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Vol. 1L.?No. 35.
F. HIMIXKEK
iS LAID TO REST
AT GRAPE CREEK |
Aged, Crippled Farmer ,
round Dead At Home
On Saturaay Morning
Funeral services for Frank Hun.
sucker, prominent, bJ-vear.uiu resident.
of tne crape Creca section ol
CneroK.ee county near xuurpny, were
conuucted at z o clock Sunday afternoon
lroin llie Grape Creek Methodist
churcn with tne Kev. V>. /vrtnur liarber,
iviurpny l?le mod is t pallor, oiiiciaiin?.
interment was in tne church
cemetery. W. u. Towusoii was in
jJur. Hun&ucKer was iounu ucau with
a bunei unougn nis heart on the front
porcn 01 ine koimc ui a sou, xvorvc-ii,
wim wnoin ne nail uccn staying lor
several years aouut xo.oo oaiuia<i>
morning, ur. Jrreu l.. ii.rbeii, l_,netoKee
eouniy coroner, or Andrews, alter
ail investigation, sam ouiiuay luc
aealn was a case ox suiciue.
i'artially paralyzed lor the past si>.
years aim coiixmcd to a wncci cnair,
Mr. liunsucker was saiu to nave oeu
despondent lor so.1.0 time. Ills wile
tlieu about a year ago.
At the time oi ins death 110 one was
ill Uie noUsc. .-\ii luciiioeis ol tne lainliy
were said to be working 111 Uie
garden wnen they heard a snot
emanating 110111 uie uousc. Rusiung
to U10 house tney louud Mr. Hunsuck.
er slumped over in his chair on the
trout porcn witn a high-powered rifle
beside him.
Investigation revealed that Mr.
llunsucker, 111 some manner, had
piloted his chair to the hallway where
tne gun hung 011 a rack aboui seven
l'tet 110111 the lloor, and had taken it
from its resting place to the porch
where he shot himself, the bullet penetrating
his body and several walls in
the house.
Mr. Hunsucker was formerly a carpenter
and a leading farmer of the
liiawassee river section. He recently
sold his farm to the TVA.
Masonic rites were conducted at the
funeral.
Surviving besides Norvcll are: one
other son, Lonnie, also of Murphy,
and several brothers in the eastern
part of the state.
ROBERT WEAVER
GETS TREASURY
JOB IN RALEIGH
Robert Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs.
K. V. Weaver, of Murphy, left Tuesday
for Raleigh where he will be connected
with the office of Charles N.
Johnson, state treasurer. Mr. Weaver
assumes his duties on April 1.
Young Mr. Weaver, a graduate of
Brevard college, was formerly connected
with the A & P store here and
has been employed for the past eight
months by the Citizens Bank and
Trust company at Murphy.
His place at the bank has been taken
by Richard Mauney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Mauney, of Murphy.
Mr. Weaver's connection with the
state treasurer's department brings
the number of state employees in Raleigh
from Cherokee county to three.
The others are: Bill Bayless. who is
connected with the division of revenue,
and Ralph Moody, who is with
* uic unemployment compensation uivision.
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Interesting Cases
On Court Calendar
Quite a number of interesting
cases appear on the docket coming
up before Cherokee County's term
of Superior court which will c< vene
here for a two.weeks sessit >n
Monday morning.
Both civil and criminal ca I
leard by Judge John H i. |
ents, of Winston.Salem.
Several cases charging ma 1ter
appear on the docket te
[ first time in several years.
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Weekly Newspaper ui Western \orti
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A New School Building "
For Murphy
(EDITORIAL;
The county commissioners meet j.
Monday.
It is likely that several groups |t
will go before them with a stern v
request for a new school building
in Murphy.
They will base their demands g
on these facts: The present two y
buildings were constructed to care
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for the grade and high school students
of Murphy, and now that all I
high school students south ui t?.c I
Valleytown area attend school here, (
the buildings and classrooms are en.:
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urcij iuu cruwucu.
The space now allotted the students
can noe possibly adequately {
serve the number of students that
will be enrolled next year.
Friday all seventh grade students
from Murphy and the county unit
took their examinations. The number
of pupils taking this examination
was 278, and they completely
filled every classroom but one in
the high school building.
Appeals have been made to the
WPA and other government agencies
for funds to build additional
school facilities. The fact that
Cherokee county hes defaulted,
keeps them from getting any appro,
priation of this kind. In a case
like this, paradoxically enough, it
appears that the counties that most
need such federal funds are the ones
that are the least eligible for them.
More appeals were then made to
the State Board of Education.
Again from that group came back
the debt sentiment; and all the
while the people of Murphy and the j
lower end of the county go on
sending their children to a classroom
where two pupils are forced
to employ the privileges generally
allotted to one.
Warm weather is here and it is
possible that some of the classes
may be held on the school lawn |
again.
The commissioners will hear these
facts Monday.
What can they do?
It seems as if once again a re.
quest for federal funds will have
to be mr.de, and if they are not
available, the county will have to
provide the total amount at the
taxpayers' expense.
We feel that all those interested
in this pressing problem should
organize before putting any proposition
to the commissioners Monday.
Mrs. Gulley Sends
Note Of Appreciation
Mrs. Charles W. Gulley, director
of the Western Carolina Teachers
college sacred concert which was
given in tho Murphy Methodist church
recently under the auspices of the
East Murphy Organ Circle of the
church, has extended her thanks "for
the profound hospitality" shown the
group hfere 'during the concert.
The musical program was acclaimed
one of the finest ever heard in this
section, and Mrs. Margaret Bcli, chairman
of the Circle, and others who
helped to promote it, were high in
their praise of the musicians' ability.
Mrs. Gulley's kind letter was addressed
to Mrs. Bell.
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Ministerial Group
To Meet On Monday
The Cherokee-Clay county Ministerial
Conference will meet in regular
session in Murphy Monday, April 4,
at 10 o'clock.
The devotional service will be led
by the Rev. Mac Wiley.
Rev. C. F. Martin will lead in th? f,
discussion of some observations and \
conclusions relative to real and sup- i
erficial confessions among our church
people.
A business session will conclude the
the service at noon.
A cordial invitation extended to !
all who will come and take part in '
these services.
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>hy, N. C. Thursday, M
Tax Lister's Dates 1
Found in This issue
A complete schedule of the ( heroLee
County Tax Lister.--" meetings in
he various communities of Cherokee
county are rani d in a display ad- A
erlisenient on the back page of this |J
ssue of the Scout.
AH persons subject to taxation are
idvised to take note of the dates on
vmcn lax listing is made m their comnunity
and be prepared for it to avoid
lenalty.
W. T. Moore is the tax supervisor
>f Cherokee county.
Democrats To
Name Chairman
Here Monday
What political observers here expect
to be a hotter political powwow than
the fall balloting itself will takeplace
Monday at the court house during
court recession at noon when the
Democrats will elect a new chairman
and decide whether to name their
candidates by primary or by conveii.
tior..
Chairmen from the 24 county precincts
will be present to elect a new
party chairman to succeed A. W.
Mclver who resigned last week to announce
for county office.
To date only one candidate announced
for any of the county offices.
Baseball Team
To Be Organized
By Legion Post
Th,? .. i 1?11 I
team in Murphy and the erection of
a lodge were discussed by members
of the Joe Miller Elk ins Post of the
American Legion meeting at the
Hiwassee Dam Saturday night.
Tom Mauney, post commander,
presided.
Committees were appointed to investigate
and make arrangements for
both projects.
Jim Franklin is the chairman in
charge of the group to organize the
Junior American Legion baseball
team.
The other committee is selecting a
site for the new American Legion
meeting lodge.
Mr. Mauney said the next meeting
would be held on Saturday evening,
April 30.
With the addition of some 20 workmen
at the Hiwassee dam to the local
American Legion Post's roster, the entire
membership is soon expected to
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this section of the county one of the
country's finest and most active
posts.
ADULTS ARE ALSO
INVITED TO LIONS
REPEAT SHOWING
Although the Lions club's Big Apple
Ministrel show is being given
again Friday afternoon in the school
auditorium for the benefit of the
school youngsters who will not or did
not have another chance to see it,
admission is open to all persons in the
community who would care to see it.
noceeus irom trie oiacK-iace, sKit
and song show will be used for local
charity by the Lions club. With the
aiu of Miss Martha Nell Wells and
Hall Cobb in the directorship roles,
the show is entirely home produced.
Besides the black face comedy anci
musical numbers, there is another of
those Charlie McCarthy skits by Mr.
Cobb and Mr. Carroll.
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Tom Evans, Jr., has returned to
Knoxville, where he will resump his
studies at the University of Tennessee,
after passing the Spring holidays
R'ith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom '
Evans.
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Potentially Rich Tern tnr-v ir This St
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Extensive New
Program Is
In Murp
Local Lawyer 1
Announces For ;
Representative
J. N. Moody Murphy attorney, an. ]
nounced Wednesday morning his can.
didacy for state representative from
Cherokee county on the Democratic
ticket.
He is the first person in Cherokee
county to announce for office in the ^
coming elections.
His candidacy is subject to primary
or convention, whichever means the
Democrats select to chose their party 1
party representative at a meeting
next Monday.
Mr. Moody has been prominent
throughout Western North Carolina '
as a lawyer for years. He moved here
with his family from Graham county
many years ago.
His announcements is as follows:
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE
NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
NORTH CAROLINA
1 am a candidate for Representative
of Cherokee county iir.the next General
Assembly of North Carolina subject
to the action of the Democratic
Primary or Convention.
If nominated and elected I will do I
the best I can for the citizens of my !
county.
There has beon too muchj .o -rty j
sold for taxes lately and there * 11
be something done about that if pos- j
sible. Our taxes are to high. Many ot j
the states exempt homes and farms j
from taxation up to a certain amount, I
usually from One Thousand Dollars to
Twenty-five Hundred Dollars and I
do not understand why our state
should not do this also.
I am ready to discuss any matters
with citizens of my county at any
time or anywhere.
J. N. MOODY.
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Pre-School Clinic To
Be Held On April 13
A pro-school clinic will be held at
the Murphy Graded School at 1 o'clock
011 Wednesday. April 13.
Ail parents who have children that
will be six years old on or before
October 1 are urged to bring them.
Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, district health officer
will give the children physical
examinations and Miss Clara McCombs
is planning a party in their honor.
"It is hoped that this clinic will serve
the double purpose of helping the parents
to know about their children's
physical condition, and giving the children
themselves an idea <>f what school |
is like. This year's first grades will j
help to make the smaller ones feel at |
home", Miss McCombs said.
Booklet On Hiwassee
Dam Placed In Library
An interesting pamphlet entitled
"Hiwassee Dam" which gives complete,.
concise and authentic figures and facton
the^ construction of this important
TV A project near Murphy, has been ,
placed with the regional library ser- ,
vice.
The booklet not only gives figures. ]
a?id facts concerning the local project
but compares all phases of the construction
of the Hiwassee dam with
other dams either under construction
or completed by the Authority.
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Charles A. Taylor, who is connected
with the North Carolina Unom,-!oy.
ment Compensation Commissi* in
Murphy this week on business.
Miss Josephine Heighway ' as
her houseguest last week he. lister.
Mrs. Jack Lovingood, of He. rson- J
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Don With . <p.>on, *
Mrs. Tom Axley and Mrs. S. D. Akin
spent Friday and Saturday in Ashe. I
ville.
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| ? Ul' Circulation
111 || Any Paper
^ Ever Published
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Building I I
Underway
hy At Present
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uusuicss v^unterns cndng
ing Locutions, New Residences
Are Built
VALUED AT $100,000
Much Of Constructive
Activity Caused By
Building Of Dam
Murphy is in the midst of an extensive
construction program which
will ultimately see the expenditure of
at least $100,000, a survey this week
revealed.
Business houses and private homes
in the survey have either been completed
within the past several months,
or plans are well underway for their
construction.
Much of the activity has been stimulated
by the TV As purchase of
a great deal of property along the
Hiwassee river in the town limits
of Murphy where several of the
town's largest industries are located.
While the impounded waters from
the Hiwassee dam will affect only a
few private homes, the new structures
are being built to take care of increasing
population.
-Machinery was being installed Tuesday
in the new building of the Murphy
Mills. This structure which is
valued at approximately $10,000 has
oeen recently built following ??ne of
Murphy's worst fires several months
ago which burned the olil mills and
most of the machinery to the ground.
K. V. Weaver, owner of the mil!,
has rebuilt on a lot across the street
from the old location. The building is
made of wood and is three stories
high.
Among the new equipment being in.
(Continued on back page)
NY A Wilf Hold
Exhibit Here
April 14 to 16
There will be an exhibit of youthcraft
held in Murphy, April 14, lf> and
16, in the old Cherokee Bank Building
at the Regal Hotel it was announced
Tuesday.
This exhibit will include articles
made by NY A Youths, and also articles
made by other youths in Cherokee
County.
The exhibit is given to bring to the
public-at-large this most worth while
work which is being done for and
with our Youths.
Ribbons will be given for merit, and
the NY A Supervisor, Mrs. Willabelle
Posey, will take the best articles to the
uistnci r-xmuii. wnicn is 10 Of Field
r. Marion, X. C., on April 21, 22 and
23.
Mr. P. S. Randolph, Project Supervisor
of NY A and Mr. C. R. Mcintosh,.
Director of NY A in North Carolina,,
will attend the exhibit to be held in
Marion. North Carolina.
All youth agencies having article.*
which they would like to exhibit arts
asked to get in touch with Mrs. Posey.
The use of the building for the exhibit
was donated through the courtesy
of Savage Bros., the owner.
More Than One Got
Stuck For '81 Cents'
No story rmanat'ng from Murphy
in many a moon has caused as
much furore as did that epistle last
week about Lawyer Edwin Hyde
getting stuck for 81 cents.
No sooner had the ink cooled to
the boiling point on the presses
than letters began pouring in to
Mr. Hyde from Sylva and other surrounding
communities from men of
various professions telling how they
"had bitten" in one way or another.