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Our Aim:? w Dedicated Ap"nTyhy (Jihp (lih^rnk^ u?min THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, COVERING A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TERRITORY VOL. 51?NO. 42 MI HP1IY. N. C THURSDAY. MAY 9. 1040 j| flE * OVY?SI ? I1K YfcAlt IT'S YOUR DUTY TO REGISTER AND VOTE Only two more clays remain. af ter you get this n? wspapi'r. for you to register for the forthcoming State and C.?ui.ty elections. No excuses will be accepted for failure to go to your pr ?per plaec, and tip, If you uvu\ rvgisiert you definitely will not lie allowed to vote. Whichever party you "belong to you owe it to that party, atnd yourself to register, and later to vote. You certainly cannot help veur party, or yourself, by staying- at home. If you like the present regime, help keep the leader.* in office by casting your vote for them. Tf you want i change, vote against them. But in any j eve nt. VOTE. Over in Europe, and in a good many i of th? republics of South America,^ elections are pretty much a farce. All too frequently, in I^atin Ameri ca. the so-called republics are really only half-concealed dictatorship. Some General with a majority of th*> army backing him, takes over the presidency at an e'ection in which h's own soldiers watch the polls, and his own soldiers count th?? votes. Once in power h<i and his crowd usually stay there until he is chased out of the country by a revolution. It is the same in Nazi Germany? only worse. There Hitles t ails regu lar elections, true enough, but it wouldn't l?e exactly safe to vote a gainst him. Incidentally, it is equally unsafe, in Nazi Germany, no: t:> vote at all. Failure to cast a ballot is regarded as disapproval. Here at home, no one can force you to vote. Failure to do so, however, is an evidence of indifference to pub lic welfare. You owe it to yourself, to your neighbor and to the country at ?arge. ! to vote in every election. That way, and in that way only, can we really have a government for, of, and by the people. So once more we urge you?D^n*t fail to vote. And to be able to vote, go and reg ister?and DO IT NOW! DEATH STRIKES T. W. DOCKERY AS HE SITS IN CAR T. W. Pockerv. 74. well kn-own citi zon of the Topton-Rhodo section of tho rountv went to sleep Friday night while waiting in thenar of a nephew, ?n Mr. Sylvester of Graham County, who was visiting in the home of a Mr. Poctol] near Topton. When Mr. Sylvester returned to the car. ho saw that Mr. Pockery was in a reclining: position and supposed that he was asleep. Rather than disturb the ?old gentleman. the nephewsfcarted in the direction of Mr. Dockery's home, which he makes wi4h one of his sons. On the way. young Sylvester at tempted to awaken Mr. Dockery by talking- to him. Failing to pet any re sponse he finally stopped the car and made another attempt, to awaken him by shaking him. This also failed, so Mr. Slvvostor drove to the home of Nathan Dockery. a son of the passen ger. There it was found that the el derly rider was dead. He is believed to have been the victim of an acute heart attack. Mr. Pockery, who survived his wife by several years, was buried from tho Red Marble Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. He will be re membered by his friends and neigh bors as a good citizen. IT?? was a tim ber contractor and saw miller. Mrs. Dickey Rallies From Doors of Death Reported only a few minu^s from death on Wednesday night. M?-s. Ed gar Piekev. who has been ill for a week from ->neumonia, rallied and as the Scout goes to press, is reported an probably being on the road to re covery. Mrs. Dickey was stricken at her homo in Cul.?erson, but was removed to the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Bascomb Carroll, in Murphy, where sh * is now under treatment. COOPER IN TOWN; PLEDGES SLASH IN CAR TAG R ATE ; Candidate Also Lashes Out At Sales Tax As Impost on Poverty T?m (?ooper. Mayor of Wilmington. J ami I><mocratic candidate for l??>vern-1 or, brought his sound truck campaijm 1 to Murphy Tuesday murnih jr. Speak* ing at the Square, Cooper called for 1 a flat charge of $5 for tag? f?r all j automobiles and light pick-up trucks. "There is no sense'* he said in th? State charging two prices when it already has more than twice as much as it needs to retire every outstanding , term bond. 1 "Another thintr I am gi'ing to dr. when I am elected (J >v?*rnor.** he | said, "is to see that the people arc j given 30 days irracc after January 1 ' to buy those taps. At Christmas time a fella likes to grive the wi'r and children a good time: and then a round comes January 1 and he does n't have nny money to buy a tag. and the State Highway patrol runs him off the highway. "If I am elected, we are going to give the people of the state 30 days grace to buy these tags. This won't ccst the State a dime. Instead it will make mfoncy. for during those 30 days the people will be burning gasoline and paying the Stat? six cents a gal Jon tax." Cooper lashed out ait the sales tax as *'a tax on poverty" and promised if elected, to see that it is eliminated. "I want to be frank with you," he said. "This slick-tounged bunch of high powered lawyer lobbyist polrticans have this abominable sales tax so deeply imbedded in the revenue bill I don't believe it is possible to get it all off at once. If I am elected Governor, I am going to see that the sales tax is reduced one-half percent every two years until ?t te g-ono " Onlv 19 Farmers In Cherokee Fail To Sign With A,A. A. A total of 1520?nil but 19 of th 1939 farms in Cherokee County will exonerate in the 1940 Agricultural Conservation program, according to figures mado public this week bv County Agent. A. Q. Ketner. This 5* ;?n increase of 340 over those who earned payments under the Tripplo A last year. Mr. Ketner expressed himself a.-* highly pleased by the increased in-1 t crest shown in this count v. Chero-1 kee stood well to the front in the en- ! tire State in its. percentage of parti cipation. Indeed, amontr Cotintie? ha vine more than 1500 farms, only Franklin and Martin made better rec ords. Tn Franklin, with 2902 farms all but eleven signed up for the tr?p r?le-A. Tn Martin with 1608 farm?, all but 1*5 signed up. Clav County, with 798 farm?? show ed 777 participating in the 1940 pro gram leaving 21 who failed to join. Only one perfect record was made in the State. That was PerryJimans County, where every one of its 905 farms were signed. WEAVER ENF.OUTE TO MEND FENCES; CATHEY L.UE SOON E] Coming on a ,4fenr< Jgjerultng *?ip." C?npt'>sman Zebul<>n Wwiver, mcK imr r< ? ?jninnt on j* tho iVm 'crtuic prsmarie*. wa ? xpected m Murphy Thursday t veninir. The long-time Rt'priwntatiw of thU district in Wa.shin|rton was expected to >pcnd two. and perhaps three days consult ing his aides and v ^itiiiL hi- many frSnniU i? rH??*?lnip rUy ?n?l fl,-.W ?????? counties. His campaign in Cherokee County being managed by Charley May field, President of the Murphy I Chamber of Commerce, and a Weave* | friend and supporter of long standing 1 Judge Sam Cat hey. of Aahevillc, I who i* giving Weaver a hard race for the nomination also is expected in Murphy either Saturday or Mon thly. an?! also will make a tour of the three counties. Jud ire Cathey is reported to have de veloped surprising strength, having the alleged support of the powers t hat-be in Buncombe county. and claiming the backing of some of the biggest industrial companies in thi? ?ic.ion. Hh affairs in Cherokee are eing handled by a committee who prefer that their names not be ment ioned. "G" Men To Press j Kidnaping Charges i Tn Rnm?er Outrage Robert Urn-v. 30 y r ol<! Athene. Tenn. mar. who stole an automobile, kidnaped 15 year old Pauline Hose fivm near Blue Ridjjre, (la.. br?u?ht her t?? Ri'neer and criminally attack #?<? her, was taken hick f> Athens. Tenn. this week just a few hours before "G" men fiv>m the F. B. i. came here for him. Raper gladly waive-! extradition on a charge of automobile theft, telling Sheriff Carl Town son he would be *"p:lad to yet back to Tennessee, a I way from the me*? about the girl." However, the hulking boasting ex convict has not gotten away from anything. The "G" men pointed out thist when Raper drove the stolen car from Tennessee through Georgia into North Carolina he "buried" the Tennessee State case under a Federal charge. They added, however, that this was a minor matter. The "G" men interviewed the 15 year old girl victim, who told them Raper had driven up while she was walking home, outside Blue Ridee, offered her a lift, and then brought 1 her by a circuitous route to Ranger ! where he parked the car. and held her prisoner behind a secluded bam. H?- kept her two days. She said that Raper had stripped her of her clothes and attacked her. threatening that un less she did everything he asked she "would never see home again.*' The girl was rescued when Sheriff Townson, driviner in the Ranger sect ion on another case, noticed the hood of the shining new stolen car. pro truding slightly from behind the barn, and investigated. L>odged in the County jail at Mur phy, Raper boasted of what he had done to the girl, taking be?st:nl de ) light in the fact that he had despoil ed her innocence. The "G" men took "ffad a vite from thre^ prisoners to whon Raper had boasted; and later announced that the fiend would be tried on charges of kidnapir.e ard rape. The penalty fo?* either may be dea*h. Meanwhile the- 15 year old victim has been taken back to her Blue Ridge farm hom*\ by her parents. i , l oan Paper* Ready For Tenant Farmers Sec"**!^* Administration ic receiving applications from farm ten ant? v ho want to purchase farms nex' year. Wnvne T,. Franklin, Supervisor for Cherokee County has announced that r.p->lic?tions mav h^ filed now in the F >A office at the Courthouse in Mur phv. North Carolina. The loans will be made from a Federal fund of $50.000.000. HORTON TO HEAD 3 COUNTY RALLY SATIRDAY MG!!T Candidate to Speak in Ccunty Court Hcuse, 7 P. M. Central Time Democrat* <?f thr* ?? t ?unties arc | i?? jr.ittu r ii. i*n?- r:>iir. r?^us?**i i; Murphy Saturday night. May 11. t? hear nn address by Lieutenant Governor Wilkin* I\ Horton, who is; *?-eiiinir th" Democratic nomination 1 2*??r Governor. Th? rally i- scheduled j t.? begin at 7 :."?0 o'clock, Central Time. It probnbly will he HortonV 1 ist appeatanet in thi? section of the Sta'?' brfoiv the pr ?aru- v. May 2f?( and he U expected to make n rousinjr sneech. II* will outline his platform, and then is expected t?, lay himself ? widi* ojm'm" tr? p/w.?iHc hecklers ly in v it in v questions f-'vn the audience Lt. Governor H ?rton's campaign i- being handled in Chew?k?e County chiefly b.v (\ D. Mayfit ld, who says j ho is willing to hrt real money that i his candidate will either win the nore- i mat ion o* he one of those in the run over. With five candidates in the. field it is generally admitted that a | run-over i* almost certain. j Although coming to Murphy, Hor- j ton's visit is to be a tri-county affair, and posters advertising the "rally"' have been scattered through Cherokee, j Clay and Graham counties. In addi- j tion, more than 100 special invitation* have been sent out by Mr. Mayfield through the mails. Lt. Governor Horton, though a na tive of Pittsboro. in the Ea.^tern part of the State is well known throughout this section where he often has visited. In his race for the Lieutenant (gover norship he carried all three cnuntics by a huge majority. A lawyer by profession, Lt. Gover nor Horton has a legislative back ground of service both in the State House and the State Senate before being elevated to his present post. James M. Howard, 85, Dead On Slow Creek Death tame last Monday to put an end to the long illness and suffering of James Monro*? Howard, 85 year old resident on Slow Creek. Tie was buried Wednesday afternoon from the Peachtree Methodist church. with interment in the churchyard emetcrv. Ivie Funeral Home was in harjre of arrangements. Active pa1! bearers were: Raymond i Arrowood. 1 X. Wilson. Vernon Park er. Joseph Radford. Walter Witt and Ranse J<. Witt. Honorary pallbearers were Ben Hardin. J. W. McMijIiar.. Carl and Hubert I/rdford. Jim Mc Combs. Frances Johnson, and Harney i Cox. Mr. Howard is survived bv his wid- j ow. Mrs. Florence fvtee Howard: at daughter. Mrs. A. K. Ledford of Mur- J phy. Route 2: and three pons. E. A. and W. Arthur, of Peachtree and | J M Howard of Washington I>. C. j He also i< survived by a brother. Lewis C. Howard, of Peachtree. and several grandchildren. CIRCUIT SERVICES Church services on the Murphy Methodist Circuit will be held in Cul berson at 11 A. M. Sunday morning; in Tomotla at 3 P. M. and in Hamp ton Memorial church at 7:30 P. M. BUMPER f ARDS CARRY vil RPHV GLORIES ABROAD F.very "Foreign" Ca' Is Made A Messenger: Circulars Out Soon K\v?\ "fort .ifiT* (J;** thsrt stops jiway ii'i aiivorti>? mont of th? t own in th? f ,rm < f mix toloi'fd bump'T cards. The r'humbt j of (Vnmt !?<*?? hod 1000 of th?m trdx printed by 1 he Chero kee Scout, thr fir*t sl?'p in u enw :,:m t^? v'l *N world about Mur phy. Th? <ocr.r-l vt? p '.v'.ji ?v m. "orm of ;* t* ?M. i-f faiS an i j\lu :a . >phs, which Wi'I i-tcnt' frnn? ti? pr> snes ot* the S "u: vv i t >; m th?' nrxt few <ia\ Th? f <U . | . t out iri a h>rm ?.y ! ? ha*. -I r?a<l, hot open* imr jva r a fa 1 . of 12 h v 1H ?n 1 rh? s. will inc'.iu!? ? irht photographs !? < .? * . h? au?i* - ? Mun^.v. 'uvl Lak,. There nlro v/UI ? h?? * ? pho: ?irraj'Ti f tin* Hiwa?neo j Dam, specially tsdu n for the Chamber { \ \ a 1*. S (rDvern * i ?? nt phct 'jrrapher. j S ?m?- ? f the - ? *? t?I?-?> v/? ?? ;*pee I ially *:ikc by the X. C. State Depart ment nf (V>ns?rva' '< n. T\v:> notably I artistic nietur?- . <?i ?? <howint? a wWI?? whife ribir ?n ? f r<-a J following a cur ve f i':?? V :!'? \ Rive:. and the other ehowir s ? I? waterfall civeasling ?J??w r V.y f mtaim ?[<?. wero tak'*n ry Cr the Murphy photog raph? r. Tli?' -?hot graphs -;nd the t?>xti* evpln nti:h? m .. : telling sumo of the advantage ? f fh- *^?wn as a placo t ? v>- r . : Ive. w . J ? printed on a heavy ? "?_*<! paper of azure blue. Th?? print;: g will h** hlack and the blu" background will give the effect of t lithograph. The Sc*">ut is honc:? lv proud of its part in getting out1 this fdder. The editor believes that th<- Chamber and the Town at laiyo also will b?' proud. There will be 2500 of these fold er?. which will be servt all over tho ration. Advance requests for them already are piouring in on Pred Christ opher, Secretary of the Chamber. H may be necessary to print more. The forthcoming folder w intended chiefly for prospective summer vin? itors. It will tell <?f the filing, bont 5nir. swimming and camping possi Pol ities of Hiwassee Lalce; with its <15, 000 acres of pure mountoia water, and its 150 miles of shore line. K will tell briefly of the <Jam itself, the highest overflow structure in the world, and win tell of the famed beauty spots at Murphy's very door Tt also will tell of the facinatinsf eliarm of Murphy as a town, and of the warm welcome it holds out. every visitor. It will not overlook tho fact?which may prove interesting to some industrialist, or home build er?that Murphy, thanks to the TV A, hns the lowest cost, electric power in the entire State. 1 l^vter the Chamber plans to put 1 out another circular intended solely I for business men. which will .stress ? the industrial advantages of the sect ' ion. j The automobile bumper card: i which have born placed in the bands of every merchant and tilling <*fcatlon . in or near town, aro <>f six different j bright colors. "MURPHY. N. C." is t ?Tinted in huire black lexers with tho word? "Boat ins* and Pishinc" in I smaller type on either side. Relov- th lines: 4<On Hiw^fleo ! Lake: Hbme of Hiwassee D.-trn. Hiirh j est Overflow Dam in tho world: Sotitb j em Entrance to the Great .'?Smnfrio* i National Pirk." i That seems like n ?ot of words? 'he bumper cards are easily read f*-om a considerable distnncp, nod the motorists who have received them seem well pleased to earrv Murphy's menace abroad in the land. UnhnpnMv. however, some of tho*r> who have been triven cards for dr?v tribntion amonjr visitors, have been t'?o cer.erotis. Yieldimr to pleas, they have riven tK-< card- local r?ti*o i.?ts ar. ! even to boy r.id jrirl bicy clists. The Cnamb* r apnreciatos the rr.v? plied compliment pi id in .?e<nrimr the cards, but it has asked the S^ont to (Continued on Editor??! p?fe)
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