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Our Aim:? f B \ \ ^ Dedicated isrs" uinp (Enproitpp Sprout THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAR OLINA. COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TERRITORY VOL. St?NO. 31. MURHDY, N. C. I HURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1940 5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR DEATH STRIKKS W.B. DICKEY AND WIFE, SAME DAY Joint Funeral Services To Be Held For Widely Known Couple Friday "When young WilforJ Brownlow Dickey and pretty Miss Cora Evans, then in full prime of their youth, Rtood before a minister in Ranger more than half a century ago, and promised "Till death do us part" their guardian angel must have smiled be ningly, for the vow was prophetical. Down through the years they built to prosperity, the bridegroom becom ing one of the county's leading busi ness men. They reared a family of four fine sons, and built a new home in Murphy where Mrs. Dickey became prominent in church and welfare work. And when death finally came, it struck both, within 12 hours of each other. Mr. Dickey died at one o'clock Thursday morning. His wife died a moment before one o'clock Thurs day afternoon. Mr. Dickey's death put an end to long suffering over a per iod of years. Mrs. Dickey was a vic tim of double pneumonia, which struck her down last Friday. Both died at Petrie hospital, whence they had been removed from their home last Sunday. Mr. Dickey was 73 years old; born in Ranger May 2, 1867. His wife, also born in Ranger, was two years younger. For many years Mr. Dickey conduc ted a general merchandise store in Murphy. Illness forced him to re tiro about seven years ago, and ever since then his death has been precar ious. Survived by a score of cousins, practically all of whom are prom inent in Cherokee County, Mr. and Mrs. Dickey leave an immediate fam ily of four sons. These, all mar ried, and also fathers, are. H. Clif ton, of Coppcrhill, Tenn., and Hadley E\, W. Sheridan and Frank E. Dickey, all of Murphy. There also are eight grandchildren. Together in life, the well loved couple will also be together in death. Joint funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock from the Methodist church, and interment will be in Sunset Cemetery. Leading residents of county, all friends of one or both the deceased will serve as pall bearers. Aged 90, Has Party Though 111 With Flu The flu has spread havoc all over Cherokee county for several weeks but it means very little to Mr. J. M. Garren, who lives out Wolf Creek way. Mr. Garren has been confined to his room with the flu for five weeks but that didn't stop him from having a merry birthday party last Tuesday. Mr. Garren is 90 years young, and ?but for the illness which he refuses to regard seriously is "spry and fit as a fiddle." Joining him in his birthday celebra tion were his wife, three children; Lawson, Nora Morgan and Martha Burgess, with their other halves; somo of their children and grand ehildren, and a few of Mr. Gairen's neighbors. The entire gathering num bered more than twenty. Free Lunch Provided For 85,072 Children With eight counties missing from the list, a total of 1073 school loncli rooms in North Carolina had been ap proved Jan. 31, to prepare in free larches for 86,072 undernourished children. Delivery of approximately 1,100, 000 pounds of apples, batter, flour,? raisins, cereal, prunes, and com meal dnr:'-- T-bruary to the schools i ?n the 92 ccrtjf^d countjes will be j necessary to sustain the program. ODD COINCIDENCE IS FOUND IN OLD MARRIAGE DATA In copying and tabulating the mar riage in Cherokee County, one of thr several NYA workers doing the job (and doing it well) has found a re markable coincidence. In musty records kept by Register of Deetis, Bascomb Padgett, were found two marriage licenses issued thw Camt. | lu VUU|iiV^ "? MM OO.U? names and same ages, and living in the same township. Yet one couple was white, the other colored. The licenses were issued January 7th, 1885 by W. M. West. Both the bridegrooms were named T. Jeffer son Vaughn, both lived at Hothouse, and both were 24 years old. The brides were both named Clarinda Queen, both also of Hothouse, and both aged 19. The papers show that the two mar marriage ceremonies were performed the samo day, both by W. H. Phillips and with the same witnesses for each. GIANT PROGRAM SET FOR FEB. 29 BY FOLK SCHOOL Public To Be Welcome At All Day Exercises Making Term's End Marking: the end of the four months winter session at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown. will celebrate with an all day pro gram to which the gene rad pubHc is invited on Feb. 29. In the morning visitors will have time to look over the buildings and grounds and the general activities of the school. There will be an exhibit of the work of the students in various studies: agriculture, forertry, field surveying, handicrafts, homes. Following a dinner, with students* families as guests, will be a program including short talks, folk games, folk songs, and a unique type of play in which only the ideas and general plan, not the speeches, are being re hearsed. On Feb. -5 Miss Ruth R. Taylor, Superintendent of Dorland Bell School, Hot Springs, N. C., with two teachers, Miss Isobel Miller and Miss Ruth Dixon, and Mr. H. G. Cuthert son, manager of grounds and build ings at Dorland Bell, paid an over night visit to the Folk School. That night they saw groups play volley ball and do wood carving. Friday morning they attended an assembly address on Italy in war town Europe. The visitors said their own school might adopt some of the practical methods of the Folk school. Murphy Lags In Drive To Aid Boy Scouts With contributions lagging behind these of the other towns in his dis trict, the Murphy drive for aduit Boy Scout Memberships is being speeded up by the 20 Lions who vol unteered as workers. The drive closes Saturday, and K. C. Wright, president of the Lions has asked the Scout to appeal to he civic pride of Murphy merchants, not to let themselves be outstripped by other towns. Names of all contributors will be printed in the Scout next week. Mrs. Mandigo, 72, Dies In Macon Hospital Mr*. Clarence H. Mandigo for sev eral years a resident of Brasstown and Murphy died in a hospital in Macon, Ga., Wednesday. She was the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. H. K. Reese, of Macon, and whs 72 years ?M. Funeral services were held In Darien, Ga. on Thursday. Mrs. Mandigo left Murphy several >? -?ks ago to enter a hospital in Ma c where subsequently it became - "sary to amputate her right leg, the knee. CORN PROSPECTS FOUND TO POINT TO RECORD CROP 5,800,000 Bushels Yield Should Be Grown In N. C., Say Experts looking at the 1940 agricultmnl picture in North Carolina from a pro duction standpoint. prospects for crops are jjood, says E. C. Blair, agronomist of the State College Fx tension Service. For one thing .farmers have sown ! 130,000 acres in winter legumes, a j far greater acreage than ever beforr. i If these legumes are allowed to grow \ and gather nitrogen until April 1 ire turned under and followed by | corn, an increase of 10 bushels of corn to the ;?cre. or a total of l,3ii0,- i 000 bushels, should result. Also, Tar Hell growers had 911,-' 000 acres in lespedeza last year. As lespedeza usually occupies the land for two years, the chances arc ihat only half this acreage will be used for another crop this year. If planted to corn, the land should produce 10 bushels more to the acre than form erly. Roughly, this would mean an in crease of 450,000 acres, or 4.500,000 bushels of corn. The freezes ami thaws will help to kill destructive insects, which gradually have been growing more abundant during the last two or three I years of mild winters. Also, organic matter plowed into the soil last fall has had all winter to decay, and more of it will be usable by 1040 crops than would have been the case had plow ing been delayed until spring. CHAMBER PLANS NEW FOLDERS TO ADVERTISE TOWN Several thousand illustrated fold ers advertising Murphy as :i place to visit, live, or do business in will be ordered printed in the near future by th<* Murphy Chamber of Commerce. The folders will be circulated in Ashe ville, Atlanta, Knoxvillo, and in Chat tanooga. j The forthcoming series is j-ist a! beginning, intended to catch the I "eury crop" of tourists. Later, when the lliwassec I)am is entirely com pleted, and the lake filled and ready for boating and fishing parties, more elaborate folders will be gotten out. Although the literature is aimed chiefly at tourists, the Industrial adv- j antages of this section also are stress ed. Folders soon to come off the press j will tell of the splendid climate (This j winter doesn't count) the lovely j scenery, the pure water, and the many points of interest to be reached by short motor trips. They will be illustrated with beautiful scenes taken in the vicinity of the town. The folders will be printed at "cut rates" by the Scout as this news paper's contribution to a "Bigger and Better Murphy." LeRoy Jack Dills, 9, Taken by Death Feb. 20 Nine year old LeRoy Jack Dills, died at his home near Postell Febru ary 20. Jack, as he was commonly known was a bright, cheerful boy, well loved in the community. He is survived by his mother, grandfather, (grandmother, uncles aunts and cousins and a large circle of friends. Funeral services were conducted from the home, after which Jack was laid to rest in the Swanson ceme tery. Words of comfort and sym pathy were read and spoken by E. R. Swaim. LOSES FATHER Miss Elizabeth Strickland, teacher in the Murphy schools, was called to Spring Hope, N. C., last week by the death of her father. Several weeks afro Miss Strickland was called to her father's bedside, but on that occasion he rallied. YOUTH "SASSES" COURT AND GETS CONTEMPT TERM Harold Curtis, 16 year old Andrews boy brought to Murphy for a hearing in the jail on charges of breaking in the high schol storeroom, in Andrews, told Squire Leach, of Andrews what hi thought of him. As a result. Cur tis was sentenced o 10 days for con tempt of court. If?- also was held for ccuit uuui'i *200 "uounu. on the burg larly charge. i%l'd like to climb into those long gray whiskers of yours" Curtis t old the Justice. You got so many whisk ers you can't see straight." Later he declared: "If I just had a quart of whiskey to ??ve ynn. von would turn me loose". The hearing was held last Satur day, after Olin Stratton, Andrews Polico Chief had investigated the case, and found Curtis' hat in the store mom. Entry had been made through window. ANDREWS NOTES 35TH BIRTHDAY OF ITS CH ARTER Town Incorporated Or. Feb. 21, 1905--many cf Founders StiU Living Wednesday marked the 35th an niversary of the chartering of the city of Andrews. According to the charter in n s session of the city officials Andrews was incorporated by chapter of the private laws of the state of North Carolina, at a session of the legisia ture in 1005. This act was ratified I and became a law on the 21st day of , February 1905. The first officers of the Town of Andrews and those named in the charter were: David S. Russell, May or; John \Y. Walker, Samuel E. Cover, John Q. Barker, and Stephen Porter Board of Aldermen. The offi cers were to serve from their an j pointment February 1905 until their I successors were elected on the first i Monday in May 1907. All of the group accepted the an- I pointment and served out their term. 1 Some of the group are still living in Andrews. Not mentioned in the charter, but j according to other reports that seem reliable, one of the first acts of the i Board was the appointment of a Chief of Police. J. M. Elliott was the ! first police chief, and according some reports was killed in an accident, that grew out of the duties of his office. However the Town of Andrews was not establihed without some difficul ty; some opposition was expressed io the proposal because of the increased taxes necessary to support the super ir form of government made neces sary by the charter. The opposition was overcome by pointing out the advantages of having the new ser vices that the city organization would bring. Scores of men and women are still living who were citizens here at that time and many are yet active in business and community affairs in spite of the more than a third of a century that has elapsed since And rews was incorporated. FARMERS DENIED ELECTRICITY BY COST OF POLES $12 Minimum Monthly A Mile Required For Homes Off Main Line The hoped for placing of electric liuhts in every home in the County, n<> 'natter how isolated, hus struck a serious snag. The difficulty lies in the cost of placing poles to carry wires to farm houses located any where from a quarter of a mile to a | mile or more from the main lines Prospective rural users t current, thus far. have been unable, or unwill ing to bear the cost of installation. The Town of Murphy Electrical de . partment, finds itself unable to bear j the cost without facing a certain loss. ; So here is a "stale mate." Poles needed to carry electric lines cost the town seven dollars each, and it cost about three dollars additional j to place them in the ground. As ex j plained to the Scout, tin? situation which confronts the electrical depart i mcnt Is this: ' A farmer, will be found to live a quarter of a mile from tin- main 'ine, with no other residence anywhe j re near. Placing poles to service that house would cost appro\ i.nately Against this initial outla y the i farmer, under ordinary circu listan j ces, would be required to pay only a i minimum of one dollar per month. Since it has been found that ivost of the rural users of electricity ?1 ? n t exceed the minimum, tin* n-^ult woul be that it would take the town eight and one half years to get ba. ; it's investment in equipment alone, with ( ?it regard to the cost of cui.ent used during that period. The latter, of course, would be a dead load. Therefore the town has offered prospective rural users either of two .?Iter natives. I First, prospective users may pay for the installation of poles. Second, prospective users may sign an agreement to use a minimum a mount of the current to the equiva lent of $12.00 per month per mile. Thus the farmer, living one quarter of mile from the main line would be assessed a minimum of one fourth of $12.00, or three dollars per month. If he lived half mile distant, his min imum would be six dollars per month and so on. Where two or more farms were ser viced in the same territory the mini mum would be divided between them at the same ratio. One farmer living ii. the Peachtrco section, asked to ho allowed to put up chestnut poles at his own expense* This request had to lie refust d, it was < xplained, because it was believed chestnut w uld deteriorate within a. few years to such an ext'-n*. that it would have to be replaced?and this be met by the town. .And so. summed uj>. many farmers in Cherokee County find themselves in the position where power is cheap if they can get it?but the getting cost so much they feel that they can't afford it. Murphy High Seniors List Superlatives; Both Sexes Most popular girl and boy?Kate Grey and Floyd Tate Most studius girl and boy?Blanche? Thompson and J. L. Abernathy Cutest girl and boy?Virginia j Milkcy and John Moore Boy and girl with prettiest eyes? j Malcolm Crotzer and Virginia Mul-! key Best dressed ffirl and boy?Kate Grey and George Dyi r, Harry Dickey Romeo and Juliets?Kate Martin and Bobbis Kissclburjr Most athletic gnrl and boy?Ethel Zimmerman and Floyd Tate Class firts?Kate Grey and Floyd Tate C.irl and boy with be>t personality ?Tane Hill anr J. L. Abernathy Wittics girl and boy?Helen Wells and George Dyer Most polite fjirl and bay?Jane Hill and Wiley Kinney Boy with best physique?Floyd Tate Girl with best figure?Geneva White Class actress and actor?Rosalind Chandler and George Dyer Most dependable girl and boy?? Jane Hill and J. L. Abernathy Most cooperative girl and boy Jane Hill and J. L. Abernathy Laziest girl and boy?Cladys Kil patrick and Herman Akin Most comical g'-' .-d boy?Helen Wells and George Dyer (Continued on Back Pmga)
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