Vol. XLIV.? No. 2.
Murphey, N. C., Friday, August 12, 1932
$1.00 YEAR? 5c COPY
equipment
INSTALLED BY
POST OFFICE
Uir?f$ Space Behind New Screen
Line Section and Methodical
A? Ser*ice
A complete set of new equipment
of into K?? ond screen line fixtures
havt- ju^t ??? ? ? installed in the Mur
phv p stoffice, and the office now
(Monies one of the most modernly
equipped -mall postoflices in this
teciivn. 01 the United States for
th*t matter. All equipment was built
and insalled in accordance with the
latest apr ?ved methods of the Post
Office Department.
The lobby of the Murphy building:
ha> been cut clown and arranged
methodically, to allow more and need
ed space behind the screen line, and
to expedite the traffic or customers
enteiing ar.d leaving: the building.
The difterent windows arc so arrang
ed as to let the customer transact any
ous:ne>s. -uch as purchasing stamps
and mailing lette'rs, packages, etc.,
v.ith the least possible effort and de
lay in depositing them in the proper
place-" whir; ready. And the individ
ual boxes on the other side of the
lobby, an : although the lobby is
much smaller, no box holder gets in
the way of those transacting busi
ness at the windows, and vice versa.
Two flat-top table desks are provid
ed for customers use, and two bul
letin boards are placed on the wall.
The inside of the building behind
the screen line is also arranged me
thodically. with the idea of keeping
incoming ;?nd out-going mail moving
in one dir.-. lion through the different
channels tor mail-working uppe'r
rac*t in t ? minds of the Depart
ment's triric experts. This allow
mail to In1 winked through the Mur
phy office with the least possible
handling and delay.
The finance department is separat
ed from the traffic department by a
heavy steel-wire partition, the en
tnuice of which is equipped with a
gravity-sliding door which locks au
tomatically This department con
tains the b u rglar-proof sate, filing
cabinets, stamps, money-orders, gen
eral delivery mail and a large locker
cabinet for keeping the stock, such
as envelopes, postals, printed forms,
etc. in this department is also lo
cated the desk of the postmaster
with a commanding view of all the
windows and principal working
stands in the building,. as well as the
tttrances and exits.
The equipment for handling the in
< ming and out-going mail is so ar
ranged that the city carriers, the
raral carriers and the elekrs can keep
out of each others way during the
time * f and when heavy mail-work
ing is a: its peak.
Nine individual lockers for the
jkvks ami carriers takes care of their
foats and hats and working clothes,
rtfle they are. on duty. A large,
kautiful eight-day clock adorns the
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|LAST RITES ARE
CONDUCTED FOR
ROBERT ALSTON
Funeral service for Robert Mills
Boston, 37. of Charlotte, was held
?vuseday afternoon at the home of
brcther-in-law anl sister, Mr. and
?S^5- C Mallonee,with the Rev. T.
? Higpins, pastor of the Methodist
wirch, in charge, assisted by the
tor. C. K. Turner, pastor of the Bap
?st church, and the Rev. John Carper
*stj>r of the Murphy circuit of the
ethodist ^hurch.
Alston died in a hospital at
tarlotte Monday morning: about 8
clock following an operation for
>P?ndiciti> and the body was
rought to Murphy Tuesday.
ne was born in Jackson, Tenn.,
Jt lived a number of years in here
_ Wre he was connected with the
Blue Marble Company. For
V e Past five years he had been a de
KlZner for the Carolina Marble and
tfanite Company of Charlotte.
?e is survived by his wife, who
^0re her marriage, Miss Ella
BJkk 0I* Earner, Tenn., three sons,
Kjb"y aKr0?! six. Tommy four, and
H* gene, six months, his mother, Mrs.
Alston of Murphy, and two
f*. Mrs. P. C. Hall of Asheville.
I"18* E. C. Mallonee. of Murphy.
? fibers of Mrs. Mallonee's Sun
J School class, the Character
IftS con^Posed the choir and
as flower tfirls. Pallbearers
.re- T. .1. Mauney, R. L. Harris. T.
? Axley4 Leonard McClure, R. B.
and H. G. Elkins.
afial was in Sunset cemetery.
I hi s Is Germany's Sole "lir Defense'
GERMANY'* sole "air def# i?se"' against the invasion of foreign military
planes consists of a rocket parachute signal device. The rocket 1* tired
in t lie proximity of a foreign plane that has crossed into German territory
and servos us hii order for the offending plane to land, whieh order !.e is
obliged to follow according 10 internal ional law. These signal-* have been
Introduced along I he eastern boundary between Germany and Poland.
SOME 1932 AMERICAN SLAVES
HUMAN INTEREST STORIES
Bmwnlee Prix
Slavery is unconstitutional nut ? A
larmcr and his wife owned sixty-four
acres of land on which there was a
pretty litlle white home, a stable, an
orchard e te., in addition they had
two thousand dollars in cash which
they had saved by hard work and
self-denial. Now this farmer and his
wife decided to buy a combination
house and store over on the National
highway. They found what they
wanted and paid fifteen hundred cash
down on that place and assured a
debt of seven thousand dollars, se
cured by mortgage on the new place.
Their daughter and son-in-law moved
into their old home. With the othti
five hundred dollars they bought
gasoline and groceries to -ell and
thought they could earn enough in
the little stoYe to keen up the pay
ments. They al~? listed the farm
for sale.
One day the store took in thirty
five cent-, but some days their .-ales
soared up as high as seven dollars,
but usually averaged three dollars a
Jay, n? t profits, but sales.
They could not keep up the pay
ments nM sell the farm so the com
bination store and house was .old by
the sheriff to the - an who held the
paper for three thousani dollars
cash. That left them owing this man
four thousand dollars. Then the
farm was sold by the sheriff for
three thousand dollars. Now they
have no claim on the highway place;
their home is gone and they still owe
one thousand dollars. That is just
about the price that two slaves would i
bring during slavery days. Of course
they can go into bankruptcy and get I
free, just as a slave could escape in- !
to a free state and become free, but]
that man and his wife are just as j
truly slaves as any slaves that ever ,
lived !
Twelve thousand banks have re
cently failed, causing many suicides
and financial wreck and ruin in J
every state. These banks weVe car-j
ryini^ "frozen assete" or commerical i
notes secured by first mortgages on ,
properties that would not bring the J
face value of the mortgages. The j
p'roperties we^e sold at twice their
actual values. Now if a mortgage I
on one property could not lagclly be j
transformed into a claim on any other :
property, such mortgages would !
never have beentaken. and the banks !
would not have failed. If such a law I
were in force that white slave and
his wife could 2:0 back to their home, 1
penniless but free.
There is nothing wrong with the
Constitution of the United States. I j
think it is just as truly an inspired
instrument as are the ten 1 onimand- ^
ments or the Sermon on the Mount
It was written, agreed to, and sign- j
ed bv providential men. It is the
pillow of cloud by day and the fire
by night that is destined to lead all ,
the nations of earth out of bondage I
I into the [)- v?mjved land of Liberty. 1
M r..ici v.-v provisi n- ?... man:
should he- the tyrant or the slave of
any man. Hie Constitution ure-sup
po-es equal and exactly just laws,
and J thiiik our ("'ooked state laws 1
are the trouble, the whole trouble 1
and nothing but the trouble with'
this country.
Quite often lately we lead that
thi- country need.- a strong man in
the \\ hit< House. I. ike cock.- crowing:
m the night moulder.- ?>: public opin
ion say, "Yt ,\ ST- ? WRONG
MAN!' Here qu tation from a
brilliant writer, which I clipped from
a daily newspaper r c-ntly !
! "Democracy i- .i g.., il enough tair
J weather government and ore which1
( is well suited to liit- genius Oi the
i Anglo ? Saxon, but wh.-. v >av >? per
ils menace the state a , >n('en:: at; -,n
v>!" power becomes imperative."
) He boldly recommend- putt:::;: a
dictator in the White House. First,
ja dictator w. uld have to muzzle the
press of the United State-, and muz
! *Ie the writer, provided his writings
j were contrary to the iron will of th^
dictator. Muzzling the press of the
! United States would he a simple lit
tle task like forbidding the Niagara
. Falls to fall. Dictators have very
' convincing arguments. One of
1 their most convincing is a quart of
j castor oil poured down the throat of
? an unbeliever by about eight giant
huskies. If that does not convince
him. then his arrest on some vague
I charge and imprisonment probably
i will teach him the error of his way,
I but if that fails then several rifle
I balls distributed along his spine, by a
milita'ry squad always settles the
! argument in favor of the dictator's
I point of view. A dictator would
| necessarily have to disregard the
! Contitution of the United States.
Instead of our forsaking the Con
I stitution and foolishly handing over
i our precious I.ibe'rty to any man, re
] say to judges everyfhereiinwey etoi
| regardless of his fair promises, why
j not correct our crooked national
and state laws so that they will hrx**
! monize with the Constitution. It
| woul take a long time to do this, so
: why not say to judges everywhere:
"Settle cases, not bv crooked laws.
? but strictly according to justice.
| "There is not a normal boy or girl,
| twelve years old, in this country,
i hat does not know ri^ht from wrong.
I Any judge knows rijjht f rom wrong,
' and doubtless each would be grateful
[ if he were allowed to settle cases,
j not by a crooked, prejudiced law. but
stiictly according to justice.
W e are entirely surrounded by tall
mountains of laws, nationel state, and
I city, and there is a living man who
! has not violated same of them?
I Theie are just about one hundred
I thousand volumnes of laws in all;
1 many of them are as crooked as ram's
Remember we take produce, such
as chickens, (fryers) potatoes, wood,
beans, etc.. on subscription, new or
renewal ? and we are not in the hab
it or reiusmg a little cash now and!
then. Check up on your subscrip- :
tion and if you are behind remem- j
ber that the editor has to eat.
Mt. Valley Creamery
Makes Good Report
For First 6 Months
The Mountain Valley Creamery, of
Brasstown, has just finished the first
six months of their year. During
the first six months they made 45,
893 pounds of butter, which brought '
into this section $8,869.68.
This creamery is run as a co-opera
? tive enterprise. They are not in
| business to make money as a busi
ness but to provide a market for the
farmers and pay as much as possible
for the farmers products.
We were told by the specialists
from the State Depaitment of Ag
riculture that a creamery would not
pay unless the production was at least
100.000 pounds ??t" butter p? ? year.
So from the above figui i - jou can
see that we expect to almost reach
that maik thi- year. Then just as
I soon as we do reach ihis amount
and we ;i"re able to show s- n < profit
we expect to allow the farmer.- to
benefit by paying, if possible. above
i the market price for their products.1,
So, if you are a stockholder or cus
tomer of this creamery. :t is, to your
'interest to help us trr.w so we can'
secure a better market foj* your!
products.
This association ttlso markers the
' farnu'rs eggs. and have ?old eggs dur-1
, ing the past six months to the amount
i of 95,050.00. This makes a total of ;
$13,919.68 brought into this section j
for eggs and hutterfat alone.
o ?
Hampton Vacation
School Closes
! The daily vacation church school at
Hampton '.Memorial closed Pi "i day
evening with a public worship pro
gram, the climax of which was the
presentation of the pageant. "The
. Challenge of the Cross."
A- great deal of interest was shown
in the school and we appreciate the
| co-operation of all.
The enrollment was fort-nine and
the average attendance thirty-seven.
RUBY M. BAILEY.
o
American Legion
Meets Friday Night
The Ame'rican Legien will hold its
regular semi-monthly meeting on
Friday night, and Commander Lov
ingood urges ali members to be pres-|
ent, as matters of importance to the |
ex-service men are to come up at
that ime. j
J. H. Christy's Father
Dies In Virginia
t T. J. Christy, about 65 years old,
father of former Mayor J. H. Chris
ty, of Andrews, died at his heme in
Emory, Va., Tuesday night and his
body was brought to Andrews for
funeral and interment Thursday.
Mr. Christy formerly lived at An
drews and was at one time editor of |
the Andrews paper. It is understood
that he died suddenly.
j horns. Instead of being perfectly
true and square, many of them are
| curved works of art. There are more
: than five thousand laws against cor
! corporations. Most of them were
I aimed at the Standard Oil Company
or big railroads, but they hit the lo
! cal cotton mill over the head with a
base ball bat. And they hit the lit
tle local lace or button factory be
hind the ear with a sulky plow!
If we could bum all the crooked
laws, and take only the straight laws
pnd boil them, and boil them down to
a concentrated essence, here is my
humble idea of what we would have
then, something that would be just
to the small and great!
An individual is free to do any
thing that does not infringe upon
the rights cf any other individual.
CHEROKEE IS
FORGING AHEAD,
FIGURES SHOW
Great Strides Made In The Values
Of Crops In This County
Andiews, August * (Special) ?
Che'rokee county agriculture h:i>?
made significant strides in progress
during the administration of County
Agent, R. W. Gray, who came to the
countv in 1925.
Figures indicative of what has been
done show that in 1925 the farmers
of the county were receiving a total
? f $20,000 a year fo'r poultry. Dm
ing that year through cooperative
marketing the profits on noultiv in
< reased '.?.000. In 1920-27 th.- total
of poultry I marketed cooper:9tively
had arisen to $G7,000.
When Governor Gardner's rural
survey wa? made it was found that
the county was spending the aston
ishing sum of $335,000 for feed ard
food. The item of hay, alone,
amounted to $200,000. The only
market crops were corn, potatoes,
beef, poultry, and rye, and *onie of
these in very small quantities. In
1929, the amount sent out of the
county for farm products wa- re
duced $35,OOo in 1930 it was further
tut by $151,000. In 1931, the
county grew the largest crop ? >t -
history which was generally di-'rtb
uted Throughout the range of nee.
sit iies which the people were ac
customed to purchase from oi ide
sources.
Sell Hug*
In 1928-29, $70,000 was paid to
Cherokee farmers for live hot:> pre
pared for the market at home ?;tid
shipped to the packers in other Mates
In 1925. there was no ? l:i ? work
under way in the county, Cherokee
county y- ung people have heartily
responded !o the opportunities of
fered in this field. There are at
I resent five clubs in the county with
a membership of 165 hoys and girls.
During the current year, t.he coun
ty has launched upon the greatest
farm program in its history. Th k de
pression has turned many families
l?ack to the farm and this movement
has been steadily encouraged. The
j county agent has been ctive in lucat
i ing those families desiring to get
started with a crop, and tLfimcs have
been found aqd supplies arranged
until crops began to mature.
Active In Relief Work
For the past two yeaVs, County
Agent Gray has been especially ac
i live in relief work which was neces
i sitated by prevailing economic con
! ditions. Mr. Gray has acted a< coun
ty chairman of the committee on un
employment relief and also chair
man of the. Red Cross in the Murphy
i area. Cooperating with these agen
cies were the American Legion As-o
i ciated Charities, and the church Mis
I nonary soci ? s. On account of his
, intimate knowledge of the conditions
i throughout the county, Air. UTray
j was called upon to give personal at
tention to the organization of the
welfare work and the distribution of
articles of food, clothing, and medi
cine.
In the Murphy area, the past year
a total of $2,131.50 was raised in
cash and commodities for relief.
Clothes were provided for 125 chil
dren; 375 families were helped; 200
days, work were supplied t o unem
ployment; yeast p'rovided in pellagra
cases; and garden and field seed were
furnished to those unable to secure
them.
Correlate Act?vitie?
The Andrews welfare board, th?
Red Cross, the Masons, woman's
club, and other cooperating organiza
tions in Andrews working as a sep
erate unit but corred&ting its activi
ties with the county organization
raised and disbursed in, cash and coni
modiies a total of $1,500. This
. amount went for food, clothing.
medicine school lunches, and em
1 ploymeni.
CheVokee county farmers and busi
i ness men are opening their eyes to
j the value of a progressive farm pro
gram. The 5-10 year program in
Western North Carolina is attracting
attention and renewed intrest in
farming and farm life is stirring
i throughout the county. ? A she v ill*
| Citizen.
Masons To Meet
i
There will bo a call fomnmnira
: ticn of Cherokee Lodgv Xo. 1 Ifi. A.
i P. & A. M.. Wednesday afternoon at
.2 o'clock. All officers and members
) ore urged to be present, as the Grand
Secretary of Raleigh will be in
charge.
E. O. PALMER, Secy.