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Active And ttm Attractive ||U|^ I j MURPHY " The Leading (T? Vol. UL.?No. 49. SEEK FUNDS TO ' KEEP CANNERY LOCATED HERE ; Lions Entertain 75, Offi- 1 cials At Dinner Tues- , day Night Seeking local financial aid for the * Murphy cooperative cannery, the Murphy Lions club sponsored a comraun- i ity feast at the fair grounds here i Tuesday night. About 75 persons were present to hear TVAC and Land O' The Sky of- \ ficials and local farmers speak and enjoy a Brunswick stew dinner prepared by the club. J. Ed Campbell, administrator of the Tennessee Valley Associated Cooperatives, of Knoxville, and John E. Barr, general manager of the Land 0' The Sky association, of Waynesville, were the principal speakers. Mayor J. a B. Gray, president of the Lions club a presided, and following the meeting f appointed a committee of citizens Q to encourage investment in the can- p nery. t Mr. Campbell stated in his address that the TVAC had provided the ? greater part of the finances of the a Mountain Valley Mutual Cooperative e Canning association here during its ^ past three years of existence, and that c the organization felt that future in- ^ vestment shuld come "from those who are receiving its beenefitn." Relate* TVAC Benefit* He briefly sketched the history and organization of the cooperative move- n ment and illustrated the benefits the () TVAC had given to cooperative can- J neries in this area, nine of which are t] located in Western North Carolina. | "The TVAC has borne most of the f cost", he stated, and at this time j would seek local cooperation. He touched upon the many various a crops that could either be grown profitably in this area or were going . to waste which would provide revenue r^.. IL.. e -... _J .i., 1 .. ... 0 lur me lanners ana statea mat "pro- c cessing adds value to farming". The average family expenditure in Cherokee county amounts to only 30 per J (Continued on p ge seven) O County Budget To Be Drawn Next Tuesday R The annual budget for Cherokee county will be drawn by county com- p missioners at a special meeting next b Tuesday, they decided in regular ses- ( eion here Tuesday. p A discussion of bids submitted on j county and joint county and town property which was auctioned off for ^ taxes on Monday, June 27, was held by the board with practically all the c bids being left open for further discussion. a Minittterial pAnfavoneo Will Be Held On July 12 d ?? c The Cherokee-Clay county ministerial conference, scheduled to meet ] on July 5, was postponed until Monday, July 12, on account of the holiday activities of July 5, members of the program committee have announced. All pastors and church workers are | urged to attend the conference on July 12 at 10:00 o'clock at the baptist Church in Murphy, at which time the program published in the last ( week's issue of the Scout will be dis- , cussed. Murphy To Meet Mt. Vernon Here Sunday Manager Jack Blagg announced Wednesday morning that the Murphy hall team will meet the strong Mt. Vernon team from East Tennessee here Sunday He promised that an excellent game will be assured the local fans. With Murphy's new combina- j tion, and the addition of another pitcher, they should be hard to beat. ^^ 1 B i ft, lt Jdy Neacspmpcr iti Western North Murpl Wright Wins Contest, Wins Trip To Beach K. C. Wright, local insurance mar nd a prominent member of the Mur )hy High School faculty, has just re urned from a five-day trip to Myrth Jeach and Murrel's Inlet. Mr Wright won this trip in a sale! ontest sponsored by the Jeffersoi Standard Life Insurance company Tor the business he had written durinj he month of June. He was joined in Asheville by sev eral members of the Asheville agenc> md they made the trip together. Lions Blind Workshop Is Progressing In spite of their afflication, sever 1 of the blind people in this sectioi re now being employed in a mattres actory sponsored by the Lions Clut ltd have been turning out some fin roducts which they are placing upoi he local markets. The Lions Club, in an effort to hel| he blind, began this mattress factor} nd since its beginning it has develop d into quite an industry. Althougi he Lions supplied the necessar; apitoi witn which the factory wa egun, it is now operating on an in ependent basis. According to the workers, the; andle all kinds and sizes of mattress s, turning out both new and re lovated products. Trey are capabl f producing six new inner-sprini nattresses a yeek, and turn out a nany as eighteen rennovated mat tresses each week. All of the inished products have been sol ocally so far, and they expressed th jelief that they would constantly hav i demand from the local people. Th workers have been doing excel ent work in their factory, and in spit >f their handicap, they have turne >ut only first grade mattresses. MANY ATTEND BIG BARBECUE DINNER AT MARBLE PLAN! About 250 people, including em >loyees of the Columbia Marbl ompany, their families and thei HeSts. worn i - i?u - ' , -- -- - - ? "?.*? a. UiU UlTUe t> ornpany officials on the plan rounds Saturday. The all-day celebration took th lace of an annual outing whi.h ha eon held in past years at Elbertoi 3a., where the Blues have ahvaj layed a ball game on the Fourth o frly. However, as no game was playe here this year, the Marble compan fficials decided to stage the barb< :ue at home. No formal program was arrange ilthough many people mingled i riendly fashion while partaking ? he generous portions of barbecu lone to a "T", Brunswick stew an ther refreshments. Dr. J. G. Faulk Is With Petrie Hospita Dr. J. G. Faulk, a native North Cai olinian, arrived Thursday, July 1, t be associated with the Petrie Hospita Dr. Faulk is a graduate of Wake Foi ste College, Wake Forest, N. C., an > graduate of the Medical Coll eg jf Virginia, Richmond, Va. Afte serving his internship h spent five years in general practic and surgery in Robeson County, an recently finished a post graduat clinic Medical School and Hospita' of surgery and gynecology in Poly :linic Medical School and Hospital New York. He is well qualified to d surgery as well as obstetrics and gen eral medicine, and is chief of Staf of Petrie Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. Faulk ere member of the Baptist church, and are wel known in Eastern Carolina, Dr. Faul being vice-president of the Medica Society of Robeson County. Dr. and Mrs. Faulk are at presen residing with Mrs. R. W. Petrie. ttwltfi Carolina, Covering a Large and Pole iy, N. C. Thursday, July 8, MARBLE PLANT IS UNDERGOING ENLARGEMENT Added Space Will Take Care of Increased Granite Business i An enlargement program is under way at the Columbia Marble company, \ and they are now steadily working increasing the size of the plant. The main shed is bong extended I about 50 feet on one end and about 200 feet on the other end. The south end will be extended over the railroad tracks leading into the plant, and arrangements will be made so the! main derrick can be run the entire inJ crease length of the shed. 5 Workmen have been busy all this! week building eight hugee concrete I v forms on the south side to support the ^ steel beams, and they will begin on ! p the other work as soon as this is com-J ( pleted. e The workmen are taking the work n slow so that they will not interefere with the capacity output of the plant, and Tom Coggins, who is overseeing ^ the work, said that ? - uv v.uuim not trs' I timate when the work would be finl_ ished or how much the enlargement; ^ would cost. ^ He added that the granite work was | s already increasing at the plant, and I that the extension of facilities was neceessary to take care of the output. | S* With the extension of the main der- ] rick, it will also be possible to aid | - the workmen in loading and unloade ing the cars. I ? At the present time there are about s 80 men employed in the many branches of work in the plant. \ "Five Points" Is Raided; 6 Cases s of Liquor Found Following an early morning raid on the Five Points cafe in Murphy Tuesday which revealed possession of six cases and a pint and a half of " bottled in bond whiskey, two men and a woman were placed under $.100 bond each in Mayor's court and bound e over to Superior court. r Those arrested were: Ben Trotter. of Murphy, operator of the cafe, \ and Mr. and Mrs mil t - * ..... uuii^;, ??1 1 Hie, L Ga. e Policeman Neil Sneed and Fred ^ Johnson made the arrests after findx ing six cases of whiskey in a parked car which Long: said belonged to his f brother-in-law, of Knoxville, Tenn., and a pint and a half in the cafe. ^ Mr. Johnson said after the arrest (that Mr. Sneed had been watching ^ the cafe most of the night and that the whiskey was driven in in the car shortly after daylight. d 0 n{ COUNTY BOARD OF ' EDUCATION WILL d MEET ON MONDAY The Cherokee County Board of Education is scheduled to meet in | the court house at 9 o'clock Monday morning for a general discussion of the county school year, it was an. "" nounced by officials Tuesday. A - * - ... - among; the business expect' ed to come up before the group is v the endorsement of budget for the d coming year, entertaining of a cone jtract with teachers for the' 1937r 1938 term, and arrangement for c transportation on the various county e school bus lines. d Officials state that all who are ine terested are invited to attend the l? meeting. ' Marble Has 'A ToueH Schedule This Week f The Marble Blues will akc on two s good teams this week end when they II tanple with the "Dixie Spinners" k from Chattanoopra, Tenn., on Saturil day at 3:30 o'clock, and meet the Riprps Lumber Company from Athens. I t Tenn., on Sunday afternoon at 31 o'clock. * f J t f$rot ntiallj Rich Tern lory in This Slate , 1937. $T Clinic To Be Held |v At Petrie Hospital A tonsil and adenoids clinic will be held at Petrie Hospital, in Murphy, July 18 and 19. Dr. A. C. Duncan, of Forest City, a well-known eye specialist will arrive Sunday, July 18, to be associated C with the hospital during this clinic. Dr. Duncan has held clinics in Murphy on several occasions during the past eight months. Those desiring to take ad\an:agc of the clinic will please call the hos- in pital, or write for an appointment Cc before July 18th. i u o Cannery Pays Record Price S For Berriesw The Murphy cannery is now paying st the highest price for blackberries tffat tb has been payed in many years, and E. la R. Thompson, manager, is urging the pj people to bring their berries to the cannery. , n In the past, two and one-half cents j,, a pound was the highest price that ^ had been nnid ? > ? t .v. k*\-t tvo, uul inr. Thompson said that they were paying a| three cents a pound for the berries at the cannery this season. I With the addition of much new ^ machinery, the cannery began the I canning of beans this week, and so p> I far they have been busy handling the m I beans that they have received. A wi new machine that automatically grades the beans has been the latest aT I addition, and Mr. Thompson said that 11 it would speed up operation consider- s* I ably. The cannery is employing approx- th imately 30 or 40 people during their gi present operations, but at times they ui work as many as 60 people. This can- in nery is under the Mountain Valley w Mutual Canneries, with main offices w in Waynesville, and is working in a pi cooperative program with the farmers, through which mean both the farmer ^ and the cannery may profit. vOLD FOLK DAY BRINGS CROWD s TO FOLK SCHOOL * l lXi July 4th is Old Folks Day at Brass- ^ town, only this year it was celeb rat- m ed on the third. For many years Woman's Club has invited all those '50 years and over, to come to the j n museum ,"1? ^ " -v uuiiiJ vy. lampboll ^ Folk School for dinner, meeting of old friends, speeches, singing, and whatever happens to come in the way of intrest and amusement. e By 8 o'clock on the third, the old people had begun to arrive, and all r along the road one could meet the! I club women and their families bring-! ing in their baskets of dinner. Some; fifty of the older generation were present in addition to younger mem. r( bers of the family who came with ^ them, and there was general rejoicing g as old friends met old friends whom 0, they had not seen for a year or per- ^ haps many years. After dinner, Colonel Norvell of Murphy gave a most interesting talk a on the history of Cherokee county. a Among the names of early settlers which h<> mpntinripH * ??CIC 111 <t 11 y borne by those in the group that day, especially those from Peachtree, Mar (Continued on back Dape) 1> BICYCLING BECOMESl LOCAL FEMININE S? "Helen on Wheels"?such could easily be the slogan of Murphy's new ir but unorganized, very much unorgan- y< ized. bicycle club. pi The East may have its hikers; the Middle West their winter sports en- b thusiasts, and the West Coast their | ft fan dancers?hut Murphy, lord give [ if thee pood feminine bicycle riders. About half a dozen of the local j ? feminine social contingent, evenly ^ divided between married and unmarried ladies, have taken to the main a thoroughfares and back streets ped- b daling along with the grace and ease t< of a trapeze artist. c< ^ Largest | jWf' Circulation 111 JL Any Paper " ^ Ever Published Here. 50 YEAR?5c COPY i'PA WATER AND SEWER PROJECT TO BE STARTED Government Agency will Spend $2729.48 On $3695.78 Project Murphy officials Wednesday morng were momentarily expecting nfirmation of a $3695.78 WPA ater-sewer line project in the town. E. O. Christopher, town clerk, said at. the town board had signed copies " the contract, much of the material be used on the project had been irchased and that only official word om Asheville was awaked before ork would begin. The appropriation was made last eek upon the completion of a WPA reet paving project which saw more ian a mile and a half of sidewalks id in the town of Murphy during the ist winter. Mr. Christopher said that about 40 len would be used on the new proct and that they would be under ie supervision of W. H. Brandon, distant superintendant of water id streets, and Homer Ricks. The total cost, of the project when mpleted will he divided with the 'PA giving 52729.48 and the town rpending $900.20. The movement agency will give $2256.48 in ages, the contract reveals. Already >50 feet of galvanized pipe of two id one and one.half-inch sizes and 000 feet of six-inch sewer pipe are ored behind the town office. Town officials generally looked on lis as one of the most important and reatly needed town projects to he ridertaken in years. "It gives us an nusual advantage to obtain good ater line and seweraee in the town hich is badly needed", Mr. Christoler said in making plans public. ;. N. Bryan. WellKnown Here, Is Dead News was received here this week the death of Mr. C. N. Bryan, for. er stave mill operator at Andrews, ho was well-known here, at Nashlle, Tenn. Said to be depre sed by financial fairs, Mr. Bryan took his life four ocks from his home early on the orning of June 20 by inhaling gas om the exhaust pipe of his car. The night before his death he wrote touching farewell note to close iends in Andrews. Details of his death and funeral five not been learned. He is survivd by his wife and a daughter. o Escapes Injury When Oil Truck Overturns Howard Martin, of Murphy, nar>wly escaped serious injury or posible death Thursday night when a inclair oil truck he was driving I'ertumed near Murphy on the Coperhill road. Mr. Martin, who wTas treated at local hospital and later dismissed, aid that he was coming toward [urphy about two miles out of town hen another car crowded him off the 3ad. The truck, especially the cab, was adly damaged. POPULAR WITH" 3CIAL CONTINGENT It is the ultra-modern in local sportig fads and the mode of dress the ming ladies display is especially leasing. Bicycle manufacturers claim that icycling is one of the most healtnj1 of recreations, and our young idies have evidently found bicycling uito a change from tennis and 1 ther milder forms of sport that they ave indulged in heretofore. Not only is the young ladies* pedlling activities confined to the town }! mils, but they find it quite enjoyable t take an occassional jaunt into the Duntry. 1 1
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