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F< ur Months .70
Hospital For Cherokee
Countv?
11.,,- ? ' "
hospital, and a it* Hospital?
There an1 ' ixe imu'ediat' K
surrounding ' herokee ( ountx that j
h, . no h< - facilities wIiom
,,,4. wh- n !: x need ho?nit;.r
I 4
lrt attn ? -r : t . v trax? 1 fr .?:? t ' ' T 1 * :
? v ? . ' n\ t : bof< !?? til* >
,an ;Je| \h> * - -i?t thai ikftc-n
ni. an- I1 ?" h to them. an,i ,]
iM; jorilv of th? - -ail? - ovei the
r,- :h?*r !??::?!" that make- the dan
? ? i ? ? nf the;- -i kne? ? v en ureatci.
Cherokee C-.untx is rrnlralK !??? at
nl. has a population of over one
hundred thousand within a radius
of fiftx mile*. V i ! place I- ?*
ho-pital. a m* ??!?'?" . hospital whi? h
ran m?*et the net- - ? ; the manx
emergen* i?'- lli.it in anx uiow
iny- am! fast dexel i coinmunitx.
Cherokee Count has tin* doctors
in sufficient nuni! >d ability t
support a ?_?"??! ? ?.1\ equipped
hospital. ( ".li'Tt ? V ? ? - the -itc ("???
such .1 hospital, ui'.l v ha\ ing t >
spend ont? cent ??? I pnient of
same, t herok-* 1 orated
ceouranhit'alK . - u ?? iiti? ?nt*ti above,
so that nuinx more people max he
>ei x ? ? i than will he i-.piired to make
it a -?'ll snpnoi ti ?* !_ n>titiili??n after
the first xear. or '-veu less. And
here i- the one point ol interest that
makes it possibb tor Cherokee
C.i mitx to have sue'-. a hospital, and
at a minimum expense.
There is a fund ? reated bx the
will of one of the ! >uVes for the pur
pose of developiir- tin* schools and
hospitals of North ami South Caro
lina. The man in charge ot tic dis
pensing of this turn! i* Dr. \\ . S.
Rankin, for main xears the Presi
dent of the North Carolina State
Hoard of llenl. :i. I) . Kankin is au
thorized to i_ e dollar lor dollar to
am C untx that '-ill construct a
Count Hospital. . n 1 will eontinue
to oontii!?ute to it- support. Io
make it >till i> - t ? *] ar. he will do
this. Should Cherokee Count > de
ride to huild a -i\tx thousand dol
lar hos: ital. };?? ill furnish thiri \
th? ii-.f 1 1 ?!Iars oi that amount. He
will _ \e one < liar each da> to
ward supi each I I given
over J? charit patients, those who
are in nee:! ? hospital treatment,
an, I wh> a;1 al I ? to pax ! ? ?r it.
Cherokee t ountx < an set a >>60.000
dollai. forty 1 e*l. M-.odernlx equipp
ed hospital for th'irtx thousand < 1* >1
lars. ami can ahout one third or
one hall" ?hf . oijnt required to sup
port the hospital from the stme
sourer i ? ?? pax patients would
more than support it after >i\ months
or one xear, and then we would
have a modern institution that
would he a credit and blessing to
the community, and would he a suc
cessful venture from an economical
standpoint, because it would be more
than self -supporting, would really
pav the County a revenue.
Marshall. \. C.. just north of
Ashexille. is building a sixtx thou
sand dollar hospital, and they are
getting half of it free. Marion. N.
C., is building a sixty-seven thou
.?sand dollar hospital, and they are
?letting half of it free. Cherokee
County can get the same help. Can
our people afford to lose this op
portunity? We don't believe l*ry
can.
think about it?
NOTED VA. CHURCHMAN CALIS'DRY"
! MAD R S BACK INTO PULPIT S"
Rt ; rinb'-! 'n tl \>h*rilh'
/ ; : - \ rctfltest. I
Deplorirj ! 1 purp and idea
!'? i:ind the ?i ^ conliMviire lield in
V-h \ ille t!i ? - \N ' k. Dr. V . M. For
profe? ' Biblical hi-tor\ anc
!!!??:?. iti:re at li I niversity of \ irgi
nia. and oil'' tlic best known
h;.n hnu'ii in li it state. wrote to
:Bi-ln?p Jame- ( !nnon just before!
the meeting 1i?m deploring tin* in- j
trillion of pr< u hers into polities!
and declaring If would support the,
:?art\. Flu- I ' - learned Friday.
Dr. I t t?*r i- an open an-1
-w it. he sa\s. ! a eireular letter (
-ent out b\ l?i- p Cannon and Dr.
Barton bo. -ir _ the cau>e of the
j meeting here.
"1 am weary I the unchristian, j
'unpatriotic. i -titutioual bigotry i
which would ! ? : alize an \merican
ili/?-i: for hi- i ! jion by debarring
in from j" I h\ I orest de
lares.
He wain- " . crusade sueh
ihe con*. ?* .limed w ill rend
mt! tea : h: that it w ill not
.? . \ ? - :? <1 purpose, that
it means "p i .. ^ the religion :
? I < hi* i- 1 t - : and that the
: an. will not he served
\ <!??!' I *? :: .1 rat i in >nii
I)r. i ?-* ? ? ludes w ith the
plea t! at t p and his dr\
"crusade; - i- ;-:der the matter j
and "turn 1 t>uasive teaching of
the gospel awa\ from the de- '
-erti??n of <????) f.?r polities."
\fter evpla . : ? r i u that he i- a mem
'.???r of >?]?.<? .<! ;).e : n? ?st ultra Protes- '
"ant i ?! .muni ii- Dr. Forest de- !
!are< In- will \ ? lor Smith heeause ,
' e is "tl ? -taml.n il-hearcr < -f that
?a tv wl : h, e\en at it> worst holds
lit more hoj e than it- rival for the
'ministration of government in the
!erests of all the people.**
Hi> -:alement in part follows:
" \s I i my reasons for not sup
porting \our div conferenee. the\
are main. I helie\e \ou are wrong
inin claiming that Southern Demo
,erae\ and Southern teinperanee will
he served b\ the defeat of Smith.
^ on are well aware of Kepuhliean
wetness, and of the scandalous inef
|ficiem\ and eorruption of prohibi
tion enforcement under its wet offi
cial-. ^ ou are equally aware that
I the dr\ cause in the South is in the
hands of the Democratic partv. To ?
.holt that party's nominee now is to j
iMulaiiper any cause you may in lu
jture ask the party I" support.
"Again. I believe >ou are wrong |
in repudiating your party's nominee j
after ha\ ing participated in tin* eon-;
\ention that selected him. Espec
iallv dot?s your course seem wrong
er Smith straightforwardly an- j
? uneed his allegiance to the >cry,
link in the platform that you and!
\ ir colleagues labored to put into!
t. With what face can you again!
plead with people t? > yield to what i
tlicv d<? not like because it is de- 1
? ?reed by rule or law or majority?!
\ decent respect for the opinions!
of men in general under such cir- j
juimstances >hould not be set at
nought 1>\ clergymen.
"Like Other Politicians *
"Further. 1 believe it is time toj
?all a halt lo Ire preachers and their'
organizations that have been prosti
tuting the religion of Christ to po.l-1
lilies in the interests of a single re j
'form. The preacher in politics has
?.proved himself sadly like other pol- 1
iticians. He wants success and!
thinks the end justifies the means. |
lie supports irreligious men. how
lever wet. if they will promise to
vote for his dr\ measures. . .
"At the present moment, the
preacher in politics, in the person
of you two prominent men who have
called this dr\ conference, is about
j to tear the Southern churches asund-i
jer because the Democratic nominee
lis wet. You must well know what
jit will mean to have the clergy de
clare this a moral and religious is- ,
sue and try to make church mem
l?ers vote your way. It will set
brother against brother, in unholy
strife. . . .
Should Change Purpose
"I therefore, beg you to turr your
Asheville ccnference into a meeting
of humiliation, confession and sup
plication. Of humiliation i ?V
sight of God and men hecau
holy cause of preaching and
inn religion to lead mere j??
reforms.
I "O! confession to God and ? *'
presence ol men for putting 'it
confidence iti an arm of flesh.
ously sinning against the >j
trying to drive men !?v lav - id
of winning them to lite pi *1' -
of Jesus l>\ the persuasive p ( "I
the gospel.
"Of supplication that '? v
grant forgiveness to His le*-s
ministers, grac iously receiv ti * :n
hark into His service where they
ma\ spend t lie remainder <?' their
days striving to recover the !? - ra
diance of the Christian n! : ? i
the old time power of the >j i t ot
God granted to His mini-!*1- to
Iran-form men and make il, '.eiri
perate in all thinjrs."
i> TO >WF.K H. /?; -
( Hi r-rirttcU front the />'?
/ irnt-s l>\ request. >
F.ditor ? ' I he Times :
ii to M 1'
p?Mi In ? ? .1 Mr. I loo\fi - n il
claralion. and his defe?:-'' < vet -
nor ^ i - \\ ? I declare. i di .!
not hi- appellation it 1 1 Tinn
I! ? ?!!?_ \ i iu carried his ? i m i -
cation a!"i\e mentioned. i ! I saw
tli> appellation in another i\.
I In- "appellation" I ref< lo w; -
-??n:' t!iii|._' like this: Mr. I -iah \\ il
liam Railey. leading North < arolina
Ihiptist. espouses vigoroii-h the de
fense of Governor Smith, and the
\\ et cau?e. etc.
I repudiate I he alienation that Mr.
Josiah \\ illiain Baile\ i- ;i leadin j
North Carolina Bapti-t. Some 15
or 2" vears ago Mr. Bailev was edi
tor ??f the Biblical Uerorder. the
Baptist state organ, ami a- such he
was among our leader*-. Hut he left
The Reeorder. entered law and pol
itics. and. while In* retains member
ship in a Baptist chureh. eh has not
-in?~* lieen active in ? hureh affairs
far as my knowledge extends. 1
have alwaxs admin <1 Mr. Bailev.
ar.d four yeai- azo I supported him
for Governor. Bui I then did not
know that In* was anti-Prohibition
and a Wet Tammanyile. But I will
not do that again.
Mr. Baih y. adroit lawyer, a good
writer, take- up Mr. Hoover's Dry I
declarations. etc.. and shows that
when Hoover said "Dry* he said,
"Wet." and what Hoover said he did1
not say. did not mean: hut that he j
-aid and means quite the opposite. '
Then he takes up Governor
Smith's plain telegraphed W ?-t avow
al. and his modification statements,
etc., and shows that Governor Smith
did not sa\ that at all. hut that he
-aid the very opposite that the (*>o\*
ernor dot-- not mean "Wet. and "re
vised.'" "modified,"' when In* says
that, hut that he means "Dry." "en
forcement.* etc. I see statements
-omething like that coming from
Governor Morrison also.
Bui tlie-e great lawyers, forceful
w riters, adroit politicians, are fool- 1
ir.g nohodv hut themselves. The
common people are not simpletons i
t? drink down all this Wet Tammany
.-lull. I see also. Mr. Editor, that
there is a movement on foot to rule]
out the primaries, and read out of}
the party, those who will not .sup
port Smith on account of whiske\
and Tamanny. I
L?*: me tell you ahout a certain
count) ??| good folks, and >trongl\
Democratic 30 or so years ago. in
extreme Western North Carolina:
The se good Democratic people
joined I lie Farmers" Alliance. Later
they talked "Progressive." The
Democratic leaders ? lawyers, politi
cians. dealt harshly with them: ac
< used them; forced them, or drove
them to "fuse" in 1896. The state
went Republican: elected Russell
Governor, and Builer and Pilchard
Senators, and the Negro White to
Congress: Richmond Pearson de
flated the nohle and loved Craw
ford, etc.
And today that said county is
strongly Republican and Republi
can to stay.
Better have a care!
Bcfer not, too, try to force the
WHY AM I GOING
TO VOTE
//* N 1 1 Pari ?>' Goot? ( ^ i<}r
Firry I! oman of Ltitflu! I-'' '
( First Prize Lett er /
I Kd Note The I olloxx inn iv a*
written l'\ Mrs. John Deal. ??' brass
town, and published in tin* Progres
sive farmer. October .29. P)2.. as.
firsl pri/e loiter conducted by that
juiMi' atioii 011 the subject of the
head of this article.)
Mi)' I niled States Constitution
nixes women equal franchise with
men. That infers equal responsibi- 1
lilies with them in local, state ami
national government. As a woman
of lawful age. that automatically
makes voting a part of mv business
and good citizenship demands it of
me.
When I cast mv ballot in the rom
ing election, that means one more
vot? for pood government and all
the finer things of life that have toj
?lo with development of the humaa'
1 ace.
If I deliberately -l.ix at home on
election <!av. it t:?' , ? that I have
\ oted to have 110 ->x eminent. 110
schools. ?: ? roads. . protection lor
the helj ? - ;;nd inn 'ceiit. In oilier
v.oids. il I re!?i>e 1 a>t ;i!\ ballot
in ;'i ? c-?:,iir,g eledi ?: 1 it means that
I l?a\e > i |e? 1 1 1 y bill Mirelx voted I"
do away with all ?xernment. all
law. and to put our people back to
a slate of -avau?'!1 e\en lower than
that of the Indians who once roam
ed oxer this country.
I want \ oi;r ? liildren and my chil
dren to have better advantages than
our ancestors had. greatei opportu
nities for a richer and fuller life
than x 011 and I have had. Therefore
I -hall vote in the coming election
lor the candidates whom I believe
luxe a grealer vision of the future
and are xvilling to sacrifice self for
the good oi coming generations.
What xxill this community do with
its sexeral one and two-teacher
schools where each teacher instructs
from four to seven grades? Shall
we consolidate, put on busses and
employ a competent teacher for each
grade? Mx vote says give the chil
dren a living chance.
What x\ i 1 1 this county do about ils
Wet Tammanx Governor down the
throats oi conscientious Dry Demo
crats. Hundreds of thousands of us
can be driven to vote for Hoover;
but not one of us can be made to
>xxalloxv \1 Smith, liquor, nor Tam
manx .
tRFA'.i A. B. SMITH.
Marble. \. C.
Some politicians are greatly pleas
ed with the heat because it makes it
hard for people to think!
The heroes of ancient tables used
to go forth to battle dragons that
breathed fire and had seven heads,
and every time a hero managed to
dispose of one of the heads txvo
grexv in ils place. Modern heroes
imbued xxith the same spirit become
prohibition officers and slash at
the speakeasies!
road*? My \ote will have i!< influ.
ence.
Tin* reading <?1 the belter ? ,,f
magazines and newspapers will ?|j.
aMi' *ne to \ote intelligently. hut {
-mist keep in mind that we an* ? <t
onl \ citizens of our state and nation
hut wp are also eiti/ens of ihe wot Id.
\ it y tiling: that seriously af fccis
one nation also affects lis as l<> world
citizens, therefore I must keep post
ed on what other nations are iloii '
if 1 hope to vote wisely in our own
elections.
I sometimes feel like slaving :lt
home and minding my own husiucs?
hut then when 1 go into the kit. ',. n
to get dinner my spices and extracts
seem to say to me. "We are guaran
t erd under the pure food I ?
therefore you ought to vote.** Wh^n
I pour the milk for dinner I reni.-m
ber that Daisy has an ear tag that
says her milg if free from tubercu
losis. and 1 know it is my dutv to
vote that all this may continue.
l\\erv where 1 turn I find
thing that is good because of our
government, and as I luck thre?* lit
;le i hiblren in bed 1 wonder if it
v. Miild have been possible for t - to
l >\ ?? iai-ed three such strong li?*althv
youngsters had it not been foi infor
mation available because o( far
-i- '?! ?;! t at ? and national govrn
viful. \s I gi\e them their od
ni- ii! ki-se:?. tin* ?|uestion i.inn> to
I'l -. "Will \ u have a part in all this
?>i will \ou be traitor to \oiir hus
band. chihlren. neighbors, ami ? ?? ?d
government eyerx where?" \nd in
m\ heart I answer. "I II vote."
MRS. JOHN Dl \L
Cherokee County. \. C.
YOU NEED
GOOD LIME
AND PLASTER
Contractors and builder* who
have been doing the highest grade
of work tell us that they are pleased
with the uniformity and quality of
| the materials that we suppl). Our
[lime and plaster, as well as the
.other building materials we carry,
iare all of the best grades.
Come in and talk over your plans
.with us. We shall be glad t?> he of
help and give you valuable litera
ture.
I julf slock of build in l materials
and supplies carried.
W. M. FAIN GRO. CO.
1 10 1 Depot St. Telephone 101
MURPHY. N. C.
Everybody has a Hobby ? Ours is
' Service ."