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' ir IT UK'T in THFt SCOUT its bul^-u we didnt **V"V tT The (Official Orga QtfME XXX^T. No. 8 [PITERPID AIRMEN I COMPLETE TRIP AROUND WORLD ' World R??ord? SniaiKed By America* Army Aviators Sunday afternoon -at 1:36 o'clock, American Army aviators officially eompleted their circuit of the globe . ..? ?i?nM when thev landed. ar. D mvtvf- - " j 5tnd Point Field, Seattle, "Wash., from which the official trip was bepin on April 6th. Those ccmpletng the flight were Lieutenant HowsD R. Smith, Lientenant Erik H. i Bbon, Lieutenant Leigh Wade, and uch&nics. Lieutenants Leslie P. Arnold, John Harding Jr..' and Henry I. Ogden. The expedition original-. jr left Seattle under the command >f Major Frederick L. Martin, who, lowever, was forced to abondon the light because his plane was wrecked a a mountain near Port Moiler, llaska. ten days after the trip was legun. Lieutenant hmith Assumed ommand after Major Martin droped out. The fiiers were on the road five lonths and 23 days, though the acul flying time was only about 15 ?ys. The trip was 27,000 miles in mglh :nd touched 21 foreign counts and 25 states a ndone tt rritory 1 the United tSates. A total of 57 ops were made, an average of 483 liles each jump. The longest single on-stop portion of the journey was le 9C0 miles stretch across the Tuific Ocean from Attu Island, the io?t westerly of the Aleutian group, b Paramashiru Island in the Kuriles, span. More than 21,000 gallons of isoline and over 1,000 gallons of il were used by the mechanics in the rcuit of the globe. In making the flight, the army riators smashed four world records, he first world* record was shatter1 when the Americans crossed the leific ocean ffrom Attu Island, the mt westerly island of the Aleutian nap, to Paramashiru island in the arilea, Japan. This 900 mile stretch as the longest jumD of the entire ip. It was made in 12 hours and ve minutes of flying time. America's second title came when I fliers crossed a 500-mile stretch rer the China sea from Kagosnima, ipan, to Shanghai, China. This was ie first time the China sea had been oesed by air. The third honor was the compleon of the around-the-world flight,, feat never before achieved by man henvier than air machine*. Lastly, the int^pid Magellans of rair <h?oretieally^set- * speed mark ? traveling around the glebe.. The . [tire 2-7,000 mile "-trip was made in dtaximatety '366:31 ttetots of actual Itog, although tHW tfrpfdition was i the trip nearly ISO days after ring Stattle. When the birdmen ached Constantinople, Turkey, they d covered 16,180 miles in 225 oars of flying, or an average of A36 miles an hoar. If the aviators were equipped ith machines that could stand 24 aurs a day flying for the world trip t the average of 76.36 miles an our they would, have finished the arney in approximately 18 days "4 si xhours. By encircling the globe n the flyl time of a little over 16 days, the ftitcd States army flyers shattered * notable feat of John H. Mears, ho, in 1213, went aroond the world f ship, train, and other modes of *vel in 35 days, 21 hours, 36 minBast trips around the globe include >e made by Nellie Bly, a reporter i 1889, shortly after Jules Verne Bblished his famous book, "Around * World in Eighty Days." She did in 72 days, six; hours, 11 minutes. 1 1903, Henry Frederick cut this ?e to 54 days, seven hours, two kutes. Frederick's record was in Audit Jaegerchmidt f-Whpymelrcled the earth in 1 day? V ^ hours, 42 minutes, .38 The /?a*iag of the plans for the r ayu pied more time 1 phzt'?f hiyy authorities than e *uen spent on Journey. Every 'r'8 was arranged to minimxe the ace of failure. The 27,000 mile ** n*as divided into sevan divisions. n advance rlficer was sent out ov**ch division months in advance *of Lt scheduled starting date to pre n of Murphy and Che Cities And Towns In The Southeast Discriminated Against Water Competition Make* for Lower Freight Rates, la Pointed Out Washington, D. C.. Sept. 30.?Interior cities and towns of such South-j astern states as Georgia, the Caro-j linas, Alabama. Louisiana. Arkan-i sas and Missiissippi are being discriminated against in freight rates by railroads operating in the South-, east, it is revealed in an examination of freight rate sche'Mes on fite in offices of the interstate commerce commission. Taking advantage of technicalities of the long and short haul rule of the fourth section of the transporta- j tion act, the railroads have built up a structure of freight rates swhich favor communities located on the seaboard and waterways and discriminate against cities and towns of the interior, the commerce commission records show. Under this system, the railroads charge more to haul many commodities a short distance from a distributing center to an interior city than they charge to haui an identical shipment to a waterway city. Those discriminations are made, railroad men say, on the theory of meeting water competition and are permitted by the interstate commerce commission because of present wording of the long and short haul law. A striking example of the discriminatory rates imposed by the railroads is shown on the charge for shipping agi iculturai Implements from St. Louis to the South. Alexandria. La., is 642 miles from St. Louis, and New Orleans is 835 miles over the same line. Yet the farmer at Alexandria must pay th railroad $16 a ton to have his Implements shipped from St. Louis, while the stevedore at New Orleans gets an identical shipment at $12.80 per ton. in other words, th farmer at Alexandria is charged an excess of $3.20 on every ton of agricultural implements he gets from St. Louis, despite the fact he is 193 miles nearer the source of supply. Two Cars Cattle Shipped Wednesday By County Agents Two cars of cattle were shipped from Cherokee and Clay Counties tka IMH* aiMniMa of County Agents Ellis, of Cherokee, and Anderson, of Clay. One of the cars contained a number of veal calves, there, not being enough cattle to fill bot|? cara. The agent* explained that they frcre shipping.the cattle as there-was no local buyers this year shipping out the cattle. They are interested in shipping because of their general aim to' help the farmers and agricultural interests of the respective counties and also because of their desire, to ship out the poorer grades of cattle and attempt to grade up the stock in the counties so that better dairy products and a better grade of beef can be produced, as grades and purebreds produce so much more profit for the farmers. The price of cattle is not very good this fall. The agents estimated thai they will net from 2 to 3 cents pei i pound after the freight and other ex penses incidental to shipping, haw been deducted. i The better grade of veal calves ar? bringing from 8 to 12 cents per pouw now the stated. Medium grades an bringing from 5 to 8 and the commoi veals from 3 to 5 cents per pound. Another shipment will be mad< | Saturday, October lltht, 'if enougl catle lean be secured to make up i car, according to the present plan: of the two agents. Those who havi catle to sell should get in touch witl either Mr. Eliis at Murphy or Mr Anderson at Hayesville, not later thai noon Tuesday, October 7th, so tha they will know how many to providt shipping space for on the folowing Saturday. This service is purely fo: the accomodation of the people ant their co-operation is earnestly aolic ited. pare maps, obtain weather data, am to lay supply depots and stations a important points enroute. Supplte were then sent to places chosen b; rdvaace officers. j ^ - .. - .j* Cfjero rokee County, and the Le ===== MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA 1 FAIR EXCEEDS |S EXPECTATIONS OF OFFICIALS |s" The success of the Cherokee Coun- j ty Fair, which closed last Saturday, exceeded the expectations of all the j officials and others who have expressed opinions about it. The slow "rain ; cij that/ continued almost continuously ha throughout the entire duration of the Hi annual event greatly checked the at- j m< tendance and perhaps kept away | cu ; many exhibits that would have been toi entered, but still the crowds were La satisfactory and all agreed that thej lei ! exhibits would have done credit to hij any county. In many ways the fair i er was superior to that of last year and Be Manager Eliis and his legion of help- Su ! ers and advisers are receiving many bit warm words of praise for their fine Hi j work. I of Because of the inclement weather, j er , tuc iuii >?aa vxienueu mrou^n tour; pa days, closing Saturday night instead j j of Friday night. The word was sent j pr | out and quite a good attendance was nu I had on the last day. The night pro-1 ed Trams featuring the showing of ed- ab ucational films proved a drawing an card dating the entire fair. ; sc Superintendent Seargcant, of the It L. & N. arranged to hold over the po evening passenger train. Instead of th leaving here for Blue Ridge at 2 o'clock it left at 6, thus giving those scl living in the lower part of the coun-l -a tv an opportunity to spend the day ar at the fair and return home at nighi. ar This proved very helpful ts the sue- co cess of the fair. j ch The financial condition of the fair th Association is as follows: Receipts, lif $1,133.06. Ail expenses Including hi| the premium list, $1,924.63, which co leaves a shortage of $791.57. Pre- T1 miums will be paid as soon as this fo shortage can be covered, officials of be the association stated. j hi; While this statement shows quite ;bl a shortage, is is conceded by most in I neonle that the attendance would F< have been practically doubled had so the weather and roads been good, in th ! which case the finances would have sc j been in much better condition with 11i< | perhaps three or four hundf^d doi- ti< j lars over expenses. * hi ' in County Unit ^ Frlurafinn R/wli* Organized Friday *e ' at j The Cherokee County Unit of the 'J* i North Carolina Education Aaaociation was organized FGriday at a j meeting of the. county teachers as- C ' sembled in the Murphy Graded School building at 11 o'clock. The teachers came together mt the call of j'County Supeerintend ent A. L. Mar-! tin and even though the road* were | *s bad and the sky completely overcast s* and a slow tain falling, some sixty T of the county teachers came here fori" the meeting. i c* Superintendent Martin explained j cl the purpose of the meeting and then 81 passed out copies of the official S1 magazine of the teachers association 11 and requested as many teachers as 1 ai ' would to affiliate themselves witft ** the state association. A goodly 81 L number alligned themselves with the, : state body and pledged themselves tot" do all they could to farther t?e inter.; ? ' ests of the public school system and t] - the teaching profession In North ^ J Carolina. i> - The local unit was organized with h l | B. W .Sipe as president and B| R. ? s Carroll as secretary. Both of the a 7 officers are members of the Murphy e High School faculty. a i The immediate objective of the t 1 state association is to secure legisla- ' 1 tion to extend the public school term b s from six to eight months. A cam- ^ ' paign will be put on between now and 1 the convening of the legislature of e - 1925 to bring this about. To fur1 ther this campaign the state assocla- b 1 tion is raising a fund of ten thous2 and dollars to expend in creating In- * F terest in the movement over the state n r generally. The local unit heartily d * went on record as favoring the ex- ^ " tended school term and a substantial f sum of the quota of the ten thous? c - and assigned to Cherokee County a i was raised at the teachers meeting i; t Friday. While the local unit did not t s fix regular meeting days, several t y meetings*will be held during the 1 / V - *** . ... I feet & ading Newspaper in cl "RIDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1924. chool Problems ? Discussed By Men From 3 Counties T fMrrintenflents and Principals From Cherokee, Clay and Graham Met In Murphy Last Saturday School superintendents and prin- w >als from Cherokee, Clay and Gra- ^ m Counties met in the Murphy > rh Srhonl hijild*nj? !??t Saturday ? yrning from 9:30 to 12:30 and disssed with State High School Inspe- p r for Western North Carolina, 3 iwrence A. Lohr. some of the proi>- T n* that confront the present day J ph school. The three county supkitendents, Martin of Cherokee. a (11 of Clay, and Mood> of Graham; t iperintendents Justice of the Robnaville Hinrh School? Jnn? of fchp f lyesville High School, and Kanoy ^ the Murphv High School, and seval of the local high school teachers c rticipated in the conference. a Kccorda and reports, classification. ^ emotion, athletics, debating and a imbr of other problems were touch- v upon, but the discussions centered e out the high school curriculum 1 d methods of makin gthe high * hool meet the needs of the pupils. 1' was brought out that the real pur- c *e of education is to fit pupils for * ei life's work. I ^ Since a great many of the high; hool pupils end their formal edu- jr tion with the high school, it was j 3 gucd, the high school will have to Jv range to give a wider range of* ^ urses so that different pupils may oose the course that will best fit c em for whac they wane |o do in 11 e. Three, four and five teacher r gh schools cannot offer the varied v urse that such a condition demlnds. H le remedy for the situation, there- b re, seeme to be, according to the at informed school men, is larger a gh schools, which will make possi- ? e more teachers and more subject! the course of study to choose from. 1 >r most counties, this means a con- <= lifUtinn nf hiv'h urnonU It ? ?^ ? T e establishment of a few good high n hools, centrally located. State of- . rials predict that such consolida- <j >ns and such enlargements of the t gh school course must take place the next few years, if the high i hools are to longer justify their cx- c lence. r Such a plan of consolidation for herokee County was gotten under ] ay last yfar by Misa Elizabeth Kely. Witrf the completion of the main ate and county roads In Cherokee, lis plan can be made effective in is county. \ Candidate Meekins Spoke In Murphy Last Thursday , Republican candidate for Governor ( aac M. Meekins, of Elisabeth City, i >oke in the court house here last 1 hursday night. Even though the 1 ti was on and the weather very In- 1 ement, Mr. Meekitis drew a good ? owd to hear him; discuss the is- < les involved in the present state ! uhernatorial campaign. Mr. Meekins is a polished orator t rid held his audience for about two < ours. Mr. Meekins advocated the applying of free books to the chilren of the puplic schools. He was i favor of continuing the program f progres in the mutter of educaion, good roads, and other things, [e also attacked the record made y some of the Democratic office olders and praised the record of thers. The corporation commission nd the insurance department were specially mentioned, the former for lleged sympathy with the corporaions in fixing rates, and the latter or being too la^ in enforcing the ilne sky law. Senator Mendhall, of iuilford, was also attacked for colecting fees for insuring sflrte jJroprty. The address was clean and above oard. It was free from abuse. The last of the big four ta the tate Republican party will be here lext Monday, October 6th, and adIress the voters of the county. A. L Whitner, of Hickory, candidate or the United States Senate, is the nan. Mr. Whitner has long been i leader in the Republican party and s one of the outstanding lawyers of he state. He will greatly interest he voters. He will also speak at Vndrews on the same date. An ad n thU Isue gives the details. ? - - a. A \ ?cout lis Section of West en ?AD CULMINATION TRAGIC ACCIDENT WITNESSED MON. hree Persons Killed Eearly Sunday Afternoon By Train In Limits Of Andrews The culmination of a tragic railray crossing accident was witnessed londay in Andrews when Mr. and Irs. Albert Wakefield and Gordon Garwood were laid to reat in the resence of many sorrowing friend.nd relativps 'iho +>? ???? ...V, |?rw- | le met death at a railway crossing' ust east of Andrews by the Southern ' rain from Asheville. Mr. Earwood nd Mr. Wakefield were members of i he National Guard unit stationed at: Andrews. They were here during the air and participated in the cavalry Irills for the fair. The young people had been to the orral caring for the cavalry horses nd ha dstarted back to their homes I high board fence around the baseall park on the side of the road toward the approaching: train, togethr with the rainy weather, prevented he driver of the car from seeing the rain. The train was traveling: at a t>w rate of speed, as it was in the orporate limits of Andrews. Mr. J I. Richardson was the engineer. Mr Vakefield was driving the machine. Mr.s Wakefield, according to word eccived from Andrews, dlew about ! minutes after the accident. She ras before her marriage Miss Edna! .ackoy of Asheville. A pathetic touch was given the ac- j ident by reason of the fact that Mr.' ind Mrs. Wakefield had only been j narried about one month. Mr Ear-( rood was also married about SO day. go to Miss Azaiee Ammons of Rob- ] >insvil!e. Mr. Wakefield was 22 years of1 ige, his wife 19, and Mr. Earwood | *as about 20. Both men had the rank of corpora! | n the national guard and were In | hargc of the horses used by Troop V stationed at Andrews. They were tatives of Andrews. Officials of the town of Andrews leclared the accident was caused by he "bad crossing." A Mr. Grundstaff was also buried n Andrews Monday. He was a midlie aged man and had only recently noved there from Graham County. | Revival Meeting In Factory Town Closed Tuesday A very successful revival meeting was closed in the Factory town church ruesday night. There were a great nany professions of faith during the nore than two weeks of the meeting ind a number renewed their faith luring the meeting. Great interest was manifest as shown b ythe attendance and the great number that took active part in the service. Fifteen weer bajtized last Sunday afternoon by Rev. T. L. Sasser and another group will be baptized next Sunday afternoon. The meeting began Saturday. September 13th, with Rev. L. F. Clark of Canton in charge. Mr. Clark found it necessary to leave on the 16tth and Mr. Sasser assumed charge and did the preaching until the close. Irish Potato Vine Of Mrs. Hatchett Attracts Attention The miracle Irish potato vine qj\ the farm of Mrs. Hatcbett, near Belleview and on display in front of the Cherokee Scout office, is exciting quite a bit of wonderment and comment. The vine is from ten to twelve feet long and at the time it was pulled up, about ten days ago, was still growing. It was on display at the fair, after which it was brought to this office. There are those who contend th?1 the vine is a cross wivh a tomato 01 some other sort of plant. This is the way its unusual growth is accounted for Others are of the opinion thai it is jusT a prodigy. It grew in th< gutter of the Hatchet home. Ther? were no other plants very near It A plot of grass and a row of hedgi bushes separated it from the garden It was volunteer. The rich soil li the gutter, together with the abun dance of water may account for it growth. It certainly is unusual. ? - ... " -t ADVERTISE IN THE SCOUT "IT WILL MAKE YOU KICH" i North Carolina _ 5c COPY?tl.SO PER YEAR N. C. Generals Named For Carving On Stone Mountain Five of North Carolina's generalf of the Civil War were selected Monday to represent thi3 state in the gigantic Stone Mountain Memorial to the Confederacy being carved on the huge mountain of alone jusi oulof Atlanta. Those selected are Lieutenant General D. H. Hill. Major Generals R. F. Hoke and Stephen Ramscur, and Brigadier Generals W. D. Pender and Bryan Grimes. These were chosen by the Stone Mountain Memorial Commission, consisting of W. W. Fuller, of New York, Colonel Benehan Cameron of Stagville, Junius D. Grimes of Grimesland. Mrs. Philip Holt, Rocky Mount, General W. A, Smith, Ansonville, Osmond L. Barringer. Charlotte, General Albert L. Cox Raleigh. Secretary of State W. N. Everett, Chief Justice W. A. Hoke. Congressman Stedman of Greensboro, and Colonel Don E. Scott of Graham. Gutzon Borglum, the famous sculptor, who Is doing the rarving on Stone Mountain, sat with the commission while making the se- H lections, which was done by written ballot. Lieutenant General Hill was a native of Meeklingburg County and the father of the late D. H. Hill, former president of the State College; Major General Hoke was from Lincoln County and an uncle of Chief Justice Hoke; Major General Ramseur was also from Lincoln County; Brigadier General Grimes was from Pitt County and the father of the late Secretary of State, J. Bryan Grimes. Brigadier General Pender was a native of Edgecomb County. North Carolina furnished several otht?r t?t?ner?l? tn the army. Etach of the Southern States will have five generals on the gi! gantic memorial near Atlanta. CAPITAL CITY TO CONTEST FOR BASEBALL HONORS Washington To Maat N. Y. Giants In First War IJ Sari*. Gama On October 4th After participating in organized I baseball for exactly forty yeer?, 2d of which have been in the American! League, the city of Washington Moni day won the first penant in its long history of participation in the nation. al pastime, and won the right to bat| tie with the New York Giants for the j world baseball championship, the first game of which will be played in the capital city on Saturday, October 4th. The Washington victory was declared to be the one thing that the capital city has looked forward to for the pas fory years and government officials and street waif* alike were described by Washington newspaper men as meeting on common ground before the Washington score boards Monday, awaiting the outcome of the game with the Boston Red Sox in Boston, which decided the American League Championship. The coming of the glad tidings tc Washington stopped the wheels of government long enough for the White House to dispatch a telegram of congratulations to the youthful manager of the Washingon Club. Tt^* message, which was signed bf C. Basdorab Slemp, secretary to the President, read: "Heartiest congratulations! to you I and your team for your great work in bringing Washington its first penant. We of Washington are proud of you and are behind you. On to i the world's championship." . Stanley Harris, the 28-year-lold > manager of the Washington club Is the youngest manager to pilot a nat tional team to victory. In the world - championship, which will open in . Washington on Saturday, Harris wlil ) pit his knowledge of the national t pastime against the gray-haired vetHeran manager of the New York > Giants, John McGraw, long acknowl. edged the master strategist of base* ? ball. Hundreds of thousands of fans ^ . will look forward to the series, which \ will see Walter Johnson 2rf action - in a world series for thd first time 9 in his 18 years in' major league base- v * ball.