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Consolidated with GRAHAM COUNTY NEWS
VOLUME 57 ? NUMBER 19.
MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1945
TWELVE PAGES THIS WEEK
Larse Quantity Talc
Occurs In Cherokee
By Dr. A. F. Greaves-Walker <
IN. C. State College)
RALEIGH ? Among the min
erals occurring in North Carolina
in commercial quantities which
sre common to only a few states
in the country are kyanite, talc,
and pyrophyllite. These minerals
have been mined in the state for
many years past, and some manu
factured products have been pro
duced from talc and pyrophyllite.
Talc is a silicate of magnesium.
One of its most important physical
qualities is its "greasy feel" or
slip. I
All the deposits of true talc are |
in the western part of the state. |
Deposits are known* to occur in
Cherokee, Swain, Graham, Jack
son. Ashe, Buncombe, Alleghany,
Madison and Yancey counties. The
niost important deposits that have
been worked commercially are in
a belt extending from near Hew
itts. Swain county, in a southwest
uard direction into Cherokee coun
ty to the town of Kinsey.
The deposits parallel the Mur
phy branch of the Southern rail
way and occur in leng-shaped mas
ses varying in length from a few
fiet to about 1,500 and in width up
to about 100 feet or more.
Pure talc has a great many com
mercial uses but as the North
Carolina mineral usually contains
impurities, it is limited to paints,
paper fillers, roofing coatings, tire
powders, metal crayons, and weld
ing rod coatings. A small amount
of carefully selected material has
been used in steatite bodies. Dur
ing the war, practically the entire
output was used in the manufac
ture of metal crayons.
North Carol in*, has a !1 estate |
lishei metal crayon industry |
which should be expanded, and
there appears to be no reason why J
production of ground talc of good j
color should not take care of the j
demand in the Southeast for fill- '
crs. tire powders, and roofing
coatings.
Barker To Speak
At Ministers' Meet
The Rev. Robert Barker will be
the p incipal speaker at the meet
ins of the Baptist Ministers con
ference at the Baptist church here ;
Monday. Decembeer 4. His sub- s
ject will be: "The Pastor and His
Everyday Problems". The pro
gram will open at 10:15 with the
Rev. Algie West conducting the
devotional, which will be followed
by a business session. Following
Mr. Barker's talk, an informal dis
cus-ion will be held, and the bene
diction will be pronounced by the
Rev Will Hedden.
Couple Injured
In Automobile
Accident Tuesday j
Marston Bingham, driver of a
Roberts cab, and his wife are in
Murphy General hospital suffering I
from injuries received in an acci
dent Tuesday night about 8 o'clock '
when the car struck the end of
the bridge near Tomotla, officers
reported. Hildred Waldroup of
Andrews and Billy Crawford of
Murphy were the other occupants
'cf the car. Miss Waldroup was
treated for a head injury and re
leased from the hospital. Crawford
was not injured.
Davis' Jewelers
To Have Opening
Friday Evening
Formal opening of Davis' Jewel
ers, in the Regal hotel store, on
the square, formerly occupied by
the Cherokee Scout, will be held on
Friday evening of this week. The
hours will be from 7:30 to 10
o'clock. Tlic store will be open
for business, beginning Saturday
morning.
The joint owners of the new
jewelry store are J. P. Costner
and Howard B. Adair of Lexing
ton and W Merle Davis of Mur
phy. Co-managers of the store
will be Mr. Adair and Mr. Davis.
Mr. Costner, who is the owner
cf Cosner's Jewelers in Lexington,
has !.\;d many >iaa:? of experience
in the Jewelry field. Although he
will not be in the store, he will be
in charge of the buying.
Mr. Adair recently returned from
overseas duty in the air force in
which he served for three years. He
lived in L :xington and worked
v. i;h Mr. Costner before going into
service. Since his return, he has
r.rain taken his position with Cost
ner's Jewelers.
Mr. Davis, sol of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Davis of Murphy, received
his high school education in the
local scho'l and later graduated
fiom Western Carolina Teacher's
college. After graduation, he
went to Lexington as sanitarian
of Davidson county. Early in 1941
he enlisted in the army and went
immediately to the Hawaiian
Islands where he served in the
Medical C ?:ps for about three |
5'ears. In the summer of 1944 he
went to Saipan. where he served
for seven months. Last February
he returned to the states and was
leleasei frcm the army in Sep
tember of this year.
Farmers Elect AAA
Committeemen Friday
Cherokee County farmers will
have the opportunity on November !
30 to i;o to their community cen
ter's and vote in the annual elec- J
tion of AAA committeemen who
will si; down with them and help '
Plan a conservation program bas
ed on actual needs of their farms |
to speed reconversion of the State's I
farmland from the strain of war- 1
time production.
Three county committeemen will
be elected to administer produc- .
tion and marketing activities. Two
alternate committeemen will also
be chosen for each community.
Voting will be held In the fol- 1
lowing townships: Murphy, at the
courthouse; Marble, school; An
?tows, school; Peachtree, Metho
dist church; Hangingdog, Grand
View post office; Unaka, Odom's
store; Notla, Ranger Baptist
?hurch; Martins Creek, school;
Hot House. Chastain's store; Suit,
Baptist church; and Shoal Creek,
Verner's store.
A large 'vote of confidence' will
enable elected AAA Coonmifctee
""n to do their job with the kixvw
that their neighbors we ?up
Bureau Federation.
"One of the main programs that
the newly elected AAA committee
men will administer during the
coming year is the 1946 Agricul
tural Conservation Program", he
declared. "The conservation pro
gram, this year, has been decen
tralized. with counties and com
munities allocated funds for de
veloping their own soil and water
conservation practices", he con
tinued.
"To speed reconversion of the
State's farmland from the strain
of wartime production, the most
capable farm leadership in the
counties and communities are
needed", he explained.
"The AAA always has taken the
position that those operations
which are intimately tied up with
the farmer's economic welfare can
best be administered by the farm
er himself. Many grave problems
lie ahead for agriculture and I
)?ope that every eligible farmer in
the State will attend his local elec
tion meeting and voice his opinion
for the men of his choice to re
present him considering the profc
TO PLY ROBOT PLANE ? Residents of
Cherokee and surrounding counties will be given an
opportunity to see a radio controlled target plane
in operation at the Andrews-Murphy landing field
on December 8 at 4:30 p.' m? when a unit of seven
men, known as Radio Controlled Aet ial Target team
No. 40, will come to Andrews from Ft. Bragg, bring
ing the robot plane with them.
P. B. Ferabee, chairman of the victory loan,
announces that the plane is being shown here in
connection with the promotion of the sale of bonds.
Lt. J. E. Gambill will te in command, and seven
enlisted men will accompany him.
During the war the plane was one of the army's
closest guarded secrets. It is nine-feet long and has
a wingspread of twelve feet. There are no strings
or invisible wires attached to it; it is strictly radio
controlled . It weighs approximately one hundred
pounds and is driven by an eight horsepower two
cycle, constant speed gasoline engine. The team
which operates the model plane from the ground
rolls out a thirty-six foot launching ramp onto a
large field and catapults the model target plane
into the air and proceeds to put on a spectacular
performance.
M. E. Lovingood
Taken By Death
t
Millard Emory Lovingood. 41,
?aied suddenly Saturday morning
ai 4 o'clock- at ?.hp home of his fath
er, J. M. Lovingood at Marble.
Funeral services were held Sun
clay afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Marble Baptist church, the Rev.
Algie West, and the Rev. Robert
Barker officiating. Burial follow
ed in Marble cemetery with Ivie
funeral home in charge.
Pallbearers were. Junior Moss,
Forest Abernathy, Jack Roberts,
Wilbur Griggs, George Hughes and
Fred Barton.
Mr. Lovingood had been a mem
ber of the Baptist church fjr a
number of V. ars.
He had served with the Seabees
two years in Australia and later
entered the merchant marines
where he had served one year. Ho
had been home for three weeks
when he died.
Mr. Lovingood was former man
ager of the Dickey Hotel in Mur
phy and Terrace Hotel in Andrews.
Surviving are his father; five
brothers. Stanley Lovingood of
Asheville, Wendell and Ralph of
Marble, the Rev. Paul Lovingood
of Thomasville, and Harley Lovin
good of Bryson City; two sisters,
Mrs. P. A. Arrowood of Marble and
Mrs. Carl Ledford of Murphy.
13 Men Leave
For Examination
Thirteen Cherokee county men
left Murphy Tuesday morning for
Ft. Jackson, S. C., for preinduction
examination for armed service.
Included in the list are; James
Drew Taylor, elader; Claude Jack
son Monteith, James Wesley Whit
ener, Glen Henry Beavers. Robert
L. Dockery, Howard Scott Brad
ley, Jessie Ray Whitener, John
Dockery, James Frederick Ballew,
Martin Eugene Anderson. James
Haven Ledford. Clyde William
Morris, Charlie Lawton Crowder.
Local Men Enlist
In Regular Army
The following men from Murphy
have enlisted in the regular Army:
Sgt. Ernest E. Elliott, and Pvt.
William W. Coffey.
Sgt. Elliott is the son of William
P. Elliott, Route 3. He received
his discharge September 24, and re
enlisted in the regular Army No
vember 14.
Pvt. Coffey is the son of Lucy A.
Coffey of Route 1. He received
Aronson Speaks On
Dream Of Freedom
Sam Aionson, manager of Mur
phy Box and Flo 'ring Manufactur
ing Company, who was born in
Russ:a and recently received his
American citizenship, was guest
speaker at the meeting of Murphy
Lions club Tuesday evening, in the
Methodist church dining room. He
was presented by Dale Lee, chair
man of the program committee.
Joe Bailey and Jim Hughes were
welcomed into the club as new
members, by Pres dent Harry Bis
hop. Francis Bourne of Asheville
, was a guest of W. A. Sherrill.
P: esident Bishop announced
that the district governor, E. H.
McMahan of Brevard, will speak
at the next meeting of the club,
on December 11.
The club has made a contribu
tion of S250 to the State Blind
Commission t ward the recondi
ticn'ng of the old soldier's home
in Raleigh for a unit of the Blind
school.
A blind clinic will be held in the
county in the near future, and the
Lions club will cooperate with the
I health department in this project,
according to announcement by Dr.
W. A. Hoover.
The club voted to furnish meals
for five needy pupils at Murphy
schools during the remainder of
She school year.
President Bishop announced that
Rcger Amnions is new scoutmaster
and that a re-organization meet
ing has been held.
\V. M. Fain announced that a
meeting of the State planning
board will be held in Asheville on
December 10.
Mr. Aronson, speaking on "A
At Andrews
The Rev. Fred R. Horton of At
lanta, Ga? district superintendent
ot the Free Methodist church, is
in Andrews this week and will
preach at the Youth Building on
the high school campus Friday.
Saturday and Sunday evenings at
7 o'clock. He also will conduct
services Sunday morning at 11
o'clock.
Mrs. Horton accompanied her
husband here and the couple are
guests in the home of Misses Char
I lotte Bishop and Ruth Qniber.
FIRST SNOW
The first snow of the season fell
on Thanksgiving Day, November
22. While it was not deep at any
?tiliiUHMiiH
Dream of Freedom", told of his
youth in Russia, where at the age
f seven he faced for the first time
the fact that freedom is some
thing not easy. He explained that
to enter school one had to be out
standing in ability and with means.
"In the school we were under
soldier's discipline. We hr.d to
salute our teachers like soldiers
every time we met them, even a
dozen times a day." he said. "We
had no right to appear on the
streets after da k. nor to go to a
theatre without a special permit
fr m the so-called inspector of the
school. Every time we changed
cur apartments, we had to register
the police. And we had no
light to leave town without notify
ing the police.
"After 1905 revolu'.! n the czai
ist regime came to a conclusion
that to avoid revolutions the edu
cation of the minorities has to be
m i re and more restricted . . .After
tight years in school. I entered the
university, where police certificates
of good behavior were required."
He told of the Communists com
ing into p w."r in 1918 and how
the dream of freedom vanished.
He got out of Russian to a Baltic
.state ill 1918.
"When I met for the first time
an American. I listened to him
with an open mouth. And after
he told me that he is a journalist
ol the Chicago Tribune. I thought.
'What a lair the fellow is.' He
was very well known in Finland.
Every time I appeared with him
in public. I noticed the great re
spect to him.
"In 1939 the war caught me in
Finland. I moved with my wife
and little boy to Stockholm.
Sweden. Here for the first time in
my life I started to think how to
get to America. I decided to fly
ever Germany in a private piani
st a high cost, to England. G d
helped us (wife, child and himself*
on the trip.
"On the 28th of June, 1940, when
I boarded the S. S. Samaria with
the little Adir in my arms. I start
ed to realize that my dream might
come true and that it is the last
stage of my trip to real freedom.
After ten days' voyage in a heavy
convoy we passed the Statue of
Liberty . . . We are in America,
and we are citizens of the great
est democracy of the world ... a
feeling which you born Americans
cannot imagine. Being blind for
43 years, you suddenly get your
sight again, and are able to see the
I blue skv. the sun, the Joy of n>
?HMHB
Cherokee Lags
In Victory Loan
Woman's Club
Hears Review
Ot New Books
Mrs. Sarah Lloyd and Mis.
Harry Miller reviewed a number
of the newest books at the Wom
an s club meeting Wednesday af
ternoon. Mis. Lloyd had on dis
play a number of children's books,
especially suited for Christmas'
gifts.
Ac the business session, the club
voted to give $30 from the treas
ury for Christmas gifts for sold
iers at Moore General hospital.
Mrs. J. B. Gray, chairman of
the department of Post War plan
ning announced that these gifts
can be left at the "Regal Shoppe"
operated by Mi's. George Stauning
at Regal hotel.
A letter from Mrs. LePell Dick
inson, president of the national
federation of Women's clubs ask
ing that the club participate in
the Victory clothing drive which
starts in December was read. It
was pointed out that the clothing
collected some time ago had not
* pen sent away, and it was voted
that this be packed and sent on
this drive.
Letters were read from Mrs. Carl
Bishopric, state president, compli
menting the club on its year book
of programs, and from Congress
man Zebulon Weaver and Senator I
Clyde R. Hoey, promising to sup
port the bills for Federal Aid to
Education.
The club voted to put up Christ- j
mas lights in town this year for
the first tim' since the beginning
of tK> ,vai I
The president announced mem
bers of committees for the year, j
At the close of the program.
Miss Jane Hill and members of her
lccds classes served refreshments
ftnd a social li >ur was hold.
Junior Red Cross
Report Is Made ;
f ollowing is a report of the j
Junior Reu Cross in the Murphy j
.lcols : M .-is McCombs, 1st grrade, |
SO. 84: M.ss Dickson, 1st grade, 94c: J
M Wells, l.s: grade, 74c: Mrs.
Pa . n. S7.04: Miss Wilson, 2nd
(trade, $1.86: Mrs. Shields. 3rd
grade, $3.77: m:.?ss Holiday. 4th1
?-?rarde, 36c: Miss Hayes. 4th and
5th grade. $1.38: Mrs. Adams, 5th
r ado, S6.57 : Miss Leatherwood,
6'li grade. $3.25: Mrs. Davidson,
7th grade. $3.24: Miss Sword. 4th
grade. $5.25.
Miss Hill. 8th grade, $3.65: M' .
Smith, 8th grade. $3: Mrs. Ward.
11th grade, $2.34: Miss Winston.
O il grade, $3: Miss Gieseking, 11th
grade, $2.75: Miss Curd, 12th
S ade, $2: Mrs. Berry, 10th grade,
$2.13: Mrs. Mauney, 10th grade,
SI. 51: Mr. Pa ire, 8th grade, $1.65;
Miss Morton. 9th grade, $3.02: Miss
Hawk ns. 9th grade. 87c: Mrs.
Miller, 8th grade. $1.55: Mrs. Dug
Kan, 10th grade, $1.
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Brumby,
Sr.. are visiting in Marietta and
Macon, Ga., this week.
Bjnd sales in Cherokee county
in connection with the Victory
Loan are lagging, according to
Chairman Peercy B. Feretoee, who
siates that the last report gives the
county credit for the sale of only
$20,148. only a small portion of the
quota of $165,000 On November
24, only 26 percent of the county's
E. bond qu >ta of $76,000 had been
sold.
Murphy schools are promoting
the Victory Loan by undertaking to
sell en ugh bonds for five hospital
bed units at Moore General hos
pital. a cost of $15,000. The
schools-at-work program is being
cjnducted by Mis. J. W. Davidson,
who states that the grammar
grades already have sold more
than $8,000 and the high school
more than $3,000.
On December 8 a showing of a
pilotless plane, at Andrews-Mux
phy landing field, for the promo
tion of the sale of bonds, will be
held.
Club Schedule
For December
Is Announced By
Miss Cornwel!
The Home Demonstration club
schedule for December Christmas
meetings is as follows:
Tuesday. December 4 Violet.
Mrs. W. L. Taylor, 1:00 o'clock;
Wednesday, December 5, Postell,
Mrs. Jim Allen, 1:00 o'clock;
Thursday. December 6. Peachtree,
Mrs. Noah Hembree and Miss
F'orence Lovingcod as joint hos
te-~: Mo.iday. December -10. Grand
view. Mrs. Maynard Palmer, 1:00
oYlock; Tuesday, December 11,
Bellview, Mrs. Bill Hatchett, 1:00
o'cljck; Wednesday Dec. 12. Unaka,
Mrs. H. L. McDonald, 1:00 o'clock;
Thursday, December 13, Slow
Creek. Mis. Callie Morrison, 1:00
o'clock; F iday, D. c ember 14. Sun
ny Point. Mrs. H. C. Tilson, 1:00
? clock; Monday. December 17,
Marble, School Auditorium. 1:30
o'clock: Tuesday. December 18,
Mart n's Creek School. 1 :30 o'clock;
Wednesday. December 19. Andrews
'to be announced > 2:00 o'clock;
Thursday. December 20, Ranger,
Mrs. Sterlin Aiken, 1:00 o'clock;
Friday, December 21. Tomotla,
Mrs. Gilbert Stiles. 2:00 o'clock.
Mi Mary Cornwell. home agent,
expects ;o meet wi.h all clubs this
m nth. She was away from the
county severarl weeks because of
the illness and death of her
mother.
I ~ "
Bound Over On
Liquor Charge
Will Rogers, Henry Rose, and
John Strat:cn arrested Frank
Hughes and Garland Warren and
captured five gallons of whiskey
cn Snow Hill Tuesday afternoon.
Hughes and Warren were given a
hearing before Justice of the
Peace Fred Bates and were bound
over to court under $500 bond
each.
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