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 <rr.i Light comp
any and his fellow employe, John
M. McFalls. of Andrews registered
in the hotel at 12:15 a. m. that
fateful morning, and were assigned
to room 326 After getting some
thing to eat they returned to the
hotel about 2 a. m. and went to
bed. They were awakened later
by smoke in the room and escaped
(?own a ladder, placed by firemen
outside their window, unharmed.
Investigators in Atlanta said
j they had traced the fire from the
I burned mattress of a folding bed
j which had been stored outside
room 326 but Russell said he did
not remember it.
Lions Presenting
Show Two Nights
I
"Cornzapoppin* local talent
show sponsored by Murphy Lions
club will be presented in the school
auditorium here Thursday and
Friday evenings, starting at 8:17.
under the direction of Miss Betty
Kelly of Burlington. Ky., who has
had much experience in this play
directing.
Sister Virginia Hetherington |
plays the part of Elviry Judkins
who "rules the roost" in the Jud
kins household, including her hus
band, Henry, played by John
Mocre, and daughter. Sue. played
by Mrs. Maureen Weiss.
Elviry has her heart set on Sue
i marrying Squire Hicks, Ed Brum
by. who is the town sheriff and
lawyer combined. However. Sue
says that the Squire is old enough
to be her father and she is much
more interested in Bob Sandrock,
played by Frank Dickey, who lives
down the road.
Something must be done about
the situation everyone agrees, and
that is when Leon Axley, as Elmer
and Billy Adams, as Mazie Mae,
discover that Skunk Creek water
smells like perfume. Immediately
Paw and Bob decide to bottle it
and make a fortune. If they do
that ? then Paw can regain his
rightful position as head of the
house and Bob can marry Sue.
But where to get the money?
Maybe Aunt Bessie, played by
Gladys McCleskey, will loan it to
them. But no ? Aunt Bessie is
too worried about her pet bear cub
".-hich is lost to bother with any
fool ideas about perfume. Cousin
Linney Pearl played by Reba
Swaneey, is too busy collecting
mountain music and rocks to be
interested, and Miss Twitty, played
by Lucy Winston, is interested only
in catching a husband.
As a last resort Paw "borrows"
the Community Club funds ? Maw
is the treasurer. Of course Maw
doesn't know it ? but it is only
the bottling works gets started
both men agree. So ? the bottl
ing machine is bought ? but just
as they start to bottle the water
they make an alarming discovery.
The water smells ? yes ? but it
smells terrible. What could have
happened?
Maw finds out about the money
and is furious! Sue must marry
the Squire immediately. Paw is
definitely in the dog house and
Bob is forbidden to come near the
house.
But ? all is well that ends well
? and it does end well.
"Cornzapoppin' " is described as
a riot of comedy and entertainment
and it promises to be just that here
in Murphy.
Those who are entered in the
Baby Contest in connection with
the play are: Becky Hoover, Carol
Russell, Bill Canata, Dickie Davis,
Patsy Leatherwood, Jerry Lane
Mallonee, Mary Jan Paper, An
nette White, Mike Sneed, Phil
Mattox, Billy Blair.