I Attractive
l The Leading U
I Vol. XLV.?No. 46.
i Local actic
i at tv a da
I Concerted Action On AI
M Forth Advantages Of <
? $13,000,000 Project.
I Greatly encouraged by reports that
I the Tennessee Valley authority has
I definitely decided to spend 13 milsJ
lion dollars on a dam in this section,
j lactic ly every citizen in Cherokee
I county is lining up behind a drive to
PI hcve . c dam located at the Coleman
ite below Murphy.
Realising Chattanooga is building
u: .ontanent to have the dam built at
B th of the Hia>yassee river,
BJ local business of very kind is concertpi
in- act; :i to make a wide-spread ap|
| pc-1 to have the dam here.
J. In cxpresii'ui of the many auvantK|
i-v the Coleman dam sit for
? | ti mvnentous structure definite
[ I act being constructed calling to
I | th a :iL n of TV A authorities that
1 M. iiy and Cherokee, county resip|
de > are willing to support the dam.
B L. : from local peopl have baen
steadily pouring into the Scout onice
giving <11 *ides ot the situation. Many
are s"ill coming in too late for this
issue.
' X definite action had been decided
on Thursday but indications are
that special plans are being drawn up
for formal presenilation soliciting
a ;; rities to put the structure here.
Some of t-he letters, giving every
side of the question, showing ihe unprejudiced
public sentiment of the
people in this section, are being printed
in this issue of the Scout.
o
NO LICENSE FEE
IS REQUIRED TO J
RUN THRESHERS
Ralierh, N C.?Many contplr.in ,
and inquiries have been made to the
Department of Agriculture, county
pent?, and local agricultural teachers
concerning th< rumors that a prohibitive
license is to be 'made for each
threshing machine operated this year.
'While no license lee or charge is to
be mad., each operator IS required
by state statute to procure a license
card from the County Registrar of
Dee > before he may begin thr .*nin^
this summer. With this free
licence ard is given a free record
book foi* recording threshing of each
farm. This hook may be kept by
the operator for his future reference.
The Department of Agriculture is
simply striving to aid t/ireshermen in
keeping good records which, in turn,
will help with the small grain and
peanut official county allotment figures.
A farmer will do well, therefore.
to be sure that the machine
th'.eshing his crops is lecensed, and
that a full record is made of his acres,
as well as threshed productions.
Mr. Harry Miller
Gets Emory Degree
Mrs. E. S. Miller returned Tuesday
from Atlanta, Ga., where she had been
to attend the graduation of her son,
Harry Miller, who received his degree
in medicine from Emory University.
Dr. Miller has received both the B.
S shJ AC r\ J _ . _ . 17
? ouu au. v. uegrees 1 ruin rjinui y
and remained in Atlanta this week to
take the examination of the Georgia
State Board of Medical Examiners.
He will arrive in Murphy Saturday to
spend a short vacation at home before
going to Georgia Baptist Hospital,
Atlanta, to jserve Ws internship.
William, another son of Mrs. Miller,
is also a student at Emory University,
and is studying for an M.D.
degree.
? Q
Folk? Catchin' 'Em
At Lake Santeetlah
Several parties of Murphy people
have been fishing this week in
"he Santeetlah, near RoMrinsville,
report large catches and that the fish
are plentiful and hungry. Among
those on the lake this week from
Murphy were, Mr. and Mrs. Noah
wmngood, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Moody, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sneed,
Mr- *nd Mrs. T. J. Mauney, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Ellis, E. C. More, C. W
" 'ley, L. Hodges, A. W| Lovingood.
o' ' Mauney, Quay Ketner, H. A
attdt and'Harry Bishop.- t " '
It dp
f f
feekly Newspaper in Western North C
Murphey, N.
)N AIMED (
M PROGRAM
1 Business Fronts Sets
Coleman Dam Site For j
TVA~CANNERY
GIVES ADVICE
TO FARMERS;
Under Government Code :
Good Prices Are Assured
For Produce.
Many helpful and useful hint- on ^
tomatoes have been issued ir. a booklet
which hit> arrived at A. Q. Ketner ?
off kg in the court house. The book,
an invaluable source on successful J
tomatoes growing, will aid in nrcpara- .
tion ot the opening of the T\ A can- ,
nery here in August.
Flans have practically been com- ,
Jitrtc tor the opening and a great
many farmers in this* section ar~- pre- J
paiing soil that ordinarily goes to
waste,' for the more profitable pu:- :
pose of growing tomatoes. In answer ;
to many queries in .Mr. Ketncr's ci- ;
fice, the price has not yet been d iermined.
But the TV A is working !
nationally on a ba^-is of fair prices. In
fact, that is the fundamental princ;- '
pie of the TV A, and a good price for 1
tomatoes or beans is assured every
one that grows them.
'Tire season is too far gone to grow '
tomatoes from seed in time for can- ,
ning. It is sugges-led that a good
grade of plants be brought from a repjutable
merchant. A prime factor in
growing a nice crop of tomatoes is '
crop rotation. That is, do not plant ,
a crop where they hav* been cultivated
the past season.
Of -the m'any types of tomatoes that
can tie grown. Mr. Ketner suggests
that the farmers of this section plant
Merplobes. He also says a 4-8-6 grade
of fertilizer is helpful in growing a
good crop although 5-5-5 can be used
with success.
The local farm agent is very popular
with farmers of this section an?i
is willing to give advice as to t.he cultivation,
setting out, and common
diseases of tomatoes at any time.
Above all he? urges every farmer to
plant all the tomatoes and beans he
can, so the cannery will run full bias:
when it get? started.
Inca Indian Visits
Ranger Relatives
Luis Delia Cruz, South American
Indian, who has been in the United
States for several yeais, is visiting ,'iis
wife's mother, Mrs. Minnie Kiliian,
at Ranger.
Delia Cruz is of the Inca tribe of
Lima, Peru, and he plans to visit the
Cherokee Indian Reservation and
other points of interest in this section
before returning to his home in South
America. He speaks thiee languages
fulently? Italian, Spanish and Portugese?and
broken English. He says
English is hyd speak, and gets his
tongue all tangle up.
i 'YVhlle in talis county iie muriuc
Miss Ethel Poston, a native of Tennessee,
and she flans to return to
Peru with him this fall.
CULLOWHEE GIRLS
RECEIVE DEGREES
Cullowhee, June 10 (Special to
Cjierokee Scout)?Miss Mary Nichols
of Culberson, and Mrs. Leila Mason
Thomasson, of Andrews, received the
bachelor of science degree from
Western Carolina Teacher^ College at
the June commencement.
The following Cherokee County
iknen and women received the twoyear
Normal diploma: Irene Kissleburg,
Culberson, J. Franklin Smith,
Murphy, and Glade Lovingood.
Davidson Building Is
Sold To Atlanta Man
The Davidson building was sold at
DiSblic auction Monday for nearly
i 'f9000 to A. S. Clay, of Atlanta. The
, local three story structure has been
used by professional men and busiI
jiess men for offices in the psst.
Since January 1933, it has been in
hands of receivers. No plans for
changes in the building have been
Announced.
ittltel
Carolina, Covering a Large and Poi
C., Friday, June 15, It
DURT MEETS
MONDAY FOR
JUNE SESSION
deavy Calendar Set For
Superior Court Under
Judge McElrov.
Sixty-four cases have been entered
n the dockets to be tried during: the
une term of the Superior court to
ie h id here Monday. Judge McEloy
will have a busy session facing
iim when the court is called to order.
The jury for the June term as |
Irawn by the jury commissioners on |
Jay 25 are: First Week; 1. Fred i
fones, Postell; 2. Homer Long, Anhews;
3. A. L. Tippett, Culberson;
i. W. A. Evans. Ranger; 5. Floyd
stiles, Cireh; C. F. O. Bat us. Murphy;
T. G. X. Parker, Andrews; 3. J. P.
decker, Suits; J. C. Wells, Murihy;
10. J. R. Mason, Brasstown; 11.
I. C. Cook , Culberson; 12. Ivan Hards,
Culberson; 13. Bruce Bristol, Anirews;
14. Poley Hedden, Murphy;
15. John Donley, Murphy; 10. James
.. Truett. Andrews; IT. G orge DockI
Tit.L-.i . 1? Unvrnw
^ iolett; 11). S. W. Lovingood, Murrhy;
20. J. S. Martin, Ranger; 21. J.
F. Stile?, Suits; 22. Evert Martin,
Muiphy, Route No. 3; 23. W. T.
Moor , Andrews; 24. Frank Sparks,
Suits.
Second week; 1. C. C. Mills, Andrews;
2. W. A. Nichols, Culberson,
3. Lawrence Anderson, Andrews; 4.
J. VV. Stalcup, Murphy; 5. Carl Anderson,
Culberson; 6. E. M. Bryant,
Ranger; 7. Frank Hardin, Andrews;
8. M. M. Ledfoid, Po-tell; 1). C. S
Jenkins, Culberson; 10. John Lovingood,
Grandview; 11. Abe Cole, Culberson:
12. J. A. Si.v.onds, Culberson;
13. J. P. Glenn, Andrews; 14. Martin
Raper, Earner, Tenn.; 15. A. L.
Johnson, Murphy; Id. F. S. Chambers,
Unnka; 17. D. P. Johnson,
Unaka; 18. W. J. Sneed, Murphy,
Route 2; 19. W. W. Stiles. Birch; 20.
J. S. McCombs, Murphy; 21 Z. V.
Lovingood, Murphy; 22. Frank Burrell.
Murphy; 23. W. W. Robinson,
(Continued on pag? three)
COMEDY HIT BY
LOCAL PLAYERS
TO SHOW AGAIN
"Her Mistake", a rollicking fouract
comedy of love and life on the
farm, will be presented again Friday
nif.ht at th Murphy school auditorium
by the Character Builders Sunday
school class. At a presentation two
weeks ago. more than 200 people enthusiastically
applauded the show and
between-th*: --'ct pel formers.
It all concerns the man from New
Yo?k who woos the maia 01 ouvt-r
brook farm and complications thai
follow, due in no small part to be a
red-headed comedian, his sweetheart
and the town gossip.
Included in the east are: K. C
Wright, Mrs. Edwina Clark. RalpI
Moody. Mr?. A. W. Melver, Mrs. E
C. Mallonec, H. G. Elkins, S. M. Hin
shaw, Miss Emily Sword, Mrs. J. H
McCall, Miss Lelia Posey, and Mrs
V. M. Johnson.
More News For The |
Readers?
More Circulation For !
Tl,<? A/luprHser.
M. 11V A
Folks, look at this issue of the
Scout?16 pages filled with news
from all over the county?news
that gives the actual facts. There
are also many interesting features.
Comics, editorials, personals, and
nationally known writers come to
you each week through the columns
of the Scout. More correspondents
and writers will be added
from time to time.
Also there are many advertisements
for thrifty shoppers?advertisements
that are news?telling
where the best bargains can be
( found.
j We are going to let the subsciption
price stay at $1 per year for
a limited time only. Come in and
pay up for several years. Take
advantage of this low price. You
may never get it again. Most
weekly papers that were $1 are
$2 since the NRA has started and
we wil be forced to put our price
up soon.
So send us your dollar by mail,
or better still stop By the SCbut
office and see us personally.
t Hw
lentially Rich Territory in This Sta
>34. <
NEW ROAD 1
BASIN 1
Old Road, Surveyed by J
Beaverdam Gap; Of
Industrial Advantages.
BY D. WITHER SPOON
J. L. Fain, acting under suggestion
of the State Highway Commission,
last w.ek completed a survey for a
new road which has been adopted as
part of the County Road System for
C.hcrokee county, and placed in lino
for immediate construction by the
State Highway Commission.
This highway will lead fr m the
present Grandv:ew-B averdam road,
near Beaverdam Gap, to the Allen and
Har.-haw Gaps, and connect with the
United Stat s Forest Scivice r ad
near the North Carolina-Tenne sec
lin at some poi.'.t t be selected by
Mr. Brosvnir, _. L< - ition Engineer of
the State Highway Commission, who
is expected to be in Murphy within
a few days t complete the axact location.
The road surveyed by M . Fain i.1,hat
portion leading from the H averdam
Gap to the Allen Gar. ? distance
cf four and four-fifths miles. St ikes
are now set awaiting the assignment
of labor to the proposed road by the
Federal Emergency R lief A :minis
TUic v,?a uOQr
adopted as a CWA project, but th"
discontinuance of the Civil Works
Administration stopped progress, anc
assurances has been given that th?
road will be constructed from fed era
funds at the earliest possible date.
fThe United State Forest Service
has constructed a road leading from
Tellico Plains, Tennessee. to the
North Carolina State line over t.hc
grade of the old Babcock logging rai
road, and this has been improver
from time to time both by the Forest
Service and the CCW forces until i
is a macadam construction, all-tr'ie
year-road highway, considered one o
the most beautiful in Tennessee. High
Way when it r. aches the North Caro
lina line it ends abruptly in thi
woods, and the new road will mak<
an interstate connection from Mur
r?hy to Tellico Plains and Knoxville
the shorten and most direct route
less than one hundred miles.
The territory to be tapped and r n
dered tributary to Murphy comprise
all the Tellico River basin within th
state of North Carolina, a territory o
some ten thousand acres, hithert
reach d from the North Carolina sid
by steep trails, and with such diffi
culty t.hat few Cherokee County pc-c
pie have ever seen this vast area, lai
~ely virgin timber, that has nev
" r'elt the lumbering operations.
The building of the road will ir
1 sure the bringing of this lumber int
' Murphy, and an operation that wi
work seventy-five men or more fi
' at 1 ast five years. There was i-mmir
1 ent danger that the operations woul
be conducted from Tellico Plain
which would have created scarcely
* r;pple in our industrial life and th
* jroposed load will rescue this bus
^ ness activity for the people of tl
people of the county, and insure thi
the lumber from this territory, est
mated at over one hundred millac
feet will be marketed and shippc
from Murphy.
The feasibility of the route wj
suggested some months ago by Ja
per L. Fain , D. Withtrspoon, W. J
Adams and others familiar with tl
topography of this section, and tl
present survey proves that the ros
is a praciicaDie one, W11 J1_J1 win nr.
a section of great scienc splendor i
well as one of. industrial possibilitie
The Board of Comtnisioners endor
ed the road and petitioned the Hifr
way Commission for its constructio
ajid with the aid of parties intereste
in which Miss Harriett M. Berry, Se
retary of the North Carolina Go*
Roads association, rendered partic
larly useful services, the interest 1
the State Highway Commission w
aroused to the place where the rot
has been adopted, and placed up<
the map for construction.
Among the pqints of intere
which will be reached by the new roi
are the Tellico River and its trib
taries, some twenty miles of tro
streams whihch have recently be
stocked and are now being given at
quate protection, the Palls Of Mist'
toe Cree, Hooper Bald, Laurel T
and McDaniel Bald. The latter
probably the highest peak in Cherok
County, over a mile high, and fr(
whos summit the entire country
Cherokee is spread in panoran
? splendor. The entire section is sit
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TODAY
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H.oo year?Sc copy"
rO TELLICO0
BE BUILT
. L. Fain, to Run Near the
fers Scenic Beauty and
1 INDIANS DRAW
PETITION UP
T 0 SEPARATE
Moody Addresses Large
Crowd At Second GetAcquainted
Meet Wed.
i The second Ret-iK-quaime?i meeting:
, ( of the non-res:rvatin Indians was
held in the c urt house h re Wedne-'
y morn in?: with nearly 7b pe >plo
; sent. The.meeting 1'eatuved an addr. -<
by J. X. Moody, local barrister,
and a re.itin was drawn up to be -ent
to the council ot th Ea.-te n Band of
, Cherokees.
Among those present were: It. L.
Spalsbury, Intern agent; Jarrett
\ Blythe, ehii f; \V. M. ICbinson, forest
ranger; Sibbalu Smith, county ranger;
, | J. N. Mo? dy, lawyer, and government
representative". After Mr. Moody's
11 talk, the petition was drawn up.
I In part it road, "we are regularly
, enrolled members of t.'-.e Eastern
I Band of Cheroke-s of North Caro;
liiln,"?under lev* or the United
States, and the rulings of the Departl
ment of the Interior, aie entitled to
, participate in any and all property,
[ money and funds belonging to said
I Eastern Band of Cherokees?", and
j that"?petitioners have had little or
L none of the benefits and rights?-for
t 20 years or longer.
Also"?petitioner? ?re wilh'ng and
f agree that their membership as mem_b?rs
of said Eastern Banb of Chero_ikees
may cease, and that their names
B | may be stricken from the rolls?proB
i vided?the Department of Interior
i will make a fair and equitable accounting
and settlement with your
' petitioners and each of them, the?
share in severalty of all Indian property,
funds and m n.-ys belonging to
said Eastern Band of Cherokees, or
e [ to which they may be entitled."
f ! A non-regular meeting is expected
0 to br called any time.
e LOCAL LIBRARY
OFFERS READING
OF ANY NATURE
o There ire around 000 registered
n | borrowers of Murphy Library books
r and more than 200 volume- on the
x shelves^ Miss .Josephine Heigh way,
(j librarian, announced Wednesday.
s Since the library was built here
during the war. the list of subscribjs
ers as well as the number of books
j_ has been growing steadily. '1 he naie
tuie of t.he hooks runs toward educa^
tional subjects and #research work,
l_ although there is a large number of
n fiotion-al stories among the works.
Also many periodical? and newspapers
appear on the shelves. The
ac scope of the works insures interests~
ing literature of any kind.
^ #The library was mainly started
^ through the aid of the Carnegie
Foundation. Their gift was made
l(j in 1919 when the actual work be,n
gan. The property and other donaas
tions were given by t.he city, and
q since inen ine county nas given a
gTeat deal of aid. The building was
opened in 1922.
n Many people and groups, such as
d' the Women's clulb have donated books
' to the library. Outstanding among
J(j these has been Mr. W. M. V. Powtlu_
son, of New York, who gave around
300 volumes.
as It was announced that plans are
((j being formulated to launch a drive
>n for more book? in the near future.
As a great "many town and county
i8t children use the library, the campaign
td for books will be in that direction.
u* lar to the territory comprising the
o* Great Smoky Mountain National
en Park, all made accesible to Murphy
le- at an average distance of twenty
le- miles or lees. Few people in the
op county hav? ever visited this section.
'9 but those who have packed across its
ee difficult trails are enthusiastic con>m
cerning .it, and the building of the
of road will add atiother link to CheTO ic
kee County's road system, already
ni-. one of the best in the state.