The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina , Covering a Ixtrge and Potentially Rich Territory in This State Vol. XLIII. ? No. 28. Murphey, N. C., Friday, February 12, 1932 $1.00 YEAR ? 5c COPY LIONS HAVE GOOD MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT Decision Made By Lions To Get Behind Farm Movement In Couniy The Murphy Lions Club held their regular meeting at the Lions* Den at the Regal Hotel Tuesday evening, February 9th, after having their six o'clock dinner in the main dining room, at a tabe regularly reserved for them. This last is a new fea ture, and the members express them selves as well pleased with it. The president, Lion W. M. Fain, made several interesting and en couraging reports. He represented the Lions Club and Murphy at a meeting in Asheville of the promo ters of the Smoky Mountain Nation al Park. He reported encouraging and interesting speeches, particular ly by National Director of Federal Parks Albright, of Washington. D. (\, and Mr J. E. S. Thorpe, of Bry son City. Lion Fain also reported that the present outlook for the re opening of the Murphy knitting mills was very encouraging. Also, that the State highway authorities had agreed to meet Georgia with a road near Culberson. N. C., the road on the Carolina side branching off from No. 28, and passing through Culberson. It was voted to make the .">-10 year farm program for Western North Carolina the major activity of the club in the immediate future, as sisting County Agent R. W. Gray in every way possible. The committee for this county, appointed at the Asheville meeting, will he organiz ed by Mr. Gray, and will later be guests of the Lions Club at the an nual' Cherokee county dinner at the Regal Hotel, which will be held at their first March meeting, on the ev ening of March 8th. Other guests interested in the farm movement will he invited to attend this dinner, and it is planned tp make this meeting both enjoyable and instructive. Mauney Champion Corn Grower In Co. P. A. iMUuney, of Murphy Route 2, appears to be the champion of champions when it cornea to growing corn. Several days ago, Air. Mauney brought nine ears of corn to this of fice, all grown on the same stalk and in the same husk. There is one laree ear of corn, perfectly filled out with eight other almost perfectly formed and filled out ears clustering around the stem. All who do not believe this freak corn story are invited to inspect the nine ears at The Scout office. OGREETA Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Odom cf Mur phy spent Sunday with their father and mother here. Misses Martha Mayfield and Bes sie Crain who are teaching at Grape creek were the week end guests of Miss Effie Johnson. The young folks of Ogreeta en joyed a marshmallow toast Saturday night given in honor of Misses Mar tha Mayfield and Bessie Crain. Mr. Willard Ashe of Knoxville, Tcnn. is visiting here. Messrs. Henry Hyatt and Ross Adams of Murphy were visitors here j Satuiday night. Mr John Clark and family have moved here from McVay, Ky. 'Mrs. Sarah Johnson has bben vis iting her daughter, Mrs. Cela Hall and .Mrs. Willie Bates. POTATO CREEK Mr. Horace McNabb and family of Duoktown were pleasant visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Col lins last Sunday. Miss Maude Dockery spent Sat urday night with her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Adams of Copperbill. Mr. Albert King and family made a trip to Wehutty last Sunday. Rev. W H. Peaks vi+ited the Mt.l Olive church last ouuc^y. -j PLEASANT HILL We have been trying to gather j enough news for the last ten months to enable us to pet into print, but it has been just the same old "Seven and Six" with us and thats not news. Lately however, we have been rude ly awakened to the fact, that altho we are included in the Geographical location of Cherokee County so far as public recognition or benefits go. We don't seem to exist. We are continually reading in The Cherokee Scout the thing thai our County Agent and his co-worker The Home Demonstrator are doing for our sister communities. We also read that there exists an organization, born of the dire wa\e of poverty which has and is still sweeping the country, which lends all its etforts to the relief of the suf fering*, and such glowing reports they are, we thank God for their work, but why not pay us a visit? Our money is contributed to the support of the County organization and taking the size of our community we give or should give as much as any locality in the county. There is five and one half miles of rver bed, the half of which is ours, if this propetry is tax ed as the law requires for its poten tial value then the county would be able to give us the same consiJera tion that Valley River receives. In stead of this we have received NO THING Our roads have been ne glected, our school teachers salary i has been cut viciously. 1 understand ! because of the low average in atten dance. This we do not deny, but uh> | did not the proper officers investigate 'the primary cause of this non atten dance. Do you want to know the I cause? The parents are so poor they have be:n unable to buy sufficient I clothing and shoes to protect the lit itle boys and girls from the weather land not from choice, but necessity (they have been cheated out of a term 'of education. Who is to blame? Cherokee County, i How? Simple neglect. When the I roads in this county was taken over by the State Highway System our roads soon became ruts and gullies our bridges became wrecks and be cause of this condition we have been forced to pay more for the delivery of our marketable products than we receive. Pine wood and crossties are the main sales and it costs from one half to two-thirds of the price re ceived to get it hauled, and then the hauler goes in the hole. What does the county have to do with the State Highway Commissioner? Ha, Ha, Ha. What indeed. Where ever the pre?* sure is. the greatest there we find re lief. Because of these vital facts we are able to give you a news item. Last Sunday morning in Sunday 1 school session it was announced that there would be a community meeting: at the church on Monday night, 6:30 P. (M. The meeting was held as i stated by the leading citizens and a ' permanent organization was formed with the following officers, Mr. Sib- i 'bald Smith, Chairman, Mr. K. W Shearer, Serctary, Charter members, ! Greely Murphy. Jeter Baines, Poley Hamby, Charlie Lsdford, Lester Led ford, Sam Reid, Wm. Beaver, Brown Beaver, Clyde Beaver. Loyd Beaver. Earnest Adams, Floyd Adams, Yoyd Adams, Hayden Adams, Luther Bur gess, Ralph Hamby, Willard Hamby, \ Hobert Baines, Paul Adams, Hardin { Baines and Mrs. K. W. Shearer, Miss Hazel Hyde of Andrews, our public school teacher and Mrs. Sibbaid Smith. The purpose of this organization 1 is to take such necessary steps as will bring our needs before the proper authorities and obtain relief. It re presents a community of one hundred and three qualified voters. A res olution, embodying a petition to the , State Highway Commissioner ask- j ing that a "B" grade highway lead ing from the Pleasant Hill cemetery to the Highway leading from Liberty to Oak Park be established according to the State specification was passed, j A resolution embodying a petition to i our Hon. Board of County Commis- j sioners asking that our community be j included in the program for relief to l Farmers and Homes, was also passed, j At our next meeting a committee will | be appointed to present thesa peti tions. 1 Everybody is invited to attend our J meetings and we are sending out to j those who are able the Macedonia ; Cry, Come over and help us, we meet j every Monday night 6:30 P M. at ( Pleasant Hill church. Should it rain | then the next night possible. We have a live wire Sunday s 100I J every Sunday morning 10 r lock | rain or shine, tin ? - direct church con trol. Officer.- Uov."*, Supt. and advanced class t. r our pastor, . Rev. Sabbald Smi; Vi,. Sai t. ivtr. j P. A. Williamsc 1 ary ano | Treasurer, Miss Ei tia:nby, Sr.st I Miss VertJe Williamson, A;iult' teacher, Mr Wm. Btav.r, D cf church. Inetrmediatc MRS. H. E. DAVIS I -Photo Courtesy Anhevill-* <*itix?n Tim?*f Funeral Held For W. C. Bryson Funeral services for W. ('. Bry son, <>4, of 1 Riverview road. West Asheville, who died suddenly at Syl vu Saturday afternoon, were con ducted Sunday afternoon at the res idence. The Rev. Carlock Hawk, pastor of the Wc-t Asheville Methodist church officiated. Burial was in (Jreen Hills cemetery. Mr. Bry son's seven sons acted as pallbearers. Mr. Bryson was a conductor on the Asheville division of the South ern Railway. He became ill Friday } . Iternoon while on his run from Murphy to Asheville. Mr. Bryson is survived by his wid ow. twelve children, three brothers and one sister. Mr Bryson was a 32nd degree Mason and Shriner. He belonged to the Order of Railway Conductors an r. Gartrell, '?2 u Jir..es. i _ . E. Adams. > j. Hoit, j W. M. Ramsey, V - eil *)av:iso?,j I Mrs. John Odc-11. Mrs. Bessie i>ewecst . jMrs. Grace Cooper, 'Misses, Cilr ; THIRTY BUSHELS OF CORN RESULT FROM LESPEDEZA An increase of 30 bushel of corn an acre by the simple expedient of growing lespedeza on poor hind is the interesting result reported by B. G. ?Jeffries of Burlington, Alamance County. Knos C. Blair, extensoin agrono mist at State College, reports the in cident. "In February of 1929, Jef fries planted lespedeza on two acres of land. His farm is a typical old belt tobacco farm and the soil is a 'white sandy loam, innocent of any or ganic matter." says Mr. Blair. "The (slopes are all badly eroded. In 1921* and 1930, the lespedeza was hervest |ed for seed but all the* stalks aid (leaves were left on the land. Last I year. 1931, the two acres were turn led for planting corn. Six arritional I acres adjoining were also planted at I the same time.** Mr Blair says the corn for the right acres was fertilized with 200 | pounds an acre of a 10-4-4 mixtute and planting was done on May 15. J N*o top-dresser was used. However. I the lespedeza land showed the same effects of having been top-dressed I with nitrogen fertilizers since the corn grew faster, larger and looked more | thrifty than the com on the six acres without lespedeza. At harvest time, two acres of I com were carefully gathered and weighed, as were two air(> just to side where no lespedeza was ir?"Own. The corn following legume pro duced 14 bu?hels an acre while the corn without lespedeza p-oduced 14 'bushrls an acre. This is n difference of 30 bushels an acre du? entire'^ to the growth of lespedeza and is a bout one of the soundest arguments one could use for planti'ig mor.' of this legume on the small grain this spring, says the agronomist. CULBERSON Its been reported for some time business on the up grade, but it. seems that the grade is so steep its making but little progress. Harrison Truett of Swannoa spent Thursday night with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Truett. The debating society organized here with O. G. Anderson, president, Guy Hyatt vice-president, Verner Ballew, Secretary, and Hay Hyatt Treasurer, is making great progress and attracting people from all over the community. We have some able speakers. The subject each Friday night is well preseinted by e ach side. Mrs. Eva Griffiths, Mr and Mrs. B. R. Carroll and daughter, Dorothy spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dicey. Mr. and Mrs. Moody Nichcls of Fry, Ga., were visitors here Sunday. Rev. White of Asheville Presiding Elder of the Methodist church held a quarterly meeting here the 3and 4 inst. Everybody enjoyed his sermons and hope to have him here again. You have been hearing the cry too much food: No one has ever gone to the poor house wbo had a crib full of corn, milk cow and a flock of chick em". Big harvest will not last forever who knows what the next one will be. Let no one persuade you not to grow plenty of food and feedstuff this year J. R. Hyatt o* Wolf Creek was a visitor here last week. o A Correction The names of Messrs. Burl Chas tain, Douglas Hatchett, Dillard Stiles, 'Misses Madge Stalcup and Ruth Coleman were omitted in last week's article in the Scout regard ing the .Martins Creek Mintrel. These young people were vaulable helpers and we are glar to make the correction. Martin, Gladys Polatty, Ruby Court ney, Annie B. Bailey and Marv Gar trell. Circle X'o. 3 of the Baptist Wom an's Missionary Society met with Mr*. T. S. Evans Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. The following of ficers were elected: Chairman, Mrs. T. S. Evans; Mission Study Leader, Miss Sara Cook; Secretary, Mrs. Hayner Rogers; Treasurer, Mrs. L. E Bayless; Personal Service, Mrs. P. C. Hyatt. Mrs. L. E. Bayless was appointed as representative from Circle No. 3 to meet with the ways and means committee of th o Baptist Y."<- -n's Business Club. Aftnr a nsiness session, the hostess u nioi-t tempting plate of alid, crackers, sandwiches, .?vitoes and coffce. A small .-a heart with date and name of the jc;r?!e, attached to the napkins, was [very uclive.