The Only Newspaper Publi?hed in
the Three Most Weaternly Counties
of Western North Carolina.
CHEROKEE?CLAY?GRAHAM
The Leadi
VOLUME XXXVIII. No. 5
interest grows
in ash meet in
atlanta oct. 18-20
| Two New Entrants This Week Brings
Total Cars Entered Up To
Twelve
Interest in Murphy in the Motorcade
from Asheville to Atlanta on
October lHth. over the Appalachian
scenic highway continues to grow.
Two entrants this week, S. L). Akin,
well known traveling salesman, and
H. B. Elliott, of Peachtree, prominent
farmer brings the total cars entered
from Murphy up to twelve, and
a large number of others are contemplating
entering cars in the motorcade.
The Atlanta meeting will mark the
official opening of the far famed Ap- 1
patachian Scenic Highway, better'
known as the ASH route, running ;
from the St. Lawrence River and .
Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and j
which passes through Murphy. It '
will be the second annual convention (
of the international association, and
th" sponsors from Murphy hope to
hn\ ? colors from this thriving little j
city twenty-five cars strong when ,
the motorcade drives up in front of |
headquarters in Atlanta in October. ;
The list of entrants to date fol- j
low:
E. A. Davidson, president of the
Cherokee Bank; C. W. Savage, coproprietor
of the Regal Hotel; E.
C. Moore, local Dodge, Overland ^
and Willys-Knight dealer; W. M.
Fain, president W. M. Fain Wholesale
Grocery Co.; J. B. Storey,
cashier of the Cherokee Bsnk; Dr.
Edw. E. Adams, practicing phy- L
scian; A. B. Dickey, postmaster; G.
H. Cope, lumberman; C, K- Hoover,
manager Coca Cola Bottling plant;
Richard S. Parker, druggist; S. D. ,
Akin, traveling salesman; H. B. j|
Elliott, farmer. tl
Officials of national and statewide si
importance, including the governors ti
of fifteen states through which the a
newest continuous "north-south" high n
way passes; as well as senators, con- h
gresamen, national and state highway t
officers, are on the invitation lists.
Many of these officials are scheduled! t:
to play important parts in the cere- J A
monies. 11
Although no authentic information ,
was forthcoming from the offices of j t
the president of the international j
body, it is rumored that an invita- d
tion will be extended to America's t
Chief Executive, Calvin C. Coolidge,
in Washington. 0
Governor Cliff M. Walker, of Georgia
will act as honorary host to th*> c
autocade of northern visitors which, t
it is said, will number more than one f
thousand. This special party from
the extreme northern terminal of the j
ASH, Ontario and Montreal Canada
will arrive in Atlanta on the morning
of Oct. 18th, at which time they will
he greeted by corteges of automobiles
including officials of the City, the f
Chamber of Commerce, and state of- *
ficers. It is planned for the visitors '
to- be extended the key to the City of 1
Atlanta. Embarking in private auto- ,
mobiles, the visitors and members of '
the ASH will be taken by the Atlan- *
ta reception committee to Stone <
Mountain, fifteen miles outside of the ?
city limits, where the northern autocade,
escorted by a two hundred car
autocade from Asheville and points
North will meet.
After fitting ceremonies and addresses
of welcome by various officials
the visitors will be conVeyed to Atlanta,
where they will meet. Advices [
received from ASH officials in Mon- j
treal are to the effect that a large
delegation of Canadian members of
the highway will attend the Annual
Meeting of the Organization at Atlanta.
Ontario officials have already ad-1
vised their Canadian members that at j
present time many automobiles
have been pledged to make the jour- c
n?y to the Atlanta convention. 1
The list of invited state governors i
from the United States includes: t
Georgia, Cliff M. Walker; Maine, ^
Halph C. Brewster; New Hampshire, <
John G. Winant; New York, Alfred E.
Smith; Pennsylvania, Gifford Pinchot; <
Vermont, Franklin S. Billings; West ^
Virginia, Howard M. Gore; Maryland, i
Albert C. Ritchie; Virginia, Harry .
flood Byrd; Tennessee, Austin Peay; <
North Carolina, Angus W. McLean; 1
Alabama, W. W. Brandon; Mississippi 1
Harry L. Whitfield; Florida, John W. t
Martin; Louisiana, Harry J. Fuqua. " i
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I3RD DISTRICT
MASOMC MEET
AT HAYE >VILI .E
.odgr-i of Clay, Cherokee and Graham
Counties Hear Prominent
Speakers
Hayesville and Clay County acted
i the role of host to the 13rd Disrict
meeting of North (Carolina Maims
at Hayesville Monday. The district
is composed of Cherokee, Clay
nd Graham Counties, ami a large
umber of delegates from the various '
idges were present and took part in j
he proceedings.
Features of the meeting included
he address of Acting Grand Master
inderson. of Fayetteville, at the
norning session, and the address ot
)r. Wicker, educational field sc-ere
ary of Wake Forest College in the
ifternoon. .1. Wiley Davis, of AnIrews,
district deputy, also addressed
he meeting.
The ladies of the Hayesville Order
>f the Eastern Star served a delici?us
luncheon in the auditorium of the
ourt house at noon, and received the
hanks and gratitude of the meeting
ni' I hp avppllpnt fnnil
1AYESV11.LE TO VOTE
BONDS FOR WATER
An election for issuance ??f bond'or
installing a water and sewerage
ystem will be voted upon on Septem>er
20th by the people of Hayesville.
t is felt by many that an adequate
vater works system for the city is
leeded, and leaders in the hiovemcnt
ire confident that the election will
arry by a large majority if not uninimous.
ENTER YOUR CAR
Urgent request is made to all
who will enter their car to do so
at once. Just give your name to
J. R Storey, H. D. Akin, or turn i'.
in to The Scout.
Those who have the autocade
from Murphy at heart are anxious
for at least 25 cars to represent
Murphy, and this is an occasion
wnen rnurpny snuuiu wen uc (?rouu i
to display her colors.
Enter your car!
ther officers too numbers to set down
lave expressed their intentions of being
present, and many have consented
o take part in the festivities which
will mark another milestone in eastern
America's "Pageant of Progress.'
Major John S. Cohen, sometimes
railed the daddy of southern highways"
known in newspaper circle as
editor and publisher of the Atlanta
Fournal, is one of the sponsors of the
convention, which meets in Atlanta
Jiis year. According to Major Cohen
his ASH delegation will doubtless be
he largest convention ever to have assembled
in the South' for a single
Highway Project.
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AGRICULTURAI.
PICTURES
I am planning to carry out the
third picture tour of Cherokee Coun- j
ty at the following time? anu places i
I hope that the people will take
the advantage of this round as this
in the only one thaf ! can .ke this I
year. I realize that this a very}
busy time hut it is the nl\ te Cua* '
I ani utile to get the much in*. ?hi !1
roll. I will visit the following place;--j1
and meet the people:
Martin Creek School House, Sep
tember 14th.
Brasstown, September 15th.
Owl Creek School, Septemher 16th
<4 Grand view, White Church School.
September 17th
Marble School Building. September
18th.
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?"?nu omuvi UUMUIUK. oepiem-:
her 20th.
Shuler Creek. Buckberry School
September 21st.
Suit, September 22nd.
Postell School, September 23rd
Ranger Walker School, September !
24th.
Topton School, September 25th
Penchtree School, September 27th
Hot House, Sunny Point School
September 28th.
Beach Creek School, Septemher t
29th.
We will meet at pood dark each j
night.
R. TV. CRAY. County A pent.
NORTH CARO! !NA
I used to cross the hilltops there.
In that old state of beauty rare
That's in my thoughts, no matter
where I stay,
I dream about its vales and hills.
It's mountains, rivers, sparkling rills.
A big place in my heart it fills.
North Carolina!
No Matter where I've trailed or been
My thoughts turned there, like compass
pin.
\\hrn twilight f?'iI I ft sH there by
the way.
And victuro ^pnc? that T had
known.
In days that down times trail have
flown,
In that old state of joys full blown
North Carolina!
Down memory? path again I ride
The fields there, big. broad ana
wide.
Where streams through the valleyglide
so gay.
And the same old trails I rove
Through that old golden treasurer
cove
In mother natures garden grove.
North Carolina!
Its home to me, its hills and birds.
Was born there, hence' these glowing
words.
My thoughts, like swiftly winging
birds are gay.
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Serving a large and Porte
A t It!DAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1926
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Ml! PHY BOY
AT HOME FPOM
EUROPEAN CRUISE
Jack Lloyd, of The United States
Navy, Sees Many Place* of
Importance, Including the
Holy Land
Seaman First-Class Jack Lloyd, ot
the United States Navy, has recently
ret ;rned from an extended cruise ot
and ?s visiting his mother,
Mrs. .1. T. I.loyd and other relatives
and friends for a month. Jack is a
member of the crew of the U. S. S.
r*?f_i? i- ' *
nnouiiiK, wiiim uus ucen in miroperin
waters for the past two years,
lack spent both Christmases abroad
on the Riveria, the famous winter
resort of France.
He also spent several days visiting
the Holy Land v Palestine, including
Jeru-a em, Nuzareth, the Sea of
Galilee, and the Jordan River. While
in the Hoi;. Land he also visited the
Jews Wailing Place and the Church
of ihe Annunciation.
In brief. Jack visited the Kaiser's
palace in Corfu, Greece; Athens
Greece; Christmas on the Riveria;
C:. th?.ge: Paris, from Le Harvre;
Joints in and around the British
Isles, including London, Dublin and
Belfast, at Kelfa ? he saw the world's
greatest hoise show; to Gibralta for
;t month's target practice; Spanish
ports of Malaga and Barcelona;
second Christmas on the Riveria;
then Leghorn, Italy, the Leaning
Tower of Pisa. Florence, Naples,
three day trip to Rome. Pompeii, and
Mt Vesuvius; to Alexander, Cairo,
Luxor and Memphis, Egypt, seeing
the Sphinx, pyramids and tombs of
the ancient Pharaohs; to Haifa, Palestine,
and a three day trip through
the Holy Land; to Trieste, Italy;
then to Le Havre and another trip to
Paris; to Amsterdam, Volendam and
Markem, Holland; Antwerpt, Belgium,
the last port touched in Eu
rope, from which point ho took a
p:'_rl t-fccingr trip to Brussels and the
battlefields of the Wtfrld War. Before
leaving Antwerpt, a farewell
ball was sponsored by the ship, and
they began the homeward journey on
July 3rd, last, arriving in New York
on July 17th.
Jack will leave about the first of
October for a cruise in China and
the far east, and will be gone the
greater part of two more years. He
will go by way of the Panama Canal.
Southern California. Hiwaii, and the
Phillipine Islands.
It makes no difference where I'd
roam,
From Mexico clear up to Nome,
There's no place like home, sweet
home.
North Carolina!
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LARGE MURPHY i
LUMBER PLANT I\
CHANGES HANDS
Dam* Rumor Say* Sal* Ha* Ali-aadv ^
B**n Mad*, and Will Ba Con*
firmed Sept. 11th
The Cherokee Company, which op.
crates saw mills and has large timber j.
holdings in Avery. Watauga anil
Cherokee Counties and which has U
been in bankruptcy and in the hands e
of the federal court for the oast ;?
year or more is t?> be sold September i]
, 11th, unless creditors and lien hold- t
| ers prevent. In fact, it is undestood n
here that the sale has already been u
made tenatively and will be finally v
confirmed on September 11th, unles
creditors can show just cause why lr
should not. It is not expected that V
creditors or lien holders will offer h
any objections. It is unofficially re- | C
ported here that, a banking syndicate
of Baltimore, Md.. which holds a large li
block of bonds of the company is the a
prospective purchaser of the company's
holdings. Should the sale be I
confirmed the company will doubt-j i
i less begin operations in the near 1;
I future. f
This company has two hand saw- v
i mills. One is located at Shulls Mill- j 1
and the other at Murphy. The tins t
her holdings around the Shulls Mills , a
operation, which lie in Avery an 1
Watauga Counties a'e practically exhausted;
the timber near the murphy I
plant, however, has barely been
touched. The company was first or
j crated by a Mr. Whiting, well known j
lumberman of this and other states t
The cost of building the mills and th*? ! 1
railroad into the big timber of the
snowbird mountains brought on finan i
rial difficulties that forced the old
Whitir.g Company into the hands of
receivers. In the course of monthi
a reorganization was effected and r
) the' company hegan business under
i the name of the Cherokee Company.
This time several million feet of lumber
were cut, but failure came again
before the railroad was completed in!
to the big timber of Cherokee County.
Both these failures were due to [ '
j the fact that they coupled with a )
I slump in lumber markets. rather than ,
' to the fact that the operations are
ineeonomic propositions. Inasmuch '
; as the railroad is nearly completed
nto the hip timber now local people
believe that the new company, shoulo
the contemplated sale be finally con- r
! firmed, will make a big ruccess of the '
Murphy operation. Included ;n the- Jc
I holdings of the company is some of i *
, the best virgin timber to be found ^
anvwbere in the Southeast.
Messrs. G. Shriver, W. LeRoy All
j and Frank I Speakman are the Trus-1!
j tees of the property now. appointed j'
i by the District Court of the United v
i States for the District of Delaware v
i .Tnhn Biggs. Jr., is acting as Referee '1
(in the hearing of creditors and He.
: holders, which is to be held in No
r. 1 ft Equitable Building, Wilmington.
Delaware on September 11th. at nin<- '
i o'clock, eastern time. Murphy and !
j Cherokee County people are interests '
ed in the outcome of this hearing as
a confirmation of the tentative sale
will probably mean the operation of
,the plant in the near future. When J
the Murphy plant is in operation employment
is given to several trander
i people and a payroll of many thousands
of dollars per month is turned
loose in this section.
Cherokee Mothers
Share In Aid Fund
Quotas* totaling $34,118.27 have
jbeen apportioned among the seventyfour
counties which have signed contracts
for Mothers' Aid work. The
I mnnov WOC (iietrihiitarl An a na?
ita basis, and no effort was made to
increase the number of counties participating
as the quotas are small, '
and there has been only a small increase
in the total for this coming
year, over that, of the past.
The total is slightly larger than
last year, because the five per cent
deduction, which was taken from all
State appropriations, was not made
this year. A few of the counties who
signed contract* with the State fail!
ed to use all of their funds, and this
money under the amendment to the
f Mothers* Aid law, goes back into the
I fund for redistribution.
Cherokee County's share in this
fund is $286.0: Clay County receives:
$78.72.
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VJRPHY :? t!i? .'obSinj Center of J
t-\irr - W st?-ri orth Carolina,
Hcr'h Georgia ;i J L?kl Temeitce, j
tl jervid by .?r*i Railroad*.
is state
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02 ADDITIONS
dADE TO ANDREWS
BAPTIST CHURCH
evival Cloiin g August 29 Or of
Grr^lfit in History o I it
Church
Will; 102 addition- am. tri III --
cvv *>i uiaiij more cci: . a* Hi r.
ie revival services whi'-'r. elest d on
.ugust 29th at the Andrew- First
taptist Church was one of tl greatst
in its history, according to those
rho are in position to know. An
iterestinir phase ->f the meeting -.va*
he fact that 'lio t the
sore than fifty making ; rofc - ions
/ere grown pcoph. Fifty ad-! *i' nr
ere made by people < -m g from
ther churches by letter.
The preaching \vn - done b> Rev.
V. If. F<;rd, the course . who
as recently come to the church from
eorgia. His strong a id 1: ivinjr
erroons wore full of the t i
igion. and great crowd- heard hint
t every service.
The singing wii led by Fred L.
lames, evangelistic si - d : <
-t "t" the Home L> ??J. A
urge chorus choir was rganized
roni the beginning ana tr<<< 1 music
iras had throughout tie n<-. t'ng.
"eaturcs of the - ng sevne were
he appealing solo- of Mr. Barnes,
ind the singing of the Jvoior <' . u<
f 125i boys and girlr.
The baptismal servic was held
ast Suitday night, and it is estimated
b: t more than 1000 people crowded
he large auditorium a' Ih s service,
ifuch (Mod wa iccom; linked during
he meeting, which i- 1 by -..mo to
?e 4.ue of 1|. g:1 r atcst meetings in
Vndrews in many years, and i - inluonce
f.if jp>ed Upon the community
vil| undoubtedly '?e felt for quite a
.anher of years hence.
Three Good Rule
For When.t P v-ters
Rill. nth. N. r. Si- t 8. - \ poo),
fry May genera 1\ mean" r rust and
i giod wheat crop. A warm, moist
daay means lot.? of rust and a poor
vbrat crop. Rust <?f wheat, thero'
ire. appears to be lb-* limiting factor
i. large wheat yields in N >*th Caroi:
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"We had the \:< ' wheat crop
h year that we hn I..at vested in
. tin inner 01 yen - ? ( M. G:\r~
or., cereal n^ronnmi t at State Coleye.
"The acreasc in wh -.a wa?
omparaiively small and will he eon
liderably increased ti i- fall Our
'armers may comply with all Cund':
ions for frrowinfr a bumper crop but
f weather conditions in May favor
' e development of rust, the crop wit'
?e poor. Preventatives do not a1vays
prevent. It is ! s;t to plant
vith the idea of ;:ettine ahead of the
ust."
Mr. Onrren irives three rule? "hat
vil! help. First, plant the seed inly
i: well drained, compae* upland soil
jecause poorly <1 rained -oil favors
:he development .-f rn>-. Oone variety
of wheat, the Fulcaster. made
--1.bushels per acre on upland soil
?t the Mountain Branch Station and
only 22.1 bushels on bottom land at
hhf. cnr?A Oulm- TU? J-.-r
- - ? uu mucfwii-e was
due mainly to rust in To Nation.
rhe second rule is to plant a rustresistant
variety. The Fulcaster, a
bear tied variety, and the Gleason, a
smooth-headed v:iri"t . arr rust re4-tar.t
according to Mr. Gnrren's
tests on the Mountain and Piedmont
station farms.
The third rule is to plant ar early
variety :f i. is impo'ssil <le to get the
rust resistant, varieties crown on the
experiment station nlot<.
Following these suggestions, states
Mr. Garren. will help to control rust
even if there is a warm, moist May
next year and will thus help to produce
better yields per acre.
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DIPPING INTO
sci^ncn
Smallest Church
The original smallest church
in the world" was that at St.
Lawrence, Isle of \V!.;'it. I
25 feat long. II fc^t v ide, ami
about 8 feet high. It originally
accommodated 12 people. Another
small church In Englaud
i? TO feet long and 12 feet wide.
It has 7 pews, 2 galleries, and
accommodates 20 persons,
lift, 1924. Western Ncwipsipar Union.)
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