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CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY READY
TO BEGIN WORK
Equipment expected to arrive any
Jay?Havre not decided where
work will begin
Officials of the Wil-on Construe-'
tlon 1 ompaay of Ruthorfordton arfivcu
:k v iUf3u?y to iimac preliminary
arrangements for stating
the grading on the Murphy-Marble
section of the Murphy-Andrews road;
The equipment is expected to arrive
within the next few days and the
actual grading work gotten under
way. It has nob yet been decided
just where wo? k- will commotic?,
though it is expected that the construction
company will cooperate
with officials of the county so as to
interfere with traffic as little as
possible.
It will be recalled that bids on
these projects were opened by the
t' ;? n,i.
Ma;, nignwaj ...
fijfli the latt'r part of January, the
Wilson Company being low bidders
on the section of the road nearest
Murphy and W. T. Moore Concrete
froducts Company lowest bidder on
tht section nearest Andrews. Grading
work has already been commece
on the Andrews end of this link.
Work on the structure is also under
say. The iron bridge ever Vail y
River has been completed re floored
and new railing put up, and the
bridge paint<<1 white, a- all structures
on State projects are painted.
Wory is now in progress on the concret
br:dgc over the Hiawasses River
at th L. & N. Station. The concrete
floor, which gave away sometime
last year, is being torn up and will
be replaced in an approved manner.
Traffic is being temporarily driven
over the iron bridge at this point
while the work is in progress.
COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION
MET ON MONDAY
The County Board of Education
net Mouday in the office of Sup
Erintcndent A. l,. .uarun iwt
ransaction of the regular business
f the Board. A" number of vacanIies
on the Board of local schools
broii^'huut the county were filled.'
A petition for a local tax election
i District No. 7, Murphy Township,
hieh .s the Hangingdog school disrict,
was endorsed by the Bou'*d
rid the election called bv the Counf
Commissioners for Saturday,
<pn1 liith. The people of this dlsrict
will endorse, or reject the proo-a!
to levy not exceeding 30c on
ie hundred dollars worth of propfty
and not exceeding 00c on the
oil for school purposes.
An application was also received
Bd endorsed authorizing the Anptws
school to borrow $50,000 from
be state school house building fund
ft?e used in eniai?>itg the school
Andrews.
Several other matters came up but
're not passed by the board.
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First Can of Cream i
Shipped From Clay
On last Friday morning the first
can of cream was shipped to Atlan-,
tii from Murphy by C. C. Long, tenant
farmer on II. H. Long's farm In
Clay County, in co-operation with
County Agent Willard R. Anderson.
Mr. Anderson expressed himself as
being highly nlp:i??J ever the ship- .
ping of the first can of cream io-.
he hopes, it is the beginning of a
new era in th dairy industry fur
Clay County and this section in general.
"The can was -hipped to the Belmont
Dairy Company. of Atlanta
and was of five-gallon capacity,"
he stated. "The cost of shiping this'
five gallon can to Atlanta over the
railroad was forty cents, with the can,
returned free of charge. The cost
of shiping the can of cream fron*
HayesvjJle. to Murnhv tvn? no r<mt?
making th- t. tal cost of shipping
seventy cents."
According to Mr^ Anderson, the
purchaser quoted 50c per pound for
butt< r fat. and about $7 would be
realized from thi - five gallon can.
"This is a small beginning." sai i
Mr. Anderson, "and is the first commercial
returns of our efforts in
behalf of the farmers of Clay County.
However, we hope to have the
juice flowing frcily soon."
SEVERAL NEW
HOUSES UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
Several new dwelling houses are
under construction and one or two
others are being projected. Mr.
Spurge Christopher and L. E. Harriett
are placing material on their respective
lots preparatory to building.
Mr. Chri-topher's house- win
be near the Presbyterian church,
while Ml. Burnett's will be on Mill
Street in East Murphy, next to that
of Mr. T. J. Mautuy. Both of these
house will be of brick construction
and of a bungalow type.
Mrs. Willard Cooper is also placing
lumber and making ready for
the addition of several new roms
to her house on Hiawassec street.
The garage of Dickey & Dickey Is
nearing completion. The brick work
i- finished, the roof on and the sash
are now being put in place. It will
be ready for occupancy within about
two weeks at the present rate of
work.
Also, the fruraKe of Mr. Gordon
Hasty will soon be ready for opening.
New fillinu tanks have been It:stalled
this week at the Evans garage
and at the garage of Dickey & Dickey.
The latter have put in a Standard
Oil Tank while th former put
in a tank for the distribution of the
pr^rbHts of the Gulf Refining Company.
The Evans garage also has
a Standard tapk.
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Mrs. Fall 111
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Wife of the former Secretary of
I the Interior, who is reported seriously
ill at her home in Elpaso, Tex.
Mr. Fall, conspicuous figure in the
oil lease scandal investigation, rested
in St. Louis on his way to Elpaso
where he was sunvnoned by Mrs.
Fall's illness. He was accompanied
by a nurse and his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Jack Fall.
CljCTC
rokee County, and the L
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA
"SAY IT WI7
Fifteen hundred mechanics of the
Cal., formed this human insignia c
the insignia of the Naval Aviation,
REVENUE OFFICERS1]
CAPTURE 2 STILLS i
AND MAKE ARRESTS
Defendants Being Held in Jail On
Account of Failure to Make ; I
Bond ]
tilleries the first of the week and
brought two parties, alleged owners <
of the contraband outfit, who were 1
lodged in the county jail on account j
of^helr inability to make bonds. 1
Both outfits were captured about; t
a mile apart on Morris Creek to the I
northeast of Andrew?. One was j
found in the basement of Logan Gib-; i
by*s house and the other in the base-jt
ment of the house occupied by Mrs. Ii
May Adams. They were both in furn c
aces and ready for operation, indl-1 i
eating that they were not merely11
stored there. Both parties were ar-! I
rested and brought to Murphy. I ,
HAYESVILLE TO
PRESENT PLAY IN I]
A UDITORIUM
Talent from Hayesville, under Ihej1
direction of Mrs. W. R. Anderson 11
will present in the school auditorium j
at this place on Friday night, March ''
14th. a play entitled "An Old Fnsh-1'
ioned Mother." Thi^. pla> is being 1
brought here under the auspices of
the Woman's Missionary Soricty of
the Methodist church of Murphy. Th?.
. play was staged in Hayesville sever- :
jal weeks ago and called forth the j
j highest commendation. The admts- i
i sion charge will be 15 cents for all.
I school children and 25 cents for
j adults.
ranger
i Mrs. J. W. Kilpatrick, who has ^
I only a birthday every four year ( j
; celebrated it Friday by inviting!
' Rev. T. L. Noble to share it with her j
j as he has her Birthday also. The'
house was decorated with ever-;
j greens. The guests were taken to
: the dining room where a delicious'
: dinner was served. After dinner a
! devotional service consisting of
music, prayer, and an appropriate
| talk by Rev. Noble, was held.
| Thoes present were Rev. an 1 Mr-.
| T. L. Noble and son. Dewey^Mr. and
! Mrs. Fred Kilpatrick and dauj
ghter, Gladys; Mr. and D- B;
Raity; Mrs. C. M. Sneed; Mrs. Hugh
{Alice Kilpatrick, Geneva Kilpatrick.
Messrs. J. W. and A. D. Kilpatrick
and James and Ellis Guthrie.
A box supper was helt at ranger
church Saturday night for the purpose
of repairing the church. The
amount received ! was thirty nin
dollars and thirty-five cents.
Miss Wanna Evans left Feb. 21,
for Akron, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson have
J moved to the Ditinore farm.
eading Newspaper in
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1924
'
SAILORS''
Naval Air Station at San Diego,
>f the Naval Air Service. This star, |
is seen on tht* wings of all seaplanes;
Power Project of
Interest to this Section
Among projects for which the Issuance
of preliminary permits and
licenses was recently allowed by the
Pederal Power Commission, two
were of particular interest to North
Carolina.
The Pigon River Power Company.
>f Waynesville, N. C.. is grave a preliminary
permit for two years for a;
Jroptised power project on the Big
Pigeon River at a point just above j
:he Tennessee-North Carolina State!
ine. in Haywood County. The pro-1
ject will consist of a duui forming a
reservoir on the? Big Pigeon River,
:wo tunnnels with a tctal length of
ipproximately 17,000 feet, two cos
iuits with a total length of about
<,(>00 feet, a surge tang and a pons:ock
to a powerhouse located on
Pigeon River and denned to develop
approximately 60.000 horsepower.
Among applications for permit or
license under 1 the Federal water
Power Act filed with the cimmission
and now pending is that of the hiawassee
River Power Company asking
for a preliminary permit for a
comprehensive project or.,' the Hiawassee
River in Cherckee and Clay
counties, consis ing of six separate
development, which combined would
create about a half million acre feet
of storage, utilize a tatal fall of 660
feet, and develope in the neighborhood
of 110,000 horsepower.
This application, it will be noted
is in direct conflict with the previous
application of the Southern
Appalachian Power Company for a
dam 170 feet high above Murphy,
and unother dam 40 feet higher below
Murphy on the Hiawassee River.
The probable effects of this proposal
development on the water power
situation on the river and in connection
with the surrounding county
already have been discussed in
Naturay Resources. The Power
Commission will consider these applications
after the advertising period
of six weeks, when it will take
into consideration recommendations
of the North Carolina Geological
and Economic Survey regarding the
propt r developement of the river
from the point by Thomdike Savilie,
of the hydraulic department.
/^AiiuieeiAMrnc
cummiooiuiiuiw
HOLD REGULAR
SESSION MONDAY
The County Board of Commissioners
met Monday and Tuesday of thi?
wtek for the transaction of the regular
business of the county and other
matters that came up. Upon petition.
the commissioners called an
election for Valley town Township
to determine whether or not the stock
law should become applicable to that
part of the county.
The question of issuing bonds t?
construct a macadam road down the
river was discussed and a committee
appointed to investigate the need ol
the road.
mut \
this Section of Western
Unfortunate Shooting '
Affair Near Rhodo
A pistol duel between Cliff Dock-1
?ry and LutJv r Rrady took place ' ^
near Rhodo Sunday afternoon about
two o'clock in which Dock? rv re !
reived four wounds and Brady three, i
Powder marks on the clothing of the ;
principals indicated that the shoot-!
r.g took place at close rang?. It Is (
not known if there were any eye- ^
svitne-ses nrd it could not b?* learned ^
what was the cause of the difficulty! fl
between the two parties. It is not | c
likely that the wounds of either ,
Dockery or Brady will prov? fatal, i ^
PLANNING THE
HOME GROUNDS,
It takes more than a house to '
make a home. Likewise it takes 1
more than a beautiful building to
make an attractive pJace. A simple ,
cottage or bungalow beautified with
shrubbery trees, grass and flowers Ts
far more attractive and h mey in
appearance than the most luxuri .ns
and costly mansion without these
plantings.
It is positively pitiful to see the,
many homes that are without plantings
of any kind. Such places may
i often be seen not only in the county.
I but in the cities and towns as well
When ane can so easily and so incxexpensively
beautify these bare
places with a small an>ount of shrub
bery and trees, grass and flowers. It
: is nothing short of a calamity for it
nut to be done.
1 Kveryone Likes Beautiful Grounds
It is true that one may live just as
; long in a home that is not properly
! bcautiffied with trees, shrubbery.
I etc., but in such a phiee, one can
never get the most out of life It
matters not how little beauty may j
mean to some people, the person ,
never breathed who would not think
more of a home property beautified
with trees, shrubbery, etc., than one
built ont ont in the open, with notV
ing in the way of shrubbery ami
grass to tie it to old mother earth.
We would therefore make an
earnest plea that the hoifte ground?
be planted. Do it now, as this planting
work can be done any time due-1
ing the winter or early spring be
fore buds in the plunts begin to
swell.
i Many people imagine that it is
very expensive to properly plant the '
| home grounds. We believe this Is i
! one of the outstanding reasons why
' so many homes are not planted. It:
is a mistage to think that a large
amount of money is necessary to |
i beautify the home grounds. Of!
' course much money may be spent \
for this purpose it one has large
grounds and wishes an elaborte I
| planting. But the smal home of
even the large one, may be properiy j
" planted with trees,shrubbery, etc.,,
at a price that is well within the
I reach of everyone.
Latent In Silk Coats
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' A Kerami Majale Silk Coat, with
collar of white Belgian Coney, that
shows the effect of the Egyptian ia'
flucnce, expressed in border and the
fining.
ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
"IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH"
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CHURCH DRIVE
SATURDAY1 NETS
A GOODL YSUM
HI Denominations Unit* In Ef'ort
To Complete New Methodist ^
Church Jl
At a preliminary accounting yest*rday,
memuers uf iue Method let
'hurch Building Fund Committee reorted
that the drive on Saturday,
i which all business and professionil
nu n and all denominations co>
pe rated, would net approximately
it teen hundred dollars. Something
?ver thirteen hundred dollars had
>een received by the committee at
he time of this statement, but there
ret remained a few to be heard from
n this drive the salaried and professional
men pledged half of their
daily earnings on Saturday, while
:he business houses gave hulf of
their gross profits on this day. In
addition, about ten girls solicited Individual
donations from the public
generally on the street* Saturday,
ng a who made a contribution
n?> matter how small. About $160
wt r>- r. alized from the efforts of
l .he girls' tagging committee. Ser' r:i
i ! >r:auiis froni parties out of
aii svere also received. The balance
was realized from the donations
of merchavr&t .salaried and professional
men. ^
The committee expressed itself at
being very gratified over the results.
They were especially pleaded
with the fine spirit of co-operation
shown by the entire community.
COOPER REBUYS
STOCK GROCERIES
About the middle of the week a
business deal, in which W. T. Cooper
again came into posession of the
stock of groceries in the Fain building
near the Regal Hotel, was consumated.
The consideration wu
not learned. About two weeks ago
.?i r. wiison r.iuoii. purcnasea uus
business from Mr. Cooper.
CULLOWHEE
BEGINS SPRING
SCHOOL TERM
Cullowhee. N. C., Feb. 28?The
Cuilowhec Normal' and Industrial
School begins its spring quarter with
a considerable increase in attendance.
To date, over thirty new students
have matriculated; and other*
are expected. Of these, four are
men. Mot of the new studenrs are
teachers who have had charge ef
short-term schools over the state.
They represent a considerable territory,
several coming from Central
Carolina, and others from South
Carolina. One is expected within a
few days from Tennessee. The
student body now represents the
following states: North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia. Virginia
nr.d Pennsylvania.
it had been expected that one of
the new wings of the moore Domltory
would be ready for occupancy
by the opening . r the spring q :arter
But some delay in Tcrt'ng materials
made it " f?r the contractors
to complete the rooms. However,
the finishing touches are now
being but on the rooms of one of
the new wings, while the other wing
is rapidly nearing completion. It
is excepted that both wings will be
completed within three weeks, thu*
making available about firty- five
new rooms in the dormitory for
women. A few more men could be
accommodated in the Davis Hall.
The nbministration is planning: to
have these rooms filled this spring.
A number of school teachers, whose
schools were not closing: in time for
them to enter the beginning of the
sprinp quarter, have ased to be
permitted to ented the first week in
April. This would enable such
teachers to fret credit for the last
six eeks of the spring: quarter. By
apeciai an augc hicuU, ihc;?
wish to enter for the last six weeks
of the present session, may do so,
with the provision that they remain
fo rtfae summer quarter. This will
enable* teachers who have already
secured credit for six weeks of summer
study, to raise their crMflcatea
to the next higher classification
this summer.