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MEDITATION
"We might have lent
Such strength, such comfort and content
To you out of our ample store:
We might have hastened on before
To lift the shadows from your way.
Darkened, ere noon, to twilight's gray:
With earth's chilled air love's warm heart-scent
We might have blent."
HONESTY
Honesty is a trait which builds good charac
ter. Great character builds great men. Wash
ington and Lincoln excelled in honesty and no
doubt this trait was the key to their success.
Everyone with a good character does not be
come famous but these people have many
friends and are respected by all. Being honest
wins many friends for people who do not have
any other way to influence others.
It is not always easy to be honest. Often it
is easier to deny the truth than to stand up for it.
Sometimes people resort to stretching or alter
ing the truth to fit the need of the moment.
These people are telling "white lies," so to
speak. Petty lying is like any other evil. If
practiced enough, the evil grows.
All should strive to be more honest. It is bet
ter for others and for yourself ? "Honesty is the
best policy. ? Selected
Results Will Come
The efforts that have been made in recent
weeks to beautify Murphy and rid the town of
mosquitoes is showing some results, and the
civic organizations, town, sanitarians, and other
individuals who have led in the project are to be
highly commended.
While all the mosquitoes have not yet been
killed, continued spraying, cutting of vines and
weeds, and destroying of breeding places soon
should bring the desired results.
Beautification. cleanliness and freedom from
insects will make Murphy an enticing place for
visitors, and increase greatly our assets from the ,
tourist business. Our own people, too, will re
ceive benefits in more healthful, more peaceful
and happier living.
If there are individuals who have not yet
cooperated with the general effort, by cutting
weeds on vacant lots or in their yard, and des- 1
troying any possible mosquito breeding places, |
they should hasten to get in the movement.
JULY THE FOURTH
fl.v /A \1 1: S C. CHADWtCK
Ring out you bell> of freedom,
Proudly proclaim the day.
I'nfurl your flag-;
And gallantly let them wave.
Let stirring drums thrill the heart.
And anthems chill the breeze.
Make your big guns their thunder impart,
Haughty dignitaries walk carefully.
March you boss in uniform.
(k>mmon masses watch the parades.
Bands swell your music into celestial storms,
Legislators remove ty rannical palisades.
Bombard your sky rockets into the air,
Set apart this celebration.
Keep your customs, keep your fairs.
But world governments, be wary of your foundations.
Peal out your chimes into the night,
Sing your songs loud and long.
Let your lights be shining bright,
Nations of the world learn right from wrong.
Let your trumpets glare,
Review your armadas of the sea.
Make your atom bombs if you dare.
Men in power be careful what you decree.
Explode your ammunition dumps,
See the seats where great men sat.
Politicians take your stumps,
Congress expel your bureaucrats.
Celebrate the occasion, let it ring forth,
Let it to the world a landmark be.
Let them know that this is July the Fourth,
The day America became free!
"JOE BEAVER" By Ed Nofiiser
1
Forest Servioe, U. S. Department of Agriculture
"You're supposed to be doing selective cutting, not
selective cussing!"
SIGNS OF LIFE
Know and heed I he "Si.nns of Life."
This is the reminder to motorists and pedestrians from the
North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles.
Signs of Life." explained Jeff IV Wilson, director of the High
was Safety Division are the traffic signs, signals, and pavement
marking in use to protect anil guide us This program to emphasize
the importance of these devices is a part of the National Safety
Council's vear-round Operation Safety project, which is sponsored
in North Carolina In the Department."
The Operation Safety plan brings to the public s attention
a different phase of traffic safety each month. Wilson said.
Although traffic engineers have devised and standardized
signs, signals and pavement markings to the point where thev cover
practically even situation that the motorist and pedestrian is
likely to encounter W ilson stated, carelessness, and the failure to
observe and heed these signs, is a factor in a great many accidents.
"Tor that reason," he said, "we should rev iew some of the ways
in which we can make for safer and more efficient motor traffic
through a closer observance of these signs, signals and pavement
markings "
I'lie Id suggestions that W ilson offered were:
I l.earn the shapes of the basic highway signs so that you can
recognize them immediately They are round markers at approach
es tD railroad crossings: oblong signs that indicate speed limits and
other regulations: diamond-shaped signs which mean reduce speed:
eight-sided signs which mean stop: cross bucks that mark all high
way-rail crossings: and square signs which mean caution.
1 Regard, and obey, all traffic control devices as though they
were flesh-and-hlood policemen
3. Do not become careless on familiar roads. I amiliaritv
breeds contempt
4. Control vmir speed so that you can observe the "Signs of
Life "
5. Stav in your correct lane, and heed the yellow "no passing'
?zones.
(i Remember that the stop sign means a complete stop ? not
a mere reduction of speed
7 Slow down lor all round and diamond-shaped signs
S l>e sure that all tracks are clear at railroad crossings.
9 He cautious when walking with the traffic signals in pedes
trian cross-walks. Such devices are not fool-proof insurance against
vehicles
1(1 Do not cross railroad tracks when lights, bells, or other
warning signals are working. A slow freight may screen a fiver.
"A conscientious observance of these points," Wilson said,
"would help immeasureablv in reducing the annual toll of accidents
and fatalities resulting from a passive attitude toward traffic
signs and signals I he June slogan for the Motor Vehicle Depart
ment s program, Signs of Life ? Heed I hem " is almost an under
statement Perhaps it should be Signs of l ife ? Heed Them Or
Llse! ' "
Many a tombstone is carved by chiseling in
traffic.
A gymnasium is a place where the bars, not
the customers, are horizontal. ? Wall Street
Journal.
The tongue, being in a wet place, is likely to
slip when going fast.
Ken's Kolumn
By M/Sgt. KEN COON
U. S. Army Recruiter
| Here it is press time again and (
I have a story to tell. Two years
I ago this month I enlisted my
j second man from Cherokee Coun
ty. His name is Roy Allen of
| lTnaka. Roy is home now after
two years of exciting service, and
| already has voiced his desire to
re-enlist. He first enlisted on
July 11, 1947. and took his basic
training in Fort Jackson, S. C.
He shipped out to Camp Stoneman.
California, then to Hawaii, then
to Alaska, and finally back to
Camp Stoneman, for discharge.
Roy Allan is only nineteen years
of age and has seen a lot of this
old world.
Don't forget that now there is
a wider selection for veterans and
non-veterans, who enlist for three
or more years. You may select
one of the following branches of
service, U. S. Air Force. Regular
Army Unassigned, Infantry, Coast
Artillery, Field Artillery, Armor
ed Cavalry, and the Corps of
Engineers, provided you are physi
cally and mentally qualified.
Buddy Brendle's mother receiv
ed a telephone call from him.
and she said that out of a field of
six hundred enltries in the swim
ming meet. Buddy came in fourth.
I believe congratulations are in
order for Buddy Brendle. His
address is Pvt. Thomas F. Brendle.
8713th Training Squadron. Flight
4176, Lackland Air Field San
Antonia, Texas.
Has anyone neard from Bob
F ricks and 'Lloyd Arrowood? I
would appreciate it if someone
would send me their addresses.
Two men from Murphy have en
listed in the Corps of Engineers
for the month of July: Carl J.
Hampton and William F. Dalrym
plc.
Keith R. Maxey of Marble has
been accepted for the U. S. Air
Force. I should hear from him by
Monday. This is all for now. See
you next week.
North Carolina growers this year
are expecting to produce about
475,000 turkeys, or 35 to 40 per
cent more than in 1943.
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LSiJEKHETH j FBREJAN J
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12S.
Marching Songs j
?
Lesson for July W? 1949
WE did not win all the battles we
fought with Japan. The day oi
a certain naval defeat near the
Philippines, an American "baby
carrier, left to its
fate, was doing its
best to get away
from the pursuing
Japanese. All af
ternoon it dodged
and twisted. Ene
my destroyers and
planes were hot on
its trail, and it
was a "sitting
duck" in case they
really got the
Dr. Foreman I
range. No one on board expected ?
to live. The only question in any
body's mind was: How soon will
they get us? But late In the after- 1
noon, for some reason never ex- j
plained, the enemy gave up the
chase, and the American ship !
slipped off into the protecting
night. The next day, as the men
gathered for a special service of
thanksgiving, the chaplain read the
124th Psalm. It came as a new [
Psalm altogether to those men, 1
even to those who had known it by
heart: j
"If it had not been the Lord who
was on our side, when men rose !
up against us, then they had >
swallowed us up quick, when their j
wrath was kindled against us; then |
the . . . proud waters had gone
over our soul. Blessed be the Lord, j
! who hath not given us as a prey 1
to their teeth."
"Let Me Write
A Nation's Songs"
?pHE POWER to thrill has not
* been lost by the Psalms, as the
men on that carrier found out. The
group numbered 120 through 134 in
our Bibles are known as the "Pil
grim Marching Songs," and were
originally used by the Hebrews as
they went year by year up to their
capital city of Jerusalem and to
the Temple which was the center
of their religion. Then as now. the
Hebrews were a singing peop'e A
na'i >n that cannot sing, a nation
?\it <-it songs, is a dis-- al c< " y
i'\deec.
Difference among various
countries is symbolized by
their songs, or the lack of them.
The Chinese, for instance, have
no song that draws them all
together in the same way that
Englishmen are united in "God
Save the King" or as French
men once were by the "Mar
seillaise."
When it comes to pass, as once
it did in the United States, that one
part of the nation will sing one song
? say, "John Brown's Body") while
another part will not sing that song
but another one (say, "Dixie,"),
then civil war is at the gates. Only
people who will sing together can
be trusted to live together.
Singing Church
IN the long caravans, marching
up the rocky hillside trails to Je
rusalem, the ancient Hebrews put
iheir faith into stirring words set
to music. So it is always. All over
the Christian world, wherever and
whenever the singing is good, re
ligion is warm and vigorous.
Where the heart is full, there
will be song. Revivals of re
ligion are revivals of singing.
To this day a stranger In a
strange city, looking for a
church home, is most likely to
settle down in the church where
the singing is the best. I
It is not an accident that the
Moravian church is at the same
'ime the church that makes more
nf F.t*ter than some other
i & irch?s. it is the church where at
: mers'i* the music is never sad
but Joyous not mourning-songs but
triumphant hymns of Christian
faith.
? ? ?
Patriotism and Religion
TJ K AD these marching Psalms
through? the reading time is
only a few minutes? and see for
5'ourse.f how the ancient Hebrew
men of God united their praise of
Him with love for their country,
l'o this day, in our Christian hym
nals, patriotism and religion are
often combined. The English na
tional anthem, "God Save the
King," is a prayer; so is "America
the Beautiful." National hymns
have a rightful place in a book of
public worship. For while patriot
ism, by itself, is a poor substitute
for religion, still a man who will
not love hit country lacks some
thing of being a good Christian, and
on the other hand a man without
faith In God makes a very poor
citizen.
(Copyrtaht by the International Coun
cil of Religious Education on behalf of
10 denominations. Released
or WNU Features.
Production of more home food
supplies has been set as the No. 1
I objective of a long-range agricuil
, tural program formulated by Bertie
County farmers and their leaders.
Scouting
With the Editor
CHEROKEE COUNTY was filled
with sightseers and tourists during
the Fourth of July week-end. AH
hotels, tourist courts, tourist homes,
and cafe* were taxed to ca|>aeity
and running over. Many private
homes were called upon to house
visitors. As I came from Eastern
\orth Carolina Monday, traffic in
I he mountains was typical of that
at one of our largest football games.
For the most part, traffic moved
slowly in a procession, everybody
staying in line. Tourists and pic
nickers were having their fun in
our scenic land. At places such as
Soco Gap hundreds were having
picnics and enjoying the surround
ing beauty.
* * *
MURPHY TO MANTEO? For the
first time since coming to Murphy
to make my home in October, 1942,
I returned last week to Manteo
The extremities of the State are
described by the expression. "Mur
phy to Manteo ', Murphy being the
most western incorporated town
and Manteo the most eastern. The
North Carolina Press Association
held its annual summer conven
tion at Nags Head and Manteo
last week, and I travelled more
than 625 miles across the state to
attend. A "Northeaster", bring
ing wind and heavy rainfall, made
it he ocean treacherous, so only a
few of our 136 registered delegates
had an opportunity to ride the
breakers and swim in the blue
waters. While I registered the
newspaper representatives, I had
nothing to do with the registra
tion being one under the registra
tion of 137 at Fontana last summer,
even though I had told one of my
Eastern friends who was on the
host committee. Mr. Herbert Peele
of the Elizabeth City Daily A1
vance, that I hoped the Eastern
meeting would not exceed the one
in the West.
* * *
LITERARY ATMOSPHERE ?
Three authors of note. Inglis
Fletcher. Betty Smith, and Jona
than Daniels, gave our Press Con
vention a literary atmosphere.
Inglis Fletcher spoke at the break
fast meeting Saturday morning and
charmed her audience with her
experiences in research and writ
ing. Betty Smith, author of A
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, was not
a member of our convention, but
she and her husband were guests
at the Carolinian Hotel where we
met. Jonathan Daniels, president
of the Roanoke Island Historical
Society, addressed the publishers
at the "Press Night" performance
of Paul Green's symphonic drama.
The Lost Colony, Friday night.
Having seen and enjoyed the drama
several times in its early years of
production, beginning in 1937, I
was pleased to note that the 1949
performance is the best yet
Everybody in the nation should
see The Lost Colony, and they
would have a keener sense of ap
preciation for the heroic men and
women who first came to the USA.
and the price that was paid by
them for the beginning of our
nation.
* * *
TRAVELLING TO NAGS HEAD
with Miss Beatrice Cobb, Morgan
ton; Mrs Ru-th McQuage. Moctas
ville; and Miss Pearl Weathers.
Shelby. I returned to Murphy by
relays. Coming with the Peeles to
Elizabeth City Saturday afternoon.
I visited many old friends and
spent the night in the home of 1
Margaret and Cecil Rap,,,. (.
whom I served as bridesmaid"!
1939. They have a son D '
who is two and a half years m
The Rapers and I visited in Gates'
ville and Ahoskie Sunday, expect
ing to attend Church service in
Gatesville and found that the pas
tor, husband of Missionary Ruby
Daniel's, a college mate of
who spent several years on the
mission fields in Budapest had
undergone an operation and there
fore there was no service. (1 can.
not spell the name of the preacher
who is a native of Budapest), i?
Ahoskie, as we went to Nags Head
Wednesday, we had seen the Roy
Parkers with whom I was associat
ed in newspaper work many years
and found that Mr. Parker
critically HI. On Sunday, the
specialist who has treated him for
tuberculosis for several years, and
Dr. Cole's assistant, were there to
see Mr. Parker, and we had the
assurance that he had made some
slight improvement.
* * *
THE RAPERS brought me to
Siler City, where I picked up the
car of a Morganton friend and
came by Thomasville and spent
the night at Mills Home, the Bap
tist Orphanage, as a guest of Miss
Sarah Elmore, superintendent of
the home My car was in Morgan
ton, and after a visit with Miss
Cobb, f came on to Murphy with
the slow traffic which I described
above
* * *
MY SISTER PAULINE (Mrs.
Alex MeColl I and foster son, Phil
lip, came from Little Rock S. C.
to be with Mother while I was
away. Phillip, four years old. who
has been in our family only three
months, has an affectionate place
in the hearts of his (grandmother
and aunts, as well as his new par
ents.
? * *
MR AND MRS. B. ARP LOW
REN'CE and Mr. J. D. Ketchie of
Charlotite. newspaper friends
who have been in Utah,
California and other western states
attending the National Editorial
Association Convention and visit
ing relatives, came by to see us
last night (Wednesday). They have
been away six weeks and will re
turn to Charlotte today.
Williams Attends
Conference
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Williams have
returned from a week's trip to
Raleigh where Mr. Williams at
tended a conference of the per
sonnel of the Farmers' Home
Administration which was held at
Sir Walter Hotel. While there
they were entertained by their
iriends, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rozar,
at a dinner party at the Tar Heel
Country Club, on Thursday eve
ning, and on Fridiay at a luncheon
(town town.
On their way home. Mr. and
Mrs. Williams attended the wed
ding of Miss Joycve Rose Burke
and Bob LaMiasitus Parie at Cen
tral Methodist church Asheville on
Saturday evening. They also
were guests at the reception given
after the wedding by the bride's
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D.
M. Hale at their home. "Sunny
side Inn."
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