IDEAL ^5T]f VACATION flliPjL J RESORT ' Ithf LEADIN( Vol. 50.?No. 5. ill RPHY UNIT SCHOOLS OPEN HERE MONDAY Record Enrollment Is Reported By Superintendent Bueck With the usual play-ground huhb. the clapping of erasers and the aping of feet on floors, over 1300 idents returned to the schools of i Murphy unit when they opened ,Monday. The Murphy high school recorded its largest enrollment in history when 620 students signed up for classes the first two days of school. Superintendent II. Bueck reported - . .1 ? ooe -*?i ? tL T nit I llittttj WVIC ouw ?tuuviiu-> III vrn; Murphy elementary school, 98 at 1 motla, 43 at Kinsey, 81 at Grape ?. reel; and 50 at Bates Creek. Some plain and fancy maneuvering ;>s been done to squeeze all the pupils into the local school. The congested condition has been alleviat : somewhat by a plan worked out by Mr. Bueck and Mrs. Fannie Hathrock Lee whereby students will use the chapel room for study periods. Two adjoining rooms have been turned into a school library. It is necessary to hold a mathematics class in the manual training building at present. During the first days of school, commuting students have been hampered by a lack of busses, some of the busses being required to make two and three trips over their routes to pick up all the students. Mr. Bueck said two new busses tvo-ald arrive from High Point this week and would he added to the Hiwassee Dam and Shoal Creek routes. When these service they are expected to adequately care for all community students. It is believed that both Murphy and Andrews will pet new school buildings soon through a plan devis- i cd by the Cherokee county commis-1 sinners some time ago whereby tlicy will supplement WPA funds fot the construction of such building". At present the need for added class room space is acute with more than 100 students being registered for certain classes. Mr. Bueck announced that a course it dramatics had been discontinued n favor of an additional necessary course in American history. Through the help of NY A students two rooms adjoining the auditorium >, and the auditorium stage have been converted into a library which houses more than 700 books, 50 different varieties of magazines and five daily I newspapers. I The NYA students built the tables, , chairs* shelves and other necessary i equipment for the library at a total cost of $53. Mr. Bueck estimates the equipment would have ?ost $320 had it been purchased new. Mrs. Lee is the librarian and subsequently conductor of the study hall. ^ Pupils who have open periods will ( co to the study hall where they will . he checked either by Mrs. Lee or an ( A student. Then they may avail ' hemselves of anv of t.hn Ri??w ? . - 1 "facilities or study as they choose. ( Mrs. I^ec -will offer assistanceA complete line of encyclopedias, ( reference books and volumes of fiction are at the disposal of the stu- ? dents. Heretofore it has been nec- j essary for the school children to use the Murphy Carneigie library for ( hook-borrowing and reference-study "tjr purposes. i A collection of National Geographic magazines reaching back more than 15 years which were donated to ' the school recently by Mrs. N. B. ' Adams, -t^w of the late Dr. Adams, * have bt ?und and placed on the shelves workers have bound snd in many volumes. COMMISSIONER TO MEET T Board of Commissioners of ' h( r'?kee County are scheduled to I 5 "hi their regular "first Monday" | 5 'netting in the court house Monday. ( ft #lf! I WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WEST1 Murph REPUBLICANS TO HOLD MEETINGS IN ALL PRECINCTS The Republicans of Cherokee county will hold a scries of meetings during the month of September in every precinct of the county, Chairman Edwin Hyde has announced. The complete list of meetings, giving time, place and date, is carried in an advertisement elsewhere in this issue of the Scout. Party candidates will appear at all meetings and all Republicans are urged to attend the sessions which will initiate the party campaign in the I county. \\] D DDITTilM ii.i.DnnimN, OF PEACHTREE, BURIED FRIDAY I Veteran Merchant Was In Business For 57 Years Funeral services for William Patrick Brittain, 76, of the Peachtree community, were conducted from the home Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. W. S. Smith, pastor of the Andrews Methodist church, and the Rev. Robert Barker, pastor j of the Peachtree Baptist church, officiating. Interment was in the Peachtree cemetery. W. D. Townson was in j charge of funeral arrangements. Mr. Brittain, who was said to be Cherokee county's oldest merchant, died Thursday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. He had been ill with paralysis for five years. Mr. Brittain had been an active merchant for the past 57 years. He was born in Andrews in 1862 and had been a member of the Methodist church for 48 years. He was the last of the old Brittain family, one of the Meat and most prominent in the county. Honorary pallbearers were: II. B. Elliott, L. E. Mauney, G. F. llendrix, A. E. Sudderth, Horace Sudderth, Ilenry Sudderth, H. L. Robinson, Jeff Parker, John McGuirc, John Mc v>un?DSt j. l. Hayes, Will Moore, j John Walker, John Hall and B. L Padgett. Active pallbearers were: Tom Axley, William Cover, Charles Dickey. Walter Mauney, Vernon Parker and Dr. Harry Miller. Flower girls were: Cora Owenby. Inez Howard, Beryl Witt, Mae Sudderth, Alba Albright, Edna Hasty, ] Betty Robinson and Ruth Carringer. Surviving Mr, Brittain are: a| daughter, Mrs. V. T. Led ford, of I Peachtree; a sister, Mrs. K. S. Miller, of Murphy; three grandchildren, Paul Ledford, of Murphy, Jean Lodford, of Gastonia, and Catherine Ledford, of Murphy, and a number of nieces and nephews. Man Held On Federal Forgery Charge Here James Houston Birchf ield, of Mur- j phy, is being held in the Cherokee j county jail here on charges of forg- j ing 61 goveromet cheeks for a total if $1830 since Dee. 2, 1935. He faces trial before U. S. Com- t nissioner F. O. Bates at a future ] late. 1 The arrest was made by George F. 1 Crook, secret service agent. The forged checks were allegedly t ;ent to Birchfield's daughter over a 1 period of nearly three years. I ? I Seek To Reestablish Wolf Creek Precinct i A petition bearing" the signatures 1 120 persons has been filed with ^ the Cherokee County Board of Elections requesting the restablishment of * the Wolf Creek voting precinct in 1 lower Cherokee county. i eThe precinct, which is overwhelm- c ng in Republican strength, was dis- s :ontinaed three years ago by board * iction. F. O. Bates, chairman of the board, ;aid the petition would be considered 1 md official action taken at a future c late. c pfgskpl CRN NORTH CAROLINA. COVERING y, N. C. Thursday, Aug. 2 Gov. Hoey Democrats " ~~~ r All-Stars To Play 3 Game Series Locally The Cherokee County All-Star* 1 will play a three-game *erie* with 1 the fa*t-stepping Canton, Ga., ( team here and at Marble over the | coming Labor Day week-end. According to present schedule the All-Stars will meet tl ? Georgians at Marble Sunday afternoon, in Murphy on Monday morning and at Marble again on Monday afternoon. The Canton aggregation is said to be a bit faster club than the locals have been accustomc-r to playing this year. They are sporting such famed players as Bob Hasty, veteran pitcher. The All-Stars' hurling staff will be composed of: Paul Layman, late of the Newport, Tcnn., loam of the Appalachian league, who will pitch Sunday's game; Harry McNally, Copperhill "bus ticket", who will hurl Monday morning's game, and "Disappearing Act" Melvin Ensley, the Andrews sensation, who will perform on the mound Monday afternoon. The rest of the team will be composed of the usual line-up. Managers of the team said the Monday morning game was being played here following a number of requests. TEXACO FILLING STATION TO OPEN HERE SATURDAY The new Texaco service station on Valley River avenue in Murphy will C ..... wi'vii oaiuiuuy morning. 15U11 Petrie and R. S. Parker, J)-., will oej the operators. The station was recently completed at an estimated expenditure of $18,000. As a trade incentive, Messrs Petrie and Parker have taken a full page ad in this issue of the Scout offering a special bargain to patrons on the first day. The new firm will also handle the Seiberling line of tires, and are equipped with the latest and most modern car servicing equipment. DOVE SEASON TO OPEN IN COUNTY THIS MORNING The dove season which opens i:i I Cherokee county and Western North j Carolina this (Thursday) morning' is the first, of the popular fall hunting seasons to bring joy and happiness to the hearts of locai sportsmen The dove season will remain open until Sept. 30. Then it will re-open on Dec. 20 and remain open until Jan. 31, according to the new game digest. Bag limits is 15> a day and ISO for the season. The next season to open -will be that on squirrels Sept. la. 3t will remain -open until Dec. 15. The bag limit or. squirrel is 10 per day hut there is?oh, boy!?no season limit mere will be no deer or "turkey season iti Cherokee county this year, but there will be an open season on Wild Russian Boars for tht first Lime. D. M. Birchfield. county gam*: war Jen, advises that all last year's hunting licenses expired on Jan. and that new licenses must be obtained before a person can hunt this year. The Murphy Hardware company i< aking a large advertisement in this ssue of the Scout to present a dior the loc 1 gar. 1 -vs. Duplicates may he received cirht r at th" store or at the Scout, office in a ( "ew days. Eugene West, of Marble has enisted in the United States ai my. ac- i ording to a recent dispatch from re- j ruiting headquarters. I !? 0F0 A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RIC !5, 1938 r Speaks 1 c Campaii SCOUT-JOURNAL CAMPAIGN TO END SATURDAY $200 Cash To Be Awarded As Prizes; Many Subscribe The Cherokee Scout - Junalusk; Journal subscription campaign wil corne to a clor.e Saturday Wfternooi at 4 o'clock. At that time Mr. L. A. Lee, pub lisher of the two papers, will cheel up with all contestants and a priz of $100 in cash will be awarded to th one having the highest total nurn her of points for subscriptions ac quired. Likewise some subscriber will als be given a $100 prize as outlined i the rules governing the campaign. Winning contestants and subscri1 or do not have to be present. During the past eight weks an a\ crago of 15 contestants has bee maintained throughout the count] and hundreds of new names have bee added to the Scout circulation lis making it the largest in the histor of the county. It is estimated that the Scout an Journal go into nearly two-thirds c the homes in Cherokee county an surrounding communities. Prior to the opening of the can paign the publication date of th Journal was changed to Tuesday an the price of both the Journal and th Scout was changed to only $2 pe year. i nrough tnis arangement person wishing complete semi-wekly ntw coverage of the county and . diffet ent array of features could obtai them at an extremely moderate prict Enthusiasm greeted the cnmpaig from the start. Subscriptions bega piling in the first week and wer added on until it is felt now that th subscription list of the two papers i about as complete as could be 05 pected. During the campaign several saw pie issues were published and papei placed in every home in the count] Cards bearing self-addressed an postage were included in some of th papers offering subscriptions on coi test basis. This, too, brought gren response and added materially to th circulation lists of the two papers. Mr. Lee expresses himself as ver well pleased with the campaign an tho interest that has been shown i it by both the contestants and su' scribers. "It is one of the best and most sui cessful campaigns I have ever seer Mr. Lee stated. "I have witnessc a number of subscription campaigr on wekly newspapers, and I hav never kno-a n one to he promote more successfully than this one. Usl ally there are complaints of one soi or another in a campaign of thi kind, but there has been nothing bu the friendliest spirit manifest in thi campaign."' Dance To Be Held At Dam On i" ? 1 u There will be a dance at the II; wassec Dam Saturday night, Sept. 10 under the auspices of the Hiwasse? Dam Athletic association, according to an announcemnt this week. Von McLean's Swingsters, one 01 the best musical combines to appeal in this section, will "mugg it light ly'\ "groove it", etc. The dances at the dam have beer drawing wide patronage. The sur roundings and congenial atmosphere are proving favorites with the darning crowd and naturally the athletic association is expecting another large trroup to attend from Murphy, Cop aerhill and surrounding towns. [{Lid Attractive ^ That's MURPHY H TERRITORY $1.50 YEAR 5c COPY 7 riere As yn Opens Crowd Estimated At I 2,500 Attends Free D?1 Lmi Governor Clyde R. Hoey was the principal speaker at a Democratic rally in Murphy Saturday which marked the opening of the party campa iarn in the state and which attracted a crowd estimated at 2,500 people. The Governor led a speaking program which included a number of prominent North Carolinians. , A free barbecue and baseball game ^ followed the prOgran of talks. "The people ol North Carolina arc getting 100 per cent return for every K tax dollar", the Governor assured the e throng who milled about an iniproL, vised platform at the Kxhibit hall of the Fair grounds. He joined others in lavish praise of the Democratic party administra0 t ion not only in the state but thrun out the nation. The benefits of \he party program "from farmer to indistrialisl" were diseufssed by the state chief executive. "I was born a Democrat, reared a n Democrat and wil die a Democrat," the governor told the sweltering ^ crowd that had stood through rain the first part of the program and endured stifling heat during his speech. Praises Democratic Party The welfare of the state and the nation depends ui>on the correct application of the Democratic party principles, the governor stated. He then referred to the work of the various state officers, a number 'j of whom had spoken previously, ami ( praised their work as "being unques1 tionably to the best interests of the. f good people of the state" from the axiomatic Currituck to Cherokee. IS He refered to the progress that iK s being made in both agricultural an?i - industrial lines in the state and statn ed the present administration was * largely responsible for the increase n I in better conditions that were beini n1 manifest. ej The governor referred to Western o North Carolina'.* growing tourist s busines and said it came Krgely from an appropriation of a quarter of a million dollars in the last sesl sion of the legislature to advertise s he 'larhecl state. j. D. II. Tillitt, Andrews attorney. e- of state, and George Ross Pou, state " auditor, followed him and ail threi <1 extolled the virtues of the goverriOi* IS referring to him as "one of the e greatest governors th*. ..lv_ sum- oi worth (j | Carolina has ever had". Others on Program ^ Ralph Moody, former Murphy ats torney, now a member of the state t (Continued on hack page. This Sec.) Political Writer Is "Arrested" Saturday Wade Lucas, prominent North I Carolina political writer, underwent the ignomity of being publically "arrested" here Saturday for ; not "having a license to take pic; tares." ^ Lucas was with a party of dignif I taries from Raleigh who attended | the Democratic raily when Chief ! of Po!ic*? Fred Johnson "*r rr1 the | warrant" in a local drug store. 1 j At first the columnist and re. porter was baffled by charge*; ? I but when he saw suppressed laughterin the countenance of those about about him he said: ? "That's alright. Just see the Governor. He's my personal bondsman." i