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aHV, MURPHY The Leading Vol. 11L.?-No. 34. FINALS PROGRAM I1 AT MURPHY WILL END ON APRIL 20 ] Sixty-One Seniors Now Preparing for Graduation Exercises The Murphy scheel bell will tcli the knell of parting ways for 61 high school seniors here Tuesday night, April 20. ; The largest graduating class in school history is now preparing for commencement activities that will 1;. ??p them busy for the next month. Besides being the largest class to g .aduate from the Murphy high : chool, the Seniors this year have one of the best records behind them ever made by a graduating class. Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva, sona- 1 lor in the present session of the State ' Legislature will deliver the commencement address on the evening ol April 20 when the seniors will get their programs. The sermon to the graduating cla^s a ill be delivered by the Rev. Geoffrcy Hincheslwood, vicar of Grace church, Gainesville, Ga., on Sunday morning, April 18, at 11 o'clock in the school auditorium. Complete programs for these services will be announced later. Other fent.ii.-es r?f the eovnm merit program are the junior-senior banquet to be given in the gymnasium next Saturday evening. "Hobgoblin House," a mystery play, will be presented by the seniois on Friday evening, April 7. Mrs. J. W. Davidson will present her elementary music pupils in a recital on the evening of April 15 and the following evening the high school clatei wil. give its recital. A speech and essay contest will be held on Monday, Apri. 19, to determine the winners of the medals offered for the best declamation, recitation, and essay. All essays written this year for this contest are on some phase of educational progress in (Continued on back page. This Sec.) -O Last Rites Are Held In Murphy For Mrs. Voyles Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Josephine Voyles, 70-year-old Murphy residents, were conducted from her home Tuesday with the Rev. Stewart H. Long and the Rev. Fred Stiles officiating. Interment was in the Hiwassee cemetery. Pevton fi. Tvip in charge of funeral arrangements. I Mrs. Voyles widow of the late Enoch Voyles, who at the time of his death a year ago was a member of the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, died at her home Monday morning at five o'clock. Pallbearers were: Zack Ramsey, J. D. Plemmons, B. E. Dockery, N. W. Mintz, N. E. Hunsucker and J. Plemmons. Nieces acted as flower girls. "Aunt Mollie" was one of the town's oldest residents and had a | wide circle of friends and acquaintances in this community. Surviving are seven daughters, Misses Mattie, Edyth and Edna Voyles, Mrs. J. D. Plemmons, Mrs. B. E. Bockery, Mrs. N. W. Mintz and Mrs. N. E. Hunsucker, all of Murphy, and ?ne son, W. R. Voyles, of Lakeland, Fla. Weather Vane Following are maximum and minimum temperatures for the past weei compared with temperatures for the same period last year: TEMPERATURES 1937 1936 Date Max. Min. Max. Mia16 43 16 74 41 17 56 17 53 28 18 54 37 47 27 19 75 41 60 25 20 74 54 55 32 21 70 42 55 28 22 69 30 70 24 RAINFALT 1937 .936 Since March 1 .... 2.36 in. 3.47 in. Since Jan. 1 16.68 in. 21.16 in. A . it ip Weekly Naotpmper i? IF cuern North Ml Baptist Pastors To [ Meet On Saturday The Baptist pastors of the Western JCorth Carolina and the West Liberty associations will meet at the Murphy Baptist church Saturday at 10 o'clock for an all day conference. M. A. Hugging, state secretary, and other Baptist leaders will be the speakers. Lunch will be served the pastors at the church. All the pastors are urged j to attend for the fellowship, informa- I tion and inspiration. says"first base BALL GAME TO BE PLAYED APRIL 20 While the ball park in Murphy was being put in shape this week, II. H. ' Hickman was arranging to piav his first game on the local ground San- j day. April 18, "with weather pernni ting". Hickman said right now he was , trying to raise money to buy the boys j some new uniforms and equipment! and that practice would begin soon. I The manager also says that he* has i i a number of TVA players lined \? I and that one of the best teams in I years should come to the field en the opening date. "Tell them I'll be around with my hat out soon", he said. , Roll Fair Grounds In Preparation For Meet i i The Murphy fair grounds Tuesday i were undergoing overhauling, and a 1 huge roller was used to level out the ball park and the Murphy high school I athletic field. 1 Part of the work was in preparation for the track meet which will be held by the Murphy high school, April 2. and the other part was leveling off the baseball diamond. o Harley Lovingood Is Initiated Into Frat 1 Cullowhee, March 5.?Harley Lovingood, of Marble, was initiated into \ the Beta chapter of the Alpha Tail , Pi fraternity here at Western Care- | lina Teachers College in a recent ] meeting. < Mr. Lovingood finished his re- i quired work for a degree at the end 1 of the fall quarter. He has t?ince 1 then been employed in the Eryson City school system. 'Old Maids'^nd : 'Battleaxes' Tie In Game 17 to 17 The famous battle of the "Old 1 Maids" and the "Battle-axes", no less s furious or important than the battle ? of Bunker Hill itself, is over?and ' the result is as surprising as the game ' was interesting. The single girls, off to a 13-2 lead ( in the firit quarter, were bottled up 1 by their married friends and the game 4 ended in a tie?17-all. Playing osi Coach O. W. Deaton's j single girls team were: Misses Fanny Hathcock, Bruce Speight, Grace ? Barnett, Grace West, Miriam Still well. Ruth Morgan, Meredith Whitak- t er, Pearl Baker and Woodfin Posey. Playing on Neil Sneed's "Battleaxes" (which is the way referee H. i Bueck referred to them) were: Mrs. ^ Lyle Martin, Mrs. Buster Bayless, * Mrs. E. L. Holt, Mrs. Maude Duncan, i Mrs. Mutt Fain and Mrs. Ruth Nich- ' ols. About $10 was realized from the game which will be used by the < high school athletic fund. 1 O ( Cherokee Students To ] Return From Mars Hill i MARS HII-L, N. C., March 25.? < Miss Edith Breedlove, daughter of i Mr. ar.d Mrs. B. A. Breedlove. and Edwrard Pipes, son of Mr. and Mrs. \V. C. Pipes, both of Murphy, are re- 1 turning home from Mars Hill college t for the spring holidays from March 1 25th to 30th. 5 tmkti Carolina, Covering a Large and i Jrphy, N. C. Thursday, 1 J1SASTER SCENES, STORY PUBLISHED IN THIS ISSUE Expedited service permits The Scout to give its readers in today's issue a complete picture of the New j London, Texas, school explosion j late last week which snuffed out j the lives of five hundred chil- 1 dren and teachers. Special news pictures, together with a comprehensive article, combine to give an accurate description of the most disastrous tragedy in years. A special corps of Photographers and correspondents was moved to the scene immediately. The story and pictures in today's issue are the results of their work, giving a vivid description of the catastrophe. ASSEMBLY ENDS WITH 1200 NEW LAWS ON BOOKS Adjournm't Comes Tuesday; Budget Balanced, Liquor Legalized RALEIGH. March 25 ? North Carolina's 1937 general assembly, which ballanced the largest budget in the history of the state, legalized iquor, complied with all phases of the social security program and authorized free textbooks for children n elementry schools, adjourned sine iie at 5:38 o'clock this afternoon. Officially, the legislature quit at high noon, when the old fashioned clocks in the house and senate chambers were stopped. Actual Adjournment, however, came more than five and a half hours later, after the enrolling office had had an opportunity to copy last minute bills. The board of education omnibus measures had been enacted and the house had killed a measure allowing counties and municipalities to issue revenue anticipation honds to match federal funds. When all legislative remnants had been disposed of, the tall doors of each chamber were thrown open so that Speaker R. Gregg Cherry of the hofase and Lieut. Gov. W. P. Hortor. ef the senate Jcould see each other, across the corridors and the circular hallway at the base of the capitol dome. Gov. Hoey On Rostrum Both officers raised their gavels. Governor Hoey was on the rostrum writh Horton. Persons in the crowded galleries cranned their necks as the law-makers lined up in double file in the aisles. Then Horton nodded slightly and both mallets descendc I simultaneously. Just before adjournment Representative Dellinger of Gaston asked Lhat his bill, which would have substituted electricity for lethal gag as i means of capital punishment, be revived. His motion was shouted lown. Both houses passed a bill to exempt male merchantile employes from ;he maximum hour law. The representatives, however, killed a senatejassed measure whlrh would have illowed the manufacture and assem>ling of slot machines in the state. The house concurred in senate imendments to validate certain bonds ssued in connection with WPA projjcts. (Continued on back page. This Sec.) MISS BELLNAMED TO PHI BETA KAPPA FOR SECOND TIME Miss Grace Bell, of Murphy, is the >nly student on the campus of the iVoman's College of the* University >f North Carolina to be elected to ^hi Beta Kappa, honorary scholastic Yaternity, two years in succession. The honor was bestowed on her ruesday morning: while 12 other stuIents and two alumnae were initiated nto the club. Miss Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Bell, was elected to Phi 3eta Kappa last year as a junior and his year as a senior, performing alnost an unprecedented feat from a scholastic standpoint. t #r?i Potentially Rich Tern < >-? in T his Si March 25, 1937 New L and N Station Agent To Come Here S. M. Bobo, of Fairmount, Ga., is expected to arrive here some time I next week to assume his new duties as Louisville and Nashville railroad I station agent in Murphy. He will take the place of 0. W. Hendricks, former agent, who transferred to Cooperhill, Tenn., last Wednesday. Mr. Bobo, who was former L and N station agent at Fairmount, will reside here with his family. HEAVY CRIMINAL DOCKET AWAITS JUDGE PHILLIPS One of the largest criminal dockets to ever be tried before a Sunerior court judge in Cherokee county will face Judge F. Donald Phillips when the spring session convenes in Murphy Monday. j John W. Donley, clerk of the court, I si.id Tuesday that "although the I criminal docket this session is one of the largest we have ever seen" there are no particularly important cases on it, most of them representing trials of various whiskey charges and petty offenses. No murder cases are scheduled. Civil suites will also be tried at the two-weeks term. Mr. Sherman Forrister, 85, Is Buried Saturday Funeral services for Sherman Forrister, 85-year-old resident of the county home and devout church-goer, were conducted Saturday afternoon with his pastor, the Rev. Stewart H. Long, officiating. Interment was in ' the new Murphy cemetery. Mr. Fordister died Saturday morning. Only distant relatives survive. i Slogan Interesting To Gasoline Company Harvey Jones, manager of the cafeteria at the Hiwassee dam site, was advised over long distance phone Monday night by a member of the advertising staff of the Standard Oil company, from New York that a representative would call upon him concerning a slogan for the company's gasoline which Jones entered in a recent contest The slogan contest was held last fail, but Jones did not win a prize at the time. Club Meeting Held At Home Of Mrs. Ben Mann The Good Will club met at the home of Mrs. Ben Mann Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock. The meeting opened by reading the Scripture, Prayer and song. A business session followed. Iced muffins and hot coffee were served. Mrs. Orric Carringer was added as a member. Margie McDonald and Mrs. Eula Belle Stiles were visitors. Twelve old memhovc * _ -I.lt piCSCUl. The club quilt will be given away to the winner Wednesday afternoon at the home of Miss Rinda Cornwell's. The next meeting will be at Mrs. George Stalcup's Friday, April 2nd. o String Music Program To Be Given At Ogden A program of string music will be offered at the Ogden school house, nine miles east of here in Clay county, Monday night. Frank Smith, principal of the school has announced. "Fed and Raymond and The Boys from Kaintuck." stars of radio station WSB in Atlanta. Ga., will provide the entertainment. Proceeds will be used by the school. Miss Mallonee Is Initiated Into Club Greensboro, March 25.?Among students at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina who were initiated recently into the zoology field club is Miss Mary King Mallonee, of Murpby. Largest ]%^1h Circulation All 11 Any Paper N ^ ^ Ever Published Here. Me $1.50 YEAR?5c COPY FEDERAL AGENTS TAKE 4 CHARGED WITH KIDNAPING Will Be Tried In U. S. District Court In Asheville Soon Federal Bureau of Investigation agents Thursday transferred four prisoners held in the county jail in Murphy for more than a week on charges of kidnaping to Asheville where they will be tried in the U. S. District Court there at a future date. The prisoners included one man ;and three women all of Atlanta, Ga., who allegedly forced Dave Kllison, .'10, regional radio salesman, also of Vtlanta, to bring them to Murphy | during an all-night ride March 10. Those taken to Asheville are Bill Wilson and three female companions, ferry Golden, Marie Wilson and I Odel Thrasher. After (he quartet was arrested here , by Chief of Police Fred Johnson, March 11, a hearing was held in Mayor's court and bor.d for each was set at $500. Kllison was also put under a $500 bond as material witness in the case, hut. was baih d out by Hadley Dickey and returned to Atlanta. Later the bonds for Bill Wilson [ and the Golden girl were raised to $1000 each, and when Mr. Johnson learned that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was interested in the case, all four were ordered held without bond. According to Ellison's testimony, he picked Bill Wilson up on the way to Jacksonville, Fla., from Atlanta, and instructed him to drive while he (Ellison) slept. During the trip the three girls were picked up and Miss Golden is said to have held a knife on Ellison when he discovered they were in B!aivsville and ordered them to return tc Atlanta. It is understood in the case of a conviction in the case that a reward will be given the captor of the alleged crime. Baptist Men's Meeting To Be Held Monday A meeting for the Baptist men of the Western North Carolina association will be held at Marble church Sunday, it was announced by W. A. Adams secretary of the association. For the 11 o'clock hour all men not having services in their own churches are invited, and the afternoon sessions will be devoted to all men vf all i churphps \f?- ?- 1 ..... .iviaui^ Mia women would not be excluded. For those attending the morning: service, dinner will be served on the grounds. "This meeting: offers a splendid opportunity for our men to get. together and consider Kingdom matters", Mr. Adams stated in announcing the meeting. "Dr. Walter N. Johnson, the Rev. T. F. Deit2. the Rev. J. 0. Pipes, the Rev. C. F. Rogers, the Rev. A. C. Amnions and secretary M. A. Huggins are expected to be with us." The program is as follows: Morning session at 11 o'clock, "My Church and I?What Are We For?" by Mr. Huggins; Sermon by Mr. Deitz. Afternoon session. 1:45, Devotion and music; 2 o'clock, "The Men of Our Associa tion," Mr. Amnions; 2:20 o'clock Conference period led by Mr. Adams; 2:45 o'clock music; 2:50 o'clock "Our One Hundred Thousand Men" by Mr. I Rogers; at 3.30 o'clock music; 3:35 o'clock "A Worthy Program for a I Baptist Church*' by Mr. Pipes; 4 o'j clock music, Announcmcnis and ofI fering; 4:05 o'clock "M$n Marching the Master of Men" by Dr. Johnson. | All hours are Eastern Standard Time. Mr. Adams said a delegation expected from every church. Mr. T. T. Lindsoy returned to Murphy Saturday from Cfcait&nc <g.* where he was attending to TV A fcnsi_
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