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Page T wo ^ " ?ljp (EJtrrnkr? Official Organ of Murphy and Cherokee County, Xorth Carolina r - . ! PI HUSHED EVERY FRIDAY Entered in the Post Office at Murphy. .Xorth Carolina, as >ci and class natter under let of March A. ltt(St. SAM CARR . Editor fj. A. LEE Owner .1/.' : SUBSCRIPTION PRICE <j One Yeai SI.00 Six Moifih> .50 ] Payable Strictly in Advance ' ' Legal advertisements, want ads, reading notices, obituaries, cards of thanks, etc.. 5c a I in ? each insertion, 1 payable in advance. Display rates furnished on request. All communications must be signed by the writer, otherwise they will not be accepted for publication tl Name of the writer will not be published unless agree- (| able, but we must have nam of author as evidence of a good faith and responsibility. Murphy. North Carolina. Friday. August 17. 1934. SPIRIT I AL AID EOR THE PRISONER tl Captain Dan McDonald, prison evangelist, was in o Murphy for a few days the past week to interview some ii of the local prisoners, and in public announcement brings b the situation ami attitude of the prisoner and the law "Ninety percent of our prisoners are coming out of ^ jail some clay to make citizens", he says, "and unless they have a moral touch while in prison, which the stute j does not now afford, they will come out no hotter than ^ when they went in" Mr. McDonald, for years. In- been travelling all hi over the South primarilly. and other parts of the country, f; visiting jails and talking to prison officials. His yearof study of the spiritual reaction of the prisoner gives the at general public a view of the arrested man's character that '? is often misunderstood. B <?i After ail the pi SMinrr i- human. Ollcn lone sen-j . es tenees. backed by th?* cry of "'punish him", merely swings the attitude of the prisoner to one of revenge rather than correction. ^ Such a case was exempli! in! in career of crime of ^ John Dillingcr. who ii?-t ad ol :eeeiving corrective punishmenl in lii- early arrests, look s, in view of life that launched him inl? crime bent on "revenge". Hevenge foi we know not what, \eitlier did Dillinge: know, bui lie left .1 p.,tb oi de-:i netion tital the iinal lakinu of bis HS . ' ol life can not justify. loo many have been left Itomeh and i>aienlb'ss. and too manx want to be like Dillingcr. " 1:1 Captain M< Donald -ay- the criminal come.- from ^ the Mum* and that i- wheic the Chun-he- and teinperanee oi "anizations -houlcl direct their work. Pick up j the waif- of the street and teach them, show them ilie light, and the country's first step against crime is taken. We were much interested in his answer to our ' question. "W hat is the attitude of the condemned man mi |I,I> r IPiggQ^lt v.... .iu puunc nriK'i, condemned men do not fear the Lord as much as they do death *"" \!i they want i> somebody to do something lor them", he said. ~n With an attitude like that, the whole purpose of the fa electric chair is mistaken. Fear of the chair should he an example to gther potential criminals, but our crime fo waves increase rather than diminish. if Captain McDonald s idea that prisoners in jail ea should icceive spiritual guidance, is one that should not wl he slighted. Make the prisoner see where he has done he wiong and have him try to correct his faults and the pur- h< pose of jail has been served: let him believe that he is being dealt with harshly and he will take up the sullen, m sulky, "revengeful" mood that so often spells disaste; th when he gets out. pi Captain McDonald is against capital punishment bt and long sentences meted out nrmrdJner i?... r.?i? _ ???..D tv niv tan uuuiks. ti He Irelieves it is better to deal sentences according to the lawbreaker's attitude. An indefinite sentence, he he- re Klievcs. is better than definite sentences. in Years of travelling and talking among the country's a Criminals have given Captain McDonald a wealth of in- D teiesting views on the life of the criminal. tr He has learned to understand their position and th their thoughts. He can tell by their attitude, what kind h; >f a citizen they will make when they get out. th The work that he is doing should be aided as much d( as possible that our country might be safer to live in when the criminals gets free. ta m OUR NEW TARIFF POLICY fit A clear outline of how the American government ex will go about creating new tariff policies under the act he of congress placing the tariff making power entirely in of the hands of the executive branch of the government, is ag contained in the recent address of Claudius T. Murchi- co ' Hie Cherokee Scout, Murphy, North C THE BRIDGE OPENING Tuesday an elaborate celebration was held here cele-. rating the opening of the new bridge over the \ alley j iver. The new* structure was built at an estimated cos! of 16.000, and -er\?s to eliminate the narrow, wornout tincture that has been there heretofore. \\ ith a walkway on one side, the new bridge is one f tin most attractixe in Western North Catolina. and will rovido a great deal of relief for those who have had to letour around through Kaetorytown and Booger Hollow. In inviting highway and state officials here for the pening celebration. it is hoped that favorable sentiment kill be created among that body to show them the town ml county is ready to cooperate with them in an way hey can and at any opportunity. The local Lions club should be commended for the riterest they took in making the celebration posible and h" sending of the invitations. The Town council and he County Commssioners have helped a great deal long this line. i SXAKEBITES AXD FAITH Everyone has been particularly interested during be past week in the condition of the Holiness preacher f near Sylva, who allowed a rattle &iakc to bite him i the hand and then refused all medical aid to prove his elief that Cod can cure ills if He sees fit. Naturally such a view is indirect contrast with the hole of social structure. If such he the case there is o use, then, to have any medical profession or sources f cuie in any form. While arguing the more physical point of view lere are several angles to the situation that have a great ea! of signifiancc. Is the fact that he has improved .... .. i _ I. . * u? in iu> neariiness as an out-ot-doors mountaineer and us become immune to the bite of snakes, or is it really lith? It has been argued that the captured snake struck all kinds of objects and bad probably spent its poisouus venom before striking the preacher. We are not prone to look so lightly on the science r medicine. The medical profession is one of the oldt professions in the world. It has been practiced for ' ;ars and years. Although all operations and relief administered rough medicine, may have been predetermined by the oly Powers, we believe a sick peison would really do ell to* go to the doctor. Belief and Faith arc wonderful virtues, and in inances have been known I?? save the lives of people. But ich thoughts should not be allowed to lake the place common sense. 1 brougbout tin* Bible we have instances wheie healig and soothing, medicines were administered tie sick, pparciuly during the present day the medical profes- I on has held on to lives tli.M i.thcrwic i ! >((?_> mnr ncVll | istl( is tin- same old argunum: ?f the real and ih I >i: itual. No one knows lor sure. 1 But we shouid look the medical profession as a cans of curing in connection with faith than to disre- . ird it altogether. } >n, director of the bureau ol foreign and domestic afir^ ??f the department of commerce. Heretofore the tariff has been much of a political i iotball with all rates being set by congress generally * 'ter long weeks of heated debate. \\ hen the republics have been in power, the. tariff wall has gone up: 1 hen the democrats controlled congress, the trend has 1 en downward. As a result our foreign trade has been mdicappcd by a damaging condition of uncertainty. , The new reciprocal trade agreements act takes tariffaking out of the hands of congress and thus permits e president, with the aid of the various executive de- , irtments, to develop a tariff policy that will not only ] free from partisan interference hut will be based upon 1 scientific analysis of economic facts. The act marks still another important phase in the i lation of the American government to foreign trade 1 that it specifically recognizes that such trade must be two-way process in order to be fundamentally sound. 1 irector Murchison points out that while "in all foreign- ' ade transactions at least two countries are involved, 1 e exports of one becoming the imports of the other, we ive. hitherto proceeded on the bland assumption that e promotion of export trade was a matter entirely intpcndent of all considerations of our import trade". In order to assure the non-partisan naruTc of the new riff policies, they will be subjected to supervision by any government agencies. The president will have the 1 ual say, and next to him will be a group known as the ccutive commercial policy committee, which will be ] aded by the tssitant secretary of sta'e and be male up t representatives of the department of state, commerce, Ticulture. the treasury, the AAA, the NBA, the tariff ( arolina | LET'S TURN BACK b \ - _ _ _ A- - _y_ " ^ B40 YEARS AGO In The Cherokee Seoul) Mrs. J. S. Meroney and her daughter Mi sMaud, are visiting friends at Qgieeta. Arthur Gurley. of Gaddistown, Ga., i-> now visiting his uncles, Gurlej b'r s., in their store. Harvery and Samuel Hughes, o] Atlanta, Ga., are spending several vve^ks in town wii.i their mother. Mrs. F. J. Axlev and little, boj after spending several weeks with hei parents, left Friday morning for hei home at Statesville . G. W. Candler, after spending i week with relatives, returned Friday morning to resume his duties as posta clerk between Atlanta and Charlotte Mrs. V. H. Olmsted, Mis Myrtle ant Master Carlton, who have been spend ing a fortnight here visiting relatives left this morning for the sea shore where they will be joined by Mr. Olm sted. 30 YEARS AGO In The Cherokee Scout) Mrs. Gusie Dickey, of Ranger, spen Friday in town. Dr. F. A. Stiles, of tTnaka, was < pileasant caller at our office the Pas week. Miss Maggie Hackney returned yes terady to Blue Ridge, after a shorl visit to t?he editor's family. W. L. Fain, of Atlanta, accompani ed his little daughter, Dorothy ant little grandson, Edgar Dunlap, arrived Thursday night to sepnd avvhih with relatives. Quite a party of Murphy peoph left last Tuesday for the St. Loui Exposition and are now having a goot time. In the party were: Q. J. Gur ley. A. A. Apple C. I). Mayfuld, Dr 1. F. Abernathy, and son, Boyd, Mrs J. II. Dillard, Miss Margaret Bell Miss Bertha May field, Mrs. W. H Woodbury, Misses Stella and Grac< Woodbury. 20 YEARS AGO In The Cherokee Scout) Rev and Mrs. C. H. Ycarby visite< Blue Ridge, Ga., Tuesday. W. H. Woodbury, of A&hcville, wail busines visiior here Wednesday. E. B. King of Robbinsville, was : pleasant caller at this office Wednes day. 1. D. Bry.-on, of Bryson City, \va; h. re the firs: of !..e week attending y urt. G. U. Akin, of Ranger, and J. J Buirell. of Marble, were agveeabh jailers at this office Saturday. Mrs. P. A. Reid, of Marion, is tht ?uest o I her father, Col. L. L. Wither ;p?on, at his home in this city. 1. M. Martin and David Kidd. ol Ur, r\ * "nccta section, were pleasunl s it this office Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Spicy oi ounersv.lle. are the guests of th formers sister. Mrs. Frank A. dark 4*hIrS;?J?hn Clark and daughter oi isheville, are the guests of the form rs mother Mrs. Nettie Dickey " <PemS aL,n?jh;J?h??n' ?f High Point Emily Nelson h with Mis, own t bemft cnroute to Duck own to visit relatives. Mrs. Alfred Morgan left Mondaj For Atlanta where she will spend t month with her parents. R. R. Gibson, wife and son, lef Tuesday morning for av isit to Hen iersonville, Carleston, S. C., and othei points in the south. 10 YEAR AGO In The Cherokee Scout) Mr. J. F. Palmer and family, oi Franklin, are visiting Mr. Palmor'i brother of this place this week. Mr. T. J. Hill, of Greensboro, hai >een in Murphy the past several days Mr. J. T. L. Hartness, of Minera Sluff, Ga., spent several days here he first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Cooper anc laughter, of Miami, Fla., are visiting dr. and Mrs. J. H. Brendle. Friday, 'August 17,1934 II STORY'S PAGES ... I Mrs. Harry MoBrayer and children, I I >? Anderson. S. C. are visiting ], r H , parents* Mr. and Mrs. G. \V. Candler. I Mr. Edgar Harshaw fl Newport New, Va., Thursday after fl pending several days parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. McD. Har- fl C haw. I Mrs. S. S. William- returned to her ? I h me in Asheville Sunday after bar* I .1 ink spent several days with her par- fl I ents Mr. and Mrs. A. McD. Harshaw. I r Mr. and Mrs. Herman May and I friend, Mr. Frank McDonal I, of Knox- I ville, Tenn., returned to *%.tir home S * Monday after having spent several fl days here with Mrs. rents, I Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Richards n. 28 Mr. Henry Harshaw returned Sun- fl day to Atlanta, Ga., H Mrs. Ociev Zimmerman and little I ' son, Charles, are visiting relatives adn I friends here. 38 Misses Mary and Wilma Allison, of fl Sylva, who were the gests of Miss fl Carrie Ferguson, n turned home on ?3 1 Monday. H Mrs. Lillian Bryant, of Dalton, Ga.f ? * returned home Tuesday after .^pend* ing several months in Murphy srith 5 her sister, Mrs. Grace P. Cooper. | Miss Martha Candler 1 ft Monday fl ^ for Asheville where she wil 1K<? lUou.se guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne I Beechboard. H * Mr. A. D. Stoner, of AshevilU, I " cpent several days here with his broth er, Mr. J. M. Stoner. || Mrs. J. iW. Thompson and daugh- ffl ? ter, Mary Lou, and Mr. Bob Barclay j| ; motored to Atlanta Thursday for the M 1 week end. I Dr. J. O. Nichols and family of I Etowah, Ti-nn? are here several days this week ivisiting friends and rela tives. BRIEF NEWSITEMS I The Graham brothers, prominent j Mecklenburg dairymen, report high ly gratifying reuslts with alfalfa a? I a dairy feed. H ? , ? 9 More legumes are being gr \vn this jlj year than ever before. Extension t Service Jeaders recommend legumes . for acres retired from ett< . acco, I wheat or corn production. I The entire State is becoming "rural r electrification conscious.** Groups 8 ot farmers from numerous comnmni- N ties are communicating with D. S. 9 j Weaver at State College in regard to 9 electrifying their home.--. I > I ClllK Cx~ I ?- < viucii ijiagc ! Home Garden Contest A fall and winter garden contest, v with- cash prizes to the winners, will be conducted this season by the State College Extension Service to stimulate " more merest in farm home gardens. ? Any farm home garden in North Carolina will be eligible to compete lor a prize. The enrollment of eon testants, to be made by the garden . leaders of local home demonstration clubs, should be completed by October 1, as no entries will be accepted after that time. 5 (Women wishing to enter the con. test must begin their planting in August,. said Miss Ruth Current, district home demonsraton agent {it State Col r lege. The conest will start October t 1 and continue until next .March 31. In each county the contest will be under the sponsorship of the county t council of home demonstration clubs . and the garden leader of each local P club. The gardens will be graded on their efficiency, as indicated by monthly records, and on a short article written by the contestants regarding the garf dens. Pictures may be included with 3 the stories. The efficiency will count 75 per cent and the article 25 per cent in scoring points, s The highest score in the State will . merit a $20 prze, with $12.50 and $7.50 for second and third prizes re1 spectively. In eacvh county, the firs* \ prize will be $5 and the second prize $2.50. Prizes of $20, $12.50, $7.50 and | $5 will go to the county councils with , the largest number of members com- ^ pleting the contest.
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