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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. C05TELL0 Editor
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In Cherokee County: One Year, $2.50; Sis Months, f 1.50; Outside Cherokee County:
One Year. S3.00; Six Months, fl.75
Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina as second da*
matter under the Act of March 3. 1879 ?
Boy Scouts Celebrate 43rd Birthday
m ANMVEnsnRV
SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Official Boy Scoot Week Foster
Boy Scout Week, Feb. 7 to 13,
marking the 43rd anniversary of
the Boy Scouts of America, will
be observed throughout the na
tion by more than 3,250,000 boys
and adult leaders. Since 1910,
more than 20,200,000 boys and
men have been members.
"Forward on Liberty's Te?.m"
is the birthday theme and the
emphasis is on "The Scout Fam
ily" of programs meeting the
interests of boys in three age
roups: Cub Scouting for boys
9 and 10; Boy Scouting for
those 11, 12 and 13 and Explor
ing for boys 14 and up.
The high point of Scouting :'n
1953 will be the third National
Jamboree. More than 50,000 Boy
Scouts will camp at a 3,000-acre
tnet city on th?> T -vine Ranch in
the Newport ibor area of
southern Califc. uia next July 17
to 23.
Looking
Over
A Four-H
Clover
Br FRANCES PUETT, Assist Home Agent
4-H SCHEDULE FOE FEB.
Wednesday, February 4, Martin's
CijScfc No. 1 at 9:00 o'clock and No.
2T?t 10:00 a. m.
? Thursday, February 5, Andrews
Junior at 10:00 a. ?n. and Senior
at .11:00 a. m.
Friday, February 6, Hii
Dm No. 1 at 9:30 a. m? No .2 at
10;30 and Senior at 1:00 p. m.
Monday, February 9, Wolf Creek
A 'df 2:00 p. m.
Tuesday, February 10 Peachtree
at 9:00 a. ?. and Unaka at 1:39 p.
,
Wednesday, February 11, Mur
pfer Senior at 9:00 a. in .and Jun
iojSit 10:00 a. ai.
TOUrsday, February 12, Ranger
al at 9:09 a. tn. and Rangier No.
10:00 a. m.
Friday, February 13. Tomotla at
9S0 a. m. and Marble at 10:39 a.
fVfeeday, February 17. Hiiagliw
dqr at UMtn
fat unity. February 21. 4-H
CSnti CouacM aaiutt at 9:39 a. at.
inuipani for this month wW
Funeral Services
Held For White
?e, 55, ?*?
Comtr fear
for
died in a Rutber
w^heldntJp.m.Wdnjr
Pruert
Baptist Church
L. P.
ttw iter. Mr. Adams at Y?
Ga., where White was born.
> held at the ffMve. and 1
held
Ctor
at HayeeetUe, Me
Basel M. White; four
J. C. at Forest City, Clewie (
toe on Production of Small Fruits
for the Home.
BOOM IMPROVEMENT
Margaret and Edith Fiaye Wilcox
who live at Ranger have as their
4-<H project Bedroom Improvement.
These two girls are working to
gethe on this project. Their first
step was to make a plan for im
provements for a two or three year
period. They will complete the pro
ject by units?the dressing unit,
curtains, and bed spread, walls,
floors .
Martha Sue Anderson at Cul
berson is helping her family to im
prove their kitchen. She is plan
ning colors and will make curtains
for the kitchen.
DAIRY FOODS
Several girls are planning Dairy
Foods demonstrations. Mary Ruth
Logan, Ann Martin, Jerry Ruth
Smith at Martin's Creek and Neva
Jean Bates at Grape Creek. The
Andrews girls will meet Saturday,
February 17, at the Andrews
School to make plans for demon
strations.
Mrs. Nichols Dies
bi Andrews Sat.
Mrs. Delia Nichols, 81. died at
3:20 p. m. Saturday In her home
in Andrews.
Widow of Lush Nichols, she was
a lifelong resident of Cherokee
County, and was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Andrews.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Ed Glenn of Black Mountain;
a son, Ervin P. of Andrews, a Ma
ter, Mrs. Ella Davis of Murphy, 12
giandchlldnen and eight great
of the U. S. Navy. Paul of Wotf
ford College, and Garland, Jr.. of
Poraet City, a daughter; Marie of
Hayeaville. and aix brothers, Ruel,
fred, Hay. David, Joe, and Major
Mack White.
I vie Funeral Home wee In
charge:
Mrs. Franklin
Succumbs After
Long Illness
Mrs. Mellic Franklin, 73. died in
? Murphy hospital at 6 a m Thur
sday after a long illness.
Funeral services were held at 10
a. m. Saturday In the chapel of
Town son Funeral Home. The Rev.
R. Delbert Byrum. pastor of the
First Methodist Church of which
she had been a member for sever
al years officiated, and burial was
in the Old Methodist Oemetery.
Surviving are a son. Robert, and
a sister, Mrs. Hettie Franklin, both
of Murphy
BEV. HASTY
nev. r rarut nasty gi cuoriuuc
will preach Sunday morning at the
regular worship service at 11 a. m.
at the First Baptist Church here.
Sunday evening he will be heard
at the Andrews First Baptist
Church at 7:30 p. m.
Rev Hatsy is field representative
for Wake Forest College.
The public is invited to attend
the services and hear the guest
speaker.
Certificates In Reading
Given At HD Council
The Reading Project received
major emphasis at a meeting of
the Cherokee County Home Dem
onstration Council Thursday, Janu
ary 29.
Miss Phyllis Snyder, Regional
Librarian, inspired and entertain
ed the group with reviews of books
on the current reading list of ap
proved books for Home Demon
stration Club members .
Thirty-five Book Review Certi
ficates were awarded to members
by the Home \gent. Miss Edna
Bishop. Included in the thirty-five
were eight Advanced Book Review
?Certificates earned by:
Mrs. Delia Conrley, Mrs. B. E.
Warner, Mrs. A. G. Smith, Martin's
Cr,eek Club; Mrs. Boyd Davis, Mrs.
Kenneth Davis, Murphy Club; Mrs.
R. L. Harris, Mrs. E. Roach, Sunny
Point Club; Mrs. Dallis McKown,
Suit Club. ' I
The Bock Review Certificates
were earned by:
Mrs. C. S. Freel, Valleytown
Club; Mrs. A. B. Stalcup, Martin's
Creek Club; Mrs. J. F. Wood, Mrs.
V. N. Ward, Mrs. Willard Hartorn,
Suit Club; Mrs. Gay Murphy, Mrs.
Gwendolyn Beavers, Mrs. B. B.
Morrow, Violet Club; Mrs. J. F.
Smith, Mrs. O'Nedl Crisp, Mrs.
Brown Caldwell, Mrs. Owen Mo
Donald, Peachtree Club; Mrs. C.
A. Smith, Mrs. J. H. Hampton,
Midway Club; Mrs. Sadie E. Cock,
Mrs. Doris Helton, Wolf Creek
CCub; Mrs. Clydt* McNatob, Mrs.
Jeff Dairy mple; Mrs. Bill Hatch ett,
Belhierw Club; Mrs. Hoyt Kil
patrick, Ranger Club; Mrs. Dave
Swann, Valleytown Club; Mrs.
James Stalcup, Martin's Creek
Club; Miss Nancy Lunsford, Mrs.
Clarence Hcndrix, Peach tree Club;
Mrs. Dorothy Mashburn, Wolf
Creek; Mrs. Mark Stalcup, Martin's
Creek Club; Mrs. L. F. Lochaby,
Midway Club
The following received Honor
able Mention;
Mrs. Roy Williams, Valleytown
Club; Mrs. W. L. Penland, Mrs.
Howard Martin, M r s. Arthur
Jones, Midway Club; Mrs. Virginia
Patton, Violet Club; Mrs. Noah j
Hembree, Peacbtree Club.
it was voted for the County
Home Demonstration Council to
award a "Leadership Certificate
in Reading". Members paving
earned the Advanced Book Re
view Certificate would be eligible.
A committee was appointed by
Mrs. W. E. Graham, Cherokee
County Home Demonstration Coun
cil President, to work out the re
quirements for the certificate as
follows: Chairman, Mrs. Dallas
McKown, who is County Education
Committee Chairman, Mrs. E.
I Roach and Mrs. Delia Conley.
Coleman Death Termed
"Accidental Drowning"
rne Doay 01 nerman ftrvii ooie
man, 25. of Route 4, Hayes ville,
was found Tuesday about 8 a. m.
In Hiwassee river about four miles
east of Hayesvllle Sheriff Glenn
Swanson of Clay County reported.
W. L. Matheson, acting oorooer
attributed Coleman's death to acci
dental drowning and said no in
quest would be held.
Coleman had been missing from
his home since Sunday night while
on a fishing trip, the family told
investigating officers.
A searching party of about 25
men was led by Sheriff Swanson.
Coleman had apparently slipped
off a high bank while fishing in
the river the sheriff said. His body
was recovered in 12 feet of water.
A native of Jackson County, he
is survived by the widow, the for
mer Miss Dollie Herbert to whom
he was married October 22, 1946;
three daughters. Alpha, Omega,
and Deleana, a son, Herman Arvil,
Jr., and the parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Coleman.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m: today (Thursday) in Down
tng's Creek Baptist Church. The
Rev. Andy Clore will officiate and
burial will be in Upper Bell Creek
Cemetery, Hlwaasee, Ga., with I vie
Funeral Home in charge.
grandchildren.
. Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. Monday in the West Andrews
Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jim
Truett officiating/Burial was in the
Whttaker Church Cemetery.
Pallbears were Jack Frailer,
Partus Adams. T. A. Belcher,
Sidney Truett, D. M. Bennett and
Wayne Curtis.
I vie Funeral Home had charge of
arrangements.
The 1992 corn crop was 14 per
cent larger than the 1991 crops.
Miss Walker, 75,
Succumbs Wed.
Miss Katherine Walker, 75, died
at her home in the Ranger section
of Cherokee County at 9 p. m.
Wednesday, following an extended
illness.
Funeral services were held at 10
a. m. Friday in Bethany Baptist
Church of which she bad been a
member for more than 50 years.
The Rev. Colin Thompson offi
ciated and burial was in the church
cemetery.
She was a native and lifelong
citizen of Cherokee County. She is
survived by a sister, Mrs. Mark
Fox, a brother, James Walker, both
of Cherokee County and several
nieces and nephews '
Town son Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Andrews Lions Plan
Spaghetti Feed
The Andrews Lions Club will be
host at a "real" Italian spaghetti
dinner Feb. 12, Thursday at 7:30
p. m.
Bishop Henry of Asheville, head
of the Episcopal Diocese, will speak
and guests will include the District
Governor and his cabinet and
?members of the Andrews Rotary
COub and the Lions Otubs of Mur
phy and RobbinsvHie.
The dinner will be prepared by
iMrs. Sam Jones, with betp from
other lionesses of Andrews.
North Carolina farmers can save
around $8 an acre by urfng 4-8-10
mintral fertiliser rather flu
3-0-6 organic fertiliser.
I MR
CHURCHES
BY DR KENNETH J. FOREMAN
SwraSqjiud 2m3So?: KpbmUM ?:l-W
Murphy
FUST BAPTIST CHURCH
J. Alte? Morris, Pastor
Telephone 347 or 1(7
Sunday School, 9:43 a. m.
Morning Worship, 14 a. m.
Sermon: Rev. Frank Hasty, Wake
Forest College
Bealtown Mission Sunday
School, 2:30 p. m.
Training Union, 6: 30 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m
Sermon: The Pastor
'Monday: 7:30 p. m? Elizabeth
Hale Circle, with Mrs. Vivian
Weathcrford.
7:30 ip. m., Ruth Bagwell Circle,
with Mrs. Walter Puett.
Tuesday: 7:30 p. m., Ruth
Swann Circle, with Mrs. Ottilie
*
deCalogne.
" Wednesday: 6:30 p. in., Fellow
ship supper. Night of Missions
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Henry Owenby. Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
Preaching, 2nd and 4th Sunday,
morning and evening.
Training Union, 7 p. m.
Midweek Prayer Service, Wed
nesday, 7 p. m.
ST. WILLIAM'S CHURCH
CATHOLIC
L. C. Newman, Pastor
Waynesy1 lie, N. C.
Sunday Mass, 8 a. m.
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH
EPISCOPAL
Rhett Y. Winters, Jr., Minister
Telephone 587 or 395-XJ
Sunday School, Bible Class, 9:45
a', m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon, 11
a. m.
Holy Communion (1st Sun.), 11
a m.
Daily, Monday through Saturday
Noonday Prayers. Bell tolls at
rvoon_
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
Russell Elder, castor
Sunday School, 10 a. ra.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
YPMS, 7 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m.
Mid-Week Prayer Ser, Wed.,
7:30 p. m.
MURPHY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Frank Brown, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
R. Delbert By rum, Pastor
Telephone 444 or 245
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship, II a. m.
Sermon: "Not By Bread Alone"
Youth Meeting, 5:00 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m.
Sermon: "Weight Lifters"
Wednesday. V:30 p. m., Midweek
Prayer Service. Minister will i
John Conley Dies
After Long Illness
John A. Conley, 62, died at 9:30,
p. m. Thursday In an Andrews
hospital, following a lengthy Ill
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Saturday in West Andrews
Baptist Church with the Rev.
James Truett officiating. Burial
was in Andrews Cemetery.
The body lay in state in the
church from 11 a. m. until the hour
of service.
Pallbearers were W. D. Whita
ker, Tom Day, Boyd Cooper, Ty
Burnett, J. H. Christy and Earl
Whl taker.
A native and lifelong resident
of Cherokee County. Conley was
the son of Mrs. Bert Moore Conley
and the late B. F. Conley of And
rews. He was a veteran of World
War 1.
Surviving are the widow; a son,
Nathan Conley; the mother; three
sisters, Mrs. Patsy Lall of Robblns
ville, Mrs. frloyd Cochran of And
rews and Mi-rsr. Be^ty Padgett of
Lake Alfred, Fla., and four broth
ers, Frank of Lake Alfred, and
Jack, Joe and Wayne, all of And
Townson Funeral Home was in
of i
County Defence Bomb
Total $24,023 In Dec.
Sale of Series E, H, J, and K
United States Defense Bonds In
Cherokee County1 for the month
of December, 1952, totaled *24,
022.00 Of this amount, *23,032.00
In 8as4ss E snd Series H
1); Nona ta> Berks
Andrews
x'' i
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 t. in
Sermon: Rev. John C. CoiMN
of Highland*. \
Training Union, A 80 p. m.
Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m.
Sermon: Rev. John C. CorbMt
Remarks about Wake Forest Col
lege, Rev. Frank Plasty.
Tuesday: 2:30 p. m? Junior G
A.
Wednesday: Family Night 7:30
p. m.
Thursday, 2.30 p. m., Laura El
liott Circle.
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. James Truett, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
, Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Evangelistic Service, 7:30 p. m.
Prayer Service, Wednesday,
7:30 p. m. '
I
CHURCH OF
THE HOLT COMFORTER
EPISCOPAL
(Ground Floor of Library)
Rhett T. Winters, Minister
Murphy, N. C.
Prayer and Sermon (2nd Sun.)
9 a. m. ,
Holy Communion (4th Sundays).
9 a. m.
FREE METHODIST CHURCH
R. C. Eastham, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Y. P. M. S., 6:30 p. m.
Evening Service, 7 p. in.
Prayer Service, Wednesday, 7 p.
ST. ANDREWS E
LUTHERAN
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
The Service, 1 la. m.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
E. L. Kirk, Pastor
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m.
Evening Worship, 11 a. m.
Wednesday Evening Service,
7:30 p. m.
ANDREWS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. John C. Neville, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
Morning Worship, 11 a. m
PYP, 7:00 p. m.
Choir Practice, Wed. 7:30 p. m
Corbitt To Speak At
Andrews Baptist .
Lee Pu 111 urn, secretary of the
?pulpit committee of the Andrews
first Baptist Church has announc
ed that the Rev. John C. Corbitt,
pastor at the Highlands Baptist
Church, will conduct both morning
and evening church services on
February 8th at the First Baptist
Church.
During the evening service
brief talk will be given on the act
ivities of Wake Forest College by
3. Frank Hasty, field representat
ive of Wake Forrest College.
Byrums To Attend
Planning Session
Rev. and Mrs. R. Delbert Byrum
will attend the Planning Session
for (ho W. N. <3, Conference
Older Youth Assembly at Salis
bury on Saturday. Feb. 7.
Mr. Bryum will serve as Dean of
the Assembly which meets at Lake
Junaluska in June, and Mrs. Bryum
will serve at Head Counselor.
Brief Illness Is
Fatal To Mrs. flipps
Graveside services for Mrs. Mar
garet Murphy Hipps, 65, who died
at her home Monday afternoon
following ? short Illness, were
held in Sunset Cemetery at 2 p m
Wednesday, with the Rev. Oscar
Winkler officiating.
She is survived by a son Wilkerd
Hipps, one grandchild, two sisters,
Mrs. Wesley Martin and Mrs Bell
Camps of Murphy, and-two broth
em. Howard Murphy of Culberson,
end Manco Murphy of Murphy..
Townson Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
J Bonds; and $900.00 In Sariaa K
?m made today by County De
fense Sonde Chairman W. D. Whl
taker taaeed on the monthly
report from Allison Ja
Director of the U. 8. Savings
Bonds Division in
Not for Sale
mm tor Pebnurr I. IMS
IF THE modern reader otthe par
able of (be laborers In vine
yard it puzzled, he pt least has
the comfort at knowing that, (reft
Bible scholars have been puzzled
too. He alao - has the discomfort
of knowing that no Interpretation
he can p^t upon it will have unani
mous agreement To be sure, there
are some things it does not meafi.
This parable does not give a mod
el for labor and management.
*esus was not talking about wages
literally He was saying some
thing about God, and Bis dealings
with man. Furthermore, this par
able does not mean that God's
only reason for doing things Is "be
cause;" that be Is one whose acts
have neither rhyme nor reason.
But what does this parable mean?
Among the various plausible inter
pretations that have been given it
by Christian thinkers, let us pick
out one of the most important
truths that this peculiar story sug
gests.
Nothing to Sell
That truth is: The grace of God
cannot be earned. To desire the
loving'favor, the "grace," of God,
is to desire the greatest gift God
can bestow. But
u cannot oe
'bought. It cannot
be earned. We
can see that this
is true by think
ing a moment.
Think whose it
is. We can pay
tot business fa
vors, we can tip
a waiter or a Dr Foreman
porter lor doing
something special for us; but
we can't tip God. We can employ
the services of all sorts of people;
but God's services are not fog
hire. We can earn anything on
earth, or many things; but the
grace of God is from heaven.
What he does for man is a gift,
not a payment.
And then think who we are. Sup
oose we really thought we could
do a bookkeeping business with
God. If we get it into our foolish .
heads that he owes ua something,
what about our debt to him? If we
must have it on a bookkeeping
basis, we shall always be in the
red
Earning God's Grace
Still, the race of man includes
many fools. And some of these
have tried to do the impossible,
to earn the infinite grace of God.
One way they have tried is to buy
it. A lifelong rascal's conscience
will finally begin to hurt him, and
so to get God on his side he will
build a cathedral or endow an
orphanage or pour money into
some church treasury, hoping that
God will overlook the villainous
ways in which he earned the
money because of the pious way
in which he spends it Other men
(a little more on the "religious"
side) seem to think they can
sweet-talk God into being their
friend. They would not put it that
way; they would say that God will
listen to their many prayers. Do
they not regularly attend prayer
meetings, or early communions,
and should not God be expected to
do something for them in return?
Others, again, hope that God
can be made to feel so sorry tor
them that be will pour out on them
his special grace If they do not
have natural troubles they will
make artificial troubles for them
selves. They will go without proper
food and clothing, they will wear
hair shirts er iron chains around
their waists, they will roll on beds
of spikes at go without baths for
years and years But God's grace
does not go to the highest bidders;
it does not go to the most long
winded prayers; it is not offered
as a reward for self-inflicted
wounds. God's grace must be taken
as a gift or not at all
Grace and Gratitude
Then does It make no difference
what we do? Will God be just as
good to us. no matter what? Shall
we even "do evil that grace may
abound." that is. shall we jnake
God's grace even more gracious
by being as bad as we can be?
Not by any means. The truly good
life Is not a way of earning the
grace of God; it is a way of re
sponding to the grace of God
Some one has said that religion
is gratitude. Religion is our re
sponse to God. not his to us Re
ligion la our reply to the infinite
goodness of the Almighty, not his
reply to our part-way. badly mixed
and human goodness indeed, the
good Ufa Is more than a lifelong
act of gratitude; tha good life it
self Is th*.* effect of God's grace
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Dlvlstsa t ChrtstU* aeattsa, Ns
Usaal CsaasU si UN Ckirckn *f Christ
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