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Vol. IL.?No. 50.
FEDERATION'S '
PICNIC WILL BE
HELD ON .JULY 16'
Many From This Section
Expected To Attend
Peachtree Program
A large attendance is expected l>y ,
\ I . A. Browning, Farmers Federa.
ilucational director, at the feder:/>
first Cherokee county picnic
held Saturday. July lfi, at
1. e htrce School.
i Browning win oe in cnargc 01
the day's program and the speakers
v . be R. C. Crowell, of Candler,
iY-deration vice president; Allen Cog.
nin of Swannanoa, a director of
th ro-op. and Paul A Raper, dir.c.
?... of the poultry department- They
u. peak at the opening exercises
b - nning at 10 o'clock in the morning
Music will be supp.icd by the
ftc ation's string band.
\ ' r a picnic dinner at noon there ' '
v races and contests for young 1
ane ?ld and, from 2 to 4 o'clock, a
suig'-.g convention. Prizes will be
awarded winners in all contests.
1 Hiring the afternoon there will be
a - address by the Rev. Dumont |
Clarke, director of the federation's 1
religious department, who will outline j
th< work of the Lord's Acre Move- j
ment.
A feature of the picnic. Mr. Browning
a umnced, will be the Liking of
motion pictures which will be shown
later i the year at educational meetings
to he held in Cherokee and sui -
founding counties.
"Tlii is a fine opportunity," Mr.
Brow: ing remarked, "for the folks
in the territory served by the Federation's
Murphy warehouse to get together
for a good time and, for those
who want to. to break into the movies.
We are going to *shoot' a number of 1
scenes at the picnic- It will be our >
own movie and we plan to show it i
son, into during the fall or winterIt
will be lots of fun to see yourself <
and your neighbors in motion pictures. <
"I am hoping and expecting a
large attendance not from Cherokee i
hut also Clay and Graham counties- \
The picnic, although sponsored by
the federation, is open to everybody
who wants to attend. The only requirement
is to bring your picnic
lunch. The federation will serve
lemonade and watermellon."
DOG VACCINATION
DATES ARE SET IN
NOTLA TOWNSHIP
A schedule of dog vaccination dates
had been set in Notla township by B.
< Walker, dog vaccinator, of Murphy.
Mr. Walker states that those
persons not bringing their dogs to
be vaccinated at the following places
wi.i be subject to prosecution by law.
Monday, July 18?Macedonia at
10 a. m., Ranger at noon, and Letitia
at 1 p. mMr.
Walker said that another conviction
for failure to comply with the
dog vaccination law had been oDiained
hef **? <? I..-*:? "
-wacice 01 uie i cacc rredf
0. Bates in Murphy last Monday
GOLD FROM MINES
AT WARNE SHOWN
HERE ON MONDAY
! A five pound rock containing a
number of gold nuggets and streaks
?f grold taken from the Warne mines
were displayed here by E- C. Moore
Monday.
He said the rock was taken from
the 'mine that has recently been leased
to J. C. Smith and associates of
Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Moore estimated i
that the gold would assay $2500 pei
ton. I
Dr. Smith is maintaining a cvew of
workmen at the mine who are working
it by sluice box method. At present
the work is only in the preliminary
stages and more equipment and 1
increased operations are anticipated '
ooik. I
Samples of the ore have been taken 1
t*> Atlanta by Dr. Smith and he has 1
received encouraging reports from I'
L
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Murphy, P
Champion "Y" To Be
Murphy Foe Sunday
Murphy's bass-ball team suffer- I
ing a stinging 9 0 defeat at the ,
hands of Copperhill last Sunday, j
will seek vengenace against the ,
Champion "Y" team, of Canton, t
here on Sunday afternoon, Ed
Studslill has announced.
Murphy defeated the Canton aggregation
here in a game earlier ;
in the season, but it is reported j
that the "Y" team, one of the best
amateur clubs in the Ashcville area,
is coming loaded for b'ar greaseAnother
good crowd is expected
by Mr. Studstill.
Liquor Raids
Bring Arrest
Of Viirn Hnrn
VI 1 1TV 11V1V
As a result of a number of county
and federal raids and arrests recently
five persons have ooju at. t
taigned on charges of eithei manufacturing
or transportation of non.
fax paid liqu<v, and three raids
Tuesday night was expecte! to bring
\n added number of warrants.
Three were bound over lo Superior
court by Fred 0. Bate?, local
justice of the peace, and the others
are being held awaiting federal action
The raids netted over -r?."> gallons
?f illegal whiskey.
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Tax Budget Is
Sent Off For
A-G Approval
A copy of Cherokee county's annua!
budget was sent to the attorney gen.
L'ral Raleigh for his approvel Wednesday.
The budget wsa set at a meeting
>f the county commissioners in the
:ourt house here on Tuesday.
Although details of the budgett will 1
not be given out until the attorney ;
general's appMowal is obtained, it (
ivas said that the tax rate was eut I
from $141 to $1.39 on the $100.
The evaluation of Cherokee county
is set at approximately $7,000,000.
Eli F. Dockery,
Age 74, Buried
At Ebeneezerl
Funeral services for Mr. El? V
Dockery. 74, a life-long resident oi
Chcrokj e ooupity, were conducted
from the Ebeneezi r $apt:s: church
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with
the Rev. Weldon West officiating.
Interment was in the church cemetery.
W. D. Townxon was in charge
of funeral arrangementsMr.
Dockery, for years a member
of the Baptist church, died of a heart
attack Thursday night.
Surviving is one son, Oliver, of
Murphy. Route 3.
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R1TTER COMPANY
BEGINS WORK ON
BAND SAWMILL
Mr. Ernest E- Ritter of Columbus
Ohio, former general manager of W.
M. Ritter Lumber Company, is cicciing
a band saw mill on the Sanderson
lands of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herbert '
near Hayesville. Mr. Ritter plans u
!i-vc the m?" completed and ready
for operation about the midule of
August.
Mr. William C. Envoldesen. of
Ma tow an. West Virginia, is assisting I
Mr. Ritter. '
Work has already been started upon
the building of a public road from i
the West Hayesville road through the J
property to the Tusquittee public load
to give access to trucks hauling
logs and lumber to the mill. The road s
is to be graded and graveled and op- 1
;n for public travel and use. <
erukti
.arolina% Covering a Largv and Pot
*i. C. 1 hursday, July 1'
AIRPLANE V1E\
Above is a panoramic view ol 1
Murphy from the air givir^j you some
idea of what it looks like to wild
geese.
Those bars sticking out at the
left are not telephone poles or mismints
but the things that hold the i
wings on Jtae Moore's plane, which
was used to take the pictureSINKING
A SHAFT
UP IS PRACTICE
AT TALC MINES
Drilling from the bottom up is
a new and odd mining procedure
that is being practiced at the Notla
Talc mines near Murphy at present.
Mr- J. W. Bailey, superintendent
cf the famous talc mine- said he
was faced with the proposition of
sinking a 140-foot shaft to a better
facilitate working his mine,
but the water from the nearby
Notla river rushed in too fast.
So his workmen have started
at the bottom. They are "sinking
the shaft up,' as it were. 1 14 where
they they will have a 26-foot over,
burdenThe
mine is located at Kinsey on
the Notla river, five miles below
Murphy.
New Project Is
Added To WPA
Women's Work
Matrons so twice, a now division of
the womens WPA work in Cherokee
county, ha?- boon established, according
to Mrs. Walter Witt, county project
supervisor.
This makes the fifth project in the
county devoted to womens work.
Matrons service consist in following
various duties around schools and
other buildings.
Mrs- Witt stated that the project,
which calls for an expenditure of $4.135.60.
will hire 14 women. The
other four projects are using the
services of 46 women at present.
Twelve acres of land in Cherokee
i"urn> navv oeen made hko WI'A
gardens, Mrs. Witt added, and the
produce will be canned by the women
and used in lunch rooms this full and
winter. Gardens have been established
at Andrews, Peachtree. Marble and
Grandvicw, sh stated.
New Hearse Purchased
By Ivie Funeral Home
Ixies Funeral home of Murphy announces
this week the purchase of a
new Buick Limousine air-conditioned
hearse and ambulance.
Peyton G. Ivie, manager of the
funeral hotne and local furniture
dealer, states that tie purchase was
made to keep his funeral service
abreast of the times.
Man Is Held Here
For Stealing Auto
Robert Lee Raper, Jr., who gives
no address, vtas in the Cherokee
county jail here Wednesday on a
federal charge of stealing an automobile
at Copperhill, Tenn., on June 11.
The warrant for his arrest was
sworn out Tuesday by H- W. Kage,
special agent, before Pied O. Bates,
Vlurphy justice of the peac.
Raper was apprehended at a home
it Ranger near here a week ago by
Deputy Sheriff Ezra Price on a charge
>f stealing chickens.
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rntiallr Rich Tern tn'-> u- Thu M
i, 1938 V
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Tin* young pilot, the son of Mr.
and Mis. L. C. Moore, of Murphy,
kept his plane. a Taylor cub. at thi
Andrews airport during the wcek|
end of July 4. and took this splendid
picture on one of his trips ovei
M urphv.
The plane was at an altitude of
do feet when the photo was snapped.
Barr Is Heard
By Lions Here
| Tuesday Night
John K Ban, Tennessee Vallej
Associated Cooperative adniinistratoi
and head ??f the hind ()' The Sk>
Mutual Canning association, of Way.
. nesville was th?- principal speaker a!
the Murphy Lions club here Tuesday
night.
Ilo discussed the operations of tht
Mountain Valley Mutual canning us
sociation here, a unit of the Way
j nesvil.e group of canneries, and out
i lined plans for the erection of a nev
. building before the opening next sea
son.
The site of the present canncr>
[ was purchased by the TV A because il
j lies in tin* Hiwassee Dam Watershed
i Mr. Bif.r estimates that a new and
| adequate building will cost approximately
$5000.
Discussions of the placement oj
i S2500 worth of vtof-L- for ta.. i<?.
| cannery were heard.
President Harve Klkins presided.
Veteran Passes
Near Here On
Eve of Reunion
On the eve of the 75th anniversary
and reunion of the War Between th<
States at Gettysburg. Pa., "the las
[ battlefield of the war.", one of Ohero
kee county's few remaining grey he
j roes passed quietly away.
He was Mr. B. (i. Garrett, age 02
of Cu.berson. Death came to hir
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock afu
he had suffered an attack of paral
ysis for several days.
Last rites were held at Friendshi
Baptist church at Culberson Satin
day with the Rev. Thomas Truett ?>i
Ificiating assisted by the Rev. li
Helton. Interment was in the loca
I churchyard. W- 1). Townson was ii
I charge of funeral arrangements.
Surviving are his widow, a son o
I Culberson and two daughters of Hi
I' wassee, Ga.
A.
JCaye's Ad Example
Of New Type Faces
j If you see something new and dif
I ferent in Sam Kayo's Auto Parts a<
J ?;n the society page, and you are inter
1 ested in knowing what it is all about
Iwe don't mind tilling you.
Wednesday several hundred dollar:
) worth of new type and Lanotyp<
' parts arrived in the Scout office an*
Mr. Kayes ad, which offers a numbei
of .startling values in automobile ac
cessori^s, was the first victim of tin
new equipment.
j According: to present.day newspa
! per standards, the two type facet
j (in several different fonts) that wc
have added represent the latest anc
| most modem display type obtainable
j For RESULTS from your printipng
call the Scout office.
^ Nearly everyilifil
^oc^y 'n
II II County reads
The Scout
regularly
ate I i
1.50 YEAR?5c COH1
mm probing
TV A, INSPECTS
' H1WASSEE DAM
See Striking Examples
Of Erosion In Ducktown
Copper Basin
A concessional committee t?? inI
vestigate 'IVniifssff Valley authority
utui its in t?* rristl squabbles, arrived
at the Iliwassee Ham \ illage.
miles below here Tuesday in 12 auto*
mobiles and inspected tin lliwassee
dam, tust slop in an MM).mile study
of TVAV program.
( The committee, touring TVA's
dams before beginning the actual
investigation of the diss^ntion. climaxed
when President Roosevelt
ousted Arthur K Morgan as TV A
chairman, saw striking examples of
the destructive forces of erosion 'he
authority is trying to curb.
Stop At Ducktown
The fit st was at Ducktown, Tenu.,
I where sulphur fumes from the large
| copper mines there in recent y? ars
I ha\> denuded the soil of all vegetation
and left vast gullies. The other
was at a private dam on the Ocoee
' river where silt has half-filled '.he
reservoir because of erosion.
Sen. Dona hey <D. O.) chairman of
the investigation committee, did not
make the tour with the group, fearful
that tin- long automobile ride
would make him ill but rejoined the
party tonight in Chattanooga He has
Inot been feeling well for several days.
Rep Mead (R., N. Y.) acted as
spokesman in Donahcy's absence.
Davift At Muicle Shoals
Sen. Davis (R., l'enn.), another
" member of tht. investigating commit
lee, meanwhile flew in a I'VA plane
to Muscle Shoals. He i turned to
Knoxville tonigh; to piepmv t?? ret
turn home where he faces a primary
fight He said he probably would re1
turn to Knoxville Sunday. v
Other committeemen making the
tour were Sen. Frazier (R. N. D.
i i iveps i nomason (1), Tex.), \\olverl
j Ion (R. N. .1.). Driver <I?. Ark.),
| and Jenkins (R., 0.), and Sen. Brown
;<!).. N H ), Sen. SehwaiT/ (M.,
| YVyo.) had not vet arrived.
Meanwhile in Knoxville TV A atIt.orneys
said they were assured cooperation
of the department of jus.
It ice in resisting Dr. Morgan's suit to
jiegrain his post as TV A chairman.
James Lawrence Fly, T\ A chief
\ -ouiisel, retiu:ed 11 :n \V;:-hu:?tOtl
* i during the day aft? i conferences
; with Solicitor General Kohert Jack'
son and Thurman Arnold, assistant
attorney jreneral in charge of the
1 anti-trust division.
One of Arnold's assistants. William
McGovern. arrived \Y? dnesday
Ito help prepare the case. Fly said.
Fly has charadesized Morgan's suit
" for reinstatement with $2,IKK) back
1 jay as a "direct attack on the presi!"
dent."
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p Fire Threatens Home
Of Mrs. Dillard Here
a
d Fire, which originated from a
u heavily.loaded wire being connected
to a small lamp, almost pr^Vvd
f asterous at the home of Mls. John ri.
- Dillard on Valley River Avenue about
7:30 o clock \\ ednesday morning.
The wire was smoldering within
the walls of the house when the local
fire d en ?
~ f.?.c.?v?i was summoned. Aid
arrived quickly and revealed the
source of the trouble.
' Weather Vane
Listed below are maximum and
minimum temperatures for the past
, week compared with temperatures
I for the same period last year.
r TEMPERATURES
1938 1937
Date Max. Min Max. Min.
7 88 (It! 80 til
8 86 67 88 62
. 9 85 66 89 60
i 10 83 64 93 62
? 11 89 67 91 62
1 12 90 62 90 62
. RAINFALL INCHES 1938 1937
, Since duly 1 2.05 4.00
Since January 1 38.23 32.88