IF IT ISN'T IN
THE SCOUT
ITS BECAUSE WE DID NT
KNOW IT
The Offifial Organ of
VOLUME XXWTnoTTO.
COUNTYkOAD
LAW TO BE
AMENDED
Compromise* Agreed Upon and Work
On Roads Expected to Be
Returned Soon
1
A compromise amendment to the
road law of Cherokee County has
been introduce d into the Legislature
by Representative Swan which is believed
to be agereable to all concerned,
and it is expected that grading
; operations on the roads of the county,
which were suspended sometime
ago, will be resumed shortly.
The bill provides that no bonds!
-hall be isued in excess of two hundred
thousand dollars without a vote
of the people, and that the action of!
the Cherokee County Road Commis-,
8ion with reference to the allocating;
funds to the different townships
be ratified, particularly the act allocating
$25,000 to Valleytown Township.
The proponents and opponents of
the county highway commision and
their road building policy have been
engaged in conflict for some three]
months. The matter was first taken!
up through the courts, a series of
injunctions having been issued and
heard! The matter was then carried
to the legislature and several bills
were sent to the committer on public
roads before a measure that both
sides would nccept was drawn. A bill
acceptable to both sides, however, was
introduced a few days ago and reported
on favorably by the committee
and will be put through the legislature
this week.
The bill leaves the personnel of the
1 resent commission unchanged, the
county'Will remain the smallest unit
of road building, but the amount of
bonds which can be issued for road
purposes without a vote of the people
is limited to $200,000.
It is believed that this bill, or compromise,
is agreeable to all factions
and that work on the roads of the
county will be resumed shortly. The
text of the bill follows:
A Bill to be Entitled An Act To
Amend Chapter 37, Public-Local Laws
ft>f the Special Session of 1924:
I The General Assembly^ of North
arolina do Enact:
Section 1. That chapter thirty
ven of the Public-Local Laws of the
pecial Session of one thousand nnie
rndred and twenty-four be. and the
nine is 'hereby amended by adding
fter section seven the following:
:Provided that no bonds shall be
*ued under this act in excess of two
undred thousand dollars without
rst submitting the question of the
sue of such excess to a vote of the;
>ters of Cherokee County, and this;
uount of two hundred thousand;
liars of bonds, or so much thereof;
i may be asked by the Cherokee
ounty Road Commission, the Board
: County Commteionera of said
ounty are hereby authorized, empovrj
ed and directed to issue and sell as
;rein provided."
Sec. 2. That said chapter thirtyven
be further amended by adding*
section after eighteen, to be known;
' Sc. 1814," as follows:
"Sec. 18That all acts and!
solutions of the Cherokee County I
>ad Commission with reference toi
4.: an/1
otfcer acta ^nd resolutions be and
^Rfcy are hereby ratified, approved and
^Hnfirmcd, particularly that rdsoluBBai
allocating twenty-five thousand
^Hilars , ($25,666.0 OX to Valleytown I
^ wnshlp."
^HSec. 3 That Section ?ix of said j
^^fcpter^ thirty-seven be anil the same'
^Hhereby amended by adding to said
^^fttion the following: Provided,'Chat
machinery, tools, money and othproperty
of the various highway
^^Bunissions of Cherokee County, as
P^Bmerly constituted, shall be used
the benefit.o? the territory ownsame,
inal if used elsewhere by
C?r^^CounJh- Road CommisJ^Mcompens<.non
shall be paid
jj^^feec^on 4. That all laws and parts j
|BB laVs in conflict with the provis-1
^Hts ,'oi this act are hereby repealed.
jj^HSeie. 5. That tkia act shall be in'
M^Bce from and after its ratification.
tS^Br *
Cl)f
Murphy And Cherokee
Postal Clerks
In Local Office
Receive Increases
According to the terms of a postal
pay and rate increase measure passed
by congress and signs by President
Coolidee last Saturady night, clerks
in the local postoffice will realize a
salary increase of three hundred dollars
a year, effective January 1, of
this year. This legislation is similar
to that passed by the last congress and
vetoed by the President on the ground
that there were no funds to meet the
increased salaries of clerks, which
will total about $68,000,000 per year.
The present bill, however, carried a
provision for increasing postal rates!
on second class mail and newspapers j
and periodicals so as to raise about
$60,000,000 of the increase.
ANDERSON GETS
ORDER FOR 30
HEAVY MILKERS
Clay County Agent and Several Farmer!
Making Trip Through South j
Carolina And Georiga
RAYESVILLE, March 3.?County
Agent Willard R. Anderson and several
prominent farmers and dairymen
%of this county are on a trip this week
through South Carolina and Georgia
in search of some heavy-producing
milk cows, and are expected to be j
?one for several days. Mr. Anderson j
dated that he had received orders
.or thirty head of good milkers to be \
placed with the dairy farmers in the
county and that the trip was being
made to "ascertain the type of cows j
best suited for the dairy industry and j
that first-hand information might be
obtained.
"I now have orders for a carload
of thirty cows," said Mr. Anderson,
"and expect to have another carload
to be placed in the counts- this spring.
The farmers of Clay County ore just
beginning to realize that there ie
money to be made in the dairy business,"
he continued, "and the industry
.is expected to be developed con-,
idirably during the year. A number
of farmers are now shipping 45
gallons of cream weekly, which average
a return of $15.00."
Mr. Anderson stated that every
shipper of cream was satisfied with
up returns, and is planning and
rrepairng to ship cream from the
A. B. Green To Preach
Baptist Church Sunday*
Rev. A. B. Green, president of the
Mary P. Willingham School, Blue
Ridge. Ga., will fill the loco! Baptist \
pulpit Sunday morning at the 11'
o'clock hour and in the evening at 7
oLclock, the pastor, Rev. T. L. Sasser.
being in Washington, D. C., where j
he attended the inauguration of President
Ct olidge on the 4th, and is not j
expected to return until Monday or
Tuesday of Next week.
Mr. Green is a gcod strong preach- 1
er and two fine sermons are anticipated
by local baptists Sunday.
Band Minstrel.
1 nc wnier nas seen many iiwiuvtalfnt
minstrel shows, but hearing a
rehearsal of the one to be given by
thQ Murphy Concert Band, must sa^.,
that never have I heard one so full .
of life and yet so clean?nor have I j
ever seen better talent than is repre- j
seated in this the band's first pro-1
duction, |
The first part will consist of a
conce?t by the Murphy Cpncert Band j
and while this will be short apd ofi
the easiest style, it will give you some |
ilea of what your home town boys \
have accomplished in their six weeks!
of practice, nearly all of them start-1
ing with no knowledge of music.
The second part will be made upof I
talent outside the* band, who have so |
graciously consented to assist the.
boys in their fun-making entertain- i
ment.
The third part will be the minstrel
after-part, and I believe you will
agree with me that it is one of the
snappiest and most laughable minstrel
shows that you have ever seen,
j On another page you will find ad,
and you may watch for-hand bill proprams
which will be given out in a
! few days. H. ENGLEMAN.
Cfjero
County, and the Lead in
MURPHY. NORTH CAROL)
AMERICA EXCEEDS i
ALL PREVIOUS
PRODUCTIONS
!
Days Of Early Making Of America
Depicted in Film At Local
Theatre This Week ' i
jl
"America" is undoubtedly thej <]
greatest picture ever made, say critics jc
of the screen, and those people in this ^
section who were privileged to wit-'s
ness t'nc production here the first cf's
this week will undoubtedly agree with
this verdict. This is D. W. Griffith's 11
masterpiece, eclipsing the "B.rtn tf a a
Nation," and "The Four Horsemen." r
It u*a? u.*r??*th r> xri ar'r i
[to witness America in the making. s
j The picture was based on Robert .
IW. Chambers' book by the same title.
It was designed to make Americans ^
more apreciative of the privileges jb
and freedom they enjoy as a result of b
the sacrifices their forefathers made, e
The p icture docs not attempt to por-; t*
tray all that took place in the Colonies: ij
just prior to and during the Revol'J- h
tion. The scene is laid largely in^
the New England States. However. J
some of the verile leaders of Virginin
are protrayed in their colonial
homes, on the farm, in the House of
Burgissees.
The opening skirmishes of the Revo- cj
uticn at Lexington and Concord ^
bridge, the terrible suffering at Val- 0
ley Forge, the battles of Bunker Hill, ^
the human sacrifices at Johnson's q]
Hall and Fort Sacrifice, and the nur- tl
render of Cornwallis were shown. jc
Butler's raids in northern New York ^
were depicted in all their horror. But tj
there was a finer side to the picture?
the faith of Washington and his com- {j
rades in the justice of their cause and t,
in the final outcome of the struggle. Qt
It was a great picture. g(
COMMISSIONERS
MET ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY -<
N
County Agent Work In County Re- j.
turned?To Begin When Agent
Can Be Secured
<5,
The Board of County Commission- ^
ers was in session here in the regular
monthly meeting Monday and Tues- *
day of this week. Besides transact-1 ..
ing the regular routine of business. n
it was decided to resume the work _
v.f ;h._ . ' r;:': Ti ;:r r.t F
and the work will begin just as soon,
as someone can be secured to take
place.
The commissioners arc to be com- f
mended for their action in re-instating
the work of the county agent. ^
The farming interests represent the
largest single livelihood of the eounty
and certainly it should haye^orne ^
one to lead it. When the work, was er
discontinued sometime ago, it is ur.- ^
derstood that it was the intention of
the commisioners to resume the work ^
this spring. ir
University Quintet f
Wins Southern *
Basketball Title '?
. ti
The University of North Carolina
basketball team won the Southern ^
championship for the third time in |
four years in Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday
night by defeating the Tulane quintet
by a score of 33 to 28. North Carolinn
wnn tKo titlo fir?t in 1022. whlrh
..... ' "" ?~v - P
was the first year she participated in
the tournament in Atlanta. Missis- ^
sippi won in 1923 and North Carolina B
won in 1924 and again this year. Participating
in the conference were I J
Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama,'
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Trinity, V. M. I., and others. I
This is quite an honor for the Tar- v
heels. q
To Give Easter Bazar t
April 9th and 10th J
V
The ladies of the Woman's Mis- a
sionary Society of the Methodist l;
Church announce this week their in- t
tention to hold an Easter Bazar on 2
April 9th and 10th, in the social e
rooms of the church. Dinner will be i
served and those who wish to place j
orders for colored eggs, fancy work 1
cake etc., are requested to call phone 1
See their nd elsewhere in this
issue.
1
to H
g Newspaper in this !
ISA FRIDAY, MARCH C, 1925
Ylurphy-Andrews i
Link To Be Let By
State Commission
Contracts for the construction ofj^
>9.39 miles of hardsurface highways,!
Deluding 10.97 miles between Mur?hy
and Andrews, will be let on
Tuesday morning, March 24th, acording
to an announcement made I
>y the State Highway Commission j *
everal days ago. The anouncement ] *
tated that ten projects would be le; y
o contract on the date mentioned, >
nd bids for the work are now being"
eceived by the commission. v
This announcement of the commis-|1
ion is in keeping with the statement'})
ssued by District Engineer J. C. Ic
Valker sometime ago that the link tl
ctween Murphy and Andrews would! ?
e let to hardsurface contract in the |
arly spring, and is encouraging news 1
o the people of this section, especial, i.
r those living along the route of this u
ighway.
/ioo3e Lecturer Will v
Appear Theatre Sunday ''
lb.
E. V. Stewart, of Asheville, ape- n
ial field representative of Western w
'orth Carolina for the Loyal Order :i(
f Moose will lecture at the Bnita j d
heatre next- Sunday afternoon, at
imc time showing five reels of pic-i^
ires of the Mooseheart School of the h
>dge in Illinois. From advanced ir?-. vj
irmation sent here it apear* that B
lis lodge is doing v/onderful things n.
>r the memhers of their lodge and w
ieir wives and children. The school at
ikes care of both the widows and i js
rphans of members, according to a j tj
atement made by Mr. Stewart while I
n a visit here a few days ago. \ u
It i? reliably learned that in the; G
ear future another school similar to G
lat in Illinois will be established d
jraewhere in the South nerhsps in j orth
Carolina, which, it is estimated ai
ill reo.uire the outlay of many mil- et
ons of dollars. Mr. Stewart is try*
(, " iinciiKnu ii me mtiuueienip 01 ||
le Moose Lodge in this section. f<
[imetime this month James J. Davis, w
t the Cabinet of President Coclitlge tj
ill be in this section investigating ai
ie area with reference to the order, w
| h?
frvuran Ta Fill Pnlpji ihi
At Methodist Church tt
Sunday, March 8th
ni
Rev. G.\R. Rowan, of the local re- C?
il firm of the Golden Rule Store,
ill fill the pulpit at the Methodist n<
hurch Sunday morning, March 8th. bi
: the lb o'clock hour, and in the ev- b,
ting at ^-p'clock, in the nl ser.ee cf1 tb
e pastor, Rev. D? H. Rhimhart, who
ill be in attendance upon the 0j
'aynesville District Layman's meet- 0)
g at Weyncsville. Rev. Rowan ls
cached at the evening hour Sunday ni
ebruary 22nd, and those who heard :a|
m were very liberal in their praise : p,
f his ability as a speaker, and are cl
oking forward with eager anticipa- g,
on to the services Sunday. yj
Besides Mr. Rhinehart, those going tl
5 delegates to Wayncsville from the , d
>cal church include Messrs. K. V. j tl
leaver, R. M. Fain, J. A.'Richard-:
>n. R. A. Akin, and J. H. Brendlc.!j
number of others are expected to
ttend from the local church. Rev.
. E. Hartsfield will go from the Murhy
Circuit, and Rev. L. T. Eden will, y
o from the Hiawassce Circuit. !
Vt Presbyterian
Church Sunday
I'<
Sunday, March Sth, .vill I" V .1- \11
inteer Day at the Presbyterian ; n
'hutch. Pledges by volunteers will J
e utaide for the work of the church
or the ensuing church year. There A
rill be no canvass^ made in the aft-1
moon butt, instead all Presbyterian? (
vill find every other Frothy to :nn ,
t the House of Worship vuluntari
y making a pledge for the work of 11
he Lord. Pledfges will be made aft 1
r the morning service. It is believed
that there is not a Presbyterian!
n town who is^physically abl t, he >resent
who wflj wait to be called or J ?
'or his part or' uSe canvas? The]
_ord accepts and uses drafted * ! j
liers but why not be a volunteer?
ERNEST G. CLARY, Pastor, j
>cout
Section of Western Nc
REVIVAL SERVICES
AT M. E. CHURCH
TO BEGIN MARCH 16
Art. C. L. Stiedley, of Gastonia, to
conduct service* twice
daily for two weeks
According to Announcements by
he pastor. Rev D. H. Rhinehart. Mrs.
*. L. Sticdly, noted evangelist and
reacher, has consented to conduct a
cries of rpvivnl -? ?t-_ 1
lethodist Church here beginning I
londay evening March lGth. The j
en-ices will be held twice daily and
xtend over a period of two weeks,
loping Sunday evening March 29th.
Evangelist Stiedley comes to Murhy
highly recommended, having been
onnccti d for a number of years with
lie famous evangelistic party of Rev.
F.McLendon better known as
Cyclone Mac", and other noted
vangelists. She has bem doing
vangelist work in the Shelby Dis-ict
for the past several years. L>urig
the past year she has hi Id meetigs
in Gastonia, at Main Street
hurch. Franklin Avenue Church,
iTcst End Church, and Trinity Church
iree in Shelby, in Cleveland County;!
ne at Lenoir, and si vera I at a numer
of other places. All of these
leetings have been successful and
onderful results obtained in the
dvancement of the work of the Kingom.
Several years ago, Mrs. Stiidlcy
ssisted the pastor. Rev. D. H. Rhineart,
in a sirics of evangelistic scrices
at the Palmtree Church on the
ellwood Circuit, at which meeting
lore than a hundred conversions
ere secured and addtd to the church
t that place, and the meeting here
being looked forward to by Chrisnn
workers with great enthusiasm. ?
Mrs. Stiedley is now engaged in a
nion meeting of the churches of'
iastonia, and reports coming from
ostonia are to the effect that a wonerful
meeting is in progress there.
the workers of the Kingdom
re being greatly strengthened and ,
scouraged by the results obtained. ! ^
Mrs. Stiedley is a strong evange-1
st, and great success is predicted 1
>r her here. She is said, by those J
ho know, to represent the highest j
rpe of Christian. Educated, refined
id consecrated, together with her
ide experience and ability as a
:cakcr, she is e^t2inncd to drs? ?.nd
>ld the attention of her hearers for 1
jurs at a time. It i? uid that hrr
jility to interest young people in
le Kingdom is wonderful, and it is
cpected that her series of meetings
;re will not only strengthen the more
ature, but the young people will retive
a great blessing as well.
It has not yet been definitely anlunccd
who will lead the singing ,
at a good choir of local talent is
iing organized and good rmis:c from
te beginning will be assured.
Two services will be held daily.:
je in the morning at 11 o'clock, and
ne in the evening at 7 o'clock. It
expected that many people from(
earby towns and the country round
bout will attend these services, eseciallv
in thu eveniny. Thp ?thrr
lurches of the town and the public '
i nerally are extended a cordial In- j
itation to attend these services to j
le end that the work of the King- '
om may be greatly strengthened 1
iroughout the entire community. I
!
ohnson Installs
Refrigerator Counter
Mr. Virgil Johnson^ proprietor of
ohnson's Market, has recently in:alled
a Hussman refrigerator coun?r
in which to keep his meats so they
an be seen and also fresh and cold.,
Mr. Johnson said thus had been a
>ng felt need, and it will greatly aid
im in keeping and preserving his
ieats and enable him to better serve
tie trade in the future.
Voman's Club To
Meet March 11th
The regular monthly meeting of
he Woman's Club will be held at the
.ibraTy Wednesday afternoon, March
1th. at o 15 o'clock. At this meeting
the : ti'dv of great women will be
ontinued. "Women in Music" being
pmiicular topic for the meeting,
drs. J. N. Hill. Mrs. Henry Axlcy
,.(l Mict Ida M. Johnson will lead
> c'.. is ons. Mrs. J. II. Storey and
Irs. E. A. Davidson compose the so-.1
i mmiitee for this ni( cling.
a
Car^^EH^HBS^BBH
President Cooli^K|fifi^?HRfl
Takes Official^|98ESH9
Wednesday Aftel^HMHjBBR
President Calvin Coolidjre tooJ^^EEj&^SS
oath of office a? President of fl^HDSSKfl
United States Wednesday at on^H
o'clock. Chief Justice Taft, an exthe
oath,
were hia^H
xuuier, Mrs. Gooiidge and her motherJMK3M8
Vice-President Dawes took the oath^HP^KD
in the Senate Chamber shortly after^^j^^H
12 o'clock. The keynote of his inaugurai
address was economy in govRev.
Gay Bryant
Moves To Tennesaee
Rev. Gay Bryant, who has livetj for^
many years in this county in the 16 '
Brastown section, moved hjs family
Tuesday morning to Kiowah, Tenn.,
where he exacts to make his home.
Mr. Bryant is a Methodist Preacher
of no mean ability, and was a member
of the board of county commissioners
last year. Hie many friends
in Cherokee County and this whole
section in general will regret that he
has found it necessary to leave, but
their best wishes accompany him into
whatever community he chooses to re?<??
Program Announced
For Association Rally
According to announcement recently
by W. L. Gilmore, publicity director
of the Baptist State Convention,
Lhe Western North Carolina Baptist
.Association will meet with the local
church Wednesday, March 18th, for
an educational rally. Different phases
of the denominational work for
the coming year will be discuses!, and
those attending will participate in a
roundtable discussion on the present
status of the work of the association.
It is expected that all the pastors of
the association, active laymen, women
and young people will be in attend
ancc upon the rally. Lunch will be
served at the church at the noon hour.
The session will open at 10 o'clock
in the morning. The following tenative
program has been unnounced for
the occasion:
10 A. M.?Devotional and song service.
10:15?A season of prayer for all
aur denominational work.
10:30?State missions discussed by
T. L. Sasser.
10:40?Home missions, by L. P.
Smith.
10:50?Foreign Missions, by H. H.
Hyde.
11?How the money i? spent, R. L..
Randolph.
11:15?Sermon or inspirational Address,
Dr. R. L. Creel.
?Dinner.
1:15?Song service and prayer.
1:30?Roundtable discussion by
pastors and church leaders.
2:00?Reaching the churches.
MUSCHEL REAGAN.
The following announcement appeared
in last week's isue of the TriCounty
News, published at Andrews:
"Of much interest to her many
friends was the wedding of Miss Willa
IL Reagan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Reagan, to I. E. Muschel, of
New York. The wedding took place
in Asheville at 2 o'clock last Sunday
afternoon.
"Mr. Muschcl, whose home is in
New York, is temporarily making his
home in Asheville, where he has business.
Later, the couple will make a
trip to New York. T'n^ will reside
on Haywood street in Asheville.
"Mrs. Muschel. who is very popular
in Andrews, is a graduate of the
local high school ar.d of Cullowhee
normal. She has taught successfully
for two years.
"The bride is not only attractive
and popular, but is quite talented,
particularly in expression, in which
she won two medals while attending
high school here."
Mr. Muschel is well-known in Murphy,
having been employed here some
time by the Carolina-Tennessee Power
Company as draftsman, and ban
many friends here who extend him
and Mrs. Muschtl best wishes.