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II SCRIBES AND il
| PHARISEES :|
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|; WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE ! =
Eai i~i*i ?*i n i'i ;*i n ft ftfiiYfifii i; ? ii iThiT .1I iTi iir.
Co^riithl, lO?i. b> u?e U.tomii>*u I'v
I I'S > a little towu lu thrt part
H 1 of tin* country ca. .til tl?e \Y>-?t
by tho.M? who live east f t e
All--'amies. and r? i r red to h v.
sis : .leu East" by loose w!jo dwell
vest of the Rookies. It is u country
town where. u> :'.e song gin's, ""j- n
knew everybody at ! tiny ?i kn ?w
you' nut! the country uewsp ; t-r lee
Is the s<u ,ai clearing house
In our little now jper otilre we ure
III: r.-porters, and ... know : :.y i: '
iiu <- thi:-;-< tibou: people that we '
iw; I "int.
As the merest incident of t' d. y
?rlnd. it unit- to the t f *
la. -a- tor v. h . a a
announced w-lth f it viu i . of rejtret.
20 years of faith.:.! ??t\; md that
his wife sold the heiaesti ud t > ffiuke
his shortage go* d.
Though our loathed but e>t?*euie.j
oat temporary. tin s ?. - i - .a
<>T our town as ,iU. >. mid cul.s
the marshal hleT .. polio ." we ur*?
none tie- leas a autry U . t: Li.*
hundreds of tt? k:ud. our little ila.'y
newspaper is equipped with tyiu-N-t- '
tiiii f - h'v -? and . |>r L'ol 1: j u
Vf?b per - r>JC press, j,t It ) * > a
country new -.paper, ? ' k-an\
we refuse to put on airs. ' ?f
curse. we print t- < ui"'.--ruo. : Ass
ii ted Press report "U Ur-: j a,-e.
under fitrtna! head* nad v.. ... ^uio
pretense >f d!gn:->. but ..at : - pa.,
Is tl?e parlor "f tf r pnj <-r, u .1 .? a*
inos- .*? -r# eou?fi:.!'or. > *. : .1 '
other page* t hey ; -u., J la
<ttir shirt slaves. t: ... by
ihelr first nnaie*. ? ?.:?* Us* ; * .1 a 1
g'rl* c . ; :b?*
pompous rueu-.t>?ro -j: Ui?* >. :j4i- > UU
straws fr r? tiuie to ti;--. ad
?Ut Tie family ** < :> ;s .,f tb rot- -U
olt.v without iau'i. rr-r: 3 for tie fcv.iii^s
of the w;*r i us
Nine or ten tiijuaaud peep*-* !n ::r
town c<> t'> be.J . :. 31 k'.ad :' mental
pnbuluin. st? 1* . try >wu cl?? :>
Hi! ? er The I":. Stat-* a ad alt!
.l^ii < do Tl> . ::: '-at it i * lo
ful, we li ?-r 1 that It cl<#fs i. t
hurt t' e:n. . > by pokii'tf in. !
f?iu at tl. *! ?. ? 1 a p ?
?we make It 1:. " d: ' -ult 10 m.i.u
tilhi !;? *;? . . : e
tondi-rs w ,.?1 . > . . >!j. r iy v
prlu'itt^ th uovts of t' at
hap|H'ii!i, supprev* ; ihi: - "CHnlaccount
of tin- re-.; dty <f the i .
Lth-s ? ..!!.'or:. . may pri \. t ?. ...
ev'.l d l*r - ' . "i t. r
plna?, 1 ur tiif.** is inert i:j.-.? uro, tin:
we do n.-t set it l"VMi t our credit
What we ma 1. s ii.:t :u prim : -
rowr little country d?i ? '.
scribes, t'ro::: -?* end ?' 'be Wor.-J to
tLi > r, get " tt. .?ur s! are ? f
f'ljj i' '" .1 Y? I' _* ti!*"?1 " IIO
pass f s : 1 : *h ef i: "i' '< > our i:o.h r*
as we . m spare.
w 1.' re i only ->
or !!..? baker's w: 11, att-t where
L ;."si S In tile the , a: ' r-" ' !*
ll creels, .* u rea- 1 -'?" > '>
(Iwc l'-rs slioirid assume ' :it w?\ u"'
natives. We have !!< l w?.rth
r. 'V.l'.i i tsvi- that > 'iui- > { us est
era s burr r "r's" a . ? r dr.-jan
asloiml tlnitl ' 1- yu wil
find t' t all the ?h'u.s a h- rTlstMl .n
the hacks >f the Uii.iZines are n our
houses and that the young men In ur
! - .1: in'.ifhr v .tii
their Its ' a the
aan.e p- r u.rs tha*
hoys are wh> c u. N'1 . I'* i"tland
San Fran-.-' r New or:.:u.<
that saine evening, uur g'.rls are tin >r
jc? i r.-ua ' > u; rrsdOs
from ' r 1 > ho&ch to loir,
zjtfrd's hay In Th- fall r.r-1 winter,
these K fhl of the I*:st
Ulili the state universities of the West.
\W take all the beautiful gardeo
ruu-az'nes. and our terra-ootta works
v.? h we pronounce "vahze-" you may y
).? sure?fur f.rtaal gardens. An*
thousrh we men for the miwst n?r? r"n
------------ our
own lawntu vers. and personally
lvx?k after (he werk of the college boy
wb" takes care of (lie horse and the
cow for his room, st:!! there are a few
of us proud and 1 aughty creuturea
who have automobiles. At the tlowei
ptfrade In our own little town last,
October there were ten automobiles,
in line decked w -h paper fl-overs and
laden with pr.*:ry airis in lawns and
dimities and linens?i no ugh as a mat-j
ter of fact most of the linens were
only "Indian head." And our particular
little country paper printed an
item to the effect 1 at the real * . ai
lir.e of cleavage in the town lies not
between Hie cut :1 s"f and the dev
"N otees of hnnd-pahited china, hut be 1
tweeo the real i> 1 iiity who wear pen
tiine line- and the base Imitations who j
wear Indian head.
In some towns an hem like that:
would tnnke poor e man. but we have
JBur people trained to stand a g?x?d j
Seal. Tl:.*y know that ;* cos" th
five cents a line for car < of thank,
and resolutions of respect, so the\
never bring tbem in. T! - > know that
our paper never permits "one who was
there" to report social functions, so
that dear old correspondent ha--. resigned
. and because we have insisted
for years ou raaldng nn item auou. the
first tomatoes that arc served In sp.Ing
at any dinner or reception, together
With rho cost per pound of the toma
. ?>Jjc U ? kJ LcwO?? UkU. to OU4 |
.
Q I
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attitude and does not buz* with Indignation
wheu we poke a risible finger
at the home-made coouuuea of
the Plymouth Daughters when they
present "The Mikado** to pay for the
new pipe organ. Indeed, so used la
the town to our wajs that when there
was great talk last winter ubout Mrs.
Frelingheyson for serving fresh strawberries
over the ice ?. roam at her
luncheon in February. ! st after her
htisbat!) had gone through, bankruptcy,
she culled up Miss Lariahee. our society
editor, on the telephone and
n*ked her to make a little Item saying
that t! ^iruwberrn-s served 1?n Mrs.
F~e! g' ... -on at her t chr. ii n era
t. t fr? . hut merely sum dried This
we gladly and ; r rd-sJ her recipe.
So. : tally, v st our it-va ! ii,j
to es*. - \ v \o: .1. . ut- has
grown !ri the \ , : whieti 0*tr p?*?>
p'.e un i . - hut ohi* l? iike all
other family vernacu I a ra?Is Creek ?<? j
v. < ti e : lh ? ne -qr:
"Mrs Merr - getting ready to
]C -I a to t' o N us. Ji;::r l.r> *"
T . t ' : t mecn anvil tig. utiles*
y ' !' :t Mrs Merrtt
-j Bo*; fern 'n
: ! '\v Ik pnpr'y
' ' ' ;;f : , dd-ng with Ut
' 'v the M:a?
Item w.'-jld 8pt?';tr thus:
i g the wed.
N?: t. .;i a ; ! Mr.
< ! '!n* ' v i>f the
[bride's parents. Mr. and Mr*. T. J. 1
N . ? li - ?:r- J IS"
A t 'v e.l
to : . . - . of Mur?f
j -:>.**
' f drii
or - - - ' In w? feel < - t ?
*..> if t; r ?*\r: ^ Uorn?l'?n 'fiat
tl > the . af;er
r- " - . ; \ h? ' "
i f : . nage w '.r'l
in uhtt wo
cul i. r ;In? in ??t imfHT
> . 1 j J" > >VH1
W ' _ .. 1 'I. n I ; - W n
t i w ..co- two n
Clrt# ;i T-, ; ja> :iw ?J : S a *? ? ? .C*
? prevailing price ;*
three In t;'-pj l! circles the most,
n i
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jwwrjpn l
pilMLMI
fEZISraOSSs
Suppressing Nothing "On Account
I Ccnc?
lmporterr person:- '< .T ?!. rkley, I
political -*tlv>si? the in-*t . wr:u- t
personage is Charlie II*-Jr. k, who
knows the railroad attorneys at the
capita, aud always .-an g?*t passes f -r
the county delega'Un to the state conIventionj-ln
the railroad yard the m.sf
Important personage ?? ?hc division
superintendent. win. smokes ten-sent
cigars and has the '> "room with a
hath" at the Hotel M.tropole. Hut vrltlT
us. In The publication of our newspaper,
the most Important personage In
town Is Marshal Furgcson.
If you ever looked out of the cnrwlndow
as IJ^S pushed tlir r.-h town,
you undoubtedly saw him at the depo'.
walking nervously up and down the
platform. peering into the fares of
strangers. He is ever on the outlook
f r crooks, though i thing more violent
has happened In our county for
v->rs than an as- .it and battery. I>al
.MArsnai Furgeson never re:.r??iu.>!?? >
his w a ten. In winter, clad li. '.is h. a
uniform and campa.m hat, he Is a fa*
miliar figure on our streets; and In
summer, without coat or vest, with
his blir silver star on which is stamped
"Chief of Police." pinned t-- his suspender.
ho may he seen at any p
where trouble Is least likely tfigS k
Out. He Is the only man on (he town
site whom we are afraid to tease. Idealise
he Is our chief source of news
When we particularly des're to
pl?nse him we refer to him as "th-*
authorities." If the Pa'.ace grocery hn?
been Invaded through the back window
ana * tx?x or ping t I acco stolen. Mar
shal F*ni%;efon la delighted to rend in
the pnjHT that "tic iifltcrltl a w
an Important c'e and the arrest rr?v
be expected ar y ;no." If,? "tl-V
authorities." If "Uje authority hui.
their eyes no n certain harder shop
? Sooth Main v;rv t, which is sup
i .>> <
. V A
THE CHEROKEE SCOUT
posed to be <3olns a back-door bee*
business," be again la "the author!
ties." and ccnteuda tbat the word
strikes more terror late the beans ol
evil-doers than tbe mere name. Marshal
Furgeson.
Next lu rank to "the authorities/
In tbe diploiuutlc corps of the ollice
come our advertisers: Tbe proprietors
of the White Front Dry Goods store
the GoUlen Eagle Clothing store, au>!
the Bee Hive. Those men csa couu
nearer tv dictating the pajH-rs policy
than the bunkers and politicians. wbt
ure supjH?*od to control country news
papers. Though we are charged witl
being the "organ" of any of half a
dozen politicians whom we happen t<
apeak of kindly at various times, \vt
have little real use for tiollilrLius In
our ofhee. and a business man win
brings in CO sr TO dollars' worth ol
advertising every utouth has more lu
fim are with us than all the politician!
In the couiity. 'Hi.* Is the sltuat' >>z
In most newspaper offices that sue
ccc-i. and when any other situation
I rev alls, when |K?lltlciuns coutrol edl
t.?rs. the new p:.,.v.*s don't pay well
in. ' sooner "f later tbe Ittlciaus nr?
1 ankrupt.
Tl:? <'Tiiy person 1n town whotu all
the : t?-r :>nnts (! -' ( its to poke fun at
!- V ? Vrlvti Mall Order IVtrU
I* i scri\ ?i<* e<M|ger who buys every
ant ? >-*?? 'he* he cwi hrtv *
; uln ? :.eap?-r ; bau the uier
.iut sells It. He Is u hard-worktng
iciiu. to f.tr :is th; t goes. r.n*| so stingy
t hut he ims been incased of gv !J|
! '. r.r. t> .. - ?...
slioi ? Wlicn lie Is nick he aends oul
of town for patent m<v!loin??. and '??
t<-ii y? s !.. nr.rk.-1 Iti hi* tnjrk c<-.r<J.
u AM' and droughts. bus*
m. ! t ... t" ayvt* somothlr.c ilkr *
5. dollar*. whi.h ho put la p
iuit'1 order bunk !n St. I^wlv When !f
f. ..-1 I:.- mnnM T the fellow? uh.i
tultt*-J Mm ?f lil? Jo**, and *aM.
com* oav P*> eu^y !"
A few \. :.rs ?-o ho aahserlb*^ t<# a
matrix -ir.al p:ip"j iu(l on? day he
api^-ared at the office of the p-obale
Judfe v.trli k null or?Vr wife, who,
when th? hi-d b-r-n married a few
\e*rh. * -it ! ?u ?*phan a*?lut? and
*.1'. y iI order baby. ^r hue Lad
. -i.< V r ' rj? rt w ith Mall Order
l'e:rl?? i ml b*- has become s? weed tc
it tb;t In- ltke< It.
ud this is the material with whlcbj
we do our dsj'a wortr?Mail Order
Petrle. Marshal rarjreaen. the pretty
I T~ "
2f the Rerpectab-iity of the Parties
t-nod **
4* :-; > in f. ? fl.iw. r p:.r.nh\ the wlsi
' ,ClUO wotaeu," tee nnw?ij?a aiCl^d
crowd, the proud owner of the autoj
mobile. the "respfe*.r?bte parties con
corned,"' proprietor of the tSoliieti
Eugle. The clerks in the >?e- Hive, tin
country crook who aspires t? be a pro
frssloiiii! er.minal pome day. "the lead
f much of hi?
time seeing the mgntsj of his country!
the college 1 ys who wear fnanj
clothe* arid ribbons on their hats, ant
the politicians, greedy for free adver
tltUug.
Our business ?*-e:as to outsiders tt
be u cruel ? t.. . because we have t<
deal ns nine business with such sacret!
thing-* as death and birth the meetiB]
and partlnc of friends, and with trage
dies us well as with come<Les.
Time and a en in we have been stir
prised at the hurity of our people
They are always willing to forgive
aud be it tuan or wotnun who takes t
rutaetep In our town?which ia th<
counterpart of hundreds of Amerlcai
towns?If the offender shows that hi
wishes to walk straight, u tLoucwnt
hands are stretched out to help hin
i and guide him. It la not true tha
n man or woman who makes a xuia
tR':e Is eternally damned by his lei
W -.vs.. If one persUtfa in wrong ufte:
the first misdeed it Is not becausi
sheltering love and kindness were no
thrown arc and the wrongdoer. W<
oeve in our town women who luir<
lone wrong an?l have tlrel down theii
?rrors Just as then do. and have bee:
rglren. A hundred times in our ??f
tioe we have talked fhe-c things ovei
am) have been proud of oar people ant
of their humanity. V.> are all neigh
ors and frier-.- Kl when sorroe
comes, n.'i one . me. The town':
greatest t-ag?*d.e- have proved th?
town's sympathy, and have been wortl
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MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
; DIXIE GROWERS
! ASSOC I AT
By DR. FRED CC
Tobacco seeds art- arriving .it the.
headquarters of the Dixie Growers
and Shipper- X * < ..t on.
Many people will wait until too
at t pet their seeds and plan a
=ucves ful crop. Th; is the falure
of tin * pani;. i farmers.
To .hose desiring t0 grow a tobacco
crop this year need to know how t?<
r -.v tobacco? We give them full
instructions, . nl anybody who can
I gro'v a e> *n cro; . a potato crop.
etc.. can trow successful tobacco
crop since troublesome burnring
is eliminat d.
________ 1
1 Hoy.- and car. grow their to
, ... I* x" "
their school work. hecauSL* 'hi- crop
i can be sold as it ?tanda in the field,
by t .*? plan r. worthy jmnv,*
p'.c earn their full college course.
I This i> the history in Kei tuck) and
. . t? rn m ctior.s of North Carolina.
Why are the tobacco farmers the
, :: host farmer.- per amount of acres
i ' A nod and tilled? Th t*. S. Ucvvrn-!
1 i: <: : .-tntist.es or agriculture will
how this to be n fact.
We repeat a < rr> . ; ion in the pric
f the tested ; ed-. They
' come in packages of one acre capa
:ty for bed sowing. They eost us
$l.U(i plus po.-tage. We make noth.ng
?>n them. If anyone can give us i
I ! . :?r quotations, w want to hear
en: them.
S? me ; rub : a?. o seeds can be
uyht cheaper, but they are useless
*. the 1 igh grade market.-, and will
...... be recognized by this Association.
Wt now seeds for all
? care o got th ;r eiders and grow
: : r er. p u-der our careful guid...
... front b?-d owing, setting out.
" :t i.ring. t iiing, curing, and direct
marketing.
W i y it that i.-.ary >yl. will
make up the r tun. !> to late to *
J.tir t i-aeeo seeds and other reeds
nnd p'an th- -r cro ? Th,. an-wer
a lack of initiat e, and fft 'h in a
..ew plan of marketing and growing
.i ? . myed crop. It i.> our t arne.-i.
ij. .> to stav away from any
th u : . ! over-, -limating the dos ?I
pr.e. that common grade.- of
i uv ,s are brirgng on the markets
and. as th.. market- for hist ye..r and
" Wh.to i:...hv
this vlalomcnt. on facts, and not on
>t aliments, to gel the people interted
in a tobacco crop. Takc a;) ex
r f -r comparison:
One acre of a reasonable grade of
tobacco will ] r:j.g more than 30
jicrt-.; of corn in this section
One acre of tobacco will bring
! : than fifty acres of wheat, and
the" left " V'eT. rjoHiirtini)'
..11 cxpen e>; for expenses are light
in comparison to income.
When any thinking farmer sits
down and thinks over these t.?ld facts
j
sweat, time, hired labor, horse feed,
machinery upkeep and buying that
are at inched to corn, w heat and other
crops that now have little return
in home markets, that farmer will im
mediately get busy and plan h:s *?I
: CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
- In Use For Over 30 Yeacs
Always bear,
i ~
, )M.' i.'.Ul 'J.M
i f Thedford's
! 1 ?'?. .a... "1 1
I IbLAliK-ll I
110BAU8HTI
'B | Liver | I
| MedidoeJI 1
|| (Vegeiabie) r? }
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1 AND SHIPPERS'
ION NOTES
ICIIRAN. Prr.,dent
too crop for next year. I am an
enthusiast on fine orchards, splendid
breeds ?.f livestock. etc., the improvement3
of small grain yields, acsentific
crop rotations, etc., and am n.?r
promoting more u - f tobacco. Hut ,
getting back to the fact side of our
I Ian? for an extensive tobacco crop
for next yen*-, ** hav, no other crop
thc.t brings such return'; and our
section is favi rably adapt* \ *< grow,
ing heavy quantities and fine qualiOf
tolui.co,.
We tnk,. direct testimony front a
r ear by Tennessee farmer of M ur.-e
, t* y. H says that he averaged j
k - than "iu* hour per day r.\ his to- [
baceo crop of one acrt. yet ho realized
more off of it than he dd off
j his other crops and his
| bined.
No n> 'te experience i no- try
in prowing a tobacco crop under
our direct instructions than any *h
j or crop requiring scientific care.
. are. Some of the highest pr 1
| 'ohacce.. soid on thc Knoxv:lle nvtrk?J
1 IS Start, die la
! v
S f " : .l ..
'; ] n I * .?llixl hci " > ! ...
I -i in ci:jv. .c
-j organs rut of . **. *. - :;r!
I ; du.a.anI organs v h tiu oh!
Dr. Hess
PAN-A
;;M Tt puts the c,tit or,Tar. to woi
j i It starts the i. - (1 . * v.-.;
' It ;;4\ e - led >:y. - at: t d *.V;
j?IJ I- brings b'k the .. n<* . r.l <
! k* tr.-:;-cc-a , i a p<.. :
That-, when ,
RICHARD S. F
Druggist
( j Ir'tf ituvc a ri^ht'sise p:
| Wa
I Boys ai
The Athens Busint-s
hoy. and jrirls to un lor^i.
and steno?rapherp. The <
sonuiiui ci"I M:i.<*ois for the
shortage anion? lb* iouiui?
ical help. This makes it :
and women to enter our i
position.
I It costs SloO.UU to
course in the Athens ttusi
other schools offering simi!
% takefs three to six months 1
ing.
You will tret the adva
1 best, easiest and simplest s
g of the most practical court
1 Why work for $25.Of
j you can earn $75.00 to ?!
S motion to even a bijruer sal
jk Bookkeepers must be
m weevil or short crops?lht
g Enter the Athens Bus
E the school place you in a
^ months.
U Write or call for informs
S ATHENS BUS1
1 Corner o f Ha ncock
^ PHONE 9165
j FORi
t House and farm of t
B of ;; mile I cm Unaka
I sured for $500, well al
I asked, which is only $1
I if desired. For furthei
W. D. B
1 OAK CREEK,
Friday. February 2. |
eU in the Ust few weeks were prows "A
by new. inexperienced growers. j
We know what it mean* t<> prow I
up in this remote, mountainous set- I
tion and to fipht for an cducat.on so A
as to compete with the world -tbout
us. From this Experience wo Hre Hi
f.-peeially urpnC many ambitiouiHI
young men and women planning t0 1
take ? bitfh school, business, collegt J
>r university course to take advan- ,S
tape of this opportunity and p in ? 1
tobaeco crop this year, and sell it
right i:i the field, if it in neces-ary
to go right on and enter in the fall
when -' hool* open. This ran be
done to a great advantage. Most of I
the-e young people get their member. ^ '
ships at reduced prices, those uadi
r ?') years of age.
Facts shox that tobacco farnu'r?
are the richest, most independent in
: n.iM ial circumstances, control in..re
banks ai.a i^tvc n;> e clecTh-aijy
* h- r: . and drive more autos.
which every hardy farmer
has a right to give his family the 1
c? : .fort f. than any other rural poo- R
pie ij- all the world. I
\Y, call attention to all tht. rend- 1
? ! - to r. mind your nearest merchant ,S
. make his tobacco seed order, or a
<i y. -:i self at r- 3
r 1
V l f k^:- \ I
I
r^c cr TO ' ^
nted
* -i 1
id oiris
C ego >n need of more J
th. tra ning for ? >okkcep;.ng $|
w?iy light atti-ndat.ee in the I
past two years has craated a 1
tr?ial buawaaa firm* lor chmw 1
in ideal t me for young men 9
ichool preparatory to a good I
9200.00 teas to complete *
ness College than it does in i
lar courses of instruction. It
ess time to complete the trainntage
of learning one oi the j
horthnnd, and one r ?
? to $.*?0.00 per month when
"0.00 per month and get proary
from year to year? 4
had regard lest; of the boll
y are essential.
:nc.*s College at once and let !
good position within a few
lion.
NESS COLLEGE
and Lumpkin Streets
ATHENS, CA.
SALE
sixty-five acres quarter J
postoffice. Heure in- ^
lone worth the price
1,000. Terms on'half
particulars address?
RYSON
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