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MOUNTAINS, LAKES
EXCELLENT FISHING
IDEAL CLIMATE
Make Cherokee County the answer
to where to spend sour vacation.
EIGHT PAGES THIS WEEK
T wo W omen Capture
Forger Of Checks
H G. Elkins and Mrs. A. <
I Gillespie without benefit of '
weapons captured and turned over
to police a man who was goins; '
about town last Friday cashing
forged checks, and who, accord - 1
,!!? to his statement later, had
served ten years in the Ohio state J
ucnitentary for attempted bury- 1
?, I
The man. who is being held in (
jail under bond of $1,000 awaiting
tiial in Cherokee county superior \
court, gave his name as W. W
Standee of Greenville, Ohio. He
Itated that he came to Murphy to
Ittend the fair.
Stani lee stated to police that he
found the name of the Rev. J.
Alton Morris on the bulletin board
at First Baptist church. He did
not know Mr. Morris, never having
seen him. Mr. Morris was out of
town The name of Mr. Morris
was signed to four checks that
Stagelee admitted he cashed in
Murphy All were made out to A
J. Jones & Co., endorsed by "A.
J. Jones", and signed, "Rev. J. Al
ton Morris". On some of them it
was stated that the check was for
?Plumbing". The checks were
cashed by Mrs. A. L. Gillespie at
Gillespie's Fruit stand. Dickey
Feed Company, Murphy Hardware
Company and Western Auto Asso
ciate store. Each check was in
the amount of $31.10.
Had it not been for Mrs. Elkins'
doubt that Mr. Morris had written
one of the checks which was pre
sented to her to be cashed, prob
ably the man would have left town
without the forgeries being dis
covered He already had engaged
a taxi to take him to Asheville that
night, according to a Robert's Cab
driver.
Mrs. Elkins. believing the check
to be a forgery and being afra?d
others on her street might be vic
tims of the fraud, went to the fruit
stand and learned that Mrs Gilles
pie had cashed the check onlv i
few minutes before. She and Mr?
Gillespie then went to the bus sta
tion and Roberts taxi stand to see
if they could locate the man. While
they were near the taxi stand,
Stagelee walked up. He return
ed .Mrs Gillespie's money, and
when police took him to jail he
admitted having written and sign- j
ed the checks.
WNC Convention
Held Rrasstown
Western North Carolina Baptist I
Sunday School convention was held |
rt Brasstown Baptist church last
Sunday, at 2:30 p. m.
The devotional was given by
Cyrus White, after which a busi
ness session was held. Following
was a demonstration given by the
Brasstown church. Special music.
' Living for Jesus", was rendered j
by the Peachtree choir composed j
of 16 voices with Mrs. Dock Sud- j
derth. accompanist.
T. Karl Ogg spoke on the sub
ject. "A Pastor's View of The
Sunday School." followed by a
solo. "I Shall Not Pass Again This
Way." by Miss Mildred Hendrix
Miss Mildred Whitfield, asociation- >
al missionary, gave a talk on the :
topic. "The Place of the Sunday ,
School In the Association." After i
the closing hymn. "Blest Be the j
Rev. Algia West pronounced i
the benediction.
To Win Next
Games Prophecy
For Bulldogs
By WALTER CARRINGER
I-ast Friday the Murphy Bull
oogs lost their third straight game
of the season, losing to the Frank
lin Panthers 19-14 The first gam ?
was Played at Waynesville wher
the Bulldogs came off with the
little end of a 46-0 score.
Although the scores show that
the Bulldogs lost each game, thej
also show that they are improving
with every game. Those who saw
the games know that the Panthers |
aren t in the class with the four
powerhouse teams the Waynesvill
coach trotted out on the field and
neither are the Bulldogs for that
matter, but they are near enouph
for one to gather that the Murpliv
boys are improving with game ex
perience and its this writer s opin- 1
ton that the Bulldogs will take the
rest of the games. What the score;
don t show is that the Murphy team
of this year is potentially one r.f
the best we've had in several
seasons. They don't show that In
one instance, the boys had two
strikes against them before the
game even started; not due, how
ever, to the opposing team Th>
Con t show that in all three game*
several of the Bulldogs turned in
top rate performances.
In ' Bull' Davidson Murphy has
one of the hardest running full
hack we've seen. He's good for
several yards through the line
every time he gets the ball, usually
taking half the opposing team with
htm: or he has the speed to skirt
the ends as he did against the
Panthers, tallying both of Mur
phy's touchdowns on end runs of
2.1 to 34 yards. On defense Pickle
Simer. captain of the Bulldogs, re
peatedly crashes through the line
to break up plays in the opposing
backfield and is in on two-third
of every tackle. On offense he's
one of the main stags of the line
at center. Until he broke his arm
Playing against Franklin. Meroney
had become the spark plug of the
line at right end. Although he
v. as the smallest one of the for
ward wall, he threw the Waynes
ville backs for losses of many
yards. In the other games he was
in on more than his share of
t '?ckles. The Bulldogs will be ser
lously crippled by his absence
Defensively. Green and Alexander
are two of the most dependable
backs in the conference. When
touchdowns are made against the
Bulldogs these boys are either on
the ground or on the opposite side
ot the field. Green's open field
tackling has become one of the i
highlights of every game.
The weak spots in the Bulldog
set up. as we sec them are: weak
left side line, lack of blocking and
lack of pass defense. However,
these weaknesses are easily remed
ied. Coach Smith has the mater- 1
ial. and we believe he'll hove the
scores for the remainder of the |
season. Its the duty of every
sports minded person to come out
and lend them support to these re. j
maining games. They say morale I
is a large contributing factor in '
winning wars; it helps in ball !
games, too.
Singing Convention To Be Held At
Marble Church Sunday, October 13
Two Are Injured
In f ar Accident
i
William 'Gyp) Johnson and I
Grovcr Hampton received head in- 1
juries Sunday afternoon when the I
(,ar in which they were riding turn j
ed over on the river road near the i
Axley bridge. They were rushed I
10 Murphy General hospital in |
T?wnson's ambulance where they I
received treatment and were dis- J
missed.
and Mrs. S. M. Benton of
^?n)eia, Ga.. spent last week-enci
with their daughter, Mrs. Ed
Hyde and Mr. Hyde.
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The Cherokee County Semi-an
nual Singing Convention will be
held at Marble Springs Baptist
church Sunday. Oct. 13, according
to announcement by the president
of the convention. Ernie Trantham
All singing classes and choirs are
urged to come prepared to compete
for the banner which is awarded
to the class making the best grade.
All singers and quartets of ad- 1
joining counties and states are in
\ited to attend and take part in the
convention, although they will not !
be privileged to compete for the :
banner.
The convention is well known J
throughout this part of the country j
end has always been in large at-'
tendance and no exception is ex
pected this time.
Funeral Held For
Victim Of Stabbing
Funeral services for Mrs. Pearl i
Jo Ann Arwood, 25, who is report -
id to have been stabbed to death
in her apartment in Cincinnati |
Ohio. Sept. 22, were held at Lone ;
Oak Baptist church near Robbins- j
villc. Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock. The Rev. Ottis Orr and i
the Rev. Ronald Holland officiated 1
and burial was in the church cem??- 1
tcry with Townson funeral home]
in charge.
Surviving are the parents, Mr. !
and Mrs. Harlie Gregory; two sis- |
ters. Misses Helen and Frances ?
Gregory; six brothers. Jay, Floyd
Roy. Eugene, and Donald all oi
Robbinsville, and Ray of Atlanta
Ga.
According to press reports from j
Cincinnati. Mrs. Arwood's hus- '
band. Fred Arwood. 43, was charg
ed with murder in connection with
the death.
Mrs. Arwood's father was quoted
as saying she left home several
months ago and had been residing
in Atlanta, and Spring City, Tenn.,
before going to Cincinnati, and
members of her family did not
know that she had married Ar
wood. according to the report.
Funeral Held
For Miss Bowers
Funeral services were held Fri
day. Sept. 27. at Satoogechaye Bap
tist church near Franklia at 2:30
p. m., for Miss Bonnie Bowers. 22.
v ho was reported to have been
shot on Sunday night. Sept. 22, in
front of her home in Robbinsville
by Clarence Sneed. her brother-in
law. The Rev. James Chappell
officiated and burial was in the
church cemetery with Townson fu
neral home in charge.
Surviving are her mother. Mrs.
Thelma Bowers; two sisters. Mrs
Clarence Sneed of Robbinsville and
Miss Margie Bowers of New York
City; four brothers, Albert, Carl, I
Troy and Billy Bowers, all of Rob- [
binsville.
Mrs, Smith Is
Taken Bv Death
Mrs. Clearsey Robertson Smith.
53. died at 3:03 o'clock Monday
afternoon at her home at Tomotia
following a long illness.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Bellview Methodist church, with
the Rev. J. Alton Morris and the
Rev. John Green officiating. Bur
ial followed in the church ceme
tery
She is survived by the husband
John B. Smith: three sisters. Mrs.
Iva Creasman of Andrews, Mrs.
Tina Recce of Niota. Tenn.. and
Miss Mamie Robertson, and a
brother. Jesse Robertson, both of
Bellview.
Ivic funeral home was in charge
ol arrangements.
TO PREACH ON "LIFE'S
GREATEST QUESTION"
The Rev. T. G. Tate will preach ,
at the Presbyterian church here
Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock on
the subject. "Life's Greatest Ques
tion."'
The Young People and Pioneers
will meet at 6:45 p. m. with Miss
Jane Hill and Mrs. R. H. Foard i r
charge. Sunday school will eon
vene at 10 o'clock with J. B. Gray
superintendent.
There will be no morning serv
ice at the Presbyterian church
here, this being Mr. Tate's regular
appointment at the Hayesvillc
Presbyterian church. The preach
ing service there at 11 o'clock will
be followed by the communion of
the Lord's Supper.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon
Mr. Tate wil preach at Union Hill
church near Hayesvillc.
Partain With
Walnut Plant
H. T. Partain of Springfield. 111.,
recently came here to manage M.
C. Walters and Company plant, for
the purchase of black walnuts.
Mr. Partain. the son of Mrs
Elizabeth Lefavor of Springfield,
was in the European theatre dur
ing the war. He was wed on Sep
tember 9 to Miss Catherine Spring
er of Springfield. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Spring of that city. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Partain are mak
ing their home temporarily at
Mooreland Heights tourist court.
TRUMAN RELAXES AT BOAT RACES
DESPITE THE PRESSURE ot political affairs, President Truman manages to
grin and bear it and actually appear cheerful as he watches the speed
boat races on the Potomac from the presidential cruiser. With him is
Drucie Snyder, daughter of Secretary of the Treasury. (International)
Carolyn Smith Wins
In District Contest
ANDREWS ? Miss Carolyn *
Smith ol Andrews, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Smith, was the win
ner in a 4-H Clothing Achievement
and Records contest held at th<>
Buncombe County courthouse
Asheville, on Friday, September
27. Miss Smith will represent this
district in the state contest which
is to be in Raleigh during th_>
month of October.
Miss Smith also entered a wool- j
en tailored suit in the dress review,
winning second placc and received
a blue ribbon. She as classed In
the blue ribbon group. Represent- 1
atives from 4-H Clubs in thirteen ,
Western North Carolina countie>
participated in the contest.
Those attending the review were:
Miss Mary Cornwell. Miss Lena
Brown. Mrs. Joe Smith, Misses
Carolyn Smit'i and Mary Farmei.i
October 9-10
Visitors' Days
At Murphy School
Next Wednesday and Thursdays .
October 9-10, wil lbe visitors' daj s
at the Murphy school. The par
ents and friends of the school are
given a special invitation to vis;t
the classes, observe the children
at work and at play and to meet
the teachers.
All visitors are invited to have
lunch in the school lunch room on
these two days. There will be no
special program. However, the
Elementary school has a regular
chapel program on each Wednes
day at 10 o'clock and the High
School on Thursdays at 9 o'clock.
P. J. Henn Is Third In
National Boat Race
P. J. Henn took third place in <3
the race for national champion in 1
the President's race, in the 225
cubic inch Hydroplane class, driv i
ing a new boat named "Goo-Goo" j
a name supplied by his baby daugh |
ter, on Sunday. September 22. 1
There were 212 boats in the race.
Mr. Henn was awarded a beaut ?
iful cup and approximately $500
worth of merchandise.
The race was held on the Po
tomac in Washington, D. C.
Service Center
Interviews 428
During the month of September
the Murphy Veterans Information
center had a total of 428 inter- 1
views, and in August 517. The Sep
tember interviews were for the
following: Education 95. apprentice
or on-the-job training 72. employ
ment 5. readjustment allowance !
4. compensation and pension 20 |
loans 20. insurance 9. hospitaliza
tion 8. farmer training 55. buri:.l
benefits 1. legal or business advice
I 3, outpatient treatment 1. miscel! j
aneous 56. and terminal leave 79. j
The above figures are compared
with the following for Augus.: |
Education 12(i. apprentice or on
the-job training 69. employment
11. readjustment allowance r>. \
compensation and pension 31. loans |
15. insurance 13. hospitalization 17. j
farmer training 105. burial bene- j
fits 2. legal or busines sadvice 11, j
outpatient treatment 1. miscellan
cons 63. and terminal leave 45.
j I). E. Sigmon, assistant sta4f ;
service officer, is in the local of- 1
! (ice on Mondays from 9 to 12 and
! 1 to 4 o'clock and Saturdays from
9 to 12 o'clock, to assist veterans I
and widows of World War I or Ii
with any problems they have.
WNC Baptist
Pastors To Meet
Highlands 7th
The Western North Carolina
Baptist Pastors' conference will be
held at Highlands Baptist church ,
on October 7, beginning at 10:30
a. m. The theme of the program
is: "The Pastor Ministering".
The Rev. R. F. Reed of High
lands will lead the devotional, fol
lowing which the Rev. J. Alton
Morris of Murphy will speak on.
? In Visiting and Counselling with
the Sick". The Rev. L. P. Smitu
of Hayesville will speak on. "In
Personal Counselling". The Rev j
Mr. Hadaway of Glenville will de- |
liver the morning sermon.
Following luncheon, the Rev II
E. Marchbanks of Highlands will
conduct the devotional, reports of |
committees will be made, and Dr j
Thos. X. Carter of Highlands will
speak on. "In Dealing with the Di
vorce Problem". The Rev. L. G.
Elliott of Waynesville will deliver
the afternoon message. The con
ference will adjourn at 3 30 p. m.
Recruiting
Office Closes
The Army Recruiting office
which has been operating at the
Regal hotel for several months
was closed last week because of an
insufficient number of enlistments
in this area. A representative of
the Recruiting Service will be in
M, *phy at the draft board office
every Tuesday to accept applica
tions from young men desiring to
volunteer for the army.
200 Exhibitors Win
$870 At County Fair
Recreation
Association To
Solicit Funds
The Community Recreation as
sociation met Tuesday evening at
the library and discussed methods
of securing funds with which to j
remodel and redecorate the ret
reation center in the library build
ing
Plans were made for the mem
bers of the association to contact
business firms and individuals and
ask for contributions Those desii -
ing to contribute and are not con
tated may give the money to Mrs (
H. G. Elkins. treasurer. The as -j
sociation appeals to people in the
community to respond to this call
and make a generous donation to
the recreational life of the young
people.
An electric victrola will be pro
vided by C. L. Alverson for the use
of the young people using the cen
ter. The association hopes thct
someone will give or lend a piano
also.
To Hold Singing
Convention Sunday
The Fannin County Singing Con
vention will convene in the regu
lar fall session. October 6, at Mc
Caysville school auditorium, open
ing at 10 a. m.
On Saturday night. Oct. 5. the
Harmoneers quartet of Knoxville
will appear in concert at 7:45 at
t lie McCaysville school auditorium,
i They will be in the convention on
| Sunday following.
Many other singers, from out of
this community are expected.
Among them are: Vick's quartet.
I of Chattanooga; Stamps-Baxter
quartet of Dalton: Darnell family
of Jasper, and many singers from
adjoining counties.
This is the official Fannin Coun
ty Singing Convention, with offi
cers to be elected by the conven
tion while in regular session. Any
other singings, which may be an
nounced as such, are not the regu
lar county singing organizations
state Cliff Dickey, president, and
Elvin Harper, secretary-treasurer
I
SUNDAY SPEAKER? Dr. David
I.. Stilt, president of Austin Theo
logical Seminary, Austin, Texas,
who will be the speaker on the
Presbyterian Hour next Sunday
morning, October 6. at 8:30 A. M
K. S. T.. over an independent net
work of southeastern radio sta
tion.
A Texan by birth. Dr. Stitt at
I tended the Texas Christian Uni
versity. and graduated from Aus
I tin College in 1933. He took his
theological training at the Austin
Presbyterian Theological Semi
nary, graduating there in 1936.
After a pastorate in Haskell. Texas,
he was called to be the assistant
pastor of the Westminster Presby
terian Church in St. Louis, Mo.
\fter the resignation of Dr. Will
iam Crowe in 1939. Dr. Stitt was
called to be the church's minister
and remained there for six years
until he became the new president
of Austin Seminary early this year.
The subject of Dr. Stitt's address
next Sunday morning will be;
"Broken Things".
The program can be heard in
this section over: WWNC Asheville
IWPTF, Raleigh; WSJS, Winston
1 Salem. WSB, Atlanta; WNOX
Knoxville; and WRVA, Richmond
at 8:30 a. m. EST.
* The 19th Annual Cherokee
1 County Fair ended Saturday, Sep
I t ember 28. A large crowd was
I present every night and a greai
deal of interest was shown. Ex
| hi bits were judged on Wednesday
morning and the Exhibit Hall op
ined Wednesday afternoon Ap
proximately 200 exhibitors parti
cipated in the Fair and were a
warded S870.50 in prizes.
The American Legion, the spor.
] sor. realized a nice sum from the
fair A financial report will be
published by the post later.
Forty 4-H Club members won
I $350 in prizes. Dcvero Martin,
j from L'naka. received $30.25. mak
I ing him the highest paid club
' member. Several other boys and
girls won more than S15 each.
Competition between members
reached it's climax in the 4-H Club
Dairy Calf Show. Seventeen cal
ves were entered and two blue
ribbons each was awarded to
James Smith and Dick Ketner and
one each to Sherman Hampton, Ed
die Graham, and James Myers.
The following prize winners have
not called for their money: Billie
Lovingood, Christine Gibson. Mrs.
Jake Stiles, W. M. Hatchett, Mrs.
John Carroll. Edgar Garran, James
Myers. Dorothy Palmer. Mrs. How?
ard West. Dorothy Shields, Mrs.
L. M. Nicholson, Mrs. Vesta King,
Mrs. Herbert Hinton, Richard Led
tord. Mrs. R. F. Merritt, John Lov
ingood. Bill Lovingood. Fannie
Hall, and V. W. H. Russell. These
or any others who have not re
ceived their money may do so by
calling at the county agent's of
fice.
Murphy Firm Is
Incorporated
Certificate of incorporation was
issued at Raleigh. Sept. 27. by the
secretary of state to:
Slack Murphy Parts company,
incorporated, Murphy, to deal in
automotive parts, with authorized
capital stock $50,000. subscribed
stock $10,000 by R. S. Jones,
Franklin. W. H. Slack. Jr.. W. P.
Westbrook, both of Gainesville,
Ga., and others.
November Court
Of Honor To Be
Held In Murphy
HIWASSEE DAM ? The Nanta
liala District Boy Scout Court of
Honor was held October 1 at Rob
binsville in the Methodist Church.
Four boys from Robbinsville be
came tenderfoot Scouts. The Rob
binsville troop won the attendance
award this time. The Hiwassee
Dam scouts learned that the trophy
which they had won previously
four times was to be theirs for
i.ood.
Those from here who attended
were: Joe Gibson. Marshall Allen,
J. E. Hibberu, Mrs. W. T. Gibson,
rnd Miss Marion Jones. W. C. Wall
of Asheville was in charge of the
meeting. The November Court of
Honor will be held at Murphy on
the first Tuesday night.
4-H Club Schedule
For October
Is Announced
I
The following schedule has been
announced by Agent Lemuel
I Goode for 4-H club meetings in
October: Friday, Oct. 4. Martins
Creek, at 10 o'clock: Monday, Oct.
7. Peachtree, 10 o'clock: Wednes
day. Oct. 9. Marble, at 9:30 o'clock:
Andrews Elementary school at 11
o'clock and Andrews high school
at 1 o'clock: Thursday. .Oct. 10,
Murphy high school, at 11 o'clock
and Murphy elementary school at
1 o'clock; Friday. Oct. 11, Wolf
Creek, at 10 o'clock. No date has
been set for meetings at Hanger
and Hiwassee Dam.
PIE SUPPER
A pio supper will be held at
? Martins Creek sehool Friday night,
, Oct. 4, at 7:30 o'clock. String
music will be furnished. Proceeds
will go for a piano for the school.