the W WE.KL, ,, WES1?? NORTH CAROLINA, C0V?,?C A ^ AND POTE?T,AU-? RICH TI Save Electricity' f-4 10 K?"cw?tt Hours Equals ' Lb. Aluminum 51.? NO. 1. Mt'RPHY. X. C. Till KM) \\ j| i y 3,. ,MI .? i <1 :? I { U \lt TYPHOID CARRIER IN BEAVER DAM; BOY IS STRICKEN Whichard Acts to Halt Spread of Disease; ? 1st Case In 2 Years a typhoid carrier identity not ye*. 1<. . has caused the first .cast cl d .n Cherokee. C'.ay or Gra . : > untie* within the past t*o T.;c cAi. .ei lives in the Beave1 j . :::n. and the victim 17 ?! John T. Radford, son o 1 ; Radford, a farmer. .1 Officer Whichard is send j- ;:e simples taken from ail .T.tm'oers of the Radford family. '< .gn far tests to see if any of i :r. .'.y be the carrier. The boy s < :lf?: -.cr ar.d Grandmother both 1 . . .ad the disease, but they were r. years ago. and it is belie-, ed ? at if either of thrm were carriers, > .[ .d would have swept over the .?.en long before this. ,?n ?ffort will be made to test .; from every person with whom il Radford boy has come in con i ? Dr. "vVhichard said if necessary t< ? ,-pecies would be taken from t person in the section. Meanwhile, lie warned against : than the cne before. A new order recently . sued a. o itates taat men mar:.td since the Inauguration of the selective t: . i act will be treated as .! they were still single when examined for ser vice. The next call for men from this county hus been set for August 13 when 10 men will be sent to Port BrapK A complete list of the new draftees will be published as soon as | available. JACK LUTHER, 16 DROWNED WHILE ON FISHING TRIP Elder Brother Barely Escapes Like Fate Iri Attempt At Rescue An undert aker's wagon drove slow - ly into Andrews Tuesday morning, bringing in the body of 16 year old Jack Luther, son of Jim Luther, well known farmer in the valley river sec tion about one mile west of town. The boy had been drowned the day before while on a fishing party with two brothers and a sister-in-law, near Brasstown. The body had been round by Bruce Bradley of Andrews, by poling the bottom of the Hiwassee river. The remains lay wedged between two rocks only a few feet from where he sank for the last time. Tho water there is about 15 feet deep. Bradley was one of five from this section who went to the death scene to search. All through the night ex pert divers from the nearby prison camp, and men in boats had labored in vain. Searching in the boat with Bradley (Continued On Back Pajtel Draftees Now 'Marry at Their Own Risk" According to New Order of General Metts Registrants who get married on the eve of induction or after being ordered to report to the doctor for physical examination will do so at their own risk and will find that theii marriage will not keep them out ot the Army. This was made clear today by General J. Van B. Metts, State Direc tor of Selective Service, as he an nounced a modification of the form si" policy of leniency toward married men which has been recommended by State Headquarters. General Metts ?tated that an Increasingly large number of registrants are apparently undertaking to abuse the policy of leniency In an effort to evade mil iary service. The modified policy Is as follows: "When a registrant acquires mar ked status after Issuance of 'Notice 10 Appear for Physical Examination it should be assumed that both par ties concluded the marriage know that the registrant was subject 10 early call for service and were wepared to take the consequences. therefore rieferement Is such ***? would not appear to be Justiii ed. But when a registrant has indicat ed on his questionnaire that he is engaged, giving the date set for the wedding, or has given similar in formation in writing to the local board and the wedding date falls after issuance of 'Notice to Appear for Physical Examination.' his case should be considered In the same way as those who married after re giste ration. Of course, there may be other con ditions which would obviously tem per the above announced modificat ion of policy, e. g., proof that the wife was pregnant, or conclusive evidence of absolute dependence wherein the wife would suffer un due hardship if compelled to live on the registrant's Income as a soldier, etc." This modified policy. General Metts pointed out. Is In line with a recent amendment to the regulat ions. which is as follows: "It is not advisable to defer any such registrant if he acquired such for the purpose of avoiding training and service." MURPHY SECTION SHOWS THE WAY IN I. S. 0. DRIVE Forsyth and Aides Now Have $117 Cash While Ferebee Is Lagging ro.d-.n ? o! Murp. "? ir. . V.-.r.; ? ; ins the *av in l-.e Cour.- 1 Service Organ. .a:. to rtac... S 1 - ctuota for the . txix ?ct .? r. - f C - : P F. c.:< i'.lni. *.?e ('??? ? j . Andrews and '.he ipp? r end t: the county had a quota ol only $75 The banker and K ad Commiss.onei *ay> he has received a number ol pledges, oat admits ..e has collect ed very little cash. T.i.s is rii spite the lac: th.it many boys who will bent'!:! directly from the fund, have joined the army from that section Forsyth plans m continue his drive in ar. eifort to go well "over the top" sc :ha: any possible deficiency in the upper end can be made up for. Forsyth lauded the efforts of the assistant drive directors, one of whom w...s named for every community "They ha'.e all worked hard' he said and have Hotter, splendid re sults. Without iheir help. t:ie drive could not have succeeded.'' Ferebee himself is largely respon sible for the lead taken by his rival section. Several days ago he called Forsyth on the pi.one and boasted that he had raised "nearly S100.' Forsyth met the challenge by visiting i Continued On Back Face I "Used Car" Ad Almost Puts Jim Franklin Out of Business Jim Franklin. Murphy auto dealer, I put a used car ad in the Scout last ! week. Tuesday he called the Scout | and instructed that the ad be "Kill- i ed." Asked why. he explained that j he had nothing left to offer. "Every car I advertised has been sold" he said, adding that he knew j positively, that the Scout was respon- j sible. "The first sale I made was to a I man who lives over near the Tenn., ! line" he said. "This man told me he read the Scout, and wanted to see a certain 1934 model that I had advertised for $170. Within fifteen minutes he had bought the car. Other purchasers also asked to see special cars mentioned in the ad and within five days I had sold every thing I had that would roll. "I now have a new lot of good cars: but they need fixing up. I won't sell a car unless it is in good shape. Me chanics are working on them now. though, and next week, I'll haw some more bargain offers. And you can bet I'll advertise them in the Scout." Editor's note: ? The above state ment was entirely unsolicited. If you doubt it, ask Franklin. SCOUT NOW IN 54th PUBLICATION YEAR With this Issue the SCOVT be gins publication in Its 54th conse cutive year. Although published under a num ber of different men and firms, the Scent has always been main tained as one of the best weekly newspapers within any area In the United States according to popula tion and business. It Is the aim of the present publisher. Victor C. Olmsted, to maintain and raise this standard from year to year. At present the Scoot, in addition to the huge circulation In this Immediate territory, *?es into homes ia 35 states of Mm anion and three ootiylnc territories. Schools in Murphy I nit Scheduled To Open on August 28 A2 in tfci Murphy unit] ?a... i-per. Ti-artcay, A..r l!8 ac t !o ar.nour.: rmeat | b> H. Bute*. superintendent I Mar... improvement* anil repair. :.av< been ; r.cJ ( ot .r.. made * t j I ? ? : > in pr<-parat. n. S.hoo. ' bufjes v :.l ce ailowt'' to run a ciav ?? ? ? * ? ' ' ? * ? .Aw!1. . . 1 1 ? it' LI cf a new law pane i laturt . Enrollment I . a. .-'ucien! - is ex- I p. ; tea ? ".??; 100 .t - - than y? ; : . c: . : t* :.u ;-p*n.n?? or .. -? ..ioi B* II. D ill. T:.? rapt; .ntlux ol TV A Is ex f .'eci to more i..an make up tins ttl.c;'.. however. In view o! :hc decrease .n rnnll nent in Murphy, the number . ! teachers :n ti e :i:g;j ic.tool has been reduced by three; but the increased enrollment caused by t'.< TV A may make an adjustment n< < - ary in tiie teac her personnel. T..i ent.re ! y Murpiiv scnoul has no: yet been employed. .. leek "-aid. bu: ::ie vacancies are cx pected to be fi.ied soon. Resipnat :oil- of M - t ? Lid*. Faircloth and Erown. members o! ia>". year's stall cau.scd the vacancies FRACTURED SkULU IS FATAL AFTER 3 MONTHS LAPSE Arthur Green Injured At Dam, Goes Back to Hospital, and Dies Ar. injurs- from which he was twice i though; to have practically recover 1 ed caused the death, last Saturday of I Arthur Green, about 55 years old. ?nd for 26 years a resident of An drews. Death was the result of a 'ractured skull. Mr. Green was l.uured last May ?.vhile work in J a; t;ic Nanrahali Dam F'loject. Standing rii a platform he was struck by a falling rock which . knocked him to the gicunrt, where / he landed on his head. Taken to /. .(."el Ho.spit.-l. in Frank lin, he was a: first believed to be suf fering only from a concussion. I ater it was decided that he had sustained a small fracture of I he skull, but the injury was not believed to be of a ' fatal nature. The patient rallied un- I der treatment, ar.d finally was allow ed to return to his home in Andrews. After his return he found it im I Continued On Back Pace I V\ A iklilNS HUGE lilil ;>i! f. PLAN I.N PiUMLfTS ARC \S Pre;,-, m t3 n-Jieve Congested Condition C r"c%v? t ->nci Section C> ... in, * anda'.on lor a iti;:ns accomodation1* <: appr; x.mateijr 200 men and TO 4 ? va b* run this ? ei. Oi; ' .- , .:i M .. - I : . A ' nr ? rn? J epara .? * c< ing :r. F n. art.: 1! - was.-e?- villnge for the accon- .,:on oi Jar*"* numbe r- of ? 'I nt nr :tu iua? : :a is on Tennessee stree* in tht p nt at the confluent-*- of Hiwa ? ..n:i Valley ri\er near the home oi Por ter AxJey. Provision i al- h< z\a made at this site for sever a . hoa>es. A large num'oer of tents to pn. . vide sleeping quarter* for single !work m* n and house - for families are going under construction on tht Beal properties on Hiwa&see street I anci a: the temporary construction > -itc along Uir river near tiif. Murphy ice plant TV A Hon officio k ill eiia: rv of 1 hi: project s'.a'.id i; wir expected that the pi ent congested condition I c f iii.s m cti< : i>pec:.illy in Murphv. ; uid be i: ally rcleived by i ? r.t i;vin i? nc add:;:nt. :hii? j ? ng tin pr.mary purpose of the ! program. The-e official made a through { iirvej ?i{ ti.e town ..nd its living ac i comodution before laying out plans i .n an effort to b*>: meet conditions ar.d overcame homing problems. Mayor Mayfield and other irwn officials conferred on the situation with the TV A and a definite plan w-s Ia:d out. I Several temporary office tents have been erected on the Hiwassee street site near the ice plan: and heavy trucks and other machinery located for the construction work i necessary for the housing projects. Personnel offices have been opened (Continued on Back Parr.) 0 School Superintendents Leave for Conference Mr. H. Bueck. superintendent of the Murphy school unit, and Lloyd Hendrix, superintendent of the coun ty school unit, left Wednesday to at tend a conference of all school supe rintendents in the slate at. Manteo Thursday and Friday. Discussion for the conference will center around the 12-year teacher re tirement law passed in the last le gislature and the defense training program in state schools. Two Men Kill 45 Copperheads in A Group On Highway to Murphy From Ranger If Alden Cook who lives near Ran ger. and W. R. Hopkins, an official of the Bell Telephone Company had been drinking "splo." they would have thought they were seeing snake? that weren't, there. But these snakes were real. And there were 45 of them ? deadly copperheads at that! Also, believe It or not Messers. Cooke and Hopkins killed ali 45. It happened when the two men were on their way to Murphy Wed nesday afternoon. Mr. Hopkins had been supervising the stringing of new telephone wires to subscribers in the Ranger section. Suddenly a copperhead snake, a little more than three feet long slit hered out of the grass onto highway, direcly In front of the two. Follow ing closely behind was a veritable swarm of smaller ones, of lengths ranging from eight to twelve Inches. =\fidently it ?n mother and family, bound for some point on tne other side of the road. i Seeing the men. the mother .make stopped ready to fight for herself and her young. Cooke got a rock and hurled It. His aim was perfect. The rock struck the big snake on thr head and stunred her. Then Cooke quickly picked up a club and killed her. Meanwhile Hopkins also had got ten a club, and was killing the smaller snakes. Both men say not one of the youngsters tried to run. but, true to breed, stood heir ground and sruck at the flailing clubs. After about half had teen killed, the rest of the baby snakes decided they had enough, ar.d tried to es cape. This was prevented by the two men. who used their long sticks to hoist the reptiles back into the center of the highway until he last one had been killed. Then Cooke and Hopkins couned the bodies. There weie exactly 45, including the mother snake. The litter is believed to set a re cord.