UllVltlNblUN UJ.
CUTS MADE-TO
ORDER LUMBER
\< /< Murphy Industry Running Full
Tim*' and If orks Twenty
Three Men
A comparatively new industry
for Murphy is the G. H. Cope Lum
her and Dimension companx. v-hich
was organized with loeal and outside
capital some five months ago. yet it
i, now running full time and gi\es
employment to about twenty three
men.
The company is headed by G. H.
("ope. Setter known to liis friends a*
< ? orge, who has been interested iu
the lumber business in Murphy for
the past twenty years.
Twenty car loads of dimension
Muck have lrcen shipped since the
company started operation, and or
der- for eight or nine carloads are
now ahead for filling. One of the
orders is for a carload of seats for
hah) walkers, or a total ol ten thou
sand seats. The company reecntlv
filled an order for a carload of toi
let -tool lids and seats. The orders
are all manufactured read) for fit
ting into the piece of furniture for
which they were made, except for
tarnishing or painting.
Most of the work turned out by
this company is dimension slock for
table tops, desk tops, different piec
es for living roon 1 ?ed room
.?wiles ami office ? iture. The
range of the dimension stock cut is*
from pieces 6x(> inches up to pieces
.'IT1 o\?% inches. These different
sizes are made up from different
pieces of lumber grooved and glued
together ami dressed.
Mr. Cope staged that most of the
shipments made thus far had been
tn Philadelphia and other Pennsyl
vania markets.
OVER 100 TAKING
STUDY COURSE
t By David T. )fashbirrn )
ANDREWS. FV-h. 27. Over ?n?*
lumdrod Baptist voung peonlr <?f the
four B. V. P. IVs of the first Bap
tist church have already enrolled
l<?r the sttfdy course that i< to begin
March 10th. More are expected to
*ign up het ween now and next Sun
day.
The goal has been set for one hun
dred per. rent. If this is reached it
will mean great honors to the Bap
tist people. Very few churches have
ever reached one hundred per cent
in any study course.
The Junior B. Y. P. lYs under
the leadership of Miss Mabel Jones.
Mrs. Purd Tatham. Miss Norma Tra
ct t and Mrs. Fred McGuire. have en
rolled around sixty in the study
course. The Intermediates under
the leadership of David T. Mash
burn have enrolled thirty and the
Seniors, with Miss Hildred Wright
as president, around twenty, making
a total of one hundred and ten.
Hie Junior study course will be
taught in the afternoon, beginning
on Monday afternoon at 3:30. The
Intermediate and Senior classes will
meet at 6:45.
teachers training class
WILL PRESENT PLAY ON <??
On Thursday evening. March ft.
Teachers Training Class will
T recent "The Silver Lining," a three
>>Jay, in the Murphy high school
auo torium. You will simply "hold
VOI!V while watching the dig
minister become younger
agaiin under the inflcence of Sadie
and .^nrr. who are rivals for his
affecti^>ns. You will hold your
l-ifath x|-.j greatest until it is finally
determefyig^ which one "lands him.
Dean little Topsy will create no end
of fun. (Com* an(j lauorh. and weep
with ns. \
f
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FISTIC COMBAT
PROVES FATAL
TO JACK NELSON
Cormier's Jury hints /Imnan Me- ,
j ha t ley Instrumental in ('.ausing
Death
\ eoroner's jurx last Saturday af- .
If-niooii found that Herman Mehaf
lex was instrumental in causing ihe J
death of Ja?k kelson. as the result
<?f a fight thai look plaee between '
the two young men at Andrews!
Thursday night while the \xvere at
tending a prize fight. It is said that
a grudge of long standing was one j
of the contributory causes of tin- .?* j
tercation, which came as a climax '
to a dispute they had o\cr a refer
ee s decision.
I he unfortunate affair has ? treat
??? I a feeling ??f sadness among the ;
fsiends of both hoys hccause of the j
fact that both were members of '
prominent and leading families of i
tlx 'ir eommunitics.
The fatal fislie
encounter took
place in I. ail's garage, where j
it was said the two xoung men dis- I
agreed oxer a decision of Frank Me- 1
haffey. referee at the prize fight.
Nelson is also said to have had a
fight with a third M:*haffe\. Paul. I
at a baseball game last summer and I
that the trouble had never healed.
^onng Nelson was struck bx Me
haffex and fell across the open en
gine of an automobile, hi*- head
striking protruding bolts, ami wit
nesses slated that young Mehaffcx
continued to strike him on the lace
xx bile he lax over on the engine.
Mehaffcx xx cut to the office ot
the mayor Kridax and pleaded to a
misdemeanor ami paid a small fill**.'
He then left the city .
?neral services for Nelson xxere !
held Sunday morning at Ked Marble
Church, near his home. bx Rev. \l
gea West, and interment xvas in the
churchyard.
He was 22 xears old ami is sur
xixed l?x a xxife and txvo childieu. !
Annie, a girl about lour xears o Id.
and Happy, a hoy about ! year old.
lb' is also survived bx his father'
and io?.lhe:\ Mr. and Mrs. John \el- i
son: four brothers. Homer, Herman.1
Deck and Claude Nelson, and three j
sisters. Mrs. Arthur Bradx. Mrs.
lodit Holloxvax. and Miss Maude
Nelson.
I : '
BONNELL H. STONE
HERE THURSDAY
Mr. lionnell H. Stone. of Rlairs- j
ville, representative of Union coun- j
ty in the Georgia General Assembly. !
was a business visitor liere Thurs- 1
clay afternoon.
Mr. Stone said that a movement I
was under wav by the Georgia divi
sion o fthe Amcriean Legion to
erect a ).00 monument to
W orld War Veterans on top of
Filood Mountain at \eels Gap. and
other improvements are contem
plated this spring on tin* State For
I est Park at the Gap.
He also stated that a meeting of
the recreation and road association
would be called sometime in the
near future for the purpose of re
ceiving resolutions on the deaths of
Rud Anderson, of HavesvilSe. and
! James A. Hollomon, of Atlanta. At
this meeting it is also planned to get
; under way a movement to have the
1 Mollomon highway work brought to
the attention of both State and eoun
tv authorities in an effort to have
the highway completed as soon as
possible.
| Mr. Stone was highly optimistic
i over the situation for getting this
' road work and the improvements at
\eels" Gap. and said that they would
add to the secnie attractions of this
route of the Appalachian Scenic j
( Highway.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ferguson
motored to Asheville last Friday.
SOLONS STUDY
RREPORT OF TAX
COMMISSION
Cherokee Scout. Italt-ish Hurciiu
K ALhIGH. Feb. 23. The mem
bers of the General Assembly re
ceived the complete report of the
Tax Commission (hiring the past
week. It contains comprehensive
studies of the tax problems in this
state, and even legislator should
know something of the basic infor
mation it contains.
Iht* eeonomic condition of the
farmers u| the state is the first ma
jor problem studied. The facts con
tained in t li is report show that the
farmers, outside of the mountain
region, pay out in taxes about the
same percentage of ineome as any
one el>** in the state, although the
different areas varv somewhat.
The farineis who have fared best,
according I ? > this report, are those
of the coastal plain area. The
Moore coiiiiIn peach growers made
moncv in 1927. the year for which
the figures were obtained. On the
other hand, tin* farmers in the moun
tain region might better have been
engaged at something else, for they
made no profit at all. The tidewater
fanners got a fair return from their
v. i rk. and those o| the piedmont
show a slight balance on the right
side.
"I In* findings are based on 1.156
ov. uer-operated rarins a ?d 116 icnt
cd farms, carefully selected over
1 1 ? entire stale. Pai?s were taken to
!?? ' representative farm- fhercver
!???<< ililf. The average net income
of the owned farms, ovei and above
the labor*- of the fanner and his
own famil\ was si. I 17 in the coas
tal plain. S.H52 in the tidewater.
^ I To in the piedmont, and a deficit
o* sl?)2 in ill*- niountaMu region. The
eve rage net farm income for the ,
slate was s 105.
The railroads, power and light
companies, telephone and telegraph
companies, and other-socallcd pull
in service corporations paid in to
I lie stale coffers over S8.00(),000 in
1927. .
These big concerns aic paying
iheir share of the tax burden, when
VOil_cpin|iare the taxes they pay with
their annual income. I his is nor
hue of the power or light compan
ies. which pav onlv about half the
proportion of their income that the
f Miners pay of theirs.
Intangible Property
One of I he most impoitant recom
mendations in the report is that the
Constitution be so amended as to
give he General Assembly authority
U make such general classifications
of property for taxation as it may
see fit. This provides for broader
(Con! inn^il ?>n *1
Cherokee Citizens
Have Oooortunity
For Free Vacation
Young men who arc planning to
attend one of the Civilian Military
Training Camps this summer may
secure information and application i
blanks from Mr. B. \Y. Sipe at the
Murphy school. The l?ovs from this
section will he sent to Fort Oirle
thorpe. Georgia, which is nine miles
south of Chattanooga.
The government will pay the ex
penses of those attending these sum
mer encampments, including an al
lowance for food to and from the
the camps, furnish uniforms, food,
etc.. while in camp. Attendance
upon any of these camps does not in
any way hind one to the military
service of the country in any way.
Here is an opportunity for a free
vacation of healthful exercise and
training in the great out of doors
for a period of six weeks. Appli
cations should be filled out right
away by those who are interested in
attending one of these camps. Fur
ther information may be obtained
fiom Mr. Sipe.
LEGISLATURE
ENTERS LAST
MINUTE RUSH
Laic Waking Programs <>l Rr/m/tli
tans From the West Short
('liartgetl By Democrats ?
Chi'rnkw K<?>ut. Hutynu. j
R ALKIGH. Feb. 2i\. Willi the
dosing ?!avs of the 1929 General
A ? i l>i \ ;i i hand | li?> usual last niin
ule rush is threatening to become a ?
small riot with the general prospect
that the legislators will have to
woflk se\ ei '! J da\s past theiv legal'
j lerin of (>tl days.
rho results ??f the session cannot
a* \d l?r measured because lliere are!
too mam important measures still
in the formative state. However.
< ue fai l stands out clear and utimis- .
lakable. I he eouuties which de
pended i i.j h mi Republican representa
tives to pui across their lawmaking
irogrtuns lune been short changed.
Thai statement i*- made without the!
slijrhlsei reflection upon the Repub
licans who as a whole have made a
wonderful impression by their puh
! lie -piritcdncss and evident desire
(o further the best interests of the
stat*\ It i- liouever. a fact thai each
Siill introduced by a Republican is
scrutinized with far more care than
I il the same bill i< sponsored bv a
: Democrat. The result i* that the
Republican legislation, which means
the legislation from the Western end
of the slat?*. has been having had
sledding. Many counties that sought
relief fom ??ne condition or another
through Republican legislators are
going to be disappointed. not
through an\ fault <>f the legislator
themselves. but because the suspi
cion which their very commendable
action during this session has not
been able to thoroughly allay. Thcv |
are working under an unfair handi- ;
cap and are going to tind dissalis- '
faction back home in many instances !
as a result of the last minute failure
of manv of their bills to run J^u*
gauntlet of Democratic approval. i
Representative John C. Herbert
continues to hold the center ?>f the
stage this week with his three bills
ii. a!;o!irl: capital punishment. They
will be acted upon by the commit
tee in all probability this week and
are expected to reach the floor of
the house shortly afterward.
Bob Phillips, prominent Graham
county attorney was again a visitor
to Raleigh this week. He is here in
the interest of a number of matters
affecting his section of the stale but
is not doing much talking.
Representative George Brock of j
Oraha. is getting through a number ;
? >f loeal minor hills including the I
erect and maintain a county home !
for its aged and inform.
Senators John Burnett of Bryson j
City and T. Coleman Galloway of j
Brevard have introduced a hill de
signed to permit cases growing out
of condemnation of land for the i
Great Smoky Mountain National
area to he tried in the counties in
which the land is located. This hill
is meeting with strenous opposition
from members of th? park commis
sion that it ^|| the park
program if it pass. that it may
even endanger the en -e park move
ment by providing too heavy a bur
den in the purchase of land. This
measure is expected to be hard
fgought before it becomes a law.
Representative Brock, in addition
to the bills mentioned above has in
troduced another measure which
would enable Graham county to is
sue road bonds in the sum of $50.
000 for the improvement of the high
ways of the county.
The many friends of Miss Tiltha
Sparks will be sorry to hear that
she was carried to Angel Bros. Hos
pital on last Friday and operated
on for appendicitis. Latest reports
received b) friends are to the effect
that she is getting along nicely.
NEW CREAMERY
AT BRASSTOWN
IN OPERATION
First Churning, Made Saturday and
t irst Two Pounds Butter Sold
tor Five Dollars Each
lli?* Mountain Vallcv Creamery,
a co-operative movement of the
tanners of this section, sponsored l?v
tli** John C. Campbell Kolk School,
at Brasstown. made it> first churn
ing last Saturday, and is the first
creamers of this section to begin
operation. Another creamery* lo
cated at Hayesville, is expected to
begin operation during tlie next
month.
The c reamers at Brasstown is lo
* vied about a mile above the store
ol Tied O. Scrogg*. on \o. 2?S High
I \v;iy. Sigurd \ielson. a Danish
, 1 mtter maker and creamerv expert,
i is in charge of the creamery.
lb*- firsi churning was from home
I cream only, and the output amount
i el t*? 250 pounds ? ?f butter. The
l^first pound of butler was bought bv
I. C. Zimmerman for $5.00. ami
i Ceorge Bidstrup hrtifsht tlie second
, oound for $5.00. \\ ill Rrendle paid
1^4.00 for thr third pound and Will
: Hatchett got the fourth pound for
1 S-t.tMI. || is understood the regular
retail price will lie 50c a pound.
Stations ha\e I wen established
through this section to coiled cream
'rom thr farmers, which wil 1 in turn
; be taken up bv the creamerv These
-?al ions have been ? tablished at
Noting Harris. Rlairsville. Wnrne,
! Onden, Brasstown. Murphy. Dyers,
l lliotts. thus making a complete cir
cuit". Station* have also been e*tah
1 ishe<1 at Andrews. Coalville. Mar
ble. Tomotla and ai DorkeryV down
. in Grandview.
The capacitv of , pbtnt at
I Brasstown i*- '500 Ipoirml* -??
| daily. Mr. Edwards. of Bock Hill.
>. C.. who operated this same cream
ers plant in South Carolina before
it was purchased and moved to
Brasstown. spent several days this
week with Mr. \ielson in getting it
into operation, and he stated that he
i had churned 800 pounds at one
| churning.
The establishment of thi< cream
ers at Brasstown and the one ~al
ITavesville is expected to be quite a
stimulus to the dairy industry in
this section. which Has already reaeh
I ed a large production. The cream
I heretofore had to be shipped to At
lanta. Asheville and Franklin..
CHEROKEE. MAN
COMES CLEAR
One \el>on fiorn Cherokee coun
iv was recently arrested for hunting
in Macon county \%ithout a license.
The hunting is said to have taken
place near Aquone. In a trial he
fore Magistrate George Carpenter
last week the accused man presented
a state licenes dated before he was
arrested. The panic officials are in
clined to believe that this license
was purchased after the arrest and
dated hack. It is said that an inves
tigation of this matter will he made.
Nelson was found not guilt\. In the
course of the trial some trouble l?e
tween a man in 4lie audience and one
of the lawyers for the defense occur
red. It is stated that a deputy from
Cherokee and one from Macon drew
thcis pistols in an effort to prevent
a fist light. However the trouble
passed off with injury to no one. At
the height of the rucus. crippled
Dan Carter who was getting an ear
ful of the trial. i< said to have left
the scene in high and on two per
fect 1\ good leg*. One man claims
that Dan came down the long flight
of court house steps in three mighty
jumps. Four minutes later he is re
in ?rted to have bee?? see one mile
*\ est of Franklin and still going
strong. ? Franklin Press.