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Establish* J July 1889
Published every Thursday at Murphy. Cherokee County, N. C
ADDIE MAE COOKE Publisher and Owner
HI tO LEE DAA'IS - Editor
MRS. C. W, SAVAGE Associate Editor
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Entered in the Post Olfice at Murphy. North Carolina as second das
matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Meditation
The mountains shall bring peace to the
people, and the kills, in righteousness, lie
will come down like rain upon the merer
grass, as showers that water the earth In
his days shall the righteous flourish. And
abundance of peace, till the moon be no
more. He shall have dominion also from sea
to sea. and from the River unto the ends
of the earth. His name shall endure for ever.
His name shall be continued as long as the
sun: And men shall be blessed iu him: All
nations shall call him happy lllessed be the
Lord God. the God of Israel. Who only doe'.h
wondrous things: And blessed be his glorious
name for ever. And let the whole earth be
fiiicd with his glory. Amen aiAl Amen.
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Don't Stay Away
No. don't stay away from the polls Novem
ber 4. Register, if you aren't already registered.
and vote.
\\ e claim that our government is the voice
of mans, and not just the voice of a selected few
But the voting habits of Americans Joes not
prove this. In the 1948 presidential election onlv
s2 per cent of eligible voters voted.
This is a poor record when we compare the
voting records of other democratic countries
[England, for example, turned out an 8< per cen
vote in her last election.
And in Italy, where Communism is fighting
1'i.r a permanent grip. 92 per cent of the eligible
voters voted. There they have to fight for their
political existence. We don't. Our political privi
leges are our birthright Preserve them by using
them.
You can still register October 18 or 2r
"Creative Hands"
Is Title Of
County Exhibit
"Creative Hands" is quite an ap
propriate slogan for the education
al exhibit of the Cherokee Coun
ty 4-H'ers at State Fair Raleigh,
says Miss Edna Bishop, county
-home agent.
The 4-H'ers have been working
for months, perfecting techniques
and making articles of com
Clucks, in preparation for the Fair.
The two girls and two boys repre
senting the 816 Cherokee County
4-H'ers are: Laura Bailey, Mar
tin's Creek: Juanita Bailey. Violet;
Claud Hert, Jr., Andrews and
Billy Killian, Hangingdog. Laura
will be weaving corn shuck lunch
eon mats; Juanita will demonstrate
corn shuck dolls: Claud, shuck
mats; and Billy, shuck bottoms
for chairs and stools.
These 4-H'ers are under the su
pervision of Mrs. Frances Puett,
assistant home agent. G. H Far
ley, county agent, and Mrs. B E.
Warner, 4-H leader.
The trailor being loaded Satur- ;
day morning was the center of at- i
tr.rt n at the courthouse, says
'is." Bi op. Besides the 4-H ex-t
ihibits seme 65 individual exhibits
from the County Home Demon
stration members were entered. ;
The home agent anticipates many I
blue ribbons and prizes from these
quality products.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Wilson.
Mrs Lortn Decker and Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Decker spent Sunday
in Chattanooga. Tenn.
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NEW YORK
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When the great actor. Walter
Houston, was appearing in a
Broadway show a score of years
ago. he made famous a song that
has come to characterize this mel
low monih in New York. It was
"September Song" written by the
late Kurt Weill whom I knew.
Walter didn't have much voice but
he had genius in his interpretation
and delivery. So now across Man
hattan in many a supper room may
be heard the haunting notes of
'.his song of September, giving
poignant accompaniment to the
harbingers of fall, the changing
leaves, the fading grass and the
legend of a Knickerbocker holi
iay that held an ardent, long
sought love.
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A local minister told the followi
ng yarn last Sunday, considerably
ivening up a rather somnolent au
lience. It seems that a Methodist
ay preacher went out to a small
'ural church to preach, and when
he entered the church, saw near
,i,n a covered box with a slot in
'he top for contributions. So he
iutifully Dut therein a dollar.
\fter he had finished preaching
he visiting minister was told by
?> deacon that the money usually
ionated by the congregation for
visiting clergy was in the box be
side the door. It was emptied and
out came only one dollar. So over
come w-as the visitor by this "gen
erosity." that he explained that he
himself had put that dollar in the
box. "Well, that's the way life is,"
consoled the deacon. "If ye had
put more in. ye'd a got more out"
The center of Manhattan Is an
unusual section of urban America,
unique in its character. Its highl]
congested population is a conglom
erate of rich, middle class and
PERSONALS
Mrs. Minnie Bowles and daugh
ter, Mrs Edwina Hagaman, have
returned from a visit with rela
.ives and friends in Paris, Tenn.
Mrs. Wayne H. Gentry and
laughter, Patricia Ann of Charles
iii. S. C., are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. G Elkins. Mr.
ler.tr>' has recently been trans
'??rred from Savannah. Ga. to
Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Barnett and
i nily of Andrews were recent
tuests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ray.
Mrs. A. M. Brittain was in Mur
phv recently and went to Copper
nil to spend two weeks with her
laughter. Mrs. R R. Burns and
family. She will return here and
isit with relatives, then go to
\ndrews to be with her daugh
ter, Mrs. G. W. over for awhile.
Mrs. Nell Kephart spent Sun
day in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. R V Hogsed of
\kron. Ohio, visited Mr and Mrs.
"earlie Hogsed and Mr. and Mrs.
im McClure of Havesville this
???st week-end.
Cecil Timpson of Akron, Ohio,
isited his family this past week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kimsey and
in, Jimmy, Mrs. Bertha Kephart,
Mrs. Kimsiy's mother, and Miss
'tuby Lee Davis toured the Smok
ies Sunday.
poor living alongside each other.
Palatial apartment houses abut
eold-water flats; foreign-born la
borers live in the same block with
wealthy industrialists. Islands of
wealth are surrounded by every
variety of close-packed dwellings
of the lower-Income groups, room
ing-houses, brownstones, walk-ups
and flats turned into cheap apart
ments. Broadway and the fur and
garment districts have squeezed
the population out of its center to
r ward the rivers. And in this teem
' ing area is every type of human
being imaginable. ?
Jerry Ruth Smith
And Glenn Ellis
Win Music Prizes
Alex Hcuston. Ventrilquist. of
TlendersooviUe has been awarded
_he grand prize of $100 by the
judges for the beat act qt all the
Farmers Federation picnics, it has
been announced by James G. K.
McClure, president.
Second prize of $75 was split by
Terry Ruth Smith of Murphy for
>er singing and playing different
nusical instruments, the Breed
love Sisters of Wesser for their
inging of Gospel Hymns. Glenn
Ellis, pianist, of Murphy, the
"hooting Creek Choir of Hayes
vilt? led by Fred Ledford, and the
Bills Creek Choir of Lake Lure
led by A. L. Hayes.
Each year the Federation awards
arizes fo rthe best musical acts of
Talent at each picnic and then a
grand prize for the series of pic
nics held in each county that the
"armerr Federation serves. T\i?
past year over 28.000 people at
ended the picnics which began 'n
July and ended the last of Au
gust.
Pan Handle Pete, Patsy Messet
ind Galther Robinson split the
"rand prize in 1951. In 1950, Pan
Handle Pete and Steve Ledford
?on the grand prize for their com
dy act together. This year, past
"nners were not eligible for the
grand prize.
Free Methodists
Continue Revival
Revival services which are being
conducted by the Rev. W. S. All
red at Free Methodist Church,
'lurphy. each evening at 7:30. will
"tntinue through Sunday. October
19
"The Life That Counts Most"
will be the topic of the 11 a. m.
ermon Sunday. The evening ser
aon will be "The Final Separa
tion". announces the pastor, the
Rev. Russell M. Elder.
Mi?s Mary Ashe
Speaks Vows With
Cpl. R. L. Foster
Miss Mary Estaleen Ashe,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wade
Ashe of Martins Creek spoke nup
ia! vows with Corporal Robert
1. Foster, son of Mr and Mrs.
3-rt Foster of Martins Creek, at
C^ue Ridge. Ga., Monday, Octo
ber 13. at 4:30 p. m.
The ceremony was performed
bv Roy Chapman, ordinary.
The bride wore a gray suit with
black accessories.
Attending the wedding were
the hride's brother and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Robert
Ashe, and the bridegroom's bro
ther. James Foster.
Mrs. Foster is a graduate of
Murphy High School. Corporal
Foster attended Murphy High
School, being called to the armed
forces. He had been in the Army
for one and one half years.
Corporal Foster will return to
Eglln Field Air Force Base next
week, and Mrs. Foster will live
with her parents.
Mrs. Lucile Cross
Entertains Class
The Gleaners Class of Andrews
Baptist Church held its monthly
meeting Tuesday, October 7 at the
home of Mrs. Lucile Cross In Nan
tahala with Mrs. Josephine Long
as co-hostess.
The meeting was opened with
prayer by Mrs. Betty Harris.
The devotional was given by
Mrs. Virginia Cox who used as
her theme "Christian Living".
It was voted to resume the study
of Woman of the Bihle at the next
meeting. Mrs. A. G. Brooks is to
be invited to give the discussion
next time. Mr% Brooks Is also a
member of the olaai.
During the social hour refresh
ments were served to the follow
ing: Mrs. Ruth Hlgdon, Mrs.
Blanche Richardson. Mrs. Betty
Harris. Mrs. Virginia Coot, Mrs.
Hazel Mathesoa, Mrs. Edna Col
lins. Mrs. Clara Pallium, Miss La
dle Barnett, Mrs. Mavis Harris,
Mrs. Loclie Cross and Mrs.
phine Long. <i
Miss Watson Makes
Personal Appeal
For the first time the Murphy
Lions are havtag to solicit White
> Cane megastne dee to the feet that
expenses for eye
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PRIZE WINNERS?Shown strove are Glenn Ellis, pianist, and Miss
Jerry Ruth Smith, who split a second prize with several others for
their performances at all Farmers Federation picnics. Miss Smith
shown at tihe vibraharp, won for singing and playing di.ferent muslcai
instruments.
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!his year will far exceed past ex-,
x nses. The campaign will end j
ext Saturday, October 25.
If you saw the Lions Booth at j
he fair then you know some of
.he things used by and for blind
people.
The chief purpose of the Lions
Club, largest club in the world.
is work for the blind. Buy White
Cane, and help the Lions to carry
on what all visually handicapped
people would call the greatest
thing on earth.
Contact any Murphy Lion or
Bob White, president, says Miss
Eula Watson, case worker for the
blind.
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BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
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DEVOTION AL READING : Pula it:
14.
Sincerity
> for October IS, 1*52
SOME aay an insincere pcraon
isn't what he seem* to be. That
is not quite true. An ineineere per
ton U what he seema to be. only
set all the way thronyh He la
what he seema to
be. oil Sunday*,
or part of the
Une. or when
be'a feeling Ju*t
right: or perhapa
he is what he
seems to be. but
only on the sur
face. The rest of
na AP tin.
derneath tb a t (
aurface, he ta
something Quite different- Every
body likes sincere people, nobody
wants to have much to do with the
insincere.
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Getting Down to Cases
Jesus, of course, demanded sin
cerity. "Jesus would rather be de
nied by a true man than confessed
by a liar." He did not use the word
"sincere" or "sincerity," but (as
was his habit) ha came down to
cases. He first shows that a gen
erous giver, and a praying man.
may be Insincere. When is gener
osity sincere? When is a man all
-the-way generous and when is he
only top-layer generous? Jesus
suggests that it isn't what we give,
but why we. give, that points up a
test for slnArity. It is very doubt
ful whether Jesus -neant to say
thai any one ever hired a trump
eter to toot for him when he
dropped some money into the col
lection plate or wrote a check for
the Red Cross. What he means to
say is that when a man gives with
the hope that his gift will attract
attention and produce applause, he
is not really generous. He doesn't
have the recipient's interests at
heart; he is thinking only. "How
well people will think of Mel "Or
again, that odd saying. "Do not let
your left ? hand know what your
right hand is doing" suggests that
sometimes you are generous in
order to please your favorite audi
ence: You. You are generous in
order to feel self-satisfied, your
right hand (so to speak) brags
about your left. The sincerely gen
erous person is the only truly gen
erous one; and the only sincerely
generous person is the one who
wants to* give, not to be compli
mented. even by himself.
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What Is Sincere Prayer?
Another concrete case that Jesus
takes up is prayer. There is a story
that once a minister was told after
service: "Doctor, that was the
most eloquent prayer ever deliv
ered to a Boston audience." Jesus
would say that a prayer delivered
to an audience?Boston, Bombay
or Barber Junction, no matter
where?isn't a prayer, lt'a Just a
way of allowing off. A certain pro
fessor of English used to quote
famous authors in his public pray
ers: "As Shakespeare has said. O
Lord . . . Thou rememberest what
the poet Browning hath said . . ."
Now there's no use quoting poetry
to the Lord; that .a suited to a
speech, not to a prayer. Of course
Jesus did not mean that we are
never to pray in the presence of
others. He himself prayed in pub
lic on various occasions. Leading
others in prayer Is a rare gift and
should be cultivated. But while
prayer, sincere prayer, can be with
others and tor others, it should
never be te others. Some preach
ers "beat the congregation over
their heads with a prayer" as the
saytng is. Some deacons have been
known to put long and dull prayer
meeting talks into the form of a
prayer. One elder well-versed in
Scripture used to go through the
whole story of the Bible, in out
line, every time he was called on
tor a prayer.
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Sincerity ia Devotion
Jesus points out where sincerity
Is most Important of all: |n our de
votion to God. We cannot serve
God and Mammon. God does not
want part-time devotion. By serv
ing God, Jesus means living by
Ood's side, under God's orders.
Serving Mammon means more
than simply serving money?most
Mammon-worshippers would deny
that they "serve" money. It means
living your life not as God would
have you but in order to "get
ahead." to make money, to stand
well with people who have money.
Serving God means living as
Jesus lived, for others: serving
Mammon means trying to be
served by as many persona as
possible Success, in Mammon's
terms, la measured In terms of
how many people work for you;
success In God's terms, is meas
ured in terms of how much you
have helped others. Sincere devo
tion to God must be devotion aV
life through.
In the tint 13 months after the
start of the Korean War, prices of
farm property climbed 17 per cent:
in the second It months, they
climb 2d only S per cent.