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ammons resigns
PASTORSHIP OF
BAPTIST CHURCH
Resignation Ends
Four Year Period
Of Service Here
Rev. J. C. Ammons. pastor ot the I
First Baptist church ol Murphy
-ince 1937. presented his resignation
of the post in a formal statement
which he read before the member- i
-hip Sunday morning.
Rev. Ammons stated that 111 health
was the principal reason for his res
ignation due to advice from medical
lounsel. His formal state follows:
On Jan. 1. 1937. 1 began my work
as pastor of this Church. May we
lake a backward glance of the con
ditions of the church house and work
at that time. The auditorium was
unfinished and very unsightly. The
first work that was done was the in
stallation ot the light fixtures in the
?uiditorium and in the ladie's parlor
and men's class room. The next work j
was the painting of the out-side of
the church house. We then began to
build the baptistry and continued the
work at intervals through the year
until the auditorium was completed?
Die beams cased, baseboards put on,
rest of windows cased, choir loft re
built, steps in vestibule to gallery
built and finally all this stained and
varnished. As you know, the base
ment was just so much space except
the two rooms on the sides. The
.?econds yearr we began work on base
ment. It was all wired, and a con
< rete floor put in. The Sunday School
rooms were built and all the base
ment ceiled; the Junior department
back of auditorium was ceiled and
also the bock hall: steps were built
to the basement and the steps re
built to ladies' parlor. There were 48
windows in the church house un
cased and about half these had the
glass broken out. These were cased
and glass put in. The radiators in
auditorium and other parts of build
ing rearranged so as to aid in heat
ing. In this work more than 15.000
feet of ceiling were used. For daws,
weeks and months I worked from
early till late at the job to get this
work compleeted. The cost of this
work went into the thousands but
every cent is paid for, and there was
never but one public collection made
for funds for this work. Most of it
was collected individually.
While we were doing this work on
the church house, we were also try
ing to reduce the church debt. Today
the debt is about eight thousand dol
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'Outbreak of Measles
Shuts Down Schools
At Hiwassee Dam
The measles epidemic, thought to
have abated, has broken out with
renewed intensity throughout the
county, according to Health officer
Whichard. The attack is reported to
be especially severe in Andrews and
at Hiwassee Dam
School has been closed at the Dam
for two weeks All student activities
including basketball practice and
roller skating have been called off.
and there will be no Sunday school
next Sunday.
Dr. Whichard says there are be
tween 40 and 50 cases of measles at
the Dam that have been reported
There may be others, he says, not
reported. No authentic tigures arc
available regarding the number of
cases in Andrews. Murphy was hard
hit about three weeks ago but the
town is now believed to be practically
free of the disease
The disease is known as German
measles"An ailment that is attended
by great physical discomfort. bi<!
which rarely is dangerous
"Jimmie" McCombs
Is Taken By Death;
Rites Held Sunday
James Alexander McCombs?"Jim
mie" to his almost countless friends?
Is gone. He died at Petrie hospital,
early Saturday morning, and he was
buried Sunday from the Old Mc- ]
Combs Methodist church?the little
fn?me edifice named for his family,
at Peachtree. which he loved, and
where he worshipped since boyhood
The Rev. Clemmer, of Hayesville.
pastor of the McCombs church, and ]
the Rev. C. B. Newton, of Murphy
joined in conducting the services.
The rites were simple?the Kird Jim
mie himself would have chosen. They
were heard by friends who f'Med the
little church to overflowing, a.io most
of whose eyes were wet with 'ears.
A second brief commitment service
was held at the sraveslde. in Sunset
Cemetery; and then his friends left
Jimmie alone, sleeping beneyth a
blanket of flowers that were no
sweeter than the soul for which they
formed their fragrant shroud.
To the scores who loved him it
will always seem that Jimmie need
not have died. He was a victim of
his own boundless energy which for
bade him to take medical care when
he needed it. He had been 111 for
da7s with the Flu. Attending physi
cians said thai It probably developed
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Radio Broadcasts by Murphy Schools
To Be Heard From Two Stations Monday
Approximately 200 students have
Parts In a ilrty minute radio broad
cast to be nde March 7 on stations
WWNC o: ihevllle and WNOX of
Knoxville. easing the importance
of schools If1 .he defense program.
Records the program were
made at the school Monday after
noon through sponsorship of West
em Carolina Teachers college, and
directed by Dr. C. D. Killian and
Vincent Wright of the college. These
rscords will be played on the two
radio stations at 2:35 o'clock on the
afternoon of March 7.
The broadcast is being in the form
of a tour through the various de
partments of the school and Includes j
? variety of numbers such as songs,
choral reading, dialogue, and sounds
Peculiar to such department as home
economics, working, boofceeping and
typing.
On the mythical tour the listners
*U1 hear from the divisions of the
?"conomtrs ment under
direction oi F*ircloth and
Mrs. Hyde. Musical numbers will be
directed by Mr. Hauge: woodworking
by Reid Mallonee; Bookkeeping by
K. C. Wright; Typing by Mrs. Myers:
Physics by Miss Lide; English by C.
B. Chambers: and the library by
Mrs. Harry Miller.
In the graded school part of the
program the seventh grade will pre
sent current events and a song: the
sixth grade does choral reading: the
health creed will be given by a mem
ber of the fifth grade: fifth and
sixth grades together will give the
salute to the flag: and a song by the
fourth grade.
During the recording Monday.
.Several other local groups made re
cords. among whom were the Caro
lina Melody quartet led by Bill Hem
bree, the Barton mixed quartet: a
number by Mrs. Harry Miller and
daughter, a number by little Glenda
I vie. a duet by Minnice and Frank
lin Capps. a piano number by Olen
Ellis, and a trio number by E. B.
Hauge. K. C. Wright, and Walter
Carringer.
MRS. MAYFIELD,
AGED RESIDENT.
DIES TUESDAY
Final Tribute Paid
"Oldest Mother" at
Service Wednesday
I
rcllt.win* a brief illness. Mr-. E!i- J
rabeth Fatima Abernsth;.- May
tield. one of the oldest residents of
Cherokee county, died at her home
heie early Tuesday morning She
was 93 years old.
Funeral services were held Wed- >
nesday morning from the Murphy I
Methodist church *ith the Rev. C
B. Newton, pastor, officiating. In
terment was in the old Methodist
cemetery.
Mrs. Mayfield was born August
5. 1847. at Maltby. the daughter of
the late .'acob Forney Abernathy and
Sarah Ann Morgan Abernathy. She
was the great-great granddaughter
of General Morgan, and the great
nieco of General Forney, both of
the ReveloutionHry war
Elizabeth Fatima was married at
the close of the war between the
States, to Benjamin F Mayfield. tr
confederate surgeon in Thomas'
Legion.
A life-long member of the Met
hodist church. Mrs. Mayfield was
also the oldest mother in the church
for several years.
Surviving are four daughters. Mrs.
Bessie Dickson. Mrs. Ella Britain,
Miss Bertha Mayfield and Mrs. Julia
Martin, all of Murphy; one son.
Charles D. Mr.yfield of Murphy; ten
grandchildren, twelve great grand
children. and three great-great
grandchildren
Pallbearers were; Paul Hyatt. Tom
Axley, Neil Davidson, Harve Elkins,
Walter Mauney and Mercer Fain
Honoraiy pallbearers were: John
Axley. Roscoe M.Utox. Dr. J. N. Hill.
Dr. S. C. Heighway. W. A Savage.
C. W Savage. Marshall Bell. J. B
Gray, Joe Axley. Noah Lovingood,
Ralph Beal, E. B. Ncrvell. J. D. Mal
lonet. T. J Mauney. G. W. Chandler.
R. F. Ferguson. W. W. Hyde, F. O.
CChristupher, Dr. Henry Miller. Fred
Johnson, Henry Hyatt. Dale Lee,
Sheridan Dickey, Arthur Akin. Dr.
R. S. Parker. L. E. Bayless and Her
man Elliott.
Ivie Funeral Home had charge of
arrangements.
C. of C. Cooperating
With Legislator for
Paving of Highway
A coordinated movement, led by
the Murphy chamber of commerce,
is underway in the drive for secur
ing pavement of the Blue Ridge
stretch of highway by the town of
Murphy, the chamber, Lions club,
and various other civic organizations
of the town.
Cecil G. Hartness, Fannin county
representative in the Georgia legis
lature. has pledged his efforts to
aid in securing pavement of this
road and is working with the town. In
a recent request for information and
data that he could use In this drive,
he asked for the aid of these organ
izations. The following is a letter
from the chamber of commerce to
Mr. Hartness:
Mr. Cecil G. Hartness
State Representative
Atlanta. Ga
Dear Sir:
I harve in my possession your re
cent letter to Mr. Victor C. Olmsted.
He informs me that he mailed you
the copies of the Cherokee Scout
which you requested. I also read your j
letter to Mayor Gray. He asked me
to express his thanks for your ef
fort*.
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School at Culberson
Is Burned to Ground
By Incendiary Blaze
The school house at Culberson was !
burned to the ground eariy Tuesday ]
morning by a fire believed to have
been the work of incendiaries. Sboritf
Carl Townson has been investigating
the case and expects to make one ?
arrest and perhaps two within the |
next few days.
The fire is believru to have been
set about one o'clock in th? morn
ing. and the one story frame build
ing. of old timber, blazed like the
proverbial matchbox The glare of
the flames awakened Luther Kissel -
berg, who lives nearby, and h*
roused neighbors', but the flames hod
gained such headway that all at
tempts to fight them proved futile
Epidemic of "Flu"
Strikes Countv Jail;
4 Prisoners Down
i
Tho epidemic of Flu which lia> '
been walking hand in hand with
death through all this section struck
the County Jail in Murphy this
week, and as the Scout goes to press
f.'ur prisoners arre down with the
disease, under treatment by Dr J.
N. Hill.
Posey Thrasher of Andrews, held
I in connection with the murder of
"Slim" Workman at Andrews sev
eral weeks ago. was the first to be
stricken. He became ill last Sunday.
The next day Iowa Stewart, serv
ing a year for failing to keep her
promise to stay out of Cherokee
County was laid low, and by Tues
day two more of the twelve jaii in
! mates were down. The other two
I
|victims are: Carl Carver, brought to
| Murphy for safekeeping from Gra
ham County, where he is charged
| with arson and with dynamiting
j fish: and Wayne Adams, of Andrews,
held on charges of stealing am auto
mobile. and of assaulting James
Hughes, Nantahala Dam worker with
a brick, with intent to rob him.
All four of the patients are re
ported to bo responding satisfactori
ly to treatment, and are expected to
recover.
CLUB HEAD HONORED
J Mrs. Reeves, district president ol
'the Womar.s Club, of Morgsnton.
;met with the presidents of the An
drews and Murphy Club in Andrews
Saturday She entertained with a
luncheon at the Junalusksr Terrace
Hotel.
3rd CALL COMES:
10 MORE LEAVE
FOR FORT BR AGG
Entire Contingent Is
Filled by Volunteers;
Depart Wednesday
Ten more voulhs frmn I hit. section
left Murphy Wednesday morning
to begin a yeear of service in the new
defense army at Port Bragg. N ? C.
Thy were scheduled to 't ave by bus
at 6 45 in the mom:ne. Central lime,
eat supper during a slyp-over vkI
to reach their destination Wednesday
night, shortly before "tarps"
Only one of the InteFl ceiitigcnt
is from Andrews He is Jes? Booth
Bryson. Of the others, two are from
Int- town of Murphy: two from Mur
phy Route 3: three from l^ctitia. and
two live close to the Tennessee lin?
All ten of the younu mill ait- vol
unteers. and accordin; to Lieut
Wayne Walker, secretary to the
Cherokee Draft Board. Iliere are
more than enough volunteers re
maining. probably to meet overy sub
sequent call that comes from the
Federal authorities in Washington
D. C. In other words, it ?s highly im
probably that any man registered
from Cherokee County will be re
quired to join the army against his
will.
A fourth draft call probably will be
made in March. The exact date is
not known, but is not expected beforf
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New Hotel Will Open
Its Doors on Monday
With an "Open House"
The new hot-el built by E. L Town
son on Hiwassee street will open its
doors Monday and the public is in
vited to visit the twenty room hos
telry Monday afternoon, from two to
four o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Townson
will conduct personal tours of the
: establishment.
Five of the rooms have been set
aside as an apartment for the owner.
The other fifteen rooms are all beau
tifully furnished, and each has a
, large closet and a private bath with
both tub and shower. The rates will
bo $1 20 for one. or $2 50 for a coup
jle.
There is a huge lobby, luxuriously
furnished with lounges, easy chain,
writing tables, radio and piano All
rooms have outside exposures and
the rooms in the rear will look out
on a large flower garden. The build
ins has hard-wood floors, through
out. and is steam heated.
Charles Hyatt Finds Bobcat Possesses
More Than 9 Lives in Midnight Tussle
Snuffing out nine lives Is just the
beginning; of the death of a bobcat, j
according to Charles Hyatt of Knox
ville and formerly of Murphy, who
carme out on the long end of a tussle .
j with one of the feline creatures Sun- :
day night.
Along in the wee. small hours of
Monday morning. Charles was pull
ing in his truck over the mountains
near Tapoco Dam when his head- j
lights focused on a bobcat about 200 j
feet ahead. The animal was devour- |
ing the carcass of a rabbit and was j
in no mood to be disturbed, accord
ing to Charlie
He honked his horn but the cat
didn't budge, only turning to snarl,
and back to the feast.
Judging that this cat was no cus
tomer to engage in hand-to-hand
combat. Chscrlie pressed down on the
accelerator and ran squarely over It.
Then he stopped the car and start
ed to roll down the window to take
a look at the beast he hod killed, but
as he touched the knob to roll down
the glasa the vowling mad eat :
leaped directly at the v indow of the
cab, striking it and falling back on
to the road.
Proving the force and cutting pow
er of that leap, the scratches of the
cat's paws arc cut into the paint of
the truck and its foot prints are on
the window.
Charlie backed up agarin. and again
the cat stood showing it? teeth in a
mean hiss as it hovered over it? mid
night dinner.
Once again the driver rode square
ly over the cat and oncc again it
came back fighting. Then Charles
backed over it again. Then again he
rushed forward and passed over It.
and once more he backed over It. It
was dead then -?urely That's what,
he thought.
As he stopped the truck and pre
pared to step to the ground he heard
a nasty growl. He slammed his door
much more quickly than he had
opened it.
After sacraflcing a half a dozen or
so of Its lives under the truck wheels.
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