rout The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina, Serving a large and Potentially Rich Territory in this state VOLUME XXXVIII. NUMBER 25. MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. JANUARY 28, 1927. 6c COPY? $1.60 PER YEAX C.-T. POWER CO. I i ADVERTISING FOR1 MORE INDUSTRIES Campaign Being Conducted in Na- ; tionally Known Magazines Feature Opportunities of Murphy T it t!-i' Carolina-Tennessee Power Company, owners of large undevelop ed electrical power rights on the ,t: ^.ee j{U i.r near Murphy, is con I' ducting an advertising campaign in a number of nationally known and circulated magazines for the sale of large blocks of hydro-electric power, wn8 ieal this week in a letter M. Fain, f >rmer mayor, from Mr W. V. N. Powelson, president of ith main offices in \ , , . . || any seeking: to attract 1 corporat ins of I gh financial respon sibility to the opportunities offered | manufacturers in this section. The I advertisement appeared in the De- 1 cember issue 27. Editor Scout: 1 have been taking The Scout for thirty-six or thirty-seven yuars. 1 subscribed to the Bulletin and The Scout at the same time, one a Repub lican and the other a Democrat paper at the time. The Bulletin was run by A. A. Campbell and The Scout by Don Towns. Campbell died and when he died the Bulletin just stopped, but (Continued on page 4? CLAY CHIMNEY TRAIL O Gripping Story of the Early West By EDWIN L. SABIN Former books by this zreat Ameri can writer are " Circle k. ' 44 The City of the Sun.'9 44 Bar H." and 44 White Indians. Yon will enjoy 44 Clay Chimney Trail. " ? o ? BEGINS NEXT WEEK IX The Cherokee Scout Slio stared, round-eyed. "I reckon you're a gambler!" she accused. "I am seeking health in the West,"' I said, "where the climate is high and dry." "My Gawd!" she blurted. "High and dry! You're goin' to the right place. For all 1 hear tell, Benton is high enough and dry enough. But laws sakes, you don't need to go that fur. You can as well stop off at North Platte, or Sidney or Cheyen ne. They'll sculp you sure at Benton ? unless you watch out mighty sharp." "How so, may I ask?" "You're certainly green," she ap prised. "Benton's roarin' ? and 1 know what that means. Didn't North i Platte roar? 1 seen it at its begin- j nin's. My old man and me, we were there from the fust, when it started in as the railroad terminal. My sakes, but them were times! Gambl in\ shootin', drinkin' and high-cock alorums night and day ! 'Twasn't no place for innocence! Easy come, easy go, that was the word. See Next Weeks Seoul and Go On With the Story. to Fortune IA^tocavtep) George Young, 17 year old Cana dian swimmer, who by his preat feat in the Catalina channel swim won $25,000, is now besieged with theatrical, movie and athletic offer* which promise to net him a fortune far beyond his wildest dreams. Clay County Coming To Forefront With Road and Schools (The Asheville Time#) Hayesville, Jan. 1">. ? Though the little county of Clay has for years been greatly isolated, tho advent of good roads and the establishment of the county unit system of schools has not only drawn attention to this pros perous and progressive section, but has actually awakened Hayesville citi- | zens to a realization of the fact that J prospects for future development in | Clay will compare favorable with those of most of the counties in West-, ern North Carolina. According to Mr. Allen J. Bell, | superintendent of the county schools, there is a general awakening among the people of this county on account of road construction work now being done here by the state highway com mission. Highway No. 28, leading from the Cherokee county line through Clay to the Macon line is i practically all graded. This road passes through Hayesville, the county seat, and from this point No. 9 leads to Hiawassee, Ga. When it is com pleted travel may be directed around through Franklin, BVevard, to Ashe Iville, to return on No. 10 via Frank lin, Bryson City or Murphy. Beauties of Clay Mr. Bell, who has held the position of county superintendent for the last -ix years, said that, though Clay is one of the smallest counties in the state, it is in a position to get more, proportionately, from highway con struction and in the county unit sys tem of schools than any other county | owing to the unique geographical sit uation it holds. The beautiful Hia wassee river traverses the county, and the large warter courses of Shooting i Creek, Brasstown, Tusquittee and i Fires Creek con-join in such a way as to make Hayesville an ideal loca tion for a county metropolis. Indeed, the 220 square miles of beautiful high land territory, with the high moun tains of Tusquitee, Bald, Stumpy Gal, Hightower, and Standing Indian, which has a 6,000 feet elevation, sur- \ round a picturesque valley of fertile fields and gently sloping divides. From this springs the popular saying here abouts, "All county roads lead to j Hayesvilie." j Splendid Schools Clay's population is only 4,646, but j her property valuation is $2,389,397. ! The school enrollment is 1,543, scat- | tered though thirteen public schools. I The three schools doing high school 1 work are: The Hayesville high school, . which has twelve teachers under the , direction of A. H. Shuler; the Shoot ing Creek ^school, under the direction of Parks Prickett; and the Ogden school, of which P. C. Pipes is prin cipal. Clay count was established in 1862. It was named in honor of Henry Clay, and not as many think, for the fin^ variety of clay that is known to be in rich deposits in the Hiawassee val- i PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE FINISHES SURVEY HERE Miss Hobbs Examines 350 Elementary Pupils and Reports To Parents and State Interesting; Miss Cleone Hobbs, public health nurse from the state department of health Raleigh has just completed an examination of the school child ren lu the local schools and made her report to the parents and the school officials. Miss Hobbs examined the eyes, ears, teeth and throats of the children and tested we'ghts with the standard height-age standards for the country- as a whole. Miss Hobbs examined only the children of the elementary schools. A summary of her findings follows: Number of children examined 350; hearing defective 7; vision defective 76; throat defective 213; teeth de fective 182; other defects 74; under weight 87; overweight 11. The na t onal rate of underwcightness is about 20 percent, 'ihe rate here is nearly 25 percent, or nearly five per cent hijrher than for the country as a whole. A ca^d stating the defects of each child i/xn mined was sent to the pa rent; >y the children in the hope- 4 hat the ? nrents would have the dele renu ed. As the report shows, the greatest numbers of defects was with the throats; usually caused by l>atC tonsils and adenoids. It is compara tively simple operation to correct these defects and Miss Bobbs express ed the hope that the parents would have the corrections made. i The Mission Study and Social meet ing of the Methodist Missionary So ciety met Tuesday afternoon, Jan uary 18th, at the home of Mrs. J. H. McCall. The devotional services were open ed with a prayer by Mrs. McCall. Several members of the society made very interesting talks about the Mex icans, Cubans, and Italians, after this Mrs. E. S. Miller sang several solos, she was accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Koios. During the social hour a delicious i salad course was served by the host I ess. She was assisted by Mrs. Holt I and Mrs. Miller. Five silver trophy cups will be j awarded by merchants and bankers of Halifax for the greatest production of ; corn per acre in the upper part of Halifax County this year. This will be a good year to know more about how to grade tobacco. I The State College of Agriculture is offering a free short course on the [subject on February 8, 9 and 10. ley. Hayesville bears the name of the county's first state representative, George Hayes. Illustrious Citizens This county has given to the state many illustrious citizens. Dr. George W. Truitt, noted Baptist minister, was born and reared a few miles from | Hayesville. Col. G. H. Haigler, a re spected citizen of the county, has spent 51 years here. He organized the Clay County bank 17 years ago, and has been its cashier and a direc tor since that date. He is now 73 years old. He was one time county superintendent of schools. He mar ried Miss Mollie Pass of Clay. They have nine children. Sheriff Ed Kitchen is one of the most fearless and popular officers in the western part of the state. He is 40 years old, tall and erect, with easy bearing, but he possesses a natural firmness which inspires confidence. He was elected sheriff four times in succession was out one term and was again re-elected last November. His duties are manifold, as he is ex-officio tax collector, and jailer. At the time, however, his work as jailor is "nil," as no one has been imprisoned | for some time.