PACE FOUR '!?
CI)t ChfTobrt &cout
Tb? Official Organ of Murphy and Cb?r?
kce County, North Carolina
BRYAN W. SIPE Editor-Managor
iU95 n. M. BERRY . Awaciaia
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I SOME THINGS THE SCOUT WOULD
| LIKE TO SEE IN MURPHY AND
CHEROKEE COUNTY
In Murphy
1. An active Board of Trade or Cham.
ber of Commerce.
2. More Manufacturing Industries.
3. New Passenger Stations?A Union
Station.
4. More Improved Streets.
5. Regular Library Hours.
' 6.. A Heading Club.
In Cheroket County
. 1. A System f County Roads Supplementing
the State Highways.
2. More and Better Cattle Raising and
Dairying.
3. More Fruit Growing.
I 4. Scientific Poultry Raising.
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Beautifying the Highways
JUST following the war. the campaign that
forestry department- had been conducting
for planting t ^adsicle tree* for the
purpose of beautifying the highways and
perpetuating certain types f forest growth,
received considerable impetus as many pat-,
piotic organizations advocated this method
of erecting memorials to soldiers who wore
killed in the war. Th- movement has be? n
reticent for the past several years; but in the
last few days the press has carried two news
items that should be gratifying to those who
are interested in att:active highways and
jn perpetuating the forests.
The first of these came from l^aGrange.
N. C. This little town in eastern Carolina
has recently planted more than 1.000 long
leaf pines on either side of the roads leading
into the town for :? dhtance of a half
mile. In time these trees can be cut and
replaced, thus supplying lumber or wood;
but in the meantime they will makes beautiful
avenues along the approaches to this
town. Other towns could profitably follow
this example.
The other announcement came from the
Standard Oil Company of California, which
rleeided tn remove all advertising signs
it nasi placed atom* the highways in the states
covered by it? operation? and refrain from
erecting any more of these sign?. Roadside
advertising, if promiscousiy dune, ?uuu auUu
off the natural beauty of the landscape and
detracts greatly from the appearance of any
' highway.
Respect Must
Be Maintained
RESPECT for law and order, for govern
iag bodies of any sort, soon crumble?
away after a beginning is made, just at
plants and animals, if left to themselves
eon revert to their original and most un
desirable state. It is a lot easier to maintain
a high standard than it is to build it up
Examples of this have been recently supplied
by the Senate Committee investigating
the leasing of government oil lands
Several weeks former Secretary of the In
terior Albert B. Fall, refused to testify before
the committee on the ground that he
mijrht incriminate himself. if he should lafer
come to trial in a criminal court. His
n|tht to refase to testify went unchallenged,
fan perhaps it ahoald have), but it led othera
to belie** that they might likewise reuse
(? fin <ne .-euiv Cviiwnivire onirutr,
The firat of thin week, Harry F. Sinclair,
the lessee of the lands in question, refused
tp jive evidence; also C. C. Chase, a son-inlaw
of Mr. Fall, rrfjMtd to gnt testimony.
If such Mm attitade a* this were allowed to
f0 an challenged, in a short time all respect
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THE CHE*<
for government agencies of any kind, would
soon be lost and individual everywhere
would begin to assert their right to govern
themselves. This carried to its logical con-'
elusions, would moan anarchy and chaos.
\ .\ is the beat time to check this spirit|
of questioning the right of the Senate Com- i
mittee; and the committee has acted viseiyi
in certifying the name >f Mr. Sinclaii to.
the Federal Courts for contempt. This ! )
not a matter concerning the guilt or innocence
of Mr. Fall. Mr. Sinclair, or anyone
else. It is a matter of maintaining in the
minds of the people a high standard of re>p?<t
f??r every governmental agency and
f' r all govemng auth? lity of any kind. It1
is a good thing to remind ourselves that we j
ate subject to law and order.
The Right Spirit
!
INDIVIDUALS working lone handed are!
ural V to accomplish much nowaday*, i
when everything is carried ?n ??n a large
scale Th? v are able to accomplish much,
i*r>> * .v: ' i...;ni?uai> art' ai cross
purp - - and pulling in opposite direction*.
The principle of co-operation ha* been thoroughly
test* d out. It ro longer a matter
of debate in many places. We need the j
co-operati\> virtues in every phase of our
local. <tate and national life. Communities
cannot long prosper, neither can large political
sub-divisions. a?- tooth and claw contest
f; r survival ar.d supremacy among men
as individuals or as groups. Collusion Is
better than collision, co-operation i- better
than competition and the sooner alt communities
learn thi* the better for them.
The little village of Candler, ir. Buncombe '
County, seem* to have this spirit in the highest
degree. Attention was recently called
to if when a request was made to the Carolina
Plavmakers to present their play there
and a tenativc engagement was made. I.ater
it became necessary to <ancel the engagement
altogether, as the plavmakers thought.
But. r.o! The citizens of Candler would not
hear to it. Every seat in the auditorium
had already been ?old. some $l">o have already
been collected for the plavmakers
something like a month in advance of their
[ tenative scheduled appearance. In reort-l
, ing the atory, attention wa? called to the
i fine spirit of co-operation in that little village.
which bids fair to become a much
large: village in the near future if this spirit
continues. It is ??n:d that every citizen Is
of one mind. That everyone is ready to
i join hands with every other one in any un?
I dertaking for the betterment of the corf
m unity. Every citizen in the community!
responded to the offering of tickets for the'
' spond to every worthy undertaking. This
I spirit will build any community. There Is
i strength in Unity.
,TKe Triangular Debates
FRIDAY evening of this week at the
school auditorium a debating team of
j the Murphy High School will meet a similar
tram from Andrews, while a second
, ttam will meet Almond High School at Al
mond on the same night. This is.the regular
high school debate that is conducted
cV^i V year by th? University in order to encourage
the studying of national questions
by high school students and in order to de.
v?l?n ?Jie art of publia sneaking among
I young North Carolinians.
Perhaps r.o of school ??owill be
of more genuine value to high school students
when they get out into the serious business
of life than will training in debating and
public discussion. Those who have had opportunity
to go to school will be expected
to take the lead in their respective communities.
The more opportunity one has the
greater is his responsibility. One cannot
meet those obligations properly, cannot
take the lead in his community, without Heine
able to apeak in public. Also, many of
ihe professions and bu?nnes callings demand
that one be able to stand before a crowd
and express himself or herself. So the art
of debating becomes an important function
of school work.
Refore the young: people can make the
, most of their opportunity in this respect, they
must be eneuraged by their parents and by
the older people of the community. Ir
fact, they cannot do their best in any endeavor
without the wholehearted co-operatior?
and encouragement of their elders.
public debates. A iarfre audience Friday
evening when this debate between Murphy
and Andrews is held, will do mow than most
anything else to eacomrag* the young people.
A large attendance is looked forward
to en tins ore as ma.
)KEE SCOUT. MURPHY. NORTH CAROLI
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TARHEEL TATTLE
By Carl William Bailey
The Unbeliever.
Chilluns, put on a little mo" wood,
An' keep the fir* a-j:uin',
Winter*!* sji'.l hanpin' arour.'.
An' Manh keeps on blow in".
Stir the tire?? ar bones aro shiv*rin"
To the tune <f <?rac* Aniaiin*,
Winter's still tr How in pu*st.
So keep ih* fire a-hiazin*.
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Make Hay While the Son Shines!
An international < npr- ss of 'dentists
will meet in R<>n:? sometime in May. 1925.
to reconsider am: xumine the system of our
modern computation of Time. All yourpladn
s-of-lonp-standinp and th??* whose
birthdays fall on February 2'.*. are requested
to fully absorb the content? of this paragraph
of th annoum enient.
"When the ongros s called almanac*
will practically p" -.at ?>f u-?- and unfortunate
jrounpter? who were b?.tn on February
21* will pet th* ;r full and legitimate share
of birthdays for under the t? native drafts
of a new calendar which the scientists hope
to pre? nt to the world Leap Year will be
a thine of the- pa-*
Girl?, this may be your last chance'
A A
Tbe Wrecking Crew!
('arleton Collin*. in the Cha-lotte News,
say? "try this ?-n \-?ur corkscrew":
"Oh. hail to the uit jar. emblem of grief.
Its contents cloud u \i*i?i but strengthen
belief.
No gulper* or sippers should wrap lips
around it* neck.
We need steady drinke rs our Nation to
wreck."
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"A Mute, A Mute. Mr Kingdom for a Mute T*
Editor Jesse Daniel Boone finds himself
"In the Throes of th Equinox" and utters
a poet's lament:
"When the davs are dark and dreary
And a fellow's worn and weary
With so much that needs attention.
He'? inclined to pure invention.
With such sort of oeastly weather
It is not a question whether
He should write of crime and treason
<"*r of saner thing? and rea??n.
i "Like an old-field, jumping rabbit
He's a slave to rule and habit;
He must write and keep on writing.
He must fight and keep on fighting.
Or the wolf may come and get get him
Or his readers might forget him;
But he sometimes can's enthuse
And he cannot find his Muse."
A Building Boom.
Hopping around upon the ground.
Th - Sparrow dances merrily;
In the stables, on the jrable*.
He n fuii ui life ai d
And in his bill a strawy quill.
He sallies forth with mirthful xest;
It's mating-time in the Springtime,
Arid he's a ouiiaing of a nest.
How Much Can
A Man Earn?
IN THE consideration of the measure pro
viding for the revision of the tax laws
'especially as they apply to income taxes. th<
House Ways and Means Committee recent!]
had ocassion to define earned and unearnet
incomes This committee proposed to trea
all incomes under fo.000 as earned and at
over twenty thousand as unearned. In oth
<*r word*, the committee has concluded tha'
naybody >'an earn five thousand per year
but that nobody is worth more than twentj
thousand a year.
No; many day* since, the question oi
what a man is worth was discussed by ?om<
of the publications of the country, the die
? u**ion being precipitated by the disclosure
of huge salaries which bad been paid son*
of the employees of the Sinclair Oil Com
panics; and the ?tatermnt was made thai
" "l mm writ psra w* tint.
parainy power simply because their namei
wrre worth ?ometbiaa, or because of some
outside influence. There it probably a loi
of truth in these statements. Not many
met are capable of earning id excess ol
s year.
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Good News From Graham
(The Ashcville Citi*?n.>
OPENING up another mountain county.
f'?r ?he ef setr I
and the creation of new wealth in various'
I forms?th'- is th?- ns. ar.in^ of the news that
i the Southern Railway System plans in the
' near future to bu>ld a branch railroad from
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Topton to Robbinsville. the latter the coun-'
ty ?eat of Graham.
The TnT mnty New.- .-ays: "Graham
County people are smiling over the prospect
f a railway into their county, a develop*
ment tht \ ?.ave d- sired for many years." i
When th*- r ad i> completed, their smiles |
should become broader. They will have I
! lower tran-nortation costs for their lumber.
I acid-woo l, farm product*, minerals Invi*j
tors will frrie amorjr them to co-operate
j in the development of the county hv harnos*.
mp the streams for water-power; there
should b? before many years thousands ??f
< attle in the valleys and uplands of (Iraham
where now thtre are hundreds.
, More valuable than these things will be 1
the new educational and s??cial life that ;
should follow the building of this road. New ,
: or improved county highway-* will run off'
front th< railroad; high schools will replace'
.the scattered '-mall si hoots here and th? re.'
In short, Graham County will fi:.d itself at
last provided with the material equipment i
for a finer and more satisfying dailr life.
FAT MAN'S CORNER
"O'Sonk's last h otch turned out all
right."
"Surprisi d him. eh?"
"Surpris d him? Why, man. it staggered
his."?.fudge.
"Crims n Gulch hasn't parking space'
enough to acconsodate the automobiles that
; come to town."
"No, sir." answered Cactus Joe. "This j
,he:e is a growing community with expenses
| to mcit. I we can't catch a flivver for'
Jspeedir' we get it fur standin' still."
Washington Star.
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Pat wa? hard hit and sinking rapidly. so |
a chaplain was summoned. "Pat." he *aid
gravely. "you are about to go west. While
' you have time you must renounce the devil."
"Father." replied Pat. "if I'm that bad
j off, *Lir> in no condition 1 am to be aftrr
making rf* inimies."?Legion Weekly.
The late Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes used
] to dabble a little in photography. Once
'when he presented a picture to a friend, he
|wrote on the back:
"Taken by Oliver Wendell Holmes and!
I Sun."?Youth's Companion.
?
< Friend?What's that bit? box on the front i
?f your ".. ichiro?
| Automobilist?That's a camera for tak- :
ng moving pictures. You see. I g.> ?o fast!
I don't have time to look at the scenery,
and so I photograph it as I go alone-? ]
L'lllustration.
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"Yon say." nuim-d the lawyer, "that the
defendant fired three shots at you in rapid
succession? Now. how far were you from
him when he fired?"
"De fust shot, or de last one. sahV
"Why? What difference does it make?"
" 'Bout a quatah oh a mile, tah."?Coun*
try (lentleman.
f "If your father heard your stupid an.
f swers. rt would mak? him turn over in his
1 grave!"
1 "It couldn't He was cremated."?Stoclc
holm Kasper.
1 "How muth to teach my wife to drive?**
"Two dollar* an hour."
r "All right. here's a thousand dollars on
account."?Life. j
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"Why did you steal the pearl necklace
from the jeweler's shop window?"
- "Because it had or. it 'Avail yourself of
this splendid opportunity." and I couldn't
resist it."? Buen Hereon (Madrid).
mwi m*q? rae teacher so angry?" naked
Johnny's father.
ft "Oh" said Johnny, "he was talking shout
I tree*, and I asked him if ha had seer seen
> a prnk palm."
r "Ms said 'No.' and T shewed Mm my
hand."?Beys Life.
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Friday March 28, 1934 K
THE HOME PAPER^iL
IN VERSE IPSometimes
the resident of a
ity doc? not value the home a*.
highly a? do?s the man or woman
moved away. Here i* a short poem
though anoymotw, has been going the rom* Kja
of the papers in other sections of the
try for several years and explains the fcg, f ;
ing of the read'r who has nv?\ed away fr^
home. We would like for ev( ry reader ?f
i m
The Scout to :-ad thi? little n?c.caW 0f ^ ^
preciation. II follows:
"Its printed oM fashioned and h >raely, ?
Beating name of a small country town- B?
Witn an unfeigned >m <t at Its wrapp?r H
queer,
The | ?>stm;.n in scorn throws it down.
"But I scan every line that it offers. B.'.
Kach item bring* something to view. K
Through the vi>ta of years, through
pleasure and fears. W
It ^crves their keen touch t . r<new. g?
"Th? death of tr.e girl I once '?urted, B:-'
The growth of a firm I once jtered, iS
The rise of a friend I love to , irntmud. M
The fall of a man I revered. R
"As I read I drift dreamily backward B"
To the day* when to live w.-,- a joy; ?
1 think and 1 pore, till the city - dull voir B
Grows faint, and again I'm a boy. Br
"Rare pe-iuine of green country byway*, ?
Fair inusic of flowers and bees, gj>
And the quair.t little town with the B
leading down B
T Iht ?ir?k and the low-bending tms. H
"Around m? the forms of my comrades, B|
About u- i arth's glories unfurled, ? is
F.ai h heait undefilcd, with the faith of I B
Looking forth to a place in the- world. nj
"And the paper tells how nil have prosptrtd, B
1 folh cv their lives as they fl-.w. Sfi
Applauding each gain and regretting rath Bj
pain. B
For the sake of the days long ago. B
"Above all the huge city dailu - H
With ponderous utteranee wise. fl
in:- -cant page ha* power to spread Icr ?b
hour.
A fa:ryland sweet to my eye*'"
Unequal Opportunities
ON ONE side of a dividing fine which
-e pa rates two counties <?r perhaps determines
the boundaries of some great city,
lives a young North Carolinian. On these
bright October morning* he wends his way
to a magnificent school building in which
are provided all the convenience* necessary
j to comfort. Before him stands a teacher,
1 gifted, trained, and competent, with osfcf
| a single grade to teach. Thi- privilege ?
given him for 180 days every year.
Just on the otb*r side of thr-- u rn- dividing
line lives another young North ? aroliniat.
Hia school does not open till the middle of
November and will continue only 120 day*
perhaps no.conveniences are offered ana
teaching apparatus is provided. He ? &
strutted by a young girl who is not ?
, high school graduate, and who has to
[seven grades.
Shall the accident of birth place or dwellt
ing place forever affect unequally the opj
portunities of these two young American^
f Rat'h of lK#m i? and will he a citiien ?f ^
same state. Each of them is being
for his duties as a citisen in a system ot
public schools which our Constitution &J9
shall be uniform. Om is as capable, ss * "
bitions, as promising as the other. On*,
all probability, will have completed
school and entered-college while the
is still in.the grades. Must this go on for
ever, or is there a remedy within the
of the people, if they will only reach out#**
{take it??A. T. Allen.
Doorkeeper <to late comer at j**"
cent)?No, madam, I dare net open the
during the singing. Half the audience
rush ?>ot. London Opinion. I
Teacher- Heat expands nmd eeH ^ 1
tracts. Give ase an exalte. 1
Charles?In s i all the days ** j
lea*; while 1m wftatar they m