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Established July 188V
Published every Thursday at Murphy, Cherokee County, N. C.
WILLIAM V. AND EMILY P. COSTELLO
Publishers and Owners
WILLIAM V. COSTELLO Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In C ierokee County One Year, $2.50; Six Months, f1.50; Outside Cherokee County:
One Year, $3.00; Six Months, $1.75
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Entered in the Post Office at Murphy. North Carolina as second da*
matter under the Act of March 3, 1879.
State Milk Production
Reaches All-Time High
Estimated milk production on
(arms in North Carolina totaled
ITS million pounds during May?
the highest monthly production
ever recorded in the Tar Heel
State, according to the N. C. Crop
pattern, production during May
Reporting Service.
Following a normal seasonal
registered an increase of 12 mil
lion pounds over the 161-million
pound flow of the previous month.
Further comparisons show that
production during May of this
year was 14 million pounds above
that of May t953 and 30 million
pounds above the 1943-52 average
for the month.
There was an estimated 394,000
milk cows in herds in the State
during May. This was also the
1 highest of record for the month,
comparing with 381,000 cows in
herds during May 19S3.
Concentrates fed (grains, mill,
feeds and other concentrates) per
milk cow in herds kept by Tar
Heel reporters on June 1 averaged
4.6 pounds as compared to 4.1
pounds a year earlier and the
1944-53 June 1 average of 3.9
pounds.
Production of milk on United
States farms during May is esti
mated at 13 billion pounds?4 per
cent above last year and 7 percent
above the average May output in
194:4-52.
Range Sanitation Is
Important To Flocks
Most of the pullets raised in
North Carolina each yeaT develop'
ed on rangesand housed in range |
shelters. To conduct such a deve
loping program successfully, the
poultryman must consider range
sanitation.
R. S. Dearstyne, head of the de
partment of poultry science, N. C.
State College, says range sanita
tion is intimately related to the
livability of the pullets. The per
iodic moving of shelters is highly
important. Pullets spend the night
under the shelters and often a
part of the day. if the weather is
hot and if ample shade is not
available. During their stay in the
shelter, a large quantity of drop
pings is voided. These sift through
the wire floor to the ground be
neath.
These droppings often contain
worm eggs, coccidia and disease
producing bacteria. Consequently,
the shelters should be moved at
frequent intervals. How often
should these intervals be. This
usually is related to the volume
of droppings and as to how close
the crop in the area adjacent to
the shelter has been grazed. Gen-'
erally speaking, the time of mov- ;
ing ranges from two days to two I
weesks. All experienced poultry- j
men know range shelter should
be started at the foot of a slope '
and gradually moved uphill and j
for a distance of at least 100 feet. 1
An important, and often neglect
ed, part in range santitation lies j
in adequately cleaning the area
beneath the shelter when it Is
moved. This area should be care
fully sci aped and the material
collected, removed to a place
where chickens will not range for ]
a year or so. It is also suggested
that the area be limed. This aids
in neutralizing the acid condition
developed by the droppings and
makes the pullets somewhat re
luctant to eat on the area.
Dairy Month
Plans For Last
Week Postponed
Plans for the final week cele
brations of June Dairy Month
were called off this week when it
was learned Coble Dairy's new ice
cream plant will not be ready
for the celebration. J. Franklin
Smith, chairman, said.
The last activities were to be at
the plant's open house with invit
ations going out to county and
state officials.
C. R. Freed, Coble Dairy man
ager, said his plant will bold open
house when construction is com
pleted at Brasstown.
Meat production under federal
inspection for the week ending
June 9, was estimated at 909 mil
lion pounds, 1 2per cent below a
week earlier.
BIRTHS
IN PETRIE HOSPITAL
l
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Oray. Rout*
3. BlairsvUle, a girl. June IB.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Cook oI
Murphy, a son, Stephen Blaine,
June 18. Mrs. Cook is the former
Miss Betty Swain, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Swain.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Anderson
of Robblnsville. a son. June It.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hughes, i
Route 2, Murphy, a daughter.
June 16.
Mr -a
Havesvllle, a daughter,'
Mr. and Mrs V. R. Hembree,
Route 1. Murphy, a son. June 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holtzclaw,
Route 3. Blairsville, a daughter.
June 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hall, Route
1. Warne, a son. June 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Byers,
Route 4. Blairsville, a son, June
19.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McDou
gal. Route 1. Copperhill. Tenn., a
son, June 19. '
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scroggs of
Brasstown, a daughter. June 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fowler of Mur
pby, a sor.. William David, June
20.
Mrs. Fowler is the former Miss
Doris Palmer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Palmer of Murphy.
Berkshire Tells
Vacation Plans
Employees of Berkshire Mill in
Vndrews will have their vacations
itarting July 4 and ending July 12,
vhen the plant closes down, S. G.
lernert said.
Mr. Gemert said all employees
vho have been with the company
tlx months to five years will get
>ne week vacation at two per cent
>f their gross pay.
Employes with five years ser
vice but less than 20 years will
jet two weeks at four per cent of
jross pay.
Employees with 20 years or
more rate three weeks at six per
cent of their gross pay.
GARDEN TIME
BY ROBERT SCHMIDT
rhere are many things to do in
; garden in June such as take
. divide and tranpslant blue
bearded iris. Jonquils and daf
lils, tulips and Dutch Iris. Also
une and stake and tie dahlias
d t omatoes?mulch these crops
you want to eliminate some of
e problems of cultivation.
Side dress sweet corn with ni
ite of soda when it gets knee
gh. Give your lawn a topdress
% of nitrate of soda Just before a
in or water it In with a hose,
id while we are on the subject
water, during the summer bent
ost horticultural plants should
i applied with approximately
>e Inch of water a week either
r rain or irrigation. The quality
I of vegetable* will be seriously af
| (ected unless they receive suffl
! cient wsler at the critical peri
1 lodJ
it is also time In June or early
Jul) jo sow seed of tomatoes, col
lards and broccoli (or the fall
crop. Use a wilt-resistant variety
of tomatoes such as Homestead or
Southland or Jefferson. Fall to
matoes will not be successful if
your foil is infested with rootknot
nematodes. Although many people
plant collard seed in the spring
and grow large plants, the mast
tender collard* are those seeded
in July and August. The plants
are not as large when cold weath
er comes hut the quality Is much
better.
Green sprouting broccoli has be
come very popular?especially for
freezing Seed should be planted
in late July or August In order
that the main crop of buds will
mature before heavy freezes oc
: eu.\ Tho plant will withstand
some frost but is sometimes sever
ely damaged. DeCicoo is a very
good variety 'or North Carolina.
Grade A milk purchases in
Nort.-. Carolina during the first
quarter of 1964 were about 17.8
per cent above thoee of the earn#
period a year earlier.
United Statej (arm export] to
talled $244 million in March, 1(64,
some 3 per cent above the Febru
ary figure but 3 per rent below
the March, 1(~3 figure.
The number of milk cowa oil
North Carolina farma In April 1(64
was estimated at 3(3,000, compar
ed with 3(0,000 during the same
period a year earlier.
For Day-Long Comfort
Wear a pair of ORTHO-VENT
cushioned shoes.
Over 100 different styles for
men 43d women. ?
Call mm /er mm mfftntmnt mt
BEN M. RAGSDALE
Marshy. N. C.
BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
I wiU offer for sale on July 5th, 6th, and 7th at
Dayesville, N. C; opposite the waterworks, the
following personal property and real estate:
Several thousand feet of limber, approximately 100 bu.
corn, some furniture, also a 1962 Ford Tractor with heavy
Duty Dearborn mounted highway mower, Dearborn 14 in.
plows, one 7 ft. Gibson disc harrow, Dearborn buzz saw,
I high Eft and pulley?this is A-l a bargain,
si One sax room house and a 100x30 ft. chicken house on
5 A. of land in HayesviDe.
One six roam farm house and approximately 55 A. of
3L nine trees and farm land well watered. This farm is
or coed rend with school bus and maH
Warns wai?unity. Wffl pries to
VBWVEY HAMPTON
A TRUE COPY OF TELEGRAM
FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
Handbills that were circulated throughout Cherokee
County were not true copies of the telegram.
June 14, ISM
Mi. Walter Mauney
C-O Mauney Drug Company
Murphy, North Carolina.
Answering your Inquiries advise that markers are not allowed in any Primary and It
Is Illegal to use same in Primary elections, see last sentence In Section lit of election
law pamphlet.
Watchers are governed by Section 182 and may serve as challengers and any elector
may also challenge a voter.
If voter is challenged and challenge decided In voter's favor, the voter must write
his name on the ballot for Identification before depositing in proper box as provided by
Section 188.
Watchers cannot enter the guard rail, but may be present at the opening of the box
es and the canvass of the ballots and challengers, whether watchers or electors, may
enter the guard rail for the purpose of challenge and retire when It Is heard.
Near relatives may give assistance to illiterate or disabled voters or if no near
relative* the registrar or Judge of the election. However this office has ruled that an Il
literate voter Is an elector registered under the Grandfather's Clause and no otter, gee
Section 114.
All precinct election officials should stay at their posts until ballots are counted
and canvassed. Copy of this telegram mailed to Mr. William Stalcup, chairman, Chero
kee County Board of Elections.
Harry McMullan
Attorney General
Ralph Moody
Assistant Attorney General
Send Collect
The last sentence in Section lit states that Section 112 does not apply to primary
elections.
SEC. 174 ASSISTANCE TO ILLITERATE OB DISABLED VOTER IN PRIMARY.
Any qualified voter entllted to vote In any primary, but who by reason of any physical
disability or Illiteracy Is unable to mark his ballot may upon statement to the registrar
of his ncapaclty and upon his request be aided by a near relative (husband or wife,
brother or slater, parent or child, grandparent or grandchild), who shall be admitted to
the booth with such voter, or If no near relative Is present such voter may call to
his assistance any other voter of his precinct who has not given aid to another
voter, and who shall likewise be admitted to the booth with such voter; PROVIDED,
that If the voter needs and Is entitled to the assistance as herein provided for, and there
is no near relative present, or anyone else authorised hereunder to give assistance, the
voter may qall to his assistant the registrar or one of the Judges of election: PROVID
ED, FlTRtHER, that any voter may upon his request be accompanied Into the voting
booth by a near relative (as above defined), and obtain such assistance from said
member of the family as he may desire whether disabled or not. It shall be unlawful for
any person to give, receive, or permit assistance In the voting booth during any pri
mary to any voter otherwise than as Is herein provided for.
SEC. 1W. WATCHERS. CHALLENGERS. Each political party or Independent can
didate named on the ballot irtsy, by writing signed by the county chairman of such po
litical party, or, as the case may be, by the independent candidate or his manager, filed
with one of the Judges of election, appoint two watchers to attend each polling place.
Such watchers shall serve also as challengers; PROVIDED, that no person shall be ap
pointed as a watecher who Is not of good moral character; and the Judges of election
and registrar may for good cause shown reject any appointee and require that another
be appointed. Such watchers shall In no ease enter the guard-rail, but may be present
at the opening of the boxes and the canvass of the ballots at the dose of the election.
PROVIDED, that any elector when the name of any elector Is called by the Judges of
election, may exercise the right of challenging the doctor's right to vote and when he
or she does so then such challenger may eater the election space to make good
challenge and then retire at once when such challenge la heard.
SEC168.DEPOSITING OF BALLOTS; SIGNATURE OF VOTER IF CHALLENG
ED: DELIVERY OF POLL BOOKS TO CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY- BOARD OF ELEC
TIONS. When the voter has prepared his ballot or ballots,sarae shall be deposited hi the
proper boxes: Pier Mod, however, that If the voter shall have been chollenged and the
challenge be decided la the voter's favor, before depositing the ballot or ballots hi the
proper boxes, the voter shall write his name sa On build or bnBote for Men miration li
the event that nay action should he taken later In regard to the voter's right to vote.
After voting the voter shall forthwllh pass outside the guardrail, mlem he be one of the
persons authorised to remain for purposes other than voting. No I
be allowed to be deposited hi
: or be counted. No person to whom nay official ballot shoB be delivered shall leave
i the guardrail i
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ed to have begun tee act of voting, and If he leaves tee guardrail before tee deposit of
; In 1
i of '
[ to be kept by the Jadges of llnHws shaB be signed by
at the close of tee
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Icriflart; II Klngl 17.
Ot*?UM?l R??4taft Pulm Sftrt-t.
Here Lias Isrsftl
UtH> far Jaaa ST. 10M
IN THE (ravajrard of na'lons
there lie many whole eery
namea are strange to til But
among all the unfamiliar namea
?Phua. Lydia. Elam and many
another?thera la one tea alt
know: Israel. It was a going na
tion for about >00 years. Sean
through the eyea of other nations
tt was "small pota
toes' as wc know
from inscriptions
which have been
duf up in recent
rears by the ar
chaeolof lata'
spades; It covered
no mora of the
earth's surface I
than New Jersey I
aoes out in it* nr. nnmu
own eyes It wit Important;
what nation la not? When Israel
was Just a little older than the
United States is now. It crashed
to nothing, and since that time
has been only an unfragrant mem
ory, a dead nation The writer of
II Kings 17 wrote its obituary
The Nation Forgot God
What killed Israel? The nation
did not die of old age, for 200
years Is not a very long time for
a nation to exist and prosper.
Something killed that country. It
might be said that it committed
suicide?but what was the name
of the poison which It swallowed?
In one word, it was sin But that
does not tell us much It is like
giving "disease'.' on a death cer
tificate as the cause of death.
What disease? What sins? Look
ing over the record as II Kings
1? sums it up. we can see that se
rious sin which was the root of
most others: forgetting Cod The
nation forgot what God had done
'or them in times past; they for
got that he Is a God of righteous
icss. they supposed he did not
i|K-cially care what they did so
ong as their tithes were paid up
nd they had a good record of at
-?ndance at public worship They
?d reminders of "Cod" all over
?f place, but these were Idols,
aces of beasts They used the
v r-.-l" without realising
either the goodness, the greatness
or the holiness of the only true
God
Can God Be Despised?
High-lighted in the sad obituary
of a dead-and-gone nation U the
fact that aa a nation they despised
the law of God. How ia it poasible
to despise the AlmightyT Nations
and individuals show their real
contempt for God by paying no
attention to what he has said.
Millions of people in America to
day act just as If the Ten Com
mandments (for example) were
only a set of by-laws for fanatical
churchmen, or?worse still?as if
they were an out-dated set of rules
from a primitive civilization. To
Judge from what you may read in
any newspaper, would the Man
from Mars suppose that Amer
icana, as a people, are living by
any Law of Love? If all the church
members In our country were
practicing Christians, would this
country be what It is? A nation's
sins both by the actual sins of
the sinful and by the consent of
those who know better but dp
nothing about it Now you edit
despise God and his laws tor a
while; but his laws are not arbi
trary. they are not like basketball
rules that can be changed every
season. The roads that lead away
from God and his laws may be
wide, but they are short They
come to a very dead end. It la pee
sible to despise God: but it is net
safe.
A nation can bo simply |
with religion air* yet looo the salt
of morality, fa ancient Israel
the name of God was everywhere; <
tt
' Hrion they had. the leas
Israel died pt a kind of i
rat hi the midst of felines wtfb
Dr. H. P. Van
notice with these two sets of facts
On the one hand, since World War
D church membership baa In
creased tffl today It is at aa ah
tbne Ugh. Church attendance Is
also at aa all-time Ugh
Is popular. To
than tor years past Bat on fee
other hand; alcoholism has In
creased anas namely; divorce has
creased; sexual morality Is afeh
lag to a lower level Caa ? be that
U America aa fa Israel we tall
to gear
bavjor? Can R be feat pi
far ah odr "religion" we
have blade aa l^pl of fee E
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