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.Vrrila HEAL ESTATE,
-'"TVPTTY. TT."g.
Ho8Mi rcute1 aul rents ciluctod:
Coimty Board of Education.
MuBPiir, N. t, Aug..-l,.19JI8v
Ti the -School Cnmniitteftnen, Pa
trons ami "Tax: lV'rs of Chero-
irons of t(- -dntofuvfc.Vii'stncta 91 j'MiooU llian,from an'
ReiiUng monej'j aiiil ht m borrowing t '.. country. T!
some from tli e tHate antllie County jcliarcji
TJoard"- of ' Kducayoo 'aj.foprialing -eoaeati
some.
and tar.
ion ana
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children. . C""
of onrj luiKiit'g i school -hoiigt-R andlo .- be -4, ":t- I; - i'-J
i"i.(d thirt'ioa, siGOb,--fTlini itj will : : ' "
n t!iat'"iitMif -)f. having a nft
J. D. Mallcnee,
Attftrney and Cotitaselor at Law.
ZCTJEPHY. IT- C
(Jbsti-hmek I have real the let
ter published in This Scout, by
Mt'ssr8. A. Iice, W. J. Martin and
C. U. Hill, County Commissioners,
and circulated by them through the
mail all over the county. It is very
unfortunate that a controversy should
arise or difference exist between two
branches of the county government
and but for the fact that the letter
above referred to contains erroneous
statements which are calculated to
mislead the public and place the
Connty Hoard of Education in a
false light, I -would not pay any at
tention to the same. But 'as the
Comity Hoard of Education has done
nothing wrong or that it is ashamed
of, and in order that the public ma'
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VUJ nraotW. in' nil tli' MMtrts. All properly iniuniwi, m. ureiu it ...j
b'isintits entrust Vttv' me transacted duty to make a statement, and as tar
fSeneral l aw Pntie Investistion
teT Land" Title am! CoUttoiv made a
fepecmlty. Office iu court Imuse.
E. B. NORVELU.
r Attorney at Law,
HUBP2Y, - - C.
AH lulnea promptly attiirted to.
(office in the old banic building.
. BEN POSEY,
. Attorney at Law,
witli dispatch. Office in cmit kowse.
IV. At. AX LEY. '
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AUrneyat Law anti Keal Estac,
D? C. HE1GHWAY.
; JJCfvFHY", N. C
. Office oreJ. E. Faiu's store.
DR. IV. S. MCOMSS.
; Hesident Dentist,
muupiiy; n.c.
TAKE YOUR
rtTy'V'iL 45.'
I iSiBShr J
Watch and Jewelry Re
pairing to
REYNOLDS,
' The Jeweler and Optician.
Prompt and efficient service reason-"-
v , able charges.
1
that in doing so 1 will keep myself
free from any unkind expressions.
Under the law of North Carolina
the Cv.m'y Conuuissioners have
charge of certain affairs relative to
the governing of the county, and the
County Hoard of Education have
charge of the public schools ' of the
county. The duties of the' two
branches of government are separate
and distinct neither can encroach
upon pr abridge the province of the
other.
I have been a member of the Conn
ty Board of Education most of the
all limes I have had associated with
me honest, honorable and capable
gentlemen, who have at all times en
deavored to do the best they knew
tor the advancement of education in
ur county. We may not have done
the best at all times, for we are not
infallible. No one but those who
wkh the public schools of Cherokee
county for a period of nearly twenty
j-ears, I have been called upon many
times to make estimates for school
houses and"other buildings. I have
ever endeaYorcd"tobe economical in
the construction ,of these buildings,
and I doubt that there exists a school
house in the county that has been
built under the supervision" of he
County Hoard of Education that any
one can say has ccst an extravagant
amount. The County Hoard of Ed
ucation has ever believed that a
child in the "LITTLE COUNTRY
SCHOOLS" is as much entitled to a
decent, good, comfortable school
house' as a childin a town or city.
The parents and patrons of these
schools are willing to put their mon
ey into the house and it bespeaks
well for them that they are demand
ins the same comforts and attentions
for their children as the people who
live in a town or city demand for
theirs. V challenge any man to
bring just cause for censure because
the County Hoard of Education has
endeavored to give lh3 "LITTLE
COUNTRY SCHOOLS" equal ad
vantages with the children in the
town. In a number of places where
school houses have been built, yoa
will now find that religious services
are held in the school houses, where
heretofore the people iiher had no
house of worship or had to go -a
man comes n
TRY SCHOOL,
'that
MURPHY,
- N. C.
Murphy Institute,
Opens Sept, 1, 1908.
-A liome school for our boys and
krirls. Taught by competent. Chris
tian teachers. Rates kv, accommo
dations grood,' instructions thorough.
'Vhf school w ill be in cbarcre of Pro
fessor S. T. CRAIG and wife, teach
ers of loiifr experience. 1 ney win nve
i tH KchooLwithtbe pupils and irive
them their personal attention. Miss
8TOXER will asrain have
teUar?e of the music. Make yoiir ar
rangements to enter at the opening.
HOTICE,
Korfli Carolina Cherokee county:
. In the superior court.
E- C. Culberson v IX. C. Culberson.
By virtue of 'a decree of the super
omirf. of said couuty, entered in
the alwve entitled cause, ordering the
lands hereinafter described to be sold
o satisfy the payment and costs in
,..ui aiise. I.J. D. Mallonee, the un-
dRrsiirned commissioner, will on the
10 1 day of August, 1908, expose to
kij n.ft the ronrt house door in Miir-
i)hv the following descrilwd lands, to
tt it Tracts Nos. 72, TO. 91 and part
of lots Nor. 82,75 and 79, lying near
Culberson, which are particularly de
..iiul in deed uitule to A. M. Arp by
! k.. Dkskey d recorded in deed
iHwk T' pge register of deeds
v,!. tar Cherokee county, to which
farpw is hereby made for a fuller
description. Terms of sale cash.
- This July , 190."
, J. D. MALLONEE,
Commissioner.
NOTICE.
. Tttr rantual eonsent the firm of Hayes
A Loom is, composed of J. T. Hayes
fleo. C. Iioomis, doing business
ft Tmnotla. N. C- has been dissolved
J. T. Hayes assumes all liabilities and
will collect an aerus.
This July 30,1908.
J.T.HAYES.
GEO.C. LOOMIS.
ARE YOU SURE
Tht thm km mm yen bay ta trietly
PUBS I
Da ran know tktt th autkm' bimda
wen flea, file excluded tram the faetorr,
nd freesera and ether m tonsil kept IM
Senltaiy Condittoaf
Why take any ehaaee wken jemx fcealUi
la eeoeerned l Why sot
BAKE AND FRIEZE Y0UB 0W3 ICE CREAS
h 10 r.NUTES .
FOB. f c A P1ATE with -
.1:11-0 HE GPfl FflWffEJ
It la ao easy. Simply atlr eoatenta of
ooe le. package into a auart of milk and
f rsese, wHheat cooking, beating or the ad
dition el anything else. Tbi makes two
aoartaof lee eream,deaa,pnre and whole- -some.
A good- iee eream froeaer ean be
bought for a doll ar or two which will last
for years, and will aooa aave its eost.--
2 packages JELIr-O ICS CREAM Pow
der for 25c , ,
fhAmlafA Vanilla- Strata
lerrj.Letno d Unfavored. '
; 1 Sold by all good groeerss-1 . .-K -
1 -r, t t..J .'.!. O U V
v ins denesee ruro ruuu vv l nky, n.
they ' "nnot
be made capable of Snaking ai. good
wives and husbands and citizens .as
thoe who are reared in ' the towns?
Is the County Board of Education
to be criticised because it is under
taking to give to the country Bchools
the best , advantages in its "power?
Should it be partial and neglect the
"LITTLE COUNTRY SCHOOLS?"
The people of Cherokee county may
be in a sense a poor people,but they
arc a proud and independent, people,
and no one would dare let" you say
that because he is poor and 'lives in
a little country district j-ou are bis
superior. He may not be possessed
of much of this world's goods, but
he feels that his creator has implant
ed in his breast and m his mind.. as
high an order of love and integrity
as any one else, regardless of where
he may live.
I find that the towns are always
anxious to . go - 10 Ane
COUNTRY SCHOOLS" when they
can get good teachers and are will
ing to pay them good salaries. 1 be
lieve Prof.-Maun ey and Piof. Loviu-
good wese both reared m the coun
try,5 also Prof. Harwood and rrof.
Sneed, and I find that Hurphy has
engaged Prof. Matmey at a salary of
$85.00 per month and Prof. Lovm-
good aa first assistant at tTO.OO per
mouth, when -'last yeirf he highest
'assistant was only pail-IO.OO.
go to oe comtoriauiy
they were worshipping God.
Again, the. County Board of Ed a
cation has endeavored tcV'provide the
children in the "LITTLE-COUN
TRY SCHOOLS" and all schools
with funds sufficient to give them
cood and competent teachers. It
o
reaitdsiaglhltb .i..,, jl-.' -.....i .i',,,, ...
to so to be comfortably housed when I drews pays 1 roi.-aiurt uua iuu iu
per montli, and Tomola school paid
ProL Sneed" $55.00 per month last
year. Now,.are not the children in
the "little country schools" entitled
to good teachers, so that they can be
prepared to occupy a..-position, in
town or in .my school? Are you
ready to admit that your chi'dren
are inferior beings because they live
in "little country districts?" Is not
a boy who liyes in a "little country
district" just as much entitled to pre-?
pare himself to be sheriff, clerk, reg
ister of deeds, treasurer legislator or
judge,, as a boy in town? When
men seek office; do they only seek
the vote of the town people? Do
they not appeal to 'and solicit the
patrons of r the "little country
scLooIb?" Is it that we must ask the
"little country districts" for help
with their votes- and after we gel
them ignore their wants and needs?
Reverting to some of the figures
Bet forth in the letter of Messrs. Rice,
Martin and Hill, allow me to say that
at I he beginning of the last school
year the County Board of Education
had to its credit only $3,450.72; It
true that a tax levy .had been
made, but this tax levy did not begin
to come in until the latter part : of
October, and out of tjhe entire, levy
the board has received only $7,423.72,
have devoted their time and atten-l has not always been and is not now
tion to the educational interests of able to give to these "LITTLE
Cherokee county can fully appreciate COUNTRY SCHOOLS,", or any
the situation. No one but the board other school, as much money as it
of education can know the great and would like to see them have for the
many demands that are made by the I education of the '-children. Every
people from every section of the year demand is made upon the Coun-
county. It has ever been a source of. 1 ty Board of Education for more mon-
gratification to note that a great ma-1 ey to employ more and better teach-
orily of the people are deeply inter- J ers in nearly every school in , the
ested in having the youth of the I county. In a large majority of the
county well educated. We have! school districts in the county the
realized the fact that North Caro-1 school census will Bhow more than
ttna has for a great many years been 1 80 children in their respective dis-
far dowu in the column of educa-1 tncts. In every - district there are
tional advancement. This has al-1 some children who have" advanced
way 8 been a cause of much sorrow jbeyord the average young and inex-
and regret to our people, who have perienced teacher, and unless saffi
as much native ability and personal cient money is given districts to em-
pride as any people on the earth. I ploy experienced and capable teach-
From 1901, and ever since, a great I ers to teach these children, their pa-
advancement has been made in North j rents are .driven to the necessity of
Carolina in the cause of education, sending them to some town, where
The people from one part of the they have to pay for their board and
state to the other seemed to become tuition, or they will have to keep
aroused to the necessity of better them at home and let them remain
and higher education, and nowhere dwarfs educationally. Do you pre-
m ore so than in Cherokee county. I fer sending your children from home
With two railroads running into our I icr-procuie their education at a great-
county, which give our people easy jer cost to you, or having them edu-
access to the outer world and daily I cated at home. " ' . 1
tbrows'them in contact with people! I note that Messrs. Rice-AIartin
from every section of the country and Hill say "that Jfcl.75 to $2.00 'per
who are working in every calling of day of five' hours we think is very
lite, our people saw the necessity of good pay for 'LITTLE COUNTRY
having the youth of their county SCHOOLS.1" I know the fact to
prepared, in order that Uiey might I be that meu are paying $2.00 to $2,50
meet any condition that might con-J per day for men to handle lumber
front them, and to this end it is ab- and oxen. Are y6ur children worth
solulely necessary that our young j less attention than lumber ancLoxen?
men -and young women "receive an! Again, teachers are employed for
adeauate education. Five vears aero I ohlv four months and turned loose
A - - . - a rf - ......
a large majority of the school houses in mid winter without anything to
in Cherokee county were unworthy, do. Will you sacrifice your time is"
the name of a school house." The the teachers do theirs? C
patrons of the different districts in My associates and I were reared in
the county clamored for better, more the country, and although I haye
comfortable and modern school lived in town and" have all my life
houses, and within the last five years visited towns and been thrown with
there have been erected iu Cherokee people inhabiting towns, I have never
countv in the country school dis-1 vet found any reason why .a bdy or
tricts more than fifteen new school girl in a "LITTLE COUNTRY
Louses. None of these houses are SCHOOL," or a large country school,
t less than 24x3G feet. They are well j should not be given as full advan-
built and as comfortable as any house tages as those who live in town. The
in the county. "The County Board law in this. republic -of ours guaran
of Education sought first to give the tees equality to all and special privi
cl.ildren a good, comfortable house lege to none. Go to any city in the
iifwhicb to attend school, and next United 'States, today and you, will
to give them good teachers. These find among its progressive men more
bouses have been built by the pa- meo who went from the country
deducted 2 per
s commissions.
or
of North Caro-
patrons of dif-
f rom which must be
cent, for the Treasure
The entire generftwWooHf ud -f
the year 1907-08 amounted to only
$11,973.87. Of this amount $666.98
came from "the State
lina; $70 came from
ferent school districts "land these
were country - schools) for , libraries,
and S70 from the' State for libraries,
and $272.45 was received in ; fine;
for insurance' $200; and $7,243.72
from the sheriff, Ot the $11,973.87
there was paid to teachers $6,968.57;
libraries, $180; painting and repair
ing buildings, $296.57; repaid State
loans and interest, $70.99 (of which
sum $185.99 is , interest and $605.00
is 10 per cent, ot the principal); sup
plies, $8.2&: woodj 27.60 ; - high
school, $60; generate building fund,
$1,053.17; contingeiAV fund, 1,656.60;
(which inoludes 6S3.&J repaid sheriff
and 208.02 repaid treasurer, amounts
overpaid by them); .treasurer's com
missions, 209.30. I have deducted
the above items frora. 11,973.87, and
there . remains the sum of-722 61
There is due the general school fund
by the sheriff, 1S1.G0, and by schoo
district No. 10, Murphy Township,
115.12, .which leaves to the credit o
the general school fund on the first
of July, IOCS, 1!17:";, out of which
only had $418 73; It is true that
the' levy for 1908, as mr.de by the
Comity Commissioners on the first
of June, 1008, will yield approxi
mately $7,000, and' we may get $600
from the state, whilst the question of
tines is an uncertainty. But should
we receive as much from the state
and - in Mines as was received last
year, we would only have $8,329.43,
and out of this--must come, all con
tingent expenses, buMding of school
houses, etc. The County Supe.-in-tendent
of Schools informs me, and
his books bear him out, that the re
cent expenditure for the examina
tion of teachers amounted to only
$38.00. When we employed the
County "Superintendent last year, as
we have done heretofore, we agreed
on account of his taking the office at
a nominal sum '(which is not and has
never been more than $350 per year)
to allow him to pay experienced nen
to aid at the public examinations. If
any one will take the time or paios
to call upon the superintendent and
inspect the work done at the: last ex.
animation, they will see t1iat lt;woVld
require the time ot tne man for 20
days or more tocomplete the same;
and if any one will' take the pains to
read the school law they will see that
the' County Superintendent is au
thorized to call in experienced teach
ers to his assistance. Owing - to the
great number that took examina-
ViolTs last month they had to be di
vided into four rooms, in orderto be
given desks upon which they could
work. A large -majority of- those
who applied to take the examina
tions were young people just putof
school and making their first appli
cations, and the Board of Education
wish to give every encouragement
possible to young ladies and young
men lb Cherokee county who wish
to become teach'ers, so that the mon
ey expended for teachers can be
spent among the people of the coiih-
I -am informed that the County
Treasurer states that he did not
make a statement that the Board of
Education had recently paid . the
state $800 interest. The general
school law provides that school dis
tricts wishing to build new "school
nouses caniaorrow some money from
the State Xoan Fund on terras of ten
vears at 4 per eent. interest. Some
of the school' districts in the county
have', taken. advantage. -of this law,
and I am yet to hear any complaint
from anv source. Section 27 of Ar-
1 . ,
Iof the Constitution Of North Car
olina Bays : -"The people have the
right to the privilege of education,
and it is the dutj' of the State . to
guard -and maintain that right.
Section 3 of Article IX says: "Each
county of the State shall be divided
into 'a convenient number of dis
tricts, in which one or more public
schools shall be . maintained at least
four months in every year, and if the
commissioners of any county shall
ail to comply with the aforesaid re
quirements of this section they shall
be liable to indictment. : Section
4112 of the School Law requires'the
County Board of Education to make
an estimate of the amount of money
necessarv to maintain the . schools
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for four months and submit it to the
Board of County Commissioners, and
requires: the County. Commissioners
to make a levy , sufficient to meet the
demands of the County Board of Ed
ucation, in order that there may be a
four months school in each district
in the county. " The complaint and
demands of the -patrons of the vari
ous schooldhtncts in Cherokee coun
ty have been so frequent and press
ing for better'school advantages and
for. more and better teachers that
the County Board of Education tok
under consideration tho question
whether cr not it phould comply
with thewiihes and demands of the
people. . At the .meeting of the
County Board of Education, held on
- The Popular f5lmes
"-The SttleeRble Bhoes .
RED SliAL SllOba .ikw
:' no introduction to -the
cnp,tomftr who has oiicer
tried them."
.1
RED SEALS HOES al
ways make satified cuaf
torn ers.
IF the name RED SEL
is on bottom of. the shoe
satisfaction guaranteed.
RED SEAL on tha Shoe means s did leather, Jionest svork
.manship, absolute perfection in every detail. Do rou
" know why wo like .them? :
OUR customers demand them we must grant their demands, -or
else we must lose them. . .
IF you haven't been converted to the RED SEAL idea, let's
introduce yon.
CLOSING all Slippers out iit a big reduction. You'd better
hurry before your number is gone.
Store.
JULY BARGAIN SALE
THIS WEEK AT THE
1 Enterprise iillinery
Save money and have a stylish new hat. Just receiyed a nice line f
new hats. I will have more in Tuesday Merry Widows, Clayton bailors,
something new and stylish for ahildfen, call and see them.
I am offering the greatest mid -summer bargains ever seen in Murphy,
so come and get what you want. Parties owing me will please call and
settle their accounts promptly.
Mrs. IL P. Bowman has purchased an interest and will have charge
of t-he trimming department. She is an expert trimmer and has had long
experience, and the people ot Murphy and surrounding country now have
an opportunity to'get just what they want.
Mrs. J. H. Hall & Mrs. H. P. Bowman
- -ti- Tffq TT""TT"
: The word push seems. to acquire attention, Push is a
fine and strenuous terra, and is also suggestive of energy, en
terprise and a fat bank account. . -
We all aspire to be known as a pusher, but many fail to
be the real goods. The trouble seems to be that we Have the
wronV idea ot what constitutes push. For. instance, some
farmers-believe they show a pushing character by working'
themselves and stocK almost to a finish with an old- wornout
mowing machine. ' ' ,
We have a car load of the Deering
goods which We bought for V the, real
"Pushers."
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" Now, the real pusher is the progressive man who buys
and uses all the good new things who gets a Deering mow
er and "makes hay while the sun shines." ...
( Continued on page four)
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