IF IT ISN'T IN
THE SCOUT
IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
KNOW IT
The O^lcial Organ of
VOLUWW XXXVI. No. 25.
WANTS TO BUILD
CANNING FACTORY
IN MURPHY
Virginia Company Makes Inquiries
About Growth of Ttomatoes
In County
The Chamber of Commerce was recently
in receipt of a letter from a
Virginia packing company making inquiry
with regard t ? the establishment
of a canning factory in Murphy ;
for the canning of tomatc.es. This
is a well established company oper-,
ating canneries in season at a number
of points in Virginia. Tennessee,
and Florida. The company would
like to come into th.s part of West- I
ern North Carolina if it can pet assurances
that tomnt - will he grown
by the farmers and gardeners.
This company suggests that it
would establish a plant here if it
could be assured of something like
300 acres of tomat . s. the growers
entering into contra t sell all the
tory. The packt-s indicate that a ;
price of forty cents a bushel would i
be paid. This price would be guar- ;
an teed as the packers would be bound j
by the contract. ,
A canning factory would be worth
a lot to this county. It would proj
vide a market for \.cetal?les dur- .
ing the mid-summer season when the
markets are ordinarily well supplied.
It would turn ioose considerable
money in the county and h o' tre- .
mendouj t< refit to farmers aou gardener^.
The Chamber of (' l unerce is at a
loss to know how to reply to this com.
munieaUon until some ? \ ression of <
.-viilhmoi i? lnutlv lj, liio--- iiiusv V?t- '
ally concerned, nam y, th,? farmer-. ?
If all the farmers wl - Id l"- will- ?
ing to enter int.- ? v. tract to sell (
them to a cannery, wo .Id ommuni- <
cate with the Chamber | Commerce. I
<r The Cherokee i:r.mi??Hntolv l
the officers of the 1 *oa 1 commercial <
body wou! i appreciate it. Should 1
thirty farmers bind themselves to <
grow ten acres of tunv>es each, '
that would make up the required ?
ucscage. Local jobbers say that a
price of forty cents a bushel is a very ?
satisfactory price for mid-summer
buying. Undoubtedly. an a.-re plant- <
ed to tomatoes for sal eat this price <
would yield considerable revenue and <
likely would prove much n. re profit- '
able than si me other cro; . This is >
understood to he a go d tomato 1
growing section. JJ
If all those who are interested 1
would immediately write n card or a 1
little note to The Scout or the
Chamber of Commerce, it would give ]
interested parties something to
nite to work on. Here is a good opportunity
for co-operation.
Many New Industries
Established In South
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Washington, l\ C., January 26.? J
Continued industrial development in
the territory served by the South- (
ern Railway System is shown by the
annual report of the Southern's Development
service covering the year.1
1924.
The report lists a total of 132 new! 1
industries placed in operation during
the yeaT, 28 new industries un- '
der construction on December 31st,
?J84 enlargements of existing indus- |
tries pjlaced in operation during the,
I year, and 8 enlargements under construction
at the end of the year, a
* al of 253 new industries and en-!
rgemcnts. ~ -? >
fAs in former years, the greatest: J
ivity was in the building and en-j
ging of textile plants. __ew in-|
llationg of textile machinery in
tv mills and in enlargements at
ints served by the Southern inded
172,473 spindles, 4,307 looms |
i 1,38 knitting machines.
ibrary Trustees \
; Met Tuesday <
The Boorjf. '~\Trustees of the Car- '
met Tuesday after- J J
' the lobby of the Regal Hotel '
-with Messrs. M. W. Bell. G. W. Candler,
C. M. Wofford, J. B. Storey and
31rs. L. P. Kinsey present. The wel-1 i
fare of the library was discussed ar^
some resolutions were passed rela- j
tive to the borrowing of books and
Regulating the uae of the library.
I
i
Wt)t
Murphy and Cheroke
Presiding Elder
Will Preach At
M. E. Church
Rev. P. W. Tucker, presiding eldei
of the Waynesville district, will
preach at the local Methodist churcl
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock ant
possibly again in the evening at "3
o'clock. Mr. Tucker was assigned
to the Waynesville district by the
Western North Carolina Conference
ut the fall meeting in 1024. In a$
[much as this will be tne tirst time he
has preached here, considerable interest
attaches to his coming. Mr
Tucker was here once before but dii:
not speak. The public is invited tc
hear him.
Woman's Club Warts
Booklist For Library
In the near future the Woman's
' tun ?Ap<nts jiuiCi'ivbC- iiuuitiOubi
books for the library anil would like
w> have suggested lists for their fju'fiance
and convenience. Anyone who
has in mitul any particular volume
i?r volumes that should be in the library
are asked to make a note of
the title, author and publisher, or
lis much or this information as pos-iiile
and mail or hand to any member
of the club.
County Beard Health
Elects Health Officer
At a meeting of the County Board
i>f Health a few days ago the memUrilgg
of the Board was complet
.*?! and county health officers were
. lected. The board is automatically
. > imposed of the County Superintenlent
?.f Schools, the chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners and
the mayor of Murphy. These three
?lect the other members. At a
former meeting, Dr. E. E. Adams was
?!ected but declined to serve and at
this meeting. Dr. W. C. Morrow was
lected to fill the vacancy.
I)r. J. N. Hill, of Murphy, was
again elected county imy.vician.
Mr. Wilson Elliott was elected
lunmntine officer, succeeding Mrs.
,'allie Tilson. Members of the board
explained that the health law passed
jy the legislature last year imposed
such duties on the county quarantine
officer as a woman could not very
veil carry out. For this reason it
tvas deemed advisable to appoint o
nan.
FAMOUS PICTURE
COMING HERE ON
FEBRUARY 5TH
The Hunchback of . .Notre Dame,
Taken from Victor Hugo's
Undying Classic
"The Hunchback of Notre
Dame" will be shown at the Bonita
Theatre, Murphy, Thursday, February
5th, afternoon and night.
This picture is hailed by French,
Scotch, Spanish, Italian, German,
lewish and American newspapers,
public men, teachers. preachers,
theatre-goers and women's organizations
as the "peak of motion picture
production and presentation."
in tnus picture the cathedral of
Notre Dame, the Bastile, the Palace
of Justice, and the court of Miracles
have come into being again before
the all-seeing eye of the camera.
Magnificent, glorious, gorgeous,
thrilling and dramatic are some of
thq adjectives applied to this production.
Beauty, romance, intrigue,
good acting, drama, grandeur
and pathos are all combined in
this production.
To give some idea of the reception
it has received over the country,
it ran for twnty successive
weeks at the Astor Theatre in New
i'ork and then just across the harbor
in Brooklyn enjoyed a similarly
successful preesntation for a period
of several weeks. It has been shown
in most of th larger theatres in the
country and wherever it has been
lias always received the same warm
degree of praise.
A California minister says erf it
"The film production of Victor Hugo's
'Hunchback of Notre Dame' is
a masterpiece of drama and photoarphy.
It holds one's interest at the
keenest pitch uninterruptedly foi
three hours." The San Francisce
Cfjerc
e County, and the Lead
MURPHY. NORTH CAROUN
Bori And McCorn
, Unseen Millioni
For New Et
John McCormack and T.ucroxla1
Borl iani; lo their greutost auili
on cos on N ? \v Year's night. Mil-|
Hons heard their gold?-n voices
ovlt the radio, inaugurating the
first stop in an extensive plan to
give radio fans an opportunity of
i hearing the musical notables of
the world. ?
The voices of Mr''ormack and
Borl came as a 1>_1 New Y<ar
frrc tlng to a vast multitude as tinresult
of the desire of E. It. Johnson.
president of the Victor Talk!
ing Machine Company, to improve
the standard of radio programs
and to stimulate a taste for better
music via the oilier. Their
Fred Johnson's
Dwelling House
Being Remodeled
i Mr. R Robinson and his force of
carpenters are this week busily engaged
in remodeling the Kollock
house, at the watering trough in Kast
Murphy, which property was recently
purchased by Mr. Fred Johnson. One
room is being added on the west side,
a large poreh will be built on the
front and the entire building recovered.
These improvements will udd
much to the appearance and worth of
j this property.
one Act Plays Will Be
Given At School Huse
An interesting program of three
"one-act plays with engaging specialties
will he produced at the school
auditorium on Friday evening, Febi
uary Gth at 7:3G.
The present day demand for oneact
plays needs no comment. This
program will begin with "Fourteen,"
by Gerstenburg. It was produced
in New York City in 1920. It presents
a rather interesting angle of
morden society life.
The second number, "Famine and
the Artist," was first produced in
Boston a year later and has been
. popular ever since. It is weird, al,
most Poe-like in structure, but has
a satisfying ending. Both of these
plays afford mental stimuli by giving
opportunity to read between the
lines.
The program will be concluded
with the humorous farce, "A Mouse
Trap."
Admission 25c and 35c. Proceeds
to be used for equipment of the primary
department of the new Moth- j
; odist church. .
Call calls it "the crowning achieve-'
ment of the screen."
i This picture should be welcomed
by Murphy people. It is the best
. film production and the sore of picture
that comes along only once in
a great while. The proceeds of the
| sale of tickets will go to the benefit (
of the new Methodist Church. Tick
cts are now on saye by some of the
ladies of the town.
i; Mrs. Newrich was fond of flowers
? and especially liked the salvia, but was
I n^ very reliable in getting names
:. WBfr1- She was giving directions to
W? gardener. "On this side of the
j walk," she said, "I want you to put out,
j some salivas. Now what would you
, suggest for the other side?"
"Well, madam," answered the gard?|ener
solemnly, "maybe it would be
jfeee ?
ing Newspaper in this
'A HMI'xY. JAMAKY in. T.J"
lack Thrill
s, Paving Way
a In Radio Music
liiM'
1 voices w._*re transmitted simultaneously
from eight broa<hu3tln|
stations in the- United States.
Mr. Johnson arranged the plat:
?vith the American Telephone
and Teh-graph Company whereby
America's and Kuropc's best artists
represented in the Victor ranks,
were to appear in person he fort
th?- microphone of the radio studio,
beginning with Moi'ormack and
Uorl. As a result of this expert*
m. nt tin- major musical artists will
he heard this year?that Is. If Mr.
Johnson finds that the experiment
is successful, if the air audience
wants aviucthing more than a jazs
diet.
Fourth Number
Lyceum Course
Here February 10
The fourthc number of the 192425
iyceum course is to be here on
February 10th. Wherakio Rawei is
the company. Mr. Rawei is a versatile
artist ant! gifted story teller.
In his fascinating recital he portrays
"the arts, crafts, folklore, ami music
of Ameirea's Samoan Islanders."
The recital will be full of humor,
romance, philosophy and social uplift.
Mr. Rawei is an usual man
front the South Sea Islands far removed
from the travels of the ordi
nary vuyagi-r and abuui w'uiili Itu*
reader of literature, geography and
history knows little.
Robert Louis Stevenson paid the
following tribute to Mr. Rawei:
"Wherahigo Rawei is a Polynesian
raconteur who fascinates one with
the witchery of his word paintings,
so bewarl lest he start you roaming
o'er Southern Seas. Apart from this
bat! habit, he is a fine fellow, and
one of my choice friends."
Mock Court of School
Boys Proves Popular
The mock court scene staged at
the school auditorium Tuesday night
proved rather popular and drew a
good sized crowd, considering the
unfavorable weather. The high school
boys took the parts, all appearing as
black faces and adopting the language
and manners of darkies. The
case was State of Arkansas against
James Calhoun Emerson Bones for
alleged chicken stealing. Most of
the details of a regular court were
humorously carried out, but the jury
acquitted the defendant. The proceeds
were for the benefit of some
of the rgular school activitis.
Hear George W. Truett
Murphy Baptist Church
Next Sunday Night
By Radio
Through the courtesy of the local
representatives of the Atwater-Kent
Manufacturing Company a radio receiving
set will be installed in the
church to hear Dr. Truett during
the regular evening service unless un
usual weather prevents. A telegram
from Dr. Truett confirms the
announcement that his sermon will
be broadcast. The public is most
cordially invited to attend.
T. L. SASSER.
>cout
Section of Western Nortl
Moon Partially j S.
Eclipsed The Sun
Last Saturday
The sun had no more 'i-'-n al.? ve Wa
the hills in the Fist la>t Sa'ur :a\
morninir until the pale moon nx ved
over his face ami shadowed, much
of hi.- otherwise plor:ous splendor. S,
The process of partially efacing the vt
>an began about sew-n-thirty o'clock
and lasted until approximately nine kilU
' most nearly eclipsed, it being; esti- uty
mated that from sixty five t<> seven- Furl
I ty percent of its face be in;; obscured, Mail
Th.- eclipse was total in Conn> '1- Yon
cut. Western New York, aero.-- the ' p
; Great Lakes. in Northern Michigan and
and Minnesota ar.d ir. Southern (': n- won
ada. Extending- oui from a n irr??w g-'in
bank alone this lire -f totality, th. *w"
degree ??f the eclipse gradual!;. 1? --- whei
, etied until in the extreme S<.uti. i: Th
was no more than visible. The s tn'- You
rays reached the earth but dimly here' oner
a-tire a yellowish pale light a- to ?<Hn
The ellipse was due to th- fact had
that the moon came it: between the ' ui
-un and the earth, the moon thus aboi:
astir,-c a shallow on the earth. The ^
i narrow strip across the northern part al >"
of the United States where the ion
eclipse was total, was t, tally in tli that
shadow of the mo?>n. the complete ?x-nl
shadow being known t ? science as hibit
the umbra. Points outside of this ernl
band, as for instance. in Murphy. .and
were in only a partial shadown. or
the penumbra. . Ft
The mi- satellite of the sutj I'-Mt
following it around frotn year t.?
year in its daily r tation or. its axis er"
and ts annual revolution of the sun.
Whenever the moon ooiv.e- in be- ro>tween
the sun and the earth. there er;*I
is an eclipse, totul in some places (
and partial in others. Less than two
1 years ago the ellipse \%.?- total off only
the coast of South Africa. It will a '"a
be many years before it is total in the l;a'United
Stages again. The eclir- ian
interesting phenomenon 'of the pe!>u
heavenly bodies and is alwavs looked cou'
forward to by scientists as it gives *>ut
thorn an opportunity ? > study the sun U;i>
and other heavenly bodies and their "
influence on the earth. ers
and
Bonus Insurance Being i.ra
Received By Veterans
banc
During the last two or three w-'oks
bonus insurance policies have bee:,
received by a number of W rid War soi,r
veterans in Murphy and Cherokee ^ .
County. Applications for insurance
under this law v\ :v sent in a!! dur- 4{t
ing the last six months of last vcur &im
but no policies were mailed out un- )
til the first of this year. App ier-.- four
tions are still being filed by some |-ft.
of the soldiers. They may be until jn
li>2(?, but it is t ; the advantage of ^
j soldiers to get their applications in
as early as possible as the policies seve
| are worth much les the older the vet- jje j
[era., becomes.
l.ndor the law passed bv t ongress
last year every World War veteran.
i i i >'car
, sailor or marine, \va sgranted a bonus
of $1.00 a day for each day served jj-__
in American and $1.25 a day for each
govt
i day served over seas up to $.">00 for ferCl
home service and $625 for overseas ture
service. Since the policies have no .
1 . aire
i cash value until after 20 years, their jr
i face value is much greater than the
above amounts for these amounts ..
- , .. unicarn
mutiphed by certain age fac!
tor numbers to determine the face ^
of the policies. For instance, a vet- ^
ieran 2.r> years old would have an ....
/ ... Illin
age factor of 2.;*.??, which mean? j ^
I that the face of the insurance policy
j would be issued for an amount equal ^
to its present cash value, figured as ^ t
outir.ed above, multiplied by the age 1 jj
[ factor 2.537 for the 25 year old vet-'
i eran. As the age increases, the age a
| factor decreases. It is. therefore, ad.
jvantageous for the veteran to get in
| his applications as early as posible.
While these policies have no pres- r
ent cash value, yet their have a loan! ^
, value in three years equal to 00 per-,
cent of their face value and they are' J
| payable in full cash at the end of
i 20 years. However, a bill is pending .
in Congress now to make them pay- M
able in three years. Spri
These policies arc not negotiable, mor
Director hines of the Veterans Bu- port
reau, Washington, has recently sent Pair
out a statement to this effect, the He
statement being prompted by the in- brot
j formation that certain veerans had (man
I attempted to sell their policies. mou
s
ADVERTISE IN ?
THE SCOUT I
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YOU RICH" ;
!i Carolina i
5c COPY?>1.50 PER YEAH
GLEN YOUNG
SHOT IN RIOT
IN HERRIN, ILL.
? Well Known in Western North
Carolina?Assisted in Arreat
Of Rose
Glen Young. former government
'nut officer and agent in roundup
deserters: during the war, wat
<1 in a riot in Herrin. 111.', last
iiua> nifiiiu Besides Young:, Dep*
Sheriff Ora Thomas. George
and Homer Warren were also
i. The shooting occurred when
g and some of his followers met
uty Sheriff Thomas in the street
after the exchange of a feu*
'Is. i? tii men drew guns and be.
, ' Led battli. Young and
f his followers fell dead while
re in- Utter succumber to wounds,
mas wn- carried to a hospital
:.g is said t have been a bitter
t:y of Thomas and had been parg
the streets all day Saturday
" ?.>? to meet hi? fee vhe he
learned, was back in Williamson
ity. The shooting occurred
it : o'clock.
oung had been in Herrin severears
in connection with the un>
and r< n-union mine clashes in
district, having gone there from
tucky. where he was in the proion
service. He figured in sevclashe.
between Ku Klux Klan
non-Ku Klux Klan Sympathizers,
jung %vj> stationed in Asheville
some months, coming there in
'. fr-o-i which base he turned his
ition to rounding up draft evadand
dt seM?rs from the United
i - Army. He figured in the arvf
Ji:n liitsc- of this county SOVyeais
ago. when Rose and Julius
lure were wounded, the latter
ig an arm. This arrest was made
after a pitched battle between
If a dozen or more men. Young's
in it is not definitely known,
'vera! years ago he gained a wide
nation in various parts of the
ity as a law enforcement agent,
his first act to startle the public
las capture of the noted Crawley
, a gang of world war draft cvad
i n v? ii"in i. rilieu .-Males troopers
Federal officers searched for
ths ii. the m >untains of XorthGcurgia.
Western North Caroand
Eastern Tennessee. Young
-k? d the draft evaders single
led, captured them all and
ght them to Knoxville, Tenn.
iter as an unrelenting foe of li.
he won prominence and the
iquet of "man killer" through
ictivities against moonshiners in
mountains of Georgia and TennStill
later ho was dubbed "two
man" when he began carrying
pistols, and sometimes three or
after many threats against his
had been made.
ton years Young had a record
iv-re than 3,001) arrests and aM
to show for them were six or
n scars. lie once estimated that
iad killed more than a score of
For 15 years he worked for
department of Justice, and seven
s of that time was spent in huntdown
deserters from the army,
activities, it was said, cost the
irnmcn*. $60,000 ir. rewards ofd
for the arrests of those capd
or killed when they resisted
st.
i 1020 Young's crusade brought
into Illinois ami almost front the
he entered the State he was in
public eye. He first startled
people of tli State when he enterh
home of a farmer at Madison,
ois, in search of liquor and ald
the owner to snap a pistol at
three times before drawing his
weapon and firing nine shots inhe
man's body.
c then invaded Williamson counnd
added to his fame by waging
;leneless campaign against hooters.
He was credited by his
ids with having "cleaned up" the
ity, but this was done only after
i and the sending of troops into
county to maintain order.
W. Palmer, Boiling
Springs, Died Saturday
r. J. W. Palmer, of the Boiling
ngs section died last! Saturday
ning early. Heart failure is reed
as the cause of his death. Mr.
ner was about sixty years old.
is survived by his wife, two
hers who live at Marble, and
y other relatives and friends who
irn his untimely passing.
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