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FACE SIX Cbe Cherokee 3>cout Tto Official Organ of Murphy and CWr> keo County, NortL Carolina BRYAN W. SIPE Editor-Managur MISS H. M. BERRY AuocUlt Editor PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY y, Subscription RaUi ONE YEAR $1.50 / EIGHT MONTHS 1.00 SEC MONTHS 80 FOUR MONTHS 60 PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Display Advertisements, 25c per column nch; legal advertisements, want ads, reading notices, obituaries, cards of thanks, etc., 5c 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 not in keeping with the dignity this paper Entered in the Postoffice at .Murphy, North Carolina, as Second Class Mail Matter under Act of March 3, 1879. SOME THINGS THE SCOUT WOULD 1 LIKE TO SEE IN MURPHY AND CHEROKEE COUNTY i | In Murphy 1. An active Board of Trade or Chamber of Commerce. 2. More Manufacturing Industries. 3. New Passenger Stations?A Union Station. 4. More Improved 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. 3. More Fruit Growing. I 4. Scientific Poultry Raising. The Special Session IT LOOKS as though the Governor has fin>> I QB 1 1 * ally made up his mind to call the legislature together to lake some action on the report of the Ship and Water Transportation Commis-ion. The latest announcement from the executive mansion is that thr solons will be asked to refer the matter to a referendum. It will be terribly trying on the members of the law making body, especiall froi.i the west, to sojourn in the capital city during July* when, in aii probability, tue sc-ssicr. wi llbe called. The weather certainly will not be conducive to much mental activity to say the least. And while the members of the legislature will have better oppor tunity to study the report ot tne commission j and ake intelligent action on it, it might might not be a bad idea to leave the matter HP to the people. There is this danger thai the general populace will not grasp the full significance of the problem. However, thlsj is a democracy, and no grave danger ha*| yet arisen where the people have the voice. On the other hand, the people elect representatives to act for them, and if those representatives are willing to take ihe responsibility for theii action with regard to the shipping commission's report, they should settle it in the legislative halls at Raleigh. They took the responsibility foT the road program, which is many times as important in point of money involved, as is the stateowned ports and ships proposition. Georgia Wants Roads rlfc convention of the NacoQchee-Hiawa^see Road and Recreation .Association in Hiawasee Monday demonstrated that the people of Georgia, especialf of North Georgia, were the people have'had an op portun i t y to view the roads of North Carolina, are not going to be content much longer with poor roads and no roads. At that convention some 2,500 people went on record as favoring a hundred million dollar bond issue for roads in the state of Georgia, and undoubtedly this sentiment will Spread throughout the commonwealth toi the south until the demand of the people can: no longer be refused by the Georgia solons. | The legislature has defeated the road program several times. Many believe that the last time the Georgia legislature turn?d down the proposition of road bond, or a papular referendum on the matter, that it was due to the influence of the Governor. Oar sister state U* tic Ssstir rtetr bs: 25athor Governor who, it is generally understood, is in favor of roads. If that is the assa, and if the sentiment of the Hiawpssee aaaventSon spreads throughout the state as H undoubtedly will, he summer session cf , THE CHE the Georgia legislature will find it difficult to turn the roa dprogram down again. In the meantime, however, the bordering counties in North Georgia are spending what money they have available, trying to connect some of their links with the North Carolina system. The power of example is mighty. North Carolina has blazed the trail for the Southern states in road building, and the other southern state? will follow from time to time' The sooner they all join the ranks the better it will be for all. for then the citizens of any state in the South can travel to any other state by road withou any fear of being delayed or of no gutting there. This paper wishes the neighboring state well in its ambition program. Opening of New Church I I "lit. opening n ine bm .ueinuuist:, Churcsh marke a distinct advance in j the moral and religious life of the commun-1 ity. A town is largely judge by the schools! I ami churches it maintains. The new church j | wculd be a credit to a town many time- the I size of Murphy. It occupies a commanding! position at the end of Valley River Avenue, looking from the public square, where it : can be seen by all who come to our town. | The Methodist denomination are to be conI gratulatcd on their vision and zeal that inj spired the undertaking of this magnificent j structure; ar:d their energy and sacrifice to bring it to the point of use are worthy of , emulation. Congress To Adjourn THE first sesiion of the 68th Congress is to adjourn Saturday night of this week. Like all congresses in election years*, littel has been accomplished. The bonus bill and the ta reduction bill constitute the chief legislative measures. The bonus is of doubtful benefit to the exservice men as It does not provide any immediate aid except to those who w. re in ih estrvice less than fifty days, .lust what effect the tax reduction measure will have on the country, of course, remains to be seen. This congress might properly be known as the "Congress of Investigations." It more than any other, has taken up most of it? time in investigating some buriau or department, individual. It might also be called a "Congress of Usurpation," as it has assumed many judicial and executive powers : its prolonged investigations. Letters From The People I Editor The Scout: The citizenship of Murphy is made up of a great 101 01 ppnysicai cuiiuitiuna, iuuj up to or above an average, but we have a lot some that have seen their own homes go up of women of care-worn and shattered nerves in smoke and flames and others that have witnessed such sad and nerve-wrecking scenes. We have a hospital full of unfor- , tunates and withal, we have patriotism and neighb : !y welfare deep s:ated so that when the fire alarm sounds, people of all classes, j some full of energy, some out of curiosity,) and anxiety, and some hysterical women and crying children rush out of beds of ease and comfort because the alarm says: "THE TOWN'S ON FIRE!" Businss men and their families wonder if it is their own busines. those in the hospital and for othtr reasons away from home won dtr if it is their homes or a neighbor's that must lose all he has and probably endanger their own homes. This nerve rendering signal is a disturbance for almost every family in town and all the surrounding county for from five to seven miles of the corporation line. I have known dogs that were called out of curiosity and for naught till they would refuse to come when needed, much such as was pulled last Monday night would ruin the interest, not only of the fire department, but the sympathizing public, besides. If the fellow that started that disturbance would have his head X-rayed I think he would find that the root of a hair ha? grown down and is pressinb to possible dislocation the Kt| tie gray matter in his noodle. * ?* WM. P. PATNE. One advertiser writes: "I must say your little paper sure does get the business. So ^ in fcmrrno^ trouble fill. ing orders, etc., etc.,"If this out-of-town advertiser can get results like this, home merchants can. Next time you have what the people want they will see it in The Scout. IROKEE SCOUT. MURPHY. WOUffl CAR) Making Sawdust of Presidential Timber (From Current Opinion for June) THE Constitution of the United States in determining who may become President contents itself with a few simple reserictions. The candidate must be a citizen born in America, who has resided here for 14 years, and who has rerfched 35 years of age. ^ Custom, however, has continually been adding unwritten limitations on the selection on the selection of the nation's chitf executive, and'these have become so numerous and so inflexible as to narrow the choice down to a very few eligiblcs. f Frank E. Kent in the Baltimore Sun has drawn up a list of the-e traditional restrictions as they upply to the coming selection of a Democratic nonuneee. in unci it may be said that no Southerner, no Jew, no Catholic, no corporation lawyer, no one beyond the middle- sities in age, and no wet stands much chance of nomination or election. Inexperience in public office, far from being an impediment, is rather a help, as this nu-ans a man has few political enemies. I nni' pvnrrirnrp in the nnblic eve is almost i sufficient of itself to eliminate a man; hci is shop-worn. ! Here is Mr. K nt's list of Democratic; candidates and the reasons why they an, by custom, objectionable: John W. Davis?His clients are too rich. j Oscor \V. Uudetwood?Too far South, too. .vet, too antiLabor. Senator Samu.I M. Ralston of Indiana? Too old. \Villiam G. McAdo?Sprinkled with oil and opposed by the business interests. Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York ?A political lighweight and a newspaper loctor. Senator Carter W. Gla-s <?f Virginia?An rble but unadvertised Southerner with a testy temper. Gov. Jonathan Davis of Kansas?Merely i local Kansnn who got to be Governor. Senator Joseph T. Robinson?He is from Arkansas. Mayor William E. Dever of Chicago?A Catholic. Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York?. A wet Catholic. Homer Cummings of Connecticut? No record, except he was once ch?i -man of the national committee. Governor Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska ?Brother ol \%. j. Bryan ana an turn. Gvernor Albert C. Ritchie?T<>o wet and from too small a State. James M. Cox of Ohio?Defeated by 7, 00,000 majority. Senator A. O. Stanley of Kentucky-?Too wit und too little kno.vn. Cordell Hull of Tennessee?. Southerner with a local reputation. John Barton Payne of Illinois?No local support and no other support, ei her. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana?A Catholic. Governor Sweet of Colorado?A local lightweight. snoken well of by Col. K. M. Hour*. Governor Neff of Texas?Not big enough to be seriously discussed. Senator James A. Reed?Rejected by his Josephus Daniels?Impossible, own State of Missouri. Rev. B. M. Martin IN THE passing of Rev. B. M. Martin on the 31st of May, Southern Methodism lost one of its foremost preachers and worker?. Although Dr. Martin was born and did most of his pastorial work in Tennessee, he received his early educational training in Clay County and was widely known and lov-j -J xx"Va^Vi Parnlina as one of h6f I own sons. Like so many sons and daughters rose to a position of leadership and promlof thi* Appalachian section. Dr. Martin nenee in his chosen field of endeavor. His pervading religious influence, his energy and enthusiasm, his unusual capacity for accomplishing things, and his wise counsel and leadership will be greatly missed. Mrs. Levinski took Sammie to a conccrtJ As the soprano began to sing, Sammie be-j game greatly excited over the orchestra' CtMiuucvur. "wwi's iiwi mart snnkia* nisi stick at her fozj" he demanded, indignantly. "ShTi! He's not shaking his stick at her." B utSammie was not convinced. "Then what's she yelling about?"?Friends' Intelligencer. - JLINA The Sunday School Lesson June 8, 1924 Ezekiel Encourages the Exiles. Instead of giving: an exposition of the chapter under consideration this week I beg! the privilege of copying from a book by an I eminent minister concerning a shepherd's 1 opportunity. In many churches there is a 1 bit of restlessness that is strikingly similar i to the condition of the people to whom Ezekiel spoke. Like Ezekiel we are dealing with a church problem. Unfaithful shepherds had brought ruin; the good shepherd regathers the flock by seeking the lost and ( leads them to showers of blessings. Varied efforts have been made to deal with a similar situation. One man has said,1 "let us enrich the service of the church. | ^ I Pponl?? rio not enme fn rhtirch hoconar tn?r |service is thin and bald." Another has said: J' "Let us revise our cr ed. fct is too long and scholastic." Another has said: "Let us ad- < .\rtise our services." Still another has said: < "Let us crganize our men in leagues and ? clubs." Another has said: "Let us send for i an evangelist, a man who has the genius for catching the public ear. Let us organize 1 mass meetings with a great and glorious t choir and by the sheer attractiveness of the | program let us compel the unwilling to come 1 in." Another has said: "We can do noth- t ing with our pre ent preacher?he is a good ; man but he can not preach. He means well but his tongue is tedious." * All six have agreed in this that the one 1 thing essential isc an attraction strong t enough to draw men inside a consecrated t building. Their common assumption has bten that the work of Christ is really pros- t perous only when crowds are assembled in 1 his name, and that the supreme problem of t the church is how to devise a Sunday se>- 1 vice so attractive that the people cannot stay > away. And so in many a field one or two t or more of these expedients have been tried. I The service- bar. been enriched and made still 1 richer. It has been embroidered, flounced, i anil tucked. The creed has been whittled t down until nothing at all remained. The ?. advertisements have been large and vivid and t printers' ink ha? flowed in rivers The men t have been organized and reorganized and *. drilled in the art of holding dinners at which i only expert speakers gave eloquent advice. I Evangelists of vast prestige have delivered * their stirring messages and then hurried on s Iiii-ii i'anting way. One minister has succeeded another in the hope that Chrysostom the Golden Mouthed might finally appear. * But, alas, in many instances, after all t^c|l remedies have been tested the last state of; I tho church has been worse than the first. It is a stiff necked generation with which the church today has to deal and these promising experimentations have failed to bring < it to Christ. Now and then some one has < ventured to suggest that the church should < go to the people instead of the people coming to the church. The minister has locked I up his church and gone into the tern bring- 1 ing his message to all who would near. : | These have proved highly successful ior a| little while apparently but the permanent | prosperity has lingcrtd and usually after a j spasm of zeal the coolness crept in again. ] There were crowds for a season, and then f the old empty pews were as conspicuous as ^ they were at first. } The oslution of the problem lies in the t shepherd. He must be one who will go where the sheep are with a heart that loves and solaces and heals. He must live with the; ?\ people, think with their mind and feel with j, their heart, see with their eyes and hear | 11 with their ears as well as suffer with their" spirit. He must bear their griefs and carry ; their sorrows. He must be wounded for 1 their trangressions and bruised fro their iniquities. The chastisement of their peace must be upon his, and with his stripes they must be healed. They all like sheep have 1 gone astray and he must be willing to laid 1 on him the iniquity o^themi all. When the 1 Good Shepherd appeared in Gallilee, the 1 contrast between his and other shepherds was perceived at once. There was, a syrii- 1 pathy in hi stone, a gentleness in his touch, 1 which proved at one? that he vu swfth t!he people in their sorrows and upward striv- ^ ings. 1 I When the Shepherd idea becomes a part 1 of the bone and fibre of the ministers of!' |tho 20th century then the Lord will { with his people a covenant of peace, and 1 will cause the shower to come down in his season, will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land and people shall dwell safely. ; in the wilderness and sleep in the woods and there shall be showers of blessing. i ' -i 1 FrU?y. Jon. ?. Itz4 ^ i Until very recently such an announe*. ment was enough to start a municipal bration in a small town, which foi jnthusiasm was difficult to beat. T%t Ccife| ng of the railroad has meant business, ^ ilization, socitl intercourse, everything to rommunities which had not rail commotf. ration. But a new era dawns. Today the cry h the good highway is coming to town!" An* n at least one instance, a town lidn't wait for the highway, finding it was being mis^d Vj tLv h-ft the iaiuuau and moved W i. dily to the highway 1 I Rciiu, a small community, six miles etg >f Paris, Tex., reversed the time honond I rustom of towns following the railroad, and I noved away from the railroad to the n?- I :oncrete highway that runs cast out of Par* This town, on the Texas and Pacific Rafi. oad, saw only four trains a day passing hrough it, while a half a mile away a $t;ad? treani of traffic passes over the concrete lighway. So the town packed up all of <tn .hrc-e business houses and moved over. Only i swimming pool was left. ?=* There is no real reason why every tana Wouldn't have a god highway running hrough, and away from it. What other own are doing to improve their roads, all .owns may do. The good highway means today as much ;o any town as the railroad did ten. twenty, :ifty years ago. It means quick transpiration, increased market-*, better business, 'fner schools, more comforts. All this beisg ;o?and it is not disputed?why should not ;he nation help, not by helping build seven lercent of the mileage existing, as under redcral aid. but by a comprehensive buildng program, which will gridiron this nation, lorth and south, east and west, by n system' >f national highways which will give every own the transportation it needs? True.nct very town in the Union could be riachni n, letus say, a two hundred and fifty thousmd mile trunk system, but every town would )o so close to one or another link of sudt i system as to mak; connection *o inexpes, live that no town could not afford to mib; FAT MAN'S CORNER ? Percival came running to his grandai^B >ne day asking for a drink of water. "Quid^V luickly, grandma," he said give me a dririjK >f water quick!" ^B Alter he gut his drink he "Ih^B reason that I was in such a hurry, I thonffc^B [ swallowed a worm while eating an appie^K md 1 wanted to drown it."?Delineator, jfl M The wrestling match was a whirldind udS lotly contested affair. Every fan near ttt^H ropes was on his feet wild with ixcitesqd^H ?nd yelling with every ounce of lung capad^B ty?all but one frail little man, who wa^B fitting totally obvious to both the boot u^^B he bedlam, in an attitude of a man whoi^B .ainly trying to recally something. ^B Finally, with a hopeless sigh, he looto^B jp and glanced casually at the wrcaifes^Bi Then he sprang up and elbowed hi through the crowds. 'The osteopath!" thou ted wildly. "That was it! I haw *^B appointment with the osteopath!"? An applicant for work at the Ford pW^Bj isktd a^eteran Ford employee if it :rue that the company was always fiaCT^y nethods of speeding up production by ng fewer men. The veteran replied: "Most certainly* taci, ne continued, "i jusi, ??? which illustrates the point. Mr. Ford ie?d ?J*I codW ih the pallbearers c?**B *iis body. Suddenly the procession ?ed. Mr. Ford had come to life. As is the casket was opened he sat uprfpJ^H *nd, on seeing six pallbearers, cried ance: 4Pnt. thi? c?*\c*t on wheel? ? * yft five men.' "?Wall Street Joui^A | Aunt?Oh, Bobby, how cruel! WfcJ pou cut that poor worm in two? ^^JBj Bobby?He seemed so lonesome.? rranacript. b
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