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Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS
VOLUME 57 ? NUMBER 37.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1946.
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
It Could
Happen In
Cherokee
A great many farmers in Madi
son county have ben very suc
cessful in producing high quality
hay on land that no one thought
was good enough to produce good
hay. ? Marshall News-Record.
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One plank for the democratic j
platform is: "more attention to
secondary and farm-to-market |
roads. Dissatisfaction with the
road situation was very evident."
All the people of both parties in
all the rural sections of North
Carolina are demanding more at
tention for these roads. ? Meck
lenburg Times, Charlotte.
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An effort is being made to
combat forest fires in Dare coun
ty. More than 100,000 acres
have been burned over on the
mainland. Four-H clubs have
enrolled actively in the campaign
to keep down fires this year. ?
Dare County Times, Manteo.
A set of Hammond chimes and
a loudspeaker were given this
week to the Ahoskie Baptist
Church by the J. S. Leary family
in memory of their son who lost
his life in action on Saipan. ?
Hertford County Herald, Ahos
kie.
Support of the Lions club in |
putting over a pending bond is
sue of half a million dollars for
city improvements is asked. The
money would be used for improv
ing the streets, enlarging the
water and sewer systems. pro
Tiding better electrical facilities,
possibly build a city hall, and
provide a playground. Improve
ments to a cemetery will be in
cluded, too. ? Catawka News-En
terprise, Newton.
The Woman's club has been
credited with starting the gar
bage collection, the local clinic,
the school lunchroom and a num
ber of other things for the good
of the community. The club is
now planning a bridge to a new
community house. ? Northeastern
News, Murfreesboro.
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Morganton's first post-war
clean-up, paint-up, and fix-up
campaign gets underway Mon
day with city officials, the Cham
ber of Commerce, service clubs,
Boy Scouts, school children, and
others participating. ? Morgan
ton News-Herald.
? * *
Cubraaster D. C. Crawford, Jr.,
announces that Cub Pack No.
159 will have a father and son
banquet at the Episcopal Parish
bouse. Each Cub must bring his
father with him. ? Chowan Her
ald, Edenton.
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A total of 1,726 bushels of cu
cumbers was sold on the Wauch
u,a State Farmers market up to
Wednesday night for the record
average of $9.80.? Hardee Coun
ty Herald, Wauchula, Fla.
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I Albemarle has adopted a zon
I tag ordinanee, setting up resi
I dential, business and industrial
1 districts and specifying the kind
I of buildings that maybe erected
I within each district.
I
I Monroe is putting lights on the
I high school athletic field.
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| A new pastor was told by an in
I ?hmt congregation that the
I cWch was dead. So he posted
ft notices over the town that
1 'uneral would be held the fol
? lo*ini Sunday. Curiosity made
1 entire populace turn out for
I services. Before the altar
I ** ? coffin banked with flowera.
1 Atter the sermon, the minister
I 2* Wei7one *? (>le by ,nd
I ** at the deceased. Each one
I turn*d guiltily away. A
? pUced in the bottom of
? ** casket, reflected hla own
? Rockingham Post Dia
I
Many Cases
Tried In County
Superior Court
Cherorkee county superior court
convened here Monday morning 1
with Judge Zeb V. Nettles of Ashe
ville presiding.
Judge Wilson Warlick, who was
scheduled to preside, is ill.
The case of Clarence Kimsey for
murder was nol prossed with leave;
Garlee Rich tendered a plea of i
non-support of illigitimate child :
and was ordered to pay $500 into \
the clerk's office for support of j
child; prayer for judgment was j
continued upon payment of costs
Floyd J. Picklesimer was fined
S50 and costs for driving drunk
C. R. Floyd was found guilty of I
violation of prohibition laws and (
fined $25 and costs. Birdie Har
din, convicted of violation of pro
hibition laws, was ordered con- j
fined in the county jail for 12
months and assigned to work on
roads under supervision of state
highway and public works com- !
mission, sentence suspended for 5 \
years on condition that he will
make his appearance at August,
November and April terms of court
for five years, be on good behavior
and not handle liquor, and further
pay fine of $50 and costs.
Marsden Bingham was found
guilty of wreckless driving and
ordered to pay fine of $25 and j
costs, and driver's license revoked.
Frank Davis, charged with driv
ing drunk, was ordered confined
in jail four months and work on
roads, suspended for two years up
on good behavior for 10 years and
pay $150 and costs.
James Allen, charged with driv
ing drunk, was fined $50, and
costs. Garland Ramsey, charged
with non-support of four minor
children was ordered confined in
jail for 18 months, to work on
roads, suspended until youngest
child is 18 years old on condition
$50 per month be paid, $25 on the
first and $25 on the 15th, begin
ning April 1, and that he be on
good behavior, not violate any
criminal laws, and pay costs the
county is liable for at this term.
Glen W. Palmer, violation of |
prohibition laws, was ordered con
fined in jail four months, to work
on roads, suspended for two years
on condition he pay $50 and costs
and be on good behavior.
Wayne Smith was ordered con- 1
fined to county jail 24 months,
work on r6ads. for violation pro
hibition laws. Howard Bradley
and Bud Adams, for violation of
prohibition laws, was put on pro
bation for three years prayer for
Continued on page four
Baptist Pastors'
Meeting April 8
The Baptist pastors will hold
their regular meeting at the Bap
tist church April 8, at 10 o'clock.
The Rev. Algie West is in charge of
the devotional and the Rev. J.
Alton Morris will speak on "The
Pastor, His Own Evangalist." The
Rev. P .H. Hooker will pronounce
the benediction.
SUBJECT FOR SI XDAY
"Revive Us Again" is the sermon
subject announced by the Rev. T.
G Tate for the service at the Pres
byterian church Sunday evening,
April 7, at 7:30 o'clock. The
Young Peoples' meeting will be
hold at 6:45 p. m.
There will be no morning service
here as Mr. Tate will preach at the
Hayesville Presbyterian church at
li o'clock Sunday morning, and
hold communion service following
the sermon.
Has A Leading
Role In Plav
Mrs. Karl Weiss, Jr., of Salt
Lake City, Utah, the former Miss
Maureen Lovingood, is playing a
leading role in a play, "Winning
Winnie," sponsored by the Young
People's Mutual association of Salt
Lake City.
TO SEEK MEMBERS
RALEIGH ?The North Carolina
Wildlife Federation will launch an
Intensive membership drive on
April 1 with a goal of 30,000 mem
bers by June 1, It was announced
today by Preiident P. K. Gravely
of Rocky Mount.
Leslie Stillman
Post To Elect
Officers In May
ANDREWS ? The American Le
gion, Leslie Stillman Post No. 22,
had a meeting here Monday eve
ning at 7:30 o'clock at the Legion
Hut. The meeting was well attend
ed, particularly by service men oi'
War II. Quite a number of War
II veterans had never befor at
tended a Legion meeting. A num
ber of new memberships were re
ceived.
Several talks were made by le
gionnaires explaining the work and
function of the Legion. Dave Sig
mon, State Service officer for this
area, was on hand and discussed
several phases of the GI Bill of
Rights. He will be in Andrews each
Friday to advise any service man
cr woman in matters pertaining to
veteran affairs.
Post Commander John H. Christy
appointed a nominating committee
to bring in a slate of officers to be
recommended in the May meeting.
This committee was composed of
I. B. Hudson, F. W. Swan, J. A.
Watkins, John Swan, and Jack Led
iord. It is the general under
standing that this committee will
recommend a War II man for post
commander for next year, while
other legion offices will be about
equally divided between veterans
of the two wars.
Following the meeting refresh
ments were served.
Miss Mozelle Moore, supervisor
of music in the Shelby schools,
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Moore, over the week-end.
Club Schedule
For April Is
Announced
The schedule for April's Home
Demonstration clubs is as follows:
Wednesday, April 3, Postell,
Mrs. N. A. Quinn, 1:30 o'clock:
Thursday, April 4, Peachtree, Mrs.
Julia Wells, 1:30 o'clock; Monday.
April 8, Violet, Mrs. Fred Graham,
1:30 o'clock; Tuesday. April 9, Bell- '
view, Club Room, 10:00 o'clock;
Thursday, April 11, Slow Creek.
Mrs. Jim Donley, 1.00 o'clock; Fri
day, April 12, Sunny Point, Mrs.
Harold Payne, 1:00 o'clock; Tues
c'.ay, April 16, Grandview, Mrs.
Howard McDonald, 1:00 o'clock; I
Thursday, April 18, Tomotla, Mrs.
Lem Smith, 1:30 o'clock; Friday,
April 19, Marble, Mrs. Vernon
Bryson, 1:30 o'clock; Tuesday,
April 23, Martin's Creek, School,
1:30 o'clock; Wednesday, April 24,
Valleytown, Mrs. Bruce West, 2:00
o'clock: Thursday, April 25, Rang
er, School, 1:30 o'clock.
Richard Mauney
Back In Raleigh
Richard Mauney left Friday for
Raleigh where he resumed his
position with the State Treasury
Department April 1. Mr. Mauney
recently was honorably discharg
ed from the army, where he served
for two and a half years. Mrs.
Mauney and daughter, Kathy, will
join Mr. Mauney in Raleigh at an
early date.
Mr. Mauney was accompanied to
Asheville by Pete Woodyard and
Mrs. Tom Mauney.
Topography Of Park
In Hands Of TV A
Murphy city park commission's
hands have been tied in its efforts
to get the construction of the pro
posed swimming pool underway,
because of not having a topography
of the park completed. TVA re
quested the topography before it
would make recommendations for
the location of the pool . This sub
ject and others for the improve
ment of the park were discussed
at the meeting held Tuesday eve
ning in the home of Mrs. W. A.
Itoover.
The topography was completed
Wednesday of this week and was
presented that afternoon to A. D. i
Kieger, property management head I
cf the TVA for recommendations.
The commission is hoping to hear
from TVA within a few days.
This week work will be started
on improvement of the tennis
courts.
A report from the treasurer in
dicated that the park commission's
funds are low, except for the fund
being held by the Lions club for
construction of the swimming
pool.
It was ordered that screens and
locks be added to the caretaker's
house as soon as they could be ob
tained.
A caretaker will be selected to
live in the house as soon as it is
vacated by the present occupants,
who expect to move within a few
months.
A committee was appointed to
contact the city police and request
that regular patrols of the park
area be made, to prevent destruc
tion of property and unwholesome
use of the park.
Those present were: R. S. Bault,
Doyle Burch, Mrs. T. A. Case, Miss
Addie Mae Cooke, H. G. Glkins,
W. M. Fain, L. A. Frasch, Mrs.
Dale Lee, Mrs. W. A. Hoover, E.
L. Shields, Dr. B. W. Whitfield,
and Edward Brumby.
Mrs. Hoover served sandwiches
and Coca-Colas.
Morris Announces
Sermon Subjects
Rev. J. Alton Morris announces
that his sermon subject for Sun
day morning at the First Baptist
church will be "Seven Wonders of
Hell". The topic for the evening
worship service at 8 o'clock is
"Three Things Youth Should
Learn," the first in a series of talks
to the young people of the com
munity.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hodges re
turned Sunday night from Ashe
ville where they had gone to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Hodges'
father. Their son, Bobby, a stu
dent at N. C. State College, Ral
eigh, also attended his grandfath
er's funeral.
MINISTERS TO MEET
The Western North Carolina
Minister's conference will meet at
the First Baptist church April 15.
All ministers west of Waynesville
are invited to attend.
Great Dairy Development
Is Possible In This Area, Says
Head Of U. S. Dairy Division
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PRESBYTERIAN SPEAKER ?
Dr. Frank Hill Caldwell, president
of the Louisville Presbyterian
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky,
who will be the speaker on The
Presbyterian Hour next Sunday
morning, April 7th, at 8:30 A. M.,
L. S. T., over an independent net
work of southern radio stations.
Born in Corinth, Mississippi, Dr.
Caldwell for a time attended the
United States Military Academy
rnd the University of Mississippi,
rr.d was awarded the Bachelor of
Arts degree from Centre College in
1926. He took his ministerial
training in the Louisville Presby
terian Seminary and pursued post
graduate work leading to the
Doctor of Philosophy degree in the
University of Edinburgh. He stud
ied later at the New York Universi
ty, became professor of Bible at
Centre College, and after a pastor
ate in the White Memorial Church,
McComb, Mississippi, he came to
Louisville Seminary as professor
of homiletics in 1930. Dr. Caldwell
was elected president of the insti
tution in 1936 and that same year
v/as awarded the Doctor of Divinity
degree by Centre College.
The subject of Dr. Caldwell's ad
dress next Sunday morning will be,
"Truth Which Liberates."
The program can be heard in this
section over: WWNC, Asheville;
WPTF, Raleigh; WSJS, Winston
Salem- WSB, Atlanta; WNOX,
Knoxville; and WRVA, Richmond,
I at 8:30 a. m.
I
Recruiter To Be
Here Wednesdays
| "The Navy Recruiter will be in
the Court House in Murphy every
Wednesday between the hours of
9 A. M. and 4 P. M. beginning
April 3, to accept young men 17-30
years of age for enlistment in the
U. S. Navy."
Six Candidates
Are Announced
The following names have been
announced as candidates for town
councilmen, to run with Neil
Sneed, candidate for mayor: T. W.
Axley, E .O. Christopher, W. D.
King. A. L. Martin, Tom Palmer,
and E. E. Stiles.
Hundreds Hear Symphony
Concert In Andrews Monday
By POLLY HICKS
ANDREWS ? The North Caro
lina Symphony Orchestra appear
ed in the high school auditorium.
April 1, presenting an afternoon
concert for children and one at 8
p. m. o'clock for adults. The audi
torium was filled to capacity with
appreciative hearers for both per
formances.
The large audiences of both con
certs made up of music lovers from
the rural schools of Cherokee
County. Murphy schools, Andrews
Schools, Marble elementary school,
and others from surrounding com
munities; were enraptured with the
music and sat absorbed and de
lighted until the last note was
played by the artists. The chil
dren sat entranced during the af
ternoon concert. A short quiz pro
gram in connection with the dem
onstration of struments was enjoy
ed by the children. This quiz con
sisted of guessing the names of
familiar songs.
Dr. Benjamin Swalin, the con
ductor, was superb in his artistic
interpretations of the music. He
is truly a poet musician. His hand
ling of the orchestra is that of a
genius. His music is of the kind
in which every note sounds and
sings. The whole personnel of the
orchestra is remarkably gifted. The
richness, fullness, and clearness of
the tones produced made the en
fire program intensely interesting
and artistically satisfying.
It is the hope of music lovers all
over the state that the concerts
given by our Symphony Orchestra
will awaken us to fulfill our "Cul
ture Mission." In this land of the
"almight dollar" may the sense
for genuine serious art and the de
sire for true music take root more
and more.
Planning Council
Adopted Three
Timely Pro jects
For Special Study
The Cherokee county social plan- I
ning council has adopted the fol
lowing three social projects for
special study this year: compul
sory school attendance, rural road
improvement, and adult education
? right of franchise.
At the next meeting a discussion
on the first subject, compulsory
school attendance, will be held. A
special study of it is being made
this month by a committee com
posed of Mrs. J. D. Shields, chair
man; Mrs. Laura Freeman, and
Mrs. Ben Warner.
Regular meetings are held each
first Tuesday. The council met
Tuesday night at the school library
with 21 members present. A. Q.
Retner, chairman, presided. Fol
lowing a discussion of what the
social problems in the county are,
the three projects mentioned above
were selected for special study.
Special Cast Is
Selected For
Beta Club Play
On April 11
"It's an ideal cast, wisely chosen
appearing in a great play of
laughs, a few tears, plenty of
thrills and romance." say Mrs. Joe
Ray and Miss Jane Hill, directors
of the Beta club's presentation of
Mark Twain's "The Adventure of
Tom Sawyer," which will be on
Thursday evening, April 11 at 8
o'clock in the Murphy school audi
torium.
The state setting will represent
the interior of Aunt Polly's home
in Missouri, where she lives with
her nephew, Tom Sawyer, and his
half brother, Sidney, and her niece,
Mary.
The cast of characters is as fol
lows:
Tom Sawyer, an all-American
boy. Fred Brendle, Jr.; Huckleber
ry Finn, the village outcast, Sam
Stalcup; Aunt Polly, Tom's aunt,
Mildred Hendrix; Mary, Tom's
cousin, Mary Evelyn Carringer;
Sidney, Tom's half-brother, James
Hughes; Becky Thatcher, Tom's
"adored one," Jo Anne Barnett:
Mrs. Sereny Harper, a Neighbor,
Jean Reid: Joe Harper, her young
son, Tom's bosom pal. Kenneth
Christopher: Susy Harper, her
daughter, Elizabeth Anne Elkins:
Widow Douglas, who knows all the
news, Henrietta Plemmons: Jim, a
young negro boy, Alfred C. Smith;
Sheriff, Jerry Hall.
Farmers Shown
New Type Silo
County agents and farmers of
this adjoining towns were shown
a motion picture entitled, "Money
in the Bank", illustrating the use
of a new type silo which can be
built for from $8 to $19 each. The
showing of the picture was sponsor
ed by Coble Dairy Products in in
terest of getting farmers to grow
more corn to keep up dairy pro
duction in the winter months.
The picture was shown by a rep
resentative of the Sisalkraft Co
which produces material for the
silos.
Following the picture a discuss
ion of the silos and calf pellets for
feeding calves and save milk was
held. It was indicated that several
farmers will take advantage of
both.
DEADLINE
April 13 is the deadline for fil
ing for all legislative, county and
township offices, reminds P. A.
Arrowood, chairman of the county
i board of elections.
W. E. Wintermeyer, in charge of
the Division of Dairying of the Uni
ted States Department of Agricul
ture, Washington. D. C., following
a study of the dairying industry
and possibilities here for two days
last week, stated that he sees no
reason why this county and section
could not be developed into a great
dairying area. He urged the farm
agents, farmers and others inter
ested to put forth every effort to
tap the resources of dairying here.
While in the county Mr. Winter
meyer attended five meetings of
farmers, dairymen, 4-H clubsters
and students, in Murphy, Marble,
Andrews, Hiwassee Dam, and
Ranger, along with Farm Agents
A. Q. Ketner and Don Allison, Miss
Mary Cornwell, home Agent; F. R.
Farnham. dairy specialist, Ashe
ville; and Delmar Thompson, of
Coble Dairies.
Jr. Woman's Club
To Hold Dance For
Cancer Benefit
The Junior Woman's club will
hold a dance and benefit bridge at
the gymnasium on the evening of
April 12, for the benefit of the can
cer control drive, which started
April 1. according to announce
ment by Mrs. Robert H. Cox, coun
ty commander. The committee
from the club working on this in
cludes:
Mrs. George Atkinson, Mrs.
George Phillips, Mrs. Ruth Nichols,
Miss Elizabeth Gray, Miss Mary
Cornwejl, Mrs. W. J. Canata.
Sandwiches and drinks will be
sold.
Other committees working with
Mrs. Cox and Robert S. Bault will
be announced next week.
Harry P. Cooper
Is Assistant Loan
Guarantee Officer
Atlanta. Ga. ? Harry P. Cooper,
twice mayor of Murphy. N. C., has
been appointed assistant loan guar
antee officer in the Veterans Ad
ministration Georgia Regional Of
fice. Vaux Owen, the VA Regional
Manager, announced today.
A native of Murphy, Mr. Cooper
served as mayor in 1927 1928 and
1929. He also served in the State
general assembly as a member of
the House in 1936-37.
He joined the Veterans Adminis
tration in April, 1944, as a rating
specialist after serving seven years
as a special investigator and attor
ney with the Washington Office of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion.
He was an attorney in Murphy
from 1927 to 1937, and during thi&
time he served as a loan agent for
several mortgage loan companies
in North Carolina. He was engag
ed in real estate and general de
velopment business from 1913 to
1926, except for a two-year period
in the Army. He is a graduate o?
Georgia Military Academy and at
tended Wake Forest Law School.
A member of the American Le
gion, he served three terms as com
mander of the Joe Miller Elkins
post and eight years as district
commander of Western North
Carolina. He once served as secre
tary of former Senator Robert R.
Reynolds.
His son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Mattox, now live in
Murphy.
First Girl To Be
Elected To Office
Among the recently elected of
ficers of Bowman Gray medical
school in Winston Salem Is Miss
Helen Wells, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. N. Wells of Murphy, who
was elected class representative by
the senior medical student*. She
is the first girl to hold an offifce
in the school.