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... Established July 1889
fcMWjptiy Thursday at Murphy, Cherokee County, N. C ''
ADDIE MAE' OD6kE Editor and Owner
MRS. a.W. SA^M* Associate Editor
? * SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina, as second class
patter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Meditation
This powetof God tdmes to the indi
vidual believer through the Holy Spirit
?Hi' ?
? eve
on condition that be will ask. "Ask, and
it shall be given you. .*. . For every one
that asketh receivetb. ., . If a son shall
ask bread of any of you that is a father,
will be give bim a stonef or if be ask a
fisb, will be for a fish give bim a serp
entt or if be shall ask an egg, will be
offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being
evil, know how to give good gifts unto
your children: bow much more shall
your heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to tbem that ask him?" Luke
11:9-15.
Large Food Supply
Food production in Europe "is now higher
than it was before the war, accordifig to a study
made by Dr. and Mrs. Julius Hirsch, who attrib
ute the result to better farm practices, seeds and
machinery brought about by the E. C. A. pro
giam
The economies says that the last remnants
of world shortages of foods and fibers, except
for rice and wool, have 'disappeared. Neverthe
less, the whole non-Communist world is looking
to the United States to maintain reserves against
famine and war.
Farmers of the United States are doing the
job, with present indications pointing to an agri
culural production above that attained in the
years of World War 11. The increasing use of
machinery and fertilizer, plus improvement of
seeds and animals, has enabled American farmers
to increase production despite a smaller labor
force.
This year, for example, a corn crop of more
than 3,000,000,000 bushels is expected together
with more than 1,000,000,000 bushels of wheat
and a cotton crop that may exceed 16,000,000
bales.
Inasmuch as the welfare of the world de
pends upon the production of the farms of the
world, the people of the United States should
understand what an asset they have in the agri
culturalists of this country. We know there are
individuals in the metropolitan areas who take
delight in talking about the favors extended to
farmers but the inescapable fact is that no coun
try which permits its agriculture to decline
manages to last long in the race for survival.
Call of the Countryside
By Nora Cobb Spencer
I must get to the country, to the calm and peaceful
hours,
To the friendly fields, babbling brooks, the fasci
nating flowers?
Where the musing valley sprawls in the gray twi
light
And the silent hills keep watch through the livelong
night.
I must hie to the old house that has served many
years
Soothed pain and sorrow, squelched many tears?
Where we listened In the evening by the old fireside
To tales of romance, adventure, fears of war, the
patriot's pride.
'Twas there we learned that poverty and riches are
of the spirit.
That each one has the right to the choice of owner
ship,
To have courage amid the tempests that beset the
way,
And be thankful for hope at the end of the day.
There are fragments of verities in the old home to
see
And somehow God seems nearer when He whispers
to me.
Scouting
With The Editor
APPRECIATION?The following note from
Mrs. Allen E. Tabor Is appreciated: "I want to thank
you for the nice things you have said about our j
Army Reserve who left about eight weeks ago. My j
husband, happens to be one among them. He had to
leave two little girls behind, and, believe me it was
hard for him to leave them. I cut out the nice things'
you said and mailed them to him."
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LUKE HUNSUCKER has a "show" at Jerry's
Boat docks that any spectator would enjoy. Fisher- 1
men, particularly, are fascinated. He proves that
there's always good fishing in the Hiwassee. "Joe",
a pretty nice sized small mouth bass, inhabits the
v.aters around the dock, and Luke pets him, to the
extent that Joe will jump almost .a foot out of the
water to catch a minnow held by Luke. "Little Joe"^
a large month bass, but some smaller than Joe, has
learned the trick, too, and he also jumps for his
food, too.
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LAST THURSDAY night more than a hundred i
people of the Peachtree community met at the [
home of Mr. and Mrs. Aud Sudderth for the annual j
Home Demonstration Club picnic. A bountiful pic- j
nic supper was spread on tables erected on the
spacious grassy lawn of the Sudderths, and the club j
members, husbands, children, and guests enjoyed
it to the fullest. No better cooks can be found any- j
v here than those around Peachtree. Mae and Dale
Sudderth were co-hostesses.
After supper, a period of recreation and group
singing was enjoyed. The home and farm agents
assisted with the recreation. It's always fun to have
ar outing with this club!
* * *
C. M. DOUGLAS former newspaper man and
now an insurance man, of Brevard, has the following
to say of our new farm agpnt, G. H. Farley, who has
taken up his duties here: ,
"G. H. Farly, first-class citizen of Brevard is
now your new County Farm Agent, with offices in
the Court House at Murphy.
"He is stopping with Mayor Buel Adams until
he secures a place for his very nice wife and two
small children.
"I'd like you to know that "Jim" is a nice fel
iow, member of the Kiwanis Club here for years,
and a stomp-down good Farm Agent and .
for a fact? Jim is not leaving here because he
"Had" to. He has been more than highly acceptable
as Assistant Farm Agent, working with TVA, and
the farmer folks like him and his work.
"I am sure that he is going to be beneficial to
jour county and to the program of livestock im
provement and general agriculture which you lead
ers have already gotten a fine start on."
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AN INTERESTING recent visitor was P. H
F.ikins of Spencer. He is a former newspaper man
and at present is with the Y. M. C. A. of Southern
Railway. He told of how as a boy he came to Mur
phy when the Southern Railway first started the
railroad here, about 1891. His father was with the
company at the time. He said he appreciated the
fact that through the years Murphy has kept its
public square. The town has grown considerably
since that first and only other visit here, he says,
but there are some familiar scenes such as the
square left. His brother, W. B. Elkins, who is with
the post office service in Spencer, accompanied Mr.
Elkins here.
Looking
Over
A 4-Leaf
Clover
BY FRANCES PUETT AND MACK PATTON
FALL SHOW
Those Cherokee County boys and
girls who have purebred dairy
heifers and cows are getting them'
ready for the fall shows. First is |
the Seventh Annual Western ]
North Carolina Junior Dairy Show. >
This Show will be held at the new
show pavilllon at Enka and will be
the first show held there.
This year the show is sponsored
by the Asheville Agricultural De
velopment Council. The boys and
girls accompanied by their 4-H
Club leaders, will leave with their
animals on September 10. They
will be treated to a banquet and
entertainment thd night Gover
nor Scott will address the boys and
girls st the banquet The show will
be held the next day, September
11, and will be over in time* for
the boys and girts to feed
tor getting prize money. Prize
money will be enough to cover the
necessary expenses of the trip. The
Extension Agents will make ar
riay, September 26, beginning at 1
p. m. Prizes will be: first $10,
second, $5, and all others shown
will get $3 each.
TWO WIN SCHOLARSHIP
Christine Elliott of Tomotla and
Franklin Martin of Unaka, have
been awarded scholarships to the
annual State 4-H Club Wildlife
Conference to be held at Camf
Millstone. This Conference rum
through the week of August 20-24
The scholarship covers all expens
es for the week except transporta
tion. Transportation expenses wii
be covered by the- Hlwasaee Dan
Wildlife Club. Christine ant
Franklin were selected on their 4
H Club record in Wildlife projects
4-irSRS ENTKBTAIN LIONS
Murphy Lions Club
j were given a program By repres
entatives of Cherokee County's 4
H Club organization at their last
rangements for transportation.
The County Dairy Show for 4-H
Club members will be held as a
part of the Cherokee County Fair.
Animals will be shown on Wednes
regular meeting. Edwin Hendrix
and William Franklin discussed
projects, 4-H Club Camp and
Short Course at State College. Faye
Wilcox modeled the dress which
v/on for her the County Dress
Revue prize. Main feature was the
Dairy Foods Demonstration by
Doris Wells and Emma Jean
Shields. Their appetizing Spanish
Cream caused Lions to compete
for the favor of a taste. Tall
Twister Joe Ray twisted a number
of dollar bills out of the hungry
Lions for the benefit of 4-H'ers.
RECORDS
4-H'ers, help your club hit one
hundred percent completions ol
records this year!
Turn in your "record of projects
to the County Farm or Home As
sistant Agent The deadline is the
week of the Fair, September 22-27.
You may bring your record to the
Fairground office or mail to your
assistant L agents.
Your club will be rated accord
ing to percentage of recordi
turned in.
Manufacturers
InvitedToSee
Govt Exhibit
A special Invitation to small
manufacturers of Cherokee Coun
ty to attend an exhibit of products
the Federal Government Is buying
under Its multibillion dollar pro
curement program, to be held In
Atlanta) September 10, 11 and 12
has been extended by the Armed
Forces Regional Council for the
Southeast.
The Council, composed of Army,
btavy and Air Force, is sponsoring
(he exhibit, which will be held in
the new exhibit hall of the Atlanta
Biltmore Hotel, so that those firms
interested In serving as subcon
tractors in the fulfillment of gov
ernment contracts may be afforded
first-hand information as to what
the United States is buying from
prime contractors and how they
might fit into the procurement
picture. The United States De
partment of Commerce is cooper
ating in the project.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert R.
Kay, of the United States Air
f orce, has been appointed project
officer for the exhibit with head
quarters at 770 Spring Street,
Northwest, in Atlanta. According
to Colonel Kay, prime contractors
who sell goods to the government
located in a number of sections of
the Southeast have engaged space
for the displaying of their goods
with the result that hundreds of
different items will be exhibited.
The Atlanta exhibit will consti
tute the "greatest single opportu
nity" for smaller manufacturers in
the region to discuss the capacity,
productivity, facilities and ability
of their own plants to participate
in the government purchasing ac
tivities with representatives both
of prime contractors as well as the
armed services.
"We are not promising any actu
al contracts as a result of the ex
hibit, but we are confident that it
will be of intrinsic value to many
small manufacturers in the way of
educating them to just what the
government now wants in its na
tional program of defense, and just
about how they may be able to par
ticipate in the defense work,"
Colonel Kay said.
Recent figures from the Muni
tions Board showed that firms in
the Southeast had sold goods val
ued at nearly half a billion dollars
from July of last year to April of
this year, which leaves little doubt
as to the potentialities of the gov
ernment's purchasing program, it
was stated.
OPS Warns Grocers
To Use Only Price
Tables From OPS
The District Information Office
of OPS at Charlotte warns the re
tail grocer against using pricing
tables that are being passed out by
manufacturers and distributors.
These tables compute the pricing
tables erroneously, says J. Ray
Shute, deputy district director.
Mr. Shute says: "The Charlotte
district OPS has a large supply of
government-printed pricing tables
on hand, correctly computed, and
retail grocers who are in the least
confused on this point are invited
to write for them."
Pvt. J. C, Seabolt
Completes Basic
Private J. C. Seabplt, son of
John W. Seabolt of Murphy, has
recently completed 14 weeks of
basic training with Company K,
61st Infantry of the famed 8th Di
vision at Fort Jackson, S. C.
Prior to his enlistment ip the
Army last March Private Seabolt
was associated with the Henn The
atre in Murphy.
During his 14 weeks of basic
training Private Seabolt fired most
of the light infantry weapons, en
gaged in practical squad and pla
toon problems, and underwent in
tensive physical conditioning in
preparation for duty as a combat
or service type replacement.
$817,734 Spent
On Local Roads
A total of $817,734.40 has been
expended out of the bond fund In
Cherokee County through the peri
od ending June 30, according to
W. M. Corkili, Division Engineer.
U. 8. oil companies fof pool or
ganisation to meet shortage.
F. B. I. calls on public to aid Is
capture of 8
Mile Of Hiwassee
Road Is Completed
The State Highway Commlealon
completed work on a road project
in Cherokee County during July
under the $900,000,000 bond Issue
program.
Stabilizing and strengthening
was finished on the Hiwassee Road
for one mile.
The state-wide bond issue pro
gram reached the two-thirds mark
this summer. Last general report
ing showed that the Tenth High
way Division had completed 356
miles of paving under the program.
The Commission completed 14
end one-half miles of resurfacing
on roads In Graham County dur
ing July.
Newly-surfaced roads are:
On NC 129 from Topton to Rob
binsville, 12.7 miles; On Snowbird
Road from Robbinsville west, two
miles.
Andrews Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Payne, Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Long and Mr. and
Mrs. Loster Love are in Arling
ton, Va., visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Long.
Rev. R. T. Murray, pastor of
High Park Methodist Church, New
York, visited Rev. and Mrs. James
A. Allen Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hembrec
atlended the Queen reunion near
Ptachtree Sunday.
Mrs. Ruth Thompson and Hay
wood Plott were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Battle.
Mrs. C. R. Boyd of Lafayette,
Ala., and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Fos
ter of Birmingham, Ala., are vis
iting the Rev. and Mrs. James A.
Allen this week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Younginer
and family of McBee, S. C.t were
week-end guests of Mrs. Billy Rec
tor.
ME? and Mrs. George Leather
wood of Arlington, Va., visited Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Elliott Sunday.
Mrs. W. L. Moore, Miss Vera
Moore and Miss Blondine Luther
were dinner guests of Rev. and
Mrs. George Cuthbert.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Christie of
Asheville were week-end guests of
Mr. Christie's brother, Ben Ray
and Mrs. Ray.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Delaney
and sons, Donald and Bobby, of
Bristol, Tenn., visited Mr. De
laney's brother, Charles Delaney
and family Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Lindsey and chil
dren, Brenda and Sandra, of Black
Mountain are visiting Mrs. Lind
sey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Adams and
son, Steve Jr., of St Petersburg,
Fla., are visiting Mr. Adam's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Zala Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pullium and
children, Dale and Cecil, of
Struthers, Ohio, are guests of Mr.
Pullium's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Pullium.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Harwood of
Cynthiana, Ky? are visiting Mr.
Harwood's sister, Mrs. Rose Col
vard.
Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Shoaf and
daughter, Betty of Kannapolis are
spending the week with Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dorsey
spent Wednesday in Knoxville.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Farmer of Ar
lington, Va., are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Elliott.
Rev. E. F. Baker of Winston-Sa
lem spent last Wednesday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Harve Whitaker
Mrs. Charles Huffman spent
Monday in Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hall and fam
ily of Bristol, Tenn., and Margare
Ann Qyeen of Canton were wefek
end guests of kr. and Mrs. Franl
Adams and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hicks o
Gastonia visited their son Richan
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. A
Richardson last week.
Mr. and Mrs. OtHe Mann an<
Dee Raxter of Canton visited rel
atives here last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Alnie Adams am
children of Brevard spent th
week-end here with friends. -
Miss Margaret Ann Queen c
Canton was the guest of her cou
sin. Mrs. Hugh Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Dee MosteUer, Mi
and Mrs. Weldon West visite
Mrs. Mitchell Ammons and famil
of Black Mountain Sunday.
Mr. apd Mrs. Paul McDonal
and son, Abe, of Lenoir are guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Hardin.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Womac
spent Sunday in Franklin wit
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Long an
family moved to Bryion City thl
a mil
back to life.
Club
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Demonstration At
lions Meeting
Minn Doris W?Us
je?n 4-H club girls, gsvc
the dairy team demonstration on
the use of milk, which has won I
them much recognition, at the I
meeting of Murphy Lions Club
I Tuesday evening in First Methodist j
' Church. .
I Edwin Hendrix, William Frank
lin, and Edith Faye Wilcox, also.
4-H club members, participated on.
the program. The Utter modeled |
'a dress which won her first prize
in the county Junior 4-H dress
contest.
Mack l*atton was program chair
man and presented the 4-H'ers.
C. R. Freed announced the grade
dairy show which is to be held
Sept. 25.
I Lion President Loren Davis an
nounced that the club is Invited to
j be guests of Hayesvllle Lions Club
I Thursday August 30, and Murphy
CivlUn club Monday, August 20.
I He announced also that District
Governor Roy Taylor of Black
Mountain will speak at the Aug. I
28 meeting of the club. He stated
that six Lions and Lionesses at
tended the Ladles' night at Mc
CaysvUle Lions Club last Wednes
day night.
' Dale Lee announced that the
| club still has many brooms and
1 door mats to sell. It was reported
that in a recent eye clinic 37 were
examined, 21 need glasses, and
' four need surgery. The club coop
erates with these clinice.
j Ralph E. Miller of High Point
| was a guest; C. B. Hatchett of At
lanta was a guest of W. D. Town
son, Irvin Greene was a guest of
Mack Patton, and W. A. Sherrill
was a guest of Loren Davis.
State Law Covers
Used Furniture
!
| There is a state law requiring
' the sterilization of upholstered
furniture when it is repaired, ac
cording to Hugh Brittain.
| The purpose of this law Is to
further sanitation. As the sanita
tion inspectors can get to it, the
law is to be enforced so that the
.health of the community and the
' state will be increased. Repair
shops will be required to install
i apparatus to completely renovate
' work that they handle.
Funeral Is Held
For Mrs.Saue
Mrs. Bessie Van Gorder Saue,
49, of Palatka, Fla., died Friday at.
2 30 p. m. in the home of a sister,
Mrs. Earl Garrison of Hayesville.
She had been in declining health
for a year, and came to Hayesville
I three months ago for the benefit i
' of her health. I
| Funeral services were held at
'2:30 p. m. Sunday in Truett Me-|
I rcorial Baptist Church. The Rev.
! t,. p. Smith and the Rev. L. M.
i Burgess of Gainesville, Ga. offici
ated. Burial was in Union Hill
II Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Oliver Garri
son, Horace Garrison, Herman
Thornburg, J. Guy Padgett, Earl
Standrldge and Charlie Moore.
Survivors include the husband,
, J. P. Saue of Palatka; the father,
\the Rev. J. E. Depre of Live Oak,
Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. Garrison,
11 Mrs. Ray Billings of Palatka, and
" j Mrs. L. M. Burgess of Gainesville,
I I Ga.; two brothers, J. H. Depre of
Starke, Fla., and H. N. Depre of
Live Oak, four nieces and two
nephews.
She was born in Snow Hill. She
had been a member of Beaver Run
II Baptist Church at Norcross, Ga.,
, and was a member of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary.
Ivie Funeral Home was in charge
of arrangements.
t
Fire Destroys
Kearney Home
,f Fire destroyed the dwelling oc
i- < citpied by Robert Kearny in the
IFactorytown district of Murphy,
Wednesday noon. House and furnl
d ture were a total loss, it is re
ported.
Among TheSick
Mrs. C. H. Townson, who is a
patient at Petrie Hospital, is re
ported to be doing well.'
Mrs. Fred Radford of Grand
view, a patient In Petrie Hospital,
is improving.
James Osborne of Htwassee
ram, is reported to be
in Petrie Hospital
OR HFNNE1H J. FOREMAN
tsurmnJBi
al BXAonrai lnn ui
Christians and Law
U, ISO
n MTRICJtWS in not noted tor
" their reipect tor Jaw. Sometlmei
big business U thd reason. In a ear
tain eouthern itate there are two
eountriee through which run aome
main highways. Bat teuriita arc
well advised to stay
away from there,
btciuM the road*
hava been pounded
into a mau at pot
hole* by overload
ed coal trucks op
erating at high
speeds and often on
the wrong side at
the road. Now the
Df. Foremca state has Iiti
against overloading
trucks; it has laws against speeding.
There is an honest state police de
partment But although various ar-'
rests have been made, the head el
the police department reports that
in those two counties they never yet
have been able to secure a single
conviction in the courts. Why!
Who b to Blame?
Sometimes politics is to Blame.
That Is to say, a man wants to
get, or to hold, office, so eagerly,
that he will ignore or defy the law
in order to keep his little place iri
the sun.
There is another county where
a policeman shot a law-breaker
resisting arrest and attempting
to shoot the officer. The county
Judge tried to make three suc
cessive grand Juries Indict the
policeman, but after looking into
the facts they an refused.
Here was the interesting spectacle
of a judge on the bench (elected
there) trying to make the law work
against itself, trying to force a
grand Jury to indict an innocent
man. The thing was, the policeman
was from out of the county, but the
man he killed, being a bootlegger,
had many friends who were also
friends of the judge.
? ? ?
We Get What We Deserve
BUT we can't blame big business,
or mean politics, for the lawless
ness of America. If individuals re
pected the law. if every man re
pected the law Just as he wants
otners to respect It, we could handle
business and we could get rid of dis
sonest politicians.
An official high In federal clr
cles, who had had plenty of op
portunity to observe, remarked
last spring, speaking of con
trols, that every one wants the
other man controlled, every
body wants to control somebody
else, but nobody wants to be
controlled.
That's Just the trouble. We can
make all the laws we please, but so
long as we are the kind of people
who will not respect a law if it
cramps our own style, then we need
not be surprised at the sort of
thing a senate crime committee digs
up.
No Government Is Perfect
MANY of us try to excuse our
selves by saying that the gov
ernment is inefficient or even
crooked, and that the laws are un
fair. Christians, certainly, can see
very easily the failings of both gov
ernment and law. But Christians
ought to be the very persons to set
the example of respect for law and
government.
Consider the New Testament.
Hardly a single Christian men
tioned in that book had the least
thing to do with making the
laws of those times. The gov
ernment was from the top down,
the exact opposite of democrat
ic. None of the early Christians
conld vote or hold office.
The government, whether In Pal
estine or in Rome, was in non-Chris
tian hands. The laws lacked a good
deal of being wholly just and fair.
Nevertheless, Jesus and Paul and
Peter, all 6f whom suffered from the
laws of their times, urged men to
pay tribute (taxes) to Caesar, to
support the magistrates, to obey
the laws. Even a selfish, money
hungry and often cruel government
like that of Rome deserved support.
: Jesus and Paul alike remind ns
that we rely on government for pro
tection; that government, in spite of
all exceptions, is on. the side of good
men, not against them.
If we had no government we
should miss it and want it St Peter,
writing to Christians who were ac
tually being persecuted by the gov
errJSsefit, urged them nevertheless
to be loyal to the authorities. There
may come times?Indeed, human
nature being what it is, such times
are bound to come?when a govern
ment proves so corrupt and unjust
that It deserves to tall; but even
then the way out is not the way of
lawlessness. Reforms come best
from the law-abiding, not the law
deriding.
Women's Army Corps
000 recruits; demand grows.