Cbe cotroket ftcout
Established July. UN
PubliriMd every Thursday at Murphy, Cherokee
County, N. C.
GENE PARKER ROY A- COOK
Editor and Publisher Mechanical Bupc.
(SUBSCRIPTION RATES
(n CneroKte Oouiicy : One Y?ar, O.SO: Six Months
M.50. Outside Cherokee County: One Tear $8:00
Six Months, *1.76
Second Clan Mall
Privilege* Authorised
At Murphy, N. C.
Drag Racing On The Wane
By BILL CROWELL
State Dept. of Motor Vehicle*
About a fifth of the state's vast
fleet of highway patrol cars roam
the roads looking do different than
the car next door.
Which means, although a fully
uniformed trooper is at the wheel,
his car is decidedly plebeian-no
police insignia, no outwardly visi
ble red light, no gleaming silver
paint Job.
Use of such "civilian" type ve
hicles has cut down drastically on
open highway racing, a roaring
spectacle that had many sections
of the state in a clutch of fear
Racing fatalities, as a matter of
fact, numbered 14 during all of last
year. Through the first week in
November this year, however, only
10 such deaths have been reported
to Motor Vehicles Department
And a majority of the 10 occurred
prior to July 1 when the unmarked
cruisers hit the road.
Vehicles commissioner Ed
Scheldt and patrol officialdom un
hesitatingly give credit for the de
cline to the use of unmarked cars.
"The biggest thing", says com
missioner Scheidt, "has been psy
chological. Many other states use
a certain percentage of unmarked
cars, and the general thinking In
law enforcement circles is to use
a sufficient number of them to
provide a psychological effect on
the motoring public."
Lawmakers, in the last General
Assembly, limited use of the gray
and green and blue cars to 21 -per
cent of the fleet, or as It figured
out to approximately 120 patrol
cars which cruise at random
throughout the patrol's five troop
areas.
Troop commanders have wel
comed the unmarked cars, too.
WORDS Ob LItE
By H. L. SMITH. Pastor
Chart* of God
AjmItywi, N* C?
? 'TO VEST THOU ME?"
"? . . Iwi Milk to Simon Peter,
Shu?, m of Jonas, lovest thoa
me man than these? He said onto
Uo, Tea, Lord; thoa kaowest that
I lore thee." (John 21. ISh)
Jesus is speaking to Simon Peter
in this instance and asks him a def
inite question. Toe reason for the
question is quiet evident. Just a
few days had passed since Peter
had denied his Lord three times,
and Jesus asked Peter three times
if he loved Him.
The English language is not suV
ficient to explain this particular
passage of Scripture because it
only has one word for LOVE. But
in the original Greek, the language
of the Bible, it is explained more
clearly- When Jesus ask Peter,
'"lovest thou me", the Greek word
which He used was "agapao"
meaning to love supremely. In
other words Jesus said, Peter do
you love me supremely? But the
Greek word which Peter used was
"Phileo" meaning to love as ft
friend
Instead of loving Jesus with all
his heart this indicates that Peter
only thought of his Lord and Sav
ior as a friend, while Jesus was
seeking for that supreme love. In
the second case also when Jesus
*3
'automatically cleaner!
.electric?.
keeps pots, pans
? your whole kitchen ? cleaner!
MURPHY ELECTRIC
^ POWER BOARD ?
Rodman's Views
Editor's Note? Thii la the twenty
sixeth im a aerie* of articles by
Heinz Bollmi, Industrialist,
Waynesville, N. C
Our minds are Just not trelned
yet to realise that there is hang
ing. every hour of the day or night,
such a dark cloud over our beloved
son I am so wor
ried a b o u t it,
and the reason
t h a t my mind
gradually h a a
absorbed some
of the signifi
? a n c e. is that
I have had con
| tact with communism and have
seen the disasterous consequences.
I have also seen in a small way
how they will fight against our na
tion and what they are prepared to
do. and that is why I hope my
readers will forgive me for want
ing to bring to their attention these
things which I have learned.
Going back to my days of boy
hood and the trip on the haywagon,
those were things one could under
stand- One could look forward to
them- They were wholesome simp
le, uncomplicated and clean. I am
very often tempted to say "Home
town. U. S- A." All of these United
States is still fairly simple, even
though it is a thousand times more
complicated than it was 40 years
ago, but basically it is simple- We
still, with a lot of goodwill and
hard work, can understand what is
going on in our own country. Must
we really learn and worry about
.11 it.... ILL.^. nil
ail uiese uimgs guuig un aii uvei
the world? They are so complicat
ed- We have such little chance and
opportunity to be of real assist
ance- We have such meager means
to bring about a change since we
feel so completely impotent, incap
able and unprepared to change a
given situation as we find it.
When one sits down at night and
is happy to have done a day's Job,
one is glad the children are safe
in bed without anything worse than
some bruises and some bleeding
noses- One could be a happy fel
low, and should be able to leave
well enough alone. But if one
thinks, just for a moment, that
Russia has sent hundreds and hun
dreds of war and armament tech
nicians to Syria, and that Syria is
now, since a few weeks, to all prac
tical purposes a communist coun
try, then it is very difficult to go
to bed with that peace of mind that ?
as a human being, one deserves- ]
When you think about Syria,
you have to think about your chil
dren immediately, for what is go
ing on in Syria effects every little
child in Western North Carolina
exactly the same way as any maj
or disaster that would originate in -
Western North Carolina.
asked Peter, "lovest thou me?" he
again used the word which meant
supreme love- But a second time
Peter answers "I love you as a
friend " Then looking at Peter the
third time and remembering that
be was not yet the sincere Chris
tian which he should have been,
Jesus said, "Do you love me as a
friend. Peter?" and Peter answer
ed, "Yes, Lord, I love you as a
friend."
In Matthew 22:37, Jesus said " ?
. . Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy
mind-" This also indicates that a
supreme love is required of all
those who follow God; to put him
first in everything and that all else
must be secondary.
Jesus also said in Matthew 10:37,
"He that loveth father or mother
more than me is not worthy of
me: and he that loveth son or
daughter more than me is not
worthy of me."
Jesus win have frst place in
every heart or He will have no
place at all. We should love Him so
until that supreme love would man
if est itself In our daily lives, in our
actions, our every word and es
pecially in the way we keep the
sabbath. We should remember the
sabbath day to keep it holy, and
the best way known to man to keep
it holy is to attend the church of
your choice, every Sunday, not
Just on Sunday morning but Sun
day night as well. In church we,
meet together to worship God and
He meets with us there. If we love
Him only as a friend we will be
negligent in our prayers and
church attendance. But if we love
Him supremely, we will do all that
we can for His glory and the edifi
cation of His church which He pur
chased with His own blood. Search
your own heart as Jesus asks fin
question to each individual, "Lov
est thou me more than these?"
BACKWARD GLANCE
It TEARS AGO
Itarriay. November U. 1M7
Miss lloselle Moore and Mln
Jane Hill teachers at Kings Moun
tain, spent the week-end at their
homes here.
Mrs- Frank Justice and children,
Cecelia and Frank of Ftanklin,
spent several days here last week
with IV. and Mrs- Harry Miller
and Susie.
Miss Josephine Heighway re
turned Saturday night from a
week's visit with her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Loving ood and children, Kay and
Phil, at Hendersonville.
J. W. Murray of Asheville spent
several days in Murphy last week,
and remained over the week-end.
Mrs- E. E. Stiles and son. Boyce
of Murphy, were visitors in Canton
and Asheville last week.
Miss Martha Harnett of Sylva
was a week-end guest in the J. B.
Gray home.
Miss Madith Cathey and niece,
Marcia Mallonee, spent several
days here last week with Miss
Cathey's sister. Mrs. Frank Hutchi
son and Mr. Hutchison.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Browning re
turned last week-end from a trip
through Tennessee and Kentucky.
They left Monday morning going
to Alabama and Mississippi
Harry Mauney, son of Mr- and
Mrs- W. M. Mauney, who attends
the Baylor School for Boys at Chat
tanooga, spent the week-end with
his parents.
Mrs. Louise Rogers who has
spent the last month in Tampa,
Florida, returned home last Satur
day.
Jerry Morris, a student at River
side Academy, Gainesville, Geor
gia, spent last week-end here with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs- Wen
dell Morris.
20 YEARS AGO
Thursday, November 11, 1937
Rev. and Mrs. Stewart H. Long
and son, Hanson, left Wednesday
morning for Washington, Ga.,
where Rev. Long has accepted the
pastorate of the Presbyterian
Church. Rev. and Mrs. Long have
resided in Murphy during the past
several years and will be greatly
missed by their many friends.
H- Bueck went to Andrews Sun
day evening to take part on the
American Education Week pro
gram held in the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Newell Ward of Andrews is
risiting her daughter, Mrs. Neva
iolt.
Carl Hensley left Friday for
Akron, Ohio, where he will visit
friends and relatives -
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bishop and
Mr. and Mrs- Dale Lee were the
Sunday night supper guests of Mr
and Mrs- Jlmmie Ward.
Mrs L. A. Lee, Mrs. T- A- Case,
Miss Laura Overton, and Miss Vir
ginia Benton were tea guests of
Mrs- Tom Mauney last Friday aft
ernoon- *
Donald Hulsey and Bonnel Akin
of Blairsville, Ga., spent Tuesday
in Murphy
Dick Mauney ana Bill Benton
students at the University of Geor
gia, attended the Georgia-norkla
football game in Jacksonville, Fla
Saturday.
Miss Mary King Mallonee, a
senior at the North Carolina Col
lege for Women in Greensboro,
spent the week-end with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs- J. D. Mallonee
Mr- and Mrs. Granvill Ratcliff, of
Copperhill, were week-end visitors
in Murphy.
M YEARS AGO
Friday, November 11, lt27
Mr T- J. Arp of Sweetgum, Ga.,
was here on business Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Smith, the pop
ular superintendent of the County
Welfare office, suffered a broken
wrist last Monday while crank
ing her car, her many friends will
regret to learn.
Mr. G. W. Ellis spent Wednesday
In Asheville on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray, Miss Jose
phine Heighway, Mrs. Abe Har
shaw, Mrs. E. B. Norvell, attended
the Western North Carolina Meth
odist conference during the past
week.
Mrs. J. Franklin
Honored
With Party Tuesday
Mr*. W. A- Singleton entertained
at 10 a- m- Tuesday with a coffee
honoring Mrs. Jim Franklin, who
is leaving soon to make her home
in Franklin
A shower of going away gifts
was presented the honoree
Guests attending were, Mrs. Pey
ton G. I vie, Mrs- C- E- Hyde, Mrs.
W. P. Odom. Mrs. Walter Cole
man. Mrs. J. M. Hughes, Mrs.
Harry Ingram and Mrs. C. W.
Savage
"1W Smallest of all MfHU; bat
wfcea It grows np, it Js Urjer than
Uf herb." tt-Utl
OUR APPEARANCE
or DISAPPEARANCE?
When Congressman Thaddeus
Stevens, a member of President
Andrew Jackson's administration,
was dying, he received many vis
itors. Often politicians were among
those who came to aee him. On
one occasion, a friend mentioned
his appearance, obviously flatter
in the dying man. Stevens smil
ingly remarked, "Ah, gentlemen,
it is not my appearance that I am
concerned about just now, but my
disappearence.
Each of us can recjJl one, two,
half-a-dozen "important" days in
our life. What elaborate prepara
tions were made for our gradua
tion day or wedding day. But what
of that one day which we all
know will come: the day we die?
It is by far the most important
day because as we are on that
day, so shall we be for all etern
ity! (2 Cor. 5, 10; Mt. 24, 42) Yet
on Judgment Day when Jesus asks
what we have to say for ourselves,
many shall only be able to describe
their ideals for they do not really
know themselves. If they did,
they would not walk through life
so complacently; but with the
same knowledge as Ralph Waldo
Emerson would "work o|t their
salvation with fear and tremb
ling." (Phil. 2, 12)
French sculptor was carving a
bust of Ralph. During the fourth
sitting, the philosopher came to
the side of the artist and gazed
long and thoughtfully at the unfin
ished work. Finally he said with
a smile, "The trouble is that the
more it resembles me, the worse it
looks!"
The more we know ourselves as
we truly are, our faults and our
virtues, the more good we shall be
MaryttFarmer
Named HD Agent of
Buncombe Comity
Mary Hayes Farmer of Asheville.
formerly of Murphy, baa been
named Home Demonstration Agent
for Buncombe County.
She will succeed Mrs- Mamie Sue
Evans, who has held the position
of agent since 1M1. Miss Farmer
will assume her duties Jan. 1
A graduate of Woman's _College
of the University of North Carolina,
Miss Farmer has been assistant
HD agent in Buncombe since 1953
Miss Farmer is a 1949 graduate
of Murphy High School and wh
valedictorian of her class- She u
the neice of Misses Kate and Lelia
Hayes of Murphy.
able to do in the world; because
the more we see how little we re
semble Jesus, the more we apprec
iate His friendship and try to make
ourselves a little worthy of it by
using well the gifts we have for
Him in the least of His brethern
(Mt. 25, 40-. As we use our good
points fully, we shall find our
faults diminishing; and be able to
make some report on the greatest
day in our life.
RESOLUTION: daily meditating
on Jesus's life for 30 minutes, ask
ing, "What did He do?", "What do
I do in the same circumstances?",
How can I be more like Jesus?";
ending with a practical resoultion
to be lived especially during that
day.
PRAYER: Jesus, that I may
know Thee; That I may know my
self- "Woe to you, hypocrites, like
to whitled sepulchres, which out
wardly appear to men beautiful but
within are full of dead men's bones
and of all filthiness!" (Mt- 23, 25)
Dairy producers can increase
their incomes by stepping up out
put and lowering production costs.
WANTED: DOGWOOD
5" and VP ? 1m 40" AND 20"
LENGTHS.
WILL PAY $55.00
Per Cord Our Yard
TIMBER PRODUCTS CO.
Murphy, N. C.
Frow left, Model 3545 Step-Van,
3204 pickup, 3805 panel
NEW LIGHT-DUTY ApftCheS
There's new pep and power in every
Apache model, whether you choose
the Thriftmaster 6, famous for econ
omy, or the short-'strolre Trademaster
V8* with a full 283-^fcbic-inch dis
placement. Three brand-new Step
Vans make their debut to solve trou
blesome delivery chores. Rolling in
for *58, too, are high-capacity pick
ups, panels and versatile 4-wheel
drive models.
? Optional at extra coil on all conventional models
Here for '58 in 3 hard-working weight classes!
NEWHUSTU! NEW MUSCLE! HEWSIYLE!
from lafl, Medal 5409 ICF itak*.
4303 chotiit-cab, 6103 choult-<ab
NEW HEAVY-DUTY Sp&rt&118
The heavy-duty Spartans make haul
ing history with the most revolution
ary truck engine in decades? the
Workmaster V8 with Wedge-Head
design! Featured on high-tonnage
heavyweights, this completely new
230-h.p. power plant achieves a new
high in efficiency! Your Chevrolet
dealer is eager to show you many
other advanced features, including
Triple-Torque Tandem options that
boost GCW ratings ?'l the way to
50,000 lbs.!
NSW MEDIUM-DUTY VikingS '
Nine new medium-duty models add
to the versatility of these Vikings,
with new cab-to-rear-axle dimensions
for improved semi-trailer, dump and
van-type operations. Advanced V8's
and 6 s deliver efficient, hard-pulling
powes, with the Heavy-Duty Super
Taskmaster V8* packing a high of
175 h.p. High-tonnage options hike
GVW ratings to 21,000 lbs.
'Optional at extra cost on all Series SO and 60
trucks except Forward-Control models
Latest edition* of the "BJ* Wheel" la truck* I
Modol 10903 wftk Intfta
onto option (foreground; and
MmM 10203 chouis-cob
BUM CHEVROLET MMVM II
- ? t .. x , r
Only franchise*! Checrtim. dealers display this famous trademark
See Your Local Authorized Chevrolet Dealer ?
M^miUctuWi IJLcitif# No> 11?