K if IT ISN'T IN
I THE SCOUT
jt irS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
S KNOW IT
S The Official Organ of
I vol .i-miTxxxvii. X.,. 14.
I DOCKERY FAVORS
H AN EQUAL CHANCF
| FOR SHOAL CREEK
Request Thai Town?hip? Sord De!e
r gate* to Mut?*hy First Monday
K In May To Urge Com mil
sioners to Call Flection
"I certainly approve of a legalized
election." states J. T. Dockery in a
lettl r : The Scout this week. Mr.
Dockery also states that he is in
favor f pivinj: Shoal Creek an equal
chance with the other proposed r.i Jtes
A mass meeting of the people of
F." verdant Township i* to be held
Apr 10th. to select representatives
" i Murphy . n tho i"irsf Monin
May to ursre the In,.
<r- to call an election th::t the mat
ter might 1 ? settled by
? i vote on the matter, and urges the
ther t wmshlpa to take simQar steps.
Committee to wait on Stikeleathcr
It was stated by members of the
i rat? - ad Commission that at the
i meeting of the commission on
t i fit st Monday in March a committee
was appointed by that, body, com.
: i of A. Rice and D. S. Russell, t<?
tak the n*atter m with Mr. Stikeher
to the end that a definite
ecti n be made and official ap?
gtven. Mr. Stikeleathei hs*
been out of AsheviHe for several
weeks on the goal will tonr sponsored
by the Asheville Chamber <>f Commerce
and the committee could not
' with him. However, he returnAsheville
the first of the week
. . when he is to see the committee
was not learned.
5 Dodtery't Letter
Mr. Dockery's letter, with a numotl
em followk:
GRANDVIEW, N. C.
March 29. 192fi.
Sditor Cherokee Scout:
I certainly approve of a legalized
Section in liva Of a straw ballot in
i rtlng on the State Highway problem
ting us with the State of Tcnssee
and feci sure this is the senti-l
nents "f my Township, since it has
: the approval of the other contending
Townships. Will say that 1
ras in conference at Unaka Saturday, i
ihe 27 of this month with a number]
citizens relatixe to this last plan,
f votinc nnd it h;?s their heartv no-I
Jroval and we are perfectly willing,
'or the Shoal Creek route to have|
?qual chance with the other Town-1
ihips in this election, I want ouri
fiends Mr. McNabh with the other j
lood citizens of that Township to |
mow that we have no unkind feel-j
ng against their Townshin. It was
Kir el y from the statement of Mr.
Vabater that the former proposition
fas stated as it was.
We have three graded roads leadng
west into Tennessee, hut we can't
;et but one of these taken over at
i time, so lets look for the most nrac-l
:eal route and so cast our ballot.
Beaverdam Township will meet in
i mass meeting Saturday, April 10th
> send representatives to Murphy the
irst Monday in May to ask our Coun-!
y Commissioners to order that thisj
lection come in connection with the
irimary in June. We request that our,
Mphhorinp Townships do likewise and
ets pet this all important question
ettled.
J. T. DOCKERY.
IJitor The Scout:
I read with much interest Mr.
Mockery's plan for locating: the State
lighway from Murphy, to the Ten-(
.essee State line. While there is,
hat about it to commend it, still it
.13 its weak places. We are all more
>r less selfish and would be consider*,
>d fools if we didn't vote for the road
> pass through our community, which
10 dpubt. each of us will do. regard-1
es of the cost to build and hard sur-,
face >
If I remember correctly, our locatEngineer,
several months ago.
ifter making a careful survey of the
then three proposed routes, recommended
the Hothouse route as being
the shortest, easiest to our people
as a whole. Now, if all our-citizens
knew this to be n fact, or believed
it to be so, then they would roll
uo a great majority for the Hothouse
Route.
In studying the locating Engineer's
argument for the Hothouse Route.
I find every point sound, with still
ethers not mentioned in his recommendation,
which have since develop-;
? i
(Continued on page 5)
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TO BE PRESENTED
BY LOCAL TALENT
Play Will Be Given Friday Night,
April 2nd, for Benefit of
Local School
"IVr: 0' My Heart," is the title of
the play to be given at the school
auditorium Friday night, April 2nd.
at 7:30, by local talent. The stoi y
centers around a little Irish girl, des
cended from a prominent old English
family, who is the heroine of
the play.
The play is full of action and dramatic
situations. The scene is laid in
London, and all three acts take place
in the living room of Regal Villa,
the Chichester home in Scarborough.
It is a very popular play, and had a
long succussful run abroad before com
in to this country, where it met with
instant favor. It was only recently
that owners of the comedy released
it to amateur players.
It is being directed by Mrs. L. P.
Kinsev, and the proceeds will go to
the benefit of the school.
MOTION PICTURES FOR
ALL OF CLAY COUNTY
Through the service rendered by
the United States Department of
Agriculture) and the co-operation of
the Delco Lighting Co., Clay County
will get the advantage of two weeks
motion pictures. The U. S. D. A. is
furnshing the films and the Delco
Lighting Co. is furnishing the power
for the County Agent to run these
pictures. *""
The pictures will be at the following
places at the named dates:
Curtis Community ? Wednesday
Night, March 31, 1926; Elf Community?Thursday
night, April 1, 1926:
Hayesville Community?Friday night.
April 2, 1926; Sweetwater Community?Saturday
night, April 3, 1926:
/ u; u:n ** i
^?iKJfcr "?i vwinmuuHj iuuiiua}
night, April o, 1926; Upper Tusqnittee
Community?Tuesday night, April
6. 1926; Shooting Creek Community?
Wednesday night, April 7, 1926; Ogden
Community?Thursday night.
April 8, 1926; Brass town Community
?Friday night April 9, 1926.
Signed?WILLARD R. ANDERSON.
County* Agent, j
Exam For Blue Ridge
Postoffice Here Sat.
A civil service examination was
held hero Saturday under the direction
of the local postoffice for %l?e
postoffice at Blue Ridge, Ga. Only
i\vc applicants stood the examination
for the place. Miss Floy D. Stiles
ar.d F. W. Prdget. C. W. McAfee is
the present incumbent, and it is understood
that he went to Atlanta for
examination.
: County, and the Leadii
MUiil'HV. North Carolina
The Pre-Easter T<
REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE
HELD MEET
Endurie National Platform and
Brownlow Jackscn for State j
Chairman
Ashevile, Mar. 27.? (Special) Much;
enthusiasm featured the meeting of
Republican Executive Committee for
the 10th North Carolina Congression-,
j al District which met in Ashevilie on (
| this date to discuss the coming e.-tm- ^
j.aign and political matters in general..
One of the first actions taken by
' the Committee was the endorsement j
of the Republican National platform.
The Committee also went on re-'
cord as unanimously approving: the
managment of the affairs of the Re-1
publican party in North Carolinh* ,
by the state organization and especial;!y
commending State Chairman W. .
i Rraharn for his efficient service to,
the party. To fill the vacancy which i
will occur upon his retirement, the ,
! Committee went on record as being:;
unanimously in favor of Ilor.. Brown-!
; low Jackson of Hendersonville as the J
Republican State Chairman.
Although the Committee took no |
definite action regarding the coming i
Congressional Convention, it was j
unanimously conceded that Captain R.
Kenneth Smathers, native of Canton
and a practicing attorney in Asheville.
whose candidacy has met with approval
throughout the District, would re-,
ceive the nomination without oppo-.
! sition.
Just when a District Convention j
will be called was not decided, but it |
is thought that no convention will be
held until early fall, at which timo:
a General Mass Meeting and Convention
will be held and the campaign
be launched. It is rumored that Gen.
Chas. G. Dawes, Vice-President of the
United States, will be invited to he
present to sound the keynote of the
occasion. !
i
Work on Dr. Hill's
Residence Progressing
Work is? progressing rapidly on the
residence of Dr. J. N. Hill, which is
being erected on his property in j
Bealtown adjacent that of J. A. j
Richardson. The exterior of it is
just about completed. This handsome
residence will be one among
the finest in Murphy and will cost
around $12,00.
Walls Brittain-Axley
Building Completed
The walls of the Brittain-Axley
building on the corner of Tennessee
and Hiawassee streets were c ample t.
ed last week and the roof is being
finished up this week. Work on
this building is nearing completion.
-?g News paper in
FRIDAY. Ai*l:iL 2. 1926.
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Young Harris
Woman's Club To
Build Club House
Unique and interesting Program Carried
Out At Recent Meeting
Young Harris, Ga.. March 30.?The
Young Harris Woman's Club is planning
t erect a long cabin club house
n the campus of Young Harris <~-i.
lege in the immediate future, officers,
of the club announced this week.
Meetings have heretofore been held
in the parsonage, and the announcement
that a permanent club house is
to be- built is hailed with enthusiasm
by club workers here.
The club recently held a meeting
at which a rather unique and interesting
program was carried nut. ?n ?<?.
count of which is taken from The
Rnotah Echoes, the semi-monthly or. ^
Iran of the Young Harris College student
body, as follows:
"At the previous meeting four
members were appointed to prepare
n program for the next meeting,
each one keeping her own stunt a
'secret until that time. Consequently
the numbers were very diifferent.
They were: an old field school recitation,
by Mrs. Ozborn; a fancy wand
drill, by Mrs. Bruce; a reading from
Sehreiner, by Mrs. Mann; and concluling
the program, Mrs. J. P. Hampton,
assisted by Mrs. Harvey Caldwell a.-1
hostess, introduced a 'topic conversation'
during which every one was
exhaust her power of speech. Next
came a 'menu cntest,' Mrs. J. W.
Sharp winning t he prize, a large j
beautiful valentine. Then followed,
a 'mum supper* which included the;
refreshments for the evening, a delicious
fruit salad course, carrying
out the valentine motif. After which i
cake and coffee were served, vher. j
the restriction of speech wa? removed.
"The evening was so much enjoyed
by all present that the same idea
for the program will be carried out <
at the next meeting.?Mrs. W. S.
Mann. Chairman of Publicity."
onicers ot tne ciud are: Airs. > ,
B. Tolar. President; Mrs. Harvey
Caldwell. Vice-President; Mrs. Maude!
Potts. Secretary; and Mrs. W. S.
Mann. Chairman of Publicity.
Contract Let For
Filling Station
On Wells Cornet
It is learned this week that con-J
tract was let for the erection of a
filling: station on the Wells corne j
by the Standard Oil Company, the!
building: and equipment to cos* ap
proximately $20,000. The buildi^j
which now stands on the property ha^-!
been sold to John H. Hall and will J
he removed at once. It was not j
lea rued who the contractor was. !
i>?OUt
f>-.ion "*tern Ne
OLMSTED'S NOVEL
AT i OP OF TOBIN,'
READY FOR SALE
ateit Book of Former Murphy Boy"?
Pen Depicts Many Scenes Of
Childhood Home
"At Top of Tobin" is the title of
the latest creation from the pen of
:tanley Olmsted, former Murphy boy
d author and writer of wide renown.
Many of the' scenes of Mr
Olmsted's novel are laid in and
around Murphy and his friends here
will scan its pages with keen interest
Mr. Olmsted visited in Murphy las
summer at which time he announced
that the book was in the hands of the
printer. It was published at New
York by Lincoln Mac Vcagh of the
Dial Press. A descriptive folder
sent out by the publisher for advanced
publicity purposes gives the price
at $2.50, which includes a wood cut
showing the likeness of the old Methodist
church building upon the hill.
The book contains 497 pages.
The short description given in the
folder follows:
"At top of Tobin,* by Stanley
Olmsted, Author of 'The Noncha1aute/
The Emotionalist/ etc., A
c i of the North Carolina mountains
which combines the most modern
photographic realism with a pronounced
at 1 abiding sentimental appeal.
Mr. Olmsted preserves a whole country
side and a whole county full of
people from the change that modern
life has brought to the land of his
boyhood. He has written an American
novel on a grand scale.
The peculiar charm of Stanley Olmsted's
'At Top of Tobin/ the big
novel of the North Carolina mountains,
comes in part, at least, from
the fact that the novel is autobiographical.
Chester is Mr. Olmsted, of
course. He never grows up in the
novel, but ahead of hint lies Mr. Olmsted's
varied career. Pa Nat is the
elder Olmsted, who started as a government
clerk at $60 a month and became
director of the Cuban census
first statistician of his time lu Am?n
ca and honorary Brigadier General in
the Army. In the novel we see Molly.
Chester's mother, insisting that Pa
Nat go to Washington to begin th s
career. Molly is the central character
of the story. To her is largely
due the charm of the novel, which
radiates to all the characters and
scenes. She is a definite creation in
American fiction, an individual and
a type, the lovely, canny, tenacious
ambitious, dominating Scotch-It ish
woman of the hills whose husband and
children are inevitably moulded to
her aim of bettering themselves.
"Tobin Mr. Olmsted insists is no
particular town, t?ut let it stand for
Murphy, X. C., of which it is undoubt.
edly the type. The Tobinities of the
book are the mvellets or the .Murphy
hills a generation or so ago, before
the coming of the railroad. The
society recorded is that of an older
America surviving quietly in an isolated
spot while most of the continent
resounds with the clamor of progress
As the story telis, the family moved
to Jacksonville, Florida, when Chester
was six years old, returning for
happy interludes at home. Thereafter,
Chester steps out of the novel?
is no longer the character, but the
author. Two years at George Wash
ington University, four years music
study in Europe, Director of Piano
Depaitment at Ithaca conservatory
Prof essor of Piano
at Syracuse University, author of two
novels published by Holt and Apple
ton and of short stories in twentyfive
magazines, atcor on Broadway
writer on the Morning Telegraph and
the Evening Mai:. Moving Picture!
Title Writer for the Yitagraph and
then Scenario Editor, author of *'The
Posturer," a novelette published by
Mencken in the Smart Set, and final
Iv retired to his native hills to write
the story of Tobin,?such is the story
of Stanley Olmstt-ad
"At Top of Tobin' will appeal to all
who love the memories of childhood
and all who delight in perceiving new
aspects of the American scene, as yet
so far from exhausted in our literature.
It is pleasant to note the American
novel turning away form the drab
cynicism of the recent years. The
disillusion which experience ha?
brought to Mr. Olmsted does not extend
to fundamentals. There is no
bitterness in the tang of his irony.
He knows life does not have to be
prosperous to be sweet."
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ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH"
'dii Carolina
6c COPY?$1.60 PER YEAR
FRAUDULENT
BOOK AGENT
IN MURPHY
Had lamr.'ei and literature that Ap*
Spearrd Genuine?Several Murphy
People Victim*
;
A letter received last week from
J. A. Richaids, Inc., prominent pub]
Iisher of New York, confirmed the
growing fears of several Murphy people
that they had been taken in by a
; fraudulent book agent who passed
through here on Jan 20th purport,
ing to be an agent of the above named
I company. The man traveled under
the name of J. L. Mason, although
; he endorsed checks made out to the
J. A. Richards Company as J. A.
i Richards and cashed them at local
! banks.
Mason bad all the paraphanelia of
I an agent. He displayed large pros!
pectus sheets to likely customers,
showed the bindings and titles under
the books would be bound, possessed
a supply of printed contracts in the
Richards name, and when his right to
represent the company was o.uestion
ed, he readily showed letters addressed
to him from the company. This
all tended to disarm those who were
, inclined to be suspicious.
Mason was in Murphy on January
20th and is known to have taken orders
for several sets of the books and
to have collected money for them.
He apparently had come down the
Murphy branch from Asheville and
, claimed to have taken orders for
i books in all the intermediate towns
It seems that he worked school principals,
teaehers of English, and others
in similar positions.
When here he stated that the books
would be delivered in three or four
weeks. When this time had passed
by and nothing had been heard from
the books, a letter was addressed to
the publishers making inquiries about
the agent. The letter above referred
I to disclaimed any responsibility for
the actions of Mason and stated that
1 enmuanv had been on his trail fbr
some time in an onutd?...
apprehended and brought to justiee.
Nothing has been heard of Mason
since he left here on January 20th.
Chero-Cola CompanyErecting
Plant Here
j Work began last week on the new
plant of the Chero-Cola Bottling
Comnays plant on Depot Street adjacent
Gid Iainey's and the blackj
smith shop of F. E. Palmer. The pillars
were set up this week, and the
building will be completed early In
! the spring. Bottling equipment will
be installed for mixing Chero-Cola
and other soft drinks, and the investI
mcnt will be about $10,000.
WILL PLANT PERMANENT GitASS
j PASTURES IN CLAY COUNTY
County Agent W. R. AndeTsJ.ft
and J. R. Sams plan to cover the bulk
of the open land in Clay County with
a heavy sod of grass, according to
I plans which they have begun to put
[into operation. Nine permanent pasj
ture demonstrations were placed a?
a result of a recent visit to the couni
ty by Mr. Sams. Some work was also
begun in the renovation of old pastures.
Mr. Sams, is advising for the
county a grass mixture composed of
Kentucky. Blue grass, Orchard grass.
Tall Meadow, Oat grass, Timothy and
Herds grass. With sweet clover and
Iespedza. On the low soggp lands.
I some Dallis grass will be tried.
Mr. Anderson states that the Clay
'County Farmers Co-operative Associa,
tion has been capitalized with a paidin
capital of $1,000 with which to do
! business during the coming year. In
a semi-organized way, this association
| has saved over $2,000 for its members
j in the last six months.?Extension
! News.
Rev. Dickey Pastor
At Williamston, N. C.
Instead of Lagrange
The Rev. C. H. Rickey is pastor
of the First Baptist Church at Wiliiamston,
N. C., instead of Lagrange.
Ga., as was stated in an article relative
to his gift of hooks to the
library three weeks ago. This statement
is gladly corrected.