North Carolina Newspapers

PACE FOUR die Clirroftce ^cout Tk? Official Organ of Murphy and Cher kee County. North Carolina BRYAN W. S1PE Editor-Manac* PMISS H. M. PERRY. .. .Associate Editoi PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates ONE YEAR .. $1 S< EIGHT MONTHS 1.0C SIX MONTHS 8< FOUR MONTHS t>( PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Display Advertisements, 25c per columr nch; legal advertisements, want ads. reading notices, obituaries, cards of thanks, etc. 6c line each insertion. Contract rates will be furnished immediately upon request. We reserve *.he rg :t to refuse advertisements of a shady r suspicious character which are likely to r.'.-k'ifl our reau r?f c: any other advert t: ts or reading notices not in keeping w.th the dignity this paper maintains. Entered in the lV.-tof:";ee at Murphy, North Carolina, a- Second Class Mail Matter under Act of March 3, 1879. suxur, ihiaw ltifc. stuui \>uulu LIKE TO SEE IN MURPHY AND CHEROKEE COUNTY !n Murphy I 1. An active B< .rd of Trade c r Chamber of Commerce. 1 2. Mi>re Mar..;:'u luring Industries. 3. New I'a-sengvr Stations?A Union Station. 4. More Improved Streets. J 5. Regular Library Hours. 6. A Reading Club. j In Cherokee County 1. A System of County Roads Supplementing the State Highways. 2. More and Better Cattle Raising and T Dairying. 3. More Fruit Growing. ^ 4. Scientific i ultry Raising. The Single Taxers Doomed HE eingie tax pari) recently held a convention and nominated candidates for President and V i. e-President and apparently will wage a nat.- :i-\vide campaign to elect their nomine >. What hope can bt held out for the party in the future, remains to be si en. The Editor of The Path finder think* the party doomed heeause it is founded upon a fuliacy. namely, thai land is the only source from which revenu? fr?r thp mnintononi-x - * ?h. iwivj.mnionl should be derived. On the face of it, thf? policy could not hope to appeal to a greal many fair minded people, even though * large percentage of the population does no: own land. There is some plausibility fur the con tention of the single taxers, however, thougl they have gotten hold of a partial truth It is their theory that by ! vying all the tai on land, it would force idle land into tin most profitable use so it would produce a much revenue for society as possible. Un doubtedly it would do this, but it would al* destroy the market value of land and taki away the desire for ownership, that s? strongly possesses the mind of man. I of times seenv* desirable that there s'nouii be some way to force land out of the hard of speculators so that it tan br used; Lu h?i attendant evils of such a policy are 8 undesirable that it at once becomes unter able. To tax land heavily and exempt all othf forms of property and value from Laxatio would tend to drive capital away from rei estate and into some other form of proj erty. Land would become undesirable, an if pushed far enough, it would result I the surrender of the land to the goven ment. Ther? is a strong element of socia ism in the whole scheme, but so long as tl sense of ownership is strong in the hums -breast, there is not much possibility of sui a policy prevailing. And, in fact, the si pression or the lessening of this instinct very undesirable. To own anything pv one a sense of security. It makes one hai a greater intereec in his work, a great* pride in his community, and a deepenir sense of moral obligation toward his ft low man. There is an element of truth in the theoi of the single taxers, but there is too mui error for the theory to be widely accepte Building Shortage THE BUILDING AGE., has recent compiled an elaborate report on tl building shortage in the United State baaed on statistics collected through a que tioanaire to 1500 towns and cities in tl J United States. In this report it is shoo THE CHERC and one half billion dollar?, the greater porwhich shortage i? in the smaller towns and cities. This data covers only the r requirements for residence*, -t res. hotel*. r; hospitals. factories, schools, theatre s. >ffic building*, and public building. Add to this the demand for church- s, menu-rials, j public works and utilities, the shortage !* 1; estimated nt ten billion. The reason for the greatest shortage in the history of buiirting. is ascribed to the alnv -t total cessation of construction activity during the war. i The report goes ->n to estimate that much of this shortage w 11 be taken care of dur' ing the present yar; that building act viiv will K from f -r?y to fifty per cent above normal. This doc- not em to be an ex argerated estimate -r in every city a no. : wn c - -trac tion work i- going on at a on re rapid rutt, it terns, than ai ju?y iiuir . in the past. This should mean that 1924 sh >uld be a -perous ytnr. It will create a marlivJ 1 ' r building materials and everything tha: - make a honv ; it will stimulate the I price- f "u:. * . i and lumber product-, give' cmployr. nt to thousands. and rebound to j the benefit of everybody in general. Guard the National Forests NRATIONAL Forests in North < ar??li: a ' n> w jmprise an area < f 100.000 a> re* \vh . h will be more than doubled it: course . t orderly dtvelnpnu nt. What this mean* , to navigable rivers. to water powers and stream flow is conceded theory. What th" fore sts themselves mean ir. pr? ervation of mountain beauty. in public satisfaction and enjoyment, and the gtlbration of land* that otherwise would be sacrificed to hetdiess exploitation is increasingly borne in on all having opportunity to observe the methods follows in their administration. It is in every way important to th-. Stat* that this national enterprise in conservation be!, carried out, according to plan, as rapidly a* necissary appropriations are justified. Ft- _ - - 1 In this connection it is just now >mpor- J j tant that there be ncognized the distinction between the National Forest and the ' National Park, because of the movement] to set apart as parks certain anas in the Southern Appalachian region. With . uch use of art as peculiarly adapted to park purposes there can be no logical quarrel, but the insidious danger is. that in order to gain a park we lose or embarass the ' use of lards in??r? properly included in the ; t; principle of the National Forest. Advo- i cates of National Parks in the Southern Ap?' palachians are in danger of being ied b> their' enthusiasm for the preservation of unique , phenomena or senic effects to overlook the ( J peril of the suggestion that there be appro-1 printed to the National Park purposes areas ! already within or in the scope of logical de-1 velopment of the National Forests. * Once an area is set apart as a park, its j commercial use and economic development come abruptly to an end. Its utilization ex- j 1 ciipt as a museum piece is sternly limited. 9 It becomes a beautiful and inviolate curio. * Ry contrast, in the case of the National Forest the conservation is that of the sav ing to a use. The basis of its maintenance' (and protection is in the broadest sense econ-, , emic. Subject to the definite purpose of, 1 i protection of watersheds, the central idea' J is TO for n? possible to retain the land it-elf r Ph the employments to which it is naturally (suited. Its proper timbering provides raw . products for industry. Its grasses furnish ^! range for stock. Its woods and streams. subject to State laws, are available for sport * and recreation. In addition, although Fed* I eral property. it? revenues are npplied noot only to the cost and maintenance, but to i compensating counties for loss of tax* s. n There are in the Southern Appalachians -fveral opportunities for National Parks within the exceptions of which the Yellow, stone is the great example. The Mammoth Cave is one. The wonderful Linville Gorge i might be considered another. But National Forest is a concern from which it is inv ig portant there be no distraction. The public rtar.d the representatives of the South in Con gress would do well to adopt as a policy the ry ^ resolution of the North Carolina Forestry Association, that it is to their he?t interest a. "to emphasize the purchase program for National Foreats rather than to set aside areas for parks, and gMv* ll.w* c: cuse for converting National Forests in the It Southern Appalachians, or any part thereof. w into National Parks."?Natural Resources. S, The chicken harvest will largely be bew tennimed by the kind of stock from which m are secured for hatching purposes, say m poultry specialists of the Stmts College. MSWI l l >KEE SCOUT. MURPHY. NORTH CAROLIC TARHEEL TATTLE By Carl William Bailey The Ha?ty One. Say there. Mi*t?r Bluebird, A-buttdin' of your nc*l? Better be a-hunlin' Of ? warm t>!.u? to r?jt! Saw you in the apple tree, A-prnr.tr" miehtv bed*. Disturbin' Mi-ter I'eckerwood To rob him of hi> hole. Don't he - > hasty. An' just abide y? r time; To dump him in this >now Would cert'tily be a crime! It's just a hit too tarly For to build ytr bungalow; Man-h is nly foolin*, An' always likes to blow. > * But Running Some! The Par.: ner of the Greensboro News looks out - f th- window at the slett and -now and h?aves this sigh: "Cheer up! The ground h- g * : < :: this weather, if any. ha* hut about ten days more to run.** ?> The Answer. Snowniakei heard our song. Hurried right along, Shovthd un his snow and piled it down upo:: us; He come -n<>wi?l the lan* So we co .'d make :? man. An* r- 'I ? man-si/.t <1 - - wball to utilize t the Ion us. ? ' Mince Pie! The Ash- - Times* Paragrapher say-: " 'Apples' was the code r.anv for Fall. Froin the standpoint of the Republican party he could have been more appropriate ly referred to ns Lenmn." < A Blowin* Fellow. Blow or. Mister March Wind. An" put the clouds to rout: A sweetheart like Miss Springtime Is enough to blow about. Blow on with your blizzard. An' bring thi snow today? But you've a sweetheart smilin* An* she's a-comin* ot your way. Blow on like a hurricane? But when she looks at you. YuuTi c?!r.; your blowin* self l.ike other good fellows do. ? Wayside Pebblea. Trouble's mighty had company, but he's, never bothered about hein' lonesome. A dentist is about the only p* rson livin' ; that really gets pay for "lookin" down in the mouth." People who grumble "bout the weather bein' too cold, never stop to think how hot it'll be hereafter. The Obscurity of Goodness TUB Oil inlere-ts made a stab at Senator Walsh and got turned down cold. The ! Montana Senator evidently saw through the me of those who have gotten so many j other public men in a discreted light and h?? Wi.-.ild hnve no no r>f it I However, it would he superficial to con- \ I pratulate ourselves that we have at least l I une honest man in Washington, one inj corruptible member of Congress. i The truth is, of course, that the vast 1 majority of them would have done just as Senator Walsh did. Those who violate the common codes of 1 ethical are the exception and not the rule. The men who have bowed the knee to Baal sn Washington are the few among the many. 1 Senator Walsh har a great galaxy of other 1 hor.est men surrounding his. to be sure. The trouble is that goodness never has a | press-agent. It is always the evil-door and wrong and error and dishonesty and coryupj tion and vileness and crime that get on the I front page*, because that ?? news. There is no news in a man being found honest and law-baiding and irreproachable. that B normal gad the other as the abnormal.?Charlotte News. One farmer of Union County wanted to sell 20 bushels of good lespedza seed; another farmer wanted to buy just this amount they both took their cause to County Agent T. J. W. Broom and in live minutes a check for $166 was givea for the seed. (A d&mMlELSi | MISS HELEN SCHULTZ, operator or the Red Ball Transportation Company. which runs bus - in Iowa, is , nd- av-! tcr of a local hatt1< in whit h she - ndeavorir.g t > | r t?? the *atbfa< t.-er. of t!> State hoard that her serve is a "public con von i? n< . within the meaning of th Iowa motor carrier law. This i- denied by oposing railr ads. the ChivajT'i Gnat West-! rr; Chicago Rock i-land A Pacific; Chiuic North W> -tern; >!:nv.? noelis A: St. Ia?uls: Fort Dodi- . Desmoines A Southern; and the Chicago, Milwaukee ?v St. Paul Ro.uI>. Thw roads nr -unr rted in their contentions by the county supervi- r-- of Worth. Cetro ( <?rdo, Hardin, and Kranklin Counties, who also declare tha heavy bu->cs damage the highways ex? -sivcly. Friend* >f the highway bus idea contend that the remedy for any damage done roads by bus ; erat;< n lies either in hich? r taxation ef -uch bus ? - or the construction of r?.ad- able to h< a*- the traffic of heavy busses. They say that the bus is a convenience. ..s much a mcisaity t t >wns served as are trolley cars, and f int to the fact that in the beginning the railroads were against the establishment of intcrurhan trolky service. but that in Liter years the railroads found them of such value in relieving thin? of u: profit;-V? -hurt haul thaj many rait Restrict i<n a nuhli< utility t-? s rve prl salt interest.* has been * often tried in this country and > often decisively denied that the eventual outcome of this case -hould not he hard to predict. An Income Tax Return TO THE person who pays a f-deral in- i com. tax, tr? annual return which he has just been making out may le just a bothersome schedule of figure-* and items, j often prepared with tearing of hair and explosion of profanity. Some taxpayers feel ( that it assesses well to do people to heavily, and is an oppressive use of the power of the government. From another point ot view, h -wover, an income taxe return is a kind of moral showdown, a test put up to people's civ', spirit, j If they want to avoid sonn share of their ( obligation to the government they can perhaps do so without taking great risk of detection. If a man joins a club for social purpose* and all chip in to pay the costs, he is anxious to pay his fair share of the expenses. He would be ashamed to take less than his share, even if the fact were not generally known. He wants to feel that he i* doing1 his part toward the benefits the organization provides. He should have the same feeling as an American citizen. He ha? join ?i tl:. world's greatest democrat'!- organi/..;in>n. the United States of America. He thrives trnumc.-able blessings '.ber^tr-an. H ?> home anil life and property are protected, his children educated, he is givrti great business oportunities and the advantages of modtrn culture. If h? will thin? it over, he will see that he wants to do his full share toward the costs of this bencficient association. When he figures out his income tax return, therefore, there will be no feeling of regret if the assessment is a considerable amount. He will thank his anctstors and the makers of America that they gave him 1 his blessings, and he will want to pay every cent that is his share. Instead of trying to make the figures of his return as low as ; possible, he will be more anxious for fear he is understating them. And when he ! hands over his check, he will say it is a i cheap price for the benefits that his glorious country nas brought to him. The IdeaJ Farm IX THE final analysis the ideal farm?the truly successful farm?is the one which i yields to the farmer and his family a living ' ?full, adequate, complete?liberal in ma( atcrial rewards, hut not lacking in the so| cial. aesthetic, and ethical values which j make for character, contentment, and gen* | nine happiness. The soil has the capacity to produce these returns if the hand which turns it hut knows how to sow the seed. The key which will unlock the wealth of the fields and bring forth the treasures material and spiritual is the intelligence of th? farmer.?New Jersey College of Agnail 1 Ftday, March 14, Jfgj 1 HIGH CIVIC | STANDARDS I A WOMAN vh ;.< . . I badly at one tinit. v .-} criticism tuong her nei 'T-B painting makes i iorgtr^B increases its sal value gB fl .9 n f :1 that the neigr.' i critici* tat'*d to do anythir.c. it. fhose particular neigh! \t-re too a^H I inclined to nick f las . v ' ~ - ' we mail | id?a was right. that ; -Jght t#, sider the effect that t'1 ;*jon h<?nv - ha* upon the r . .-r.borhood 1 th< y are located. There are ma; y t and loc* where anything stems ;o. \ ^ rut u?? an ugly huildirg allow twi crty to become decadent. no one a to care or find ai.y fault There a as tru:nc feeling that it 1- nd of p> a please place, when anyhing is icq tolerantly, and where can do ? they like without regard its effect a community. Such a state of thin - ay *fenaj :?nt to indolent ami cap I- people, I cht cks progress. If it is proposed in a t un to put^ ugly building, public < :r ment shouU mnnd something mon appropriate, people who allow their t . < to nn i shi uld r aliic that the-. injure otfel well as themselves hy neglect. It would be a fine ing every n^H tato i.wm r in Murphy .Id look oc^B property critically and what rescsflB nrft needed this spr He <ho?lflE merely be* satisfied with what will f^K hut should ask if condit n* conforaBE his idea! of w hat hi its his h:a*|^g to he. Mg| FAT MAN'S CORNEil Wife?"I believe I will bob my haHI| Husband (smiling blandly)?HHB haw been wanting t - w a bfudHH long time anyway." > didn't bob bflB i * * * B 33 "Oh, Jack, why didn't you Correct this smtcmc "It mil nut that needed tigh; : mg." said t^BRj mechanic, "and a quaiter will be BH Frist Flapper. "That condocN^R^H at me as if I hadn't paid my fare/? M Second Flapper: * What did y<? I^Ba j First Flapper: "I glared back though I ^B^H| | Ann?"The man marriy I to put the world at my feet." * ^R flg Dan?"Well, I have $25 in 0? ' you be satisfied with Russia tfd^R 9H for a starter?" S 01 < IB' j "I do hope you keep yc?? <^B^BI pasture." said Miss Fisher M | milk'man at the GirlV DoradW^B^B j "Yes'm" replied the B ^R': course we keep them in a "I am so glad." went on ?*^B ^Rhave been told that pasturing *^B ihr brat." * * ' ' n Roadside. B 9K A lone fl| MB Coupe. . ,| A rnoopin* j" J j|| H >i r.ifpik mm There are tkree Thoee who ln??w how te IB thoee who a lew e heeh*?*?M attratctfea fee aeiee e?d