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Established July 1889
Published every Thursday at Murphy, Cherokee County, N. C
WILLIAM V. AND EMILY P. C05TELLO
Publishers and Owners
WILLIAM V COSTELLO Editor
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matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Meditation
God is our refuge and st'ength. a very
present help in trouble. I berefore will not
we fear though the earth be removed, and
though the mountains be carried into the
midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof
roar and be troubled, though the mountains
shake icith the swelling thereof.
There is a river, the streams whereof
shall make glad the city of God. the holy
place of the tabernacles of the most High.
God is in the midst of her. she shall not be
moved: God shall help her. and that right
earl v.
Psalms 4<>:l-s
Decorations
Murphy ami Andrews have Marled dressing
themselves up for the holiday with all the Christ
mas trimmings.
.Merchants in both towns have taken enough
interest in their communities to offer prizes for
what judges consider tile best in different classes.
The Chamber Of Commerce at Andrews is
sponsoring the contest at their town. 1 he group is
to he commended for the interest it shows in
the community by sponsoring the contest every
vear There is no single organization, or group
if organizatins established-that can do as much
lor its home community on the business level
as a wide-awake Chamber of Commerce.
In Murphy, the merchants that sponsored
Trade \\ eek extended their sponsorship to in
clude the decorations contest. Murphy can not
boast the record Andrews has on the interest |
shown in decorations. Nor can the county seat'
claim to have a Chamber of Commerce as active!
as its neighbor's
However, with the success of Trade Week
behind them, with the support and good wishes
of the people of Cherokee County and with an
interest shown in this first decoration contest.
Murphv merchants are marching toward a first
rate Chamber of Commerce.
The sooner the organization is established and
a lull time paid secretary is hired, the sooner!
Murphv . her merchants, anil the merchants' cus- i
timers will start to realize the benefits from a
well-organized drive towad better business rfla-i
lions.
Letters To
SANTA
Editor's Note: The following letters were mailed to Santa Claus and the jolly old gentleman sent
them on to the Seout to be published so that the children who wrote them would know Santa has seen
them. One letter. Santa said, was handed to him wh en he was in Murphy for the Parade. He said he
checked up on Cherokee County children when he was in town and couldn't find a bad mark against
anyone. However, he said, he is still watching close during these last few days before he comes down the
chimneys or through the windows.
Dear Santa Claus. Dear Santa Claus.
I am a good little girl. I am 5 years old. I want I have been awful good this year and have been
you to bring me a bicycle and lots of toys. good at school, too 1 want you to bring me a bull
And remember all the other little girls and dozer or a football for Christmas. Want you to bring
boys. my little brother a train. He has been good. too.
Thank you. Thank you Santa.
Becky Joe Ray Larry and Paul Crisp
i
Dear Santa Claus,
Candy
Filling Station
Blonde Doll
Baton
Crayon, 25 cent box
cowgirl suit
Dora Carmolita Smith
Murphy. N. C
?Rt 1
Dear Santa Claus.
Please bring me a stove, doll,
bathinet, high chair, carpet sweep
er and blackboard.
Love,
Patsy Lovingood
Pfc. Dockery Dies
In Gov't Hospital
Pfc. Lee E. Dockery, 35, died
December 2 in a government hos
pital in Tucson, Arizona, after an
extended illness.
The body arrived in Chatta
nooga. Tenn. Sunday. Dec. 7, and
was met by Townson Funeral
Home and brought to Murphy.
Fdnejal services were conduct
ed at 2 p. m. Tuesday, in Bates
Creek Baptist Church of which he
was a member. The Rev. Arthur
.Humphrey officiated and burial
was in the church cemetery with
military honors. He was a veteran
?of World War IT, having- served
with the 30th Division. He trained
at Ft. Jackson, S. C.
Surviving are the widow. Mrs.
Mary Lou Graves Dockery; two
small children, Marvin and Bren
da; the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
Henry'Dockery, Route 3. Murphy.
Also three brothers, Vance, Roy
end Marshall; two sifters, Miss
Ellen Dockery of Murphy, Route
3, and Mrs. Ralph Rogers of Mur
phy, Route 1.
Standard Oil Dealers
Entertain At Banquet
County Standard OU dealers
ware entertained at a banquet
Thursday night at the Henry j
, House on occasion of the "coming'
out" of the new Uniflo Motor Oil.
*"?' 25 guests ?ert present
Jimmy Swineon, district
and L JL Stout, field
both of AshaviBe.
carried out the
Ofl colors, red white and
Chick
OUR
CHURCHES
Editor's note: With this issue the Scout be tins a new church
column. We would like for this church section to be complete for
Murphy and Andrews and will welcome any corrections in the infor
mation.
Murphy
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
J. Alton Morris, Pastor
Telephone 367 or 187
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Sermon: "Lo, I Am With You"
Training Union, 6:30 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m.,
Christinas music by Youth Choir.
Sunday, 2:30 p. m., BeaMown
Mission.
Tuesday, 7 p. m? Brotherhood,
pot luck supper.
Wednesday, 6 p. m? T. U.
Council Supper, 6:40, council
meeting.
Hour of Power, Wed.,- 7:30 j>. m.
Thursday, 7:30 p. m? BWC An
nual Christmas program at Mrs.
W. A. Hoover's home.
ST. WILLIAM'S CHURCH
CATHOLIC
L. C. Newman, Pastor
Wayneaville, N. C.
Sunday Mm, 8 a. m.
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH
EPISCOPAL
Rhett Y. Winters, Jr., Minister
Telephone 567 or 3fe-XJ
Sunday School, Bible Class, 0:49
a. m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11
a. m. '
Holy Communion (1st Sun.), 11
a m.
Monday, 7:30 p. m? Christinas
play by young people the
church.
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School, 10 a. m
Worship, ll a. at
7 p. m.
Worship, 7:10 p. m
Mid-Week Pmyer gar. Wad-,
7:00 p. tn.
Andrews
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
A. G. Brooks, Interim Pastor
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Training Union, 6:30 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting, Wed., 7:30
CHURCH OF
THE HOLT COMFORTER
EPISCOPAL
(Ground Floor of Library)
Rhett Y. Winters, Minister
Murphy, N. C.
Prayer and Sermon (2nd Sun.),
9 a. m.
Holy Communion (4th Suniays),
9 a. m.
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
R. C. Eastham, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting, Thursday., 7:30
p. m
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
R. Delbert Byrnm, Pastor
Telephone 444 ar 245
Sunday School. 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Sermon: "With Eager Heart"
Evening Youth Meeting, 0. p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m?
presentation of "The Messiah" by
Handel.
Mid-Week Prayer Service. Wed.,
7:30 p. m? (he minister will speak.
MURPHY PRE8BYTERIAN
CHURCH
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
iPoneer and Youth Meetings. 7
p. m.
Mid-Weak Service. Wed., 7:45
P
Cherokee
Chatter
BY THE EOITOB
FRANK FORSYTH hu one of
the strangest diets in the annals
of medicine From the way I fig
ure it, what he eats depends on
hntn he sits next to.
I had lunch across the table
from Frank the other day at the
Henry House and he ate every
thing in sight. MRS. CORA BRY
SON snatched a Christmas deco
ration away from him while he
was still munching on some ol
the red berries.
I even caught a strange fork in
my plate once in a while.
ANOTHER MEAL
But Tuesday night 1 sat next
to Frank during a meal at the
Methodist Church and DOC BILL
HOOVER sat opposite us. This
time Frank counted off the items
i.ot on his diet and passed them
up It seents Dr. Hoover put him
on the diet.
1 don't believe the good doctor
is fooled by chow hound Forsyth,
anyway The latter mentioned how
v eil one person was looking, am)
the doc added. Yes. but be sticks
to his diet."
EXTRA CHOP
By tnc way, the doc's no dummy
cither. By sitting across from For
sj ih he collected an extra chop
which, of course was not on the
lie, That's what 1 call figuring in
advance.
While on the subject of food
:n.1 Forsyth. 1 would like for oth
ers to profit by his mistake. If
ever you are invited to a meal
by Forsyth, take along your pock
tbook. He asked me to that din
ner at the Methodist Church and
! ended up by paying for my meal
myseh.
VANISHING APPLES
FRANCES PUETT left the
Scout office tlic other day a poor
er but wiser woman. She walked
in to see us carrying a box of
beautiful apples.
She'made the mistake of pass
ing them around and when she
got to me there were only two left.
I didn't want to hurt her feelings
so 1 took one. I hope C. D and
she each enjoyed their half of
apple
dog gone
EVERETT ENGLISH is trying
to tell folks around these parts
that he sent his best dog tq Geor
gia to teach other hounds to hunt.
Well part of tnat is correct. I
happen to know that dog and I
know the hound packed up and
loft in disgust. I gpt it straight
from the dog's mouth that she
went to Georgia to open a school
on marksmanship. After seeing
Everett miss so many birds the
poor animal decided marksman
ship was going to the dogs and
she wanted to be in on the ground
floor.
FLYI&G HIGH
HOBART McKEEVER is on
flight training with the Navy for a
coupj? of weeks and .should be
back in town before too long. I
thought Q. P. had clipped his
wings for good.
ON VISIT
Quite a few of the fellows at
the Lions Club meeting were
I pleased to see BOBBY QUINN
back in town for a few hours. Bob
was one of the first highway pa
trolmen stationed In this area. I
understand. He's now safety In
structor for a trucking concern.
DING DONG
Every member of the Murphy
Lions Club is a crook, DALE LEE
said. He said be believes that and
wiH continue to believe that until
his dinner bell Is returned. 1*16
club borrowed R for their dime
board and someone seems to like
it more than Dale does.
ST. ANDREWS E
LUTHERAN
Sunday School. 10 a. m
The Service, 1 If. m.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
E. L. Kirk. Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday Evening Service,
7:30 p. m.
ANDREWS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
John C. Neville, raster
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Andrews Folk Attend
Minion Study Course
Mrs. L. B.
ces McPherson. Mrs.
age. Katharine
Rev. J. C. Neville attended a
rial foreign
held at the Hryeon CKy
terian Chunk last
Around Andrews
BY BITTH SUB&AVAGB
While serving my hour ?t the
Dime Board on Saturday 1 waa
deeply Impressed toy the response
of the people In the community
appeal for the needy. Few per
sons passed by without contribut
ing something, and several brought
out folding money. What better
way is there' to show a truly
Christian obse-vance of the Christ
mas season? I was reminded, "For
as much as ye do it unto these
ye do it unto me."
SAM HARTMAN, an Andrews
man. is joining the ranks of the
Smoky Mountain Conference of
ficials. We hear that he knows the
game.
All the basketball fans are
eagerly awaiting the opening
game. Andrews opens the current
season on Friday when they travel
to Hiwassee Dam. The first home
game will be played on Tuesday.
Dec. 16. when the Andrews guys
and gals are host to the Stecoah
teams.
"Auht Abby Answers An Ad"
was more hilariously funny than
1 had even anticipated. A lot of
praise is due the director and the
cast that she described as "the
most wonderful and cooperative
group one coijld. ask for".
Andrews is certainly all lit up
like a Christmas tree and mv chil
dren just love to ride up and down
the main stem admiring the lights.
We notice, too. that many places
of business have already brighten
ed their windows with artistic
triumph Others are beginning to
look rather drab in contrast. We
hope that soon every business
BIRTHS
PETB1E HOSPITAL
Mr. and Mr*. Bill Davis, Route
3, Murphy, announce the birth of
a girl, November 26
Mr and Mrs. J. W. Whltener.
Route 2, Murphy, announce the
girth of a girl, November 28.
Mr .and Mrs. Cecil Hawkins.
Route 2, Hayesvllle, announce the
birth of a girl, November 28.
Mr. and Mrs Robert C. Witt of
Murphy, announce the birth of a
girl, December 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Alden Cooke of
Culberson, announce the birth of
a girl December 4.
Mr and Mrs. Ernest Brown of
Young Harris,. Ga., announce the
birth of a girl, December 7.
HUGHES
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie J. Hughes
announce the birth of a son at
Woman's Hospital in Chattanooga
Nov. 29. The baby has been named
Oharles Edward.
place in town will offer to the ?
public the joy of Christmas deco
rations.
Is This
Your Child?
If such an emergency should hap
pen to someone close to you, you
wil lwant to give them the best
possible care. And you CAN?if
you protect them now, with in
surance. See us!
Peacock Insurance
Agency
Phone 4o/ Murphy, N. C.
Custom Upholstery
And
Repairs
O. L. RICHEY
Phone 584-W
ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS
To The Fullest
But Drive Carefully
If you contemplate a trip, be sure to have your car Safety
Checked in our Service Department, before you start.
Pack-Farmer Garage
Sycamore St. Murphy, N. C.
,n:ivi:i!o ou ts
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DAVIS- JE.WELERS
Phone 305
BY DR. KENNETH J FOREMAN
ICEIPTtU: HaUki* 14.
DEVOTIONAL READING a
1il4
Fear or Faith
Lesson for December li 1S6Z
it n*EAR wu the first creator of
i Gods," wrote a long-ago Ro
r-an poet. This was more or less
true of all religions he could have
i>! own about. It is also true of most
religions around the world.
An ex-Buddhist who had once
trained for the priesthood In his
own religion, said of his childhood,
"All I knew was^hat there were
i*0 gods and I was afraid of them
ail."
The characteristic feature of
rcit religions is the appeasement
cf angry, capricious or vengeful
gods. Sometimes the terror is with
out rhyfne or reason, as in the case
of the Buddhist boy" just quoted.
Sometimes the terror has a moral
: ase and reason, as the great
Greek poet Aeschylus portrays in
his plays?the terrors of a man of
quilty conscience fleeing from the
:!ods who do not forget nor forgive.
What Makes Men Afraid?
In Matthew's story we have illus
nations of what men fear. Herod,
or example, was a superstitious
?lan. He was
. fraid of John the
i'aptist. and later
afraid of Jesus
because he
though, ne might
re <ohn again.
.-?"en from the
"? ve Hero-; was
;i cxa ..{ >? of
the ?.ab who
ears waa.ever Dr Foramoa
he does oo< un
derstand A horse will shy at a
-iece of paper more than at more
-.ngerous things. Horses now
rtays pass cars (or rather, cars
:-.r them!> and the horse does not
c much as, prick an ear; but in
?'?e days when cars were rare,
?orses would go wild at the very
sight or sound of one.
People are like that; grown men
-re uf,o;i no more than grown-up
>-'ldr-m, still afraid of the dark.
"*cn Herod also is an illustration
>at men are as it were afraid of
.l.-ir own shado s That is to say.
j Shakespeare. puts it. "Con
? -nee uOr'h m -'e e\,??rd" of us
ill." Or as the Psalmist said long
tefore Shakespeare: "The wicked
tee when no man pursueth."
Many of our fears would never
rxist if we had lived as we ought
co have lived. Men live in fear of
??xposure, fear of blackmail, fear
of failure and defeat, -often
through no one's fau|t but their
own. Then the disciples too were
afraid. They were not superstitious,
ney were* not haunted by their
sins, but they were afraid in the
storm, they feared the wind and
waves.
Why Christians Are Brave
St-dents of the Bible have dis
c:??red that the word "fear" is
ur-ahy tied there to another word:
Kat. Fear net, is one key-note of
l>w?h Old and New Testaments. The
reason for this is plain. Chris
tianity is the religion of love: love
to Cod, love to one's neighbor.
Net mere good will or kindly feel
but active, self-forgetful love.
"There is no fear in love, but per
iod love casteth out tear,'* as St. .
John said.
Old writers, commenting on the
story -f Peter's sinking in the sea,
have stid that if he had kept his
mind on lesus instead of on him
self and on the storm-tossed
waves, he would not have cried
out, 'I perish " Certain it Is that
when we are self-centered we are
?ure to be tormented with fear,'
for we are always thinking what
may happen to us?and of course
plenty can.
If we keep our minds on our
work and on the tact thatOod is
our Father, If we remember morn
i 'B, noon and night that the God
who "so loVed the world that he
save his only begotten Son" is the
aaiec Cod who created this uni
verse ebd controls It, then we shall
iv>t be scourged with fears.
? ? ?
Crurageotu Christians
It la a tremendous mistake to
think that Christianity Is only for
rabbity people, tor mice and not
men. Christ does something tor
even such persons. It is true; he
takes them clear out of them
-elves. Remember the long roll of
the early Christian martyrs, very
humble people most of them, who
died horrible daeths rather than
deny their Master; remember such
saints as / the missionaries who
converted our own savage ances
tors. at great,peril to their own
lives; remember the missionaries
of -Or own time, some of them
raftering torture and aD of them
distress, yet not giving up. The
ordinary . Christian missonary has
more to be afraid of than most of
rest at ks have; yet be has
I- -s tear Be knows Ood too well
The total output of crops this
year will be only 2V* per cent
below the peak reached In 1MB.