ITACE FOUR I Thu Official Organ of Murphy and Charkoo County, North Carolina P BRYAN wT siPE . Editor-M.n.g.r MISS H. M. BERRY Aaaocmto Editor PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates ONE YEAR $150 EIGHT MONTHS 1.00 SIX MONTHS ?0 1 FOUR MONTHS 6 ' PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Display Advertisements, 25c per colunir. 1 nch; legal advertisements, want ads. read- j ing notices, obituaries, cards of tha:.k?, etc.. 5c line each insertion. Contract rates will be furnished immediately upon request. We reserve thc right to refuse advertise- ! ments of a shady or ;s character.! which are likely to i: -had ir readers, or any other advertisements v reading notices not in keeping w.th the dignity th.s paper X maintains. ' ... ... ! Entered :n he IVst. ::'.o at Murphy. North -Carolina, i- : d Ciass Mail Matter under Act of March :>. 1S79. ?! SOME THINV.S THE SCOUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN" MURPHY AND fHFROKFP rOt^CTY In Murphy 1. An a \v li iard of Trade or Cham, btr of Commerce. J 2. M r Manufacturing Industries. 3. New Pa-sv .- r Stations?A Union Station. . 4. More Improved Streets. 1 5. Regular Library Hours. 1 a \ ri?K rln CSerokfe County 1. A System f County R ads Supplementing the Stat. Highways. 2. More and Better Cattle Raising and Dairying. 3. M r. Fruit Growing. 4. Soientif Poultry Raising. i ?~? *i PARAGRAPHS - ? ?? ; Politeness doesn't cost anything. Who said North Carolina was short on ca^h? 4 The Cherokee County Fair is a very promising afFair. A Our local merchants are preparing for a splendid fall business. t We are just wondering if Oklahoma doc* not feel like dropping the "k"? v ^ . Someone has said: "Cleanliness is next to Godliness." Wouldn't a clean town be; J \ Look at the label on your paper and if you aro in arrears, come in and fork over the filthy lucre. We need it. At last Mexico has come to be recognized officially by the United States Government i '*Rome wasn't built within a day." ~~ The German mark has been reduced to the point where a microscope is necessary j, in order to detect it. Dr. G. Campbell Morgan evidently doesn't , understand what the words, "A. E. F..'* mean in manufactured doughboy language. The eclipse was very plain here Monday, ar.d created quite a lot of interest. At least, it gave some of our people something to talk about. "Coal can make Coolidge,'" declares the Dearborn Independent, Another one oT Henry's peace ships gone aground. The laurels go to Pinchqt, "Most of the bones of contention are jaw hones," comments the paragrapher the Aaheville Times. Quite true, except when it's a pull-a-bone. Governor Pinchot evidently convinced the miners and operators that they could preserve their interest more sweeetly by working than by striking. f u That boy who was paddling up and down c the creeks and mud-puddles in a pair of dl- h lapidated overalls about a week ago. is the F very same one who cries and runs and tells c the teacher if someone splashes a few" drops h of perfectly clean water on him now. tl Scientists and near-scientists will probab- ? ly spend the next decade in trying to solve the mysterious cause of the great Japanese disaster. Many and varying theories have ft already been advanced, so conflicting that %c one wonders if, after all, it will ever be -a #olred. j n? I . The New School Building THE opening of school has again served! I? to vnkpha;ize the need for tht nev A. school building, which is now under course M of construction. The primary department! \\ of the school is overcrowded in every room. | be No more desks can b* placed and there ' - i A: at present no expansion room whatever, lr. ?o:ne of the grade.-? there a-e enoug^ chil- nc dren for two teachers, yet they cannot bejn< divided on account of lack of additional jx rf! to be orvice, beginning only a few hours after th WJ gar.izcd each time before aid could be of- ca fectively rendered in times of great disaster ,VI iike this, much of th( effectiveness of the aid that it now is possible to ren.i r, would ,a be of no avail. These are only outstanding example* of i ;n what this great humantarian organization lsjatl doing. Every day in a l.ss spt. tacular ! way the suffering of thousands f unfor- i;i tunate individuals is assuagt d and a silver pt lining turned to many a gloomy life by this WJ organization. This organization is typically American. It is an agency through which c,! the heart of America can go out to the world ^ in times of need. Pc is Handicaps x A CERTAIN young man from Taconia, ^ admitted to West Point on probation wi because he fell one inch short of the prescribed minimum height, led hi.< class for four years and emerged with a credit of ^ "J.aOS points of a possible 2,770. And edi-1 1 torial writprd nr.. mnmlifinv r.litnriol ! writers will, and pointing a moral. "Don't be discouraged," they say in a large pa- ' tt-rnal voice. "See what this youngster has done in spite of his handicaps!" They might be better say: ' "See what this youngster has Wi done because of handicaps!" ja. What is a handicap but an incentive to in, labor? Which man keeps his trousers more ad carefully creased, the one who is looking cis for a j?h or the one who has a soft snap? n? Which hoy has the better chance to become of a useful citizen. the one who is left at the pa age of sixteen with a mother and three small wl sisters to support of the one who has an un? limited checking account and a bright red no roadster? Which people most carefully sU :ultivates the hard and homely virtues that thi ire essential to greatness, the one that fight* iis| igainst great obstacles or the one that sit? >n seven hills to rule the world? pr, The turtle, you will,' remember, made a Tr lump of seventeen feet and ran up a tree vhen the tiger apeared in the offing?not )ecause he had these things to do. If . th< he homely girl is smarter th&n her pretty tht lister, it is because she Has tr? be smarter _ - - las o get by. pr< The rabbit and the antelope can leave a ~ Co riven point and arrive at a safe distance in a ^ rery short time, and their speed is due to the ce< act that they lack the equipment for a stand Ap ip fight. It is adversity that makes the fox unning. The lion soon would become elplese as a jellyfish if fed on raarma froi^ , [eaven. The dandelions that infest tha lawn ouldn't survive a six day drought if they mo ad been nutured in a hot house. re8 There's more inspiration in a' handicap ^ jan there is in the sound of clapping hands, d*1 -Robert Quillen. ask lo A scientific expedition is about to start ke >r the jungle in search of a little pink duck. ?mething that would not have been nece? * ,ry before the advent of prohibition.?Mlr?apolis Tribune. .t-fc. 6CUU1. mUXPHY north carcj When Was the Backbone Of the Wa.- Broken? < HIS great s- rraon at Lake Junalu?ka lastl Sunday morning. Tr. G. Campbell organ, in relating a story of the World ar. Incidentally remarked that the back, ne of the struggb was broken before j ] nierica got into actum. Dr. Morgan a.-' . .re Informed, a citizen of Great Britain! ?w living in Athens, Ga.. and is a promt- j' nt lecturer and preacher, frequently ad- i essing American audiences from Amcri-1* in platforms. 11 . moreover, a speaker !1 striking personality and dynamic power. ' id usually proves the proposition he t-nun- 1 ates. I * Making this this statement, however, a* did. the learned gentleman, evidently is nded it as a sort of axiom, a? he offer*.a > proof. But pos-ibiy the distinguished caker did ^ct int.nd for his word.* to car-' the f?!?? ?,?.- I he did mean all that h- language implies id the inferences and implications that ight legitimately be drawn, then, in the >inio: <-f I)r. Morgan, the crusade of Amer. an arms in 1917 and 191S was a useless tdertaking and the expenditure of blood id treasure during th > o years was wholly inccessary. If. a.-? Dr. Morgan claims, e backbone of the German resistance had ready been broken, there wa> no need of e two million American soldiers landing France. Evidently the learned doctor has forgotn some circumstam-os of the early spring 1918. It h a part of the history of that ? at conflict that the German drives of arch and April that year had torn the ntish armies into hbons and, before April as gone. General Haig sent out an S. O. 9. i that the hard-pressed British yoemanry pre fighting with their backs to the wall, million Atncrh m s-ddiers who had already nded in France h. card the call and rushed the re-cue. AcMhtr million, in the traing camps in Amvr .-a. crossed the ocean id gave hope and i >urage to the embattled ritish and French. Chateau Thierry, Belliu Wood, the \isne. and the Mvuse-Ar* nne followed in uccession, and the war ss won. It is a questi r. a< t which was the ?ition in America t0 steal the glory which j ' Britain's. Neither is there any intenton | allow, without prote-t, a belittling of * merica's part in the great drama. In the linion of the Journal, thire is glory enough r all, and all should he willing to share it ith each and all.?Haywood Journal. v lany Thanks !i "o Our Neighbor \ JE OFFER our hearty congratulations ? rV to our neighbor, The Cherokee Scout, h A special booster L. & N. railway truth, v artng many of the officials of the rail- f ay. stopped in Murphy on Thursday of a st week, and a short meeting was held v the court house. Before the meeting t| journed. The Scout was out with a spe- f tl L. & N. booster train edition, and the r ?mbers of the party, as they passed out a the building, were handed a copy of the p per, in which was chronicled the thing? tl rich took place during the meeting. Such foresight, pep, and enterprise arc .. t alone commendable in a newspaper, but ? ch a paper is bound to reflect credit on q i townj in which the newspaper is pub- a hed. h We offer our congratulations. Sg I u oud to have The Scout as our neighbor.? p i-County News (Aug. 31). ~ ~ ir The Beaufort News, published way up at a, i other end of the State, opines: "In j i road letting that took place in Raleigh ? t week, nothing was done about that un- jj >vided for stretch of Route 10 in Craven unty. . ." Neither was there anything w ne about that stretch of No. 10 in Chcro- f< 1 County, betwecn here and Andrews. parently, just a case of where both ends bi et, so to speak, on common ground. Hie Haywood Journal recites the fact that cJ torista are becoming careless and are dla. ^ arding the North Carolina railroad stop ^ thus voluntarily giving up the right of ej nage suits against the railroads, and then ^ s the question: "What are we going to d( about it?" Take up a collection and pay pj undertaker, Brother. eI ' bi 'Is he from the jungles?" -tj ^ure; he thinks Wheeling, West Virginir 3 hard job."?Jack-o-Lantern. u Building the Nation By HENRY W. GARDES. Historian and Statistician THE BUILDERS rN" DISCUSSING the preparation of thl sketch it was at first intended to male Washington the Hihjivt. It wa >ointed out to the advis >rv committee, how ver. that although p' ban- few person enow that he was preceded hv other distln rnivhed nun as chief ex . iti\? ? f th? eoun ry, and that during this period he was nander-in-chief of the Continental Armic >ut not President, he is too well known t leed recalling to the minds ?f the people I i series of this nature. i'hi view prevails ?nd this sketch of the -igr.er* follows: The Immortals. ... .. I .l rv...i..-..?: ^ ,J?~. ,i?). - - it. . corrl for-frr?r?" - ?n ?*r **** **" **"jme. Fifty-three signatures wire writte >n August 2. 177C. Matthew Thornton o Kew Hampshire. Elbridgt *'< rrj of Massa :hus*tts Bay, atui Thomas McKran of Del .. . . r.varc- were the later >;gn< rs. What kind of men were this little bam vho to boldly defied the Mother Countr ind resolved t ? be fre.- and independent rhey literally took thiir liv?.s in their hand: for when John Hancock, the first sign: emarked, "We must be unanimous; we mu< ill hang together," Benjamin Franklin a? iwcred as he stooped to sign his nam< 'Yes, or most assuredly! we >hail hanj leparaUly." Men Of Substance Nearly all were men of independ n neans and many of them rich. Prnbab ; he wealthies was Robert Morris of Phila lelphia, who, when our soldiers w?re in des terate need of everything. personally loanei he government $1,400,000 with no securit; ixcept the courag. and patriotism of >ts pec >le. IU owned the only hot hour.- and th inly ice house in America. Benjamin Frank in, of the same city, wa- a wealthy publish rThe southerners wen nearly all landei iroprietors ami large slave ownc rs. Sain lei Adams of Massachusetts was known a he "poor gentleman," but even he wa veil-to-do. These men had nothing to gull ut liberty, and ev -rything to lose. Many of them did sustain seriou iroperty losses and several suffered in per on as well. Not one hesitated for a moment iVilliam Ellery, the wealthy Rhode Islam awyer. who stood beside the Secretary o Congress to see how men "with a halte iround their necks" signed their' nanicv rrote "undaunted resolution was displays n ever countenance." Educated Men Every man was well educated. Twenty ?vei\ were university men and twcntv-fivi ad traveled extensively in Europe. Then /ere twenty-four lawyers, thirti en wealth} armers and planters, nine large merchants ,nd five physicians. Two of the signer .-ere natives of England, two of Scotland hree of Ireland, and one of Wales. Jef erson and Adams became Presidents, Har ison was the father of anotht. r Preside nt nd Samuel Chase was appointed to the Su remc Court by Washington at the close ol he war. The last words of John Adams were Independence forever." . He was the flooi tanager who passed the resolution through ongreas. Jefferson himself called him "it? blest advocate and defender" and described is character as "a man more honest nevei isued from the hands of his creator!" High raise indeed! The name of Benjamin Rush stands high t the roster of great physicians of the world nd of Roger Sherman of Connecticut, hookas Jefferson remarked, "There is a tan who never said a foolish thing in his fe." John Witherspoon, of the Scotchten, wa=f the President of Princeton and hen a number remarked "we are not ripe >r a declaration or independence," replied, Czl my judgment, sir, we are not only ripe at rotting." Unequalcd in Hi?to>ry William Gladstone, the great statesmen, died them a group of men unequaled In le history 0f the world and the document ley gpve us has been called the greatest ev produced by the human brain and only irpassed by the tables of stone brought ?wn by Moses from Mount Sinai. "Com* irisons are odious" but wben it is consid ed that this declaration was drafted, de* ited and adopted by 55 men in the course ' a total of 28 days, Sundays included, one sorely tenwted to contrast with it the rt* ilQ of the celebrated meetings of more re. Fridiy, September 14, 1923 r The Fat Man's Coii^,' j A lady asked a little boy who carried around pits and tarts to custom ever felt tempted to eat one. *\ 5 "No, indeed." replied the little boy, "that ^ would be stealing. I only lick them and ? that don't harm anybody."?dttchmond Ev? .. ening Dispatch. I "Say, Mike, did you hear about the flute layt r :n tkc orchestra dying?" a-ke.l pat_ i "And he thought so much of his flut "La A ,; he asked to have it buried with him." , ! "Faith." replied Mike, "an* it\ :t . ^ . thing he didn't play the pipe Organ * Nurse: "You must forgive your . ttie brother befi?re you go to bed. You . ht , die in the night." I Bobbv (reluctant'v\: "ttW j'j? K \ ^ him. tonight, but if 1 don't die, he'd better f look out in the morning."?Boston Traras ! cript. I I-l * * Actor: "In my new play, I ! appear r? . the first act and from that mom.- t on, I everybody in the cast is on edge trying to 1 find m< Friend: "Say, you must be th. manager." ?American Legion Weekly. < i r ' Radio religious services will never be pop. ubir because the women can't see each oth ? \ He: "\V. must economize. Suppose, darling, you try making your own clothes." She: "Oh. George, that would never do. ^ How about me trying to make >-'u "? '"'Sample i as- . < < ^ When? John left for Europe, his father * t<>ld him to send a short wireless mo-sage if he was in trouble One day this earn col' lert: "I>a?l: S. O. S. t P. I), y. U s. V. i\ Sen." Normal Instruction. > "Miss Myrtle, ' ho said, feeling his way, J ; "can you?ir?cook u steak?" ' 1 "Mr. Frankleigh, could you buy ,-ough * I steaks to make it worth while?"?Richmond ? j Evening Dispatch. a j Judge: "You have been found gu. "j- of * petty larceny. What do you want, ten days * or ten dollars?" Guilty rt'arty: "I'll take the money."? J I'ithy Paragraphs Film* t < r Frosh: "Some docs are more int.! cent . than their masters." ' Fresh: "Sure, I got one like that."?!.;ph Burr. "How much shall we tell our daugfet r>?" f a worried mother writes. Not a thing-rot s a thing. It can't be done.?Oberlin (.Kan.) Times. > - Studc: "See this chalk on my shoulder?1* , Roomemate: "Ych." Stude: "Well, that ain't chalk."?Jester. A certain young fellow named Fitz, Falls asleep wherever he sitzf f On a curb he did nap, j With his hat in his lap. When he awoke he had in it six bit?. ; -Notre Dame Javier. , Slick: "Hear about Nick? Escape of g*? I in his cellar the other night. He struck a . match to try and locate the leak." i Hick: "Idiot! I should have /thought, that the last thing he would do." Slick: "It was."?American Legion | Weekly. T_ - TIT a 1?1-1 it-- it J U1.1-* *n ? ??esicin notej uie oiner aay, ""?? was a reunion of world war heroes, when the head clOTk who was a first lieutenant, called the porter, who was his captain, and the head waiter, who was his lieutenant-colonel, and had them throw out a former ge?* eral, who was cluttering up the chairs in the lobby.?Sample Case. cent years not greatly to the advantage of the latter. Four Sign?4 tho Constitution Four of these men also affixed their df* n-ttures to that other great foundation the Constitution. They were: ltgei4 Sh^ man of Connecticut, Robert Morris, Bfc|amin Franklin, and George Clymer, ?B Pennsylvanians. There were giants in/hos* days and no one doubts that otbAvV^ great would be provided shoulc^he nee^f?r them ever arise for the preservation of tho glorious heritage left to us by tWm. Noat woak?tho SudtWoJsj. - Copyright 1923)