Pitzer Is Chairman Of
City Park Opening
Celebration On July 4
J. H Pitzer lias teen named 1
by Mayor W. M Pain as chair
man <>f names and entertainment
for me Independence Day cele
bration to be held in connection
;Jie opening of the city park
on J.i v 4 Mr. Pitzer states that
aniujtmi ement will be made next
week in regard to details of the 1
program.
Mayor Pain states that it is
pianmd to have tennis, badmin
ton .lorse shoe pitching, see-saws,
swing. and probably shuffle
board-; archery, and other means j
of entertainment for the opening.
It is probable, also, that picnic [
tables and out-door furnaces will
te pnn ided by that time. Wate- I
was to have been turned on at I
the park this week.
Federation To
Have Picnic
Here July 8
The Farmers Federation war
rally picnic in Cherokee County
will tx held at the Murphy high
school all day on Saturday. July ,
?
Announcement of the picnic
was made this week by Jame.s
C K McCiure, President of the
Farmers Federation, who announc
ed fiat the county agent, a Farm
Security Administration repre
sent. uive, and those in charge of
Wa. Bond sales in the county
wi:; be invited to participate in
the celebration.
W lilt the sale of bonds and the
all-out production of food for
vie: y will be stressed through
out . o day, there will br plenty
of fun and entertainment, Mr.
McCiure said. All quartets and
cho rs and individual musicians
are .nvited to sing or play duriilg
the day. Pender Rector and the
Farmers Federation String Band
will be present.
Each family is invited to bring
a Pit nic dinner. The usual wat
erm< Ions and lemonade will be
furnished free by the Farmers
Federation.
Mr. McCiure will preside as i
usuai. and the Rev. Dumont
Clark < religious director of the
Farmt Federation, will supervise
a' ? contests during the lunch
period
M McCiure will tell of the
Pr":' ? -s of the Farmers Federa
tior nme time during the day
and -he Rev. Mr. Clarke will tell
?* pread of the Lord's Acre
Mo- "ment for financing of the
rur:?i church. There will be no
len speeches at any time, Mr.
McC.ure said.
T ? program will start at ten
0( ' 'ik and will continue in the1
SriH. auditorium until ^twelve.
W a'? 'melons and lemonade will
be ' rvcd after those present have
had an opportunity to eat their
^nh" Athletic contests will
-eld following the serving of
'monade and watermelons,
program in the afternoon
? consist mainly of singing by
nngregation and individual
Performers.
Crowder Preaches
At Ranger Sunday
Church School Day will be ob
served at Ranger Chapel Sunday.
The p.ogfam will last all day with
dinner on the grounds. All mem
bers and former members are in
vited to be present. A part of
the program will coAsist of the
dedication of a Service flag to
the church. The message in the
afternoon will be brought by Rev.
W. R Crowder.
YOUTH NIGHT
Youth Night will be held in the
Murphy Gymnasium again Friday
night, June 23, at 7:30.
CELEBRATION CHAIRMAN ?
J. H. Pitzer. who has been named
chairman of the celebration to be
held July 4 in connection with
the opening of the city park.
Townson Host To
Fire Department
W. D. Townson entertained \
members of the volunteer fire de- 1
partment with a banquet ai :
Cagle's Cafe Tuesday evening. I
Those invited were: Roger Am-'
mons. Tom Axley. E. A. Brown
ing. Frank Crawford. E. O. Chris- j
topher. Reuben Cook. Edwin |
Cook. Loren Davis, Arnold Dal- 1
rymple, W S. D ,'iey. p.ank
Dickey. Frank Ellis. H. G. Elkins. j
Wess Garrett. Fult Hartness. Fred |
Johnson. T. H. Kent. T. W. Kind
ley. W. W. Rogers. Dr. L. T. Rus
sell. W. A. Sherrill, John Strat- j
ton. E. L. Shields. Fred Swaim.
George Townson. Bill Watkins. j
Revival Is In
Progress At Free j
Methodist Church
A revival is now in progress at
the Five Methodist church, in
Old Harshaw chapel. Gospel
messages are being delivered every ,
night at 8 o'clock by the Rev.
Fred Horton, evangelist. Chil
dren's song services are held at :
7:45.
Sunday services include : Sun
day school at 9:45: preaching ser- 1
vices at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Mr. Horton will speak next j
week on the subject of Prophecy. :
including: "The Return of the!
Lord" ? "The Anti-Christ" ? ' "The j
Millennium" ? "Nebuchednez- ]
zar's Dream."
The revival will close Sunday, ,
July 2.
AWARDED THE PURPLE
HEART ? Pvt. Carl Brooks, who
lias been wounded in action in
Italy, and awarded the purple
heart, according to word received
by his wife. Mrs. Jewel Sneed
Brooks of Murphy. R. F. D. 1.
Carl is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Brooks of Gastonia. He
has been in service 20 months and
received his basic training at
Camp Shelby, Miss.
Memorial Service
Held In Honor Of j
Don Witherspoon
Memorial service honoring the
late Don Witherspoon. member of
1 1 ie Cherokee county bar, was
held at 1 :30 p. m. Tuesday at the
ession of civil court now in pro
gress. Judge Felix Alley of Way
nesville presided.
Resolutions of respect, prepared ;
by a committee composed of J.
B. Gray. J. D. Mallonee and T. |
M. Jenkins of Robbinsville, were
read by Mr. Gray and adopted.
Paying tribute to Mr. Wither
spoon, as a man of professional
ethics and Christian principles,
with a strong loyalty to his pro- i
f ession. clients and friends, char
acterized by skill, ability, integ
rity, and honor, several lawyers '
and others made short talks.
Among those speaking were: .
Judge Alley, T. M Jenkins, J. D '
Malonee, F. O. Christopher, Clyde |
Jarrett, J. B. Gray, and Sam |
Voyles.
Julias Panther
In Hospital From
Attempted Suicide
Julias Panther. 22, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elis Panther of Peach
tree, is in Murphy General hospi
tal suffering from a gunshot i
wound in the stomach which was
said by officers to have been self
inflicted Sunday afternoon about
3 o'clock, as an attempted suicide.
He is reported to have told an of- 1
ficer that he had teen ill for five '
weeks with stomach trouble, and j
ho just thought he would end it
all. He used a 22 rifle.
Panther has a wife and two
small children.
Hedrick Arrives
On Hospital Ship
When the hospital ship St. j
Mihiel docked at Charleston bar- 1
bor recently, it -brought back one
Cherokee county man from over
seas duty? Pvt. Cecil B. Hedrick. :
Route 1. Murphy. Most of the
patients were veterans of the
Italian campaigns.
The men who arrived on the St.
Mihiel are now quartered at i
Stark General Hospital. Charles- 1
.ton. S. C.. where they are receiv
ing treatment and enjoying i
American food until they are (
evacuated to General Hospitals j
nearer their homes, or to other (
Army hospitals for specialized
treatment.
D WIGHT HORTON
Dwight Horton
Is Honor Man
At Great Lakes
Great Lakes, 111. ? Dwight
Nelson Horton, 18, of 11 Hill
Street, Murphy, North Carolina,
was graduated June 3 from recruit
training as honor man of his
company t the U. S. Naval Train
ing Center here and will go on
' boot" leave.
Horton was elected candidate
by fellow bluejackets and selected
honor man by his company com
mander on the basis of military
aptitude and progres. He has
been recommended tto attend hos
pital corps school fo* further
training.
Prior to joining the Navy he
was a student at Greenville Col
lege. Illinois.
He will spend his leave with
friends at Winona Lake. Indiana.
Mr. Horton. a ministerial stu
dent, who had two more years in
college prior to entering the navy,
is the son of the Rev. and Mrs.
Fred F?. Horton of Murphy. He
preached at the Free Methodist
church here last suir.mer and is
well known here
The parents received a letter
from Capt. R. R. M. Emmet of
tiie U. S. Naval Training Center
at Great Lakes, stating that
young Horton "is to be commended
upon his conscientious attention
to duty which has led to this high
honor."
IMPROVES
Gordon Bates, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Creed Bates, who under
went an appendectomy at Petrie
hospital last week, was sufficient
ly improved to be removed to his
home Wednesday.
' Face to Face with Death
? Army Signal Corpt Photo
This is one of the most unusual pictures to come out of the war. Here is
a Jap sniper who had hidden himself in an American foxhole, then du if
it a little deeper. But sharp eyed doughboys discovered him. Here you
see him. crouched down, miraculously dodging bullets and grenades that
Yanks shot and lobbed at him. When this picture was taken he was alive,
but note the fear of death on his face. A few moments later he died lit
a hail storm of American lead. Back our boys up who are fighting such
men as these bv buying War Bonds.
Pvt. Ammel Baine,
Wounded In Italv,
?J 7
Arrives Home
Pvt. Ammel H. Baine son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Baine, is
spending a furlough with his
family at Patrick. He was
wounded in action in Italy. Nov.
11. 1943. His right leg was shot
off by German artillery fire. He
was in the hospital there until
M'ay 5. when he was sent home,
arriving in Charleston. S. C . May
14. He was sent from there to
Lawson General hospital in At
lanta, coming from there to Mur
phy last week. He will return to
, Lawson General the last of this
month to be given an artificial
limb.
Pvt. Baine enlisted Feb. 18.
1943. trained at Ft. McClellan.
Ala., and went overseas Aug. 18.
1943.
He has a wife, Mrs. Lou Belle
Baine, and a 9-months old son.
Ammel H- Baine, Jr.
He has a brother. Pvt. Earl Y.
Baine. in England.
Samuel Young
Dies In Ohio
Funeral services for Samuel
Young, 81, who died at the home
of his son. James W Young in 1
Akron. Ohio. Friday, were held 1
Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock
at Ivy Log church, with the Rev.
Lum Conley, assisted by the Rev.
John Gren. officiating. Burial
was in the family plot in the old
Ivy Log cemetery. Townson fu
neral home was in chare.
He is survived by two daugh
ters. Miss Daisy Young of Akron.
Mrs. Mary Jordon of Detroit, and
one son. James W. Young of
Akron.
A native of Winston-Salem. Mr.
Young had lived in this section.
Culberson. R. F. D No. 1, for
about 40 years. He went to Akron
a few months ago to visit his son.
Pictures To Be
Shown For Fifth
War Loan Drive
"Government Girl", a fifth war ?
bond premier, starring Olivia D?
Havilland. will be shown at Henn
Theatre on Wednesday. June 28.
announces P. J. Henn. Cherokee
I county chairman of war bond ,
1 sales in the theatres.
Admission to the picture will
be by war bond, purchased upon !
entering the theatre or between
I June 20 and 28. There will be no
further admission charge. Tickets
1 to this picture are being distrib
uted by the bank and post office
to those who buy bonds.
Following the same plan. "The
I Gangs all Here", starring Alice
; Faye and Carmen Miranda will
be shown at Henn Theatre in An
drews on Wednesday, June 28.
m k j l a
iwo ArresTeaun
Liquor Charge
! Charley Wise and John Byers
were arrested by Policemen John
I St rat ton and Frank Crawford
i Monday charged with having 10
j gallons of whiskey hidden near
a house in Factor/ town. The
officers went to the place they
I were told they could find the
j whiskey and found the 10-gallon
I keg there.
They loaded it in their car,
| Officer Stratton said, and started
i to town when they came upon
Wise and Byers in Byers* car.
They stopped them and searched
them, taking a pistol from Wise.
Ho was said to be drinking. They
. were lodged in jail. At a pro
, liminary hearing Tuesday before
Mayor W. M. Fain they were re
! leased on $400 bond each, to be
j triod at the next term of superior
court, and additional bond of
I $200 was required of Wise, for
j carrying a concealed weapon.
SUNDAY SERVICE
Services Sunday at Reeds
Chapel Methodist church. W. T.
Medlin. Jr . Minister, will be as
follows:
Sunday School at 10:00. Wor
ship with the sermon at 11:00.
The Rev. W. R. Cro wider, as
sistant pastor, will preach.
Murphy Chairmen
Plan Booth For The
Fifth War Loan Drive
MURPHY CHAIRMAN H
Bueck. who was appointed re
cently by Percy Ferebee, county
chairman, to direct the sale of war
bonds during the fifth war loan,
in Murphy and vicinity.
Superior Court
Is In Session
Here This Week
Cherokee county superior court
convened here Monday morning
with Judge Felix E. Alley presid
ing.
The first diy was taken up
with selecting the jury and try
ing four divorce cases. They were:
Roy Rich vs. Hester Stiles Rich:
Carcie Ferguson Elliott vs. Her
man H. Elliott: Allen Bell vs
Evelyn Bell; and Elsie Marie Mul!
vs. George Mull, which wen
granted.
The case of Frank Laney el
als vs. W. P. Cuthbertson et a
was called Tuesday. The Cuth
bcrtsons are contending that mad(
improvements on the land it
question and that Laney tough
one-fourth interest in the proper
ty and owes them for improve
ments made on the part he bough
and for feack rents. The cas
went to the jury Wednesday al
ternoon.
Tuesday afternoon the coui
paused for an hour, from 1:30 t
2:30 o'clock, to hold a mcmori?
service honoring the late Do
Witherspoon. Court was adjourr
ed Tuesday afternoon in hone
of the memory of Mr Withei
spoon.
H Bueck. local chairman of
the Fifth War Loan drive, and
Miss Dora Ruth Parks, chairman
of the women's division for Mur
phy. met Tuesday and made plans
i for the drive
A booth will be set up Satur
day morning on the street corner
! by the Cherokee Scout office. It
! will be supervised by various
women and will be moved from
time to time to different points on
the square, through Saturday
July 8. Miss Parks wants volun
teers of the booth.
Plans were also made for ad
vertising and for a general can
vas to sell bonds.
Rural sections are being con
tacted through the home demon
stration clubs under direction of
Mrs. Alline R. King and Miss
Mary Corn well, home agents, and
through A. Q Ketner and C H.
Kirkman. farm agents.
Cherokee county had sold
through last Friday. $46,126 in
bonds, of which $38,626 were E
I series, according to announce
ment by P B. Ferebee. county
chairmn. This was the Treasury
department official figures.
In Jail For
Serious Cutting
Ralph Guthrie of Ranger is in
jail, charged with assault with a
: deadly weapon with intent to kill
Jake Rogers of Sweetwater Satur
i day. Rogers was cut on his back
and half way around his body,
officers said.
NO SERIOUS INJURY
i , Mrs. Almond Hughes of Mur
phy. Route 2. accidentally drop
ped her seven-months old baby
on the street last Saturday. The
baby was rushed to Murphy Gen
; eral hospital where, upon exami
1 1 nation by Dr. B. W. Whitfield,
> it was found to have no serious in
juries.
, Miss Jimmy Carey and Miss
Elba Sneed re spending a vacation
[ ; in Corpus Christi. Texas.
Hearing On L & N
Changes Is June 30
The North Carolina Utilities *
Commission has announced that
on Friday. June 30. at 10:30 a.
m.. a hearing will be held at
Langren Hotel. Asheville. on the
application of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad company for
authority to discontinue its agency !
at Culberson and to change the
schedule of the mixed passenger
and freight trains on the Murphy
branch from a daytime to a night
schedule.
The order for thr hearing was
made by a meeting of the Utilities
Commission in Raleigh on June
1^. Application for the changes
mentioned above was made sev
eral weeks ago by the L & N.
Many prominent Cherokee .
county citizens, including business 1
men who would be seriously af
fected by the changed schedules,
have protested to the Utilities !
Commission against granting the
application. They are expected
to attend the hearing in Asheville'
and present the reasons for op
] position to the proposed changes. !
ARRIVED OVERSEAS ? Pvt.
Ernest V. Trantham. who has ar
rived safely overseas, according to
a letter received by his wife. Mrs.
Ernest Trantham of Marble.
Ernest entered service in 1943
and took his basic training at
Camp Barkley. Texas. He is with
the army medical corps.