Our Aim:
A Better Murphy / |
? Finer County
THE LEADINi
VOL. 50.?NO.49.
Avenue Of Tn
Assured Of Qu
Both Town and County
Boards Ready To Aid
Unique Beauty Plan.
Success of the plan to create a sixmiJi*
avenue of flowering; trees
by th. .Murphy Board, and County
jJ.ari'd today when Mayor J. li.
Gray promised complete cooperation
by the Murphf Board, and Count!
I, mil i tier Wood indicated that
the Cour.ty Board also would sponsor
the movement.
The Andrews Board has already
formally a -t reed to sponsor the plan
within the Andrewd City Limits, and
the P. T A. of Marble, which is unincorporated
has aprced to sponsor
the movement there.
Tl?.. i,i-.will /.net oKonl <fct A nnn
Uiv - .vvu 11 1.1 VV0W ai/uuk if 1
to the Towns and the
C0Unt> be negligible. The cash
from the National Yotith
Administration. The towns will be
asked to furnish the tools needed for
work within city limits, and automobile
trucks for hauling the trees in
from the woods. The County Com issi
are to furnish the tools
and trucks for the work on the high
way between the towns.
The Youth Administration will supply
th eman power. The U. S. For- 1
wtry Service will supply an expert
"spotter" to designate the trees to
be tak and to supervise their trans
planting. The trees will be uprooted
from the mountains, as nearby as
possible.
The entire plan was devised by Mis
Francis Cover, of Andrews, who also,
angle handed, has done most of the
preliminary work. This letter in- |
dudes permission from the State 1
Highway Commissioners to use the
right of way in planting the trees on
both sides of the road. She also has
received assurances from the Youth
Administration which now is pre-)
paring its budget, that the request |
for an appropriation in all probabil- j
ity will be granted.
Formal request for the necessary
funds probably will be made before
the end of the month.
It is planned to plant the trees 50
feet apart; with no tree more than
~' 1 high, so they will not obscure
the view the scenery from
the highway. In ;? -> '
iu is piann
eu to construct a small park in MarI
Me, and to convert verious recesses
I off the highway into picnic grounds,
I beautified with shrubbery and flowI
trs, and fitted with tables and bench1
os. The ugly red clay bank bordering
I one sidt; of the highway will be hidi
den beneath flowering vines and
I shrubbery.
I All told, the project, when comI
ploted. will be unique. It is prateicI
ally certain to draw visitors from
I Asheville, Atlanta, Chattanooga and
I Knoxville, by the thousands.
I Trees will be chosen for the proI
ject so that some of them will be in 1
I b^om or in colored foliage at all
1 times during the spring, summer and
I wly fall.
1 The trees to be transplanted irI
dude' "Service, Judas, Dogwood,
I Crab, Sourwood, Stewartia, Sweet
I Shrub, Alazea, Locust, Mimosa, and
I Silver Maple."
I 47 GO UNDER KNIFE
I AT ADENOID CLINIC
I MORE AWAIT TURN
1 With 47 children operated on in
I two days at tho tonsil-adenoid clinic,
I Dr. M. 1\ Whichard, District Health
I Officer, and Dr. Taylor, of Petrie
I hospital are being kept busy. Dr. TayI
l?r removes the pesky throat nuiI
HMCfet "**
? ?..u or. vvntchard applies the
1 anesthetic. At least a score more are
I expected to be operated on before the
I clinic is concluded.
1 Dr. Whichard has asked the Scout
I express his thanks to Dr. Sisk, of
I ^:aynesv'lle Health Department, for
1 spiendid ooperation. Dr. Sisk
I loaned his equipment to the local deI
Partment, and also sent three nurses
I ferc to assist in the work.
I Murphy's Charm Draw*
I Four From Far Places
I .3* irre8i?tible charm of Murphy
I if*? talis back two old residents.
I ss?and Mrs" U Rice' who toT.
I cm several years have been living
I '1 "est, have come back here to
I ml' ^lso Mr- an<1 Mr8- Albert War1
to.' ^ave been living in Washing|
^" C., selected Murphy as the
a ^ spot to spend their vacation.
Ihr (Eh
S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTI
W
;es Project j
lick Success i
HERMAN LOGAN
HELD ON THREE
MAJOR CHARGES i
Quinn Says Prisoner
Tried Twice To Wreck
Him In Wild Chase
After a wild chase at 80 miles an ,
hour, during which Highway Patrolman
Quinn charges the fugitive
tried twice to wreck him, Herman .
Logan, one time resident of Murphy |
is in jail in default of $500 bond,,,
(/ommttea Dy Magistrate D. M. Reese '
en a number of charges. i
Patrolman Quinn filed a charge of .
assault* with intent to kill, with a I
deadly weapon, in addition to a
charge of driving while drunk. The i
prisoner also is being held for Feder- <
al authorities, the car he was driving <
allegedly having been stolen in Geor- i
gia. 11
The arrest was made last Saturday
night after a chase which began in j
Andrews, and ended this side of Marble.
Mr. Quinn had received warning
from the Georgia authorities that a
stolen car was believed headed this
way. At a filling station in Andrews
the Patrolmen learned that. Herman
Logan had bought gas there only a
few minutes before, and had started
toward Murphy in a car that answer- '
ed the description of the one reported '
stolen. 1
Telling Chief of Police Fred John- 1
san of the arrest Quinn is reported to
have said:
"They told me at the filling station ,
that Herman had bragged that he was ,
too smart for the Law to catch up ,
with him. He told them he had al- |
ready taught Fred Johnson that it (
was not only foolish, but dangerous ,
to try and get him, and that hewas <
teady to teach me a lesson too, if I \
wanted one.
" Well, I wanted that lesson, so 1 |
started after him, hitting it up better j
than 85. He was speeding too, but he ,
was only doing about 80 and soon 1 j
uvenuoK nim. wnen 1 rode up along ,
side, he deliberately steered over and .
tried to run me off the highway, and
down a steep embankment. Had he ,
succeded it certainly would. have j
my car, and probably have killed me. ,
"I saved myself by jam|iing on the ?
brakes. Logan was going so fast that
he shot ahead of me; and the chase I
started again. ]
Once more I drew up and Logan
evidently realized that my car was ,
too fast for him, for he tried anothei
trick. This time he jammed on his
brakes, and at the same time tried
to turn across the road, so I would I
crash into him. He planned, probably,
to jump out just before the crash,
when it was too late for me to stop. ;
"But his trick failed. For one thing,
I was half-way expecting him to do
somtehing like that, and I was able
to slow down in plenty of time. Also,
Logan was going so fast that when
he tried to stop and turn at the same
time, his car skidded off the road.
Fortunately he turned toward a bank,
and so went into a ditch.
"I had only to walk over and arrest
him?and he did not make the slight-.
est. effort to resist."
County Teache
Two Dates Set
Two opening dates for the county :
schools of Cherokee were announced
today by Lloyd Hendrix, County Superintendent.
Classes that do NOT require
buses to convey children to
their studies will open August 2nd?
a little more than two weeks hence.
Classes where buse%are required, will
start approximately one month later,
on August 30.
The early opening, Mr. Hendrix
explained, will enable pupils to get a
half year or more of study before
the Christmas holidays. In making the
announcement, Mr. Hendrix urged
the cooperation of every parent in
Cherokee to make the coming scholastic
year outstanding.
Most of the teachers have been
named. Appointments to the few remaining
vacant posts will be made at
the next meeting of the Board. The
teachers already appointed, and the
[prakw
:rn north carolina, covering
IURPHY, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY'i
7ALL BREAKING HIP
RESULTS IN DEATH j
DF MRS. MAUNEY
|
A fall caused by a loose shoe string j 1
[ esulted in the death, Wednesday
ifternoon, of Mrs. Luther "Mauney,! .
year old mother of five prominent!
sons, and two prosperously married j
laughters. She broke her hip last |
Saturday when rising from a couch
hortly after dinner at her home, in \
I'eachtree, she tripped on an untied
shoe lace.
Following her fall. Mrs. Mauney j
A*as brought to Petrie hospital, and j
it wa.t planned to remove her to At-1
lanta the next day; out her weaken- |
tid condition made the trip inadvis j
Able. Tuesdav she si-i'mo/l #. sail" i
but tiicn grew worse.
The surviving children here are:
Walter, Oscar, Grover and George,
ill of Murphy and Peachtree, Robert
Mauney, of Texas. Mrs. Fred God
lard, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. j'
Thomas O. Slayton. whose husband
is in charge of the prison camp at An- !
tlrews. All the children were at her j
bedside, at the end. i ;
The widely known and well loved
mother was buried at 3 o'clock Thurs- j
Jay afternoon, from the Methodist
Church in Murphy. Most of the stores
in Murphy were closed during the ;
funeral, and the meeting of the Town :
Board, scheduled for tonight was
postponed in respect to her memory.
ELECTION "FRACAS"
FINALLY WILL GET
HEARING BY MAYOR j
The closing chapter of a story that ]
began on election night last November
is expected to be heard before '
Mayor J. B. Gray Saturday morning, 1
luly 15, when Charles Dodson, of
Beech Creek is slated to appear to
mswer charges of assault on R. H.
Dewar, of Andrews. Dodson released
under $300 bond, failed to appeal
when the hearing first was called
many weeks ago; and was not apprehended
until last Saturdav. 1
ip overnight in the Murphy jail ht j
>vas released again, this time undci ' 1
5200 bond, and promised that thi.^ 1
;ime, he would appear.
The alleged assault is said to have ,
seen made in the rear of Mauney's ,
Drug Store, while Mr. Dewar wa? |
:alking over the telephone. Dodson ,
is said to have walked up to him and ]
ivihtout warning, to have struck him
i staggering blow over the eye. (
The hearing will "christen" the new ,
offices of the Mayor in the Public (
Library. Walter Mauney, Fred O. |
Christopher, and Edgar "Fizz" Nich- ,
als have been summoned as witnesses
L"or the State. The cause of the trouble
between the two principals is not
known.
I
ROSS ADAMS NOW !
OPERATOR OF HIS
OWN GAS STATION
Another Murphy boy rose from the
ranks of employes to being a proprietor
in his own right this week when
Ross Adams, long employed by the
distributing plant of the Sinclair Oil
Company became owner and operator
of the big Sinclair retail station neai
the Hiawassee Bridge.
Henry Hyatt, widely known throughout
all Cherokee County will be associated
with Mr. Adams at the Station.
Both boys have hosts of friends
and should do a whooping big business.
rs Named;
For Opening
schools to which they have been assigned
are as follow:;:
Ebeneezer?J. Alden Cooke and
Miss Olgra Glenn.
Sunny Point?Walter Anderson
and Miss Myrtle Moore.
White Church?Everett R. White
and Mrs. Vey McDonald.
Unaka?Dougas Smith, Miss Ruby
Wells and Mrs. Cleo Pitzer.
Wolf Creek?Ersa McNabb, Miss
Maggie Bell Kisselburg and Miss
Irene Kesselburg.
Postell*?Miss Triiby Glenn and
Miss Pauline Kisselburg.
Hill & Shearer?Mrs. Juanita Hill
Carringer, Mrs. Onabee Hickey,
Mrs. Geneva Hill Hamby and Miss
Ruth Hickey.
Walker?Mrs. Kate Shields, Miss
Vesta Roberts, Miss Geneva Chastain
and Evelyn Shields Lambert.
Continued on back page
A^JVRGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH
r 1939.
Prof. Aver
Gets Schoc
BRIDE ALLEGES
WOODS ATTACK
AT POINT OF GUN
Young Culberson Man
Is Held Without Bond
After Hearing Here
Charging criminal assault at the
point of a revolver, a tearful bride
1 six months sobbed out her story be- j
fore Magistrate L). M. Reese last Sat- |
urtlay, while her CCC employed hus- j
band stood primly by. As a result, j
Marvin Gregory, of Culberson, aged l
"io and himself a bridegroom, is in
jail, held for Superior Court without
bail. He may face the death penalty.
Gregory denies the charges. He insists
his accuser, Mrs. Willard Tilson,
also of Culberon, went into the woods
with him of her own accord.
The alleged attack is declared by
Mrs. Tilson to have been made Saturday
afternoon, June 17. Her husband
was away, she said, when Gregory,
whom she knew, gave her a '"lift" on
the road near her home. Suddenly,
she said, he drew a revolver, and
steering with one hand drove to a
lonely stretch of road, and stopped.
Then, she said, he forced her to get
out ami accompany him into the underbrsuh.
He took her home before her husband
had returned for his usual weekend
visit, she said, threatening hei
with death if she told what had happened.
She was so terrified, she told
Magistrate Reese, that she said nothing
to her husband; but she acted so
strangely that he sensed that something
was wrong. For several days he
urged her to tell him what was the
matter, she said, and finally she re
lated the entire sordid story. Then
she came to Murphy and swore out a
warrant which was served on Gregory
by Sheriff Carl Townson. The accused
man was locked up for several days
before being given a hearing.
Speaking in his own defense, Gregory
admitted having gone into the
woods with Mrs. Tilson, but insisted
Jiat she went willingly. He denied that
be had a revolver in his possession, at
(he time, and said he carried a seat
from his automobile when they left
they car. He declared that had he
been "covering" Mrs. Tilson with a
tevolver, as she claimed, this would
have been impossible.
New Forestry Office
Is Opened In Murphy
A new government agency came to
Murphy last Saturday. July 1, when
the Nantahala National Forest service
opened an office here in the
Mauney building. The work will be un
iler the direct supervision of Rangei
W. M. Palmer, transferred here from
South Carolina.
Mr. Palmer will have charge of
what is known as the Tusquittee District,
which has been separated from
the office long operated in Andrews.
The latter office will be continued,
but new arrangement will lighten its
load.
Mr. Palmer has had wide experience
in administering Ranger districts,
and in general forestry work in the
South. For the past several years he
has been connected with the Sumptei
National Forest with headquarter^ at
Walhalla. S. C.
Vaughn Quartet Here
For Concert, Saturday
Harmony of the sort that makes
you want to "join in", will be heard
at the Court-House Saturday evening:,
at 8 o'clock when the famed Vaughn
Quartet will appear in a concert for
the benefit of the First Baptist
church. The quartet, which has sung
in towns and cities all over the South
is all-male.
The singers, and their accompanist
are: Messrs. Troy Daniel, Wallace
Fowler, Carl Raines, Albert Williams,
and John Daniels. They appear here
under the sponsorship of the Y. W.
A. of the Baptist church. There will
be a nominal admission charge of 25
cents for adults and 15 cents for'
cbildien. j
W Dedicated
r*T To Service
For Progress
TERRITORY
5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR
y Martin
>1 Post
Will Teach Economics
And Mathematics. Mrs.
Miller Librarian
Murphy's schools will open again
on August With?just six weeks
hence; and there will be two new.
but well known faces, among the faculty
members.
Principal Bucck announced that Mr.
Avery L. Martin, for 30 years County
Superintendent of schools has been
?U r . -i
or of mathematics ami economics.
Mrs. Harry Miller, wife of Murphy's
i isitig young physician will be in
c harge of the Highschool library.
According to Mr. Kueck. the newcoiners
will add untold strength to an
already strong faculty. Discussing
Mr.Martins qualifications with the
State Educational Authorities in Raleigh.
he said, he found that the former
superintendent was well known in
the State Capital as a teacher pai
excellence. He has had vast experience,
both theoretical and practical
in both the subjects he wil Iteach.
Mr. Martin however, accepted the
offer with some misgivings.
'Frankly, I would much rathev
rest" so told The Scout. "Thirty years
in harness is a long time and I'm
tired. But I can't tell the grocer, and
other merchants that, so I have accepted
post, and will do the best 1
can. I hope the students will like me
?and that I will be abel to help
them."
Concerning the qualifications of
Mrs. Miller, as High School Librarian.
Mr. Bueck pointed out that she is
the only person he knows of in the
County who is qualified UP fill the
post under the new legal requirements.
The latter call for a university
course of .'10 hours in Library Science
and Mrs. Miller has that?and more.
Holder of? an A. B. degree from Emory
University, in Atlanta, she took
a post graduate course, and won si
Master of Arts degree at Columbia
University in New York City. She al
so has had eight years practical experience
in School Library work.
Discussing the coming term. Principal
Bueck said that elementary text
books would be free us usual, but
that supplementary readers would be
rented at the hate of 6() cents per
y ear.
A considerable saving will be made
for parents of highschool students by
a new and lower rental of $'2.40 per
year, per. student for all text books
that are required.
The Murphy Schools will carry a
staff of 18 teachers; ten for the highschool
grades, and eight for elementary
classes. Also there will be two
teachers assigned to the Grape Creek
ection, three to Tomotla, one at Kinsey
and two negro teachers for Texatia.
SCOUT GIVES FREE
TRIPS TO MOVIES
FOR READING "ADS"
Two movie tickets will be
given weekly to readers of the Scout,
absolutely free, beginning next week.
To get them you need only read the
ocout Aas. Kut you will have to read
ALL the ada.
One of these advertisements will
contain the name of some resident
of Cherokee County. Names will be
placed in a different ad every week.
If the ad contains YOUR name,
bring the paper to the Scout office.
You will receive a pair of tickets
good for any performance at Uie lovely
air-cooied Henn Theater during the
following week.
1 If the tickets are unclaimed, be1
fore the Monday following publication,
TWO other names will be printed
the next week.
You know that the Henn Theater
pictures are unformly excellent. Read
the Scout Ads, and see them free!
Jobs Are Found Waiting
By Textile Graduates
From Kalciirh comes news that at
least 95% of the 6o Textile students
| in the 1939 graduating class at North
Carolina State College have secured
positions. The remaining five per cent
have been in communication with
prospectve employers. At least 44 of
the graduates will be located in North
Carolina.