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Iztmrational lEiittum of ?!ff Ctftrpfeee The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carolina , Covering a Large and Potentially Rich Territory L in This State Volume XLl.'? No. 14 Murphy, N. C., Friday November 8. 1929 $1.50 YEAR? 5c COPY Rapid Educatianal Development Of Cherokee County LOG HOUSES GIVE WAY TO MODERN BLDGS COUNTY NOW HAS TWO CON SOLIDATED SCHOOLS AND i NINE BUSSES Some thirty or forty years ago the | public schools of Cherokee County i were housed for the most part in i little one-room buildings with split I olgs supported by pegs for seats and j in many instances no arrangement ! was made about fuel to keep the pu- I pils warm through the winter sea son. The teachers of these rural I schools were often very inadequate- ! ly prepared to teach. Pupils attend- - ed these schools very irregularly as j there was no law to compel their at tendance. During the age of our fjorefathersk schools were often taught only thre& months during the year. During the first term of the Mur ph^ Graded School was taught by Dr. Gardner in 1892. They obtained aid from the Feabody fund. In 1 896 a Normal College was es tablished for the pupils after the> had completed the preparatory grades. A normal department was also es tablished for those who wished to be come teachers. An endowment fund of $30,000 was supplied by taxation every year. In the year of 1897, the people were called upon to vote whether or not they wished to avail themselves of an increase in public school funds of Cherokee County. Each town ship was asked to vote a special tax of ten cents on the dollar's worth of property and thirty cants on the poll, the lowest limit allowed by law. As a whole the reply of the people was, "We are greatly infavor of this law; not because it taxes our people, but because we foresee the great good to be accomplished by having the term of our schools extended four, five or six months." Andrews school was begun in 1005. ?Tumi IT. Ilighwucd being: superinten dent, obtaining a salary of $75.00 per month. The school term was only six months, having three grade teachers, receiving a salary of $25 per month. The total expense amounted to $900.00 per year. Now the enrollment has increased to sev en hundred pupils and twenty-sev en teachers, and the annuai expense have amouted to $35,000.00 per year. Teachers of today are far better prepared to instruct youth. Since 1897 they have not l|sen gijanted third grade certificates. A teacher who cannot secure, at least a second grade certificate, should never be intrusted to teaching children, and taking the responsibility of mould ing their habits. The present grammar school buld ing of Murphy vrss erected in 1910. and the high school building in 1924 25. In 1925, Murphy High School was classed as a group 1, class B. At that time only six other counties in the state had a less per capita cost of public school instruction than did Cherokee, according to statistics is sued by the office of the State sup erintendedt of Public Instruction. We are now boasting three newly consolidated schools, one at Peacn tree, one at Martin's Creek, and one at Marble, and one new building at Culberson. We have at the present, nine buss es carrying pupils to and from dif ferent schools in Cherokee County. Approximately 232 pup;ls are car ried to school on these busses daily. At the present tim* the rural sshools have a term of six months. Peachtree, Marble, Tomotla and Cul berson pay extra school tax in or der to secure a school term of e ight months. Andrews and Murphy are the only schools in our county which have a school term of nine months. In order to show the importance of attendance in the schools of Cherokee County, we are adding the following article by Lisbeth Parrott: "Realising the importance of retf u**? attendance in our schools, not ??hr from the point of view of the welfare of the child, but also from o. paf* S) EDIT SCOUT THIS WEEK Member* of the Teacher Training Department edited The Cherokee Scout this week in connection with the regular curriculum. The members in the group, reading from left to right, are: Seated. Nellie Hen drix, Hattie Walsh, Mrs. Hildred Wessel, Juanita Evans, Pauline Kisselburg, and Luella Jenkins. Back row: Helen Hill, Ethel Davis, Nell Foster, Carmen Cherry, Norma Lee Hogan, Vesta Roberts, Frances Dickson, Myrtle Trull, Rose-nond Cooper, Mrs. J. V. Brittain and Sallie Kisselburg. MURPHY TAKES GAME FROM ANDREWS, 13-7 MARTIN, FOR MURPHY, MAKES STAR FEATURE PLAY OF THE CAME Lyle Martin, a lanky halfback on the Murphy High football team twis ted and side-steT>ned sixty yards through the Andrews tefem for the winning touchdown of a thrilling game which marked the opening of the ItuiiLuaii rivalry between the two institutions. Both teams are inex perienced and as a result there were several breaks, although they were evenly divided. The teams were evenly matched and theoutcome was doubtful until the final whistle. During the first period the game was played in An drews territory. Murphv was able to drive the ball, by line plays and even runs to Andrews two-yard line. The score came when Hill carried the full off tackle for the first touch down of the game. The pass for the extra point was incomplete and the half ended with Murphy beating by a score of 6 to 0. Soon after the third period began, Martin t(Jok the ball on a false end run for sixty yards and a touchdown. This was the most spectacular play of the game and was featured by beautiful blocking by Ferguson and Hill which made the run possible. The extra point was made by a line play. Score, Murphy 13, Andrews 0. The Andrews marker came when Walker tcflak the ball on a beautiful tripple fake for twenty yeards and crossed the goal line untouched. Bel lamy added the extra point by carry ing the ball through the center of the line. The remainder of the game was uneventful until Andrews start ed a drive which threatened to sink the Murphy team, but thanks to Father Time, th?> game ended with the ball in Andrews possession on Murphy's one yard line. The star players for Murphy were Martin, Ferguson and Hill, while Walker was the most stellar perfor \ mer for Andrews. Both teams play ed well, considering the fact thast this is their first season. Murphy's line up is as follows: Right end, Ferguson Right tackle. Hall. Right guard, Sword. Center, Bell. Left guard, Lee. Left tackle, McClelland. Left end, Davidson. Quarter back, Dyer. Left Halfback, Martin. Right Halfback, , Parker. Fullback, Hill. MISS ANNIE MAE TOWNSON VOTED MOST POPULAR GIRL IN MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL The Popularity Contest anions the ; high school Kir]? sponsored by the ! Teacher Training Class closed Sat urday evening at 8 o'clock. Miss . Annie Mae Townson was chosen the most popular girl in Murphy High School by an overwhelming number of votes. The Teacher Training Class presented Miss Townson with a beautiful silver compact. The contestants stood as follows: Annie Mae Townson 6S6 votes Kathlee Axley 31 0 vc*es Anne Candler 187 votes Mae Corn well 1<>5 votes Jenette Palmer 105 votes Lois Hill 103 votes Regina Evans 47 votes Polly Davis 26 votes trMingclass HOLDS CONTEST AMONG SCHOOLS ERNEST HAWKINS JR., OF MUR PHY SCHOOL, GIVEN AWARD FOR BEST PAPER I For the past few weeks the Teach j er Training Class of Murphy has been sponsoring a written composi- ] tion contest on the subject, "The Val ue of Forests in Everyday Life.*' Many very interesting comoosi iions came m to us and it has been | very hard to decide which was teh ! best. We are delighted with the re l suits of the contest, and we are high ; ly pleased to announce Ernest Haw kins, Jr., a member of the seventh grade of Murphy High School as win ner of the contest. Ernest will be presented a one dollar gold piece and below is his composition: THE VALUE OF FORESTS IN EVERYDAY LIFE By Ernest Hawkins Jr., 7tla Grade Forests and its products are very I essential to mankind in many differ ent ways. Some of the material tak en from it is used in the major part of the construction of the homes in which we live. The brick and stone structures are not constructed with out the aid of forest products. The furnitui e with which our homes are , furnished is made of wood. The ve hicles, on which we are transported from place to place, are largely con structed of forest products. The ships that sail our mighty oceans are also largely constructed of wood, and the freight cars that traverse the | railroads are made of wood: The rapidity with which shipbuilders were able to construct wooden vessels dur ing the World War, afded material ly in winning the war. In cases of emergencies where it id necessary to build pontoon bridges, wood is re ( Continued on page S) MILLIONS SPENT IN AID COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS STATE SCHOOL FACTS SHOW ALMOST $18,000,000 HAVE APPORTIONED Raleigh, Nov. 4. ? Almost $18,- | i 000,000 has been apportioned to the I counties as an aid in operating: the j public schools from Equalizing funds I appropriated by the several legisla tures from 1901 to 1927, inclusive, according to the current issue of School Facts, officio.! publication of the State Department of Public In stmction. This number of this publication is devtoted to a history Of these funds from 1901-02 to 1928-29, a 28 years j record. The distribution for these ; years has been divided into four pe- j riods. The first period is from 1902 to 1913, twelve years, when the legis- ' lature made an annual appropria tion of $100,000 to help needy dis- j tricts provide schools for four months each year. A total of $1,140,612.45 [ was distributed for these years. The second period is from 1914 i to 1919, during which time the state levied a five-cent tax. The funds were appontioned (1) to moke up any deficiency in running the schools four months after counties had lev ied a tax of 35 cents, and (2) to ex tend the term beyond four months. During this period $2,639,123.21 was distributed. The third period is from 1920 to 1921, when the state undertook to pav three months salaries of teach ers from a state tax of 32 cents (13 cents after revaluation). A small equalizing fund was provided to aid counties not able to pay the addi tional three months salaries from a 35 cent levy. The sum of $386,993. 32 was distributed during this period. The fourth period is from 1922 to 1928-29, the past school year. On the whole, the funds of this period were distributed to those counties not able to support a six months school term on a certain level after they have levied a specified tax rat?. From 1921-22 to 1928-29, the sum of $13,620,57.54 was distributed. INTERESTING BITS OF WORLD KNOWLEDGE Tobacco is a native of America. The first steel ship was built in , 1864. There are more Italians in New York than in Rome. The first telephone was made in in 1875 by Thomas A. Watson. Texas is our only state that ever existed as a separate nation. Fort Sumpter was fired on by Con federates April 12, 186^1, and the V ,1 I. LOCAL SCHOOLS WILL CELEBRATE WEEK NOV. 11-17 AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK WILL BE USED TO ACQUAINT PARENTS WITH SCHOOL The week of November 11th to the 17th has been set aside as American Education week, during which time ;.n attempt will be made throughout the country to acoua'nt the pub:ic with the work of the schools. Dur ing this wee'; the public will pome out to the school? and the schools v ? 1 go to the | I'Mic. The local school is putting on a special Chapel program? from N:3<> to II o'clock each morning next week to attract as many parents nnd non school people to the school as possi ble. Each grade will make an ef fort to have the largest possible num ber of parents present during one or more of these chapel hours, or at some other time during the week. In order to stimulate interest in the matter, a nrize has been offered to the grade which succeeds in bring ing the largest nercent of its par ents to the school during the week. Likewise, during the cominp week, the teachers will make a snccial ef fort to visit in the homes of as many of the children ?n their respective grades -in possible. In this way, it is honed that tcachers and parents may become better acquainted and thus be able to work together more effectively in the training of the young people of this community. The special chapel programs will be organized around the following themes: Monday. Nov. 11 ? Armistice Day. or patriotic dav. The program will be in charge of Mr. Mease's section of the 8th grade. Tuesday, Nov. 12th ? Home and School Day, or Mother's day. The program will be in charge of com mittee from the Woman's Club sind High School Glee Club. Wednesday, Nov. 13th ? Safety Day, or Young People's day. The program will be in charge of mem bers of Junior Woman's Club. Thursday, Nov. 1 4th ? Citizenship Day, or Daddy's day. The program will be in charge of the Lion's Club. ?Friday, Nov. loth ? Health Day. or Everybody's day. Program will be in charge of the seventh grade. It is hoped that there will be a good attendance of parents at each of these programs, and that those who cannot come to these programs will visit the school at some convenient time during the week. It is expected that a great, many mothers will make it a special point to attend the Tuesday morning chapel program and that the fathers, will make it a special point to at tend the Thursday morning program. The young people of the communi ty, who have finished school or for one reason or another stopped school, are urged to attend the special safe ty program on Wednesday morning. On Friday night of next week at seven o'clock a special moving pic ture, appropriate to the spirit of the week will be shown. As has already been announced to several groups of county teachers, all pupils of rural schools who come in with their teachers on this nigfctv Friday Nov. l<?th, will be admitted free to this picture. The roads are fairly good this season of the year, and there ou&H to be a good attendance of rural school children. BWS. Civil War followed. The World War losses of France included 1,364,000 men killed and 3,000,000 wounded. The nation carries 700,000 permanently dis abled soldiers on her pension ioIIk. The Protestant chuTches of the Lnited States have about 35.000,000 members. 210,000 churches and $2, 906.000 000 invested in church prop erty Th?.re are 2800 denominations. Big League ->ase ball players find that they can bat the ball further in the thin atmosphere of high altitudes but that there ia less "curve" to the pitched ball and tkiat the base [runners are winded sooner.
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