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Cfce cneroftee ftcou t Established July, 1?M Published every Thursday ?t Murphy, Cheroksa County, M. C. GENE PARKER Editor and PubUahar ROY A. COOK Meeliealcal Supt SUBSCRIPTION rates to CtMroJCM County: On* Tmu, X2.60: Six Months *1.80. Outside Cherokee County: On* Twr $3:00 Six Month*. <1.76 Privilege# Authorised At Murphy, N. C. LETTER TO THE EDITOR T? the Editor: We appreciate the spirit that has prompted so many people to ask: "Why do stores start Christ mas before Thanksgiving?" Here is the honest answer In the old days, away back in that other world before the NRA started a trend in the opposite di rection, most stores stayed open until 8-10 o'clock every night? ex cept Saturday, of course. Then it was until midnight. Stores opened their doors between 7-8 mornings, according to when dawn began, summer or winter. This gave Christmas shoppers about 80 hours each week in which to do their gift-buying. Retail shop ping time has now been reduced to about 50 hours. Also, until about 1933? give or take a few years, according to the party you vote for? we had only a political democracy. There was no economic democracy. That is, I relatively few people had much money to spend at Christmas time or any other time- The good old days- Some of us, but not enough ot us, remember them? quite vivid ly So, now mat everybody dm more cash for Christmas, but fewer (tore hours for buying, you would hardly be able to get into many establish ment if merchants waited until af ter Thanksgiving for Christmas promotion- Even with our longer shopping season, stores are crowd ed to the point of irritation for two weeks before Christmas- Merch ants are strained to capacity to provide the kind of store servicc American Christmas shoppers have learned to expect. This means harder sellnig, more promotional advertising .and ideas. If the merchants in a given com munity do not provide this ser vice. another city is only a few moments away. If the merchant . cannot meet competition, then he| is done- There is no floor, no Soil Bank, no subsidy to save him. And so our Christmas shopping season, because of service neces sity, is longer than it was in the good old days. Slaughter of U. S. farmers in creased each month from February to August but declined somewhat in mid-October. Buy SPECIAL (tollman's Views Editor's Note: This la tho thirty Ont In a series of article* hy Heinz R o 1 1 m ? d, Industrialists, Wawnesville. N. C Let* not be too pessimistic these days by reading every day about tbe horror a I war and the possibility of war which I certainly ly don't under estimate in any way, but let's al io realise that that we have just arrived at the threshold of Golden Age When I say we have arrived at the threshold of the Golden Age, it means very simply that for the the scientific knowledge to take the scientific knowledgt to take care of all the diseases, to fill all the empty stomachs, to literally mov mountains and rivers. Tech nically, humanity, for the first time, has caught up with the Bible. Now, it is up to you and me what we are going to do with these scientific development. Are we go ing to use them for destruction, or are we going to use them to make a better world for all humanbe ings? Can we set an example in our own country and in the coun tries of our friends oerseas. that communism will one day vanish from this earth without having un leashed another more horrible war than was ever known before- Or, will we only be able to convince ourselves and the rest of humanity of our decent intentions with bloodshed and with killing? This is the all-important problem facing our nation today. Not only is our nation faced with this grave decision, the whole world, every in dividual, for herself and for him self, has to make this decision sooner or later. Do we want to per ish by what Rome and Greece per ished by, what was called in those days "Panem et Circenses" which means "bread and circus", or do we want to live by giving of our selves? By spending a huge amount of time wanting to be entertained to day, not with bread and circus, but with every other kind of amuse ment known today, we completely lack the time and energy to take that individual interest and to make that individual sacrifice which alone can save humanity from destroying itself. It is not too late yet. The Golden Age is ready for us, for all human ity. Let's not let it go to waste I MUSTARD SEEDS By REV. JAMES J. WILMES "The smallest of all the seeds; but when it grows up, it is larger than any herb". Mt. 13, 31. TITUS Q. JONES ?was a man who had every rea son to be pleased with himself. He was one of those famous Jones es that everyone else has been try ing to keep up with for so long. He had at least 2 of everything: two cars, TV sets, houses, even "ALMOST, BUT NOT ENOUGH" is our verdict on how close competitive can have come to matching the Swept Wing 68. Take style. Other new can are "almost" as low in inches, but still seem high and boxy in looks. Some of them are "almost" going to fins, but not enough to really make a difference. Then take performance. None of the other 1968 can have anything to match the away-free, dip-free, vibration-free ride of Torsion- Aire. (It'a stand ard equipment.) Most of them still don't even have push button driving! So after you've seen the "almost" can, come in and drive a Swept- Wing 68. YouH see why we say: They're catching on, but they can't catch up. Swept-Wli| 51 by Dodge at FrmncMM D?J?r MO E. C. MOURE un vafegr Bw A* Harjky, K. C. Last week we discussed the Coastal Plata. This time we will move into the Piedmont You will remember the dividing ("fall") line we gave last week which defined the western limits of the Coastal Plain. This same di vision will establish the eastern limits at the Piedmont- I like to di vide the Piedmont country into two divisions: the upper; and the low er. The dividing line between these areas would run, roughly, from Reidsville in a southwesterly di rection through Winston-Salem and States ville to Shelby. The western division of the Upper Piedmont would include parts of Surry, Wilk es. Caldwell, Burke, McDowell. Rutherford and Polk Counties. The average elevation along this line is 1135 feet above sea level. As we move north and west, we soon reach elevations of 2000 feet and above. The average annual rainfall for the Piedmont, as a whole, is ap proximately 47 inches. The average length of the growing season for most of the area is 215 days. The friends. And now and then he would give Iwo bits to a blind man ] just to show he had two sides to 1 his character. j I Then one day tnings began to go 1 wrong for him. When he went to 1 breakfast, there was no food in the kitchen. In fact, no icebox- When he went to the garage, both cars were missing. For the first time in his life, Titus had to walk to work- He didn't even have money for carfare. He arrived panting at the office, an hour late, to find a message on his desk from the president of the company. It said, "Dear Jones, business has been bad lately. You'll have to take a cut in sal ary. We must all make sacrifices at times " ( Titus was horrified. He had never made a sacrifice in his life. He stormed up to the President for an explanation. "I'm sorry, Jones,** he said, "you'll have to manage on $54 from now on." "Good heaveas, man," sputtered Titus I can't possibly live on $54 a week!" "Who said anything about $54 a week?" Your new salary is $54 a year. After all, that is the average income of V4 of the world. If you can do better elswhere, go try." Titus rushed to call his two friends. Out of town. He rushed in to the street and was surprised to notice for the first time so many in rags sitting on the sidewalk- He wished he could help them; but he couldn't even help himself now. He asked for help in some shops and was thrown out. The only place that would have him was the old wooden church. He stumbled in and found it fiHed with beggars dates of the last freezing temper ature In spring and the first in fall will very considerably due to the changes in elevation. However, the average date of the last freexe in the spring would be close to April 7 and the first freeze in the fall about October 23 to 30 The clay soils predominate in the Piedmont most of which are class ified in the Cecil series- They are highly productive, when properly managed, but not as easily hand led as soils in the Coastal plain or the Sandhills. The Piedmont is more highly in dustrialized and more thickly populated than any other section of North Carolina. This brings into sharp focus the importance of fruit and vegetable crops for food; and ornamental plants and cut flowers to beautify our homes and contribute to our enjoyment. It is certain that market gardening will increase in this area and truck farming will expand to meet the demands of an increasing popula tion. I have no way of knowing how extensively this column is being and sick, all crying for help- A preacher standing in front held two bits in his hand. "Its all I have," be said sadly. "Its all I was giv en." Titus fell on his knees with a dull clunk. "What are you doing on the floor Titus?" he heard his wife's angry voice- "Having a nightmare after all that turkey and three helpings of dessert?" Titus, where are you going?" "Titus was already running down the hall in his nightshirt, a glint in his eye. "I'm going out to make a sacrifice, a real sacrifice while there is still time." And he was off down the street, checkbook in hand, and a Christmas carol in his heart. He had never realized before quite how lucky he was RESOLUTION: Imitate Titus now while there is still time. Give be fore your Church or civic club begs you- Give thru them or direct ly to the poor. \ PRAYER: Lord, help me give as Abel; not as Cain. "He who was rich, became poor foi\ our sakes, that we might be rich " 2 Cor. 8. 9 nMd or hour well tt la being r?. ? ceived A good many readera have i written m?, Including aeveral I alitor* Wont you drop me a card making *ny rom? nta or sugges tion* you wish? give finer gifts . . . make them electric! there's one for every budget. //"lUCHHCIIY . . . bat buy for b rttu Ifvto f" MURPHY ELECTRIC L POWER BOARD jfcm tfou, jiec&ioed uouM- ? \ *&?. YOU HAVE ... that means v ^ ?**? ?. V c .. " Tou ?? a Nationwide policy-holder \ ?' . and your auto insurance meets all requirements of the new Financial Responsibility Law*. Youll hare no trouble getting 1958 license plates lor your car. IF TOU HAVEN'T . better act last! 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