REMEMBER tO REGISTER
FOR TRE GENERAL ELECTION
It is not too late to register for the November General Elec
tion. Registration Books for the twenty-four (24) voting pre
cincts in Cheroke County will be open at the polling places in
said precincts on Saturday October 27th throughout Cherokee
County, North Carolina from 9:00 a. m. O'clock^ until sunset
for the registration of voters. Challenge day will be on Sat
urday, November 3rt
Persons must be a resident of their precinct for four months
and a resident of North Carolina for one year prior to Novem
ber 6th to be eligible to register and vote.
Young men and women who will be 21 years of age before
November 6th may register and vote in this important elec
tion.
Qualified voters who will be absent from the county in
Which they are registered on election day or by reason of sick
ness or other disability are unable to So to the polling place,
may vote by absentee ballot. These may be secured from the
election board office here in the court house.
This year's election is an important one, and it is the duty
of every qualified voter to cast his ballot. However, before you
can vote, you must be registered !
Words Of Hie
By The Rev. William L. Russell,
Priest-in-Charge
Episcopal Church of the Messiah
Murphy, N. C.
and St. Barnabas, Church,
Chapel of the Holy Comforter, An
drews, Church of the Good Shep
herd, Hayesville, N. C.
Having in mind St. Paul's state
ment that we "ought always to
pray" last week we began to think
a bit of "how" to pray. We de
cided that perhaps using the Cross
might give us a plan to follow in
our prayer to avoid its becoming a
one-sided, uninteresting monolo
gue. We began at the top of the
Cross where we are reminded to
look up to God in the prayer of lov
ing adoration in which we cannot
help but he lifted up to His Pres
ence. We then went to the right
arm of the cross where we enterd
a mood of humility in the prayer
of confession, or penitence, in
which we wera, enabled to see our
selves as the weak, frail, limited
creatures we are, and to realiaze
both our dependence on God, and
the great gift of God's gra&ious
love and mercy and power which
enables us tQ live new lives in
Him.
We go next to the left arm of the
cross. Here we express our grati
tude. This act we call thanksgiv
ing. We remember this is still a
good world, not because men are
good or because there is no trag
edy in it. It is good because it is
God's world; He is in it and He has
a plan and purpose for it.
It is so easy for us to miss all
good and beautiful things around
us and to concentrate on the bad
and ugly. A friend came to visit a
priest not long ago greatly upset
about a personal problem; it was
all she could talk about. He put a
small smulge of black ink on a
paper and asked her what she
could see before her. She replied,
"A black spot." "Yes", the priest
responded, "but that is only a
small fraction of what is before
you, for the page is still ninety
-eight per-cent white space."
We have answers to prayer to
thank God for; we have personal
blessings to thank Him for; we
have the Bible and the Church
and Christ to thank Him for. We
can spend a long time on this arm
of the cross if we open our eyes to
see what God has done for us. The
old hymn gives us good guidance;
"Count your blessings, name them
one by one."
Now we consider the crossing,
where the horizontal and verical
lines of the cross meet. Here we
remember others, in what we call
intercession. I like to associate
this part of the cross and this kind
of prayer with the phrase from one
of our hymns. "Where cross the
crowded ways of life." Out in the
world there are those who carry
heavy burdens, inner feelings of
guilt and oppressive sorrows. We
reach out to them in our prayers.
Intercession perhaps might better
be called "love on its knees."
, So often this is all we can do for
those we love. Suppose you have
someone in a position of peril or
danger, or perhaps someone very
close to you is having an operation.
All you can do is to lift that loved
one again and again to the good
ness and love of God. Not long ago
a clergyman visited a polio ward
to see a young man who is totally
paralyzed. While he was with this
young man attendants came to take
him to another part of the hospi
tal for his physical therapy. Two
strong men lifted him onto a roll
ing stretcher, and took him to the
\ healing treatment. Here is a sym
bol at how we in our intercession
lift those we love to the healing
Presence ai the Great Physician.
This too, is the place of prayer
where we reach even into the
world beyood this. Because our
loved ones are with God and we
an with God, than is a holy moot
ion of saints. The unbroken follew
5 hip of those who are God's peo
ple. Our relationship with them i
which is a relationship of love,
transcends death. Hence, our pray
er for them and theirs for us ex
presses the fact that love does not ;
die when death comes, and our
prayer is but one deep expression
of our continuing love.
Many people find this kind of
prayer more real when they keep
a list of those for whom they are
praying, a list that is constantly
being revised to take note of new
needs. It is one valuable method of
keeping our prayers outgoing.
Finally, we stand at the foot of
the cross. And now we bring to
God our needs. This is what we
call petition. It is the first kind of
prayer we learn, and for a long
time as children it was probably
the only kind we knew. But when
we grow up it does not come first
but last.
The surprising thing when we get
to the foot of the Cross is how litt
tle we really need. We are over
whelmel as we stand in that holy
place with how much God has al
ready done. One can scarcely take
in "love so amazing, so divine."
May our prayer be that we may
have the grace to receive and the
power to use God's gracious gifts.
But there are often real needs
both of the body and of the soul,
and these are of concern to God.
Jesus taught us that life requires
-?nore than bread, but He also
taught us to pray, "Give us this
our daily bread." God never de
spises the need of His children,
whether the needs be physical or
spiritual. Moreover, He wants us
to be concerned with the needs of
His children. We cannot truly be
long to Him until we are so con
cerned. In the prayer of petition
we express our needs to God, not
because He does not already know
them, but much more that we may
express our true relationship of de
pendence upon Him and also that
we might see ourselves as we real
ly are in relationship to God.
This pattern of prayer based up
on the cross is so very simple, yet
so very helpful, that it may be us
ed any time, anywhere. You can
see an imaginary cross Before you,
or you can carry a small cross in
your bag or your pocket book. You
can take the five steps of adora
?
tion, confession, thanksgiving, in
tercession, and petition, and thev
will lift you to the throne of God
in a many-sided relationship of
love and trust.
James C. Sharp
With 25th Infantry
In Hawaii
Army Specialist Second Class
James C. Sharp, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis E. Sharp Rt. 1, An
drews, N. C., recently participated
in Organization Day activities with
the 25th Infantry Division in Ha
waii.
Specalist Sharp, a medical lab
oratory technician in Clearing
Company of the division's Medical
Battalion, entered the Army in
November 1944. He has been in
Hawaii since June 1955.
The 30-year-old soldier's wife,
Jewell, is with him in Hawaii.
Broiler Report
During the week ended October
13 there were 1,274,000 chicks plac
ed with broiler growers in North
Carolina. This compares with a to
tal of 1,274,000 placed during the
preceding week. Placements in the
Central Western areas totald 1,
240,000 last week compared with
1,222,000 during the week before.
, Hatcheries in the State set 2,200,
000 eggs for broilers last week
compard with 2473.00 set the week
below. For the same period broil
r chicks hatched totaled 1,58*00.
\
Backward
GI ance
1 ? YEARS AGO
Ttanday, October 24, 1M<
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mauney
spent last week in Raleigh with
their son, Richard Mauney and
daughter, Kathey, returned with
them Friday to visit with them lor
a week.
Mrs. B. W. Whitfield and Mrs.
O. K. Earhgrt returned Sunday
from a week's visit in Atlanta.
Mrs. M. E. Bennett of Franklin
spent the week end here with her
daughter, Miss Estelle Bennett, at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hyatt.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Benton of
Atlanta will arrive Friday to Spend
the week end with Mr. Benton's
sister, Mrs. Edwin Hyde and Mr.
Hyde.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Savage had
as week end guests, Mrs. Savage's
brother, Roy White and Mrs. White,
and her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Highfill and
sons, Donald and James of Gain
esville, Ga.
20 YEARS AGO
Thursday, October 22, 1936
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lee and Mrs.
George Candler were visitors in
Atlanta last Thursday.
Mr. J. B. Gray was in Hayesville
Tuesday on business.
Miss Leuna Tatham and Mr.
Sam Carr attended the game in
Athens Saturday. 1
Miss Virginia Dickey and Miss
Winifred Townson, students at
Young Harris, were in town Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. Frank Mauney of Greens
boro, Ga., spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Mauney.
Mrs. Mellie Miller spent the week
end with her son, Bill in Atlanta.
30 YEARS AGO
Friday, October 22, 1926
Miss Elizabeth Wright, who is
teaching at Ocoll, Tenn, is the
guest of Mrs. R. V. Wells.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Candler and
daughter, Miss Ann Candler, left
Monday morning for Baltimore
where Mr. Candler will buy goods
for the Candler Department store.
Mrs. L. L. Scroggs of Clay Coun
ty was in town Friday.
Mr. T. N. Bates and Creed Bates
motored to Asheville Monday and
are the guests of Co. W. V. N.
Poyelson at the Elks Club.
Miss Carrie Brittain, who is
teaching at Topoca, spent the week
end at home.
GARDEN TIME
By M. E. GARDNER
I was talking with a friend re
cently. and she told me that she
was not having any luck trying to
germinate magnolia seed. Some
one had recommended soaking, but
this did not help.
Her experience with magnolia
seed brought to mind that many
seed are hard to germinate. I
thought we might profitably give
some thought to the requirements
of the different kinds of seed and
how they might be handled to
promote germination.
Under normal conditions, some
seed wiil germinate in two or th*ee
days (mustard family); others,
such as parsley, may require three
or more weeks; still others do not
terminate under ordinary condi
tions for a longer period, sometim
es a year or more (holly, .mountain
ash, mognolia and others). These
differences may be caused by the
hardness of the seed coat, the na
ture of the plant, stored food in the
seed, or soil conditions of emper
ature, oxygen supply and moisture.
In case you are interested, I sug
gest that you try the method we
call stratification. This is, simply,
a modification of the way nature
provides for the germination of
acorns and other seed of the for
est, on the fores't floor.
Use a wooden box or flat of any
convenient size. Place a layer of
clean sand in the bottom of the
box, then a layer of seed, another
of sand, another of seed until you
have taken care of the seed to be
stratified. Place the box outside,
the north side of the house, is a
good side , where it will be kept
moist by rain and snow and to
freeze and thaw. Best results can
be expected if the seed are thorou
ghly mature but not dried out when
they are stratified.
If you want to try your hand
at more than one kind of seed, K
might be best to use a different
box or flat for each. They can be
easily and cheaply constructed and
stacked one on top of the other. It
is not likely that the box will be
tight enough to prevent good
drainage botyou want to be sure
ttat no watar stands around the
seed for any lencth of tint.
N. C. Bankers
Association
Receive Award
North Carolina's banker* yester
day were advised that they have
1 led the nation for the 12th straight
year in service to farmers.
Aa a result, the North Carolina
Bankers Association has again re
ceived the annual Agricultural A
ward of the American Bankers As
sociation's Agricultural Commis
sion. News of the award was re
ceived locally by Percy B. Fere
bee, President, of Citizens Bank
& Trust Company who recently
was appointed "County Key Bank
er" in this area to maintain good
bankerrfarmer relations.
The Agricultural Award is pre
sented each y>ar in recognition of
notable service to agriculture dur
ing the preceding year. The con
tinuous nature of this State's bank
program in agriculture is evidenc
ed by the fact that North Carolina i
has received the award for 12 con
secutive years.
The North Carolina Bankers
Association and its affiliated banks
each year spend thousands of dol
lars for programs designed to im
prove the *farm economy. Specifi
cally,' the Agricultural Award is
based on promotion of soil conser
vation and land management, co
operation with the N. C. State Col
lege extension service, support of
farm youth organizations, and va
i rious conferences which keep
I bankers abreast of current farming
I trends.
In making the presentation of
the Award, the A.B.A. Agricultur
al Commission stated that "strong
banker-farmer relationships have
taken on a new importance during
the period of transition which
agriculture is now passing through.
Today's dynamic agriculture pre
sents a real challenge to bankers
to see that sound farm businesses
receive the kind and amount of cre
dit they need. Beyond making farm
loans, however, banks have a re
sponsibility to assist farmers by
every means possible in making
the adjustments necessary for the
future development of our agricul
ture economy. This award is pre
sented in recognition of efforts
by North Carolina to provide that
'extra' service to the state's farm
ers.
Every state in the Union now has
an active bank agricultural pro
gram. The work is planned and di
rected by the state agricultural
committees and implemented by
ESC Provides
Jobs For
Released Prisoners
RALEIGH? *The Employmen
Security Commission of North Car
olina has Joined with the State Pris
on Department in an effort to pro
vide more Job opportunities for re
leased prisoners ESC Chairman
Henry E. Kendall and Prison Di
I rector William F. Bailey an
nounced today.
An experimental program in re
habilitation of released prisoners
will get under way October 15 and
run for six months ending April 13,
Kendall and Bailey said.
Four prison camps have been se
lected for the experimental pro
gram. If the project proves suc
cessful, it will be entended to
other camps.
These prison camps particpat
ing in the program will be Camp
1 603 at Fayettevlle, D. S. Lewis,
| superitendent; Camp 01, Graham,
| H. T. McAdams, superintendent
Camp 804, Troy, D. h. Freeman,
superintendent; and Camp 04, Mc
Leansville, T. J. Mitchell, superin
tendent. ,
It was explained that the coop
erative venture will work like this:
The Prison Department will make
available for interview those pris
oners who wish assistance in se-|
curing employment. The interviews
will be conducted on a regularly']
scheduled basis 15 days before re- ,
lease during normal working hours
Monday through Friday. The Pris
on Department also will provide
ESC interviews with any "pertin
ent information" that might affect
employment.
Interviewers from the local em
ployment office in the area in
which the camp is located will re- ?
gister the prisoners and forward
employment applications to appro
priate local offices around the '
State. Employment counseling
and testing will be provided by the
ESC local office in the area in
which the prisoner desires employ
ment.
Kendall and Bailey said the Com
mission will attempt to place re
leases in work "that will provide
occupational, social, and economic
rehabilitation."
They stressed that this program
is a pilot study. If results Justify
the time and efforts of the Prison
some 3,000 County Key Bankers.
It is the work of these groups in
orth Carolina which has brought .
this award to the state's banks.
.. .COMMISSIONER OF BANKS, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. ..
RALEIGH, N. C.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
OF ANDREWS, HAYESVHAJE, MURPHY AND ROBBIN8VTLLE
IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AT THE CLOSE OF
BUSINESS ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1956
ASSETS
Cob, balances with other banks, including reserve balances.
and cash items in process of collection 1,418,593.08
United States Government obligations,
direct and guaranteed 2,403,798.88
Obligations of States and political subdivisions 661,351.53
Other bonds, notes, and debentures 353,000.00
Corporate Stocks 100.00
Loans and discounts 2,443,266.69
Bank premises owned $76,283.88 furniture
and fixtures $29,904.24 *'106,188.12
Other asssets 79,428.24
TOTAL ASSETS 7,463,724.54
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations 3,470,982.36
Time deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations 2,363,143.00
Deposits of United States Government (including
postal savings) 99,903.71
Deposits of States and political subdivisions 931,101.44
Other deposits (certified and officers checks, etc,),.... 58,925.22
TOTAL DEPOSITS $6,924,055.73
Other liabilities 104,183.00
TOTAL LIABILITIES 7,028 238 73
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital* 200,000.00
Surplus 150,000.00
Undivided Profits 85,485.81
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 435,485.81
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 7,463,724.54
*Th4s bank's capital consists of: Common stock with
total par value of $200,000.00
Total deposits to the credit of Che State of North
Carolina or any official there of $230,205.14
MEMORANDA
Assets pledged or assigned to secure liability and
for other purposes 1,165,000.00
L W. D. Whttaker, Vice President, of the tlximmMd bank, do
snVmnly swear, that the above statement is true, and that K fully and
correctly represents the true state of the several matters herds con
tained and set forth, to the beat of my knowledge and belief.
Correct ? Attest: W. D. WH1TAKXR
PERCY B. FEREBEE
W. T. FORSYTH
? W. F. FORSYTH
Directors
State of North Carolina, County of <
Sworn to and subscribed before me this l?th day of, Octo
ber, 1906, and t hereby certify that X am not an sfflcer or:
director of tlfds bank. rv
FANNIE & PULUUM, Not*
My nnmmtlnH sxpir* April ao. MM
Local Stadeats
Earall At Berea
Berea, Kentucky, Oct. Berea
College Registrar, James Dean,
announced today that there are two
students from Cherokee County
enrolled at Berea College for the
fall term.
College enrollment at Berea set
an all-time high this fall. There
were 1,185 students registered In
the college program. The Founda
tion High chool enrolled 285 stu
dents and the school of nursing 99
for a first semester total of 1.466.
The Cherokee County students
are:
Coy Hunsucker, daughter of Hrt.
Necie Hunsucker, and Richard
Foster, son of Mrs. Ocie S. Fos
ter, both of Murphy.
Department and the Employment
Security Commission, the coopera
tive program, will be extended,
they said.
It also was announced that at the
request of George W. Randall,
chairman of the State Boards of
Paroles, discussions are being
held between representatives of the
Parols Board and the ESC concern
ing development of a job place
ment program for prisoners eligi
ble for parole.
Meetiag Date
la Chafed
The meeting date of the Cherokee
Rose Garden Club for October has
been changed to Monday, October
V, at 8 p. m. Members will hear
Mrs. Frank Forsythe speak on
"Flower Arrangements". Hostess
will be Mrs. L. R. Hardin with Mrs.
C. W. Arnold as co-hostess.
Waynesville
North Carolina
Apple Center Of
The Soath
Leading Varieties of
the famous Haywood County
v Apples are
Now Ready For
Trackers
jet orchard maps from Haywood
County Apple . Growers Ass'n. at
the first Service Station after you
enter the County.
Catholic Informatioi
1. When were the Acta of the Apostles written?
The Acts of the Apostles were written at about the same time
as the Gospels. The book records the work of the Apostles
during the first thirty years after Oirist?s Ascension,
especially that of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. In that time
they established and organized His Church in many countries
of the known world by constant travel and labor.
2. What are the Epistles?
During their travels, the Apostles and their companions
wrote numerous letters to their Christian communities and
'.heir friends. These are filled with the inspiration of their
zeah to do what Christ asked them to do; that is, to preach
His Gospel over all the world. Twenty-one of the Epsltles, or
Letters, are included in His Testament to us.
3. What is the Apocalypse, or the Book of Revelations?
Christ wished us to know something of the end of the world,
of His return to it, and of heaven. He entrusted this know
ledge in a vision to Saint John and commanded him to re
cord it in a book. This book calld Apocalypse, was written
about 96 A. D. and concludes the New Testament.
I. Why is St. Jerome's name connected so closely with the
history of the Bible?
In the first four centuries of the Christian era the books of
the Bible were translated and copied and recopled many
times, with the result that a number of copyist errors crept
in and were carried along. In about 390 A. D. Saint Jerome
started his retranslation of the Old and New Testaments
for the original languages. The work was accomplished in
about fourteen years, and the resulting version became
known as the Vulgate.
5. When was the first Bible printed?
The Latin Vulgate Bible was the text chosen by Johann Gut
enberg in 1450 A. D. to demonstrate his new discovery ? the
art of printing from moveable typj. Gutenberg was cited by
the Catholic Archbishop of Mainz for his services to the
Church in making the Bible available to an increasing num
ber of people, and as knowledge of printing spread hundreds
of editions of the Bible were published.
8. Who spanned the gulf between the first writing of the Bible
and the first printing of the Bible?
The Catholic monks who copied for centuries, working from
dawn to dark, gave the world the many copies that were a
v ail able before tlve invention of printing. But for them we
would have no Bible today.
God love you now.
Rev. Joseph Dean
Murphy's Catholic Chapel
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