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Published every Thursday at Murphy. Cherokee County. N. C
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Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina, as second day
matter under the Act of March 3. 1879
CARD OF THANKS
I want to express my sincere ap- {
preciation to the people of Mur
phy, North Carolina, w4?o were so
kind and helpful during the recent
tragic drowning of my loved ones.
Jerry Toney and Captain Charlton '
C. Huntley. I would especially like
to thank those who worked so faith
fully to recove the bodies, the per
sonnel of the Townson Funeral
Home, the Rev. Asmond Maxwell,
city and county officials, and the
others who expressed their sym
pathy in so many thoughtful ways.
Vour compassion for a stranger
in sorrow is a testimony to the
Christian spirit of the people of
Murphy
MRS. MILDRED TONEY j
Atlanta. Ga.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Olivan Dock_
ery. wife of J. S. Dockery, deceas
ed late of Cherokee County, North
Carolina, this i$ to notify all per
sons having claims against the es
tate of said deceased to exhibit
them to the undersigned at Hiwas
see Dam, N. C., on or before the
20th day of April, 1955, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
This 20th day of April, 1954
W. B. Dockery, Administrator
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Winner of Academy Award #s Best
Actress
Gregory PECK
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Candidate For
CLERK of COURT
May 29th
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GRAHAM COUNTY
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take notice that as
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Miss Arnold Is
Honored At Tea
Miss Barbara Arnold, b-ide-elect
of Frank Alexander, whose mar_
riage will take place Saturday, Ap
ril 24 in the First Baptist Church
here was honored Wednesday with
a gift tea from 3 to 5 ;?! the Hegal
Hotel.
Mrs. W. C. Witt fcrei-tfd the
guests at the door, end the re
ceiving line was composed of Mrs.
C. E. Hyde, the bride-eleci's moth
er. Mrs. C. W. Arnold, the bride
elect. and the bridegroom-elect's
mother. Mrs. R. G. Alexander.
The tea table was crvered with
an imported linen cloth t immed
with Venice braid lace. The center
piece was an arrangement of yel
lo.v tulips flanked by silver cande
labra holding yellow candles. Tall
baskets of spring flowers and light
ed yellow tapers placed al vantage
points, completed the decorations.
Gifts were displayed on a long
tablg at one side of the room. , j
Hostesses were Mrs. Witt. Mrs.
Hyde, ift-s. Ruth Carringer, Mrs.
W. A.-Hoover, Mrs. Neil Kneed,
Mrs A'. L. Buchanan, Mrs. J. L.
Savage and Mrs. L. K. Harding.
of the c-Jale of Olivan
4!-6'p Darkery, deceased
Mr. and Mr, O Oell Anderson j
recently visited friends in Georgia.
WHEN m HAVE A LOSS
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OUR CLAIM SERVICE IS QUICK AND EFFICIENT
Valley town
Insurance Agency
P.O. BOX 152
ANDREWS, N.C.
PHONE 131-J
TY W. BURNETTE, Manager
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Reorettnting THE TRAVELERS, Hartford ^
CLARK-KING
Miss Betty Clark, 15 became the
bride of Jan King Sunday night,
Ap. 11. The bride (a the daughter
of Mrs Dixie CM ark and the bride
groom is the son of Mrs. Adell
King of Grape Creek.
Among The Sick
Gene Bates, -who was in Memor
ial Hospital tn Salisbury for more
than a week suffering from injur
ies received in an automobile ac
cident, was sufficiently Improved
to be brought home last week end
is now in Petrie Hospital reported
to be doing very well.
Mcdonald visits
Hal McDonald oi Charlotte spent
the week end with hi* grandmoth
er, Mrs. John McDonald of Unaka.
HOGSEO GETS MEDAL
S?t First Class WilXard H. Hog
sed, busbsnd of Mrs. Marie K.
Hogsed of Rt, Murphy, has been
swarded the Good Conduct Medal
GOSPEL CONCERT
Skyline Harmony Quartet
and
Ray and Bud Tally?"the little happy two*'
IN CONCERT OF GOSPEL SINGING
SATURDAY, AP. 24. 8 P. M.
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ERY few people in America
can logically ujr they believe
that revolution by force la invari
ably wrong. On the contrary, aome
of the moat diatlnguiahed and re
apected Americana, both men and
women, are proud of the lettera
"S. A. R." and "D. A. R.." Sona
and Daughter! of the American
Revolution. If revolution waa al
waya wrong, then our country
started on the wrong track to
begin with, and we I
should be still a 1
part of the British
Empire. (The
question might be
asked, whether
that Empire would
have gone as far
as It did and been
as strong as it
was. if it had not
learned the lessons Dr. Feremaa
which only the American Revolu
tion gave It But that Is another
story.) The Bible tells the story
of a revolution which had the full
approval of "a prophet of God. In
fact, one of the prophets gave the
chief revolutionists the idea.
Preacher Meets Rebel
Prophets In ancient times were
something like preachers of these
times, with two Important differ
ences. Prophet and preacher both
speak for God to men. But the
modern preacher has a church:
the prophets had no established
church, no chapel. They could not
so much as rent a school-room or
a theatre as preachers sometimes
have to do. The prophets had to
say their say wherever and when
ever they could. There was no
"regular eleven o'clock service."
The other difference was that while
the modem preacher likes to have
a large church full of people to
preach to. the prophet of olden
times did not always (perhaps not
usually) try for large crowds, but
rather picked their listeners very
carefully. They would be content
with aq^audienle of one. provided
the one man was the right man.
' So the prophet Ahljab met a young
man named Jeroboam alone one
aay. and gave him the idea that
changed the lives of a whole na
tion Tearing his long cloak into
a dozen strips ("Is the man
crazy?" Jeroboam must have
thought, for the cloak was brand
new), he invited the younger man
to take ten of the pieces. The ten
strips were ten "tribes" of Israel,
and putting them into Jeroboam's
hand meant that be was to be the
leader of the revolution and seces
sion which would tear those tribes
away from the then united nation.
The preacher, In short, was invit
ing and inciting rebellion and revo
lution.
When Is Revolution Necessary?
It is not the first time ths
preachers have been on the sidi
of the revolutionist. In the Ameri
can revolution some churches
among them the Presbyterian,
were so active in promoting thai
revolution that when British sol
diers searched the houses of citi
zens suspected of revolutionary
tendencies. If they found In the
house a copy of the Presbyterian
hymn book or catechism, the
evidence was considered sufficient
to make arrests on the spot. This
raises a serious question. Why la
it that churches and preachers,
which are generally conservative i
and teach and preach patriotism .
as *. Christian attitude.?why is it
that" they have ever supported
revolution, even by violence? Over
hi tngland a famous convention of
preachers and other religious lead
en in the year 1841 wrote it into
their creed that "It Is the duty of
people to priy for magistrates
(they meant the government in all
its branches), to honour their per
sons, to obey their lawful com
mands, and to be subject to their
authority . . ." Yet In the very
next year. 1M, acme of those
'Same religious man took off the
bead of King Charles L Bow can
men who believe that obeying
laws and authority la a Christian
duty, also become revolutionistsT
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For the People
Revolution is not something tor
every day or every generation. It
la a desperate last resort But as
in the days of Ahliah. so sine# then
It Is true thet a government which
ceases to be of the people, for the
people end by the people, has for
feited Its right to respeet flit
reader of I Kings will discover a
of wisdom hi what the old
boom: "If you- wlD be
to this people today
they wO
will bt qmviMhl
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