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MEDITATION
"And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary.
sitting over against the sepulchre." (Matt. *27.61 >
"How strangely stupid is grief. It neither learns nor knows nor
wishes to learn or know. When the sorrowing sisters sat over against
the door of God's sepulchre, did they see the two thousand years that
have passed triumphing away? Did they see anything but this: 'Our
Christ is Gone!"
"Your Christ and my Christ came from their loss: Myriad mounrn
ing hearts have had resurrection in the midst of their grief: and yet
the sorrowing watchers looked at the seed-form of this result, and saw
nothing. What they regarded as the end of life was the very prepara
tion for coronation: for Christ was silent that lie might live again in
tenfold power.
"They saw it not. They mourned, they wept, and went away, and
came again, driven by their hearts to the sephulchre. Still it was a
sepulchre, unprophetic. voiceless, lusterless.
"So with us. Every man sits over against the sepulchre in his
garden, in the first instance, and says. This woe is irremediable. I
see no benefit in it. I will take no comfort in it.' And yet. right in our
deepest and worst mishaps, often, our Christ is lying, waiting for
resurrection.
"Where our death seems to be. there our Saviour is. Where the
end of hope is. there is the brightest beginning of fruition. Where the
darkness is thickest, thre the bright beaming light that never is set
is about to emerge. When the whole experience is consummated, then
we find that a garden is not disfigured by a sepulchre. Our joys are
made better if there be sorrow in the midst of theni. And our sorrows
are made bright by the joys that God has planted around about them.
The flowers may not be pleasing to us. they may not be such as we
are fond of plucking, but they are heart-flowers, love. hope, faith, joy.
peace ? these are flowers which are planted around about every grave
that is sunk in the Christian heart."
WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
SB 341 ? Introduced by Nichols V >r. 22 (Andrews school trustees)
Apr 4. ratified.
MB 87 ? Introduced bv Duncan, jan. 19 'Law library)
. Apr 6. reported favorably as amended by Senate Committee.
Apr 7 amended to make duty of collection of $1 item of criminal costs
for library fund inapplicable to JP courts. Passed 2nd reading in
Senate; Apr 8. passed 3rd reading in Senate; Apr 9 received in House
for concurrence in Senate amendment; House concurred
Mrs. Fain Hostess
To The W. S. C. S.
The April meeting of the YV. S.
C S. was held at the home of Mrs.
W M. Fain on Tuesday. April 5.
The meeting was called to order
by prayer by Mrs. J. H. Hampton
Mrs. Merle Davis had charge of
the program, and Mrs Kathleen
Haggard. Mrs. Helen Lochaby, and
Mrs. Peggy Car ringer had parts
on the program. The theme was.
"Works of Mission Schools and
Hospitals"
At the conclusion of the pro
gram refreshments were served
to the members present by the
hostesses Mrs. W. M. Fain. Mrs.
H G. Elkins and Mrs. Clay Kiin
sey. '
Sellers On Duty
For Training
"Exercise Tarheel"
Fort Bragg. Capt Harold M.
Sellers, of Hayesville. N C.. is on
active duty for approximately 60
days for Training 'Exercise Tar
heel" to take place in the Fort
Bragg-Camp Mackall sandhill reg
ion of North Carolina during April
and May
Participating in the exercise, to
be known by the code name "Tar
heel." will be a task force consist
ing of V Corps Headquarters: the
82nd Airborne Division: tank, ar
tillery and service support units:
tactical air units of the continental
air command: and enemy units of
the "Aggressor Force "
Lieutenant General Alvan C.
Gillem. Jr. Commander of the
Third Army. Fort McPherson. j
Georgia, will command the ground i
troops for the entire exercise. As
the Exercise Director. Lieutenant
General John R Hodge will repre- j
sent General Gillem in the field |
and will command the ' Vggressor ,
Forces" and the umpire group.
As a member of the umpire
group. Capt Seller* is now under-'
going a refresher course prelimin
ary to the exercise From April
21 to May 11. Army troops will
be engaged in unit training up to
the level of the regimental com
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YOIIK HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
By D. II. MOODY,
Senior Sanitorian
Summer time is coming, and our .
attention naturally turns to gard
ens, picnics, and sheer joy of liv
ing While making our olans let's
net forget that a little effort or j
precaution at the right time can
save a lot of blunders and dis
comfort. Among the things which
can marr our happiness are mos- .
quitoes and the ever-present house I
fly These dangerous pests can be (
controlled, and right now is the |
time to start.
First, they must have a place to
breed and harbor Don't let that
be your own back yard or fence
corner. Clean up and have re
moved all waste, rubbish, tin cans,
other trash, and see that no watc
is left standing in barrels, auto
mobile tires, or puddles. See that
your Garbage cans are washed
clean at intervals and kept cover
ed. Check the screens to your
doors and windows. Put them in
good repair and if necessary-, re
place with new wire It is plenti
ful now. You can add to the life
i and especially to the appearance
| of the doors and window frames
I by applying a good oairct job
We are in much better position
to control flies now because of the
discovered use of DDT It can be
used effectively and without dang
er and I would like to see it more
widely used, not only in food
handling places and school lunch
I rooms, but in back oorches. wood
| sheds and barns. One good coart
of DDT residual properly applied
| can be effective during the entire
summer. Just give it a trial and
see for yourself. You would be
surprised at the results.
It is not necessary to use 10 or
1 5 or 25 oer cent DDr The North
j Carolina Department of Agricul
ture and the State Board of Health
have found that 5 per cent proper
ly applied is just as effective as
the stronger solutions and is more
economical Of course, if you
have a stronger solution you can
cut it down by adding water. The
main key to good results is
thorough coverage See that every
bit of wall surface is thoroughly
covered as you would cover when
painting with a spray outfit.
Use DDT properly and you
won't have to "swat the fly".
bat team. Following the unit
training phase, troops will enter
the main tactical exercise in which
task force "Victor" will be p tted
against the enemy, represented by
the "Aggressor Force" The exer
cise will terminate May 20
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Murphy, N. C.
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DOl'BLF. FEATl'RE
Saturday, April 16
"Rustlers of Devil's
Canyon"
With ? Allen Lane as Red Ryder -
Bobby Blake
"Gunman's Code"
With ? Kirby Grant - Fuzzy Knight
Chapter 10 "Law of the Wild"
With Rex and Rin-tin-tin
LATE SHOW 10:45
"Tight Shoes"
With ? John Howard - Binnie
Barnes
Sunday - Monday. April 17-18
"Red Stallion in the
Rockies"
Starring: ? Arthur Franz - Jean
Heather
News ? Short Subjects
Tuesday - Wednesday. April 19-20
"The Corpse Came
C. 0. D."
With ? George Brent - Joan
Blondell
s Short Subjects
Thursday - Friday, April 21-22
"Angels With Dirty
Faces"
StarrinK ? James Carney - Pat
O'Brien
News ? Short Subjects
TR
^ SPEAKS ,
?/?. KCMMETII I. fOIEilMI
SCRIPTURE: John S: 25-29; 1
Corinthians 15 1-8. 20-26. II Corinthian*
' DEVOTIONAL READING: Act*
!: 22-32.
Heaven Is Real
Easter Lesson for April 17, 1949
HEAVEN IS Just as real as Chi
cago. More so, because Chicago
will in time cease to be, while
heaven lasts forever. A few atomic
bombs, a whiff of
some new plague,
can make Chicago
vanish; but no
atomic bomb can
touch heaven. The
pity is, so few
Christians really be- j
lieve this. We can
get mail from Chi
cago, but who ever
heard of mail from
heaven?
Dr. Foreman
Wait, though . . . tnere is mau
from heaven, and you have it there
in your Bible. If you accept it for
what it is, the Word of God, then it
is the Word from heaven. To be
sure, it does not tell us much about
heaven. If you were actually tra
veling to Chicago, you would not
begin by studying a street-map of
that city. What you would need is
a map of the roajis between.
So the Bible Is not a guide- I
book to the "City Four-square;"
it is more of a road-map to help
us find the way between here
and there. Nevertheless, the Bi
ble does assure us that heaven
is real.
Christians have many reasons for
believing in the reality of the future
life, and some of these may not b<
in the Bible; but the best reason:
are there.
Jesus Believed It
WINIFRED KIRKLAND ha* trulj
said that Jesus did not simplj
believe in immortality; he lived it
Jesus would never have called this
world or this life trifling or unim
portant. But all around, under and
over and through this visible world.
Jesus was aware of another. He
lived and acted as a citizen of both
worlds He talked of life after death
-or for that matter, of his own life
before his birth? as calmlv and na
turally as you would speak of next |
week or next summer.
Christ Is Risen
MANY PEOPLE feel It would be
easier to believe in the future
life is someone who had been across
the line of death woyild return
across that line to bring a message >
from the beyond. So they attend
seances and they listen to table
tappings and go through all manner
ot weird performances in order to
cet a word or two from someone
who has passed on.
But all the time we do have a
record of a Return. Indeed it Is
The Return. We call it the
Resurrection. The message of
Easter is not summed up in
songs about some "Beautiful
Isle of Somewhere;" it Is In
these three words: "Christ is
risen!"
He did not return in darkness, he
was not under the control of any
"medium." he did not make him
self known by ghostly hauntingf. He
was seen at supper-tables, he spoke
to his friends on a mountainside, he
came to fishermen on a spring
morning by .a lake shore. The ear
liest Christians doubted some
things; but few doubted that the
Lord was risen indeed.
Heaven Begins With God
THE CURE for the troubled heart. ,
Jesus said, is faith in God. One
of the strongest reasons for believ |
ing that the future life is real, is the
nature and character of God him
self. Jesus said as much once, in an
argument with men who did net
believe in immortality: "God is not
the God of the dead, but ol
the living." U we were God's
paper dolls or toy soldiers, he might
weary of us as a child wearies 01
its toys, and sweep us all into de
struction without a moment's
thought. But if we are truly hi? j
children, then when life's evening
comes, he will call his tired child I
ren home.
Eternal Life has two sides, j
the heaven-side and the earth
side. The church has never be
lieved that simple immortality
Is the same thing as the heaven
ly life. %
A Judas, when he dies, goes (ai
Peter sadly said) "to his own
place." A Judas carries out his own
hell with him. But a man like Paul,
or any Christian who has been at
home with God here on this earth,
when at last death conies, will, ai
Whittier said:
"Find himself by hands fa
miliar beckoned
Unto his fitting place."
JCopyrtirht by International Coun
Mrs. W. A. Hoover and children,
Ixmnie and Becky, will leave Fri
day to spend Easter with Mrs.
Hoover', parents, Mr. and Mrs. E
C. Sullivan alt Cherryville
Scouting
With the Editor
LAST WEEK it was my privilege
to visit Mills Home Thomasville
headquarters of the Baptist Orph
anage of North Carolina. There
4 JO boys and girls, from three
years up, are given a home, as I ;
visited all the activities on the !
campus, the church, the school, J
the various offices, the laundry, I
sewing rooms cottages, locker
plant, lunch room, printing planit,
library, infirmary, dairy and
farmj. I could understand better
why the youngsters are so well
trained and have such healthy
bodies and happy spirits.
? ? ? ?
FIRST OF ALL, the spiritual
leadership of Dr. Zen? Wall gener
al superintendent and his fine
Wife, spreads its influence through
out every nook and corner of the
grounds. At Che beginning of each
day. the staff assembles in the
office of Dr. Wall for a period of
prayer and meditation. No matter
how busy these two are. they
always find time for counsel and
advice to any of the boys and girls
who seek it. To be in the home of
the Walls from Wednesday until
Saturday was a happy experience
for me.
? * ? ?
MISS SARAH ELMORE, super
intendent of Mills Homes, does a
man-sized job in carrying on the
responsibilities of her office. She
seems to have inexhaustible energy,
cxercises tact, kindness and gener
ousity in her management of the
property and activities. She is in
demand from waking to bed-time
for solutions of problems arising,
from the largest down to having
to secure fish for a Stag fish fry
for the men employees of the
institution. In the midst of this
busy life she took time out to
take me "on the rounds" in such
a great whirl I was ready for bed
at the early bed-time on the
campus.
* ? ? *
IT S A SMALL WORLD, as we
realize more and more every day
I found two of my kinfolks on the
staff, folks that I had never met
before. Also. I found there were
many folks from the mountains
on the staff and amon? the boys
and girls Frank Frankum of
Murphy has been there a few
months He is in the Simmons
cottage, with Mrs Grace Battle as
his house mother There are 26
boys, eight and nine years old. in
this cottage Frank has a wonder- 1
ful time with these other youngs- 1
ters. loves his house mother his '
teacher and others that he has
met there.
? ? * *
THERE IS MUCH MORE that
I could write about this institution
that has been doing outstanding
work since 15*5 bu* some of it
must wait for another time.
JAMES CHADWICK, ? ^|,u
secretary-treasurer of Columbia
Marble Co , one of the oounty's
poets, is author of the following
poem, appropriate for this week
EASTER MORNING
E arly at dawn, it occurred
A sad occasion, a happy ocoasion
S uch was Christ's resurrection
T hat all men might live, Christ
died.
E steemed in His heart was our
existence
R emember now His noble sacri
fice.
M ust it be that His death was
vain?
O r will we forget His shame''
K isking all for us. His life He
gave
N othring for Himself He asked
but our gain.
f n His sufferings us He did not
forget.
N ow we must repay our debt'
G ive to the world ourselves
Christ's best!
Martha Caldwell
Is On Dean's List
Miss Martha Caldwell of An
drews, is listed on the Dean's
Honor Roll for the Winter Quarter
al Tennessee Wesleyan College,
Athens. Tenn. This is a great
honor: for to be#on the Honor Roll,
the student must carry at least 12
hours per quarter and maintain at
least a "B" average for the quar
ter with no grade less than "C".
The college impresses upon its
students that to make good grades
is not the only goal of college life,
but that such grades are import
ant. They represent a measure of
actual achievement and tend to
show the attitude of the student
towards responsibility placed upon
him. all of which has a definite
bearing on his future career
Miss Victoria Bell of Canton,
field representative of the State
Board of Public Welfare was in
Murphy this week on business.
THE PUBLIC
SPEAKS
What is your opinion of our
school band? Should It receive
public support?
MRS DALE LEE? "The concert
la?tt week was fine, wonderful' It
should receive the full c.M|>er3
tion of the town and community."
? ? ? ?
W. A ADAMS? "If it is used for
the interest of the public alone,
not as a financial proposition, it
should have the full support of
the community."
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