Ml # IT ISN'T IN J
( THE SCOUT X
SB jrs BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ?
Kt KNOW IT
f . A;->?.X"X**X"X"X-X-i-:"
g The Official Org
Kuwait X... 4.
r
nearly $1400
IN PREMIUMS IS
offered FOR FAIR
Prcin.umu in Livestock DeHM|
partiiit>ril October 4, 5, and
SB 6 Dntr# Named
jjx Tk-.1 P' "I* tht Cherukt't
Hjtir ^ 11, which has juai
| !>
Hj,; .if i urtecn hundred dol
hr* jr. 'i-. which will h, dlr
Bnlio 1 mli pu;tjByjfr.'L'
lair. The livestock
H^rttrcnt will draw a larger perf
floatage ' u'tai t"an any other
"Tfct < this." explained
fBofficer? < " Ui- hair, "is jfl order to
gleocourage breeding of bettor
^Bititock n the farms of Cherokee
jStJUr.iy. h"is< ?,f the
npht ' -ai y ior me riKiit
Urt of Show nu a eounpy
q - ;h good cattle and I
r;j yh<> 'I a land of good farm
ud pto farmers," said Preslnt
H. H 1 >. of the Fair, in an
Huni; ' -lie other day.
Tr. th< fa 1 hav< bet v.
faed t< 11 ' I. *> and 0. The
fair grounds .. , being put in order
led otht: a range merits made for the
fair I". canted that ten or fiftfc:
i JHO'de will hi' in atjBtiiarn
- t.g tin three days of
the f. ' <tda\ the 6tn, which
mi: he day, i.? expected t*?
<ir.u. reaking crowd.
rr.e ! i,t> as outlined in
v art: Lie stock, in<
- - . hot - >. Ibgs, sheep
ud j' y; i ild i :ops, including
tit v i hay: li rtuulture.
icduii . vegetables and flow*
#r>; I1' 1 i.? n nu i', including
ck*i! . <1 i i nil I'd goods and pan6y
fn; Household and Allieti
Art i fa a y work, quilt.*,
Itt'.et;; and :ne art.*; The School
Dipartn including priz i for
h.'u . and school attendance;
ltd '1 Mineral and Cabinet
Work. v. r.tch will embrace all the
ut'-"- ' * and their products.
A r.-icnt has beer, nanitd
fo reach >e departments and
d
of:. '..ho compose the execute
e : tl. . art pushing the adWidr.g
a! other details of the
fiii. . nu nts art* under way
cr a . midwy. aand plenty
t ?mu> intent b in prospect.
iayes Family Held
Reunion Last Saturday
Tht li . i - family added one more
RinLn : the long list of home-comnp
whhhave been held at the old
?B?e pif-. ? . when some forty or fif)r
member* of the family and their
riends gathered at Totnotla last
hturdav August 25 th. Beside* the
mediate numbers ol lite family
few iv is- friends were special
iwts ct the reunion. Upon her re*
"tt from the reunion. Mrs.
lifgart: 1 Bell, who was a special
Idt, wrote the following about the
Mkmr.g
"This 4 istom. instituted by this
tunable family, is a beautiful one
d well v orthy of example, not
f<?r the pleasure derived) but
w for the binding and knitting totter
more closely of the family
es.
"it w.. my extremc pleasure to
5 ono the invited guests on this
- eh
occasion, and for oldhospitality.
I havn sppn T.othine?
II ! it. Without ceremony or osI
jR. everyone was made to feel
first by the cordial welcome
d. second by the free, open
pecorded everyone, and la51?,
no means least, the elegant |
served.
behalf of the visitors present.
*to txtend a vote of thanks
wJj' Mrs. Hayes for allowing
|?rtake of this charming ho?-i
and for rf.aking the day an,
oe in every respect. May the
^evidence allow each member,
merry crowd to assemble
in this happy home in 1921.*" i
Murphy Church is without aj
It ? a presenting fine,
unities for development. An
I Q v.iinistuE^ax'ing evangelis-'
ar.d^||*d .by the Holy '
do a telling work in
community.?Our Mountain
HjSSgi
. ; '"ie- ** ' '
an of Murphy and Che
State Lets Hardsurface
Contracts Wednesday
About seventy ntlles of surfacing
j contracts was let Wednesday by the
Statw Highway Commission at a public
Ufcting in Raleigh. A big delegation
of contrv.tors were there for thc
opening of bids and to await the outrun^
according to reports coining out
f the capital city. The c *tracts
were in' eastern Piedmont and C a tal
Plain counties.
SURVEY ENGINEERS
INSPECT STREAM
GAGING STATION
Supervision of Station in North Carlolina
Now Under Kr.oxvill*. Office
King in Charge
Me?rs. Warren K. Hall, of the U.
S. Geological District ft itof A-r.ct
illc, and Wat: n H. King. < :' the
Federal Survi\ office of Kn?'xv:lic.
are hire this week inspecting the
-treani gaging elation:* of the S'ate
ami Federal .?urve\ . Tit KttoxvilTe
office h"s made arrangem- nt to t;kr*
over all stations in this State and
Mr. King is making a trip of in-pec
ion in order ' Ie come fa ml in r with
the location and the comb'. Inns under
which th st: Ji<' : - ..r<- operate-*
' 1":> ut til about the first of .July alt
ht. stations in w. t -rj? North Carolina
weft- under the Ashevillti office
f thi Federal stream guginf. 11vicc.
but an arrangement was made
with the Knoxville ffh and the engineering
C'irpjs of the army ami the.
State Surv. y K?? that all t'h- -tr-ani
aging stat-ons in Tenness . North
r 1 Ti.i and snnid ??i the neighboring
--tates ar,. under tin* directio rof the
Knnxrillof offi?-e, with Mr. Warren
King in charge.
Apred Ladv of Suit
Passes Away On 23rd
Mrs. Mary Reese, of Suit, wa- calTd
tu her reward Thursday. August
23rd. at the ?g. of ninety-one years,
less two days. Mrs. Reese hud been
in failing health for some time and
hid been under the care of a physician
f several weeks. Mr-. Reese
was bm ed at I' inn Church, about
four miles front Suit. Staurdav afternoon,
Mr. Williamson having charm
<.t" thn interment. Mrs Ree < was
f-?r many irs a member of the
Baptist Church, and was one of the
!*le-t member* of the Union Church
1 -. here her remains were laid to restMrs.
Ket se was precieded to the
~rnve by her husband about eight
i year.- ago, and bv tw0 children. She
leaves t?? mourn her loss four d-*ugh ;
rs anil one son, as follows: Mrs.
, A. L. Johnson, and Mrs. Sicso Wil?oxon
of Murphy. Mrs. James Thompson
and Mr. Henry Reese, of Suit,
and Mrs. Tilrnan Mash burn, of Vest,
j She Is also sur\*ived by a number of
grandchi)dren and other near rela'
lives and a host of friends.
i State Makes Record
In Farm Products
The Manufacturer's Record. a
weekly industrial publication of Baltimore,
has recently made public the:
information that North Carolina last!
year more nearly approached farm
production of farm needs lhan any I
other stat^ in the Union. This mean- 1
that the State is now more nearly
>elf-sufficient thany any other state |
in the Union. In other words, farm- ,
ing in North Carolina is now more
nearly diversified than in any oth- !
j er state. Inetrad of raising one crop
j like cotton or tobacco, and buying '
.he grains, hay and roughage from!
olht r farms or from other states, (
N'ort^j Carolina farmers are now
j moe nearly producing what they neen i
lhan any other state. This does not i
or themselves and their livestock
. nea i thr.t North Carolina farmers
j do not have anything to sell. As i
I a matter of fact, they probably
j have more to sell than over before.
This is one of the most satisfactory :
discoveries made in a long time, aa
t indicates that the ram.*> of this |
State are putting their occupations;
<n a business basis and have found j
ut that it does not pay to buy food !
[ and feed and depend on one or two!
ccolled cash crops. The one crop
! ystfm i-^fast being outlawed in this
I -Itate ar.a the sooner it is gone, the j
ill.i off the entire State will be.
,'iing agriculturists, who have made
Cfjero
rokee County, and the L?
MURl'HY. NORTH CAROLINA. 1
FIRST PHOTO OF WYC
Tl ??-r?
lit *.f
M/ yf
N.: .ty-.iven iof the IU5 men who In
wi'if i,_ the Ki nvmcrer Coai Com- li
pany Mint at Kemnun-r, V?"yi>., when te
th?? i-xpi-sion oeeurrni, lost their ti<
ANDREWS SCHOOL ,F
HAS AUSPiCIOUS
OPENING MONDAY!
Five Hundred and Eighty-Eight En- _?
rolled First Day?17 Teachers
Employed
ANDREWS. Auk'. 28.?The Anili.Avs
Public ScL.?ol >pencd here or* g;
Monday morning with the largest at- (?
tendance in th,. history ??f the town.
'I he large audtorium was filled with
kiutren an dthe:r parents, who came
for the opening ex cr ises. When the tr
enrollment had been figured up to- tl
ward the end o fthi day it was found v
that there wen- "?S8. ^
The morning exercise.- were opened
with si pture i . ruling and prayer by u
Rev. .I. P. Hipp-. Rev. L. P. Smith ^
welcomed the teachers and the pupils
t othe -chool and to Andrews. Mr. In
H. Whitak. i\ chairman of the' f?
Hoard of Trustees, made some ie- 1)
marks as to what the school hoped M
to accompnh during the year. Mr. M
Nichols, principal of the school., F
spoke of the aims of the school, and IS
Superintendent F. C. Nye spoka of | tl
the purpose^ and aims of the school !
in a general way. Interspersed be-jtr
tween the talks were a vocal solo by ' pi
Miss Beatrice Nye ami a piano and! w
violin solo by Miss Grace Little. K
School officials are very* opton>te- J M
tic over the splendid opening and it j el
is g? nerally predicted this will be the B
test year in the history of the school, gi
The teacher training department was ! 0
not established because! sufficient pu- ' V
pils did not apply for work. The An- H
drews school district and the State M
had made arrangements to provide : vi
teaching equipment and a teaqher ,
provided at least teri puoils applied ft
for the work, hut it is understood: n.
that only six indicated that they j*
wanted to take the training. 16 is di
generally donceeded now that the rt
idea will have to be abandoned for i<
the present year, at least. ei
Taxable Wealth of (
Clay Is Increased 1
The County Board of Tax Appraisers
of Clay County wire in session to
Monday and Tuisday of this week. S;
valuation of property in the county tht. ai
valuatio of property i the county. The - .
i Board of Appraisers reviewed all as- M
segments in July and at the meeting hi
this week, they were in session to hear er
complaints of any property owner* tr
the county. All the property owners D
were notified by letter what their w
new valuation was and requested to
meet the appraisers Monday or Tues- p
day 0f this week to make reguest tor
adjustment and show cause why such
adjustments should be made. The
hoard finished up its work Tuesday vi
and when the results had been total- "J
ed up it was found that the va!aution Pi
of real estate and personl property P?
for realestate and personal property a:
!v $75,000 more than it was last year >r<
This is considered due to natural In- P<
tease in the value of the property h:
due to the good roads and the in- 'u
. reas* in population and is not sim- th
a of pwp?r?y va?- jJ
I
jading Newspaper in tl
FRIDAY. AUGUST 31, 1923
>MING DISASTER >
\
-n
^ t!
? =1. '
u
,-e-. l'hotn shows Odd Follows
ai! in Kt innu'rci' ? han^i .1 into a ^
mporary n*>rgu<.- for the identifier*
Qn of bodies.
UBLIC SCHOOLS
WILL OPEN HERE .1
SEPTEMBER 5TH *
ti
W. Ka.-.oy, of Troy, N. C., will
Have Chargc of the School this
Y... K
The Murphy Public School will i?e- ^
in the new years next \\\ dnesday
orning, September 5th. when it l>
cpected thai more than 500 chil- ?
ren will present themselves for cn ancc
into the various grades ami
i. h uh school The principal, Mr.
D. Kanoy, of Troy, N C., ar- ^
veil Monday night and ;s busily ?
igaged putting things in shape for ,,
u uing.
Fourteen teacher-'*. including the ^
tusic teacher, have been en^agi d ^
?r th eyear's work. These are: ,
'. W. Kanoy, Troy, Principal; Miss
[arguerite Couch, Talbotton, tlx, 1
1 at hematics; Mrs. L. P. Kinsey, '
oreigtl Language; It. \V. S.pe, v
ciem e. These will have charge of c
ie high school subjects.
The following are tht. teachers in
se intermediate and primary de- :i
artments: Miss Addie Leather- 1
nod, seventy grade; Mrs. I). W. v
anoy. sisth grade; Miss Mary Jo '
IcConibs, fifth grade; Mrs. Brown- li
1, fourth grade; Mrs. Margaret ^
ell, third grade; Miss Minnie Fer- c
uson, 2nd grade; Miss Lula Fain, 1
verflow; Miss Linn Albright, of i;
.'aynesville, high first; Mrs. V. L. 1
erndon, Hartwell, Ga., low first; *'
iiss Ida Moody Johnson, Shelbyille.
Tenn., music. J
The building is being put in shape
>r the reception of pupils next Wedesday*
The wood work is heing
tinted and th* floor oiled, and ad- J i
itional saets placed in some of the j(
>oms. Many parents are expected
> be present for the opening excr-; *
I"
Confederate Veterans ?
Hold Reunion at Salem "
All Confederate Veterans desiring e
? attend the convention at Winstonilem,
September 4-5, and their wives r<
id members of their families, can p
t identification certificates from .
r. John H. Dillard by applying to
m for them. These certificates will '4
jtitle the holder to purchase round '-1
ip tickets at a reduced rate. Mr. ir
illard has only a few of these but u
ill he glad to see them all used. '
_______________ 1 ai
'rice Revival Beg?ns
At Andrews Sunday
ANDREWS, Aug. 28.?A union re. u
val meeting: will begin here Sunday ir
ider a large tent. Rev. Thurston B. ll
rice, of I<akc Junaluska, will do the L
caching. He is a strong preacher ' w
id it is expected that he will have a w
>od meeting here. Many Andrews c<
>ople had the opportunity to hear; h
m while he was holding the revival I p
Murphy in July and Augu*t, and! ei
ey are looking forward to his series iT
I here Trl'i int;r5St _ jt
?COttt
his Seotion of Western
*1.09
Vayne Townson ]
Has Arm Broken
Wayn?\ the little 11 year old son
f Mr. and Mrs. \V. I>. T<>\\ -<n. had t
ie misfortune t?? ? t his i i-.-ht at m
rokon just ahov. the elbow and his
.how dislocate d when hi J, a
.nv Sunday nitfht. Wayru and" R
rd Parker wer riding Richard's j
hen the former was thr ?\vn with
u- above results.
iEVERE OUAKE
SHOWN BY THE \
SEISOMOGRAPH
1
:slrumtnt at Watliington and One
in Arizona Indicate Considerable
Dbtrubance
I
WASHINGTON. Aul- 2>. Earth |
'fiuiir- of marlv? <f severity were re- '
:>rd:J from 6:22 t?? 7:50 o'clock to- *
ight on the Georg town t.'niv? rsity
tismojrraph. Father Tondorg. dir?r
of the ob> rvatory, estimated the ,
'sturbance at 5.600 miles from Wash- t
igton, apparently north.
i
R17.0NA INSTRUMENT SHOWS
QUAKK VERY SEVERE ONK ,
TUSC'ON, Ariz.. Aug. ? An 1
iirthquak-- starting about 4 p. m. to- ^
ay and lasting f >r nearly an hour
as recorded on tht. seismotrraph of ..
ie United States magnetic ob ? rva?ry
northeast of Tuseon, according t
A. J. Ludv, observer in charge. The ,
>cation of the earthquake could dot i
e dc termined. , \
"Judging the way th, instrument \
ehaved. the guakc must have been <
xtremely severe." the obs. rver said.
4igh School Graduates
Increase 400 Percent
RALEIGH, Aug. 28>?-According
o a report recently compiled and
ivade publie by Stale Superintendent
tf Public Instruction A. T. Allen,
he number of graduates-from North
'arolina high schools have increased
nore than tout; hundrecj , j e c-.-nt
luring the last four ve\fcs. or. an avrage
of over 100 per cent a year.
!*he number of graduates in 10If*
t-as 1,500; the number last year.fi,-'
ording to Allen's report, was ??,
IUU.
.lust following the war there wj?
, phenomenal increase in school attendance
over the entire state. Th>
ras true not only in cas? of the pub-1
ic schools, but also with the higher
restitutions of learning. It was this
;reatly increased desire for equation
that causel the state to launch
ts great educational huildir\ gpro;ram
both for the public schools and : j
he Stat? institutions of high.i* learnAuthorities
Ask L. &
N. To Do Paving
Local Agent .T. H. Phaup, of the
.. &. N. Railway, has made public;
.'tiers of thc Chamber of Commerce j
nd the Town officials calling on
he Louisville and Nashville Railway j
"ompany to do 1 certain paving
round the station so that dust and j
Uid can be eliminated and steps talc.
n to beautify the grounds adjacent'
j the railway property. The letter? i
equcst that the railway company ] j
ave around th~ hi-s.l .?f ?H. ir irm t-.
eginnig where the city pavement
avea off, and also the strip between
ic near rail and the side walk lead-1 ?
?g to the station, so as to connect! 1
p with the street built by the town (
ist year between the two stations; ^
nd with the street in front of the
Lation.
It is a part of the plan of the In- '
jrested parties, according to the let- f
?rs, if the paving is donc to assist i
? the planting of shrubbery around 1 ?
le retaining v:all at the hc-ai of the s
. & N. yard and to beautify the i
hole area in general. I>o'-al rail j
av authorities have signified their
omplct accord wth the plan and \
ave taken the matter up with the 1
roper officials and will ask that i
ngineers be sent here to make an ?
r vest i gal ion and determine whether i
_ work be done now or rot. 1
f. ADVERTISE IN ; 'r
?! THE SCOUT
K "IT WILL MAKE ;
\ YOU RICH" ;;
i North Carolina
A YEAR IN ADVANCE
MASONS HELD
ALL-DAY MEET
HERE SATURDAY
>cek to Further Plans of Educational
Serivc?. Committee?Public
Session in Afternoaa
The Masons of the -13rd
f North Carolina, embracing the
untie.. in southwestern North Car
v. i. held an all-day educational
itnr here last Saturday. The
Hirning s. ssion was opened in the
room of the Cherokee Lodge
. nt 10 o'clock, with the wek
!]? addrc ~ by Mr. W. E. Studstill,
A . M A j .Mic session was held^in
he at rn< at the court house and
night s'.veral reels 'of educational
>ictur?s were shown in tht? court
louse. The banquet at the Regal
Hotel at 6:30 \v a largely attended
>v v,siting and local members of the
treat order.
Th, purpose of the meeting was
ducational. As slab d in the letter
f call from the District Grand Secctaiy,
the meeting was "to further
he plar - of the Masonic Servic. Astouatm,,
by establishing a clearer
inderstanding of what Masonry fa
md for what it stands, that every
dason may do his full part in helpng
solve th< vexing questions which
oday harass humanity."
The morning session dealt largely
vith the educational side. Reside
the welcoming address an dthe re;pon:;c
by ?.Ir. Clyde Jarreu, of
% ndrews. past Grandmaster <>f Anln
ws Lodge No. '2'J, District Depnade
a report on the condition of the
odg? s in this district, following which
;here were two splendid addresses,
he first by Rev. L. I'. Smith, of Anirews,
whose subject was "Masonry's
oiitributlon to Govi-rament,7 and
the second by Mr. M. \V. Bell, of
Murphy, who took the subpect:
"The Mason as a Citizen."
At the public session at two o'clock
in the aVternoon thd Grandmaster of
the North Carolina Lodge and the
Educational Field Secretary of the
Lodge nir.de the principal addresses.
Hoi:. C.vde li. Jarrett introduced the
Granmaster, Dr. H. M. Poteat, who
-im>ivv muquenuy oil life reason for
Kite Masonry, explaining something
"t" what the Lodge stands for and
what it dots. The Educational address
was by the Field Secretary,
Hon. W. C. Wicker, whose work is
to encourage Masons to become more
familiar with what Masonry stands
At Eight o'clock in the evening, Q
three reels of Masonic educational
n:ctures were -liown in the court
house.
Murphy Man Killed By
Train in Bryson City
Mr. Frank Ramsey, brakeman on
he Murphy Division of the Southern
Railway fell under a freight train
while shifting some cars at Bryson
City Wednesday afternoon and was
>ad!y crushed and mangled, according
to a telegram received here late Wednesday
afternoon. He was rushed to
tn Asheville hospital on a special
train hut died about two hours after
arriving. It is not known here just
aow the accident happened.
Mr. Ramsey is a son of Deputy
sheriff W. K. Ramsey. He has a
vife and three small children living
in Murphy.
The body was hrought hero Thurslay
afternoon. Arrangements for
he funeral have not yet been made.
Brick Work Begins On
New School Building
Brick layers began work on the now
school building Wednesday morning.
The concreter foundations were pourd
several days ago. The building Is
ituated to the left and slightly in
'ront of the present building and will
>e two stories high, and contain am>le
room for the high school departnent
for years to come. It was detigned
to take care .of the four high
chool grades, the superintendent's ofrice,
science laboratories, the library
ind cloak rooms, etc. It will be about
>5x105 feet, and will, therefore, be
practically as large as the present
pudding. When this building is completed,
Murphy will have as good
chool housing facilities ts any town
in all of western North Carolina, with
the exception gt Asheville. ^