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(T THE CHEBOKEE SCOOT J My. mi PubJtahed rrtry Thureday at Kurpfcy. Cherokee County, N. C JERUE BABB. Publiiber PHYLLIS B. BABB EdHor SUBSCRIPTION BATES b Cherokee County One Y ear. BSO; Six Moot ha. ... . fl * Outside Cherokee County One Yew. KW. -- Six Mooth*. *175. Second Oat* Poetage PaM At Murphy. K C lit Hickory St. | Soil Conservation News By JOHN S. SMITH ? About four years ago. I visited Jhe Emory Sneed Farm near feachtree School to survey a riitch which was planned by Mr. Sneed. During the time 1 was pa the Sneed (arm 1 noticed that one cultivated field was being plowed up and down hill. A dis cission followed of the merits of contour cultivation as contrast ed to the straight-row. up-and down hill method which was be Jng used. ? Emory was convinced that he -was losing soil from the field ..as the result of running the rows up and down hill, and readily ?greed to change the next year a contour system. The follow ing spring the field was planted ?s,bn the contour and this system lias been followed since, when Ihe field is planted in row crops. *. Last week. Emory stopped me ' On the street and told me that ^Switching from a straight row 4P a contour row system was of the best moves he had *e*er made on the farm. He said ,%at the yields of corn and soyj -beans both had increased very Noticeably since the switch. There to are several reasons why crop 4$jelds do increase when rows are litun on the contour. ?*First. the moisture which falls "oh the field soaks into the ground ^Tgther than run off into the ?%ancbes and creeks. Second, the #rtilizer which is applied to the \grop stays in the soil where it ? be used by the plants for ?%hich it was intended. In a ?^raight-row system, the fertilizer it rapidly leached out and carried *^Bwn the hill to end up in a >3 swamp, creek, lake, or some jrtiiace else where it is of no value jio the farmer who bought it or the plants for which the farmer ^ jpurchased it. Third, much less of the soil in the cultivated field is carried off bj each rain. Since the water soaks into the ground instead of running off. there is nothing to cause the soil to erode and wash away. Many other farmers have had similar experiences to Emory Sneed when they switched from j straight rows to cultivation on the contour. Several farmers in Cherokee County have carried this a step further and plant their, fields in Contour Strip Cropping Systems This leaves only half of each field in cultivation each year with the other half in small grain, grass or other dose-grow ing crops. The soil protection of fered by this method is much greater than a simple contour row system. Sanford Confident BOONE, N.C. ? Demo cratic gubernatorial nominee Ter ry Sanford said state employes need not fear for their jobs as a result of the fall elections "be cause the Republicans are not go ing to win." Sanford made the comment in reply to Republican criticism of a leaflet circulated Monday among state employes. It told them they could lose their jobs in the GOP wins in the fall. Sanford. in a statement, said: "As I understand, the employe associations which are unofficial groups, sent out a reprint of a1 newspaper story. The story stated that wh?i political parties change, state jobs change. "We saw that in Washington when the Republicans took over in 1952. We will see it again in Washington when the Democrats take over in 1M0. That's the way it has always been. ' j *1 Buy the Retread -J that Carries the * Seal of Qualitv! good/year SEAL RETREADS Pay as low as Ptut tit and nupptM h* VYm So of it Your Assurance of . ? ^ ^ Jn Llj.li AiftjilliM |mjb^ WwOO|T?wi Hl^fi i^VwIW^ iTww* ^WWvwQfv ? OtWyMr'i nwwwiidid pra?uM| Goodyear Seal Retreads are the best you can buy for the money! Tims as low at *12S wmmklyi J. H. DUNCAN TIRE COMPANY TIRl SERVICE HEADQUARTERS * P?jchtrt? StrMt MURPHY, N. C. *\ ESSE VI 7-2821 Backward Glances... H TKAU AQO AUG. * 1*K - Hobii Ricks *u saved from drowning last week while in swimming fa die Valley River about the old power plant. Mr Ricks was swimming fa eight or ten feet ef water whea be became strangled. Frank Davis. Murphy boy wttfc | the United States Marines, has bean assigned to service in Nicaragua, according to a latter received by his matter. Mrs. E. E. Davis week. Frank's birthday was the 15th of August, and be tells Ms mother that he would never have guessed that he would have spent this birthday out of the stales. Miss Mary Norvell returned to Raleigh. Sunday, after a visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. R Norvell Misses Dot Heighway and Eloist Fain returned home Tues day from Washington. Indiana where they have been visiting Miss rain's sister. Mrs. W.T Linderman. M YEARS AGO AUG. a. 1M0 - An active camapign was begun this week by Miss Sara Ruth Rosey in her drive for election to the office of National Committee Women of the North Carolina Young Demo crat club The election will take place at the annual convention in Raleigh September 11-14. Another step for Murphy in its aggressiveness is a modern little florist shop recently opened at 114 Peachtree Street, a location formerly occupied by the Sped alty Shop Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Lee of Dalton were visiters here Tues day. Mr. Lee it the former pub lisher of the Scout and Mrs. Lee was a teacher in Murphy High School. Master Steve Crawford of Andrews spent several days here last week v ith his grand mother. Mrs. Bessie DeWeese. - Many persons in this com munity are employed by the Utah Construction Company on the tun nel and dam being constructed on the Nantahala River. The tunnel mouth is only a few miles from Tbpton. 1* YEARS AGO AUG. 17. 1960 ? The dedication of Moss Memorial Baptist Church, Tosquitee, will take place Sun day, September 3. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Smith of Baltimore, Md. announce the birth of a daughter. Barbara, Sat urday, Aug 19. Mrs. Smith Is the former Faye Martin of An drews. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Elliott spent Saturday in Franklin as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bernard. Burke Edward Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Moore, was the winner of a field of fifteen entries in the Soap- Box Derby sponsored by the Summer Re creation program last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Savage and daughter, Peggy spent a few days this week visiting relatives in Gainesville, Ga. Folk School Discontinues Friday Dancing The regular Friday night danc ing at the John C. Campbell Folk School wiU be discontinued for the winter moaths. The last dance was held this past Friday night, August 19. With schools opening and the football season near, there are too many conflicts to con tinue the Friday night dancing during the fall. Words of Life C.A. a*Mh. Farterf WHICH WAY ARE WE GOIMj We an going ataaawhan. U the Book d Job wc read, *Hc knowth the way that I Ufa", (Job 21:10>. Job was like I traveler oa a lonely road Satar had bees permitted to wound him and strip him of all that ha had Becaaae of hi* sorry plight, friends thought Job was oa Ite wrong rand, that he had done 30 me grievous an. But Job knew better. Let ua look at the Christian life as a road. Pint, we would say that a road leads in some direction. David, the Lord's anoin ted made a road into the land of the Philistines, the enemies of Israel, an dwelt there Me soon became aa like the people ASC News By L. L Win B URG PROSPECTIVE NEEDS FOR FOOD AND FIBER Things might ba easier if we knew exactly how much meat, potatoes and bread we will need in 1MB. Since we do not have the knowledge, we can only es timate the land and production we shall need tomorrow . Esti mates based on past and present population, etconmic relation ships and habits o I people. We can expect more people, higher income and generally im proved living standards to ex pand total requirements for farm products about IS per cent in the next decade. Growth and prosperity in agri culture are Interrelated with growth and prosperity in the gen eral economy Population, a major factor in the demand for farm products, have grown fast during the last 10 years. To illustrate this, here in Cherokee County the poultry business is demanding M times as much grain as the county is producing. Two farmers are pro ducing 25 thousand bushels of corn and selling it at the farm to make poultry feed. The number of persons reach ing IS years of age will rise rap in 1900-1965 we are told. They join the labor force and pro bably marry and found new fam ilies. How much land will be needed for food and fiber in the next ten to twenty years? No one knows, but we do know that it will be as much as IS per cent above what we are now consum ing In Cherokee County we see so much land that is idle growing up in scruby Oak and other trees that are not desirable or will ever be a profit to the owner of the land. ' i To those fanners who own this land or control this land I am ask ing them to stop and think if ft would be profitable for them to put this land in grasses or le gumes if it is level or fairly slop ing land. If It is steep land it should be plantetd to irees. TV ASC office has a program which is the Agricultural Conser vation Program that will help share the coat of doing this job to improve your land for the future. If this cropland is left idle and allowed to grow up and there is plenty of such land in this con dition now in Cherokee County. It will cost the owner or the person who has control of the land from $75.00 to $200.00 per acre to put it back in cultivation as well as the loss of the use of the land while it is a state of idle ness. Before too long many of us will live long enough to see this time when every idle acre of crop land will be needed and used in Cherokee County. j The Dishonor Roll by Jerry Marcus fltARO SA TW fnntiii bWr Itrilm Bod manner* on tfct highway hoi pod to kill 37400 potions in 1959. Breuffct To Ym As A Public itnici By N. A. SINGLETON . "Your Indopondoni Inturaneo Agoni" To Romind You That Tha Lift You Sivi May Bo Your Own .? uut tea. and attarlj v Mwn. It was a sorrowful day for David and the paopit of brad whan be made that row 1 Ma the land of the PtilWeea, jifor it U to ill away Iron 'God. Thus it ia today with every Christian wtm makes a road JM the land of an and disobey* Um laws of God. Whither have yoa made a road today?" God ia aaWni as May it not have been into we land of sin and death, hot rather may it have ban fate the presence of the Lard Jesus, opening the way (or peace, love, and life. Life ia a road. The story ia told of the illiterate man who admitted that he could not read. "I can read flam, bat not words. I can taU how far, but I not where to go", he said. Obviously, bis parti ad knowledge did him vary tittle good. It would be of no value far him to know how far the road lead, if he knew not the direction or the destination. The Christian's way is different We have no way of knowing how far, but we do know the direction and the destination. Christ ia the Way and the destination is God. It is good to know that Jesus is the Way. There are roads that are hindrances to progress rather than means of progress. Dirt roads I am speaking of, and one might well_place the emphasis on "dirt". There are the roads which are so full of holes and bumps that you are thrown from your seat, even if you are (k-rving Even if they lead to somewhere, you cannot be sure of getting there. You might break down on the way. The purpose of a road is not only to guide you to some place, but to make it easier for yt mi to make the trip. A road is not a moving thing, something to carry you forward. But if you supply the energy, it will per form the function of a good road, reducing friction and taking the jolts out of the ride. 1 think Jesus fulfills this purpose. tie leaas us io olu ucBuuanwu, taking the jar and friction out of life U we keep in His Way. One of His aims is to make life easier, and this He does if we "Take His yoke upon us''. Of lost wanderers it has been said, ,'Hiey have gone out of the way". Every road has an end. So has our life. A minister referred to a road in California which began in the olive groves, but ended ? in Death Valley. Many of us take a road in life, never asking. "Where does it end?". At first there is fun, excitement, and thrills. It is hard to believe that it ends with anguish, broken faith, shame, tears, and despair. The road we take today may seem satisfactory, but today is not all of Life. We must look ahead and see where the road ] leads, where it will end. Murphy Blood Donors In Short Supply Only twenty-eight pints of blood were donated by area citizens dur ing the recent visit of the Blood mobile to Murphy. "Red blooded" Americans who are willing to do nate their blood seem to be in short supply in these parts. This program is vital to public health and safety and must have the sup 'port of the public to survive. Your blood is needed. Who knows, you may need it someday yourself. TTie Red Cross workers from Asheville were assisted by local doctors and nurses and volunteer workers. Those who donated blood were: Murphy: Miss Lois Mull. W. Frank Forsyth, Timothy Brother Hyland, H. A. Mattox. Anne Trede Steve Crawford. Doyle C. Burch, Jerue Babb, Robert L. Kirby, Har ry W Mattox, Alden E. Coward, Edward Rae Moore, Edythe How ard, Mrs. Juanita Hall, Frank Ingram, Jr., George Allen, Mrs. Edna Whitley, Harry E. Bishop, : Walter Carringer, Mrs. Jack Luns ford. Frank Sudderth, W. A. Tut tle, Nick Howell. Hayesville: Sister Mary Agnes. Warne: Thed Stephens, i Culberson: Atlas Ledford, Mrs. 'Bonnie Ledford. Brasstown: Margie Payne. BP&W Club Meets At Howards' The Murphy Business and Pro fessional Womens Club held their regular monthly meeting with a picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Howard on Hiwasaee Lake. ? Mrs. C. L. Alverson. president presided over the business. The new year books were , given out* and each member was reminded of the National MPWC week. October 1 through ?. Mrs. Ruth Cheney, chairman d the Health and Safety oommiQee had charge of the program. Dr. W. A. Hoover gave a talk en Tension and Mrs. R. S. Bault Ra talk M Guidance la Schools Twenty-one members were pre aent sod four gueets.N )? Kidd Bnwer'c I Xvleigh Roundup 1 GOOD SAVINGS. . . Since tn^ssrss us from Virginia have bta doing ' ? brut business ia cigarette* Reason The first of this month began the Virginia tax an cigarettes and cigars North Carolina is now the only state an the entire Ailaatk seaboard free of the tobaaco tax. So, cigar sttai hi this state cost 3t carts par cartas lees than in Vir tla ? and W cmU has than Georgia, Teanesaae. and South Caroitaa This should mean more bus iness for all merchants on the far-stretched borders of the Old North State. ___ NEW HONORS . . . Louis Wil son, formerly of Chapal Hill, Win stoo-Salem and Raleigh ? and no* director of information for the National Plant rood In stitute in Washington. D. C? is one of five men selected My the Agricultural Hall of Fame to serve on its new Public Rela tions Committee. Wilson at one time reported for the Winston-Salem Journal and came to Raleigh as Kerr Scott's publicity man in 1937 when Scott turned out Willie Richardson. WilMe, who had been private secretary to Gov. Cameron Morrison before being associated with Will Graham, who Scott defeated, went with the State Board of Health, retiring only a few months ago. We congratulate Hop Wilson on this new honor He is a capable |man. . and during his five years with Kerr Scott began ? building the springboard which ill years later was to catapult him into the Governor's chair. THE BEST. . . If you do not get "WildMfe in North Caro lina", which comes out monthly and is only $1.00 per year, you are missing the best magazine bargain going now in this State. The editor: Rod Amundson. ONE MORE TIME. . . We are advised that Luther Hodges, who has within the past Ave years covered a good portion of the Western Hemisphere in the quest for new industry for North Carolina, plans yet another trip. This time he and the entourage will go to Chicago. One of the coldest places this side of Green land in the wintertime is Chicago. Nevertheless, we hope this jaunt will come In November ? after the Elections ? for the Governor and all his assistants will be needed to hold this State in line this fall. Better no trip at all than early fall. AGAINST SPENDING . . This talk about Candidate Kennedy being such a big spender ? and opposition to him because of his so-called learning to high taxes reminds us of the following little true story: A young man lived with his parents in a Public Housing Development. Now he had attend ed public schools, of course, and had participated In the free lunch programs. Later he entered the Army. Upon discharge, he : kept his National Service Life Insurance. He enrolled in the State Univer sity, working part-time at the State Capitol to help along his GI education check. Following his graduation he married a public health nurse and bought a home with an FHA loan. He was fortun ate enough to secure an RFC loan to go into business. As time went on a baby blessed the home ? born at the City Hospital. The young father bought a little farm with help from the Veterans Land Program from the government. His father and mother lived very comfort able on the farm on their social security and old-age assistance checks. REA lines supplied elec tricity, the government helped him clear his land, the county agent was good enough to show him how to terrace it. The government built him a fish pond. Sometime later he put the farm in the Soil Bank. The payments helped him completely to retire the indebtedness. tt ? ? t ? -? - ? nr r>-aa ooons trom tne puduc library. The child grew up, enter ed the public school, ate free lunches and rode the school bus. played in the municipal park and swam in the public pool, and joined Future Farmers of Amer ica. His father's money was in the bank ? insured by an agency of the government. The man owned an automobile, so he favored the federal high way program, he signed a petit ion asking for Uncle Sam's help In developing an industrial deve lopment project to Improve the economy of the area. He was a leader in a move to get he new federal building ? and in fact went to Washington with a group to ask the government to build a power dam coating mil lions so the area could be pro tected from floods and be provid ed with cheaper electricity. He was also a leader In a mote to get his specific type of business special tax write-offs and exemptions ?i wish to protest all this government spending ? and the high taxes that go with It. Pm fatting tired of it I behave in rugged individualism. I think people rfwuld stand oa their own feat. . without expecting hand outs. What wa need is a return to Principles ef our Constitution . . aad the policies of States' flights." Ever knew this man? Uke to saa what ha looks like? Don't want to aae him. . .don't want to Me wfcat the looks like? Then tomorrow manung when yot? shave, brifth your teeth or hair ? or othenriee use die bathroom ? better keep your eyes ctoeed or yoa wUl see km grinning or glowering at you from that medicine cabinet mirror under written by the Federal Housing Administration. BRACING . . We won't men tion names here, for reasons you ?0I see la a moment, but we beard the other day about this certain 17-year-older who took his girl to the dance at the coun try club on a recent Saturday evening. A thunder storm knocked out the lights for a minute. The young swain did whit cam* naturally? ptyrtad a kias oa his pretty young partner There waa really nothing much to it. Just a peck. really, or at least meant to be. Ube a lot a! other good-intent iooed thing, it didn't turn oat that way when the light* came suddenly on, there the young man stood hopelessly nunling at the girl's neck. The braces on his teeth were caught ia the girl'* necklace. ANOTHER BUILDING, v . Last week it looked as if tH> way waa being cleared for the State to have a handsome new Art Center to house its million dol lars' worth of objects d'art now displayed tin the old Highway Bunding on Eaat Morgan Street THE CHANGING SCENE SO WA* MO A COOKE MM OF VACATION AT GRANDMA'S MEANT MO HC ANPAOaCHOU?OHOUR#mjBM. HOOtRN HOWS'tnOMOimMtHAWS" HAVE AUTOMATIC LP-QAS HUTING-AI* CONOrnONIMO SYSTEMS. SET T*? Thermostat and forget it. Smoky Mountain Gas Co. "Your Philgat LP Distributor" VC 7-2111 Murphy, N. C. CONVENIENCE... Over and above the comforts of ill-weather air conditioning . . king-tize tcenic viewing windows . . and airfoam lounge-chair teats . . on many Trail waje buMa you'll enjoy the added luxury and convenience of real room aboard. When you take a Trailwayi THRU-LINE* you're choosing real comfort and ultra-modern luxury . . PLUS convenience. 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