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VOLUME ?3?NUMBER St MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEB. IS. 1S54 EICHi rAGES THIS WEEK
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Crawford Announces
Candidacy For Office
M G. Crawford. Cherokee Oo-'
unty sheriff, this week announced
his .candidacy for county sheriff
and has filed with the County
Board of Elections. He wiU enter
the Democratic primary May 29.
Crawford was appointed by the
county commissioners March 4,
1953 to fill out the unexpired term
of his uncle_ the late Frank G.
Crawford. Frank Crawford was
killed March 3 while serving a
warrant in the Hanging Dog Com
munity.
Sheriff Crawford. 34 years old,
is the son of George Crawford,
Murphy policeman. He resigned
his position at Oak Ridge, Tenn.,1
to accept the appointment last
year. |
He served tn the Navy for three
years during World War II. He
was a school teacher before going
to Oak Ridge.
Crawford is married and has one
son, Stephen, T.
E Bueck Loses
Father Wed.
Howard Bueck. father of Murphy
School Supt. H. Bueck died yester
day morning at his home near
LavreneevlUe, Va. He was 82
years old.
Mr. Bueck. a retired Southern
Railroad machinist, had lived on
his farm in Virginia for the past
10 yeari.
Survivors include the widow,
Fannie Hall Bueck of the home;
two sons. Robert H. of Norfolk Va.
and H. Bueck of Murphy; and four
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were in
complete yesterday.
New Elections
Board Nominees
Are Announced
Democrat and Republican nom
inations for the Cherokee County
Board of Elections were sent to the
State Board this week after they
werP announced by the parties' ex
ecutive committees.
Democratic nominees, of which
two will be approved, are Carl W.
(Petei Stalcup and Noland Wells of
Murphy and L. L. Love of Andrews
according to James Bryson, chair
man of the Democratic Executive
Committee.
R. A. Dewar and D. M. Reese of
Andrews, and O. L. Anderson of
Murphy have been nominated by
the Republican Executive Commi
ttee of the county, John O'Dell,
Republican chairman said.
The new board will be approved
by the latter part of March, it was
said.
Legion And Auxiliary.
Annual Dinner Fri.
The Joe Miller Elkins Post, No.
96. American Legion, and the
Legion Auxiliary will hold their
annual Dutch Dinner at the Regal
' Hotel. Friday. Feb. 19. at 7. P. M.
The Rev- Asmond L. Maxwell
will speak on Americanism after
which two short films will be
shown.
A social hour will follow when
bridge and canasta will be played.
All members of both organiza
tions are urged to attend.
F.E. Alley Is Candidate
For District Solicitor
Felix E. (Gene) Alley Jr., Way-;
nesvilte attorney, has announced
his candidacy for solicitor of the
20th judicial district. He will enter
the Democratic primary May 29.
The 20th district is composed of
Haywood. Cherokee, Clay, Graham
Jackson. Macon and Swain Coun
ties. Thad Bryson Jr., of Bryson
City, is the present solicitor.
Alley, a son of Judge Felix E
lley. was born in Webster Feb.
, 1900. He was educated in the
local schools of Webster and Way
nesville and at the University of
North Carolina.
On receiving hlj license to prac
tice law in 1922, be entered the
office fo his father and practiced
'n Waynesville and Sylva until
1941. That year he was appointed
assistant collector of internal rev
enue for the state. He served in
that capacity for two years and ir
1943 was appointed as an attorney
in the General Accounting Office,
Washington, D. C.
He was in the Washington office
until Sept. 1, 1952, when he return
ed to Waynesville to re-enter prac
tice.
Alley was judge of the Record
er's Court at Jackson County 1924
26 and county attorney of Hay
wood County 1932-34. He was a
Democratic presidential elector in
1940.
10th Grade Raises
$96 For Polio Fund
The Grade of Murphy High
School, under the leadership of
its President, Steve Hembree, and
Chairmen Sue Hubbard, June
Crawford and William Lee,' con
tributed $96.12 to the Potto Fund
Each of the students of the class
volunteered to be responablle for
a project and turn the proceeds of
that project into the Ftind.
Such projects as washing cars,
baking cakes, candy and cookies,
popping corn, doing housework,
baby-sitting, working in offices,
auctioning comic books, etc.
brought in money to increase the
Fund.
Some students even brought
handbags, canned goods end frozen
meats form home to be sold to the
highest bidder.
TJrwe most active hi this worthy
activity were: Kafhryn Amos. Km
mogene Bryant, Dorothy Burgess
Frankie Qhastain. Mary Alice Chas
tain. Bitty Olonts, Catherine
Clonts Helen Clonts, Josephine
lore, Judy Cook, Mary Alice Cook
> jne Crawford. Carolyn Scruggs
William Lee. Ruth Logan Mary Mc
Donald, Ann Martin Helen McMil
lan. Billy Davis. Billy Hughes.
Charlie Mills, Marvin Painter.
Burke Moore. Bobby Stalcup.
James Stalcup. Jackie Wilson Jack
it Beaver. H. C. Bueck, Ray Crisp, j
Meredith Decker. Louise Dockery. |
Mary Ruth Donley. Ann Bltott,
Shirley Brad. Virginia Fowler, |
Patty Hancock, Barbara Hushes,
Christine Hughes, Clara Hughes,
Patsy Jones, Mary Lepsder, Nancy
Sales, Georgia Sampson, MarcelU
Sneed, Eunice Stiles, Polly Ann
Stiles, Eloise Taylor, Roma Taylor.
Sara Jean Underwood, I ma jean
Voyles, Mary Ruth Donley, Jose
phine K11 pa trick and Kenneth Led
ford.
Last year this same group rais
d $85.00 for Polio and baa worked
tirelessly in its efforts this year.
The President of the Class express
ed the hope that they may do even
better in 1055.
W. Carrihger
Program Enjoyed
Walter Oarrtnger tenor of Mur
phy and Now York, last week sang
a completely enjoyable, and easy
to listen to program to a large au
dience of home town guests and
some out of towners here.
The tenor was accompanied at
th? Piano by Barton Cantrell of
New York, who also played a group
of piano solos. The program was
sponsored by the Lions. CIvKan.
Regal and Junior Woman's Clubs
of Murphy.
The first group of sonfs, mods up
of American and North Carolina
folk mob, set off the concert
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Door Prizes Offered At
\
Farmers Meet Next Week
\
Murphy businessmen are lending
their support to the agricultural
meetings to be held at the court
house Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, Feb. 23, 24 and 25, Coun
ty Agent G. H. Farley said here to
day. ? '
Farley said he attributes the
businessmen's interest to their
realizatlon of agriculture as one,
of the main sources of income in
Cherokee County.
Businessmen are offering door;
prizes daily to persons attending
the sessions. The prizes will in-'
dude growing mash, fertilizer, lay
ing mash, baby chicks and others.
All phases of farm life?except
dairying, which will be held at a
later date?will be included in the
three day discussions led by some
50 State College extension special
ists. .
The sessions begin at 9 a. m.
and adjourn at 4 p. m. with an
hour lunch period allowed.
Mr. Farley stated the "farmer is
now feeling a squeeze" and he ad
vises ;,U county farmers to attend
all of the sessions or at least the
ones pertaining to the phases of
farming In which he is engaged.
Tuesdays morning schedule in
cludes a discussion of the outlook
for farmers; fertilizer, economics
of fertilizer, and weed control.
Agrictultural engineering will be
talked in the afternoon.
Wednesday mornings first topic
will be tobacco, followed at 11 a.
m. by farm management. In the
afternoon Wednesday animal hus
bandry will be the topic at 1 p. m.,
followed by forage crops at 2:30 p.
m. an dforage crop diseases at 3:30
p. m.
Thursday morning poultry will be
discussed at 9 a. m.; poultry mar
keting at 11 a. m.; and a 1 p. n*.
horticulture, including commer
cial vegetable production, garden
and small fruit production, dis
ease and insect control, fruit and
vegetable marketing and irrigation j
of gardens and vegetables.
Miss Axley Gets
BA From Wesley an
MISS AXLEY
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BaptiflfiefBe ' i
At Marble Springs
The Western North Carolina Bap
; tist Association will meet February
19 at Marble Springs Baptist
Church at 7:30 p. m.
The theme of the meeting will
be "Light The Church Houses".
Persons taking part on the pro
gram will be the Rev. John C.
Corbitt, the Rev. A. B. Lovell. Mar
vin Hampton and Kenneth Wood
ard.
Departmental conferences will
he under the direction of Mrs.
Christine Painter. Miss Dorothy
Edwards, Mrs. Cari West, Mrs.
Ray Bennett Mrs. Charles Messer
and Carl Corbtn.
Miss Mary Frances Axley, daugh'
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Axley,
was recently graduated from,
Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga , I
with the degree of Bachelor of.
Arts.
Miss Axley. a major in art, plans
to teach art. In college s(he -was a
member of the Art Club and Mac
on Art Association, and her work!
vas often displayed in exhibits byi
these clubs.
She servea as a monitor of the'
student government and was 31
Scribe, highest literary honor glv
Vi Wesleyan students having con
tributed to the school, magazine
fVhe Wesleyan*.
| At present a group of Miss Ax- \
lly's art works?largely pastels,:
cnarcoals and water colors?are on
exhibit at the Murphy Carnegie
Library.
Wesleyan College is a Methodist
school and was founded in 1836. It
is the world's oldest college for
women.
Miss Adams On Mars
Hill Dean's List
MARS HILL?The name of Jo
' anne Adams, of Murphy, appears
1 on the Dean's List for the first
semester at Mars Hill College.
Miss Adams, a first year student,
is taking the general business and
secretarial ecience course. She is
; a graduate of Murphy High School
To be entitle to a place on the
quality credits with no grade be
, Dean's List a student must earn 40
low C. This honor also represents,
good campus citizenship.
Bobby Cobb Featured By FF
News As Dairyman Of Month
Robert Tyrus (Bobby) Cobb of
Rt. 1 Culberson was featured a?
the Dairyman of the Month In the
February Farmers Federation
News.
The feature article reported that
Cobb is "an enterprising young
dairyman who has 28 head of cat-1
tie; mostly Guernsey, and lg nowj
milking 20 of them. He runs the
farm with his father John Cobb,
and. except for seasonal extra!
help, they do all the work them-'
selves. This involves raising most
if their own hay and corn (over
3.500 bushels of corn raised las*
year). Their winter cover crops!
consist of oats, barley and rye."
The article quoted Cobb as say
ing, "We've had good results from
artificial breeding and have four
artificially bred cows in our herd
| now." They also keep a bull which
has a fine Quail Roost breeding.
? background
Further information from the,
. story related that In 1951 Bobby
and his dad built a dairy barn
: which now contains a De Laval mil-?
? ker that has streamlined milk pro
i duction on their farm.
X graduate of California State
Polytechnic College at San Luis
Oblsoo. Os'W., where he majored
'n Dairy Husbandry. Bobby and
h's wife. Royna Mae, a teacher in
the Murphy schools, now make
their home at Rt. 1 Culberaon, just |
over th? Georgia Una.
Mr. nit Mm. BpHt Cobb ar? n'etnred "bore wttfc one of their herd
of II cow* Mr. Cobb was fntarrd In the February Farmer* Federa
tion Marazine a* the dalrymaa of the i
S. M. Benton
Succumbs FrL
S. M. Benton, 64, of Cornelia Ga.
died Friday. Feb. 12 in Duke Un
iversity Hospital.
He was born in Hall County, Ga.
and was married to Miss Mae Sav
age in 1912.
He was a member of the Corne
lia Methodist Church where he
served as secretary-treasurer of
the Sunday School for 18 years.
He was a charter member of the
Cornelia Kiwanls Club, and the
Cornelia Masonic Lodge of which
he served as Worshipful Master
for two years, and as secretary
treasurer for 27 years. He was
secretary-treasurer of the school
board for 14 years.
He was a retired Southern Rail
way eger.t having been employed
by the Company for 45 years, and
was a member of the O. R. T. C.
Funeral services were held at
3 p. m. Sunday in the Cornelia
Methodist Church. The Rev. C. C
Cliett, pastor officiated, assisted bv
the Rev. John Ellis. Burial was 'n
Toccoa Level Grove Cemetery,
with Masonic rites at the grave, by
the Cornelia Masonic Lodge.
Pallbearers were Olin McNeely,
Ben Crow, Bill Hunnicutt, Don
Hughes Pope Ellard, Bill Hogsed.
Cliff Kims^y and Calvin Stovall.
Honorary pallbearers were em
ployees of the Southern Railway.
Surviving are the widow: six
sons, William J, and C. R. Benton
of Louisbury, Elby G. of Warren
toin. Walter G. and Tom S. of Tar
boro, and C. Jack Benton of At
lanta, and a dughter, Mrs. C. E
Hyde of Murphy, and nine grand
children. x
Also one sister, Mrs. C. White
of Columbia, S. C.
Federal Tax Rep. Be
Here Next Week
Moore Files For
N.C. Senate
H. M. MOORE
H. M. Moore, Democrat of Hay
esville. was the first candidate
to file with the Clay County
Board of Elections recently as
a candidate for State Senator
from the 35rd Senatorial Dis
trict.
Moore served on the Clay
County Board of Commissioners
1930-34 and 1938-46. ' He is cur
rently representative of Clay
in the N. C. General Aaaembly,
and also serve two previous
terms, 1947 and 1951.
A representative of the Federal
Internal Revenue Service will he at
Murphy in the office of the Regis
ter of Deeds in the courthouse Feb.
24 and 25 to give advice or assist
ance to citizens in preparing their
Federal Income Tax Returns.
There Is no charge for this service.
Most taxpayers receive blanks
by mail and are requested to save
and use these blanks, extra blanks
will bo available to those who have
not received them.
Taxpayers whose income Is
from wages and salaries must at
tach their original Form W-2, With
holding Statement, to their Income
Tax Return.
Individuals in business for them
selves who have at least $400.00
net earnings are required to file a
return ar.d pay self employment
tax. Social Security, even though
no Income tax is due.
Self employed persons should
keep complete records of all re
ceipts, purchases and inventories
as well as all expenses of the busi
ness and bring such records with
them when asking assistance with
their returns.
Rev. Morris Loses
Brother Tuesday
Ervki D. Morris, brother of the
Rev. J. Alton Morris of Murphy,
died Tuesday morning in Flordia
after an extended illness.
Rev. and Mrs. Morris left Mur
phy today to attend the funeral in
Hartwell. Ga? where the body will
be interred.
Jim Ed Hughes Heads
Red Cross Drive
The Cherokee County Chapter
of the Amerioan Red Cross met
with Miss Ruth Lockman, Western
North Carolina field represen- j
tative, Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. F. V. Taylor, chapter
chairman. The Rev. J. Alton Mor
ris was elected chapter chairman.
James E. <Jim Ed) Hughes, who
has been water safety chairman for
the P33* fbree years, was appointed
chairman of the Fund Drive.
Hughes is a graduate of Sylva
High School and attended Western
Carolina College, Cullowhee, two
years. He is married and is a mem
ber of the firm of J. M. Hughes
and Son building contractors, and
dealers In building supplies.
A round table discussion wa=
held and plans for a kick-off din
ner with an outside speaker, to be
held on March 4, were made.
Committee members attending
the meeting were Mrs. H. G. Elkins
home service chairman: Mrs. Don
Witherspoon, home service sec
retary; Mrs. Dale Lee. volunteer
service chairman: H. Bueck, disas
ter chairman; Mrs. Lloyd Hendrlx
and Miss Llila Hayes, board mem
bens.
Parking Meters Favored
By Merchants In Voting
Murphy Town Council during a
recent meeting postponed action
on parking meters after 75 mer
chants on the main streets voted
for the meters, 24 voted against
and 15 were neutral. A total of
115 businessmen voted.
The P011, by Police Chief
Neil Sneed, ranged from Stiles
Produce to the Btoasom Shop and
from Acme Hardware to Hampton
Hardware.
During a running discussion of
parking meters which has lasted
for several months in Council
meetings, the panel -decided to
vote on the question.
After Chief Sneed's reports
council decided to vote on the
parking meter question et their
next meeting.
Hayesville Takes
Double Header
BY ADIR ARONSON
Hayesvllles girls stormed over
Murphy leaving only the pieces to
be picked up as they won 76-34.
Hajesvtlle had a tough time beat
ing Murphy's boys but they won
out 39-32.
Murphy's girls weren't even in
*be game as Wanda Garrett, and
?To Tedford led their team to vic
'irv.
Miss Garrett was high scorer
i'.h ?9 points. Miss Ledford was
second with 27. Alice Lovingood
M'lrphv with 13 points.
R"*ty Palmer scored 10 for Mur
r-vv t .nm Pa'lev mode 4 Jose
phine Garrett mode 3, and Ann
Viimtrlck ond Katrene Gentry
made 2 points each.
'"-'-"-"'P. picked up the lead
"?mm Miemhv In the final minute*
and won going away. Harold Dean
Long waa high scorer wKh 12
point*. Ray McBrayar, Long** I
mate made 11 for second place
honors. Ed Lovingood led Murphy
with 9.
B-'rder Coffey scored 7, Ray
Amos scored 6, Bobby Stiles and
Pearl Johnson scored 4 apiece
while Jimmy McCombs wound up
scoring with 2.
175 Attend Folk
St+ool Party
tts n?r?ons attended the
annual March of Dimes benefit
? 'h? John C. Polk School
??.? e-m ?>?; cleared was divided bc
?"?een Mi? Cherokee and Clay Ooun
ty polio campaigns.
Both voireg and old Joined in the
folk dances and community singing
Jerry Ruth Smith accompanied
aom* of the dancca oa the accor
dion. ?