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The Official Organ of
VOLUME XXXVI. No. .-J.
1000 Cars Expected
To Enter Asheville
For Highway Meet
(Johnson City, lenn.. Staff-News)
"We have an international organ- j
iiation meeting of the Appalachian
Sceni-- Highway Association at Kenjltv
trih. Inn. Asheville. N". C.. S ptember
14-15-16." advises Captain T. V.
Orr. Vice -president of the as-ociation.
who was in Johnson City Wednesj
day.
Continuing. Captain Orr states:
"We are now organizing a motoreui
. one branch to start front Riviere
Du Loup, following by way of
Grand Fall*. Canada, to Bangor and
Augusta, Main, and into th-1 main
lir- it Rutland. Vermont, A second
l.?. . -i will start at Quebec and travel
by .'/ay of Sherbrooke to Rutland.
Verrvmt. Another form M <>ntreal to
Ottawa. Kingston. Toronto. Niagara
Fail-- Buffalo, to Sunbury. where this
vt:' j >in the other two motorcades
an: proceed down throuth Pennsylvania
Wtst Virgina, Maryland, Virgin::!.
.Johnson City. Tennessee, to
A- -ville. picking up all that care to
tia-. i with the motorcade, enroute.
A f isth branch will start at New i
Or ins, going by way of Mobile.
P ola, Crestview. Tuskeu Alaba
i. to Atlanta. A fifth f: ... F rt
My rs, Florida, will travel via punta
C ia. Sarasofca, Bradentown, Tampa.
St Petersburg, Tarpon Springs. Live
Oai.. Cordele, Mncon. Joining the New
Or! ans motorcade and proceeding by
way of Gainesville, Florida and Mur.
ph . Bryson City, Waynesville, North
Caro/.na, to Asheville.
"At least 1,000 curs will converge)
b-rming a parade at Asheville, and
each car is to have a banner on same
V- .ving town it is from; the motion i
picture people will he there to take j
tie pictures of the event.
"We want Johnson City to have
many cars as possible in that
motorcade, ready to join with the
pr cession when it passes through
Johnson City. Incidentally, it may
be an opportunity to entertain some
distinguished visitors from the north
tsst, if Johnson City would like to do
It miwht It** n.t*<ilth> to have those
gtr.Uemen stop over for one meal.
'"The governors of the 1" states and
pr .inces traversed, will be invited ti
at: nd, as well us the Premier of
Canada, and president of the United
State? and prominent tourists and
motor officials, and others, whdse influence
w 11 be Important to th's
I section of the country.
The Appalachian Sconi. Highway
A^ociation will be glad to cooperate
with Johnson City in any way it may
Ik possible to make this event profitable
to this city.
'"The Georgia sector of the Appalachian
Scenic Highway reaching ,
from Atlanta to the North Carolina
state line at Murphy, N. C., wa? formally
opened by a barbecue at Neel
Pa - at the crest of the Blue Ridgr .
July 4th, 1925. About 8.000 peopl
were present. Governor Clifford Writer.
of Georgia, was the principal
speaker, the Georgia legislature attended
in a body. Th evening mating
was held at Murphy. N. C., with
attendance of about 7.000 at which
Captain T. V. Orr, vice-president of
th* organization, discu-sed the appaUchian
Scenic Highway Association's
project and it'-* meaning to Georgia.
North Carolina and this entire section.
acneauie will nave to d? woi-kwi i
out accurately, so that all branches of j
this immense motorcade will arrive in ;
Asheville on the evening of th - 13th j
of September, or the morning: of the;
14th."
baptist revival
to begin aug. 23
According to announcement this
"eek by the pastor, Rev. T. L. Saser,
plans are being formulated for
>oldir.g the revival of the Baptist J
Church, beginning August 23rd and j
continuing for a period of two (
reeks.
The plans to date are to secure the
ervices of a competent song leader
co have charge of the song services,
unless some change in the plan?
levelop the pastor will do the preachnK
One service will be held daily,
't the evening hour, it was anr.ouncd.
Mis3 Lucy Lemon, of Jackson, <3a.,
s thc guest of Mrs. J. B. Storey
lilt Ruth Whitehead th's week.
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Blairsville Citizen |l
Commits Suicide *
According to infotmation reaching
here this week, Ed. Waldroup, ot
Hlairsvillf, prominent in road building
and banking circles, and w. II
known throughout this entire section. _
ommitted suicide at the home of his
father Sunday morning about eight
o'clock by putting a shitgun to his
ncau and pulling tne trigger. It is
thought that ho had the muzzle of
the gun in his mouth at the time, as 1
the entire top of his head was blown
off. His head was so ba lly mutilated
that it was wtapped in a sheet and
never unwraped, it is said.
It is thought that dometsic troubles ;
was the cause of his action, as he
nr.d his wife had been separated for j
some two or three years. It is sa d 1
that he made statements to several ,
of the family sometime ago that he
was going to end his troubles, and
that he had repeated them onlv a
day or two before.
Kuneinl services were held Monday
aftirnoon and intirment was in
the Blairsville cemetery.
He is survived by his wife and one
child, his father and mother and sev- j
eral brothers and sisters.
Commission Confirms
Road Contracts
The Cherokee County Road Com- |
mission, composed of Mr, A. Rice, J
chairman; Mr. D. S. Russell, secretary;
and Messrs. G. 0. Crawford.
T. S. Evans, N. K. Doekery, W. F.
Hill, met in regular session here on
Monday and Tuesday of this week,
and besides transacting the regular
routine business, it is understood that
the commission confirmed two contracts
for the construction of roads
in Beaverdam township.
Th Kido in min^tinrr m r ? ?n-d In
be those if Crye and Kollock, for
three and one-half miles on Unicoi
Mountain, conntcting with Tennessee thi
through Bcaverdam township, at an ^r'
approximate cost of $20,000; and 5.7
miles on the same loute from the bil
Dave Burrell place to Dr. J. W. Craw- an
ford's at Unaka, at an approximate *u
cost of $25,000. It is understood
that the contracts call for grading, n,l
the maximum not to be more than
3ix and one half ptrcent. P^1
A delegation of citizens from Cuiberson
and vicinity appeared before ni*
the commission, it is understood, resenting
and showing the need of a m
road between Murphy and Hot'House. te!
and asking that the commission authorize
the same to be built. It i? ?
understood that construction on this
?-oad will begin at once.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Rogers of mi
Gainesville left Thursday for their As
home after spending the pa?t week lai
with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. . .. ret
??of Tomotla and other relatives Tu
in the County. tlv
Cfjcrc
ie County, and the Le
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This Map Shows that port:on of
d Appalachian Scenic Highway.
>m Atlanta to Asheville. over which
i Atlanta Journal's (treat Automoe
tour will be run September 14th
d 15th. Some of the mo3t beautiI
and inspiring scenery in Ameri
is on this highway. The first
?ht of the tour the motorcade will
guests of Murphy and it is excted
one hundred cars and four or
'e hundred people will spend the
fht in Murphy. Mr. Harllee
anch, city editor of the Journal, is
charge of the tour?Cut Courty
the Atlanta Journal.
ommissioners
Met This Week
The Cherokee County Comssioners,
composed of Mr. T. W.
[ley, chairman, and Mr. W. T. Hoi.
nd. and Mr. W. J. Martin, met in
rular session here on Monday and
tesday jf this week and transacted
o regular routine business.
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i FRIDAY. AUGUST 7, 1923.
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IAKING j!
TIONS TO
rAIN TOUR
COMMITTEE SECURES RESERVA ,
TIONS FOR 30O VISITORS. AND
200 MORE NEEDED, IS SAID
Developments in the plans f r thi r
onti?rt]iinin<r ..f ?K.. I.
t.?ur in Murphy on the night of Sep ;
t ember 14th have been great a: d tr. i ]
rapid succession during the past fewj
days. The committee in charge announced
th>- first ot the wtelc that
accomodations for taking care of s ime
thr. e hundred of the visitors expected
had been tecuied and that in all ,?ro- !
bability accomodations for at least two (
hundred more would be needed.
This was followed by the annoui.eement
over long distance telephone by
Air. Hurllee Branch, wi.o is in ch: :g?
' of the tour for the Atlanta Joui tal,
that up to nun Wednesday sixty ar>
had already been entered in thL. p oposed
tour with more than a month inervening
between now and th ?.ate
et for the tour, and in all probab lity
hire would be more than a hundred
a?s in the tour by the time the
motor* ade reached Murphy on the
night ol Sept. 14th.
Also the first of th^ week. Mi. E.
I'. Hawkins, local Hudson dealer, announced
the tendering of a s veil
passenger Hudson to be entered and
used as the official car of the city.
In the event the car is accepted. Mr.
Hawkins plans to drive it himself, and
it i* understood that his proposition
has been or will be accepted. And it i
is hoped that the official car of Mur. I
i phy will join the motorcade in At-1
| lanta and make the entire tour from
I Atlanta to Asheville.
j The committee in charge of ar- J
jrangements tor the entertaining of j
11be tourists are highly optimistic ov. r
i the co-operation being recc'vc 1 from
the citizens, and were picased with
jtne re?u>-3 of th"ir ef:'*rts during tht.
past few days, but ii-o.l that if any.
"is or nusirss * ? ;uir %.?*> t??
sibly take another guest or two, it
: w uld bo greatly :ipjire-:::ited, and the
c.-.mmittte she bl l?e not fie i at ?i-op
"i was rvicessn *c thn'; *hc information
be communicated to Mr. Branch of
the Atlanta Journal as soon as possible.
From the annunetment of Mr.
Branch that sixty cars had already
been entered and that more than a
month yet remained for entering, and
that he was expecting some one hundred
cars to be in the motorcade by
the time it reached Murphy, the proposition
to take care of the tourists
here on the night of the 14th becomes
a huge one and the committee stated
that is was with a degree of ser(Continued
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a Seed on of Western N
TRUETT AND RE
McCONNELL TO D1
BE AT FRANKLIN
arge Tabernacle Erected and peo In C
pie Preparing for Great Rev- H
iral August 14 to 23
l^arge window placards calling a-.- ^r
ention to Great Truett-McConn P.,tron
evival at Franklin frum Aue l'
t?t 11 to 23rd were received '
icre this week and placed
n windows ot the bu.-in , - *j?sious<s
and other prominent places. ; "*erv
The placard is about 11x14 inches wee
inu snows pictures of I>r. Georg Il,r
rV. Truett and Dr. F. C. McConnell,'Mrwo
ot the greatest preachers who j
rver w?.nt out from this mountain oas
ection. Dr. Truett is pastor of the
**ir-t Baptist church at Dallas. >;iK<
r- xas, and Dr. McConnell is pastor i fo*"<
?f the Druids Hill Baptist Church of
Xtlanta. day
The event is a sort of home-corn-1 thei
ng for the two great preach- -, a- , thri
?oth are native North Carolinians I whi
laving heen born and reared in Clay 'hr
'ounty near Hayesvill.. It is under- -safc
tood that Dr. McConnell will preach ?ne
it the morning service and Dr. age
rruett at tht. evening service. 1 hr
The people of Franklin hav ? erect-1 or
id a large tabernacle and are pre-1 don
) a ring to take care of the thousands I'
jf visitors who will I in attendunc , liga
Irom all sections of Western North j be r
Carolina, Georgia and Tennesse 1
juite a number have alr> a iy signi- : the
"ied their intention of attending fron viv;
Murphy. , Kin
Th,. placard, besides the pictures of! sun
)rs. Truett and McConnell. bears j ing
he following announcement; "Truett- Ii
McConnell; big crowds. big taher j peo|
lacK*. great preachers; 10 great day? pro:
Mornings at 11: A. M.. evenings at iallj
1:00. Th,. old Gospel. Franklin. N j to s
August 14-23." | thei
The Franklin Press has been car ship
ing serially for the past several weeks to t
he life story of Dr. Truett. and the the
meting i-? being well advertised. I'
aud
I"o Complete Unfinished ^[r
Link of No. 10 By Jan. 1 as
gre;
Th. Scout i* this week in r cei 'lt
?f a communication from Mr. J. G. ove
Stikcleather, district highway Com- e's^
missioner for western North Carolina ^
in which he states that a reprcsentative
of the bonding company in
charge of the unfinished link of ,,,u:
Route No. 10 through the Nantahala ;
Gorge was in hi- office a f< \v!na?
days ago and made the statement t*>a
that he. the contractor would per- lo 1
haps have that link of Route 10 finish- !
ed by .lan. l-t. He also stated that ' ^'n
the repri sentative of th?. bonding com ! "
pany said he ha?l made arrangements ! no>
to use the output of Hewitt's Quarry ine
on the West end of the work. 'STr
In conversation over long distance ^
telephone Wednesday morning, Mr.
Stikeleather stated that extra "'<ot,
force of men had been put to work on j
the other end of thi-? unfinished link ! VIC
and that everything possible was being'
done to speed up the work. |ce'
Mr. Stikeleather also stated that'a
he had not as yet had any report .<:UT
from the Tennessee authorities rc-|seT
lative to what Tennessee would do re-.
garding the proposed connection between
the two states, and said that i
he did not understand the delay.
"I have not. as yet. had any report
form Tenmssee Department."
the letter states in part, ''and I do ,
not understand the delay. When I *
mo
receive a report I shall communicate ( ^jr
most likely, with your paper to the1 jg
end that the public may know of j ?f
Tennessee's decision. f ^
"It also Rives me pleasure to in- nf>(
form you that a representative of the
IwndinR company who is doing the w<k]
work on the Nantahala gorge was ir {w<
our office yesterday (July 31) and! g
he has arranged to use the output of! ,
the Hewitt's Quarry on the west end' " ,
of this work and he says that they! ^
are RoinR to finish the surfacinR by
January 1st at all cost. Now I want
it understood plainly that he say
this and I believe he means it. Thi?
sounds most too Rood to be true, bu" ,
you may rest assured we shall do all ^
in our power to co-operate with th<
contractors to the fullest extent." ,
pic
tin
Messrs. Burton CornweU and Ed ?
Hyatt, left this week for Miami, Fla
to be gone several months. They of
drove throuRh in a Ford car.
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ADVERTISE IN
THE SCOUT
IT WILL MAKE
YOU RICH"
orth Carolina
6c COPY?11.60 PER YEA*
V. ABERNETHY
RAWING CROWDS
AT M. E. CHURCH
Ip^ninf Sermon Monday Nifbt
e Urged To Br All There rn
Wbateeer One Does
i a *tr->ng ana in.-:urir.g sermon
u the text "An-: r. L rd Added
lie Chu.-ch daily, "at : M -thodist
rch Monday N-r. R v. J. E.
rn? thy. past <r : Trinity Metho,
Charlotte, opened a series of
ices lasting over a period of two
ks, which hid fair to b fruitful
thrt kingdom of God ir. MurnKir
Abernethy is an eloquent and
nt speaker, an i his strong: vigorvoice
carries to every corner of
large auditorium, driving his mes*s
home with the still -tronger
:e of his log.c.
n the course of his sermon Man*
right. Mr. Abernethy stated that
*e were tw ? beings which worked
iugh human agency and through
ch human agency worked, namely
ist and Satan. Ke stated that
an could do no evil unless some,
some human agency, acted as
nt. Likewise the same was true of
ist. The coming of the Kingdom,
anything that God does, must be
e through human agency, he said,
le -tated that all were under obtions
to Christ, and gave a unmof
illustrations to prove his point,
le pointed ont that the trend of
times seemed to point to a "suril
of the fittest,'* and that God's
gdom was not concerned with the
rival of the fittest, but with makall
fit to survive.
n conclusion, he plead with the
pie to "Br all There" in whatever
feseion they followed, and especr
did he appeal to the Christians
support the services by being all
*e, in person, in prayer, in fellow>
and harmony with God and man
the end that success would crown
meeting just beginning,
t was a great sermon, and the large
itorium was fdled to capacity.
1 services have been well attended
ing the week, and it is expected,
the word goes out of the really*
at sermons he is delivering, that
auditorium will be crowded to
r flowing before the week closes,
pcially at the evening hour.
-Ir. Abemathy was pa-tor here
le twenty five years ago, and in
remarks as a prelude to his serii
Monday mgnt stated that he us*
to know everybody in Murphy and
f of the cats and dogs. He stated
t he was glad of the opportunity
come to Murphy, and that with the
p of he Lord he would do his best,
cc leaving Murphy he has attain*
.some very distinct honors, and is
v pa-tor of one of the most promnt
churches in Southern MethodVlr.
J. C. Coston, of Hendersone,
soloist and director, has been
ured to lead tht. song services, and
solos are a feature of the seres.
A number of singers from the
ier churches, together with the exlent
choir of the local church, and
competent, leader, more than ns e
the success of this feature of the
vices.
rand view Farmer
Loses Barn And
Houses By Fire
Word was brought here Tuesday
rning that Andrew Davis, son of
. J. A. Davis, who lives at what
known as Rocky Gap on the line
Murphy and Beaverdam Township
1 two houses, a crih and shed bur*
i down by fire early in the mornIt
is believed that the houses
re set on fire by someone, as about
> acres of corn in a field near by
re cut down, a potato patch and
tobai'co patch torn up.
rhe amount of damage is not
>wn, but it was estimated at sev.1
hundred dollars. None of the
ildings were occupied, except a
r pen adjoining but it was believed
hogs escaped uninjured,
rhe blood hounds were sent for
put on the trail, but no informali
as to whether or not a trail was
ked up had been received at the
'e of going to press.
Mrs. Crouch and Mr. Fred Hartell
Melbourne, Fla. are spending
feral weeks in Murphy.