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1n I I I 11 IF IT ISN'T IN II THE SCOUT j K, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T } KNOW IT . 11 Tile Official Orgj I Krews may j BET LUTHERAN I pISSION STATION I Aug. G.?It was learned I t(Kj3y ^at the proposal subI Mj to th<* Women's Missionary I m thP Evangelical Lutheran I Kb of North Carolina, in ses ion | Keek at Hickory, N. C., to es| M} the invpy-tti Mission at AnH I Hj was receiving favorable co.iI Knon. Shelby and Ashevillu are I Hgher principal contenders for ? Berariou missionary societies of 1 Kntheran Church in North CaroI Ii*ve decided to concentrate I ,b?me mission eforts on one mis_l I to be established at some point "* state. The propositions of dflie, Shi 1 by and Andrews arc >T3 only om before the body thus The claims of Shelby to the mis?? are based on the fact that at point 25 members of the LuthChurch are working as one body ? have an ideal lot, which they ofis a site for the mission. Ashe"i claim comes from the tact that i fast growing, progressive city would, therefore, be an ideal t for fostering the growth of the ton; but it is said that it would wre difficult to build the mission e for financial reasons. Arts'claim comes from the fact that heady ha- a flourishing Sunday ol of nearly fifty members and ith ght Brigade but has no organized rogation. It would he easy to lire property in Andrews and a iber of prominent citizens of the unity are manifesting much in. ^ st in the proposal. Seventy-sevvomen's sock ties and 51 light ides arc represented in the Hick? meeting. I ? I. iprcrvements Being r Made at Methodist Parsonage ktensiw improvements are being le to the Methodist .parsonage on irissee Street this week The presporch is being enlarged and ex cu tuuutiu i'u? tiiu u* the FOOiii ; faces on the street, giving in leveral scores of floor space. The nt of the porch is being bricked with an attractive red brick, which ddir.g much to the appearance of parsonage. Only recently addf| wal windows were put in on the t side. POSTELL. lehool rnirimpncorj Monday momit Shoal Creek under the man wnt of Mr. R. L-. Kecnum, as ttipal. and Miss Minie Ferguson, assistant. i5is5 Ollie Beaver visited her moth Mr?. Jane Mason, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. S. Y. Allen spent fisday night with their daughter, v R. L. Peoples, at Ducktown. an. Little Jack and Geraldine Allen of wah were visitors at Postell Fri1 Uttle Fay Stiles has been on the k list for the past week. Mfley Kifpatrick has moved from tell to Culberson. Messrs. Felix Hill and James Allen de a business trip to Murphy Mon-j y in Mr. Hill's new baby Over-. * I Mr. Howard Hickey was a pleasant j dfcr on Shoal Creek the fourth} ?d.y, ! &veral of the Shoal Creek folks at #ded the revival meeting at Friend i J ip last week, which is being conWed by Rev. Green Sparks, from I Tenn. ! Mrs. G. M. Young visited Mrs. | ?dy - . ?"i?jr * uesuuy aiternoon. Some of the n>en from this section | Attending court at Murphy this! ML Mr. Dewey Brendle was a Duck- , A visitor Wednesday. A revival noting start9 at Shoal | ' k Sunday inghV Rev. Green i M'ks is doing the preaching and Isi ^sted by Rev. Morrow. | wssea Gypsie and Lexie Allen left | soday for Farner, Ten., to attend] w \ Mrs. Maud Allen visited Mrs. Mary | Tuesday afternoon. *** Jane Mason and little grand I l^ter, Rhelia Hickman, visited! Manuel Burger at Suit SaturL in of Murphy and Chei i robbinsville SCHOOL OPENED LAST MONDAY! | High School Enrollment Will Entitle | 1 School to Admission to Accred- j ited iLat, is Thought The Robbinsville school opened on I Monday. August 4th, with approximately 400 students enrolled, something like 80 of which are in the high. | school. If this high enrollment can j I be maintained during the year, point-1 ed out Principal \Y. G. Justis and ! I County Superintendent J. H. Moody,! I the school will be placed on the ac-1 I credited list of Southern high schools j and colleges. Last year the enroll-1 j nient at Robbinsville was around 3501 j and the large increase this year is primarily due to the fact that Sweet j Gum and Bear Creek sehools have been consolidated with the Robbinsi ville school. With the merging of the Sweet Gum and bear Creek schools with the j Robbinsvillc school, seven schools i are now concentrated fit this one ; point, the others being Sweetwater, I Highlands, Etowah, Long Creek and Buffalo. In order to bring the children in to the central school seven I trucks are being operated this year j by the county school authorities. Five of these trucks have already been purchased. Trucks were operated last year on a contract basis, and the plan proved so satisfactory that the county went ahead with further con solidations and purchased the trucks to carry the children to and from the j Robbinsvillc school. The greatest' i distance any of the trucks run is sev- 1 en miles and some of them only three miles. ' The Robbinsville school is now in 1 a position to accomodate the addition' i al students brought in by the consolidation plan, a beautiful new build-J j ing having recently been completed.! I The new building, which contains J 2 j elas srooms, a handsome auditorium, I domestic science room, rest room, etc is built of native grey granite, and is both modern and extremely attractive. It is equipped with steam heat, water, a lighting plant, etc. The new building is situated on a hill, and overlooks the country for miles around. j An attractive interest in athletics is expected in the Robbinsville school i this year, says Mr. Justis. He exj pects to organize baseball and basket ball Lams and perhaps other athletic activities. The school at Robbinaville will hnv* 11 teachers this year, four of whom j I wil be in the high school. Following: | is a. iist 01 UiL- U&chars (elected: W. i G. Justin, Greenville, Ttnn., princ!1 pal, history and science; Mrs. R. B.' : Slaughter, Robbinsville, mathematics j and Latin; Mrs. E. A. Hill, Bristol, i Va., English and music; Miss Lena 1 M. Rector, Baltimore, domestic scijence; Miss Pearl Jones, Graham j County, seventh grade; Miss Lena i Barker, Andrews, sixth grade; Miss i Mamie Moody, Robbinsville, fifth grade; Miss Belle Slaughter, Robbins ville, fourth grade; Miss Mcllie Robinson, Andrews, third grade; Miss Belle Colvard, Robbinsville, second rade; and Miss Edna Padgett, Hayesville, first grade. Engleman Kills Large Rattler In Andrews Andrews, Apg. 5.?One of the larg-l est rattle snakes seen in this immedia I te section for sometime was killed i yesterday by Mr. R. H. Engleman just on the lower end of the pavement coming out of Andrews toward Murphy. The snake had ten rattles and | a button. Andrews Contractor Gets Granville Co. Road Contract ! E. A. Wood and Company, of An! drews, were awarded the contract for the structures on a 13.7 miles stretch of road 111 Granville at a letting of the State Highway Commission on Tuesday, August 5th. The amcan: of the contract was $42,11A50 In the lotting, about one and a half millions cf dollars worth of projets were iw'tfdcd, totaling 105 miles. A ton mire ifrtion from Leicester to the Madison County line In Buncombe Coiirty was the only pro"'rrt in the i iiith dMi.'ct. I ul_l_ . SC i i ma*','. Cfjerc -okee County, and the I MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA Clay County Sheriff Badly Injured In Auto Accident Sheriff Ellis Smart, of Clay oCun-j ty, was seriously and perhaps fatally injured last Saturday morning about 6 o'clock when his car went over an embankment about ten feet high, pinning him underneath it. The accident occurred near the Hiawassee River bridge. The Sheriff is ??id to have pased a friend on the road and looked hack to respond to his salutation and when he turned to the front again was blinded by the fog to such an extent that he could not see where he was going. When he felt his machine start over the embankment he tried to jump but failed to free himself. The machine fell across his abdomen and he is believed to have been internally injured. Early Thurs day morning little chancre was noted in his condition. He was semi-conscious and was said to still be in danger of losing his life from the accident. No Charge To Hear Dr. Geo. Truett Several inquiries have been marie of The Scout as to the truthfulness of a rumor to the effect that an admittance charge would be made for the privilege of hearing Dr. George W. Truett during his series of sermons here. This paper has investigated the matter and finds that there is absolutely no grounds for such a rumor. Members of the committee on arrangements and others who have been interested in making plans for the meeting expressed amazement when the matter was mentioned to them. N'o one has thought of making any charges. This paper is glad to use its columns to allay any such rumor and to notify the people that absolutely no charge will be made to hear this great preacher. Murphy welcomes the people of this entire section to hear him daily from August 10th to the 22nd. WOLF CREEK. Mrs. Lizzie Holbrooks, who resided at Isabella for a long Lime auu v>as also a member of the Macedonia Church here, was laid to re?t Fri-1 day afternoon. She was laid alongside her husband and three children which had preceded her. She was well knpwn throughout this section and had many friends. She leaves four sons, James, Frank Edward and Jesse, who were all present at her funeral to mourn. The Rev. F. R. Carter conducted the funeral services. Mr. and Mrs. Windham Gaddi* who have made their home in Lynch, Ky., for some time, returned from there Friday. The Rev. Org Helton filled his regular appointment to preach at Macedonia Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Adie Mason, of Hayesvilie, is spending a few days with relatives here and at Copperhill. She will return home the latter part -of the week Several of our citizens are attending court at Murphy this week. Mr. and Mrs. Webster Ledford, of Etowah, spent the week-end visit-, ing relatives here and on Hothouse. They returned home Monday. There were many dry lips and parched throats around the Ducktown Basin Sunday as the fountain which Verl Hyde has been causing to flow for several weeks, it is alleged, was caused to suddenly dryup Saturday evening when Deputy Sheriff J. N. Bell, assisted by Mr. T. J. Cole, made a raid on his home and found him in the act of dispensing it, when lo they took charge of him and his stock of about seven gallons and hiked away to Murphy with him. It is reported that many called at his home SSunday, not to console his wife and three or four children, but for more booze and had to turn away empty. "The way of the transgressor is hard," and he also makes it hard for others. Whi trier To Hold Children's Day August 17th There will be a children's day at Whitner's the third Sunday in August. It wiil be held at the big tabernacle which wil be erected at little distance of the Whitner church house. The public is invited. i feeeg reading Newspaper in tl L FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. 1924 Sunday School Lesson 1 For August 10th GOLDEN TEXT?Whatsoever he | saith unto you, do it.?John 2:25. c What do wo pray for in the first I petition? | In the first petition, which L-. J "Hallowed be thy name," we pray I that God would enable us and oth- n ers to glorify Him in all that where- \ by He maketh Himself known, and v uml He would d'.sp"?0 all things to l His own glory. t And "thn thir/1 ?!??? - 1 mairiage in Cana of Galilee." Why ? is this calle 1 the third day? \Vhatjc took placa on the < 'her two <lays"! f i Why are the days not mentioned after this day? These questions arouse t our intere?t and we can satisfy our e I craving for knowledge ty referring1!) I to the first chapter of John. Here r I we find- that on the first day afteria I Jesus saw John that He called An- t I drew to be his disciple. Andrew ir. f I turn called Simo Peter. On the s.v- ,1 ond day Jesus called Philip and he in ji Iturn brought Nathaniel. c In two days Jesus had won four a? v i his genuine followers. We find that v 1 it is always fruitful to watch Je^us a at work. It may prick our con- a science but it is a fact that the rc- v I ports of a certain denomination in t lour own Southland last year show r that 800 well trained pastors serv- v ing more than 5,500 church members d ! won not a single convert. Here Is ( 0 ' a case of 1280 churches, 800 pastors a j and 55,000 members parsing a whole your of 365 days and not a single; f convert won for Christ. Jesus won o four in two days and they were gen- n uine, too. It mitigates the pain a bit v to remember that these were unusual c days for Jesus and that to the end of b his ministry there were only a fewjii 1 followers. Jesus came to make the t gospel and to train a few to carry j ii on the work of spreading the tidings, tl Perhaps these thousands spent last a : year making a clear statement of the ]j gospel and we trust that God will, G I yet send a Pentecost to them. fj This ihiiu daO Wu? necessary in a order to manifest the real character w of Jesus in the presence of his dls- p ciples. They had started to follow 1 manifestation for an invincible ar- k I gument. While the account: reads ir 'with unusual naturalness we can nev- p er believe that this marriage simply h happened. It came by divine order.' tl Genuine marriages always do. 'Jfce.ri happy home is the result of a union n made in heaven. This n>arriane in tt Cana of Galilee was we believe of i this heavenly sort. ! cl The mother of Jtsus was present, tl , Whether this was a relative or close j ti i friend of the family we are not told ! n i but it is quite natural to infer that n ( his mother was there filling a real j it | place. To say the lea9t we: may well. cl | beileve that she was sharing with the | | family a regard for a multitude of ? | details in connection with the care- i fully planned feast. When a crisis arose it was natural that this woman ' should be informed in a quiet way : for the mother of Jesus was to find s' ! away around difficulties. ' u In this case she quietly and unob- 11 j served told the trouble to Jesus. We j d | do not understand his answer. To! 31 ' guess at its meaning I would say that, | Jesus was only pleading for the prlv-jC j ilege of fitting into the situation un- w noticed. His mother seemed to ut?-le derstand and so quietly was the whole j thing done that the Governor did ja not know what had taken place. In ( n fact we do not read that any savejt the disciples and the servants aver l< knew. This fits in with the purpose J of the day. Jesu9 was giving his con- c verts of the two days an opportunity o to see his real character and it is in keeping with his modesty that this. K should be done in such a manner as ! a not to attract attention. To this day 1 the well bred person is the one who 5 can serve, his fellow n>an without at- p trading undue notice. A minister d in West Virginia once traversed the tl state and in doing so secured funas i to establish on a sound basis two col- leges in that state. A short time aft- v wards he officiated in a wedding that s attracted a great deal of attention, c All that wa^ said of *he minister was: n "This couple was united in marriage c by an obscure West Virgian clergy- n man." v We close with two or three inter^ h esting facts. One 4a-that there must g (have been around 120 gallons of wine t V second is that these water pots : . - V. ' >cout liis Section of Wester TRUETT MEETING OPENS SUNDAY AT 11 O'CLOCK Ither Church Services Suspended? Exteusive preparations Being Made to Care for Visitors The twelve days* series of ser10ns to be delivered here by George i" u * - .. iiuch, woiiu lamous preacner, rill open Sunday morning, August Oth at 11 o'clock and continue ? f the month. Dr. Truetf xpects to arrive here Saturday aftrnoon at 2 o'clock unless he misses onnection somewhere on his journej roni his Dallas, Texas, home. Everything possible has been done o take care of the crowds that his oming will attract. The town has >e<n canvassed for rooms to supplenent the hotel accomodations and rrangements have been made with he Blue Ridge Assembly of Georgia or a large number of cots and bedling, which will be shipped here and ilaced in vacant buildings for the acomodations of overnight visitors who rill be unable to find lodging else'here. Information a head quarters for 11 visitors will bo opened in Townon furniture store where visitors rill be directed to find rooms after he hotels have been filled up. The oster of all available rooms in town ril be kept here and visitors will be irected from here to various points f the town where rooms are availble. Daily letters are being rdceived rom points as far distant as Florida n the South and Illinios on the North raking inquiries about the meeting, rhich fact leads members of the loal committee on arrangements to elieve that literally hundreds of visors will he here from quite a disance, who will expect to find lodgig here. It is taken for granted .??. jiioi nwuiij an 01 ^ncroKce, ciay nd Graham Counties, North Carona, and Towns and Union Counties, ieorgia, will turn out almost to a amity at some of the meetings, and part of them, especially those ith means of travel, will be here at racticully every service. This is by far the biggest drawing ?ckit murphy has ever had the privifge of entertaining and it is bendlg every effort to take care of it roperly. Any who find that they ave rooms to spare in addition to lose listed with the committee alady are requested to notify Chairlan R. F. Williamson or Headquarirs Manager W. D. Townson. The preaching services at the tiurches have been suspended so that le entire town may have an oppormity of attending all cf the Truett leetings. Sunday school; v.'hscW will ot conflict with the Truett preachlg hours, will be continued at the (lurches, however. distillery Captured On Owl Creek Deputy C. J. Marcus, with the aaistancc of W. A. Iiass, specially deptized officer, on last Friday capared on Owlcreek one of the largest istillcries seen in this section in ame time, and along with the disillery a young man by the name of ?nard Clark, son of George Clark, rho was brought to Murphy and lodgd in jail on a charge of violating he prohibition law. Young Clark nd another man, whose name was ot divulged, were seen at the disillery in the act of loading up to ?ave when the officers came upon t. One of the parties made good his scape, ine ^iarK ooy is saia to-oe nly about 18 years of age. Along with the distillery about 4 allons of whiskey was captured and small jug was broken on the spot 'he four gallons were brought tc lurphy and held for a day, ther oured out in the public square. The istillery was estimated to hold someKing like 100 or 125 gallons. The ntire outfit was taken. cere used for cleansing. Each vesel of the largest type contained 3 ubic feet. A very small human bod> measures 3 cubic feet and an infant ould scarcely be placed through the lareow neck of even the large si rater pot. A third is that Jesu? troke the time honored custom bj iviirg the best last. It takes digging o give a better sermon each Sunday r to teach a better lesson. ADVERTISE IN THE SCOUT "IT WILE MAKE YOU RICH" n North Carolina = 5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR Deputy J. N. Bell Apprehends Man With Distillery ! Deputy Sheriff J. N". Bell brought to Murphy Saturday a young man by the name of Wrlin Hyde taken near the Tennessee State line on a charge of having too much whiskey in his , posession. When Mr. Bell came upon the accused he was in his barn in the act of measuring the wWAay from jugs into pint bottles. He had , in his posession, it was reported, 19 pints, two one gallon jugs, one onehalf gallon fruit jar and a few empty 1 pint bottles. At the approach of the i offices, Hyde is reported to have ; start* d to run but upon con., land - stopped and gave himself up. He was brought here aSturday and lodged in i jail to await preliminary hearing. T. J. Sword Property Offered at Auction About seventy-five lots of T. J. . Sword will be offered for sale at auc, tion on August 19th by the Oglesby , Realty Company, of Atlanta, Ga. This . | property includes a number of beau, tiful residential sites, several homes and son*? business lots. ,1 A number of acres in the western . part of town, lying on both sides of the state highway leading to BelleI view have been subdivided into large ' lots and will be offered at this sale. Also, some four or five acres in east Murphy lying on the Valley River and Valley River Avenue, and several business lots on the street leading to the Southern depot. The homes also lie in the heart of town. J The property beyond Bealtown has been staked out and the underbrush 'on the weeded hillside cut out, making it all the more attractive. This , is destined to become a popular residental section and it is expected that these lots will bring a commanding price. The sale wil begin at ten o'clock on the 1th and will last until all the property has been offered. | : Melon Cutting Friday Afternoon A watermelon cutting will be held on Riverside Park on the west side of Valley River Friday afternoon, An gust Sth, at 3:30 o'clock. The melons are being donated through the generosity of the W. M. Fain Grocery Company. The public is cordially invited, especially the children. | This course is being taken in order to encourage the use of the park by the children. I GRAHAM COUNTY SCHOOL NOW ON BETTER BASIS County Superintendent J. H. Moody, of Graham G|ounty, is very optimistic about the progress being made i in the educational system of the counj ty. The superintendent account* I for this upon the facts of better roads better school houses and school equipment, and upon the increased I' interest of the people in. public education. Mr. Moody points out that fherestill are some nennlo ;*? n~ ham who opose school taxes, but he believes that Graham is no different from other counties in this respect. The schools in Graham oCunty will be cut down to 21 this year as a re? suit of the plan of consolidation that has been going: on for some tin^e. There were formerly about thirty schools in the county, more than half of which were one teacher schools. I Mr. Moody believes that as a result . of consolidation thst the cost of the i schools wil be cut down. The cost, i however, is not the chief factor. It i is certain that much better work can can be done and that thei children i will profit as a result of the consolidation plan and benefit to the children is the primary consideration, it is pointed out. I MURPHY CAPTURES TWO GAMES FROM CANTON ; The local club got tha better ef t two successive baseball games with ; the <9*nton team on Cherokee Park r last Friday and Saturday afternoean. r The first game resulted in a score ef r S to 3 in favor of the locals, and the second in a score of 19 to 1.