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,TS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
KNOW IT
^pThe CK^^ftl Organ of
28.
iro celebrate
opening highway
fgj on july fourth
^^ reat Event Planned For Official
! Opening Georgia Link A*!antaMurphy-A?hcville
Highway
According to information given
ABt here the fits* of toe week by
i^Honnell H. Stone, secretary of both
Be Georgia Mountain Road and Recurvation
Association unci the Union
>c-aty tua. | uooJ Roans Associa>nf
one of the greatest tvents this
ction has witnessed in many a dede
is beine planned for the ( nminc
1th of July, the occasion being
>fficial opening of the Georgia
highway route No. 11, connect-j
with the Xorth Carolina state
iay No. 10 at Belleviev..
is will mark the completion of
Georgia links of the Atlanta>hy-Ashcville
h'ghwuy. which
been under construction for a
d of several years. By the 1th
ily it is contemplated that the
between Asheville and Murphy
have been completed and the
tig celebration should be the ocu
of great rejoicing to the peo>f
both states throughout this
b section.
e occasion will witness the gath
of many prominent men high
i road circles of both states, and
understood that arrangements
been made with the Georgia
mobile Association for the free
iportation of all members of the
gia Legislature to the scene of
!elebration. it has not yet been
litoly decided just where the
iration will be held, but it is un;ood
that it will take place some
e near the state lines. It is also
rstood that thii leading dailcs
Ltlanta will be officially repreed,
and it is expected that a
ber of North Carolina dailies
have representatives preesnt.
le Georgia state highway No. 11
ides about thirty-five miles of
r-bound macadam pavement, exing
south from Murnhv throuiri.
jj^^on County and over the rugged
{unit of the Blue Icidgo Mountaina
distance of about six miles. It
fxpected that by the time the eeletion
is held special signs and sigb
for the benefit of motorists
I mark the curves of the road
ough the mountains, making it
e for traveling and aiding the
rist in finding his way through.
Ur. Stone, in talking to a repretative
of this paper, was very lib1
la his praise of the Cherokee
Inty Commissioners and Mr. Wythe
Peyton, district engineer for this
rict of Xr th Carolina.
If it had not b:*cn for the sn!?nco-operaCun
we people of Union
intjr-jcreived from theke North
o'.ina oXiicial3," said Sir. Stone,
> might still be seeking a way of
?pe from our isolation. As it
ned out, " he continued, "these
Icials agreed' to build, and did
Id, the first link of the Atlantarphy-Ashevilie
highway from Murto
the Georgia state line at
leview. This gave us consider5
argument to place before the
islaturc and Georgia State Highr
Commission, and our people bei
to sec the dawn of a new day.
are truly grateful for the solenwork
and co-operation of these
icials of North Carolina."
irdeners Complain
About Chickens
Chief Birchfield announced, this
Ik that complaints were coming
Brim from early gardner* about
fkens running at large. While it
I little early, some have put out
r onion sets and other hardy vegles
and Chief Birchtield requests?
all owners of fowls ' confine
PIE SUPPER,
here will be a pie supr.or for the
[fit of a singing school at Kinney
bl house Friday night, February
L at 6:30 p. m., according to anIcemer.t
other day by Rev.
field '-PYte Murphy Circuit,
^public gftieVally is invited to
Scipate in tbi supper.
he farmers club of Craven Council!
help to support a strong
kers association and to establish
ntral milk plant in New Bern this
r, reports county agent C. B. Faris
SUfiB
m
Murph> And Cheroke
Junior Red Cross
Will Make Up
Friendship Bool
As a result cf a conference th
week between Miss Xl-II Whale;
Divson Supervisor of the Junic
Re<l Cross Organization, the loci
I Chapter of Juniors, composed of tV
school children, will make up
friendship portfolio to he rent to th
1 children c-f some European Ccuntr
A committee composed of Mis
Lvila Posey. Alline Richardson, Wi:
nicfred Burns and Blanche Teagu
has been appointed to have' charge <
making up the portfolio of drawing;
paintings, and other artistic woi!
which will be prepared by all th
irracles of the local school.
Sometime ago the children her
_ had the privilege of locking over
1 portfolio prepared by the children i
the schools of Czevho Slovakia an
scr.t to this country under the am
pices of the Junior Red Cross. Th
exchange of letters and specime
books as mentioned above hctwee
the children of this and other cour
, tries, is expected to develop a frier.;!
shin and undt rstmding that wl
mean much toward the advancemer
1 of world pence and world cooperaj
ion in the days to come.
The local Chapter of the Junic
Red Cr? ss has announced their ir
tcntion of bringing here on the 23r
of this mouth a picture port ray in
forest conditions over the country
and the results of pocr and good foi
estry methods, fire prevention et<
District Fore, tor of the State Forest
ry Department, C. I. Peterson, wi
be here during the showing of th
picture and explain the various stage
of it. It will be shown at the lionit
Theatre free of charge. This wor
is in line with the purposes of th
Junior Red Ctoss to teach youn
people the art of good citizenship a.i
a spirit of service to others.
bald mountain
as a cakk akt/
Top of Peak Willed To State 1
i-cvri an a orautitui Area at
Altitude of 6,000 Feet
RALEIGH, Fob. 14.? Aecordinj
to a letter received by Brent S. Dran
director of the North Carolina Gee
logical ait 1 economic Survey, froi
I)r. S. West ray Battle, Mrs. Lillia
H. BH mS Sasfrnneisee has ccr.fi:
n*ed the fact that she has willed t
the State the top of Wahyah Bal
Mountain in Maccn County, for us
.-*? a state ; ark.
Some weeks ago, Dr. Battle to!
n' Savin"? - -onMr . f;it in !\ir: -> an
heard of her inCntioir to nuke lb
devise. With his letter to Mr. Dran
Dr. Battle encloses a telegram froi
Mrs. Coit in which she quotes fror
her lust will and testament as fo!
lows: "I hereby give and devise an
and all realty situated in the count
of Macon, state of North Carolina, o
which I may die seized, to the sai
state of North Carolina.
At the offices of the survey it wa
pointed out that the state now at
tually owns two areas for state par
put poses, and will, in the course o
time, come into possesion of Wahya
TJ..1.I _ . 1 I,.. VI... P..U I.
j tending lo Dr. Battle, this is a level
arid beautiful area of an altitude b<
tween 5,f>()0 and 6.000 feet. The otl
er parks are those at Mt. Mitche
and at "Ft. Macon, the former a<
quired as a result of the interest c
the late Governor Locke Craig, an
the latter through the initiative t
the survey, which with the aid of Rej
i resentctivc Abernethy secured for th
l state a deed thereto from the Unite
! States government.?Charlotte Ok
serve.
To Give Washington
Paj-ty Friday Evenini
The ladies of the Missionary Sc
ciety of the Methodist Church ar
planning to give a George Washing
ton party Friday night cf this wee
in the social rooms of the churcl
All four circles of the society ar
co*operating in the giving of the pai
ty. George and Martha Washinj
ton in costume will receive at tli
door. A delightful evening is pron
ised those who attend. The publi
generally is invited.
Cf)en
e County, and the Lead
MURPHY. NORTH CA
Modern Boy Amb
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Those who question the flappert?
Ism of I : - > and mourn the ;i xy
n maiden n-- I have i war thai
Ani- ncun youtlt considers lit..- a
R giddy. dizzy plaything. Only om*
l- hoy in a liumired us rtls-jhari;. I
|. for -frenhitrss- tront otic or the
,, largest l-usti. . ?? organizations in
the United States Thi - testimony
it us to the SOUild moral fibre ol lite
t-1 modern hoy is provided by 1. II.
Ogden. ot Newark, who starts
hundreds of hoys on their bustlieas
'r careers every year,
l- "Practically all hoys engaged by
j ; the Prudential Insurance 'ompuny
at the Home (.u'.ive t!? Newark ho^
gin their work ih the mall department."
explains Air. Ogdun. "I
know boys pretty well, for I have
dealt with them lor thirty > us
at the Prudential. They are about
the same ItOW as they were y? ur?
11 ago. We rar?-iy have to discharge
c a boy for Insubordination. Sometimes
a littlo of the regressive
s spirit, if not over-emphasized, is
a helpful factor in his getting
k , along i However, the "too fresh'
e boy do.-ali't last long.
"Then there Is the draw-hack to
P the boy who Is over serious?who
d Is a man before his time and la
TEXT OF BILL
AMENDING THE
^ TOWN CHARTER
* Sentiment Being Won For Meaiurt
As It Becomes Better
Understood
? ~
e' Considerable interest has heet
created in the reports thai have beet
".i going; about the streets as to thi
n nature f the bill recently introduc
led in the Legislature amending tin
(j cnarter ot the town of Murphy. Ac
e c-rdinsr to some of these reports, th<
Hi1 has been misunderstood. Th<
d b il was designed to put the business
d of 'lie town on ' bctt"r basis by hav
e inc.* only hni" council retire eacl
e year instead of all of it and by giv
n ing tho town one whole-time* cmn
ployee to collect the taxes and su
[_ pervise the various activities the towr
y may undertake from time to time,
y The text of the bill follows:
The CJeneral Asembly of North Car
d olina Do Enact:
Sec. 1. That Chapter Two Hun
IS ared and Thirty-nine (230) Privati
Laws of North Carolina. Session o,
jc 18P0, and the acts amenditory there
{f of be and the same are herebh
amended as follows:
Sec. 2. That the Mayor and si:
members of the Board of Commis
?. sioners of the Town of Muvphv, ii
i_ Chrrokee County, shall be elected oi
11 the first Monday in May, 1025, ant
c- that the office of the Mayor shal
)f hereafter be for two years and un
H til his successor is elected and ounli
>f f:ed. That throe members of th
}. Board of Commisioners recehrini
tc the largesti number of qualified vote
(1 at the election held on the First
>- Monday in May, 1925, shall hold of
fice for two years and the other
three so elected shall hold office fo
one year, and three numbers of sai<
board shall be elected annually aft
5 er the first Monday in May, 1925
whose term of office shall be twi
)-1 years. All elections held hereafte
e | shall be conducted as is now provid
r- ed by law and shall be held on th
k ' first Monday in May of each year,
i. i Section 3. That in addition! t<
e the duties now required of the towi
r- Clerk and Treasurer, the person si
z- elected (who may be a member o
le the board of Commissioners of sal
l- town) shall be ex-officio tax coMec
ic tor of the Town of Murphy, charge*
|with all the duties and vested will
3feee ?
ing Newspaper in this
ROLINA FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1
itious And Able,
Who Has Helped
o Higher'Placec
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ssaatefev !
r j j
ma BoyapJ
< - .* ?>--?- pr.~:z
welghto I by too heavy thoughts
.in> ti. lit-. Tliat type i.s li.it?l?in
tan old mau before Lw reachrs
twviuy-onc"
The bo* at the Prudential lie. |
gin as mail-boys. thus learning
w Jut- the departments are loiu:<
and the personnel or the otBrc forei:i
general. By the time eaeli boy
is qualified tor promotion and isremoved
from the duties of his
in icinul assignment, he is ready to
fill in various places and thus at- ,
! tains a broader acquaintance uith
the oflire. This method also provides
an opportunity for closer enlightenment
as to the young tuun's
ability and general make-up.
! The boys remain In tin.' mail
department only long enough to
earn promotion. Just as soon as
a departuietii or a division head
needs a ? ?} or a position, it ts
tilled from (Ii- ambitious in tho 1
ranks of the mall room. *
Mr. Ogden says the boys often
i have dual p-rson all tics. During
business hours I hey are serious,
quite and hard working. A te\v
minutes utter the closing hour they
i may b? Seen In the role or the
i hilarious, modem American growi
ing boy.
Sou. Appalachian
Research Council
I Ends First Session
s ASHKVILLE, Feb. 14.?Th first
meeting ot the Southen Appalachian
Research Council closed here today,
with practically all members present,
j The council was originally named
1 by the secretary of agriculture and
nit- nm meeting neiu in mu city at
the call of that official to permit the
i formal. organization of the body. W.j
D. Tyler, of Dante, Ya., was elected
president, and E. H. FrothinghHm. of
Ashcville, was named secretary. The
sessions of the council were h.ld at
the Battery Park Hotel.
A number of important discussions
came before ths body, and resolutions
looking toward better forestrysendee
were adopted.
The members of the council in,
elude many outstanding members of
the forest sendee from practically
every state in the South. Mr. B. H.
. Stone, of Blairsvdll, Ga.. was the
member in attendance from this scc.
tion.
f all the powers now provided by law
. respecting tax collectors of munici
pal corporations, and such Town
Clerk and Tax Collector shall serve
c during the pleasure of the Board of
_ Commisioners of said town of Mura
phy, and may be removed by the
n board for* cause in its discretion,
tj Upon removal or termination of his
1 office from any- cause, the r|own
_ Clerk and Treasurer shall account
. for all money and property received
0 by virtue of his office, and shall deer
liver to his succesor all books, pns
per. money and other public property
of any nature in his hands. The
_ Town Clerk and Treasurer anil ex
oiiicio lax collector snail receive a
r j alary for his services not exceedd
ing one hundred and fifty dollars
_ per month, and no other compensa,t
tion whotsoever.
d Section 4. All laws and clause?
r of laws in conflict with the provisions
- of this Act are hereby repealed, ine
sofar a? there is such conflict.
Section 5. This Act shall be in
> force and effect from and after its
i ratification.
o ?
f The reason why extension workers
d devote so much attention to children
- is because youth will use this knowld
edge for many years while the adult
h can use it for only a few at best.
>
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DCOUt
Seedon of Western N
925
Honor Roll Of
Murphy School
For January
The honor roll of the Murphy
Graded School for the month of January
contains forty-three names >:
pupils *.vho won the coveted laurel"
for work done during the month. Aannounced
by Prof. I>. YV. Kan >y,
the complete roll follows:
Grade 1-A?Grady Carrimrer
* narics n-naicy, Willie < "Ha-t:?p.
Bates, Johnnie Mae McJunkir.. Jemie
Lee Spivia.
Grade 1-B Mary Robinson, Tom
Axlev Jr., Elza Dewtc&e, Aileen
Hampton, Fain Weaver. Mary King
Mallonee. Wiley Watkins, France
n-ckey, Ruth Dcweese, Delthia Carroll,
Alvin Bowles, Quentine Townson.
Pearl Cole. Thurinan Cearley,
Harold Hartness.
Grade 2-B?Grace Parker. Arietta
Ramsey, Ben Gartrell, Eugene
Jackson.
Grade 3-A?Madie Ramsey. Bill
Linthicun:, Geneva Dockery.
Grade 3-B?Grace Wills Bell, Margie
Campbell. Pearl Hawkins. Mary
Withers; ??on Jerry Davidson.
Grade 4-A?Eual Miller.
Grade 4-B?.Tames Robinson. Sue
Beth Lloyd, Nettle Wise.
Grade 5?Annie M.-Candler. Margaret
Witherspoon.
Grade OJaim-s Williamson.
Grade 10?Frank Walsh.
Grade 11?H. A. Mattox.
Oak Lane M:lls Now
Employing 50 People
Fifty people are now on the payrolls
of the Dak Lane Knitting Mills.
Morning, noon and night an unpretentious
whistle sounds in the postoffine
section of Jthe town and fifty
people quietly enter this establish
ment and do their day's work almosi
unnoticed by the public. Yet tht
pulse of tin* community bents a lit
tie faster by having this establish
ment here. Hank deposits have beer
augmented and the busini-s of retai
nr?t wholesale merchants has beer
gradually increased because of thi
establishment, the weekly payroll o
which i:t arounl five hundred dol
lars, or approximately $25,000 year
ly.
President Richmond has just re
turned from a conference with hi:
associates in Philadelphia and it I
understood he is contemplating put
ting on a night shift to catch up witl
some of the orders that are pourinj
j in from all parts of the united State
Only this week several shipment
were sent to all parts of the far west
including points in Nebraska an;
Colorado. Shipments regularly gto
merchants in California and man;
of the eastern states and a few or
ders have been for Sourh A;ne;icui
countries.
Correction.
In an article appearing in Tin
Scout in the issue of February Gth
headed "Clay County Farmers Mak
ing Good Showing," the statement
was made that Mr. E. W. Penlant
ras made $450.00 on his cows in 1<
months, or the equivalent of $540.0l
per year, which is over $100.00 pe
year clear profit.
The words "per cow" were left ou
:.s the article should have read "whicl
i* over $100.00 per cow per yea
rlii'ir nr.,." it
Col. Dillard Invited to
Address Bar Associatioi
A .distinctive honor has been be
towed upon a member of the loca
bar association. Col. J. H. Lilian
i ha* bee n extended an invitation to ad
| dress the North Carolina Bar A?
I soclntion at its annua! meeting at th
j Battery Park Hotel. Asheville, oi
Inly 2nd. The invitation was ex
tended by the executiv eommitte<
i through its scretary. H. M. London,
j Col. T>illard has not yet definite!;
: decided if he will accept, but hi
jjnany friends of the local bar ar
i urging that the invitation he accept
ed ana it is exoeitcd that he will d
r ?
I Farmers of Cleveland County ar
| determined to have electric lights i
j their homes. A community light lin
! was recently arranged for by the Eat
und McBrayer communities.
ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
-IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH"
torth Carolina
*c COPY?$ 1.50 PER YEAJC
FURTHER STEPS
TAKEN TOWARD
CITY DELIVERY
Individuelt Arc Asked To Help WitJb
The Preparations By Putting
Up House Numbers
The campaign for city delivery
fit further progress during the
last few days when a census of the
t'-wn was taken, which showed that
Murphy had the- requited number of
vice. There were over 2.100 people
within the corporate limits and
over 2.700 patrons, of the office, nc
cording: t-.? the census report. Upon
the discovery that the population en:
titled the town to the delivery service,
the streets were canvassed and
".n order for street signs sent in.
These will be put up at all principal
streets as soon as they are received.
In the meantime individuals are asfced
to secure the individual house
numbers and put them up. They
can be bought at several of the store?
for ten or fifteen cents. Temporary
numbers were assigned to each
house some weeks ago. These should
be replaced as soon as possible by
the permanent or.es.
Simultaneously with the completion
of the census and the ordering
of the street signs the Chamber of
i ommeri and city officiels sent
Ktteis to the postoffice department
; through Postmaster Dickey stating
that lit ? city had met the requirements
for the sendee and asked that
it be instituted as soon as possible.
In adition to the naming of the
streets and numbering the houses,
the department requires that the receipts
of I ho local office total at
least ten thousand dollars per annum.
This office exceeds this
. amount. There appears no reason
why the seivice .should not be insti.
luted at an early date,
i City delivery will include two mail
, deliveries a day at homes and busi.
nei houses. Two carriers will be
. placed in the service. This will be
i a great convenience to most of the
j patrons of this office and will save
i much congq^oiBSlPanBtwMlwB^EmSw^
? postoffice about m ill time. It will
f mean employment for two carriers,
. which will keep just so much more
. money at home. This will add several
thousand dollars to the circu.
luting capital of the community.
* Local Jefferson t
, Memorial Foundation
Committee Named
Mayor W. M. Fain has announced
- the appointment of B. W. Sipe,
' chairman; and .John H. Dillard. F. S.
' Hill, D. Witherspoon, J. W. Davidson,
H. G. Klkins, II. D. Akin, and
\V. B. Gartrell as the local committee
I of the Thomas Jefferson .Memorial
Foundation. This committee will
have charge of the local field, and
will aid in raising the funds necessary
to fret- from debt Monticello, the
s home of Thomas Jefferson, and pre,
serve it for the generation to come
. as a national memorial and patriotic
> shrine.
jj President Stuart G. Gibbotiey, at
1) the last meeting of the board of govD!
ernors of the foundation at its headr
quarters, ll"> Broadway, New York,
j reported that the entire nation was
II being organized for the national ob
a servance 01 inese two great events
r in .American history?the 100th anniversary
of the death of Thomas
Jefferson and the 150;h anniversary
of the signing of the Declaration of
Independence, of which he was the
1 author?which by a remarkable coj
incidence will both occur on July
-I 4th, 1926.
1; All states, cities, patriotic and civil
ic societies and ail universities and
I- schools are being urged to appoint
'-! Jefferson Centennial committees, and
e, the appointment of the foregoing
n | committee has been filed as part of
>ithe official historic records of the
- Jefferson Centennial^ according to
announcement by officials of th?
y foundation.
5
c j Bates Putting In ' ' *
o Stock of Merchandise
Mr. T. N. Bates is preparing t#
c completely slock his store with genii
| oral merchandise. His present stock
cjwill bo greatly augmented, it 19 un:11
derstood. Both groceries and dry
[goods will be carried. '