Qor Aim: A Better Murphy A Finer County (Ehrrnk fHt leading weekly newspaper in western north Carolina, covering Dedicated To Service For Progress A LARGE AND POTENTIALLY RICH TEURITORY VOl. 5J ? NO. 3S MIRTH Y. NORTH C AROLINA Till RSDAY APRIL lb. 1942 5f ?'OPY? $1.50 PER YEAR MURPHY WINNER OF GRAND PRIZE IN WNC CONTEST Students Prove Selves Best at Cullowhee's Sectional Field Day Mmphy Schools covered them selves with glory at the Scholastic and Athletic Field Day held in Cul :owhee last Saturday. Schools from just about every unit in Western North Carolina except Andrews look part. The latter with fine prospects, couldn't overcome transportation difficulties. Murphy won the grand prize, con sisting of a mounted trophy, and a S50 scholarship to WCTC. to be awarded through competition. Thev also won first prizes in the Business Education. tht Music and Art divis- . inns Murphv students won 10 indi vidual first places. 13 seconds, and nine thirds. Individual results follow: Thelma Hall. 2nd 50 yard dash and 3d in 100 yard dash. Nelle D?vis. 2nd in basket ball throwing. Billie Cornwell and Prank IngTam 2nd in three legged race. Prank Ingram 3d in relay race. Charles Sneed 3d in 50 yard dash, n 100 yard dash and in relay race. Jerry Beatty, 3d in geometry. Fred Kilpatrick 2nd in manual training. Nancy Smith ist. in dress making. Mary Lee Teague 2nd in dress making Clarence Noegel 1st sculpture, pen cil sketching .water color sketching and oil painting; 2nd in bulldng of model steam engines. Gloria Ann Kendrick 1st in vocal. Mary Evelyn Carringer 2nd in vo CA 1. Mary Lou Hatchett. Mary Ann Moorft and Martha Jane Thome best trio. Sue Roberts. Mary Jo Lloyd. Net tie McDonald. Eva Nell Hatchett. Mary Lou Hatchett, Louise Ensley. Mary Ann Moore and Martha Jane Thomo best girls chorus. Annie Laura Mulkey 2nd in world history. Mary Frances Shields 3d in Amer ican history. Doris Green 1st in hobbies, foods note book. Marie Arp 2nd for canning toma toes. Mae Arp 2nd for canned beans. Irene Reece 2nt'. for canned pear preserves. Barbara Robinson 1st in general business education. Jayne Ricks 1st in book Keepiu?. Charlie Hughes 1st In typing. Barbara Ruebensaal 2nd in short hand. Ray Smith 3d In book keeping. Joe Webb 2nd in general science for seniors. Edith Arrowood 3d in bioloTy. Louin Little, of U. S. N. Home on Brief Leave Home Tor the first time in years. j Louin Little of the Macedonia com munity. came back this week wear- 1 tng the uniform of the U ?. Navy. ? and with the rating ofamechanic.Hc was granted five days leave from his j ship, now anchored in a northern , sort ,to visit his father. E. L Little, j who has been seriously ill. Sailor Little enilsted eighteen j months ago. and since then has vis- | ited many foreign ports, including j P earl Harbor, and Iceland. This was j the first extended leave he had been ! granted since "signing up." o | COTTON Cotton is of such great importance I ?n meeting military and civilian de- j *nan* the Rev. A. B Cash .of the first Baptist Church. M.irphy. ? o ? Townson and Heaton Try ic Enlist But Beth Army and Navy Say No Two prominent yountr men of this section tried in vain to enlist last week Both would seem to be fine Physical specimens, but were turned down by the examining physicians, of both the army and the navy. The two are Mayor Robert Heaton. of Andrews, and Quentown Townson." son of the High Sheriff. Both pre ferred the air corps, but were will ine fo enter any branch. After being rejected for the air : service Mayor Heaton tried to get in the quartermaster corps. He thought less strenuous work might make him acceptable there, but he was turned down again. Eager to serve, the young Mayor was more than discouraged. His i draft number has not yet been called. b'it under the new system, he again I would be examined by army sur geons. and so there seems little chance of his getting Into uniform. Young Townson 's experiences were just about the same as Hea ton's. Townson had been dieting for more than a month .to get down to the proper weight, only to be rejected because of imperfect eyesight. His right eye was "eff", the doctors said which was news to him The Sheriffs son Is cozutkfcrliig going to Canada, where the physical requirements are less exactin NEW ROAD WORK UNDER STATE BAN UNTIL WAR ENDS i Only Essential Repairs T o Receive Approval SavR Raleigh Edict 1 " State Highway Commissioner P. B i Ferebee Vcceived word from Raleigh cr? Monday :hat all highway worn, with the exception of needed repairs, j is in the discard for the duration of the war. An exception will be made, of course, in the case of .my road need ed for defense; but such a need is unlikely in view of the fact tlwt no j new cantonments or military devel opments are contemplated in this . ?State. In any event such work prob- 1 ably would be done by the Federal : Government. Exceptions will also be made 0:1 any coontraets signed on for before 1 April 9. Tills means that the new 1 highway from Asheville, which pass- j ts ,-ome five or six miles outside of; i -Sylva. and which was bitterly op- i I posed by residents of that town, piobably will be put in first-class ~hape Muo'.i of it is already com i pleted. Maintenance of he present load l system will be continuid. but there , will be no new prokcts .such as wid ening. or straightening unless t'le : tctal amount involved is less than $5,000. With labor ..nd materials at I the present pir-e limits, very little I can be done for tha! amount, ' Even repairs mav be slow in com | ing according to Commissioner Fere 1 i:ee, beca'ise of laboi shortage, diffi j . tt 1 v i.i setting ?Materials and .:n |inc:mous riiffitultj in ge:;ing eq.i p j men' j Two projects p anned for this ' county by Mr. Ferebee will have to : be abandoned until Hitler. Mussolini I and the Japs have be?n taught their I iesson. The most important of these p;o jeets. on which a survey has already been made, involved the siraigr.trri ing and widening of the highway from Murphy to the Tennessee line. This would have reduced the dis tance to Chattanooga, and was ex pected to more than double the tour ist travel into Cherokee County. The narrow, twisting road has caused many motorists from Tennes I seo to take the road via Franklin. The other project was for the ; widening and straightening of the mountain road from Andrews to Robbinsville .which would cut the ; travel-distance in half. Commssioner Ferebee said that I irum In'* on evtriy liigiiwa y uuiini i would be subjected to triple scrutiny i before being spent. "Except for repairs that are aD I solutely necessary" he said, "road work in this section, and throughout the whole state, is just about over." I V I O. G. Anderson Named Explosives Supervisor Mr. O G. Anderson, of Culberson, has bppn appointed Federal Agent tn supervise use of explosives in Chero kee County. His appointment came from the U. S Bureau of Mines. Use of explosives .for any purpose, requires a Federal permit. Mr. An derson issues these permits, if appli cations are satisfactory. o NOTICE We plan to revise the mailing list again next week. If the figures following your name on the wrapper read 4-42, or 5-42. they mean that your subscription ex pires this month. If so, you will re ceive just one more paper after this, unless you renew. We are sorry, but rising costs and the scarcity of paper prevent us from mailing the Scout to any except sub scribers who are paid up. We are sure you will appreciate this .and will cooperate. Maude Dickey Breaks Wrist When She Falls "Up" Stairs at Home Lots ol people have (alien down- j ?stairs, but it remained lor Mrs. Maud Dickey to fall UP-stain-. She' fractured her left wrist. The accidcnt happened in her home ast Sunday night. The victim ti .d just returned from Bry.son City | and was sitting on tlx stairs talking1 to a ^ roup ol' fricnd.s. Hismg to as- I cend she stepped on an <-dgc of her I overcoat, and fell upwards. Instinc*-i lvcly sh?* stuck out her arm to break i the fall, and the full force of lieri weight descended on her w: 'St. - napping it. Speed Limits Cut For All Vehicles Operated by State North Carolina's highway equip I ment will bo treated with kid gloves] | for the duration .according to S. C. j Austin, equipment engineer for the ! j State Highway and Public Works j Commission Speed limits for all highway de l partmeni vehicles haw been placed ! at .. minimum and all employees ! have printed directions pasted ;n the | cahs o! their vehicles offering five 1 ules of safety an . a lis; et "do s" | and dont's" for the conservation of I equipment. Passenger cars owned by the Com I mission are limited to a 40 mile per I hour speed limit which is in line with ; the policy of the President, pickup trucks 35. three-ton trucks 25, trucks 'with semitrailer .0 and heavy duty i trailers 15. | Speed for highway vehicles is cut still further in western North Caro lina. All tires beloging to ihe State I Highway Commission are branded with a special number as well as NC j SHC as means of identification | "huuM tires be stolen. This number - i ing sjstem also serves as a definite | check as to t he mileage being secur ed fro mindividual tires. Don't" on the list suppiled each Highway oCmmission vehicle opera - j tor include no jack-rabbit starts, slidig stops curb scraping, racing 1 around curves or riding on flat tires. O Baptist Pastors Tell Personal Experiences In Their Church Work Baptist ministers froir. Sylva. Hoo- ' ! V ill. t/ilH ? --- i ihcir most interesting personal ex | periences in church se:vice at a fel j lowship meeting or the Baptist pas I tors of Western North Carolina Mon [ day. The grojp met at the First Baptist church in Murphy, for their ; quarterly session. This was the first year in which ; churches of the extreme Western end | of the State have been included in the ! group. The Rev. E. F. Baker, of An- I drews. President of the organization. "Worshfc was the chief topic dls- 1 . cussed at Monday's meting .with the Rev. W H. Covert, of Bryson City: . the Rev. H. K. Mosteller. of Canton; I and the Rev. C. F. Rogers, of Frank lin. taking part. The Rev. Edgar Wil j lix. of Andrews, conducted the devo 1 tional and the Rev. L .C. Cutts. of ! Copperhill. delivered an inspirational j message. Lunch was served by the j host church, of wheh the Rev. A ,B. | Cash is pastor. Fred Stiles, of Murphy, led the de votional at the afternoon session and F. H. Leatherwood. of Hazelwood, discussed "The True Worshippers." Then came the personal experiences, related by the Revs. A. B. Cash and W. P. Elliott, of Murphy. Roy Oar land. of Robbinsville. W .W. Marr, of Marble and G. C. Teagrue. of Sylva. The Rev. J. A. Herring, of Cullo whee, concluded the sei-ion with a discussion of "The Prospec; for True Worshippers " ! OFFICES BEGGING ASG.O. P.NAMES COUNTY TICKET Two of Candidates Say They May Withdraw: n??. HnBBB With Saturday the lasi duy oil which candidates can file. the voters may find themselvis ' , in; inui lion whi ihe:? is .. ? ici iv i tn '.obody wanting tc fill |H-- -in; . r offices where UK-re may be candi dates from only one parly It is the first time in the history of the coun ty that such a condition has existed Nobud} ill cither parly seems to want to be Clerk of the Court. Un der the present set-up the office doesn't pay much more than a pick and shovel job with the WPA The post pays $2,500 a year, which is somi $2.8.33 1-3 pei month Oat of this he must hire ins own clerical force .which will cost him not less than $150 per month Thai leaves only S58;i3 1-3 for himself. John Donley, the present clerk flatly refused lo consider running again. Charles Crane, ol Andrews, uccepted the Republican nomination for the post, last Saturday, but o:i Monday he told this writer thai, thinking it over he didn't see how he could afford to make the race He has not yet formally withdrawn. "Add the expense of ,'ampainnmn to all the rest." he said, "and it comes out that you would be just about working for nothing. AND, of course, you might lose. Anyhow, when you get out of office, you'll have to start from scratch, because your former : business \ ul ,,c gone." The same line of reasoning was followed by E. L Shields, who filed as a Democratic candidate for the post . but who last week withdrew his name After much persuasion, J. Law rence Hall was finally persuaded to seek the Democratic race lor Clerk, and filed Thursday afternoon. Hail veteran of World War 1. is widely known as operator of the Woco Pep tilling station in Murphy. He tried to volunteer for more service in the army, but was rejected. It may be that that there will be no Republican candidates for two of the County Commissionerships and no Democratic candidate for the other. Meeting in Convention Satur day. the Republicans nominated Milt Anderson, of the Culberson section, who now holds the post for the lower end of the County; Ernest E. Stiles for the Murphy. Peachtrec nTirt Brasstown district, and Horace Higdon of Andrews, for the upper end of the County. Mr. Stiles told the writer, on Tues day .that he probably would with draw. "The district is so strongly Democratic," he explained" that a Republican we'd be just spending his time an dhis money to get beaten. It is reported that T. P. Calhoun, incumbent, will not run again. J. H. ?Stratum, popular farmer, and a Democrat, carries an announcement elsc*where in thv. issue. He has many friends in both paitirs. Meanwhile. Mr. Higdon. Andrews merchant, is sai to be doubtful about -tinning again"' Comniiss'.jner Ed TVcod. The lattc.' a power in the C.'oir>mission. cat .ilmost cer'a.nly bs rc e tcted if he chooses to un or we i ks has has declared that he would not serve again: but members of his party have been "working on him." and he now is believed to be waver ing. On the other hand, the Democrats ma vnot try to run anybody against Commissioner Anderson. In the lower end of the county. That section is so strongly Republican that a Democrat probably wouldn't even come close. Clyde Jarrett. beaten last time by the late James Mallonee. Jr., was again nomnnated to make the Re publican race for the State House of Representative*. No Democratic can (Conttnned on bark pan)