I ,Ar-F Cl)t Cbtrokee fecont ? OCtctal Oxu *f M??hy ul Cl? 1m* C***ty. N*rtlt CimIIm MY AN W. S1PE Edito*-ll***car MISS H. M. BERRY Auociat. Editor PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY S*b?criptio* *Rat*p ONE YEAR 11.50 DGHT~ MONTHS 1.00 SIX MONTHS 80 FOUR MONTHS 60 PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Display Advertisements, 25c per column Deb; legal advertisements, want ad*, reading notices, obituaries, cards of thanks, etc.. Be line each insertion. Contract rates will be furnished immediately upon request. We reserve the right to refuse advertisements of a shady or suspicious character, which are likely to mislead our readers, or any other advertisements or reading notices not in keeping with the dignity this paper maintains. .Entered in the Postoffice at Murphy, North ~ Carolina, as Second Class Mail Matter under Act of March 3, 1879. 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! L | TARHEEL TATTLE ! Br c.rt wgBu Bubr l _____ r 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 -> ? 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. mmm,~ ? 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 - | 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 .11