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Invitation At Henn 1 Attractive I That's? ^5^ MURPHY Vol. IL.?No. 14. i m w*Tnmrvr*I (iKlAl IMrJvEST IS BEING SHOWN IN FREE MOVIE Housewives Will Get Many Tips From This Interesting Film A welcome invitation to the wise is sufficient. Evidently the Cherokee Scout will not have to get out engraved announcenients for that reunion of honn makers Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning, Nov. 17th, 18th and 19th, at 1 A. M., at the Hcnn Theater. Good news does travel fast, particularly when it is news of a gala party f the community, with gifts with quality entertainment cheered, cheer,.! hy jollity and novelty, and spiced w knowledge?ail served hospitably v the Cherokee Scout. No door cards, coupons, printed ations, or cash will be needed; the countersign of all alert houseki (hts, who are due to say "Show m< the 'atest home ideas/' when they a ivi.nco on Hcnn Theater at 10 A. M. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 17th, 18th and 19th, ST.owing every person in every theater seat the triumphant new 1987 Co..king School direct from Holloy wood, will bo no problem, for motion picture ingenuity has joined forces with scientific homemaking to produce an original laboratory course that deftly combines romance, sprightly humor, originality and profitable instruction. All of the popular features of the former Cooking School are here: The five recipe sheets, the atmosphere of congenial informality the wise counsel the hints on clever short-cuts the up-to-the minute suggestions for entertaining the demonstration of delicious and nourishing dishes, the array of modern kitchen equipment and the distribution of daily gifts and real surprises. All those elements of fun and profit have been retained, anr ail are made doubly worth-while because every guest of the Cherokee Scout will havo an individhal close-up of every process. This scientific new laboratory of ideas has graduated out of the class where hundreds of wamen craned their necks in a vain attempt to see what was happening on the stage, or assailed the lecturer with plaintive cries: "Hold it up high, where we all can see." Now the camera will make the course truly fascinating and valuable, with remarkable close-ups of each process in a series of model, conveiently quipped kitchens; real, workable kitchens, (not the synthetic, falsefront variety,) where trained homemakers will plan, measure, blend, mix and complete appetizing cakes, pies, salads and meat dishes that look as 'hough they could be picked right out of thep icture and eaten on the spot. Keeping pace with the baking, roasting and frying, a series of salads and frozen delicacies will n?r?d*? in and out of the adaptable electric refrigerator, which will reveal its host ?f possibilities for simplifying labor (Continue*! on back page) Weather Vane Following are maximum and minimum temperatures for the past weelt ompared with temperatures for the ?me period last year: TEMPERATURES 1937 '936 ???e Ma*. Min. Max. Min 26 61 38 66 37 37 53 32 61 44 28 56 39 59 29 66 26 63 42 30 ft 30 65 31 82 35 68 28 Nov. 1 73 33 64 46 RAINFALL 1937 1935 Since November 1 3.83 4.05 Since January 1 47.60 55.44 gjy. Extended rheater W? 11 ?ffi ; Weekly Newspaper ux Western Not Murp Miss Richardson Will Aid In "Cooking School" j Miss Aline Richardson. Cherokee I dounty demonstration >gcnt, will cooperate with the Scout in presenting this paper's free, cooking school all-color film, "The Bride Wakes Up", at the Henn Theater* Wednesday, Thursday and Fri doy. Not. 17, 18 ond 19. Miss Richardson, who will contact most of the ladies in the county between now and the time the cooking school is presented, can give any information on the film and will assist in presenting itMembers of the schoor home ecoi ri nm?r-. * "* -cpaumeni win also be in attendance. ' Dam Highway Road Forces Complete Work Force, of the Codell construction company completed their portion el the work on the principal access road moling into -h< Hiwassee darn from I urtietown, Tenn., Wednesday anci officials were moving oat their ma chinery. Codoll. of Winchester. Ky.. wa? awarded the contract to build the 1-2-mile road two years ago. Pavinp was done by TVA. A crew of men under J. Scott Ta! jbott first went to work on the roac i and constructed a 30.foot hi-hwai over tin mountains. The 1 \ A covered it with calciun chloride. Later another suifac< was added. The construction company ha: maintained a force varing from 10 35 men here since their principal "vorl j begun to complete the secondary por j tions of their work. Virgil Richardson has been the sup j erintendent in charge of the project Officers Seek Robbers Of T. Calhoun's Stor< The Cherokee county sheriff's de partment Wednesday wa ; looking fo parties who robbed the store of 1. F Calhoun, three miles north of ueri on U. S. highway No. 19, of 5 301 worth of merchandise early Tuesda; morning. The manager of the store, wh< lives in an adjoining house, told th sheriff's department Tuesday th; t h heard noises around the store, am that when he began to investigate th parties escaped in a "new automo bile." It was found the parties, which i believed to have been composed o three men, entered by jimmying lock on a side door and later openin; the front door. Merchandise confiscated include everything from overalls to cigarette and shot guns. John Farrell of New Yory City rc quested a two-day jail sentence o Magistrate Morris Rothenburg so tha he could keep sober and report for ; job he had been promised. Two Dogs, Fox, Dove Electrocuted In Hun The Tri-state Foxhunters convention ended sadly for two dogs, a fox and a partridge, in one of the most freakish sports accidents ever recorded here. A _ a .?f ||ia rlncrt in flip ] last night's chase of the convention, which ended Friday, Oct. 29, were late straggling in. Especially were two fine hounds belonging to E. Bruce King, of Topton, missing. The dogs were later found dead. It was reported that a power line wire of the Nantahala Power and I >t cojr?p-:r.y hat. broken near Ground Squirrel Gap in Valley town i township, where the final evening's ! hunt was conducted, and thai it had ' efrclro-uti d the two dogs, the fox, ? ami a partridge. I J To The See ed., Thurs., rrplkf! 'th Carolina, Covering a Ixirgr and P hy, N. C. Thursday, Nov. | COMMISSIONERS ' HOLD MONTHLY MEET MONDAY Tax Certificates Discussed, part of County Land Ordered Sold The Cherokee county commissioners met in regular monthly session Monday at the court house. Chairman of the Board L. B. Nichols, of Andrews, presided over the meeting. The board voted to discontinue ac- , ceptancc of "past due interest coupons or past due bonds or any other kind of interest coupons in payment of any taxes'* after .Ian. 1, 1938. Such payments may be made, however, until the first of the year it was decreed. Col. I). II. Tillitt. county attorney, was designated by the board to coded tax sale, certificates for 1935 with a 10 percent remuneration. 1 1 It was also voted to require all attornies holding tax sale certificates 1 io report their collections to the coun1 ty accountant each week. I Two land deals wore also made by the comnii.ssioners. In one instant t the commissioners voted to sell part ; I of the tract on which the county home * situated to the Tennessee Valley f? Authority. It was stated that water 1 rora the Iliwassee dam would cover " up part of the tract, and 5.4 acres * were order sold to the TVA for $1. 7 502.20. The other transfer was in the mat1 ler of certain lands on which the TVA L> is making excavations at presentOther routine business was disposed by the commissioners at the 1 meeting. : WAYNESVILLETO MEET BOOMERS , HERE SATURDAY ~r Locals In Good Shape After Winning From S Cherokee 21 to 13 y The Murphy Boomers will meet 3 their toughest foe of the season here e Saturday afternoon when they take e on the Waynesville Mountaineers. [1 j This week Coach J. A- Pitzer was e I putting the locals through a hard | workout in preparation for the game, j Practice in blocking and tackling and s ] strengthening on pass defense were f the main principles stressed, a The Boomers are looking for a hard pr j struggle as the Mountaineers laced : Cherokee 34 to 0 several weeks ago. d J Last Saturday Murphy won over the siIndians by a 21-13 score. The coach says the Boomers will be in good shape for the tough going !-! Saturday, and that unless something f unforseen happens. Hob Taylor and t Nichols who were injured in the game a with Cherokee will be able to play. The Murphy Boomers downed Cherokee Saturday on the local field in one of the -closest .and hardestt fough contests ever seen here. The zig-zag score finally ended 21-13 in favor of the locals. It was a nip and tuck, hard fought affair with the score changing four times in favor of first one team and hen the other. The scoring began on the first play from scrimmage. The Indians | received, ar l the old "disappearing : end** play was milled wherein the iTnd'an flankman hid clo- to the ; -ideline ; among his ov:!: nlavr . A r,uHc flio on the first play and he off for 55-yard hum? down the field and a toachd. - r. j Nieho?s| o; Murphy. also went over ? ! for n touchdown in the f:i r quarter! :;r:d Newman converted the point. j T nier T? timet? scored f, r the'. Boor?v-r-< ;??min in the second period.; Coont ini od on back page) >ut's Cooki and Fri., ? f?>Wii otentially Rich Tcmtrrr^r in This Si 4, 1937. J Marriage License Not Worth $5, But Wife Is A marriage license may not be worth $5 to Henry Jumper, Robbinsville Indian, but a wife is. M rs. H. W. Giles, secretary in j the 'office of Register of Deeds B. W. Padgett, said Wednesday that ncnry ana Dlusning Ccssic bmoker appeared in the office for their marriage license. She told them the fee was fire dollars. "That's a lot of money for a litte scrap of paper", Henry said. "But isn't a wife worth it?" asked Mrs. Giles. Henry looked around at Bessie. "Yes'm", was his answer. Winter Course At Folk School Begins Monday Thi' John ('. Campbell Folk school began Monday, Nov. I. its four months I winter term of study, practical work i rind play. Among those enrolled are :i number of Cherokee and Clay county young people: Ruth Arrant. Nt| ( Jayton. \\ i:!i<- Clayton and Elaine Logan. of Brasstown, Wallace Massey. of Warne. Glen Holland of Andrews, and Ben Akin of Murphy. As usual there are several young people from Polk county and other mountain sections. From the 14th to the ."IOth of November there is being held in Washington, D. C\, an Exhibit of Rural Arts to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Allen Eaton of the Russel Sage Foundation in New York is Director of the Exhibit. The communities of Brasstown, Warne, and Martin's Cheek, will be represented in the Exhibit with carving and weaving done through the Folk School. The State Superintendent of Credit Unions. Mr. C. C. Booker, and the , State Examiner-Auditor, Mr. D. R. Graham, visited Brasstown, Tuesday, November second. They audited the Credit Union books in the afternoon and held a meeting that night at the Folk School for members of the local organization and other inter, csted friends. Three Murphy Students Enrolled at Mars Hill Representing Murphy among the 665 students enrolled at Mars Hid College this fall are Miss Edith Breedlove, Miss Kate Robinson, and Robert Rodgers. Miss Breedlove is a member of the senior Class which has 24U members enrolled this year. Miss Robinson and Mr. Rodgers are members of the freshman class which has an enrollment of 380 students. SHERIFF TO BUY CATTLE Sheriff L. L. Mason announces he will buy all kinds of cattle at Frank Dickey's scales in Murphy on Saturday, Nov. 6. He said the market price Will be paid. "Your Honor, the woman is dance mad and cares nothing for home," testified Fred L. Marsh of Chicago in his divorce suit. o ? Court Will Convene Here Monday Morning The regular November term of Cherokee County Superior court will convene in Murphy Monday with Judge H. Hoyle Sink scheduled to preside. The two weeks session will include the trial of both civil and cr.mir.ii cases. Although both docket*, contain a number of cases, the: , are no outstanding hearinrs to H-- presented. The urual large crowd is expected in town to attend the session. i .^aiuraay raorninp. NovmtiI" : ?>. from' Ylock to 12:30 Murphy time iJr. John San <iors. orthopedii doctor from Ash? viil. will ho a: this. | clini Miss Appciv. w:n- is the field wo> j kev for the \Vesterw end of the Stat.*-, wijj hi* in thi .-rction from nrr*j throuirh S;i. irda; ri the interest . f ] this* clinic. * ! v * ing School lov. 17-19' ^ Largest ft Circulation 1U ]1 Any Paper s ^ Ever Published Here' ale $1.50 YEAR?5c COPY MURPHY SEEKS BETTER PHONE SYSTEM HERE Cherokee County Medical Society Makes First Official Move Murphy's first organized movement for a more modern telephone sster| was batted when the Cherokee Cour.v ty Medical society drew up a resolution asking Southern Bell Telegraph and Telephone officials "to install . . modern equipment consistent with the needs and just privileges of their subscribers and favorablqy comparable to that equipment installed long ago in our sister cities". 1 The medical group drew up the petition Saturday. Oct. 27, when they 1 met in regular session, and sent copies ; 1o the telephone company ofl'ciaJs. the chairman of the North Carolina [Utilities commission and to th* Scout. Tn the meantime a petition was being drawn up to l?e circulated among subscribers at large for a more mortem systemIt was imminent that other civ e and social groups in town would drawup similar petitions. Tho movement for a "m?>r uf/-> date" telephone system locally began week ago when a group of loca; citizens met to discuss the proposition. The result was an editorial appearing in this paper last week, at the suggestion of local citizens, which point oil out that the local system was "outmoded and antiquated", while one":cally tho same rates apply in Mutuhp that apply wherever the Southern Bel; Telephone ami Telegraph system operates in this section. The medical society's petition is as follows: ,1 The Cherokee County Medical ! Society, in regular session October 127. 19.17, aft*'!- full discussion voted j unanimously to adopt the following | resolution and to send copies to Hoa 'I J. B. Gray, Mayor, Murphy, N. C.? 'Mr. W. L. Iampkin, Mgr. Southern I Hell Tel. & Tel. (To., Waynesville, N. C.. Mr- Howell C. Barwick, Dist. Mp?.. Southern Roll Tel. & Tel. Co., Ashivilie, N. C., Mr W. E. Duncan, Car??linas Mgr. Southern Bell Tel. & Tei. Co., Charlotte, N. C., Hon. Stanly Win borne, Chm. N*. C. Utilities Commission, Raleigh. N. C.? and Mr. Saia Can*, Editor Cherokee Scout, Murphy, N. C.. with a request that he publish same in his newspaper. THAT, WHEREAS: 1. Ninety-five per cent of the menhers of the Cherokee County Medical Society reside within the city limitO of Murphy, N. C. AND WHEREAS 2. Each member pays for from cwr? to lour telephones or extensions :r. eluding owners or operaUns of *rar hospitals AND WHEREAS 2. Due to the nature ?'*f our a k the um- of telephones is a necessity in conducting the major part of -our business both to ourselves and oor I t,u?vnus. AIMU WHEREAS: 4. All the local managers and operators of the Southern Bell Tel. & Te&. Co. are known to us personally, are known to be well experienced and efficient in giving good and prompt service, considering the equipment they have to work with- AN'D (Continued on beck page) CRIPPLE CLINIC TO BE CONDUCTED HERE SATURDAY I The Health Department expects trj have a Cripple Children's Clinic* in i Murpli> in th? High School builti"i*v
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