..a iime of
hope and
happiness
Ry NORA CORR SPENCER
The gladdening smile of the<iun,
The widening wings of each day,
The chattering birds at the dawn,
The plowman plodding his way ?
TU springtime
The bony fingers of trees "
Shaking their b^ds to the light,
The V-shaped flock of wild geese
Pointing north in their flight ?
lis springtime
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The pussy willows are purring
In tune with the song of the brook,
The trailing arbutus Is shedding
Perfume in the rocky nook ?
Tis springtime
The service trees are flaunting
Their snowy blooms to the sky,
Alder tags wave at the turtle
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As he slowly passes by ?
Tis springtime
There's light in the eyes of children,
There's rapture in their play,
God's love is running over
In awakening hearts each day ?
Tis springtime
Dogwoods are bearing their crosses
Centered by a crown of thorns,
Petals tipped with nail prints
Foretelling the' Easter morn ?
Tis springtime
There's melody all around us
But sweetest of ail by far
The song of the soul, "He is risen"
As sung by the angel choir ?
Tis Resurrection Time!
Babies Clinic
Schedule
For Saturday
Three Years Shots $1.00 per dog
9:00 to 9:30 Letitia.
9:30 to 10:00 Suit.
10:00 to 10:30 Castile Hawkins
10:30 to 11:00 Swansons Church.
11:00 to 11:30 Brendle Store.
12:00 to 1:00 Liberty Store.
1:00 to 1:30 Sam Robinson's
Store.
1:30 to 2:00 Oak Park.
2:00 to 2:30 Walter Dockery.
2:30 to 3:00 Reid Chapel.
3:00 to 3:30 Hiwasste Dam P. O.
Charles Phillips
Completes
Course In Radar
A-2c Phillips is a 1956 graduate
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Phillips of
Murphy, Route 2, has completed
nine months of school in Radai
Repairman at Keesler Air Force
Base, Mississippi.
He left by planfe March 12th. for
his base at Mt. Hebo, Oregon, to
take up radio and radar work.
T-2c Phillips is a 1956 graduate
of Murphy High School.
4:00 to 4:30 Violet.
Dr. A. J. Headrick, Veterinarian.
Clinics sponsored by District i
Health Department. <
rre-uawn Easter
Pageant At
Field of Woods
The itory of the betrayal, the
trial, the cruciflxon, the burial and
the resurrection o I Christ will be
told in a pre-dawn open-air pag
eant in Fields of the Wood, near
Murphy, N. C. by members and of
ficials of the Church of God of
Prophecy, April 21. With the play
scheduled to begin at 4:00 Sunday
morning, delegates from many
states will have already partici
pated in an all-night service at
Sanctuary Hall.
This special meeting, commenc
ing at 8:30 Saturday evening, will
be directed by G. H. Wakeman,
Overseer of Australia, who is also
president of the fir it term class of
Bible Training Camp, now meeting
in Cleveland, Tennessee for its
seventeenth session. As a part of
the all-night service the 222 stu
dents of the school will be featured
in various singing groups, directed
by M. S. Curry, Overseer of Flor
ida. In addition to music, singing,
testimonies and sermonettes, there
will be an outstanding Easter film
at 1:00 a. m. shown by Jack Deck
er of the Church Visual Depart
ment. ?
At 3:00 a. m. a special Easter
broadcast will be presented over
the loudspeakers by the Voice of
Salvation radio staff ? a group
now being heard on more than se
venty-five stations each week. Fin
ally, at 4:00 the pageant, directed
by Jess F. Pruitt, will get under
way. No admission is charged for
viewing the pageant and sever.al
thousand journey to Fields of the
Wood to commemorate in a special
manner the resurrection of Christ.
(J. S. Farm Income
Some Higher
Than Previous Year
Farmers received about 4.5 bil
lion dollars in the first 2 months
of 1957, slightly more than in the
same months last year.' Prices
averaged 4 percent higher than a
year ago), but the volume of mar
ketings was down a little. Receipts
From livestock and products of 2.6
billion dollars were 6 percent
above last year because of higher
average prices. Receipts from cat
tle, hogs, and wholesale milk con
tributed most to the increase.
Crop receipts were about 1.9 bil
lion dollars, 4 percent below a year
ago, mostly because of smaller re
ceipts from cotton.
Total receipts in February are
tentatively estimated at 2.0 billion
dollars, slightly above last year.
Average prices were up 3 percent
but total marketings were down
slightly. Receipts from livestock
and products of 1.2 billion dollars
were 4 percent above a year ago,
with hog prices up substantially.
Crop receipts of 0.8 billion dollars
were about the same as last year. J
plartf a
"Mohoy
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Money can grow, you know 1
In {act, it can grow to surprisingly large amounts
as anyone who has saved regularly with U. S.
Savings Bonds can tell you.
There are millions of people to ask. Over
40,000,000 working Americans own U. S. Savings
Bonds? more than 41 billion dollars worth. Most
of them have done it by saving small amounts reg
ularly through the Payroll Savings Plan. It's the
easiest, surest way to save ? a good way fair you.
And here's another thing to remember. Savings
Bonds are one of the world's soundest savings ?
plans. The U. S. Government, most powerful in
the world, guarantees your principal in Bonds
safe up to any amount ? guarantees sure the rate
of interest you receive.
So why not start growing your own money today
? the Savings Bond way? Join the Payroll Sav
ings Plan where you work or buy Bonds regularly
where you bank. You 11 help strengthen your owa
family's security pliy the security of your town
and your country.
17, S. SAYINGS BONDS STRENGTHEN THE SECURITY
Or TOUR FAMILY, YOUR COMMUNITY, SroUR COUNTRY.
n* V. 8. Ottmwmt ioet mot pay lor Out aitertieement The Treasury Department thmht
\ far their patriotic donation, tht Advertising Council and A
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VIRGINIA R. MILLSAPS
Virginia Millsaps
Completes Basic
Training In Ala.
" WAC Pvt. Virginia R. Millsaps,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas
W. Millsaps, Route 1, Marble, N.
C., recently completed eight weeks
of basic training at the Women's
Army Corps Center, Fort McClel
lan, Ala. She was graduated from
Murphy High School in 1955.
FARM FILLERS
QUESTION : What's the best way
to protect against bloat and off
flavors in milk?
ANSWER: For the safety of the
cows and the taste of the milk,
dairymen should not let their cows
go out on the lush green pastures
at the beginning of spring without
first having been fed some kind of
roughage ? either hay or silage.
If the cows are not completely
empty when turned on the pasture,
it stands to reason that they will
not eat as much and as fast.
QUESTION : 4 How has North Car
olina's changing agriculture af
fected the family-operated farm?
ANSWER: Even though farms
are becoming larger, most still
remain as "family" farms. It is
becomng apparent fewer and larg
er farms do not mean a trend to
ward large-scale farming with
farms being operated primarily
with hired labor. Some 96 per cent
of all commercial farms are still
family-operated farms - a figure
Reasons For Mass Murder On State Highways Given
BILL CROWELL
Department of Motor Vehicle*
Raleigh, N. C.
Since 1937 nearly 20,000 persons
have been killed on our North Car
olina streets and highways. ^
In two short decades we have
decimated the population of a fair
sized city with the automobile.
Naturally the question arises
"Why?" Why does a supposedly
civilized society try to commit
slow genocide?
That's tne big question. Until it's
answered this state will continue
to liquidate its driving and walk
ing citizens at an alarming rate.
Certainly one of the reasons for
the mass murder on our streets
and highways is the split morality
Cherokee Couty
Bond Sales In
Mareh 92 1,660.25
During the first quarter of 1957,
purchases of Series E and H Sav
ings Bonds in North Carolina were
$12,502,568. This amount is 23 per
cent of the state's annual goal of
$54,400,000.
This report of Savings Bonds
sales was released today by W. D.
Whitaker, Cherokee County Chair
man, who pointed out that the
current sales performance as com
pared to that of a year ago is im
proving. The latest available re
ports show that during January
and February, purchases of $50-de
nomination Series E Bonds hit a
12-year high and $25-denomination
Series E Bonds registered an 11
year high.
In Cherokee County, sales dur- ,
ing March were $21,660.25 and for
the first three months, $74,011.63.
ON OUR STREET
By SALLY DAVIDSON
"Young couple" from Georgia,
shaking hands, and "chewing the
rag", with old friends on our street
Early every morning same time,
same gal, with same package un
der arm, and "something" in a
small paper bag, wonder who?
After a chqrrie, "good morning"
and asking a lady, "How are you?"
"O, just barely making it."
Small girl running from moth
er, pony tail flying in the breeze.
which has remained constant for
years.
so prevalent among drivers today.
What is this split morality? It's
the queer sense of values that per
mits a person to live by one code
when he's outside his car ? and a
completely different one as soon as
he -slips behind the wheel.
People suffering from this men
tal malady usually have extremely
high standards for their business,
domestic, and general social be
havior. But on the street or high
way, their one norm is "Can 1 get
away with it?"
This type of split thinking must
go!
It can go, and quickly, if every
driver get behind the Governor's
Traffic Safety Council, the- Motor
Vehicles Department, local safety
groups and does his part.
Every driver, ot course, includes
you and the writer. Hit and run
drivers, drunk drivers, and ticket
fixers aren't {he only victims of
split morality. Anyone who sneaks
through on the yellow light, jumps
the gun at a traffic signal or com
mits any other so-called "minor"
infraction is infected with it' to
some extent.
So is the person who is careful
to observe all the rules himself,
but who won't give an inch to rec
tify another driver's or a pedes
trian's unsafe action.
The person who drives by the
moral code follows all the rules
and he also drives defensively. He
drives in such a manner as to a
void accidents by anticipating
and allowii;g for hazards created
by the unsafe acts of others and
adverse weather and traffic condi
tions. '
This is the only type of driver
who can call himself a safe driver.
The fellow who isn't willing to bend
over backwards to protect himself
and others isn't fit to drive. He
should be forbidden to use the
roads by an aroused public opin
ion.
But part of that aroused opinion
is our own private opinion. Before
we train our private opinion os all
those other drivers, maybe ire
ought to focus it mercilessly on our
own traffic conduct.
Our own driving must measure
up to the strictest standards,
either that or we become part of
the annual traffic death toll that
averages 1000 a year.
LOSE UGLY FAT
IN TEN DAYS
OR MONEY BACK
If you are overweight, here is the
first really thrilling news to come
along in years. A new & conven
ient way to get rid of extra pounds
easier than ever, so you can be as
slim and trim as you want. This
new product called DIATRON
curbs both hunger & appetite. No
drugs, no diet, . no exercise. Ab
solutely harmless. When you take
DIATRON, you still enjoy your
meals, still eat the foods you like
but you simply don't have the ufcge
for extra portions and automatical
ly your weight must come down,
because, as your own doctor will
tell you, when you eat less, you .
weigh less. Excess weight endang
ers your heart, kidneys. So no mat
ter what you have tried before, get
DIATRON and prove to yourself
what, it can do. DIATRON is sold
on this GUARANTEE: You must*
lose weight with the first package
you use or the package cost you
nothing. Just return the bottle to
your druggist and get your money
back. DIATRON cost $3.00 and is
sold, with this strict money back
guarantee by :
Parkers Drug Store ? Murphy
Mail orders filled
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Write Or Call For Best Priees
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COPPERHILL, TE MM.
Anew age of automobiles
begins with this car
Touch a button? in less than a minute
the steel top disappears magically into
the trunk? and you're in a supremely
elegant convertible. It's two cars in one!
The FORD SKYLINER ? world's only Hide -Away hardtop
Once in a long, long while a car comes
along that people remember and talk
about (or years, after its introduction.
The first model "A" Ford teas such a car...
The first Ford V-8 was such a car . . .
The first Ford Thunderbird uias such a car.
Today Ford Division is proud to an
nounce still another car that many say
is destined to become the most famous
Ford of all: The Skyliner ? world's only
hide-away hardtop.
If you plan to buy a new Ford, or al
ready own one, the fact that Ford cre
ated this car is important to you. For
all the exhaustive research, planning
and testing that went into the Skyliner
is evidence of the engineering skill you
get in every Ford model.
The Ford SKYLINER, the only aU-steel
hide-away hardtop, is a car for history.
This is an old dream of Detroit, a
dream of two generations of motorists.
And today Ford has made that dream
come true? in steel.
But the story behind this dream is a
story of men who refused to accept "no"*
for an answer. In the Ford tradition they
kept striving toward the goal long after
others had given up the chase.
To understand this Ford spirit you
must go back to 1908. That was the year
when many Detroiters smiled smugly as
Henry Ford announced, "We will build
a motor car for the great multitude . . .
so low in price that no man making a
good salary will be unable to own one."
And they did.
Today, nearly a half century later,
Ford continues to cause the "experts" to
change their tune. When you see this
all-steel hardtop that retracts into a con
vertible, youH be seeing a car that many
said would never be mass-produced.
But Ford did it.
It was December 1956 ? after eight
years of research, planning, experiment
ing and testing? when Ford unveiled this
masterpiece . . . unveiled it amid all the
pomp and splendor of the New York
Automobile Show.
And now this history-making car, this
prototype of a whole future generation
of cars, is ready for your own personal
inspection in the showrooms of many
Ford Dealers.
Plan to see it soon. And ask your Dealer
to show you the exciting advances in all
models of the new Ford line for '57.
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It's the newest new kind of
L U's an all ste#4 hardtop with sktk Victoria styhnf .
2. Touch < buttM 1*4 ?r?to< It's a sun-loving convoftibM
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