T. S. Evans, Prominent
Business Man, Dies
Humas E. Evans, prominent
u.i ahy busines man died sud
denly at his home here at 3 o'clock
Btur-jy morning. f?U?wine an
of a few hours.
" a! scrv ices were held Mon
day j : err. > n at 3 o'clock at First
BaV;.- clin ch with the Rev. J.
Ali'cn M n is. and the Rev. Ralph
TayU-r officiating. Burial follow
ed ,r. Sunset cemetery. with Ma
S nil r i at the graveside. Town
son funeral home had charge of
funeral anansrements.
Born and reared in Cherokee
county Mr. Evans was the son of
the late T. M. and Josephine
Brendle Evans, one of the oldest
famines in Cherokee county. He
had teen Ford distributor here
for more than 31 years, having
been the first and only Ford deal
er here.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Mrs. Myrtle Dickey; one
daughter. Mrs. Harry Ferguson of
Sylva: one son. Thomas S. Evans.
Jr., with the U. S. coast guard at
San Francisco, Calif.: and one
grandson. Tommy Ferguson of
Sylva.
Active pallbearers were: D. V.
Carringer. W. M. Lay, J. W. Frank
lin. Fred Johnson, Dr. Harry Mill
er. Frank Forsyth. Walter King,
and J. L. Hall. Jr.
Hon rary pallbearers were: Neil
Sneed. J. W. Dyer, F. O. Christo
pher. A. J. Richardson, Edgar
Darnell. E. P. Hawkins. Tom Axley,
Dr. R. S. Parker, E. C. Moore, Had
ley Dirkey. Joe Axley. E. L. Town
sen. E. E. Stiles. W. C. Witt. Fred
Moore, Bill Brandon. C. W. Savage,
J. W. C'orn vell, J. B. Gray. J. D.
Mali' nee. L. Martin. L' E. Bay
less. A. J. Ramsey, Frank Dickey.
El Kfnp. J. L. Hall, Elbert Tothe
1W, L L. Mason, Dr. S. C. Heigh
Tt'ay. Allen Howell, J. C. Townson,
She dan Stiles. L. M. Shields, E. L.
Shield, John Donley. C "A. Hold
e: Gay Hawkins, Casteel Hawkins,
Neil Davidson. Ed Studstill, N. W.
Loving nd. H. Bueck. T. A. Case,
Paul Owenby, B. B. Comwell, W. P.
(Mom. Lowery Gentry, Will Gen
try, Robert Weaver, H. G. Elkins.
Morris Moore, Dale Lee, Paul
Hyatt, John Axley, Walter Cole
man F o. Bates, J. W. Davidson,
Dr. J. N. Hill, Jr., Carl Dobbs. R.
C. Matt-ox. Ben Harbin.
Griggs Helps
Evacuate Men
From Nagasaki
Aboard The Biloxi ? Vincent
Qriggs, -eaman, first class, USNR,
Marble N. C. .helped evacuate 219
recovered Allied military person
Eel aboard his cruiser from the city
that was the victim of the second
atom bomb. Nagasaki.
The liberated men were princi
pally Dutch and Javanese, with
only a few English and Americans.
At the railway station near the
cock. American hospital ships'
mescal men attended stretcher
cases.
The Biloxi had fought eight in
vasions and numerous bomtard
ments of this satisfying task.
Price Controls
To Continue On
Building Material
The lifting of building controls
by the War Production Board, ef
fective October 15, does not mean
that OPA price controls have been
removed it was announced yester
day by chairman Fred Johnson
?l the Local War Price and ration
ing board.
"Price controls on lumber and
other building materials are still in
effect and will remain so", he de
clared.
Mr. Johnson brought out the
'act that inflationary pressures are
still strong in the building mater
tols field and emphasized that
was determined to resist them
until supply comes into balance
demand.
BKIXVIEVV singing
BellJ^"" WiU ** ?* the
On 11 ''hodiBt church Sunday,
^??tlp.m. All singers are
"**1 to attend.
H.B. Elliott Is
Taken Bv Death
At Affe Of 87
i l jneral services were held
I Thursday morning (today > at 11 !
| o'clock at Peachtree Baptist church
for Henry Barton Elliott 87. who
diid at a Murphy hospital a: 6:15 j
o clock Tuesday morning following
an illness of five years. The Rev.
Algie West, assisted by the Rev. J.
AUon Mens and the Rev. Robert
Ba'ker will officiate. Interment
will be in the church cemetery with
Ivie funeral home in charge.
Mr. Elliott was twice married. In
1902. he was married to Miss Annie
Lou Hyde of Peachtree, who died,
leaving a daughter anti a son,
Mrs. Ruth Carringer and Mark
Elliott of Murphy who survive. He
later married Mrs. Elmcnda Kim
sey of Clay county who also sur
vives. Other survivors are three
grandchildren. Mrs. Leon Blake,
Miss Mary Evelyn Carringer of
Murphy, and Cpl. Walter Carringer
of Camp Gordon Johnson, Fla.. and
one great-grandchild, Richard
Blake.
Mr. Elliott came to Murphy in
1882 and engaged in the mercantile
business on the corner where the
Regal hotel now stands. Early in
1900, he and his brother. Jim El
liott, operated a hotel at the site
of the Mauney Drug store here for
a number of years. He was chair
man of the board of directors of
the Wofford-Terrell wholesale
company with which he was con
nected ; was a marble dealer affili
ated with the Georgia Marble fin
ishing works at Canton, Ga.
Mr. Elliott was a teacher in
Murphy and was clerk at. the old
Bap-ii church here when he first
came to Murphy. He was one of
the founders of the Peachtree
graded school and was instrument
al in getting state aid and putting
it. on a graded basis. He was sup
erintendent of the Peachtree Bap
tist Sunday school for 20 consecu
tive years: he organized the Chero
kee county singing convention.
Mr. Elliott later moved from
Murphy to Andrews where he op
erated a hotel and was active in
the church building program there.
He received an honorary life
membership at the Marble Masonic
lodge six years ago.
i Wilson Arrives
Home On Lamar
Tlie Navy transport Lamar dock
ed at naval pier, San Diego, Calif.,
I bringing 1.756 passengers home
i from the Pacific, 357 of whom
j were liberated prisoners of the
' Japs. Many were blue jackets.
I Marines and civilians captured on
Coiregidor and Guam in 1941,
| On the Lamar is Vance Wilson
R-M 2/C, who has been on the
Lamar for 18 months, and has teen
in five invasions, Guam. Leyte, Lin
gayen Gulf, San Marcisco and
Okinawa. Vance met his brother
Hubert, who is in the Naval Repair
Base in San Diego, whom he, had
n't seen in almost two years.
The Lamar carried troops and
supplies to the men on the ships,
having to go in on the beach with
soldiers and were under fire from
the Japs until the ship was unload
ed and pulled out. They have
been lucky, having no causalties in
all the invasions.
Spainhours
Return Here
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Spainhour
arived in Murphy Monday night
from New York City where they
have been located for the past
nine months. Lt. Spainhour spent
20 months overseas with the am
phibious division of the navy. He
went first to Africa and from there
with the first wave to Sicily on
"D" day. He went back to Salerno
and to England, going from there
to France where he worked from
the French coast, then back to
England where he spent five mon
ths before returning to the state.
He received hi* discharge about
two weeks ago.
RETURNS TO MURPHY ?
Rev. Ralph Taylor, pastor of First
Me;hcdist church in Murphy, who
last week was returned by the
Methodist Conference to Murphy
for his fourth year as paster of
this church.
Rev. C. C. Washam was returned
to Andrews, and Rev. C. A. Smith
to the Murphy charge.
Officers May
Re-Enlist With
Their Old Ranks
RALEIGH ? Captain Marvin
A .Turner, Recruiting and Induc
tion Officer for the State, an
nounces that former non-commis
sioned officers who would like to
return to the Army with their old
rank can do so if they were hon
orably discharged since May 12,
1945, and if they re-enlisted by
October 25.
The men who desire to take ad
vantage of this opportunity must
be physicially examined, process
ed and actually in the Army by
October 25. Because of the dis
tance from processing centers, this
means taht men should apply by
October 21 to 23.
Headquarters District Number
Two today sought to bring the
change in policy to the attention of
all former non-commissioned offi
cers. The obvious advantage is
that any man re-enlisting after
the deadline must do so as a pri
vate. If he held a rating such as
master sergeant, buck sergeant or
corporal and is eligible for rein
statement, he should apply before
October 25.
Full information about this re
enlistment inducement may be ob
tained at any Army Recruiting
Station. In Asheville, the Recruit
ing Station is located in Room 8,
Past Office Building. Major Gir
ard Haven is the Commanding
Officer.
Aronsons Get
Citizenship
Papers Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Aronson wont
Monday afternoon to Asheville
v. beie on Tuesday morning they
received American citizenship pap
ers. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Thelma Dickey, Mrs. J. N.
Moody and Mrs. Howard Moody.
Mr. and Mrs. Aronson. natives
of Russia, and their son. Adir. ar
rived in the United States in 1940
and lived in New York City until
they came to Murphy in 1942. Prior
to coming to the United States they
lived for some time in England.
After receiving their American
citizenship, Mr. Aronson said: "I
?m happy ? happy for my wife,
my son, and myself, to be a citizen
of the only country in the world
that has freedom and a democratic
way of life. I feel different. . . it
is quite a different feeling being
a foreigner and being a citizen."
Lt. Mabel Hall On
Terminal Leave
August*. Oa. ? 1st Lt. Mabel D.
Hall. Arnly Nurse Corps, of Route
No. 3, Mtirphy. N. C.. has gone on
terminal leave prior to reverting
to an Injaetive status in the Army.
She ha* been on duty at the Oliver
Genera Hospital here.
Shields Reunion
Held in Honor Of
Captain Shields
A reunion of the Shields family
v as held Oct. 7 at the home of R.
M. S'a elds in Isabella. Tenn. The
! eunicn was in honor of his young
est son, Capt. Lester H. Shields.
nh> has just returned from 26
months ove seas in the European
theater. All of Mr. Shields' chil
dren were together for the first
time in several years.
Those present were as follows:
Capt. Shields and family of Athens,
Tenn.. Horace Shields of San Fran
i cisc i. Calif.: Mr. and M s. Walter
| H. Shields of Copperhill, Tenn ;
Mrs. Ethel S. McGee of Washing
I ton. D. C.: Mrs. Carrie S. Clement
j cf Hemp, Ga.; Mr. and Mi s. G. M.
Dean. Doris Dean and Mrs. E. J.
j Hartman of Chattanooga; Mr. and
i Mrs. Leonidas Shields and family
j of Murphy: Mr. and Mrs. Lonzo
I Shields of Culberson; Mrs. Hazel
I S. Helton. Kay and Ellen Rose Hel
I ton and Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Bell
I and family of Isabella.
Book Reviews
To Be Given
At Library
A series of bock reviews for the
year is beinj; sponsored by the
Carnegie library and Murphy
Woman's club. The first of these
icviews will be given at the library j
rn the evening of October 25. at
7:30 o'clock by Mrs. Harry Miller.
Mrs. Miller will speak on "What
'he Nation Is Reading", and re
v'ra a group of books. The sched
- ule for the series follows:
Nov. 15, "Our Wt-stem North
Carolina Literature". Dean W. S.
I Eird of Western Carolina Teachers
1 college. Cullowhee.
Jan. 17, "This Man Truman",
by Frank McNaughton, J. B. Gray.
Feb. 21, "The Books in the Life
of Abraham Lincoln". Rev. Ralph
Taylor.
March 21. "Pattern of Soviet
Power" by Edgar Stow. H. Bueck.
April 18, "Outstanding Religious
Books", Mrs. J. A. Morris.
May 16, Book to be announced,
Mrs. Salo Horowitz,
.lub Wants List Of
Purchasable Property
Concerned over the lack of avail
able property for sale to be offered
to people interested in establishing
industries and coming here to
make their homes, the Murphy
Eusiness Men's club on Tuesday
evening voted that the secretary,
W. D. King, contact real estate
dealers and ascertain a list of all
available property, this to te fol
lowed up later by a survey to get
sufficient information to answer
j inquiries.
Dr. L. T. Russell, Jr.. pointing
cut that Murphy cannot have many
improvements to which the people
aie entitled. ? at> ji that much could
be done if the back taxes due the
town were collected. He declared
that if one man has to pay taxes,
every property owner should be
I requiied to, that it is not right for
j a few to pay taxes for all.
I Rev. Nort n Sterrett, missionary
to India, spoke briefly on the busi
ness conditions in India and con
trasted practices there with those
ill America. Mi-. Sterrett and Mrs.
King were guests of W. D. King.
C. Ben Stanton, assistant region
al director of the American Red
Cross, Southeastern area. Atlanta,
was a guest of Miss Addie Mae
Cooke. Ben Sloan of Atlanta was
a guest of Doyle Burch.
Sam Aronson was elected a mem
ber of the board of directors to suc
ceed J. D. EIrod. Coble Dairies
was welcomed as a new member.
Proposals for airport, golf course
and other matters were discussed
by Dr. B. W. Whitfield.
W. D. King reported on a Cham
ber of Commerce meeting for West
ern North Carolina, held in Way
nesville recently.
Dr. W. A. Hoover, president of
the club, presided and made an
nouncements.
I
Church Calls
Rev. T. Earl Ogg
Andrews Baptist church on
Sunday extended a call to the Rev.
T. Earl Ogg, pastor of Mountain
View Baptist church, Knoxville,
Tcnn., to become pastor at An
drews.
Mr. Ogg preached at the An
drews church on October 7. He
has indicated to the pulpit com
mittee that he and Mis. Ogg will
move to Andrews a;ound Novem
ber 1, to assume the duties of
Davidson Is
One of Stewards
i The name of Sam L. Davidson
was inadvertently omitted from
the list of S.ewards of the First
Methodist church, published in
this paper two weeks ago. The
Rev. Ralph Taylor, pastor, who re
ported the story to the paper, states
that he regrets the error.
PRIEST VICTIM OF JAP MURDER
SHOT DOWN >Y THI JAPS when ha sought to escape from ? tomb where
he had been Imprisoned with several other priests and nuns In the Phil
ippines, the bod; of a Father Superior li discovered by CoL Walsh (left)
and Brother Jose Marjabacaa. This Is one of the most recent atrocities
to b? uncovered In the Investigation ot Jap war crime*. (International)
$450 Contributed in
War Fund Campaign
REV. T. G. TATE
Rev. T. (j. Tate
Assumes Work
As Presbyterian
Pastor In Murphy
The Rev. T. G. Tate who a few
weeks ago was called to the pas
torate of Murphy First Presbyter
ian church, arrived this week with
his wife to begin his work here.
Mr. Tate is a graduate of David
son college and of Union Theologi
cal seminary, Richmond, Va. He
has held pastorates in Lincoln
county and Badlin, N. C., and for
a number of years was pastor of
Olney Presbyterian church in Gas
t nia. For ni re than wo years
he has been pastor of the First
Presbyterian church at Oakland,
Fla.. from which place he comes
to Murphy. Before entering the
ministry. Mr. Tate taught in the
English and Math departments of
Davidson college.
Mr. and Mrs. Tate have four
daughters. Miss Mary L. Tate of
Hickory. Miss Lillian Tate who is
n teacher in the city schools of
Tallahassee. Fla.. Mrs. Sara Mar
tyn of Miami. Fla.. and Miss Anne
Tate, a senior at Florida State
college for Women. Tallahassee.
Mis. Tate was the former Miss
Sara Griffith of Nashville. Tenn.
Mr. Tate will preach Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock on "The
Idea Congregation "; and at 7:30 j
o'clock in the evening, his subject |
will be "The Heart of the Gospel." ,
The Methodist and Baptist con- '
gregations will worship with the i
Fresbytenans in a union service j
Sunday evening.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
A revival meeting will begin at '
the Pleasant Hill church the fourth j
Sunday night of this month. Every
body is invited to attend this re- j
vival.
Mrs. Vera H. Tietz of New York 1
City is visiting her brother, Ar
thur Heinrich and Mrs. Heinrich.
Murphy's contributions to the
U; cd War Fund campaign which
?a in progre .> thus far am mnt
to $450. accord ng to a report from
Cr;unty Chairman Frank Forsyth.
The county quota is $2 600, of
waif h $1,500 has b<n designated
to M "phy and ?1 .100 to Andrews.
Harry Bi.hop is Murphy chair
;i n md John Christy Andrews
chairman.
M Forsyth has received the
fcllcwirs te! ;r:am ti m Governor
Giegg Cherry, sate honorary
chairman, and Victor S. Bryant,
state chairman, urging full support
of the campaign:
"Gratitude to f irhung'men for
military victory at great sacrifice
demands that we finish the job to
insure peace. Realization that
millions throughout world owe
very existance to our generosity
and pride in North Carolina's re
cord for success plus in every pre
vious form of war campaign effort
demands that we strive for noth
ing less than one hundred per cent
of allocated war fund goal in every
county. Urge that you encourage
chairmen solicitors to double and
re-double efforts. Appreciate your
efforts."
Missionaries
To India Here
The Rev. and Mrs. T. N. Ster
rett who have been in India as
Methodist missionaries for the
past six and a half years, with
their children, Eloise Ann and
Gerald Fain, arrived in Murphy
las: Friday for a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Weir and other
relatives here. Mrs. Sterrett is
the former Miss Eloise Fain of
Murphy. Miss Adella Meroney
came over from Oak Ridge, Tenn.,
to be 7 >h '-*? and Mrs. Sterrett
while tney i.i'e here.
Small Game
Hunters To Have
Plenty of Shells
Duck, pheasant and other small
pame hunters will have plenty of
12-guage shotgun shells on hand
this fall for their favorite sport,
according to an announcement
just issued in Washington by the
Office of Surplus Property, De
partment of Commerce.
Over forty million rounds of
twelve-gauge shells, frozen for
military use since the start of the
war. will be sold this month to
dealers throughout the eleven
United States Regional Offices of
the Surplus Property.
The sale will begin October 13,
1945.
Dealers can obtain full informa
tion on details of this offering by
contacting the Office of Surplus
Property, 105 Pryor Street, N. E ,
Atlanta. Oa. This is the regional
office serving the states of Ala
bama. Florida, Georgia. Mississip
pi, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Andrews Church Host
To Divisional Meeting
The annual meeting of the Bry
son City division of the Baptist!
Woman's Missionary Union will1
be held at Andrews Baptist church
on Pi iday. October 19, beginning
at 10:30 a .m.
Miss Olive Lawton. missionary
to China, and Miss Katheryn Abee.
state young people's secretary, will
be the principal speakers at the
tu inning session. The theme of
the meeting is "Open Doors ?
Wide Opportunities". Following
'he opening hymn at 10:30 a. m?
Mrs. L. P. Smith of Hayesville will
conduct the devotional. A prayer
will bo offered for those on the
prayer calender, of thanksgiving
for peace, and for the rulers of
the world.
Mrs. C. M. Warren, divisional
president, of Sylva, will preside
over the morning session. Miss
Hazel Recter will bring a message
In long, following which greetings
will be brought visitors recognized.
Assoc ational superintendents
atid divisional chairmen will make
reports. Miss Abee wil speak on
Keys of the Kingdom". The
group will sing. "Work for the
Night Is Coming", following which
Miss Lawton will speak on miss
ionary work.
Lunch will be served at the
church. The afternoon program
opens with brief conferences and
committee reports. Miss Hattle
Hilda Sutton of Sylva, divisional
young people's leader, will have
charge of the presentation of
young people's work. The Y. W. A.
from Murphy will present a pan
iomine, and R. A. and G. A.'s from
several churches will have a part"
on the program.
The division includes Baptist
churches in Macon. Clay. Jackson,
Oraham, Cherokee and Swain
countiea.