f IF IT ISN'T IN
THE SCOUT
> ITS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
KNOW IT
Hie Official Organ of
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0Lt'" XXXVI. Xo. 14. *
lioT
Engineer Pri
I Recomrm
I T ake
Inly one state
could accept,
i says report
cp'.r-d Tennessee Connection SkortAr.
i Most Es?!>9?tee! Is
I liji-e'ing and Maintcnnancc,
He Says
\ Mr. - - S. Ruwell. ?c:r t:\ry i-f th
i ere 1; - . u::i. 11^zed C : :sv.i--ion,
Jh5< week in leceijvt of a 1 iter
>tr. M . .1. G. Stikekather. S*;?te
ghway Commissioner for this di.s-.
et, in which he encloses a report
St.:"- Locating Engineer Chas.
Pritchett, relative to hi.-* survey and
dings of the proposed connection
th Tennessee in Cherokee. Mr.1
Lei eat her's letter and Engineer
itchctt's report follow:
Asheville, June 10, 102.".
. D. S. Russell, Andrews. N. C.
ir Sir:
i air. enclosing, herewith, cony of
.] tort made by Mr. Chas. M. Pritch, 1
.rive to the various routes
m Murphy to the Tennessee line.
1 sirc-.i you last night stating that
J . Pritchett's recommendations
j re- for the Hot House Route. 1 do
; know wither you gentlemen
fc to take this ns final or not, bej
ise in the meantime I have taken
with Tennessee the questk n of
ir preference and I have a feeling
t we ought to co-operate with the
: jhwav Department of Tennessee,
n Mr. Pritchett's report as you
2 I observe in his P. S. you will note
people of Copper Hill have guarBee!
a connection at Jellico Gap
Bh the Tennessee Highway Sys- j
ThtS 5* 5?* trti? nf pithnr of
^oth r two routes. Mr. Fritchmijrht
be in eiror about this, beise
while they havi not irade cithth.
two roads a part of their sys>
it is easily possible thev csn do
I- I shall be very glad to come
iMurphy a? some <arly date that
or.venbnt ant' ? cr :** \:\
i fully; h? wever. Mr. Pritchett**
art seems to prt elude th possibilof
very much argument?that is,
hi* findings are correct and I
W it to be a fact that he not only
* this his personal attention, but
gated one of his men to get up
nil and complete report,
realize that it is necessary for
gentlemen to know about this
in early date, if you can wait until
hear from Tennessee please do
as I feel that we owe thrm this
ftssy. If you should give this ret
of Mr. Pritchett's to the press
11 do net object to this I wish you
aid state that I have asked the
We?see people for their reconiI
Lj?.
Iuanon m the matter i>ut so lar
' not received it and it is my deto
co-operate with thenv In
r words should the road selected
Mr. Pritchett he adverse to the
nc^&ee people then the mattefr
W at least require further conration.
I should be glad to hear
n you in reference to this matIith
best wishes, I am,
Sincerely yours,
J. G. STIKELEATHER.
Commissioner.
Pyjt-L.l.'.
Asheville, June 9, 1925.
J. G. Stikeleather: t
compliance wtth your request to 1
Barrend a Highway route
berokee County from Murphy to
Tennessee line, I submit the folag
report. I made an inspection
be three possible routes on May
and 22nd.
eaverdam Route?The Beaverroute"
will be approximately
nyles long, 12 miles of this
(Coatinned oa page 6)
J
Murph> *nd Cherokee
HOUi
tchett
;nds State
Lower Route
B.'G CELEBRATION
IN UNION COUNTY
JULY FOURTH
Cher.-kee County And Thi* S ction
ask<*d to join in celebration of
President Charles \Y. Whit-, and
Secr(U?'y Bunnell K. Stunt <?f the
Naeoochi":--Hia\va*>ee Uuad and R-. creation
Association are fast whipping
into shape plans for the big barbecue
and Fourth of July celebration
to In held in North Georgia on I
July 3 and 1. White. Lunn kin. Hall
Towns, Clay. Union, Fartin, Gilmer,
and Fulton Counties are in the As-]
sociation and this year Cherokee is
being invited to participate in the
delibi rations of this Association and
enjoy with her Georgia n ighbor?
and friends the big1 barbecue and
Independence Day celebration on
July 4th.
The Nacoochee-Hiawassee Road
and Recreation Association was organized
several yiars ago to forward
the building of roads through the
Southern Appalachian Mountains in
North Georgia and Southwestern
North Caiolina. Several of the ]
pjrojeyw lathen d by this Association
have been completed during the past
few years. The meeting this year
will be held at the foot of the mountain
just beyond Blairsville, at Neel
Gap, and in the nature of a celebration
of the completion of the highway
frcm Bellview, N. C. through
North Georgia to Gainsville and
Atlanta. The Association will hold
its regular business meeting in
Cleveland on July 3rd and then come
in a body to the Blairsville territory!
for the July 4th celc bration.
Cherokee County is being asked to
i 1, ?u:? a ? ?u:~ i
year. The work of the Association'
means much to this section as it1
has been instrumental in opening
up several roads leading into this
ri y. C nsiqrentl-. hi",
iness interests of Murphy and Cher I.e.
County should bo vitally Interested
in the work of this Association.
It is expected that more than 10
000 people will be present for the
barbecue and celebration on July
1th. For the purpose of making the
barbecue free a fund of $2,000 is
being raised to provide the various
meats and other necessities to make
the barbecue a success. Mayor W.
M. Fain of Murphy has been design-,
ated as County Chairman for Cherokee
County and has been asked to
raise the county's allotment of 200 to
help defray the expenses of the barbecue
and other free entertainmnt. i
Charles W. White of Helen, Ga. is
President of the Association. Messrs |
O. L. Anderson of Hayesville, J. A.1
Sharp of Young Harris, Gr., and A.
J. Nitzschke of Blue Ridge are the
Vice Presidents; W. Cb Sparks of
Hiawassee, Georgia, is Treasurer i
and B. H. Stone of Blairsville, Ga. is
the Secretary.
It is the consensus of opinion of
the officers of the civic organizations
in Mur~u" that Murphy and Cherokee
County should leave off any
independence Day celebration this
year and join hands with their friends
in North Georgia on that day. The
northen part of Georgia and southern
part of North Carolina are bound together
by many common tiw. not the
least of which is the mutual business
interests of the two sections and the
road systems, which are just now
being completed, will do much more
toward building these sections together.
Chairman W. M. Fain for Chero-!
kee county is inviting and urging al!
civic minded citizens of the county
to rally to his support and help ra'se
the county's quota, to provide free
\.
<0)erc
County, and the Leai
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLIN
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(Ccrv-igH.W S C.)
Singing Convention E
At Marble Springs
Sunday June 14tb
The Cherokee County Singing Con- w
vention will meet with the Marble
Springs Baptist Church r.ext Sunday,
which is June 14th. according to recent
announcement by Mr. E. L.
Bilktrd. secrotnrv-trensurer nf th<? n
county association. This will be the v>
28th annual convention, and quite a G
number of classes have manifested n:
their intention of entering the eon- u
test for the tanner, which ia a,featttte_J
of the convention. The Yellow Hill b(
Indian choir has promised to he cthere
and sing for the convention, and S1
George W. Sebren, of Asheville, s?
publisher of the sonc hook. "Win- tl
ning Praise." which will be used for n>
convention singing, is also expected ci,
to be present end to:. .? pr.rt in the ?'
ringing. n
In making this announcement Mr. w
Ballard stated that all classes and C
singers of Cherokee County are re- fi
quested to bring lunch with them and ei
George W. Seb! en's 1925 song book, V
"Winning Praise," for convention e
singing. The contest for the banner E
will take place in the afternoon. Dinner"
will be served en the grounds at w
the noon hour. j tr
"All classes of the county are ur-J16
ged to be present," said the announce-j G
ment. "and classes and singers of ad- w
joining counties, although they can- w
not participate in the contest, are
cordially invited to mc et and sing with . s<
us on that day. I A
Mr. A. C. Richmond returned or jt
Jrhr.P?/tor frnni a frin t r. PUiloJol.'
phia and New York where he had
been on business. | g,
Mr. C. B. Mayfield of Albany. Ga...
is visiting relatives here this week. te
, k
Mr. M. W. Bell returned Thurs- 's
day night from a visit to relatives on(ai
the Pacific Coast.
1 m
entertainment for those who will th
praticipate in the celebration and
then he requests that the people turn at
out in a body and join in the celebra- H
tion at Neel Gap on July 4th. Many N<
prominent speakers will be present, m
An attempt is being made to have Pi
the Governors of Both North Caro- fa
lina and Georgia, Officials of the th
U. S. office of public Roads and of ov
the North Carolina and Georgia State te
Highway Commissions. J tr
A few volunteers have already th
come forward and tendered their a
contributions and all others who are
interested are asked to write or see ho
Mr. Fa!n at once. in
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1 ing Newspaper in tl
A FR11AY. TtNE 12. 1'.'2"
The June Bride
gag-*"-;"' ITS AU KI6I
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JOARD NAMED
FOR CULLOWHEE
BY GOVERNOR
Giles Coveri Andrews, and Dr.
J. N. Hill, Murphy, Among
Those Named
CULLOWHEK?-The new hoard of
ustees for th Cullowhee State
or ma I School recently appinted l>y
lovernor McLean, met the other day
ad organized and transacted an un-'
sual amount of business for a new
j>ard. The members had been call-j
d tcg'.ther by Governor McLean
jecifically to hear the renort of j
>me special engineers appointed byi
:e Governor to make a study of the
eeds of the institution, and espejally
to study the heating system.
v* 7 which tl:?re has been considerble
controversy. The engineers
ho made the investigation were E.'
. Wiley, of Lynchburg, Va., of thej
rm of Wiley & Wilson, consulting j
ngineers, and Professor L. L. j
aughan, of the State College, Ral-!
igh. They were accompanied by ,
. B. Boynton, of Lynchburg. Rep- \
senting Attorney General Brummitj
ho had recently ruled that a conact
for completing the heating sysm,
held by B. McKenzie, of
reensboro, was invalid. J. H. Har-!
ood, assistant Attorney- General,
as on hand to explain the decision
r his chief and to render any other
>rvice desired by the new board,
ppearing before the board in beilf
of the McKenzie contract were
idge J. S. Manning, former Attor-1
y General, H. A. Underwood, enneer,
Raleigh, and Walter Moore,
irlva, recent chairman of the board
trustees. The new board of truscs
was of the opinion that the Meenzie
contract was invalid, and it
understood that plans will be in-'
igurated at once looking toward
>r.;plctir.g the hcatuig o^slcm and,
aking other improvements, as au-.
orized by the recent legislature. j
Amongf other matters of buisness
tended to were the re-election of;
. T. Hunter as president of the
ormal, the election of certain other '
embtts of the faculty, empowering
resident Hunter to complete the
tculty for 1925-26, provision for|
e settlement of all controversies
er rights-of-way for the water sys-!
m, for taking over the hydro-elec-.
ic plant, for the improvement of.
e grounds, securing the services of i
school physician, etc.
Two of the appointees of the new
iard were not present at this meetg,
Messrs. Reuben Robertson, of
i
?cout
lis Section of Western
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Meeting Called In
Interest Of County
Fair For Friday
About six hundred letters were
mailed out this week t.i farmers and!
business men of the county, caliinp,
a meeting: for Friday, June 12th. for
the purpose of discussing plans for
the county fair this fall. It is hoped
that the fair association will rece ive ,
every oneouragt ment for a good
county fair is of untol-.l benefit to
uny county. The ietter requested;
that all those interested in having a
county fair this fall meet at the
court house at or?e o'clock for the
purpose of discussing plans. It, :s
hoped that a goodly number of representative
citizens ,f th ' county
will respond to the call. The text of
the letter follows:
Murphy, N, C., June 9, 1925
Dear Friend:
After a conference with County
Agent R. W. Gray and some of the
leading men of the county we feel
that we should call a meeting of the
farmers and business men of the
county to discuss ways and moans
for holding our county fair this fall.
This meeting will lie held in the
county courthouse at Murphy on
Friday, June 12th at one o'clock. I
Please talk this over with your
neighbor and bring him and come to t
thus meeting.
Yours for a successful fair,
B. W. SIPE Secretary
Cherokee County Fair Association.
Canton, and W. (>. Dickerson, of.
Rutherfordton. Those present were
Mrs. Giles Cover, of Andrews. Mrs.
J. W. Pless Sr.. of Marion, and Messrs.
J. G. K. McClure, Fairview; H..
T. Shipnvan. Brevard; Alex Moore,
Franklin; J. E. C.-burn. Ery~>? City;
and Dr. J. N. Hill. Murphy. Mrs.;
Cover was elected temporary' chairman
while Reuben Robertson, who
was not present, was made perman
nent chairman. The oath of office
was administered by John D. Norton,
Clerk of the Superior Court of Jackson
County.
100 In Attendance
Sought Bv Men's Class
Of Baptist Church
The Men's Class of the Baptist 1
Sunday School is putting on an in- '
tensive campaign to have 100 men !
in actual attendance by Sunday July '1
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ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
VOL R IC H * *
North Carolina
5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAB
DEED
| WELFARE WORKER
RENDERS REPORT
MONTH OF MAY
H. K.ng Appointed To Succeed
Chairman Martin of County
C ?nrrissicncrs #
O Ju i 1-'., t : Chi rokoe County
L . : 1 i. WelI
i . nthlj meet:
. it: the- office . . t. r.ty v. lfare
- i: t . urt house.
A . . the is ; -r^ant matters trans.
\va> ti. a. ' r.t < ' Mr. R.
j H - > _ ;.> a n -r > : the Board
w succeed Mr. \V. J. alnriiii, xorm]
v < . mar < ? the hoard, and
: v.* r.t- ' f th_- county comf
* r . According t the
N- * . Carolina law. that one person
< an< : k t\\ pu . offices at the
^air.v time. Mr. Martin's place on
tl.i Welfare Board was vacated aut-.maticaily
when" he accepted the
. ffice of County Cimnvissjoners. Howm
r he has l n-n serving on the welfare
hoard until his successor could
i?e appointed.
Mr. King received notice of his
ay; ointment from the .State Departnr.
nt < :' Charities and Public Welfare
at liuh iirh last week. lie attended
the- regular monthly meeting
if the Cherokee County board on
June 1st and assumed the duties of
full membership.
The members of the board now
ate: Mrs. W. B. Johnson, of Murphy
Route 2; Mrs. G. B. Walker, of
Andrews, and Mr. R. H. King.
Besides a discussion ot several
problem cases, which hart' come before
the department during the
month of May, the statistical report
cf the department wos submitted to
the hoard. It follows;
Juvenile Court: Casts remaining
from lust month, i> white boys, 3
white girls, 1 coloted boy. making
a total of 1) cases.
New Cases reported this month, 5
white boys, 1 white girl, making a
total of 6 cases.
Cases handled by court (official)
11 wKitr boy, 2. -Wb'*" jjirb. total ft.
Cases handled by welfare officer,
(unofficial), 5 white boys, total 5.
Poor fund cases: Reported and
invt^ligatcd. 3; placed on poor fund
list, 0; Cases carried to county home,
1.
Miscellaneous: Conferences with
bomd members, 1; conferences with
Juvenile Court1 judge, 7; conferences
general, 67; meetings with board,
1; general meetings, 14; investigations
for mothers' aid, 1; investigations
for family welfare, 3; inspection
of county home, 1; inspection of
facotry, 1: persons advised and assisted
(not otherwise reported) 2;
homo visits made, 30; office calls
received, 17; letters mailed, 45;
phone calls, 8; telegrams sent, 5;
miles traveler, 600; official trip out
side county, 1; investigations for out
side* agencies, 2; number of new cases
reported during month, 16.
tcugned) ANAti KUTH MEDCALF,
Superintendent.
Street Through City
To Open Next Week
Perhaps the greatest bit of news
to both the business and residential
sections of the city is in the announce
ment by road engineers and contractors
that the portion of State Highway
Route No. 10, leading through
the city anu uuL liiiough Fast Murphy,
which has been under blockade
for the past several weeks on account
of the concrete surface being placed,
will be opened for traffic the first of
next week. It is understood that
the contractor will begin removing
the soil covering from the concrete
the latter part of this week and preparing
it for traffic.
12th. The class has been organized
on the army style, with one colonel
and a number of majors and captains,
Mr. C. M. Wofford was elected Colonel,
and the Majors are as follows:
Fred Christopher, T. J. Gilbert,
Spurge Christopher, Fred Moore, and
G. H. Cop*.