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Wednesday, Dec. 30, 193 THE CO E. R. THOMPSON "Cooperation is a voluntary art, and all the powers in the world cannot make it compulsory; nor is it desirable that it should depend on any power but its own."?Dr. William King in THE COOPERATOR about 1830. While experiments in cooperation and cooperative organizations date oack to the activities of savage tribe? all over the world, the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in England was the beginning of the standardized cooperative movement as we know it today. Before the organization of this , society the condition of the weavers of Rochdale was pathetic. England , was in the throes of industrial revolu- , tion and there seemed to be no hope for these people but to accept wages which would hardly buy their bread, and after a life of toil to end their days in the poor house. Most progressive movements are , born of adversity. When something has to be done to preserve iife itself men will act together for protection, war. revolution or to establish a new social order as happened in this country in Revolutionary days. The situate ?n in Rochdale was ripe for revolution of the most violent sort. However these men saw another way our. They had been exploited by industry and bv traders?rh?>v nv.?M themselves become industrialists, traders and even capitalists by group action. They would form a society which would eventually own and operate banks, stores and mills. This group by united action would take ; over the functions of the captains of industry. Overambitious? Perhaps, but they 1 made a start and in the process < j, Wi * : I lllttftVJhT.lttt : yppf i n nrc^ A 1 1 ? ? v.wnngO LU nil f as We Welcome 1937. J. B. MULKEY : f ^ . m 11 ]V1^,, J -f in on ' i*ia^ cvciy ciciy or I >7_}/ |( bring better things for you i WALTER COLEMAN ; PHILCO RADIOS ? FR1C.IBA1RES 1 Easy Washers Battery Service v Murphy, N. C. BUS SE We operate through bus servi< to Chattanooga, three round trips < tj# Knoxville and at Chattanooga for ?j. to Asheville with all connecting b Y to travel. Serving all intermedial CALL PHONE 9113 FOR S X Travel ] $ WE SELL TICKETS AP SMOKY MOUN '4 "ON THE SQUARE" % trXrXr>++< 6 The Cherol OPERATI blundered onto principals of successful cooperation which have proved a guide for successful cooperative societies ever since. Their first step was taken only in an effort to make their wages go farther and to give them capital with which to proceed with their industrial ventures. They would pool their money and cooperatively buy the sup plies they needed for their own hornet and save for themselves the merchants profit. After more than a year of saving, twenty eight of them had accumulated a sum of 28 pounds or a little over $10.00 and the experiment was started. In 1844 they opened a small store in an old warehouse with a <to,k of oatmeal flour butter and sugar. They bought their supplies from their own organization and at first left the savings in to provide more capital. Times continued to be hard but the founders were loyal, they walked long distances to trade with their organization and by the end of the year had a membership of seventy four and had done a *otal business of approximately $3500.00. In 1934 the society had 44.000 members, a capitol of $2,755,340.00 and did a business nf $3,192,220.00 From the founding to 1934 the surplus savings distributed to members on a patronage basis amounted to nearly $2,000,100.90. Their success was encouragLOWER MARTIN'S CREEK Old Mother Goose paid us a visit Saturday and left plenty of snow. Those that have been on the sick list the past week are: Frances, the ; baby of Mr. and .Mrs. Charlie Carrng 1 i-r; John, the little son of Mrs. Bell Henry and Harley, the baby of Mr. I ind Mrs. Willie Phillips. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Styles were the i ruest of Miss Maude Carringer Sun- ? lay. Mrs. Pearl Phillips was the dinner c ruest of Miss Maude Carringer one 1 lay last week. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Gus Gibson spent I nost of last week with the former's J nother, Mrs. Bell Henry. c The little infant daugriter of Mr. S nd Mrs. Carl Cunningham who was c hree weeks old died Sunday at 11 c 'dock. It is survived by its parents nd one brother and one sister, Dale ^ nd Olive Margaret. f Mr. Alfred Gibson of Gastonia is h pending the Xmas holidays with his h ather Mr. L??n?-h WOLF CREEK ' Christmas passed very quietly in \ ? ur community. There were a few i ocial gatherings to break the mono- J any. Miss Pauline Burgess just ? rom school at Graysville. Tenn., with f cr brother. Wayne, and two of her ? chool mates: Miss Geraldine Thomas f Okeechobee, Fla. and Miss Mary J look from Columbus, Ga., gave a C arty to a few invited guests, after j | everal games, which all seemed to *1 njoy, a curtain was drawn back and ij here was Santa Claus in the per- J on of Charles Morgan all rigged out ? n furs etc., and a well loaded Christ- | nas tree with gifts for all. ? Miss Doris Cone, teacher of the n ieventh Day Adventist Church school J lere returned from spending the holi- ? iays with her parents in Boston, (la.. | iunday noon and took up her work new Monday morning. Miss Ruth Davis and her, brother, J Jalnh wKft " ??<r an^nuing tne .\loun- ? aiii school at Fletcher, N. C., reach- | d home late Wednesday evening to * pend the holidays. k Mr. and Mrs. Howard Garren left * lere late Wednesday evening with j / >rof. and Mrs. Roy Jorgenson with \ heir three children and Mrs. A. T. < Twoirrbly and baby, Tommie all of t ''1 etcher. X. C., to spend the holidays ' vith the three women's parents in / Gainesville, Fla. \ Mrs. Carl Simonds who has been * seriously sick for several weeks died ( RVICE .{j :e:?Murphy to AsheTille; Atlanta V | daily, connecting at Cleveland for A , 1 points south and west; Atlanta o 1 us lines anywhere yon may want X , :e points. o J iCHEDULE AND PRICES. ? ] By Bus J; \ IYWHERE IN U. S. A. j; j TAIN STAGES j MURPHY, N. C. $!' tee Scout, Murphy, North VE WAY m ing to other struggling people ana | they became a center from which cooperative thought and education went cut to the whole world. Conditions began to improve for the ; weavers and they even began to enjoy some few luxuries. They were j better clothed and it is even said that ! they looked better. They did not ! accomplish all their, aims within theii own society but they started a great movement. Some statistics of the Cooperative Wholesale Society of Great Britain will illustrate something of their success. This Cooperative Wholesale Society has palm olive estates in Africa. It owns its own steamship lines. It has purchasing offices in the large commercial centers in all parts of the world. It is the largest single purchaser of Canadian wheat in the world. Its flour mills are the largest in Britain. It has 139 factories and productive industries which produce nearly a hundred articles which run through the alphabet from automobiles to yeast. In addition to these it owns 34,000 acres of farm land in England and tea plantations in Celon and India. It has the largest tea business in the world, the laqgest shoe manufacturing business j in Great Britain and are the second largest producers of soap in the Em- . pire. The Rochdale Pioneers built better than they knew. early Sunday morning. She leaves tllinurn U..- U..cU I ... 1/v .-I'll r HVI liUPimilUi MA ' children, 1 boys, Howard, at Ft. en- , ning. Ga.. J., Kenneth and two ? girls. Frances and .lean. They range . in age from 5 years to 18 years of j age. She was laid to rest .Monday afternoon in Macedonia Baptist ] cemetery. Dickey, Anderson, Chast ain of Copperhill, were in charge of . '.he funeral. \ Mr. Major Stuart who was reared j n an adjoining community, in the ? due of Georgia and a son of Mr. and ) Mrs. Dave Stuart, was instantly kill ?d in an accident while working at his \ ather-in-law's grist mill near Copper- j lill, Saturday. He was caught in a ; ?elt while crashing some feed corn. J Vhernathy and Sons were in charge *\ f the funeral. He was buried in the I; ialem Baptist church cemetery* Mon- j lay. The Rev. Jesse Ballew conduct d the religious exercises. *) A very Happy and Prosperous New *j "ear for the entire Scout family. rom the editor in chief to the most 3 tumble reader, Is the wish of your *j nimble correspondent. .] o } A New York City ordinance pro- 4 ihits taking news papers into parks 3 or the purpose of sitting on them. " i ? i 1 SE^ i ' As you 1 I Mo\ & pi i ior i I | Citizen Hi Andrews and Mi i Carolina 1 k New Year's Day is only twenty-four t f hours long but our best wishes go with f you all of 1 937. I | WHITAKER'S BARGAIN STORE j j '{ "The Home of Good Merchandise" Murphy, N. C. i * ^ I I wmA r* *5* ' I Y I s eg s o n's | | i *mb W ^ n i I [Cheer W| I ? We approach 1937 with optimism confident f |j that it holds new hopes and greater : ! prosperity for everyone. S - | I i I MOORE SUPPLY COMPANY I : ' Murphy, N. C. | J I am >o^0i| S' fEE/M* I face 1937? I v you have our sincerest wishes | 1 iealth, Happiness and Success. ? "HAPPY NEW YEAR" | Bank& Trust Co. 1 urphy North Carolina ^ , M s
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