ITACE FOUR
I Thu Official Organ of Murphy and Charkoo
County, North Carolina
P BRYAN wT siPE . Editor-M.n.g.r
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Entered :n he IVst. ::'.o at Murphy. North
-Carolina, i- : d Ciass Mail Matter under
Act of March :>. 1S79.
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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.
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PARAGRAPHS
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Politeness doesn't cost anything.
Who said North Carolina was short on
ca^h?
4 The Cherokee County Fair is a very
promising afFair.
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Our local merchants are preparing for a
splendid fall business.
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We are just wondering if Oklahoma doc*
not feel like dropping the "k"?
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^ . Someone has said: "Cleanliness is next
to Godliness." Wouldn't a clean town be;
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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."
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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
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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.
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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?
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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
r<r jms. The new building will relieve the i ea
situation and parents. pupiU and teachers 0f
i-'.ikc will welcome its completion. ; ar
The Role Of
The Red Cross
t?
ORGANIZED largt ly for service during j r'*
the World War. many people c? nsid-1 '
'crcd the Anuiiv&n Red Cxess orgar.izatii^^^
practically worthies* after the great war 11
ceased. It is true *hat in many of the at
smaller communities it l?l
maintain a chapter to work with the nation- j !
a i rganizatior;. but it would seem folly to ,c;
thing of abandoning the organization. The j aI
Japanese disaster is another illustration of ! ar
the great good this organization may be to UI
the world. As soon a.- word of the earth- j
quake disaster on :ht islands of the Pacific ja*
reached this, country, this great org:*nization ^
set its machinery to w t k * gather togetherj,n
er relief funds for the stricken people of
Japan. Only a few months ago when
lower Mississippi Valley was being flooded'"1
this organization also renderc d signal ser- 1:1
flood began it- de?tructi< n. Were it necessary
for the American p<K>f! 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
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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 <iesive
battle of the war. the First Haiti of
. Mr,.-,.. ..r tfc. TK. r.. ia no rl ._
>?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.
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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).
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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
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'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.
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^ ,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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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- .
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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.
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- 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)