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Che Cherokee ?>coui 7 f*r Official Or can of Murphy and (J** njJtee County , Xorth (Carolina Published Every Fijidxy i \V. Bailey Editor- Manager C. W B.vsley Associate Ed. l: W. SjPE Associate Ed. lettered in the postoft'ice at Murphy. !. ?rth Carolina, as second class mail matter under Act of March 3. 1879. Subscription Hates O112 Year $1.5( J itrht Months 1.00 ? ?c Months 75c Payable Strictly in Advance Legal advertisements, want ads, i ???ting notices, obituaries, cards of ? ' ?nks, etc., 5 cents line each inser lt mi. payable in advance. Display and ? infract rates furnished on request. fx [ communications must be signed I s < he writer, otherwise they will not I ? t cepted for publication. Name ?i i.?- writer will not be published un ! ? ?o specified, but we must have ? name of the author as evidence u >d faith. iT CAN BE DONE ntaing that eon\4ct gang basses ? r.eans of discipline. The Greens ?' ?. Superior and minor, have not I ' ? ?wer. And therefore "What a ;? ;<>r Court Judge can not do, ?; he Supreme Court bench itself . ot do, a jailer, a chain gang . . can not do." ? ' iNews underestimates the re ? ? -s of some of our Superior Court ? i: and their ability to pass such ? ?ences a< please them despite the ' "" ltions of law. It cliscoujiten 1 <?? their skill in circumventing the "-itution and their adroitness in in a perfectly lawful way what 1 J iw forbids, The News overlooks 1 "ii formidable weapon, the suspend <? ? ?entence. Constitution designates cver ?r;uri forms of punishment as the only ? which may be inflicted ? execu tion, imprisonment, removal from of fice. fines ? and decrces that these Utter shall go to the school fund. The Constitution does not allow a ;f<d?e to punish one by banishing him from the State, or requiring him to i??.v some individual a sum of money. O' t?i go to Sunday school.' it is known of all men that Su-| 1 km j or Court Judges do often inflict :.uch inadmissible punishments ? in stances are not infrequently published in The News. A judge banishes a convicted defendant from the State ? ol\ not as a formal sentence be cause that would violate the law and the judge is an upholder of the law. He sentences the defendant to serve year in priNon, and then casually re marks to him that process will be held up for 24 hours, but if he is within the State at the end of that time or returns here then he will go to jail. The defendant, not being a fool, takes the hint and departs from North Carolina pronto. Behold the lawful achievement of an unlawful punish ment! By the same method another defendant is induced to attend Sun day School. The judge remarks to the defendant that he will delay in flicting punishment for a year and that if at the end of that time the de fendant shows that he has attended Sunday school regularly his will be considered a mitigating circumstance. AnoCher defendant has been con victed of burning the bar of a poor farmer who is thus left destitute. The law might properly ptermit the judge to punish by making the defendant pay the farmer for his loss, but it doesn't allow such sentence. But nevertheless the defendant does pay the farmer. The judge sternly ex coriates the defendant for his evil deed and then remarks that at the end of a year he contemplates sen tencing him to five years in prison ? but that if in the meantime the de fendant has paid the farmer the judge is quite sure that he will not inflict any punishment. Where there is a will there is a way. If a judge wishes to punish a defendant by having him whipped would it not be easy to intimate to the defendant that if he voluntarily submits to a whipping no punishment will be inflicted ? that is no lawful punishment. -Ji It can be done. ? Asheville Citizen. v.o legal power to whip prisoners News says even the courts. Su ^ Dr.Frank Crane Says ^ Cwr"?M C ^ , THE SOUL HAS ITS WEATHERS i I Sometimes all is bright and serene, and other times it is dark and cloudy. Sometimes it is clear weather and -omtimes stormy. As in the case of the winds, of which we know not whence they come :or whither they go, but take their blowing as an act of God beyond. our ?( ntrol. so our moods and tempers <cem to arise we know not how. The best we can do is to maintain . cur poise as much as possible and turn toward our ideals when the winds of pessimism and doubt are upon us, and remain as equable as we can. We spei'k of petting out of bed in the morning with the wrong foot foremost. It is another way of say ing that we are in the grip of a mood that is beyond our control. How many acts oi our fellows that seem to us malicious are simply due to the prevalence of some uneontro! able mood in them? There are some people, thanks be. , that are always bright and cheery. ; < *ne who has this sunr.;. disposition L? to be congratulated, and even nior. ! to be felieiated are those about him If one can be a point el sunshine in this storm-tossed world he has cer tainly added much to human well be ing. The alternation of moods, however, is common to all of us. We should all expect some dark da\* and resist their influence as much as possible. We can do very much v ?th our will. | Our judgment should tell u? the danger of letting ourselves go when , "the wind is from the east." We j should wait until the times change and not give way to dark humors. It can be accomplished if we are hut fir ed in our determination to encourage cheerful moods and discourage unto ward feelings. W e cannot control our feelings, it is true, but by a set purpose we can make them strengthen us. If your birthday is this week you are exceedingly cool and self possess ed ? courteous and agreeable at all times. In fact, you arc th personifi cation of dignity and poise. You are a brilliant conversational ist, very bright and witty. You are light-hearted, and joyous ? with a genial personality that makes you ex trevely popular with everybody. You are independent and self-re liant, honest and loyal, generous and sympathetic. Your mind is inquisitive, active, and intuitive ? and you have consider able more than ordinary intelligence. Persons born during these dates are clean-minded and refined ? idealistic MARBLE 1 Mr. ana Mrs. W. B. Neal is spend ing some time with Mr. Meal's pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Neal. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Mintz announce the arrival of a son, James Jackson. Miss Julia DeHart left Sunday to visit her sister, Mrs. Carl Breedlove, at Needmore, N. C. Mrs. Alice Christopher, of W. Va., is visiting her neice, Mrs. W. B. Mul key. Mr. Fred I?ance of Copperhill, Tenn., was in town Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Coflfey announce the birth of a daughter, she has been given the name of Vesta. Mr. H. L. McHan has opened an up-to-date feed and grocery store here, he is also carrying a line of dry goods, and his prices are very reason able. Mrs. J. F. Palmer wishes to an nounce that she has been using a tor rent automatic washer for some weeks and finds it a long needed necessity. I WOLF CREEK z It looked Tuesday morning like real winter weather had come on with two inches of snow and mercury around 20. Mr. and Mrs. Riley Morgan and son, Charles, visited another son, El bert, at Newtown, a suburb of Duck CRnilBV ?unu, uuuuajr. Mr. A. E. Cloer has been logging for Mr. J. T.| Westmoreland for sev eral days. Mr. Westmoreland is plan ning a new residence just over in the edge of Georgia. There was recently born to Mr. and Mrs. Lum Bryant a boy and to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Ballew a girl. Mr. Harvey Gaddis, whose wife died several weeks ago, has moved his family from Mrs. Mat Withrow's to Isabella. There has been a lot of moving about here for the last several weeks, below are a few of them: John Henry Simonds has moved to Bell Hill; Bar ney Panter to Lower Beiltown; Guard Harper to John Cook's; and Theodore Ledford to William Ballew's place. Several of our citizens attended Court at Ducktown, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis and child ren visited Mrs. Davis' parents at Blue Bidge, Sunday. The holidays passed off very quietly here, and so far as the writer knows, ? \ and artistic ? romantic and imagina tive. Women born during these dates are real home-makers and home lovers. Thoy make cxcelltml wives a;;d moth ers. They also succeed as teachers of small children, writers, decorators, welfare workers, and musicians. The men born during these dates become excellent business people ? extremely clever and tactful in ne gotiations. They also become inven tors, doctors, scientists and clergy men. Benjamin Franklin was born Jan uary 17. Olga Nethersoi* (actress) was born January 18. no one had to be arrested because of being intoxicatd or had to have a doctor because of over-eating. The Public School her? will come to a close this week, but the church school conducted by the Seventb-Day Adventists will continue for aLoat four months yet. It will bo an eight months school. LETTTIA We are having some snow at prea ent, after several days beaatiful weather. Messrs. Isaac Taylor, Poley Wilcox and Allen Wright are engaged in trapping. They have caught several muskrats. Mr. B. O. Taylor of this section who is teaching at Patrick made a business trip to .Murphy Saturday. Mr. C. L. Price of Murphy is doing organ repair work in this section. Mr. T. D. Hickey was called to the bedside of his brother at Chatta nooga one day last week. Mrs. T. S. Runion is on the sick list at this writing. Mr. W. W. Barton closed his school at Suit, Friday, January 7. Mr. D. T. McNabb made a business trip to Murphy one day last week. Mrs. A. C. Barton of Birch, spent the week-end with her son, W. W. Barton. Mr. Deveroak Stiles is selling his property and is contemplating mov ing to Asheville where he expects to work. Mrs. T. D. Hickey and son made a business trip to Murphy Saturday. Mr. W. W. Barton has purchased a new David Bradley Feed grinder and is now ready to serve the people. Mr. R. L. Keenum passed through this section Sunday enroute to his schoo) ?t Unaka. Everybody come to Sunday School next Sunday at Oak Grove and let's have a good Sunday School. About your \ Health by John Joseph Gaines, M. D A FIRESIDE CHAT. "Keep the feet warm, the head cool, and, the bowels open." I was told by the old college professor, that strict obedience to this com mand would insure a healthy body at all times. I can think of at least fifty seri ous disorders, including fatal dis ease of the kidneys, and dangerous liver disorders, thai have their ori . in in constipation. From ordinary ".?I to- intoxication we go from bad to worse; the kidneys break down n their futile attempts to carry i way the body-poisons; the gall bladder becomes infected; the stom ich rebels; the blood becomes more ntiated; the heart finally weakens langerously, ? and all because of neglected bowels. A stitch in time is worth nine applied too late. The question of cold feet is in creasingly evident in these winter ?lays. The low-pattern shoe is the correct thing in fashion; but I am yet unconvinced that the low shoe is not a shortener of X know it is a menace to health; es pecially for women. The silk stock ing, the "goose pi tuples" beneath and the congested lung make the thoughtful physician wonder if the added attractiveness is worth the price! Light head dressing should bo worr, summer or winter. Tight fitting hats are conducive to bald heads, which are perhaps minor ef fects of head-wrappinp: both scalp and face are freshen and invigo rated by contact with winter air. The idea of enveloping the neck and head in fur and feathers, and the lower third of the person in thin silk, carries little appeal from the healthy race standpoint. "TH'Youn6 TOlKS i? jesT one Round 'o' "Pleasure? "dac^ in. Ni&Hr our.' i wmA i CLEVER TRAMP The tramp paused outside the gate. "Clear out!" shouted the lady of the house. "T ain't pot no wood to chop. There ain't nothing you could do here." "But, madam, there is," retorted the wayfarer, with dignity. "I could give you a few Tessons in grammar." LATE NEWS He who sells ribbons: "Did you say 'This is so sudden' when Mr. Kuss man proposed?"' She (leaving to be married) : "I didn't have the audacity." He who sells, etc.: "Why?" She: "Well, you know how Kuss miin stutters." i TRADE SECRETS Lady (to butcher boy) : "Do you know Mrs. Upperton in this road, my lad?" Boy: "Upperton? Let me see. 'Tain't pork and no fat ? that's No. 2. And it ain't two pound of rum and jucq ? that's No. 7. I know where 'tis. It's top side and tender, an' don't pay ? No. 5, that's it, mum!" SECRETS OF THE OFFICE-BOY TRADE Brown: "How's your new office boy getting along?" Grey: "Fine! He's got things so mixed up that I couldn't get along without him." SOME DAY IT MAY BE A WHALE Tommy: "Do fish grow very fast?" Billy: "I should think so! Father caught one once and it grows six inches bigger each time he mentions Liy Arthur Brisbane A DR. WORK WHO WORKS. BE PATIENT WITH STATIC. "XMAS" A SACRILEGE. CHRISTIANITY A FAILURE? Dr. Work, Secretary of the In terior, Fays of the 15)27 outlook: "There is not a single distress sign on the whole economic hori zon." Secretary Work doesn't sit at his desk, guessing. He travels ovei the country mutant! y, studying port unities for national improve* rent. He knows conditions, and n. opinion is important and en : raging. Should millions of women read the death of Sir Oliver Lodge, Marconi, Mil li kill and a dozen other great scientists the majority would say, "That's too bad," and be not much interested. Every one of millions will be In terested to hear that Jean Phillipe Worth, the famous dressmaker, has gone to a land where there is no sewing. His house dressed queens and empresses of state and finance, also ynunj> with, \vhc:n their sor>? ran around in Paris. His word meant more in real authority to the world's women than all the deci sions of a thousand high judges. Be patient with static, when it interferes with jazz music or prize fight news coming sweetly over your radio. Professor Pupin, of Columbia College, says static and "fading," enemies of radio en thusiasts, really indicate that other planets ure trying to talk to us. They send powerful messages that interfere with our feeble radio, and Pupin thinks we shall understand those messages within twenty-five years. ? Our age listens indifferently ti that news, but 110 man can exaff> aerate its importance. If planets millions of years older than our earth ould tell us what the> know, out -uence might jump ahead a* rapidly as a child ad vances in knowledge after it haa learned to talk and read. We Mght little bonfires, heat steam, and thus obtain power. Mars might teach us to harness the power of the sun, and transmit en ergy without wires, which would do away with engines or fuel on fly ing machines, and give us unlimited power. It is said that in this country there is more commercial "flying mileage" than in any other. For that thanks are due to Pres ident Coolidge and Postmaster General New, who have encour aged air mail routes. But flying back and forth by mail carriers, most desirable, does not mean buiiuing up national aerial defense. And for our commercial flying we depend on private initiative, citizens building planes that will "get by" and enable them to make money carrying mail. That isn't a Government programme for pro moting aviation. Clergymen are protesting against the abbreviated "Xmas," which re duces the name of Christ to "X." The abbreviation is disrespectful to the most beautiful word in his tory, and it is disrespectful to the English language. Anybody who was in too much of a hurry* to write out "Christmas" should not use the word. Wise men in Milwaukee will de vote three days to discussing high questions, including this, "Can Christianity be of any parotieal us* in changing existing conditions?" Christianity has been changing existing conditions for about nine teen hundred years, there is no reason why it should break down now. To "love thy neighbor as thyself," trying to help him, in stead of trying to rob him, will al ways improve conditions if men mean it. Another suggestion before Con gress is to forbid experiment with an scientific study of poison gases. The peak of absurdity is to sug gest that we must not KNOW about poison gases. Can we not trust ourselves. Is it not idiocy to say that our scientists shall not keep this country informed about important warlike weapons? We are not planning to gu any body, bu' we should be ready to answer gas with gas. To tie our bands would be irfioev.
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