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ltY OI.K MAN MIRPHY II IS- SELF
IIow old do you consider Murphy
!to be? How long since did she get
tl building: mania? Peopl? return
ir after an absence of five or six
i. hardly recognize the town, and
I rijihtl".
Stonera, Candlers, Evans Garage, i
| M :rpliy Killing Station, Adams Build
in r. Dickey Chevrolet Conn-any build
| inc. Xu-Fashion Hosiery Mill build
Moore Supply Company, Dickey
| F d Company, Post Office building,
the storo building next to it oc
cupied by Uncle Tom, the building (
th.it houses the West em Union, City
B. bet* Shop and Cornwell's Caf?j, A. j
I & 13. Store building, Cherokee Motor j
( inpany building,. Standard Filling |
| Station. Oakland-Pontiac build1 i
1 L. Townson Store building, Mur
phy Baptist church, court house, all I
now and right in town. |
Glenn Bates' Filling Station and
Garage, Murphy Steam Laundry,
Mutphy annery, Gulf Refining Com- 1
panv plant Murphy Ice & Coal Com- j
pnny plant, Hawkins Bros. Mill, Stiles
i"ikr mill, W. M. Fain Grocerv Com- j
pany warehouse, Carroll Wholesale I
i adding, Shields Garage and store.
Veneer plant, E. C. Moore's storage
building, Elliott's Pressing Club.
Witt's Garage, and the store building I
across the street. Odell's Filling Sta- .
ti-?n, the new plant of the Cheroke?
Manufacturing Company, the plant |
of the Community Oil Company, W.
I". Payne'h warehodse, the Chero
Cola plant and the town water plant.
All new.
And the Meroney building, E. C.
Moore building, Dockery store and
garage and stone working plant, W.
1). Townson building. Methodist
church, new school building, county
jail and Carnegie Library all rather
new.
f And the residences! A. A. Fain,
[ Dr. J. N. Hill, T. S. Evans, Dr. Edw.
^ K. Adams, B. W. Sipe, G. H. Cope,
?E. C. Mallonte, Mrs. John Meroncv,
I f. H. Phaup, S. S. Christopher, the
I Presbyterian Manse and the three
? new houses just above. E. A. David- (
I son, E. C. Moore, three new houses
Ion the W. M. Fain lots in East Mur
Rphy, J. M. Harnett, Mrs. Leila Dickey
Hb. Witherspoon, the " County Home
Hbuildings, the Hall, Hamnton, L< vin
Y pood and Hawkins residences, the
houses occupied by Walter Coleman,
and J. B. Mulkey, Connie Holder,
Tom Gilbert, Carl Townson, Mrs.
Betty Lloyd, Grant Ledford, Edd
f'.lonts. Ernest Adams, Tom Camp
bell, Maricn Simon ds and W. F. fcJi
liott all oclupy new residenres, and
there are ten others in that section
by count, all occupied. Four others
beyond A-jfr Fain, and five on his
property. W X in the old hospital
. section, not . .'eluding that of W. J.
I Adams. Three or four on the Moore
I land Heights property, and we begin
I to get dizzy. Two more in the Mc
| Call section. All new, and many
I more comparatively new. And there
I are more that we do not know about,
? and have failed to mention, and
? many, many more that have had ex
? tensive and expensive repairs and
W improvements made upon them.
And now how old would you say
Murphy was? We would say about
seven or eight years old. Not so
bad. In fact, not bad at all.
How many different business es
tablishments are there in the town
limits? Have you counted them?
Cherokee county, with her branch
es, all counted as one. A vast busi
ness. The City Adimistration, Hall
Millinery, Bank of Murphy, Townson
Furniture Store, Parker Drvg Store.
Southern Bell Telephone Co., Ford
Garage. Odllm Real Estate and In
surance, Candler's Department Store,
W. Axley & Son, Cherokee Scout,
Davidson & Carringer, Coca Cola
wottling Co., J. M. Stoner's Cash
Store, Elliott Pressing Club, Palmer
Blacksmith Shop, Odell Filling Sta
tion, Murphy Filling Station, John
son's Market, Murphy Bakery & Cafe,
A. & p. Tea Co., Cherokee Drug Co.,
Arcade Pressing Club, Davidson's
St<)re, E. C. Moore, Quinn Cafe,
Southern States Power Co., Bates
Taxi Service, Bonita Theatre, Dickey
Chebrolet Co., Nu-Fashion Hosiery
Mfll, Sword Stables, Dockery Store,
Dbckery Cafe, Dockery Garage,
T'<bckery Stone working shop, Murphy
M lis, Mulkey Store & Tie Business,
CI lerokee Manufacturing Co., Stan
da rd Oil and ommunity Oil Co.
pl ints, W. P. Payne, Moore Supply
C*>., Chero Cola Plant, Southern R.
JJ. Co., Mingus Cafe, Dickey Feed
C,o., Arcade iihoe Shop, Post Office,
f (Continued on Pa*e 4)
The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina. Covering a Large and Potentially Rich Territory in This State
VOLUME XL1. ? NO. 9 Murphy, N. C., Friday, October 4, 1929
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CANNERY CLOSED
SEASON LAST SAT.
The J. W. Gillaspie cannery closed
| the 1029 season here Saturday* with
the distribution of several thousand
! dollars in pay checks to farmers and
j laborers for products sold and ser
! vices rendered during the month of
I September. The cannery opened its
j first season here about the middle of
I July. It canned only beans and to
matoes. It is one of a string of fif
| Uen canneries operated by this com
| pany in the States of Florida, Ten
nessee and North Carolina.
The cannery was established here
last spring through the efforts of the
Lions Club. This club also assumed
the responsibility of signing acreage
among the farmers so as to assure
the cannery a reasonable pack. About
200 acres of tomatoes were signed
?p and about 75 acres of beans,
counting some thirty-five acr s grown
by the club or its members.
A check of the records of the can
ning company showed that b641
cases of beans and 3126 cases of to
matoes were canned by this company.
Something like five thousand dollars
were distributed to farmers and lab
orers during the canning season.
nl many ways the cannery was
pleased with its season work here,
especially with the quality of th
product. However, the yield in some
cases was disappointing. Individual
iarmers here and there made consid
erably more growing beans and to
matoes than would have been possi
ble growing any other farm crop.
Some cleared as much as $75.00 per
acre above all expenses. When this
is compared with a gross return of
only about twenty to twenty-five dol
lars from corn, or rye, the compari
son is very much in favor of toma
toes and beans.
Some fanners who signed up acre
age failed to grow it; some faih-d to
deliver their products after grown ;
and in other cases dry weather, then
a rainy season cut yields short. How
ever, the year has not been without
its lessons to the farmers of this sec
tion. It has demonstrated that beans
and tomatoes can be grown here
profitably when a market is available
such as afforded by the cannery. In
the second place, it has demonstrated
that if these crops are going to make
a maximum yield, they must be
planted on good land and planted
early in the season. Most tomato
plants and bean ssed were planted
late this year, nl every case the ear
lier ones done best. This should be
valuable experience in future farm
ing operations in this section.
The owners of the cannery are as
yet Utldtrciueu M.S to wiielliei they will
opt rate heer another year, tl is ex
pected that announcement will be
made shortly.
SUIT
Tho Misses Keasler, Ovclla and
1-orothy, have returned to their home
r.ear Rome, Ga.
Mr. J. F. Wood and family accom
W","J Mrs. Freeman. our nri
mary teacher, spent Sunday in Cop
perhill.
Mr. and Mrs. James Reid of near
Belleview spent Saturday nipht with
J. F. Wood and family.
Rev. W. A. Revis, of Etowah,
and our pastor, Rev. E. A. Beaver,
conducted a revival at this r'nee re
cently which resulted in mono than
30 additions to the church.
Mr. Willis Floyd who lives near
Chattsworth Ga., -was call d to the
bedside of his sick mother a few
days ago.
We are having a (food deal of rain
and we hope it isn't too late to help
lati corn etc.
Astor, the small son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Taylor, has had quite a
bit of trouble from an infected sore
on his leg.
Mr. Cloyce and Miss Annie Lou
Keenum who are attending school at
Murphy this year spent the week-end
here with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Keenum.
Rev. J. P. Decker filled his regu
lar appointment at Oak Grove church
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. J. J. Rose has been suffering
quite a b't lately from infected ton
sils, but is somewhat better at this
writing.
Mr. Cecil Burger, while playing
ball last Sunday, sprained his ankle
so badly that for the present he can
hardl" walk at all. "Moral" don't
play ball on Sunday boys.
Mr. James Pavne and wife of
B0?ch Creek visited the former's
brother, Mr. 0. C. Payne, Saturday
night.
CHEROKEE FAIR
OPENED WED.
EXHIBITS FINE
Favored by cool, dry weather, the ;
Cherokee County fair got under way j
here Wednesday with all indication.- i
pointing toward the week's atten
dance being: the largest in history.
The fair will clos? Saturday night.
This and adjoining counties will
compete during the fair for excel
lence in farm aad field crops, horti
cultural products, cattle, horses and !
mules, poultry, natural resources, |
flowers, hand sewing, canning, pan- .
try sunnlies, industrial products, eu- '
rios and paper and construction
work done by the various schools of I
the county. In addition to these var- i
ious departments, there will be com
petition in bicycle races, pony horse |
and mule races, hoc calling,, hors - |
shoe pitching contests, and athletic |
events spread out over the four days
of th efair from Wednesday through !
Saturday.
The B. & B. Amusement Company,
which played last we?k in Asheville J
has four rides, 15 shows and more? |
than thirty concessions lined up on
the grounds for the amusement and I
entertainment of the crowds which
are expected to flock through the .
gates both day and night.
Additions to the livestock building
have been completed. This together
with the races that are being staged j
this y* r, is expected to arouse con- |
sider: le interest in this division of
the livestock department. Ample !
provisions have also been made for j
staging a baby show, which always
attracts a great deal of interest. A '
large tent has been provided, togeth- 1
er with accommodations for taking
care of the children and their moth
ers. The county health offcior, the
county nurse an da nurse from the
State Health department will be in
charge of this department, judging
the babies and children, boys and
eirls, according to medical standards.
This judging will begin on Wednes
day and continue until Friday at 2:30
whe ncompetition m this event will
be closed.
The race track has been regraded
to make adequate provisions for the
various racing events. Changes have
been made in the entrances to the
groi nds so as to more adequately
handle the crowds which always at
tend this community event. Offi
cials of the Association assure the
public that thi sevent will live up to
its slogan of "Biuger and Better
Than Ever." The weather is repeat
ing itself this year. During the past
five years there has been rain on the
opening day. or the day proceeding
the opening; but this has failed to
dampen the snirits of the officials or
the crowds. It is felt that this year
iwll be no exception, and this, fair
will truly be "The Biggest Event of
the Year," as advertised.
PF.ACHTREE
Mrs. H. B. Elliott is visiting her
sister at Sweetwater, Tenn.
A Parent-Teachers Association
was organized at the Peachtree
school last Friday afternoon. Re
freshments were served at the meet
ing. All the parents are asked to be
present at all the meetings. The of
ficers are: Mrs. C. M. Hendrix,
president; Miss Elizabeth Ferguson,
vice-president and Mrs. F. J. Wat
kins, secretary.
Miss Mattie McClure returned
home last week from Athens, Tenn.
Misses Elsie Sudderth and Lois
Witt are spending a few days this
week with Miss Mae Sudderth at
Marble.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Led/o *d and
children, of Andrews, were visitors
of Mr. W. P. Brittain Tuesday.
Misses Sallie and Emilee Pairish,
of Durham, returned home last Fri
day. They were accompanied home
by their grandmother, Mrs. Sallie
Ferguson, she will spend several days
there with her daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Utie Raxter and
children, of Andrews, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sudderth.
Sheriff N. W. Abernathy, of Mar
ble, was here last Friday on business.
Mr. Wayne Sudderth who has been
visiting homefolks returned to Texas
Monday,
Mr. and Mrs. Hayden Ferfcuson
and two children, of Murphy, were
visitors here Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Pipea and
children, of Ramseytown, are visiting
friends and relatives here. <
Miss Ida Sudderth returned home
Sunday from Andrews where she has
been visitinqr her sister.
Mrs. C. W. Ballard was on the sick
* list last week.
ANDREWS IS HOST
TO ZONE MEETING |
[ Large Delegations Are Present;
Program Interesting
The* quarterly Zone Me ting of j
the Western North Carolina Metho- j
dist Missionary Society was held Sat- j
urday in the First Methodist Church !
of Andrews. The zone covers Brysj?n
City, Franklin, Murphy. Hayesville
and Andr ws. A large delegation
was present and each zone was well I
represented.
Te meeting began at 10 o'clock |
with a devotional led by the K?*v. j
W. M. Robbins, pastor of the An- !
driws Church. Mrs. Dave Swan of |
Andrews, gave an addr< of wel- |
come to which Mrs. A. K. Masse, of
Bryson City, gave a response. A
committee on courtesies was appoint
ed, consisting of Mrs. Nor veil, of
Murphy, and Mrs. Long of Bryson
| City. Mrs. Clenn Fates, of Murphy,
j rendered a vocal solo. Mis. Bronson.
of Canton, gave an interesting talk
on mission study which was followed
I by v. violin solo by Miss Mildred Akin
of Murphy. A young people's pro
gram was given under the supervi
sion of Rev. Mrs. Howard P. Powell,
of Murphy, and consisted of: poem,
"It's a Pretty Good Plan to Forget
! It" by Miss Evelyn Carter, of Bryson
City; piano solo, by Miss Margaret
Masse of Bryson City; song, "Holy
City," young people of Andrews, and
a play, "Aunt Tillie Learns to
Tithe," by young: people of Murphy.
The Rev. Howard P. Powell and Mrs.
Tom Mauney sang a duet, "Raady."
j Miss Mary Long gave a very interest
ing talk on the work of Western
North Carolina young people. The
junior young foil:*. under the super
: vision of Mrs. Robsrt Davis, of
j Franklin, gave an interesting pro
gram consisting of a song by the
Murphy Juniors, intensive mission
study by Bryson City Juniors, and
social service, by the Fraklin Juniors.
The district secretary, Mrs. George
Hampton, of Canton, gave an im
pressive report on the work of the
district.
The courtesy committee was loud
in its prase of the wbmen of the 1c
cal church for the splendid entertain
ment. The report was made for the
committee by Mrs. Long of Bryson
City. The n- xt /.one meeting wiil be
held in Bryson City. The date will
| be announced later.
Heavy Rains In Past
Week Send Hiawassee
River On Rampage
I
ESbI^BB
Heavy rains last Tuesday night
| and Wednesday s *nt all streams in
| the county out of banks. The Hia
? wassee river was the highest that it
has been in 20 years according to
older resid nts. It covered all low
lands and was in all about 12 feet
nigh. Quite a lot of damage was
done to corn which had just been
foddered. No winds accompanied
the rain, the only damage being done
was from high water. Highway No.
28 just beyond Brasstown on th ?
Cherokee side was rendered impas
sable for about 12 hours by high
water, mail coming to Hayesville had
to be brought through the waters on
p. wagon.
PROGRAM OF W. N. C. BAPTIST
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
Meeting with the Hayesville Bap
tist church Sundiy October 6, 1929,
2:00 P. M.( Central Time)
General Topic ? .The Church Using
the Sunday School Organization to
Raise the Church Budget.
Devotional ? Hayesville Sunday
School.
Reports ? The Unified Budget,
What is is and Why Needed ? J. I .re
Roy Steele, pastor of the Murphy
church.
The Advantages of the Church Us
ing the Sunday School Organization
in Raising the Budget.
General Discussion of Beneficial
Results.
Announcements. _ , jn
Aljourn.
?Mr. and Mrs. C. M, Hendrix enter
tained a number of people last Sat
urday night with a party. After
many interesting games were played
cake and lemonade was served. The
party was given in honor of Messrs.
Carl and Lloyd Hendrix who wil!
leavc Tuesday for the Appalachian
State Teachers College at Foone, N.
C. We wish them a successful year
in school.
SAM AKIN BUYS
HARDWARE FIRM
Sam I>. Akin recently purchased
I the stock of goods of B'rittain & Ax
I ley. at bankrupt sale, and will ?>pe?
i ate the business under the firm name
jot Akin Hardware Company. Note
I his advertisement in this week's pa
j pc_ r for bargains in seasonal)! hard
; ware.
Mi-. A '.in was at one time in the
, gent's furnishing business in Murphy
as Akin ?.V Hugh s for about ten
years. For the past IS years he has
I been with th M. C. Kiser Shoe Com
? pany, traveling this territory, and i
j well and favorably known thiough
out thiss ection. "
! John M. Brittain, one of th<- for
I nur owners of the bvsin ss, will be
with Mr. Akin temporarily, or until
he becomes thoroughly acquainted
with tl ? details of the busine->. Mr.
Akin says he will operate as a whole
>ale and retail business, and invites
his many friends to come to vee him
when in need of anytihn gin the hard
ware line.
MUSIC CLUB TO
HAVE MEETING
The Murphy Music C'lub will meet
Tuesday niyht. October Xth, at 7 :00
oVlock in the club rooms at th Car
negie Library building officers an
nounced this week. Rubinstein, the
composer, will be the topic for study
at this meeting, and then roirram
promises to be both inter sting and
insti i ctive.
Members are urgently requested to
be present.
Members are urgently rtquestcl to
be present.
WILL BUILD ROAD
FROM BLUE RIDGE
The Scout is informed by reliable
parteis that one of the projects of
Mr. Sam Tate, new State Highway
Chairman of Georgia, will be the con
struction of a state road up the L. &
1%. railway line *ioiv. Blv R'?lge to
the North Carolina line at an ea?ly
date. Three or four miles in North
Carolina is all that will have to he
graded to connect the Blue liidge
road with No. 28, giving a direct
route to Blue Ridge from Murphy
and cutting down the distance to At-.
Ianta to about 125 miles.
Wot k on this project is expected
to begin as soon as the road from
Blue Ridgi to Blairsville is completed
Huber Takes Charge
Of The Regal Hotel
A. (\ Huber, or" Portland, Oi?-gon.
arrived in town th* latter part of
la>t we k ami took ovor tre manage
ment of the I * ega 1 Hotel on October
1st. and thus the He- al Hot I be
comes one of the chain hotels of the
Abe Winer Operating Company. The
Regal Hotel, under the new manage
ment, is affiliated with Hotel Ross,
of Clattanooga. Tenn., and St.
James Hotel, of Knoxville.
Mr. Huber comes to Murphy
highly recommended as a hotel man
ager of wide experience, having been
in charge of some of the best and
most successful hostelries in the
country. At Portland, Oregon, he
was manager of one of the older ho
tels of that city having a capacity of
300 rooms. For two years prior, he
was manager of the new Robert E.
Lee Hottl at Athens, Tenn.. and as
manager of the O'Henry Hotel at
Gret nsboro; the lintel Astor, of Mil
waukee, Wis., and the Swathmore
Hotel, at Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. Huber will be ably assisted in
operating the Regal Hotel by Mrs.
Huber. Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Huber's
mother, of Alberta, Canada, is also
with them.
Upon taking charge, Mr. Huber
stated that the new proprietors in
co-operation with the owners of the
property, world put in a lot of new
equipment and put the hotel in first
class condition at once, so that it will
compare favorably with th:? best ho
tels of the country.
Murphy and the citizens of this
section join The Scout in extending
a hearty wclcomc to the new man
agement to our city.
A number of articles had to be
ommitted this week and will be car
ried later.
Tie Seoul office will be closed on
Friday afternoon to allow the force
to take in the Fair. They have been
working hard and faithfully and need
the recrention and excitement that
it will afford. Come on, and let ?
go to the Fair.