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p""""?? I IF IT ISN'T IN THE SCOUT JISE WE DIDN'T OW IT : Official Orgs jcXT^ITJESDAY BALLOT BATTLE WILL BE WAGED America" People Will Choose Leaders and Determine Policies tor Following Years Tuesday is peculiarly an American ' Ir is the da n which the pco-! pje will choose whom they will have' fur their representatives and for their! Ijidcrs and determine in a measure' [be policies of the state and nation for the coming year. It is the day rf national and state elections. The campaign has been on for months. Ob Tuesday the will of the majority rill be expressed, and in American, he majority rules. Besides the president, the govern-' or, one United States senator, the listrict member of congress, represcn ithe and state senator and various Hker county officers, the people of forth Carolina will be asked to reg-j our constitutional amendments ami ro policies on which the expression { public opinion is desired. The constitutional amends are as jfiows: 1. Exemption from taxation of ome? and homestead note.-. When >ne buys a home and gives a prom ory note for it, both the holder of he note and the new owner of the ome must pay taxes under the presst const itut ion. There arc those who ho say this is double taxation and thers who say it is not. If this mendment to the constitution Is dopttd, then notes given for the irchase of homes and homesteads ill be exempted from taxation. 2. Another amendment ptvvides or the increase pay of state s. naors and members of the legislature rom $4.00 per day to JslO.uu ly. Four dollars was sufficient pay tt legislators when the constitution is adopted, it is pointed out, but mr it is not sufficient tu live on at hotel in the capital city or any oth1 city. Those in favor of the am nd ent contend that the members ol ft state legislature should be paid reasonable compensation over and hove their expenses. Others contad that in serving the state one wulcl not expect any compensation, he adoption of this amendment will can increased pay; the rejection of le amendment will mean that the ay will remain as it is now, that is, tfcur dollars per day. 3. A third constitutional amendBut to he voted on is one limiting it sir.. except for purposes of Mrgency such as war, to eight and it-half percent of the assessed valuta# cf the prop.r.y of the -la'.e. tare limit fixed now other an that naturally fixed by the limition cf the taxing power, h The fourth proposed amend?it to the constitution to be voted 1 relates to the use of the sinking ?ads oi the State. If. adopecw.it will thibit the y&e of sinking fiftids for >y other fmrntifie. than for the payof the* obligations for which * funds we're created. There are' two other referendum I be VftloH nn Ann rolatimf Cnn 4 suing of bonds to provide a loan ; r the benefit of world war veterans; * other, relating to the issuing of ?ds to build port terminals and i Tchase and operate ships, if neces^ater Supply Off One Day During Week Parts of the city were without wa< f Tuesday night and part of Wctl| *day morning on account of theb W'n water line being blown into by t erring in the process of grading j, River Avenue opposite the v BJ??1 house. The line was blown ? Bj? about 2:0 in the afternoon. City superintendent, J. L. Hall, got Pipe. sold*v and other necessary .^Pterin! t^\ >er as quickly as posslB^? and | ^placed the broken joint ' ^ I Fwsday morning. Howev?. Maesday, a small feed line the main line and supplyschool M>use, w^A broken into /Bp the water had t&be off awhile jiiHsduy ur. n this could be plug Bd; Tha pipe 'was not reconnected Bt:1 Friday, after4 grade had been '-a i.r the street. 1 in of Murphy and Cher Cabinet Officer 15 Died Saturday Secretary ?of the Department ofAgriculture Henry C. Wallace died at the naval hospital in Washing*on at four o'clock Saturday morning from complications following an operation on the 14th for the removal of his aODendix and crnll WwMor Death came peacefully, i$ is said, after Mr. Wallace had been uncon scious for about 24 hour?. Mrs. Wal. j lace and daughter. Ruth, were the only members of the family present * at the time of Mr. Wallace's death. Mr. Wallace was one of the orlgl- j ] nal cabinet member.- appointed by j President Harding and was consid- , ered a very capable member of t:u t cabinet. His honv* was in Iowa, the ( leading Agricultural state of the Ur.-J j ion. He was editor of a farm paper j before going into the cabinet. President Coolidge named Charles' . F. Marvin of ihc Weather Bureau j. as temporary Secretary of Agticui- , ture to act until Assistant Seer tary , Gore. who was out of Washington, v.lu1J return. The permanent has not yet been made. Hartsfield Assumes Charge of Circuit Rev. F. K. liaitsfield, recently assignee! t?> the Murphy circuit by the M. E. Conference ?>f Western North Carolina, held in Greensboro, nssumt d his duties Sunday, preaching in the morning at Roger's Chapel and in the afternoon at the Peachtree j Church. Mr. Hartsfield is a young man in the ministry and assumes the work with the energy and enthusiasm of j juth. He is a native of Florida.1 his people residing ir. West Palm Beach. He studied at Emory University in Atlanta. Ga. Mr. liaitsfield . succeeds Rev. C. E. Stedman. Local Legion Post For Veterans' Loan Tb.? .!?,> A1U1..V Flic-ne rwt .?f tlin American Legion, the local post of the national Organization of World Wai veterans, is actively interested in the passage of the referendum measure lo b voted on Tuesday, November, 4th authorizing the issuance of $2,000,000 in bonds by the state to be loaned to World War veterans in amounts not to exceed $3,000 to enable them to get started in business. "This lean act," recites the local Legion I r.'i'imls, "will help North Carolina vetrans cut down their expenses and to build up their self-sustaining Industries in a material way. They need it, and if they need thy undoubtedly ought to have it, and we believe the sense of justice and of g atii-.n.e vv.'i untie in the vote ?.f November 4th to conlinn cite act of, the Legislature." It will mean no cost to the state, v.l iih can borrow the money at appro vi mate ly four per cent and which will relend it to the veterans at six per cent, the difference In JTte rates i of interest being used to administer the act. This amendment is listed' on the referendum ballet as 'World War Veterans' Loan Fund Bonds." j I H1AWASSEE. (Last Week's Letter) Mrs. Bird Ramsey is with her s:s, ler, who is very low with tuberculo-' sis. i Mrs. J. N. Hill visited Mr. and Mrs.! i Asa James one day last week. The farmers are very busy sowing! grain and making syrup. Mrs. Ella Ramsey and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Ella James. Mr. Asa James is planning to sell I out ana go IU VJii;>cu<;:u. Mrs. Lou Campbell is on the sick, | list this week. We are having: pretty weather for i picking peas and drying fruit. S. S. Class To Give Party at Library The Sunday school class of Mrs. L. P. Klnsey has decided to hold its Hallowe'en party the assembly hall of the Library instead of the social rooms of the church, as previously announctd. The party* will i be held Friday night of this week, October 31st. Many novel games ar?d contests are being planned for the occasion. An admission charge of ten cents will be made, it Is rr..ictd. V Cbero okee County, and the L MURPHY, NORTH CARO SEEK TO ERADICATE 1 TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE Sentiment is being created In I Cherokee, Clay and other southwest- J rn counties for the aplication of the 1 uberculin test to all cattle. The ' :ountv agents of the respective coun- 1 ies are working in co-operation with J )r. J. It. Houchins of the Federal De- ( jartment of Agriculture to bring ibcut these Usts. The counties .vill be asked to co-operate with the v;11-, tu,. f ..i?.? ? ? nents in bearing the expense cf the : *?sts. " While the re is no reaso nto believe -hat tuberculosis is prevalent among he cattle of this section, yet it is highly important that any ha arc nfeced should be removed from the lords and put to death in order to pre rent its spread. When it is realized that milk and butter makes up a large part of the food of may families, especially the children, and when it is recalled that this dread disease is redrly transmitted from a milk cow to a person eating any of that cow's products, the question of freeing the cattle from tuberculosis become a serious one. This should furnish suficie/it' reason why these tests should be made, thinks Dr. Ilouchins, with which every thoughtful citizen will concur. Another reason is this, that within a very short time the shipment of milk and buit: r out of a county in which all cattle arc not free from tuberculosis will be prohibited. This will be a great incunvci.tier.ee to many farmers of southwestern North Carolina and means a serious loss to some. Some cattle in Clay and Cherokee wer tuberculin tested during the past summer, the owners of the cattle paying the expense. If the present agitation is productive of any effukl to remove tubetculin infested cattle from the county, the county commissinnrs will be asked o o-operatc with the state and federal governments in the work. The county will probably be asked to nproprlate a definite sum and the other two agencies wil care fo rthe balance of trie expense. Any cattle found infected will be killed and properly disposed of. The federal government will pay me owners 01 such cattei tuty doi-j laifur a grade cow ho infected and not to exceed $100 for a purebred, cow so infected and killed. Forty-eight counties in'- the state! have already had these tests made J and now all cattle shiped into them j must have been tested before they are! admitted. Seven ether counties have! . :udc a?, licati. a for the gov rr.:nei.t to aid thiixi in lidding their cattle of, tuberculosis. In all the counties j v.here th s wjv.: lias been undertaken,: Dr. Houchins states that not a single ; complaint as to expense has been f icgistcred. The cost of the tests usually runs about 2f> cents per head. Judging by other counties where the-' tests have been made, from or.e to' five percent of the cattle in tins sec-' tion are infected. That means thai several hundred head in each county are constantly producing milk and butter contaminated with tuberculosa bacilli, which are infecting the people who consume their products. It is an appalling thought and it is believed as soon as the election is over the counties of this section will join in the woik of eradicating the In Tected cattle. HONOR ROLL FOR FRIENDSHIP SCHOOL. 2ND MONTH First Grade?Ruth Hickey, Irene McDonald, Rertha Holbrooks, Vinnie ureen, uena namoy, r.isie iiamoy. i I.exie Hamby, Fannie Burger, John Taylor, Quentin Wood, Paul Smith, and Johnny Keenum. Second Grade?Edward Collins. Otis Burger, Elene McXabb. Third Grade?Emerson Smith. Leonard Ingram, Clon Keenum, Luther Beaver, Bernicc Ingram, Vesta McDonald, Pauline Thompson, Horace Beaver and Bennie Green. Fourth Grade?Cecil Burger, Mane Beaver, Edna Collins, Ralph Pope and Howard Taylor. Fifth Grade ? Mae Wods and Bonnie McDonald. Sixth Grade?Annie Lou Keenum, and Essa McXabb. Seventh Grade?Hcrmnit Burger, Mntie Lou McNabb, Addle Parker, !?Iatie and Annie Picklesimer, Exie ' r.*1 ' Pon? Glenn Taylor, Stan ike H eading Newspaper in tl ========= LINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, lt>2i Mrs. Lilly Wiggins Granted Parole Raleigh, Oct. 24.?Mrs. Lilly Wigfins, of Cherokee County, G7, where- F ibcuts unknown, can go back home now to be with her aged husband, a Confederate veteran. Governor Mor rison granted her a parole today in sP*jSSflBff lecord of bring absent u without leave from the Cherokee n county jail. d Mrs. Wiggins turned loose a load t of buckshot at a fellow near her s home who had bee.i taunting her j about her daughter. That was four | years ago. She was tried in superior jc court and sentenced to 18 months j I in jail. After serving 10 months of j c her sentence she escaped, sending ' word back that she "couldn't stand it \ any longer." The Cherokee authorities have 1 heard nothing of her since. If her!., family has, the authoiities don't know j it. thought it was reported to the governor that if paroled she would j come back to her husband, 10 year* 1 her ser.ior and in poor health. i Judge James L. Webb, who sen-1 f teneed her, recommended the paroie. ,, H< imi osed the sentence with the understanding that she would serve ( it if she tailed to pay Almati, the vie- i < tim of her gun, 5?J00 damages. i t After the judge left town friendr r deserted her and she could not raise the money, so she stayed in jail until she found the chance tc get away. * ?Charlote Observer. ^ I j r Officials Uncertain About Court Being t Held in November ' c. urt attaches and officials were 1 s still at a loss Thursday to state dot initely whether or not the regular t November term of the superior court would be held or not. It is the general opinion that it will not he held. 1 Thn frI t> removed the only available judge to \ preside at this term, in the opinion t of many. The impression prevails, i therefore, that the court will not con-1 ! vene. The docket has not yet been J made up by the bar association, which ' lends further credence to this view. | The court was scheduled to open on Monday, November 3rd, but on ac- ( count of electelon day on Tuesday, ^ it would not have convened before ^ Wednesday the 5th, it is said. How- . ever, with the death of Judge Ray, it j is believed that this term will be rrsfe:'- . i Just as we close the form be fore . going to press announcement comes , frrr.i Governor Morrison that he will not appoint a successor to Judge J. , Bis Ray until after the election, and | the November term of court will not convene until further announcement, which will be sometime after the election. according to word given out by court officials. At The Baptist Church Sunday, November 2nd Every member of the church is especially urged to be present both at Sunday schol and preaching service I Sunday morning. At the evening service by special request Rev. Victor McGulre will speak on "My Experiences and Observation in China." The public is most cordially invited to all the services. T. L. SASSER, Pastor. Methodist Men's Bible Class to Hold Banquet The Murphy Men's Bible Class of the Methodist Church arc planning: \ a class banquet for Friday evening, X.jvtjuber 7 th, in the basement of the new Methodist Church. Besides the members of the class, the pastors and teachers of the bible class "I r. this other churches will be invited to be guests of the class, according to to announcement given out a few I da?s ago. The Woman's Missionary iV-iety of the church will prepare \ 'COUt lis Section of Westen EVERY DAY" TO BE GIVEN TUESDAY NIGHT irst Number in Fall and Winter Lyceum Course To Be a Three Act Comedy Drama The first number of the fall ant! .inter lvcoum ?nur?o will 1>.. i the school auditorium next Tuesay evening, November 5th. The tile of the popular play that will constitute the number is "Every- Day." trhich has been a popular and successful drama all over the country, t is being staged by a New York onipany of merit, under the auspices T the Redpath Lyceum Bureau. Besides the play, arrangements save been completed for the receiving f elction returns at intervals durng and following the play. A radio ectiving set will be installed and he returns received in this way. This s expected to draw a capacity house or the play. People in nearby town? specially of Hayesville, Andrews, ulbcrson, Ranger and other towns if the county have expressed an inerest in the returns and the an* iouncement that the returns will be ccervcd here on that night Is expeced to bring many out of town peoile here for the play. Season tickets for the entire five lumbers in the 1921-25 course have ?een on sale for several days by choc 1 girls. During this week and he first of next, an intensive campaign to inccrasc the sale of sialon tickets will be put on. The seaion tickets represent a considerable iaving over the individual admittance iekets, and this fact is adding to heir attractiveness. There are five number in the course 'or this year. The other numbers vill appear in November and Decern>er. This course is made possible hrough co-operation of a trmup < ? .ublic spirited citizens who have jointly guaranteed the charges for winging this bitter type of entertainment here. "Every Day" is a modern Comedy iramy of Rachel Crother*. It depicts the life of a typical family. The olny i* divided into three aits, which ire described ::s of "sustained heart intere st." There are five characters Judge George Nolan, proud, pompous aud po'.ve ful, is c:. spicuously and unmistakably the lord and master of hi* house and everything in lie is r. few yea . older than hi: wife, Fanny, and is as positive as she is indefinite. Mrs. Nolan has been pretty. lov ible and charming in her youth, ami might have stayed so with encourage ment, but she has faded into a timic fretful little person, intent vpnn ef lacing herself, as being the easiesl way to meet the overpowering dorn inance of her husband and the work in general. She is a kitten who ha! grown old, but remained a kitten having given up its purring and pre: ty ways. She is neither in fashior nor out, but inclined to neutrality She is usually engaged in crocheting humoring the judge or making ex euses for his gruffness. Their daughter. Phyllis, beautifu at 20, and with a face pass! mattlj intelligent and eager has r, turner from European study and trave which have enable her to stand asidr and observe with dismay and disap point ment the shortcomings of th< home town in general and of her owi parents in particular. Among the home folks whom Phyl lis analyzes quite correctly is Mrs Raymond, a socially ambition: "friend of the family," who has lonj planned that her son, Tomrnie (dig nified with the title 'T, D."), shal wed the judge's daughter. At thi same time Judge Kalon, who has hi eye upon the governorship of his stat< in the middle west, designs that phyl lis shall become the wife of Barr; Wyman, who is politically powerfu and unrighteously rich. As a lover "T. D." is graded zero by Phyllis nor is she greatly interested in Wy man's suit until the judge leads he to believe that he is the victim o pubiic persecution and must have th enpoort of his friends. & ' i North Carolina 5c COPY?$1.50 PER YEAR Governor Peay To Build Tenn. Road "I intend to see next year that 1 Unicoi County gets a hard surfaced roaod all the way from Johnson City i Millijran College and Carter County j line clear through the North Caro IUr.a limr," ueciared uovemor Austin Peayfi of Tennessee, in a recent adI dress. ! The Erwin, Tenn., News quotes the Chief Executive as roilows: "I intend to see next ytar that Unl. j cs>i County pets a hard surfaced road j all the way from Johnson City, MilUgan College and the Carter County line clear through to the North Carolina line. You people have been Isolated long enough, you deserve this oad, and as Governor next year I shall see that you get it. It may not he possible to complete it In 1925, hut I promise to see this hardsurfaced i and permanent road across Unicoi County put through by the state next year. "In saying this, 1 make no personal appeal for votes. As goveronr, I am not accustomed to make many prom| ises, but every promise I make I keep, j This road will be built, because the public welfare demands it. j Loud cheers greeted this utterance of Governor Peay in Erwin, October To the audience in Johnson City, the following night, Governor Peay reiterated his promise made in Erwin the evening before to see to it that a haul surfaced road is built iif : Unicoi County next year."?Ashcvilie Citizen. Prolonged Services I At The Presbyterian ni i ^iiurcn Closed 1 hurs. \ ten day aeries of service? at the Presbyterian Church canie to a close Thursday night with a strong message l?y the evangelist, in which he ' exhorted his hearers to accept Christ as their Saviour. The title of the discourse was " Gcd Is Unwilling That Any Should Be Lost.*' Rev. Walter K. Keys, of Bristol, Tennessee. did the preaching. He is a young preacher hat brought a series of vigorous, f<\cefnl and logical messages. It seemed to he the one aim of Mr. Keys to see how plain and .simple he ei aid interpret the Bible to his hearj ers. The meeting began Sunday, October 19th, the pastor, v. E. G. Clary, preaching the opening sermon. On Monday night following. Rev. B. F. Ynndel, of th Hazlewood Church, did the preaching. For the remainder of the first week Mr. Yandell led the singing. Mr. Keys arrived Tuesday anil took charge of the meeting Tuesday night and immediately found his way into the hearts of his hearers. While tlit- visible results of the meetl ing were not so evident, those who -* heard Mr. Keys's strong messages 1 have undoubtedly been very greatly strengthened and benefited. Agent To Ship Carload Of Caives Next Saturday County Agent H. H. Ellis is pre. paring to aid the farmers of this sec. tion in the shiping of another carload - of veal calves aSturday, November 1st. Any farmer having a calf which 1 he would like to dispose of, should r bring it to Murphy not later than 12 1 o'clock Saturday, stated Mr. Ellis, I in order to get it in the car. Veal is I now bringing a good strng price and - a nice calf should net the shipper a good round sum. Calves are bringi ing much more in proportion than cattle. It has already been demon j strated that the best time to dispose . | of cattle is while they are small, as f I ihe cattle, if kept until they are two II to three years old, wil not show a -profit. 1 Calves and cattle are being ship? ped from time to time by the counsjty agents of Clay and Cnorokee e; assembly hall beautifully aec orated with a profusion, of autumn <f j Counties. A farmer having 6? calf 1 for shipment at any time should get , j it in the best shape possible and noL tify the county agent, so that he can - notify the owner of the date of the r next shipment. Mr. Ellis will also be f , glad to help anyone dispose ot cattle, e I if they have any for sale *.nd cannot [ tiiid a ready market.
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