AARON W. WHITE, j ANDREWS PIONEER TAHN BY DEATH 70- Year-Old Residert Is Victim cf Stroke; Rites Held Tuesday A,r . ? Willis White. 70. pioneer of III,. Arrows community. and said lo in- .'i of tlif oldest natives of the j to?r d ? lias made her home with her parents. Ill a m ?imo. Mr. -.vhile recent1" suffer! - nee strokes, the last one. which ? t i ii his death. coming ! >ss thar a week asjo. He died at 2 o' clock M inciay morning. Funi i ! services were held from the W :? ! Baptist church Tues day n- ? n:n?. The Rev. Sammy ' I w-v Tti<*wtor? t Jones, both Baptist preachers of the Andrews community officiated, ami burial ? iis .-.ad? :u the chunti cpiik- | tery. I J From This Section I 'p Big Fashion Shew Four 4-H club girls, two from Cherokee County and two from Clav took part lr. the district fashion how at Hendcrsonvitle Monday and Tuesday. Miss Opal Bos; of Andrews and Miss Tlielma Hall of Murphy repres ent ed Cherokee Countj . Representing Clay county were Misses Bradley and Ruth Crawford, both of Hayesville. The girls were accompanied by the Clay county home demonstration agent and by M'.si Alline Hi i-.ard.son. demonstrat ion agent for Cherokee county. o ????????? * JUNALUSKA * y. v. .v. .v. .v. jx .v. .v. Kcll Lcfnrd cf Car.'on visited his aunt. Llsla Mos'eller. Saturday. Mi s L'!Ue Mae Sherrill spent Sun day with Misses Lenora Mosteller and I.eonn Morgan " Fred McDonald visited friends in the Junaluska community Sunday. M.-. !???' Mrs. Saber Gibbs of this community are the parents of a son i .'orn the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Martin spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs 1 Wilburn Mosteller. COUNTY BOASTS | 18,865 PERSONS, CENSUS SHOWS 2.714 Increase Found Durirg Past Decade; Largest in Section Cherokee county now has ? popu lation of 18.865. and is the lartrest of t h~ five extreme Western counties according to the preliminary figures by the U. S Bureau In 1930 the ponnlurtion was onlv 1R.151: thus nnk-.tv; a aain. Hurine the past ten years, of 2.714 persons. Al'. of the five counties showed ?ains. Clay County had 6 401 persons a; eomuared with 5.714 ten years aeo Graham county Increased from 5.841 *>> 6 407: Macon county from 13.672 to 15.834: and Swain county from 1-.56S to 12.160. Cherokee c nnty's inc:c;rse was the ln-iest of the five, in both number ar.d oercentaRe of erowth. The Cherokee county crowth or 2.714 per sons reoresen'ed a Kain of 16.8 per cent ". Clav eained 967 of 16 pcrccnt: Oraham county cained 566 or 9 7 percn' : Macon county cained 2.222 or IB 3 ;->ercent: and Swain county cained 592 or 5.1 percent. The percentage of gains in Chero kee county v. i, much larger than the . , :uj State of North Caro I:i: \ a- whoK?. Nortli Carolina in creased its population in the ten year period by 12.4 percent while the :.>v!h of the twenty most western counties as a whole was only 14.8. The gain in Cherokee county is Iwly rural, in the vicinity of Hi wurisee l>um the Increase was rela fvely large despite the (act that flooding the valleys to form the lake forced many persons to leave There is slightly increased concen trations at Topton. Peachtree. and other smaller communities Marble Kaincd about 50 persons during the decade. Andrews seemed to have lost about 250 However, this has teen compen sated for by the increased number of residents across the river and by the number of people who have moved to Andrews since the census. Also, conservative estimates give Andrews a present i>opulation of at least 2.000 At least 100 new housing units have been occupied since the census was taken In Murphy, the count of the offi cial enumerators showed only a small Increase in population Attacking the figures as inaccurate, the Mur phy Chamber of Commerce took a second census which added about 500 names to the list. This later count has been sent to Washington and is expected to be accepted, in t'ne I final tabulation. Ex- Andrews Man I Aiding In Probe Of Powder Co, Blast Investigations at the Kenvil. N. J. plant of the Hercules Powder Company are reported to have in dicated that sabotage was responsible for the blast that cost more than SO lives and millions of dollar-!. F. A. Greer, of Andrewes. was one of the victims. Prominent emong officers in\ ?i'!n" the crime has been Robert Barker, a former Andrews man ?vho is known by hundreds of re lents in this section. Barker visited the bund camp in Andover and is beintr assisted in the ? ovic by other agents. Parker lived in Andrews about the time of the last World War but hrr b<'"n in Washington for several years from time to time lus name has appeared in the newspapers cou i: ..id with \ arious Federal mvtsu Katlons Captain Frank Swan visited him recently in tlie National capital Barker lias a sister. Mrs C- C Buchanan, who resides in Cullowhee Watch For Thii Every Week SHORTY'S - 1 "Against stupuhiy, the very gotk them selves contend in nun." 14? Uni'od States Supreme Court established. i""89. IS? Rooooveit sent poac* an poi to 1939 2fc-Minr.eapoLs flour mill strike corr-promised. 1938. ' 27? Edison muNum star*.>i at Dearborn. Mich.. 1928. It?' U. S. av;a ;:s completed aroun i vrorl i flight. 1 *24. 21? Britain approved build ing waiplar.e lloet tor China. 1937. oo-:: izi troops began march into Chechoslovakia. I33i ...w WHEN IT GETS COI.D VOl' NETD HEAVY I'NDERWEilR AND VOI R C VR NEEDS HEAVIER OIL CHANGE NOA\ Better Clunue Tires. Too See us for low priee* ? li months guarantee, and liberal trade-in. SHERRHI'S SERVICENTER Esso Products r> v frv T~i* ^ ?r? J.- ' ,3., M T I 7 ) IT 7 T Q -tfTW Thi'c 1*1 kj ? Iiidl 1 lu> r. oci-.'t ''P?! ''via t > r. 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