A "Yes*' Vote On The\\$190,000
Water Bond W ill Mean Progress
The date for voting on Murphy's $190,000
water bond has been set for November 22 and it
is now up to the voters of Murphy to turn out on
that day and vote "YES"' on their ballots.
A Yes vote will mean Murpfiy will get its
much needed improved water system and filter
plant.
We believe the majority of voters in Murphv
are intelligent enough to realize that the town is
at a critical stage as far as its water system is
concerned. We believe the majority of voters in
Murphy are intelligent enough to vote Yes for
the bond. In fact . the Scout believes there can be
onlv one wav to vote on the water bond ballot?
"YFS".
The Murphy Junior Womans Club has pass
A ational Newspaper
Week Being Observed
BY ROYCE HOWES
Associate Editor, Detroit t ree Press
Winner 1^5 5 l'nlti-er 1'ri-e for Editorial Writing
October I through 8 has been set aside as
Jational Newspaper Week.
Its purpose is to focus your attention on an
istitution in whose operation you have a vastly
greater hand than perhaps you've ever realized.
It is also an appropriate time to call vour atten
tion to an effort to deprive you of that hand.
The institution is your newspaper ? daily,
weekly or whatever.
Let's begin bv dismantling that term news
paper. It means paper, which, after due process
ing, comes to you covered with news. Paper is a
self-evident, tangible thing. There is no disagree
ment as to what it is. But what of news? It is far
less self-evident and deceptively intangible.
News, in fact, is all things to all men, What
it is depends on who is defining it.
And it is your definition, not the editor's,
which matters. The paper stays in business if it
does a competent job of fulfilling your defini
tion of news. If it devotes itself just to the edi
tor's conception of news, it soon fails.
When a newspaper man speaks of his news
judgment he doesn't mean his ability to deter
mine what really counts under some mysterious
process of selection. He means, instead, his abil
ity to surmise what you will consider news. How
good he is and how successful the paper is de
pends on how unerringly he can make that sur
mise.
All readers won't agree that some particular
item is news, naturally, but the editor must meet
each reader's definition often enough so that
every reader wiri feel he's getting his money's
worth when he buys the paper.
That is where and how you have such a very
big hand in determining what goes into it.
Now as to the effort to take this function
away from you. It lies in a growing effort by
people, who are neither editors nor representa
tives of the readers to decide arbitrarily which
facts shall be printed ? without reference to
what any individual might consider news.
These people are the censor-minded. They
appear in government and in pressure groups.
They include those* who try to conduct govern
ment behind closed doors and in secret places.
They are all those who would take away free ac
cess to information which the citizen, with his in
dividual right to say what is news, is entitled to
have.
What baffles and frustrates the editor in the
face of this is an attitude he not infrequently en
counters among those who are being cheated
of the right to decide for themselves what news
is. When he talks about freedom of information,
he oftens hears that what he really means is some
undefined special privilege of his own. He is
complaining, he is told, because his vanity is
hurt.
What he rails against is nothing of the kind.
His protests concern something he was never
vain enough to do. That is, insist on deciding
what news is without reference to what those who
buy the news consider it to be.
National Newspaper Week's purpose will be
?erve dif you, the reader, pause to contemplate
the big part you play in printing news and
whether you are willing to have that part taken
away from you. A sure way to loae it is to reason
thatwhe* freedom of information goes the- editor
's *ba only loser. You loae tar, far more than any
?dhor possibly can.
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ed a resolution in support of the water bond.
That club has been a leading instrument in
bringing about the bond vote. The Junior W'o
mans Club was the nrst organization to invite a
State Health Department official from Raleigh
to speak at a meeting. The club has followed up
that first step all along the way until now it has
?announced its support of the water bond.
Murphy's water has been termed by .officials
"unfit to drink," and it has been stated that the
supply should be condemned. That's what
State officials think of the water Vol- and
VOL R CHILDREN drink!
We all have a chance to change that situa- .
tion on November 22. And a "YES" vote will
do it!
reports from
OTHER EDITORS
tiOOD WKITKKS ARK REALLY XOT
ALWAYS <;COO SPKIJ.KKS
It makes sense that a color ? blind man woulJ
be ? mighty poor portrait painter.
Some folks we know have tried to follow the
same line of reasoning and riy that a man who
can't spelt would never make a good newspap?r
w rit ft
But that's where they're wrong. Some of the
most colorful reporters in the business wouldn't
recognized the unabridged Webster if you conked
them on the head with it. These folks have a flair
for language, though, and a gift for making their
writing sound conversational, just as though they J
were talking to you. 1
You've probably read some of their stories.
Mark Twain, to cite one newspaperman who is
much better known as an author, is reputed to have
spelled very poorly. That pioneer and publisher.
Franklin, is said to have coined the contraction "O.
K." because he didn't know how to spell "all cor
rect" and just made a bad guess at the abbre
viation.
Of course, there are some newsmen who can
spell, but you almost never read any of their stuff.
They end up correcting the work of their more col
orful cousins and writing headlines to go above it.
And while you can sometimes be vivid in a head
line, it's not the same as writing news stories.
Now, we'll just sit back and wait for a story a
bout a skilled physician who does a masteful hem
stitch on human beings but can't darn his own
socks.
The Forest City Courier)
MARS HILL OBSERVING 100 YEARS
OF SERVICE
1856 ? 1956. A century of progress and what is
more important, a century of service to Western
North Carolina. That is the story of Mars Hill Col
lege which opened its observance of its centennial
with the inaugural centennial convocation Monday
morning. The program will continue throughout the
year and will close with the graduation exercises
next June.
From the day it was chartered as the French
Broad Baptist Institute in 1856, down to the present,
Mars Hill College has had as its primary purpose
the preparing of youth of the mountain area to meet
the opportunities of a changing world. During that
"First" Hundred Years that Baptist institution,
which had such a struggle for the first half cen
tury of its existence, has touched the lives of more
than 10,000 men and women who have gone back to
serve as teachers, ministers, lawyers, businessmen,
and leaders as they helped to build a brighter life
and future for the boys and girls who call the moun
tains home.
It has not been easy. Before the college was 10
years old it was closed for two years, 1863-65, by the
War Between the States, its grounds were occupied
by troops, two of its buildings were burned, and the
original building was badly damaged. Too much
credit can not be given those men and women who
kept the light burning on the Hill, at great sacrifice
to themselves, through those trying years following
the war.
But that is past history. Today with 18 buildings
and 17 cottages and faculty homes, a property val
uation of $5,000,000, Mars Hill has a staff of more
than 100 and an enrollment of 1,100 representing 19
states and eight foreign countries. With a century
of service behind it, it will continue to grow on the
centuries that are to come. Their centennial an
nouncement says they are "Holding fast to that
which to good and reaching forth unto those things
which are before," Holding fast to these unchang
ing principals, with a willingness to work, and with
their sights focused on the future, they can not fail.
(Black Mountain News)
SMALL BEGINNING
A teakettle singing on the stove was the beginn
ing of the steam engine.
A shirt waving on a clothesline was the beginn
ing of a balloon, the forerunner of the Graf Zep
pelin.
A spider web strung across a garden path sug
gested the Mspearfon bridge.
A lantern swinging In a tower waa the beginn
ing of the pendulum.
An apple falling from a tree was the can ae of
discovering the law of gravitation.
If you think you cant do very much, and the
"ttl* that you can do is of no value, think on these
rroo? Pendleton Street Baptist
Onw?e, ?. C
Cherokee
Chatter
BY BILL COSTELLO
GOLFERS COKMCK
I I'm starting off with the golfer*
corner again this week although I
have not been on the course in al
most a month. After the "Corner"
I m turning the column over tc^
ROBERT U. BROWN of the Editor
and Publisher Magazine, who
I wrote a good feature in connection
with National Newspaper Week
Oct. 1-8.
I METHODIST CONFERENCE
| The REVS. ASMOND MAX
WELL and BILL ELLIOTT and
Lay Delegates TOM CASE and
FRANK MAUNEY went to Char
lotte last week for the WNC An
nual Golfers Confer? Oops. 1
meant WNC Annual Methodist
Conference. I wonder how much
work Case, Mauney and Maxwell
got done at the conference. Oh
well, maybe some of the meetings
were held outdoors r on the fair
ways, that is. Or maybe Brother
Elliott kept them in line and made .
them go to meetings. If they did- '
n't make him caddy for them!
NEWSPAPER PEOPLE ARE
HUMAN, THEY MAKE
ERRORS, TOO
And now Mr. Brown takes over.
Aviators during Warld War n
had "gremlins" that caused all i
sorts of trouble mechanically," and
sometimes did some good to high
flying planes.
Operators of machines of all 1
kinds, particularly automobiles.,
have noticed that certain types of
"bugs" develop in the mechan
isms.
Sometimes f-jmoers complain
of getting a left-handed monkey
wrench by accident. Some ball
players act as if they don't know
the difference between a left,
handed and a right-handed bat. ?
Newspapermen and printers are
no exception to the rule.
For centuries they have been
bothered by those pesky little
things called "type lice" that
move or. drop out letters in a
word and generally change the
meaning of what the man intended
to say.
You will know what we mean
if you have ever read a story that
said: "Mrs. Brown was the
featured sinner at the church
In the trade we call them,
dinner." Of course, It should have
been "singer" but those type lice
did it again.
"typos," for short.
For example, when the little
devil made one word out of two
and said: "Mrs. Robinson will di
rect the choir. Mrs. Brown will
beat the piano.
Another time a West Coast
headline declared "Strange Tail
of Missing Pair Solved."
And an ad, for which someone
had paid good money, said: ."Mod
ern Hotel. Reasonable Rata."
Sometimes, newspapermen
themselves give lice considerable
help in their nefarious business by
writing things that can be read
two ways. Such as the man who
wrote this headline: "Groveland
man is high In egg laying contest."
Or the one who wrote: "Christ
mas sale of Methodist women to
be held Tuesday."
The man who wrote "St. Paul
women are best sewers" meant
well and was reasonably accurate)
but he had to leave town in a hur- 1
And there was a mob scene
downtown in a Middle Western
city when the local populace read:
"Girls are wearing nothing but
cotton stockings for the duration."
Classified advertising is a great
field for this type of boner in
newspapers. For some reason,
someone always has a "room for
rent to unmarried girl with hot
and cold running water."
One of the rarities was: "For
sale, man's large desk, secretary
with drawers."
This one provided an air of my
stery: "Girl who persuaded boy
to take brindle bull is known. An
swers to name of. Buster and l?
black with whits chest.
This had an air of futility, but
left no doubt as to what he meant:
"Tor sale ? Baker's business;
good trade, large oven; pi ussnt
owner has baen in it for seven
years; good reason tor leaving."
One of the alLtlm classics ap
peared in an obituary column, of
all places, and said of the deceas
ed: "Noted tor Ida witty raurti,
he once offered this marriage ad
vice; "First find the giri with
whom you can live hi perfect har
mony and good win. Second, let
bar de as riae ylimi. Bis wMow
and atine daughters survive."
So you see. batmen those little
ITALKO'THETOWN
By Emily CotUllo
There are at least two types of stories that a newspaper can ex
pect to hear from the day after. (Well, actually there are lots of other
types, too. I But they are election stories from the past ? who beat
who by how much and dates of the organization of churches.
So, last week when we ran the story about the home-coming and
Ixivingood reunion time at Hanging Dog Baptist Church we knew we'd
hear from some other church with its claim to antiquity.
Actually Hanging Dog Church itself doesn't know exactly the year
of its organization since there are records with conflicting organization
dates. But It was around 1844 or 1840. (DON RAMSEY was telling me
this last week.)
But the thing that seems to bring up a question was the fact that
Don had thought the Hanging Dog Church was the second oldest in
the county. Valley River Baptist Church at Andrews being the oldest.
So. Friday morning MRS. CLARENCE KENDRIX from out at
Peachtree called to tell about the organization of Peachtree Baptist
Church in 1837 and therefore claiming fame to being the second oldest
church in Cherokee County.
At least they both agree on one point ? that the Valley River Bap
tist Church is the oldest. It was organized by George Washington
Lovingood, who also organized the Hanging Dog Church. He, by the
way, was Don's great-grandfather (and the- great-grandfather of several
other folks you loiow ? and. by the way, the great-grandfather of this
whole business of which church is the oldest.)
BEAUTIFUL, BI T SHOO I
This cactus (pictured at the
right), owned by MRS. C. W.
SAVAGE last week put out these
two beautiful, perfect, star-shaped
blossoms. A light sand color, with
a brown striped pattern and
brown center, the large blooms
are the first the plant has borne
for two years. Mrs. Savage got
a "pinching" of the plant from a
niece some time ago, and it has
thrived and grown to be a good siz
ed cactus now. Mrs. S. was telling
mo that dessert plants should not
be watered often, but when they
put out a bloom it is in anticipa
tion of rain. And so they should be
beautiful flowers ? their bioom3
watered freely when blooming.
There's only one catch to these
smell like a dead rat.
Scout Photo)
INSOMNIA
A new pair?of bedroom slippers at our house is keeping me awake '
nights. In the heel of each slipper there is a little footprint that glows
in the dark. When I wake up at night and look over the side of the bed
into those little shining footprints it scares me silly. |
Actually, it's a pretty tricky idea, the glowing spot, to help a sleepy
man into his slippers, if he can get his eyes open wide enough in those
weo hours, to see the glow in the first place. |
The little old man wha waited on me when I bought the slippers
said he had been in the shoe business for 52 years, and is about to
hang himself over the fact that he didn't think up the glo-slipper idea.
He told me that some man in England pattented the idea and now re
ceives 10 cents from each pair of shoes manufactured with the glow In
side.
1 HOLLYWOOD DISCOVERS WNC
Well Hollywood has been giving us local yokels a thrill here lately
?what with Grace Kelly, Alec Guineas, Fess (Davy Crockett) Parker
and Jeff Hunter and many lesser lights spending some shooting time
in Asheville and Clayton, Ga.
As you know, the Biltmore Estate in Asheville is being used in
"Hie Swan", which stars Grace Kelly. While over near Clayton Walt
Disney and his camermen are "bivouacked" shooting scenes for the
Civil War epic, "The Great Locomotive Chase" with Fess Parker and
Jeff Hunter.
HELEN and ARNOLD BEERKENS in Asheville a coupla week
ends ago sat right behind Grace Kelly in church and testify that she
is really very, very beautiful and gracious. If you don't take my word
for It. Just ask Arnold. " % i
And over In Clayton, u we drove through Saturday, folks were
packed around the little train station ? probably looking for jobs as
"extras" in the movie. I understand Disney is using quite a few local
folks in group scenes.
WHAT? NO RAT?
We happened through Clayton Saturday when we were en route to
Clemaon with SKEETER and JACK BOCOOK to attend the Clemson ?
U. of Ga. football game. I think several local folks went to that game ?
I know RUTH and KUTEN CRAVEN went down and Joined some
friends for the game? and we sat behind RANGER W. E. HOWELL at
the stadium.
?
While we were eating lunch at Clemaon our waitress ? a cute,
young thing ? asked SKEETER if" you went to the rat hop last night,
honey". Of course Skeeter looks young and all that, but let's face It,
Jack's no rat.
SOME TOMATO
MOZELLE PUETT brought fay a tomato last week that couldn't1
make up Its mind what color to be. The tomato grew on a Tine of yel
low tomatoes, but It was red all over except for a perfect pO-shaped
wedge which was yellow. R looked like a red and yellow beach kaO Us
coloring was so regular.
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THE CHEROKEE SCOUT
OHNkM Oonty: One Tear |U>0: ftx H-W
A Backward
Glance
i
1? YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct U, IMS
Lt C. Edwin Hyde, who recent
I ly returned home from Plymouth, ^
England where fee was stationed ?
(or several months, and has re
ceived his discharge from the
Navy, was the speaker at the meet
lng of Murphy Lions Club Tues
day.
Miss Martha Dodd of Atlanta
spent several days here last week
with her sister, Mrs. B. Q. Brum
by. Jr.
P. H. Sword and W. A. Brandon
left last Tuesday for a visit with
Mr. Sword's brother In Pikevllle,
Ky.
Mrs. George Mauney spent last
Saturday in Asheville.
JO YEARS AGO
Thursday, Oct. 10, 19S!>
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Love of
Asheville were visitors in town last
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Burns who
have been spending the summer
at the Regal Hotel will leave this
week for Lakeland, Fla., to spend
the winter.
Messrs. L. L. Mason and Boyd
Powers left Sunday morning with
two carloads of cattle for Lexing
tpn. Ky.
Mrs. Cora Young of Weaverville
has come to Murphy to spend the
winter with her daughter, Marga
ret. They will occupy an apart
ment at the home of Mrs. Ruth
Carringer,
Mrs. W. H. Murray returned
home last Friday from a visit to
relatives and friends at Knoxville,
Tenn.
SO YEARS AGO
Frtay, Oct. 19, 1025
E. C. Moore and C. L. Dobbs
were business visitors to Asheville
one day this week.
Harry Miller left the latter part
of last week for Atlanta, Ga.,
where he enters his sophomore
year at Emory University. He was
accompanied by his father, E. S.
Miller.
Miss Jessie Howell of Ball
Ground, Ga., spent the week end
here with her brother, E. L. How
ell.
Miss Kate Corn well, who has
been spending some time In Ohio
and midwest points, returned to
Murphy this week.
Mrs. T. J. Mauney, and little
son, Richard, are spending several
days this week with Mr. Mauney's
mother, Mrs. G. H. Haigler at
Hayesville.
Letters To
Editor
Septembers, 1M5S
Mr. William Coetello, Editor k
Publisher The Cherokee Scout
Murphy, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Costello: >
This is Just a word of apprecia
tion for your very Interesting pap.
er which I receive while I am ser
ving tHth the United State* Army,
in Anchorage, Alaska. Each Mon
day I look forward to receiving'
The Scout which 1s mailed to me
by my Father.
I enjoy reading about the acti
vities and events of Murphy High
School, most of all the football
games which the Bulldogs are par
ticipating in. I am sure the Bull
dogs will come out on top this sea
son and I wish the team the best
of success.
I Thanks to Mrs. Bud Brown for
keeping by Buddies and Myself
posted on the events in Germany.
There are. three daily news pap
ers here in Anchorage. These
papers can only bring to me the1
current events throughout the
world. Some people probably d? ,
not realize and appreciate, how
important a Home Town news
paper to until they are aWay front
ithelr beat*.
| I will be looking forward to read
tog more about the current acttvU
ties of Murphy High and the tot.
eat to Home Town news.
While serving with the Army
her* to Anchorage as Personnel
Sargeant Major, I hav* toamad a
l?t about Alaska and have vlsitod
several scenic places within th*
Territory, on* ptoc* to particular,
1 visited was Mt. McKtotoy which
to over 90,009 fast. th* htghMt
point on th* North Avwtoan eon
[ ttoenL We spend moat of our time
off her*, Hunting. Osbtog and be
lieve it or not a very profitable
hobby, panning for grid. This to
Jwt a few of th* any things that