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Maddox To Preach At Baptist Revival REV. SAM MADDOX Cray Speaks At Lions Club Meeting Tuesday Day " at the meeting of Murphy lions club at Regal Hotel Tuesday o'ening. He read a resolution en dowing June 26 as annual World Peace Day. which the club adopted Dr W V Hoover gave a report of the recent state Lions convention held in Raleigh. J. C. Fisher of Canton and Parks . W. Fisher of Sanford were guests at the meeting, which was presided ever by President Harry Bishop. H. G Elkins, transportation chairman for the Press meeting here Friday and Saturday, an nounced plans for the tours. New Sugar Stamp For Canning To Come In July 1 Housewives will get more can ning sugar July 1 when spare stamp 10 becomes valid for five pounds, Theodore S Johnson. State OPA Director, said today. Johnson explained that this is the final stamp of the year for canning sugar, as no easing of the sugar situation is expected before 1947. Although it is expected that 750. 000 tons of sugar will be available this year for home canning sugar, compared with 500.000 tons during 1945. Johnson urged housewives not to use spare stamp 10 unless 'he sugar is actually for home can- . ning A recent report was circulated 'hat coffee stamp 49 had become valid for sugar purchases, but this j 's completely erroneous, Johnson : said. Spare stamp 49 became good ta May 1. and the next regular I stamp for table sugar will not be valid until September 1. he said. ' The Rev. Sam Maddox. pastor of First Baptist church, Florence Ala., will be the guest speaker ot the revival which begins Monday. 1 July 1. at First Baptist church here. Mr. Maddox has recently been discharged from service hav ing served as chaplain at Camp Crowder. Mo., after returning from overseas duty as chaplain in the army. Services will be held each morn ing at 10 o'clock and each evening at 8 o'clock. Prayer services are being held each morning this week at 9 o'clock in preparation for the revival. Two choirs have been organized ? "Booster Choir" composed ol juniors and young intermediates, and "Adult Choir" composed of both the present youth and adult choirs. Mrs. J. W. Davidson will serve as organist and Walter Car ringer will lead the congregational singing. The public is invited to the serv ices. Masonic Lodge To Be Featured By Presbyterians The Rev. T. G. Tate has announc ed the following sermon topics for Sunday at the Presbyterian church: At the 11 o'clock service Sunday morning, the subject will be "Glad Worship"; at 8 o'clock, Mr. Tate will preach a sermon especially for members of the Murphy Masonic Lodge. No. 146. A. F. and A. M . and the members of Chapter No. 10, Order of the Eastern Star on the subject. "The Plumb, the Square and the Level." All masons their wives and families and friends and the public generally are invit ed to attend the services. The Young Peoples' and Pioneer Societies will meet at 7:15. The Daily Vacation Bible school which has been in progress since the 17th will hold commencement exercises Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Preceding the exercises, a picnic supper for members of the Bible school and their families and all members of the church will be held on the church lawn. Enrollment in the school this week reached 55. Coble Increases Prices For Milk Milk producers in this area who supply milk to Coble Dairy Pro ducts. Inc., will receive an increas ed price for their milk retrocative to June 16. according to announce ment by Manager C. R. Freed. Prices for cooler grade milk ?s now $3.65 per cwt. for 4.0% milk; ungraded mffk. $3.25 per cwt. for 4.0% milk. Five cents per point additional is paid for milk testing over 4.0%. Vouth Caravan Is Being Held Here I A Youth Caravan is being held this week at the Methodist Church I The group of Caravaners who are I Wing this caravan are a part of I to* nationwide Youth Caravan I Movement of the Methodist Church. I The program will last through Kri 1 toy evening Miss Mabel Cherry, adult Caravan leader, who has been * missionary to Korea for a number years, is one of the four in c^arge. More recently. Miss Cher ^ has been teaching Bible in the ^rinburg City schools. The other 1 Members of the Caravan are Miss ^n?e Bamett. a student at the diversity of Alabama, who is ?ching a course in World Friend s and Community Service and 1* 0 also has charge of the music Orlho Caravan Miss Rachel Weed, ^student at Mississippi Women's who is teaching the Inter ia,e class Harry Buckingham, ?ttudent .? ? *fcotPa u8t 1)llkt' DivinitV School. ^ andR i ^ors*l^P an(* Evan^el * Oukft ' ' also a student Divinity School, who teaches and directs Recreation for the Caravan. These Caravaners have just com pleted a ten-dav training period at Lake Junaluska, and they will be directing Youth Caravans for a period of seven weeks this sum mer. They are one of a group of eighty caravans, each consisting of one adult leader and four college students. The program for the local Cara van is as follows: The group meets each night at the church, at 6:45, and classes are held until 7:30, when the entire caravan assembles for a forum and worship service. At 8:10 a period of recreation is held in the church basement, and the evening's activities are brought to a close at 9:45, with a friendship circle and prayer. A banquet was hold al the church on Wednesday evening, and a com munion and dedication service will be held Friday evening. Miss Magdalene Cook is director of Youth Fellowship in District No. 4. BANQUET SPEAKER ? Albert j S. Hardy, who will address th_* i members of the North Carolina . ] Press association and guests at :i i banquet at Regal hotel Friday eve- ; ning. Mr. Hardy is a past presi dent of the Georgia Press associa- i tion and also of the National Edi torial Association, a past chairman , of the NEA board of directors and a former chairman of the Georgia Press institute held annually at the Henry VV. Grady School of Journal- < ism. He is the editor and publisher , of The Gainesville News. Gaines ville. Ga. : Typhoid Clinic Is Announced The Cherokee county health de partment has announced the sched ule for typhoid clinics in a portion of Cherokee county on Tuesdays July 2, 9. 16, as follows: Calhoun's Store. Regal, 9:30 a .m.; Tomotla school, 10:15; Marble school, 10:45; Rhodo, Frank Conley's home, 1:00 p. m.; Topton, Wright's store, 1:30. Parents are also requested to bring younger children for diph theria and whooping cough emuni zations. FINAL SPEAKER ? Bishop W. T. Watkins. a resident bishop of the Louisville Area, will be the final speaker Sunday on the summer series of The Methodist Hour broadcast over an independent net work of 38 radio stations. He will use as his subject, "The Message of Methodism to a Confused Age." Bishop Watkins is the recently elected president of the College of Bishops for the Southeastern Juris diction of his church and is a iormer professor of the Candler School of Theology of Emory Uni versity. The Methodist Hour is broad cast in cooperation with the South ern Religious Radio Conference, an I organization composed of repres entatives of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Presbyterian As sembly. and the Methodist Church, together with representatives of certain radio stations. The Baptist Hour, which will be broadcast over this same network of stations, will be heard during the summer months. Governor Ellis Arnall of Atlanta, Ga., will initiate this series on the first Sunday in July. Bishop Watkins is a former edi tor of the "Wesleyan Christian Advocate" and author of the well known history of Methodism "Out of Aldersgate". He has supervis ion over the Louisville, the Ken tucky and the Mer.v>!iis Confer ence*- of the Methodist Church. I Tin pri ,-a 111 i- mi be hoard in tl "s c . t io . ovi WWNT Asheville I W PT!\ RiJ. fsh; WSJS, Winston Salem USB. Atlanta: WNOX. Knowillc; and WRVA, Richmond, | at 8:30 a. m. EDITORS OF STATE TO HOLD TWO-DAY MEETING IN MURPHY C. S. Smith Killed By Knife Wounds Carl S. Smith, 20, son of Mrs. ^ Jennie Smith of Murphy, died at Murphy General hospital about 12:30 o'clock Sunday morning from knife wounds received in an al terrcation with Leonard Moore, 30, according to Sheriff L. L. Mason Leonard Moore waived prelimi nary hearing Tuesday morning and is being held in jail awaiting trial ut the August term of court. In court before Justice of the Peace D. M. Reese, the court held that there was no evidence against L'eeil James who was being held as an accessory to the crime, and he was dismissed and placed under a S400 bund as a material witness in ' the case. Sheriff M son stated that Odear. Stiles was d ivinp a taxi owned by Smith and that Moore asked him (o take him to get some whiskey Smith got into the car with Stiles and Moore and told them he would not allow whiskey to be hauled ir. his car, the officer reported Thev started to take Moore to his home when Moore started an argument with Smith and Smith made the statement that Moore was cutting him, the sheriff said. He never spoke after that. They got out of the car and Stiles separ ated them and found that Smith had been stabbed seven times, onc^ in the arm, once in the back and five times in the chest, one wound being under the heart and ranging upward. Smith was rushed to the hospital where he dit*l in about 30 minutes. Dr. Harry Miller, coron er, pronounced that death was caused by stabs in the chest. Sheriff Mason. Highway Patrol man Charles Galloway and two deputies George Postell and Cari Stalcup went to Moore's home and arrested him. Mr. Mason stated that they found his bloodstainea clothing hidden under the mattress. Cecil James. Moore's cousin, who was also in the party, was arrested also, and the two were lodged in jail to await trial. Funeral services for Smith were held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Presbvterian church with the pastor, the Rev. T. G. Tate officiating assisted by the Kev. Alfred Smith Burial was in the old Methodist cemetery. Pallbearers were Jake Stiles, Odean Stiles. Henry N'ewton, Glenn Beavers, Richmond Martin, Henry Martin. John Henson and Frank Rogers, taxi drivers. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Lee Ellen Beavers, and on^ small son. Paul Terry, his mother; one sister. Mrs. Roy Lee; four brothers. J. Franklin Smith. Douglas Smith. Bert Smith, all of Murphy and Tyson Smith of Copperhill. Townson funeral home had charge of arrangements. Mrs. Smith Dies At Age Of 57 Mrs. Mattie Jane Lanoy Smith, 57, died Sunday. June 23, at 6 a. m. at the home of her brother, W?ll Laney at Peachtree She was the daughter of the late Thad and Mol lie Donaldson Laney. She had lived all her life in that section and had been a faithful member of the Little Brasstown Baptist church since childhood. Funeral services were held at the Little Brasstown church Monday morning at 11 o'clock with the Rev. Blaine Ledford officiating. Burial was in the church ccmcterv. Ivie funeral home had charge of arrangements. Surviving are four brothers. Horace Laney of Hazelwood. Will and Frank Laney of Murphy and Floyd of Brasstown: one sister. Mrs. Dorcas Ann Hampton of Gas tonia. Pallbearers were nephews. Thad. Gid and T. C. Laney, Leon Lan nng. Walter Hampton and Lincll McHan. Freed Elected President Of Business Club C. R. Freed was elected president i>? Murphy Business Men's club at i a meeting at the Henry House Thursday evening . The office of president was not filled at the re cent election, as T. A. Case, elected Et that time, declined to serve. The club voted to study the idea of having a full-time paid secretary and asked that the board of direc tors go further into the matter. President Freed appointed thr following program committee for the next meeting: Miss Addie Mae Cooke. Dr. J. R Bell, and R W Easley. Fifth Sunday Meeting To Be Held At Notla The Fifth Sunday meeting will be held at Notla Baptist churcl. Sunday, June 30. The sermon will be preached at 11 o'clock by the pastor, the Rev. John Green. Din ner wil be served at 12 o'clock. The afternoon session will begin at 1 o'clock with song and prayer by the Rev. Huey Hughes; The Rev. Carl Loudermilk will speak on the subjcct, "Christ Above All in Our Hearts and Lives ". The Rev. J. Alton Morris will bring a message on "Stewardship", the Rev. Jesse Robertson will speak i cn "Christ First in the Home". "Introducing Others to Christ". "Christian Habits", and "Magnify- 1 ing the Church of Christ", will be presented by David Ballew, Joe Hamilton, and Freeland Ballew. re spectively. Miss Mildred Whitfield state worker, will speak on "Our Oppor tunity in Bible School . The meeting will close with sing ing by the Junior Choir and bene diction by Lowell Ballew. John A. Tanner Taken Bv Death John Ace Tanner. 59. of Murphy. Route 2. died suddenly Saturday morning. He became ill at hi? home and was pronounced dea'i j upon arrival at Petrie hospital. H'1 ' was a farmer. I Funeral services were held Mon , day morning at 10 o'clock at Notlev Baptist church of which he was a member. The Rev. Ham Coffey officiated and burial was in the church cemetery Townson fu neral home had charge of arrange ments. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Liza Brown Tanner; six sons. Glen Tanner of Chicago. William. Roy and Marvin Tanner of Murphy, Emory Tanner of Albuquerque. New Mexico, and Ramond Tanner with the U. S. army in Colorado; four brothers. Homer Tanner of Atlanta. Frank and Wiley Tanner of Blairsville, Ga , and Prince Tan ner of Murphy: two sisters, Mrs. Leila Holbrook of Blairsville. and Mrs. Mary Cearley of Gainesville. Ga. Bible School At Notla Next Week A Daily Vacation Bible school will be held at Notla Baptist church, beginning Monday. July 1. and extending through the 5th. Classes will be from 9 to 11:30 o'clock each morning. All boys and girls are invited to attend. NCPA PRESIDENT ? Harvey F Laffoon. president of the North Carolina Press Association, who is expected to attend the meeting ot the Western North Carolina Press association here Friday and Satur day. Mr. Laffoon is publisher of the Elkin Tribune at Elkin. SECRETARY - TREASURER ? Miss Beatrice Cobb, who has served ' as secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Press association for the past 24 years She is publisher of the semi-weekly News-Herald at Alorganton and is National Demo I cratic committeewoman. Red Cross Sponsoring Nursing Classes The Cherokee county chapter of the American Red Cross has ap j pointed an itinerant nurse to teach three Home Nursing classes in this county. These classes are scheduled to | begin July 2 and extend through i August i. Twenty-four women are enrolled a tPostell, twelve at Violet i.nd twenty-fen- colcred women in ' Andrews | Two Cafes Change Hands Announcement has been made of the sale last week of the Peoples Cafe by H. L. Beavers to Virgil I O dell Tuesday, Mr. Beavers bought the Murphy Cal'e from C. I L. Alverson. I Sightseeing Tours Planned The Western North Carolina Weekly Press assoeiation. together with several members of the North Carolina Press association, will meet in Murphy Friday and Satur day for the regular meeting of the first group. This is the first meet ing of the Western or State associa tion ever to be held here. Miss Addie Mae Cooke, president of the Western North Carolina as sociation. has acted as chairman of arrangements for the meeting, with several organizations, the town, county and many individuals coop erating in entertaining, giving souvenirs and arranging tours. The banquet at Regal hotel Fri day evening at 7:30 o'clock will be featured by an address by Albert S. Hardy, publisher of the Gaines ville News. Gainesville. Ga. Ed. M. Anderson, publisher of five weekly papers in the state, with head quarters in Brevard, will present Mr. Hardy. The Rev. T. G. Tate will give the invocation, and the welcome will be given by Mayor Neil Sneed and Attorney J. B. Gray. H. F Laffoon of Elkin. president of the North Carolina Press asso ciation. and Miss Beatrice Cobb of Morganton. secretary - treasurer, will make a few remarks. Music will be by C. R. Freed and Walter Carringer. accompanied by Mrs. R. H. Foard and Mrs. J. W. Davidson. A period of fun will be led by Mrs. H Bueck. The itinerary of the two day's activities is as follows: FRIDAY: 9:00 ? Registration, Regal Hotel: 9:45 ? Leave for Hitch cock Corp 1c M'np; i 0*30 ? Lrave for Murphy City Park thence to John C. Campbell Folk School; 12:00 ? Leave for Murphy: 12:30 ? Luncheon, as guests of Town of Murphy, at Cherokee Cafe: 1:30 ? Leave from Regal Hotel for Hiwas see Dam and Naval Ordnance Ex periment Station: 3:00 ? Leave for ; Ducktown and Copperhill, Tenn., and MeCaysville. Ga.. travelling through Copper Basin: 4:00 ? Leave for Fields of the Wood and Burger Mountain: 5:15 ? Leave for Mur phy: 7:30 ? Banquet ? Regal Hot<*I, , with Murphy Lions Club and Mur phy Business Men s Club as Hosts. SATURDAY: 9:00 ? Leave for Columbia Marble Co. plant: 9:45 ? Leave for Robbinsville. with stop ; at lookout which gives view of Nantahala <Land of the Noon-Day Sun) Gorge: 10:45 ? Leave for Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, via 1 shore of Lake Santeetlah: 12:00 ? i Leave for Fontana Village: 1:00 ? ; Luncheon, as guests of Government , Services. Inc.: 2:00 ? Sightseeing at Fontana Dam and Village: 4:00 I ? Leave for Andrews, and tea at home of Mrs. G. W. Cover. Sr., State Representative: 6:00 ? Leave j for Murphy. Baseball Schedule !s Announced I Following is the schedule for | baseball games for the next four weeks: June 30, Moore General I Hospital at Moore General; July 4. i Marvville, Tenn.. at Murphy; July I 7 Yellow Tab of Atlanta at Mur I phy; July 14. Canton, Ga., at Mur phy. Airborne Division iTo Give Show Here The Demonstration to be given by the 82nd Airborne Division on July 1st and 2nd announced a couple of weeks earlier in the Cherokee Scout will be held in the L\ C. Moore Dodge Garage Show loom. Sgt. F. C. Mathieu of the local army recruiting station in the Regal Hotel in Murphy announced this week. The display will consist of vari ous types of guns, parachutes, flame-throwers, radios and a por table, recoilless 75mm cannon. They will also display a glider tow rope containing enough nylon for 50,000 pairs of ladies stockings. The public is invited to see this display. There will be a group of men there to explain the use of tluse various items of war-time equipment used by the 82nd in its campaign against the Germans in Furope. There will be no admiss ion charge, and the display will bo open to the public on Monday and Tuesday from noon until around 9 p. m.
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