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Our Aim:? f \ ^ ^2L Dedicated A^couTyhy yittp (iLilPlTORjpp vfOitt I THE LEADINC WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA COVERING A l-ARGE AND POl ENTIALLY RICH I! 4RITOK Ml'ltrih V ( lllt llsDAV. MAKI II 11, 1 *11U il)r PI S I V P BEAUTY CONTEST WILL BE STAGE!) FOB HOMES ONLY Prizes To Be Given For Most Improvement At Least Expense Homo Demonstration Clubs, the "Womans* Club, and all the town offi cials, have joined forces in a clean up, paint up, and fix-up drive to make the town and the county at large "Dress up" before the tourists ar rive. They point out that first impres sions count most, and that tourists who find a place dirty and "down-at -the h? els" in appearance, never stay long. In order to provide an incentive more tangible than civic pride, a con (est w ?? be -fused with a number of prizes :or the winners. Contestants will bt uutify ihcir hemes, and yards by painting ami by planting flowers, shrubbery and grass. They also will repair fences and door steps, get the unsightly wood-piles behind the house, or some place where they are hidden from the view of passerby, and will add whatever beaut fy ing touches that seem necessary and are within their means. The contest, of course, is free. Contestants will he required to I register. Miss Aline Richardson Cou- | nty Agent is in charge of Home Dem onstration work has blanks in her of- j fice in the court-house, which will be ] filled out, stating the name of the contestant and the location of his oi lier home. A committee will visit the home of every contestant before any beaut if ication work is done, and list > conditions. These conditions will be compared with the results accomplish ed when the contest ends, and the prizes will go to those who have brought about the most improvement at the least expense. V; Merchant.- of Murphy, Andrews, and other towns will be asked to do nate prizes, and there probably will be at least three awards for each jBflocality. The entire county is urged to join the campaign. & "A little effort expended now" \ said Miss Richardson, "may pay big ?. dividends in tourist trade all through ?k: the summer." LIONS CElELRATE 12TH ANNIVERSARY WITH 100 GUESTS Joined by more than 100 guests. The Murphy Lions celebrated their 12th anniversary dinner in the base ment of the Methodist Church. Lions tame, from Copperhill, Hayesville, An drews, Robbinsville and Bryson City to join in the feast. fg Kenneth C. Wright, president of Y the Murphy Club acted as toastmaster 1 and there were many speeches, all short, and all good. The feature of the evening, however, was a musical pro gram staged by five students and one faculty member from Bob Jones College, Cleveland, Tenn. o Date Of School Tests Stated Incorrectly A lot of students failed to show up at school in Murphy last Friday, and the Scoot was to blame. A story was printed stating that high school students would be given a holiday while the faculty conducted tests for pupils about to graduate from the elementary school. The Scout was entirely "too prev ious". The correct date for the tests is Friday, March 29. On that day tests wili be held in Murphy for the Mur phy Unit, and all other units in the county except Andrews. The tests will require the services of the entire Murphy highscbool faculty. o BABY LEQUIRE DEAD Baby Edwin Lequrre, nine months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Lequire died Thursday evening at the home of his na-ent* in Bryson City. The moth er is the former Mary Ethel Walsh, of Murphy. SPOkTaMEN ii?. vE 1C STOCK FIELDS WITH BOE WHITES When a man takes his gun and Jop, i and govs to the fields hunting: quail, he's a sportsman. When a man dips down into his pockets and buys quail tor the other'chap to hunt, he's a super-sportsman. The latter term applies to 11 Mur phy residents who this week purchas ed 100 quuil which were ? turned loose'* in the vicinities of Martins Creek, Peachtree, and Brasstown. Al so an order has been sent to Browns ville, Texas, the oripin of the first shipment, for 100 more quail, which will be placed in the Slow Creek and Vallcytown areas. The quail, all fully matured, should breed and multiply, no end, by next season. The super-sportsmen who bought the birds-?at one dollar each?are: E. C. Moore, Grover Mauney. Walter Mauney. J. M. Brittain, II. E. Dickey, W. S. Dickey, Fred Moore, A. M. Simonds, II. E. Bishop, Robert Alex ander and J. C. Townson. SILVER, COPPER ORES ARE FOUND BY TALC MINERS Workmen employed at Junaluska prospecting lor the Weber MeGann Company of Plislidelphia exhibited ! seme heavy ore in Andrews Friday evening and Saturday which they said was copper and silver ore found 100 feet underground where the shaft is being driven for talc. Small t its of the ore was handed out to towns people. Two specimens or the ore were displayed at the office of the com pany at the shaft. One of the pieces was copper colored and very extre mely heavy. The other specimen, al so lieay was of a grayish w'hite. Both ores were found in thin sheets. Home Club Schedule 3et Through March 25 Following: is the schedule for Home Demonstration Club meetings for the remainder of March. All meetings arc set for 1 o'clock P. M. Tuesday, March 10, Beaverdam, with M rs. F. W. Radford, Wednesday, March 20, Andrews, with Mrs. Don ald Wilson, Thursday, March 21, Peachtree, place undecided. Friday March 22, Wolf Creek, with Mrs. A. L. Cole, Monday, March 25, Marble, with Mrs. Bill Doekery. Freak Calf Is Born On Farm Of J. L. King Farmer J. L. King has a cow which has just become the mother of the strangest calf ever seen in these parts. The calf, a heifer, was born with eye-sockets, but no eyeballs, and it j has a teat growing out of its right 1 nostril. The end of the teat is sprout ed with hair like a soft handled shav ing brush. Outside of that, the calf is normal. o Campaign Of Loyalty Planned By Churches A ten weeks "Loyalty Campaign" is being planned in Cherokee and Clay Counties, beginning April 1. Ways and means were discussed at a meeting of the Bi-County Ministers Association in the Baytis' Church at 1:30 o'clock this (Thur dny) after noon, A series of programs will be arran ged, and both counties probably will be placarded, advertising both the campaign and the various "get to gether" to be held. The Rev. H. L. Paisley, of the Mur phy. Presbyterian church i? president of the Pastors' Association, and the Rev. Dan H. Dennis, of Shooting Creek, who ministers to the Hayes ville Methodist Circuit heads the committee on arrangements for the Loyalty Campaign. 100 MEMBERSHIP MARK PASSED IN CHAMBER DRIVE Initiation Fee Waived; Campaign Begun For Tourists,i Industry ! Now numbering mor?* than 100 members, the Murphy Chamber of Commerce today is concentrating on the main objectives; getting tourists, and getting industry. Photographs are being taken of outstanding beauty spots in this im- , mediate section, which will be re produced on a sky-blue folder tilling the tourists why they should come I here. Meanwhile. Secretary Fred Chris- . I topher is getting a list of industries j who might be persuaded to locate 1 ! here. He will contact the U. S. De I partment of Commerce seeking the I | names of foreign firms who are anx I ious to leave Kurope?as who would j ni be! The Commerce Department gets these names through its censular | services;?first hand information I from U. S. agents on the scene. - 1 The Chamber passed the 100 mem- ? ber mark at the supper held at the Dickey House, last Thursday evening. Every member was asked to bring a guest who was not a member, but should be. Before the evening was over. of these guests had joined. ! Since then others have "signed up*' ! with Dr. Elmer Holt, the Chamber*; ! hard-boiled Treasurer, and still oth ers have promised to join, in the near future. I Prospects are that the business' man who is not a member soon will stand out like a sore thumb and just about as pleasantly. The banquet, planned and put over j by Secretary Christopher and Dr. j Holt was a huge success. The dining ? hall was crowded with business men. i with a place of honor occupied by Mrs. Thelma Dickey, the Chamber's j only feminine member. Mayor Gray made a short snappy speech in which ho tol<i how even the prospects of tourists had helped Mur phy merchants and workers by mak ing him (the Mayor) spend money in "getting ready for 'em." Dr. Holt made an interesting talk stressing the need of complete co operation, and the editor of the Scout tried to talk?and made a sad mess of it. Severa! others also spoke, in cluding* Dr. T:iy!or, of Petrie hospital, who urged that tiiere be more facili ties for recreation?a swimming pool, tennis courts, a dancing pavil lion and a golf course. "To keep tour ists", he said "takes more than just conversation and climate." Dr. J. N. Hill, urging all to join said. "If you cant pull, push; if you cant push?get the H--out of the way ?for we're going places!" Impetus was given to the member ship campaign when the chamber vot ed, unanimously, to waive the former $5 initiation fee. County Army Named For War On Cancer Officers and workers for Cherokee County in the nation wide campaign afrainst cancer have been named as follow?: Captains; Mrs. Luke Ellis, of And rews and Mrs. Wade Massey, of Mur phy. Lieutenant?; The Misses Alline Richardson, Ola Hamilton and Pelly Neil. Topton worker. Mrs. E. B. Kinp. Rhodo, Mrs. Bertha Rofrers. Andrews, Mrs. Edwin Bristol. Marble. Miss Elizabeth Kilpatrick. Upper Peach tree, Mrs. Mae Slayton. Brasstown. Mrs. May Deschamps. Martins Creek, Mrs. Georce Keisler. Belleview, Mrs. Lula Hatchett. Grape Creek. Miss M.ittie Graves. Suit. Mrs. Jim Wood. Beaverdam, Mrs. Maud Radford. Grandview. Mrs. Charlie McDonald. Unaka, Mrs. Wes ley Odom. Culberson, Miss Paul'.n Kisselberjr. Tomotla, Miss Leiia j Hayes. ' I rRUCK Kn C?\A^H WITH SCHOOL BUS; NONE BADLY HURT Three people wore injured Tut *>day afternoon when a Mountain Valley Creamery \ rin k and a school bus load-; t'tl with children collided on a on?- , way bridge just beyond Ranger. Th.'' collision csme after the bus failed to' slow down on a sharp curve leading to the bridge. Wayne Holland, manager ot uie creamery at Brasstown and driver of the truck was taken to Whtifield's Infirmary but went home Wednesday j after an examination showed no ser-1 ious injuries. In the truck with Mr.' Holland were Worth Greene and | Bert Smith. The former had a few i minor injuries but Smith got his foot mashed pretty badly. The school children were jolted a round quite a bit and some had a few scratches and bruises but none were seriously injured. CATTLE FEEDING TEST BY WOODS DISAPPOINTING K. A. Wood one of the leading far mers and stock "Yaiseis in Cherokee county shipped 55 head of excellent Krade llerefords and other beef breeds Friday from Andrews follow ing a five months feeding period on his farm at Woodville near Andrews , The herd was probably the nicest lot ! of fat stock in the county. The animals were three to four years of age ami weighed approxi mately 1100 each. Mr. Wood purchase?! the herd t-.> consume a large amount of corn ami j silage which he had grown on his i farm. He purchased a cotton seed pro due^ to supplement the ration to the animals being: fed on home-grown roughage. The feeding experiment under taken by Mr. Wood was highly disap pointing from many angles he indi cated, and would be changed when stock is purchased again this fall. ? 0 j Folk School Paid Visit ; By Former Teacher Visitors for several days the past | week-end at the Brasstown folk school j have included Miss Jeannette Pea bodv of Cambridge, Mass.. and Miss A. W. Christensen of Beaufort, S. C. Two winters ago Miss Peabody serv ed as a teacher during the winter course. From Mill Spring, N. C.. Sunday, March 19, came Mr. Belton Jackson and son. Clarence, with Mr. Will j ("orne. Mr. Jackson's daughter Doro thy has been a student at the school I the past winter. Mr. Come's daugh-1 ters, Ruby Lee and Cleo, also have been students here, the former having settled in Brasstown: Mrs. Ralph Day. DANCE AT DAM What may be the last big dance of the season at Hiwassee Dam will be staged Saturday. March 23 with an imported orchestra of 12 pieces that is said to have the stuff that makes 'em wild. iiiii, i'Ki.l- StiO V T WILL btSlAGti) HfcRE MARCH 21ST Electrical Exhibit Will Include Music, Food Arid Valuable Prizes . i n i on witn music. rwArvfMuyB****1 and several valuable prizes?all free ? a big Electrical show will be staged in the club rooms of the Murphy , l.ibiary next Thursday afternoon and evening, March 23. The show will open its doors at two ; o'clock in the afternoon; will close at i will reopen at half past six. and , continue perhaps, until the well known I wee smu' hours. The event is being sponsored?and all expense paid?by the City of Mur phy Kiecirie Department, by Walter ; Coleman, tht Faithful Furtherer o4* . Frijiidaires. and by Geoicc Mauncy, 1 \Vof ford-Terrell's genial Go-Getter for General Electric. The exhibit will I be staged to show the housewives the. 1 marvelous strides made in the devel opment of electi ical appliance.-*. Messrs Harve Elkins, Coleman and , Mauney join in promising that it will NOT be a sales Gathering. No ; body, they say will be asked t ?? buy a I single thing. .Iu>t about every electri cal device for the home that there is, will be on display, and it> u>e demon l s* rated- but there wont be a single price tag, and the sponsors will for , get about In ing sales men, and just 1 be hosts. The TYA also is cooperating n the exhibit by scndinjf their crack Home Economist, Mrs. Beuiah llarri hero to speak. Mrs. Harris will cook *n the 1940 eleiric ranges, mul tell all about them. These new ranges, incidentally have been made so mechanically per fect that a men can afford to sass his wife whenever he pleases. It* sh?? walks out on him, he can do his own cooking. ?tasv as that! About all that is necessary is to put the stuff in the oven or wherever it goes, and set a switch. The stove does the rest?even to ringing a bell to tell you when the dish is done. The exact nature of the prizes fe being kept secret. It is stated how ever. that they are ^big", and "worth plenty." They will be drawn for. and every grown person who attends the show will have an equal chance to win. Guests will register their names throughout the afternoon and even ing, and some time Thursday night, there will be a drawing to determine the lucky ones. Once you have registered however, you need not be present at the draw ing. in order to win. If your name is drawn .the prize you have won will be delivered at your home. In addition to the bie advertise ment on another page of the Scout, several hundred invitations are being sent over all the county, and a huge crowd is expected. E. A. WOOD ILL E. A Wood, president of the Chero ounty Board cf Commissioners, is ill at his home at Andrews the past week His illness was not believed to be serious although it kept him confined to his ted several days. Local Cannery Preparing Contracts For Growers J. E. Barr of Waynesville. general manager of the Land of the Sky Mu-, tual association was guest speaker at I the meeting of stockholders of the Mountain Valley Mutual Canning as sociation held Tuesday afternoon in | the Murphy library building here. | Mr. Barr said the local cannery I will probably put out the largest ac reage for several years. On account of market conditions, prices paid . will be higher this year than for -aI year*. Early next week, J. B. Shields. manager of the lo:a: cannery will have contracts ready to sign. Spinach and turnips .greens will be the first crops planted. It wi" be necessary t/? have these contracts within the next few days so the association can pro vide seed. E. A. Wood, of Andrews, and Tom Coffee of Brasstown, were elected as new directors. Pred Martin of Unaka was reelected. Other directors are: Will Mintz, of Hangingdog; Bob Payne, of Blairsville and J. H. Price, of Hayesville.
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