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MURPHY UNIT
SCHOOLS OPEN
SEPTEMBER 2
Record Enrollment Expected;
2 New TeachA
JJrtJ CT^ 1*--.
V.10 A I A UUUll^y
All! schools in the Murphy Unit will
open September 2, H. Rueck, superi
cr.dclit of the unit, said Monday
. Two new teachers, Miss Meridith
Whit ker, of Andrews, and Miss
Hilda Fuller of Raleigh, will be add<<!
to the staff of instructors tha^
weiv h re last year.
"Every indicatioif is that the enr
iiment will be larger this year
( than it was last year", Mr. Bueclt
; said. Last year's enrollment was
- th largest in the history of the
unit.
< .Vvhe'.% in this unit are : high I
0. W. Deaton, Biscoe; K. C.
v Wright, Murphy; B. R. Carroll,
I Murphy; E. V. Deans, Jr., Chant 1
H 11; Miss Ruby Courtney, WHliston.
! S C Miss Fannie Hathcoek, Nor\
wood; Meredith Whitaker, Andrews.
| M;.v J .sie I.ee Mo'Iris, Atlantic;
Mi> Hilda Fuller, Raleigh; Miss
r.ontl Wol?iaU
I i ontary sclioul; Miss Margar
et Ha . Newport; Miss Daii- McI
Cracki . Hayesville; Miss Eatelle
fl . Mrs. Henry Aylcy. Mr-. T.
t A. Ca.-i\ Mrs. Ev-lyn I'atton, Mis.ft
AiMii l.rathf Iwood, Miss Emily
H Swum. Miss Martha Mayfield and
B .Mi- i.ua McCombs, all of MurI
Mrs. J. W. Davidson will be
inslrac r of .music.
1 MURPHY COUPLES
| BACK FROM VISIT
I TO MEXICO CITY
I Pronouncing a thorough disgust
for g ats, or any byJproudct thereI
of. M . and Mrs. Dale Lee and Mr.
B and Mr.--. H. Bueck, who for the past
B tw.i wo'- ks have been attending the
B Uo: International convention in
B Mt- . City returned Friday evening
B thrilled with the crowded events and
H spectacles that they beheld on the
B trip and in the foreign nation?and
B wiln two pair of goat-skin sandals as
B souvenirs.
B Driving through from Murphy.
th y made the entire trip without
fl mishap. While in Mexico City they
were entertained on several oecasK
lons by Josephus Daniels, ambasaB
^0r to Mexico, and a native North
Carolinian.
\Revival Will Begin At |
New Hope church of God
A revival meeting will begin at
the X>w Hope Church of God ,seven
^i-es west of Murphy, beginning
August 12, with the Rev. John R.
Ha Vis. of Englewood, Tenn., in
charge, according to an announcement
Monday.
If I Had A Million
Dollars
Each week three persons in town
will be asked the question, "W -it
would von do if you had a niH -on
flollavs?" and thev answer forthv th
Presented. This weeks contribution?
to this corner are:
alt Mauney?I'd give it to Jack
Blaow -?* ?
_ ?- ?na Hugh Osborne 'to buy
I ish w th when they went to * San
tcetlah.
I Hade Massey?I'd pay for a fine
Ior b eaking Thurmond 'Hamilton s i
rec^- (Thurmond only turned his
M sPeed boat over when it was launehI
e,?).
I barren Sned?I'd send Charley
*TOt ar.d Anne Candler to MorganI
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tj h *ekly in if ri/rrn N
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COURT WEEK IS
BRINGING MANY
FOLKS TO TOWN
Court week has brought a lo* f
V -pie to town and local merchants
have ben enjoying a large increase
in volume of sales.
Ju*ge Warlick is presiding over
this term of Superior court that is
rrrioinrilly ccnccmcjd criminal
docket. No cases of particular importance
however, is scheduled to go
before the jury this tertn.
A small docket of
waiting bo be beard by His Honor
in the event the criminal docket is
cleared up before court adjounrs
next week.
FARMERSARE
ACTIVE DIGGING
TRENCH SILOS
Barns Being Improved
To Shelter Cattle
This Winter
tOut-of.the-ordinarv activity has
stirred anionc Cherokee courtv
farmers recently in resmct to the
buildrnr and re modeling of barns
and other out-houses and preparations
for cattle feed this winter. A.
Q. Ketner, Cherokee county agent,
reports.
Outstanding of the evnts takirg
place is the building 't a ha n by
Cart Townson. local ice and coal
merchant on hi? 407-acre farm n-nr
Marble. Lumber is now being cut
for the structure which will be 100
by 40 feet and will hous- no: 100
head of cattle.
At present Mr. Towr.son ha? five
'-ead of pure-bred An pus cattle and
an aditional high-grade Anpus herd.
The buildinp will be completed in
time to move the cattle in before
cold weath r, Ketner said.
Mr. Townson is also contemplating
the buildinp of either an upright
or a trench silo that will hold
around 100 tons of silape which he
is now growing. He has sown several
hundred pounds of lespedeza
which K.-tner believes to be among
the best in the county.
Mixintr profits with a hobby. Dr.
J. H. Crawford, of Robbinsville.
who owns a 200-acre farm on Copper
Creek in the Unaka section, i-s
planninp a trench silo that, will hold
250 tons of ensilape with which hcwill
feed his cattle this winter.
The huge silo will be dug 100 feet
long 14 feet wide and 10 feet deep,
and is believed by the county agent
to be one of the largest in t?he state.
One large shed is being added to
the barn.
'The farm is run by the doctor's
two sons-in-law, Fred White and
Jewel Johnson, and is a model for a
modern machinery-equipped plantation.
Four other Cherokee farmers ar1
planning tench silos that will hold
about 50 tons of ensilage. They are:
Will and Jim Luther, of Andrews;
E. A. Woods, of Andrews; A. Z.
Roberts and Ross Lovi'pood, both
of the Keaverdam township.
With 25 trench silos already in
this county, Ketner expects about
45 more to be started which will
hold m re tonnage in his opinion
than any other county in the state.
Mr. arvd Mrs. Xeil Davidson and
Mrs. Davidson's mother. Mrs. Sta'-sberry
spent Sunday with relatives at
Ellijay, Ga.
* ? * *
Mrs. Georcre Phillins is snendinc
her vacation this week with relatives
and friends at Canton.
* * *
Miss Bethel Crisp, of Hie'hlamls.
\\ C.. is visiting h?t sister, Mrs. W.
fi. Crawford.
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itrth ( a'uhna. C.W'u ti'iti
irphy, N. C. Thurs., Aug.
To Begii
1 SPECIAL EDITION
CARRYING NEWS
OF DAM PRINTED
Extra! Extra!
The Scout Friday was the fir*
tc carry the AUTHENTIC news
of the senate rt**d house conferees'
decision to include thi Hiawassee
dam in the TV A program.
It is, as far as can be learned.
' the second special edition ever put
on the s reels in Murphy; the
first in 1930 when a local bank
closed its doors.
/ And with the second, the proud
and joyful announcement of the
building of the dam, a project
that has ben uppermost in the
rrinds of local citizens for 15
months, the Scout feels justly
proud that it was the FIRST to
bring the local angle of the news
'o the town.
The editor can hardly keep
from expressing a regret that
sevrz-al inquiries came to him
asking if the rews was authentic
because it had not appeared in
the Asheville Citizen.
The news WAS auth'ntic o?
else it would never had
prin'ed. It is the po?icy cf the
Scout to bring accuarate news as i
soon as possible at all times. Naturelly
we make mistakes but on
an occasion like thai?never.
The news of the conferees report
was first carri d in Friday
afternoon's Kncxville Journal and
i wa? late.- verified in a wire from
VV. E. McDonald, secre ary to
Bob Reynolds.
Dubious persons are invited to
irspect both sources of information
at any tim?.
Moreover the profits realized
from the special edition were far
belo* the actual cost of putting
he edition on th2 street but the
knowledge that the Scout could
bring a truthful and accurate picture
of the situation to the peo|
pie of Cherokee county first was
I gratifying and shall long be a
move '.hat we are proud of.
?The Editor.
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HICKMAN HOPES
TO CLEAR DEBTS
IN COMING GAME
Murphy's czar of ba> ball, Manager
Henry Hickman, has scheduled
another game with Copperhill to be
played hers Sunday in an effort to
wipe out soon: of the team's debtbefore
the season, which is slowly
drawing to a close, ends.
iThis ntak.-s the sixth game to be
played between these two teams with
Murphy now holding a one-game
edge. The Copperhill boys, always a
s-rious threat to a local victory, are
headed this way to do or di- for the
dear old Basin, and one of the lest
games of the season is anticipated.
Lefty Nichols will probably perform
for the Boctmers on the mound.
.The Murphy team, successul from
every other angle so far this season,
unfortunately finds iteslf in a cross,
wise financial position due to the
purchase of new uniforms and equipment
and a new grandstand. Hickman
is extremely anxious to clear
all th.- debts before old man Cold
Weather lings the curtain bell on
Murphy's first love, and urges the
best support of evey far..
A go <1 turn-out he f els, will go
a long way in paying of: some of the
stalwarts who have generously tlorated
or the cause that has given unlimited
enjoy in nt to hundreds of rabid
fans.
Upper Peachtree Revival
Revival services will h gin at the
Upper Peachtree church August 25
by the p stor. the Row James
Truett.
Everybody is invited to attend.
t Ihrifl
Potentially Kirh i rfH r.?? in 7 *11*
8, 1935.
i Officia
FIRE BURNS HOME
TO GROUND NEAR
HERE ON MONDAY
Fi Monday afternoon swept the
home and every mans of living
I from the family of wife and six
| children of A. Carroll, preacher and
farmer, two and one-half miles out
or. the Copephill road.
The family was iorcEci to flee with
no rrore than clothing when a flue
from a kitchen stove set the frame
house on fire and quickly razed it
to the ground. They are being sheltered
by neighbor?.
Tuesday friends erf the family
wer| collecting donations from
crowds that jammed the- town for
court wtek and local merchants.
COUNTY FAIR IS
TOPIC OF LOCAL
CONVERSATION
Fair Officials Preparing
For Biggest Event In
Cherokee
Kr m every corner of the county
this week carr * renorts of fxtravatant
preparations f the Tenth Aniiu
1 Cherokee] County fa!:- whi |h
v.ji 1 ? e hehl i t Murphy Set tenth c
25 2.H on the part of farm rs and
acua 'v;ve? r.rd ?re* e Vi' disc r' sic n
| ?u* tlio fall exhibit! ?:i mingled wit
news f ih. dam.
A. Q. Ketner. Cherokee county
ajc.it. that a large numbt"
of exhibits, which he believed to b<
the ho: i.i years in the different
classifications of the prog'ain werbeing
f st red carclfully assuring
closest competition in all fields of
the premium list which will amount
to more th*n a thousand dollars.
W. M. Fain, president < f the fair
ascsciation, and his boa'Ul have ar
t ranged an unusually brilliant program
from the gay v part of the
! event by contracting foo the Greater
I Krauze shows, a midway attraction
that won acclaim here last year and
which promises to outdo its previous
perfo miancts that have delighted attendants
: the fair with its numerous
concessions and entertaining
features.
General Ffcrm Exhibits
It is the wish of the officials,
however, to clea: up one point that
seems to have caused some confusion
to would-be exhibitors. It is relevant
to the general county exhibit
that holds chitf interest among the
displays.
Due to a recent change in the premium
list, the general county exhibit,
which has proved one of the
fair's most interesting drawing
cards, listed as item number 2 in the
catalog recently distributed, was
changed to include 10 prizes totaling
$92 with the top prize being $25,
the second prize being $20, and diminishing
to $1.
To he eligible for this premium,
each exhibit must include at least
100 different articles either raised
on th faltm or prepared in the
home and it will he judged one-third
on quality, one-third on appearance,
and one-third on variety. It must
be entered on Tuesday, the day be
lore the fair begins.
Thus the general- county exhibit
will take the place of item number
2 in the fair book which calls for only
three pi izes totaling $30. Many |
p:rsons planning to put on exhibitions
at the fair have gotten the idea
that the two prizes were separate,
according to Mr. Keiner.
Urge Early Entry
All .person* intending to put exhibitions
on display are asked to!
get in touch with the superintendent
of the corresponding department, as
.Mentioned in the fair book, at the
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CONFEREES ARE
IN AREEMENT
ON LOC AL SITE
Word Is Enthusaistically
Received Here Last
I.oca! TV A fo \ i - were literally
"starclinp-hy' 'th:- week awaiting
word from Knoxville *' at would
send them into the work * f actual
j ?onstruction n th Hiawassee darn
vvhi -n will he huilt on the Fowler
Bind site 18 niles below here following
ar agreement Friday of sen,
ate and house cor .* ees to include
the local arpropri.itic-n in the TVA
I program.
L'-ng expected, the word came
, here to anxious ears and the decision
i to appropriate the fi<?t million of
i 12 for local construction was received
with enthusiasm. Norris machinery.
new laying in tarpaulins in
T rressee, will be poved he'?e immediately.
The wcr!-: f the !r nl forces now
V -entering arund the building of
i\ ad from Fairer T im., directly
into the dam site, ov ; which th
huge hulk of t' e Norris machinery
veil* he nt ved.
Inst how I :r.g it will take to
Mt\( the machinery and set it up
when *h fir.-t ' *rt ' >r I cal
1 V.A hire will be made, could not bo
aired t N week. .! it i> expeet'
e wit hi t next week
or so.
A" though t< the word as reoivcd
rev ?' -aid the appro.
-v d upon which
.nakes final passage if the imasuie
now merely a matter of routine.
Con elence reports are invariably
accepted in the house and senate
without dt hate, but in event a ballot
is c:.llpd it is usually tor the purpose
of making the ballot a matter
<?; record along strict pa ty lii.es.
Matters similar to that of the conference
repot on the Hiawassecdam
siuation a: usually uccepied
by viva voce vot which leaves only
the official signature of tlv President,
which is expected momentaril!v.
outstanding: against immediate
construction.
Through ffort* ; f local citizens
and support of Senator Baihy and
Reynolds, Congressman Weaver and
ether Washington officials the TV A
will be inauga ated into North Carolina,
a signal \ietory f r this section.
Coming at this time the conferee's
action ends 15 hectic months of suspense
over the question of "where
and when will the dam be built?"
TV A surveys, in all divisions, have
gone to the limit here, and officials
have continually pointed out the
Fowled Bend site as ideal for a dam
* o control floods in th Tennessee
Valley area and generate power.
Late Saturday word was received
that $2,000,000 had been whacked.
off an appropriation of $34.075,000
for the three dams?
Hiawassee, Chicamauga and Guntersville?but
this will in no wist a feet
the local situation as sites have
not yet been selected for the latter
two dams.
Alleviating dubious b liefs, came
assurances this week that Muttphy
I would become the p-dmary dam
'"town" with the nuel us of exp ndi.
j tures and help being consummated
and. drawn from h ie.
ThBgwrjhopriation assure: dtinuation
of the wo.'k one year
Before the xpiration of that time
Congress will have me: * ;md
had an opportunity to arrange for
adjtional funds.
Even should the next Cong*"- ?
fai' to make a new appror.iiuthm.
the wo9K will be continued: for the
measure approved by the Conferees
Continued on ack nacre