County Registration
Books Open Monday
When the registration books open in all pre
cincts in Cherokee County for re-registration of
voters, a big slice of the welfare of the town of
Murphy will be at stake.
The first balloting scheduled after the coun
ty-wide re-registrati6n will be the voting on the
proposed $ 190,000 water bond for the improve
ment of the Murphy water system.
It must be pointed out here, however, that
the re-registration tnat starts Monday is not for
the Murphy water bond vote alone. The Chero
kee County Election Board voted several
months ago to call for a new registration. And it
just happens that the new registration comes just
before the bond vote.
So all voters of Cherokee County must regi
ster to be eligible for future elections.
Siqce the election board has called for a re
registration of voters no Murphy citizen can vote
in the water bond election ? or any other follow
ing election ? unless he registers when the books
are open during the new registration period.
So it stands that Murphy has a grat deal at
stake during this registration period. The people
who are in favor of the water bond must be cer
tain they register so that their vote can be a part
of Murphy's improvement.
l\ews Is "Bread &
Meat " Of ISiewspapei
The Stanley News and Press of Albemarle
during the first of the month said in connection
with the National Newspaper Week that "News
is the 'bread and meat'of newspapers, and we
seek it."
The News and Press in the editorial in part
said:
"Newspapers have been in existence for a
long time, and the newspaper industry is in a
strong and vigorous condition, despite whatever
threat may have been or is being offered by
radio and television.
The strength of newspapers in this and other
countries may be attributed to the fact that they
have been solely concerned with presenting the
news, a commodity always of interest to the hu
man being, regardless of whether it is to be found
on the front page of a metropolitan newspaper
or brought to light in a whispered conservation
over the back fence.
Newspapers which have lacked diligence in
gathering the news have either weakened as a
community enterprise or have been faced with
strong competition. When a newspaper becomes
lax in its newsgathering efforts, it fails in its re
sponsibilities to the area which it seeks to serve.
Radio and television are chiefly mediums of
entertainment. As a part of their programs, they
include reasonable periods devoted to news, with
most broadcasts consisting of brief news sum
maries and sporting events. A steady diet of news
would soon drive away a major portion of radio
and television audiences. They want variety, and
their appetites are not easily satisfied.
Newspapers get into the entertainment field
with features of various types, and this is par
ticularly true of the Sunday editions. However,
the primary purpose of a newspaper must ever be
kept in mind by its editors if it is to succeed. A
steady diet of entertainment in newspapers would
result in the loss of subscribers. The "meat and
bread" of the newspaper is news, and nothing
else will keep subscribers continuously satisfied."
. . . We could do a better job, of course, if
more people in the county would help us with
news tips about their families and friends, for
names make news.
In pledging better coverage, we appeal to
subscribers to lend a hand with telephone calls
or letters that provide us .with news that we could
easily miss."
T\ 's Quiz Money
Could Be Better Placed
It seems to us that these give-away pro
grams on TV had just about reached their peak
as far as the amount of money handed out is con
cerned. Of course, knowing the ways of TV
there is^ is no telling what the peak could be as
far as new gimmicks added to the same theme is
concerned.
We thought the |64,000 Question on CBS
was the apex of give-away but NBC'c The Big
Surprise, featuring a possible $100,000 gift,
leaves us breathless. *
Even though we agree the amount ot money
being handed out is enough to make a man's
mouth water, we believe the sponsors would find
a better way to invest their TV advertising dol
lar and gan more viewers in the bargain.
Why can't those big money sponsors put
those thousands of thousands of dollars into bet
ter talent, better writers and better producers?
The quality of television enterainment
would increase ten-fold and we would all benefit
instead of the few contestants who land on the
quiz (hows. We can't believe the average Amer
ican TV viewer would rather watch a quiz show
thaa a really, first-rate drama, comedy or mus
ical.
County Gains In i
Teen- Age Work
Some of the most important people in Chero
kee County are coming into their own these days
with Andrews establishing a teenage canteen and
a similar project in the mill in Murphy.
Andrews during the past few months, has
shown an outstanding interest in the young folks
living in and around the town. The canteen, spon
sored by the Parent-Teacher Association and
civic clubs of the town, has been located on the
main street. It offers games, dancing, refresh
ments, and above all, a wholesome place for the
young folks to get together.
In Murphy, the Junior Womans Qub has
adopted as its main project of the year the es
tablishment of a canteen or recreation center for
the teen-agers of Murphy and adjacent area.
Meanwhile, over at Andrews private citi
zens have added their own bit to the entertain
ment of young folks. After every Andrews foot
ball game some family in Andrews invites the
whole team and squad of cheerleaders to a supper
party. The idea started last season and has been
carried over this year. It is a fine tribute to a
first-rate bootball team.
Both Andrews and Murphy will find that
the money and effort used in teen-age work 'will
be one of the best investments ever made in
Cherokee County.
reports from
OTHER EDITORS
SI RE TO BE BETTER
"There is no way to predict what tomorrow's
gasoline will be like ? except that it's sure to be
even better."
That happy forecast was recently made by
Charles F. Kettering, the world famous automotive
engineer. And the reason he gave why gas has been
and will be better is worth some hard thinking. He
said: "The increase in gasoline quality is a direct
result of the intensive competition for your business
among America's oil companies. Every company
knows that the only way to win or keep business is
to continually offer your new, improved products at
the lowest possible price."
Mr. Kettering also pointed out that by every
measure of performance and economy today's gas
is 50 percent better than the gas of the 20s ? which
means that two gallons now do the work that used
to require three. Yet the current price of gas is just
about the same as the 1925 price ? only the taxes
are higher.
What is true of gasoline, of course, is true of all
other oil products. And competition does more than
improve quality, important as that is. It is one of
the spurs that keeps men searching for oil and tak
ing the long chances involved, in the hope of hitting
a big strike. The oilmen's creed of action could be
pretty well expressed in a phrase: "Get there a
head of the other fellow ? and do a better job than
the other fellow."
(The McDowell News)
DEADLY DANGERS ARE ALL AROUND US
The story which- recently horrified readers of
newspapers in this section, about a young boy who
accidently shot another y .ungster in Jie stomach
with a shotgun, should bring an important lesson to
all of us as the hunting season gets under way in
North Carolina.
The lesson is this: You can't be too careful with
a firearm.
Despite their youth, these two boys in their mid
dle teens were apparently fairly familiar with hunt
ing saftety. Both had .been hunting, and had no mis
hap during the time they were actually shooting.
But, like an experienced automobile driver
sometimes does, one of them got careless as they
were returning home. Somehow a shell was in the
chamber. Somehow the trigger was tripped.
Normally, the gun would not be loaded after the
hunt, and normally the trigger would not have been
tripped. So it was an unfortunate case of double
carelessness that caused this tragic accident.
It can happen to you. It can happen in the
woods when you are hunting. It can happen cm the
highway whe- you are driving. It can happen in the
kitchen wh.n you pick up a kettle of lolling water,
or anywhe'e In the nouse when you disconnect a
lamp or some other electrical device.
Be careful, wherever you are.
(Forest City Courier)
IT'S IN THE BOOK
Well, we might 'have known it. There's nothing
new under the sun. Why do we moderns persist in
thinking we are so original anyway? The ancients,
not the storm warning forecasters of the Weather
Bureau, started this practice of giving names to
hurricanes. It's in the Bible.
One Antoinette Baboon of Homestead, FU.,
wrote to The Christian Science Monitor and called
the editor's attention to Acta *7:14, which rsads: I
"Ait not long after there arose against it a tempos |
toons wind, called Kurodjrdcn." It moat hava bse^i
a hurricane, for the Bible says hi verse M that It
was "no small temp**." It shlpwrsckar Paul.
Eurodjrdsn! The Bible didn't say so, bat we as- .
sums it was the fifth tempest of Am season.
(Gates County Index)
Cherokee
Chatter
BY BOX COSTELLO
It might be a little hard foi
some folks to believe but I know ?
man out at Peachtrae who la pic)
ing June Apples off of two trees 01
his place. GEORGE HAYES tolc
me he has one tree that has on<
small bunch on it tnd the othei
tree has several on It. He sai<
most of the apples are real smal
but a few of them are as big ai
hen eggs.
JUNE APPLES
N. HTIJ.. who told me about th<
applea first, aaid Mr. Hayes tolc
him he ate some of the apples foi
breakfast You know June applet
are supposed to be ripe the last o:
June or the first of July and hen
Mr. Hayes is picking them In Oc
tober. That's news. I've visited
Mr. and Mrs. Hayes out at their
comfortable place In Peachtree
and I'll vouch for Mr. Hayes' ver
acity.
ROYAL FAMILY
MARY FAYE BRUMBY was in
the office the other day and I con
gratulated her on having a queen
in the family. As you know. IDA
BRUMBY was Murphy High
School homecoming queen. What
really makes it cool though is that
the Brumby family has had a
queen and a king in the family this
year. Little EDDIE BRUMBY
was elected king during a contest
sponsored by the Murphy Kiwan
is Club several months ago. That
family is loaded with royalty.
TOUGH LUCK
I was out at Kaye's Auto Parts
the other day just after SAM
KAYE had a bit of tough luck. He
was wroking on a piece of machin
ery and part of it dropped on his
foot and I believe some bones in
the foot were broken. When I was
out there he had just gotten back
from the hospital and was on a
crutch.
Speaking of crutches, HOWARD
MOODY is now on one crutch and
he told me on the street the other
day that he has been practicing
using a stick. When I saw him he
and E. C. Moore had just returned
from a squirrel hunt ? without
squirrels.
FRIEND IN NEED
HAYES DOCKERY came to my
rescue this week when he let me
borrow a seven horse-power motor
until I can locate one. He was tell
ing me that the first time he had
seen "Booger Holler" written out
was in the Talk O' Town column
last week.
LOST BATTLE
From the information I received
this week TOM CASE lost a noble
battle between the sexes Sunday.
It seems that his wife, FANNIE
MITT, was wearing a new hat to
church Sunday and after services
she asked Tom how he liked it.
Tom. being a truthful (if some
times not exactly tactful) man,
said he wasn't sure because he
had not had time to look at it
properly. Naturally, his wife
pointed out that they had ridden to
church together and sat together
throughout the service and he
should have noticed anything as
obvious as a new hat.
And here's where Tom tried a
masterful stroke. He challenged
his wife to tell him, without look
ing at him that instant, what syit
he was wearing. \nd dim if she
didn't do it! !
It was a wonderful try and Tom
deserves some sort of award. I
only wish he had asked her to de
scribe his tie or socks or some
thing a little more difficult than
his suit. He -might have won and
struck a blow for MANkind.
STRICTLYTRESH
T OS ANGELES laundry man*
ager turned down a man
seeking a Job "because be was
too old to work on a route." Fel?
low wa* young enough, though,
to take manager to tbe cleaners.
Came hack and robbed him of
WOO. '
? ? ?
Man by the name of J. Walker
was arrested fc r offense at the
urac name in Los Angeles, Calif.
Sorry we cant report that the
?3?%(?^da?*yw**jult
don't set ? break when cone***
in* this column.
e ? ?
Nautilus could i
was told by Wary
Charles 8. Thomas that ? -only
surface* to re-recmlt tbe crew.'
Fellow across the ieekjtromjis
Sas the pestect system for get- .
ing owt of yard week. He lets I
the leaves pi'e v? until he caat I
ind the snow fbovel hs left out |
It s tb4
TALK 0' THE TOWN
By Etnily Costello
Tonight the Murphy Junior Woman's Club will welcome its eight
new members at a sort of "special" meeting pi ecedded by a tea-re
ception. And during the meeting Miss Lillian. Jones of Franklin, vice
president of District One of the N. C. Federation of Women's Clubs,
will speak.
The new year books will be distributed, too. The new members are
MISS MARGARET AKIN, HELEN BEERKENS (Mrs. Arnold), MAR
GL'ERITE HOWELL (Mrs. W. E.). DORIS CORNWELL (Mrs. BUI).
?FIDDLE RUSSELL (Mrs. William L.) and MISS EUNICE SHIELDS.
I In addition some former members to be reinstated are RUTH CHEN
EY (Mrs. Bob) and LOUISE SCHUYLER (Mrs. Red).
| EDITH I VIE (Mrs. Peyton) is chairman "of hostesses '.or tonight,
with Mrs. Nat Kinney, Mrs. J. B. Hall, Mrs. Charlie Hughes and Mrs.
Ann Wilkins serving with her. Promises to be a nice meeting. The JWC
has 48 members on roll this year.
IN CHARLOTTE
VIRGIL BRAD SHAW ? formerly of Murphy? stopped by the office
the other day to have the paper sent down to Charlotte where he's
living now. He works for a furniture manufacturer.
SNOW?
The Salvation Army lady was in town Saturday and I enjoyed, as
I do on her montly t|ips. a little chat with her. She was telling me that
she ran Into rain, sleet and snow up toward Fields of the Wood late
Friday afternoon. \
That same afternoon MARY JORDAN (Mrs. John) phoned me to
look at the double rainbow which appeared in the sky around the mid
dle of the afternoon. I got outside just in time to see the rainbows be
fore they faded. It was really a beautiful sight ? one perfect rainbow
formed right under a larger one.
ONE HONEST MAN
As you know AltVEL WOODS and NfelL HUGHES were injured
(Neither critically, although they were cut painfully) in an automobile
accident a coupla weeks ago. In the accident Arvel's billfold, contain- <
in? several hundred dollars (Arvel and Neil were returning from a
sales trip) was lost. The morning after the accident a Mr. Bryant re
turned the pocketbook to Arvel at the hospital. We need more Mr.
Bryant's.
Arvel and Neil are still patients at the hospital, recovering nicely,
1 hear. *
COMING SOON
The new Sinclair distributor ? CLYDE KILGORE and Mrs. Kil-I
gore will be moving to Murphy soon and will be living in Frank Tay-,
lor's house. They seem like a mighty nice couple and they'll be moving
here from Atlanta, I think. It'll be good to have them.
HOUSE BUYING
The JIMMY HILTONS have bought MRS. THOMPSON S house on
Campbell St. and Mrs. Thompson has moved into the apartment in the ,
house. I'm not sure whether the Hiltons have moved yet, but they will )
shortly. .
The new druggist at Parker's has rented the East Murphy house
formerly occupied by the ALLEN LOVINGOODS. The Lovingoods have
built at Peachtres. *
A TREAT
It will be a treat to have MRS. E. B. WOR3HAM from College
Park. Ga., to speak here on flower arrangements next week. Mrs. Wor
sham's visit will be sponsored by the Murphy Garden Club.
Members of the club have been gathering all sorts of materials
and preserving them for Mrs. W. to use in her demorfstration. She
really is quite an authority and we're all looking forward to having
her. She'll be the overnight guest of OPIE McKEEVER( Mrs. H. L.).
INTIMATE SECRET
I bared my soul before HELEN and ARNOLD BEERKENS the
other night when I blew the dust from my violin case? put on new
strings and tuned up for the first time in four years. I really play ter
ribly and so don't let many people hear me. But I did enjoy a little
jam session with the Beerkens doing a few racy numbers like "Trau
merai" and "Largo",
OPEN HOUSE ,
If I had known in time, I'd have gone to BESS and BUD ALVER
SON'S open house Saturday around lunch time instead of just after
wards. At their new Smoky Mt. Gas. Co. building on Andrews road
they had a demonstration of their new ranges and a man was baking
ham and biscuits and served them piping hot. They also served won
derful hot coffee and donuts.
I was looking around the new place at the same time the A. G.
QUINNS were there. Mr. Quinn was saying the building would be won
derful for his business and I was thinking what an ideal spot it would
be for a newspaper plant.
JIMMY HOWSE was telling me thht son, TOMMY Is getting along
fine at Tennessee Military Academy in Sweetwater, Tenn., where he
is in school this year. Jimmy has already visited him once and plans
to go again next week end. *
THE WINN AH !
CLARA McCOMBS was the winner of the $300 range given away
by Smoky Mt. Gas Co. last week. Since she has a comparatively new
stove, I don't know what she plans to do with this one. Saturday night
she had just remarked that about then somebody was winning a new
range when Bess called her. '
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A Backward
Glance
? nuu AGO
THURSDAY, OCT. U, 1MM
I. B. Hudson, Jr., and Bob CJ15U
ty cpent the week end in Andrews.
Both are students at Duke Univer
sity. .
Mrs. Ed Spears of Ashevllle Is
visiting her parents.) Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Roberts.
Mrs. Harry Ferguson visited her
mother, Mrs. T. S. Evans a few
days this' week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lovlngood
spent Sunday and Monday in At
lanta on business.
Bob Easley Jr., is attending a
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
school In Greensboro this week.
M YEARS AGO
THURSDAY. OCT. U. IMS
Jimmy Cagle of Knoxville re
turned home this week after Bpend
lng the summer here with his
grandmother, Mrs* Sallle Queen.
He was accompanied home by his
mother, Mrs. P. R. Cagle.
Mrs. Thelma Dickey, Mrs. John
H. Dlllard and Mrs. C. W Savage
celebrated their birthday anniver
saries Jointly with a dinner at
Hotel Regal Wednesday evening.
Pvt. Hubert E. Roberson, who
entered the service Sept. 17. is
now taking his basic training at
Camp Blanche, New Orleans, La.
Mrs. Bernard Tyle and small
daughter. Patricia Anne, of Ama
rillo. Texas, spent a few hours
Monday of last week with Mrs. Ry
le's mother, Mrs. Robert Reece.
Frank Bristol has recently pur
chased from E. A. Wood the two
story brick building on Main St. in
Andrews that houses McKeldrey's
Barber Shop and Buck and Bill's
Cafe.
20 YEARS AGO
THITRSDAY. OCT. 17, 1933
Miss Bessie Miller of Danville,
Va., spent last week with friends
and relatives at Vengenance
Creek.
pOss Addle Leather-wood and
Miss Leila Hayes spent Saturday
at Buck Creek.
Miss Frances Watklns spent the
week end with her father and sis
ters at Peachtree, returning to Cul
lowhee Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Harbin and son, of
Maryville, Tenn.. spent the week
end with Mrs. Harbin's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Mauney.
Miss Lelia Posey of Asheville
spent the week end with her moth
er Mrs. Alma Posey.
30 YEARS AGO
Friday, Oct. 23, IMS
Ralph Moody spent Sunday in
Bryson City.
Mrs. Garrison Maneval of Ashe
ville Is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Axley.
Mrs. H. D. Smith and children
spent last wee kend witfl friends
at Suit.
Mrs. George Hubbel, extension
worker of the Murphy College,
spent several day* In An<*?*ws this
week.
J. M. Candler, wife and daugh
ter, were week end visitors of his
brother, G. W. Candler and family.
Mr. Candler is Yard Master of the
Southern Railroad Company at
Hickory.
Bible Comment:'' j
Love Is Cement
Which Binds *
Christian Home
(CHRISTIAN home* don't just
^ happen. They have to be
made and it take* all the mem
bers of the family to make them.
They cannot be mad* by parent*
alone, no matter bow food and
| well intentioned the parent* may
I be. And a lave which implies
mutual relationship* and obliga
tion* should bind the family to
gether.
Children need .fl*ripUno and
training, a* well as -affection and
devotion. They need to learn to
bttr the burdens respoosi
bilities that will be their* when
they grow up, and it i* no Und
nes* to shield themfroro every
thing hard or unpleasant
Sharing ought to be the spirit
and ptuHlff of home life. Chil
dren ought to be trained to un
derstand, and do, their pint in
solving the problems of the borne
. Helping ought to be a pert of
every wen - regulated Christian
home. Little duties should be
sssigrnwd to all. Here, too, drain
ing for the future is all impor
tant. The child who has not
learned to do things is ill-pre
pared for Hie.
These thingi fre inherent in
the Christian way, and they are
important facto* in a happy
A home in uhicb love is one
sided is off baiahce. The test of
love is in the trial* and hard
thins* Ufa. and thaw are not
avoidable in the home.
. As Paul says, "Love auffereth