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JAMES H. CRISP,
65, SURVEYOR,
BURIED SAT.
Was Widely Known Fot
His Knowledge of Land
Marks In This Area
Funeral services for Mr. James 11
rri |>. 63, of Murphy, who for th
pa.-t four years has been Cherokee
county surveyor, were conducted a
Rogers chapei Saturday afternoon a
11 o'clock with the Rev. Fred Styles of
fieiatincr. Masonic rites iv...i.
served. Interment was in the churcl
cemetery. W. D. Townson was ii
charge of funeral arrangements.
Mr. Crisp, who had served a loni
career as one of Western North Caro
lina's finest surveyors, passed awa;
nt his home near Murphy Friday morn
ing. He had been ill for the pas
several yearsMr.
Crisp with a remarkable mem
ory which, coupled with his aptitud
for surveying, made him one of th
leading figures in land surveying i
Western North Carolina.
His tinimate knowledge of lan
n :. ks throughout this territory wa
unowned. In many instances hi
word was accepted without challeng
and in matters of land litigation i
was undisputed. On numerous 01
casions when it was impossible to fin
land marks, Mr. Crisp was called o
to supply the neccessary informatio
which war. unusually accuarate.
For many years he was active i
locating mountain lam and his sei
vices were in great demand in litigate
questions of boundary. He was er
gaged ir. many important cases trie
in state and federal courts.
As a witness he was always fair an
honest and his reliability was recop
nized. His ripe experien?e made hii
invauable and his honesty was neve
questioned.
Surviving are: his wife, and 13 chil
dren, Ray Crisp, Mrs. Dillah Brighl
of Charlotte, Mrs. Julia Roads, Jarnc
Crisp, Gar Crisp, Grace Ledforc
Juanita Ledford, Ben Crisp, Mr?
Hazel Young, Misses Willie, Matti
Bou and Nellie Crisp and Columbu
Crisp.
CAROLS SERVICE
IS OBSERVED BY
BAPTISTS HERI
?? ? netting oi exquisite Yuletid
beauty the "Candlelight Service c
I Christmas Carols" and the Bibl
Christmas Story was presented at
o'clock last Sunday evening by th
choir of the First Baptist Church.
The Scripture story was read by th
pastor, the Rev. J. C. Ammons. i
splendid audience listened to a beaut
fully arranged program of carol
"which were designed to cast the hoi
spell of nativity over the ones present
The Church was beautifull;
decorated with greenery The choi
ringing, "O Come All Ye Faithful
inarched in, each carrying a lighte
candle and placing it on the railini
in front of the choir. The carols love
by all were rendered by the choii
bringingg joy to all present- This wa
one of the most beautiful and impres
sve services that has been held here
Weather Vane
Following are maximum and mini
Jum temperatures for the past wee
compared with temperatures for th
same period last year:
TEMPERATURES
1937 1936
Isto Max. Min. Max. Min
15 60 37 58 34
16 64 44 55 4 0
17 62 4h 61 29
'8 62 45 54 37
19 52 33 50 33
20 54 22 43 22
21 48 28 53 20
RAINFALL INCHES
Since December 1 1.08 5.5:
Since January 1 14-68 62.31
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Barney Ain of Brooklyn. N. Y
l"1 officiated in morc than 7.001
basketball games in 19 seasons.
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IFeeicly Seta paper in If estern North Ct
Murpl
Santa Claus Receives
All Letters Not Printed
Due to the fact that there were
so many leters to Santa Claus ar,
, riving in our office, we were unable
to publish them all. Sonne of
the letters arrived to late, and
therefore were not printed. However,
all letters received will reach
od Santa on time and he will not
mifs a one of them, for we have
forwarded all of them straight to
, the North Pole.
If we know old Santa, all rcB
quests will be filled and a few |
* things thrown in extra. For years '
t and years Santa has been coming 1
around regular every Christmas
without fail and we feel sure he 1
h 1 will be here right on time this year, 1
N answering with gifts all the letters
he has received.
? So if your letter got in too late '
h to be published in the Scout, just 1
y don't worry because old Santa cer
tainly got your letter on time.
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Mrs. Mary E. Hall |?
Of Murphv Buried
I Sundav Afternoon
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s Funeral services for Mrs. Ktta Hall; '
| of Murphy, were conducted from the 1
I i First Baptist Church of Clyde, C., c
.. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with '
,1 ; the Rev. Price of Clyde officiating. ^
n Interment was in the pleasant Hill 1
tl cemetery.H Funeral arrangements '
| were in charge of W. I). Townson.
n I Mr. Hall had been an invalid for
two and a half years until her death 1
Friday morning, December 18. She <
( was the wife of Mr. E. L. Hall, of
" Murphy, and had resided here for the
( past ten years. ,
Surviving arc: her husband: four '
<1 children, Miss Marie Hall, of Lexingr
ton. Ky., Mrs. J. Wilhoit. of Chat',
n anooga. Tenn., W. R. Had, of Rich- j
r mond, Va., and J. H. Hall, of Bilt.'
more, N. C.; four brothers, Will
|-j Jones, of Los Angeles, Cal., Wiley]
t,'Jones, of Sylacauga, Ala., Charles,s
Jones, of Washington, D. C., and
j Arthur Jones, of Asheville, N. C. 3
I Final Rites For
j Mrs. Ella Spivey ;
Held on Wednesday
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| Funeral services for Mrs. Eila
e Ppivey, 69, wdow of the late James
Y ] A. Spivey were conducted Wednesday
e afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at her home. ;
^ | The Rev. C. F Roger.?, pastor of the
Andrews Baptist church, officiated.
Interment was in the Andrews cerne. '
tery. W. D. Townson was in charge
* of funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Spivey, who died at 9:30
o'clock Monday evening following a
long illness, was born in Canton and
*r had resided at Andrews fo?" the past :
33 years. She was a descendant
y of one of the pioneer families of
r this section and until recently was a
faitnful member of the local Baptist
d church, having joined in her youth,
g Pallbearers were her grandson?
d o r. * XT
- iw ivvno, x" i our iv nui". Ui .>vw
York City, Roy Nichols, New York
s City, Norman Spivey, of Knoxville, ,
i- Tenn., Charles Spivey, J. P. Jones and
. Floyd Baldwin all of Andrews. ^
Flower girls were; Misses Edna j
Patton, AddiHee Battle. Hazel Hyde, ,
Daisy Battle, Leone Patterson, Cor.
* ena Trnett, Zora Bell Bryson, Nina ]
Battle, Lena Hamilton, Geneva Lovin. (
? Pood, Norma Lunsford and Lucile
MathesonSurvivors
are three sons and three
daughters; Jesse T. Spivey Chattanooga,
Tonn., R. D. Spivey, and C. J.
Spivey of New York City; Mrs. J. F.
Nichols. Mrs. J. P- Jones and Miss
Violet Spivey all of Andrews.
FRANK ELLIS ILL
Friends of Mr. Frank Ellis, local
filling . tation operator, will regret,
to hear that he has been confined to
3 his bed at home for the past three '
3 days with influenza.
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A check made out to her 17 years
3 apo was cashed in Raymond, Wash.,
by Mrs. M. A. Garrett.
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xroluia, Covering a l^arge and Foter
iy, N. C. Thursday, Dec.
COMPLETE TOWN '
ESTABLISHED IN S
WNC MOUNTAINS'
diwassee Dam Village Is
Complete, Modern In
Every Respect
By MARJORIE MULLIGAN
In one of Western North Carolina's
rest mountainous and remote regions j
l community has been built within a ,
'tw months. Unlike the cities and 1
owns that usually accompany largo ;
?rojects which art* constructed hur
unv i? wen piauneu and j
designed and is as modern as can be i
cund in the United States- Roads;
lave been built, homes are springingj
p daily, a community center is re- ,
ounding with civic projects, where !
>ut a few months ago there was noth- (
ng but wilderness. The why and '
vherofore of all this is. of course, j
he Tennessee Valley authority's new
iam and town here at Hlwassee Dam
r? Cherokee county.
T<? the layman, building a dam usial!y
means much activity in excavaion
and concrete pouring, and no
hought is given to the fa.t that homes
oust be provided for the men who
-uild the dam, schools for their chillren,
recreation for the people when
he day's work is dor.e- In other
vord-j, all normal functions relative
o people living in a cciirmunity must
)e provided for them.
Methods Followed by TVA
The plan functions as follows:
?irst, the geologists and engineers decide
on the site of the dam. Usually
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Preparations
Being Made For
Annual Banco
Mr. P. J. Henn, local theater manager
in charge of the Annual Presi- j
dent's ball in this county next year,
announced today that he and all com- !
ruittees cooperating with him in this
enterprise have already begun negotiations
with Orchestras, advertising
agencies and other cooperatives in an
effort to make this the largest and
best Ball up to this time.
All civic and social organizations
have assured their cooperation and at
[his time Mr. Henn is trying to organ- 1
ize an active operating staff including
ull committees necessary for all phases
of work to make the Ball successful, j
This is to be the fifth presentation ,
of the President's Ball, honoring Presi- j
deni Roosevelt's birthday, with the j
foremost aim being to raise an endow- ;
ment fund for the Georgia Springs |
foundation at Warm Springs. Ga .
created by President Roosevelt in 1926 i
so that the national crusade against ]
infantile paralysis might be carried on. i
This ball will be promoted in over j
.".000 towns and cities all over the I
United States. Increasing in popular- j
ity every >ear this is expected to be |
the largest and most successful ball
us yet held in Cherokee County.
No particu.ai place has been decided
u|w>n as yet for the ball but due to
negotiations with T. V A. officials
there is a possibility that the hall will
be held at the recreation hall at Hiivassee
Dam. Mr. Henn said. If this
since is decided upon there will be one
round dance at the dam. with square
lances at both the dam and at Mur?hy.
Admission may be gained to all
lances with the same ticket.
Mr. Henn has planned an extensive
advertising campaign in order to draw
is many people from the county r.nd j
leighboring counties as possible. Mr. '
Hpnn ?nid flint- nilvf?rtiii'mpnto wimld i
je put on the screens of five promi- |
lent theatres in and around Murphy
tnd newscopv and advertisements wi'l
>c in the hands of all newspapers and
Publications near here.
So far Mr. TIenn has been in touch
vit'n several prominent orchest ras to I
"uroish music for the round dance and j
ias been negotiating with I i 1 string!
>ands in an effort to get the best .
nusic possible for the square dance. j
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itially Rich Termor w This Stale
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^ocal Firms Extend
Christmas Greetings
This week the merchants of Murphy
have joined with the Scout in
extending greetings and good will
for the Christmas season to all
friends and patrons throughout the
country and surrounding territory.
These merchants and business
men have been serving the people
for years, giving their best in every
way they could. The citizens of
Murphy and Cherokee County have
stood behind them and given them
the support they needed to carry
on, showing the best cooperative
spirit possible. Therefore, these
firms take this opportunity to express
their appreciation and wish
you a very Merry Christmas.
These greetings may be found
on other pages of the Scout
throughout the paper.
Local Questions
Topic Of Lions
At Special Meet
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Local : improvement^ and other vital '
questions of loea: importance were
foremost in the dis'-uason ot the l-ions
Club in u special called meeting Tuesday
evening, Dec. 21.
Of greatest importance in the discussion
was the report of the committee
on condition of the road leading
from Murphy into Hiwassee Dan . G.
W. Ellis, head of this committee said
that he had seen Mr. Grover Mauney
Supt. of highway maintenance in this
district ami had received his assurance
that as far as possible with equipment
ami funds afforded him by the
state, this road woud be kept in excellent
condition for passage of ail
vehicles throughout the winter.
A report of the committee to the
city Board of aldermen concerning renaming
and renumbering city streets,
headed by II. (I. Elkir.s, gave the assurance
of the board lhat this would
be done as soon as it was conveniently
possible.
At the suggestion of W. A. Barber,
the club voted to attend to certain
charities within .Murphy and Mr. Barber
was appointed to head a committee
for this purpose- Also a motion
in a j.msirei tne latier part
of January was mot favorably by all
members.
Resignation of J. B. Gray, former
preside nt, and W. X. Rogers of Hivvassee
Dam were accepted. Election
of new officers to fil. recent vacancies
resulted in W. A. Sherrill and H.
Bueek being elected as third Vicepresident
and Director, respectively.
The next meeting of the elub will
J be sUbsituted for by attendance at
the Charter Meeting of the Robbinsjville
Club. Jan.a, at Robbinsvilie. The
Robbinsvilie club was recently organized
by the Murphy Lions Club.
"Cotton" McGuire Will
Get New Radio Setup
The Nan.tahala National Forest ha.s
completed arrangements whereby a
short wave radio set will be installed
in the home of Garland (Cotton) McGuire
who lives on Rooper Bald in
Graham County, North Carolina.
According to Forest Supervisor
Paul H. Geri'ard. the radio will make
possible more complete detection in
Graham county and at the same time
provide McGuire with some means
whereby he can communicate with the
outside world from his Isolated location.
McGuire will bo able t<> contact
the radio operator at the Tellico
Ranger Station of the Cherokee National
Forest. I,onp Distance telephone
connections, at the Ranker
Station, will make it possible to transmit
messages from McGuire to anv
concerned forest fire organization.
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W. A. Bent ley of Jerlco. Vt.. he.
ecntly photographed over 4,000 snow
crystals separately and found that
each one had distinct variations.
In a San Fransisco zoo the prize
leopard, Rowdy, was raised by tt
police dog mother who nursed him
from a cub.
M Largest
4 Circulation
lll|R, Any Paper
~ Ever Published
Here.
H.50 YEAR -5c COf *
OPERATIONS OF
LOCAL CANNERY
TO BE INCREASED
New Finance Program
Assures Higher Production
In 1938
Plar.s are going forward for a much
enlarged program of op* rations at
thi? Mountain
Association plant it was announced by
cannery ficials at a meeting of the
Murphy Lions Ciub Tuesday right.
The interest shown by local business
people by purchases of cannery
stork v. as sufficient to enable U?ral
a hectors to make satisfactory arrangements
with the Tennessee Valley
Associated Cooperatives for financing
of the 1038 operations, according
to E. R. Thompson, local
manager.
Mr. Thompson explained that while
recent refinancing operations had
placed this Association in a much
stronger position financially, its permanence
r. the community depended
on its being increasingly locally owned
and financed.
The 1337 pack more than doubled
that of previous years; products are
moving out in a satisfactory manner
if. spite <?f the current business depression
and we have every reason to
believe that the 1938 program will result
in a much larger pack during the
coming year. Mr. Thompson added.
The Association will this year be
operated on a strictly cash basis, ail
produce being paid for on the day of
delivery- This and other economies
will enable the Association to pay
farmer-members much higher prices
for their products.
Snap beans, the 'most important
crop wili this year bring 90c a bushel
jfcir fancy grade, 75c for Number 1
I grade and 45c for Number 2 grade.
| Farmers were particularly success
i ful last year in growing Spinach and
Turnip Greens. With proper culjtural
methods unusually large and
| profitable yields of both of these
crops were grown in all section of the
county and an increased acreage of
these crops will he contracted.
In addition to these crops, blackberries,
huckleberries .tomatoes, and
okra will again be canned- Plans are
being made to add other items in the.
fall.
SECOND MEETING
OF FEDERATION TO
BE HELD JAN. 8TH
A second general meeting of thestock
subscribers and others interestoil
in the establishment of a Farmers
Federation unit here next month will
he held in the Murphy court house
Saturday. January 8, at 10 a. in., it
was announced Monday by Federation
officials.
R. Church Crowell, vice-president
jOi the concern who has been organizing
the unit, underwent an emergency
operation in the Xorburn Brothers
hospital in Asheville Sunday "turning.
He was reported as "doing fine"
and is expected to be present at the
meeting. Other officials of the company
will also be present to discuss
future plans of the local unit which
is expected to be established here next
month.
dividend Is Paid By
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I i- armers r ederatior.
A semi-annual dividend of three
per cent has been declared by the
executive committee of the Farmers
Federation. Inc., on both the preferred
and common stoc.lt of the
farm cooperative organization.
The Federaton now has outstanding
$47, 000 in preferred stock and
$36,000 in common stock?a total of
$83,000. The dividend, declared by
the executive committee at its December
meeting in Ashevil'e, is payable
December 31 on shares of record
December 21. and will be distributed
to more than 3.100 shareholders.
I Charles Radden was s^nt to jail
I at Ramsey, En**., because he would
[not serve on a jury.