The Christmas Message : By ELIZABETH CLARKE HARDY ?n Wisconsin Agriculturist OH. CHRISTMAS BELLS iUi ??1, dunw, And Christmas lights that fleam an J gloW ? Oh, silent stars that softly shin* Aacts tKo World of frost and snow. Ye fill th* world With joj> and light, Whit is yen brirg tonight? Oh. Christmas tre*s with twinkling lighis. And shining branch** banding low With sifts that gladden all our haarts. And thoughts of loving kindness ikow. Ye bear tha fruits of pure dalight. What message do $ou bring tonight? Oh, radiant spirit of the day. Thy massage thrills tha whole world o'er. It fll? th* world with hop* and joy From zone to son*, from shore to shore. "Tis meant for every human heart. And noi.a need stand alone, apart. The peac*, good will and Christmas cheer, Th* shining lights, tha magic tree, The joy that thrills the Christian heart For all tha World is full and fre*. Th* Christmas message from above To all th* world is love, is lev*. ^^?edftSAdannht^Vio may * j EUHAI'S li's n healthy trait that most human beings like and are drawn to bright and glittering objects. At Cbiint* n?as tltue thfil crazing is sat isfied in a hundred ways. When we are children we look with awe upon the shimmer of tinsel on Christmas trees. The wings of the angel on the top most peak seem like the wings of those heralds above Bethlehem who announced the coining of the Christ child. Our eyes shine half blinded by the glory of legend and expectation. When we are older we become (as we think) more sophisticated. Tinsel m WWWJW.W71 on a larger scale. Bright lights, beau- j tlful decorations, dauling entertain ment. The same child-like needs trans posed into a more worldly manifesta tion. But we can't quite forget the stars or the moon. They attract us with a strange delight. And when we are quite old and wise we know and admit that we must rely on something which shines beyond us. a bit out of reach. We remember the breathless moments of childhood and the blazing Christmas tree. We knew wonder in those days and found it precious. We think of later years somewhat obscured by false values. Something more than tinsel : something less than simple pleasures ? glitter, certainly, but little of that quality which yields the magic of happiness. So perhaps we forget the middle years and go back to the earlier ones, feeding on the first Joys of childhood. Tbe long fesioous swinging graceful ly among the green branches of the tree! The glimmer of make-* eiieve icicles, the powder of make-believe snow, the cheerful flames of candles and the laughter of people we loved. 1931. Western Newspaper I* nlon \ Wboc.pe? TV- , . , ,r many serious men to betls p**rlmps are lnsp'r^] '? a tear that the world of actual* ill cfctrfc up ii'it h them. ? Woman's Home Companion. Locals and Personals "O Holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us, we pray; Cast out our tin and enter in; Be born in us today! We hear the Christmas angels, j The great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us. Our Lord, Immanuelf' ? Selected. | Mr. ajid Mil;. Frank Hill spent I ( Saturday in Asheville. i Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. Johnson of ! I Etowah Tenn. were week-end visit- j ors of Mr. R. F. Williamson and j j family. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ballard and little son, of Andrews were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Lov ingood Sunday afternoon. Mr. Robert Wells who teaches ; school near Winston Salem arrived ! home Saturday to spend the Christ mas holidays with his mother, Mrs. R. V. Wells. Mr. and Mrs. Pon Witherspoon , and Mrs. E. B. NorveH were shop- I ping in Asheville Saturday. Miss Addie Lcatherwood and Miss j Lelia and Kate Hayes were shop ping in Asheville, Saturday. Mrs. J. W. Thompson and dau ghter, Miss Katherine, were visit ors in Atlanta, Friday. Mrs. M. J. Tate of Tellico Plains Tenn. is visiting Mr. R. F. William son and family. The many friends of Mr. James Williamson, who has been in Nor burn Hospital in Asheville, will be glad to know that he returned home Sunday. Boys and girls returning home from school to spend Christmas with their parents: Buster and Bill Bayless. Raleigh; Marshafl Bell, James Mallonee, " ^ke Gray, Richard Parke~. Oad d -? *- Charles Dickey. Bui-! A Syh ,:*?m Thompson. Joe Bsu. . . ? - J iison. A ivay M. gola, Ind. Lois Hu. A..na Mae 7 wnv n Greensboro; Ann Candler, Knox ville ; Kathleen Axley. .Mary Wea ve*' Woodfin .Posey, Asheville; , W,ry Nelle Will* anion, fallow hee ; Circle No. 2 of the Baptists Wo- i mans Missionary Society will have | charge of the following program ? at the church Sunday evening, Dec. I 27, 1931. Topic: The Star Again in the East. 1 Hymn: Joy To the World. Devotional: Mrs. C. K. Turner. Solo: Ruth Deweese. The Light of the Christmas Star ? Miss Sara Cooke. The Light of the Christmas Street ? Mrs. E. E. Adams. The Christmas Star in the East ? , Mrs. Clarence Sneed. Hymn: O Little Town of Bethlehem. I Wise Women Follow the Staff ? ; Mrs. Hayner Rogers. ; The Star of Chinese Churches ? Misses Pauline Allen and Laura Hamilton. Where the Star Shines Not ? Mrs. Ruth Carringer. Prayer? ? Followers of the Star I Pink Roses for Stones ? Francis Dickey. The "Ah Pah" Church ? Ruth Dew eese. Offering. Benediction. Miss Catherine Thompson is visit ing friends at Knoxville, Tenn this 1 week. i Miss Eloise Fain who has been at- j tending The Columbia B^ble School at Columbia, S. C. returned home i Sui.day to spend Christmas with her j parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fain. ! Mr. Bob Austin of Asheville was a visitor in town, Sunday. Ensign Harvey Akin of Charles- j ton, S. C. is spending the Christmas j holidays with his parents, Mr. and j Mrs. S. D. Akin. The Murphy B. Y. P. U. entertain ed with a party in the Ladies Parlor of the Baptist Church. The room i was decorated in red and green and a Christmas tree was filled with i presents. Games and contests were [ enjoyed by all. Prom cards were fil led, presents given out, anp^rd Christmas with their mother and sister, Mrs. Pixie and Miss Hattie Palmer. I. A I Y RF.PF SENT ATI YK. Big M-n e> . Pleasant Work. !>? Jac Co.. 2o0 boulevard. N. E.. Atlanta. Ga. ANDRKWS ' Mr. Percy h'. Kerehee on Tuesday i and Wednesday ??! this week wa> in Atlanta. Ga. attending i" busi? ? ss. Mrs. l-iilian Abernathy. net- Mi>. Lillian Carpenter, <.f Copperhill Ten nessee. arrived in Andrews on Tue daysday of this week to spent! :he pun Mj\" sva.viL' i vjji.u sXk; :j t{ Mr>. D. C. Carpenter. Mrs. Catherine C. Martin is spending the holidays with her ?ister in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Marsh left the last of the past week to make iheir home in South Bend. Ind. The following are home for the I Christmas holidays after having spent the fall term at School: Miss Jane Cover of Converse College, Spartanburg. S. C.; Misses Ruth Mori gan and Meredith Whitaker of Mere dith College, Raleigh. N*. C. ; Messrs Mark Boone and Frederick Monton ey of A. & E. College, Raleigh, X. C. Mi. Carlvle Matheson of Weaver College, Weaverville, X. C.: Mr. David Mashpurn and Miss Mabel \ Jones of Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, X. C. ; Mr. Roy Wheeler of Wake Forest College. Wake Fore>t, X. C. ; Mr. Steven Adams of David son College, Davidson, X. C.; Miss- j Sallie Bradley and Rebecca Pittman I of Eastern State College, Greenville X. C. ; Harry Dewar of Georgia Tech College, Atlanta. Ga. and Miss Sallie Dewar from Piedmont College Piedmont Ga. Messrs. Percy B. Ferebee and D. H. Tillitt were business visitors in Murphy on Monday of this week. Mr. and Mrs, C. W. E. Pittman j made the trip to Greenville the last of the past week to bring back with them their daughters from Eastern State College. While on their trip they will visit friends and relatives in the eastern part of the State. Mr. William Gordon Rodgers, of J Cincinnati. Ohio, arrived in Andrews 1 on Tuesday of this week to spend the ; Christmas holidays with his mother. ' Mrs. Chas. W. Rodgers, and his sis- j ter, Mrs. D. H. Tillitt. After the j first of the year, he ill locate in I Canton, N. C., where he is interest ed in the Xantahala Hardware Com pany. Mr. Don Witherspoon, attorney, of Murphy, was in Andrews the latter part of the past week on profession al business. Mrs. W. M. Webb was a business visitor in Murphy on Tuesday of this week. Mr. Edwin Whitaker made a trip to Asheville on last Sunday where he met his sister. Miss Meredith Whitaker, who was returning from Meredith College. Raleigh. Mrs. Clyde H. Jarrett was in Mur phy on Monday of this week on a pleasure trip. Rev. L. B. Hayes. Presiding Elder I o* the Methodist Church for the ; lynesville district, was in An idT'-As thi? past Sunday and at the ev nin?* service preached at the Meth >d'-t Church. The other three ch* rehes of the town gave away their service and heW a t service in rcror of his presence f'.r- 1 vi? Miss Lorrene M aunty, Mountain, N. C. is spen? time in Andrew- visitin,. hrre. Miss Maunev fo^rr/* iv in Andrews, leaving it. ?T. J. Gilbert Writes From Franklin, N. C. Franklin. N. C. Dec. 17th, 1931. hcitor of the Cherokee Scout, l>ear Mr. Bailey: 1 take this method of answering the many letters I have read from nv many frier.,- front Murphy and vicinity since 1 have been in the hr> pital at Franklin. I sure di and plans have !>i-en made to cil-tii' .t* cheer bask- ? is t>> the town's needy and unfor tunate. The Presbyterian Sunday School sang Christmas carols Sunday mom ir.-j, while Sunday evening, the Bap tist Sunday School celebrated with a "White Christ n as" program under the direction of Mrs. Claude Turn er. Many gifts wen- brought and deposited together for the needy families for distribution on Christ mas day. The Methodi-t choir rendered a program f Chnstmas music Sunday t veiling. ant! on Thursday evening, observed "White Christmas" exer cises with a Christmas pageant pre sented by the Sunday school. All the churches will distribute Christmas cheor baskets to needy families on Christmas day. Members of the Epworth League of the Hampton Memorial Church, a few miles out of Murphy, present ed Wednesday evening a Christmas program consisting of a play entitled "Christmas at Gulch," and a pageant entitled, "The Nativity." CHRISTMAS TREE GRACES SQUARE As has been the custom for the past several years, a Christmas tree ha? been placed- in the publis square and lighted with colored lights. This is in keeping with the Christmas spir it and makes our public square very attractive to the townspeople as well as the visitor. On behalf of the Woman's club, we wish to thank the Mayor and town council, Mr. T. N. Bates, manager of the Southern states Power Company, and all others v.- ho had any part in erecting and lighting the Christmas tree in the public suare. Mrs. T. S. Evans, president Mrs. C. W. Savege, secretary Scout Office Closed In order to allow the force to take a short vacation during the holidays. The Scout office will be closed from December 24th until the first of next year, after which we will be back again and ready to face 1932. Until then ? MERRY CHRISTMAS ?nd HAPPY NEW YEAR Basket Ball Games Muphy High School basketball girls defeated Ogden Friday night and Peachtree Saturday night at Murphy's new gymnasium. They "waled away" from Ogden with a score of 25 to 4. They met a touch er team Saturday night but easily defeated them with a score of 21 10. Line-up Murphy Peach tree Hampton C Coffee Parker F Watkins Ramsey F Sudderth Johnson G Sudderth Copyenger G Biooks 'Walker vG Donley : arr, ago to make her home in Kings ...our. tain. Mr*. L. B. Nichols and son, Lee J:y l^ft Andrew or las' S-turday frr Vi:.a Ri'-a, via., where she will 7 Christmas with her laments, * ? . *?. I-.! . W. B. Candler. M- ?? *'/. S. Davis was a business ??- ; - n Atlar.ta, on last Saturday.