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Cbarokcc County, North Carolina.
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MISS H. M. 3ERRY, Associate Editor
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' iMt AMERICAN PK=Jii- ANNCA_ 1 i .u\
COME THINGS THE SCOUT
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN
MUKPHY AND CHEROKEE
COUNTY.
In Murphy
X. An active Board of Trade
cr Chamber of Commerce.
2. More manufacturing industries.
3. New Passenger Stations?
A Lr.ion Station.
4. Moie t;:i; loveri Streets.
5. Ia?j,ui Libiary Hours.
0. A r.g llab.
In Ch?.""j?.<e . >ur
1. A -y.t.m of county roads
u i:i? .it.:.,; the State
h?l ' .Wi.VS.
l. c i ' ctter ratfts
raising ar.d dairying
I St HitiiiV "U.'iv T* %(?.
Judge Cortnor
PERHAPS no single eppointnurt
made by Governor Morrison
during his tet use of office was more
worthily bestowed and will receive I
nitre universal applause than that j
of Judge George \V. Connor, of Wil- i
sen, to the supr.me court bench.'
Judge Connor has ranked as one of
the leading superior court judg-s :
of the. state for some time. His de-|
cisions have always commanded atter.tior.
whenever contested and carried
to the higher court have usual-,
lv hppn unhi lfi. 11*- has acted alone
and with other judges as referee in
some of the most important case*
ever to vutue up iu the state. He
presides over his court with dignity;
and a firmness that commands the
Tfsp^ct and admiration of iitigants, j
attorneys, and the public alike.
The supreme court has been
strengthened by the addition of
Judge Conner to the position of a
justice of the highest court of the.
commonwealth.
The Special Session
WORD has gone out from Ral-'
eigh that the legislature w.li !
be convened on August Tth f?r the
purpose of considering th iv.it and
v skipping hill, that has been und r uis.
cyssion since February, A
r
that time a cor.im'ssior. of exr. rts
both favorable and op; -ed ;o t-1:*
measure as t'.-.en proj; >s(d, was appointed
to make a thorough invest"gation.
That committ: e has brcugh*.
in a voluminous renort in wh'ch i:
is pointed out that the .?hipplnfr lint I
and a trunk line ra '.read across th j
state should Le construct* d at one* {
at a cost of some sev.n Hi': li n dol- I
lars. It is generally agreed that the j
solons wjll be asked to submit the i
matter to the people. The experts I
have found, after a year's investiga- j
tion, that the plan is a good one and |
will operate to lower freight rates!
in this ^tate. Because of the basing!
point system of rates in the Southern
territory. North Carolina Is
grossly discriminated against in favor
of Virginia in the matter of
freight rati e. The commission of '
experts say the shipping plan will al-j
leviate the situation. If so, this wili 1
react to the benefit of the whole!
people. The part of wisdom, there-1
fore, seems to be to adopt the com-!
missions report. The average vot- j
er cannot go into the matter and
determine its merits. The commission
appointed for the purpose has'
??
spoken. The responsibility is thtirs. fr
The public can only accept their :
i v v? mmcndations. 11
The Power Situation
THIS week an ordinance is being
publ -he i calling fcr an election :
?<n t .v c.ucstion of issuing bonds to
enlarge th-? municipal power plar.t. '
There is always ^pp< siticn to the.:
issuance . f bonds, and right!** so. '
unless the cause is a righteous onc. ;
The Foard t Commissioners _ f the :
Town oi Murphy have gone into the
matter ft cm every posible angle *
ar.d they ie.ieve that they ar. presenting
a lighteous caus? to the vo- r
tors for th*:r approval. v
It stvir.* to ' e a qu.stit n x wheth- T
ir Mar: hy and this \icinity
continue to gr?. sv or shall standst li >
tr even zuii beh.nd. There may be *
- : c who 'a uId object to putting it *
t .is vr.y. At any rate, from all the'
data avsrlabir. it appears the only r
wise course to take. Th.- situation <?
is ;r.i*: Murphy has sold more I
eleit: ic newer th. *: the muni&'pal
; lar.r can generate. T.tete is d ^
ntand for still more power, it it is
-t :u;;:>.ied. thi r? is a lik lih* d of v
!?.-sins f cunsiderabh portion of the * "
r resent revenue to th.- city treasu y
At present there appears to be a de- 1
mand fir enough power to pay uii 1
the inter* >t charges on the invest- '
meat that would be : ecessary to T
make th improvements at the pow- 0
tr plant which are contenmlaUd ur.- ?
der the rdinance i ouest t. But '
in addition, there will be a surplus n
< f several hundred horse ; v. to r
take rate of th :v*ut. af-wth ?*: :
th town .1 the coming < t new in- 1
dust!lis. hen this V H. i: would
produce just that much profit. The v
only wise course sc. ins to be to pr-? ^
ceed utide: the - rdinan. in <;u.sti-n.
The sancti <i th ueijit hn<? 1
bier, asked for on duly loth at the 1
ballot box. There is r.o f a- but :l
that the citizenship of Murphy will 11
on,. r th. matter carefully and 1
put it- stamp ,. f ..; i r> val on it in
election day. ^
i
Sunday School Lesson j
For June 22, 1924
A well informed layman >nv in- (
troduced as a preacher. K* begun
his lecture by saying that he was net
a pnacher but that he suppo.-ed the '
differ* ;-.? < between hhi and .-"'tie ^
preachers was that he preached, '/
while son r. . aehers <1 1 nv t.
Our lesson tor today r. ts l;cc -. r.*? f
td by some "The First Sunday 4
School" It has been t.r.nt.d by oth- *
er- "A great preaching seivice. ' T - 1
me the subject seed's i.; be ar. 1
. vangelistic campaign.
The first striking thing in the 1
c;.:::; is the kind of preach tr, ^
that the people themstlvcs called. *
He does not seem t?? b. a ma*: .vho ,11
cculd swing his arms wildly or stamp j 1
his feet or speak with amazing rap- i '
idity. He scents to have hud the!',
one task of reading the word of Cod. , !
The scct-nd thin;; that strihi s ir.c j'
s that th. word was read with an- j'
derstanding. Can it be that n these \ -
W* hear the ward **_uJ with und - :
-t.mdim 7 Is it r. : tr ?c tha ?n "
when people do nut list.it to-the j
lead.rg i . God's wo.d the trouble 4
is th:.'. i poo: iy ! c. j: 1-ti :
we entc-: a house cf worship and find '
hat ihe reading of the word of God
is omitttd entire ly. Remembering '<
that men universally like to do the;
things that they tan do will can it ,
be possible that the reading of tuc
scripture is omniitted because the j?
*;:.other knows that ht cannot do it' a
went |t
There are two essential- that en-1 r
ier into good reading. The fist of j c
thest !* THOROUGH UNDER- ?
. .tXDIXG OF THE PORTION*],
READ. It would be a fine thing t
.f every ehu:ch ha 1 a group of noble t
hearted m n fully equipped to exam- v
no the reading and the pr.aching in
?3 r)ul; t. Under these circur.-.staa- *
j.ivohi.-l V...UIU .nive inure (
: ea to r? auir.g so as to give it :
"sc. It is a rare thing to find a r
:>?n who can take an unfamilar story f
ira read it well. It is cs ential that j
very reader study his Bib!-- if he ?
xpects to read with understanding c
n the Sabbath. The second of these
s LIVING THE TRUTH DAILY. No !1
one need expect to read effectively! s
if he has failed utterly to live in ac- j \
;ord with the word of truth. Th's I? 1 j
just true of teaching as it is of j <
reading. In each the order is "study t
to shew thvsatf ?nnrftt?w| " lhi? in I
accord with truth that it may becor^e' *
a part of thyself. Then you may /
teach or read with und- retarding and
those who hear may understand.
The third thing that catches my attention
is, the people listened attentively.
Perhaps the reading had
something to do with th? attcntiveness
of the people. A fine old Scotch
.
""hi
.
THE CHEWOKEE SCOUT. *
nan once said the thing to do when (
topic beean to sleep in church is
0 wake up th. preacher. The th:r.e
hat ht had in mind was thv ina tivc
'rain of the preacher. In the e day*
c sometimes think that a preach* r c
- thoroughly awake when his :rtr.<
ire gesturing. his feet in m ti n and
i"s words flowing with thv rapidity
? a machin gun. Perhaps this \>
lairs in part the reas r why pc : a
('.ay will n. t listen for hours t ? * .
ending of truth. Hiv w cttltivat d <j
1 t3ste for gymnastic stunts n the c.
:u!pit and ! . t our sens. ?.f that v.h r
tally f ds the > ul? There h .
er.tr. tat irn to drag int. the : th it i.
a presented in current new- r *
. vels. There was once a mir. ster t
cho fed his people from the b?-?k "if ,
Vir.t r Crmts." His people were
H to read the book and under- .
tand without his h- lp. Th: thirj. ,
uai uv Miuaiu have bpmc uas tv . ?Vi ' ed
his i o"le the wc: i t.f God. ,j
The fourth thing that strikes my i
ttentit n is that th : .: onal work- t
r> spent their time causing the pco- >.
I to understand the rendin?. The e j,
s no < ther preach:rg that 15 right. ,
Vh r ;:.ar btgins t*? do that which J
< beyend th. helping of people t' j.
;nderstand the scriptures he hr.s 1 a
< r.e outside the rtaim cf ris callinp! (>
a : reach, r. There w?ri no sel-i .
s
i h ends to he pained. No i v
> .iiake the worse appear thi bet'.eeason.
It was purely a givi: g ?tj.
h. mcan rp of the scriptures. Ir .
ur day it is one of the occasions
iife to listen to the word in i ?
luiity without the taint of n syst'1;
mic by man. I hav-. yet to find th*
tuts*. who teing convinced r.<
heating the word of God will teuse
to listen attentively.
The fourth th'np that strikes mc 1
s that the re-ult of sueh even: istic
campaign was a pen nine corction
of .-in. Th?* j . ole knew th-.:
hey wer. unwor' iy to he in th<
lescncc of Got! Would it not hi
fine thing if the sportaneous re
lark of each one of us when we lisen
to preaching could be "I f el th
tiilt f my sin and 1 tim penuin- Iy
lad that Chr'st has fccrne my sins
n his own body on th: tree."
'citato Scab Haw
Appeared At Places
In Clay County t
C
Ilaycsville. June 17.?A few t
iatch< s cf white p itatot s over Clay >
'ounty are shewing sit'r.s of being ?
:tack.'<l by potato scab, in the opm 11
on of County A pent W. R. Andcr j
. n. Most of the potatoes in the t
ounty, and there i a large acrea:e J*
han perhaps ever befcre, are doing -r
inc but in one or two instances |s
hoy ar.* sh wing signs of being attacked
by disiase. Practically ail ?
he seed planted in the county w? ri ?
l:sinf cted with \corrosive sublimate. 1
t happens, howevir. that these far- >
iters whose potatoes have been at- s
acked by disease have failed t? r
rent their seed pjtatoe . Th: nat- 1
ral inference is that the seed were (
nf cted. District A pent Goodman5
hares the op'nion <f Agent Andcr- t
on that th. disease infecting the,
otatoes is the potato scat). ' t
The situation is not setious asjc
'._st of the potatoes are h j.lthy and |r
rowing fir.t. T
2ullowhee Ncrmr.'.
Organizes Teacher >
Placement Bureau!'
i
Cullowhop, .Tune 14.?CsJlowhcc s
Summer School has recently added j
i new feature in the nature of a '
?acher-placcmer.t bureau to perform i
nutual service for prospective teach- j
rs and school officials. The bureau j <
icts as a medium th'cugh wh'ch su-'
x?rintc-ndents and boards of t-ut j
cos may g.t in touch with unempl y-j
d teachers with the view of filliny j j
vacancies in their school systems. (
Professor Lawrence L. Lohr. a"-j(
istant high school director of North *
Carolina, ha charge of th's new .
has.- of the r.ctiviti< s of the sum- (
ner school. He ha? nlready receiv: i ,
i rfumber of applications from sum-1 j
ner school students and form ri,
students desiring positions for the j
fmir.g year. School superintendent ,
vho are intcrest.d should communi-!
rat .- with Mr. Lohr, who i? in a po-' ^
tltirn to accomodate them with val-i,
jable information. There w! 1 be j
to charge for this service, and stu- j
ients and school officials arc invited j
o take advantage of it, ,
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<US?HY. NORTH CAROLINA
COMMITTEE CALL
OFF FOURTH JULY
CELEBRATION
)eltbrat!cn Will B; H:id Later In
Summer, Aceorft! -? To Pretrnt
Plans
At a mt'ting of the c nunattee on
rrangomer.ts for the Fourth of July
eiebraticn the first of the week it
lecided to ir ve up h1 Fourth cf July
elehration which was b ing planned
nd hold a "Ivjr day** lor the peopie
; this section i\ little later on. The
iK t that so many more towns in th^s
rion are planning celebrations en
h's day, which made it hard ot work
ut the deta-K of the prosTam. made
-v nr wise to postpone the celebra>n.
Th- committee reiterated its
uro-c cf j o me time this summer
.r.R.rjr a fcijj h iicay event hc-'e in
rder t?i en* rtain tfre many pe"?p*
hroujrhcut this secti -v who would
nj' y sueh an event. It is net yet
nnv.n \v r:: * tin, v. il! b ^olr * ?!
rjt it is probable thr.t it will bo in
Lujrust.
The committee expressed recr t at
laviap to postpone the celebration
s many people would probably be
isappolnted. but it was the cencenus
of ' : inlon that this would be
r'ser than invitirp the per pie her
rd then not btinp able to supply
i i : with a full day's en:<rta'nmer.t.
vJORTH CAROLINA
HAS 3.77G MILES OF
FEDERAL ROAD
fhc State Ha* Already More Thar.
Ten and a Htlf Mill: mt Of
Federal Aid Money
Washington, D. C.f June <?.?The
Uurenu of Public oRads cf the Deattm
i t of Agriculture in a state
nent made public today placed th<
till l ad milaag.1 in North Carolin?
it 3,770 miles, while the South Carina
mileage was placid at 3,0.32
niles. This system was designated
?y the respective stats and apprc.vtd
iy the Secretary of Agriculture.
Under th Federal Hiphv.jv.* Act
if 1021 th-. state departments were
o ties'pnate a -yst.m of roads nr.;
xceedinp sewn j r cent t.f the toal
rural mileape I'??r improvement
vith federal aid art! cn which the
rovernment was to pav up to fifty
tr cent of the cost of construction.
Appropriations for federal aid tolling
$540,000,000 have been made
unce 1010 and; considerable p o:>
ess has alreadv been made on th<
system. The total apportionment tc
SJorth Carolina thus far ha? he r
^10,597,004, and to South Carolina
i has invii vC,523t517. Although
two of the fed.-ral appropriation?
.vere made before the 1921 act re
itricting its expenditure on a de.igluted
system, by far the larg. r porion
of these funds have been speni
>n the mileage selectee! by the respective
highway departm nts, fedrral
officials pointed cut. On Aprii
10th the federal aid road situatior
vas reported as follows: North Cardjna,
total mileage completed, 885
n ler.ge un ler construction, 238
nilrage for rnstrti'tion 08 - ir.fl
.\allal.C tcr r v.* jt s :.iX. ye
impropriated 8617.407.
The whole federal aid hi-h* '\y y
em embrace s approximate iy 179,0Vniies
of road. At the end of th<
rear about 60.000 miles of this roaii
.vas surfaced, 8,700 miles graded,
ind 110,000 miles yet to be surfaced
t is expected that all of this will be
surfaced in the next few yeats.
WHY SUFFER SO?
n?i- v ?- ? ? -
?-i uatH i our ncaitn As uthei
Murphy Pecple Have- Done.
Too many prople suffer lame acn
ng hack?, distves-ing kidney disor
lers, and rheumatic aches and pains
fteri this is due to faulty kidney ac
ion and th- re's danger of hard: nee
irtcries, dropsy, gravel or Bright*;
lisease. Don't hi weak kicsuvs worn
you out. Use Doan's Pill*? before i
s too late! Doan's are a stimulant
liuretic to the kidn vs. Doan's hav?
iclped thousands. Here is one o\
nar.y cases in this locality:
Mrs. W. R. Davis. 1248 Killian St.
EVaynesvillc, X. C.. say- : "I had j
iull ache in my back that made m<
Teel worn out. When I.bent, sha~|
pains darted through me snd I hat
ilinding dizzy sp-ils. Mornings,
vas all lame and I could ha idly ge
trcur.d. I had r.ervcnr headache;
md my kidneys did not act right
[Joan s Pills relieved me of the trou
>le."
OVER FIVE YEARS LATER. Mrs
)avis Added: H*I still use Doan's oc
rasionally and get the best results.
60c, at all dealers. Fcater-Milhurr
Zo.t Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-?Adv.
. '
Properly fertilized peach trees
have withstood early season frost and
freeze- much better than unfertilized
trees, finds County Agent Kope
Elias. of Mecklenburg County, who
spent some time in helping his farmers
spray their trees this spring.
One farmer of Buncombe County
is capitaliizng the demand for blue
grass sod. He has sold $175 worth
from a small lot and reseed- the land
, as fast as the sod is removed, reports
County Agent L. D. Thrash.
Forty-seven fan: rs s. Id over
$200 worth of produce at th_- Burlington
curb market in Alam.v.ce
i County at a recent sales day, reports
CouMy Agent \Y. Kerr Scott.
' Farmers cf Caswell County are
I growing Abruzzi rye for seed this
\vi.r a a result of ton bushels b:
ing put in that county in half bushel
i'ts two years ago reports County
Agent J. L. Love.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Alwavs bears Bpgryg^rrL
vra.
| O. b
I World's L(
I foraToi
With Sliding G
, ' ONLY TWO tc
' priced under $5'
J powerful Overland
and baked enamel I
fourdocrsand24 hi
is on/;u $115 more
butlt with starter ar
Overland alto builds ^th
more than the Touring
Easy terms that
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K
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I i De
Murph
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Jrom Pig Iron
From pig iron to pomi
shoes to satsumas?the
& Nashville Railroad
practically every known c
and luxury from the places \
are plentiful to the places v
are scarce; thus adding to th
as well as to the profit, of bof
ping and the receiving com
These figures showing t
tonnage handled by the I
1923, are interesting and i:
1,600,000 cars of freight?4,
cars a day; 57,460,190 tons
freight?157,425 a day.
The reader may form sc
idea cf the practical sen
l being rendered to the Amerii
people by considering the a
. | cles and commodities of ev<
day use from the viewpoint
where the raw materials cc
from and where the finisl
'i products are made ready
the consumer.
Look abont your home or youi
... .1 Wi-_.
i?n ?i muu uiCDuujevvuwr in yuui
11 mind when you Bit down to dinner
?| today. How many of toe neces"
! sities and lu?mries of life would be
yours without the modern trans
J portation systems of America?
| the finest and most efficient in an?
country on the face of the globe?
1
Friday, June 20, 1924 9
"?leu> Xl/crccU. "72eujtUh*M
thousands of thc?n SPfthrf, B
p^onourtcod.and </<>/irr?jnt I
WeBuTer's New I
INTERNATIONAL DiCTlOHJji
1 Here cre ^
a fcto samples
I ff broadcast cb: - action
B agrimotor hot pursuit %H
Ij B'.uc Cross mystery ihip W
^ r.arogrcvurc junior cclleft V
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rr -iJ .:vn sterol p?.:;vrrry>M
L| lvuthcnc Swaraj rr.cg;b?B
v '.'.mcp til.;.: flit-cnB
. fc? jgumo sobol ih.-r.ten I
^ duvctyn realtor ?. t\>rat
; ^ Cscchc-Slovak cnmp?f.?t g|tl ?
Devil Dog activation ffl
Federal Land Bank Sm
Y? It tl.it StorehotiMC ?
vn cf /nfnrrafon
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" . .ry
owest Price
jring Car
ear Transmission
luring cars now are ,
00. The complete 4 ^
I?with all-steel hody ;
Inish?speedometer,
g-caradvantagcsnow j
then ths cheapest car j
id demountable rims.
c world'? lowest priced enul
and rear?At only $:t?C irg
Car. Price* /. o. b. Toledo. |jg
will surprise you il
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MOORE
aler
y, N. C.
i to Pompano*
pano, from Anfftt
Louisville
transports HHmW
ommodity
vherethey
I'htre they
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Ji the ship- IKlM
munities.
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