C. Of C. Executive
Will Speak Friday
j; : , m iiv. gfiiti m i ?
Gi tin Winston Salem Chamber of
Comni< ro\ will \isit Murphy to
ir.or: ? ?w. He will participate in a
boa' ri<i<* on Hivvassee Lake early
in tin- ;i!'h rnoon and later address
irrli. f - ot the Andrews and Mur- 1
pi,, i 1 inbcrs of Commerce at a;
: , j? vim ?; at Duke's Lodge.
Kru- i> one of the founders and
nvanizei > of the United Stales
jun Chamber of Commerce. He >
iiTved :is its executive vice-presi- 1
flent for eight years, living each
year in the city in which the re- j
speetivo presidents resided. He
has also served in the capacity of j
inan;i -er of the Convention Bureau j
of the Tulsa, Okla . Chamber ol"
Commerce and general manager of
the Lincoln, Neb., Chamber ot" j
Commerce.
The visitor's present duties con- 1
s,>t <?! president, North Carolina '
Association of Chamber of Com- '
r.ieree Kvecutives: Chairman, Labor'
Relations council, Chamber of Com- !
mere of the United States: mem
ber. Young Men's Committee.
Chamber of Commerce of the ?
I'nited States; Director. National j
Assoc iation of Commercial Organi- 1
ration Secretaries, and director.
North Carolina Citizens Associa
?on.
In iddition, Krusz is a tenor in
the Men's Chorus of Winston
Salem and a member of the Lions I
Club
.
Ml I KCI! CONFERENCES
A.! members of Hiwassee church
rro -ctl to attend an important
co:.r ii<e to be held Friday,'
Au..;, ;it 2p. m. at Bates Creek.
Local Lions Hear
Georgia Governor
Members of \!ur>)h\ Lions club
were* invited to participate in the
celebration of the til'tli anniversary
and ladies ni iu of McCaysville
Ga.? Lions dub. . ! which Acting
Governor M. K Thomi>son of Geor
gia was the guest speaker, on Tues
day evening. .Murphy club spon
sored the organization of the Mc
Caysville club.
Governor Thompson discussed
the progress that Georgia is mak
ing in education, health, roads,
parks and other phases. An an
nouncement he made that met with
enthusiastic applause was that the
Highway Department had told him
Tuesday the paving of the highway
from Mineral Bluff to McCaysville
will be let to a contractor within
00 to 110 days.
The Governor said that Georgia
1 ad been able to carry on a pro
gi essive program because it re
quires everybody to pay their
taxes. "People don't mind paying
taxes," he said, "if they know that
everybod> else is paying, too."
Those from Murphy attending
1 lit1 meeting were: l.ion President
Joe E. Ra\ . who >at on the plat
form with the other distinguished
guests: Mrs. Ray. Mr and Mrs. H.
'? Elkins, Mr and Mrs. R W.
KasU Sr., i>: wd Mrs. W. A.
Hoovt . Lorcn Davi Air. and Mrs.
K 11 l':umb> and .Mi? Addie Mae
Cooke
Court Sentences
Bryson And 5croggs :
The Superior Court of Cherokee
toumy dispensed with the last of
!he i minal case? before this term
Dl ( rt yesterday. Judge Felix I
A!!e> presided, substituting for ,
Jul ? Men Gwynn.
Walter Brvson. charged with i
murder, plead guilty to manslaugh- ,
ter and was sentenced to five years
in the state prison, sentence sus- j
pended for ten years on the con
dition that he leave the state for
a period of ten years.
Roy Scroggs, charged with mur
der. also plead guilty to manslaugh
trr and was sentenced to 12 months
??n the road.
A F. Williams, alias Jimmy Har
ris. charged with assault on a fe
male. was sentenced to 12 months
on the road, suspended for five
years upon payment of costs.
Bc^s and Wanda Murphy, charg
ed with keeping a disorderly house,
were sentenced to one and two
years in jail, respectively, sent
ences suspended for ten years on
the condition that they leave the
slate for 10 years.
Herman Logan, charged with
embezzlement, was sentenced to 3
fears on the road.
Judgment on Homer Thompson,
eharsed with violation of the pro
hibition law. was dismissed on pay
ment of costs.
01 in Chastain. L. D. Henson and
Jrnies Nichols received suspended |
sentences on charges of assault
and were fined $50 and costs.
Dewey Thompson, charged with '?
feckless driving, received a sus- 1
Tended sentence upon payment of 1
COSt'V
Bunny Holland, charged with as- 1
snult with a deadly weapon, was I
placed on probation upon payment j
eosts.
Hay den Carl Johnson, charged j
with breaking and entering, was |
sentenced to 2 years in the state |
prison. It was recommended that j
he be examined by a psychiatrist. j
Horace Q. Hickey. charged with ]
carrying a concealed weapon, was
fined $50 and costs.
Wade Helms, charged with pass
nig worthless checks and forgery,
^?s sentenced to 2 years on the
road.
fate Chapman and LeRoy Black- 1
rnan- eharged with breaking and
entering and larceny, were fined
$50 each and costs and were placed
Probation.
J>m Olvey, charged with viola
t on of the prohibition l.iw. receiv
(.ci a >usp.< nded ji.icncti ami wa
fined S50 and cost a.
Glenn Heaver, charged with
vioation of the prohibition law was
lined $300 and costs and was ban
kl'ed from the county for a period
of one year.
W. H Coggins. charged with
reckless driving, received a sus
pended sentence upon payment ol
costs.
Ulyscs Lovingood. charged with
trespassing and killing a dog, was
cidered to repay owner for the
dog and to pay court costs.
Lloyd Young, charged with
speeding, was fined S25 and costs
Thelda Pieklesimer. alias Sue
McEUiott. charged with larceny,
was placed on probation and order
ed to remain out of the state for
5 years.
Author Nichols, charged with
simple assault, was fined court
costs.
Charlie Black, charged with
violation of the prohibition law,
was fined $50 and costs.
Tommy Shields and Albert
Graves, charged with speeding,
were fined $30 each and costs.
John E. Shields, charged with
speeding, received a suspended
sentence upon payment of costs.
Frank ' Bowers, charged with
violation of the prohibition law.
received a prison sentence of 4
months, heretofore made.
Roy Barton, charged with driving
an automobile while intoxicated, |
was fined $25 and costs.
Frank Taylor. Newell Moore,
John Henry Corn. Hoyt McGeo. A.
W. Hatchett, Ted Russell, Horace
R. Coper. Walden Hatchett, Marvin
Hawke. and William V. Hughes,
charged with driving an automo
bile while intoxicated, were fined
$50 each and costs.
William Gait, charged with driv
ing an automobile while intoxicated
and carrying a concealed weapon,
was fined $25 and costs for the
first offense and $50 and costs for
the second offense.
David Phillips, charged with
driving an automobile while in
toxicated and violation of suspens
ion, was sentenced to 12 months on
the road.
Jessie Ray Williams, Walter
Panther. Frank Dickey. Jr.. Walter
Bowman. David Lodford, charged
with driving an automobile while
intoxicated were fined $100 and
ccits each.
HARK Y J. KIM SZ
(ioode Takes Post
At State College
Lemuel Gooile. assistant county !
agent here since June 10. 194(>. has i
resigned effective August 1 1?. to ac- .
cept a position in the Animal Hus
bandry department at State Col
lege. Raleigh. He will begin his \
duties there September 1.
His work here has been mostly j
with livestock and 4- 1 1 club pro- 1
jects. He is a graduate of the Uni- j
versity of West Virginia and served j
in the I . S Army three and a half '
? ears during the war. He was in i
the Pacific theatre 1 1 months. He
vas married June 7 to Miss Lucy
Winston
Mack Patton. also assistant agent ;
he :? v since last June will take over]
llu w ork of Goode.
Cherokee Pastor
Preaches Sunday
The Rev. J. .! Johnson, pastor,
Ch< kee Uaptist church at Chero
kee Lidiau Reservation. will preach
at l? 't h services at First Baptist
ci-i'i' !i iiv're Sundaj . in the absence
oft! pastor. Rev. .1 Alton Morri-.
' '."I'o has not yet returned from at
1 i . v 1 i i ' he l> i ? 1 N! W< rid All : ic*?
I ;-t Copenhagen. Denmark.
The pastor cxp'/ctod to n'.un
in I ime for the Au gust it se *v ici -
i ;,st Sund.sy the Rev. Jas. Brewer
of Columbia ,Tenn.. preached.
Other sen ices of the church will
be held as usual: Sunday School at ;
9:43 a m.. Training Union at 7 p.
ni.. hour of power Wednesday at
p. m.. with Mrs. R. I). Chandler
ard Mrs .1 J. Hamilton in charge,
and the other meetings usually
held on that evening.
'TARADOX OF RELIGION"
IS TAT F/S St EJECT
The Rev. T G. Tate will preach
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning at 1 1 o'clock on "The
Paradox of Religion."
Sunday school will convene at
10 a. m. and Youth Fellowship will
meet at 7:15 p. m. There will be
ro evening service.
Doradel Rates
High In Cow
Testing Project ;
Tin Cherokee-Clay Cow Test i in; i
;? oiiation has been formed, with
l'i; ik C Ghiringeli of IJrasstown
supervisor representing the
N" 'h Carolina Extension service. I
The purpose of the association i
to entourage dairy breeders t"
Km p i\ ore's on their cows. for in
ereased production anil an accurate
< iimate of the \alue of individual
i-niinal.'.
For this month there were 104
?.*ow s tested, and it is hoped that
v 'thin a lew weeks at least the
u.tal will be increased to 251 >
Highest producers will be publish
c( monthly
The top producers in the first
test were as follows: Doradel, reg
istered Guernsey belonging to
Randolph Shields. She produect1
1.161 pounds of milk with 49!)
pounds of butterfat. a percentage
ci 4 3.
Sally Rand, registered Guernsey
of A Q Ketner. produced 1.05' t
pounds of milk. 49.3 pounds of but
terfat. a percentage of 4.7.
Jessie, registered Jersey of John
f\ Campbell Folk school, produced
1 002 pounds of milk. 48. tt pound
of butterfat. a percentage of 4.0.
Ruby, grade Jersey belonging to
Harold Anderson, produced 1.002
pounds of milk. 40.5 pounds of but
terfat. a percentage of 3.6.
Airs. Henry Harshaw will leave
Sunday lor a visit with her broth
er in Atlanta.
Fred W. Smith. Ventura. Cali
fornia. who is the new president
o i the International Association of
Lions Clubs. He was advanced by
unanimous vote from the first
\ ice-presidency at the 30th annual
convention of the Association.
Smith succeeds Clifford D. Pierce,
cf Memphis, Tennessee.
The convention concluded the
most successful year in the history
of Lions International, according
to the report made by the Secretary
General and Founder. Melvin I
Jones, of Chicago. Illinois.
Annual Celebration
To Be Held August 12
The annual celebration at Fields
of the Wood will be held this year
011 Tuesday, August 12. beginning
promptly at 10 o'clock.
Visitors from every state in the
union as well as some foreign fields
will be present to participate in
this anniversary program which
lias been observed from year to
year since the formal dedication
of Fields of the Wood September 7.
1941.
Bishop M. A. Tomlinson, general
overseas of the Church of God with
headquarters offices at Bible Place.
Cleveland. Tenn., will be Master of
Ceremonies during the program
which is highlighted by the dedi
cation of the Bethlehem Star pro
vided by the Church in the state of
Wyoming. This specific dedication
service will be directed by Bishop
G. C. pecker, overseer of Wyom
ing. supplemented by a goodly
number of delegates from the far
west.
Other noted speakers who will
participate in the program are
Bishops Grady R. Kent, general C.
I'. M. A. secretary; L. S. Rhodes,
manager of Fields of the Wood:
James Staggs as well as overseers
from the various states of the un
ion who wil conduct a program at
the marker provided by that par
ticular state.
Located in Cherokee county.
Fields of the Wood has provided
an interesting attraction to visitors
v ho not only view its beauty but
also the splendor of Western
North Carolina. Known !>\ multi
tudes as "A Biblical Wonder of the
Twentieth Century its influence
l as been far fetched and has turn
ed thousands of tourists and visi
tors through this section of the
state.
Mutitudes are expected to visit
Fields of the Wood a. id this section
ot North Carolina 011 Tuesday.
August 12. and without doubt there
will be hundreds stopping by and
investigating the various projects
and markers.
This annual celebration program
in Fields of the Wood precedes by
a few hours the opening service of
the 42nd Annual Assembly of the
C burch of God in the Mammoth
Tabernacle at Cleveland. Tenn.
Thousands of delegates will leave
Cle\ eland about 7 o'clock Tuesday
morning, August 12. heading for
I'ields of the Wood where Chero
kee county members will act as
host for the momentous ingather
ing of delegates, tourists and visi
tors.
NEW SUPERVISOR ? S. S
Williams, new supervisor for the
local FHA office which serves |
Cherokee. Clay and Graham coun
ties.
State Secretary
Grants Charter
To Clayokee, Inc.
Secretary of State That! Eure an
nounced last week that a charter
of incorporation had been granted
YV. L) Townson Murphy. F. C.
Ghiringheilli and W W. Holland,
l.'oth of Brasstown, and others.
Known as the Clayokee Coopera
ti\e. Inc.. the corporation will be
located in Brasstown and is author
ized to market and sell farm com
modities. Authorized capital stock,
is $10,000 and subscribed stock ,
S17(!
REA Meeting
Is August 12
.! \\ . Sharp, pro i dent ot thr
r,l ; Kidur Electric association, a:
noiMi- - i ? l.i ns for the annual mect
i m - : the cooperative'** mcnibn -
i r \i. .ist 12. in \ >uii . Harris
ir.niate the lar-a-st . ud best m< ?
i, i tin* m< r.ii* . - lu :?< ?
or- nization of the cooperative |
some ci- lit years ago
A hundred or more prize- total- ,
iiu around $500 in cash value, wil! ;
he ;:i\en away. The pn/- l'an ? ?
from small household gadgets to i
i:seful and nice appliances, includ- |
in..; an electric refrigerator as a 1
capital prize to be given away.
Besides the giving away of the
prizes other activities of the pro
gram starting at 10 a m. include
registration at the office thru 2
p. m and business session
Moore Charge
Wrongly Reported
In last week's issue, THE SCOUT '
erroneously attributed a criminal
charge to Willard Moore ol Chero
kee county in the superior court
lis;
The story stated that Moore had
been charged with attempted rape,
breaking and entering, threat and
assault with deadly weapon. The
(harge should have been driving
an automobile while intoxicated
and driving after license had been
revoked.
Robert McClure. Qui nt in Phil
lip. and Loyd West were the ac
( itsed in the charge wrongly at
tributed to Moore.
The Scout regrets this error
MODERATOR ? Rev. M. A
Tomlinson of Cleveland. Tenn
who wil serve as moderator at the
annual celebration at Fields of the
V ood on Tuesday, August 12.
Schools Will Open
Here September 1
Williams Assumes
Charge At Murphv
S. S W 1 1 liain - . wI.m recently was
ti.nsferrcd to Muri'l is FHA Su
pervisor in char - <>i Cherokee, J
C lay and Graham counties, has
completed the transfer to Murphy'
! and assumed ac t i * 4 charue of this (
territory.
The FHA office is located in the
court house at Murphy and office (
days will be maintained Monday
through Friday of each week. The
schedule for Clay county will be 1
a i the FHA office. Hayesville from j
10 to 12 a. m. on Mondays of each ;
week, and Graham county schedule i
will be at Robbinsville court house [ ?
t m the second and fourth Tuesday
of each month from 10 to 12 a. m.
Loans are now available to eligi- j
ble farmers for next year and appli- ! ;
cations may be submitted for Farm ;
Operating Loans including seed. ' ,
ft rtilizer. purchase of machinery, ]
( ouipment and livestock. Congress j
r!so appropriated some additional!]
funds for Tenant Purchase Loans. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Williams have mov- (
ed to Murphy and are now located ;
at 324 Hiawassee Street. Mr. Will-'
; mis is a member of John A.
Ni'hols Masonic Lodge in Ashe-1
villi . Knights of I'ythia. DOKK and
i former member ol" the \merican
Husiness club of \>heville. Mr.
and Mrs. Williams are both mem
bers of the First Maptist church of
Ayheville. |J
\T < o\i i i; i \( i
The three school superintendent
i. Cherokee county ? II. Bueck.
Lloyd Hendn\. an i I 15 Hudson
. i< at : i idlnj{ the State Superin
ndents' conference beim held at
Cullowliee this week
Tlui Murjihs City unit and Chero
kee coun'y -chools will open on
Monoa September 1, *tate the
Mipern ???ii N iits. H Bueck and
Uoycl W llcndrix, repestively.
T!i? ( i attention to the School
; hiner a< l on the age limit lor
? nroi.ing 1 . year pupils: "Chil
dren to be entitled to enrollment
in the pi. ^ >ehools lor the school
year 1939-40 and each year there
alter mil*! be m\ years of age on
i i before October first of the year
iii v. hich they enroll, and must en
roll during the first month of the
x hool year A child whose birth
day is October 2 is considered by
the state to be six years old on
October 1
Supt Bueck announces the fol
lowing faculty for the Murphy
'"i t y unit: Murphy elementary. Miss
Clara McCombs. Miss Frances
Dickson. Mrs. Evelyn Patton. Mrs.
Dair M. Shields, Miss Eleanor
Meeks of Knoxville, Miss Emily
Sword. Miss Kate Hayes, Mrs.
Martha Adams. Miss Addie Leath
?rwood. Mrs. O VV. Snyder of At
lanta Mrs. Lona Belle Davis, Mrs.
Kmily Davidson Miss Joe Meta
Uigdon of Svlva. Miss Stella Coul
:er of Athei . Ga.
Murphy high: Richard Yow,
thletic coach, of Martin. Ga., O.
IV. Snder < ?f Atlanta, Walter Puett
?f Young Harris, Mrs J. D Mal
once. Miss Roberta Spiers of Sel
ina. Porter Raper. Miss Merle
hason of Cairo, Ga.. Miss Jane
xnowlos of Atlanta. Mrs. Maureen
'Vei>-. Miss Grace Tucker, home
economics teacher, of Monroe. Ga.
ii.ii ? s ("reek: Miss Ella McCombs.
!?-? Vnnie S. Brandon.
Grape Creek Mrs. Ruth M.
i\ alki p Mi s. Ruby s. Held.
Miss Leila Ha] ? - Mkm
ertba M aj ? m. Bin. Willie L.
Texana: Mis* Elma Rai Dennis.
M , i i ; li.-i dale.
Approximately 2500
Attend Boat Races
West Will Speak
To Methodists
The Hcv Walter B. West. >uper- ?
inlendent' of the Waynesville l)is- i
tiiet, will preach at the 11 o'clock i
hour Sunday, after which he will j
conduct the Fourth Quarterly Con- i
: Terence, at First Methodist church. 1
I Since this is the last quarterly con- 1 '
I l'ercncc for this year, all members
ere urged to be present. The pub
lic is invited to hear this outstand
ing preacher. Music will be furn
ished by the Senior Choir.
The pastor, Rev. Russell L.
^oung, will use as his theme for
the evening, "Seeking The Best".
Methodist Youth Fellowship will
meet at 7 o'clock. The Commiss
ion on Recreation will haw charge
i ! the program. All young people
| ; n* invited to attend.
Prayer meeting is at 8 o'clock,
| Wednesday, with Senior Choir re
< hcarsal following.
Murphy Ball Club
Schedules Games
I Several tough games have been
elated for the Murphj ball club
[during the next ten days. Toinor- i
row night Murphy will travel to
; Libert 011. C?a.. for a game with the
Klberton team, and will pla\ hos;
! t- the Oak Kid'jc. Tenn club Sun
j (';i> afternoon. Aug. 10.
i The strong aggregation from
Dorteh Bakery in Atlanta will also
journey to Murphy for a game Wed- j
nesday, \ug. 13 Fans can well j
look forward to the fourth clash of
I this series on Sunday. Aug. 17,1
| when the Knoxville All Stars in
jvade the local diamond.
Tiny Swafford. first baseman for j
Murphy, is leading the club in '
swatting the apple around the field j
with an amazing 480 average. The i
I tri m's averages are as folows:
Swafford 480. Crawford 381.
Kasler 368, Cole 367. Kirkland 348. (
| Fowler 345, Jones 324, Palmer 306,
Hemphill 250, Hunt 214, Hughes!
' 153. 1
An estimated crowd ol 2500 pcr
. n< attended the Second Annual
'.lmphy Boat Regatta last Sunday
no -dins to an estimate by State
1 1 - liA ay Patrolman Charles Gallo
a.i Several hundred cars crowd
(l the roads near the site of the
ran- many of which were visitors
from out of the state.
Witnesses of the regatt some
whom are followers o motor
boat races throughout tl ? nation.
v. i:tched Mabry Edwards finish
first in all the heats but one and
v.alk away with S350 of the prize
money.
Winners in event number 1,
Class V first heat, and the prizes
trc as follows: 1st., Jack Davis,
S5o. 2nd. Mabry Edwards. $30;
3rd. Buck Wolliver, $20; 4th. Jim
Matlock. $15; 5th. William Barrett.
$10.
Event number 2. Cass A. second
lit at- 1st Mabry Edwards. $50; 2nd.
Buck Wolliver, $30: 3rd. Jack
$20: 4th. Bob Goodlett. $15;
.Mh. Dcwe> Burris, $10.
Event t! timber S. Class B, first
)>t ? 1st. Mabry Edwards. $50. 2nd
Carl I)a\ is. $30: 3rd. Dewey Bur
ris 52( i . 4th Ott Reigel. S15.
Event number 4. Class B. second
I i at 1st. Mabrj Edwards. $50;
2r,d Carl Davis. $30: 3rd. Doug
Crteeh. $2?); 4th. Ott Reigel. $15;
"ill. Hank Kiefaber. S 1
Event number 5. Class C. first
heat 1st Mabry Edwards. $42.50;
L'rd. Barney Thomas. $27.50; 3rd,
Leon Chester. $17.50 4th. Caud
Smith. $1500: 5th. Carl Davis.
$1- 50: 6th. Eddie Powell. $10.
Event number G. Class C, second
heat 1st. Mabrv Edwards. $42.50;
2nd. Barney Thomas. $27 50: 3rd.
Claud Smith. $17.50; 4th, Carl
Davis. $15.00; 5th, Leon Chester,
$12.50; 6th. George Guy. $10.00.
Event number 7. Class F, first
heat 1st. Mabry Edwards. $42.50;
2nd. Barney Thomas. $27.50; 3rd.
Eddie Powell, $17 50: 4th. Leon
Chester. $15.00; 5th. Carl Davis,
$11 50; 6th. Claud Smith. $10 00.
Event number 8. Class F. second
heat 1st. Mabry Edwards. $42.v>0;
2nd. Barney Thomas. $27.50; 3rd.
Eddie Powell, $17.50; 4th. Robert
Cooper. $15.00; 5th, Henry Shake
shaft, $12.50.