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91CNrrrn krr it mrt Established July 1889 Published every Thursday at Murphy. Cherokee County, N. C. ADDIE MAE COOKE Editor and Owner MRS. G W. SAVAGE - Associate Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Cherokee County One Year. $2 50; Six Months, f 1.50; Outside Cherokee County: One Year, $3.00; Six Months, $1.75 X I Carolina v4 rm>l ^SJOCUTwjT*] \1 r Entered in the Past Office at Murphy, North Carolina as second class matter under the Act of March 3, 1879. Meditation "Patience; kindness: generosity; humil ity. courtesy, unselfishness; good temper; giulelessness; sincerity?these make up the supreme gift; the stature of the perfect man ) ou Kill observe that all are in relation to men. in relation to life. iH relation to the kiuncn to-day and the near to-morriKC. and not to the unknown eternity. MY hear much of hie to Cod: Christ spoke much of Une to nun MV make a great deal of peace Kith heaven Christ made much of peace on earth. Religion is not a strange or added thing, but the inspiration of the secular life, the breath ing of an eternal spirit through this tempor al world The supreme thing, in short, is not a thing at all. but the giving of a further fin ish to the multitudinous words and acts which make up the sum o' cvc> v common dav." Register IVn't forget tit le-giste-r tor the beer and wire elect urn scheduled tor iebru.ii> 14 All interested eiti/.ens of Murphy should register Registration <la\> are Januan ll> and Jo and I ebruari J Rooks will be open from 0 a. m until sunset On all week dais except Saturdai tin- registration bixtks will be open during the same hours at the home of the registrar, Mrs. Max Sneed. Blood heeded I'he fighting men in Korea need vour bio d. l\t your share Mani of them are giving all In sure ti> visit the Red Cross Rloodmobile Priduv at I it si Baptist Ohureh between 10 a m ml 4 p. in Is It Right? Is it right to build churches to s.ne men's souls, and at the same time license- shops that distroi men I s it right to license a man to sell that w hich will make a man drunk, and then punish htm for getting drunk Is it right tii license a mail to make paupers, criminals and insane, artel then tax sober peoph to support these paupers, criminals and insane? Is it right to license a saloon to bre-e-J vice, ?ansi thiii tux people for sciux'ls 'o teach virtue: Is it right tii dome revenue* from a traffic which scientists, medical authorities and educa te*.. cannot de-tend. ?The Patriot. ! v Match iif Pimes d-iie* is on. This is a win :h\ cause . t takes much pronev te> finance ?he treatment of po'io i ctuns If all will give no eme will be injured hi giving" Scouting With The Editor IF THE TEMPERANCE meting at the court house Monday evening was any indication of how the people of Murphy will vote on February 14 in the beer and w ine election, we can draw three conclu sions: There are hundreds who are opposed to alco holic beverages, proven by their attendance at a meeting called by temperance forces: most city and county officials including law enforcement officers, v ere loo busy or disinterested, evidenced by their absence from the meeting; and many county peo ple are looking with disfavor upon Murphy's call ing the election after they vo'ed almost 10 to 1 against beer and wine three years ago. shown Cy their attending the meeting. THE BR1TTA1N AND AX1.EY families have my deepest sympathy. To lose two loved ones in one day was a shocking xperience. and my heart go-s out to those who were near to Mrs. L. W. Brittain and her son-in-law. Mr Tom Axley I did not know Mrs Brittain well, but in all the years I've been i:i Murphy. 1 have had pleasant business dealings with Mr Axley The community has suffered a great loss in these deaths It is singular that a similar incident occurred in 1020. when on March 1 Mr. L. \V Brit tain died, and the following day Mr. Luther D. Axley. a brother of Mr. Tom Axley. died THF. MOVING at my house about which I wrote Lot week, has been completed, except for straighten ing up the things 1 have had to crawd into one apartment. The Don Eliises moved in Tuesday THE GENERAL Cl-EAN-l'P resulting from the moving has brought back many memories For :I incc. a little dog collar that 1 had not seen for \ ears recalled the beautiful spitz. Jackie, named for the person who gave her to me. 1 used to have and the days when Mother would stroll down the streets cf Gates*l|le with her on a leash both looking happy end distinguished - and the little puppies that ar rived at intervals during Jackie's lifetime Pictu-es of them were unearthed in the clean-up There are scrap books, family pictures, travel pictures, letters, souvenirs, many things to bring back memories that will be cherished always Count *our .b-ih ll \oil have a clear con science ami a gvx\i h\cr. if you have three g?xx! rten. - ami a happy home \ou? hear! ha- kept ;s \o;-.:'i ami \otir - ml tt> hone-lx . then you are . . S p-hlltonatres?Clipped Looking Over AFour-H Clover BY FRANCES PVETT, AS SISTANT HOME AGENT Ml RPHY HIGH CLl'B ENTERS CONTEST Each year different club mem bers enter contests and winners are chosen. But what can a club do in a contest" Members of the Murphy High School 4-H Club have enthusiasm tor the Rural Arts and Recreation program. At their last club meeting all the members voted to carry out activities that would enable them to enter the contest as a club The purpose ot this program is to develop a higher appreciation of the cultural value of rural arts in homes and communities, to de velop personal and community re sources that make for improving leisure lime and happiness throughout life, to make 4-H pro grams more attractive and self satisfying. to learn to lead recrea :iona! activities as well as to fol low. to make friends by partici pating as a member of a recrea tion group Under the leadership of their president. Emma Jean Shields, the club has set up a recreation com mittee that will make plans and help guide the various community ictiviiivs. Chairman of this com mittee is James Smith Other mem :s are Chris*.ne Elliott. Jerry Ruth Smith. Billy Killian. Dirk "i. iott. Etr.nia Jean Shields. T!-;> pro cram offers many op portunities for 4-H community ac tivities such as nature trails, out door sports, indoor sports, crafts, folk dancing. folk lore, fishing, etc A $25 cash prize will be given to butstanding clubs in the State .or purchase of recreational equip ment Not more than ten counties n the State shall qualify for cash awards. The Murphy Club has several leaders in the different phases of the program. James Smith is the county council recreation chair man Jerry Ruth Smith has a spec ial interest in music and is one of the council music leaders, be sides being club pianist. Christine Elliott. 1951 Wildlife co-winner, is a "pusher" for study of wildlife. Various members have received special recreational training and have been in charge of recreation program. Some have studied arts and crafts, been leaders at ramp, or excelled in sports. At least ten communities are represented in tnis club. Their plan is to direct some phase of Recreation and Rur >1 Arts in each community. College Publishes '52 Farm Outlook What does 1952 hold in store for North Carolina's nearly 900.000 farm families? Specialists of the State College* Extension Service have put their heads together and come up with a summary of the State's agricul tural outlook for the new year. Their findings are included in a 16-page publication called "North Carolina's 1952 Agricultural Out look." copies of which may be ob tained free from the local county farm and home agent or by writ ing the Publications Department State College Station Basic data in the booklet were taken from publications ?f the U. S. Department of Agriculture'* Bureau of Agricultural and from the "Farm Report" of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. ANOTHER CRIMINAL ON TELEVISION RT' ( /'?l?sv OUR DEMOCRACY i*m* ? GOOD MEN*2 TR.UE" The two fundamentals in out. American system OF JUSTICE ARE: THE LEGAL PROVISION THAT A PERSON ON TRIAL MUST EE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY- AND the RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY, WHICH PROTECTS THE INDIVIDUAL AND SAFEGUARDS SOCIETY AGAINST IRRESPONSIBLE POWER. II It is an integral part of good citizenship to support AND STRENGTHEN THIS SVSTEM OF JUSTICE BY SERVICE ON A JURy?TO REGARD IT AS A DUTY TO BE ACCEPTED WITH PRIDE AND EXERCISED WITH FULL REALIZATION THAT SUCH SERVICE fS VITAL TO THE AAAlNTA/NAHCE OF PE MOCK ACT. ci we tifaBM? MARCH DIMES JANUARY 1-31 7^ PATIENT CARE RESEARCH EDUCATION Why I Will Not Vote For, Sell, Buy Or Drink Beer. Wine. Or WTiiskev Are Ye Able? By Riley Middleton Are ye able?" asks the Master. And with uplifted eyes we reply. Yea. Lord, we are able and w illing." And then our faith we let die. "Are ye able?" still he asks. And. remembering the past, we falter. Ar ? we able to do his bidding. To \>m rr.it ourselves at his alter? "Art ye able"" again he reminds us. As desperately we seek to find A place to escape his searching eyes; A rest for our troubled mind. Vainly we try to ignore his challenge. We know our wills are weak. Could we serve a god so demanding A god whose will we must seek? And then the answer we suddenly know. Could we have been so blind! A perfect life for us was given To offer us a life so sublime. "Are ye able?" again the question rings Within our hearts so clear. And now without pause our answer comes, "Yea. Lord, if thou wilt be near." Are Ye Able is a religious type poem; one which carries with each one a new- idea and aspect as to the trial and indecision a man goes through before he realizes that God's strength is all sufficient to carry him through the storms of life drawn up by other specialists of the Extension Sendee. By A. G. BROOKS I will net vote for intoxicating beverages fo rmv neighbors sake. . r e v'i.h regard to my neigh bor in the town or near-by roun ry. Intoxicating beverages brought into my to'.?n. sold and drunk here ?-ould be a hurt to my no.- '? r who believes in chic moral clt .-?n ry My vote will not be cast to hurt my neighbor and his family. 1 will not vote it r. buy or drink ?ntoxicating beverages for my own sake. 1 am gi^d to be living 1 Seed cf new h.-me-garden leaf . Bowl, the only . to v the All Ameri an Selections gold medal, should be available from many rettr' seed .-.?rs in 1952. according to the s. J.partincnt of Agriculture. fleiyhbor: THE BWOD YOU Cm THROUGH TOUR RED CROSS TORAY HUCHT SJUE THE UFE OF A NEIGHBOR TOMORROW. * t ? BiSSi ? * I HAVE HAVE YOU? letters To Editor Andrews, N. C. Dear Editor: Congratulations on your cartoon appearing in a late issue of your most esteemed paper, THE SCOUT, showing John Barley Corn as he begins to coil for another strike In an attempt to legalize the sale of wine and beer lit the towns of Cherokee County. To make the sale of wine and beer legal would give the great killer King Alcohol an extra blow to bring down the morals of our country Alcohol is one of the greatest killers that has ever inva ied the haunts of man. Alcohol strikes in many other says. It is the direct cause of ?usands of highway accidents in which hundred"- of innocent par ies have to suffer. It breaks up homes. It breaks hearts. It severs the bonds of friendship. It causes them to kill heir best friends. It starves inno cent women and children and brings them to rags and tatters. Don't let anyone make you.be ieve that people are going to have it regardless, and it would be bet ter to get the taxes on it. A beer den in your town will bring your children and your neighbor's in contact with the evil influences therein. To have it han dy makes it more difficult for those who are wont to use it. Al cohol dens are breeding places for recruits. How do you know your child will not be one of them? Don't ever let anyone make you believe that prohibition could not >e enforced if we elect the right sort of men to transact the busi ness of our country. In many in stances we elect alcoholics to our ?'ffices. They won't line themselves against alcohol. As you know a house divided against itself can not stand. Just as a dope fiend, they don't want it put out of exis ?ence. Why can't our officers enforce I -vohibition? We don't expect them o put alcoholic beverages entirely rut of existence. We have a law against stealing. However, some stealing goes on. Can we afford to repeal the law against stealing? The divine law says. "Woe unto him that puts the bottle to his neighbor's mouth." Remember, if van help make wine and beer le gal. you have lined yourself up on the side of the evil forces that sup port iega! alcohol and you have helped put the bottle to your neighbor's mouth Henry M. Mason f appreciate health. Intoxicating i drink causes broKtn health and a pre-mature grave for the drinKer. Drinking and driving cause the highways to be unsafe, with a high increase in the rate of fatal acci dents. My vote for beer now could mean my death shortly by the iarei ssness of fsome drunken dri 1 v ill not vote for nor have any ti..ng to do with intoxicating bev erage.- for my character's sake. I do not want to be classed with the wicked people of the world. Beverage alcohol affects the j mind One's judgment is weakened by even one drink of beer or oth er intoxicants. The highest level of the mind is judgment. Alcohol always starts at the top in destroy ing the mind and personality in drunkeness. As one drinks more beer, his reason, sensation and emotions are affected. Intoxicat ing beverages contain the poison that brings about drunkeness. I will not vote for the thing that will weaken the intelligence of our people. Because of my love for my fam ily ^ I w ill not vote for beverages which will make people drunk, weaken their morals and decency -1 jeopardise the safety and wel fare of my family and my neigh bor's family. I " i . not vote for intoricrt'ns beverages for my soul's sake and ~"i ? bor's .-mil's sake God's word j teacnes that no drunkard shall en er .he kingdom cf heaven, that a'! r?,,hwrJi sha>l have their p.ucc 'n hell forever. God says, woe to nan who gives hi* neighbor -link, i do not want to send my neighbor to hell by my vote, nor do I v an. to be conaaedncd bv an Mmighty God i will not vote far beer, wins or . ? X* for the sake of Jesus ? M '.I bear His Name as a Chris ' n t -cause He has saved my by ?is blood which he shed on Cal i." I w art to be like Him in ray ue and relationships to my neiPh ?vrs. . I [HUM MM SPJ BY OR KENNETH J FOREMAN RCfUPTURE: Mattt** If; DEVOTIONAL READING: About Face LemMO f?r Jmuit ?. 1,42 J1 AX collectors sod customs offi ^ cers In these days are highly ?espectable men. They are not (offi cially) popular; but every one knows they are necessary. What they col lect is fixed by law, and they get no commission on their collections. They live on a salary al so fixed by law. If any one feels "gouged" by taxes he never accuses the collector, the fault is somewhere else. Now in Palestine. In the time of Dr. Foremoa I Christ, it was dif ferent. Throughout the gospels the, name "publican" or, as translated in present-day English, "taz-collec-. tor", is evidently a name for a' mean man. Jesus himself used pub licans as examples of the lowest level of society. The reason was this: In the Roman system of tax collection, the privilege of levying taxes in a given district was "farmed out", that is to say. offered at auction. The highest bidder was given the franchise, and then he. or men he hired, would proceed to collect all the traffic would bear. Palestine at that time was under the Romans, and the Jews had the army of occupation with them year after year. What the tax collectors did was to turn over to the Romans what the Romans wanted, and everything over and above that amount went into the collector's strcng-bux. ? ? ? A Christian's Job ^NN'E day Jesus just said "follow n.e" to ste of these men. named Matthew, and the man got up and ' t.e l him. So far as we know, he never set foot in his office again Very likely, as a great preacher has suggested, this was not the first time Matthew had seen Jesus. Pos sibly t) ey had had conver - tions before, out of business hours. The pre-.cher goes on to suggest that . r . y have come to lor "he . t-.i- never have seen just I leav ? it. '? y. Matth v Uiie i ell that re ??? >! - 1 !> lie an a d .* .1 t.,ver bi Jesus, 'inis raises a qne-ilioD: Are there occUpa ?? ' ? lay which a true Chri*. t <i> ? lunot follow without sin? * : r > as a dope peddler one sti ing on a stone wall outside a Nw Ergland church. Somehow .he Spirit of God blessed the sing ing ,.-at night, for one of the hymns fang us way straight into that man's heart, and that very hour he throw his packet of dope away and became a Christian. He never went back to hat business. We can ail see that he was right: but are there o her businesses also that cannot have the blessing of Christ upon the .a? * ? ? ? "limn Da Van FalTow? ?pHE story of Matthew suggests also that eve-v one Is some I! 0t people just follow their roses", that is. they .-'t heap on in tl e routine of their lives, doing today what they did JUSt becaule thT have the habit of living in thjs r?b?-s foi'ow an ambit'-m. rth~-, ^ uesue lor revenge, otners follow n,h"' attach themselves to a leader ipoliucal. social or whst not) and follow somebody else's can ?'-wagon Thr tragedy ef the Christian ChrisUan. er rather every itumh m.-mb -r, has solemnly nromised U feUew Jem Chrtst. *--- * )*l fallen him, by anv mean. Tbey r. right ? * nao.%, or ricasmrc, or Uan.and they de net aak (as Matthew most have ashed) wne'Vr these things are sach ss ChHst caa bless, ar net In spite , f Jesus' plain sutement Vou cannot serve God and Kami mon ithe god of money), people d right on serving Mammon in spite of their Christian profession. ? ? ? About Face! THE word "conversion means ?imply "turning around" ft means turning all the way arn'.wi I 11 won t do for th* rmAL to twist his face around. ? iTSSl one foot If, all the way or ---"if? ve< when Jesaa ear rv. " f<?ea the remaiaad - Face!" haw ~itTlh barely aseve a aiasel*! " The church Is too well ?? ? ? with half-converted people Thev turred a^md en^XJ^^ church, but the e?<* -?>-) are headed Just the world la haadwL What Cm la more Matthew* - * P*r cent *#? S? Mr. and Mr*.