BDAV. SEPTEMBER 24. 1926.
j Social and
i (J'.d ted By Mrs.
Mr. Kdgar Johnson, who vrai . ra
^teii ' 'he State University last
j jprir^; ?><' now Raleigh, wa> the
pir>t week of his patents, Mr.
isA Mr-- Tom Johnson, of H-?t House,
n ht> icturn to Raleigh. Mr. Johr-.-on
vu| a. ripanied by his brother, Mr.
' iu.san who graduated from
i hool at Copper Hill la
vrtr and was the star of the f?> >t
I 4?1 "f that school.
Mr. A. \. Savage is the guest ,,f
ter (1. fitter, .Mrs. Selby Benton in
t'orri-iia. Ga.
Mr 1 1 Sraathers, of Asheville wa
ji to v. Wednesday.
Mrs. 1- E. Mauney and Mrs. S. S.
Christ -r left Wednesday for
Knoxvtli. to he the quests of Mrs.
R. H I
Mr-. Ralph Harbin and little son
arc ' nc In Marietta.
Mr. 'mi Mrs. Briggs Gillespie are
occupying a cottage near Mis. J. H.
JfeCulls.
Mr-. Jack Brown or
i? spending sonic time at Juiialuskn
Terrace.
The Mission Study Class of the
Ba Church were entertained by
Mis. Jeny Davidson, Tuesday after
noen. After a study hour, delicious
refreshments were served.
Mr .and .Mrs. Win. Butt and children.
of Blue Itidcre were the quests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fain..
M> Elbert Lcdford. of Copperhih
t ?r.di:.;r a few days in town.
; Mi. and Mrs. Garrison Maneval
ni"', ted to town Sunday, Mr. Manoval
returned Monday, hut Mrs.
Maneval will be with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. John Axley for a while.
Mr. James C'ruze left Tuesday
neht for Atlanta, in response to a
message stating the serious illness of
his mother.
Cheer L
A RED flush, coloring huge tract
of beautiful farm land beckon
thousands of people from towi
and dty to threat orchards. It is th
vast crop of cherries waiting for th
army of pickers who will swan
through the orchards and up the tree
for the July picking season.
Cherries ripe on the trees are al
most as beautiful as the blossoms o
late May when the orchards loo)
like a creation of the fairies wit
their acres and miles of purest mos
delicate white blossoms. They becko
to the eager throng to whom cherr
picking is a two weeks" or a month'
avocation.
On foot and on horseback, by rai
boat, and bus they come. In Fords an
trucks, brimming over with babies an
camping equipment, come workme
and school teachers. Boy Scouts, sen
inary students, housewives, factor
hands, dark-skinned Indians froi
nearby reservations, all heading fc
the cherry orchards. For many it
the yearly holiday when the wor
of picking is combined with camp lif
recreation, and touring. For othei
it is a chance to eke out slender can
>ngs; for all it means pleasant, hcaltl
ful occupation that pays well.
Five thousand pickers are kept but
in Door County, Wisconsin, a Ion
thousands more in the Traverse Cit
section of Michigan and the Fing<
l-ake section of New York. Many c
the same people come back ever
ar, for, though cherry picking
I Personal !
A. S. Clarke) Y
Mr. Bob Phillips, of California, is
-.i siting his mother. Mrs. Sallie Phi'iiips.
Mr. C. H. l^wrence am! sister.
Miss Matic have been the guest ?t
their father Mr. D. -J. Lawrence of
Ranger Mr. Lawrence hold a responsible
position with the Western
I'nion in Miami, Kla.
.umer ??i Atlanta.
Ga.t has been the week-end guest ? t
her mother. Mrs. A. H. Davidson, i?s
Ranger.
Theatre Monday, "Winds of
Chance." Western. Tuesday, James
* i use production, "The Pony Express.*"
You saw the "Covered Wag
on." Don't miss this.
Mrs. T. L. Hairis and children ot
Wrightsville. Ga., have been visiting
Mis. Harris' father Mr. T. J. Lawrence.
G. L. McGuire and family ol
Maryville. Tenn.. are visiting T. G.
Kimsey and other relatives.
Mr and Mrs. M. R. Calloway, ot
Knoxa^lle, have recently moved ty
Murphy arfd a* e-occupying Mrs. Dickey's
residence next to the Post,office.
Mr. Calloway takes the place of Mr.
C. S. Hasson, of the House-Hasson
Hardware ('<?.. of Knoxville, Mr. Hasson
having been elected president ot
the company.
Ex-fudge T. D. Bryson, of Bryson
City, was in town Wednesday.
ROOM and BOARD for desirable
parties. See Mrs. E. E. Davis,
Peach tree St.. Cty. (7-2t-d)
Mr. T. J. Cooper was a business
vi--ii<>i 111 town lasi weea.
Midshipman Harvey Akin returned
Sunday to the Naval academy at
Annapolis, his father, Mr. S. D. Akin
accompanied him as far as Ashevillc.
Jp, Cherries J
HMUBI
s not mere play by any means, the
s festive spirit, the campers' impromptu
n fun, and the planned programs give
c everyone such good times that they |
e seek the same holiday year after year,
a Though many bring their own
s camping equipment, accommodations
are provided by mos: of the orchards.
- A camo for one thousand pickers is
f maintained in Door County at the
k world's largest cherry orchard which
h covers five hundred and sixty acres,
t Quarters here include a dormitory for
n women pickers, tents for families and
y for men pickers, and a huge cafeteria
s for their meals. An unsocial group
are the one hundred and fifty Indians
1, from a reservation who have their
d own quarters, do their own cooking,
d and frown with native distaste On the
n cosmopolitan camaraderie of the other
i- ickers. No promiscuous mingling for
y them.
ti Other orchards vary from fifty to
>r two hundred and fifty acres and mainis
tain camps of proportionate sire,
k Lodging and meals are furnished at
e, cost, for the orchard does not atrs
tempt to make a profit on the pickers'
t- accommodations.
t- Early in the day the campers swarm
to the orchards. They are anxious
y to get to work for they are paid
e, by the quart for their pick. To each
ty is allotted one or more trees, a ladder,
:r and a supply of pails. A mule team
>f or track comes through the orchards,
y collecting and tabulating the pails aa
is they are ready. Obt picker holds the
THE CHEROKEE SCO
Mr. Walter Mauney motored to
Ashevill* Sunday.
Mrs. E. E. Adams has returned
from a visit with her mother in Knoxville.
Mrs. W. O. Buehannan. f Sylvia,
is the house guest, of Mr. and Mrs.
G. H. Cope.
-Miss Anne Candler will have a_?
her guest ever the week end. Miss
Helen King of Etowah.
Mrs. Quintan, who is vice presided
of the State Federation of Woman's
; Clubs, was the guest of Mrs. E. B.
Norvell, Saturday. A call meeting
' of the Murphy Women's Club was
held that afternoon.
Mrs. Tahitha Holder is visiting relatives
in AshevilF
|
Mr. G. H. Cope made a business
trip to Asheville. Tuesday.
Mr. F.ed Swaim went to Asheville,!
Tuesday to accompany his mother
home. Mrs. Swaim has been receiving
treatment at the Mission Hospital
of that city.
Mrs. J. W. Thompson, Misses Roberts,
Anne Wiilson, Blanche Howard,
Kathryn Thompson and Messers
W. E. Studstili, Tom Mi Combs and
\V. C. Boyce formed a congenial
par*y picnicing at Junaluska. Sat.
urday afternoon.
.Mr. and Mrs. Cbnnic Holder ate
living at the Patton House.
Miss Maida Voyles is resting comfortably
following an operation for
appendicitis at the Murphy Hospital.
Road Show coming to Bonita
Theatre, Wednesady and Thursday,
September 20th and .'loth. "Down
Upon the Swanee River", story by
Hapsburg Liebe. Matinee 10c and
30c; night 15c and 35c. Two reels
i comedy extra. Watch for big truck
coming to town playing "Swanee
River" on a steam calliope. "Swanee
' River" Strikes the tesponsive chord
in the heart of every man, woman and
' child. Meet me "Down Upon the
' Swance River" at the Bonita Theatre
September 29th and .'{nth. Try to
set in.
^re Ripe!
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(O UH
Door County record of 329 quarts
of cherries in otic day.
When the day's work is done, the
campers bring out their musical instruments.
games, even costumes, and
every evening finds them strumming,
singing, or playing ball. The conversations.
if one could overhear them,
would cover the wiliest range of subjects,
not omitting philosophy, theology.
and the arts. An assortment of
languages, too. would reach the eavesdropping
ear.
Once a week there is usually a
program wheu all tlie home talent
has a chance to show off. Minstrel
show, vaudeville, dances, sports, all
have their turn. Many a romance has
the cherry orchards for a background.
Of the 45,000,(XlO pounds of cherries
produced in the United States in 1924,
i c nnn rwvt trr rw
most of the rest from Michigan and
New York. Eighty per cent of the
crop is canned. Montmorenci and
Early Richmond, both sour red cherries,
are the principal kinds grown,
since they are in great demand for
household and hotel use in pies and
preserves.
Cherries are canned the same day
they are picked, thus keeping thetn
all year round in their Iusciousness
for the armies of cherry pie and preserve
eaters. Large cans of three
or more quarts are packed f?r hotel
pie and household preserve use, but
for household pie use they are packed
ia cans el csa pint or a quart
in. MURPHY, W. C.
Mr. John O'Dell, who was injured p
in ar? auto collision, Sunday evening, F
is reported to be improving at the p
Muiphy Hospital. *1
Mr. and Mrs. ('. M. Btatt and little o
daughter. Marion, of Blue Ridge mo. o
to red to Junaluska Terrace. Sunday, c
Col. J. F. Adams, of Copper Hill, g
motored to town Sunday.
DIPPING INTO
SCIENCE
- Greeks Discovered Earth - Is
Round
That the earth is round was a -.
well-established fact long before "
the time of Columbus. As far ..
' hack as Ux> l?. < estimates were * *
being made on the number of . .
; miles around the earth. Aris- \ \
totle put this figure at -gUjmi i
; miles, and later, about "JTO B. C.. ] '
.. Eratosthenes figured more arm
* rutely 2r?.m>0 miles. *
, , c. 1>I' . ?t#rn \?w?>?P?r ttnlon.t . .
: -I I I 1 I 1 I I I I ! I I I I Ill]':
Cheap Explosive
Available For
Carolina Farmers
Raleigh. N. C., August 31.?The
Government of the United States
through the federal department of
i agriculture has again set aside a
quantity of pyrotol. the cheap explosive
manufactured from wartime
materials, for the use of North Carolina
farmers.
"Last year this state was alloted
000.000 pounds of pyrotol", says A.
T. Hoi man. agricultural engineer for
the extension division of State College
"This year dVir allotment has
been increased to 1,400.000 pounds
and the mutefinl is row available fot
those farmers who wish to clear their
land of stumps or to drain wet spots
or otherwise use the material on the
farm. The pyrotol is not available
i for merchants or dealers and farmer*
may secure it only by ordering
through their county farm agents or
through the extension division of the
; College."
Mr. Holman states that the farmers
j of Pender County are the first to
take advantage of the new allotment.
! They have placed an order for 16,000
an r C
1 ?ttliunui u><:
I DIAMOND BRAND
*S?5&-S| *,.
s*-r>
LAWKS I -r
,\?lr tamp hmrci't for CIII-CRS^-TPR S A
L/l \.? L? I.KiND I'll.US iu B ' l> aii l/A .
r > t r".il'.ic t- ir<. *ea"eit trit'i L- -({i-)
ill a ? EE flO OTOE R. ;<?? o. Toaf Vv
t?..J uk f?r ? lll-? ?.* * TtUO V
h miiM) Hi: a N l? PI l.l.s. lor iwrr.tT-SiC
Lest. Safer t. A-v\ nyi luliable.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
11::;, everywhere sss
^J{aste
|
"I have
really j
always
time to
picking
there, i
soon fin
*?* okn
vai otij
for sect
"Best
Play sai
'Standa
result c
ence?8
handy e
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A L W A Y
ounds through county agent W. R.
Lobbins ana the material will be shiped
to Burgaw for distribution. This
hipment was financed by the county
loard of Commissioners so that landwners
could have a supply to blow
ut stumps and otherwise improve the
ondition of their fields.
"While we were allotted only
'00.000 pounds last year, we actually
rot u little over one million pounds."
ays Mr. Holman. "This material
vas used for removing rocks and
tumps from fields, for ditching and
?r squaring up the poorly shaped
ields. The use of explosives for
and clearing purposes results in larg;r
fields, more economical use of la>or
and power machinery, greater
icre yields and increased returns per
'arm worker."
The Wool Industr
(Uhr/mi ?. S. fi-rliefl. B?.
Cndem-r-vlA t'nrterwocd
II ?u. n-juUns mif* prtmifir* loonu u? At
Xotc th* Owsim.
The Union of South Africa, is rightly
classed among the great wool producing
countries of th? world. Climatic
conditions there are admirably
adaptod to the breeding and raising of
the Merino type of sheep with a.
strong, staph- wooL
A large part of this country I3 suitable
only for th? raising of sheep,
and the government i3 making progressive
and intelligent efforts to lraprove
both the sheep and the manner
of preparing the wool for market.
Jackal being a strong menace in
South Africa, long-time government
loan are extended to sheep owners
for the erection of jackal-proof fencing.
Government she-p expert- . r?maintained
p^rnianontly In alloted
districts so that their services and
advice may be assured at a nominal
fee.
The mutton sheep of South Africa
Is the fat-tailed, black headed Cape?
u non-wooled sheep. As no crossbreeding
for mu'ton lambs is do- 1
the wools are purely Merino in character.
Progress in this South African Industry
is particularly noticeable in
the harvesting. Despite the fact the.*
Kaffir labor can b? secured at th.
equivalent of $3.50 American, per
month, there is a trend towards the
modern shearing machine as again**
the age-old hand blades, which, even
in America, have not been discarded
by many otherwise entirely progressive
wool raisers.
A study of this fact, however, readily
reveals the reason for it. While
there is a first cost for the machine,
the unskilled black adapts himself to
its use much more readily than to
the hand blades, and soon does a remarkably
smooth job of shearing with
the machine.
Once adapted to the Use of the ma^hir.
*. its economic value is demonmaket
zc
: never yet seen persons
;et anywhere who were
in a hurry with never
care for their motors?
up gas, all kinds?here,
and everywhere. They
id this policy makes their
at a hill-climb?whine
>nd gear?pine for a rest.
to make haste slowly,
le. Always All up with
rd' Gasoline. It's the
>f fifty-six years' experitlways
dependable. Right
iverywhere."
\NDAF
ASOLINE
r S D E P E N
pao* ttrm
Democratic County
Convention
The Democrats of this, Cherokee
County, will meet at his or her voting
place at 2 o'clock P. M. on Saturday,
September the 25th, and select
delegates to the County Convention,
which will be convened in Carnegie
Library. Murphy at 12:30 P. M. on
Monday the 27th, day of September
192P for the purpose of naming candidates
for Representative and other
County offices, and to transact such
th.-r business ay may come before it.
T1 September 11th, 1926.
C. B. HILL,
h airman Dem. Ex Com.. Cherokee
County.
A. L. MARTIN,
Secretary.
y in South Africa
rva. m <M| v
V t/wWw <.
?t f?
F*mr o/i kimd. Ila.fr JUMrgw.
X t .
vtratcd in the materially 111 iitj^jifin
ber of sh- ;> shorn daily, the better
market valu* of the wool, the fewer
maim>4 Mi--p. and not least irai
portunt. the additional 5% to 12% *
n.ore wool ,,i.* i n< d with the machine *"""* ?.
>v?-r and abov?? the amount of wool
cur ! with the hand blades. As a
. ?n<?-?ni?'we, the machine resolves
into a m. .11 inve-tment with
certain and bier i turns.
St.-^Jily, the a. ..-nee of wool-markotin^
in South Afi.ca is fa?t approaching
t'a i sch-ntiflc efficiency of
he . i-4tr.il.an marketing plan, which
IN. v.. hntlt doubt. the most practical
1 and efficient in existence today.
Considering that the four provinces.
Xit. l. T'ansvaal. Otanxu Free State.
i Cap.- l'r-.vinee. which COUtptiu.
l*n on of South Africa, hava
square miles less of territory
*! O: :on. Washington. Idaho,
lontana and Wyoming combined, it
j surprising to note that they contain
I :wo and one half times as many sheep
s our five states named.
This alone, makes that country a
strong contender for future leader':;j>
in the wool industry. It la interestmg
to note however, that the great
hulk of foreign p: ogressiveness is due
to Am erican initiative. American implements.
and machinery and American
ingenuity. The South* African
wool industry holds true to this in
that American methods and American
machinery are destined to take a
!:?rir?* and imnortnnf rbice In the eon.
Inomic procTcs.? of far distant
Uaioa ot Soutii AfucA.
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