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ACROSS THE TOPS
''bar OF THE MOUNTAiNS
land os the sky
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
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' H*r6 Surface Roads of North Oaro*
lie* Great Asset in Attracting
Visitors From Everywhere
vilBt 'Thi- following article i* taken
ri. ftt>m the Sandersville, (C*a. > PropPSv.
of dune 16th, and was writi
Mi ten by C. B. Chapman, Editor. Mr.
njof fbipman .nd the Mr. Cooper referrnilJ
red to in the article were gue>t> of
the Regal Hotel several weeks ago
while ;--itiug re 'atives and friends
of Mr. i"<" in this section.?Editor"?
note.
j Accompanying Mr. T. J. Cooper
on an a -mobile trip from Sanders
t Murphy. N. C., we made
a complete circle the past week and
saw th- C" atldest and most henii.
tifully bewildering secenery on the
American continent much more attractive
than the Rocky Mountain?
and pronounced by many far more !
alluring than the mountain view- ,
of Switzerland; made bo by the vei - !
dant growth of tree ar.d shrub an;! '
flower, and the constantly changing
scenery presented pictures that
' would hold hn artist entranced as
we circled around the mountain and
through the valleys of north j
Georgia and western. North Carolina.
Leaving Sande sville at 8 o'cloc
Tuesday morning wo went through
Sparta. Greensboro, Athens, Gainesville.
Rlairsville and rolled into
Murphy about 6 o'clock in the
evening. This is called the scenic ,
route of North Georgia, and truly
it is. At some of the elevated
points u!ung the highway we could
see sixty miles across the country,
the roushing mountain streams looking
like ribbons of. silver as the
gurgling and sparkling waters
swept over their rocky beds. Occasional
ly we would puss a spring of
the clearest and coldest water int- !
aginable. and at several points it 1
had been arranged with iron pipes
so that truvelers could refresh them!
selves, as no ice was needed in that
mountain water, which was so clea
that u looked blue in the pools of
I the many rivers which we crossed.
After leaving Gainesville we be-,
gan ascending the Blue Ridge mountains
on a perfect road, a greater
port'on of which was as hard as concrete.
and absolutely free of dust,
It rfilllirprf ttio olrtll nf on
cnced engineer to map out the highway
through that rough and rugged
country, and so well graded had the
work been accomplished there was
hardly any perceptible ascent in the
grade. This highway, as well as the
one through North Carolina, was built
with the walls of the Blue Ride.on
one side, and at many point
there was a drop of one hundred to
? thousand feet on the other, the
road bed following a course shaped
like a letter Z in order to conform
to the variations of the mountain
shapes ,and required attention of,
a most careful driver in order to
avoid rushing off into the abyss |
below. This necessitated slow travel- 1
ing, the rate of speed being between
twelve and fifteen miles an hour,
but occasionally there would be a ;
straight stretch when a speed of 30 1
to 35 miles could be made with safety.
At all points the road beds were
sufficiently wide for two cars to ,
pass easily, but there was danger of ,
colliding with other cars in making .
the sharp curves. ! i
Murphy is a progressive town of j:
about 3,500 people. 90 per cent of 11
whom are white, and nearly everybody
there knew Mr. Cooper, as <
this was where his parents had t
lived and he grew to manhood. The ;
foundation of a handsome new fire- s
proof courthouse was being laid the ;
past week, the cost of which will be <
$225,000.000, while just across the *
street a very handsome brick Bap- ! 1
tist church is being: built. The
Methodists have a most attractive 1
new church building, much larger <
than any of the churches of San- i
dersville and it ts one of the most i beautiful
church structures to be <
tound anywhere. The Presbyter- 1
ians also own a large house of worship.
There are two large hotels, 1
?*ie of which is modem, while the i
other is a wooden building and often <
both of them are filled to capacity,
as hundreds of people are traveling i
through that section at all seasons 1
of the year. The hotels have the ren-1J
Nation of keeping the best tables in <
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Program B. Y P. U.
Association Convention
Su-day, June 20th
The B. Y. P. U. Convention of th? 1
Hiawftssee Association met with the
Macedonia church Sunday, Tunei
20th. Young people from all over
the association were present, ns well i
as many of their elders The con-1
vention was full of inspiritual talks I
and discourses on the work of the
association. The following urogram j
was carried out:
10:00 Son;: Service, led by ?
Wayne Moo e.
10:0" Welcome- Kneley Jones.
10:10 Devotional?H. E. Nelson.
10:20 Message of the President.
10:85 The young Christians outlook?Frella
Gibson.
10:50 The Young Christian in.
Evangelism?Samuel Norton.
11:20 Sermon?Rev. l>. T. Buice.
11:45 Appointment of Committees.
Song by The Convention.
Adjourn for dinner.
Afternoon Sesaion
1 :)0 Song Service, !???! by Wayne
Moore.
1:45 Devotional?Rev. J. ('. Foster.
1:55 The Young Christians influence
in the Home?Rev. F. Loyd.
2:30 Educational Phase of B. Y.
P. U. Work?Rev D. T. Buice.
3:00 How Shall we train our youner
reople for future leadership by?
Rev. T. L. Sasser.
3:30 What The B. Y. P. U. does
for the Spiritual life of the young
people?Rev. ,1. F. Burrell.
3:45 Reports, open floor discussion,
and election of officers.
The Diary Of A
Defeated Candidate
Patriots who run for office in
Cherokee county this year will get
?ome idea of what >s before them
from the following extracts out of
the diary of a man who ran for
sheriff in Arkansas, which is taken
from the exchange:
"Lost four months and 20 days
nnvassinc: lost 1.86ft hoiiro nt ?1
hinking about the election; lost 40
irres of corn and n whole crop of
sweet potatoes ;lost two front teeth
ind a lot of hjair in a personal encounter
with an opponent; donated
>ne beef, four shoats and five sheen
to barbecues; gave away two pairs
if suspenders, five calico dresses,
five dolls and 13 baby rhttlers; kissed
126 babies; Kindled 14 kitchen
fires; put up eight stoves; cut 14
:ords of wood; carried 24 buckets
if water; gathered seven wagonloads
of corn; pulled 475 bundles
if fodde1-; walked 4,060 miles; shook
'lands 9,080 times; told 10,000 lies
ind talked enough to make 10,000
volumes; attended 26 revival services;
was baptised four times by
Immersion and twice some other
way; contributed $50 to foreign missions;
made love to nine grass widiws;
and got dog bit 39 times?and
then got defeated."
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TO PRESENT PLAY
BENEFIT LIBRARY
"Come Out Of Tho Kitchen" U Title
of Comedy Dealing with Virginia
Aristocracy and Well-to-doNew
Englander*
Lorn! talent is now busy preparing:;
to present the three-act comedy en- {
titled "corr.e out of the Kitchen" at |
the school auditorium sometime dur-^
ing the next two weeks, the proceeds
of which go to the benefit of the j
Carnegie Library.
The time for presenting the play re
ijuucs iwo auu n nun nours. me
sto y of "Come Out of the Kitchen" I
is written around n Virgina family of
the old aristocracy, by the name of j
Daingerficld, who, finding themselves ;
temporarily embarrassed, decide to i
?-ent their magnificent home to a,
rich Yankee. One of the conditions '
of the lease by the well-to-do- New I
Englander stipulates that a compestaff
of white servants should he engaged
for his sojourn at the stately
home. This servant onetion presents '
practically insurmountable difficulties,
and one of the daughters of the
family conceives the mad-cap idea
that she, her sister and their two brothers
shall act as the domestic staff
for the wenlthy Yankee. Olivia Daingerfield,
who is the ringleader in the
merry scheme, adopts the cognomen
of Jane Allen, and elects to preside
over the destines of the kitchen. Her
sister, Elizabeth, is appointed housemaid.
Her elder brother, Paul, is the
butler, and Charley, the youngest of
the group, is appointed to the position
of boothoy. When Burton Crane
arrives from the North, accompanied
hy Mrs. Faulkner, her daughter, and
Crane's attorney, Tucker, they find
the staff of servants to possess so
many methods of behavior out of the
ordinary that amusing complications
begin to arise immediately. Olivia's
charm and beauty impress Crane
-i>ove everything else, and the merry
story continues through a maze of delightful
incidents until the real identity
of the heroine is finally disclosed.
But not until Crane has professed
his love for his charming cook, and
the play ends with the brightest prospects
of happiness for these two young
people .
Cast Characters
The cast of characters follows:
Olivia Daingerfield, alias Jane Allen.
Mrs. E. C. Mallonee; Elizabeth
Daingerfield, alias Arminta, Mrs.
Edw E. Adams; Mrs. Faulkner, Tucker's
9ister, Mrs. Holcombe; Cora
Faulkner, her daughter, Mrs. Don
Witherspoon; Amanda, Olivia's black
Mammy, John Davidson; Burton
Crane, from the North, W. C. Boyce; i
Thomas Ledford Statistical poet,
*>ed Christopher; Solon Tucker,
Craine's Attorney, J. B. Storey; Paul
Daingerfield, alias Smithfield, Harve
Elkins; Charles Daingerfield, alias
Brindlebe* r y, James Williamson,
Randolph Weeks, agent for the Daingerfields,
Frank Walsh.
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\ FRIDAY. JUNE 25. 1926.
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Log Asid Map
New Joe Brown
Highway Compiled
A log sheet and map of the new j
Joe Brown highway, from Murphy j
Sweetwate , Tenn., has recently!
been compiled by C. F. l^attimore, of j
Tellico Plains, Tenn., and published j
in Co-operation with the Kiwanis
Club, of Sweetwater; Chamber of I
Commerce, Madisonville; Lions Club. 1
Tcllico Plains; Murphy Chamber of !
Commerce, and enterprising business
men . citie- traversed by the I
route.
The mop shows the route and its j
connections with Lee highway to j
Kn xviiio and Chattanooga; and with
thi Appalachian Scenic highway at j
Murphy to Asheville and Atlanta. It J
also connects with the McCrosky'
highway at Madisonville for Knoxville
via Maryville.
The log begins with 0.0 at Sweet- j
water and shows a distance of 67.7 :
miles from that point to the Public
Square at Murphy. It also begins j
at Alurnhy and shows the same distance
to Sweetwater. A number of 1
intoicsting points along the route are
also given, and the log is complete j
in every detail.
Several thousand of these log i
sheets have been printed and dis-!
tributed to the civic organizations, j
hotels, filling and service stations in
Ninth Carolina and Tennessee, as;
well as to many individuals, along |
the route.
The road was named in honor of
the late Joe Brown, who was a member
of the Cherokee County Road
Commission at the time of his death,
and who was an ardent good roads j
booster and did much toward secur-1
ing this connection between North i
Carolina and TpnnPMPf
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Cherokee County
Sends Students
To Cullowhee
Cullowhee, N. C., June 21.?Al- j
though nearly one-tenth of the 350 '
students enrolled at Cullowhee State '
Normal for the first session of the j
summer school are from other states. !
the enrollment figures show that the |
school is preeminently a training:;
school for Western North Carolina !
teachers. The eight North Carolina j
counties leading in number of stu-1
dents enrolled are: Jackson, with j
46; Buncomb, with 37; Macon, with :
32; Haywood, with 24; Swain, with :
24; Clay, with 15; Madison, with 14;
and Cherokee with 18.
N. C.-T<inn. Highway
Commissioners to Meet
The Scout is informed that Hon. I
J. G. Stikeleatehr, Highway Com- j
missioner for this district, will meet
Mr C. N. Bass, State Highway Com-1
missioner of Tennessee, the early j
part of next week to go over the
road in Tennessee with a view of determining
the route in North Carolina
to connect with Tennessee.
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To The Democratic
Voters of the Twentieth
Judicial District
It is impossible for me to add re* a
letter to each of you or to taliv
with you in person, and I therefor-',
adopt this method to express my sincere
appreciation for the splendid
vote you gave me in the Primary ui
June fifth.
In response to the request of
many of you from every section of
this District, I have invoked the provisions
of the Primary election law
and have asked that a second Primary
be held on July third, so that
all of you may have the opportunity
to express your choice in the selection
of a candidate for Judge. That
you may do so is the purpose of a
Primary election, and a second Primary
has been wisely provided by
law to meet just such a situation as
that presented in the recent Primary.
In the election of June fifth the
votes of the District were divided
among the several candidates for
Judge as follows: Moore received
4102; Hannah received 3782; Johns
ton received 1.515; while 4007 vote-,
were cast for me; so it appears thai
;n the recent Primary considerably
less than one-third of the votes were
cast for Mr. Moore, while con3ide?able
more than two-thirds were favorable
to some other man.
One of the fundamental principles
of Democracy is that the majority
shall rule, unu the rule of the majori-1
ty has always been repugnant to Democratic
ideals. As between Mr.
Moore and me, the question is: Who
is the choice of the majority of the
Democrats of the District? Thar
question has not y?t been answered,
and it can never be answered until
a second Primary has been held.
Certain newspapers outside of the
Twentieth Judicial District have had
considerable to say in criticism of a
second Primary.
The duty of nominating a Superior
Court Judge, under our system, is
incumbent upon the people resident
within the several Districts; and I believe
that the Democrats of the Twentieth
Judical District ute fully competent
to settle this question and al:
other questions upon which they alone
have the right to vote, without outside
dictation, advice or interference
from any quarter.
I invite the fullest invest illation
of my character, qualifications and
fitness for the exalted office to
which I asirire and I h?ne ths.t *ai=
issue may be determined upon these
considerations alone.
Yours respectfully,
J. D. MALLONEE.
Fast Trip From
Montgomery To
Asheville by Auto
Asheville, June 20.?The 466miles
trip from Montgomery, Ala.,
to Asheville was made in 16 hours
and 20 minutes Friday by Mrs. B\
Wolf and her daughter, Miss Blanche
Wolf, both of whom have arrived
to spend their second summer season
at Kenilworth Inn.
Miss Wolf say9 the trip could
not have been made in such quick
time had it not been for the excellent
condition of all the roads.
She and her mother and chauffeur;
left Montgomery at 5:10 a. m
central time Friday and reached
Kenilworth Inn exactly at 10:30 !
p. m.. Eastern time, the same day.
' Had it not been for intermit- ;
tent showers during the afternoon,
we 'might have made the trip in
even less time, as of course travel
on the wet road demanded slower
and more careful driving than
would have been the case other- :
wise. We stopped in Atlanta fo ,
45 ninutes for lunch and later at
Gainesville fin ft\r in
When we reached Murphy, N. C.,
at 4:45 p. m., and were told it was ,
only 12? miles to Ashoville, we decided
to go ahead, instead of spend-1
ing the night there as at first
planned.
"At Clevland, Ga., which is 35
miles south of the North Carolina
line, we began to ascend and from
thereon we had mountain travel,
all of it beautiful.
"It is a delight to travel over
such excellent roads. One of the
outstanding things of the South has
accomplished in late years has
been the building of a network of
paved roads, thus providing quick
| iViURPHY is the Jobbing Center of
l - t . rn North Caroline,
I North Georgia a .0 East Tennessee,
i . rved b/ T%?j Railroads.
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WALE URGES
SUPPRESSION JULY
4 T H FIREWORKS
Addresses letters to Mayors and
5>heriFF* of State and appeals
For "Safety First" on July 4
Insurance Corr.:ni.sioner Stacey W
1 h*e tut ?;ui to mayors and
sheriffs a strong appeal for concerted
action on the part of city and
county authorities in suppressing the
sale of fireworks for the Fourth of
July. In nearly, all of the more progressive
towns and cities of the State
there are ordinances forbidding the
sale of fireworks within the corporate
limits of the town or city and these
ordinances are strictly enforced. In
many cases, however, the ordinances
are practically nullified by county
authoiities issuing license for the
sale of fireworks just outside the city,
limits.
The Division of Safety Education
of the North Carolina Insurance Department
has in its files a long record
of fourth of July disasters. For
hundreds of happy boys and girls in
N :h Carolina .the joyous holiday
has ended as a day of pain and in
scores of cases, families who started
the day with happiest anticipation,
found themselves homeles. at the
close of it.
While children delight in the noise
and display <_ f exploding fireworks,
the risk is too much to run for the
plcasu e involved ar.d every good citizen
should use his influence to have
the fourth cf July observed sanely.
Tbete is nothing patriotic in endangering
the lives and property of other
people.
Republicans Organize
'i o Elect Captain
Smather to Congress
The oigunization of the Republican
patty for election of a Congressman
l'roin this District has been per!e<
ted by the announcement of Capta
:i Kenneth Sniathe.s, the Republican
Nominee, in which he named Geo.
M. Rrichard as Campaign Mgr. and
Chairman of the Congressional Executive
Committee. Mr. l*richard is
wicie:y known throughout the District
.. !:? 1 us been r loader in the party
for a number of years. He is an
Asheville Attorney and at one tirue
was Solicitor, lie is the son of the
late Senator and Judge Jeter C.
Pnehard, who for many years was a
donating factor in politics in this
State.
Along with the announcement that
Mr. Frichard would be General Cam
-viunager, uaptam Smathers
a!. < !) t-d Hon. Mc Kin Icy Edwat/ls
of l'r>son City, .J. Kd Knnipe of
. she\iKc, Mid f?- nu-r state senator.
Judge V.'a'ter Chambers of Marion
na assistant Campaign Manager.
It is understood that central headquarters
will be established in Ashev.lL*
with Mr. Kanipe i:i charge,
lleudquarteis for tcrrito > west of
balsam Mountain will be managed
by Mr. McKinley Edw.uds with headquarters
at Bryson City. Mr. Chambers
with headquarters at Marion,
will have charge of counties east of
the Blue Ridge.
Co ti'ol of Some
Vegetable Pests
In the control of vegetable pests
a spray rump (a five gallon compressed
air type or a barrel outfit)
or- a dirst gun is necessary. For all
leaf insects eating the foliage use
either Arsenate of lead or calcium
arsenate, covering thoroughly all
parts of the plant attacked; for all
sucking insects such as the aphids or
plant lice, use Black Leaf?40 and
soap, covering thoroughly the inset.
C abba go Worm
Spray with 2 pounds of arsenate
of load plus 3 pounds of laundry
snap to 50 gallons of water. OK duat
wun i part or calcium arsenate plus
4 part., of slacked o- hydrated lime.
Cabbftge Aphid*
Spray with 1- pint of Black Leaf?
plu 3 pounds of laundry soap to
50 r Ions of water. If cabbage
I worms am present at the same time
'1 2 pounds of arsenate of lead.
| ' phids or plant lice suck the juices
from the cabbage leaf and cause it
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lard easy transit from state to
st to. The Appalachian Scenic
j H., hway Commission is largely rej
spor sible for the general interest
in ;ood highways being awakened in
the South.?Times.