FACE FOUR
CI)t Cherokee $>cout |
FA* Official Organ o? Murphy ana
Charokre County, North Carolina.
BRYAN W. S1PE, Editor-Managor.
MISS H. M. BERRY, Ar.ociat. Editor
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
The Sale Of
? Power Plant
The action of the Mayor and
Board of City Commissioners in selling
the hydro-electric plant on Xotlu
River seems to be meeting with almost
universal approval. As the
terms of the contract with the Carolina-Tennessee
Power Company become
better known and understood,
even wider approval is expected. The
action of the city officials awaits
approval of the voters of the muni
cipality on the 23rd day of December
but ihere seems little doubt but that
an overwhelming vote may be expected
approving their action' The
sale is variously described as the best
business transaction Murphy has ev.?
er made.
There are many reasons why the
voters should aprove the action of
the town council in this matter. Some
of these reasons may be listed as
follows:
Municipal ownership of public
utilities has never proven as satisfactory
as individual ownership and
all over the country there Is a tendency
for political subdivisions to
keep out of business enterprises. In
cases where public necessity demands
it, and private capital is not available,
governmental agencies are justified
in operating the utilities, but
where private capital is available, it
is better to leave business ^o Individual
and corporate management.
The town built the Notla dam
during the highest peak of prices
following the war and the Investment
per horsepower of electrical energy
has been so high that no profit could
ever have been expected from the
plant; but in the case of an accident
such as the burning out of a transformer,
a considerable loss Would
have been experienced. The sale of
the plant puts <he responsibility and
the risk on another party.
The terms of the contract are favorable
to the town. The largest consideration
in the contract is the sale
price of two hundred thousand dollars.
This amount will not be paid
in cash. The power company will
assume the electric light bonds of
the town together with all interest
charges on them and pay the town
^ the difference between the outstanding
bonds and the two hundred
thousand dollars consideration. This
sum represents considerable more
than the physical assets of the power
piant, pernaps, duc tne good will of
the community and the fact that the
plant is a going concern will be worth
considerable to the new owners.
The town will be granted, under
the terms of this contract, free current
for twice as many street lights
as are now installed, the new lights
to be installed at the rate of not more
than 10 per cent of the present num*
ber during any one year. This item
alone will amount to thousands during
the life of the contract.
The interests of the town are protected
in every particular by the
terms of the sale, the power company
being under bond for carrying obt its
part of the contract.
These are the main provisions of
the contract and agreement. But
they carry with them much more than
this. The sale of the plant means,
no doubt, that the upper dam down
Hiawassee River will be constructed
first. If this be true, it will be of
tremendous benefit to Murphy and
this whole county as it will bring in
new plants and new capital, increase
the taxable wealth of the county, create
8 lake that will be of tremendous
importance in attracting summer visitors,
etc.
Many more reasons why the sale
of the Notla plant should be approved
might be mentioned. As the readers
of this paper peruse the contract
and call for an election on another
page, many more reasons wil be called
to mind. Every voter should put
his O. K. on this contract by casting
a ballot of approval on the 23rd of
December.
The Library and
Education Week
It is significant that during this
week. Education Week all over the
United States, approximately 60 new
books weer added to the collection at
the Carnegie Library. The Library
is one of the best agencies through
which the communiyt can be kept Informed
of the best literature, art, the
drama, and everything tnat is wholesome
and uplifting in the life of a
nation. Gradually a library Is being
built up here. With the continued
sympathetic support of the Woman's
club and of public spirited citizens
of the community, who have i
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contributed money and bocks for it,
a fine library can soon be accumulated.
The library is an institution
that should appeal to every individual.
A book contributed to it during
this week would be a fine way of
celebrating education week.
Forest Fires
I Many people are laboring under
! impression that forest fires do more
i good than damage, others find it temI
porarily to their advantage to set
fire out in the woods; and still others
are careless and thoughtless, and in
every case the individual landowner
; and the public suffer as a result of
1 these fires..
' Some people set fire out in the
woods, it is commonly understood, bej
cause they think it makes the grass
grow better in the spring time, and |
therefore, provides a better pasture
j for the cattle.
Nothing is farther from the truth
The grass is injured by the fire. The
humus and soil is consumed and the
; grass soon withers away In the warm
sun of spring time and the rar.ge is
completely destroyed.
In the fall, some people are said
i to set the fire in the woods, so they
|can find chestnuts. Temporarily, the
ends of such people may be helped
J if the fire is not burning: in their
woods, for indeed, it is possible that
such burning might make it easier
to find the chestnuts. But the woods
are injured by the fire. The chestnuts
are injured by it and are rendered
inedible after a few days. The
public in general is injured, because
the timber supply of the future is
limited bv just so much.
Some people set the woods on fire
through carelessness and thoughtless,
ness by leaving campfires burning,
by dropping matches, cigarettes, and
contents of pipes in the woods while
tramping or hunting. Others arc
careless in burning brush, etc., and
allow fire to escape from their property
into the woods and fields of
others.
Careless or intentional setting of
fire in the woods is forbidden by
law and violators are punishable by
fine and imprisonment.
Fire in the woods does much dam
age. During the ten year period
just passed the average loss from
forest* fires was more than one million
dollars in North Carolina alone
The damage done by forest fires is
far reaching. It destroys or injures
standing timber; it destroys young
growth; it destroys the humus and
vegetable matter on the ground, rob.
bing the trees of plant food and allowing
water to run off quickly after
rains and, therefore, adversely affecting
the rivers and streams; and.
indirectly, it afferts the present and
future generations as it limits the
supply of timber and therefore, will
bring about much inconvenience and
want for lumber in the future.
Fires have been raging In the wods
near hire for several days. Someone
is guilty of carelessness of negligence
or wilful destruction. Some
j one has violated the law. Someone is
| limiting the timber supply of the future.
What are the good citizens of
the county going to do about it?
Sunday School Lesson
For November 23rd
The Transfiguration.
The gospel writers in a few short
verses tel ol fthat unique and awt
inspiring scene which we commonly
speak of as the Transfiguration. It
is one of those scenes in the scripture
that is beyond the powers of
man to completely understand. In
fact to only three men of earth did
God give the privilege of beholding
this scene. The silence of these men
concerning the peculiar experience
that was theirs causes us to feel thai
we do well to meditate upon the significance
of the scene and about
which we can say little. The silence
of the soldier who has crept intc
the very jaws of death or of the soldier
of the Lord who has gone with
his Lord through the deep shadow
of genuine Christian sacrifice is a
testimony that men seldom speak of
the most genuine events in life. Tru
ly an empty wagon niaices tne most
noise. Peter, James and John were
filled to overflowing with their Impressions
of the scene. They were
too full for words.
In an effort to describe the scene
Dr. Morgan has said that "the fact
of white light is here declared In
threefold statement?the ' beneficence
of light, the purity of snow
and the majesty of lightning." To
g^asp the idea we cannot for we
have never beheld the sunlight in
the night while gazing upon glistening
snow and tnen see both made a
thousandfold more dazzling by a continued
flash of the lightening. If
one should wake up in the middle of
the night and behold the brightness
of the noon day sun shing upon a
heavy snow and the wholr made
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mure dazzling by the lightening the
glory of the scene would In a measure
be before you.
The glory of our Lord was his
own. In the case of Moses when he
came from Sinai or Stephen in his
death the glory wasn't their own.
Theirs was a reflected glory but this
was the person of Jesus shining
through the veil and presented an
indescribable scene.
Dr. Morgan declares that this
scene was the consummation of h!s
human life and the prelude to his
death on the cross. He illustrates
the first in the following well chosen
paragraphs:
j "everently take a flower as in illustration
of the process, watching
lit in its progress from seedling to
I perfect blossoming. The blossom
I rested in the seed in potentiality and
I possibility. Take a seed and hold
| it in the hand, strange little seed,
! without beauty, the very embodiment
J of weakness. But within that husk
in which the human eye detects no
i line of beauty .or grace, no gleam
I or flash of glory, there lie the gorgeous
colors and magnificent flower
J itself. From that seed, through proj
ees*. of law, plant and bud proceed,
Until n: loet 1.1 -- -
I- ? "'V i??"Tit uiuJMJm ia
formed.
"God's humanity has blossomed
I once in the course of the ages, and
that transfigured Man upon the holy
mount, flashing in the splendor of
a light like the sun, glistening with
the glory of a whiteness like that of
t^ie snow, and flaming with the magnificent
beauty of the lightning
which flashes it radiance upon the
darkness, that was God's perfect
Man. That was the realization of
the thought that was in the mind of
God when He said, 'Let us make man
in our image.* "
The presence of Moses and Elijah
are significant. It is agreed by all
that Moses is the representative of
the law. Jesus has fulfilled in his
life all the requirements of the law.
We may still argue about the tithe
and Sabbath observance hut Jesus
has fulfilled all and the heart that
has fully embraced its Lord will follow
his teachings not from a sense
of duty but out of love for the great
fulfillcr of the Law. Elijah was there
as a witness to the fact that In Christ
Jesus all the speech of heaven begin*
and ends. Truly Christ is the end
both of the law and of the prophets.
The cloud is a symbol of the passing
work of the old prophet. They
stood as representatives of the old
covenant. Christ is the new covenano
and will stand forever without
fault or failing. The work of the
old iefi incomplete is to he completed
in Jesus Christ. Fellow Christian,
you and I will be compelled to sec
our work unfinished. We niust some
time lay it down. Happy are we if
we like Moses and Elijah are overshadowed
in the presence of God.
Give The Rai-iOdii;
Good Under Ike 1
Of the large number of lcgisl
considered at the coming 6e
none of more importance to ti
affecting the operation of the i
This act, commonly knowr
became a law on February 21
barely begun to adjust thcms
criticisms were directed at
started tinkering with its pro1
There are many bills pending
or modify important parts of t
In this mucb-dfecusced sect
aeribea vK*t (k* mn?t? ?'
Government had taken from th
rates, the Government must it*
duce a fair return upon the v
transportation proposes. Anyt
fiacation, and hence nnconstit
ment the Commission fixes tb
what is a fair return (at preae;
nated) and Laces the rates the:
interest of the public be more
So tar under this law, the ra
earned as much as the rate of rt
HTCwy fire desirous, however, of
the political agitators,never sat
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JRPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
RECORD DISASTER YEAR
KEPT RED CROSS BUSY
In 192 Places in United State*
Its Relief Operations
Cost $737,603.
One hundred and ninety-two disasters
resulting in 735 deaths and Injury
to 1.932 persons, rendering nearly
44.000 homeless and causing property
losses estimated at more than 144.750,000.
established a new record In the
United States in the year ended last
Jane 30. according to reports of the j
1 American Red Cross In all of these .
disasters Immediately relief activity
I was applied by the Red Cross, which I
| expended 3737.603.37 through the na
| tional organization and the local !
' napters in assisting smcxen communities.
As the nation's chief relief agency,
whose service covers over 43 years,
the Red Cross is expected to be on
duty almost as soon as disaster
' strikes any locality. This trust and
confidence is amply justified by the
Increasing equipment 01 tho Red
Cross, which recently organized a mobile
disaster unit of experienced workers
ready in oil parts of the country
to respond on the instant to a call
for active duly. This unit is capable
of operating in several disaster areas
under one general direction, and recently
was at work in seven communities
in five states at the same time:
Ability, alertness and increasing
skill of volunteer workers in more
than 3.500 Chapters are reasons for
the preparedness of Red Cross for
disaster operations, be the cell for a
disturbance in a restricted local area
t or for millions in relief funds for a
staggering catastrophe such as the
earthquake in Japan.
The Rpd Cross, however. Is far
from being self-satisfied, for the organization
is giving the most serious
consideration to measures for pre'
venting disasters. Its relief administration
and rehabilitation policies
have won for it nation-wide regard.
I That this important work can always
! measure up to every demand needs
j the continued support of the AmerI
lean people through Red Cross mem!
bership. The annual enrollment will
! begin Armistice Day, November 11,
and every American is urged to join
i or renew membership In the Red
Cross.
Help yourself by helping others
with your dollar Red Cross membership.
The dividend in rood works Is
guaranteed.
FOR SALE?Seventy-five acre farm
one mile from town, high school 1
and churches; suitable for stock raising
and general farming, tnhnrco and
trucking. Lies in tobacco section.
Plans laid for warehouse to handle
tobacco crop in 1925. For further Information
apply to Mrs. J. L. Simpson,
Pavo, Ga.t Route 4. (14-2t-pd) |
WANTED?An industrious man desirous
of making $40.00 to $70.00
or more weekly in Cherokee County
seling Whitmer's extracts, toilet ar- jj
tides, home remedies, soaps, spices, 1
etc. Tattle capital needed. Car or I
team necessary. No experience re- I
quired. Write for full particulars. I
| The H. C. Whitraer Company, Dept. I
198, Coiumbus, Indiana. (13-3t-pd) I
lAQunceuiiUu
ransportationAct
ative measures which will bo
ssion of Congress, there are
te American people than those
jo-callod "Transportation Act".
i a3 the Esch-Cummins Bill,
1, 1920, and the railroads had
elves to its regulations when
the measure and politicians
riaious.
in Congress designed to repeal r
his act, notably Section 16 (a).
ion of the law Congress preIready
decided, that since the
e railroads the power to make
ielf make rates that would pro
? Mm (fiuptu^r udcu ior
hing short of this would be cooutionaL
Under this arrange*
a value of the property, fixes
at 5% percent has been deaigouBclves.
How else could the
perfectly protected?
Lil roads have not in any year
(turn fixed by the Commission,
eivine the law a fair trial; but
Ufied, are not willing to do this.
lie Act A Chance To
onstrate lit Utility.
i
RESULT OF EXPERIMENT WITH TUBER^U^
VACCINE GIVES HOPE OF COMPLETE SUCCESS
Greatest Oleeavery Ever Made For Immunizing Against Tub?
A plea for an extensive trial of Dr. Albert Calmette'* Bra
substance used to the vaccination of cattle against tubercniZh .*
made by Dr. Allen K. Krause. Editor of the American SUi
of Tuberculosis, in thf October number of that jo?Pfcai
Krause points out that I>detor Calmette's position as
Director of the Pasteur Institute. Paris, and his wteativeerlla I
covering over twenty years gives sufficient warrant cf succ?? I
that American investigators are being asked to repeat Caim?iw? 1
experiments and confirm them by demonstrations on <?ttie in M
parts of this country. *nottt H
BCG. which is the name that Doctor Calrnette gives his varrtn fl
is a strain of tubercle bacilli which has been growr through I
different generations on medium of potato cooked in ox bile 5 I
peculiar Oara'-teristlcs of these germs is that while they are JS" H
other tuberculosis germs In most particulars, they are unlike the H
in this respect- that they do not cause the ordinary processes of IB
tu.vo.o, bouiuc. "I wwi-ciw. una me subsequent destruction
of bodtly tissue. When these perms are introdui ?-d into the BTstan
of younp animals they protect these animals against attacks of tuber.
culosis.
Calves inoculated with BCG have resisted efforts to give the?
tuberculosis with virulent tubercle bacilli for as long as ei'ghtMa
months. Calmette and his associates have aimed within five ye?s
to rid previously infected farms of tuberculosis by gradually doint
away with the non-vaccinated cattle and keeping only the vaccinate!
ones as these through the natura: increase by birtb would replenish
the herds. Up to May. 1924. the: have vaccinated 1L'7 vouag calves
all of which remained In perfect health. The conclusion reached by
Calmette Is that "at present vaccination and annual re-vaccination
are absolutely harmless."
Since forty per cent of mature adult cattle, that is. 5 years of
age and over, generally throughout the country give evidences of tuber,
culosis. Doctor Krause points out that any efforts to extend CalmettS'i
experiments and make BCG usefui everywhere would mean a sating
of countless millions of dollars to the cattle industry of the world.
; Doctor Krause points out also that Cslmette's experiments la
vaccinating babies within the first nine days of life are suggestive
i but he questions whether the time has arrived to experiment on tbs
active immunization of children in this country, lie intimates that
j before this is attempted, the most exhaustive investigation should be
made on cattle; for. as ho says, "one cannot help feeling certain that
whatever will k:?cp cat'le from getting tuberculosis will also erenV
ually be found to prevent the disease In man.' Caltnette's BCG It
useful only in animals that have not previously been infected with
tuberculosis. For others the BCG is of no value.
Notwithstanding the knowledge and previous scientific work la
tuberculosis by Dr Calmette, and tjje Implicit confidence placed ta
! his ability and integrity, yet it Is necessary that his work, si Dr.
Krause says, should be "checked by many observers in many lands
on many animals, and Inter on many Infants that will likely be exposed
to Infection by their mothers, and that tho United States of
America, with its favored economic and scientific outlook and its
warm appreciation of the author's wcrk in the tuberculosis world.it
the place to have s large share In proving the value of Calmettsl
method."
Notwithstanding the fact that the proof of the value of this BCO
\ or vaccine cannot be accepted at this stage of the investigation at
; typhoid and diphtheria preventive inoculations are. and notwithitaading
the fact that it is only effective as an immunizing agent in thoat
I who have never had any Infection of any kind by the tubercle bacillus,
yet In all probability this is the greatest discovery that has ever bees
made toward immunising against tuberculosis
Arrangements have been made by tho National Tuberculosis Ana
elation whereby investigators properly approved may he able to secure
Calmette's BCG for experimental purposes, provided 'hat such tnvtfr
tigators meet certain conditions laid down by the Association.
TRY OUR JOB PRINTINl
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Phone 20 Murphy, N.U
Christmas Morning I
Will your friends be greeted with a bright, cheery medf# B
from you? Will you overloow this opcrtunity to rened acquaint- BK
ance with these whom you have met and for who you have develop* 11
ed a fondness?
Our line of Christmas cards will awaken memories of ploo* W
ant hours spent together In the past. Don't wait until the day 1* HE
fore Christmas and take a chance on getting a few cards fro? * ^H
well-picked over stock, but come in now and select exactly the do- ^H
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PAUL W. SCHENCK, Gen. Agt for N. C., Giwsboro,
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