nineral Held For Dr. And Mrs. Cox, Hotel Fire Victims . A crowd which filled the audi-' torium of the church attended the funeral services for Dr. and Mrs. Ii 11 Cox of Murphy, who lost their lives in the fire which de stroyed the Winecoff hotel in At lanta last Saturday morning, which were conducted Monday af ternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Methodist church here. The Rev. T. G. Tate, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which Dr and Mrs. Cox were members, officiated, assisted by the Rev. R L. Young, pastor of the Methodist church and the Rev. J. Alton Mor ris. pastor of the First Baptist church Dr Cox joined the staff of Petrie hospital in October, 1943, after ha\ ig been with Tennessee Val ley \uthority during the construc tion f dams in this area. He was a me lber of the Lions club, in which he took an active interest, and had recently been elected chairman of the Cherokee county chapter of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis, and was chairman of the campaign for funds to be put on here January 15-31. Mrs Cox was a teachcr in the primary department of the Pres byterian Sunday school, was a member of the Woman's auxiliary of the church and a member cf Murphy Woman's club. She as sisted in the organization of the liral Girl Sco'it troop and was its first leader. The bodies were taken to Mount Vernon. Ky ., whc.*? a funeral seiv ive was conducted at the Christian church, with th? U?v. H. T. Young o i Lexington. Ky., officiating. Burial was in FJmvood cemeteiy in Mount Vernon. Pallbearers at the service here were. Harry Bishop. Chailes Worthet] *'rank Foi^yHi, C p. Weir. Jim Gibbs, Dale Lee, Walter Mauney, C. W. Arnold, Edwin Hydt II. A. Mattox, Dr. L. T Russell, an.l Duke Whitley. Dr. Cox is survived by his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cox of Mount Vernon; two brothers, Ver non Cox of Mount Vernon, and Charles Cox of New Albany, Ind.; three sisters. Mrs. C. K. Fisher of McDonald, Kans., Mrs. Herman Peyton of Liberty, Ky., and Mrs. Roy Turner of Mount Vernon. Mrs. Cox is survived by three sisters. Miss Ruth Crawford of Rnoxville, Mrs. Harry Cain of San Antonio. Tex., and Miss Louise Crawford of Austin. Tex. She was the former Miss Billie Crawford of Morristown, Tenn., and was reared by an aunt, Mrs. L. S. Jones of Morristown. She is also survived by other aunts, Miss Mary Carson of Morristown, Mrs. Charles Bell of Cornelia, Ga., Mrs. George Ran kin and Mrs. R. A. Coffman of Knoxville, and Mrs. Will Humpston of White Pine, Tenn. Also surviving Dr. and Mrs. Cox is their little three-year-old son, Bobby, whose life was saved after be had fallen from his father's arms and landed on an awning bouncing off into the street where Harry Mauney Is Scholastic Leader At Baylor Harry Mauney, who attends the Baylor School for Boys at Chat tanooga, is listed on the Dean's List, denoting better than average scholarship for the current six weeks' grade period, according to an announcen by Headmaster Herbert Barks xoung Mauney is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mauney. Murphy College Team Has New Uniforms Murphy College ball team has new uniforms, royal blue and white, and are wearing them at the games now being played. On Friday they defeated the Young Harris team at Young Har ris 36-27. Carter and Kephart were outstanding players, making 15 points each. Young Harris play ed here on Saturday, being defeat ed 53-24, when Carter starred with 28 points and Kimsey with 13. The coach was Red Raper. The team played Hiawassee Wed nesday and will play Hayesville All-Stars there Friday afternoon. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Lloyd W. Hendrix, superintend ent of schools, announces that the schools in the Cherokee county unit will close December 20 for the holidays and re-open January 2. SINGING The third Sunday singing is to be held at Calvary Baptist church. Sunday. December 15. at 2 p. m. The officers will be elected for the coming year. The public is invited to attend. he was caught by a bystander. All stores and places of business in town were closed during the funeral services. Relatives who attended the fu neral of Dr. and Mrs. Cox were: Charles Cox of New Albany. Ind., his brother, and W. H. Cox of Mount Vernon. Ky.. his cousin. Relatives of Mrs. Cox who at tended were: her aunts, Mrs. L. S. Jones of Morristown, Tenn., and Mrs. Charles Bell of Cornelia. Ga.. and her sisters. Miss Ruth Craw ford of Knoxville. Mrs. Harry I Cain of San Antonio. Texas, and Miss Louise Crawford of Austin. Texas. ! Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Hoover and Miss Louise Crawford attended the funeral service in Mount Vernon Wednesday Murphy-Andrews Meet On Friday By I. B. HUDSON ANDREWS ? When the Murphy lootbal team meets the Andrews football team here Friday at 2 o'clock a game pattern for a long time in the future will be set. Never before in football history in this section will two teams so strong, "so firm and so fully pack ed", so able and so cunning and so easy on the draw", be seen on the fridiron hereabouts. A year hence forth most of the now stalwart Gls will have passed out of the jootball picture to be replaced by school boys". Whereas, to day aH teams on high school and college levels are largely dominat ed by former service men. When these Cherokee lads line up here ** the kick-off on Friday they J? Present two of as daring foot toll elevens as has ever faced each j <*her before on Cherokee county [ ?oil. Andrews will play to maintain the status quo, already having a win to its credit over Murphy earl ier in the season. Whereas the Murphy team with a good chance to win more than she can in any event lose, will be all set to take the crown away from the Valley River boys. Both teams have won over their last four rivals; both teams are in tip top shape for the fray; and both teams feel reason ably sure of victory. It is reported that fans from Murphy will turn out in large num bers. Andrews will be there to a man! Forty per cent of all gate receipts will go to the Murphy team. With the Andrews Cham ber of Commerce giving away a new Chevrolet car at the field at half-time, and this is a great game and the last game of a great foot ball year, this game is confidently expected to be more than any press agent could say about it. DR. ROBERT II. TOX - MRS. ROBERT II. COX Carringer To Give Recital At Woman's Club Mrs. R. H. Foard, chairman of the music committee of the Wom an's club, will present Walter Car ringer .tenor, of Murphy and Cul lowhee, in a song recital at the De cember meeting of the club Wed nesday afternoon Dec. 18. at 3:15 o'clock. Mrs. J. W. Davidson will serve as accompanist. Following is the program: Where e'er You Walk ? Handel; Passing By ? Purcell; Thanks Be to Thee ? Handel. The Blind Ploughman ? Clarke; Sing Me To Sleep ? Greene; Mah Lindy Lou ? Strickland. Dedication ? Franz; Since We Parted ? Allitsen; Cloud Shadows ? Rogers. First Methodist l Services Listed "Where Should Christ Be Born?" will be the theme of the sermon by the Rev. Russell L. Young. Sun day morning at First Methodist Church. His evening topic will be "Looking Up". The services will be held at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p m. Sunday school will be at 9:45 a. m. Two classes have been recent ly formed for returned veterans and young men and young women. The Methodist Youth Fellowship mets at 6:30 p. m. At 7:30 p. m. Tuesday the Wes ley an Guild will meet at the home of Mrs. W. A. Hoover. Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. Circle No. 3 of the Wom man's Society of Christian Service will meet with Mrs. R. L. Young at the parsonage. Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. the prayer service will be ene of special interest, the pastor announces. INFANT DIES Ronald, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Rasco Lamb, died December 11 at 5 a. m. at his home. Funeral services were held in the home De cember 12 at 2 p. m. with the Rev. Clifton Eggers officiating and Townson Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Interment was in Peachtrec cemetery. The infant is survived by the father and mother, three small sis ters and one small brother. TOBACCO MARKETS OPEX Western North Carolina's two hurley tobacco markets located at Asheville and Boone began sales for this season on Monday. Decem ber 2. On the Asheville market Monflay's sales averaged 45.34 while Wednesday's sales dropped to 39.75. However, prices picked up during the latter part of the week and Friday's sales averaged 44.05. Lay & Co. Lots Sold To Various People In Murphy Lay and Company, owners and operators of a chain of five and tin cent stores in Tennessee, Ala bama. Georgia and North Caro lina, soki at auction last Thursday, nine lots from the plot fronting 107 feet on Peachtree street and ! 1103 feet on Central avenue, form- ; crly owned by the Harshaw heirs. I Dr. U. S. Parker was the pur- ! chaser of the first corner lot fac- 1 ing Peachtree street on one side and Central avenue on the other. Walter Coleman bought the second lot facing Peachtree, and Lay and company leserv.'d the next 50 feet facing Peachtree street and extending the entire length of 203 feet to Fain street. Parker and Coleman bought a lot together, facing Central ave nue. Hadley Dickey bought two lots facing Central avenue and Frank Fain bought one lot facing the same avenue. E. A. Browning bought three lots fronting on Fain street on which he plans to build a factory it is reported. The amount received for the property was $18,425. The prop erty including a lot reserved by the company, was purchased by the Lays about a year ago from the Harshaw heirs for $22,000. Seven Lay brothers own and op erate stores in Cleveland, Dayton and Cookville, Tenn., Stevenson and Scottsboro, Ala., Calhoun and Cartersville, Ga., and Murphy. An drews and Bryson City in North Carolina. P. B. Lay is president of the company, and the head office is in Cleveland. W. M. Lay man ager of the Murphy store, an I nounces that the company plans to construct a building on the 50 by 203 foot lot here at an early date. ANNOUNCES SUBJFXTS The Rev. Fred R. Horton, pastor, announces "Growing in Grace," as the subject at morning worship at 11 a. m. Sunday at i ret' Metho dist church. The subject at eve ning service will be "David Hears from Heaven." at 7:30 p. m. Sun day school will be at 10 a. m., young people's service at 7, and prayer meeting, Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Miss Willie McKinney spent last week-end in Andrews with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker. E. B. McGukin SPEAKS SUNDAY ? Dr. E. B. McGukin. pastor of the First . Presbyterian Church, Knoxville. J Tennessee, will be the speaker on ! the Presbyterian Hour, next Sun day morning, December 15, at 8:30 A. M., E. S T., over an independ ent network of southeastern radio stations. Born in Georgia. Dr. McGukin entered Davidson College and graduated there in 1922. He got his theological training at Union Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and for his first pastorate went to the Lafayette Presbyterian Church ; in Norfolk, Virginia in 1929. Later he was pastor for several years in the Presbyterian Church in Win chester. Virginia. From there he went to his present pastorate in Knoxville ten years ago. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was i awarded Dr. McGukin by King College in 1938. i The subject of Dr. McGukin's ? address next Sunday morning will , be "The Strategy of Satan." The program can be heard in ! this section over: WVVNC Asheville; I WPTF, Raleigh; WSJS, Winston . Salem: WSB. Atlanta: WNOX, I Knoxville; and WRVA, Richmond, at 8:30 a. m. EST. Four Cherokee People Killed, Others Hurt In Winecoff Fire To Check Cars The sheriff s department and the state highway patrol will start I making a check of all automobiles lor brakes, horns, taillights, and other equipment, as well as dim ming lights, on Monday of next week, according to Patrolman Charles Galloway. TVA Aids In Fuel Shortage With More Power TVA is now supplying the power needs of its own service area from its hydro power resources. In ad dition TVA is using the full ca pacity of its transmission intercon nections to make its power re sources available in reducing the drain on utility coal reserves. TVA has made arrangements for supply ing about 35 million kwh per week over its interconnections to the North and East for delivery to utilities which depend principally upon fuel-burning plants for en ergy production. This energy, which represents over 11 percent ol the energy generated by TVA. is being generated in TVA steam plants and is being delivered to help maintain utility coal reserves in such states as Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia. Major interconnections involved include a high capacity line ex tending from Nashville. Tennessee, to Louisville. Kentucky, where it connects with systems in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Another line extends from Norris Dam to Pinc ville, Kentucky, where it connects with systems in Kentucky and West Virginia. At Waterville. North Carolina, the TVA system is interconnected with systems in that state over which energy f.an be transferred to Virginia. These connections are normally utilized to interchange power for improved economy of operation of the inter connected systems. TVA has on hand about 285 thousand tons of coal at its steam plants and is using about 20,000 tons a week. TVA will comply with any fur ther fuel conservation measures which may be determined upon by the responsible agency. Student Aid Fund Started H. Bueck has rcccivcd an intial S500 for the establishment of a "Student Aid Fund" for assistance to students desiring to go to col lege and are unable to go because of lack of finances. The donors are anonymous and do not want their names revealed. They ex pect to add some to the fund in the future, making it of sufficient size to be helpful to those who especial ly need it. Mr. Bueck states that he hopes others will become inter ested in this project and add some thing. AT FATHERS BEDSIDE S. H. McGuire of Atlanta was lied here Tuesday night by the i rious illness of his father, J. M. McGuire of Peachtree. who is in Petrie hospital suffering with pneumonia. His condition was re ported to be improved Wednesday. Christmas Seals . . . Your Protection Against Tuberculosis Stewardship Conference Is Held Wednesday A Stewardship conference for Presbyterian churches of Andrews. Robbinsville, Hayesville and Mur phy, which comprise this district, was held Wednesday evening at G:30 o'clock at a dinner meeting at Hotel Regal. Officers and rep resentatives of all the churches at tended. Dr. James B. Patton. Jr.. of At lanta. secretary of stewardship ol the Southern Presbyterian church, addressed the meeting. Following the address, the Rev. R. E. McClure, executive secretary of Asheville Presbytery, conducted a conference on the church budget. This was one of a series of stew ardship conferences being held in Asheville Presbytery. Dr. Patton spoke at the monthly meeting of the Cherokee county Ministers' association at 12:30 o'clock today (Thursday) at Hotel Regal. Mary Cornwel! Is President District Agents Miss Mary Cornwell, Cherokee county home demonstration agent, was elected to the presidency of the Western District Home Demon i stration Agents' association at a quarterly meeting of the associa tion held at the George Vanderbilt hotel in Asheville last week-end. Mis* Betty Ross Matheson, of Boone, was elected vice-president; Miss Maude Searcy, of Bakersville, secretary; and Miss Eva Higdon, of Buncombe county, treasurer. Highlight of the meeting was the report by Miss Cornwell. who was the association delegate to the recent annual convention of the National Home Demonstration Agents' association in Chicago. Miss Lena Brown also attended | from here. SERMON TOPICS "Such A Time As This" will be the sermon topic of the Rev. J. Alton Morris at the First Baptist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. At the evening service at 7:30. Mr. Morris will speak on "The Woman Whose Son Was Greatest." ' In tile most disastrous hotel fire in the nation's history, four Mur phy and Cherokee county citizens lost their lives when the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta was destroyed by lire last Saturday morning, and several others were injured. The dead were: Dr and Mrs. Robert H. Cox of ?Murphy, Miss Lena Harris of Cop perhill, Tenn , and her sister, Mrs Irene Tollott, of Atlanta. -Natives of Cherokee county, Miss Harris was employed in the Cop perhill bank, and Mrs. Lollott was employed in Atlanta. Miss Harris h.id gone to Atlanta on a shopping trip and she and her sister were at the hotel. Double funeral services were held Monday at the Methodist church at Ducktown. and the bodies were brought to Hopewell church in Cherokee county where a second service was held with interment in the church cemetery. The sisters are survived by their mother. Mrs. R. L. Harris, and a sister. Aliss Madeline Harris of Cherokee county, and Mrs. Tollott is also survived by a son, Bobby Tollott, a student at the University of Georgia. Mrs. Glenn Bates and her ten year-old son, Gene of Murphy, Bobby Cox, three-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Cox, and his nurse, Josephine Delilah Chambers es caped without injury. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Bault, alter a harrowing experience of hours, were le<' to safety, suffering from smoke and shock, but without serious injury. They were treated at Grady hospital where they re mained until Monday when they were brought home by H. G. El kins and Mrs. W. A. Bell of Ashe ville, mother of Mrs. Bault. Mr. and Mrs. Bault are loud in tiieir praises of the work of* the American Red Cross and the treat ment they received by citizens of Atlanta and the personnel of the hospital. Nolan Russell, a lineman for the Nantahala Power