81fr (Mprofcer Stout Established July 1889 Published every Thursday at Murphy. Cherokee County, N. C - WILLIAM V. AND EMILY P. COSTELLO Publishers and Owners WILLIAM V. COSTELLO Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES la Cherokee County: One Year, (2.SO; Six Months, f 1.50; Outside Cherokee County: One Year, f^.uu; six monins, #i./j Entered in the Post Office at Murphy, North Carolina, as second dass matter under the Act of March 3, 1879. Dry July Leaves Livestock Farmers With Food Shortage WNC Baptist Assn. Annual Meet Held Old Shooting Creek and Alt.<3 Pleasant Baptist Churches of Hay eaviU will be host churches for the 69th session of the Western North Carolina Baptist Association Aug ust 18 and 10 it was announced by otfknals of the association. With the theme "Christ Is The Answer", the two day sessions will ecocccchhhh hmmbmb mmb mm open Tuesday morning at 9:30 at Old Shooting Creek Baptist church A. B. Loveil will preside. The annual sermon wall be given by Rev. J Alton Morris, with Earl Cable as alternate. On Tuesday afternoon M. A. Huggins of the Baptist State office in Raleigh will give the Stewardship message. Rev. JObn C. Corbitt, pastor of First Barptist Ohuroh of Andrews will preach the missionary sermon on Wednesday morning at Mt. Pleasant. The closing message, following the report on Christian Schools, will be the message on Christian Education by M. H. Kendall, Special music will be presented ait each of the four sessions, and reports from aU committees will be heard New officers for the as sociation will be elected Wednes day morning. Ham Voyles Dies After Illness Ham Voyles, 87, a retired far mer of Letitia died at 12:10 a. m. Monday in a Murphy hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. Tuesday in Oak Grove Bapt ist Church. The Rev. Thomas Tru ett and Che Rev. Mr. Hedden of ficiated, and burial was in #iie church Cemetery. Mr. Voyles was a native of Rome Ga, the son of the late Enoch and Mary Morris Voyles. He moved to Oakdale, Term, when a yiung man and came to Cherokee County 55 years ago where he 'had made his home since that time. Surviving are six sons, Sam, of Hiawassee Dam, James, Felix and Everett of Letitia, Rufus of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and John of Powell Station, Tenn. one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Flowers of Letitia, and one sister, Mr3. Jessie Stiles, of Route 3. Murphy. Pallbearers werre N. Craig Lloyd and William Clonts, Ira and iMcKinley Stiles and Jess Rich. Ivie Funeral Home was is charge. ? Many North Carolina livestock farmers are currently faced with a severe feed shot age and the only thing left between them and bank ruptcy is their dwindling supply oi hay and silage. Cattlemen should begin this week to make the necessary ad justments in their feeding pro grams in order to meet the emer gency, according to Dr. E. T. York, head of the department of agronomy at N. C. College. The driest July on record in the state has caused famers to use much of the stored feed and pastures to dry up. York and other agronomits and members of the department of animal lndusty ait the college sur veyed the state-wide feed situa tion last week and declared that the poor condition of feed crops creates a real emergency. York said that the situation in some areas is so critiral that they could eaisly be designated "disaster areas. So far as large areas of the rtate are concerned, the upper Piedmont is suffering most. But in scattered, smaller areas throuhout the state farmers face equally se vere feed crop shortages, York said. A three-point program for emer gency feed crops has beim outlined for Tar Heel farmers in these areas York said. The program invivles feeding seeding and fertilization. Farmers "should remove cattle and other livestock from perman ent pasttures where they are alrea dy short. They con easily be ruin ed by close grazing and the amount of feed animals get from them when in their present condition wont help much. Any supplementary grazing such as Kudsu, Sudan grass, millet, Ber muda grass, lespedeza, or alfalfa, shohld be used to stretch inade quate pastures. Farmers with hay or grass silage available should start feeding these, but York wanned that the hay and silage should be replen ished. Some farmers are already cuttisg drought-parched corn that will never mature. This can be fed green or put up as silage for use during the next few weeks. Graveside Rites Held For Infant Graveside rites for Sheila Ann Beaver, infant daughter of Mr and Ms Frank Beaver of Unaka, who died Monday at 7 p. m. in an Asheville hospital after a brief illness, were held at 2 p. m. : Wednesday in Unaka Cemetery, with the Rev Ham Coffey offi ciatting. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are a twin sister, Shir ley Lynn; the paternal grandpar ents, Mr and Mrs Robert L Beaver of Murphy, and the maternal grandmother, aha Ebbie Mayhew of Unaka. Ivie Funeral Home was in charge. 'O. E. S. To Meet Thursday Murphy Chapter No. 10 O. E. S. will meet in the Masonic Hall Thursday evening, August 13. Mrs. G'Mae Owenby WorthyMat rom will preside. All members are urged to attend. (Continued from page 1) Charles Owenby also of the Namta tiala Troop. Percy F. Day of the Andrews Troop received a second class a ward from Mr. Nodhils and S. J. Gernert awarded Henry A. Strange and Hugh Strange of Murphy Troop 2 the first class award. 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MURPHY i >28 Sylv* Town Investigates Cost Of Water Fluoridation Engineer To . Advise Murphy Third in a aeries Request from the Mayor of Mur phy and a Murphy dentist concern ing flumrdation of Murphy's water supply system has resulted in a pending visit from F. R. Blaisdell. district engioeeer for the N. C. State Department of Health, May or L. L. Mason said today. The Town is investigating the fluoridation project as fluoridated water has been proven effective in in greatly decreasing dental decay among children. Once the system is in operation, the cost is only about 10 cents per water customer per year. hi his letter to the state depart ment, Mr. Mason stated that the some 700 families using Murphy city water, drink water from two sources - - Hia