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The Leading I
Vol. XLV. No. 43.
BUECK NAMED
PRESIDENT OF
LIONS CLUB
| fain Asks To Be Rellieved After
Nine Years Service For
Local Lionism
II. Bueck, superintending principal
i :h. Murphy school unit, was elect&
ed president of the Murphy Lions
| club Tuesday night at a meeting which
% \v;\ featured by the annual el?ction
? 01 officers. Mr. Bueck succeeds W.
a M. Fain, Murphy wholesalegrocery|
man, who has served as pre-ident for
: the past nine years.
Other officers elected are Dr. Edw.
| E. Adams, secretary; H. G. Elkins,
? treasurer; G. W. Ellis, Dr. R. W. Petri*
and V. M. Johnson, first, second
?* ami third vice presidents, respectively;
R( r. F. Higgins, tail twister; R.
F. Williamson, Lion tamer; and W.
M. Fain, C. W. Bailey, and Walter
? ieir.an, directors.
Mr. Fain, who has served as preside!.'
of the local club since it was
organized nine years ago, asked the
: clot' not to elect him for another year
i h* thought the honor should be
given 1 someone else. Retiring president
Fain has held every office within
tn< gift of the state Lions ortrani
zation except district governor, and
| j the Murphy club pledged itself to put
' him forward next year for t.his office
and to work unceasingly for his election.
! Mr. Fain thanked the club for the
jpj co-operation given him as president,
and pledged hie hearty co-operation
for its continued success. Under Mr.
? Pain's leadership and administration,
the Murphy club come to recognized
a? one of the outstanding Lions clubs
cf the state. .The club holds t?he district
governor's achievement trophy
won several ?fcars ago for meritorious
work in competition with all clubs of
the state. One year the Murphy club
tie ! with Durham for the same honor,
and was runner-uu last year.
The new officers will assume
oharge of the club's affairs at the
fir-: meeting on June the 12th.
Tramp Party Given
By Good Will Club
The Good Will Club of Murphy
sponsored one of the most unique
entertainments of the week last
Thursday nigbt at the library building.
in the form of a Tramp Party.
The invitations sent out were
couched in tramp language, and indicated
that fun and frolic was the
high light of the evening. The wording
of the invitations -follows:
Yew air ast to a Tramp Poverty
Party that us foke of Thee Good
Will Club air agoin to have at the
lib'.aiy, Thursday Nite, May thee
Seventeen.
RULS AND REGELASHUNS
Chap. One. Evry woman who kums
must ware a kalkio dree and apern,
one somtthin ekally apropriate.
Chap. Tew. All men must ware
there ole close and flannill shirts.
Piled shurts and tanup dickys air prohibited
onless there ole and rinkled.
'These ruls will bee inforced to thee
leter. One?A konrfpetunt core uf
managers and ades will be in attenlots
of phun for everybody, sdnioate
mm umice. iew?The hull sasiety will inB
terduce strangirs and luk after bashH
ful fellers. Three?-There is a-goin to
I bee lots of phun for everyboddy.
Fore?Phun will ibegin to commance
at haf pas seven. Five?Tu git into
tbee house yew will haf tew smile.
H Six?Y ew beter bring lost uv penniesl
R to pay purines. Ate?Chawing gutm
will not be alloud. Nine?Maken luv
H er flirtin prohibited. Ten?Gurls must
5ot wear hairpin?.
B Kum irly and gtt a gude sete. (if
B yew can't coime, let us know). We
will ask for a free-will uucdfis*
B On arriving at the door, all tramps
fl were met by lady tramps who gave
B each guest ten beans. After finding
B out what it was all about?no one
B was allowed to say yes on no during
B the conversation on penalty of paying
a bean?there were ntOTe tight-lipped
B ever assembled in one convention be
bead shaking tramp? assembled than
fore. It was amutual affair, but the
B fine of a bean?and nothing else for
I jbe matter? could keep some of the
B lady tramps from talking.
B When all the beans had been cdI
lected by just a few of the lady
B tramps, the fun and frolicking began,
B jud lasted until around 10 o'clock.
?ts. Clingman McDonald was award
ed the prize for the best dressed
P tramp of the ladies and C. W. Bailey
lor the men.
^9
iff, if
Weekly Newspaper in Western North
Murphey,
INJUSTICE TO
MR. ANDERSON!
The Scout does not publish com-1
munications submitted without being j
signed, but we deviate from that
policy to carry the following letter in
justice to Mr. O. G. Anderson and
other citizens of Culberson. Recently
Mr. Anderson and the Scout wete
'made the victims of a devilish prank
by some unknow person whose mind,
if he has one, can be nothing more
than a seething .hotbed of iniquity.
The letter speaks for itself, and may
the Lord have me icy on the soul of
its author, we won't. The*letter follows:
CULBERSON, N. C.
May 7, 1934.
The Cherokee Scout,
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Mr. Bailey:
If you will permit me, 1 wish to explain
through the pages of your paper
an article printed in toe Culber
n news in the issue of the Scout for
May 4th. One of the items concerning
Gienn Owenby and Man ly Truett,
caused quite a commotion among the
people of Culberson, as it carried a
good deal of scandal with it, though
it sounded common enough to you as
you did not know the parties about
whom it was written.
I understand that Mr. O. G. Anderson
visited your office and found that
J)is name was signed to the letter. Although
he did NOT write it. I wrote
the letter and forged his signature
merely as a means to get it published
and not to get him into trouble.
However I cannot disclose my name
for fear of getting into trouble myself,
but I earnestly beseech you to
print this so that the public will know
that 0. G. Andeison did NOT write it.
Furthermoie I wish to say that if
what was printed in the Scout is not
true, I am very sorry indeed, and to
t.he persons concerned I offer my
apologies.
I know that it is not your policy
to print anything to which no name
is signed, but surely you would in a
case like this, so that no suspicion
or blame will be laid on one of our
beet citizens who is absolutely innocent.
Thanking you, I remain,
Very truly yours,
A Reader
POPPY DAY TO BE
OBSERVED MAY 26
4urday May 26th is Poppy day.
The Good Will Club will have charge
4* he sale of them this year. T.he
-al purchase price of these popP
? to help disabled World-War
vv.e.Aiia. The Good Will Club, ( a
local charitable organization) will receive
a substantial percentage of the
sale price, the balance going to the
local Post of the American Legion.
The sale price of these Poppies is ten
.cents and in no event will they be
sold for less t.han ten cents. Anyone
wishing to give -"T? than this amount
just to help t: T&.,n;ay do and it
will bp apprec ^
Brasstown Woman
Buried At Spring
Creek On Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Susie
Woody, 80, who died at her home on
Little Brasstown Wednesday of last
week, were held at the Christain
Church, Spring Creek, N. C., last
Friday.
Mrs. Woody had been an invalid
for many years. SVie had been a
member of the Spring Creek Christain
church since young womanhood.
Surviving are three sons and one
daughter.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Ricks, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus White.
Mr- and Mrs. Walter Coleman. Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Wright, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Moody, Mr. and Mra.
Ralph Moody, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Lovingood, Mr. and Mrs. Noah I.ovingood,
Mr. and 'Mrs. Virgil Johnson,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Franklin, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Hampton, Mr. and Mrs.
Porter Axley, Mrs. Luther Hampton,
IMrs. Thelma Dickey, Mrs. Harry
Ferguson, Mrs. Warren Sneed, Mrs.
T. C. McDonald, Mrs. H. P. Clark,
Mrs. Ruth Carringer, Misses Ruby
Reister, Gillie Martin, Pearl Martin,
Grace West, Hattie Palmer, Josephine
Heighwafr, Fairy Dickey, Lelia
Posey. Mennite Payne, Emily Sword,
Mrs. E. C. mallonee, Mrs. H. Bowles,
Messrs. W. W. Gudger, R. F. Williamson,
C. W. Bailey, Ralph Adams,
Paul Hensley, Lakes Hampton, J. W.
Shook, Frank Nelson, Carl Hensley,
tro&f
Carolina, Covering a Large and P
N. C., Friday, May 25,
TWO MEN GASSED
AT THE FILTER
PLANT MONDAY
Overcome by chlorine gas at the
'municipal plant on Monday afternoon
Fulton Hartness, 52, and Gordon
Hasty, 40 were in a ciitical condition
at The Petrie Hospital Monday night.
Doctors said Thursday moring
that their condition was improving.
E. O. Christopher, city cleik, who
investigated the accident, said the
men apparently had been gassed
while at work repairing a leak in the
chlorine tank.
iThey managed to sttfmble a distance
of 200 feet to the home of Dee
yatd. Hartness got as far as the porch
before he fell.
Hilford An Indepenent
Candidate For Congress
As the time is demanding save and
constructive legislation. Kvery citi
zm should be profoundly interested
in wlv makes the laws for our Nation
ami the kind of laws they make
M. R. Hilford is a man qualified foi
a real service to state and Nation
He is a high toned Christain gentle
man. His ideas of government and
policies that ought to be worked oul
certainly oug.ht to make an appeal tc
the people of our day.
His platform in nart fnllnw?
The NEW DEAL deserves some
new cards and chips with which tc
play the game, and some new players
around the table; men who wil
light for a larger share of the gooc
things of life for the masses; for j
larger share in the pofits produced
for all who labor; men who will sup
port the President in evry effort t<
reduce taxes, rather than desert th<
Prsidcnt's economic program by levy
ing more taxes to incresae their owi
s alaries; men who believe thai th<
present enortnous concentratioi
qf wealth in the hands of the fev
must be corrected.
Mr. Hilford stands for the Nation
alization of Money, i. e. taking th<
money issuing power away from tin
banks and re.storing it to the Govern
ment exclusively.
He stands for legislation to soIv<
the probelm of. "Poverty in tin
midst of Plenty." by eliminating t.hi
poverty, not by destroying th'
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Chairman of Co
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otentially Rich Territory in This Stt
1934
| COOKE PLAYEKRS
HERE JUNE 4TH
The old reliable Cooke Play*-is will
(appear in their big tent in Murphy xoi
one week beginning June 4th, Harry
J. Pamplin, manager, announced here
Monday while on a visit for the purpose
of making arrant ments.
"I he show this year is bigger and
better than ever," Mr. Pamplin -aid.
"It i?, t! *j!y 2 senthem hy ?nutbern
people, carrying a 4-piece orchestra
and the funniest red headed cornmedian
in the South today."
The company to is year is composed
o*" twelve players, five of whom a t
from North Carolina. Wallace D
Morrow, leading man, is a son ->1
Judge Moirow, of Rutherfordton, N
C., while the leading: lady. Mis;
Katherine Kauer, also of Rutherf ?r 1
ton. Joe Mahler, the red header
, commedian, is a nativ of Smithfijl'
* N C. Inez Mahler, of Smithfieid, ant
' Jt.hn Magnes?, of Morganton, arc th
I other North Carolinians with tb<
company.
' Cther playcs include Dan Denton
v.n.? i u?i -
| Ala.; Miss Frenchy Stanley, Opp. Ala
: Horace Alexander. Lineville, Ala.
I' jstyne King, Macon, Ga.; Mabc
" Rhcdes, Biloxi, Miss.; and Harij
' Pnrnplin, Guifort, Miss.
^ i The play titles for the week ire a
> fclows:
"My Blue Heaven"; -'Under South
ern Skies"; "The Price She Paid"
s 'His Second Wife"; "A Southerr
> Cinderella"; "She Couldn't Say No"
- " Cheating Women".
Dickey-Martin
Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Dickey of
> Westville, Okla. announce the mar?
riage of their daughter. Fairy Nowona
to Mr. Lyle Martin of Murphy, North
i' Carolina, June 28, 1933 at Blairs?
villc, Georgia.
1 o
k" Miss Esther Ruth Warner, 13,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Warner
of Murphy entered Petrie Hos
uital on Wednesday evening foi
? treatment.
"Plenty" with which God and n&*ur<
2 have blessed us.
e Give him a chance to fight for thest
e principles by signing his ad else
e where in the paper.
ICIAL
RIM ARY BALLOT "
or Court, Solicitor,
id County Offices.
UCTIONS
e on the ballot make a cross
i at the left of his name.
r wrongly mark this ballot, rcand
get another.
1PERIOR COURT
cial District
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E. ALLEY ' i
?R C. DAVIS
E SENATOR
orial District
for One)
DROWNING
JAYFIELD
PATTON
(IE STATE HOUSE OF
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n mm C.J
for One)
1AUNEY
0. SCROGGS
PERIOR COURT
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[AYES
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LKIN
HERIFF
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IHIELDS
[ASON
1934.
Qcaounty
Board of Elections.
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26DOGS DIE
AS RESULT OF
POISONING
Owners Indignant And Helpless As
Mysterious Campaign
Continues
Twenty-six dog> have been buried
during the past three weeks by the
stieet force of Murphy as a result of
death by poisoning played about town
by unknown pirson or persons, and
citizens are becoming fearful lest
some small child get hold of some of
the poison and go the way of 4he
s dogs.
" Th mysterious campaign which is
causing the death <,f many dogs in
town was started about three weeks
ago, when -ix dtgs weie found dead
by their owner- in Ka-f Murphy
within a period of tw > days. Since
then, the Murphy street force has
been kept busy conducting dog fun* r.
als, and the end is piobably not yet
. in sight.
j It i.- believed that the poison is bt'
ing placed about over the town in
ua iiicul uihi uuiiT uroiHb attractive
to the dogs. Just how or
where the bait is being placed remains
a mystery, but developments during
the past few days have led some to
; believe that the parties responsible
i are j n or near the yards and
; premises >g owners. One of the
small puppies of Bass Walker, who
has lost three dogs, was found dead
several days ago under the house. Mr.
Walker sa|d it was not likely that the
puppy wandered very far from the
house because of its age.
Dog owners ol the town are indignant,
but admit their helplessness.
Every effort has been made to apprehend
the person or persona responsible
of this campaign of destruction
against the dogs of the town, but no
t evidence is left that might give a clue
to indentification.
Some of th?? dogs am.ng the deed
cost their owners as high ad $50, and
they are contemplating asking for
help from the governor of the state
f in their efforts to run down and punish
the guilty ones. One man said
tihat if such a campaign of poisoning
were conducted against cows and
hordes, the state authorities would
have the woods full of detectives.
Yet they are doing nothing apparently
to run down the person responsible
for the death of so many dogs. The
argument is advanced that they pay
taxes on dogs just the same as they
do on cows or Worses, or any other
^ * property.
A town ordinance makes it a misdemeanor,
subject to a fine of not
more than fifty dollars, for any person
to "throw or leave exposed in
any street or alley or other public
place in the town of Murphy any
poisonous food, fruit, vegetables or
other poisonus thing." However, if
the person or persons are ever discovered
01* found out, it will be just
too bad Jor them. Nearly every owner
who has lost a dog has a "beating"
i i .L-4 ?
it-au up iui mat person. i?w or no
law.
And the State law, C. S. 1680, declares
that "NO person shall allow his
dog over six months old run at large
in the night time unaccompanied by
the owner or by some member of the
owner's famiy, or some other person
by the owner's permission." The state
law makes it a misdemeanor, subject
to a fine of not more than $50 or not
exceeding 30 days in jail, and declaies
that the guilty person shall
"also be lialbe in da'mages to any person
injured or suffering loss to his
property or chattels" by any dog so
running at large at night.
But even this law, directed at the
dog owners themselves, will not likelv
protect the -person, responsible
from bodily injug? if he is ever
found out.
Harper-Whitaker
Mss Katherine Harper w?p quitely
married to Mr. O. M. Whitaker at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Eston Moore
of Canton, N. C. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. C. C. Btnton
pastor of the bride.
The Irride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. Harper of Tomotla,
N. C. She is a graduate nurse having
received her training from the Asheville
Mission Hospital in Asheville.
For the past eighteen months she has
been doing private duty nursing in
Canton.
The groom is employed by the
Champion Fibre Co. in Canton where
the couple win make their home.