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^ lift ciftf'i The Leading Weekly Newspaper in Western North Carols VOLUME XXXIX. NUMBER" 16. MURPHY, NORTH OAHC . Help Stamp Out T. B? ktt pruwdt f I ig a large and Potentially Rich Territory in this state OVEMEER 25, 1927. 5, COPY ? $1.60 PER YEAR SPEECHES DEDICATING NEW COURT HOUSE NOVEMBER 1 1 (Continued from last week) Address of Mr. J. H. Dillard Ladies and gentlemen: It had not boon my purpose to say anything on this ocascion, for the reason that I did not even know, until late yester- | day afternoon, that any celebration | was contemplated to be held today. ! I retrret that, because I am one of I those who believe that whenever one ! wants to say something worth while to his hearers, he ought to make all j the preparation in his power. 1 shall j he brief in my remarks, and in the ' \ outset, I want to congratulate the public officials who were to deret mine the character of house to be ? built and to commend their prudence, ! their foresight, and their wisdom, in I building for the future, as well as j for the present. Since I have %t here this after- ! noon, there is one thought that has I come into my mind, which I hope I | may succeed in putting into the ! minds of my fellow citizens. If this ' house comes to mean no more in the | thinking of our people than a won derful realization of the dream of | the architect, or a fine example of the skill of the mechanic, no more 1 than a "house beautiful," as we say, I it will fall far short, in my judgment, j of answering the purpose of this building, and any other building would do as well. My brother An- 1 derscn ?.as told you that upon these J walla we have put those great Com mandments which were delivered to the representative of His Chosen People by Jehovah, amid the lighten ings of Sinai; in which we are told that the whole moral law is sum marily comprehended, and if we can get our people t o look upon this hou*se as'U'fi# place where justice has her seat, and where right ought al ways to prevail, then, I say, its cost ; will be fully justified. I know most of you have read the thrilling ac count of a sccne that took plaec in Old Jerusalem, thousands of years ago, when the wise king, after years of labor, involving the toil of count less thousands, had completed the structure known as Solomon's Tem ple, he assembled the Levites and the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, and the individuals of the tribes themselves, and led them down to the City of David, and with great rejoicing, brought up from its tem porary abode, the ark of the coven ant, the sign of their covenant with the Lord God, the Great Jehovah, and we read that they placed this ark in the very holy of holies, in the shadow of the cherubim, and there in the ark of the covenant, under the wings of the Seraphins, they placed the book of the law and nothing else. I Ever after in the thinking of the Jew, the temple was the place where Jeho vah dwelt, and where justice and judgment had their abiding place ; I where they went to meet and to wor ship their King and to be informed as to the law. My wish for this people is that this may come to be such an house; an house where every judge that comes to us may, in humility and reverence, lock upon himself, for the time, be ing as the viceregent of the Judge of all the earth; whose every judgment may be rendered as in the conscious presence of the great Judge; where every lawyer who practices at this Bar, may look upon himself, as a priest ministering in the Temple of Justice; where rancor and malice, and ill-will and trickery ard sharp >ractice, may have no abiding place, ind where every citizen who enters the jury box, to serve as an arbiter of the fact, may enter it with a pray er on his lips that God may give him wisdom to see, and the courage to do the right, and where every wit ness that goes upon the witness stand may loose his lips from the Holy Bock, to utter a prayer that God wiU enable him to speak only truth. And my wish for this^ pie is that this may become a ( where Justice has her se^g e i 1 ? ) right shall always triumph; a place) irom which, in the words of the old prophet Amos, "Let Justice run down a.= waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream." By Mr. Mallonee, Chairman: Ladies and gentlemen, we will now have an address from the greatest Judge in North Carolina. Judge Shaw's Address Ladies and gentlemen, I have come ?. you w?*.n no set speech to de liver to you all. I was requested by your chairman the first part of the week to make an address on this oc casion, and I told him that he would have to excuse me as it has been so long since 1 have spoken standing upon my feet that when I arise to address a congregation, my ideas all fly away. I have been accustomed to talking while I am seated, and all of the talking I do, I do in the , discharge of my duties as a judge, | but I want to rejoice with the peo pie of this county today in that they have this beautiful building, this Temple of Justice. I have not had the pleasure of hearing all of the addresses that have been delivered. I d?d hear Mr. Dillard, and he has clearly stated to you what ti.Is build ing stands for, what it represents and how each one of you should hold it in your minds. It stands as a Temple of Justice, it stands as a place where any citizen of your county, where every citizen of your count}, regardless of his social stand ing, and regardless of whether he is a learned or an ignorant man, may . come and have his rights tried and I determined and justice be awarded j to him regardless of the party against whom he is contending, in other words, it is a place for the admin [istiation of justice itself, where | every man when he has had his case tried should feel that he has had a fair trial whether ho loses or wins, should feel that his lights have been i tried according to the rules of law, the rules of procedure and the rules of evidence that have been establish , ed by the Government, by the State and by society for the trial of con troversies among the citizens. I want i to say furthermore that when your piesiding officers, and when counsel who represent parties, and when jurors who pass upon the facts have all done their best, sometimes mis : takes are made, and you want to _ keep in mind that you can never have a perfect administration of justice, but that there will always occasion I ally be mistakes made, but if the ! people understand that the officers charged with the administration of \ justice are doing the best they can to administer the law fairly and hon estly as between man and man, they can lose and still maintain their re spect for the court. Another thing I want to congratu late your county upon, and that is those charged with the duty and re sponsibility cf ccr.tructing this build ing had common sense enough and judgment enough to realize that here in your own county there was a mar ble as fine as any that can be found, and as beautiful as any that can be found anywhere, and that instead of going to Indiana or Maine, or some other State for the material out of which to construct this building, they found it in their own county almost within the shadow of this court building, and I want to say to you people that they did not make in pnlnnfinrr i O W ofpr ail> iiliauinc ?*? ial; it is a beautiful building. Oh, you will find after you have used this court house a while that there will have lo be some little changes made. "She accoustics of the build ing is x '\vhat it ought to be, and perhr of f Trang'omcnt isn't ex ~ht u; b.e: but'" ^ oads of A jaWS hav-of thls wl11 be ir^l^congratu ? schooling Roll I >t o-ii when such ^lAShT Mc nary On Job *Sen. Charles L. McNary of Ore gon, is in Washington feeling o at all factions in the hope the new McNary-Haugen Farm Relief bHI will l?e passed and Okelied by the President at the forthcoming ses* sion of Congress- ^ REV. H. P. POWELL WELCOMED TO M. E.CHURCH Union Services Sunday Night Mark Beginning of New Pastor's Work Here Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock. ! flc\. Howard P. Powell, the new pas | tor of the Methodist Church, preach ed his first sermon to a Murphy congregation, and the tc.pic chosen was "The Power of Love," taking as a scripture lesson John 13:34-35. Sunday evening, the other church es of the town dispensed with their . services as has been the custom for many years, thai all might partici pate in welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Powell to Murphy. The topic for the evening1 sermon was "The Family of God," the scripture lesson being 1 John 3:1. Large congregations were pres ent at both services, and Mr. Powell made quite a favorable impression both as a man and preacher, and his discourses were both masterful and sincere. Mr. and Mrs. Powell arrived last Thursday, and Thursday night were "pounded"' with many good things to eat by the local congregation as an expression of their greeting and welcome to the new pastor and his wife. It will be remembered that Rev. Powell was here some five years ago with Evangelist Sam Maxwell as song evangelist in a revival service for two weeks, during which time he made many friends who were glad to welcome him as pastor. Mr. Powell was educated at Duke University and Asbury College. Be fore coming to Murphy he was pas tor of the Spray Methodist church, which charge he had held since 1924. Three years prior to entering the ministry and taking up his first charge at the Spray church, Mr. Powell was an evangelist singer, taking part in many evangelistic ser vices throughout the South. This is his second appointment since enter ing the Conference in 1924. A neatfy *and attractively mim meographed program earned the an nouncement^ for the day, and quota tions from the scripture relative to the church, such as "The Lord is in His Holy Temple", "My house shall be called tne house of prayer," "I LIONS CLUB GIVES DRUM TO SCHOOL Interesting Meeting Held Tuesday I Night Committee Appointed to Arrange Road Meeting The Lions Club held an interest ing meeting: Tuesday night, the oc asion being the regular semi monthly roar. The Club voted to give to the local school orchestra a twenty-two inch kettle drum. It will be remembered that the school orchestra rendered special music recently on Ladies Night, and the club presented the drum in token of their appreciation. The possibility of a better con nection with Tennessee at Tellico, was a read question that received considerable discussion. This road, through the Hangir.gdog section of the county to connect with one con structed by Tennessee on the State lines near Tellico, was brought to the attention of the Lions sometime ago, and a committee was appointed Tuesday night to arrange for a meeting some time in the early spring to discuss the matter. It is understood the Tennessee people aie very much interested in this con nection. Much Marble Under ASH Highway, Cla'm A highway made of marble is the Appalachian ?cenic Highway ? not unlike a dance floor, *>ays H. J. Biyson, state geologist. The best waste material is used for terrazo floors. Cherokee county has more marble than any other county in the State. The deposits enter the State from Fannin county Georgia, and extend along the Notla river to Murphy and along the Valley river to Topton. There aie also deposits of this ; same type of marble in the neighbor i hood of Pejvhfroo art*! Brasstcwn. | The color varies from a bluo-gray, ; more or less motled, to almost pure white. GIRLS FROM FAR COUNTIES AT N. C. COLLEGE Greensboro. ? North Carolina col I lege ha:; representatives this fall from the three counties in the state farthest removed from the state in stitution for women: Cherokee, Cur rituck and Daie. The remote Chero kee has one student at the institu tion; Currituck in the northeast corner and almost as far away from the college as its extreme south western sister has two students; Dare to the south of Currituck, sends five. Cherokee's daughter who uses the state college for women for the se eming of her education is Miss Al line Allie Richardson, of Murphy. Currituck's two students are Misses Rubie Marie Gallop, of Harbinger, and Kathleen M. Johnston, of Cur rituck. Dare county's five are from Manteo. They are as follow: Miss es Cnmille Brinkley. Hulda Brinkley. Beatrice Daniels, Matilda Etheridge and Margaret Hoyle. was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord", "A place of worship for all people", "Bring a friend next time", "Be friendly, it helps." Following is some of the com ment: "We are very happy to welcome the Baptist and Presbyterian Con gregations to our evening worship. This is an evidence of a fine spirit of co-operation. "Your Pastor and Mrs. Powell are very grateful for the very timely and generous pounding on Thursday night. "The progress of our church this year will be measured by our prayer and consecration. If our Prayer Services lag, then we will lag in power for God. The subject for our prayer service Wednesday night will be, "Does God Really Answer Pray er?" We will expect you." FIRST WELFARE WORKERS MEET AT WAYNES VILLE Interesting Addresiet Made by Prom inent Leaden ? Chreolcee Well Represented. The first district meeting of Wei fur.' Workers was held at Uavnes vlle Friday .November ISth, in the new Masonic building. ! o further the organization work in the state the North Carolina As sociation of County Superintendents of Public Welfare at its last annual meeting divided the state into six districts. Arrangements were made for district meetings of County Sup erintendents of Welfare, Juvenile <-ourt judges, heads of public wel fare. County Commissioners, Hoards of Education and representatives of a:l volunteer social agencies. The following counties are included in the Western District: Cherokee. Clay, Macon, Graham, Swain, Jackson, Transylvania, Hay wood, Henderson, Polk, Buncombe, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford. Polk, Yancey, Mitchell .Burk, Avery and Cleveland. With the exception of Haywood County Cherokee had the largest delegation present. Those from Cheiokee attending were: Mr. A. I- Martin. County Superintendent of Schools; Mr. P. L. Mauney, Chair man hoard of Education; Mrs. Hnice Kishei. merrber Board of Education; Mrs. \\ . B. Johnson, member Board "l Welfare; Mrs. R. \V. Dewar, mem ber Board of Welfare; and Miss i.lizabeth Smith, Superintendent of Public Welfare and also president of the Western District. The fleeting was opened by the Rev. Crockett, pastor of the Presby terian church of Waynesville, after which music wa< funished by the Waynesville high school orchestra, under the of Mr. Sacheds ford. Rev. I. T. Mangum, of the Baptist church of Waynesville gave a Very interesting talk on the church and its relations to welfare work, slit wing that long before the state lej.lized its duty to the more unfor tunate one. of society the church was active in this work ? but as public sentiment developed and the churches grew the state began to relieve the church of this task. Dr. W. A. Sams of Marshall. N. C., who is president of the Kith District Medical Society discussed the inter-relation of pub lic health and welfare work. He stated that no one knew the need of health and welfare anymore than an "Honest to God doctor." The aim of all people interested in improv ing the health and welfare of the state according to Dr. Sam should be the creation of r.n enlightened Gen eral Assembly that would VequiK each of the 100 counties of the state to have a county hospital where medical services would be in reach of everyone for as it is hospital service is beyond the reach of all except the charity class and the rich. ? Thus leaving the person with a limited in come in many instances out of reach of hospital service. Dr. Sam's talk was followed by an open discussion at which Dr. Able and Dr. McCracken told of the new county hospital in Haywood county just being completed. The Duke Foundation gave $10,000 to the con struction of this hospital and is go ing to give SI per day for every free bed in the hospital. Miss Mary Frances Camp, Director of County Organizations of the State Board of Charities and Public Wel fare was present and gave some in teresting facts concerning the eco nomical value of welfare work. She pointed out that the value of the en forcement of the school law was alone worth the cash of the wel fare work. In each of the fift;, seven counties having organized welfare work the saving of county fund by investigation? concering rc ( Continued on page 6)
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