Stye (Eljptttkrr ^rmtl Pu dished every Thursday at Murphy. N. C. ADOIC MAE COOKE Editor and Owner ROY A. COOK Production Manager MRS. C. W. SAVAGE Associate Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES Cherokee and surrounding counties $2 00 Six Months $100 Four Months 75c Outside above territory: $2 50 Six months $1 25 Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina, as second class matter under the Act of March 3. 1879 One Year One Year i ? - * j Nonh Carolina ? ??. ESS ASSOC IAIIQN Vital Objectives In connection with the spring campaign and concert tour of the state the North Carolina Symphony Society has listed several of the vital objectives o fthe Symphony as follows: 1 . To inspire tile leve of tine music in all of the people. 2. To prepare the children for creative and appreciative listening. 3. To maintain a Symphony Orchestra that will be a source of pride and joy to the people of our community, state, and nation. 4. To make the programs of the Orchestra in Cherokee county annual events that we may plan for and look forward to. 5. To open up a professional artistic career for musicians, including returning service men and women, who demonstrate outstanding tal ent and abilit\ in the performance of orchestra! music. 6. To advertise North Carolina as a state) with a vision of excellence in its quest for the good, refined, and permanent things of life. Every citizen of Cherokee can do his part in this great program by becoming a member ofj the North Carolina Symphony Society. Mem berships are available for $2. $5, and up. Ycur membership subscription will admit you to all adult concerts given by the Orchestra during the concert season, provided they are sponsored by the Society, or one of its cooperating organiza tions. You can get your membership from the county chairman in Murphy nr by sending it in to the North Carolina Symphony Society. Box Mil. Chapel Hill. N. C. In any event, it will be ; earmarked toward our local membership goal. Our State Orchestra has already achieved national recognition, and if we attain our local membership goal, the Orchestra will give a spec- j ial, free program for the school children of Cherokee county. Seme talented children, who j successfully pass auditions, are chosen annually to appear as soloists with the Orchestra in its ? children s programs. The cause of the Symphony Orchestra is the cause of great music itself. It shculd elevate, uplift, and ennoble people. World-Wide j The United Nations as an organization for world peace is now in its second year. Another great force in the areas of international friend ship and good-will is the Boy Scout Movement. The Boy Scout Organizations of the wo rid. now number 5 I nations with a membership of 4.413,139 boys and leaders, have worked to gether in international harmony since 1920. It has been a definite force for combining patriot- . ism and love of country, at the same time with friendliness for other lands and other peoples. Boy Scout Week. Feb. 7 to 13. marks 37 years of Scouting in the United States. Its theme "Scouts of the World-Building for To morrow is additional evidence cf the growing appreciation of the "U. N." idea. Incident to the first World Scout Jamboree which saw 1 8,000 Scouts from all over the world camp together in London in 1 920, there was held the first International Scout Confer ence, a gathering of representatives from many Scout organizations to promote Scouting on an international basis. At this great Jamboree the late Lord Robert Baden-Powell was acclaimed "Chief Scout of the World. It was then agreed to hold World Scout Jamborees every four years and every two years a meeting of the International Scout Conference with six representatives from each nation affiliated by the International Scout Bu reau. The bureau has been maintained in London since 1 920 with funds contributed by individuals and quotas paid by Scout Associa tions of the 5 1 nations. Nine member* ;?aj;m the International Seoul 1 OUR DEMOCRACY byM.t Our Democracy encoura TITTI'i i>1riTHi 1 1 . ii 1 i ' ii 1/ ? HIS LIFE EXPRESSES rOR ALL OF US THE IDEALISM OF OUR DEMOCRACY? EXEMPLIFIES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUAL PROGRESS AN O ACCOMPLISHMENT OPEN TO ALL AMERICANS. Committee, which passes upon problems be tween international conferences. At its first post-war meeting in London in Nov. I 945, King George VI welcomed the Committee to Buck ingham Palace and showed great interest in its work. Our County FARM and HOME AGENTS Things To l)o This Month Commercial fertilizers, especial- . ly those high in nitrogen, will be hard to purchase this year. In crder to avoid confusion and de lay figure your fertilizer require ments now. Check with dealer to' make sure those you need will be available Current fertilizer recom mendation for various crops are: i Corn, pounds per acre 300-500 ? analysis. 6-8-6 or 4-8-8; small j am. 200-400- -3-12-6 or 4-12-4; .soybeans. 200-300 0-12-12 or 0-14 7. ladino clover. 200-400?0-12-12: irish potatoes. 850-1200 ? 6-8-0 or 5-7-5. Top-dress small grain with 100 to 200 pounds of Nitrate of Soda j or 50 to 100 pounds of Ammonium Nitrate per acre in late February or i?;rly March. Sidc-dress corn with 200 to 400 pounds of Nitrate of Soda or 100 to i LOO pounds of Ammonium Nitrate ! per acre when about knee high. Fertilize fruit trees with one to' ten pounds of 6-8-6 or 5-7-5 fer- j tilizer. Spread under the branches and scratch in If the garden hasn't been plow ed. give it a good application of manure and plow as the weather permits. Harrow the ground so ; that a firm seed bed i> formed. Ladino Clover should be seeded next month Make sure the land has received an application of lime and phosphate and that seed v ill be available wht-n it is needed. Cattle grubs. cir warbles, take a .i\ v toll in losses in meal, milk ". Department of Conservation and Development seems to be resolute ly ? and thus far, successfully ? set against it. As for the legisla tive fight, more than a majority of House members and less than a majority of Senate members sign id the bill, and it may be supposed that the sponsors got as many sign ers as they eould. Which may mean that the fight may boil down to a contest between the two houses, as was the case with the supplemental pay bill, and that a compromise will have to be worked out. Hills pertaining to schools and school teachers were much in evi dence during the past week. The House and Senate received on the same day separate versions of a ing Fundschool building equaliza tion fund. MB 118 would set a side $11,000,000 from the General Fund as a "Special Building Fund" to be allocated to the various coun ties as grants- in aid for school plant construction and improve ment. the amount of the grants to ( i be determined principally on the 1 basis of the value of property local x ; lv assessed per child on average i daily membership in the schools. I SB 55 would set up an initial fund J of S10. 000.000. which would be in i I creased by SI 5.000.000 out of anv , ' General Fund surplus of the next bicnnium. to be distributed to the . various counties for school plant , improvement on the basis of need . as determined by a number of factors Of the amounts to be ap ^ propriated. the House bill would j permit $1,000,000 and the Senate bill $1,500,000 to be used for school i bus acquisition. HB 163 would y : provide that school bus drivers i must be at least 21 years of age. ' while HB 164, introduced by the e same representatives at the same . time, would limit the salary of y school bus drivers to $60 per month. HB 137 would permit the p enrollment of children who were 6 ? years old on or before January 1 next preceding the opening of school. HB 155 would prohibit carnivals and other shows from using school grounds (but not buildings). And finally came HB 194 embodying the "South Pied mont Plan" for teachers' pay: ranging from $1560 to $3000 per year <9 months) for holders of "A" certificates, and from $2000 to $3600 per year for holders of "Graduate" certificates. Among other bills introduced during the week. SB 59 would sub stantially increase the punishment for drunken driving ; HB 1 126 would rather extensively over haul the law relative to truckers; HB 132 would exempt sales of farm machinery from the sales tax; SB 67 would require the confinement of dogs during the months of April. May and June' the breeding season of rabbits, quail and other wild game), and authorize game wardens to seize dogs running at large during those months and to destroy those not claimed within 10 days; HB 185 would set up a joint legislative committee to study the barber law and to inquire into tht' activities of the Board of Bar ber Examiners; HB 192 would authorize the Department of Con servation and Development to rend (i scientific forestry service (for a fee) to forest land owners and to pive free forestry advice; and HR 184 would ask Congress to do right l?y our Cherokee Indians. To round out a rather full legis lative week. 1IB 5 was ratified on Thursday, so that towns of less than 20.000 population may now install parking meters, and HB 148. introduced on Wednesday, would make of the second Wednesday in August of each year a new holiday which would be known as "State Farmers Day." Cherokee County HB 151 ? Introduced by West, January 29. "To fix the fees of jurors in Cherokee County." 'Would fix fees for all jurors ex cept special veniremen and tales jurors as follows: $ 50 per day plus 5c per mile for travel from home to county seat and return.) To Salaries and Fees. January 31, re ported favorably by House com mittee. February 1, passed three | readings in the House. HB 152 ? Introduced by West, i January 29. "To provide that cer tain officers of the town of An drews need not be qualified voters therein." ? Would exempt all of ficials and employees except the mayor and aldermen of Andrews from requirement of G. S. 160-25 that they be qualified voters of the town.) To Counties, Cities and Towns. January 31, reported fav orably by House committee. Feb ruary 1, passed three readings in the House. Upper Wolf Creek Kenneth Cook who recently un derwent an operation for appendi citis at the T C hospital is able to be out again. Glenn Cook, Kenneth Cook, Jun ior Ledford, Marvin Cook and Guinn Hancock went to Marietta, Ga . Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Dockery of Murphy spent the week-end with the latter's parents, Mr and Mrs. W. A Bandy. Several students from here ar? attending school at Copperhill and McCaysville. A. Q. Ketner. Lemuel Goode and Mack Patton attended a farm agents' conference in Asheville Monday. Potato acreage goals for 1947 have been revised downward by the U. S Department of Agriculture, reseulting in a reduction of 152.280 acres. February 2-8 has been designat ed as National Garden Planning Week by Secretary of Agriculture. Clinton P. Anderson. TO DUST This is but a simple field ... so long and hot and wide Where shamelessly I shed the tears I do not try to hide. This bit of ground is hallowed now, some friends of mine are there. They sleep the sleep they earned so well ? they'll wake without a care. My friends they were, and will re main. and yours they should be too. For men like these are worth so much who give their lives for you. So earnestly I beg of you. retain this single thought. This pile of dust was once a man and must not be forgot. ? Donald K. McLeod. This was taken from the Stars and Stripes by Zeb W. Chastain while in the European Theatre. "scout s of the wbsto BUILDING -FOR T O M O R P. O W / . ? -4 ?February 7-13, 1947 BOY SCOUT WEEK Nearly 2.000.000 Cub Scout*. Boy Scouts and Senior Scouts will observe the 37th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America during Boy Scout Week, Feb. 7th to 13th. Through their World Friendship Fund of voluntary Rifts the Boy Scouts of America have given $1H. 164.36 to help Boy Scouts overseas rebuild their organisations. During the first year of their "Shirts-Off-Our-Backs" project more than 400 cases ? or twenty tons? of Scout Uniforms and equip ment collected from Scouts were contributed to Scouts in 13 nations. Scouting has always been an active force In promoting better understanding and matual goodwill among the nations. Ab**? is the official poster marking the event.