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Vol. IliL.?No. 45.
Hoey Has Sligh
Governor's R?
Voting In Pri
Official Cherokee County
Returns Given; Voting
Heavy All Over State
With state returns complete Wednesday
morning, and all but a few
precincts official, Clyde Hoey was
given a majority of 4484 votes for
governor on the Democratic ticket
over Dr. Ralph McDonald.
A run-off in the gubernatorial race
will be made on Saturday, July 4,
McDonald officials said.
The race for governor held outstanding
interest here during the
primaries Saturday even though five
county tickets were voted on.
Although Sandy Graham and John
A. McKae were deleted from the race
Cherokee county voted greatly in
favor of Hoey, giving him 14?5
votes, and Graham received 339?
five more than McDonald.
I- tL. 1* . .. . o
in uiic* race xor state senator irom
the 33rd Senatorial district. Bill
Cover, of Andrews, held a majority
of 1355 to 709 over Dr. Kelly Bennett,
of Bryson City, but returns
'from the entire district indicated
Bennett had a majority.
Zebulon Weaver, present U. S.
congressman had piled up a lead of
4 to 1 over Bruce Fisher, Townsend
pension plan exponent, of Andrews, j
in the congressional district voting. I
Senator J. W. Bailey, who did not
Bmake a campaign speech, was lead-1
ing his three opponents by a 25,000
majority ,on the face of returns from
1,789 precincts. The returns from
all but 19 counties were official in
this count.
The standing was: Bailey 238,244; {
Richard T. Fountain, former lieuten- ,
ant governor 175,835; William H. I
Friffin, 23,543, and David L. Strain,
13,065.
There was no clear-cut issue in
the senatorial race. Bailey's oppo-!
Ilonto rtl-1 H.iiTnd Ui*M f ? ? U ? * *1-"" I
..W.0 V>IV1VI?CU 11X11 nil WIIUL tncjf
said was his failure to support President
Roosevelt, but the senator replied
in a statement that he voted J
with the New Deal on virtually every
issue.
With 76 small precincts still missing,
and the returns official from 80
counties, the lieutenant govern or., s
race was inclusive, a runoff primary
July 4, however, being assured.
Paul Grady, president pro tern of
the senate was leading, and it appeared
he would enter a second contest
with W. P. Horton, legislative veteran,
but the third man, George McNeill,
of Fayetteville, was less than
10,000 votes behind Horton.
The standing in the lieutenantgovernor's
race was: Grady. 154.8S7.
Horton, 132,058; McNeill" 123,855.
Incomplete unofficial returns
showed only two state officers, Charles
Johnson, treasurer, and Clyde A.
Krwin, superintendent of public instructions
to have comfortable majorities.
Commissioner of Agriculture W.
A. Graham trailed W. Kerr Scott,
Grange leader, by 10,000 votes, with
more than two thirds of the precincts
(Continued on page five this section)
MUCH INTEREST
SHOWN IN ANNUAL
SINGING MEETING
A great deal of interest is being
"hown all over the county this week
in its greatest annual musical offering?the
Cherokee County Singing
Convention which will be held at
Peachtree Sunday.
Not only will all the many fine
rlasses from the various communities
of Cherokee be there competing for
the prized banner, but a number of |
special out-of-town .-rtists have made
arrangements to be present.
The singing convention holds more
enlivened interest for the singers of
the county now than it ever did before,
and every section of the county
ls expected to be well represented
both personally and vocally.
W. B. Klliott, of Peachtree is the
ficsident of the _ invention.
ft !n
ig If eekly Setcipaper in Wcstern A'o
Muri
it Majority In
ice Following
imary Saturday
Attempt To Have
Pool Opened Fails
j After having the swimming pod
i near the Valley River bridge drained
| and cleaned to provide a swimming
j place for the children of the town
I John Davidson, county recreational
supervisor, learned Monday that the
city would be unable to supply running
water for the huge pool.
The pool has not been operated in
several years anil Davidson attempted
to revive it as part of his NYA
work. However it is believed that
the great supply of water it would
need would tax the ci'y reservoir
during the summer and he was forced
to abandon the projec*.
o
URGES FARMERS
TO DIG TRENCH
SILOS AT ONCE
Ketner Points Out Many
Advantages of Silage
To Cattle Raisers
Predicting an increase in ihe amount
of ensilage that will be planted
this year over last year and the
number of trench silos to be dug in
the county, A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee
county agent, this week advised all
farmers to prepare their trench silos
now.
Last year Cherokee county set a
record in the number of trench silos
dug in one area, and he says it is
evident that there will be even more
I of them this year and many of the
| old ones will be enlarged to hold more
| silage.
Ketner has continually pointed out
i Ihe numerous advantages of the
| trench silo, namely?low cost of construction,
low cost of filling equipment,
easy to construct and fire and
I wind proof.
ChernlrAA favmorc
a great deal of cattle to feed over
the winter months have found trench
silos of great benefit at extremely
low cost to them, Mr. Ketner said.
Silage is declared by agricultural
experts as one of the best and most
economical home-grown roguhages
for cattle.
He says now is the time for the
farmers to be planting their solage
and figuring how much they will
need over the winter and how big
their trench silos should be.
All data rearding the digging I
of the silos and their advantages to
the farmer will be supplied by any
member of the county agent's staff,
and all persons wishing any information
concerning them is urged to
call at Mr. Keter's office in the
cout house in Muphy a drop him a
card.
MURPHYTO HAVE
CELEBRATION ON
FOURTH OF JULY
Assurances havc been made that
Murphy will have some kind of
Fourth of July celebration this year.
Just what the program will be outside
of two baseball games has not
been determined by the directors of
the team, but two good ball games
are assured.
One, and perhaps both of them
will be played with the Chattanooga
All-Stars, E. O .Christopher, one of
the directors of the team, said Tuesday.
The leaders of the team have had
their heads together on several occasions
but have been unable to decile
on anything definite to date.
Bates Bldg. Condemned
By orr'cr *h ;:ty council the
old llates building adjoining the Dickey
Chevrolet company will be torn
down.
The building was condemned bycouncilman
action in a special session
Monday night.
mtlw
rth Carolina. Cotering a Later and
>hy, N. C. Thurs., June I
town will vote
0 in local pool
koom quests
Special City Election Is
set for July 14: Legion
Sponsors Move
The question of pool rooms or no
pool rooms will be put before -he
voters of Murphy again on Tuesday,
July 14.
For the second time in a little less
than two years the local American
Legion post has petitioned the city
council to allow the townspeople to
vote on the question.
Following the regular council mec-tj
ing last Thursday night and a special
! meeting Monday night the aldermen
ordered the special election.
The town registration hooks will
be open to Murphy citizens for th?
purpose of registering in the special
, Q-* I * Mfi?
ilauh. ^uiutuuy., tiune i.j. zu and
27 and July 4. Dale Lee will be the
regist rar.
Members of the Joe Miller Elkins
post of the American Legion appearj
ed before the board July 11*, 1934.
and asked for an election. It was
granted. The vote wes 244 against
the proposition and 159 for it.
To register and fail to vote is automatically
a vote against the pro;. sition.
Pool rooms were voted out of Murphy
abut 15 years ago. and in 1929
j they were barred from several counties
including Cherokee by the General
Assembly.
However in 1931 the Legionaires
had the act amended provided they
were under the supervision of th?*
American Legion."
With the vote left up to the people,
it is generally believed that the
greatest factor in voting down the
move last year was because the Legion
wanted only one pool room under
operation.
The situation has been changed in
the coming election as any number
of pool rooms may be operated in the
town provided they are under the
Legionnaire's supervision.
Institutions Of
Murphy Will Be
Honored June 28
A cooperative service with all
churches of the town and the schools
represented will be held in the exi?n
- * -
I fnivii nun on me iair { round at
P. M., Sunday, Juno 2S.
An interesting- program has been
! arranged which will bring to the at'
tention of the people the significance
of the institutions of our town,
the church, the school, the hospital,
and the home.
Distinguished speakers have been
selected to represent each institution.
A leading feature of the program will
be a singing, convention, a quartette
and duet. All singers are cordially
invited to join the choir.
A complete program will appear in
a later issue of the Scout.
U7T7 rri rnnu tt hp
vvc uu ri\uivi ini^
To This. Like It?
Like the winsome one that wants
a new hat for spring, or like the baby
that "needs" a new jjair of shoes,
the publishers of the Scout felt that
no harm could be done in dressing
up the pages a bit, so new headletter j
type, capable of doing a neater and i
more legible job, was cranked into I
the old machine for the public's ap- :
proval.
Besides being a help to the fellow
that sits by the hour and tries to ;
make the headlines look and read
right, the new type is more variable j
and easier to read.
So when you pick The old county
paper up this week don't get the idea J
cousin Abner has sent ycu a copy of I
his county seat Idaho weekly carrying
an account of his second marr.a' " i
for its the same Scout you've been
getting?and which we hope will
prove more pleasing.
.
t Hwi
Potential!? Rich Tern ?. :n This
LI, 1936 $1J
Local Lions Clu
Frophy At Co
Outstanding
Local Bank Building }
Is Being Remodeled
Ext? : -ive i 'he inn-*,
tor of the lb.- . a:.?* fins",
company here tur. :d.r. -t t r. < mpleted.
i ]
Not only has the interior of the 1
building been remodeled and improv- !
ed. but a new modern front, includii
ir a hug'.- glass wind w has been installed.
The tellers window inside the
building have been rearranged and
j laid with a beautiful marble base.
| The change not only gives more
j srace but affords more light.
New fixtures and modern furni
i are r??iup'TOa me no" ana attrac- j 1
jtive arrangements. 1
CIVIC CLUBS OF
THIS COUNTY TO
ORGANIZE HERF
Meeting Will Be Held At 1
Murphy Fair Grounds
W ed. Afternoon
\ I
Representatives from all social.!1,
civic and religious organizations in '
Cherokee county, will meet at the (
i Fair grounds in Murphy. Wednesday
at 2 p. ni. for the purpose of organizing
into a council of social agencies.
The announcement was made by!
Mrs. Margaret LeMay Mauney, of |
the welfare department in Murphy.
Tuesday.
The purpose of the organization,
she said, will he two-f<?ld-"to study
the social and civic needs of the i
county and to formulate principles,
methods and standards for the im- ,
provement of social and civic work
and to develop an attitude of co- i
operation in the approach of common
problems." ^
Each club in the community will ^
have two representatives to attend
the meetings which will either be
i hold mnnthlv .-??* ???* ?? !*? I
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to the suggested by-laws, and convention
will be held each January,
it was stated.
The principal speaker of the occasion
will be Mrs. W. B. Aycock,
Director of County Organization of
State Board of Charities and Publie
Welfare, of Raleigh. The meeting
will also be attended by Miss 1
Victorial Bell, Field Representative
of Public Welfare, of Asheville.
In organizing the civic clubs of the 1
county Mrs. Mauney feels that "bet- 1
ter and more closely organized at- 1
tention might be given charities anrv j1
civic work in the county." j t
It was not known TuesJny just who i
uniiM h*
I . vv. |>iVOCIlt 4*1. -.IIC lUUVUng, i
, but representatives from the follow- h
i ing organizations in Cherokee coun- i
ANGL?RS^GO OUT ;
AFTER 'EM EARLY 1
ON WEDNESDAY r
At the stroke of 12 midnight Tues- J
j day night something like 50,000 hook ^
' sinkers and all hit the lakes and
streams of this section. j f
For the fishing season was in. and woe
he unto the poor bass and bream.
Practically all of Murphy's sports- y
men retired early Tuesday night and ^
it wasn't much^ later until they were ; r
on their way the old fishin' pole in ] ^
one hand, hooks dangling from their j a
hatbands and a bucket full of bait,
all with one purpose in mind to catch ! ^
everything between Lake Santeetlah ' v
and the Panama canal. None
could be found for question- j
ing Wednesday mornings but the frying
pans tell the tale. ,
Square Dance
A big square dance will be held j
at the Murphy gymnasium Friday j d
I night. It is being promoted by Tom j t
, Taylor and is being given for the .
| benefit of the Murphy ball ciub. A j J
large crowd is expected to attend. i f
It! ??.
TODAY
ate l_ I
b Awarded
nvention Tor
Civic Service
ra*n Presents List Gr ccompllshme^ts
To i; !e
Gathering Tues ia;
Ky v.ir.nin^ the : ; r ' . liophy
f > vict's j * :>.<:% :.
nunity, the Murphy Liens t-.'.T* wav
highly hen . i! Tncsik.y * hot
organisation < :* its kind 1*. r-lor'h
Carolina. The word was ? ?veil
here at the local chiK- rvg. hit
ir? Tuesday night.
The club was - honor*. :i ?1 the
state convention which o- <1 at
High Point the first two days ? t th#*
w - k. forty s< nie ? * : ? ther
I .'.s in the Tarheel state ; . "?<lecl
he M .. : v . * '
former deputy district i. mci,
>! ? ; i:y prt - n*< d the '* Lis?<1
ir. it.- year- ie S
iv c viitt -:-tr ? *< tlx
vdfare a. d hum..:.!*;.' i the
, v \ \ sv t tU?report
fur) i-!ud at the * ;i*
; uhli-?! ? ! *ovvi;? : * -nil
the Sc-'.?t.
Attending tht meeting fi Murphy
be-ides .Mr. tain -v?re W. A.
Barber and Park W. F:v'-k:.
The achievement trophy i- tie
lighest award given by l ie: anlually
at its state convert:;-?-. Mui?uy
won the .-ante award svvei.J
years ago and has thus bcc.i twice
dgnally honored setting a rec'id for
the l.ions clubs of the state.
It was announced that the next
annual convention would be h# Id at.
Charlotte.
During the local meeting .? : .:? her
)i discussions were held j i staining
to state roads within tht vie ;ty of
.Murphy. With a view to having
several of them repaired a:id a new
ioute construct! d across Mo gait
hill on the Blairsville highway. President
George Ellis named a o mmittee
of Tom Case and Pr. Ed Adams
to look into the matter.
At the same time a communication
.vas read regarding the L and N crossing
near the railroad's depot here.
The club had written officials of tho
railroad in an effort to have what
was seemingly negiligence in greatly
delaying traffic at times relieved.
It was learned through the official?,
however, that this was the railroad's
property and that they were
forced to uiilize the space ^ times.
They said they also blocked tiaffitthere
occasionally as precautionary
method is against posible accidents.
According to annual custom, picnic
meetings will be held by the club
throughout the rest of the summer,
larve Elkins and Peyton 0. I vie were
lamed on a committee ir. chargi el
he outdoor meetings which air at
:ended by the Lions' wive
It was decided to take a j-icton of
he entire gathering with then aclievement
trophies at the r.ext moving.
The Rev. H. W. Baucom, J;.. Papist
minister of Murphy, ar.j Sam
iarr, editor of the Scout, were warmy
welcomed into the club as new
nembers.
>OFT BALL LEAGUE
)F EIGHT TEAMS IS
ORMED LOCALLY
A soft-ball league of eight team*
as been composed here by John
avidson, county recreational guperisor
and will play almost every evcnlg
throughout the summer. 11c is
ssisted by Hugh Adams.
The teams in the league are: TV A,
!oy Scouts, Baptists, Methodists,
lrPA. American Legion, Oil Men and
he Lions Club. Admission to all
ames is free.
The teams will compete for a lover
cup that has already been don.itd
and which will be on display in
he near future, Mr. Davids? said.
The first game was played Saturay
between the TVA and the Scouts,
he forme) winning 22 to 16.
Soft bai* has become very popular
tere as w?'l as all ovei the c nntry
or the receation ar.d sport it affords.