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Enter <1 in the IV?>t Offi
class matter under V I ut
VICTOR C. O/M
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SI I
One Year ? ?
Caxabi
Le^al Advertisements, \vs?'
thanks, < t . .~>c line each ;i
furnished *?n request.
Murph).
AND SU
The j lan to oi-ani/?
i- tlie must iotvwinl step e
i ii I a- i :? I {he ti
. .-_ia
call I their '(.iHiniiiiiljt*'1
I-iiti'is. I In* la? k ?>i fun
And that hn k o| |?r???lu? ti\
Tlml means Itilure l?
and slill less interest a v
A ? ounlv wide t !iuml>
united. and paviug dues, l!
our wares hrlore llie eoun
w or M I hut we ran sell then
\\ e know we ha\e die
i in?I it out l?y themselves,
telling them.
()n?? ?,| tin* hest pi?s.-il
is sound is the will'mimess
I here are some smart
emilidenee enough, to in\e
i amp. in the \ ei v heart of I
Some of the older, in!
l eads in dismav at sin h a
i e>ei veil in ad\ ;inee. hv I In
and at sweet rales. I>;wk<
la cement.
Natural I v* l?ohhins\ il|i
other fIItil e developments
?ady omimmilv or an\ si
dividual efforts toward aih
They also know that ;
visitoi s foi Mm ph\. Marii
In nriratii/iti'j this (a>
i vital. I hat i^ IVVIIKV
I he proposed i iiamhei
in am 1 imiuediale return lor
II wants, ami must hav
a I arm \ on hav r not alwav:
t lien plow . then sew. and I i
run von reap.
ii .11 i .i .i
it 111 uf iwaiii\ ine
dollars spenS iimw i annot I
next Spring. <u perhaps tie:
\\ lieu I hose n'lurn1 Lo
e\er inereasing and 'he e<
l.m? k iu a steadx anil eve: ii
ABOUT THA\\
ith the proposed I i
and Murphy elose lo real
many quarters. hase.l ? hiet
( hie attorney informer
lix one irate tax-payer who
prevent the town from e\|
and his Hoard to sponsor ll
I)theis ohjert oil the t
of the vallev.
File latter is a matter
that the trees will NOT spo
and the raref ul driver w il
rand mountains loo. The sj
the road in, front of iiiui.
I his writer heliev is t!
varieties of them are pr<
and there l?y hoiiss that n
are more heautilul than re
a similar avenue of trees?
long, in Virginia, alt;acts I
But if your opinion i
think as yoif please. and t
you write them to us.
As lo the expense inv
a serious misapprehension.
It is truq that the tow
did the same. But that is i
ft is not to he paid in
to haul the trees, lending ni
shovels etc.. for the npdig<
For every hour that a
with not less than SI.25. 1
the driver, another allows
allowance for the tree itsell
Thus a truck may go
digging etc., and then hrii
Total distance traveled. ]
The town will have t
22 rents. Forthat expend ill
So, you see. ladies ar
resolves itself into a cash
DA
THE CHER!
Ijmikr? ??rmtt
?/ Mw/div and Cherokee County I
\orth Carolina
I I) E\ER\ IHl RSDA\
ce at Murphy. \<?rtli (urolina as second
March i,
CI'I D Editor and Publisher
1) i.\ II. L liu sin ess Manager
i I..?(\ Six Mottt i- . 75c
fc Strictly In Advance
it ads, rcadinp notices, obituaries, cards of
:isertion, oayn ie m advance. Display rates
. V C.. VulmiM H>. |'?V)
> IDEA, THIS ONE;RE
TO SUCCEED
* a c??iinl\ wide (dianiht-t of (ioinincrrc
\er taken |.\ lliis -o li??n.
*?!:!! I 1 I I V < It II II' VPllllll'l ?!*|-V i<*f ill 1 ?#*
but they have been hampered b\ lack
ids has resulted in lack ol productiveness.
has resulted in a waning ol interest.
? |?a\ (lues hence still less eflectiveness.
icioiis circle.
r will end all that. Y? itli all the towns
lien* will he money in the treasury to lay
11 \. \nd that, is the only way in the
i.
goods: hut it takes too long for others to
We must go and tell them?and keep 011
ilc |>roofs lli.it the idea ol unified effort
I Uobhinsx ille. to pool its interests w ith
business men in Kohhinsville. They had
~t S)(?(MHt in an ult:a modern tourist
the tow 11.
tensely conservative ones, shook their
'foolish investment" .
every blessed room in that camp has been
1* week, for almost all of next summer:
*rs ol the plan now are planning an eni
anxious that this enlargement and
shall pay. The town realizes that it i- the
/.r in all Crahum County, and that its inlertisinn
must be comparatively weak.
1 unified campaign will bring in cnougii
lc. \ndrcws and Itohhinsv ille too.
imtv Wide Chamber, however, one lliinir
:k.
r docs NOT want men or women who dcevery
dollar lliev spend in dues
e members who rali/.e that when you buy
- got a crop. N on must prepare the soil,
"ally cultivate. Then, and not until then.
same w ith tin' proposed Chamber. 'I lit*
l>e exported to bring in any return until
\t Minuner.
begin to come in, however, they will he
imparati\ol\ small expenditure will come
irreasing si ream.
T AVENUE OF TREES
mil** avenue of trees between Andrews
il\. hitler opposition is being voiced i*
ly on the expense involved.
I this writer that he had been approached
considered seeking a court injunction to
pending the $600 voted In Mayor Gray
ie project so far a> Mu: ph\ is concerned,
grounds that the trees will spoil the view
of personal opinion. This writer believes
il any view. They will be lilt\ feet apart.
I be able to gel both eyes full of valley
>eeder, of course, doesn't see anytlmig but
..it miles of flowering trees?16 or more
i-Mier than fields oi coin, set off. here
red paint. He believes that green vines
d i lav banks. ,
rilO.M PEKSOWL EXPERIENCE that
of only one variety, and only four miles
thousands of tourists every blessed year,
is different, you surely have a right to
he Seoul will gladly print vour views if
olvcd?the objectors are laboring under
n voted $600 fo.i the work and Andrwes
noslly "think money",
cash. It is to he paid by lending trucks
urn to drive the trucks, and lending picks,
ring and transplanting.
truck is used, the town will he credited
There will he an additional allowance for
mce for the tools used, and finally, an
f?probably 50 or75 cents.
six miles out, wait three hours for the
ig in a tree?total time gone four hours.
12 miles.
o buy less than one gallon of gas?say
ire. it will lie credited with more than $10.
id Gentlemen, that appropriation of $600
outlay of just a few srtav pennies.
3KEE SCOUT. MURPHY, N. C.. THURSDAY
AND NOW, A LYRIC
?A REAL ONE!
Here is another bit of verse from
Anghig pen of Stanley Olmsted. Murpry
boy who went to Europe and
made good in every way there is?
e\\ "pt that he could use a little more
11 ney, maybe.
The verses printed below are considerably
(Afferent from the introsI
ct.ve perhaps a Mt sombre, but
ei(u ioiUly levcly l!*1^ by rthe same
author that have been printed in pre\
: i-sne* of The Scout. These are
' ouyant: and confidentially .there's a
: - They were penned in the
r.if.ji. , al ei:y < f Vienna. Austria, long*
before anybody eve- heard of Hitler,
and when the author was voungt
r?oh. very much younger. Here it
is:
KNIGHT IN THE SADDLE
(?h they twitter and chirrup
1 bear from the stirrup
The bindings! the bindings sing trill i
as I ride!
I ee-ree rtip. lee-i ee-rup
AY itli fritter and frirrup
I!, leaves stride the breeze-tide, the
little winds real up,
And I flying bv at a clattering flv.
All a-riankinrr the silver that shimmers
my side.
Listen blytho from my stirrup
With fritter and frirrup
How droily the binding* sing trill
as I ride. 1
See yon green swish across i
With velvety gloss -! i
See the sky witlf lush foaming* all
brimming and skimming!
And the shadows that cross? t
Checker greenings of moss
Shading rushes where thrushes throw
warbling* a-toss. . .
(Ilark!?Muting the song j
Of the rollicking throng >
Kchoes horn of the hunter, their (
singing bediniming!). . .
With sunbeamy gloss
See yon green swish across I
And the sky. all a whirlpool of azure,
is swimming! <
Oh my steed's brisk astir t
And our pace it is whir
And my dreams go a-winging and j
wandering wide? <
Ke'n abloom is the burr.
Tipped of flaniings the fir.
And the morn brushes kisses; the sun- t
beams demur 1
Nor would leap through the deep .v
Of the underbrush creep.
Lost they startle the nestlings.?Or
sweetheart, my bride,
l>t-n too. from our stirrup,
With fritter and firrup
How the honeymoon bindings sing
trill as we ride!
(Copyright. Stanley Olmsted) '
NOBODY'S
BUSINESS
?mr. holsmu moo re and mr. bert .
skinner are figgering on going: into ,
the wholesale pattent medison bizness.
if they do, their plant will be
located at flat lock, this new indus- j
try will be welcomed into our midst.
?the style of" the firm will be skin- ?
ner-moore yerb co., inc. they have J
bcnn studdying up on certain pattent
medisons that are on the trade and *
which are curing folks of al lmanner
of diseases, according to the- "ads,"
ami they want to help the world a j
little bit theirselves.
?these fine gentermans have their
formulars reddy and have ordered
some bottles, their liwer and stummick
remedies will he made from the
followering subscriptions. '
epsom salts 2 parts.... :
diamont dyes ........ ! parts
ippy-ac 2 parts.... <
wattcr 1)1 parts
?by using th - wonderful vegger- .
table and yerb compounds listed above,
they can and v. .11 make a 1$ ,
bottle if this fine peace of drugs for
c3, but the bottle and the label will
cost them about c2, and they will
therefore have the sum of c5 tied up
in each package, a barrel of this famous
medison will cost them close to
cub. if this medison do not move
out fast enough, they mought add one
part rubbing alcoholl.
?they will advertise if possible thru
the radio and newspapers and almanacks.
whoever takes a bottle for 1$
can have his pitcher put in a "add '
for nothing along with his testymonial.
thi$ subscription will pass the
pure food and drug acts according to
dr. hubbcrt greene. he knows his pattent
medisons. this same medison will
be good for roomy-tism, .gout, dizziness,
black spots, swimming in the
head ,night sweats, and insanity, the
labels will all be different, but the
contents will be the sa^ e, except they
mought change the color of their
diamont dyes to suit the wishes of
the sick and bed-ridden, they mought
sell stock in their company, hurrah
for flat rock!
yores, trulie,
mike lark, rfd,
local agent.
. AUGUST 17. 1939
THIS and THAI
Minneapolis has been a testing di
ground. this last Spring, for a new SW
silk ?stcckit'i which is said to stand
100 days of wear, with nightly laund- nu
ering?and still it passes for a sheer soi
weight stocking. to
Onl\ one store in the country has da
been selling these stockings, but that tin
store sold dOO dozen without pushing sir
tin in. evi
The wtselves are sheer pa
_h:. treated by what is called the
Ibuufiim process, to .reduce the fuzziuess
of the threads. The process is an
l? -in*; worked out by the same three in
im-r who promoted Pliofilm, trans- lis
parent waterproof material, after
! <y wen eased out by Marshall
c'ield during reorganization. jr;u
The new hosiery has been giving tv
some trouble because it felt clammv
to some and smelled to others. But the
backts declare they are ii -king: these re<
things and will soon have $1.35 sheer sh;
i -story that will wear, and wear. ari
This interests the ladies of course; of
but it also interests the men who pay tlx
iad pay?and pay!
ma
It may seem strange, but any well git
read seller of beer must have his b:
most pleasant dreams about the ways fla
of ancient Babylonia. So if you find a ihc
beer seller smiling in his sleep. You'll iof
know why. ins
In the fabled city of Babylonia
here were several serious sins. There lor
ivere: adultery, being a bad wife, a 1
incest with a daughter-in-law, desert- pi
rig a husband's house?and selling gu
beer too cheaply! < h<
The penalty was the same for all It
hose sins. slij
It was drowning.
wo
Frozen Foods have been on the Wj
narket for some time now. but Har- wn
*ey A. Striplin, licensed chemist and T1
bef out in California, has a new one. the
He's freezing cooked food. es
His company doesn't do any retail rm
nisiness as yet, limiting itself to supplying
foods to airlines, hotels, ths
teamshio companies, drucr-chain-de)nrt
merit store lunch counters, clubs 1
-t'-. n*=<
Most of his 20 items arc packed in *n
rnt containers. They are priced to srn
ompeto with fresh and canned foods nn'
md uncooked, fresh frozen foods. no
The line includes nuart bricks of ^,r
' ozen soup at 2r? cents, roast squab.
t-pnoh lamb chops, filet mignon
teaks, beef stew, roast turkey and
Turning Back Hi
in vr adc irn ?
?v> ? nv>vy iLU
Iifstlay. August 15, 1899 Fr
Miss Mellic Brittain spent Sunday
it Kinsey. Ui:
\V. 1/. I-'ain. of Atlanta, i.s here on
business aiul pleasute. Or
W. S. Green made a business trip
:o JIayesville last week. u
A. S. llill, of Wehutta was an appreciated
caller at our office last stg
week. vjs
A. M. Howell and wife, of Young
Harris, spent last week here with ]jc
iheir son, T. N. Howell. W
Misses Nannie Hyatt and Nellie cla
smith and Mr. Paul Hyatt returned |)?
yesterday from a pleasant visit of i?
several days to Mrs. R. L. Herbert Fr
near Hayesville.
Rev. L. E. Boston and Miss Kate olt
Axley spent Thursday at Kinsey as Jin
he guests of Mrs. G. P .Axley. bi
30 YEARS AGO Ka
1 uesday, August 17, 1939 o'c
W. N. Cooper, of Asheville arrived
Sunday. rei
J. Y. Allen, of Blue Ridge ,was at
lie re Friday and Saturday. KU
E. S. Miller returned Sunday from
n trip through the west. Oe
Mrs. T. J. Sword returned Satur- tin
clay from a visit to Wise, Va. tiv
E. A. Davidson of Atlanta, arriv*
til Friday to be with old friends for Ch
a few days. toi
Miss Mamie Harshnw left Wednesday
for a visit with friends at Char- toi
lotte and Wilmington. fri
Mrs. J. M. Richardson, of Andrews,
was here visiting her son, J. A. Rich- th?
ardson, last week. an
ONE SWELL FEED ic
AuVn/l i ~ J:
..vnvv. HUM lie CIIJU>CU a U1I1IIC1 giv- "
en by an inexperienced hostess whose L(
company got soused, a critical g*uest
said: "If her cocktails had been as
cold as her soup, and her wine, and ^
wine as old as her chicken, and her
chicken less tough than her guests, I
would have enjoyed her dinner more.*' se
n<
A BUST AND A "BUST" a
At an art emporium auction the <4"
autioneer called for bids on what he '
described as a bust of Robert Burns. g
Someone in the crowd suggested that
it was not a bust of Burns, but one of w
Shakespeare. The auctioneer good naturedly
admitted: "Maybe you're
right; that shows how little I know C
about the Bible."
in
YEA, VERILY! pj
A Chicago Tribune columnist re- el
lates that at a funeral in suburban 01
Oak Park one of the attending friends ^
of the deceased was somewhat intox- 01
,-ssimr. creamed chicken. K
:.k. etc.
We can't f"'W on tin- ,i,.v
Alt B
me physicians hav bnti asing i 1
B
iya and after the freezing hoys nt
rough with a-, we appose toB
iil.lv a few do-.e' guests or what,
er might be waive 1 for a amort B'
rty. at
There i- ?jne of t' mm stable B
,) prosperous iin i-i ;m i'dpstrie;,
case vou didn't k' v. and.lr.'t^B
snuff. gK
llelmetta, N. I . 1 "f the (Jew. E
\V. B
tury in the rvne one r?
vo towns in the 1 which hare B
ever applied for v I funds. :
American Snuff ' mpany prefer. '<
| stork. payim
no, a year. is c ,? . y sviliur at H
mini $150, whit ' an- a
ahout I JK'V Cel v. j v v.,-11 I.
Mij'lit of preferred >> l: Mi
B
ido each year Iron .rk--fired Vir- I
lia. Kentucky, and 1\nncssee tc- B~
\cco. It is ferment' .. round, and B
vorcd in various w Salt, cinna?n.
mini, suyrar and . altar of
us are used in flavoring and scent- I
r snuff. &
A confirmed snuff usr-r ?.m. a. K
nr nicelv on 10 cents orth of snuff B
week. He just takes a good pinch,
its it between the lower lip and the B
in and leaves it there. He doestft B
>w it or move it around any, either.
just stays there and supplies a B
rht glow, some taste. ..i d a smell. 1
Some 65 per cent of the users are I
men, hut the Senate chamber in
ishimrton has two inches in the I
11 with two small snuff boxes. R
hese are always kept filled, even B
uiprh few Senators avail themsehr. B
of the chance for a free sniff of B
But that's about the only thin:
it's free that the Son < pass by. I
Our vice-president in charge of
dess statistics has ju ' come dash- B<
IX in with the news that a nice H
rare box some 3,500 feet wide, high K|
il deep, would hold all the people Bp
iv alive on this earth, nrcviding Mr'
?v were packed side t v dde. cs|
We're goiny to call th< thing Sar- H|
ic Finale. M|
story's Pages
YEARS AGO
day, August 15, 1919
Lowrcy Axley has n urncd to the
iit??cl States from over-as.
Luther Gentry has gon< to Akron,
lio, where he has employment.
G. W. Candler, of this place, left
icsday for a two week's trip to
rthern markets.
Mrs. Nellie Dunning. member
iff of the Georgian, Atlanta, Ga. is
siting Mrs. G. W. Candler.
George Whitcomh and sister, Lou
He, of Harlan, Ky.. returned home
edn'esday after a visit . f several
ys with their sister, Mi>. A. K.
i-kev.
YEARS AGO
iday, August 16, 1929 :
Abraham Henry Brown 7d years
1 last February 19th, prominent
d widely known Murphy itizenand
jsiness man, died at l?i- home in
st Murphy Monday ni^ht. about &
lock after an illness M" ly a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Kill- and childh,
of Greenwood, S. visiting
the hoiAe of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
lis.
Mr. R. C. Matt ox an 1 daughters
eil and Mrs. Fr-mk M r nald spent
* week-end with friends and relaes
at Dansville and ( ?u, Ga.
Misses Mabel Ellis i Irene
lampion and Mr. Wade Mn-sey rnored
to Asheville Mon.
Miss Elizabeth Wilcox. Washingo,
L). C., is visiting lelatives ana
lends at Murphy.
Miss iVTerie Palmer, of ' ranklin was
n guest of her uncle and aunt. Mr.
d Mrs .Tnmnc Palivioi* \\ .'ilnt'SllHV
"
atecl. When the minister intoned the
ords, "The Lord giveth. and the
>rd taki'th away," the inebriated
ie exclaimed "Fair enough."
lways first
A western editor who prides himIf
on his enterprise in getting low!
Jws first published erroneously that
citizen of the town had died.
iy he printed the following itcrn:
Yesterday we were the first neW^"
tper to publish the death of Frank
rown. Today we are the first to deny
ie report. The Morning Star & al'
ays in the lead."
olonial speeders
Rhode Island claims credit ofr na
'If been the first American colony
ass an anti-speeding law. This
nacled in June. 1678. provided a i'n
f five shillings for riding "eI ,,
urse, mare or gelding at a gallup .
ft the streets of Newport.