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FACE TWO Cl)e Cljcrofect $>cout Ho Official Organ of Mnrphy and Cherkee County, North Carolina BRYAN W. S1PE . Editor-Manager MISS H. M. BERRY Associate Editor PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates ONE YEAR $1.50 EIGHT MONTHS 1.00 SIX MONTHS SO FOUR MONTHS 60 PAYABLE STRICTLY IN ADVANCE Display Advertisements. 'Joe per column Itch; legal advertisements, want ads. reading notices, obituaries, cards of thanks, etc.. 6c line each insertion. Contract rates will be furnished immediately upon request. We reserve the right to refuse advertisements of a shady or suspicious character, which are iikelv to mislead our readers, or any other advertisements or reading notices not in keeping with the dignity this paper maintains. Entered in the Fostofnce at Murphy, North j Carolina, as Second Class Mail Matter under Act of March 3. 1879. t SOME THINGS THE SCOUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN MURPHY AND CHEROKEE COUNTY In Murphy 1. An active Board of Trade or Cham, ber of Commerce. 2. More Manufacturing Industrie?. 3. Hew Passenger Stations?A Union Station. 4. More Improved Streets. 5. Regular Library Hours. 6. A Reading Cljb. In Cherokee County 1. A System of County Roads Supple menting the State Highways. 2. More and Better Cattle Raising and Dairying. # ^ 3. More Fruit Growing. 4. Scientific Poultry RaIdnff. the fall fire season \Y 7ITH the beginning of the rainy season. the forest fire hazard for the fall is about over with. On a recent visit of the district fire warden to this section it was announced that there had been very little damage by fires in thi? county. In some of the western counties, however, the damage has been great. Two explanations are given for the slight loss from fire in thecounty this year.- One Is, that the county warden system has been able to accomplish its purpose and has been able to prevent or soon extingxnsh fires after they are started. The second explanation is that the people are waking up to the importance of the forests and are more careful about their protection. Both of these explanations are no doubt partly responsible for the slight fire damage in the county this year. The warden system was Inaugurated in the county about two years ago when the Commissioners began to cooperate with the State and Federal governments in the work of fire prevention and the warden system is beginning to have its effect. On the other hand, as timber In this section becomes scarcer and lumber Rand wood increases in price, and as more and more information about the value of the forests, both as sources of wood products and as a protection tc our streams and wild life, is distributed among the people, they more fully appreciate the need for protecting the forests and are beginning to cooperate with the county and state officials in the work. It is co-operation that is needx, ed to completely stamp out the fire menace the woods and the progress that is being made is certainly gratifying. THE AMERICAN PEACE AWARD NOVEMBER 14th the competition for the Edward W. Bok ePace award was closed and a jury of award of seven potable Americans is now going over the various plans to select one, which in their judgment is the most practicable- The pian in ist entirely will be made public through the columns of The Cherokee Scout sometime early in January, according to the arrangements just completed with the committee in charge 0f the award. The Bok award is a purse of $100,000 foe the best practicable plan whereby the ILls m k / . / THE CHEI United States may co-operate "witj^ other ve nations looking toward the prevention of n war. The jury of award consists of the fol- b lowing: James Guthcrie Harbord, Edward p M. House, Ellen F. Pendleton, Rose or f Pound, Eiihu Root, William Allen White, c and Brand Whitlock, names which are familiar as national figures. t An interesting cartoon appeared in the c newspapers a short while ago in regard to r ihis peace prize. It made the announce- c I ment that the writer of "Yes, wc have ne J Baunanas Today," had received $d0,000 ! for the song and showed the whold famliy, 'including th. servants, tiying t0 write a i [ song. The second part of the cartoon c howed the Bok $100,000 peace prize, but t ..o one was taking any interest in it. save , t beggar, who walktd by and glanced at t the purse. But som<- have taken an inter- < est in the prize and a number of solutions < :G tht problem of world peace have been turned in. Oac of these plans is going to selected and the text of it will be carried in The Scout eaily in January. An interesting thing about tin award is Buk himself. He came to this country from the Netherlands with his parent? when he was five year? old. His parents had lost all in the old country and had conic to Amer<a to sick their fortune. Shortly after their arrival, the father died and left the mother and two son? in sore need. Edward ind his brother, in thosi- days, would go out (Hi the streets and pick up bits of coal and wood because th? family did not have anything to spar* to buy kindling with. Edward went to school until he was thirteen *h?. hn secured work ?s an office hoy and at seventeen ho edited the Brooklyn Magazine, it* which enterprise Henry Ward Rt ccher gave material help. He later started a newspaper syndicate and finally In 1889 he became editor of the Ladies Home journal. He continued m this capacity until 11*20, when he retired. Under his tdlt or ship the Journal came to have the widest circulation of any monthly magazine in existence. Hi* recent book. "Thg Americanization of Edward B.?k,*' is one of the most notable books of the decade. This one time orphan and penniless boy is now a wealthy mar* and a well known figur- in American life. He is interested in world affairs it is attested by his $100.000 Peace Prize. His life read* like ro- ? mancce, like an Algiar success story- Even 1 though of another country originally, his ! career has been typically American, and, | therefore, interesting to all Amricans. ] NORTH CAROLINA LEADS AGAIN /^\XE may justly take pride' Tn the | achievements of his state* or nation, <>r any political unit or organization or in* -titution to which he belongs. If one did not believe in such unit or organization he would not be a member of it. Every North Carolinian, therefore, will take pardonable pride in the announcement that his state Is , leading the Red Cross Roll CitU- I There is double reason for pride in this achievement. The mere fact lhal one's <, slate leads in any good cause is sufficient J reason; but also the fact that the state a I 11 heart goes out in sympthetic response to the great mercy organization of the world i should mafce Tarheels especially proud. Such a record speaks loudly for the moral ^ =tamina of the people. It is a sign of healthy ^ growth. It is a sign that commercialism is not ruling: uppermost in our hearts. * ED FOURTROUBLE BEGUN IN WASHINGTON A N INDICATION of the sort of work the new congress is going to dQ is found in the way it is begining. The House ? is so evenly divided that the county may look forward to one squabble after another and it is doubtful if any constructive legislation can be passed during this term of the Congr'ss. This is all the more likely since nex* year ia aD elscttori v?ar. Oae party t ROKEE SCOU1. MURPHY. NORTH CAROI KJ . rill fear to do any thing, lest it make a uptake and be repudiated; the other will e afraid to allow the party in power <o ut through ar.y important measure for car it will meet with popular favor and I ontinue the party in power. For two days the House of Repress ntaives has tried to elect a speaker ar.d get rganized so that the President's message night be received. On the third day a jmpromise was accepted and a speaker lected and the House officially organiz- <1 fhe organization was allowed to he conumated only upon the understanding that t was a sort of a truce ?nd the the soailed pregressive group would be allowed i o amend the House rules a little later. Or.:li*cord after another may be expected un> il after the elections next fall, if the prer>nt start is any indication of what the ?53th "ongress is going to do. IV/ILL the united States stop building J motor cars, close up is factories ami stum to horse drawn vehicles? Absurd question! Yet there is only one ilternative; if we are not to lose the economic and social benefits of motor transportation, we must supply roads upon which the power vehicles may run. from the wave, the cold from the bracelet. >r the track from the locomotive. It Is squally impossible to separate the road from the truck, or the passenger car from the highway. They are halves 0f a whole; tran?*. portation is never vehicle alone, or highway llone; it is both together. Our roads were planned amd built for a means of transportation which is gone. The earliest highways were for horse riders, the stagecoach came next, after which we bad the buggy and the wagon. The narrow road, the steep grade, the soft surface were ill silmiceokla f,. ? I kacu nnna .->f am i pconomic for the swift powerful motor. We have "improved" our highways?some ?f them?and widened a few, but we still build a road with the ide., that it will "last" ! but a few years, and need "constant repairs." We still huiid in widths predicated predicated upon slowly moving vehicles, and ive still wind our highways up hill and down iale and around devious curve? because it s "easiest" and "cheapest" so t0 do. That era is gone! The new one is fairly liere. We must either build our roads for >ur modern vehicles or scrap motor transportation. As the letter is unthinkable adsurd, it seems logical to believe that the era i)f the wide, expansive, permanent, hardjurfaced road is HERE. NORTH CAROLINA* RECENT PROUKbbb 'T'HE imperial position which North Carlina is rapidly taking among the state of the Union is strikingly attested by the favorable attention which its growth is attracting throughout the country. The latest example of this national interest is furnished by one of the leading articles in the December issue cf the American Review of Re tiews. This story is entitled "North Carolina's Recent Progress" and its author Is William H. Richardson. No tar Heel with the scantiest of pride ?an read this article without gaining a new espect for Nortj, Carolina and without feeing at the same time that the full story has lot been told. Mr. Richardson exercised admirable self-restraint when he undertook to irrite the story of North Carolina's recent progress. He avoided the language of exiggeration. The facts which he cites are indisputable. The conclusions whicjj he (raws ai.* unassailable. The chief value of the article inheres In he completeness, accuracy and simplicity LINA ' THANKSG1VI! /? By Carl William ON THE eve of Thankgiving. As the twilight mellow path* And Nature s- ttled down with a P.ace tAld plenty at the Dickey Ho A DELIGHT to the ey* was the With a profusion of holly de Deftly placed and arranged with tl And the long leaden table bespoke THE newly gleaned pumpkins fr Filled to overflowing with th The Indian corn, the turkey mound Recalling the dedication by our Pi LADY DICKEY, with count, nan In lovely nttire. a bouquet ci She glided gently with the sprynes? Giving her bles-ings to the family WOODBURY gallantly rose to With a few brief words and \ son of Old Erin responded to the Hoisting '.he banner for the wande FROM the quietness of the offeri As forty-odd souis on deck all The seige of the Dardanelles was As fell the stronghold of Turkey, jt ON THE eve of Thanksgiving. As the twilight mellow gath And Nature w ttled down with a Ptacc and plenty at the Dickey H( /f with which the facts: are set forth. It i? a moving and trustworthy recital of the things that have been done during the past twenty years to make North Carolina a more livable and prosperous stafte. What has been achieved gains impressiveness from the manner in which Mr. Richardson has set it down.?Asheville Times. A GREAT STATE X TORTH CAROLINA is a great state, up I x and coming and proud. The Tarheels are rejoiced by their progress and better-1 HMB9 nnu MHM WtBt "* aUli:tnai story of the^greatness of their industry baa j hot n appearing lately in the newspapers. Their state has the greatest damask and denim and puip anu underwear r.;i!!r. the . United States, the largest manufactures of { aluminum and hosiery, of tobacco and towels in the whole round world; S0rt0.000.000 ' invested; 6.200 factories; 158,000 workers j | yearly payroll more than $127,000,000, or I $67 per month apiece! All that is great hu-j man achievement and a far cry from nursing hookworm and malaria on pine-clearing ** ? '? *" "* ' sfarm patches.?Colliers Weekly. The Fat Man's Corner > Mrs. Holmes: "Don't call' them jugs. Nora. They're ewers." Cook: *"Oh, thank you, ma'am, ar.d are all them little bowls mine, too?"?Albany r Journal. Pearl: "Sarah, that beau of yours called on your father last night in a business suit?" Sarah: "That's all right, he meant business."?Florida Times Union. No* that the skirts are longer, the flapper has something to flap.?Exchange. > A colored preacher, when the world was wet, exhorted his flock to be temperate. "Do as I do, n?h breddern," he said, "bend de knees and not de elbow." "Pawson, Pawsor," chuckled a heckler, "How long you '>ecn drinking outen de bunghole?"?Louisville Courier. "You can say what you like about jaxa music, but it's kept a lot of people out of "How come?" "Well, if it wasn't for the music they'd be arrested."?Goblin. Friday, Dttembtr 7, I Bailey. _ f* j MS Nineteen Twenty-three, ^ j I ? red deep o'er the lea. j H tit silence serene, 4 K use reigned supreme. H ft spacious dining hall, 1 H t< corations about on the wall, ! H d le skill x.f an artist's care, I H * the sumptuau fare. . I Ej om the ripening field, c harvest's golden yield; ' . the cranberry fence below, lgrim Fathers of yore. \ \ t ice most serene, was there j f flowers arranged in her hair; ( of a youthful lass, and guests en masse. s the occasion of the meeting Thanksgiving greeting; > call a la mode, ring Knights of the Road. ing broke a tumultous roar, pulled for the -bore; vividly enacted again. ist off The Dickey House Main. Nineteen Twenty-three, ercd deep o'er the lea, silence serene, 2use reigned supreme. -I About all the Allies are saving in the Near East is tbeid dignity.?lndianapoiit Star. Most of the women candidates were defeated in the English election, their fighting being now over all but the pouting.? Duluth News Tribune. < <> A certain chemist advertised a patent concoction labeled: "No more colds! No more coughs! Price fifty cents." A man whn bought the mixture came back three davs to complain that he had drunk it all, but was n0 better. "Drunk it all," gasped the chemist, "why, man, that was an India rubber solution to put on the aolca of your boots." 0 e Now that typewriters are being silenced, chewing gum will grt a chance to bv heard. ?Duluth News Tribune. < "Have you seen May?" "May who?" ,^ "Why Mayonnaise*" "No. she is dressing and won't lettucesSample Case. * "I believe a man should give his wifc plenty of rope." "That's what I did with mine and she skipped."?Pathfinder. A far*ier once called his cow "Zephyr" She seemed such an aimable hephyr. When t*ie farmer drew near, She kicked off his ear, And now the old farmer's much dephj*?Plumbers Trade Journal Tommy: "Mother's throwing plates father." Visitor: "Is she angry with him?" Tommy: "No, but she's working up to *1 ?Pathfinder. I Gwendolyn: "What caused M*rcM * ? v .'4 divorce her husband?" Genevieve: "A blue aerged cos* ^ # blonde-haired stenographer." Legion Weekly. k to the eolleg forfcuO^me, ?ht ? your scn on the teem?", j fl "Judging by hie looki j rhould ?T team wee on him."?American Boy. Jg ~ m
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