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MISS H. M. BERRY Associate Editor
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any o*'. - Ivertisements r reading notices
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ir.ainta :
Entered To>t t:\ at Murphy. North
Care.ira. a Sc. nd < das- Mail Matter under
Ac; March 3. 1ST0.
. SOME THINGS PHI: SCOUT WOULD *
LIKE I\> SHE IN MURPHY AND
CHEROKEE C OUNTY
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In Murphy
1. Ar active Board of Trade r Chamber
of Commerce.
2. Manufacturing Industries.
3. W.v Pa-sengtr Statu ns?A Union
Station.
4. M?>:e Improved Streets.
5. Regular Library Hours.
6. A Read :Club.
In Cherokee County
1. A SysU jr. f C unty Roads Supplementing
the State Highways.
2. M?a i R- 'er Cattle Raising and
Dairj ing.
3. More Fruit Growing.
4. Scientii Poultry Raising.
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Dead, Yet
He Lives
Woonuow wii.siin ..
im: i- t!:i- ".u-rtal toil but
as a power . t w h w:i: -till !.\- n
in the < ::i ?r year- ?."
come and hiuh < wiii continue to
shape th. d( , th a . ns
i V* me ??? cmliuiiM Tv lrui iVw i|. n IS IT I
given : :;ing> -ahi:-. !:i
the mortal NMy nil l. 11 . it L->en
to a*'- - . , . ni Hits
..jvorld. 'A :! ti,. th. In
fact, he lived to imortality.
However av disajrro--1
with ii - ac.it tii< uu- he pursued
mmamR mj'- 1 Stau*.
one cannot keo .<!:> ring hi* rfa!terlng
! prim i ?
The w : i stl?- of I*.
he bc. a ? th ;-.nt >r warri--:
ordci he world an?i .:? ?
sure th. rights >f nation* .n the fat are.
Latter, h. . ;a life fightim r
his id. .?w might be
Wh< the r * h .btain : !
peace i- : - wi.- :h. r or * r*
agree *ak - :
fcren-e. !! I .<
thinking ; .
might he insured ti n- . 1 I -V
aust he ehcrishcd : . *
help but .in.ire hin
Thoug". dead, he ii\rs
it IKSm?L '"' in .. HM
is i'ici.i i y r?ia ftHV ... .i.
but have t\ - -aid of whei. in
.shed our ta.-ks ir thi- \v . Id!
The Home
Newspaper
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' | ' H K r- order
SI * Gener affecting lh< ..tmi'dmr *
newspaper- iy <erv? :i?K:? the
importar.. f th* new an.
try. Its influence has hecon ?i
that when on*- wants to reach a large an
Idiessce economically he instinct r. v .into
the newspaper. The postmaster geneeral
recognized the dominance of tie l<?m*
paper when he made the inline that all papers
should he handled ;?< first class n . t.
This means that your* paper should r ;uh
you in quicker time now than has i> en irtt
esse in the past.
One wouldn't want to miss a iett? i
dressed to him. The home newspaper - a
i 1
general letter addressed to every prospective
| subscriber within its sphere of influence. Ir
you are not getting it regularly, you are?
missing many letters addressed to you and
? carried to your neighbors just as letters are j
' carried. The home papes has something of
I the personal touch of the letter. It carries
news about things in which you are
jMurticularly interested. Regardless of
THE CHEROt
mice. or the number >f pages, or my ether
consideration, no paper can be quite j
interesrini' r?? von w??i? *?,??.? ...... - i?
sure and get the home paper fir-t.
Does Henry Ford
Need Advertising
IF YOUR name was a- w 1 known as
Henry I d's. and y>ur product used
in ev? ry hamlet, and its name a by-word,
would y->u adverti.-i ' From experience
with th< a\ -rage man. wo know your an.
. wvr would ; Rut that's the idlT- J
ference between H - l y F r dan-i th. av r- j
age mm.
Henry Ford teal if - that a.lv nising "s,
an important part 1 any luaiiu- s, and, that!
hi> .1 ,hn Henry's ri : t ? cn-Oantlyj
kept for* tii . opU "s . . .. During the j
. .uv!' yt ; - : nr\ I ! will spend *?.- '
000,000.00 in adverti- rvg his products, j
Ford's profits for ld'Jd was something like
000.00".tin. v.:.. h wa< >--*0.000.000.00
lower than ! '. d will increase h!? <
profit pe' during 5^-4 by per din sr
n ; -ing, :'..r a larger produc
t >>r. means lower iv.an.u tur. d e t .
per ear. " C v
It is the same with v ' ;-"m whether j
it be ant- nt.-hil. '.pi. jfa. av. ehair factory"
r store. if money is it ? rr? 'ly in .. tvet
"..sin-.;, pi - v. .''. i;roatv r. Anyone
can fijrujv how v.vn- y ,.n he made hy sell- j
injr ten times th number ?.f any article, I
even at a *\ . f? r it is rer- '
tain ... . *.:.> r it that. nter
into tin rest will iv.'' it v.tim.-s l" aTer.
It it.i.- .- r.., " i : " \ n that advertising
does pay; the very fat tan* v? r thr?^ and
a half billion dollars were vent last year!
newspapers alone, and that it will be in-l
i d :'a:in the vnr.m: ;n>, pro\?-s it.
If your product >- in national demand,
th Saturday Kv ' in:: * at ST..".00 a pu??e
pe: i-s'.ie i- i heap advert:- . If y..u want
to rah the great New V'.rk Market, the i
r * *' " v n in eh " . . thv the
Now V- rlc Tit - r .. ' hut if v??r
I
wat: t' -i . i : Mat pi:;. i that territory!
th .: -Lirr and it. \v. .- in.- Saturday |
Evening the New N >k Times. <>r any;
..the.' W-: . p. r :n rid ha. ked .t*f
map. We .. n hnr.t concert-,
trate
in - . pti. p . j. :. - . - ?
'nan n. New Yt.rk 1 in t ..ne . * !
t.
Will It Pay
To Pay More?
1
AN inv?:-atie.n . ntly ad. hy the
.of fcdne
inar the sa'.arh - of t. . r- rural seh
\ > "i.at iv. .nu -tat* -.:M"ictent salar'. {
art' paid to nil practi ail the po-itioe -, 1'
with good leathers. 11; states have good a
- and *. h?- eh; -! have that equality
opportunity in l i . n to which '.h y
.lie entitled. li other states there
..f me good t> chers receiving inad< - :
quate aries alemr with many poor tea- h-'
t-r> !- iving poor Should tr.. -alary
of the in.--i.nipetcn: : c'-r he inn eased?
' rl e i.- incompetent and
itiefficicn .
More imp'rit-iii i m any other ;s the
: n: \ id.eti n the >. J ;h
iving 'he - a - which they ar < n'
".<d? ! ' \ . Miur.ity this v\-on. a
^i^tne answer in ih? if:
1 nuiti\ e . ye.I h:?\- x% :r ?k! teach -. \< -he
ci iving th? ia.-.-y thai a good teacher
r . i ;?\t I then V" . i -n not i < .mmuti*
1
vtI it a. her . n h q . *
; i. If ' .i g. od teacher the
lildren < J r - \ :rg *h i:i-ti i.-ti
thej should have. Fay a better salary fi>>|
a hettei te;. 1 r and ?iv?- *i e iniomp : r
teacher an opp?>r! city to g?/ away and t
herself to bc.-or.ir .? good tea. her in fBhie
Kit - ~ - j
other i rainuiiity. Do r.ot en-pi.-y a p.-.-r
L&ncher at arty price.
l he t harlot te Chamber t ? ? *
j plan1* to place its entire organization >e. ,
hind the agricultural advancement of
Mi eklinberg County this y ar, sa>?- ?
rury C. O. ivuester in a recent b'ter to !>
r H. W. Kilgore.
Cotton gr >\ving will he standardized in
asvtell County by the formation of farm
. cotton clubs and the use of one varirtvi
! of cotton in these eluhs. reports I T Dov?, ?
County Agent.
(
Tarheel farmers will tie their wool better
this year. A number have planned to
order co-operatively the paper and twine on \
fleesec. District Agent E. S. Millsaps Is r
having orders pooled in the piedmont see- <
ticn of the State. t
CEE SCOUT. MURPHY. NORTH CAROLIf
TARHEEL TATTLE
By Carl WY.iam Bailey
Song of the Wind.
Col* win' come a-bl >v. in*.
Whistlin* thru de tree-:
"Take in yer chimney. bo.
Its sho' gwine tur freeze!"
1 chunk dc fire . _ r.
An' Ii>\ n
"Take in yer eh >. b.?.
It's sho' gwinc t-r freeze!"
Hear dat moanfui '
V-rustlin* thru . \ \ >:
"Take in yer ,hi .
I '- sho* ovin. f.< !"
Putting it Bluntly.
This :> the way one iter expresses it:
On c?i th. unsolved t. ries . f life l?
he willingness .f a ? who doesn't like
he \\ y the town is i ; . main in that
wn when there a- y ther towns
ith r? rular train seh? i 1
Boy, Pajf Huiwttlin.
Ore Roy K. Moult. n has a new way of
xpressing: an eld s? <t\ :
"By the fh??ns of ? . i? ura.
By the ?hininir Sunk:>t waters.
Lived the I'rophj: t'hielct,
Hard rinv. old II duugrht- r.
"She was loved by 1- .:nt IVistum,
Son <f Piedmont and V Jrtroia,
Heir apparent to the Mazola.
Of the ti il e of ? a < <da.
"Through th? f. i !! i t'.u lover*.
\\..,?ds intrvnl ! > I 'd i?r Saxon,
'Oh. my lovely little Beechnut!*
Were lh- hurnir v. i ds 1 Posrum.
Kga?'N.? Pyrene .an ,i. nh ti? fire,
i houith I know y? . re still a mis*,
bur my Peps.-dert desire
Is to marry t'hi let, Djcr Kiss.'"
Quite jo, Quite do.
The r.ditoi tn lTaik>\i!ie. <(j;?0
. t.ul eomcs :t with this declaration of
acts: "If you want t. mike us mad, just
onie in the gossip around awhile,
't tell i"id thv i: "olK ? '.
hd K . e the .loot open."
An Editor'* Envoicc.
N. to th. MilWaukfi. (X. 11.1
I t ? kt-pt 'raek ??!' h>
i and - during: the year, and grave
n \ . ' i- .-i::e-- the end it" 1J
11 nth> t .ii . .?! downs in the followinc
iroi.n t
B? n 1 r ' '! pine .
1': v '
Tol?! li. A 72" times.
M - d pra\er etmu 52 times.
IV n i aste i J ;: ' i v.? -Mistaken
pre ..her 11 tame*.
.. . r; .. . ita:?>t ?.
til'! whl. ; '?! ** til ! . .
\Vnipped ?thi?>
Cash ..n II;.v?! . ' : V' <1^17
?n 1 . ulin?. ?vnt<.
\ .< d t' men.
lie : n ? \ rn r h ms-1 f- F.x
*!*
.ntor's Kud
<1 u .vhoi;" t!.'- door.
\\ jth .? - ,il-. . ii hct face;
But id M.. Winter fpied her
\ml -r.< : ti - d r :n her fate.
: - V h r.i_h >?h<.o| . j ation made
?:>0 4 more ptr year than those with only
. ....... . .. .. 1... ? .. .. ... :
survey in New York State The ?>Id i?ie.i
of "Kdtivate a \ and ruir: a nlow hand '*
F'-mr - i i! ..f Mitchell C.unty
lave orjra:.t; . .1 to tr??w ??n- car each of
. aily Iri-h |> ta*? -*. They will buy fertiti?.tr
co-operatively, plant, harvest and sh.p
Sit th??4 >an?e lm<' *$? Atfcn?trnramni-rini*
??;} tVC
Jthtrs will produce certified Irish potatoe
ieed for .-astern growers next year, report*
"ounty Ajrent E. D. Bowitch.
T<im Tarhtcl says that he and the neijgh>ors
are goingr to pay cash for their Certifiers
thir yeas. They found a difference
>f about seven dollars per ton between the
:ash and time price on some fertilizers.
IT IS not only ? - ntial to build a hard,
mad if hiirkw.ty transportation is to |
: bt* possible; it is necessary tn keep it opto.
traffic. Them . - n economic difference'
i between a broken do\v '? "lee and a three;,
f????t fall of vow. as far as *toppin? -r?r
fi is < :mthuI. There no economic difrente
between a road blocked with a ,
fallen boulder or trre and u which is -now
d under so that neither team nor truck cas
travi! over it.
Few ommuniti-s wbuld wait an instant,
' : ep./.r lie T i r"i?! _ r. r the h.?ulder
or a tie ; the idea that the hundreds of
thousarais f dollars investc i in the pood ; 1
reads '.?uld lie id.!, and the whole -> etion j
he cut e; ft' from ' .: fit- < ;" trar por?.
until the bridge iin-mlcd itself, the h mlder ;
reded off. ?>r the tree rotted, is abhorrent, j
But many communities n card a heavy fall I ]
of snow a- a vi-it. :i : of Providence, with
which man need r.*>t interfere. In . auso in j'
time the same P:av;dtn*e will melt the j
snow and ope nth road! Jl
In regions wher*. snow blocks the roads,
mode :t engineers are ::-inp rotarv sno-.v ! .
Iplows, attached to ti '.i k . d opening the
road a- soon as it ^!. - -. exactly as the I
railroad right of way men keep the tracks!
pen for trains r* gardh-ss ??f the stat- . ?;
tiie weather. .
Kot.-.ry plows to he applied to trucks are I
not expc-nsi\e; pa h and scraper plow.? for!'
- r " ?wt'al! ar :!1 ! - -tiy. Open* j
: tr the ad for V : aft* v a sn< w fall 1* I
a- ? ntial m?: i,r. bridg - and main*,
taining the surf *?? . Communities in the j
snow belt which do not have the benefits '
T tr. i t. 1 i l ai. the y* .n '?..una, j
"sax? a. tiie -pipe*.t :> at ti. !?unis|!
hole," since tlx monetary valu< of on day*)
li.st fat:'.- in re tha: - if ti* it pi t.> i?uy the |.
. ptipivcnt and keep the <t \\ h-aind road'
opt n ail \\ inter. j *
Tenancy and
Illiteracy
ECONOMIC and iiocwi conditions ??fi
North ?'arolinn K;., - th*' title,,
of a . cut i" ha- d ? i rvey .if
1 .* <??' N"fh '*aif'ina tarnv-rs . ? three typ- |
ical counties of the stat' 1survey war]
conducted jointly by the North Carolina]
< ..11- _* ; \Y< *h-- N.-rvr Par-!.1 a |
inc. ihe Stati- University ! th. S*. ale j
patiment Ac i .* ur. . i r;1.' *h
the l.\ S. Bu i-;. : : A'.r?a uiitir-.
Thi- bulletin i> n.aady -1i-tU-al. containing
1st tabb' f . - ti a-ui >o- i; >l:ila.
A copy may ired fr- n l?i-. It. P.
R- -w:\ C Hi . St.-r r ae !? ;>n ?
mi at of R - ' hici, hap el
Qh< : th? objects of tb survey |
wr. ^H> sv0tz}9^mWttwlHlB69HBwi': <
feet ?f fan - up and ?f tenance |
bc.-n i mpii- J i: a :: - : pria!- .5
in t h? u'.'.- i " a a
th? 1 grade reached by the
. . f h. V , s. T>.- !
j averN* : t. <".? . '.*? a ; as
th-.-iliy ir. samr the aver;.; ? for those
1,1)0" tar;n*. > ::.r*e typo a! . ?untn s f
j the Stale, Faihi eon: Ik*. I Hal ham, and .M .1
; i^on.
Avcr.sc
*zz.
\Vhit< operator landlords . ?>.40
\Vhi:< owner operators ...... . 4."t
White tenant* .3.9?
White rt?ppi r- . - - 3.0?
Nee--- Owner operators 2.93
t
Ni't'i" wner lai;ii' "i- ..2^)0
NVgro tenant- . . . . .... l.W |
Negro i ropper- .9*
If these 1.000 farmers are typical of the
, *i<ktv thvS the a\i rage white farm owner
MM # #.?. BMtw5 III
llir fiati- i iv-- m>"ui M ikui p,i?ut >.?a*mtion,
while the average white tenant ha- finished
less than three and a half grades, since
the bulk of our t' nants are croppers. The
average negro owner has al>out two and a
j half grades of schooling while the average
; negro tenant has barely more than finished
the first grade, since the groat majority of
i them are croppers. Farm tenancy and II|
literacy are twin-born social menacse.
J
Friday, February 8, 1924 |
| THE HOME PAPER I
| IN VERSE
dfT
EVERY country editor who is wor.V.<^
the name wants to help in every ; ,cmcnt
for the good of community. Yet he
nust draw a line at times between legit*,
mate news and editorial support. an?J dx<j.
vertising whirh should ho paid f '
quontly his attitude is misunderstood. Pay.
tk ularly perplexing t > the editor is the
r handed hint for printing which ! y m?
stretch of the imagination can he t i?f_
j-td of benefit to ti"- community, hut >
lather intended to promote some individual
i?r commercial ente-prise. One- in awhile
won a layman, however, seems i ? . the
point of view of the editor. This* n >
Boh Adam- wore supplied the Agricultural
Editor th.- Sti?t*? '-.ll? *? *v
at Cornel! University and seem ' ? '
-J ' > inlly suited to North Carolina \
papers. The follows:
ITic editor t in his sanctum, and art . rr?
man was he.
For a fail v. i ad brought a column >f stuff
and wanted it printed fr> e.
\ co|u:i " tuff that advertised an ed
his private Rame;
Hut he hadn't the heart to ' t in I
greenbacks f ?r the same.
\nd the patient editor Said at iast. although
fin seldom ww..ri>'You
mak- nv. sad. you make me mad. t
make me good and w eary.
I'll print y< : notkinr free, by gad, but *
nice obituary."
Hit editor sat in his sanctum at the end <-f
a perfect day.
r \ a ?iber- had >ught had . a?h
their hottest dues to pay.
\nd a man had stopped to praise The New*
and say with a plea ;nt smile:
'It rank- with tin raiy. - i >d and jrch
in making 11.. town .. rth while.
'From day to day. it every way, it better
grows and bett.-r;
Hi- wa \ <*\ \ rl.i d a playground
; ark uia-b t>:\ y your debtor."
I'he edit. ; . n ru - n.i .uii, encouraged
and eiattdj
His h-ad v.a ' i : ;.nd his bunions galled,
but Mt appreciated.
FAT MAN'S CORNER
Kir- i e nin ! Wli . s your last : une,
Ann:* .'
K i !;*?! ?... I l! r.'t know yet- I
ain't married
' V.: t autonv: ilo
y i > J ?"'
!- " '?'!!. Judjje. If I'd been cai
a lieu have been I '
int.. .1 thousand f!
. "ere (Jo | Tansfer?
*
: i W i .re you jr??in_ '
Uadv?None ?> your business whur? i ?n
tr.?irc\
hi I on his dea'J :,a
.J i:-- inconsol.. 'i?
' wido'A . " i' r Mik sh .?
there inythin* ;.l like to hav ?t v-".td
irike ye ' ttei
' 1' i. . I * rn:*. e teplied. ' 'id *
'?? ?. . i.i j: \j 1 -men ;i noiim .
(? "??n w <1 Divil a bit ?-i that :"isn
y H . 't. 'Ti f<>r the wake."
The Ru -i.?n Countess Kutsouff. poverty
stricken. w?.- the grateful guest of the Anfier
uan Golf in Constantinople last wee*.
How do< it happen 'hat the Countess
Ku'-uoff ha -not been offered a position in
Ana-rica as a telephone operator?
Teacher- Johnny, if you don't
I !1 have to send a note to your fatht'r,
Johnny?You'd better not Mh% as pul"
ous as tt cat. ^
North?WnU, you see it was this way.
guide was wearing a fur coat and the hunting
party mistook him for a bear.
West?And they shot the poor fellow?
North?No, no. He starved to death i?
the woods. You see, the rest of the party
were carrying the provisions, and he nevsf
could catch up with them.
^ahlinif ri^rh^ i ifiiir i hlk ii i ihlM