"THE CHEHOKEE SCOUT
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Published every Thursday at Murphy. Cherokee County. N. C
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Glances . . .
M YEARS AGO
My 4, UM
Commissioner J G. Stikeleath
er of tlx Ninth North Carolina
District, Hid be requested the
Federal Highway authorities to
let U. S. Route 19. by way of
Bryson City. Andrews. Murphy.
Blairsville and Gainesville, be
tween Atlanta and AsheviKe, re
main undisturbed and that U. S.
No. 23 go by way of Frankin
and Clayton, Ga., to Gainesville
and on into Atlanta.
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A pyramid fiftten feet square
at the base and twenty-five feet
high, of silver gray Georg^
marble is to mark the resting
place of Murphy's first pioneer
citizens. Col. A. R. S. Hunter
and his wife, who are refuted to
be the first settlers of this thriv
ing little mountain city.
The monument is being erect
ed by the McNeel Marble Co ,
of Marietta. Ga.. and the con
traction is being supervised by
E. C. Ingram of West Point. Ga.
Mr. Ingram is now at work on
the monument, which is beinc
built on the order of t.ie ancient
pyramids of Egypt.
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At a meeting in the court
house here Tuesday night, a
movement was inaugurated to
ro-organize the Murphy Chamber
of Commerce and place it back
on the active list.
I# YEARS AGO
July 4. 1940
Letting of contracts for the j
new $15,000,000 project has been
announced by the Franklin office1
of the Nantahala Light and Pow }
cr company.
Red snow was once reported toj
have fallen in Pennsylvania.!
"While Indians" were discovered
in South America, and a horti
culturist in the far west devel
oped a blue rose, but it remained
for Prof. I. B. Hudson, super-1
intendent of the school system
in Andrews to introduce a b'ack
holled egg.
Believe it or not. Prof Hudson
says he has the egg at home,
and that he will show it to any
and all skeptics. He won't chars"
admission, either.
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Cherokee county Mattress proj
ect for use of surplus cotton
'hroueh eooDerative manufactur
ing got underway this week at
the Cherokee County fair grounds
in Murphy, with Mrs. Jake Aber
nathy in charge of the project.
The wrok is a part of the Triple
A program to encourage the use
of surplus cotton through mak
ina mattresses and using cotton
? eking.
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10 YEARS AGO
July 6, 1950
Peacock Insurance Agency has
opened offices in Murphy and is
now ready for business. A. D.
Peacock, owner, is representing
a number of Insurance Com
panies which are mentioned in
his ad in this week's Scout.
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Several car loads of reading
club members from Cherokee
Indian Reservation, accompanied
bv Miss Marv Ulmer, school
librarian there, will come to
Murphv next Wednesday for the
Murphv-Cherokee Indian Read
ing club's second Pow Wow of
the year.
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A meeting of the 43rd Masonic
District will be held at the Cher
okee Lodge No. 146 A F and
A M in Murphy Monday evening.
July 10th, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Kidd Brewer's
Raleigh Roundup
MISINTERPRETED . . . R Has
been our observation that moat
people interpret the meaning of
'a political column when they read
it in terms of their own feelings
and leanings, rather than thote of
| the writer.
For instance, during the recent
gubernatorial second primary ?e
wrote a tetter to our long time
friend, Or. Ralph McDonald, who
ran for Governor of North Caro
lina on a liberal education plat
form twice and was defeated both
times. We included this letter as
a part of our column. We pointed
out to Ralph that it appeared that I
his philosophy was going to be
vindicated by the election of Ter-|
ry Sanford with the backing of
even those staunch conservatives
who had so bitterly opposed Mc- >
Donald.
WHAT HAPPENS ... This
part of our column was repro
duced as a paid political ad in
the Winston-Salem paper with a
footnote that it was sponsored by
friends of Dr. McDonald who were
for Dr. Lake. Apparently this re
sulted in a telephone call to Dr.,
McDonald out in Bowling Green.
Ohio, where he is president of
Bowling Green University to find
'out who he favored for Governor1
of North Carolina.
Now the point is that no one
should have had to ask Ralph!
which philosophy he favored j
since he fought through two bit
ter contests for the same princi
ples which Tcrrv Sanford was run
ning on.
ANOTHER POINT . Last
week we wrote a piece about all l
the good things we. the voters,
were promised in the primary,
and stated that we couldn't wait
to start getting them. Now we
didn't say we didn't believe those
promises to be true. We thought
we took the optimistic viewpoint.
Like the two drunks in the hotel
room, one said I can dive out
i that win 4am aad into tha window
acroas the courtyard Out the wm
dow bo sailed. Next day in the
hospital he asked his friend of the
night before why he didn't try to
stop him. "Stop you", was the re
ply, "Gosh Fellow, 1 waa betting
you could make it."
We have received some rough j
criticism from our readers and
publishers recently, not about
uhat we have said or whethetr or
not they were facts, but partly an
the basis as to how they inter- j
preted the meaning ? or how|
they read between the lines.
FACTS ... We now get to the
point of this column for today. I
start by saying that my following
remarks are intended to be com
plimentary to all concerned and
not made with tongue in cheek.
Bert Bennett who was announc
ed as state manager for Terry
Sanford and Henry Hall Wilson
who assisted with great ability
both did a fine job ior Terry
Sanford. We do not wish to take
any credit away from these and
many others who contributed as
much to a successful campaign.
What we really want to so is to
give credit where credit is due.
RONEY -WILDER . . . When
Luther Hodges appointed Everett
Jordan to succeed the late Kerr
Scott to the II. S. Senate. Ben
Roney, who had served Scott as
secretary both as Governor and
in the Senate, left his job in Wash
ington and -came back to North
Carolina along with Roy Wilder
who had served as press secre
tary to Scott. These two astute
and seasonal political experts set
up an office in the law building !
here in Raleigh. They announced
an open house and welcomed all
their friends and the press to
come. We went.
This was the real organized he
ginning of Terry Sanford's cam
paign for Governor.
GENIUS . . . Ben and Roy kept
themselves in the background
throughout the campaign, which
HELD IN $12,100 N. C. ROBBERY
These men have been charged in the 512,100
supermarket robbery in Gastonia, N.C., Friday night.
The robbers threatened to kill a bag boy if the
manager didn't turn over the money. They ore, left
to right, Douglas Williams, Bearlin Akers, and Mason
King, all of Marshall, N.C. Williams' 17-year-otd
wife, who is King's sister, was left in the car outside
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But they were the workhorses and
daat you let anyooe teil you th?t
they weren't. It take* at tout one
good campaign to learn the rapca
and make the contacts These two
had all the requirements and
therefore got the job done.
Tarry llfiml will need their
help as Governor juet as much
as he needed them in getting nom
inated ? and who knows ? Terry,
Ben and Roy are all three young
men. While Terry js saving a*
Governor Bfn and Roy will no
doubt he laying plans for the fu
ture. and its a good bet that the
three musketeers will Wind up
back in Washington. The Gover
norship is generally thought of as
the stepping stone to the U. S.
Senate.
FRIENDS . . . Among the new
faces in the state senate next
year will be our old friend Mayor
Gordon Winkler of Boone who
beat out another good friend of
ours Wade Brown. Gordon is a
quiet but effective worker and will
no doubt make a place for him
self in the legislature. His broth
er, Ralph Winkler, former chair
man of the Democratic Execu
tive Committee in Watauga Coun
ty and former highway commis
sioner for that district didn't
hurt his brother Gordon any when
vote getting time came around.
NOTE . . . The biggest politi
cal show on earth will be watched
by millions coming from Los An
geles via television. This will be
the first Democratic Convention
we have missed in twenty years
but we will have a ringside seat
just the same, thanks to tele
vision.
SENATOR
SAMERVIN
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[ WASHINGTON - Lact weak i
| the Congress recessed (or the per- 3
iod 0/ the political party national '
conventions It was neceaaary ,
for roe to leave early tor Los j
Angeles as 1 am again serving ,
as a member of the platform j
committee of the Democratic con
vention. My experience at Chicago
in US> convinced me that it is ]
not as easy matter to spead sev- (
era] days listening to advocates t
of extreme proposals. This is a
responsibility in addition to my
duty as a delegate from North '
Carolina. Following Mr. Truman's j
news conference, indications were ,
that the convention will be a live- .
ly affair. As I have often stated, !
Democrates seem to enjoy a good
convention fight. We should have ,
one.
VOTE ? I expect to support
Senator Lyndon Johnson for the
nomination. He is my first choice. j
and I have not stated a second
choice. I am personally very fond (
of my colleagues in the Senate ,
who are seeking the nomination. '
It is my thought that Senator (
Johnson, the Majority Leader of |
the Senate, has unusual qualifi
cations for the nomination.
THE LEGISLATIVE FUTURE
?While I felt that the Congress
should adjourn sine die after pass
ing the necessary appropriations
bills it appealed that such a course ,
was not possible. I therefore sup
ported the resolution to recess
pending the conventions. Upon the J
return of Congress, there should
be a minimum of legislative ac- '
Words of Life
by R. A. POTTER, PASTOR
Presbyteriaa Church,
Murphy, N, C.
1. Forgiveness
Through the Words Of Life dur
ing the next four weeks 1 want
as to think about four funda
mental needs of men ? qualities
of living, experiences ? that real
life demands.
Surely one of the basic neces
sities of mankind is forgiveness:
to know God's cleansing from our
sin, and our being restored to
harmony with Him. The very fact
of His love makes more im
perative His forgiveness. The blue
sky of the loving-kindness of the
Father brings into darker sem
blance the black cloud that in
tervenes.
Men may, to be sure, deny'
ihe existence of any cloud, or
call if by soft names, but God's :
Word declares it is sin. "When
you spread forth your hands, I
will hide my eyes from you,"
God says through His prophet
Isaiah; "though you make many
prayers, I will not hear. Wash!
you: make you clean . . . cease
to do evil, learn to do well . . .]
though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow."
The sun of God's love never gets
through effectively to warm us
until this cloud of sin is dis
persed.
Yet it is not just the dark
cloud concealing the goodness
and love of God that makes par
don necessarv. The blue sky ofj
His loving kindness likewise
makes forgiveness imperative. In!
the moment we see with aware
ness the love of God we arel
mos: miserable. Thought of God's'
love we can never repay, of our
own wickedness, dullness of souls,
renders all the more poignant
recollections of the tenderness of
His love. We take sides with God|
against ourselves; in sheer' fair
ness we wonder why He should
'nave dealings with such creatures
as we.
It is only forgiveness that en-:
ables us to bear the friendship
as well as the enmity of God! I
As He looks upon us laden with
that great pack of guilt, which
is added to all the while. Then
comes over, gently lifts the in
tolerable burden, explaining
"Don't you know you are not sup-|
posed to carry this pack, but
leave it where my Son took it
from you?" And with lowly won
der and tear-dimmed eyes we
glimpse a cross, and upon it that
strange Man who, owning the uni
verse and being free to choose
anything He wanted, chose slurs,
and scourgings, and blood stains.
For you and for me. Scarce able
to believe it we take down that
weight of sin and find the re
ality and sweetness of the forgiv
eness of sins.' Then, and then
only, can we enjoy God's friend
ship.
It's a wonder more people will;
not receive it, this free and full
forgiveness of the loving God, by
the acceptance of which we be
come His friends. It costs God
so much, a price for acquittal
we can never reckon, only dimly
sensing standing before the
Saviour. .
Alas and did my Saviour bleeo
And did my Sovereign die?
Would He devote that sacred
head
For such a wprm as I?
Was it for crimes that I had
done
He groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity, grace unknown,
And love beyond decree,
j, I hardly know wfcy we go on
, so long sometimes without ac
Iceptmg this pardon, filing up sins
and having all our seaming right
eousness besmirched. For good
ness itself Is tainted when we
are in rebellion againsl God I
know not unless men refuse to
pay the price. For free as for
giveness is, through God's gift
of mercy in Jesus Christ our
Lord, it demands of us a price.
If some of my readers are
aware that you have yet to obtain
God you long for will you not
consider the fact that perhaps
you have failed to meet the cost?
For one thing forgiveness requires
our confession. "When I kept
silence," the Psalmist declares,
"day and night thy hand was
heavy, upon me." Then, "I ack
nowledged my sin unto thee. . .
and thou forgavest." We must
admit, not hold back. Not anyi
easy-going confession either, but
with real sense of some of the
fact of our sinfulness as well
as our sins, in order that God's|
free grace may flood our souls.]
"If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us fromj
all unrighteousness.''
Confession to God surely; some.]
times also to one we have wrong-]
ed. Or perhaps to a minister ori
trusted Christian friend. Some1
who have felt that confession to
God should be enough have found
the sense of the Father's for
giving love only when they made
avowal to some person.
Remission of sin also calls for
its forsaking. One must give up
the evil ? let go of it ? to
receive the good. Not like the
little girl, who, it related, when
caught by her mother stealing,
candy, broke into tears, but was1
unwilling to go further. "Now that j
you are sorry," said the mother, |
"take the candy from yourj
mouth." But this the child did
not wish to do. To receive for-!
giveness we must desire it more
than we desire the sins we seek
pardon for.
And the forgiven heart is for
giving. As we our receive expia
tion, we must grant pardon to
all others. Right at the heart I
of the Lord's prayer it stands:]
and the Saviour, as if to make
sure we got it plain and straight,
added: "But if ye forgive not
men their trespasses, neither will
your Father forgive your tres
passes." There was the the man
in a modern novel ? the title
I do not remember ? whose child
had been killed by a neighbor's
dog. Finally by night the man
who had lost the child sowed
grain in the field of his neigh
bor. "I had to plant corn in
my neighbor's field," said he in
substance, "in order to get God
back."
People of our world today, so;
in need of pardon, must be a:
forgiving people. Forgiveness be
tween classes ? for instance,
labor and mangement: forgive
ness among nations: forgiveness
between husbands and wives, par- ;
ents and children, friend with
friend. "For accept you forgive."
said Jesus Christ, "your Heavenly
Father will not." Have you paid
this price of God's c leasing ^
How everyone of us needs this
atonement! Removal o f our sins
so complete that He never calls
them to mind again ? putting
them behind His back, as the
Bible says, removing them as
far as the east is from the west,
and drowning them in the depths
of the aea. No more blessed words
came from the lips of God's Son
than these: "Thy sins be for
given thee." All over our sin
laden. sorrow-beset earth hearts
are longing to hear such words
now. Will you who read- them
from the Saviour to you? from
that Savioar who ? to those of
us who will have it so? "loosed
us from our sins in His own
blood?"
Itrti Mill' ? nift niidM r ? if ? I .lid
Uvity in this so-called political
rear It will not be good for the
wuntry to legislate in such an
tfmoapbere. As 1 said on the
floor ?f the Senate, if the country
aas endured for all of the years
mice \1W without some of theee
Dills, it seems reasonable to ex
pect that the cauntry will not fall
pending the rttrn of Congress
?I January, a timaJor more re
flective considers tint of legisla
tion.
BILLS PENDING - Perhaps
me of the moat controversial
pieces of legislation to meet }is
upon our return in August 'All
be the minimum wage bill. The
House pwsfrfH a modification of
the original proposal of $1.25, re
ducing that to $1.15 per hour aa
well as placing more moderate
proposals in the bill regarding ex
tension of coverage. There un
doubtedly will be a mammoth ef
fort to enact the $1.25 hourly
minimum wage with much broad
ened provisions as to coverage by
the Senate. This bill is very sig
nificant; it must be given very
careful scrutiny to prevent the
destruction of the little man who
is barely making his small busi
ness go at the moment.
SOCIAL SECURITY - The re
vision of the Social Security Act
with respect to medical assistance
to the aged is another matter
that the Senate must face upon
rereturning in August. I am afraid
that such issues as this will vir
tually produce a prolonged ses
sion.
There is no doubt that much
work remains to be done if the
Congress insists on taking up the
remaining issues.
ASC News
By L. L. KISSELBURG
WHEAT QUOTA VOTE COMING
VP
Thursday July 21, is the date
when growers will determine how
they want to market their 1961
wheat crop.
Farmers who will harvest more
than 15 acres of wheat as grain
on a (arm in 1961 are eligible
to cast ballots in the wheat quota
referendum. Eligible Cherokee
County farmers will vote in the
local County ASC office.
A two-thirds favorable vote will
mean that marketing quotas and
penalties on excess wheat will
be in effect lor the 1961 wheat
crop. If quotas are aporoved price
support to growers in the com
mercial area who comply with
their wheat acreage allotments
will be at the full level avail
able.
If more than one-tmra 01 tne
growers voting disapprove quotas,
the quotas will not be in effect,
and the available price support
on the 1961 wheat crop, to those
who comply with farr.i wheat al
lotment and who has more than
15 acres of wheat for harvesting
as grain on the farm will be
subject to a marketing quota
penalty.
ASC SUPPORT RATE FOR 1960
CROP SOYBEANS ANNOUNCED.
The support rate on soybeans
produced in this state during 1960
will be SI .80 per bushel according
to W. E. Matthews. ASC State
Chairman. This support rate was
set at the same dollar and cents
level that prevailed in 19S9. Ac
cording to Matthews this support
rate is based on 64 per cent
of parily.
This support rate of $1.80 per
bushel will apply in every county
in this state, is based on the
national average support price
announced earlier at 91-85 per
grading No. 2 or better.
Price support on soybeans in
this state this year will be car
ried out as in the past through
farm and warehouse stored loans
and purchased agreements. Sup
port will be available from har
vest time through January 31,
1960. Soybeans price support loans
hiature May 31. 1961. Premiums
and discounts for 1960 will be
the same as for 1959. Except
for moisture content, which can
not be more than 14 per cent,
minimum requirements for sap
port eligibility correspond to re
quirements for No. 4 grade soy
beans. Soybeans to be eligible
for support under the 1960 op
eration must be produced in 1960.
PUBLIC
RECORDS
C. M. and Pauline Anderson
to Jack and Frances Ramsay,
property, in Shoal Creak Town
ship.
Cherokee County to Harriion
and Aline Gibby. property .in
Valleytown Township, s ;
Harry E. and .''Manila Evans
Ferguson to JS.VE. and wincent
H. Stiles, property in Town
of Murphy.
Emory and Mabel Suit to
S. Jones, property in Shoal
John W. and Oval Donky and
James M. and Annie Donley to
Robert E. and Josephine M.
Cheney, property in County.
Billy and Wills Mae Clark to
Basil and Charlotte Clark, proper
ty in Cherokee and Clay coun
ties.
Cansada Drbty to Charlie W.
and Ruby G. Mars, property in
Cherokee County.