Official {ft?an of Ifurjmy tod Cber
okee County. North Carobna.
Pt oLiSHeii HTUr rni uu.li
Altered in -.n* Poet Off:e? it Mur
pby. North Carolina as second ciaat
natter under Act of Marcn 3. 1897.
Victor C. Olm.>t*d Publisher
C. K Duiel BuOneu MXT.
HftdlfT Williamson Editor
Barbara Mrronry .... Serial Editor
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Where's Cur Share?
~ M : . ??-:
v.. t. * turn mnU h*d to work 24
ixmrt a i i
rnanci lor coito."'A pie aii-tur.t: re
cord tosh .1. num . >nd '.alue o!
hard money w? >*:. ?itn 1 478 -
Ms v. mp*re4 with the p:'
U? - ! Tift 74j m..v ' .a
Pot :m; m . .... .-a
.smaller *.
plentiful . . rr. " : .
Of lir.f ' rr ? jutp.jr *
ii ew coin.-, * n ? de:
drive Officiary Mi Rosi
attributes it to .ncrea.sed volume of
retail business. new aefen.se taxes
increase m State sales taxes and the
increasing use of -.lot macr.ine de
vices." The stream of jitneys pour
ing into juke-toxas seems to be baclc
vaahine clear to the U. 5 Mints
As to gains in retail trade, ali re
ports admit that they have been
pretty much centered in industrial
area-; where the bullc of the defense
drive spending was going Now how- i
ever, it is predicted that the situation
will begin to level out. is the flo*
of money spreads. This means that
our own section soon is to share in
the defense-bom propsterity.
It is devoutly to be hoped thit
this happy forecast comes true.
We've been wondering, for some
time, where our shajre might be
And we sure could use it!
Texas Longhom Turns
Into A Tarheel
Mr and Mrs. Roy M Ruffner,
have come to Murphy from Dallars,
Texas to visit Mrs. Ruffaer's mot
her. Mrs Mattie Taylor and have
found the mountains so delightful
that they intend to stay here. Mr.
Ruffner describes his reactions to
the mountains in a letter to the
.Scout, as follows:
Dear Sir:?Por many years I have j
wondered what the mountains of i
North Carolina looked like: how it I
would se?m to move from the plains
to the Land of the Sky. Of course
we have mountains in the Western
part of Texas; but they are more the
barren tvoe:?mostly sreat piles of
rock with crabby timber ant! very'
little vegetation. There also ar<: great i
plains, where you can loo'.: as far as
the eye ran reach, with your v.ew
obstructed by an occasional ranch
hous . oiu-buildings and a few trees
set out bv the rar.cher
In the Eastern part of Texas you
find pin" forests, great oaks, and
trees of mar.y other fchrls. with
saw-mills every few miles. Also there
arc ranr'-es of from i in-jr bund rrl
t/i thou; nds of acres, roamed by
white-fa -o cattle
On .rp rxturi'ri over the
entire State, producing the "black
itold" 'ha', sometimes turns poor
people into mlllionaries and some
times changes millionaires into poor
people.
But I started out to talk about
? Korth Cm.-j.m* Of counc .n the
fe m lay* Z h*v? 3?ea ."^rt I can
.?-arce;y t*?in to ?pprec.ate the
of tnis country It is itrante
to T-.?r to x-r u>: . x.njw from the
I ?idr? of hill? nulilM ??jmh. n* doirr.
. o i??r ?irea:n? 'hat ?-?-ai 'x> tx
? .-a* * num '.o . e it . u* s?a I
?.?.and ioo-. and marve. Z ?1
-r. i". have to p.r. : .T.yi*;f to vk :!
i IB iAjUf
T.-.ey tei: me the mountains ?re
. .Xv-r? b-aititu: .n ihe Spring
A . Z -in Spr:-..' you rot'.a
ho* 31?'
Z don know no? your fialung is
o- :_?><? Z ..a-.e r.;t >< go-ten my
..c?-r.-. We may fjii .r. T*xas
w.thout x license it at dc not use
Jures.
H ' - ver Z oel.e'.e :t ae great
v r. tr.t streams
-??tr. Z ii not <et a strike?
' .??:? me the fishing ^ good.
Z ...e so. ? a.-- Z .ntend
. .rens? ar.J nr.d out fo; my
. I .t. . ng ?. ?et a r.untmg
lice: :.*ot that Z air. ... J
great f ..-.mar. .nter bu" Z
1-iC-r ' t .'
Z >'? :p. .- .e. Z !.nd the:,
-i? r? V, ,, j . .rft* "? ...in*."
?ri?a: ... -mile :-ardv
*o ? . *he.r mountain
?>nd:*.r. - :.
Ar ... tli o * I 1:1-:' v..v
I not ...iv any - fm
n't ? cDmethm? ?oo**
o- au.v- :f he do sen *
A? arc* HnSy a?
^ :n Texa . t. .r.
15, and am mlyhty proua of tr.yt
:i State--out f:om now on
is goins to be in North
..r.a And you car. coir:t o . t.i;
?ir. - teady bo-.ter too:
wu; acrtpt me us one
L-se I totem jo '.>?
Tarheel."
Roy M Rjfin..-:
formerly Dalia T ::
NOBODYS BUSINESS
BY GEE McCHEE
SUNDRY NEWS ITEMS FROM
FLAT ROCK
i ?mr. holsum moore says he is pat
riotic and all that and that he is !
anxious to help the alleys as much
as possible, but he thinks his wife
went about 1 pair o 1 britches and
a suit of underwear too far last week
when she was gathering up "bund
les for brittamhe do not know how
| m the world he will make out thru
the balance of the winter, he hap
pened to be in bed with the flu when
mrs. moore was gathering up things
1 to be sent acrost, and that's why he '
i lost certain garments.
?the opperation which dr. hubbert
green performed on one of his pati- j
ents was not a suckess. but he said
it was not his fault, the said patient
had waited too long and had been :
taking all manner of pat tent medi
sons much to the injury of her inn
ards?befoar he went inside, of
coarse she mought recover, she was i
took to the hos-spittle after the first
set-back and she is getting along
smoothly at present., her husband
will not pay for his mistake, they
are saying that dr. green opperated
for the wrong thing.
?the german nastis and the it-lay
an fastists did not like pres. rosey
velt's recent speech, they don't won't
him to help brittiam. hitler mought
make a talk hisself shortly and con
demn it outright to his followers,
mussy-lena has alreddy spoke his
mind, that if. what part of it is left,
if annv. he says that he reddy to
fight the u. s. anny time, thart is
1 too Ivad imagine the it-layan
i fleet steaming up to new york bay
?nd rttackin? u". we hope it won't
I come to that, but we don't know
' piny other way that ill ducey can
I strike back, he's powerful mad at the
li. s. and grease.
I - ?
' ?mr of! rti tor plea*?- print i piece ]
1 about the draft and tell us how
j long it will befoar the rest of the
V;: '?nm fl-* 10C'< I? C?IleJ nr.
art square's son. 1. c. square, wants
to put in a crop and ask for govern
ment aid. but as he is a draftee, he
Is afeared that about the time he
eets his cotton chopped out. uncle
i sam will call him and he will lose
all of his work, plus the parrity. if
i the Kovvernment will send his check
! befoar he pitches his crop, he says
, he will fe?l better over i?, rite or
j foam
YOl' CAN COtTNT Mr Ol'T: I
DOVT LIKE THE GOVERNMENT
LEADER*
re are a f** d-*zer. pee\?d
ennat >r? ar.d .n "he
upper and lower ncu--'- :n wisruug
tor.. <1 c they cm : ?et over ;he
?lec*tior. nothing tha: the preaer.:
add-mtnui' ration doe suit?, them
and they are igin :t befoar 'he
question came* befaar them wi did
not think big men would be thai
little but such is the c?se ?o far as
-orae of them is concerned the only
emergency that face.s us no* is: the
dimmercrats are in power ail other
things such as wars and roomers of
wars is incidenti!, these are the
words of rev will wane
?a .T. ? rment :?> :. w on if}-. :r. flat
:o d? something for "r.e - *~.ri
-. r.na:oi - and con.-ressman mear.
.nu those that have chips on their
;!' ? ,.ad - jn: ? axis ' i.:nd
are a ting childish mr hoi
m m :e is ra: :n? a fui. 1 :o buy
' .en ? rr.--' t v?:- play sr. ..r.d .
,r:- .v:-e plamr.:r.g to ?end . rr.
Mme ill day seekers so's they v.i!i .
be too btzzy to pay anny at- r.'ion
t ??-..a- .? nn.' -.r. he they
wi: ... thing to do b it ? t and
? ir.: -quatt -avs.
Clf : ?lili . rirt 1 t ri SO - .... i :
their. id new dealiers rv.) them
th :. way m :vver w... -ni.-tit
down their little hair and pet their
I:"."!- bald-heads old donkey is a
rr.frar. old donkey and -hould not
treat our little mens ;o >3d mr
i -veil is acting bow sky-w wskv
he ought to ask permission of the '
. ing senna tors and congressmen
?that have been rubbed the wiottga
wa:- befoar he fcr:nzi any be
f ar them lookout mr. del'.ann r're
fcoogv mar. will jet you." mrs. squire i
i, ?o motherly?well. folk.s will be
like that when you put little mer. in :
big places they will still be little men.
if ycu refuse to play their way they
won't play a-tall. but mebbe the u. s I
will move right on and the defense j
program will continue to function ,
without the help of the offended fel
lers. it ia too bad the way they are
taking it. they won't even stand up
and receive it. mr. slim chance says
when he in a kid in school, he
found boys just like those "hurted"
politicians.
yours truhe.
mike lark. rfd.
carry spondent.
VENGEANCE CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Major Lunsford of
Peachtree were the Sunday guests
of Mrs. Floyd Rogers.
David Ownaby of Browns Creek
visited J. H. Lovingood Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rogers visited
Mrs. Rogers' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Neil Lunsford Saturday night.
Man Lad d and Hardy Miller were
visitors in Cherokee Saturday.
Bruner Lunsford and Ralph Wat
kins visited John Chastain on Satur
day night.
Jake Lovingood. Mrs. Bonnie Ladd
and son. Bob. Hardy Miller. Miss
Lorene Adams. Floyd Rogers. Ralph
Rogers and Mrs. Delcie Watkins
NICOTINE
th.?n the amo|? of the 4 other
lo/fieet ? vlllnit djarmw tested
? !??? than any of them?ac
cording to independent scien
tific tests of the smoke it*? If.
EXTRA MILDNESS, EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR
THE
SMOKES
THE
THING!
A fluMv Star on fee
E*?lyo Domin-Figure
tk*ter?Snappfd itSunViUtj
. .-:?d Mr and Mrs. Pearhe Luns
ford last Sunday
Ed.ar Ledford has been iil with
21u but has improved.
Ralph Rogers Howard Cloer. Eu
Roger- H A. Rogers Jr.. Clyde
L ::.*ood Eugeno Ledford and
Wallace Rogers attended a meeting
e homo ->; Lum Greene las*
.. ar.esdav nig:."
A Roger- J: visited his father
B. S-amp T -ver la.- Satur
day.
M. Ma a Lad and ? n Ken*
v. . ? .; M: Pearhe L .n-fo:d or.c
r.ight last week
Willard Lov ingot d :s visiting re
latives at Grape Creek
Miss Edith Queen has returned
from a eefcs visit with her sister
Mrs. H A Rogers.
- o
As he watched an automobile
!xed away after striking Michael
Flahert:- a fellow worker. John
Cu'.:.-.ar.a of Quincy. Mass. wrote
en.? number in a pile of di".
re-u'. :?.? m the arrest of George
Puop. : s
A jug of bootleg whiskey explod
ed -A:ien placed near a steam radiat
or. and blew out the wtnUows of a
police station in Chicago.
LAST CALL
The Board of County Commissioners
has extended the time for listing your
property for 1941 taxes until February
15,1941.
If property is not listed by you, or
your agent, a penalty of 25 per cent
will be added-and this penalty positi
vely will be collected.
List now, and save yourself expense
and trouble.
BOARD of COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
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