Thursday, Aug. 18, 1938 The C
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Official Or^an of Murphy and Cherokee County, 1
North Carolina
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Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina, 1
as second class matter under Act ot March 3. 189/.
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Murphy, North Carolina, Thursday, August IS, lt>38.
scout celebrates its
Fiftieth anniversary
with pride
If wc have the liberty of speaking a few words in
. ir own behalf, the management of the Scout is prouii
to recall, as best it can, this week some part of the his
tory of the Scout today as its represents a half century of
journalism ir? the county.
One complete section ot the paper is devoted iiu#
week to the anniversary.
We honestly feel that it is an accomplishment to
main.ain a paper in a community for "?0 years without
.
having it subjected to court or ridicule on any occasion.
For 50 years the various owners, publishers and employees
of the Scout and its predecessors have endeavored
t give the people of the county the latest and best in a
weekly newspaper, conforming it to the needs of the
county and its people. What has been done, whether it
was good or bad. was always done, we feel assured, with
a spirit of cooperation with the community. Any organ
< persons, which does any good, must in time make eneiv
ies, but the enemies are not lasting if good has been ac- J
c-omplished. Today we proudly state that the Scout either
through its former publishers or new ones, has no known
11 nemios.
In the special section we have recounted what we
know and can learn of the Scout and set out its advant.
ages to the community today not in an egotistical spirit hut
much as \ve would laud any business in the community
which has contributed for a half century to the communiiy's
progress.
As we have pointed out repeatedly before, it is not
the few who are annually employed by the Scout that
makes it successful. Every person and every firm in the
county contributes to its success.
ANNIVERSARY OF SALE OF
INDIAN LANDS
Just one hundred years a pro this month, Edward B.
Dudley, governor of North Carolina, issued the proclamation
which set the date for disposal of the Cherokee
hnds in Western North Carolina and during the first
three weeks in September, 1838, the lands were sold by
tho state land office in the town of Franklin.
Following is the governor's proclamation:
"Whereas by an act passed at the last session of
the General Assembly of this state, entitled 'an act
prescribing the mode of surveying and selling the lands
of this state lately acquired by treaty with the Cherokee
Indians,' it is made the duty of the Governor to issue
his proclamation oft he time and place of sale:
"Now I, Edward B. Dudley, Governor of North Carolina,
give notice that the sale of said land will commence
at the Town of Franklin, in the County of M^con,
or. the first Monday in September next and continue from
day to day for three weeks and no longer.
Edward B. Dudley."
May 26, 1838, was the date fixed for the removal
of the Cherokees from their homeland, but few were
rpnHtf *V??* * ? ? ? "
luav nine, aria an during the summer they
were being rounded up by the troops of General Winfield
Scott and concentrated for the march; and the
rabble that followed them burned homes, seized the
goods of the Indians and committed unspeakable outrages.
While their lands were being sold in Franklin,
the Cherokees were moving along "The Trail of Tears"
to their new homes in the west?helpless victims of
America's greatest tragedy.
JACK HAS A COW CALLED CLEO
On a farm, not far from his business office at Tampa, '
Florida, Jack Carr has a cow called Cleo. Jack, who i
makes a Rood living writing form letters for busy northerns,
says that cows always look as if they didn't have
a worry in the wtfrld, but the idea is merely a myth.
herokee Scout, Murphy. North Carolina
K conti-ntcd," say Jack, "but is she? No!"
The moment t'leo is |)iit out i? the pasture she's |
pestered with gnats and flies. They don't give her a
moment's peace of mind. She simply must keep the old
tail swinging and switching to fight them off. Having
watched Cleo long enough to become somewhat philosophic
Jack says: "Guess there ain't no such thing as complete
content or peace of mind for Cleo, or for you or
me. It's that way all through life, love and businessAlways
something to annoy and pestel- us. And keep us
plugging along. Depression, recession or something.
"I've just about come to this conciusion. And because
you are sensible, I believe you have too. We've
just got to accept conditions as they ARE. He content
with the best we can get in the way of business and do
the best we possibly can to get our fair share of it."
Shining Lines.
LOWER WAGES SOUGHT
BY RA;LROAD LINES
This office is in recent receipt of a booklet entitled,
"Railroads and Railroad Wages 1938."
It is published and distributed by the various rail
load lines of the country two of which?the Louisville
jnd Nash vile and the Southern have terminals at Murphy.
To set out the entile contents of the booklet would
be too great a task to attempt in these columns, but
briefly the subject matter deals with a lower wage rate
which the railroads feel they are justified in obtaining.
The 16-page book contains charts and data to substantiate
their claims.
A preface note in the book from J. B, llill, president
of the L & N, informs us:
"About one-third of the railroad mileage of the
United States is in the hands of the Courts. All railroads
i.pplied for but were denied the full increase in rates
they then thought sufficient. Subsequently, the business
recession further depleted earnings. Congress lias adjourned
without helpful legislation. Every ecenomy is
being practiced, service is being curtailed and railroad
ifl 9 Rl
rmployment lias been reduced almost to the limit. Yet
most railroads find themselves unable to meet their expenses
and many additional ones are in grave danger of
bankruptcy. Sue)* further catastrophe to investors and
detriment to the commercial welfare of the country
should be avoided. This, in my judgment, can only be
'lone by a suitable reduction in railroad wages, which
w ith the increases granted last August and October are
now at the highest level in railroad history.
"Your accurate understanding of the meson t nffWt
of i ho railroails to reduce wages of employes may ult.
mutely influence a correct determination of the issue. To
lliis end I commend this pamphlet on the subject as limely
and interesting."
CORR1GAN SETS AN EXAMPLE
There's little doubt but that the wide-spread drinking
habit of present-day Americans is due to the fact that il
became "fashionable" to serve drinks and to drink. If
tho heroes of the on-coning generations are held up as
non-drinkers, there is some hope that we will again rightabout-face
in our attitude toward drink.
There's encoui ageunent in the story of Douglas Corrigan,
o 1-year old flying mechanic, who startled the
world by hopping over the Atlantic in his antique $900
"aerial jalopy."
One of the first pictures of the young flier to be
radioed to America and published in the metropolitan I
press showed him drinking water after he had refused a 1
glass of Irish whiskey.
"Thanks, I don't drink; just give me a glass of
water." These were reported to have been almost his
first words af'er he landed in Ireland.
My nephew neither smokes nor drink," declared Dr.
S Fraser Langford, pastor of the First Baptist church,
ol Santa Monica, Calif., in whose home Corrigan lives.
"I'vft Vinov/l l?I?
_ ... mi say more than one occasion, "Water's
(rood enough for me. Liquor and flying don't mix.'
Douglas has lived a clean life and belongs to a Protestant
church. He knew that he had to have a clear head to
be a good flyer, and that was his life's ambition," Dr.
Langford said in an interview with the National Voice.
"I hope his flight will help teach the youth of this land
the value of clean living and total abstinence."
Corrigan took off from Floyd Bennett Field, New
York presumably for the west coast. His arrival in
Dublin was the first news anyone had that he was not on
his way to California.
His tumultuous welcome back to New Yor last Friday
'hows how he has captured the popular imagination. He
is the hero of the present, moment. The fact that he does
not drink will mean more than many sermons to the
youth who ar> acclaiming him.?Morganton News Herald. |
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W* jqst TAKES EOXIM5
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Mew York, N Y.?"IT'S TR1
interest is a racing car he expecl
hour," says Wiley Padan.
"Mickey recently purchased
fellow-actor Douglas McPhail,
streamlined the body so that thi
first test at Muroc Dry Lake las'
the car for the second run, in wh
fthan 100 miles per hour..
YOUR OLD -A(
Old-age insurance benefits will be
paid to workers who are entitled to
payment, regardless of property 01
other income.
Any amount of earnings (up to
$a,uuu in a single year irom a single i
L-mployer) which may be placed to a'
worker's credit on his Social Seurity i
account, will entitle him to a corresponding
credit toward old-age insurance
benefits. Whether he owns a
great deal of property or none at all.
makes no difference, whatever, in
the matter of old-age insurance. Foi i
example, a labor foreman, has in-.
vested his savings in a farm. He con-,
tinues to work as an employee of a
construction company for seven years
after 1936, earns wages amounting
to several thousand dollars, readies
ihe age of 65 and retires to live on
his farm. No matter what his farm
is worth nor how much money he
makes from his croj s, he will receive
u Government check for old-age insurance,
every month, the rest of his
life. He might own a store or a saw
THE POC1
of KNOW1
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lHjLpewW?N, NOW INCLUDED
35JP MANUFACTURERS EMPLOYING
TH004ANPS OF WORKERS
mc!&iSe
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-THEIR EVES NOR. '^ialHTtTTs'
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FATHER FLANAGAN -il CLERGY
iN WHO BORROWED ?200 lb'
^RT Boys TOWN , WHICH TODAY
I IN TA), COUNTRY. FOR HOMELESS WK!
TOnU/ IS PLANNING TO BUY A
M & /BUILD A HOUSE FOR HIS
MOTHER a^L HIMSELF . IT IS TO
> BE ON THE ORDER OF A
-RAMBLING RMf-H HOUSE.
JE! that Mickey Rooney's latest
:s to do better than 100 miles an
an old flivver. With the help of
he hopped up the motor and
e car did 97 miles per hour on its
t week. They are now working on
ich they feel sure they'll do more
JE INSURANCE
mill or a bank, but if he is entitk
to old-age insurance inder the So?
ial Security Act, lie will get the ma
thly check, just the sanu-.
Tho beneficial y of an insunn
policy may receive od-nge insurinc
A worker who collect- rent ho
houses, that he ov.i -. may receii
old-age insurance. An employ*
wno is cnuueu to oiu .1. I m.-ui?ui
benefits, may operate is own stow
if he sees fit. Income from ano'hi
source does not affi ptynM
of old-age nsurance when the em
ployce is entitled to such benefit*.
Under another title t.f the Socil
Security Act?known :is "Old-Ap
Assistance", there may be some regi
lation concerning property ownei
ship. But that is up t tin- itulividui
States. Some States 1 ; a propcrt
ownership. But that i. up to the in
dividual States. So have
property clause in the; public asss
tance laws, some do i.??t. it is in
tended that motley for >ld-age assii
tarice should go to those in actui
need.
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