The fading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina, Covering a Large and
Potentially Rich Territory in This State
VOL XI- -XO- 36.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1929.
5c COPY? S1.50 PER YEAR
BIG EXTRA VOTE OFFER HADE 'TO ATTRACT NEW MEMBERS
Big Aid To Those Who Have
Entered. Will Count More
Now Than At Any Other
Time. Plan Is Different
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As a special inducement for new
members lo enter the Circulation
Drive and to assist those who have
already entered to get a good stall
the following extra vote offer is
made i>\ The Cherokee Scout. 270,
000 extra votes will he credited for
each and every 830 worth of suh
fcriptions secured and turned in
from the beginning of the campaign
up until Saturday night, April 20th.
Meml?r:- are not limited as to the
number of $30 clubs they may se- f
cure and turn in on this offer. The j
more the better. Each $30 club of
subscriptions will net a total of 270,- ;
OCX) extra voles, in addition to the
regular schedule of votes as shown
on covers of receipt booksfl Many
new members are needed, and a new
member may enter now under this
hip off*'r and secure a lead that will
be hard to overcome by someone
who decides later to come in.
Quite a few persons who frankly |
admit that they would like to win I
the l?i?r Pontiac Coach, have serious- 1
lv considered entering the Circula- j
tion Campaign, but have liked just
that little courage and initiative to
make the star!. The campaicn is j
just starting and to those who aie ,
??i eutotiiig i. ii-ikt* htivice |
"f the management to get in at once |
and get a start while the present big
vote offer i* in effect.
Absolute Fairness
Just why more energetic wide
awake people have not come forth
and entered the Circulation Drice is
puzzling indeed. But it is plain
that the proposition is not under
stood. It is true that a few have en
tered and expressed their intention
ot working for the magnificient
prizes but there is room for many
more ? the race. The Circulation
Drive is sirictly a business preposi
tion wherein the Cherokee Scout
*i>lies to enlarge its circulation,
"e want more readers and are will
mg to pay our friends handsomely
to help us to achieve that end. The
working principles are such that the
hi? prizes will be given strictly on
a merit basis.
The plan under which this big
prize campaign will be conducted is
a great deal diffeicnt from the or
dinary newspaper contest, in-as
rouch as every safeguard will be
thrown around each individual con
testant to absolutely, guarantee them
a fair and square deal. No partial
Jjy will be shown any member un
der any circumstances. And no
member will be permitted to take an
unfair advantage of any of the other
contestants under anv consideration.
plan under which the campaign
*"1 be cond i^pted makes this utter
ly 'mpossible.
The Circulation Drive is based on
a sound business fotfnd^tion, and
fart that it makes no difference
^here a person lives, in-so-far as ef
ect,n? the chances of winning are
concerned, has been the cause of
^uch favorable comment Every
^ral route and community in the
2?ty should have a representative.
ut far practically none of the
tiv^ territory has a representa
Work Will Win
Ambition and energy, coupled
t, determination to win, are
tk* requirements of success in
e Circulation Drive. j?ossiblv
on have been thinking of entering?
aji?? make the decision r^w and by
Yf*me^ns 8** ?our narne 1:1 at on**
1 be glad you did when the
Jutiful prizes are awarded in just
short weeks.
e big extra vote offer is a won- \
OLD TALC MINE
AT KINSEY HAS j
BEEN REOPENED
Veil' Shall, ami tinr C,rnJr of Talc
Found In Quantity
Thr Nulla Talc Company is the
name of the new concern which has
recently taken over the properties of
| the old talc mine near Kinsey. The
mine at Kinsey was opened many
. years ago. hut its operation proved
unsuccessful because of the under
ground flooding hy the river. A
new shaft has been sunk, which is
? i' practically fiee of flood water, an
abundance of the finest grades of
White talc has been made accessible,
ll and the mine is now being placed iti
position to operate successfully.
The new company has f or its
manager J. W. Ha i ley, mining engi
|j neer. who has had wide experience
1 in mining kaolin and other clavs in
the state of Delaware, South Caro
I lina and Georgia. Bailey came
|S to Murphv and took charge of the
! Kinsey mine some two years ago.
| Since taking charge, Mr. Railev
I has drilled upwards of forty test
j holes, ranging in depth from 110
I feet to 311 feet. At 110 feet he was
in a large vein of talc, and in the
other hole close by at 114 feet, he
. was in a bed or layer of light gray
^ or while marble. The drillings
disclosed an abundance of talc,
which has been compared with talcs
I mined in Fiance, Italy, Canada, Cal
ifornia, and other parts <>t the world
and in each test proved to be the
whitest. In five tests in the east re
! cently, scientists and talc experts in
| variably picked the talc of the Kin
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derful opportunity for any one to
enter now. as subscription* will pos
itively count more votes during this
offeJ than at any other time of the
campaign.
POWER COMPANY :
TO REMOVE LIGHT
WIRES TO REAR
Transformer Station to Be Placed
On Com pony's Property By
Southern Tracks
\ nling an order lo the Southern
Slates P 'over Company to remove
tl! ihe eleelric wires and telephone
poles on the main HiJsiness .street? to
<iack streets and alleys was one of
ihe last aets of the present board of
mayor an<| aldermen, which was
passed at 'he last meeting held for
the year Thursday afternoon.
? he power company has dso con
sented to remove the transformer
^tat'on fin Hiawassee street in front
>f the Maples to the property of the
? orap my down by the Southern
Railway tracks.
Tie* telephone compam recently
placed underground cables on the
main usincss streets to carrv their
wires in this district, and work of
taking down the cables on the front
streets and transferring other above
the ground lines to the back streets
is in progress.
\\ ith this work on the part of the
power company to begin at an earlv
date, all wires will soon be removed
; f**om 'he main business streets of
Murnhy.
Water Extension Completed
Th~ Board also announced the
completion of the water extension
'o F^in secl???i of the tgwg beyond
itlealtowri. Water was turned on in
that section the first of this week,
ind that section is now enjoying the
benefits of sewerage and water from
the cstv mains.
\\ the request of the Woman's
Club, an order v as also passed call
ing for the repairing of the fountain
in the center ef the public square
and water will be turned on to run
j continuously. This will be done as
soon as new pipe connections can be
made with the main*, and some nec
essary work done on the dam up on
the mountain.
The Woman's Club al*o requested
that a certain week be set aside by
the board and called to the attention
of citizens as clean up and paint up
week. This wee) has been set from
April 22 to April 27th. inclusive.
Everybody is as..ed to clean up
around their places of business and
CIRCULATION DRIVE MEMBERS
And Votes Allowed on Nomination Coupons
MISS ELOISE FAIN, 525 Hiawassee St., City 20,000
MRS. J. B. HAMILTON, Terrace Ave., City 20,000
MRS. T. P. CALHOUN, Murphy 20,000
MISS GENEVA LOVINGOOD, East Murphy 20,000
MISS SARAH COOK, Box 367, City 20,000
MISS MINNICE PAYNE, 103 Walnut St.. City 20,000
R. A. MAUNEY, City 7__ 20,000
JOHN FRANKLIN SMITH, City 20,000
WILLARD ARP, Culberson, Route 2 20,000
NELSON HENSLEY, Box 104, City 20,000
MRS. G. W. ELLIS, City 20,000
MISS NETTIE HOUSTON DICKEY, 202 Hill St., 20,000
ROBERT MALLONEE, 600 Valley River Ave. 20,000
MISS TOMMIE COPPENGER, 301 Tenn. St. 20,000
MORRIS MOORE, City 20,000
ROBERT McCOMBS, City 20,000
MRS. D. V. CARRINGER, 428 Hiawassee St., 20.000
A. W. LOVINGOOD,, City 20,000
MRS. J. V. BRITTAIN, City 20,000 i
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WOMAN'S CLUB!
SPONSOR DRIVE
FOR MORE BOOKS
Saturday Set Aside As "Book Day "
For Library ? Girl Scouts To
Make Rounds
Saturday April 13th has been set
aside and designated as Book Oav
l?y the Woman's Club, which organi- !
i zation has charge of the administra- '
lion of the Carnegie Libra: v. The
~ ? i
Murphy Girl Scouts are to make the
i drive; visiting the homes and stores
! on Saturday.
The plan i> to ask everybody in
I own to give a book or donate ihe
, price of a book. This is the plan
that has been used in the past, and it i
lias been found to be most success- {
; ful. The only revenue or method (
I by which the Librarx has to keep
1 books on its shelves, is by donation
! of money and books. So when the
(iirl Scouts tall Saturday, vou are
I expected to give a good book or the
? nrice of one.
The Library has been and is now
being used extensively, but due to
the fact that only a few books have
been receiver! during the past year,
the average dailv use of the Librarx
has been cut almost in half. The |
highest mon! hi v average of persons
using the library has been 10 per
day. hift lecently the average has
dwindled to 22 per day. Librarx
officials attribute this decline to the
fact that no new books have been
placed on the shelves in some time.
The books are needed badlv for
strangers and tourists who call quite
often during the tourist season for
books which the library does not
have, but the greatest need is for the
people of the town; boys and girls
who like to read good books, and
will read them as lone as there rc
manis one on the shelf of the Li
hrnrv that ihex' have not read.
I The Woman's Club are asking
when the Cirl Scouts call Satin dav,
that evervbod) respond with the irift
of a book or the donation of the
price of one.
residents, so that the sorim* neon- >
ing of the town can l>e done and th? .
city placed in readiness for re
ception of tourists this summer, as :
well as in;' king the town a more j
? leaner and healthful place in which
t. live.
Harry Miller Gets
Agency Appointment
Harry Miller, of Murphv, has
l>ee n appointed representative for
this territory of the Security Life
and Trust Company of Winston-Sa
lem, N. C. E. P. Bethune, agency
supervisor, of Charlotte, has been
spending the past week in this sec
tion with Mr. Miller in go'ng over
the territory.
Mr. Miller is a deserving, ener
getic young business man, and his
many friends bespeak for him suc
cess in his new field.
POULTRY PRICES
The following prices will be paid
for poultry at car. Murphv, N. C.,
Tuesday, April 16th, by the Farm
er's Federation by the arrangement
of the Smoky Mountain Mutual Ex
change :
Hens, heavy breeds, lb. 27c
Hens, light breeds, lb. 25c
Chickens, lb. 25c
Cocks, lb. : 12c
Spring Broilers, lb. 40c
Ducks lb. 20c
Geese, lb. 15c
Turkeys, lb. 20-c
Eggs, doc. 22c
Cases furnished farmers and eggs
loaded at car.
LAST OF RED
ELMS REMOVED
FROM SQUARE
Large Trees Sit id to Have Been
Planted li\ Daniel Ramseur
In 1H43
The four toweling red elm trees
which stood in the corner of Mur
pliy's pi. Mir >']uare for nearly a
centurx have been cut down, work
ed up into wood, and the last of the
rubbish was remo\ed this week.
The onI\ remaining signs of what
was once four majestic giant* of the
forest are the four large stumps,
which have hen trimmed and
Miioothcd <?ff and no douht many a
tired traveler. visitor. shopper,
loafer and idler will find a restful
tepose seated atop their stubby re
mains.
The tie^s we:e cut down several
weeks afro by order of the city coun
cil. after they had become danger
ous and a hazard to the business
buildings, electric wires and pedes
'?hns. Buster Gibson and Leeman
Sutton were awarded the contract for
cutting, and the large trees wei<e tak
en down in piecemeal fashion ? that
is. a limb at the time. So successful
ful were the contractors in removing
the trees, whose towering branches
were spread out over buildings, tel
ephone and electric wires, that the
only damage done was the dislodg
ment of several bricks from the
Tuwnson building and the breaking
of one insulator on an electric and
telephone pole.
The wood derived from the trees
was purchased by Sid Red ley. Mr.
Pendley saved several cuts from tin*
hut!> ?>f the trees and presented
them to friends about town.
According to information secured
from C. B. Hill, the trees were
brought here from Burke eountv in
IP 13 hv Daniel Ramseur and olant
ed in front of Mr. Rnmseur's hotel,
which stood on the site of Parker's
Drug Store. That was 86 years ago,
and Mr. Hill savs the growth lines
of the trees coun'ed P>!?, making the
trees two years old when planted or
set out.
Daniel Ramseur was one of the
nioneer citizens or tb?< county and
b:< name ?s linked with many of the
early land giants by surveyors of
this section.
HOOVER PLAYS
LOCAL COURSE
FOR SCORE 45
Coes Two Rounds On Conaheeta
Course Monday with Three of
"The Four Horsemen"
C. K. Hoover, formerly manager
of the Murphy plant of the Coca
Cola Company, and now manager
of the company's plant at Hender
sonville, and champion of the local
golf course, played two rounds
Monday afternoon on the comse of
the Conaheeta Golf and Country
Club with three of the "Four Horse
men of the Agolfalypse" ? J. W.
Davidson, J. LeRoy Steele and W.
A. McNeil.
The foursome paired off, Hoover
and Davidson forming partnership
against Steele and McNeil. The
first round went to Steele and Mc
Neil by one stroke, and the second
round went to Hoover and Davidson
by 14 strokes. Here is the score by
ronnds :
First round, Hoover and David
son. 107.
First round, Steele and McNeil,
106.
First round, Hoover and David
son, 96.
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