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"""" ir it isirr in THE SCOUT its because we didn't know it The Official Organ VOLUME XXXVILNo. 15. fair secretary makes STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Contract With Carnival Company Prohibited Gambling Devicies 1 And Game? of Chanco In a letter this week from B. W.' Sipe secretary of the Cherokee County Fiir Association, relative to discontinuing the county agent work in the county, Mr. Sipe States that "It was ipecifically stated in the contract with the carnival company that no gambling devices or games of chance were to be permitted on the fair grounds." The letter of Mr. Sipe follows the announcement last week that tha County Commissioners had voted to duojr.-inue the county agent work and : r.ming the conduct of the reMnt fhir tnpfthor with th? *>-> .. losers at the gambling machines that they would sue the county for the money lost, as reasons for the action. As a result, The Scout was asked to call a meeting to be held the first Monday in December at the court house st 1 o'clock in the afternoon of those interested ih continuing or discontinuing the work in the county. The commissioners have expressed a desire that the people turn out and settle the matter one way or the other and for all time. According to information reaching The Scout, many are against the work and many are for it, and very few people like to see their opinions expressed in print. However, all indications are that practically the en- 1 tire county expects to turn out at the i court house on the first Monday in ' December next, at 1 o'clock, at wheh ] time some settlement of the question will be made. 1 The text of Mr. Sipe's lettei follow a in full. From the letter of Commissioner Holland in last week's issue of the ' Scout, 1 gather that the chief reason why the County Commissioners are planning to let the County Agent go is on account of the operation of Roulette Wheels on the fair grounds by Rice Brothers Shows during the fair. Or. behalf of the Executive Committee of the Fair I wish to say it was apecially stated in the contract with the Carnival company that no gambling devices or games of chance were to be permitted on the fair grounds. These roulette Wheels were put in operation without the knowledge of the execueive committee of the fair uu M>UO U 1L WiU icoilicu Wliai they were being operated, the writer I end two other members of the executive committee went to Mr. Rice end had them stopped. At this time Mr. Rice admitted that he had no right to operate them under his contract ^ ith the Fair. On behalf of Mr. Gray I wish to f ?y that he was not responsible for ( anything the show people did and < hould not be held responsible by j th? people. No member of the executive com- . aittee favors any kind of gambling ^ or games of chance and they re- f fret that such games were surrep- ( titiously introduced on the fair (rounds. c No fair can be successfully operat?d without shows on the grounds. ^ The State Fair lost more than $50,- j 000 when it tried to operate four j Turn ago without shows on the g (rounds. The county agent many times over ^ *n?s the salary the county! pays j ^ His salary costs the tax payers! of the county only 1 and V4 cents | ] oa the hundred dollars valuation property. The State puts nearly twice this amount into the county kscause of the accent work. Al, I P^oaal of the report of the county ' *??t will show that he has saved c ftc county many dollars. v Y Agriculture is the biggest single t j * ?? ? in the county. It certainly g | to have a head-namely the 5 ' ay agent. i [ *he experimental school that Is < | estahliabed In the Peach tree t ftasoowti section will greatly need t J* cooperation of the county agent t the operation of their expert- . * ** ' farm. This school will be , **th untold ftumat the people 1 s^gucally and socially and de- 1 ** the wholehearted cooperation 1 ft err v sn the county. 1 ft h : . -tat a large majori- * 2 ^ citizens of the county will i the continuation of the oounty " \ WfL of Murphy ?nd Cherok Dis . Jk t PHOTO SHOWS TWO POSES OF TV spent several days with his aunt, Mrs. Iy, Jr., who is spending the winter witt D \ S. C. Heighway at the Regal Hotel COUNTY UNIT PLAN EDUCATION ADOPTED BY BOARDS AT MEETING First Building of a Series of Consolidated Schools to Be Erected In Martins Creek Section ? At a joint meeting of the County | Hoard of Education and the Cherokee j bounty Commissioners Monday a moron was carried to accept the county- j vide plan of organization for Chero-; roe County, and to erect a modern 1 trick school building in the Martin's Zreck district, consolidating the I Jelleview, Urasstown and Harshaw J chools. School authorities of both the coun- j y and state have been working on j he county wide plan for the pastl hree years, gathering data, preparing naps, etc., and the plan is looked up-. >n in educational circles as one of the j nost progressive forward steps in thej ounty in some years. The first building of a series to be( erected in the county will cost ap-l proximately $35,000, which sum will; >e loaned the county from the special i public school building fund of the J itate, to be repaid over a period of wenty years. It is understood that tate authorities will have supervison of construction, all detail work, c idvertising and letting of contract itc., being handled from the Raleigh pffice. It will be constructed in accordance with the plans and7 specifications of the state architect. The Board of Education is compos- v cd of J. P. Palmer, chairman; Mrs. W. ^ i. Fisher, and T. T. Johnson, and A. j. Martin, is County Superintendent; ind the Board of County Commissioners is composed of T. W. Axley, chairman; W. T. Holland and W. J. dartin. t 5R1TTA1N & AXLEY TO v BUILD ON CORNER LOT t t Announcement was made this reek that Mr. L. W. Brittain and a T. W. Axley will begin at once the b onstruction of a modern two-story |u >rick structure on their property on fc he corner next to W. Christopher's n tore. The building will be about S 12 feet by ninety, and contain a w >asement. The second story, it is 11 ontemplated, will be cut up for of- d Ices, and it is not known just yet e rhat sort of business will occupy si he first floo* p t< gent work snd it is hoped that they E rill come to the public meeting to be a: 1 eld in the courthouse the first Jfonday in December at one o'clock tl tnd tell the comndssioners that they h; rant this work continued. h B. W. SIPS, Secretary q Cherokee County Fair Association B " A Ctjeri ee County, and the Lei MURPHY, NORTH CAROLIN itinguished Visi COBB, famous baseball player, wh< No? a Cobb White, who is a teacher i i Mrs. White and attending school h? I Monday. LAST CHANCE TO VOTE FOR POWELSON GIFT On another page of thit inue will be found list of bsoki from which the gift of Mr. W. V. N. Powelson will be selected. You j have a chance?and this is the last i one??of helping select that gift. Select the 100 books of your choice, mark them thus: (X) and sign your name where indicated and turn the ballot over to the j Librarian Saturday Sure! Don't t delay, but act at onca! The list this week contains 100 more books, as the list put in nomination by the Librarian was inadvertantly ommitted from the ( ballot last week. Again you are urged to vote I .iit.M.1 T?.. i;.? ?...? k. turned over to Mr. Powclion as I soon as possible so that he will bare time to purchase the hooks 1 and gire them to Old Sar.ta to | be delivered by Xmas! VSHEV1LLE-MURPHY-ATLANTA ; LINK A. S. H. APPROVED AS NATIONAL HIGHWAY i election Will Mean Much to Sections Traversed by This Already Widely Advertised Scenic Route Announcement reached here this) reek that the Asheville-Murphy-Atinta link of the Appalachian Scenic ighway had been selected as Route ?o. 270 of a system of roads to be Down as the United States High-' rays. This announcement will mean] nuch to the sections traversed by! his already widely advertised high-, ray, and will have a tendency to! urn a still larger stream of tourist srffic through Murphy. The system of roads to be known ? ITnitod States hiehv/avs. selected! y the joint board of interstate highrays, has been approved by secresry of Agriculture, Jardine. The eport of the board designating 75,84 miles of road, each route of rhich has been given a number, and tcluding designs for standard irection and warning signs to be rected on all routes, was recently ibmitted to the Secretary. This reort he has approved and forwarded > the American Association of State [ighway Officials how holdL:0 tlicir nnusl meeting'in Detroit. This action completes the work of lie board of 24 State and Federal ighway officials appointed list [arch by Secretary Gore at t' uest of the Association of State [ighway officials. j r] jkee is> 'ding Newspaper in this ========= A FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20. 1925 tor ^ iv .. . r? . , . ? i t > was a Murphy visitor this week. He : in the local high school, and his son, ' ?rc. He was the luncheon guest of < FIRE ASSOCIATION TO BE ORGANIZED IN CLAY ( AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES : District Forester Alexander Here This j v Week?To Return Sometime ' { In January I Announcement was made this week I a by District Forester T. W. Alexander | t that a protective forest fire associa- j j tion would be organized in Cherokee j j ana v.iay counties soon, me organ-1 2 ization is the outgrowth of the dis- r continuance of co-operation with the }, State Forest Service by the counties of Cherokee and Clrfy sometime ago. j r While here Mr. Alexander sought: the co-operation of lumber and tim-' p ber companies and other holders of! fc 1 large timber acreages in an effort to'p 'give the forests of the two countiesj some protection from fires. It is j p understood that such large holders I p of timber acreage as Cover Brothers.! t Andrews Manufacturing Co., Savage]" Brothers, Hiawassee Lumber Co., M. j, E. Cozad, and others have agreed to|? enter the association. The U. S.j c Government has also agreed to enter J the large forest reserve above An- j n drews. 4 " It! The plan as outlined by Mr. Alex-. d ander is to acquire approximately; h 100,000 acres of forest lands in the ij two counties and perhaps some inr tl Macon, which county is co-operating a with the State. The cost to the for-1 est land owners will be one cent an' s acre, and the State has agreed to, match this sum, cent for cent. This will give the association something, like $2,000.00 to be used in the prevention and fighting of forest fires, j c It is contemplated to erect a look-! t| out tower on top of Tusquittee Bald j \ or some other point of vantage, for; n the purpose of keeping a lookout for j w first and reporting as quickly as, possible any that might break out. |" Mr. Alexander succeeded Carl I f Peterson as district forester for Wes-j tern North Carolina cn Aug. 1st, Mr. Peterson going to Tennessee as assist. *> ant state forester. Before coming 1 to North Carolina, Mr. Alexander wa? fi id charge of the holdings of the T Southern Lumber and Timber Co.. ? of Hawkinsyille, Ga. He was with it the U. S. Purest Service for some ? three years before going to the Geor- f< gia concern. a Mr. Alexander expects to return H to this section about the first of the b year, at which time the organization d of a forest fire procteetive aaaoeia- ? \ion will be completed. s| i, Or.o >rm in Edgecombe County si is so badly af "acted with wilt that si <*\> - ,ar Ap??t Zen3 Moore aivised "'ther fcbcjiJon cotton growing or ei&e plant a wilt resultant o variety. ' yfifiSJHk I" Section of Western TY COBB. FAMOUS BASEBALL PLAYER. VISITS MURPHY Visits Aunt and Little Son?Speaks to Local School At Chapel Exercises Tyrus Raymond Cobb, bettor known bb Ty Cobb, the brilliant Georgia peach of Bascbilldom. and hailed by critica and sport writers the countrv ovpp *>? , t..? greatest baseball player of his time, spent sometime in Murphy this week, visiting his aunt. Mrs. Nora Cobb White, teacher ir the local high school, and His son Ty Jr., who is spending the winter with Mrs. White and who is a student in the Murphy Graded School. "I would rather be at the bat facing Walter Johnson on a real dark day any time than to make a public speech," said Ty in the course of his remarks at chapel exercises ol the local school Monday morning. A breathless silence fell upon the crowded auditorium of some five hundred pupils as the famous baseball player and idol of many an ambitious youth, rose to speak. Ty Cobb was introduced by Superintendent B. W. Sipe, after a song and scripture reading and a few remarks on success as the world term? it and the outstanding character* that have gone out of this section and attained success. Ty began by saying that he had never gone in for public speaking and it was a trying proposition indeed to ?et up before so many eager face* ind make a talk, but if he were on1 ;he ball field he might do something] mtertaining in his line. He admonished boys and girls to ret an education. "One of the refrets of my life is that I did not :ontinue my studies after high school ind get a college education," he haid 'If 1 had my life to live over, I vould forego baseball for an educaion". He told aspiring young athletes hat health was a great advantage, in my realm of life and urged them o train the brain as well as the bodv. I le told the boys not to use tobacco n any form until after they became !1, and in all likelyhood they would lot use it then. Smoking he said lad great effect on one's growth and ievelopment and admonished boys to efrain from the habit. "I did not smoke until after I was iast twenty-one, and I like to inspire loys to let it alone until they are iast that age." Ty Cobb stated that he believed the rogress of North Carolina and the iace being set by this state was due o good roads and good schools Good roads and good schools go and in hand with progress," he said and naturally they attract big businss into your state." He expressed himself as being luch impressed with Murphy and he outlook for the future growth and evclopment of the town. Ty recalled is visit to Murphy when a boy, havng played ball with the team here on he site of the present fair grounds nd baseball park, TANDARD OIL CO. TO PUT FILLING STATION ON WELLS CORNER The Standard Oil Co., has reently acquired the corner known as he Wells property from Dr. H. N. Veils. It is understood that a nodern filling and service station rill be constructed soon. LED CROSS DRIVE NETS 90 MEMBERS FOR MURPHY The Red Cross Roll Call, which egan on Armistice Day, November 1th, had netted slightly more than ifty membership tor Murphy by hursday of this week The drive will ontinue until Thankgiving day and ; is the hope of workers that still therfl may be received. One half the onds collected will be used locally nd die other will go to the National led Cross Organisation, which will e used in relieving suffering and istress all over the country. In resnt years large sums have been pent by the Red Cross Organisation 1 the South and Southeast to relieve affering and want following floods, Somas, etc. The Scout regrets that a number ? articles had to be ommitted this ie?k from lack of tphee. 1 ADVERTISE IN j THE SCOUT j "IT WILL M AKI j YOU RICH** | North Carolina 5c COPY?$1.60 PER TEA* "" FOLK SCHOOL LOCATED IN BRASSTOWN SECTION OF THE COUNTY Decision Announced Monday- Night At Meeting By Miss Butler And Mrs. Campbell At a meeting of the Citizen* of | the Brasstown and Peachtree communities in the Brasstown Church Monday night of this week, Mrs. John C. Campbell and Miss Marguerite Butler announced that they had decided to locate an experimental folk school in the locality. Mrs. Campbell and Miss Butler have been looking for a location for such a school for several months throughout the Appalachian Region and the people of this section account themselves very fortunate in that the school is to be located here. The Brasstown I section possesses the physical and economic factors for which these workers were looking and the unusually high type of citizenship of the section and their ardent desire for the school were influential factors in deciding the location of the school here. Miss Butler cams to this section about six or eight weeks ago and was impressed with the conditions she found and accordingly invited Mrs. Campbell to come here at once for farther investigation. Mrs. Campbell could not come at that time. However, about two week ngo, both Mrs. Campbell and Miss Butler returned and have been going over parts of Cherokee and Clay counties during this time talking with the people about the school, visiting in their homes, and weighing the various factors that enter into the successful operation of the school. The decision was announced Monday night following addresses by both Miss Butler and Mrs. Campbell and talks by local people. Mr. J. H. Dillard presidend at the meeting. The people of the community where jubilant over the announcement. A number of Citizens from Mitmhv *?*>?' ville were present at the meeting. Mr. Witherspoon and Mr. Clary talked after the announcement of the location of the school was made, and the entire group sang one verse ot America before being dismissed. This school is to be modeled after the Danish Folk High Schools. Mrs. Campbell and Miss Butler spent nearly a year in the Scandinavian countries studying these schools under the auspices of the Russell Sage Foundation. This section was selected for the school over the entire Southern Appalachian Region. The people of (Continued on p*f 6) ENTHUSIASTIC ROAD MEETING HELD TUESDAY NIGHT AT UNAKA Beaverdam Citixens Raise $100 to Help, Advertise New Connection With Tennessee Unaka, Nov. 18.?One of the most enthusiastic road meetings ever held in Unaka was held last night, and was attended by citizens from all over Beaverdam Township. Sometime ago citizens of Monroe "County Tennessee asked the citizens of Beaverdam Township and Cherokee County to raise $100 to supplement the fund of $300 raised by them for* the purpose of advertising the new highway connection between the two counties and States. A discussion was led by U. S. G. Pihllips, J. H. Crawford, S. W. Evans, W. D. Burrell and others. The meeting was a very enthusiastic one and it took only about ten minutes to raise the $100 asked. * *4 The road in question leads from Murphy through Beaverdam Township into Tennessee at Unicoi Gap, and on to Tellico Plains, Madisonville, and into the Lee Highway at Sweetwater, constituting the most direct route from Murphy to Knoxville, Tenn. The Tennessee portion of the new highway is completed, and all but about four miles in North Carolina is completed. J. H. Crawford has thn contract for the unfinished portion, which lies from the Burrell place to the foot of Hammond Mountain west of Unaka, and it is expected that it will be finished soon. However, it is open to travel at all times. The opening of this new highway into Tennessee is the occasion for great rejoicing by the people of thin entire section. _ ^
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