MURPHY
The Leading IP
Vol. IL?No. 40.
AMERICAN LEGION
IS SPONSOR OF
3-ACT PLAY HERE
"Black Eyed Susan",
With Local Cast, Tc Be
Held Tuesday Night
The American Legion will present
Wayne P. Sewell's latest 3-act musi.
cal comedy. "B.ack Eyed Susan," at
Ihe High School auditorium Tuesday
evening, 8 p. m. Laura Doughtie, of
Greenville, Ga., is directing the show.
The plot of this production is woven
around five old maids trying to get
a husband hut. fnil until "Black Eyed
Susan" (Mary Frances Bell) the "It'
girl comes down from Boston to vis
il her aunt, She show them how to
i nsare a husband by running an ad in
the local paper for an unmarried man
as caretaker of the garden. To make
the ad romantic she signs her name
Miss Rowena Thom.
From the many applications received,
Susan lets each old maid select
the one she likes best, then one
day next week, having arranged for
the Old Maids to meet their lovers
in the garden alone.
Here the fun begins and plenty of
il is assured in the hilarious scenes
that take place. Each bachelor seems
to he afflicted in some way, nothing
keeps the Old Maids from falling
in love at once.
First Roscoe Sampson stutters
when excited and is excited plenty
when he meets Miranda Herringbone
(Mrs. Elbert Mallonee), a giggling,
sentimental old maid of the
Zazu Pitts type.
Jimmie Simpkins (Harve Eikius)
find.* the altar an expensive cure for
hiccoughs with Miss Polly Prim
(Mrs. B. Carroll) who is man crazy.
Next comes Elmer Tompkins (B.
Carroll) with his latest epitaphs. Miss
Lotta Neighbornews (Mrs. W. E.
Studstill) a very straight laced old
maid soon find she has a siim chance
for a successful romance.
Still another, Prof. Hiram Catch
bug (Claude Gross) a little off on
the subject of bugs, finds his way in
matrimony after a short romance
with Prudence Bodkins ( Elizabetn
Cray) who is ready and waiting for
just a man thift will talk.
Abncr Sniggles (Dr. E. E. Adams)
is Miss Letty Pennyfeathers' choice.
11c has a terrible cold and appaiently
has the "itch". Miss Pennyfeather
(Winifred Townson) being very
sweet and gentle knows how to handle
her own situation.
Susan realizes how lovely she is
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Bean Seed Are Now
Obtainable In County
Cherokee county farmers having
hean contracts with the Mountain
Valley Mutual Canning association
are now advised by Burt Shields,
cannery manager, that bean seed is
now ogtainable from the cannery and
that it should be planted at any time
so that the crop can be harvested before
frost.
The seed is also obtainable, he said,
at the Lunsford grist mill in Marble.
DEMONSTRATION
ON SPINACH IS
un r-v iki uiidduv
* ijl.i_.is hi mwivr n 1
A spinach-growing demonstration
is being sponsored by the Mountain
Valley Mutual canning association on
a lot comprising one-third of an acre
adjoining the Cherokee county court
bouse in Murphy, and is drawing con.
siderable attention.
Burt Shields, manager of the cannery.
said he expects to harvest two
tons from the lot. The property is
owned by A. McD. Harshaw and has
been rented to the cannery for demcnstration
purposes.
Mr. Shields said the spinach from
the lot will bring about $30 at the
fekular cannery price, and that a
croP of beans will be grown there
after the spinach is harvested.
Approximately $10 was spent on
ertilizer for the crop, Mr. Shields
added.
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eekly Newt paper in Western North
Registration Books
To Open On Saturday
The registration books in Cherokee
county will be open on Saturdays*
May 7, 14 and 21 from 9 a.
in. until sunset, Fred O. Bates,
chairman of the board of elections,
has announced.
Registration may be made in
any precinct on the designated
dates. I
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Mrs. Meroney,
29, Is Buried
Here Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Irene
Twiggs Meroney, 29, of Murphy, who
?lioH Sunday in Warsaw, N. C., where
she had been living for the past two
years, were conducted from the Methodist
churgh here Tuesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. W.
Arthur Bather, the pastor, officiating.
Interment was in Sunset cemetery.
Peyton G. Ivie was in charge
of funeral arrangements.
She was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Twiggs, of lliwassee. Ga.,
and had lived in Murphy most of hit
life.
Surviving are: her husband, Porter
Meroney, and four children, Mar.
garett, Carl, Betty Ruth, and Nancy.
Active pallbearers were: Walter
Mauney, Neil Sneed, Warren Sneed,
John Brittain, Creed Bates, and Paul
McClure.
Honorary pallbearers were: A. W
Mclver, J. B. Moore, Tom Axley, Dr
J. N. Hiil, Fred Christopher, Howarc
Moody, Virgil Johnson, Tom Muuney
Paul Hyatt, and Glenn Bates.
Flower girls were: Mesdames Walter
Mauney, Glenn Bates, Wade Mas
sey, Neil Sneed, Tom Mauney. Johr
Davidson, Porter Axley, Warrer
Sneed, Harold Hatchett and Mis.*
Delia Moloney.
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DR. HEIGHWAY INJURED
Dr. S. C. Heighway, well-knowr
Murphy physician, painfully injurec
his shoulder Monday when he slippec
on the pavement and fell.
Murphy To Engage
Swannanoa Sunday
So far this year Murphy has
played one game with Hayesville
and won it by a score of 4 to 1.
the local field last Sunday, but
rains turned the field into a mud
puddle and it had to be called off
nounced.
Murphy's second game of the
season was to have been played on
on the local field Sunday after.
noou ^
The Murphy baseball team will
engage a team from Swannanoa
VISITOR TELLS OF F
DURING PAST !
An interesting picture of Murph;
75 years ago was given here Sunday
by John T. McGill, professor emeri
tus Of Vanderbilt university, Nash
vilie, Tenn., who spent Saturdaj
night at the Regal hotel here.
Mr. McGill was one of a party oi
nine members of the Tennesset
Accademy of Science who includec
their trip throughout this section ol
the Tennessee watershed during th?
week-end.
Mr. McGill, now 84, left the part}
at the dam to come to Murphy anr
spend the night "in the quiet of th?
mountains", and returned to hi:
home Sunday.
The partyV-hich included such out
standing persons as Dr. L. C. Glenn
professor of geology, also of Vander
bilt university, and a consultant TV.A
geologist, and Capt. Walter Pond
state geologist of Tennessee, wo:
led by B. C. Moneymaker, of th<
TVA geological staff.
Mr. McGill said he first came U
Murphy in 1858 at the age of nine
on the back of a mule. He made th<
trip from Knoxville, and the partj
he was in made the trip over ck
truto
Carolina, Covering a Large and P
Murphy, N. C.Thursda
Town of Murphv
Is Eligible For
New Postoffice
Murphy is one of the eight .owns
in Western North Carolina eligible
for a new post office according to an
announcement from Washington, L).
C., Saturday.
Postoffices for the towns are made
possible under the building program
section of the president's recovery
program, according to a statement
included in the hearings the hill
made public Saturday.
The other towns are: B.'.ck Mountain,
Brevard, Spruce Pine, Swanni
anoa, Sylva, Tryon and Valdcsc.
The bill, a.* introduced, provides an
appropriation of $25,000,000 for new
post office buddings. This will cover
only about < ne-sixth of th? eligible
project*. This amomt may be increased
by vhe house. After the bill
is passed, the procurement division
will select freiu th< list of 23 eligible
North Caro.ma buildings the ones
which will be included in the new
program.
The estimated cost of the North
Carolina post office buildings includi
ing sites, ranges from $75,000 to $85,!
000.
ALLOCATES SUMS
FOR WPA WORK
IN 5 COUNTIES
The counties of Cherokee. Graham.
Macon, Jackson and Transylvania
were allotted $4,877.60 in WPA
funds Monday to operate gardens and
' to can garden surpluses, according tc
^ an announcement by George W
? Coan, Jr., State WPA administrator.
This was one of 15 project
" throughout the state which will shart
in an allocation of $120,652.96 ac
1 cording to the report.
New Buildings
Pnr Murnliv
1 VI itlUl pilj
i Are Discussed
Discussion of local highway projects
and reports of committees 01
civic affairs occupied most of th<
meeting of the Lions club Tuesday
night.
Two new members were introduc
ed. They are: W. A. Adams, count:
commissioner, and H. L. Hagaman
TVA employee.
A report was heard from a com
mittee seeking construction of a ne\
community building with WPA fund
in Murphy, and another committe<
was ordered appointed to draft plan
for the building and seek local spon
sorship and funds. The possibility o
a new post office in Murphy was al
so discussed, and another committe
ordered appointed in the matter.
ROGRESS HERE
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS
1 mountain trails by the way of Rob
l binsville.
At that time, according to Mr
- McGilL, Murphy consisted prinaril;
' of onc frame court house {located ii
wnai is now Known as me r>ui
f Moose Pen", the public square); tin
> old Hennesea house, where traveller
1 spent the night when in Murph]
f back in those days, which was locat
i ed where the Adams building is now
one or two stores and a half dozer
r or so residences.
I Particularly does Mr. MfGill re.
? member his boyish practice of bonne5
ing his rubber ball off the side of the
court house when the scowling fea.
tires of a Judge Osborne, of South
, Carolina, appeared in a window with
- a definite command to caase the
L bouncing operations inasmuch as an
, important session of court was going
? on inside. Then Mr. McGili began
? tossing his ball back and forth over
the court house.
> Since then Mr. McGili has visited
> Murphy on numerous occasions, the
? last being about 20 years ago.
r Thus during the period of the past
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otentiallr Rich Trrntor* ir This State
y, May 12, 1938 $1
Second Motion
Cooking; Sch<
Crtnn cnf P<l
Goes Through Town;
Sees It Years Later
Figure this one out.
G. W. Candler, Murphy merchant,
was a former railway postal
clerk. For a period of nearly a j
year he passed through the town
of Anderson, S. C., on a round- ^
trip run.
Yet it was not until 25 years
later, when he went there recently
to visit his married daughter, Mrs.
Harry McBrayer, that he saw the
(own. a
The solution: The railroad runs
through a tunnel under the town! t
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Assistance At
Polls Defined
By Authority j
Assistants for voters at the Cher- <
okeo county polls are confined to "the o
registrar or the judge of election, or
from any near relative", the state i:
elections hoard has advised Fret! O. 1;
Hates, chairman of the county board f
of elections. v
The letter to Mr. Bates reads in s
part: "You asked for a ruling as to h
( whether or not a vote in the Primary *
1.1 1 * t
would UC ciiiuiuu WW aoaiauini-v u,,uv'
Chapter 391 of the Public Laws of 1
1937, or under Section 145 (A-27) 1
* of the election laws pamphlet. Chap. 1
' ter 391 would control in your county
since the legislature has excepted 1
Cherokee county from the operation '
of Section 145 (A-27), and under '
Chapter 391 no voter in your county
would be entitled to have assistance '
at the polls except from registrar or
the judge of election or from any 1
, near relative."
1 burley growers !
advised to list |
' acreage at once
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A1 Cherokee county Burley tobac- I
co growers who have not listed their
. acreage for 1938 with the county
agent are advised to do so before the (
deadline Saturday afternoon in order
that they may be given allotments
v under the new agricultural ad jus ts
n.ent act.
B If the acreage is not listed, A. Q.
s Ketner, county agent, said, the far- i
mer will be penalized five cents per
pound on all he grows on his soil
conservation check. ,
e He added if no allotment was made
that the grower will be penalized 50
per cent of the sale price when the
tobacco is put on the auction floor
next fall.
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Landscape Architect
In County On Tuesday
John Harris, landscape architect
' with the extension division of North
j Carolina, was in Cherokee county
' Tuesday working on several projects
" with the local county agent's office.
' Work was done on the farms of
^ John Shields, of tbe Notla community,
and W. S. Dickey, of near Mur9
phy.
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Collegians To Play (
For Danoe Saturday t
Local dancers are being reminded <
this week that, the University of 1
Georgia Collegians will play another
dance at the Murphy gymnasium on 1
Saturday night. i
The dance is being sponsored by i
the Charity League and is being ar- i
ranged by Richaid Mauney. i
Admission for couples is $1.25,
but tickets are sold for $1 up until t
noon Saturday. They can be obtain- i
ed from members of the the Charity 1
League.or from Mr. Mauney. Stags t
are admitted for 75 cents. i
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Nearly everyI
if^T "KH^y *n '*"*
I 11 II County reads
The Scout
regularly
1.50 YEAR?5c COPY
Picture
ool Will Be
by The Scout
I o Be Held in Henn
Theater Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday,
June 8-10
ADMISSION IS FREE
Ml Sessions Of Novel
Show Were Widely
Attended Last Year
The Cherokee Scout has- scored
igain.
This newspaper has just been suee&>fu!
in securing the new Motion
'icture Cooking School, "Star in My
titchen", which will he presented at
he Henn theater on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, June K.f?-10.
Mark the days on your calendar
ecause every woman?and man?in
he community is hereby extended a
ordia! invitation to see. absolutely
ree, this fascinating picture which
reaves helpful intelligent lessons on
ooking and home.making into a huntrous
and romantic plot.
The Motion Picture Cooking Sehool
s a brand new idea. First conceived
ast year, it has met with at claim
rom women throughout the country,
rho like the happy combination of
parkiing entertain men t ami closeip
cooking instruction. Scat;; in the
>ack row are as good as those in
he front row?the motion picture
>ermits everyone to hear ami see
very trick in frosting a cake, makng
a pie, or cooking bananas.
"Star in My Kitchen ' was pro.
luced in Hollywood, and the audience
will recognize manw of the risng
young actors and actresses who
ake part in it. Women young and
>ld will appreciate the humanness of
;ho romantic story, in which home
?roblems are approached from an
ntirely new angle.
The Motion Picture Cooking School
ins graduated beyond the demonstration
course in the wide variety of
household equipment assembled in
trlear view of the audience. All of
Lhe practical equipment is seen in
active use, and because "seeing is
believing", the audience will soon
learn that pies and cakes and salads
can make them "stars in their kitchens."
Experienced housekeepers will
thrill to the adventures of the young
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W. G. Sparks Visits Here
Mr. W. G. Sparks, of Maryville,
Pcnn., was a visitor in Murphy last
week-end. Mr. Sparks moved away
from here 25 years atfo.
He is a brother of Mrs. A. I*
Martin, of Murphy, whom he is stay
ing with while here, and states that
he enjoyed his visit here very much:,
RAY MOORE SEEKS
TO FORM FLYING
CLUB IN COUNTY
Two Atlanta flying enthusiasts
brought a Taylor Cub plane, which
is partly owned by Rae Moore, Murphy
pilot, to the county last week-end
and obligingly gave a number of local
persons a chance to look things over
From the air.
J. W. Spratlin was the pilot of the
plane, and Garland Kincaid was
:he passenger. Both Mr. Spratlin and
Mr. Moore made a number of short
raises from the landing field at
Woodville.
The men brought the plane owned
iy a dozen members of a flying club
n Atlanta of which Mr. Moore is a
nember, up to Murphy Saturday
norning and returned Sunday evenng.
Mr. Moore is interested in forming
flying club in this community and
s anxious to get in touch with all
ocal persons who would be willing
*> join, furnish a plane and receive
nstraction for a nominal sum.