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The 5rial Organ of
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VO ^ . v No. 35.
pubG^elfare
WORKtN COUN*-~Y
TO BEGIN SOON
Cherokee one of four Counties chosen
fcr Rockefeller Memorial Public
Welfare demonstration Work
Miss Lilly E. Mitchell, supirvisor
of the case work under the Luura
Spellman Rockefeller Memorial grant
arrived in the the county last Friday
night and preparations have been
completed and the county welfare
work put in operation in Cherokee.
Miss Mitchell is a trained social
worker, and will supervise the work
under the Rockefellt r Memorial grant
in the counties of Cherokee, Orange.
Chatham and Wake. Miss Mitchell,
as supervisor, will remain in the
county until the work is on a firm.,
basis.
Miss Anne Ruth Medcalf will arrive
as soon as she can leaver her
mother, who is ill at this time, and she
and Miss Mitchell will work together
organizing th*e work in the county
and thoroughly familiarizing them
selves of the work to be done.
The welfare w6rk in the county U
being: inaugurated by the State Board
of Charities and Public Welfare
under the grant of $30,000 to
that institution and $30,000 to
the School of Public Welfare at
the University of North Carolina
from the Laura Spellman
Rockefeller Memorial, and Cherokee
is indeed fortunate in being one of
the counties chosen in which this
work wili be demonstrated. The
announcement cf the decision to show
in these four Counties, including
Cherokee, the effectiveness and value
of public welfare work when it is
well organized and adequntly financed
was made last fall by officials
of the State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare, and the hi ginning of
the work in Cherokee was postponed
1 until this spring on account of the
condition of the roads and the difficulties
of traveling over the county
during the winter season.
At a call meeting Monday, March
23 held jointly by County Board of
Education, composed of J. F. Palmer,
Chairman; T. T. Johnson, and Mr*
VV. D. Fisher; and the County Board
of Commission* rs coir posed of T. W.
Axley. chairman: \V. T. Holland, and
W. J. Martin, a resolution was passed
accepting the proposition uf the
State Board of Charities und Public
Welfare whereby the welfare work
in the county will be effective for
a period of three years. The county's
part in the matter is the furnishing
of an office and equipment and
transportation expenses, and the
State will pay the salary of a lull
time welfare worker for a period of
three years. It is understood that
the office of the welfare uork*r here
will be located in the court house.
Miss Anne Ruth Medcalt. who w II
be in charge of the welfare work in
Cherokee, comes to the county highly
recommended. She is taking a course
in the School f Public Welfare at the
University of North Carolina this year
In addition to this, she is a graduate
nurse, and has about two years experience
in rural social work in the
mountain sections of Kentucky, and
is well acquainte dwith the problems
of the people among whom she will
work. The iact that she is a graduate
nurse is a great asset, especially
in Cherokee County where, it is understood,
little publid health work
has been done heretofore.
Rev. E. G. Clary. ipstor of the lo
cal Presbyterian Church, is in receipt
of a letter from Samuel E. Leonard,
director of the Bureau of County Organization
of the State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare, in
which Mr. Leonard highly commends
Miss Mitchell and Miss Mtdcalf. He
tays in part: "They are both well educated
and well trained; ladies of cut-,
ture and refinement. In fact, I feel
;hat Murphy is to be congratulated in
iaving them join her citizenship. "
Mr. Leonard expressed the hope of
risiting the county soon in the Interof
the work. He and Mr. Clary
irere privileged to work together in
Wilson county during the years 1922
ind 1923, when Mr. Clary was doing'
>utpost : ' school work in that
oor?/fr?\nd Mr. Leonard was there in |
lfare work.
lt^^ork'',^0?)**nokoe County and
he other collates mentioned, is be-'
ng done as a sort of demonstration
o show bounties the value of having
uch an officer in thecounty. Many
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Murphy Graded
School Honor Hoi!
For Month of March
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In -irn .:ncing th< honor roll for t
March, Prof. D. \V. Kanoy said that c
it was very important that every S
child he in sch ?ol every day possible |
in ordc r that there may be no doubt r
about the work being done by the t
puj.il. | f
"Many children," said Mr. Kanoy, t
"are endangering their chance of 1
promotion and the standing of the j
schrol by non-attendance. Especially
is it important that the high school
pupils attend every day because al-.
most |>erfect attendance for the next!
sevi n weeks is necessary if the school1
is guaranteed on the basis of the six (
month average." Jj
The honor foil foI|ows:IHHH| j j
Grade 1-A?Grady Carringer, Har- \
ry Decker, Roy Gilbert, Charles Pend-!c
by, Frank Holdman, Troy Hampton,'r
Martha Akin, Blanche Coleman, John- y
nic Mae McJunkin, Jennie Lee Spivia.
Grade 1-B?Thurman C ear ley, Jet- n
tor Cearlcy, Quentlne Townson, Fain a
Dickey, Evelyn Sneed, Ruth Deweese, v
F.liva IVw-ouo Alio.,
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Gibson. j
Grade 2-A?Ben Gartrcll, Chloe (
Falls, Gertie Gibson. t
Grade 2-B?Hubert Wilson, raid i
Engleman, Roane Hampton. (j
Grade 3-B?Mary Witherspoon, 0
Grace Wills Pell, Iccy Graves, Mar- v
gie Campbell. Lois Sneed, Jerty Davidson.
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Grade 4-A?Mareella Hampton, s
Jennie Decker. c
Grade 4-B?Nola Diweese Sue
Beth Lloyd, Nettie Wise. s
Grade 5?Edna Patton, Annie M. t
Candler. s
Grade 9?Blain Haney, Carl Hen- <;
drix, Loyd Hendrix, Rilla Belle Palmcr,
James Williamson.
other counties of the state have their j
own welfare agent, and as a result
of these demonstrations it is hoped c
that many more counties will employ. 0
such workers. ' n
Cherokee County is indeed for- ^
tunatc to be singled out by state ?
Board of Charities and Public Wei- ;
fare for special demonstrations. It e
will mean much to the county. There c
art many conditions in the county that j
a full-time welfare worker will doubt- ^
less be able to correct and remedy. ^
Such matters as the enforcement of 0
the public school law and the child }
labor law will be under the adminis- p
iraiiuu vi. mv wtuare woracr. un- r
doubtedly many unsanitary condi- s
tions, undernourished and needy cases j f
will come to the attention of the t
worker, and steps taken to remedy f
them. It will also mean that the h
county will be brought to the fore- j]
front in welfare work, and that c
State welfare officials will watch the s
work here with interest, and that j.
the attention of other counties will he 5
called to the work bein^r done in ii
Cherokee from time to time. j t
Cljerc
bounty, and the Lead in
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
The Easter-Tide
L!ity Flection To Be i1
Held May 5th!
The regular election for the elec-j
ion ??f a mayor and six members of
he hoard of commissioners has reently
bten called lor Tuesday. May
>th. Richard Meroney has been appointed
Registrar and will keep the
egistration books open from the 18th
o the 2">th of April, both inclusive,
or the registration of all voters enitled
to vote, and Messrs. Sid Pcndey
and Will Savage have been apK>inted
judges of said election.
C. Franklin
Dies In Indiana
News reached here several days ago
>f the death of Mr. Albert C. Frank-'
iu. w!iu uieu ai his home in Marion,
ndiana, on March 30th. Mr. Frankin
"s parents formerly lived in the
.....nt.' nnil k.. k...- .
datives here who are saddened by j
lis passing. t
Mr. Franklin was thirty-five year?
itid ten months of age, unmarried, ^
ml a consistent member of the Ban-'
ist church for the past two years. He j
ras a World War veteran, having vol- |
intcercd into the service in August, ^
917. He served faithfully and well
u ni the date of his enlistment until n
he Armistice was signed, Nov. 11 :
918. He saw active service on six v
lifferent battle fronts and lel't a rec>rd
for noble, brave, unselfish serice
to his country. j
His death was a result of his do- ^
otion to his country as he was shell- ^
hocked and gassed and never recov- j,
red from the efects of this injury.
He leaves four brothers and two' j
isters and a host of friends to mourn t
heir loss. He was laid to rest be- ^
ide his father in Estcllc cemetery at ^
thaw, Ga., April 1st.
Escaped Prisoner | >
Caught After Chase c
Seme little excitement was creat-'j
d in North Georgia last week when t
ne of the prisoners escapd and while (
.t large entered several stores in or- r
Ier to secure a change of clothing c
md other articles to aid him in mak-, t
ng his get-away effective. Howev- c
r, he was overtaken by officers and
arried back to the camps. ) f
The prisoner escaped from near t
foung Harris on last Thursday. On t
'hursdfly night ho entered the store a
{ Mr. T. J. Lloyd near by, where t
io secured among other things, a! t
iair of rubber bottom shoes, which ?
roved his undoing, for it W3? the I
hoes that enabled guards and of-, l
ieers to trail him. On Friday night: <
he escaped convice entered W. H. t
ierbert's store at VVarne, where a1 <>
int was secured, hut on the follow- j v
ng Saturday he was captured and l
arried back to Georgia to finish his t
entence on the roads. When this f
s finished he porbably will face
mother court for his store-breakng
and be given another road sen- jonce.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1925
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Commi??ioner8
Make Appropriation
For Fire Prevention
The Board of Commissioners of (
Cherokee County at their regular ?
nonthly meeting the first of this
veek made an appropriation of five |
lundred dollars for the next year for
rire prevention work. This approbation
will be matched by the stale 1
ind federal depaitnunts of Forestry
ind the entire amount spent in the
ounty. Mr. C. 1. Peterson, district i
'?roster of the North Carolina For-!
stry Department, was here in behalf
if the state to request the appropria,ion
and the co-operation of the board
>1' commissioner-. The appropriation
c-prcsento ?* substantia! iuci\?in?; over 1
he amount appropriated last year for I
his work. Many of the counties in i
Western North Carolina are increas- ?
ng their appropriations for this work t
his coming1 year, Mr. Peterson stated, j
Every year the importance of fire I
>rc-vention becomes more: and more 1 i
if .put ent in the various counties, Mr. j:
'eterson stated, as the supply of tim- s
?er is gradually diminishing and the <
lemand for lumber and other forest i
iroducts is increasing all the time. ?
rhur. the people uie coining to real-1
ze the great need for conserving !r
chat timber is now growing and ol I
aaking preparations for reforesting
ut over and burned over waste lands. ]
luch of the land in Western North 1
'arolina is suited better to timber I
growing than anything else and will 1
tecome absolutely waste land if the ;
uiiMi-i i? u?siruycu. munzing mis,'
act, the state and the various boards,!
if county commissioners are putting,!
orth greater efforts all the time to (1
ireventing forest fires, which are the 1
rreat enemy of young forest growth. 1
With the larger appropriation this,
,*ear, it is expected that much more h
ffective work can be done in Cher-j j
?kee County than in the past. The;:
rear just closing has been an unus-ji
tally hazardous one on account of.!
he dry weather that has prevailed! ]
nuch of the time. This has made it [ i
xtremely difficult to handle the for-j:
st fire situation not only in Che r- j I
>kee. but throughout the state.
During the next month District ! ^
Forester Peterson expects to visit all1:
he wardens in the county with a view i
o instructing them in their duties so s
is to bolster up the weaker points in I
he organization. By thus tightening <
ip the patrol system and putting on I
in' effective educational campaign <
loth state county officials be- j
ieve that much more effective work 1
an be done during the coming year t
han during the past year. A stricter t
nfcreoment of the for* st lire laws i
rill lie adhered to and prcater eficieney
in aetual fire fiphtinp will
>e made possible with the larper ap- i
?ropriations. 2
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Mr. Roy Soloshoe, printer lor the .
;com,? is confined to hi# room this
reek with the mumps.
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Section of Western Not
Contractor Moore <
Brings Good News
From Georgia
Contractor John H. Moore, of Union
bounty, brought cheering news to *
Hurphy last Saturday in regard to
he road .situation in Georgia, while i
aying this a short visit. Mr.
'Inure has the centra*. for putting
I he w..tei -bound nmtrdam surface 3
?n seven miles of road front the Unon
County line t<- the foot of the i
ncuntain in Lumpkin County. Mr.
Moore expects to have this link completed
by August. It is now open
;o traffic.
Contractoj Wright has a three,
mile surfacing job in White County,'
which is in the same route as the
\t j?K e,. ?.. ?
finished by July 1st. The road from
this three mile section to Atlanta 13.1
already finished.
Contractor Lyle has a 7 mile section
from tin? Unlor\ County line toward
Blair?vilU>, which will probably
be complctd by the first of August.
The section from the North Caro-.
lina line to Blairsville will have the
surface completed by July 1st, it is.
thought, and the section from Blairs-|
ville toward the Union County line,
being surfaced by Scott and Law will
probably be completed by the middle
of July. Thus by the latter , . :
of summer the road from the Geor-,
'* iine to Atlanta will be comnlet^j,*
?urfaced and open to tnrougn If&f- j
fie.
This link will mean much not only
to North Georgia but also to Murphy
and Western North Carolina, as it
will give this section an outlet to the ,
South and will give the North Georgia
people a good road into Murphy,;
i\hich is their railroad point. Every-!
body in this entire section seems ;
|--leas? d with the prospects of having
this rood opened. It is also hoped
that No. 10, from Murphy to
Asheville, can be completed by the ,
fall, thus completing the Asheville- ,
Murphy-Atlanta highway.
Sam Tilson Wins
First Prize In Local
Essay Contest
Checks Weic mailed oui this Week j
Ijy UistricL Forester C. 1. Peterson ,
front his office in Asheville to win- ,
iters in the forestry fin prevention ,
issay eontist which was cnmhiet.wl in
Dhtrokee County schools during .
March. The first prize of $5.00 goes j
to Sam Tilson. of Murphy; the second.
F3.00, to Evelyn Warren. Murphy:'*
>nd the third. $2.00, to Dollie Glad- j
ton, of the Mt. Pleasant school mar j
Culberson. The name ? f the donnor
>1 the prizes is withheld at his rcluest.
Announcement of the essay content
was sent to all grammar schools in
the CN.unty early in February. Es- j
tays entitled "The Red Enemy," were
prepared by grammar grade pupils
"rom the various schools and sent to
the contest committee in Asheville
For the selection of the three best siays.
The committee, composed of 1
2. I. Peterson, district forester, and 1
Messrs Clarence F. Korstian, C F.
McCarthy, E. H. Frothinghoin and F.
Haasis of the Southern Appalachian
Forestry Experiment Station in Ashctille,
made the announcement of the
winners Thursday and immt liat- ly
nailed out checks. The essays were
judged according to the following
scale: Subject matter, 60 per cent:
leatness. legibility, punctuation, etc..
10 percent; and spelling, arrangement. '
paragraphing, etc., 30 per cent. The
winners of the first and second prizes
trc pupils in the grammar grades of
the Murphy school.
The committee expressed itself as
veil pleased with the character of es- '
says written by the children of the <
various schools. It) many eases, they :
howed remarkable comprehension of .
the subject, stated members of the
emmittee who were in the county
this week. The contest was conducted
in order to educate the people, es- 1
:cc;r.Uy tin ilmuitu, as io the need!'.
Tor and volue of forest fire proven- <
tion by showing them the damacre I <
lone by fires. The winning essays
Kill l>e published a little later. 1
Among those here from Ykung
Harris this week were .Mrs. -T. A.
sharp. Misses Louise Lindheart. Isa-; I
jell Noe.se, Julia Gilmer and Lucile 1
lohnson. ,:
County Agent W. II. Gray spent
>ne day in Andrew.- this week.
AnVFUTIS m 8
THE SCO -eek or
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YOU RICH* ders
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5c COPY?tl-BO PER YEAH
GA. GOOD ROADS
PARTY TO PASS
THROUGH CITY
Rome Scout Car To Reach Here Ne*t
Thursday?Mass Meeting Expected
to Be Called
Ma yor W. M. Fain i- n receipt of
i letter fr >m the Ron: . (ia.. Chamber
of <' mmerce, siit > ! by Mr. W.
U. Foster a- ?e etary, in which Mr.
Foster stated that the Rome Chamber
>i Vsoinmerce w;i jnteresux in a good
lighway between Rome, Go., and Ash?
irille, and with this object in view a
tour would be put on from Home to
Asheville on May 19th. which party
would be composed of twenty-five automobiles
anil about 100 people, and
would pass through Murphy on it?
itinerary. ?y
Mr, Foster also stated that a scout
car would leave Rome on next Wednesday,
and perhaps reach Murphy
sometime Thursday, and that the party
would be glad to meet the citizens
of the town and discuss the proposition
briefly together. It is expected
that a mass meeting will to called
lor that day, it pot yet being known
just what hour, announcement of
which will be made later. """
The text of Mr. Foster's letter follows
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'Rome, Ga., April 9th, 1925.
the Mayor, Murphy, N. C. C
"Gentlemen: The Roniv t'hambtf,
of Commerce is very much in rested
in a good highway between Rome arid
Asheville, N. C. believing that it will
be the means of attracting tourists
over this route on account of the beautiful
scenery and believe that it will
be a means of attracting numerous
settlers.
"With this in view we expect to
put on a tour from Rome to Asheville
on May 19ih, and expect to have
twenty-five automobile and one hundred
people in the party. Our scout
car will leave Rome Wednesday, of
next week, niching Calhoun, about
nine o'clock, Jasper about 11:30, Ellijny
about 2:30, Blue Ridge about
1:30, and spend the night at either
Blue Ridge or Blairsville.
"We expect to go through Murphy
on the second day and spend the sec
una mgnt at Aslu-ville, returning: over
the in"? by 'Jair.;v-vi!!o, Beaufort,
Cummins, Canton and Waleska. We
would like to meet the citizens of your
town and discuss with them for a few
minutes the posibilites of the several
routes and getting your co-operation
in cur effort--.
"We would be glad for you to call
?"*3 attention of your newspaper
and endeavor to interest your citizens
in a proposed route through
W-rth Georgia.
"Yours very truly,
"W. H. Foster, Secretary."
Road Commissioners
Met Here Monday
The Cherokee County Iload Commission,
composed of A. Rice, Chairman,
D. S. Russell, Secretary, II. P.
Smith, Engineer, J. U. Brown,T. S.
Evans. W. F. Hill, and N. E. Docker/
met in regular session hero this week*
A number of important matters related
to the road situation in Cherokee
County were transacted, besides
the regular routine of business. The
commission adjourned Wednesday,
but Secretary Russell and Mr. Brown
remained several days longer compiling
reports and records of the eomnvs-ion
and entering them on the
book>. The commission plans to keep
one of the most efficient and up to
date record systems in the county
?o thai every penny expended can be
readily accounted for.
This commission will expend something
like S2n0.000.00 of bond money
or. the roads of Cherokee ( ounts in
the near future, and are planning a
county system of roads which, when
completed, will outrank any county
system of roads in Western North
Carolina.
The Farmers Federation, of Asheville,
will load another ear of poultry
here next Tuesday and Wednesday,
the local wholesale poultry dealers
furnishing thfc poultry. Cash will he
paid for all poultry delivered before
Wednesday, it was stated. ^