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Vol. IVL,?No. 4.
COUNTY MEETS
ARE BEING HELD
BY REPUBLICANS
Party Preparing For
Coming Elections By
Organizing In Cherokee
The Republicans of Cherokee county
are preparing for the fall camp-jji.i
for votes by organizing clubs
in the various precincts of the county.
I'. M. Reese, county chairman said
this week.
Already a number of the precincts
have been organized and it i8 expected
to have the county completely
organized during the next few weeks.
Clubs have been oiganized at Shoal
Creek. Liberty, Unaka, Upperbeaverdam.
Peacntree, and Tjopton, with
several omanization metings scheduled
for next week.
1 ne hair man in variably prceiucd
at the meetings, which is attended by
the various candidates for county office.
The purpose of the clubs is to
m re thoroughly organize the party
for the campaign this fall, and to
ptovide cars, workers and party
leaders for the day of the electio.i
in November.
"The Democrats do not usually begin
an active campaign of the county
until about October 1/' C. B. Hili,
county chairman of that party, saicl.
However, the candidates ere actively
jtoing about the county in the interest
of their individual candidates.
Ihe added.
OVER 50 CASES OF
TOMATOES CANNED
HERE ON TUESDAY
^ With the canning of 50 cases of tomatoes
at the local cannery Tuesday,
J. H. Hampton, manager, 9aid
they had had their biggest day since
the local cannery opened for toma- j
toes sevralw/eek|;eeta?| m?~> -dhiniafce
toes several weeks ago.
This amount was reported as about j
20 case? heavier than any one day's
canning heretofore this season.
The cannery, Mr. Hampton said, ^
wu? running on Tuesdays, Thursdays, |
and Saturdays but that it was probable
that it would run more often
than that when the tomatoes started
coming in faster later on in the sea- I
son. |
"If the weather holds out we should 1
have a good many more tomatoes i
than that coming in every day,? Mr. |
Hampton commented.
He also said that when the picking
*?t further down on the vine that the
Quality of the tomatoes would be a
whcle lot better.
Officials are pleased at the way
ihe cannery is operating.
J- F. Stone, TVA auditor, was in
town again Wednesday evening, after
.'laving spent some time at Br3ssto*n,
and said the local cannery
eomrin > o,J - - - -
very alvorably with other i
I canneries in this section financial
ly. As the other canneries are in larI
?er ccmmunites their local monetary
I backing is a little stronger than it
I i; here he said, but he was very much
I Ptas with the standing of the Mur
Pry cannery.
1 Mrs. West Moved
1 To Petrie Hospital
I Friends of Mrs. W. M. West, who
I has been confined to her bed for the
I P?*t three months,, will be sorry to
tarn that she has been removed to
the Petrie hospital for fuTther medi
cal treatment.
Mrs. West was said by hospital at
tendants Wednesday to be "doing
| nicely."
I Hunting License Soon
1 To Be On Sale Here
I Hunting licenses will soon be in the
I ?"'ce of J. H. Hell, county fish and
I re?me warden. Mr. ftall announced
I Wednesday.
I K J*16 Mason '? quite a way off
I ?t following the prinoiple of the
^Fartment, the license will be on
tie ahead of tune.
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Murphy,
| COPPER BASIN ?
1BAND APPEARS
HERE TONIGHT?
Hundreds of local people are ex-Y
pected to attend the band concert?
and grand entertainment offereJX
by th? Copper Basin band and ay
| A host of local performers at the+
' 2 High School auditorium tonight atY
{ { 7:30 p. m. The shov." wiil be spon-y
sored by the local Lions club. A
X Final arrangements fo: the pro-Y
ygram were made early this week.y
X The Coppet Basin band is sai-A
X to be one of the strongest musical^
?{ units in the Southeast. It is com-A
21 posed of a number of highly train-A
;**ed musicians and has entertained ?
j3?at scores of local performances, A
Several local ^entertainers willx
X appear on the program. Miss Mar- ?
. t.ha Nell Wells and Miss Lois Lat-^?
Yham will offer readings. Gerald*!*
i' j? Stalcup, whose tine, clear tenor ?
I !C voice has been recognized as one.*.
best iirthis section, will ren-Y
Ader a solo. Miss Martha McBray-A
ilwtr will do an acrobatic dance. A
*? The Bowles sisters, tap dancers,X
jAwho have pleased local crowds be-?jj?
i Alore, will perform as the openingX
number the sceond act. O. P.V
?j? (Bob) Johnson, who is well ae-?*?
iXquainted with many Murphy peo-Y
14 pie, will offer one of h? trumpet^
solos. Miss Virginia McCay, who A
) I will accompany Me band, will fea-^t*
iyture her popular act of impersonate*
jlping movie stars. She will probab-, L
!;hy- sing and dance during the per*)C
lyicrmance, it was said. v
|X The Lions club committee ar-X
I Y ranging the affair is under the di-|j;
! A (Continued on naff* 8^ A \
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Dinner Dance Will Be
Held Friday Evening
A dinner party, being: arranged by
forae of the local boys given in the
j honor of a number of Murphy girls!
will be held at the Dickey hotel Fri-1
day evening at 6 o'clock, according
I to plans made during the week.
The girls entertained the boys with
a tea dance and evening dance last
week at the "Gym."
Jimmy Edwards and his 13-piece
colored band, which orchestra will
furnish music for a dance at the
"Gym" later in the evening, will
provide music for t.he occasion. A
number of specialties and novel numbers
were being planned for the entertainment
of the dinner party.
About 50 "are expected to attend.
Such a party, it is believed, would
be appropriate at this time as many j
, of the younger set will be leaving
| tor school in a few weeks. Also a i
[number of the TVA men that have
been here all summer will leave
[ soon.
Florida Publisher Is
Visitor Here Tuesday!
Mr. A. M. C. Russell, publisher of !
the Palmetto rxews, or rainierto, ria.,
was a visitor in the Scout office Tuesday.
Mi. Russell said he had spent a
week at his cabin near Topton and was
en route to the World's Fair.
FREE CLINIC 1
TO HELP Hi
A new deal for the cripples of the |
I Southwestern section of North Caro-j
I lin.i will be offered them through an
Orthapaedic Clinic which is being es-,
tablisked in Bryeon City, according;
to H. L. Stanton, of Raleigh, state;
supervisor, wfco was here Thursday, j
Free examination and treatment byj
an orthapaedic bone specialist will j
be provided to the indigent cripples
of Cherokee, Clay, Grfham, Macon
and Swain counties.
Many crippled children and adults'
with clubbed feet, bowed legs, curva- j
ture of the spine and. other deformi- |
ties will have, their deformities corrected
through the free services of
this clinic, which is being sponsored
by the Rotary Club of Fryson City.
T<J Be Held In Bryton City.
The first clinic was held in the
Bryson City High School Building
Saturday, August 18, and will be
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Potentially Rich Tern Western Norl
N. C., Friday August 2
STATE HIGHWAYMEN
ADJUSTING
TRUCK LICENSE
Patrolmen Find Many
Trucks "Overloaded"
In County This Week.
Four state highway officers were
stationed in Murphy during the week
"correcting license tags" for trucks
and automobiles.
It was found by the officers that
a number of local truck owners and
drivers were using a tag that under
estimated the load of the truck, and
they have been forced to purchase a
tag that would adequately cover the
load.
In most cases the fee has been
around ?20 which has caused some of
the local owners and drivers to become
indignant over the situation.
by Offuei i iyiTioycr,
when tags are sent for, many orders
fail to include whether 01 not the
truck has dual wheels or extra
springs. The license department
takes it for granted that they do not,
and accordingly send a tag that will
not cover the maximum estmiated
load of the truck.
The officers stationed here are
Inspector Co< nt/ and Guthrie, and
Patrolmen Ingle and Frymoyer.
Trucks from other states are being
watched about coming in to Mur
phy more times than the restricted
number of trips per month calls for.
No uppioximate number f the
charge? in all cases c Mild be made.
GRAHAM COUNTY
MAN IS WOUNDED
DURING QUARREL
Jack Shuler, 21. of Robbinsville,
was reported critically ill in a Knoxville
infirmary this week after he
was shot through the stomach, allegedly
by Grady Waters, 21, also of
Robbinsville, Satuiday morning.
Officers, who investigated, said
t?hat the two young men engaged in
a quarrel Friday night at the Atoah
Baptist church, two miles west o!
Bobbinsville. Saturday morning at 8
o'clock, it is reported by officers, they
met in a road one and a half miles
west of Robbinsville and engaged in
a fipvit, both men firing pistol?.
Waiters, fo'lowing the shoo.ing,
went to Robbinsville and surrendered
to the jailer at the Graham county
jail.
Murphy Is Paid Visit
By Mining Engineer
James A. Barr, of New York, a
mining engineer, left Jiere this week
after having spent some time as the
gust of B. C. Moneymaker, head of
the local TVA geologists.
Mr. Barr, working in a mining
CU^UICGt l?|?uvivjr 1VI OV.V.UI ftV
films, was said to be very much inte:ested
in the mineral resources of
Western North Carolina.
FOR IND1GEN1
UNDREDS IN 1
held every third Saturday of each
month hereafter.
This is one of the ten similar
clinics that has been organized
throughout North Carolina by the
State Department of Vocational Re- ;
habituation. Hundreds of cripples are
examined and treated monthly
through these clinics.
After the physical condition of 1
these cripples has been improved as ,
much as possible through surgical <
treatment, each individual over 16
years of age is carefuly studied and
advised as to the vocation for which ?
he is best fitted. 1
Vocation* Taught.
Then he is given specialized train- ,
ing for this occupation. These physically
handicapped persons are train- ]
ed Jot all kinds of occupations rang- s
ing from shoe repairing and barber- ^
mg to the practice of law and medi- j
? #rii
h Carolina, Covering a tor-* in This
4, 1934.
j |WORK ON FAIR, 3
? BIGGEST, rfEST, 'j
| GOING FORWARD:!
|*& Intensive work directed at up-}
i Aening the Cherokee County Fair^
]Kor the "biggest and best" seasonJ
yet is going ahead rapidly, ac-]j
Avoiding to members of the Chero-H
Ykee County Fair Association. j
X All advertising is being handedj
Xout and distributed by A. Q. Kei-?i
vner, county agent, at .his office in}
Xthe court house here. The Fail}
xcatlogue will be put on the pies *
J following the appearance of this}
A issue of the Scout and should bej
Xready tor distribution early next.
week. The book contains the com-}
Aplete list of premiums, the judges^
Y of the various expositions and*
?iules governing the showing of J
X exhibitions. 4
X The committee .has been working.
diligently to offer the best in fair*
^education and entertainment. Sev-?
Idling the past week and work on all]
X phases 0f the Fail is going ahead steadily.
!
X Mr. Ketner was especially plea?-]
Xe<l with the interest manifested in.
*?*the Fair this year and said hund-]
Aicds of farireis in this section are]
Xp'eparing livestock and all kinds,
of fam produce for the opening of]
Xth" show. % *
X General comment .has been fav-.
Y.uable from "the first, member? f]
At he Association said. Practically*
Yeveryone is preparing to take part.!
vir. and enjoy the Fair v?hen the*i,
Abates swinp: open in about livfj
Yweeks. it was said. \
y i
Mr. Hall Is Resident
Here For 40 Years
John H. Hall said Monday that he
had been a resident of Murphy for
forty years on that day. He mentioned
a number of changes that had taken
place during that time.
Mr. Hall came here from Gainesville
as a boy in 1894 and began
woik as a clerk in the store of Elliott
and Moore at the present location of
Ledtordh; hardware store under the
Scout office. Later he ran his own
store at the present sight of Carringer's
Department store.
For the past ten years, Mr. Hall,
said, he .had been dealing in real
estate. He married the former Miss
Callie Harshaw, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. McD. Harshaw.
o
O. B. Ellis Is Here
For 3 Weeks Stay
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Ellis, of Chad
rcn, Neb., are spending: a three weeks
vacation here visiting: relates and
friends after having been away from
here for a long: time.
Due to his work, however, Mr. Ellis
is subject to being cale<l away to
pei form duty at any time.
Their many friends are glad to see
them here.
r CRIPPLES
HIS SECTION
cine.
The training is given in vocational
schools, colleges, universities, shops,
offices, mills and factories?whereever
the most suable training :s
available.
Tiie training is carefully supervised
by a representative of the State
Rehabilitation department and wnen
the training is completed the handicapped
person is aided *in securing
employment.
Hundreds Treated.
More than 1200 cripples in the!
state have been rehabilitated, that is,
tiaineci and placed in employment,
fn this way they become useful, self- |
supporting and independent citizens.
Mr. Stanton was accompanied here
last week by J. H. Clifford, special
mpervisor, who interviewed and ad- i
.ised a number of cripples in Murphy
ind Cherokee county.
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State
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! SPECIAL VOTING
; ON POOL ROOMS
; HELD THIS WEEK
; 65 Majority Defeat Bill;
404 of 474 Registered
Votes Cast.
. I TRrt Ttnnl .i-rtrtw C2??tiC2 Vntvd
\\ down by an 85 majority in the spec?
ial city election Tuesday.
! Out of atotal registration of 474
j voters. 404 ballots weie cast. One of
> them was thrown out as being im!
properly marked. There were 244
| votes against the proposal and 159
votes for it.
The move to have a pool room in
| Murphy was brought up by the Joe
Miller Elkins Post of the American
\ Legion more than a month ago.
' Thtee registiation dates were held
. | before the election on Tuesday.
' I I'mlnr ??
tin iii 3 329, ji?ui roum> were banned
I in five Western North Carolina coun|
ties.
It is understood that this law his
\ ber lepealed in all except Cherokee
* and Clay counties, and the local post
of the American Legion had the act
\ amended in 1931, to allow pool rooms
; to be operated by the Legion in the
town of Murphy, but lequiring the
\ voters of the town to pass upon Me
proposition first.
It was this proposition which was
J voted down Tuesday.
TV A MEN HERE
: TO STUDY DATA
ON RIVER FLOOD
Three TV A engineers, representing
i the hydrological investigation of the
Tennesse Valley Authority's interest
' in the Coleman dam site, took permanent
residence here this week,
off, evaporation, silt amount and eonThey
will study the rainfall, runtent,
and try to find complete and
preserved records of the floods of the
Hiawassce river and section, J. F.
Beall, Jr., who is in charge of the
work, said Wednesday nigkht.
Assisting Mr. Beall are G. Reachle
and Mi. Madden.
Study Floods
Comprehensive data on the flooJs
of the Hiawasse river for the pas;.
.00 years : as already beenacquired uy
ihe workets. Mr. Reachle has b en
going through the old records of the
Scout for the past week getting more
mate ial on the subject.
Toy expect to find si ill more in
loimation at Hayesville and surroundj
ing towns and have bee-i interviewing
I residents \vk? ?? ? 'i.
floods of the past 40 years or so.
<It has been planned to erect an
evaproating station on the mountains
above Coleman site for further
j study along that line, Mr. Beall said,
i The evaporation so far has only been
j studied from the basin.
Will Study Rainfall
Arrangements will be made to locate
rainfall stations all over this
section of the Hiawassee to prepare
mare data from that angle, t was
! said.
A study of the silt in the river will
: play an important part in their invesj
ligation.
Attempts are b.^ing made to leaie
a local office for a period of a year,
indicating that 4'-?< ir work will take
. !o g period of time *or completion.
T.ro pa-ty came here from Memphi.Tenn.
Mrs. Beall and Mrs. Reachle
have accompanied their husbands
here and have taken residence at the 1
Regal hotel. *
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Dr. R. W. Petrie Is
Building Fine Home ;
j Dr. R. W. Petrie is building a fine
] home behind the Petrie hospital' on
| Hiawassee street here. \
When finished, Dr. Petrie said it
would contain eight rooms?five
downstairs and three upstairs. The
foundation and floor have already
been completed and construction is
now* being done on the walls.
According to the latest .plans it
will be finished on the outside with v
stone. Oiiginally Dr. Petrie had intended
to build a log cabin, he said.
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