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 gift i ng Weekiy Newspaper in 1 E JF w>M * wk ti W^mi 4*3 ^ > * * irm' r". W W 1 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. i Wftr? Western North Caro-ii > : ?!!! !! x- IIMM iye-^vz, Playtim< __ ^ f;r ! ppJ p". , ^ Ptjfl R/F PVE.T1M, i ip qJ?^Paho ; l; P-: s^ORT 1 wsT 00 i u 1 '0 MO01 NOW ? " fig : t \ I -=* ' ' .. : 'v">. , > C -: / . ' v-!N I '' y.-:'A ' -' is tkm 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. nn.,L-n C..V- -.1 o . ?? ?"?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. : \Utt | Serving a large and Porte A t It!DAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1926 a- ? L^_:J b 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! ?MAE M03S. kuut ; L ntially Rich Territory in th 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. ? 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 5<- COPY?fl "'1 PEK Y? \fc 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 *th Caroi: a. "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