i Lei The Scout Be a Regular Visitor to your home. If you know laything that would interest other,. and that would help, upbuild your community, send it in. The Leadi VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 12. farmers are interested in cow, hog, hen More ("ream and Milk Being Sold Than Vt \n\ Time In Hi*l?>r\ of Count) By B. W. Sipe, in the Citizen On a fount inspection trip of the farm agent work of Clay County, District Agent -John \V. Goodman, of AsheviUe. found much to elicit commendation and praise. County Agent W. R. Anderson has a progressive | farm program under way which is fast producing resuts. His program i> progressive in that it is planned so that one thine will lead nat orally to something else. When Anderson came to Cloy Coun ty on January !. 1924, he mnrie a cursory survey of the county and planned a program for it. Although he 'had many obstacle* to meet with, he has been carrying that program out Anderson's program culled for dairying, poultry production and pig rais ing. together with all the minor activities that ate required to make these mttjor activities successful. A moment's reflection will reveal the progressive nature of such a prog am. The dairy industry culled 'or good dairy cattle. In order to find an outlet for the dairy products, the milk had to he separated and cream sold to creameries in Atlanta, Asheville. Knox villi-. Hickory, pnd now at Franklin. Some use had to be found then for the skimmed milk. Once the dairy industry was firmly established, attention was turned to the second step in the program, and poultry was brought into the county. When County Agent (ioodnmn was in Clay .County a few days ago he found that the first two parts of this program Mas on n sound basis and Anderson ' Bnts beginning to push the third part, the raising of hogs. The hog industry will furnish still another means , of utilizing the otherwise waste pro- 1 ducts from the dairy industry. Thus in Clay County a beautiful piece of farm work iy lifinc ni'i'iininlish ; ' i Works From Start County agent work was established in Ciay County on January 1, 1924. AniU i -on hud his program mapped ' out and succeeded in getting the first j tan of cream ready for shipment by the 20th ?.f February. This cream was produced by an old black cow , without breeding. This cream was f shipped over the Southern Railway ; from Murphy and is believed to have ' been the first can of cream shipped i from this section. Anderson soon convinced the farmers and dairymen of Clay County that if the cream business was to hi- a suc e; better cattle must he brought into the county. Accordingly, two Jersey bulls were imported in June 1921. The bulls were brought in as it was easier to build up a herd from grade cows and good sires rather ften from good cows and grade sires. When those bulls were brought to the county there was only one blooded ore there. It was a registered bull brought in several years before by attorney R- 0. \nderson of Hayesville. Interest grew, and before the summer was over, twenty registered cows j were brought into the county. In j the spring of 1925 about twenty-five i bead c.f grade jersey cows and heifers ! *e."e brought in, bringing the num- | of imported animals up to nearfifty. During 1926 sixty-eight registered cows and twelve bulls have been brough to the county. With the bringing in of better ttiimals the production of cream Puduaily increased. BTy the 15th of August, 1924, when a cream station established in the town of Hayes- | fill*, three ten-gallon cans of cream *ere being shipped per week. At | present time 86 farmers are j dipping a total of a bout 2,000 Pounds of cream per week, containto? approximately 600 pounds of totter fat. The shipping of cream called for eream separators. Early in 1924 the cream separator was sold. Purthat year ten or twenty were distributed throughout the county. Aitchens built the first silo In 1925. "uw there are about thirty-five in ** and the number is steadily grow*? V better Jfrade of cows called for ?etter winter feeding if the farmers I '"7" x ?!ft i ing Weekly Newspaper in i ? Hershell Garrison, and the ropistered .Jersey he now owns that has taken the place of four grade; I COWS. , : No. 2.?I. H White. Haycsvillo. N C. and his registered Duroc with ten ! pig*. I I MUSIC CLUB 1 ORGANIZED MONDAY 11TH To Purchase Piano For Club Room; Next Meeting November 1st. The Murphy Music Club met in the parlors of the Regal Hotel Monday evening, October 11th at T ' o'clock for the purpose of perfecting the organization. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. <\ W. Savage, and the following officers were elected and committees appointed: Vice-President, Mrs. E. C. Malloene; Secretary, Miss Blanche Howard; Treasurer, Mrs. Ralph Moody; Choral Director, Mrs. C. W. Savage; Accompanist, Mrs. J. W. Davidson. Program Committee, Mrs. Henry Axley, Mrs. L. R. Kohloss, Mrs. E. C. . Mallonee, Mrs. J. W. Davidson, Miss! Mary Roberts; Membership Commit- ' tee: Mrs. Hr.dley Dickey. Mrs. Ed Adams, Mrs. J. B. Storey. On motion of Rev. T. L. Sasser, it , was voted to order at once a piano for the Club rooms. It was also voted that the club give an entertainment . on the evening of November 11th for ' the benefit of the piano fund. A , large number was enrolled and every ( i one seemed very enthusiastic over j the work. The club adjourned to meet again Monday evening, November 1st. CLAIMS BIGGEST PRAYER MEETING | Out of Resident Membership, 450 Present at Mid-Week Service | The first Baptist Church of An| drews, N. C. is claiming to have one j of the biggest prayer meetings in the ' [ South. This church has a total mem- , oersnip OI ouu aim u csiuvuv ...VI..- , bership of 450. The prayer meetings have grown steadily for the past four months under he leadership of the; new pastor. Rev. W. H. Ford, form- 1 erly of Atlanta, Gn.. and Fort Worth, Texas, and on October 20th there, were 450 present. This was not a community prayer meeting, but the; regular mid-week service of the First' Baptist Church. The meeting has1 gone over 300 a number of times : before. There have been 120 additions to. the church in the four months of Mr. ; Ford's pastorate and the Sunday School has increased 63 per cent. The j Sunday congregations have doubled j and every department of the chvfrch has taken on new life. Mr. Ford , does not use any sensational or claptrap methods, but is an untiring work-1 er and preaches the old-time Gospel J In a faithful and forceful way. ' Iljrrj Western North Carolin MURPHY. NORTH CARJ N. ?Second sit- huilt by 1 Kitchen, Hnyesville, W C. This luts been painted. He built the In. din ever built in Clay County. No. ?l.? Hen Kitchen. Hayesvilh C.. and I. c , (Silt ?f Frank. Kitcheti, a club member. This fiv BRASSTOWN FAIP A GREAT SUCCESS TT" . 5 The Brasstown Fair which was lie. it Brasstown on October 2'lrd, w: a success in eve y respect. Th was strictly a Ribbon Fair, no ca* prizes being offered, ami every ot ivas sutprise 1 at the vntiety anil gie; number ol exhibits on display. Th goes to show who: the people of th section are genuinely interested lheir Work anil that ca ll prizes are i inducement to these progressive f?>l! to exhibit their products. The Premium list contained I." items for which there was aiTeietl fiist, second and third ribbon. Nur erous articles came in from all tl adjoining communities repiesentiti practically every item on the pre* ium list, besides numerous articli not listed and for which no ribbon wi offered. The fair was held in the Alethodi Church and school building ar.d hot buildings, which contained two roon aech. were chock full of high gia< farm products, relics etc. Also tl type of Ii\e stock on exhibit wou compare favorably with any to 1 found in the State. Conservative estimates have pla ed the total attendance at hetwei 1000 and 1200 people. This atte dance by the Brasstown people wl have worked so hard for more the i week arranging for the Fair. The: people financed the fair theniselve charged no entrance fee nor admi sion, hut feel they will he rcpa many times over in friends they hai won for the community. This is the fourth fair to be he at Brasstown. This Community h; the honor of holding the first fair evi held in any part of North Carolin west of Sylvn. The great success < this last fair proves that Brasstown the logical place for a greater at better Rural Agricultural Fair, ar plans are aready being made for two or three day fair at this plat aext year, with several added i'eatun calculated to bring larger attendanc and to provide more cntertainmei for tho.-e attending. Brasstown which is on the bordi of Clay and Cherokee counties, is progressive farming center. It easily accessible to the adjoinir communities, of Peachtrce, Missio Sweetwater, Ogden, Pinelog and Ma tin's Creek. The community is e tremely fortunate in that it has in i midst, the John C-. Campbell Fo School, which is now under constru tion, and as we all know, will prove be one of the greatest assets to 01 entire mountain country. At present this community is ha dicapped on account of not havii ample buildings and spase for a fai The hoard of Education having r cently sold their two room scho building erected some years ago 1 (Continued on page 3) V jftfp I . a, Serving a large and Pofei >L1N.\ I l:ll>\V. OI'TOBKR 29, 192fi. -ir p ff " ' " 15. ni- nth; : pig weighs 1 !'' pounds. |n The . days it gained 22 pounds st No. -V -Modern Poultry ?' . Registered Jersey imv L\ bought ly W. H. Pattctscp. Have ie ville. N. C., itnpo:ted from Georgia in P.?2<>.? Photos by Asheville Citizen SERVICES AT 5 M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY A. M. is 1 Harbinson Come* To Murphy, and Phinehart. Former Pastor, Goes To Salem it S. v.;M ht? held at the Metho(ij dist Church Sunday morning at the eeven o'clock hour, the Rev. Roy ll) Scarlett. of the .Murphy Circuit, doing the preaching, according to an j announcement by members of the hoard of Stewards this week. No services were announced for the evenj ing hour. Rev. K. J. Harbinson. of the Park Place Church, Greensboro, was as ^:n- l to Murphy by the Conference which met in Gastoniu over the last us week-end, and Rev. I>. H. Rhinehart, ^ who wrs pastor hero lor the past three t^ years, goes to Salem, N*. <\ ^ Rev. Harbinson js said to he a man of high character and an excellent u> preacher, and this church is fortunate j(j in securing his services. He has not yet artived in Murphy. The three years spent in Murphy | by Rev. Rhineheart are brimful of n accomplishment by the Methodist eonn gregation under his leadership. He came to Murphy at a time when the 10 in local church was strngglingun der the ^ | burden of building a new church and ; which building was only partially com* s-1 pleted. During his stay here the id | church has grown in strength both j spiritually and materially. Mr. and Mrs. Rhinehart made many friends here who regret to see them leave, hut whose good wishes go with pr , them. ?. j A in Mis. C. F. Rhineheart, of Canton, id spent the last week-end with relatives here. a :e , IS* ,s Miss Ella Cline 01 Englewood, Tenn e, was a recent visitor in Murphy, it er | 8QQGH a ' Ju is iMBRl 10 IsSm 8Sh9?8 A ^ lV ?S| iff WafAT ol V brwurt ntially Rich Territory in th * e? LIONS HELD " REGULAR MEET TUESDAY NIGHT li? 1 i'-: I'luh hold its iocular meeting on Tuesday evening of this ' wo ok in flu* basement of the Met ho list Church. There were fourteen present. .11 \ niing the guest of honor. Mr. Stentz, of l.ake Junaluska, who talked following the dinner. The speaker complimented the club on it.- spirit and on the things it had been doing and praised the spirit of this and other civic clubs, which interest themselves in the welfare of men communities ana tneir ieuows. I'tesidcnt Fain reviewed the ac? omj-lisl ments of the Club during the past few weeks, mentioning in particular the entertainment of the recent motorcade and the success of the committee of Lions in persuading the County Highway Commission to repair the Patterson Hill. In connection with the motorcade entertainment, the Club by unanimous consent passed a resolution thanking the general public for their aid in helping the Committee of Lions raise funds ! to take care of the serving of lunch to the visitors; and especially thanking Women of the Methodist Missionary Society for thir work in making arrangements for, preparing and serving t'ne lunches. The Club derided to appropriate funds with which to have some moving picture film of the Town and surrounding territory made. A photographer is expected here this week to make ti e film. When completed this film will be shown in all the towns throughout the entire length of the Appalachian Scenic Highway, from Canada to the Gulf. This will be , advertising that will reach millions ' of people throughout the entire ens tern part of the United States. COLVIN HELD IN JAIL HERE i P. Colvin is being held in the Chero kee County jail awaiting preliminary hearing for the shooting of Tom Jor| dan Sunday evening about six o'clock ! about one mile from Robbinsville. Colvin states that Jordan and a com panion came to his father's home and : began to make disturbance. When remonstrated with Jordan as is to draw a weapon, whereupon the young. Colvin shot him. REV. J. A. BRENDLE CLOSES REVIVAL AT MARBLE ' Rev. J. A. Brendle closed a most I successful revival at the Marble church last Sunday morning, when 19 candidates were baptized. There weie over thirty professions of faith. The meeting had been in progress for three weeks, and much good has been accomplished, it is felt. Rev. Brendle left immediately folowing the baptismal service on the ten o'clock train Sunday morning for Knoxville, Tenn. | Next Tuesday is election day. Let everybody vote. J ] MURPHY ii the Jobbing Center of Extreme Western North Carolina, North Georgia ard East Tennessee, ind is Served by Two Railroads. ? " 1 . lis state be COPY?S1.50 PER YEAR AMRA GROTTO OF THREE STATES MEET IN MURPHY Tennessee Delegation Headed By Monarch Deaver Stage Big Initiation Monarch I. M. Beaver headed a , hand of several hundred members of the Knoxville Antra Grotto to Murphy to-day to stage one of the biggest initiations in the history of the Grotto. A special train brought most of the members from the vicinity of Knoxville, arriving here about noon over the L. & X. Railway. Monarch Denver and several high officers of the Grotto came last night and have spent smost of the day in making ready for ihe ceremonies to-night, which will be held in the public school auditorium. Inaddition to the special train, n num. * her of members of the Grotto came by automobile. The public school was dismissed at two o'clock so that the children could participate in an afternoon parade through the business section. The , official band of the Grotto furnished a band concert on the square this afMayor F. S. Hill officially welcomed the delegates to Murphy, to which welcome Judge Boh Williams of Knox i vim', rwnown as me rteu v amauon {Judge, responded. The delegates, many of whom wore their tasseled hoods and royal robes, started a parade from the square about six o'clock, headed by their thiity piece band, which ended up at the school building where the eere| monies were held. More than :. hundred candidates are to he initiated. These come from Cherokee County. North Caro. lina, Fanin and Union Counties, Ga.t and Polk County, Tenn. Chief Justice Jimir.ie Cassidy and Master of Ceremonies Guy Smithson will have charge of the ceremony tonight. The | special train will leave about midnight tonight. ONE DEAD AND 2 IN JAIL AFTER SHOOTING Koch and Daniel Peary, colored i are being held in the county jail for the shooting of Allen Brannon in the negro settlement of Murphy Sunday night about seven o'clock. Brannon was shot with a shot gun. The negj roes refuse to tell who did the shooting. Brannon was accompanied by ; his brother Clyde, but the latter is ' unable to identify the slayer of his I brother. ? Koch Peary has a flesh wound in j the side apparently from a pistol j hall from Allen Brannon's gun. Bran| non died with a pistol in his hand, in j which there were two bank cartridges between which was a shell on which I the trigger had snapped. ( Neither of the three witnesses to . the f his heart, the full force of a shotgun load taking effect. He fell on his face with pistol in hand. The shooting took place in front of the Peary home. Brannon was in the road. The slain man is about twenty-three years old and leaves a wife and one small child. Funeral services were held Tuesday. HUME BOWLES WITH DICKEY MOTOR CO. Hume Bowles, who has for the past two years been connected with E. C. Moore, of this city, has accepted a similar position with the Dickey Motor Co., here and began his new duties Monday. Mr. Hume has many friends in Murphy who wish for him much success in his new work. The Dickey Motor Co., are Cherokee. County dealers for Chevrolet automobiles and are enjoying a splendid business on this populad par. These boys are hustlers and have built up a splendid garage and accessory ! business as well as their automobile agencies.