n hibitiot; law; Elnv.r Taylor, violating
prohibition law; Tally Trull, carrying
concealed weapon and resisting
an officer; Willie John D. Lovingood,
bigamy; John Henry Young, attempted
assault; Joe Kedder, assault
with deadly weapon and carrying con
coaled weapon.
Rabid Canine
Goes Through
Ogreeta Section
County Board of Health advising that
all dogs be confined to protect
children and cattle
Results of state laboratory of
hygiene tests ?.f a dog's head received
a few days ag>? indicated rabies, according
to announcements made the
middle of the week bv the County
Physician. This dog was killed in the
Ogreeta section of the county and its
head sent to Raleigh for examination'.
The action of the dog led those who
saw it to believe that it had the rabies
or h;?'urui<u<iuM, u ureaii germ disease
often referred to as "madness." The
dog is reported to have bitten a number
of other dogs and several head of
cattle in the Ogreeta section before it
was killed. The beast is said to
have come from up the river as
thought it came from Murphy. No
one knows where the dog came from.
The County Board of Heaith suggests
that the dog may have travelled
many miles and bitten many animals
before it was finally killed.
"The lives of children and cattle
are too valuable to take any chances
on their being given hydrophobia by
a diseased dog," said the County physician
the middle of the week. Ir. a
statement given out, it was advised
that all dogs in the county be confined
in order not to run any such risk.
School Boys,
With Black Faces.
Rival Court
Some of the school bovs of the local
high school are planning to set
up a court of their own. It will be
open to the public at the school auditorium
next Tuesday night. About
a dozen of the boys will black their
faces and stage a court scene as they
conceive a court would be conducted
by darkies. It is a negro mock court,
in other words, and they are asking
the people of Murphy and attendants
upon the superior court now in session
to come over to the school house
Tuesday night January 27th, and wit- *
ness their court. The accused in the
case is to be tried for letting his desire
for the flesh of fowls lead him
astray. The court will be replete with
humor. Preceding the regular court
scene will be an interesting black
face aross fire.
The school boys promise an evening
of laughter and assure the public that
they will not regret it if they will attend
their court. There will be a
small admission charge for the benefit
of the school activities.