Thursday, Nov. 10,1938
?he (EhrrnUpp Srnut
Official Organ of Murphy and Cherokee County.
North Carolina
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
IntrreJ in the Post Office at Murph). North Carolina.
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Murphy. North Carolina, Thursday, November 10, 1939
IN APPRECIATION FOR THE NEW
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Dr. J. X. Hill received a nice letter last week from
Stanley \\ in borne, utilities commissioner of North Carolina,
in reference to the opening of the new telephone
system here.
Undoubtedly Mr. Winborne did a lot of work to
make the new system possible, and quite often we have
the human failing cf forgetting those men who make such
tnings possible.
But not Dr. Hill. He wrote Mr. Winborne and thanked
him for his efforts. "I rarely receive such a letter',
Mr. Winborne stated. "In most cases when things have
been accomplished, they are accepted as a matter of
course."
We do appreciate Mr. Winborne's work and assure
him that the people of Murphy who now have an adequate
telephone system will not forget his efforts in our behalf.
HITLER'S PHILISOPHY
In five years Adolf Hitler has brought Germany from
a position of military impotence to that of the most
f powerful and most feared nation in the world. This amazing
result was not achieved by mere accident or good
luck It was planned that way.
Kor an insight into Hitler's moral and political philosophy,
one needs only to read his own book, "My Battle",
written for the most part while in jail at Landsberg.
Germany, for an attempt to start a revolution 15 years
ago.
Briefly stated, he believes that might makes right and
that a nation is entitled to take whatever it can by force
or threat of force- One or two quotations from the book
ore sufficient to make this clear. He says:
"Xo nation on earth holds a square yard of territory
by any right derived from heaven. Frontiers are made
and altered by human agency alone. The fact that a nation
succeeds in acquiring an unfair share of territory
is no superior reason for its being respected for- ver. It
merely proves the strength of the conqueror and the
weakness of those of those who lose by it. This strength
alone constitutes the bight to posses.
"Therefore, just as our forefathers did not receive
the land in which we live as a present from heaven, but
had to fight with their lives for it, so in future nothing
will grant us land and iife for our nation, except the
power of a victorious sword."
So whatever may be thought of Hitler's philosophy,
the rest of the world may as well realize just what it is,
and be prepared to meet his aggression with the only argument
he understands?military force.
BRITAIN'S CAPITAL
In the light of recent events, which have given rise
to the question of whether England could be defended
against the rising power of Germany, the suggestion has
been made that Great Britain's seat of government be removed
to Canada.
While the idea may appear fantastic at the moment
it is being discussed, though perhaps not very seriously
by some newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic. Th<
time inay come, however, when some such step might be
come desirable, or even necssary.
The Tendon news weekly Cavalcade points out a not
able precedent for such a move, citing that the Empcroi
Constantino, fearing Rome could not be defended agains
the barbarians of the north, removed his capital fron
Rome to Byzantium?later named Constantinople?in thi
year 330. The barbarians did, in fact, take Rome in thi
next century, while the empire based on Constantinopl
persisted with varying fortunes for another thousani
years.
Naturally the proposed visit of King George am
Queen Elizabeth to Canada and the United States nex
year is linked with the suggested capital removal, but thi
is only idle speculation, although affording wide possibil
ities for discussion.
fhe Cherokee Scout, Murphy, No
BRASSTOWN TRAGEDY BRINGS
OUT QUAL ITIES OF FRIENDSHIP
One of the worst tragedies to occur in this section in
I some time was the injuries sustained by Thurraan Paintei
.it Brasstown last week. Mr. Painter is a reputable, hard B
E
working man but his financial means are limited. Following
the accident in which he lost both hands ami the sight
<?f hi- eye, a group of friends led by Mr. Fred 0- Seroggraised
a fund for t.ie family.
The spirit of < 'operation and generosity manifest in
this instance is one that we people of this section can long
be thankful for.
If you want to be a fiiend in Cherokee county, you
will have plenty of them to fall back on in time of need.
"MR. EINSTEIN AND THE
CHURCH"
Many people have requested that we print the following
editorial from the Asheville Citizen of Saturday,
October 29:
MR. EINSTEIN AND THE CHURCH
From his retreat at Princeton University where he i?
row Professor of Mathemtics, Albert Einstein, the one
and only has made a pronouncement upon the subject
cf the Church which we think all the world should read.
Because of the persecutions which religion is undergoing
at the hand of the toUuilui iau siai.es, professor Einstein's
comments should be pondered in the heart of every man,
wc man and child this lovely autumn week-end. Not every
place is as safe and as happy just now as Western North
Carolina.
Says the propounder of the theory of relativity:
"Being a lover of freedom, when the revolution came in
Germany 1 looked to the Universities to defend it, knowing
that they had always boasted of their devotion to the
cause of truth; but, no, the universities immediately were
silenced. Then I looked to the great editors of the newspapers
whose flaming cditiorals in days gone by had proclaimed
thci# love of freedom; but they, like the universities,
were silenced in a few short weeks. Then I looked
to the individual writers, who, as literary guides of Germany,
had written much and often concerning the place
of freedom in modem life; but they, too were mute. Only
the Church stood squarely across the path of Hitler's campaign
for suppressing truth- I never had any, special interest
in the Church before, but now 1 feel a great affection
and admiration because the Church alone has had
the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth
and moral freedom. I am forced to confess that what I
onci\ despised I now praise unreservedly."
This is exactly in line wi ll Ludwig Lewisoho's contention
made upon an Asheville platform that modern
dictators well know that religion alone gives men coui age
to defy them. Hence the undying hatred of the new
Caesars for the things of the spirit.
HE STOPPED ADVERTISING
Once there was a business man,
And be was wondrous wise;
Said he:
"We'll save the money it takes to advertise.
We've got the business going.
We'll sit and take the kale;
Why squander cash for printing?
Our income cannot fail."
Things prospered for a season,
And prospects rosy grew;
Then sales began to dwindle;
The why??Nobody knew.
The boss was fretful, worried
His face grew pale and drawn.
The business "kept on going"?
?Going?now it's gone.?
i
"Ginger Rogers Stars in Having a Wonderful Time'
?Headline. Who wouldn't?
> The rich and the poor meet together: the Loid is thi
' maker of them all.?ProverbsA
headline says "Whales Are Used for Radio Sta
tion." We consider that a whale of a yarn.
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11 Corrigan wasn't the first "wrong-way" travelei
i What about Christopher Columubs?
5
B A man may get along better attending strictly t
. .
e I his own business, but he misses a lot of fun.
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| There's an art in lying?Roberta Lyndon. Wrong
j Roberta, the art consists in not getting found out.
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5 | Some of our "fat sisters" who are so anxious to re
. duce might follow the recipe Hitler used on Czechoslc
vakia.
rth Carolina
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j \aff?R Twenty y^ars
| Pioneer Place Nairn
But Appropriate, 1
"Pioneers named a place," it i
said, "but to conquer it."
Southern Highlands' place-name
may well be the envy of novelist
according to accounts noted by th
Southern Highlands Recreation Con
mittee, which is assembling informi
jtion on the varied recreational a:
ipects of the region, with the c<
1 operation of the Federal Writers' Pr<
I ject, WPA. A large part of Eester
Tennessee and adjoining sections c
Alabama, Georgia, North and Sout
Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky ai
embraced in the territory.
Humor and pathos found graphi
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VAIUI'MIUM III llic II 1J4 11 let IKK I S
i choice of a name for a town, villas
mountain or river. Events now leger
dary were commemorated for pot
terity by a word or two unconsiousl
spoken.
Two towns in Tennessee were cal
. ed HardlicU and Difficult, and tw
others in North Carolina christene
Suit and Vest, respectively. Anion
other names which tripped lightly of
. the Highlander's tongue were Dirt
Butt, Ripshin Mountain, Fight it
John Creek, Picken's Nose, Mollie
I Creek, Defeat Kidge, llostilit
Branch, and Scratchbritehes Moui
tain.
In Smyth county. Virginia, i
Hungry Mother State Park?and i
Mitchell County, North Carolint
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and Calhoun Falls.
Homely but appropriate, too,
Blood and Slaughter MounU
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h TREASURY REPORTS DEFICIT
Uncle Sam's master book pet
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau n
'c another bottle of red ink accoi
to the Treasury statement of No
" ber 2. Since July 1, the begin
of the nation's fiscal year, exp<
tures have been $3,033,108,
y Receipts during this period have
*1,754,168,647. Another intere;
item is that the outlay this yeai
? cceds that of a similar period
vear by approximately $400,000,
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1 BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET
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The President supports Gove
Benson (Farm Labor) i . Minn(
y while Jim Farley announces his
j- port of the Democratic nominee.
is the first time in many decades
;s the ex-officio and the directing
n jof a national political party have
i, 'their support in state elections.
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