THE CHEROKEE SCOUT TH y omcut OR?.\N OF Ml RPH> WD H1K1UV KKK (Ol >n . >?>RTH C AROLINA PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY O. v% K \ 1 1 iA'-r AlHj Vj ? th- P'?? N?f ' fjf w. *? w??Q4 ?vi: lutlff ??<"T V't ?' Mif* UH?. irHHTRlPTlOV K\TM IN (HEEilKKK COI NTi ? ^ ?*r ll.M Sis 'i? fSffct nMtlia Sl.M t'*uP J4t K\T^ Ml TMllK CHEBUKKK COCNTY ? ?n? S??r *? ?*? N\ m?nth? SI PXMHI.K ? TKH "TI.Y IN ADVANCE ? ??|( ? *-?<- ?. * - -?? V.iS 4 ? ? l.??i i-1t "t? i r. ? ? . ? ?nt -?i?piV Mtf? ?n r~* iu??t \ Kmm.ini< tfi?r? bu*i by *rit*r. .?hrr - . .?? tb?^ ?.il n?.l ?? f?r ?ublir*ti?n X?n?? ?f t h? *n:?r Mill n*r t>? pat>4i?h<>?i unl?? itr** '?*; f -f D>a?: ho? Rj m* ?f ?uth-r ?< MiJ?nr? ?f c ' ? th and WELCOME MR. WILLIAMS THE PEOPLE f Murphy .. :r. T- e Scout :r. ^xter.dir.^ a h - art y we. n ?? Prof. C. ^ Wuiiams, r. e w superintendent of sen - Is. tnc hi.- family t ??u: veautiful little unta:n towr.. and to the *.*? rk which he rr.es here to1 do. Mr. Willian.- : ? e->e? us as a .r.a.n ? t strik .r.sr per.' nali'.y. jrenie ? ? f this paper. We ar? ^lao * . we! Mr. Wiliiar .- ar. : h!?-r#?wtily? an?i ; ieotre ??ur support tr hi: ar. : the w rr: he > to do. The column- of th. paper are open for the promotion ? f anythir.ir that will advance ar.-: benefit ?.ur public' schools, ami ???ant Mr. Williams- and h> f acuity. an : a'.'; wh?- are ir.t** : : the school's a-.n : I -peak to the home rt the evening r the glow of winter's lamp. I -,elp to make this evening hour; I record th?- great and the smai.. it.*- varied -t? t- f the days and weeks that go t - make up life. I am for and of the home; I follow those "a" ho !ea*.e humble beginnings; whether they ?40 to greatness or to the cutter. I take t them the thrill of old days, with wholesome messa- . I speak the language of the common man; my words are fitted to his understanding. My congregation is larger than that of any church in my town; my readers are more than those in the school. Young and old alike find in me stimulation, instruction, entertainment, in spiration, solace, comfort. I am the chron icler of birth, and love and death ? the three great facts of man's existence. I bring together buyer and seller, to the , benefit of both; I am part of the market-place j of the world. Into the home I carry word of I the goods which feed and clothe and shelter, j ard which minister to comfort, health, and . happiness. I am the word of the week, the history of j the year, the record of my community in the | archives of state and nation. I am the exponent of the lives of my read ers. I am the Country Newspaper. ? Bristcw Adams, in Canton Sentinel. I ASHEVILLE'S COOPERATIVE AID (Franklin Press > Asheville, N. C., July 15, 1930. J Mr. Lyles Harris, Editor and Publisher, Franklin Press, Franklin, North Carolina. Dear Mr. Harris: I read a couple of weeks ago your editorial in which you intimated that we folks in Ashe ville were not concerned as much as we should be in the progress and prosperity of our re gion. I then read in your last week's issue what you had to say about Franklin receiving wondered how it all came about. a Federal Highway, in which you said you You probably read the enclosed article in the Asheville newspapers but for fear you did ?not. T am enclosing a copy from one of them, which will show that the Chamber of Com meice. jointly with Mr. Stikeleather. highway commissioner, has been working for the ex tension of these Federal routes and obtained the first of these for your section. Regarding U. S. 19, we saw no reason for shifting that, a- U. S. 23 *as c nnecting some very f valuable t jr?: territory arith Asheville a* i ? Atlanta ar.d w uld be just a? prolific in pro- 1 ducir.s tour-.-:.- Tr..- matter has beer, straight- | er.fi our by Mr Stikeleather. as you know, ar. ; everythir. - - rr. ? ~i Z - aoothly no* for all concerned. ( Tr..- w rk cor.t.n u:r.z over two months" t me y >u can rea-r.ly ur. : e r - ta n d was r.ot d-~-r.e with ut er.ta:l:-.i? : r?:derable exper.-e. wh: h j the Chamber of ? -rrrerce was triad . bear - ts pr mot: - f fe interests of Wester*" V rth Carol r.a. a- : the fifteen hundred dol lar* or more that we spent for this purpose '-*e resard a- well w.rt- while. I think you o :srht to have thi- in.f ormati- r. :n v.ew f \ iz expre-sior. that we were - t ? r. i r.kin.z f ?"?ur neighbors. Cordially yours. FP.EI) L. WEEDE. Manager. A-heviiie Chamber of Cjmme: r. nv.-ziii pircnzieio: -.iuiv 2-nn. I stepped by the .State Game Farm at Ashe r last week. They -ave lots o? turkey. P.. N". Phea-antKSex .a:, and Native ^uaii for distribution. This era of t'r- state has not been gettinz its share. pr? ? a' iy because we have n-.t asked ?fter er. -ush. - I j;i suggest ti-.at you :r. A;;. it;--n?. t Chas. Englan ;. at Raleigh. fi b HILDERBHAND. >-? . ?. N ' Fish and Game Associat .r . P. O. A-hev:lle. N\ C. MOTORIZING THE WORLD MR. CHARLES F. BALDWIN of the auto motive ?ii vision : the Department of Commerce a: Washington. reports ther?* a:e w mot< r vehicle? traveling *re highways of Vie w . rid. Thus. on January 1. last, ther*- was approxim ately one automo''-ie every 55 persons, as the world's popu'.a ti r. - e~t;rr.ated at 2. 1M:*. ?'??>0.000. Of the to tai number >f ? ars. xv4 per cert are of An.er ican rig-in and 70 ner cent are owned and ??pera*>- i ;r. this country. Mr. Baldwin calls tr - vast incre -.^e r. automobile? "or.e of tne m?-.-t striking devel pments of modern civili zation." It mean? material pr gre*?. improved pport unities for travel and education and furthers highway construction everywhere. And in ail aize- ar. : ir. al! countries, improve ments in transportation facilities have meant advancement of civilization. Figures put ut hv the Department ? Com merce give a graphic story of the spreading : automobiles. The r.un.'er :* rr.ofr ve h -.-s r,n January I ? this y- ar e\ eeied the * *;?: at the beginning ? f 1921* t y : '? ;????? In the T. State? there ar* V.4-" ?? ? :.rs. or or e - every 4." per?- r.?. as compared to one * ? > eveiy 21^ per? r.s in *r.- . < : the world. ' anane for every ten. Yeman. in southwest Africa is at the bottom, with one for every I ? ?4. 1 inhab itants In total numbers of car? France rank? sec ? >nd to the United State?. England come? next and then C anada. * The Sultanate of Oman, in Southern Arabia and Bermuda are tied for last place with thenvcars each. One half of the automobile? ir foreign countries are of American manufacture. This has caused great development of th- Ameri can export trade in motor car?. Thus the percentage of our domestic car output ha? ncreased from 7 to 11 per cent, between 1921 and 1929 and that of our commercial produc tion ha? gained from 11 to 43 per cent, during the same period. Mr. Baldwin say? that there are opportuni- | ties for automobile transportation in the back ward countries such as Afghanistan, the Con go, Madagascar. Oman. Tonga, a? well a? in progressive nations. Countries in process of economic transition are learning the uses of [ automobiles and aTe constantly increasing . their need for motor cars. Thus new mar- | kets for American manufacturers of automo- ' tive products are constantly opening up. This report of the Department of Commerce at Washington well illustrates the axtraordi nary development of automobile transporta tion. The nineteenth century is well termed a period of railroad travel. From the down fall of the Roman Empire land transportation was woefully backward and clumsy until the steam engine revolutionized travel. But the revolution wrought by the steam engine seems destined to be eclipsed by that accomplished by the automobile. Everywhere railways are suffering from the competition. At a recent , conference in this country railroad executives reported that they had lost 40 per cent, of their business to motor vehicles. A recent au thoritave article declared that the English rail ways are fighting for their very existence. The same thing is said to be the case in Japan. Automobile travel and motor highways are snreadinjr around the earth. Perhaps the air plane is destined to effect another revolution in transportation. But at present motor ve hicles constitute the most striking factor in land travel of the world. ? Asheville Citizen. Ole Man Murphy Says ? ? - - : -? ; r -t"-4 - *? ? ? ts ? ^ MA* Ml RPHV fU?.?FI.r ,i - n s n. .iXv. v. h'.ch. va- -tr:kinz airair. an?i a;ar a: :r.ury. dri-ir.sr venoir vert: r: t- ? -at. body? Experience nac taufl r&i . r.a . c l..?w *t? W?m ? very j ^ : means of : : tec*: or. Distraught by the u~i*.y ** ;ai'. that snake was lending., t- v.vr : extraction with its own ve? i nom. We car. -ee a remarkable comparis r. be- . tw-- ? * -at --ake i r.d the writer of the first - f th- r-araff^aph-* ir. Ole Man Mvr ? - f .Tu!y 2"th. Slowly pickelire in the ? :*t? r jra.l : h - thoughts for many years, his - _. resembling a withered and rotten chest - -. -* -tiii in its : .rr: further embittered, in all ? : by the pestiferous prattle of a nae : n.z ? ? fe: : the inhuman ar.d cold blo ded trai* expected f hi?- in failing to : f t r.e several of hi- many daily dr.- i:< of cor-, i r already imbibed, we can a -!in_r :nhlv ar.d devilish slee sa* Hmsrif down to imvth inane crit ic > - f " -.e M r. is try. Medicine and Law. Th- fact that -e had criticism alone for the three profession* mentioned above would not necessarily signify that he was and i? the "sil 1 v a"v*>*' mer.t: n?-d and described above, but ? ? ? ? r?r. easily assume that if he wrote his *' - ?? efs cr.i t-rninsr the men and w men in tn~ 'hree professions mentioned, ai! -ther p ? r humans perhaps occupy a plane far be !o-.v *.h- beorir isle or peasantry in hi- aristo cratic 'rain Thv up??n which he place* himself must extend a i:reat distance - into the air. How lonely he must feel up there, for it rot r?os*-Me that the reas -ning of this pos -iM<* and altogether pr bable moron, there any ???her individual as angelic a? he. e ? er 1 hriat-like or devilish. W?? Wi-uld r e willir.-' to wager, and with not ; th ueht of 1 sine, that sometime and some v. here hack alone the trail ? f this person's life iwe say 'back up' for he has surely been g< ing downhill since ? irth> we could find a lawyer, a doctor, yea. even a preacher to whom he owes money. And gratitute. And loyalty. We would wager, too. that were he lo fall ill of even a simple malady he would throw a ereat fright into that ragging wife and have her send messengers after the nearest doctor. And that, were the facts known, all of them, that all the lawyers could not keep him out. of some sort of house of detention. And I that. trouble arising, he would be quick to suggest to some lawyer that some means, hon est or otherwise, be employed to prevent him from suffering for the act committed. And j we can see him on his death bed, if he does not dfe a \iolent death, imploring someone ? to send for a minister or priest. Approach ing the Land of Shadows, his feet on a crumb ling bank, preparing to embark upon the Riv er Styx in the frailest of canoes, perhaps the scales will fall from this little man's eyes, if the truth can penetrate his alligator skin, and he will learn too late that he did not live alone, he merely existed, and that it is hell on earth to die alone, with merely his own i thoughts for comfort. Yes. from his high pedestal, he criticizes the Lawyer, Minister, Physician. He excuses the acts of Mr. Stikeleather, and in doing so, condemns him. He rags Mr. Powell, of In dian Springs. Ga., a friend of outs, and em ploys fine sarcasm, in his estimation, in his remarks concerning "the Editorial Staff. Lions Club, Regal Hotel, Mr. Savage, and our people generally." Makes scathing remarks about the 'City Fathers/ and even questions the honesty of the Mayor and magistrates anent the final disposal of funds collected as fines. o j Verily, he is one important drone. Easy for him to fill the job of any of those criticized, and do the job as it should be done. "Con sistency. thou art a jewel." And Mr. Man, the life you live is not any proof that you posess the intelligence ar.d ability to criticize even the dog that crossed the street. Don't go 'way! o Head lines in newspaper: "Three killed by speeding automobiles through city limit?." Ar.d headlines in next week's paper, "City speed laws will be strictly enforced. Cherokee Citizen away from Cherok-r County: "I live in the- best county r. AO rid." After he comes back home: *l; I e*. er leave this burg. 1*11 never come 1 rk agai n.'* Life U that way. Most of us cuss j our town while we are at home and prj j? I to the skies when we leave. Why not - A booster all the time? i What c'Jssir.gr the chain stores did: "r'..y~ the newspapers more advertising. Inc^j I chain 5tore sales. Let more people know chain stores sold cheaper, made lots of folks re.-: : 'them m ,re. and eave them thousand lars worth of free advertising. We wonder when the Highway Comm. . ,r | will wider, the bridge east of Murphy. Nearly ?ckr22 tc death to try to pnee -r.oth?r ... there. Maybe when someone plunges into the river a few citizens will wake up. Maybe the Tennessee folks are relying r. the Scriptures about moving mountains. Any way a n untain is a mountain no matter where it is. ? ? ? A Christian worker recently stated *1 rr a little doubtful about the destiny ; ? me people who call themselves Christians." ? Yea. so are we. Anyway they are hardly ever ?een a: church. Folks are still cussing about hard time?. The reason is, some folks just don't like to d - hard work and have t ?> have an excuse. Somebody said the reason it is so hot is that the sun is coming closer to the earth every year. Makes us laugh to think about it. 'rut th^re may be sdVnething to it. The I.ion- sure are roaring the right w^y when they are roaring for the young folks. Come on Lion Club, when you are building the youth y..u are building a nation. We folk;* are always saying we are for the youth. On next August 4th will be a g d time to show it. What about the Oxford sing ing class that is asking for help. WHAT S IN A NAME? Asheville and Bryson City, together v;th certain Tennesseeans, are in a ver: a', war concerning the name of Mt Kephart. T- e Tennessee people insist that the real nam* f the mountain is Mt. Collins, so named n:any years ago. However, there is a Mt. Collins >i\ the *.ap of the geological survey: but the Ten nessee advocates assert that this is not the real Mt. Collins. Personally, we don't care what they cal1 any ? f the ir. ur.tains. As a usual thing. the oM names given to peaks and places by Indian- r early settlers fit them like a glove, and we have no patience with the eternal changing of old Western North Carolina names to new. Horace Kephart. however, has done more for the establishing of the park, and the pre servation of the Smokies than any man living or dead, and in order to give honor where ho - or is due, it is fitting that his name be per petually connected with the Smoky Mountain region. Hence, and therefore, we expect to call the mountain Mt. Kephart, and "don't give a hang what they call it in Tennessee. ? Jackson County Journal. o Every year an average of 143,500 forest fires damage some 36,000,000 acres of tim berland in the United States. Ninety per cent of these fires are caused by man himself and are preventable, according to the Forest Ser vice of the United States Department of Ag riculture. Stefansson, the explorer, declares that the many stories we have read of hungry Russian wolves traveling in packs, seeking whom they might devour, are all bunk. He says the larg est "pack" of wolves he ever knew of was a mother wolf and her six young ones. Many an exciting tale falls flat in the light of this information. Wearing of massive steel armor was advo cated by Kin* James I. of England, on the theory that it not only protected the knights from injury, but also prevented them from in juring anyone else. If the disarmament fails, we might try heavier armor. Some scientist has figured it out that chil dren of fathers above the age of 40 have bet ter chances of making a name for themselves than have the offspring of! younger men. The idea may be that the older fathers can not hold a bad example before the kids so long. The Manufacturer is authority for the state ment that there are a total approximately of 2,000,000 laws, national, state and local, in effect in the United States today. Yet people of Moses's time ?ot along with only ten, none of which are ver y enthusiastically observed *