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Established July 1889
Published every Thursday at Murphy, Cherokee County, N. C
ADDIE MAE COOKE Editor and Owner
MRS. C W. SAVAGE : Associate Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Cherokee and surrounding counties: One Year, f 2.00; Six Months, $1.25; Outside above territory:
One Year, $2.50; Six Months, $1.50
Entered in the Post Olfice at Murphy, North Carolina, as second class
matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
MEDITATION
"To be strong and true; to be gener
ous in praise and appreciation of others;
to impute worthy motives even to ene
mies; to give without expectation of re
turn; to practice humility, tolerance, and
self-restraint; to make the best use of
time and opportunity; to keep the mind
pure and the judgement charitable; to
extend intelligent sympathy to those in
distress; to cultivate quietness and non
resistance; to seek truth and righteous
ness; to work, love, pray, and serve
daily, to aspire greatly, labor cheerfully,
and take God at His word?this is to
travel heavenward."
COUNTY THE LOSER
Andrews and Cherokee County sustain a loss
this week when the Rev. J. Clayton Lime family
move to Canton where Mr. Lime has accepted
the pastorate of the Presbyterian church. Not
only will Mr. Lime's parishioners miss him, but
even more, he will be missed in the community
and county. In every good work, he was at
the front.
He will be remembered for the tremendous
amount of time and work that he has applied in
Andrews in interest of the Boy Scouts. He made
Scouting stand for something, giving his energy
and talents unselfishly.
Mr. Lime will be missed as a community
leader and teacher in the grammer grades. The
high school will miss Carolyn as a leader, and
the elementary school chubby Betty Lou.
In the Limes' moving Canton is the winner,
and Cherokee Counts' the loser.
ScOUting With The Editor
MY ANNUAL session of going to school oc
curred last week?Thursday through Saturday
?when I attended the 25th annual Newspaper
Institute at INC. Chapel Hill, and Duke uni
versity, Durham. The program included speech
es by nationally prominent men and good en
tertainment, but the most instructive period was
Friday morning when we had a clinic on weekly
publishing, conducted by Curtis Russ of Waynes
ville. The subjects were: "Headlines" by
Stuart Sechriest, member of the faculty of UNC
Journalism School: "Front Page", Tom Lassi
ter, also on the UNC faculty and publisher of
Smithfield Flerald: "Advertising", Russ: and
"Taking Your Own Medicine", Al Resch, pub
lisher Chatham News, Siler City. The two uni
versities lived up to the fine hospitality that the
Institute members have enioyed as their guests
through the years.
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IT'S TIME TO PLANT DOGWOODS, and
the Scout will start its DAgwood club again. The
names of everybody in the county that report
to the paper that dogwoods have been planted by
them will be published as a member of the club.
Last year approximately 500 trees were planted.
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THE SUMMERTIME that we have enjoyed
in Cherokee County this January has us thinking
that our Chamber of Commerce ought to adver
tise our section as a winter resort. There's been
no reason for folks to take off to Florida to en
joy warm weather and escape the cold. Japanese
quince, forsythia. spirea, violets, jonquils, and
buttercups are blooming in our area. The first
violets I have seen were in a lovely bunch of
spring flotvrs and parsley with which Mrs. Wil
lard Axley remembered me this week. They
came at the right moment?when 1 needed a lift.
1 often wonder how folks (especially. Annabelle)
manage to know exactly when to do a favor like
that, to help you over a rough spot.
? * *
MY HEART goes out to the men and women
?some 1400 of them?in our Veteran Hospitals.
Oteen and Swannanoa where our Western North
Carolina Red Cross Hospital Council meetings
are held. Many of the patients who gave years
of service to their country are spending the re
maining years of their lives on hospital beds. It
is good to know, though, that the Government
is doing all in its power to care for them. The
hospitals are well-equipped, well-staffed, well
kept. People in our community have a part in
earing for the extra needs, such as greeting cards
to be sent to families and friends by the patients,
Valentines, gifts for birthdays and party prizes,
and other small items that the Government does
not furnish. 1 his is done through the Red Cross
services. My mission Wednesday to Oteen was
to attend a meeting of the executive committee
of the WNC Red Cross Hospital Council, the
other members of which are: J. W. Hendon,
Asheville; Mrs. Pleda Jackson, Hendersonville.
Mrs. IT P. Pitts, Morganton; and Taylor Simp
son, High Point.
Bulldogs Defeat
Hiwassee Team
The Murphy High School Bull
dogs divided a double-header with
Coach Grady Anderson's Hiwas
see Dam High School eagers Tues
day night.
The Hiwassee girls won the
opening game, 43 to 22, but Mur
phy came back to walk away with
the boys game, 63 to 46.
Leading 26 to 22 at half time,
the Murphy boys turned on the
steam through the final half and
rolled home with victory. Jimmy
Hall, Bill Lovingood and Eugene
Hall racked up the necessary points
for the winners.
Bryson was high for Hiwassee
with 15.
Girls' lineups:
Hiwassee Dam (43) (22) Murphy
F?Cole (14) (15) Lou Hall?F
F?Vernea (2) Lucille Hall?F
F?Dockery (19) (5) Savage?F
G?Stiles Adams?G
G?West Gordon?G
G?Prtce Crisp?G
Subs: Hiwassee Dam: Allen 8,
Bates, Reid, Wilcox, Allen, Wood,
Raper, G. Allen. Murphy: Beal 2,
Plemmons, Wise, Martin, Wells,
Allman.
Boys' lineups:
Hiwassee Dam (46) (63) Murphy
F?Clayde (5) (12) J. Hall?F
F?(Rogers (6) (6) Brandon?F
C?(Price (M (13) Lovingood?C
Q?Bryson (15) (8) Thompson?G
G?Floyd (6) (16) E. Halt?G
Subs: Hiwassee Dam: H. Stiles,
S. Stiles, Hearberts, Rice, H. Allen,
M. Allen 6, Murphy: Coffey 3,
Zimmerman 5, Stiles, Alexander,
06ficials: Benton, Seller.
Clothing Shipped
To Germany
The Dorcas Society of the Fas
ten Seventh Day Adventist Church
reports shipping a box of clithing
to the people located in the
Russian zone of Germany. They
state that their organization has
shipped 2.799,264 pounds of cloth
ing with a very conservative esti
mated value of S5,598,528.00; and
a total of 3,845.848 pounds of
food with an expenditure of
S980 782.22 to Europe's needy.
Infant Taken
Funeral services for James Roy
Thomas, infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Thomas, Culberson
Route 1, who died Sunday about
noon in a Murphy hospital, after
a week's illness, were held Mon
day at 2 P. M. in Macedonia Bap
tist Church with the Rev. Calvin
Thompson officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme
tery with I vie Funeral Home in
charge.
Surviving besides the parents
are a sister. Helen; five brothers,
William. Hiibert, Franklin, Carl
and Clyde, all of the home, and
the paternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. I. Thomas, Murphy Route
2.
Ledford made a business trip to
Copperhill, Tenn., Friday.
Lee Horton and daughter visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ledford
recently.
James Osborne visited Mr. and
Mrs. Guy EUer Thursday.
Mrs. Willie EUer is spending
few days with her sister, Mrs.
Effie Ledford.
Mrs Jim Bfyant, who has been
ilj, is better.
iMts. W. B. HauUns, was the
guest of Mia. Hobert FIckMmr
Sunday aftenium.
Mrs. Psriee Rich was the dinner
of Mr. and Mrs K.
Infant Dies
Funeral services for Alice
Elizabeth Ledford, infant daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred O. Led
ford of Shooting Creek, who died
Sunday night in a Murphy hospi
tal, were held Monday afternoon
in Union Hill Church near Hayes
villc.
The Rev. Andy Cloer and the
Rev. Mr. Poindexter officiated and
burial was in the church cemetery
with Townson Funeral Home in
charge.
Surviving are the parents; three
sisters, Oleta, Betty Jean and
Marjorie of the home; the mater
nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Hogsed; and the paternal
grandfather, J. H. Ledford, all of
Shooting Creek.
Upper Peachtree
Mrs. Math Leatherwood recent
ly spent several days with her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Rrendle.
Calvin Lunsford visited C. W.
Thomasson Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. John Shoemak, who has
been ill, is better.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Curtis and
children were guests of Mrs.
Curtis' sister Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Moore
visited Mr. Moore's aunt, Mrs.
Laura Barker, Sunday.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cloer
and small daughter, Patsy, were
Sunday dinner guests of C. W.
Thomasson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Barker
have been ill.
The Rev. and Mrs. O, D. Rogers
of Hayesville were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. BUI
Leatherwood.
Mrs. Dorothy Moore gave a
quitting at ber home ladt Wednes
day.
Mr and Mrs. J. W. Curtis were
guests of Mr. CUttis' aMer, Mrs.
Li
SCRIPTURE: Acta 9:4?11:11.
DEVOTIONAL READING: Bommn.
1:31-90.
Unto All Men
Lesson for Jannary W, 19*
'M'
fARK TIME. Christian Sol
? diers," is not a Christian
hymn. The word is "Onward, Chris
tian Soldiers!" The command was
given by no less a person than
Jesus himseli: "Go and make dis
ciples of all nations, baptizing
them . . . teaching
them . . (Matt.
28:19, 20) Do you
know some one in
the church who
says h e doesn't
believe i n mis
sions? Such a man
does not take
Christ seriously. If
you do believe in
Christ then his
commands are for you to obey, not |
to ignore.
When Men Delay
UP TO NOW, the church has
been playing around with Jesus'
command. Very few denominations
are actually putting any large
amount of money or manpower intc
obeying Christ's command to go
into all the world.
One fairly typical American de
nomination contributed last yeat
to all benevolences, that is to all
causes not in their own local con
gregations, the sum of $9,137,065.
That sounds like a lot; but divided
by the total number of members
it boils down to $14.03 per member
for the year, or less than five cents
a day. '
And of course not all tnat
big sum of five cents went to
missions of any sort. Tet that
denomination gives more per
capita to missions than most
others do. When a man who
gives less than five cents a day
to carry the good news of
Christ Into the wide world
s*ngs "Onward, Christian Sol
diers!" or prays "Thy King
dam come!" how much docs
he mean it? Not a nickel's
mirth!
O.- tai-e the question of man
power. This same denomination, ]
finds out as missionaries, every
ear, as many men and women as
? re sent by some denominations
hree times its size. And yet, even
to, the total number of ordained
ministers in that denomination
.vho are foreign missionaries is
jnly 4 per cent of their total num
oer of ministers.
"Go into all the world," said the |
Master. "Four per cent of us will,"
we reply, "the rest of us will stay
at home."
When Men Obey
AS A MATTER OF FACT, even
the earliest church was slow
to pay real attention to Christ's
command. Forward! Men ara
strange creatures. And one of the
strange things about us is that we
often have to be scared into doing
our duty.
It took the persecution set off by I
the death of Stephen to move the I
Christians in Jerusalem out along |
the roads south, north, east, any
where to get away from the city of I
death. Everywhere they went, they |
told the story of Jesus.
But at first H was an rather
breathless and Informal. "Why
are you here?" one of these
DP's would be asked, as he
was passing through Samaria
or Antioch or Alexandria, per
haps In the bread-line, perhaps
looking for a place to work and
settle down. "I'm a refugee
from Jerusalem," be would
say. "But why?" "Well, I'm a
Christian." "What's thai?"
So the story would be told all
over again, the good news about
God's grace In Christ. So tha
church spread. Today, though an
enormous part of tha world's pop,
ulatlon Is still unwon, there are
Christians in so many lands thai
the Bible?all or parts of It?has
had to be translated into more than
one thousand different languages
and dialects.
Unto All Men
f-\NE OF THE MOST interesting
^ and surprising little books of
recent years is called "They Found
the Church There," by H. P. Van
Dusen. It is the dramatic story ol
bow the American GI, to his great
astonishment, found Christians In
the most unexpected places.
It Is a tremendous whute
to think that the Christian re
ligion la only far Engllalfepeak
ing peoples, or for Europeans,
or for white people. It began
era of this column would .
down as "foreigners."
Christ can bo as much at h<
n an Igloo or a wigwam as b
In an American farmhouse or it
efficiency apartment on the
boulevard. He cornea to all n
tod at Peter found out, tha Lor
no respecter of persons.
Farmers In the South now own |
700,000 tractate, twice at
many as they hud 4* yean ago
Dr. Foreman
"To Whomsoever
Much Is Given"
Is Circle Topic
Circlet of the Bapttet W. M S.
held their meetings Tuesday after
noon.
The Lottie Moon Clrde met with
Mrs. Henry Hyatt. (Mrs. B. L.
Fox bad -charge of the program
which was opened with the hymn,
"Trust and Obey", followed by
prayer by Mrs. M. L. Willisana,
and the devotional by Mrs. Fox.
Mts. Henry Hyatt gave 'To
Whomsoever Much is Given"; "A
Spiritual Revival" was the topic
given by Mts. W. H. Murray, and
"Every Baptist a Trther", by Mrs
Ben Palmer.
The program was closed with
prayer by Mrs. W. A. Bell, and a
business session followed, at
which time officers for the com
ing year were elected.
During the social hour, refresh- ]
ments were served to 11 members [
present.
The Fannie Heck Circle met
with Mrs. W. A. Sherrill, with
Mrs. J. D. Burch as program lead
er.
Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix gave the
devotional using the topic, 'To [
Whomsoever Much is Given", fol
lowed by prayer.
Mrs. B. B. Cornwell presented
the program on "Playing Fair
With Others".
The following officers were
elected at the business session
which followed; Mrs. W. A. Sher
rill, chairman; Mrs. Ralph Adams
?and Mrs. B. B. Cornwell, co
chairmen; Mrs. J. C. Monteith,
treasurer,; Mrs. Burch secretary;
Mrs. Howell McDonald, commun
ity Missions chairman; Mrs. J.
B. Hall, stewardship chairman;
Mrs. Lewis King. Mission Study
chairman; and Mrs. Clarence
Arnold, Literature chairman.
The hostess served coffee and
cake to nine members and one
visitor, Mrs. Harry Dickey, and a
social hour followed.
Mrs. E. J. Darnell was hostess
to the Mae Perry Circle at her |
home.
"Christ For the World We Sing"
was the opening hymn, followed |
by prayer by Mrs. Darnell.
The devotional message were |
read by Mrs. L. E. Bayless, Mrs.
Tom Evans, Mrs. Paul Hyatt, Mrs. |
Darnell, Mrs. H. E. King, follow
ed by a season of silent prayer, I
wtih Mrs. J. Alton Morris giving |
the closing prayer.
Mrs. Morris presented the pro
gram, after which a business ses
sion was held when committees
were appointed for the coming
year.
Jim Wood Is In
WCTC Production
Of Little Theatre
The Little Theater at Cullowihe
has selected the oast for it
Winter production of "Ramshackl
Inn", a mystery farce In three act
by George Batson. The play wi]
be presented In Hoey Auditorium
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege, February 2, at 8:00 P. M.
The oast Is as follows: Arbuth
not, Charlie West, Weavervilla
Patton, Jim Wood, Andrews
Joyce. Dot Martin, Bryson City
Mame, Ann Davidson, Boilini
Springs; Small, Richard Stotl
Bailey; Belinda, Ruth Angel
Franklin; Commodore, Wilton
Hinkle, Asheville; Gall, Gwendc
lyn Denton, RobbinsvUle; Alice
Helen Louise Gently, Asheville
Dr. Russell, Nickie Bonanigc
Canton; Bill, Robert Robertsor
Candler; Temple, Don Iretonc
West Palm Beach, Fla.; Mary
Celeste Sabtotlne, Black Mour,
tain; Gilhooley, Hersey Hipp
Belmont; Fred Porter, Charle
Browning, Bryson Oily.
Home Ec Pupils
Give Program
Home Economics pupils un
'.he direction of Miss S'lir
Steele i resented a chapel progr
Wedreecay on "Loking For a
ture." This program was plani
And Written by class members v
have JuSt finished studying "Ca
ers in Home Economics".
Gaynell Kincaid conducted
c'cvotionala.
The following took paart in
various skits: Bobby Trull. Lor
Elster, Clara Mae "Taylor, He
Haney, Btlly Jean Teague, Pa
Okaitc, Darleen CtSMtaln, Claud
Haney, Mary Jane Hughes, He
Cearley Aaidry Akin. Kattd
Cook, IfeteHe Hughe*. Oannde
Potest, Helen EetesRay Montt
and atsif Reed. Several I
graders and a group from the fifth 1
grade alio had parts
Farmers of Wisconsin, the lead
ing dairy State, sold more milk In
IMS than did all of the farmers
in the South.
To The Democrats Of Murphy
A masr meeting will be held at the Court
house, February 7, at 7:30, to elect a town
chairman and organize for ,the town elec
tion to be held the first Tuesday in May.
Every Democrat, not just a part cf them,
but EVERY DEMOCRAT, SHOULD BE
PRESENT.
"Number,
Please"
Calling by Number
Instead ef by Name
Means Faster Service
For Growing Murphy
3TKe number of telephones m service iq
Murphy has grown to the point where grv
ing the operator the name of the person you
want to talk to, instead of his telephone,
number, is slowing down the service for the
city. There are now too many telephone
subscribers for the operators to associate
their names and the position of their lines
on the switchboard. -
I. tie interest of faster, batter teM?~
service for yourself and the growing city,
please use the telephone directory or a list
of frequently called numbers and place all
your calls by number instead of by name.
It means faster, better telephone service for
everyone. Your co-operation is appreciated.
J. L. Smith, District Manager.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY