Attractive |l
MURPHY
Ttw l^odi,
Vol. UL.?No. 28.
SCHOOL HEAD IS
HEARD IN PLEA
FOR BUILDINGS
Lions Agree To Seek
Funds For School Enlargement
Program
Lion H. Bueck, superintendent of
the schools of the Murphy unit, ap.
pealed to the Murphy Lions club
Tuesday night to cooperate in providing
better building facilities for pupils
of the Murphy and Andrews
schools.
He was one of three men from
Cherokee county who went to Asheville
recently in the interest of securing
a WPA loan to be applied
to building school houses in the two
towns.
olowing his report of the trip,
he asked that a committee be appoint- j
td to further investigate the securing j
of necessary school building funds, i
President G. W. Ellis appointed J. ;
B. Gray, chairman; E. C. Moore and
C. D. May field on the committee. j
Preparations for the Cherokee |
county dinner to be held here Tuesday,
Feb. 23, were discussed by comj
mittees placed in charge of arrangements.
Two new members, Mr Mayfield
and E. R. Thompson, manager of the
Mountain Valley Mutual Canning: association
here, were welcomed into
the club.
W. G. Crawford reported that
practicaly all retail merchants in
Murphy had signed a petition to
close their stores each week-day
night, except Saturday, at 6 o'clock.
The move was sponsored by the
Lions club.
Lion II. G. Elkins reported that
the Lions Workshop for the blind
would be opened soon, in Murphy under
the direction of James Pcnland
of Hayesville. A $50 loan was recently
subscribed by the Lions club
to establish the matress-working factory
here.
SCHOOLMASTERS
HOLD MEETING ON
THURSDAY NIGHT
The regular meeting of the Schoolmasters
club of Cherokee, Clay and
Crukom U ?
witiiUVO M IJVIU 111 U16
Murphy school house Thursday evening.
I. B. Hudson, superintendent
of the Andrews schools and president
of the club, presided.
Speakers on the program were: D.
H. Tillitt, Andrews attorney; D. C.
Butler, principal of the Kobbinsville
ihool; C. S. Churchwell, principal
of the Hayesville school; Misses Laura '
Overton and Bruce Speight, Murphy
high school teachers, and Miss Catherine
S. Morton, teacher of the fifth
grade of the Andrews schoo.
Rites Conducted For
Jean Duckworth, 3
Funeral rites for Jean Duckwrth,
three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arb Duckworth, of Marble, who died
of double pneumonia on Saturday
afternoon at 5i30 o'clock, were held
on Sunday afternoon at the Marhla
Springs Baptist church with the Rev.
Algin West officiating. Surviving
are his parents; two brothers, and
one sister. Interment was in the
Mose cemetery.
Weather Vane
Following are maximum and mini?um
temperatures for the past week
(compared with temperatures for the
san>e period last year:
TEMPERATURES
1937 1936
D?te Max. Min. Max. Mia
2 50 22 37 28
3 54 26 43 33
4 49 35 51 32
5 44 22 42 20
6 39 20 43 23
7 65 37 49 26
8 70 58 41 11
RAINFALL
1937 1936
Since Feb. 1.... 0.77 in. 4.77 ia
s'nce Jam 1 .... 10.29 in. 16.26 in.
It <llfi
f Weekly Newtpmper m IF ester* Nor
Murphy,
EVERYTHING FROM B1
ANGELS HAVE
An ominous, stopped clock, mon- >
keys and hand organs, escaped con- j
victs and lovers walking on air all t
have a part in the show to be given J
at the school auditorium Tuesday C
night.
Amateur playmakers agree that "
"Eyes of Love" is one of the best I
amateur comedy-dramas to ever come
"across the boards", and a
plendid local cast under the able 1
direction of Mrs. Virginia S. Cobb. '
should make it all the more delight- *
fuL J
Rehersals have been going on regularly
for the past three weeks and j
the cast should g:ve one of the most
polished and finished performance.- .
that has ever been seen in Murphy.
The play is being given by Circle
No. 2 of the Methodist church and ,
proceeds will be used toward putting "
electric light fixtures in the audi. c
torium of the church.
The curtain will rise promptly at t
7:30 o'clock. Admission will be 15 r
and 25 cents. Tickets are now- being c
sold by the members of the seventh |
1 -J a. 1 Vf > S
giitue ui me :uurpny *cnooi. i
Old favorites and new faces aliki i
appear in the cast of characters of i
the three-act play. The leading- role, t
that of a rich girl unaware that she $
is Living with adopted parents, and <
who seeks a life of love and happiness,
is protrayed by Miss Martha t
COUNTY WELFARE :
UNIT REORGANIZED J
HERE ON SATURDAY
The County Board of Welfare and
the members of Rural Welfare committies
held a joint meeting in the <
court house Saturday, to make plans 1
for the reorganization of the County
Council of Social Work and to lay
plans for the genera! welfare of the 1
county. \
In spite of the bad weather about
35 persons were present. Almost every '
community in the county was represented.
1
It was agreed that a joint meeting *
of the Board of Welfare and the I
rural welfare committes would be '
held the first Monday of every month *
at 0:30 jl m. at the county court ''
hnncr
The purpose of these meeting is
for a discussion of community and
family problems with the hope ol *
finding means of meeting them. 1
q. <
Work la Progressing
On New Marble Church j
Work on the Marble Springs Baptist
church is progressing rapidly.
The excavating is finished and the
foundation and walls are almost complete.
The foundations and walls are
built of native marble taken from
Columbia Marble Company's <juarry.
The annex has not been started yet.
There is a skilled workman doing the '
mason work and the other labor is
being donated.
The Health Club met at the home '
of Miss Clara Lovingood, on Thursday,
February 4 at 2:15 P. M_ There ^
were ten members present. Miss
Mabel Millins of the Folk School.
presided over the business part of the
UICCUII^.
Plans were made to make a quilt
on which chances will be sold at a
Duck supper to be given for the benefit
of the church. The hostess scr\ d
cookies hot chocolate and candy.
The next meeting will be held on
Thursday. Feb. 18, at 2:00 P. M. at
the home of Mrs. Arthur Palmer, '
with Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. GradySmith
as hostesses. All the ladies 5
are invited.
r
Hunting Season Will
End On February 15 ?
The hunting season in Cherokee
county will end on Monday according g
to an announcement by county game j,
warden D. A. Birchfield, and he advised
those who wish to kill "just a n
few more" to get busy. f
Fishing licenses arc now on sale, w
the game warden reports, and may r
be secured in Murphy from Elbert gi
Mallonee at W. B. Dickey and Sons
store and the Murphy Hardware com- S
pany; in Marble from Arthur Palmer, ?
and in Andrews from P. M. Reagan, a
wkt
lA CarnlittA, Covrrvti c Larrr vu
, N. C. Thursday, Feb.
LACK CATS TO
PART IN PLAY HERE
Jell Wells. Her father, the stern
udge, and her mother (who turn out
o be foster parents) are played by
>Ir. Ralph Smith and Mrs. J. H. Mc:all.
Then there is the escaped convict
.nd the Wop organ grinder both ably
resented in the person of Elbert
fiallonee Jr.
The play is chock full of fun as
an be seen by the rollicking bantci
hat passes between Clarke, the deective-butler,
(John Jordan), and
iora, the flighty maid, (Miss Laura
>verton).
The hero of the play is Johnnj
arron, while Sam Carr takes the par".
>f the \illian. Miss Miriam Stillwei
s the designing sister of Mr. Carr.
The black mammy (and whs then
ver a play without one) Is played bj
tlrs. Elbert Mai!once, and she ha:
in exceptionally good part in thihow.
it is the honest opinon of a nuni
>er of persons who have watched the
rehearsal of this play that it is one
?f the best ever presented here.
Certainly what any of the players
nany of them veterans of liigh-cla&
unateur shows, lack in ability i:
liade up with training under the tu
:orship of Mrs. Cobb, one of the out
.Landing former members of the Car
>lina I'layinakers elub.
Knterta inn tent will be furnished be
ween acts of the viay.
Daily News
In Review
Termed one of the most drastii
and far-reaching proposals ever madto
Congress, President Roosevelt'
move this week to either have al
Supreme court justices over 70 re
placed by men of his choice, or t<
have the number of men. on the bour<
increased to 15, met with mangle*
acclamation and opposition.
Unlike many other proposals oi
the part of the Chief Executive t<
:arry out his New Deal policies, th<
proposition to change the Suprem
court met oppositioa among man]
:>f his most stalwart followers am
approval in many of his enemy camps
Six weeks aften the struggle o:
supremacy between some 100,00
General Motors company strikers an<
the company itself labor and strike
officials had reached no agreemen
Wednesday although n ports fron
Michigan were encouraging anc
hinted at a near patching up of dif
Terences.
Conferences are continuing thi
week between principals of both fae
tions in an endeavor to bring an ear
ly solution to the question.
The general assembly at Raleigh
which according to reports from tkos<
here who have been in attendance a
sessions there, will for the first tim<
in years, apparently close on sche
duled time, stood face to face wit]
its most important piece of legisla
tion Wednesday.
After five weeks of deliberation
Continued on baclc page thU aectioi
\19 ffrccc CliAn
mutu l/OO U1IVJI
For Blind Will .
Open Momkiv
A new mattress making and re
inilding factory. The Murphy Lionf
Hub Workshop for the Blind, wil
'pen for business here Monday, Jame:
'enland, of Hayesville, state placesent
for the blind in Western Norti
Carolina, said Wednesday.
The shop, patterned after the one
uccessfully operated for the benefit
f the blind by the Asheville Lions
lub. will be under the supervision
f Charlie Pendley, of Murphy, and
am McClure, who hag had training
t the Asheville shop.
The opening of the factory was
lade possible through a ioan of $50
com the Murphy Lions. The money,
rhen returned, will be used as a
evolving fund for blind work in this
ection.
The shop which is located on
ycamore lane, will begin soliciting
rders to remake mattresses as well
s manufacture new ones.
$ Hw
I PoitrMallj Kick Tc.rnu.ry ui This *
11, 1937
"G"-Men To Expose
Counterfeit Secrets
i Mysterious silence has shrouded
I the activities of the United States
Secret Service for more than a
i half century. The country has
j marveled over the breaking up of
I counterfeiting rings and capture of
the men involved in this nefarious
business. How the Secret Service
I succeeded the methods used, the
dangers faced, the thrill-packed
battles always heretofore have been
buried in the terse report: "Cause
closed."
L But now these secrets are divulgj
ed to John J. Daly, a star ??w?j
paper feature reporter in Washington,
and are availabe to Scout
| readeri with the full approval of
the head of the United States
secret service.
Read the entire series in twleve
issues of our Feature Magazines
starting March 4. Don't miss a
single expose, a* they are the
most unusual disclosures of the
! century. We give you the most
sensational, accurate and author- |
ized secrets of the secret service.
Murphy High To
: Play In Young
Harris Tourney
While thiS^oys high school basket|
lull team was^^rcpping for the
Young Harris toifrmhn^wt this weet,
the girls faced an idle schedule after
both teams had won a total of six
\ictories in three twin starts during
c the past week.
The Young Ham? tournament bes
gins tonight (Thursday) and lasts
^ through Saturday night. Murphy,
(_ however, dots not get into the play
0 until 8 o'clock Friday night when
jj they meet the winner of the Hiwassee
j Blairsviile game in the semi-finals.
Elf, Young Harris and Merxyville
are the other three teams in the
n
tourney.
5 A largo crowd is expected to atL
tend the tournament from here.
p The Murphy teams defeated Al'
mond in a double-header on the Almond
court Friday night. The boy?
l' score was 43 to 18, and the girls score
was 33 to 24.
Monday night at Andrews the local
team also won out against the
Robbinsville high school quints. The
2 boys score was 22 to 18.
M Another double-header was won
Mat lilairsville Tuesday night when
jthe Murphy boys conquered the home
"* I team 41 to 21 and the girls won 32
!P
. Mr. And Mrs. Travis
Come Back To Murphy
' Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Travis have
t returned to Murphy after an absence
of eight years. Mr. Travis
~ plans to open up a talc mine near
here soon.
Before leaving here for Philadelphia,
Pa., in 1929, Mr. and Mrs.
Travis lived here for 10 years aur*
ing which time Mr. Travis was prom-j
inenty connected with the talc min-1
ing industry.
Mr. Travis' mine is n? ar Regal '
where he owns a 38-acre tract con- I
ji-aming a foundry facing talc mine-.
He said he expects to have a crew
of men working there in a shoitt
r while.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FR1. 12
[ All the people of Murphy are invited
to take part in the World Day
of Prayer service, which will be held
at the First Presbyterian Church on
Friday afternoon, February 12, at
2:30. Rev. J. C. Ammons will be the
. leader, and all the ministers of Mur'
phy will take part on the program.
IThis service is inter-denominational,
and is observed annually by Protesti
j ant churches throughout the Nation.
Please make every effort to be present.
MR. WITHERSPOON BETTER
I Mr. Don Witherspocn, local attorney,
who v.i?s confineU to his noir.e
the latter pan of last week with illness,
was able to return to his duties
| this week.
^ wW Circulation
Bill Any Paper
^ ^ ^ Ever Published
Here.
'(flit
$1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
WATER RATES IN
MURPHY RAISED
BY TOWN BOARD
Councilmanic Action
Shifts Bonded Burden
From Property
T axpayer
Water rates in the town of Murphy
were increased about 25 per cent
at a meeting of the board of alderimn
'1 hursday night. The new rates
will become ? ffective March 1.
Reasons for the increase in rato
was attributed to a need for revenue
to take care of Murphy's increasing
water supply. Officials said they
deemed it be t to put the increase on
the prevailing rate to the consumer
rather than add to Murphy's property
tax rate. At present 60 cents of the
V4.,,, Hfcwtt 1= uacu L<J I^LIIC
j bonds.
It was brought out that .Murphy's
total outstanding indebtedness wafi
$2211,0000 of which $155,000 is or
outstanding water bonds.
W. M. Fain member of the council,
Tuesday estimated that $6000 was
required annually to run Murphy's
water supply and that the prevailing
water rales to the consumer, provided
they were all collected, would amount
to only $7200.
Eighty cents of the tax rate is ap
plied to general expense and 35 cents
on street bonds, he said.
The new rate to consumers is ar
follows: 2000 gallons, $1; 3000 gallons,
$1.25; 4000 gallons, $1.45
5000 gallons, $1.63; 6000 gallons.
$1.79; 7000 gallons, $1.92; 8000 gal
Ions, $2.04; 9000 gallons, $2.15; and
10,000 gallons $2.25.
All over 10,000 gallons will be 10
cents per 1000 gallons.
At the same time it was agreed to
sell the town's equity in real estate
recently taken over. Legal advertising
describing the property appearelsewhere
in this issue of the Scout.
The town board elected Mrs. H.
tiueck as a member of the Murphy
Carnegie library board of trustees
in the place of Mrs. Willard Axley
who recently resigned from the
l>oard.
STOCKHOLDERS OF
MURPHY CANNERY
TO MEET SATURDAY
The annual meeting of the common
stockholders of the Mountain
Valley Mutual Cannitio- occArtJot.'An
_ 0 .... n/VIWVWIl
of Murphy will be held in the court
house at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
E. R. Thompson, cannery manager
has announced.
He urges attendance of all members
as three members will be elected
in the place of retiring directors,
and any members who have made any
payment at all on stock are eligible
to vote or hold office.
J. Ed Campbell, director of the
TV AC, of Knoxville; John E. Barr,
head of the Land O* The Sky Muutal
Canning association, of Waynesville,
and other officials will be present
to review the work of the local cannery
during thi past year, Thompson
| said.
ClinicTo STHeW
At Petrie Hospital
I A tonsil ftr\A *" " "
__ ...... ..uvKuius cuiuc will tie
[held at the Petrie hospital in .Murphy,
Feb. 14, thruph the 10.
Dr. A. G. Duncan, of Forest City
a well known eye specialst will arrive
Sunday to be associated with the
Hospital during this Clinic.
Those desiring to take advantage
of the Clinic will please call the hospital
for an appointment before February
14th.
TO ATTEND MEETING
W. M. Fain, a member of the
bor.-d of the Mountain Valley Mutual
Canning association here, is planning
to go to Wayneeville Monday as
the local cannery's representative at
a meeting of the Land O' The Sky Mutual
Canning association. The local
cannery is a member of -.he Waynesvillc
cooperative unit.