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Established July 1889
Published every Thursday at Murphy. Cherokee County, N. C
- WILLIAM V. AND EMILY P. COSTELLO
Publishers and Owners
WILLIAM V. COSTELLO Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
la Cherokee County: One Year, (2.SO; Six Months, f 1.50; Outside Cherokee County:
One Year, f^.uu; six monins, #i./j
Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina, as second dass
matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Dry July Leaves Livestock
Farmers With Food Shortage
WNC Baptist Assn.
Annual Meet Held
Old Shooting Creek and Alt.<3
Pleasant Baptist Churches of Hay
eaviU will be host churches for the
69th session of the Western North
Carolina Baptist Association Aug
ust 18 and 10 it was announced by
otfknals of the association.
With the theme "Christ Is The
Answer", the two day sessions will
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open Tuesday morning at 9:30 at
Old Shooting Creek Baptist church
A. B. Loveil will preside.
The annual sermon wall be given
by Rev. J Alton Morris, with Earl
Cable as alternate.
On Tuesday afternoon M. A.
Huggins of the Baptist State office
in Raleigh will give the Stewardship
message.
Rev. JObn C. Corbitt, pastor of
First Barptist Ohuroh of Andrews
will preach the missionary sermon
on Wednesday morning at Mt.
Pleasant.
The closing message, following
the report on Christian Schools,
will be the message on Christian
Education by M. H. Kendall,
Special music will be presented
ait each of the four sessions, and
reports from aU committees will
be heard New officers for the as
sociation will be elected Wednes
day morning.
Ham Voyles Dies
After Illness
Ham Voyles, 87, a retired far
mer of Letitia died at 12:10 a. m.
Monday in a Murphy hospital after
a long illness.
Funeral services were held at 11
a. m. Tuesday in Oak Grove Bapt
ist Church. The Rev. Thomas Tru
ett and Che Rev. Mr. Hedden of
ficiated, and burial was in #iie
church Cemetery.
Mr. Voyles was a native of Rome
Ga, the son of the late Enoch and
Mary Morris Voyles. He moved to
Oakdale, Term, when a yiung man
and came to Cherokee County 55
years ago where he 'had made his
home since that time.
Surviving are six sons, Sam, of
Hiawassee Dam, James, Felix and
Everett of Letitia, Rufus of Oak
Ridge, Tenn., and John of Powell
Station, Tenn. one daughter, Mrs.
Bessie Flowers of Letitia, and one
sister, Mr3. Jessie Stiles, of Route
3. Murphy.
Pallbearers werre N. Craig
Lloyd and William Clonts, Ira and
iMcKinley Stiles and Jess Rich.
Ivie Funeral Home was is charge.
? Many North Carolina livestock
farmers are currently faced with a
severe feed shot age and the only
thing left between them and bank
ruptcy is their dwindling supply oi
hay and silage.
Cattlemen should begin this
week to make the necessary ad
justments in their feeding pro
grams in order to meet the emer
gency, according to Dr. E. T.
York, head of the department of
agronomy at N. C. College. The
driest July on record in the state
has caused famers to use much of
the stored feed and pastures to
dry up.
York and other agronomits and
members of the department of
animal lndusty ait the college sur
veyed the state-wide feed situa
tion last week and declared that
the poor condition of feed crops
creates a real emergency. York
said that the situation in some
areas is so critiral that they could
eaisly be designated "disaster
areas.
So far as large areas of the
rtate are concerned, the upper
Piedmont is suffering most. But in
scattered, smaller areas throuhout
the state farmers face equally se
vere feed crop shortages, York
said.
A three-point program for emer
gency feed crops has beim outlined
for Tar Heel farmers in these areas
York said. The program invivles
feeding seeding and fertilization.
Farmers "should remove cattle
and other livestock from perman
ent pasttures where they are alrea
dy short. They con easily be ruin
ed by close grazing and the amount
of feed animals get from them
when in their present condition
wont help much.
Any supplementary grazing such
as Kudsu, Sudan grass, millet, Ber
muda grass, lespedeza, or alfalfa,
shohld be used to stretch inade
quate pastures.
Farmers with hay or grass silage
available should start feeding
these, but York wanned that the
hay and silage should be replen
ished. Some farmers are already
cuttisg drought-parched corn that
will never mature. This can be fed
green or put up as silage for use
during the next few weeks.
Graveside Rites
Held For Infant
Graveside rites for Sheila Ann
Beaver, infant daughter of Mr and
Ms Frank Beaver of Unaka, who
died Monday at 7 p. m. in an
Asheville hospital after a brief
illness, were held at 2 p. m.
: Wednesday in Unaka Cemetery,
with the Rev Ham Coffey offi
ciatting.
Surviving, in addition to the
parents, are a twin sister, Shir
ley Lynn; the paternal grandpar
ents, Mr and Mrs Robert L Beaver
of Murphy, and the maternal
grandmother, aha Ebbie Mayhew
of Unaka.
Ivie Funeral Home was in
charge.
'O. E. S. To Meet Thursday
Murphy Chapter No. 10 O. E.
S. will meet in the Masonic Hall
Thursday evening, August 13.
Mrs. G'Mae Owenby WorthyMat
rom will preside. All members
are urged to attend.
(Continued from page 1)
Charles Owenby also of the Namta
tiala Troop.
Percy F. Day of the Andrews
Troop received a second class a
ward from Mr. Nodhils and S. J.
Gernert awarded Henry A. Strange
and Hugh Strange of Murphy
Troop 2 the first class award.
Merit badges were awarded by
Mr. Nichols to the following: Jake
Abernathy, Andres, gardesing,
nature, agriculture, reading, cttd
zewfhip tn the home; Bob Nelson,
Andrews, fishing, wood carvkig,
scholarship, reading, hode repairs;
Wayne Battle, Andrews, animal
industry, public health, nature,
wood carving; Kent Laughter,
Andrews, home re pairs; John Mar
ris, urptoy, first aid, public spaalr
lng; Harry Duncan, Murphy, first
aid; Tommy Moore. Murphy,
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MURPHY
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Town Investigates Cost
Of Water Fluoridation
Engineer To .
Advise Murphy
Third in a aeries
Request from the Mayor of Mur
phy and a Murphy dentist concern
ing flumrdation of Murphy's water
supply system has resulted in a
pending visit from F. R. Blaisdell.
district engioeeer for the N. C.
State Department of Health, May
or L. L. Mason said today.
The Town is investigating the
fluoridation project as fluoridated
water has been proven effective in
in greatly decreasing dental decay
among children. Once the system is
in operation, the cost is only about
10 cents per water customer per
year.
hi his letter to the state depart
ment, Mr. Mason stated that the
some 700 families using Murphy
city water, drink water from two
sources - - Hia<wassee River at the
filter plant, and the Fain Mountain
Reservoir.
The engineer's visit will be made
after the 17th of this ihonth, Mr.
Mason said.
Griefly, fluoridation of comm
unal water supply systems has been
proven in the following cases:
Adding fluoride to the communi
ty' water supply will reduce den
tal decay in children about 65 per
cent - - improve the appearance of
their teeth
Annual coot of fluoridating the
water supply of on average com
munity is about 6 cents per person
if sodium allioofluorMe is used.
Fluoride does not odd taste,
color, odor, or hardness to water.
For many years fluoride bearing
water has been used without ill ef
fects in a greatly variety of indust
rial plants.
Fluordating the community's
water supply will sharply reduce
the dental bills of the younger gen
eration.
Older children not receiving the
full benefits of fluoridation can be
protected by applications of sodium
fluoride to their teeth.
To delay fluoridating the water
supply deprives children of sub
stantial health benefits that can be
obtained at very little cost.
Methodist WSCS
Meets At McCombs'
The WSCS of the First Methodist
Church met Tuesday at the home
om Miss Clara McCombs. Miss Adel
la Meroney. president, presided
over the business session. Mrs.
Asmond Maxwell and Miss Meron
ey gave a report of the WSCS
meeting at Lake Junaluska.
Bryson Dies In
Murphy Hospital
J. P. Bryson, 75, a retired farmer
of the llnaka section of Cherokee
County, died at 6 ?. m. Tuesday
in a Murphy hospital after a brief
ilkseas.
He was a native and hfelong res
ident of Cherokee County, a sou
of itihe late Samuel and -Mary Hall
Bryson, pioneers of the Unaka
section.
Grvaeside rites were iheld hi
the family cemetery at 2 p. m.
Wednesday, with the Rev. Major
Farmer officiating.
Surviving are one brother, W W
Bryson of Telllco Plains, Term.,
and several nieces and nephews.
Townson Funeral Home was in
charge.
ROGERS
'Mr. and (Mrs. Harold Rogers of
BakersfieM, Calif., announce the
birth of a daughter, Frances Reg
ina on July 26. Mrs. Rogers is the
former Miss Berta Bell Keenum.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Wesley Keenum of Suit.
NOTICE TO CITY TAXPAYERS
Sale of City Property due to Non Pay
ment of 1952 city taxes will begin August
17,1953.
You may avoid this advertising cost by
paying your 1952 city taxes prior to adv
ertising date.
v N C. E. Johnson
City Clerk
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51 Ford?Two Door
'50 Buick?Four Door
'50 Chevrolet?Two Door
'49 Mercury?Four Door
'47 Studebaker?5 Pass. Coupe
'48 Ford?Two Door
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\ See what Federal and State Health Officers look for.
This Chart shows COBLE MILK is heated above 170 deg
rees F. for over an hour to insure proper pasteurization.
Government specifications require it and health de
mands that the milk you drink is properly pasturized.
The Milk is then propertly cooled to 50 degrees F. or
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lower to destroy any harmful bacteria that may be present.
DRINK MORE MILK from
COBLE DAIRY
BY OR KENNETH J. FOREMAN
TPHE reader who goes to Sunday
* school will have noticed that the
quarterly never prints all the
Scripture that Is listed in this
column. The reason Is, the In
terdenominational committee pre
paring these lessons selects more
Scripture than any quarterly is
going to have
room 10 prim.
This Is in the hope
that the student
will not be content
with reading short
bits from the Bi
ble at second
hand, but will go
i on to read more
I fully in the Bible
I itself. This par
ticular column is Dr
free to use the whole passages
selected, not simply the verses
reprinted in most quarterlies.
Christ Pre-eminent *
It ought to go without saying
that Christ is pre-eminent, that is
to say, above all, tor the Chris
tian. It does not go without say
ing, because Christians incline
to forget it, or more ex
actly, they forget him. Paul
uses the word "pre-eminent" only
once in Colossians 1, but he uses
many other ways of declaring
that Christ is above all. In Christ
we have forgiveness of sins; in
him all the fullness of God dwells;
he.Is the head of the church. The
?Christian has been transferred
to Christ's kingdom; through
Christ all men may be recon
ciled to one another; in Christ
are "hid all the treasures of wis
dom and knowledge"; the Chris
tian is to be "filled with the
knowledge of his will." The Chris-;
tian receives him, is rooted in
him, built up in him, grows to
maturity in him; he is the Chris
tian's hope of glory. All this is
"in the book"; but is it in life?
Does Christ actually loom as
large in the life of Christians as
he does in the plan of God
?
You Received Christ
Speaking of the way the Chris
tian life begins, Paul says, "You
received Christ." That is what
ought to happen at the very start.
If it does not happen, there is no
real start. What do we receive
at the beginning of the Christian
life? A certificate of church mem
bership? Water? The Communion
bread and wine? A name like
"Methodist" or "Baptist" or
"Lutheran"? Even a name like
"Christian"? Now, it is true that
the Christian life begins with an
"I will." There is a vow, a de
termination, a hope and inten
tion. But unless there is a re
ceiving. all the hopes and inten
tions go for nothing.
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So Live in Him
Paul says the Christian is
"rooted" in Christ (as if we were
plants) and "built up" in him or
on him (as if we were brick walls).
He puts these both together when
he says "Live in him." If we are
like plants "rooted" in Christ,
that means he is to us what the
soil is to a plant All our spir
itual life comes from him. Not
from a book, from a creed, from
a set of ideas, least of all from
our own thin selves; but from
Christ, in whom is "all the full
ness of God." Again, if we are
"built" on him, that means he
sets the line of our lives. Just
as a wall cannot lean one way
or the other off its foundation,
and still stand, so our lives either
follow the line that Christ has
set, or they collapse.
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Mature in Christ
Christ is not only the ground
and foundation, he is the goal of
life for the Christian. Are we
walls? He is the blueprint. Are
we plants? He is a perfect speci
men. Paul wants every Christian
?not a few selected saints!?to
be "mature in Christ." (The older
translation "perfect" is mislead
ing, since the Greek word means
mature, not perfect nor sinless.)
Why is it we are so easily self
satlsfled? Why are so many Chris
tians midgets, permanent babies,
in mind and spirit and character,
when they ought to be growing
up? Once there was a baby whose
parents lived at some distance
from other families with small
children. For more than a year
they thought their baby was do
ing very well. Then they visited
another family where there was
a normal baby, the same age as
their own. For the first time, they
realized tfceir own child had not
grown as it should. So we Chris
tians compare ourselves with our
selves, or with other imperfect
Christiana, and wa are foolishly
content ?. ;
(Basel sa eathess esayrifhtsl by tha
nitiilon ?? Christian rssoaUsa. Na
tional CsnnoU of the Che re hoe af Christ
la the U.S.A. Release! by Csasasaalty
Prose laevlsa.t
Prices received by North Caro
tna farmers In Mid-June were
lower than at any time since July
15, 1951.