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berokee superior court
ended two weeks session
HERE last saturday
I
for?I Docket Finiahed Firat Three
D?ja?Civil Docket Said to
Be Heavy
i
fte regular November Term of
Htfokee County Superior Court
jfcd last Saturday, and Judge T. D.
jryjoE, Solicitor Grover C. Davis, j
id Mrs. Lassie Kelley Cunningham,
lort reporter, returned to their repctire
homes. They returned to
kjfesvillo Monday, where a civil
gm of Clay Superior Court is in
^ab this week.
He crirrinal docket was somewhat
|)>t and consumed the first three
hji of the term. The civil docket'
I said to he one of the heaviest in
gt history of the local court, and,
(iiy a few cases were disposed of(
hiring this term, due to the fact that!
jee case was prolonged over a period
rf several days. The case was that
if B. P. Grant against G. F. Hobilt^1
and Lee Watkins over the owncrfcip
of some ISO acres of acid wood
lad in \alleytown Township. It
aimed five days of the court's
ioe and finally resulted in a mis*
trial
The criminal cases carrying fines
loosed of during this term of court
rterding to court records, follows: '
Willard Barnett. charged with fail
If to support his wife and children,
given two years imprisonment,
t be consigned to work on the pubc
roads of Bunccn-.be or any other }
sty, at the option of the county
nissioners. Barnett was tried
a two years ago for alleged deser-j
In of his wife and children, at
hkh c the court required him to
if $20.00 per month for their
ifport. However, according to re-i
Mi, he failed to do this.
Dive Bryant, charged with the
Vdsr of one Lewis Adams about
jur and a half ago, changed his
ha of not guilty and entered a 1
iu of guilty of munslaughter, and 1
n given 18 months imprisonment
the -tote prison. Bryant was
lot tried at the spring term of '
W4, at which time he was found 1
Oty of murder in the second de-1.
Re and was sentenced to not less;
to 10 and not more that 15 ji
rs imprisonment. At that time ! <
? appealed to the supreme court |i
14 was granted a new trial.
Ifilbur Hickey, charged with be-|:
if drunk and disorderly, was'
tod guilty and sentenced to ten'
hyi in the county jail. !1
Henry Rose, charged with rape
l?n one Mae Gibson, was given1
B5.00 costs. The case, after!:
Rpessing sufficiently to show it 11
m not the charge entered, in the j j
Pinicn of the court, was changed
id Rose entered a plea of prostitu- '
Is the case of Cord Cothran,
tog i d
th burglary, the state!
sflected costs and $500.00 bond
"ws his bondsman, J. W. Neal.
Eothran was bound over to superior j
wt under $500.00 bond, but failed
? appear, and the bond was forced.
The civil cases disposed of. acOfding
court records, are as f ol-11
?>:
In the case of A. R. Bell and
Bell against George Cooper,
the interest in certain lands
i the town of Murphy, a comproto
was reached, the plaintiff pay1
the defendant $225 and court'
k and obtaining posession. '
C. W. Kiker lost hia case against
ke Cherokee Manufacturing Co.,
an alleged contract the plainhad
with the defendant. He .
Haled to the aupreme court. i!
Norma Rhodes waa granted a di- <
"Ho from Ed.'Rhodes.
In the case of Elias Hamby
?Wnst M. H. Queen over the own?*P
of me 160 acres of land |
1 Skoal Creek Township, home place ]
' *ke Ute A, J. Burger, by consent
* Plaintiff retained title to the !
^Porty and court costs were shar- i
*
Fred Gilbert is confined to ;
Mbed this week with serious in***1
injuries as a rosult of an au^?b?le
.accident Sunday afternoon i
the ice plant. It is said Sam
'.he car which
too tie one being driven by her.
Mr. Gilbert escaped un-j!
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Murphy and Cherokee
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ONE CLAY COUNTY FARMER S
EXPERIENCE IN DAIRY CIZ
By Willard R. Anderson, Agent
Some of the tangible or financial
results of dairying in Clay County.
This is a narrative story of the experience
of one of Clay County's
Dairymen.
Irvin Kit hens of Hiawassse township
and Elf community has for seven
and one half months kept accurate
records and this is the story:
On March the 19th, 1925, in co-operation
with his neighbors, bought 3
of 17 cows that were imported into
Clay County. On or about April
the 1st, he disposed of two scrub
cows and purchased two more nice
Jersey cows, making him a heard of
nve nice Jersey cows. At about
that time he provided himself with a
cream separator and nine pigs, this
investment stood him at $295.00.
He sold to his dairy account some
shattered and short corn. He purchased
against this account cotton
seed meal and sweet feed, the sum
total cf which has reached $57.97.
His checks that he has received
from the cream station total;224.81.
He has further credits to
his dairy account of $100 worth of
pork sold and check received, with
one shoat yet to sell and it contracted,
one yearling for slaughter $10,
two heifer calves $15 each or $30.
home supply of milk and butter and
manure made from 5 cows well fedOn
the debit side of this account
he has the following: $57.79 for
concentrate a bulk of roughed he
has fed, 50 bu. of corn fed to pigs,
the purchase price of his cows ana
separator. On the credit side he!
has the following: $224.81 cream
checks, $100.00 worth of shoats sold,
$40.00 worth of calves, his meat |
suppply for the year, and manure
made from roughed and concentrate
fed. When he adds his debit
and credit accounts and subtracts his
debits from his credit account he
has the following: A year's supply
of meat cancels his 50 bushels
of corn, it usually takes 60 bushels
of corn to provide his meat without j
skim milk, the manure ^rom the
cows fed this concentrate pays for;
his roughed. Now subtract the other
debits which are $295 and $57.79,,
making total of $352.79, from!
??ao 01 l : Ulnnno nf ?12.02'
f'Ho.oi, icBiiu^ u SS!S!!9S __
clear profit.
This means that he was able to.
pay for his cows and separator and j
have $12^02 left in seven and one
half months, when more closely analyized
it is $41.00 per month on
the five cows or $8.20 per cow per'
month clear profit or $98.40 peri
year per cow clear profit. When
yuu consider that the income of the
average farmer in Clay County from J
small sources being only $250.00
per year this is quite a difference!
fort Mr. Kitchens' $492.00 income j
whether he has made one cent from,
his com, wheat and other things and(
he has famed as much as usual or
Cfjen
County, and the Lc
MURPHY, NORTH CARO
Thanksgiving
jjj^l
THE BIRTH OF THANKSG1VIN
Thanksgiving Day is. in the Unite
States, the fourth Thursday in Noi
embei, annually set apart for Thank:
giving by proclamation of the Pres.
dent, and of the Governors' of tli
various States.
The Pilgrams set apart a day fc
Thanksgining at Plymouth imntedii
tely after their first harvest, in 162
The event was one of great in
porLunce to them. They had come 1
a wild new country, established the
colony and after a bitter winter an
many hardships had at last bee
rewarded by visions of ultimate su
cess in their \enture. Houses ha
been built and a stockade erect*
and when the terrible winter final!
receded into a gentle spri-.g tl
settlers industriously began the
preparations for a coming harves
Friendly Indians showed them ho
to plant maize, with a fish in evei
hi1! to make it grow. Other sro]
were planted as well and the Pilgrin
tended them with feverish anxiet
When harvest time finally came th<
found that they had been ahundan
ly blessed. Their thankfulness wj
so great that Governor Bradfoi
proclaimed a day of Thanksgivin;
Hunters were set out in search *
game anjl returned later, mostly wit
turkeys. That was the first publ
appearance of our farfamed Thank
giving Turkey.
Massasoit, a friendly Indian Chi
and his entire tribe were invited at
the feart lasted a week.
This was the birth of that partic
larly American event?Thar.ksgivi:
Day.
The Massachusetts Bay Color
celebrated it for the first time i
16,30, and frequently thereafter unt
about 1680, when is became an ai
nual festival in that colony; ar.d Co
necticut as early as 1630, and ai
nually after 1647, except in 1675,
The Dutch in New Netherlam
appointed a day for giving thanks i
1644 and occasionally therafter.
It was observed intermictene
from that time until November 18
when President Lincoln appointed tl
the fourth Thursday in November J
a aay 01 i narin^i*m#, buu since iw
time each President has annual
followed his example.?Selected.
SECOND NUMBER OF
LYCEUM HERE DEC.
The second number of the 192;
26 liceum course will be at the loci
school auditorium on the first Moi
day in December, which is Decen
ber 7th. Miss Laura Forbes, in
personator-entertainer, will erte
tain with reading: and imne-?oni
tions, her program being full cf *humor
and fun?stories of life whit
portray the most common and y<
the most comical.
would have had h not had the cow
Thi? is one of 27 dairy dem^nstrj
tions in Clay County.
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okee^
ad ing Newspaper in thii
UNA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27. 19:
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C'THANKSGIVING DAY
PASSED OFF QUITELY
d
fj.
Thanksgiving day in Murphy passj_
ed off rather quitely. No rowdyism:
or disohder was manifested upon the
streets, ty>ut much noise of conquest ',
and battle sounded forth from the
>r realm of. that material sanctuary of
the home?the dining room?from
I. which bourne no turkey e'er returned!
i- in preventable condition.
;o N?n nrtdjy people were in town f
i: during the day. Most of the men
d had gone to the country hunting,
n Many of the stores remained closed,
o for the greater part of the day, opend
ing only late in the afternoon.
"1 The different churches of the town
l>" held special exercises in keeping with
the occasion. The Baptist held theirs
,r on Wednesday night, the Methodist,
* Thursday Morning, and the Presbyw
terians, Thursday Night. Each aei-j
'y vise was marked with a special props
gram of music, a short sermon in
keeping, and a collection for the or-|
> phanages of the different denomina >'
tions.
t4S
rd MOTHER OF MRS. W.
CHRISTOPHER DIES AT HOME
OF SON IN UNION CO. GA.
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Mrs. B. H. Chastain, age 87, and
mother of Mrs. W. Christopher ofi
this city, died at the home of her
1(* i son last Monday in Union County,
j near Blairsville. Ga., after an illness
u"iof only two days Her Daughter,
Mrs. Christopher, was in Atlanta in
J the hospital at the time, but was able
l>'jto come for the funeral.
in Funeral services were held at
; Eethlehem Church, near Blairsville.
n"j Tuesday, conducted by Rev. Smith
n";of Blairsville, and interment was in
n" | the churchyard.
' Mrs. Chastain is survived by three I
*sj girls and three boys: Mis. W. Chris
topher, of Murphy. Mrs. R. M. Deaver
I of Copperhill; Mrs. W. P. Odom. of;
I Billings, Mo.; and James Chastain.
! of Union County, Ga., with whom
,e she resided; M. J. Chastain of this
13 county; and J. J. Chastain, of
Springfiend, Mc., besides a number
ty of relatives and friends to mourn her
passing.
7 PUBLIC MEETING
FIRST MONDAY
a' There will bi a public m*et1_
iny >t the court bouse oa the
a" first Monday ia December, wbieb
1 is Dec. 7th, at 1 o'clock p. m. of
r~ all the people of the county ia*
!* terested in continuing or dis?.oa,
tinuing the <-ownty demonstra^
tlo-^ rient worl
Are y3" ia faror of the county
agent woi-j. If so, be there
*? yf"n in fnror
S. I of u:,continuing; the county
1-1 agent work? If you are, lk:a bo
| tSere without fail. ,
>cout
I Section of Western N
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LIBRARY COMMITTEE j D
ANNOUNCE RECEIPT OF
VALUABLE COLLECTION
N,
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. N. Powtlirs present
119 In addition to those
selected by People
The Library Committee announce di
this week receipt of 119 volumes of
fiction from Mr. and Mrs. W. V. N. K
Powelson, of Nev York, in addition F
to the 100 books which have been ^
chosen by the people as a Christmas j f'
present to the library. The books i
are now on the shelves ready for in-, it
spection. The list of those selected | si
by the people w-il be forwarded to j S
Mr. Powelson within a few days, and, h
will be presented about Christmas, jp
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mi. runcisuu s Letter together n
with a list of the books follows: j si
New York'*October
23, 1SJ25. V
The Library Committee,
Murphy Carnegie Library, !P
Murphy, N. C.
Ladies & Gentlemen:
It has been a pleasure for Mrs. (c
Powelson and n:e to send to you |0
under separate cover books as shown **
in the list below because I observed jc'
during a recent visit to your lib-1a
rary that books which we had pre-1 '
viously presented to the library ap- w
pearcd to have been much read. Sl
The books listed below are not a part e
of the 100 volumns which Mrs.
Powelson and I will have pleasure ft
in giving to the library at Christmas, P
These 100 volumns are to be chosen ?
by the people of Murphy.
Please permit me to thank you ^
for your kindness in assisting your e
librarian to select the first list of j ^
100 books placed in nomination as P
reported in a recent issue of the 11
Cherokee Scout. j ^
The list of books sent under
seprate cover is as follows:
The Second Jungle Book, Runyard c
Kipling. i ?
Trout Lore, Smith. !
Boys of other Countries, Bayard * p
ll
fa'.ack Beauty, A. Sewell. ,_(
A Society of Spates, Stallybrass. 1 w
The Boy with t \e U. S. Weather t,
Man. Francis Rol'-Weeler. j J
Masters of Spac ?, Towers. n
Buccaneers & Pirates of our Coast, n
Frank R. Stockeon. ' c
The Boy's Book of Canoeing and a
Sailing, Miller. j
The Burning Sp? ar, Galsworthy. c
Viking Tales, Hall. j .
Tales of Chinatown, Sax Rohmer. ^
The Eby's Life of Theodore Roose-!
velt, Hermann Hagedorn.
The Wonders of War in the Air,'
Francis Rolt-Wheel- r. ^
Missionary Hero in Africa, Dr. j(
Lambeit.
The Wonderland of Stamps, Bur- ^
roughs. ^
The Boy's Hokluyt, Bacon.
The Coming of the Peoples Francis p
Rolt-Wheeler.
Swiss Family Robinson, Jean {
Rudolph Wyss.
On the edge of the Wilderness ^
Walter Prichard Eaton. ^
To The Last Man, Zane Gray.
The Flaming Forest, James Oliver j
Curwood.
The Play That Won, Ralph Henry
L'arbour. ^
The Mysterious Rider, Zane Grey.
Change Signals, Ralph Henry Barbour.
Coxwain of the Eight, Ralph F *nry C
Barbour. 1:
The Blue Pearl, Samuel Scoville, r
Jr. I
Livingston the Pathfinder, Basil! I
Mathews. n
The Branding Iron, Katharine
Newltn Burt. o
The Sweep of the Sword, Alfred S
H. Miles. h
Masterman Ready, Captain Marry. S
at. C
A Passage to India, E. M. Forster. I
The Thundering Herd. Zane Grey. I
Wonder Book of The Eible. Stokes I
Wild Animals of North America, 1
National Geographic Society. I
Famous Dogs in Fiction, J. Walker J
CcSpadden. \
Boone of the Wilderness, Daniel I
Henderson. t
Heros every child should know, (
H. W. Mabie. I
Bruce, Aloert Payson Terhune. I
The Quest of the Golden Valley 1
Behnore Browne. /
Frank at Don Carlo's Rancho. I
Harry Castlemon. 1
Right End Emmerson, Ralph (
! Henry Barbour. I
' (Coatinaed 0n P**? 6) JI
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ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH'*
orth Carolina
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5c COPY? >1.60 PER YEAB
EMONSTRATION WORK IN
CHEROKEE IS PROGRESSING
Irs. Johnson and Miss Mitcholl inspect
Work Done in Cherokee
Under Rockefeller Foundation
A visit of inspection of the work
one under the Rockefeller Foundaon
in Cherokee County, by Mrs.
ate Burr Johnson, Commissioner of
ublic Welfare, and Miss Lily E.
litchell, director of case-work in the
?ur counties carrying on the demonration
work, brought forth express.
?ns of high praise of the work of the
jperintendent. Miss Elizabeth
mith n^.l -U. ?
-uu vt nic wnj-tranon Riven
er by the county officials and the
eople of the county generally. The
i>ur counties in which this demontration
work is being carried on are
herokee, Orange, Chatham and
i'ake.
The work for Cherokee County is
lanned definitely for several monti..
a come, and Miss Smith's p*.ar.? -?rtlude
an orthopedic clinic, a tonsil
linic for school children, and a genral
teachers meeting in the winter,
lost of the rural schools in the
ounty start their sessions in August,
nd end in February, and in spite of
le difficulties of transportation
hich have to be overcome, the
chool attendance law is being genrally
satisfactorily enforced.
While in Cherokee, Mrs. Johnson
ddressed the Woman's Club of Murhy,
the Parent-Teachers Association
f Andrews and the congregation of
lie Murphy* Eaptist Church. The
oards of county commissioners, of
ducation, and of Welfare, met with
Irs Johnson in joint session, and exressed
hearty praise of the work betg
done in Cherokee County under
lie Rockefeller Foundation.
Cherokee County is being considerd
as an ideal place for a proposed
ettlement school, which will be start
d in the near future by the Russell
???? Foundation. If it should be
>cated in Cherokee County, the peole
have offered land, lumber and
ibor for its establishment. The
chool, if placed in Cherokee County,
rould be located near the Clay Couny
line, and since it would be modeld
after the Folk Schools of Denmark
seeking to bring to a comlunity
a constructive program of
ommunity organization particularly
long economic lines, it would be a
ecided addition to the life of the
ounty.?Public Welfare Progress.
tCED RANGER WOMAN
PASSES TO REWARD
Mrs. J. E. Graham, age about 6S
ears, died at her home in Ranger
ast Friday, the 20th, after an illness
f several months. She was a mem.
er of the Baptist chureh, having proessed
faith early in life.
Funeral services were conducted at
'airview Church Saturday by the
lastor, Rev. W. D. Hogsed. and inerment
was in the churchyard.
She is survived by her husband,
wo daughters and four sons: Mrs.
>tiles and Mrs. Campbell, of Birch;
nd Arthur, Napoleon, William, and
Earnest Graham, all of this county.
VELFARE SUPTS. REPORT
FOR MONTH OCTOBER
On November 2nd the Cherokee
bounty Board of Charities and Pubic
welfare held its regular monthly
neeting in the office of the Welfare
)cpartment in the Court House. Mrs.
V. B. Johnson and Mrs. R. H. King,
ne.nbers of the Board were present.
The monthly report of the Supt.
f Public Welfare Miss Elizabeth
>mith, for Oct. was submitted to the
oard. It follows:
khool attendance
Children Reported 48
tAurned to School 47
nvestigations by Letter 41
nvestigations by Visit 8
i^osecutions 2
*overty Cases Investigated ...3
dumber Provided for 3
'isits to Schools 6
?oor Fund Cases Reported & Invesigated
... 1
Jeneral Conferences ... ?98
taard Meetings 2
Employment Cortifcates 1
f'atole work children 1
Arsons Advised -.15
Visits - - 42
)ffice Calls ? 81
letters Mailed ? 61
ttiles Traveled :?
.