0fer (Slfrrokrr Stout id July 1889 Published every Thursday at Murphy. Cherokee County, N. C - WILLIAM V. AND EMILY P. COSTELLO Publishers and Owners WILLIAM V. OOSTELLO Editor -?> v SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Cherokee County: One Year, *2 >0; Six Months, f 1.50; Outside Cherokee County: One Year. *3.00; Six Months, *175 in the Poet Office at Murphy. North Carolina, as second the Act of March J. 1879. * Mr. and Mrs* Home After V of wedding music was toy Mrs. E. L. Kirk. 71m cburoh woo decorated of white gladioli and a background of 71m couple entered together, the fattde wearing a gown of white Lac* ?ad net over bridal satin fashioned with ? lace Jacket with Peter Pan coUer and long sleeves ending in calla points at the hand. Her fiqgertip veil of white illusion was attached to a lace halo trimmed in send pearls. She carried a white ftajer Book topped with a white oitgiid. Mies Patsy Washam of Char lotte and Miss Anna Marie Butler of-* Andrews were bridesmaids. Miss Washam wore a gown of pink tigfon net over pink satin and IMss Butler wore an identical gown of powder blue nylon net over satin. Bach carried a Nosegay of mixed flowers. The mother of the bride wore a winter blue suit with navy accesso ries. Her corsage was of pink car nations. Mrs. West, mother of the bride groom, wore a light blue suit with navy accessories and a corsage of pink carnations. Carroll Phillips of Andrews was best man and ushers were Marlin West, brother of the bridegroom, and Jamie Washam of Charlotte. Following the ceremony a recep tion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Butler. Miss M. E. West wedding cake while Mia punch. The in bridal preen end white motif. For the wedding trip the bride wore a pink suit with navy aceee Tbe couple ere at Marble where Mr. What is aMUlet ed with the Herman West Con struction Company. Mrs. Went is a graduate of An drew* High School and is em ployed as a inception!*! at Bcsfc mtre Knitting SOIL Mr. Wast is also a graduate of Andrews High School and attended Georgia Tech. The Ladies and The Lions MR. AND MRS. ELKINS MR. AND MRS. WHITE Murphy Lions Club president. Bob White and Mrs. White are shown with veteran member Harve Elkins, who has a perfect attendance record in the club for 27 years, and Mrs. Elkins. The couples were pictured at the recent Lions Club Ladies Night at the Methodist Church. (Scout Photo) VISIT ST. PETERSBURG 'Mrs. A. M. Stalcup and daughter, Margaret Jane, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Lefstead in St. I Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. Stalcup' went there to welcome her new grandchild who was born on St. Valentine's Day. Mrs. Lefstead is the former Miss Ann Stalcup, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stalcup of Martin's Creek Com munity. Banks To Close In Washington's Honor The Citizen Bank and Trust Co mpany will close in Murphy and Andrews Monday, Feb. 23, in hon or of George Washington's birth day, Percy B. Ferebee, president, said today. Washington's birthday falls on Sunday this year but the banks will observe the holiday on Monday. Dollar for dollar you can't beat a. ' 5iI*OMt1iae A GENERAL MOTORS MASTERPIECE So much more of Everu thing? Measure the wonderful new Pontiac for size, beauty and performance against the finest and costliest cart. Pontiac is big?with its new 122-inch wheelbase and roomy, comfortable bodies. Pontiac is beautiful?easily the most distinctive car on the road?with luxurious color-matched Interiors. With Pontiac's famous foual-Range power train* you get more power than you'll probably ever need?with a distinct earing in gasoline. But most remarkable Is Pontiac's price tag?just a shade above the lowest?and its wonderful reputation for de pendability, economy and high re-sale value. Gome In and eee for yourself that Pontiac offers much more of everything?except price! art hhm una highways . AW AM* OOlnifT . I Pfrane 243 D & L PONTIAC CO. Hiftwaseee St Murphy, N. C service would be beck to toy Wednesday This wtll be food aewe for i Few ?o of electricity as the snowfall of Saturday night TOPTON boasts of having front six to eight inches of snow, which is more than that of ttetfiborlng ZEB CONLEY reports 100 or more telephones out of service in Andrews alone, to Service, 7:00 p. m. Prayer Service, 7:90 p. ?n. CHURCH OP THB HOLY COMFORTER EPISCOPAL (Groud Fleer af Library) Rhett Y. Winters, Minister Murphy, N. C. Prayer end Sermon (2nd Sun.) 9 a. m. Holy Communion (4th Sundays). 9 a. m. FEES 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. m. Prayer Service, Wednesday, 7 p. ST. ANDREWS E LUTHERAN Sunday School, 10 a. m The Service, J 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 FREE METHODIST CHURCH Russell Elder, pastor Sunday School, 10 a. m. 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. Sermon: "God's Boundless Re sources" 6:30 p. m., Y. P. Meeting 7:30 p. m., Evening Service Sermon: "Concentrating on the Good Life" FIRST METHODIST CHURCH R. Delbert Byrum, Pastor Telephone 444 or 245 Sunday School, 9:45 a. m. . Morning Worship, 11 a. m. Youth Meeting, 5:00 p. m. Evening Worship, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m? Midweek Prayer Service. 8:30 p. m., Adult Choir Rehear sal. Saturday, 10 a. m., Junior Choir -rehearsal. Assembly Room oi Church. B? DP MNNfcTH I FGHE.MAN birthday of ? mu who U? U MM) claimed to couM not tan ? lie. That to an exaggeration. Al any mm ?m tell a Ito to to " ~ ' to tela a < aa ttot to. Tto big thing to to MO tto troth. And It to swan O Ma truth and tall M right. than to toap toa lyta^. Truth can to toM hi a doU way so that no cm Mitiai to to. II truth to worth telling it aught to to ad" wo mean Mat thrao ways. ? a ? For ana thing, truth may as wall not bo told at all to it U not pointed at aotsebody. There's no use tell ing your deaf old grandmother about the circus; she's not going. mere is no use telling a small baby to keep his face clean. There's no use Citing a lecture on space-heating to an audience at Hottentot ?; they"r*e hot enough already. You're talking to me wrong people. * "reman Truth ought to be fitted tor. and pointed toward, thq people who need it TKe Master-Teacher him self showed how this is done. Much of Jesus' most vital teaching was directed to what we would call "hecklers." Sometimes their ques tions were meant to trip him up (like the three recorded in Mat thew 22). Sometime they were asked from mere curiosity, some times they were desperate grop ings for light. But whatever the motive. Jesus always gave them answers?plus. He*would ta!:e ad vantage of the moment to push in a pointed truth. If only preachers and Sunday school tcncheru- and politicians i. i spend more time answer. questions peo ple do ask. ii .-) of questions they don't ask! ? ? Sharp Enough Tn Stick There is another sense in which truth, to be effective must be point ed. It has to be the opposite of dull. Now ther are equations where truth can be dull, and wel come. If you are looking up in the encyclopaedia the population of North Dakota, or trying to find out what niacin is, you don't want to be amused, startled or entertained. You just want plain fact plainly stated. Professors and other studi ous people are trained to absorb truth no matter how dully it is presented. It's a poor student who can't learn as much (rom a dry professor as from a witty one. But most human situations are not in class-reoms. Truth that Is not dry, ought not to sound dry. Truth that's worth remembering ought to be told in such a way that it can't be forgotten. Again, our Lord's teaching was of this sort. He never told a dull truth, and he never told his bright truth in a dull way. His sayings are an point ed; they have a way of sticking in the mind. What he says flashes in the eye like sunlight on steel. There was no one around taking notes when Jesus spoke. His say ings are remembered not because somebody had ? good notebook but because what he said, stuck. "To The Point" What do wo mean by a point leu joke or a pointless remark? We mean, at coarse, that the thing was not worth saying, however true it may have been. We want people to speak to the point If we are going to listen to them we want them to be saying something that is worth saying, something we'll be worse off for not knowing. Now again Jesus' teaching was pointed truth in this sense. It was relevant truth, tt was truth dealing with specific situations. He came "down to brags tacks" as we say. His teachings did not float away up In the clouds, they came down to earth- and walked there. They had to do with people's real prob lems. And what wo shall find out. if we study Jesus' teachings faith fully. is they deal with our prob lems today too. The problem of the item suds oornstlmes seeming to conflict?of church and state, of country and conscience; the prob lems of death and of the life be yeod; the problem of bow bast to serve and obey God; the men of i they concern us no less. 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