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SOME THINGS THE SCOUT WOULD!
LIKE TO SEE IN MURPHY AND
CHEROKEE COUNTY
In Murphy
1. An active Board of Trade or Chamber
of Commerce.
2. More Manufacturing Industries.
8. New Passenger Stations?A Union
Station.
4. MorP Implored Streets.
5. Regular Library Hours.
6. A Reading Club.
In Cherokee County
1. A System of County Roads Supplementing
the State Highways.
2. More and Better Cattle Raising and
Dairying.
8. More Fruit Growing.
4. Scientific Poultry Raising.
Mother's Day
1
NEXT Sunday. May llt'n. is "Mother's
Day," a day set apart in honor of "the
best mother that ever lived?your mother."
The setting apart of one day in the year In
honor of the mothers of the land was first
suggested by Miss Anna Jar vis, of Philadelphia.
Now it has come to ho recognized
All over the country by the holding of special,
church services, family reunions, etc.
Oar mothers are our best friends. No
matter to what depredation a wayward son
may sink, his mother's love follows him
there. In her child, a mother can see no
wrong. She never withholds her iovc and
/ eympathy from one of her own. Sinking
into the very valley of the shadow of death
to give us life, our mothers are always ready
to make every sacirfice for ur., even to the
giving o? her life.
sacrifices as a matter of course. Every day
should be mother's day, but on this coming
Sunday especially should we show our appreciation
and love for o r mothers by
remembering them in some special way. No
Matter how much we may try. we can never
repay our mothers for their many sacrifice*
for us. All hail to the mothers of America,
the anchor and mainstay of civilization!
Child Employment
In the State
*
ACCORDING to the report of the child
welfare commission just made public
the condition with reference to the employment
of children in North Carolina has great
Jy Unproved daring the last few years and
this State now ranks among the highest in
this particular. This commission has been
working on this report for months. Data
were gathered from more than six thousand
industrial plants for this report, which show
td a total of 10,425 children between the
/ ages of 12 and 16 employed. Only one per
etnx of these were illegally employed.
The childlabor question has given child
welfare organizations and industrial plants
considerable worry during the past ten years
bat gradually the problem being solved.
f North Carolina has made much progress Ir
her fecial legislation and every few years
feet additional protective measures written
into law. Federal child labor laws bavi
tiros far been decalred unconstitutional. An.
diet is now before the national congress.
The North Carolina Law, however, goes
ah silt aa far as any national lawv thus fai
fgyyoeed has gone. It combines with ita
mandatory sections public school attendance
M f-iildiin a common ground upon which
she ouawi. vf the state rsay combine to
adganee the education, health and pablk
% vtlhre of ita children. The child welfare
commission is charged with the administra
tion bf this lav. Children and* sixteen
may be employed in industrial plants under
certain conditions if a certificate is first
procured.
North Carolinians should be proud of the
record this state is making in recent yean
in child enjoyment. There is always the
danger that as a state becomes industrialized
as this one is fast becoming, that there
is a tendency to lower social and healtti
standards. The fact that the opposite Is
true in North Carolina should be all the
j more gratifying.
General Carr
WITH the passing of Genral Julian S
Carr, of Durham, a few days ago
North Carolina lost one of her most loyal
sons, the Convederate veterans their commander-in-chief,
and the South one of her
most patriotic citizens. GtneralCarr began
his career at the very bottom of the laddei
and climbed to a position of prominence in
the political, social, and economic life of ht?
native state. Banktr, manufacturer, active
in politics, religious and civic organizations
it was hard to find a progressive movement
with which he was not identified in an active
way. He contributed liberally to the cause
: of education, church buildings, etc., and
and gave his time and money to advance
: the cause of conservation of our natural
resources and to further the movement lor
i good roads, etc.
j In his going th? State has lost a most val.
auble citizen.
The Australian
Balloting System
TUESDAY the people of Murphy tried
for the first time the Australian syv
| tent of balloting and everyone seemed to
be pleased with the way it opt rated. The
tickets were given to the elector folded, and
were returned the same way and placed in
the ballot box by the Judge of the election.
Thus, no one knew how anyone else voted
unltss that person chose to make it public
himself. One's preference in matter* of
this kind is personal and many people object
to having their choice of candidate*
known. It is the surest way of discovering
the will of the majority; it insures privacy
in voting; keeps down discussion and argument
at the polls; ifij cr.ccurages all electors
to vote.
"The Builder"
THE May number of "The Builder," the
monthly publication of the Baptist
Church, has made its appearance in Mur
I'liJ. it lo a mill v~f ?. luaBUbiitv, i?u?v
lively printed and well arranged. It contains
much interesting data and information
and many spicy comments calculated
to increase interest in church work among
the people it reaches.
Through; this magazine, Mr. Sa?ser is
! reaching many people who do not go tc
church regularly and no doubt it will b<
the means of greatly increasing church a?
tendance in Murphy.
...
THE following editorial appeared i
the Payette Lake Star, of March 14:
"Our waste basket is full of importunitie
i to join the National Highways Associatio
' and boost for paved highways anywhere an
i everywhere. Of course, we've been calle
all kinds of names because we didn't. Dow;
| in Arkansas the other day 500 small farm
I j were sold at a Federal receiver's sale t
i i .satisfy the tax assessments levied to buil
i automobile highways. That's one reasoi
, why we are not carrying the free cut of th
i National Highways Association at the hea
I pf our editorial column. Automobiles ai
good?when you can afford them. Pave
> highways are good?when you can affor
. them. But to break every small farmer j
. the country in order to build a road thi
i the autoist can go over on high is not goo
anywhere, anytime. So wo are not a men
? ber of the National Highways Association.
? If, as is assumed here, the establishmcx
i of national highways would 'break ever
email 5B3BH ** tin cc??try," their btiHdir
: would be a national crime. If, as is assume
i here, the only end and aim of hard road
was to enable the autoist to speed, the!
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A Rm? For Mother.
?
Let me wear a rose for mother j
( Upon this day in May, 1
( A big rod rose for the best friend ?i
, That ever came my way. v
v
Though the miles stretch away to the South v
That separate yqp from me, t
I board the limited?Retrospect?
1 And soon I'm again with thee.
' Quite distinctly do I remember v
Through the vista of the years,
. How you used to guide my wayward steps. >
And dispel my childish fears. R
1 How you used to tuck me into bed
With a mother's skill and care, P
' And fondly kiss me, with "Good-night, son,"
, After 1 had said my prayer.* g
. Oh, that I could turn back the Curtnhi ^
| And be just a child once more,
1 And let you tuck me away in bed
As you did in days of yore!
How you bore, with great love and patience. 0
,1 All my childish wayward wrongs;
And how I loved to sit and listen
To your softly crooning songs. a
' Though I would search the wide world over.
In northern clime, or souther,
, I could not find a friend so noble, ^
I Not one like you, my mother!
1
So, here's a rose for you, mother.
And one for every day, t
A big red ro*e for the best friend
That ever camt my way. c
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Crowding the Day's Events.
With a robbery here early Sunday mor>- r
ing, a homicide at I-ake Junaluska Sunday 0
I morning, an automobile crash in the after- ^
noon, and a fire early Sunday evening, life
in Waynesville is getting strenuous and
much like city life.?Carolina Mountaineer, f
Too Many! (
Just stroll alung the river, 1
In the month of May, s
Looking for a place to cast e
Where the fishes play,
Anglers arc so plentiful.
No place to be found?
Too many river dreamtrs c
For the fishing ground! t
q
The river banks are crowded
All along each side.
Every soul is feeding bait
To the finny tribe; ?
And big ones in deep water t
Where they're safe and sound? j
Too many merry anglers
For the fishing ground!
>
A "Happy Combination." t
Mountain forests amply attired in every 1
. shade of green now make a picture admired t
. by all Nature lovers and the praises of the t
. softly beneficitnt airs of Spring are sung <
[ by the poets. The moon-hiner likewise car- t
dant foliage screens him from prying eyes
, and its warm air which stimulates the work,
ing of his ntash. The beautiful and the use
ful form a happy combination.?Asheville |
. Times.
? *
The Gretoful One.
I We fret and nudgo our muse
And sometimes vent abuse
Trying to write this colyum gaily;
We are a weakly Go-at
More than a weekly poet;
Put thank the Lord it isn't daily!
building would be an economic absurdity.
The facts are so well known that they
hardly need reiteration, yet it may serve to
n emphasize the mistaken viewpoint quoted
above, to say again (1) hard roads pay for
> themselves in decreased hauling costs of thr
n farmers who use them. (2) Hard roads
d pay for themselves in the increased value
d of land along them, owned largely by the
n farmers. (3) The "autoist" is very often
? a farmer. The great majority of farmers
> own cars, and have more interest* in good
d! roads than either tourists or c.?V dwellers.!
rt 1 It takes all sorts of people to make a J
e world, and it wouldn't be nearly so interd
eating if they all thought alike! LuAiiy
e for the nation, which is eventually to have
d a mileage of good roads, expressed not in
d thousands but in nullions, the ideas and
n standpoint of the editor of the Payette Lake
it Star are not held by the vast majority of
d the progressive farmers of the nation. In
? their continual approval of bond issues,
their participation in Federal aid, and their
it enthusiastic boosting of good roads every,
y where, they are slowly hot surely lifting this
nation crt ef ?ml ssHhs for
4 themMlw tb? transportation which Ihq
It mutt hart if the? art ta gwt the hot from
-gV '
Ir their farms sr>d from life.
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The
Sunday School Lesson
^ For May 11, 1924
rE first thing in the preparation of a
Sunday School lesson is to find out
ust how much of the Bible is to be studied.
Tne lesson material gives only a few verses
n tne 11th ch,:p'.er of Second Kings. You
rill not be satisfied with such a little bit,
rill you? So fir?t of all be sure to read the
rhole of the 11th chapter. Feel the thrill of
he events of seven years as they pass quicky
before you. (Do not forget to read the,
rhole chapter.)
You have finished the chapter? Good!
Cow with the thrill of this chapter still in
nind go to the first book of Kings and rend
he 14th and 15th chapters. (Do not forrct
this.) You have road it?fine.
Now come back to the 11th chapter. For:et
that you have a quarterly for a few min:tes
and look at the Bible before you. For:et
that many of the verses are left out in
he quarterly and divide the verses just at
seems good to you. Now you have your \
iwn division. That is good. Here is mine:
Division 1, verses 1-3, The saving of Joish.
Division 2, verses 4-10, Jehodia plans with j
tis captains.
Division 3, verses 11-12, Crowning the
wing.
Division 4, verses 13-16, The murder of
he Queen.
Division 5, verses 17-18, The destruction
I Baal.
How does your division compare with
aine? With your Bible before you ponder
iver this and tell your friends what you
lave found.
1?The Saving of Jonah.
The Bible tells us that Athliah became
urious upon the death of her son by the
land of Jehu and spent her anger upon her
iwn household. She thought she had put
o death all the seed royal. But God was
tanding within the shadows keeping watch
ibove his own and caused Jehoshi ha an
,unt of Joash (who was then a babe) to save
he life of th islittie boy. Truly on "Moth
r's Day" we have reason to say "The hand
hat rocks the cradle rules the world." Very
[uietly she stood by her husband Jchoiada
ind made it posible for him to overthrow
he worship of Baal. It is often that man
an say: "Whatever preatness 1 have atained
I attribute to my wife!" Certainly
lehoiada had reason to say as much.
2?Jchoiada Plans With Hi* Captain*.
J< hoiada had the help o fdependable cap-1
ains who felt the sacredness of the ir trust.
kVith these he made a covenant and an oath ;
hat Joash would be crowned King. He told ;
he captains the exact thing that each should ^
lo. So dependable were me>e iik-u ihai chc ;
hing was accomplishd exactly as command 4
3 The Crowning of the King.
On the day planned the captains and their j
rten executed the plans formed by Jchoiaua. i
The temple was well guarded as well as the'
tonte c * the king w'. orc the wicked Queer* i
.vas. Little did she dream of the coming
vents. Xo doubt her conceit caused her
:o feel that quite son.e homage was being 1
aaid to her. She was unaware that at that j
moment the boy was being crowned king
and receiving the testimony. He received!
the constitution and was made head of the i
land. The ceremony was concluded with'
shouts of "Long live the king!" This was!
accompanied with much noise and clapping!
of hands.
4?The Murder of the Queen.
When the Queen heard the noise she cam*
to the house of God to inquire as to Its
meaning. When she saw the whole assembly
including the king, the priests, the captains
and trumpeters, she cried, "Treason!
Treason!" But her cries aroused no sympathy
and the result was the total destruction
of the Queen ar.d all who followed
her. She was not'murdered in the House
of God. but i nthe road made for the horses
near the house in which she had carried on
her wicked rulings for six or seven years.
5?The Destruction of Baal. ^
Immediately after the death of the queen
a covenant was entered into btwee Jehovah,
the king and teh people. Having this
agreement they proceeded to the house of
Baal and completely demolished it; hi4 altars
were broken; his images broken in
pieces and the priests of Baal slain.
Jehodia was the principal figure in the
catawtwHiiiB v" m ~ - J?J-V
call Is clear for the breaking down of the
worshipping of material things in our own
day for the establishing of a spirit of true
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| Letters From The wibople |
To All WU Are Interested m\ Sabbetl
School Work In Cherokee CoUaty;^!
As most of our people know, a county Sabl
bath school association was organized ml
Murphy, in the summer of 19E1Sa1 thai
time the statement was made, and it wa|
undoubtedly true, thta sixty J>ercent of oul
young people did not attend any scab of
this kind. Under the impulse blocking
statement, the organizaKon^rent to
work to try to bring about some improve*
nHnt in this situation, and at the anr.ua*
meeting, held last summer, it appeared that
some improvement had taken place, though
condition* were still far short of what they
should he. The next annual meeting will be
held during the coming summer at Andrews
the date yet to **e fixed, of which due notice * j
will be given, and we believe that all who I
are interested in this, grat work are anxious fl
that we make a bett< r showing this yeari I
Someone has said that the church whii& I
neglects its young people, destroys its o?< I
future, and there is more tht** a incdicuw. I
of truth in this statement. Thesv V0UJ jfl
people are truly the hope of the church if |
of thp natir"
? ?? una ii nas also beJ
said that "the church and the nation of ?J
morrow, walk in the boys and girls of t|
day." We will not take time to argue tl
great im portance of Sabbath school wort
for we beileve that this will be admitted b
all, but shall come to the point at once.
With the coming of the Spring and th
consequent improvement in our roads, ottj
their state in winter, we desire to urge all
persons, who are interested in Sabbath
school work, without regard to d-nominal
preference, for the work of this Assocl*.
tion is non-denominational. to get busy, and
let us see whnt we can accomplish between
now and the time of our next county meeting.
There arc doubtless neighborhoods la
different sections of our county where there
are no Sabbath schools at all, and it is perhaps
also true that in othir sections that
had Sabbath schools, they have been allowed
to lapse during the Winter months. May
we not urge all persons who bve their
country nnd have a zeal for the Kingdom
to interest themselves at once in this (tea:
work? In tho-e neighborhood? where tint
are now no such schools let them get tofeber
and organize without delay. \Vhcra cth
er* have been allowed to lapse, jHlt I*
whole or in part, let them do all theyeaaia
revive the proper interest, and so let as *e
:f we cannot change the situation withktk
borders of our county.
The forces of evil are never jdscthc.
The hitherto unrestricted influx of
ers into our country, many of them alia to B
our ideals, and without proper jndertdsl- fl
linir or car iastiitiiwua. I.?,v -~M 'J i^^B
stroyed the old-fashioned rhristiaa Sato flj|
buth in sonic sections of our own lan&stiH
their pernicious influence is beginning to tS
feet us of the South. As we have keptitf^B
stock pure, having here, in North Canfct^B
less than one percent of forc.gn Wooiid^B |
us ? e to it that the institution* *
from the fathers be kept pur . The jj
to guard against contamination i? *
ing the children " that good : :id rightOto'BH I
j We fear that the old-fashioned home,ii^^B|j
the head of the house -gathered its a*1^^B -j
| around the family altar, ministered
n priest ot the living God, and whtf?^^B|;
jc'i.ldren were taught the essential U^^^B
God's plan for the salvation of the
! souls of men, has become a thing of
| past, and tha* to the Sabbath school
| ly 1* ft the task of teaching the
these things Let us not fail thefe ,
We hope that if those whj feel
in this matter put forth any effort!
pccially if they be able to avcorapfck^^^B
thi-.j- thiy will not _fail to write i?
the end that we may make report
the coming meeting of our countr
&
JOHN H. DILLARD.
Cherokee County S. S.
R. A. AKIN, Secretary; JHfi
D. H. TILLITT. Vice-Presidastj^M
woiship of the true God. OurG^^^B^B
nite, eternal and unchangeable i?
wisdom, power, holiness, justice,
and truth. Are we in our day
such a GOD? .flH
Health hint to motorists: A
is about the only one that can
just a tail light. ?
Famous last words: "Watek ''jUI
at the next corner.'* IBB
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