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fj IF IT ISN'T IN f, THE SCOUT V ITS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ; * KNOW IT { The Officud Orgai VOLUME XXXIV. No. 49. hayesville road being pushed to completion Thrrr Cr?*w* at Work on Remaining Four and a Half Mile* \\ i th. completion of the road }, . Biaastown and Hayesvwle, the ; 'tat of Clay County will' iv 1 within an easy hour's dr: Murphy. Only foiir and on- inile* yet remain to be surfac Aree surfacing contract. - i pushing tnis work to compict Thti uncompleted section lit, n Brasstowri and Ogam. Nil ilea from Ogden to Haye?\ - surfaced and the road [ ? a ilent top-soil hignway. The se\ and omjhalf mile* of road hr?v Murphy and Brasstown is * tr i -*att maintenance and is In ' f.i dition all the year around. * 1? mile or two juot out of Murph a little rough in dry ) u : r when the soil on the rocks verized into fine du-t. Hovr * :t is a very creditable ruad. The completion of this rotfd will i . . i '>r.g-felt need in the comrntr and >??cial life of (May and Cherokee Counties, and will mean much t, "he commercial life of both Hayes v." and Murphy. It will give' Hayes v m? rchant and easy roufte to th' r raiiroad point and to the Mur- ' p-who!, <alo houses, where much of t r merchandise is bought. and it v. ' ring much trade to the retail n chants of Murphy and IIt yav \ This road will help %h people ? th, two counties and, especially ] of tlw two county seats, to get bett r u luainted and will be such a t ighfare a? was not H?ven dreamid t by the most optimistic ten (i years ago. Passenger Hurt By Pistol Shot Bryson City.?When Drawford : 1> Hart entered a passenger coach i a the train stopped here Monday he t k his place beside John Ball, of i Poach tree. DeHart's pistol, which h,. carried in his trousers pocketr accidentally went off and inflicted severe wounds in Ball's leg. A physic ,an on the train rendered first aid < and Ball was later carried to the hospital. He is reported to be fantl recovering. ? Marble * > > On last Sunday night we had with u* in our Senior B. Y. P. U., Miss Winnie Rickett, of Andrews, who rave a nice lecture on the importance of training the Baptist young people, which is a very important matter for the young people of today will be th?. loaders of tomorow, and it is very ! necessary that they start right. And ; we hope in the near future that many j of our young'people i"*y take advantage of the great opj*>rtunity and ' make Doers as wel as hearers. And we hope that Miss Rickett may come again and that we all together may work fo?rthe great cause of the Mas ' ' ter and lay up treasures in Heaven. Mrs. Walter Witt was a Marble ^ visitor Monday. Miss Mae Barton made a flying trip to Murphy o^ Monday. Mr. D. S. Russell, of Andrews, \ ( w*s >n cur town Monday o nbusiness. ( J. W. Welch, of Maltby, was in our town Monday on business. j , Miss Bes'ie Newmaj, was visiting j | ?t th? home of Miss Mae Barton Sun-; ( v *? i Mr. Bob Allen, who has employ- j i % ment at Hayesville, is at home for a ; few days. 1 1 Rev. N. O. Kilpatrick is holding i ] A 1 ' * I ' ? Wi in^cwnga M W WIW??"? | I thepast wwk. j? Mr. Claud Sneod. of Maltby, wu_ ] a Marble vi*ito% Monday. : < Mr. Joh nThompson, of Venfrenace i C.r#i?k. wax in Marble Monday. i 1 J. T. Hayes, of Tomotla, was in ' i our town Monday on business. j2 ; - ? ;-^j| . - * * m* i of Murphy and Cher . Song Leader i---i a wfflg 9 jn^^B * /^Ha I <. 1: 18 E^rCBy MT' ' i; J. I*. MOORMAN*. Song Leader and soloist. who will hav.. charge of the , nusic during the Methodist revival ( wre beginning July 15th. , LOCAL MERCHANT LEADS IN SALE IN THIS TERRITORY ln<Jian Products Increasing in Faror Fain Grocery Company Commended According to an announcement made publil ft ere Tuesday by Division Manafj* r of the Indian Refining Company, the W. M. Fafn Grocery Company of Murphy led ail distri [tutor in the KnoXville division *n :he .-ale of Havoline oil, the motor >il manufactured by the Indian Company. The local concern WM highly commended on this showing by the division manager as it was in competition with ponts all over East Tennessee, Wester HI North Carolnn md North Georgna. included in which were such cities as hLnoxville and Asheville. In -?n interview following this announcement, Mr. W, M. Fain, manager of the Fain Grocery Company, aid that the popularity of the In ii?n products was growing daily. "Many garages and fillit.g stations and largo users of oils -d greases are adopting thtj Havoline brand and we expect our sales this year to far outstrip the past twelve months,'" said the manager of the local concern. The Scout is now carrying a series of advertisements of thd Indian Company setting forth the merits of[ their oil* and uscrs of this class of j product would find these advertts- [ menta illuminating. Dr. W. N. Johnson To Come To Bryson City Definite arrangements have be eta | made for Dr. Johnson, the noted j evangelist of Vital Stewardship, to begin his meeting on the fifth Sun-! day night in July. Dr. Johnson wil! preach ?t Sylva at the regular morning actYic?, thcr. he will jcis delegates and visitors vhere and come to Bryson City foj the night service. As announced before, the loci! church is making arrangements V entertain all church Readers and pastors who will attend this meeting from all over western North Carolina Those in Charge of the program *re ! highly elated over securing the speaker for the three- days meeting, and it is earnestly hoped many will :ome and remain through^ the three days. At the close of this trip, a free muwr vip witt ue |>iv?iura iui uie piaster8 to Mars Hill wheie the Bap- i List Mountain Assembly will be in session. This will give the pastors, s chance to hear many of our ablest, preacher^ and educators! from va- i rious sections of the South. The j party will return in time for the pa*. 1 tor ? to fill their regular Sunday j ippointments, August 5. The ex- j pense whil* at Mars Hill will be only' me dollar par day. Would it not be 1. i fine thing for the churches to make j his trip free to the pastors by gir- j ng them ertough to defray expen- j! tei while there? j I f * Ctjcro okee County, and the L MURPHY, N%RTH CAROLINA, CHEROKEE CO. v PUSHING RO^D INTO MOUNTAINS Railroad To Be/Wide Gauge?Steam Shovel Is Put ob The Grade The Cherckee Company, which xiujfht the Boone Fork Manufacturnti Company's Timber frights \ and 1 'aw mill located here, are fast push- i ngr tho railroad into the Tellico , Mountain? in order to brine the mil- . lions of feet of virj?n timber in that sevuon H) iuurpn> U? ut- vui iuw i lumber. The track has been laid a* far as Lovingood'& store and the rail- j road crew is row busy widening the | portion of the old railroad constructed by the Boone Fork Company. , The road will be made a full wide : gaged railroad to savd reloading and ; in order to enable the company to use bigger equipment { 'in bringing ; !eg? out of the mountain. Tb<* narrow gauged rolling stoc of the company is being shipped to the operation at Shu 11.-; Mills in Avery County. and ne wand biggcr equipment is being purchased for thi local operation. It is expected that the road will he built into the timber a'nd operation of the here begun by the latter part of September or early October. The company has recently purchased a large steam shovel and it is being placed on the gradc this week so that the laying of ties and rail ean be hastened. The company is anxious to get the mill in operation just as soon as possible and the work is being pushed as rapidly as labor, material, and physical circumstances will permit. In Memorium. Little Archie Taylor Walker} infant so iiof Mr. and Mrs. Willie C. Walker, of Letitia, died Friday morning. July 6, mnd was buried Saturday afternoon. Baby Archie was one year three * u - 2 in J-? i J *r.. IIIUII Uin nun ? ?. lints uiu. nc was just beginning ,to talk and hi* little tongue was always busy. He was luid to rest in the family* cemetery near Mrrs. Walker's old home. The funeral services were very impressive. Upoiy request of baby Archie'^ parent*, the n%itives composed the small choir wliicL sang only a few beautiful songs. Then. after a short talk by Rev. W. D. ; Hogsed the snow whit* bear- j ing the name, "Archie," in pink let ters on its breast, was lowered into' the grave. Whiie we sympatnize with the rel-' atives, we rejoice that one more little hand waves in Heaven td becon us upward. I ?. ; | Boiling Springs ? Evci jr uOuy Ls bu?> in ioa'COtilj fields around here during this beautiful weather. f Several of the >vung people of this place spent the Fourth of July at Cool Springs on the big mountain. * ; Mr. A. B. Anderson, of Marble, was a visitor at our Sunday school last Sunday. * I 1 Messrs. Horace Townscnd. . and j Andy McDonald were horse trading last week. Missee Ions McDonald wis the dinner truest Sunday of Miss Myrtle ! Dockery. Mr. M. B. Dockery made a business thip to Murphy on Monday. Our Sunday school is progressing! nicely at this place. Everybody come. Mr. Luther Mundy has returned home from Wjeet Virginia, where he has bee. for sometime. i r. _ ' SCS - V ifeee ? ead ing Newspaper in FRIDAY. JULY IS. 1?23 CLAY COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION PROVES SUCCESS I ft Largely Attended Pen land the New President Will Meet Wit^ Hiawass Township Neat Y ear Hayesville, July 12.?With the business meeting last ni?rht the Clay County Sunday School Association closed a very successful two day se.-sion here. The association Saras or eanized la.-t year with Col. J. FJ. Gray ai its h?ii anti uiis wa- the1 'econd annual cdnvention. The principal speakers were I). W. Sims, ircn' rai superintendent, ? ?1 Miss Flora Davis, assistant superintendent, of the North Caroling Sunday School Association. Many prominent people of Hayesville and -other part- of the county also took an active part in the program. Officers and Sunday School workers !n Central were very much pleased with th,. attendance upon the convert!' ?n and the interest show in it. It is the geeral opion here that the Association is doing much good toward advancing Sundav School wark in the county. At the evening session. E. B. Penland was elected president foil the ensuing year; R. E. Crawford, VicePresident, and Mrs. B. Neal Hatgler. Secretary and Treasurer. The Township presidents were as'follows Hayesviiie Township, James B. Penland; Brass tow n, L. L. Scroggs; Tusquitte, Richard E. Tolhert: Hiawassee, W. E. Lowe; Shooting Creek Robert McClure; Sweatwatcr, P. H. Caldwell; Elk School House in Hlawasset Township, was the place selected for the annual convention of 1924. St&lcup-Leatherwood. A wedding -of much interest and surprise to their many friends tooK place Thursday, July 5, 1923, when Mi&| Margaret Staicup, the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Staicup, of Murphy, beeame the bride of Mr. Frank Leatherwood, of Gastonia, N. C. The happy pair were accompanied to Blue Ridge, Ga., by Mrs. George Staicup and Miss May Keener, of Murphy, and Mr. Henry Hampton, of Gastonia, wher^ .they weref quietly married. Magistrate McKinney officiating. Mr. Leatherwood returned'to Gastonia Friday, where he has a position. Mrs. Leatherwood will follow shortly. They will be at home to their many friends in Ea9t Gastonia after August 1st. Here's wishing them a long and happy life. ? V ? Peachtree % ? Miss Fannie Brittain spent vseveral days last week in Andrews wit|| her sister, Mrs. V. T. Ledford. Herman [Ferguson returned home from Ohio last week. Oakley Witt, of College Park. Ga., spent the week-end with home folks. Misses Claude and Mae Sudderth visited relatives at Marble last week. Miss Christinq Bowles, of Murphy, spent th* week-end here with friends A. E. Sudderth visited relatives In Athens, Tenn., last week. Miss Minnie Evan* and Robert Calhoun were quietly married Saturday. V. 1 - Miss Grace Sudderth visited# her sister, Mrrs. G. A. Hasty, in Murphy, last week. Cyrus Witt spent several days la Atlanta last week on business. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Arrowood are visiting relatives in CoppeihiU, Tenn f A 5>C0XIt j this Section of Western ===== ftil A 1 Evangelist i I tma BBBB ' wKBtfi RF.V. THURSTON' B PRICE, j u renowned Evangelist. who will con- j duct the revival under the auspices of the Methodist < hurch, which be- ( gins here July 15th. , VALUES BEING EQUALIZED BY , COMMISSIONERS Ancitmrn^ Rolls Being Reviewed and Revised?Valuation Wili ^ Show Slight Increase t The County Commission* r* art- In 1 c.ssion this week going over the as- a sesmient n>lls of real estate in the countv and making a complete re- * visal of all property. The commto- r sinners are not only h? arinir com- ^ plaints of property owr rs. who feel > that their property has not been lis?- * ed at the property figure but every 1 individual item is being gone over and considered with reference to < what other pro|>erty u listed at so as to arrive at an e*iuahle veluation. In some cases, valuations are being lowered, while in othera slight Increases are being mad", where it ps , found that property is not listed as high as similar property in the same location. While the commihsioitera have not completed the job. the opin ion was express that the t-ota! valuation would l?e slightly greater than ' lhe aggregate ha* been. However, t n<? excessive increases are !?e>ng ^ made, say the commissioners. I The institute being held at the Baptist Church is proving quite sue- 1 cessful, although the attendance is ' not as larj^e as ministers and Sun- ( day School workers had hoped. 1 Messrs. L. L. Morgan and L. C. 1 Taegue, sent out by the State Mis- 1 sion Board are conducting the institute. Mr. Morgan is in charge of > ' the B. Y. P. U. class and Mr. Teague > I of the Sunday School work. The ' , former is using the B. Y. P. U. j * manual while the latter is using the s New Convention Normal Manual of Spillman, Leavell and Burroughs. t i Mrs. Fauneta Jones, Wife of Times Man, ' Dies at Br&dentown t Mrs. Faunetaj Jones, wife of B. 11 B. .hones, manager elas jfied adver- t tising department o fThe Times, died t early Wednesday night /it Bradentown. Mr^ Jones had been an inva- r lid for practically tha past ten f months. She had gone to Braden- t town about a month ago. Death ^ resulted from purittonitis. ( The body was brought to Tampa i; by Mortician B. Marion Reid. Fun- ii eral arrangements are to be announc 1; ed later. | v? Mrs. Jones was the daughter of * Mrs. A. J. Gurley, of this city. She!c was 23 years old. Besides her hu.v ^ band sh? ? survived by two children I Bascom, 3, and Virginia \ Neil, 8;|!l her mother, Mrrs. Gurley, and one e sister, Mrs. L. K. Stam. The family ^ lives at 106 Cardy street. ?Tampa s (Fla.) Times. ,fl _ Ill SMALL FIER AT THE | LEATHERWOOD HOME. i At 11 o'clock Thursday morning' I a small fire broke out on the roof! < of the kitchen of the home Mr. j \ ] John Leatherwood Sr., at the inter-11 ] section of Hospitalf and Pcachtree 11 | streets but the blaxe was aoOn ex-! \ 1 tinguished. The danyige was slight I < North Carolina n Jf fEAR IN ADVANCE REVIVAL MEETING TO OPEN SUNDAY NGIHT IN BIG TENT huraton B. Price T0 Do The Preaafa ing J. P. Moorman WiJl Lead the Choir The Thurston B. Price Kvangeliscal meeting will open here under a irge tent/ on main street opposite ?e old post office building Sunday ight, July 15. Mr. Price, who is ist closing a meeting at Canton lis week is a strong preacher being lethodist Church and the meeting ere is being looked forward to by hristian workers with, enthusiasm. Ireat success is predicted here. Whilt. the Methodist Church Is rgely backing the meeting, it is eing supported and worked for by il the church*. . Joint committers rom th?? various, churches are wideir advertising it. making preparation or the erection of the tent, holding raycr meetings and making all othr accessary preparations. A good hoir of local talent is being organt d. Mr. J. P. Morgan, a noted hoir leader, will accmpany Mr. *rie? and take charge of the choir >rt his arrival Saturday. In addition o his ability as a choir leader, he ? an able soloist and good music is issured from the beginning. It is c-cpected that many people rom nearby towns and the country ound about will attend the services, ispcciallv in the evening. Two services will be held daily, the hours or which will not be arranged until w he arrival of the evangelist. 5TATE FAIR TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 15-19 lamping On The Fair Grounds Wilt Be Allowed, According To Offieisl Announr?m?n? Raleigh.?"Tentin' Tonight" is ex* ?cted to he one of the popular songs >f the sixty-second North Carolina State Fair, which will be held Octo? ler 15-19. General Manager K. V. Walborn ia making preparations to have a tented city for autoinobiliats, who have aniping outfits. By bringing along heir tents, autoists will be assured >f ample accomodations for* their let ds while they are here. The tented city will be located vithiri the Fair Grounds and there vill be ample room for all. This lew feature of the fair promises to ittract many ardent outdoor enthuliasts. Raleigh homes will be thrown op?n to Fair visitors as usual and there will be increased hotdi ^ccoraodaions, and it is expected that the large najority of the merry throngs will vant indoor accomodations. But here will be parking space at the fair Grounds for all who desire it hough application should be made >eforehand. This will be Just one 01 tne many lew features that will be put on this all. Mrs. Editjj Vanderbilt, the enerpriaing president of the State Fair s determine dto make the Morth Carolina institution second to none i n the South and equal to the best a the nation. She is already activey at work lining up dxlubits that rill .Hann?t?K. 'V- ' ? .... c|iicacllli uie VS3k re* ources, agricultural, industrial, and ommercial, tp be found in the Old forth State. Mrs. Vanderbilt expects to have omething of interest at the Fair for very member of the family. It U ler aim to make the very best fair inywhere. She is receiving assurincea of hoarty co-operation from ler fellow Tar Heels. REV. CLFGG INI ASHEVIU.E < Rev. M. B. Cleg? spent several layes in Aaheville this week. He vaa accompanied home Wednesday light by his daughter. Miss Mary 511a, who haa spent the past several peeks with relative* in Shelby, ?ud >ther points in the Piedmont ^ / i