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Vol. 1L-?No. 1.
MIXED COURT
TO CONVENE
ah Kiminrn #i
m AlluUM z
Judge Sink Scheduled tc
Preside; Civil Docket
Said to be Light
The regular August criminal an<
civil session of Cherokee count;
Superior court will convene in th
court house in Murphy for a sched
uled two-weeks term on Monda;
morning, August 9. Judge H. Hoyl
Sink, of Lexington, is scheduled t
preside.
As there are very few civil case
on the docket for this term, practic
ally all the time is expected to b
taken up with cases coming unde
the criminal category. There are n
outstanding cases on either dockel
Juries selected are:
First week?J. R. Mason, Brasstow
John Graves, route three, Murphy
Carl Townson, Murphy; Ralph Shield
Culberson: Frank Mashburn, Oa
Park; A. E. Eerwood, Grandview; J
H. Bryson. Marble; Tildon Dockerj
Unaka; John Coleman, Unoko; Cod
Clayton. Murphy; John Hogan, Brass
town; C. D. May field. Murphy.
Bob Cooper, Andrews; Hayde:
Hickey, Suit; W. W. Hall, route twc
Murphy; A. R. Stalcup, Murphy
George Quinn, Oak Park; John Ta
tham. Andrews; George Fox, Ranger
Zeb Tweed, Brasstown; George F
Hendrix, Murphy; Bruce King, Top
ton; Lawrence Hatchett, route twc
Murphy; and Z. B. Conley, Andrew;
Second week?J. L. Chastair
route two, Murphy; R. A. Akin, Mui
phy; A. E. Palmer, route 3, Murphy
Earl Adams, Anlrews; G. G. Wesl
Andrews; J. O. Penland, Brasstown
Albert Watson Culberson; H. C. Whit
aker, Andrews; Sam Akin, Ranget
W. B. Raper, Brasstown; G. A. Walcl
Murphy; Henry Gibbs, Birch.
Pender Brendle, Wehutty; W. A
Fair, Persimmon Creek; M. E. Mill;
route three. Murphy; R. R. FcrgusoT
Murphy; Henry Carringer, Braai
town; J. K. Baines, Hiwassee; J
Frank Bristol, Andrews; John Pickle
aimer, Patrick; O. B. Wright, Top
ton; J. W. Barker, Andrews; Joh
Hampton, Brasstown, and Hue;
Robinson, route one. Murphy.
DR. FOGHT WILL
RETIRE AS HEAD
GF INDIAN BAND
The Indian service has announcei
that Dr. Harold \V. Foght, suporintcn
dent of the Cherokee Indian Reserva
tion in Western North Carolina, wouli
retire September 1.
He will be succeeded by Clyde H
Blair, at present supervisor of educa
tion in the Navajo reservation ii
Arizona. He has been in the Indiai
service since 1909.
The Indian bureau said Dr. Fogh
had been eligible for retirement 01
account of age for the past year bu
had been kept on the Cherokee res
ervation because of certain negotia
tions there. He has been superinten
dent for three years.
Dr. Foght succeeded R. L. Spauls
bury in the post three years ago.
One of the projects completed dur
ing his term was the completion thii
spring of a splendid new hospita
for the reservation. This beautifu
stone building is located at the schoo
and is one of the most modernl;
equipped hospitals to be found any
where.
Murphy Will Meet
Copperhill Sunday
The Murphy Baseball team will
meet the Copperhill aggregation or
the Copperhill's grounds this coming
Sunday evening.
A large crowd is expected to ac
company Jack Blagg's outfit to th<
&nsin to witness the game.
The starting line-up has not ve
been announced.
Theft of chickens from his owl
mother was confessed by Eerl Stitt
a fVmer preacher of Columbus, Jnd
;ature-Hiwas!
ifT Clf!
Weekly Nescspmpcr km Western North C
Murph
Murphy Unit Schools
To Open On August 30
All schools in the Murphy unit
will open on Monday, Aug. 30, H.
i Bueck. superintendent who has
| i been vacationing at Carolina Beach,
announceed Tuesday.
A general teachers meeting will j
' i be held Friday, Aug 27, at the
school house at 3 p. m., he added.
Mr. Bueck will arrive here this
week.
! THIRD IN SERIES
| OF TVA TALKS
: WILL BE GIVEN
! Wm. McKenzie Landess
* To Speak On TVA Ag- ;
I griculture Aug. 17
IThe aims antl purposes of the agricultural
division of the TVA will he
,.i explained to the people of this section
g | August 17 in a talk in the court
^. house in Murphy, at 7:30 p. m. by
William McKenzie Landess, adminisf'
i t rative assistant of the Agricultural
y 1 Division.
i. This talk will be the last in a series
of three talks that was planned by
n the TVA in an effort to acquaint the i
f people of this section with the work j
. that was being done by the Authority J
t_ in their program of flood control, -oil |
.. conservation, and power development. 1
/ The first of these talks were do- I
livered some time ago by Dr. A. E. |
) Morgan, chairman of the board of j
.' directors of the TVA, who spoke or.
"The Aims and Purposes of the TVA."
Dr. E. L*. Bishop, chief of the health
" and safety department of the TVA,
" delivered the second address here on
' tho subject of "Health and Safety in
the TVA."
*" The third talk. to be given by Mr.
' Landess, will deal with the land conl?
servation and agricultural methods
emphasised by the Authority to enu
able them to obtain the utmost i-on*?
servation. Mr. Landc&s holds a rel*
sponsible position in the Tennessee j
j" (Continued on back page)
~ Adams Building Bought
" By Frank L. Mauney
y One of the largest and most important
property transfers was -consummated
here this week when Frank L.
Mauney, of Knoxville, Tenn., purchased
the Adams building on the j
northwest corner of the square.
) The two story brick structure was
purchased from the North Carolina,
i Mortgage company, with local head
quarters in Ashcville.
j This prominent structure houses |
) j the Mauney Drug company, the local i
I A & P store, the Murphy cafe and a
. number of rooms and apartments ini
-luding the offices of Dr. E. E. and ;
i [ Dr. N. B. Adams,
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Sees 21 Different
J Tags In 18 Minutes
t His attention attracted by var
- | ious accounts in the Asheville Citi.
| zen of the number of out-of-state ?
cars in Western North Carolina,
j Hayner Rogers, local Western i
Union operator, took out his paper J
and pencil and jotted down the dif- )
ferent tags he noted while walk5
ing from his home to his office af1
ter dinner Tuesday.
1 During the half mile walk along
] highway No. 10 Mr. Rogers countj
ed 15 different tags, and when he
reached his office he counted six
! more between there and the post
(office. Total score: 18 minutes?
21 tags.
j Among those listed besides North
' Carolina were: Tennessee, Georgia,
South Carolina, New York, New
I Jersey, Montana, Texas, Louisana,
, ! Ohio, Pnnsylvania, Illinois , Missr
j souri, Florida, Virginia, Mississippi,
Maine, Indiana. Alabama, District
of Columbia, and, of course, the
4 I ever-popular red-and-white TVA
official tag.
j Murphy has been termed the
"town of many cars" on numerous
ocassions, everyone of the more
^ than 300 parking spaces on the
four main thoroughfares being filled
practically all the time.
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I
see Dam' Sup
prukn
aroiina, Covering a Lar^r and Pote
ly, N. C. Thursday, Aug,
MISS HOWARD IS I
BEAUTY CONTEST
WINNER LOCALLY
Being; chosen beauty queen in contests
here for the second time in two
years. Miss Beatrice Howard, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Howard, of
the Peachtree community, was chosen
"M iss Murphy'* in a beauty and ama- I
teur contest held at the Murphy High
School auditorium Thursday night.
The affair was presented under the
auspices of the All Star Beauty
shows, of Warm Springs. Ga.. and was
sponsored by the Young Womans ,
Club of Murphy. Mrs. K. C. Mallonee
was director of the show.
Little Nancy Bryan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. II. R. Bryan, was the 1
winner of the title of "Little Miss I
Murphy". '
Miss Mary Aileen Barber, daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. W. Arthur Ba:
ber, was awarded first place in th ; |
amateur contest for her versatile acrobatic
dance.
i in* winner ol the "Miss Murphy*'
contest and the amateur performance
will later compete in the All States
Star beauty show and contest to be
| held at Biloxi. Miss. j
At the state contest the winner will j
j receive a screen test for "Miss United I;
| States" and the "United States An a- I,
tour Winner". Radio auditions will j
I also be given the winners o? all three |
contests, according to the announce-1(
ment. I,
The winner of the "Little Missj,
Murphy" contest will later receive a.
loving cup.
' Visit Here Cut Short
By Death of Brother
Mr. II. S. Whitehart, of Winston.
Salem, who resided here for six. years
about 25 years ago, came to Murphy,
for his vacation Friday, but it was;
I sadly cut short Saturday when he received
word that his brother, II. C.
Whitehart, who had been captain of
police in Winston-Salem for the past
25 years, had died of pneumonia.
j Mrs. Whitehart, who was the for.
jmer Miss Eloise McDonald, arrived,
I here last Sunday for a visit with her
mother, Mrs. T. C. McDonald, and
her brother, J. B. Mulkey. Two of j
their children, Eloise and Donald, re-;
turned to Winston-Salem with Mr. ,
Whitehart while Mrs. Whitehart re.
mained here.
Mr Whitehart came to Murphy in ,
1 !>0<> with Sam Coffin to establish a'<
veneer plant. He resided here about 1
six years during: which time he mar-j
vied Miss McDonald. j,
Clay Getr $1,796^50
For Shrubs, Flowers
A tt'PA allotment of Sl.70fi.50 for
the care of flowers and shrubs in !
Clay county was among1 four recent .
appropriations in Western North 1
Carolina as announced Saturday by .
George W. Coan, Jr., state adminis-jl
trator. j<
One of the other three appropria- j 1
tions was for $142, 006 for sewing (1
rooms in Buncombe county, and the s
other two for public improvementsJ
in Fores City.
FINE FISHING IS BEING
THIS TRI-COUN
Fish talcs eminating from this a
tri-county area are fish talcs no more ci
They are becoming: an actuality. So g
when your friend writes or tells you c
some dubious sounding: story about I
the prize number of fish he caug:ht C
here and their size, you don't have to A
throw up your hands and lau^h, for i:
the chancees are that it's the g:ospel j
truth. : I
Everyone who likes to fish?from 1
the g^iy with hooks in his hat and a
pail of minnows, to the kid with the I
bent pin and the red worms?nod
their head in agreement that Cherokee,
Clay and Graham counties have a
really ?Ot something: on the proverb- a
ial ball when it comes to g:ood fishing:, v
Favorite bass waters in this section f
are: Tellico, Hiwassec and Nc.tla 1
rivers in Cherokee county; Lake Car. i
roll in Clay county and Lake Sante'-!?i
tlah in Giaham county. Is
The best trout streams are: the j
plement
t #W!
ntialiy Rich Ter^i tcr^r in This State
5, 1937. "$1
Dam Supplement Is
Added To The Scout!
Inaugurating a new feature for
the Scout, the Hiwassee Dam Supplement,
appears on pag<t three of i
this issue.
This section will be a weekly j _
feature of the Scout and will pre- l"
kent all the general and social news
of Cherokee county's newest and
model village.
Besides the regular Scout writing
staff, Mrs. David R. Mulligan
will contribute to this supplement, i
MARBLE EVENS ]
SERIES WITH 2-1 1
VICTORY SUNDAY '
m
Many Errors Mar Pitch- <
er's Duel As Boombers
Go Down To Defeat : m
|th
The Columbia Marble company's t
L-ijr blue bats spelled out a 2 to 1 vie- Vv
lory against their old foes on ttie Mur- i
phv grounds Sundav to even the Itfi
juries one-all before one of the largest
crowds to ever see a ball game fi
in the county. w
Loose fielding turned a bitter pit- 'n
chers duel into a game replete with
thrills as practically every man who ^
came to bat had a chance to either
even the score or push his team out
in front. I gi
Big Hoyle Bryson was at his best r1
giving up six hits to the Bombers ja<
while Mayo, Dixie Steel star hurler, 1JJ
saw four hits off his deliveries turned 'w
into two scores and a triumph.
Marble grabbed the opening run in j
the second inning when Kirkland got j f<
to first on an error by Clontz and |
scored on two infield plays. Their p.
other score, came in the eighth when m
Johnny Tatham rapped a sharp blow hi
out lo right field which escaped i
Reichle, and was good for three bases, q
He scored on a high fly to center j
field by McNally.
Murphy's lone score came in the.
last half of the eighth when Williams
who seemed to bo batting in a slump,
poled a long triple out along the right
field foul line and scored on Ray Bar- P<
ton's infield grounder. ( *Came
Well Attended
Before a crowd variously estimat- 111
?d between S00 and 1200 fans, Bry- c<
son pitched as masterful a game as
lias ever been seen here. Although tc
lie gave up six hits, he kept then. ill
ivell-scattered enough to keep them >
from doing any harm. Mayo like, w
ivise scattered his four hits over as j th
many innings, but the two Blue v
scores crept over on infield plays. j
Until he was overcome by heat in j M
I be S'vcith inning, Squirrel was prov- .
inc to be the most valuable player for i |,
itbev nn* t.f tin.
!u? came to bat he* hit a double and j;
a single and displayed some fast fa
)a$e-running and inficlding that
rouldn't be beat. Twice he was caught pi
>etween the bases but each time v<
le managed to get back where ho
itarted safely. b<
Bryson struck out five men and pi
(Continued on hack page)
ENJOYED IN d
TY AREA THIS YEAR
el
bove mentioned rivers and Hangingiog
creek in Cherokee county; Lo- CI
ran's branch, Black branch, Kimsey fi'
reek, Nantahala river, Fires creek, th
luck creek and Shooting creek in sa
/lay county, and Snowbird creek ec
Vest Buffalo creek and Deep creek he
n Graham county.
License may be obtained from W.! P2
I. Dickey and Sons or the Murphy ; ni
lardware company in Murphy, j P2
Arthur Palmer at Marble, or Mayor !
\ M. Reagan at Andrews. C
Good Fishing Here
Very few sections of the country
re blessed with more ideal fishing
mi nuntmg conditions than West,
rn North Carolina. At present, the ( '
inest angling season this vacation
and has enjoyed in many years is *a
n progress. Leaping mountain troutJ
ire fair game through August .11 and w'
mall mouth bass through Septem- ^
Coontinued on back page)
e Three
^ Largest
| - *? * Circulation
[II II Any Paper
^ ^ Ever Published
Here.
.50 YEAR?5c COPY
OY HAS BEEN
MISSING FROM
HOME 2 WEEKS
reddie Mintz, of Grandview,
Last Seen Walking
Across Mountain
Missinp since .July 22, the whereouts
of Freddie Mintz, 15-year-old
y of Grandview section, were bep
eagerly soupht Wednesday nipht.
His father, W. J. Mintz said the lad
is last seen when he left his grand*
ther's home on the Tellico river,.
' miles above Tellico Plains, Tenn.,
id started walkinp to his home about
< miles across the wildness of the
ountain.
Since the boy was so well-acquaint!
with the trails leadinp throuph
at mountain section and aware of
e danper that lurked in rattlesnakes
id streams, his father is afraid
e hoy may have met with foul play.
He said the Tellico mountain is a
fupe for lawbreakers who po there
' rest up where th< law can't, find
iem.
When last seen the hoy, who is
ve feet and three inches tall and
eiphs about 115 pounds, was wear,
p either lipht brown pants or overIs.
a blue shirt and lipht weipht
iocs. He has dark brown hair and
'own eyes.
The boy had heen stayinp with his
randfather, Mr. A. J. Hass. for some
me and had been helpinp him work,
vordinp to Mr. Mintz. He said the
d mipht have had as much as SIO
hen ho left for home.
Friends and relatives have thorughly
combed the Tellico mountain
ir a trace of the boy.
Mr. Mintz has appealed to the
dice in various surrounding cities
id communities and others to help
im find the hoy.
o
IX ARE CHECKING
FARMS ELIGIBLE
FOR PAYMENTS
Requirements for farm benefit
aynients are being checked all over
herokee county at this time by six
ion who are in charge of the work,
cording to A. Q. Ketner, Cherokee
unity agent.
He said the men are now beginning
> visit all the farmers who are comig
in under the payment plan this
car and he urges the w t'? cooperate
ith the checkers in - a-wring up
eir acreage. Mr. Ke added that
ith the farmer's 1 ;. ynunts,
hi h will come throuj a a 1 : - in
urphy. will be grea iy f. itatedi
In order to obtain their waximum
:cfit payments. th< c?.. agents
dared it may be ucccs-ary >t me
irmers to sign up : >r trio
11 practices which ii ludes tbe applition
of lime or phosphate, 01 tht
anting of crimson clover, hairy
?tcli or winter Austrian peas.
Mr. Ketner said the farmers would
? advised more fully of the fall
actices at a later date.
"1 hope the farmers will cooperate
ith the checkers this, year", he deared,
"and every farmer gets the
dl share of payments that he is
igible for".
About $12,000 was paid out to
berokee county farmers in soil benet
payments last year, according to
le county agent's report. Mr. Ketner
id if the full quota bad been reach1
that about $25,000 would have
en availablee in the county, and
ded that the requirements for
tyments would probably be a littleore
strict this year. He expects*
lyment to begin in November.
ommissioners Meet;
Will Work Out Budget
The Cherokeee County Board of
mimissioners met in regular ses>n
on Monday to discuss routine afirs
coming before the body.
One official said that the group
Mild meet again next Monday to set
e tax rate for ihe county for the
.mine y sr.