r Active Wi MURPHY ^ The Lend in Vol. 1L?No. 42. MANY EXPECTED | TO VIEW SCOUT'S I COOKING SCHOOL Novel Motion Picture Exhibition To Be Held 3 Days, June 8-10 | It s the talk of the iowni Women throughout the community planing to attend the friendly cl;t.-s for home-makers, the Motion Picture Cooking School, scheduled to open at the Honn theater Wednesday, June 8. A welcome invitation to the wise .... efficient. and the only invitation led for this novel cooking school e that extended to every woman by The Cherokee Scout. There is 110 charge to see any of the showings if -'Star in My Kitchen". Because this newspaper ?t*nds 1?;ioung plants get a good start, R. B. Wooten, assistant Cherokee county agent, advises local farmers. "In fact it is better not to graze newly-seeded pastures at all this spring. I advise going over both new and old pastures and cutting out all unnecessary growths of weeds, and if they are very heavy to go over them with a mowing machine. This applies also to lespedeza which was , seeded before May 1", Mr. Wooten stated. He said it was advisable "after small grain is cut that land seeded to lespedeza should be clipped with a mowing machine to give the lespedeza a good start." o Game Is Scheduled Here With Hazelwood Murphy's baseball aggregation will meet the Hazelwood team on the local diamond Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, J. A. Pitzer has announced in its third game of the season. The Boomers kept their 3late clean Sunday by bumping off Swannanoa 6 to 2 on the local field. : - ] B--X tmkti k Carolina, Covennc a l*ar?r and lurphy, N. C. Thursday, I\ jlROLP NAMED TO STAMP OUT MAD DOGS HERE special Township Officers Will Enforce All Laws Covering Rabies lliiKinc J - ... ...o^tiuis uiiu uug vaccina- J :ors have been appointed in all town-1 ships of Cherokee county to help >tamp out a prevalent "mad dog scourge," Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, Cherokee zounty health officer, announced Wednesday. Those named were: B. C. Walker, Murphy township; C. E. Walker, Notla township; Clifton Radford, { Beaverdam township; John Floyd, Shoal Creek township; W. L. Garren, Hot House township, and Herman West, Valleytown township. Dr. Mitchell said the special officers would cooperate with the health department, local medical groups and \ the sheriff's department in a drive to i end a reign of mad dogs in this sec- i lion. Upon reports here that many mad dogs were running loose in this county due to a lack of cooperation with the law on the part of the owners, the Cherokee County Medical society and the county health unit recently joined in seeking more rigid enforcement of the laws covering rabid dogs. Mr. Mitchell saiu his office had received vaccine for 1(h) dogs and that it would he used immediately. There i.v. a charge of 50 cents for the vaccination which is required once a year, he added. The health officer also pointed out that the law requires that, all dogs known to have been bitten by a mad dog to either be killed or closely confined until it can definitely be deContinued on back page this section QMITU MAT Al IT hi i^iv^ i v./u i ur REPRESENTATIVE'S RACE, HE ASSERTS J. Franklin Smith, candidate for representative from Cherokee county in the general assembly, denied rumors this week that he has withdrawn from tho race. Mr. Smith, who is seeking candidicy in the Democratic primary on June 4, is at present enrolled at Western Carolina Teachers College, Culowhee, whei"? ne will graduate in /one. Rock Crusher Is Purchased For Roadwork A rock crusher has been purchased by the Town of Murphy and is now in operation at the quarry site opposite Calhoun's store two miles from Murphy on the Asheville highway where J from 75 to 90 square yards of stone are being crushed daiiy for street im-1 provement purposes in the town. Bill Brandon, town employee, said the crusher and its equipment cost Approximately $650. Seventy-five I W'PA workmen are being used on the project at present, he estimated. The crusher is expected to be used or. a $30,000 WPA watershed improvement project soon, Mr. Brandon slated. Weather Vane Last week's temperatures and rainfall are compared below with similar records for last year. TEMPERATURES 1938 1937 Date Max. Min. Max. Min. 12 75 47 79 46 13 68 53 79 58 14 73 56 67 52 15 68 46 69 38 16 68 45 80 43 17 72 46 80 48 18 83 57 84 48 RAINFALL INCHES 1938 1937 Since May 1 1.54 1.67 Since January 1 23.60 24.57 t fiw Potentially Rich Territory ir This I /lay 19, 1938 Last Rites For < Civic Leader, Here On Mi GIRL IS KILLED, f 4 ESCAPE INJURY IN ALTO PLUNGE Car Runs Off Road Near T opton Into Deep Nantahala Gorge A roadster carrying: five young Western North Carolina men and women in its single seat, plunged 125 feet down a 500-foot cliff into Nantahala gorge Sunday night, killing Miss Jean Lowe, 17, of Bryson City, and seriously injur; .r: Miss Cinda Hyde, 20, also of Bry. on City. The body of Miss Lowe, which could not be freed from the wreckage until past midnight, was pinned under the car when it plunged over the mountainside. State Highway Patrolman E. B. Quinn, Jr., arrested Nathaniel Cook, 22, of Robbinsville, who, he said, was the driver of the automobile and brought him to the Murphy jail where I he will face charges of manslaughter. Cook was transferred to the Graham county jail in Robbinsville Monday evening. I Continued on hack page this section Andrews Boys Are 4-H Club Winners In county-wide 4-H club health contests held recently, Burke Wood and Edgar A. Wood, both of Andrews, were declared the winners of t he boys' division, and Emogene Voyles, of Murphy, and Agnes Maicup, of Martins Creek, were winners in the girls' division. | Miss Alline Richardson assistant | county agent, who conducted the con: tests, said one of* the boys and one | of the girls would ? in uie cus| trict meeting in A she vi Ho and at the I state.wide meet at later dates. ? o i Better See Quinn Before Driving Car All persons applying for drivers license in this tri-county area must first have the signature of Patrolman E. B. Quinn, Jr., on their license before they can drive a vehicle, the of facer has stated. "Some justices of the peace and notaries pubiic are advising people who make application for drivers license that they can drive until they see me. I want 10 emphatically deny this practice. It is necessary that every applicant see me before they drive a car", Mr. Quinn stated. o I Junior Team Wins From Marble 15-9 1 | Murphy's Junior American Legion i team won from Mar-hQe by a score of ) 15 to 9 here on Wednesdav morainer. Murphy made 11 nits to Marble's ! mine and each team was charged with four error*. McJver and Ransey were the batting stars for the locals and Henry ^and Barnett played well for Marble. The locals nrade two double plays | during the game and scored 10 runs in the third inning to pat the game on ice, o Dr. Sarrell To Be Absent For 4 Days Dr. J. E. Sarrell, optometrist, of Copperhill, Tenn., advises his many patients in this community that his office will be closed from Sunday through Thursday of neat week while he attends a post graduate clinic in optemetric research in Nashville, Tenn. He states that on the four days mentioned there will be no one i,: his office except his secretary. ^ Nearly everyjt body in this llil IB County reads ^ The Scout regularly itate \ 1.5U VLAK-5c t:\Jf l W. Ellis, , Conducted onday Morning Prominent Business Man Dies Suddenly At Home Saturday Night WAS COUNCILMAN Large Group Pay Final Respects To Leading Cherokee Citizen Funeral services for George Willis Ellis, age 56, Murphy civic leader, business man and town alderman, were conducted from the Methodist church Monday morning at 10 o'clock with the Rev. W. Arthur Barber, the pastor, officiating. Interment was in Sunset cemetery. Peyton G. Ivie was in charge of funeral arrangements. Mr. E.lis died suddenly of a heart attack at his home here Saturday eveing at 7 o'clock as the family was eating supper. Although he had been confined to his home since last Tuesluay night, his condition was not con. sidered serious. The deceased, for the past 16 years distributor of Gulf products in this district, was one of Chtrokee county's most prominent and most respected citizens. He came to Murphy 25 years ago from Waine. He served almost continuously as a member of the town board f?.i the past decade, and was a past president of the Murphy Lions club, being one of iis most active members. Mr. E lis was born in Towns county. Georgia, and spent his early business Iif? as a salesman for a coffee company. Surviving are: Ins wife; one son, Frank, and one daughter, Mis. Wade Massey, all of Murphy, and ene brother, Luther M. Ellis, of Forest City. The funeral was widely-attended, and all business houses in the town closed during the hour of ceremony. The floral display was one of th?? I largest evil seen here. Acting pallbearers were: Dale Iae, (Tom Axley. K. O. Christopher, Abe JHembree, Walter iMauney. Henry Hyalt, \V. C. Kinney anil Henry Axley. Honorary pallbearers were: Dr. hd (Continued on back page this section) Republicans To Have Primary Vote June 4th While the Democrats of Cherokee I county will choose candidates for a I number of principal offices in the county in a primary election on SaI turday, June 4, the Republican votI ers will only have two contests on the local ticket for primary vottue, I .orally in the Republican line-up Jack McMillian, of Murphy, is opposing Dr. Fred L. Herbert, of Andrews, for coroner, and Capt. Frank Swan, of Andrews, is opposing W. W. Jenkins, of Bryson City for the office of state senator from the 33rd district. On the Democratic ticket more than one candidate has filed for each of the offices of representative to tho general assembly, register of deeds, cierk of the court, county contmis| sioners from the first and -? ? otvVIIU j districts, "board of education, and several township Affices. Samples of ballots to be used will I be printed in the Scout prior to the i elections. Schedule Is Changed On Southern Railway Beginning Sunday, May 29, Southern train 18, which now leaves here for Asheville at 8 a. m., will depart one-half hour earlier at 7:30 a. m., the company has announced. No change in the schedule cf the incoming train from Asheville has been announced.