Our Aim:? | | | ^7 W Dedicated An?rCoUzhy (lli1? (llllPrnk^P 5>nTltI THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, COVER1NC A LAROE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEllRlTORY VOL. SI.?NO. 36. ;3 Ml'RPHY. N. I"THURSDAY. MARCH ?8. 1940 3?- COPY?$1.5# PEK YKAR REGISTER AGAIN. ROARD DECIDES; DATE-APRIL 27 Decision Due To Large Number Of Resident? Recently "Of Age" A new registration of all voters iu Cherokee County will be necessary this year, it was decided by the Coun ty Board of Elections at a meeting held in the court house in Murphy last Saturday. Registration books will be opened at places yet to be speci fied at 9 o'clock on the morning of April 27. The books will be reopened, from time to time, until May 11. After that, unless you have registered, you will not be allowed to vote. Dec.sion to order a new registra tion was due to the fact that sincc the last lists were made, a considerable number of residents of the county have become eligible to cast ballots; and with important elections coming, it is desired to have as many go to the polls as is legally possible. The new Elections Board made the decision at their first meeting all three of the members having been rworn in Satnrdav morning. Poarlev Arrowood, of Marble is Chairman, the other posts being filled by Clar ence Hendrix, of Peachtree, and Don Withe>-spoon, of Murphy. The first named two are Democrats; Col. With ersboon is a Republican; this appoint ment being made because the county, laid into distri-ts is regarded as nor mally Democr: ic. Honor is all he three members of the Board will ,.et for their srrvice*. The posts carry no salary. The next meeting of the Board, un less unforseen circumstances arrive, will be held April 6, at the County Court house. At that meeting, regis trars and judges of election will be named, and other arrangement? made fnr the conducting of the primaries set for May 25. March 16 marked, the last day for filing by candidates for State and Congressional offices. As stated else where in this newspaper, where their names are listed, there are at least two candidates for every office, and ten are out for Governorship. May 18 iv:>! bp *V. "challenge /2 DAYS If J. Franklin Smith ever gets bor ed with supplying the regular market from his big poultry farm near Mur phy, he might go in business raising freaks for side-shows. Last fall one of Smith's hens laid two large, perfectly formed eggs, within five minutes. Saturday he came to the Sco"t of fice with a new freak in the form o: a baby chick with four leg*. The chick was a New Hampshire, one of the three breeds in which he specializes. Its two extra legs were growing just below its "vent". -Mr. Smith said he notircd the freak a few moments after it was hatched in his 9,000 egg incubator, and took it to hi? house where it was given special care. For four days it seemed to thrive Then it suddenly sickened, and within a few hours was dead. FEW BIG CASES AWAITING TRIAL AS COURT OPENS Several Theft Charges To Get Airing?Docket Is Free Of Murders For the* first time in many moon?, when the April term of the Circuit Court of Cherokee County convenes in Murphy, on Monday there will not he a single murder case on the doc ket. Throe cases of rane are listed, and two of seduction. There are a nnm nf cases of assault; a sprinklinr of drunken driving: charge? and th* usual large number of liquor ia?i's. Also, there is one section of ?V dnol:et that looks not unlike a#sectio*i of the County's business census. These are the cases resulting from the county-wide crusade against slot machines. Some of the leading business men of Murphy, Andrews and other towns and settlements have been in dicted. In Murphy, one of the indicted merchants told the Scout that he and the other townsmen involved had gone to Mayor Cray declaring their violation of the law, if any, had net been one of intent. They were will ing to agree not to resume opera tion of the machines, ever. They ask ed to be allowed to pay fines?return to their regular businesses instead of being forced to go to court. Mayor Gray is said to have told them that the matter was "out of his hands " Several robbery cases are on the docket, with Andrews residents play ing prominent parts. Carl Wheeler, ?T. V. Palmer, Otis White. J. L. Whal en and Ralph Barber face trial in connection with the theft of a case of cigarettes from the Southern Rail way Depot. After fine detective work, the loot was recovered by Chief Continued on page five Henn 'Jinxed;' Auto Stolen, ' 34 Seats In Theatre Slashed Preston Hcnn, owner of Murphy's fine movie theater is having plenty of woe these days. Last Sunday night, a thief stole his big new Olds mobile. The night before, vandals slashed and ruined two of the padded spring seats in his theater. The slash ing was the latest in a series of out-' rages which began a month ago, and dnrin which 34 seats have been ruin ed. Mr. Henn says that repairs have costs $4 pe- seat, and that unless the vandsls an caught he will be forced, in self Tvrotection, to replace the cushions with hard-bottom seats. . Henn's auto was stolen despite the fact that both the door and the igni tion were locked- It was taken from j a nearby service station. The theft discovered within half an ' hour State Patrolman Smith remem hered having seen the tar bein-* driven toward Blairsville, set off ? about 80 pev hour in pursuit. Mean while Mr. Henn' had phoned Sheriff Jones, at Blairsville. and been in formed that the car had passed through that town only a few minutes j before, htaded toward Young Har- j ris. Sheriff Jones also set out in pur suit, overtook and passed the thief, and tried to block his passage. In stead of stopping, the thief "stepped on it." and knocked the sheriff's car off the road. i State Patrolman Smith was in sight' by this time, and continutd the chase, gaining steadily. Finally the thi?f a bandoncd the car. and took tc the woods. Bloodhounds were secured, and .ailed him to Hiawassee, Ga. There |Vie trail ended?because in that iwn the fugitive stole another car. As the Scout goes to press his lere abouts arc a mystery. ENTIRE COUNTY URGED TO ENTER "HOME" CONTEST Over $100 In Prizes To Reward Winner* For Beautification Work WiiK nrtHable r?rizes of more than $100 waiting, applications are being mailed all over the county this week, inviting householders to enter a four way home beautification contest. There will be four different sets I of prises; all of them substantial. ! They will be awarded for: County ! homes and grounds; Town homes and grounds; Schools and Churches; and I Businesses houses, including stores filling stations, restaurants, hotels, tourist homes, etc. Sponsored originally by the Wo man.s Club, of Murphy, the project is now under the direct supervision of a Home Beautification Committee working in conjunction with County Agent A. Q. Ketr.er, Mrs. B. . War ner, of Murphy is chairman of the committee. Prizes definitely will not go to so ?called "show place" homes. Mrs. Warner said. The judges will make a wards according to the most improve ment made, regardless of size or elaborateness. The contest is to last one year, {ending June 1, 1941. This period was J agreed on because lasting improve Iments art* sought, and it was felt that permanency could not be assured in less time. 5 There i? no charge for entering | the contest, but it is absolutely no j cessary that a formal application | blank lie filed with Mrs. Warner not j later than thr* coming May 1. Blanks j can he had free, at the Court ; house. 1 County Agent Ketner stressed the | fact that the contest would not only i result in more pleasant living condi-1 | t ions, but would also be of vast aid j in the drive to bring tourists to this j county. "We hope every householder will I enter** said Ketner. "The greater the number, the more beautiful the Coun ty will be?also, the more entries, the bigirer and better the prizes. Printed rules for the contest, in clude the following: A written description of the ac complishment of each contestant must be sent to the Home Demonstra tion Agent before June 1, 1941 and Must be accompanied by photographs showing the project before and after beautification work was done. Write on one side of paper only and mark all photonranhs plainly with your name and what they represent. Projects to by n "christening". The camp now is! known by a number. That, isn't so pood. A real name is sought and re sidents of the county are invited to send in suggestions. To make it worth while, J. W. T