Our Aim?
A Scout in every / t
home in Cherokee
THE LEADIN
I VOL. 5C.?NO. 4S.
Power Rates H
Materially Red
Elkins Named Manager
of Electrical Unit by
Aldermen
I' ucr rates in the town of MurM
il lie "material 1\ reduced**
I exact charge has not set lieen
ne?l. the town commissioners;
1 :?!'<? ;ii ii meeting neie i tiuisna\ !
Il was the first meeting held
the town purchased the local ,
il distrihulioik system.
1( I lkins, who has been niana-I
the Southern States Power
i-.Hiv. the firm that sold to the
j?.v last Wednesday, will remain in
nl' the new power depaitmenl
,,f town, it was decided.
r J. B. Gray said the new
- would go into effect on July 1.
; own took over the system on
Jut 1
Gray said the rates would be
ion the following TVA regula1.
fixed at an amount which
v.v r power; 2. pays all operating
, - including distribution; 3.
I the town as much taxes
I,:- -nvate power company would. 4.
pn principal and amortization
oi bonds I
Mi Gray said the power departii.
would be treated as a separate
M.ii distinct division of the town and
tins' the town's power bill would be
paid out of the general fund.
It was also decided to sell the
power lines outside of the town (the
line extends from Murphy to various
Motions of Clay county) "at a reasonable
price."
All employees of the town were
Itemporarilly reappointed, at the meet-,
I The town is figuring with both the
TVA and the Nantahala Power and
Light eompany for sale of its facilities
Officials have gone into ne(Kitia!ions
with both electrical distribution
units for sale of its power
facilit i - both in the Town of Murphy
^ outside lines.
AZALEA AT HEIGHT
I OF BLOOM NOW ON
MOUNTAIN TOPS
Tti week-end or the next will be
the ideal time to drive to Wayah Bald
and .re the azalea in bloom, announced
Forest Supervisor Charles Mclichar.
Several inquires already have
been received from distant cities asking
when the flowers will be at their
Ibest, showing: that the fame of the
jazahw on Wayah Bald is spreading.
At ihe lower elevations the azaleas
art* in full bloom now and you can
easily pick out the yellow variety, the
I orange, and the flame colored ones.
I At the highest elevations the white
I azalea is just budding and another
<>f warm weather should
I'! " he buds.
I Tin- amount of azalea seen from
I 1 oad is increasing due to the
Ipubli thoughtfulness and regard
t State law which prohibits pickI
wcrs within 100 yards of the
I roa d
[Merchants Are Reaping
I Bene fit Of Advertising
I ^ ou don't thinjc it pays to adverI
bic in the Scout?
| Well, listen tn ~ ?
M Walter Coleman, lodl Frigidaire
and Philco dealer, yho doesn t
spare tne horses when it come* to
ul advertising, related thi* week that
H he had made one actual *ale of a
H Frigidaire last week from a ?mall
H ad placed in this paper. The lady
{J *lio bought the Frigidaire told
H Mr. Coleman that ?he had been folI
lowing the Frigidaire advertsiing
A campaign in the Scout and that it
I seemed to embody every feature
?he wanted. So she up and bought
B it.
Winslow Mclver qf the Dav
'dson Sr. Mclver firm, assured us
n jh*t through a campaign of Seling
H hosiery carried for nearly two years .
J*tn!?rljr. in this paper that they
an w ku*lt up an excellent hosiery
B9 business. "The advertising has cerB
tainly done well for us", Mr. McB
rr "We have an excellent
B "nB hoscry business now.
H ^Rd if you think this is some
KB ? the advertising manager's hot
*!*' 1,'t *hese well-known mer^H^snUif
the above isn't true!
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G WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTI
ere Will Be
uced By July 1
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HOUSE REPORT
ON POWER RILL
AFFECTS TOWN
House Action May
M^an TVA Can Not
Buy Rights In this Area
WASHINGTON, June 15.?Friends
! of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Thursday were busy attempting to
i work out a plan for overcoming the
j house action Tuesday which is be-!
lieved to be a death blow to the au-l
i thority in purchasing the properties]
| of the Tennessee Electric Power com- j
! pany.
This failure is of particular signifi- !
j cancc to Western North Carolina j
( lor had the move of TV A opponents]
j not prevailed, it would have meant i
. that in the future the TV A would j
i have been able to purchase the priv1
ate properties of power companies in
! the service area of the Hiwassee dam
! in order to provide a unified electric
| system 011 a business-like basis, the
objective of the Tennessee Power
company purchased.
Meanwhile, early action on his bill
providing that 5 per cent of the profContinued
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Huge Snake Is Killed
By Bear Paw Citizen
Lots of large ftnalces have been
reported in Cherokee county this
season by citizens of various communities.
| But it is claimed that Mrs.
Jane Floyd, 71-years-young, of the
Bear Paw section, holds the record
so far this year.
She killed one of the largest
copperheads ever seen in this
J county in her garden last week.
FORMAL OPENING OF
HOME TO BE HELD HE
Formal opening of the new Ivie
Funeral home building in Murphy wiii;
In? observed on Saturday, Peyton G.
Ivie, the owner, has announced.
The finishing touches are being
put on the four-story brick building
this week and everything will be j
ready for the opening, Mr. Ivie states, j
The building is located on the lot ad- j
joining the Methodist church.
Mr. Ivie extends a cordial wel-1
come to all persons to visit his new j
building, but to those persons who j
come and register on Saturday, the i
official opening day, he has arranged |
to give five cents for each person
toward the church of their choice.
The building is the newest and one j
of tho most elaborate establishments i
TELEPHONE COMPAr*
TO SEE OPERATIONS
"Number please?"
Do you know just what takes place
at the operator's end of your telephono
line when you pick up the receiver
to make a telephone call?
These and many other interesting
things will be shown to the public here
next week.
A. E. Vestal, of the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph company,
will open the telephone office doers
to visitors for two days next week.
The public is invited to visit the telephone
office next Wednesday and
ThursdnV Juno 91 onrl 99 ?- ?
well as hear operators, switchboard,
and other necessary equipment in operation.
During the "Open House" period
the visitors will be welcomed from
10 a. m. to 12 noon, from 2 p. m. to
4 p. m. and from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m.
A lecture demonstration in connection
with the open house, which includes
some special exhibits sent here
for the occasion, will be held at the
Woman's club room in the library
building. To get the best understanding
of your telephone system'and how
it works, a visit to the lecture-demonstration
in tho Woman's club room
should be made first andthen
proceed to the telephone office, said
Mr. Vestal, although this procedure
t?rokpf
iRN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING
MURPHY. N. C. THURSDAY, JUN1
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Wins High Award
In Health Contest
Miss Kvelyn Wood, of Andrews,
was awarded second place in the district.
health conest at Asheville June
1. She had previously won first place!
in Cherokee county competition.
Miss Wood's brother, Edward, also
had a creditable score in the district
health contest last year.
Miss Wood is the daughter of Mr. ]
and M rs. E. A. Wood, of Andrews, i
Mr. Wood, a prominent dairyman, is
also a member of the Cherokee county
board of commissioners.
Lions Win Trophy
At Convention
The Murphy Lions club was proudly
displaying this week the fourth
achievement trophy it has obtained
at state conventions.
The trophy was awarded the Murphy
club at a state convention held
at Winston-Salem last week. W. A.
Sherrill and Park Fisher represented
the local club and gave the report
thai won the trophy.
This marks the third successive
year the local club has won the trophy
in competition to some forty other
clubs in the western portion ot the
state.
NEW IVfE FUNERAL
LRE ON SATURDAY
in Murphy. A modern funeral chapel
has been constructed 011 the third and
main floor which is 011 a level with a
sweeping drive-way which extends
out onto Valley River avenue.
The mortuary and casket display
room are on the second floor, and the
bottom floor is composed of a heating
plant and store-room. All facilities
for visitors and guests have been
included in the building. Mr, Ivie's
family will occupy the fourth story of
the building.
Mr. Ivie states that his furniture
business will continue to be carried
on in the present location in the Regal
hotel building.
The offices of the Ivie Funeral
Burial association will be maintain?d
at the new building.
IY INVITES PUBLIC
WEEK OF JUNE 19
may be reversed if you so desire.
A "Voice Miiwor" recently developed
by the Bell Telephone labratories
will be shown. This device enables
visitors to hear how their own voices
sound to other people over the telephone.
One's voice sounds a little different
to others than it does to the
one doing the speakiqg. This is true |
in ordinary face to face conservation
as well as over the telephone. Visit
the open house and learn why this is
true.
A replica of Alexander Graham
Bells' original telephone ar\d also a
model of Ihis second telephone will
be shown. Displays showing the lat
vs*t. uioucis dismantled into their 183 j
separate parts, cable displays, the raw
materials from which telephones are
made, and metal that floats in the air
will be shown and explained.
Mrs. Pauline Brendle, chief opera-!
tor, will explain and demonstrate the i
?witchboard. Mr. Vestal will show and !
explain the mechanism of the switch-J
board, test board, frames, power
units, etc. Mr. Norris Russell of the
company's division office in Chariot-1
te will pive the lecture-demonstration.
Sixty-two new telephones have been ,
added since July 1, 1938, Mr. Vestal
said.
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A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH
E 15, 1939
Elisha Burt
In Death O
SINGING HELD
AT PEACHTREE
LAST SUNDAY
Estimated More Than
6,000 Persons Attended
Meeting
One of the largest and most en-!
thusiastic crowds to ever gather in
Cherokee county was present at the
annual singing convention held at
Peachtrec Sunday.
It is estimated that more than 6,0(h)
persons from Cherokee and surrounding
counties in Georgia and
Tennessee attended the meeting dur
itig the day.
Some of the finest singing to evei
resound through the mountains ol
Cherokee county was furnished by j
choirs, quartettes and various sing- I
ing groups in this section. I
As a special treat was the rendi-.
tion of several numbers by the |
Vaughn Quartette of radio station |
WSM in Nashville. The male group j
has been making .1 series of personal \
appearances in this section.
John Donley and Ernest Trantham
I jointly presided over the session, j
| Mr. Donley is president of the assoc- i
I iation and Mr. Trantham is secretary!
I and treasurer.
j The group decided at the last meeting
to abolish the practice of awarding
a banner to the best singing
choir each year.
All officers were reelected at the
meeting. They are: John Donley,
j Murphy, president; Lawrence Ander
I son. Andrews, vice-president; Earnest
' Traijthnm. secre tary and treasurer:
Glenn Ellis. Culberson, piantist, and
the- Rev. John Hogan, Andrews, chap
lain.
It was decided to hold the semi-annual
convention at Martins Creek op
tl.?- se<mid Monday in October.
PLAYGROUND HERE
ENTERTAINS MORE
THAN 100 CHILDREN
I! More than 100 local children have
registered at Murphy's new supervised
playground and an average of
nearly 7a are taking part in the daily
exercises, O. L). Johnson, recreational
supervisor of the training division of
TV A here, reports.
The playground, designed to provide
supervised recreation for youth
of all ages (and grown-ups) too), was
opened here last week. Funds for its
maintenance were obtained through
local subscription.
Glade Lovingood, popular young
Murphy man, is the supervisor at the
playground.
Dividend To tie Paid
Federation Members
A three per cent semi-annual divi|
dent on the common and preferred
j stock of the Farmers Federation was
I declared Tuesday by the executive
, committee of the farm cooperative
- meeting in the ylfice of James G. K.
| McClure, president, in Asheville.
More than .'1,800 stockholders of
I record June 20 will share in the dividend,
the eleventh consecutive semiannual
declaration made by the federation
.since it resumed dividend
payments in 1034.
Dividends on common shares will
bo paid in cash through the coopeiaJlve's
18 warehouses and payments
on preferred shares will be made by
check mailed to stockholders.
L & N Coach Fares Are
Now Lowest In History
Officials of the louisvillc & Nashville
Railroad have announced, effective
June 1, the adoption of a 10 per
cent reduction on round trip coach
tickets.
Last January, coach fares were
reduced to one and one-half cents
per mile, and this new reduction is the
cost of round trip tickets enables
coach passengers to travel for less
than has been the case previously.
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I TERRITORY
5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR
ch Is Held
f Farmer
s- f ,r .
.signs rorma! Confession
Before Sheriff
Here Wednesday
hli^ha I lurch. Marlins (.reck.
told Sheriff Carl '1 uwiison in a loi
mal ? ??nlr?:on \\ i<!ntx!a\ night that
he hud struck In! Coleinan. 11\ea:-old
Martins ('reek lartnei. who
was found dead on a mountain trail
near his home Monda\ morning, alter
tin latter had started to hit him
with a v-hiskc\ hottle.
Myslerv surrounded the death ol
Coleman until Bureh made the voluntary
confession.
\ coroner s jury had questioned
Bureh and two companions on two
occasions and Sheriff Townson had
spent much time grilling the young
man Before he made the confession.
Evidence brought out before the
coroner's jury investigations led them
to bring a verdict Tuesday afternoon
that Coleman "came to his death and
was killed by Elisha Bureh apd that
John Bureh and David Phillips were
accessories in the crii^e".
Held Without Bond
Sheriff Townson said following the
confession that Bureh would be held
without privilege of bond. lie will
be tried in Superior court which coni
venes August 7.
In the confession Bureh described
his movements in detail during Sunday.
Earlier in the day he told the
sheriff where to find a watch that
Coleman had "pawned" him for a
pint of whiskey*
Coleman was found dead by Andy
A group -of Murphy Lions attendI.aney
about b :.'!<) Monday morning
lying face downward with a fatal
j head injury about 25o yards from his
| home and about 100 yards off the
j Biaii -ville highway three miles east
of Murphy.
The three men admitted in testi
mony at the inquest. Monday afternoon
that, they had heen in Coleman's
j company Sunday afternoon, but- all
denied having seen him after hi* had
i gotten out of a car owned and driven
| by John Bureh about 100 yards from
i where he was found dead.
Officers discovered that a watch
had been cut off a leather watch
: chain fastened on Coleman's over!
alls anil that a knife and at least a
I half dollar belonging: to him were
missing.
At the Tuesday afternoon session
Bob Dockery, of Martins Creek, testified
that ho had seen Elisha Burch
walking alone near his (Dockery's)
home Sunday afternoon. Another
witness, a youth named Dewey Raper,
testified that Elisha Burch hail shown
him a watch at 5:30 p. m.
Denies Accusations
Burch denied having seen the
Continued on back pac;e
Floyd To Vaccinate
, Dogs In This County
I
Since it is compulsory for all dogs
to be vaccinated, John Floyd gave the
following schedule where he will
vaccina to dogs this week:
Saturday, June 17, at Letitia. fiom
7 a. m. to 12 )nopn; at Wood's store
at Suit from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m.
Monday June 19, at George Jones'
store at Postell from 7 a. m. until 12
o'clock. At Ed Brown's store at Bib
i-Hj irum 1 p. in. until ?> p. m.
Tuesday June 20, at Shearer School
House from 7 a. m. to noon and at the
Hiwassee school house from I p. m.
to 5 p. m.
Weather Vane
j Listed below are maximum and
minimum temperatures an^ rainfall
for the past, week com paved with
similar da*a for last vear.
TEMPERATURES
1939 1938
8 91 64 85 63
9 89 63 82 56
10 85 61 34 62
11 88 63 83 61
12 85 fi3 89 63
13 85 61 83 66
14 82 64 80 52
RAINFALL INCHES 1939 1938
Total since June 1 2.75 2.43
^ Total since January 1 31.34 36.63