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Ole Man Murphy Says ? i (vptribun. nf are welcomed. Sien your n h m . ;> wi'.I "? t ** Printed. Help to ke?p this ? 4 column Kuln". BY OI.K MAN MI RTH V HIS-SKI.K ? The Carolina Motor Club announc es that several thousand more auto pobilcs have been sold to date in this gate than were sold by the same date last year. Prosperity? That is vhtrc our monev goes, you might say But the same annuoncement say? that forty-three percent of the safes were niaed for cash. A large in crease in cash sales to the same date last year. That really means prosperity, and ready cash on hand. People have it, bat don't want to turn it loose. Un less for necessities ? such as automo bile?. On the other hand, automobiles are not the luxury they once were. More and more they are being used in business. More and more the working man is using them for trans portation to and from work. Per mitting him to live where he wishes, and live economically. The German scientist shows the way. And an American Company, the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company, of Ohio, are beginning the construction of two massive lighter-than-air ships that will carry over one hundred pas sengers, in addition to the crew. LiniKr- pon, wnicn, as Bugs Bear jays is like marriage, easy to pet into hut with a terrible upkeep. Air Transportation will In* th?* economi cal mode of travel in a few short years. The competition of organizations controlling millions, such as Trans-1 continental Air Lines Inc.. Bo; ing Air Service Inc.. Henry Ford and The Ci' National Rank of New York, with the best engineering talent in the country, will produce results. More power to them. l ive years from now every town will need an air port. Ton years fiom now every town will have an air port. Which reminds us to ask what became of the movement on foot las- fall to secure a landing field? llair is longer, dresses are longer. Dr ?s and stocking materials are less trai' snarent. Or is it our failing eye sight ? Short hair is becoming to nine out ef ten girls, and infinitely more com fortable and sanitary. And easily car d for. If we were a girl that is one thing we would retain, the short hair. And And have them thin enough for comfort. We are writing in September. February, with us, would probably call for thicker ma terials. But the scientists have it that the less amount of clothing worn, the healthier one is. And it sounds rea sonable. And we hope its true. A few months ago O. Max Gard ner, Governor of the State of North Carolina, called the' heads of various state departments together and said ""Economize," for his State was fac ing a deficit of $2,000,000.00 for 1929. All budgets were curtailed. Good business. Then last night's paper stated that revenues to August 1 were above 11,500,000.00 over those of the same date last year. Mostly due to the increase in gasoline tax rate, and increase in sales of automobile li cense plates, more automobiles. So there will be no deficit. It was good business on the part of Governor Gardner a business man, to look ahead and prepare to meet a deficit. But each native North Carolinian will be proud to know that at the end of the year there will be a surplus in the State Treasury, like there was last year, instead of 'a deficit. North Carolina roads are paying 'or themselves. The budgets of the various State Departments will not ke curtailed. Progress will go on. And one of these days some little representative or Senator will sug R*st that some of the revenue sup posed to be used for the building and Maintenance of highways be diverted to some other purpose. And on that day the said Representative or Sena tor should be quartered and ham strung. Otfr roads must be maintained, njore ~oads must be built and those alrea built must be widened. This 1 he Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina , Covering a Large and Potentially Rich Territory in This State VOLUME XLI. ? NO. 8 Murphy, N. C., Friday, September 27, 1929 $1.50 YEAR ? 5c COPY i dU ILLJ5 CROPS ON ALEXANDER CO. FARM When the commissioners of Alex I ander county plaoed the county home ! under the supervision of the farm demonstration agent seven years ago, [ it was conceded to be the poorest 1 piece of land in the county. Now it is a profitable farm. A. A. Milker was county larm agent when the responsibility was placed on that office. The first thing ho did was to call in the State Col lege extension agronomist sr.d have him devise a system of crop rotations that could be followed through a per iod of years and which would add to the fertility of the land. The agro nomist first made a survey of the sit uition; next, he advised consolidating some of the small patches into larger fielss. One or two small woods areas were cleared and three good fields were finally obtained. On these, a three-year crop rota tion was planned. Corn and soy beans the first year, followed by wheat the second season and lespe <ii?za and soybeans the third were de cided upon. Red clover was tried for three years but was discarded as being inferior to lespedeza. Since 1923, there have been three boaris of f commissioners, three farm superin tend! nts ind two county agents but th^ rotation has been systematically followed, especially sine/? the present farm agent, D. H. Osborne has been in the county. To show the changes that have come about through following the ro tation, in 1924, there were 83 bush els of corn produced on the place. The records show (hat 200 bushels were made in 1925; 335 bushels in 1926; 500 bushtls in 1927, and 043 bushels in 192S. The record with wheat has been nearly as good and more hay and roughage "r. produced than can be ronsuined by the present herd of cattle. Hogs and hens sup ply an adequate supply of meat and eggs with a surplus f-.r snle. Littl .? fertilizer is used though the land has i been well limed. Legumes acid nitro gen to the soil and l.uild up the fer tility of the sand. WOMANS CLUB HOLDS FIRST MEETING FOR YEAR 1929-30 The first regular meeting of the Murphy Woman's Club for th ? year ID 2 0 was held in the clul> room Wednesday afternoon, September IK, with .Mrs. \V. M. Axley, president, presiding. The regular routine business was transacted; trc reports from the t haii men of the different committees >howing that progress is being made in each department. The new programs for the year [were distributed by Mrs. J. W. Dav idson, chairman program committee. Last year the club studied "Know Your Own State, North. Carolina,'* I ami the programs rovered from the settlement of the state to the present day ? her geography; natural re sources, etc. This year the outstand ing men who have been '"Makers of : North Carolina History" will be stud ! ied. The lives of the first men stud ied were: William R. Davie, Nathan iel Macon, presented by Mrs. J. P. Anderson, and Archibald D. Murphy, William Gaston, presented by Mr^. B. W. Sipe. These papers were of spec ial interest and for the benefit of those who did not hear the program they are being printed in full in an other part of hte Scout. The club was delighted to welcome is a new member, Mrs. Susie de Mar tin. At the next meeting of the club the lives of George E. Badger, David Mrs. C. WT. Savage, with music by L. Swain and Thomas Ruffin will be presented by Mrs. E. G. White and Mrs. H. H. Keener. can be done and progress still be maintained in the schools, public health and public welfare work, and all other branches. "Let no man touch our road money." And being on the subject, let us reiterate tha tthe City Fatherr are still making wonderful improvements on our side streets. More power to them. And our friend Stikeleather is let ting no grass grow under his feet in getting work started on Route No 28 to the Tennessee State line. They mean to keep that road passable all winter, it is reported. The residents along that route will finally learn what it means to be able to come to town after necessities in winter with out making an all day trip ofit, walk ing part of the way and using the train for the balance. Mr. Stike ieather has always done what he could for us, and more than our share has gone on Cherokee roads. We have not always shown our ap preciation. ANDREWS WOMAN DIES AT CANTON MISS ADDIE LEATHERWOOD PASSES AWAY IN HER 78TH YEAR CANTON, Sept. 25.? Miss Addie J Leatherwood, 78, beloved by many friends who knew her as "Aunt Ad," I Hiorl Kopr f fwlny at tho home of Mr. I and Mrs. Fain Ruaseli. Misa Leather wood, whose home was in Andrews, was the great-aunt of Mrs. Russell. She had been living alone in An drews for several years, but was brought here recently after becoming ill. She died of pneumonia. Miss Leatherwood was the daugh ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leatherwood, of Haywood and Cher okee counties. The body will be taken to An drews tomorrow. Funeral service will be held at the Baptist Church j there at 2 o'clock. Miss Leatherwood i was an active member of the church. Ti e Rev. A. V. Joyner, of the , First Baptist Church of Canton, and ; the Rev. Mr. Zeitz, of Beta, former pastor of thi church of whicr'Miss; Leatherwood was a member, will of ficiate. Pallbearers will be young men of the Andrews community. Surviving are one brother, John Leatherwood, ??f Murphy, and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Hay s. of Canton, and Mrs. Emily Hyatt, of Athens, Tenn. BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION IS IN I NEED OF COFFEE I 11,000 Mile Radio Metsagc Reports Shortage Of Coffee In Little America A brief radio message bearing: ;>n urgent request for five hundred ad ditional pounds of ci if fee has l> en i ceived from the Byrd Antarctic Kxtedition Unsj on the Ice Barrier Little America. Within the short space ??f about one year the members of this expe dition have consumed almost the en tire original shipment of two and one half tons of Rokar Coffee. This ouontity of coffee means 5,000 one pound tins, enough to supply a nor mal family for more than ten years. It is natural for the men on Little Am rica, where ?' 'v y are enduring the bitterest cold kn >wn 10 man, t-> l ave a keen desire for a steaming hot cup r.f this stimuliting beverage and this huge consumption of coffee is a certain sign of their liking the particular brand that is served. Their request for coffce is being answered immediately by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. A shipment of five hundred pounds of Bokar Coffee, of which the A. & P. food stores sell more than one mil lion pounds a month, is being sent on the whaling vessel, Nielson-Alonso, which left Norfolk this week and is sailing direct to the ice barrier on which the expedition is encamped. This will reach the ice barrier around Christmas as it is impossible for a ship to break through before that tme. MISS HEIGHWAY ENTERTAINS Circle No. 3 of the Woman's So ciety of the Methodist church met on 1 Monday afternoon with Miss Jose phine Heighway as hostes. Twelve members were present. The Scripture lesson from Acts third chapter was read and comment ed upon bf Mrs. Kinsey. Mrs. Ket ron followed with an earnest prayer. Mrs. Norvell presented a very timely article "No easy time for the church of today," which appeared in the last issue of the N. C. Advoatce. Dues were collected and the meet ing closed with prayer by Mrs. Pow ell. Delicious refreshments were en joyed by the guests at the close of the program. All members of the different Cir cles are urged to attend the zone meeting of the Mossionary Society of the church at Andrews on Satur day morning at 9:00 o'clock. Murphy time. Those who will depend upon the bus for transportation must leave at 7:30 A. M. from the bus station. HAYESVILLE VS. VRYSON Hayesville High's Blue Tornado left this morning for Bryson City for a return game this afternoon on the Bryson City gridiron. After their victory of the rirst game of the sea son the boys are in fine spirits and expect to win if not, give Bryson a hard yame. hard game. ? Clay, County News. MORE GIRLS THAN BOYS NOW IN HIGH SCHOOLS Girls are attending: the public high schools of the state in larger num I bers and more regularly than boys, according to statistics collected by the State Department of Public In struction. During the ji?ai 1928-2" there were 43,339 white boys and 53,400 white girls enrolled in public high schools, or over 10.000 more girls than boys. Fifty-five percent 1 of the total white high school enroll ment of 06,739, and 67 percent of the total colored high school enroll ment of 13,218, are girls. On the basis of rural and city schools this percentage distribution is practically the same ? 44 percent of the rural white enrollment and 40 percent of city high school enroll ment are boys. These percentage distributions are approximately the same as they were five years ago, 1023-24, when 44.5 percent of thi? total white high school enrollment of 58,784 was boys. Not only do more girls attend high school, but figures show that they also attend more regularly. Where as, an average of only 83 boys out of <ach 100 enrolled attend daily, 86 girls make this record. Boys in city schools attend slightly better than do their country cousins ? city boys 84 I percent and rural boys 82 percent. | Figures also show that at the close of the school year 1928-29, there w:?re 4,668 white boys and 7.477 white girls who graduated from the ! public high schools. 38 percent boys and 62 percent girls. The differenc i es are greater for the colored race. ' 31 percent boys and 69 percent girls out of a total of 1,484 graduates. , A slightly larger percentage of J city boys graduate than do rural boys 37.5 percent of the total rural ] graduates are boys, whereas 40.1 j percent of the city graduates ar? j boys. The numb; r of rural white i girls who graduated from high school j exceeded the number of rural white j boys by nearly 2,000. I MISS NANCY O. DF.VERS MEFTS WITH CHEROKEE CO. TEACHERS I Saturda" Sentember 21, the sec ond county-wide teachers' meeting j was held in the auditorium of the ; Murphv high school. Miss Nancy O. 1) avers. State Su pervisor of Schools, spok*? to tin teachers about the changes in the j course of study. The following i: i t he entire urogram: Gsneral Conference Tht importance of attondanec. Supt. A. L. Martin. Community and school coopera tion, Mrs. F. (J. White. The course of study, Miss Nancy O. Devers. Gro"*^ Conferences Elementary Reading in the elementary grades, N. O. Kilpatriek. Primary Reading in the primary grades, Mrs. Weasel. FIRST BAPTIST W. M. S. MEETS The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church held its meeting: on Tuesday afternoon in the ladies parlor of the church. Mrs. Moody, the president, was in charge of the meeting. A hymn, "O Worship thp King," opened the ser vice, after which the watchword and the twenty-third Psalm were repeat ed. Miss Sara Cook spoke on "The Historic Attitude Toward Women." Mrs. Deweese discussed, "Jesus' At titude Toward Women." Mrs. Mur ray spoke on, "Women and the New World," and Mrs. Fred Christopher on, "The American Woman and Her Responsibility." The Society then engaged in sentence prayers. Miss Cook and Mrs. Neil Davidson were appointed as a program committee. At the close of the meeting, the pastor was sent for and when he came in he found a table on which were a large number of gifts and a cake with twenty-nine candles. Af ter opening the gifts, he expressed his appreciation to the women for their loyalty and support, their un tiring service to the church and for their remembrance of his birthday. POULTRY PRICES The following prices will be paid for poultry at car. Murphy, N. C., Tuesday, October 1st, by Farmers' Federation by the arrangement of the SmoV" Mountain Mutual Ej chanee : Hens, heavy, lb 20c Hens, light, lb 15c Chickens, heavy 22c Chickens, light, lb 20c Cocks, lb 10c Ducks, lb 15c Eggs, dozen 34c CHEROKEE CO. FAIR OPENS ON NEXT WED. Better Than Ever Officials of the~Cherokee County thi; ,f~utiation this week stated that they expected this year's fa" to live up lo the slogan ?f , h<- Associa tion: Bigger and Better than Kver " spite (if the rain, preparations are cpenTneoTuL'" a,ntic'Datir"> <>f the cpening of the pates to the Fair ^?U Th 7 ?**?"? ".-n int. Tne fair will last four davs be the 5th. "" Ct?bt" 2 and on The old buildings nn tl)(, . . srounds have been put in order and some additional work done for the Women s Department, including art . "fdlecraft. and household de ' tnents. An addition is being completed to the livestock building so ? " capable of housing ?* tiout 15 more animals this vear It is exneeted. therefore, that ample fl? ?'.?n ail,d car wiM a?orded all cattle, sheep, hops, poultry and other livestock exhibited, and in creased interest is expected in these m partments. In order to provide for expansion ? ?1 the fair, a large weather proof tint has been provided especially for l,:^b.a ' show- It is the !an of f?ir officials to conduct the babv show on ? pur ly scientific basis this year The county health officer, the county n alth nurse, and a nurse from the ^tate Health Department will be in ' -barge of the baby show this year. Com foi table on arte is will be provid ed fW the babies and they will be i'idced strictly according to medical store card-. Th ? ? ecretarv stated this week that all those contemplat ing entering their habits in the baby how should make this known the ! ir.-t Hhv of the fair and get instruc tions as to h u ,rn aho.it it. Thii being conducted this year on a bigh is not new department, but it is being conducted this year on a high er plan. Hie race track on the fair grounds has been rcgraded and while th-.' catalogue does not carry any awards '?r the races. t!> ?e awards will be announced on daily handbills. Those who have horses to ride in these races are invited and urged to bring them to the fair and apply to the manager for instructions. The-.* races are one n i<? the same counti s as are the other departments of the fair. It has l:e two or three "ears since races w-?er held, but there has been a con stant interest in thees events and thy are being put on again this year in .response to requests from a num ber of racing enthusiasts. The A. & B. Amusement Com pany. playing in AsheviHe this week, will furnish the mid-way attractions. This carnival company has a good reputation and is larger than the carnivals playing the fair during the nast year or two. There will be four rides, a number of shows and some thing over thirty concessions in the company. This company has been playing the Indian fair for a number of years and will go there again this year for the week following the fair here. Of general interest as an amuse ment feature will be the athletic con tests on the grounds. These will in clude several basketball games be tween schools of adjoining counties and a football game between game between Hayesville high school and the Cherokee Indians. The regular departments of the fair, it is expected, wil make their usual god showing, especially the flowers, horticulture, and farm crops divisions. The largest atendance in the history of the fair is expected. Fair officials made it plain that suf ficient funds were in hand or in sight to meet all requirements and urged every farmer in Cherokee and ad joining counties to get in the compe tition for the hundreds of dollars thus to be distributed, as well as for the ribbons. MRS. ELLIS ENTERTAINS Mrs. G. W. Ellis entertained circle No. 1 of the Methodist Missionary Society Tuesday afternoon at her home on Harding Street. Mrs. How ard P. Powell had charge of the de votional period. After the regular business session the hostess served a deligrtful d course. - 'lying Mrs. Ellis' hospi - Mosdames Howard P. TVwel, r. C. Matt ox. W. T. Cooper, E. C. Mallonee, H. E. Dickey, J. H. Hampton, A. A. Fain and Miss Marv Beal.
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