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Established July 1889
Published every Thursday at Murphy. Cherokee County. N. C
WILLIAM V. AND EMILY P. C05TELLO
Publishers and Owners
WILLIAM V. COSTELLO Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In Cherokee County: One Year, $2.50; Si* Months, $1.50; Outside Cherokee County:
One Year. $3 00; Si* Months, $1.75
Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina as second class
matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Meditation
A soft answer iurneth way wrath: but
grievous words stir up anger. The tongue
of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the
mouth of fools pouretb out foolishness. The
eyes of the Lord are in every place, behold
ing the evil and the good.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life:
but perverseness therein is a breach in the
spirit.
A fool despiseth bis father's instruc
tion: but he that regardetb reproof is pru
dent.
In the bouse of the righteous is much
treasure: but in the revenue of the wicked
is trouble.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge:
but the heart of the foolish doetb not so.
Proverbs 75:1-1
Farm Meetings
Two meetings that will look into the 1953
farming prospects of Cherokee County will be
held in Murphy next week. One conclave on
Monday will look into the agricultural needs of
the county for the coming year.
That meeting was requested by the I S. Sen
ate and Cherokee County was chosen as one of
the counties to be used in finding a cross-section
of the state.
Everyone knows the financial importance of
agriculture in this county so there is no doubt
that bankers, local farm organization representa
tives and local business men will attend the
meeting.
In the Thursday meeting, extension market
ing specialists will look into the factors that in
fluence future prices. A discussion has been
planned in an effort to put an outlook picture
before those attending the meeting.
Again, the strong influence of agriculture on
this section will probably draw business men
connected with the farming industry plus Mur
phy business men.
Education Week
Cherokee County parents this week are look
ing toward their children and a group of people
who have a major role in the character forming
of those children. c
During American Education Week, the
schools put forth all efforts to get done in just
six short days what they try to do all years?get
parents intensly interested in their children's
school.
At the Murphy City School, all sorts of dis
plays have been set up, tours are being conduct
ed and programs have been arranged aiming at
the parents' interests.
Every' parent owes it to his child to take
an active part in this special week and visit the
child's school. While there the parent can es
tablish a better understanding between himself
and his child by asking questions concerning the
youth, his education and his school.
The school will welcome such interest, and
the parent will learn something he needs to know
and what is most important, the child will profit
from the visit.
Trade Week
Plans for the Murphy Trade Week have
forged ahead with the apparent backing of most
of Murphy's retail establishments and some of
the wholesale houses.
The plan is headed full steam for success j
because it is based on the idea of giving both
the customers and the retailers something to look
for.
The merchants are offering worthy prizes to
shoppers during that week. And because of the
prizes and special bargain prices, customers will
be in town during the period.
It is interesting to note that several estab
lishments in town that will receive no immediate
benefits from the Trade Week have supported
the project from the beginning. Those companies
have taken the correct long view.
They figure that the special week will breed
good will for Murphy and in the long run for all
business establishments in the town.
The prizes, parade, decorations and contests
planned for the week will cost the merchants
money, but it will pay off in sales and good will,
either during the special week or in time to come.
Looking
Over
A Four-H
Clover
By FRANCES PCETT And M. B. WRIGHT
-rriv-e in New York on Novemoer
11th. It is certainly going to be
wonderful to see America again,
especially North Carolina and I'll
add to the list?most of all. Mur
phy!!!
Dorothy Shields
As one approaches Tennessee
green pastures turn into gullied
wasting hillsides: green acres of
pine fade away. Desolation for
growing things. "Welcome to
Tennessee." The highway quickly
dips down into this land.
Turn right on the black topped
road; wind over exposed raw, red
earth and rot* crumbles; very
much a bleeding earth with gashes
open and unhealed. Undetermined
creeks?loose earth separating,
railing, breaking, washing away
several layers below the top soil.
One little hill past a few houses
stands a school, one room unpalnt
ed but neat, clean?our destina
tion. Out front is the U. S. Flag
waving in the breeze. At the door
is a porch of stone and earth neat
ly laid by hands of school chil
dren?a doorway, useful and
sturdy.
This is Wolf Creek A School
that we have come to In our jour
ney over 23 miles from Murphy.
Here is our 4-H club and club
leader, the teacher. Miss Maude
Coffins.
The meeting is called to order
by the president, each officer per
forms his or her duty correctly and
In order. Everything has been
planned and prepared for. Each is
in place with a job to do. Agents
and leader join in while the club
sters carry on' their meeting. The
pledge, a song, devotional, roll
call, minutes, and Imahom. The
group makes plana for a communi
ty project. Special projects are
explained. A closing ceremony for
the ofiftccis Is held.
AM in order and well planned.
A group that wanted a 4-H club. A
leader that visited each parent to
explain 4-H work and to get ap
proval for a club, advised mem
bers. They now have a club. This
la their second meeting. This is the
first time Cor tdOoota to ptodutin
duty, the masting la adjourned In
October 20, 1052
Dear 4-H Members and
, Others Concerned:
Goodbyes and farewells are al
ways hard to say and now it is al
most time for me to say my good
bye here in Holland. This will es
pecially be hard since I will have
to say farewell for gpod to many
friends. It might even be harder
than it really is if it wasn't that I
tvave already been almost five
months away from borne. This
gives me -very much to look for
ward to as soon as I have finished
here. Aa the time draws nearer it I
snakes me think about the things
I have done this summer and won
der U I have been able to fulfill
my mission. The Dutch people
have all been very interested In
our country, its government, peo
ple, our ways of life and many lit
tle things which to them are very
important It has been difficult at
times to try to discuss these dif
ferent things and show them all
in the light that they really should
4>e pictured. Sometimes it was a"
little hard to try to correct their
idea of Americans and their way
of living when they had formed
their opinions from what they
had only seen In movies and mag
azines Fdr Instance when they
found that I didn't smoke they
couldn't gst over the fact that all
women didn't smoke
they were quite surprised
they found out the Amerl
gtrls could eew and didn't
I arms a*cd,
"Well, an of the American house
wives base dMwaaihen. don't
they?"
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for ma to
I have
m NMMQ ? mi fMpM
1 pi
Hi
worthwhile. After I had lived with
my second family for five weeks
and was fixing to leave, me moth
er held my hand a little* longer
than usual and said something, I
thought I understood most of it,
hut to be sure I asked her daugh
ter what she said to me. Moor
said that her mother told me, "I
have always been sorry that 1 had
only one daughter but now I have
one in America and that is good."
This let me know that my weeks
had been worthwhile and it didn't
matter If they were over now.
All summer I have been trying
to think of a way in which 1
could express my appreciation and
thanks to you 4-H members and
other people who made it possible
for my trip. I keep thinking by
the end of the summer I will come
upon some way to express mj
feelings. Now the end of the sum
mer s here and as I look back over
the opportunities, experiences
and fun 1 have had I realise ever
more what an Impossible thing k
is for me to do. I will use the
words, "I certainly appreciate i1
all", but I hope that the actual
experience itself will express what
it has meant to me. We will prob
ably never know how much it hai
meant to the people here in Hol
land. It la my wish though that k
will help them to know the Amer
ican people better and know wt
want to be friends. Hie summei
has been one that Will be stored
up in my thoughts as a treason
of a lifetime. I have a deep dealit
that I will be capable of toarin]
it with other people and especi
ally being able to use it in my fu
Cherokee
Chatter
BY THE EDITOR
A Laboring man just doesn't get
a chance to enjoy the finer thinff
of life. While I was burled ears
deep In work the other day, LBOM
K1MSEY poked his heed in to In
vite me to a pheasant hunt.
Even though I was bogged down
with work, I still took a few sec
onds to say no and it hurt to pass
up the chance.
I understand Leon and EVER
ETT ENGLISH were going to
utart training two of Everett's new
pups on the hunt and I would
have liked to see their first out
ing. Of course, I would have had
quite a few things to say on the
proper way of starting a pup out
?something I know absolutely
nothing about.
Neither Loon nor Everett has
been back to report on how they
came out or offered anything for
the editor's lean table. So IT1 draw
my own conclusion.
FOOTBALL
But one outint I'm not going
to miss is an invitation from ED
and VIRGINIA HYDE to travel to
Greenville, S. C., for the Wake
Forest-Furman football fame in
a couple of weeks.
ED went to Wake Forest and on
'.he way to Greenville I oan show
him what he missed when we pass
through Clemson College.
I saw GUS WHITLEY taking a
busman's holiday enjoying coffee
ft the Cherokee Cafe the other
day Gus is a fine host and I en
joyed my first introduction to
Duke's Lodge last Sunday. We
saw DUKE WHITLEY and his two
pretty daughters. It takes only one
-eeond to learn that these two
beauties are the apples of their
papa's eye. And I don't blame
papa a bit.
We were able to see the lodge
and a good part of this area when
O. P. AND HOBART McKEEVER
took us under their wing Sunday
afternoon for a nice drive through
the surrounding country.
NO TV
We started the afternoon like
a good many people In Murphy
did, sitting before the TV set for
?'he football games before we rea
lized the power was off. Wonder
how many other in town did the
some?
I hated to leave the McKeever's
beautiful and comfortable home
but the drive was well worth the I
effort.
Still more interesting drives
through the country are in store
for me after a visit from S. S.
WILLIAMS of the Farmers Home
Administration.
He has promised to drop by for
me one afternoon when he goes
out into the area on some of his
calls. S. S. was mighty hetpful to
us during the past couple of
weeks, telling us about a house
for rent, asking me to the Civitan
meeting and introducing me to
folks I hadnt got a chance to meet
yet He reminds me of several
other people in Murphy who have
been so helpful.
SMALL WORLD
I sat opposite O. L. ANDERSON
during the Civitan meeting an
discovered he is a former Fuiman
student When be finished college
he taught school at HayesviUe.
While there he asked my wife's
father, the late Dr. Frank K. Poof
of Furman, to speak in HayesvilJe,
I learned during the evening. It's
a small world.
THE REV. R. DELBERT BY
RUM has given me the only lead
I've ever been able to assemble on
**iy folks refuse to sit at (he front
during church. He said in the old
days a lot of personal contacts
were made during services and
the ones sitting in front were al
ways worked on first.
For this reason, he said, folks
got accustom to I
the front pews. He pointed out
that the theory, was not Ms
Just something he heard. It
me until I bear a
The
ighllll JOHN JORDAN had the
right Idea. * waa his Job to
tha
So ha
Garden Time
BY BOBEBT SCHMIDT
When we plant our fruM garden I
we must not forget to Include!
tome grapes. The well know
hunch grape thrives In the Pled- 1
mont and Mountain areas of the j
state and as far east a? Raleigh
Fredonia fa a good early black
variety and Portland an early
white. Niagara, a mldseaaon white
variety is one of the moat popular
grapes grown. Concord and Seri
dan are mldacaann black varieties
that are not tea well atfapted but
are the best we bare for the sea
son. Buy well-rooted two year old
vines for planting Bunch grapes
are perfect flowered and. there
for you need not take precautions
about pollination.
Muscadine gnapes are native to
eastern North Carolina and may
be succesrfulty grown in the east
ern and piedmont areas of the
state. Scuppernong and Topsail
are good white varieties, Thomas,
Memory, and Hunt are good black
varieties of the standard musca
dines These varieties require
cross pollination by male vines or j
some of the newly developed per
fect flowered varieties such as
Burg aw, Tarheel, and Wallace.
The perfect flowered varieties are
recommended boause they bear
fruit in addition to cross pollinat
ing the other varieties while the
male vines produce no fruit at all.1
Why not plant only perfect flow- (
Ered varieties? Because the vari
eties now available are not of as
high quality as the recommended
standard sorts. In the near future
our plant breeders may supply us
with better quality perfect flow- ,
"red varieties.
?
Grapes bear their fruit on new
? boots coming out of the last sea
ion's wood. Older wood is of no1
value except to form the main
:runk or body of the vine. There- : ,
'ore, grapes should be pruned .
rather severely each year In or- :
ier to get rid of most of the non
productive old wood. Most of you ,
ire familiar with the old musca
iine trellis which sometimes oov- ]
?rs a quarter acre of ground. The i
vines on top of the trellis are two
jr three feet deep, mostly old. '
aon-produetlve wood. The fruit
hat is borne is found on the .
vounger wood on top of the trel
lis. Regular pruning each year!
would have prevented the accu
mulation of old wood and would
have given better crops of fruit
on a much smaller plot of ground. !
For complete Information on
grape culture write for N. C. Agr.;
p a rv: _ xr_ ova 1 '
Extension Circular No. 311 on
Culture of Bunch Grapes and No.
306 on Culture of Muscadines or
ask your County Agent for the in
formation.
Sylva Win* Title
The Sylva Golden Hurricane,
undefeated in conference play, is
now the official champion team of
the Smoky Mountain Football
Conference.
The Hurricane defeated the
Swain Hi Maroon Devils at the
Sylva field Friday night. The Dev
ils were the defending champions.
Learn to do your work well. The
other fellow has his own job to do.
29 Years Ago
in the
#rout
Twenty-nine yeaiw?aknoat SO
years?in January, 1033, the
Cherokee Soout we* concerned
wtth land condemnation suits, the
Increase of Christmas shopping in
the town, and the Blue Rids*
Senior Class banquet, as well as
the arrival at the new legislature
to the state coital
But, buMness was not so press
ing Shat it kept this bright little
story from making page one on
January S, 1033:
"The session of the County Com
missions was pleasantly Interrupt
ed Monday when John Love and
Alice Penland, colored, presented
themselves at the court house and
called on Rev. Gay Bryant, one
at the Commissioners, to marry
them."
Unpromising Material
Not to ft*al Peter Marshall'!
sermon, nor to spoil tout appetite
tor It la ease you do read It. but
just to explore the possibilities,
let's Imagine yourself passing on
the application of these men for
church membership. There Is Si
mon Peter Weill He Is s fish
erman and a sailor, and you know
what sailor's language la. some
times A man noted Tor talking be
fore be thinks. Not among our best
people (they would say in Caper
naum); lives down by the docks
somewhere, smells of fish No edu
cation. very limited background
Better wait. Maybe be could find a
little chapel down nearer his work
he'd be happier there. And then
there's James and his brother
John Hot-tempered and ambitious.
In fact so conceited they're bard
to Uve with They would certainly
want to be at the top?If thrones
are passed out they will want one
apiece In the front row If they
are crossed they are likely to call
down tire from heaven?not that
they'll get It. but that's the kind of
young men they are No. they win
be too hot to handle Let them go
Join some sect that will give their
emotions a chance. We'll be too
slow and too cold for them
? ? ?
fobodles
there Is Thomas, tor tn
Jost the epoetin of Peter. .
k cold, gloomy man. Takes the
lark view at everything. What you
want In the church is man at faith,
and this is a man who is sure to
be called the Doubter. Skepticism
Is contagious. ? we have enough
doubters now without electing an
other one. Let's leave him out
Then there is Philip, a stupid man
if ever yon saw pne. You can say a
thing to him over and over and he
still won't get It And Bartholomew
and Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus or
whatever his name is. and another
James and another Simon?their
they. Just who are they, the whole
!t.t of themT Nobodiee. that's all
rou can say. Can you name ooe
that has made a name for himself
outside his native village?or hi it.
for that matter? What have they
got te contribute? Haven't ere got
igh dead wood
In the January 12 Issue, 1923,
the Scout carried this story: "To
night. January 12, Mary Pickford
will play the leading role in
"Lovelight", a very charming pic
ture which will be shown at the
Bonita Theatre under the aus
pices of the Woman's Club for the
benefit of the Carnegie Library."
On January 26 a Hayesville fire
made an important spot in The
Scout:
"About midnight Monday night,
flames wiped out a large section
of the Hayesville district before
they could be choked with the
limited fire aparatus of the town.
Included in the conflagration was
the Winchester. Hunt and De
wees? store, the U. S. Post-office
and the highway commi sslon of
fice, including a lot of plans and
recojUs. The value of the highway
records cannot be easily estimat
ed. Other losses are placed at
from 10 to fifteen thousand dol
lars. It is not known whether in
surance was carried or not."
PTA Hears About
Education Week
Bob Bault led the devotional at
the meeting of the Murphy PTA
Monday night in the Primary
School auditorium, after which
the High School Chorus under the
direction of Frederick Schley
sang. "All the People Praise
Thee" from St. Anthony's Chor
ale. by Haydn, and a musical sett
ing of the Hundredth Psalm by
Mueller.
Supt. J. E. Rufty of the An
drews Schools, spoke to the group
on the theme, of American Edu
cation Week, "Children in Today's
World." The program .was based
around the seven object Ives of
Education Week, their Church,
their Homes, their Heritage, their
Schools, their Country, their op
portunity and their Future. He
was Introduced by Supt. H.
Bueck of the Murphy Schools.
Mrs. L. L. Mason, president,
presided. '
ICUrTUUi U.US.w H I?IIIt.
OHuTIO?*t acADINOi lata
IT the twelve Apostles wanted to
I Join your church, would you lot
them tn? Peter Marshall thought
not Books of sermons are often
dull reading, but Or. Marshall's
hook called Mr.
J CMS. Moot the
Master Is as (as
' lasting a book
as you are likely
to lad anywhere
One of his famous
sermons goo s
over an Imagined
application of the
twelve Apostles
for membership
In s typical
American church. One by one each
man Is rejected?all but Judas! As
a man of moony the church wants
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