<*lp ? iff raner stunt Establishc d July 1889 Published every Thursday at Murphy. Cherokee County^ N. C WILLIAM V. AND EMILY P. COSTELLO \ Publishers and Owners WILLIAM V. COSTELLO j Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Cherokee County: One Year, $2.50; Six Months, $1.50; Outside Cherokee County: One Year, $3.00; Six Months, $1.75 Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina, as second dass nutter under the Act of March 3, 1879. Story of a Bear. .. This is the story of a bear. And it Is a story about the people who have been influenced be cause this bear is a dead bear. It is a bear that was killed out of It\s wrong to kill a bear out of season, but this story proves there 'Y is some' good in every wrong. The first good in this story happened when this dead bear was found by ttome Protector Arnold Dalrymple. Most of us know by now how air. D.frymple, in doing his duty, faced two armed men in the woods, how he chased one who broke and ran, how he knocked a pointed shotgun away and finally how he was struck in the head from behind by the other and left for dead. Mr. Dalrymple did those things because he felt if was his duty since the bear in our story was killed out of season. Now two men are fugitives from justice because of this bear. But the career of this bear really started when he was killed. Mr. Darymple and another game protector gathered up the bear md brought him to Murphy where he was given to Murphy City Schools. Yesterday we werd invited to our first taste of bear meat. We were privileged to eat with Uome 800 Cherokee County children who are fed ?very school day. \ Eating there reminded us of something a newspaper has no right to forget, a service to | the taxpayers' children. We saw those hungry healthy bodies?bodies that know how to burn up energy?fed meat, milk, hot rolls and brcsd, butter, greens, macoaroni and cheese and beans, all for just twenty cents. Mrs. Boyd Davis and her assistants do this outstanding job every - Y school day. They do it well in one of the cleanest rooms in this county.' With exacting precision they see that each meal is well balanced, and do it cheerfully. The main thing that this dead bear reminded us of is that there are still underprivileged children on the waiting list for free lunches. It is bard to believe that people in Cherokee County are letting some small folks do without these nourishing meals for a lack of twenty cents a day the price of one package of cigarettes. A dead bear can bring to life a lot of thoughts. Among The Sick Mrs. Bill Corn well who has been very ill in an Asfaeville hospital for the past two weeks, is reported to be slightly improved. Debbie Hamrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. -J. H. Hamrick, has been in Petrie Hospital for several days for treatment Mrs. Hayes Leatherwood who was ill in Petrie Hosptttal last week has been dismissed. She was taken to Knoxvlile Sunday to be with her daughter. Mrs. William Town son is in Pied mont Hospital, Atlanta for treat ment LOUDERMILK FINISH SCHOOL FORT BUSS TEXAS?Pvt. Wa yne F. Loudermilk, son of Mrs. T. J. Loudermilk, Route 2, Murphy has successfully completed the Le aders' Course in the Antiaircraft Artillery Replacement Training Center at Fort Bliss, Texas. His gaduation ceremonies com plete, Pvt. Loudermilk has been transferred to Camp Stone man, Calif, for futher assignment. The Leaders' Course is the most advanced training program in the Fort Bliss AAA RTC. Students are selected on the basis of high schol astic aptidudes, leadership abilities and above average physical sta mina. A formal parade and retreat ce remony marked the graduation ex ercises for the eight-week course. Termite And i General Pest Control Free Inspection ALL WORK GUARANTEED For further information Call Mnrphy,N.C Eagle Exterminating Company OAK PARK i i Seems every one i^ glad to see I this nice weather. Hope the frost I will hold up just a few more days on account of the corn crops. Mr. Samuel Evans and children are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Verlin { Evans at Oak Park, Tenn., this week. Mrs. Frank Deavers, Mrs. Vesta j Stiles and Mrs. Hattie Stiles vis-' ited friends at Young Harris last1 week. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Roper and daughter visited Mrs. Roper's sis ter, Mrs. Bertha Stondard Sunday. Miss Fay Chatmon will be leav ing for Detroit very soon to visit friends. Smith Dies In Andrews Suddenly Warren Pearson Smith, Jr., 60, died in Andrews Tuesday. He was a native of Cartersville, Ga, and came to this section at the age of 3 years. He served as a private in the o S. Army during World War I and was in France for six months dur ing the war. He was a member of the Valley town Baptist Church since he was 15 years old. He is survived by four sons, Ray, of Andrews; Gordon, of Dayton, Ohio; John, of Spartanburg, S. C.; Warren P., HI of Weirton, W. Va.; three daughters. Mrs. Ruth Reed of Weirton, W. Va.; Minnie of U. S. Army, Houston, Texas; Bennie Mae of Black Mountain; one brother, Charlie Smith of Andrews; one sis ter, Mrs. Minnie Johnson of Det roit, Mich. Funeral services will be held to day (Thursday) at 2:30 p. m. at Va lleytown Baptist Church, Andrews, with the Rev. T. D. Denny and the Rev. Algle West officiating. Bur ial will be in the Valleytown Cem etery. Cass Selby Dies In Detroit, Mich. Funeral services for A. B. (Cass) Selby, 71, formerly of Andrews, who died Sunday in Detroit, (Mic higan, after a brief illness, were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. at Val leytown Baptist Church. The Rev. Weldon West officiated and burial was in the church cem etery. The body lay in state at the ch urch one hour prior to the services. Pallbearers were Sim Roper, Dee Mosteller, Carl West, Wymer Con ley, Roland Tatham and Fred Tat ham. Selby had resided in Cherokee, Macon and Buncombe counties prior to moving to Detroit about three months ago. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lennie Barker Selby ... two sons, Claude and A. B., Jr.; three dau ghters, Mrs. Anna Pearl O'Brien, Mrs. Emmalee Radford and Mrs.' Eva Horn, all of Detroit. Miss Carolyn Smith Weds Ivey On TV ? MIm Carolyn Durham Smith Of Greensboro, daughter of Mr. end Mrs. Joe S. Smith of Ports, Ky? become the bride of Coy Mack ivey son of Mrs. C. W. Ivey end the late Mr. Ivey of Graham, in a noon ceremony in New York City. The Smiths were long time res idents of Cherokee County. The ceremony was performed by a Methodist Minister of New York City and was televised on the Bride and Groom and broadcast over CBS. Organ and harp music was provided for the occasion. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of Chan til ly lace over satin, fashioned with a fitted bodice with a yoke of nyl on illusion outlined in lace appli ques and pearls and a skirt feat uring a scalloped lace panel over satin In front and a complete train in back. Her veil was of Swiss silk with lace appliques. The bride designed and made her dress and veil. Her . only ornament was a single strand of pearls. She carried an arm bouquet of roses. Miss Jane Smith of Paris, Ky? served her sister as maid of honor. She wore a gown of cerise nylon net over taffeta, designed with a full skirt, strapless bodice and net stole. She carried a colonial bou ]uet of baby chrysanthemums. The bridesmaids,. Mrs. Sherman Hampton of Portsmouth, Va., and Wrs. Floyd Maney of Hobart, N. wore gowns similiar to that of :he maid of honor. Floyd Maney of Hobart, N. Y. vas best man. For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Smith wore a navy nylon over taffeta dress, with pink ac Experiences At Meet G. H Nash of Atlanta, Ga., re turned mimloniry who vent 19 years In Africa, spoke at the Sat urday afternoon service at the Bible Auditorium, over DAL Pontiac Co. Speaking on the ecbject of Pray er, Mr. Nash told a number of ex periences of answered prayer, and gave the Bible conditions on which prayer is answered. ' Preceding his sermon, the mis cessories and an orchid corsage. The mother of the bridegroom wore a navy taffeta dress with rhinestone trim and navy accessor ies and an orchid corsage. Following the ceremony a lunch eon was given for the wedding party at the Duane Hotel in New York City. The couple left on a wedding trip to a resort in the Catskill Mountains. On their return they will make their home in Greens boro. Guests at the wedding included Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Maney of Ho bart, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fowler, New York City; Mrs. C. W. Ivey, Graham; Mrs. Leone Johnson Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. Sherman Hampton, Portsmouth; John W. 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And here's the payoff?the cost of Nursing Chow and Calf Start ena together runs less than half the usual cost of the milk they replace! . Yes, there's a new way to raise calves. Let's talk it over next time you're in town. STILES PRODUCE CO. FEEDS-SEEDS-FERTILIZERS-ICE Phone 143 w* D*ttr,r XiWJTSS1 ?|Tl}[^?iKX|||)OAI|J*|M uurpny iroop 10 Observe Girl Scoot Week Murphy Girl Scout TYoop S will observe the opening of Girl Scout Week with a service Sunday even ing at 7:30 at the Pint Methodist Church. The investiture service will be held at the regular evening service. The following girls will be given pins for passing the tenderfoot re quirements: Sarah Easley, Sharon Bryson, Nancy Fish, Jane Van Horn, Beth Bailey and Grace Town The regular group meetings are are held each Monday afternoon following school at the Episcopal Parris House, with Mrs. Rhett Y. Winters, Jr., troop leader. sionary told the experience of Wadi, a bright Afrlan boy who came to the mission school with only scant clothing and 60 cents, and ended up, by hard work and study, an outstanding teacher and pastor. The series of Bible lecturers by Peter G. Crestakos, representative >f the School'of Bible Prophecy in Atlanta, are being continued each light for the week of Oct. 25-31. Vex* Sunday he will speak on 'The Mark of hte Beast or the Seal of Glod." Religious films are also ihowed each night. See the advertisement in this oaper fo the subject titles of the" lightly meetings. BY OR KENNETH I. FOREMAN ?CUPTVUt Proverbs a M, SI: ? 5 luiih ft: 11-14; Matthew 11:4, Luka DEVOTIONAL 1-4. If 1-10: Romans IS: 11-14; JanM 4:If. BEADING: la* lab M No Liquor Defense __________ ? far October U. 194J D! ON THE SOUTH aide at a Urge sign in front of a Methodist church on a main highway are the words: LIQUOR HAS NO DE FENSE. The church did not invent that- expression; it U a quotation froyr Abraham Lincoln. On the op posite side of the sign, drivers coming the other way see this: rink rive ? eatb Even the companies that ma>e money out of drunkenness (the more liquor, the more profits) know that the north side of the sign is true, and will say so in Urge paid advertisements. Liquor certainly has no defense as a drink for drivers. But some of the other defenses put up tor alcbolic liquor as a beverage that "belongs," that Is part of the social scene, do not sound so good when they are taken down and looked at with a cold and sober eye. ? ? ? Alcohol Is A Drug The one thing that defenders of alcoholic beverages invariably keep quiet about. Is the simple ract mat alcohol is a drug, a harmful drug, a habit ? forming drug. No amount of advertising can talk that fact out of existence. That it is a tact, can be witnessed to by anybody?he does not nave to r"? be a preacher!?who has had to deal with the wretched people at the bottom of the slide that was lubricated with liquor. Alcoholics are sick people; that is a recog nized fact;, but alcoholism diiTers from all the other diseases in the book in this one vital thing: No one can say to "himself. I refuse to have tuberculosis. I will never have cancer. He may come down with those diseases in spite of his best intentions. But any one may say to himself: I will never be an alcoholic. And he can make that resolution stick, simply by staying away from alcohol On the other hand, no man or woman who mixes alcohol in his system can ever be quite sure he will not be an alcoholic No alcoholic ever meant to be one Drugs Have No Brakes Now the trade In alcoholic liquor la legal; trade in other drugs such as heroin, cocaine and similar drugs, ih strictly illegal except for medicinal purposes through regu lar pharmacists, and on doctors' prescriptions Still there are a great many people who in spite of the difficulties do manage to buy and use these forbidden drugs, and of course there are always the con scienceless people who sell the stuff to the addicts But let us suppose we listened to the defenses of ordinary liquor. If applied to other drug habits. How ridiculous they would sound! We are told that the habit of drinking -liquor is a long-estab lished American way of life Well, the taking of cocaine is long-es tablished too People will buy liquor?-legally or Illegally; they will buy .heroin too in spite of all the laws People will steal cars, and forge checks?it's been done a long time. But that doesn't make tt right Or a gate, consider the pleasure people get out of liquor. Why. of course They get an even keener pleasure out of shots of other drugs than alcohol Every time you put a drug addict Into a sanitarium you deprive him of his greatest pleas ure In Ufa. But that does not make his habit any better. But it wtll be said, self-control la the answer; a drug used in moderation is not so harmful as when used to excess, i True; but the trouble Is. no drug has brakes, and drugs of the kind that alcohol and heroin are, actual ly weaken self-control Instead ai making tt stronger ? ? ? 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