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CI)t Cherokee &eout "
Tbm Official Organ of Murphy and CW*
kce County, North Carolina
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Carolina, as Second Clas3 Mail Matter under
Act of March 3, 1879. J
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SOME THINGS THE SCOUT WOULD
LIKE TO SEE IN MURPHY AND T
CHEROKEE COUNTY 1
In Murphy
1. An active Board of Trade or Cham- n
her of Commerce. Q
2. More Manufacturing Industries. } (c
3. New Passenger Stations?A Union \
? i Station. '
4. More Improved Streets.
15. Regular Library Hours.
6. A Reading Club. o
in Cherokee County
1. A System of County Roads Supple- .
mcnting the State Highways.
2. More and Bettor Cattie Raising and
Dairying. c
3. More Fruit Growing. f
4. Scientific Poultry Raising.
Home Building Week
* I 'HIS week .s being observed as Homo ,
Buildir.g Week in Greensboro. Real
estate agenci =. woivn's organizations, the t
newspapers anti other agencies arc doing
what they can :.ot only to get a number i
of houses under way, but also to teach, by ;>
bringing in txpirt.-, something 1' the prin
ciples of making; homes?which is imir.itely
more than building a house.
Such a campaign is inev : !y destined
to result in grv;.: sootf in Grt ; hjro, a.?
it would in any other town. There is perhaps
no single force that mikes f. r stability
in any community lik home ownership.
One of the reasons why building and
loan associations have grown so rapidly in
this state is becaus. they have had the upport
of the best citizens of the various com- j
mutiities, who have realized the value of
helping their people build homes. For thl?
same reason, the little association here in
Murphy should greatly increase in size ami 1
ability to help those who want to build 1
homes.
^The Statesville Landmark in a recent issue
had this to say about home ownership:
"A man who has spent most of his life
ill social service we k recently raid tr '
he had practically r ached the conclusion
that the most effective way of attacking
modern problems would be to inaugurate a
permanent, nation-wid campaign for homeownership.
"His idea is that the source of most of our
present day trouble is the lack of family
stability.
"The home owner does not desert his
wife and children.
"He dees not suffer from wanderlust. He
takes a strong interest in his community.
"The purchase of his own home arouse*
rhis ambition, his thrift and his Industry.
"Being permanently located, he is a bet
ter husband, a better father, a better citizen,
and a better worker.
"The more you think about this matter,
the more you will be convinced that it is
fundamental."
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Bonus Bill Gets Through
AT LAST the soldiers' bonus bill has become
law. By a margin of three
votes over the necessary two-thirds,
the United States Senate on Monday passed
the bill over the President's veto. The
House had previously passed the measure by
a large majority.
In vetoing the bill last week the President
sent it back with some pertinent remarks
to the effect that the soldiers who need help
are being helped by the Veterans Bureau.
He also pointed out that service on the battle
fields was a thing that could not be
paid for in dollars and cents and intimated
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THE CM
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bat it would bo an insult to the soldiers to
ffer them a paltry sum presumably in payicnt
of that service. Another reason for
ejection offered by the President, which Is
haraeteristic of him as Governor and since
e became President, Q*s that the country
annot afford it.
The President's reasoning, however right
: may have seemed to him. served to make
riends for the bid. For two years an effort
has been made to get through this legdation.
There are going to be those whe
ill say that the fact that this is an election
car is partly responsible for its passage,
is pr.sicge may be favorably received by
he soldi.rs and >ailors of the late war; but
t c rtainly cannot greatly benefit them,
'hose \\h, served less than fifty days will
tetivc cash; those who served longer will
eceive paid up insurance according to the
crms of the ' ill. How an insurance policy
r a few hundred dollars is going to benefit
ho pv.?mw men It a mystery that. %%* hav.-r
een unable to fathom.
eminent Jurist Passes
X THE passing of Chief Justice Walter
Clark the state lost one cf its most'disingiiished
sons and a juri-t that was recogized
;n legal circles all over th. country,
'hief Justice Clark was a man of strong
onvietion.s ard <if keen intellect, nnd he
r u-rht tu bear >n the li'.nl and social and
olitical questions of the state an influence
hat helped to mold public opinion as few
th.r men in this generation have.
Besides the almost countless legal opin?n
ho has hendtd down in some of the most
::: reaching cases that have ever been tried
i the state courts, he found time to dlsuss
k.ral questions and legal decisions afecting
ether stales and the nation at large
nd \\; a frequent contributor to the law
ournals of the country. But his activities
ere not confined to his cho:tn profession,
le was active in civic and social question afecling
the state and a man who was much
ought after as a public speaker and lecurer.
Hi? keen judgment end brilliant intellect
B the solving of the state's judicial, civic
r*l social problems will b,? greatly mi?sed.
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\3<": A 1 - -otM&r - >
"THAT th. nation needs good roads is admilted
by all. That the government
should build and maintain national highay--.
to which the states can and will build
late trunk roads, they in turn to be fed by
. unty and township roads, is agreed to by
most students of the problem.
That they cannot afford additional road
taxes is contended by many farmers, already
overburdened with expense and with prices
of farm products below their proper levels.
Vhnt i' not g:r rally understood is that
any t . mpaign of national highway building
in vitably be paid for by the richest
*.! cf the count:> by the most ponuljuj
section of the country, by the localities
where the greatest amount of tax money is
raised.
It is a fact that when national highways
are built they will be paid for, very largely,
by the northeast of the United States anc
the large cities. Yet 9.0 p&r cent of all the
road traffic will go ov.r them. The farnv
r will pay about 10 per c*nt an<* industrj
and cities will pay the rest.
The most ardvnt advocate- of nationa
rtiirtiM .ive ir> nnr'hcn?t caption t?f thl
land know this. It does not frighten 'them
They already pay the larger pai-t of th?
nation's bills. Why shouldn't they? Iil
100 pwople live in a small town ar.d wish ti
build a quarter of a mile of road to a near
by lake, on the shore of which lives om
man, do the hundred people stop because th
one man will benefit 100 per cent and pa;
but 1 per cent? They do not. They built
the road. The northeastern section of th
country, the thickly populated, filled-with
factories localities, will benefit immeasur
ably from national highways. They wil
benefit, because the farmer will benefit, ant
they are happy that he will benefit.
The fanners cannot afford NOT to hav
national highways when they get 90 pe
cent of the good and pay but 10 per cent o
the cost!
Now in these modern and halcyon day
it has become unnecessary for anybody bu
old maids to hang up mistletoe.
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IEROKEE SCOUT, MURPHY. NOKfH CAS
TARHEEL TATTLE
By Carl William Bailey
The Prospecting One.
Jaybird singing end warbling away
Up in the old cherry tree;
Not much music, but doing his best
Trying to make for harmony;
Dancing and prancing from limb to limb.
A-viewing what's to be seen,
And dreaming of the happy harvest
\\ hen the cherries won't be green.
Say - V : "I ain't o good at singing
A v. ry respectful tunc,
But I ant good at eating cherries
On a sunny day in June!
I'm on just a tour of inspection,
With a view to harvest soon;
The ?:c:pccti bright and promising??
Don't cherries get June?"
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Political Sidelights.
The b? us bill has been written ar.d roI
written, c u <t*d and discussed, held up,
i
| tabled. ;::-s*d, voted. and repassed?but
I it doesn't mean anything.
The v rid doesn't look so hip to some
peanut politicians who think they can run
"th* hull lorn thing."
II the politician who sends our circular
Liters I newspaper clippings as secondclass
mail matter, in unsealed envelopes
marked "pcrcnal," really thinks he is going
to :-v\c.-p the "deer pe:pul" off th 1
feet, he'll have to u e a stronger brocm tc
j do it with.
The Angler.
lie had ju t >:?t down on the bank of th^
creek
And dropped his hook in the stream,
When* al- r.p came fellow with a badge,
: nd nerve.
And distroyed his angling dream;
Th.- finny tribe were just beginning to bite.
And hi h .pes were high and strong;
But, alai. for the angler's peaceful dream:
"No fi-hin' here?move along!"
Mountain Pebbles.
Not all policemen hive hip f.et, and not
all bandits MhW halrstL
"Trouble n-ver gets lonesome," says a
oh'losopher. Which i* amply evidenced by
:h fact that he is always popular even In
the best of circles.
Back in the old home town they are digging
up trees for buried gold, which moves
Brother Frank Stanton to rise and remark:
"Hpnvpn pr.fervc the forests!"
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The Smr'.l Tarheel'? Declamation!
Hip, hip, hooray! School is out
And vacation time's at hand!
No more recitin* or studyin* to do,
I Or hard old exams to stand!
Three whole months in which to play,
Three whole months for fun!
Gee, but I'm glad that school is out
And vacation's just begun!
| Beautify-rrg The City
A STEP in civic progress and beauty was
made by the Cherryville Chamber ol
Commerce in the purchase and delivery ol
i 200 cherry trees. A committer of four wa?
, immediately appointed to begin setting then
1 out on the four main highways approachinf
} the city.
Each man of the committee will be re
r sponsible for the planting, cultivation ant
upkeep of the tr.es for the bc-autificatioi
\ of the roads and the lucious fruit that ma:
t be had for the picking in three or fou:
. years. These trees will have an added sig
p nificance in that they will be fitting sym
r hols to strangers of the town of Cherry
a vine?Lexington is >spa urn.
u The old fashioned boy who used to ge
two pieces of candy, an orange and an nppl
> at Christmas time now has a son who want
3 a six cylinder car and a bank account.
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"I never saw but one man," said Unci
- Bill Bottletop, "that I thought had a chanc
i foolin* with bootleg liquor. He was
:1 sword-swallower and his wife was a snake
harmer."'?Wa*hingon Star.
t
r Teapher?Now, Bobby, which would yo
t rather have?one apple of two halves?
Bobby?Two halves.
Teacher?Oh, Bobby! Why should yo
s prefer two halves?
t Bobby?Because then I could see if i
was bad inside.?Chicago New3.
1 laniS.rar iri ; i in ihinii
OLINA
The Sunday School Lesson
. May 25, 1924
JEREMIAH AND THE BABYLONIAN
CcviSiS.
y.?How is the Word to read and heard
that it may become effectual to salvation?
A.?That the word may become effectual
to salvation we must attend thereunto with
diligence, preparaion and prayer; receive
it with faith and love, lay it up in our hearts
and practice it in our lives.
While the writ:r of a few comments o>
the lessons in thi- paper is sincerciy interested
ir: the salvation of all who read these
lines he is aware that there is no saving virtue
in any save his LORD. For your own
tetr.al salvation let me phad that you attend
to the reading of God*? word with diligence.
prppmHnn 2nd prayer; that >\??
lccervc it with faith and love; that you store
away large portions of it in your hearts and
that you practice its precepts daily. While
ycu are doing th;-- remember the author of
these lines at the throne of grace. You do
not know who I nni loit fto i >1 >( ? nttH Tip
iwill hear and answer your prayer.
Jeremiah carried on his exceedingly difficult
ministry during the reigr.s of five
kings, viz.: Josiah, Jenoahaz, Jehoiakim,
iehoiachin and Zedekiah. He also lived during
the time that Ahikam and Godaliam
served as viceroys of the King of BaLylon.
| Jeremiah was desig: : u J as belonging to
teh office of a prophet before his birth. God
j is always prepared for every emergency.
The fall wa- not a surprise neither was rc!d-.
rnntian an afterthought with Go !. God la
never before th. time neither is He too
late. Jeremiah had his message and his
g:fts from Gcd; upon his was the touch of
the divine hand. In ?pitc of his utt.rar.ee.accompanied
by the power of God we h?ar
Irs uttering cries of despair. One of thes?
was, "Cart the Ethiopian change his skin,
<?r the leopard change hi- snots." To put
it bluntly Jeremiah preached under the direction
and accompanied hy the power of
God but his people wen? wrong in spite or
his entreaties for them.
Coming t?> the passage for consideration,
what is your outline of the 20th cluipur,
verses 8-10? Read it dii:g ntly, prn :.!>< t
it. receive its ir.esage in faith ahd love,
memorize and practice the lessons i'. >cache*
in your everyday life. II v.- does you < impare
with min ?
1. Verse 8-!)?An Enraged Mob.
2. Wrs? > .) ir?- Cowiiicriiif the I -ue.
3. Vet e 11??Ti.e Verdict.
Jtrcnva't bad been true to his duty. He
had to!-! bit people that if they refused io
hearken to God, to walked in His law, *<?
hearken to the wo ds of His prof hots, God
would make His ho us. like Shiloh r.n ! the
city a curse to all nations. The people immediately
lai i hold on him and told him he
should -urely die. If the people r lY.se to
listen to God. to walk in His law and to listen
to His prophets, the temples of God may
stand as long as the material in them holds
toed but the glory of God wil lnot be in
: her*.
Coajiaerfins '.He Issue.
Ti e priest*?, *.he ; ropk j'nd the p opY
were c .rcr. iy \ 2scr. fc i.:..- civil ruler?
had to come up frcm the King- house to the
house of God. Here is a plain case where
religious fanatics proved les? capable of
deciding an issue than the princes. I take
! it that the princes arc the civil rulers, cer
> tainly closely connected with the king. I;
is a matter of regret that religious leader;
sometimes are less capable of deciding vi
1 tal issues than the civil authorities. It is
* a sad commentary on the moral conditions
r of the times. We find that they all said l<
r the princes: 'This man is worthy o* death'.*
Thank God the princes were big enougl
to consider the issue and did not pu-h it un
til Jer.miah made his defense. In his do
fc-nse Jeremiah again pours out the word:
of God and submits his case after warinin]
* the princes, into their hands.
" Intensely religious people are apt to bi
s| fanatical. In our day we do well to re
jmember that the Bible soys, "Let your mod
,eratiOn be known to all men." "In nothini
be anxiou? hut in everythirg by prayer an
e supplication with thanksgiving let your re
B quests be made known unto God. And th
peace of God which passeth all understand
ing shall guard your hearts."
TV- V#-IU
l> This is the verdict of the princes of th
people. The priests and prophets wh
should have been the first to see the pos
u tion of Jeremiah were so blinded with the!
own prejudices that they were the last an
!t there is little evidence that they ever di
agree. There can be nothing that is raoi
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Friday, May 23, i|B
FAT MAN'S CORNM
I He (over the phone)?What
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She (icily)?I am not 'xpecting^B
He?All right then, 111 ^rprixBl
Fine Progress. "? II
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"Sambo, dis *wwnin' de ho?
.lie, 'Mosc, yo' sho' out irues's evVy^B
, An' niore'n dat. yo' nv;>' u=c tact^B
Sambo, wfcut did he mean by cuh^|
1 whut did be mean by tact?" *??
"Well, Mcse, I displain? <'.at to B1
niawin'. I opens de baf-r<'om do'
was a woman stand'ir.' in de tub, ufl|
de do' quick an' I says: 'Sense
Nnw HfiSfi *n* " ""
, ?v vu-c in vraj MV
Vtt dat kruh* v*?*? tact. ?I?ipe P:
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Little Girl (to bride at wedduu^K
!tior.)?You don't look nearly so th^H
; should have thought. jjJB
Bride?ron't I. dea-7 Bat why II
think 1 should look tired.' a?
Little Girl?Weil, 1 heard mother He
had been running ;-f; Mr.
months and months.?ipe 1'rogress.^H
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"Are you Hungary?" Jj|.
"Ye-, Sianr." f HI
"Dtn Russia to de table and rifln
"A1 right, Sweden my coffee and E^H
.ny bill."?Pipe Progress. ^tp
A candidate, rushing lo address a
at an extra election, was accoste^B
friend. "W hat do you think of the
j situation now?" he was asked. MK
i "Don't bother me!" responded th^R
cian. "I'vv got to talk. Ti. i?r.o^B
Jiink."?Pathf ir.dt r.
"Have ycu any refer.n ??" ask^H
| lady of the hou e. BR
"Yes, ma'am, a lot of 'on." mm
Tiu.M. v.hy -i" rhe^^H
i you?" RH
"They're just like my J " ;j a'ihs^H
; Xcne or 'em doss me justice?P^fl
" Why don t you rm.r.y Adolph?" B?
JTi- I'MM'thinkiv
thor? a hell!" gfl
Then you should marry him.
then convince him of his error !"<^B
| tiania Korsaren. |jj
' 'nilh was walking along the avrnt^B
it began to rain. In front he thoi^B
jsnw his friend Joni - with an imbre^M
nil -JIf h i >^B
"Halloa! Give me that umbrella!" HI
Smith m|
fac e he realized that he was ar. utts^H
iger. Naturally, he was embarasse^B
the other man appeared even more s^B
and immediately hande l over the a^H
i "I beg your parden," he obgi^B
didnf i:::o\v ii b longc .
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She?Are they putting that poor
for laughing? 9!
He?No. The manager has sent B
to find out what he was laughing aHg
ton Transcript. B
Intelligent young son to father-Mjj
do you know that a device for eli^Bii
sleep ha* been invented? B
Father?Yes, .son, we used to ha^H,;
our home when you were a baby.-fi
and Invention. B i
"What do you knew of the chaBjj
the defendant?" asked the judge ^ j
j ored laundress subpoenaed in an H .
- ?u:?? arrested fOfBI
UL a WIIUC niau ... 1driving
of a motor car. H
e "It's tolerable," said Maria. H (
"Had you seen him drive the carBj
g "Would you consider him carel^Bj
^ "Well, jedge, as fo' de car?j
hing ain't gwine to hurt nobody,
^ us is all here, I might as well tell ]fl
( sho* is careless 'bout payin' fo' 1>H
?Pathfinder. mj
J -bcir.!.nsb!j in the of God i
e bigotry and religious prejudice^
* The verdict of the more liber^B
I- princes and people held good and?
I* was allowed to live. The date of
d as well as the place is not definit J
d It is believed by some that he die^B ,
hik others believe that he died ifl i