Hunting Season Is
Time For Safety
Hunting season is here in North Carolina,
and in a few weeks the Sportsman's Paradise
will be filled with outdoor lovers in search of
their favorite game.
Now is a good time for sportsmen to re
check their hunting equipment to make sure it is
in proper working order. Equipment inspection
is a must on the list of preparations in advance
of the trek to tfje wid eopen spaces.
? Hunting accidents claim their toll each year
in North Carolina. Sometimes they are caused
by a faulty gun or improper handling of a fire
arm So it is just as important to observe the
rules of safety as it is to make sure equipment is
in proper working order.
One of the primary rules of safety during
the hunting season is to wear clothing that can be
distinguished easily from the natural surround
ings. And it is equally as important, says the
North Carolna Optometric Society, to see well as
it is to be seen well.
Good vision, say the Society, is essential to
the outdoorsman. If he is not sure his vision is up
to par, he should let a professional eye specialist
locate his trouble.
Aside from good vision there are countless
rules of safety that should be followed during the
hunting season. In the interest of public safety
the North Carolina Optometric Society cites
them below:
1. Never point what is believed to be an
unloaded gun at any person or object. There is no
room tor frolic when handling a firearm, loaded
or unloaded.
2. Before raking a weapon into the home
or camp, it should be unloaded, the breech should
be open, and the gun should be placed in a carry
ing case.
3. Never leave a gun within reach of chil
dren. It should be placed on a high rack or in a
locked closet where children cannot tamper with
it
4. Never attempt to climb a fence, jump a
ditch or stream, or exchange guns while they are
loaded. Many accidents result from a gun's mis
firing while being carried.
5. Know what you are shooting at before
you pull the trigger. If you cannot distinguish an
object at long range, then do not fire your gun.
6. Exercise extreme caution and obey all
the rules of safety in the home or in the field.
The 1955 hunting season can be a safe and
sane experience for all outdoorsmen who do not
take chances, the Society concludes.
Darkness Is Invitation
To Death"
"Darkness is an invitation to Death!"
With those words State Motor Vehicles Com
missioners Edward Scheidt this week warned Tar
Heel Motorists to increase their vigilance when
driving after dark.
The Commissioner's warning was issued as
part of his continuing campaign against traffic
deaths and injuries.
"More people are killed in traffic accidents
during the hours of twilight, darkness, and dawn
than in daylight, although far less driving is
done in the darker hours," Commissioner Scheidt
said.
He reminded drivers that they can't see* as
far in dusk or darkness as in daylight.
"On a very dark road," Scheidt said," "You
can't see farther than your headlight beams. So
be sure your speed is low enough that you can
stop within the distance covered by the beams."
The Commissioner gave the following Na
tional Safety Council rules for safe night driv
ing:
1. Slow down. Don't regulate your speed
bv posted limits alone. Remember, speed must
be governed by conditions, and darkness is a con
dition that calls for caution.
2. [Have your car checked frequently by a
competent mechanic. Have him check your
lights to be sure they are aimed properly. This
is especially necessary if you have the new, more
powerful headlamps. These headlights Rive addi
tional light, added visual distance along the right
side of the road and reduce glare when properly
aimed. However, if not properly aimed their in
creased power increases the danger of blinding an
oncoming driver.
3. Be alert. Keep a constant look-out for
pedestrians and for vehicles w ith dim lights or no
lights at all.
4 Don't wear tinted glasses at night. The
advantage they offer in cutting glare is more
than offset by the disadvantage in reduced vis
ion.
r Turn yom *:^hts on at the first hint of
dusk ? before they are really necessary for road
illumination. This is advisable because lights are
needed for identification by others before they
are needed by the driver for road illumination.
6. Use headlights properly. Use upper
beam only on rural highways when no approach
ing car is within 1.000 feet. Use lower beam when;
oncoming cars approach, when you are overtak-'
ing another car, and when driving in cities andj
residential areas.
7. Dim your lights even though an on
coming driver fails to dim his. Trying to get even
by blinding him is risking your own neck as well
as his. Maintain control of your car by looking
at the right shoulder of the highway.
8 Be sure all lights on your car are turn
ed on before you pull onto a thoroughfare at
night.
9. Never stop on the traveled portion of the
highway at night. If you must stop at night, pull
completely off the road, leaving parking and
dome lights on. Carry flares for use in emergen
cies.
10. Drive by the Golden Rule. Give the
other fellow benefit of any doubt in traffic.
Make courtesy your code of the road.
Commissioner Scheidt also had a word of
' advice for night pedestrians and cyclists.
"Remember, it's easier for you to see a car
than it is for the driver to see you," he said.
"Make yourself visible. This means headlight
and taillight for the bike and white or reflector
ized clothing for both cyclist and pedestrian."
| CHEROKEE CHATTEI*
BY BELL COSTELLM
Probably one of the most entertaining and most
rewarding programs at the Murphy Lions Club was
offered at the last meeting when several local tal
ented youths proved just how much young talent
there is in Murphy.
LIONS PROGRAM
ED HYDE was program chairman and he did
a wonderful job of getting a first class program I
lined up that did two things ? entertainment for
the members and a boost for the fund raising
"Youth Week" that starts in Murphy next Monday.
The program included BECKY RHODES,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. RALPH RHODES as
master of ceremonies; IDA BRUMBY, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. ED BRUMBY, and LINDA ENG
LISH daughter of Mr. and Mrs. EVERETT ENG
LISH. who discussed and explained the idea of
"Youth Week" and the aim of the Murphy Junior ,
Woman's Club to establish a teen age canteen in the
basement of the Murphy Library building.
Also, BETTY WEAVER, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. KUiitiKT WEAVER, MAX
INK O'DELL, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. VIRGIL O'DELL, and
WANDA WEST, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. HOWARD WEST, at the
piano.
BOY 8COCT VISITORS
BOV SCOUT visitors who attend
ed the meeting were TOMMY
MOORE, son of Mr. and Mrs.
CLOE MOORE. JIMMY GIBB8,
and BOBBY EASLEY, son of Mr.
?on of Mr. and Mrs. JIM GIBBS,
Mr. (see Gotten Corner) and Mrs.
ROBERT EASLEY.
moan nrt
But the hit at the evening was
a real craiy group that is real
the "QUARTET phis 1." They an
cool and the note* those cats hlsv
are real gone !
AN Assart
Bow did you like that jaa lingo T
The ole man know* what he's
about. ?hf J don't wear Bermuda
Aorta la the summer time for
However, I*H have to |Mt all
? > * jyj.& ^ ^
where credit is due. JACK BO
COOK helped with the vocabu
lary; I gave out of words before I
got too far and had to call him for
assistance. You know, Jack led the
band during the JWC's carnival
last Saturday night.
But what you didn't know (and
I'm a heel for telling it) was that
he and his brother ran out of gaa
recently in Asheville while riding
around in their dad'a 1965 Cadil
lac. From what Jack told me I
gathered that his brother was driv
ing and they triad all the push
buttons on the car. Finally the car
started skipping and of all things
the "Caddie" was 'oat of gaa. 1
But to get back to the Quartet <
Plus 1, its members are HARRY 1
DUNCAN on the drums, BETTY '
WEAVER on the clarinet, AN- 1
NETTE WHITE an the slxophone, 1
BILLY BROWNING on the tram- I
bone and RONALD BRITTAIN on
these cats are real cool
VISITORS '
I met Mr. and Mrs. POPE on.
the street last week. She la a sis
ter of FRANK MAUNEY and were
here visiting him. Also saw WAL
TER CARRINGER and he said he
would be in and out of town for
the next week or two. But he will
not "get a chance for any golf, he
?aid.
HUGHES' HOME
JIM ED HUGHES' home is al
most finished. He is building near
BILL HOOVER and the lot that
DOYLE BURCH has purchased.
AUTUMN COLORS
C. R. FREED has to make at
least one trip a week to Ashevllle
ind during the past few weeks he
lias been taking color pictures of
the leaves changing. He has a
complete collection of slides now
that show the color change as it
foes from weak to week.
OOLRn CORNER
There wars sot too many Mur
"Whew! Whatto Cliffhanger!",
A Backward
Glance
5 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Nov. 2, 1950
Mr. and Mrs. J. L.. Baugh spent |
a few lays this week in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Owen. Jean
and Barbara of Knoxville, Tenn..
spent the week end with Mrs.
Owen's mother. Mrs. C. I. Cal
houn.
Mr. and XIrs. William Hughes of
Cartersville. Ga., spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. XIc
Millian.
Carl Hancock of the state of |
Washington is visiting here.
Billy Browning recently obser
ved his 10th birthday anniversary |
with a picture show party.
10 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Nov. 1, 1945
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heaton]
have returned to Andrews to re
side from Oak Ridge. Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Berts Bristol and |
small son visited relatives In And
rews last week.
J. E. Beck, MMlc, and Mrs.
Beck, Brooklyn, N. Y., visited
Mrs. Willa Beck last week In And
rews. ? ,
Miss Maureen Loringood. who
recently was elected prettiest in
the senior superlatives of Furman
University, Greenville, S. C., has
also been voted for the beauty sec
tion of the school yearbook.
Climaxing a 10-day hunt for
pheasants in South Dakota partici
pated in by Walter Mauney, Grov
er Mauney, Harry Bishop and Nell
Kitchens of Hayesvllle, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Mauney and Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bishop entertained at
Harold's Cafe Friday evening with
a pheasant dinner for 48 guests.
SO YEARS AGO
Thursday, Nov. 1, IMS
Mr. and Mr*. J. I. Perry of Chat
tanooga. Tenn., visited Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Erskine last week end.
Fisher Hubbell of Aaheville spent
the week end here with his wife.
Mrs. B. E. Brabson of Maryvtne,
Tenn., was the week end guest of
Mrs. L. E. Mauney.
Miss Lucille Padgett of Hayes
ville was a visitor in town last
Friday.
Miss Annie Mae Wilson enter
tained a number of her friends |
with a party Saturday evening.
SO YEARS AGO 1
Friday, Nov. 6, 19S5
E. C. Mallonee entertained the
"Possum Hunters Club" at a sup
per last Friday evening at his
home on Valley River Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alston and
baby left Tuesday morning for
Marietta, Ga., where Mr. Alston
has accepted a position with the
McNeil Marble Co.
W. A. Evans of Hanger was a
business visitor here Monday.
County Agent W. R. Anderson of
Hayesville was a visitor here this
week.
M. C. Stiles of L?titia. was a
business visitor here Monday.
STRICTLY FRESH
[ ONDONER was fined 88000
plus for smuggling 67 steam
rollers, railroad engines and
heavy tractors past customs from
Britain to France. In a hollowed.
out cake of soap?
? ? ?
Named best Gl-mimeographed
newspaper in the Army's Euro
nean Command Is the "Look
Ahead News." It's edited by in
mates of Army's military prison
?t Mannheim. Germany. No won
der. Editor's got lots o< ti me to
orar all the mistakes
? ?
Bible Comment:
All Power
To Prosper
Comes From GH
T'HE fundamental fact in ?
that concerns the Christian i
r^lat.on to his possessions an.
his economic relations is to b
found in two verses from th:
eighth chapter of Deuteronomy.
This basic fact is that it is Go<:
that "giveth thee power to gc:
wealth."
It is this fact ? that no matter
how great, successful and seem
ingly all-powerful and self-suf
ficient a man becames, he de
pends upon something outside of
himself and beyond his control
? which Jesus emphasizes so
pointedly.
In the parable of the successful
farmer. He tells of the man
whose fields brought forth plen
tifully, and who planned to pull
down his bams and build greater
ones. He had built up a great
heritage, but the farmer had left
out of account the most import
ant thing of all ? his own life
God said: "This night thy soul
shall be required of thee."
The farmer was typical of
many who think chiefly of their
own success, and who are not, in
the words of the parable, "rich
toward God."
It is the Christian investment
of all that we are and have that
makes up our offering in being
rich toward God. Only in this
way, the practice of a Christian
way of life, can we repay He
who owns all things, because all
things come from Him.
Letters To
The Editor
October twenty ninth,
Atlanta, Ga.
Nineteen fifty five
Cherokee Scout,
Murphy, tt. C.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I note your editorial in the Scout
Ust week regarding the matter of
a Community Fund for your town
and county and I think this is
worthy of favorable consideration
by all your people.
I believe this could be handled
by the churches of your town to
the advantage of all as they al
ready have their different organ
izations. and last Thanksgiving
they did take an offering for wor
thy charities, with what success I
io not knew.
A promient citizen from- each
church could serve on a committee
to disburse* the funds equitably and
and to the advantage of all. Tour
ichool Supt. or a party connected
arith the schools should also serve
hi this committee.
I would not try to mislead any
?i? Into belieyelng that this will
entirely eliminate all soliciation on
your streets but it win help and
ihould prove very beneficial
rhere there are children in need.
'Take this child away, nurse It for
me. and I will give thee thy wag
es" ExodUs 2? ?
"In as much aa you have done it
unto one of the least of these my
bretbern, ye have done It unto me"
tffctthew as? ??.
This organisation could be call
ed Murphy Community Fund or
Orarches Community Fund a a
four committee may designate.
If you think favorable of this
uid the organization can be per
ected I hereby ptadga 138.00 to I
tame payable upon demand.
To an wry truly,
ft. M. McOoM. |
It's tb*
TALK 0' THE TOWN
VN
By Emily Coittllo
It seemed as If MARCUKRITE and GEORG BID8TRUP had been
gene a long time ? and they had ? but theye're home now. I talked to
B. last Thursday, the day after they returned home from a won- *
derful stay of several months In Eurpoe. I hope to hear more about
their trip tonight when she gives the program for the AAUW.
FORTUNES AND ALL
A big crowd gathered at the gym Saturday night for the Halloween
Carnival sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club and all ? especially
the hundreds of children present ? had a wonderful time. The fishing
pond, grab bag, house of horrors, fortune tellers, bake sale, side shown
and everything went over with a bang. ? -
Really I think my own screams were as loud as anybody's in the
house of horrrors where EMILY MILLE". (Mrs. Harry) was stirring
up a rare witch's brew accompanied by a real looking corpse in a ^ very
real coffin. A shredded wet blanket, chains On the floor and slimy wet
things against the back of my neck and all in bare candlelight made a.
very scary combination.
But MRS. McCALL ELLIOTT took away my fears by telling me a
very happy fortune. MRS. W. H. McKEEVER lured folks into Mrs.
Elliott's (alias Madame Nomad) fortune telling tent. And, if you didn't
like vtfiat Madam Nomad had to say you could always go across the
gym to see Madame Fatima (alias SHUG MERONEY(. CHARLIE
HYATT was the snake handler who operated a side show next door to
Madame Fatima.
HOBART McKEEVER made a wonderful monster of ceremonies,
and at the end of the evening he auctioned off everything in sight ?
cakes, pumpkins, cookies in fact, everything, I think, except O^ie.
JACK BOCOOK led a good little swing band, made up of about
seven or eight members of the Murphy School Band of which Jack
Shuler is the director. SKEETER BOCOOK, you know, was chairman
for the carnival. And all the members of the Junior Woman's Club
really did themselves proud working on various parts of the carnival.
The climax of the carnival was the crowning of the king and queen
from MRS. SHIELDS' eighth grade, attended by pages fro mthe fourth
grade, and a court from the other elementary grades. The king, queen
and pages wore darling costumes from black and orange crepe paper,
made by HELEN BEERKENS ? complete to the last detail. I hope to
have a photo of them for next week.
The carnival afforded a good time to visit with friends and I know
the children had as much if not more fun as they would have at a com
mercial carnival and cleanar fun, too. The evening ? Including sale of
coathangers trom the ? ig and queen contest ? netted around J350 for
youth center which the Junior Woman's Club will sponsor soon as Its
main project this year.
The new W. T. Brown's and family who moved here from Gaines
ville last summir were present at the carnival with guests, a Smith
couple from Gainesville.
FLOWER LADY
About 100 or so ladies gathered last Thursday afternoon to hear
MRS. E. B. WORSHAM of Atlanta lecture on flower arrangements and
I think all enjoyed it greatly. There were 26 ladles present from And
rews, and several others from Blalrsville, Hayesville, and Young Har
ris. ,
After the lecture about six Murphy Garden Club members ? MRS.
B. W. WHITFIELD, MRS. JOHN BAUGHMAN, MRS. T. A. CASE.
MRS. JIM GIBBS, MRS. W. A. HOOVER and I gathered at the Regal g
Hotel for a Dutch supper with Mrs. Worsham. Mrs. W. was the house-?
guest of Avis Hoover while she was here.
WOULDN'T CHANGE
DAISY BATTLE SEAY, and her new husband, LOY SEAY of Tate,
Ga., who spent last week end in Andrews with her parents, stopped by
the office last week for a minute. She looks mighty good and seemed
very happy ? in fact, she said herself that she wouldn't change back
for anythin.
EVER EAT A FOOTBALL?
Everybody would enjoy eating these delicious, make-believe foot
balls, for they're simply "hard -boiled" eggs prepared as favors tor
tail nelgb boo rbood parties. Gridiron table centerpiece la made of
green velvet. Tea-yard stilpea are strips of paper. Ooal posts and
flagpole are pencils set In modeling clay. Use a food dye to color
the cooked eggs a uniform brawn, and a black crayon to draw
stitching aad lacing on "footballs". You can "fcore" highly with
^hfa party Idea, the Poultry aad Egg National Board sivgeats.
THE CHEROKEE SCOUT
July, law
.Published mrj Tbutaday at Murphy, CharokM County. M. C.
WILLIAM V. AMD DOLT P. OO8TELLO? PutiUMd and
WILLIAM V. COflTELLO
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
County: On Tear, $3.B0; Six Month*. ?U0
"ouoty: On* Taar $1.00; Six Mentha, fl.lS
tn tha Poat Offloa at 1
Carolina, aa second claaa mattar under tha Ad
of March S, IMS.