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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, lfttt
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ALEXANDER SMITH AND THE
BOOK
LITTLE as the nine mutineers
expected that the tiny boat
would ever reach England, they
determined to1 take no chances.
They shipped on the Bounty, tak
ing with them six native men, ten
women and a girl of fifteen, and
sailed away to an island named
Pitcairn, after the British officer
who fired the first shot at Lexing
ton. Then ensued what the Encyclo
pedia Britannica calls "a hell on
earth." One of the sailors had
worked in a distillery in Scotland
and he discovered a way to distil
alcohol from a native plant. Be
fore a great while all the native
men were dead, and all the white
men hut one. That one was Alex
ander Smith, left alone with a
harem of .native women and a
crowd of half-breed children, his
own and his companions.'
Picture him, if you will, the for
lorn monarch of a helpless people,
shut up with his own bitter mem
ories. Then consider the thing
which happened. In one of the
chests of the sailors he found a
book. He read it. He began to ask
himself what was to become of
this population that had had such
a bad start. He began to think
with shame and remorse of all the
past; he repented of his sins and
resolved to live a God-fearing life,
and to make good men and women
of those children. He began to
teach those children to read that
book. So years passed. The chil
dren grew up and married, and
more children were born. The
community prospered.
Then one day, nearly twenty
years later, in 1808, the United
States ship Topaz called at this
island and brought back the first
word which the world had received
of the mutineers who escaped the
hangman in 1790. Alexander Smith
was king and preacher and teach
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Lamps
Pudding Pans,
3 Quart Size
Enameled, 5 Quart
Tea Kettles
Soup
Bowls
Dinner
Plates
Bread
Pans
9 Cup Aluminum
Percolators
Wash
Boards
THE NEW
Near New Federal Bldg.
er in that little community. In
honor of the President of the Unit
ed States he had changed his
name to John Adams, and he much
hoped that only ships from Ameri
ca would visit him, for he had no
hankering for the gallows in Eng
land. But no British expedition
went out after him, and he lived
and died in peace.
vAnd now, what about the people
on that island?
There was no jail.
There was no hospital.
There was no insane asylum.
There was no illiteracy, no crime,
no disease.
The people had no doctors, took
no medicine, used no liquor.
The island was one hundred per
cent Christian ; nowhere on earth
were life and 'property more safe.
What changed that place from a
hell on earth to a little speck of
heaven dropped down in the South
Seas?
The reading of The Book.
(The End)
Army Opens Enlistments
For Panama Service
The United States army has
opened enlistments for men be
tween 18 and 35 years old for ser
vice in Panama, according to an
announcement received from H. E.
Rader, recruiting officer at Ashe
ville. Enlistments, it was stated,
will be accepted for service in the
infantry, coast and field artillery.
Those applying must be of good
character and have no one depen
dent upon them for support. The
Asheville recruiting office is in the
federal building and is open week
days from 8 a. m. tci p. m.
Race Honh
The thoroughbred or running
horse has been bred for more than
300 years. It has been definitely
established that racing capacity is
hereditary, and that environmental
factors influence racing ability.
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WASHINGTON ... A view of the imposing twenty million iollar home
of the United States Supreme Court, the Corinthian marble temple erected
by the government to house the Justices. At its formal opening this week
it was dedicated to the philosophy ef equal justice under law.
Railway Report Shows
Increase in Car Loadings
A decrease in outgoing and an
increase in incoming freight over
the Tallulah Falls railway is shown
in a report made public this week
on loaded car receipts and deliv
eries for the month of September.
The total number of cars handled
in September, this year, showed an
increase of 26 over September,
1934, and of 31 over the same
month in 1933.
The "T. F." received from the
Southern railway at Cornelia, Ga.,
276 loaded cars during September,
1935, and delivered to the South
ern, 104 loaded cars, making a
total of 280 cars handled. In Sep
tember, 1934, the 'T. F." received
239 cars from the Southern and
delivered 115, a total of 354. In
September, 1933, the figures were:
Receipts, 220 cars; deliveries, 129
SPECIALS
Halloween
Favors & Decorations
Candy
Stationery
School Supplies
Glassware
5c &
the U. S. SupreihCouftJ
cars, making a total of 349 cars
handled.
Most of the decrease . in outgo
ing freight came under the classi
fications of forest products, mica
and cattle.
Indian "Money"
Indian tribes of the Northwest
Pacific coast had unique ideas of
money, according to the ethnolo
gists. The slave was the standard
of value and was worth from 10 to
20 deer skins. The Kwakiuti In
dians, like the ancient Mexicans,
expressed values in terms of woven
blankets, and, with the Haida of
the Queen Charlotte islands, placed
an artifically high value on large
sheets of decorated copper shaped
like large shields. This copper
money deteriorated in value great
ly when it was made from the cop
per sheathing off ships' bottoms
rather than from pure copper nuggets.
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Plates, each
Spoons and
Forks, each
Glass Fish QtU
Bowls
Kitchen Linoleum ?Q
Squares, 3 x AlZ
Rubber Soles and 1 fie
Heels AV
Mouse O Cc
Traps " for
Pencils, ' 1 fW
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Franklin, N. Carolina
Rainbow Springs
(Unavoidably Omitted Last Weak)
Mr. Wikle, Clay county truck
farmer, was seriously injured Sat
urday night when struck by a
truck on highway No. 28 half a
mile east of Rainbow Springs. Rus
sell Cabe, of Franklin, . a forest
service employ, was reported to
have been the driver of the truck.
Mr. Wikle was reported to have
suffered a broken leg, a broken
collar bone and possibly a frac
tured skull. He was taken to the
office of Dr. Shields, company
physician for the W. M. Ritter
Lumber company, for temporary
treatment and then was carried to
the Murphy hospital. Mr. Wikle
was reported' to have stepped into
the path of the oncoming truck.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Tittle and
daughter spent the week-end visit
ing Mr. Tittle's kinsfolks in Hay
wood county two weeks ago.
L. O. Bailey made a business
trip to Asheville Saturday after
noon. Frank Doyt and Guy Bryant re
turned home last Friday after at
tending the world series games at
Detroit, Mich.
Jack Bryant, mill foreman of the
W. M. Ritter Lumber company,
has been on the sick list trje past
week.
The Rev. Joe Bishop, of Jackson
County, filled his regular appoint
ment at Rainbow Springs Saturday
night and Sunday.
Repair work on the Rainbow
Springs school is now under way
with Bill Tippett, of Franklin, in
charge. In addition to the repair
work and general improvements to
the building and grounds, a water
line is being constructed to the
school house.
Bird' Visibility
All birds except owls have eyes
placed on each side of the head so
that they can look two ways at
once. Owls have eyes similar to
those of human beings.
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