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VOLUME 56 ? NUMBER 45.
MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1945.
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
Bill Miller Broadcasts
From Japanese Prison
.(,mg Provost Marshal General'
nf Washington, on Monday
Mrs Edward S. MiUer the
14 V, message from an enemy
fCU?^an 'a broadcast from the
Japanese Gove rnment which was
Lied in Washington:
Ci ?> 311 fMy hclh
, and thoughts of you eon
C l ? working in a hos
if any business items con
ning me occur nave Harry
. them as he sees fit. The
nieces and nephews will have
*L_ , i0t by this time, so tell
fnem I try to picture them as they
are now- Send pictures and any
unoinKS that may be of interest
Ind tell the Cherokee Scout I miss
^weekly news items. Give al
my friends my best regards-Call
" when you receive this. Hope
vou see each other often. Lots
a love to -11. Bill (Capt. Edward
8 Miller) Fukuoka Camp.
Captain Miller was captured or.
corngrdor in May. 1942. and a
St to be the first Cherokee;
county man to be captured m the
present war. He is the son of
Mrs. E. S. Miller of Murphy. His
wife resides in Atlanta.
$5,490 Allotted
For Highway
Improvement In
This County
At a meeting of the state high
way and public works commission i
in Raleigh last week contracts !
were approved for several jobs of
] (-pavement and resurfacing. In
cluded in them was one for the a
mount of $5,490 in Cherokee coun
ts. - ?
Carringer Boys
Visiting Parents
8eaman 2/c, Harry A. Carringer
of Miami. Fla.. and 9 1/c Ja?k
Carringer of the U. S. Naval Air
corps. Jacksonville, Fla.. are visit
ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
D. V. Carringer, here.
Harry has recently returned to
Miami from a 7,000 mile tour in
which he was an escort in the Air
craft Supply Corps which covers
South America, Brazil. Pearl
Harbor and Cuba. He has now
served two years in the U. S. Navy
and will be going overseas on his
return.
Group Of Men
Leave For
Examination
Tlie following 49 Cherokie coun
ty men left Tuesday morning for
Port Jackson, S. C., for pre-in
auotion examination:
George Parvin Atkinson, leader:
Hubert Almarine Mason, assistant
leader: Walter Oscar Hampton
<Imm. Ind.), Lake Robert Led
ford <Imm. Ind), Lonnie Lester
Killian, William Price Sherrill,
Wade Earl Kephart, Wade Ware,
Voit Wilson, William Hill Thom
asson, George William Carroll,
Joseph Casteel Hawkins, George
Harold Mashburn, Jr., Fred Den
nis Almond, Jessie Ray Whitener,
Hoyt Clinton McDonald, Cecil
Deaver, Winfred Patterson, Cecil
Aud Lee Pack, James Robert Har
mon, Claude Holloway, Albert
Burton Cook, Kenneth Walker
Jones. Ben William Wyke, Gold
man Edward Eller, Richard Bry
an Moore, Jack Lee Davis, Clif
ford Thomas Ledford, Robert
Lawrence Taylor. Cecil Eugene
Crowe. Elmer Harris, James Ward
Clark, James Vaughn Derreberry,
Grice Augustus Ledford. Hoyt
Earl Raper. Junior Floyd Radford,
Robert Oneal Wooten, Edward
Palmer, Claude Dale Ladd, An
drew Miles Green, Jr., J. C. Cole
man, James Earl Painter, itr).
Forest Denton Curtis, Hoyt Hicks
Beaver, Garland Crisp, Wayne Vin
cent Truett, Wiley Franklin El
rod, Luther Mashburn, Broadus
Graves.
Three Graduate
At Mars Hill
Among Murphy students who
graduated from Mars Hill college
last week were: Miss Eloise Davis,
Miss Mary Frances Shields and
I Junior Mason.
SERMON SUBJECT
The subject of the Rev. Ralph
Taylor at the Sunday evening
service at First Methodist church
will be: "I'd Learn to Have a Good
Time.''
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The Presbyterian Woman's au
xiliary will meet Tuesday after
noon at three o'clock with Mrs.
C. R. English.
'Kussin Kitty' Collect* , ? y
After hearing a sermon by their battalion <~hiipl*ln. bllt_
M. I)u Puis of Detroit, Mich., these five members ol TP p |Re
Ullon of the Fourth Marine Division somewl here In ' the ? r '
?wore off swearing. The "Kussln Kitty." ? .f
to the top, helps them keep their re*oW'' ^ the "kitty"
the quintet cusses, he must make a eo,? ? ?? 0ver to a lof*'
The money goes to Chaplain DuPuls. who *??? )eft to right,
I Institution for religious charity. The fl? u Williams
Cor,. John M. Saunders of NaArille N. C.,
of Tacoma, Wash, Corp. WilUrd A. Carpenter of <?*?taB'g?
Cor,. William J. Selpel, Jr, of Columlma, ?^ac^k>l.,
I Charles J. Moon of Warren Point, N. J. (U- *? M,,ta ?
CELEBRATE FIRST BIRTHDAY ? The twins of the Rev. and
Mrs. Ralph Taylor. Becky and Bill, are shown above as they celebrated
their first birthday anniversary on May 16. They are standing te
side their cakes, each containing one candle.
Man Killed In Truck
Accident Near Here
Hamilton Is
Granted Permit
For Construction
J. J. Hamilton, owner of Im
perial Cleaners, has been granted
a permit by the War Production
Board to erect a brick and tile
building to house a dry cleaning
and laundry establishment. The
building, which will stand on the
former Methodist cnurch-Dickey
property on Hickory street, will
be 40 x 80 feet, one story.
Mrs. Sara Lloyd
Is New Nantahala
Regional Librarian
Mrs. Sara Lloyd of Norwood
has been appointed librarian of
the Nantahala regional library,
succeeding Miss Dora Ruth Parks
who resigned and left a few mon
ths ago for Morgantown, W. Va.
Mrs. Lloyd, sister of Mrs. Leon
Lee who was known here as Miss
Fannie Hathcock, is expected to
arrive here this week end and be
gin her work on Monday. She is
a graduate of Emory University
Library school, Atlanta, and has
had experience in college and
county library systems. She had
charge of libraries at WCTC, Cul
lowhee, in Winston-Salem, and
Greenwood, S. C., county system.
She resigned as librarian of the
Whitfield county library, Dalton,
Ga? to accept the work here.
Miss Julius Amis, field repres
entative of the North Carolina Li
brary Commission, has been act
ing regional librarian here since
Miss Parks' departure .awaiting
the arrival of her successor.
BOARD TO MEET
The Nantahala regional library
board will meet in Robbinsville
on Tuesday evening, June 5, at
7:30 o'clock.
REALIZE $1,200
Murphy Lions club realized a
profit of approximately $1,200
from the carnival sponsored on
Friday and Saturday of last week.
John Burton Davis, 20, son '1
Jess Davis of Morganton.^Ga., is
dead and George Davis who suf
fered a serious head injury and
his sister, Mrs. Georp . Jones, suf
fering from interna' injuries, are
in a local hospital as the result
of an accident when the truck in
which they were riding overturn
ed down an embankment about six
miles from Murphy on the Hang
ingdog road about 10:30 o'clock
Wednesday morning.
The truck driven by Harley
Davenport of Union county, Ga.,
las loaded with people going to
a decoration at Hangingdog
church, and it was reported that
the steering gear locked and the
truck overturned three times down
a 200-foot embankment and land
ed in the creek. V i Burton
Davis was brought to Murphy by
Townson's ambulance, dying be
fore reaching the hospital.
Almost every one in the party
had cuts and bruises. Some were
treated and released from the hos
pital.
Officers reported that Robert
Davenport, Lyle Jones and Laborn
Dockery were being held In jail
as witnesses. It was afterwards
reported that they had been re
leased on bond.
VISITS RELATIVES
S. Sgt. Roy J. Wilson has re
turned to Camp Butner after
spending 22 days with relatives in
Marble. He was wounded in Lux
embourg last October and holds
the Purple Heart award.
Sgt. Wilson has three brothers
in the service, all overseas. They
are: Pvt. Frank F. who has teen
in Italy two years: Cpl. William
M. who is in Hawaii and Pfc. Ralph
L. who has been in the Pacific
two years. They are the sons of
R. J. Wilson of Marble.
VISIT JOHNSONS
Richard L. Johnson, U. S. C. G.
and Mrs. Johnson recently visit
ed Mr. Johnson's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Johnson of Murphy.
Mr. Johnson has left for his new
base in Miami. Fla . where he will
attend a special school for eight
weeks. Mrs. Johnson is visiting
here before leaving for her home.
She was Miss Virginia Tierney of
Youngstown, Ohio, before her mar
riage last November
Thirty-Three
Men Leave For
Army Induction
Thirty-three Cherokee county j
men left Murphy Wednesday morn- 1 ,
ing by bus for Fort Brace for in- (
duction into the armed forces. ?
They were:
Oscar Wiley Taylor, leader;
Dilas Edgar Adams, assistant lead- 1
er; Paul Allen, Sheridan Columbus 1
James, Arnold James Millsaps, 1
William Odies Mason, Frank Ed- 1
son Ammond, Ray R. Raxter, Will
ard Beaver, Carl Panter, William
Henry Cochran, Calvin Ouinn
Willcox, Benjamin Franklin Ram
sey, Walter Cecil Taylor, James '
Oscar Fendergrass.
Roy Edwand McDonald, Fred
Russell Thompson, Roy Cilfford
Dockery, Ralph Harvey Sneed.
Carl William Wallace, Carl Linly
Debty, James William Duvall,
Henry Dale Dockery, Omer Amos
Miller, Fred W. Kilpatrick, Jr.,
Venson Adams, Frank Hall Dick
ey, Claude Randel Hayes, Jack
Leonard Davis, Cecil Ledrew Tan
ner. Robert Calvin Johnson, Onis
Radford, Virgil White.
Final Rites
Held For Mrs.
Trantham, 78
Funeral sei-vlces for Mrs. Sher
man Trantham, 78, a life long re
sident of the Potato Creek com
munity, were held in the new
Bethlehem Baptist church Sunday,
with the Rev. Roy Culpepper offi
ciating. Interment was in the
Bethlehem cemetery.
Surviving are her husband;
three sons, John, George, and
Fred, all of Potato Creek com
munity; five daughters, Mrs.
Dorse Voyles of Copperhill, Term.,
Mrs. Emeryor Voyles of Turtletown,
Tenn., Mrs. Arvil Hembree of Isa
bella, Term., and Mrs. Ervin Jones
and Mrs. Jerry Jones of Potato
Creek; 54 grandchildren and sev
era Igreat grandchildren.
Two Games Are
Scheduled For
The Week End
The American Legions, Ashe
ville, will play Murphy All Stars
Saturday at 2:30 p. m.: Sunday,
Atlanta Army Air Base will play
Murphy All Stars.
A dance, sponsored by Murphy
Baseball club, will be given at Mur
phy gym, from 8:30 to 12 o'clock,
Saturday night, honoring the At
lanta Army Air Base boys.
NEW PASTOR
Pleasant Valley church has j
elected the Rev. W. T. Smith to I
fill the unexpired term of the Rev.
Mi-. McClure who has resigned.
Regular services will be held
the fourth Saturday night and
Sunday at 11 a. m. The Second
! Sunday night at 8 o'clock, an
nounces Mr. Smith. The public
is invited.
45 Head Cattle Average $236
In Guernsey Sale Held Friday
The fourth annual Guernsey |
cattle sale in Cherokee county, was
held Friday at the fair grounds
here, beginning at 12 o'clock noon.
Forty-five head sold, averaged ap
proximately $236.66.
The top female, which sold for
$650, was consigned by Riegeldale
farm, Trion, Ga., and was purchas
ed by David Kemp of Henderson
ville. Fanning Field farm, Arden,
sold the second high female which
brought $550, and was purchased
by W. E. Britt of Asheville, Route
1.
Six bulls averaged (230 S3. The
top bull was consigned by Riegel
dale farm and sold for $355 to
Clyde Cox of Rome, Ga.
Quail Roost farm, Rougemont,
consigned the second top bull
which sold for $325, and went to
Charles Hamby of Long Creek,
S. C.
Mr. Kemp was high buyer, pur
chasing five animals for $2,250,
an average of $450.
Fif teen animals were purchased
by farmers in Cherokee county;
Graham county purchased three
head.
A Maxim bred Guernsey heifer
was purchased by the Lions dub
and given to a local *-H club boy
who will give the first heifer calf
dropped by the gift heifer back
to the Lions club to be used in
further 4-H club work.
The Murphy Guernsey sale com
mittee entertained 42 cattle men
and farmers at a dinner at Hotel
Regal Thursday night. W. W.
Pttzpatrick. manager of Quail
Roost farm, the principal speaker
of the evening, discussed vital
points necessary to successful
dairying expressing his conviction
that without plenty of pastures
and good quality hay. farmers can
not grow profitable dairy animals.
A record on the sale of Quail
Roost Noble Primrose, the cow
which sold for $17,000 at the re
cent Quail Roost sale, was played.
Schools Are Holding
Their Closing Exercises
Ben Warner Is
Liberated
In Germany
<
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Warner Tues
day received the following tele- ,
j ram from the Adjutant General,
Washington. D C.: l
"The secretary of War desires
me to inform you that your son, 1
Pfc. Benjamin E. Warner, Jr.. re- 1
turned to military control, 23rd '
al May."
Mi. and Mrs. Warner received
a message on Dec. 27 that Pfc. <
Warner had teen missing since
Nov. 28, and later they received
a card from him dated Dec. 28,
that he was a prisoner of the Ger
mans, in prison camp, Stalag Iv
B.
He entered sei-vice May 20, 1943,
receiving training in the infantry
a> Port McClelland. Ala. He was
transferred to communications ser
vice at Camp Atterbury. Ind. and
went overseas in Sept. 1944.
Mrs. Almond Is
Re-Elected Head
Of Associational
Baptist W.M.U.
Mrs. C. T Almond of Andrews
was elected superintendent of the
Western North Carolina Mission
ary Union at the meeting held here
last Thursday. Other officers
elected were:
Mrs. Fred McGuire of Andrews,
Associational superintendent; Mrs.
R. D. Chandler, Murphy, secretary
treasurer; Mrs. W H. Murray,
Murphy. Community Missions
chairman; Mrs. Prank Wilhide,
Andrews. Mission Study chairman;
Mrs. L. P. Smith, Andrews, Stew
ardship chairman; Mrs. J. Alton
Morris. Murphy, Young Peoples'
leader; the Rev. R. Lane Akins,
Hayesville, R. A. counselor; Mrs.
W. A. Sherrill, Murphy. G. A.
counselor; Mrs. J. J. Hamilton,
Murphy, Margaret Fund Chairman.
The meeting the theme of which
was "Lead On, O King Eternal",
opened at 10 a. m. with singing of
the hymn, "Lead On, O King
Eternal", followed by meditation.
"Thy Cross is Lifted O'er Us, We
Journey in its Light," prayer ?
for those on prayer calendar, for
all in armed forces, for a righteous
peace, and devotional ? "The
Crown Awaits the Conquest", by
Mrs. J. V. Hall.
During the business session,
visitors including wives of new i
pastors and others were recogniz
ed, new committees appointed and
other necessary business trans- 1
acted, followed by memorial medi
tation. "We Follow. Not With
Fears." "Thy Grace Has Made
us Strong"; reports .if superintend
ent and chairmen: r.Il call of so
cieties.
"Henceforth in Fields of Con
quest" was the subject of an ad
dress by state W. M U. worker.
Miss Ruth Keller, followed by the
hymn. "When I Survey the Wond
rous Cross", and announcements.
"With Deeds of Love and
Mercy", was the subject of the
missionary address by Miss Mar
garet Marchman of Franklin, home
from Nigeria. Lunch was served
by women of Fust Baptist church.
After lunch. "Hail to tile Bright
ness". meditation, "The Sweet
Amen of Peace, by Miss Emma
Louise Jenkins, opened the pro
gram.
"Through Days of Preparation"
? Report of training school and
Margaret Fund chairman, was by
Mrs. F. McGuire.
"Lead On in the Training of
Youth" ? report of Young Peo
ples' work and report of Young
Peoples' leader, followed.
Reports of nominating and
other committees were heard and
other unfinished business trans
acted.
The closing message ? "She
That Winneth Soul* is Wise", was
by the Rev. R. Lane Akins.
School commencement exercises
a- ill be held in the schools of the
uniy this week and next. On
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock the
Murphy baccalaureate sermon will
be preached at First Methodist
hurch, by the Rev. Ralph Taylor,
Kho will use as his subject, ? Pion
eers for Modern Frontiers".
On Sunday afternoon at 2
D'clock the Rev. Ralph Taylor
will preach the baccalaureate ser
mon at Hiwassee Dam high school.
On June 5 at 10 a. m., the eight
grade will pi'esent their exercises,
sponsored by Mrs. W. B. Thomas.
Senior class night is June 6 at
8 p. m. The commencement ad
dress and graduating exercises
will be June 7, when Mrs. G. W.
Cover, representative of Cherokee
county, will give the address.
Andrews exercises are announc
ed on another page of this paper.
Graduation exercises at Murphy
will te on Wednesday, June 6, at
8 p. m.. when W. A McCall, pro
fessor of education of Columbia
University and a widely known au
thor, will make the address. Miss
Mildred Wells will give the salu
tatory and Miss Mamilee Kilpat
lick the valedictory. H. Bueck
will present the speaker, and Miss
Virginia Ann Morgan will sing.
Honor students at Hiwassee
Dam are: Miss Nell Keenum, vale
dictorian. and Miss Alma Brendle,
salu:atorian.
Mrs. Reid Dies
At Age of 82
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth Collins Reid, 82, who died at
her home Saturday morning about
9:30 o'clock, were held Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock at Bellview
Methodist church, with the pastor,
the Rev. Vamell Ozment. and the
Rev. John Green officiating.
Music was in charge of Bill Hem
bree. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Bill Hatchett,
Emory Davidson, Guy Hill, Clyde
McNabb, Wade Anderson and Em
erson Anderson.
Born Dec. 13, 1862, Mrs. Reid
professed faith in Christ at the
age of 16. and united with the old
Friendship Baptist church. At
the time of her death, she had
been a member of the Bellview
church for approximately 12 years.
On January 5. 1888. she was
married to James Reid who sur
vives. Other survivors are three
children. Elbert Reid of Murphy.
Route 2; Mrs. Nina Johnson, and
Mrs. Nora Seagles. both of Gas
tonia; 12 grandchildren. 22 great
grandchildren, and three great
great-grandchildren.
Ivie funeral home was in charge
of arrangements.
Club Schedule
Is Announced
The home demonstration club
schedule for June is as follows:
Violet. May 31. Mrs. Garfield Mor
iow. 1:30: Sunny Point, June 5,
| Mrs. Harold Payne, 1:00; Peach
| tree, June 7, Mrs. Julia Wells.
| 1:00; Liberty, June 11, Mrs. Em
ma Lee Payne. 1:00: Bellview,
June 12, Mrs. Alfred Crowder,
1:00: Postell, June 13. Mrs. S.
Montgomery and Mrs. N. A. Quinn,
1:00; Slow Creek, June 14, Mrs.
Sam Newton, 1:00; Ogreeta, June
15, Mrs. Mae Johnson, 1:00;
Grand view, June 19, Mrs. Howard
McDonald. 1 00.
Unaka, June 20, Mrs. Lillie Car
ter, 1:00; Tomotla, June 21. Mrs.
J. R. Evans. 2:00; Wolf Creek,
June 22. place to be announced ;
Marble. June 25. Mrs. James Bry
son, 1 :30; Martin Creek School,
June 26, 1:30; Valleytown, June
27. Mrs. Lawson Crawford, 2:00;
and Ranger. June 28, Mrs. M. U.
Kilpatrick, 1:00.
Liberated
Verlon Carter of Murphy has
been liberated from a German
prison camp and it now home
-with his relatives.