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A.IAI IV* ' I
MEDITATION
"Humility in the search for the meaning of Ciod is a
necessity. Lour-mouthed orators, pulpit or otherwise, who
presume to see all. know all. and tell all about (lod are not
to be trusted. Anyone who has traveled even in the border
land of Eternal Truth is an humble person. After God had
spoken to Job from the storm, had asked him question after
question that no man can answer. Job confessed:
" 'Therefore have 1 uttered that which I understood
not. Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not'."
Food For Europeans
"Hunger and starvation for thousands of
people, and potential and economic chaos for
whole nations will sweep over Europe, if far
greater supplies of food are not shipped into the
liberated coutries, ill and prostate despite their
new freedom, within the next year.
That is a statement from the Office of War
Information. Daily there are news i f leases
telling of the need for food in European coun
tries. and the American people are doing some
thing about the situation.
Through the Victory Collection of Canned
Foods, now being conducted throughout the na
tion, people have an opportunity to share with
their less fortunate brothers across the seas. In
this county people are responding generously
to the appeal made last week through this paper
by Mrs. Frank Ellis, requesting local people to
place canned food in containers in several stores.
Participation in this project is a privilege,
as well as a duty. Everyone will want to send
at least one can.
You Are The Red Cross
This is the heart of the people . . . the em
blem of humanity . . . the hand stretched out in
comfort to the homeless and the hungry, the
lonely and the troubled all over the world today.
Here come the children, without shoes, who
are hungry. Here come the destitute, the people
without shelter. Here come the lonely and the
cold without comfort. Here come the men
and women who are troubled.
If you would seek them, look about you.
Hear them speak.
It's lonely here in Germany. It's very cold.
We worry here in Germany about how it is at
home . . . the wives who may be ill, the child we
haven't seen, the sweetheart who could be re
membering ? maybe not. But there's a man
here with us who can get in touch, straighten
out the worry, a kind of trouble-shooting guy
who wears a small red cross in his cap. That man
is you.
^ S(.
In the hospital the days take a very long
time to go. The hours are all the same. But
there's a girl who comes through the wards with
magazines and books and cigarettes and stops
to talk. She'll write a letter for you when your
hands are hurt. She'll read a book or play a
game. There's a small red cross pinned on her
collar. That girl is you.
* * * * * *
I came home from Tarawa, Saipan, the
islands where we fought. I was discharged.
And 1 was lonely and discouraged, bewildered,
without funds. But there was someone here to
talk to, who loaned me money, told me where to
go for help. On his desk a small cross stood.
That man was you.
* if. * s(. st *
We are the lonely, and the anxious, and the
lost. We are the cold and hungry people, the
children who have no shoes, the people without
shelter.
But everywhere among us is the sign of hope
. . . stamped on a sack of flour, a crate of medi
cine or milk, worn on a uniform, painted on a
building fresh and red. It is the emblem of com
fort. It is the sign of hope. It is you.
THE GREAT PEACE HANDICAP
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Pf ACE
Miss Curd Hostess
To Fidelis Class
Members of the Fidelis Sunday
School class were guests of Miss
Margaret Curd at the business
meeting held Tuesday evening. The
program was featured bv Mrs. Mar
tine Manthey's reviewing three
hymn stories from "Stories of
Favorite Hymns", by Kathleen
I^lanchard. which the class is study- |
ing at its business meetings.
Mrs. Manthey told the stories of
the following hymns: Come, Thou
b ount of Every Blessing, by Robert
Robinson: Come. Ye Thankful Peo- ^
pie. by Dean Alford of Canterbury;
and Faith of Our Fathers, by Fred
erick William Faber.
The class voted to purchase a case
of pork and beans for the Victory
Canned Foods collection, to be sent
overseas.
The devotional was conducted by
Miss Addie Mae Cooke, president
Miss Curd, assisted by her moth
er. served refreshments to the fol? ;
lowing: Mesdames Ruth Carringer.
Alvin Buchanan. Arden Davis. Mar- }
tine Manthey. J W. Davidson. Rae
Moore. Ruby Reid. J. W. Donley.
Charles Galloway. Verlin Crisp.
Laveita Hemphill, W. M. Lay. H
Bueck. W S. Dickey, and Miss Ad
die Mae Cooke.
Mrs.Loren Davis
Hostess To BWC
Mrs. Loren Davis was hostess
Monday evening to the Business
Women's circle of the W. M. S. of
first Baptist church.
The topic for discussion was
Come Ye, Walk in the Light of
he Lord."
Mrs. John Berry discussed
Needs and Problems of the Rural
1'hurch". and Mrs. Joe Hamilton
liscussed "Why Proclaim the
jospel". which was followed by
prayer by Mrs. J. C. Amnions for
he work in our rural churches and
n the cities.
Mrs. Ruth Carringcr discussed
Home Mission Work Among the
Indians", and Mrs. Ammons. "The
Appeal to Our W. M. U.'s for In
creased Efforts in Our Home Miss
on Work."
The program was closed with
prayer by Mrs. Berry that gifts
might lead many to Walk in the
Light of the Lord.
Those present were: Mrs. Ruth
[Tarringer. Mrs. Ethel Hamilton.
Mrs. Kenneth Davis. Mrs. Lena
[.ovingood. Mrs. Esther Buchanan.
Mrs. J. C. Ammons. Mrs. Opal
Crisp, Mrs. Lavita Hemphill. Mr?
Presbvterian
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Ladies Meet
Mrs. Harry Miller was hostess to ,
the meeting of the Presbyterian
Woman's auxiliary at her home J
Tuesday afternoon
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Mrs. T G. Tate. Mrs.
J. B. Gray, president, presided and
this being the last meeting of the
church year, reports of the year's
work by the secretary. Mrs. Myron
Jensen, and the treasurer, Mrs. C.
V.', Savage, and from secretaries of
causes were given
The auxiliary voted to donate
canned foods to the Victory Col
lection of Canned Foods on be
half of the UNRRA. which is being
sponsored by the Wesleyan Service
Guild of First Methodist church.
Mrs. Gray read a paper, "My
Dutch Uncle", which told of the
conditions in Holland.
Mrs. Miller was assisted in serv
ing refreshments by Mrs. Bruce
Gordon, and a social hour was held
at the conclusion of the meeting.
Miss Hattie Palmer and Mrs.
George Phillips were installed
chairman and secretary-treasurer,
respectively, by the pastor, the Rev. !
T. G. Tate, at the meeting of the
Kxening circle of the Woman's
auxiliary which was held Monday J
evening with Mrs. R. H. Foard.
Prior to the instalation. a pro
gram was given. Mrs. Foard dis
cussed the topic, "Because the
Church Must Win," and Mr%. Phil
lips gave a study of the hymn
Tell Me the Old. Old Story."
Mrs. Foard served a salad plate
during the social hour that follow
ed. Present at the meeting were
Mr. and Mrs. Tate. Mrs. Phillips.
Miss Palmer. Miss Elizabeth Gray.
Miss Marvie Walker, and Mrs
hoard.
23' INCH TROUT
C AUGHT BV LIGHT
Waynesville ? Maybe fishermen i
in this section have been using the
wrong gear. Recently, a car driven !
by Wayne Owens skidded off the
highway into Jonathan Creek. He
v\as uninjured, but the plunge
broke a headlight. When the car
was recovered, a 23' ?> inch brown
trout was found firmly caught on
the broken light.
Miss Mary Cornwoll attended a
meeting of home demonstration
r^ents in Franklin Wednesday.
Lois Davis, Mrs. Elizabeth Berry.
Mrs. Ruth Chandler. Mrs. Opal
Davis. Mrs. Mary Crawford. Mrs.
Oval Donley.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualifier as administra
tor of the estate of Andrew Walsh,
deceased, late of Cherokee Coun
ty, North Carolina, this is to notify
all persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned at
Murphy. N. C , Rt. 1, on or before
the 20th day of. February, 1^47, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This 20th day of February. 1946.
G K WALSH,
Administrator of Andrew
:<2-6t Walsh, deceased
NORTH CAROLINA.
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
In The Superior Court
REBA SMITH MOORE. Plaintiff,
Vs.
lUCHARD M MOORE. JR..
Defendant.
NOTICE
The above named defendant.
Richard M Moore. Jr. will take
notice that an action entitled as
r.bove has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Cherokee Coun
ty. North Carolina, by the Plaintiff.
Rc ba Smith Moore, to secure an
.-.bsolutc divorce from the defend
ant, upon the ground that plaintiff
and defendant have lived separate
rnd apart from each other for more
than two years next preceding the
bringing of this action; and the
defendant will further take notice,
that the plaintiff will ask that the
custody of their child be awarded
to her; and the defendant will fur
ther take notice that he is required
to appear at the Office of the Clerk
oi the Superior Court of Cherokee
County, in the Courthouse in Mur
phy. North Carolina, on the 30th
day of March. 1946. or within
twenty days thereafter, and answer
or demur to the complaint of plain
titf in said action, which is now on
fi'e in said Office, or the plaintiff
will apply to the Court for the re
lief demanded in the complaint.
This February the 27th, 1946.
J. L. HALL, Clerk of
?2-4tp the Superior Court.
NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Mack Plem
mons, deceased, late of Cherokee
County, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the un
dersigned at Murphy, North Caro
lina. Route 1. on or before the 20th
day of February, 1947, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will pledse make im
mediate payment
This the 20th day of February,
1946.
Marvin Plemmons. Adminis
trator of the estate of Mack
i<l-6tp Plemmons. deceased.
A Murphy Lady Spit
Up Acid Liquids For
Hours After Eating
For Ijours after every meal, a
Murphy lady used to spit up a
strong, acidulous liquid mixed with
pieces of half-digested food. She
says it was awful. At times she
would nearly strangle. She had
stomach bloat, daily headaches and
constant irregular bowel action.
Today, this lady eats her meals and
enjoys them. And she says the
change is due to taking INNER
AID. Her food agrees with her.
No gas, bloat or spitting up after
eating. She is also free of head
aches now and bowels are regular,
thanks to this Remarkable New
Compound.
INNER-AID contains 12 Great
Ijerbs, they cleanse bowels, clear
pas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable peo
pie soon feel different all over. So
don't go on suffering! Get INNER
AID. Sold by all Druj, Stores here
in Cherokee County.
IF YOU WANT A
CAREER IN
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This is the opportunity you've
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tion training in the world to pre
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i this growing industry. Enlist now
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These include new financial bene
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cruting Station. Franklin or Ashe
ville, N. C.
?rmrtitui Hitlj ?hc ^5itor
' MRS TIIOS SPENCER this week
brought me a copy of the MURPHY
I BULLETIN, dated April 10, 1890
| This particular issue was Volume 4.
No. 49, which indicated that the
j paper was almost five years old
at the time. The editors and pro
prietors were. Leslie E. Campbell
! A. Don Towns, and A. A. Campbell.
? * ?
AMONG THE NEWS in that 1890
| paper was the following which ap
! | lies well to the present time:
"As the time for our town elec
tion approaches, the question who
I will we have for Mayor and Alder
; man is uppermost in the nnnds of
cur citizens. We want a Mayor and
I Hoard of Alderman that will pull
; together."
? * *
I AM ANXIOUS to know the his
W.S.C.S. Guest
Of Mrs. Mattox j
The Woman's society of Christian :
service was entertained at the 1
home of Mrs. R. C. Mattox Tuesday
. afternoon, with Mrs. J. H. Hamp
! ton. Mrs. D. V. Carringer and Mrs.
| Nettie Axley serving as co-hostess- j
cs.
Mrs. Neil Sneed, president, pre- j
sided over the business session.
Mrs. Tom Axley. Mrs. R. A. Akin,
1 and Mrs. Merle Davis presented the
program on "World Order and
. Peace", and 'World Order in
Peace."
"Abide With Me", and "A Charge
to Keep I Have", were the hymns
sung. The meeting was closed with
prayer by Mrs. Ralph Taylor, after
I which refreshments were served to
! 35 members present.
AMONG THE SICK
Mrs. Dock Lovingood is improv
| in# but is still confined to her bed.
(
Pvt. Claude Monteith who is sta
tioned at Fort Eustis, Va., spent
the week-end here with friends and
relatives.
tory of the newspapers published
in Murphy and Cherokee county,
i know of the following that were
published prior to 1900: Cherokee
Herald. The Independent, Murphy
Advance. Murphy Bulletin, and the
Cherokee Scout. Our records in
dicate that the SCOUT is 57 years
old. and therefore was started in
1889. 1 always appreciate the gift
of any early paper published in
this county.
* ? *
ONE OF THE SCOUT S faithful
correspondents, Mrs. Ora Lee Hor
ton. who writes Patrick news, tells
us that she has been correspondent
for the paper for 20 years. Last
week she failed to get her paper,
and she did what we want every
subscriber to do if his paper doesn't
arrive ? complained. She wrote
"When I fail to get my paper it
seems as some of the family haven't
rrrived. 1 enjoy your "Scouting"
column and all the new thnigs you
added to the paper."
W i ?
ANOTHER SUBSCRIBER, Mrs.
Mark Wilson of Canton expressed
appreciation of the paper when
sending in her renewal: "It doesn't
seems like I can do without it."
i * * *
MOST VISITORS to Murphy
find a cordial welcome and a nice
town in which to visit. One who
came recently wrote: "Murphy is
certainly a fine town, and it is
the public spirited citizens . . . that
make it so."
* * *
LAST SATURDAY, March 2, was
' Mother's birthday. She and her
twin brother, Geno Godwin of
Ahoskie, celebrated their 61st an
niversary together at my brother
in-law and sister's, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex D. McColl, at Little Rock, S.
C. It had been four years since
they had been together on their
birthday. My uncle's daughter,
Mrs. Lois Sprague of Norfolk, Va.,
who is only a month older than I
also was there. It was a happy oc
casion for all of us.
* * *
IN SOUTH CAROLINA spring
| flowers are blooming in all their
glory. Spirea, forsythia, japonica,
camellias, hyacinths, jonquils, and
many other colorful flowers were
seen in all the picturesque little
towns in the vicinity of my sister's.
A People in Confusion
HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
By NEWMAN CAMPBELL
(The International Uniform
Lesson on the above topic for
March 10 is Judges, the Memory
verse being Hebrews 13.6. "The
Lord is my helper, I will not
fear.")
JOSHUA DIED and all his
generation, and another genera
tion arose that did not remember
Jehovah and all His goodness to
His people. Living as they did
among the nations whom they had
not driven from the land as the
Lord had directed them, these peo
ple corrupted the Israelites and
they became again worshipers of
Baal and Astarte or Ashtaroh,
who was worshiped as the moon
goddess and as Venus.
The anger of Jehovah was kin
dled against His people, and He
"delivered them into the hands of
' spoilers that despoiled them, and
He sold them into the hands of
their enemies round about, so that
they could no longer stand before
their enemies."
Jehovah raised up judges to lead
j them, but they would not listen to
them, but ran after strangO gods.
Their groanings brought help
from Jehovah again and again,
but always they backslid and Je
hovah's wrath was raised against
J them.
Numbers Increase
They increased in numbers,
however, and tilled the soil, keep
I ing down the wild. beasts and were
| trained in warlike skill. They en
dured numerous oppressions, and
j a number of judges were raised up
| to lead them, but finally the Midi
| anites and the Amalekites, nomad
tribes, made yearly forays on
| their territory, so terrifying them
j that they hid in caves, dens and
1 strongholds. They were brought
I very low after seven years of such
forays. *
So reduced were the Israelites
that they were forced to hide their
scanty crops in wine presses and
other secret places to keep them
from the enemy.
One day a man named Gideon,
son of Joash, was threshing wheat
by the winepress, when an angel
of the Lord appeared to him, say
ing. "The Lord is with thee, thou
mighty man of valour " No doubt
Gideon was astonished by this ad
dress, and asked why. if the Lord
was with them, had all the mis
fortunes befallen them?
"The Lord looked upon him and
said. Go in this thy might, and
thou shalt save Israel from the
hand of the Midianites; have I
not sent thee?"
Gideon protested that he was
not an important person, "Am I
not least in my father's house?'*
The angel promised that the Lord
would be with him. Gideon went
into his house and returned with
food for his visitor. When this
food was put upon a rock, the an
gel touched it with his staff and
it burst into flame. Thus was Gid
eon convinced that he had indeed
been chosen to lead his people.
Told to Break Baal's Altar
The Lord told Gideon to take 10
young men, and to break the altar
of Baal and cut down the trees of
the grove, and to build an altar to
the Lord in that place. At night
Gideon did as he was told, and
when the people saw tt In the,
morning and protested to his fa
ther that he should die for the deed,
Joash answered, "If he (Baali be
a god, let him plead for himself."i
That silenced the protestors i
The great battle Gideon waged (
and won against the Midiamtes
must be told very briefly By two
miracles Jehovah assured Gideon
of His aid, and the people rallied
to Gideon's standard, but Jehovah
said there were too many, so at
last the force was cut down to 300
men.
The Midianites were camped on
the north side of the Israelites in
the valley The 300 men took food
and trumpets, and all the rest
were sent to their tents. That
same night word came from the
Lord to Gideon to get down to the
Midianite camp and hear what
they were saying. Taking one man
with him he obeyed, and heard a
Midianite tell his dream of seeing
a cake of barley bread tumbled
into their midst which struck a
tent and it fell. The other man
said that meant nothing else but
that it was the sword of Gideon,
"for into his hand hath God de
livered Midian." ,
Returning to his own camp Gid
eon took his men, dividing them
into three companies, with a trum
pet in each man's hand, an empty
pitcher and a lamp in the pitcher
in the other. He told each of them
to follow his example. They ar
rived at the enemy's camp, and as
Gideon blew his trumpet, each
man did likewise, and at the same
time broke the pitcher and let the
lights shine out, shouting. "The
sword of the Lord and of Gideon."
The Midianites thought they
were surrounded, and grasping
their weapons they began fighting
among themselves, not knowing
friend from enemy, and all were
pursued by the triumphant Israel
ites.
Again the lesson la too long to
tell here, but the teacher may re
late more of the dran>atlc stories
to be found In this Book of Judf?*
to emphasise today's lesson. ,
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